[IC] National Equestrian Mage Conference

[TheFiredancer]

@Carlsberg

A half hour came and went, and Autumn disappeared into the back with several bottles. Another half hour later, at the time Autumn said she was off, a mare said from behind the unicorn in a rather familiar voice asked in a sultry tone, “so, you want to start the dance on the floor, or just jump straight to the horizontal?” Should she turn, Ley would find Autumn just behind her, the taller statuesque earther smirking at the unicorn in a rather wicked manner.

[Carlsberg]

@TheFiredancer

Ley turned around, letting out a whistle when she saw the mare. The fact that mare was taller than her did not go unnoticed. Not that she was dissuaded by this. The way she saw it, it just meant more to play with.
"Nothing wrong with a little foreplay," Ley said, stepping on to the dance floor.

[TheFiredancer]

@Carlsberg

Autumn followed Ley out. She quickly took the lead and proved to be a rather exceptional dancer when it came to the types of dances coming over the speakers. It would only be a few dances, dances full of energy and movement—provocative movement on the part of Autumn—that the statuesque mare leaned in close to Ley Line’s ear. “Your room or mine?” she purred.

[Carlsberg]

@TheFiredancer

Ley shivered a little at that voice.
"My room should be free," She squeaked.
This mare was hot. Like, super hot.
"Do you do this often?" She asked.

[TheFiredancer]

@Carlsberg

"Oh, often enough. I need to have my fun, and you'd be surprised how many ponies hit on the bartender," she told Ley Lines with a teasing smile. She took a step closer once more and nuzzled Ley's ear, before whispering quietly, "So, you wanna show me where your room is?"

[Carlsberg]

@TheFiredancer

'Oh. My. Celestia.' Ley thought.
She pointed in the direction of her room, trying to say where it was, but no words would come out of her mouth. She felt frozen in place by this mares... everything.

[TheFiredancer]

@Carlsberg

They eventually managed to make it up to Ley’s room. The rest was a haze of pleasurable colours and fireworks…

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The next morning dawned. Autumn had ever been a late riser, and was the day was off for her to boot, so she felt no need to get up when she woke up. Not unless Ley said something or was already up and moving or had woken the earther. Though to be up and moving would require the waking of Autumn as Ley had seemed to be designated as Autumn’s cuddle buddy at some point during the night and earther strength was nothing to scoff at, though until and unless Ley tried to get up, it would be a gentle holding of the unicorn to the earther.

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Sky was always an early riser. Even if he stayed up late, he was up by six for a quick morning flight and breakfast. Even now, with another stallion, he still awoke practically with the sun, though he grinned goofily as he came to and the memories from the previous night came back to him. If he wasn’t being held too tightly, he’d carefully slip out of the other stallion’s embrace and get up. He really couldn’t stay lying down after he’d awoken, even if he wasn’t going to be the type of dickish pony that snuck out.

Quartz’s room was a small bachelor suite style room that employees usually got. It had a small, though nice enough, kitchen, a couch and a clearly issued, though quite large, cot. It also had a balcony off the back of the mountain, despite being an employee room.

If Sky woke up before Quartz AND managed to get off the cot—which was far more comfortable than it had any right to be—he could be found out on the balcony, looking out into the valley below.

[Carlsberg]

@TheFiredancer

Ley blinked her eyes open. Her whole body felt sore. She turned her head to look at the mare cuddling her. She blushed a little as she remembered last night's activities.
"Good morning, beautiful," she whispered.

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Quartz groaned as he woke up, searching the bed with his hooves for the stallion who had rocked his world last night. When he didn't feel him, he slowly opened his eyes, seeing the open balcony door. He slowly slipped out of bed and walked outside, yawning as he stood next to Sky.

[TheFiredancer]

@Carlsberg

Autumn grumbled softly, not willing to wake up, though Ley’s words had begun the process. After a couple of seconds, the earther blinked blurrily. “Oh, hey,” she said softly, smiling tiredly, though brightly, at Ley. “How are you feeling?”

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“Morning,” Sky Runner said, glancing over at Quartz, goofy grin still in place. He stood with his wings partially extended to catch the breeze coming off the valley deep below. “Seems kind of weird to have the civilian waking before the guard, no?” he teased lightly, glancing over at Quartz with an impish smile to match his tone.

[Carlsberg]

@TheFiredancer

Ley let out a pleasant hum.
"After last night? Amazing," she said, leaning closer to the mare in blissful peace.
She lay there for a minute before her eyes focused on Autumn again.
"You are really, really good at that," she said.

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"Well, I was just so tired after dancing all night," Quartz said, a grin on his face as well.
He stretched his back out slightly, before letting out a sigh.
"I should probably head off. I have work to do. There's plenty of food in the kitchen, just let yourself out when you want. Maybe I'll see you around," he said, giving him a wink before heading back inside.

[TheFiredancer]

@Carlsberg

Autumn giggled. “Well, you weren’t so bad yourself,” she said, finally beginning to fully wake up, a process that was sent spiralling into confusion as she looked across the room at the other bed. More specifically, the thing laying ON the bed. “Is that a breach loading potato cannon?” she asked, sounding perplexed.

