MisterChippy

D'oh jeez. I wanna make a request, but you're already SOOOOO overwhelmed.

That's one of the many benefits of being a sociopath. I made my request and feel absolutely no guilt!

Once I didn't feel bad when fluttershy cried, and didn't baptize myself in the blood of a basilisk.

A holy hand grenade is the only punishment

HOW DARE YOU! THIS PUNISHMENT IS GETTING OFF LIGHTLY!

Shorts count

I have just one question. Are you wearing

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If so, then welcome to canterlot! (skirts and dresses count too)

My Steam is King Chrysalis

I usually play Pyro, (W+M1 FTW) but I'll use any class appropriate for the map.

I've got a Face Melting Flamethrower that I want to name W+M1.

I'm also fighting the urge to rename my Robot Chicken hat Scootabelle.

+like if you get why that's funny.

Also, a big thank you to Phil the Time Wizard! He's going to be running a character in this RP as well, only his character is the assistant to the mysterious pony who sent all the letters. Assuming I'm not around treat his word as law. He knows all the bad guys and also is probably the only person besides me who knows... what this is about. (Or at least he will when I get around to telling him.) Therefor you should do as he says.

So remember to listen to Phil, and also thank him for agreeing to help me out with this!

See Discord, Luna, and Chrysalis in the picture below?

Could you draw me something similar, except with them being more like this:

Like a bawss

For you're whole life, there's always been something you craved. Adventure, fame, money, power, love. Whatever it was, you wanted it badly, but you'd never been able to find it. Then, out of the blue, you received an invitation to join The Game. You threw it out at first, convinced in was nothing more than a joke, some junk mail scam designed to take your money. Then the other letters arrived. Pictures of you, those you cared about, those you despised. Pictures of you when you thought you were alone. All accompanied by another invitation. An invitation to join in The Greatest Game Ever Played.

Dear Friend.

I am sending you this message to inform you that you are cordially invited to take part in my game. This game is not for the faint of heart, but those who can press on through the challenges can make their wildest dreams come true. This game has no prizes, except for those that you take for yourself. This game has no entrance fee, except for a willingness to do what is needed. And, most importantly of all, this game has no rules.

At some point in the future you can expect to receive another letter. Inside this letter will be a location. Go there at the time specified an meet with your team. You must all work together to reach the goal. But beware, for there is not one, but two teams! The second team must stop you if they wish to have their rewards, and they will stop at nothing to do so. But if you can triumph over them, your future is bright.

I am pleased that you have accepted my invitation. Please try not to be late.

Welcome to The Great Game! For those of you who've been keeping track of the posts in this forum during the past two weeks you'll probably have a decent idea of what this is about. For those who don't, let me spell it out for you:

The Great Game is a mystery RP with a twist. Like most mystery RPs you've got to solve a dark mystery that will unwind as the game goes on. However, in this RP you not only have to face down the GM (me), but your own friends! That's right, I've been recruiting people to play the villains in this little adventure, and you're gonna have to figure out who they are, and what they want.

Before I get to signups, let me just lay down a few rules that you'll have to follow to play this RP:

1. NO METAGAME DISCUSSION! You're characters only know what they know, not what you know. If you look up another player's OC and find that their app said that they have a 'shady background', don't mention this. Firstly, the bad guys are diverse and that won't help you out any, and secondly your character would have no way of knowing that. However, if another character finds a clue and nothing bad happens to them, you can assume that they told you what they found out. Just stay in character.

2. My word is law. If I say that your character opens a door and falls into a trap, they opened a door and fell into a trap. Don't argue. I have a reason for everything I do. Remember, I WANT YOU TO WIN. I just want you to enjoy the journey to winning.

3. If I tell you something is secret, DON'T TELL PEOPLE! You could ruin the game for everyone else if you do.

4. Follow the site rules. This may be a mystery/crime RP, but I'm not having anyone do anything graphic. You shouldn't either.

Ok, that's it for the boring stuff... PSYCH!

I still have to tell you how to sign up! Here are some guidelines for signups:

1. Only one character. Anypony will be accepted, but if you already agreed to be a villain it needs to be that pony.

2. A small paragraph (or longer) detailing your OC's (or cast member's) reaction to the letter. Make it good, and don't skimp out on the words. What's the point of RPing if you don't want to write a little? Think of this as a little sample of your work. Also, villains, remember not to post anything here that would give you away. Don't even hint that you're evil.

