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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
"I don't think I've heard of a pony eating meat before," Twilight admitted, taking a seat at the table, opposite Magnolia and between Last and the Drone. She had no idea what to make of Chow now being here but she supposed he had to make a living somehow. Why not in a place like this? It didn't seem right to her but if Magnolia was fine with it then who was she to judge but that wasn't going to stop her from trying to find out more. "What's it like? Can you digest it properly? Do you have it regularly or do you have it sometimes like a treat for something special?"
DAZZLE GLEAM & DAWN STREAK
"I don't know how to even feel about all this. It'll probably come to me when I'm away from here," Dazzle told her new friend, th electricity she had zapped away seemingly took away her emotions for the time being too and cautiously stepped through the unknown dusty room and into the hallway beyond. It was bare like the first room, devoid of furniture and pictures, and completely caked in dust. "Down here ... I think it was bedrooms," she said quietly and glanced at Long Stare. "That sound right? Bedrooms being here?"
"I will probably want to explore this between world state further but for now, we're here for that dragon hybrid," Dawn told Scarcity, reluctantly looking away from the portal and heading for the home. It wasn't for lack of curiosity but she knew if given the choice, she would stare at the ever shifting landscape in between worlds possibly forever. "At least we could try and help her find something here, right?"
AURORA LIGHTS
"No," Aurora shook her head at Happy. She loved the sight of the double layered town and couldn't wait to see what it had in store for them. "There's no arcades in Griffonstone but shouldn't we get the hive out of the way?"
ATZY & KARMIC FATE
"You're not making me feel bloated, persay, but uh, you are definitely making me feel nauseous with the amount of love you're giving off," Atzy told Blitz as she followed the foal's movements. "As for what I like, explosives, stargazing, reading, and eating gems," she giggled, managing to keep up with the rapid fire questions but it wasn't easy, trying to think through her personal nausea wave.
"Fish?" Karmic said in surprise. She wasn't sure what to think of it but if fishing was in his mind, it might help. "That's a maybe. He was alone for years in a cave by himself ... fishing is done out in the ocean so it could be a sense of freedom he truly desires? Like the little things in life? Anything like that make something happen in that brain of yours?"
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
From the way the doors had been blown off made Twilight worry but she didn't get long to dwell upon it. The next thing she knew she was in a cafeteria with their group and she was listening to the old pet feed shop owner from Ponyville. She remembered him the few times she had gone to him for help with her pet owl, Owlowiscious. At least the poor ting had been frightened off by Tirek's attack on her old tree library, never to be seen again. She will have to question Magnolia once they had some food and she would have to check in on Cherish, Last, and the Drone to make sure they were still fine now that their little ... soul problem had been fixed. For now, she wanted to question Double Chow a tiny bit.
"Double Chow? What are you doing here!?" Twilight asked the stallion in abject surprise, clearly taken aback by seeing him here of all places. "I thought you were still running your store."
DAZZLE GLEAM & DAWN STREAK
Dazzle stared into the empty house, continuing to shake until she felt a hoof on her shoulder. She quickly built up electricity to zap the offender away but it died down just as fast when she recognised Stare's voice.
"S-Sorry, Stare. I guess I'm just lost in my own head," Dazzle babbled, not exactly paying attention to Stare's words but at least she knew they were comforting. "Into the old ... home. Three, two, one," she counted down and swallowing, heading into the home with a couple of steps. The home was bare with a solid layer of dust on the floor. It looked like no one had been here in years. With the amount of dust disturbed from their walk, Dazzle sneezed and rubbed her nose. In the first room beyond the door, windows looked out over the desert. "This room, it was, I think, where we sat and talked while reading. I guess I forgot what it was called," Dazzle told them in her best steady voice she could manage but she was clearly still shaken up by the house being abandoned.
Dawn, meanwhile, was still looking into the shadows and sticking near Hammond. "I am not sure if I would make a good carer. I can barely take care of myself."
AURORA LIGHTS
"I was originally simply touring around Equestria before all this happened," Aurora told them, gesturing to herself. She had no idea what tourist traps were but they sounded fascinating. Coming to terms with what Onache just told her about mind control would take some getting used to. "I didn't think I would get wrapped up in any of this and I'd be either in Klugetown or Vanhoover by this point. So if there's no rush, can we go and find some things to do before seeing the queen you want us to visit? Actually, would you care to remind me why we're seeing this hive? Everything is jumbled up in my head at the moment."
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
Atzy was laughing at the foal running around her. The amount of love and happiness she felt from her was very sickly sweet to the point where she felt like she would throw up. "Ooo, wow, you are just a bundle of joy at the moment, huh?"
Karmic hummed as she watched Enzo's expression subtly change at the fireworks and headed over to the older sibling. She pulled him to the side, away from the other ponies, and talked to him with a smile. "I think I have an idea on what we can do for the next while. Help this giant winged kitty explore happy things. What do you think of that?"
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Hey. Sorry about my absence. I've been dealing with a lot of things the past couple of months.
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
"I believe I'm ready to leave now. It sounds like Cherish can meet up with someone," Twilight told the group. She was still recovering somewhat from the soul separation so she'd rather stay on Magnolia's back. "I'm happy you survived the separation, Cherish and yes, Magnolia. We'll have to catch up when there's less excitement going on."
DAWN STREAK & DAZZLE GLEAM
"They wouldn't just leave without leaving a note ... maybe. I don't even know when this could have happened beyond it being after I started my journey," Dazzle said quietly, sounding distant but shook her head. She tried to get the tears shaken out but was unsuccessful and they fell down her face. "I can't just ... stay out here. I have to go ... go into the empty house b-but ... I ... it's hard," she whispered, her legs shaking a bit as she stared through the open door.
