A Taste of Things To Come · 5:21am Feb 11th, 2014
"Well, well, well," the man said in a deep, gravelly voice. A voice that carried such weight seemed out of place with his lithe, stringy body and gaunt face. He dragged his massive scythe behind him as he strolled towards the dais, its obsidian blade biting deep into the marble floor of the throne room and shooting off sparks. He paused and his pale lips contorted into a cruel grin. His harsh golden eyes seemed to glow for a second beneath the shadows of his black cowl. "We've been looking for you for a very long time, Suzaku."
"Lu, get out of here," Nix said levelly. He stared down at the black-clad man below over the silver barrel of Lux, and his grip tightened on Muramasa as he held it behind him. "Now."
Luna stood next to him, coldly glaring at the intruder and levitating her own massive, onyx blade beside her. The lighthearted banter and teasing earlier this evening had evaporated quickly once the darkened cloud seeped through the throne room doors and formed into the human before them. "Nay, Nix. Such intrusions against Canterlot will not be tolerated so long as I draw breath." Nix saw blue, smoke-like wisps of light dancing around her body as she summoned her Aionic armor. Fat lot of good it would do her against the thing before the two of them if she didn't know how to use it. And even if she did...
"Intrusion, Little Sister?" the dark man said, pressing his palm to his chest in mock indignation. "Why, after how much of my essence went into the Godsoul you possess, I'm hurt." His yellow eyes flared for a moment before settling back to their unnatural, hazel glow. "Oh, but where are my manners? My name is Byakko, and I thought I'd drop in to visit little Suzaku, here. It has been so long since I've seen the little birdie." He opened his arms invitingly, rustling the black feathers on his shoulder pauldrons.
The second the strange man released his scythe, Nix flashed forward. His katana swung around, burying itself deeply in the side of the man's head even as he jammed his pistol into the being's chest. Byakko merely tilted his head, small tendrils of black smoke licking across Muramasa's mirror sheen where it entered his face, and chortled quietly.
"Really, Suzaku? Are you honestly trying to kill Death? Here I was trying to warn you that Seiryu and Genbu were coming to visit." He grasped Nix's blade and slowly forced it out of his face. Nix began pumping whatever paltry threads of his lifeforce he could into his gun. "And I doubt they'll be nearly so genial as I am."
Nix pulled the trigger.
Oh my some action!
1823070 A little bit. Most of the action comes later.
Honestly, this isn't even in the next chapter. Although, if you really must slake your bloodlust, Bon Bon is pretty damn strong, even for an earth pony.
1823147 Yes and she has the weirdest voice of all the ponies.
1823162 In the show, she has, like, four different voices.
In my head (and in the story), she just talks like a normal girl next door. Until she gets pissed, anyway.
You'd know it if she talked weird. Since I'm an awful storyteller, I usually over-emphasize speech patterns and accents so that they're glaringly apparent. See: Night-Captain Moon Glade, and most of AJ's dialogue...