November 6^th, 2019
Tuesday
Cloudy

Daytime

School Days - Persona

Since they didn’t do as much fighting last night and were able to get some rest time in the Library, Starlight didn’t feel as worn out this time around. No, the worst thing she was dealing with was the lingering effects of her connecting with Rarity’s nymphomania.

Wearing her sexier ensemble from Lady Love did help a bit, as she enjoyed the attention, and even found herself flirting right back a bit. She had to catch herself a few times, though, as she could tell she was getting a bit too into it at places.

She really needed to talk to someone about a way of purging this. Maybe Igor or Victor could help? She could use this as an excuse to see Victor.

Oh Victor~

I bet he could be a great help in dealing wi-

She caught herself again, as she could NOT space out in the middle of class. Trixie reached over to take her hand, gently squeezing it. Starlight assured Trixie that she was okay.

“Well, if you’re sure,” Trixie said, visibly uncertain. For now they left it at that, and Starlight continued to listen to the lecture in class. She felt significantly more intelligent after listening in class.

end song

After school

After getting her things from her locker, Starlight met up with Trixie at the front entrance to the school.

“I seriously hope you know what you’re doing,” Trixie said as the left the school building, “For that matter, how are we going to pull this off?”

“I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure that out,” Starlight admitted, folding her arms under her bosom and intentionally pushing them up, “We need to do it in a way where Rarity knows we can get into the Diamond Dog HQ.”

Trixie blushed a bit at that, “And she seems pretty against you getting anywhere near that place. I keep hoping there’s a way to do this without us directly-” she stopped and looked ahead at the school gate, “Shit.”

Starlight looked herself, and immediately her heart leaped out of her chest. It was Blueblood. He still had a pretty nice looking bruise on his face, was flanked by two boys from the football team, and he did not look happy.

Troubled - Persona 3

He was also glaring right at them.

Starlight reacted immediately, stepping in front of Trixie and subtly pushing her behind her, glaring at Blueblood as he pushed off the gate and walked over to them.

“Oh no, it’s not Beatrix I’m after this time,” Blueblood seethed.

“You know, hearing that doesn’t make me feel much better,” Trixie said, this time moving to stand beside Starlight and meeting Blueblood’s glare, “What do you want with Starlight?”

“I want an explanation,” Blueblood said, pulling out his phone again, “See, I asked around, and seems someone saw your prismatic haired friend turn in my phone with a smirk on her face.”

“Probably saw what happened to it and thought it was funny,” Starlight answered with a smirk, “Considering what was on it, it’s hilarious to me.”

“You would say that,” he turned his nose to the air, “See, Rainbow isn’t in school today, so I can’t confront her. But I can confront her leader.”

“What are you talking abou-” Blueblood grabbed Starlight’s hand and held it up, emphasizing her Channeling Ring.

“Hey! Let her go you-” the other boys from the football team held Trixie back, preventing her from jumping in, “What the fuck?! Out of my way assholes!”

“Stay out of this!” he snapped at Trixie before turning back to Starlight, “Don’t think I didn’t notice. You’ve been wearing this since the day you came to this school.”

“What does that have to do with anything?!” Starlight asked, trying to pull her wrist free from Blueblood’s grip.

“Kinda funny that Beatrix started wearing one around the time she began hanging out with you, along with Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash.” he narrowed his eyes, “You did something to my phone, didn’t you? That or you ordered Rainbow Dash to do something to it!”

“Let, me go!” Starlight demanded.

“Maybe what you need is to be taught a personal lesson,” Blueblood said dangerously, “Bet that’d get you talking.”

“H-hey Blueblood, I don’t think she knows anything,” one of the boys holding Trixie back said.

“Yeah man, maybe we should just back off. You can get a new phone pretty easily from your-”

“Shut up!” Blueblood snapped at his two “friends”, “It’s not about the phone, it’s about what’s in it! I need it, and I’m not going to rest until this bitch undoes what Rainbow Bright did to it!”

“If you do anything to her, I swear to God, I’ll make your life a living hell!” Trixie shouted, trying to push past the boys holding her back, “HEY!!! SOMEONE COME QUICK!!!”

“Shut her up!” Blueblood ordered his friends.

“Dude, it’s just a phone! You’re taking this way too-”

“I SAID SHUT HER UP!” Blueblood demanded, his eyes going manic. For the first time, Starlight was seriously afraid for her life in front of Blueblood. He looked like he might actually-

Sunset Bridge - Persona 5

A loud whistle caught everyone’s attention, “And just what the fuck is going on here?” Rover called out, two other Diamond Dogs beside him along with his husky Link by his side. In his hand was a long wooden pole, significantly thick too. Seeing him, Starlight’s heart raced a bit.

Rover walked into the school courtyard over to Blueblood, prompting him to do the smart thing and release Starlight, turning to face the gang leader, “What are you doing here? These are school grounds, you know?”

“Yeah, I know,” he looked around, “Pretty swanky school grounds, too,” he looked to Starlight, “You alright?”

“My wrist hurts a bit, but I’ll live,” Starlight said nursing said wrist. Whatever was about to happen next, she was going to enjoy every second of it.

Rover’s narrowed his eyes before giving Blueblood his full attention, “You know, I think I’ve seen you before,” he snapped his fingers, “Right. You’re the guy who won that game against Crystal Prep a few weeks back. Tirek’s kid, right?”

“That’s right, I’m his son,” Blueblood said carefully, “Why?”

Starlight blinked at that. Tirek was Blueblood’s father?

“Just makin’ sure I was right. I know your dad, pretty well actually,” Rover began twirling the stick around, surprisingly professional looking, “Bet playing sports, you gotta be careful of injury. Ever heard of a spiral fracture?”

