The City That Lives (IC, Steampunk/Pony/Anthro/Human)

[Pinki3 Pon-3]

Sunbreaker
Sunbreaker giggled and nodded, "okay then Pell, what shall we move onto? I'm still curious as to why you two are cooped up together all the time, but I'm pretty sure you won't entertain that conversation so it's up to you two to think of another topic." She said with another giggle.

Clock
Clock looked at Jorgen curiously as its apertures adjusted to bring him into focus. "I live? I machine, machine not live." It said in confusion, not quite understanding what he meant. "I learn, I think this what I made to do." It said as it slowly picked up more words. "Machine must have creator, creator owner until trade. You creator." It said bluntly and placed a hoof on his chest before speaking a single word, "Father." It said and looked at him with its mechanical eyes. "Why father make me?" It asked curiously.

Shimmer
Shimmer smiled and shook her head as she removed the shades. "Its not hideous Oddsy, I like it because its part of you. Please, don't wear the shades when we're alone, I want to see your beautiful eye that I didn't bugger up." She said softly and placed the shades on a nearby table before she turned back to Oddity. "I'm sorry Oddity, I didn't want it to come out like that. I-I . . . I can do a full transplant if you want. I have eyes to spare." She said with a giggle and hugged him gently.

Spectre
Spectre sighed and held up a hoof, "Shut up." She said in her soft, breezy voice and glared at him. "You are Opium High. Brother to Oddity who runs the Straight Razor Cabaret. You have a frequent track record of evading sentry bruisers and escaping various executionary holding cells. You will do well, because you hate your brother and quite a few others. Tell me, do you love money?" She asked curiously.

Angel
Angel looked at him and shook her head, "I meant I find the idea of having another person doing your dirty work for you appalling. You are my equal, well, just about anyway. You may help yourself to anything you need in this house. I suppose you will need money . . . Well I guess having a chef wouldn't hurt too much." She said thoughtfully. She heard him speak to himself and she sighed, "Ever since my father died 5 years ago." She said and moved swiftly on to the next room. It was a large, well furnished living room with fire place, teapot and cups and saucers. "Feel free to relax here whenever you feel the need." She said and smiled to him. "Would you like to see your room now or later?" She asked curiously.

[Das Metro]

Shimmer
Shimmer smiled and shook her head as she removed the shades. "Its not hideous Oddsy, I like it because its part of you. Please, don't wear the shades when we're alone, I want to see your beautiful eye that I didn't bugger up." She said softly and placed the shades on a nearby table before she turned back to Oddity. "I'm sorry Oddity, I didn't want it to come out like that. I-I . . . I can do a full transplant if you want. I have eyes to spare." She said with a giggle and hugged him gently.

"No, I don't want a full transplant," Oddity said quietly, "I don't even know why I should bother to keep it... It's useless." Oddity sighed and looked back in the mirror. A feeling of nausea hit him again as he stared at the macabre eye. He wanted his sunglasses back, he didn't like it. He didn't like it one bit. "C-Can you just remove it? Just... Just take it out? It'd be like getting a manecut... It's useless now..." Oddity asked hopefully. The only thought that comforted him in this case was that he'd get a rad eyepatch.

Spectre
Spectre sighed and held up a hoof, "Shut up." She said in her soft, breezy voice and glared at him. "You are Opium High. Brother to Oddity who runs the Straight Razor Cabaret. You have a frequent track record of evading sentry bruisers and escaping various executionary holding cells. You will do well, because you hate your brother and quite a few others. Tell me, do you love money?" She asked curiously.

"...Oh shit, you're like... One of those big fancy highbrows huh?" Opium's gaze dropped angrily to the ground, "Fuck!" This was it. He was going to die. This mare was going to pull a gun on him, and she was going to shoot him dead. The only thing he could think of doing was to cooperate... Maybe he'd think of a plan. "Of course I like money! Who doesn't? Money is what keeps this city afloat, in my own opinion..." Opium said with a twisted grin.

