private Artificial Love. (with Dynamo Pad)

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Dynamo Pad:
Dynamo looked to Jade, who seemed to be deep in thought after everything that had happened. He decided to let it go as he didn't want to further fuel Jade's anger. He blinked as he was pulled out of his thoughts by Sunlight, who took his hooves into her own. He smiled softly as he gave her front hooves a reassuring squeeze. "I know, but I guess I was worried. I understand some would blame themselves if someone got hurt, or vice versa." He nodded as she leaned into his ear, while listening to her statement. He felt the kiss upon his cheek, but didn't return said kiss. Not that he didn't want to, but he knew Jade was still in the room. He didn't want to do anything that would make Jade feel angry or upset. "It was more of a group decision. I stayed near you in case that stallion woke up from the electric shock. Lunar opted to go and find Jade, while we all went to the shop. I'd hate to find out what would happen if Jade was with us and he saw that stallion. I think staying at the hotel sounds like a good idea. Unless if there's a place you wanted to go visit in the city. I wouldn't say resting my front hooves would be the only reason. With what you went through, we both deserve a rest from all the craziness going on."

Dew Drop:
"I-I'm happy to know that I was able to h-help Jade change to become better. I-I wonder if Dynamo has b-been able to do the same for Orange. The two of them s-seem to be really happy being with o-one another. I've seen other c-couples, but those two seem like the r-real deal of being truly i-in love." She smiled as she always liked seeing other pony couples being happy. The smiled soon faded as she listened to Lunar's serious explanation. "I-I think I know what you mean. I k-kind of saw that distant, y-yet cold look in his eyes. I c-can only imagine that there are some things h-he doesn't want to bring up in discussions. What those r-reasons are, I-I honestly don't know. I j-just have to do my best and let J-Jade know that I'm here for him. I truly care for him, s-so I won't let what he's going through push me away. I can only hope t-that his relations with Sunlight can b-be mended."

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@Dynamo Pad
Sunlight and Jade
Again Sunlight nodded "Don't worry, I'm fine..." just as she said it, she flinched a bit and put one of her hooves against her head "...nevermind, you're right, I need to rest too..." she looked at Jade "...Could you go think about what ever you're thinking about outside?." her tone indicated it wasn't a request but more of a demand, which was odd coming from her. Jade just nodded and existed, closing the door behind him, his expression not changing a bit, he could be heard telling others that Sunlight was fine but wanted to be alone with Dynamo.

"Something isn't right..." Sunlight said right away when Jade left, she was still holding her hoof against her head "...the headache got worse, it can't be from me just hitting my head...did I even hit my head when I collapsed?"

Lunar:
Lunar just nodded, seemingly satisfied with Dew's response, and started leading Dew towards the ground, soon enough they were outside the shop. When Lunar lit her horn-artifact, the door opened before she could open it and Jade came out, almost crashing to her, he still didn't have any expression and his eyes were still burning, but his tone was surprisingly friendly and when he spoke "Can you leave us two alone Lunar?" Lunar just nodded and walked in and Jade walked bit to the side and when they were alone, without a word, he wrapped his hooves around Dew into a hug, he was shaking.

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Dynamo's eyes glistened with worry as he saw Sunlight winced, while placing a hoof against her head. "That doesn't seem really good. Maybe tomorrow we can make it a resting day. Plus, we still need to use those rings to still try and get rid of that corrupted magic." He noted, surprised slightly from the tone in her demand as she wanted Jade to leave. He knew the two siblings argued from time to time recently. He had hoped that the two of them would be able to work things out, but this time what she said had been different. He wanted to ask what was going on, but he knew they needed to rest for the time being. He watched as Jade had made his way out of the room, before looking back towards Sunlight as he listened to her remark. Upon hearing her question, the blue unicorn tried to recall everything that had happened during that worrying event. "No...I don't think you ever fell over. The last thing we saw was that you were sitting down near the wall of the alleyway. The stallion kept attacking the barrier and then Lunar and I stopped him. Afterwards, the barrier faded and we made our way over to you. You were unresponsive, but you never once fell over. Why do you ask, Sunny? I know you said your headache got worse, but are you okay? Do you think...there might be more to this headache that we may not know about?"

