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 Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:40 am
Seraphim was gone in the blink of an eye, disappearing just as quickly as he had appeared. Gin's nose wrinkled as a few pieces of glitter fell onto the tip of his muzzle.
"Well.. He laughed nervously, kicking his front hooves against the wooden floor absently, lowering his gaze. "That was interesting." Nodding once, he looked up at Isabel nervously and then over toward the tiny red and white orb that floated beside her.
"Are you..alright?"
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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:35 pm
 Looking a bit... wide eyed and confused, Isabel nodded a bit to Gin's question. Always the trickster (and if she had fists, she'd be currently shaking one in the air at him for that!), Seraphim's way of blessing her and Gin had given her quite a shock! But once the glittering dust settled over her, the confusion lessened. And she felt content. At peace. Completely calm. It was wonderful.
"I'm okay!" she exclaimed after a moment, prancing her front hooves against the floor excitedly. "Gin, he blessed us!"
It was strange how things worked out, wasn't it? Three orbs, one of which she now had with her, that could have turned something good with Gin into ... nothingness... had actually brought them closer together. It sent little thrilling shivers through her entire body.
Stepping over, she nuzzled Gin's neck with her nose. It was a forward move, and one she'd not yet offered towards him, but if now wasn't the time for affection... Isabel wasn't rightly sure when it would be.
Then she ducked down further and peered, a little crosseyed, at the single chiming orb Seraphim left behind. She brushed her nose against it and almost squealed again when it felt warmer to the touch and undulated a bit more in her direction. "It needs a name..."
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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 5:49 pm
Gin went wide eyed for a moment, blushing slightly when she nuzzled him and he leaned in slowly to return the gesture gently.
"He blessed us.. " Gin smiled wide, leaning back to trot around the room happily, his tail swishing back and forth. "But..what happens now?" He stopped and looked at her, a bit confused, waiting for a bunch of orbs to just start falling from the ceiling.
Looking at the other orb floating behind Isabel, he smiled slightly when she leaned down to touch it, mumbling. "Something with a P!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He yelled out excitedly.
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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:17 pm
Giggling at Gin's exuberance, Isabel shook her head at his question. "I don't know," she replied honestly. But the fact that she didn't know if Seraphim would be back to bestow the orbs on them, or if it would somehow happen on it's own (like dropping from the ceiling?!), or if something else entirely unexpected would happen... well.. it made it even more exciting.
Ducking her head again, she pressed her muzzle gently against the orb. It was warm, and seemed to chime even louder at her touch, but as the little pony inside jumped when she nudged it, she didn't immediately pull away. Instead she pushed the floating orb as carefully as she could, bringing it forward to let it hover above the ground closer to Gin.
"With a P?" Hm. She paused thoughtfully, her brain searching for a name. A thousand options ran past her mind's eye, but the first one that popped out of her mouth, "Pierrot," sounded startling, even to her. But from somewhere inside her head, she knew the name was fitting for a clown. Seraphim had said, hadn't he, that the other pony this orb was made from was a clown? The name would be becoming, then. It was pretty. And very ...Parisian. "Perhaps the cake Seraphim made me from was from a French pâtisserie." Would explain the name in her head, at least! Blinking, she peered between the orb and Gin, pressing her nose against the glittering starred globe. "Pierrot... Do you like it, Gin?"
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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:40 am
"Pierrot.." Gin cocked his head to the side absently, staring at the orb for a moment before nodding once. "I like it."
He smiled wide, nodding again quickly before trotting over to duck his head down slowly, peering at the orb closely before pressing the tip of his muzzle to it gently, getting startled when he felt something move inside of it, stumbling back to sit on his hind legs.
Huffing quietly to try and blow a strand of hair away from between his eyes, he mumbled, scrunching his face up before smiling wide again.
"Wasn't expecting that.."
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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:25 am
"It's like it knows," Isabel said with an amazed wonder in her voice. She watched the orb intently, seeing the life inside of it move at Gin's touch. It was a strange and startling sensation, feeling something inside the sphere move once touched, but it felt... nice, too. Like the little pony inside was trying to hello back to them.
"What do we do with it now?" Blinking, Isabel moved back from the orb a hair's width. She wriggled her backside to ruffle her adornments and then lowered down, sitting back on her haunches on Dolci's kitchen floor the same way Gin was. "Does... does it get cold? Or-or hungry?" And when would it hatch? The orb itself was beautiful, but Isabel wished to see the baby inside of it.
Dolci and Yuuki would certainly know and be able to tell them, but Isabel could no longer hear them outside. Seraphim's ruckus with the loudly chiming orbs would have alerted the two mates if they were close by, after all. Isabel figured they'd already be in the kitchen with her and Gin if they'd been able to hear it. They must have wandered far off with the cupcakes, to give her and Gin more privacy. At that notion, Isabel blushed deeply and ducked her head while she spoke. "A-and what about the pie?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 12:51 am
Watching the orb absently, Gin raised a brow when Isabel mentioned the pie and then looked over toward the counter where the ingredients sat.
"The pie.. I forgot all about it. Maybe we can make one another time, after things settle down." He laughed quietly, before mumbling. "Besides.. When Seraphim showed up to deliver this orb, I dropped most of the apples and stepped on quite a few in the process of trying to understand what was going on.."
He smiled innocently, leaning forward to prop himself up onto all fours, making his way back into the kitchen.
"Why don't I..clean this up and then we can go find Yuuki and Dolci and see if they can perhaps give you some information about the orb?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:35 am
Admittedly, it was a little disappointing. Isabel had been looking forward to learning how to bake from Gin! But he was right, there were more important things to deal with now. And as she raised back up to stand, she lowered her head to protectively nuzzle the orb with the side of her nose.
