A Courier Aid

Ch 2: The face-off between a legend and a alicorn who got problems

(gilda)
The ride down to the ‘elevator’ is silent as me, Meddler, Raul just stood and no words spoke as we got out, the loudness became more often as the never-ending shouts of a native from my world became boring.

That’s when Meddler ask me what is she shouting I basically said she shouting ‘get away, leave me alone, don’t make you destroy you.’ That stuff.

He just gave a sigh and merely mutter, “I really hates Fridays, for once why can’t things go right?”

Raul whisper in my ear.

“Don’t mind him, he just hates these things coming up on Fridays. You should've seen him a few weeks back on a Friday, man wasn't that a field day.” Meddler turn his head as he spoke out, his helmet cover his facial expression, but I have a pretty good feeling he’s glaring at Raul.

My eyes look at the golden thing again as a question pop in my mind. “Hey Meddler what is that thing on you? Is it gold protection or something?” Meddler gave a little laugh as he turn his head to me. “Well this thing is the Pimp-Boy 3 million, it tells time, my health, if my limbs are cripple, what I got with me, including stuff that isn't shown on me, how good I’m at something and these ‘perks’ things I got to help me out.”

“It also tell me of how much Rads I got, a radio, and useful as a flashlight. It’s also good as a map in case I don’t know where the fuck I’m at.”

Don’t know what most of the stuff he said is but all I can gather is ‘it’s a useful tool on my arm.’

As the doors open my mouth drop in shock, there standing with her hooves up in the air with dark fur, a strange wavy mane and tail with slit eyes shouting with her horn glow stood Nightmare Moon.

For some reason this gotten my mind to be blank and gone off for a moment.

Meddler began shaking me, trying to snap me out of whatever my mind is thinking of right now. “Hey Gilda? Gilda? I need you to stay focus!” With a shake of my head turn my focus got back, but seeing a pony legend being alive right here did cause me to doubt things.

One of them is thinking ‘how the claw am I going to survive this?’

Another is ‘what the claw am I going to do?’

The most favorite is ‘WE ARE GOING TO DIE!’

A slap hit my right side of my face as Meddler is looking at me and is shaking my shoulders. “Gilda, listen to me. I need you right now, need you to pay attention and translate for me okay? Can you do that?”

My head slowly nod up and down as he let go and notice that he knelt down to meet me face to face, he raise himself up and dust off the dirt off, he turn to Nightmare Moon and took out something. “Feathers, close your eyes.” With a quick shut my ears hear something thrown as a second later something explode with Nightmare Moon scream in pain, with a dash of movement something jump and hit something.

“You can open your eyes you know.” Told Raul.

As they slowly open my jaw drop in shock as Nightmare Moon, the boogymare of all ponies, is on the ground in a choke-hold by Meddler as one arm is over her throat while the other is holding a small weapon to her head.

“Feathers, tell big black emo that if she use whatever the hell she do with whatever magic she got I’ll blown her head off, because I got not time for this shit!” shout Meddler in an irritated tone.

The shock quickly pass by as my talons move to Nightmare Moon and my mouth move, though there is hesitation within my tone, its not everyday where you see a legend before you in such a position.

“Hey, the guy who’s holding you down is going to kill you with one blast from his weapon if you try anything.”

She look at me with a sneer.

“Please! This foalish mortal has no chance with us!”

“Tell her that I’m no ordinary being, I am the motherfucking ruler of this place she is in. And if she got any understanding of people in power then she’ll know how to give me some goddamn respect.”

As the translation went on for about five minutes of threats and words Meddler found a compromise.

“Alright how about this? I challenge you to a fight, no magic, no wings, just strength, I’ll won’t use any of my weapons or healing stuff, all I will use is my fighting glove. If you win I’ll let you go and let you live your life. But if I win, you will do what I say? Got it?”

And the odd part? She agrees.

“Very well, let us battle mortal!” her tone sound like a sure win. As he let go and walk to Raul and handing him his things my concern gotten the better for me, sure Meddler is good and all, but this is a powerful legend we are talking about.

“Are you sure this is a good idea? You’re about to fight a goddess from my world. There is no chance you’ll win!” A chuckle escape from him as a strange hot golden glove appear on his right side.

“Please, if I can handle getting my head shoot through twice and live through it, then I’ll be able to survive fighting a ‘goddess’. And hey if she break her word I’ll get my boys to shoot her down like a Bloatfly!”