“Can’t, say that I, have,” Blueblood realized that the two other Diamond Dogs were now standing behind him, and the husky was circling him and his friends. Starlight and Trixie backed away to give them more space.

“That’s a nasty one,” Rover said with a wince, “See, that’s when the bone,” he held the pole up, “It breaks, but not straight. Instead what happens is the bone-” he took the pole and twisted it, snapping it in two in the process, “Just like that.”

Blueblood paled, “R-really?”

Rover nodded, looking at Blueblood intently, “I know a guy that got one of those. Didn’t heal properly. Years later, still can’t run right. Guy with a promising career in sports, should really be careful of that,” he patted him on the arm, “Know what I mean?”

“Y-yes. I, um, I know what you mean…” Blueblood said softy, “Hey, um, I just realized I need to take care of something, so…”

“Yeah, why don’t you get to that?” Rover said, narrowing his eyes a bit.

Blueblood nodded and walked off quickly, his two friends nodding to Rover before leaving after him.

“Rover, um, thank you,” Starlight said softly.

“Thank your friend,” Rover said, motioning to Trixie, “She screamed just loud enough for us to hear when we walked by.”

Trixie just smiled a bit, looking down, “If his friends weren’t stopping me, I’d have decked him myself.”

Starlight smiled in return, and then turned to Rover, “Still, you didn’t have to step in like that.”

“No, I didn’t,” Rover smirked, “But, women in distress are a bit of a trigger of mine.”

“It’s true,” one of the other Diamond Dogs chuckled, “Guy’s actually a big softy when it comes to saving women in particular.”

Rover stomped on his partner’s foot and dug in, “Watch it, Fido!”

Fido apparently, winced in pain but was chuckling, “It’s true, though! Deny it! I dare ya!”

Starlight and Trixie couldn’t help but chuckle a bit at that. Like this, Rover didn’t seem all that scary, really. He seemed almost, relatable. Like he was one of them.

“What’s going on here?” Rarity called out, she and Spike walking up to them, “I heard a scream, and came to investigate.”

“Everyone alright?” Spike asked, tensing a bit when he saw Diamond Dogs there.

“No need to worry,” Rover said, giving Rarity a slight smirk, “I took care of the issue.”

Rarity pursed her lips, “Indeed?”

“Yep. So no need for the “Student Council President” to get her hands dirty,” Rover said somewhat condescendingly, “Who’s the kid? Your new boyfriend or something?”

“I’m her friend, and a member of the student council,” Spike said, stepping forward to face Rover, “I do know about her connection to you.”

Rover’s eyes widened, “Oh. Well that makes it easier, then,” he smirked, “Take it she told you about her call sign?”

“I know of it,” Spike answered, “And a bit of why she has it. Doesn’t change a thing.”

Rover looked Spike up and down, sizing him up, and then chuckled, “I like your style. And speaking of style,” he turned back to Starlight, “Not used to seeing you dressed like this, Little Star. I like what I see.”

Starlight’s heart leaped out of her chest hearing that. Both in excitement and fear. She knew how she needed to play this. If all went well, they might not need to step foot in the base proper. So long as Rarity knew they could…

“It’s, something I like to wear every so often,” she smirked, standing in a way to present herself a bit more, “Can’t be a good girl all the time.”

Rarity’s eyes shot to Starlight, “What is she doing…?” she hissed, just loud enough for Starlight to hear.

Rover’s smirk widened, “So you do have a bit of an edge to you.”

“I’m plenty edgy when I want to be,” Starlight answered.

“It’s true,” Trixie said, going over to Starlight and hugging her arm, now wearing the collar, “Mistress and I are more private with things, but behind closed doors, she’s absolutely vicious~”

Rover raised an eyebrow, “No shit? You’re just full of surprises, aren’t ya, Little Star?”

“More than you know,” Starlight smirked, “I’ll admit, I’m kinda curious about your gang. Especially since meeting Rarity.”

Rarity’s eyes widened. Good. This was working just like she hoped it would.

“Well, how about this? Call me in advance, and I’ll tell the Dogs to keep an eye out for ya. You can stop by and I’ll show ya around,” Rover said.

“So, I’d be welcome into Diamond Dog territory now?” Starlight asked, her heart leaping.

“Yep. In fact, I’ll even make it official,” he turned to his friends, “This bitch? She’s effectively one of us now, and is under my protection. Same goes for anyone with her.”

Fido and the other guy there nodded, “You got it, Boss.”

Rover nodded, “Good,” he then pulled out his phone, he and Starlight trading numbers, “Alright Little Star. Feel free to stop by at anytime.”

“Thank you, Rover,” Starlight pocketed her phone and held out her hand to him. He shook her hand, clearly looking her up and down. She’d admit, in another setting, Rover could have been fun. He had that bad boy air to him, but he didn’t seem like a bad guy at all.

Whoa, slow down, Starlight. Seriously, she needed to do something about this pent up energy.

“Let's go, boys,” Rover said, walking off after giving Rarity a final wave. Fido and the other guy both nodded to everyone and followed after Rover off school grounds. Rarity walked over to Starlight and glared at her.

“What, are you doing?” Rarity asked hotly, “Are you trying to get yourself hurt?!”

“Rover said he’d look out for me,” Starlight answered, “You trust him, right? Why shouldn’t I? Especially after he saved my life?”

Rarity raised her head and barred her teeth. At the same time, Starlight saw that large black and purple wolf monster looming over her, “You’re playin' a dangerous game, Little Star. I can’t protect you if anything bad happens.”