3. Finish it off with a really, really bad joke. Because you can.

Any questions? If you have one, post it here.

Now, LET THE GAME BEGIN! (Also, I'll give you a cookie if you can tell me where I got the name for this game.)

Never Gonna Give You Up is one of the songs I always dance to. I actually really love that song. Another confession of mine. XD

It's one of the only two songs that I actually know the dance to. I'll give you one guess for the other one.

1. When songs I love start playing, I dance like crazy when no one's around. (Please don't tell me I'm the only one who doesn't do this. I know at least SOMEONE here does that. )

I sometimes do that. Not so much with songs that I really like, but with really bad songs that I like (such as never gonna give you up).

My confessions...

1. Right now I kinda hate my best friend. He's been really annoying lately so I'm avoiding him.

2. I can't scream. All I can do is make a high pitched, girly shriek. Which is weird considering I'm a bass.

3. I secretly think my facial hair (which is blond) looks kinda stupid, so whenever I take a picture I use bad light to hide it. I can't shave it because then I'd look different and that would be weird, although I do keep it short.

4. I think I'm the most attractive person I know.

5. I'm very ashamed about #4.

6. Because my facial hair is blond I sometimes only shave every other day, since most people can't see that I haven't shaved unless they actually look at my face.

7. I hate talking about intelligence, because I'm very smart and always feel like I'm bragging.

8. I once dated someone for over a month without realizing we were dating.

9. I'm constantly worried that people think I look ugly. (A direct contradiction of #4, but still true.)

10. When people aren't looking I pick my nose.

Sniper plays a similar role to Scout in how useful their liquid secondaries are. Jarate is your beat friend

Also, our Aussie friend, like the Spy can deal massive damage to single targets. So those Medics towards the end, as well as Sniperbots and Giants are yours to take out with headshots.

If headshots are beyond you (as they are with me...) use the Sydney Sleeper. It simply can't headshot and you have even more ways to dish out minicrit status for your team.

Try Sniper with that load out and simply focus on helping the team. They'll love you.

Yeah, sniper really is a support class in MVM. However, if you're good enough you can actually be devastating in combat. You're worthless in close quarters (without a suped up cleaners carbine), but you can be lethal from long range. You can't dish out damage fast enough to cut swaths in the enemy lines, but you're the best and taking out the bomb bot before it upgrades too much. Also, quickscope headshots murder giant robots so fast it isn't funny.

If you want to kill, use the machina. It has more damage and you won't need to buy penetration, plus the robots don't actually see so they're just as likely to notice you if you don't use the tracers. A support sniper should use the sleeper, since mini-crits are a must have in this game mode. However, huntsman actually can deal tons of damage. If you give it bleed & penetration then fire it through the crowd you'll do around 100 damage to five robots, not counting bleed damage. You can soften up tons of robots like this, and if you just fire at head level you have a very good chance of killing a lot of robots really fast. The one weakness of this strategy is your lack of ammo and giant robots, which are actually kinda difficult to headshot with this bow.

I'd actually suggest sniping in MVM if you're a bad sniper. You'll be pretty useless to your team, but it's the best training ground availiable.

This sounds cool. I might take a stab at it.

From Friday the 7th to Monday the 10th I probably won't be on. For reasons even I'm not sure about I have to drive halfway across the country to pick something up, then drive it back. I might be on in the evenings (assuming hotels have internets) but it's not likely.

Just a quick little update on how this is going and a bit more explanation.

Firstly, I still need more bad guys. If you are interested, even if you don't plan on actually playing the RP but just want info, message me! A few awesome people replied a few hours after I posted this topic, but now two days have passed without any other responses and I'm getting worried that nopony else is gonna respond.

Secondly, a clarification:

The 'bad guys' do not have to actually be evil. They don't even have to be bad. All that's required is the slightest possibility that they might do something mildly unethical under extreme circumstances. If you are at all interested in playing a villain, even if your only character is a charity worker who saves kittens from trees in their free time, please message me! I'm sure I can help you find some motivation for doing the wrong thing. I'm kinda worried that people saw the title 'bad guys wanted' and said "Darn. This sounds cool, but I don't have an OC who's evil enough to qualify."

