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Some Fetish; Open/Guards please
Topic Started: May 21 2012, 11:39 PM (533 Views)
yew
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Lovecraft just wasn't herself today, she was in the form of a guard pony, adding some life sense in there just in case. She was getting a horrendous migraine from holding the illusion up, but was dead set on keeping it so. She couldn't afford to be stopped at any point. She needed a clear and irrevocable route through the castle grounds. She was a unicorn guard… She wasn't able to hide her arcane ailment no matter what. If she had inmaptine on her horn she wouldn't be able to hold this illusion.

Just as well the ailment was spreading. She wasn't the only one whose horn was acting up. She had gotten most everyone in the castle, save for a few ponies. She had combed through their manes, seeking out any loose hairs, and had pulled them out. A magic comb… And not so much a comb as a glossing over of it. Most of the guard ponies felt a little itch when she did this, but no pain. She held the tassel of mane hair high, careful to be sure it was higher than even the Royal Sisters. It was invisible, as well, so no pony would be able to see a most peculiar sight indeed.

The royal sisters would be difficult indeed to get… She could already feel a shiver in her form… How was she to get a filament of hair from them? They didn't have the typical mane. Dragons as well… How was she to do that?
Jewels//Pegasus//Mare
Flight Risk//Earth Pony//Colt
Mystique//Earth Pony//Female
Princess Jasmine//Dragon//Mare
Lovecraft//Alikirin//Doe
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Steel Wing marched through the castle, his armor adorning his hid yet again and his quiver stocked with fresh arrows. Being- as far as he knew- the only pegasus sniper in existence, he was one of the few that was still on duty: Thanks to whatever magical ailment had befallen most of the other unicorns, he was pulled form his normal post on one of the towers to regular patrol.

Being a non-mage pony, and one whom had utterly refused to all any glamour be put upon his armor, he was one of the very few that had missed out on whatever magic affecting parasite they had been harboring for Celestia knows how long.

Interestingly, he was also one of the few guards in the palace that Lovecraft had managed to reach... yet.
Galaxy||Unicorn||Mare
Steel Wing||Pegasus||Stallion
Skye Wishes||Earth Pony||Mare
Boipell||Giraffe||Male
Harmony||Alicorn||Colt
Titubi||Flutterpony||Female
Conundrum||Earth Pony||Stallion
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Icefox

A little note about pain: it HURTS. But where are my manners? It's time for the normal introduction. The name's Blackflame. Janus Blackflame, Internal Affairs. Now, back to the topic at hand. I'd come down with something not too long ago, and it had really been screwing with my ability to...anything. Suggestions had been made that I take the day off, but life goes on, and so I came in anyway, right next to the apparently-immune Steel Wing.

"Four more hours until our shift is done, and then we can go for schwarma. How does that sound?"
Icefox || Pegasus || Male
Snowbird || Pegasus || Female
Blackflame || Unicorn || Male
Anduriel || Dragon || Male
Stone Henge || Changeling || Male
Kalidus || Phoenix || Unsure
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At least, the first played character guard that she had reached yet. As far as the general population of non-player characters, she had gotten a decent chunk out of them. Quiet and efficient. She passed by Steel Wing and his partner, repeating the process with them that she'd done the umpteenth time with the other ponies, and like at the other times, she made extra sure that her horn's telltale magical glow was nulled out. She looked like a regular unicorn- just clomping along

There was an idea now! She just hoped they hadn't preened recently… Or she might just have to try and sneak into their room. A feather was all she would need from them. She just might have to go more cloak and dagger if she really wanted to get it. If she didn't get it now, while their guard was down, she might not get it at all. If not that… For Celestia there was at least the Summer Sun Celebration.

Her horn hiccuped, and she allowed the horn to glow and sputter for a brief moment before cutting it off- a real look. She'd practiced it in the mirror to be sure that she got the illusion of the magical hiccup right. Watching what it'd looked like, then mimicking it. The flowers that had been in the pot next to her all died simultaneously in result of the magical hiccup.

She hadn't used this much of her special talent in a long time. Forcing it into obedience was a thing she had rarely bothered with. She was getting a serious migraine out of this… But held steady and firm. Lovecraft had a mission. She couldn't be bothered to worry about pain.
Jewels//Pegasus//Mare
Flight Risk//Earth Pony//Colt
Mystique//Earth Pony//Female
Princess Jasmine//Dragon//Mare
Lovecraft//Alikirin//Doe
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"Sounds fine to me." Had things been better, it might have been time for the pegasus to crack a joke. As it was, however, Steel Wing just looked at his friend with concern for his health. "Though... you sure you're up to that? I mean, you look like you when ten rounds with Johnny Trotter and he came out on top." He wasn't exactly sure of what sort of drinks Blackflame preferred, but the point still stood.

