The Chronicles of East Horse, Absurd
Rainbow Dash lay upside on the bed inside the Sunset Suite. Her head hung over the edge of the mattress, and she stared upside-down at the starlit window. Eventually, she sighed, tilting her head up to glance over at a quietly whimpering figure.
“Are you good to talk again?” Rainbow muttered.
Twilight was curled up on the floor, sobbing quietly into her forelimbs. She sniffled, rubbed her wet muzzle, and sniffled again. A glossy pair of violet eyes rippled in the pegasus' direction.
“I... I-I think I can... y-yes...” Twilight nevertheless hiccuped on another sob.
“We could... y'know...” Rainbow fidgeted. “...call it a night if you wish...”
“No, I... I-I'm good to continue.” Twilight stood up, teetering slightly so that she phased through the walls of the cramped place with a lavender strobe. “It's very important that I understand totally and completely what you've gone through.”
“Right.” Rainbow nodded upside-down. “Because as soon as I can get your super smart brain focused on this situation, the bet—”
“I just can't believe that an entire civilization died!” Twilight moaned, eyes growing wetter. “And all because a dragon matriarch was selfish enough to turn the entire landscape into her own personal nest!”
Rainbow moaned, letting her head droop over the side of the bed once again.
“And even after all you did to save the remnants of those poor, poor Silvadelians, what does this Axan do?!” Twilight frowned, her tail straightening like a purple scimitar. “She mutilates you! You! My best friend! And after all the horrible things you'd already been through... starting in Ponyville—”
“Look, Axan did a lot of horrible things,” Rainbow said. “But, as odd as it sounds, she's... k-kinda okay.”
“How could she possibly be okay?!?” Twilight yelped. “She ripped you apart, Rainbow!”
“Yeah—well... she didn't finish me off.”
“And why not?!”
“Because she must have figured out I was the 'Austraeoh.'”
“With... the destiny that Whitemane hinted at?”
“Exactly. And ever since, Axan's been more or less looking after me.” Rainbow smirked. “She even took out Nevlamas before her crazy sister had a chance to bite me in two.”
“What?!” Twilight grimaced.
“Er... Nevlamas, the Divine of Magic? She'd gone full chaos and was being fed the living, tortured bodies of Ledomaritan soldiers in order to fuel her arcane insanity—”
“What?!?!” Twilight grimaced harder.
Rainbow winced, blushing slightly. “Erm... m-maybe we should go about this one step at a time...”
“I don't know...” Twilight squeaked, sniffling again. “I... I heard of the Divines. Celestia used t-to talk about them—about how they had been allies to the alicorns in days of old. But... but to think of them turning violent... and going insane?!”
“A lot of time can do a number one someone, pony or dragon alike,” Rainbow Dash muttered. “Look at you. You're a wreck, Twilight.”
“But... but you've seen it all, h-haven't you?!” Twilight stifled yet another whimper.
“That's kinda what I was getting at,” Rainbow said. She rolled over and gazed evenly off the bedside. “But... really... I'm a lot better off for it.” She smirked. “I promise.”
“Even... with Axan having ripped you apart?”
Rainbow spread her wings and smirked. “Do I look wrecked to you?”
“But... b-but how did you survive?!” Twilight asked. “Please... Rainbow... please tell me that things got happier for you.”
Rainbow's eyes fluttered, and a warm smile spread across her muzzle. “Funny you should ask...”
“So, in spite of his disabilities, this... Pilate was able to decipher the runes you'd discovered deep in Foxtaur?”
“Well... yes and no,” Rainbow Dash said as the two of them strolled through a patch of forest flanking the college. Morning sunlight wafted through the waving tree branches, warming half of the two close friends. “He got hints of what some of the designs and glyphs meant, but we wouldn't get a full idea of what signified what until we learned about it all later... as a group.” Rainbow smirked aside. “And even then—and now—I'm a bit lost on the specifics.” Rainbow shrugged in mid-trot. “Whoever these ancient pegasi were, they didn't exactly leave a whole bunch of clues for future generations.”
“Still, you were quite fortunate to have Pilate by your side.”
“And Belle.” Rainbow smirked. “She's the one who built the tech for him that let the zebra see. In all honesty, they were both just about equally smart. Only... heh... Pilate was bored a heck of a lot more, so he filled his time doing egghead stuff.”
