Post by Solar Solstice on Nov 18, 2012 17:17:20 GMT -5
OOC Date: October 19, 2012
Characters: Solar Solstice, Maplewing, Fluttershy, Cherry Blossom
Setting: Solar introduces ponies to a delightful new product
Fall in central Equestria is said to be spectacular, possessive of a crispness imbued into the land, in the sharp crinkle of the dry, brittle leaves, or the echoic resonance of smoothed cobblestone, shaped by hoof and by the ages as a testament to industry and community. It is not yet winter, that the cold bites and pierces beneath the skin, but cool enough, a middling respite from the heat of summer, and melding into the rich, loamy air is the stark freshness of moisture that precedes the snows to come. It is a time of transition, but time enough to set out on one's business in the open, as Solar Solstice does now, carrying a sign as a barding across his sides to advertize his latest venture: Solar's Sensational Smoothies. Behind him is an odd contraption, a machine-shaped cart with many tubes and tanks and a helpful supply of bright, fruit-flavoured colour. "Come try out my smoothies!" he cries out, hoping to attract business. "I've got mango and pineapple and all kinds of flavours that you've never even heard of! The fantastic fruits of the tropics!"
MapleWing has had very much the same idea as Solar, though this is the time of year, or at least weather that most ponies associate with sap-season, anyway. As the weather gets cooler, MapleWing has opted to rig a nice square-shaped fire bowl, so to speak. The height of which is at least ear-height of an average pony, with an orange mesh covering all sides, decorated with antiqued brass coloured leaves to tie into that autumn theme. Above the chimney reaches quite high, making sure the movement of the air wisks it away instead of letting it drift through the village and disturb others. In the cart he has some of his usual fare. Upon noticing the unusual cart... err, contraption... no, it has wheels, cart!? he can't help but wander over to visit his fellow market business pony. "Greetings there...." he says in a cheerful tone. "Interesting... cart? you have there." he greets, and compliments.
Solar_Solstice grins, happy to have somepony asking. "It's my smoothie maker! I finally got it working after all the false starts. It'll probably be a short selling season...but at least I've got in working. Do you wanna try a cup?"
MapleWing tilts his head a little, nodding thoughtfully as he looks over the machine, almost as if trying to figure it out a little. "Smoothies hmm? Interesting method there." he grins, nodding a little to the offer. "I'd love to give one a try. How much you sell them for?" he asks, almost more in a business discussion than a curious consumer.
"Did somepony say smoothies?" calls a sweet, quiet voice as Ponyville's yellowest caretaker steps into view around an apple cart. "Y-you know, I really do *love* a good smoothie, and Angel does, too..."
"We're starting at two bits for 16 ounces," Solar says. "What flavour do you want? We have mango, pineapple, mango-pineapple, passionfruit-orange-guava..." He turns his head as Fluttershy approaches, smiling just a bit more. "Hey, Fluttershy, great to see you here!" he says. "Two bits for 16 ounces, and I've got at least 12 flavours!" He points at the big colourful sign hanging above his cart, and sure enough there are precisely 12 flavours, ranging from standard (mango) to exotic (dragonfruit) and one, named 'Pineapple Passion Surprise', that seems to be a blend of, well, pineapple, passionfruit, peach, and orange.
<OOC> MapleWing notes hes not sure he'd want to be on the recieving end of a passioante pineapples surprise.
MapleWing hmmms lightly and nods in thought. "Not a bad price point.... I'll try your most popular flavor." he answers, curious to see what the masses are choosing... he's feeling quite business inquisitive today it seems. He can't help but smile a little as Fluttershy seems to approach, the stallion offering the mare a tip of his head. "Well hello there, Fluttershy, I've not seen you in some time!" he greets cheerfully.
"Hello, Maple. Um, hello...Solar Solstice." Fluttershy grins; she really, really hopes she got that right. "How've you two been? I think I'd like to try one of the specials, please." She points at the Pineapple Passion Surprise.