Dawn, though, would look back through the portal at some of the shifting blob creatures in the shadows. "They all look so ... weirdly cute?" Dawn said in confusion, staring at a group of similar looking blobs from the safety of the group. "I think? It's hard to tell."
AURORA LIGHTS
"I did not think your mind powers would be this strong," Aurora said in amazement, surveying the mostly empty cart. "Is being a Changeling Queen this ..." she trailed off and her gaze settled on Happy while he explained Las Pegasus to her. She nodded along, taking in the information and blinked a few times. "Cloud walking can be done by non-Pegasus!? That's awesome! But ... one thing bothers me. Tourist traps? Do they trap the tourists in a jail cell?"
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
"WHOA! THIS IS SO COOL!" Atzy cheered excitedly. She had never seen so many colours burst to life before and to make pictures out of them in the sky? It was simply amazing to her! "Oh, oh oh, maybe ..." she thought about a trick with gems and lit her horn. From what appeared to be instinct, a dull gray magic field disappeared into the ground in front of Atzy. A second later a clear gem popped out of the ground and she threw it up into the sky. It ended up in the middle of the colourful exploding field. As an errant firework hit the gem, colours blasted out in all directions. "Haha, yes!"
"I did not expect that," Karmic said in complete surprise at the display.
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
"I have been through a lot in the past few years. More than any pony would ever dare dream of. So I'm quite used to the weird and wacky sights this world has to offer," Twilight told Soul with a wan smile. She didn't exactly think any less of him for the way he looked. After going up against Discord, anything in comparison was an everyday occurence. No, scratch that. Being friends with Pinkie Pie makes a pony embrace the weird. Even at the cost of one's own sanity in Twilight's case. "It's good to meet you but if you have something you'd rather do, I'd rather not keep you from it." She hoped he'd have a good chat with his mother as for now, she'd rather try to recuperate with the help of Last, Drone, Cherish, and her new-found sister. That last one she knew they had to talk a lot and catch up with but there'd be time for that once she figures out what Cherish wants to do.
DAZZLE GLEAM & DAWN STREAK
"Oh, right, the door. That pesky wooden object," Dazzle said nervously. It had been so long since she had seen her home she almost forgot just how arid the desert air was. Dazzle stared at the front door to her old home and rest a hoof on it. "There's a lot of memories here ..." the draconic hybrid said softly, obviously steeling herself to open the door. Her hoof slid along the grain and caught on the doorknob so she turned it, and opened it. From what they could see once the door had swung open entirely, it banged against the wall and echoed around an empty home. There was nothing left, a good amount of dust had settled on the floor. Almost as if it had been abandoned if it weren't for the obviously missing furniture. "Maybe my parents ... uh ..." Dazzle faltered, unable to believe what she saw.
While Dawn cautiously and slowly walked through the black void to get to the group after realizing she'd be left behind otherwise, she looked around and thought she spotted eyes and creatures moving about in the blackness. Just before crossing over and joining the group, Dawn paused and peered into the darkness, maybe half a step out of the dark place she found herself in. Some of the dwellers became more obvious before fading into the black but the eyes that watched her never seemed to go away, not even when they blink.
AURORA LIGHTS
"How far away is Las Pegasus? What will we find there beyond this hive and the gamblor?" Aurora asked the pair, settling into a seat opposite Onache and Happy. She had no idea what she getting into with all this hive business but she had to start somewhere, right? If this will help her figure out what to do with her life then she's going to take it. No more hiding behind being wimpy or cowardly and ... well, maybe some hiding would be nice. It would at least offer a sense of privacy if nothing else. Despite this, the still-new Changeling queen couldn't stop questioning what would happen in Las Pegasus. "I think something to do with happy drinks maybe? I don't know, only rumors from my village really is all that I know about Las Pegasus."
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
"Colours!? Explosions give colours! OOOO I want to see!" Atzy said excitedly, her wings buzzing with joy. She had no idea so many amazing things could be done with explosives and she wanted to know more. "Colours! Colours! Explosions give colours!"
"I think you set her off and she isn't coming back until she sees the fireworks," Karmic giggled as she followed with Enzo. She had no idea Atzy would get this excited about colours. Maybe it's because she was bereft of colour before attaching herself to Karmic? But that wouldn't make sense unless this new form she got given finally gave her coloured sight. But that didn't make sense either. Atzy hadn't commented on the colours she could potentially now see so maybe it was something else entirely. Regardless, she shook her head out of her thoughts and looked up at Enzo. "Did you have a nice nap while we were inside the death trap of a warehouse?"
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
"Thanks for the help, Magnolia," Twilight told her appreciatively. She settled in on top of her newly-found sister and then watched a serious-looking ... strange pegasus with bone wings approach them. She was going to say something but paused, being stopped by her stomach growling upon seeing the box of licorice. "It's to help with giving back energy and is usually a good thing after a large bout of magic. Licorice is very welcome," she nodded. "Uh, thanks," Twilight added with a nervous chuckle and lit her horn up. Her magic fizzled a bit but thankfully stayed in place. Once her magic field was stable enough, Twilight levitated a few pieces of licorice into the air and began to eat them.
DAZZLE GLEAM & DAWN STREAK
Dazzle regarded the black opening warily. Flashes of tumbling down into dark caves and the sunlight getting swallowed by the Everfree ran through her head before she snorted air out of her nose. "Fine. If it's safe then I have no choice but to trust you," Dazzle told Scarcity before taking off through the void only to slide to a stop, feeling the sand beneath her hooves. "... I'm here," she gasped in disbelief and looked back at the void. "But nothing happened in there?"
