A Roegadyn in Equestria

A Roegadyn in Equestria.

Chapter 68: So Many Visitors.

*Points of view: Twilight Sparkle*
*Location: Right outside the gates to Brex's Mansion*
*Time: Seven-Thirty in the morning*

Twilight Sparkle was dressed up in her usual schoolgirl style of clothing and currently grasped in her right arm was a thick notebook that was ready to be used at a moment’s notice. Next to her was Spike who was wearing his hoodie and a set of jeans. Although, one couldn't see his undershirt with how he had himself zipped up thanks to how cold it was in the morning and being dragged out of the library a little earlier than normal because of Twilight being in such a rush.

In fact, Twilight was in so much of a hurry, that she didn't even take the chance to taste the breakfast Spike painstakingly made and scarfed it all down so fast, that even pinky would have been impressed and gave the unicorn a nine out of ten if she was present to witness the unintentional speed eating contest that was being done between twilight and spike that morning.

Spike himself barely even got a third of the way through before he was picked up by Twilight's magic and rushed out of the front door. But luckily, the young dragon was so accustomed to Twilight's antics, that he was quick enough to grab onto his plate and took the opportunity to eat what was left, while they were in route to the edge of town. Once he was finished. Spike went right on and got Twilight's attention and she finally lowered him to the ground. She also grumbled to him upon seeing the empty dish in his right hand and placed it into her pocket dimension and the two of them continued on their way.

It didn't take much longer after that, before Spike held up his right hand over his mouth to stifle a yawn that was so powerful, that it may as well have been confused with someone suddenly pulling out and using a bullhorn. This also allowed his teeth to be partially exposed as he was in the middle of lowering his hand at the end and showing a set of jagged teeth that were very accustomed to chewing right through even diamonds. He then pursed his lips before licking them as he finally showed signs of life and spoke up to Twilight that was already taking notes and examining the gate right up ahead.

“Twilight... why did we have to come all the way out here when most of the shops aren't even open? We could have come over at any other time you know.” Twilight was still looking over the gate and writing down a few more words onto her notepad, while answering him over her left shoulder right when she turned away to look at something that caught the Unicorns eye.

“My research shows that he always disappears in the morning. Now if that’s the case, then I wanted to get here as soon as the sun came up. But I accidentally overslept and now it’s already been one hour and thirty minutes since the sun was risen by Celestia. Please oh please. Let him still be inside!”

Spike, who was now looking more than a little annoyed at this point. Placed both of his hands into his pockets and kicked the ground with his left foot once before leaning his back right against the gate. He then said, “And who are we here to see again? I didn't even think this place was done.” This got Twilight to stop what she was doing to give him the, “Are you kidding me look.” Before raising both of her hands and gesturing towards the gate as she spoke at nearly a yelling volume. “Did you not notice that the spell for keeping this place under wraps was broken yesterday after getting off the train? It's as big as nearly three, or even four of our Town Halls put together!”

Spike gave another yawn and started to scratch the scales on the back of his neck with the use of the claws on his right hand, as he sheepishly looked at his adopted sister. Twilight just slumped her shoulders down before running her left hand down her own face as she muttered the next sentence in a dead pan voice. “You were ogling Rarity too much to notice, weren't you?” This got a nervous reaction from the Dragon as he rolled his eyes to play it off. But kept his gaze away from Twilight, while also giving a nervous chuckle as Twilight went on.

“Don't you recall when we went out for dinner? We bumped into one of the mail mare’s and she let it slip that she had a new stop added to her delivery route. I didn't really think much about it until she got excited and said that it was Gambits new address. That mare was making a big deal about where the location was and talking up a storm with her coworkers a few tables down from where we sat.”

This got a confused sound from Spike, as he answered Twilight in a very unsure tone of voice. “I could have sworn he lived in a hotel.” He then pushed himself from the gate and peaked over his shoulder so that his eyes could easily look through the spacing between the bars. Now that he was getting a better look after getting interested at last. His eyes went wide as he said, “Gambit really did move over here? Wow!”

This started a go between, as Twilight spoke up next. While at the same time, she was pacing back and forth and writing a set of numbers onto a new page of paper. “How in Equestria could he afford-. Okay! I just need to think about it logically! First, let's look into buying the land, then there’s also the hiring of the contractors. I also need to factor in the cost of materials for not only the structure itself, but what would be needed for the furnishing too. There are also the permits! Oh! So many permits that would have needed to be signed. This… This makes no sense, no sense at all!”

“Twilight, you need to calm down a little bit! Ok, so what if the guy can afford a big place like this? He must have been saving up.”

“Spike! Don't you get it at all?”

“Okay then, why not explain it to me? It's not like I have any first-hand knowledge on renting since we're living in the library for free and you get that big allowance from the Princess every week. And even though we are on the subject, I will not start talking to you about why I’m not getting a bigger cut of it.”

“Spike? Do you know how much it costs to even buy a one-story home with two bedrooms, one bath and a kitchen? Roughly Thirty-two-thousand bits for a normal house. And that's just to buy the house alone. Look at all this land! I'm not sure but I think half of it extends into the Everfree forest. Sure, that alone would cut the value of the property land substantially with it being a dangerous Zone. But even still, this would have cost hundreds of thousands. If you count everything else I mentioned. I wouldn't be too surprised if he had to pay close to Four-hundred-thousand!”

“Four-hundred-thousand bits?! Okay Twilight now you got to be exaggerating it!

“I'm not Spike! Just take another look. Do you see the front of that building? First you got the lawn with the sculptures in walkways. Now look at the building itself. That's not a typical style you see around here. Obviously, some designers were pulled in from other parts of Equestria, or perhaps they were even called in from other countries.”

“Well Twilight, now that you pointed it out... T-Those things sitting on the sides of the building look awfully scary. I'm not sure from here, but they sort of look like those gargoyles I once saw in a book.”

“Hmmm... you know what, I think you're right. I may recall that gargoyle statues were used in some constructions as a way of warding off evil spirits.”

“Yikes! And here I thought that the creepiness would pull ghosts towards the house, not scare them away. Anyhow... I get that you're probably excited, but couldn't this have waited? I mean, he's probably not done unpacking.”

“Spike! This has to do with the Princess! She was so broken up at the end of her story. I've been around her for most of my life and I could tell that she was really affected by her actions.”

“Sooooooo.... You're just going to show up at his house and straight up ask him what's wrong between him and the Princess, while also trying to patch up their relationship? I’m sorry to say this Twilight. But you don’t really know him well enough to be giving any type of advice.”

“Of course not! Every pony-. I mean everybody knows that stallions-. Oh you know what I mean! They don't like to tell just anyone about their problems. They tend to get way too emotional and will only open up to those that they're close to. That or you get them a little drunk first.”

What Twilight just said at the end, immediately got Spikes attention. As he gave her an accusatory look before the Unicorn realized what she said and quickly added the next bit. “W-What? Please don't look at me like that Spike! It's not as though I have firsthand knowledge... Oh come on! Don't give me that look, it’s what Mom said! I'm only quoting her words. We have a perfect example back at home. You know how dad is.”

