Luna looked thoughtful, facing me on the couch, “So what do you think about it?”
I shook my head, “I think it’s better than the alternative.”
“Don’t want to try one of the maids uniforms?”
I blinked at her, “You knew about that!?”
She just grinned at me, “Celestia asked what I thought would be fitting.”
I glowered at her, “Oh come on, you two teaming up on me is not even remotely fair.”
Luna smiled and scooted closer, giving me a nuzzle, “If you stop having my sister trick you into things, we won’t need to.”
There may be some truth in that.
I nuzzled back and shifted my wings before I looked up at her, “…And the Griffons?”
“I agreed with Celestia that you would do well,” Luna admitted and shifted her ears, “…We really do need somepony to send for this.”
“Don’t you have diplomats for this.”
“We do. But it will mean more to send an Alicorn. Especially you. The griffons are a patriarchal society,” Luna explained, “Besides, they respect martial ability. You demonstrated that taking down Tirek.”
“Better hope their spies are slow to report back, I got my tail firmly kicked by your sister,” I sighed before I nodded, “Fine, I’ll do my best.”
She smiled and stole a small kiss, “You’ll do fine, they like you.”
Better hope so. I really don’t want to accidentally a war.
“Besides, it’s kind of your job,” Luna then added and shifted around to lay next to me, putting her wing across my back as she nosed at my ear.
“Huh?”
“Herald, remember?”
“…Oh yeah.”
Didn’t think of that. I glanced down at the medallion around my neck, the silver half moon and gold half sun motif standing out against the dark background.
Sighing, I leaned against her side, resting my head against the side of her neck, “Don’t want to leave you though.”
Luna nuzzled softly, “It’s only for a few weeks. And we always have the dream realm.”
I nodded and then glanced up at her, “…Why aren’t you against this? You hate it when I go running off into danger.”
Luna stuck her tongue out at me, “Because you’re not this time. It’s a diplomatic mission with a mostly friendly nation. It’s trade negotiations, they might get loud, but very rarely dangerous.”
“Unless it turns into aggressive negotiations. You know, negotiations with a sword?” I suggested before sticking my tongue out as I realized what I just paraphrased, “But you’re likely right.”
“I always am.”
I tickled her side with my wing before I smiled up at her, rolling onto my back to look up at her, “So what are you going to be up to while I’m away?”
Luna shrugged her wings and settled down, resting her head on my chest, “Nothing much interesting sadly. Preparations for the Heartswarming festival is going to be among the most interesting events.”
I blinked and did some quick math, “…I’m not going to miss heartswarming, am I? No… be back a week before if all goes well.”
Missing Heartswarming would suck!
Luna nodded and stole a small kiss, “You should be back in time, My Page.”
I’ll better. It was by far my favorite holiday. Mostly because other than the yearly play, there wasn’t really any expectations on Luna. Meaning we could curl up by the fireplace together for most of the day and have nopony bother us.
Also, giving gifts was fun.
“Going to ask Sunset along?”
“…Not sure she’d forgive me if I didn’t at least ask,” I admitted, “I mean… a week on an luxury royal airship and visiting an exotic country? Let’s face it, she’d be annoyed at me forever if I didn’t at least offer to take her along.”
Annoyed Sunset would make my life miserable for quite a while.
Luna nodded, “Wise,” she commented and stretched her wings, “…I do wish I could come with you as well. Showing you around their capital would be fun.”
“You really can’t come?”
She shook her head, “Wouldn’t be fair to my sister to leave all the work for her.”
“…Would be none but her own fault, “I grumbled before I shook my head and cuddles her close, “I guess it’ll be an adventure. And I do suppose I does kind of look forward to it a bit, I never really seen anywhere outside of Equestria.”
Hey are gonna make page sunset and luna a poly amourous relationship because if you do I would find that really cool! Keep up the good work!!!
What a coincidence, just when I finished catching up to the story and this one is released! Must be fate.
He can just collect all of the Alicorns. Just has to wait around 80+ years for the pink one. Toss a lovely Sunset in between the sun moon and twilight.
This entire chapter screams "Shite is about to go down".
"I really don’t want to accidentally a war." Loved the Hellsing Ultimate Abridged reference
... did Celly, and perhaps the other princesses too, do all this just to put Sunset and Page on a week long date without them noticing?
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Would serve them right if he comes back with Gilda as a lover instead.
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Since polyamory seems to be a thing on this Equestria I don't think they would mind much...
Yay, TFS Hellsing Abridged references!
i wager it gonna become a massive political shit storm
page: go be ambassador to the griffons they said, it be easy they said
Well now, I'd say that letting the crazy sea-venture begin now or on the way back is probably the main question now!
Celestia kicked his butt? Are you kidding? Celestia sat on her fat flank and let everyone else do everything for her. Again. All she did was have the luck to appear in the right place at the right time to see through an illusion. This is the same Celestia whose plan to defeat Tirek was to let someone else do it and it was Page that actually upset everything and managed to kill the SOB. And he's supposed to be the loser?
