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// Flaky by Europa (Sweet) 
// Story: Tainted Love: A Twysalis Prompt Tag Collab 
// by Foals Errand 
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by Europa

"You have got to take better care of yourself!" Twilight insisted. She rubbed the cloth, moist with various oils that Fluttershy assured her was good for chitin, over Chryssy's turquoise shell. As she did, tiny flakes of carapace that she'd shed came off and stuck to the violet rag, which was more than a little worrying. "Is your shell even supposed to shed?"

"Well... no," said the changeling queen, who laid on Twilight's couch. For her part, Twilight stood above her and worked her magic on the cloth. "It's usually not healthy for that to happen."

"Right, then you need to eat more adoration. Maybe cut back on the hero-worship."

"Yes, mom," Chrysalis said from beneath her. However, her quick breaths and heaving sides betrayed how good the cleaning felt.

"Alright," Twilight said, finishing the brief wash-down all along Chryssy's body. "I need you to fold your wings." Chrysalis's insect wings buzzed, then slid inwards and hid under the shell Twilight had been cleaning just moments ago. Twilight lit up her horn and begun running her telekinesis over the changeling's chitin, specifically the narrow gaps in between the plates. The alicorn laid down on Chryssy's back, relishing the feeling of her smooth exoskeleton as she did her work, the changeling gasping and moaning in delight as the gunk and detritus of daily life was scooped out in the form of a dark gray plaque, which Twilight tossed in the nearby wastebin.

First she focused on the grooves of Chrysalis's horn, which caused the changeling to channel magic involuntarily, then her neck, lower and lower, including the holes dotting her forelegs, then her hind legs.

"Okay, extend your wings." Panting, the changeling did so, her wings framing Twilight on both sides. Twilight then pushed her magic gently under the shell and began scooping out the gunk out from underneath it. First she started at the front of the shell, near Chrysalis's neck, then began moving down both sides at once. The changeling beneath her kept groaning as she worked her magic, reaching a crescendo when she reached the dock of Chryssy's tail.

Then stopped, and Twilight flew off of her workerfriend. She gave the near-comatose changeling queen another once-over with the doused rag, and then nodded. "Alright. Chrysalis, you need to keep yourself healthier than this! You're the face of the changelings, plus I don't want you to be sick."

Chrysalis shuddered, and looked towards her. "If... if it means doing that more, I may just let it happen again," she panted.