“Nothing bad will happen,” Starlight assured, not sure if she was saying that to the real Rarity, or her dream self. Either way, Rarity closed her eyes and turned to Spike.

“Let’s get going, darling,” she said to him.

“You sure you still want to do this tonight?” Spike asked, “I won’t stop you, but if you need some time to chill then-”

“This will help me chill,” Rarity said, sounding a bit desperate, “Please Spike.”

Spike nodded, “Alright. Hey, um, see ya around Starlight, and be careful.”

Starlight nodded to him, and watched as he and Rarity left.

“So, think that was enough?” Trixie asked Starlight.

“She knows we can access Diamond Dog territory now,” Starlight answered, “That should be enough to change her cognition,” she held a hand to her heart, which was racing.

“Okay, seriously, we need to get you some help,” Trixie said rubbing Starlight’s back, “We got time, so let’s head to the Velvet Room and see what Igor has to offer.”

Starlight nodded, letting Trixie take her to Everfree Park. It was also an excuse to fuse Personas, since she had a feeling she was hitting the final fight soon.

Aria of the Soul - Persona

Trixie wasted no time escorting Starlight to the Velvet Room, and as always sat on the bench beside her, just in case someone walked by. Immediately she felt a bit soothed by the sound of the song playing in the background.

“Welcome, to the Velvet Room,” Igor greeted as Starlight went to sit down before him, “Oh my. Are you well, Miss Glimmer?”

“I, don’t think so,” Starlight said, explaining to Igor a bit of what happened. He nodded gravely.

“Hrm. Indeed. Your magic is somewhat dangerous in that regard. By taking in other emotions, they can leave an imprint on you. Without purging them afterward, you could sustain permanent changes to your psyche,” Igor explained.

Wait? Permanent changes? Was she going to be okay? She didn’t mess up, did she?

“Don’t worry,” Igor assured, sensing her concern, “You’re still at a point where you can purge these emotions safely. Though, I would advise doing so post haste. This could be, distracting, and could augment your magic in ways that you do not want.”

Meaning that if she didn’t do something about this, her Persona abilities could be altered in some way. She didn’t want to risk that, especially at this stage.

“How do I purge these emotions?” Starlight asked.

“Really, there are a number of ways to go about this,” Igor said, “It all depends on the emotion. Either way, I would advise turning to someone that you have a close bond with, and letting them help you.”

Someone she had a close bond with? Well, she was dealing with horniness that wasn’t entirely hers, but Rarity’s. Perhaps he meant Social Links that were either very high, maxed, or at least intimate?

Before leaving the Velvet Room, she fused Ame No Uzume and Rakshasa, resulting in Nue as a Persona. He had a spell for insta-kill of a group, which she was definitely going to get use out of as much as possible.

She bade Igor farewell (yes she gave a flirty wave to Victor), and then left the Velvet Room to return to Trixie’s side.

When the Moon's Reaching Out Stars - Persona 3

Starlight blinked upon leaving the Velvet Room and then sat down on the bench beside Trixie, “So, what did Igor have to say?” Trixie asked. Starlight explained what was happening to her, making Trixie wince, “I knew you taking in those emotions was dangerous. Did he mention how to deal with this?”

“He said to turn to people I have a close bond to,” Starlight said, taking Trixie’s hand, “And well, we are girlfriends now, so…”

Trixie’s eyes widened as her face turned red, “O-oh! You know, in hindsight, that was probably an easy one to figure out,” she admitted, “But, alright then. I’ll help however I can.”

Much as Starlight wanted to do something right here in the park, she knew that it’d have to be something full on sex related, and she still lacked the courage to go that far outside.

“Let’s head back to the dorm, and do something in our room,” Starlight said, giving Trixie a smoldering glare, “You’re not resting until I work through this, okay honey?”

Trixie giggled blushing, “Yes Mistress~”

With that, she felt a bit better already. With Trixie’s help, she managed to get her emotions back in order.

Late Night

Scraper Sky High - Under Night-In Birth

They all finished their homework and got to bed as soon as the Dungeon opened up. At this point, standing before the Diamond Dog HQ, all Starlight and her coven could do was pray that what she did was enough to shift Rarity’s cognition of her dream world.

“Alright, so how do we do this?” Rainbow Dash asked once they arrived.

“All Starlight has to do is approach the HQ,” Twilight said, “If she managed to shift Rarity’s cognition enough, then she’ll be allowed inside.”

“What about the rest of us?” Pinkie Pie asked, “Will be be allowed inside too?”

“Well, Rover did say that anyone associated with Starlight would be okay,” Trixie said, “And well, we are dealing with his actual Shadow.”

“True. Chances are that’ll have an impact on things too,” Twilight said, “Either way, we don’t have a lot of time to come up with a plan B, so let’s pray that this works.”

Starlight nodded and approached the building. At the entrance were two large dog Shadows standing guard. They walked over to Starlight and sniffed her in a somewhat invasive manner, making her really uncomfortable. Both because of how close they were to certain bits, and also because they were Shadows.

“Should we…?” Trixie asked.

“Sad as it is, no,” Twilight said, “If we interfere, we might kill our shot at getting inside.”

“I know, I hate it too,” Rainbow Dash said, “But we’re too close to getting to the end of this.”

Trixie huffed folding her arms, “God I’ll be glad when this is done. I’m so over this Dungeon.”

Eventually the dogs finished checking Starlight out, and turned to the HQ. One of them let out a loud howl, and the gate opened up. Seeing this, Starlight let out a relieved breath before turning to her team.

“Okay, let’s get inside and talk to Rover. Also, keep an eye on anything that stands out that might be a keyword,” Starlight said.

“What would that look like?” Pinkie Pie asked as they walked into the HQ, escorted by one of the guard dog Shadows.

