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@Cagey @Princess Silky Magloria glanced to Frostbite closely. "I'll deal with her later...let's go..." she hissed quietly. Though Silky could see that Magloria too, was also blushing too - it was not from a spell, but a genuine reaction to being near Frostbite. After this, she would begin leading the way towards the door - encouraging Frostbite to walk alongside her, not giving Silky another look, for now. Magloria would let the situation go for now...

@Princess Silky @Cagey @Sophie H. Magloria simply grunts. Silky was determined to do what she wanted - and she knew there was no stopping her here. Magloria narrowed her eyes to Silky and said nothing to her but shook her head in disappointment at Silky's reaction. Magloria had to let that out in the open - for a few moments she felt a bit emotional, but now? She was back to "normal"...at least what normal would be for her. To Frostbite she would look to him, noticing his blushing. She'd stand a little closer to him, as if wondering what happened. Part of her knew what this was - but she just wanted to be sure...

@Princess Silky @Cagey @Totally Lyra @Sycofear13 @Sophie H. There was so much chaos in this place - even for such a mare as Magloria, she was overwhelmed. Her eyes and face contorted, a twitch of rage erupted from her as she marched her way towards Star Silk. For a moment, she ignored Frostbite. Her eyes glanced over to the door - realizing that this was more than a mere trick. If these ponies were Changelings, they would have attacked Magloria and the others right off the bat. This long winded style of manipulation and potions simply wasn't their style. Magloria had realized her mistake, and turned away from the doorway and the glowing gems. Magloria looked defeated, and she looked to Silky. The rage vanishing from her eyes as she looked into Silky's eyes - a look of hurt and loss coming across her stormy eyes. Then she'd straighten up, as if owning up to a truth she had hidden for many years. "I didn't want to lose you." Magloria began, her magic opening up her saddlebags. Pulling her gear aside, she'd pull out a small crystal statue of a pegasus filly. The details were fairly intricate, and the filly herself was unrecognizable. "Sky Sweep was my best friend. Everyone hated me because I wasn't like them..." Magloria would stand off to the side a bit, her horn would pulse blue. As the blue pulse traveled down her horn, it went further, and went across her body. Her body shimmered like an aurora for a second, zebra like stripes being momentarily illuminated across her body. This was showing that she wasn't a Unicorn at all - but a Zebracorn, a cross between a Unicorn and a Zebra. "This - this was the root of all my problems. I couldn't cast magic like the others. I couldn't do anything. I was worthless. At least that is how the other foals made me feel. Mocking me, shaming me, because my true nature was far more obvious back then..." she said, staring into Silky's eyes deeply. "Then Sky Sweep came along. She showed me a happiness I never felt before in my fillyhood. We did everything together. She showed me how to carve figurines out of ice crystal. For being a pegasus, she knew a lot about magic. Sort of like you..." then Magloria growled, and she straightened up a bit. "Then all of that came to an end when Sky Sweep died in a construction accident, and I was alone again. I never tried to make another friend - because I felt that life would take away all those who showed an ounce of caring towards me. No matter how hard I tried to bury the pain caused by Sky Sweep's death, it remained throughout my whole life." her gaze lowered, "I tried again. That's why I found you. I wanted to try again. To feel what I hadn't felt I would feel again. I was protective of you, I would do anything to keep you safe...I kept you away from games, parties, and friends...." she forced herself to remain composed. "Because I didn't want to lose you - like I lost her..." Magloria admitted and turned away, shutting eyes. "So FORGIVE me for caring about you...pah..." she snorted, and turned away, and looked back down at Frostbite solemly, as if unsure of how to react to what he was going through.

@Cagey @Sycofear13 @Princess Silky @Totally Lyra Thankfully Cali is able to reach into Magloria's saddlebag and take the gems. Magloria had left the saddlebag unlocked, forgetting to close it all the way as she should have. The gems were ontop of her other gear in the saddlebag, and they were easy to grab. Cali probably wouldn't want to stick around more than what was absolutely necessary. Magloria would then sprint after Frostbite, noticing something was up with him. Whatever was happening, his mental state was clearly altering. "I don't know what she did. But she better undo it soon." Magloria growled fiercely, and sprinted after Frostbite. She looked to @Totally Lyra "These ponies refuse to prove they are not Changelings. Wanting to take some gems from me so they can open some sort of door. It's probably a trick." she stated in annoyance. Magloria didn't notice that the gems were already missing from her saddlebag as she said that.

