[PRP] A theif's winternight

[Reoakee]

There was a fair amount of snow by the time Moon Bell got the hotel. Rubbing her nose and taking several deep breaths to warm her frozen paws she was glad she called and booked a room in advance. This place might be on the edge of fall but it still got a lot of snow. She lifted her current ‘art’ project in its carefully wrapped case and continued on her way. She had come back from the storage facility and taken the scenic route though the winter season to kill time and to make a nice confusing pathway. She did that to never be to constant in her habits. The paint on the hotel looked like it had been touched up she noticed as she headed in. The door chimed as she entered making her ears twitch. The unicorn at the counter waved to her as she approached and gave her a smile.

 

[Reoakee]

“Welcome to the Gilded Horn Hotel” Gilded was always happy to see a customer and he had seen this one a few times. She had told him she worked as an art curator and restoration specialist or something like that when he asked. A quite but nice lass who often paid in advance was very quite and tended to only venture down for her breakfast in the morning and be gone all day or coped up in her room reading. Still she was nice so he was always glad to see her. “Fairly busy week this week. There are quite a few ponies here on holiday.” He gave her the heads up while he took her bits payment for the hotel. This way she could decide if she wanted to be sociable or not. It was only polite to let a common customer know what was going on.

 

[Reoakee]

“Thanks for the heads up.” She gave him a soft smile. “Any chance I could get one of those nice breakfasts you always make put up to my room? I’m not really feeling the desire to get mobbed by a bunch of tourists trying to enjoy the snow.” She rolled her eyes knowing that more tourists was more money for a hotel but there were times the bits just didn’t cover the cost of having to deal with some ponies.

 

[Reoakee]

“There are a lot but no worries the ponies here are pretty nice. There is even an alicorn staying this weekend.” Gilded was excited because while alicorns were common in some places this was a rather out of the way location and to host an alicorn and their family was something special to him. His eyes were full of stars and wonder. Judging from the ghoulie’s eyes she must be surprised as well. “I doubt you’ll see them though as it seems they are here to enjoy time with their family so they’ll be gone much of the day if you want to sneak a peek I’d come down for dinner. “ He winked at her. “Please just respect their privacy as I’m sure you would have them respect yours. “

 

[Reoakee]

An Alicorn here? Well she was just going to stay in her room most of the time. It was better then ending up on some alicorn’s radar even if only as a passing memory or in the back of a photo of their ‘fun family time’. "No worries I would rather not ruin their nice holiday. After all I would be quite upset if someone did that to my family." Well that and interrupting her family would be a call to the cops or other complications. Finished signing and checking in she took her over sided project up to her room and set it in a corner. She has been funneling a good number of projects into the fall season for a while now through other seasons. She had sold a few private paintings to folks as reproduction's and even gotten the chance to work as an intern with several restoration projects. She smiled quite pleased with herself. if she was an honest pony one would say she was making great strides in her field. Still the truth was she wasn't an 'honest pony' she was a thief and family was the same. she made near perfect replicas to replace works of art so they could be swapped out. She made sure to study and match styles of the age she was copying for months before starting a project and would got through a number of replicas making sure to never leave a tracing signature on them. The one she was working on was one such painting project. it wasn't perfect to her mind yet but there had been several break ins of some local gang near her storage place so she moved her project just in case her storage place was hit by the small timers. with her day job as art restorationist she was covered for the materials but the actual project would be harder to explain. She didn't bother with the small time crooks as she has heard through the gossips the cops had gotten some tip and were closing in on them. she felt smug sure her family would never have to face such an issue. there were precautions to take for such issues

 

[Reoakee]

Amonteal yawned tired out from being with his mother and his father Azar. While the hybrid wasn’t his biological father he was the only father Amonteal had ever known so he though of him as such. They were here in the land of winter enjoying a holiday. Amonteal had gotten tired out after spending some time in the markets so opted to come back to the hotel to give his parents some alone time. The warmth of the hotel was nice. Quickly moving to the elevator he found himself sharing the elevator with a pony who must be newly checking in as they still had their luggage with them. “Hello there.” He gave them a smile from under his bangs. Stepping into the elevator he felt a bit nausous but figured it may be something he ate while he was out in town. “Three please.” There was no ding but the small button did light up as the doors closed and the ride up continued. His nausea continued to grow so he was eager to get off the elevator and to his room. He was glad he had booked separately for this trip for his own privacy. Given his powers he had learned to value privacy and space as a child and that had not changed when he became an adult. The other pony gave him a wary look. He must be showing how he felt on his face. “Apologies. I am not feeling well and eager to get back to my room” He found himself leaning against the side of the elevator when it opened he quickly stepped out and moved toward his room quickly. He never even noticed the other pony got off on the same floor and headed to the room next to his. He was to busy getting into his room and heading to the bathroom to wash his face and take several deep breaths. It didn’t take long to feel better but there was a small distant feeling of unease. He really needed to remember what he ate and text his mother to be cautious..