Steel might have pried further into the his friend's well being, had another unicorn not walked by them. And she looked worse than his partner did.

In the midst of being grateful that he couldn't do magic and actively refused to wear the glamour unless it was a mandate, the monochrome pegasus suddenly realized something odd about the mare that had just passed them. While there was some confusion that was inevitable thanks to the magical uniform almost every guard except him wore, it became easier to spot little differences to tell each other apart. Yet, for the life of him, Steel Wing could not place that pony; and, as this was the royal palace, having a stranger walking around was not something anypony wanted.

"You there." He turned toward the mare. "Name and rank, if you please."
Galaxy||Unicorn||Mare
Steel Wing||Pegasus||Stallion
Skye Wishes||Earth Pony||Mare
Boipell||Giraffe||Male
Harmony||Alicorn||Colt
Titubi||Flutterpony||Female
Conundrum||Earth Pony||Stallion
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Icefox

I turned to face the stranger, berating myself for not noticing before. Stupid sickness.

"Name, rank, and division, actually."
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Snowbird || Pegasus || Female
Blackflame || Unicorn || Male
Anduriel || Dragon || Male
Stone Henge || Changeling || Male
Kalidus || Phoenix || Unsure
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"Star Swirl, Lieutenant, Division 6." Star Swirl- a jane doe sort of name, common among any unicorn that knew their history whilst naming their foals. She crept towards the walls, on silent hooves and with a keen predatory prowess that bellied anything a pure Equine could do. Her illusion remained, straight and at salute, whilst she was by the wall. If things were to get into an attempt to seize her they'd find that this guard was faster than they could ever hope to catch. And the moment she headed around a corner… They would find that she had vanished.

Her illusions could move at the speed of light, figuratively speaking, whilst ponies hadn't even managed to break the sound barrier but in myths. (She clearly wasn't well versed in current history) But heedless, they would find it impossible to touch her illusion, let alone catch it. And she was more than willing to lead them on a merry chase if she got caught in the lie.
Jewels//Pegasus//Mare
Flight Risk//Earth Pony//Colt
Mystique//Earth Pony//Female
Princess Jasmine//Dragon//Mare
Lovecraft//Alikirin//Doe
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"I see..." Steel Wing's expression was a frown. Specifically because, as a second lieutenant himself, he had personally met just about every lieutenant already; and he couldn't place the mare as one of them.

"Tell me, Lieutenant Swirl, how powerful is your magic?" It was a legitimate question, as the strength of magic was a very good way to move up the ranks for a unicorn. A lieutenant should, in theory, be able to stand hoof to hoof with a non-magic using pony with only their spells to assist them. And ponies called 'Star Swirl' were pretty much required to be above average thanks to social expectations.

Plus, Steel wanted to have a good indication of what he should expect next. If he was going to out what was rapidly looking to be an impostor, he wanted to make sure that he wasn't about to get in more trouble for what he was about to do than he already was if this pony was the legitimate thing.
Galaxy||Unicorn||Mare
Steel Wing||Pegasus||Stallion
Skye Wishes||Earth Pony||Mare
Boipell||Giraffe||Male
Harmony||Alicorn||Colt
Titubi||Flutterpony||Female
Conundrum||Earth Pony||Stallion
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Icefox

Steel was suspicious, I was suspicious, time for magic. I sent out a minor probe, poking the unicorn to see how tough she was. However, what came back was a suprise; she was ALL magic.

"Dammit, it's an illusion! Steel, put the castle on lockdown, and get as many able ponies as you can! We are at a code blue, unauthorized intruder!"
Icefox || Pegasus || Male
Snowbird || Pegasus || Female
Blackflame || Unicorn || Male
Anduriel || Dragon || Male
Stone Henge || Changeling || Male
Kalidus || Phoenix || Unsure
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How helpful you are. Lovecraft mused with a a smile. She was going to have to send the guards a thank you gift later. Yes… Thank you for helping me help you, because I aim to be helpful, since I'm the helper. But she spoke none of these words aloud, only made her illusionistic unicorn smile diabolically before vanishing into a wisp of smoke. Lovecraft released her illusions in the other parts of the castle as well… The ones that had been hiding occasional and spontaneous interludes of time where she'd had nosebleeds. That ought to get them riled up. Her migraine lessened as she let those illusions slip to reveal those moments… She, herself, was of course still invisible.

