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Coup d’etat [Major Plot Event: Phase 1]; Feb 27, 5151
Topic Started: Sep 17 2012, 10:26 AM (942 Views)
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It was quiet day in the royal palace, which was rather odd considering just what kind of trouble was brewing. A unicorn stallion was galloping, although his hoof steps were strangely muffled. He slowed down after a few moments before coming to a full stop, looking around at the guards who were in the room, every single one of which were unconscious.Now that he had been stationary, a pony could recognize him as Swift Research, the hermit who had earned the nickname ‘The Sleeping Dragon’. However, a few things were different about him. Rather than his usual outfit, he was wearing a more sleek set of purple robes and his beard had also been shaved off. Even his fan had been warped to a degree, with black and purple feathers rather than the white crane feathers it was known for.

A smirk on the stallion’s face was soon followed by a dejected sigh. He was disappointed, the royal guards were so easy to incapacitate that it made the unicorn worry about just what kind of training these guards were given. “What a disgrace...” he muttered dejectedly before looking down the corridor. He could not forget about his objective- not since he was so close. However, it was not working out as he had hoped- he had not yet drawn out Princess Luna. Yes, he had caused all of this commotion, attacking and disabling the guards in order to get the princess’s attention, but it seemed it wasn’t working. Was her highness really that bad at her job: having refused to raise the sun to create an eternal night, bringing suffering to countless ponies, and she didn't have the ability to put up a decent defense. “She’s a bigger fool than I thought...” he muttered, galloping down the corridor towards the large doors at the end. If Princess Luna wasn’t going to come to him, he’d have to take the fight to her.
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"Swift Research. We've been keeping an eye on you." A voice calls out, it's owner hidden by one of the pillars lining the grand hallway, "You're late, you know? I've been expecting you for the last hour. Quite rude to keep your host waiting, Tsk, tsk."

Said host then walked around the column to face Swift head on.

"My name is Noblesse Oblige, Duke of Slepinir, captain of the guard, and Guildmaster of the Guild of Archives and Records," He says by way of introduction. Instead of his normal duds, he was wearing his working clothes as the head of the Guild of Archives and Records. Black Sunglasses enchanted to let him see normally regardless of the conditions, Black tie which just look snazzy, and, a new addition, a pair of white cuffs completely with cuff links, "Perhaps you remember my subordinate, Lantern Jack? Ah, but we can talk about fellow associates later, might I interest you in some tea, and maybe a game of chess? Just the thing to warm the bones on a cold winter evening like this, don't you agree?"
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1. Rook || Mountain Goat || Billy
2. Siggy || Unicorn || Male
3. Typhoon Mary || Pegasi || Mare
4. Captain Noblesse Oblige, Duke of Sleipnirheim || Earth Pony || Stallion
5. Vii || Flutterpony || Androgynous
6. Seraphina "Sera" English GENTLEMAN ADVENTUER!!! (in training) || Earth Kirin || Female (CURRENTLY UNDERGOING RETCON)
7. Echidna || Unicorn || Female
8. Lantern Jack || Changeling
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"When a pawn has reached the eighth square;" the voice gently echoed from behind the column "the player has the option of selecting a piece, whether such piece has previously been lost or not, whose names and powers it shall then assume; or of deciding that it shall remain a pawn." a slight clinking sound could be heard, as if ivory on ivory. "I wonder if there's a deeper truth to that? Given the events of the last few days. White pawn to e8, promotes to black king." she laughed, clearly amused at the absurdity of her own play "Strange how sometimes strengthening the enemy is the best play. I have your king in mate by the way... well the new one at any rate."

Moon walked lazily from behind the column, abandoning the game board "Two kings, one captured..." she mused "I fear I may have accidentally injected a dose of symbolism into our game." She gave the new arrival an appraising glance "Is their any particular reason your new guest has been assaulting the guard? Though he has had the good grace to merely incapacitate them." She cocked her head "Oh, but where are my manners? I'm Moon Chaser, in no way affiliated with the guard; so don't feel you have to knock me out or anything." She paused and glanced at the doors behind her "If you're thinking of going in there, I suggest you join us for tea first. Or merely a chat." she gave a forced smile "You can tell us why you're here."
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When Swift's name was called, the unicorn slowed down as he looked around for the source of the voice. However, fear hadn't spread on his face, as things were looking up for his plan. The captain of the guard had come out, but what he would admit to being surprised about was how casual Noblesse was being. What also bemused him was that the captain hadn't attacked him on sight or prepared for him. If he was so anticipated, things would have been alot tougher. However, Swift Research held his tongue and thought about this. For all he knew, this pony was trying to lull him into a sense of security. However, when Lantern Jack was mentioned, he chuckled.

