A Roegadyn in Equestria

A Roegadyn in Equestria.

Chapter 83: Game’s, Prizes And A Show.

*Point of view: Third Person
*Location: Unknown location just southwest of Dodge City.
*Time: Five fifty-nine in the evening. Three days later.

The scene shows Brex currently standing in the middle of a large room that could resemble the command center meant for shuttle launches. Four rows of seats could be seen as monitors were lit up. There was a total of thirty-two sets of eyes being glued to the monitors as a nearly non-stop's dream of information was being called out from one person to the next. A mixture of males and females wearing sharp black suits with a gold metallic trim were manning all the posts. With how the room was slanted to go lower towards the front. Brex could be seen standing at the very back and right next to a personal desk that was shaped into a half circle and facing a very large monitor on the far wall that could be viewed by all of those present.

His arms were crossed as there were two others next to him. The one who was sitting at the desk with access to two small monitors in a set of keyboards was Sir Fancy Pants. Standing close and on the opposite side was Fleur De Lis. The both of them were wearing extravagant clothing as Sir Fancy Pants wore mostly white. Whereas his wife wore a dress of light pink and with a purple trim around the neckline and long sleeves. If anything, they looked as though they were ready to go to the next Gala at a moment's notice with how flashy they looked right now.

The stallion had a pleased expression on his face as he was playing with his mustache, while also glancing over the projected numbers and other important notifications being brought up on the screens. Fleur De Lis had her hand resting on his left shoulder and he reached up to place his own on hers as she asked the following question. “Today's the day, are you ready? Years of planning and setting the groundwork is about to finally show itself to the world.” Sir Fancy Pants replied after giving a grin as he had his hand ready to press down onto a red button, that just so happened to be attached to a microphone.

“Dear, I have been waiting for this for the last decade. To say that I am ready would be putting it lightly. Gathering the funds. Not to mention the hands that were needed in the construction. Recruiting not only the most skilled artisans and contractors, but to employ those that were much needed in the way of employment was no easy task. Performers practically flocked as soon as the job postings were issued in major branches all over Equestria and in some parts overseas. Not only do we have the proper equipment, personnel and location set up. We even have some very talented individuals that were hand-picked by your sisters after meticulous screenings. Aside from T H I S, we have the most trustworthy employees around.”

Sir Fancy Pants turned his attention to Brex and changed his tone to that of slight concern. “Gambit my boy. With your particular aversion, are you quite sure that you are prepared to stay even though they will be on their way as well?” Brex remained standing and looking straight ahead as he replied in a reassuring tone. “I know what my limit is. Besides, I made a promise and I intend to keep it.” Sir Fancy Pants gave a loud boisterous chuckle and gave a quick nod before pushing the button and began to speak into the microphone. “Top tip, top tip. Testing one two three, testing! Is this even on?”

From not only those in the room with the headsets, but even those who stood in various location started to pick up on the stallion’s voice. “Ah jolly good! As you all may know this is the opening of our dear town and attraction. I do wish that this will be not only a joyous occasion for not only this one, but for many more to come. Now as I know that I can get rather lengthy in these speeches, I will say this. I am very proud of each and every one of you and I personally hope to see your bright smiling faces carry on and towards to a brighter future. Just as Canterlot was a beacon of hope for our survival. We shall be a beacon to spread joy to those of the world and show that these are not the dark times. Instead, our ingenuity will spark the imagination and spur the rest to push forward and into a brighter tomorrow.”

He glanced over to Fleur De Lis and gave a quick nod for her to press another button before he went on after giving a light cough. “As my great-grandfather Sir Party Pants once said! LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!” A chorus of cheers not only erupted from within the control room. But more could be heard from beyond the walls from what could have been hundreds if not thousands of voices. Fleur De Lis pressed a round and brightly flashing pink button. The next thing that happened was the sound of whirling electric engines from deep below. The scene then shifts from one spot to the next to show the following in order.

A brown and gold lined metal room filled with those wearing protective outfits and belts full of tools with a similar design to those in the control room where monitoring electric turbines that were being fed by a powerful underground stream of water. These were even being supplemented by cylindrical containers filled with aetheric crystals to give an extra jolt of power as it all ran up cables along the walls and into a higher deck. Outside was a simple town that could have held nearly a couple thousand residents without any problems at all from a cursory glance. The building seemed more modern when compared to those with other major cities across Equestria.

Not only were there various businesses and shops littered all about. But parks, apartments and attractions could be seen coming to life as power flowed from the underground wellspring. Even institutions of learning running from kindergarten all the way up to a small College were all lighting up one after another. A modernized train station became a bright beacon as an Airfield could be seen not too far away in the distance.

Everything was covered and glittering lights that could easily put the most hardcore of Christmas light fanatics to shame and give Las Vegas a run for its money. Dozens of spotlights were shining into the sky as the once baron and dust filled planes became a thriving place in a matter of seconds as the sun began to set. The night sky only served to accentuate the brilliance that was being cast to make the city visible for many miles under the moonlit sky.

Even with all of this happening, there was yet to be one more section that was up against a tall cliff to undergo such a transformation. The scene then switches to an airship that was closely approaching from the north. As it got closer. It could be identified as the Yuna traveling at half speed and slowly reducing. With it now traveling at a more manageable speed to allow passengers to stand on top of this ship. The top deck doors slowly opened and allowed a large group of people to exit the ramp as to get a better view of what was up ahead.

This comprised all of Rory, the Element Bearers, Spike Gilda, Zecora, both Rin and Lin. And surprisingly enough the two royal sisters. All of which were wearing outfits that were easily on par with those that they wore to the gala, but with some subtle alterations so that the fashionista would not drop dead from the embarrassment. Gilda just wore her usual outfit but with a subtle application of additional makeup around her eyes when compared to normal. Zecora wore a piece of black fabric with a silver trim over her fur lined clothing that she was commonly seen to wear while out in the jungle. Although the size was present to show that she was indeed dressing up for a formal occasion.

