Rain N' Roll
Something I learned rather quickly about Pegasus ponies being locked underground is that they are practically restless balls of energy. That or Rainbow had far too much for her own good. An underground facility was hardly the place for her to do her daily training regimen. Even if the main training chamber could allow an adult dragon to comfortably stand, Rainbow had soon complained about the height being far from adequate for practice she wanted to do. I kindly reminded her that unless she wanted to collapse the underground, or draw attention of her former friends that practicing the sonic rainboom or revealing her rainbow trail above ground was a dangerously stupid idea.
I had said it in nicer words of course, but Rainbow was still disgruntled none the less. Especially when she learned Trixie was also living here. That particular mess had taken Cass herself intervening for her friend before the former show-mare could be beat to a pulp by the athletic pegasus or the unicorn tying rainbow up like she did applejack in the show. The two soon made up though after Cass told her story about how Trixie became her friend, and I vouched for Rainbow to Trixie in turn. Surprisingly after the first day the two began to practice together regularly, and that fixed the problem of Rainbow whining about practice.
Trixie was to practice larger scale magic tricks as well as some new props I had lectured her on. Particularly a copy of the card deck I had and the dice that went with it soon became its own mobile obstacle course. Trixie trying to catch Rainbow and Rainbow well, doing her best to avoid it and tag Trixie in turn. Occasionally I'd add in puppets to mix their training up, but Trixie put the most work in mastering Luxords Deck, calling them a 'one of a kind magic trick for all ages!' That got a smile from me. As well as a lecture from Cass about becoming a one trick pony. Trixie promptly took up several other props that I had built days prior, and became proficient with a small assortment of items that I thought fit the stage magician.
Yoko as well as her group began expeditions into the void between dimensions. She still had most of her tokens, and now that she no longer had a major war to fight in was keeping herself busy with the various contacts she had gathered since arriving in her own universe. With my token in hand as well, she could traverse the gaps with her friends back and forth without having to visit the supernova that had claimed her Equis.
Amber did as she does, training when she can, and bugging me about jobs that needed doing when she didn't. So I kept her keeping an eye out for the Sirens, and chose to steal another copy of the newspaper from Ponyvilles local librarian before she could get it herself for a quick read over. The headline was unremarkable, something about folks causing ruckus in a local tavern. Flipping through other news articles something caught interest.
Princess of the Night
Unseen even at night!
Nobles suspect secret
plotting! Probably wrong
again! Reports say she
hasn't entertained the
Night Court since Nightmare
Night!
Well that was interesting, though I did wonder if this was strictly necessary. Luna last I checked operated as a dream medium during the night shift, though news of a Night Time court was certainly a new one. One that would need investigating. To be honest the minor news article took up the space of an advertisement. But then again most of the minor news it seemed were also crammed in it, as the equestrian newspaper was paradoxically made for everyone to know whats going on anywhere at once. This mystery was confusing, as next to Luna was a news report about the increasing friendship between buffalo and Appleloosa, Manehatten's latest in its version of Broadway musicals, and even a news report about the recent weather plans for some place called Vanhoover. It wasn't in any particular order, not alphabetical, by date, or even by topic importance, almost as if Discord himself ran the newspaper but without any bias which was paradoxical for media.
Twilight must of swapped newspapers, it was the only logical conclusion. Her prior newspapers had a lot more information, and I wasn't saying that to be creepy. Distantly there was a sound of a young dragon asking himself, "Who keeps taking our newspaper! I swore I saw it just this morning!" and chuckled before returning to Lunas subject my earlier mirth growing a bit less as I recalled what I had given her the last time we'd met. The knowledge about the truth of the petrified statues beneath the castle of the two sisters. That immortals were the only ones immune to its resultant killing effect, and that this would have likely either of enraged or saddened the otherwise most down to earth princess. Probably a mixture of both.
I considered what I could for the princess of the night. I wasn't the greatest motivational speaker, so what can I do? I could craft, but what? By all rights they were dead. From unnatural causes of a basilisks glare. I pored over my mind what sort of things could cure that. Harry Potter had dealt with a basilisk but not turned to stone, so phoenix tears wouldn't work. Wait... Phoenix! My mind linked the creature to another very very different genre, from books and movies to the video game series of Final Fantasy. Now I felt like an idiot for not thinking about it until now. Two consumable items existed in that game that could possibly help. But I'd need help. Neither was I a metal worker nor did I have such a bird on hand. However, Celestia and Luna had both.
