26. Five
Orchid squeezed me tightly and then smooshed my face right in front of everypony else in the restaurant.
“I can’t believe you’re getting married! And so soon!” she squealed in delight.
I swatted at her hooves. “Engaged, Orchid, we’re just engaged. Married comes later. We haven’t set a date yet but yes, it was a little fast. I just know she is right for me.”
“Well, maybe it’s not too fast, actually. You two have been sniffing around each other for a while.”
My brow shot up. “Sniffing around?”
“You know what I mean,” Orchid said with a wink.
I didn’t.
She laughed, then wagged a hoof at me. “Anyway, I don’t know her well, but I know she is a doll. You treat her right!”
“I hear that a lot…” I peered at her. Orchid out of uniform was odd. She was also extremely pregnant now. “Is everything still on time?”
She nodded and settled her hooves over her belly. “Yes, we’re down to two months. This little stallion is wearing me down, too. Third or not, I’m not as young as I used to be. He’s been making studying a lot harder.”
I chuckled at that. “I see. About time some stallion stood up to you. Isn’t the birth going to mess up your training schedule?”
Orchid lightly flicked my forehead with a hoof. “I’ll remember that crack once he is born and I’m back in shape.” She shook her head. “No, I started early enough and I’m on an accelerated track. I should graduate, have the foal, do maternity leave, and start with a new position after.”
“And what position are you looking at?”
“Most likely, I’ll be in with the City Guard’s support company. Evidently, they’ve been understaffed for a while and the palace has been doing a lot of their work. I’ll be sure to come visit you, though.”
“I’m sure you’ll be running the place within a week. Those other warrant officers won’t know what hit them,” I teased.
The mare smiled and shook her head. “I’m not so sure about that. I’m learning, but honestly, there is a lot to this. I thought it would be easier. Still, it will be a better fit.”
With a shake of my head, I looped a hoof around her shoulders. “No, it will be a good fit. We’ll never quite be the same without you,” I said, hugging her tight.
“Aww, Silent Knight, don’t say stuff like that.”
I pulled back to look at her with my most serious expression. “It’s true.”
“Oh, I know!” she said, reaching into her bag and getting a kerchief to dab her eyes. “When you say it now, though, with all of these hormones, it makes me cry.”
I chuckled. “I’m sorry. Would you rather I be mean to you?”
She shook her head. “No, but you could take me for a dessert after lunch. Maybe buy me a cookie?”
With a feigned frown, I sighed. “Leave it to you to work me for an angle. Come on, let’s go over to Sunridge Sweets and get you a cookie.”
“And a milkshake,” she added.
“And a milkshake.”
“And maybe we stop for some vinegar chips on the way?”
“Anything else?” I asked, brow arched.
Orchid shook her head. I settled our bill and we headed out to go find a strange combination of foods for her.
☾
The wind whipped along my body as I few east from Canterlot. Nova was tailing along behind me as we started to descend from the peaks of Alicorn Spire.
“I thought we were going to work out, sir,” Nova called to me.
“We are,” I replied over my shoulder.
“In case you missed it, we passed about six gyms, sir. Then the city.”
“I’m aware.” I pointed a hoof down at the small Equestrian Army outpost that was near Canterlot and started to drift towards it. Just before we reached the main gate, I made a hard left turn and landed in the nearby town that serviced it.
Nova looked around. “This is pretty far from home.”
“It is,” I said evenly before trotting over to a squat building and knocking on the door three times.
The door opened to reveal Steel Wings. “You’re late.” He then looked past me. “Who’s she?”
Nova didn’t give me any chance to answer. “The medic. I’m not a fan of your training practices and I’m here to make certain you play nice.”
Steel Wings snorted and looked at me. “Seriously?”
“Yes, seriously!” Nova interjected, getting right up in his face. “Listen here, Chief. I’m not afraid of you. I don’t care who you are. You put my commander in a cast and if that happens again I’m going to tell his commander.”