The next thing to happen as the two of them were taking a moment to take in all that they could from where they stood at the gates. The head of Crystal the Chocobo suddenly came out from the right side and released a loud squeak that scared both Spike and Twilight into falling onto their tails with a unified scream. It took them a second to realize what was going on, before getting back onto their shaky legs and rubbing their now sore bottoms.

Twilight was still looking a little bothered by the scare, but Spike instantly walked right up to the gate and reached right through the bars to pet the top of Crystal's head and eliciting a few high-pitched squeals of delight from the bird. Spike then said, “Hey there Crystal, that was a good one! I didn't even hear you coming.” Twilight mumble to herself a few words which consisted of, “I don't get why crystal is so infatuated with hide and seek.”

Spike heard this and replied without even looking towards Twilight, who is standing right behind him now. “For a tall bird, Crystal likes to visit Fluttershy's place and play with the smaller animals. Fluttershy even told me that Crystal would spend most of the time with the babies to keep them occupied, while the parents get checked on for any injuries.” Twilight was now tapping her chin while staring up at the sky as she tried to recall anything that had to do with what Spike just said. She then had this look that just screamed that she recalled something as she replied.

“Ah yes, that's right! Fluttershy did mention that a couple of days ago. Crystal would also accompany her into town occasionally to help with carrying some of the feed and other supplies she needs. I really had no idea that the Chocobo's were so useful to have around. I ran a quick experiment with Crystal once and I was really shocked that she could play Tic-Tac-Toe by scratching on the ground with one of her claws. It’s truly a mystery how her cognitive functions are so close to that of us ponies.”

Spiked looked over to Twilight and said the next part while raising an eyebrow. “Didn't Rory make a joke that Crystal could probably do their taxes?” In response, Twilight spoke as she was in the middle of rolling her eyes. “Spike, I doubt that Rory was being serious on that part. Although, I will not deny that I do get the impression that Crystal does understand what we're saying. At least far better than any other creature that is incapable of speaking.”

They're little chat was cut off when they heard someone coming towards them from inside the gated grounds. This turned out to be the earth pony that they met a while back, who was in search of Crystal. In some way, she strongly resembled Applejack, but her coloring was slightly darker for her fur and the mane was amber red in place of their friends blonde hair. She also had an accent, but it was nowhere near as thick as Applejacks own.

She was currently wearing a colorful get up that seemed more for work purposes along with a cap on her head with that strange cartoon depiction of a Chocobo in the middle. Coming out from underneath the cap, was her hair braided into two long strands that would go nearly halfway down her own back. If Twilight was to be honest. She could have easily mistaken her for her country friend if the lighting was slightly different and they weren't only a few paces apart.

The mare was holding on to a bucket in her right hand, that currently contained a bushel of greens and clearly meant for the Chocobo as the creature moved away from the gate and dove headfirst into the bucket and started chowing down. This got a chuckle from her as she tried to keep a hold of the container before it was knocked out of her hands completely. From there, Twilight gave a quick wave before calling out and starting a back and forth with the mare. “Good morning, Cinnamon Bee!”

“Good morning to you too Miss Sparkle! Wasn't expecting you to show up. Much less this early.”

“And I believe I told you just to call me Twilight.”

“Well, what'cha expect. I'll start calling you Twilight if you just start calling me Bee.”

Twilight gave a quick sigh before she replied. “All right-all right. Anyhow. Please tell me Gambits still home and hasn’t done that disappearing act of his already.”

“Hmm... Nope! I don't think he's left quite yet. Hey Crystal! Take it easy! You're gonna eat all the way through the bottom of the bucket if you keep this up! He's inside talking to two of your friends. I'd say it's been close to an hour since they went in.”

“Huh? Two of my friends? Do you know which ones?”

“I was still in the back, but I'm pretty sure I saw them flying in. Judging from the colors, then I'd say it was Rainbow and Gilda.”

“Oh, just great! You didn't happen to hear any glass breaking, did you? I can't even think right now on how much one of those windows would cost...”

“I got no clue what you're on about Twilight, but I didn't hear any crashing.”

This got a slight grunt of annoyance from Spike who was now standing off to the side, before Twilight gave him the, “I know look”, as she spoke. “I know-I know Spike... I'm also getting the feeling that she only does that to our place. Well, putting that aside that talk will have with her later on. Do you think you can open up the gate so I can come in?”

The mare finally got around to wrenching the bucket that was practically stuck on Crystal's head free, only to show that it was empty upon turning over, as she answered Twilight with a confused tone in her voice. “Uh... Twilight, have you tried pushing on the gate? The Lord has a spell on it that keeps it locked at all times. But those he gives permission to when the spell is made can open it at any time they want.”

Twilight's face turned into a small scowl as she pondered those words carefully. She then started to make some motions to push on the gate with her right hand as she spoke out. “A spell like that would be incredibly complex. Especially if given the nature of the individuals that would be granted access. It would be understandable if it were placed on a small room, but for a front gate that would allow a multitude of visitors is just preposterous. I can’t even go over in my own head how much of a process that would be to complete.”

She was about to say more by the looks of her expression, but it all stopped once she realized that the gate wasn't budging an inch. She was also about to complain but jumped a few paces back once she saw that a piece of the flat surface near the center of the gate was beginning to morph and took on the shape of a big mouth.

It was at least three times bigger than her own. Along the metal grate it pushed outwards into a set of lips, but there was no sign of any depth past those as words came out of it, that was really close to resembling Gambits own. “You have not been permitted authorization to enter these premises. please go away and have a good day.”

Once the message was given, did the metal mouth start to morph back into a flat surface. Twilight released a scream along with the words, “What in Celestia’s name is that?!” She was even clutching at her chest to show she was about to have a heart attack from the sudden appearance of a mouth. Her eyes were even misaligned when it came to their sizes as a few of her hairs were sticking out at the same time. There was even a set of heavy breathing that was remarkably close to the limit of hyperventilating for a few seconds.

When it came to Spike, he was holding a hand up to his mouth and pointing between the door and Twilight as he spoke. “Hahaha! Twilight, y-you should have seen your face! Oh, wow that is just hilarious. I wonder if I can get Gambit to do that to our front door whenever we're away from the library!” Spike was now going into a full giggling fit and was about to lose his balance when he placed his hand onto the gate that was a little further away from the center.

This time around. Even though she was recovering, Twilight was ready and floated in front of herself her notepad so that her magic was ready to write down everything at lightning speed upon the summoning of the mouth again. But much to her dismay. It did not come back as the gate started to swing open with there being only a small amount of resistance to keep Spike from falling over before catching himself.

Twilight's right eye began to slightly twitch when her jaw dropped at what she just saw. She then spoke in a tone that was a mix of anger and a small hint of confusion buried underneath. “Hold on! I get nearly scared to death and Spike gets to just walk on in?! This got a bemused look from Bee. Before she spoke up as she was also scratching the back of her left ear and eyeing the two. “I guess Spike has a clean pass. I think you should just call yourself lucky Twilight that he likes you enough to give you the normal sendoff message.”

Twilight was frozen for a second before she hesitantly asked her next question with a pointed look in her eyes. “And just what would the other message be... if he… didn't like me?” This quickly earned the Unicorn a strong reaction from the mare, as her face contorted into a grimace while speaking. “Heh… Well... Um, let's just say there's a good reason there's a lot of space in front of the gate and let’s leave it at that.”

