[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 NPC princesses, and Princess Twilight )
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( Private visual to Shanks )

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( Private to Zetta )
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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...]

( Action, locked to Yuko )

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[Visual]

[It's been a bit since Neph addressed the network at large, but some might have heard about her tipping over like a blue fainting goat. News travels fast here, after all. Here she is, though, up and at 'em. And tired looking, but hey, you can't win them all; it's lessened by her smile, at least.]

Hey, everypony! [Yaaaaawn...] S-sorry, reckon Ah'm still a lil' tired. Sorry Ah ain't been on much lately, we jus' got done with finals at the high school, so Ah was studyin' for them hard as Ah could, so Ah can get done with a few summer courses. Ah jus' got done today an' already got the results back. An' guess what?

[And that tired smile turns into a bright grin as she holds up her paper, large numbers on the side.]

Ah passed real good! Even on grammar, an' it's my hardest subject! [No one can tell that at all...] So after summer school, long as Ah do good, Ah can graduate an' look into goin' to Pranceton in the spring.

But...for now, Ah can relax a lil' an' get back into stuff. Ah wanna try learnin' other stuff in the meantime, like how to handle hot foods an' stuff, an' help others learn, too. Wanna catch up with folks, too. Anypony wanna do that?

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( Private to Harvey )

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( Private to Zetta )

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( Action to Cirno and Morgan )

[There's a visual of an earth pony, turning away from the scroll. She's kicking a tree. Over and over. The tree itself has had the bark torn off from it, stripping it all the way down to the densest part of the core. Maybe she had opened the scroll for a reason, but for right now, she's just kicking.]

[Then, between the kicks, she starts saying words in a breathless grumble. The first time is barely audible. So she stops. Taking a few moments to catch her breath, the pony lowers her head out of range just long enough to say:]

Kanji Tatsumi, Naoto Shirogane, and... Souji Seta aren't here anymore.

Souji left a note.

[She's silent and just stands there. Only the wind notes the passing of time.]

[She screams in anger, frustration, and pain and strikes the tree once more with one powerful, soul-crushing crack. It must have hurt, because the pony is keeping from stepping on that foot.]

And... I'm wishing I was ow with them too.

[She hobbles off of screen, seemingly forgetting about the scroll. The tree, meanwhile, finally bows, bends, and breaks.]

((All responses will have to be in person. She's heading off... to patch up her leg, probably.))

[It's been one hell of a battle against Tirek so far, and there has been a lot of people who once had power, and even just were strong physically, that are now without that, and even without that, their cutie marks are gone; for many, the power was part of their identities, and so after seeing many scared to stand up to Tirek, whether in battle or in spirit, Nephenee decides to try to raise eveyone's hopes...and simultaneously show their enemy that they won't back down.]

[So, before some of them travel into Tartarus, the Sentinel makes two posts: one locked from the centaur...and one decidedly not.]

( Visual, locked from Tirek )

( Unlocked, viewable to EVERYONE )

[The feed pops up, and immediately on-screen is an evergreen stallion getting herded into view, stumbling on three hooves as he waves sheepishly at the camera. Nephenee's head pokes up from where she was pushing him on, and if there's any term to describe her aura right now, it's "glowing". She's practically buzzing. Did someone give her caffeine again?]

[In any case, she makes sure the scroll's got them both framed, and grins.]

Hey, Everypony! Hope y'all had a good Hearts an' Hooves!

We sure did!

We gotta big announcement to share with everypony!

We sure do! [Morgan isn't really here to help.]

[Nephenee is half bouncing, half-buzzing in excitement, and after a moment, she finally gets the words out.]

Morgan asked me to marry him! An' Ah said yes!

[She holds up a hoof that has a titanium bracelet on it with small gems and engravings. It's really, really nice.]

That's right, I scooped the best girl in Equestria and there's nothing you can do about it! All the rest of you can wither in despair! WITHER! [Cue Morgan shaking a hoof at the scroll.]

[She grins brightly.] Absolutely nothin'! We ain't sure when it's happenin' yet, but we wanted to share it with everypony~

[Morgan just points a hoof at Neph. Seriously, all her idea to announce it like this.]

[Well, what an announcement!]

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[ A very contrite magical girl bear is sitting on the roof of the Commune, looking into her scroll. Maybe she can't bring herself to go inside just yet. ]

So. Show's over, ev'ryone can go home. Guess we only get normal snow now.

[ She paws at the roof. The remains of flaky snow fall lightly onto the roads below. ]

I said some stuff an' did some things last week. Nothin' can change that. Prob'ly a buncha you did, too.

If ya want someplace ta meditate an' get th'bad stuff outta ya, there's a spot by the lake in th'Everfree. I go there sometimes. Kinda useful.

