Session Start: Sun Jan 14 12:05:56 2018
Session Ident: #CoFERP
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[16:50.36] Topic: Adult Room 18+ ERP logs table of contents for past RP's ＋http://derpy.me/BLRf5，
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[17:02.57] * You are now known as Gabriele
[17:03.56] <Gabriele> The de facto leader of the Velkan Knights entered the throne room and looked around with suspicion. she was wearing her uniform and cape with the Atherian eye and always carried her weapon on her side. She spoke to a ceremonial guard "Where is the Queen? We had an urgent meeting"
[17:05.09] <Sophie> *The guard stood in an empty throne room. The turned to look at Gabriele as they addressed her, "The queen is in her chambers my lady. She has asked not to be disturbed."
[17:09.24] <Gabriele> "What? Well send her a message for me. Tell her..." she paused in thought "Tell her the candle is alight and I need to take her to see it"
[17:12.11] <Sophie> *The guard stared at her a moment, before giving a reluctant nod. "Yes ma'am." And departing. It was sometime, a good half-hour of waiting before the door at the back of the throne room opened once more. Out came Sophie, thin and dressed in the dark robes she donned in moments of her privacy. The black counciler robes were augmented with silver chains, the marks of her post as high judge -- while her heavy crown sat low on her crimson hair. "Gabriele?" She
[17:12.11] <Sophie> said, squinting.*
[17:13.35] <Gabriele> had grown slightly impatient but became more disciplined when seeing the Queen "Your Highness. We were due a meeting... were you not told of its significance?"
[17:15.21] <Sophie> *Her squint turned to narrowed eyes, scrutinizing in their hard edge. "Am I most preoppied these days. Many matter require my attention -- most can wait. I am here now. So do not waist the time."
[17:17.27] <Gabriele> she looked at her in confusion until something clicked and she muttered "I can't believe they didn't tell..." she then looked very frustrated and switched back to being professional "There has been an important development. You need to come with me"
[17:18.10] <Sophie> "Very well then. Lead the way." She tapped her hoof twice, summoning the company of the two cerimonial guards at their flanks.*
[17:19.05] <Gabriele> she startd leading her out of the grand throne room and kept very close. She eyed the guards behind them and spoke very low so they couldn't hear "Marlene has been recovered. IS have her under watch, I can't believe they didnt tell you. She is awake now"
[17:22.00] <Sophie> "I'm am aware of this, Gabriele. I simply would have thought she would've come to me." She said, flat and cooly. The guards walked haevily, masking any steps of her own. "Marlene has no qualms about interrupting my buisiness, you see. She is bold, it is why she is valuable."
[17:23.19] <Gabriele> "Oh..." she said with soem mixed surprise and relief "I have spoken with her. She is very... confused. Did they tell you about her condition?" she said leading her to a secure area of the college controlled by IS
[17:23.54] <Sophie> "Condition?" She asked, eyes flitting to gabriele.
[17:25.28] <Gabriele> she eyed her with concern "So they didnt mention that. You should prepare yourself. It would be easier to see it for yourself" she said leading Sophie through an IS building to a particular room
[17:29.10] <Sophie> *The division of IS allowed into the college was closely associated with the red magistrate. Composed entirely of unicorns, internal securities operational mandate severely limited the actions they could take on college soil. To compensate, regulators were attatched in great numbers to allow for greater legal flexibility. These regulator investigators wore red bands on their flat billed caps. Sophie followed gabriele, expressionless as she entered the
[17:29.11] <Sophie> chamber -- leaving her guards at the door.*
[17:32.17] <Gabriele> the chambers had a large comfortable bed with a stand covered in notes. Several reading instruments and magical devices were around for running tests. Sat on the bed was a unicorn that had Marlene's colours and her cutie mark, but she was alot younger and looked like how she did when she first entered this world. She was talking to a female IS agen
[17:32.17] <Gabriele> t who was asking her questions. They both spoke in germane but Marlene had a very different and unique accent. She wore a necklace that looked different from the one she used to wear, but still very alien, with a similar green jewel in the centre. When Sophie entered the agent stopped and bowed to her but Marlene looked at the entrants with confusi
[17:32.17] <Gabriele> on
[17:32.21] * You are now known as Marlene
[17:34.16] <Sophie> *Sophie entered the chamber, no measurable change in her expression. She looked from Marlene, to the IS interviewer, lips drawn into a fine line. She spoke, addressing the room for the answer, nopony in particular. "What is this? What has happened?"
