10. A girl and her horse [Video]

[continuousgroaning]

[There's some shuffling around when the feed clicks on; Tina sets her device upright on a crate before moving back and sitting cross-legged on the ground, so that most of her is visible. She's sitting in a field, with scattered hay and dry grass all around, holding a few horse cookies in one hand. She turns, offering them to something off-camera.]

Come on, Jake... don't be shy. I want everyone to meet you.

[Slowly, a small pony- with a piebald coat, to fit in with the Pi Day theme of the swearin she won him from- pokes his head into view, sniffing the cookies before ignoring them to affectionately lip Tina's hair instead. Tina giggles and leans against him. In response, the horse shakes his head a bit, knocking her glasses askew, suddenly interested in the treats. Tina does not care. She simply readjusts her glasses and watches him cronch on the cookies instead, an expression of pure, unadulterated joy on her face. A big thing, for someone who rarely makes huge displays of emotion.]

The past few months have been hard for me, but sometimes... sometimes life can be so good.

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[subroutined]

[ As usual, Ash finds it easier to connect to the network via his internal wireless connection than through his phone, so no video for now. Just his default, Irish-accented voice. ]

Is that horse small or are you larger than normal?

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[continuousgroaning]

Nah, he's just small. Not big enough for me to ride, but that's not a problem to me.

Re: voice;

[subroutined]

Oh, good. You seemed normal-sized when we first met I wasn't sure if you had grown.

[ Is he joking? It's hard to tell. ]

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[continuousgroaning]

Nah, I have yet to grow THAT big. Unless I suddenly discover that I have a superpower like that...

[vanto]

Oh, wow.

[continuousgroaning]

Is that a good "oh, wow" or a bad one?

[vanto]

A good one. In fact, I'm kind of jealous.

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[h2no]

[archie has some Questions; he's concerned about how she's looking after it, if they can afford it, hopes it wasn't an impulse buy. he should voice those to get some peace of mind.]

He's so cute! Look at him!!!

[...failed step one.]

[continuousgroaning]

Isn't he just the best?!

[h2no]

Definitely. Where did you get him from??

[he was at the sign in, but didn't know about the horsie.]

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[halloflamer]

Ah, you finally got a-- a horse, huh!? Congrats, I know you'll be a good trainer.

How's it going, so far?

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[continuousgroaning]

I'm so happy. I can't really describe how happy I am.

Really well. He's not big enough for me to ride, but he's really sweet-tempered.

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[halloflamer]

I bet! It's kinda like your first Pokémon, huh?

That's okay... um, he'll probably get bigger, right? [Do horses evolve here??]

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[lasersounds]

That is one heck of a pony. Congratulations on winning him.

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[continuousgroaning]

Thank you. He's beautiful, isn't he?

[As though he's aware he's being complimented, Jake whinnies softly and stomps a hoof.]

[lasersounds]

He sure is. Nice name too.

I'll have to come by and see him--bring Keith too.

[journalkeeper]

Oh he's lovely. I was under the impression that horses and ponies were less common on this world, but perhaps that's because of the, uh, cars.

[continuousgroaning]

They're still around, yeah! Horses get used for work and for... huh, "pets" doesn't really sound right. But they still have a good relationship with people.

i totally misplaced this tag, my bad ;;

[journalkeeper]

So I can see. I hope this one can have a good relationship with you. I admit I haven't even seen one in a long time -- there weren't really, uh, any animals where I was living.

[symphonyinme]

Oh my god- they didn't take the pony back?

[Linda catches herself- look at her, her tiny Tina, so happy. So relaxed. Because of the large, fuzzy, money eating animal at her side that some adult just...gave to her. To have.

She swallows and manages an unnatural, nervous laugh. Why wasn't Bobby here for this?]

I mean- ha ha ha- of course not! That'd just be...crazy. Taking back a pony. From a little girl. That lives in a small house. So. Crazy.

[continuousgroaning]

Why would they take him back? [Blank stare.] Uhhhhhhhhhhhh...

[symphonyinme]

Ahahaha- they wouldn't! No, no...

But we've, ah, there's a horse in the house? Now?

[eloquentness]

[ oh god. Iris can't help muffling her delighted squeal with both hands as she realizes just what she's seeing - ]

You got a horse! [ wait. Someone actually gave Tina a horse, with possibly zero consequences. The gears in her brain are shifting, even if Tina looks so, so happy... ] When? How??

[continuousgroaning]

I did! I won him at the last swear-in at the pie fight. He's got a piebald coat, see, so it went along with the theme.

[eloquentness]

Oh, for Pi Day. [ Iris nods sagely, ] Where're you planning on keeping him?