free drinks...for a price ( open)

Heartspan stood in Manehattan's market district handing out flyers. He hoped to attract a few worthy ponies for his new goal. However, he doubted many would be interested in his views. He had dedicated himself to bettering equestria but no matter where he went everypony seemed satisfied with the way things were going. He was not satisfied though.

He was not satisfied with the rich ponies, he was not satisfied with ponies who had to struggle to survive. He was not satisfied with a princess who did not listen to anyone but the wealthy. He was tired of new princesses cropping up out of the blue. Hoof chosen by the elite, but having no purpose as he saw it. The only princess he rusted or had loyalty for was just a figure head from a time long before he was born. She might have magic, and a proper attitude, but she was not accorded anymore than the fake authority, and a sort of fake sympathy. At least, that was how Heartspan saw it.

He looked down at his flyers. Reading them carefully. He had taken a whole night to make them, using telekinesis to carefully write the words.

Are you brave? A little scary? Talented in magic? Generally interested in the welfare of your fellow citizens or at least those close to you?
If you can say yes to any of these then maybe we should speak!
Free Drinks and Food for participants.

He was not good with timing and in his own life he had so many things, important things that needed to be attended to. He sighed wondering why he would pick a time like this to try to do something as foolish as start an organization dedicated to helping equestria.

He started handing the flyers out again. He was simply following fate as Luna dispensed it to him, and in the time frame she inspired in him.

Ranmione walked around in Manehatten, looking around. It was her first trip there, for a vacation. She was planning to buy... something. She actually had no idea what to buy, but she was walking around anyway. Suddenly, she spotted a stallion handing out fliers. She walked over to him and got a flier, reading it.

Are you brave?
She was sort of brave.
A little scary?
She looked at her cutie mark, a smiley face. Nope.
Talented in magic?
That depended on what he meant by 'talented'. She knew enough to teleport small distances, and to levitate light stuff.
Generally interested in the welfare of your fellow citizens or at least the ones close to you?
Yes, very.
If you said yes to any of the above then maybe we should speak! Free drinks and food for the participants.
She did say yes to that last question. But participants of what? She went back to the stallion, tapping him on the shoulder.

"Excuse me, what did you mean by 'participants?"

Heartspan felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around slowly. he looked at the orange Unicorn mare and smiled politely.

" participants means anypony who wants to listen to what i have to say." he replied " of course it will probably just mean ponies whop want free food and drink."

He laughed a little at his joke though it was somewhat based in truth and not very funny.

" I don't think you will be interested but i want to form a small organization that is part charity and part private policing agency. It goes like this, we would raise money and do helpful deeds for ponies in need and at the same time protect those ponies from things like corrupt guards, bad laws, and such should they arise. We will also do our part to protect them from other dangers too and will work with guards as necessary to take a proactive stand for equestria. Also through our good example maybe we can make a change that will spread outward so that all ponies look after one another more properly than they do now." he said.

Ranmione thought about it. Ponies already did take good care of each other, six ponies had apparently used their friendship to destroy Nightmare Moon. If they could be even kinder, then the world would be an amazing place.

"I'm interested!" said Ranmione. "Although I live in Canterlot. I might not be able to do much in Manehatten."

Heartspan's eyes rose a little in surprise at the mare's words.

" Well, i used to live in canterlot but now i am in ponyville. What i am thinking of would not just be isolated to one town it would be us and who ever else joined so where ever we went we would carry out our work and try to gather others to help. Of course on occasion we would get together for large scale projects like fixing something in the slums here or something like that whatever was needed. " he explained.

he blushed a little " I just happened to be here on personal business and felt it was the right time to begin forming the group. " So if you are still interested do you want to get a bite to eat?"

"Of course I'm interested. Why wouldn't I want to help ponies? It's not like we're planning to overthrow the princesses or start a riot." said Ranmione. "I'm assuming you're going to hand out more fliers before going to eat?" she continued. Nopony else seemed to be interested yet.

heartspan smiled and blushed at the thought of rebellion.
" yes, we definitely will not make a rebellion." he said lamely.
he looked at his pile of flyers.
" i suppose i ought to hand out a few more , but if you are hungry i can always do it later. I sort of was prepared either way. besides this will not be the only place i bring up our organization. so the choice is yours really." he said with a smile.

Ranmione looked up at the sky. It was unlikely that anypony else would join today. "Well, I don't think anypony else is gonna join, or at least not today," she said. "Let's go! You can continue handing these fliers out tomorrow, and you already said you'll be travelling around to hand them out." She turned around.

((Hope you don't mind if I join in?))

Snake Eyes tapped her hoof impatiently on the street corner.

the grey earth pony with a black mane hid her eyes (as she always did) behind a pair of black aviators. Her red buttondown shirt accentuated nicely with her black tie and her black pinstripe suit jacket. Her red mane-band kept her short cropped mane stylish and chic. 

"For Discord's sake..." She muttered, annoyed by the circumstance. "What is keeping him so long?" She groaned in exasperation. She glanced at her watch for the 15th time since she got to the little street corner where she was going to meet her friend.

