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* CouldSayItBut / IllPretendIDidntHearThat: While Blank Slate is "guarding" the vault as part of the final step of his plan for robbing it, Princess Celestia suddenly appears and sits down next to him. She calls him by his real name, a name he hasn't used for 15 years, then starts gently talking about how disappointed she was that there was someone stealing things for fun, before going on to note that there's always a chance to change and begin to use one's skills for good. She concludes by smiling warmly at him and noting that with a ''vigilant'' guard like him on duty, there's absolutely no chance of the vault being robbed tonight. [[spoiler: [[MeaningfulRename Cuckoo Cloud]] is so moved by her trust in him to change and do good that he spends the rest of the night actually guarding the vault before turning himself in the next day.]]
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* CouldSayItBut / IllPretendIDidntHearThat: While Blank Slate is "guarding" the vault as part of the final step of his plan for robbing it, Princess Celestia suddenly appears and sits down next to him. She calls him by his real name, a name he hasn't used for 15 years, then starts gently talking about how disappointed she was that there was someone stealing things for fun, before going on to note that there's always a chance to change and begin to use one's skills for good. She concludes by smiling warmly at him and noting that with a ''vigilant'' guard like him on duty, there's absolutely no chance of the vault being robbed tonight. [[spoiler: [[MeaningfulRename [[spoiler:[[MeaningfulRename Cuckoo Cloud]] is so moved by her trust in him to change and do good that he spends the rest of the night actually guarding the vault before turning himself in the next day.]]
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* MugglesDoItBetter: Blank Slate knows most security systems in Canterlot rely heavily on checking for magic. As a pegasus, he can't cast spells but gets by just fine with old fashioned disguises, plus a few magic gems from a friend.
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* MugglesDoItBetter: Blank Slate knows most security systems in Canterlot rely heavily on checking for magic. As a pegasus, he can't cast spells spells, but gets by just fine with old fashioned old-fashioned disguises, plus a few magic gems from a friend.
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[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/207385/little-deceptions Little Deceptions]] is a MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfic by Taranth.
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* GoodFeelsGood: Blank Slate realizes this by the end, which is part of what led him to turn himself in.
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* CouldSayItBut / IllPretendIDidntHearThat: While Blank Slate is "guarding" the vault as part of the final step of his plan for robbing it, Princess Celestia suddenly appears and sits down next to him. She calls him by his real name, a name he hasn't used for 15 years, then starts gently talking about how disappointed she was that there was someone stealing things for fun, before going on to note that there's always a chance to change and begin to use one's skills for good. She concludes by smiling warmly at him and noting that with a ''vigilant'' guard like him on duty, there's absolutely no chance of the vault being robbed tonight. [[spoiler: [[MeaningfulRename Cuckoo Cloud]] is so moved by her trust in him to change and do good that he spends the rest of the night actually guarding the vault before turning himself in the next day.]]
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* AchievementsInIgnorance: Princess Celestia made Blank Slate undergo a HeelFaceTurn just by talking to him, without even realizing he was the thief she was talking about.
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--> “Oooh, is that a recording gem? I didn’t know you had—”
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--> “Well then. Blank Slate.”
--> “‘Blank Slate’ is a suspect in the ongoing investigation into the recent robberies of high-profile…”
--> “Not a suspect. I did it.”
--> “Oooh, is that a recording gem? I didn’t know you had—”
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--> “Well then. Blank Slate.”
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[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/207385/little-deceptions Little Deceptions]] is a MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfic by Taranth.
Blank Slate is the [[PhantomThief greatest thief]] of his generation. He has robbed countless nigh-impossible marks, and his talents as a MasterOfDisguise are beyond par - truly, nopony knows who he is.
And now he's preparing the greatest heist in mortal memory: the treasure vaults of the Princesses themselves.
But you have to get up pretty early in the morning to get one past the pony who defines when ‘early in the morning’ is…
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* BigGood: Princess Celestia is ''such'' a big good that a brief conversation with her can a career criminal to turn themselves in.
* GoodFeelsGood: Blank Slate realizes this by the end, which is part of what led him to turn himself in.
* HeelFaceTurn: Blank Slate is turning himself in because he wants a second chance. [[spoiler: One promised to him by Princess Celestia herself.]]
* IHaveManyNames: Blank Slate changes names with every new disguise he dons, with even Blank Slate being an alias. [[spoiler: Being addressed by Princess Celestia by his true name, Cuckoo Cloud, is part of what causes him to turn himself in.]]
* INeverToldYouMyName: Key plot point. [[spoiler: Princess Celestia addressing him by his real name - a name that no one had heard in 15 years - makes him realize that he's been caught.]]