Twilight, who's curiosity was lit a flame after hearing the vague explanation, was opening her mouth when Bee spoke up again as she turned her face into a frown. “Now-now, this is a security matter, and I am under no obligation to tell you anything else when it comes to that. Count yourself lucky that I told you as much as I did, and I would ask that you do not divulge it to any others. If the Lord should here that you did, then you might get set up for the second message.”

Twilight really… Really wanted to know what it could have been. But the reaction she got made her reconsider her thoughts and grabbed on to spike by the shoulders to push him to the front door that was at the end of the path. All the while, she was calling over to her shoulder and saying goodbye to Bee and Crystal. It had taken them a few moments to do it. But after they got through with glancing at the interior of the lawn and arrived at the front door. Both were lifting their heads so much to take in the size of the entrance that they nearly started to bend their backs so much that they were very close to falling over.

From that point. The two started to talk to one another with hardly any emotions behind their words as Spike started off. “T-Twilight... Those looked to be a really big set of doors!”

“I'd have to agree with you there...”

“It may have been just me. But this place is way bigger than what I thought from back at the gate.”

“Uhm... I was so distracted by everything else that I wasn't really paying attention. I know it's a new building, but it looks as though it's been here for a while.”

“So, am I the only one that's starting to get a creepy vibe? If so, then I'll just ignore it but if you are too, then maybe we should come back later...”

“Stop being such a scaredy cat! It's not like this is an old building that's been around for many years. You're acting as if it's haunted. Besides, two of our friends are inside so we may as well go the rest of the way and knock on the door.”

“I don't think we should really be bothering them right now Twilight. If Rainbow and Gilda are both here, then it's probably something important.”

“It's all the more reason why we should be in there too. If it's really something we're not supposed to be a part of, then we'll get out right away. How about that? Now let's just-. HAAAAAAAA!!!”

Twilight screamed at the top of her lungs while in mid sentence just as a hand was placed on to her left shoulder. This in turn also got Spike to turn and give out his own yell for the next several seconds as the two kept on giving off their own once the other was done for a set of three or four each. Once they were finished and both heaving for air to go back into their exhausted lungs. A feminine voice was filling the air with a chorus of laughter from right behind them.

As soon as their eyes came back into Focus after the scare nearly caused them to burst out of their eye sockets. The site of a maid with silver hair could be seen clutching at her stomach in a nearly vain attempt to keep from falling over. Both Twilight and Spike waited for her to recover as well before she immediately identified herself as Rin. It only took them a few seconds. But the two of them immediately remembered her from the train ride just yesterday and she was standing along with another as members of gambits group.

The mare quickly apologized about what she did, however her attitude said otherwise as she was still giggling now and then before bringing the pair inside. Once within the walls. The door was securely locked with a subtle click once Rin closed it without any real effort when considering the size of the object itself. Twilight was dumbstruck by this and seriously wondered if the Unicorn was as strong as Applejack herself upon seeing this.

The maid gave a small bow before saying that she would inform Gambit and Rory that they were there and went to the right side of the stairway and around the corner that led to a hallway until she was out of sight. The entrance hall that they now stood in the middle of was quite large and the ceiling was so high, that she almost considered the idea that it was purposely done so that a Pegasus could easily fly while within these walls.

The walls were lined with various pieces of artwork. Most of which consisted of paintings of various landscapes. Although they mostly consist of darker colors and left much to be desired in terms of bright ones. One did catch their eyes that was just off to the right wall where there was a small table. Underneath and resting on said table were a vase filled with flowers that appeared to be from the Everfree forest. After getting a bit closer. Twilights eyes, along with Spikes, were glued to the image of a number of structures nestled within a tree background of sorts.

(Here is a picture that is similar to what they are looking at.)

There was even a waterfall leading into what could have been a large pond or possibly a lake off to one edge of the image. Most of it consisted of green for the trees. Whereas different shades of yellow were meant for the structures themselves. At one point, Spike brought Twilight's attention to a small white figure in the middle of a path near the bottom corner of the picture.

After squinting their eyes for several seconds to try and make out any definitive features, the both of them just gave up seeing as there wasn't too much detail put into it. That was aside from it obviously being a female and blonde hair could be seen coming off their head and only going just past the shoulders. It even seemed as though she was holding in one of her hands a long white staff that matched her white robes.

Spike notice that there was another painting towards the left and went over. He then called over to Twilight, who immediately joined him as he lifted his left hand and pointed at a large blue stone that was hovering in the middle of some type of Plaza that was obviously in a picture of the same place that they were only just looking at. Spike almost messed up his words with the way he was drooling as he spoke. “Going off of what's here, I'm thinking that's a really-really big blue sapphire.” This remark was made due to the numerous individuals surrounding it that were mostly shaded out and how they barely came to a tenth of its size.

Upon closer inspection on Twilight's end. It was indeed a stone that could have been made a sapphire but with the way it was right behind and off to the left side of the larger of the buildings, which could have been some type of inn. It would have been large enough to fill the space that they were currently standing inside of. And that was saying a lot with the space between the door and the bottom of the stairs alone being close to twenty-eight paces. Of course, that was only about half the space and nearly fifty to fifty-five across.

The painting itself was done using a form of art known as pointillism. This meant that it was not done with simple brush strokes. But instead, it was made with painstakingly making the tiniest of dots in order to produce the artwork. It didn't take long at all until Twilight noticed on the opposite side of the room that there were another set of paintings. The first one showed an outside Amphitheater. Everything was obviously made of wood and the stage was set with a large tree as the background, which was way bigger than any that she had ever seen in her life.

The other painting showed a few buildings on the left and a low fence right before the ground dropped off and displayed a miraculously vibrant garden in the distance. There was one very tall and thin figure holding on to what appeared to be a basket that could have easily fit an entire Pony inside if they were to sit down. Next to them was a short figure that could have been a child. Although, she was wearing a big hat with flowers around the base and holding on to a belt full of gardening tools. Even though her back was towards them. they could tell that she was pointing towards the garden as if giving orders.

In Twilight's head, these were strangely fitting to the mansion they were sitting inside of however, the pictures themselves were giving off this opposing vibe of tranquility that she was not accustomed to be along with the structure. This was doubly so with her past experiences in the Everfree forest. Just from this speculation alone. Twilight knew this could not have been anywhere inside of the Everfree forest and began to wonder if this could have been a scene from Gambit’s homeland.

By now, the purple Unicorns thirst for learning was reaching its peak. It was even going to such a height that it nearly caused Twilight to forget the very reason why she was there in the first place as she started to mindlessly walk towards the left side of the staircase that led to a hallway going into the opposite direction that the maid took. But just as she got to wear the turn was and could tell that there was another walkway that led to a room behind the staircase. The voice from Rin caught Twilight's attention and broke her free from whatever was compelling her to move.

“My Lord and Mistress will be out shortly with your friends. It will only take another minute. You may wait here, or I can take you to them if you wish.” This was followed by a short pause before her voice had this small change that Twilight couldn't really place. It still sounded as cheery as before, but something was causing the Unicorn to have this fight or flight response. But in her case, the part that wanted her to run for the hills as quickly as possible was the dominant of the two.

