Post by Ether on May 31, 2015 15:30:19 GMT -5
Well, it's not exactly an RP log as such, but I had some time on my hands during the muck's quiet periods and decided to write out one of Ether's dreams caused by the Crisium.
It's influenced by a bit of his background and a lot of the RPs I've had on the muck so far
Figured I might as well make something like this my first post on the forum!
Mare Crisium dream:
The surroundings turn into a hazy darkness without any discerning features, except for perhaps a few shades of grey barely emerging as little more than distant fog.
A black coated unicorn with a thrown back, long grey mane stands next to Ether. The two black unicorns look alike, except Ether was the smaller of the two (though not by much) and his mane was styled in a more tousled manner. Ether
also had blue eyes, whereas the other black unicorn had emerald green eyes and no visible cutie mark.
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The surroundings shift, a lone, yet simple house on the top of a green hill appears with a beautiful garden, housing a wide variety of colourful flowers.
A visage of Virga appears, standing next to Ether as they both look over the still form of Haunting Melody laying on the ground in the garden. Virga looks to Ether and speaks, "This was justice, Ether. You saw what she did and you know what she would do to others." Ether looks down and a little to the side, avoiding Virga's gaze as his muzzle draws into a skeptical expression. Virga's gaze grows stern and his gaze pierces Ether, then Virga speaks again, "It was /righteous/! There is no room in our nation for someone like her." Ether looks back up, meeting Virga's gaze, "For someone who simply grew desperate to help a dying friend?..." Ether trailed off, still avoiding Virga's gaze.
The visage fades away and all that remains is Ether and the other unicorn. The black unicorn with the emerald coloured eyes chuckles softly, "You're afraid of him, aren't you?" Ether looked to other pony, who then continued speaking, "Afraid he'd find out you might do exactly the same as Haunting Melody did..."
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The surroundings shift again, now displaying the entrance to the magic research center in Ponyville. Ether stands between Virga and two guards on one side and on the other side stands Dusk, Mirage, Forge and Rusty Nugget. A loud argument seems to broken out between Ether and the crew from the magic research center. Dusk steps a little forward, glaring at Ether, "We /saw/ you take it, Ether. You've been stealing from us all this time!" Ether frowns and snaps back, "It's not like that! I need to send it to Manehattan for..." Dusk interrupts, "For a friend! I thought we were working on a solution for all of Equestria, not just for one of your friends. But that's what you've been doing, isn't it? Help a friend, damn the rest of us."
Virga gives a subtle signal to the guards who start taking up position around Ether. Ether's nose twitches a little into a sneer and he snaps at Dusk again, "You don't understand, he is suffering! I can't just leave him like this, I've got to do something!" Dusk and Mirage eyes Ether with disdain and Dusk speaks, "So you've built your precious necklace from /our/ resources and efforts and decide to steal it for your own ends?" Forge lets out a disapproving grunt while Rusty Nugget looks at Ether, disappointment obvious in his expression, but the pony otherwise remains silent.
Virga then speaks, "I've seen him do this before. When we tracked down Haunting Melody. He argued our cause was just and righteous, that we had to do something, even something extreme, to protect the nation." Virga pauses, "He fooled us all. It was all a guise to grab the alicorn amulet for himself. He's doing it again, right now. He's dangerous, he's manipulating us all." Ether looks back to Virga, disbelief in his eyes, "That's a /lie!/" he yells, the last word at the top of his lungs, but even as the words leave him, he can't convince himself that anyone would ever believe them. Virga eyes Ether with a stern and cold look, "Guards...cease him!"
The scene fades away, leaving only the black surroundings with the distant fog lurking amongst it. The black unicorn appears next to Ether again, "And the world goes mad and turns against you. Betrayed by friends and colleagues alike. This all seems very familiar..." a pause arises and the black unicorn gives a sad smile, "I'm sorry for what is to come. The path you walk, you walk alone, just like you left me to walk my path alone when I needed your help the most."