Both of the sisters were undoubtedly dressed up in what could have been called attire meant for political meetings and displaying their respective colors. Although Celestia was showing a little bit more of her legs thanks to the cut slit running up along her left thigh. The maids lined up on either side of Rory as she took the lead and stood at the very bow of the ship. The whole group was able to catch as the town came to life with one section after another. Celestia and Luna had just finished with switching the sun and the moon before stepping on top of the ship and this caused the entire event to flash in such a way that they may as well have been looking at a mixture of colors from all spectrums of the rainbow.

Colors of which that glittered as though they were looking at the ocean and every star in the sky was dancing below them. As Rory and the two maids were already aware of what to expect. They merely gave some small smiles upon finally witnessing their Masters work finally being put into action after so many years of planning. When it came to the others. Their expressions were livelier as they came in a wide assortment. Some were cheering, while others gave words of astonishment at what they were gawking at. Twilight as well as the two sisters were practically leaning over the railing with glittering eyes as they watched the spectacle unfurl with a silent reverence.

That was when a series of fireworks were shot all along the top of the tall cliff directly ahead of their path as the ship was lowering its altitude to match the shrouded monument ahead. Bright explosions of shimmering colors litter the sky. Some were of the standard flower formation that would shoot off in different directions after fanning out. While others somehow took on familiar shapes in the sky that lingered for a couple of seconds. Some where that of animals while a very distinct one gave an outline of a creature that was in a running position as one arm was lowered and pointed down and the other was in the opposite direction while pointing straight up.

With loud clicks that could be heard from all the way where they were now. One set of Lights would come on immediately after the other to run up the length of the monument. Eventually once all was finished. The site of a large cactuar creature could be seen holding on to a saucer shape building high off of the ground. Two large oval shaped eyes were looking over the horizon. Multiple sections were protruding to take on similar shapes to that of mushrooms. Even music filled the air as they were able to make it out as the distance quickly became short thanks to the Yuna's rate of travel.

(Play these two if you want to see what they do.)

Small flying vessels could also be seen transporting both too and from an area equipped with a dock to allow passengers to enter and exit the larger saucer. When close enough. A long metal boarding plank was extended right as the Yuna lined itself up to it and came to a stop. This allowed it to line perfectly to the top of the ship and a section of the guard railing retracted down and into the ship to allow the passengers to walk straight in. Tentatively they all followed Rory's lead and entered the structure to find it to be extravagantly decorated with mostly a gold theme.

Sections that took on a familiar shape to that of stained-glass windows could be seen at regular intervals to give off a bit of lighting. The same music that could be heard from outside was gently playing. Large screens were either attached to walls or stationed on tall metal pole to show off general information. Most of which were advertisements, while others displayed scheduled events and general locations of where to go to participate. Even though they were told that this was a VIP opening ceremony. They were all surprised to see that there were already people inside and enjoying the festivities.

The princess’s expected foreign dignitaries or perhaps high-end company owners and their families to be attending. Yet it was a pleasant site to see those wearing normal clothing along with many children running around. There were jugglers, fire breathers, mascots that took on the same appearance as the monument that they were all standing inside of. The males that worked there wore neat suits. As the females donned outfits that took on a strong resemblance to bunny girls. Eventually, there was a voice that called out to them from down the entrance hall that turned out to be quite familiar to a number of them.

This being Sir Fancy Pants and his wife. “Welcome, welcome to you all! Thank you so much for being here. Greetings my princesses.” He and his wife both gave a quick bow before addressing the rest. “Please allow me to start the introductions. I am Sir Fancy Pants and this lovely vision next to me just so happens to be my wife, Fleur De Lis. And welcome to the grand opening of The Manderville Gold Saucer!” He even took the opportunity to carefully wave his hand as to gesture to everything around with a broad smile.

Pinkie apparently could not handle it anymore and she rushed away from the group before anyone was able to stop her and around the bend to disappear from sight. This even caused one of the attendees that just so happened to be standing at said corner to be forced into a rapid spin before coming to a stop and start to look around as to show that they had no idea as to what just happened. Twilight was clearly embarrassed as she tried to apologize for her friend’s behavior. However, the stallion was in no way bothered as he waved It off with a laugh.

The rest of them followed him and his wife down the very same corridor and up to an extravagantly decorated gathering area with a rotating Cactuar figure in the center that stood almost as high as the ceiling. A long circular desk could be seen on top of some steps with customers already talking to a number of the representatives stationed for various questions. He then went on to explain while pointing at a map nearby on what the sections were primarily focused on. Essentially there were two main floors for attractions and activities.

On the one they were currently on. They could see a red dot pointing to a figure that resembled the reception desk. This was the prize exchange and check-in area. As well as a Daily three ticket chance to win some currency by playing a number game where a person was to try and get a set of numbers on a nine-by-nine panel. The area attached to it was meant primarily for those that would like to play card games. Just about any game is permitted, but primarily they focused on Heroes for Hire. When the stallion mentioned that there would be regularly hosted tournaments with prizes being awarded to the top three rankers. Spike’s eyes lit up while Rainbow took a quick glance in the same direction that was just being explained.

Off to the right there would be an intersection that would connect to three main areas and housed a large blue levitating crystal. Towards the north was an indoor park with a miniature hill for those that wanted to climb up for a better view. This clearly got the attention of Fluttershy as her ears perked up after hearing that. Sir Fancy Pants moved on to the east and said there was an event area at the very center, while assorted games were stationed along the bottom floor. The top would house one of the restaurants, as well as the lottery system which anyone could purchase three tickets and have the chance to win the currency used in the gold saucer for just once a week. For which he would go into on later.

