Title:           Getting to Know All About You: Part 19
Author:          TheOriginalAuteur
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First Edit:      Sunday 13th of July 2014 02:38:13 AM CDT
Last Edit:       Sunday 13th of July 2014 02:38:13 AM CDT

>LAST TIME
>You SUMMONED THE CABINET
>You spun an INCREDIBLE STORY of DRAMA and INTRIGUE
>They were NOT AMUSED
>You came close to getting your revenge against That Thing That Aught to Crawl that Learnt to Sowe and Dresse and Style.
>The Cabinet was NOT AMUSED.
>AGAIN.
>AND NOW
 
>IT IS EXACTLY TWO SECONDS INTO-
>THE FUTURE!
>You peer pensively over your fingers at your Cabinet.
>Slutbra clears her throat.
>"Perhaps we could start with Luna, and look first at what we can legally do?" she asks.
>Precious and Raven both move to yell-
>"Then go over what we SHOULD do," she adds pointedly.
>"Let me guess - Crystal of Torment?" says Raven, gruffly.
>Slutbra opens her mouth, closes her mouth, then shrugs.
>"Basically," she states.
>You FEEL a stab of fear from Cadence.
>She understands that Luna is partially responsible for your troubles, and was willing to hurt you to get what she wanted...but it's still Lulu.
>She's still the Princess she had Princess Lunch with, who since her return has been a facinating perspective on Equestrian history, as well as being very helpful with rulership.
>And she tends to have an understated humour about her.
>Your hand finds her ear, and you rub it soothingly.
>She leans in, not really calmed by it.
>Shining however is beginning to give you those sad, pitying eyes again.
>A quick discrete disappearing plate act later and now you only have to deal with one pair of sad eyes.
>"So we're well within Crystal law to do pretty much anything to Princess Luna," continues Slutbra, "There is however other considerations."
>"Namely other nations," says Precious, "If we were to do untoward things to Luna in our custody, we'd be looked down upon, it'd be harder to deal with other governments, we'd have economic sanctions - the list is endless. And this is stacked on top of the Exclusion crap the Whole pulled. While I may be able to smooth things out with the dignitaries and diplomats about that, I can't then turn face and say we're doing terrible things to Luna. Rarity - perhaps, Trixie, certainly, but not Luna."
>"So we're just supposed to let her go?" says Raven flatly.
>"Ideally, yes," says Precious.
>You stare at him, stunned.
>You momentarily feel your jaw muscles hurt from the gape.
"So I'm supposed to overlook the fact that Luna tried to usurp me, left me to rot in a dungeon for no god-damned reason, and protected the ponies who have made or are making my life miserable?" you ask, incredulous.
>Precious nods.
>Cadence FEELs something similar in a more tentative fashion.
>You grind your teeth and FEEL back frustration and anger because FUCK this.
>"While I understand your position, it's not just YOU anymore, Your Highness," Precious stresses, seeing your response, "It's EVERYBODY. Us, the Crystal Ponies, the other ponies, the Griffons, The Minotaurs, the Africans, the Deer, the fucking Koopas for Shard's sake. While WE may want to punish her - and believe me, I want to hurt the bitch as much as you do," he quickly adds, "the rest of Equestria and the other nations don't want that."
>Your eye twitches.
"Fuck the other nations," you eloquently flourish, "They didn't do jack shit for us when we - the guys who are hosting the fucking Equestrian Games, I might add - were attacked, or when I was imprisoned."
>"But they were afraid of the sun not moving!" groans Precious, "I'm not sure if you're aware of this King Anon, but this is a big. Fucking. Deal. Everyone got paranoid when that happened. Thought Celestia was going to go all 'Nightmare Sun', or Luna was making a play for power, so they kept there soldiers, artefacts and heroes at home. Not to mention they were just as afraid of this thing as we were."
>"This thing you killed Anon..." shudders Lawful, "It is something that drove ponies insane just observing it."
"And you're not using the fact I can murder ancient basilisk evils because?" you glare.
