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Applejack ([personal profile] buckyouup) wrote2014-01-12 05:42 pm

014 Bushels ❦ [Action for Mahogany]

[Applejack has been quiet for the last few days. Hardly in the mood to talk, the southerner has been taking advantage of the warmer weather to get in some training. Never wanting to sit still, she takes every opportunity to run or fight or do something, but outside of her pokemon, she insists on being alone. She has to keep herself busy. So she doesn't think. So she isn't reminded.

One year. One whole year. And that's just the time she remembers. That's not counting the time she's been here before. She hasn't seen her family, her home, her orchard, in a year. She knows that time works strange here, that for her, time isn't moving back home, but that doesn't quite translate to her emotions. To her, she's spent a whole year of her life chasing strange animals while her family and her farm is without her. Stuck in some strange land, located who knows how far away from home. If she was never brought here, what would she have experienced at home? Would this year's haul be a good one? Did Apple Bloom get her cutie mark? She didn't want to think about it. She didn't want to think at all.

If you happen to be wandering in a secluded part of town, you may notice Applejack training. She may be running laps, or doing sit-ups, or training her pokemon, but one thing is instantly noticeable: she looks like shit. Her clothes are torn and her body is dirty and covered in scrapes and bruises. She looks like she hasn't slept in days. She doesn't want to. She dreams of home.]
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[personal profile] bestofthebest 2014-01-13 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
(Applejack isn't alone for too long, as no matter what she's doing -running in place, doing sit-ups or training her Pokémon- she'll find herself being glomped/hugged by a Meganium.)

Hey, Applejack! I know you said clothes aren't your thing, but you didn't have to get 'em this dirty. (A beat.) Daring, you can get off her now.
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[personal profile] bestofthebest 2014-01-13 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
(It takes a moment as she's busy nuzzling her face, but Daring is pulled off by Rainbow as she grins at AJ before holding out a hand for her to take.)

That was like, forever ago! You'd think you don't wanna hang out with anypony.
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[personal profile] bestofthebest 2014-01-13 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
...Seriously. What's going on? Is it about Spike and Princess Cadence?
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[personal profile] bestofthebest 2014-01-13 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Then what is it?

(Obviously she's not backing down.)
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[personal profile] bestofthebest 2014-01-13 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, we might not be as close as you are with Twilight but we're still friends! I'll always lend a hoof -or hand, hehe.
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[personal profile] bestofthebest 2014-01-13 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Really? Fluttershy excluded, would you even consider suggesting time alone with Pinkie, Rarity or me like you do with Twilight?

(Rhetorical question; she already knows the answer.)

She's your special somepony; we're not. I'm cool with that!
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[personal profile] friendyousohard 2014-01-13 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[It's late in the day, and the sun's going down, when an enormous figure appears in front of AJ while she's training. The figure of a certain rock godzilla.

With a thunderous roar, Tower calls up a sandstorm, marching towards AJ's no-doubt tired team with no more warning than that. Why has Twilight let her loose like this?
]

Tower. Earthquake.

[Oh. She's under orders.

Think fast, AJ!
]
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[personal profile] bestofthebest 2014-01-13 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
(A beat, then she laughs.)

Pfft, please! If that was possible, I wouldn't have let Twilight go meet up with you on my anniversary. Feels like yesterday, but we trekked through a giant mountain and what did I do when you two went off together? Took a nap!

(Her hand moves up to squeeze AJ's shoulder.) Look, it's not gonna matter if you two end up getting married here or back home in Ponyville: we'll always be friends and nothing will change that!
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[personal profile] friendyousohard 2014-01-13 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
You've been training for this many days, I figured you thought you must be quite a bit behind.

[Oh, see that glare, AJ? Sure she's at the top of the ridge, but she's deliberately outside of the sandstorm, you might be able to see how she's glowering at you.

Yeah, she's not happy.
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I'm here to help.

[And there's definitely something menacing in the way she says "help".]
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[personal profile] bestofthebest 2014-01-13 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
Hehehe, just kidding AJ.

(Cue another beat before: ) One of you has to propose first and do all that mushy stuff, like get down on one knee with a ring in hoof, right?
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[personal profile] friendyousohard 2014-01-13 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
Protect.

[Rooting herself on the ground, Tower brings up her hands to block the incoming strikes, letting the sandstorm whip around her to buffer Omelette as she comes in.]
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[personal profile] friendyousohard 2014-01-13 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Twilight raises an eyebrow. Impressive strategy, and absolutely the perfect sort of move to use against Tower. And here she'd thought AJ would be completely out of tactics at this point.

No matter. The hulking monstrosity takes it on the chin and staggers back, winded, but she doesn't go down (though her HP is totally in the red). As Omelette drops back towards the ground, Twilight gives her next order.
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Earthquake.

[This is going to be a painful landing.]
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[personal profile] friendyousohard 2014-01-13 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[The tactic works. Tower stares stupidly at the oncoming bird before taking the attack right in her chest, letting out a howl of pain before she collapses. Unfortunately for AJ, the sandstorm remains.]

Tower, return. [The red light pulls the hulking beast back into the ball, and Twilight raises an eyebrow at Applejack.] I'm impressed. I didn't think you'd have that much left in you at this point.

[She pulls out another ball.] Shall we continue?

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