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[Melke 160]

@@~Sole~,

 

Dyr was twirling her massive scythe and sliced a few strange creatures in half. Red rose petals were starting to fly about the air, as if they are being produced by something. Dyr then slammed down with her scythe and the petals flew in the direction that she was facing and acted like razor blades, cutting up more of the strange creature.

 

These strange creatures looked like some sort of elemental made entirely out of jewels. They are about the size of Dyr herself. Just as Dyr sliced a lot apart, more started to appear from out of nowhere. They are charging up their arms and then firing a beam of light at Dyr, who dodges well as she was never still for a second. These jewel elementals seems to be made of sapphire and their beams of light are growing ice where it had contacted. 

[BlinkZ 1,151]

@@Blitz Boom

 

Gold holds the icepack more blinking a few times. "No I'm fine..I think.." he said "I mean was only a bump nothing that serous but if you really want to drag me down there." he looks up at the time and finished off his glass and the snack he had gotten himself.  The conversation was nice though.

[Denim&Venöm 18,710]

@Seamore Sandwich@cwhip9@Magos Amphrose@Missklang

 

"Well... I am not sure about the link between our realms as I came here due to a precise calculation and intent. Maybe one day you will see me in your dimension. I am not sure about this Nekojin you speak of, there are more than just cats in my realm. My kind focuses on two different types of mastery. One for our spiritual magic through developing spirit links and another for our weapon."

 

 

 

"Well I'm not saying the connection is an immediate one. There is a common belief among my kin and other "awakened ones", as we refer them, that before time in memorum, all our realms: yours, Equestria's, the Shadow Lands, the Umbra, Tarturus, and many, many, many others, were all connected. Then something happened that divided everything, and made each realm it's own plane of existence. This was just mere tribal superstition, until rumors about portals to other worlds began to surface. With your presence, it's further proof that there are other planes of existence. I'll have to look further to see how deep the similarities between your kin and the Nekojin run. I'm sure you'd be curious if members of the same species resided in two different worlds." 

 

Priestess understood the harnessing of spiritual magic. It's how her own gifts managed to function. Some Kitsune even managed to attune an enchanted weapon to them. 

 

"What about technology in your realm?"

 

"What about the technology?"

 

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Somewhere in the badlands, a folded paper crane flapped it's way along the push of a breeze. It took a sharp turn, did a loop in mid air, then gently fluttered down onto an outstretched hoof.

 

And in an unnaturally deep, guttural voice, the paper crane went "HEY! LISTEN!" before tipping to it's side and unfolding into the paper it once was. A pair of eyes scanned the kanji written in blood. 

 

*sigh* "Seriously?" was the reply, before the crane recipient took several steps back, and then began charging forward, towards the edge of a cliff. They ran, right over the edge, but not before the buzzing of wings kicked in, and proceeded to thunder through the skies of the setting sun, heading north east, for Ponyville. 

[Blitz Boom 4,620]

@@Seamore Sandwich,

 

"It's been a very long time since I was asked that last."

 

Vivid seemed lost in thoughts for a few seconds before she refocused on Charlie.

 

"I can potentially help, but I will need to know what sort of vessel you want "

 

"If it's shortly, I could make you one for an hour or so, but then you would be forced to the lands beyond after that. If you want to stick around for a bit longer, I could infuse you into an object and give you to a willing host until you had found another solution. And then thre's the third, which is a more permanent vessel - or body if you will - but isn't something that is as easy as it might sound.

 

To create a permanent vessel suitable to living in takes a good deal of things and preparations that I won't bore you with, but I can baseline it somewhat for you and say that to begin such an undertaking, you need a few things: The power of creation and a user thereof. A soul mage that can stitch body and soul together.  A core of life. And then of course, workable parts.

 

I know my way around the soul magic and can undertake that. As for the powers of creation and a user thereof, Chaos is in essence, creation, and can be used if enough of the web and poison are drained, and if the one who drained it before can guide it right or are willing to listen to guidance, he might do the trick as a user to find the order in chaos needed for stable creation. A core of life is trickier, but I have a few ideas... As for the last one-"

 

Vivid got the slight predatorial look in her eyes again for a brief time before it ended and she went on.

