faithful-student:

“A picnic doesn’t sound like a bad idea. Of course we would have to get everything set up. I’m sure that wouldn’t take that long to set up, after all there really isn’t much that we would have to set up for a picnic. We just have to get the food and possibly a drink prepared. Let’s see…” Twilight walked over and was grabbing a pen and paper. Spike probably knew what this was going to mean. It meant that there was going to be lists involved, which was typical Twilight style. It was rather ironic that she had said at one point that she was going to try to cut down on using lists. That was her new years resolution for last year. Did that end well? Not even close. She was writing down stuff that they needed for the picnic. First off being a decent sized picnic basket. The second would be food, which would most likely be some form of sandwiches.  Twilight could create those really easily, and she would, after finishing off the list that was.

“Here you go Spike. There’s the list of everything that we need. If we want to get everything done in a reasonable manner I suggest we each take on an individual task or two. I’ll make the sandwiches while you find the picnic basket. I’m not sure where that is though. I think the last time that I saw it it was in the kitchen somewhere. You can check in there while I make these sandwiches alright?” With that Twilight would make her way into the kitchen and grabbed the bread that was on the counter. Untwisting the tie she sat out a few slices of bread. It would come out to be about 10 sandwiches, which sliced in half would make 20. Surely that would be more than enough, right? She went over and grabbed some lettuce and cheese from the kitchen and was starting to stack some of it on the various slices of bread. It felt nice having Spike back, and now they were working like a family, which always felt nice.

As she was continuing to make the sandwiches she was starting to develop a rhythm, knowing to put the cheese on the bottom and putting the lettuce on top before putting another slice of bread on top. It was rather silly and Twilight knew it. She got that done rather quickly and grabbed a knife from the knife block, where all of those were staying in. She manipulated it using her magic and was quickly slicing the sandwiches in half diagonally. It was just the way things were done. She turned around to see where spike was and to ask if he had done some of the stuff that was on the list. “Did you find the Picnic basket yet Spike? Don’t worry if you haven’t yet, it’s not like we’re in some sort of hurry or anything like that. I’m pretty sure we have a bunch of time before it gets dark.”

Spike nodded. “Sure thing Twilight.” he said moving to the kitchen to find the picnic basket. Twilight in her usual fashion had him help with putting certain things like pots and pans away in some of the cabinets in the kitchen and checked in there in case Twilight had it in one of the misc. stuff in one of the cabinets. He opened one after another with no luck finding the right one that had the basket in it.

“No, I haven’t yet…It should be in one of these cabinets in here. I coulda sworn…Oh, here we go! Got it!” Spike said grabbing the picnic basket out of the cabinet that had various small lunchboxes and a mini cooler. Closing the cabinet door he would place the basket by Twilight who was now slicing the sandwiches diagonally. “Is there anything else we’ll need Twilight?” he asked.

faithful-student:

“Oh Spike, you don’t know how much this means to me. Today has NOT been a good day.” She would take a step back and Spike could pretty much see why. He could see just from the fact that there was tears in her eyes that she was probably thinking about the fact that she couldn’t see her actual mother. Or her parents in general. She would reach over and smell the bouquet of flowers, enjoying the smell. “These smell great and look good Spike. I’ll have to get a vase for them and make sure they have constant water so they won’t die. In fact I’ll probably do that now. Wait, do I have a vase? Eh, I’m sure a cup will work.” Twilight giggled and made her way through the opening between the living room and the kitchen and was going to get a cup. She would probably ask eventually what the proper way of taking care of these were, but this was just a temporary set up so it didn’t really matter.

The cupboard that housed the plastic cups would open and she grabbed one of the plastic ups and took it over to the sink. Some cool water would start coming out of the faucet at a steady rate and would quickly fill the little plastic up up. Once that was done she took it back in the living room and sat it down on the table, grabbing the bouquet of flowers and was placing them in the cup of water. “See Spike? It works fine. At least for the time being.” It still looked nice though she was going to have to find a better place for them. Now for the question of what they were going to do for today. It was mothers day after all. Something special should be done as a result. “Just doing this for me Spike has been enough. I’m not even sure what we could do to be completely honest. Though I’m sure we can do something special. Like being together. As a family.”