"You mean that 'spy' who blew his cover at the first opportunity?" he asked, although his voice held some amusement to it. A second voice called, this time bringing a symbolic speech when it comes to the chess game she and Noblesse had been immersed in. This brought an entertained smirk to his face. "Charmed.." he replied once Moon Chaser had introduced herself. However, he had been suggested a cup of tea, to which he shook his head . "I'm not thirsty, thanks." he stated, but was soon asked why he was here to begin with.

"Tch. If I was so anticipated so as you would berate me for being 'an hour late', you'd most certainly know why I am here...but the question remains- Have you decided what you'll do?" he asked them, his fan glowing from the telekinesis holding it. Although it didn't sound it, he was fully prepared for a fight, hopefully it would be able to cause more trouble for Princess Luna to finally come out and play. However, he would wait for one of them to make the first move. After all, white moves first. he thought.
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Lunafer was only there to try to speak and get some sort of audience--granted, he was not commonly in such an area and being there made the alikirin nervous. Of course, he was currently trying to be as discreet as possible, wearing his usual cloak to blot out the artificial daylight, and having rid himself of his wings and the...somewhat startling height..that came with quite a few things. Regardless, his tail dragged along the floors as he made his way through, disconcertingly aware that all was not right within these halls.

Startled by seeing the small gathering, silent claws pulled him back around the corner to listen, just in case. Oh my, these things would not end well.. They never did.

In any case, he was silent as he watched and listened, a spectator in what could change everything.
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"Oh nothing much, just stop you from following through with this suicidally stupid course of action you seem intent to do. Preferably with words, but I have no problem resorting to main strength if I must," He says absent-mindedly while leaning back around the pillar to study the chess board, then moving one piece... then another piece to get his second king out of check, adding to Moon, "Two kings, two turns. One of those obscure rules,"

"Tell me, have you considered what you plan to do if Aunt Luna decides to stop messing around and fight you at her full potential? Have you a counter for when she uses the full gravimetric force of the moon to tear you apart? Or if she simply decides to break your mind? There's a reason Lunacy is called what it is you know. Really now, according to our records, you always liked to think that your cutiemark represents your intelligence."

Of course, he had noticed the new comer, but thought it best to act as if he didn't.
Edited by Queshire, Sep 18 2012, 06:04 PM.
Character slots 8/4

1. Rook || Mountain Goat || Billy
2. Siggy || Unicorn || Male
3. Typhoon Mary || Pegasi || Mare
4. Captain Noblesse Oblige, Duke of Sleipnirheim || Earth Pony || Stallion
5. Vii || Flutterpony || Androgynous
6. Seraphina "Sera" English GENTLEMAN ADVENTUER!!! (in training) || Earth Kirin || Female (CURRENTLY UNDERGOING RETCON)
7. Echidna || Unicorn || Female
8. Lantern Jack || Changeling
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This was not the best day of Author Avatar's life. It was not even a all-right-kind-of day.

The teal earth pony's head burned from the inside out, like allergies gone absolutely mad, and even the dim, diffuse light that had somehow become the natural state of affairs was giving him a pounding headache.

The knowing-of-things was acting up particularly fiercely, basically, and between the options of ignoring it until it went away and following it until it went away, only one promised the siren's song of distraction. So, he followed the knowing-of-things, eyes occasionally crossing as he lost his ability to focus.

He ended up in the royal gardens. Odd. Shouldn't there have been some kind of tick- the knowing-of-things provided his answer just as he turned a corner to face a wide open doorway. An (un)familiar (alicorn)pegasus, a lordly earth pony, and... was that a foreign divinity? All staring with icy eyes at a unicorn with a crows-feather fan. The knowing of things tried to tell him something else, but it made no sense. Sometimes that happened. As if the knowing-of-things was itself confused, or trying to be secretive, subtle.

