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11 minutes ago, the_one78 said:

Based opinion, G5 is for the most part badly written i am only watching it to get possible information about the lore of G4

You won't get much, there isn't much about it at all. I think if G5 tried to be more connected to G4 it would be a lot worse.

@Skylight Scintillate

"Well, Crystal Ponies don't have blood and we are somehow literally made of crystal, but feel just the same as other types of ponies." Lazulia explained as she walked closer to them, smiling at their giggling. "When in close proximity to the Crystal Heart, our coats and bodies glow with the magic of the Crystal Heart - making our coat texture even more pronounced." she said with a happy smile to the three fillies and Skylight. 

@North Star

Not really. I feel like Sunny in TYT and MYM is rather boring. I find her to be completely lacking in terms of character development. In the Movie she was great, but in the show she just seems to have this bland cookie cutter personality. You also make a good point, I wish the ponies all lived in their own homes to allow for further individual development. Sunny is still my least favorite in the show, I am sorry to say. A lot of fans have good justifications for her, I would be willing to believe - but it doesn't change the fact that she doesn't resonate with me. 

@Blitz Boom

(Spectra)

 

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The construct were unmoving, as Spectra began to try and figure out how to do this properly, but when she were done, the code were accepted. The lights on its own faceplate would light along with every press of a button she made, and when it were done, all would flash twice, and the construct would stop projecting the light panel, and close its hand up again. Her authority had been accepted, and it would thus get on the boat with them. Operata kept as much distance between it and him though, as were possible. Which weren't he hardest, as the construct would go to the front of the boat, and faced his supervisor. As he had now located her, or whomever had been deemed right to replace her, it were time for it to deliver its report of what had happened in the mountain.

It's chest plate would fold in, in a few, rectangular sections, and from them, would emanate light, that would give a holographic, three-dimensional *video*, of what had happened, from the moment when Magloria's shell were crackling, to when the various guards were wandering through, and of course, the explosion itself, and the fiery aftermath. It had not included when it had been the one to start Magloria escaping, as it were not something it deemed relevant information. Everything that had happened, that had triggered its alarm system, happened from after that.

The picture were still limited to the room of crystals, where it had hung on the wall, and looked over things. So everything that had happened outside of that room, wouldn't be recorded. Which included Shade taking his cats, as they had run around in a panic, as everything began to unravel around them. If his wife had been in the same room as Magloria though, he would be able to tell that she had been taken however, and were in fact no longer in the possession of Spectra, but rather some other power. One he knew, as Shade were all too known by him.

It had been a big base though. She were likely in some other part of the mountain, so she should still be able to twist this to fit her narrative.

Spectra would observe as the Construct would sit towards the front of the boat and begin the presentation of what happened. Spectra would observe closely with her expression unreadable for the moments that it took for the three-dimensional video to play. It was a type of magic that Spectra was not familiar with - but she considered it extremely useful to her cause. 

Now then, she had a lot to say to this. Spectra would usually be extremely angry at this revelation - but it pleased her to be in the full know of what happened. "So it seems that one of my quarry, by the name of Magloria, escaped confinement. Evidently she had found a way to inform the Equestrian Royal Guard, they came in - triggered the alarm system and the explosion that took place." Spectra turned to Operata. "From this, you can clearly see I am not at fault for what happened. It was the Guards who triggered the process that unfolded. Not only that, the one to blame for all of this is that mare by the name of Magloria. Rest assured however, your wife is safe at another location. The guards seemed to only be able to extract a given number of my quarry." Spectra's brow furrowed and she gritted her teeth with visible rage in her face.

"To think that one of them got loose and then the guard came in, now we know we are compromised. The guard had likely gotten access to a lot of my possessions in there, if they had not been destroyed in the explosion. We are known about. They likely will know about you. Interestingly enough, Veil had escaped with Magloria. Veil betrayed my trust and this is what happens?! All of my hard work, destroyed at the hands of the Equestrian Guard! When we get to Troy, we are going to work on a plan to wipe Canterlot off the face of the Earth! Those disgusting guards will pay and we will destroy them!" Operata started to see a vein in Spectra's neck from her enraged shouting, as they moved further down the river at the same rapid pace as before.

