Sighing softly I shifted on the couch, leaning against Luna's side, her wing resting over my back. My eyes were closed and I relaxed again, just enjoying the sound of rain against the windows, wind, crackling fire and the sound of rustling paper and the occasional scratches of a quill.
It's been a couple of days since she returned and... I admit I had been a bit clingy since then. Not that she complained about that.
I knew it was silly but it felt like if I ever let her go, she would disappear again. I knew it was silly. I knew it. But feeling it was something different.
Let's just say I was rather happy she taught me dream magic. It really cut down on the nightmares unless I was intentionally baiting in a Night Terror. Because I had a feeling I would be having quite a bit of them if not for that.
A small nuzzle at my ear and I flicked it, opening my eyes and looking up at Luna to see her smiling down at me, “Tired?”
“Bit. Not very.” I answered and nosed at her neck, “Want some help with the paperwork? I know I'm not exactly qualified or anything and some of them is likely confidential, but I should at least be able to sort them for you or something.”
She grinned at that, “Thank you, but I'm just about done. And I believe you are selling yourself short.”
I just raised a eyebrow at her so she continued,
“I have reviewed the reports about everything that went on while my sister and I were captive. You performed exemplary. You were faced with a very difficult challenge with no real experience in it. You have never ruled, Page. You rose to the challenge wonderfully. You took charge but without trying to control everything, allowing more experienced ponies to handle their parts,” Luna explained with a smile, giving me a squeeze with her wing, “You did well indeed, My Page.”
I did my best not to blush. I failed.
“I just...” I started to say before I blinked and looked up at her, “Wait a moment. Why exactly was it why you never told me that I'm fucking FIFTH in charge!?”
Luna tilted her head in question, her star filled mane flowing above my head, “I thought you already knew,” she answered, reaching to touch the medallion, “When I'm not there, you speak for me, My Page. I thought that alone made it obvious that if none of the Princesses are available and you are, it put you in the position of leader.”
“...Oh...”
You know, when you put it like that it sounded kinda obvious, didn't it?
Giggling at my expression Luna gave my ear a nuzzle, “Granted, it is not quite that clear cut. It doesn't give you my full authority or we would never be able to issue them to our ambassadors in the past. You wouldn't be able to for example pass any laws or command the guard in any major extent with that authority. The power for legal matters are also somewhat limited. You can order someone arrested, but you can't lead a trial without a written letter from me.” she explained before she earflicked, “You know, I should likely have someone dig out the old laws for you to peruse.”
“...Ya think?” I sighed before I frowned, “Wait, I did order the guards around. Several times, both now and in the past.”
“That is from your authority as my consort.” Luna said with a small nuzzle, “Well, future consort. So technically not completely legal but noone likely felt like arguing over it at those times. As my consort you would have the direct authority over my personal guard as well as in times of crisis, the Day Guard, unless my sister also has a Consort. It was felt that our consorts would be the ones most privileged to my sister and mine intentions and have the most information available to them and as such be the most well positioned to serve the interests of Equestria.”
“Oh.”
I considered that for a long moment, leaning my head against her neck. I finally shook my head, “Luna... I'm not sure I'm comfortable with that. I don't have the experience nor the training for anything like that.”
“You did well.”
“Because it was a short time. I'm not qualified, I barely did anything and I was about ready to curl up in a ball and hope everything just went away until you got back.”
Luna gave me a small hug with her wing, nosing at my ear, “...You were 'dropped in at the deep end' as they say,” she admitted, “That was not fair, but you did me proud, My Page.”
I blushed again and sighed, “I... suppose that's the kind of thing I should have expected getting involved with a Princess. If I wanted a quiet calm life I should have gotten involved with somepony running a tea shop or something.”
“Hmm? Thinking of a certain pegasus with a silver coat, are you?” Luna asked as she noses at my mane and I startled,
“I didn't mean anything like thaEEP!”
Giggling Luna let go of my ear and gave it a small lick with a grin, “Silly. I'm merely teasing.”