It was not a very subtle thing, the knowing-of-things.

"He's going to turn you into glue, which he can quite clearly do." Avatar replied, the words out before he could stop his tongue. Well that wasn't good. Now the knowing-of-things would act to ensure none of them believed him, his punishment for telling ponies what only he should know. It would make his words ring of lies, and he would have to sit here and watch it happen. "He doesn't act for himself you know, but for rage and jealousy held tightly below.

Peachy.
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"Noblesse may know why your here, but I make no such claims." She shrugged "And I can hardly decide what to do without knowing your goals or how you're going to achieve them. Ignorance costs lives, after all. Or games of chess; two moves, really? I suppose if I asked you could bring up a very dusty old tome in about the time it takes ink to dry, but I've no reason to cause the hassle. Next time we play we'll agree to the rules before hand and I'll get to creatively re-interpreting them."

Moon sighed, and rolled her eyes "Really Lesse, you only bring up she's your aunt when you want to big yourself up. And let's be fair you're missing more than a few 'greats'. And let's be fair, do we? So far she's just refused to raise the sun, what do we do when she starts messing around with grave-whatsit forces? I mean, thanks to me we're not all going to die out but that's hardly a permanent solution." she paused momentarily "Okay, Ndege and Swali did a lot to help as well. And there may have been something about a land grant. But I think it was mostly me."

Moon raised an eyebrow at the new arrival. "Your metre is terrible." She paused momentarily, mumbling. "He's gonna turn you all to glue, which he can very clearly do. Not for himself, he acts you know; but for the rage held tight below." she nodded "There, that's much better. And I doubt either of these fine stallions would turn me to glue; and if they try I can at least out fly them, but please I don't think we've met. I'm Moon Chaser."
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While Noblesse began listing off reasons why Swift shouldn't be doing his actions, the unicorn became increasingly disappointed. Having spied on him and to be prepared for him, yet only to attempt to dissuade him. "Now now, why go and insult somepony like that?" the question left his mouth, but his tone was anything but inquisitive. Lowering his fan, the unicorn smirked once the crow feather at the tip of the fan rested on the floor. At that moment, the tiles underneath Noblesse and Moonchaser started to glow before a sudden burst of energy struck at the two ponies from behind. "When your records are nothing more than outdated tomes?" he finished his rhetorical question, a smug smirk on his face as he was standing behind where the two were. It was fast, but he had managed to warp behind them to launch an attack.
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Lunafer wasn't going to sit there and watch an attack. He skirted out from the corner, claws and hooves both scrabbling across the floor for a moment before the god regained his footing and with a flare of ice blue, vanished--only to reappear behind Noblesse with a somewhat stern expression drawn over his face. For the moment, he appeared simply as his caudaled and shawled kirin-self, but that was intimidating enough as it was, as his eyes glowered an other-worldy azure from beneath the hood.

He said nothing--simply stood and glared.
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Illumination|Unicorn|Stallion
Kiernan|Kelpie|Stallion
Lunafer|Unikirin|Male
Soliel|Unikirin|Male
Bloom|Phoenix|Female
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Mystique had been performing in Canterlot when the urge had struck her to visit Canterlot castle. And what do you know? There was guards littered everywhere. So much so that she was able to walk right into places where she wasn't typically ever allowed to go. She had picked put a few maces on the way, along with her ensemble of tricks that she'd brought along with her. "Hey big boy." Mystique chuckled, hoping she was chucking this mace at the right guy. She didn't know much about actually fighting with it. But she could hit him with it. And it was heavier than the typical unicorn's ability to actually stop with telekinesis.
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Flight Risk//Earth Pony//Colt
Mystique//Earth Pony//Female
Princess Jasmine//Dragon//Mare
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While certainly impressive, teleporting behind an earth pony and launching an attack is also rather impractical as suddenly you're facing down a buck right to the face. In fact, with reflexes bolstered by his Intuition, Noblesse launches a STRONG buck at Swift at nearly the same moment Swift teleports behind him..... A STRONG buck that was suddenly aimed at the Alikirin Interloper after he teleports right behind an Earth Pony in a combat situation.