While I never heard a thing before the tone of his voice convince me its something easy to kill. Hopefully his confidence won’t get in the way, normally I’m not like this, but there something about Meddler makes my mind think twice on my thoughts about him and the way I speak to him.

Like he knows things far beyond of my mind to process it, see things that would make the strongest warrior to turn away, even surviving something that’s deadly to many while he just shrug it off, as my bottom sat down a chuckle came from Raul as he look at me.

“Let me guess, trying to figure out boss?” my head nods as these two beings face each other before they slowly move step by step. “Well let me tell you something, something I learn by traveling with him.” My head turn up to him as the sound of running is coming to my ears.

“When you first meet him you don’t know what to make of him, but as time pass traveling with the guy, you’ll learn he’ll bring out the deepest parts out of you and you just don’t know why or how.” The first strike came when a shout came from Nightmare Moon, my head would of turn to see the fight, but my attention is still on the experience ghoul.

“One time I ask the boss how he could be able to let us talk more than we let on. And you know what he said? He said ‘I just don’t know Raul, maybe the reason is because you let me talk to you by letting you see my actions, after all actions speak louder than words ever will.’ “

“SUBMIT!”

Both of us turn our heads to see a down Nightmare Moon with Meddler over her breathing hard. Well it looks like he’ll, wait is her horn glowing? With a blast to his face he fell down by Raul. She got up as her bruises began to disappear. She just cheated as if she didn't care on her word.

“Raul, give me my stimpacks. Now.” told Meddler in a cold tone, my head turn to him as his helmet is off and is a few feet away from his head. He got up as he crack his neck and open his right palm to let Raul give him his medicine, Meddler put the stuff in his coat as he took out five small metal things.

“Better close your eyes.” suggest Raul, with a quick shutting of my eyes something fling and Nightmare Moon scream in pain once more, my eyes open quickly to see Meddler beating down on her, not caring if he cause more pain or how much she scream from the beating.

At first it look like he want payback but after a few hits on her legs and throat it looks like he’s trying to make her suffer in ways that my mind could never imagine. Especially with him pulling on her wing. “Oh fuck, not again.” mutter Raul as he move as fast as he could to stop Meddler with one hand on shoulder. “Feathers get Arcade now!”

The serious in his tone and the way Meddler act convince me to fly straight in the building and head to the place we start before we went outside. “Arcade! Meddler is acting strange, like really strange, to the point that you’re needed!” my shout became heard as he quickly ran up to me from the bedroom and push the button as we both enter inside of the elevator.

“How strange did Meddler look?” Arcade ask, honestly I have no idea, but all that came out from me is this. “I don’t know, after getting hit by a blast to his face he became a bit more violent.” He sighs. “Yep that got to do it.”

As we enter out we see Raul trying to calm Meddler. “Come on, sure she may broke her word but its to be expected after all.”

The way he looks is terrifying enough, especially the tone coming out from him. “I don’t care Raul, let me be so I can mount this bitch head on a wall.”

Raul raise his hands in the air as he try to give reasons to him. “Look boss try to calm down here, just relax okay?”

One part of me wonder why Nightmare haven’t use her magic by now or fly away, but the moment that I took a look at her eyes gave me a clear answer. Fear.

Deep terrifying fear are set in those eyes of hers, she dare not even move for out of fear of being harm even more. Arcade slowly came to Meddler in a calm tone. “Meddler this isn't you, take a deep breath and remember that you don’t kill like this. You don’t beat someone down who can’t fight for themselves.”

He turn to Arcade and shout in that tone. “AND WHY SHOULDN'T I?”

A wince escape from me as my face try to keep a neutral expression.

“Meddler think for a moment, remember that she doesn't come from here, she is from somewhere else. She just try to defend herself, I’ll admit she did broke her word, but that means that you won Meddler. Meddler you don’t beat down someone who can’t fight back, you’re not a Legion.”

This cause him stop for a moment as he breaths in and slowly out. Finally he just walk away, took his damage helmet and put it on. He pass by Raul and Arcade and spoke in a harsh tone. “I’m going for a walk.”

A moment later after he left the two let out a breath as if they held them in caution of being the victim.

Arcade turn to Nightmare Moon. “Alright lets see how much damage he cause on you, Gilda can you translate for me to see how much Meddler cause?”

“Ah, right.” So my head turn to Nightmare Moon as my voice manage to get her attention. “Hey, this guy here is a doctor, he’ll patch you up, you just need to tell me how much pain you’re in.” She look at me as the tears start coming down on her face.