"It matters not how Magloria escaped, because of her, all this was set in place. It is reasonable to assume that she is working with the Canterlot Guard as she had led them to the lair." Spectra huffed, and seemed to calm down slightly with a frustrated sigh.

Still though, she believed they could only go up from here. They had all the time in the world to plan their moves accordingly. Spectra would look to the Construct. "What did you experience after the explosion of the base?" Spectra would ask the Construct, to see if it could show a video of what happened after it departed the crater.

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(Spoiled Rich)
 

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"I still have the blueprints in the folder. The assurance company required the original, but I have both it, and a copy at this point. I will ensure the original, stays with me, and that only Clayton gains access to the copy."

He would scribble down the other details. He believed he had heard of something for the bunkers provisions, that would be helpful, but he would discuss the details with Clayton. best not to give false expectations. It were hardly fitting for him to give falsehoods to his employer.

The route to the spa were thankfully as mentioned, rather quick, and still clean. So they would get to the entrance of the extravagant building soon. Not the cheapest spa in town by far, but it were also not meant for just anypony. It were meant for high society, to be pampered within, and soon she would be feeling that once again.

Discreetly entering, Jargon would go to the register, and pay the notable amount for a full treatment. The one at the register were well mannered and dressed immaculately, but he were also young and new. He didn't know about Spoiled, and would just assume this were her lawyer paying on her behalf, because she didn't deign it worth her time to do so. They had a few who used their assistants in much the same way, so it weren't too notable to him. Some of the workers would remember her though, and would be surprised, but welcomed her back all the same.

After she were done, she'd find that her lawyer were not there, as he were still arranging things, but the Gold Needle Boutique would stand ready for her arrival, not too far from here. It were time for her to be properly dressed and having her mane and tail done properly, before returning home to what would be a very surprised family.

Spoiled Rich was pleased with her lawyer's answers. The route to the spa made her think about some things - what she would do with her family, how she would break the news to them, and the like. It were a lot she needed to unpack. Spoiled knew that her family were strong and capable, they had been through villains before. Tirek attacked Ponyville when Spoiled was there, and her family had hidden in their basement for the whole thing. Discord, Nightmare Moon, and other minor villains showed their faces in the town before as well - and she survived. Spectral Fade may have been a lot more of a dangerous villain though - given that she was largely unknown and at large. There was probably a few things Spoiled would learn about in greater detail, that being the Destroyed Mountain and the effects it has on Equestria.

While in the Spa she would treat the workers as expected - playing it off like she had a bad hair day and totally not been gone for three whole years. Spoiled Rich didn't need many ponies knowing about her personal affairs at the moment. Her time at the spa would most likely prove uneventful - with her going through a total spa treatment. After the whole affair was over with, she was indeed feeling high society again. More confident in her exterior, she could now mingle among her peers without any situations arising at the mere sight of her for the most part.

If there was nothing else, she would wait for her lawyer - and once he had been finished with what was done, Spoiled Rich would begin the journey to Ponyville after arranging for a cab to Ponyville to be paid for, then they would journey there, with Spoiled Rich eager to see the town again. Initially she considered the town a backwater place filled with farmers and weirdos but after spending time there, she gained a begrudging affinity for the town. 

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(Treasure)

 

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(Treasure)

Phantasma would go and unlock the book fairly easily. Wasn't the first time she had to pick a lock, nor would it be the last. And this one were laughably easy. Old and not up tot he task. Though if had a magical protection... She'd still open it up, she just had to pull a few different extra tools out from her tail.

Before she got a chance to open it though, Shade would put his hoof down on the book. To say she were dismayed by the action, were an understatement, as she wanted to know what they had to work with here.

"Why do you try and ruin my fun?"

"It's one of Starswirl's. How much do you trust a lock, is the only defense it has?"

Her expression would stiffen, and she'd regrettably have to accept that he were right. This book belonged to one of the greatest unicorns in their country's history. He may well have put a magical trap on it too, just to keep others out of his private business.