He even went on to mention that there would be a random representative on the lower floor that would host weekly contests for those who would like to show off their fashion choice. Those that would score high enough would receive the gold saucer currency. Also, the ones who scored remarkably high would have their names and picture taken to be recorded for all to see when checking the leaderboards. This obviously got the attention of a couple of the girls. The most obvious one of them all turned out to be Rarity as she was glancing with a sparkling smile back behind the group and at a large suitcase that she just so happened to bring with her.

The area to the south was more decorated towards the young ones as even more mini games were installed. The area itself was modeled to resemble multiple stacks of boxes decorated in vibrant colors to give off a festive time of the year. A more kid friendly family restaurant was also stationed in there as well. Even an elaborate indoor jungle gym was installed with pretty much every conceivable apparatus from standard and all the way to pretending to be pirates on the high seas. Princess Celestia's ears perked up as she had to try hard not to look when the mention of pirates came up. In fact, if one was to pay close enough attention. Then they might have noticed that she was close to biting her lower lip and holding back an excited squeal.

Sir Fancy Pants placed a finger onto the map and swiped upwards to show it transitioning to another set of rooms before he continued to explain any further. One area was meant primarily for the soul focus of raising one's Chocobo to be entered for a racing competition. Obviously, the competitive nature of Rainbow, Applejack and Luna came into play when a competition of speed was brought up. The last area which took on a rectangular shape was explained to house a new type of game which required strategy. He then went into details about what it was. After about a minute or two of going over the specifics. Spike’s eyes shot open as he identified it to be the same game that he had played on the Yuna’s computer.

Afterwards, he brought them to a window that displayed the town nearby and said that everything was already up and running and that there were two places for guests to stay for an extended visit. A large hotel was built below in the town, while a much smaller one was put into a higher area of the golden saucer. Soon they were brought up to the reception desk and each given five hundred golden saucer coins. These were to be used as a form of currency that could be exchanged for special prizes and to also play a number of games. But instead of being physical disc like objects that would have to be hauled around in a big bag. It was all placed onto a single card that was magically attuned to its designated user.

This way all they had to do was to swipe it through a reader and they would be on their way. The coins were nontransferable between guests. Which meant that if one was to want something, then they would have to earn it themselves. Of course, real money was accepted when it came to traveling and food. But when it came to the coins themselves, every participant was only allowed to purchase up to five hundred if they were under the set amount as to prevent those with heavy pockets from monopolizing everything.

The lottery system and events were also good opportunities to get a large sum of the coins. For the ones that were not being held in the arena to the east. They would have to go to the designated areas displayed on the map for certain ones and would be teleported to an enclosed space that would be magically altered to take on certain environments. This was all thanks to countless hours of research when applying allusions and specially adapted magical barriers. There was even the creation of a reusable teleport system to an empty room which would take on the set environment.

Of course, anyone was able to enter so long as they were of proper height for safety measures. And speaking of safety measures. Anyone who participated were given special wristbands that were enchanted to negate any damage that the guest would receive if they should happen to fall. This clearly confused the group before the stallion mentioned that they would soon find out if they were to participate. Eventually the group decided to split off and explore the Golden Saucer in groups while Brex watched everything that was going on from within the secured control room.

Thankfully enough for him. It appeared that Celestia was at a distance where he was not feeling as bad as he thought he would. Yet that piercing pain was nowhere near being dulled enough to be forgotten. With how it was going. There was a good chance that he would be able to stick around for maybe an hour before needing to go to a greater distance for recovery. This was only thanks to the many annoying visits that she was giving him until the whole catapulting incident. Now he knew that the pain he was feeling was directly proportional to both the distance and time that she was physically within a certain proximity.

On one such occasion he even switched over to his Monk class and use that one skill that was accidentally created to help with keeping himself calm. Indeed, it had an effect, but not enough to alleviate the symptoms. At best, he could probably tolerate being within a couple of feet for no more than ten minutes before needing to retreat. With going back to the girls that he made promises with so far. Two were already fulfilled. First was Pinkie Pie as he wrote in the letter that she and her friends would be brought to the Golden Saucer once it was opened. For months now there was promotions to let the public know as to its existence and the pony was going nuts on certain occasions about wanting to go whenever some random passerby would mention it in town.

Whereas Rarity was promised to meet a highly influential person that could possibly help with her business. That of course was Sir Fancy Pants and Fleur De Lis. A little added bonus was to have her show off her best so as to get her name on the fashion list for this establishment and get her name out and about. He did plan on spending time with all of them to somehow put their minds at ease after Rory explained what they all went through when being led by Luna that one night. Yeah, it nearly slipped his mind at the last minute with how the princesses were already invited to come on to the opening day.

The notion of sending one of his doppelgangers crossed his mind a couple of times. But ever since his first real reaction to Celestia had caused a chain reaction among all of his copies. It wasn't as if they felt pain. But their forms would spontaneously break down if they were to get too close after he ordered one of his to approach Celestia at a closer range for observation. Eventually, Applejack, Rainbow, Gilda Pinkie and Luna ran off once one of the events was announced to be the “leap of faith” over at the north Area. The others moved on to the section of the golden saucer that was primarily used for playing card games.

The attraction for the more outgoing girls was a sort of obstacle course where one is transported into one of the designated sections of the golden saucer after talking to the representative standing at the appropriate locations. Sure, the Unicorns had teleportation magic. Yet that was only afforded to those that had a particular talent and a huge amount of magic reserves at their disposal. But when it came to the golden saucer, it was already incorporating a network of Aether flows thanks to multiple stones that would be floating all over to give easy access to anyone that wished to use them. The leap of faith also being one of these utilize the same function to send the new player to where they needed to be.