"A mango smoothie for MapleWing and the PPS for Fluttershy, coming right up!" Solar declares, turning about, nimble as can be, on his hooves and depressing a few buttons and levers. The machine whirrs up and makes quite a commotion, clanking and squirting and spinning, as its many parts work together for a singular purpose. Yellow and orange liquid is squeezed into a large circular chamber in the centre along with ice and milk, and then, with a loud tumble, the chamber starts to spin around rapidly, mixing and swirling everything inside. Solar takes out a paper cup as the tumbler slows, and within a few moments he's pumped out the resultant slush into the cup. "One Pineapple Passion Surprise for you, Miss Fluttershy!" he says, hoofing it over. It smells delicious. He's already in the process of making Maple's drink now, although it's much quicker since there's only one flavour. "There you go, Maple!" he says to the pegasus, hoofing over his drink now.
MapleWing watches with rapt interest as Solar triggers the peculiar machine into action, the stallion taking a half step back to get a better view of all the machines workings. "Hmmm, quite impressive!" he admits, watching as Fluttershy's smoothie is mixed first, the stallion leaning in a little to observe the pouring into the cup. "Quite efficient too." he adds as the stallion goes to work on his order. "Don't suppose, out of curiosity you have any with a 'maple' flavor?" he asks, glancing to Fluttershy , curious to her reaction to the tasty smoothie before his is finished and handed to him. Upon which he takes a moment to give the cups contents a curious sniff.
Cherry_Blossom comes slowly ambling along up the street from the direction of the Loom and Spindle. She doesn't seem to notice anypony else, but while she is distracted she looks rather sad as well.
Oooooh. Fluttershy leans forward to watch the marvelous machine make mash out of the many fine fruits. "Thank you very much!" she says, and then takes a big sip. "This is...actually very good."
Maple's smoothie should smell exactly like a mango smoothie. "Thanks Fluttershy, I appreciate hearing that from you!" he says, beaming brightly. "I did what I could to get these ingredients fresh from the source. That's part of the secret behind the drinks. The machine just makes things faster, is all."
<OOC> Solar_Solstice notes that was by me n.n
<OOC> MapleWing notes Solar didn' answer Maple's question. ^.^
<OOC> You say, "Oops"
Solar_Solstice nods to Maple's question. "That's part of the next phase of my business: ice cream treats! But it.s a little too close to winter for ice cream. Next year, though!"
MapleWing smiles lightly to himself as Fluttershy samples her smoothie, brows perking with interest at her very favourable reaction to the beverage. "Mmm, now I can't wait to try mine..." he says before bringing the straw to his lips and taking a slurp, which quite immediately causes his own expression to brighten. "Now that /IS/ good!" he exclaims. "even on a cool day. Bet you do great business in the summer." he practically exclaims, still slurping his smoothie as he reaches into his vest pocket for a couple bits and offers them out to Solar. The stallion is indeed a little distracted by the whole smoothie thing as Cherry wanders into town, leaving Maple yet to notice her arrival. "Hmmm, I was thinking more in the sense of maple additive to your smoothies, but it is great for frozen and ice cream treats too.... I've dabbled a little." he explains, slurping again on his smoothie.
Cherry_Blossom glances up just in time to keep from bumping into a lamppost and she skirts around it, but shaken out of her slight depression she now takes note of the big machine in the marketplace. She is uncertain of it's purpose and the teamare cautiously trots towards it, softly asking after a moment, "U-Um? I'm sorry to ask, but what is all this?"
Siiiiiip. Fluttershy takes another long, audible drink of her smoothie. "Mmm. O-oh, um...excuse me. Hello, Cherry Blossom. Forgive me for asking, but are you all right?"
The commotion Cherry causes is loud and noticeable enough for Solar to put aside what he's doing and investigate. "Um, I'm selling fruit smoothies, ma'am, but...are you all right?" he asks, joining in the chorus with the others.