>"I have!" exasperates Precious, "But Equestria has Luna, Celestia, Twilight, The Elements, fucking DISCORD for crying out loud! We're simply outmatched in most nations minds, because the Anchor is something that is so outside the normal comprehension that the fact that we killed it is meaningless compared to, say, the Elements defeating Discord, which seriously messed up most nations."
"So I just killed the 'monster of the week'. Nothing special," you drone.
>"Yeah, it sucks," explains Precious, "Welcome to Equestria."
>"Too true," agrees Raven, "I motion for the option that brings Luna the most PAIN."
>Precious scrunches his face in barely suppressed emotion.
>"What?" quips Raven.
>"Now now, Raven," soothes Fiery, "You're overlooking the OTHER Royal Sister. You know, that commands the OTHER cosmic object?"
>"The one that is required for our agricultural production, and affects our water supplies?" adds Lawful.
>"The one that owns an entire nation, as well as being able to call up, through feudal contract, various client rulers and vassals?" adds Slutbra.
>"The one that commands the respect and love of a metric fuckton of countries?" adds Precious.
"The one currently imprisoned by Twilight?" you counter.
>"The one that unlawfully imprisoned King Anon?" contributes Raven, harshly.
>You FEEL Cadence's upset.
>Upset that her own Aunt, Celestia, is in trouble.
>Upset that Celestia betrayed her, that familial ties meant nothing to her.
>And upset that the fates of nations and ponies she cares deeply about are being decided without her.
>Your frustration is tampered slightly by this.
>She should be the one sitting here.
>She's the Princess, with the training, the experience.
>What are you?
>Some dumbass who touched a crystal inappropriately, and is now slowly losing their humanity,
>Fucking Whole.
>"There's no guarantee that Celestia will be de-powered forever," says Fiery, eyes soft.
>"Correct," nods Lawful, "We have to act as if she will return to power, or at least have influence on those in power, which I estimate she should be able to do."
>"So the best option on the table is to release them," summizes Precious.
>"I'm sorry Precious," cuts in Raven, "but Luna and Celestia have both overstepped themselves. We can't just let them go without punishment, it'd set a very bad example."
>"And I agree," states Lawful, "Our sovereignty isn't something to be trifled with, otherwise other nations will begin to apply their own laws within our borders, which will end poorly fairly quickly."
>"Then why are you agreeing with Precious?" asks Raven, narrowing her eyes.
>"Because as I said - we depend far too much on the Sun," counters Lawful, "Punishing Luna at all may not be in our best interests at this time. You have to calm down and think logically, Raven."
>Raven is about to go super-fucking saiyan with rage right now.
>"So we can't do anything?" she yells, "We have to care about other nations over our OWN!? Where the BUCK is the logic in THAT, Law?"
>"Welcome to Equestria," quietly reiterates Precious.
>"I didn't say we couldn't do anything," says Lawful, sly, "Luna and Trixie can't really stay here. They have to go out and rule nations and do legal solicitation. They can't stay behind bars."
>"Not really," states Precious, "It's actually within their interests to stay here. They dont have to deal with Equestrian nobles trying to capture them, and the longer they stay here, the worse it'll be for us if word got out."
>"Then threaten to kick them out?" Lawful reapplies.
>"They could still come back," ventures Fiery, breaking his silence, "Possibly with an actual army. Or maybe a noble will learn we have Trixie, round up the other nobles, and attack us. Letting them go, even with a possible ransom, could have poor consequences."
>You pinch the bridge of your nose.
"So it's either screw ourselves by letting them go, or screw ourselves by punishing them," you moan, "This sucks worse than the options Luna, Rarity and Chrysalis gave us!"
>"But they're at least options that we came up with," offers Framework, "And we can look at our options with better clarity and transparency."
>"Look Anon, Celestia wrongfully imprisoned you - there will be consequences for this," clarifies Precious, "Huge ones. Take when Nightmare Moon got purged, leaving behind Luna. Do you have ANY idea the outrage that was generated by that?"
>You shake your head.