"Okay," she agreed. Finding Dolci and Yuuki would certainly shed some light on a very confusing situation. She hoped they'd be able to tell her how to take care of the orb, or how long it would be until it hatched. And maybe what to do once the orb was an actual pony. The idea of that, a little pony running around at her hooves, made Isabel's eyes mist over again. But she tried to push it aside and turned slowly to face towards Gin.
"I can help you," she offered, with a small smile. And when she took a step away from the orb, to follow after Gin.. to her surprise, the orb floated right along with her. As if it were attached to her back legs. She blinked a few times and walked further into the kitchen just to test it and sure enough, the orb followed along behind her. So she lowered her head and started to pick up bits of trampled apple, carrying them over to set them into the basket, casting her glance backwards every few steps just to watch the little orb move as she did.
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:44 am
Watching curiously as the orb followed behind Isabel, he leaned down to pick up a few of the apples, walking over to set them down in the basket as well.
"I wonder if all of the orbs do that.." He smiled slightly, watching Isabel as she kept glancing back at the orb to make sure it was still following her.
Once the apples were cleared, he moved to start plucking the things he had gotten out off of the counter to put them back in their place, being extra careful with the bag of flour so it didn't rip open and pour out all over the floor. Setting it up on the shelf gently, he mumbled before turning back toward her.
"I also wonder.. how long it stays an orb."
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 2:18 am
"I don't know," she said with a bit of a giggle. "It's cute, though." The invisible tether connecting her to the orb was indeed cute, but also a relief. It meant she couldn't walk away and accidentally leave it behind somewhere!
Using her mouth, Isabel grabbed the basket's handle and dragged it down off of the counter. Some of the apples were still in tact, but most had the distinct impression of Gin's hooves smushed into them. And because of it, Isabel wasn't sure what to do with the fruit. So she carried the basket over, keeping watch on the orb out of the corner of her eye, and set it down on the floor by the wall. Then she nudged another empty basket in front of it. Problem solved!
"I'd like to know that too." Tilting her head to the side, Isabel and the orb moved over towards Gin. "I want it to hatch, but I don't know what I'll do once it does." Feeling her eyes cloud over for a second time, she lowered her head to keep her gaze hidden and practically whispered as she spoke on. "I want to see the little pony inside. I... I want to start feeling like w-we're a family.."
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 3:45 am
Gin smiled slowly before walking over to lean in and nuzzle Isabel gently with his muzzle before mumbling. "Let's go find Yuuki and Dolci and see if we can get some answers."
He nodded once before stepping to the side, motioning to the front door, letting her go first before following after her and the orb. Once he stepped out on the grass, he looked around absently, a bit surprised when he didn't see either of the ponies they were looking for.
"I thought for sure Dolci would've been pressed up against the door, trying to listen to everything that was going on."
Now that he thought of it, when he stepped outside earlier to clear his mind during the chaos with Seraphim, he hadn't seem them then, either.
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:04 am
Isabel blushed at Gin's nuzzling, feeling warmth spread up from her nose to cover most of her muzzle, but she returned the gesture all the same. Being affectionate in that way, even if it was with Gin, was something new for Isabel. It still shocked her a little bit when he did it, but she had to remember to be bold! And not afraid. Gin had stuck by her after all, was that not deserving of a little extra affection?
Nodding at his suggestion, she moved around him to lead the way out of Dolci and Yuuki's kitchen. Like a small procession, Isabel and orb (which she reminded herself to think of as Pierrot, rather than just orb) and then Gin the last in line. She giggled lightly once she was outside and turned, casting her glance back towards Gin.
"She said she was giving us some p-privacy, maybe she really meant it." It sure seemed that way. Squinting in the light, Isabel didn't see black and orange or pink and magenta anywhere close by. "I wonder how far they went."
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:47 pm
 Arlecchino stood at the edge of the pasture, watching the two beautiful dessert ponies interacting not far away. Why had he come here again? Oh yes, to apologize. And Isabel had a right to see her other orb, didn't she?
The shiny golden orb floated beside him, as though the baby within knew where it was supposed to be going. Of course, Arle glanced back every so often just to make sure it was keeping up. He advanced those last few feet that put him within very close range to the other two ponies. Behind his mask of clown paint, he opened his muzzle so his bell-like voice could ring out, "Isabel...?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:05 pm
When Isabel heard her name, she immediately thought Dolci and Yuuki had returned without her noticing. She craned her head to the side to peer towards the source of the voice (that did not sound anything like Dolci or Yuuki, to be honest!) and actually stumbled back a step or two once her eyes settled on the pony that spoke to her.
He... he wasn't one she'd seen before. How on earth had he known her name? Both eyes blinked quickly and she instinctively put herself between the strange pony and her orb, ignoring the sphere's extra loud chiming.
"Wh-who are you?" she asked, after a moment. Her gaze flitted all over the other pony, from his polka dotted coat to his dark red mane.. to his.... painted..... face.....
The clown.. Seraphim had said the other parent was a clown! And then she saw the golden orb he was toting along with him. "Gin..." her voice was a little strained when she spoke again, but her head lowered to peer at the orb instead of the pony that brought it with him. "Gin, look.."
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:11 pm
Gin turned to look in the direction that Isabel was and he noticed the strange pony standing a few feet away from them, a small orb trailing behind it.
He too noticed the paint on the ponies face and his breath caught in his chest, frowning slightly before lowering his gaze to the ground, mumbling quietly. "I see.." Kicking his hooves against the grass absently, he lifted his head back up after a moment before smiling wide.
"Maybe you two need a moment alone.."
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