Conciliation

* Able_Tome hastly arrives to the river with the blue pony next to him. Or behind.

* Able_Tome looks excited

<Able_Tome> "Haven't been here yet, Glimmer."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "You haven't been to the river?" She decides to just go and play his little, crazy game.

* Able_Tome slowly trots toward the water.

<Able_Tome> "No no, Glimmer."

<Able_Tome> "I was near the river not that long ago."

<Able_Tome> "Funny story."

<Able_Tome> "But definitely not here."

* Able_Tome looks at her smiling, all exhaustion gone

<Hidden_Glimmer> "What do you mean with *here*?"

* Able_Tome rolls his eyes, pointing around "Here."

<Able_Tome> "Silly pony. Open your eyes."

* Able_Tome chuckles

* Hidden_Glimmer takes a look around, trying to find anything out of the ordinary. "Here like... Equestria?"

* Able_Tome turns back and resumes walking to the shore, "Glimmer, quit playing with me."

* Hidden_Glimmer only gets more confused with every single word

<Able_Tome> "River and water. Concentrate."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "At this state of insanity?" She said jokingly

* Able_Tome shakes his head as he reaches the water

<Able_Tome> "Come on, insanity is just sanity."

<Able_Tome> "Sanity that other sanities think is not like others."

* Hidden_Glimmer sighs, and follows him to the shore, sitting down right next to the water

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Makes sense, i guess..."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "That doesn'T change the fact that you'Re acting... differently than usual."

* Able_Tome looks at his cloak, annoyed and frustrated, "Why anyone wear something like this in publy"

* Able_Tome darts his head in her direction, "Differently. How so."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Because it has emotional meaning to you" She tries to remind him

* Able_Tome takes off the cloak and throws it on the ground

<Able_Tome> "Oh of course, of course, dear."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "First of all, the able i know, or knew, would never throw away this cloak..."

<Able_Tome> "But it is dirty."

* Able_Tome rolls his eyes "It needs to be cleaned up and mended."

<Able_Tome> "Simple as that."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Mended, definitly..."

<Able_Tome> "Blood stains. Ragged."

* Able_Tome shivers

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Nothing that you can't wash out."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Or repair..."

<Able_Tome> "But there is no soap in this village."

* Able_Tome shoots a glance at her, "You going to wash her blood away."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "I'm sure we will find a substitute"

<Able_Tome> "Hm. Maybe."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Wait... her?"

<Able_Tome> "Or a substitute for the rag."

* Able_Tome taps the water twice with his hoof, "Yes, her."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "We can always go, hunt some wolves, and bring the coats to sun. And who do you mean with *her*?"

* Able_Tome is excited by the cool, fresh water

<Able_Tome> "Oh, funny. You mentioned her in that sentence."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "I ment moo- Oh really? Why so?"

<Able_Tome> "Oh just wrapped her body up and carried away."

<Able_Tome> "You know. Less blood loss."

<Able_Tome> "Though the rag is ruined."

* Able_Tome playfully taps the water with the other hoof

<Able_Tome> "What a chilly water today."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Carried her away? What happened to her?"

* Hidden_Glimmer doubts that she'll get any information out of him in that state

<Able_Tome> "Oh, just maimed by shades at the clinic."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Huh. I remember you talked about them..."

<Able_Tome> "A bit of scratches here and there."

<Able_Tome> "Nothing too mortal."

<Able_Tome> "No wait. That sounds silly."

* Lucea is now known as Ikea

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Why so?..."

* Able_Tome turns his head and looks at pony, eyes full of energy, "Mortal. The world is somewhat silly."

<Able_Tome> "No. Again. What a silly head."

* Able_Tome chuckles

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Not as silly as the immortals we met in ghost leaf forest"

* Hidden_Glimmer smiles weakly

<Able_Tome> "I have meant the word."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "So... mortal is a silly word?"

<Able_Tome> "Just in that sentence."

<Able_Tome> "There were no mortal wounds."