They were even given special wristbands that would cast a protective barrier around their bodies to limit any injuries. They also had the added effect of transporting a player back to the north section of the golden saucer whenever the event was concluded. The third and final effect was to reset anyone who fell back to the starting line to retry the gauntlet. Essentially, the girls needed to jump from one floating island to another. While also collecting special medallions along the way for the maximum prize at the end.

At first glance anyone would be confused and wondered if they were outside with the way some illusion magic was woven in to give the appearance that they were in some missed filled valley with floating chunks of rocks that would have some vegetation growing on them. No magic or flying was allowed and only one's ability to run and jump were needed. Tree roots would extend to the lower sections of these floating piles of dirt to act as a footing to catch the next person that would be on that leg of the run after leaping. A few of the islands were also adorned with white brick structures that gave the appearance that they had broken away from a larger piece.

A few ended up falling here and there yet none were disheartened and only continued to try and catch up with those ahead. By the end of it all, it was Princess Luna who managed to get to the end and collect the bronze, silver and the one and only gold token to get four thousand Golden Saucer coins with Gilda coming close behind by only a few seconds. Pinkie managed to get all as well, yet both Rainbow and Applejack missed a couple thanks to their competitive natures colliding and the two focusing squarely on getting to the end before the other one could. It also did not help when they kept interfering with one another and being forced to restart a number of times. This resulted in them only getting two or three thousand golden saucer coins a piece.

Over with Luna. The princess could be seen doing a fist bump with how ecstatic her smile was. Not only being the first of the group to get to the finish line that was marked by a giant floating arrow that would be rotating above. But to also experience a good workout as she was getting way too accustomed to the slow activities that her body was forced to endure inside of the castle. Without having to fly or use magic was almost a breath of fresh air for the younger sister. To everyone else those restrictions were nothing but a hindrance, but she was apparently having a blast.

When it came to the second half of the group. The scene shows a table with Twilight and Spike on opposite ends while locked in a duel of cards. It only took a few seconds before Twilight’s head landed on the table after letting out a groan of annoyance after losing yet again to her younger brother. More so as Princess Celestia was standing at the side of the table and lightly giggling to herself after witnessing her student acting in such a way. With a shit eating grin, Spike reached up and swiped his card on a reader that was attached to the side of the table to receive his winnings as the two had to bet a certain number of coins to compete with one another for an official match.

Rarity was not too far away while observing all of this going on as Sir Fancy Pants and Fleur De Lis were standing alongside and having their own conversation. When it came to Fluttershy. She was currently being occupied by the small mascot that was playing with a couple of children nearby. What came adorably out of that scene was how she was imitating a few hand and leg gestures in the same way as the kids so that they could copy the mascots movements. Said mascot was wearing a Cactuar outfit and sporting some clothing that would confuse a person from Earth to be imitating the millionaire from Monopoly. In place of a monocle was a golden star over the left eye.

At some point Princess Celestia approached the married couple and inquired as to why there were so many children when she had first came to the conclusion that dignitaries and other such persons would be arriving. The explanation Fleur De Lis gave to that question was that these were the family members of those who assisted in the construction or perhaps worked somewhere in the town. As such they are free to come and go as they please and the married couple just could not bring themselves to bar this place for but a single day after their parents put so much work into it.

Although what Fleur De Lis said next caught all of them by surprise when she pointed towards the hallway that would connect back to where they all started and said that they were the ones to talk as they brought their own kids too. With all of them giving the pair the deer in the Headlights expressions towards that comment. They all slowly turn their heads and saw three familiar little fillies to be running around. This earned a loud gasp of air from Rarity as she quickly screamed out the names of Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo.

After a bit of scolding was given to the triplets of unspeakable disasters all over Ponyville. They soon divulged that they had snuck on board the Yuna after getting word from Pinkie telling them about where they were all heading off to. This led to Rarity profusely apologizing to the married couple about her sister’s rudeness and coming when she was not initially invited. But to the Unicorn surprise. They just laughed it off and asked one of the workers to go and get their initial starting golden saucer coins so that they could start playing around while they were there. If anyone was really paying attention to Rarity, then they might have noticed how she was nearly ready to faint at the notion of losing her good graces with sir Fancy Pants and Fleur De Lis.

Of course, Applejack eventually got around to getting wind about her little sister being there and gave her a ten-minute-long sermon off in some corner about how reckless she could be. When it came to Scootaloo. Rainbow was the one who stepped up and took responsibility. As it turned out. It was the Pegasus who initially put the idea in the little one’s head about climbing on the ship thanks to some poorly placed jokes just a little while before they left. When Fluttershy asked Scootaloo about her parents possibly being worried after disappearing from Ponyville.

All she got was a half-hearted shrug of the shoulders before making a few comments that would convey that her parents would not really care all that much. This clearly confused not only Fluttershy, but a number of the girls who were close enough to hear what the young Pegasus said. That just so happened to be when Brex was observing them through the camera feed on a smaller viewing screen. Rory who had left everybody else was already there as well and the pair were frowning at the idea that's Scootaloo may have had parents in this world, yet the lack of attention was extremely concerning.

He then said to Rory through the connection while looking down at the group thanks to a camera displaying them from a higher elevation. “Remind me when we get back to look into her parents.” His left hand was already balling into a fist and causing the leather like fabric of his glove to creak under the pressure. He then looked over to a board on the far side of the room and took in what was written before continuing. “I'll need to go and recover a little bit before the next event happens. With her being here, I'll have no other choice but to take on the stage in my copies place.”

