41st Lance ↟ | Destiny Enlaced by Fear [Visual/Action/with a few privates]

[neighfeni]

[It's been a few days since her ascension, and while Nephenee was happily distracted by so many loved ones returning, her subconscious has still been at work, and with that and that one mob that keeps trying to follow her and reactions...well, suffice to say, she's still Nephenee, and that meant a tendency towards worry. Especially over relationships...]

[Of course, she's also worrying about the fact she keeps accidentally blasting things. The less said about some of those occasions, the better. There's at once excitement and nerves at the fact that she can tap that magic Patchouli once told her of, and considering she's never tapped it before on less of a passive scale...]

[Let's not even go into her worrying over everything else about being a princess.]

[...She could use some help. Which is one reason she comes onto the scroll, struggling to hold the scroll up with her new magic, as a light, bright green glow surrounds her new appendage.]

Uh, hey, everypony! Wow, been a heckuva week, huh? It's been real great seein' so many folks back!

[...Sigh, okay, she can't fake being fine. The uneasy grin drops a bit.]

Ah..Ah know Ah'm an alicorn now...but Ah don't want y'all gettin' ideas an' thinkin' ya gotta treat me different than before. No title or lil' horn can change me bein' me...so, promise y'all don't gotta bow or nothin'. Ah'm still Nephenee...

...On the other hoof, Ah...kinda gotta learn to do that princess thing. An' learn to stop breakin' things with my magic. They're gonna start callin' me the Princess o' Breakin' Things at this rate. Can Ah get help learnin' to control it? Ah've...never used magic like this before...an' learnin' to be more proper when Ah hafta be, or...whatever princesses do?

[Still, she shakes her head, scroll going along with the movements, as she tries to brighten more.]

Now that t-that's done, Ah want to hang out with folks, 'specially all the folks Ah know that've come back! We should do tea! O-or maybe a picnic for that! Or whatever y'all'd like to do!

[Yeah she's nervous. Somepony needs to hug this girl.]

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[Private visuals to the NPC princesses and SN!Princess Twilight:]

Hey, Your Highnesses..um...Ah'm...still a mite confused 'bout what happened on Sunday, an'...what it means, 'bout Equestria an' me an' stuff. A-Ah..don't know nothin' 'bout bein' a Princess..o-or...y-yeah...

[Farm Girl and Soldier to princess, or with princess tacked on, rather, is a heck of a change...]
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[Private Visual to Shanks]

Hey, Sir Shanks? This is Nephenee? How are ya doin'?

Um, is it possible to talk to ya 'bout the stuff ya was sayin' 'bout Star Swirl? Why ya said he was tellin' ya to do stuff an' all?

Also, Ah meant what Ah said. Ah do wanna be your friend. Sorry all that happened before I could respond. Don't want ya thinkin' Ah don't really think that or somethin'.

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[Private to Overlord Zetta]

Hey, Overlord Zetta? Uh, gotta favor to ask o'ya...figure you've got a better idea o'learnin' this royalty thing than some.

[Princess Twilight not-withstanding, of course, but he's an offworlder like her, sooooo that's a leg up. Besides, more teachers makes it easier.]
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[Action at the Dojo:]

[It's been awhile since Neph's had a chance to get to the Dojo easily, now that there seems to be at least one group of ponies that flock to her. And in need of training to relax and help Flash and Minato out again, and a million other things, she disguises herself so she can actually get there easier. Somehow, it actually works, and she makes it there okay. Right, let's find her friends and relax...]

Comments

[neighfeni]

Ah didn't say Ah thought ya would, did Ah? Heaven knows ya an' her'll work together on that!

[Using her magic to temporarily hold her mane up in a style very much like Calill's bun, Nephenee does her very best impression of the Archsage, and she's spent more than enough time around Calill to make sure it's damn down pat, down to facial expressions and an air of pride. (She loves Calill dearly, but the blonde has an ego.)]

Ah, Morgan! Just the man Ah want to see! Now that you and our favorite lancer have tied the knot, why don't you and Ah come up with lovely outfits to put her in? Why, with your eye for her looks and my impeccable fashion sense, we will no doubt find or create an outfit that will make her the most ravishing woman Tellius has ever seen!...Second to myself, of course.

[And the magic drops as she buries her muzzle in his chest laughing like an idiot at herself. Nope, she can't take herself seriously doing that!]

[morganknight]

Second to herself my ass. [Snorting, he tips his head against Neph and tries not to laugh too furiously -- not wanting to shake her half to death the way she's pressed against him! And also pretending to be indignant.] Though maybe I can convince her to have a shorts competition with you and I can judge the victor...

[neighfeni]

[Oops, churning water ahead and earthquakes below! Well, earth-pony-quakes anyway! It just makes her laugh more, as it usually does.]

Yer hardly an unbiased judge, My Love...we know who's winnin' that one if yer doin' it. Not that Largo could judge either, or anyone at their bar. Bias on both sides!

[Lifting her face up out of his chest, she gives Morgan a knowing smile and her voice becomes faux-accusatory as she points at him with a hoof.]