The older pegasus glared at Nova. She glared back. He then looked at me. I just shrugged and said, “Her way or no way at this point.”
“Get inside, both of you,” he growled before slamming the door behind us once we were through.
To my surprise, the chief had actually set up a nice training space. There was a big matted area, several training dummies, and some weights. To my further surprise, Tranquil Dusk and Crimson Dawn were standing inside.
“Hello, Silent Knight,” Dusk said politely.
“Dusk, Crimson,” I replied, nodding. “I guess the chief didn’t do a good job of dissuading you.”
Steel Wings snorted. “Their minds were made up before our first session. Don’t go blaming me.”
“Made up about what?” Nova asked.
We all looked her way and I replied, “To do this kind of training. I don’t think it’s right for them, but they’re old enough to make their own mistakes.”
Nova’s eyes narrowed. “And what kind of training is this, exactly?”
“More intense combat training,” I said quickly, making sure no other pony spoke.
Her expression didn’t soften. “And you’re going to do it here. Out of sight. And then what? Bring it back and teach the unit?”
I shook my head. “No, the unit doesn’t need this. They’re more than capable of defending the princess.”
“Versus… say… what is it you’re learning to do here?” Nova asked suspiciously.
The chief looked my way and then the room went cold. I cleared my throat and replied, “This is more offensive.”
Nova flicked her wings. “For what purpose?”
“Just to be prepared in the event we get in a situation like the one in Nordanver,” I said, telling a half-truth.
The pegasus mare looked at each of us. “So, the House Guard commander, an Army armsmaster, and two ponies I’m pretty sure are civilians… are just meeting far away from Canterlot in an unassuming building to train just in case.”
“To be prepared,” I repeated.
“And you brought me here and thought I’d buy that, sir?” Nova frowned. “If you were going to lie, why not just lie and not bring me?”
Steel Wings cleared his throat but I waved him off and replied, “You’d see the injuries and report it. I also agreed you could monitor the training. I don’t take giving my word lightly.”
“Commendable. So you just hoped that you could bring me along and I’d buy the preparation line?”
“It isn’t a line. We’re training to be prepared.”
“Prepared for what, sir?” Nova pressed.
Steel Wings cleared his throat louder and then stepped forwards. “The lieutenant and I have a mission and it is going to need a unit. A very specific unit with a specific purpose.”
Nova’s ears twitched. “And what kind of unit would that be?”
Chief walked closer and put on a firm face. “The kind of unit command knows we need but can’t bring themselves to create officially. The kind of unit normal ponies don’t need to know exists. The kind of unit that, if discovered, results in the loss of my status and the lieutenant’s pretty bar. The kind of unit that exists to do a job that simply has to be done.”
He’d used my line. It was a powerful one, or so I thought. All eyes were on Nova.
“What is the job?” Nova asked.
“Classified,” Steel Wings replied.
“Crabapples. Option A: You don’t tell me, I report it, and maybe stop this before you all do something stupid. Option B: You tell me and maybe I believe you enough to go with it.”
I nodded. “We’re working with Guard Intelligence. We—”
“Sir!” Steel Wings cut me off.
“She’s right, Chief, and we could use a good medic.” I shifted my attention back to Nova. “Intelligence is tracking the gryphon that tried to capture Princess Luna. They’re pretty sure it wasn’t a ransom plot. They think it was a politically motivated assassination attempt. We’d like to know what the motivation was and to make sure the involved parties can’t conduct a similar attempt in the future.”
She blinked in surprise. “You’re all Guard Intelligence?”
I shook my head. “No, we’re not. We’re working with them though. At least some faction within intelligence. Maybe the EIS. Either way my contact is pretty high up and I can’t name names.”
Her surprise turned into confusion. “Then this is sanctioned?”
Steel Wings laughed. “Nopony would ever sanction this sort of thing. No, intelligence will push us to do what needs to be done and if it goes south we’re easily written off as vengeance seeking vigilantes. Nice and tidy.”