“Miss Twilight Sparkle. I could have recalled mentioning that you were to stay in this room. I must ask that you not go wandering around my Lord’s abode without permission. I know all about you being unable to open the front gate on your own. It would be best if you were not to overstay your welcome by doing something that is not needed. Also, we would not be held accountable if you should so happen to trigger any of our home security.” Twilight obviously felt that this was a threat and somehow, the maid picked up on this before continuing.

“I am merely giving you a warning as you are a guest at this time. This is because your reputation has proceeded you and we all know how much you tend to fall into a certain bad habit when it comes to your hunt for knowledge.” This clearly confused Twilight as she arched one of her eyebrows towards the maid and then sharply turning it onto Spike. This caused the young dragon to look a little sheepish as he looked away and started to whistle a broken tune that was hastily put together.

Twilight broke away from her obvious attempts to say that Spike and she were going to have a few words later and spoke to the maid after lightly coughing into her right fist and looking a little embarrassed. “If it's all the same, then I'd be thankful if you could bring me to them.” This got a nod from the maid as she turned and began to lead them down the other hallway. The walk only took about a minute or so with how long it was, along with passing a couple of doors on either side.

But the two of them did notice a few more paintings on the walls that were a mix of unknown landscapes and some others from around Equestria. But the thing was... that they were all done in the same manner as the ones before. Even with a passing glance. Twilight studious mind could easily surmise that each and every one of them was done by the same person. Although there was a slightly different style with some coming close to a picture being taken by a camera with how accurate they appeared.

While others were most likely from memory, so certain aspects were standing out more than others. But there was one odd thing that was constant in each of them. This turned out to be the way the background characters didn't have much in the way of details. To her, the artist was intentionally blurring them out for some strange reason that she couldn't wrap her head around. From what she could tell, the bystanders would require the onlooker to try hard while concentrating in order to spot the background characters if they were just passing by.

Once they arrived at another set of doors and came to a stop behind the silver haired maid. Twilight's curiosity took control once more and forced her to blurt out a question that essentially exploded in her mind with the way she just couldn't hold it anymore. “Could you tell me where Gambit got all these pictures?” The maid didn't even pause, as she started to grab on to the handles and pull the doors apart to reveal a large dining room as she responded. You would have to ask my Lord in person.”

Even though she didn't show it on the outside. Twilight was fuming. The very way that this maid was dodging the question was not something she was accustomed to. She spent a fair amount of time in the castle for her studies with Princess Celestia, so she was fairly familiar to being around maids and butlers on a nearly daily basis.

However, there was a universal constant among them all, where even though they were quite professional. The word of gossip was something that couldn't be stopped. As Twilight and Spike entered the dining room. She started to think to herself, while eyeing the maid. “The castle staff was nowhere near this tight-lipped. She must have received specific instructions not to say anything to her, or this was a result of some strict training.”

Although, her attention was brought to the sound of rainbow talking loudly. At first, Twilight had this reaction of wanting to flare up her horn in case there was some trouble. But she quickly found out that it was just her friend voicing her opinions about something. “You're really serious about wanting to train all of us?! I'm sorry, but I don't really think that you're able to do even that much. Do you even know what we all do? Oh, hey Twilight! Hey, you're on my side, right?”

Twilight didn't quite understand what she was being asked and carefully looked over the situation. At the far end of the table had one side with Gambit and Rory sitting next to each other and right across from them, was Gilda sitting in her chair while rainbow was on her hoofs and pressing both hands onto the table while leaning over. Gambit was wearing his typical white outfit. Although she never saw it herself, but there were rumors that he was able to eat through his mask and it appeared to be true with how he had just brought down a fork from his mask covered face.

Rory was in the middle of chewing some food and had her eyes closed to show that she wasn't really all that bothered by Rainbows outburst. Although she was wearing something different than her usual attire, which looks pretty good on the mare. Twilight might have guessed that it was something that rarity would have come up with. But knowing her friend she would have made it into some type of big show in order to get everyone to know that she was responsible for his creation. And since that wasn’t the case, that it must have been from someone else.

Whereas Gilda was just lazily shaking her head before looking back down at her plate and eating something that appear to be pancakes and some white pieces of meat on the side. Which Twilight immediately identified to be chicken. She kind of felt sick at seeing that last bit and resisted the urge to puke and swallowed the upcoming vomit that she felt was on the way to look at Rainbow once again to try and take her mind off of the food.

She then thought to herself for a second. “Ugh... maybe gambits a meat eater. That could explain why they have something like that on hand for Gilda. Oh, right! Rainbow's talking again. I better get back on that. When her thoughts finally got out of whatever state she was in. She heard Rainbow say, “Twilight, you agree, don't you? Hello! Equestria to Twilight. Are you even there? Helloooo~.” Rainbow was now giving her a deadpan expression before going on and repeating what was said earlier.

“Hey! Egghead, get a load of this. Gambit says he wants to help in training all of us to get stronger. I get it that he's been helping Gilda and she's already up to level twenty-nine but-.” The blue Pegasus was immediately cut off right there, when Twilight's eyes shot open while also beginning to scream at the top of her lungs and surprising all of them there. Well, aside from Gambit and Rory, who were just lazily continuing their meal and watching from the side.

“Gilda's already that high!? But-but-but... T-That's-that's just impossible! I heard you say yourself that she was only a few levels higher than you Rainbow! That would mean she's nearly doubled in strength!!! No one could get that strong in less than two months! Sure, give it a year and a half and I could understand.” Twilight would have gone further on this rant if it wasn't for a purple scaled hand that was now resting on her right shoulder. She then saw a small brown paper bag being unfolded thanks to Spike waving it in the air to allow it to fill up from the wind pressure.

It was then snatched so quickly that there was nearly an afterimage from Twilight's own hand before it was brought to her lips and used to help with her breathing. After about thirty seconds of this. Twilight lowered the bag and gave Spike and appreciative look before bringing her attention back to the other four as she started to talk again. “F-Fine... let's say that I believe this... then does that mean Gambit is going to hire a bunch of tutors and have them all come to Ponyville?”

This got a quick shake of the head from Rainbow as she kept her sights squarely on Twilight and shaking her right thumb in the general direction of Gambit and Rory as she started to talk in a skeptical tone. “That's the part that you walked in on. According to them, they'll be the ones doing all the teaching.” Rory took this opportunity to swallow the last of her food and got their attention after placing the fork onto the plate rather loudly when the metal met the ceramic plate.

The girl in red then said, “That's right. Although I will only be of real assistance when it comes to the Marauder class. Then there's also being the teacher’s assistant. This means I will be mostly mentoring Applejack. Sure, she's not registered as a Marauder, but she's already wielding a large two-handed axe. Then there's that dependable personality and strength of hers which would make for a perfect tank. Up until now, my master wouldn't announce this to the world, but he is quite capable at utilizing multiple classes.” By the end of that. Rory had this smug expression, even though her eyes were closed.

Twilight approached the table so that she could slam both of her hands onto the end. Unsurprisingly, she did not cause a single piece of utensil to budge even though she slammed the table with as much force as she could from where she was all the way down there. She then gave a cocky expression of her own as her lips turned into a snarl, before saying the next bit in a sarcastic tone. “Okay then! By all means, please inform us all on what he's able to do.” The purple unicorn then stood up straight and crossed her arms with a satisfied smirk while awaiting an answer.

