[07:30.11] <Ivory_Keys> Noximilien stood outside of a bar, looking around as he waited for the velkan, Rosalinde, to arrive. He wore the same faux leather jacket, thogh with a white t-shirt beneath it. It－ seemed that weather or not he cared about fashion, his subconscious was influencing his clothing all the same.
[07:32.11] <Rosalinde> soon entered, she was wearing a casual short skirt with a leather corset, the waning trend she and Val set. The bar was her favourite one. Like most places in Atheria is was－segregated by species and this was a pony-only bar. The overwhelming majority of the patrons were earths or pegasi but an odd bat pony or crystal was around. Notably there were no other unicorns at all－ aside from him. Like most Atherian establishments it was themed, the inside strikingly different from the elabroate
[07:32.43] <Rosalinde> e inside strikingly different from the elabroate architechture of Atherian buildings. Instead it was very simple and very "equestrian" themed. Rose came up and took the stool beside－ him "Ah, so you did show!"
[07:38.26] <Ivory_Keys> Nox turned to see the mare and nodded. "I did... I couldn't very well ditch a Velkan. Imagine how that would reflect upon my personality." He smirked. "But I will say... I didn't－ exoect this to be the bar you would suggest. It is very... Un-Atherian." He had ignoeed the few strange looks he was given by the other bar goers. Given that unicorns weren't common. "You look lovely."
[07:40.13] <Rosalinde> "Hah, thanks. Thought it's just something I threw on, nothing that special" despite her claim her clothes were very neat, she also smelt like fresh strawberries and was very clean.－ She ordered up two of her favourite drinks, the strange ale that was boosted by some magical potion to prevent hangovers. It was very popular in Atheria
[07:43.58] * Shad is now known as Shad|PingShadPhone
[07:44.49] * Ivory_Keys looked suprisingky dignified despite the leather jacket. And he was clean... Though he smelled of chocolate cake. Definatly not what one would expect a unicorn as hardened as－ himself to smell like. Nox quickly paid for the two drinks, ensuring the mare didn't have the chance to interject. Chivalry may have been outdated, but so was Nox.
[07:45.46] <Rosalinde> "Oh, uhh, you didn't need to do that but thanks" she took a quick sip, which became alot. She looked quite young for the place and was probably only barely able to get in "So yeah,－ how you been?"
[07:51.40] <Ivory_Keys> Given the current day and age, it may have very well been viewed as rude... But Rose didn't seem to be the extreme feminist type. "I've been well. Trying to teach myself the art of baking. And at the same time, keping tabs on one of Shamim's riskier experimemts... And yourself?" Nox had long since dispensed with the notion of age. All things lived and died. It was veru kuch a matter－ of maturity when came to his judgment of a being
[07:51.53] <Ivory_Keys> came to his judgment of a beings capabilities.
[07:54.14] <Rosalinde> "Baking huh? Wow, you should've told me about that! I'm really good at baking not to brag or nothing. But hey, Val likes my cooking. That's why she comes over like... every night－ near enough I think. Though all she really eats is rice and tortillas..." she paused "Hmm, oh that sounds like Shamim alright. We go way back me and him"
[07:57.13] <Ivory_Keys> "Oh? Well if you manage to make things taste better than chocolate bricks, you have every right to brag." Nox took a sip of his own drink and stared at it curiously... He wasn't－ quite sure what to think. "I've gathered as much through inference... But hashe ever been so reckless as to possibly kill someone?"
[08:01.51] <Rosalinde> meanwhile was drinking her heartily "Ehh, probably. I mean you don't get to where he is without taking alot of risks. He is the only non-gifted magister in Atheria. Maybe thats why－ we connect so well you know? We're both 'out of place' as it were" she looked at him and sipped some more
[08:07.46] <Ivory_Keys> "Hm... Well I suppose you've a third addition to the group. I'm willing to bet I'm the only non-gifted unicorn in Atheria. Then, I don't know much about the rarity of a unicorn－without magic. So that may be a bold statement." Nox took a second sip and mentally shrugged. It wasn't bad. He said nothing of the mares impressive speed. Electing to assume this was normal for her. "It－ seems his apprentice has become my apprentice though.