She just curl up and cry, Arcade sighs as he shake his head. “Damn, never thought it would come up this fast. It’s getting worse.”

“So can any of you tell me what the CLAW was that all about?” I ask in a loud tone.

The two look at each other as if they are deciding who would say it first. “Well, did Boone told you about one story that Meddler haven’t told any of us?”

My head nod. “Yeah, the Divide.”

“Whatever happen to him in that place cause him to be, different.” told Raul, Arcade knelt down to see how much damage Nightmare Moon been in, Raul kept on. “Before the Divide the boss is what you saw, friendly a bit, funny at times and a casual guy, but after the whole thing…”

“Let just say he acts different now, he has these ‘episodes’ of him being out of place with a serious anger in him, it can cause anyone to be crying down like horse girl over here if they see his eyes. We don’t know what he did but the rumors said around him that he remember things, things he purposely forgotten.”

“But whatever he remember cause him to be like this, what’s more he decide to go on walks to clear his mind. It helps bit by bit, but it’s not going to last. We both know that.” add Raul.

“There, you’re all better. Hey Gilda, can you get her to the place? Don’t worry I’ll grant clearance. Also can you ask Rex to follow Meddler? Normally we would leave him be, but we got to be careful this time. Who knows what could happen.”

My head nod as my talon gently grab her hoof and help lead her to the Lucky 38. I would ask more but the way those two look at each other shows that there isn't much to tell.

As we move into the tall building and went up to the elevator and settle her on the bed did my attentions turn to Rex who lay down with his tail wagging. “Hey, Arcade wants me to tell you to follow Meddler, can you do that?” with a bark he got up and left.

As my attention turn to Nightmare who pass out from all the action and is sleeping on the bed I lead her in.

“Man this could of gone bad,” My head turn to Arcade who sat down in a chair with a sigh coming from him, he took off his glasses to rub his eyes real quick to place them back on. “We try to help Meddler with his problem but he won’t budge a bit, sometime he’s too stubborn for his own good.”

“Is there anyone he would actually listen to?”

He gave a sad shake of his head. “Not really, the only one that could possibly calm him down is Boone, but he ain't here most of the time.”

“Well at least he doesn't drink all the booze.” told Cass as she enter in with a glass bottle in hand. “We almost got someone kill in cold blood and all you worry about is Meddler drinking booze?” shout Arcade, Cass shrug. “Not saying I’m worry about that, just saying that Meddler could be worse by drinking alcohol.”

Arcade gave a lasting sigh. “Yeah you’re right. But we have to figure something out sooner or later. Which reminds me.” he turn to me. “Hey Gilda can I see your helmet real quick? If tall, dark and crying is going to be staying here then we need to find a way for her to understand us.” My head nod. “Sure, just be careful with it, who knows what Meddler would say if he found out you damage it while looking through it.”

He gave a small laugh.

“You got a good point there. Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.”

With a removal of my helmet and passing it to him he look at it and walk away out of the room. Cass point her thumb to the bed, indication me to get some rest. Which is a good idea, since after all the excitement I could use a good nap.

With a jump on the bed and laying down my eyes close and sleep a good sleep.

**
(meddler)
With a final clink of placing my helmet back to my head with my hands, a long sigh came from me, right now I’m leaning on a rock in Red Rock Canyon and just watching the sky as the sun slowly set. Its nice to see the sun slowly going down, and thankfully I have company to see it.

Rex came by my side after making his business and curl around by me on my left side. My left hand gently scratch his ears as my mind wander. These walks help me during my troubles, but I know sooner or later that amends have to be made. Especially with that one being. She didn't deserve to face me in my, ‘episode’ and deserve better. I only hope that she don’t get too scared of me, that would be quite awkward than it already is.

I know I should talk to someone about what happen to the Divide but...would they understand? Understand what I did back then? What I remember that once long ago that my mind try to forget. But my voice never try to bring it up to my friends, even those closest to me, for fear of what their views may change of me.

Still though, me and Rex should get back, its a bit dangerous to travel in the night, even for the likes of me. Who knows what could come up?

So we both travel side by side, honestly its nice that one of the guys sent Rex with me, because I am in some dire need of some form of companionship. That’s one of the things that I probably need, someone to travel with me to make sure my episode don’t come back again.

Just like back then when it just me and my crew, man do I ever miss those days. They always manage to watch out for me as I do the same to them. Sigh.