Damn it. Sometime tonight I might actually be able to get rid of this blush but I doubted it would be anytime soon.
“Too easy.” Luna teased with another giggle and nipped at my eartip.
I gave the side of her neck a nip in return, folding my ears against my head to protect them before I sighed and cuddled close, “...Well, I suppose I should do some studying at some point. I'm not even going to pretend to understand politics, but I don't want to get ponies killed if they look for me to tell them what to do in a crisis.”
“I'll ask some of the instructors teaching the classes at the academy if they could...”
“You will do no such thing.” I interrupted before I smiled up at her, “I'm going to look at the times for their officer classes and if they will allow it, I'm going to sit in on the ones I can. I'm not going to join the guard and I'm certainly I'm not going to demand special attention from them. I'm a author, Luna, not military or a politician. For now I just want enough that I'll understand when I'm in over my head so I can defer to the real experts in a crisis.”
Foof!
I smirked at her reaction and raised wings before she kissed me. I kissed back for a moment before pulling back, “But we need to talk. About security.”
Luna blinked, “Oh?”
“Nightmare Moon. Discord. Sunset Shimmer/Magic Mirror, Discord AGAIN. These things have threatened Equestria since I came here. All of them could have been prevented if there had been enough security measures in place. Luna, I'm honestly worried about what other dormant doomsday devices you may have laying about.” I sighed and leaned against her side, “I want to see them, see what can be done to improve the security. I know I'm not a expert in anything, but... I'm worried, Luna.”
“Page, I can assure you that we keep things well secu....” Luna started to say before she slowly trailed off as I raised a eyebrow at her.
Four possibly world ending events in two years is not secure.
She frowned and then sighed, “...Several of the artifacts we keep secure can hurt ponies even if they just look at them. We have no idea what they would do to you, My Love. As for the creatures... some are even worse.”
What did she keep locked up!? Fucking Cthulhu!?
“Even more important things are secure. Even if it's just a new different viewpoint that I can provide, I want to help.”
Luna frowned and her ears shifted in thought before she nodded, “Let me discuss it with my sister?”
“That's all I ask.”
Oh is HE in for a few surprises...
So security to pony-hell = 1 three-headed dog and presumably 1 handler....
WE'RE DOOMED, DOOOOOOOMED!
So Page gets to create Equestria's SCP Foundation? Cool.
Page: "...Is that a poiuyt?"
Luna: "Yes. We're still not sure how Alfred the Mad managed to create it, but it represents a threat to sanity if stared at for too long."
Page: "Okay, it hurts to look at, but a threat to sanity?"
Luna: "Yes. A family of farmers was exposed to it long ago and ever since they and their descendants have farmed rocks."
Page: "Rocks? Like, mineral growth?"
Luna: "Nay. They stick rocks in the dirt and then move them around."
Page: "How do they make money like that?"
Luna: "They don't; their family is on a royal stipend, as an apology of sorts for letting them get exposed in the first place."
Page: "This place gets crazier the longer I live here."
7336011 Im going to laugh really hard if he actually prevents the Tirek crisis
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So Pinkie must have been exposed to multiple SCPs of at least Euclid class to turn out as she did.
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SCP-106 and SCP-515.
Wonder how they would deal with those.....
Good chapter.
I love it when she bites his ear!
7336297 The SCP Foundation deals with anomalous artefacts, entities, and locations. If magic exists, they wouldn't be anomalous, now would they?
Why do I now see Cthulu locked up down in the Canterlot dungeon reading a newspaper.
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Look up the dictionary meaning of "anomalous" sometime.
Also italics are considered the chief means of lending emphasis to words.
7336531 Nah, just the poiuyt and lots of inbreeding.
7337697 a·nom·a·lous
əˈnämələs
adjective
deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected.