* Able_Tome shrugs

<Able_Tome> "Silly."

* Able_Tome walks into the river with the cool water starting to chill his body up

<Able_Tome> "Just what was needed."

<Able_Tome> "Glimmer, you still there."

* Hidden_Glimmer rubs her forehead, wondering why she's still here. "Yes... yes, i'm still here. I haven't moved an inch."

* Able_Tome looks at his bandaged forehead, the recently wrapped wound still pulsating a bit

<Able_Tome> "Good."

<Able_Tome> "Care to take a dip."

* Able_Tome looks into the water, cocking his head to the side as he notices his reflection

<Hidden_Glimmer> "What? Oh, heh... s-sure, why not?" She gets up from her haunches, putting off her mantle and armor, and carefully walking towards him, shivering and jumping a bit from the freezing water.

<Able_Tome> "Funny."

* Able_Tome glances back at the pony, "You tried swimming."

* Hidden_Glimmer nods "Yes, i did..." She doesn't quite like where this is going.

* Able_Tome observes with a smiling expression

<Able_Tome> "And it went well."

* Lucyne is now known as Lucyne_sleep

<Able_Tome> "Changes in bodies."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Yes... it did." She still jumps a little, scared to go deeper into the cold water.

<Able_Tome> "Good."

<Able_Tome> "No problems at all."

<Able_Tome> "Interesting."

* Able_Tome returns his gaze back at the water "Wouldn't thought that there would."#

* Able_Tome dives into the water

* Hidden_Glimmer slowly gets closer, shivering and freezing in the cold night air.

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Able?" She tries to fing the stallion underwater, wondering where he went.

* Hidden_Glimmer casts a light incantation, to try and find her friend in the dark water

* Hidden_Glimmer sighs and quickly dives after able into the water, getting a bit panic.

* Able_Tome floats under water, motionlessly, his eyes closed and lips clenched, holding his breath as he counts number of heart beats going. Serene, or not. Doesn't matter. Equestria or not here is were here is. Simple. Direct. Right to the point. No need to delude the head. Come at take fun. Crystal clean... Yet at the same time, the very -way- of thinking like. -That-. Is just bound to cause in-ter-ven-tion. That's *not* a correct way to-, but... but then, w-what... what comes after the v-veil of trial and error falls down and one can truly accept or di... no...

* Able_Tome opens his eyes and forces magic through his horn, going after one of the basic, *most* understandable incantations there is... just about the right opportunity to try it out out here, eh? He focuses on one word -light-... and the light was had, as his horn begins to radiate with silverish aura, illuminating the dark, nightly water.

* Able_Tome swims back up to the water's surface and emerges back out of it, coughing and sneezing the water out of his nostrils... that bloody sensation.

* Able_Tome glances 'round the water's surface, looking for a familiar face, his horn shining brightly, "Hidden?!"

* Hidden_Glimmer dives back up as she sees the silverish light on the water surface. Gasping for air and shaking, she grabs his shoulder, pulls herself closer to him, warming herself up on his body. "You... stupid..." She gives him a headbutt and pulls him to the shore, getting out of the water, shaking herself dry and packing herself up in her mantle

* Able_Tome stifles a laughter a bit, still wincing a bit from the pain, "Hidden, come on... a bit of a nightly river swim haven't hurt anyone else."

<Able_Tome> "At least there were no reports."

* Hidden_Glimmer shakes heavily, her face somehow being more blue than usual "T-t-that w-wasn't f-funny..." She sneezes a few times, silently cursing herself for jumping into the water "I-i w-was w-worried a-about y-you..."

* Able_Tome lies there on near the water, looking into the blank space, silly things coming to mind, "Well, 'least I haven't heard about one of those... yet...". Suddenly a gust of wind sweeps near the water, flowing through his soaked fur and mane, making him shiver from cold... realization hitting his head that, he is *fucking* freezing and that his hind legs were shuddering for quite some time now, "H-huh...."

