Old Royal Customs “Princess Luna, your sister wishes to speak with you.” The voice came from outside the Princess of the Night’s bedchamber, the tone indicating to Princess Luna that her dear sister Tia had sent one of her most trusted guards to deliver the message: Royal Guard Mike—a gesture the blue mare couldn’t very well ignore. “Tell Princess Celestia that I shall arrive shortly,” came her response, the tone old-fashioned but as dignified as that of her older sister used in this modern Equestria. Her vocabulary had improved significantly, but she was still teased at times about how she sounded ancient. Princess Luna sighed deeply; she was buried at her desk in paperwork. It wasn’t stuff from the last one thousand years at least, that she had taken care of. Her Nightmare Moon time had been put behind her, with the princess having already settled into her new routine. She had even attended her niece’s wedding and had witnessed the downfall of the bug queen called Chrysalis... but she hadn’t fully settled in. Her accent was ancient, her night guard was still in its infancy compared to the overall royal guard, and she still felt that there was a distance between her and Tia that she didn’t know how to bridge. “Your stalling will only make her impatient,” Princess Luna whispered, leaning back in her chair as she put down the quill and paper with her magic. The night had just begun, with the sun having set and the moon having been raised by herself. She looked at the clock and relaxed, guessing that it wouldn’t hurt to take a few hours of rest. ***** Knock! Knock! “Who is it?” Princess Celestia called out from her balcony. “Your sister, Princess,” Mike replied. Taking a moment to register his words, she laid down the book she’d been reading and rushed toward the wooden door that served as the main entryway to the bedchambers. “Lulu!” “H-hi, Princess Celestia. You called.” Taken aback by the joyful pony before her, Princess Luna stammered her way through the door, not wanting her sister to embarrass her in front of the guard, a large pegasus stallion who, despite his best efforts, couldn’t help but crack a small smile at what he likely considered a silly nickname. “Guard, please lock down this floor; I’d like complete privacy,” Princess Celestia ordered, looking at the guard with a motherly tone, as she didn’t want any unwanted distractions. “So, Tia… what may the reason for this meeting be?” “Let's get some tea, and then we’ll talk.” “...Fine,” Princess Luna said, moving past her sister and toward the balcony gracefully. The two alicorns sat down across from one another, the tea Celestia had prepared serving as a nice distraction as the mares looked upon the busy city of Canterlot in silence. “Luna, I’ve called you here to talk about us.” The mare of the night placed her tea down and looked at her sister, eyebrow raised. “It’s almost been a year since your return, and while we’ve mended our relationship a lot, I cannot help but feel that we might never be as close as we were before your… banishment.” Her magenta eyes looked into Princess Luna’s bluish-green ones. “I admit that it’s been hard to put the last thousand years behind me, but settling into a whole new millennium isn’t easy either, dear sister.” Princess Celestia could understand that. “But those are troubles related to Equestria as a whole; I was referring to us two specifically.” Tapping her gold shoe against the floor, Princess Luna feigned ignorance. “I’m not sure what you’re talking about, dear sister.” Feeling troubled by her older sister's questioning, the blue mare stood up and walked inside, the warm room proving slightly more comforting. “Lulu, look at me.” The sisters closed the distance, the shorter alicorn craning her neck awkwardly to keep the deep eye contact. “We speak together, we eat together and even rule together… but what about our free time?” “I’ve been busy, and our schedules haven’t ever really lined up perfectly.” “But it used to,” Princess Celestia stated, remembering how they always made time for one another over a thousand years ago, neither ever alone as they could always visit the other. “Ever since you returned something has been lacking, closeness. We haven’t once walked the gardens, sneaked around Canterlot disguised or rubbed sides since your return.” “R-rubbed sides?!” Broken out of her demeanor, a small blush became visible. “You know what I’m talking about, Lulu.” “I… It just never felt like a good time,” she admitted, eyes darting downwards towards the marbled floor below. She’d been alone for a thousand years, by her own lovely moon, she felt like a damn school filly being told something erotic for the first time. “What say we give it a try?” “Now? But wouldn’t it be a scandal if our ponies found out?!” Princess Luna argued. “It’s been so long, and last time it took hundreds of years before they came to accept it.” “That