So they would stand at a distance, whilst Shade used his magic to open the book. Tendrils of dark magic, floating off of his bony wings, to grab hold of the book, and reveal what were inside. If a trap would spring, they'd be ready. If not, they would eventually get closer, after flapping through some pages, which would soon after reveal the note. One that grabbed their attention, as they read it through several times.

"Tangible proof. How... Easy."

"Yes, it shouldn't be taken at face value. However, it is something tangible, in that we can approach the wizard himself about it. It is a lead, if nothing else."

Phantasma would put the note in an evidence bag, and stuff that into her uniform. They were going to want to be sure that this were close at hoof. The same with this book, but they both didn't even need to speak to one another, to know that they both wanted to read a little more, to see if there were more clues to work from. There were a reasonable chance that Starswirl might just take the book, and tell them nothing, if they presented it to him. It were prudent as investigators in their own right, for them to examine this evidence closer. Though Starswirl would be involved sooner or later. They would need his account of things here, to figure out if perhaps, they had actually found Spectra. Might not be her real name still if it were, but if she went to Starswirl, and struggled with her skills, they may well have found what set her on her path, and a rough estimate of when she began her grizzly business.

Given that they had luck so far with the coins, gems, and the book - it was possible they had just gotten lucky to avoid traps. If they had tried to pick up or examine the Silver sword though, they'd find that a nasty bolt of electricity would be sent in their direction. It was probably some kind of spell that Spectra had put on it. There were lots of other things here, including various chests with hefty locks on them. It could be that Spectra had been doing something with that book and the artifacts they went through so far and did not have the thought to put them back into the chests, or something more pressing led to her forgetting to put them back. Either way, the rest of the stuff was all going to be contained within those chests. The overly complicated design of the locks and the likelihood of spells being used to prevent them from getting into them was quite high.

The important detail about "Diaspora" being Starswirl's first student was made. Though, at the time they did not currently know if "Diaspora" was actually Spectra or not. It could merely be that Spectra had stolen a lot of possessions from high level ponies over the years, and that Diaspora was one of them. Either way, Star Swirl would be able to confirm the answers for that eventually, should they decide to pursue asking him about it. 

Now they had a tough job to do - unlocking and looking into those chests. That is, if either of them were not reeling from the sudden bolt of electricity sent their way - if it had hit them. 

Washers and Dryers of the past were built better and lasted longer. Plus they had a better physical appearance. I am particularly fond of the Frigidaire Unimatic.
 

It is interesting to finally look back at my childhood home where I spent my very young years in. Seeing it for the first time in...15 years is quite the experience. I wish there were more images of it.

I was able to see it thankfully. It was somewhat cloudy, but did not impact my view of it.

@Blitz Boom

(Spectra)

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The construct heard them, and moved its head to look at them in better details. The diodes on its face plate, blinking as always, in codes that were alien for them to understand. It kept writing though, until it were done. And when the last scribble had been done, everything written the whole tablet, would start to faintly glow, though nothing more seemed to happen than that.

It would then jump down to them. Or well, rather slide down the side of the arc of the construction it had made, and then jumped from the edge of the shore, unto the boat. It would recognize Operata, and he it, as his face scowled even further, seeing this disgusting thing again, mocking him with its mere existence.

It turned towards Spectra though, in her new form, and raised it's hand again. The hand itself would split cleanly down the middle, and a thing line of lights would shoot out, and scan her from top to bottom, in a series of waves between the lines. She wouldn't even feel it. Nor would Operata when it did it to him, even though he nearly growled at the thing, and tried to move away, out of its reach. It did not work, and he'd be scanned all the same.

At the end, the beams would retract, and it would instead change the lights, to show a perfect square surface, with small buttons on it, that matched its faceplate. Some writing or other would be above it, but it were illegible for them, as it stood and waited.

"Hmph. Should smash this thing with a hammer and chisel, not indulge it in whatever this is. Some sort of authentication I'd assume."