[Fascist Russian Empire]

Mac
Mac smiled broadly. "Thank ye soo much miss Diamond. I promise we won't bother ye at all. Coffee sounds wonderful eh Concerto? We can have a chat ta catch up or in my case get ta know ye." He said cheerfully and turned to Concerto with a smile before they entered. "Yer family is almost as amazin' as ye." He said and tenderly kissed Concerto before following Shining inside.

Concerto/Shining Diamond

Concerto blushed a little and smiled as he walked inside with Mac. Shining, who had been peeking back at them, smiled a little wider at the show of affection between the two. "Alrighty, you two can take a seat anywhere you like and I'll be right back." Shining said, enthusiastically, before trotting off to her kitchen. "Shining is a wonderful sister, but she isn't half as incredible as you." Concerto said, lovingly, staring into Mac's eyes as he took a seat on a luxurious couch.

[Crumlark]

Angel
Angel looked at him and shook her head, "I meant I find the idea of having another person doing your dirty work for you appalling. You are my equal, well, just about anyway. You may help yourself to anything you need in this house. I suppose you will need money . . . Well I guess having a chef wouldn't hurt too much." She said thoughtfully. She heard him speak to himself and she sighed, "Ever since my father died 5 years ago." She said and moved swiftly on to the next room. It was a large, well furnished living room with fire place, teapot and cups and saucers. "Feel free to relax here whenever you feel the need." She said and smiled to him. "Would you like to see your room now or later?" She asked curiously.

"There is always dirty work that needs to be done, Miss Angel. If you don't send someone to do it... who would? I dare say... everyone would be content to allow dirty work to heap up around them until it poisons their like with their unfinished wrath." He takes an exaggerated bow, humored to her first servant in such a long time, even if he had to take the news of her family in stride. "I'd like to get to my room as soon as I can." He suppressed a laugh while picking up and redraping one of his coat-tails. "Preferably one with a wardrobe..."

[The Flutterlands]

Rouge
Rouge blushed a bit but it couldn't be seen on her russet red fur. She pulled Pitch close and kissed his neck before smiling to herself. "Oddity made us take pills before those clients came. Last thing he needed was a girl being on leave for 5 months after they found out. Don't worry Pitch, the child will be ours." She said and kissed his shoulder while caressing his flanks. "I was thinking you could choose the name for the boy." She said softly and nuzzled Pitch's muzzle.

PItch turned red. "I'm not great with picking names." he admitted, kissing Roo's neck, "Perhaps we can cross that bridge, once get to it, shall we?" He gently wrapped his forelegs around Roo's neck, and kissed her on the nose, before laying his head on her chest. "I think I'll go to sleep, now." said Pitch.

[Pinki3 Pon-3]

Shimmer
Shimmer looked at Oddity in stunned silence before she returned to her mind and nodded slowly as she exhaled equally slowly. "I . . . I-I, y-yes I c-can. J-Just l-lie h-here." She said softly as she prepared a cloth of chloroform. Her hooves were shaking in fear and she spilled chloroform on her hooves. "O-oh . . . S-sorry I'll just clean that up." She said softly and wiped it up before turning sadly to Oddity. "Sh-shall I s-start?" She asked nervously.

Spectre
Spectre smiled and nodded, "Good, while money isn't what keeps this city alive, it does keeps you alive though . . . " She said thoughtfully and nodded again. "Well, I can pay you a fair deal, say a million bits, to kill your brother and his business associates . . . The ones in that pesky rebellion. I don't care who else, I just want four of them, including your brother, dead. There is no real time limit but you only get paid after the deaths. There is a 100 000 bit advance should you require any equipment." She said and smiled slyly, "Of course, if you decide to abandon the job I will hunt you down and make you wish you had killed yourself" she said with a chuckle that made it sound as if she had made a pun.

Mac
Mac smiled and sat down next to Concerto. He picked up Concerto's hooves and held them in his, "If ye keep on goin' on about me like that I may start believin' ye. Imagine what my ego would be like then hmm?" He said with a chuckle and kissed Concerto's hooves before nuzzling him. He rested his head on Concerto's shoulder and sighed, "Yer sister is nice, I have ta wonder how yer family ever got good in the business world if they're so nice. The business people in this city aren't very pleasant at all." He said softly.

