Chapter 55: Business Pit-Stop
"Calm Down, we didn't have sex," Hearing those words did nothing to calm Starlight Glimmer, who was pacing around the bedroom in a panic.
"So why was I in your bed?" She asked quickly, her legs quick movements shifting the carpet.
"I don't know, I went to sleep before you did," Blueblood answered, already picking up an empty bottle from the nearby table to check how much she drank without him.
"So why would I enter into YOUR BED?!" Starlight almost yelled at her boss, who merely rolled his eyes at how she was acting.
"I'm guessing you were drunk and you didn't want to walk in the corridors of the ship in the middle of the night, drunk out of your mind," Blueblood took a sniff of the bottle before placing it in his mouth and drinking the drops leftover at the bottom of the bottle.
"So nothing happened?" Starlight's breath was slowing down.
"Nothing happened, I wouldn't take advantage of someone like that," Blueblood said as he levitated the empty bottles into a plastic bag.
"Good, good." Starlight nodded to herself, before freezing when she heard a knock on the door.
"Boss- er, Your Highness, I mean eh... There's an island up ahead!" Starlight blinked at that before turning to look at Blueblood who was in the process of dressing himself, causing her to quickly look away.
"So soon?" She heard Blueblood whisper to himself, "This ship is much faster than I thought."
"What's going on?" She asked.
"The Island of Glaros, It's where we're supposed to have a quick stop to refuel and restock, but since we're already coming up on it, that just means that this ship is sailing much faster than expected," Blueblood explained as he walked passed her and opened the door, nodding his head to Trixie who stood on the other side.
"We were supposed to come up on the island at the start of our fourth day, but we're only on our second day right now, Which means that either the specks on this ship that I was given were false, or that the map of the ocean was wrong, and I'm not sure which one of those options is worse," He said as he made his way up to the bridge of the small ship.
"Wouldn't having a faster ship be a good outcome?" Trixie asked as she joined the Duo of Unicorns.
"It is, we are shortening our trip by a large amount, and if I'm correct we'll be able to reach Caninia tomorrow evening, instead of five day from now," He explained, "But that also means that I was lied to in regards to the boat. Some might think it's harmless, that it's just a faster ship, but what about everything else that was lied about?"
"I don't get it?" Trixie said as she tilted her head.
"Think of it this way, You buy a new house, and the seller tells you that this house you bought is built out of a specific type of wood and that the flooring is made of a specific type of stone. Still following me?" He asked, receiving a nod from the two mares.
"Okay, now you buy this house and everything is going fine, Until you find out that there's a hot spring built underneath your house, You think you hit the jackpot, right? But then you stop and think, why did the seller not say anything about this spring? And will this spring weaken the stone foundation of the house? Will the steam coming from the underground spring weaken the wood that builds your walls? Now this amazing Hot Spring that you thought was a blessing to have seems more like a curse." Blueblood nodded to himself.
"What I'm getting at, is that now that the ship is much faster than I planned for, I don't know how much fuel it is taking, or where else I was lied to. So we will be docking at Glaros for the day in order to get everything checked, while still restocking on food and fuel," Blueblood pressed a few buttons, "I'll try and get the local government permission for you people to leave the ship for the duration of the checks, so you won't bore yourself," Blueblood smiled at that.
"Maybe start a local forest fire instead of using an oven like a normal person," He smiled at that, "Now both of you, get out, I need to concentrate," He told the two Unicorns, and with a blue glow to his horn, buttons and levers all around the bridge started to twist and press.
Glaros Island is an Independent Island Nation sitting far off the coast of Minotopia, or as I'd love to describe it, Magic Greece.
Being closer to Minotopia than to Equestria, but still far into the ocean to be independent of any form of outside government, gave the small Island Nation a reputation for being a perfect place for Ships to dock and resupply on long trips.
"Listen up!" I yelled into the speakers of the ship, making sure that anybody still asleep would be able to hear/
"We are making a stop on Glaros Island, and I managed to get the Chief of the island to let you all stretch your feet and walk around. We are estimated to return to our voyage in the afternoon, so find something to do for yourselves. Don't be late to return, Now get off the boat so the workers can start their jobs!" That should get the message across.
"Oh! Time Turner and Zephyr Breeze, stay on board, the workers might need to ask some questions," There, that should do it.
Reading over a piece of paper, Hughbert Jellius slowly hid the paper inside one of his suitcases before he walked off the ship and onto the Island of Glaros.
This was the first time the Changeling was on an Island, but he didn't have the time to look around.
He had someone he needed to meet.
"A Pit stop on a beautiful Island? Let's go Girls!" A K Yearling yelled excitedly, soon joined by Gilda and Cozy as the trio flew off the ship and onto the Island of Glaros, ready to explore.
Zephyr Breeze was bored out of his mind, While the rest of the crew were on the Island doing whatever, He was stuck on the ship helping Time Turner explain to some engineers how the Engine works so they could get proper measurements or something.
It was boring.