* Able_Tome darts back up on his hooves, his body starting to cave in under the effects of outside elements. He immediately starts to shake himself dry, "M-majorly and q-quite appr...eciat...ed, b-but....brr... come o-on!"

* Able_Tome shakes the water off himself and grabs his cloak from the ground, immediately wrapping his body into it, "W-was per-perfectly s-safe there, H-Hid..."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "No-Not i-in t-that state y-you were in. D-do you even re-realized what y-you've te-talked about?"

<Hidden_Glimmer> She looks a bit traumatized, mostly because of the ice cold water.

<Hidden_Glimmer> "S-someth-thing's wrong w-with you. If y-you wanna be-believe it or n-not!"

* Able_Tome grabs his saddlebags with teeth, his longsword tucked and balancing on it as he walks to the mare and throws the bag j-just a bit to the side. "H-huh...? Y-you me-mean the...", he lands near her with a slight *uff*, still shaking from the cold ordeal, "...y-you m-mean just before t-the river, o-or...".

* Able_Tome continues to clack with his teeth, short giggles escaping out of him

<Hidden_Glimmer> "S-since our t-talk in the L-library..." She turns hergaze away from him, down to the shore, her light still illuminating the area "You are s-so... unf-focused lately...  

<Hidden_Glimmer> "S-since our t-talk in the L-library..." She turns hergaze away from him, down to the shore, her light still illuminating the area "You are s-so... unf-focused lately...  d-distracted... And i d-don't know w-why..."

* Hidden_Glimmer whimpers slightly "W-why won't y-you let me help you?"

* Able_Tome glances at the mare near him, "H-Hidden... y-you kn-know well t-that th-...", he begins to speak out, shivering from cold, but the moment he catches the last phrase, he... looses the track of thought of what he wanted to say. "H-Hidden... p-please, I....", he trails off again, looking at her shivering form. "C-come close, p-please... you are f-freezing...", he tries to say as softly as he can through the clacking teeth.

* Hidden_Glimmer shuffles herself further away, giving him a furious and upset look from the side.

<Hidden_Glimmer> "D-don't you even t-think a-about c-coming closer" She hisses, her voice shaken and hoarse.

* Able_Tome looks at the ground and wraps himself tighter into the cloak, "A-as you w-wish... y-you know t-that I'm only t-tr... h-huh...", he hangs his head slightly, "A-alright..."

* Hidden_Glimmer stares into the empty night, toughts and emotions trying to get the upper hand in her mind. She sneezes a few more times, laying herself into the grass and curling up in her fur mantle, trying to ignore the pony behind her.

* Able_Tome frowns, his expression darkening, his voice lowering "L-let m-me ask y-you a cou-counter q-question, H-Hidden... y-you know, b-before a-answering... heh, or trying to ans-a-answer yours...", he looks at her, with a stern expression, "D-do you, H-Hidden, t-think that *I* am p-pushing you a-aside, or s-something...?"

* Hidden_Glimmer shakes her head very slowly, as if she doesn't want to admit it, but does it anyways.

* Able_Tome turns his body, to face her, "That t-through out this damn. F-Fucking. Week. Of doing *nothing* for work, I've been doing *nothing*, but try to b-burn the bridges d-down or something? Avoiding y-you since our talk in the park?", he brings the hoof and pounds his chest, agitating, "That I-*I* would, j-just like *that*, would take and forget about y-you after all those  things, e-experiences and moments that w-*we* have shared? Do. You. Think. Like. That?..."

* Able_Tome pants, fuming a bit, "C-come on... l-let it flow..."

* Able_Tome looks sideways at the water, "T-the same way you l-let that pain flow in the clinic... r-remember...?"

* Hidden_Glimmer closes her eyes, taking a deep breath and exhaling. And another one. And another. A realisation creeping into her head once again. That she has let her emotions take control once more, uncounciously. She starts to whimper again, slowly turning into silent crying and sobbing. "N-no... i-i... i d-did not t-think like t-that..." She squeaks out, putting her face into her forehooves in an attempt to hide her tears and shame.