Angel
Angel smiled and shook her head, "You're awfully philosophical, no I simply think people should do their own dirty work. Take out their own trash, clean their own dishes. I don't see how I can expect another person to wash my laundry when I am perfectly capable of doing so myself." She said and led Beau to another room. It was a large bedroom with a king sized bed and an en suite bathroom. "Here's your room, bathroom and the cupboard in between." She said gesturing to the walk in cupboard that joined the bathroom to the bedroom. There were suits for men on one side in varying hues of the spectrum and dresses on the other. "You never know what gender your guests will be." She said and headed for the door. "I'll be in the library when you're done cleaning up." She said and left his room to go continue her book.

Rouge
Rouge giggled and nodded, "Its midday Pitchy Pie but if you want to sleep go for it." She said softly and rubbed her nose against his. "I might leave to check on my brother a bit later, they may have found Snow." She said softly and caressed his side as they lay entwined together. "I-I don't know i-if you want to come along, funerals are . . . Well, they're not very happy affairs." She said uncertainly.

[Sungai Pusat]

Blink
Blink looked at Grace uncertainly and nodded slowly. "O-okay Gracey. I-I believe you." She said softly and smiled a little. Seeing the wrecked home didn't do much for her hopes that Mac was alive. She looked around and pointed to Aurora who appeared with Snow, "OH, who's that pony?!" She asked Grace curiously, feeling utterly bewildered by the new arrivals.

Snow
Snow looked at Silver's body with a tinge of sadness in her entire frame. She knelt down beside him and held up the acorn she had picked from a tree near the secret exit. "I remembered what you wanted brother." She said softly as tears streamed down her cheeks. She sobbed a little and placed the acorn in his limp hands before turning to Aurora, "W-where are we burying him?" She asked sadly.

Grace chuckled and hugged Blink tightly, her own eyes widening as Snow looked at Silver's body. She frowned deeply and her sadness showed clearly as she sighed, shaking her head. "...I don't know who they are... b-b-but... hear me out Blinkey..." She leaned down and nuzzled her cheek sadly. "S-s-something really bad's happened... I-I s-s-should've t-t-told you earlier..." Her tears fell from her eyes once again as she weakly fell onto her stomach and began sniffling uncontrollably as she closed her eyes halfway, gazing almost depressingly at the ground.

[Crumlark]

Angel
Angel smiled and shook her head, "You're awfully philosophical, no I simply think people should do their own dirty work. Take out their own trash, clean their own dishes. I don't see how I can expect another person to wash my laundry when I am perfectly capable of doing so myself." She said and led Beau to another room. It was a large bedroom with a king sized bed and an en suite bathroom. "Here's your room, bathroom and the cupboard in between." She said gesturing to the walk in cupboard that joined the bathroom to the bedroom. There were suits for men on one side in varying hues of the spectrum and dresses on the other. "You never know what gender your guests will be." She said and headed for the door. "I'll be in the library when you're done cleaning up." She said and left his room to go continue her book.

"What else is a man with an empty head supposed to speak with?" Atha joked, trying to aim for a baser humor he thought his host might have. "French?" He walked after her into the room, silent while she introduced him to the massive space he was allotted, and in the cupboard eying some of the more color-neutral dresses, curiously. "It is well outfitted to my needs, Ms Angel, I'll be down when I'm ready, thank you."
Fifteen minute's later, Atha came down with dress pants, a white, excessively frilly dress tightly tucked into his pants, a large form fitting belt across his abdomen, and a brown half-coat windbreaker from his original outfit, as well as a half-cape he found in the room. "Strange attire among strange folk, eh?" He asked, as if this pardoned his odd outfit.

[Das Metro]

Shimmer
Shimmer looked at Oddity in stunned silence before she returned to her mind and nodded slowly as she exhaled equally slowly. "I . . . I-I, y-yes I c-can. J-Just l-lie h-here." She said softly as she prepared a cloth of chloroform. Her hooves were shaking in fear and she spilled chloroform on her hooves. "O-oh . . . S-sorry I'll just clean that up." She said softly and wiped it up before turning sadly to Oddity. "Sh-shall I s-start?" She asked nervously.