But Ah know yer secret...ya jus' wanna look at two cute leggy girls an' get me in shorts more of'en!

[morganknight]

Here's your problem with that argument, my love -- that isn't a SECRET! [He grins up at her, quite shamelessly. Being realistic, anyone who knew Morgan for like twenty seconds ought to pick up on his love for A: leggy girls, and B: Neph.]

[neighfeni]

Oh, like Ah actually think that's a secret.

[As much of a non-secret as her liking lances and loving him! That shameless grin gets her shaking her head, water droplets flinging from her mane with the movement, before she darts her head in and kisses him. He's a shameless flirt and she loves him so much, especially with that grin! It's so cute! How can she not smooch it?]

Ya better be glad Ah know ya love me more than anythin', Ah might get jealous if ya didn't make it clear. [But he's made it so crystal clear from the beginning that he's utterly taken with her that she's never been able to question it, even when her self-esteem had hollered that she wasn't worth it or any number of silly things.] Still, we know who's winnin' that contest! Now, if it was a competition with dresses like she wears...

[Yeaaah, still no contest. Mile long side slits for mile long legs!]

[morganknight]

You'd still win. [Hard to imagine any girl who has legs to compete with Neph's! They're long and they're powerful, so how could she possibly lose against anyone? And she knew it!] Besides, no one's stopping you from finding other people attractive!

[neighfeni]

Again, biased!

[Of course she knows! They're one of the strongest parts of her, and she's well aware they're long, especially when she's so tall. Thankfully, he spends enough time ogling and otherwise appreciating them for her to not feel lanky like she used to.]

[That part about finding others attractive, though? That gets her wings fluffing up quite unconsciously and nets him a bit of a "mmm-naw" look. As usual, she ends up looking a little like a grumpy blue chicken.]

Naw, thanks, Ah'm good. Ah hafta get to know somepony 'fore Ah find 'em more attractive than jus' 'hey, they're kinda pretty', an' one's 'nuff! 'Sides, Ah have a type, an' ya kinda hit all o'the stuff on it.

[Might be the first time she's mentioned having a type...but he is basically the penultimate example of that type, at least as far as she's concerned. But at least he's not actually suggesting other things along with that. That would get him in trouble!]

[morganknight]

All of it? Every single thing without exception? [Morgan figures that it's much more likely her type has shifted over time, becoming basically everything about him instead of him just lucking into being a perfect fit for it.]

[neighfeni]

[Feathers settling, she props herself up on his chest and thinks with a hoof at her chin.]

Well, if the crushes Ah had 'fore Ah met ya are anythin' to go by... Ah like tall, dark-haired fellas with some muscle that ain't 'fraid ta get their hands dirty or work hard, can take an' dish out hits, can keep up with me, an' are good at heart, at base level. That's, like, two fellas right there Ah known an' crushed on 'fore then, General Ike an' King Naesala.

[She points in the air like she's making a Venn diagram at this point, motioning left with Ike's name, right with Naesala's.]

Prefer lithe muscle over the real big stuff [Right], an' gotta be heroic [Left], an' have a nice smile an' nice long hair [Right]...an' for some reason Ah still do not get, gold bastard swords [Left!] an' obliviousness [LEFT! REALLY! HARD!]!

An' guess what's this here in the middle, then? [Middle! Pointing at him with both hooves!]

Tall, dark hair, lithe muscle, hard workin', keeps up with me, takes an' dishes out hits, good heroic heart, buckin' gorgeous hair an' smile, an' a damn gold-coloured bastard sword, an' oblivious as hell! Oh, an' apparently with some brattiness, silliness, an' 'nuff naughty jokes to make a sailor blush thrown in for good measure! Oh, an' green eyes! Oh my gaaawd, green eyes...

[She's not sure why that colour, but that colour! Speaking of eyes, Neph bonks her forehead against his so she can look him in said eyes very closely.]

Now WHO could that sound like? Have Ah ever made it a secret Ah think you're gorgeous an' amazin' an' hot as hell?

[Morgan's about half right, it's six of one, half a dozen of the other. But some of those shared ones are pretty damn specific!]

Ah ain't the only checklist 'round here!

[morganknight]

You kept it a secret before I asked you out. [Honestly, if she'd been clear about her attraction he wouldn't have waited as long as he did -- which said something considering he'd ended up asking her out far earlier than he intended, just because she was being so damn cute and attractive herself.]

What kind of weirdo gets turned on by gold bastard swords and obliviousness though? [He loves you dearly Neph but that is weird]

[neighfeni]

[Aw, dammit, she left a loophole!]

Ah meant after that! An'...Ah dunno, maybe that's more jus' a cool thing that ended up bein' shared along with that trait? Ah don't know how this stuff works! Sure ya got some stuff 'bout me attractive that some might find weird, too...

Anyway, Ah woulda been upfront but...Well, ya know me, Ah was pretty shy then, an' Ah...kinda didn't think Ah was worth askin' out...or anythin' really, 'fore all the Shadow stuff. Thought Ah was lucky jus' ta get ya as a friend an' teacher...

