Week one

[letsplayamod]

You've all met Athena, and she's made her point quite clear. She's fully committed to making this world better, and you're the ones who agreed to lend a hand. Something she's obviously quite thankful for.

It's really not so bad around here. Despite the sky, and the state of the land, things are fairly calm. You've got plenty of time to get used to it, and each other. Maybe this'll be easier than it seems.

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[cannotunravel]

Oh, there are...!

[Soon Misane grabs the sturdiest shield she can find. It's a training shield, so it's not very sturdy like a real shield would -- and therefore much lighter, so hey, she has no trouble lifting it. The problem is the size. Misane is a short gal, and at the end of the day she still is just fifteen. She probably could huddle under the shield and that'd be more effective than her trying to use it like a real warrior would]

Try to hit it.

[Like she intends to test how good the shield is]

[raisethemoon]

Oh! Well...if you like...

[Luna is less sure that this is a good idea! But, that is how shields work. She elects to pick up another training sword, rather than try with magic or hooves, and holds it only by the hilt this time; she does know that's the idea. Without using a great deal of force, she swings the blade at the shield!]

[cannotunravel]

[Even that measured hit makes Misane step back because she's so unused to this stuff and although she braced for this, the impact rattled her a little. For a moment there's silence, until she peeks over the shield]

I'm starting to consider being away from the frontlines altogether may be a better choice.

[raisethemoon]

It may be. Are you still considered a...

[What do humans use. Probably not "foal". What's closest to a human, a minotaur?]

...caaaalf? Among humans?

[cannotunravel]

...yes. Pretty much. I still have plenty of growing up to do.

[Misane decides that in the spirit of interspecies cooperation, she'll accept Luna's idiosyncracies, interpreting this as the term Luna would normally use for a child. Shouldn't it be 'foal', though, she thinks for a moment]

[raisethemoon]

[Hrm. She'd heard already that some number of the humans were considered young - though she doesn't have an exact year-count - but hearing it directly from one of them is another matter. Athena should not have.]

The rest of us shall handle any combat that occurs, then! It is not right for foals - hm. Young to see battle.

[It happens, she knows full well. But now she is grown, so.]

[cannotunravel]

I should be able to do something even during battle. I don't want to be coddled.

[Too bad, Misane, you really are not ready for fights]

[raisethemoon]

Hmm...well, do you have any skill in medicine?

[cannotunravel]

Some. My knowledge about this kind of thing is more forensic than for healing.

[And it's supplemented by technology, too, which she has no access to. Still, she has some decent knowledge of medicine, for her career as a detective]

[raisethemoon]

Forensic?

[cannotunravel]

My knowledge of medicine is more about determining the causes of someone's death.

[You don't want to have to do that in a battle, obviously!]

[raisethemoon]

Oh.

Well, yes. That is probably not necessary in battle.

[It's usually pretty clear what killed people there. But also, didn't we just cover how she is not an adult human?]

....wherefore art thou doing that?

[cannotunravel]

Wherefore...?

[This calf furrows her brow. Wherefore? As in, where? Why the sudden old English? She's increasingly confused. The culture shock is increasing]

Back at my world.

[Wrong answer, Misane. Apparently 'wherefore' means for what reason, not the location you do something at]

[raisethemoon]

[She slips up more linguistically when she's upset or otherwise off-guard, and the disturbing implications of the child forensic investigator caught her!]

But why?

[cannotunravel]

Oh.

[Wherefore indeed. Misane doesn't seem remotely alarmed, even though a girl her age really shouldn't be poking around dead bodies]

My father is an officer. I became interested in his line of work, and about a year and half ago I managed to begin my education for this career. There's not much of a deep reason.

[There's a lot children want to do because their role models do it. Misane seems to be a somewhat unusual case, but the core of her motivation still is the admiration she felt towards her father]

[raisethemoon]

Ah...

[Well...a lot of foals certainly come by their cutie marks in similar ways. Though Luna usually sees such familial trends when it comes to...farming, or baking or...other careers that don't involve corpses.]

...are such apprenticeships common?

[cannotunravel]

I don't think so. Some say I'm weird.

[And she couldn't care less about what people think. She made her choices and she has no regrets in the slightest]

[raisethemoon]

...oh.

[She blinks.]

Well - a great many ponies think the same of me, because I am the Princess of Night. I do not think you should worry about what your own interests are!

[Though maybe the father should worry a bit more about taking his filly to crime scenes?????]

[cannotunravel]

If people say you're weird they should keep that to themselves. I see nothing that should warrant such criticism.

[In fact she thinks Luna is rather pretty and interesting to look at, and also...is a princess! Of the night! Well that fits well with her colors, that's for sure. All in all, no weirdness, just a lot of coolness]

[raisethemoon]

...we are quite grateful.

[Why are the humans the ones who all seem so nice about it...?]

[cannotunravel]

You'd think they'd be more respectful towards a princess, too. I doubt they say it to your face, but it sounds as if they think your...interest is strange?

[Interest in the night, it seems?]

[raisethemoon]

...the night is something to sleep through, at the very best. Many consider it frightening. The dark, the quiet, the creatures that call it home...

[She looks away, her wingtips flicking at her sides.]

[cannotunravel]

Sounds like people who don't know how to appreciate the stars.

[Stargazing is a nice, peaceful thing to do, and you can only do it at night, of course]

[raisethemoon]

They never have.

[ Her voice is unexpectedly sour, and she closes her eyes for a second. ]

Though it is better than it once was.

[cannotunravel]

It was worse in the past...?

[Hearing that makes her feel real bad for Luna, truthfully. She already had her sympathies, but this sure increases them!]