Rory didn't say anything. But instead, she looked over to Gambit. This got a small grunt of annoyance to come from him as he had to lower a fork with a piece of pancake on it back down to his plate. He then said the following, while waving his free hand in a dismissive fashion as though he was talking about something so trivial it barely required his full attention. This of course cause Twilight's right eye to start twitching as a result, as she just wanted him to spill the beans and that they could move on with this Preposterous idea.

“Marauder… Gladiator… Conjurer… Arcanist… Astrologian… Pugilist… Lancer… Rogue… Archer… Dancer… Thaumaturge… Red Mage.” This got a tired sigh from Gambit as he went back to eating his pancake before lazily adding the last bit. “I can teach everything that they're putting out there in those schools.” Rainbow, Gilda, Spike and Twilight just froze on the spot. The Pegasus who was looking at Twilight to see her reaction. Was now turning her head slowly as if it were on a swivel back on Gambit.

Gilda inadvertently dropped her fork that had a piece of meat on it when it got so close to her mouth that she was about to close it near the end of Gambits listing of jobs. As for Spike, who is standing off to the side of Twilight. He was going completely starry eyed, while silently mouthing the word awesome. When it came to Twilight. All of her hairs were sticking out at random intervals. In fact, a few more were still popping out as if they were spring loaded and she resembled what one would look if they just came in from a tropical storm, along with the worst hair day all wrapped up in one.

Both eyes were now twitching at completely out of sync intervals and a crooked smile was inching on to her face. It took several long seconds before she even looked as though she could even speak without breaking something in her brain as her hairs began to calm down. Her eyes even return to normal as she gave out a very weak chuckle that was on the edge of being crazy in a way. When all this happened, Twilight started to talk again as she brought up one of her fingers for every class name she began to repeat out loud.

When she reached three. Her left eye gave a single twitch. As all five fingers on one hand were exposed. The Unicorn gave a nervous chuckle as her right eye did something similar. Eight fingers in, turned that nervous chuckle into a manic grin as all of her teeth were exposed. Once she got to using all her fingers and was now stuck at ten. The purple Unicorn could do nothing but to nervously laugh to the point that she may as well have been seen as one of those lunatic asylum patients as she was looking towards the air right above everyone's heads.

It may not have been noticed to all of them. But she even flicked her ears in attention in order to count off the last two. That was when her knees gave out and she ended up slumping straight down onto the floor so that she was sitting on her ass. The hysterical laughing that she had built up, instantly turned into loud sobbing as tears were trickling down the sides of her face. This was followed with the mare falling backwards and passing out on the wooden floor with her arms and legs spread out so far that she was even exposing her white and purple striped underpants from just underneath her short skirt.

*Point of view: Third Person*

The entire dining room fell into a dead silence for close to a full minute. During that time. Spike had this very disturbed expression on his face as he slightly tilted his head in clear wonder if Twilight finally went over the edge. He was also contemplating whether or not he was prepared to take care of a mentally destroyed Pony at his young age. More so, if it was ordered by Princess Celestia if word of this reached the ruler. He then approached her from the side and carefully leaned over so that his head was directly over her own as he tried to ascertain her current mental state before making any kind of rash decision.

Gilda was just sitting there... nothing but sitting and watching with an oddly neutral look that had this creeping grin growing on the edge of her beak. This was quickly followed with her lifting her right hand. Without any type of warning, the Griffin snatched a brown bag that was just large enough to fit in her palm from out of the air. Said bag made a few jingling sounds that was strongly reminiscent of coins rubbing up against one another. The one that it came from turned out to be Rory and she was giving a very unamused look at the downed Pony that was just out of sight. This was thanks to the table being in the way.

She then said in an aggravated voice, that was also laced with a bit of amusement as she spoke through the side of her mouth that was facing Gilda. “You win the bet... *Sigh* You were right, she lasted a little longer than I thought. The next bet we have a wager on, we're going double or nothing.” Now when it came to the next member within the room. Which happened to be Rainbow. She was still in the shocked expression that came about when Brex said that he had multiple jobs under his belt. So, the only difference was the direction she was facing.

But at the end of that long minute. She was the first person to speak as she stated the obvious with an awestruck tone to her voice that threatened to turn into heavy laughter. “I think you cracked the egg-head!” This was immediately reciprocated by the still unconscious Twilight who began to give a few quick spasms as a little foam appeared on her lips before it disappeared, and she was breathing normally again. This got Gilda to say the next in the straightest voice she had ever given. Which actually had the effect of making everyone there, aside from Spike and Brex to laugh. “I don't think he cracked her... I'd wager the egg-head got scrambled.”

Spike didn't even register the joke, while Brex merely started to hang his head along with shaking it disappointedly. Even though Rory was laughing up a storm. She managed to keep her thoughts calm enough to have a legitimate conversation with him through the connection. “What's wrong? Isn't it every displaced person's dream to break Twilight? And you literally did it without even trying.”

This got a grumble sound through the connection from his end as he replyed to her in a flat tone. “I'm really sorry Rory, but I wasn't really in the mood to do that today... With everything going on with Gilda and Rainbow, I just feel drained to where not even this could bring my mood. If it was any other time, then I’d be chuckling along with the rest of you.”

This turned Rory on the outside world to quiet down a little bit as her mental voice got a little worried when she spoke to him. “Okay! I know something's definitely wrong now, if you can't even get any enjoyment out of this. Maybe you should take today as a day off and just decompress? You know, not really think about anything, and just come up with some mindless hobby to drudge up again. We did just liberate a crumbling country that was taken over by some sword in-bodying Primal. Who just happened to take over a prince and then slaughter the rest of the immediate royal family over the course of a couple of years.”

“Who not to mention, sent that nation into a downward spiral of disease, crime and moral decline. Then we come right back here as quickly as possible and use up almost all the reserves on board the Yuna to get across the ocean just so that we are in time to attend the gala. This was THEN, followed with you facing your fears to stand right in front of the Princess of the sun. Afterwards, on the way back from the party, we bump into another displaced on the train and it nearly erupts into a gunfight.”

Rory took a moment to take in an inhale of air for her mental voice, before she went on again once she got some strength built up. “I also did spring the whole mansion on you. Last, but not least. We somehow started a herd with Rainbow and Gilda being added on to it.... Well... I wouldn't say the last one was something to worry about, but I figured I should just throw in some good points at the end of this long list.”

This was when Rory's voice turned more upbeat than a car salesman that just sold half the lot in a single afternoon. “We did find one very distant relative who was able to rightfully take the throne. Ahhh...The scientists and engineers on the Yuna now have a bunch of new data to look over as well from the long trip too.”

“Now that's bound to get them fired up for a while. We also know that Celestia doesn't really have any diabolical plans set in motion to have you turn to stone. At least none that I can tell. We also find out that a Displaced has not turned the world into a nuclear wasteland, even though he's been here for a while during your absence. We have a bigger place and now have two members to add to your harem! I'd dare say we had a very productive two months. Hehe!”

