"I just told you to," Maya replied plainly. Raven walked over and grabbed a potion from the dispenser, downing it in one gulp. "Fiiiiiiiine." Asmo chewed and swallowed the entire bottle.
Blackout remained expressionless. "Good afternoon, Belial. My name is Blackout. I'm a Night Guard." ***************************************************************************************** Nightshade took the bottle gratefully and poured herself a shot. "So I see you managed to get it all ready." ************************************************************************************************ Silver nodded to Rep. "Whatever you need." He turned to the princesses. "I must go now, to prepare for this fight. I would ask that you remain here, safe." He chuckled. "But I know that you will not. I will see you soon, at the bar."
With that, he took one out and slowly began to down it. Asmo's method of consuming the vaccine didn't even phase him. "I'd trust you guys with this sort of thing."
Rep: (vanishes from the throne room and reappearing near the Crystal Empire and building great glimmering shields, all glowing with a single symbol, an ancient quill pen, recognizable as the symbol for Ma'at to some scholars.
"How long until he gets here?" Maya asked Nightshade. ~~~~~~ "A night guard. You must be very strong. Or think you are." Azrael cleared his throat. "Come... Belial. We've a planet to save. Blackout? To the bar."
Nightshade shrugged. "Best anypony can figure, he'll be here tomorrow afternoon. So we might need to start Raven's party a bit early if we want cake before he shows up." **************************************************************** Moments later, Blackout and the undead brothers were back at the bar.
"Nighty!" Raven ran over and essentially glomped her. "I'm glad you're okay..." Maya nodded. "Good idea. Luckily, we already have a huge cake. Got the band? And the, uh... dancers?" ~~~~~~ Azrael had to take a deep breath before leading his brother into the bar. How would he explain this to Maya and Raven?
Rep: (appearing in front of Discord) Can you please stay away from the Crystal Empire? No use in depleting the anti-Chaos shielding before Apophis even gets there, thanks. ----------------------------- Selena: (Noticing the new arrivals.) Hey! Need any weapons or anything?
Nightshade laughed. "Of course I'm okay. It'd take more than an army of soulless monsters, windigos, and an ancient evil snake god to keep me from missing your birthday." She nodded to Maya. "The band's already booked, and I suppose the army gathering outside will have to do for dancers. We, uh... we might need a bigger cake." Equestria and all of her allies were preparing to fight for their very existence. Already, several battalions had arrived and set up camp, and more were coming every hour. ************************************** The draconequus shrugged. "Fine. But don't forget to tell the other chaos magic user."
Raven snickered. "Shoot. I wanted blackjack and strippers. But what band, babe, don't think you ever mentioned that." Belial walked into the bar and looked around. He turned to Selena, answering, "I want a claymore." Maya studied the new unicorn, commenting, "Looks super familiar..." She quickly shrugged it off. No time to worry. "The cake's like the size of a table. How much more do we need?" Dusty, meanwhile, poured Raven a large mug of dark lager from tap, handing it to her. "Here you go, dearest. I don't think most laws apply tonight."
Rep: You mean the one who was recently time traveling? ------------- Selena: (quickly sketches a claymore and with the same results as earlier, the paper burning away, one appears)
"Great." Belial took the sword in his magic, giving it a few practice swings, one getting dangerously close to Az's neck. "I brought you back into this world," Azrael hissed. "I can send you back with a mere thought."
Discord shrugged. "So that's what that was. Yes. Her." ************************************************************* Nightshade grinned. "I booked Fauststein. Happy birthday."
Raven gasped, then squeed. "You didn't!" She grabbed the mug with her hoof, taking a sip. "Cheers to the best marefriend in the world!" Maya giggled. "Looks like you made a good pick, Shady."
Nightshade shrugged. "Well, to be fair, I did also kinda accidentally schedule the apocalypse for the same day, so don't thank me yet." **************************************************************************** Silver walked in a moment later. "Good afternoon, Maya. I should inform you that strategy to defeat Apophis involves drawing him here." He sat down. "So there might be some noise outside tomorrow."
Maya tilted her head. "Yeah, I know. Didn't you notice all the war crap outside when you came in? I'm gonna be involved in the fight. That reminds me." Maya pulled a convenient megaphone from under the bar and took it outside to announce, "Attention warriors! Since this might be the literal end of the world, anypony, or griffon, or dog, or whatever, who wants to get smashed tonight should come do just that! All drinks are on the house until the crisis is dealt with!" Raven caught sight of Belial, who was testing the sharpness of his new sword against his hoof. "Hey, Nighty. This is awkward. But that new guy kinda looks like... him. That one pony. Got like, the same mane, same eyes..."
Nightshade glanced at Belial. "Undead. Looks and smells a bit like Az. I think you're right." *************************************************************************************** Windsor was suddenly swarmed with drink requests. The poor little barstool could barely keep up. **************************************************************************************** Silver nodded. "Very well. Also, it has come to my attention that my daughter came to you about a vaccine..." He checked the note again, "...when she was six. I suspect there may be some errors in the report. But the vaccine? What is it?"
"It's for the ice wraiths," Maya clarified. "Need help giving it out to everypony. Otherwise, they'll turn into 'em." Dusty gave a slight wave to Rep. "Good evening." "There's no way that's right," Raven replied, going slightly pale. "I mean. Wouldn't he be, like... doing bad stuff?"