Rory nodded to this before Brex left the room and found a secluded area to meld into the Shadows and pop up back in Ponyville for the next half an hour. When the time was up. He returned to the golden saucer and use his shapeshifting ability to alter his framework to be quite a bit taller. By doing so, he ended up becoming thinner in the process. Once that was completed a new item was equipped with the illusion spell being woven in for a particular form. After placing it on. Brex found himself turning into a very flashy samurai from the game which would normally make an appearance for one of the main events at the golden saucer.

(Here is how Brex looks now.)

Afterwards, he played around with his vocal cords to shift his tone to give it a more Eastern feel to it. It was loud and boisterous. Also mysterious with how there was this strong accent that came from the lands of Doma from the game as well. If anything, it would most likely be heard as the type of voice that one would use when pretending to be a Shogun and in the middle of a pose with their arm outstretched in front of them while holding a weapon over their head from behind. Soon he even heard an announcement for any willing participators for the “slice is right” event.

This was to be held in the Eastern section with the large circular ring in the middle of the room. Just outside of it and along the floor was a formation that made it resemble a large spinning wheel that one would see in a casino. Spectators were already lining up along both the lower and upper floors as participants were teleported right onto the ring. The lights began to darken everywhere except for the center of the room after a couple of moments passed and the timer for signups were closed. Multicolored strobe lights flashed along the ground before focusing on the dead center of the ring.

As a high-pitched flute could be heard along with some old instruments used in Japanese culture in the background. Some small vents that were built into the floor opened up to expose a thick mist that would quickly dissipate after a couple of seconds. It was during that moment that Brex used his shadow abilities and raised himself up in a mysterious way to put himself as the center of attention with his large frame that towered everyone else there. In a flamboyant and over the top voice. He called out to the participants while swinging his left arm to indicate his attention was on the participants at the edge of their little play area. His eyes were squarely focused on the group that comprised of pretty much everyone aside from Fluttershy, Zecora and the three small girls.

“Greetings to you all! For I who hails from the far east, the mysterious swordsman, Yojimbo. Have come from over the waves that have taken countless other ships into the dark abyss. I have come to test your skills of intuition! I have heard many tales of those here who have great skill and I wish to see it for myself! Now! Let us begin and do not disappoint!” Brex had already switched over to his Samurai class and was now wielding a very long wooden katana in his right arm as it was slowly pulled from the cloth wrapped around his strangely thin waist.

Some suspenseful music was played in the background as he started to make some almost incoherent chance while his left hand was brought up so that only two fingers were pointing straight up near his mask covered face. Suddenly, two wide bamboo pillars appeared on his left and right and soared high at a surprising speed. This caught everyone off guard if one was to judge by their varying expressions. Yet it was the two princesses who had their eyes bugging out the most. With one nearly imperceivable swift motion of his katana. The two bamboo shoots were sliced so that one was going right down the center as another was cut into multiple pieces.

The players instantly ran around to try and get away from the falling debris. Unfortunately, more than half were already taken down as the pieces force them out of the ring. Thanks to the rules they all were wearing the armbands which were issued before the start so that none of them suffered any type of injury and just harmlessly bounce a couple of times before coming to a stop. What was once close to thirty participants was already brought down to a total of fourteen. Brex inwardly smirked as he saw that all of his students were able to evade the falling bits of bamboo with little trouble. Yet he still narrowed his eyes and became a little cold when he caught sight of Princess Celestia being one of them that was still in the ring.

He then continued by doing the same a couple more times before adding a third bamboo shoot. The cuts were almost random as some sections were completely showered to take out even more of those that were on the elevated platform. Rarity was the first to be taken out as she misjudged the tiny area that she needed to be standing in by a couple of inches. Next came Applejack as she was not fast enough to run to the other end after realizing which way the pieces were going. Eventually he whittled down the number till it was only the princesses and the remaining members of the Element Bearers when the next phase came into effect.

Brex went to one side and began to loudly call out to them as a new participant came out of the center thanks to a trap door. This being a dog that was roughly the size of a Saint Bernard. However, thanks to a disguising item that was placed around the collar. It took on the form of an orange and red lion dog like creature called an Inu. This one was specifically trained for this particular part. “Let us see if your luck is as good as your intuition! Go my Hound! Collect my goodies before they can have a chance to snatch them up! And if any stand in your way, then don't hesitate to knock them off! Now go!”

Brex grabbed onto a pouch on his waist which held four more inside. The pouches were randomly thrown. Once each of them landed onto the floor. The content spilled out to reveal a bunch of fake gold coins. The participants were already informed that when money was thrown out in this fashion, then they needed to collect ten coins in order for it to count for each pile. The remaining participants made a dash to collect what they could and move on to the next pile before those spots were pounced on by the dog.

Spike was taken out along with Twilight on the second pile. Rainbow was unfortunate to be in its path as it took a quick lunge at the third. This only left Pinkie Pie and two princesses behind as the crowd was cheering for them to win. Brex knew that Pinkie was going to have a good chance of surviving thanks to her unpredictable nature. Luna still had some battle instinct so he was not surprised at all that she made it so far. But Celestia standing there with a determined look on her face as her eyes were squarely locked onto him was only causing the Roegadyn to suffer even more as his chest was slowly being stabbed by some invisible force.

Just before the next part started up. He then thought the following to himself as he was having trouble with keeping the performance going without showing that he was in discomfort. “Gerr… By the twelve... why haven't you been knocked off yet? And what's with that look? Besides, aren't you the one that usually just stays in the castle and eats cake all day? I'm calling shenanigans.” This time he produced four stocks and began to cut them down after each set as fast as he could. With the fourth added, the safe spots were greatly diminished until the players were left with no other option than to pull their bodies close enough to be within that tiny triangle at the very edge to avoid getting hit.

