route b (6/23) day five - MORNING to AFTERNOON

[tidalsurge]

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TOWN

[tidalsurge]

[ This place is a ghost town. There's no sign of life in it at all, unless you count the rattlesnakes you can hear and the scorpions you can see crawling about. Houses are half buried in sand, walls are blown open, and the place doesn't look like it's seen habitation any time within the last decade. What gives? ]

[3_butterflies]

[She kneels down, making pleasant conversation... with the rattlesnakes and scorpions.]

So nopony's been here in a while? I see... At least you have your families, it must be very nice...

[sonofpaladin]

[This is a disconcerting thing to walk in on]

Whoa! Watch out! Those things are poisonous!

[3_butterflies]

[Surprised, she looks up at him.]

Oh, they won't hurt you if you don't scare them... They just want to make sure no one hurts their home...

[sonofpaladin]

[Dubious look down at them, hand on his sword just in case]

How do you know that?

[3_butterflies]

I talked to them...

[like, duh.]

[sonofpaladin]

Oh.

You don't look like an elf...

[Clearly the only explanation for that sort of behavior]

[3_butterflies]

Well... I'm not an elf, I don't know what an elf is... I'm a pony... normally, I'm a pony...

[sonofpaladin]

Huh. You're a pony? Is this one of those castle things?

[3_butterflies]

[Nodding, averting her eyes and hiding behind some of her hair shyly.]

[sonofpaladin]

[Aww, it's ok. Pippin smiles]

I've met a few ponies in the castle. Rarity and Pinkie Pie. Are you friends with them?

[3_butterflies]

[She brightens!]

Oh, yes, they're my dearest friends...

[sonofpaladin]

I'm happy to meet you then. I'm Pippin, by the way.

[3_butterflies]

My name is... Fluttershy...

[sonofpaladin]

Fluttershy. [He nods, smiling] So can all ponies talk to animals?

[3_butterflies]

Yes... but everypony says I'm the best with them... I don't think that's true, but I really do love animals...