Brex slowly started to shake his head just enough that he was sure that Rory could see it as she was still looking in his direction. He then said through the link, “Maybe I will. But first we need to send the rest of them home and I need to get in contact with this Engineer person. I can talk to him through one of the pearls and now that I've met him, I can look up his general location with Heaven's computer. Afterwards I'll take the day off. But I still need to get some items ready for tomorrow.”

He then glanced over at everyone in the room before adding the next part. “Um… do you think it’s OK if I just head on out of here and leave the rest of this to you? I just really don't feel up to too much confrontation and I think I just have barely enough in case this displaced character becomes an issue.” Rory quickly responded to that with a tender tone to her mental voice, while secretly reaching over with her left hand to take his right one for a firm hold.

“Don't push yourself too hard now. You haven't acted like this in a while. Make sure you call me the instant you feel as though anything is off. I mean it.” This got a quick nod from him as he slowly got out of his chair and made his way towards the second door that led into the dining room. Miraculously, he slipped out without gaining the attention of the others in the room as he stealthily switched over to his rogue and use the hide ability until he was clear through the door.

Brex didn't even take the chance to look over his shoulder or say goodbye to the others before taking his leave. Once he got into the hallway and saw that Lynn was waiting nearby. He informed her that he would be going out for a bit and would be back in the next two or three hours. Once he had is current affairs in order and left Rory to contend with three guests in the house, along with one partially comatose unicorn. The Roegadyn soon found himself out the front doors and already halfway to the gate by the time he started to think to himself without Rory listening in.

He had the following thoughts in a somber inner voice as he trudged along the paved path. “I can't let them all see me like this... Why do they have to be so happy about being with me. I really… really thought that I'd be able to dissuade them and get out of it if I was to toss all of that onto the table. By the seven hells. I even thought that when I answered them about not showing my face, would have been more than enough, but they're just so stubborn!”

Brex grabbed on to both sides of his head and started to squeeze it as a sign of his frustration for a few seconds before letting it go and continuing with his thoughts. “I mean, come on! Anyone with common sense would see that they're being incredibly rash with their decision. This whole thing is up there with hooking up with someone over the internet without ever even seeing a photo!”

Brex was now passing the gate and closing it behind himself in order to walk along the outer wall towards the North, as his thoughts continue to spiral out of control. “This is nothing like what we got going on with our maids. They're just into it to have fun and help me out out of what I can only assume is some weird obligation to their Queen.” That was when he released a heavy sigh and stopped to glance around and see if there was anyone nearby.

When he was sure that he was completely alone and that no one was watching. He continued the rest of the way until he went around the corner that would lead towards the Everfree forest. But what he was really going for, was the shadow that was just being made along the wall on that side thanks to the sun's position in order to go into the Shadow Realm. This was all because of his paranoia kicking in and he wanted to throw anyone who was observing from a distance off his trail by making them believe he was going into the forest.

It didn't take him long before he stepped into the Shadow Realm by making a hard right and walking into the dark section of his walled-off estate. Once he was finally in a place that he was completely alone and that no one else could follow. Did he finally slumped down against the wall and onto his butt and firmly pressed his back against the hard stone surface behind. From his current position he could just barely make out Ponyville in the distance due to the haze in the air.

While in this shaded version of his reality, it was just really hard to make out when it got to a certain distance. He was quite sure that the forms that were flying over town were most likely the Pegasus variety of the ponies. Honestly, it was hard to tell with them just looking like wisps of smoke from where he sat silently.

He sat there and rested for a few minutes until he felt that he recovered enough when it came to his mental state to be able to meet a fellow displaced. After getting to his feet and brushing the shadow version of dirt off of himself. Brex opened up his connection to Heaven's computer and brought up the relevant information there was on this Engineer guy.

It took a couple of seconds, but something did come up. Once the window was displayed and he started to peruse what was documented. He soon found that there was quite a bit of sections that were redacted and cursed his lack of clearance level when it came to accessing some of the more relevant personal data.

There were literally two sections on it and the one that was heavily protected was what he thought to be his pre-displaced life. However, he did find it odd that his name on that section was indeed Engineer. He had this flat expression as he saw this and began to grumble to himself on whether Heaven's computer was having some type of an issue before he looked over to the second set of documentation. This one displayed him with the name of Engineer and that he was an earth pony. There was also some mention of him only arriving a short time ago and that his entry point was in the Griffin Empire.

Now going off the small number of images that he glimpsed with the echo. He lined that up with the story on what was shown and continue to look through what was in front of his face. The next set showed that he had relations with Daring Do and a few random Ponies and Griffins along his travels. But surprisingly enough, there was a section that had labeled his point of origins as Equestria. This caused Brex to run his hand down his mask before he froze in place and looked at Heaven's computer systems again and started on bringing up his own information.

He then said the following as he compared another set of windows popping up into his vision that mirrored that of what was displayed for this Engineer guy. He went past the usual stuff and got to his point of origins and saw that it also said Equestria. However, there was a small blinking icon that was too small to make out on a cursory glance and he concentrated on it. This caused the icon to expand and add a new set of texts that said the following. Point of origin: Equestria. Subcategory: Final Fantasy Fourteen. Visitor status: Non-existent. Additional information: Restricted.

After seeing all of this. His eyes darted over to the window that was meant for Engineer and went down to where he was before. He didn't see it at the time because it wasn't blinking or anything, but there was a small Dot that was partially shaded so that it was blending in with the background. After going through the same motion as he did with his own, some more texts quickly popped up. Point of origin: Equestria. Subcategory: Final Fantasy Fourteen. Visitor status: non-existent. Additional information: Restricted.

His right eye began to do that small twitching thing from a buildup of irritation as he angrily repeated the words out loud before adding his own. “Okay, I understand the point of origin. I can also understand the subcategory being that version of Equestria. But what's going on with the visitor status? Shouldn't that be different if he's coming to my world? Hmm... Okay, there's just one way to double check this.” And with that he waved his hand and dismissed all the windows except for his own and miniaturized it so that it was not covering his vision. But was still on the part about visitor status.

That was when he hopped in place and disappeared into a tiny hole that expanded to allow his body to enter before closing the moment he was swallowed up. He soon found himself popping out of the shadows at the front of his old handmade house in the mountains. He then pulled out from his item box the skull key he got from Ryu and stepped right up to the porch.

After exiting the shadows and using the key on the door. Brex opened it up and went through without any pause. On the other end he found himself coming out of a doorway that was in one of the higher sections of Ryu's underground city and was thankful he hadn't been noticed yet, because he didn't plan on sticking around for too much.

He chose this moment to look at the window once again and found that the information did indeed change to that of, Subcategory: League of Legends. Visitor status: Current location, Rune Tara. Non-summoned. This only caused Brex to have a sour expression, as he continued to silently glare at the screen as if he were daring it to try and say something else that wouldn't make sense. Without wasting any time at all. He used the key and went back to his own world and closed the door behind himself, before taking a few steps away from his old house.

He then threw his arms up and motion both to either side of the screen and made the action of grabbing on to the edges of the window. Surprisingly enough, he was able to grab onto it after feeling a small tingling sensation in his fingertips and began to move it around a little. While also stretching it so that it showed more texts. That was when he angrily began to yell at it without any care about keeping it in his head. “Why are you saying that I'm at another world, but you won't say that he is?! This just makes no sense at all to me! And I’m the one that’s meant to be confusing!”

