Twilight poured some more pomegranate juice into her glass, and drank a bit of it. "How did the last hunting session go, Luna?"
"It went well, Princess." Luna ate a bite out of her slice of strawberry cake. "The forest seems relatively calm as of late."
"I'm glad to hear that." Twilight turned to the third alicorn in the room. "What about your cake tasting tour, Celestia?"
"As a matter of fact, Twilight-"
A raised eyebrow from the pony in in question was all it took for Celestia to pause. She swallowed, then spoke again. "As a matter of fact, Princess, that is going rather well. But I would hope you don't think it's the only thing occupying my time."
Twilight tilted her head to the side, curious. "It's not?" She sat straight again. "Well, I suppose sleeping would take away some time too."
Celestia slowly turned away from her, and poured herself some water. "What about you, Princess?"
"Research is going well, we're making some steady progress in regards to both scales and coils. And just yesterday we finally managed to get some readings on the piece of the Wall we received. It will be a slow process, but we should finally start to see some results there." Twilight cut herself a slice from the large chocolate cake on her side of the table, and quietly began to eat it.
Celestia eyed her plain salad with disinterest, stabbing at the air just above it with the fork she held in her magic. To her left, on the end of the table opposite of Twilight's, Luna drank some of her apple juice and took another bite from her slice of cake.
"So I was thinking," Twilight began after a minute of silence, cutting out another piece from the chocolate cake in front of her, "if we built collars with pieces of Chrysalis's throne in them, they could work as a more discreet alternative to horn rings. They could be harder to remove, too."
"That sounds like a lovely idea, Princess," Luna commented.
Celestia finally forced herself to chomp down on and swallow part of her meal. Quietly, she asked, "How has research on pink poison joke advanced since we last spoke of it?"
"Not terribly far, I'm afraid," said Twilight. "I'm having Rose study it on occasion, and I'm doing some of the work myself, but we both have more important things to work on. You know how it is. It's not exactly something I could justify focusing on."
"I understand." Celestia ate a bit more salad. Then, hesitantly, she spoke again. "I could work on it myself if you wished, Princess."
"Oh?" Twilight looked at her, a curious expression on her face. "Could you say that again, Celestia? I'm not sure I quite understood what you meant. I'm sure Luna would like you to repeat it as well."
Luna simply nodded.
Celestia cleared her throat, and raised her tone slightly. "I could work on studying pink poison joke if you wished me to, Princess."
Twilight smiled. "That does sound like a reasonable request from you."
Proofreading by IncongruousAndHarmonious
Page generated in 0.062 seconds
Total duration
793 users online
646,094 hits today, 2,244,100 yesterday
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fanfiction
Designed and coded by knighty & Xaquseg - © 2011-2024
Support us
SubStar
Chat!
Discord
Follow us
Twitter
MLP: Friendship is Magic® - © 2024 Hasbro Inc.®
Fimfiction is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Hasbro Inc.®
O... kay. 2x Unexpected bitchiness combo here. And the talk of coils, the capitalized Wall, and pink poison joke are all intriguing. Especially the last, as it may explain some of what's going on. Or this is one heck of a nasty dream. That title seems odd given the circumstances...
I don't have any issues with Luna being That Way, but Twilight mouthing off to Celestia like that is unexpected. Also, Celestia apparently has to call Twilight "Princess" while Twilight doesn't have to use an honorific. So this might be another AU where Twilight took over similar to the Nightmare Moon one from other chapters, or the politics have shifted so drastically and so quickly that Twilight grew a massive pair of balls the size of which dwarf the sun itself.
10326700
10294440
Astronomy.
The scientific field of how celestial bodies behave.
Perhaps this chapter is a lesson of how the Princesses have changed their behaviours because of the Behemoth, given the behaviours that you've pointed out.
Celestia and Twilight seem...weird. I'm going to guess that the Behemoth has affected Celestia's mind somehow, but you'd think that Twilight would be nicer to her even if she couldn't stand her anymore if that was the case.
10326700
this is post retirement