 

[Reoakee]

Gilded brought up towels and was busy changing things out in the hotel. On his small cart he had a coffee set that he was taking to his guest Moon Belle Charm. He knew her love of coffee and liked to show of to his regular customers who knew he dabbled in custom coffees. He knocked at the door and when he opened it he presented the tray. “A chocolate coffee with a light raspberry drizzle. A fruity welcome to your winter stay.” He smiled and was ready to move on but noticed the other pony looked a bit off. “Are you alright miss?” He knew her name but as a customer he would be professional. She mentioned the alicorn on the elevator didn’t look so great. “I see. I’ll call the room and see if I can do anything for them. No need to worry please just enjoy your winterland vista and your holiday.” He smiled and moved on but was his mind was working fast. He finished his tasks with as much haste as he could and snuck to a back staff room on the floor to dial the room.

 

[Reoakee]

Sipping her coffee she thought it over. She didn’t really care if the alicorn was sick but if something happened the hotel could be under investigation and she wouldn’t like that. Groaning internally she wondered if since she was next door if she shouldn’t spend her short stay here in a more public room to avoid suspicion if something did happen or worsen so she had an alibi for any times? Yes that might be good. Snagging a book from her luggage she took her coffee and moved downstairs to a nice sitting area. Large bay windows let the light snow shine while she sat down near a fake fireplace that had a heater built into it making it easy to feel warm and get lost in the illusion.

 

[Reoakee]

He was laying down still feeling that unease but much better overall from when he was on the elevator. He had texted his mother to watch her food as he had nausea before but was feeling better now when his room’s phone rang. “Hello.” The chipper voice of the owner came through saying another guest expressed concern he was ill and the unicorn wondered if there was anything he could do to make the alicorn feel better. “Thank you but the nausea has mostly passed. Just some small remnant of it remains now.” The unicorn seemed pleased to hear this and mentioned if he needed anything to call or stop by the main desk. There was a healthy amount of ginger ale on stock and a number of coffees he had that were supposed to be good for indigestion. Thanking the staffer for the offer the alicorn decided to head downstairs to enjoy a bit of winter air and perhaps that might help. Washing his face once more he started down to the common rooms but decided on the stairs rather then the elevator as perhaps it was the sudden motion that had set him off before. He felt better as he moved toward the common rooms. Clearly the walk was doing him good.

 

[Reoakee]

Gilded padded quickly down to the first floor and placed a few cans of ginger ale into a cooler in case it was needed by the sick guest on the third floor. He then came out and was pleasantly surprised to notice that the bunny hybrid was actually downstairs reading. He was glad she decided to come to a common room area for a change. It was good to see the area being used as he put so much work into decor. A short time latter the aforementioned ill customer came down and picked a spot near the doorway outside but didn’t venture out. They certainly were looking better which was good. A few other guests came back in so Guilded was busy checking them in but it was a rather pleasant way to spend time

 

[Reoakee]

Moon Bell noticed the ponies coming and going here and there. She didn’t pay much attention though interestingly enough she noticed the alicorn looked batter as they came down. She kept looking at them unintentionally and when she caught herself she looked back and scolded herself for looking. She wished she had though to get a little music player and bring it with her. She noticed the hotel owner check on the alicorn and it seemed so heartfelt she actually smiled for a moment. Glancing back out at the white world she sipped her coffee and stayed in her own world for a while until a voice made her jump. “Refill?” She looked at her coffee which was empty though she wasn’t sure when and nodded while it was changed with a new fresh one. “Thank you.” The words seems to make the unicorn’s whole week as they smiled with the same kind of warmth she had found cute with the alicorn before. It was nice and made her feel a bit warmer though that could just be the coffee. She glancing around the room she found the alcorn talking to a teal unicorn and bat hybrid. They went off together making her feel more at ease and keep her vigil over the winter window for a while longer with all the nice refills form the hotel owner.

 

[Reoakee]

The next morning heading downstairs for breakfast he noticed the bunny ghoulie from before was deep in the throws of sketching something on a napkin. Having to pass by to get to bagels Amonteal noticed that the sketch was of the hotel owner and himself! Blushing he hurried on not even willing to try and figure out why he was being sketched on a napkin by a stranger. It made him a bit uncomfortable. He had gotten his picture taken before with others who asked but he had never been the subject of a sketch. He hadn’t gotten a good look at it but knew it was him as he hadn’t seen any other alicorns and the hair seemed a bit of a give away. He moved to fill up his plate and moved to join his mother for breakfast. Azar was there and the pair were smitten enough with each other that Amonteal didn’t feel like sticking around for long and wrapped up his bagels and some fruit in a few napkins and took them to go and escape the hotel for a bit.