“Meanwhile, Eagle Eye, Crimson, Phoenix, and Zenith protected the three of you.”
“Well... uhm... most of them did, yeah.” Rainbow gazed up at the trees, smiling. “EE followed us out of Ledomare. Really swell guy.”
“EE?”
“Eagle Eye. You would have liked him. He was... was...” Rainbow paused, glanced at Twilight, and twitched. “...oh, how I wish you could see your own reflection right now.”
“Huh?” Twilight jolted in place, brushing back her mane. “What? Why?”
Rainbow sighed. “Never mind...”
“Did you stay in Foxtaur for long?”
“No,” Rainbow said, shaking her head. “The bad guys from Blue Shelf found us sooner than later. But we made it through. Most of us, at least.”
“Belle and Pilate?”
“Totally.” Rainbow smirked. “I'm not sure what I would have done if I lost them so easily.”
“Wow...” Twilight grinned. “They must have meant a lot to you.”
“Mmmmmhmmmm...”
Twilight giggled. “Because this is the most I've seen you smile since I showed up.”
Rainbow gave her a double-take.
“Eheheh...” Twilight waved a dainty hoof. “I don't mean anything bad by that. You've been stressed out by forces I can't even begin to fathom. It's just that... for a moment there, I... uh...” Twilight squirmed. “I-I was afraid for you, y'know?” She gulped. “All these tales of Darkstine, Silvadel, and now Ledomare...” The unicorn grimaced. “I... I was afraid that you might have given up on being happy.”
Rainbow slowly shook her head. “No way. No way in heck...” She chuckled dryly, trotting ahead. “How could I be depressed? What, with Ding Dong... Pilate... friggin' EE... even Josho...” She then let loose a dreamy sigh. “And then there was Roarke.”
“Roarke?” Twilight asked.
Rainbow's hooves scuffed to a stop against the forest floor. Her whole body went rigid.
“That's a new name. Who was Roarke?” Twilight asked.
Rainbow looked at her, blinking.
Twilight waited, smiling patiently.
Rainbow opened her mouth... lingered... and blurted: “A friend.”
“Heheh... you don't say.”
“A... very... very good friend.” Rainbow tried to smile, but she blanched at the attempt. “We... uhm... had our scrapes at first...”
“Is everything okay, Rainbow?”
“Buh?”
“Sounds like something's caught in your throat.”
Rainbow coughed, using the opportunity to glance away from Twilight as the tips of her ears went red. “Yeah, well... this whole mix of mainland and tropical trees is messing with me.”
“Why? Did you develop an allergy since you left Ponyville?”
“Er...”
“Did you and Roarke butt heads or something?”
“H-hey!” Rainbow grinned wide, trotting awkwardly forward. “Who's for some sea air?! I know I am!”
Twilight's ears folded back as the concave force field pushed her after Rainbow Dash. “Do... do you want to take a break from telling me about your travels?”
“Pffft! As if!” Rainbow bounced her way towards the white sands. “Let's see... uhhh... Shell! Did I tell you about Shell?”
“I... I don't think—”
“Yeah! Let's talk about Shell!”
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NONONONONONONO that's a bad idea.
You don't know what you are getting into.
*Lesson learned: never turn down sleep.*
There seems to be something here. . . alicorns. More alicorns? ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhsorry.
Just talk about Roarke already. Sheesh. x3
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Well, it has been said that Celestia and Luna weren't the only alicorns who arrived in this plane a long, long time ago.
Rainbow Dash, talking about Roarke would be infinitely better than talking about Shell.
-Spirit (Yeast and Treacle)
Jeez Rainbow, I get that you feel awkward talking about Roarke with Twilight, but don't you think that's a bit extreme?
Well fuck, this is going to be just peachy.
I'm with Twilight on this one, I wanna hear about Roarke.
>“Yeah! Let's talk about Shell!”
Yep. She didn't take that well.
WOW, RAINBOW. TIMING.
Not right after the story of Silvadel!
Rainbow made some fwiends!
Ohhhhhhh, here we go.
...Uh-huh.
Yyyyep.
Oh, they certainly had physical contact in some places, I can tell you that much.
LET'S NOT AND SAY WE DID.
Oh come on, Rainbow.
You're going to have to come out of the stable as it were.
Twilight won't be occupied with Shell forever, for a long time while she dies a little inside? Yes, but not forever!