Dew Drop:

As they made their way back towards the ground, Dew had noticed that Lunar had brought them to what she noticed was a jewelry shop. She also noticed that she had what appeared to be a piece of jewelry that gave her a unicorn horn. Dew’s jaw dropped slightly as she never saw anyone have that kind of ability before. She wanted to ask, but stopped as she saw the door had opened. She soon saw that Jade was behind the door and winced as she saw Jade almost crash into Lunar. She noticed that his eyes looked as if they were burning, but didn’t say anything yet.

After listening to Jades comment of asking Lunar for Jade and the ebony Pegasus to talk, she watched as Lunar made her way I tot that’s shop. Before she could even say anything, Dew was caught off guard as she was pulled into a hug by Jade. “J-Jade? What’s wrong? A-Are you okay!?” She felt heartbroken as she saw that her crush was shaking. She didn’t know the reason, but she knew she wanted to be there for him. She soon wrapped her hooves around him and returned the hug. Occasionally running a hoof through his mane and rocking him slightly back and forth. “It’s okay, Jade. I p-promise that I’m right here for you.”

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When Dynamo mentioned the rings, Sunlight lifted her mane for a second to show that she had had her's on this whole time.

"Well it's pretty obvious there's something more to it than hitting my head if I never hit my head..." Sunlight pointed out "...but otherwise I don't know, it may just be a side effect from the failsafe going off or even the ring, but please keep eye on me, we can't ignore the possibility of the stallion doing something to me, magical barrier or not..." she spoke calmly but with serious tone "...Because regardless of what anypony thinks of him or his intelligence, it isn't out of the question that he expected me to have some kind of protection, after all, he knows I'm friends with Lunar." 

Jade:
Jade didn't say anything, but after some moments his shaking got less noticeable until it fully stopped. He stayed quiet for moment longer before finally speaking quietly, though it sounded more that he was thinking aloud instead of talking to Dew specifically "So this is how it feels like..." there was a rather long pause, but the second part of the sentence was directed more to Dew "...thank you."  a single tear dropped down from Jade's cheek.

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Dynamo Pad:

As Sunlight lifted her mane up, Dynamo’s eyes widened as he saw that she still had the run on her unicorn horn. “I’m honestly surprised. I thought we took the rings off for the day. I guess that isn’t the case, but I’m not sure if the ring can give one a headache. I could probably see the failsafe being the reason, but what would make the failsafe even fail in the first place?”

At the mention of keeping an eye on her, he nodded in understanding. “You have my word and I just hope he didn’t do anything to you. I mean, he didn’t catch you as you tried to run away, right? When I was fighting against him, he didn’t have any weapon to attack with. I guess he’s smarter than we gave him credit for. Seeing how he didn’t take the barrier into account, but he could have played the fool to give a false sense of security.” He says, wrapping his arms around Sunlight and holding her close. A way of saying that he would keep her safe.

Dew Drop:

As Jade’s shaking started to lessen, Dew sighed quietly as she was glad she was helping Jade through this troubling time. Her wears perked as she heard Jade beginning to talk, but was more confused as to what he was referring to. She was about to reply, but she heard the green Pegasus thanking her. “Y-You’re welcome, Jade.” She blinked as she felt something wet had hit her shoulder. She quickly pulled back from the hug to see Jade, who looked to have been crying. “J-Jade? Are you o-okay!? Was it s-something I said? I-I’m so sorry if I said something w-wrong.” She began to panic as she felt that she had made Jade cry and/or feeling worse.