“It seems to vary from Dungeon to Dungeon,” Twilight explained, “For Trixie’s, it was a poster for one of her Father’s shows.”

Trixie pulled her hat over her eyes, thinking about her Father most likely.

“For yours, Pinkie Pie, it was a promo for Bob’s Burger,” Twilight continued, “It was in relation to that commercial that used your image.”

Pinkie Pie rubbed her arm looking away, “So, it’s something that doesn’t match the rest of the Dungeon?”

“From what I can gather, yes,” Starlight confirmed, “In both cases, the items in question didn’t match the general theme for the Dungeon.”

“Makes sense,” Trixie nodded, “That circus was meant to feature me, so my Dad’s posters showing up there would be a bit odd.”

“Bottom line, it’d be easy to spot,” Rainbow Dash said, “We’ll keep our eyes peeled while our Leader grills the boss for info.”

The base itself was pretty large, a lot like a fortress. There were Shadows and basic apparitions all around, some engaging in sexual debauchery, but most glaring at Starlight and her coven as they walked to what she assumed was the main area where Rover was waiting for them.

But what really had Starlight concerned was that she hadn’t seen Rarity yet.

Disquiet - Persona 5

They stopped at a large door. The Shadow escorting them howled at the door and scratched it, prompting it to open. It then turned to Starlight and motioned with its head for her and her team to enter. Starlight nodded and the group entered what appeared to be something akin to a small throne room. It wasn’t super fancy, but it sent a message. Whoever this place belonged to was a king. There was a table off to the side with what appeared to be plans and such, possibly for an attack of some kind, and in the far end was a makeshift throne of some kind.

Sitting in the comfy chair in the far end of the room was Rover’s Shadow, reclining back in the chair with his feet resting on an interesting “foot rest”. Said foot rest was Rarity, chained to the floor on her hands and knees, and a ring gag in her mouth. Like always in the Dungeon, all she wore was a cupless bra, garter belt, fishnet stockings, and leather boots. Her nipples had clamps on them this time, though.

Starlight pursed her lips seeing this. She wouldn’t judge. She came here to get information from Rover’s Shadow, after all.

“Had a feeling I’d be seein’ you soon,” Shadow Rover said with a smirk, “Didn’t think it’d be this soon, Little Star.”

Starlight stepped forward, folding her arms under her breasts and smirking right back, “I wasn’t going to pass up the chance to meet the “King of this Town”,” she looked down at Rarity, meeting eyes with her, “You alright, Rarity?”

“She’s fine,” Rover answered immediately.

“Excuse me,” Starlight said, her eyes going back to Rover, “I was asking her.”

Shadow Rover raised an eyebrow with a slight smirk. Seemed she made the right call there. Starlight turned her attention back to Rarity, going up to her and kneeling before her.

“Are you okay?” Starlight asked Rarity, who whimpered but nodded, pulling at the chains a bit. Starlight reached to caress her, opening herself up to her emotions.

Starlight, please just get out of here!

It’s not safe! I don’t know what he’ll do, but I can’t protect you like this!

Starlight reached up to scratch behind Rarity’s ear. It was awkward, but with the soft whine like noise Rarity made, along with her tongue hanging out from the ring gag, it seemed to comfort her somewhat.

“Before, you said you were doing all of this for Rarity’s benefit,” Starlight said, rising up and standing before Rover, Trixie, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash joining her while Twilight floated off to the table, “What did you mean by that?”

“Exactly what I said,” Rover explained, “This place? It exists like it does to tend to Dirty Diamond’s hunger.”

“You mean, her nymphomania?” Trixie asked.

“That’s the “official” term, yeah,” Shadow Rover said, “Over in that Prison of a school, Cinch punishes her everyday because of it, forcin’ her to do her bidding and lookin’ the other way when the Guards have their fun with her. But they don’t care about her needs.”

“And you do?” Starlight asked.

“I’m her Alpha. Of course I do,” Shadow Rover said in a low voice, “My goal is to get her outta this place, so I can take care of her myself.”

“Get her, out of this place?” Pinkie Pie asked, “What do you mean by that…?”

“I thought Ponyville could be our home, but that Warden’s makin’ that impossible,” Shadow Rover explained, “She’s makin’ us out like we’re the bad guys, sayin’ we did stuff we didn’t, an’ makin’ Dirty Diamond take the fall for it,” he leaned forward, “All I want is my gang back together. Once Dirty Diamond rejoins us, we’re skippin’ town, and findin’ new territory.”

Desire - Persona 5

Wait, what? That was Rover's ultimate goal?!

“You wanna leave town with Rarity?!” Rainbow Dash cried, “But that’s-”

“The best solution for her,” Shadow Rover finished, “I know what that Warden wants. She wants Dirty Diamond to get rid of us. To chase us off so the higher ups don’t give her a hard time. I’m willin’ to leave,” he gripped Rarity’s hair and pulled her head back a bit, “But only if she’s comin’ with me.”

“You’re making Rarity choose between you or my cousin?!” Pinkie Pie asked incredulously.

“She ain’t safe over there in that place,” Rover defended, “No one in that school knows what she really is, and if they found out, she’d be out on the streets anyway.”

“My cousin’s family isn’t like that!” Pinkie Pie argued, “They adore Rarity! They’d never throw her away just because she messed up! If anything, they’d do everything in their power to help her, same as us!”

“Really? So you mean to tell me, that findin’ out the kind of shit Dirty Diamond got up to during the old days didn’t taint your view of her?” he narrowed his eyes, “That seein’ just how dirty she was, didn’t make you rethink things?”