 

"- It isn't just any parts that can be molded into a custom shape. It have to be properly prepared and have undergone a few things, and those things are not easy to come by. I might know a place for some of them it it were, but I won't divulge further into that sort of things before I know what sort of vessel you wanted. No need for me to lay plans if you go for something simpler after all. So-"

 

"If I may, I have a question."

 

"Yes?"

 

You speak of creation like this. Does it take this much only to make something from nothing, or is it like this for all aspects of stable creation?

 

Vivid was silent for a bit, then smirked vaguely.

 

"If you mean eyes, then no, it won't take this much, but I could do little to help you beyond preparing the parts. To make them set and work, you would need a source of creation and a user as well, but with this small scale... Yes, I think that if the pony from before can direct things well, or if you can find somepony better, the spiders eyes and a few... *modifications* of my own could potentially do the trick. Now then, was that all?"

 

Briar nodded slowly. He understood what she meant in essence, but from the way she had said *modifications* it was clear that there was something to the process she wasn't saying. Perhaps it was simply a detail that he were better off not knowing, but who could ever be certain?

 

"To return to things: What sort of vessel is it you want then Charlie? A temporary one? An object for a longer, though still limiting presence until you find another path? Or an actual body, formed by conflicting magic and your thoughts?"

 

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@@Moonlit,

 

At the words, Omen finally stops her continued walk towards the stranger and stranger creature in front of her. She were curious and felt drawn to know something about Serenade, but she had been around ponies enough now to understand that the please word was something you should listen to, although it didn't mean that she was walking backwards. Though she did stop saying anything else, at least for now.

 

In the meantime, Ziggy had lowered the papers and were about to just zoom over with them quickly then leave her again when a picture on one of them caught her eye. It was a pretty one of three strange looking creatures that she couldn't say she knew off before. She wondered what they migh- Oh, nevermind, it said *The Sirens* here. Though that didn't really help her as she hadn't heard of those before.

 

"Huh... What in tarnation is a *Siren*? Looks sort of like a fishpony.with a glowy glowy on their chest."

 

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@@BlinkZ,

 

"I'd rather be worried and find nothing, than carefree and miss something."

 

She swigged the last bits of her drink up through the straw and rose up from her seat, preparing to leave. It was a bit early in it, but the party seemed to be going well here, which meant that it wouldn't be long before she would be called in anyway, and this way she could have a proper check of Gold Rush here rather than looking under dim bar lights.

[Moonlit 593]

@@Blitz Boom, Serenade scrambles to her feet, her eyes wide. She keeps backing up, and as she does so she backs straight into a ray of moonlight, bathing her entire body in the soft glow.

 

Her coat is now scaly like a fish, her eyes are now a deep green, and her muzzle has elongated. Fin-like webbing has appeared behind her knees, her muzzle is longer, and her mane has become thin and translucent. Her scarf can barely hide the vibrating gem at her throat, which seems to thump like a heart. To both, she appears to have taken on Siren-like aspects. She gulps as she registers the moonlight.

 

"Παρακαλώ , μην το πεις σε κανέναν." The words seems to flow from Serenade's mouth, and her voice has become somewhat different from the other times. It's soothing, calming and yet chilling at the same time.

[Seamore Sandwich 471]

@@Blitz Boom

 

"If it's going to take some time and effort to create a permanent form for me, I would like to at least have a temporary form in the meantime so I can help with the preparations. That is if it's not too much to ask." Charlie did not want to be too much of a burden, but he also was extremely hopeful that she would help him with both. He was glad though that he adjusted her awareness to include a bit of the conversation between Briar and himself, specifically the part about the eyes and the webs. He didn't want to explain things repeatedly. Such a thing was easy to do, as long as the knowledge you were granting somepony were true, it would quickly be accepted as though they were there to hear it. Although occasionally somepony might realize they suddenly knew something they couldn't have known.