@Sophie H. Sophie could see Magloria hunched over Frostbite, she looked down at him - her eyes were blazing of rage. The idea that she could lose her daughter to Changelings filled her with an insurmountable amount of rage. If Sophie looked closer, she could see that in her eyes - contained a heavy degree of sorrow. Though, Magloria wasn't focused on Sophie at the moment.

@Princess Silky @Sophie H. @Silverspark184 @Cagey @Reality Check Magloria glared over to Sophie from a distance. "Feelings are deceptive, only through evidence will I be convinced. No wonder why ponies are so easily mislead by Changelings - feelings over facts. If you have nothing to hide, you can easily prove to me you and the others aren't Changelings." Magloria growled to Sophie. Though she knew nothing about Sophie, but found it annoying how they were refusing to prove themselves not to be Changelings. Magloria didn't respond to Frostbite, continuing to pull him a ways away from the group. She then would stop, and look to him. "What did they do to you?" she asked, disappointed she didn't react in time to stop him from getting affected by the potion. She shook her head and sighed. Magloria would look to RC and shake her head, more concerned about Frostbite than responding to a stranger's question.

@Princess Silky @Cagey @Sycofear13 @Sophie H. Magloria made no verbal reply. She would drop to the ground quickly and roll away from the fumes - with her magic, she'd drag him away from the area the fumes were as rapidly as possible. Once he was close - her horn flashed blue and a blue magic barrier would come into existence around the two - protecting the two from the other ponies. It is possible that Frostbite inhaled some of the fumes as well as she - but she didn't know just yet. Magloria had the gems - not Frostbite, so Cali wouldn't have been able to take them. Magloria looked to him, making sure the gems were secure inside of her bags. "We are outnumbered. Let's get out of here. If these gems are what they claim to be - we cannot risk Changelings getting them. For all we know those ponies are all Changelings." Magloria hissed in rage, and aimed to pull Frostbite away from the scene. Silky and the others could clearly see how protective she was being of Frostbite. Magloria would look to Silky's direction. "Show me you aren't a changeling! Draw blood! Prove it NOW!" Magloria shouted, a vein being visible on her neck. "You better have a way to reverse what you've done, if you are who claim to be!" she added, referencing Frostbite.

@Sophie H. @Cagey @Princess Silky @Silverspark184 Magloria's eyes would widen slightly at the revelation that the cloaked pony was her own daughter - just that she was disguised. Magloria looked to Silky, her eyes softening slightly before narrowing again. She'd pull out her rapier. "There is one thing I forgot about Changelings until now. They can change shape and disguise - but the one thing they can never change? The color of their blood." Magloria spoke as she focused on Sophie. "If you have any doubts as to who I am..." Magloria would say, as she gently cut her front hoof a little bit. A small bit of redness appeared on the surface of the cut - it was a tiny tiny cut, but enough for them to see that she wasn't a changeling. "They are gone now." she would say, and straighten up. Her horn glowed softly as a bit of ice formed over the tiny tiny cut - sealing it up, but it was visible for them all to see still, that she indeed, was not a changeling. "Star Silk." Magloria spoke, her words cutting through the air like glass. "I will give you my gem on ONE condition. You tell me exactly why you've been avoiding me. I came here searching for you. You constantly get into trouble when you leave my sights. Now you are to tell me that you've been here for all this time, while Queen Chrysalis is dangerously lurking here?" her eyes narrowed more as she huffed. "I haven't seen you in a long time. Abandoning me...and then hiding from me, to boot! Hmph." she straightened up, her face bearing a look of disappointment. Magloria looked to Frostbite with a look of complete agreement. "After you prove to us that you aren't Changelings. For all I know, there could be changelings among you. Waiting, manipulating, waiting for the right time to strike! If we are to defeat the Changelings for good, we must first know that those among you aren't Changelings! Then we arm ourselves, put those gems in whatever that..." she pointed to the door, but she was still highly sceptical and suspicious of the whole affair.

