Unexpected Changeling

1 December 2014

09:11 GyroTech curls on top of Inky and purrs

09:14 Inky wraps her hooves around GyroTech and purrs back. She blinks, something feeling very... off, before a flash of heatless green fire reveals the mare's true insectoid form.

09:16 GyroTech has his eyes closed as he rests on Inky, though the sudden flash of green startles him and he opens his eyes, feeling a strange carapace instead of fur and squishy flesh under him. He looks down to see a black figure in the starlight and yelps

09:17 Inky groans softly and shakes her head, having a pounding headache from whatever forced her into her natural form. The mare quickly seizes up in momentary terror as she realizes she's been exposed. "Gyro! Wait, it's me! It's still me!"

09:26 GyroTech scrambles backwards from Inky, shreiking with terror till he falls off the bed with a loud thud. "Ugh..." He groans, rubbing his sore head from the impact. His vision swims a bit as he recovers.

09:30 Inky squeaks as GyroTech shoves her back, her slit eyes widening as he falls off the bed. The changeling tries to transform back, but finds something still blocking it. With a groan, she hops off the bed, looking down at GyroTech with concern. "Gyro! Are you okay?" she asks, standing above him and gently holding his head. The concerned mare's expression looked a lot like Inky's, her mouth still fanged and eyes still slitted, though now they were green. Were it not for the chitin plating and lack of mane, she would look quite similar. Her voice was raspier, but definitely reminiscent of Inky's.

09:38 GyroTech shakes his head as he tries to clear the pain in his head, it slowly subsiding as he stares up, the changeling coming into view. "Ugh...ouch...He folds his ears back as he looks at her again, scooting backwards from the bed. "What have you done to Inky? Where is the pony I love? WHat have you done with her!" He demands, hopping up to his feet.

09:41 Inky lifts a hoof to take a step forward, but finds she can't when GyroTech hops to his hooves. "It's me," she protests, her hard ears folding out flat. "It's... it's been me this whole time!" The mare's eyes water as tears start to form. "I *am* Inky!"

09:44 GyroTech turns his face into a scowl as he glares at the changeling before him, raising his ears and tensing his body. "No...Inky is not a changeling. I would know if she was because you'd have been expesed when she lost her magic. So...where is my sweet? Please..tell me..." He begs, starting to get tears in his eyes.

09:48 Inky shakes her head. "When I lost my magic, I was trapped in that form," she says, tears rolling down her black cheeks. "I promise, I am Inky!" She sighs, scuffing at the ground with a hoof. "This isn't how I would have wanted you to find out... but it's always been me, from the moment we bumped into each other in the market. That one time in the shower... and all those other times," she says, "it was me."

09:51 GyroTech softens a little as Inky reveals quite a few intimate details that he didnt think she'd share with anyone, sighing as he feels conflicted over wether or not to trust her. "So...you've just been feeding off my emotions the entire time then? If your'e the real Inky, how did I offend you the first time we met?"

09:54 Inky looks away, and reaches up a holed leg to scratch at her neck plates. "You and others... just a tiny bit, I am quite well liked," she admits. "And you offered to let me feed on you." The changeling was glad that her blush wasn't visible through her carapace.

09:57 GyroTech scrunches his lips together as a hurt expression comes over his face, begining to tear up. "So...I guess that means you dont actually love me do you..." He responds, sulking. "I'm just some pony to keep you fed...Why are you here anyways?"

09:59 Inky 's eyes widen, and she leaps forward to wrap her forelegs around the stallion's neck. "No, I do! I really do! Please don't leave me, or tell ponies about me," she pleads, choosing to ignore his question of why she was there.

10:02 GyroTech squeaks and takes a couple steps back as Inky leaps on top of him. His eyes flare open in panic and he tries to force her hooves off of him, managing so after a couple of swipes. "Then, why are you here? What is your hive planning?"

10:05 Inky sighs and looks down at the floor. "...I'm a spy," she says after a long pause. "Just collecting information. Nothing is being planned." She looks back up, her green eyes full of tears, and steps closer to GyroTech. With the unicorn backed up against his bed and a wall, he had nowhere to go. "I do love you, though, Gyro," she says, leaning closer to try to nuzzle him.