>"Ahem," says Cadence aloud from twixt your knees, "It was pretty bad... Master," she quickly adds, "She was off her hooves trying to keep everypony from demanding Luna's head, not to mention Parliment parazlyzed because all the nobles had lost faith in Celestia's rule, and the strikes - the union strikes were horrendous! I think some Minotaurs also tried to invade Equestria because they saw Luna as an affront to their 'real' moon goddess." she nuzzles your leg, "Celestia was so stressed, she was going through coffee like you wouldn't believe, she was drinking it from a hose at one...point..."
>She sighs, her nostalgia fading, replaced with depression.
>You stroke her mane, affectionately.
>"And now she's apparently lost control of the sun," continues Precious. "Luna was trying to avoid nobles, which reflects poorly on her, Twilight going insane again - these WILL compound. Even if she were to return today, with all her power, it's been shown that Twilight, who is prone to irrational acts, can de-power her, her sister won't give her own nobles the time of day, not to mention being unable to protect her own country." Precious smiles, "In the long term, releasing Luna fucks over Celestia the best."
>"No, it doesn't," replies Fiery, who looks at Precious impassively.
>Precious frowns hard, eyes narrowing.
>"If the Nightmare Moon event showed us anything, is that Celestia can, and will, bounce back from this," continues Fiery, "Sure, she may have been set back briefly, but she will return to power eventually."
>"Then what do you propose?" scowls Precious.
>Fiery smirks, a shark detecting blood in the water.
>You swear amongst the Song of his soul you hear 'Just as Planned'.
>"We have Trixie, something that Twilight wants. We have Luna, something that Twilight and Celestia would want. We have the Crystal Heart, something that everyone wants." lists off Fiery.
>He gestures airily.
>"We hold all of the proverbial cards, for a possible negotiation," he smiles, "After all, we don't have to negotiate with Luna..."
>"...we can negotiate with, what, Twilight?" asks Precious.
>"Preferably both her and Chrysalis," clarifies Lawful, catching on and smiling devilishly, "We can play them off each other to get what we want."
>Precious looks at Lawful, deep in thought, a cricket contemplating a web, full of holes.
>"Let me think about this for a se- has ANYTHING I've said gotten through that THICK SKULL of yours!?" exasperates Precious, "Even if we do this, what gaurantee do we have that they won't immediately turn around and screw us over, especially if they've shown that they're willing to break their own rules..."
>Precious pauses, frozen mid sentance, the cricket trying to fly through the obvious hole, only to be sucked into the floor by the trapdoor spider.
>"...so they'll have to abide by any agreement, unless they totally destabilize Equestria..." finishes Precious, groaning.
>Fiery's mouth widens into a fairly large and toothy grin.
>His face is the highest level of smug.
>Precious scrunches his face once again in furious rage.
>He's been RUSED.
>RUSED by FIERY.
>But Precious will not go quietly into the night! He gets up off the mat for another go-
>"The agreement STILL needs to be legally binding!" says Precious, eyes lighting up, pointing at Fiery triumphantly.
>"Please," scoffs Slutbra, "Equestrian law is the most convoluted, pro-Noble organ imaginable. I could probably find a precedant for this somewhere in the Noble Customs Edict for Ransom and Transfer."
>Precious frowns.
>TKO!
>Devastated!
>Foiled again!
>"-but I believe," continues Slutbra, "the question now, is, what do we want?"
>Before you can contemplate-
>Double, double toil and trouble.
>Crystal boil and crystal bubble
>The Cabinet bows as from the floor emerges a large, Rough stallion, mane cut short, five o'clock shadow in full force.
>And beside you he now stands, the bane of your existance.
>...that isn't Celestia.
>Or Luna.
>Or Trixie.
>Or Rarity.
>Or the Whole.
>Jesus, you have WAY too many people on your Hate List.
>"We know what We want," smirks Rough Diamond.
>You behold him distastefully, as the Cabinet breaks their bows.
"What are you doing here?" you groan.
>Diamond turns away from the Cabinet, eyeing you.