@Princess Silky @Cagey Magloria gives Silky a suspicious look and then looks to Frostbite. "I don't trust any of this here at all. But I have a question." Magloria would say to Frostbite, and take a few steps towards Silky - her eyes looking towards the suspicious cloaked pony. "Even if we know who she is - there is no way to tell her apart from a Changeling." she huffed slightly, and would walk up towards Silky. Though Silky would notice that Magloria didn't walk too far away from Frostbite - indicating that she trusted him to back her up in case there was a changeling attack here. Magloria didn't remove the gems from her bag and looked to Silky intently. "Who even are you anyway? Why should we trust your word? If we knew another way out - we'd have left as soon as we found it." Magloria stated - her eyes narrowing in suspicion.

@Rikifive I use the browser called Vivaldi and it seems to be working just fine. When I tried putting the code in initially, it caused my browser to randomly close itself and it took multiple attempts to get it in without the browser closing out.

Welcome to the forums! Hope you enjoy your stay!

@Princess Silky @Cagey Magloria would look into Silky's eyes deeply, not able to see her face. She didn't move - she was silent as she processed her words. At the end of it all, Magloria would look up - and then back. Wondering how she even found herself here. "I don't know who you are - or what you want from us. I don't care about the gems." Magloria said in a neutral, dry tone. "For all I know - you are Chrysalis herself, manipulating the ponies here so you can harvest their emotions for yourself. If this is the case, I'd be a fool to sign over these gems to complete to process when you have given me nothing of substance for me to trust you. It seems very convenient for there to be such an "Escape" right under the noses of the Changelings, as if it's a deception they themselves designed so one of their own could infiltrate the captured ponies and lead them all here." she would then step back, mistrusting of the cloaked pony who was speaking to her. "How many times has your world walked out on you after broken promise after broken promise, and how have you felt then about trying again?" Magloria would suddenly ask.

Discord would have likely been turned to stone again - but I think he'd always find some way to cheat life and death. He is chaos itself, anyway.

@Rikifive I am testing it out now, it looks great! I have an idea though - do you think you could also make a Nightmare Moon theme? Like make it look more Nightmare Moon-ish? You could maybe change the pink-ish color to more of a dark blue, sort of like Nightmare Moon? But I love this! It's much better than the original dark mode theme!

You literally read my mind with this. The world sucks right now, and I don't care about youtuber drama or video game drama...I care about actual problems that affect actual human lives. If everythings controversial, that shows that society is not capable of dealing with actual controversy when it strikes. When it does, people don't seem to care. No wonder why the world sucks right now. At least thats just one of the many reasons.

@Princess Silky @Cagey Magloria would follow Frostbite, until the two would look at the scene from a distance. Magloria's eyes narrowed in a suspicious manner. "It seems like she wants us to put our gems into whatever that door is." she said, looking down at their gems that she was holding. "If this is truly some sort of magic door, it won't work without our gems. But I'm not about to walk up there and give those ponies our gems. For all I know, that pony is a changeling trying to harvest our emotions." Magloria said in a highly distrustful tone, not knowing that the pony that just ran by was her own daughter. She would wearily approach, putting the gems in her saddlebag so that they wouldn't be stolen. "There are fillies here. I don't want there to be a bloodbath here, we could be surrounded by changelings and that one with the green necklace could be Chrysalis herself playing some sick twisted mind game on us." Magloria said, her tone brimming with suspicion. She wasn't close enough to see that it was Silky. For now, she remained observant.

@Blitz Boom @Illiad Easle Spiral would sigh and shut her eyes - as if she was feeling pain from that memory she viewed through the telekinetic spell. She'd observe how Aurum would fall unconscious. Evidently completely overwhelmed by her emotions. Spiral would walk forward and watch how Briar would lift her up gently, and put her somewhere she could rest. Spiral would look to Briar and Last as they spoke about what happened. "Terrible memory she showed me. The Empress, her mother wanted to abuse her to hold all the power of those deceased unicorns. She was forced to do that..." Spiral sighed, a look of hate coming across her face for a second as she looked away. Spiral didn't like those who hurt foals.