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Sunlight:
"I remember explaining this already, but the failsafe activates when some emotion, usually negative gets too much to handle, it's what causes us to lose our consciousness.." Sunlight reminded "...Which remind me, next time it happens you don't need to get Jade, I wake up eventually or if there's emergency, some sort of pain like a punch on a cheek or cold water should wake me up too." she simply pressed herself against dynamo when he hugged her, she didn't comment anything regarding the stallion because she didn't like talking about him for obvious reasons. 

Jade:
Jade let out a patient exhale and put his hoof on Dew's cheek, looked her into her eyes and with very calm voice said "Stop it, didn't I tell you I will make it clear if I don't like something?.." "...Besides, I just thanked you didn't I, why would I thank you if you did something wrong?" he smiled, emotion had returned on his face "Since I first woke up I have been bottling up negative emotions because I needed to be able to protect Sunlight, since then I have let those emotions as anger towards those who have wronged her..." "...But seeing you in my blind rage, I realized few things...." more tears came out, but he was still smiling "..Sorry, I have never been able to cry before." 

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Dynamo Pad:
As he listened to Sunlight's response on both the fail safe and not needing to get Jade. He nodded in understanding with an apologetic look upon his face. However, he knew better than to apologize as she kept telling him not to say 'sorry' so much. "I guess I forgot and that's my bad. I remember you told me that you have been feeling more and more like a pony." He began whispering to her as he leaned closer towards her ear. He didn't know if Frail and the others were eavesdropping, but he didn't want to take any chances and talk about Dew's artificial form. "I'd never forget about your artificial form, but I always want to have that idea of how you always want to be treated. So, I try to think that while you have two separate identities, or something like that. Although, you're still the same Sunlight Lavender that I got to know and still truly love. I'll remember not to worry and get Jade next time. I guess I was more worried about the fact that you weren't going to be able to wake up. I was afraid that you had shut down and that Jade was the only way to help bring you back. I'll probably go with the option of throwing cold water on you to help wake you up. I think that's what you did when it involved waking me up one day." He chuckled slightly as he tried to lighten the mood of what had happened.

Dew Drop:
As he felt Jade's hoof upon her cheek, Dew's eyes trailed off towards the side as she listened to his reply. She looked towards the ground, while trying to let her mane cover her face. Almost as if to have a barrier to keep in front of the green Pegasus. What he had said next had shocked Dew, while causing her to look back into his eyes. She could even see a smile upon his face. To which she thought his smile made Jade look charming. "I-I know and I'm sorry, J-Jade. It's just that I-I've never seen you act like that before. N-Now that I know about w-what's going on, I-I'm starting to understand the true you." She listened with a patient look upon her face as Jade went on to explain his emotions. She took notice that more tears had been shed, but he still had a smile present upon his face. She was curious about what he had begun to realize, but at the moment she knew she wanted to be there for him. She pulled him back into another hug, while she nuzzled his cheek. "Shh...i-it's okay. If you need to cry, t-then you can cry. T-There's no need to explain a-anything else right now. Y-You're well being is more important t-than your explanation a-at the moment. We can discuss everything l-later, if that's okay with you, Jade."

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Sunlight:
Sunlight smiled and though she could tell Dynamo was trying to lift the mood, he brought up something she needed to address, she whispered "If I ever shut down there's no guarantee that even Jade will be able to bring me back, turning off is our version of death, and though we can only theorize what it is like, it is safe to assume our disguises will fade when that happens, so it will be clear if it happens."  

Jade:
Jade stayed quiet again as he returned the hug, it felt warm in a new way, as in, it didn't warm up his skin, it warmed up everything in a pleasant way. Eventually the tears stopped coming again, but he didn't back out of the hug and waited for Dew to do that first. Again he spoke quietly "Thank you"

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Dynamo Pad:
Dynamo smiled softly as he noticed that Sunlight had begun to smile. He was thankful that he was able to help lift her spirit during these troubling times. However, he frowned as he listened intently to what she had whispered to him. "I want to say that I don't want to hear about that possibility, but I guess it's better to know now than not at all. If that were the case, then it only makes sense if the disguises would fade. Seeing how you wouldn't be able to control in that kind of state." He whispers back, hoping that they could change the subject. He knew that if anything were to happen to Sunlight, then he would do everything in his power to help save her. He just knew that he would feel heartbroken and lost if he ever lost his marefriend.