So yeah. I need just a few more people! Please message me!

Terrible people don't know they're terrible, while the good ones know better than to try advanced

Yeah. I feel that since I'm normally in the top 3 on whatever server I play on I can safely say I'm good, and I have yet to play Mann Up. I have played the advanced missions, but I really spend most of my time playing the normal ones. I guess that I feel like until I have a better understanding of the game mode and which strategies are effective it would be stupid to play what are some really challenging missions. While I love games that I can't beat, I really can only play the same wave eight times before I start to lose interest.

Also, just one terrible player can sink a team of great players on advanced missions, so I only play those when my friend's server is up. That way I know I have decent teammates.

Hello! Mister Chippy here with something that wasn't ever actually intended to be a full blown story. This was originally just one small part of the backstory for a character that I might be fielding in an RP that explains how he got his name and his cutie mark. However, as always happens with this character, the story just took over. Before I knew it it was 11 and I'd written five pages. I really like this story and hope to do a lot more with this character.

Just one brief warning, this story does have some sequences of action and some mild violence. Just keep that in mind while reading it. Nothing graphic, but this is an all ages site so I figured that I'd better put this here.

And so, without further ado, here's the story!

It all started after he graduated from school. He wanted to be an actor, and he was very good at it. However, he was a full grown stallion without a cutie mark. For a while he saw this as a blessing, as it meant that he could easily put on makeup so that he'd have the appropriate cutie mark for whatever character he was playing, but it was slowly driving him crazy. He was one of the the best actors in all of Manehattan! He had studied acting so seriously that he could even see the roles that other ponies took on to get through their days. He could see their lies, their inner demons. He knew them better then they knew themselves. If this wasn't his special talent, what was?

Eventually he could take it no longer. Tired of the unsatisfying life he was living, he hopped on the train to Las Pegasus, intent on destroying what was left of his life at the tables and bars there. When he arrived he immediately went for the biggest, fanciest casino he could find. He managed to get inside by pretending to be immensely wealthy, which was easy to do for him, and quickly went over to the high stakes poker table. Before he sat down though, he watched three games get played in front of him. It was amazing. The dealer was a pro. White Mask had never seen any pony manipulate his audience so well while keeping his own face blank. However, it wasn't blank enough. White Mask could tell every card he had in his hand. He knew that if he could sit down at that table he would walk away a rich pony. The only problem was a ten thousand bit ante.

All thoughts of self destruction gone from his mind, White Mask tried thinking of some way that he could make ten thousand bits fast. It was then that he noticed the safe. There, right in the middle of the gaming hall, was a huge steel safe, guarded by twenty tough looking unicorns. Every hour, the pony manning the desk where you could buy chips walked over to the safe and deposited ludicrous amounts of money into it. An ostentatious display of wealth, but a fairly risk free one, since it would take an army to defeat the highly trained guards defending it. Or would it...

White Mask had always been a good pony. He'd always done what he was told and followed the rules. But he'd been a failure. In all his life he'd never even found out what his special talent would be. Yes, he decided, White Mask was a failure. In fact, the goal of destroying himself had merit after all. It was time for him to take on a new role, one which would be much more rewarding.

Quietly, the now nameless pony snuck over to the stage in the back of the casino. He slipped behind the curtain and had a quick look around. Yes, there wasn't any-pony here right now. He dashed over to a table where a magician had left his props. Yes, he thought to himself, these would do. As he put the top hat over his horn and donned the cape he considered wearing a mask, then dismissed the idea. What good would a mask do? Then ponies wouldn't know who he was, and by the time he was through he expected every pony to know his name, even if he didn't. He was done with masks.

Grabbing a few packs of trick cards and some other gimmicks, he quietly snuck out the back exit, then made his way back to the front. As he stood there, gazing up at the gaudy facade of the casino, he had a moment of hesitation. Now that he'd cast off his identity, he finally felt like he was somepony. Did he really want to throw that away one some long shot plan?

Of course he did. That was why he was doing this. Because it was a gamble. That's what he'd come here to do in the first place, wasn't it? It was just that the games at the casino had been too tame. Well, now it was time for him to make his own game.

Smiling widely, he walked up the front stairs and into the building, carrying himself like he owned the place. Just as he'd expected, the receptionist didn't recognize him.

“Hello sir!” She said, smiling at him. “May I help you with anything.”

