The Clockwork Camping Experience (Fireseeker&Gemini)

Although Fireseeker was slightly annoyed at himself for letting too much on for Clockwork that Clockwork had caught on, he was grateful for the change in subject.

"Infamous ponies, eh?"he muttered, rubbing his chin in thought, "Well, I met one pony near Appleloosa called Smith Wesson. He wasn't a bad pony but he had something of a dangerous side to him. I got into a little trouble with some drunk ponies who I think were criminals. I was about to fly for my life when Wesson jumps in and scared them off. Stuck with him for a while until it was safe after that."

Trapper was bent over a wild flower fascinated when she heard the voices of three pony's nearby, she looked up and around herself not seeing any pony yet she figured she would be safe to continue what she was doing.

She pulled a pencil and well worn note book out of her bag and quickly began to sketch the flower before her, as the voices drew yet nearer, she sighed a little bit and wondered what the polite thing to do in this situation would be, on the one hoof if she said nothing they might just pass right by her and let her finish collecting in peace, on the other it would be very awkward if they just happened to stumble upon her when she was obviously within ear shot.

Er... Hello? She called out, deciding it would be best to deal with the pony's directly, she continued her sketch, it was important that she document it properly in case it was a new species, though she doubted it.

"Hm? Oh! When I said Imfamous i meant like famous Ponies but not celebirty famous. like Pinkie Pie is famous but not a celebirty, though for this topic we won't count her as if you live in Ponyville, yoou will learn that Pinkie Pie knows everypony in Ponyville. if you haven't met her, you haven't been in Ponyville long enough."

As they continued down the path, she heard the voice of the another pony and smiled lightly as they approached a Green Pony who seemed to be sketching a flower.

"hello there, seems like today is a good day to be in the forrest."

(i told her its ok to join in this topic, hope you two dont mind)

"ah. so like...." gemini starts to think as much as he can, not sure if he even knew any." i...i don't know, to be honest." when gemini sees the second earth pony, he slows down a bit and bows politely in greeting." good day there. fine day out for a walk, isn't it?" he asks the green earth pony in his usual tone.(i don't mind.)

Fireseeker smiled politely at the new pony but remained quiet as he surveyed her.

Being a writer and something of a journalist, Fireseeker had an ability to build a supposed story around ponies. This was a mare with a green coat with a black and white striped mane. His keen eyes quickly spotted the notepad and pencil in her hooves. Her cutie mark appeared to be some kind of plant, although the exact type was lost on him.

Given all of this, plus the location she was in and the fact she was an earth pony, Fireseeker concluded that she was most probably some kind of gardener, biologist or at least fond of nature.


(( Of course it's fine for her to join. Welcome Saphraira :) ))

Trapper smiled nervously and fidgeted a bit, three pony's was a bit much for her at once, she nodded to them in agreement, it was a lovely day, she looked back to the flower promptly and continued her sketch, writing down minor details about smell and general condition of the flower.

Are you all out for a hike today or perhaps camping? I don't think I've seen any of you out here collecting or documenting before.

Once she was satisfied with her sketch and notes she took out a Q-tip and a little vial, she proceeded to gently rub the Q-tip on the flowers petals and sealed it in the vial, she put it back into her bag carefully and looked at the pony's again, two pegasus and another earth pony.

The earth pony interested in particular because of her fur, all brown with a splash of blue, it did not appear to be paint on her so she asked her bluntly.

Is that blue part of your natural color? If so I would love to study your heritage, it's fascinating when there is co dominance in plants, but I only ever see it rarely so prominent in pony's.

CW gave a smile to her as two things went through her mind. one was something along the line of 'great, now there are three ponies interested in my plot, how speical' and the second thought was a bit of anger at her heritage, mostly her parents.

"Trust me on this, Nothing about me is a dominant trait. you look up my family tree and you will see just how far I fell from the tree. the blue patch is natural, in which these two can confirm, since they too like to stare at my flank."

she smiled jokingly to Fire and Gem, getting use to being the 'butt' of the joke now.

"and we are camping, its more of a 'get to know eachother more' trip."

"yeah, well, i only looked at it once." gemini replies to clockworks joke, then turns back to the new pony."you seem a bit nervous. are we making you uncomfortable? we can leave you to your plants if you want to, i don't think they'd mind. " he said, hoping to at least make friends with the green pony before him." also, my name is gemini. this is ClockWork and FireSeeker." he points to each as he introduces them.

Fireseeker could only laugh at Clockwork's joke. He was glad she hadn't taken the whole thing seriously. That could have turned out badly...

His attention snapped back to the new pony. Still smiling at her, he raised a hoof and gave her a little wave.

"Nice to meet you. What's your name?"

My name is Trapper, it is a pleasure to meet the three of you, and thank you for the offer but I do need to work on my pony skills, so this is good for me. Are you all camped near here?

She looked at Clockwork and held her gaze for a moment as she spoke before quickly looking away from the three of them again, looking down as if her hooves were suddenly the most interesting thing in Equesteria.

I don't think I would be looking at your flank for the same reason as two stallions, genetically speaking, your coat is very rare, the least likely to occur from breeding, if you were a flower you would be the most frustrating to attain therefore extremely valued for your bi-color, the most beautiful are usually those that look little to nothing like their parentage, just my opinion of course.