* Able_Tome hangs his head, part in shame, part in disgust. The last thing that he wanted to happen... no, he didn't wanted to... not her ... but, but at the same time it...

* Able_Tome he sighs, "H-Hidden, I... please... it, it is alright... tell me..."

<Able_Tome> "Don't... don't keep it inside..."

* Hidden_Glimmer crunches her teeth and gets up, sitting down on her haunches, still looking away from him with her body. She sorts her thoughts for a minute, trying to calm down again and gaining some courage "I... i-i... s-spoke with Su... S-Sunshower a f-few days back..." She feels a lump forming in her throat, wanting to suffocate her "A-and... I-I... m-m-may h-have g-got a... w-wrong i-impression out o-off th-that t-talk..."

* Hidden_Glimmer lowers her head in shame, moving her tail to the side, next to her left fronthoof.

<Hidden_Glimmer> "B-but it's n-not Suns f-fault! I-it was m-mine..."

* Able_Tome stands up, his body still shivering a bit, thought not in such violent manner as it was, "Why do you t-think so, Hidden...?"

<Able_Tome> "And the talk... huh... I... I know about it... t-told you in the library, silly, but...", he looks at her, "...please, do go on..."

* Hidden_Glimmer violently shakes her head, sending a burning through her neck "Wh... W-what do you m-mean with G-go on? I-i thought i a-already s-said what you w-wanted to k-know..."

* Able_Tome lowers his voice to the near whispers, "T-Tell the tale, dear... a song of an outcry, so that I'd t-try to join and soothen the wound... a helping hoof that was a-always there, reaching out in your d-direction, just the same way y-yours stretches in the same... wanting to give help..."

* Able_Tome turns towards her and slowly walks in her direction, "What bothers you... what aspirations... the bearer of change and catalyst. The playful, mare running through the lush park, finally free and happy from the confines of the clinic... as a shaggy old fool cleans his nose from dirt and follows her through..."

* Able_Tome smiles weakly

<Hidden_Glimmer> (#1,1Why do you have to be so poetic... that's just unfair ;-;#1,0)

* Able_Tome looks up at the darkened, star filled sky, "Or a moment of clarity... there the mare has awoken, pain the jolts streaming through the horn after a true moment of magic have happened. Three drunken clowns pesker and mess around on the background, the palace of health, lit with ticklish streaming rays of sun. The tired fool grabs hold of bowl and soothens her wound, careful,

* Able_Tome caring... not need to disturb her more than that...", he smiles even more as he reaches her, "...all while a certain, drunken clown begins to lick the menders mane..."

* Hidden_Glimmer wishes some tears away, finally stopping to shiver. For the most part. She turns her head to the right, just enough to see the grey unicorn out of the corner "Outcry, heh... There was no outcry.. just a stupid mare, blinded by her emotions... just waiting for someone to come and open her eyes" She smiles, looking back on the ground before her "Just like back then in the clinic... or one of the other numerous times... I really get those emotions under control, or someone could get seriously hurt... maybe even someone who's very close to me..."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "But I'm... just fine. Nothing's really bothering me. Just got to get my head clear every now and then... and i'm as good as new." She tries to give a convincing smile

* Able_Tome takes his gaze away from the sky, lookin back at the mare's form, and walks to her, gently sitting down on his haunches at her right, "Hm... the spark of Hidden Glimmer...", he chuckles, "... powerful, majestic... something that can smash through walls under certain conditions...", he turns his head to face her, "... just as I've been saying all this time... look inside yourself and see what's hidden out there."

* Able_Tome smirks, "And don't you even dare to think that I, Able Tome, the, heh, keeper of memories, will ever try to abandon, throw out or forget you, Hidden...", he says in a playful voice, nudging her slightly to the side, "...or else..."

