3 - After Class
Class had ended, and Silver was about to depart when Lyra caught his eye and gestured with a twist of her head for him to go with her. Silver shared a sidelong glance with Celine, and soon both were moving after Lyra. She led them both into the dorms and entered a room, locking the door behind them, "Alright, David, my man, you're--"
Celine shoved Lyra with her magic, "You're testing my patience. His name is Silver Lining. And nopony bites his ear like that unless it's me."
Lyra snorted, then burst into laughter, "You are the most adorable thing, but seriously, don't do that ever again." She locked eyes with Silver, "Do you have any idea how illegal it is for unicorns to research outright war spells? I'm talking research as in learn what's already there!" She reached out and bopped Silver gently on the nose, making him frown, "Did you really make that on your own? Bon Bon owes me some bits. Humans aren't magic my flank."
Silver's confusion seemed to lift as he nodded his head, "I did. I took the symbols related to heat and pressure and played with them until I got it just right."
Lyra's brows raised as one, "Damn, son, that's so dangerous! Trained wizards lock themselves in dark holes in case they explode when they try that. You never know what you're going to get." Her horn glowed as she reached into Silver's saddlebags, rooting about.
Silver squeaked softly and swatted impotently at the magic, "Stop that! What are you looking for?"
Lyra snatched Silver's notes and brought it over, eyes scanning it quickly, "Your writing is awful. What is all this?"
Celine bared her teeth. With a bright flash, Lyra was pinned to the ground under her magic, "Enough! Stop ignoring me." Celine grabbed the notes out of Lyra's limp magical grip and gave it back to Silver as she stomped up to Lyra, "It is only because I know Silver rather likes you that I don't become more angry. Explain yourself. I am his first wife, and will protect him."
Silver flushed gently at the accusation, true as it may be. "It's true, she is, and she will."
Lyra sat up as the magic lessened, "Hey, relax. I'm on your side. I just wanted to see what you wrote down, chill. I was friends with Mr. Human over there long before you were, first wife." She shook herself out, then looked back at Silver, "How are you going to have a herd with one mare, or are you hiding a few others?"
Celine put herself between Silver and Lyra, "We have not selected a second mare. I have my eyes on one, but I respect Silver's decision to be patient."
Silver moved up and gently nipped one of Celine's ears gently, "Thank you for that, and relax. I really don't think Lyra is out to get us."
"I'm not," agreed Lyra. "You have no idea how happy I am to run into you again. So how's the horn life treating you?"
Silver wobbled a hoof, "Mostly good. I have an enchanting wife, made some friends. Rough got married to Trixie--"
Lyra's eyes went wide, "Beatrix Lulamoon, and Rough Draft? Seriously? That's a crazy couple!"
Silver smiled, "They love each other dearly. Uh, and I got my cutie mark recently for making that spell." He turned to display his scribbled notes of a mark when a knocking came from the door.
Lyra tilted her head before rising to answer it. On the other side of the door was Night Watch. "Hi. Mind if I join?"
Lyra stepped aside after a glance at the other's nodding heads and Night Watch trotted in, kicking the door shut behind herself. She looked over Lyra, "Lyra Heartstrings. I have orders about you."
Lyra blinked softly, "Good ones?"
Night flashed a bright smile, "I was told to stop you if you try to seduce Silver."
Lyra went red in her cheeks, "What if he seduces me, huh, did you think of that...?"
Celine's wings popped out wide, "He wouldn't! I think..." Her wings began to fold back in as she looked at Silver with fresh doubts.
Soon all their heads were directed at Silver and he began to squirm. If the age difference were ignored, he still kind of dug Lyra's energy, and his growing appreciation for pony anatomy said she wasn't an awful looker. "I would only do that if you suggested her first, my first wife."
Celine jerked back, "W-what? You, I mean... Thank you... Does... that mean I can resume looking?"
Night Watch adjusted her glasses idly, "What were you discussing before I got here?"
Lyra gestured at Silver, "Do you know what he did?"
Night tilted her head a little, "Which? That he's an alien?" Lyra nodded. "That he's had his age restored by Princess Luna?" Lyra nodded. "Or do you mean his terrifically illegal spellcrafting?"
Lyra threw out her forearms wide, "All of those things, but mostly the last one. You're a night guard, right?" It was Night's turn to nod, "So why isn't he already arrested? Not that I'm complaining."