"If the engine works on an Arcane-Flux-Conductor in order to power the ship, The Fuel will be burning up, yet somehow we can see here that only an eighth of the Tank has been drained thus far," The head Engineer in charge of the inspection, a Seagull Person, said as he tapped a small window of reinforced glass on the side of the Engine with a taloned hand, letting him see how much fuel was still in the tank.
"That shouldn't be the case at all," An aging Minotaur said as he squatted down next to the Gull, "The Distance alone between Equestria and here should have taken at least Five-Ninths of the tank."
Zephyr groaned in boredom.
"Prince Blueblood! It Is a very good honor to meet you!" The Chief of the Island, A Seagull with a colorful Green and Blue robe said as he walked up to me.
"The pleasure is mine, Chief Galeb," I told the Seagull only to freeze as he pulled me into a hug, kissing the sides of my cheeks.
"There!" He happily said with a wide smile on his beak, "A Proper Glaros welcome!" He let go of me, and I had to stop myself from immediately wiping the spit off my face so as to not somehow offend him.
"Please! Allow me to show you a tour of our lovely Island!" The Seagull Chielf said and started walking, showing me to one of many tourist spots on the Island.
"Vodopad Waterfall," A K Yearling whispered to herself as she and her newly made pals looked at the Waterfall of thundering white water, falling off a cliff into a lake far below them.
"Rumor has it, that General Red Bicep threw his hoard of pillaged treasure off the Waterfall before his capture by King Steel Fist," She stated, her eyes looking at the lake below the waterfall, hoping to catch a glimmer of any lost treasure.
"Why would the General throw his treasure off the waterfall?" Cozy Glow asked as she hung onto the railing.
"So the King wouldn't be able to take it, Obviously." Gilda said with a wave of her Claw, "King Steel Fist was known as a Greedy Idiot who would start wars for the pettiest reasons, nobody at that time supported him. He's the reason Minotopia has a democratically elected governor instead of a King today, he single-handedly ruined the chances of his nation being a Kingdom ever again. That's how bad he was,"
"Why do you know so much about Minotaur History?" Yearling asked the Griffon.
"Griffonstone is situated between several powerful kingdoms, So we know a bunch about their history. I don't remember shit about most of it because History is boring-" Gilda ignored the scoff from Yearling "-The only reason I even recall Steel Fist is because of how much our teachers dug him into our brain," She spit at that.
Hughbert Jellius carefully made his way into the forest of Glaros Island, making sure that nobody was following him.
Once he was far enough away, he shed his disguise and started flying just above the tree-line, before he spotted where he was heading towards and landed in the empty clearing in the middle of the forest.
As soon as he landed, he went down to his knees and knelt, as a figure walked out of the tree line to tower over him.
"You have done adequately by informing me of the Prince's movement," The figure told him, her voice like a snake, filled with venom ready to pounce.
"Continue with your set path, the mission hasn't changed," She said, and Hughbert nodded his head repeatedly at that.
"We will once again meet in the Nation of Caninia, where all my current targets are in one spot," The figure smiled widely, her fangs glimmering in the dim light passing through the canopy of trees.
"And there, you will bring Prince Blueblood to me, And we can move on to the next step of my plan,"
Hughbert bowed deeper, "As you order, my Queen." He scowled into the dirt, his newly improved mental faculties screaming at him that he shouldn't need to bow his head like a mongrel.
But the other part of his mind was telling him to be patient, he has the recipe to improve the Love jelly while his queen does not.
"In Caninia," Hughbert repeated her order.
"In Caninia," The Queen confirmed, and with a buzz from her wings, she flew away, leaving Hughbert alone with his thoughts.
"In Caninia... I will find my freedom." He whispered to himself and flew back towards the docks, intent on drinking as much of the Love Jelly as he could before he reached Caninia.
He would need all the magic he could get.
After having a filling meal of traditional Glaros food, And gently putting down the Chief's attempts at wedding his daughter over to me, We were set to return to sail.
"If you ever reconsider, Prince Blueblood, Know that my daughter gives Amazing back massages!" The Seagull Chief yelled happily at me as he stood on the docks to see us off, his family behind him.
"As I've said before, Chief Galeb, I will not marry a person younger than the legal age in Equestria," Even if she was legal, I would search for a different excuse, but right now this was the most noticeable.
"Don't worry Your Highness!" A young Seagull Girl, maybe twelve years of age at the most, yelled up to me, "In ten Years I'll be big and strong, Just like Papa! And then you'll have to marry me!"
I decided to simply laugh her off and wave goodbye as the Island grew farther and farther behind us.
"Starlight, write a letter," I said as I entered the bridge, "I need to tell Queen Lanternlight that we'll be arriving earlier than planned."
And with my eyes looking at a page in Clover the Clever's book, and my Horn shooting a beam of blue magic onto a map, my eyes narrow.
"Much Earlier."
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damn bro your just pumping them out
i expected tomorrow or Thursday but Tuesday
yeah i didnt know what to type so its that
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I get it, I'm trying to fix my sleep schedule so I'm trying to stay awake from midnight till six in the evening, so I need something to do from midnight till eight in the morning and playing Dead Cells isn't going to last for more than two hours a day...
