Sentire sighs as she keeps watching outside the window while just having a book in her lap as she pondered on what to write. "What to say?"
Barb then walks up with a slip of paper.
Sentire hums and takes it. "What is it?" She asks trying to read it.
"A signup sheet for activities to do with other mares to help make friends." Barb says.
Sentire tilts her head and looks at her. "Do you need to do this?"
"It will help." Barb says.
Sentire hums as she looks to the sheet in interest. "Did…Dusk have you deliver this to me?"
"He looked this up and thought it would be fun for you." Barb says.
Sentire smiles at the thought of him doing that for her and starts to look over the sheet even more. "Tell him thank you."
"Ok." Barb says walking away.
Sentire smiles even more as she spies him outside and sees Vinyl walk towards the still in construction temple.
Dusk smiles as he sees Arkon and few ponies now helping him out. "New followers?" He asks as the temple was now half built.
"No, the workers you hired." Arkon says as Dusk noticed it was in old traditional pegasus style.
Dusk hums as he looks around. "Wow, you made progress."
"Nothing a steady hand and chisel work can't do." Arkon says as Dusk notices the details in the pillar.
Dusk goes wide eyed as he leans in closer. "Wow, you have experience in building things like this?" He asks running a hand over the designs.
"Was trained from birth for this line of work." Arkon says.
Vinyl smiles as she looks at all the designs. "I must say, even for me, it's pretty cool."
"Thank you." Arkon says before starting on a new pattern.
Dusk smiles as he looks him over. "So are you better now? No head pain?"
"A headache every once in a while." Arkon says as Dusk picks up his staff nearby and tests it.
Vinyl raises an eyebrow. "You sure you should be messing with that?"
"It will be fine, right Arkon?" Dusk asks.
Arkon hums as he keeps chiseling away. "Yes, yes. Go right ahead."
"See." Dusk says.
Vinyl keeps an eyebrow raised before walking a bit away and hides begin a wall. "Tell me when you blow things up." She calls from behind it.
"Oh, one time, by accident." Dusk calls.
"You burned away my clothes and I was stuck there naked in front of you." Vinyl calls back.
Dusk made no reply and Arkon freezes so to not make a mistake and have to scrap the entire pillar.
Vinyl leans her head out. "You still okay?"
"I'm fine." Arkon says his voice a little higher when he started speaking.
Vinyl goes wide eyed. "Um…Dusk?"
"You just put an image into his head." Dusk says.
Vinyl smiles and looks to Arkon. "Oh?"
Arkon says nothing as he tries to calm himself down.
Vinyl moves over and keeps herself out of his view. "Arkon?" She asks softly.
"Yes?" Arkon asks sweating under his hood.
Vinyl smiles a bit. "What are you thinking of right at this moment?" She asks slowly taking the chisel away from the pillar so he doesn't accidentally hit it.
"W…why do you ask?" Arkon asks nervous.
Vinyl smirks a bit. "Because I need to know because you just stopped."
Arkon remains quiet.
Vinyl puts a hand on his shoulder and he jumps a little. "Hey, it's okay to think of me like that. I actually find that a compliment coming from you." She whispered so as to not let the others hear.
Arkon goes wide eyed and keeps from saying anything.
Vinyl giggles and leans in more. "Remember, I don't mind. Just that you are at least thinking of me."
Arkon's face was now burning as she leans in more.
Vinyl grins. "What are you thinking of?" She whispered.
"You." Arkon whispers.
Vinyl finally comes into his view and he closes his eyes. "Open them." She said softly. Arkon opens his eyes at her command and sees her close and leaning in. "You are worth all this trouble with that thought." She whispered into his ear as he was able to see down her shirt.
Arkon gulps before she raises his head with a finger.
Vinyl help a soft smile as she leans in close to him before stopping short. "Come see me later at Dusk's library. I'll have something for you." She said before pulling away and fixes his hood and walks away.
Arkon just falls back on his flank, unsure what just happened.
Dusk smiles as he leans down to him. "I think you just got a date."
Arkon hides his face in his hands and groans.
Later, Arkon walks in the door to the library.
Dusk smiles as he seems him walk in. "Ah good. I'll get Vinyl. Hope you have a great time." He said getting up from his spot next to Sentire wearing more appropriate clothing as she read from a book and walks into the kitchen.
Arkon tries to hide his face more with the hood before it was pulled back slightly and he sees Vinyl standing in front of him. "Come on." She said grabbing his hand and pulling him out.
"Where are we going?" Arkon asks.
Vinyl smiles. "Nothing special. Just a simple walk." She said pulling him to the park before she stops pulling him and has him step up beside him, but doesn't let go.
Arkon continue to blush, embarrassed as they walk together.
Vinyl smiles as she looks to him. "Hey, it's okay. Just talk about anything or what's on your mind."
"Are we on this…date thing?" Arkon asks.
Vinyl giggles. "Yeah, if you want to think of it like that if it makes you feel better."
Arkon's face seemed to get even redder from that.
Vinyl tilts her head at him. "Come on. What's on your mind right now?"
"I think you know what is." Arkon says.