<OOC> MapleWing Cherry is causing a commotion?
<OOC> You say, "Uh..."
<OOC> You say, "Or something XP"
<OOC> Solar_Solstice is trying to do three things at once atm
<OOC> Cherry_Blossom says, "I'm sorry. u.u"
<OOC> You say, "No, its my fauly for not paying attention!"
MapleWing's brow perks a little as that very familiar voice is heard, practically spinning about with great enthusiasm. "My! Dear Cherry Blossom!" he exclaims and trots over to greet the mare that the maple stallion is evidently quite taken by. "Fancy meeting you here...." he begins, brow furrowing as she's questioned on how shes doing. "Is... something wrong?" he adds in, looking the mare over with a bit of concern, looking both between the other three ponies, seeming a little uncertian.
Cherry_Blossom blinks as she is asked by everypony present if she is okay, her ears wilt back a little and she nods, "Oh, It's not me. I'm just worried about somepony else. I met a little griffon named Eris tonight, and she didn't have a home. But she was also really proud and wouldn't let anypony help her. So I hired her as help at the tea house, the bargain included the spare room, food, and twenty bits a week for her to spend. But she's really sharp and I think she was getting suspicious that I was trying to give her charity. I just wish there was more I could do for her, she gets such a heartbroken look when asked about her family. I don't think her life has been a very happy one."
"A-a griffon?" Fluttershy tilts her head as a little bead of Pineapple Passion Surprise falls on her upper lip. "Oh my. A lot of griffons have been moving to Ponyville lately. I-I wonder if something is going on in the Griffon Kingdom..."
Solar_Solstice tries to listen to Cherry's sad story. "Oh wow...it's good, though, that there's helpful, kind ponies like you to make things better." He smiles, trying to cheer her up. He listens to Fluttershy, too. The Griffin Kingdom? Yes...interesting...
MapleWing's brow furrows a little as he listens to Cherry, his head tilting downward faintly and turns to move next to Cherry, letting his side brush with hers a little, leaning reassuringly in against the mare. "Hmmm, that is a bit heavy... Though, you know, with the winter season coming up, I could probably use some help in the sugar bush too." he says, smiling a little. "Would be good honest work, that's for sure." he offers, definitely willing to help the gryphon in need out, and it would be by no means charity as far as earning it would go. His ears do droop a bit further at the mention of the gryphons family, using a wing to give the mare a light snug with one. Though with a light sigh he glances to the sky, as if checking the position of the sun. "Well.. I fear it is getting a bit late..." he says reluctantly, glancing at Cherry with a faint sigh. "I really must be excusing myself... If you're in town, all of you, some time, feel free to stop by." While the comment is directed at everyone, his gaze is upon Cherry. "Thank you for the smoothie, Solar Solstice, and it was lovely seeing you again Fluttershy..."
Cherry_Blossom leans against Maple, taking comfort in the wing across her back, "I'll let her know. She is so young, but she is very proud. I don't think she trusts adults much though. and something maybe going on in the Griffon Kingdoms. She said she didn't have any family with her, and actually got upset when we mentioned her mother. I was afraid for a bit that she would try to run away from us." She nods at Solar then and half smiles, "That is true. I am going to try to help her all I can. Or at least as much as she will let me help." She turns and with a blush nuzzles MapleWing, "I'll be happy to stop by sometime Maple."
The current pose order is: {Fluttershy Solar_Solstice Cherry_Blossom}.
Fluttershy nods. "That's very kind of you, Cherry. I-I agree. The poor little thing needs all the help she can get." She thinks for a moment. "I knew a griffon when I was in Flight Camp, sort of...a-anyway, take care, Maplewing."
Cherry_Blossom has disconnected.
It is now your pose.
The current pose order is: {Solar_Solstice Fluttershy}.