This is a disturbingly fatalistic and downright patronizing view of the protagonist. This is the second chapter of him getting head pats and being told "this is what you get for looking beyond your station". It's really getting annoying.
I’m so happy this is a thing now.
Also, I’m really looking forward to this arc.
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Well, I think its worth pointing out that Celestia knows Page on a much more personal level, while Tirek didn't. Add that to Celestia's CENTURIES worth of experience, I think Page honestly had no chance from the beginning. The fact that he got CLOSE though, is what I think is remarkable and actually shows how much Page has grown. He took on CELESTIA and nearly won.
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I think they did. Time for some SunPage shipping!
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But she. Didn't. Do. Anything. Her GUARD did all the work. Page at least came up with a bloody plan of action and lead his guard force personally, all we saw of Celestia was her being upset that he wasn't letting them get any restful sleep.
Celestia didn't do crap. Saying SHE beat him is stupid, and honestly if the author hadn't decided to have Page mess up at the last second he would have won. Author Fiat doesn't make her any better at what she does.
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But it wasn't Celestia PHYSICALLY going up against Page. He said himself that he knows Celestia will be playing Mind Games with him. As far as the One-on-One Page vs. Celestia battle, it wasn't about a physical battle, but a battle of minds and tacticians. Page's plan just so happened to involve himself.
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And yet again, she didn't do anything. Page created plans, many of which worked and worked well. He fooled her and her forces at every turn, and only his "legion"'s lack of numbers to continue the war of attrition kept him from outlasting and downright dominating Celestia's forces. So he went for broke and again, damn near won and only failed at the last minute because of BS author fiat. Celestia just HAPPENED to be there, eh? Page just HAPPENED to forget all the nifty combat tricks of using multiple illusions, hiding within his own illusion, just then, eh? No, that ending was entirely unsatisfactory, and not only that ever since then it's been nothing but the author using his characters to justify the fiat by constantly saying "well you were going to lose no matter what because CELESITA" in the most patronizing way possible. When she didn't. Do. A. Thing.
It's ham-handed, immersion-breaking, and insulting to the reader's intelligence.
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Fair enough, I guess.
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I don't like to respond to comments as I'm afraid to give away spoilers, but nothing about those 'war games' were about that bet, nor were it an accident she walked in at that moment.
The goal was the throne, everything else didn't matter.
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Rokas, you're saying everything that I couldn't think of how to put to words. I feel the same way, even with my earlier comment that I happen to choose stories where the underdog doesn't (or rarely) wins the battle. Sure, he won against Tirek, but losing here, really, when he was so close??
Top KEK.
Missing start after accidentally.
Correction: I'd
I'll = I will. I'd = I had or I would.
Examples:
I will be okay. = I'll be okay.
I had better. = I'd better.
I would try. = I'd try.
Correction: Either, "And I do suppose I'm looking forward to it a bit" or "And I suppose that I am looking forward to it a bit"
There's others of course, but between the two the second sounds more natural to me. But what's natural for Page?
Although the whole quote could use a rewrite. If you could use a suggestion, here's mine:
“…Would be her own fault, “I grumbled before I shook my head and cuddled closer to her. “I guess it’ll be an adventure... and I suppose I am kinda looking forward to it... a bit. I've never really been anywhere outside of Equestria.”
Typically you must be some place before you can see some place. Exception being pictures of places you've never been. So saying you've never seen anywhere outside of an area isn't what people say when they're about to travel to a place they've never been, let alone seen.
Saying you've never seen anywhere outside an area sounds like something you'd say before going to the library to look for books on the places you want to perhaps see one day.
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It's an allusion to this
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No, but they are using the opportunity now that it has presented itself
It’s beautiful
Rereading this again, what happened to Luna's winter solstice celebration?
start - should be added.
We ship Sunset with Page already... Now they ship them in a ship
Griffon will be happy to have Page. Hes a warrior and meat lover. In more than one sence of the phrase
Really egregious grammar mistake
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Actually, it's a reference and very much intentional.
So... Luna is is a total cuntwagon because of this.
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Ok I see you and kvat I think that's his name every where seriously are guys like mustache guy on YouTube that comments on most videos
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We just visit all of the good stories. Which probably says something flattering about you, too. ;) After all, you're finding these comments, aren't you. Which means you're in the right places.
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And the "when you read the comments" guy
The grammar is steadily getting worse as I continue reading. Who translated this?
Don't get me wrong, this is a great story in every sense and I really love it, but the grammar issues really throw me every time I see one.
Add a beak to Blank Page and we have a hippogriff
So, Page and Sunset will be literally "shipped" across the ocean. Oh, ship.
I agree that the constant grammar mistakes are getting on my nerves, even more than the constant "shipping" jokes in the comments. Still a fun read.