It looked like a potato cannon, but the barrel was currently open in the centre, as if ready to accept something into it. It was also way too big to be a muzzle loading Thunderlock Rifle (not to mention the fact projectile weapons making use of chemical or magical propulsion were highly illegal for anypony outside Spec Ops guard members expecting enemy engagement). She shook her head, as if to bring herself back to the topic at hoof. “So, what are you planning to do with your free day? There are no presentations or things you need to get done today for the Convention, right?” she asked.

On that day, there was nothing that any of the attendees had to get done that was not requiring maintenance of experiments or equipment that they’d brought along for the various presentations. Ley’s day was more or less free if she didn’t have any equipment or experiment maintenance. Set up for presentations would occur in the half hour before the presentation was set to take place (done through Convention staff help), so Ley didn’t even need to worry about that.

[OOC: Please read the most recent OOC post. I’m going to be adding a quick thing in there for quick references back to various bits of lore and headcanons that affect the RP. I’ll let you know whenever I add something relevant.]

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“Definitely see you around,” Sky Runner said to Quartz with a grin, closing the balcony door and exiting the room by simple process of tossing himself off the balcony so he could do a morning flight and find a cloud to rinse off with before he went looking for breakfast.

[Sky Runner and Quartz Exit scene (and RP for the time being). We'll talk on Discord about Quartz. :P I might just have reason for him to go from NPC to PC. :D ]

[Carlsberg]

@TheFiredancer

Ley thought for a second, biting her lip, her eyes wandering. She was trying to recall if there was anything she did need to do for her presentation. She had no actual experiment, and her speech was well prepared.
"Not that I can think off. I should probably find my assistant at some point, even if its just to touch base. Also, he has a slight tendrncy to makd things explode. But apart from that, no, I'm free all day," she said, before focusing her eyes on Autumn again, "Unless you have anything you'd like to do?"

[TheFiredancer]

@Carlsberg

Autumn giggled. “No, there’s nothing I had planned or needed to do,” she told Ley. “And things that explode, surely it can’t be that bad?” She was rather unaware of the fact that Sky’s projects and explosions tended to go very much hoof in hoof by the nature of what he liked to mess around with. Namely, the practical applications of high energy magics and spell harmonics. “Are you worried he’ll blow himself or the hotel up if you’re not there to supervise him?” Autumn teased lightly.

[Carlsberg]

@TheFiredancer

Ley winced when she said 'not that bad'.
"I've come out of medidation to scenarios including mashed potatoes plastering the walls, flaming cats running around the lab, and gravity being reversed. He's managed to destroy the door at least ten times," She said, trying to get over the calamity that could ensue.
She let out a small sigh.
"He's not that bad. Just a bit silly at times," She said.

[TheFiredancer]

@Carlsberg

Autumn chuckled. “Sounds like some assistant. Isn’t usually the boss that’s the crazy one?” she asked teasingly. “Or are you the silly one when compared?” There would be a thought that was both scary and hilarious if Ley was actually the crazy one if they were compared to each other.

[Carlsberg]

@TheFiredancer

"I think he's the silly and crazy one," Ley giggled, "I'm honestly not that interesting. I mean, I'm a librarian in my spare time, and my favourite hobby is reading."
She honestly didn't think of herself as cool or stylish. She was surprised at how well she managed to pick up mares, considering this.

[TheFiredancer]

@Carlsberg

"Oh? And what kind of books do you read?" Autumn asked, her voice all kinds of suggestive, before she giggled. "Well, you're interesting enough," Autumn assured after a moment. "Don't worry about not being wild or crazy. Some ponies just want a nice, mostly normal pony to curl up with." She grinned squeezing Ley in the hug a bit.

[Carlsberg]

@TheFiredancer

"Mostly scientific ones. Though I do have a soft spot for fantasy," She said, before blushing a little, "Although there is this really good romance author who I'm really getting into."
Ley hugged her back, content to cuddle with the mare for now.
"What about you? What do you do in your free time?" She asked, touching the mares nose with her own.

[TheFiredancer]

@Carlsberg

“Guests of the resort, mostly,” Autumn told Ley with a cheesy smile and wink. She held the look for a couple of seconds, before bursting into giggles. “On my spare time, I’m usually out enjoying the areas around the resort. There’s a huge network of hiking trails around here for those that enjoy it.” She gave Ley a softer smile as she finished.

[Carlsberg]

@TheFiredancer

Ley giggled at the mares joke.
"Well you can add me to that list," she said with a smile.
She nodded when Autumn mentioned hiking.
"I got to hike through the mountains in Gryphonia as part of my training," she said, looking wistful as she remembered her time in the exotic country.
She had lots of good memories from her training under Gura the shaman. Admittedly, a few of those good memories involved pretty gryphonesses and a hastily booked room at a tavern, but there were other satisfying moments that were less wild.