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The train cart hobbled and shook, creaks shooting through the metal and floor boards as anxious claws tapped against the latter with each step. The train had been en route to Appaloosa since last night, and Rodan was increasingly festered each passing hour. If there was one constant he'd discovered in this new world, it was that he most certainly was not an indoor soul. He felt no breeze, the scents were clustered, the sky above was blocked out; it all felt so ungodly unnatural to him that it was beginning to make his scales crawl. Not even looking out the window into the passing landscape gave him a respite, and him sticking his head out a window nearly resulted in a face-first impact with a railroad sign. Best he could do was pace, only thankful he'd managed to get walking in this new body down. He hoped pacing would speed the hours along. So far success was scarce.
Applejack had spent the last few hours with her hat over her head to try and wink away a bit of the night. She managed to rest for a grand total of forty minutes before the creaking of floorboards roused her awake and refused to yield her to sleep. For the first hour she ignored it, but now she was about half ready to shove candle wax in her ears. When she lifted her hat up, having half a mind to smack the first thing she saw, she got a look at Rodan's frantic face. Seeing him in such a state caused the mare's face to soften. A hoof wrapped around Rodan's wing, and before he could react, Applejack had yanked the Gryphon back and plopped him down on the seat next to her. The calm face but raised eyebrow on AJ's face kept him from protesting the seating. Rodan shrugged.
"Sorry about that."
"Don't be, you're the one who's been neck high in the willies for hours on end. You seem right more skittish than a cat in a room full of rocking chairs."
Rodan didn't understand the analogy, but opted not to question it and just keep talking. Perhaps a conversation could help him take the edge off.
"Guess I just don't like being indoors…."
AppleJack noted the gryphon's broad wings, ignoring their alien appearance. She recalled how trapped some pegasi could feel when indoors, giving her a true assumption.
"Judging from the back gear I take it you're a 'free bird'?"
"You could say that.... Today’s been my first time ever being inside actually."
Rodan looked around at his surroundings, cringing for a split second.
"Feels kinda suffocating actually...Trapped. Too used to seeing the sky over my head I guess."
Applejack put a hoof on the gryphon's shoulder, easing him a bit.
"Don't get too bound up, we should almost be there and if there's somethin' Appaloosa is, it's being waaay outta ways. If it’s got anything it’s plenty of elbow room."
Rodan sighed, a bit relieved. The conversation was helping out already.
Story created by tarbano
Rodan is owned by Toho
Applejack is owned by Hasbro
Aurora Sky is owned by Auroraskytheartist
Misty Rain is owned by IceDragonQueen22
The train cart hobbled and shook, creaks shooting through the metal and floor boards as anxious claws tapped against the latter with each step. The train had been en route to Appaloosa since last night, and Rodan was increasingly festered each passing hour. If there was one constant he'd discovered in this new world, it was that he most certainly was not an indoor soul. He felt no breeze, the scents were clustered, the sky above was blocked out; it all felt so ungodly unnatural to him that it was beginning to make his scales crawl. Not even looking out the window into the passing landscape gave him a respite, and him sticking his head out a window nearly resulted in a face-first impact with a railroad sign. Best he could do was pace, only thankful he'd managed to get walking in this new body down. He hoped pacing would speed the hours along. So far success was scarce.
Applejack had spent the last few hours with her hat over her head to try and wink away a bit of the night. She managed to rest for a grand total of forty minutes before the creaking of floorboards roused her awake and refused to yield her to sleep. For the first hour she ignored it, but now she was about half ready to shove candle wax in her ears. When she lifted her hat up, having half a mind to smack the first thing she saw, she got a look at Rodan's frantic face. Seeing him in such a state caused the mare's face to soften. A hoof wrapped around Rodan's wing, and before he could react, Applejack had yanked the Gryphon back and plopped him down on the seat next to her. The calm face but raised eyebrow on AJ's face kept him from protesting the seating. Rodan shrugged.
"Sorry about that."
"Don't be, you're the one who's been neck high in the willies for hours on end. You seem right more skittish than a cat in a room full of rocking chairs."
Rodan didn't understand the analogy, but opted not to question it and just keep talking. Perhaps a conversation could help him take the edge off.
"Guess I just don't like being indoors…."
AppleJack noted the gryphon's broad wings, ignoring their alien appearance. She recalled how trapped some pegasi could feel when indoors, giving her a true assumption.
"Judging from the back gear I take it you're a 'free bird'?"
"You could say that.... Today’s been my first time ever being inside actually."
Rodan looked around at his surroundings, cringing for a split second.
"Feels kinda suffocating actually...Trapped. Too used to seeing the sky over my head I guess."
Applejack put a hoof on the gryphon's shoulder, easing him a bit.
"Don't get too bound up, we should almost be there and if there's somethin' Appaloosa is, it's being waaay outta ways. If it’s got anything it’s plenty of elbow room."
Rodan sighed, a bit relieved. The conversation was helping out already.
Story created by tarbano
Rodan is owned by Toho
Applejack is owned by Hasbro
Aurora Sky is owned by Auroraskytheartist
Misty Rain is owned by IceDragonQueen22
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Applejack is the soul of friendship, so sweet and caring 