Starlight was going to deny it, but then remembered when she first started screwing Blueblood, before they knew she was being blackmailed. Everyone of them had a moment of wondering if Rarity was in fact a good person, and they did judge her pretty unfairly during that time. Even Starlight, despite wanting to believe in her, wasn’t sure what to make of her doing that, and was furious at her. Said anger vanished right after learning the truth, but before then, for a split second…

She did reconsider Rarity’s integrity as a person. And with how silent everyone else was beside her, they realized the same thing.

“Yeah, that’s what I thought,” Rover nodded, his expression one of dark resignation, “As soon as you found out what kind of person Dirty Diamond really was, you gave up,” he turned Rarity’s head to look at them, “Take a good look. That’s the reality of that world. They accept you as long as you do as you’re told, and act like them, but the second you show what an animal you really are, they’ll toss you aside.”

Rarity looked down, her eyes darkening a bit. Rover was beginning to get to her.

“We’re the only ones who’ll ever accept you for who you really are,” Shadow Rover continued, “Even if you somehow don’t end up going to the slammer 'cause of that cunt Cinch, I can guarantee you that you’d end up right back here eventually. You’re a wolf, a stray from the streets like me. Like the rest of our pack.”

Rarity closed her eyes, trembling and tearing up.

“You abandoned us, takin’ that deal, and look where that landed you,” he closed his eyes and sighed, “Look, I hate it too, but this is our reality. The only way we’re gonna survive is if we stand together. That world, ain’t made for dogs like us.”

Living With Determination - Persona 3

“No,” Starlight spoke up, “You’re making it out like the mere act of trying is wrong.”

Shadow Rover looked at Starlight seriously, “We all tried to make somethin’ of ourselves. The system made that impossible for us.”

“And I’m truly sorry about that,” Starlight said, “It’s not fair that you guys have had to struggle so much to survive. But what you’re doing to Rarity right now? It’s just as bad as what Cinch is doing!”

Shadow Rover shot up and walked over to Starlight, looming over her, “Wanna run that by me again?” he asked dangerously.

“Starlight…!” Trixie pulled out a card to attack, but Starlight held a hand out to stop her. He needed to hear this.

“If Cinch is punishing her for being a “dog of the streets”, you’re punishing her for trying to be more than that!” Starlight continued, tightening her fists in anger, “I don’t know what happened that angered Cinch so much, okay? Maybe Rarity did something truly awful, but that doesn’t invalidate all the good she’s done for herself!” Starlight teared up, “She’s become someone that people look up to! Someone that people care about! Someone that people are willing to fight for, and are willing to die for! And she managed that by taking a chance! Did she do it the right way? Probably not! Did she abandon your gang? Yes she did! But she’s still done more than what you’ve done!” Starlight closed her eyes tightly, “I get it, this whole system is fucked! Some people don’t care about your circumstances! But not everyone is your enemy!”

Surprisingly, Rover didn’t attack, but he clearly looked like he wanted to, “You say that, and yet you judged us too.”

“You’re right, I did,” Starlight admitted, “I assumed the worst of your gang, believing you were just thugs. And when Rarity began screwing Blueblood, that did affect my image of her. I’m not saying I’m perfect. I’m not saying that I won’t mess up somewhere along the way, but I am saying, that I want to be someone Rarity can count on. I’m willing to be her friend, and to do the hard work necessary to support her.”

“And just who’s your friend?” Rover leaned in close to her, “Dirty Diamond? Or ‘Miss President’?”

Starlight looked down, considering her answer. She had a feeling that whatever she chose as her answer to this, it would be the deciding factor in terms of saving Rarity. Thinking about the situation, Rarity treated “Miss President” like a mask.

Wait, a mask?

She looked at her Channeling Ring, suddenly understanding the truth of the matter here. She knew, exactly who it was she was trying to rescue, and who she wanted to be friends with.

“The side of Rarity, that’s my friend is-” there was a sudden blast outside, followed by the whole base shaking.

There's Nothing We Can't Do, Right? - Blue Reflection: Second Light

“This is the Canterlot Police Force!” Macintosh’s voice echoed from outside, “We have your fortress surrounded! Surrender Rarity to our custody, or face the consequences!”

“Shit! That guy’s back!” Rover knelt back before Rarity and undid a few of her shackles, “We ain’t lettin’ them take you again, so go all out on them.”

Once the ring gag was removed, Rarity nodded, “Yes, my Alpha,” she said, her tone almost entranced. She then stood up and stepped forward, a black aura engulfing her as her human form vanished into the void, which then grew to massive size to reveal the monstrous wolf from last time walking out of it.

Starlight ran up to the wolf, standing in front of her, “Rarity please! Let us help you! You don’t have to do this alone!” Rarity used her paw to push Starlight aside, and continue to walk out of the room, “Rarity!”

“Like I said, all she needs is her pack beside her,” Rover stepped forward, spinning his twin rods a bit glaring at Starlight, “You got a good heart, this is reality, and that’s the world you’re askin’ Dirty Diamond to return to.”

Starlight glare back at Rover as he rushed out to join Rarity’s side in the fight.

“Hey,” Rainbow Dash asked, she and Trixie running up to Starlight, “We’re helpin’ too, right?”

Starlight nodded, summoning her scythe, “We are! Regardless of Rover's outlook, this place is the lesser of two evils! We cannot let Cinch have Rarity back!”

“Agreed!” Trixie summoned a hand of cards, “Let’s go!”

“Hang on!” Twilight called out, “I may have found something over here!”

Starlight, Dash, and Trixie looked to the table, where Pinkie Pie was already with Twilight’s wisp looking over the papers. When they ran over, she showed them an odd object.