[08:09.23] <Rosalinde> "Uhh, nope, there's Marlene and the other Velkans except me. Well they WERE all gifted at one point I guess... except Marlene who never was, kinda like you I guess?" she shrugged－ and drank some more "Hmm, I remember him once briefly talking about an apprentince, I never met her though"
[08:12.56] <Ivory_Keys> "Her? Well I fear you've been misinformed. Baraka is very much a /him/... Albeit rather dull at times. He's nowhere near as boring as Shamim though. For which I am grateful...－ He's been granted my... /Aura/, we're calling it. And I've been saddled with teaching him. Given that Shamim has no clue how to do so." He seemed slightly embittered about the fact.
[08:17.10] <Rosalinde> "Your 'aura'? huh, that's a weird name for an arcane field I guess... I suppose it's the same thing though" she finished up her drink and called up for another one "Seems I know－much less than I thought then eh? Hahaha. I mean, Shamim and I don't really talk about work I guess. Just the state of things and our past, I mean it's funny how we met-" she stopped "... actually, that's－ kinda a long story"
[08:21.01] <Ivory_Keys> "Well what we wield is very clearly not arcane... So a seperate name needed to be created. And Aura seemed as good a name as any. Given the energy's properties." He was only－ halfway through his cup, wheras the mare was already on her second. She certainly held her alcahol better than he did. "Well what about a summerized version?"
[08:24.06] <Rosalinde> "Oh no, it's gonna be a form of arcane. I mean, despite what you were in your world, you're a unicorn now aren't you? Biologically and everything. So you can't exceed our physical－limits. Whatever you can access or channel will be what other unicorns could do. I mean, the Linker Core is something different in that regard but that's complicated too" she giggled and rubbed her chin "uh,－ you really wanna know? Well it's from a rather dark part of my life. I'm gonna need more drink"
[08:24.14] <Rosalinde> I'm gonna need more drink"
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[08:27.26] * Ivory_Keys snorts and shakes his head. "Both Shamim and Baraka have exceeded their 'physical limits'. Not all arcane is created equal. Nor is it all arcane, for that matter. And I won't force you  to dig up dark memories... But you may have as many darinks as you'd luke I suppose." He pays in advance for a few more drinks. He had a feeling the mare would probably drink them all.
[08:29.18] <Rosalinde> "you're wrong, but you can keep believing that if you want." she said plainly and took her next drink. It was easing her up alot it seemed as she seemed much perkier than normal－ "Alright so were going back a few years yeah? I told you I was once the "Renegade", damn that was a snazzy title actually, but yeah so I basically comitted treason"
[08:34.32] * Ivory_Keys chuckled at the irony of this. She believed not all beings were bron equal, he believed not all energy was made equal. "Treason. Well join the club." He gestures to his clothing. "We－ get jackets." He himself was feeling a bit hazy. The alcahol messing with his head.
[08:37.34] <Rosalinde> "Hey, I was in the club before it was cool. You see back then things were different you know? Especially when I was a kid. Like, we all respected the Gifted and they respected us and－our place. We were all different but we all strived together. Yet by the time I was a Velkan things weren't the same. I got scorn despite what I was, you know? I think they're scared like Marlene said. Then－ that Magister pushed it too far. So I erased his entire arcane field, like bam!" she hit the bar "Now, this absolutely
[08:38.33] <Rosalinde>  she hit the bar "Now, this absolutely terrified the Gifted. The whole time Marlene was right about us, that if we wanted to, we could simply REMOVE energy and render them－ helpless. So of course the entire Magistrate turns on me and the Velkans. I couldn't take it so I ran, fled north to escape justice, to Veteran City"
[08:43.16] <Ivory_Keys> "Hm. So my earlier predictions were completely accurate. The gifted fear the Velkans. But especially you, given you prove an earth pony can outmatch a gifted... I also find this－ interesting. Velkan cores act very much like my and Baraka's Aura does. But you fled to Veteran City. Fearing the queens wrath... This also means the queen herself may fear the Velkans. But continue."
