*****G-Platypus - Blackberry Walkabout 3*****

Jan 19 01:02:54 <Mister_Clacky|GM>    *****G-Platypus - Blackberry Walkabout 3*****
Jan 19 01:04:04 *    Blackberry_Jam brings a hoof to his face, caressing his cheek. "I have to, Snake... We... were apart for so long..."
Jan 19 01:04:42 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake Eater shakes his head. "Me and you... we have something special... something that brought us together again across the whole of the Wastes... It's meant to be."
Jan 19 01:07:00 *    Blackberry_Jam shakes her head right back. "Had... Snake. We... we 'had' something... But... you didn't say goodbye... and I knew you couldn't... So I came here to say it for you."
Jan 19 01:08:19 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake Eater shakes his head more resolutely. "I've come too far... There's gotta be hope. We can't be done... He can't love you like I do."
Jan 19 01:09:35 *    Blackberry_Jam nods slowly. "He doesn't... And... that's..." More choking, more words crawling out of her throat and digging into her brain. "That's why I love him!" she blurts.
Jan 19 01:11:49 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake brings a hoof to yours. "Berry... That doesn't make any sense. I've tracked you down for so long. I'd do anything for you. /Anything/. I'd lie, cheat, steal... murder... anything to get you back. I've /done/ anything to find you again. I can't lose you."
Jan 19 01:14:20 *    Blackberry_Jam hangs her head. "You didn't lose me, Snake... I lost you..."
Jan 19 01:16:57 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     He gives a warm, loving smile. "But you didn't. I'm right here." He settles to his haunches and opens his forelegs for you.
Jan 19 01:18:59 *    Blackberry_Jam collapses into him. "I'd cry, Snake... but I'm out of tears to shed. You've learned, haven't you?"
Jan 19 01:20:02 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake holds you. "I've learned all kinds of things, Berry..." He strokes your mane. "And I know that there is /nothing/ else I want than this. I've missed you so much..."
Jan 19 01:20:47 <Blackberry_Jam>    "You learned that you never appreciate something until it's gone."
Jan 19 01:22:49 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     He continues to stroke your mane. He kisses your forehead. "I like to think I did, but absence has only made the heart grow fonder. Not that I could have comprehended how I could love you more."
Jan 19 01:24:30 *    Blackberry_Jam shakes her head hard. This was wrong! "Snake... I loved you then... but... I grew up... I grew older... I met mares, I met a wonderful stallion... You were always there... but you were never like this..."
Jan 19 01:27:44 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake gives you a squeeze. "I've grown up too, Berry. I've been so many places... done a lot of things. I think my vocabulary has gotten better." He gives you a winning smile. "I've met ponies too. I've fought off loneliness a time or two with a pretty face for a night... I'm not proud of it, but I admit it...
Jan 19 01:28:35 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "...We've had our dalliances, sure, but we are meant to /be/. You've been my compass since before we got separated. I can't help myself but to point to you..."
Jan 19 01:30:50 *    Blackberry_Jam stands up and lights a cigarette. "I can't do this, Snake... I'm going to start a family with him... when I leave here..."
Jan 19 01:31:47 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake Eater's forelegs fall when you leave his embrace. "What... what if he isn't there?"
Jan 19 01:32:01 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "What if... something happens to him?"
Jan 19 01:33:17 *    Blackberry_Jam turns with confidence. "He will be. He /always/ will be. He won't be off on a 'mission', he won't be out raiding Stables... He'll be there. Waiting for me."
Jan 19 01:34:21 <Blackberry_Jam>    "And he won't be off fighting a dragon..."
Jan 19 01:36:11 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake sighs. "You’re right... I deserve that. I shouldn't have been off killing that dragon... But it was dangerous. It could have killed a lot of ponies. It could have taken you away from me and so I took care of it. Like I would anything else that would try that."
Jan 19 01:36:49 *    Blackberry_Jam stamps a hoof. "Dammit, Snake! You didn't even say goodbye!"
Jan 19 01:38:27 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     His eye twitches. "I didn't expect to need to! I didn't expect you to be gone!"
Jan 19 01:39:29 *    Blackberry_Jam glares at him. "It followed you home, Snake! It followed all of us home! It /killed/ Feldspar! It /killed/ Zemblanity! It burned the /entire camp/ to the ground!"