Nova shook her head and looked at me. “But, sir… your career.”
“You don’t get to kill my ponies and walk away without repercussions,” I said flatly.
“So you’re going to go over there and capture him? That’s crazy,” Nova replied just as flatly.
“You’re right, which is why that isn’t the plan.”
Nova peered at me. “Then what is the plan?”
I shook my head. “Classified. You know more than enough to make your decision. Now you’re here to make sure we don’t hurt ourselves in our preparations. If anypony ever asks you what’s going on you don’t know enough for them to stop us and, more importantly, you were just doing your job.”
“And if I want in?”
My brow raised in brief surprise. “That isn’t why you’re here. Monitor training, make sure it is safe, and keep us healthy. I’m not looking to put more ponies in harm’s way.”
“Crabapples again!” Nova’s hoof stabbed at Tranquil Dusk and Crimson Dawn. “They’re kids. Civilian kids. They pass muster, but I don’t? Crabapples! Tell me they’re some kind of deep cover… whatever kind of ponies they are and I’ll budge, but otherwise I’m not falling for this line, either.”
Crimson Dawn’s nostrils flared. “We are not kids. We are adults in our society and in yours. It is our choice to help. Do not underestimate our abilities.”
Nova’s wings twitched. “Sir, surely you’re kidding me.”
“They’re scouts, Nova. They’re exceptional scouts too. We can learn a lot from them.”
“Fine, sir! They’re scouts. I’m a trained royal guard and a medic. You’re going to need a medic. Especially if this level of training is necessary for whatever it is you’re going to do exactly.”
“You’ll risk your career,” I countered. “You’ll have to mislead other ponies, including ones you care about.”
Nova frowned and then looked past me at the twins. “And you two, you’re really alright with all of this? Are all of your kind crazy?”
Tranquil Dusk stepped forwards and replied firmly, “We go where the Knight of the Moon goes.”
Nova blinked. “The what?”
I waved a hoof. “That isn’t important. They’re a little misguided, but I couldn’t talk them out of this. So now I just have to make sure they’re prepared and stay to their specific mission.”
The pegasus mare turned to Steel Wings. “Will you be vengeance-seeking vigilantes, or is this a by-the-book military operation?”
“There isn’t a book for this one. The lieutenant has been running it like an official operation thus far. He’s right, too. We’ll find out the political agenda to better serve the princesses but—”
“He doesn’t escape this time. He’s done, captured or dead,” I said sharply, cutting the chief off.
“And if I want to walk out right now and report all of this?” Nova asked, taking a step away from us.
“Your call. I wouldn’t think any less of you,” I responded.
She slowly eyed each one of us. “You’re definitely going to need a medic.”
What could I say to that? She was right. “Yeah, yeah, we are.”
Nova shifted. “There is no capturing this bird, is there? You’re expecting to kill him.”
I nodded.
There was a long pause before Nova released a short sigh. “Okay.”
“Okay?” I asked.
“Yes, okay. Not yay, not good, not hurray. Okay. I get it. I honestly do. You’re going to need a medic, period. So, no, I don’t want to go kill some gryphon, but I’ll make sure that—if that’s what you’re going to do—you’ll be fit when the time comes and that you’ll survive it. Okay?”
I nodded. “Okay.”
Nova wheeled on the chief. “And no more of this stress fracture, beat-them-up bravado junk. If you want these ponies to be combat-ready, they can’t have lingering injuries that could have been avoided. Safe training, or I’ll figure out some way to burn you and save the lieutenant. Are we clear?”
Steel Wings blinked and then his stern impression came back. He tapped his chief pin and then his armsmaster pin.
Nova glared and tapped her medic pin. “That chief pin doesn’t mean jack in this room. Nor does that armsmaster badge. You’re a nopony in here and I’m a doctor. The doctor says safe training or no training. Do you understand mister?”
