Arrival, OPEN

[mylittledoormat]

Who: Fluttershy (mylittledoormat), Gamzee Makara (420), Feferi Peixes (fintastic), The Warden (superjailwarden), Cielo (rainbowarch), Denzel Crocker (crackpotcrocker), anyone
Where: The beach
When: March 22nd, morning
Status: Open

Fluttershy's teal eyes blinked in the morning light. White. All around her was the color white. She lifted a hoof to her delicate features and wiped away the water. Where... where am I? Upon closer inspection, the white appeared to be actually white sand. She carefully pulled herself into a sitting position and looked around at her surroundings.

A beach.

There isn't a beach anywhere near Ponyville, the cream colored mare though to herself, taking in her pristine surroundings and the gloomy dome above. Wait, dome? Fluttershy let out a gasp. While there were dark clouds above, there seemed to be a huge, bubble-like ceiling even farther above. A whimper escaped her lips. She wasn't in Ponyville anymore. She didn't even appear to be in Equestria! The pegasus flattened herself to the wet sand and covered her head, a quiver taking over her little body.

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[420]

It didn't take long before a pair of grubby, untied purple sneakers appeared in her line of sight, and a shadow fell on her as someone, quite obviously, stopped in front of her. There was the whisper of clothing as Gamzee crouched down, watching the pony curiously. He vaguely remembered seeing something like this before. Well, not quite. That one had been all motherfuckin' rainbow colours and awesome, but still, a hoofbeast like this.

"Hey. You ok?"

Sorry, Fluttershy. The first person you were going to meet here is a giant, clown-faced troll with way too many sharp teeth.

[mylittledoormat]

Fluttershy peeked through her forehooves and immediately wished she hadn't. A towering, purple demon stood over her! The young mare let out a squeal and tried to take to the air... only to fall face first into the sand with a loud 'thump'.

Ouch.

"Please don't hurt me," a frightened, feminine voice said from somewhere under the wet sand.

[420]

"Woah." Gamzee raised his hands, making faint shushing motions with them. "Hey, fuck, settle down there. I ain't gonna motherfuckin' hurt you, I swear."

[ex_fintastic398]

It was too nice of a day to be cooped up inside, but then again, it was pretty much always too nice of a day here. No matter. Always keenly interested in the still-new world around her, the splash of yellow and pink catches her eye, attracting her attention and definitely causing her to stop for a moment. Was that a...? She squinted, and unable to determine just what she was looking at (a multicolored hoofbeast?? Where was Equius...) made her approach with no reservations.

With the gap closed, though, she could help noticing that the being looked... confused? Well, that wasn't anything new here.

"Hi, hello!" Perky as ever, of course. "Are you okay?"

[mylittledoormat]

Just ignore them, Fluttershy thought to herself, keeping her head covered with her hooves. The shivering pegasus seemed to be trying to burrow into the wet, white sand beneath her... which was not working that well.

"I don't taste that good!" she whimpered when the presence didn't move from its spot.

[ex_fintastic398]

"What? I'm not going to eat you!"

Kneeling down, Feferi reaches out a hand to pat the poor thing (a hoofbeast of some kind, for sure) on the head, uncertain of what the usual gesture of comfort should be. Did she have a proper shoulder to pat? Nevermind. Putting on her brightest smile, she leans in a little more.

"You're not going to get very far that way, though. I hope you know that."

[superjailwarden]

Getting used to being trapped here without his jail is something The Warden has been trying to do. With the new flood of newcomers, it makes him feel a little bit better about not being so new now. He decided to take a trip up to the beach to see if he could find anything interesting.

Well, well! Look at that. It's a tiny pegasus! The Warden is just going step right up to her and grin. Goodness, does he look incredibly taller in comparison to her. His grin seems a little bit off-setting, but he's being genuinely... pleasant. "Why hello there...!"

[mylittledoormat]

Fluttershy let out a shrill yelp at the sound of the voice, her teal eyes shrunken down to pinpoints. "Please don't hurt me!" the cream colored mare said softly. "I- I'm just a pony! I haven't done anything wrong!"

Her wings wouldn't cooperate and she was left to shiver uncontrollably in front of the human, her long pink mane hiding her face.

[superjailwarden]

This pony reminded him of someone, someone very meek and easily malible... but he wouldn't do that to the pony, that'd be terrible.

Not now, anyways. He takes the cane from under his arm and places it into the sand, still giving her that incredibly borderline creepy smile.

"I'm not going to hurt you," he begins, leaning on his cane, "You seem lost."

[rainbowarch]

Bad weather? Not to Cielo! Once again, he's going up to the island, this time to have that fly in the rain that he didn't have. But as soon as the elevator doors open, the yellow pegasus on the beach catches his attention immediately.

...what a cute little demon! It reminds Cielo of the Kelpies, except much more adorable. Normally, one should be wary of demons, but this one looks pretty harmless. Of course, he's said that about other demons too and they turned out to be not so harmless, but he was going to take his chances on this one. Still, he was going to be careful and kneel down in the sand a respectful distance away. If, for whatever reason, the cute not-Kelpie attacks him, he'd have time to run or fight back.

"Hi there!"