Dew Drop:
The ebony Pegasus smiled softly as she felt Jade had returned the hug. It was relatively quiet between the two, but it was a comfortable silence. There was an occasional sound of hoof steps from passerby's, or even the sound of taxis running past, but she didn't care. Eventually, she had pulled back from the hug. She nods as she raised her hoof to help wipe the stained tears away. "You're welcome. D-Do you want to go into the shop to talk, or did you want t-to go somewhere else? I-I just want to make sure that you're o-okay, Jade."

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Sunlight:
Sunlight got up "That aside, can you walk?.." she winced a bit again "...There isn't really any reason to stay here, so if you can, we probably should make our way back to the hotel."  her tone was calm and kind, like they had never talked about what they just did "I can help you if you can't" 

Jade:
"Let's just get somewhere else than here, Sunlight asked me to leave so there's no reason to go back there, and if I'm being honest, I just want somewhere where we can be alone without interruptions." Jade replied with the quiet tone 

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Dynamo Pad:

At the mention of being able to walk, Dynamo stood up and placed his hooves upon the floor. He winced slightly as he took a few steps forward, before glancing back to Sunlight with a nod. “I think I’ll be able to walk. I injured my front hooves again, but my bandages were rewrapped and taken care of. I guess we should make our way back to the hotel. I’ve never been in Lunar’s jewelry shop before, but this was to find a place to stay for the time being.” He gave Sunlight a kind and appreciative smile, before shaking his head. “Thanks for the offer, but I should be okay. How about you? I can help you walk if you need assistance. Seeing how you winced again. The headache must still be unbearable.”

Dew Drop:

As she listened to Jade’s statement, Dee nodded as she thought of a place for them to go to. “Okay and I g-guess that means Sunlight is in c-capable hooves with her friends. How about the p-park? I remembered you s-said you wanted to g-go there earlier. We can s-sit back, relax, enjoy the s-scenery and we can talk. H-How does that sound, Jade?”

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Sunlight:

Sunlight smiled when Dynamo told he was good enough to walk without help. "The headache is pretty distracting but I can manage, I'll just need to avoid making fast movements." she assured before heading to the door. She informed their friends that they were leaving and made her way to the front door. Jade and Dew were already left. 

Jade:

Jade nodded right away "Sounds like a good plan." and smiled at Dew, taking off the ground and offering his hoof to her. 

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Dynamo Pad:

“I guess it’s a good thing that I have wrapped bandages on my front hooves, then. I won’t be able to run, so we can take our time getting back to the hotel. Sounds like a win/win situation, or something like that.” He chuckled slightly, following Sunlight as she went to inform their friends of their leave.

Dew Drop:

Dew Drop smiles softly as she saw the hoof Jade had offered to her. She nods as she placed her left fore hoof into his hoof, following Jade as she used her wings to float into the air. “I-It looks like we are i-in agreement. Well then, l-let is be off.”

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Sunlight:
"I was thinking of taking a taxi..." Sunlight told "...Because you really shouldn't be walking and I actually have no idea where we are." she had never been in this shop and having been unconscious, she hadn't seen the route here. "And my legs feel a bit tired, probably due the running away." 

Jade:
Jade started leading Dew towards the park he assumed she was talking about, though at one point of the travel he turned serious "I know we are supposed to talk about nice things and all that, but there's something I have to say, there's a certain pony I need to ask you to avoid..." he proceeded to describe what the stallion that was tormenting his sister looked like "...he's dangerous pony, and if he finds out we are close, there's a high chance he'll try to hurt you, so if you ever see him, go to a different direction." he looked at Dew and there was deep care and worry in his eyes. 