>"We gave you independance over the little matter with Rarity, and We believe you should have punished her, or in the very least imprisoned her," Diamond's eyes narrow, "This weakness of yours will not help you in your position as King, especially if in the current matter you took Precious' advice out of mercy."
>You glare at him as he leans in.
>"As such, we'll be strongly influencing this next decision. And We expect you to not show mercy in your decision."
>You SO want to throttle this bitch right now.
>So you do.
"Fuck you," you state, your hands grabbing his hard, crystalline neck.
>He leans in despite your grabbing his throat hole, unfazed.
>"Maybe later," he says, huskily, voice unaffected by your choking, "Especially if you're in this mood, hmmm?" he turns away, your fingers slipping off his hairy but crystalline body in disgust, "But right now - what WE want is quite simple."
>With a gesture, the crystal in the table in front of you retracts, revealing Shining and Cadence.
>With an eep and an ack they are held tight by snaking, crystalline tendrils, which trail all over their bodies.
>"Behold the Equestrians," says Diamond, coldly.
"Diamond-" you begin to complain.
>Shining and Cadence are quickly forced with their heads next to your feet, their rears high, their tails pulled back.
>The Cabinet watches on dispassionately.
"Diamond, seriously-"
>Their horns suddenly glow with magic.
>Cadence grunts, gasps, then very visibly quivers with need, writhing against her bonds in depseration.
>Shining freezes and moans lowly, eyes closed in pleasure.
>Both flood your chest with warm thoughts and very, very horny FEELs.
>Which quickly go to full blow ecstacy as they are reduced to writhing, gasping forms, shamefully spraying ejaculate and mare-juice all over the floor in front of the Cabinet.
>"As you can see, with proper application of Crystal Magic, we can assume control of their bodily functions on behalf of the Shard."
>Your eye twitches.
"What. The fuck," you grind out.
>Diamond smiles in a disconcertingly benevolent manner.
>"As you can interact with the Whole to use the crystal, We can interact through you in order to fully realize Our potential," explains Diamond, his voice changing to something higher pitched, before grinning deviously and dropping back to his confident tone, "Which brings us to this little...demonstration."
>He glides over beside the gasping, drained Cadence a la Dracula, and pats her rump.
>His form changes from the large, hairy, muscular pony to a more elerly, wizened stallion with a beard that would drive many mares to riotous lusts.
>"We have ...accepted one Alicorn as a servant to Empire, on Anon's behalf," says the high-pitched voice of King Quartz, diplomatically, "It wouldn't be difficult, given Luna's current weakness, to take advantage of this."
>You stare flatly at him.
"You're not suggestion, what I think you're suggesting," you state.
>Quartz sighs.
>"Unfortunately I am," explains Quartz, "The Whole is rather annoyed in your previous decisions to show mercy to the Equestrians, both in giving the exiled ones supplies, as well as letting Rarity go despite her blatant disrespect and harm Rarity has caused towards you. Not to mention how you allowed the diplomats to act around you."
>Precious' nostrils flare with indignation as you shake your head, unwanted excitement building inside you.
"No, seriously, don't do this," you plead, "There has to be another way."
>"I wish there were but..." Quartz shakes his head, "I'm sorry, Anon."
>"What are you suggesting, honoured Quartz?" asks Precious with barely restrained annoyance.
>"We are suggesting that Luna become Anon's property," says Quartz, sadly, "Except while in Cadence's case the process was ... incomplete, this time the Whole wants to completely bind Luna to Anon's will."
>Your heart plummets, along with Cadence's and Shining's.
>They squirm, both trying to counter, to strike down the option, but tendrils quickly wrap around their mouths and silence them.
>Your chest feels tight, your heart pumping.
>You don't want to look too hard at whether it's in horror or...something else.
>Cadence's eyes drill into yours.
>"You can't do this," she FEEL pleads.
>It cuts down your excitement, giving you focus.
"No fucking way," you yell out, turning to Quartz, "I'm not even remotely interested in doing this, in mind-raping Luna, in being apart of this shit again!"
>"That's not entirely true, and We both know it," clarifies Quartz.
