TheFiredancer

National Equestrian Mage Conference

@Carlsberg

“Maybe you can,” Grace said with a wink. “I’m off at one. For now, darling, duty calls.” She gave Ley a flirty smile, before heading off to help another bar goer.

“Damn, if only I had that kind of luck,” a feminine voice said from beside Ley, a bit of a pouty tone to it.

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Sky laughed, following Quartz and drawing him into dancing with him as best he could. “Well, just think. This is only the beginning,” Sky said with a grin. “Not even the Conference proper. More will come. More things to see, more ponies to do,” he said, his tone joking. “Just wait. It’s only going to get better.”

National Equestrian Mage Conference

@Carlsberg

“Autumn Grace, darling,” the earther said, expertly depositing a glass of fiery orange drink before Ley. “And what sort of name might a scholar like you be keeping?” she asked. “And I hate to mess with the mood, but what room to I set your tab up for?” she added, sounding apologetic for needing to get that information.

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Sky Runner grinned. “I take it this is your first visit to a magical conference of any kind, let alone the Equestrian Mages’ Conference?” he asked the stallion cheerfully, noting the age, and definitely liking the body he saw. It also helped that Sky was about the same height as the stallion, too, rather than his normal ‘a lot shorter’. “I’m Sky Runner, by the way. What’s your name?” he asked in a smooth tone.

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@Carlsberg

“Well, we have the Dragon’s Breath Cocktail that’s exclusive to this Resort. That’s both different and hot,” the mare said smoothly. “And darling, even if I got the hot covering, there’s never too much hot stuff, no?” she asked in a flirty tone as she went about making the drink.

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Sky grunted as the stallion ran into him, nearly bowled over before he’d even had a chance to have his first drink. He turned to see the stallion, curious to see just who it was that had run into him.

National Equestrian Mage Conference

@Carlsberg

It wasn’t long before a bartender came over to speak to Ley. She was a tall mare with a statuesque build, and moved with grace. “What can I get for ya, hun?” she asked Ley with a smile. The selection of beers and alcohol seemed to be ‘if a pony could think of it, the resort had it’.

National Equestrian Mage Conference

@Carlsberg

Sky snorted. “Yeah, yeah,” he said good-naturedly. He’d show her… his average would have one more on the good side after this night!

The bar was what one would expect for a fancy hotel, with cute waitstaff and bartenders of both genders. The bar was already fairly full of ponies who’d arrived that day looking to relax before bed and before the conference would officially start.

“Well, good luck,” Sky said, slipping off to go try his luck with some of the bar patrons, and leaving Ley lines to her own devices to find and pick up a mare of her own while he made his own attempt at picking up somepony.

National Equestrian Mage Conference

@Carlsberg

“It’s not like we have to wake up tomorrow, so I guess we’ve got all the time we want,” Sky said, getting up. His cannon was already safed, the trigger mechanism and attached thunderstone were detached from it while he worked, so he could just leave it how it was. “Let’s go check out this bar, and see if I can smooth talk my way back to somepony’s room,” Sky said with an overly hammy tone, already walking towards the door.

National Equestrian Mage Conference

@Carlsberg

“Like I said, makes way too much sense,” Sky said to Ley easily, nodding to her in thanks for altering the stone’s output so that it was directional. He laughed as Ley Lines commented on going to the presentations being for both. He looked back down at his cannon once more. “Alright, I guess it can be both then,” Sky allowed, a teasing smile on his face.

[OOC: Time Skip incoming!]

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Sky glanced up at Ley’s offer. “Yes please,” he said with a sigh. “I really hope that’ll help. I have a couple of force mirrors in the back of the barrel, but hopefully a full directional blast will help,” he said, shooting a smile at Ley. He then chuckled. “That unifying theory is still pretty crazy to think about, but it makes way too much sense,” Sky stated. “I’m looking forward to your presentation as well. Though I have to ask, are you looking forwards to these presentations you’re going to for knowledge, or eye candy?” he added teasingly.

National Equestrian Mage Conference

@Carlsberg

“Oh come on,” Sky complained with a laugh. “It was good and you know it.”

He was over on one side of the room. His cannon was mostly assembled, with the barrel opened so that the breach loader of the potato cannon was open, and the thunderstone at the back was exposed. He had a set of tools spread around himself that allowed him to do basic manipulations of the stone, mostly in regards to the blasting frequency and force. There was also all their luggage now sitting at the foot of each bed and what looked like a skeet launcher set up on the balcony, though this one launched force fields that dispersed after a short period of time.

“Oh, and the luggage came in. There’s also a notice with it. Tomorrow is free for us while the rest of the Conference attendees are going to come in, but day after, it starts. First one to take a stage is going to be a Doctor Starlight Dancer, speaking on array manipulation, and building a better, more efficient spell based on Starswirl’s seventh law of magic. You’re scheduled for a presentation on the third day,” he explained to her.

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