Act 3 Chapter 24: Troubles Stir
Act Three
Chapter 24: Troubles Stir
It had been a few months, and it was now late spring. Ocellus had returned to school, and would be coming home in a few more months for summer break. Metamorphosis was sitting beside Thorax’s throne, talking with his youngest son. Thorax kept pausing to smile and wave at passing changelings, but Metamorphosis didn’t mind. Then, his ears pricked. Arguing.
“Thorax, do you hear-”
“For the last time, no!” Pharynx’s raised voice entered the room. “I don’t need to hear any more of your dumb ideas, Oculus! Now get lost!”
Thorax and Metamorphosis sighed, watching the door in anticipation. Pharynx stormed in, Oculus and Pupae behind him.
“Thorax, help me out here!”
“Running to your little brother for help? I thought you were better than that.” Pupae said
Pharynx whipped around and snarled, lowering himself into a battle stance. “I’m asking him to help me deal with you two because he’s the King. And if you’re not going to listen to me, your prince, then I might as well get Thorax to stop you.”
“Calm down Pharynx.” Thorax urged, and he huffed, stalking over to stand opposite Metamorphosis. “Now, Oculus, Pupae, what is it?”
“Your majesty, is the information we’ve heard correct that there is a town on the outskirts of the Hive?” Oculus asked
“Yes, it’s called Asutora.” Thorax said, face scrunching in confusion at the question. “Why?”
“That pony town is a bit too close for comfort, don’t you think?” Pupae said
“What? No.” Thorax rose. “Of course not. We’re close allies of the Equestrians, and that town is no exception. Pharynx, dad, and I have even met their mayor before, Galectic Dust. He and his sister Sunrise Cinder, his advisor, are good, kind ponies.”
“But if we allow them to continue getting close to us, they could launch an attack!” Oculus protested
“What? They would never!” Thorax exclaimed
“You’re too naive, King Thorax, you need to learn to think!” Pupae hissed “Besides, we need to gain more territory for our next generation. Luckily, Oculus and I have been drawing up plans all winter, and we think we have an effective strategy.”
Metamorphosis’ eyes widened. “Is this why they’ve been neglecting their children? Attack strategies?”
“Alright, enough.” Pharynx stalked forwards. “Those ponies are no threat, we have enough territory already, and attacking the town could cause them to lose trust in us.”
“I agree with my sons.” Metamorphosis added. “There’s no need to take any action at the moment.”
“Yes. Now go back to your little nymphs and don’t bring this up again.” Pharynx growled
Pupae huffed and turned, stalking away. Oculus turned his nose up at Pharynx and followed Pupae. Pharynx rolled his eyes.
“Glad that’s over.” Pharynx muttered
“I’m glad Apex is in the nursery…” Thorax murmured, squeaking as Pharynx sent a glare at him.
“Still, they’re gone and they’re not going to bother us with that ridiculous plan again.”
“I wouldn’t be too sure, my son.” Metamorphosis said, watching the doors where Pupae and Oculus had left. “When a mind is unwaveringly set on one goal it cannot be easily dissuaded.”
“Whatever. As long as they’re not bothering me anymore.” Pharynx grunted. “Worse than a crack in the carapace… if you two need me I’ll be taking a shower.”
“Okay then Pharynx.” Thorax said dully as he left. Metamorphosis noticed Thorax looked a bit worn out.
“Thorax, how about you and I go spend some time with Apex and the other nymphs?” Metamorphosis suggested softly. “They love seeing you.”
“I guess… I haven’t been able to visit the nursery in a while…” Thorax brightened.
“Heheh, let’s go then.” Metamorphosis said, nuzzling his son.
When Thorax and Metamorphosis got to the nursery, they found many of them napping. Thorax smiled, picking his way carefully around a cluster of three little nymphs cuddled together, asleep. One of the nymphs was Apex, the others were two familiar unreformed ones a bit older than Apex. Thorax gently rubbed the heads of the nymphs in the small huddle before moving away, letting them nap.
“Papa Thorax!” Capillarie and Scorpia had spotted them. They were leading the nymph Metamorphosis had seen months before, Viorel. His friend was also beside them as they walked over to them.
“Heh, hello little ones.” Thorax said, lifting up Capillarie. “Where are your parents, you two?”
“They said they’d be back soon.” Capillarie replied, wrapping his forelegs around Thorax. “Will you play with us instead?”
“Yeah! Play Papa Thorax, play!” Scorpia added, bouncing up and down.
