"They okay?" I asked Magician, the both of us outside the infirmary. It's been a week since Chrysalis and Twilight recovered Obelisk and Slifer, and I had dueled Luna and Red. Both were recovering and being watched after in the infirmary, but both Luna and her partner, Ruin, were withdrawn. Red was too, given what happened, but he was recovering from that quickly.

"The same as yesterday, Josh," he replied. "Honestly, just because they recovered quickly to begin with doesn't mean they will become fully healthy in a day."

"I meant are they okay for me to see them?"

"Well, why did you not just say that?" Magician asked with a bit of a smirk. "Yes, you can see them. I can not say for how long, though. This is their first time seeing you after shit hit the fan."

"I'll take it easy, then," I said before I entered the room, and saw Red talking with Luna.

"Lulu, it wasn't your fault," he was saying to her. "It was the bastard Osris' fault."

"But I did nothing to stop it when I could have," Luna said, looking down at the floor the entire time. "Both Ruin and i had prepared in case of mental control because of the first time we became Nightmare, and still, we fell again."

"None of us knew Celestia was in his thrall, Luna," Red said, trying to comfort the former alicorn, but failing.

"No, but I should have seen it. Ever since she had 'escaped', she acted differently. She was cold to all of the guards, even those who had lost family to the Order. The real Celestia wouldn't have, and noticing would have given us some warning."

"We don't know that, Lulu," Red said. "We all saw it, but played it off as stress. Makes sense it was a changeling then, given how good at being manipulative they can be."

"You do realize they only attacked the wedding because they were starved, right?" I asked, coming into the conversation.

"Josh, thanks for helping us out," Red said, "but right now, we just want to be left alone."

"I just wanted to see how you guys were doing," I replied, putting my hands up.

"Fine," he said, not looking at me. "We'll leave when we're ready."

Well, don't think I'm going to get anything else. "Then Ill leave you two alone," I said before leaving the room.

"I expected you to do some kind of speech to motivate Luna to get herself together," Magician said as I exited the room.

"Normally, yeah," I said. "But with that whole time issue where time flows differently here than there as well as the fact that she obviously won't get over it soon, even with a kick in the ass. Literal or figurative."

"Well, if that's the reason," he said. "By the way, Chrysalis and Twilight wanted to see you in the dining hall after this."

"And you couldn't tell me this earlier?"

"Not like withholding hurt."

I stayed silent, rolling my eyes before making my way to the dining room, passing a few duel spirits on the way there, most giving a slight bow out of respect as I passed.

As I entered the dining room, guarded by one Ancient gear Knight and Soldier on each side of the doors, I could hear Twilight and Chrysalis talking.

"Are you even sure he'd be up for this?" I heard Twilight say. "I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm up for it, but the question is is Josh willing."

"Given how he looks at both of use when he thinks we're not looking and the fact you've gotten more voluptuous since the incident upon us coming here, I'd say he's willing to try even," I heard Chrysalis reply. "All we have to do is ask."

"Ask what?" I asked as I reached where the two sat, making both of them jump.

"How many times do we have to tell you to not do that?" Chrysalis asked.

"No idea," I replied. "Again, ask what?"

The two looked at one another out of the corner of their eyes with slight unease before Twilight spoke up. "Well, Josh, we were wondering. . .well, if you, I don't know. . . go on a date with the two of us?"