For his hard work to the Crown, the Royal Engineer of Equestria has been honored with a retinue of VIP bodyguards who protect him everywhere he goes. Their ordinary, everyday adventures together wind up being anything but ordinary.
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Huh, so Twilight is there. Can't wait to see more adventures they find themselves a part of.
I was wondering when Twilight was going to show up. I know that she would be very interested in Anon's work.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....
I hope so too.
I can't help but think that Mailedhoof dumping Lily would be a distraction from ulterior motives being acted on by Mailedhoof
Damn...That escalated and de- escalate quickly...
Very well writen chapter
The aftermath will be interessting
I'm... really curious how members of the Guard don't recognize one of Equestria's greatest heroines, nevermind missed her being an entirely new Princess, what with the crowning having been a rather big celebration.
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I take it as a nod to the sheer number of Equestrians who obviously have no idea who Twilight Sparkle and her friends are in canon. The rest I write off to the coronation being mostly attended by the residents of Ponyville.
Damn. It was really cool seeing Twilight, though I find it equally humorous and surprising that neither the Princess nor Anon recognized each other, and that Lily didn't seem to know who Twilight was either. I wonder what's up with that? Is Twilight just that much of an unknown factor to the royal guard?
Also, I thought it odd that Lily was so quick to begin hunting for another male 'prize' again. I would think she had learned to be less indulgent in her vices, and perhaps less opportunistic with her picks of dates, especially considering how high in regard she holds her martial achievements compared to such things. The Mailedhoof interaction this chapter even seemed to set a standard for that, like it was a reminder or something. I hope she doesn't do something she seriously regrets.
*Edit: I just saw your reply to keroko Bobbles. I see what you're saying.
It took 142 Chapters and now you have finally gotten yourself a good character. I can finally read happily.
Please don't take serious, I am JK
I wonder if Honour is going to keep her hair unbraided now for a while.
Also sounded like Lily is planning to scope Anon of Artemis takes too long.
Nice to see this story picking up again after a slower stretch!
Now that they have some drinks in them, wonder how long till the magical moment that was promised a few chapters ago of Anon sharing what "floats his boat", happens.
Was she smoothing her skirts too, I wonder...
You know this makes me wonder when exactly we are at the show's timeline. How many years since the secret invasion of the watchtower and the changeling invasion? I'm guessing that we're in season 4 timeline wise but is it closer to Twilight learning how to fly or closer to Tirek?
If you earn it, keep it xD and Eb earns that all xD
Lily is a madmare, and i really love her for that ^^
Twilight? XD
That are all things i cant wait to read!
Wouldn't the guards have some knowledge of her, after being Celestia's student for at least a decade? And taking down ancient, mythical enemies of old like Nightmare Moon, Sombra, and Discord, of course. :P
5bits on Lilly beating mailed hoof up before the gala ends
Oh I see what you did there
Nynaeve, is that you?
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Only if Artemis and the Engineer finish the evening with a solid snog.
Not with that attitude.
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SNIFF
They then returned to find Anon floating face down in the punch bowl, drowned. The end.
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I think it’s actually not too implausible that any given single guard (like Lily and/or Artemis) who’s had her own life to worry about while Twilight was having all of her adventures might in fact not know enough about her to immediately put two and two together when meeting her somewhere completely by surprise. Especially not with Twi still for the most part still living in quaint little Ponyville and so largely out of sight and out of mind of most Canterlot guardsponies anyway...
Twilight has read the first copy of The Guide, and didnt go Nanas?
Cursed words Lily, cursed words!
She’s a regular sex goddess.
At what point in time would you say this story is in regards to the show? Twilight’s a princess now, though she doesn’t appear to be Princess of Friendship yet.
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This is roughly one (Equestrian) year after the Changeling invasion portrayed in the FiM Season 2 finale “A Canterlot Wedding,” Parts 1 and 2.
Lily's theme: Steelheart – Late for the Party
Everybody's jammin’, jacked up for a ride
The leather's breakin’, skirts are shakin’, we're feeling good tonight
Over in the corner, standin’ all alone
A sweet young lady, lookin’ like she may be hungry for a bone
The band is crankin‘ louder, the guitars’ in my brain
The bass is thumpin’, the drums are pumpin’, it's driving me insane
I must be goin’ crazy, my feet can't feel the floor
Gonna swan dive in the punchbowl, and go swimmin’ for the door
Yeah, burnin’ down the house, screamin’ thru the halls
Everybody won't be happy ’til this BUCKer falls!
So come on, and hold on, the party's never, ever gonna STOP!
Call me black, call me white, call me anything you like
Just don't call me late for the party!
Keep it hard, keep it clean, chase it down with gasoline
And don't be late for the party!
C’mum-mum-mum, kick it good ...
Melt that sugar like a honey should
Work it in-’n-out, slide it up and down ...
Shake that sugar to the ground
Ow! C’mum-mum-mum, little piece of pie ...
(C’mum-mum-mum, little piece of pie)
Fill my cup ’til the well runs dry
(Fill my cup ’til the well runs dry)
Now come on, and hold on, the party's never, ever gonna STOP!