Jan 19 01:41:47 <Mister_Clacky|GM>    "I'm sorry. I know that blame lays on me, and it's been eating at me since then. I did all I could, and I did it to protect /us/!"
Jan 19 01:46:12 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     He looks stern. "I'd do anything to protect us."
Jan 19 01:46:23 *    Blackberry_Jam steps forward. "Forgive me if I didn't notice. I was too busy getting my /family/ to safety... You never made me feel like he does, Snake. Never. I'm... I'm sorry, Snake. You might... but you didn't always."
Jan 19 01:52:25 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "I can't change that attack, but I've been hunting for you since. You may be right. You don't know what you've got til it's gone. I can't lose it again."
Jan 19 01:53:58 *    Blackberry_Jam gives him a forlorn look. "Snake... if you want to protect /us/... Drop this."
Jan 19 01:56:52 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake Eater drops his head, his ears drooping. He blinks wetness from his one good eye. He sighs. "I've been looking forward to this day... run it through in my mind..." He looks up, eye misted over. "...I've imagined you dead... I've imagined me dead... I've imagined us maimed or worse... I've imagined us happy too... Never have I thought..." He closes his eyes and shakes his head.
Jan 19 01:58:30 *    Blackberry_Jam smiles softly. "I'm happy with him, Snake... I know you can be happy without me. The stallions back at the base... they made you happy, didn't they? I... I want what we had to stay just that... what we had. And... I want you to keep making music."
Jan 19 02:00:44 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     He looks up at you, heartbroken. "I can't watch you leave again... Stay with me... just for tonight. For old times and old loves. Let me go to sleep with you and dream you’re still mine."
Jan 19 02:01:18 *    Blackberry_Jam slowly unbuckles the straps on her barding. "I... I think I can do that. There's something else we need to do..."
Jan 19 02:05:18 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake manages a smile. "Yes?"
Jan 19 02:06:03 *    Blackberry_Jam removes the guitar case from her back. "We're in a radio station... and... I've had some time..." She produces a few pieces of paper, dog-eared and worn. "I'd written a song for you, years ago."
Jan 19 02:07:12 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     He straightens himself and nods. "There's a studio... We can go there now."
Jan 19 02:07:32 *    Blackberry_Jam manages a smile as well. "Would you like to?"
Jan 19 02:08:18 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "It'll give me something lasting of you... It'll have to be enough." He gives a sad smile.
Jan 19 02:08:58 *    Blackberry_Jam opens the guitar case and removes the battered six string. She opens the door, finally. Down to her sweatshirt and beret, she heads to the studio.
Jan 19 02:13:15 <Mister_Clacky|GM>    Snake leads the way, keeping on a strong fascade. Not very well... but he's trying. The studio is a simple affair. A mixing board and a room behind glass with some microphones. Sweet Chocolate sleeps in the corner on a foal-sized bed. "Up and at'em Chocolate. Got a song to cut."
Jan 19 02:15:27 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Chocolate rolls to his hooves. "Sure... Sure... I'm up."
Jan 19 02:16:35 *    Blackberry_Jam keeps her head down, setting her music down in a music stand and strums out the first few bars. "I've... never really done this before. Go easy on me."
Jan 19 02:18:05 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Chocolate cues a monitor mic to talk to the pair of you in the studio half. "I'll be gentle."
Jan 19 02:19:43 *    Blackberry_Jam sings a few bars to give Snake the tune. She's confident that he can pick it up.
Jan 19 02:21:08 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake picks along with his guitar. Focusing on the melody.
Jan 19 02:21:46 *    Blackberry_Jam begins to slowly sing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXkgn3QUA2w .
Jan 19 02:23:06 *    Blackberry_Jam isn't nearly as good as that, of course, but she gets through it without stopping.
Jan 19 02:23:52 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake Eater manages to give it acceptable accompaniment
Jan 19 02:24:23 *    Blackberry_Jam lowers her head once it's through. Setting the guitar aside, she smiles faintly. "And... how was that...?"
Jan 19 02:25:07 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "Beautiful... It..." He closes his mouth. "It's late..."
Jan 19 02:27:03 *    Blackberry_Jam nods slowly. "I'll join you in a minute... there's something else I wanted to do, too." She leans towards the microphone. "I wrote this song for a friend... He's... he's dead now..."
Jan 19 02:27:37 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     He offers you a gentle smile. "I'll play for you... if you want me too."
