This story is a sequel to The Mask of Despair and the Face of Hope
Life has been calm of late for Luna, but calm does not mean entirely content. She’s lonely, and although her relationship with Celestia has never been better, there’s only so much time between dawn and dusk and Equestria needs it’s leader. What spare time Luna has is usually spent alone, and her duty is complicated by Twilight requiring extra help to deal with the trauma she suffered from an incident involving time travel and the end of the world, which was thankfully averted.
One night she spots a stranger in the night sky and finds them to be a newcomer to canterlot. A Unicorn with magically generated glass wings, and strangely lacking a cutie-mark. It’s only after she starts to coax him from behind his mask of despair and befriend him that she discovers that something is eating at his mind, possibly literally.
What does his condition have to do with his two strange silver face-masks? What connection does he have to Twilight Sparkle’s trauma? Why can’t she find his dreams as he sleeps? Why does it feel like so much more than the fate of a single pony lies in his fractured history?
There are shadows and storms ahead, and the destiny of more than one world may hang in balance.
Well written and descriptive. Good working so far, keep it up!
If the main OCs in this story were voiced, what would they sound like?
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Stardust sounds a bit like Nick Wilde in Zootopia. Specifically like in this scene.
Equinox like an older, kinder, Tywin Lanister.
And there's a couple other faces that show up, who are spoilers. Lets say... I've already answered one of them, assuming you're paying attention to the first scene of each chapter. The other, meanwhile...
Soooo...Did Stardust remember everything or just the fact that he Men in Blacked his family?
Apart from that, I really liked the update :)
10096462
It's... complicated. And the answer to that question is a key component to the climax. so... spoilers.
10096796
XD I was like: "OooH! A spoiler tag!" *uncovers it* "...ARE YOU FFFFFFfffffffffff-ricking kidding me?! AAAAAAAARGH THIS IS GONNA KILL MEEEE!!!!"
Ok...I’ll be a good person and ignore that :/
Wait a second...I just realized that those dream sequences are Stardust’s (those at the beginning),that’s how he’s going to remember everything (probably) and they are the 'after effect' of the mask. Also, HOW THA HELL DID FRICKIN DESPAIR RETURN?!
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Impressive guess. It is a valid interpretation of what's going on. Not entirely accurate, but close. Those sequences actually have several purposes. In the Mask of Despair, we never got to see anything through Sable's perspective, and some of those are moments we never got to see. They help flesh out an important character's personality and modes of thought. There is even another purpose to those sequences, but saying what it is may give too much away just yet. Unless you can figure it out yourself. When is now?
10120188
Wait...This is when Sable leaves his home after the whole "heyo im ur son and am no ded...sooo yep bye" and returns to Ponyville, after that I’ll have to reread TMoDFoH to know EXACTLY what happens.
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So, after that we have the unresolved treads and then the whole final battle arc. So my best guess will be that her regains his memories or something like BIG is about to happen. What, is kinda escaping me at the moment. In fact I’m kinda sleepy writing this and it’s like...Why am I writing about me being sleepy?...Anywaaaays great job, loved this update.
I really really hope at some point Sable remembers Twilight and they get back together.
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She probably would too, but sadly, my hands are tied...
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10131524
hmmm... OK? Nice bit of music, I guess. The line reminded you of it?
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Yes the “This is me” part.
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Hey, I remember that episode. But I imagine Stardust saying that less stoically than Mojo there, and a bit more broken.
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nice
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Thanks.
OOOOoooooooOoh! So he IS alive. I can’t wait for the next story!