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My Little Pony: Cyberpunk is Magic

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Dawn looked at the bracelet that Gilda had given her earlier on "Yeah, she tells me that it can get me to the hideout, but I've no idea as to how it even works...." she groaned "And all I want to do is to go and get Sweetie Belle...."


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As Dawn moved through the city, an elevator slid up from an out-of the way alley...


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Dawn stopped as the elevator rose up in front of her before she looked around "I guess this is it then" she shrugged and entered it before it lowered down towards the hideout "Hopefully Sweetie Belle is still there"


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Gilda smirked and stretched out on her cloud, sighing and wiping her eyes...
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Haru looked up at Sweetie Belle.
"Hmm... Sounds like Dawn's on her way.  Maybe."
He said, smiling at her...


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Sweetie Belle's eyes widened as she looked around for a moment then towards the entrance of the base as the elevator soon opened and Dawn stepped out of it.  A smile appeared upon her face as she walked overto her, straight away, giving her a kiss upon the lips "Hey Dawn"

Dawn returned the kiss back "Hey Sweetie, I got us a restaraunt booking thing, you know, for our date, it's in half an hour"


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Haru smiled and sat back.
"Heh.  Glad to hear you get a romantic date after all the stuff that's happened..."
He said gently...


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"Well yeah, I mean I just don't want what had happened to damper the mood on our date" Dawn replied back to Haru, smiling to Sweetie Belle and giving her a little bit of a nuzzle as well "So, shall we?"

Sweetie Belle smiled back "After you" she spoke as Dawn then turned and headed for the elevator as Sweetie Belle turned to Haru "I guess we'll be back a bit later on...so, see you then?" she shrugged a little and followed Dawn off towards the elevator.


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Haru nodded.  
"Absolutely.  You two have fun now.  Be safe."
He said, smiling and nodding...


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Anne shook her armored head. "No, thank you."

Silver slowly sipped his beer. "So where did they go?" he asked. He was getting closer to finding Sweetie Belle and he felt that tingle of excitement running up his spine.

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"Yeah, will do" Sweetie Belle answered back as the doors closed and the elevator headed up to the city "So, where are we heading for dinner?"

"It's a suprise" Dawn replied back giving Sweetie Belle a bit of a nuzzle as she waited for the elevator to head up before she in turn,kissed Sweetie belle upon the lips again, to which Sweetie Belle returned the gesture to her "I love you by the way Sweetie Belle"

"Yeah, I know, I love you too Dawn" Sweetie Belle smiled to Dawn as she continued to kiss Dawn still, while Dawn in turn, returned the kissed back to Sweetie Belle, just as the doors of the elevator opened up.


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The bartender shrugged.  
"I don't know.  Heard some talking, then, by the time I got out there, all that was left was a dead pony."
He replied casually, as if this sort of thing was routine to him...


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Sweetie Belle looked as the doors opened up then to Dawn as she did groan lightly "Do we have to go straight away? I mean this is...fun" she nuzzled Dawn happily.

Dawn thought for a moment and shrugged back "I don't see why not, I mean, we still do have time before our date does start and all that" she nuzzled Sweetie Belle back before again, kissing her upon the lips, still not leaving the elevator just yet.


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Gilda looked over the edge of the cloud she was on when she heard the elevator emerging, and saw Dawn and Sweetie Belle kissing each other full on the lips passionately.  She watched them for a moment, then she turned and flopped down onto her front, her head hidden under a drift of the cloud.  

"Heh...she never...kissed me like that... Damnit Gilda...why the hell did you think...that you stood a chance with her?  All you are is a damned failure of a Gryphon...while she's...something you can never be.  Successful...unburdened...Heh...she's everything you're not... Face it, you're not meant to find someone..."

She whispered quietly, her eyes brimming with tears as she punched the cloud next to her...


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Of course both Dawn and Sweetie Belle had no idea that Gilda was watching them as they did continue to kiss each other passionatly all the while until Dawn broke the kiss "Come on, let's go on our date, besides, we can always do more later on afterwards" Dawn told her.

