Flight of The Pegasus (closed for Chrysm)

[Strictdaddy1]

Lost in thought, Sir Roderick Arthur Beecham Montrose absently noted Eleanor's deepened breathing as the hansom trundled along the streets of London. The cab -- as the nobleman had instructed -- took the journey slowly, so as to allow the Montrose horses plenty of time to reach their destination before the townhouse was reached. Still, eventually, the hansom pulled up at the London residence of the family, and stopped.

"Milord," the driver said from the drover's seat, "We have arrived."

"Thank you, good sir," the blue-eyed man said, and then he gently shook his niece. "Eleanor, time to wake; we are home."

[Chrysm]

Eleanor gave a small moan of protest at begin shaken, but eventually stirred and moved to sit up while rubbing her eyes and not caring to stifle the yawn that came up.

[Strictdaddy1]

The tall lord swung down out of the cab, reaching back in to help the girl down before retrieving the folder with his notes from the other seat. He handed the folder to the girl while fishing in his waistcoat for coins to pay and tip the driver as he saw the twins and Lord Spencer helping President Spottiswoode down from Tiamat in front of the carriage house.

Seeing the creator of the new breed, the leader of the Royal Society called out, "My lord Thwackbottom! You have proved your point to my personal satisfaction! A very perceptive and intelligent steed! Do you agree, Lord Spencer?"

Pursing his lips, the other rider nodded. "I do. On the way back, I looked for any kind of trickery -- not to question your honor, of course, but simply as a matter of record -- such as seeds, or oil, or breadcrumbs, or some other path they could have been trained to follow . . . and there was nothing. Nothing of the sort. They actually learned the pathway in one try. That is intelligence."

[Chrysm]

Still half asleep as she was helped out of the cab, Eleanor grabbed what he handed to her and glanced towered the horses, and proceeded to go over to Tiamat. She heard the other Lord's comment, smiling to herself as he praised the steeds' intelligence at remembering the route after only having traversed it once.

The filly lightly shook herself once the president was dismounted. then proceeded to nuzzle against the twin who was now holding her reigns, while the other was, at that moment, leading Marduk into the stable.

[Strictdaddy1]

As the girl passed her uncle, he lightly reacquired the folder while the other hansoms pulled up, spilling members of the society out to see the true end of the demonstration. President Spottiswoode and Lord Spencer approached the members, informing them of the veracity of the doctor's claims, which caused no small amount of conversation, commotion, and consideration.

Informing the driver of the hansom in which he and his niece arrived that he would need to wait for the witnesses to the demonstration of the horses' pathfinding ability, the breeder of the Montrose Horse walked over to join the conversation, knowing that the horses would be well cared-for in his absence.

[Chrysm]

Eleanor absently paused as she felt him take the file.

As the girl neared Tiamat, the filly turned, took a step to bridge the slight gap between them, and then nuzzled her face, making Eleanor giggle a bit. The girl proceeded to stoke the filly's neck as the twin that held the reigns moved over so as to not pull on Tiamat.

The two kids just stood there for a few moments, before they glanced at each other and nervously asked, "so....how did they do?" almost at the same time.

[Strictdaddy1]

They eagerly awaited her answer as the adults' conversations died down and the attendees began re-entering their hansoms in order to return to their dwellings.