is true, Lulu, but the archive of spells we can take advantage of have grown enormous over the last thousand years,” Princess Celestia assured her, the motherly pony moving to her sister's side to rub against the blushing blue mess she called a sister. “It’ll be just like old times, that is if you’re ready?” Luna couldn’t exactly push her sister away, her arching marehood had longed for the touch of somepony for too long. And it didn’t help her that she hadn’t even clopped one out in the past five hundred years, her mind too focused on revenge. But something else was also lost during those lonely years. “I’ve… I’ve forgotten my blueprint.” “Not to worry sister, I have as well.” Her head shot up, the two mares looking stunned at one another for a small moment before a smile crept onto both of their muzzles. Innocent laughter spread between them, neither able to take the moment too seriously. “Wow. Mine can be replaced, but yours?” “I will admit that Captain Hung lived up to his name in the fullest sense of it. But I don’t think you should discard Lieutenant Thick, he could even make us walk with a limp afterwards.” “We really did have some special ponies in our guard back in the days, though the times of hybrid ponies with close horse ancestry have long since passed, right?” “I’m afraid so, the last horse-pony I’ve seen is some stallion in Ponyville named troubleshoes, a massive stud who’s likely trouble if anypony tries to take him.” “So, just old school filly-fooler times then?” “I wouldn’t mind eating you out for hours my dear little sister, but I’ve got a plan B.” Trotting off towards one of her shelves, Princess Celestia retrieved a sizable disk, the thing emanating a large amount of magic compared to how small it was. “Say, Sunbutt. Just what could be better than a magically copied stallionhood?” “The real thing, my naive little sister.” Her retort was quick, the smile on the white alicorn's muzzle not faltering the least, as she placed the magical item on a table she pulled over. “Tia! I thought we agreed long ago never to risk bedding another citizen!” Princess Luna couldn’t believe her own ears, last time it had taken hybrids to solve their problem. “May I remind you dear sister that we alicorns are quite fierce and energetic lovers!” “We did, and we are… but you never said anything about enjoying one who’s unaware of it.” “Princess Celestia, you can’t possibly be suggesting that we violate a stallion against his own will and desires?” It didn’t happen often, but for once it was Celestia who felt like the smaller of the two, her large form belittled as she bowed her head before her sister. “I can explain…” “Please do,” Princess Luna demanded. Celestia levitated the disk up in front of herself, hesitating before flipping it over. It had been a while since she’d seen her little sis flabbergasted, yet here Luna was, mouth agape as she looked at the cutie marks on the other side of the disk. “S-Shining Armor!?” Luna shouted, making Celestia thank herself for having ordered Mike to clear the whole floor of guests and other guards. “What is the meaning of this dear sister, he’s a married pony! And just what is that disk anyway, don’t tell me you plan on teleporting him here if I say yes!” “No, I didn’t! Now calm down before I silence you with my marehood, Moonbutt.” Regaining some of her confidence, Celestia pulled over two chairs for them to sit in, gesturing for Luna to sit first as she didn’t want the mare to step out of line as the window was still open. “Okay, here is the plan.” She levitated paper, a quill and the disk over, laying the round thing with the cutie marks downwards. “This is a portal developed by our dear niece Cadance.” “She made that?” Celestia gave a small nod. “So, it’s one of a kind then?” “Sort of, and it’s specifically made to only work on Captain Shining Armor.” She turned it over and gestured towards the cutie marks. “This is a copy of the original one, I made it when the two love birds were at dinner together a few weeks ago.” “That’s good I suppose, at least they won’t ever know of your little stunt,” Princess Luna joked, leaning forward to inspect the magical patterns. “So what did you have in mind Tia, seeing as you went so far to make a copy?” Blushing slightly, Celestia traced a circle on the table next to the turned off portal. “I… I was hoping that we could use it, seeing as my blueprint has been lost to time.” She tried to look back up, to see Luna's hopefully positive reaction. ‘So much for hoping she’d just go willingly along with my plan,’ Princess Celestia thought, seeing her dear little sister looking as uninterested as before. “He won’t know even if we use it!” she added forcefully. “Okay, that is good… Yet how can that be?” Celestia started to smile a little, she could see a hint of interest in those beautifully blue eyes, and knew not to let her own nervousness stun her. “He