open Life in Canterlot Castle

[Lucid_Nightlight 929]

1 hour ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"I have open wounds all around my body and I have several bones broken, among other injuries." Ruby replied tiredly "My healing may be fast, but it still takes energy, and with this many injuries, it's lot of energy." 

Somnus climbed out from under the floor. He noticed a paper on the ground. It must've fell when the table was broken.

Breaking News

After a failed attempt at diplomacy, Equestria has declared war on the bigger kingdom of Vounó.

"Huh, if anything, I thought they would declare war on us. They must be a pretty big threat Equestria for Princess Celestia to even consider declaring war."

Somnus realized something.

"That Wyvern who attacked us on that mountain. I think he was planning to do a larger attack on Canterlot. They sent one thinking that's all they needed against ponies, but had no idea a more powerful dragon like yourself was there. I think that's what caused war to be declared."

Then Somnus laughed.

"Looks like the captain owes you another medal."

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1 hour ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

Somnus climbed out from under the floor. He noticed a paper on the ground. It must've fell when the table was broken.

Breaking News

After a failed attempt at diplomacy, Equestria has declared war on the bigger kingdom of Vounó.

"Huh, if anything, I thought they would declare war on us. They must be a pretty big threat Equestria for Princess Celestia to even consider declaring war."

Somnus realized something.

"That Wyvern who attacked us on that mountain. I think he was planning to do a larger attack on Canterlot. They sent one thinking that's all they needed against ponies, but had no idea a more powerful dragon like yourself was there. I think that's what caused war to be declared."

Then Somnus laughed.

"Looks like the captain owes you another medal."

Ruby let out what could only be described as curious grunt "If they wanted to do it in the easy way, they could just drop the mountain on Canterlot before they get spotted." "But they probably aren't smart enough to do that." "I wonder if they know about my mother already." 

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9 minutes ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

Ruby let out what could only be described as curious grunt "If they wanted to do it in the easy way, they could just drop the mountain on Canterlot before they get spotted." "But they probably aren't smart enough to do that." "I wonder if they know about my mother already." 

"I doubt it. They'd probably have killed her. Unless of course they had something to bribe your kind with, but I highly doubt that is the case. If they did though, they'd betray your kind."

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20 hours ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"I doubt it. They'd probably have killed her. Unless of course they had something to bribe your kind with, but I highly doubt that is the case. If they did though, they'd betray your kind."

"I actually meant ponies with my last comment, just forgot to mention it, since I was thinking aloud." Ruby muttered "Though it's bold from you to assume that Wyverns could have been able to kill my mother, she may have ended up being weaker that me, but she was still my mother."

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31 minutes ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"I actually meant ponies with my last comment, just forgot to mention it, since I was thinking aloud." Ruby muttered "Though it's bold from you to assume that Wyverns could have been able to kill my mother, she may have ended up being weaker that me, but she was still my mother."

"We have sent a message about the orange dragon flying by."

A letter appeared in front of the wyvern.

"It seems they are retrieving the body so they can find out the durability and strength of your kind."

"That isn't a bad idea. Doing this could help create weapons suitable for fighting off dragons. This will help test if cannons are the way to go or if something better is needed."

Somnus turned to Ruby.

"What do you think? Would cannons work? Maybe some ballistas to knock them out of the sky by hitting the wings? Airships for air combat? Wait no, airships aren't good against dragons, they are too flammable and not very fast. Oh! Pegasi armed with crossbows!"

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16 minutes ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"We have sent a message about the orange dragon flying by."

A letter appeared in front of the wyvern.

"It seems they are retrieving the body so they can find out the durability and strength of your kind."

"That isn't a bad idea. Doing this could help create weapons suitable for fighting off dragons. This will help test if cannons are the way to go or if something better is needed."

Somnus turned to Ruby.

"What do you think? Would cannons work? Maybe some ballistas to knock them out of the sky by hitting the wings? Airships for air combat? Wait no, airships aren't good against dragons, they are too flammable and not very fast. Oh! Pegasi armed with crossbows!"