Spike smiled “I’m glad you like the flowers! It took me awhile to find one that I was really sure about getting for you. So I’m glad all that looking paid off.” he said watching her put the flowers in the cup for the time being. They could always go and get a vase for it later anyways. “We could always go somewhere special to eat maybe. Or just go to the park and spend some time there on a picnic.” he suggested on what they could do. Both ideas were simple but could be nice for them to do.

faithful-student:

“Well Twilight, it’s mothers day again. What are you going to do? You got Spike already a day or two ago. I don’t think he was particularly happy about me leaving. That letter that I got showed that for sure. I did apologize when I got him but maybe I should do that again.”She laughed sheepishly, scratching at the back of her head. She certainly didn’t mean to leave him like that so suddenly but it was a really last minute decision. Stress and other such factors were getting to her and she needed some time to where she didn’t have to worry about that so much. There was some times where things had gotten to her and she had freaked out a bunch one night while on her trip, but otherwise her trip to Italy was great! Pinkie Pie knew some of the details of her trip before whisking her away to a spa. That was very nice and it was probably the perfect way to return after such a trip like that. Though now there was other things that were bothering her and they were getting to her badly now that it was mothers day.

It was the fact that she couldn’t properly celebrate mothers day with her mother. Why was this getting to her? Was it because of this arbitrary day where one celebrates and loves their mothers for being there for them? That was probably it. It made her ponder on the fact that she couldn’t see her own mother that easily. They were separated by worlds and there was no way that she could see the mother that had raised her. It was impossible and she knew it. This caused her to frown and breath off a long winded sigh. “Don’t think about it. Just be grateful in the first place. I’m sure she can hear what I’m saying right? I mean there’s no logic in it since she’s not even on earth but…it’s ca comforting thought at the very least.” Her voice was strained, the stress from her thoughts getting to her. It was almost to the point where she was having tears form at the corners of her eyes.

She shook her head very vigorously before wiping the tears from her eyes and using her magic to float over a book. Twilight needed something to mentally distract her at this point, and a book about anything at this point would be better than nothing.  Her mind was now purely fixated on the imagery that the words were trying to display in the book when Spike made his way out of his room. It would look like a normal day for Twilight Sparkle though her expression was showing a bit of distress over things. Her eyes fixated upwards though when she could feel Spike’s presence. There was a bouquet of flowers and a card that looked like Spike had customized himself. When he said Happy mother’s day she couldn’t help but to tear up more and sitting up, bookmarking the page and pulling Spike into a very tight hug. She didn’t have to say anything.

He coughed a little at the tightness of the hug but he returned the hug nonetheless. He was happy that she appreciated the gift for Mother’s Day if the hug was anything to go by. As annoyed as he may of been by her sudden absence he could never hold it against her. After releasing from the hug he smiled up at her and asked “So, what do you wanna do for Mother’s Day Twilight? Anything special?”

Spike was preparing for Mother’s Day for Twilight. He was finally able to get in their apartment again due to her finally returning so he could head home again. While he did always go to Applejack’s place when Twilight was away,  it didn’t keep him from being annoyed at the sudden note and sending her a letter letting her know he made it to Applejack’s and how annoyed he was at the sudden leave. After getting that out there he didn’t feel too annoyed anymore.

But that was done and over with, he was finally back in the apartment again and wanted to do something for Mother’s Day for her. He knew Twilight wasn’t picky with gifts and such and the thought always counted, which is why he put the effort into making this gift. It was a personalized Mother’s Day card which had her cutie mark symbol on the front of the card along with a nice message inside, and a small bouquet of flowers.

Once he saw Twilight who was reading a book as usual he showed her the card he made and the flowers and said “Happy Mother’s Day Twilight.”

fyeahroleplayingrabbit:

Look, I get it. Most of us (if not all of us) that roleplay have off days where we put up a reply or a starter and think, “I didn’t write that as well as I usually do”, or we have doubts about how well we play our characters and need someone to tell us that we’re all right and our writing isn’t shit. That’s fine.

But when you constantly call yourself a shitty roleplayer, when you reblog one of those “Send me a [symbol] if you think I play my character well/if you like my blog/etc.” only to tag it with “I’m not going to get anything at all”, and when you go so far as to receive compliments from people that like your character and your writing style very much and dismiss them with a NO STOP LYING, I’M NOT THAT GREAT, it gets annoying. 

What exactly is going on there? Are you not getting the compliment from the exact person that you want to hear it from, is that why you deny it from others? Do you really think you’re that awful? Do you think it’s necessary to tell the whole world about it every day? Because anyone that sees that can use it against you and send you hate anons validating what you apparently think of yourself, and whenever someone uses your insecurities against you, it is PAINFUL. 