18:03 GyroTech 's face twists into one of fear as Inky reveals her mission, breathing heavy as he begins to panic. "What? Collecting information? Then...I told you...Celestia...Eeep!" He cries out as he processes that tid bit of info. He raises a hoof to block her nuzzle, pushing back on her snouth.

18:13 Inky squeaks as she's pushed away, looking up at GyroTech with pleading eyes. A worry tickles at the back of her mind that she wouldn't be able to fix this, that she'd have to silence him and flee, but the optimistic mare pushes those thoughts out of her head. This was far off the rails of any protocols she'd learned at the hive. "Please, Gyro, calm down," she whines, forcing her way forward and hugging the unicorn trapped in the corner. The mare rubs her plated neck against his.

18:18 GyroTech shudders in the hug, shaking as bad as a mechanical vibrator as he was hugged tight, whimpering in fear. He pulls his neck away from the chitanous plates, though he soon finds that he's completly pressed up agains the wall. His eyes shift back and forth as he looks for any avenue of escape. "But...my mom..." He says, tears forming in his eyes. The unicorns heart pounds fast and Inky can feel his quickened pulse through his neck.

18:43 Inky seizes up internally, but forces herself to give him a comforting squeeze. "She's safe," she says. "Don't worry."

18:47 GyroTech narrows his eyes at the mare and tries to push out of her hug. "She's safe? If you're a spy and an informant I seriously doubt that. I'm sure you told them /everything/ as you're supposed to do, and now you love me to keep an eye on me..." He responds through his teary eyes.

18:56 Inky doesn't let herself be pushed away, her holed legs displaying a surprising amount of strength. "...she's safe," the mare repeats. "We don't have any plans to... replace her." She pulls back slightly, looking into GyroTech's eyes. The changeling's eyes are still wet, and look eerily reminiscent of Inky's. "And I really do love you!"

19:10 GyroTech hangs his head low, inadvertently resting his head on Inky's shoulder as the tears continue to drip down his face. "You did tell them didnt you? Putting someones mom in danger is a great way to show them you love them dont you think?" He asks, gruffly as his fear begins to get transformed to rage.

19:20 Inky hugs the stallion closer to her chest, pressing him into the chitin. "I did," she says, her mind racing, "but that's much too risky for us. We're just watching, now."

19:23 Seaward_Skies (is shocked and horrified, sir, shocked and horrified)

19:25 GyroTech deflates on her defeatedly as Inky continue to hug him, resting the rest of his weight on her. "Good...I have time to warn her then before she has to deal with getting replaced. She is off targets you hear? If you really do love me, you'll make that happen."

19:27 Inky shakes her head. "No. You can't tell anypony anything," she says, her voice carrying an air of finality. "I will do what I can..."

19:34 GyroTech frowns, shaking his head back against her. "No...I cant not tell her. I cant leave her at the mercy of Chrysalis. Who knows what they'll do to her. I'd ask if you'd do the same in my place but you probably dont have a mother anyways."

19:38 Inky grabs GyroTech's head and forces him to look into her eyes. "You. Cannot. Tell her." The mare's voice drips with an unspoken threat of something terrible. Her expression softens, and she keeps pleading with the unicorn, not wanting to have to do anything to him. "Please... She'll be fine, I promise," she says. "I'm the same mare as before..."

19:44 GyroTech scrunches his nose as it presses against Inky's snout, looking at her skeptically. "And if I do? What happens then? I'm sure I could leave out telling her who my changeling lover is so that you dont blow your cover or whatever. I want to make sure she'll be fine. And I dont think changelings know love, real love."

19:49 Inky slowly shakes her head. "I can't let you. If you won't swear not to, then," she pauses, looking pained. Rather than finish her sentence, the changeling leans her head back and draws a hoof across her neck. "Please, please don't make me..."

19:56 GyroTech gulps as Inky's hoof runs accross his neck, giving a little whimper of fear. "Alright...alright...fine, I wont tell her...or anypony else..." He responds despondently, adding on, "But if you're willing to do that, I guess it means that you dont really love me afterall..."

