“I demand to know what’s going on!”
I looked at Prince Blueblood as he stomped his right hoof against the marble floor, “You know as much as I do,” I lied to him, “The Princesses are negotiating with the Storm King and his empire. I am sure we will get some more information soon.”
He stared at me for a long moment before he sighed and shifted his ears, “...I apologize, Lord Page. I’m just worried for my aunts.”
“I know,” I agreed with a nod, “But if there are any ponies that can handle themselves, it’s Celestia and Luna. I’m completely convinced they will outlive us all.”
Blueblood frowned and nodded, “Yes… yes I suppose so,” he admitted, “Still, if you get word, could you let me know?”
I nodded, “I will,” I agreed.
At the same time as everypony else. Prince Blueblood might not be as useless and annoying as he pretended to be to get out of responsibility, but it was a close thing.
He nodded, leaving the office.
Grey Velvet entered through the side door and put a stack of papers next to me, “Would you like some tea, Sir?”
“...Yes, yes please…”
If I wasn’t already married, I would have proposed to her on the spot.
She moved to bring a tray with a kettle and a cup back to the desk as I looked to her.
“So, what’s next on the agenda?” I asked as she moved to pour me a cup.
“Nothing scheduled until the afternoon, when day-court starts,” she said with a smile, not bothering to check her notepad,”Would you like to review the list of applicants, sir?”
I shifted my wings, stretching them for a second with a small groan, “Anything special?
“Nothing that stood out to me, sir, other than a couple that noted their reasons as ‘Invasion related damages’.”
“Awesome,” I sighed and then sipped the tea, “No, I’ll think it’ll be okay, we’ll handle things as they come. If you want to take a break, Velvet, it’s fine. I think I’ll take a walk for a bit.”
Velvet nodded but glanced towards the window with an uncertain look on her face, “Are you sure, sir? It’s scheduled to be raining today.”
“I’m in a rather rainy mood,” I admitted and got up, stretching my wings for a second. I had spent hours doing today's paperwork and barely moved at all.
Grey Velvet bowed slightly and headed out of the room, sorting some papers I had signed during the morning.
I looked after her for a moment before I stretched my wings again, “Amber?”
“Yes, sir?” a voice asked from behind me.
I glanced back to her, “Any word back yet? From the… expeditionary force?”
“Not yet, sir.”
“Let me know, please?”
Amber nodded and her wings buzzed softly against her back for a second, “Of course, sir,” she said, “Are we going outside?”
“Just along the wall,” I said, “Just feel like getting some air. No need to bother anypony in the legion.”
Stupid two guard minimum. After the invasion they had been a lot more humourless about me sneaking out with just one guard.
With that, I left the office. Amber didn’t hide again, instead she moved to walk along next to me. I glanced to her, “Worried about something?” I asked as we reached stairs leading onto the exterior walls and I started up them.
“No, sir.”
I frowned briefly at her before letting it go as I pushed the door open. I gave the pegasus guard standing outside it a nod when he saluted, “As you were,” I said and moved past with Amber. The weather outside was really horrible, it wasn’t windy but it was pouring down heavy rain across the city.
Even with the rain pouring down, I could see ponies moving around with umbrellas and shield bubbles or even just wrapped in raincoats.
Just because it’s raining, dinner isn’t going to buy itself, is it?
I ignited my horn, projecting a weak shield bubble around amber and myself to keep the water away as we walked along the top of the wall, overlooking the city below.
“...It was to stay out of the rain, wasn’t it?”
Amber blinked at me innocently, “I have no idea what you’re talking about, sir,” and brushed what rain had landed on her before I cast the shield off her carapace, with small lines of magic from her horn, as she shifted a bit closer to make sure she stayed firmly inside the bubble of the shield as the rain poured down outside it.
This feels like the calm before the storm.
Despite the fact that it's raining already.
9953091
That sounds about right. Frankly I'm half expecting this to go so badly that power levels invert and Page becomes the strongest of the alicorns in his wrath.
I don't understand Page's last sentence. Can sombody explain it to me?
9953160
Amber usually stays out of sight whenever she's escorting Page. Page is commenting on the fact that she's choosing to stay visibly near him during this outing.
9953166
Thanks!
9953160
He was asking Ambeer that her reason to remain visible as the changeling of his guard was to avoid becoming Changeling soup (avoiding the rain).
9953160
I'm glad you asked because I too was lost...
9953143
I mean... Alicorn of guns?
9953207
He noticed this was weird. Then realized why.
9953211
Alicorn of making things written in stories appear in reality. For his first trick, Page manifests Evangelion Unit 01, and invites the Storm King to do his best Kaworu Nagisa impersonation.
9953247
Oh I got it... I was just glad I wasn't the only one lost...
9953143
I hope not, that'd detract a lot from the character. One of the best parts about him is how he's not a powerhouse and actually depends on friends and guile to solve things.
9953091
That eerie feeling of boredom and intense nervousness is captured extremely well here. I agree.
9953340
If there's going to be an end-state, there's not a lot of canon material left for a threat escalation plotline.
9953143
What 9953340 said; his threat level comes not from his actual power (and he's still well above the curve in that, too; it's the comparison to other alicorns where he starts waning) but from his ingenuity and ruthlessness when applying it. Remember: in his first fight, the best he could do was a glorified fruit knife, but that was enough to tip things in his side's favor when applied to Chrysalis' face. His second fight was against a magic-eater, so he set a spell to fail-deadly (the opposite of failsafe, where shutting it down actually turns it on instead) and let his opponent kill themselves.
*MEANWHILE*
Princess Cadance: .....SHINING! I need add more info to one of the files! Bring them to me!
Shining Armor: Again? My goodness that stallion is keeping you busy 24/7. I'm glad Page's charm doesn't match his libido. Otherwise there would be 5 baby alicorns running around by now...AT LEAST!
Princess Cadance: Yes yes let's be grateful for the simple things in life. Now help me dear.
Shining Armor: Yes my love
9953399
It just keeps evolving, no? I'm genuinely curious how the current chart looks like now.
9953340
That his charm. In few centuries or a millenium that plus full developt Alicorn body
The end is kinda romantic... Wait... Did i just see Cadance Waifu tracker spike?...
9953399
9953729
By now, probably like...
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10399706
Iä! Iä! Shipping Chart fhtagn!
Again, if he says no, kill the imposter immediately.
You keep threatening that to everyone, wonder if it'll actually happen after you make a joke
9958278
No, bad! I wanna keep at last some friendships friendships, so stop encouraging the author! 😅
There are many types of Blueblood:
- The useless leach.
- The dangerous incompetent.
- The competent wanne be ruler going against Equestrias policys.
- The useful asset
- Blueblood born from a Alicorn that the Yeti King want dead.
And many others.
What would this Blueblood be?
11644154
The leech, just not fully useless but rather do just what he wants instead of being usefull for the crown.
I made Blueblood in one of my stories Celestia son, obviously he will not be a failure, though I wonder how to portrait him
Obviously Rarity as a gold digger would not be his partner to be...
Would be funny to see two Spikes going after Rarity