can only sense physical touch that passes through the main portal, and as long as the pleasure we’re giving doesn’t surpass that of the last week, then it’ll just feel like it’s Cadance who’s pleasuring him.” “So, as long as we don’t make him cum more than Cadance has during the last week?” “As long as we don’t do that, we’ll be fine.” Celestia assured, the mare flipping the written explanation she’d made towards her dear Lulu. It was a simple drawing summary of what they’d just said, plus a small note about it still being 100% a real cock that popped out. “...And seeing as this thing exists we can deduct that he’s pretty much fine with getting it whenever his wife wants a little fun?” “Pretty much, and Cadance is on holiday for a few days so neither will know of our little adventure here, least of all Shining Armor as he loves to get used, it seems.” “It seems?” Luna raised her eyebrow again. “You really haven’t noticed?” Tia’s question was met with a confused look, a small chuckle escaping the older alicorn as she was reminded of her sister's likely long dry period. “Our dear niece walks around with Shining inside of her whenever she gets the chance, and the only reason I’ve invited you here tonight is because I’ve scheduled a meeting between her and somepony in Griffonstone, so she won’t be able to use the portal for a few days.” “So he’s into letting mares use the portal, and downright desires to get used?” ‘I mean it’s not Cadance, but neither will know… It’s basically a free dick ride with no consequences?’ Luna was deep in thought, the positives far outdoing the negatives. It seemed like the moral problem had been solved, as Lulu looked about ready to accept the plan. “I don’t know, what if I’m bad after so many years… By the moon, we’re up against a sexual goddess Tia. What if we can’t even get him erect?” “Relax Lulu, don’t forget that we just have to get him erect and then either of us can do the old strap-on trick. We might be up against the personification of lust and love, but even a unicorn married to that can’t resist against our magic.” Luna had to give her sister credit, strapping a stallionhood straight to an alicorn marehood would likely cure even the worst case of erectile dysfunction, and Shining Armor is the most fit and healthy stallion the blue mare had been able to meet ever since her return. “So what now, do we just activate it and then I buck you silly?” Princess Luna asked. “You bucking me? Lulu, last I checked this was my idea, so of course I get to buck you silly first.” Celestia started pulling the disk towards her with her magic, but was stopped by her little sister's blue magical aura. “You pulled me out of my daily work, so isn’t it fair that I buck you?” “I took the risk of copying Cadance’s toy… and setting up the meeting!” They pulled on the magical portal, neither ready to be on the receiving end after such a long dry period. Both had pretty much reverted back to being virgin after so long, and screaming with ecstasy like a school filly being taken by a stud on prom night was too humiliating, even if it was only their sister present… and Shining’s stallionhood balls deep in them. “I’ve got an idea!” Luna’s hoof shot up, magic letting go of the disk as it felt like a lit candle appeared above her head. THUMP! “Tia! I-I’m so sorry,” Luna apologised, the disk having shot straight into Celestia’s forehead and catapulted her and the chair onto the floor, the mark from the disk almost making Luna laugh from just how comedic it looked. “Owie,” Celestia whined, rubbing her sore head. “Your idea better be good.” Her golden hoof pointed itself at Luna, Celestia hoping her little accident would prove worth it. “Why don’t we bet?” “Bet? Bet on what?” “Well you know, his size, perhaps his shape… Or what about the colour of this Cadance approved stallionhood, I’m sure there’s lots of other things to also bet on?” “I say we go with that dick colour one, I’ll bet on it being pink” Princess Celestia called, figuring the chances of a pink stallionhood popping out was pretty high. “You sure, Tia? I’ll bet on blue, and that’s pretty much a guaranteed win for me, you know.” “How so? Shining Armor is as much an alabaster pony as me, perhaps even more, and we both know that means a pretty pink stallionhood,” Celestia argued, pointing down towards her pink marehood and adding how Blueblood was the same pink whenever they accidentally walked in on him when he was younger. “It’s blue.” “It’s pink!” “It’s BLUE.” “It’s PINK!” “Fine, I guess we’ll just have to turn it on and see,” Princess Luna spoke, not in the mood for a shouting match with a pony just as stubborn as herself. They shot up from their chairs and walked towards and onto the bed, mounting the portal onto the wall right behind and above the head rest. Their magic flowed from their horns and onto the magical patterns, the thing glowing pink like