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Twilight Rendevous
Topic Started: Jan 24 2014, 12:58 PM (669 Views)
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Twilight freezes, the innocent comment catching her off guard. She hadn't really thought of failing this task. "W-well... then somepony else must have them. I mean... I guess we didn't look for clues very well, and just jumped straight to questioning the custodians... What if I was wrong this whole time?"

Before she can start pacing, Ms. Decimal returns with the schedule. "Looks like she's cleaning the old library tower right now. Say... didn't you used to live there, Princess?"

Twilight grabs Nova, teleporting both of them back to her tower. They end up outside the door, a thin layer of black stuff coating them. "Come on!"
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Having been taken completely by surprise by the teleportation, Nova suddenly felt a little bit sick. "Whoa! Warn me next time you're gonna do that." He said, walking over to the door while fighting off a slight dizziness.
"Maybe... It's time to forget..."
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"Sorry! I'm sorry! I just got... carried away." She opens the door, barging into the room. "Lemon Pledge! We'd like to talk to you!"

Twilight is blinded by a cloth hitting her in the face.

A yellow Pegasus lands in a crouch in the middle of the room, wings flared. She looks between Twilight and Nova, ready to pounce. "Right, then. Who're you and what do you want?"
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Nova entered the library just after Twilight, just in time to see the cloth land on her face. He looked at the yellow pegasus and could read the body language clear as day. He waited for them to respond, taking a role as the stoic bodyguard.
"Maybe... It's time to forget..."
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Twilight shakes her head, tossing the cloth off her face. "That was rude! What's wrong with you?" Today was not kind on her nerves, and Twilight found herself getting annoyed very quickly.

Lemon Pledge pauses, slowly rising. "Princess Twilight? Is that... why are you covered in soot? Why'd you slam the door open? Why-" she freezes, eyes wide. "Oh, no. I'm sorry for the rag, it was an honest mistake!"

She zips over to a cart, quickly attaching a pair of wing blades, modified into feather dusters. "Let me clean you off!" She flies over to Twilight, quickly brushing her down and cleaning off the black stuff from Twilight's botched teleport.

Twilight is confused, coughing on the dust kicked up by Pledge's dusting. "STOP!" She tosses up a shield, pushing the Pegasus back. "I think we found her, Nova."
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"So it would seem." Nova replied, looking awkwardly at the modified weaponry. He'd never seen a pair of wing dusters before, but it was clever. "I suppose we'll just cut to the chase, ma'am. Have you been borrowing books from this library?" He asked, getting straight to the point.
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"Huh? B-borrowing books? No, not personally..." She looks around the room, anywhere but at Twilight. "But I have been letting some students in here, you know, to read them? I've got a cousin in the Academy, he got some books taken by other foals, so I thought, 'Hey, I clean that old tower, he can get new books from there!'... Pretty soon, I was letting him borrow other books, then he told some friends, and I started charging admittance..."

"Admittance?!" Twilight sputters. "You charge foals to read my books?!"

Lemon Pledge grins sheepishly. "Five bits gets you in the door, then it's a bit per day to check out a book."

Twilight stamps her hoof, at a loss for words. A thin wisp of smoke rises from her mane, and she looks at Nova, making incredulous gasps as she points to Lemon Pledge.

Lemon cocks an eyebrow, confused. "I thought it was fair. You're not gonna arrest me or nothing, are you? Guard Academy was a while ago, but I'm pretty sure I didn't break any laws."
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Nova shook his head at the explanation. He didn't exactly know the legality of renting property that you were supposed to be the caretaker of. But he was pretty sure it was still wrong. "At first, I thought this was going to be a bit more innocent. But I'm pretty sure that your supervisors won't be happy to hear about this." He said sternly.

"And, with the princess's permission, I would like to personally oversee that every single bit earned from this escapade is returned to the respective students."
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"And!" Twilight points to Lemon, "You pay an additional fine for any and all damages accrued while said books were loaned out. First you go track down the books currently on loan, then we'll discuss restitution."

Lemon's jaw drops, and she stares at the pair in stunned silence. "E-every bit? And a fine? AND I get reported?!" She drops to her hind quarters, wings hanging imply at her sides. "You... you can't do this to me! I don't think I have that much money!"

Twilight holds her head high, not backing down. "Lemon Pledge, you have failed in your duty. You have unfairly profited from foals, and you have bartered with goods not belonging to you. You will literally pay for your crimes."

She turns to Nova, murmuring. "This will make them take me seriously."

Lemon Pledge lays flat, covering her head with her wings.
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Nova felt a pang when Twilight murmured to him. He would address that feeling in a moment. For now, he stepped in front of Lemon Pledge and, with stereotypical Night Guard attitude, shooed the mare out of the library to go and retrieve the missing books.

When the two were alone again, Nova turned back to Twilight. "Mystery solved, I suppose." He said.
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"Yeah. And things will all be right again soon. That was rather... fun, actually. We did good, Nova." Twilight sighs, relieved that the mystery is over.
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"Yeah..." Nova gave Twilight a glance and really wondered if she knew what she was trying to accomplish. Welp, no better way to find out that to ask. "Forgive me, princess. I have a record of questioning authority, but..." He paused for a moment, putting a hoof to his mouth as he thought of how best to ask his next question.

"I agree with the punishment handed down. But I have feeling that it was more to satisfy your nagging insecurity as a princess rather than to serve justice."
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Twilight blinks in surprise. "What? No! No, that's not... you saw the books! She was cheating foals! She deserves..." Twilight goes over to the window, looking at the city.

"We found the culprit, and we'll correct her mistakes. That's justice, right? Does it matter that I also benefit from it?" Twilight shudders at her own words. "Have I made a terrible mistake?"
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And now Nova was likely the first pony to drive a princess into a state of moral panic. He face-hoofed, thinking that he probably could have handled that better. "I just meant that, you were having problems with ponies taking you seriously before, right? And just a moment ago you said that now, ponies will take you seriously. I'm not disagreeing with the punishment, I probably would have done the same thing, but the motive is highly questionable."
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"No. Nova, you're right." Twilight paces in front of him, speaking quickly. "First off, who was hurt by her actions? My pride and those foals' wallets. What I suggested wasn't justice, it was petty revenge. We can repay those students, but I need to rise above my pride. As a Princess, it's my duty not to punish somepony for their transgressions, but to help them better themselves and their society.

"Was what she did so wrong? Arguably, yes. But I jumped to conclusions, and let my wounded pride guide my decision. I brought the metaphorical axe down on her without even listening to her side of the story."

She stops, facing Nova. "Like you said, my decision was understandable, maybe even justified. But it wasn't right."
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