I took rough aim at Canterlot's palace and shot a portal at it.
Distantly a guard reacted in surprise as a blue blob flung itself past them faster than the blink of an eye impacted against the castle wall before expanding, and being drug through by a puppets hand. "There there." Said Aku to the panic filled guard, "No worries here, it will all be okay soon." he pet the struggling guard before the hush of forced sleep overcame him from another tool. Another portal drop deposited him into the bushes for later discovery. I arrived as well, cards flickering through first as I walked across them, minding carefully just how far above the ground I was. Next came a few puppets, my concentration stretched across multiple points as the mechanical bug like drones of Nox scouted ahead, alongside Aku.
This was unfamiliar ground, but I figured that Luna and Celestia were likely to hold the highest point in the castle, or at least a spot that served comfortably between the throne room and living areas of the castle. Insects were hardly noticeable in the grand scheme of guard training. Pests were the maid and butler jurisdiction of control. So it wasn't long before the searching net found their chambers. In retrospect it was over guarded to all hell and back. I mean who needs two guards for each door, and another pair of guards for each window. With a similar formation on the other end of the same tower. The main difference was one front entrance had four guards while the other had two. Judging from the time of day, I was willing to bet that it was Luna's room. Especially since the Batponies outside of it.
Well now what. Do I introduce myself to these guards, knock them out or-.
I noticed something extraordinarily stupid. They had left a window open, with just enough open ground beyond for a portal to fit. I face-palmed. Seriously? It was a simple matter to wait till the guards gaze was focused away just right then ploop went the portal as it landed. Momentarily disrupted by its worst enemy. Carpet. I jumped through from the other side by myself. Immediately I was pinned to a wall by magic.
"Ow." I replied, as the portal closed behind me, "Nice to see you too Luna."
The grip lessened somewhat as my eyes adjusted to the semi-dark room that I had invaded. It was colored after her mane and coat, with a pure black bed of the finest silks. Around her chambers were countless books and small personal items and trophies on shelves. The origin of the magical energy, Luna, was in her bed, barely visible as a faint outline in her royal bed. All I could see were some red tinted eyes, the slight fringe of the starry front of her mane, and the long horn lit up with magic only an Alicorn could properly bear in such force. "Puppet Master, why do you invade this place?"
"Well..." I gasped a bit, "If you'd kindly stop crushing my ribcage I'd tell you..."
The force lessened considerably, but still did not let go. At least I could move, albeit in the air and unable to leave the wall. It was an odd sensation, as I noted that she grabbed me by my clothes rather than directly. That and my mask, which was painfully aware of her touch upon it. quickly I elaborated once air properly returned, "Thought I'd try to offer... a comforting hand, and offer you something."
"What else pray tell do you have to offer us now?" Luna bitterly replied, "What other hidden away horrors do you have for us today?"
"Not of horror, but of hope that I wish to test first before promising results." I replied, reaching up to keep my mask in place before it was accidentally tugged off, "I have an idea on how to save your friends whom are locked in statues back at the castle of two sisters."
This caused the magic to drop me softly upon the ground before releasing me, Luna looked at me, leaning into the light with mascara stained face of a mare who had been weeping for a long time, "How? Thou hast read the journal as well no doubt, and despite my many attempts to prove it otherwise, this book has indeed been written by Starswirl. We even attempted..." She looked even more miserable, as she pulled out an old worn hat and cloak, ones far more elegant than the copy Twilight had attempted to make for Nightmare Night, "To revive him in the manner he revived us... but it failed."
I paused, "Do you still have his ashes?"
"Yes... they're in..." she wordlessly gestured with the journal to an Urn. One normally used for burial that was now on a shelf, far newer than anything else on it, "There."
"Well that's news..." I said, respectfully, "With your permission, and a few needed objects, and a bit of help I would like to attempt to revive him."
Luna stared at me, like a hard stare of someone who has heard of this sort of thing before, "You do not mean necromancy?""
I was startled, "No of course not! Undead are hardly revived aren't they?"
Luna shook her head, "Then how?"
I gave her a calming gesture, "Please, all shall be explained in time. The thing I'd need though to work on the project is ideally a feather though."
"A feather?" Luna asked, looking at me then her own wing, "Mine?"
"Noooo...." I said, "A phoenix feather."
"Then you need..." Luna balked at what I had implied.