Oddity anxiously laid down and watched Shimmer anxiously. This procedure required what Oddity could imagine to be sharp objects... He imagined safely removing one'd eye was dangerous enough, a shaking doctor didn't help. "Shimmer, before you start, you need to calm down," Oddity said with faux confidence, "I know you want me to be okay... But if you're nervous you could hurt me... Just relax, it'll be okay," he took her hoof in his, "I want it gone."

Spectre
Spectre smiled and nodded, "Good, while money isn't what keeps this city alive, it does keeps you alive though . . . " She said thoughtfully and nodded again. "Well, I can pay you a fair deal, say a million bits, to kill your brother and his business associates . . . The ones in that pesky rebellion. I don't care who else, I just want four of them, including your brother, dead. There is no real time limit but you only get paid after the deaths. There is a 100 000 bit advance should you require any equipment." She said and smiled slyly, "Of course, if you decide to abandon the job I will hunt you down and make you wish you had killed yourself" she said with a chuckle that made it sound as if she had made a pun.

Opium's jaw dropped. A million bit? To be paid to do something he'd dreamed of every night in that Asylum. Opium giggled madly and jumped around in circles. The addition of his associates weren't so bad... Collateral damage. "Although I didn't havena choice, I agree whole-heartedly. W-When do I start?" Opium asked, voice quaking with anticipation.

[Pinki3 Pon-3]

Blink
Blink giggled and gave Grace a gentle push. "I already know Silver's dead silly I saw it." She said and smiled cheerfully, her dementations on display for all present to see. "There was a bruiser and a fox guy and the bruiser hit Silver really, really hard. His hearts broken." She said and pointed to the bleeding corpse while still smiling. "I saw it when we went to the doctor." She said cheerfully.

Angel
Angel looked Beau up and down before shaking her head and placing the bookmark in her book. "You're free to dress as you will while you stay here. If you venture outside it is only yourself you'll be embarrassing. Not that I imagine you would lose sleep over that." She said and smiled a little. "Well, now you're dressed, rather literally but still, you could make lunch if you wanted, its my day off from lecturing so we can do anything that might help your memory or which might just help in general." She said before softly adding, "Well, not quite anything." She said and turned to the door. "You could always try wearing a shirt instead of a dress, might be a good start." She said with a smile.

Shimmer
Shimmer looked at him in surprise when he grabbed her hoof. Her mouth quivered as if she was thinking of saying something, then she smiled and nodded before exhaling. Her shaking stopped and she gently covered Oddity's face with the chloroform cloth.
*timeskip*
Shimmer gently shook Oddity awake and smiled to him as his eye opened. "Done Oddsy, I took the liberty of getting you a patch from the hospital stores." She said and held up the mirror so he could see the eye patch over his eye. (You can describe it as you want ^-^)

Spectre
Spectre smiled and pushed forward a briefcase which had been unseen the entire time. "You start as soon as possible." She said in her soft breezy voice before she seemed to disappear. Her colour seemed to drain from her, leaving a cheshire grin before that too faded. "Don't fail me" her voice whispered from every corner.

[Sungai Pusat]

Blink
Blink giggled and gave Grace a gentle push. "I already know Silver's dead silly I saw it." She said and smiled cheerfully, her dementations on display for all present to see. "There was a bruiser and a fox guy and the bruiser hit Silver really, really hard. His hearts broken." She said and pointed to the bleeding corpse while still smiling. "I saw it when we went to the doctor." She said cheerfully.

She blinked blankly and almost gawked at the ease in which she explained the situation, sighing weakly as she nodded with a weak chuckle and a smile to match the strength she had in countering Blink's current attitude. "Heh... well, I guess that's good that you're acquainted with what's going on..." She rubbed her head helplessly as she looked to Aurora and Snow with a sheepish grin. "Don't mind her! She's just... erm, specially reactive to the situation at hand! Quite acquainted with death, it seems! Good thing in this rebellion, really."

