@EpochOfDarkness “Well maybe you shouldn’t be trying to torment them.”
Discord’s tone seemed to become more harsh, serious even, which was hardly a familiar concept when it came to someone as silly and chaotic as Discord.
“Cosmos.”
His voice was stern and his expression stoic, clearing holding back from acting on his apparent rage.
“If you are here to tempt me back into a life of crime, then you best leave, I have not changed my mind.”
@EpochOfDarkness “Wait, no— that’s— that’s a lot less fun than actual Nightmare Night scares.
That’s traumatizing and very personal, Nightmare Night is supposed to be funny as well as scary, something you can look back on and laugh.
What we’re not going to do is traumatize ponies.”
Looks +
@KindCaretaker Huffing triumphantly, Discord dropped to a quadrupedal stance in order to walk through the door, remaining in that position as his hind legs moved in a much more pony-like way.
A smug smirk cursed his face before eyeing down the shop keeper with a very ‘I told you so’ look.
@EpochOfDarkness “I know, I’m hilarious.”
Oh dear. Cosmos really shouldn’t be feeding his ego, he’s already annoying enough without acting on his narcissism.
“And is that so? I assumed you’d give that title to Princess Luna; she’s probably the only pony to ever understand our side of things.”
@KindCaretaker + and on about this as he had suspected.
This seemed to surprise him, actually. He had a tendency to concern himself non-stop with certain matters, a worry that happened to rival Twilight’s. The only difference was that he had a better way of hiding it.
@KindCaretaker “Well...”
A sigh escaped Discord, giving Fluttershy a quick squeeze before letting go from the embrace.
“If you ever fully make up your mind, let me know, and I’ll know what to do.”
The draconequus happened to seem relieved, knowing that now he no longer had to worry on +
@EpochOfDarkness “Paper always does taste better when it’s important.”
Discord decided to drop the distressing topic, picking up his fork and stabbing pieces of paper with the wrong side, placing the paper in his mouth as he seemed pleasantly surprised.
He‘d be hesitant to admit it, but +
@KindCaretaker + watching those around him pass on already.
Discord’s ears drooped.
“...Sorry, I shouldn’t be so negative.
I’m really grateful that you’d do that for me, and the others.
I know that everypony else will be grateful too.”
@KindCaretaker + I made he biggest mistake of my life.
I don’t want everyone to have to suffer again just because I’m being pathetic.”
For some reason, Discord was convinced that whenever he was grieving, he was being pathetic. He believed that since he was immortal, he should be used to +
@EpochOfDarkness “Oh— That’s... actually good?”
He even surprised himself with Cosmos agreeing to put in the effort to agree to his terms.
“I didn’t think I’d get this far.”
With Cosmos being allowed back in Equestria on Twilight’s terms, Discord made it his own duty to attempt to reform +
@KindCaretaker “You’d really want to give up your kind’s entire way of life, watching everything and everybody you’ve lived for die, just to spend it all with a miserable creature like me for eternity?”
Discord’s voice trembled very slightly, gripping his tail so anxiously that he began to +
@EpochOfDarkness + or like he had done something wrong.
“I’m sorry this put you at risk; isn’t there anyway you could be malicious towards people who deserved and then... was nice towards everypony else?”
In his best efforts, Discord desperately tried to find a way they could settle on this.
@EpochOfDarkness “...I suppose I didn’t think about it like that.
It would be selfish for me to ask you to completely stop what makes up your entire being, you can’t put yourself at risk if you want to care for others...”
Discord’s body shrank significantly in size, feeling somewhat foolish +
@KindCaretaker + pony, he wouldn’t mind half as much that he was sort of leading them into something selfish that would keep him happy for a while.
But with Fluttershy? He couldn’t allow himself to do that, or at least not without feeling like he’d just ended the world.
@KindCaretaker “But that’s different, you’re watching the ponies you saved the world with go— Doesn’t that sound unbearable?
It’ll leave me as a wreck and I hardly know them as well as you do. I just... I don’t want you to sacrifice something like this just for me.”
Usually, with any other +