Suddenly, a flyer landed in her hoof.


Are you brave? A little scary? Talented in magic? Generally interested in the welfare of your fellow citizens or at least those close to you? 
If you can say yes to any of these then maybe we should speak!
Free Drinks and Food for participants. 


Brave? HA HA HA no.
Scary? Arguable.
Talented? He certainly was.
Generally interested in yadda yadda whatever? Her little Angel could not STOP TALKING about the welfare of the 'common good'. It would make her sick if he didn't look so cute when he was ranting. It could have also been the alcohol.

Something caught her eye in the flyer. It almost sounded as if this pony was trying to... start something fishy. Maybe Seraph would want to hear about this?


" I don't think you will be interested but i want to form a small organization that is part charity and part private policing agency. It goes like this, we would raise money and do helpful deeds for ponies in need and at the same time protect those ponies from things like corrupt guards, bad laws, and such should they arise. We will also do our part to protect them from other dangers too and will work with guards as necessary..."



She overheard a stallion talking nearby and glanced over to see him holding a majority of the flyers.


"Hm..."


Angel was just going to LOVE this. Almost sounded like some extremist vigilante group! Well it wouldn't matter, she came to get free food, and by Discord the bucking Draconequus somepony was going to give it to her!

(Well, I don't mind)
Ranmione spotted an Earth pony mumbling to herself. A piece of paper was in her hoof. Hey, she thought. I think that's one of the fliers what's-his-name was giving out! She took a step closer to the pony. Yep, Ranmione was right. It was the same flier. And the Earth pony seemed... Fascinated?

Since I've already joined the group, I might as well help out with getting more members. Ranmione walked over to the mare. "Excuse me, you seem to be interested in this flier. Would you like to join our group? It's dedicated to helping ponies around Equestria. The group has just been started, and we only have..." Did the white pony already get members from other cities? Probably not. "Two members. You in?"

( sorry if i am out of posting order. I have been borrowing the net lately
so that is why there are large gaps between posts. sorry)

Well getting something to eat with his new club mate seemed better than handing more flyers out. he followed the mare as she turned to leave. Then she darted up to another pony, an earth pony.

He waited a short distance while the two spoke. he was not close enough to overhear anything but he definitely could see his flyer in the earth ponies hand. perhaps Luna would grace him with two new club mates.

...I really should have asked for a name he thought as he waited.

he had to admit that this particular earth pony seemed to be dressed to the nines. It was an impressive look , though a tad on the scary side. well as long she was useful then all was well. though, seeing this well dressed pony made the words of his new mare friend come to mind. If they were mistaken for rebels then that could end in rather poor circumstances for them, and unintended ones at that. he shook his head to banish his thoughts. Better to worry over the cost of their meal and drinks than possible jail time.

With that thought in mind he joined the two.
" er...uhm...is all ok?" he asked shyly.

"Hm..." Snake Eyes glanced up at Ranmoine and Heartspan. "Oh I was just browsing. A little curious is all."

She smirked at the two ponies. "Only two members? I could change that."

"Sorry! Excuse me! So sorry!" Through the crowd came a white unicorn stallion with a tweed jacket, an argyle sweater vest, circular glasses, and a bowtie.

"My Dear! I am so sorry for my delay!" He quickly came over and hugged Snake Eyes. She smiled at her friend and showed him the piece of paper. "Hey there Angel. Look at this for a second."


Seraph adjusted his glasses as he read it. After finishing it Seraph and Snake exchanged glances for a second.

"Fascinating." Seraph said.

"What I thought. Anyway are you in."

Seraph shrugged. "Sure, why not?" He turned to Heartspan. "How do you do? I am Seraph and this is Snake Eyes."

"My name is Ranmione."

She looked at the two ponies in front of her - Snake Eyes and Seraph. They seemed to be complete opposites, Snake Eyes black in colour and with a dark-coloured mane, Seraph white, with a lighter coloured mane and sky blue eyes. She couldn't see Snake's eyes beneath the black sunglasses. What they did have in common, though, was that they were overly dressed. Was it normal to wear that much in Manehattan, or were they planning on doing something fancy but were distracted by the flier? But that didn't matter much if they were willing to help ponies. "Nice to have a new pony join. We may have only four ponies still, but better than two!"

(( hope it's OK if I hop in too. ))

Shinygear skimmed through the flier in his hooves. He had found it lying halfway in a puddle, so he could only read bits of it. "Hm...yes, I THINK I'm brave...scary, of course...talented, I'd say so...this sounds intriguing. I should probably find whoever was handing these things out. I'm liking the sound of this." Shiny nodded his head as he looked around for some pony.

( the more the merrier as they say.)

Heartspan looked at his three new partners.
" I am Heartspan and it is a pleasure to meet all...er..three of you." he said politely. " Yes, i think we had a much better turn out than i thought when i made the flyers. First Ranmione and now both of you. We are off to a fine start."

He looked at each pony in turn thinking he was rather underdressed for this company but he smiled any way.

" So where shall we eat?" he asked " I don't myself have a preference."