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The world changes appearance once more, now showing the throne room in Canterlot where Celestia sits on a lonely throne. Ether bursts into the large and mostly empty room, exhausted and slightly wounded. Due to his illusionary abilities, he escaped the struggle mostly unharmed while everyone tried to apprehend what they thought was him. "Princess Celestia!" he calls out with some relief, "There's been a terrible misunderstanding, I...I need your help to set things right." he trots into the room towards the princess of the sun.
Celestia regards him for a moment, then stands and starts walking, meeting Ether halfway in the room, her neutral expression turning into a warm and welcoming smile. She hushes on Ether first, "Shh..." then speaks, "Ether, I know why you've come...sit down here with me, we need to speak." Ether grew quiet and resigned himself to a sitting position, remaining still as Celestia walked over and sat next to him, draping a wing over him to hold him against her side. He sighed softly, slightly calmed. The princess of the sun speaks again, "You're confused, Ether, and I understand that. You just wanted to do a little good and the world shuns you for it."
There is a long pause, Ether looks up towards the now empty throne and finally asks, "Can you help me?", to which Celestia nods, her expression growing a little more sad. "Yes, my subject, I can." Ether sighs of relief, but then notices something shimmering in front of him, squinting his eyes from the sharp light, it was like looking directly at the sun. A brief moment later, he watches a materialized spear pointing at him, levitating in the air by the princess' magic, the spearhead made of pure sunlight.
"You wanted to do good, but you've done a lot of wrong." she pauses, "You're dangerous, Ether, and you can't be trusted. Virga told me everything." Ether feels a sense of panic rise in his chest. The comforting wing earlier draped over him now feels restraining and he finds himself unable to get free in spite of his struggling. What's more, as he looks up to Celestia to plead for reason, he finds himself unable to speak, only meeting her sorrowed eyes, "I promised you I'd protect you, but there's only one way I can protect you from your own actions. I am so very sorry..." Celestia leaned down and planted a kiss on his forehead, the spear levitating in front of him moves back slowly, Ether continues struggling a futile fight right up until the spear launched forward at an alarming speed.
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~ Ether
It's influenced by a bit of his background and a lot of the RPs I've had on the muck so far
Figured I might as well make something like this my first post on the forum!Mare Crisium dream:
The surroundings turn into a hazy darkness without any discerning features, except for perhaps a few shades of grey barely emerging as little more than distant fog.
A black coated unicorn with a thrown back, long grey mane stands next to Ether. The two black unicorns look alike, except Ether was the smaller of the two (though not by much) and his mane was styled in a more tousled manner. Ether
also had blue eyes, whereas the other black unicorn had emerald green eyes and no visible cutie mark.
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The surroundings shift, a lone, yet simple house on the top of a green hill appears with a beautiful garden, housing a wide variety of colourful flowers.
A visage of Virga appears, standing next to Ether as they both look over the still form of Haunting Melody laying on the ground in the garden. Virga looks to Ether and speaks, "This was justice, Ether. You saw what she did and you know what she would do to others." Ether looks down and a little to the side, avoiding Virga's gaze as his muzzle draws into a skeptical expression. Virga's gaze grows stern and his gaze pierces Ether, then Virga speaks again, "It was /righteous/! There is no room in our nation for someone like her." Ether looks back up, meeting Virga's gaze, "For someone who simply grew desperate to help a dying friend?..." Ether trailed off, still avoiding Virga's gaze.
The visage fades away and all that remains is Ether and the other unicorn. The black unicorn with the emerald coloured eyes chuckles softly, "You're afraid of him, aren't you?" Ether looked to other pony, who then continued speaking, "Afraid he'd find out you might do exactly the same as Haunting Melody did..."