Night directed a wing at Silver, "I reported him immediately, as it is my duty. Princess Luna said to continue watching him, and that she would bring the matter up with her sister immediately. That is all I know. No order was given to take him in, so I didn't."
Celine leaned in close to Silver, whispering, "Does it mean that?"
Silver leaned into her in return, rubbing his snout against hers softly, "I have questions about that, later." He turned to Lyra, "How long will you be here, at this school?"
Lyra shrugged her shoulders, "Well I have to be here for a year and change. After that, it's up to me. I could stay on, or go back to Ponyville and try to patch things up with Bon Bon." Those shoulders sagged, "It's been kind of lonely."
Night Watch tapped at her chin lightly, "Forty percent odds she's hoping Silver will feel bad."
Lyra blinked at Night, "What's the other sixty?"
Night shrugged softly, "Thirty says you're genuinely sad, twenty says you're directing it at me or Celine, but that would be ineffective at best."
Lyra shook her head, "You're a crazy bat--"
Night's wings flared and she bared her sharp teeth, "I am not a bat..." she growled out.
Lyra put up her hooves quickly, "Sorry sorry! Geeze, I didn't mean that. Peace."
Night huffed softly, then opened the door, "Come on, we can't sit here in Lyra's room all night. Questions would be asked."
Silver and Celine trotted out shortly, with Night trailing behind. Lyra called out before the door closed, "See you tomorrow!"
As they made the short trip back to their own room, Celine asked, "Do you fancy her?"
Silver rolled his shoulders, "I was told not to, because she's older than me now."
Night pressed at her glasses with a wingtip, "That is not an answer."
Silver huffed, "Let me be crude then. If she offered a fling, I'd probably... be really tempted, but I'm not hunting for flings. If Celine nominated her, I'd probably not object. She's crazy, but mostly the good kind. She likes me, and she likes playing the same things I do. We can talk without either of us feeling awkward. As a minor bonus, she already knows my past and likes it."
Celine rubbed up against Silver's side, "You would get sad, later."
Silver lifted his shoulders, "Isn't that always the case? Somepony has to die first, awful as that is to think about."
Night huffed softly, "Topic change, have you considered what specialty you wish?"
Silver paused in front of their door, "I've considered, but not decided. Is there a rush?"
Night shook her head, "Got all term to think about it." She reached with a wing and opened the door as well as a hand would. She trotted in at an easy pace, followed by Celine, and finally Silver.
Fast Change was there, asleep, as a female pegasus. Silver wondered a little at how he knew she was currently a she. The shape of the snout was a hint, but a dozen other little markers seemed to be obvious. "I didn't think he/she could be asleep while doing that," remarked Silver.
Night glanced at them, then shrugged softly, "It's clearly their special talent. You saw their cutie mark, didn't you? A unicorn working within their talent can do some amazing things."
Silver suddenly pointed out, "You know Lyra's a huge roleplaying fan."
Night blinked owlishly through her glasses, "She is?"
Silver bobbed his head, "I ran for her at the con. She has a human sorcerer she's really proud of."
Night smiled guardedly, "Maybe I'll forgive her the bat comment, this once."
Silver gave Night a hug before he realized what he was doing. Night was warm, soft, and rigid as a board. As he took quick note of this, the world spun around him. He hit the ground solidly and was left staring at the ceiling. "I... feel like I actually deserved that one..."
Night huffed, "You did. Ask next time." She looked to Celine, "Sorry for dinging your stallion, but he didn't keep his hooves to himself."
Celine didn't seem upset about the assault, simply helping Silver back up to his hooves. Celine looked Night over appraisingly, "That was a very smooth takedown."
Night smiled with pride, "It's preferable to subdue ponies without harming them. We're not savages after all." She reached out a hoof and softly tapped Silver on the nose, "You're still awkward."
Silver blushed softly, "It's... true, but I try? Sorry."
Night waved a wing dismissively, "I'll forgive you if you set up a Humanway game. This time, you run it, and Lyra and I will play."
Celine shuffled a little, "Can I also play?"
Night tilted her head at Celine, "Do you know how?"
Celine shook her head with wilted ears and Silver moved to nuzzle her frown away, "Don't worry, I'll show you. We'll have a character for you made up in a jiff."
Night clapped her hooves together, "Great, three players it is."
"Four," came a voice. They glanced over to see Fast Change sitting up. She looked at them as she stretched her wings, "Count me in. I don't know how to play that kinda thing, but I've heard of it."