Cadance’s fur tone. “Come one, be blue.” “Come on, be pink!” “No. no! NO!” “Yes. Yes! YES!” Victory and defeat swept over the mare on bed as Shining’s stallionhood emerged, the thing a perfect pink like Celestia’s entire marehood and just like the inside of Luna’s marehood. “How! Stallionhoods are supposed to match the colour of the stallion's mane!” Luna shouted her frustration into a pillow, her shame hidden away as her flank was high in the air. “Oh Moonbutt, things have changed quite a bit since you last saw a stallionhood.” Unable to resist, Celestia leaned in and gave her sister dripping folds a quick apology kiss, the move eliciting a small moan from her. With her arousal kick started, Luna looked back up at the enticing piece of stud meat. “They sure have… though not as much as I feared.” She approached the hardening member, the thing surprisingly big compared to the average pony. “He isn’t quite as hung as Captain Hung,” Celestia noted. “And not nearly as thick as Lieutenant Thick,” Luna added. “He’s perfect!” “He’s perfect!” A row of giggles passed between them as they inspected the endowed captain, he was a pure pink, no molds along his shaft and the medial ring was a lovely thickness two thirds of the way down. His musk was light, hinting at good hygiene, and the veins were spread out evenly with two large ones, one on each side. “Perfect to break us in after such long dry periods.” Celestia assured them both. “Not too small nor too big for an alicorn… How many do you think fits that description?” Luna joked, knowing Shining Armor was likely the only one within their nation. “I must say, Lulu. I’m a little surprised we haven’t become maternal grandaunts yet?” “Well…” Luna scooped closer to the fine specimen before them. “I ain’t.” She lifted up the blue coloured nuts. “No wonder they don't have a foal yet, look at these little things!" "They're not that little, bigger than normal these days," Celestia retorted. "But not big enough for her that’s for sure, you know how alicorn marehoods can be pretty hostile towards normal stallion sperm, this guy ain’t ever gonna sire foals on her with these nuts." Just to reinforce her statement, she popped both of her nuts into her mouth. They tasted clean yet musky! There might not be a code of standard for how a royal guard should taste down below, but if it was up to Luna then this would be the standard! With a wet Pop! She let the foal makers slip from between her lips. “See Tia, it's easy for me to fit both of these beauties in my mouth at once.” His balls were covered in her spit, the alicorn in question also a mess as the front of her snout was coated in a mix of her spit, Shining’s musk and the pre that had been leaking down his shaft. She had to give her credit where credit was due, there wasn’t any chance of a normal pony like Shining breeding an alicorn like Cadance, normal pony sperm wouldn’t survive for long enough to get to the egg in such a chaotically magical being as an alicorn. “Not much we can do about it, and it’s not our right to mess with their lives.” Celestia spoke, not seeing his over average pony size was much of an issue. “Since when did you become such a follower of the rules?” With her horn lit, Shinings balls were engulfed by Luna’s blue magic, the wet pair at the mercy of her mind and magic. “Lulu, what are you doing?” Answering her big sister's question in her own way, Luna started to pour her magic into the two beautiful foal batter factories before her. “LUNA! That spell has been forbidden!” Celestia hissed… but she didn’t stop her sister. Looking on in awe, she watched as Shining’s nuts grew to twice their original size, each now big enough to fill either her or Luna’s mouth just like Captain Hung’s nuts had once done. “Oh… My… Sun. Moonbutt, how do you plan on hiding these things from Cadance exactly?!” “Since when did you become the prude, dear sister.” Luna gave her a quick wink before engulfing one of his massive foal makers, the thing making her cheeks bulge. “I’m not a prude?! And you know as well as I that that spell only works one way!” Pop! “I don’t see the problem. Everypony will envy him, and Cadance will be getting those cum baths she’s been dreaming about ever since she married Shining.” “I… Too much info, Lulu.” “Perhaps, and last I checked it’s just the size that is the problem. if I remember correctly, we’ve got a spell for that, one that shrinks something while it still keeps its true volume.” “That spell is forbidden!” “Only because everypony who tried to replicate it had an … accident, but you know how to perform it, seeing as you’re its inventor.” Luna gave her a suggestive look, her tongue tracing its way up and down Shining’s pulsing stallionhood, lips planting small kisses on his balls. Celestia gave her sister a half hearted death glare, the alicorn biting her lip a little before making up her mind. “You better