[Man, even if it wasn't that long ago, it still hurts to think about that old part of herself. Geez, she'd been a mess. It might show in Neph's face, before she shakes her head and softly smiles. She had been lucky, but not 'just' about that.]

...Also, the one time 'fore ya asked me out Ah tried to get a fella's attention...Ike was so oblivious that e'en with me not wearin' a helmet an' tryin' to talk to him an' bravin' beehives, he didn't get it at all an' shared the honey with the whole damn camp.

[For all the emotional energy she'd put into that as a young lady, that'd not paid off at all. Neph snorts.]

You're oblivious, but ya'd at least have maybe gotten the hint! [Especially when she's as subtle as a nuke going off.] But didn't exactly help me thinkin' Ah was worth payin' attention to, ya know?

[morganknight]

If I even noticed you handing me the honey in the first place. [Let's be real, that could have proven a real problem, given him. Luckily he's far less oblivious to feelings than he is to actual perceptible objects.]

Moot point, though, because if there were a pretty Neph around I'd have been flirting with her from the start. No need for honey to get my attention!

[neighfeni]

[One of the more noticeable differences between the two, and one of the obvious ways they shore up one another's weaknesses, that.]

Well, woulda done its job o'gettin' myself to talk to ya an' tryin' to flirt back...heaven knows ya were probably flirtin' when we first met, Ah was jus' too blind to see it.

But uh...e'en if Ah maybe wouldn't need it...Ah'd use it anyway, Ah think...

[The way she's smiling sheepishly miiiight warn him there's something incoming.]

T-to say you're sweeter than honey...

[And she can't such such cheesy things without giggling. Lordy, the things this man does to her!]

[morganknight]

[And Morgan does his best to keep a straight face at that one -- but it's too much even for him, and he bursts into his own gigglefit, fierce enough to shake his body as he scrunches up his face.]

That's terrible! Ugh!

[neighfeni]

[The worst (best?) part of it is that she's perfectly sincere even as she's perfectly cheesy about it.]

Ah know! Ah ain't used to sayin' such like ya are, jus' ends up soundin' cheesy.

[A thought hits, and her grin just brightens the more for it. That can't be good.]

Reckon Ah'll jus' hafta practice if Ah wanna get [Oh no.] gouda-t it.

[No Neph, why?]

[morganknight]

You are un-brie-lievable! [Bonk! Suffer the gentlest of taps from his head as punishment for your many sins, Neph!]

[neighfeni]

[Doink! She will take her punishment, and dole it back, both with pain of the punny sort...]

Oh, sure, like yours are any cheddar!

[...as well as the physical sort with a tiny bonk back!]

[morganknight]

Mine are perfectly gouda!

[Bonk bonk!]

[neighfeni]

[Doink doink do-doinkdoink, doink doink. Why that was to "Shave and a haircut" is anyone's guess!]

You're a veritable fontina of puns! Bet we've only scratched the tipo the iceberg!

[One does not hang around chefs selling fancy mushrooms and vegetables without learning of different cheeses that aren't as common.]

[morganknight]

Hey! Stop using obscure cheeses! That's not fair! [Neph, for shame! Using your greater knowledge of the culinary arts for unfair advantage! He's shocked, just SHOCKED!]

[neighfeni]

[Her eyes just sparkle with life and mirth as he chides her.]

Hey, all's fair in love an' war, Darlin'! 'Snot my fault ya don't know 'em! [She's trying to get him to learn more about stuff in the culinary department (albeit subtly), but he's stubborn!]

So to stoppin', Ah say...

[A beat, that light in her eyes growing. Wait for it...]

no whey!

[He's utterly ruined her, her collapsing onto his chest into a fit of giggles making it all the more evident.]

[morganknight]

[Morgan make a little 'gack' noise, crosses his eyes, then flings up all four limbs around her like a cartoon imitation of rigor mortis. Look what you've done, Neph! You KILLED him!]

[neighfeni]

[Oops! Man down, man down! And if Morgan's being silly, well, only one thing to do: be silly too! Which she does by slapping her hooves to her face in feigned shock.]

Nooooo! Morgan! Ya can't die on me! We ain't had kids yet! Or snowboarded as beorc or driven in yer car! Ya got too much to live foooor!

[Rather than do the usual Cute Pony Resuscitation, though, she grabs him by the shoulders and shakes him pretty hard, making quite the splash!]

LIVE, Morgan, liiiiiive!

[morganknight]

Wagh!

[Water everywhere! Including in his face, making him kick and sputter beneath her. Crisis! Chaos! Sexy?]

[neighfeni]

[Oh, good, he gets to be the one on the bottom kicking! But not focusing on that right now, because she's far too busy laughing at that reaction. Pretty sexy for that reason, though! But even laughing, she lets go of those shoulders, hugging him tight instead!]

[GASP!] My Morgan yet lives! Now Ah'll never be alone, an' we can do all that an' everythin' else! Hooray!

[When you started dating her, Morgan, did you anticipate she'd be this much of a loony goofball at some point?]