Silver nodded at Fast Change. Showing two players was about as hard as showing one, in the end. He clapped his hooves together and rubbed them softly. "I have a gaming group. I didn't think that'd happen."
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5736565 Night Watch is the queen of subtlety. We have a picture of her now! I posted it in the latest chapter! Go look, now! EXCLAMATION POINT!!!
She came out adorably, my compliments to Sita Duncan, our talented Ponyfinder artist. I'll probably stuff her in a Ponyfinder book some day if the right spot crops up.
Back to the chapter! A lot of set-up, yes, and a little summarization for the last chapter. We gently closed that chapter and start the new one. We're not likely to see as much Rough Draft or Trixie this time through, and I will miss them both.
5736581 Her crime was using magic she wasn't rated to use. What more elegant solution than to ensure she knows how to use it safely? Celestia, always looking for the kind answer.
Picking up and moving her store from idyllic Ponyville to snooty Canterlot is a big request! Could she do it, maybe? But it wouldn't be nearly the same. She'd be dealing with a new city and a new client base. We shouldn't be too harsh on Bon Bon for not wanting to face that. She likes making her sweets for the small town of Ponyville, not facing random elite ponies in the city of unicorns. At least no one questions why an earth pony is preparing food in Ponyville.
Huh. Lyra rolled bluff. And it's not war magic Lyra. It's... a really enthusiastic... camping spell! For getting the fire started. With flair. Pizzah. He's Trixie's kid and pupil. Everything must have pizzah. It's in his Kid-Pupil Contract.
The term "glanced along" comes across as rather awkward. I'd changed that to "Silver shared a sidelong glance with Celine, and soon both were moving after Lyra."
I'm pretty sure that "pressing" should be "pressure." Also, there are two spaces between that and the subsequent "and."
The "that" isn't obvious insofar as what it means in this sentence. As such, I'd add an ellipsis here to signify the uncertainty. So it'd be "Does it mean that...?"
That's only another fifty percent. Also, the "Forty" at the beginning of Night Watch's first statement should be capitalized.
"Role-playing" should technically be hyphenated, though it's turned into a compound word often enough that that's becoming acceptable also, but it's not two separate words altogether.
Celine's answer surprised me, here. Can't she simply look through Silver's memories?
Knew there was a reason for Lyra doing that. Kinda don't like how... possesive you're making Celine but it's to be expected, I think.
5736627 All fixed! Learning a complex web of facts, that is, a game, would take quite some digging... also she may just want to spend time with Silver, so learning the old fashioned way wouldn't be that bad, would it?
5736657 Hardly a new development, but they've been together for a while now, allowing patterns to deepen a little.
5736755 After somepony said they couldn't get even the start of how Night Watch looked, I had to have her drawn, so here she is.
It's amusing to consider that Lyra is probably the one pony that Celine wouldn't approve of. That's something of an overstatement, since she wants Silver to be happy (and recognizes that he liked Lyra before she ensorcelled him way back), but there's still an element of truth to it. The scene where Celine lost her temper at Lyra ignoring her really put the dynamic between them on display - Celine may consider herself the "first wife" of the group, which she clearly feels gives her some sort of rank over other mares in their herd, but it's equally clear that Lyra couldn't care less about hierarchies or social expectations, and is willing to brush Celine off as being a third wheel. Given that she's part of Luna, I can just see Celine bristling at that treatment.
Night Watch's casual mention that she reported Silver to Princess Luna for researching illegal magic was also a very subtle watershed moment. While she may like Silver, her duty quite clearly comes first. Given that, one wonders how things would go down if there was ever a moment when her duties conflicted with her personal desires. At the moment, duty would clearly win out, but it's still an interesting scenario to ponder.
Sita's artistic skills are on full display with Night Watch's picture - that artwork is incredible! Between the glasses and the "tails" in the front of her mane, she really has the whole "geek girl" thing going on. Her entire portrait, in fact, has a very "busy" feel to it - I mean that in a good way, as there's no part of her doesn't look ornamental, what with her wings, tail, mane, and cutie mark.
ok this chapter is a bit different in a vary good way.
night wing is starting to warm up to silver she only threw him on the ground but I think she enjoyed doing it.
I know she side she was not interested in joining the heard but Celine has her eye on a new mare, how is it.
5737030 Celine has her eyes open, but there are a few mares that Silver seems to have some amount of interest in.
I like the picture of Night Watch
5737064 I really like how she came out.
5736935 Sorry for the massive delay. Today was the Patreon game day which tied me up nicely, and I have another game to run later, arg!