"Help from your sisters pet, yes. A primary feather, preferably." I explained, "I need to do some modifications, before making the attempt. The other item I'd need help with is something I'm unskilled at as well. Do you happen to know a good Blacksmith to work gold?"
Luna looked at me, like I had asked her an extraordinarily stupid question. "We live in a castle." She replied. When I didn't respond she continued, "Filled to the brim with day guards covered in the stuff."
"Always wondered why gold of all things, steel is more reliable." I said, and Luna looked aghast, "What?"
She shook her head, "You must not of done a lot of research on this matter, or come from someplace different. Steel, titanium, adamantium, as well as Mithril are all very rare minerals, forging a simple object from any of them would likely drive even the noble house of Blueblood way past their budgets. We were surprised when several of your.... weapons.... seemed forged from them."
I rose an eyebrow, "Oh."
"We assumed you plundered an entire treasury of some other far off kingdom for the tools and weapons you use, was this not the case?" Luna asked and I paused to consider it. Equestria is rich in gold and gems, its why we build so much out of the former and why the later are used cheaply for various arcane tools."
I could lie, say I built them from metal, or even were made as gifts from discords chaotic spirit. But such an action undermined what I was working towards. That and I could tell such an action wasn't going to work on someone like her. She was too acute. So I was left with one real option, and then the aloof option. I chose both, "Forged them from magic, I did. Enchanted fantastical from the mundane and opened their materials to rediscovery." I said, it was a half truth, but Lunas gaze locked into mine, and I found my will power slowly draining locked into those... curious... shining eyes.
I sighed, "look, I'd only ever show you if you Pinkie promise not to use it against me. I may be one of those big villains, and likely your guards would of tried arresting me twenty times over by now for merely being here if they knew-" I saw a guard fidget from a puppet outside, oh they knew I was in here. Their ears were now pressed against the door listening in, "Correction!" I loudly stated, "SINCE THEY DO KNOW." Each guard let out a momentary Eep before resuming post trying to pretend like they weren't totally eavesdropping, "Sorry bout that. Eyes and ears everywhere, where was I?"
"Something about Pinkie promising, whatever that is." Luna said, "Does this have to deal with Twilights friends from Ponyville?"
"The originator of the promise is-...." I sighed, "Long story short, the pink one made a promise system that somehow works that if you break the promise, you suffer shame 'foreevveerrr or something like that." I stated before resuming, "In any case, I'll let you watch me make such an item if you want as long as its sworn not to be used against me. I'm a crafter and weaver of stories, not a fighter and I don't need guards taking away my craft should they get the opportunity." I looked to her, "That'd be a breach of trust I'd compare to Twilight taking your moon from you."
"She'd never." Luna said firmly, "Shes Celestia's student and the bearer of the element of magic."
"Its an example." I sighed, "So getting back on point, before we get this on the road, can you get a primary feather from Celestia's pet phoenix?"
"Pinkie Promise then that it won't be abused for evil." Luna stated calmly, using my own words against me.
I sighed, and went through the motions, "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." On Lunas tilted head I somewhat indignantly said, "What?"
"Sorry, it caught us off guard." Luna eventually worded out, before getting up, "I will be back, touch anything in my room other than the floor and I'll drag you to Tia."
I held my hands up where she could see them, and she snorted, composing herself. Bled mascara washing away as she enveloped her face in magic, doing a quick cleaning and adjusting her royal crown before heading out. Leaving me to examine her room, as two other guards entered as well on her command to watch me.
After a few minutes, one of the bat ponies asked, "Sooooo what are you anyway?" only to get nudged by the other, "What?"
"New I'm guessing?" I replied, normally guards were stoic as rocks. "Hi, I'm the Puppet Master, that's what I am."
"Yeah, but what are you?" The mare asked again, getting a facehoof from her coworker, "You have fingers like a minotaur, but no horns, and your legs don't match most of the other racial profiles."
"Perhaps I'm a figment of your imagination." I replied.
The guard stared at me like I was stupid. I stared back like she was stupid to be buggering me with questions on my race. The other guard for the most part tried to maintain a calm facade, but he was clearly sweating bullets underneath that armor as the apparent recruit kept bothering one of the few villains in the realm capable of eluding justice.My hands fell upon my deck casually in case things got violent, but it was for naught as soon after, Luna came back.
"I have this feather, now show us how you intend to use it."