Oooo... Twlight is going to be FURIOUS at Shell when she's told about him!
Yeah... that wasn't desperate at all Rainbow.
Let's talk about Hitler reincarnated!
“Did you and Roarke butt heads or something?”
''Oh, we did a lot more than just that.''
''I'm sorry, could you repeat that?''
''Hey, I know! Let's talk about a deranged mass murderer!''
5837705 I dunno. They're both depicted as cold, tactically-minded, and ruthless killers. The difference is that one of them killed innocents and RD was laying the other one. Unless Rainbow Dash decides to deliberately understate Roarke's ultraviolent tendencies, Twilight might not understand how she could fall in love with the metal mare.
Oh, and this.
Innavedr- chapter 14 - Rainbow and Pillage.
Who in their right mind would decide not to talk about their greatest love in favor of their worst enemy? That sounds like the stupidest--
...
You know what? Never mind.
5837705 Okay seriously what the hell does Spirit Yeast and Treacle mean
Yeeeaaahhh, let's not and say we never did. Twilight is not going to survive the tale of Shell
You change the subject from Roarke to Shell? I feel really sorry for you if you're that heartbroken Rainbow.
Huh... If the Mane 6 are coming back that means Applejack will come back eventually. You know what though? I think RD is totally over AJ now. And it looks like it'll take even longer to get over Roarke...
They'll reunite someday. Someway. Somehow.
Earth, wind, fire and dirt;
Fucking pegasi, how do they work?
I think she should talk about Roarke.
But yay, Shell! I'm sure Twilight will looove Shell. Great idea!
Here's an idea; let's not.
Frankly, I'm surprised she's more interested in talking about he-who-has-just-been-named-repeatedly(dammit Rainbow) than Roarke.
5837755 It doesn't really mean anything. I was writing and I came up with the name "Yeast and Treacle" for a shop. In the Skype chat, I joked about making that my signature, and then I actually did. (Spirit is my last name.)
5837748 Rainbow can omit all that. It's just minor details, eh?
That...is not a sentence I ever expected to see.
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I have to believe this...
All I want to see is Twilight's reactions when we get to the pegasus sex crater. Can we skip the Shell part?
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The choke lost all its chokeyness. Tarkington can make the crossing. I believe in them.
Rainbow Dash would rather talk about him instead of Roarke?
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What has Hitler ever done to you to deserve that comparison?
Life scars dealt in 3...2....
Wow that change of subject reeks of desperation. Rainbow probably doesn't want to explain that she fell in love with the pony whom she met by beating the stuffing out of each other.
5837860
Um... I... uh...
...
Nothing. I feel ashamed.
5837860 ...Besides the wars and the slaughter and the madness? OH DEAR GOD, the comparison makes more sense.
Can we not
IC
IC pls
I love the imagery of this sentence.
Yeah Shell. Lets talk about Shell. No ways that'll go poorly.
Just don't say his name three times in a row, you know, like Beetlejuice.
5837891 Surely Twilight understands the concept of Defeat Means Friendship?
Love how the comments exploded with talking about... that guy.
Still, that is a good way to make Twilight not ask any more questions about your journey. If that is what you're after...?
I know you all secretly want her to tell every juicy detail just so we can see Twilight's reaction.
Even if it means that we'll have to wait an extra day to bring up Roarke again.
Well... better to get the bad out of the way first I guess.
okay so.. who wants to bet we'll cut back in just as Dash is describing killing the omnicidal maniac in the village he slaughtered where her 2 closest friends and the filly she was practically an aunt to were the sole survivors?
-Memories given light, ease a lonely flight. Ynanhluutr.
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Um...
Yeesh, never gonna let me live that down, are ya.
5838014 Well buck.
Shell, you know, the guy who wanted to kill your friends for 400 chapters? Yeah, swell guy.
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OH BOY, SEXUAL INNUENDOS! MY FAVORITE THING!
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Ditto.
Soo I can't be sure but I commented little in the past... But forgive me if I'm mistaken but uhm shell might be ...me?
...my bad?
These chapters are really nice. Its sort of recapping events for us but mostly for twi. I kinda wish rainbow was a bit more honest about the ponies she met though. EE and Roarke are topics im sure twi would like to hear. Have they been talking for 2 days straight?!
Lets go with the 'or something'.
Inb4 dash accidently pulls a Break the Cutie on Twi