Solar_Solstice watches as Maple departs, waving goodbye. "Thanks for the business; glad you enjoyed my drink!" He smiles and turns to Flutters, looking a bit more solemn. "I hope that Cherry's griffon friend is OK...Anyway, how's the fall been for you?"
<OOC> Fluttershy says, "Oh, Cherry left. ._. Sorry."
<OOC> You say, "Sok!"
"Oh!" Flutters turns back to the stall when she realizes somepony is speaking to her. "Um, I'm fine, thank you for asking. H-how've you been? I know it's been a long time since we saw each other."
Solar_Solstice nods. "I've been good. Been using my time to fix up this machine here." He pats his smoothie-making contraption with a look of satisfaction. "I went through five prototypes. Five. But here I am with a full functional model! I'm going to keep tweaking the design, make it more efficient, have it make hot cocoa for the winter maybe."
Fluttershy flutterblinks. "Ooh. I *love* hot cocoa. Do you really think it could do that?" She edges a little closer to the machine, squinting at it out of one eye. Can she see its inner workings? "Does it work on...anything?"
Solar_Solstice's machine seems to have only the glass 'tumbler' (really a complicated blender) to be wholly transparent, but the numerous tubes and labeled tanks of juice, sugar, and ice are fairly self-explanatory. "Well, I still gotta test it on hot liquids and frozen treats, but theoretically, with the right modules, yes. I'm already working on a portable grinder so that I can make vegetable juice (and vegetable smoothies!) too."
Fluttershy's head bobs back and forth, looking into the machine from every angle (although she keeps her mane and hooves clear of it - she's had enough experience with Pinkie gadgets to know how easy it is for stuff to get wound up.) "Like...carrot smoothies?"
"That's definitely the first recipe I'm working on," says Solar. "Carrots are pretty easy to smoothie-fy, though. Green stuff not so much. I'm thinking those will just be juices, but very tasty juices!" He smiles, very happy with his work. "I could even...I could even help you make specially-formulated animal food, for the animals."
"Well...like I said, Angel really does like carrot smoothies." Fluttershy says this with a bouncing step and a smile that actually hold more enthusiasm than when she ordered her own. "Animal food would be wonderful. Every once in a while I have to tend to an animal who has trouble eating solid food."
Solar_Solstice feels very content to be part of the solution to somepony's problem. "Then I'm sure that I can really help with that, then, and Angel too!" he says. "Maybe later on I can help you with that, bring the cart over to your place. I think it'd be swell to see how the animals take to it."
Fluttershy beams. "I think that's a wonderful idea. I'm sure they'll all love it, a-and it'd be great if it helps heal the sick, too."
"I wouldn't go that far!" Solar says, chuckling a little. "I'm just a machine pony, after all. But maybe a tasty treat would help the healing process."
Fluttershy nods again. "E-especially if it made it easier to give them medicine. Fussy animals are *so* hard to deal with sometimes," she says with an affectionate smile and a roll of her eyes.
Solar_Solstice pauses to tap his chin. "Medicine...you know, I never thought of that before. Sweetening up medicine by putting it in food...that makes a lot of sense, thanks!" He grins, happy to have discovered an excellent idea thanks to Fluttershy. "I have so much inspiration now, thanks to you!"
Fluttershy ducks her head down and smiles up through her mane. "Oh, Solar, you're too kind. I-I mean, you're the one who made it all possible in the first place, right? But, um, thank you. I really hope it all works out."
Solar_Solstice beams brightly. "You're welcome! I'll be sure to get to work on these concepts right away. Actually..." He looks around and sees that nopony else is approaching his cart. "It looks like the day's over for me. I'll see you around, Fluttershy!" He gives a little wave with his hoof before going up to his cart and taking it down for travel.
"Oh, okay. Goodnight, Solar Solstice. Thank you for the smoothie!" Fluttershy waves a hoof and takes another big gulp. "It really is good."
After several moments Solar has collapsed his cart into portable form. He hitches it across his back and, with a final wave of farewell, heads out of town and back home.
