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[armore]

[The speaker has a light male voice, pleasant and golden, and has a half-worried tone to it. The text writing itself to accompany it is firm and precise - neat, clear, and without flourishes.]

... Cadance? ... sweetheart? Are you...

...

[A SUDDEN PAUSE.]

Where-

[His voice breaks off mid-sentence, and is a little softer when he continues. He sounds distinctly uncertain.]

What... what is this place? And how did I get-

[Another pause as he suddenly realizes this might be related to that threat they've been worrying about.]

All right, who did this? Where am I? And if this is or if you've done anything hurt my fiancee or threaten Canterlot or Equestria, I promise you, you'll regret it.

Comments

1/3

[checklist]

[ Twilight's just leisurely browsing through her journal when this new entry pops up.

That voice.... it's.... ]

2/3

[checklist]

[ There's a gasp of surprise, immediately followed by a very excited voice! ]

Shining Armor! Is that you? What am I saying, of course it's you, I'd recognize that voice and writing anywhere! And who else would start going on about a threat to Equestria but the captain of the royal guard? I can't believe that-

3/3

[checklist]

[ Wait a second here- ]

What fiancee?

[armore]

[Oh hey there's. Voices coming from the book. Well all right then.]

Uh...

[He laughs a little, uncertainly.]

Yeah, that is my name. And my job. Gonna tell me who you are before we get into who I'm marrying?

[checklist]

What? You don't recognize my voice because it's coming from a journal?

It's me. Twilie.

Dictated forever

[huffythedragon]

[Well, there's a voice he hasn't heard since leaving Canterlot forever ago]

...Shining Armor?

[armore]

[Oh hey this is a voice he recognizes. He doesn't know the dragon very well, but Celestia (it was Celestia, right? Cadance, maybe) had asked the dragon to be ring-bearer.]

You- what are you doing here? You were behind me.

[huffythedragon]

[...Okay, something is decidedly wrong here]

Dude, what are you talking about? I haven't seen you since me and Twilight left Canterlot to live in Ponyville.

[armore]

Sure you have. You were ring-bearer, remember? You were just at the rehersal.

So you were in Ponyville with somepony named Twilight, huh? I wondered where you were.

[There's a pause, and Shining Armor rubs his head with a hoof in some confusion.]

Or... I think I did.

dictated forever

[doublethefun]

[...huh. Canterlot, Equestria. Gotta be a pony. But...who?

...

...





Oh.]

Greetings, Captain. I can assure thee that thou art no longer in Canterlot.

[ponyfeathers. What was his name again?]

Re: dictated forever

[armore]

... Princess Luna? But I thought-

[A PAUSE. Then his voice suddenly gets way more serious.]

What do you mean, not in Canterlot?

[doublethefun]

This is Cair Paradisa. [dryly] A rather long way from home, as 'twere.

[armore]

If I'm not in Canterlot, there's nobody to maintain the barrier. Please, Princess, there has to be something to do. How did I get here?

Dictated/Apologies Forever

[i_got_this]

[Equestria? Oh yeah, Namby-pamby land. South sights in audible exasperation.]

Don't get your panties in a knot, I'm sure everything's fine where you're from.

same. Though not with the apologies.

[armore]

Really? I'm not. A threat has recently been made against Canterlot, and the Princess herself requested that I maintain a barrier spell around the city. I'm the only pony who can do it - if I'm not there, it means trouble for home. Besides all that, there was... something upset my bride. I need to find her.

:3

[i_got_this]

[With much feigned urgency.] Oh no, that's awful! We'll have to get you sent home right away!

[Deadpan] Except no one's figured how, yet. Sorry pal, you're stuck here like the rest of us.

[billiardsplz]

[Equestria, doesn't that something to do with horses?]

Hey, calm your pony hooves already.

...You are a pony, aren't you?

[armore]

... what else would I be? Griffons aren't that common.

[billiardsplz]

Yeah, about that. The majority of this castle is made up of humans.

dictated.

[tending]

I'm sorry, I haven't met anyone named Cadance.. b-but I'm also new here! Someone told me that the journals are very important because, with them, you can talk to anyone in the castle!

S-so if she's here, she will hear you!

[armore]

[His voice turns friendlier, and a little softer.]

Yeah, I've been getting that feeling. Or, well, I figured they were being used for some kind of communication. The other option was that I was going crazy, and was imagining a talking book.

Thank you - it's good to know that you haven't heard from Cadance. But I guess there would still be a chance, wouldn't there?

[tending]

[ She laugh, having recalled a similar incident where she did just that. ]

W-when I first arrived, I made the mistake of thinking the journal was possessed! Thankfully, she forgave me.

There could be! I'm also looking for my friends, but I haven't found them yet. What does Cadance look like? If I see her, I'll tell her you are looking for her!

[adorbs]

U-Um, I think your home is safe! [asdgh this guy sounds very serious, so she finds herself a little tense when responding]

[armore]

So I've been told.

It's good to know that, at least.

[His voice is softer and more resigned, this time]

[adorbs]

You've got a fiance...[hmmm] Are you getting married?