“Yes. I intend to steal all the money in this building, then hold the occupants hostage for even more.” He said so nonchalantly that it took her a few seconds to register what he'd just said. When she finally did, she immediately pressed a big red button under the counter. Suddenly alarms filled the air, shutters slammed shut on all the counters, and the safe fell through a huge hole in the floor that quickly closed up. The guards all turned and saw him standing there. He smiled at them.

“Hello. I assume you fine gentlemen are going to stop me?” He asked them, sauntering over. They were nervous, he could tell that. They were all pretty sure he was bluffing, but to bluff like this would be suicide. Nobody would be crazy enough to do that, would they? However, the leader was well trained and knew that if he did have a plan, it revolved around their hesitation while they tried to figure him out. He charged at the nameless pony, getting ready to unleash a powerful spell, and the rest of the guards followed his lead. Suddenly, right before they were going to run him over, they all turned and bolted for the back of the casino. As one, the fired off large blasts of magical energy, blowing some of the gaming tables apart and revealing a white unicorn in a hat sneaking around underneath them.

“You think we're so dumb that you could fool us with an illusion? Hah! Even a first rate illusion like that one is no match for our skills.” The leader said with a smirk.

“Gentlemen, I'm afraid you have me all wrong. You see. I'm the real illusion.” He said, looking up at them.

“Yeah right! Surrender now and you will not be harmed. Much.”

“I don't think I shall.”

“Have it your way then.” The leader said, then he fired another blast of energy at the pony at his feet. The patrons who hadn't fled yet flinched as it struck him, the gasped as it went right through him. The guard looked surprised, then turned around to see the pony he'd dismissed as an illusion earlier calmly walking over to the trap door the safe had just gone through. The pony turned his head over to them and smirked. The fools had fallen for it. He'd actually created two illusions. One subtle one and one noisy one. He'd then sent the subtle one to go sneak around over there and worn the other like a coat. The guard had seen the magical aura and automatically assumed it was an illusion. Everything was working perfectly so far.

With a bellow of rage, the guards charged him as one. Staring at them, he calmly stopped in his tracks and turned to face them. He saw the energy gathering around their horns, forming magical sabers so sharp they could slice through steel. Good. Using his own magic, he made a saber of his own. It was nowhere nearly as sharp as the ones coming at him right now, but it was just as hard. The fools had no idea who they were messing with.

As they reached him, he suddenly adopted a fencers stance and met them head on. They had training, they had stronger magic, and they outnumbered him. But he was better. All throughout his acting career he'd played the villains. He loved them for two reasons. One, they were always far more interesting than the main characters, and two, they always got to fight. Stage combat was one of his passions. And after all, isn't all the world a stage?

Grinning, he parried and riposted with the guards, luring them close to him and then tripping them up with his superior footwork. He was fully aware of his surroundings, not from some innate sense, but because the guards were telling him everything he needed to know. They kept looking over his shoulder, telling him that one had gotten behind him, or even just telling him what their next more would be through their footwork. To onlookers the sight was amazing. Twenty guards attacked one unicorn who seemed to be able to see the future. He dodged or parried every attack, and eventually he'd slice a flank with his foil, inflicting a harmless injury that none the less rendered the guard immobile. After five minutes the it was only him and the leader left. All the other guards were down on the ground, all of them alive.

The leader couldn't believe this. One pony, one little trickster, had managed to defeat nineteen trained warriors. All without dealing a single fatal blow or even getting scratched once. The nameless pony smiled and stepped forward.

“Come now. I've beaten all of your men. Their lives are currently in my hands, as are the lives of everyone else in this miserable little building. What can you do to stop me.” He said tauntingly.

“Refuse to give you the money. Only I can open that safe now, and protecting that is my job. Not protecting the customers, or my men.” The leader said, preparing to charge into battle once again.

“Sigh. Now this simply won't do. You're saying that you won't ever open that safe, even if I threaten to kill everyone here, you included? Fool. Noble sentiment like that is why the world is in the state it's in today. Very well then. I'll cut you a deal.”

“You can't bribe me!”

“I wasn't talking about a bribe. I was talking about a game. If I win, I'll take the money and leave, but if you win I'll surrender.”

“Hah! Like I'm that stupid. Whatever game you suggest will be rigged.”