Metamorphosis chuckled, leaving Thorax to be surrounded by eager nymphs. He then lifted up Viorel and nuzzled him.
“Hello Viorel, do you remember me?”
“Mhm.” Viorel nuzzled him.
“Who’s your friend?” Metamorphosis asked, looking at the rosy pink colored nymph.
“O-Oleander.” Viorel replied, the other nymph waving.
“Heh, hello Oleander.” Metamorphosis picked him up as well. “Do you two want to play?”
“Okay!” Oleander said happily. Viorel smiled and nodded.
Metamorphosis set the two nymphs down, letting them run for a bit before following, trying to catch the younglings.
An hour or so later, Metamorphosis and Thorax were curled up in the soft moss of the nursery. They were surrounded by sleeping nymphs. Metamorphosis chuckled as he nuzzled Viorel, who was sleeping at his hooves. Thorax leaned against him.
“Heh, are you feeling a bit more relaxed?” Metamorphosis asked his son.
“Mhm… thanks dad… for suggesting this…” Thorax murmured, closing his eyes. Metamorphosis smiled and nuzzled him.
“Thorax!” Pharynx raced in, then noticed the nymphs surrounding the two.
“Pharynx? What’s wrong?” Metamorphosis asked, he and Thorax rising, careful not to disturb the nymphs.
“Galectic Dust and his sister are outside.” Pharynx whispered “They look mad.”
“Oh no… what do you think could be-” Thorax broke off when he saw the look on his brother’s face. “No… they wouldn’t…”
“They would.” Pharynx retorted
“Calm down you two, we don’t know for sure.” Metamorphosis stepped in. “Let’s just go see what Galectic wants.”
The two brothers looked over at their father, then nodded. They headed out of the nursery, Thorax leading the way. They exited the Hive, seeing the two ponies. Galectic Dust was a unicorn with a gray coat, purple-blue mane and deep purple eyes. His sister, Sunrise Cinder, was standing beside him. She was a unicorn with a white coat, a mane striped in purple, orange, and yellow, as well as the same dark purple eyes as her brother. Galectic looked mad, while Sunrise seemed afraid.
“King Thorax.” Galectic stalked towards him with an angry glare. “Would you care to explain why two of your subjects just tried to attack us?”
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Well shit. These two just tried to attack a town all on their own? What were they even trying to do, incriminate Thorax and cause a war? Why would the ponies take their words over Thorax's? That seriously veers into too-dumb-to-live territory.
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They were angry, they would usually be smart enough to not stage an attack like that on their own, but at this point they'd been yelled at and humiliated by Pharynx, and were looking for something to do to prove themselves as capable of having good ideas
But yes, they are veering far into too-dumb-to-live territory
wow, those two are fucking infuriating
remind me, those two are Ocellus's parents, right?
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Yeah, those are her parents
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okay, how in the blue hell did Ocellus come from someone like those two pricks
10685540
She actually reformed before they did
Also, she reads, they don't. She reads books about peace and they study war strategies
10685544
mm
nurture, not nature
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Well, as it was shown earlier, her parents aren't really the nurturing type, they make her watch her siblings for them pretty often
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Parenting 101 - Ocellus' parents edition: Just let the barely teenage daughter watch the other two, whocareslol
10685562
I mean, I headcanon Celly's around sixteen or seventeen, but yeah
But to be fair, it's basically babysitting, which responsible teenagers should be able to handle. At least, that's their thought process
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Then again, the wording kinda implies it has been going on for a while now. Also, wasn't there a nursery in the hive? Pretty sure it was mentioned a couple of times. Wouldn't that be a better place to put the little ones if you don't wanna deal with them? Are they trying to spite the royal bugbros by not using it, or something?
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Well, they do use the nursery, but they usually stick the nymphs with Ocellus when she's at the Hive, they consider it "family bonding"
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More like half-family bonding, cause the parents are away scheming and practicing evil laughs and Celly does the parenting part for them.
10685597
Exactly
Well f**k
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F-u-c-k indeed
Did those two really think that attacking the pony village would do anything good for the hive?
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They were more trying to prove themselves after Pharynx humiliated them
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I mean, seriously, you were given one job, don’t f**k up, and you ruined it.
10686130
Yep
But alas, some will go far to prove themselves, even if they don't need to
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And I hate those people, so as an extension, I hate those changelings
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Okay then
Not sure if that attitude may change with what's coming next, but we'll see