SPOILER: Princess Celestia may or may not have suggested this song for the after-hours party kick-off ...
If I was annon I certainly would be talking more with equstria`s prettiest database
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Database Database
Just living in the Database
Whoa-oh
Not going to lie, I was totally expecting the other non-Diarch alicorn princess to pop in. Seemed like the perfect time for her to start some
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I love that you made that reference
twilight didn't even get a chance to nerd out.
A small thing, I get that Ebonshield is a spanish speaker but the upside-down exclamation mark is only used when speaking spanish and doesn't make sense here unless you change the line to "¡Y yo también!" Again it's a small error and doesn't change much just figured I'd say something. I am suprised that Anon has yet to mention that Español is a language where he's from or recognize any of it. Part of me kinda hopes he's secretly fluent and will just shock the others one day if he maybe drinks too much or snaps.
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I usually do reserve the upside-down exclamation or question marks for Spanish, but here I thought them necessary to distinguish Eb’s exclamation from the rest. I did consider having her speak the Spanish equivalent outright but it’s so verbally different from the English idiom that it didn’t feel correct for her to do (I try to write her slipping into “Spanglish” only when the words are very similar).
I hope we get to see more of Twilight - and more jealous Artemis. That'd be grand.
Honestly I hope Anonymus and Twilight get to talk more often. Considering she perfectly represents the untapped resource magic is.
Because the only thing better then a steampunk industrial revolution is a magitech steampunk industrial revolution.
that was a pretty good 3 days of reading this story so far.
i really hope they somehow get the griffon in the squad/team for the MXP games
Oh my, another update, and so soon? Simply marvelous!
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... I'll allow it
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i finally got caught up i hope he goes to ponyville for some reason just to see what u do with him going to ponyville
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There was a previous chapter in which, if I remember correctly, Lily monologues about how she heard about one of the ponies that beat Nightmare Moon having been "ennobled or something", but that she didn't pay much attention to news about Famous ponies outside of Canterlot, especially not the mares, due to her previous saltine inclinations. I also speculate that maybe Celestia had some forethought in trying to slowly ease the awkward purple bookworm into her new role as a princess, not wanting to throw her straight into the den of wolves that is Canterlot high society and its politics.
Maybe Artemis knows more about it than Lily herself, with hear reading of Canterlot Match. She'd certainly remember it better.
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The timeframe is definitely between Crystal Empire's return and Tirek's invasion. It was at some point in the story that it has been two years (again, if I remember correctly) since Nightmare Moon's return and Luna's return and the attack on the Watchtower, and a bit more (or less?) than a year since the Changeling invasion.
Geez, Equestria sure has to deal with alot of invasions, wars and magical mishaps.
Sees "Quiche Lothringen"
Does that quiche have ham and lardons ?
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Good catch. This all seems reasonable.
What's odd is that, with Lily's Martial Commendation's, High 'Connections' in the Military Hierarchy, (former) Personal Access to an Officers Lounge, and Position as Bodyguard to a Lord of Equestria... she doesn't know who one of the up-and-coming rulers (and perhaps one of the most important ponies in her nation) is. If she doesn't know, then who does? Considering her ever evolving personality and perceptions of Canterlot Media, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if she had heard about Twilight, but dismissed it out of hand as just another one of the endless stories in the Grape Vine, in favor of, as you said, focusing on the more Saltine-related tales. After all, regardless of her Saltine issues, she still showed a remarkable sense of dutifulness as a soldier in the Guard. It would seem a tad foolish on her part to not notice something that definitely would have circulated among Canterlot Nobles (Of which, many of the Royal Guard Officers seem to be) by that point, unless she simply favored to ignore the rumor and hearsay she certainly would have been aware of by that point.
In a way, I blame the very nature of Canterlot; Lily, not as much.
If you wanted to put some food names in french:
'Cordon Bleu de Foin'
'Quiche Lorraine'
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My guess is not many ponies have knowledge of what Celestia is planning except those very close to her, like her own Sister and perhaps some members of the Blue Chamber. Twilight is not just a princess, but also a Bearer of the Element of Harmony, which are essentially being Equestria's trump card against almost anything and everything the world can throw at them, and you don't go telling everyone where you keep your secret superweapon unless you want them to pay attention to it.
More realistically, I wouldn't find it out of the ordinary that Equestria, being a Magical Land with more than a thousand years of history has a ridiculous amount of noble lineages and bloodlines, many of which have much more blue blood (albeit muddied throughout time) than actual power. Like Prince Blueblood himself, for example. There is little to no indication that he has any real resemblance of power in Equestrian politics other than the title to his name. There might be a dozen prince and princesses ponies from millennia-old dynasties belonging to kingdoms long-absorbed into Equestria whose power waned with the rise of the two Alicorn princesses, but they kept their titles as honors. No one was confused that there could exist a "Mi Amore Cadenza" alicorn princess when she popped up, even though they had never heard of her before.
HAH! I called it, ages ago at that! Members of the Mane 6 in the fic. And if Twilight is wearing the blue dress...
Somebody needs to draw Lily as a flamethrower, because she was spitting fire!