open Life in Canterlot Castle

[Catpone Cerberus 23,604]

10 hours ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

Somnus let the cat go and when she was in the saddlebag, he pushed the raft into the river and flew onto it. The raft seemed to do well.

"I wonder how we will find my parents. Nations tend to have large populations, so I'm not sure asking around will work."

"I'm sure the lizard that wanted you to go for this travel will tell about it when we get there." Ruby said "Assuming that this is actually that and not a trap or something of course." "Though I have never really understood the interest in one's parents." "Why does it matter?"

[Lucid_Nightlight 923]

19 hours ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"I'm sure the lizard that wanted you to go for this travel will tell about it when we get there." Ruby said "Assuming that this is actually that and not a trap or something of course." "Though I have never really understood the interest in one's parents." "Why does it matter?"

"Ruby, for the longest time I thought the parents were dead. Sure, those batponies wronged me, but I had one regret... the fact that I could never try and make amends. Now that I know they aren't my parents, I can find my real parents and make amends. I don't hate them for giving me away when I was young, but I am saddened to never have had my childhood, that I never had a family."

"You've experienced something similar. Does it ever bother you?"

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5 hours ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"Ruby, for the longest time I thought the parents were dead. Sure, those batponies wronged me, but I had one regret... the fact that I could never try and make amends. Now that I know they aren't my parents, I can find my real parents and make amends. I don't hate them for giving me away when I was young, but I am saddened to never have had my childhood, that I never had a family."

"You've experienced something similar. Does it ever bother you?"

"Nope" Ruby said without hesitation "Our kind doesn't have families or childhoods, we are animals, predators, the survival of the fittest rules us." "And that doesn't bother me at all, maybe it's my upbringing, or maybe it is in our nature, but in the end it doesn't matter, because it's how it should be."

[Lucid_Nightlight 923]

4 hours ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"Nope" Ruby said without hesitation "Our kind doesn't have families or childhoods, we are animals, predators, the survival of the fittest rules us." "And that doesn't bother me at all, maybe it's my upbringing, or maybe it is in our nature, but in the end it doesn't matter, because it's how it should be."

"I can see the reasoning behind that since it is natural for your kind. For me, it isn't that good since I was supposed to have these things. The worst part is that that no matter how long I live, I'll never have that chance at a childhood ever again."

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37 minutes ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"I can see the reasoning behind that since it is natural for your kind. For me, it isn't that good since I was supposed to have these things. The worst part is that that no matter how long I live, I'll never have that chance at a childhood ever again."

"There's really nothing I can say." Ruby calmly replied "I can't sympathize with you, since I don't have sympathy in general and don't have the ability to even imagine what you feel since I don't see things like you do." 

[Lucid_Nightlight 923]

11 minutes ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"There's really nothing I can say." Ruby calmly replied "I can't sympathize with you, since I don't have sympathy in general and don't have the ability to even imagine what you feel since I don't see things like you do." 

"You don't need to, it isn't your problem."

He didn't blame Ruby. He was just happy to have someone to go with him.

"I don't know why they would get rid of me. Wyverns are usually protective of offspring."

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40 minutes ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"You don't need to, it isn't your problem."

He didn't blame Ruby. He was just happy to have someone to go with him.

"I don't know why they would get rid of me. Wyverns are usually protective of offspring."

"I'm more curious about why to make you a pony from all things." Ruby said "Since back then the life of a pony wasn't as safe and easy as it is now." she grunted "If this is going to be some weird destiny story I'm going to kill something."

[Lucid_Nightlight 923]

Just now, Catpone Cerberus said:

"I'm more curious about why to make you a pony from all things." Ruby said "Since back then the life of a pony wasn't as safe and easy as it is now." she grunted "If this is going to be some weird destiny story I'm going to kill something."

"I doubt it's a destiny thing, not everyone with a sad backstory has some big destiny. That's like saying you have a big destiny just because you were stuck in a hole."

"Though if they asked me to help with fighting their war, I can't guarantee that I would say no. And I'm you can say the same thing if they pay you enough."

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4 minutes ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"I doubt it's a destiny thing, not everyone with a sad backstory has some big destiny. That's like saying you have a big destiny just because you were stuck in a hole."

"Though if they asked me to help with fighting their war, I can't guarantee that I would say no. And I'm you can say the same thing if they pay you enough."

"Considering how much ponies love their destinies, I wouldn't be surprised there would be a reason like that for making you a pony." Ruby stated, she was referencing to things like cutiemarks. "And I don't see why would they ask you to fight in the war." "As a pony, you would be rather useless in a war of Wyverns, and if we assume you're one of them, it would take rather long time to use your body effectively after thousand years of being a pony."

