Nope. Couldn't wait. (crossposting with dear_player)

[equalstarshine]

Couldn't keep it in could you?

I suppose I can't blame you, everypony deserves to know the tyranny of superiority and uniqueness .

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[loopyqueen]

Chlorophyll, I've heard of people wanting to be special snowflakes, but aren't you taking that disliking too far?

[equalstarshine]

Please, like you're in any position to talk.

[Villain or not, she still remembers the whole invasion thing.]

[loopyqueen]

[Queen Chrysalis rolls her eyes.]

Oh yes, because I look different than all the rest of the changelings. I'm the queen. I deserve to stand out.

[This Chrysalis has lived in a timeloop for a very, very long time, and the invasion is water under the bridge for almost everyone by now.]

[equalstarshine]

You are a shapeshifter are you not? Not that I care about the affairs of changelings, provided you don't see ponies as walking buffet's.

[loopyqueen]

Why, yes, thank you for noticing!

[She transforms her ears into cat ears and meows a little.]

Meow~, I mainly feed off of my girlfriend-kun! She is so kawaii~!

[Yeah, this Queen Chrysalis isn't exactly taking this seriously. She playfully paws at you a little.]

[equalstarshine]

[Ears folding, eyes narrowing]

You're mocking me aren't you?

[Not that there's much she can do about it, last thing she needs right now is to get on a Changeling Queen's bad side.]

[loopyqueen]

[Mmmmmmaaaaybe...]

Mmmmmmeoooow...

[equalstarshine]

[Grumble]

Are you done yet?

[loopyqueen]

Oh, lighten up! Go on some Fused Loops or something. I hear Eiken is pretty good.

[equalstarshine]

What? Half of what you said is gibberish, what the hay is an 'Eiken?'

[Whispers]

What!? That's disgusting! And do humans really have them up there!?

[loopyqueen]

Yep. Large ones, too. And hey, the place is nearly mind-numblingly boring and everything's the same. You should fit right in there.

[equalstarshine]

...

I'm starting to reconsider a few things.

[loopyqueen]

Ah, so good of you to come around! Nobody likes Eiken.

[equalstarshine]

...I really need an aspirin right now.

[Congrats, Pinkie couldn't even do that.]

[loopyqueen]

I keep a few in my Subspace Pocket, just in case.

[She reaches her hoof into... nowhere and pulls out a bottle of aspirin, hoofing it over to Starlight.]

[equalstarshine]

....

[Head hurting, all the head pains...screw it. She takes the bottle]

[arach_nerd]

"Harrison Bergeron", or whatever the pony equivalent is, was meant as a warning, not a plan that anyone should follow.

[equalstarshine]

[You're looking at her]

You know...when someone wears a mask, they usually have something to hide.

[arach_nerd]

Oh, I do. It's my family and friends because crazy people would try to kill them, just because I go around stopping crimes. What's your point?

[equalstarshine]

Perhaps, but have you ever considered they wouldn't need saving if everyone was just the same? You wouldn't need to hide from the villains if they were the same as you.

The problem with power is that it's too easily abused and corrupted. Sure being 'smarter' or 'stronger' or 'better' may help for a little while; but how long does it last? How long before strife between differing opinions and ideals take hold once more?

[whitescalesbigmouth]

...Is there any real reason that being different is such a threat to you?

[equalstarshine]

My dear, differences lead to strife, strife leads to pain.

The last thing I want is for anypony to get hurt, and the only way to achieve that is complete and utter equality.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

Oh I'm not a pony, I'm a dragon!

Kind of...

And I don't believe what you're saying is true....I mean sure these things happen. Not everyone is going to always want to be your friend if you have these kind of differences but that's why you support them, If everyone was the same, Imagine how boring life would be!

[equalstarshine]

[Dragon?...Interesting]

Pardon my Equestrian colloquialism, but my point still stands.

That's a nice...but naive outlook. I used to think like that too, until I saw the light in a manner of speaking.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

...And how exactly did you see this "light"?

[equalstarshine]

I...

Don't really feel the need to share that at the moment.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

Alright...

[She pauses to think for a moment and then smiles, offering a hand. Time to start over.] My name's Saft. Saft Nivalis Goldenscale and you are?

[equalstarshine]

[Right...'start over'. Snap out of it Starlight, she asked you a question.]

Starlight Glimmer, a pleasure to meet you Ms. Goldenscale.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

You too!

[And just like that, you've made a friend.]

I used to hang out with a few ponies in my mun's headspace too...Pinkie Pie, Pipsqueak and I think Princess Luna and Sunset Shimmer? Yeah My mun's a huge fan.

Oh! Adagio's up in there too.

[equalstarshine]

[Friends? But...still so different, and yet. GAH! DOES NOT COMPUTE

She winces at Pinkie's name, and knows of the famous Princess and the exiled Siren]

Oh, I'm....acquainted with one of them, fairly recently in fact.

[whitescalesbigmouth]

Yeah, she hasn't been quite as loud as she used to be, But I think she's still up here as she's one of my mun's favorite ponies.

...Also not entirely sure you're gonna be thrilled by this, But my mundane's quite taken with you. She's been sketching you as a human.

[equalstarshine]

[Well, that's something she wasn't expecting to hear. Not entirely unwelcome though.]

I'm flattered, it's good to see more people take my philosophies to heart.

My own mun has been rather infatuated with me since my little...run-in with Ms. Pie. Something about...feeling 'sorry' for me though? What a cute notion.

[...]

[whitescalesbigmouth]

It also helps you happen to be voiced by someone she's rather fond of, so you have that in your favour too.

She also happens to have a little theory about your weird way of life, but I don't wanna say anything that might make you well...less friendly.

[equalstarshine]

[Twitch]

...I have no idea what you might be alluding to by that, but I think it might be for the best if we keep the past behind us shall we?

[whitescalesbigmouth]

Yeah, there's some things in my past I prefer not to think off too, so I kinda know where you're coming from there.

[equalstarshine]

[Is this...common ground? But they're still...so...different....]

Well then...it's nice to see someone who knows where I'm...

...Coming from.

[She's feeling a tad uneasy about all this]

[whitescalesbigmouth]

You do realize that common ground is something that happens between people right?

You don't have to force it.

[equalstarshine]

[...Nope, looking away closing her eyes now. You can't have a nightmare if you never dream in the first place.]

[whitescalesbigmouth]

...Starlight, you okay?

[Okay - Saft's slightly concerned now. She knows this pony's hurting somehow and she wants to help if she can, So she's gonna put a hand onto the back of her neck and kneel down besides her.]

[equalstarshine]

[She's blocking you out Saft. Covering her ears and closing her eyes, you're not here right now, there's only herself.]

In sameness there is peace....exceptionalism is a lie...free yourself of your cutie mark... choose equality over your special talent... only in equality can true harmony and friendship be achieved...