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[Rapid Wind 47]

@Seamore Sandwich

 

 "Tut, tut, Twilight Sparkle, I had been waiting for an invitation for ages and I was so bored inside my realm of chaos," Discord commented.

 

 "Now, you, I've never met before," Discord said as he turned the attention of his eyes to Starlight Glimmer. Discord wondered if this new pony had heard about him and his apparent reform and that he was the spirit of chaos or not.

 

 "Hmm, I think an introduction is in order, I'm Discord," Discord stated in a friendly, but maniacal manner and stretched out his lion paw hand. He even managed to put a friendly, but still a bit creepy smile across his face.

[Summer Breeze 2,528]

@@Frosty Frost, @@Blitz Boom,

 

 

Summers eyes narrowed as she listened to the dragon, azati, whatever, that called herself Nerzhei. 'Fine, we'll come with you.' summer answered with a calm and slightly threatening voice, it sounded like there would come a but, but there didn't come one. 

 

Summer also was about to give frosty a stomp to get him to shut his mouth but he already shut up himself so that was one thing less to worry about. 

 

Summer stayed in the air, still hovering in the same place but she made a gesture with her hoof like she wanted to tell the dragons to go in front. 'Show us the way then.' she said with an overly sweet voice. 

Edited May 19, 2016 by Summer Breeze

[cwhip9 1,078]

(sorry for the delay)

 

 "T-Thank the dreams, they found you. I'm So, so, so, so, so sorry for dropping you off and you falling down... I-I can't imagine how it must've been."

Cresent blinked a bit at the slug then the voice made him remember "well imagine falling into a nightmare and arguing your way back out, that's the best way I could describe it." Cresent said  

 

"oh and this is Zinthar behind me. he's trying to find his way back home too so I thought what the hey help him out to but now then. what's happened is Last ok and Nemo better?" asked the batpony.  

[Blitz Boom 4,614]

@@EQ_Theta,

 

Though she found it strange that Lin mentioned that she were right behind Omen when the later were transporting them on a small piece of *land* that meant they didn't have to move, she didn't think it meaningful to say something about it. Especially not compared to the question that were given.

 

"It is something we value. An object from another world, that holds form and shows of the wonders of the place where the sibling have brought it from.

 

We take many things here to show our siblings with no masters, so they can see what we do. Most of them break apart or Mother tells us to bring them back, but she let some things stay, and binds them to a place so others can always see them. 20 pillars from 20 worlds."

 

Omen went silent for a moment whilst she thought of the last time she had seen this pillar, whilst they rapidly got closer to the destination Mother had told them to go to.

 

"The fourteenth are from Equestria. Something I found before Master was taken. But you will see what it is soon. We are almost there."

 

Within a minute after saying that, they would land at a small place with 2 things that didn't seem to move. The first was the Pillar, which rested on a dark pedestal, floating in the air with a pale, ghostly glow around it. The pedestal weren't that tall, and neither were the item on it that were likely somewhat disappointing to Lin if she looked: A cube puzzle. Something which were essentially an old foal toy that had some buttons to push, and depending on the order, a side would buff up and either let out a small sound, a flag, show something inside or other, small things.

 

The second thing were somewhat simple too: A door. Not attached to anything, just a door in the middle of the air next to the pillar. There was little to it, with just looking like a darker version of an oak door, though there were a symbol on the doorknob that stood out a little of a feathery wing and a bat wing, spreading out from a ghostly looking heart.

 

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@@Moonlit,

 

"Yeah, Omen is a little strange, but at least she's harmless far as I can tell. Gonna have a field day trying to examine her one day I think..."

 

She looked a little awkwardly as the subject went on the shadowy *pony* that weren't around them currently. As said, she seemed harmless enough, but the talking into minds were strange, her physiology had some pretty strange abnormalities, and it were kinda weird talking to her as she seemed old in a sense, but with the mind of a tree that had recently gotten sentient and tried to understand the world it now.

 

They'd love her in Lad Pegasus though, that she were pretty sure of. Some of the shows there would kill for a chance to get something like her on stage, and the audiences there tended to be more into things the stranger the performers were.

 

"But until that day, I have a lot of friend interaction to bring to your life from the sound of it. Lot's of fun things that you've been missing out on that you shouldn't be without for that much longer if I got a say in it."

 

She bounced a little in place and grinned widely at the Siren, trying to lift her spirit a bit.

 

"And I gotta say, you're by far the friend I've looked forward to hang around the most in a long time. And the one I think needs it the most too. I mean no offence with that, just saying that with everything you seem to have to deal with constantly in regards to your primal side, somepony to speak to about it is important. Even one as strong willed as you that can keep your urges in check this well."

 

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@@Rapid Wind,

 

Much to their surprise,t he castle would... Do nothing to them at all, though they'd see that for themselves when they got there. Still a bit way to go there.