He was just about to go on, when he heard a young boy's voice coming from right behind and slightly elevated. “You really should lighten up man! That bad habit of always worrying too much is gonna get’cha killed.” Upon hearing this. Brex Follow the voice and discovered it to be a black raven that was sitting on the very edge of the roof and right above his front door.

His next reaction was to leap back so that he gained about five meters. However, the distance was enough that he ended up splashing into about a foot or so of water and equipped his Black Mage Soul Stone. Nothing really changed on his form, but he did cause a long two-handed staff to appear in his right hand and pointed it at the bird while taking a defensive stance. This action clearly spooked the raven, as it started to flap its wings as Brex was already in the middle of channeling some magic into a fireball that was quickly building up at the end of his staff.

However, the spell was canceled upon hearing the panicked shouting coming from his target as it was flailing about its wings in an odd manner that was closely resembling one of those flag wavers that would be standing at an airstrip. At the same time, he was sure he could clearly see droplets of sweat being thrown about as it spoke in a panic. “WAAAAAAAIT! Don't cook my giblets!” This lasted for about two seconds and during that time, the bird started to calm down a little, but this only flared up with even more panic than before after what Brex did and said next.

“Nice try Jericho Swain! But I'm not going to fall for it! I must have let my guard down if you came through the door with me without noticing. There’s no way I'm going to let you take a foothold here!” A new fireball was quickly summoned and launched right at the bird, but it managed to get out of the way with only the tips of the feathers on its tail being partially singed as it flew towards the right.

As soon as it got to maybe seven or eight meters away from its last position, did it flap its wings so that it would stop in mid-air to avoid a lightning strike that was aimed right where he was about to be only a split second later. The lightning bolt that passed by even left a few sparks that floated for a few seconds before it dissipated.

Over the next thirty seconds or so, the following happened. The bird would constantly fly in one direction and then the next, as it continued with either some hair pin turns or seemingly sporadic flaps of its wings to narrowly dodge the next set of fireballs, lightning strikes and flying ice shards. Luckily from their current positions on both sides. Most of the spells being flung by Brex were flying off into the air so that they were harmless. Although on the few occasions that the bird did fly low or off to the left or right a little too much. A fireball would either land in the water to produce a loud sizzle or make a circular burn mark on a rock.

The lightning was pretty much the same except the markings were a little more centralized on the impact instead of going outwards when compared to the fireballs. When it came to the ice shards, they would either make deep indentations or cause a section of the water to explode with sharp spikes that would erupt from the sudden drop in temperature.

The only thing that managed to stop at all from continuing was the way the bird was crying as this was going on. It managed to blurt out the next set of words right as a lightning bolt nearly struck right between his two tiny legs, along with a loud squawk and a small whimper. “I should have brought Little Moon with me. The kid would listen to her and not go all Darth Sidious on my manhood!”

At that exact moment, the bird nearly fainted and lost pretty much all its strength. As a result, it could do nothing else but to fly straight down to the ground and land about five meters away as it was loudly panting. On the Roegadyn's part, he was pretty much frozen in place right as he brought his staff above his head and a magical circle was forming at his feet and going into a slow rotation.

Several seconds of silence went by as Brex thought the following in his head in a disbelieving tone. “Did this... H-How does he... I heard wrong, right? He couldn't have! I haven't spoken about her to anyone else but to Rory and it was never out loud. T-This has to be a trick… But-But what if it isnt?”

The magic he was channeling slowly dissipated as he resignedly lowered his staff. But kept it at his side with the bottom end now resting on the ground. On the outside nothing was wrong aside from the hesitation. But from behind his mask, Brex had this very odd expression that was a mix of disbelief and what could be closely resembled to wonder.

He was just in the middle of opening his mouth to say something, when the bird beat him to the punch and was now flapping its wings in order to straighten out a couple of the messed-up feathers that were acquired during the improvise and very dangerous acrobatics being performed only moments ago by the talking bird.

“Yeah, yeah, you heard me. I had no idea you had a phobia of birds too. If I had, then I would have picked another form.” This only made Brex blink dumbfoundedly from behind his mask as the bird continued after giving himself a good once-over and flying back towards the house. It then landed onto one of the rain barrels that was situated next to the door.

It gave itself one final shake to fluff up its feathers before it continued. “Now that you're not trying to turn me into a side dish anymore, I'll come out and say it. No, I did not come through the door, I was already here. And I have no idea who this one person you think I am. Ah man! I feel all staticky.”

“And yes, I do know Little Moon. I was only talking to her maybe ten or fifteen minutes ago. And before you ask. Daddy, Little Light and Little Moon are doing okay. Well… as okay as their family relationship is involved. But I won't go into the details on how Daddy's been getting chewed out by Moon so much. As for why I'm even here, now that's got very different reasons. First, you could just say that this bird is on a bit of a vacation and the other, is me playing the delivery boy. Ah! And speaking of that! Just give me a second here.”

The bird lifted its right wing and was now reaching underneath with his black beak to scrounge around in its feathers. After a second or two passed by as it did this. It started to make some extremely uncomfortable sounds that were reminiscent to how one would when trying to talk with an oversized jawbreaker in their mouth. Once he pulled his face out from underneath his wing. It became obvious that it was just that with him now clutching between his upper and lower Jaws, something that was a fair bit larger than a tennis ball.

What caught his attention next as this was going on. Was the way the bird was making these gagging sounds as though he was touching something that was completely rancid as the following words were partially muffled around his beak. “Blah! fwhat dosh ke keef in thosh fockets?!”

Clearly, the bird just could not take it anymore and dropped it onto the barrel next to himself before hopping a few steps away. This went on till he was at the far end and giving it the stink eye as he continued. He then spoke the next part as he was intentionally keeping his mouth open and not allowing his outstretch tongue to touch anything in his mouth. Which made it a little difficult to understand. But Brex did manage to make out the following.

“Ghagh! That old fossil needs to clean out his pockets! I don't even want to know what that thing's been brushing up against while he's had it! Blah! I really need some mouthwash!” That was when he took a moment to fly over to the nearby water and started to dunk his head. Immediately he brought it back up and started to gargle loudly before he looked back at Brex while giving an angry tone to that kid voice of his.

“Little Moon better make this up to me, cuz I'm never doing that again! NEVER EVER AGAIN YOU HEAR ME! This must be what it's like to go through some grandpa’s drawer and find things you never want to see! But soooooooo much worse! I just know I caught some long sense died out disease that must have been around the time of the dinosaurs! I swear! If I lose my feathers, I’ll pick them all up and super glue them on that bald head of his!”

It's feathers quickly bristled after saying that, before going right back to the barrel and looking a little calmer. He then said the next bit very hurriedly and in a mocking manner, as he pointed his right wings tip towards the thing that he put down and then back up at Brex. “That there’s a gift. Now don't ask me what it does because I don't know, Daddy doesn't know, Little Light doesn't know, Little Moon doesn't know and I get the feeling you don't want to know. So, don't ask me what I know, because that right there is all I know!”