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Dynamo Pad:

“A taxi sounds like a better option and even safer. I was carried along with Golden and Frail to this shop. So, I have no idea on how far we traveled. Plus, I’m still not the best when it comes to directions. I’m still surprised we were able to catch up and find you. We heard you ran away and others said you ran pretty quickly. Sounds like we both need to rest our hooves from running and/or getting hurt.” He says, waving his hoof in the air to call a taxi over for them.

Dew Drop:

As they flew, Dew was being lead by Jade as he guided them to the park. During the flight, she took notice of the serious look in his eyes and tone. She listened to his explanation and soon molded in understanding. “I-it sounds to me like this s-stallion is a bit of a bully. He’s been captured and a-arrested, right? I would’ve thought t-that he’d leave all of us a-alone. I’ll still t-take your advice and leave if I e-ever see him. I hope t-this stallion doesn’t live near where my shop is. I-I feel as if I’ll need to watch my b-back a little more due to what had happened.” 

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Sunlight:
Sunlight just nodded and got into the taxi when it stopped near them, she told the address to the driver as she helped Dynamo in. When they both were in she sighed "Why can't we go anywhere without somepony trying to ruin our lives?..." "...Clown, Frozen, the stallion now twice...." she suddenly looked like she was close to crying "...I just want to have a normal life."

Jade:
"Bully is putting it nicely..." Jade stated, in his opinion the word bully was just making ponies like the stallion or Frozen and crew sound better than they were  "...and he indeed was arrested, but it didn't stop him earlier, so I don't see why it would now..." "...but luckily he doesn't know about you yet, it may be that you won't have the displeasure of meeting him." "But if you do, I promise to make sure he can't do anything to you, I won't forgive myself if he does."

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Dynamo Pad:
As a taxi had stopped for them, Dynamo thanks Sunlight as she helped him to get into the vehicle. After they gave the driver the address of the hotel, Dynamo sighed as he knew that Sunlight had made a point. He looked to his marefriend, who looked to be on the verge of tears. Seeing this made him feel heartbroken, but he wrapped his arms around. Pulling her into a hug as he placed his chin upon her head. "Shh...it's okay, Sunny. I know that all of these ponies just want to ruin our lives, but we can't let them get to us. I want to have a normal life just like you do. I don't know about that stallion, but I know that Cosmic, Frozen and now Cheap won't bother us anymore. What matters most right now is that we have each other and we'll be here for one another. I know all of these things had happened, but I'm not going anywhere. You gave me that reassurance and it's my turn to do the same." He says, tightening the hug, before pulling back from said hug and looking into her eyes. 

"You are my marefriend and I will never stop loving you. I will never abandon you, I will never leave you and you will always have my heart. Those ponies won't ever split us up, or tear our love apart. They'll have to go through me to take away our happiness. Tomorrow we can rest for a while and then if you are up for it, then we can go out and explore the town. If not, then we can do that the next day. We'll look around and see if there's anything you want to get. I know you might not want anything, but I'd like to spoil my marefriend once in a while, you know?" He smiled softly, using a forehoof to wipe any tear that might fall.

Dew Drop:
"I-I guess bully is a nicer term, but I-I suppose there could be worse. T-There can be some ponies who are c-creeps in this giant city." She frowned as she had a feeling that they would be seeing this stallion again, but not exactly sure when. "T-There has to be some decisive p-proof that they could make him guilty and leave everyone alone. O-Otherwise, he'll just keep showing up o-over and over in a never ending c-cycle." She shuddered slightly at the possibility, but she knew there had to be a way to put an end to this stallion's madness. She couldn't help in smiling at how kind and protective Jade was being towards her. "T-That's really sweet of you, Jade. I k-know I can fend for myself, but I-I'm happy to know I have you to be my k-knight in shining armor." She giggles as she could see Jade in a knight's outfit. However, a thought soon occurred to the ebony Pegasus. "J-Just try not to lose yourself i-in anger. I saw how fast you f-flew away when you heard what happened to your sister. I k-know that you care for Sunlight, b-but I don't want anything to h-happen to you. You really mean a lot to me, Jade." She says, whispering the last part, but it was enough for Jade to hear her.