[mylittledoormat]

Fluttershy cracked open one teal eye at the sound of the unknown voice. She picked her head up and looked over at its owner. "H-hello?" she answered back in a tone that was just above a whisper. The pegasus gulped, trying to calm her racing heart.

[rainbowarch]

He almost didn't hear her reply, but he just managed to catch it. "I've never seen a demon like you before. I'm Cielo." She seems harmless enough, but he doesn't move any closer. She looks scared and he doesn't blame her!

[crackpotcrocker]

Denzel wasn't sure how the surface beneath his feet was suddenly softer... He was walking around with his arms extended and eyes squinting. Cluz had lost his glasses and could barely see. How he ventured to the beach, well he has no idea. Crocker continues to walk around like a zombie on the beach, "Where are they?"

[mylittledoormat]

Fluttershy let out a gasp and quickly darted out of the way of the stumbling human. What was he doing...? He'd nearly tripped over her, as if he couldn't- And then she noticed his squinting eyes. Oh. Maybe he wore glasses and had lost them?

Despite her nervousness, the mare couldn't just leave him wandering around like that. He could actually hurt someone or even himself by accident!

"S-sir, um... do you need any help?"

[crackpotcrocker]

Denzel was still trying to figure out, as he was looking for his glasses, how the weather had gotten so warm. Did a part of the Bubble experience actual weather?
"Who said that?!" His head rotating in the direction he heard the voice and tries to focus on what made - "FAIRY!" It is something with wings after all..

[yellowglasses]

Chie didn't visit the beach often. There wasn't much of a reason, really, but it was the truth. This had been her second time there, but something was a little...well, different. That thing being a pony cowering in the sand. She was shaking- did something bad happen? Chie had to make sure the poor thing was okay.

"Um, excuse me? Are you okay? Then again, do you..speak?" She asked, kneeling down a bit beside her- although keeping a good distance between them. Chie'd gotten so used to animals talking in this place she'd assumed that this pony could, too, hopefully.

where are all you people coming from, should I feel loved or creeped out :|

[mylittledoormat]

Fluttershy cautiously lifted her head and looked up at the girl. Of course she could speak; she is a pony, not just another animal. But she didn't voice that because she didn't want to sound mean or offended.

"I- I fine. I think," the pegasus answered in a wavering voice as she brushed off some of the sand off of her muzzle with her front hooves.

[yellowglasses]

So Fluttershy could talk. Like she thought, another talking animal to add to the ever-increasing amount of them roaming Vatheon. But it was good that she was okay!

"Ah, that's good! I was just worried since you were covering your head and lying on the ground." Chie let out a sort of relieved sigh. The 'I think' tagged on did catch her attention, though. If something didn't happen, then she was sure she could pinpoint what that cowering was for.

"Are you...new here by any chance? You sort of seem like it. No offense of course! I just haven't seen any ponies around the city before now!"

[stayb100ponyboy]

Well, now. What's this? Another unique hoofbeast, much like his old friend, gone from the bubble but certainly not forgotten. Although this one seems a lot shyer and more afraid than the brash, friendly pony Equius remembers...

He kneels beside the quivering pony, keeping his distance. This one has wings, and the last thing he wants to do is frighten her off.

"You're like Rainbow Dash."

[mylittledoormat]

The cream colored mare's head jerked up at the mention of her childhood friend. "You... you know Rainbow Dash?" she asked, both confused and yet hopeful. If Dash was here, then maybe she could get home after all!

[stayb100ponyboy]

"I did. She's not here anymore."

He wishes he could tell her otherwise, but it's been months since Dash left the bubble.

[bestestfurrend]

Nepeta was wandering along the beach late in the morning, unusual for her when trolls tended to prefer the nocturnal hours, but it was rather nice to be able to be out and about during the day without the fear of going blind from the sun. As a small precaution against hurting her sensitive eyes she’d left her kitty hood behind for once, wearing instead a cute hat she’d found in hers and her matesprit’s colours, her horns poking out of the two holes she’d made in it.

She giggled as she ran, kicking up great showers of sand behind her, steering well clear of the waves, and she was still far away when she noticed the huddled form on the beach, catching the scent of an anxious hoofbeast – but even from where she was, she could see that the creature was in no colours she’d ever seen on a hoofbeast before! With a few quick bounds across the sand she soon reached her, crouching to get a better look.

[mylittledoormat]

The footsteps came to a stop near her, but the visitor did not say anything. Fluttershy cracked her eyelids open and turned her head to gaze at-

Wait, what exactly was she gazing at? Demon? Troll? Cat?

"Uh, h-hello?" she mumbled nervously.

[messianic]

Minato often visited the island to try to get a break from everything happening in Vatheon that he was involved in; so it was that he was wandering then when he found her.

But seeing a small...pegasus? A small pegasus with her head buried by the sand caused Minato to stop.

And so he approached slowly, hands in his pockets, and decided to ask. Because in a world where there are talking butterflies...who is to say ponies can't talk too?

"Ah...excuse me. Are you alright?"

[mylittledoormat]

Large, teal eyes opened and gazed up at the human from under a bright pink mane. Fluttershy lifted her head and shook it, scattering grains of sand everywhere. "I think I am," she answered in a soft tone, trying to swallow back her fear.