Vinyl stops and stands in front of him as she sighs. "I am not going to bed you and you are not to me. We are just spending time with each other and learning more about each other. Are you afraid of what others might think?"
"Oh, thank Artemis." Arkon says confusing her before she gets a smirk figuring out he never had a mare before.
Vinyl leans in more to him. "Have you ever spent time with a mare?"
"…no, stallions and mares are separated during training." Arkon says.
Vinyl nods. "Yes, more focused on the task at hand. That makes sense. Does your family ever come to see you train once in a while?"
"Family?" Arkon asks confused.
Vinyl nods. "Yeah, mom and dad?"
"Oh, them. No, I never met them." Arkon says.
Vinyl gains a sad look. "I see. Who were you raised by then?"
"The priesthood." Arkon says.
Vinyl takes a quick look around before taking his hand and leads him into the nearby trees. "Come on."
Arkon follows without question.
Vinyl smiles before stopping in a small clearing and takes another look around before gently pushing him to the ground and he falls on his flank. "Good enough spot." She said looking around again.
"Huh?" Arkon asks.
Vinyl smirks as she lays down beside him and just puts her arms behind her head and looks up to the sky. "Now we can enjoy without getting our legs tired."
Arkon smiles as he just lays there.
Vinyl sighs as she turns to him. "Can you promise me something?"
"What?" Arkon asks.
Vinyl sighs. "Don't work too hard like last time. Me and others don't want to see you on the ground like last time. Before you ask, Dusk and the others told us."
Arkon breathes in deeply and a few moments passed before he nods.
Vinyl smiles. "Good, now let's just enjoy our time here." She said looking back up again.
Arkon nods before nervously reaching around and halfway brings her into a hug before starting to retract his hand.
Vinyl smirks and grabs onto his hand. "Like I said. It's okay if you think of me like that." She said placing his hand back on her.
Arkon nods before wrapping her in a hug.
Vinyl smiles and leans against him while they start to look up at the sky. "Welcome to your new time." She said quietly.
"Thanks." Arkon says before leaning his head into her.
Sentire smiles as she gets up from her lessons to stretch a bit. "Will he be okay?"
"Him…I think so. Vinyl likes him." Dusk says.
Sentire sighs as she looks outside to where they headed before looking back at him. "Can we try what they are doing?"
"We would, but you have to go to the first activity bright and early tomorrow so how about settling for coco tonight?" Dusk asks.
Sentire smiles greatly. "Okay." She said before stopping. "What's coco?" She asks confused.
"You will see." Dusk says going to make it.
Sentire jumps in excitement as she looks to where he went before looking back outside. "Father was right. This is a good place to live at."
About ten minutes later Dusk calls. "It's ready."
Sentire smiles greatly and runs to the kitchen to find Dusk with two cups of hot coco. "Oh." She said taking one and hisses at the heat as she tries to cool her hands while holding it.
"Supposed to be hot at first." Dusk says.
Sentire tries to laugh before just hissing at the heat and puts it down while shaking her hands. "Too hot."
"You gotta let it cool a bit." Dusk says.
Sentire smiles as she waits for it to cool before looking to him. "Thank you…for letting me live here."
"You're welcome." Dusk says.
Sentire keeps shyly shuffling her hooves before blushing. "I do mean it when I say thank you."
"I know." Dusk says as the coco cools.
Sentire smiles greatly as she kept showing her shy nature before taking her cup again and looks at him through the side of her eyes as she tries to the drink and goes wide eyed before drinking a whole lot more.
"Like it?" Dusk asks smirking.
Sentire nods as she kept drinking before putting the cup down and sighs in relief. "That's tasted so good."
"Well the more you learn and understand, the more coco you get." Dusk says.
Sentire cheers as she jumps up and down. "Yay." She cheers before stopping and smiling at him. "This has been the best time I had here."
Dusk chuckles. "Yeah, next to my friends, it is too and I consider you a good friend."
Sentire beams at that before her ear twitches. "Huh?" She asks herself and leans toward the sound while her ear still twitches.
Dusk looks up from his drink. "What?"
Sentire goes a little wide eyed. "What's the date?"
"The end of fall, why?" Dusk asks.
Sentire gasp and rushes out of the kitchen before going to her room and shuts the door with Dusk being locked out. "Sentire? You okay?" He calls.
The door opens again to see Sentire in her old outfit with an expression that she came in with. "Stay inside and lock the doors." She said heading out.
Dusk looks confused. "Wait, what's going on?"
Sentire sighs and opens the door. "Whatever you hear, don't open the door." She said before heading outside and closes the door behind her.
Dusk scratches his head before Barb comes up behind and jumps onto his back without so much as a reaction from him. "So…guess we got the new mare doing some work. Now you got anything else to do on the list, I finished it all." She said showing the check marked list.
Dusk blinks at the list and takes it. "Actually, that's all for today. You're free." He said looking back to her.
Barb smirks. "Great, which means I can mess with you."
Dusk raises an eyebrow. "Wait, what hey!" He yells out as Barb makes him walk around.
"Giddy up pony." Barb calls as she pointed dramatically forward.
