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Hoof Sugar convo 6/5/14

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  1. [00:35:51] Sugarcoat trots off to where the pony she'd been delaying having a conversation with for many days lived, her bruises faded against her soft pink coat as she follows the path up to the house her friend resided in. She couldn't be entirely certain he would be home, but it would be better to try speaking to him now than before it was too late. Taking a breath after arriving at the
  2. [00:35:53] Sugarcoat door, she knocks quietly twice, waiting.
  3. [00:36:58] GreenHoof sits in his kitchen at the supper table alone. On the table in one pile, he has a pile of small wooden dowels with angled trails. In the other, he has small metallic 'points'. Hearing a knock on the door, the green pony doesn't get up, but instead calls out in a rasp. "Unlocked! Come in!"
  4. [00:39:38] Weathervane [Vane@the.owner.of.elitebnc.violates.us] is now known as Weathervane[Sleep]
  5. [00:41:29] Sugarcoat pushes the door open, already disliking the sound of the other's voice as she takes stock of what was inside the house. She steps lightly as she looks for her friend, peeking her head into the kitchen to be greeted by a mess of things she immediately categorized as Things That Can't Be Good, along with the green stallion. Despite the niggling feeling that she disturbed
  6. [00:41:30] Sugarcoat him, this was a conversation she had to have. "Hoof, it's me... I came to talk to you."
  7. [00:45:36] EyeSpy [~kvirc@199.47.65.60] is now known as EyeSpyZzz
  8. [00:46:17] GreenHoof looks up from holding one of the metallic points onto the table with a hoof while sticking one of the wooden dowels under it. Seeing his friend, he gives a slight nod to her, and a hint of a smile. "Hello Sugar," he says quietly, "Have a seat." he says, gesturing to the chair across the table.
  9. [00:49:54] Sugarcoat steps forward to perch her haunches upon it, mouth dry from watching him busy at work making something that looked like ammo; biting at her cheek, she doesn't share a smile as she looks to him across the table. "I couldn't.. let things go after what we said at the Pony, Hoof. I need to hear it from you."
  10. [00:52:04] GreenHoof nods, looking back down to his work. He presses the metal point onto the dowel, setting it aside, before picking up another dowel and point, doing the same thing. "Hear what?" he says flatly, but with a hint of meekness in his voice.
  11. [00:57:26] Sugarcoat reaches over to grab his hoof with her own, stilling him. "Hey. This is important, Hoof. You remember what we were saying as well as I do, I'm sure... You're preparing yourself to make a choice you're not going to be able to live with yourself with if you carry through. Do you think I don't know? With how obvious you're making it with -- these?"
  12. [01:01:30] GreenHoof looks at his hoof in Sugar's hoof, then up to the mare's eyes. He had a feeling she'd be coming to talk about this again. "I'm preparing to go bring my friend back."
  13. [01:03:46] <Sugarcoat> "You're preparing to become a monster." She looks at him in return, her eyes narrowed and the last traces of warmth gone from her expression.
  14. [01:04:41] Nova_Flux [~Nova_Flux@99-92-69-161.lightspeed.elpstx.sbcglobal.net] has joined #FourCannon-GreenFarm
  15. [01:05:16] <Sugarcoat> "I'm not going to let you give yourself over like that, Hoof, this isn't... this isn't the way you can save him, if Green Hoof will die to do so.."
  16. [01:07:29] GreenHoof blinks, studying Sugar's expression for a moment, but not all that surprised at the accusation. "I don't plan on dying. Best of all worlds, the witches will just let us have him and we can all go home peacefully. But I'd be a fool to think that's how it's gonna go down."
  17. [01:12:08] <Sugarcoat> "That isn't what I meant. If you're going to murder them all like that, you're relinquishing your right to your name. Because you wouldn't be the same pony I thought was my friend." She lets his hoof go, settling back with her tail swishing in agitation. "Stop this, I'm trying to be serious.. All your ideas about contingencies... The questions I asked that you never answered...
  18. [01:12:10] <Sugarcoat> That's why I came here." Sighing, she gets back on all four hooves, going directly to his side where she reaches a hoof against his shoulder.
  19. [01:13:41] <Sugarcoat> "I'm worried about what you're doing, and I'm worried about you."
  20. [01:14:56] GreenHoof looks down at the table, avoiding eye contact. "I don't want to kill anyone... But ask your questions. I'll answer them all."
  21. [01:17:09] Sugarcoat tugs at his shoulder more insistently, "You say you don't want to, but... what are you preparing all this for? This is enough bolts for a massacre, and.. and, what are you going to do if they don't even have Phoenix..?"
  22. [01:21:34] <GreenHoof> "I'm preparing for worst case scenarios. I'm workin' with very limited information here, so I have to prepare for as many situations as I can. It's how I'm still alive. And if they don't have Phoenix? We try to find out where he is or what happened to him." He turns his head, looking to her, a hint of frustration evident in his expression. "What do you want me to do, Sugar? How the hell do you go
  23. [01:21:41] <GreenHoof> [god dammit, not finished]
  24. [01:23:16] <GreenHoof> How the hell do you go to the lair of a bunch of blood cultists, to get your friend back that they kidnapped, *without* any violence? Sneaking? Cause that's my plan A."