She'd ran out of tissues awhile back. Now this? This would get the whole castle in an uproar. Maybe even guards that were off duty. Lovecraft would in all probability be able to get the mane hairs of every pony who worked in the castle.
Jewels//Pegasus//Mare
Flight Risk//Earth Pony//Colt
Mystique//Earth Pony//Female
Princess Jasmine//Dragon//Mare
Lovecraft//Alikirin//Doe
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"Dammit, Blackflame!" Steel started flying as he pulled his bow off him. "Now, whoever or whatever 'Star Swirl' there was, KNOWS we're looking for her, or him! I wanted to end this whole mess quietly, not set up an alarm to make the whole castle go nuts! You know how some of the older generals are, they still remember Discord's last break out and over-react to things like this!"

Steel didn't care that he was berating a superior officer, there was a downside to being so casual with his partner, but he was still so pissed off. "The last thing we need is some paranoid old horse going all 'capital punishment' on whomever this is. They broke in here for a reason; and I, for one, want to know what it is before we hand down judgment!"

With a flap, the pegasus just flew down the hallways, looking for anything that could help him find their mysterious intruder.
Galaxy||Unicorn||Mare
Steel Wing||Pegasus||Stallion
Skye Wishes||Earth Pony||Mare
Boipell||Giraffe||Male
Harmony||Alicorn||Colt
Titubi||Flutterpony||Female
Conundrum||Earth Pony||Stallion
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Icefox

It was all I could do to shrug and continue walking. "This is exactly what we have code blue for, Steel. Now do as I said, got it?" Without waiting for his response I walked around the corner, scrying for the same magical signature I'd picked up on the illusion. There were a few fading spots of it, probably other illusions, but the one that was remaining constant was...Right next to me. I turned, slamming my hoof into a neck-bar over the invisible pony, holding her tightly against the wall.

"Steel, get back in here! I got him!"
Icefox || Pegasus || Male
Snowbird || Pegasus || Female
Blackflame || Unicorn || Male
Anduriel || Dragon || Male
Stone Henge || Changeling || Male
Kalidus || Phoenix || Unsure
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What was he? Blind? She was going to have to up the anty if she wanted to actually make it out. Not that she wouldn't be able to escape a prison. She just wanted to avoid it if she could. Lovecraft concentrated as hard as she could and focused on her special talent, ignoring the growing migraine in her skull. Lovecraft had to push through this. Her motives were good and pure, even if they were crooked. She dodged his move, having been ready do so anyhow. He had figured out her other illusion was a lie after all. The whole hallway was illusioned to look like itself, even the air was designed as such.

Her horn hiccuped, briefly casting the hallway into a fleshy nightmare before she got it back to what it had been before. If he was going to try his spell again he was going to find that the whole hallway was brimming with magic, hiding her own magical signature and herself while she was at it. She slipped away on silent hooves, a predatory grace blessed upon her by the dragon blood.
Jewels//Pegasus//Mare
Flight Risk//Earth Pony//Colt
Mystique//Earth Pony//Female
Princess Jasmine//Dragon//Mare
Lovecraft//Alikirin//Doe
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Steel Wing, having been flying along the hallway, had to back peddle in the air before he got too far along. Leave it to Blackflame to find them right away.

However, even non-magical as he and his equipment were, he still felt the spell as it was cast around him; it was simply too much magic to go unnoticed. That said, he also jumped like a foal when the illusion flashed into something out of a horror writer's nightmares. The fact that it went back to normal almost immediately did nothing to calm his nerves; but that wasn't going to stop him.

He was still a solar guard, there was still an intruder in the palace and it was still his responsibility to apprehend them. More to the point, as somepony who detested the concept of taking the law into one's own hooves, he was worried that some of the older and more zealous guards wouldn't pull punches.

He respected them for their service and sacrifices, but he was also worried that all they had seen one Discord was last out might have affected them too much for their own good.
Galaxy||Unicorn||Mare
Steel Wing||Pegasus||Stallion
Skye Wishes||Earth Pony||Mare
Boipell||Giraffe||Male
Harmony||Alicorn||Colt
Titubi||Flutterpony||Female
Conundrum||Earth Pony||Stallion
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Icefox

Dammit. Every time I get a bead on somepony like this, they always pull something and slip away. Good thing we're in a hallway, though. Most of the doors were closed, and I was at one while Steel was at the other.

"Hey, Steel, could you be so good as to keep anything invisible from going out that door? I'll be making sure it doesn't leave this way." I blocked the door, before methodically combing the hall telekinetically, hoping to manually find the intruder. It'd take a while, but hey. They're not going anywhere.
Icefox || Pegasus || Male
Snowbird || Pegasus || Female
Blackflame || Unicorn || Male
Anduriel || Dragon || Male
Stone Henge || Changeling || Male
Kalidus || Phoenix || Unsure
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