Jan 19 02:28:36 *    Blackberry_Jam returns it. "I wouldn't have it any other way." Slowly, clearer than the last one, she offers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy_4JmGCt-Q to the listeners, whoever they may be."
Jan 19 02:31:34 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     He picks up the melody easily. The song finishes. "Beautiful song to a...son..."
Jan 21 21:14:42 <Mister_Clacky|GM>    Jan 19 02:32:36 *    Blackberry_Jam shakes her head. "He was like my son... Now... He's dead. That's all." She leaves the studio. She climbs in bed.
Jan 21 21:14:42 <Mister_Clacky|GM>    Jan 19 02:33:55 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake follows you. He crawls into bed behind you and wraps you up in an embrace. He rests his chin on the crown of your head a moment. "If I never see you again... at least we'll have tonight." He kisses the top of your head.
Jan 21 21:14:42 <Mister_Clacky|GM>    Jan 19 02:34:55 *    Blackberry_Jam nuzzles slightly into his chest. "We... we will."
Jan 21 21:14:42 <Mister_Clacky|GM>    Jan 19 02:35:35 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     He gives you a squeeze before gently placing another kiss at the base of your ear.
Jan 21 21:14:42 <Mister_Clacky|GM>    Jan 19 02:36:05 *    Blackberry_Jam squeezes back. There's hesitance in her movements.
Jan 21 21:14:42 <Mister_Clacky|GM>    Jan 19 02:37:57 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     His eye closes and his muzzle traces down the base of your ear toward your jawline. He shifts a bit, raising his chest up enough to loop his head around to kiss the sensitive spot where your jaw meets your neck.
Jan 21 21:14:42 <Mister_Clacky|GM>    Jan 19 02:42:14 *    Blackberry_Jam smiles a little. Her tail coils against his short, cropped one. She nuzzles at whatever he gives her.
Jan 21 21:14:42 <Mister_Clacky|GM>    Jan 19 02:43:22 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake slides a hoof down your side and onto your stomach. The heel rubs you around your navel as he continues to kiss up and down your neck.
Jan 21 21:14:42 <Mister_Clacky|GM>    Jan 19 02:44:22 *    Blackberry_Jam thinks he'd undoubtably find her recent ink excursions interesting. "Snake... I don't know if..."
Jan 21 21:14:42 <Mister_Clacky|GM>    Jan 19 02:46:07 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake shushes you. "Tonight, Berry. For everything we've ever had." He kisses the base of your ear again.
Jan 21 21:14:42 <Mister_Clacky|GM>    Jan 19 02:47:07 *    Blackberry_Jam flicks it. "I can't... have /sex/... with you..."
Jan 21 21:14:42 <Mister_Clacky|GM>    Jan 19 02:50:51 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     He kisses you again. "I love you. You loved me. It's not sex, Berry, its making love. I need this Berry. I need you tonight. I need all this searching to have been... I need a reason, Berry."
Jan 21 21:17:20 *    Blackberry_Jam 's ears flick in hesitation. She resists the kiss and turns away. "Snake... I can't... I have to go... There are ponies who need me... Who will /actually/ die without me... Goodbye, Snake Eater."
Jan 21 21:19:04 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake scrabbles half out of bed as you get your hooves on the shag carpet. "Berry... Wait. Please?" His rush has entangled him and he's struggling a bit to get free.
Jan 21 21:20:24 *    Blackberry_Jam stops at the door. She's already got her barding on. She gives him a look that says "this is that last we'll ever see of each other. Make it count."
Jan 21 21:22:45 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake fumbles for words under that look. "I'm sorry. I truly am. But I can't stop these feeling for you Berry. I know deep down you feel the same way. I'll be here when you realize that." He's still trying to kick free of his cloth prison.
Jan 21 21:23:44 *    Blackberry_Jam steps forward and helps him out of there. "And I know you cam’t... But... don't wait for me." She says, turning to trot out once more.
Jan 21 21:27:52 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Snake swallows. "I've been following you this long, I have the patience."
Jan 21 21:29:30 *    Blackberry_Jam closes the door. He can almost hear her say "...Not the only one with a way to fall..." before she does. "Toil... Let's go."
Jan 21 21:35:42 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Toil looks up as you exit the room, Chocolate is standing beside her. "Thank... something..." Her eyes dart over to Chocolate. "If you say 'The Sisters', I'll buck you out a window. Talk about broken record, I didn't come here for a sermon you nutty, shut-in midget!" She steps up to you. "You can help me loot my old pads later, I'm ready for home."
