Group 8 Session 26.5 Haywire & Shade

[16:42] * Shade trots back in through the back door, her mane and tail still wet because there isn't exactly a towel out there so she just air dried herself off enough that she didn't leave a trail of water through the house.
[16:46] * Haywire shuffles through a bunch of old papers in his work table. He notices the changeling with the corner of his eye. "Ah, Shade. Convenient finding you here. I now realize we haven't kept track of your changes since Hoof Rot. It would be advisable to do so."
[16:47] * Shade tilts her head and trots over to Wire "What? Oh you mean my growth spurts?"
[16:48] * Shade wiggles, looking herself over. She'd gotten taller and was starting to get skinnier
[16:50] * Haywire nods, adjusting his goggles. "Along with any other transformative event that may have occurred within you." He takes a good look on her.
[16:51] * Shade cocks an eyebrow and giggles, suddenly making a bashful face and flutering her eyelashes "Inside me, eh?~"
[16:52] * Shade can't keep that up for long before having a giggle fit "What are you thinking of in particular?"
[16:57] * Haywire raises an eyebrow himself, puzzled by her sudden mood shift, "Well, I am not a medical specialist, though I did notice you seem... different."
[16:58] * Shade trots the rest of the way over and sits down "Different how if you don't mind me asking?"
[17:00] <Shade> (And it wasn't so much a mood shift as it was Shade teasing Wire about sex)
[17:00] <Haywire> (I know. It went over his head.)
[17:02] <Haywire> (BTW, did Haywire ever presence the demure Shade, her original personality?)
[17:02] <Haywire> (I can't remember)
[17:02] <Shade> (Do what now?)
[17:02] <Shade> (Meet the original shade? Yea. Shade was only shade unless she was in combat, then she was Terra)
[17:03] <Haywire> (I see :) )
[17:05] <Shade> (Now she's a combination of Shade's kindness and Terra's confidence.)
[17:05] <Shade> (Though I will admit She did slip into Terra for some of their conversations, since Terra's got a short Temper and came out when Shade got frustrated)
[17:06] <Haywire> "That would be just speculation, it is difficult to strictly define it, but you seem somewhat more... lively? Would that be it?" He strokes his chin, struggling to convey his impression.
[17:10] * Shade tilts her head and makes a 'mrr?' noise "Lively?"
[17:10] * Shade scratches her mane "I suppose so."
[17:13] * Haywire shifts on his hooves, looking down at the papers. "I see..."
[17:14] * Shade fidgets, trying to think of a way to explain it "...Wire?"
[17:15] <Haywire> (brb, work :( )
[17:16] <Shade> "Before I was...altered...did you ever notice how...I don't know...my personality (Equinality?) would shift? Like...I became another pony?"
[17:16] <Shade> (Alrighty)
[17:27] * Haywire ponders, keeping his silence for a few moments. "I did notice you used to be somewhat reluctant at times."
[17:28] <Shade> "Reluctant?"
[17:33] <Haywire> "At least when it came to dealing with unknown ponies, if I recall correctly." He strokes his chin.
[17:35] <Shade> "Oh." she nods "Yes..." She scratches her neck and closes an eye "How do I put this...before the megaspell...hit me...I essentially had two seperate personalities. The queens...forced me to consolidate them into a single one...else I would have gone insane. I guess it would stand to reason that I would gain some of the traits of the other personality..."
[17:37] * Haywire raises an eyebrow. "Two personalities?" He takes a pencil from the table, flipping a few pages and scribbling something.
[17:38] * Shade fidgets uncomfortably
[17:43] <Shade> (I've got to restart my router, give me a minute please)
[17:43] <Shade> (I may lose connection for a while, if what usually happens is any indication :/)
[17:43] <Haywire> (Sure)
[17:56] <Shade> (I'm back but I may be going to the store soon
[17:57] <Haywire> (Okay)
[17:57] <Shade> (Did you say anything after Shade started fidgetting?)
[17:58] <Haywire> (No, I could do it now)
[17:58] <Shade> (Alrighty)
[17:59] * Haywire sets the pencil on the table, looking back at Shade. "Are you feeling something unusual?"
[18:07] * Shade tilts her head "Well I'm uncomfortable because that's not exactly something I enjoy talking about, does that count?"
[18:11] <Haywire> "Ah, I see." He looks back at his papers, disappointed. "So, height and a consolidation of personality. Any metabolic changes? Any changes on magical aptitude?"