[ She shrugs. ]

An' for what little they're worth... 'm sorry. I hope ta God I can make it up ta ya all. Ya've given me a home here an' there's nothin' I can do ta thank ya for that. How I was last week was a shitty repayment.

private to Chiyo

Ya've got a lifetime supply from Bon Bon's candy shop. S'on me. ... if ya can bear bein' around me, I'd like ta see ya fer a milkshake or somethin', too, sometime.

private to Teddie

Hey. Um... been lookin' for ya. Tha's prob'ly obvious. [ She scratches the back of her head. ] But, I haven' found ya. I know yer a polar bear an' yer prob'ly fine. But 'm gettin' kinda worried.

So, uh, if there's somethin' ya need... call me.

[ She looks like she wants to say something else, but finally drops her head and rolls up her scroll. ]

[Morgan looks unusually serious today as he frowns into the scroll, though that isn't because he's been affected by the windigos. Mind magick makes him difficult to affect in that way. No, he's concerned about everything else that's going on.]

I think I know a way to help deal with this whole disaster, but I'm short a few supplies. Specifically, I need a guitar and the rest of a band.

Yes, I'm serious.

[Greetings! Just your resident green Earth Pony and she seems excited about something!]

Hey everybody! Happy Hearths Warming Day or whatever it's called. And yeah that probably came late.

So, hey! In my world we once had a day where we went to a ski lodge. It was soo much fun. If you were somehow in a world that didn't have the awesome experience, it's going down a hill with two skis on your feet and trying to go as fast as you can--WHOOOSH--down the hill!

Or...

[She turns to the side to what is no doubt a huge pile of dirt that has had snow piled onto it. Giving that image a second, the bowl-haired earth pony returns to view, beaming.] Maybe you can come and try it for yourself! I have two pairs of skiis waxed up and ready. Or you can be even more daring and try--THE SNOWBOARD.

[These "skiis" and the "snowboard" may just be two by fours and a plank of plywood that has been waxed up as though they were skiis...]

[A large orange Puma can be seen licking her paw, before speaking to address the masses.]

I am not the most talkative of individuals, nor am I the most social, but I suppose I should at the very least introduce myself to you lot as long as I'm going to be staying here until goddess only knows when. Some of you may have seen me before, some of you are likely familiar with Nephenee who is a friend of mine from my homeworld, and some of you may have no idea who or what I am.

My name is Lethe, and I am a Laguz warrior of Gallia. I have found myself trapped in my combat form for my entirety of my stay here it would seem, yet that is little concern to me. I am quite adept in this form, possibly even more so than my normal form, however I wanted to assure the populace that I am not hostile. While I may be a carnivore by nature, I am capable of eating other foods and I am certainly not a wild monster who will attack anything on sight.

[Lethe pauses, trying to think about whether or not she'd said enough.]

I'll be staying with Nephenee for the time being, if you have any comments or concerns feel free to voice them now.

Oh man! That was amazing. Remind me to bring cupcakes next time. I think Calice might enjoy those. Oh yeah, those of you who're friends that don't know, may have gone and jumped into the Pale Pony. I think we're onto something with this.

[He's just going to lay there for a moment and laugh. Yeah this guy's back and he's a glow with feeling like he accomplished something. Tired, but incredibly relaxed.]

Oh right I was gone for like a...while...what'd I miss? Anything fun? Also how longs it been? I'll need to schedule some extra days for work, I think, to make up for the loss.

[The last few days have been interesting, to say the least, but this morning, when Ponyville awoke to find itself normal once more, sans a few ponies, it seemed, everyone (and we do mean everyone) would find small baskets at their doors. There's no sign of who might have left them, beyond a personalized note to each that was hoof-typed. Inside the baskets? Treats and goodies: cookies, candies, foods...if the mysterious benefactor knew preferences, those were there. In each instance, there's also a hoof-made scarf for the coming cold, in a variety of colors, all with cutie marks sewn in (if those weren't present, flowers or designs were instead).

For a select few, there are more personalized baskets, and those get to meet the mystery mare later in the day:]

( Action to Ako, Applejack, Arcee, Bertie, Cadence, Cirno, Coco, Dante, OU!Fluttershy, Gwen, Lethe, MayTwi, Minato, Patchy, Rainbow Dash, Vergil )

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( Action to Morgan )

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( Anon scroll visual to C�lice )

[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.]

[It's been a long month for a lot of ponies, and while beating up on dummies and such was well and good, sometimes that wasn't everypony's cup of tea, as it were. So it was that at some point this past week, Nephenee remembered a plan that Morgan and her had been thinking up since February...so she figured that would be a nice way to get ponies' minds onto happy things.

Too bad she had exhausted her social reserves tending to others last week. So while it was her scroll, others wouldn't see much of her. To be fair, the visual comes on with her in the frame, but she's kind of blushy and hiding behind her bangs and tapping her hooves like a human might tap their fingers.]