[~Sole~ 852]

@@~Sole~,

 

Dyr was twirling her massive scythe and sliced a few strange creatures in half. Red rose petals were starting to fly about the air, as if they are being produced by something. Dyr then slammed down with her scythe and the petals flew in the direction that she was facing and acted like razor blades, cutting up more of the strange creature.

 

These strange creatures looked like some sort of elemental made entirely out of jewels. They are about the size of Dyr herself. Just as Dyr sliced a lot apart, more started to appear from out of nowhere. They are charging up their arms and then firing a beam of light at Dyr, who dodges well as she was never still for a second. These jewel elementals seems to be made of sapphire and their beams of light are growing ice where it had contacted.

 

Sole instantly began to focus chaos energy into his talons, before flitting behind one with a magical boost of speed. Using his magic amplified fist and his momentum, he punched one closest to him with tremendous force, before flipping through the air, and kicking another in the side of the head.

[Blitz Boom 4,620]

@@Moonlit,

 

Ziggy looked between Serenade and the picture over and over again, just to make sure that she had gotten this right after she had stepped into the moonlight and things started to show. It would take about 6-7 seconds before she was sure, at which point the paper fell from her hooves and she zoomed away.

 

That is, away from her current spot and directly over to near Serenade with a smile that seemed to try and split her face in half.

 

"So you're a Siren? I don't know what they are, but they- I mean You, look kinda cool. And glowy. And... And... Ehehehe, so Adorable!"

 

Had she known about Sirens, would Ziggy had run off? Unlikely really, since it would go against her primary instinct, which was to hug everything she hadn't seen before. She had never seen a Siren before so her brain wasn't screaming *run and hide* at the weird sight, voice and the odd tone it had. It just screamed *Must not leave unhugged!*, though she still had some restraints stopping her from just scooping up this one. Not many, but a few.

 

Behind her, Void took a few steps more forward. She wasn't sure what a Siren was either, but the stranger and stranger sight of Serenade toyed with her curiosity, and her instinct was telling her to get nearer, even if the Siren might get aggressive.

 

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@@Seamore Sandwich,

 

"The thing that takes longest in those situations is finding a source of creation, then a user than can handle it. If the odd one from before is still there in the waking world, you likely have that. As for the preparations, it isn't that they take insane amounts of time, but I will do those myself, in private. Some things are better left unseen, and I will get that done before I meet up with you.

 

The core of life shouldn't be too much of an issue either, as you have essentially that with you in a form that isn't... Well, let's just say that normally, those kind of things cost more than should be paid. The only real issue I could see were the parts, but I have a favour I might be able to call in, though we would have to meet him in a dream if you don't want delays.

 

Also... There is the matter of my compensation."

 

Vivid looked seriously at Charlie wanting to make sure that he understood that this was a part he should listen carefully to.

 

"Considering the favour I need to trade in I will ask for something in return, though you can calm your nerves. I am not one to make contracts, nor to try and trick you into making a deal with your soul. My deals are simply words most of the time, as if anypony tries to run from them I get very... Displeased.

 

So here is what I offer you: I will assist in the steps to make you a body, and your companion a working set of eyes, but in exchange, you will both owe me a new favour that I don't think will go too long before being cashed in. I have some ideas what I could use a pair that proves that what I do is not simply destructive for. Mainly for opening some doors that would normally be barred for me."

 

Briar was slightly confused by this request. Considering everything, it seemed weird that she would exchange a favour with somepony that could give Charlie body parts for them serving as

 

"It will take time before I can prepare a situation where I'd need your presence, but when it is, I will find you, and you will walk with me willingly. That is my price, and a fairer deal you'd be hard pressed to find when dealing with anypony demonic."

 

Frankly, she wasn't entirely sure what angle she would go with here, but her new masters had told her of somepony that held some fascination with her, but also had a record of shunning beings that could be perceived as evil. She needed to show that she wasn't out for destruction, and that she could help, and now? Well, opportunity had knocked so kindly on her door. It would be rude to not answer it, wouldn't it?

