[Laughter] Who Are You Talking To? with Mooncake

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FrostyPeaches

Mooncake was a father now and while it brought him great joy, it was also terribly exhausting. While his children mostly shared the same proclivities as he and his wife, the near constant bickering between at least one or another about who's interests were better were making it a bit difficult to pursue his studies. So, the purple stallion had ventured out of the city and to the quieter forest for a nice relaxing break.

With a saddle bag loaded with books, note paper, and a quill, he had made his way through the trees in search of a good place to begin his reading. A gap in the tree line greeted him with a sunny little grove in the middle of which was an old moss covered log. It looked as good a place as any to sit and the flutter quickly took a seat and with a deep breath examined his surroundings. Birds were chirping, unusual looking flowers were blooming, and the sun was shining. The perfect place for his work to get done.  

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FrostyPeaches

Don't worry about it. Work means i can only really reply on my days off. XP

The purple flutter wasn't very far in his studies, having just begun a musing on fairies that was inspired by some of the flowers in bloom, when a voice interrupted his writings. With a look of surprise the stallion glanced up and around his surroundings. Was someone else here? Had he been so lost in his thoughts that he hadn't notice someone else had arrived at his location? Try as he might, the adult could find no sight of anything else that could possibly have a voice, especially not one that was talking about... Peanuts?

With a quirk of an eyebrow he rose to his hooves, interested in finding the source. If there was no other phony around then perhaps that meant there was some other forest creature that had gained the ability to speak?

Peeking under bushes and up into trees he searched, but found nothing. Perhaps... Just maybe... Maybe it was like something he had read about? Some sort of invisible or impossibly tiny creature was in the area and had lost their- errr... Their peanuts?

"Hello? Anyone there?"  

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FrostyPeaches

Sorry, i've been busy with work and also being sick all the timeeeee. emotion_zombie Sorry it's short. I'm still sick and my brain is blahhhh.

Ears swiveling, the sounds lead Mooncake back towards the log where he had began. Wings abuzz, he rubbed his chin with a hoof. Well, the sound certainly seemed to be coming from somewhere along this log. He scanned along it, searching for some sort of movement or perhaps a spot where the sound was loudest. "Hello? My name is Mooncake, i'm a folklorist from in town. Who or where are you?"

With a sigh he settled down, facing the log. He just needed a small clue and then he'd be able to sketch the creature. Quill in his teeth he looked over the different plants growing along the log. That flower at the base was certainly unusual.
 

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FrostyPeaches

lol. someone needs to draw a smiley face on his butt.

Unusual and moving too! The flutter squinted, edging closer towards the bizarre plant. Brow furrowing he began to do a rough sketch, the bloom attached to some weird textured thing that disappeared into the plants and the log.

"I'm working on my studies. This is your forest? Might i ask what you call yourself?" His lips pursed as he prepared to write down whatever tidbits he could gather from this thing.  

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FrostyPeaches

Ha ha, you're fine. I'm slow to reply as well. Work leaves me pretty drained so i mostly spend my rare days off sleeping. *shot*

His favorite subject. Mooncake couldn't help but smile as he thought about it. He loved educating others on mythology and it was especially wonderful that he was speaking with such an interesting character as this.

"My focus is on folk lore and myths. The stories are absolutely fascinating and there seems to be a little bit of truth to everything the more work i do. I've seen phony with traits that match creatures that were rumored to exist back in ancient days, so who says the actual monsters and beasts don't exist too?" He tapped his hoof against his chin. "Well, a scholar is always seeking more knowledge."  

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FrostyPeaches

Mooncake gave a chuckle as he sook his head. "I can't i've established you as so as of yet. Not all mythical creatures are bad. There are helpful spirits and fairies too." He sighed and leaned back against the log, casting a glance towards the strange flower he had been talking to. Hey wait, was it getting closer to him? "I suppose i would have to get to know you better to make a proper assessment."  

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FrostyPeaches

A creature that ate fairies and spirits? He'd never heard of something like that before. In fact fairies and Spirits were generally kept separate. You were extremely unlikely to find a story with both types of creatures.

"Um. No. I don't. As much as i would love to be in that sort of situation." The flutter sighed, scratching his head with a hoof. As unlikely as it was, a stallion could dream.

"Huh?" The adult narrowed his eyes as something scratched against it. That was a hoof. Pfft, really? "Ohhh. I wonder what this is," he murmured, staring blatantly at what parts of the colt he could see.