"For a pony so hesitant about going in there, she really gave it her all," Dawn commented, standing near Long Stare as they looked into the void.
AURORA LIGHTS
"I wouldn't even know how to start with finding other drones, Queen Onache," Aurora admitted before shaking her head. She had no idea what to think for the moment and decided to go along with things for the time being. "To think all this started with a holiday from home," she chuckled and began walking after Happy. "I guess we'd better follow him otherwise we'll miss the train."
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
"Hey big guy," Karmic said, looking up at Enzo. She hummed and then smiled a bit before gently nudging his paw with her head. "If you're sleepy, try lying down."
"So how'd you make the fireworks? What are fireworks? Fire hazards are a thing? I don't even know what this is for," Atzy said rather excitedly, spouting off question after question and going between the explosive sibling duo. She did skid to a halt before the spider robots though and blinked at them. "Eh heh, I uh ... too many questions?" she guessed as she looked at the group.
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
Twilight moved her head back a bit once Magnolia got too close but then she smiled. "My hooves and legs don't seem to want to cooperate at the moment. It's probably a side effect of the magic Madame Macabre used. Having said that, yes, the help would be very much appreciated, Magnolia," Twilight told her with a slight nod and even smiled at her. She didn't feel all that different from before the spell but at least Cherish and her were separated now. It would take a while for the feeling to come back to her legs though. She did go through a bit of trauma with the soul separation.
DAZZLE GLEAM & DAWN STREAK
Dawn regarded the new portal in the room nervously, having never encountered them before. She decided to move over to Long Stare and simply stood near her, taking it all in.
"My home ..." Dazzle said softly, looking through both portals. She couldn't believe her eyes and she took i na shuddering breath. At least there wasn't anything dangerous on the other side but still, to suddenly see a passageway through complete darkness towards her childhood home? "That ... that can't be real. You're just trying to conjure up an image for me to be calm about, Scarcity. I know I saw what just happened but still it's ... it's unbelievable."
"Meeting another hive? Didn't we just do that?" Aurora asked in confusion, waving a hoof in the vague direction of the chaotic forest they had come from. "But, no. There's nothing here holding me back. I was simply visiting and on a holiday from home before I got intercepted by changelings and gemlings and the like," Aurora sighed. She hasn't had the best time of it recently. For the moment, she's still going along with things and smiled. "I guess we're goign to Las Pegasus and I have no idea what gambling is."
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
"Lets hope Enzo doesn't get scared by fireworks," Karmic commented while Atzy took off the bomb disposal equipment.
"Eh heh, uh, not a helmet, got it," Atzy said in an embarrassing tone. She shook her head to get her mane back into place and looked at the siblings, trying to ignore the bouncing pony around them. "That sounds like great fun! Fireworks! Boom! Psshh! oooo! aaa!" she gestured with her hooves and giggled with a couple of nods.
"Which way to the edge of the town?" Karmic chuckled, looking between Blitz and Molotov. She was glad Atzy is now having a fun time without dwelling on being a gemling princess. She liked seeing her sister be happy. For herself, she was kinda concerned no images of the future have come to her recently. Maybe the shock of an entire new species being in Enzo's old home drove them off but that didn't sound right to her.
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
It most likely was as Macabre said and her magic was making her extra sensitive to the separation. Twilight took in shuddering breaths as she laid there and attempted to at least roll onto her front. She wasn't sure what was happenign other than knowing she was free of Cherish. "I think ... there's no need for me getting any remedy. I think I just need time to let it run through my system," Twilight said simply when she successfully rolled onto her front and tucked her legs under her. "Just so long as everyone is okay."
DAWN STREAK & DAZZLE GLEAM
Dawn wasn't sure what to make of bright blue lines lighting up underneath Dazzle's fur, outlining her scales. She did what she thought was right at the time and simply stuck near the corner, quietly watching everything going on.
Dazzle though, she took in deep breaths. After a few hearty gulps the electricity she had been gathering dissipated harmlessly into the air. "Was there anything else?" Dazzle asked quietly, staring resolutely at the floor but the question was aimed at Scarcity. "Dust? Disturbed furniture? Possessions? Notes? Anything?" she asked the pony with some slight hope.
AURORA LIGHTS
All these different emotions she never knew changelings feasted off of swirled about her mind but soon she shook her head. "Geh. I guess I got some research to do," Aurora sighed. "Is there anything you want me to do before I go and start that? Like maybe see what that gem ... oh, no, the gemling's gone," she chuckled nervously, only just now noticing the strange creature had left them. "Sorry. I kinda got lost in my own head there."
ATZY & KARMIC FATE
Before they had a chance to test out explosives, Atzy grabbed the chrome dome and placed it over her head with a grin; not caring for the wires within it. She may be acting childish but it's hard to deny their enthusiasm wasn't infectious. "Lookee here! Shiny helmet for the explosives!" Atzy said giddily. Karmic wanted to say something to her but thought better of it. She turned her attention back to Blitz and smirked a bit.
"I have an idea. Maybe we could lob some of those ... uh ... ball bombs you have. The ones with the pins? We could chuck those at Atzy and see how she does." Karmic suggested, pointing to some in the pile of explosives near Blitz.
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I don't have time to reply at the moment but once my work week is over I'll be able to reply.
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
"It feels like my soul had been ripped in two," Twilight gasped upon coming back to her senses. Her body felt like it was on fire and she feared no amount of rolling would ever put it out. She stayed where she was, curled up on the floor. What strength she did have, silently thanking Madame Macabre for successfully separating her and Cherish, she made an effort to look at her supposed sister. "I am happy Cherish is free ... give me a bit to recover. I don't know how long it will take but I just need to recover before I answer or ask any questions to you, Magnolia." She glanced at Last and the manetid and took in deep breaths to try and get her thoughts together but nothing came to mind due to the pain.
