AnonymousA good question. We can’t expect anypony to get Us something We don’t already have. As such, We prefer gifts with a lot of thought behind them. That is to say, gifts which required the giver to sacrifice in order to give.
Ah. *She shakes her head and takes off the collar.* We should have known.
*She places the collar around The Avenger’s neck.* Hmm… should We make you do some tricks? Roll over.
Yes. If this is what you want, We’ll do it.
*Misunderstanding her, Nightmare Moon places the collar around her own neck, and hooves her the other end of the leash.*
Imagine not needin’ t’ worry.
Imagine there bein’ nothin’ wrong.
Imagine suddenly bein’ given all ya troubles again.
Imagine havin’ all that sadness back on ya shoulders.
…
Imagine bein’ given tuh bigges’, most tastiest cake ever, an’ then somepony throwin’ it away.
NO, AH’M NOT FUCKIN’ HAPPY.
…
If you ask Us to turn you back, We will. It is within Our power.
However, We think you should consider long and hard what the ramifications would be, both for you and for everypony around you, if you remained in that state.
Ah’ll do whatever Yuh want me t’, Ya Highness.
Tuh best royal pet any of Y’all will ever have.
We consider you to be more than a pet, Avenger. And, even if that was all you are to Us, a good Queen keeps her pets happy and content.
*Nightmare Moon thinks for a bit, then nods.*
To remove pain permanently from you would do terrible harm to your mind, in the long run. However, We can see no problem in allowing you some respites from your guilt, on occasion. We’ve done the same for Arcel, in the past.
It will take some research to adapt the spells to function on a being such as yourself, but We think it should be doable.
How about this? We will place the spell on you with a set of conditional limitations. One, it will not be active for more than four hours in any 24 hour period, and two, it will automatically deactivate if you attempt to bring harm to anypony We haven’t explicitly ordered you to.
((ooc: Unless I missed my guess, this would actually be a terrible thing for the Avenger’s psyche, making her even more dependant and addicted to Nightmare Moon.))
NEIN
BAD SEXY ROYAL
BAD!
We haven’t made any secret of the fact that We’ve discovered the pleasure in occasionally relaxing Our ‘no non-ponyoids’ rule.
Besides, We’re not even sure that dragons aren’t ponies. Some legends suggest that they may be.
Imagine not needin’ t’ worry.
Imagine there bein’ nothin’ wrong.
Imagine suddenly bein’ given all ya troubles again.
Imagine havin’ all that sadness back on ya shoulders.
…
Imagine bein’ given tuh bigges’, most tastiest cake ever, an’ then somepony throwin’ it away.
NO, AH’M NOT FUCKIN’ HAPPY.
…
If you ask Us to turn you back, We will. It is within Our power.
However, We think you should consider long and hard what the ramifications would be, both for you and for everypony around you, if you remained in that state.
*sigh*
…Wait, that actually worked?
We’re sorry to have to bring you down from your high, but apparently you were taking bites out of ponies.
*Grunts, frowning.*
Is there some way We can make it up to you?
*sigh*
…Wait, that actually worked?
We’re sorry to have to bring you down from your high, but apparently you were taking bites out of ponies.
*Nightmare Moon sighs, then goes over to the nearest computer terminal and pushes ^T. Her castle’s IT infrastructure was installed by Sollux and runs Trollix, which is just like Unix except with more insulting error messages and an even greater tendency to erase itself if you screw up.*