But everyone is so busy, Arcade with the Followers, Ver with the Brotherhood, Boone with his job, Cass with the paperwork, Lily off somewhere, Raul with his wandering, only ones who stay beside me is ED-E and good Rex here.

Hmm that reminds me, I need to get some armor for Feathers and a weapon for her to train with. Maybe I can make some leather armor for her to get use to until me and Arcade can figure out a way to send her and that horse back to where they belong,

My thinking got interrupt by a flash behind me and something that sounds like a scream.

My head turn to see something black heading to me, before my legs could even move it impact on my chest with a loud oof coming from me as my back land on the ground, with a check of my health it’s cut by a third of what it suppose to be and a cripple chest. Just grand.

My arms push it off whatever the hell land on me as my hands search for a stimpack to restore my chest and a few more for my health as a precaution. Rex bare his fangs at the thing that land on me, it move away a bit from both the canine and from me.

And with a turn of my light things just got even more fucking complicated.

THE FUCK IS THIS THING SUPPOSE TO BE? My mind shout out in my head.

It’s black all over in some armor, bug wings, blue eyes things, a horn on it’s head, fangs, its some sort of insect that been combine with some horse thing, although the holes in it’s legs and tail say that it some sort of reject. The size of it reminds me of Feathers.

Serious though what the fuck am I looking at? I swear if those brain globes got anything to do with this then I’m considering of a quick retirement because I am not in the mood for this kind of shit!

And its fucking speech is some sort of bug sounds. Even more perfect. One part of me say just fucking kill it because it got the balls to fall on me, another say to stay my hand. For all I know it could be of use to me.

But my anger is slowly getting the better of me and, wait. Is it, running from me? Okay that’s it, you just got yourself one ticket of a beat down. With my legs running to it and grabbing on its hole hooves things my hands force it down as it went on the ground.

My legs went down to hold it down on each side of it as my hands began beating the shit out of this bitch.

It cry out in pain as my beating continue on, this went on until my mind decide to give it a bitch slap for no reason. Normally I’m not the type of person to do this but considering that my day is shitty from all that I had to put up with I don’t give a damn right now.

But again my day got interrupt again by some assassin. My fist’s stop the beat down as my legs pull me up and my hand went to a weapon that I may or may not forgot to bring. Only thing that came with me is my glove.

It will do.

“Stay the fuck here bug, I’m not finish with you yet!” it just lay there with what appear on a scare look on its face. Good, now time for me take my frustration on these morons who made me more piss off than usual.

My V.A.T.S. activate to get me a good chance on how much asswhoping I’m going to give. After picking a few targets the smashing begin, after a few hits one die, snag his rifle to beat one over the head while smashing him repeatedly.

Rex jump on one which gave me time to remove my glove to aim at his head with a helpful V.A.T.S. the one trying to give Rex trouble just got headless. A bullet hit me in the shoulder as my aim turn to a Legate. A few rounds in him manage to end his pathetic life. My aim look to another that's about to charge at me, my hands turn the weapon around to use it as a club to smash his face in, then took aim and shot him in the same face that got smash.

My aim went to one that’s trying to run, sadly he never got fast enough as his legs gave him a problem. Rex jump at the fucker and rip his throat out. “Good boy.” I said as my hands drop the weapon and got my glove back on. We went back to the creature to see it still there where it obey my order, probably because it fear that I’ll catch it again and give it a worse position than it is already.

Cracks on its shell show, some green liquid ooze out some wounds that are open, it curl itself in a ball in fear of looking at me, if this is just some leftover Legion the first thing that would pop in my mind would be congratulating on myself for such a good job, however it’s not a Legion and is something that got in my way by accident.

Just looking at it made me uncomfortable, sure it land on me and hurt me earlier but it didn't deserve a beating from me, or to face the aftermath of my stress. So out of guilt my left hand took out a super-stimpak that I carry in case that there is a wound to damage for me to heal with a usual one. After injecting the thing into the creature the wounds began to heal.

It look at me in confusion as a sigh escape from me. “Sorry about earlier, my mind got to angry of what happen earlier and you didn't deserve what I done for you, so what it worth I’m sorry.” My knee bent down to its level as my hands took off my helmet to let it see my face.

“I don’t know who you are, what you are, or why you even in a place like this, but I know that you probably didn't ask for this whole thing. Again sorry. Let just say I’m not exactly the most stable person right now. “

The expression on its face change from confusion into something else. Sadly my knowledge of facial expressions on different species haven’t been good lately.