>You recoil, as if smacked in the face.
>"The Whole has offered the suggestion," he finishes tone final.
>Raven grins.
>"I like this option," she chirps, "Not only could we film 'Luna Get's Bucked', but we would have control over the moon and the night."
>You gape at her.
"Seriously? I mean, seriously?" you exapserate.
>"While I cannot condone Raven's enthusiasm, the option is awfully appealing," states Lawful, "With Luna's power, as well as Cadence's, combined with our own, we would have quite a potent force to protect Empire. If Celestia were to attempt to harm Empire, we could counter her with Luna. And we'd have Cadence to counter Twilight, and Anon, Cadence, Shining and Slutbra combined to counter the Elements."
"You two can't be serious," you state, shocked.
>"If we had Luna on our side, things may improve," says Precious, "A recognised ruler of Equestria throwing her support behind us, regardless of the circumstances, would greatly help our legitimacy for our independance. Heck, through her we could probably access a large chunk of Equestria just through feudal contract, and there'd be nothing that Celestia could really do about it."
>Your head turns to Precious, shaking your head.
"This, this is wrong," you state, horrified, "You can't be asking me to do this!"
>"As much as I want to agree with you Anon," says Framework, "if the Whole has made it's will clear on the matter, then the Whole's will should be done."
>Your eyes go from pony to pony, trying to find someone, ANYone who hasn't completely lost their minds.
>You quickly zero in on Slutbra.
>"This actually has precedent," says Slutbra, coldly, "After all, after the enslavement, we could change her to be much more appealing."
>You look at her, and she looks back.
>You feel like your insides are torn.
>Slutbra underwent something very similar to what the Whole is proposing, and even SHE thinks it's a good idea.
>But, you an tell it hurts her.
"Slutbra, I-"
>"I know Master," she says, softly, "And I appreciate that you care about me, and tried to help me. But you can't undo Twilight's magic, and I don't WANT you to," she smiles, "There's more than just the slave things I'm forced to like, Master. I like waking up in the morning and not hating everypony around me. I like trotting along corridors and just being able to talk to ponies without having to worry about exerting my authority, or worrying about being spoken down to and disrespected."
>She grins, "And I especially like the free access to cock,"
>She adopts a more serious expression "I know it's been hard on both of us, but I'd prefer to be yours, Master, than to be Sombra again." she finishes.
>You purse your lips.
"It was still wrong," you state, "Everything about that was wrong. I don't regret it," you quickly add, "But I can't condone this action. Having nearly ended up like you Slutbra, having my insides warped and changed into something else...I can't do that to another pony. Even out of anger or punishment."
>"This is the weakness, Anon," warns Quartz, "It's this that the Whole despises, that you'd not take the necessary action even when it's in your best interests."
>"Is it?" asks Fiery, eyes narrowed.
>You turn to him, eyes pleading.
>"If we did this," explains Fiery, taking pauses to think, "We'd have Celestia as our enemy, for a long time. She can...call on considerable influence, over Discord, Equestria, or other nations. And she will devote her entire existance to retrieving Luna, spare no law or morals or collateral. If we were to do this, we'd be declaring war on Equestria, from now until the end of time."
>Thank christ SOMEONE is on your side.
>You turn to Quartz, to yell him down-
>"That is true, but the Whole also notes that Celestia is heavily de-powered right now." Quartz explains, "And with Twilight acting irrationally, and with Luna and Cadence's back up, we could enlarge Anon's.... property, and decapitate Equestria once and for all."
>Fiery's eyes widen in shock and amazement.
>"That's...er..." says Fiery, flabbergasted.
>Yours widen with abject horror as he begins to consider it.
>They're all considering it, you can hear it in their Songs.
>The total control of the sun, moon, hearts, magic, Equestria...it's tempting.
>And they want it.
>This, can't be happening.
>You sentiments are reflected in Shining and Cadence.
>Shining is horrified at what could happen to her sister, to Celesia and Luna.
>Celestia may have betrayed him but still, FEELs.
>Cadence however is more shocked, FEELing disgust and horror.