"The pleasure is all mine, I assure you." Seraph smiled and nodded just as politely before glancing at Snake Eyes again.

Snake Eyes scratched her chin thoughtfully. "I was feeling a good old fashion pasta joint. Can't go wrong with a good Itailian Alfredo." Seraph adjusted his glasses. "Alfredo sounds good, My Dear. How does our Host feel? It is terribly impolite to not include our host and other guests."

The Mare chuckled and turned to Heartspan. "So how about it? Itailian?"

(Now, to find a way to get Shinygear involved... Somepony ask him for directions, maybe?)

Ranmione looked at Heartspan too. Italian food did sound good. She had tasted it once in an Italian restaurant somewhere in Canterlot. Biscotti tasted pretty good and crunchy. Most of the types of pasta too. Her favourite was tomato fusilli. It looked good and tasted good. But she didn't know where the fancy restaurants were in Manehattan. Heartspan probably did, since as far as Ranmione knew, he lived in Manehattan. No, wait, he'd said he was in Manehattan on personal business.

(On an unrelated note, I had to do so much research on Italian food... I thought it would make roleplaying so much easier if I made her talent something I knew about.)

heartspan looked at the three .

" Well i am not opposed to italian food." he said with a calm smile " Of course I personally only know one small restaurant here in manehattan. The food is good enough and it is on the private side unless you three know maybe a better one. I don't live here myself ."

He glanced about taking each pony in turn and appraising them as he might appraise gemstones though in a much more casual fashion. They seemed to be fine ponies and he felt perhaps he had lucked out not to catch some less savory ponies, then again until they got to know each other better he would reserve his opinion on the matter.

He did however wonder how well they might do fighting a pack of timber wolves or some other fell beast.

Ranmione smiled. "I don't know any other restaurants. In fact, this is only my first visit to Manehattan," she said. "Sure, let's go to this restaurant you know." Even if it was small, it was still a place to eat food, and food is food.

She smiled again. I can't wait to start helping ponies, she thought. This is a good organization. It was going to be helpful, and perhaps supply some poor ponies with food.

" Ok, well, allow me to lead the way." heartspan replied " it really is a nice restaurant."

He turned and began to walk through the market crowd. The restaurant it self was not too far off only a block or two past the market square and tucked in among some other small shops. It would make a good place to discuss things both personal and business related.

" So, this is only your first visit here miss Ranmione? How do you like it so far?" he asked casually

Snake Eyes and Seraph conversed quietly behind Ranmoine and Heartspan.

"What do you think?"

"I think that this could easily get out of hand if handled without the utmost care and delicacy."

"Or they could really want to help ponies."

"Do you believe that?"

"I believe the world is not nearly as black and white as I'm sure they want it to be."

"Agreed. Lets keep an eye on our little friends. Who knows? Maybe this could be good! T'would make my job much easier."

"On the flip side, it could make My job easier. On a whole, I think I'd prefer your job to be easier."

"Hmm... I see your point, My Dear."

"C'mon Angel. Free food."

Ramione could barely hear Seraph and Snake Eyes talking quietly behind them as they walked into the restaurant. She couldn't hear anything of what exactly they were saying. Meh, probably some personal stuff if they need to talk so softly, she thought. I shouldn't invade their privacy.

Turning her attention back to Heartspan, she said cheerfully, "Yes, this city does seem interesting."

heartspan nodded in agreement at ranmione's comment and then he took a seat at a booth in the back of the restaurant waiting patiently for the others to join him. He really wasn't very good a small talk so he had to think for a moment. After a moment he looked at seraph and snake eyes.

" So, are you two from around here? or is it just a visit?" he asked politely.

He had to admit that the four of them made quite an interesting crew. two more and he would have created his own elements of harmony he thought to himself as a small smile crept onto his face. Of course that really wasn't his intent but it was funny and of course he had chosen much better ponies than Celestia, of this he was certain.

Ranmione followed Heartspan to the back of the restaurant, and sat down opposite him, looking at Seraph and Snake Eyes. Funny how they both had names that started with the letter S but were different in so many other ways. But, as ponies said, opposites attract. She wasn't really sure why, though at school years ago she'd done experiments on magnets. Opposite sides attracted, while the same sides repelled. Weird. Then again, she never did understand much science-y stuff.

Heartspan started conversation with Snake Eyes and Seraph, after staring forward for a while, probably thinking.

Snake Eyes and Seraph sat silently staring at Heartspan for a while.

"Uh..." Seraph started. Snake Eyes smiled behind her aviator shades. "I'm a local, Seraph here is from Canterlot, but we uh..." She trailed off as she glanced at Seraph.

"We have a mutually beneficial relationship due to our respective business ventures. Ms. Eyes is a Private Contractor, and I am a..."

"A Social worker." Snake Eyes finished for him. "He travels alot. But he is in Manehattan alot on account of the crimin-"

"The Pollution." Seraph nodded studiously as he adjusted his glasses. "I am just a part of a group trying to make Manehattan a cleaner place."

Snake Eyes snickered a bit.