  25. [01:29:33] <Sugarcoat> "Because it looks like you're preparing for a lot more than just that, Hoof. There's defending yourself, and then there's protecting others, but this looks like you're ready for a massacre. And, considering what we know.. and don't know.. I don't want to see you die a little more inside because of it. Look at yourself, Hoof. Is this where you ever saw yourself being? Getting
  26. [01:29:34] <Sugarcoat> ready to kill? Because that isn't the Hoof I thought I knew."
  27. [01:35:12] GreenHoof sighs. "The only reason I would kill anyone on this mission is to save Phoenix or protect my comrades." Green Hoof nods his head to the small pile of yet to be assembled crossbow bolts. "I don't know how many might attack us. I'd rather have more ammo than I need than need it and not have it."
  28. [01:37:46] High_Tide [~WhiskeyJa@209.121.225.240] has quit IRC: Ping timeout: 186 seconds
  29. [01:40:10] Sugarcoat shakes her head, voice low and rough with her emotions. "I don't want you to end up as bad as I saw you that one night, even if this is what you feel you need to do. I know... I know you all have to get Phoenix back, but I can't help how I feel. If it comes to a fight you're going to shoulder more sins, when you've barely even forgiven yourself for being alive."
  30. [01:44:30] Curious [Curious@thinks.everybody.has.got-my.info] has quit IRC: Quit: so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodnight
  31. [01:46:47] GreenHoof puts down the little bolt he was fiddling with to assemble, Sugar suddenly fully having the stallion's attention. Slowly, the expression on his face relaxes from the concentration it had before, darkening a bit. He exhales slowly through his nose, looking straight forward to the wall. "I know. I'm not fighting for justice. I'm not a good person. I told you this."
  32. [01:49:31] Starfire|Asleep [~Starfire@c72063.upc-c.chello.nl] is now known as Starfire
  33. [01:52:18] Starfire [~Starfire@c72063.upc-c.chello.nl] is now known as Starfire|Away
  34. [01:53:21] <Sugarcoat> "You didn't tell me you were prepared to throw away everything again." Her face creases with an unreadable emotion, eyes looking at him with unusual sharpness. "You don't have to be 'good,' for me to care about how you're just, going to follow through with murder. As if it didn't have any reprecussions the last time."
  35. [01:58:32] <GreenHoof> "I'm prepared to throw myself away for Phoenix. And my friends." He gives a brief glance to Sugar. "I can live with killing better than I can live letting my friends die."
  36. [02:01:50] Sugarcoat turns away from him, clicking her teeth in frustration. "No matter what happens, you're going to be one taking the burder on by yourself. You'll blame yourself if, if -- Phoe isn't there, and you'll blame yourself if you kill to save him. How is this fair? I just.." She gives a shaky breath, trying to compose herself before the friend she had come to care for. "This isn't
  37. [02:01:51] Sugarcoat the ultimatuum you have to take."
  38. [02:09:34] GreenHoof pushes the pile to the side, resting his hooves on the table. The stallion blinks, his young face and any handsome features drowned out by the haunted glint in his bright green eyes. "It's not some tragedy. I'm just a killer. Forced to do some wetwork. Nothing new."
  39. [02:12:11] Ikea-|-Sleep [~Ikea@188.120.187.91] is now known as Ikea
  40. [02:22:48] <Sugarcoat> "S..stop that, you're resigning yourself to this. I..." Her chest quivers for a terse moment, the only warning the other pony got before her pink hoof swipes out to slap at his cheek, "Shut the hell up, and don't talk about yourself like that. You're not just a killer. You know that."
  41. [02:26:51] GreenHoof just sits there, a red mark appearing where he was slapped. He doesn't react or say, only sighs with a tired grunt.
  42. [02:26:59] <GreenHoof> say anything*
  43. [02:29:12] Sugarcoat gets more angry from his apparent acceptance of it, his silence inciting her to shake roughly at his body, her hooves pushing at him where he sits. "Hoof... I'm sorry, okay, I'm sorry, but you're not just a killer, you're not like them."
  44. [02:35:00] GreenHoof turns his head and coughs a few times before he reaches into the saddlebag near him, pulling out a sprig of wheat and sticking it in his mouth, grunting with a slight nod in thought.
  45. [02:37:43] Sugarcoat hangs her head low, sighing as she steps back, taking her hooves off of him. Her quiet breaths stilted, watching him. "... Sorry," she murmurs once more.
  46. [02:44:45] GreenHoof takes the sprig out of his mouth, looking at Sugar. "Maybe... Maybe one day... When all this is over. When Phoenix is back, when HORS is gone, when Lucy is fixed..." He shakes his head and turns back to his table, sliding another bolt together.
  47. [02:48:46] Sugarcoat freezes from his glance, guilt over what she had done making her body feel heavy where she stood. "It'll, never, be over Hoof.. There'll always be something new, and you're -- you're still going to be here through it. You're still...
