Dear Rarity,
No, he wasn't wearing a costume. Do I have your attention?
I find myself with the need to commission a most extraordinary dress to debut at the Grand Galloping Gala. As I am, myself, most extraodinary, the bar for this work is set very high. I also require an extraordinarily discreet dressmaker—with which I hope you understand why I haven't recruited the services of the usual fashion elite in Canterlot or Manehattan.
This dress must suit a Queen: a beautiful, tragic Queen, doomed by her nature to be an outcast, frightening in her kind and countenance to the common pony, yet struggling against fate and prejudice to bring herself into the light and perhaps to even, in some unlikely way, to find real friendship and love, hoowever brief and star-crossed it might turn out to be.
If I don't have your interest by now, I never will, and so I will leave it at that. Leave a magnolia flower in one of your front windows; I shall come to you. I will, of course, be paying triple whatever your usual rate is for such a work, to ensure your secrecy in the matter.
Sincerely,
Her Majesty Chrysalis the Third, Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Lesser Fig, Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Comb, Grand Mistress of the Royal Batesian Order, Lady of the Imperial Order of the Crown of the Grand Empire of the Inconsequential Isle, Knightess Grand Collar of the Most Excellent Order of the Changeling Queendom, Relict of Her Majesty Queen Imago the Second, Queen of the Badlands, Queen of the Changeling Queendom, Queen of Her other Realms and Territories, Protector of the Changelings, Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Lesser Fig, whom may harmony preserve and bless with long life, health and honour and all worldly happiness.P.S. You will of course expect future orders, should this dress be sufficiently impactful.
Why a fig? And a comb, I suppose.
Still, nice approach vector. I wonder how many other people she's letting secretly be in the know before her announcement, so they have time to prepare themselves.
I need Rarity's response to this letter.
PS: somebug has been watching Game of Thrones
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A lesser fig. It's symbolic.
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There's this whole story with a giant golden currycomb and an angry dragon, but honestly it's kind of boring, so there's really no reason to elaborate further on it.
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Lesser Fig?
I can hear the wahahahaing from here. Happy clothes horse. At least until she tries to get her majesty to sit still for a fitting...
nice work.
Wow, Chrysi is good at manipulation. If she brought up a little sister i think she would have hit every single one of Rarity's weak points.
Hmm She has repeated Most Noble Order of the Lesser Fig. One time as Lady and one as Sovereign..
Clotheshors will be happy to work for an honest-to-harmony royal.
Until she sees Chrysalis undisguised. Then she'll probably freak for a bit.
Rarity: "I... I am truly sorry for the flyswatter... And the bug spray... and Tom."
Chrysalis: "It's fine, I expected as much. Now, maybe you should take a look at me and think on a dress idea?"
Rarity: "Oh! Oh, yes! Hmm... this shall be a challenge... However... yes... YES! IDEAAAAA!"
Chrysalis: *Watches Rarity glee out a bit and snacks on some of the excessive love of her work.* "Mmmm, tastes good."
Rarity: "What was that?"
Chrysalis: "Sounds good! Well, that you have an idea, so let's hear it."
Rarity: "Well you see..." *Explains in detail.*
Chrysalis, still snacking: I'm going to get fat if I hang around artisans who enjoy their craft too much.
I love how her title is almost half the letter.
Chrysalis really has the Mane six down. Here, she’s emphasizing her regality, mystery, and makes it all sound tragically romantic. She’ll definitely have Rarity’s attention!
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I bet she was looking around the room when she was making up those ridiculous titles.
"You said 'fig' twice."
"I like figs."
Damn, chrysalis has a lot of titles
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They're two separate titles: one in capacity as member of the order, and one in capacity as leader of the order.
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I'm choosing to believe it was an overly-subtle reference to Blazing Saddles and you can't make me stop.
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Does that mean she's not the leader of the "Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Comb"?
And if so, who is?
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i second
She really has a handle on Rarity. Also an Edwardian approach to titles.
Pharynx - Her Majesty Chrysalis the Third, Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Lesser Fig, Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Comb, Grand Mistress of the Royal Batesian Order, Lady of the Imperial Order of the Crown of the Grand Empire of the Inconsequential Isle, Knightess Grand Collar of the Most Excellent Order of the Changeling Queendom, Relict of Her Majesty Queen Imago the Second, Queen of the Badlands, Queen of the Changeling Queendom, Queen of Her other Realms and Territories, Protector of the Changelings, Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Lesser Fig, whom may harmony preserve and bless with long life, health and honour and all worldly happiness.
Raven - This is Celestia.
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With Discord's statue smack-dab in the middle of an artificial dead magic zone for the foreseeable future, Tom may never properly exist. He certainly doesn't exist yet.
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Oh, really?
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If the titles even exist, that is! Who's to say she's telling the truth?
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That’s a good point.
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Hmmm... But it's usually more fun to actually have the titles through some legal shenanigans and then laugh at their face as they realise that yes, those are real titles.
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Well, on the other hoof, if an absolute monarch declares that a given title exists, does that mean that the title does exist now?
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Knowing we dealing with a competent Chrysalis here I wouldn't be overly surprised if all her titles are very real and very legal no matter how absurd they sounds.
A long eventfull life comes with long titels
Damn fine bussness opportunity
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Consider fig wasps...
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She's Queen. The titles exist if she says they exist...
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For some reason I'm imagining Chrysalis in tight blue jeans singing on a big stage in front of tens of thousands of ponies, while playing the piano.