So what is going on? Do you think your hundreds of followers masochistically follow a “shitty” RP blog to laugh at you? Do you have any proof that behind the screen, they grind their teeth and force themselves to roleplay with you? That they ship their character with yours for no real reason? If your posts or your blog is so awful, don’t do anything with it until you improve it to your liking, or don’t talk about how bad it is because you’re going to get disagreements from all sides about that, and when you do get someone disgreeing with your negative opinion, try not making them look like liars and like their words don’t matter.

If compliment-fishing is a personality trait of yours, I’m no longer your personal cheer leader. I don’t have the time anymore for it when I’m trying to have fun. You’re going to have to find confidence in the things you do YOURSELF. If you’re not having fun roleplaying and think that all of your posts, your character, and your writing style are consistently awful, why are you even here? Who are you doing it for if it’s not yourself, and do you realize you can stop this at any time and find something that actually makes you take pride in it? Roleplaying is about having fun, and you should stop it if it’s not for you.

daring-adventurer:

“Well, let’s see what the puzzle is about first, and then we can go to solving it.” Daring adjusted the brim of her hat once more, making sure it was snug on the center of her head once more. She would examine the door and it looked like there was a hole that went in the center of it. It was a very weird shaped hole though, and it almost felt like an object of some sort would fit in there. That must be the puzzle she thought to herself, having to find some object that will fit the shape of the hole, and then place it in. What could they use though? They certainly hadn’t come across anything that had the general shape of this. Her eyebrows furrowed and realized that they most likely would have to do more exploration before they got through the door. This got her slightly frustrated. However, she quickly realized that patience is key for this sort of thing.

She wouldn’t speak much, only motioning for Spike to follow her as they made their way back to the intersection. So far they had gone two of four directions. Now the other two needed to be explored to see where they went, and the possible traps that laid ahead. “Spike, I hope you are ready, because getting the treasure isn’t going to be as easy as opening that door. Well, it is, but we require a mechanism to open the door. That was badly worded, but you get what I mean.” She smirked, checking her directions to know which way had been explored, and what hadn’t. They turned left one time, so obviously that meant going left again would make them go backwards, and that wasn’t something they needed to be doing. 

They would go right this time, going down the long, narrow corridor. It was like they were in the world of Final Fantasy XIII or something, you know? Daring made sure her torch she had was lit up, it being rather dark down the corridor. “Keep near me Spike. If there’s one thing I’ve learned about places like this, it’s the best place for them to place traps. We don’t need to end up with us falling through a hole again, and ending up in a seemingly impossible to get out trap.” She stated before stepping on a switch of sorts, which sent a whole bunch of arrows going in their general direction. She froze for a second before grabbing Spike from behind, forcing him down to the ground. “That’s another example of a trap…”

Damn long narrow hallways. “Whoa!” he shouted when he was pulled down. “Yeah traps like that…Whew.” he said giving off a sigh of relief at getting past that trap. It was rather bland but with the traps thrown in the two of them would have to keep their eyes open for any more traps. Thankfully there were no more traps as of now but that could easily change once they get the first part of the key.

“Hey look the first part!” Spike said nearly ready to go for the treasure but a rumbling stopped him as the floor that would have let them walk straight for the key part collapsed and the only way they would get through is by flying which would have to be on Daring’s part. Not to mention the added flying arrows so she would definitely have to move fast to get it. “Looks like you’ll have to get this one since you can fly.”

daring-adventurer:

“From what I saw from the main hallway that we were in, at the bottom there’s a room that we need to explore. From there, whatever riches that are in there, we have for ourselves. Along with the rich history of the place.” She rubbed her hands together, having collected herself from the collapse of the stairway. Her adrenaline was still rushing through her, and it was giving her the desire to rush through and find the location of this central room immediately. She would stop herself from doing such risky things, because it would only lead to her own doom. Even if her name was Daring Danger Do, she still had her limits of what she would do. And thrusting herself head first without any sort of benefits to it, was one of them. With a smirk she took a few steps over and patted Spike’s shoulder, before nodding.

They would start making their way towards the central room, it not actually being that far away. There was a intersection that split off in four different directions. She could only assume this was something that people possibly walked through when constructing it, or whatnot. Daring would hold her finger up and was determining the path to take so they would end up at the central room. She pointed to the path to her left, motioning for Spike to follow. She knew this was the right way, having determined the direction in which they were going compared to the one that they needed to go in. One last obstacle would stop them from getting into the main hallway, and that would be a door of sorts. Which sealed them off from the main room.