[17:36.48] <Marlene> Gabriele spoke "We retrieved her through the glyph and mirror produced by the blue arch magister and the zebra, Marlene came back like this. She has a very distorted memory-" she was cut off when Marlene got off the bed and moved toward Sophie, at first she tried going ontwo legs but couldnt and looked very uneasy on fours. She spoke in Equestrian
[17:36.48] <Marlene> with a distinct accent "You... you're the one. I remember you, you were a Queen"
[17:37.51] <Sophie> "Leave us." She commanded, to gabriele and the IS agent. "You. You remember me? What do you remember?" She asked, tilting her head.*
[17:39.48] <Marlene> she two nodded, the agent was about to speak but didnt and they both left them alone, closing the door. Marlene watched them leave, she had a strange innocence to her. "A dream... dreams like this. A world like this. There is always a queen... an island, and a reason I come here... you always send me north to fight your enemy"
[17:41.48] <Sophie> "Our enemy." She corrected. "This is your home. You were stolen from it. Statues to your heroism are manifold. You will remember this in time..." She said, looking Marlene head to hoof. "Tell me dear, what were you doing when you found? Do you remember how you got there? Who your parents were?"
[17:47.30] <Marlene> she put a hoof to head her, then looked at it curiously "Marlene, Velkan Knight of the Alexandria Eastern Aerial Defense Brigade... something happened in training. I nearly fell and nothing was the same since. Nothing felt real, certain words made me think of images... Sophie, Stephanie, even the name of Alexandria itself... I didn't recognise my p
[17:47.30] <Marlene> arents, or my friends. They put me under watch. There I kept having dreams. I'd come to another world, meet a Queen in black and she'd send me to fight..." she suddenly perked up "Libra! Thats it! That's who I fight! Because what you call magic isnt what we called it, I am an anomaly to him. I remember!"
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[17:50.32] <Sophie> "I see. What you experienced there was not the truth. Lies, deception." She stepped around the room, looking up towards the ceiling. "Libra is long dead. You and other killed that pretender to power. The world has moved forward, built by our vision -- mine and yours. All this around you? Is my design which you have long implimented. That mare who came with me, is one of your knights. Trained by your hoof, for our cause."
[17:54.11] <Marlene> she looked confused "What? I don't understand... so I came here before long ago to help build this world?" she looked around "Who are you?"
[17:56.16] <Sophie> "My name is Sophie." She said gently touching her breast. "Your Queen. This is my land, atheria and this my college which you stand on. We have worked long... and hard, for near three decades to build a better world for all -- after it was left in ruins by the cruelty of mock-tyrants. You were older then, you've since... regressed, it seems."
[17:59.03] * ForAllBooks_ is now known as ForAllBooks
[17:59.10] <Marlene> "You are Sophie! That name... yes, I remember that name" she rubbed her head and sat back on the edge of the bed "How could this be? Ever since that day in training i've had dreams and feelings that nothing was right, they told me I was under stress and had to be watched... but I know you. I recognize all this. This must be real. Those other two sa
[17:59.10] <Marlene> id they knew me as well, I recognise the tall one"
[18:01.15] <Sophie> "I am not surprised. She has taken your place in your absence." She said, "Come. Trot with me." She turned, the door opening at the behest of her green and purple magic that hissed and bubbled. She stepped out of the room, not waiting for Marlene. Fully expecting that she'd keep pace.*
[18:04.09] <Marlene> she dropped down and struggled to keep up. Walking very awkwardly on four legs. She watched the door open with great interest. Just as before, Marlene was a beacon of energy. Her entire body shone with powerful arcane transfererrence, resembling what happens when arcane is amplified through a rune of some kind, but her entire body did this. The kin
[18:04.09] <Marlene> d of biotechnology to achieve something like this was beyond all understanding and should have been impossible
[18:07.36] <Sophie> *She passed whatever guard there was to take her out onto the grassy causeways of the college. She motioned up to the tight appartments, to the statues invoking predominate blue scholars and gold patrons. To artistic elements of shape changing glass and shimmering crystals. To the students and scholars. "This, Marlene, is your home. It is your destiny to see this place flourish, to fight for the ideals and prosperity of these gifted -- who suffered greatest
[18:07.37] <Sophie> at the hooves of libra's cruelty. Atheria is for all it's subjects, but here is where true progress is built."