Characters: Solar Solstice, Maplewing, Fluttershy, Cherry Blossom
Setting: Solar introduces ponies to a delightful new product
Fall in central Equestria is said to be spectacular, possessive of a crispness imbued into the land, in the sharp crinkle of the dry, brittle leaves, or the echoic resonance of smoothed cobblestone, shaped by hoof and by the ages as a testament to industry and community. It is not yet winter, that the cold bites and pierces beneath the skin, but cool enough, a middling respite from the heat of summer, and melding into the rich, loamy air is the stark freshness of moisture that precedes the snows to come. It is a time of transition, but time enough to set out on one's business in the open, as Solar Solstice does now, carrying a sign as a barding across his sides to advertize his latest venture: Solar's Sensational Smoothies. Behind him is an odd contraption, a machine-shaped cart with many tubes and tanks and a helpful supply of bright, fruit-flavoured colour. "Come try out my smoothies!" he cries out, hoping to attract business. "I've got mango and pineapple and all kinds of flavours that you've never even heard of! The fantastic fruits of the tropics!"
MapleWing has had very much the same idea as Solar, though this is the time of year, or at least weather that most ponies associate with sap-season, anyway. As the weather gets cooler, MapleWing has opted to rig a nice square-shaped fire bowl, so to speak. The height of which is at least ear-height of an average pony, with an orange mesh covering all sides, decorated with antiqued brass coloured leaves to tie into that autumn theme. Above the chimney reaches quite high, making sure the movement of the air wisks it away instead of letting it drift through the village and disturb others. In the cart he has some of his usual fare. Upon noticing the unusual cart... err, contraption... no, it has wheels, cart!? he can't help but wander over to visit his fellow market business pony. "Greetings there...." he says in a cheerful tone. "Interesting... cart? you have there." he greets, and compliments.
Solar_Solstice grins, happy to have somepony asking. "It's my smoothie maker! I finally got it working after all the false starts. It'll probably be a short selling season...but at least I've got in working. Do you wanna try a cup?"
MapleWing tilts his head a little, nodding thoughtfully as he looks over the machine, almost as if trying to figure it out a little. "Smoothies hmm? Interesting method there." he grins, nodding a little to the offer. "I'd love to give one a try. How much you sell them for?" he asks, almost more in a business discussion than a curious consumer.
"Did somepony say smoothies?" calls a sweet, quiet voice as Ponyville's yellowest caretaker steps into view around an apple cart. "Y-you know, I really do *love* a good smoothie, and Angel does, too..."
"We're starting at two bits for 16 ounces," Solar says. "What flavour do you want? We have mango, pineapple, mango-pineapple, passionfruit-orange-guava..." He turns his head as Fluttershy approaches, smiling just a bit more. "Hey, Fluttershy, great to see you here!" he says. "Two bits for 16 ounces, and I've got at least 12 flavours!" He points at the big colourful sign hanging above his cart, and sure enough there are precisely 12 flavours, ranging from standard (mango) to exotic (dragonfruit) and one, named 'Pineapple Passion Surprise', that seems to be a blend of, well, pineapple, passionfruit, peach, and orange.
<OOC> MapleWing notes hes not sure he'd want to be on the recieving end of a passioante pineapples surprise.
MapleWing hmmms lightly and nods in thought. "Not a bad price point.... I'll try your most popular flavor." he answers, curious to see what the masses are choosing... he's feeling quite business inquisitive today it seems. He can't help but smile a little as Fluttershy seems to approach, the stallion offering the mare a tip of his head. "Well hello there, Fluttershy, I've not seen you in some time!" he greets cheerfully.
"Hello, Maple. Um, hello...Solar Solstice." Fluttershy grins; she really, really hopes she got that right. "How've you two been? I think I'd like to try one of the specials, please." She points at the Pineapple Passion Surprise.