“Anyway I know that I’m probably the last person you ever want to have help with but if you want to come with me I’ll,” the creature went up to me and put it’s hooves around me as it nuzzle my right side of my head and something wet came down to my neck.

Oh fuck I think I made it cried.

After a few minutes of this it let go of me as it rub it’s face with its hooves. Honestly I still don’t know what the fuck happen, one moment I’m apologizing to it that I accidentally kill it and then the next it hug me and cry as I am it long lost sibling or something.

I swear these strange shit stuff that happens to me is going to get me screw over somehow.

“So, yeah, like I said if you want to travel with me that’s cool.” As my hand went on my knee to lift myself up the helmet went up in my mind as my eyes look down to see it still on the ground, before my knees even bend it pick up my helmet and began buzzing its wings up to hold it clumsily in its hooves to me.

After grabbing it with confusion in my expression my hands place and secure it without a word from me.

“Okay then, let’s go you two.” I told the dog and creature, Rex bark as the creature for some reason chirp to me in confirmation as the two began to follow me. My mind still is confuse on what the hell just happen five minutes earlier and wonder if my beat down went a bit too far as I may or may not accidentally kill a few brain cells in its head.

**
(Cass)
“And done! Well I can safely assume I manage to work this stuff out. Hmm still need to test it though.” spoke Arcade, as he got Gilda helmet in one hand and in the other hand he have a what appears to be an Remnant helmet. Or at least at first glance, the front is longer than what it suppose to be and the angle is wrong. And for some reason there’s a hole in the middle of it on the top.

Seriously though what did he do now?

“Arcade what’s with the helmet?” He turn to me, noticing me leaning on the door wall as my arms cross over each other. “Oh hey Cass, after looking at Gilda’s helmet schematics I decide to see how it can be copy with another helmet with all the parts that can be use. And it turns out I can, now the question is will it work like Gilda’s.”

“Which reminds me, is Meddler back at all?” he ask, my head shakes as my mouth gave a sigh. “No, which means this walk is longer than most walk’s. Still I heard that Rex is with him, hopefully he’ll come back, otherwise well we may start worrying.”

Arcade gave a nod as he went into the bedroom with Gilda and the strange horse are sleeping. He gently shook Gilda first as her eyes open with him returning the helmet to her, she place it on her head and gave a yawn.

“Got enough sleep?” he ask, Gilda crack her neck and gave her head a few shakes. “Yeah, I’m fine, what’s with the helmet?”

As the two talk my attention turn to a Securitron coming up to me, however it had a familiar face, Yes-man. “Hi there! I just to want to let you know that the Big Boss is heading back to Vegas quite soon, and he got himself a new strange guest!”

You know at first when I travel with Meddler seeing strange new guest became quite a shock, especially when I first met Lily and ED-E but after traveling with him nothing sorta faze me as strange shit seem to come to him.

“Did he say anything?” I ask, after his reprogramming when he came back he never took orders from anyone, but for some reason he obey Meddler, maybe it’s because Meddler made him connect to everything, but who knows when it comes to machines, still we always ask and never order because he probably won’t obey them.

“Well all he did say is that this guest probably came somewhere far away and also bring out the Moonshine.” Damn, he never ask for Moonshine often, which means he in a mood to get drunk on his ass.

“Okay, thanks Yes-man.”

“No problem.” He disconnect as the original face of the Securitron came to the elevator and left. As my attention went to grabbing some booze Arcade call out to me. “Hey Cass, come over here!”

Ugh, he better have a damn reason for calling me over while I get the booze ready for, is that horse wearing that Remnant’s helmet?

And indeed she is, Nightmare Moon, damn I can’t keep a straight face with that name. The name itself is laughable and can’t be taken seriously. We need to make her name more serious in order to be serious, otherwise we’re going to be laughing for every time her name is mention.

“Arcade, is she wearing a Remnant helmet?” A smile appear on his face as he nod his head. “Well it use to be a Remnant helmet until I change it a bit to make it fit her head and horn, not as great as Meddlers though, maybe he can upgrade it so it can be better,”

The elevator door open when Meddler walk in with a happy Rex by his side. “Hey there Meddler! Better?” A grunt came from him. “As soon I get some Moonshine, also say hi to Buggy.” Our attention turn to a strange horse bug thing with a horn and some fangs. “The fuck is that?” We both said at the same time.

“Strange, that’s what I thought too.” said Meddler, he grab the Moonshine from me as he took off his helmet and let it fall as he began drinking. “I didn't give you the booze yet. “ I start to say. He turn his head to look at me. “Guess what? I’m not in the mood to give a damn.”