[18:11.29] <Marlene> she looked around with wonder as she found her legs, constantly taking in all the scenes with awe "I've been here before! I recognise these buildings, far too vivid to be a dream. The strange feeling of warmth, comfort but also... distance. Everything just out of reach. Sophie, that is, Queen Sophie. When did I come here last?" she said watching se
[18:11.29] <Marlene> veral unicorns move past who seemingly didnt notice it was the Queen there
[18:13.31] <Sophie> "A year, perhaps? You lived here, for twenty some odd years. From the moment it was first broken from the earth and hung in the sky."
[18:15.30] <Marlene> "20? The sky?! Just like Alexandria!" she grabbed her head and her eyes darted around like she was remembering things "We lifted it from the ground... to show our achievement. So that the eye may watch... the eye..." she looked confused "I dont know"
[18:17.37] <Sophie> *She continued, trotting over one of the suspended bridges that connected one of the smaller sections to the larger campus rock. She turned and gestured towards Heavyhoof hall, the building of the provost from which hung the banners of the blue college and the impressive black and red banners bearing the burning eye of atheria. She motioned towards them, "You will remember it all. In time."
[18:19.53] <Marlene> she looked over the side of the bridge but was strangely confident about doing so, being on a floating island didnt seem to make her uneasy. She then moved up near Sophie and stared at the large banners "How could I have been here for 20 years when I am no older than 12? How did I even get here? I have so many questions"
[18:22.19] <Sophie> "And many answers will come at their liesure." *She continued to trot, crossing the grounds in front of the palace which she explained as her own. She continued on, trotting and earning the eyes of many. "I'm a rare sight so far below my tower. I am busy most often, and rarely do i have the chance to mingle amongst my subjects." She was saying as they crossed over the guarded bridge into the unpopulated velkan quarter."
[18:22.21] <Sophie> *
[18:24.45] <Marlene> "If you are the Queen of this land, then what was I?" she asked casually as they approached the Velkan Quarter and its gothic architecture. She stopped when they came to the bronze statue of Marlene by its entrance, standing confidently on two legs and holding her massive Halbmond Sabel with one foreleg and its handle planted imposingly on the grou
[18:24.45] <Marlene> nd
[18:26.21] <Sophie> "My hammer." She said, glancing at the statue. "You are not gifted like myself. You stand outside the heirarchy of this country. Marlene, 1st velkan knight of atheria. You and your order serve me. This is yours." She said, gesturing broadly, "Your students live here"
[18:30.09] <Marlene> "What...?" she moved to the statue and touched its base, then looked over the empty Velkan Quarter with its landing pad venturing off into the blue skies. She looked it over for a while "I know this place. I remember names... Kirsten... Anastasia... Stephanie. A hammer. A greatsword."
[18:31.28] <Sophie> "Many of your daughters are away. North, fighting the enemy. There are a few still here, and you will meet them in time. When you are comfortable. For now your return is as much of a secret as your dissapearance. "
[18:33.10] <Marlene> "Daughters..." she turned back to her "Sophie. I came here and we built this, but then something happened to me didnt it? Did I go back in time? How did I get here to begin with?"
[18:35.42] <Sophie> "You were brought here by a portal. Many were back then. Less nowadays. Many have been reclaimed by their worlds, as you were. Stolen by a rupture in the fabric of the material." She hummed, "You were taken as you stood firm against one of your wayward daughters. When you were most needed most. An act of our enemies, possibly. A gambit, i'm sure they believed had paid off."
[18:39.38] <Marlene> "A portal, like the one that brought me back here..." she looked in thought, the way she processed information and spoke it logically was very reminiscent of Marlene "I was sent here, protected it, rebuilt it... then another war. I was forced back, taken from the equation. Somehow doing so removed my time from here. But now you've brought me back b
[18:39.38] <Marlene> ecause I was taken against my will."
[18:42.19] <Sophie> "Yes. You've summed it up well. See? You are learning -- and you are back, with the vibrancy of youth no less. All will continue accordingly, as in the end... everything will work itself out in the interest of what is right and good."
[18:49.35] <Marlene> "I've got many other questions about everything and about my life here" she lifted one of her hooved and turned it around, looking at it and spoke in Germane [How will did I ever get used to not having hands?]
