Unfamiliar Territory[Open]

Well, it sure was refreshing to be in a new town. This was her first time separated from her family who originally lived in the countryside and this town surely was a nice change of scenery. The only problem that she faced right now was actually being able to maneuver and figure out the spots in this town, as well as trying to find her home.
"Oh dear Celestia..." She whispered, placing a hoof underneath her chin as she glanced around, standing at the entrance of Ponyville. "Where do I even start?"

"One usually starts where they are," said a foreign tongue. A pony in faded red clothes walked up besides the brown pegasus, before starting. "Oh. My mistake. I sometimes slip back into my native speech. Hello. I believe that you are a newcomer here as well?"

Paradise was a pony that was constantly on the move, but she had passed through Ponyville more than once. From what she had seen of the place, it was rarely unexciting. There was always something going on.

On the other hoof, whilst they were mainly friendly folk, they had a certain attitude to those different to them, which Paradise, with her strange clothes, strange language and strange outlook on life was definitely a part of.

"My name is Paradise Blossom," she said, "Do you need help?"

Flare loved his days off more than anything, sure protecting ponies was exciting, but every so often it was good to just be able to rest and take a leisurely walk through town. In his adult years, he'd almost completely adapted past his characteristic three-legged limp, though his gait was still not quite normal.

His ears perked and his eyes lit up with interest at the sight of two completely unfamiliar faces. He couldn't help but notice the puzzled look on one of their faces, trotting in their direction and lifting a hoof to wave, "Hello!" He looked between them and gave them each a friendly grin, "You two don't look familiar, just rolled into town?" He would help with directions if asked, but the mare in red seemed less confused, he guessed she'd been here before.

The young mare lifted her head, staring at the pony who spoke to her in the beautiful foreign language. She was rather curious of this one's origin, however it would be quite rude of her to ask since they have just met. "Er." She murmured, finally slipping back into reality. "I'm Caramel Macchiato, it's so nice to meet you, Paradise Blossom, was it?"

She was about to explain her position when a second pony rolled on it, or rather limped. This one was missing a leg, which Caramel immediately noticed as the first characteristic on the stallion. "Oh, hello," The brown mare gave a small smile before looking back and forth between the two. "Actually, I am new here, and I was still trying to figure my way around this place... I'm awfully sorry if I'm causing you trouble." Caramel bit her bottom lip as she adjusted her satchel.

The ponies in this town seemed to be kind, and extremely open to any form of interaction, which Caramel didn't see as a bad thing. They also looked quite interesting and diverse, even at first glance!

"Peace be with you," Paradise replied, repeating the greeting to the broken wounded, three-legged, one-winged, pegasus. "Yes, I believe we have just 'rolled into town', as it were."

The sequence would be the same. The would stroll into town, talk around to various ponies about life and the meaning of meaning, and then try to find a place to stay. More often than not, this ended with her sleeping under the night sky, but that was hardly a bother.

"Whilst I have been here before, I believe it for the best that directions should be taken care of by our friend here, as he lives here, I think. Am I right?" she said, flowing speech constantly interrupted by trying to find the correct thing to say.

Flare gave a polite bow to them both, his ears flicking forward to the red-clad mare, regarding her greeting with interest, "Oh! Are you bilingual? What language is that? It's very pretty sounding." He closed his mouth a looked a bit embarrassed when he realized he was asking too many questions, then got wide eyed and put a hoof to his mouth in realization, "Oh! My name is Flare by the way, sorry! What may I call you two?"

He looked between the two and nodded in response to Paradise's question, "Yes! I've lived here my whole life, I can show you where anything is!" He turned towards town and waved a hoof, "Just follow me, if you want, I'll give you a rundown of where things are! It's no trouble at all, I needed a good walk around town anyway!" He gave a friendly smile and looked thoughtful, "Ponyville is a pretty small town, so you get used to the layout pretty quick, and most everyone is more than happy to help with directions!" Of course every town had it's share of sour apples, but as a whole most of the ponies here were the friendly sort.

"I agree with what he said about your language, it sounds sublime." She added to his comment on Paradise's language, which must have been her native language since her common tongue was rather odd to listen to. The young mare found it right to butt in a little bit on the pony's origins since Flare had done part of the job for her.

"Oh! I'm Caramel Macchiato." She replied, giving a small smile before blowing a few strands away from her face. "Thank you both very much for helping me, especially with showing me around and what not." With that said, she followed behind the stallion, glancing over at Paradise. "If he lives, and you don't, would that mean you're a traveler?" She tilted her head to the side. "Your life must be very interesting, I believe there is a quote on traveling about this..." Caramel added, "Not all those who wander are found? Wait no... That sounds very dark and cryptic. Maybe it was lost rather than found?"

"Paradise Blossom," she said, "Or Paradise Blossom, if you wish." She smiled at the compliments on her language. It was a lovely language, made all the lovelier by the fact that she spent most of youth training in speaking it to its fullest potential. But, as her teacher always said, "Not the sounds, but the ideas, thoughts and feeling behind them. That's what makes your words beautiful. Thank you. I hope what I mean is as nice as what I say."

Following the others, she listened to Caramel attempt to dispense some wisdom of her own. "A bit of both, perhaps," she suggested, "But live is about trying to find out what life is, is it not? That is what I hope to do through travel."

Flare smiled as he listened to the two speak, taking note of both their names when they gave them, "You know, it's surprising...But we don't get many actual travelers around here!" He laughed softly and looked thoughtful, "Most ponies choose to travel through the biggest cities, rather than these smaller towns."

He nodded as they spoke and smiled, "When I was little, I used to always tell my folks that I'd fly around the whole world one day." He chuckled softly, "I'd still like to travel, get to see a broader horizon than just here!" He pointed as they walked and grinned, "That's the Town Hall by the way, if you're ever lost, that's a good way point, it's smack in the middle of town!" He turned to them both curiously, "So where did you both come from before deciding to travel here?"

Wow, Paradise was very... What was the word? Intelligent? Or wise rather. Her travels sure have paid off, she seems to know the right things to say, as well as the right quotes. She gave a small smile to show that she listened to her words before glancing over at the town hall, taking down a mental note before continuing onwards. "Well, I came here for exactly that, broader horizons." She said, "And I'm from the countryside, close to Fillydelphia, more near the forests."

Ah, Flare lived here his whole life, or so he claimed. That must have meant he either rarely ever left Ponyville, or stayed in the small town for a long while. "You must have seen a lot of people come and go." She commented, looking over to Flare. "Oh! I'm not trying to be rude or anything, seeing as how you've lived here all your life!" She abruptly added, not wanting to start off on the wrong foot.

"Before Ponyville, or before Equestria?" Paradise said with a smile. "I've been all over this country of yours, but I was born on the Neighpon Islands, far, far from here. Travel has been...eye opening."

She merely nodded when Flare implied that he had lived in this place all his life. Certainly, Paradise herself did not plan to go on her long arduous journey, yet here she was.

"Ponyville is...famous, however," she said, carefully, "A lot of very big things happened here recently."