It would in fact be that. If she recalled, the construct had made a series of various lights at her when she had first set herself, as being its new supervisor. Something that ended with it then blinking all the diodes. That would be her registration code. It were not sure if this were its supervisor, as she were not looking like the one he recalled, but she stood and acted like the last, and this one were following her too. It also found some trace amounts of particles and other things that were found on and near Spectra, where she had taken it before, that would indicate her presence around that area.

It could not tell for sure though, if this were its supervisor. Perhaps she had been replaced, or repurposed, and given a new shape, due to the former one being lacking. If it were her, she would know her authentication code though, and it would return under service. She had two tries to hit it correct.

If she'd touch the light-based display, she'd find that it would interact with her touch, and have some mass to it, so she would be able to push the buttons, though she best try and do it right. No telling what would happen, if she failed to do it properly.

Spectra looks to the Construct's movements as it jumped onto the boat. Spectra definitely did not share the same opinion as Operata towards the Construct. It was a useful tool, and perhaps she would be capable of getting something extremely useful out of it if they met someone who could say - take it apart and study it. Either that, or she could somehow find a way to make use of its magic for herself. Right now, it was hers and Spectra merely grinned across Yuma's face, her old body being long gone by this point - Thriceborne had likely picked it apart by now and done what she would with such a thing. 

Now the part of quandry was what it was doing with the buttons on the square surface. "No, we aren't going to do that. Even if I were so inclined to do so, it could potentially destroy the boat or put us at further risk. We will go along with it. It is my possession, and as my possession, it will work for me as intended. It will probably be of much service for the Trojans, helping them organize what they need it to - perhaps a bargaining chip to sweeten the deal and work for them. I don't like working for anyone, but if we can get something out of it - I would be open to it. Of course, at a steep price to pay." Spectra said, her brow furrowing somewhat as she searched her memories.

Thinking back to the series of lights the best she could - she would enter them in the correct sequence. It had taken her around a minute to have full confidence in inputting the correct code - she didn't want to fight this thing. Who knew what it were capable of. It was better for it to work for her than against her. Her commentary on it being something of service for the Trojans was mere idle talk. There was a lot of factors. What part of Troy they would end up in. What their opinions were of outsiders seeking to work for them, and the list goes on.

If the Construct seemed to settle down and accept her authority - she would resume her spell as she propelled the boat forward. Spectra didn't want to have them stopped somewhere for too long.

 

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"I may have misspoken. I merely meant that the situation with Goldie and her killer, were hard on the family, when it became known that a fraud were at play. Paranoia on such things have been present since, when it comes to high society ponies being gone for some time, just to return later. Hence why I think it best that before rumors begins spreading, and skepticism begins flourishing with your family, that we get there, so you can be the first to address them. My role at the scene, will be to verify whom you are, of course. Just so that everything goes smoothly.

As for changelings, I will see what I can do about Clayton perhaps being able to handle a sensor of sorts, build in for your properties. I will return with information on that, soon as it becomes available."

The news that changelings were now openly welcome in Equestria, along with several other races, might be best to save for a later time. It were among the less good news, that they would need to deal with eventually, that he did not want to spoil her mood further with, at the present time.

 

Spoiled Rich's eyes narrowed slightly at that and for a few moments she went silent. "Right. You have access to what you will need to begin plans for the construction of the new Estate where the old one sat before. Blueprints tell you everything. Remember - Large Skylights in the living room. Outdoor pool. Underground bunker of reliable quality and with large supplies." she spoke, not even batting an eye at what it would cost her. Spoiled Rich's pockets ran deep from the many years of hard work she has done. Not only that, but the insurance would likely cover most of, if not all of the cost of the new build due to the manner of which the old one was burnt down.. It was something that she was extremely insistent on - preparing for situations like this.

It seemed as though she had been pleased with his overall statements, for now. 

 

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He'd write down the last details, and then close the book. He'd need it with him, along with a few other things that he would place in his designer saddlebag for the trip. Though before she would attempt to leave the room, he would clear his throat to get her attention.

"Madame Rich, might I offer a brush?"

He tended to keep a few things ready, in case he had to look his best after a long day too, or his hair got frizzled in strong wind. So he kept a regiment of things. including a comb, which were so immaculately clean, that it might as well be new. A high end one too, that would glide through her frizzled mane well and good, and get it somewhat in control before they'd leave. If required, he could brush it himself, but he would offer it forth, as he assumed she would prefer to do so herself.