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Sunlight:
Sunlight's positive reactions indicated Dynamo's words hit where they were supposed to, but unfortunately this time it wasn't enough, and though she didn't start crying besides few tears, Sunlight hadn't really cheered up either when she spoke "I appreciate everything you say, I really do, and I know you are telling the truth when you say it, but...." she kept a short pause "...I can't pretend like all of this isn't happening, like it hasn't been a thing for my whole life...." at this point she was almost whispering "...it's literally impossible for me....it hurts Dynamo...every time it hurts more when something happens..."  she in turn wrapped her hooves around Dynamo, lowering her face against his shoulder "...I never asked for this, any of this, I don't know how much more I can take." more tears came out.

Jade:
"They can't stop him from coming back as long as he keeps getting out, and even the worst of his actions aren't enough for life-long imprisonment." Jade pointed out with a tone that was mix of informative and defeated. He smiled faintly at Dew's little comment about him being a knight before going back to serious "I'd love to promise you that I won't lose myself, but unfortunately I simply can't, I can't control my self, it's like..." he kept a short pause "...like it's not me, this is actually the first time I can remember what happened after I passed a certain point, the times before I have just...known what happened, like sompony watching it happen, it's hard to explain." 

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Dynamo Pad: 
As he noticed a slight optimistic look in her eyes, he smiled slightly as he knew he was able to give her reassurance. However, it all changed when she still shed tears of sadness. He gave his attention to her as he was caught slightly off guard by her wrapping her hooves around him. His eyes glistened with worry as he knew that Sunlight had made a good point. His reassurance was almost empty words as he knew things like this might happen again. He could only take a deep breath and sigh, before wrapping his hooves around her into a tight hug. "I know that this might be impossible, Sunlight. That's a part of life. You never know what will show up, or what may or may not happen. The point is to live in the here and now and hope that the future is a bright one. I get that you never asked for this. For any of this that's happened. I never asked for any of these bad things to happen either. Even so, I still keep going every day. It's because I have a dream, I have friends and most importantly I have you, Sunlight. You've brightened my world and supported me whenever I needed help. Let me be your support this time. Let me be the light that guides you forward."

He placed his hoof upon her back and began to gently pat her back. "I know you can't forget things like what happened in the past." His voice was a whisper, due to making sure that the taxi driver wouldn't listen. "We just need to keep going and be strong together. Never forget that you can tell me anything on your mind. You don't have any secrets to hide from me because I love you with all of my heart, Sunny. I promise that nothing will ever happen to you. It didn't today and it never will. I know it's a difficult promise to make, but I give you my word. I'll always be there to protect you. That stallion, Cosmic, Frozen or any of them. I won't let them ever hurt you or make you feel this way. I want to do my best to always make you feel happy and loved and that's my promise to you." He says, placing a kiss upon her head as he held her in a tight embrace.

Dew Drop:
Dew gritted her teeth as she could hear the defeat in Jade's voice. "I-I just wish there was a way to b-brainstorm this discussion. I k-know it's not something to talk about, b-but he just can't do this over and over." As they continued to fly, she nodded in understanding as she gripped his front hoof with her own front hoof. "I think I know, J-Jade. I-It's like you're there, but in reality i-it's not. As if y-you're some astral spirit looking at your physical form as said form is in it's state of rage. P-Perhaps this time that you remember means that y-you're starting to gain a control of these other emotions of sort?"