"A mango smoothie for MapleWing and the PPS for Fluttershy, coming right up!" Solar declares, turning about, nimble as can be, on his hooves and depressing a few buttons and levers. The machine whirrs up and makes quite a commotion, clanking and squirting and spinning, as its many parts work together for a singular purpose. Yellow and orange liquid is squeezed into a large circular chamber in the centre along with ice and milk, and then, with a loud tumble, the chamber starts to spin around rapidly, mixing and swirling everything inside. Solar takes out a paper cup as the tumbler slows, and within a few moments he's pumped out the resultant slush into the cup. "One Pineapple Passion Surprise for you, Miss Fluttershy!" he says, hoofing it over. It smells delicious. He's already in the process of making Maple's drink now, although it's much quicker since there's only one flavour. "There you go, Maple!" he says to the pegasus, hoofing over his drink now.
MapleWing watches with rapt interest as Solar triggers the peculiar machine into action, the stallion taking a half step back to get a better view of all the machines workings. "Hmmm, quite impressive!" he admits, watching as Fluttershy's smoothie is mixed first, the stallion leaning in a little to observe the pouring into the cup. "Quite efficient too." he adds as the stallion goes to work on his order. "Don't suppose, out of curiosity you have any with a 'maple' flavor?" he asks, glancing to Fluttershy , curious to her reaction to the tasty smoothie before his is finished and handed to him. Upon which he takes a moment to give the cups contents a curious sniff.
Cherry_Blossom comes slowly ambling along up the street from the direction of the Loom and Spindle. She doesn't seem to notice anypony else, but while she is distracted she looks rather sad as well.
Oooooh. Fluttershy leans forward to watch the marvelous machine make mash out of the many fine fruits. "Thank you very much!" she says, and then takes a big sip. "This is...actually very good."
Maple's smoothie should smell exactly like a mango smoothie. "Thanks Fluttershy, I appreciate hearing that from you!" he says, beaming brightly. "I did what I could to get these ingredients fresh from the source. That's part of the secret behind the drinks. The machine just makes things faster, is all."
<OOC> Solar_Solstice notes that was by me n.n
<OOC> MapleWing notes Solar didn' answer Maple's question. ^.^
<OOC> You say, "Oops"
Solar_Solstice nods to Maple's question. "That's part of the next phase of my business: ice cream treats! But it.s a little too close to winter for ice cream. Next year, though!"
MapleWing smiles lightly to himself as Fluttershy samples her smoothie, brows perking with interest at her very favourable reaction to the beverage. "Mmm, now I can't wait to try mine..." he says before bringing the straw to his lips and taking a slurp, which quite immediately causes his own expression to brighten. "Now that /IS/ good!" he exclaims. "even on a cool day. Bet you do great business in the summer." he practically exclaims, still slurping his smoothie as he reaches into his vest pocket for a couple bits and offers them out to Solar. The stallion is indeed a little distracted by the whole smoothie thing as Cherry wanders into town, leaving Maple yet to notice her arrival. "Hmmm, I was thinking more in the sense of maple additive to your smoothies, but it is great for frozen and ice cream treats too.... I've dabbled a little." he explains, slurping again on his smoothie.
Cherry_Blossom glances up just in time to keep from bumping into a lamppost and she skirts around it, but shaken out of her slight depression she now takes note of the big machine in the marketplace. She is uncertain of it's purpose and the teamare cautiously trots towards it, softly asking after a moment, "U-Um? I'm sorry to ask, but what is all this?"
Siiiiiip. Fluttershy takes another long, audible drink of her smoothie. "Mmm. O-oh, um...excuse me. Hello, Cherry Blossom. Forgive me for asking, but are you all right?"
The commotion Cherry causes is loud and noticeable enough for Solar to put aside what he's doing and investigate. "Um, I'm selling fruit smoothies, ma'am, but...are you all right?" he asks, joining in the chorus with the others.