“But that's the thing. You see, my dear guardian, it will not be me who suggests the game. It will be you. Pick any game you like, as long as it's something we can play with what we have here and either one of us has a chance to win.”

The guard froze, unsure of what to do. There had to be a catch, he knew it! But what choice did he have. He'd seen this guy in action, and he didn't want to go up against him again. This sounded like a pretty good deal, assuming he could pick the right game.

“How do I know you'll keep your end of the deal?” The guard asked.

“Simple. There's an easy binding spell I can cast that will make it so that which ever one of us loses will have to make good on their end of the bargain.”

“I'm not letting you cast a spell on me! I'll cast it.” The guard said, the he proceeded to grunt until a beam of light connected their two horns.

“There. I accept you deal. And the game we're going to play will be... Arm wrestling!” He said, a large grin on his face. This guy was very skilled, and maybe he could see the future, but neither of those would help him out in a contest of pure strength. Sure, he was pretty fit, but the guard could bend iron bars in half. This contest would be easy.

Calmly, the white pony walked over to a table in the midst of the wreckage and put his right arm down on the table, his other arm dangling loosely by his side. Smirking, the guard sat down and took the proffered hoof in his own.

“First hoof to touch the table looses. Ready?”

“Yes.” The white pony said, awfully calm.

“Go!” The guard yelled, using all his strength to push his opponents hoof to the table. Suddenly, he felt a searing blast of pain and all the strength went out of his arm. He heard his hoof crash to the table, then he felt a tingling in his horn. The spell was activating, forcing him to open the safe! White faced, he looked down and his right arm and saw that the white pony had stabbed him with a huge splinter of wood from one of the smashed up table. He turned to look at his opponent, who was calmly picking a little splinter of wood out of his left hoof.

“You... cheated.” He said, feeling light headed.

“You never said I couldn't.” The white pony said.

“H... How? How did you plan all of this? How did you know it would work?” the guard grunted out, feeling a little bit faint.

“I didn't. I took a gamble. Isn't that what one is supposed to do in a casino?” The white pony said, watching the safe rise up out of the floor and swing open.

“You... You're one high roller, aren't you?” The guard said, watching the white pony walk towards the safe, idly drawing cards from a deck he'd pulled from his pocket.

“Yes. Yes I am.”

“Wait... before you go... What's your name?” The guard asked, losing consciousness fast.

The pony stopped for a moment, smiled, then resumed walking over towards his newfound riches.

“You just said it.”

As he started fading out, the guard saw High Roller's cape fall to one side, and he got a good look at his enemies cutiemark. It was a royal straight flush, accompanied by two dice, one reading 1, the other 6. High Roller, ignored him, instead staring at the five cards he'd just drawn. Then, grunting in annoyance, he threw them on the floor. The last thing the guard saw before falling unconscious was an ace of spades, accompanied by a king, queen, jack, and a ten, all fluttering slowly to the floor.

(Don't worry, the guard's still alive. The spell combined with the wound made him lose all his energy and fall unconscious. He woke up in half an hour feeling fine, although he did wear his arm in a sling for a month after this)

Hope you enjoyed it!

Little late on the draw there guys.

This has kinda already been picked apart by most of the fandom. Various frame by frame and sound byte picking apart endevours have lead to the conclusion that it's not a kiss (plus one of the animation staff was like 'lul naw' on their DA a while ago. I forget who though.)

As much as I love shipping, haha no, it's not a kiss sadly. Just a really weird swoosh noise while they're faces are close together.

Yeah, I know that this probably was a kiss. But it really looks/sounds like one and that in and of itself is significant. You'll notice that all I say in the first post is that it LOOKs like a kiss. I'm just wondering what the implications of that in and of itself are.

Hi! Mister Chippy here and I have a great idea for an Mystery/Adventure RP! It's actually a really cool idea and I think if it gets started It'll work really well. The only thing is that it requires some ponies to act as the bad guys.

I'm looking for a group of about four to six ponies (or other creatures) of questionable morals to serve as villains. The ponies DON'T need to be evil, or even mean. They can just be in it for the thrills, or for some other morally ambiguous reason. I just need a group of a few ponies who might not mind breaking a few rules for various reasons.

If you're interested in this idea

DON'T POST HERE!

