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Twilight Rendevous
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Topic Started: Jan 24 2014, 12:58 PM (672 Views)
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Nova
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Mar 7 2014, 12:33 PM
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Nova smiles and turns to his team members. "Do as she says." He commanded simply. "You're fine, Princess. Leadership is a weird place to be in. In any case, lets find out where those books went." The two by the balcony had gone already, off do perform their duty, and Nova was left alone with Twilight.
"Tell me more about the books that are missing. What do they have in common?"
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Princess Twilight Sparkle
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Mar 7 2014, 12:42 PM
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"Well, Arms and Armors is a picture book. It has pictures and little blurbs about weapons and such from old times, especially myths and folklore. Mare in the Fireplace is a novel, from the Blue Box Adventures series. It's a fantasy, a work of fiction, but well-written. Sad ending, though. And My Little Bugcatcher is an encyclopedia, all about various insects and arachnids of Equestria. It's meant for aspiring entomologists, or anypony who enjoys collecting bugs. Some foals make a sport of it, you know? So... I guess they're all foal's books? Or for somepony with strange interests."
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Nova
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Mar 7 2014, 12:49 PM
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Hmm, foals books. Interesting. "Well then, I'd say your culprit is an adolescent." Nova said with an amused smirk. "Or somepony who has a child. But I'd bet my left horseshoe on the former. Maybe a student at the academy?"
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Princess Twilight Sparkle
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Mar 7 2014, 01:00 PM
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Twilight thinks it over. "Maybe. I mean, they give you a lot of time in the academy. I mean, the homework doesn't take that long, especially if you get it done in class like I did, and used your free time to read more books. Maybe the student ran out of contemporary reading material and looted my room for some of my older books! I know I did something similar with the Royal Archives. Until they just gave me my own tower library, that is."
"Of course, the door was locked. And since they don't teach lockpicking spells to just anypony; you need special qualification to learn those: either a cutie mark or a career path in security; our best bet is to look for students whose parents work at the castle." She does a happy little twirl, clapping her hooves excitedly. "Ooh, this is fun! I haven't done anything like this since the MMMM Incident on the Friendship Express!"
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Nova
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Mar 7 2014, 01:06 PM
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Nova raised a brow. "The... MMMM Incident?" He asked, seriously confused as to whatever meaning that could possibly have held. "Nevermind, forget I asked. So we need to cross reference student names with castle staff to find our leads. Shouldn't be too hard."
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Princess Twilight Sparkle
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Mar 7 2014, 01:17 PM
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"Right. Never mind. It's a long story anyway." She heads out the door, heading for the Personnel Resources department. "I'm sure PR will have a list of employees, and while we're there I can talk to the Headmaster at the Academy and get a student roster. We'll crack this case yet, Nova!"
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Nova
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Mar 7 2014, 01:52 PM
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Nova followed Twilight out of the library. He was actually starting to have a bit of fun, which he didn't think would happen today. A bit of mystery to lighten the mood was a warm welcome from the normal routine. And it seemed that the whole team was keen on the change of pace from what he could tell.
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Princess Twilight Sparkle
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Mar 7 2014, 02:36 PM
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When they reach a split in the path, Twilight stops, pointing down on hallway. "PR is down that way. But the Academy is down this way." Here she points down the opposite hall. "Why don't you head to PR, and I'll head to the Academy. The rest of your crew is in the Residential Wing. We'll meet back up at the Royal Archives. Agreed?"
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Nova
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Mar 14 2014, 10:59 PM
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Nova nodded. "Alright, see you there and we can compare lists." He said. It was all really simple, especially since whoever it was they were looking for wasn't some criminal or on the run from the law. "Guess I'll see you then."
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Princess Twilight Sparkle
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Nov 24 2014, 01:11 AM
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Twilight heads off down the hall, searching for the Academy Headmaster's office. Last she had checked, the current Headmaster was a unicorn named Double Door. Twilight wasn't sure if he was recently named Headmaster, or if he'd held the office for a while. She hadn't exactly been trained in the usual way, after all.
She briefly considers taking the opportunity to dodge her escort and continue on her own, but she shoves the thought aside. They were only here to help, and Nova seemed like a nice enough pony. Besides, she had books to recover, and somepony was going to get a stern talking to. Mistreating her books and messing up her organization.
She finds the office, knocking four times. "Professor Double Door? I need to speak to you. Can I come in?"