* InterrogationFlashback / ForegoneConclusion / HowWeGotHere: [[FramingDevice The story opens]] with Blank Slate talking to the royal guard after turning himself in for a series of high-profile thefts around Canterlot, because "[[BigGood She]] told me to." The rest of the story explains why.
* LovableRogue: Blank Slate is one of these.
* MeaningfulRename: As Blank Slate narrates his story, the name he calls himself by changes with each disguise. [[spoiler: After Princess Celestia addresses him by his real name, he uses that to describe himself at the end of the story.]]
* PerfectCrime: Blank Slate's plan to steal from the royal vault would have been one of these, had Princess Celestia not shown up.
* PhantomThief: Blank Slate is a master thief, and is only caught after turning himself in voluntarily.
* PurityPersonified: Princess Celestia, in the eyes of Blank Slate.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: Blank Slate realizes [[spoiler: this is what Celestia intends for him.]] It's implied in the ending that this has happened many times before.
* SelfAppliedNickname: All of Blank Slate's names, including Blank Slate itself. [[spoiler: All but Cuckoo Cloud.]]
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Princess Celestia has a spell to prevent these, as she has a tendency to accidentally call ponies by the names of long-dead relatives.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: Cuckoo Cloud's "little deceptions" are the many, many disguises he wears. Princess Celestia's little deception, however, is the spell that she has that allows her to know ponies names without speaking to them.
* {{Irony}}: Cuckoo Cloud turned his whole life around because Princess Celestia knew his name. Princess Celestia can't even remember his name without her spell.
* {{Namedar}}: Princess Celestia has it, and loves how it makes her little ponies feel special that she knows their names.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: For Cuckoo Cloud, it was a knowing act of mercy that completely changed his life. For Princess Celestia, it was a nice little chat with an easily flustered new guard she can't even remember the name of without her spell.
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Blank Slate is the [[PhantomThief greatest thief]] of his generation. He has robbed countless nigh-impossible marks, and his talents as a MasterOfDisguise are beyond par - truly, nopony knows who he is.
And now he's preparing the greatest heist in mortal memory: the treasure vaults of the Princesses themselves.
But you have to get up pretty early in the morning to get one past the pony who defines when ‘early in the morning’ is…
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* BigGood: Princess Celestia is ''such'' a big good that a brief conversation with her can a career criminal to turn themselves in.
* GoodFeelsGood: Blank Slate realizes this by the end, which is part of what led him to turn himself in.
* HeelFaceTurn: Blank Slate is turning himself in because he wants a second chance. [[spoiler: One promised to him by Princess Celestia herself.]]
* IHaveManyNames: Blank Slate changes names with every new disguise he dons, with even Blank Slate being an alias. [[spoiler: Being addressed by Princess Celestia by his true name, Cuckoo Cloud, is part of what causes him to turn himself in.]]
* INeverToldYouMyName: Key plot point. [[spoiler: Princess Celestia addressing him by his real name - a name that no one had heard in 15 years - makes him realize that he's been caught.]]
* InterrogationFlashback / ForegoneConclusion / HowWeGotHere: [[FramingDevice The story opens]] with Blank Slate talking to the royal guard after turning himself in for a series of high-profile thefts around Canterlot, because "[[BigGood She]] told me to." The rest of the story explains why.
* LovableRogue: Blank Slate is one of these.
* MeaningfulRename: As Blank Slate narrates his story, the name he calls himself by changes with each disguise. [[spoiler: After Princess Celestia addresses him by his real name, he uses that to describe himself at the end of the story.]]
* PerfectCrime: Blank Slate's plan to steal from the royal vault would have been one of these, had Princess Celestia not shown up.
* PhantomThief: Blank Slate is a master thief, and is only caught after turning himself in voluntarily.
* PurityPersonified: Princess Celestia, in the eyes of Blank Slate.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: Blank Slate realizes [[spoiler: this is what Celestia intends for him.]] It's implied in the ending that this has happened many times before.
* SelfAppliedNickname: All of Blank Slate's names, including Blank Slate itself. [[spoiler: All but Cuckoo Cloud.]]
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Princess Celestia has a spell to prevent these, as she has a tendency to accidentally call ponies by the names of long-dead relatives.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: Cuckoo Cloud's "little deceptions" are the many, many disguises he wears. Princess Celestia's little deception, however, is the spell that she has that allows her to know ponies names without speaking to them.
* {{Irony}}: Cuckoo Cloud turned his whole life around because Princess Celestia knew his name. Princess Celestia can't even remember his name without her spell.
* {{Namedar}}: Princess Celestia has it, and loves how it makes her little ponies feel special that she knows their names.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: For Cuckoo Cloud, it was a knowing act of mercy that completely changed his life. For Princess Celestia, it was a nice little chat with an easily flustered new guard she can't even remember the name of without her spell.
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