A tender, vanilla-scented moment · 4:00am Mar 31st, 2017
The mare beside Gosling was a big, warm, wonderful creature made of sunshine. She also smelled like vanilla. No, she reeked of vanilla, as if she had been soaked in it. He sniffed, feeling euphoric, then he began to stretch himself, extending his hind legs, and going tense until starbursts appeared in his vision. After his stretch, he relaxed and enjoyed his headrush while filling his nose with the scent of vanilla.
“Is that some kinda perfume or something?” Gosling asked while he pressed his snoot into the warm, somewhat sweaty flesh of Celestia’s neck. “Every time we do what we just did, I keep smelling that. Are trying to trying to turn me on? It’s working.”
“Gosling, darling, it’s time we had a talk about one of the many peculiarities of alicorn anatomy.” Celestia, laying on her back, started to roll over onto her side, but then couldn’t be bothered. Reaching down with her front hooves, she began to rub her own stomach.
“You’re made of edible vanilla cake?” To test this theory, Gosling began to nip at Celestia’s neck, his hard, flat teeth pinching tender folds of flesh, and his antics caused Celestia to squirm beside him, her hind legs wiggled, and he could hear static-crackles while she moved against the sheets. His ears perked at the faint, soft sounds of Celestia’s needful, breathy whinnies.
“Gosling”—it now sounded as though Celestia was having some trouble speaking—“what you are smelling is castoreum… alicorns have anal scent glands, and no, I don’t know why. When we do what we do, with all of that heat and friction that happens back there, those scent glands get heated… and... mmm, Gosling…”
He stopped nibbling on her neck and began to ponder, causing Celestia’s whinnies to become those of frustration. After a brief time, Gosling could only reach one conclusion, which he said aloud. “So, every time your sister comes in and smells vanilla, she knows I’ve gone spelunking where the proverbial sun don’t shine.”
“Well of course she does,” Celestia replied, sounding frustrated and needy.
Beneath the sheets, it was hot, humid, and the smooth, sheer fabric clung to Gosling’s body, but mostly to the naked, featherless flesh of his wings. He lay there, on his side, his muzzle pressed against Celestia’s long neck, breathing in the scent of vanilla, and enjoying the moment, not minding at all that alicorns had some anatomical peculiarities.
When the neck nibbles did not continue, Celestia snorted, and then resumed talking. “I’ve always seen it as some kind of specialised scent and territory marking. Like right now, Gosling, you absolutely stink of vanilla, and not at all like hot, sweaty, freshly plowed plot. For anypony familiar with alicorns, it would be a clear, undeniable marker that you are mine. And just for the record, you are mine. Well, and Luna’s too, should she ever choose to have you.”
“Yous is dirty, dirty filly, sharing your sister with me.”
“I know.”
“Sunshine, I’m really sorry, but I need to go check up on her. I’m gonna go shower and then see if she’s okay. That whole darkness elemental thing… I… I don’t think I’m okay after that—”
Leaning over, bending her neck, Celestia kissed Gosling on top of his head, on his white patch, cutting him off. “Go be with her for a time, and then come back to bed so that I might warm you. Wear your cloak, it’s cold.”
“I love you.” Gosling tucked his accent away, instead sounding like his most cultured self. “The Sun has been put to bed, and now I have to go and check up on my Moon.”
“Just remember one thing, Gosling,” Celestia said, giggling as Gosling began to free himself from beneath the covers.
“What’s that?”
“The Moon also smells of vanilla…”
I dunno, these things... they just come to me.
I guess Gosling likes it vanilla then, huh?
... why? Why would they have anal scent glands? Did the Centaur do that?
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A lot of creatures have anal scent glands.
YOU have anal scent glands.
Beavers, in particular, have castoreum glands, and that is were vanilla flavouring comes from.
Mmm, vanilla coke.
4478018 ...
*le googles*
Huh. Learn something new every day.
So... similar to a skunks glands but non stanky??
Most skunks are round 15lbs and can spray 10 feet. Celestia is significantly larger.
.... i now have this mental image of Celestia standing on her forelegs, tail raised as she sprays those she loves marking them as hers.
Oh how i wish i could draw right now.....
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Also... I would think the moon would smell different
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These are not weaponised glands!
They're passive!
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Nope, the moon smells like beaver.
Literally. It is the castoreum glands.
Beavers have them too.
4478028 Well she is the LUNAR (cheese) one!
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Wonder if Tarn found some of these in Old Gertie?
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4478036 Huh i learned something. Knew about skunks but didn't relies most mammals, including humans, have em.
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Shouldn't Luna smell more like chocolate?
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You have no understanding of biology, do you?
You probably don't even realise that this is a real thing.
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4478070 +10000?
I'm just waiting for someone to walk pass Twilight, Pinkie, and Seville after they become a couple, and wonder why they all smell like vanilla
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But the alternative mental image is too funny to ignore.
Wouldn't Luna smell like chocolate?
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You have no idea what castorum even is, do you?
You know, sometimes I wonder why I bother.
4478526 I thought it'd be funny. And I mean Magical horses so real biology doesn't really apply.
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In this instance, I was working from real biology, because reality can be funnier than fiction.
4478536 You have a point. Like just showing "abnormal" stuff is usually not has appealing as adding "this is actually real".
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Yes, and the fact that people eat crushed up beaver anuses in their candy and their drinks is far, far funnier than Luna smelling like chocolate because people eating vanilla flavoured beaver anus is a real thing.
4478540 I think I heard something about that.