Part of what's gonna make this RP work is that people won't know who the bad guys are. If you posted saying 'I wanna be a bad guy!' that would kinda defeat the purpose of this whole thing. Therefor, if you have an OC (or even a cast member) who might be interested in participating in this caper, MESSAGE ME.

However, if you're interested in the RP at all, whether as a good guy or a bad guy, just wait a little bit. After I get a bit more planning done (I can't plan to far ahead without knowing what resources I have at my disposal) I'm gonna post a sign up thread for the RP.

I'm scared of dogs, things that can sting, and the ocean.

No, I'm not scared of pools, or lakes, or rivers, but if you want to see me get uncomfortable just put me on a cruise liner.

The first two are because of traumatic childhood experiences (attacked by a doberman and stuck my hand in a yellow jacket nest) but I have no clue why the ocean frightens me.

Personally, I don't like Discord as Bolas purely because I want the two to meet. Just imagine that! The two most powerful Dragonoid creatures in the multiverse duking it out, probably because they just don't like one another. Bolas might be a powerful planeswalker, but Discord is a Progenitus level threat at the very least. I seriously doubt Bolas could take him down, but I'd love to watch him try. Discord might not have the pure power of Bolas, but he's just as old and probably three times as tricky. Bolas may be strong, but he doesn't have the power to bend reality to his will on a whim. Also, if Discord was very, very powerful that might explain why nobody ever went to Equestria, since they didn't want to have to mess with him.

Also, Starswirl could easily be an oldwalker. That would explain his (assumed) immortality and his mysterious disappearance from Equestria. Also, he already has a library. Ba dump crash! Get it? Library? Like a deck? Ah I crack myself up.

Also, for the 'fuzzy bridge' thing, why not Lorwyn? That would explain the fantastical creatures and I also just feel that Lorwyn and Equestria being connected is just right somehow.

As for Ravnica I have plenty of ideas but I'm kinda paralyzed by RtR. I can't suggest any of my theories because I know that they're gonna be shot down very, very soon. I think I'm gonna wait for RtR to come out, then think about Ravnica. I still really want to do Ravnica though.

As I said in the first post, I think it sounds like a kissing noise.

However, while I think it was intentional, I don't think it has any plot relevance. While I would be very happy if it turned out that flutterdash was real, I just can't see that happening the way the world is today. Yes, Hasbro is an international corporation, but America (and other very conservative countries like it) make up a huge portion of it's market, and I can't see Hasbro doing something that might alienate a large chunk of potential customers for any reason, whether to satisfy a specific fan group or to give some social message. Also, Hasbro is known to not be very gay friendly, so I seriously doubt that they'd have an openly gay couple in one of their kids shows.

Personally I think this is the animators trying to push the envelope a little and cater to the brony fandom, not anything heraldic of big changes to come.

Firstly, watch this with sound on:

OMG they kissed! Right?

Wellll, maybe... Here's a screenshot:

However, this might be a bit misleading. I watched the whole sequence frame by frame and couldn't see any moment where it was clear that a kiss took place. Then again, the sequence wasn't meant to be watched frame by frame and at full speed it really looks like they're kissing. Then, we have the sound effect...

No, youtube did not add that kissing sound there. That was there in the REAL EPISODE. And lets be serious here. Can you come up with ANY other sound that that could possibly be besides a kiss? I couldn't. Combined with how this sequence looks, I have to say that all this being a coincidence is very, very unlikely.

However, I think whether or not this was actually a kiss doesn't really matter. It LOOKED like a kiss, it SOUNDED like a kiss, and we all know how in touch the creators of the show are with the brony community. Whoever drew that frame I posted MUST have known what it would look like to bronies, and whoever added that sound effect MUST have known what it would sound like. I think it's safe to say that they deliberately threw that little sequence in there for some reason, and I wonder why they did it.

I think this thread should be more for talking about the implications of this scene then whether or not it really happened, since the scene is here and no matter what you think you gotta admit it looks like a kiss. What does it mean that in a little kids show there is a scene where two female character appear to be kissing each other?

I'd be willing to help out with this! I'll warn you that I have NO IDEA what happened after New Pheryxia, but if you want Ravnica lore and speculation then you've come to the right place! I'm active enough to be helpful.

However, serious warning here, I'll do whatever I can to tie Ravnica into the plot.

Luna's the stronger of the two anyways.