Jan 21 21:36:06 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     With a flash you find yourself in a significantly nicer looking than you last saw it apartment.
Jan 21 21:37:13 *    Blackberry_Jam blinks a little at this exchange before stumbling forward out of Toil's teleportation. "Gah... Shit..."
Jan 21 21:38:39 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Toil completes her step without missing a beat, another step and she plops down on an abused but comfy sofa. "Have you been up here since you came and got Snack? I've added some things."
Jan 21 21:40:23 *    Blackberry_Jam shakes her head a few times, closing her eyes. Once she's regained balance, she does take a good look around. "I haven't... It's nice..."
Jan 21 21:42:06 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Toil hops back to her hooves and darts to the other wall. "Look! A bookshelf! Snack even gave me a book for it. I mean... it was a booze shelf... but now it's officially a book shelf." She gives a happy smile. Seems she likes to gush about furnishings.
Jan 21 21:44:53 *    Blackberry_Jam gives a half-smile back at her enthusiasm. "Maybe you can come look at our railcar some more... It looks like you've got an eye for interior decorating."
Jan 21 21:55:42 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Toil gives a happy smile. "I do like to be surrounded by the finer things. It's /amazing/ the nice stuff you can find in the upper levels of buildings. Most of the nasty stuff stays on the lower levels to be closer to it's prey."
Jan 21 22:01:01 *    Blackberry_Jam stretches a little. "Right..." She looks at Toil, specifically at her stomach. "I suppose I should be getting back now... Unless there's something you needed."
Jan 21 22:02:13 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Toil smiles and lays down. "Depends, you have any headache remedies that don't involve foal-mutating narcotics?"
Jan 21 22:04:36 *    Blackberry_Jam smiles back. "Figured you'd be coming around looking for symptom relief soon... Asprin is a little dangerous, with fetal bleeding and all... Try rubbing some mint and Ginkgo on your tongue. Nyota could get you some fairly easily."
Jan 21 22:07:41 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Toil nods, making a mental note. "Anything you could do like... now?" She opens a drawer with her TK and brings out her stick of topical pain relief. "Is this safe?"
Jan 21 22:08:18 *    Blackberry_Jam offers a hoof. "Toss it here, we'll peek at the ingredients."
Jan 21 22:09:42 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Toil gives it a telekenetic toss and rolls to her back on the sofa, tail up between her legs for modesty. She drapes her head over the armrest and rubs at her temple with a hoof.
Jan 21 22:10:06 *    Blackberry_Jam turns the stick over, trying to see if it actually /has/ ingredients...
Jan 21 22:11:40 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     The ingredients seem safe, but it's only a topical numbing agent, a patch to the pain, not anything that will cause any real symptom relief in the long run.
Jan 21 22:13:47 *    Blackberry_Jam tosses it back to her. "Nothing harmful, but you're going to want to look for more permanent solutions. I can ask Nyota for you, if that'd help."
Jan 21 22:16:12 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Toil gives a huge grin, smearing the stick over her forehead and the base of her horn with a loud, almost lewd, sigh. "That'd be great, Doc. You ponies... gave me a chance. I know I'm bad news, but I'm going to try and be better. So... Thanks. If you need an outside ear or a place to lay low..."
Jan 21 22:16:56 *    Blackberry_Jam starts for the door. "I know who to call. Thanks, Toil. But go easy on that stuff, you should try to ration it."
Jan 21 22:19:06 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     She smirks. "I have a /warehouse/ of this stuff. You take care of yourself, I'm going to need you to take care of me!" She hollars as you head out.
Jan 21 22:21:15 *    Blackberry_Jam gives a slight wave as she goes down a few floors, back to where she spoke to Itakaseni. She takes out the scalpel again and just stares at it as she lights a cigarette.
Jan 21 22:21:54 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     The pearls and onyx glow mutely.
Jan 21 22:23:20 *    Blackberry_Jam tosses it between her hooves a little, feeling the weight. "I have to know..."
Jan 21 22:26:37 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     It has a good, solid feel. It's exceedingly well balance. As you toss it, it almost seems to /try/ to stay balanced right in your hooves. The glow brightens ever so slightly.
Jan 21 22:27:05 <Blackberry_Jam>    "How many others got the second chance he did?"
