Simplest Things In Life (Jump-in)

[Act One]

After the words came out of Book Keeper's mouth, Act's temperament went from a bubbling boil to a slight swirl of worry. Scooping his items into the saddle pack, he replies in a different and natural form than the fancy accent.
"You're... You're right. Just gotta get my head straight and retrace my steps. I gotta go back to the fields. I definitely had my bits before then."

With that, he got up and started to gallop the way they came, thinking the companion would follow.

[ElectricAura]

Ice Blossom sat with her eyes still shut, and inhaled deeply. "Okay... I'm good for the day. She stood and made her way back towards the market.

[waaaaaaah]

Book Keeper noted that the mare she had followed had gotten up and was leaving. In doing so, she noticed that Lollipop was sitting down not far away, with a cloth pouch in her mouth. She narrowed her eyes, and walked over to her.

[PaintedStar]

Seeing Book Keeper walking towards her, Lollipop stood up, and carefully placed the pouch down on the ground. She smiled at the mare. "Is this yours? Or maybe Act One's?" she asked, with a tilt of her head.

[Act One]

Wizzing past the cheerful mare and missing her from his perception, Act gets back to the grassy area that everyone in the unplanned gathering had been, and started looking eagerly for the familiar pouch.
After a few seconds of searching, he notices one of the former group was on their way away, so the desperate One chased after her.

"Wait, please?!" Act then stops just short of the fore-mare. "You haven't seen a small pouch lying around here while we were around, did you? I must of lost it when I threw my bag over before I left..."

[Maplewood]

Maple sighed as he finished for the day on his boiler which had broken down agian for the past week. As he got up and turned of his blowtorch he didn't realize he had a smear of grease on his cheek  as he walked out into the fresh air.

[waaaaaaah]

Book Keeper relaxed a bit as Lollipop explained herself. "The pouch does not belong to me," she told the earth pony. "I suspect that it indeed belongs to Act One."

(btw, I forgot to mention that Book is right now speaking in a Manehattan accent )

[Maplewood]

Maple decided to go for a walk stil not realizing the streak of grease on his cheek

[PaintedStar]

"Oh, to Act One...? Thank you very much." Lollipop smiled and turned around to walk after the stallion.

[Act One]

Didn't even bat an eyelash...

The stunned male was on his flank again, with a mouth gaped open and hoof outstretched, yet slacked in rejection. It seemed like his request went past the other pony as if he had never said anything. As she walked off further from him, Act could only sit in bewilderment.
"Must of been a zen-trance thing..."

After short spell of confusion passed, the blue eyes turned and focused on what they was doing before - looking around the immediate area for his belongings. After not being successful for about a couple of minutes, the twin orbs start to droop down in defeat. They could see now that not only is his quest not going to be fulfilled, but his stomach will crave and not have, and then themselves will not taste sweet slumber on a soft, warm pillow.
A last ditch effort - The eyes manage to catch something in their arc. A young mare that the stallion had spoken to is caught in his sights. Gently and gleefully trotting over towards them, and they record the image to pass to the brain. But one image sparks an immediate reaction as the eyes transmit one thing to the mind to digest.

The pouch!

MINEMINEMINEMINEMINEMINEMINE

The legs thundered across the soil at lightning speed, as if projecting the many legs of a centipede when there is only 4; Back and neck flattened for a more aerodynamic frame, like a rocket punching through the air; Mane and tail whipping with each motion, creating subatomic sonic booms with each flick:
But the most dynamic feature change was the face. Nostrils pumping steam through like an engine would - A tightly scrunched muzzle contorted with strain - but most of all, "They" were monstrous. Eyes burning with intent, breaking normal boundaries as they span almost half the face, yet they cave in the middle as if sending scorn directly towards their target. If one were to look directly into them, they would be torn between a cold chill that will freeze them in place and a powerful force that would shatter their spirit.
And this being of "pure intent" is heading straight for the cheery mare with seemingly all-too-kind demeanor.

[waaaaaaah]

Book Keeper was watching Lollipop turn and walk after Act One when Lollipop started moving very slowly. Realizing what was happening, she glanced around a bit and saw Act racing towards them in an odd position. She took the precious time remaining to decide her next course of action.