[18:12] * Shade thinks "Well I'm getting skinnier, but I'm not really sure if that's related...as for magical aptitude...I haven't really tried anything."
[18:14] <Shade> (Sorry I'm making an alt account for TF2 idling so I was running back and forth between computers <_<)
[18:14] <Haywire> (It's okay)
[18:19] * Haywire scribbles something else. "Maybe you should try. Medi seems to be capable on different areas of changeling arcane sciences."
[18:21] <Shade> "I guess. I'd just never really thought about it. I've always been kind of busy lately, you know?"
[18:24] <Haywire> "It seems They have lost our track. It would be safe for you to just lay low here, and I suppose it is isolated enough you could test your limits."
[18:25] <Shade> "Wouldn't the Bordello be okay too? That place was pretty isolated..."
[18:26] * Haywire nods. "Less populated too, but it requires some travel."
[18:27] <Shade> "Isn't that kind of the point of isolation?" she deadpans slightly
[18:29] <Haywire> "For the purposes of avoiding our pursuers, both locations are considerably isolated. This region has very limited contact with any other."
[18:31] <Haywire> (Time to go home)
[12/12/18 19:17:21]?	Shade nods "That's true. It's also got knights defending it. Though the bordello has the fallout shelter..."
[12/12/18 19:21:23]<Haywire>	"And we wouldn't want those wretched creatures showing up here..."
[12/12/18 19:21:30]?	Shade nods
[12/12/18 19:22:30]<Shade>	"Which goes back to what I was saying during our...rather heated discussion about Happy. The best way to protect him, and all the ponies here, is to not be here if the creatures find us. They should have no reason to stay here otherwise."
[12/12/18 19:22:58]<Shade>	"I just hope we can talk the king into lending us some of his knights to help us...then we can use the bordello..."
[12/12/18 19:23:41]?	Shade tilts her head "I really am sorry about earlier. I /do/ care about Happy, whether or not you see it. He deserves more than this world can give him."
[12/12/18 19:29:01]?	Haywire nods sadly. "...Summer seems capable of handling the challenges of raising Happy, and he is quite some good sense for his age."
[12/12/18 19:29:36]<Shade>	"He does."
[12/12/18 19:31:26]?	Haywire looks to his room. "...I just hope we are not overlooking something."
[12/12/18 19:33:59]<Shade>	"Maybe you're just overthinking things. I met a pony once, an old stallion living in a destroyed train. he only had a few more days left to live, so I decided I'd help make them comfortable. Right before he died, he said to me 'never let your fear decide your fate'. It's kind of relevent. If what I've gathered is correct, Happy's father was your old lover who you thought was dead, so you feel
[12/12/18 19:33:59]<Shade>	responsible for Happy."
[12/12/18 19:35:19]<Shade>	"Maybe your fear could stifle his flame, in essence, try to decide his fate. Every pony has their own path to walk, Wire." She place a hoof on his back lightly "And Happy has the good sense to choose correctly."
[12/12/18 19:40:07]?	Haywire looks away, gloomily pensive. "...is he truly alive? It is so hard to believe..."
[12/12/18 19:41:44]<Shade>	"I can't answer that. He was several years ago." She fidgets, trying to think of a way to cheer him up. she pats him on the back lightly "Anyways, do you need to take my measurements again?"
[12/12/18 19:48:29]<Haywire>	"...maybe he is not out there anymore. It is been so long..." He fiddles with a pencil. "...or maybe he moved away. He would not stay too much in one place anyway..."
[12/12/18 19:49:55]?	Shade sighs and puts her forehooves on either side of Wire's head and makes him look at her, gently "Wire. Fear. You're overthinking things. I understand you're excited, but you need to stay rational and not lose hope.
[12/12/18 19:58:49]?	Haywire puts a hoof over hers. "...that... our odds... his odds... " He closes his eyes, taking a deep breath. "I will try."
[12/12/18 20:00:11]?	Shade smiles "Don't think about the odds. Ponies do amazing things every day despite the odds. We're alive. The odds for that were slim to none already. If you try, and put your mind to it, the odds can be defeated."
[12/12/18 20:04:09]?	Haywire sighs. "I used to believe that... it could have costed his life. Mine too."
[12/12/18 20:05:13]?	Shade taps her free hoof on his forehead (I think you're only holding one of her hooves, right?) "You're both alive. You both defeated those odds."
[12/12/18 20:07:13]<Haywire>	(Yup.)