<OOC> MapleWing Cherry is causing a commotion?
<OOC> You say, "Uh..."
<OOC> You say, "Or something XP"
<OOC> Solar_Solstice is trying to do three things at once atm
<OOC> Cherry_Blossom says, "I'm sorry. u.u"
<OOC> You say, "No, its my fauly for not paying attention!"
MapleWing's brow perks a little as that very familiar voice is heard, practically spinning about with great enthusiasm. "My! Dear Cherry Blossom!" he exclaims and trots over to greet the mare that the maple stallion is evidently quite taken by. "Fancy meeting you here...." he begins, brow furrowing as she's questioned on how shes doing. "Is... something wrong?" he adds in, looking the mare over with a bit of concern, looking both between the other three ponies, seeming a little uncertian.
Cherry_Blossom blinks as she is asked by everypony present if she is okay, her ears wilt back a little and she nods, "Oh, It's not me. I'm just worried about somepony else. I met a little griffon named Eris tonight, and she didn't have a home. But she was also really proud and wouldn't let anypony help her. So I hired her as help at the tea house, the bargain included the spare room, food, and twenty bits a week for her to spend. But she's really sharp and I think she was getting suspicious that I was trying to give her charity. I just wish there was more I could do for her, she gets such a heartbroken look when asked about her family. I don't think her life has been a very happy one."
"A-a griffon?" Fluttershy tilts her head as a little bead of Pineapple Passion Surprise falls on her upper lip. "Oh my. A lot of griffons have been moving to Ponyville lately. I-I wonder if something is going on in the Griffon Kingdom..."
Solar_Solstice tries to listen to Cherry's sad story. "Oh wow...it's good, though, that there's helpful, kind ponies like you to make things better." He smiles, trying to cheer her up. He listens to Fluttershy, too. The Griffin Kingdom? Yes...interesting...
MapleWing's brow furrows a little as he listens to Cherry, his head tilting downward faintly and turns to move next to Cherry, letting his side brush with hers a little, leaning reassuringly in against the mare. "Hmmm, that is a bit heavy... Though, you know, with the winter season coming up, I could probably use some help in the sugar bush too." he says, smiling a little. "Would be good honest work, that's for sure." he offers, definitely willing to help the gryphon in need out, and it would be by no means charity as far as earning it would go. His ears do droop a bit further at the mention of the gryphons family, using a wing to give the mare a light snug with one. Though with a light sigh he glances to the sky, as if checking the position of the sun. "Well.. I fear it is getting a bit late..." he says reluctantly, glancing at Cherry with a faint sigh. "I really must be excusing myself... If you're in town, all of you, some time, feel free to stop by." While the comment is directed at everyone, his gaze is upon Cherry. "Thank you for the smoothie, Solar Solstice, and it was lovely seeing you again Fluttershy..."
Cherry_Blossom leans against Maple, taking comfort in the wing across her back, "I'll let her know. She is so young, but she is very proud. I don't think she trusts adults much though. and something maybe going on in the Griffon Kingdoms. She said she didn't have any family with her, and actually got upset when we mentioned her mother. I was afraid for a bit that she would try to run away from us." She nods at Solar then and half smiles, "That is true. I am going to try to help her all I can. Or at least as much as she will let me help." She turns and with a blush nuzzles MapleWing, "I'll be happy to stop by sometime Maple."
The current pose order is: {Fluttershy Solar_Solstice Cherry_Blossom}.
Fluttershy nods. "That's very kind of you, Cherry. I-I agree. The poor little thing needs all the help she can get." She thinks for a moment. "I knew a griffon when I was in Flight Camp, sort of...a-anyway, take care, Maplewing."
Cherry_Blossom has disconnected.
It is now your pose.
The current pose order is: {Solar_Solstice Fluttershy}.
