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[The feed switches on and cycles through mediums, from audio of something softly growling, to black and white armored hands, flash of a gold visor, and blue sky above as the device is fiddled with, and then settles on text. A couple moments pass before any words are entered.]

AGENT MAINE TO COMMAND. REQUESTING STATUS. UNKNOWN DEPLOYMENT. CLARIFY.

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[video]

[raisethemoon]

[For a long moment, Luna just stares with narrow eyes. Then, feathers ruffled, she points a hoof at the screen.]

I am going to be watching thee, Agent.

[text]

[too_high]

[..... What is he even staring at.]

WTF?

[video]

[raisethemoon]

[She returns to this after a long pause. Having talked to Washington about it, she looks considerably less hostile, though she's still far from actually apologizing. There's nothing to be sorry for anyway - she IS still going to be watching him.]

...I beg thy pardon? [Shakespeare pony does not understand chatspeak]

[video]

[too_high]

[Despite Washington's attempts Maine probably isn't going to make the best case for himself.]

W-WHAT T-THE F-FUCK

[Although, given he's surrounded by things like flying bear things and a talking cactus, he supposes he shouldn't be too surprised by a multicolored horse. She was still talking, though, and he couldn't say that about the others] YOU A SPIRIT TOO?

[video]

[raisethemoon]

Charming.

No. I am Luna, alicorn Princess of the Night.

[video]

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YOU'RE TALKING.

[Among the laundry list of things that are deliriously wrong with this situation, he's going for the obvious.]

[video]

[raisethemoon]

I had not noticed.

[text]

[too_high]

YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK.

[You're supposed to neigh and step on people's feet and bite their hands.]

[video]

[raisethemoon]

But thou art supposed to awaken in a dream world full of multicolored animals?

[Don't you give her that, Maine, you've already made a Pricklemane. Surely that's weirder.]

Re: [video]

[too_high]

[Yeah but the Pricklemaine doesn't talk. At least not like how he's used to, like Luna is.]

WHATEVER. YOU IN DRAMA?

[Since she was talking like some Shakespeare theatre snob.]

[video]

[raisethemoon]

Excuse me?

[She's not really following that leap in logic.]

[video]

[too_high]

THEATRE SHIT. FANCY ENGLISH.

[He can't really take it seriously.]

[video]

[raisethemoon]

Oh...'tis traditional for those of high class to speak so!

[Okay actually she's pretty embarrassed that she still does that. But she must not show doubt!]

[TEXT]

[too_high]

[Thankfully text doesn't translate sound because his end is totally all text despite Mundane's mixup in the subject line above because he snorts in amusement.]

HIGH CLASS. RIGHT. PRINCESS.

[video]

[raisethemoon]

[She can't hear that snort, but she's still not overly impressed with the text.]

That is generally the meaning of the term.

Filtered to Luna

[unrecovered]

[Oh God dammit.]

Luna, don't. I never thought I'd say this about Maine, but I think he's safe.

Filtered

[raisethemoon]

[Well. Wash would be the expert here. But she's not totally relaxing.]

How dost thou know?

Permafilter

[unrecovered]

[She broke out the archaic speech. It's serious.]

He's too...cogent to be the Meta. And I'm pretty sure he doesn't have any AI - if he did, Sigma would be doing the talking.

Eternal Filter

[raisethemoon]

[Yep, that's about accurate.]

How does Sigma speak?

[unrecovered]

In complete sentences.

More to the point, he'd show up over Maine's shoulder, like Delta and Theta do. Maine...doesn't like to talk. If Sigma were here to do the talking, Maine would let him.

[And after a certain point, Maine wouldn't have a choice, but he doesn't exactly want to bring that up right now.]

[raisethemoon]

[She flicks her tail irritably.]

So...without Sigma, he is unlikely to become dangerous?

[unrecovered]

He's already dangerous - he's a Freelancer. He got shot in the throat six times, stood back up, and kept fighting.

But without Sigma's influence, he won't turn on us. He's loyal, especially to Carolina.

[raisethemoon]

Oh. How marvelous.

[Carolina.]

[unrecovered]

[Carolina doesn't make things easy. For anyone. Wash may not be currently talking to her either.]

She's not going to set him on you, if that's what you're worried about.

[She'd better not.]

[raisethemoon]

I will handle it if anything occurs.

[She is honestly not worried about it. Just not pleased.]