"There's not much they can learn about the whole species with that." "Different sized dragons are different to fight, and bigger we are, thicker and more durable is our armor." "In fact, even I couldn't penetrate my mother's armor effectively, and our claws are made to cut it, and she was just about four times my size." Ruby replied, she was still muttering, but she had made it louder so that she would be heard "And like I told before, your heavy weapons are...not great, they can damage smaller of our kind, but are most likely too slow to hit, and after certain size even they become too weak, even with enchantments." "You need to use weapons that don't need to rely on magic or size to be able to go through the armor, and before you can come up with some kind of weapon that can do that, I'd suggest using our bones as a material for the weapons used against us.

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30 minutes ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"There's not much they can learn about the whole species with that." "Different sized dragons are different to fight, and bigger we are, thicker and more durable is our armor." "In fact, even I couldn't penetrate my mother's armor effectively, and our claws are made to cut it, and she was just about four times my size." Ruby replied, she was still muttering, but she had made it louder so that she would be heard "And like I told before, your heavy weapons are...not great, they can damage smaller of our kind, but are most likely too slow to hit, and after certain size even they become too weak, even with enchantments." "You need to use weapons that don't need to rely on magic or size to be able to go through the armor, and before you can come up with some kind of weapon that can do that, I'd suggest using our bones as a material for the weapons used against us.

"Huh. That does sound like a problem. And bones? A little creepy, but at least it will prevent us from dying."

"Too bad we don't have that technology from the other world. No dragon could ever win against that. Seriously, they don't even have to get close to fight. You would never find them because they aren't there. The attacks are there, but the attackers are miles away."

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18 hours ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"Huh. That does sound like a problem. And bones? A little creepy, but at least it will prevent us from dying."

"Too bad we don't have that technology from the other world. No dragon could ever win against that. Seriously, they don't even have to get close to fight. You would never find them because they aren't there. The attacks are there, but the attackers are miles away."

"It's only creepy because you have been taught to think that way." Ruby stated "Hay, I collect bones as trophies and there's nothing creepy about that, it's just how we roll." "And really, how is making weapons out of them any different from making wooden weapons, trees are plants thus they are alive too before you cut them down." 

"And maybe if instead of complaining about it, you would attempt to figure out how to make them yourself?" "Sure it'll take time, maybe several millennia, but if you never start it, it will never happen." 

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2 hours ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"It's only creepy because you have been taught to think that way." Ruby stated "Hay, I collect bones as trophies and there's nothing creepy about that, it's just how we roll." "And really, how is making weapons out of them any different from making wooden weapons, trees are plants thus they are alive too before you cut them down." 

"And maybe if instead of complaining about it, you would attempt to figure out how to make them yourself?" "Sure it'll take time, maybe several millennia, but if you never start it, it will never happen." 

"Okay, I actually can't argue with that since it's true."

Somnus laughed for a moment.

"It wouldn't take that long. We have the technology to create it, we just never needed it. You see, technology is made because it is needed in some way. We lived so well without it that we never had the idea."

He went on to another thing.

"It would take a few years, maybe two to five. There are reasons why we can't make this technology. Creating things that expensive would destroy our economy."

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3 hours ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"Okay, I actually can't argue with that since it's true."

Somnus laughed for a moment.

"It wouldn't take that long. We have the technology to create it, we just never needed it. You see, technology is made because it is needed in some way. We lived so well without it that we never had the idea."

He went on to another thing.

"It would take a few years, maybe two to five. There are reasons why we can't make this technology. Creating things that expensive would destroy our economy."

"Well, I never claimed to know about technology." Ruby simply said "My point still stands, if there is a creature with that type of weapons, and they have a way to get here, you should be ready to defend against them." "Because no matter how they act like, peaceful species doesn't create weapons made for attacking." 

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15 minutes ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"Well, I never claimed to know about technology." Ruby simply said "My point still stands, if there is a creature with that type of weapons, and they have a way to get here, you should be ready to defend against them." "Because no matter how they act like, peaceful species doesn't create weapons made for attacking." 

"That could be so. It really depends on the country. One could make these weapons to conquer while another makes them so they can attack in order to defend themself."

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3 hours ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"That could be so. It really depends on the country. One could make these weapons to conquer while another makes them so they can attack in order to defend themself."

"That doesn't make the species any more peaceful." Ruby stated "My kind have those who choose to try to go against their nature, they fail, obviously, but they do try, but that doesn't make us any less hostile species." 

