- >You fling open the door to your apartment and step inside, closing it behind you
- >It's been a long day, and you're just glad to be home
- >It's time to relax
- >You make your way to the fridge and reach in to grab yourself-
- >Nothing at all, apparently
- >Of course
- >You sigh, close the fridge, and turn to your roommate's door
- >You knock quickly, trying not to sound as frustrated as you are
- >"Aurelia," you call, "you here?"
- >You hear a buzz and series of clicks, and the door opens
- >You step inside, and it's as if you've entered another world
- >It's ridiculously dark, but the light shining from behind you is enough illumination to see by
- >There are flowers everywhere
- >Huge white petals seem to glow as they reflect light, and the floor is littered with fresh leaves
- >Strands of silk hang from the ceiling, holding up a massive cocoon that serves as a bed
- >The windows have been covered with floral print curtains, explaining the darkness
- >On the wall sits a poster of the Wonderbolts, which clashes horribly with the entire room
- >"Hi Anon!"
- >A ball of fuzz pops out from behind the door you entered from and detaches itself, landing on the floor with a poof
- >The mothpony smiles at you, her compound-eyes gleaming brightly
- >"Ooh, what did you want to see me about?" she squeaks happily
- >"I was was just-" you begin, but she cuts you off in her excitement
- >"Did you bring the light? I love looking at the light! It's really pretty and it makes me feel funny in my brain and-"
- >"Aurelia."
- >"Maybe we can look at it together! I love doing stuff with other ponies, but you're not really a pony but that might make it even more fun to-"
- >"Aurelia!" you speak up, causing her to recoil and take a step back
- >She quiets down and lowers her head sheepishly, both her ears and antenna falling flat
- >"Sorry," she squeaks
- >"It's fine," you sigh. "I was just going to ask you why the fridge is empty."
- >She perks up again. "Oh, that? I drank everything in it."
- >Your palm finds its way to your face, where it will stay for the forseeable future
- >"I gathered that," you say. "Why did you drink everything in the fridge?"
- >"'Cause I was thirsty," Aurelia squeaks as if it's the most obvious thing in the world
- >She takes your stare as a cue to continue
- >"So did you bring the light?"
- >"No," you nearly growl. "Just, please replace what you drink next time, okay?"
- >You think about that request for a moment
- >"And I don't want the entire thing filled with nothing but juice boxes, either," you add.
- >The mothpony tilts her head at you, then nods vigorously
- >"Okay!"
- >With no warning whatsoever, Aurelia lifts off the ground and springs towards your face
- >Your arms fly up, but your vision is already filled with fluff and wings as she fwumps onto your chest
- >"So can we do something together now?"
- >You reach up and pry the pony off of you, holding her so her head is level with yours
- >"Not now," you say. "I was hoping to relax tonight."
- >"Oooh, I can do that!" Aurelia giggles
- >There's a second of silence as your mind attempts to process this
- >It fails
- >"How?" you ask suspiciously
- >Aurelia inhales deeply, fluttering her wings quickly in your arms
- >"What are you-"
- >Aurelia explodes into a cloud of fluff
- >Dusty scales fill your vision as you drop the pony and try to breathe
- >Dryness fills your throat and nose as you gasp and cough, and you blink furiously
- >"What the-" you burst into another fit of coughing
- >"It's a defense!" Aurelia chirps, fluttering happily inside her own cloud
- >You manage to blink enough of the dust from your eyes to glare at the mothpony, but then your mind begins to work and your heart pounds
- >"A defense?" you choke. "Aurelia, are you poisonous?!"
- >The mothpony makes a shrugging motion. "A little?"
- >"Are you insane?!" you scream, dashing from the room
- >You make it three steps before your legs turn to mush and you fall to your knees
- >Your mind starts to swim, and there's a buzzing in the back of your head
- >You try to think
- >There's got to be something you can do to stave this off
- >Your pounding heart will just work whatever it is into the bloodstream faster
- >You need to calm down
- >Your head feels like it's full of cotton
- >"You okay?" Aurielia plops down next to you
- >You stare at her, unsure if you should be terrified or incredulous
- >"What'd you do t'me?" you barely manage through the haze
- >Aurelia giggles. "My scales confuse predators," she squeaks. "Make their heads all fuzzy and stuff."
- >You blink at her, unsure if you understand the words coming out of this bughorse
- >You just decide to spin until the room stops laying down
- >"Sometimes they get all sleepy and relaxed," Aurelia continues, "and if I tell them things..."
- >She trails off, mouth still working
- >"...they...do...them..."
- >A wicked smile appears on the moth thing's face
- >"Hey, Anooooooon," Aurelia coos
- >Your mouth makes some kind of noise without consulting your brain
- >Aurelia's giggling reaches a fever pitch
- >"It's hard to think, isn't it?"
- >You idly wonder how words are a thing that happens
- >"It's so much easier to let somepony think for you, isn't it? Then you don't have to worry about the hard stuff."
- >That sounds good to you
- >Do that
- >Aurelia's grin is almost too wide for her mouth
- >"Do you have the light?"
- >The light?
- >Yeah, you think you know what a light is
- >One of your arms flails on the ground for a moment
- >It eventually makes it's way to your pocket, where it secures a simple lighter
- >You
- >Aren't really sure how this thing works?
- >"Ooh, ooh!" Aurelia squeaks "Do the thing! With the hand!"
- >You do the thing with the hand
- >You don't remember how you did the thing with the hand
- >A small flame leaps up from the lighter, and Aurelia focuses on immediately
- >Her features soften, her wings fanning out as her entire body relaxes
- >She sits there for several minutes, during which you realize why the light is the best thing ever
- >Aurelia gasps. "Wave it around a little!"
- >Okay
- >This will be awesome
- >The flame moves around jerkily
- >You think maybe your arm had something to do with it
- >Aurelia follows the flame intently, her entire head moving to chase it around
- >Your own eyes can't seem to stay away from the flame either
- >As the fire dances, Aurelia tilts her head and brushes an antenna past your free hand
- >It tickles, and your hand instinctively jerks, brushing her antenna in return
- >Aurelia stops and looks from the flame to your hand and back a few times
- >She lights up with an idea and she inhales in a massive gasp
- >"Do that again!" she squeaks, trying to maneuver her head so she can watch the flame and touch your hand at the same time
- >Your hand manages to lift itself up and grab the mothpony's antenna
- >Aurelia makes a squeaking noise not unlike a little river of eeeeeeeeeeeee
- >She flips over onto her back, now watching the flame upside down
- >Or maybe sideways
- >Spinways
- >You think you'll go with that one
- >Aurelia continues watching the flame as one of your arms moves by itself
- >And the other one strokes Aurelia's antenna
- >Wow
- >Arms can do different things
- >You're not sure how much time passes after this revelation
- >At some point Aurelia snuggles up to you
- >"Hey," she sighs dreamily
- >"Rub my thorax."
- >You blink and do nothing for several moments
- >The light stops in it's rounds
- >For some reason, this confuses and infuriates you
- >You try to grab the light with both hands in an effort to make it move again
- >Before you can, however, Aurelia seizes the arm and pushes it onto her belly
- >Oh
- >Bug belly rubs
- >You can do that
- >Aurelia squirms under your hand, and somehow the light starts moving again
- >In moments, your hand is covered in fluffy scales
- >It moves up under Aurelia's neck fluff and starts to scratch her
- >She continues to eeeeeee
- >You blink a few more times as both of you stare into the light
- >"Are you relaxed yet, Anon?" Aurelia squeaks in your direction
- >Yeah
- >You think so
- >"That's good, 'cause I think you're on fire."
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