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@Samurai Equine @Skylight Scintillate @Victoria Everglade Collapse had gone back to her place to get ready and get additional supplies she might need for the trip - and would be there to meet the rest of them back at the cafe. "I am all ready to go." Collapse said with a smile, having larger saddlebags visible this time as well as a large canteen for a lot of water. When she was back with her friends she greeted them all with a happy smile on that yellow face of hers.

@Blitz Boom This is the part where we can "Break off" from Magloria and the orbs, and then get into the treasure scene and stuff, then work with more out of Spoiled Rich. They moved along with the Zebra, as directed by him.

@Blitz Boom Spectra was rather pleased by the Zebra not minding the trade. It would mean that perhaps the stolen carriage could be blamed on him instead of her, as well as getting the carriage out of the area and away from Spectra. If the carriage had been kept with Spectra, it would perhaps be too risky to travel into populated areas because Appleoosa would likely be on the lookout for a stolen carriage - sending flyers here and there. A missing Earth pony from Appleoosa was sure to be known, but given that Spectra had Yuma's body modified into that of a Unicorn that wouldn't be a problem. No reason to worry about time wasting things such as recoloring her coat color - when the authorities would be on the look out for an Earth Pony, not a Unicorn. Spectra would take note of his subtle fearful tone, and would keep note of their surroundings as Spectra followed along until they got to the river and he would help them get sorted with the boat, of which Spectra had seemingly appreciated him being so kind as to help them. "It's a lot more complicated than that as you'll soon become acclimated to. For now, I highly suggest you relax a little and sit back, then you'll eventually come to understand things. You are correct on one thing, you aren't going anywhere but neither am I. This bonding was unintentional, you weren't supposed to be here - but you are trapped, just the same as me. Once your eyes open, you'll understand. Perhaps once you do, you'll be a little more amicable. But for now, I kindly suggest you shut up and stop talking!" Spectra shouted to Yuma in her mind, feeling a sense of rage that Yuma was now able to get in the way of things - with her voice ringing in Spectra's mind as if she were right beside her talking to her. Spectra would look in Operata's direction as they rowed towards where they needed to go. For now Spectra kept her plan to get there faster under wraps as the Zebra guided them along, and they would begin heading towards a rather suspicious looking area. Bauh-Zhacuu. While Spectra did not slow down, she was intent on getting a look at things here - with the intent on just sailing past whatever it was they were going to see. There, Spectra would see the grotesque features of the place - the tall stacks of bones, dark magic and the floating mass of skulls and flesh. Whatever this place was, it was very much something to do with dark sacrifices and bizarre rituals. Perhaps if Fae made it out alive, this is where she went - and either defeated the other ones here or fell prey to the unknown individuals who operated in this environment. Whatever the case was, Spectra wasn't sticking around to find out - and would speed up a bit. As they sped up, Spectra would see the various other abandoned boats along the shore of the place - with obvious parts missing as they were sitting there. Spectra had it in her mind that these were the boats of wayward travelers who got trapped here - taken away to that large pot that was visible there, with assorted hooks and tools around it from what she could tell. Spectra were smart enough to view the writing on the wall of what this was. They were either cannibals or cultists who boiled victims alive and then taken their skulls to add them to the stacks of bones or the floating mass of skulls of flesh. Either way, it made her pick up the pace a bit. Spectra would take the chance to ask a few questions as they would near the river, thinking it was useful to take the chance to be able to do so. "Seems like a sacrificial ground - for rituals and the like. Boggles my mind how a place like this evades Equestrian authorities. You better stay away from this place in the future, and never come back here. I certainly won't be around here again, so it is likely we'll never see each other again. For what it's worth, I would suggest you not get too close with anyone. Once you leave this town, you'll have a good idea why, and no, I'm not going to tell you. Feel free to tell me what you wish, and we'll part our ways." Spectra stated to him. Before they would go off towards the river she would give the zebra time to explain whatever it is he wanted to them. Afterwards, they would be off. Spectra would follow the map, directing the boat to go in that direction. Once they were a certain ways away from the shoreline, Spectra would cast her magic down into the water around the boat, the boat glowing a deep green color - before the boat would suddenly start surging forth. Her magic had been making the boat move along the river without them needing to row, and it was generally a lot faster than one can row anyway. Might make for a bumpier ride, but the boat would be able to handle it. The last the Zebra would see of them - the boat along with them would be covered in the green glow as it sped off to the horizon. They'd get there quicker, given their rate of speed. The Zebra was left with the mystery of who they were - and what their intentions were. ============================================= (Magloria) Magloria was in agreement with Hailstorm and was fine with taking a break, as this would take a long time to do. There wasn't much else Magloria could do here other than supervise and advise the guards on various matters, when Magloria and Ghelzar would leave too find Mausoleum - she would turn to him. "We will find them in time. We have a long process of work ahead of us, expect it to weigh on your mind with the level of work we are about to initiate upon. Worry not, because one day, we will succeed." Magloria said, her manner of speaking was laced with a cold determination to do the job. Magloria wasn't giddy about it - it was a directive to completed. For now, they had another task ahead of them - finding Mausoleum. Like that, Magloria would continue onward to look for the three - her time here wasn't going to get any easier. It had just begun. ============================================= (Spoiled Rich) Spoiled Rich marched along towards her lawyer's office. After being checked up by the doctor she was sent on her way. The huffy snooty rich noble made her way through Canterlot - making a beeline towards her office. Her place of residence was Ponyville, but all of her dealings were done in Canterlot - especially dealing with the estate. Though as she moved about, the snooty mare's mind was accompanied by the grief of what had happened. 3 years. 3 years gone. While of course, the money, the estate, all of that mattered - what of her family? Have they let go of her? Spoiled Rich refused to believe they would. They were a family. A rich family. But still a family that wore through it all. Upon entering the office, she would have entered without even a knock - and there, the Lawyer was face to face with a very distraught mare who was soon to be declared dead. "You wouldn't BELIEVE the crapshoot that just happened, I was abducted and trapped inside of an orb, to be used as a battery by some villain! The audacity of that, the estate in Ponyville being burned to the ground, so I hear. 3 years, GONE! Well now, we have quite a conundrum to correct, don't we?" she asked, raising an expectant eyebrow in her lawyers direction. Spoiled Rich looked rather messy and unkept, a far cry from how she always presents herself as.