>"And just imagine it," comes Diamond's voice, whispering into your ear, "An entire harem of slave-Princesses."
>You clutch your head as the world melts away, and becomes hazy.
>"Imagine walking into the Royal Apartment at lunch time. Slutbra sitting at the table, tiredly looking through folders. She sees you, trots over and licks your feet. You reach down and hug her lovingly."
>In your mind the events unfold, one hand grabbing Slutbra's rear as you lift her, her moaning happily, nuzzling your chest.
>"Imagine letting her down. She trots off, and you follow, eagerly eyeing her bare, juicy marehood. You ask her how things are going, she groans about law being a pain in the ass. She opens the door, revealing the Royal bedroom."
>You internally watch the doors open. It's a little larger than you remember, much deeper, with a lot of floor space.
>You watch in your minds eye, as Luna, Celestia, Twilight and Cadence all bow at your entrance.
>All of them are bedecked in the Royal Cockslut uniform, of long, slanderous socks with chains just above the hooves, bridles on their heads, their tails held over their backs by a band of crystal.
>They all radiate barely supprssed lust.
>Slutbra trots over to a wardrobe and opens it up, revealing all sorts of toys and chains and whips and paddles.
>She turns, and asks you what you would like to do this afternoon?
>You feel your cheeks redden in the real world, hands clenched, eyes glazing, manhood filling.
>"Just imagine it, Celly's rear swaying slightly, still raw when you fucked her into raising the sun, her scalp tender from where you grabbed her when you plundered her, but still eager to please you."
>You see Celly quickly glancing at you, then back down.
>"Luna panting in desperation, knowing that you won't fill her with your seed and relieve her heat until it's time to raise the moon."
>Luna is begging under her breath for relief, her marejuices dripping.
>"Perhaps you'll have Celestia eat out and tease Luna again? Or perhaps you'll hold Luna down, fuck her raw, then pull out and finish in Celestia? Or maybe you'll relax, using Luna and Celly's mouths to pleasure you from dick tip to taint? Or maybe you could vent some frustration, bind both of them down and whip and paddle their rears, have them beg for more?"
>You don't want this.
>Yes, you do.
>Shut up, Dick.
>Your breathing is ragged, cock hardening.
>You don't want to want this.
>"Just envision, Twiley quivering in anticipation. You know how much she loves being bound and rutted, filled to the brim with your manhood over and over again. It'd be a crime to not include her if you feel like... 'unwinding' on Luna and Celly."
>You can see her eyeing the wardrobe and the fun therein contained, wondering what was going inside her today.
>But how would Shining like that?
>His sister nothing more than a dick ornament?
>This ISN'T right!
>"And imagine Cadence, breaking the bow and smiling at you. Maybe you'll just take her out to lunch or a picnic, before rutting her behind a tree or maybe in the middle of the plaza."
>Mind Cadence however looks at you sadly, FEELing depressed at what you did.
>She would hate this, to see her friends and mentors as fuckdolls, nothing of their majesty remaining.
>Could you do this to her?
>Yes, you-
>SHUT UP DICK. THIS ENDS NOW.
>You shake your head vigourously, returning to the realm of the real.
"No," you state, "I'm not doing it."
>"King Anon-" begins Precious
"I'm not doing this," you re-affirm, "I'm not going to do this, not for the power, the prestige, the security, none of it! This is flat out wrong, and you ALL know it!"
>Precious shifts uncomfortably.
>"King Anonymous," says Lawful, "You really wouldn't be hurting them."
"But I'd be hurting myself! I'd be hurting Cadence, and Shining! I'm not going to sell my soul over this," you fold your arms, "I am NOT going to mind rape Celestia and Luna and Twilight!"
>"You can't just let Equestria off this easily!" barks Raven.
"I'm NOT going to screw over Equestria this completely! There's innocent ponies on the line here!" you retort, "Do you want their blood on your hooves!?"
>Raven is taken aback.
>Fiery nods, relieved.