His feathers were literally ruffled as he started to yell, “Now, listen here, you big-headed, fu—”
“Chief!” I cut in. “She’s right, again. If we’re running this like a real unit, then I’m the CO and you’re my advisor. No more hard stuff. That’s an order.”
“Yes, sir,” he groused.
I turned to Nova and added, “And off the books or not, personal issues or not, you’ll respect the rank even if you don’t respect the pony. Clear?”
Nova flushed. It looked like she was going to argue, but instead she replied, “Yes, sir. My apologies, Chief.”
“Great, thanks.” Steel Wings rolled his eyes. “Now if we’re done with all of this touchy-feely stuff, we’re way behind. It’s time to get started.”
“Agreed,” I replied. “We’re all yours, Chief.”
Nova looked over at me. “One more thing. What are you calling this little operation?”
“We’re not,” I replied.
She raised one brow. “Shouldn’t we at least have a unit name?”
Crimson Dawn chimed in, “We should! Something that will strike fear into the hearts of our enemies. We could be the Wolverines!”
“What in Equestria is a wolverine?” Steel asked before spitting. “No, it has to be something less obscure. More official sounding. How about the Equestria Protection Society?”
Nova snorted. “That makes it sound like we’re official. We shouldn’t do that. Plus, others may want to join something like that.”
“Nightwatch,” came a soft voice.
“Listen here, the EPS would be a fine-sounding organization!” the chief shot back, missing it.
Crimson glared at them. “Wolverines aren’t obscure!”
“I actually agree with the chief that they are,” Nova replied.
My ear flicked and I turned to Tranquil. “Say again?”
The others fell silent and looked to the black-winged pegasus. “Nightwatch,” she repeated.
“Nightwatch it is,” I said. “Now, let’s get to that training.”
☾
The condo that Crystal Wishes and Velvet Step shared was a sea of bridal magazines, color samples, and other wedding paraphernalia. Most of the stuff was left over from Raven’s actual wedding and their friend Horsey’s semi-pretend one. Now they were being repurposed for our wedding.
“I know I saw it in one of these. When I was looking for Horsey, I saw the dress and thought it was for me,” Crystal explained.
Velvet shrugged and replied, “I told you to mark them.”
“No, you didn’t! You teased me about planning my own wedding.”
“Actually, that does sound more like me. You still should have marked them!”
Crystal glared at Velvet and then went back to furiously flipping through magazines.
I’d given up looking for the dress she’d described. Without a doubt, I had found it six times, but every time I asked if this one was right both mares had told me no. I wasn’t even sure how Velvet could know! That was okay, though. It allowed me the time to take a nap. I’d been working days and training nights, and that was wearing me out.
Vaguely, I heard the sound of a hoof knocking against the door.
“Would you get that for me, please?” Crystal asked in my direction.
I shifted under the weight of fabric swatches and magazines. “Yes,” I replied as the bits and bobs fell off me and onto the floor.
Velvet giggled and tried to look innocent. Evidently, she’d been attempting to cover me up and out of existence. I made my way to the condo’s door and opened it without dignifying her actions with a second glance.
I found a light-yellow-cream-colored unicorn mare waiting and looking confused to see me. Her mane was impressive. It was brown with highlights that faded from purple, to pink in the middle, and blue at the tips and all done up in a really fancy style. A pony this classy had to be one of Crystal’s friends.
“Hello,” I said.
“Hi. I’m looking for Crystal Wishes… she still lives here, right?”
Looking over my shoulder at the wreck that had become of the condo, I shrugged. “I wouldn’t call this living, but yes. Please come in.”
The unicorn nodded and walked past me until she spotted Crystal and Velvet nestled in the middle of the maelstrom. “What is all of this, Crystal?”
Crystal looked up and then stared in horror. “Painted Wave! Our meeting! I’m so sorry. What time is it?” She looked at the clock on the wall. “I missed it. I’m sorry! We got so caught up in this… Please come in and have a seat.” She went to my sleeping couch and pushed the rest of the stuff unceremoniously off onto the floor.