[08:45.08] <Rosalinde> "I don't think so, not from what you described. I don't think they're anything like" she drank some more "Yeah, I fled to Veteran. It was a strrange place, but it felt very free. I could－go and do anything I want with anyone! It was quite liberating. I met Val there and Shamim, even Shad! I thought I could settle down there and hide away. But that wasn't to be. Rachna had returned, she－ with Marlene and Raistlin tracked me down"
[08:48.44] <Ivory_Keys> "Well of course. Veteran is a democracy, where Atheria is a monorchy. So you were captured... How did Shamim fit into this? I understand the queen forgave you. But when does－ Shamim come into play?"
[08:50.29] <Rosalinde> "I met Shamim out there. He was from Atheria too and we became good friends, I of course lied about who I was, but I couldn't hide the accent so I just said I was from Atheria.－When they came after me I confessed to him who I was and he tried to help me escape! He hid me and kept me from them, then he and Shad tried to sneak me out of the city. It didn't work though, we got－ caught off by Rachna and I was dragged back here. Still, it's nice to have met him here again, we've got a connection cause of that. We
[08:51.19] <Ivory_Keys> have met-)
[08:51.24] <Rosalinde> Still, it's nice to have met him here again, we've got a connection cause of that. We both suffer from the same type of scorn you know? But yeah I got forgiven, but a big part of my－ pusnishment is that i'll never leave the main island again. So i'll never see Equestria or even the mainland again. That really sucks."
[08:54.27] <Ivory_Keys> "Don't be so sure... You are far younger than the Queen. And as nature takes it's course... You may find a window. Never assume you can't do anything... I should note, why is it－you are forbidden from traveling elsewhere? That is an extremely odd punishment... Wouldn't you agree?" He finishes the last of his drink. Feeling quite hazy. And the mare was on her who knew what－ number at this point.
[08:56.13] <Rosalinde> the alcohol had quite clearly loosened her tongue, she seemed far more genuine now and it didn't seem like she was keeping up an act "Ugh, just part of my retribution. I'm－supposed to protect the nation and people that I betrayed for the rest of my life. So it means my life now exists to defend the Gifted who fucking hate my guts and won't even acknowledge me. But what can－ be done eh? Nothing. Thats why Shamim and I get along, he gets the same shit. I'd say he's done more than half of those Magisters ever d
[08:56.33] <Rosalinde>  shit. I'd say he's done more than half of those Magisters ever have in the name of research but how much credit does he get for it? Nothing cause it's not his place"
[09:02.31] <Ivory_Keys> "I don't know... Were you not listening to what I just said? Never assume you can't do anything. If anything, the fact that you escaoed once proves that Atheria is not an infallible－power..." He wondered if perhaos all the Atherians needed as a whole was more alcohol. "You did it once. You could do so again... Mind you, I would never advocate treasonous acts." This was a steaming pile  of bull crap, but he had an 'image' to maintai
[09:03.02] <Ivory_Keys> 'image' to maintain.
[09:05.57] <Rosalinde> "Tch, I was really stupid that time. If anything it shows that I CAN'T get away with it. I mean what would change anyway? The Magisters would just make life for the Velkans even－harder. There's nothing we can do, nothing anyone can do, they're the ones at the top. That's the kindve stuff Shamim and I talk about, then we're always like 'may as well get on with it then' afterward, you－ know?" she drank more but seemed less enthused
[09:11.15] <Ivory_Keys> "That's just it. You were stupid then. But you've got experience now. And what would change?... That depends almost entirely on what you do differently... But perhaos escaping－ the unicorns tyranny lies more changing something... And less running."
[09:17.26] <Rosalinde> "Changing...? What could change? It's how it is. They're up there and we're down here. I mean yeah i'm a Velkan, but i'm just one. A hated one at that. Nothing I could do" she drank  some more
[09:21.05] <Ivory_Keys> "See that's just it. Do you know what would happen if 'it is how it is' remained the motto of so many countries? Or even worlds for that matter? Nothing ever changes unless you－make an /effort/... You work often with the youth of Atheria. Yes?..." He scolded himself for sounding like Shamim again. "They are the future of Atheria. But that's only a very small alteration. If you plan－ ahead. Anything can be done.