Edited July 26, 2019 by Dynamo Pad

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Sunlight:
Since sunlight's face was pressed against Dynamo's shoulder, there wasn't a way to really tell Sunlight's reactions to Dynamo's words, but there didn't seem to at least be any kind of extreme change to either direction, and she just stayed there quietly crying until they arrived to the hotel. She collected herself enough to pay for the taxi and get out, but she still was far from being aright "I need to tell you something when we get to the room, it will be in every way awful to both tell an hear, but I think it's time to stop bottling it up and you need to know it to understand why all of this takes so huge toll on me." her emotions were a visible mess when she said it, it was like all the possible negative emotions visited her and yet somehow she was also unnaturally emotionless at the same time, even her voice seemed to be both her normal voice and her 'off-disguise' voice at the same time.

Jade:
"I actually think I remember it because it was cut short by you..." Jade explained "...Something about you caused the realizations I mentioned earlier and those in turn snapped me back to my senses." "I think it's something to do with the same thing that makes me feel calm when I'm with you, something beyond the coding I have in me...I think..." he looked Dew into her eyes "...I think it's love." 

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Dynamo Pad:
Since Sunlight's face was pressed against his shoulder, Dynamo didn't know if what had said made any sort of change or not. Even as she wept, he made sure to hold her close and hug her tight. All the while, reminding her that he wasn't going anywhere and that he'd be there for her. As they arrived at the hotel, they paid for the taxi and exited the vehicle, but it looked like Sunlight was still not back to her old self. The look on her face had told Dynamo that Sunlight felt terrible. The way she talked had sounded like her normal voice, but at the same time it sounded like her artificial form voice. He looked around to see if anyone had noticed, but was thankful that there wasn't any change. He assumed that others would think she strained her voice from all the crying she had gone through. At least, that's what he would say if anyone had asked him. "I don't want you to talk about anything if you don't want to. I won't stop you, but I'm right here and I won't be going anywhere. It's better to talk about things instead of keeping them bottled up." He wrapped his hoof around her shoulder as they walked. Both to give her comfort and to make sure she wouldn't fall and/or get hurt from all the running she had gone through this past day.

Dew Drop:
Dew had to stop momentarily as she was surprised by what Jade had been telling her. "S-So, I...I was able to bring you back to your senses? This s-something isn't in your coding design, y-yet it went beyond even that?" She knew she was repeating what he had said, but she was so lost for words that she felt that what he was telling her was a dream. At the mention of love, she felt her heart had skipped a beat. "D-Does that mean w-what I t-think it means? Are you saying w-what I think you're t-trying to say, Jade?" She asks, hoping beyond hope that this wasn't a dream. 

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@Dynamo Pad
Sunlight:
"Sometimes talking about things you don't want to talk about is necessary." Sunlight simply stated, she didn't want to talk about what she was going to tell Dynamo, and she wasn't even sure if she was capable to tell about it in the first place, but at this point she felt that it was the only way to have even a slight change to get some peace of mind about it, since until now she had been carrying it alone. She lead Dynamo to their room and when insides she brought him next to the bed so he could sit down on it, before taking a seat herself. "Before I say anything, promise me you will not tell anypony what I tell you, not even Jade." 

Jade:
"Depends on what you are thinking..." Jade replied in amusingly clueless manner "...I'm not really sure what exactly you're asking, is saying I think I'm in love with you not a direct enough statement."

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@Catpone Cerberus

Dynamo Pad:
As Sunlight lead them to their room, Dynamo had nodded as he could understand what she was mentioning about talking about things that one wouldn't want to talk about. "It's sort of like talking to someone to see if they either understand, or to feel a sort of weight being lifted off of your shoulders. I only know that because Starlight let me talk about my dad after all that had happened." He mentioned as he wasn't expecting a response. He only brought it up as he could relate to where she was coming from. As she lead him to the bed, he took a seat as she took a seat herself. Upon asking him to make a promise, Dynamo looked directly in her eyes and gave a single nod. All the while, giving her a serious look in his eyes. "You have my word that I won't say, or tell this to anyone. I've kept this secret, so far. I'm planning to keep this secret for a very long time, Sunlight." He was surprised that not even Jade knew what she was about to tell the blue unicorn. 'Whatever it is, this secret has to be extremely important. What I don't get is why Jade doesn't even know about this kind of secret.'

