Ferriah was standing on the station platform, waiting for the passenger cares to finish emptying so the train could pull up to allow her and her team access to the cargo section. There were some important parts and components that needed to be unloaded quickly, lest the Greenpoint tower get any uglier, which is saying a lot. She wore the standard Tower maintenance uniform. A drab gray with softly glowing bright green luminescent strips. They automatically changed brightness in varying light levels, so she did not need to hold a light herself. The uniform had dark green accenting,though it was barely noticeable unless one was up close. She was an earth pony, with a purple gray coat, jolting yellow eyes and smooth wavy soft orange mane and tail with small coal black streaks. She huffed to herself

*he was waitng there to see on old freind that never ended up coming so he sat on a bench feeling sad*

Once the passengers were all off, the platform was mainly empty, save for the group of size, including Ferriah. All had the same uniform, of course. The train moved forward more, showing the neatly stacked boxes. At once, Ferriah and the other ponies began to get to work, systematically unloading the metal crates. They didn’t seem to have noticed Rain was still there.

*he just sighed and watched them unload the boxes, thinking of why his friend didnt come*

Ferriah was counting the boxes when’s he spotted him. Confused, she trot over, and cleared her throat. “Ahem, civilian, is something the matter?” She asked, rather untactfully.

yeah im fine…

“Right…” She said, not convinced. “Well it’d probably be better to wait inside the station. It’s air conditioned.” She said, smiling at him.

im fine really i just… why didnt they come?

She looked shocked. “How… How did you know about that?” He said, her voice quieter. She looked spooked, and very nervous.

huh? i was talking about my friend

“Oh.” She said, then breathed a sigh of relief. “That’s a relief.” She said, smiling. She realized how insensitive that sounded and her smile went away. “O-Oh, Er. I’m sorry your friend stood you up.”

*sigh* well i guess im gonna spend the next month alone * he slowly stood up*

She bit her lip, feeling a pang of sympathy. She knew how horrible it was to be alone. Without thinking, she said, “Wait!” She gulped, and stepped forward, blushing a little as she sad softly, “I-I can keep you company.”

Really? ,dont you have a job?

“I-I do, but i can take the night shift.” She assured, stepping closer. Too late to back out now.

you’d really do that for me?

She nodded quickly, still smiling. “Yes.”

*he hugs her* thank you

She blushed, and hugged back, smiling a little. “You’re very welcome, Mr.?” She said, asking his name

Rain runner my name is Rain runner but you can just call me Rain

( @rain-runner-rps ) She smiled. “It’s nice to meet you Rain.” She said, closing her eyes.

*he smiles* its nce to meet you to, i never got yourr name

“It’s Ferriah.” She answered, smiling more, and hugging him closer.

Ferriah? nice name 

“Thank you.” She said. She pulled out of the embrace, smiling at him still. “Are you from central Equestria? Names like mine are commonplace here.” She said. She would have gone on, but one of the other workers walked over, a stallion with dark red eyes, a lavender coat, and mint green mane and tail. “Ferriah, we could use your help moving the boxes onto the transport.” She nodded. She turned back to Rain, and said, “Hey, I gotta help them finish. Why don’t you give me your address so I can come over when I finish.” She suggested.

well im not sure if cloudlsdale is in central equestria and sure *he scribbles down his address on a piece f paper then gives it to her*

She nodded, and gladly took it. “See you later, Rain.” She said cheerfully, then turned and followed the lavender stallion to the twenty or so crates, using her magic to help move them onto a treaded vehicle next to the station platform.