Solar_Solstice watches as Maple departs, waving goodbye. "Thanks for the business; glad you enjoyed my drink!" He smiles and turns to Flutters, looking a bit more solemn. "I hope that Cherry's griffon friend is OK...Anyway, how's the fall been for you?"
<OOC> Fluttershy says, "Oh, Cherry left. ._. Sorry."
<OOC> You say, "Sok!"
"Oh!" Flutters turns back to the stall when she realizes somepony is speaking to her. "Um, I'm fine, thank you for asking. H-how've you been? I know it's been a long time since we saw each other."
Solar_Solstice nods. "I've been good. Been using my time to fix up this machine here." He pats his smoothie-making contraption with a look of satisfaction. "I went through five prototypes. Five. But here I am with a full functional model! I'm going to keep tweaking the design, make it more efficient, have it make hot cocoa for the winter maybe."
Fluttershy flutterblinks. "Ooh. I *love* hot cocoa. Do you really think it could do that?" She edges a little closer to the machine, squinting at it out of one eye. Can she see its inner workings? "Does it work on...anything?"
Solar_Solstice's machine seems to have only the glass 'tumbler' (really a complicated blender) to be wholly transparent, but the numerous tubes and labeled tanks of juice, sugar, and ice are fairly self-explanatory. "Well, I still gotta test it on hot liquids and frozen treats, but theoretically, with the right modules, yes. I'm already working on a portable grinder so that I can make vegetable juice (and vegetable smoothies!) too."
Fluttershy's head bobs back and forth, looking into the machine from every angle (although she keeps her mane and hooves clear of it - she's had enough experience with Pinkie gadgets to know how easy it is for stuff to get wound up.) "Like...carrot smoothies?"
"That's definitely the first recipe I'm working on," says Solar. "Carrots are pretty easy to smoothie-fy, though. Green stuff not so much. I'm thinking those will just be juices, but very tasty juices!" He smiles, very happy with his work. "I could even...I could even help you make specially-formulated animal food, for the animals."
"Well...like I said, Angel really does like carrot smoothies." Fluttershy says this with a bouncing step and a smile that actually hold more enthusiasm than when she ordered her own. "Animal food would be wonderful. Every once in a while I have to tend to an animal who has trouble eating solid food."
Solar_Solstice feels very content to be part of the solution to somepony's problem. "Then I'm sure that I can really help with that, then, and Angel too!" he says. "Maybe later on I can help you with that, bring the cart over to your place. I think it'd be swell to see how the animals take to it."
Fluttershy beams. "I think that's a wonderful idea. I'm sure they'll all love it, a-and it'd be great if it helps heal the sick, too."
"I wouldn't go that far!" Solar says, chuckling a little. "I'm just a machine pony, after all. But maybe a tasty treat would help the healing process."
Fluttershy nods again. "E-especially if it made it easier to give them medicine. Fussy animals are *so* hard to deal with sometimes," she says with an affectionate smile and a roll of her eyes.
Solar_Solstice pauses to tap his chin. "Medicine...you know, I never thought of that before. Sweetening up medicine by putting it in food...that makes a lot of sense, thanks!" He grins, happy to have discovered an excellent idea thanks to Fluttershy. "I have so much inspiration now, thanks to you!"
Fluttershy ducks her head down and smiles up through her mane. "Oh, Solar, you're too kind. I-I mean, you're the one who made it all possible in the first place, right? But, um, thank you. I really hope it all works out."
Solar_Solstice beams brightly. "You're welcome! I'll be sure to get to work on these concepts right away. Actually..." He looks around and sees that nopony else is approaching his cart. "It looks like the day's over for me. I'll see you around, Fluttershy!" He gives a little wave with his hoof before going up to his cart and taking it down for travel.
"Oh, okay. Goodnight, Solar Solstice. Thank you for the smoothie!" Fluttershy waves a hoof and takes another big gulp. "It really is good."
After several moments Solar has collapsed his cart into portable form. He hitches it across his back and, with a final wave of farewell, heads out of town and back home.