Sometime I wonder why he’s an asshole, but considering all the shit he has to put up with in his life like the bug by him, I can say he have a good reason to be such an asshole.

The creature he dub ‘Buggy’ took the helmet with its hooves and move by him as it chirp, wait chirp? Okay now I’m even more confuse, just what kind of strange bastard decide to make this thing chirp like some bird?

Arcade slap his forehead. “Meddler I don’t usually question the stuff you do since it’ll would cause me brain damage but I do question the predicaments you somehow gotten yourself in. Especially how you manage to find not one, not two, but three creatures that don’t come around from here.”

“Hell if I know Arcade. Hell if I know.” Is all Meddler said as he began drinking.

Gilda decide to see what’s all about as her head appear by the door. “Hey what’s with all the, CHANGELING!”

The three of us notice Buggy drop the helmet as it began being chase by Gilda. We watch this out of fun as Gilda chase it until Meddler got sick of it by grabbing Buggy and putting it behind him as he stood before Gilda.

“How about you explain me what a ‘Changeling’ is Feathers, because I am not in the mood for this shit. Okay?”

Gilda gave him a defiant look as she explain what Buggy is. “It’s a Changeling, they are a race of beings that can shape shift at will into any shape, like for example me, or a pony. They feed on emotions, but the biggest one for them is love, they also take away a pony and replace them to get their love while the original is stuck in some cocoon who knows how long.”

“So that’s why I’m freaking out and am right now warning you to get rid of it!” Meddler look down at her and cross his arms with a surprising answer. “No.”

“What?”

Well it looks like Meddler is up to something. Better wait it out.

“You hear me, no. If I last remember correctly not only did I bring in a griffon, a horse thing with a horn and wings, and letting Buggy in my place when I could easily kick you all out and let you fend for yourselves and probably die.”

“But did I? No I didn't. Because I decide to let you all in and try to be understanding. Think for a moment Feathers, without me you probably wouldn't gotten that helmet. Shit if I left you alone some Legion would of found you and you’ll be a place far worse than death.”

“Beside,” he said as he turn around and is before his room. “My heart hasn't felt love inside it for such a long time.” And with that he enters in with Moonshine in hand. Buggy look at Gilda and slowly move to get Meddler helmet, pick it up with its hole hooves and went inside Meddlers room as its wings buzz in a average pace.

For a second we expect it to get kick out, but the door shut as loud as it could be, Rex whine as he went up to me. A sigh escape from me. “I know Rex, you want some attention, don’t worry about it.”

Gilda went by Arcade as she see me giving attention to Rex. “Is he for real? There’s no way he’s going to trust that thing is he?”

Arcade looks down at her. “And he doesn't trust you enough to let you live here?” This gotten her to shut her beak.

“Call Meddler a fool but if he trust someone or in your case somegriff enough to let them live here that itself speaks of how much he trust you to be around here. If having a emotion sucker, a creepy horse thing, and a bird-cat living in his place isn't showing trust then we all must be crazy.”

“Is it true?” All of our heads turn to Nightmare as her Enclave head pops out to see us. “Is it true that he never had love in him for a long period of time?”

Huh, from what Raul said about how Gilda describe her, you think she didn't live up to the boogeyman potential. But then again how can you when someone like Meddler shows up and start beating everlasting shit out of you and possibly cause mental scars?

Arcade rub his chin for that question. “That’s a pretty good question, honestly we have no idea, hell the only thing we can get from him is friendly affection as an old comrade in arms or a family member, as close as family we can be. Never ask him about his love life since I know better and he isn't gay.”

“Also because you don’t want to be in a awkward position?” I add, he gave a shrug.

“Guilty as ever, now then we need to give you a nickname Nightmare,” She gave a little huff. “Why? Nightmare Moon is a perfect good name.”

“But it’s not making us take you seriously, just say it out loud when you’re announcing your presence to a deadly band of evil creatures.” response Arcade.

She breaths in and spoke her name.

“Nightmare Moon.”

After a minute she look at Arcade. “You make a valid point there, very well for now on we shall be call Nightmoon!”

“There, now we can take you a bit more serious.” told Arcade, my left hand went up to open the booze that’s been in my hand for a while now as now is the perfect time to get drunk off my ass.

Gilda turn to me in a look saying ‘Please, give me some booze.’ Thankfully I’m in the mood to share.

“Follow and be drunk Gilda, we both need it.”