She took a small breath after that speech and even took a step back, it just occurring to her that it may be a sore spot for the mare.

-CW tilted her head to the side as she explained her reasoning, processing it into what she would asume was a compliment on her uniqueness and smiled. at Trapper.-

"Why thank you, i take it you know alot about plants. I'm more of a Clockwork inventor myself. and we are camped somewhat cllose by, your welcome to join, my tent is big enough for two if you want."

She offered Trapper smiling at her wondering if she will acept this offer and maybe CW can add a third frind to get to know.

"what plant are you drawing anyway?" gemini asks with his usual curiosity, looking over at the plant in question." im not good with plants myself, but i do tend to enjoy learning new things. plus, we weren't looking at her plot in that manner, we were only looking at her mark." he says, laughing a bit."plus, fire here started looking first."

"I was looking at her cutie mark!" protested Fireseeker, giving Gemini a playful punch in the shoulder and grinning.

He too looked at Trapper for an answer, also curious as to what the plant was.

Trapper giggled a little at how the Stallions interacted.

Well, i'm not to sure to be honest, that's why i'm documenting it, I sort of hope that it's a new breed, then I could be credited with the discovery! It is lovely though isn't it?

She smiled and turned back to the flower bending over slightly to look at the flower better, her smile was that of a maternal pony examining their foal, she seemed to drift for a moment off in her own reality as she looked the plant up and down, before looking back up at them.

I would love to camp with you three if I won't be trouble, my home is a short walk from the forest, so I would just need to collect things for myself before joining you.

"Well, if your house isnt too far, one of use should go with you so we can lead you back to the campsite, plus nows a good time as any to turn around and head back to camp."

CW suggested and looked at the two colts and smiled.

"and on they way back we can figure out what all four of us can do since its not really dark out yet, but Traps, anyone in particular you want to go with you or you think you can find the camp site on your own?"

gemini starts to look at the sky, looking for a cloud." yeah, i suppose it's about time to head back. it seems to me that we hiked for a small while now, huh?" he says to no one in particular, waiting for a response from trap.

Fireseeker was more than happy that another pony could be joining them for their camping trip. The more, the merrier.

In the mean time, he carefully inspected the flower himself. Leaning closer, it was easy to see the delicate pellets and take a sniff of its pleasant fragrant scent.

I think that I will be able to find my way to the camp site, I know this area pretty well by now. So I will see you ponys soon.

She blushed a bit as she said this, not great at making small talk it would be less of a mental strain on her if she was to just get home and get back without feeling obligated to converse with whomever she chose to go with her.

She trotted off rather quickly into the woods, in the direction that was apparently a way out.

"well then, we'll see you at the camp ground."

she playfully nudged the peguses and began to hike back to the camp site, humming to herself lightly.

"so what famous, but not celeberty famous Pony you want to meet and be friends with Fire?"

"yeah fire, im sure you would know at least one." gemini added, following the other two a bit slowly as he stared up at the sky again." what a perfect day to camp, theres not a cloud in the sky that i can see."

"Well, I've travelled around most of Equestria. I probably know a few," replied Fireseeker. "Let's see..."

He racked his brains for a moment, thinking of well-known ponies he had met or seen.

"Well, I once went to a Sapphire Shores gig. She sounds so much better live. I also saw Princess Celestia at the Running of the Leaves. Didn't get to meet her though. Oh, and I actually got to interview Spitfire once."

Time skippish thing?))

Trapper wandered back through the woods, it had taken her a bit longer then expected to collect everything for the trip, though it was mostly food, her ears were perked so that she could listen for signs of pony's in the woods, not having heard any voices for a while she was begging to doubt her knowledge of the forest.

I probably should have taken one of them along with me, too late now though.

She stopped and listened hard, smiling when she finally heard some voices off in the distance, she turned toward the sounds and walking toward them.

CW hummed to the tune of her music box playing from her tent as she pulls out a broze box with two extending rods, one with a peice of flint, the other with a peice of steel. she pushed it close to the fire pit and wound it up, the two arms began to rotate and rub thier ends together, creating a lot of sparks untill the fire pit began to glow with the ever growing flames of the fire. she flipped a small switch so the excess wind up disipates without causing an unintended fire and put it back in her tent.

"think she got lost a bit on the way here or is she lurking in the trees shyly?"

"hmm. it could be either, i guess. or she's taking longer than usual. want me to fly up and see if i can spot her?" gemini replied, lazily watching clockworks device when she uses it." you have a lot of cool gadgets clock. where do you get the ideas for them?"

Fireseeker shrug in reply to Clockwork as he struggled to open a packet of marshmallows with his hooves. Seriously, who would invent a packet like this for those without opposable thumbs? Or without any digits for that matter...

Giving up, he tossed the packet to the ground and stood up, flaring his wings.

"I reckon Trapper's a bit of both," he replied, "Tell you what, I'll go have a fly around."

With that, Fireseeker took off and flew above the woods circling the camp area. He remained low enough so Trapper could see and call out to him if she were lost.