DAZZLE GLEAM & DAWN STREAK
"What's this guy doing?" Dawn muttered, warily eyeing Hammond and trying to dodge where his jumps would land. She didn't like the look of him one bit.
"They ... aren't ... there?" Dazzle asked in a small voice, her eyes wide with her pupils shrunk. "N-No they should be ... there. They should be there. They always said that's their forever home!" she shouted at Scarcity; electricity zapping beneath her fur and outlining a mutltiude of scales hidden beneath her skin. She didn't care if the mare had asked her a question. She wasn't in the right state of mind to answer it at the moment after learning of her parents not living at the place she grew up in. She didn't care if the mare was patiently waiting for an answer, she had to get her frustration and panic out.
AURORA LIGHTS
"A carton of milk is way scarier than you think it is," Aurora mumbled, sounding like she had experience in scarier-than-normal milk cartons. She shook ehr head and pranced in place a bit to keep her blood flowing through her body. She watched the gemling go away with whatever message she assumed Queen Onache whispered to it and went back to answering Happy's questions. "But to answer the feeding question, I usually associate warmth, happiness, safety? Those aren't exactly emotions ... well, maybe happiness is. Warmth and safety certainly aren't emotions, are they?"
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
"You know, something less dangerous might be in order. I don't even know how long we have to get to a mountain in order to blow it up," Karmic told Blitz but was certainly getting fascinated by the amount of explosives the filly had lying around, much less tucked away into various nooks and crannies of the warehouse. "Maybe uh .... throw an explosive at a target range, perhaps?"
"Oh that is so so cool!" Atzy said excitedly. She stared up in wonderment at the night sky and then back at Molotov when it had finished timing out. She pranced in place and began to excitedly ask Molotov a bunch of rapidfire questions. "How many more do you have? Can you throw them all at once? How many have you thrown at once? Do they connect to each other and make one super giant night sky!?"
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I will get a post done later today. Things have been very hectic at work the past month but I think things have calmed down enough for me to write something here.
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@Blitz Boom & @Empress Magloria
TWILIGHT SPARKLE
When the scythe cut through the connection Twilight shared with Cherish, time seemed to freeze for a moment and the force of a dozen Tirek blasts hit her all at once. She screamed in total agony for the half dozen seconds the pain lasted and when it was over, she found herself lying on the floor and panting hard. Twilight found it hard to speak so she chose to stay silent and let the pain subside even if it took a while. She did manage to move her head and tried to find Cherish upon hearing her speak.
"Is ... Cherish ... okay?" Twilight wheezed through the pain she felt deep in her core.
DAZZLE GLEAM & DAWN STREAK
Dawn gave a nod to the guard and stood to the side, choosing to remain silent as she checked on their surroundings while Dazzle herself walked up to Scarcity with a soft pleading expression. All she wanted to know was about Scarcity's trip to the desert on the other side of the Everfree. She hoped the mare had brought good news rather than bad.
"I don't know if you have the answer to this, Scarcity, but I know Stare asked you to find my parents on the other side of the Everfree. So my question to you is, please, do you have any information about them? Are they alive? Still living there?" Dazzle asked Scarcity in what she hoped was a calm voice but desperation did leak through it.
AURORA LIGHTS
"I've been a Griffin all this time and haven't needed to? I ate what the gfriffins ate and that kept me going?" Aurora said in complete confusion, staring back at Onache. She'd have to take Happy up on his offer to go to Las Pegasus later if it meant actual trying to be a changeling for real instead of being what she has been for most of her life. For now though, asking all these questions that she knew were meant for babies made her feel like she was lost in an ocean of untasted emotions. Maybe they thought differently of her now that she's trying to get more knowledge about her original species?
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
"As long as ... no, it seems like your brother is fine keeping Atzy occupied so I guess I could come with you to figure out bombs," Karmic told Blitz hesitantly before shaking her head with a smile. "Sure. Why not. It's fun to learn something new. I just hope my cutie mark doesn't activate while we do this."
"Exploding hexagon containment cube!? Metallic watchamacallit!? Let's go see them!" Atzy said excitedly before hopping up and down in place. She couldn't believe what she was hearing about the many different inventions these two ponies have made and it was all so exciting to learn about them. She hoped they weren't too scared by her excitedness mainly because she hasn't been this is excited since ... well, since as long as she could remember. "Oh this is so much fun!"
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
"This all sounds reasonable," Twilight told them a small nod of her head, letting things collect in her mind so she can sort them out later. "I will have to talk with you two after Madame Macabre has helped me and my ghostly friend out," she spoke with a firm tone to Alluria and Magnolia. "I am so curious about why you two are not on the family tree when you very clearly should be. Magnolia, I am sorry to hear about what our parents did to you and I really want to know why they didn't keep you. You probably want to know that answer as well." She wasn't sure how she'd get to the bottome of this mystery but once she had been separated from Cherish and recovered, she would love to gain some new knowledge about her family. It was previously unknown to her but now that she's in the thick of it, Twilight wanted to know more. The princess faced Macabre and smiled nervously. "So how do we go about getting separated, Madame Macabre?"
DAZZLE GLEAM & DAWN STREAK
Dazzle kept watch around them as they wandered to the Bubblehearth Inn. While being nondescript, she gagged a bit at just how obvious an inn it is. While the dragonpony could see peace in the simple things, given what she's seen of the town so far, it wasn't exactly up to par with, say, Circle Pop's candy shop. She put it out of her mind though and eyed the squirrel before it disappeared.
"Questions ... how direct is she?" Dazzle asked her new friend. "I haven't spoken to her much other than her saying she'd try to find my parents."