[Pinki3 Pon-3]

Blink
Blink tilted her head curiously, "What sishuashun? What's a sishuashun?" She asked curiously and smiled a little as she trotted up to Snow who watched the filly with mechanical hooves worriedly. Blink smiled broadly and giggled, "Don't worry, he'll be back." She said causing Snow to frown and look at her with tears still running down her cheeks. "My brother's dead and that's what you're going to tell me? He's not coming back!" She said angrily and turned back to her brother. Blink looked at Snow in confusion and shook her head, "But he IS! You'll see! He's coming back! They all are." She said softly. Snow turned to her as realization dawned on her. She hugged Blink a little and looked down sadly, "Dear . . . Th-that's not how death works." She said. Blink looked up to her in confusion, "Why not?" Snow sighed and shook her head, "It . . . Just . . . You were right, he'll be back." She conceded to avoid a long argument as Blink trotted back to Grace. "See Gracey, he'll be back." She said with a satisfied smile.

[Sungai Pusat]

Blink
Blink tilted her head curiously, "What sishuashun? What's a sishuashun?" She asked curiously and smiled a little as she trotted up to Snow who watched the filly with mechanical hooves worriedly. Blink smiled broadly and giggled, "Don't worry, he'll be back." She said causing Snow to frown and look at her with tears still running down her cheeks. "My brother's dead and that's what you're going to tell me? He's not coming back!" She said angrily and turned back to her brother. Blink looked at Snow in confusion and shook her head, "But he IS! You'll see! He's coming back! They all are." She said softly. Snow turned to her as realization dawned on her. She hugged Blink a little and looked down sadly, "Dear . . . Th-that's not how death works." She said. Blink looked up to her in confusion, "Why not?" Snow sighed and shook her head, "It . . . Just . . . You were right, he'll be back." She conceded to avoid a long argument as Blink trotted back to Grace. "See Gracey, he'll be back." She said with a satisfied smile.

Grace frowned deeply and worriedly at both Blink and Snow, chuckling weakly as she chalked up a wide, faux smile. "Heheheh... y-yeah..." She sighed defeatedly and pulled Blink into a one hoofed hug. "...h-he'll be back... he'll be back someday..." She whispered tearfully into Blink's ear as she tightened her hug on the little filly.

[Das Metro]

Shimmer
Shimmer looked at him in surprise when he grabbed her hoof. Her mouth quivered as if she was thinking of saying something, then she smiled and nodded before exhaling. Her shaking stopped and she gently covered Oddity's face with the chloroform cloth.
*timeskip*
Shimmer gently shook Oddity awake and smiled to him as his eye opened. "Done Oddsy, I took the liberty of getting you a patch from the hospital stores." She said and held up the mirror so he could see the eye patch over his eye. (You can describe it as you want ^-^)

Oddity woke slowly and felt scores of relief as it appeared Belle was calm and happy. Looks like his little pep talk did her some good. He looked at the eyepatch and preferred this loads over the ugly, morphed eye. Sure, it might look weird with his sunglasses, but he'd rather not go cavorting around with an empty eye socket. Oddity was odd... but even he knew that an empty eye socket was too much. There were kids out there after all. "I- I like this better," Oddity said, still drowsy from the chloroform as he looked at the simple black patch, "Thank you Shimmer... I l-like this..." he repeated.

A thought struck him rather suddenly, like Opium always did, and Oddity smiled slightly. He remembered Blink's heckling. Clumsily, Oddity leaned forward and felt a burning in his face as he gave Shimmer a quick peck on the lips. His face reddened and he leaned back, smiling nervously.

[Crumlark]

Angel
Angel looked Beau up and down before shaking her head and placing the bookmark in her book. "You're free to dress as you will while you stay here. If you venture outside it is only yourself you'll be embarrassing. Not that I imagine you would lose sleep over that." She said and smiled a little. "Well, now you're dressed, rather literally but still, you could make lunch if you wanted, its my day off from lecturing so we can do anything that might help your memory or which might just help in general." She said before softly adding, "Well, not quite anything." She said and turned to the door. "You could always try wearing a shirt instead of a dress, might be a good start." She said with a smile.