[Lucid_Nightlight 923]

3 hours ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"Considering how much ponies love their destinies, I wouldn't be surprised there would be a reason like that for making you a pony." Ruby stated, she was referencing to things like cutiemarks. "And I don't see why would they ask you to fight in the war." "As a pony, you would be rather useless in a war of Wyverns, and if we assume you're one of them, it would take rather long time to use your body effectively after thousand years of being a pony."

"True, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't do it."

Somnus looked at the water.

"If we weren't moving so fast maybe we could eat some fish. Cats like fish, right?"

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18 hours ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"True, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't do it."

Somnus looked at the water.

"If we weren't moving so fast maybe we could eat some fish. Cats like fish, right?"

"Yes but we can wait until we stop, we ate good meals with Calti and if she becomes hungry I have food for her." Ruby said, turning to look at the shore, but not really looking at anything."Did you ever think about what could happen if you actually managed to scare me when you sneaked into the treasury?"

[Lucid_Nightlight 923]

19 minutes ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"Yes but we can wait until we stop, we ate good meals with Calti and if she becomes hungry I have food for her." Ruby said, turning to look at the shore, but not really looking at anything."Did you ever think about what could happen if you actually managed to scare me when you sneaked into the treasury?"

"Not at the time, but looking back now I can see that I probably could've been killed."

"What matters though is that it didn't happen that way, which I'm happy it didn't since I don't want anyone to blame you for it."

[Catpone Cerberus 23,604]

18 minutes ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"Not at the time, but looking back now I can see that I probably could've been killed."

"What matters though is that it didn't happen that way, which I'm happy it didn't since I don't want anyone to blame you for it."

"The master of tactics right here." Ruby said with slightly teasing tone while pointing at Somnus, which sounded rather weird coming from her mouth "Doesn't think that anything could go wrong with scaring a dragon in their cave until after it." 

Edited April 29, 2019 by Catpone Cerberus

[Lucid_Nightlight 923]

9 minutes ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"The master of tactics right here." Ruby said with slightly teasing tone while pointing at Somnus, which sounded rather weird coming from her mouth "Doesn't think that anything could go wrong with scaring a dragon in their cave until after it." 

"We all have off days. That's just a part of life. Certainly you had an off day when you fell into that hole."

"We also have our flaws. Mine being that I can be too confident and yours being that you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree."

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1 hour ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"We all have off days. That's just a part of life. Certainly you had an off day when you fell into that hole."

"We also have our flaws. Mine being that I can be too confident and yours being that you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree."

"I don't see figuring out how big of a threat other creatures are as a flaw, besides, basic fish are rather worthless creatures against its own predators too, no trees needed there."  Ruby stated "But I guess you need to just hope that it's not one of your off days when your life depends on it." "Because stupid decisions lead to death outside ponies' rainbow filled world." 

[Lucid_Nightlight 923]

51 minutes ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"I don't see figuring out how big of a threat other creatures are as a flaw, besides, basic fish are rather worthless creatures against its own predators too, no trees needed there."  Ruby stated "But I guess you need to just hope that it's not one of your off days when your life depends on it." "Because stupid decisions lead to death outside ponies' rainbow filled world." 

"I'm saying that you judge others by whether or not they are like you and your own kind. If they aren't you or someone of your kind, then you view them as inferior. You need to learn to take a step back and look at the big picture. You need to think about qualities other than your own."

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12 hours ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"I'm saying that you judge others by whether or not they are like you and your own kind. If they aren't you or someone of your kind, then you view them as inferior. You need to learn to take a step back and look at the big picture. You need to think about qualities other than your own."

"Well, they are inferior." Ruby argued "If they are weaker they can't be superior." "Life is about surviving, and those who are more capable to survive become the leading species." "And currently my kind is on the top."

[Lucid_Nightlight 923]

5 hours ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"Well, they are inferior." Ruby argued "If they are weaker they can't be superior." "Life is about surviving, and those who are more capable to survive become the leading species." "And currently my kind is on the top."

"On top? No, that spot belongs to those two legged creatures from another world. I've looked at some reports about them after leaving the treasury to let you sleep. They have many weapons. Some of them, they don't have to even get close to use them."

"There is no beating them, unless you're Discord of course, but that could cause both worlds to be destroyed because of a certain weapon that can destroy the world multiple times."

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49 minutes ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"On top? No, that spot belongs to those two legged creatures from another world. I've looked at some reports about them after leaving the treasury to let you sleep. They have many weapons. Some of them, they don't have to even get close to use them."

"There is no beating them, unless you're Discord of course, but that could cause both worlds to be destroyed because of a certain weapon that can destroy the world multiple times."