“It’s a Student ID,” Pinkie Pie said, “It looks like Rarity’s ID, but it’s torn up, and has some odd stains on it.”

Starlight groaned, realizing what those stains probably were. They were dried up, but the fact they were white and kind of crusty meant they were probably semen. Much as she hated picking it up, dream or not, this was something that stood out.

“We’re taking it,” Starlight said, Trixie pulling a bag out of her hat and handing it to Starlight, “Once we get out of here, we get this to a mailbox so Twilight can search for any keywords.”

The base shook again, “In the meantime, we gotta move!” Rainbow Dash said, “They’re serious about fighting the police force here!”

“Your sure about this, Starlight?” Twilight asked, “We’re helping the Diamond Dogs in this fight?”

Starlight nodded, “For now, we are. After that, we’ll decide what to do about getting Rarity away from them.”

With that, everyone drew their weapons and ran outside to join in the fight.

E.SYNAPSE - Blue Reflection Second Light

Outside in the main courtyard, there were Shadows scattered all around, both the Police and the Diamond Dogs. Whatever action she ultimately took here, Starlight would effectively be shifting the Dungeon on her own.

She and her group ran to one of the fights, where she saw an Officer Shadow fighting against one of the Dire Wolf shaped Shadows, knocking it down. Starlight rushed up to him and jumped onto his shoulders, gripping his mask.

“SHOW YOUR FACE!!!” she commanded, ripping the mask off and revealing Take-Minakata.

Trixie wasted no time casting Sukukaja on Starlight, who rolled out of the way of a blast of electricity from his horns.

“Come forth, my other self!” Rainbow Dash shouted, Eclair manifesting before her and slamming her gunblade hard on the Shadow, knocking him back a bit.

“MATADOR!!!” Starlight shouted, switching Personas and casting Psi on Take-Minakata, knocking him down before he could do anything else, “All Out Attack! GO!”

All four of the Witches summoned their weapons and wailed on the Shadow, killing him instantly. Once he faded away, Pinkie Pie ran over to the Dire Wolf Shadow and knelt before him.

“Are you okay?” Pinkie Pie asked the Shadow, who nodded.

“Thanks, for help…” he said in a gruff voice, “Boss and Dirty Diamond, outside fortress…”

“That’s where we’re heading then,” Rainbow Dash said, turning to Starlight, “Right Leader?”

Starlight nodded, “Right. At the very least, we need to support Rarity.”

Pinkie Pie nodded and began petting the Shadow, “We’ll do what we can to help them, so rest here, okay?”

The Shadow nodded, “You, nice… I rest here now.”

“Kinda odd, helping out a Shadow,” Trixie folded her arms, “Even in these circumstances.”

“The Shadows here aren’t really evil,” Twilight said, “They’re just following Rover’s orders. Besides, either way we’d have to pick a side in this turf war, so it makes sense the Shadows would be more ambivalent to us afterward.”

“That’s fair,” Trixie sighed, “Hey, less fighting on our part, so I’m not complaining.”

“I’m detecting a few more Shadows on the way to the main entrance,” Twilight said, “Be ready, cause we might have to fight our way out.”

Starlight nodded, leading her team through the main courtyard back toward the main hallway. Right at the entrance, they saw another Diamond Dog Shadow, this one taking the form of a female gang member, who was on her knees surrounded by two Officer Shadows.

“Starlight! She needs help!” Pinkie Pie cried. Starlight wasted no time jumping on the shoulder of one and grabbing his mask.

“I’ll reveal your true form!” she shouted, ripping the mask off and forcing both of them to turn to their true forms, Sui-Ki and Rakshasa.

Pinkie Pie opened this time, summoning Serenity and casting Rakukaja on Starlight, who was already holding up her Channeling Ring.

“MORGANA!!!” Starlight shouted, shifting to her main Persona, casting Frei on Sui-Ki, knocking him to the ground. Since she couldn’t switch Personas fast enough, she instead chose a different strategy to keep the other Persona from moving for a bit, “Come forth, my loyal servant! Rise, High Priestess!”

As the stage appeared, Diamond Tiara stepped out, this time wearing a sexy red and black leotard, fishnets, and high heeled boots, “Hey, wanna play with me~?” she purred, wrapping her legs around the pole as she began dancing to draw Rakshasa’s attention. The hearts in his eyes suggested that it was working.

Rainbow Dash once again summoned Eclair, who this time raised her blade and cast Zionga on Rakshasa while he was distracted. At the same time, Trixie had Elenora rush over to Sui-Ki and keep him pinned to the ground with a powerful drop kick.

Sui-Ki, unfazed by Diamond’s dancing, knocked Trixie/Elenora away and got up and threw a blast of ice at her, hitting her point blank and knocking her to the ground with a loud scream.

“Help is on the way!” Pinkie Pie cried, wasting no time summoning Serenity and casting Diarama on Trixie, healing her.

Starlight first targeted Sui-Ki, once again knocking him down with Morgana’s Frei spell and killing him. Not wanting Diamond to have to keep exerting energy to stay out too long (and she was beginning to feel drained too), she switched to Koppa Tengu and knocked Rakshasa down with the wind spell Garu.

After helping Trixie up, she once again ordered for an All Out Attack, killing Rakshasa instantly. She then turned to Diamond and thanked her for her help.

Diamond nodded and blew Starlight and friends a kiss before fading in a pink light.

“Hey, you good?” Rainbow asked, helping the Shadow to her feet.

“Y-yeah. Not gonna lie, didn’t expect you witches to help us.” the Shadow said.

“We’re all trying to help Rarity ultimately,” Starlight said, “Speaking of, do you know where she and Rover are?”