I always look forward to your digging into things. I really liked how Night Watch came out, heck, it's cuter than what was originally in my head. Leave it to a good artist to create a great image! There are some deep sad things that I just realized for the future of the series that really puts Celine's actions in focus a bit, but I don't want to share right here just yet.
Night Watch is warming up to the group dynamic, but does hold her professional self up above any 'fun' she may have with Silver. She is the willing pair of eyes for Luna, and takes that quite seriously.
Lyra is, well, I like Lyra, at least this particular fandom representation of this otherwise unremarkable background pony. She's doing her time, but she's doing it well. She's not the best teacher ever, but she's putting sincere energy into it and trying to do best by the students in her care. I feel like she has grown a bit since last we saw her. I also feel her break from Bon Bon was a part of that growth, of accepting that something painful happened as a result of her own actions.
Fast Change remains a pretty big wild card in the group. Will he/she get more involved, and in what way? We will find out!
Trixie can also be short for "Patricia", but I think her full legal name (according to Hasbro) is actually Trixie Lulamoon.
I did.
Is Night's picture the Everglow version? She seems furry and bony compared to normal ponies. (And she's wearing old-lady glasses, poor girl. She must be practically blind.)
Me just reading along this story. Munchin sum peanut butter well not really munchin cause peanut butter is not crunchy. Unless you get the crunchy peanut butter. Peanut butter is best food. So anyway I was reading this story. Eating peanut butter. When suddenly this wierd picture freaked me out. Until I realized it was night watch not some terrible computer monster. That will jump out and eat me. Oh yeah peanut butter is best smooth.
5930463 Night Watch is the guard Canterlot needs, not the one it wants.
Night watch has a really peculiar design.
6217581 Details?
Night directed a wing at Silver, "I reported him immediately, as is my duty. Princess Luna said to continue watching him, and that she would bring the matter up with her sister immediately. That is all I know. No order was given to take him in, so I didn't."
Correction:Night directed a wing at Silver, "I reported him immediately, as it is my duty. Princess Luna said to continue watching him, and that she would bring the matter up with her sister immediately. That is all I know. No order was given to take him in, so I didn't."
6286689 Typos fixed.
6286769 Question: So, do stallions/ colts have to ask permission to physically touch a mare, any mare? Or is it just mares that a stallion/ colt isn't herded with? I guess I don't understand why Night Watch would react so ... violently to Silver just touching her. Or was she trained so much that it became an automatic response/ reflex to use a takedown move on ponies who don't announce their intention to physically touch her?
6740939 More Night Watch. Pinkie Pie is not going to hurt a pony for friendly casual contact. She probably wouldn't even think about it until it went towards creepy territory. Which is to say, it's kinda individual, just like people. Some people don't mind touching, some people do the touching all the time, and some people get really upset when you go poking them without permission.
5930469 Agreed little bit freaking me out, I like this 4th gen version a little better http://www.deviantart.com/art/Night-Watch-351459117
6918673 What's freaking you out? Night Watch has a picture all her own.
Not quite sure what you're going for here. I think these pronouns need a little bit of clarification.
5736577 Image link broken. Just as well I happen to have that book.
Also, if they knew that spell was illegal, why did nobody tell Silver?
7154954 It's a throwback to earlier in the conversation when he admitted he would accept Lyra if Celine nominated her, and Celine responded by asking if that meant she could resume looking?
Because that was the most important part of the revelation to her, her mind was stuck on it and wanted him to answer.
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I was going to ask that same question. I guess she's kinda' got an archive of his memories in a corner of her head, and not actual memories that would just be there?
Ah, I see. Well, I assume war spells aren’t forbidden if they’re related to someone’s talent.
Wow. Being changed into a pony while in Equestria is one thing, but it really breaks the suspension of disbelief to see him get a gaming group together this easily. Especially with a spouse who is interested. Please stick to believable fiction.
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Did I go too far? Sorry.
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Forever dm
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BACK OF YOU TURD FLINGIN HATER THIS STORY AND THE OTHERS RELATED ARE MASTERPIECES
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It's alright. I'm 78.27349% sure that's a joke.
I feel like that is something either one of them should have thought to mention to him before he demonstrated the spell he is certain to be most proud of, if not the only one he knows, in public. Bad tiny Luna bad!
Loving the series though!