 

As they walked along, Stargazer seemed lost in thought for a few minutes, perhaps remembering something or thinking on the castle once more, which both made him silent for a short while and made him less aware of the feeling of somepony starring at him from somewhere.

 

It wasn't one that would be easy to see either, but if you looked up, and focused on one of the low hanging clouds, one seemed to be following them slowly that got a tail sticking out of it and a glimpse of foal-sized eyes could be seen now and again. Nothing that stood out as more than just odd, even if you did notice, but it were an interesting little thing nonetheless that Rapid might not take notice of either.

 

After all, there were still the other sights to see on the trip too, like the main street they were wandering down where random ponies now and again lifted a hoof to greet the newcomer pegasi.

 

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@@cwhip9,

 

"I-I don't know. Another pony came, likely taken by the one you call Nemo, and he and the swordsmare left through the rift left behind. I were supposed to help you after them when I found you I think, but the rift is closed again. T-There's no way out until they have dealt with the spirit."

 

The slug sent concerned eyes towards the strange cat as he spoke, thinking it first to be one of his fellow Everspirits as he looked like an animal but modified some, but the more he looked the more he could tell that this wasn't one of his siblings. What he were though he had no idea. First thought were a horror, but one of them wouldn't be able to get through the guards that easy, and he didn't look as menacing as he had been briefly told the horrors tended to be.

 

"So, Zinthar t-then? Strange, but the guards let you through... I-I guess that's good enough then. Right?

 

A-Anyway, let us get out of here..."

 

With that he turned and started to float back the way he came from along with the others of his kin, leaving a cat that stood behind and raised an eyebrow in confusion before looking at Crescent. He briefly said a few words before slowly following, not wanting to miss this chance at freedom, but felt the need to utter a small sentence first.

 

"...That was easy."

 

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@@Summer Breeze,

@@Frosty Frost,

 

Nerzhei snorted a small puff of smoke from her nostrils and turned around, whistling sharply, like you were trying to get your dog to you.

 

"Squirt, stop dorking around. We're leaving."

 

"It's Qert"

 

The small dragon seemingly lost his interest of jumping the now more silent pony, though he had gotten satisfaction over his face and through his body at seeing the equine squirm around a bit, looking for ways away and getting ready to defend himself. This were how they should All threat him. Like he were a danger, and tough. Someone to be afraid of.

 

His little delusions though didn't stand a chance against hearing his pet name being used again. It irked him, as having your real name being reduced to a mockery like this wasn't something a dragon should live under. And especially not from an overgrown beanstalk that liked rummaging through the ground more than fight.

 

Still, he followed troop and jumped quickly through the trees, but not taking over. he wanted to be near the back so he could keep an eye ont he ponies. Couldn't have them escaping after he just got them there after all, now, could he?

 

So, with the dragons in motion, Lyriel let out a low, drawn out sigh and ran her fingers through the mane of Blitz held by her left arm.

 

"There is no way back now... My friends, shall we make our way and see to it that the great ones allows you passage? We have a bit of way yet to cover."

 

The first part were low, mumbled between nearly closed lips and carried a tinge of nervousness from her knowing now that this were it. This were going to be her meeting with the Atazi, and then from there... Well, there were a few things that could happen that would be quite bad for her, especially considering she had the baggage of the others of her kin to contend with.

 

Fearing that they would define how she were viewed upon were one of the reasons why she had always hesitated getting too near as well, but she were seen now and escorting/being escorted to the base now were the first step on a road that she had not dared to thread yet, fearing that some stones might begin to burn her.

 

She could just hope that if she kept showing them respect, that they would at least listen to her words. If for nothing else, then so that she could speak the case of her four legged friends.

[cwhip9 1,078]

 

 

"...That was easy."

Cresent simply nodded it seemed almost too easy how far they just reach to be back home. He did have to admit easy was a good word for it but that did seem to play with his parnoia. too easy perhaps? cresent followed cathing up to the sprit "so where are we now then?" he asked looking around the forest.   

[Moonlit 593]

@@Blitz Boom, Serenade chuckles. "none taken." She tries to sit up, and shakily does so. "The hardest part was moving to Ponyville. Of all the places I've lived, trying to keep a low profile here is almost impossible. Between the Princess of Friendship that still reeks of Siren magic, that Pink Pony" Serenade shudders "and pretty much every other pony that lives here. I am sorta glad you and Omen found out I was a Siren. Honestly, I'm TERRIFIED if anypony else found out.". Serenade shakes her head, then looks over at Ziggy. 

[redaxted 1,765]

@@Blitz Boom "Hmm, guess you're right," Cyan Flare said. "Can't rush this. I remember having some side effects from medicine I turned out to have a bit of an adverse reaction to before. I can't recall it that well, but I think I just tried to cure myself on my own. A mistake." She thought back to when she only made herself more ill by taking a bad combination of medication. She peered out the door to see if the doctor was coming back yet. She felt reassured, but still a bit nervous.