Brex currently had this what the fuck face behind his mask as he was slightly tilting his head off to the right and also beginning to open his mouth. Unfortunately, the bird cut him off yet again as it flaps its wings a few more times before taking to the air. “I bet you want to know who I am, but I'm not going to say! Don't want you blabbing it and getting heard by the others at the table of theirs later. He was now arching an eyebrow as he released a question that just begged to come out. “Why do I get the feeling you shouldn't be here if that's the case?”

The bird gave off a small laugh as it continued to encircle the area. “Let's just say that I may have... uh... played around a little too rough and broke something. So, you could say this is a bit of a vacation until things blow over!” The next part was a quick back and forth between the two of them as Gambit started off with an accusatory tone at the beginning. “Just what did you do?”

“Nothing much!”

“Oh really?”

“Yeah, I didn't do much! That is aside from blowing something up and running.”

“What was it that you blew up?”

“Just some empty random hair salon. I wanted to see if it was true about putting a bunch of hair sprays together and shoving them into a microwave.”

“And just why would you want to put a bunch of hair sprays in a microwave?”

“Why else? I can't think of any other better reason than to watch the big kaboom! Although it was a little weak so, I tried again and added a bit more juice to the mix.”

“Okay... so I take it you blew up the building?”

“Oh man! You should have been there! It was so cool!”

“I see... I suppose if you know about those three. Then you must be one of their kind. From what I remember they could conjure up pretty much anything they want, so what's the big problem?”

“Aaah... Well~. Hehehe~. I may have gotten someone angry and-.”

“Just spit it out already, what did you do to warrant an escape to this world?”

“Hey, I'll tell you, but you got a promise not to be mad!

“Fine... I promise I won't be mad if you tell me. Now just spill it.

“Well... I may have tried to hide behind a certain table when I was found out.

‘Uh, okay? And?

“I… May have been a part and its destruction~.” At the end of that part. The bird was talking as though he might have been giving a strained smile.

“Okay, so you broke a table and-.” That was when his voice came to a dead stop as his mind carefully processed what was said. This bird apparently is among the three he met on the other side and was responsible for blowing up a building. But it only got more nervous when it came to a simple table. Images flashed from a time long since passed where he was in a weird place with a metallic gold sea for the floor and a large oval-shaped table.

Once the situation had fully dawned on him. His face fell as he spoke the next part in a disbelieving voice, as he just stared blankly straight ahead at his house. “It wouldn't happen to be a very big oval-shaped table that was capable of displaying images of this world, was it?” Instead of words. This only earned him a long string of awkward chuckles from the bird as it continued to soar around in circles, although judging from his mini map, the bird did add a little bit of distance to its flight pattern when it came to their positions to one another.

But before Brex could say anything else. The bird immediately spoke up as it turned to its more carefree and childlike voice. “Hey, look at the bright side. At least they're not going to be watching you for a little bit! And it won't take too long to get that table fixed if they're working on it together.” The bird started to do a couple of loop-de-loops in the air before it landed onto the barrel again that had the strange orb as he continued.

“Anyways! Here, go ahead and take it. I think you just got to push it inside your body.” Brex quickly retorted as he used his free hand that was not holding his staff and placed it onto his hip. This was followed with leaning his head forward a bit and talking in a tone that just said he was being very skeptical. “Do you honestly believe I'm just going to randomly take an item from a talking bird and shove it into my chest just because it says so?”

The bird then started to tilt its own head before it reluctantly answered and an oddly chipper tone. “I guess that would be… yes? It's either that or swallow. But judging from what it tasted like I would really rather you go and pick a different route.” His voice then turned quite mischievous as he said the next bit with what Brex thought was a smile that was creeping on to the edge of the raven’s beak. “It's either a shoving it into your chest or use it as a suppository, but you don't really strike me as a guy who would be into that.”

His right eye was now twitching from behind his mask as he was now giving a strained smile to indicate he was having trouble with keeping his cool with this bird as he replied. “I will consider the first option of putting it in my chest if you can give me some type of proof that you know Little Moon.”

That was when the bird released a sigh before giving an answer. “Well. Little Moon currently has the form of that one character from the OverWatch video game. I can't really remember what the name of the character is but it's the one that has a bodysuit and rides around in that odd robot that shoots the guns from the arms and loves to go Kamikaze and makes a big boom”

Brex was now narrowing his gaze as his voice turned a little dangerous. “That sounds awfully vague to me. And since I don't really know who you are that only makes it even worse. You better come up with something better. Otherwise, you'll see just what I'm like when someone plays with my emotions...” This was immediately followed with an aura beginning to build up around his form and his left eye giving off a faint yellow glow that was just beginning to flicker to life.

Upon seeing this. The bird was now panicking again as it was changing positions with its wings bending in various angles as it did before. After the short panicking session that lasted a few seconds. It was followed with his eyes going wide as he screamed out the following and holding out his wings in a placating gesture. “Whoa-whoa-whoa! Hold on! I know something else; I know something else! The both of you bonded over video games!”

Even with this said, the Roegadyn was showing no signs of calming down which caused the bird to panic a little more before he came up with something else to say. “S-She's really worried about you because she thinks of you as a little brother!”

This however, started to calm him down and the bird continued. “Oh yes-yes and the day you left she was very upset and wanted you to stay longer! She's been keeping up on a promise she made to you when you were in one of your training sessions about checking up on you now and then. She didn't do just that! She goes to the table almost every day now!”

Brex's form lost all that energy within the blink of an eye. Along with the glow subsiding till it was long gone after hearing those words. He then spoke and a rather shaky voice that was just above a whisper as the rest of his body relaxed. “I… I can't believe… I forgot about that. It has been so long since I've seen them... now I just feel like an asshole.” Once Brex was done. The bird took this opportunity to fly away as he called over his shoulders just loud enough to be heard as he was gaining distance and heading off towards the North.

“They can't see or hear anything right now that's going on, so let's keep this our little secret! Don't say a word about it. Otherwise, they might find me before I'm ready to come back! Make sure you and that Engineer guy have some fun and stop taking everything so seriously! Oh, and I'll make sure to find you before I head home, and you could give me a message to tell the others!” By the end, the bird was so far that Brex couldn't even see any more texts showing up on his bottom left-hand view to indicate that he was still talking.

In all honesty, Brex really wasn't in the right state of mind to give a fuck as to where the bird was heading to. Especially after hearing about Little Moon. After a few seconds went by with only the sound of nature in the waterfall to keep him company. Brex turned his attention to the barrel and more so towards the odd orb. After giving himself a chance to think on what to do. Brex went over to the orb after dismissing his staff to pick it up.

On closer inspection it was mostly see through, but the inside was filled with a black murky substance and a set of continuously changing set of stars that would blink in-and-out of existence or simply shift to another position. That was when he placed it into his item box in order to look up any information that was on it from the description window. But instead of getting anything useful at all. Instead, all he got was a set of texts that described it as an unknown orb.

Once that was seen. Brex gave a small sigh, while lightly shaking his head. He took in the position of the sun and realized how late it was beginning to get and immediately pulled out one of his link pearls and began to speak into it once it was brought to his right ear. “Hey, do you hear me over there? I'm ready to meet up.”