Samurai Equine

It's safe to say that Samurai stopped using his fire magic after seeing the imposing vines in his way. It's just not needed at the moment. After freeing a few trapped ponies and racers, Samurai takes a moment to see who has caught up. In doing do, he sees the various powers @Nitobit Moonlight is exhibiting, the moonerang that @Shiny Silvermoon Shiny got, and the increased horn size that @Iridescent Edge Iridescent got. "Hmm... Well, maybe one fruit couldn't hurt. Please be helpful." Samurai hesitantly eats one of the berries he has been saving. His jacket suddenly becomes a protective cloak, and in his hooves is a pole weapon. On one end, a jumonji yari; on the other end, a naginata. "...You know, I never though about combining these kinds of weapons before. But lets give it a chance!" With a warrior's focus, Samurai stands up right, concentrates, and prepares his weapon. When the moment is right, he lunges forward and expertly begins to swing his weapon around in many directions. Hundreds of slashes! Tons of vines go down. Somehow, not a single trapped racer gets struck in any way, completely avoiding getting hurt. And the more Samurai keeps this up, the more he creates a tunnel through all these wild vines! ...But he also stops knocking down leaves to do this...

Samurai is so shocked by Shiny falling back that he stops to catch her in his arms. "But, Shiny...? Shiny. SHINY!!!" He hears her cries. He sees the photo. He tries to explain. For a moment, it looks so dramatic... And then it's over. Samurai stands there, dumbfounded. "1000-nen no choubatsu." He resumes racing to make up for lost time, and then... Samurai eventually comes up the very strange sight. Finally getting out of the fog, he sees ponies trapped in the vines. "Are you the one I sensed earlier? I was expecting an enemy, but helping ponies is something I do best!" Samurai rushes to the vines, grabs hold, and starts using his bare strength to rip vines apart! His only focus is setting trapped ponies free. Although, he does look at the fruit and ponder eating one. "...What benefits could these things possibly give? I'm all ready very strong. If I want an arsenal, I can magically summon armor and weapons instantly. Seems redundant, but..." In the midst of trying to help, Samurai does take one of the berries and stores it away for later.

"If you say so. But no shame if you change your mind." Samurai nods and continues to race. Samurai happily nods at Dusk's words, but then turns his attention forward. But as he takes the lead once more... Samurai is a little surprised, but smiles. "You are full of surprises, Shiny! But I've seen you in action, so I know how amazing you are. Glad to have you along." Samurai faces forward and runs as fast as he can. But Samurai's attempt to get to the lead of the race is interrupted when something bounces off his head. He grabs the cupcake that landed on him. "...Cupcake?" Samurai looks around to see the falling confectionaries. He then hears the voice of Pinkie Pie and listens close to her explanation. "...The Cupckae-inator? If I hade a nickle for every time I've heard of an invention with that name, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't much, but it's strange that it happened twice." Samurai admits, then shakes his head. "I am not sure how cupcakes will work in this fog, but if it helps guide the way, then I'm all for it!"