10.45 PM
Yesterday was brilliant.
I really couldn't resist going full-hog on it. I do so love to play-pretend.
I gave myself not one, but two adjectives.
I was both great and powerful.
Of course, I am both great and powerful, but that is beside the point. I am also adored and loved by everypony, something which this Trixie alter-ego is not.
No one in the town suspected a thing, not even the Scourge. It appears that as long as the action doesn't directly work against her personal sphere of influence, her powers do not trigger. This is something to note, definitely.
It also appears that she still has not been able to completely call upon the powers under her control, and it mostly reveals itself through auto-induction.
Maybe it's triggered by different things?
I cannot make a determination. There are simply too many variables. I must test this further.
Anyway, where was I?
Right. The Great and Powerful Trixie.
It was simple enough to use my brainwashing magic on the dullards called Snips and Snails. I probably didn't even have to use it; they still seemed to fancy me even after it wore off, but never let it be said that I'm not thorough.
Or thoroughbred either.
I am hilarious. I'll have to remember that one for the ball when I'm trying to impress others with money and influence.
I decided to send Twilight on a test to increase her magical abilities, to get over this silly humility thing, and to further cement her standing in the town as a protector and a leader.
The plan was simple - she was to go find an Ursa and fight it. I really didn't care how she would do it, but all she would have to do is successfully confront one and persuade it to not bother everypony.
Unfortunately, spelling out exactly what I wanted Twilight to do didn't seem to work. I couldn't have made it clearer if I told her directly, "I want you to go fight an Ursa", but I think everypony was distracted by my pure extravagance, which exudes from my every pore like fetor from a skunk.
Even Spike's attempts to coerce Twilight to 'one up' on me had no effect, and not even picking her out of the crowd made her step up.
I feel that was one of the few times I had actually been slightly disappointed in Twilight.
Oh, but I can't stay mad at her! I love the little darling.
I guess threatening her friends seemed to work better. The only thing I regret is that Pinkamina Pie didn't offer herself up to me. I would have loved to have turned her head inside out and replace it with a cake.
It turns out things once again worked out in those unexpected ways that they usually do. Although it was simply just fun and games picking on Twilight's 'friends', Spike and I managed to convince the odd little Pony boys Snips and Snails to fetch an Ursa Major to the town.
At that point my hardest job was to pretend to be scared and useless. The temptation was there, trust me, to simply point my horn at that drooling bear and make it eat its own face off. And trust me, I could.
But it was all for Twilight's sake, and I would do a lot for her.
Thankfully Twilight finally decided to grow up and show off what she could do. I must say I was quite happy, her solution showed lateral thinking, and she also had no qualms whatsoever with abusing livestock for a bigger cause. I think that shows her ability to make sacrifices where sacrifices are needed. Even though it was merely an Ursa Minor, I suppose it is adequate for her level of apprenticeship.
Having satisfactorily accomplished her little test to my personal satisfaction, I made a hasty retreat. No doubt I will have to use this persona again in the future.
Does anypony else think Twilight has just the loveliest face when she's straining to do magic?
I can't imagine how she must look like when in the bathroom.
There was an odd little grey Pegasus in the crowd, silently judging Snips and Snails. Caught a weird feeling off her. I'll have to keep an eye out for that one. Something just doesn't sit right.