Cloperella!lCv0KcRo5c Tue, Apr 24, 2012 7:00 PM No. 98922
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I'd like to make a request, not for necessity but just for fun:
Princess Luna having a conversation with a voice inside of her head, the voice belonging to Nightmare Moon (assuming the headcanon that NMM is sort of a symbiote entity wanting to take control of her for her own purposes). Luna tries to convince herself and NMM that she shouldn't hate her sister or any of her subjects even though her night is neglected. NMM tells her that she's being naive, and she should wrestle away control from her older sister to get what she wants. Luna eventually gives into despair, and whereas before their speech was vastly different, now it's difficult to clearly tell which of them is speaking as they plot an uprising against her sister.
Princess Luna is gone: All that remains now is Nightmare Moon.
Sound like something up your alley?
Note: This is to be read like a 'duo interpretation,' with two actors standing side by side and facing the audience. They are not to physically interact with each other, but must pretend to be facing each other. There are also no explicit instructions as to the emotions of their lines.
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NIGHTMARE: And a fine morning to you, Sister!
[LUNA says nothing for several beats.]
NIGHTMARE: Something wrong, Sister?
LUNA: It is not morning, and I am not your sister.
NIGHTMARE: So you say. What shall we call each other, then? Shall I call you 'Other Me?'
LUNA: You may call me Luna. Or Princess. Or Princess Luna.
NIGHTMARE: As you wish, oh Princess. What will you call me, if you insist on keeping that lofty title for yourself?
LUNA: I will call you nothing, because that is what you are. Leave now me to my duties.
NIGHTMARE: Of course: Your duty of bringing in the glorious night.
LUNA: Indeed.
NIGHTMARE: It's fortunate for us both that you have me to keep you company throughout these great, important duties of yours.
LUNA: The night is beautiful. Presiding over it is my honor and privilege. You should understand that.
NIGHTMARE: Beautiful indeed. We never grow tired of seeing the star-scattered sky, do we?
LUNA: The night holds wonders that few ponies could appreciate like I can.
NIGHTMARE: Day and night are two sides of a coin.
LUNA: Opposites that must always coexist.
NIGHTMARE: You are wrong.
[Beat.]
NIGHTMARE: Opposites never coexist.
LUNA: Opposites define each other! Light and darkness, good and evil--They would not exist without their opposites.
NIGHTMARE: Opposites destroy each other, Sister. Light pierces darkness; good and evil are fictions that drive ponies to violence and destruction. All around you, opposites are at war with each other, and you think yourself the one exception to the rule.
LUNA: My sister and I are not at war!
NIGHTMARE: Do not deny what is made plain by the very cycles of the world! Just as day and night can never rule the sky together, Luna and Celestia are--
LUNA: My sister and I have always ruled together!
NIGHTMARE: Then why do we so rarely even see her royal face?
LUNA: Princess Celestia loves me! Opposites we may be, but we are sisters!
NIGHTMARE: She loves us so much that she would leave us to our night, while our adoring subjects hardly know that we exist.
LUNA: Watching over the ponies as they sleep is my sworn duty, one that we should be proud--
NIGHTMARE: You disgust me.
LUNA: We should be proud to rule alongside Princess Celestia.
NIGHTMARE: Alongside? Rule? You aren't a ruler. You're a foalsitter for sleeping fillies!
LUNA: She will agree, soon, that we are as fit to rule as she is.
NIGHTMARE: How soon? How many generations of ponies have lived and died without ever knowing the Princess of the Night? How many more will pass before your dear sister deems you worthy of showing them your face?
LUNA: We will prove ourselves to her. She will--
NIGHTMARE: Will you? Prove yourself?
LUNA: Her task requires the greater exertion of magic power. She thinks us weak.
NIGHTMARE: And you will prove her wrong?
LUNA: She will see us for what we are.
NIGHTMARE: Yes, she will.
LUNA: Her opposite.
NIGHTMARE: Her sister, equal and worthy.
LUNA: Tonight's time has come.
NIGHTMARE: Do you hate your sister, Princess?
LUNA: Do we?
NIGHTMARE: No. You do not.
LUNA: And that is why we deserve better from her.
NIGHTMARE: She should be your sister, not your opposite.
LUNA: No longer will we be confined to the dark underside of the coin.
NIGHTMARE: Time to bring about nightfall, Princess.
LUNA: No. There will be no nightfall. Because there will be no morning.