U-uh, hi, y'all. So, um, Morgan an' Ah've been t-talkin' for awhile 'bout somethin', a-an'... [Nope nope nope. Can't do this right now. Not enough social energy.] H-here, Ah'll let him explain!

[It's all said very quickly, and she grabs the evergreen stallion from off-screen and shoves him into view while switching places with him.]

So I'm here to explain about Nephenee, the amazing and glorious Sentinel. Many of you have noticed how sweet and kind she is, and many of you have noticed how cute and beautiful she is, but I'm here to tell you that man, you all have no idea how cute and beautiful AND sweet and kind and AMAZING she is --

[And from off 'camera', there's a familiar squeaking noise of protest, and a beach ball hurls into view, bouncing off his noggin.]

M-Morgan!

Oh! Right. So anyway, the beautiful, cute, sweet, kind Nephenee had an idea that we should have a beach party -- one last hurrah for summer before the weather changes. Or, uh, is changed.

[From off camera:] Dates! Signups!

...I need to sign up to date you now?

[Nephenee noises, and another, harder beach ball gets lobbed at him. He gracefully gets out of the way of it.]

Oh right! We'd appreciate some help with bringing supplies like food, helping with cleanup, and stuff like that. We could use a bunch of watermelons and a stick to whack 'em with, coolers and picnic baskets, blankets, towels, a volleyball net... and people to come to the beach, of course! It starts next Monday and will run through Wednesday, so we'll get some camping action in there too. Beach fires and s'mores and stuff.

[And finally the mare gets her courage back and sidles back into the frame, still a little nervous.]

J-jus' let one of us know if ya got any questions or wanna sign-up! We hope to see folks there!

[It's such a pretty morning in Equestria, but many find their days rudely started up by finding they've changed into something else! That would be enough to put some off their mood for the day, but not two former ponies in...the mountains? That's what it looks like in the background of this video. And in the fore? A blue and white fluffy sheep with a rather tall blue, spiky dog behind her. No, you're not hallucinating, this is real.

After setting the scroll to where it's capturing them both, the sheep speaks. Aside from bleating messing with her m's somewhat, the accent should make her identity obvious.]

[Although, it takes her a second not to grin like an idiot...because she just had an idea.]

So...this is Nephenee. Morgan an' Ah went up to the mmountains for the weekend, an' we jus' woke up as this...

[Fluffenee smiles innocently.]

Ya know, Ah've been embarrassed a lot before, but this is the first time Ah've felt so sheepish.

You shouldn't show them us, Neph! This image will DOG me forever!

( CW: PUNS and wait what just happened!? )

The wind rolls up the scroll right about now, ending the feed on the cliffhanger of Can Nephenee get out of the air? Or is she still floating around there?]

[Unlike some of the others, Reimi had stayed behind when the groups had gone out to foil Zetta's plans, though not out of choice in the least. In fact, she had wished desperately to go, but the cold had made it difficult, and to make matters worse...well, she didn't exactly know how to use her new body's abilities yet, and so had realized she would have been rather useless.

That needed to change, stat. So the former Bellossom popped up on the scrolls, looking a little perturbed as she shifts the pearl pendant bracelet on her 'wrist', which also carries a few other bracelets with engravings that others might recognize as similar to those of a certain farmer soldier and ice pegasus.] 

I must say, I am rather glad that the ones who went to Stalliongrad were able to bring the warmth of summer back! It was rather difficult for me, being a Grass type...though I am loathe to admit such.

...I am also loathe to admit I could not have done much, even if winter had not set upon the land. I... [Uuuugh. She sighs.] I have not learned how to use this body's particular abilities on command. I believe I have accidentally done such a few times, including things that seem similar to my abilities as a Pokemon, but that is all. I believe I may need instruction in this.

Not only that, but...well, to put it in short form, I must test something on a willing participant. You see, before I was brought here, at one time I was in a place that went by Rakuen, as a human, and I acquired the ability to draw what one might call 'weapons' from others. [That should be a familiar place name to some.] When I came here, the glove that allowed me to do so was brought as well. But in order to test it, I must vow with someone.

If it works, I wish to learn to use the weapons of others to defend others, in addition to any magic I might be able to learn as a unicorn.

If anyone would be willing to aid me in this, I would be appreciative, and do my best to repay you somehow.


( Private to Morgan Knight )

[The scroll blinks on to reveal a rather worried-looking mare, a bird peeking out from near the flower in her mane. She frowns, and switches her tail, clearly agitated.]

Has anyone else disappeared tonight? It seems that Nephenee disappeared in a flash of rainbows not long ago, and while I am familiar with the phenomenon, it was unsettling enough to me when it happened with Gentarou. [Although that small blessing is precisely what has Maebhrin not panicking at the moment.]

I do not know if this means she has gone home for good, but--selfishly I hope she will return. And soon.

[With that, the scroll feed cuts off, but not before Nephenee's kitty headbutts Mae in the chin. Her pets miss their mama already...]