Lord Valtasar

cutting your losses, you did well to run away Zebras won't stand it to be treated in this way when their traditions you just called annoying there was only one path where this was going

come at me then, for i will not let this stand ponies are not the only species in this land

you're zebra for now, so why wait? just rhyme before it is too late then once officially the Zebra rank you reach you can resume to rhyme and poems preach

she thought over their conversation before speaking, alergic to magic, that was the first time she heard anything like that, it can't be pleasant judging by Splashee's state "it's not ideal, but i think.." she stopped, he seemed alarmed, what did she say to make it so? but before finishing her thought he explained it was a guard and went into hiding, they were far enough to not be in any danger, sure he'd be able to see them, but why would he care if they were there? it was a park, she hid anyway, if it made him feel safer that's what they'd do after the 'danger' had passed, she was decided "clearly it's not safe staying out here alone, better if we take our chances and all stick together" it seems to be what he wanted too, and psychology was importand so he won't panic and do something stupid "stay close to us and you'll be safe" she reasured him, though there was no guarantee any of them would

i think it's best to start looking for a book listing artifacts and their effects, and try to find that pendant that turnt us in it

"yes but then we have no eyes on the outside" she said "wait here, i'll go ask my new.. "friends" for a favor" she went towards the entrance and waved Soft Shade to come closer(the crow) after talking for a bit, she returned to the others "He agreed to help, Shad would be our eyes and alarm on the outside" she motioned to wards the crow to let them know who Shad was, he had bargained quite strongly but he agreed in the end, it was a big risk for him since his nest was here after all "we all go in then, and no time like the present, let's go"

she was worried a bit for his state, but maybe it was best if he was inside, maybe they could enlist the crows to distract the guards when Granite tells them it's needed since Granite himself was unlikely to outrun them, he'd be their eyes "i'll leave it up to you, i'm not the boss here or anything, i'm open to any suggestions, if you three think you can carry the book i can even be the one to stay outside after opening the door for you"

"so let's recap the plan once more, Emerald, do you see that there?" she pointed at the entry she had found earlier "that's where you go in from, don't worry about the crows, they're friends, they're the ones that helped me locate you" she chose not to mention doing errants for them, better if she went having a good image of them "once in, you'll go and unlatch that door here" she pointed at one of the entrances on the map "then i push it upen and we go searching for the a book that could help, where was that section again Splashee?" (after splashee answers) "Splashee, you will remain outside looking for any unusual movement, if some comotion happens, make some noize to scare the swans so that the guards will be distracted, but not on you specifically" seeing how they treated him last time, just for being outside in broad daylight, it wasn't exactly safe to get caught at night, "Granite you can either come with me, on my back so we have eyes checking behind us aswel or stay outside and help Splashee monitor" i think that is all, she thought "if everything goes smoothly, we meet here, if not and we need to make a run for it, we meed at the park outside my house"

they arrived at the radezvous point, the others weren't there, she started worrying, the sky was already quite dark and the library was about to close for the day, she scanned the perimeter, maybe they just went around the corner to be out of the guards' site or someting, and sure enough.. "there they are" she said to Emerald "see, nothing to worry about" she was telling that to herself as much as she did for Emerald, in a few moments they met with the others "glad to see you're ok.."she started saying but then she noticed the state Splashee was in "what happened?" his wing was a mess, did they really just beat him up for next to no reason? some guard was gonna loose his job once she was back to her pony form, this was despicable

alright then, sorry for dissapearing i was juggling quite a few things , i'm back now

Time to join in, who wants to be my new friend?

Role

Bald

"don't worry, we'll meet up with them soon near the liblrary" if they were still there, she thought, but that was a thought best not voiced, why would they not be there, after all they need to go back to ponies just as much as us, and if bad comes to worst, she could always ask her new crow "friends" where they went she stopped, "i think we're clear, let's head towards the library, it's already getting dark, and it will close soon,i have some good news, i found an entrance you can fit that's not sewers" she scanned the area a bit then turnt towards the Starswirl plaza where the library was

"it's not your fault they have a squeeky door, stop beating yourself with things that are out of your control" not to mention talking while running wasn't the easiest thing "take a left here" she called after her, she knew these parts, they could easily loose them there, if they even started chasing them, she didn't have the time to check. her heart was pounding, she hadn't ran in years, flight was her go to method when trying to go fast, but having seen the city from above so many times made it so much easier to navigate it even when she was on ground, as if she had a map etched in her mind

Emerald just sprung into motion imediately instead of waiting for the filly to be put to sleep, no matter, maybe it's better this way, time wasn't exactly in abundance, once the door was unlocked, she opened it slowly, hoping the residents won't notice, a quiet escape was preferable.. "SCREEEEE!!" in this silent neighbourhood, the door might aswel be a flugelhorn, there was no way they wouldn't notice "RUN" she said to Emerald, preparing to do the same

hmm.. it's either blue or yellow, i'll stick with my gut and say blue which one was the first vocaloid "01" ?