mylittlejamjar | 26th Lance ↟ | Morale Fades [Visual]

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26th Lance ↟ | Morale Fades [Visual]

[Shortly after Rise comes to her and they discover Cirno's disappearance, with a pained spirit, Nephenee picks up her scroll, thinking of how to best to announce it. Ultimately, given her own struggling to stay calm visually, she opts for voice. There's a bit of silence before she speaks, but her voice is quiet when it begins, full of hesitation.]

Um...everypony? Ah...

[A sigh.]

Ah jus' wanted to let folks know that Cirno's gone. She..vanished sometime this mornin'. Ah jus'...hope she's back in her world or...that she comes back soon.

So...please forgive me if Ah ain't myself for a bit....

...Does...anypony mind if Ah an' Daisy, Amara, an' Astra stay with 'em...? J-jus' for a bit..? It...feels real empty here without my sisters...

[That's all she's willing to say for the moment. She's going to hide in her secret tree in the woods for a bit.]

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[Morgan's only human -- err, equine -- and tough as he is, he can't help but let out of a grunt as the air promptly gets knocked out of his lungs.]

S'pretty nice!

[Only half the strain in his voice comes from the pressure she's applying.]

[Well, you do enjoy being squished up against her, Morgan...this is just a bit more literal in the squishing sense. Being Neph, though, she's oblivious to what the other half is.]

Ain't it, though?

[She gives him one more squeeze before letting go and snuggling against him normally with her drink.]

[Not. A. Clue.]

...Thank ya.

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For what? [Morgan doesn't see what he did to deserve thanks, at this point. Except possibly managing to not pounce the hell out of her.]

For helpin' me feel a bit better...reminds me that Ah still have folks here, too.

Ah...know she may come back, but if she don't...Ah got y'all to help me through it. Hopefully, she's back home safe, not in somewhere like Rakuen...

[Her friends help with the loneliness, too, which is good, because that house is too quiet right now.]

Yep. I'm sure not going anywhere.

[He can't promise that, but if Morgan has anything going for him, it's intuition. And this he has a pretty good feeling about.]

[He has a lot more going for him than just that, but he does have that too. It's helped a lot, and will continue to do so long into the future, if she has any say.]

Ya better not...Ah'd be real sad without my Knight again.

[That month (and the knowledge of time before Rakuen slamming into her as it had) had been painful enough...she'd like to not revisit that agony, kthanks.]

[With some nuzzling into him more to get more comfortable, she let out a sigh. Even if she didn't know her own heart right now, she was yelling it loud enough...though she did want to holler that she wanted to be by his side forever.]

Oh, well. Now it's an order, so I'm definitely going to not go anywhere. I wouldn't dream of disobeying my Sentinel.

[He tightens the foreleg around her, nestling up as close as he can get.]

Good. One missin' friend's bad 'nuff...

[Not that he's just a friend, obviously. But, even as she nuzzles more into that closeness, she's not sure what a better term that applies to the both of them is. Well, she can figure that out later...there's not much else to do but sip hot chocolate and nibble on cookies and cuddle, right now.]

Ah'll hold ya to that, my Knight.

[But she does yawn a little after a cookie bite. Alright, maybe slightly more to do than just that.]

You gonna crash here tonight?

[He's more than fine with her doing so, of course. Actually he worries about sending her home alone, so he really hopes he doesn't have to convince her...]

Why would Ah cr-[Wait a minute.] Oh, ya mean stay over!

[She's good at this. Insert sheepish rubbing back of neck here.]

Daddy's gonna let me stay at his place tonight, an' the Fluttershys said Ah could another night...how 'bout tomorrow? Ah already told Dad Ah'd take him up on it tonight...

[Otherwise, yeah, she'd be all for crashing on the futon after grabbing Astra.]

Well, if you intend to make good on that promise, you might need to move now before I have to carry you all the way over there. [He's disappointed, but certainly good at hiding it. The important thing is that Neph is all right, and if she's going to be all right somewhere else, he can't ask for more than that.]

Maybe, but...it ain't that late, is it?

[She looks up at the clock - nope, not late at all. Barely three...she thinks for a moment as she nibbles at her cookie.]

...Maybe a nap'd be a good idea? Reset my energy an' noggin...

[And a handy excuse to snuggle and feel a less lonely even in her dreams.]

If you go to sleep here, I can't promise I'll wake you up. I'm not THAT virtuous. [Sad reality -- Morgan simply isn't above keeping her here all night if he gets the choice.]

You're gonna let poor Astra starve?

[Well, if he's gonna be a brat...]

Ah can't take responsibility if he pecks at ya, then.

[She and Astra are brats, too.]

It's out of my hands, Neph. [He lifts his hooves in a helpless shrug.] I'm a poor boy helpless to fight against your incredible appeal.

[There was a snorted 'Hmph' at that.]

You're helpless, all right...

[Rolling her eyes in fondness rather than annoyance, she downs the rest of the little bit of hot chocolate she has left, before looking down into the mug somewhat forlornly and sighing.]

Now Ah'm jus' more sad. No Cirno, gotta leave ya, an' no hot chocolate.

Considering how much you've already had, your figure might thank you for the past one. [He delivers a gentle poke to her sides, barely a tickle.]

[The 'eep!' that escapes her is automatic at this point.]

Hey, that's muscle! Though the doctor would probably thank ya if Ah did manage to gain weight...been tryin' to so Ah can actually be a bit healthier, but my body runs through stuff so fast...

[Fast and hot metabolisms are hard.]

Huh, really? I don't see a damn thing wrong with you. It's not like you're a hundred percent solid, there's a pleasant softness... [And having said that, Morgan begins expanding the scope of his touch, the better to verify what he'd just said.]

[Ngh...she won't lie, that feels nice.]

S-sure that ain't my fur?

[There is softness, but...]

It's not really 'wrong with'...it's jus' ya need a certain amount o'fat to be healthy an' cushion things. Ah'm a lil'under what he wants it to be, so Ah've been tryin' to eat a bit more high-calorie stuffin's...Which still feels kinda odd, Ah guess. Ah mean, Ah grew up not eatin' a lotta sweets an' such...these cookies're 'bout as good as Ah'd get sometimes.

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[Well. If she's going to let him explore her body with his hooves, he is damn well going to get his hooves all over her. Don't look a sexy gift horse in the mouth.] I know that. I'm just saying I don't think you're really in a bad state as far as these things go. You've never seemed unhealthy to me.

[It's comforting, in an odd way...]

Hmm...must not, the way you're gettin' all touchy-feely.

[Even giving him a knowing smile, she's blushing.]

Ah think all the sweets ponies make help.

[Not that her own cooking could be considered 'low-calorie' by any means...]

Well, and you have to consider just what I like in a woman, which DOES amount to a lot of solid muscle and athletic shape. [Touchy, feely, touchy, feely...] So I may be a little biased.

A lil' biased? Right, an' pegasus knights ain't weak to arrows.

[She's feeling a bit playful, even sleepy. Which reminds her she does actually need to disengage at some point...but boyfriends and snuggles.]

Ya can have a few more minutes o'bein' biased, Ah guess...

I will be biased forever. [Morgan is comfortable in this assessment, and despite his acknowledgment that he really should, not letting her go just quite yet.] But I will only directly enjoy it for a few minutes more at best.

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