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Need moar plz
If your ever looking to add more quote on quote villians to your group you could always add the main 9 characters from team fortress 2, or Gray mann, or Merasmus (probably...) if you want me to go more in depth, you could message me and ill tell you.
I would have went with the dragon balls purrfurably the namekian ones just to see the dragonlords reaction to Porunga also they don't scatter and only take for months to recharge.vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/e/ea/Porungamanagn.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/350?cb=20160624203544
I don't know enough about portal to know what that means
Well if it fixes the dead body before truly reviving it I think it counts as using necromancy but thats essentially splitting hairs.
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your missing a quotation mark at the beginning of that sentence
Congratulations you made a headcanon that I've never heard of before and makes perfect sense I'll try to spread it. Though what manehattan made out of if not steel beams, enchanted gold alloy?
P.M. should have answered “ How about this I take off my mask but be warned there's a curse on me so If you ever tell anyone what's under my mask you turn in to what I am.” If I was him I’d be messing with people at every turn like that.
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Will he be able to make character personalities? I mean like antonyms puppets with the personality of the character almost like an NPC. Though a Maxwell(from don't starve) style shadow puppet would be interesting. I.E. the P.M. splits off part of his mind to give the puppet some attonamy I would make a limit to how many he can make and allow for more interesting puppet conversations.
I'm finding it difficult to think of a healer you could use but I’m a firm believer in the saying, every team needs a healer so I sall keep looking and finally I’m hoping for a desert island base just because the evil con carne base would be a halareas addition to the story and rainbow would have the needed air space.vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/evilconcarne/images/5/5e/Bunny_Island.png/revision/latest?cb=20140929162335
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He said no to darth vader because he considered him an anti hero so I doubt the TF2 guys would count. But spyke with a medigun would be awesome.
wait I just realized
I don't remember another story where people actually explore the space between dimensions without constantly running into another pony world this fic is full of original ideas. I'm hoping they find an opening to another non pony dimension altogether maybe a medieval world, he could trade with for metal.
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Probly but they do have somewhat tragic backstories or so some fanfics say, theres not much to work with for backstories from the comics, only heavies home and reason for joining is revealed, his poor family was in need of money to survive, he was trapped in the war for what could have been years, same for medic, something woild have happened for him to snap and become psychotic, same for the pyro, the same could be said for them all, and even then, they are chaotic nuetral, chaotic evil at best. For gray mann, he was a villain, at best. Abandoned then kidnapped at birth, raised by eagles and got very wealthy and made a robotic army to take over a very controlling company that most likley controls most of the planets resources? Sounds pretty evil to me, especially since he killed his brothers for the company without a second thought.
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Ok grey mann I agree with but the rest are still anti heros the only reason I wouldn't out right call them heroes is because of all the celebrity killing they do.41.media.tumblr.com/dfdaab77def89dfc95cacc1fe94fe205/tumblr_ms7xjaJ7o11qchta7o1_500.png i.imgur.com/KEI4Kvp.png You know it's funny I was going to suggest medic from TF2 be the P.M.s healer before I saw your comment but I release all of the shady things he did were neutral at best worst. Though I could definitely see spike or twilight joining P.M. and learning how to use the medigun.
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What you showed me there was soldier being soldier, he is, well.... more complicated, he has kind of hints of a tragic backstory, that is probably what prompted him to become, well, a soldier, a psychotic one but still, GLaDOS, killed an entire facilities worth of people and saved more for testing to kill when she was done with them, the same could be said aboit her being an anti hero.
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Heh my first comment debate, what fun!
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The tragic backstory doesn't make him an anti hero its the fact that he's a main character and is willing (VERY WILLING) to be tortured and not give up any info about his friends.
GLaDOS on the other hand was tragic but she did literally nothing good, she let the main character go true, but that was out of just being annoyed with the her. Thats why shes a sympathetic villain instead of an anti hero.
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True, soldier is... there, GLaDOS is made more humane in the second game with the reveal of her past and her vulnerability in the potato battery.
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GLaDOS is literally the textbook definition of a sympathetic villain for that reason.
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Absolutely, this was a very nice discussion, have a nice day. I'm heading off to bed.
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Here's hoping Starswirl isn't planning on pulling an Aerith, otherwise Xander's going to feel mighty embarrassed.
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He'd only pull that if someone pulled a Sephiroth.
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I was referring to the part where she decided to not have Phoenix Down get used on her, for no reason other than making drama. Really, anyone can pull a 'suddenly get backstabbed out of nowhere'.