By the end. Pinkie, Luna and Celestia were practically out of breath while leaning forward to rest their hands on their knees for support. Heavy breathing could be heard as Brex began the next to last part. This one turning out to be a complete gamble as previously set into place spells were activated thanks to some unicorns and changelings stationed around. The ground lit up to show that the circle was cut into three equally sized pieces. The Inu dog would appear on one part. As another would be filled with a large stack of gold coins.

The last space was completely void aside from Brex standing in it. The illusion of three impossibly sized wicker baskets appeared overhead and covered up the dog and gold. Whereas the third was covering nothing. Suddenly all three baskets would start to rotate in a number of directions. They would either go in a complete circle or be quickly switched with another one to randomize what was where. Soon they came close together and started to spin at such a speed that they were nothing but a blur for a couple of seconds before separating.

Each one of them picked their own slice of the ground after realizing what was about to happen after a couple of seconds and rushed over to their spots. Luna was off to the left while standing next to her basket. Pinkie was already by the one on the right. When it came to Celestia, she took this opportunity to walk closer to Brex so that she was standing less than a foot away as she was intently staring at his mask with her head tilting back thanks to his great increase in height. He was unsure as to why she was doing this, but all he knew was that his chest was now hurting even more than before thanks to being so close that he was even able to smell the shampoo she used in her mane.

Soon the baskets were quickly lifted to reveal the following results. Luna was standing all by herself with neither the gold nor the dog to be seen, which meant that she made it through. Pinkie turned out to be standing within an illusionary pile of gold that reached all the way up to her neck. She even used this opportunity to pretend that she had her head cut off and was now laying on top of the stack with how she was sticking her tongue out to one side and crossing her eyes. This only lasted for a second before she ended up losing it and broke into a giggle fit.

This left only one option for the square that Celestia was standing, and that was for the dog to appear. When it did. The spell targeting its position from underneath the ring was activated and a strong force was used to push any competitors that were still there. Celestia was clearly unawares as to how it would feel when her dress exhibited signs of being caught in a strong blast of wind. Her wings ruffled as she was launched at him at a surprising speed after starting from a dead stop. She was just a hair's length from coming into contact with him when the Roegadyn conducted a quick set of footwork to sidestep the princess as she was now sent flying right past and off the edge.

He even went through the motion of using his free hand to act as though he was showing someone through a door as a grin quickly crossed his face. She made a quick flip in the air before gently landing on her tail thanks to the protection that the wristband offered. He was barely able to contain his laughter after seeing how her hair was already partially disheveled from the abrupt ejection before he returned his gaze to the last two that were ready for the final set. Unlike in the game. Brex went a little flashier by dashing in a crisscrossing fashion that would have his form turning into a nearly imperceivable blur as each of the stocks were cut up in different ways.

In the end, it sounded as though there could have been a battlefield of clashing swords thanks to the quick strikes. There were a few instances where there was barely a foot and a half of space for the pair to find any refuge among the wide area that they were playing on. Brex even attempted to trip them up by intentionally forcing them to run clear across to avoid getting knocked out. When the last flash of his sword was made and he turned around after getting onto an edge. He was surprised to find that Luna was standing as straight up as a pole while holding on to Pinkie Pie that was doing the same right above her head. Both were heaving heavily as their chests were taking in deep and heavy breaths at a rapid pace after such an exercise.

The tense music from before was replaced with glorious trumpets to signify the end of the event. Illusionary fireworks were shot off at the spotlight zoomed in on to Luna and Pinkie right as the crowds cheered for their win. Pinkie was already doing a set of fist pumps while also throwing in a couple of backflips to dismount Luna. Luna on the other hand was awkwardly smiling after getting such an unexpected roar of applause. On Luna's part, she was feeling embarrassed when she considered that she had rarely gotten cheers of this magnitude during her rule along with Celestia. She even wondered if she would be getting this much praise if the whole Nightmare Moon incident never occurred and the subjects grew to love her just as much as her older sister.

Her thoughts were broken when Brex, while still in disguise began his closing monologue after stepping in the center of the ring yet again and re sheathing his sword under his belt. “Ho ho! It would appear that those of your land have great skill. For one day we will meet again and shall the winds of the east forever guide your path! Farewell, as I am needed elsewhere!” More smoke bellowed from the center and surrounded his form while he himself melded into the shadows under his feet in a slow yet dramatic fashion.

Pinkie, who is still close to Luna surprisingly grabbed on to the princess's hand and began to rush them off and towards the reception area to check on what kind of prizes they might be able to get. Especially as the two had already amassed ten thousand coins in less than an hour. Luna was not sure what to do as this was well beyond the proper protocols. She quickly glanced to her older sister who was holding a giggle from behind her hands as she watched her younger sister being pulled along as though she was not of royal lineage. Twilight however, was having a conniption as she ran after Pinkie and Luna in some attempt to quell her friends over stimulated excitement.

It took some time, but Twilight did get the party pony to realize that she was pulling one of the princesses right as they were all congregating to look at the prizes. Brex chose that time to appear with Rory at his side once Luna was somehow convinced to get a pair of bunny ears to wear on top of her head. It even had the added magical effect of concealing her Pony ones as a bonus. These were a perfect match for some of those that worked at the golden saucer as they also had on a bunny girl outfit, along with the fluffy round white tail. When he got close enough to the group. Brex showed off another choice of clothing that he had yet ware as everything was exclusively bought from his game world from the very desk that they all stood next to.

His hair was let out and on full view to fall half way down his back. But thanks to the amount, there was no way of seeing his ears or neck while a familiar white mask was resting on his face. Some loose black fabric was attached to the underside as it slipped underneath his shirt to conceal his neck. Rory on the other hand was wearing the full bunny girl get-up. She was clinging with both arms tightly around his left hand as the other was lifted so that a single finger can produce the following words. “Hello everyone. I see that Princess Luna has gotten her first souvenir picked out already. Suits you well.”