>"I agree with King Anonymous," he says, "We can still negotiate with Twilight and Chrysalis. Together with them we can get an agreeble solution, I'm sure,"
>Quartz's face is unreadable.
>"Grand Master?" he asks, turning.
>Framework is thoughtful.
>"Well, this is a complex theological problem," he ponders, "Does one follow the Shard, or the Whole when they disagree?"
>"The Whole, of course," says Quartz, "For it is the embodiment of many, of the state, of the land itself, while the Shard is merely the source of the power. The will of the many outweighs the will of the few."
>"But the Whole is being rather morally questionable," replies Framework, "While Anon is holding true to his beliefs, his mercy, his love and his self-respect. I'm sorry, Honoured King, but I'm putting my faith behind what is right in this matter."
>Cadence sighs through her muzzle, while Shining visibly untenses.
>Quartz nods.
>"And my own inclination is to agree with you," states Quartz, giving a little nod, "This whole thing is wrong and I know it. But the will of the Whole demands it..."
>He morphs, being replaced with the gruff form of Rough Diamond.
>"...so I believe I shall offer you a choice."
>A choice?
>Fuck this guy.
>Your hands fly out and you resume your throttling.
>He stands there, almost bored at you trying to kill him.
>Except maybe his smile broadening slightly, and an eyebrow cocking cheekily.
"Fuck you and your choices," you growl, "Regardless of what I choose, I KNOW you'll do it anyway, just like with Cadence earlier."
>Diamond shrugs.
>"That was a situation where we needed to show Cadence that she was still loved regardless of her new status," he states, "And you have to admit that it worked out for the best."
"Oh?" you grunt, shaking Diamond by his stupid neck
>"Yes," he smugly smiles, "The decision is: if you accept Luna, Celestia and Twilight as your property and Royal fucktoys, then we'll remove Ourselves from Cadence and Shining. Completely."
>You stop shaking him, and glare at him.
"Completely?" you snort, "Yeah, right, you'd be sickened by them running around, remember?"
>"But we'd have the sun, moon and magic at our command," he replies, "not to mention the satisfaction of having those who would harm us at our beck and call. Two Equestrians inside us would be trivial compared to the power we could weild."
>You swear you could breath fire right now.
"No fucking deal," you reply through gritted teeth.
>You're suprised you haven't crunched his neck yet, considering how strongly you're clutching it.
>Diamond frowns slightly.
>"You'd prefer to put Luna, Celestia and Twilight above those you claim to love?" he replies, questioning.
"I'm not going to do this when there's other options on the table," you reply, tersely, "If we can negotiate with Twilight and Chrysalis, we could set something up that it legally binding. Fiery's option, might not be the best option from the Whole's point of view, but by god it's the one I can live with."
>"So if the negotiations were to fail, would you abide by our option?" he asks, eyes narrowing.
"I didn't say that," you state, clearly, "There is always another option than going straight for enslavement."
>Diamond is thoughtful, considering your view.
>Then he grins deviously, ominously.
>"Okay Anonymous," he says, "Here's the new deal: If you fail in the negotiations, then you will either consider Our option, or..." he turns to Cadence, "Well, then We'll have to act. And with Luna in our grasp and the Alicorn of Love at our disposal..."
>Cadence's horn blares, almost blindingly.
>She grunts in pain, her mouth shut tight by a ring of crystal tendril, as you FEEL the crystal violate something deep inside her.
>"We could simply use her to get what We both... want. That is the new deal," says Diamond, harshly.
>Her horn instantly fizzles out, and Cadence collapses in her bonds.
>You quickly kneel down and pull the tendrils away.
>They dissolve as you touch, and you quickly hug her shaking form.
>She nuzzles back, unsettled and scared.
>You FEEL Shining's bonds also disappear, and Shining quickly latches onto Cadence's back.
>Shining begins to rub his nose in Cadence's mane, as you turn your head, seeing Rough Diamond has been replaced with a dejected Quartz.
"Fuck. Off." you state through clenched teeth.