[18:49.42] <Marlene> *How did
[18:52.07] <Sophie> *Sophie turned and continued to trot. She pushed into the empty halls of the velkan quarter, her heavy hoofboots echoing down their paths. <Hands? You lived longer here than you ever did as some strange, bipedal creature. You were more at home in your body here, then you ever were in your body there. This is your home, child. Where your lovers, children, and friends reside. Where your cause is grand and you are much more than a soldier in some battalion."
[18:52.07] <Sophie> She stepped up tot he door to marlene's quarters and pushed it open, motioning her inside.*
[18:55.37] <Sophie> >*
[19:01.41] <Marlene> she seemed surprised Sophie spoke in her language but spoke much more eagerly and confidently in this tongue <I hope I can remember them. Everything feels like a dream> she walked into the strangely familiar room. It had been kept largley the same with the strange feeling of comfort. From the large cushioned bed to the soft shag carpeting. She look
[19:01.41] <Marlene> ed around and touched things, but her eyes settled on the large portrait of her older self that Gabriele painted
[19:04.09] <Sophie> <I'm sure i needn't tell you that much of your life was spent here. The rare downtimes, the goods and the bads. This was once your home dearest, and it will be your home again. You are free to it.>
[19:08.45] <Marlene> she turned and looked at herself in a mirror by her old vanity. She seemed very interested in looking at herself and touched parts of her face, she then looked back at her portrait for comparison <This feels more real than any dream>
[19:10.21] <Sophie> "It isn't a dream, Marlene. This is as real as anything there is. With time you will see that. Fortunately for you, your life here is -the- dream. You want for nothing. The world is at your hooftips my dear, for we have remade it in our design."
[19:16.38] <Marlene> <It must have happened during training. That must be why everything feels so vague since.> she looked back at Sophie <Did you decide to bring me back?>
[19:18.13] <Sophie> <Yes.> She said, feeling the blankets of her bed with her booted hoof. <The impossible was done to retrieve you. The work of many ponies brought you here, and not too soon either. There is much yet left to do..."
[19:18.15] <Sophie> >
[19:20.31] <Marlene> <Ponies... so thats what you... we, are> she said curiously. <Was I well known?>
[19:21.15] <Sophie> <Your name inspires the ponies of atheria and drew fear into the hearts of our many enemies. You were not well known, you were exalted.>
[19:22.43] <Marlene> <Is that why there was a statue of me? I must have liked it here to stay so long... I want to know everything about this place.>
[19:26.04] <Sophie> <You shall. Unfortunately so many questions are beyond my scope to answer. I've a nation to run you see. Things elsewhere to do. You're knight gabriele will fill you in on the finer details, but know that you are free always to entertain an audiance with myself. You are the velkan knight marlene, nopony has the power to refuse you what you want."
[19:27.51] <Sophie> > * (ffs me)
[19:33.17] <Marlene> shee picked up a book on the side that was only half finished, she opened the first few pages and spoke <I think we were close friends...>
[19:34.09] <Sophie> <That will be for you to decide. You are your own pony, but yes. we were. And i hope we will be again.> She smiled, "You will find i am not so boring and old as I seem."
[19:34.15] <Sophie> <>*
[19:44.34] <Marlene> she smiled back, looking innocent but a glint of her old self was still there <I'm glad you saved me. Should I stay in this room?>
[19:45.53] <Sophie> "If you wish. Otherwise i may have alternatives arranged, if all this is... too overwhelming." She tilted her head.*
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[19:46.28] <rett> ＋http://foxxxpics.blogspot.com/2018/01/selfies-in-mirror.html， so hot
[19:46.46] <rett> how are you?
[19:47.57] <Sophie> (Wtf are you linking)
[19:48.56] <rett> so much time in google xD
[19:49.05] <rett> fine, how r u doin?
[19:49.43] <Sophie> (What?)
[19:50.01] <Sophie> (we're fine. We're all fine here)
[19:50.30] <rett> (cool)
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[20:10.20] <Marlene> <I dont want to stay here tonight. In time I will, but I want to speak with the other with the Linker Core...> she then touched her chest <Hmm... it will take time to recalibrate>
[20:12.14] <Sophie> *She tilted her head the otherway, <You mean gabriele? In time you will be ruinited with your device, sable. But until you are ready it will remain with her. very well, you shall remain where you're being kept?"