The Shadow pointed to the door next to them, “Right down this hall. The boss is keeping as many of the fuzz outside as he can.”

“On the one hand, this means we might have a clean shot to where Rover and Rarity are,” Twilight said, “On the other hand, we’ll be surrounded the second we get outside.”

“Be ready for anything,” Starlight said to her team before turning back to the Shadow, “Thanks for the info.”

“No prob, Little Star,” the Shadow nodded, now leaning against the wall, “I’m just gonna rest here for a bit.”

Starlight and her coven pushed through the door, going outside into the main alleyway. There they saw Rover surrounded by at least 50 Shadows, Rarity in her beast form still right by his side. While both of them looked tired, there were a number of Shadows knocked to the ground as well, showing that they were fighting them off pretty well.

Desire - Persona 5

“Give up, Rover!” Officer Macintosh commanded, pointing his gun at Shadow Rover, “Either surrender Rarity to us, or both of you are coming into our custody!”

“Yeah, not gonna happen!” Shadow Rover barked, holding his shoulder but still forcing himself to his feet, “Dirty Diamond’s stayin’ right here where she belongs! Take him out, Dirty Diamond!”

Rarity looked at Rover, and then back at Macintosh, visibly trembling.

“Rarity, you don’t want to do this,” Officer Macintosh said sternly, “I’m not your enemy, remember?”

“So long as you’re trying to break up our pack, that’s exactly what you are!” Shadow Rover barked, “Rares, kill him!”

Rarity gritted her teeth, raising a paw to walk forward, but then seeming to force it back down.

“She looks torn,” Trixie noticed, “Not even Rover’s commands are working.”

“He’s asking her to kill an Apparition of someone she cares about,” Twilight said, “That may not be the real Macintosh, but he’s real enough to her.”

“What’d happen if she killed him?” Rainbow Dash asked, “It ain’t real, so it’s not like he’d be in danger, right?”

“No, but that could affect her psyche!” Pinkie Pie cried, “What if it changes how she feels about the Macintosh in the real world?!”

Starlight looked down, remembering how Apple Bloom actively helped them, and how when she tried to read Security Guard Applejack’s emotions, she felt Rarity’s instead.

The Apparitions… they weren’t just copies made from Rarity’s psyche…

They were representations of her bonds with those people…

So if she killed Macintosh here…

“I gave you a command!” Shadow Rover shouted, “Kill the officer!”

Rarity flinched at Rover’s voice, but then she looked at Macintosh with a look of pure anguish. She then raised her claw, which was now engulfed in black and red energy.

“NO!!!” Starlight cried, summoning Morgana and jumping in the way of the attack, getting slashed instead of Macintosh. At the same time, Starlight felt the pain of Rarity’s claws dig into her body, her dress ripping as if she got slashed instead, and she let out a loud wail of immense pain.

end song

“STARLIGHT!!!” everyone cried all at once, catching Rarity’s attention as Starlight fell to the ground. As the Shadows once again prepared to attack, Pinkie Pie knelt beside Starlight.

“She’s bleeding!” Pinkie Pie cried.

“You can heal her, right?!” Trixie asked frantically.

“I, I think so!” Pinkie Pie said, “I’ve never tried healing a wound like this before!”

“We’ll cover you!” Rainbow Dash said, summoning her Persona, “Trixie, just focus on the Shadows!”

Trixie looked up at Rarity, narrowing her eyes a bit, “She better not die,” she seethed, voice oozing in venom as she and Rainbow Dash rushed out with their Personas to help fend off the Shadow onslaught.

Starlight could barely breath, and she felt her vision getting blurry. Still, despite all the pain she was in, she felt the effects of Diarama at least keeping her stable. She noticed Rarity walking up to her in her beast form, eyes wide in horror.

“Please work…!” Pinkie Pie cried, having Serenity pour more healing energy into Starlight, so much that both of them looked strained, “Please…! You can’t die Starlight…!”

Rarity trembled, falling back a bit and holding her head with her front paw, breathing heavily.

“Rarity! Stop worryin’ about Little Star! The healer’s got her!” Rover commanded, “We need you over here! Help us!”

Rarity growled louder, laying on the ground and holding her head in agony, tears streaming from the biomechanical monster’s eyes. She was close enough where Starlight was able to reach out to her, touching her side and opening herself up.

No…! No…! No…!

No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no nononononononononononoNONONONONONONONONO-

Starlight had to pull away, both from an onset of pain and also from the anguish she felt from Rarity. Shoot, she couldn’t say anything! Rarity was falling into despair, and there wasn’t anything she could do right now to stop her!

“How is she?!” Twilight asked Pinkie Pie.

“I, think she’s stabilizing,” Pinkie Pie said, “It looks like she’s breathing at least.”

“AUGH!!!” Rainbow Dash cried in pain, falling back and catching their attention. From where she was, Starlight looked to see her friends and Shadow Rover getting overrun by Shadows. There was no way they could get out of this. Even if she could fight, this was too much.

Damn…! Not like this…!

I… I didn’t want my story… to end here…!

A loud roar caught everyone’s attention. They all turned to Rarity, who shifted back into her human form, slowly rising up to her feet.

Living with Determination - Persona 3

“I’ll, go with you…!” Rarity cried, “I’ll turn myself in…!”

“Rarity…?” Pinkie Pie asked slowly.

“What, are you doing?!” Shadow Rover barked, his eyes glowing, “Change back, and take him-”

“SHUT UP!!!” Rarity screamed, silencing Shadow Rover, “I’m not letting you or anyone die for me! If I had to choose, I… I’d rather…” she closed her eyes tightly, “I’d rather die on my own terms…!”