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In my opinion, paradox games tend to make time go faster.
But that's just me.
Oh yeah and warthunder.
Very curious that eating the Special Jelly is improving mental facilities. Too bad it doesn't help his cooking! Or does it...
Starlight and Blueblood will always be Good Friends.
Five ninths? What nonsense! Should be seven twelfths!
Hotel? Trivago.
Awww
Starlight deserves some luv, not that Cosmos doesn't too
Just because Starlight isn’t an official love interest, doesn’t mean Blue can’t make use of a few rumors. Underage seagulls? Sorry, but I have a marefriend (points at SL discreetly). Crew getting frisky? Sorry, but I’m going to bed; come along, Starlight. Trixie already knows she was in there; probably holding onto that one for later. Diamond dogs want pups? Let’m down easy, Starlight. Chrysalis wants me, too? Hey, Starlight- “Blue, if you make me fight off another mare, I swear to Celestia-“
“-You know you love it-“
“-I’m gonna-“
“-Break the terms of your parole, what?-“
“-Kick the changeling’s flank.”
“Thanks, babe.” Lol
I totally support Raven, btw. She’s adorkable like Twilight but never gets a spotlight because she’s not a princess. No idea if Cosmo’s into sharing.
I like the addition of Seagull people. Never thought about the parrot pirate home country, but there’s probably plenty of birdies out there.
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They all deserve love.
Cosmos was(And still is) Trapped inside of a magic crystal with her body scattered around the world for the last 1,000 years.
Starlight became disillusioned with Friendship because she has abhorrent social skills and the only real friend she ever made left to a private school, leaving her alone without any people who she can say she considered friends. (Until Blueblood punched her in the face and she repaid him by blasting a snow monster with her magic)
Newblood doesn't really understand the concepts of Family the same way people like Celestia do, Seeing as he never had one. He knows what a mother is, and what Celestia wants him to see her as, but he simply doesn't have a comparison for it, leaving the idea of "Family" as a weird blank in his mind. (Something like "She's the person who raised me, and she wants me to call her mother, but I simply don't see the reason she might have for that,") Seeing as his Lore made him an Orphan who spent most of his time Studying or playing Video Games in his free-time, only to join the navy in order to get a college education so he'll have a higher point in life.
Blueblood was "On the Grind" when he was a Human, working endlessly to reach higher and better positions, and now that he's A Prince of Equestria, practically the Highest Position someone like him could dream of getting without starting a coup to get Celestia's spot as a Supreme Ruler, he's spending his time continuing his "Grind," By making the BBF.
Even at the Top, he wants to be even higher, because that's what he always wanted. And seeing as at his Peak, he can no longer go up, only sideways (He will not allow himself to go down).
Celestia has spent 1,000 years alone, waiting for her only remaining Family Member to come back, hoping that when she does, The Elements of Harmony will be able to free her from the corruption that has taken her away.
Luna spent 1,000 years trapped inside her own body, forced to watch as an evil persona made from her envy and discontentment puppeteered her body like a sock, only to then get trapped on the moon for the remainder for those 1,000 years.
Raven Inkwell is kinda' just there... She doesn't have a tragic or sad backstory, she doesn't have a sick mother like Starlight or No Parents like Blueblood, or a Missing Father figure like Celestia and Luna.
Raven is for all intents and purposes, a regular pony with minor social anxiety and a crush on her coworker who just so happens to be her Boss's adopted son and also her indirect superior.
They all deserve Luv, though. You are right about that
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The Bird people, seeing as their only canonical appearance is in the Movie, are much more expanded on in the comics, which shows us that Parrots aren't the only people, with Crows and Owls living in the Kingdom, a Princess who's a Hawk and a King who's an Eagle.
Having Seagulls run a small island nation where ships can restock won't do anything significant to change the plot of the story, but it's still a nice little bit of world-building :)
The Island is basically if you take a Greek island and just move it somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, but with Magic✨
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Wow. When you put it like that, they’re all pretty screwed up…
Suddenly I am imagining this guy with a Greek accent.
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Glaros is Seagull in Greek after all
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Well, you learn something new every day.
Now, which of these memes to add? I think... this one!
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Meant facilities.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/facility-vs-faculty-difference-usage
He didn't apparently otherwise have the ability to think that well, and now he's gaining things most changelings would not typically have without that extra energy. 🤔 probably.
Either that or auto carrot.
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Fine, fine. Withdrawn. Sorry.
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😘
Either way, interesting things are happening in the world of deception...
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On that, we can agree.
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Well now we have to see BB go through the portal
Prince ladykiller Newblood!
OK, the Author notes are very good character building.
But I hoped it be in the chapter to reflect Blueblood more, rather than the Author look on him.
If that makes sense...
OK, the Author notes are very good character building.
But I hoped it be in the chapter to reflect Blueblood more, rather than the Author look on him.
If that makes sense...
"The Love Interests were always going to be Cosmos as the main Focus.
Raven Inkwell as a lesser focus."
Harem? well that sucks
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