Dew Drop:
The ebony Pegasus giggled as Jade's clueless, yet amusing manner, before she could feel a few tears were welling up in her eyes. She quickly pulled the green Pegasus into a tight hug as the two began to spin around and around in the air. "I knew it! I knew it! I k-knew it! T-That's exactly what I was thinking, b-but I didn't want to assume anything. Oh, Jade. I-I'm so happy to know that you feel the same." She grinned widely, before a look of worry began to form upon her face. She pulled back from the hug, her front hooves still resting upon his shoulders. "I-I know you said you're in l-love with me and I g-guess my crush means I'm in l-love with you too. It's just...w-where do we go from here? Should we still take time like we w-were planning before?" She asks, while trying to wipe any tears that were trailing down her face away.

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@Dynamo Pad
Sunlight:
Sunlight took a deep breath "It's about what happened before me moved to Ponyville, what the neighbor did..." her words were cut short when a familiar distant look appeared on her eyes, but before it lead to anything else, she broke out of it, gritting her teeth and generally looking like she was really fighting it "...it's time for me to tell somepony.." she didn't wait for responses, and if Dynamo was to talk, she would just talk over him, as she started telling what happened that day... 

She started from when Jade left to the shop, and ended to when he came back, and what she told the neighbor had done and said to her, it was simply horrible and possibly even sickening, something one wouldn't wish for anypony, even their enemies. While she explained the events, Sunlight slipped in and out from the distant look of horror, and longer she spoke, more she seemed to be struggling, first she started crying, then shaking, at one point she even started gasping, but she kept going until she was finished, after which she fell silent besides her quiet sobbing.

Jade:
Jade was taken too much off guard by Dew's reaction to say anything regarding her first comment, and even when responding to the question, his tone revealed he was still trying to process how he should react "I-I guess we should just spend time together and see what happens....but now we can be open about our...emotions."

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Dynamo Pad:
As he listened to Sunlight struggle in trying to bring up her past, Dynamo gasped slightly as she was about to tell him. He wanted to stop her as it might have been too difficult to say, but he just stopped and stayed quiet. He knew that she might be set on what her goal is at the time and he remembered what they discussed on never bottling up anything they want to talk about. As he listened, the blue unicorn felt sick to his stomach as he listened to the entire story. It was cruel and downright unspeakable, in his opinion. Seeing the distant look in her eyes to the crying and shaking had broke his heart. He wanted to be there for her, say something to her, but he didn't know what to say at the moment. Even when he tried to speak, it was as if she didn't hear him. He had to assume that she wanted to say everything first instead of prolonging this discussion. After she had finished telling him, he shook slightly as he was shocked, yet angry that this stallion was just plain rude. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder and pulled Sunlight into a hug. Rocking her back and forth, while patting her back to try and comfort his marefriend. "I'm sorry this all happened to you because of that stallion. I know saying sorry doesn't help and I've said it so many times, but if I had known you back at the time, then I would do all I could to make sure he would leave you alone. Nopony has the right to do something that I find both unbelievable and unspeakable. Thank you for at least telling me. I know that must have been really difficult to talk about."

Dew Drop:
The ebony Pegasus smiled softly and held back a giggle as she could see that Jade was still reeling from what had just happened. "I-I like that idea very much. I-I'm just really happy to hear that y-you feel the same way as I do, J-Jade. S-Shall we make our way towards the park? T-There's still plenty of time to enjoy the scenery."