“Wait… die on her own terms…?” Rainbow Dash asked softly, “H-hang on a sec…”

"Damn it, Rarity..." Trixie muttered, looking down darkly.

Rarity walked over to Macintosh and held her hands out to him, “Let them go, okay? Do that, and I’ll go with you without question.”

Macintosh looked at her intently, and then nodded. As he cuffed her, he pulled out his radio, “All units, return. We’re taking Rarity back to the Prison.”

“R-Rarity…!” Starlight cried, rising to her knees, “Please, don’t go with them! Cinch, she’ll-”

“Better me than you,” Rarity turned slightly to Starlight, her eyes covered by her hair as she gave her a sad smile, “I keep telling you I ain’t worth it… Maybe now you’ll fucking listen…”

Right before she was led away, Starlight noticed a single tear rolling down her cheek. As the Shadows dispersed, she didn’t even put up a fight.

“Damn it!” Shadow Rover punched the ground, “What’s goin’ on in her head!” Starlight carefully rose to her feet and walked over to Shadow Rover, “You alright, Little Star?”

Starlight nodded, “Y-yeah. I’m alright, but Rarity…”

Shadow Rover shook his head in frustration, “I’m gettin’ her outta there, by any means necessary.”

“Rover, listen,” Starlight said, “We both ultimately want to save Rarity from that Prison. At the very least, help us get her out of there.”

Shadow Rover looked at Starlight and nodded, “Come back here when you’re ready to bust her out. We’ll call a truce till then.”

“Thank you,” Starlight said softly in relief. As Rover walked back into the HQ, everyone gathered around Starlight.

“How do you feel?” Trixie asked rubbing her arm.

“Sore, but I’ll be okay. Thanks to Pinkie Pie’s healing, and you and Dashie covering us,” Starlight smiled.

“What were you thinking, using your Persona like that?” Rainbow Dash scolded, “Ain’t these things connected to us?”

“They are, but I realized I couldn’t let Rarity kill that Macintosh,” Starlight explained, “The apparitions are made from the person’s bonds. If Rarity were to kill them in the dream, she’d be effectively killing that bond with her own hands.”

“Meaning that person would effectively be dead to Rarity,” Twilight said softly, “That, would have been bad.”

“What she said before leaving, has me really worried,” Pinkie Pie said, “That she’d rather die on her own terms.”

“That raised all the red flags, yeah,” Rainbow Dash nodded, “We’re out of time. We need that last entry if we’re gonna save her.”

“Can this ID lead us to it?” Starlight asked.

“Only one way to find out,” Twilight said, “There’s a Checkpoint close by that opened up, so use that to get back to the Library. I’ll begin my search.”

As everyone made their way to the Checkpoint, Starlight turned to Trixie, who wasn’t moving. Instead, she just looked down with a somber expression. Starlight walked over to her and asked what was wrong.

“Just, worried is all,” Trixie said, “Listen, I’m going to stand by you no matter what, but I need to know. Are you sure you want to keep going with this?”

Starlight nodded, “Now more than ever. I, think I get Rarity on a deep level. What she did just now, what she almost did to Macintosh, that wasn’t okay, but I got a chance to feel her emotions, and I recognized them.”

“What were they?” Trixie asked as they walked toward the Checkpoint. Starlight took a breath, folding her arms.

“The same emotions I felt, after my Mom died.”

Qualia - Blue Reflection

In the Library, Twilight used the ID to search Rarity’s Akashic Records. There weren’t a lot of original books there, but the ID did lead them to one of the few present.

“‘The Incident’,” Rainbow Dash recited, “Looks like this is related to whatever Rarity did that got her in so much trouble with Cinch.”

“We were saying before that if we figured that out, we might figure out how to destroy this Dungeon,” Twilight said, sounding like she was stretching, “Guess I’m staying up late tonight.”

“Try not to work yourself too hard, Twilight,” Starlight said.

“Much as I appreciate it, we don’t have much of a choice,” Twilight said, “We have less than two days to save her, and I can guarantee you that her mind is in a terrible place now. If I have to, I’ll just sleep the whole day after we rescue Rarity.”

“Sorry Twilight,” Pinkie Pie winced, “You’re working so hard for us.”

“Honestly, I’m kind of relieved to get to this part,” Twilight said, “This is the part where I shine. Leave it to me. By this time tomorrow, or, tonight I guess, I’ll have something we can use to save Rarity.”

“Thank you Twilight,” Starlight smiled, “Good job, everyone. Let’s all get some rest and let Twilight do her job.”

“Good luck, Mission Control,” Rainbow Dash said, taking her ring off and vanishing in a white light.

“See you back in the dorm, everyone,” Pinkie Pie smiled, taking off hers and vanishing.

Trixie hugged Starlight and kissed her deeply and lovingly, “I’ll see you back in our room, Starlight.”

“See you there,” Starlight smiled, both of them taking their rings off as the Akashic Records faded away around them.

“So, that’s the Right Eye’s Proxy,” Chrysalis mused, leaning against a nearby bookshelf, “Such a waif of a girl, so fragile looking. Well, I suppose I could throw her a bone, just this once.”

Fool – Seekers of Light: 5/10
Magician – Trixie Lulamoon: 8/10
Priestess – Diamond Tiara: 10/10 Thrall
The Empress – Ms. Tia: 5/10
Hierophant - Victor: 2/10
The Lovers - Pinkamena Diane Pie: 3/10
Chariot – Rainbow Dash: 3/10
Strength - Tokugawa Fluttershy: 2/5
Hermit – Sunburst: 2/10
The Devil – Silver Spoon: 5/10
The Sun - Sweetie Belle: 3/10
Transformation - Ms. Luna: 1/10

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