"I have a taste for the extravagant, already showcased by my taking to you, what can I say? The shirts you had to offer were flat and plain, while this at least has a few textures." To demonstrate, he gestured to the trills that ran parallel to the buttons up his repurposed dress. "Then again... this isn't much of an attire for cooking in, is it?" He scuttled off to the kitchen to look at what it had to offer. "What eating finery do we have here? Breads, cheeses, wines... you seem like the kind of person to own an aging cellar larger than most people's houses."

[The Flutterlands]

Rouge
Rouge giggled and nodded, "Its midday Pitchy Pie but if you want to sleep go for it." She said softly and rubbed her nose against his. "I might leave to check on my brother a bit later, they may have found Snow." She said softly and caressed his side as they lay entwined together. "I-I don't know i-if you want to come along, funerals are . . . Well, they're not very happy affairs." She said uncertainly.

Pitch giggled slightly. "Roo, it's night time. We'll most likely have the funeral, tomorrow morning." he said, "I guess I understand that a funeral isn't a happy affair, but, if you're going, I'm going." Pitch kissed Roo on the lips, and laid his head on her chest. He gave out a slight yawn. "Goodnight, Roo." said Pitch, sleepily.

[Pinki3 Pon-3]

Blink
Blink giggled and kissed Grace's cheek. "Then stop crying silly! What do you wanna do now?" She asked curiously before she noticed Concerto and Mac's note which mentioned the new opera house hide out. "OH what does this say?!" She picked it up and teleported to Grace before holding it right up against Grace's face, "Read it, read it pleasepleaseplease. Does it say where they went? Where'd they go? I wanna KNOW!" She wined.

Shimmer
Shimmer was surprised by the kiss and blushed bright red which contrasted with her otherwise yellow coat. She looked down at her hooves shyly and rubbed them together. "I-I . . . I l-like it too." She said softly and smiled sheepishly, avoiding eye contact while they stood in awkward silence for a while. "I-I umm . . . W-we sh-should go check on Blink, I still haven't seen her since the attack." She said softly with her cheeks still bright red.

Angel
Angel raised an eyebrow as she followed him to the kitchen, "Your taking to me? Am I supposed to be flattered by that?" She asked skeptically and shook her head with a sigh. "Your choice of clothing hardly affects me at all. I just happen to think half cross dressing is a little off." She said. She pointed to a large door in the wall and then to a hatch in the floor, "The door is the larder, you'll find everything you need there and the hatch leads to the cellar, again, you'll find everything you need. Now if you'll excuse me, I do so hate this dress." She said as she walked out, narrowly avoiding tripping on the dress. She returned a while later with a book, as usual, only this time dressed in a pair of denims and a plain, long sleeved shirt. "Ah pants, marvelous invention. Probably a women's idea, can't trust men to do anything right." She said and shook her head.

Rouge
Rouge sat up and looked outside, surprised to see Pitch was right. "Oh, my how time flies when your having fun." She said and snuggled into Pitch's body. She smiled as she rested her snout on his head and closed her eyes. "Goodnight my Stallion." She said softly and dozed off in his hooves.

[Sungai Pusat]

Blink
Blink giggled and kissed Grace's cheek. "Then stop crying silly! What do you wanna do now?" She asked curiously before she noticed Concerto and Mac's note which mentioned the new opera house hide out. "OH what does this say?!" She picked it up and teleported to Grace before holding it right up against Grace's face, "Read it, read it pleasepleaseplease. Does it say where they went? Where'd they go? I wanna KNOW!" She wined.

Grace sighed and picked up the note tearfully, reading every single word swiftly, having managed to catch every word well enough even with her own emotional baggage. "W-well... it seems that they've gone to some new opera house somewhere... not sure where the address is, I kinda think that it only ever says that it's a new opera house, but yeah: They're now there. And, apparently, that's the new hideout." She glanced briefly to Snow and Aurora before glancing back to Blink.