Edited May 20, 2016 by Wolves

[Rapid Wind 47]

@Blitz Boom

 

Rapid Wind didn't notice the watching foal-like eyes or the clouds with tails sticking out of them. But he did pause to stop for a moment as he remembered wanting to visit the marketplace to buy a few more things and maybe a Ponyville souvenir or something. To go straight to Twilight's castle was also an interesting prospect as well, though he thought the chances of actually encountering the Princess of Friendship were slim to none. Rapid Wind paused and stood still and mentally debated on whether to continue to Twilight's castle or to visit the marketplace.

[Holiday Agnaktor 1,436]

@Blitz Boom

@Summer Breeze

 

Frosty let out a sigh of relief as the smaller dragon, who's name was Qert apparently, didn't seem to want to jump on him anymore. He relaxed a bit.

He hadn't been scared though, he was just... prepared. That's it. Not scared. He could've easily taken the dragon on, if it had come to it. Definitely.

 

"Yeah, let's go. It seems like we don't have any other option anyway."

 

He followed the rest, sticking close to Lyriel. She seemed to know how to talk to dragons properly, and staying with her seemed like a good plan.

 

Frosty frowned. Something didn't feel quite right about Summer. She was really... what was the word for it... aggressive? Mean? Whatever it was, it kind of scared Frosty. He knew Summer really well, but Scary Summer was not something he'd encountered before.

 

He cautiously started walking next to Summer.

 

"...A-are you alright? You don't seem quite y-yourself..."

[Blitz Boom 4,614]

@@Rapid Wind,

 

Stargazer noticed the hesitation from Rapid and stopped himself before getting back to the ground and folding in his wings again. He could stretch those later when he had to patrol things or something.

 

He tried to look around at what might have caught the interest of the pony, but there weren't much to see there all in all. Just the road to the castle they had been on, and the market, with a few stores here and there between the more food-based gathering of carts and such. and where they stood now. All things considered with what he had said before, and the fact that he didn't seem like he needed a dress, the market were likely the thing. Or the locals who were trying to make him feel welcome now and again. Some ponies were a little shy when it came to that.

 

"The castle won't fall if you want to see something else first y'know. Stuck pretty well where it stands."

 

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@@Wolves,

 

It took about 20 minutes after he left before the doctor would return, signalling his presence with knocking on the door before he entered and looked between the stallion that seemed to be looking at the stuff on his shelf, and his patient mare that had likely gotten more nervous over things in the time that had passed.

 

"Sorry for the wait, our technician likes to triple check things. On the bright side, I now have some news to bring, if you are ready for them?"

 

Happy had essentially been quiet for the fifteen minutes that had gone since Cyan had last spoken, not sure what he were going to say to her about the self-medication that didn't come off as preachy or jerkish. It was one of those topics that could really go many ways, but he knew himself and his big mouth sometimes, and that it would be safest to not touch this with a 10 foot pole unless he had to.

 

So he had used the time to look around in here. He was not taking things or moving stuff around, but he could still observe some while it were with a hooves-off approach, and it wasn't like he had much else to talk about, although he had been tempted to startg something up when the doctor finally got back and started to go cryptic.

 

At least that sort of people never changed no matter what world they were on. Or well, she wouldn't get hit with a bill large enough to put her in debt for the next 20 years, so granted, things were Somewhat different here. And to the better he might add.

 

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@@Moonlit,

 

"Well I'm no gonna tell anypony, that's for sure. Not like they'd believe me if it were anyway, but it's not my place to out others, be they Siren, Changeling, a bear in a bunny costume, or otherwise. Not nice to expose somepony just trying to live."

 

It brought her joy to see Serenade rise up again, albeit still looking somewhat shaking and weak-kneed in it. Steady improvement was always a good sign, and until there were a *fix everything instantly* serum hitting the shelves and putting every doctor in an awkward position, it were basically the best one there were. Though she didn't really think said serum was ever gonna be a thing. Always something that went wrong when somepony tried to make a panacea.

 

"I'm hoping the local Zebra are gonna keep silent too as she looked like she were one of the seers that tends to know a bit about everything when I saw her, but she seemed like a nice Zebra so I'm sure that's not a real issue."

 

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@@cwhip9,

 

"A dream. Getting down to the... P-Place below us, have to be hard they say. So y-you can only get there through others dreams. I think this one b-belongs to a colt."

 

The forest around them became a little more defined as they went on. Instead of being little more than a network of roots and piles of dust, trees sprouting in vivid details had started to grow, as well as the several different insect and plant life that mingled in a pattern that carried some order in it, but looked mostly random and crude.