Jan 21 22:29:11 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     There's a feeling of a light breeze. "Few. Very few."
Jan 21 22:30:46 *    Blackberry_Jam looks down. Her head swam with memories of every dead pony she knew. "Better ponies than him... better than /anypony/ have died..."
Jan 21 22:34:09 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "Yes." There's a pause. "Most move on to their reward. It is very rare a pony lingers on the Ledge. Rarer still a walker finds them. Rarer still a walker has reason to attempt it. The only story I know is of a mother crossing for her daughter. There may be countless ponies who were 'more' than him when he died..."
Jan 21 22:34:32 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "... But can you know that they were more than he will be?"
Jan 21 22:35:22 *    Blackberry_Jam looks out at Railyard from her perch by a window. "That's not really fair, considering he wasn't going to keep 'being', is it?"
Jan 21 22:38:37 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "But now he is. Whether he is 'worth it' or not hasn't been determined yet. That will depend on what he does, and who helps him do it."
Jan 21 22:39:24 *    Blackberry_Jam taps her cig a little. "Luna help him if North keeps at it..."
Jan 21 22:40:47 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     There's a laugh on the wind. "He could do with a better rolemodel."
Jan 21 22:41:26 *    Blackberry_Jam looks up at the night sky. "Wonder where he'd find one of those."
Jan 21 22:45:47 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "I can think of somepony. A nice mare with a good head on her shoulders. Who cares more than she lets on and isn't afraid to be insistant. Downright stubborn really."
Jan 21 22:49:30 *    Blackberry_Jam tosses her cigarette into the dirt below. "She'd probably have to deal with looking at the face of her dead friend every day. Must be tough on a mare..."
Jan 21 22:54:19 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "She's a tough mare. Toughest I know. Not a one I'd trust more... entrust more too." The little spot in the stairwell seems to warm. "She's a good mare."
Jan 21 22:56:43 *    Blackberry_Jam sits back a little. "Then why is she having so much trouble?"
Jan 21 23:13:41 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "Because she's had to be tough too much. It's confusing and hard and somepony saddled her with a burden she didn't want."
Jan 21 23:14:56 *    Blackberry_Jam grits her teeth a little. "Yeah, they did... She doesn't have anypony to help her carry it, either, does she?"
Jan 21 23:15:11 <Blackberry_Jam>    "She does... it's just... he can't always be there, if she leaves."
Jan 21 23:17:33 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "Maybe she can carry around a voice to talk to. Maybe she has ponies around her who can help her carry it after all. Maybe they need to carry a bit of weight to get strong enough to make it."
Jan 21 23:18:25 <Blackberry_Jam>    "How can she give it to them? If she didn't want it... will they?"
Jan 21 23:21:20 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "I suppose she won't know til she tries. Me? I think she cares too much for them not to try. They look up to her, even if they listen about as well as all young ponies do. I think they will surprise her."
Jan 21 23:23:16 *    Blackberry_Jam looks down at the scalpel. "I'm done with surprises... Just meeting expectations..."
Jan 21 23:28:20 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "Well, the only expectations I have for you are that you'll be a good mare. I'm gauranteed to be right." There's a brush of a feeling, almost the sensation of the touch of a hoof on your withers.
Jan 21 23:29:53 *    Blackberry_Jam sits still. Again, she'd be crying if she weren't out of tears. "Your student isn't good enough yet..."
Jan 21 23:32:51 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "Chastity? She's better than me when I took over. She's got a good head on her shoulders, knows it well enough. She'll pick up the technique. Slash and Slag will give her enough practice on cuts and bruises she'll be right by the time she has to do anything difficult."
Jan 21 23:33:51 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "She'll make a good nurse for you when you come back, but it will do her some good to get thrown in the fire. Temper her. Otherwise she'll never reach her potential."
Jan 21 23:35:50 *    Blackberry_Jam blinks. "When I come back..."
Jan 21 23:38:59 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "I know Railyard is where you'll end up. Whenever that is, it will be better off for it. But I can't shake the feeling that there's something to be done... and that you and your friends are the ones to do it."
Jan 21 23:40:40 *    Blackberry_Jam looks out in the vague direction of Downtown. "You feel it too? I thought... finding Snake, finishing it... It'd make the feeling go away... But it hasn't."
Jan 21 23:43:56 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "I do. A dread building. I worry, Jam..."