"What is she like, this sister of yours?" Dawn asked cautiously, keeping close to the pair and not exactly paying attention to their surroundings.
AURORA LIGHTS
"Emotions have different flavours? That's news to me," Aurora said in complete surprise, ignoring the reactions they all gave her to her lack of knowledge. "I don't exactly know who my mother was. I've been a griffin for basically all my life until now. Yes, I did change back ot myself when I was home but most of the time I've been a griffin. So any help you lot can give me would be great. It might have to wait if the gemling queen is impatient to meet though."
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
"This place is so cool!" Atzy cheered, her wings fluttering excitedly as she went from workbench, examining all the different items and gizmos. "What do you do here? Do you work on the spiders here? AI? Forge? What is all this!?"
"And thus she is very excited about technology. Weird," Karmic commented, sticking near the entrance and watching her sister go around. "Well, hopefully Felicia and Charlotte can keep Atzy from destroying anything. Not like I can do anything about it."
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
"Sorry about the misunderstanding. This feels like a place where a lot of ghosts would gather and so ... don't worry," Twilight shook her head quickly. It came as a shock that Magnolia and Alluria were both actually living but it was a comfort to learn about. "Usually when a name is stricken from the family tree, it means they're dead or something ghastly has happened to them and don't want to be associated with the family anymore," she told Alluria and Magnolia. Upon hearing Madame Macabre's voice, she looked to the source and flicked her ears a bit. Just the pony they had intended to find in the first place. However her words gave Twilight pause and some nervousness about her current situation. "Madame Macabre? What's going to happen to Cherish when ... when the 'ties are cut'?"
DAWN STREAK & DAZZLE GLEAM
"Yeah, we're both ready," Dazzle nodded at this while Dawn stayed silent, glancing behind them at the candy shop. "Although I think Dawn in particular is worried about something," she chuckled.
"Huh? No I'm not," Dawn said quickly and shook her head, returning her gaze to Stare. "So, ahem, what are we doing here?"
AURORA LIGHTS
Aurora's mind was reeling with what the gemling spoke of and was only brought back by Happy's questioning. "Bwah? Uh? What?" she questioned and shook her head a few times. "Flavour? As in favourite ice cream? That uh ... I don't see how that's relevant right now."
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
"I don't think this will go well if we continue talking about this," Karmic sighed, taking her hoof away from Atzy's mouth. The gemling licked her lips and glared lightly at Karmic.
"They're trustworthy and seem like the crazy sort of scientists ponies often shrug off as nothing worth mentioning. I feel like we can tell them about this and I need to talk about it with sompony other than you and Enzo," Atzy said quickly and then trotted to the workshop entrance.
"... fine, that's what I get for being a sister, I guess. We'd like a tour," Karmic eventually sighed and turned her gaze to the stallion scientist. She didn't think much of him or Blitz but if it meant trying to protect Atzy from herself she'd have to go along with it. "Your spiders are ... interesting ..."
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
"To be honest, Miss Alluria, if you and Magnolia are truly family and, well, dead, then the post would have most likely marked those letters as a cruel trick to play on somepony who's living," Twilight said, choosing to sit down on her haunches with her tail curled around her forelegs. She wasn't quite sure how to feel about things just yet. Meeting with ancestors and dead sisters is a strange concept to her so her mind defaulted to trying to go about speaking analytically in an effort to cope. "I'm choosing to go with you two being dead, because it seems like everyone around here that is of this place is a spirit of some kind. Having said that, I'm not used to speaking with spirits on a general basis. I've only just started doing so with Cherish's help. I didn't even know they were around before I encountered her. But ... I'm here with my guards, Last Stand and Drone, to help separate me from Cherish so we can both be our own selves. Lady Macabre is meant to help with that but I get the feeling you and Magnolia might be of more help?"
DAZZLE GLEAM & DAWN STREAK
"Who's Scarcity?" Dawn asked Long Stare in confusion, deciding to follow along now that she's had a chance to cool down.
"I hope Scarcity has good news about my parents," Dazzle sighed with a nod and followed Long Stare away from the shop.
AURORA LIGHTS
Aurora nodded along with each word Onache spoke, taking it all in. "Find a hive somewhere ... probably base it near a griffin settlement ... griffins are more readily accepted so I at least have that form down pat," she mumbled, trying to keep note of it all in her mind before taking a couple of steps back at the rumbling. She could only stare at the gemling, all thoughts flying out of her head. "Um ... hi," Aurora replied in a stunned and nervous tone and only managed to bow back before the gemling could focus on Onache. "Queen Dia'Thiz? Wh-Who is she?"
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
"Carmen's cute," Atzy commented, watching the little spider robot tap at her gems. She sat down and lifted a leg up for the robot to have a better inspection. "These are stuck inside me so there's no way you can take them out. As for Felicia, I kinda understand what it's like to be different from everyone else and be chased off ... I ended up as artificial changeling slud-" Atzy continued to prattle on until Karmic suddenly shot over and clamped her hoof over Atzy's mouth but the damage might have already been done.
"Heh, my sister has no idea when to keep her mouth shut around ... robots, apparently," Karmic chuckled nervously.
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@Props ValRoa @Blitz Boom and everyone else.
jeez. Sorry. Clearly I wasn’t paying attention. I can’t delete the post either so it’s stuck there.