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Nova
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Nov 25 2014, 07:40 PM
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Nova paused a moment to watch Princess Twilight walk down the hall, then proceeded to walk the opposite direction towards PR. One of the great things about being in the LSF was that he was never really questioned by passing guards, and he didn't really need to make complicated appointments to visit castle offices.
He opened the door to PR and walked in, observing the many file cabinets around the room. There were a couple of ponies working on this or that, but he was greeted by a young, quirky yellow unicorn in glasses with a blue mane curled in a bun. "How can I help you, sir?" She asked.
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Princess Twilight Sparkle
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Nov 28 2014, 02:06 AM
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Twilight is greeted by an older purple unicorn with a shock white mane. He looks her over, then glances down the hall. "Good morning, Princess. What can an old stallion do for you today?"
"I hope I'm not bothering you, Professor, but I was going through my books in my old tower and noticed that some were missing. We believe that-"
Double Door waves a hoof, making a "pfft" sound. "There's always something going on with you Princesses, isn't there? I can assure you none of my students took your books. They aren't allowed in that part of the castle."
Twilight's ears flick in annoyance at being interrupted, but she was used to it. Nopony in Canterlot ever listened to her. They were a very impatient society, in her experience. "Yes, Professor. But we believe that somepony related to one of your students may have taken them. I just need a copy of your roster so we can cross-reference-"
Double Door interrupts her again. "Pfft. Who's this 'we' you're going on about? I thought Princess Luna was just old fashioned with that. I guess it's a phase Princesses go through. I'll get your list." He slams the door in her face.
Twilight flares her wings in annoyance, gritting her teeth. "No need to be so rude! I never had to put up with this from Princess Celestia!" She forces herself to calm down, inhaling through her nose, exhaling through her mouth. In... out... in... out...
"I hope Nova's having an easier time with his part..."
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Nova
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Nov 29 2014, 06:09 PM
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Oh, wow, she was kinda cute. "Hello, I'm just looking for--" "DECY!" Nova was quickly interrupted by a very elderly old mare. The orange and grey pony bumped the young a cute mare out of the way, babbling something about sorting out archives.
"Well hello, dear." She greeted in a voice that was uncomfortably friendly. "And what's a big, strong soldier like yourself doing in an office like this?" She prodded, peeking over a pair of reading glasses that were decades out of style.
Nova gulped. "I was just looking to get a list of castle staff." He said. "It's for an important investigation, so the sooner the bett--"
"Oh a list? Well I can get that for you right away." The old mare said. "Don't you go anywhere." She said with that uncomfortably flirty voice again.
Nova felt his stomach turn.
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Princess Twilight Sparkle
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Nov 30 2014, 01:31 AM
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Twilight had tried sitting quietly. After five minutes, she started pacing. After five minutes of pacing, she tried knocking again, but Double Door had merely opened the door, asked her to be patient, and slammed the door in her face again.
The detective stories she had read usually left out this part.
She now laid in front of the Professor's office, entertaining herself with some spells. She cast a simple magic missile, and had created two reflective shields to bounce the missile back and forth, playing ping pong against herself.
After winning (and losing) for the third time, Double Door finally comes back with the list. "Here you go, Princess. So glad I could be of assistance."
Twilight grabs the list, a smile of genuine relief on her face. "Thank you, Headmaster. This should prove most val-"*SLAM*
Double Door interrupted her. Again. By slamming the door in her face. AGAIN.
Twilight calculated the amount of effort required to conjure a whirlwind in his office versus the punishment such an act would incur. Only the thought of Celestia's disappointment stopped her from getting revenge. List safely tucked into her bag, she goes back to find Nova, thinking of happy things.
"Completed checklists... curled up with a good book... the rush of a well-crafted spell, going off without a hitch..."
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Nova
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Nov 30 2014, 03:59 AM
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Nova sat by one of the desks in the PR office while his list was being compiled. He almost had a coherent conversation with Ms. Decimal. Before the elderly mare, Mrs. Spruce interrupted with whatever it was. Finally she came back with a thick folder containing all of the staff that worked in the castle.
"I circled my information for ya, hun." Mrs. Spruce said. "Feel free to look me up. Don't let the Mrs fool you, I live alone."
Nova felt himself throw up a little bit. Nothing in the LSF could have trained him for this kind of confrontation. It was time to make a strategic retreat. "Oh, wow, I think that's Princess Twilight calling. Better go see what she needs, bye!" Without waiting for another word, he escaped to the safety of the hallway outside of the PR office.
"Never again."
From here, he made his way back to the fork where he had split ways with Twilight, having successfully retrieved his part of the list.
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