The pony who I had now learned was Painted Wave smirked and settled on the couch. “It’s no problem. Cute door stallion, by the way.”
Then Crystal paused, looked at me, and frowned. “Wait, door stallion? Oh, no. That is just Silent Knight, my fiancé.”
‘Just Silent Knight,’ huh? Lovely.
“Oh, he looks like a keeper. Good help is so hard to find, after all.” Painted winked and looked at all the mess. “Getting married, then?”
Crystal and Velvet started to try to clean up. I went over to help. “Eventually,” Crystal said. “He actually just proposed a little while ago. I’m getting ahead of myself. I really am sorry you had to come all the way here because I was playing princess.”
“We’ll just call it research for the next book, okay?” Painted Wave said in amusement.
“Yes, please. Can we still have the meeting? The publisher is really on me about getting this all done. Would you care for some tea?”
Painted Wave nodded and methodically listed off her responses to the rapid-fire questions. “That’s why I dropped in. I have some great ideas to run by you. And tea would be lovely, thank you.”
Crystal handed twelve of Raven’s ‘idea books’ to Velvet, leaving little more than her hooves visible. “You remember Velvet, of course?”
“I do. It’s nice to see that she has gotten behind your books… and that she supports them,” Painted joked.
Crystal paused and then looked at Velvet. After a moment of thought, she laughed and waved a hoof. “Oh, you.” She then hurried off to make the tea and I took half of the books from Velvet so that she could see.
“What do we do with these?” I asked.
Velvet responded happily, “File them with the others!” She indicated to a bookshelf that was quite literally half full with the things. I headed over to put my share away.
“That is quite the library,” Painted Wave said as she watched us. “You’ll be able to have three different weddings and pick the one you like best.”
Three weddings. It was kind of funny but true: first Raven, then Horsey, now us. Eventually, anyway.
Velvet’s eyes went wide. “That’s a great plan! I’ll go tell Crystal!” She hurried off into the kitchen.
I sat in the mess and picked up some fabric swatches to look at. There were some good blue ones.
“How much of this do you have a say in?” Painted Wave asked idly.
“Me?” I blinked at her. “None thus far. You were right about me being the help, honestly.”
Painted Wave laughed and replied, “Well, there is a reason it is called MARE-iage.”
And then there were five. I am also extremely happy to get this Painted Wave scene in. I've had it written for months! Puns everywhere!
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No matter how this sidemission ends Silent will have pay deeply for it.
"Nightwatch" is a classic, it has a good vibe to it, it fits the unit quite well... but I still think you could have done better, friend.
6286089 I think there is some merit to this. We'll have to see how it all pans out.
6286100 It's actually a Babylon 5 reference ;D Mixed with the title of the chapter.
6286104
I know, I know... We just have a ton of "Nightwatches" around, you are aware. A unique unit in a unique story could have done better after all.
I've loved this series more than any other on FiMfiction. I really wish there were more Royal Guard stories, or at least some decent OC centered ones.
6286112 Eh, I honestly don't spend a ton of time reading on this site (since putting out two chapters a week, every week, for months takes time). I wasn't aware that it was common. Plus, again, it was a B5 reference, not a reference to anything here and the whole thing was a joke. I'm happy with it =)
6286122 Thank you very much! I'm glad you're enjoying it. This site could use more OC stories for sure ;D
That pun was so bad it almost hurt. I just finished a story, which happened to have a marriage scene in one of the final chapters, and I think given Crystal and Silent had a trip to the Crystal Empire said mare might want to have flowers from the Empire. I tacked on "jeweled" to the front of the name of of the flowers because 'crystal' in name of the flowers didn't feel right to me. They can keep "Crystal beries" and other "Crystal" fruits, but I saying "jeweled" flowers sounds better.
6286122
You might want to check out The Dusk Guard: Rise if you want OC-centered Guard stories. I also like Twilight Sparkle of the Royal Guard and its in progress sequel, but that one doesn't have so much of the guard structure... I mean, it does, it has the ranks and stuff, but when a simple mission where she's the only guard goes south, it ends up mostly her. And a couple others, but...mostly her.
