Returning home to Canterlot was an experience. Somehow, it felt like I both just left and like I had been gone for months. I had left Fern with Silver Leaf before we left for Ponyville, she loved any excuse to plantsit the big bundle of leaf. I considered going to pick him up, but pushed that up for tomorrow.
She liked having him there for a bit and it was late afternoon by the time I got to Canterlot anyway. He might as well stay one more night at her place and get spoiled.
Well, whatever else this little trip did, it also shot my sleeping schedule to pieces. I usually got up three hours ago, now I have been awake since like eight and if I went to sleep when it got dark, it would ruin things even worse. I needed to stay up until at least three or four.
Letting the door close behind me as I entered the castle, I rubbed my eyes with one hoof. It was still way too bright outside, I should get a hat or pair of sungl-
...I'm an idiot. Why didn't I think of sunglasses? Because they never really registered for me as I couldn't even wear them before I came to Equestria! I wore normal glasses then and couldn't wear sunglasses?
I have only been in Equestria for... of for fuck sake, I'm such a moron.
I suppressed a groan. I have suffered with bright lights during the day for six months and I just now think of getting sunglasses!? No wonder I thought sneaking up on Sunshine was a good idea, I'm a fricking ido-
"Lord Page?"
I was pulled out of my self assessment by a familiar voice and I blinked, looking around before I spotted Grey Velvet, Celestia's main assistant/personal planner/secretary, "Velvet, good to see you," I said with a smile, "Been a while?"
She bowed slightly before she nodded, "Busy busy."
"Yeah, I know. Pretty similar here," I admitted, "How's the cat?"
She got a kitten a few months or so, or so I heard.
"She's adorable!" Velvet said with a happy smile, "Settling in nicely," before she looked at me, "I heard there was some unpleasantness in Ponyville?"
"Yeah, you can say that again," I admitted, "There was some hostile calamari. So, what can I help you with?"
She glanced down at the clipboard she carried in one hoof, "Oh! Yes, I have some papers for you to sign and some invitations I need you to answer?"
I'm not a Prince. Not really, I'm a Prince-Consort. But apparently paperwork kept finding me anyway even if my only official duties day to day was to stand next to Luna and look pretty.
Maybe it's for the best, I wasn't that good at that either, so I might as well sign some papers instead.
"..Papers yes," I said, "invitations, no."
Apparently that was the wrong answer as Grey Velvet got a expression on her face that I recognized well from that time when Celestia tricked me into filling in for her for a couple of weeks, "Lord Page, while some of these invitations aren't that important, some are traditional that-"
I sighed and rubbed my eyes again, "You know what?" I said, cutting her off, "You pick. If you think it's important and Luna is already going to be there, sign me up for it, okay?"
Velvet paused and frowned slightly at me, "...Are you alright, sir?"
"I'm fine, it's just too early and too bright," I sighed before I looked at her again, "Seriously, you know better than I do what I can skip and what I really shouldn't without it reflecting badly at Luna and her sister."
She nodded slowly and glanced down at her clipboard, "...I suppose, the only one I really wouldn't recommend skipping if the Hearth's Warming play. It is tradition for all the princesses to attend. It is in the evening too, so it would be dark out."
"Velvet, have I ever told you how amazing and underpaid you are?"
She smiled, blushing slightly, "A few times."
"If it wasn't for the fact that Equestria would be chaos a week later, I'd try to hire you to handle my things instead of Celestias," I told her, "But I'm not sure that would be fair to everypony else. Or you. You'd be bored stiff with how little you'd have to worry about comparingly."
She beamed at me and made a note at her clipboard, "I'll just sign you up for the Hearth's Warming play then," she said, "...There is a reception at the griffon embassy two days before, would you like to attend that one as well? It's in the evening."
Here, fishy, fishy, fishy...
"Sounds good to me,” I said before I smiled at her.
I definitely need to get her something nice and expensive for Hearts Warming.
They offered me something I couldn't refuse... meat!