From what we've seen, long-gone villains don't exactly deviate from what is expected in Equestria. They are uncommon, but so are acts of terrorism in our world. Does the SCP Foundation cover up random acts of terrorism because people don't expect them? No. They cover things up if they aren't scientifically explainable. When magic is accepted as an existing force... energy... thing by the scientific community, sealed evils in cans wouldn't be scientifically inexplicable. Thus, no SCP Foundation. I get why you said what you did, since the SCP Foundation from their universe would be perfect for the job, but that's a different universe, so an organisation acting like them in Equestria would have different goals and policies. They could still be called the same, since SCP stands for 'Secure, Contain, Protect,' which fits their intended purpose.
I'm sorry about italics. I usually just use whatever I want, since I don't really think about the specifics of the 3 different types of emphasis. I thought I used the correct one, since I wanted to point out a specific word I used. It's slightly different from putting emphasis on it.
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More likely Blank Page finds out about the secret organization Bon Bon and some others used to be in and revives it for the protection of
Lunaer...Equestria.If he's had any experience with the SCP entries, familiar with horror movie/action movie tropes, or even just a little more common sense, I think he'll improve security by quite a bit.
Actually, in canon, the time-span is only one year. Season four's opening takes place exactly one year after the season 1 opening. technically, it's actually one day less than an entire year.
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I reject your canon and substitute it with my own.
I think you mean 'cuts'
two more things:
1. change that to probably
2. change that to somepony (I think)
oops, not done yet it seems...
1. nopony
2. is the capital 'C' necessary?
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No one works just as well, you don't need to add pony to everything. No body Works just as well. And from the way I see it, the capital C is necessary because it's a title.
We're talking about a guy who unintentionally wiped out the EQG timeline in this series.
I want to see if he can fuck up the canon timeline further
7907040 This is funnier than it should be
I'm sure everyone's happy about that.
...Yes.
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I doubt there actually is a handler. If there were, I'm pretty sure said handler would have noticed when the dog escaped Tartarus in It's About Time.
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Well, that certainly explains a lot.
I'm still calling it!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bwHzmPYrROY
Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!
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that's not what happened. you know that giant egg-shaped rock on their property. not a rock. it's a draconequus egg. between that and the inherent chaos in the Element of Laughter Pinkie makes, hello Pinkie, so much sense.
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May I ask where you are getting this from? I'm trying to find anything about Holder's Boulder being a draconequus egg, but the only thing I can find is a single fanfic from a while ago. Is there any canonical confirmation of this? Can you link me to a source?
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there's a short gag in the Dresden Files novel, Skin Game, that implies that Cthulu is one of the monsters imprisoned under that island Harry calls Demonreach!
She'll just be of the opinion that they have everything well in hoof
You forgot to include Chrysalis and Sombra.
I wonder if the Lost Narrator would count as a danger?
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I'm pretty sure I remember a story from her a long time ago about her oc. Something about telling stories that came to life and killed ponys. as well as something about her body decaying or something. Yes I'm sure that something that could kill you by telling you a story would count as danger
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Luna: “Oh, he’s not a prisoner. He’s the Chief Information Management Officer’s lead technician.”
Page: “Wait... Then who’s this guy’s boss?”
Luna: “Discord.”
Page: “Iä! Iä! Discord fhtagn!”
Discord: “You rang?”
Page: “YEEEEAAAAWWWW!!!!”
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You remembered right and darn you for making me have to read that very good quadrilogy. Book 1 is literally titled "The Lost Narrator".
no sh*t sherlock
Probably not to wrong...
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Considering Tartarus...
Luna: Here is our head of security, Cthulhu.
Page: Wait. Cthulhu is your head of security!?
Luna nods
Page: Then what the EXTREMELY CENSORED is behind that heavily bespelled, barred, chained, & locked door?
Cthulhu Please don't ask. The last time I thought about what I'm guarding, I had nightmares for WEEKS!
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that is too funny
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He ain't doing a good job now is he? four world ending events almost happened.💀💀
Tirek can be safely send to orbit or not?
You mean pinkie pie?
Can't believe nobody has done this yet:
"Dammit,
JimLuna, I'ma doctoran author, not a politician!"