[cwhip9 1,078]

 

 

"Well I'm not saying the connection is an immediate one. There is a common belief among my kin and other "awakened ones", as we refer them, that before time in memorum, all our realms: yours, Equestria's, the Shadow Lands, the Umbra, Tarturus, and many, many, many others, were all connected. Then something happened that divided everything, and made each realm it's own plane of existence. This was just mere tribal superstition, until rumors about portals to other worlds began to surface. With your presence, it's further proof that there are other planes of existence. I'll have to look further to see how deep the similarities between your kin and the Nekojin run. I'm sure you'd be curious if members of the same species resided in two different worlds."

 

 

Cresents ears perked up at that point of the conversation, he began to loose interest till he herd about the dimensions part "i was told that was just a fillys tale but the more I think about it, it'll explain a lot of things here in Equestria, odd question but how often do you run into hunters from other worlds?"  asked the batpony

[Melke 160]

@@Seamore Sandwich, 

@@Blitz Boom, 

@@Denim&Venom, 

@@cwhip9,

@,

@@Missklang

 

"Hm... I am connected in spirit with my ancestors but I am no expert on our history. I know that my kind has been around for a long time and our history became our strength. Maybe the legendary tome, the Chronicler, might hold some answers. I might have to check once I get back. Personally, I feel that we all might be interconnected in some way as my kind does not seem like any of the feral creatures back in my world." Syo replied, while she brought a paw to support her head as she pondered.

 

Then the bat pony came into the conversation. Syo never thought about it much earlier but this bat pony is quite an oddity compared to the regular ones she have seen so far.

 

 

 

"i was told that was just a fillys tale but the more I think about it, it'll explain a lot of things here in Equestria, odd question but how often do you run into hunters from other worlds?"

 

Syo giggled a little at the question. As one who have been playing around with dimensions, she has quite a history with hunters who thought of her as a mere cat.

 

"If you mean hunters that come after me when I am in another dimension, I have long list of them." Syo started, while still laughing softly. "If you mean the hunters that managed to come into my world... we were.... Well, according to my world's history, a long time ago, our kind was once enslaved and then broken free. Now our kind regulates the dimension's boundaries. I am one of the few who have access to a backdoor. And if any hunters slip through, we fight."

 

@@~Sole~, 

 

Dyr sensed your chaos magic and then did a quick leap to a nearby tree's branch. She saw what you were doing with your fist and smashing one with that fist and hitting another.

 

Chaos magic? That's not good...

 

The two shattered as you hit them but then they started to reform together into a bigger jewel elemental, now with four arms and could levitate off the ground.

 

"Hey, bird! These are sapphire minions, they can resist magic that falls under the dark category and absorb them!" Dyr shouted and then she held her scythe in a pre-strike pose and then the blade ignited with a blue flame that she unleashes on the newly formed jewel elemental. An impression of the blade flew through the air like frisbee and sliced the big jewel elemental in half and burning it up.

 

Dyr then leap back to the ground with her back to you. "But... they are as brittle as glass."

[cwhip9 1,078]

 

 

"If you mean hunters that come after me when I am in another dimension, I have long list of them." Syo started, while still laughing softly. "If you mean the hunters that managed to come into my world... we were.... Well, according to my world's history, a long time ago, our kind was once enslaved and then broken free. Now our kind regulates the dimension's boundaries. I am one of the few who have access to a backdoor. And if any hunters slip through, we fight."

"so you basicly make sure all the portals and boundrys stay shut then, and I was more referring to then genocidal kind but it wouldn't surprise me you ran into some of them already of they came from a distorted past" cresent remarked

 

The bat pony didn't have much of a knowledge of cats or other dimensions but if all else failed he decided to take advantage of the window of knowledge. "sense being a time traveler you can sometimes jump ahead in time if I'm right as well?" he asked the cat  
 

[Moonlit 593]

@@Blitz Boom, Serenade flinches back as soon as Ziggy takes off and lands near her, then silently nods. She reaches up and slowly removes the glowing crystal pendant, and in a flash of magic the half-Pegasus/half-Siren morphs into a full Siren that seemingly floats before them. The fin on her back, and the scales on her tail are the same color as her mane in the Pegasus form, her eyes are the same green just bigger. "Να σας υποσχεθώ ότι δεν θα το πω σε κανέναν."