[12/12/18 20:08:12]?	Haywire avoids Shade's eyes. "I left him to die."
[12/12/18 20:10:21]?	Shade lets out an exasperated sigh and bops his forehead with hers "The past is the past. You can't dwell on it, sweetie. If you do you get mired in what if's and I should haves, and you get no where. you stagnate."
[12/12/18 20:12:22]<Haywire>	"I suppose..."
[12/12/18 20:19:41]?	Shade puffs out her cheeks "There is no supposing! You're essentially proving my point right now. Your past is there to learn from mistakes. To better yourself. To learn what went wrong where, and to know how to react to a situation. If you burn your hoof on a hot log once, you don't avoid hot logs for the rest of your life, you learn to handle them more carefully!"
[12/12/18 20:23:17]?	Haywire raises an eyebrow. "So I suppose I should wear thermic socks next time I face a troop of nigh-invisible murderous changeling hybrids?"
[12/12/18 20:24:06]?	Shade giggles "At least your hoofsies would be warm!"
[12/12/18 20:26:53]?	Haywire sighs, though recomposing himself. "Very well... so... where were we?"
[12/12/18 20:28:14]<Shade>	"Well..." She takes the hoof he'd been holding to his cheek back and scratches her mane "I've got no clue!" she puffs out her cheeks and makes a :I face
[12/12/18 20:30:14]<Haywire>	(How cute~ ^?^)
[12/12/18 20:34:57]?	Haywire glances down to his papers. "Ah, yes. A proper medical check-up..." He looks back up, realizing how close Shade is. "I am grateful for you support, but would you give me a little space?"
[12/12/18 20:35:18]?	Shade eeps and scampers back "Sorry!"
[12/12/18 20:41:05]?	Haywire gathers his papers. "I appreciate it. Anyway, I suppose Medi should be the most indicated to proceed a proper check-up on you. Dusk would do well in coming along, even if just to learn more about changeling anatomy. At least it seems your psychological changes stabilized. Do you have anything you would like to report?"
[12/12/18 20:43:42]<Shade>	"Well technically you'd still need to take my measurements since you're the one that's been altering my armor. and I've told you before I'd happily tell you what I can about my anatomy."
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[12/12/18 20:54:25]?	Haywire nods. "Yes, yes. I really should." He retrieves a measuring tape from his toolkit. "Hmm... where to start..."
[12/12/18 20:54:48]?	Shade stands up "I dunno...height?"
[12/12/18 20:59:29]<Haywire>	"I was thinking of asking about the structure of organ systems, but yes. Height is a natural place to start." He moves closer, holding the measuring tape. "I hope you don't mind"
[12/12/18 21:02:55]<Shade>	"Not at all. As for organs, I've got all the organs a pony has, in the same places. I do have a little...I guess you could call it a type of sac that creates the fluid that when my bodies natural magic is applied creates the substances I can...er...spit out."
[12/12/18 21:05:44]?	Haywire measures her height from the floor to her back, and to the top of her head. "Hmm, I do recall something to that effect."
[12/12/18 21:10:50]?	Shade stands still for Wire
[12/12/18 21:13:38]?	Haywire measures the length of her back. "Where are these sacs located?"
[12/12/18 21:14:45]<Shade>	"Base of my throat, near my esophagus."
[12/12/18 21:19:22]?	Haywire takes a few notes on his clipboard. "How do your holes affect your limbs?"
[12/12/18 21:20:20]<Shade>	"I...don't...know."
[12/12/18 21:20:22]?	Shade blinks
[12/12/18 21:23:08]?	Haywire raises an eyebrow, picking the measuring tape again. "Do you have an inner bone structure or just an exoskeleton?"
[12/12/18 21:24:21]<Shade>	(You know I've never actually thought about that. I'd assume not because of the leg holes...)
[12/12/18 21:26:06]<Haywire>	(Yeah. If they do, they would be very strange. We can just assume that "and then they shared knowledgge on changeling anatomy" and leave it at that.)
[12/12/18 21:26:35]<Shade>	(Fair enough)
[12/12/18 21:27:23]<Shade>	(As for the sacs, I can't quite remember where a snake's vemon sacs were, which is what I'm basing that off of, since they do have snake-like attributes in some regards)
[12/12/18 21:29:43]<Haywire>	(It's in the cheeks or the back of their head, I think)
[12/12/18 21:30:24]?	Haywire wrapped the tape around Shade, measuring her neck and shoulders
[12/12/18 21:31:14]<Shade>	(Behind it's eyes, so I'm just sticking with the base of her throat)
[12/12/18 21:31:34]<Haywire>	(Sounds good to me)
[12/12/18 21:31:51]?	Shade keeps still, smiling softly, though it does weird her out a little bit how rapidly her body is changing.
