Fever Dreams: Trixie
Trixie looked down her nose at the darkness around her. She sniffed.
“I’m sorry, is this supposed to intimidate me?”
A shape she had only seen blurrily sketched in the rambling journals of lunatics flashed into existence.
“Oh, you’re no fun. Too much time around Nightmare Moon, I suppose.”
Trixie took in the bizarre creature’s features and rapidly came to a conclusion.
“Discord, I presume?”
Discord conjured a hat identical to Trixie’s, placed it on his head, then swept it off in a puerile imitation of her signature introduction.
“The one and only. Spirit of Chaos and your ex-boss! No, no, don’t applaud.”
He waved back an imaginary crowd, simpering crudely. Trixie rolled her eyes.
“Yes, thank you, you’ve made your point. So, has the self-proclaimed greatest threat Equestria has ever known brought me here for any particular reason? Or just to debut a frankly tiresome impression?”
Discord coughed and straightened the tie he was suddenly wearing, and crossed his legs in midair, sitting on nothing.
“Oh, just checking up on an old employee. You know how it is. You let them go, you want to know how they’re doing... Oh!” He raised a claw as if suddenly thinking of something. “ And you want to remind them of their place.”
Quicker than the eye could see, he had slithered through the air toward her, grabbed her hat, and returned to his original position. Trixie gasped and cried out in protest.
“My hat! Return my hat this instant!”
Discord turned the starred cloth over, inspecting it closely.
“But it’s not just a hat, is it?”
He threw it back towards her and she grasped it eagerly, ramming it back on her head. Discord grinned.
“It’s you.”
Trixie tossed her mane dismissively. Discord’s grin widened yet further.
“I haven’t the faintest idea what you’re talking about.”
Discord appeared beside her, throwing an arm across her shoulders and casting the other out, as if an awesome vista lay before them and he was struggling to take it in.
“Look at them! The crowds! The reporters! The talent scouts! All of them cheering for you, the Great and Powerful Trixie!”
Trixie shook herself, dislodging Discord’s grip. She backed away and collected herself.
“There’s no one there, you fool.”
“But there is, isn’t there? In your mind.” Discord’s eyes bored into her. “Watching everything you do, listening to everything you say. They’re all there, watching you. Judging you.”
He shrugged.
“Of course, I can understand if you don’t believe me. I suppose tricking yourself into thinking otherwise is the only way you can survive. But that is your special talent, after all. Tricks.”
Trixie scoffed to hide her mounting discomfort.
“Illusions. Tricks are what studs do for money.”
Discord laughed uproariously at her words, wiping a tear from his eye as he gasped for breath.
“Oh, you are good! You’ve built yourself so high you can’t even see how low you are!” He doubled over, breathing deeply as his laughter died down. Wiping his brow, he leaned in close to the hesitant Trixie.
“What’s that phrase? ‘A worm on the throne is still a worm, just with a fancier hat?’”
He pulled the hat from her head again, and this time she didn’t resist. He ran a claw across her cheek, speaking in a tender voice that belied the venom in his words.
“And that’s all you are.”
He whispered in her ear, and she shivered in a mixture of disgust and fear as his words caressed her with an almost physical intimacy.
“A worm in a fancy hat.”
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560903 I fear you have somewhat missed the point! Or I didn't make it well enough. Either way, it's intentional. Discord is just hurling images at her and they're blurring together, so one doesn't even finish before the next begins.
560928 Oops... I'm so used with sentences cutting of with a - that I don't even see it
How much win was included in this? I cannot count that high.
GAH! I no sooner get through a section and you post another one! How am I suppose to comment on greatness when there's no end?!
Yeah, this is pretty creepy. I see Discord is done waiting around in the shadows. I know you've stated that you have trouble writing him, but I think he's fine. Perhaps the creepiness factor is higher than his silliness factor, but I like that part about him as well. Keep it up.
Heh, I found the Trixie/Twilight interaction hilarious. Trixie donning a Yoda impression and only because she feels inferior. That's classic Trixie right there.
Oh, wow. Derpy. She's had some ruff times. I can see where her dedication to M.A.R.E. comes from, now.
Oooh. A hint of a sidestory on other ExTech compounds? I see Firebirdbtops' ideas have wormed their way into you. That sly dog.
Very interesting! Keep it up!
So when are the fever dreams for Vinyl and Octavia coming out?
560526 Two words: THANK YOU
... Maybe one more word: OKAY
560537 Linear time frightens and confuses Us. We Who Are One know only the ChronoCloud.
560979 Truly a discussion for the ages.
560995 HE SAID LUKE STAY AWAY FROM THE DARKER SIDE...
561030 It was nice to see Trixie again, I was kind of missing her. And she even developed the plot! Good lass. And I'm STILL not sure about Discord. I think I have a complex about him. He's just so HARD ;_; And yeah, he sort of crept into "unhinged" rather than "silly" x.X
561447 25 words of Redheart's golden tongue. And probably later tonight when I get back from work. I posted the Going Unders and realised I had the Fever Dreams lying around, so I posted them, but only realised I hadn't done Vinyl or Tavi's by the time I posted Redheart's. Herp AND derp. It won't take very long though. I'm POWERING through this story.
561772 Can't tell if being sarcastic or appreciates style =p
562630Yep, the author told me that. Just not used to it yet.
Wasn't sarcastic. I truly felt a lot of emotion between reaheart and discord.
563077 I really need to start paying attention to which chapter people are commenting on x.X I just look at the story page.
563088 I thought that is what happened.
Also why is dialog so hard! I'm tired of sounding like I'm failing about searching for words. Originality is hard...your so much better at it than me.
I'm not good at sarcasm, but according to my roommates I'm the best at being passive aggressive.
“Illusions. Tricks are what studs do for money.”
This line. I love you forever for this line.
Yikes, I really like this Discord, he is silly at times, but unlike many villains, he does not sacrifice competence for silliness, the fact that he is silly is chilling in itself, he may act the clown, but it would be very easy for him to simply kill all in hs way if he so wished. And despite being silly, at times, we when reformed, he has this, sheer presence that steals the scene, it's hard not to notice him, always manipulating, reality warping, and generally, being very sinister, especially here. He could be very serious but it wouldn't work, he is chaos, chaos is the unexpected, the strange, disorder, the lack of sense, his silly yet sinister demeanor works wonders. As does John De Lancie as his voice actor.