I did like the scene with Pipp and Sparky, but the rest of the episode? Nah, hard pass. It's a trope over-done to death. Sparky, as a character, is my least favourite thing in TYT so far.

A bit annoyed. My Braun Series 7 shaver appears to be having issues. I hope I can get it to last as long as possible. I got it in late 2021, and have replaced the blades twice. This time it appears that the battery is having issues.

@Blitz Boom Spectra would look over to him. She was quite deep into the reading of the book, and had amassed various knowledge that Mindstorm had worked on. Mostly relating to anatomy and various types of alchemy. It could potentially be useful for later on. Now she had been reading here for a few hours. It was finally good to get a few hours to herself and read. All the conversation was distracting to say the least. Spectra much preferred to be alone in her thoughts. Alone she gets the job done. Nobody to slow her down. Nobody to question her. As soon as she heard him talking, she would sigh as she flipped the book closed. "Excellent observations. As she learns, it is paramount that she cast those spells onto me so that I may learn as she learns. Mindstorm kept her around. If only to torture her, but it is clear he saw use within her. The information in this book is intriguing." she spoke, turning to only half face towards his direction. She knew that she was in complete control here - and didn't even afford him a straight forward look. "Veil is more useful than I thought. You have my permission to continue training her as you see fit. She has much to learn. So much potential to give me..." she spoke, smirking in a curtly manner. Upon Operata unveiling the map, Spectra would face him and walk up to the map. She'd look down and examine the map closely as she listened to him speaking. "Clutch town. That is one place I have never visited. I have always known, that for centuries, that place has been a thorn in the side of various nations - but nobody has ever seriously considered invading it. It would be too much of a hassle. Occupying forces would have to constantly hold it down, and that's not even touching the level of black market dealings there..." she smirked, scratching her chin. "We shall go there. I have a small hidden lair in the caves...two days travel away from it. That's the closest area I have to that place." Spectra would speak, running her hoof over to the map and pointing towards a mountain range that was closer to Kludgetown than any other mountain range. It seemed Spectra preferred putting her bases in Mountains. Dangerous, hard to access, and out of the way of any would be searchers. "We will travel to Kludgetown, from there. I will get packing." she spoke, and then remembered the food. Almost awkwardly, she would proceed to eat. It was decent. Better than military rations. It was good. "As for Veil - I will put her in an orb to keep her contained. Unlike the others, I'll be letting her free when time is permitting. Veil is an interesting project. But this...Clutch-Town is of higher priority. Non-Pony magic is rare to come by in Equestria, let alone capturing a powerful non-pony species." she spoke, it was more of an order if anything.

@Cagey Magloria just stood there like a statue. She thought about her daughter. Where was she? Magloria had to find out - but she couldn't. At least not yet. Magloria just simply stood there, as if waiting for something to happen. Frostbite had grown on her. A lot.

@Catpone Cerberus Sombra nodded. He growled at his inability to see that. "What I did to myself - to get this far, I sacrificed my sanity. Being banished for a thousand years - makes me slow to think about things..." he hissed in rage, it was more so directly at Celestia and Luna rather than anyone else. "So what is it that you propose? Finding allies is an obvious yes...but what allies?" he asked, sighing.

Evil is a subjective term. But ponies are creatures with free will. Just like us. So the answer is yes.

@Cagey Magloria observed the far wall and saw how everything was all enclosed. The situation made her disgusted - but she kept her emotions under control. She knew that Changelings feed on emotions - so what if the key to defeating the Changelings was to simply feel nothing? She was good at that. It got her through her life so far, so why not now? Magloria looked to him, her eyes moving to look over at him, Her eyes were deep and cold. Much like an arctic ocean. If he looked closely, he could see the reflection of their environment on her gray-blue eyes. "Those insects feed off of emotion. Trying to get us all in here so we could fight each other so they can feed off of it like the parasites they are. I suggest we play the waiting game. Keep contact with other ponies minimal." she spoke calmly. Magloria would examine their prison. "The Changelings will obviously keep us alive. A dead pony means no emotion to drain off from." she added, her eyes narrowing slightly.