"Creatures in different words don't matter." Ruby stated "They may be the leaders of their world, but this is not their world." "Really, your point only makes me more proud since it show exactly how great my kind is, since it implies that we are so great that creatures from another world is needed to top us." "But also, having superior weapons isn't a sign that you are better as a species...no, quite opposite, since it shows that you can't survive by yourself." It didn't matter what would happen, one thing that would never change was Ruby's view of herself, she would to her last breath see herself as the superior one.

[Lucid_Nightlight 923]

10 minutes ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"Creatures in different words don't matter." Ruby stated "They may be the leaders of their world, but this is not their world." "Really, your point only makes me more proud since it show exactly how great my kind is, since it implies that we are so great that creatures from another world is needed to top us." "But also, having superior weapons isn't a sign that you are better as a species...no, quite opposite, since it shows that you can't survive by yourself." It didn't matter what would happen, one thing that would never change was Ruby's view of herself, she would to her last breath see herself as the superior one.

"Having better weapons also shows intellect and ability to adapt. Most things that are invented are made due to needing something to solve some kind of problem and to get an advantage against an enemy or an enviroment. Being able to adapt is an important quality to have."

"I wonder how the wyverns will react to you being in their land. I know they won't kill you since you aren't a threat, but I doubt any of your kind have entered the nation before. Unless..."

Somnus made a bad your mom joke.

"...it is your mom!... ok, that was bad sorry."

[Catpone Cerberus 23,604]

1 hour ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"Having better weapons also shows intellect and ability to adapt. Most things that are invented are made due to needing something to solve some kind of problem and to get an advantage against an enemy or an enviroment. Being able to adapt is an important quality to have."

"I wonder how the wyverns will react to you being in their land. I know they won't kill you since you aren't a threat, but I doubt any of your kind have entered the nation before."

"We have adapted without weapons." Ruby simply stated not continuing on that topic
"Considering how long time ago they were driven out, it may be that besides the oldest ones they don't even remember my kind exists." "Either that or they will be wary, they would be stupid not to be, because if they know my kind, they know to not get relaxed"

[Lucid_Nightlight 923]

18 minutes ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"We have adapted without weapons." Ruby simply stated not continuing on that topic
"Considering how long time ago they were driven out, it may be that besides the oldest ones they don't even remember my kind exists." "Either that or they will be wary, they would be stupid not to be, because if they know my kind, they know to not get relaxed"

"They may be wary, but they will be pretty friendly. The bigger kingdom would probably try to kill you thinking your kind is becoming a threat or something."

"While looking through the reports, I heard some of the Equestrian guards are being given enchanted weapons and armor and are being sent to aid the smaller kingdom. I sure hope they can handle that. Equestria isn't too experienced in war involving dragons."

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2 hours ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"They may be wary, but they will be pretty friendly. The bigger kingdom would probably try to kill you thinking your kind is becoming a threat or something."

"While looking through the reports, I heard some of the Equestrian guards are being given enchanted weapons and armor and are being sent to aid the smaller kingdom. I sure hope they can handle that. Equestria isn't too experienced in war involving dragons."

"The princesses are clearly asking for trouble." Ruby stated "You better hope that those guard are more capable than most of your guards, because if not...you just might have invited an enemy force to declare a war on you." she let out a curious hum "Though I would be more than glad to see that, it would be good entertainment." "Also, I'll say this again, Wyverns are not dragons."

[Lucid_Nightlight 923]

29 minutes ago, Catpone Cerberus said:

"The princesses are clearly asking for trouble." Ruby stated "You better hope that those guard are more capable than most of your guards, because if not...you just might have invited an enemy force to declare a war on you." she let out a curious hum "Though I would be more than glad to see that, it would be good entertainment." "Also, I'll say this again, Wyverns are not dragons."

"They are similar. The only real difference is the legs, so I'm calling them dragons."

"I wonder what will happen when I get there. Will I be able to change forms, keep this form, or end up with a wyvern form? I'm really hoping I can change forms at will since I'm more experienced in this form. Keeping this form is fine too though."

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20 hours ago, Lucid_Nightlight said:

"They are similar. The only real difference is the legs, so I'm calling them dragons."

"I wonder what will happen when I get there. Will I be able to change forms, keep this form, or end up with a wyvern form? I'm really hoping I can change forms at will since I'm more experienced in this form. Keeping this form is fine too though."

"They are entirely different species with only common thing being that they are lizards and happen to come form the same set of lizards." Ruby said "When you call them dragons I can only think about the Equestrian kind."

"My personal preference would be the third option." "I'd rather look at Wyvern than a pony."