[20:12.16] <Sophie> >
[20:15.09] <Marlene> <Sable?> she seemed curious <Yes, they said they had alot of questions for me. I'm also quite hungry... so you have sausages?>
[20:15.11] <Marlene> *do
[20:17.10] <Sophie> *Her face turned slowly down into a frown. <Your weapon...> She sniffed, <Sausages? Dear, your an herbavore. Meat would make you ill, if it wasn't outlawed here in elysium. That is the dish of savages and barbarians. Creatures best left in the dust of time.>
[20:26.11] <Marlene> <Oh,I suppose that makes more sense...> she tapped the green jewel on her necklace <You mean I had a different one?>
[20:27.05] <Sophie> *She paused, turning slowly towards Marlene and gesturing towards the necklace, "Curious... could you summon it?"
[20:28.26] <Marlene> <Not until its calibrated the Linker Core to this new body. I did wonder why they gave me a new one, they said I must have dropped it during training into the skies... but I couldn't believe that. It all seemed too convenient...>
[20:30.18] <Sophie> <You'll have to tell me all about that then. Sable i'm sure, is much more valuable to you. Given your lengthy attatchment to it... this new one could be repurposed, used for some other function i'm sure.>
[20:34.33] <Marlene> <I'll have to test its data> she put the book back and followed Sophie <Very curious... Barrikade, how many devices has my core synced with?> suddenly the jewel made a ring that sounded identical to Sabel's one, the voice was deep, artificial and in germane but sounded different to the one Sabel would emit [4 Intelligent devices prior] Marlene tapp
[20:34.33] <Marlene> ed her chin <Four... I remember the other three, the fourth must have been my training weapon they claim I dropped. The one you have here. That will answer alot of questions>
[20:36.23] <Sophie> *Sophies ears twitched and she paused mid step to look back at Marlene.* <I understand these things are treasure troves of knowledge. We will ahve to delve deep to see if there is anything new we may've missed." She smiled, and went back to trotting.*
[20:38.47] <Marlene> <They are marvels of my people and changed society forever. You said I created some knights here? I am most interested in how that happened... but I want to eat, what kind of food do you eat?>
[20:40.15] <Sophie> *She hesitated a moment at that.* <All manner of things. Fruits... vegetables. Apples, pears, oranges. Salad, hey. There a plethora of alchemic inspired resteraunts here on the island if you are interested.>
[20:41.30] <Marlene> <There is a saying I once heard that food is the heart of any society, so I cannot wait!>
[20:44.09] <Sophie> <I've never heard that.> She didn't sound too rife with enthusiasm as she took marlene to a small cafe near the velkan quarter called, "The sisterhood." IT was popular, given the rather limited space on the island and the high cost of goods. Sophie stopped at the door and gestured her forward, "I will not be joining you i'm afraid. But i'm sure sometime to think, to process all this is in your best interest." From her pocket she proffered a small bag of
[20:44.09] <Sophie> atherian bits. "This should be enough to cover whatever you wish to eat."
[20:47.41] <Marlene> <Oh, well thankyou! I hope I can see you again very soon. It feels like you and I have a connection... I can see why we were close, perhaps we were meant to reunite>
[20:48.51] <Sophie> <There was never any doubt. Marlene. You know where to find me, do not hesitate to knock.> She gently touched marlene's back with a cold booted hoof, before turning around and beginning to trot away. <Don't stay out too late. I don't want to have to send someone out to find you if you get lost.>
[20:51.12] <Marlene> she smiled, looking quite innocent but there was a familiar understanding in her blue eyes. She went back into the cafe and started looking over the menu in thought
[20:55.04] * You are now known as Gabriele
[20:56.26] <Gabriele> back in the throne room, Gabriele was having a debate with one of the magisters in Green who wanted to see the Queen but was unavailable
[21:05.43] * Sophie is now known as Soapy
[21:05.45] * Soapy is now known as Sophie
[21:06.37] <Sophie> *The queen eventually returned after her long trot with marlene. She set hoof into the throne room, her guards flanking her either side, and her eyes narrowed to look at gabriele and the unexpected green. "What is the meaning of this?"