treat me to some nice dinner after this…” “I’ll even include the one thousand year old griffin wine I’ve got hidden away.” “The original version from King Philip's time?” “The very one that was made during his last and most fruitful years of reign.” Unable to resist such a rare thing, Princess Celestia cracked her hooves and neck before getting to work on those massive orbs. “No turning back now Tia, time to break out the old Compression Charm spell,” Celestia thought out loud, her magic engulfing those light blue beauties in the strongest magic aura there was, her own. It didn’t take long for it to work, and just as soon as she’d started, it was done. His nuts were back to their original over average size… perhaps a little bigger. Celestia at least wanted to leave her captain with a little gift for the spells he had unknowingly endured. “Scoot over, I want a taste!” Splitting up the task, they each started sucking on a foal maker and started stroking him with their magic, the stallion throbbing wildly and leaking a river. “I’m impressed,” Luna spoke. “I haven’t known many stallions who could handle us so well.” To reinforce what she meant, she gave the stud’s flare a quick squeeze. “Not even cumming from that. Say, what do you think? Should we get started, Sunbutt?” She thought it over for a few seconds, bobbing her head up and down the stallionhood for just a little while longer to get a good sense of his taste. “Alright.” Princess Celestia popped the portal off of the wall and went about attaching it to herself. “Well, this takes me back,” she mused as the borrowed stallionhood and nice foal makers swung between her legs. A weight she hadn't realized how much she'd missed. “I thought you were supposed to take my back,” her sister joked from her position on the bed. Much as she liked to pretend, she was in fact quite happy to have lost the bet, it meant she would be the first one to truly feel the new stallionhood inside her, while Celestia would merely experience the sex vicariously. It did mean that she’d feel a little of what Shining felt, with it being strapped onto her and all, but it wouldn’t be nearly as strong of a feeling as the one Shining and Luna would feel… which more often than not lead to some rough pounding to level the playing field. It also meant Celestia would be very eager to switch places later, Luna hoped Shining would not be completely drained by that point… For now her worries seemed unfounded, as those full foal makers were ready to make a mess of her for a long time before running dry. “Mmmm, he’s one rock hard stallion,” Luna moaned as she felt his tip brush against her marehood, the sensation sending a ticklish sensation up her spine. “Oh buck he’s thick!” “And by the sun you’re tight!” Celestia spoke through gritted teeth, the alicorn doing her best to insert the impressive member as slowly as she could. On and on it went, the process as if endless until Luna finally felt first the medial ring, and then the base brush against her lips. “Phew, talk about being rusty,” Luna joked, feeling how she was already close to cumming, and without any warning, Celestia started bucking off said rust. “OH BUCK!” “Mmmm, good. Keep those cute moans coming Lulu.” Right as Luna had feared, she sounded like a damn filly being broken in for the first time, the moon princess jealous of her big sister and the stupid magic. She was certain that Tia would be screaming her lungs out just like her if she could just feel how soft her tight snatch was. Not one for such romance and enjoyment, Celestia continued her rough treatment. The sound of thighs colliding bounced off of the walls, the beat a lovely music for Celestia to enjoy, and for Luna to partake in as her lovely voice mixed itself with the collisions. “T-Tia, I’m getting close–Ahhh!” Luna felt her big sister bite into her neck, the feral move a dirty one as her winking marehood was sent over the edge, spurt after spurt of mare cum coating Shinings nuts in her nectar. “Oh Sunbutt! Please, I-I’m still sensitive! Luna tried to frantically get out from beneath her sister, but Celestia had her pinned, the alicorn above not hearing a word of what her little sister was saying. “Oh by the moooon!” Luna’s vision was starting to grow white, the ecstasy overwhelming her with pleasure and a sense of love between her and Tia which she had been missing for so long that it almost made the moaning alicorn beg for more. “Lulu I’m s-so close, just a little more!” Her alabaster hips rocked themselves against her midnight butt, Shining’s balls colliding against her swollen clit for every wink her marehood made. Those dreams of her niece’s finally made sense, Shining really was a real virgin killer. “CUMMING!!!” “Cum for me you stud! Fill my mareho–IEEEP!!!” Her outburst was cut short as the first spurt of seed sniped her womb, the next following quickly behind. Before long a