Samudra's Journal

by vren55

Entry 70: Closing Communication

By the Creator, that was too close. Way too close. How do I deal with this, diary?

I mean… I… better to write this out.

For two centuries now, we’ve been trading with the changelings. Information and goods have flowed back and forth between Aquestria and the hives freely, with many benefits. The changelings are particularly good about telling us news of the surface world. Furthermore, they pay for Aquestrian gold and artisanal goods (seashell and pearls) with their most valuable product, changeling goo. It’s a highly durable construction material, lightweight and yet able to be molded quite easily through the application of moderate heat.

However, these links have drawn the attention of Tethys and she tried something I did not expect today. Only the work of my spymaster Secret Shell prevented a disaster.

She tried to make contact with them and tell them what I’ve been doing with the kelpies. She used a seapony who sympathized with the kelpie cause (it appeared she was the mother of a kelpie and wanted revenge for her child’s death) and tried to get her to tell the changelings at the trading area. My spymaster and her agents, who had been watching the seapony for some time, prevented her from doing so though.

On the surface, the idea seems insane. After all, the changelings have just as much cause to hate the kelpies as I do.

However, I never considered until today that they would disapprove of culling the kelpie young.

Despite the wars they have fought with one another, or maybe because of them, the changelings are split about whether to go with the young of their enemies. I say split… but that would be the Queens Council itself. Chamelia I know would disapprove. She is dangerous, but when it comes to killing the young, she would be horrified. Others such as a friend of hers, a young queen named Sarar, would not be so hesitant.

Still, the fact that I have been culling kelpie young would enrage Chamelia for whatever reason. She hasn’t seen what the kelpies can do, or realized their threat to Aquestria.

Furthermore, if my suspicions are true about Yoth-Atal having created the kelpies… then… she might be able to make contact with the surface world through them.

I… damnit. I need to close our trade with the changelings. Nothing’s worth allowing Yoth-Atal any method to spread her influence. No matter the cost. No matter… how I might miss my conversations with Chamelia and Celestia, if they found out… there’s no telling what the alicorn who raises the sun and the de facto leader of the changelings could do if Yoth spreads her influence to the surface.

Comments

[kildeez]

Interesting, this actually works pretty well with how Aquestria completely cut all ties with the surface world