Sweetie Belle just smiled back at her and kissed Dawn once more "Oh, now that sounds like....fun" she did giggle lightly at that as she turned and in turn, the two of them headed towards the restaraunt.


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Gilda sat on her cloud, then flared her wings and launched herself into the air, blinded by her tears until she collided with the cloud she had moved above the restaurant beforehand....


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Silence was all that was heard as another griffon landed on a cloud not all that far away from where Gilda was.  The youger griffon said nothing at all as her eyes scanned the ground bellow before taking off and landing on a second cloud a bit further away.  She scanned the ground again before her eyes narrowed slightly, bringing up her left arm and touched, what as a bracelet on it as in front of her, a transparent monitor appeared.

The young griffon touched it as it changed, as if she was searching for something upon it, yet, she still said nothing at all as she kept a screen in particular active, as if she were then thinking on the matter at hand before touching the bracelet again and it vanished, all the while, remaining silent, not needing to say a single word at all.

Though her gaze did shift to where Gilda was for a second, understanding what it was that she was doing and only shook her head on the matter as her gaze then shifted up towards the sky, eyes squinting as little, as if she were trying to find what it was she was looking, up in the sky.


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Gilda sat on the cloud, then looked over the side and sighed sadly.
"Will you think of me, in time?
It's never my luck, So never mind.
I wanna say your name,
But the pain starts again,
It's never my luck, So never mind.
Chorus: And I had a dream that you were with me,
it wasn't my fault,
you rolled me over, flipped me over,
like a somersault.
That doesn't happen to me
I've never been here before
I saw forever in my never,
And I stood outside your
Heaven."

She sang softly, beautiful and melancholic...


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Dawn and Sweetie Belle entered the restaraunt and took their seats at their table and waited to be waited upon, but until then, they did decide to at least talk to each other all the while "So um Sweetie Belle, what did you get up to at the Ravens anyway while I was gone?"

"Well, not much really, just hung out was all, waiting for you to get back" Sweetie Belle smiled back to Dawn "What about you?"

Dawn shook her head back "Same really, just trying to sort out everything for our date was all, nothing else"

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The young griffon that was outside, kept her eyes up upon the sky still until a zepplin came into view.  Her eyes narrowed at that as she took off for it, still without a single word to boot.


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(OOC - Are Dawn and Sweetie Belle in the same place as Anne and Silver?)

Anne paid for her beer and sighed. "Well, might as well call it a day. Sweetie Belle's not here."

Silver munched on some hay fries. "Anne, we haven't been here for even five minutes. We need to look harder. After all, a cutie mark of a golden pickax is hard to miss."

"Cutie marks don't really help because you can now have tattoos over them, have them replaced by electronics or have them covered up. Haven't you noticed that?"

Silver looked around; most of the Ponies in the bar wore either light exoskeletons, concealing dresses or black trenchcoats. He and Anne were the only ones wearing heavy armor. Nopony had their cutie marks visible.

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(ooc: Well, I hadn't thought on that, but I don't mind if that's what you'd want)

"And it's a nice date, I mean, you've got good tastes in choosing places to eat" Sweetie Belle again, smiled to Dawn.

"Pfft, you're just saying that" Dawn teased back, leaning over and giving her Sweetie Belle a kiss on the lips "But thanks anyway, glad you did like my choice"

"Hey, any place you want to go, I mean, I'm happy....after all, in the end, it's a date where I can just spend time with you in the end, but um....how did you afford to come here anyway?" Sweetie Belle had to at least ask.

Dawn looked to the side a little and sighed "Gilda, she...gave me some money for it, but I didn't really want her to give me anything, but she just insisted"

"Oh..." Sweetie Belle shook her head a little "Don't worry, when you see her again, say thanks to as well, it was a rather generous...er...gesture of her to do that"

"Um yeah....that" Dawn looked around with a slight groan "Where is that waiter?"