yeah *he gets up and walks back into the city and to his house*

(( @ask-rainrunner )) Later that day, not too long after their meeting at the train station, a sudden rainstorm had struck, unannounced and uncontrollable. The sky was dismally gray as the droplets poured from above. Very few ponies remained outside in this weather, and those that did were between shelters, or outside in the rain for fetish reasons. Ferriah fell into this first category. She trot purposely with umbrella over her head to protect her from the liquid assailant. She could barely believe the rain hadn’t become hail. It was certainly cold enough. Thankfully, the GCTM jumpsuit she wore, while rather tight over everything below her neck, protected her from cold almost completely. “Let me see, let me see…” she muttered aloud to herself, squinting at the piece of paper she held. While mostly dry, it was hard to read in the darkness brought about by the weather. Thankfully, the street lamps stood periodically along the street provided a solution. Ferriah’s steps would finally halt in front of the solid metal door of a house. She double checked she had the address right, then lifted her hoof to knock. Three times, the last two closer together. She briefly wondered as she put her hoof down whether or not her request for entry oils be heard above the din of the downpour. She resisted the urge to knock again, and just waited for the door to slide open.

A Few moment after the knock the Steel door slid open with a bit of a squeak, Rain was a bit surprised because he thought she wouldn’t come. and becasue of that both him and his house were a bit of a mess “oh you did come? i thought you just said that to make me feel better” he stept aside and gestured for her to come in

She smiled when the door opened, happy to see you again, and for the entryway to be open. The cold air caused by the rain was really making her shiver, even with the jumpsuit’s protection.

“No, I meant it.” She assured in response to the melancholy statement. “I’m somewhat of an expert at being stood up, so I wouldn’t do that to anyone.” Before she trot inside, she closed her umbrella and shook the water off while holding it outside the door, so none of the water would splash on her, you, or the house.

“Where should I put this?” She asked, tying the umbrella up and entering fully.

He smiled as she entered and closed the door behind her with a squeak from the hinges and a soft click of the door bolt

“Anywhere is good, And sorry for the mess I didn’t clean up cause I doubted  you were coming and i never really clean up anyway unless it was a special occasion, tho if my friend did come I wouldn’t have cleaned up anyway because he doesn’t care much what the place looks like”

He blushed shyly and rubbed the back of his head as there was a bit of awkwardness between the two of them at the moment, Rain being shy and his house messy, and Ferriah being a city worker that liked to keep thing clean.

“Oh it’s alright.” She said with a giggle as she placed the umbrella upright by the door, having to bend down twice to right it after falling. “I’ll tell you a secret: I’m not very good at tidying up either.” She turned back around to him and gave him a nice big smile. She noticed his blush and playfully poked his cheek. “Are you hot? If you open a window the problem’ll herself solved super fast.” She joked, giggling again.

He smiled softly and put his hoof on hers and held it on his cheek “I..Its not me t..that’s hot” He muttered but he definitey could have been quieter saying that, the reason for the blush is when she bent down he got a glimpse of a little something that most mares didn’t have, well not seeing it directly nut saw the bulge of it “I’m F..fine just a little nervous”

She giggled a bit, and booped his nose. He looked cute, all red like that!~

“Nervous? No need to be nervous, Rain~” she assured, giving him a hug. She held it for a few seconds, before stepping back, and asking, “So, Rain, do you want to do something? Anything need fixing? I am an engineer.” She offered gladly. Aside from wanting to help him, she enjoyed fixing stuff. Mainly because it gave her an excuse to take something apart.

He went even redder from the boop, and it casued him to squeak a little.

“you sure? I dont really want to do anything to disturb you” he said as he returned the hug, but as he did She would feel he was a bit tense but when he pulled back from the hug he smiled “heh I fix my stuff myself, my butt says so” he said as he turned himself slightly to show his cutiemark

Her eyelids raised in surprise upon seeing the cutiemark. “Lucky. Greenpoint-borns can’t get cutiemarks.” She said, then gestured and asked, “May I look closer?” She asked, of course, since it was his rear end. She was very curious about these magically summoned plot tattoos. They had. A lot more to them, she knew, but “butt tattoos” were less a negative term and more a sensual one.

“Oh? they cant? i just assumed everpony had one they just cover em up casue everpony is always wearing clothes over their rears” He said looking at her confused “And go ahead, look, touch, hell even lick it, it doesn’t bother me” he said shrugging. “Just so long you don’t go too far back unless you plan on using your tongue and erm.. “Bolt” on it”