[21:08.21] <Gabriele> Gabriele attemped to speak but the magister interrupted her by taking a long, exaggerated bow and speaking like Gabriele wasn't present "Your most magnificent highness! I was just educating your guard here on the importance of renewing the policy on land protections for the area between the coast and the Draconian reserve. I would be glad to fill y
[21:08.21] <Gabriele> ou in the details of this important matter"
[21:09.52] <Sophie> "I would very much like to know why you sought to bring this matter to me personally, rather than putting it your black counciler." She said, looking down her nose at him. "Circumventing your superiors is not an attractive quality..."
[21:11.47] <Gabriele> he looked at Gabriele with a frown and Gabriele glared back at him, as the Queen had just argued the same point she tried making to him. He suddenly looked alot more nervous ""W-well, the guards said you took a stroll so I thought you'd like to hear from your subjects direct. Yes. Your gracious Queen is all receiving of important details"
[21:13.47] <Sophie> "Put it to my husband when he holds court, magister." She said, stepping past him and giving him no more time of day, a cold rebuff from the small mare as she walked up the curved stairs towards her throne.*
[21:15.06] <Gabriele> he looked shocked and bowed his way out "Y-yes... of course, of course..." he nervously left. Gabriele stood with her forelegs crossed watching him leave "I told him to speak to the black council several times but he told me that mere guards dont understand government"
[21:17.56] <Sophie> <Foals, all of them. Wasting my time when there are much lesser ponies who could deal with the minutia of governance." She sniffed, and turned back towards Gabriele. "I'm surprise you are still here after all this."
[21:19.12] <Gabriele> "I was curious to hear your thoughts on Marlene. Where is she?"
[21:22.38] <Sophie> "Seeing the sites. Eating. It's a whole culture to drink in all at once. It's a lot. I have ponies watching her, don't doubt it." She sat one hoof ont he edge of her throne. "She is useless to me right now until she begins to regain more of her memories. She will not be leading the velkan knights again for sometime, nor will she be fighting her enmies. I believe she will reiorient on her own, given tiem. But for now, we should keep critical information from
[21:22.38] <Sophie> her ears. Atherian secrets must be kept. Her daughter, i believe, shouldn't be introduced to her for sometime."
[21:25.10] <Gabriele> "So she doesn't even remember her... from what i've read, she was very mature and intelligent for her age back inthe days of Libra, she used to claim her species treated age differently to us. So she may yet surprise us. Is she taking the adjustment well enough?"
[21:26.51] <Sophie> "Well enough." She said, flat. "But we will watch her. Mature, maybe back then. But back then her ideals were blinding. Simple and perhaps misguided. It wasn't until she found my guidance that her purpose was fully realized."
[21:28.02] <Gabriele> "What could have caused her to lose her age like this? I have one potential theory... but you or she may know more"
[21:30.40] <Sophie> "The portals are strange. Their effect on the body is ill understood. The velkan knight rachna was gone for fifteen years, but when she returned it'd only been two on her behalf." She gestured towards Gabriele, "What have you to say on it?"
[21:32.00] <Gabriele> "I was going to suggest something similar to Rachna. Perhaps whatever, or whoever sent her back must have sent her back to the moment she first left. Do you think the Equestrians had some hoof in this?"
[21:35.46] <Sophie> "Possibly. They have been studying the portals longer than atheria has been a country. Atheria may have blossomed into a place of knowledge in our time, but we must not forget the legacy of magic canterlot can call upon. Great damage was done with libra's genocide and the burning of the library, but they are still a force to contend with and i would be delusional if i thought libra had made no progress on understanding the portals themselves. Starjumpers
[21:35.46] <Sophie> research has lead to nothing here, but it is possible that one of them took it and made a breakthrough. If so, there would be nopony better to target than her. She is- was - our most powerful asset.*
[21:37.15] <Gabriele> "Then we should focus efforts on locating her and bringing her over to our side. As a hero to Atheria, she would be greatly welcomed."
[21:38.28] <Sophie> "She is here." She said, "She has been here for a long time. As a teacher here at the university. But she is old, and fat. There might be little she has left to offer the world. A shame, truly. Her husband, that monstrosity of a griffin, remained behind in equestria i believe. He may've had a hoof in it. Who knows?"