[09:21.08] <Ivory_Keys> "*
[09:23.04] <Rosalinde> "Yeah then what? You think there'll be some rebellion and they'll just overthrow the Magisters up there? That's impossible. You've not only got the Magisters themselves but the－Ceremonial Guard, then the Velkans, hell fucking Marlene would end any rebellion. Who's gonna go up against her? Another Velkan? Tch, I doubt any of them would turn on her... well maybe Gabriele or－ Angelicka at a push..." she rubbed her chin
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[09:28.17] <Ivory_Keys> "See. Already you can tell there is  possibility. And if the people control Atheria as Marlene claimed... Then a new generation with a different mindset could easily alter the nation.－ However, I've no doubt this is absolute... Shit. I guess. The country is carefully regulated. And done in such abway that no one realizes they're opressed."
[09:31.54] <Rosalinde> "But if noone realises they are oppressed then are they truly oppressed, or are the oppressors the ones being opressed..." she mumbled in drunken logic and laughed "This is all－ crazy wishful talk anyway, this is the kinda stuff Shamim and I talk about yeah? Hahaha"
[09:34.09] <Ivory_Keys> "True... Very well. A new topic then. What would you like to speak of? Now that I've gotten my conspiracies out. What would you converse on?"
[09:38.10] <Rosalinde> "Well let's see you don't like fashion... or religion... or atheria... so uhh... hmm" she rubbed her chin "Like, how's this. Marlene doesn't find any ponies attractive yeah? Cause she－ isn't one. So does that mean you and her are like, a perfect match? I mean, do you find her hot?"
[09:39.56] <Ivory_Keys> "Uh... Well..." The Xelor blushed, certainly a rare sight. "I may have undergone some recent revelations about this form... Thanks to Star Jumper... And do I find her hot? Um... I－ suppose she is appealing in a physical sense. Yes. But I doubt I know her well enough to truly say."
[09:41.21] <Rosalinde> "you what? Oh yeah she's a doctor so I suppose she'd be able to tell you about your body" she mused and drank more "Well i've never known her to have a coltfriend like, at all.－ Even her kid was a set up by the Queen, done completely professionally."
[09:44.51] * Ivory_Keys snickered rather childishly as an interesting image popped into his head. "Professionally?... So a stallion got paid to rut her?" He foolishly orders himself another deink. Taking a sip－ of it.
[09:46.43] <Rosalinde> "Uhh, maybe? I dunno. It's something they arranged. Trying to make a Midchildan Core" she said like he'd know what it meant, even if he didn't. She drank some more "Just saying－ that she doesn't find us attractive, which makes sense, she said that ponies in her world are like beasts so we're kinda like weird animals to her. You know? I figure you'd be the same and understand her"
[09:51.21] * Ivory_Keys actually did understand what she meant by a midchilden core. "Huh... I guess that doesn't suprise me... But yeah. I do understand her. And horses were indeed beasts in our－worlds... I guess Star Jumoee kind of helped me realize that I'm one as well now... Through less than conventional means." He took another few gulps of his second drink. Nowhere near as much as Rose, but  he seemed to be getting just as loopy.
[09:53.30] <Rosalinde> "Well I dunno what you mean by that, but i'd like to meet her one day you know? I heard she's pretty interesting" she drank some more "Shad was real cool when I met him,－ apparently he was good friends wth Marlene when Marlene was a kid, like they travelled the world together and stuff, bet that woulda been a cool adventure!"
[09:56.38] <Ivory_Keys> "She uh... She gave me a hoofjob. Among other things." The drinks were definatly messing with him now. That little bit of him that was still sober screamed 'stop!'. "Shad's－ interesting... I think... I really can't remember... I met him in Veteran."
[09:58.30] <Rosalinde> "She.. what the fuck?" she stared at him "Wait, wait, wait... don't you have wife and like, a kid or something... and you just did that with some strange alien like that? I mean, that's－ pretty low man. I figured you were more dignified than that. Sheesh, guess that clears up the rumours about Star Jumper too..."
[10:00.27] <Ivory_Keys> "They're dead... Remember? And besides I was kind of..  Kind of drunk." He stares at his current drink and frowns setting it aside. "Uh... I really shouldn't drink alcahol..." He rubs－ his eyes with a confused expression... Yeah. He didn't handle his alcahol well at all.