* Able_Tome closes his eyes and smiles, "...or else we'll have to remedy that with a very special and enlightening tea party, dear..."

* Hidden_Glimmer giggles lightly, feeling finally relieved. His poetic words never fail to help her "I'll never think that again, able" She nuzzles him gently "Now that you mentioned it... sorry about the... poorly dosed tea from earlier... Got... a bit rusty with it."

* Hidden_Glimmer gets up and walks back to her armor, putting it, her sword, her saddlebags and her mantle back on

* Able_Tome chuckles, "Well... it was quite a good nap, though... unexpected...", he looks back at her, "... you did surprised me there... never fail to do so.". He shakes his head a little bit from a slight amusement, "The burned out patches might have even been worth it... ugh... if not for that expedition and being awaken like that..."

#06* Able_Tome shrugs and begins to stand up "Eh... a bit of a boulder here and there... nothing that we both haven't managed in the past... that fall from the tree in the chasm alone."

<Able_Tome> "Eh... I mean the Ghost Leaf forest, pardon me..."

* Hidden_Glimmer smiles "Welp, that one was, hehe, my fault i believe. But whatever, let's get somewhere more comfortable than this cold river, shall we? Or... do you have other plans?"

<Able_Tome> "Plans? Tonight? Not at all, dear... all that mining sure taken some energy...", he says as he walks to his saddlebag and lifts it up from the ground, "As for the boulder? Don't be silly... you've saved one of our best prospectors from a direct threat out there..."

* Able_Tome secures the saddlebag around himself and looks into her eyes, "... sure I've taken some, heh, beatup, but, you did great helping out others in need... someone who might have needed it more than me."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "I've ment the tree in the forest" She mumbles quietly "Ah, that was nothing but a quick reflex... guess that's one thing which comes with all the adventuring... getting more sensible for your surroundings... One thig which you#ve been obviously lacking" She smirks, as she starts to slowly walk back to the library.

* Able_Tome huffs as he follows the unicorn next to her side, "Pff... you're saying that as if my number of expeditions or experience is lower than yours... as if! And wait...", he arches his brow, "...wait... the tree, how the-... oh don't tell me that that was you who started to cut those roots."

* Hidden_Glimmer grins over both ears and starts to trot "Well, i kinda did, hehe..." She turns around to see if he follows "And about those adventures, you have to consider that i get enough sleep, unlike you... not that you could do anything for it."#

* Able_Tome smirks in return, "Oh now... enough sleep? Why that can be counted as an advantage under certain conditions!", he says in a proud manner, "Unlike you lot, I have several years of conditioning for such things... imagine an expedition where you cannot take rest and have to push yourself forwad! Or...", he eyes her mane, "...or need someone to handle the watch during nights...

* Able_Tome perfect candidate!"

* Able_Tome fiddles his hoof around dirt, "Well... minus some... disadvantages too, but... eh, you can't get the best of both sides of the coin, eh?"

* Able_Tome grins, "Oh and, for the tree...?", he hastely reaches her mane with the hoof and ruffles it up, turning part of her locks into a slight parody of his tossed, messy mane, "There! Perfect."

* Hidden_Glimmer raises her eyebrows "Well, wehere you're right, you're right."  She looks up to her mane, shaking it her head again to get her mane right and bombarding able with the last drops of water, once again ignoring her hurt neck. "

* Hidden_Glimmer sighs happily "...You don't know if we have a hairdresser here, by any chance?"

* Able_Tome squints his eyes and turns his face away from those drops, "Oi, oi! You...", but titters immediately shaking his head slightly, "Hm... you mean -manedressers-?"

* Hidden_Glimmer raises an eyebrow "Is there really that much a difference between hairdresser and manedresser? It's basicly the same, after all."

* Able_Tome sighs, "Hidden. Please. Horsepu-... bah, whatever..."

<Able_Tome> "Hm... hair or mane or whatever dressers... to be honest, haven't seen one of those... 'least ponies that specialize in it..."