[21:40.14] <Gabriele> "Ah yes, I must have gotten confused. But..." she rubbed her chin in thought "Silverstar, the zebra, if they could open a portal to retrieve Marlene... perhaps we are not as far behind as first thought"
[21:45.57] <Sophie> "Perhaps. It is impossible to know where our enemy stands." She chuckled, "But i wouldn't fear. If they had progressed so far i believed we'd have already lost the war. But no, with marlene returned the favor will swing towards us once more." *She tilted her head, "If they had been responsible for her dissapearance i imagine they would've wanted to push their advantage. Mysterious mysteries, hm? Perhaps we'll never know."
[21:47.14] <Gabriele> "The world is full of them. But I think the biggest one is how to get my husband to keep up with the housework" she laughed
[21:47.56] <Sophie> "Husbands, hm?" She shook her head, "If only they had a mare's dedication. I know your struggle." She smiled.*
[21:49.25] <Gabriele> "Where will Marlene be staying? It might be good if she knew me as a familiar face to ease her back into her life"
[21:52.22] <Sophie> "She'll be staying where she's been kept. She doesn't yet feel comfortable sleeping in her old bed it seems. I know you are busy, so will be charging another with her looking after. Somepony needs to mentor her on who she is and how she fits into things here."
[21:53.59] <Gabriele> "Oh, so you took her there too? Did she say anything about it?" she nodded "Very well, who did you have in mind instead? I'm not sure if this is consequencial or not but she did say something to me when she first arrived... when she was still in her other body and touched me with her strange claws..." she said drifting off
[21:55.29] <Sophie> "And... that was?" She pulled her hoof back from her throne. "What is it gabriele. Tell me."
[21:57.30] <Gabriele> "I knew you were real" she nodded "Thats what she said before she turned into a unicorn. Does that mean anything to you?"
[21:59.59] <Sophie> "She has struggled to differentiate what is real from what is a dream. She has forgotten much of who she was -- forgotten i used lightly. She is rembember with stimulus, slowly but surely. Her life in that other -- now void -- world was simple. Vague and ephemeral..."
[22:00.59] <Gabriele> "I see. She'll need a guiding hoof then. Who did you have in mind to monitor her?"
[22:05.48] <Sophie> "A loyalist velkan and a long time confidante of my innercircle. Mary and Arthur heavyhoof. When she is not in the company of me or you. Afterall, we've important matters to dictate -- you a war to run. She will be put through the same rigorous training you put the other velkans through so she may get used to her new body as quick as possible."
[22:08.01] <Gabriele> "Mary? Very well. We still have the matter of how to address this to the public. I can't think of how to approach that"
[22:10.02] <Sophie> "We remain silent. Her absence has not been noted. Her return shall not be noted. Let rumors perpetuate. They do well to maintain the mystique of the order."
[22:11.48] <Gabriele> "Hmm very well then. Surely questions will get asked. Maybe Marlene herself will have an idea, she was good at that sort of thing..."
[22:14.43] <Sophie> "Perhaps. We can see what she thinks..." She sighed and shrugged her boney shoulders. "Let everypony asks their questions. So long as nopony opens their mouth, they will remain int he dark. None ever saw marlene as an old mare anyway, the statues in her likeness have seen to that. Ponies will simply feel strange discovering the great marlene simply wasn't as old as they remember. Internal security will see to the spread of information. New waves of proganda
[22:14.43] <Sophie> will sweep the nation shortly."
[22:16.01] <Gabriele> "Interesting idea. What about those who knew her and the Velkans who are still unaware that she was taken from us?"
[22:18.13] <Sophie> "If they are loyal, whatever is said will not matter. They will trust you and I, and her again with time."
[22:20.08] <Gabriele> "Well then. It is good to have her back. One day i'l lgive her the cape back"
[22:20.56] <Sophie> "Keep it for now. You've earned it. When the time comes you'll pass off the mantle, but at least the question of her successor shall be postponed. Likely until after i am dead."
[22:21.49] <Gabriele> "You don't seem the type to die that easily" she smiled
[22:25.59] <Sophie> *She giggled, a of unusual joy in it.* "I'll take that as a compliment. But i'm not immortal, as far as I know. let us not delude ourselves?" She grinned, a strange look for her to wear. "Very well. I should return to my tower and see to the irons i have in my fire."
[22:27.12] <Gabriele> "I'll leave you to it then. Farewell, my Queen" she lowered her head to Sophie and made her way out of the throne room. Her metallic hoof boots making heavy echoes inthe large chamber
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