Symphony's ears instantly flitted back at the sound of the room's other occupants moving, swiveling slightly at them before turning forward again to catch his sonics more directly again... for a short time he ignored sound's commentary about his sonics, relishing in the relieve it created instead and slowly began to ease off of the sounds once his intentions were completed, only to tense just slightly at the sudden patting on his back. He took a short moment to bring his collar up and snap it back into place on his neck, a strange musical tone slipping out of his mouth when it did, then he finally turned to lock eyes on the earth-pony behind him, his voice displaying a familiar practiced musical tone once more "Actually, I drink quite often for fun, I suppose it helps that I have a personalized Hang-over cure to fix negate the suffering, and a method of tracking down anything stolen during my vulnerable moments... I promise you, if you ever drink yourself unconscious you'll be 'wishing' you woke up to that 'ungodly noise'... Better to be excruciating for a minute than agonizing for hours... though I do hope you have a better ear for lovely sound than that, 'music' is kindof my thing and you're going to be hearing a lot of 'noise' from 'me'." with this done he quickly retrieved his saddlebags, pausing to give them a little sniff before strapping them down and stretching out as thoroughly as he could once more"As for me, I already ate a snack, though I would not be opposed to something else to eat, I should warn you though, 'cute' as I am, I am indeed 'carnivorous' by preference" He paused to accentuate this by licking at his terribly sharp teeth for but a moment "Though proudly 'NOT' cannibalistic, so no need to drum up those old fears... I do kindof like fruit too though." "That said, I am going to assume that the 2 of you are here because you dragged me up here after I passed out yesterday, even going so far as to find my key without stealing anything, which is more than can be said of 'some' ponies these days... hrm, I would apologize for unusual behavior during my intoxication, I have a habit of getting strangely both 'dark' and 'affectionate' at the same time." He quickly noticed though that the other's were prepared to move ahead already 'Lovely, It's nice to wake up to somepony that isn't painfully slow in the mornings... Luna knows, it took me years to get a routine down that'd shrug off the mornings!' It was sudden that a puff of black mist saw him vanish from sight, only for another similar puff to have him appear once more on the other side of Sound and Sparks, a lot closer than before and with a playful little chirp from his throat spoke again "That's funny, I once met someone who was absolutely enamored with fancy buck cakes... I never did understand why it hit them so hard, I swear it bordered on addiction!... Hrm, I don't quite recall if I introduced myself or not last night, so just incase, My Name is Midnight Symphony... I believe the bar does provide food, but while their booze is strong their food is sub-par... If you want a proper meal, I suggest we make our way to the bridge where the caravan should be waiting, get our down-payment, and use a piece of the time we still have here to get a quality meal at a nearby restaurant, and perhaps stock up on a bit of extra... Though the caravan does tend to keep a considerable stock of Rations, they are 'most definitely' stale but edible." with that he suddenly 'poof' vanished again, reappearing in the hallway facing Sound through the open door with a playful grin "Shall we 'away'?" and off he started trotting. ________________________________________ The 'offer' from Thunder to booby trap the stores of the Caravan was politely declined, Security of stock was certainly important, but it was proffered to ensure the 'integrity' of the stock as well... plus, it was let slip a bit that they had their own methods in place for tracking down anything that was stolen, courtesy of someone else who traveled with the Caravan. ________________________________________ Breaker awoke to find that his 'fun night' had slipped out from under his hooves while he slept, of course the hang-over couldn't compare to the satisfaction he'd gotten from the previous night, just a simple mumble slipping out "That little guy is tougher than he looks, hahah." Before long he climbed out of bed himself, fore-going the issue of bathing for getting his armor and fresh traveling cloak back on... Of course this meant he stank of sex as he came into the hall-way at just about the same time a certain thestral and other companion's were coming out of their own room, providing a leisurely little wave and a big grin "well, good morning 'companions to be', Lovely morning isn't it?" The Thestral very easily figured out what had happened the previous night by the scent allover the bigger stallion, actually earning a bit of a blush from him before he got to work clearly trying to ignore that, and the fact that the big pony appeared just suddenly join them on their way down to the bar.