[10:03.23] <Rosalinde> "That's still pretty low, geez. I thought you were above something like that. Especially with a stranger." she looked pretty dissappointed, maybe it hit her harder than he realised. She  sipped at her drink with much less enthusiasm and stared at it, thinking about who knows what
[10:03.54] <Ivory_Keys> who knows what-)
[10:04.04] <Rosalinde> (thats it lol)
[10:04.10] <Ivory_Keys> (Oh)
[10:05.28] <Ivory_Keys> "H-Hey, it wasn't my idea... She said it was to... To alleviate stress. Or something... What's it matter to you anyways?... I thought you pucked up guys sometimes... If anything. I－ d-dont go around seeking it out..."
[10:07.41] <Rosalinde> "You coulda said no? Cause like, she's an alien to you and all. Guess my illusions about you have been shattered a bit. I kinda thought you were like, up and noble and stuff, it's a bit－ of a let down" she shrugged and finished her drink "Oh well, thats just typical of me to read guys totally wrong. Anything else you wanna talk about?"
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[10:11.58] * Ivory_Keys frowns, her comment seemed to snap him out of the stupor a bit. "Noble?... Noble... Listen to me carefully. I abandoned my humanity... My lifestyle... I abandoned my own freaking－identity. On the off chance that I could save those I loved. I spent two hundred years relentlessly searching for a way to braing them back. Do you think I wanted to kill all those people? For it to end up like－ it did?... It was supposed to have
[10:12.39] <Ivory_Keys>  have never happened... Everything I had done would be erased... If we're going to talk about 'sex' and it's relations to being noble. I abstained for two hundred fucking years.－ Because I thought my wife and children could come back... Don't be preaching to me about being fucking noble." He slammed the counter irritably.
[10:16.11] <Rosalinde> "So... is that supposed to make you look better or something? cause it really doesn't" she eyed him and raised an eyebrow, sipping her drink and realising it was empty which she－ frowned at "Tch..."
[10:20.57] * Ivory_Keys lamely threw a few more silver pieces at the mare. Sighing miserably. "No... It's not. But claiming my status is destroyed by one unintentional act. It doesn't exactly help my already－ confusing position. Picture yourself going through puberty again. Sans the sexuality of it even. It's not exactly easwy. Trying to figure out who you are or why you exist... It's kind of like that I guess?"
[10:24.36] * Ivory_Keys is now known as Noximilien
[10:24.41] <Noximilien> (Whoops)
[10:24.48] <Rosalinde> she ordered up two more and eager drank some of her when it arrived "Well it's pretty hard to take anything you say that seriously when it sounds like it's straight out of a teenage－fantasy novel, and i've read several of those. Maybe you should talk to Marlene more about all this you know? Like, she went throughit all.. and she was 12! So she even went through puberty here as well.－ Imagine what that was like"
[10:28.19] <Noximilien> "Easier. By far." Nox slides the second drink over to the mare. He didn't need any mor alcohol. "She didn't have a truly developed sense of self at the timw. She was just beginning－to grow. She was able to develop here. I have a sense of identity. I know who I am... But now I'm a multicolored horse in another dimension. And you can't call my world fantastical or unrealistic when yours－ is filled with multicolored ponies."
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[10:30.24] <Rosalinde> "But to me that's normal, I mean like, a world where everyone walks on two legs and have smooth skin? THAT sounds weird as hell!" she laughed and drank some more, though she－ was clearly getting inebriated more by now "And uhh... wait! Wait, wait wait...." she tapped her chin
[10:33.10] <Noximilien> "Waiting..." Nox said. He wasn't even sure why he was bothering to stay around now. Integrating into his new form and trying to fit in had only lost him further respect. What did－ ponies want? How was he supposed to act? As it was, he was a few gold pieces down on this mare's drinking habits alone. Maybe Chivalry was outdated.
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[10:38.44] <Ivory_Keys> (Sorry. Repost?)
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[10:38.48] <Rosalinde> she hiccuped and swayed slightly from the drink "There's a mistake here... Mar-Marlene said that... that her people don't like, don't see age like we do? Cause thats why like... when－she was 12 she like, behaved like an adult and was like, a soldier... no a VELKAN Knight, an Aerial one at that... so like, does that mean she WASN'T a kid back then? Or do your people differ from her after－ all... or like.. uhh..." she looked confused "... fuck, i'm drunk"