[New Babylonia]

Snow
Snow looked at Silver's body with a tinge of sadness in her entire frame. She knelt down beside him and held up the acorn she had picked from a tree near the secret exit. "I remembered what you wanted brother." She said softly as tears streamed down her cheeks. She sobbed a little and placed the acorn in his limp hands before turning to Aurora, "W-where are we burying him?" She asked sadly.

(I apologize for being so lazy with my posting recently, i'll try to step it up today.)

"I didn't hear them say, they just told me to go find you because i work at the core." Aurora stared at Silver's body, hoping he would suddenly jump up and come alive into song and dance and everything would be fine, but she knew he wouldn't. This was only the second time in her life when her mind actually acknowledged the permanence and truth of death, only the murder of her own family had ever done the same. Before that, everypony elses life she'd taken, her mind did not comprehend as them dying, or her being the reason. Yet here she was, her mind deciding that this worth full comprehension, full understanding. She didn't know why it felt this, but she respected whatever up there lead her to do so.

[Das Metro]

Shimmer
Shimmer was surprised by the kiss and blushed bright red which contrasted with her otherwise yellow coat. She looked down at her hooves shyly and rubbed them together. "I-I . . . I l-like it too." She said softly and smiled sheepishly, avoiding eye contact while they stood in awkward silence for a while. "I-I umm . . . W-we sh-should go check on Blink, I still haven't seen her since the attack." She said softly with her cheeks still bright red.

"Y-Yeah, we should go," Oddity said and got up from the bed. He was happy to have something to do, distract him from his anxiety. Oddity slipped on his saddlebag, and looked at his sunglasses laid neatly next to them. Wasn't really a point of wearing them with only one eye... Maybe he could special order a shaded monocle. "Ready to go Shimmer?" Oddity asked with a smile, leaving the shades on the table.

[Pinki3 Pon-3]

Blink
Blink giggled and pointed at Concerto's small, elegant hoofwriting. "There it is." She said and read the address, demonstrating her rudimentary education. She mispronounced the names a couple of times but got them right in the end with some help from Grace. She smiled broadly, "Operas sound cool! I like singing!" She said excitedly and hugged Gracey with her metal hooves for no apparent reason. "Are you happy Gracey? You've been crying a lot Gracey? Can we do something that makes you smile?" She asked with a giggle. "Can we go find that anthropony you like?" She asked curiously.

Snow
(Is okay NB, just have fun ^-^)
Snow sighed and picked up Silver's body in her arms, staining her white coat red as she carried him inside and set him down on Mac's bed. "D-do you know anything we can do to stop him from . . . You know . . . Rotting?" She asked embarrassedly while still crying.

Shimmer
Shimmer looked around, startled from her thoughts and smiled weakly, "Y-yeah." She said and teleported the two to Mac's house where they saw Blink and Grace. "BLINK! You're o-" Shimmer paused as she looked Blink over and saw the metal hooves and nasty looking spine implant. She smiled nervously and nodded, "Okay." She said softly. Blink turned around and ran to Shimmer. She nuzzled her and put Shimmer's hooves around her neck as she continued nuzzling her. Shimmer looked up at Grace in shock, "W-what happened t-to her?" She asked.

[Das Metro]

Shimmer
Shimmer looked around, startled from her thoughts and smiled weakly, "Y-yeah." She said and teleported the two to Mac's house where they saw Blink and Grace. "BLINK! You're o-" Shimmer paused as she looked Blink over and saw the metal hooves and nasty looking spine implant. She smiled nervously and nodded, "Okay." She said softly. Blink turned around and ran to Shimmer. She nuzzled her and put Shimmer's hooves around her neck as she continued nuzzling her. Shimmer looked up at Grace in shock, "W-what happened t-to her?" She asked.

Oddity looked around comfortably. Without his sunglasses he felt vulnerable, everyone could see his eye... or rather eye now. That was why he had worn them... Oddity had incredibly expressionate eyes, letting everypony see them was like giving them a little window into his head. The eyepatch didn't help. He stood at Shimmer's side and smiled when Blink ran over to Shimmer.