[12/12/18 21:36:21]<Haywire>	"Empty your lungs" He says, moving the tape around her chest.
[12/12/18 21:36:57]?	Shade breathes out
[12/12/18 21:38:26]?	Haywire takes measure and writes it down, sighing before moving to her waist.
[12/12/18 21:39:08]?	Shade tilts her head and looks back at Haywire "What's the sigh for?"
[12/12/18 21:41:09]<Haywire>	"Nothing of importance." He pulls the measuring tape away.
[12/12/18 21:42:05]?	Shade blinks "Depends on how you classify something as important."
[12/12/18 21:46:05]<Haywire>	"It is nothing about your health. Could you extend your wings?"
[12/12/18 21:47:34]?	Shade extends her wings "I didn't think it was about my health. When you sigh you've got something on your mind, and I'm just curious as to what, but if you want to keep it to yourself I'm not going to pry, though I'd like to attempt to help you if it's something I can help with."
[12/12/18 21:53:41]?	Haywire measures her wings. "I expected you to deliver an uncomfortable quip, but thankfully I was mistaken."
[12/12/18 21:59:23]<Shade>	"Oh. can I have a redo then?"
[12/12/18 21:59:26]?	Shade grins
[12/12/18 22:01:03]?	Haywire facehooves.
[12/12/18 22:04:18]?	Haywire takes the measuring tape one last time and measures her legs.
[12/12/18 22:05:36]?	Shade stands still "Seriously though, what made you think I go out of my way to make you uncomfortable?"
[12/12/18 22:08:50]?	Haywire pulls back the tape, tilting his head. "...I'm not sure."
[12/12/18 22:09:18]?	Shade lets out a wiggle now that he's done "Well I don't. Try to make you uncomfortable that is."
[12/12/18 22:12:22]?	Haywire writes the remaining measurements. "I see. My apologies."
[12/12/18 22:12:40]<Shade>	"Why are you apologizing?"
[12/12/18 22:14:21]<Haywire>	"I vaguely recall that my incorrect interpretation of you has upset you before."
[12/12/18 22:16:42]<Shade>	"Oh." She nods slowly "I remember that...I should apologise for my actions then, as well. I said some things I didn't mean, and that I shouldn't have even thought." she gets a blank look and deadpans "I'd nuzzle you to show you that things were forgiven but that's what caused it in the first place."
[12/12/18 22:16:54]?	Shade giggles softly "So would a hug work?"
[12/12/18 22:18:04]<Haywire>	"I suppose."
[12/12/18 22:18:35]?	Shade smiles and trots over, putting a leg around Wire's neck and giving him a hug "I really am sorry, Wire."
[12/12/18 22:19:15]<Haywire>	"I forgive you." He pats her on the back awkwardly.
[12/12/18 22:20:22]?	Shade smiles and steps back a few paces and sitting down "Now then, do you think you're going to have to alter my armor again any time soon?" She frowns a little, and then asks "And that dress I bought in hoof rot...Do you think you could alter that?"
[12/12/18 22:20:38]<Shade>	(And sits down*)
[12/12/18 22:25:58]?	Haywire rubs his chin. "I suppose the last adjustments should fit at least for a few day, considering the growth progression." He ponders. "Hmm... dresses are not my speciality and the aesthetical aspect is already difficult to mantain through adaptations, but I can try."
[12/12/18 22:27:43]?	Shade scratches her chin "I won't need to just yet, It was already a little big when I got it...they didn't have any exactly my size then...but it should fit perfectly now...but I rather like it, and would like to keep it." She smiles "Thank you for trying in advance, though."
[12/12/18 22:32:45]<Haywire>	(I need to go soon. Do we wrap it up?)
[12/12/18 22:33:06]?	Haywire nods. "You are welcome"
[12/12/18 22:33:18]<Shade>	(Yep.)
[12/12/18 22:34:39]?	Shade smiles "I guess that's all for now?"
[12/12/18 22:36:27]?	Haywire nods, gathering all his papers and flipping to a blank one. "It seems so."
[12/12/18 22:37:01]?	Shade smiles and nods "Then I had better get going. See you later, Wire."
[12/12/18 22:37:13]?	Shade stands up and walks off out of sight