Post by wanderingmagus on Jun 29, 2014 6:45:56 GMT
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OOC: innofwanderers.freeforums.net/thread/185/paradise-lost-ooc
She did it! She'd been accepted! Finally accepted to that mysterious, prestigious private academy only the best and brightest ponies ever got accepted to, that nopony but the richest families ever even talked about!
It was a wonderful day for Confetty, a wonderful day indeed. And to top it off, it was the same school that her best friend, Blue Moon, had been attending ever since middle school!
There was only one thing that made this day different from just a wonderful and awesome day, though. In her acceptance package, she had received some strange items that definitely didn't seem to be the sort that every student got.
First, her uniform was odd. In fact, it looked like a cross between the colts' uniform and the fillies' uniform, and it had pants that went with it and basically nothing else. If she didn't know better, she'd have thought it was supposed to be a costume for a knight or something. No matter! She WAS a knight, after all, in a way! That's what Blue always called her, at least. Oh, she remembered! That's how they met, at least, that's how she became a knight, waaaaayyyy back when they were both very little, and somepony, a stallion of some sort, had been bullying her, and Confetty had come charging in and saved her princess! That's how she got the X-shaped scar on her forward, the same mark as the one on the Knight in that foal's book she'd loved when she was little, with Princess X and the gallant Knight always fighting against the evil Demon King El. Or rather, the Knight did most of the fighting, and Princess X was always getting foalnapped, but still!
Oh, right! There was one other thing that seemed strange...
There was a white glove that came with her uniform, with a mark like an upside-down "A", or a V inside a V. There was a note with it that said to keep it with her at all times. What did that mean, anyways? No matter, if that was school policy, she wasn't going to mess up her first day!
Oh, there's the bus! It was big and expensive-looking, very fitting for such a prestigious school. And there was Blue Moon, sitting in the middle section!
Confetty didn't even notice the strange way that most of the fillies onboard acted...
Midnight was wearing a maid uniform, and a very uncomfortable maid uniform at that, and standing behind her "owner", the quiet and very heavily muscled colt named Applejack. Master Applejack, to her at least. She had earplugs on that kept her from hearing what was going on, but that didn't stop her from reading lips from out of the corner of her eyes.
"The Board wishes to congratulate you all for having continued following the will of our absent CEO, Solaris. We know that this is for the good of the students here."
There was a scream that she could hear even through her earplugs. Colts around the table grinned.
"And perhaps being able to enjoy ourselves now and then is another upside," said the Student Council President, peering over his folded hooves, one of his eyes covered by a red half-mask.
Butterscotch, the little 13-year-old colt sitting cheerfully next to the President, nodded vigorously. "And the students should be happy that you've shown them such mercy, Lord El!"
He giggled in that little-colt voice of his, and Midnight felt an involuntary shudder go down her spine. Young and cheerful though that colt looked, he was simply... deranged was a light way to put it. That colt was downright sadistic when it came to "punishing" anypony who didn't follow the President's orders, no matter their gender. At least Bubble Berry was actually predictable and obvious with HIS sadism. With his crazy puffy hair and wild baggy eyes and slasher smile, nopony ever got the wrong impression off of him. But Butterscotch? It was all too easy to underestimate or misinterpret his intentions.
The President seemed unperturbed. "What's important is that everything continues exactly as planned."
His eyes flicked to her for a fraction of a second, and she broke out in cold sweat as she thought he had seen through her act, but then he looked away.
"Elusive. I need to speak with you privately. The rest of you are dismissed."
"Of course, Darling," smiled the lipsticked colt. Everypony knew he had very weird tastes, and even weirder habits, but he was one of the President's trusted advisors, perhaps even more so than Happy.
But that had to wait until later. Applejack slowly stood up, pushing in his own chair and casually curling Midnight's leash around his hoof.
"Come."
OOC: innofwanderers.freeforums.net/thread/185/paradise-lost-ooc
She did it! She'd been accepted! Finally accepted to that mysterious, prestigious private academy only the best and brightest ponies ever got accepted to, that nopony but the richest families ever even talked about!
It was a wonderful day for Confetty, a wonderful day indeed. And to top it off, it was the same school that her best friend, Blue Moon, had been attending ever since middle school!
There was only one thing that made this day different from just a wonderful and awesome day, though. In her acceptance package, she had received some strange items that definitely didn't seem to be the sort that every student got.
First, her uniform was odd. In fact, it looked like a cross between the colts' uniform and the fillies' uniform, and it had pants that went with it and basically nothing else. If she didn't know better, she'd have thought it was supposed to be a costume for a knight or something. No matter! She WAS a knight, after all, in a way! That's what Blue always called her, at least. Oh, she remembered! That's how they met, at least, that's how she became a knight, waaaaayyyy back when they were both very little, and somepony, a stallion of some sort, had been bullying her, and Confetty had come charging in and saved her princess! That's how she got the X-shaped scar on her forward, the same mark as the one on the Knight in that foal's book she'd loved when she was little, with Princess X and the gallant Knight always fighting against the evil Demon King El. Or rather, the Knight did most of the fighting, and Princess X was always getting foalnapped, but still!
Oh, right! There was one other thing that seemed strange...
There was a white glove that came with her uniform, with a mark like an upside-down "A", or a V inside a V. There was a note with it that said to keep it with her at all times. What did that mean, anyways? No matter, if that was school policy, she wasn't going to mess up her first day!
Oh, there's the bus! It was big and expensive-looking, very fitting for such a prestigious school. And there was Blue Moon, sitting in the middle section!
Confetty didn't even notice the strange way that most of the fillies onboard acted...
Midnight was wearing a maid uniform, and a very uncomfortable maid uniform at that, and standing behind her "owner", the quiet and very heavily muscled colt named Applejack. Master Applejack, to her at least. She had earplugs on that kept her from hearing what was going on, but that didn't stop her from reading lips from out of the corner of her eyes.
"The Board wishes to congratulate you all for having continued following the will of our absent CEO, Solaris. We know that this is for the good of the students here."
There was a scream that she could hear even through her earplugs. Colts around the table grinned.
"And perhaps being able to enjoy ourselves now and then is another upside," said the Student Council President, peering over his folded hooves, one of his eyes covered by a red half-mask.
Butterscotch, the little 13-year-old colt sitting cheerfully next to the President, nodded vigorously. "And the students should be happy that you've shown them such mercy, Lord El!"
He giggled in that little-colt voice of his, and Midnight felt an involuntary shudder go down her spine. Young and cheerful though that colt looked, he was simply... deranged was a light way to put it. That colt was downright sadistic when it came to "punishing" anypony who didn't follow the President's orders, no matter their gender. At least Bubble Berry was actually predictable and obvious with HIS sadism. With his crazy puffy hair and wild baggy eyes and slasher smile, nopony ever got the wrong impression off of him. But Butterscotch? It was all too easy to underestimate or misinterpret his intentions.
The President seemed unperturbed. "What's important is that everything continues exactly as planned."
His eyes flicked to her for a fraction of a second, and she broke out in cold sweat as she thought he had seen through her act, but then he looked away.
"Elusive. I need to speak with you privately. The rest of you are dismissed."
"Of course, Darling," smiled the lipsticked colt. Everypony knew he had very weird tastes, and even weirder habits, but he was one of the President's trusted advisors, perhaps even more so than Happy.
But that had to wait until later. Applejack slowly stood up, pushing in his own chair and casually curling Midnight's leash around his hoof.
"Come."