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
"To be honest, Miss Alluria, if you and Magnolia are truly family and, well, dead, then the post would have most likely marked those letters as a cruel trick to play on somepony who's living," Twilight said, choosing to sit down on her haunches with her tail curled around her forelegs. She wasn't quite sure how to feel about things just yet. Meeting with ancestors and dead sisters is a strange concept to her so her mind defaulted to trying to go about speaking analytically in an effort to cope. "I'm choosing to go with you two being dead, because it seems like everyone around here that is of this place is a spirit of some kind. Having said that, I'm not used to speaking with spirits on a general basis. I've only just started doing so with Cherish's help. I didn't even know they were around before I encountered her. But ... I'm here with my guards, Last Stand and Drone, to help separate me from Cherish so we can both be our own selves. Lady Macabre is meant to help with that but I get the feeling you and Magnolia might be of more help?"
DAZZLE GLEAM & DAWN STREAK
"Who's Scarcity?" Dawn asked Long Stare in confusion, deciding to follow along now that she's had a chance to cool down.
"I hope Scarcity has good news about my parents," Dazzle sighed with a nod and followed Long Stare away from the shop.
AURORA LIGHTS
Aurora nodded along with each word Onache spoke, taking it all in. "Find a hive somewhere ... probably base it near a griffin settlement ... griffins are more readily accepted so I at least have that form down pat," she mumbled, trying to keep note of it all in her mind before taking a couple of steps back at the rumbling. She could only stare at the gemling, all thoughts flying out of her head. "Um ... hi," Aurora replied in a stunned and nervous tone and only managed to bow back before the gemling could focus on Onache. "Queen Dia'Thiz? Wh-Who is she?"
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
"Carmen's cute," Atzy commented, watching the little spider robot tap at her gems. She sat down and lifted a leg up for the robot to have a better inspection. "These are stuck inside me so there's no way you can take them out. As for Felicia, I kinda understand what it's like to be different from everyone else and be chased off ... I ended up as artificial changeling slud-" Atzy continued to prattle on until Karmic suddenly shot over and clamped her hoof over Atzy's mouth but the damage might have already been done.
"Heh, my sister has no idea when to keep her mouth shut around ... robots, apparently," Karmic chuckled nervously.
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
Twilight filed away the scene of the little hoof closing the door for later. Given where they were and what kind of place she was walking through, it made sense to think of it as a ghost and nothing more. Unless it was a foal being creepy and playing poor tricks on her mind. Upon reaching the library, Twilight stared around in awe at the many books and shelves. While used to ghosts thanks to Cherish being nearby, she wasn't prepared for the sheer multitude of spirits hanging around the library and reading books. Her thoughts were broken out of when Alluria spoke to her and Magnolia.
"Letters?" Twilight repeated dumbly, her mind still processing all the ghosts abound. "Spirits are ... what letters? The only letter I've ever gotten from this location is one Magnolia sent me with a map. I've never even heard of you before coming to this town so I don't exactly know how I'm supposed to feel or what to think," she said quickly before shaking her head a few times. "Spirits are real and I'm talking to a supposed ancestor. I need time to wrap my head around this."
AURORA LIGHTS
Aurora stayed absolutely still while Onache examined her. It was only when the queen was facing her did she move about and check on the weak points. The half blurred back leg and unnatural blend of colours made her sigh.
"I'm more used to dealing with feathers, not hair and fur and manes and such, Queen Onache," Aurora told her, facing her with a dour expression. "I know I wouldn't get it right first time because all I've done up until now is be a griffin. Ponies are a new concept to shapeshift into." she took a breath and let it out slowly, and knew Onache was just being honest. "... are there any pointers you can give me?"
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
"There's been no unfortunate visions as of late," Karmic shook her head. "Which is a relief but also concerning. Am I losing my ability? I don't think so, my cutie mark is still here ..." Karmic told him with a hint of nervousness to her voice. "They pop up randomly so much I tended to have my head in the clouds but since ... Atzy is as she is now, it's like they've stopped. Were the visions somehow leading me to her and her Gemling Princess status?"
Atzy crouched to get a better look at Felicia and her ears flicked a few times, trying to understand the bigger spider-bot. She heard the translation from Molotov and nodded slowly.
"If you like being free, Felicia, then go have some fun," Atzy chuckled and gently patted the top of Felicia's body. It felt metallic and cold but Atzy didn't mind that. "Maybe Molotov can think up of a better body for you instead of a metal skeleton of a spider." She then turned to look at the other smaller spider and smiled. "And you, Carmen, if you like the attention so much then you can climb over me."
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I think I got everything set in my head now. Thanks for the summaries. It covers things pretty good. I think for now it would be best for Long Stare to lead Dawn and Dazzle away to set that in motion. Everything else I think I can handle. Once I find the posts you and @Props ValRoa left me with.
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To be honest, I've completely forgotten what's happening with the stories. I've probably spread myself too thin so maybe just keep going with Dazzle, Dawn, Karmic/Atzy, and Twilight will be better? But Dawn is seldom used because Widdershins is barely on like I am so I'm not sure what to do.
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
Twilight noticed Last was at war with herself, torn between wanting to serve her and to run off after her apparent mother. She didn't know if any of Last's mother remained but it seemed like enough of the essence was there. However, before she had a chance to speak to her guard, her reverie was broken by Magnolia's question and she nodded.
"I don't get why you and this Alluria were stricken from the family records. Even ponies who are meant to be dead still have a place in their family trees. It's so future generations can remember them and hopefully learn from whatever mistakes they may have done. So for you and Alluria to not be on my family tree is ... very strange to say the least," Twilight told her sister, gesturing between the papers and Magnolia herself. "I still have to wrap my head around you being my older sister."
DAZZLE GLEAM
"Yeah, okay. The bakery. That's a good place to start," Dazzle nodded somewhat distractedly and then turned to wave a hoof at Benny and Kaltrops. "Sweets and breads and flour and dough, all sound really good right now. It can keep my mind off of things. I don't have any allergies by the way. I tried poison oak and that strange blue flower in the Everfree once," she added and shuddered. "I'm never pretending to be a twittermite again."