He continued to follow Daring down the path she had pointed for them to go. And it had seemed that they had went the right way but yet another obstacle would keep them from going any further. Which meant another puzzle for them to solve. It definitely would be an interesting puzzle considering how close they may have been towards the treasure. “Seems like we’re so close. Something good has to be behind this door.”

faithful-student:

“I’ve read the entire Daring-Do series. It’s one of my favorites from back in Equestria. I’ve gotten into some romantic novels Spike, but you probably wouldn’t want to read those. It wouldn’t be particularly interesting.” Twilight giggled before messing with Spike’s hair slightly. If there was anything that would never stop it would be that. She opened up the front cover of the book and would start reading. It would be a story about how Daring was going to the griffon kingdom to recover a goblet that was very valuable. Of course this wouldn’t go without a lot of trouble, having to deal with the Griffons. It would all start out in typical Daring-Do fashion, finding a treasure map.

The book would take a little while to read, one memorable scene where Daring was going against a griffon and losing pretty badly. It seemed things would go for the worst until she was able to take the situation to her advantage. The rest of the story would be very action packed, Daring dodging all sorts of traps and managing to make it out alive. The night would be getting older now, and she could definitely tell that Spike was getting exhausted at this point. “Well Spike, I should let you get to Sleep. I should get to sleep myself, tomorrow’s going to be a very long day and I have my fears about what may happen.”

Giving her a playful irritated look when she messed with his hair as usual. He really didn’t mind it as much anymore now that she’s back to normal but he still played along with all that. He was silent for the most part aside from making some side comments here and there about certain areas of the story like they normally do when they read together.

And although enjoying the story so far he let out a small yawn indicating that he was getting rather tired. And thankfully Twilight stopped for now so they could continue the story for another night. “Alright Twilight. And I’ll be there for you if anything bad does happen.” he assured her letting out another yawn before slowly shutting his eyes ready go fall asleep.

faithful-student:

The reaction that Spike gave her did slightly dampen her enthusiasm on the whole situation. Of course Twilight would realize pretty quickly that, while Spike did enjoy reading to some extent, it wasn’t nearly as big as the overly obsessive nature that she held in regards to it. Twilight’s smile would slope slightly, but she still had the euphoria of showing off what she thought was an interesting fact. “Well Spike, I know you aren’t nearly as interested about this as I am. I should probably get that book that I was planning on reading to you in the first place so you can go to sleep.” A chuckle escaped her lips and she would make her way into the main room, checking for any books that would tickle his fancy.

Of course, the book in question wouldn’t be any of her romantic novels that she liked to read on the side. Twilight didn’t think those would be any good for the obvious reasons. A good children’s book, one that wouldn’t take to long, and at the same time, gave a good message at the end, was something she was considering. “Hmm, let’s see, I’m sure there’s a good book around here somewhere. Maybe I could read one of the Daring-Do books? I do remember him mentioning about him meeting Daring-Do. Shining told me I should believe in him since he wouldn’t lie about it after all. I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t lie, but it just didn’t seem believable.” She shrugged and grabbed “Daring-Do and the griffon goblet” before making her way into his room once more.

“Well it’s still rather cool that you could finish it in that amount of time. I would have thought it would have taken at least a year or even longer than that. Although maybe I don’t really read as fast as you can. And I don’t really like all the books you have.” he said remembering that he found a romance book in her room at one point although he didn’t really know much about the subject matter himself. It felt boring and he didn’t really get it so he just put it down and left it that.

He perked up considerably though seeing what book she had in her hands. “Oh cool a Daring-Do book! I really love those!” he said not being able to hold in a grin ready to hear the story. He had read some of the books but not all of them which he wanted to do but didn’t really make the time for that. And considering he had met the person herself it was enough for him. So hearing Twilight read this book would be great as he had never read this one yet.

guardianofthestars:

numberone-assistant:

“No I didn’t! We weren’t humans when we were in Equestria originally…Oh.” He said realizing what could explain it. “Well Twilight did tell me about these alternate universes. Meeting a different version of the same person and all that. It’s really weird.” He told her knowing it would be rather confusing. “And yes I say human world because the people don’t really use magic like Twilight does or have pegasus wings. Also the sun and the moon rise and go down on their own.”

“How…odd.” She shrugged. “I suppose that would explain why so many I meet seem confused that I raise and lower the moon.” She smiled and nodded. “Ah, yes, metaphysics. I picked up a book on it by my sister’s request. Interesting theories, but I didn’t think it was always true.” She shrugged. “So what did you used to be, Spike, if not humanized?”

“I was a dragon. A young one but I could do some things like breathe fire which can send letters. That’s what I do usually when Twilight would write to Princess Celestia about something new that she learned.” he explained to her. “Although it’s really not that much different, it’s just a different species. Other than that I can still breathe fire and eat gems and Twilight can still use her magic.”