@Skylight Scintillate @CocoCody Magnolia would be pleased with Twilight's acceptance of the plan to verify the information at the Canterlot Census Records. There were no objections from her. "I wouldn't have a problem with that, I would be curious to see who your university friends are." she said with a small, hopeful smile on that otherwise largely calm, expressionless exterior she conveyed. Magnolia would then turn to Starlight, wondering what her deal was and what was going on with her. Magnolia's otherwise calm eyes would glare over at Starlight's direction, to her, it was clear that she had a lot of issues that needed to be addressed. "It would probably be for the best that you eventually get some mental help. I don't know what your deal is, but, removing cutie marks, all that - that's not going to fly. If you've been doing that you need to fix the damage you've done to other ponies and apologize to them. It's an illegal act and I am sure it could get you into some serious trouble. No amount of trauma justifies hurting other ponies." Magnolia said to Starlight, believing she has already hurt a lot of ponies with her cult-ish ways.

@Mirage Yeah I would think it would be nice to have some transparency on the staff's part of things to say what they are doing for upgrades, when they are doing, so everyone can be aware and see what has been updated, etc.

@Wizard We have the same favorite tea, Earl Grey!

@Blitz Boom For me as well, the forums were down due to upgrades or something the staff were working on. Take your time and do not worry about updating the RP if you do not have time. Real life comes first. Spectra also has a method of going faster on a boat - it won't be something overpowered, just moving faster on the water using magic - so it will take them less time to get to Troy, perhaps. She'll seek to come in as a "traveler" who wants to "Help" Troy without making any mentions of who she actually is or what she has done, of course. Magloria will also probably have some "Rest" time in active RP, as there is not much else for her to do currently. Don't want to be doing too much at once with too many characters, but yes, Spectra and Spoiled Rich will be the "main focus" for now. Magloria will likely be in Canterlot under protection of the guard, helping them out, getting adjusted to things, etc.

@Catpone Cerberus Sombra would snarl at Flint, of which Flint may consider it amusing it was basically Rarity snarling at her. Sombra would quickly dodge the knife that was thrown his direction - he had combat experience in war, so he knew how to hold a fight. Though Flint would very likely prove she was no traditional opponent - as her seemingly just standing there taking the blows Sombra did towards her. Sombra also took note that her whole body was seemingly glowing with magic - so it was clear to him she did not have traditional magic. The blades had seemingly failed to do any real damage to her - so this called for a more direct approach. Sombra then began charging right at Flint's direction, though would randomly skip and jump side to side in an unpredictable manner that seemed to be rather unusual for someone to be able to do. His horn was glowing with dark magic, so it was likely some kind of dark magic spell that he was doing on himself. As he charged towards Flint, suddenly he would begin shooting black crystals towards her direction - though they would not actually hit her, but land in various spots in a circular pattern around her and begin rooting themselves into the ground quite rapidly - while also rapidly expanding as well. He wanted to try to ensnare her in a trap or try to damage her with the crystals. As this process happened, he kept shooting them towards the ground, making the process exponential. Sombra was furious - and had the intent on doing severe damage to Flint. Only way he would stop is if Flint somehow forced him to stop, or if there were other ponies who stumbled into the area, if there were - he would grab Una in his magic and rapidly withdraw from the scene - using his magic to dispel all of the black crystals and dark magic from the area. If there were no such interruptions, he would aim to gain a tactical advantage. Right now he wasn't focusing that much on Una, but was concerned about the possibility of Flint doing some kind of mind altering spell on Una to make her not listen to him, or something of the sort.