She face-hoofs when neither responds, "Can you....please...not tell anypony...Sirens have....bad...reputation" Her words are broken, but still soothing. She still is giving Omen a wide berth, "What...would you...like...to know?"
 

[Melke 160]

@@Seamore Sandwich, 

@@Blitz Boom, 

@@Denim&Venom, 

@@cwhip9,

@,

@@Missklang

 

"Genocides hardly happens as we all generally get along and have a mutual agreement, it is only the ones who twists the truth around who would even think of it but ultimately, they are taken down before anything bad happens." Syo replied.

 

"I wouldn't call myself a time traveler as time is out my control. I am still trying to get a handle on dimension jumping still. My own magic is more a spacial control than anything. I do admit sometimes I appear in a time period that is strangely too far back or too forward but no harm done~"

[BlinkZ 1,151]

@@Blitz Boom

 

Gold rubs his head while using the other hoof to put his hat back on. "Well okay If it makes you feel better 'll come with you. But I"m telling you it is just a bump." He got up and stretched a little and honestly could use a nap although it be hard to do with a headaceh.

[~Sole~ 852]

@@Melke

 

Sole sighed when he heard the information "Not again" he thought. He hated enemies that were immune/resistant to magic, especially his own. It didn't help that he fought them more then he'd like. "Thanks for the info, I guess I'll just have to change my attack strategy" he said, as he opened a fist-sized portal to his home, and reached in to pull out a strangely carved staff. "Unlike most magic users, I've trained my body, as well as my magical ability." He explained, before closing the rift he'd made.

 

"I'll have to tell the old hag her training saved my skin... again... Damn." He thought to himself, before twisting the staff around in his talon, and whacking another of the gem creatures over the head, before pivoting it over his back and bringing it down on another's head, and finished by sweeping the legs of a third and bringing the staff up in a defensive position. "Are these things from your world?" He asked nonchalantly

[A Canadian Fritter 187]

Midnight walked around his house, he found that it had rather old wallpaper in the bedroom and the drapes had been long since eaten by moths, he flew into the attic and found a foal sized wasp nest attached to the wall (or is it the ceiling? Do attics have ceilings or walls?) he noped out of there faster then you can say "buck this shit I'm out"

[Melke 160]

@@~Sole~,

 

"These things..." Dyr started as she smashed about 3 in one swift strike of her scythe then did a backward slash to slice another. "They are not normal creatures, they are summoned beings. And my prey has foolishly revealed himself by using them."

 

"His name is the Prospector, a jewel loving freak who can use the power within gems to his will." Dyr said as she conjured a green orb and threw it out, large carnivorous flowers sprouted and ate a few more. "That aura of his... he must have worshiped a demon. There's no other explanation for why he has suddenly grown overconfident and trespass on my turf."

 

In a very short time, there was only 5 left. They seemed to have stopped spawning. Dyr panted as she backed up a little to see the situation. She saw your staff and smirked.

 

"Not bad, bird. At least there are some in this world who knows how to use everything at their disposal." Dyr commented. "Last 5, do you want to do the honors?"

[Seamore Sandwich 471]

@@Blitz Boom

 

Charlie did not hesitate. "If it means I will be able to see the real world, then I will. I can also bring you to the Dream Hall easily, you'll only have to focus on whoever you wish to meet to make their door appear. These are the talents of the Everspirits, it's much easier than any unicorn dream spells, but not quite as powerful as alicorn magic." The other Everspirits taught Charlie a lot about his gifts in a short time using their power over dreams, although such education could not grant him experience.