"Calm down," she said harshly as time resumed. She wrapped her telekinesis around Act's forelegs, hindlegs, and torso, and pushed down with immense pressure. Looking into his eyes, she saw an incredible spirit that threatened to crush her, yet stayed firm. She had grappled with wills greater than this, and would not waver.

'Hmmmm. Interesting,'  she thought to herself.

[ElectricAura]

Blossom saw the commotion and rolled her eyes. "For Celestia's sake." She walked towards the commotion.

[Maplewood]

" I wonder what's going on " maple asked

[PaintedStar]

Lollipop stepped back from the scary stallion, and stared at him in surprise and terror. She then looked at Book keeper with a confused face. Lollipop didn't quite understand what was going on, but she did feel like there was some kind of fight between the mare and the stallion, not a physical one though. She also noticed that there was unicorn magic involved. Which she could never understand, being an earth pony, and definitely not the brightest out there.
She decided that the best option could be asking about what is going on. So, turning towards the white mare, she did so in her own way.
"Um... Are you two not friends now? C-can I help solve this in any way...?" she said to the unicorn in a worried voice.

[Act One]

((Sorry for late reply. Couldn't find the time to post anything until now.))

Brought down by a thumping pressure on half his body, Act was suddenly also half a face buried in the dirt as he crashed down. Coming to a stop at the white unicorn's hooves, the "incredible spirit" remained still for a moment as his ears picked up what was being said around him. That, and he wasn't so comfortable having the posture of his flank level above his head height. After the words were spoken by the 2 mares, the "pop" of something being pulled out, like a vegetable from the soil, made sound as the head of the stallion sprung out of the ground.

"Daw - but I was only going to ask her to return what's mine. Nothing more-" The blue in his gentle eyes came back in it's gleeful glimmer as he spoke to the white mare. He continued with his explanation, "I mean, I just got a little excited seeing my pouch safe-and-sound."
After telling the broker his intent, Act's head swivels to Lolipop and smiles to her before he speaks.
"And we're associates, but by no means are we fighting. If there's something to be solved, then could you please drop my pouch next to my face... I'm kind of stuck down here at the moment, and I need to pay the fee that I owe."

[PaintedStar]

Lollipop, relived by the change of events, picked up the pouch she had dropped when she spoke, and quickly carried it to the stallion. She dropped it down, and smiled.
"Here you go!" she said cheerfully. "I am happy that you two won't hurt each other. But... could you be a little less frightening in the future? You really really scared me." She added that last part a a nervous tone.
This whole situation was so confusing that she didn't care to understand anything anymore. All she wanted was for problems to be solved, and things seemed to get more and more untangled with every second passing. So as long as no more complications were to come, she was happy.

[Act One]

A snicker escapes from the grounded pony's mouth. He wasn't trying to mock or insult, but the words said to him took him by surprise and it was just a little humorous to him.

"I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but frightening? I'm not a big stallion, since I barely match up to you two. How can I be scary?"
Totally unaware of his ego forcing its presence upon the others in his excitement, he tries to put himself in their hooves nevertheless.
"If I did seem like a monster, then I apologize. It's never my intention to upset anypony. Guess that's why I'm planted here. When I'm done with my deal with my associate, would you let me buy you a snack as penance for my misdeeds?"

[waaaaaaah]

Book Keeper released her hold on Act One; the stallion seemed to have come to his senses.

"Take care not to conduct yourself in ways that endanger others,"  she said coldly, before resuming her neutral tone. "Are you ready to continue?"

[Act One]

"Sure - one moment, please."
Being able to free his limbs now, the stony-coated forelegs move, hoof-flat to the ground. Like a catapult, his front half that was lower than his rear shoots up, and a crack comes from his back as the spine readjusts itself into proper posture. A small sense of relief surfaces on the face and he looks back to the broker with his smile again.

"First off, your payment before it takes a wonder again."
Two shiny coins are picked out of the bag from his pouch and rolled individually towards the mare from his mouth. He then slips the pouch into his saddlebag and resumes his speech.
"Actually, why don't I "kill two birds with one stone." Let's go to the local cafe and we can discuss the job and give payment to the lil' miss here? I think I can trust her."

[ElectricAura]

Blossom watched from a distance. Some ponies... She shook her head.