Ahh, the plot thickens. The excitement is building. :3
6286162 Yeah, I loved writing it. One of the challenges Painted gave us when we talked about her cameoing was that PW the pony likes to make puns. I was thrilled with that one!
6286200 Yessir! Moving right along.
Well this is gearing up to be really good. I can just feel it haha!
Any way, it's good to see that Nova didn't snitch on them. I can see that her moral compass was really being tested there. I'm pretty sure that she has made a good, sound decision. Now hopefully the Chief will show some restraint and not run SK through the ground as much. Nova had a good point, you can't expect physical combat training to better a soldier when most of their time is spent healing and recovering from injuries. She will make a good addition to the team.
Oh yeah, by the way...
LOVE that Red Dawn reference there!!
6286307 THANK YOU! I've been waiting forever for someone to make the connection on his name and that ^_^
So, regarding the name of the unit, there was an error at the printer's.
They'll either have to pay for more shirts, or start calling themselves "Nightwish" and hope that gryphons don't know anything about power metal.
Option 2 seems like the better one, personally.
6286347 Ah I like Nightwish! Great band. At least before they lost their lead singer.
Nightwatch.... yikes. Currently that name is affiliated with a Secret Police in a Nightmare Wins universe. I can't wait to see what the Nightwatch in THIS universe does.
The Nox ponies, the medic, the armsmaster, and Silent.... Oh dear, may the Alicorns be with you....
And Silent... Silent my dear boy, this is going to cut you deeply whether you kill the gryphon or not. i almost feel sorry for you. But you brought this on yourself. I love the Medic just shoehorning herself into this.
I don't mean the writing seems forced, as the whole thing seems perfectly natural for the characters, I just mean that Nova shoehorned herself into the mission quite well. 
Now then, I think I'm going to enjoy this. Greatly. 
6286368 *Alondro shrugs and stabs the griffon, bathes in the bloodspray, offers the heart to a dark god, puts the brains in a sammich* What? It's not like they're ponies, or anything important!
*OMG!! SOMUCHRACISM!!*
This pun is ... Nova is too nice with SK project
So the reason we didn't hear about mares mobbing Silent Knight the moment he returned was that he got knocked out and couldn't remember right?
6286100
Eh generic is probably better for a unit that isn't suppose to exist. It is likely if someone heard them refer to it they wouldn't even think it was referring to something specific and assume they just meant guard duty at night.
Nice job with this chapter. I enjoyed it. I do wonder what Crystal's take would be one Silent's training. Great job.
6286461
A valid point. Yet I believe that if they ever end up in a situation of someone overhearing them, then it means that they were unfit for a task of such confidentiality in the first place.
6286368 That sounds like a B5 reference too! They were employed similarly.
6286393 He doesn't hate ALL gryphons! Well, at least I think he doesn't. ;D
6286397 Best pun ever? :D Building Nova to this point was somewhat of a challenge. I knew she wouldn't just go along with it. We also don't know that she is actually onboard.
6286449 No self-respecting pegasus warrior would admit to such a thing!
6286469 Thank you!
Oh Nova, you're doing what you think is right, but this tea might be too heavy in which to steep yourself.
Crystal is sooo cute when she's fetlock deep in research material and flustered to boot. Velvet helping as much as she annoys is also a pleasure.
And Painted Wave. Say what you will of puns but I love em.
Mare-iage is what brings us together today.
6286352
Well, you heard him, everyone. They are now Nightwish.
No take-backs.
Lol. Nightwatch is my OC's name.
I am disappointed in the lack of Dot since a lot of chapters!
6285836 My eyes literally gone derpy when I saw the latest increse of discussions here. #ExtremeLackOfEyeFocus
And you haven't answered if I count as a polite commenter...