20:08 Inky sighs with relief, her whole body relaxing. "Oh, thank you," she says, leaning in to nuzzle him. "If anypony else found out about me, they'd..." She trails off and gulps. "But I know you wouldn't do that to me." The mare turns back to the bed and climbs back on, her carapace shining in the moonlight. "Let's get back to bed!"

20:11 GyroTech blinks as Inky lets go and climbs back into bed, letting him go. He looks over her and then glances towards teh door. "Hmmm, you know...I think I might need to get a glass of water first..." he says, backing towards the front door.

20:14 Inky frowns and tilts her head, seeing right through him. "Gyro... don't you still love me?" she asks, ears flattening. "I thought... I thought you really did..."

20:18 GyroTech continues to back towards the door, keeping an eye on the mare. He moves till he's out of reach of an easy pounce before responding. "I love Inky...and Inky loved me and wouldnt hide something like this from me. Even on the offchance that you /actually/ are Inky...this is quite a lie...I dont think I can trust staht you even really care for me."

20:22 Inky slumps, her ears drooping. "But... I am Inky," she pleads. "I'm the same pony!" She hops down off the bed and starts walking towards GyroTech, mentally preparing to glue the door shut if she has to. "I have to hide it! I can't not hide it, Gyro! Please, don't leave me..."

20:26 GyroTech steps backwards even more as Inky begins to walk towards him, aproaching the door. "Stop...if you want me to stay here you will keep your distance while we talk." He raises a hoof up to her to motioning her to quit advancing. "Fine...lets say you are Inky...how do I know that you actually do love me then, and arn't just acting?"

20:33 Inky stops walking and sits down, showing her green-banded belly. "Do you know," she says slowly, "what the standard protocol is when you're discovered?"

20:37 GyroTech 's eyes drift down to her belly before he looks back up at her. "No...but I imagine I can guess...You're supposed to eliminate me?" he asks, a shiver running through his body.

20:42 Inky nods. "Yes." She looks up from the floor, meeting GyroTech's gaze with her glistening green eyes. "But... I can't do it. I won't. I... I'm a terrible spy, getting attached to you..." She slumps forwards, laying on the floor and sniffling.

20:47 GyroTech looks down at Inky, feeling his heart soften a little at her revelation, though he was still uncertain. His expression wavers a bit as he struggles to maintain his distrust and fear. "I...I suppose that might be the case..."

20:52 Inky curls up on the floor, tears running down her hard muzzle. She sniffles, seeming for all the world like Inky did not so long ago, when he had comforted her about her past.

20:57 GyroTech sighs, unable to resist loking at the teary changeling for very long before he has to go trot over to her. The unicorn lays his head down on her pearly onyx carapace, giving a comforting nuzzle betwen her ears. He flinches as he feels the hard sesation rather than flesh, something e'd never encountered before.

21:01 Inky looks up and hugs GyroTech, burying her muzzle into his mane. She doesn't say anything, having him willingly close to her making her too glad for words.

21:03 GyroTech brushes over Inky's hard body wiht his hooves, trying to comfort the crying mare as she continues to cry. "There...there...its alright Inky...If you really do love me, I still love you too..."

21:05 Inky hugs GyroTech hard, her body shaking against him as sobs rack her form. "Thank you," she whispers, her voice hoarse. "That means a lot to me..."

21:10 GyroTech gets to his feet, pulling Inky up as well and using himself to prop her up, moving towardst he bed. "As I said...I'll always put you first...You do promise that my mom will be alright?"

21:20 Inky leans heavily on GyroTech, her crying slowly abating. "I love you, Gyro," she whispers. "And... I promise, she will be safe."

21:26 GyroTech smiles and pulls her tight on the bed, shifting to get into a comfortable position as he lays there. "I guess...lets try to get back to sleep..." he says, closing his eyes, trying not to wory about the strange sensations pressing against him.

21:48 Inky cuddles up with GyroTech, wrapping her holed legs around his head and pressing it against her chest and banded belly.