<Able_Tome> "Hm..."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Oh well... i don't think that hair will be much of a problem for us anyways." She continues to happily trot through the street

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Atleast it never seemed to be a problem for wild horses, right?"

<Able_Tome> "Wild horses are... wild, same can be said about chimps and such...", he looks at her mane and smirks wickedly, "Perhaps a bit of -assisstance- might be beneficial when help will be needed, he he..."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Are you saying that my mane will get into my way, or...?" She seems confused again "Otherwise that last sentece didn't make any sense..."

* Able_Tome smiles in her direction, "Not at all... just saying that when the need for cutting and shortening someone's mane will arise we can do that together... Of course if no 'dressers' will be out there by the time..."

* Able_Tome notices the much needed two story building, right there, not far from the pair, "Perfect... all this cold water sure given some serious shivers..."

* Hidden_Glimmer hastily opens the door to the library, desperatly wanting to go back into the warmth. She holds the door open, as usual, waiting anxiously for him to walk inside

* Able_Tome glances at the mare and nods to her as he walks through the doorway, "Thank you."

<Hidden_Glimmer> "No Problem, as always." She closes the door after him, taking a deep breath of the grassy smell, still lingering about the building "I think i'll make us two some new tea... hopefully not overdosing it this time"

* Able_Tome walks into the large, cozy and much warmer hall of the library, quite fascinating, considering the side of the room. He looks back at his blue-coated companion

<Able_Tome> "Hmm... that would be sweet... thank you, Hidden."

* Able_Tome smiles a bit sheepishly at her before he proceeds to walk to the reading corner

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Always, able." She trots back upstairs, putting down all her equipment and clothes in her room, and preparing the tea in the kitchen.

* Able_Tome reaches the familiar setting, armchairs, sofa... heh, even her bedsheets are still here... thoughtful.

* Able_Tome walks to the sofa and takes off his saddlebag, putting it on the floor near it.

<Hidden_Glimmer> After a while, she walks down with a reserve teapot and two more cups, again hovering calmly besides her "Aaand here we go, some regular mica tea. Which is 100% not going to knock you out this time." She grins at her friend, sincerely hoping that she's telling the truth right now.

* Hidden_Glimmer puts the pot and the filled teacups right next to the other pot and teacups, completely oblivious of the chance to mistake the normal tea for the knockout one. "Uhh, should i bring the bedsheet upstairs, or do you not mind?"

* Able_Tome smiles and puts a part of the sheet around him as a second cloak, trying to warm himself up some more, "If... if you don't mind of course..."

* Hidden_Glimmer shakes her head "Not at all." She takes her cup, blowing over it and breathing in the lovely, grassy smell, not as intense as in the last cup, though

* Able_Tome stands up from the sofa, putting the sheet aside for a moment, and comes closer to the table, "Hmm...", he examines two sets of tea cups, "Um... Hidden, which one?" , and asks her quizzically.

<Hidden_Glimmer> "Well, the one who's steaming hot, obviously. Just put your hoof in it to find out" She snickers, taking a very careful sip of her hot tea, warming her up from the inside

* Able_Tome facehoofs himself, "Uh, bad Able... though I did got those hooves a bit... charred up... eh..."

* Able_Tome tests the cups with his, non-burned region and find the right one

* Able_Tome turns around towards the sofa, returning back with the cup and putting the sie of the bedsheet around him... "Ah... much better,"

* Hidden_Glimmer takes another careful sip of her tea "Ahh... this is just grand... Or it's the tea making me feel funny again, but i sincerely hope it's the first one"

<Hidden_Glimmer> "So..." She puts up a friendly expression "Where'd we stopped talking again?"

<Hidden_Glimmer> "A-able?" She stares at her friend, hoping she hasn... has not... ove...

* Hidden_Glimmer feels how tiredness overcomes her slowly, barely managing to put the cup aside before drifting off into the sweet land of drug-induced dreams...