"Hey Blueblood," The Decapitated head on the bench called out to me as my Shy Guy picked up a green shell and held it behind his Kart, blocking player-2's red shell from hitting.
"What is it Cosmos?" I asked her, a relaxed smile on my face as I simply enjoyed the relaxing nature of sitting on a couch, playing video games, and eating snacks.
"Hey, Hey Blueblood!" She repeated, trying to get me to look away from the screen.
"C'mon, hey Blueblood, Look here for a moment," She continued pestering me for the next minute before We finished the lap, Cosmos and Dry Bowser getting a lucky first place with a well-aimed Banana.
And as the screen appeared congratulating the decapitated head on her victory, I turned to look at her, noticing her waving around her new right arm, trying her hardest to get me to look at it.
"Yes Cosmos, what is it that you wanted?" I asked her, a grin on my face as I leaned back on the couch.
"Hehe, Did you notice something different?" The Head said, a long purple arm extending from her previously empty right-shoulder, ending with an almost human-looking hand, if it wasn't for the fact that the skin was blue, she only had four fingers instead of five and the fact that her nails were much sharper than normal.
She winked at me, turning her head to the side in order for her Snake-like hair to cover her shoulder, while the new arm turned to make it so her hand was laid over her mouth, hiding a giggle.
I looked into her yellowish eyes for a moment before making the most clueless-looking face I could muster and asked.
"Did you do something with your hair?"
Cosmos blinked at my question, "Did I do something with my- HAH! Hahaha!" She laughed loudly, a wide smile on her face.
I chuckled at the site before the purple arm shot out and grabbed my arm, pulling me closer to her, making it so our faces were mere centimeters from each other.
"I HAVE MY ARM BACK!" She yelled into my face with excitement, her joyous laughter echoing around the empty space that was the inside of her gem.
"Really?" I asked, "I didn't notice,"
"HAHAHA! I HAVE AN ARM!" She yelled, her arm still holding onto mine as she shook me around, causing me to fall off the couch and land on the endless galaxy that made up the floor of her dimension.
And with a cheer of joy, Cosmos jumped off the couch and landed on my chest, her face still smiling widely as she leaned closer.
"And you know..." She whispered as she leaned forward, her new arm going downward as her fingers acted like small legs, taking steps down my stomach.
"Now that I can grab things without my magic..." She raised an eyebrow at me, and I smiled up at her, feeling her hand reaching for someplace she previously couldn't.
"Before we begin," I whispered into her ear as her hand started moving about.
"Did you remember anything when you got your arm back?" My question was fully serious, perhaps ruining the steamy mood that my decapitated head friend was hoping for.
"As a matter of fact, I did," She said with a smile as she leaned away from me for a moment, "It was moments before I became trapped inside of the gems, I think..."
"You think?" I asked her.
"I'm not too sure, The memory itself is still fuzzy," She frowned at that, before looking straight into my eyes, "But I remember a deer dressed in gold,"
I waited for her to continue, before sighing as that seemed to be all she managed to remember.
"A Deer dressed in gold, I'll have to check the library for more information about that," I frowned at that Idea, seeing as how the last time I searched the Library for information to help Cosmos I came out of it with no new knowledge, and a Pink Demon who makes me want to drink till I collapse.
Curse you Pinkie Pie.
"I'm sorry," Cosmos sighed as she rolled her head forward, landing next to my shoulder.
"It's fine," I told her with a smile as I turned to look at her, "We'll get your body back."
She blinked at me, Her new hand slowly tapping away at my chest before she opened her mouth and quietly asked me the same question she asked me every night that I appeared in her gem.
"You wanna' go out with me?"
I stared at her for a moment before smiling, giving her a quick peck on the lips, and answering her question as her cheeks flushed red.
"No," I smiled at the decapitated head, and she smiled back at me, her hand moving to touch her own lips as her smile widened.
"Haha..." She whispered with a giggle, "Shut down yet again..."
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"One hour is all I'm giving you," Celestia said with a worried look on her face as she once again went over the many bags I carried.
"I know, Auntie, You said so several times now,"
"Call me Mommy," She told me, her face serious.
"Okay," I told her simply, not knowing why she asked me to change how I address her in private.
It's not as If being a Mom or an Aunt makes any difference to me, I still don't know what a family does.
"I want you to say it before I open the gate," She told me, her face the apex of seriousness.
"Auntie this is childish I-"
"Say it." She told me, her white-furred face looking down at me.
I sighed in acceptance and said the words, "Fine, Mommy,"
"Now call me Mother,"
"Celestia please-"
"Bluey! What did I tell you to call me now?" Celestia asked me and I sighed.
"Fine. Mommy, Mother, Mom, Mama even. Do you also want me to call you Mah and put on a heavy accent or can we go now?" I asked her.
Celestia smiled down at me, "We can go."
And with a flash of her magic, The large stone wall we stood next to opened up, revealing where I was headed.
Tartarus.
The Most Magically Secure Prison in the World.
Walking up a series of stone stairs, we soon reached our destination.
One of the many mountainous peaks of the underground spires that made up the underground magic prison.
And in the middle of the opened peak of the spire, A glowing circle of magic stood, a large glass cube laying on it.
Almost like an Aquarium, with a single hole for visitors to speak with the person inside the cell, and a sliding door for the case where the cube needs to be opened.
Like what I was doing right now.
"I'll be sitting near the stairs, and I will intervene if I see her try anything," Celestia said before a golden glow from her horn opened up the door to the glass box. Allowing me to levitate a few boxes in before she closed it and walked away.
Leaving me to open up a rolled-up carpet to sit on, as my magic moved and opened the boxes inside the glass cube, causing the fist-sized inhabitant of the far larger cube to look at me, raising a nonexistent eyebrow.
"What is this?" The Blue-Eyes blob of shadows asked as she looked at what I took out from the boxes.
"Some furniture," I told her, moving the kid-sized bed, chair, and table out of the boxes.
"Oh, of course..." She said blandly, "And what of those boxes? The ones you have yet to open?"
"That's our lunch."
Nightmare Moon blinked at me before repeating what she said, "Lunch?"
"Yep," I said, popping the P as I levitated those boxes onto the small table she now had, opening them and taking out the plastic fork, knife, and plate before placing her food on it.
Nightmare Moon looked at the food I placed on her plate as she crawled her shadowy body onto her chair and looked at the food in front of her.
"What is this?" She asked a tiny shadow tendril pointing at her food.
"What I brought before you is some Tofu Pad Thai, Vegetable Eggroll, and like I said I'd give you, Sushi, a Spicy Salmon Roll specifically," I explained with a smile, opening my own box of the same lunch.
And the rest of my visit to Tartarus passed by with a comfortable silence as the two of us simply ate our food, soon Celestia came by and took away the cardboard boxes littering Nightmare Moon's cube before we left.
It was also once I returned to the castle and after Starlight spat out her drink when I told her what Celestia asked me to call her, that I found Luna eating the leftovers from our meal, thin strings of noodles sticking to her fur as she ate the Pad Thai.
All in all, Not a bad day, With the Second Nightmare Moon event ending mostly easily, I can easily say that I'm looking forward to being back on the sea.
With a new clue to search in regards to Cosmos, and my Ships already being constructed as I wait, It won't be long before I can travel to Caninia and finalize the trade agreement, get the Pony-Yak railway under construction, and finally take a vacation after doing my Princely duties.
Yes, After a short break to get everything ready, the next stop will be Caninia, where I will hash out the trade deal, and finally get the Blueblood Foundation up and running.
Oh yeah, it's all coming together.