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27 minutes ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"That doesn't make the species any more peaceful." Ruby stated "My kind have those who choose to try to go against their nature, they fail, obviously, but they do try, but that doesn't make us any less hostile species." 

"Yeah, I guess so. They always fight amounst themselves. Maybe because they only had themselves to fight for so long. As if conflict is in their nature."

Somnus was pretty happy to see that both him and Ruby could agree on something.

Edited May 24, 2019 by Lucid_Nightlight

[Catpone Cerberus 23,724]

21 hours ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"Yeah, I guess so. They always fight amounst themselves. Maybe because they only had themselves to fight for so long. As if conflict is in their nature."

Somnus was pretty happy to see that both him and Ruby could agree on something.

Ruby didn't say anything, because she had nothing to add and was too tired to care to start any new conversations herself, not that she ever cared to do that. Calti had finally stopped going around trying to help her, and instead was now laying next to one of the wounds and purring quietly.

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19 minutes ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

Ruby didn't say anything, because she had nothing to add and was too tired to care to start any new conversations herself, not that she ever cared to do that. Calti had finally stopped going around trying to help her, and instead was now laying next to one of the wounds and purring quietly.

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"I just hope we don't get found any aggressive wyverns. I can tell clear as day that you are in no condition to fight."

Somnus planned on keeping an eye on her and keeping an eye out for any dangers so that nothing would happen to Ruby.

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47 minutes ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"I just hope we don't get found any aggressive wyverns. I can tell clear as day that you are in no condition to fight."

Somnus planned on keeping an eye on her and keeping an eye out for any dangers so that nothing would happen to Ruby.

"As long as I have air inside me, I can fight." Ruby argued, and it wasn't necessarily entirely false "And you can't stop me if I see it to be necessary." "I either win or I die, running away is not an option."

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2 hours ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"As long as I have air inside me, I can fight." Ruby argued, and it wasn't necessarily entirely false "And you can't stop me if I see it to be necessary." "I either win or I die, running away is not an option."

"No, that's not going to happen, I simply will not allow it to happen. Dying is not an option."

Somnus learned something from Ruby, and that was to remain persistent. It wasn't long until the older wyvern spoke up.

"Can you two fight? You two seem more like the fighting type than the hiding type. Somnus, I can tell by your armor that you have military experience. And Ruby, you are a force to be reckoned with. Plus, I hear your kind really gems. How about any shiny things you take from the enemy, you can keep.

"I don't know if Ruby needs to be out there fighting."

"Well, we'll just ask Ruby then."

The old wyvern asked Ruby.

"Do you think you're up for it? I'm sure some meds or something could help with that tiredness if it's a concern."

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5 hours ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"No, that's not going to happen, I simply will not allow it to happen. Dying is not an option."

Somnus learned something from Ruby, and that was to remain persistent. It wasn't long until the older wyvern spoke up.

"Can you two fight? You two seem more like the fighting type than the hiding type. Somnus, I can tell by your armor that you have military experience. And Ruby, you are a force to be reckoned with. Plus, I hear your kind really gems. How about any shiny things you take from the enemy, you can keep.

"I don't know if Ruby needs to be out there fighting."

"Well, we'll just ask Ruby then."

The old wyvern asked Ruby.

"Do you think you're up for it? I'm sure some meds or something could help with that tiredness if it's a concern."

Ruby was thoughtful for a second "If you know places where getting treasure is guaranteed, I can consider it." "But as much as I hate to admit it, Somnus isn't entirely wrong, I can't fight this tired." "But if I get a hearty meal and can have a good long nap until my wounds close up, I should be good to go, though I may need some painkillers."

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29 minutes ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

Ruby was thoughtful for a second "If you know places where getting treasure is guaranteed, I can consider it." "But as much as I hate to admit it, Somnus isn't entirely wrong, I can't fight this tired." "But if I get a hearty meal and can have a good long nap until my wounds close up, I should be good to go, though I may need some painkillers."

"Their major cities will have plenty of treasure. You see, gems are actually a currency here. Both out kingdoms share a currency. The rarer the gem, the higher the value. What we do is mine the gems, and we put them into treasuries. They are released to the population very similarly to bits."

He went on to explain where to find these gems.

"Major cities have treasuries. Once we take over a city, you can have half the gems in the treasury. Our kingdom will take the other half."