AURORA LIGHTS
"I've been on travels so thinking of a pony shouldn't be too hard," Aurora nodded slightly in thought. "Okay ... be confident ... just ... don't mess up," she spoke out loud, clearly new at transforming into a pony rather than a griffin. She hoped the others wouldn't think less of her because of this. If everything went right, then she'd have no need to worry. She summoned green fire and forced herself to transform once she got a pony idea in her head. It was a simple design. Orange fur, orange wings with the feathers tapering into red near the tips, a glossy red mane, and a cutie mark on her flank depicting a cloud stuck in a tornado. She breathed and wouldn't dare open her eyes when she felt her transformation fires die out. "How is it? Did I do good?"
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
"You made spider robits!? That's so cool!" Atzy exclaimed in excitement and bent her front left legs to better look at the fully metal robotic spider. She was excited at the prospect of learning about machinery and what robots could do but it might not have meant to be if something interrupted them. "Ooo she looks super sharp, this one," she breathed and the excited gemling carefully reached out a hoof to touch Felicia.
Meanwhile, Karmic was watching Enzo with a worried looked. She watched him approach after the dragon went away and gave a small wave.
"You doing okay, big guy?" Karmic asked him curiously with a hint of worry.
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
"Oh yes, you're right," Twilight said appreciatively, smiling at Zeehva. "I think for now, these are all the clues I'm going to get until we reach this ghost Alluria so I'm going to do my best to see if the documents are false or not."
Twilight would take the papers in her own magic and examined them thoroughly, trying to detect if they were false in any way. She cast some spells to reveal lies and forged documents but it all rang true. She did drop the papers in the midst of her investigation when Drone got attacked and twirled to face them. She had no idea what the shrine maiden was after but she wouldn't let her hurt her friend. She abandoned Magnolia for a bit to gallop up to the attacking Maiden with a fierce expression. It was unprovoked and it shouldn't have happened in the first place.
"What is your problem!? Drone was being perfectly civil and not attacking anything, even with Last Stand being here!" the princess shouted at the other Shrine Maiden. "I know Shrine Maidens and Manetids fight each other to the death over something or other Princess Luna left behind but this isn't the Shrine you protect, nor is there anything here for the Manetid to go after!"
DAWN STREAK & DAZZLE GLEAM
"Fine, whatever," Dawn muttered. "Blood boiling is just an expression anyway," she added and quickly trotted inside to cool off.
"Staying with you wouldn't be so bad, Stare," Dazzle smiled at her friend. "I guess waiting will have to be what we're doing. Is there anything good to do here? I'm technically a tourist after all and it looks like these four aren't much help," she added, waving a hoof at Pop, Benny, Kaltrops, and Dawn. When she looked she only saw the dragon and Pop there. "Or well, I guess just Pop and the angry sex dragon."
AURORA LIGHTS
"I'm only really able to become a griffin," Aurora told the Changeling queen. She hadn't had a chance to try out other forms but the theory should be the same. Concentrate on the form and then Aurora becomes it but she had no idea on how to actually implement it for other forms. "I haven't tried being anything else other than a griffin, really ... you want me to try other forms?" she asked nervously, back to being naive in the wake of all this new information. "Sorry, Queen Onache. I'm very, very, very new to this."
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
Karmic and Atzy quickly made their way off the dragon. "Is this the famous brother you've been telling us about, Blitzy?" Atzy asked as she approached the pair. She'd take the dragon's words to heart and would file them away to keep a note of them. She smiled at Blitz's brother and gave a wave. "I'm Atzy. This is my sister Karmic," she added, pointing to the white earth pony. "Blitz said you had robots here!?"
"I'm just making sure Atzy doesn't make any trouble," Karmic smiled. "The sphynx is our friend, but he has a thing about dragons that's too lengthy to go into now."
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
Twilight was very taken aback by the revelation. She had no idea she had an older sister so to hear she even had one and the mare in question was confessing right in front of her? Twilight shook her head to get her thoughts straight, wiped off the shocked expression and replaced it with disbelief.
"Older sister? Since when do I have an older sister? There's no trace of there being one! The only point of contact I've had with you is this letter," Twilight told Magnolia and magicked the letter out from her saddlebags and levitated it over to Magnolia to see. "If you sent letters before, I never got them except somehow for this one. I've looked at my family history before and there's no mention of a Magnolia Sparkle or Alluria Sparkle. I've looked! There's no trace there! So try to explain that to me while explaining how I've got an older sister my parents never told me about."
DAWN STREAK & DAZZLE GLEAM
"I ... don't know what I'd do if ... if there's an empty house," Dazzle admitted with a heavy sigh. She rubbed her eyes with a hoof and looked at the others. She never considered the possibility and simply continued sitting next to Stare. "I really hope they're there, though. It's been a very long time." The house would be empty with a note taped on the door but it had been ruined by the constant sandblasting the house goes under each season. Due to being so close to the desert and all.
"Nothing serious, huh? He just belted out that we do it in public!" Dawn yelled at Pop, gesturing with a hoof at Kaltrops. She wasn't yelling at Pop specifically, just at the general nonsense of this situation. Pop just happened to be right there and listening when she spoke.
AURORA LIGHTS
"How much of a dominant species can we be if we're in hiding?" Aurora asked while filing the information away for later. She knew it would be useful but at the moment she's just trying to get things straight in her head. She wasn't sure how Lulu, Flaxx, or Happy were reacting to this but it seemed like she was taking charge for the moment of their little group. "Anyway ... you asked us to go check on the hive. We did. We gave the queen her message, we ran into some shenanigans on the way back, and now we're here. What ... what can we do to help out if we can?"