continuous stream of cum exited Shining’s stallionhood, the thing seeming as unprepared as her as she felt his flare burn hot with frustration as he came for what seemed like forever. By the time it finally ended, Luna felt six months pregnant and looked it! “Ugh, I’ll get you back for this Tia… Just, give me a minute, or perhaps an hour.” “I’m sure you will. For now, give me some sugar.” Tia tilted her little sister's head backwards, catching her sweet lips in a deep kiss. “What say we take a break, that orgasm drained me too, and I think Shining could use the break.” They both looked down, their eyes inspecting the still swollen flare. “Sure thing Tia, now let me be the little spoon.” “Mmmm, I love you Lulu.” “I love you too Tia.” FIN Epilogue “Tia, did she say why she wanted a private meeting?” “No, only that she had big news,” Celestia answered her little sister, the two sitting in Luna’s bed chambers, each drinking a cup of tea. It had been months since they had burrowed the Princess of Love's hubby, so it couldn’t very well be that she had found out… “Did we accidentally say something about the… you know?” “No… No, and I’m sure she knew it herself. A mare wouldn’t be oblivious to such a thing.” “I mean, she smelled good. Perhaps she got confused as to why she… you know.” Celestia rolled her eyes at her sister. “Lulu, a mare like her would know. I’m sure that it was simply a statement to everypony in the castle, that they shouldn’t go near Shining.” “I know, but smelling like Shining’s cum dump for a whole week was pretty extreme… even by her and her dreamy standards.” If only Tia knew about that kinky mare's desires, maybe she should tell her about those anal desires. Maybe Tia would be into coaching Cadance? “I had sent her on a one month diplomatic mission to Griffonstone. And it was right after we sized him up, so it was likely just a phase until she knew how to handle the cum baths, I–” Speaking of the devil, before either of them could continue their little debate, the door was swung open, and in came Princess Cadance. "Aunts! I’m so glad to see you two!” “Cadance!” The three alicorns shared a quick hug, small remarks flying back and forth as they shared news about their day and other gossip they hadn’t been able to tell up until now. “Goodness I’m getting ahead of myself here,” Cadance spoke. “Sorry for keeping you two waiting, I had some stuff to get done in the east wing and then Shining wanted to chat.” “It’s okay, we don’t mind waiting a little for our dear niece, isn’t that right Lulu.” “Indeed.” Luna assured the pink mare. “So tell us, what’s this all about?” “Well, Um… I’ve got big news.” “Well?” “Go on,” Luna added. “I’m pregnant!” The following sound of joyous outburst could be heard halfway across the castle, the walls vibrating to such an extent that even Shining could feel it in his office in the barracks. “By the sun/moon it’s a miracle!” the sister shouted in unison. The sisters were jumping up and down with the pregnant mare mushed in between them, the mare halfway deaf and passed out as she was overwhelmed by her two aunts' energy levels. “We must announce it immediately!” Princess Celestia stated, the mare ready with a quill and a piece of paper before the mother-to-be even realised it. “W-wait… we’d like to keep it a secret for now.” “Why?” the sisters asked in unison. “We want it to be a surprise… and for now we’d like to just be treated like a normal couple. Or as normal as it can be as we’re an alicorn and unicorn couple.” “You fear the public will be all over you two when they find out?” “Aunt Tia! Of course they will, the first ever alicorn to get pregnant? They won’t leave me alone until months after my little foal has been born!” “Makes sense,” Luna mumbled, rubbing her chin in thought. “Anyway.” Cadance approached Celestia and proceeded to throw out the paper in a trash bin before setting said trash bin on fire. “Not a word, I want complete silence from both of you.” The rulers jokingly saluted her, the trio hugging each other one last time before Cadance stormed out the door, likely rushing back to the sire of her foal. “I knew I’d made Shining’s nuts potent, but I didn’t think they’d actually be able to breed an alicorn of all ponies…” She gave her big sis a sheepish smile, hooves tapping together. “As long as he didn’t breed us, then everything is fine…” “Should we…” “Buck each other silly all night with our Shining copied stallionhoods?” The sister barely needed to nod at one another before they each stormed in their direction, Luna ordering a guard to close down the floor while Celestia closed all of the windows, the two not caring for any distractions. “I call dibs on being first!” Celestia shouted, before turning around and lifting her tail. “Good thing we got this custom going again,” Luna whispered seductively, before shoving her snout into Celestia’s dripping marehood. FIN