[New Babylonia]

Snow
(Is okay NB, just have fun ^-^)
Snow sighed and picked up Silver's body in her arms, staining her white coat red as she carried him inside and set him down on Mac's bed. "D-do you know anything we can do to stop him from . . . You know . . . Rotting?" She asked embarrassedly while still crying.

"We'd have to take out all of his organs, you know, mummification." Aurora looked at Snow with great empathy for the pain she was feeling, for once she understood somebody elses pain.

[Crumlark]

Angel
Angel raised an eyebrow as she followed him to the kitchen, "You're taking to me? Am I supposed to be flattered by that?" She asked skeptically and shook her head with a sigh. "Your choice of clothing hardly affects me at all. I just happen to think half cross dressing is a little off." She said. She pointed to a large door in the wall and then to a hatch in the floor, "The door is the larder, you'll find everything you need there and the hatch leads to the cellar, again, you'll find everything you need. Now if you'll excuse me, I do so hate this dress." She said as she walked out, narrowly avoiding tripping on the dress. She returned a while later with a book, as usual, only this time dressed in a pair of denims and a plain, long sleeved shirt. "Ah pants, marvelous invention. Probably a women's idea, can't trust men to do anything right." She said and shook her head.

"Flattered? No. Interested more like is what I was aiming for. When one grows uninterested in you, you are no longer welcome in their life." He took the liberty to witness her escape from the kitchen, guffawing at her near fall. With her absence from the kitchen being 'close enough' to an open invitation to use anything he needed, he took out one of the shallower pots. "Eggs. You can hardly go wrong with eggs." He washed off each egg before plopping them into the simmering water, before deciding on a light and flakey bread with a salad sparingly adorned with a vinegar-based dressing for a side.

The kitchen filled with the sharp scent of an improperly aged wine, a last minute improvisation when Beau couldn't find an unopened container of vinegar. The crunchy leaves and tender sliced fruit like diced pears and ground apricot sopped up the red dressing, and took on a new flavor altogether when he crunched up a herb in his palm and sprinkled the dust into the bowl. The result was a fresh, faintly yeasty and spicy scented salad with a reddish tint.
The bread itself was more of a challenge, but he prepared it with melted butter, handling the dough the least he could before putting it in the oven, but not before grating some lemon rind into the bread and pressing it in the with palm of his left hand.
Taking some time to rest his arm, Beau looked out of the kitchen and into the next room. When he saw Angel approach, he pulled back in and locked the door behind him. "Not quite done yet..."
He took the boiled eggs out and peeled their heat-weakened shells off, and then arranged them on two plates, next to a claw-spatula amount of salad, and two pieces of bread. "Much better." But unsatisfied, he took a buttered brush to the bread, gingerly salted the eggs, and peppered both plates entirely with a crumbling variety of cheese.

He went to unlock the door to the kitchen, and allowed Angel to come in. "Yes... I would say pants are wonderful, and I find it pitiable that so few women of status can enjoy it... as a side note, lunch is ready."

[Pinki3 Pon-3]

Snow
Snow nodded and grimaced a little. She sighed and went to Mac's kitchen. Then she had second thoughts and turned to Aurora, "I-I don't know, should we do it here? I've never done something like this. Explaining the circumstance to an undertaker could be tedious." She said and sighed, "Exceptionally tedious".

Angel
Angel paused as he locked her out of her own kitchen, feeling a little insulted. She entered and moaned happily as her nose was graced with the scents from his hard labours. "If you cook half as good as that smells, I'm giving you a raise." She said bluntly as she approached the plate with a smile. "Simple, I like it. . . Though I somehow doubt it was that simple to make. . . Is that . . . Did you open a casket of underaged wine in here?!" She asked in disbelief and chuckled. "Well, I'm hungry, step aside." She said and grabbed her plate hurriedly before stepping out to the dining room. She smiled at him and waited for him to join her. "I wouldn't say interested, too implicit. Rather stick with concerned." She said before digging into the food and effectively taste heaven. "Two raises." She muttered and continued eating, savouring each mouthful. (Nice description)