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The surroundings shift again, now displaying the entrance to the magic research center in Ponyville. Ether stands between Virga and two guards on one side and on the other side stands Dusk, Mirage, Forge and Rusty Nugget. A loud argument seems to broken out between Ether and the crew from the magic research center. Dusk steps a little forward, glaring at Ether, "We /saw/ you take it, Ether. You've been stealing from us all this time!" Ether frowns and snaps back, "It's not like that! I need to send it to Manehattan for..." Dusk interrupts, "For a friend! I thought we were working on a solution for all of Equestria, not just for one of your friends. But that's what you've been doing, isn't it? Help a friend, damn the rest of us."
Virga gives a subtle signal to the guards who start taking up position around Ether. Ether's nose twitches a little into a sneer and he snaps at Dusk again, "You don't understand, he is suffering! I can't just leave him like this, I've got to do something!" Dusk and Mirage eyes Ether with disdain and Dusk speaks, "So you've built your precious necklace from /our/ resources and efforts and decide to steal it for your own ends?" Forge lets out a disapproving grunt while Rusty Nugget looks at Ether, disappointment obvious in his expression, but the pony otherwise remains silent.
Virga then speaks, "I've seen him do this before. When we tracked down Haunting Melody. He argued our cause was just and righteous, that we had to do something, even something extreme, to protect the nation." Virga pauses, "He fooled us all. It was all a guise to grab the alicorn amulet for himself. He's doing it again, right now. He's dangerous, he's manipulating us all." Ether looks back to Virga, disbelief in his eyes, "That's a /lie!/" he yells, the last word at the top of his lungs, but even as the words leave him, he can't convince himself that anyone would ever believe them. Virga eyes Ether with a stern and cold look, "Guards...cease him!"
The scene fades away, leaving only the black surroundings with the distant fog lurking amongst it. The black unicorn appears next to Ether again, "And the world goes mad and turns against you. Betrayed by friends and colleagues alike. This all seems very familiar..." a pause arises and the black unicorn gives a sad smile, "I'm sorry for what is to come. The path you walk, you walk alone, just like you left me to walk my path alone when I needed your help the most."
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The world changes appearance once more, now showing the throne room in Canterlot where Celestia sits on a lonely throne. Ether bursts into the large and mostly empty room, exhausted and slightly wounded. Due to his illusionary abilities, he escaped the struggle mostly unharmed while everyone tried to apprehend what they thought was him. "Princess Celestia!" he calls out with some relief, "There's been a terrible misunderstanding, I...I need your help to set things right." he trots into the room towards the princess of the sun.
Celestia regards him for a moment, then stands and starts walking, meeting Ether halfway in the room, her neutral expression turning into a warm and welcoming smile. She hushes on Ether first, "Shh..." then speaks, "Ether, I know why you've come...sit down here with me, we need to speak." Ether grew quiet and resigned himself to a sitting position, remaining still as Celestia walked over and sat next to him, draping a wing over him to hold him against her side. He sighed softly, slightly calmed. The princess of the sun speaks again, "You're confused, Ether, and I understand that. You just wanted to do a little good and the world shuns you for it."
There is a long pause, Ether looks up towards the now empty throne and finally asks, "Can you help me?", to which Celestia nods, her expression growing a little more sad. "Yes, my subject, I can." Ether sighs of relief, but then notices something shimmering in front of him, squinting his eyes from the sharp light, it was like looking directly at the sun. A brief moment later, he watches a materialized spear pointing at him, levitating in the air by the princess' magic, the spearhead made of pure sunlight.
"You wanted to do good, but you've done a lot of wrong." she pauses, "You're dangerous, Ether, and you can't be trusted. Virga told me everything." Ether feels a sense of panic rise in his chest. The comforting wing earlier draped over him now feels restraining and he finds himself unable to get free in spite of his struggling. What's more, as he looks up to Celestia to plead for reason, he finds himself unable to speak, only meeting her sorrowed eyes, "I promised you I'd protect you, but there's only one way I can protect you from your own actions. I am so very sorry..." Celestia leaned down and planted a kiss on his forehead, the spear levitating in front of him moves back slowly, Ether continues struggling a futile fight right up until the spear launched forward at an alarming speed.
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~ Ether
