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That should be "Ladies first."
Change that first period into a comma.
She grabbed several "towels" with her magic.
Ambassador Doublebrush sat at an "otherwise-abandoned" table.
Since "Baastian" is just a term for their race, it's not technically a proper name, and so shouldn't be capitalized.
They ate breakfast in good "spirits."
The trip continues! Silver and Celestia spend some time together, and Silver gets some lessons in how to act like royalty, both in terms of direct instruction and in experiencing a breakfast meeting with a foreign politician. Maybe by the time they reach Anugypt, he'll be a halfway-decent prince, even!
I confess that the opening scene, with Celestia explaining the specifics about her moving the sun while on a trip abroad, were rather confusing to read about. For one thing, I'm not sure that I understand the entire idea of Celestia's sense of time being tied to being in Canterlot. What sort of zeitgeber requires her to stay within her royal city in order to perceive it? The only thing I can think of that would throw this off is that her internal chronometer is messed up by them traveling far enough that "time zones" (essentially) are coming into play...and even that, that's not so much about Canterlot as it is about the sheer distance they're traveling from Equestria.
However, this brings up another problem. Celestia said that Luna is giving her her cues for when to move the sun, but how is Luna communicating those cues to her in the first place? One of the major aspects of this trip is that Silver and Celestia are isolated from everypony else that remained in Equestria - other than Silver and Luna barely being able to meet each other, due to them both being dreamwalkers - so it's rather odd that Luna would still be able to communicate with Celestia like this. It might be fun if it was something like having certain stars twinkle in a certain pattern at a certain time, but that would require that Celestia be able to view them in the first place, which clearly wasn't the case here. As such, the mystery remains.
The scene of Celestia and Silver in the bath straddled the line between suggestive and sensuous, and I get the feeling that that was by design on Celestia's part. We know that the royal sisters would periodically take lovers, but I suspect that it's been much, much longer since Celestia has had anything more intimate, that included things like flirting. Of course, she has a nascent romance with Twilight, but that's currently on hold, to say nothing of the fact that Twilight was getting into that reluctantly. For the moment, she seems quite happy to play the coquette with Silver, and I get the impression that she's in no rush to have things get physical. Being coy is something she does surprisingly well, and it's not hard to see her amusement at flustering her new husband. I wonder if he understands that she'd probably like it if he was a little more aggressive back (though I suspect that anything more than a mild increase in this fashion wouldn't be welcomed).
Ambassador Doublebrush's scene was exceptionally well-written, as it played her exactly in the manner that I was picturing her. Namely, that she's cordial, and informative (especially since they were taking a meal together, where politeness is even more important), but still probing for information. She's clearly mastered the art of being civil while simultaneously conducting an interrogation, all the better to put the other person at ease so that they don't realize they're turning over exactly what she wants from them. It was notable, for instance, that she only turned over information that was general knowledge regarding her homeland, but asked questions about Silver personally.
Moreover, she tailored her attitude to him. Her comment about "I don't bite, unless you like that," had an obvious sexual undertone; that sort of flirting was clearly done because Silver has a reputation as having a large sexual appetite - the "Stud of the Land," after all - and I'd bet quite a lot that she was trying to appeal to that to get him to let his guard down...though she had the good manners not to press that angle in front of his wife. I imagine she'll be waving her tails at him a little more throughout the trip, but I'd be very surprised if it was ever to do anything besides get him (pillow-)talking...though to be fair, I doubt she'd go so far as to sleep with him. After all, there's nothing to suggest that ponies and cats are interfertile, and Silver's sexual liaisons only extend to studding...that, and putting out just to gain an advantage is a bit more whore-y than I see her being. Hence why (as noted last chapter) it's not likely that he'll be getting much action in Anugypt (notwithstanding more scheming politicians hoping to use sex as a tactic)...or so it seems now, at least.
The explanation about the types of cats was interesting, giving us a good background for what to expect when the ship reaches their destination. So there are one-tailed cats that are physical, and two-tailed cats that are magical...plus plenty of lesser types as well. I'm glad that last caveat was thrown in there, since there's still a great deal of feline archetypes that this story can avail itself of. I still don't expect to see nekomata using true spellcasting the way unicorns do, but that's purely a conceit on my part; maybe the second tail is a magical organ the way a unicorn horn is (though I'd still expect it to be so different that the two types of magic are near-impossible to "translate"...unless Silver's special talent lets him do just that).
So many possibilities! This journey is just getting started.
6028431 Typos left out in the sun to bake into something more appetizing. Picture has been ordered from the talented Sita Duncan to get our first peek of Prince Silver Stars too, woot!
Their scene together was muddled by both sides not really being 100% sure of themselves. Celestia kind of wants to be with Silver and to enjoy his company, and yet she hasn't magically forgotten the bad times of the past, though she's trying to let it go, as the song goes.
Silver never really disliked Celestia, though he's been angry at her plenty of times, and still finds her a bit intimidating. They're both peeking out of their shells at one another, making their awkward signals that they're OK with the other. while exchanging information that really needs to be shared for the trip they are on.
Doublebrush was fun to write for, with her new feline nature countering the pony one. She is not a pony, and I try to make that clear. Even when she walks it becomes obvious. As for pony/cat hybrids, we'll leave that mystery to the reader for now. We know what pony/griffons look like at least.
Thanks for being a pre-reader!
>nekomata
nekomimi mode!
*suffers a violent flashback*
I think the existence of this song proves that yes, Song Magic can indeed reach you even on a boat.
(I would just like to state that this type of music is not even close to the music i prefer. Classical and Metal are my favorite, thank you very much.)
6169140 What vile sorcery is this?!
6169192 it is typo sorcery also as i could not reply on that comment in silver stars what did you mean"this rooter went home to roost"? dial up is stupid. but really i did not understand what you meant. please explain.
Celestia raised her ears.
6846398 Fixed!
There I was closing in on the end of 121 chapters, then BAM, sidestepped into another 168. Feels like I'm in that movie Inception, will I ever find the now again?
6281933 Asked the same thing, still haven't had a reply on that one, although I think it might have been intentional.
Damn, mare! Give a brother some warning before you have him wash your head-dong!
wow... that comment really Blindsided me