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// Interlude: Twilight's Diary - Entry #4 
// Story: The People's Republic of Twilightlicious 
// by GeodesicDragon 
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	It's been a while since my last entry, and a lot has happened.

Twilightlicious seems to be faring well. I've not had any complaints about the decisions I've been making, and Raymond tells me that a large proportion of the people are fine with me in charge.

This is good news; it shows that I am capable of making decisions like this, and it will hopefully mean that I would be able to take over the running of Equestria while Celestia and Luna are away.

Speaking of Celestia and Luna: our relationship with the Equestrian Paradise and Insignificance is getting better by the day. Both countries have reported a large increase in the number of their citizens coming to visit 'the country ruled by the pony.' In return, an equal number of my citizens have been visiting both their nations. So, all in all, we are all benefiting – both socially and economically – from our relationship.

However, my biggest concern right now is the Equestrian Apocalypse. Geo has only been here for a few days, but he has succeeded in putting the 'fear of Violet,' to use the local vernacular, into most of the people. He nearly killed one of his own soldiers, and has even gone so far to threaten some of my petitioners.

The man is insufferable — yet I dare not antagonise him out of fear of what he might do to me, my friends or even Twilightlicious.

Why has he suddenly decided to visit me here all of a sudden? Celestia, Luna and Jock have all told me that he has expressed no interest in diplomatic visits before – and, given that the Apocalypse's idea of 'diplomacy' usually involves dropping lots of high explosives on major cities, I'm not surprised – so why me?

And all that security he had... those soldiers weren't just there to look intimidating, they were there to look for something.

Raymond showed me where the GDA soldiers had been stationed, and all of them were near important places of interest within the capital: my office, the police station, a military base, the Research and Development Centre and the university.

I can understand why they would be near my office, but to be near all of those other places just doesn't make sense. Why would GDA troops want to protect Twilightlicious' police and military?

Nothing adds up, and I don't like it one bit. I'll need to keep a closer eye on Geo if I am to figure out what he's doing.

Also, and I'm probably imagining things, I'm pretty sure he pulled a few pieces of my mane out when he petted me earlier. The man has absolutely no self-control whatsoever.

Anyway, I'm going to get some sleep and try not to let this worry me too much... well, no more than it has already has, at least.