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
"That's a lot of information at once," Karmic muttered and decided to take the dragon's offer of hopping onto her back and settled into the saddle. She made sure to grab Blitz along the way and deposited her in front of her forehooves so Karmic could keep a hold of the filly.
"Yes, we're heading to Deltrot for a bomb show," Atzy nodded, unsure of what the dragon wanted. "You seem friendly enough and Karmic trusts you enough to get into your saddle. I just hope I can be a good representative of this Gemling species I'm now a part of and to be clear ... the ... the changeling parasitic goo I used to be was an experiment. I was made from scratch in a petri dish. For what purpose, I know not yet," Atzy added after giving it some thought and decided to join her sister and Blitz up in the saddle and settled down next to them.
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TWILIGHT SPARKLE
"There's so much death around here," Twilight breathed in amazement. While she knew what necromancy was and how it was frowned upon in equine society, she saw it as more of a curiosity and something to be careful of than anything else. She wasn't sure what to think or say beyond those words as she gazed at the locale and ponies around them. "Who's in charge of keeping all these creatures here? Who is in charge of the necromancy spells keeping them here? Is it necromancy? Maybe it's something else and they've risen from the dead of their own accord?"
DAWN STREAK & DAZZLE GLEAM
"It's been years. They most likely have thought me as dead and moved on," Dazzle told Stare in a grumpy manner. She was sure her parents were still in fact home and just waiting for a sign that she's alive but putting up a front kept her from thinking too hard on what her parents might be doing right at this moment. "It's fine if she can't find anything. Really. Scarcity will probably come to an empty house and then make up some lie about them being there."
"That's right, go get dragged off by your marefriend!" Dawn yelled after Benny. She was unsure of how to actually feel so she simply defaulted to being angry, hot, and bothered by the entire situation she found herself in thanks to Kaltrops' words.
AURORA LIGHTS
"All of this is too new for me, Queen Onache. I only just became this and now I have to go start a hive!?" Aurora replied, staring at Onache like she had grown a second head. "It sounds like changelings are an infestation more than another species!"
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
"No- don't- Blitz stay~" Karmic tried to keep Blitz close to her by wrapping her legs around the filly but she was proving difficult to keep ahold of.
"My hide?" Atzy asked in surprise, pointing a hoof to herself. "Um ... my name's Atzy. I ..." she looked at Blitz and Karmic struggling to keep a hold of her and decided to go for it. "I uh ... well ... I used to be stuck inside a jar as a pile of experimental changeling goo. I latched onto Karmic and we both eventually found the big kitty hiding behind the trees. He took us to his old place floating thing where he came from and we followed this ghost of a changeling down into some mines. There, a Gemling queen fused with a mare gave me this body to move around in and such. Uh ... oh dear. I probably shouldn't have said the first bit. You just seem so easy to talk to. I don't even know what gemlings do besides eat gems to keep living."
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@Blitz Boom & @Props Valroa
TWILIGHT SPARKLE
"While it is true ponies can have meat, we can't exactly digest it properly," Twilight told Magnolia and then stared at Last like she grew a second head. Her description of what shrine maidens had to fight against in the forest sounded eerily similar to what she and her friends had fought against in Ponyville some years back. "What did you just describe Last? Drone? That plant that was in the forest? There was a brief infestation in Ponyville a while ago by blue plants called Plunderseeds. What you described sounds like what the Plunderseeds did."
@Blitz Boom
DAZZLE GLEAM & DAWN STREAK
Dazzle did her best to look around the empty bedroom and lifted a hoof to brush some dust off the wall. "... I don't think anything was left here. No indication of them having ever lived here," Dazzle told her and walked out of the bedroom. It wasn't much but she ducked into the empty room next door. It was relatively the same size as the other one and she did a slow spin in the middle. She stared at the bare walls and then looked out the window overlooking the Everfree Forest. "Why ... why aren't you here? Where did you go?"
Dawn moved her head from side to side, watching the dust get funneled out and then the magic working away at cleaning the front room. On the fifth dust cloud being removed she approached the magic tube and dug around in the dust. "I think I see something," Dawn said and cautiously sifted through the sand before lifting out a dark blue dragon scale with her teeth and showed it to Scarcity. "Howd dis look?" she asked through her mouthful. She wasn't sure if it was from Dazzle's dad but at the very least it sort of matched her coat. It was slightly jagged and upon closer inspection, it had the markings of being torn off rather than naturally shed.
@Blitz Boom
AURORA LIGHTS
"A fully pacifist hive. I know I keep saying it but it's kinda hard to think about," Aurora admitted. She took a breath as she watched the changelings work for a bit and approached. She was tall like a Changeling Queen should be but at the very least she didn't hold herself regally like most did. Her most prominent features though was that she looked almost like Chrysalis with none of the fear factor or over-inflated ego. She still held herself in a demure fashion in spite of the confidence boost. She took another breath after spotting a changeling on the ground, the one in the old-fashioned dress, and went to them. "Uh, escuse me? Hi, s-sorry to interrupt," Aurora said nervously. "I would like to talk to the queen? If that's possible. I'm Aurora Lights and I'm new to this queen changeling business."
@Blitz Boom
KARMIC FATE & ATZY
"You like Pinkie more than Rarity because she is chaotic like you?" Atzy guessed, still feeling sick from the amount of joy Blitz was exuding. At the very least she is getting used to the bloated feeling rather quickly. "That makes a lot of sense. Do you two go around and explode things?"
"Atzy, Blitz, you two coming!? We're going to the ocean!" Karmic called out to the pair from beside Molotov and in front of Enzo. If those two kept going they'd probably not stop for anything.