"Remember that H*ntai thing I told you about?"
"...Oh."
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To be fair...We dont know if it was a nice one or a not so nice one... I Kinda imagen the old god from 'Soul Reaver' that tricked Rasiel into serving before getting his Tentacel ass kicked.
Dunno why Page didn't wear sunglasses as a Human. There are Clip ons for regular glasses and then there are some sunglasses that are made a bit bigger and a bit deeper than the average pair that you wear OVER regular glasses
Prescription sunglasses. Will change your whole world. I get mine tinted about twice as dark as standard as I'm not at all a fan of bright lights.
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You can also get sunglasses in the same strength as your normal glasses thus making it possible to only wear sunglasses.
Hmmm...
*Insert Jaws theme*
Though if Discord decided to prank the griffin ambassador, he should have the fish heads singing:
🎶Fish Heads! Fish Heads! Eat em up YUM!🎶
Or put up a Billy Bob Bass impression.
Know that one to well. Easiest soloution. Avoid going out in the day as much as possible.
Thanks for the new chapter! Looking forward to the update!
MEANWHILE...IN A DARK CONFERENCE ROOM AT THE CRYSTAL EMPIRE...
Cadance: Order! ORDER! I will have order! *banging gravel on the table* We begin our official meeting of the Blank Page Shippers Tribunal! I am president, Discord is vice president...and Granny Smith forced herself in here. *glaring at the last member attending via crystal ball*
Granny Smith: Darn right! None of ya were hitched long enough to know how to keep a REEEEAL relationship alive for years! You need me!
Discord: *frustrated sigh* yes yes we are happy to have you. Now can we get to the current reason for this meeting.
Cadance: Topic at hoof: Grey Velvet! Should we add her to the list?
Discord: I vote NAY! Our resources are already strained! We can't add another pony who will end up being neglected again like Silver Leaf!
Granny Smith: I vote YAY! That pony has a good noggin and trusted among with Page's current herd. Little drama will occur and little resources are needed if we work to add her! Also on that note, we should up the efforts for Silver Leaf by 20%! Poor gal need love too!
*Shining Armor opens door*
Shining Armor: Who is in here? I don't remember anything on the schel---really? REALLY?!
Cadance: Shining! I can explain!
Shining Armor: You BETTER explain...why am I not part of this tribunal?!
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“Tribunal involves three! You’d make it four; a Quadrunel? It doesn’t work.”
“Then just call it a “council”.
“....no.”
“Why not?”
“Cause...tribunal sounds cooler.”
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Fortunately, it can be called a tribunal regardless of how many people are in it.
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It can be, but someone as nerdy as Shining Armor would be sure to complain.
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*Dramatically opens a rip, in reality *
???: "A̷̡̒t̸͔̑ ̶̘̍l̴̙̽ë̸͇́ą̷́s̸̨̍t̵̟͠ ̵̼̎f̵͓͊í̵͇n̷̜͝ì̵̠s̷̛̺ḧ̶̨́ ̶͉̉ ̶̺̈́o̸̹̍n̵͓̊ȩ̴̀ ̷͕͋o̷͙͠ḅ̵́j̶̬͊e̵͔̓c̵̨̾ț̴̅î̸͖v̸̮͆ȅ̷ͅ ̷̗̄b̵̪͋ë̵̠́f̷͛ͅo̵͓̽r̸̹͌e̶̫̽ ̷̡̈́a̶͙͘ď̷͈d̴͖͌i̴̼͊n̸̤̅g̵͈̿ ̶̖̑a̷͕̾ñ̴̻o̵͙̊t̷̥̆ḫ̷́ȩ̷̋r̴̰̊ ̷́ͅọ̸͆n̴̛̖e̶̤͗!"
