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Offline Talyserra

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Lone Wanderer
« on: May 23, 2014, 12:29:39 am »
It was later after the incident at Ironfires store, it was light though what time it was Taly could not say. She noticed flyers for a tournament laying around; however she was...not pleased with the idea of showing off for others. It may have been a chance to clear her mind and just indulge in sport but...she did not have the motivation for it. Her eyes felt heavy but her legs continued to carry her around Canterlot, unable to motivate herself to go back to the barracks. Certainly her night guard armor got her some strange looks from the day shift but she ignored them, only able to hear the drumbeat of blood in her ears  she considered her royal cockul at that blacksmiths store.

In truth she needed to remember that she could not please everyone and it had already been an awkward situation but it was hard to think that objectively in the middle of it. Her hooves clinked along the ground, her fighting claws having been stowed away as she heard the murmurings of the arena getting ready, she steered left Down a less occupied lane.

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Re: Lone Wanderer
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2014, 11:14:31 am »
Walking down the street, Ironfire was looking over the flyer he had regarding the tournament that was supposedly taking place. On the one hoof, it would be a good place to show off his work, on the other he wasn't exactly a trained fighter by any stretch of the imagination. Still, he'd closed up shop early to at least check it out and see if he could find out much about it. So caught up in his thoughts, he'd almost missed the familiar night guard. Almost.

Trotting over, hoping to get a chance for an actual conversation, he cleared his throat to get her attention, "Talyserra, right?" he clarified, though he was pretty certain having only just been introduced a short while back, "sorry about what happened back at the forge,"

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Re: Lone Wanderer
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2014, 12:20:57 pm »
Talyserra was broken out of her Sulk by Ironfire trotting up to her, head tilting to the side. "Oh...It's alright, I suppose I just have a habit of walking into difficult situations, though unlike most of them that one couldn't be solved by just bashing hoof over head." She said with a rueful chuckle, tail flciking.

"Yeah, Talyserra, but please, call me Taly." She said inclining her head to Ironfire. "Was there something I could do for you, Master Smith? I was just taking a walk, myself."

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Re: Lone Wanderer
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2014, 11:49:50 pm »
"Very well then, Taly," Ironfire nodded, glad he had remembered her name, "and no, nothing really, I was just on my way to that tournament sign up when I happened to see you. Figured I'd use the chance to clear the air about what happened in the forge back there, and take a moment to speak free of distractions and interruptions. I believe you said you work on your own armour, right?"

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Re: Lone Wanderer
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2014, 01:31:36 pm »
She eyed Ironfire. "Nothing like you do, the fancier stuff eludes me..but I'm a quick hand to mend." She said nodding to her own armor. "Claw strikes, holes from lances..." She said with a shrug. "I can fix it, I think it adds a little character." She said with a soft chuckle. "The tournament sign ups eh?" She said looking around and nodding, noticing the flyers flying about with banners. "I'm not much one for putting combat on show.." She said with a soft twitch of her wings. "Are you going to enter?" She asked curiously at Ironfire, tail swishing about.

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Re: Lone Wanderer
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2014, 04:03:37 am »
"I was planning on it," he nodded in response, "I'm not much of a fighter, but I've got a hell of a swing with a hammer and all the confidence I need in my armour," he smiled, "I've no illusions of winning, but I figure it might be a good way to show off my work. Which unfortunately means I'll likely be taking a beating, but, as I said, I trust my armour smithing,"

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Re: Lone Wanderer
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2014, 12:58:17 pm »
Taly nodded slowly as she looked over Ironfire for a moment. "Well, perhaps I'll have to go to cheer you on.  Some pony's underestimate another pony with a hammer. Swords and Lances and...well, claws are nice and all but you don't get thrown about by them in a fight." She said with a chuckle, her wings twitching in amusement. "I'd trust your armour smithing as well." She said as an aside as they continued to walk.  She walked..awkwardly, as if unused to her weight on the ground, seemingly happier in the air, but she kept herself to the ground for now.

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Re: Lone Wanderer
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2014, 09:38:08 pm »
"A well used hammer can certainly be an effective weapon," Ironfire nodded in agreement, watching Taly, "and I have seen some underestimate them, as compared to swords and the like anyway," he mused, "You can fly, if you want," he guessed, watching her awkward steps, "I don't mind," he smiled.

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Re: Lone Wanderer
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2014, 08:36:52 am »
The bat pony blinked and then nodded in relief as she lightly began to hover, just above Ironfire. "Yeah, I'm...awkward when walking around, I'm an endurance flier, used to being in the air all the time.." She said playfully as she flapped along with Ironfire, tail swishing lightly. "So what do you like to do...when not..smithing?" She asked attempting the impossible of small talk.

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Re: Lone Wanderer
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2014, 09:30:54 pm »
"Glad to hear it," Ironfire respond, smiling lightly as the bat pony begins to hover. At her next question, he takes on a look of thoughtfulness for a moment, "y'know, there's not much that I really do aside from smithing. A result, I suppose, of how much I enjoy the work," he chuckles, "I guess I just walk, like this. Look around, go eat out or something. Anything, really, just for a change of scenery,"

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Re: Lone Wanderer
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2014, 12:45:45 pm »
She continued to hover lazily as she continued along with Ironfire, her head tilting to the side. "Enjoying your work is good." She agreed slowly. "I enjoy going long distances and seeing all sorts of different places...I mean, I guess if I didn't have my job I wouldn't have seen so many places!" She said excited a little bit. "Have you been outside of canterlot before?"

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Re: Lone Wanderer
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2014, 12:29:40 am »
"I imagine the wings help with the distances," he pointed out with a smile, "as for myself, I haven't left Canterlot for a number of years now. It's something that hasn't really interested me, honestly," he mused, "and unless something came up, I'd be quite content to stay here for now. I've got a successful enough business keeping me here. And what about you? Do you live here, or is it just where you come to for the purposes of work?"

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Re: Lone Wanderer
« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2014, 01:15:32 pm »
Taly considered Iron's words. "Hmm...staying in one spot for so long..." She said contemplating it as if it were an enormous task. "That's good, it's nice to have something to anchor yourself on." She said in reference to his business, her wings keeping the soft rythem of keeping her in the air, unlike the swoosh of pegasi wings, her own leathery ones were damn near silent. "I don't...really live anywhere. I'm always being sent to different places, all the way from ponyville to manehatten, or canterlot, down to the southern forces...." She said with a soft chuckle. "Aslthough I'm on leave for a month..a whole month, what is a poor mare to do?" She said with a sigh.

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Re: Lone Wanderer
« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2014, 11:30:53 pm »
"Not really living anywhere?" Ironfire asked, almost incredulously, "I can't imagine what it must be like not having somewhere to call home," he added, with a touch of sympathy to his voice, "and a whole month you say? I'd get bored after a week, honestly. It's not much, but you're free to visit, you seem to have an idea of smithing after all," he finished with a smile.

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Re: Lone Wanderer
« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2014, 12:32:35 pm »
"Yeah, not really living anywhere...I mean, I could call the various barracks in equestria home but they are not very...homely." She said with a soft laugh. "I used to live in the mountains with my family, but gave that up when I decided military life was forme..." She said with a ramble, but then her ears twiched when she heard that she was free to visit a certain handsome stallion, her muzzle getting colored with a little blush. "Oh...j..just an idea, really...I mean, battlefield repairs and all.."

 


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