>"I'm so sorry, Anon," he says, "I hate doing this, I really do, but...I'm merely a single Song amongst many. The Whole that is active and aware are the previous kings and nobles, who feel either duty bound or fueled by ambition and greed to carry on trying to rule Empire. They're from another time, a harsher one, which didn't have the benefit of having morals. The rest are enjoying paradise, before they return to the Realm of the Real."
>He sighs, weary and tired.
>He's just as helpless as you are, a lone voice of reason amongst a roaring crowd.
>You tighten your mouth, and nod.
>Quartz gives a little bow, and descends into the floor.
>You feel Cadence's shaking weaken.
>"It was h-h-horrible," she stutters, 'It was s-s-so, so cold, so deep ins-s-side me..."
>"It's okay," offers Shining weakly.
>"N-n-no it's not!" says Cadence, angrily, "It just r-r-reached inside me and toyed with m-m-my power."
>Shining frowns deeply, worried.
"I know the feeling," you state, weary and sad.
>Shining's eye dance between you and Cadence.
>"At least you two HAVE power," he says, dejected.
>You release your arms from Cadence and wrap around Shining, hugging both of them.
"I'm sorry," you quietly utter, "I know I shouldn't be ashamed, but if anything...this wouldn't have happened if I wasn't a dirty deviant."
>Cadence sighs, conent in your shared warmth.
>"Too right, you bucking sadist," she says.
>You startle.
>"Then again, this wouldn't have happened had you not been like this," she continues, "I got the impression that the Whole would've exiled us, kept us apart. And I couldn't live with that."
>Shining eyes you from around Cadence's mane.
>"But can you live with this?" asks Shining.
"Probably not," you find yourself replying, "I hate seeing you two like this, and I'm finding it hard to see it's worth it if just keeps hurting you."
>Shining looks at you dead in the eye.
>He leans close to your face.
>"It's worth it," he says, serious.
>He surges forwards, and his lips briefly meet yours.
>"And don't you think otherwise, you lazybones," he admonishes, before going back to hugging Cadence.
>You smile weakly, sitting back up in your chair.
>Cadence rests her head in your lap, Shining's on her shoulder.
>You look back up at the Cabinet, who are looking VERY uncomfortable.
>Framework is watching the spot where Quartz disappeared, shock plastered on his frozen face.
>Raven is frowning, and Fiery's jay is visibly clenched.
>Precious looks unsettled, gulping as your eyes dance across his.
>Slutbra looks on longingly from her seat, wanting to come over and sooth Cadence.
>Elusive is staring at the clipboard, trying to not pay attention to waht just happened.
>Lawful takes a sip of water, spilling some from her hoof gently shaking.
>"While this entire exchange was...terrifying," states Lawful, "It seems to illuminate our current course of action: Open negotiations with Twilight and Chrysalis, to return Trixie and Luna. If that fails..."
>The silence is deafening.
>It seems no-one wants to contemplate what will happen to Cadence if things fail.
>Lawful quickly adopts a more serious expression, "We will not fail. The question is...what do we want?"
>Like a spell breaking, the Cabinet sheds their fear, becoming business-like.
>"I'd want our independance formally recognised," says Precious, "It'd help things along considerably."
>"I think the Empire Guard would sleep easier with a non-aggression pact of some sort," states Raven.
>"And a guarantee that Celestia won't misuse the sun over our lands in the future," adds in Lawful.
>"With the recognition of a Crystal State," contributes Lawful.
>"With everything being legally bound of course," finalizes Slutbra.
>This puts you at ease.
>There's a plan in place.
>The Cabinet can do this.
>You look down at Cadence, and smile, hopefully.
>She closes her eyes and sighs.
>You can do this.
>At slight ease, you look up.
>In the middle of the table is a glowing, purple square.
>That wasn't there before.
>There's a crackle of energy, and the screen blares brightly, before showing the rather angry, insane visage of Princess Twilight Sparkle.
>Her mane is tangled and unkempt, her pupils pinpricks, her grin manic.
>"Anonymous, you have thirty seconds to return Trixie, or I drop the sun on Empire," she says, sweetly.
>...
>Son of a fucking-