???: "T̴͍͝h̴̻͆a̶̫̿n̶̦̊k̴̮͛s̴̙̚ ̶̼͌t̴̼̒o̸͇̎ ̴̢͝m̸̯̉é̸̬ ̵̝̋M̶̔͜ḯ̵̯d̷̥̂n̶͌͜ì̵͓g̶͕͛h̵̾ͅẗ̷̝ ̵̛͜s̵̠͛t̵͘͜ą̷͆ÿ̷͉́ȩ̷̓d̴̠̅,̷̮̀ ̶̣͛n̶͓̍o̸͙̚ ̸͕̿ť̵̜ḫ̸̍á̵̧n̷̗̆k̵͕̄s̴͍͘ ̸͝ͅẗ̷̘́o̵̺̍ ̸̱́y̵̰̕ǒ̵͔u̴͉̎ !"*exhale*
???:*mutters*"A̸t̷ ̵l̵e̶a̶s̷t̶ ̷C̷a̶d̴e̸n̴c̵e̸ ̸f̵r̸o̶m̵ ̶t̸h̷e̵ ̵ ☟︎☜︎☠︎❄︎✌︎✋︎w̶o̵r̶l̵d̶ ẅ̵͎a̶̗͌s̷͔̊n̴̫̋'̶͔̉ṱ̸̇ ̵̻͗t̷̩͒ẖ̴̃e̷̬̅ ̷̯̌e̴̩͠m̷͓̍p̷̞͘ẗ̸̳́y̸͚̍ ̴̤̔w̶̗̋o̷̞͐r̶̯̎d̵͐ͅs̸̼͝ ̸̮̍a̴̻̔n̵͌͜d̸͍̚ ̵̧͒ṉ̵͋o̴̍ͅ ̶̹̍s̷̮̀k̶̛͇i̵̛̘l̵̮̚l̷͍̉ ̸͔͂t̶̥̃y̵̪͒p̴̾͜e̶̱͊ ̶͔̓l̵̡̐ḯ̶̹k̵̨̊ë̸͈ ̴̛̩h̵̦̍ę̶̓r̶̪̈́e̷̯̚"
*Closes the rip*
......
......
......
Cadence:*inhale*"AM I REALLY THAT BA-"
*Quickly opens the rip*
?: "B̷y̵ ̸t̴h̵e̷ ̶w̷a̵y̵,̵ ̵S̸u̴n̶s̵e̵t̷ ̶d̵o̷e̷s̸n̶'̸t̵ ̷c̷o̸u̴n̶t̶ ̵a̷s̷ ̸y̸o̷u̵r̸ ̵s̵u̸c̵c̷e̸s̷s̶"
*Quickly closes the rip*
Cadence: "Fuck you!"
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Discord: Wow........any comebacks you can think of, Windy??
Me: hmmm nope. I got nothing.
Discord: Yeah me too...
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Nightmarish Horrors from the void always win
By the way, Page and the rest of them are lucky and they don't know-how much.
If the Cuthulu like Calamari's tentacles reached Twilight's kitchen and found knives , then......
Then it would have ended up with them having to fight this but even worse
i.imgur.com/yNJt1o4.gif
If you still don't get how bad it would be, think how many tentacles were there?
Now imagine that all of the tentacles have knives and randomly lash out
[ Announcement to Ponyville ]
We appear to encountered a knife-wielding tentacle monster,if anybody would like to volunter to come and fight it ,that would be just fine by us
That's the closest image I found with ponies
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This must be how the world makes sence if your on drugs...
Well, looks like Velvet is no more than a book away from entering the Page
cultherd.*nods sagely*
Know well this dilemma, I once did.
Then I learned about the magic of transition lens coatings, and my glasses now automatically transmute themselves into prescription sunglasses when exposed to sunlight.
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That sounds fabulous
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They are spectacular
Unless you get the lenses with that kinda feature that darken when outside
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Transition lenses, and as someone who has them, let me tell you they are a godsend! Whoever invented them has my undying gratitude.
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Agree!
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Perfect! 👍
Maybe he should buy her a canon, bitchrs love canons.
Even if she is a ponies mare and not a Diamond Dog bitch.