"Interestingly enough, this would also hurt the economy of the bigger kingdom if we hit enough of their cities. The economy is very important in warfare."

"Taking over the cities would be difficult with just the militia. Maybe we can use Equestrian forces to give us a better chance in terms of numbers."

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2 hours ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"Their major cities will have plenty of treasure. You see, gems are actually a currency here. Both out kingdoms share a currency. The rarer the gem, the higher the value. What we do is mine the gems, and we put them into treasuries. They are released to the population very similarly to bits."

He went on to explain where to find these gems.

"Major cities have treasuries. Once we take over a city, you can have half the gems in the treasury. Our kingdom will take the other half."

"Interestingly enough, this would also hurt the economy of the bigger kingdom if we hit enough of their cities. The economy is very important in warfare."

"Taking over the cities would be difficult with just the militia. Maybe we can use Equestrian forces to give us a better chance in terms of numbers."

"You can distract them with numbers, I'll be making my charge right to the castle or whatever you use as the building of leadership and treasury." Ruby said, still muttering "I have the agility to avoid most of you clumsy malformations." "Only the smaller one's can catch me, and based on the one that came to Canterlot, I don't see them being any challenge."

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6 hours ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"You can distract them with numbers, I'll be making my charge right to the castle or whatever you use as the building of leadership and treasury." Ruby said, still muttering "I have the agility to avoid most of you clumsy malformations." "Only the smaller one's can catch me, and based on the one that came to Canterlot, I don't see them being any challenge."

"Interesting idea. I should warn you that they guard their treasuries pretty well. It isn't as easy as avoiding them. You should bring Somnus with you."

"I was going with her either way."

The older wyvern continued.

"We will get you some food, you will get some sleep, and when you wake up the painkillers will be here."

The wyvern left and returned with a decent amount of food for Ruby.

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3 hours ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"Interesting idea. I should warn you that they guard their treasuries pretty well. It isn't as easy as avoiding them. You should bring Somnus with you."

"I was going with her either way."

The older wyvern continued.

"We will get you some food, you will get some sleep, and when you wake up the painkillers will be here."

The wyvern left and returned with a decent amount of food for Ruby.

"I know how treasuries work." Ruby just muttered, not really caring if anyone heard her or not.

To her usual manner, she didn't respond to the Wyverns promise, and just yawned waiting for the food she was promised. 

She checked the food for anything suspicious, then proceeding to eat, eating way past being full since she wanted as much energy as possible. After she was done she yawned "Do I go to that hole in the floor or is there another place I won't get bothered in?"

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2 hours ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"I know how treasuries work." Ruby just muttered, not really caring if anyone heard her or not.

To her usual manner, she didn't respond to the Wyverns promise, and just yawned waiting for the food she was promised. 

She checked the food for anything suspicious, then proceeding to eat, eating way past being full since she wanted as much energy as possible. After she was done she yawned "Do I go to that hole in the floor or is there another place I won't get bothered in?"

"We have a guest room down that hall to the left or your kind doesn't like sleeping on soft surfaces, then that hole in the floor will work too."

Somnus would be in the living room waiting for Ruby to finish her nap. At the same time, the older wyvern would be teaching him something, probably something important to properly fight wyverns.

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7 hours ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"We have a guest room down that hall to the left or your kind doesn't like sleeping on soft surfaces, then that hole in the floor will work too."

Somnus would be in the living room waiting for Ruby to finish her nap. At the same time, the older wyvern would be teaching him something, probably something important to properly fight wyverns.

Ruby made her way under the floor since she personally preferred it over a bed and fell asleep rather quickly 

After several hours she would come back yawning, her wounds now gone, only slightly lighter colored spots on her scales left to remind they ever existed. She muttered something about a leg but other than that didn't say anything. 

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8 hours ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

Ruby made her way under the floor since she personally preferred it over a bed and fell asleep rather quickly 

After several hours she would come back yawning, her wounds now gone, only slightly lighter colored spots on her scales left to remind they ever existed. She muttered something about a leg but other than that didn't say anything. 

 

The older wyvern went over to Ruby and got her some painkillers.

"These should help you with your pain. Both of you should get ready, we will be taking over a town at the border. After that, we will take over some more towns on the way to their capital."

"They plan to conquer the bigger kingdom and make it a part of theirs. After that, they plan on becoming a democracy."