When it were over - or in case she cared not to do this - he would nod and head towards the door.

"The most direct route to the Dreamy Clouds spa, will be to take a small side street a few meters from here, and take a hard left. It should also leave less eyes to notice you for that time, Madame Rich. After we get there, I will go and make sure that the paperwork is done, as well as getting transportation for Ponyville prepared, and informing Gold and Needle that their schedule will be occupied shortly. They will be expecting you when your spa treatment is over, I assure you.

I will make sure everything is paid for in advance as well, with the usual account."

With that, if there were nothing else, he'd lead her out, and down the next-fastest, inconspicuous route. The fastest involved an alley with trash cans, and he wouldn't hear the end of it for a while, if he dared to suggest she'd lower herself to travel such a path.

Spoiled Rich would turn to him and take the brush. There was a mirror on the wall where they were thankfully, so she would brush it to the best of her abilities. It were not at all what she wanted. Her mane and tail had to be perfect at all times. Thankfully the path she took here was quick and she ran there quickly - with enough going on in the city around her, she was able to pass on by without talking to anyone or being noticed by anyone at all. The last thing she needed was to be seen in the sorry state she was in.

It took her a while. A few minutes to get her mane and tail brushed to satisfactory condition. Nowhere near to how she usually would have it, but it were enough to walk to the Dreamy Clouds Spa. "Perfect. The plan is in action. You know what you need to do to execute it, so there is no further word from me for now as of this moment." she spoke, her snout turning in the air as he would lead her out of the place. Spoiled Rich didn't trust many at all - let alone stallions. Legal Jargon had been selected for his job because he was the best of the best. Her butler, Randolph was getting old. Hopefully he would still be alive. So far it seemed that all was mostly okay. No family member deaths. Only lost resources.

Spoiled Rich knew she would recover from this. It would take time. With that in mind, Spoiled Rich would follow along towards the Dreamy Clouds Spa.
 

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With the painting being mostly just old, and historically valuable for now, they'd set it carefully aside, and go look at some other things. Phantasma drawn to the coins, with Shade heading towards a book that seemed to hold a tinge of familiarity to itself. He wouldn't try to open it though, but examine the outsides first, trying to see what he had to deal with here.

Phantasma would soon after have separated all the coins she had found, into each their own sections, and sorted them after the approximate age. Though some were odd to her, and were stacked separately.

"Now this is peculiar, but might give us a timeline. Some of these denominations are beyond ancient. This draconic coin for instance, I've only ever seen pictures of. They don't even have a real one for display in the museum, as the few found are so heavily guarded. This one coin, could well end up buying you a home on its own.

The Dragon Isles hasn't used a coin like this for millennia. It could be a replica, or something she stole from a hoard. If not, she could be upwards of three thousand years old at the least."

These sorts of coins, were mostly only found in the hoard of elder dragons, or hoards that had been passed down. A very few individuals, had managed to steal or bargain for one, over the millennia, but it were not many, as the dragons tended to see their old currency as a status symbol of sorts to posses. Something from before the then dragon lord, had discontinued the coin making, since he figured it were smarter to just accept that gold were gold, and then use weight and purity instead of some marking, that wouldn't matter outside of their isles anyway. Most places went with some variation of gold, from the sand dollars of Troy, to the bits of Equestria, or the dinars of Saddle Arabia, so for those who did want to go out ad buy things, they could just bring gold.

"Hmm, she might have raided a collection, and if this coin is as rare as you say, I assume some of these others are of some rarity too. Might be that there'd be a record of some sort, if a collection that size had been reported stolen in Equestria's history."

They might need to ask around the more unsavory types, off the books of course, but a coin this rare, might have a trace in history that they could follow. Even if it were just a rumor of some fool stealing from an elder dragon once, that would still be something to work from.

"What are you working on? A book in gold. Anything out of the ordinary about it?"

"Yes. You are more knowledgeable about history, but I feel fairly certain that this marking, is Starswirl's, is it not?"