(Play these two videos for how Brex and Rory appear. Rory can only be seen with the ears and tail of a bunny girl.)

Luna responded with a victorious level of excitement. “Hazah! Much merry making has been done this day!” The other girls all gave their own opinions. At the same time, Rarity was mostly circling Brex and Rory while admiring their choice of attire like a hawk. She then said, “Sir Gambit. Where in Equestria did you get your suit? The Exquisite hand stitching and patterns are simply inspiring.” He made a small gesture with his head to motion towards the counter as he wrote. “You can get the same prize over at the counter. There is a male and female variation.”

Sir Fancy Pants stepped in and made a hand gesture to another person that was a little further around the counter before he spoke up. “The one you were speaking to mostly deals in trinkets and clothing. The person over there sells uniquely designed weapons and clothing. Mind you, they are not powerful. Just consider those to be more of a prop than anything else.” Everyone's attention was brought on to either the stallion or the counter from what Brex could tell. Well, almost everyone. Princess Celestia’s gaze never left him for a single second after he made his appearance. She had this expression that she was practically looking right through him as she had neglected to blink for the entire time.

Those cheeks of hers began to slowly transition to a bright pink as she just stood there without moving a muscle. Even though he knew that he was not in any real danger. Brex had this inexplicable sensation that he was a small animal being stared down by a predator. It was nothing but a staring game as any movement on either side would have probably caused something to happen.

He then thought the following to himself as he gave Celestia a questionable look from behind his mask. “Why am I getting the same sensation from her as I do from Rory when she's really hungry? Could she just stop with the staring contest already? It's beginning to freak me out. And... is that drool right there on the edge of her mouth? Hold on! Also why are her wings starting to lift?”

The powerful urge for him to be on guard was high by this point when Luna rushed up and took a hold of her older sister's arm and began to pull her in the other way and towards a final fantasy version of a claw game. All the while giving some excuse that they needed to talk to someone that she just saw a second ago. Even as Celestia was being led away. Her head was still turned towards Brex as her eyes were giving off a creepy vibe with how she was almost oblivious as to what was happening around her. When his arm was being squeezed more tightly by Rory. He turned his attention to the girl and found that she was giving Celestia a dirty look as the fur on her body was practically standing on end.

If Brex did not know any better, then he might have thought that she was about to start to growl by the way her body was also showing some small signs of trembling. He then asked through the connection, “Is there something wrong Rory?” This seemed to bring the girl out of whatever she was thinking to look back at him with a gentle smile as she replied.

“It's nothing really. Just thinking that you've been around the princess more than enough for today. I'll also suggest to those in the control room that the slice is right should not be used until both of the princesses are gone. It'll be simple to use the excuse that those two are far too strong and if they're the only ones to win, then it may put a damper on the spirits for anyone else who wants to try it.”

Afterwards, everybody got a chance to enjoy the rest of the day by diving into practically everything that the golden saucer had to offer. Twilight and Spike were using their minds by playing the card games and going down to the lower levels to play that arena fighting simulator with the small figurines. Gilda, Applejack and Rainbow were obviously competing with one another whenever there was an announcement for another one of those jumping challenges. This also included the punching machines and Chocobo racing. Rarity was enjoying herself with going into the dining areas and talking with Fleur De Lis while Sir Fancy Pants was off and about to make sure that everything was running smoothly.

Fluttershy, along with Zecora was enjoying the indoor park that had a miniature mountain with waterfalls, rounding rivers and walkways. There were even a couple of animals that were introduced to live within that area that she got to have some time with that did not appear near ponyville. Pinkie was... well Pinkie was both everywhere and nowhere as she was constantly popping up as to earn as many Gold Saucer coins as possible. There was even a game called Air Force One that the trio of destruction, also known as the Cutie Mark Crusaders took part in whenever it was active. This involved a machine that was levitated onto a particular set of movement patterns in the air.

It would go from one area to the next and allow the three to use a pistol weapon to shoot down targets while making sure that they did not accidentally hit the fake bombs that were floating around for a perfect score. As for the two princesses. Luna was trying her hardest to make sure that her older sister did not make a scene as the close proximity to Brex was causing the dampening spelled to lose its grip. There were times that Celestia would be fine and the pair would be enjoying their time together. Yet, whenever Brex was within eyesight. The princess of the sun would go into this semi-trance and begin to wander over towards him with a lustful expression creeping onto her face.

Luna even had to step in between so that her face was breaking her older sisters visual lock so that she could bring her back to her senses yet again on multiple occasions. She was even beginning to wonder if the spell was even working anymore as she was having to re-apply it almost constantly. Ever since they were saved from being hit by that strange monster on the ground at Ghastly Gorge. Luna was on high alert to keep Celestia from losing it as guilt was racking her older sister over how he had gotten injured again because of her. She even placed a tracking spell so that she could immediately tell whenever Celestia would teleport to Ponyville and follow right behind.

If anything. She was this close to the concept of getting a leash for her older sister. She was even asked to induce a good night's sleep through magic once as Celestia was having trouble with going to sleep thanks to constant thoughts of Brex in her mind. There was just one more thing that she was very adamant about with not bringing up with her older sister. This having to do with the night before while going on a dream patrol. She was only a few minutes into the Dream Realm when she noticed a very particularly powerful wave of energy being produced by her older sister's dream bubble.

Up until then. Luna was being very discreet and respectful when it came to Celestia and her privacy. Yet the power it was giving off was so distracting that it peaked Luna's curiosity and she parted the mist on the outside to take a quick look as to what Celestia was dreaming up. What she saw left her practically petrified as her eyes went so wide that they may as well have been dinner plates at what was going on. It showed the scene to be what she believed as the front yard to wear Brex lived. The building was slightly warped as what was to be expected in a dream.

