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(AiE) Decrescendo - Rejection

By: FlutterPriest on Dec 13th, 2013  |  syntax: None  |  size: 1.94 KB  |  hits: 75  |  expires: Never
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  1. >The sound of a gentle string instrument catches your attention.
  2. >Rising from your seat outside Sugarcube Corner, you follow the divine music.
  3. >Standing on the corner, playing for tips, is a gray pony playing a large stand up instrument.
  4. >Is it a bass or a cello?
  5. >You've never known anything about music; just what you like and don't like.
  6. >This, by far, was the most relaxing and peaceful you've ever heard.
  7. >With a gentle note, she brings her song to a close and you clap.
  8. >She turns her attention to the one-man audience.
  9. "That... was amazing."
  10. >"Thank you."
  11. >She turns her music to another page and brings her bow to the strings.
  12. "Uh, my name is Anon."
  13. >"A pleasure."
  14. >The earth pony continues to play her soul into the instrument while you sit down to watch.
  15. >Passing ponies listen to the melodies, occasionally bits into the case.
  16. >The hours pass like seconds.
  17. >You begin to feel a slight tickle rise up in your chest
  18. >There's something, different, about this mare...
  19. >She has a passion in her eyes that holds you captive in her song.
  20. >Slowly the sun begins to creep lower in the sky and she finishes her final song.
  21. >You clap and rise to your feet.
  22. >She casts you a glance and returns to packing her things up.
  23. "That was some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard."
  24. >"Thanks."
  25. "Do you play professionally? You have an amazing talent."
  26. >"Yeah. I play with a traveling symphony."
  27. "Well that's cool. I didn't get your name earlier..."
  28. >She mare turns to face you filled with curiosity.
  29. >"Why do you want to know?"
  30. "Well, maybe I could take you out to dinner... and we can get to know each other better?"
  31. >She turns to you and sighs, a lonely expression carved into her face.
  32. >"I'm sorry... I just don't date when I'm on the road. I don't want to get weighed down or too attached."
  33. >Your heart clenches.
  34. "Oh... I see, well."
  35. >Before you can finish, she walks off.
  36. >Taking away the beauty of music with her.
  37. "I wish I at least knew your name..."
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