Phantasma would curiously go over, and look at what Shade would point to. She needed little more than a glance, to know what she were looking at.

"Yes indeed, that there is his symbol alright. If this is one of his books, that would be good news though. We have one that we can actively question about this."

"Yes, though if this is a spellbook, I wonder what she might have learned from it. We should question the old wizard to be sure, lest we end up getting surprised by something."

Their focus would be on this for now, but once that were set aside, they'd go and check out the sword. It seemed to stand out, though they were both pondering in what way. Phantasma would get it eventually, but she would need to wrack her brain for a bit.

The coins were most definitely interesting and were definite proof that Spectra had at least gotten into things that were very hard to attain. Either she is really as old as the items she has here, or she somehow got them. Either way, it proved that she was very adept at getting into things very few ponies have access to. 

The book were probably the most interesting object of attraction here. If they would open it, they would find something unexpected within the words. It was Starswirl's own writings. Perhaps it would be something of which the two of them would doubt - and use their magic to determine the validity of the writings. If they did so, they would find that it would be genuine. It began with writings about magic - it was a type of Spellbook of sorts, that one is to learn from.

As they were flipping through the pages, a piece of paper taken from some other book would fall out. Written within the words, was the name "Diaspora". There was something of note here right off the bat in Starswirl's writing style. It seemed that it was from a diary of some kind. What they would read here, would be Starswirl's own words.

"Diaspora is a difficult student to work with - due to her disability. She cannot cast magic like any other pony, I theorize she may have been born under unusual conditions. I have never seen a Unicorn be unable to cast magic. Diaspora is frustrated, understandably so - but as the days go by, the more desperate she's become at the lack of answers I can give her. I really sympathize with her, I do - but...something's off about her. I can't put my hoof on it. There is a darkness in her heart. Yet her desperation, her pleading, begging tells me something else. I am very concerned for her. As the first student of mine this situation is most troubling." on the back of it, was more writing. This time, not from Starswirl.

It would read as follows - "You were a failure of a teacher. I hate you. You could never help me, the one pony I could trust to help me could never provide me any answers. Only more questions and frustrations. I hate myself for being born this way. Hate. Hate. Hate. It's all I have left in me. All my accomplishments in securing peace in Equestria on your behalf, all for nothing. No cure! Nothing! I can't stand it anymore...I'll find my own answers..." 

It seemed as though Diaspora was a name to search for in history. Whoever they were - could they be related to Spectra? Or could Spectra also actually be Diaspora?

The book had a lot more to search through. This were but their first find within the few minutes of searching through it, if they decided to.

YES! This is what TYT SHOULD be! New locations, new places, and an actual length that makes it enjoyable! Finally something good from TYT. If the rest of the episodes are like this I would really like TYT a lot more. Izzy is amazing in this episode and I love how she explored and met Destiny, and revived an abandoned fair ground. Allura and Twitch trying to find a place to live and Allura caring about Twitch is certainly nice, I look forward to see more of them soon. The Nova Charm is gone, now what will they do?

I enjoyed the sense of continuity with the previous easter episodes. It wasn't particularly memorable to me, but, I enjoy the idea of a bird delivering chocolate eggs everywhere and that had me hungry.  

@Catpone Cerberus

Opaline felt the feeling of being watched. It was probably the Earth ponies. Or was it Noctuna's shadow magic? Whatever it was, it made her feel rather paranoid. Opaline was stiff with paranoia, the way she felt was palatable and could almost be cut with a knife, so to speak. It had been a long time since she felt like this. At least in the old days, she had her magic to rely upon. Now she had nothing. One of the unfortunate things about being a Fire Alicorn was relying on external sources for spell casting magic. Dragon fire she found to be the most potent - but natural fire was something that could work. Not as good, and certainly not as powerful. It was her nature after all.