Jan 21 23:44:49 *    Blackberry_Jam gives a very slow nod. "There's a lot of worry out there, tonight."
Jan 21 23:55:47 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     The feeling of a gentle squeeze presses on your shoulder. "Too much worry. I agree. You should talk to him. That's how you'll settle your mind and your heart. Hiding from it won't make your path clear. You've got to seize the lantern."
Jan 21 23:58:12 *    Blackberry_Jam exhales, blowing sloppy smoke rings into the air. "Maybe I should..."
Jan 21 23:58:59 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "You should. Confront the problem, it's the only way to see it."
Jan 22 00:01:56 *    Blackberry_Jam stows the scalpel away and thinks. "Did... did you give those things to Razz?:
Jan 22 00:03:00 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "She has them now."
Jan 22 00:03:35 *    Blackberry_Jam chuckles softly. "Good. She hates 'Faust'."
Jan 22 00:05:04 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     The warmth of the air starts to fade. "Thank you, Jam, for the talk."
Jan 22 00:06:00 *    Blackberry_Jam pats her medical bag. "It might be a while before we talk again... But we will."
Jan 22 00:06:50 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     The feeling of contact on your shoulder lifts and the stairwells temperature returns to normal.
Jan 22 00:07:54 *    Blackberry_Jam stops where Itakaseni died. With a small smiles, she says "You take care of her, too."
Jan 22 00:09:10 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     There's just a ghost of a breeze that blows an acknowledgement
Jan 22 00:09:55 *    Blackberry_Jam is on her way. Speaking of Nyota... perhaps she could help Berry with something.
Jan 22 00:13:19 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     The zebra in question is most likely at the Clinic.
Jan 22 00:15:02 *    Blackberry_Jam gives a long yawn. Maybe in the morning... "Hey Toil!" she says, starting up the stairs.
Jan 22 00:15:31 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     There's a grumbled response from inside the apartment.
Jan 22 00:16:32 <Blackberry_Jam>    "I'm spending the night." She announces, positing her things in a corner and flopping into the couch.
Jan 22 00:19:02 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Toil blinks. "Ok." She contemplates for a minute. "Beds more comfortable though."
Jan 22 00:19:37 *    Blackberry_Jam shakes her head. "Doubt it." She curls up in her hoodie and puts out her cigarette.
Jan 22 00:21:03 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Toil looks hurt. "Hey! I'm a dedicated mare. No funny business, just maybe a little warmth."
Jan 22 00:21:22 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     "It's chilly up here and I don't like to sleep alone."
Jan 22 00:21:51 *    Blackberry_Jam lids her eyes at Toil.
Jan 22 00:24:41 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Toil finds a spot of floor that looks rather interesting and draws a circle around it with her hoof. "Sorry. It's just good to have a guest when Goldie is out earning caps. You know Snack and Thunder visited me today? Oh, it was a blast." As quick as she turned dour her mood has lifted again.
Jan 22 00:29:02 *    Blackberry_Jam raises a brow. "Toil... were you being serious? I... Well, given how often you make jokes like that... and the /last/ time we slept in the same room."
Jan 22 00:32:13 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Toil leans against the doorframe between rooms. "Yeah... I guess... It's still... new... I was always with Trouble. I can still count the nights I've slept alone..."
Jan 22 00:32:54 *    Blackberry_Jam slowly rises and stands by her side. "If it'll make you feel better."
Jan 22 00:34:37 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Toil give a warm but thankful smile. She turns and walks into the bedroom, pulling back the layers of quilts and blankets with her magic. She lays down near the edge of the bed facing the side.
Jan 22 00:35:08 *    Blackberry_Jam looks her over. "Just... anywhere?" She says, taking the opposite side.
Jan 22 00:37:04 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Toil shimmies more toward the center, her back to you. "Wherever you're comfortable. But it does get chilly up here if you want to get close." Her magic starts to move the mountain of blankets and quilts up one by one.
Jan 22 00:38:59 *    Blackberry_Jam slips in and gets comfortable. She turns her back to Toil, too, but does move a little more inland.
Jan 22 00:40:37 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     Toil moves farther in until her back touches yours and piles a heavy stack of blankets on you both. "Good night."
Jan 22 00:41:10 *    Blackberry_Jam closes her eyes, ready for an easier sleep. "Good night, Toil."
Jan 22 00:42:09 <Mister_Clacky|GM>     *****Session End*****