The background consisted of miss Twilight Sparkle and all her friends as they were taking lessons from Rory at one part of the yard. The maid that they constantly saw at the gate to send them all away was standing at attention with her eyes closed as if ready to pounce on the first order given to her as she stood close to the front door of the mansion. Spike was near what appeared to be a tree and playing some card games with the second maid of the house with his back turned towards everybody else. The Griffin she knew as Gilda was in the middle of training with some combat dummies with her spear.

Of course, this seemed completely normal for what she herself as she already knew of their antics. Although, when she saw her sister with Brex. Her rational mind had to take a double take. Coming out from the other side of the building and walking along the path provided to go around the yard was the large figure of Gambit. In his left hand was a thin strap of black leather. It coiled on his hand a couple of times as the other end was leading down and attached to an equally dark studded collar with some short gold spikes. The item in question was being worn enthusiastically by Celestia. She was completely without any clothing aside from some straps that ran along her torso and hips for a provocative pattern.

Her older sister’s pair of large breasts were not only slipped through the gaps in the front, but appear to be wrapped tightly with some extra coils of rope to give them a good squeeze. Heavy clamps with golden sun shaped weights were hanging from her nipples and giving off some metallic clatter as she walked on her hands and knees. Those pristine wings of hers that she was quite proud of were even bound so that they were stuck in a folded position. This was thanks to a number of belt straps being put to good use. Her nether area was completely on display due to her tail having a number of rapping near the base to hike it up so that it was unable to be an obstruction from any wondering eyes.

The mane was done up into a tight braid that barely touched the ground as it hung off her left shoulder and away from obscuring Brex’s view of her as he looked down on the mare quite often. An inhibitor ring was snugly in place at the base of Celestia's horn. When Luna used her magic to zoom in on the display. She was positive that she saw some strange substance that was coding the space between the ring and her horn. It glistened with a shine in the sunlight and Luna had this scary thought that it might have been permanently glued in place and there was no hope of having it removed without causing some harm to her older sister.

Both her knees were even covered with protective guards to keep her from being injured while moving across the stones. Both hands have been slipped into what she thought were thick mittens that would prevent one from opening their hands now that they were trapped in a fist position by the cuffs with visible locks being in place. Luna's face scrunched up in confusion as she could also tell that Celestia was even wearing some dark eyeliner which was far more pronounced than any that she had ever used before. There was also the addition of a shade of a glossy hot pink lipstick that caught Luna’s attention as well.

Instead of the calm and self-assured princess who ruled over a nation for many years to be right there. Was only now a nearly slack jaw mare that had a blissful tongue lulling smile. Heavy panting was coming out of her mouth as drool was slowly dripping onto the stones under her body every now and then. Seemingly unfocused eyes were trailed straight ahead as her body gave what were nearly constant shutters. When they made a turn and had their backsides towards Luna. She ended up holding both of her hands up to her mouth as she saw that her older sister had both of her holes occupied. One appeared to be a butt plug while the other was obviously an oversized white dildo.

Hoops were attached at the base of both of them and allowed a single piece of rope to be threaded through and tied so that it creates a type of harness to prevent either one from accidentally being pushed out. For but a moment, Celestia nearly made a misstep as her hips jerked quickly and allowed a stream of liquid to gush out and onto the floor to mark that she had just had herself a strong orgasm. Her entire body arched up as she looked straight ahead with her teeth clenched into a big smile. Strong hisses of air escaped her teeth as she attempted to keep from making any real noises. Eyes began to cross as they nearly went up and back from the sudden rush.

A couple of seconds later, Celestia's head suddenly swung down as she was having trouble with keeping herself upright on all fours. A mixture of pathetic little whimpers and chuckles could be heard coming from her lips that cause Luna to wonder if her sister was okay. With a face that was heavily intoxicated through euphoria. The pair continue their walk towards the rest of the girls that were near Rory. Without them even paying any mind at all as to their approach and acting as though the site was the most normal thing in the world. Twilight gave a quick wave with an innocent smile over her shoulder before returning to her studies.

Brex continued the walk and brought Celestia over to one of the benches and took a seat as her older sister was positioning herself so that her ass was sticking towards him. He then parted his legs and reach down to pull her closer by the tail before undoing the rope and pulling both of the objects free from the older sister. A long-wet pop could be heard as Celestia gave out what she thought was a prolonged sexual howl. One of which that would cause Luna to blush heavily before gripping on to the edges of the opening and slamming it closed no differently than a set of curtains. She even turned on the spot and leaned against the bubble with her back. At the same time, she was nervously biting the nails on her right hand.

Back to the present. Luna was eyeing her sister with a calculating gaze. She then thought the following as she prepared to fire another carefully hidden dampening spell for what felt like the hundredth time that day to keep Celestia from going overboard. “Her feelings have only been growing more and more potent. The magic is already stretched to its limit and it's only a matter of days before it no longer has any viable effect. If this is allowed to progress, then my sister may act on those impulses and cause our already strained relationship to come breaking down. If Sir Gambit is unavailable in his dreams, then I'll have no other course than to meet him in person for a private discussion.

She had been so focused on her inner thoughts, that she had only noticed right then and there that her sister was nowhere to be seen. She then continued within her mind with clear panic. “Oh Buck me! This is obviously the result of that mare repressing her sexual needs for far too long. Mother! Please give me strength! Please oh please don't let me find you causing a scene! Celestia, think of what our subjects with say if they were to witness you attempting to copulate while in the midst of the public! Oooh! I swear! I will go back to our old castle and search for that ring of mine!”