Now that she was reading, she began to focus on finding anything familiar within what she was reading. To her surprise, there was none. No names she recognized. No places she recognized, nor even some of the phrasing of the words. None of it she recognized at all. Above all else, what perplexed her was the complete lack of Alicorns anywhere. No mentions of them anywhere. It was like they never existed at all. Was this because Alicorns never existed here? Was it because they were so rare they were forgotten about? Or the more dangerous option, did something destroy them? Not only that, there was no mentions at all about powerful beings in general. Only natural events, from what it seemed like. Opaline however was careful to not fully believe any of this, after all it could just be the Earth pony view of the world - not the actual truth. Yet still, was something to take into consideration. 

After more reading on the history of the place, she began to look into books involving Earth magic. The kinds of magic Earth ponies used. Opaline was an Alicorn after all, and thus, was part Earth Pony by technicality. Surely she would be capable of using some level of Earth pony magic? At least that is what she thought. Opaline never cared to look into it, at the height of her power. 

@Catpone Cerberus

Even despite Sombra's failure to damage her in any way - Sombra smirked wickedly. Flint had ran her mouth and spoken of something that could be used against her. She spoke of curses and her being protected from permanent injury. Now he knew something about her that he didn't before. Flint had been cursed. Knowing curses, there would be a way to break them. Not that Sombra would know right off the bat, but he had a way to move forward with this - to defeat Flint, he needed to nullify her curses somehow. Pain didn't really matter if there wasn't a way to perform permanent injury. While he was enraged that he wasn't able to defeat her here and now, he had the wisdom of seeing the value in learning what he learned. Once Flint was gone, he would dispel the magic he used in the area. The water, ice, and the dark magic would fade from the area as he stared at Una.

"What did she do to you?" he asked with a frustrated grunt, walking over to her - the stare in his eyes indicating he wanted answers. 

Laughter and Joy is probably one of the few things that transcends cultural differences, languages, etc - it is perhaps universal. It's something to not be overlooked. 

2 minutes ago, Ice Princess Silky said:

I don’t think it’s wise to take pictures of it? I’ll be at work but I still bright my glasses LOL

I hear it can damage your camera lens so I hesitate to show what I might take cause my phone might just die rofl  

I'll be able to line my telescope up with the solar filter and aim it directly at the sun (which is something I do for daytime astronomy) and take a photo of it through the telescope 
 

For now, I found this photo of Snowdrop! 

@Ice Princess Silky

Thank you, if you see it, be sure to show me what you capture! I hope you have been well and I wish you all but the best. 

@Ice Princess Silky

Back in the day when I had those larger telescopes it fit better on them but when I got my new one which is of a different design I thought I had no use for it - it looked like this. I wish I still had it! It belongs to someone in Pennsylvania now. I hope you are able to make time for the Solar Eclipse, please make plans for it if you can because it's a once in a lifetime chance for most people! 

@Ice Princess Silky

I had this big 6 inch solar filter that you could hold in your hands and see the sun perfectly during the day without a telescope and just sit there and stare at it but I sold it! I wish I kept it. 

1 minute ago, Ice Princess Silky said:

Did you get the special glasses and also special lenses for pictures? 

Nope, the glasses were all sold out and my family was unwilling to buy em' for $20 each, but, I do have a new solar filter. All ready to go. 
 

I hope I can see this solar eclipse. My area is in prime viewing. I hope there are no clouds, please no clouds! 

I agree. I don't think G5 should have been related to G4 at all. Would have solved a lot of the issues - the designs of the dragons in G5 still look completely awful though. 

I love her so much! She deserves love and protection.

Welcome to the forums, hope you like it here! 

3 minutes ago, Starlight Serenade said:

I think I am feeling burnout or tired of video games. Games feel like work to me.

I have friends who have asked me to play games with them, but I find it daunting. I hardly ever want to play or try anything anymore.

I relate - I personally honestly, do not see the point of playing video games for the vast majority of things, so I can relate. 

@Skylight Scintillate @Samurai Equine @Victoria Everglade

Collapse follows into the room and notices how comfortable it looks here. She takes a seat on one of the chairs. “Pretty nice room you got here.” Collapse complimented and looked towards Evelyn for answers about how they were going to start here. The cute yellow mare sat there with an innocent smile on her face.

I am doing good. Just waiting on someone to post before I do.