@Catpone Cerberus Opaline took notice of Noctuna's actions regarding the shadows - while she did not know much about it, it is pretty much what she expected from Noctuna to be able to do. Talk to the shadows, call upon them, use them for magical purposes including combat. There was probably a lot more to it than what would be spoken. Seems as though Noctuna preferred to keep a lot of her own secrets hidden. At least that was Opaline's impression. Opaline wished she could do such a thing - her magic wasn't very subtle in most cases, though. Opaline preferred to hit her targets extremely hard first, and without warning - but she had little in the way of subtle manipulation of more concealed magics other than her scrying spells. Perhaps there would be a chance to learn more here, or find another source of magic other than that of dragon magic. Opaline remained quiet and thoughtful, and when they entered deeper into the city she would take note of the guards. The guards were obviously watching them - because they would clearly be able to tell that they were outsiders. When the other patrol of guards asked about their business here, Opaline would state they are travelers who are from beyond Equestria - and thus not from the Unicorn populated areas. It wasn't technically a lie, after all. If there were no other incidents, Opaline would wish to lead them to the library so they could garner some more knowledge about this part of the world - likely wouldn't be much about magical spells, but Opaline still hoped that there was a chance they could.

It would be good if there was some transparency in site updates instead of it happening all of a sudden without any prior warning. If there was some sort of update log that could be posted publicly for what exactly is being updated / changed, to be posted in the Throne Room - I think that would be rather helpful as well.

Forums are back! Yay!

Welcome! Is good to see you, I love tea as well!

@Wizard She looks so adorable!! Thank you so much for making this!

@Samurai Equine @Skylight Scintillate @Victoria Everglade "I am already ready to go, so I am good to go." Collapse said with a cheery grin, nodding off to Trilby as he would leave to close up his shop. Collapse would finish up her tea and the food she had, throwing out some trash as she stood up from her chair, ready to leave to wherever they needed to go.

Does Titanium White like hugs and cuddles?

@Skylight Scintillate @CocoCody Magnolia would sit there thoughtfully and look into Twilight's eyes with a sense of hope. "I um, I would want to...get to know yo and your friends. After all, family should stick together and I don't know why our parents didn't want to raise me...it's something worth finding out." Magnolia said with a friendly tone as she leaned in closer, seemingly a lot more hopeful now that Twilight understood it. Magnolia didn't blame Twilight for wanting to have it verified and compared - it is what Magnolia would do if she was in the same place as Twilight. "I know this is quite an unexpected revelation, but when I was able to confirm it, I knew I had to do something about it and I knew that the truth need to be known." Magnolia also added. I hope she believes me. I know what I found is true, but, when it's confirmed I am sure we can work something out. I want to know why my parents did what they did. Looking over to Starlight, Magnolia had seen the mare's strange outburst - this mare was very strange. From what it sounded like, Starlight had some sort of goal to make all ponies equal and without cutie marks because of some sort of personal pain she had? That was very odd, and Magnolia looked at her with a questioning look as if she hadn't much understanding of what Starlight was wanting here. "Cutie marks are a natural part of being a pony and wanting to take them away takes away from what makes us unique as individuals. Everyone has a purpose in life and cutie marks are representative of that purpose." Magnolia said to Starlight, shifting about in her seat somewhat as if this was an incredibly awkward situation for her to be in. I don't know what is going on with this strange cult leader - what does she want here? Is she even genuine here? I don't know, I don't trust her...something is really off about this mare - maybe she is just lonely and this is her way of crying out for help? Hmm...not sure if I believe that - I hope my sister has some answers for what can be done with her.

Am gonna boop @Randimaxis again. I hope you are doing well in your life! Maybe someday we can start this up again.

Excellent, thank you!

@Wizard Would you want to draw Props here? Can do background, and yes I agree to your rule. She is an Earth pony. Pose is up to you!