 

@@Denim&Venom

@@Blitz Boom

@@cwhip9

@@Melke

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@@Missklang

 

Seamore brought the cart forward steadily along the path until they came across a large stone archway. It looked normal, for the most part, but upon closer inspection, there was a slight distortion in the opening, sort of a slight ripple in the light. "We're going to need everypony in the cart for this to work. It's sort of a short cut so we won't have to go around to the bridge. Ive never tried this before but my cart is too wide for the bridge anyway, so we don't really have any other option. Also, can somepony pass me a small stick from the Everwood logs. On second thought, Priestess, if you walk right next to me, that should work just as well." Seamore realized the stick that was still going through Priestess should do the trick, opening up the portal so they could enter.

[cwhip9 1,078]

@@Seamore Sandwich,
cresent herd the earth pony about the cart he looked ahead distracted from the cat seeing the bridge he thought out loud "i could fly over and we" he then stoped himself noticing how many of the party had wings, "all right boss" said the bat stepping into the cart

[~Sole~ 852]

@@Melke

 

Sole smirked and twirled his staff through the air "don't mind if I do" he hummed, before jumping high into the air, and landing in the midst of the enemies. The moment he touched the ground, he gripped the staff with both talons, and swept it low, knocking the entire group into the air, before finishing each with a lightning-quick jab. "Thanks, by the way. Your not so bad yourself" He complimented, as he stood with his staff and sighing "I don't suppose this Prospector guy is close by, is he? I sensed his magic a while ago, but I lost it during the fight." He admitted

[Denim&Venöm 18,710]

@Seamore Sandwich@cwhip9@Magos Amphrose@Missklang @Melke @Blitz Boom

Priestess noticed the ripple in reality. Then heard Seamore's request. "Well first, how are you so sure this will take us to the castle, and not send us someplace else in, or even beyond, Equestria?" She asked, approaching the front of the wagon. 

 

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The sky had changed rapidly from dusk to night, thanks to rapid pace of one Queen Allure, rocketing though the night skies into Equestrian air space. The edges of the Everfree region began to appear on her thaumaturgical sense, it's unnatural, fluctuating state, acting like very faint static on that sense. 

 

But something else tugged at her senses, this time the ones of her hive mind. It was faint, almost non-existent. A loose connection at best. But it was there. 

 

The weak signature of another changeling. 

[Seamore Sandwich 471]

@@Denim&Venom

@@Blitz Boom

@@cwhip9

@@Melke

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@@Missklang

 

Upon hearing Priestess's question he went back into 'tour guide' mode. "Well, this particular portal was created by Princess Luna herself as a way for her and Celestia to travel safely between the castle and the Everwood Grove. I'm pretty confident in the magical abilities of the Princesses. The reason the Grove is so far away is because they would practice magic in the castle, and trying out new spells too close to the Everwood trees could be dangerous." There was still something about the portal he wasn't telling them, but the surprise would be better that way.

[Denim&Venöm 18,710]

@Seamore Sandwich@cwhip9@Magos Amphrose@Missklang @Melke @Blitz Boom

 

"There's still something about the portal he isn't telling us, but we'll probably be surprised anyways." She thought to herself. "Alright, I'll take your word for it. You are the woodscolt, what do you need me to do?" Priestess asked as she stepped alongside the front of the cart.

[Seamore Sandwich 471]

@Denim&Venom

@@Blitz Boom

@@cwhip9

@@Melke

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@@Missklang

 

"I don't really need you to do anything, I just need you to walk beside me, once everypony is in the cart." He was desperately trying to avoid saying anything about the stick. He didn't want to bring Priestess's attention back to it, as keeping her distracted could help keep her mind off of the pain he still believed she should be feeling.

Edited October 14, 2015 by Seamore Sandwich

[Denim&Venöm 18,710]

@Seamore Sandwich@cwhip9@Magos Amphrose@Missklang @Melke @Blitz Boom

"Kay. Why? Is there anything special about me that warrants me leading the way? Well I know there are special things about me, quite a few, too many to list, but is it anything specific?" Priestess was genuinely curious as to why she was being singled out.