"Celestia's most trusted soldier my flank..." Facade muttered before he realized he was stuck in here. "Ummm...Crap." The ponies had dispersed no longer seeing any reason to stay and the others had walked away. He laid on the ground muttering obsecene words no filly should ever hear before he heard someone clear there throat. He looked back to see a unicorn giving him one of those looks. "What?" "Well...I didn't necessarily enjoy your show. It's wrong to take advantage of other ponies. But I did find the performance in itself interesting." "Yea, Yea. I got the speech already." Facade said in annoyance ignoring the compliment which he thought was to make fun of him. The same look flashed over her face before it softened. "Look...I don't want you to turn out like another Trixie alright? Ponyville doesn't need that right now." Her horn flared and suddenly the rocks were moved aside. "I'll let you clean yourself up in your wagon." She trotted off back to the library and Facade watched her go off. "Interesting..." Facade muttered as he watched her go off.
Blade walked to the library, "looks like this'll be my home for awhile..." he muttered. He waked inside to see the place empty, "Hello, anypony here? Twilight?"
(Sure alright.) Twilight sighed as she thought about the poor Pony she had just freed. "It's not like he is intentionally trying to hurt anypony. He's just trying to make a living...And that odd power of his...Would love to study it in-depth." She murmured to herself as she opened the door just to bump into another pony. She gasped and looked up. "Oh dear I'm so sorry! Is there anything you need? Check out from the library?"
Blade turned towards the purple pony who had just enter, "Oh, hello." He said, "I'm assuming you are Twilight. My name is Iron Blade, I am a trooper in Celestia's army. She sent me to ponyville for a vacation and told me I was staying here."
Aima sat reclined on a bench in the town's center. The crowd had long ago dispersed and she found herself basking in the warm glow of the sun letting the day flow right by her. "A show, a sentinel, and an imbecile, it seems this day holds more potential than I intitially fathomed." she spoke to herself. With a slow jerk, she pulled herself up off front the bench and looked off in 3 separate directions, one led to the guard, one led to the troublemaker, and the final stood right in front of her at the town's center. Next to the abandoned wagon stood the brown pony who had been hosting the performance. Aima approached him with a wry smile. "Greetings, I couldn't help but take notice of those ludicrous lowlifes who ruined your performance. I think I can be of some help." She tipped her head and introduced herself. "The name's Aima Anakti, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance."
Snow walked into town from the train. She had just arrived from Canterlot, she looked around at the town and sighed. She had been moved here all because of one little incident, and it's not like she can control them. Ok sure, she did accidently blow up one of the palace's towers, but worse had happened before and the princess never really cared! Oh well, she thought as she proceded into town, Might as well get on with my life and make some new friends.
(Considering that past event and Blade's position, it might be a good idea to have them know each other already)
Finally, Brave Cape was returning to Ponyville. Brave "It's been some time." A month, to be accurate. He was out for another enlightning trip, begging to learn more, as usual. Now that he absorved what he could from the new location he visited, he could finally rest for quite a long time in his hometown. That is, if there was somepony there. Brave "What... Happened?" Usually Ponyville was bristling with life, enjoying the most of the day. But after trotting through the town and arriving at the center plaza, all he could see was a mare and a unicorn speaking next to a wagon. Looks like something big just happened and scared everypony away. He wished he would do something about it, but he was tired from the long walk back home. Maybe later. He walked over to his house, entered it, cleaned it and unpacked everything. But he wasn't feeling sleepy. Then again, it was morning when he arrived... Brave Cape left his house and looked to the sky. It was past the middle of the day. Brave "Might as well as trot around a bit and make everypony knows that I am back." And so he did. And he was off to the center plaza again, hoping that more ponies would have returned by then. ((I'm such a lazypoke.))
(Wow I can't believe someone is on right now! Fantastic!) Facade was trying to repair his horribly damaged stage from the rocks that had come from nowhere. "Over the top...Ponyville...Stuck here for weeks.." He muttered loudly as he put his tools down. He turned around and stared at a pony that wandered up to the center plaza. "You come to mock me? Go back home before I make you run around Ponyville."
Aima glared at at Facade. There was an irate look burning in one of her eyes and a bright red LCD in the other. After offering her help the pony in front of her lashed out. She reached out with her magic and grabbed Facade by the face. With an invisible hand, she pulled him away from his task and brought him face to face with her. Aima's cybernetic eye peered through him yet still managed to retain a look of anger. "Listen here you pathetic little jester, I came here to offer you aid out of benevolence and you dare snap at me? I'll award you a miniscule amount of leeway given prior circumstance, I can empathize..." she sneered She leaned over to the pony locked in a mild stasis and whispered into his ear "but by my power if you dare pull such frivolous actions with me again I promise your life will become a bastion for your personal nightmares." Aima pushed Facade away and released her grip on his face. The anger emptied from her face and was replaced by a tiny smile. "Now let us try this again. My name is Aima Anakti, I may be able to aid you in evening the scales. It's a grudging pleasure to make your acquaintance."
Facade could barely stand after the Aima had assaulted him. 'I should have just starved in the forest' He cleared his throat and spoke up. "I'm quite sorry for snapping at you Aima. I've had a tough day after those idiots ruined my show...I would like to inquire however why would you like to help me?" He waved his hoof around. "Are you not with Ponyville?"
The smile faded from her face as Facade fired off his question. It hit her hard. Why was she helping him? She thought back for a moment and collected her composure as the smile returned to her face. "Let us simply say that I've been in similar circumstance as you and one always deserves a helping hand during dire times." She stuck out her hoof and helped Facade stand. "I overheard the armored one of the two state that he was a subordinate of her magesty herself. It seems that he had been shipped here against his desires to bask in leisure. Perhaps we could transfigure his cozy stay into a madhouse. Given the instruments at our disposal this should prove an effortless task. How about it?" her eye flickered as a devious smile spread across her torquiose face.
Facade hesitated as he stared at her. "Indeed...It would be so easy.." 'Twilight would disapprove. You don't want to end up like Trixie do you? Run out of town. No bits. You'll starve.' His more honorable side stated. 'But they wouldn't have helped you anyways...Take revenge.' Facade chuckled and nodded. "I'd be happy to help you turn his life upside down my friend."
Twilight walked up to Blade with a smile, "Well, as long as the princess sent you, Which I'm pretty sure of, I used to see you looking out the window in the east tower, plus your elite armor... Here, let me set up a bed for you in the next room." Twilight walked into the next room carrying a mattress see got out of a closet. She introduced Blade to his temporary room, "sorry, all I had was the extra mattress." Twilight said. "it's no problem." Blade said as he walked in to examine the room. Plenty of books and a desk, 'good enough for me' He throught' "thanks twilight, I think I'll take off my armor and go for a walk." "ok," she replied, "I have some studying to do here." Twilight closed the door to Blade's room as he began to remove the armor.
Snow noticed a group of ponies up ahead, Might as well go say hi, she thought and walked up to the group who seemed to be in the middle of an arguement or heated conversion.
Blade walked around the village, examining the buildings, the ponies, the flowers, etc. he thought, 'it IS a nice village... Maybe this break won't be so bad.'
Aima motioned for Facade to follow her but upon spinning around she bumped into Snow she spoke. She stumbled backwards slightly before regaining her balance. A irate look came over her for a moment before she calmed herself down. Without speaking she patrolled around Snow in a circle examining her. After a moment she stopped in front of the white pony and looked her in the eye with her cybernetic one. "And you are?"