6286352 they got a new one some tall dutch girl. she actually sounds pretty good
So I see they are forming the A team of ponies now, they even got a medic so its official. and run silent! run before your buried under the marriage stuff! save yourself! anyway this was a good chapter. and it was nice to see orchid again too. Im curious as to how far they will go before the achive their objective or get caught. A great chapter cant wait till next one
that last line... bad pun is bad! I loved it
So, the dragons are going to remain a noodle incident for the time being?
Sniffing around is a funny way of describing it, but not inaccurate.
A cookie, a milkshake, and vinegar chips? Well, two out of three ain't bad.
Oh great, so now Nova is involved in the conspiracy to earn dishonorable discharges.
That feels like a suggestion that has seen history behind it.
Silent the door stallion? Hahaha.
6286515 Puns are the greatest! Especially when they're from PW.
6286530 An additional slight reference to Spaceballs =D Marewij
6286925 It is a good name ^_^
6287089 Dot will return. I've several things planned for her. Silent has just been really busy lately.
6287103 You usually do.
6287120 I'll have to check that out. I felt like it was time to see some Orchid. She is really one of my favorite characters. There just wasn't a lot of direction for her to go in though with this plot.
6287470 Why thank you!
6287484
Ask again Monday ;D
Nova is doing what she thinks is best to protect SK. Also, you know you loved that pun!
6287653 The new album is abit trippy, I think the theme is all connection with the universe and such. Good songs somewhat. As for Orchid i think shes like a simi adopted mother for Silent in a way.
6287667 Yes she is =D
6287124
How much you wanna get that WHEN they get caught Luna gets them out and says it was her personal strike team.
They soon begin beating citizens for speaking out against the tyranny of President Clarke, who's secretly in league with the Shadows through the Psycorps.
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Now THAT'S a proper nerd reference!
Is the title meant to signify that a fifth member has joined Silent's secret operation?
6287881 Id belive it. Luna adores Silent and sees him as her foal she never had if im under the right impression.
6287653 The big letters should reasemble maniacal screams.
6287890 That's what I'm talking about!
6288015 It is, yes. Plus a loose tie in with the Nightwatch name reference.
6288787 I generally take caps and such as shouting ;)
6289312 I think the deffinitions merge here...
There is only one true Night Watch.
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Although Steel Wings does put me in mind of Mister Vimes...
Nightwatch... I like it.
Though that's mostly because I once got to play through the Transylvania Chronicles for White Wolf's Vampire: the Masquerade RPG. I played a martial Salubri who went holy warrior and started a mortal organization called The Night Watch to help protect other mortals from rampaging supernaturals.
Silent's more... proactively offensive in his outlook, though.
6286089
I've long maintained that this "mission," and the way he's approaching it, is going to directly interfere with his relationship with Crystal.
I'd even go so far as to say that that is what Ferrel was warning him about.
Called it that Nova would join them, as well as the nox ponies. Also, why no one mentioned Nightwatch as in Night's Watch from GoT? That seemed like the most obvious one to me.
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There's a big adventure story where there's only Dash and Luna for 6 books straight(seventh is in progress with addition of Twilight and Rarity) and all the rest are OCs. Pretty deep OCs. I mean, in book 1 you don't have any "permanent" OCs, but from 2nd to 6th book you have a very cool bunch accompanying RD. Would you want a link?
6289312 What is Nightwatch anyway, besides the group's new name? Is it a TV show I've never heard of before?
6290869 Evidently it shows up in a lot of things. The intended reference in this story is to associate it with Babylon 5. It is an organization in that show of dubious repute.
“And maybe we stop for some vinegar chips on the way?”
“Anything else?” I asked, brow arched.
Orchid shook her head. I settled our bill and we headed out to go find a strange combination of foods for her.
Oh....oh.....oooooohhhhhh, well I'm no expert, but that sounds like its gonna be funnin a few months
Also, really? No "Cousin, let's go bowling" chapter/section with runic? I'm dissapointed in you author, as soon as I read that runic and silent were related that was the first thing I thought of!