8638661which only happened because seph showed up.
Don't they all have fingers as anthros?
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Thanks for the edits! As for autonomy, the puppets really don't allow for it, truly the character to master Multitasking thus far, and as for
Chaos Spawn- *BLARGHHhhh* *queue Blam of a commissar pistol and replacement clone of author* did it first
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War is hard to judge who is being a good guy or a bad guy. Take Star Wars, where in one light the government is trying to stop rebels from toppling the government while a culture clash of the dark side and the light side (not good and evil mind you but different ways of thinking) of magical space wizards called Jedi and Sith are trying to dethrone each other once and for all. These rebels do terrorist actions, like opening firefights in the middle of civilian centers, Bringing illegal weapons out of the market and using them with overkill amounts of force (Chewies Bowcaster is a prime example of this, or Hans pistol lore wise). These Rebels, Smugglers, and jedi would normally be the villains from the government view but in their story they are the 'heroes'. This is a war, there are no good guys or bad guys. Just factions. Though to be honest, the government side should be much better since it enforces socialbility (Dark side, you have friends and family and loved ones, Light side 'DETACH YOUSELF FROM EVERRRYYYOONNEEEEEEEE'), preservance of life (Droids v Clones, which has a higher body count? Clones. Droids are machines, and can be rebuilt. Clones are literally individuals made in a tank so that people can be comfortable with a slave army.) These movies really just say screw mega-corporations in the first 3 movies and then screw the government in general in the rest so far. Star wars acceled mostly in creating personal stories, but the term heroes and villains can't really apply expertly when it shows mostly just one side of a war. Vader became an Anti-hero in the end after having 3 movies of being a hero, a momentary change of being a villain for two movies, then on the last movie where he died, having a heel turn to save his son.
Also if anyone tells me to put Kylo Ren in as a tragic villain. He's just a big dumb edgy jerk with the personality and backstory of a really really bad Mary Sue / OC.
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I'd rate them a 2.5 on this scale.
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Tall as the 3 but with the 2's hooves.
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Final Fantasy has a massive load of those moments, Like being unable to cure the Petrified twins in FF4 because 'they willingly turned themselves to stone' as a restriction to stop things like Golden Needle or Panacea. Despite them LATER COMING BACK FOR SOME REASON. Seriously no one dies in FF4 despite like 4 people being 'killed off' everyone either ends up in deep sleep, surviving impossible explosions (like falling several miles after an airship exploded), or coming back after party saving suicide in the case of the twins. The only hero who seems to really die died of old age and mana-overuse.
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I disagree completely he has the personality and backstory of a really really bad red and black alicorn OC. There verry different and but hurt in simaler ways.
I have one question is tank also in the mountain because his episode was before mare do well and him with the propeller and bowser type spikes would be awesome.
Here's a list of episodes I can't wait for and why
1)Secret of My Excess - obvious reasons Though some advice don't have spike turn into a teenager at the end for no reason a LOT of fics decide to do that instead of giving him something else to make him cool and it's been done so many times it's almost expected.
2) The Last Roundup-MIGHT have some potential but thats up to how you want to use applejack at her lowest.
3)The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000- I just love flim and flam no other reason really other than there teck geniuses and are more than likely willing to make deals with P.M.
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Tank is indeed in the mountain, and I was super tempted to dress him up in a Smaugh costume to call him the 'Tank under the mountain, his noms are adorbs, his speed, faster than any turtle has gone before. ' But this Bowser idea is hillarious as well. I'll see about it.
As for the spike episode, I do have plans, but I'm not sharing them yet.
Flim and Flam were great at invention, sad they try to con everyone and make unnecessary bets. They could of revolutionized the juicing industry in Equestria but the episode rewarded the idea of extended families and friends support and punished innovation as a result. So there is a good chance of a bit of change into that episode once we reach it.
Again, no spoilers. I do plan on skipping a few episodes, due to not wanting to interfere with the continuity a bit too much, but Rainbow really isn't in too big of a spotlight for a good portion of season 2, so few episodes she is in aside from playing backup might not change that much. I do plan on skipping some of the more tamer episodes, since things like Family Appreciation Day are far too small scale for anything interesting to occur that hasn't already happened anyway.
But steel is just a mixture of iron and carbon. Both of which should be in abundance if they have red blood, as hemoglobin is an organic compound made of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and iron.
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They might not know that...