  48. [02:49:22] <Sugarcoat> " Her voice is low, "My friend.. It hurts that you think of yourself like this."
  49. [02:54:45] GreenHoof puts the sprig back in his mouth, done putting the bolts together. He shrugs. "It is what it is. You don't know what the future holds for me, and neither do I. It's not over yet."
  50. [02:57:19] Rain[TuckedIn[ [RainTucke@mo-184-6-76-60.dhcp.embarqhsd.net] has joined #FourCannon-GreenFarm
  51. [02:59:23] Al_Dente [~kvirc@99-36-164-174.lightspeed.snjsca.sbcglobal.net] is now known as Al_sleepan
  52. [03:01:58] Sugarcoat slumps where she stood. Defeated. "I've done more harm than good coming to you tonight.. I'm sorry, Green Hoof. I won't bother you again."
  53. [03:03:59] GreenHoof turns to look at Sugar again, noticing her dilapidated expression finally. Immediately, the stallion gets up and canters forward to her, standing in front of her for a moment and just looking at her, before wrapping his hooves around her in a hug. He doesn't say anything, just holds her there in a hug.
  54. [03:07:40] <Nova_Flux> [:<]
  55. [03:08:14] Sugarcoat 's body feels light in his hold, nearly cringing back from the contact before letting her petite frame sink into his embrace. Damp beads at the corners of her eyes, which she immediately shuts so as not to break down in front of the other pony. Tentatively, she raises her hooves to hug him back, voice a quiet whisper against his coat. " 'm Sorry."
  56. [03:12:10] GreenHoof whispers into Sugar's ear, giving a gentle squeeze. "You help me by being my friend. You accept me even with all my faults. You care enough to come talk to me about it. You're my friend, and you could never bother me, understand?"
  57. [03:16:23] Sugarcoat gives him a nod, her muzzle brushing against the course black fur of his mane. "It just hur-ts to see you like this, Hoof, but.. but I made it worse. I do accept you, but I don't want to lose you either.." Her voice is timid, only loud enough for him to hear.
  58. [03:26:00] GreenHoof gently shakes his head. "No... You didn't make it worse. You can't make it worse. And... I'm not going anywhere, as long as I have my family and friends to look out for."
  59. [03:29:38] GreenHoof gently lets Sugar go, going back to four hooves and looking down at the mare, and, for a second, showing a genuine smile.
  60. [03:32:08] Sugarcoat accepts his words with a sense of finality, setting herself back against the ground. His smile, compounded with the welt she had left across his face, left her feeling empty despite the words of consolation he had to offer. "I.. ho-pe so, then.. Hoof," she stutters out, unable to stop a tear from trailing against her cheek.
  61. [03:36:33] GreenHoof reaches a hoof forward, brushing the tear from her cheek. "It's okay to cry sometimes..."
  62. [03:39:36] Sugarcoat smiles back after a moment, ashamed to have brought this on to the stallion when he had so many other problems. The brush of his hoof against her fur made her eyes dip close once more, lashes clumped together. "I worry, you know? Even after what you've said.."
  63. [03:51:10] <GreenHoof> [FUCK sorry]
  64. [03:54:05] <Sugarcoat> ['s okay Huf]
  65. [03:55:15] GreenHoof shrugs. "It's okay to worry. I worry too. But... the only thing you can do is keep going. And never give up. Ever."
  66. [03:57:59] <Sugarcoat> "Then, don't give up on yourself either... Okay?" She lifts her head tentatively to meet his eyes, hoping to find the answer she was seeiking there. "Because you're still going to be my friend, and not just.."
  67. [04:01:26] GreenHoof nods, turning around and going to the kitchen counter to grab a waterskin, taking a gulp from it. "Like I said... it's not over yet."
  68. [04:06:51] Sugarcoat bows her head to the pony, finding some assurance in his words. "I'll be there with you to weather this -- mess out," she says quietly. "I.. suppose I should go," looking guiltily to the mess of bolts on the table, before flicking her gaze over to the taller stallion's form.
  69. [04:09:16] <GreenHoof> "You're welcome to sleep here if you want. I know it's late. But me... I'm going to bed."
  70. [04:12:34] Ikea [~Ikea@188.120.187.91] has quit IRC: Ping timeout: 194 seconds
  71. [04:13:16] Sugarcoat sweeps her tail against her flanks, ears flat against her head. "Then, have a good night, Hoof.. Sweet dreams to you. I ought to.. go," she finishes lamely, turning with a last glance at him as she steps out of the kitchen. "Thank you for, well.. for tonight."
  72. [04:14:02] GreenHoof heads to his bedroom, giving Sugar one last look, frowning slightly seeing her demeanor. "I'll see you later, Sugar. Thanks for visiting me."
  73. [04:17:52] <Sugarcoat> "Yes, we'll see each other soon. G..glad to see a friend," she turns back, hooves making hardly a sound as she exits his house, clicking the door softly behind her. Her heart beats hard against her chest, the turbulence of emotions she felt hardly laid to rest as she takes the long walk back to her home alone.
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