His Intuition screeched at him to stop his kick, but by then he couldn't stop his momentum completely. All he could do was, with a jerking twist of his body, he pulls enough of the strength so that it'd be about the strength of a Unicorn's buck instead of the type of thing that could turn you into chunky salsa splattered on the castle walls.

Unfortunately that maneuver came at the cost of Noblesse taking Swift's magical attack full on his broadside resulting in a cracked rib.
Character slots 8/4

1. Rook || Mountain Goat || Billy
2. Siggy || Unicorn || Male
3. Typhoon Mary || Pegasi || Mare
4. Captain Noblesse Oblige, Duke of Sleipnirheim || Earth Pony || Stallion
5. Vii || Flutterpony || Androgynous
6. Seraphina "Sera" English GENTLEMAN ADVENTUER!!! (in training) || Earth Kirin || Female (CURRENTLY UNDERGOING RETCON)
7. Echidna || Unicorn || Female
8. Lantern Jack || Changeling
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Author Avatar shrugged blandly as combat erupted all around him. He had a few options available to him, and none was particularly pleasing. He could, for example, give in to the knowing-of-things completely, and become a creature of unholy reflex, avoiding everything launched at him, but never able to attack, and possibly stuck in a shock state for several days. Or, he could launch into the fray- for a bunch of ponies he knew nothing about who had literally just laughed at his "meter," and risk getting himself flayed open.

Or, he could trust the knowing-of-things to act up if needs be, and just chill. He folded his legs beneath himself and went with that.

"I told you so." He said gruffly, watching the arc the mace was making through the air with complete disinterest. He knew what it was going to do. He didn't even need the knowing-of-things to see that these ponies were already in way over their heads, crazy kirin and all. Still, at least no one was going to die here.

The knowing-of-things whispered quietly in the back of his mind, appeased, for now.
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ooc: Sorry, but seeing as how things have gone a bit slowly, I figured it'd be better to speed it up a little- so I'll make the part 2 thread as soon as I can, although Part 1 will still be available for other players to gather and organize themselves in case they want to flesh it out a bit.

Swift was aware of the impracticality of his maneuver, but he was confident that it would all work out to his plan. He had no intention, more accurately, no desire to kill or fight any of these adversaries. It was unnecessary, his only target was Luna and, in a twisted way, he was trying to help them. He noticed the motion the guardspony made and his eyes widened for a brief moment. He's fast...at least he is true to his position as Head of the Guard. His thoughts, however, were derailed once an alikirin had appeared between them. This was a stroke of luck for him, as not only did the alikirin take the buck for him, but had also allowed his attack to strike Noblesse head on.

Strange... Swift thought as Noblesse took the blow, jumping back as he looked at the ponies and the alikirin, only to hear a voice. Looking to his side, he had little time to react as a mace was chucked straight at him. He didn't have time to teleport, nor could he simply dodge it. "The second trigram, wind!" he shouted, an incredible burst of wind leaving his fan- providing enough force to not only stop the mace, but to lob it back at the one who chucked it. However, he did not continue his assault, stopping to look at them.

"It is not my desire to fight you, but I will admit, I am confused.... why would you form such a make-shift group all to defend a princess who has not only proven incompetent, but has also caused immense suffering in this world?!" he asked, his anger flaring. "Do you really believe extinguishing the Sun- leaving us all to freeze in darkness over a petty matter is unimpeachable?!" he questioned them, deciding to bring his point to light. "Regardless, it seems you imbeciles won't back down...and fighting inside here will be more troublesome, considering there are bound to be more of you who are willing or planning to fight." he started, his fan glowing as a circle appeared beneath his hooves. "This isn't over, but the stage is impractical.." he stated, vanishing soon afterwards.
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"Looks like that guy has a…" Mystique removed one pair of sunglasses to reveal another pair of sunglasses underneath. "Big fan." She said, leaping up and catching the mace in her teeth. She put the mace down and put her sunglasses back on. "And he caught the lot of you…" She took them off again. "Off guard." She said, referencing how many guards were… She put her sunglasses back on. "Looks like the Royal Guard is…" She look her sunglasses off again. "Lying down on the job."

They were unconscious. But same point. They were lying down. "I know you can't stand to be beaten.
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Flight Risk//Earth Pony//Colt
Mystique//Earth Pony//Female
Princess Jasmine//Dragon//Mare
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