 

Some laughter would be heard on the left, but the guards did well in shielding that side from Crescent and Zinthar, clearly not wanting the two outsiders to mess around with a dream when they were currently getting out of here slowly, a little by little.

[Moonlit 593]

@@Blitz Boom, Serenade nods, "Thank you Ziggy, That means alot." Serenade reaches over and grabs one of her saddle bags, "Now, I need to observe a nebula and submit my.....report..." Serenade suddenly stops talking, and looks at Ziggy, "You said Seer? as in she can see Magic?" Serenade facehoofs, "Princess Luna might have remembered, but" She mumbles to herself.  "How could I have been such a stupid pony..."

Edited May 21, 2016 by Moonlit

[cwhip9 1,078]

@@Blitz Boom, hearing the laughter peeked cresents curiosity, do to the pitch cresent nodded in agreement. "so we basely need to dream hope to get back from different ponys, this might be harder then it looks then, as long as we don't run into knight and dra...." the batpony paused shaking his head

 

"lizards we should be fine, iv never been in this type of forest the" he finished optimistically  

[WhisperingDreams 16]

@Blitz Boom

Night smiled at the two, her fangs showing a little.

"Come on Null, Void the sooner we get there the sooner you can reach safety," Night pricked her ears, listening for any dangers to the two. It seemed safe... Enough.

 

"Anyways we need to clear some rules, do NOT stray away. Do NOT touch anything that doesn't need to be touched. If you hear or see anything move, tell me, do NOT dismiss it as your imagination. And most importantly is something starts chasing you do NOT run around blindly, that'll get you killed. Stay by me, if any of you lag behind, call out." Night Frost listed.

 

"Did you guys get that?"

[Rapid Wind 47]

@Blitz Boom

 

 "Well, perhaps the marketplace and town hall would be best first anyways," Rapid Wind responded and snapped out of his thoughtful pose. He happened also to look up and around him and he noticed there were quite a few ponies about and here in Ponyville, he was the stranger. Though he had heard Ponyville was a very friendly and welcoming town, now he appeared to be witnessing it first hoof. Rapid Wind trotted back a pace with a bit of nervousness as he didn't expect to be welcomed or have this much attention paid to him.

[Blitz Boom 4,614]

@@Moonlit,

 

"Nonono, I mean like she see visions under the right sort of circumstances. Never heard of a zebra that could see through magic - though I'm not ruling it out - but this sort of thing? You'd be surprised how common this is with the kinds that are good potion makers.

 

Far as dad told me and my siblings, the ones strong with potions can mix the right ingredients with subtle magic and either see things in the surface of the brew in the cauldron, or have vision quests through the elixir that can be tapped from it. I think it might require something from a particular place or pony if it's to be focused enough, but I'm not entirely sure. Dad isn't a potion specialist and though my siblings are, they still have a good deal of learning to do.

 

Really though, I doubt you have to worry at all. Zecora seemed nice, and from what I saw and heard she's not a gossiper. More like a mystic, and those sorts never really say anything unless it's needed. Not sure why, but I figure they just like knowing things others don't."

 

Whilst Ziggy tried to cover up the mistake in the way she had mentioned the rural Zecora, Fah'lina had silently landed on top of the peppermint-striped pony's head and now looked between the two of them, wondering what was going on.

 

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@@cwhip9,

 

The slug turned around on the spot at the mention of what were being said and frantically waved his *wings* from side to side whilst shaking his head.

 

"N-Nono, we can' stay here. When the old one gets handled... If you're in another's dream, you might not c-come back. You could be t-trapped forever."

 

He looked around, seemingly afraid that somepony would hear them.

 

"We just n-needed the gateway. We're leaving for the dream halls, and hopefully with the owner of this place seeing us. The dreams of foals can shift badly if t-they see something they don't recognise, and I can't... I-I won't create a nightmare."

 

Considering the other guards with him just shook their heads and kept on moving, the slug might be a little paranoid about things and it wasn't as bad as he described, but perhaps he had a point in not lingering for too long. Zinthar thought so at least, though that were also because he wanted to get out, and the mention that he might be stuck forever in the dream of a child were not comforting.

 

"Then you better make sure that we get out of here fast. Crescent shouldn- I mean, We shouldn't become prisoners because you got slow or thought your little issue would take longer."

 

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@@WhisperingDreams,

 

"Don't do anything, stay close, stay paranoid, and freeze in horror. Got it."

 

Null grinned, jumped back up on her sister's back and laid down. Oddly enough it seemed as if the weight of her sister just made Void more rank, but it hang together with how she just felt safer when she knew exactly where Null were. She wasn't heavy by any standard as it was, so it wasn't an issue carrying her, though it did make the methodical *clonk* of her wooden leg a little more noticeable as they would eventually wander along.

 

"Not like staying paranoid is far from us as it is... B-But we should get going. The faster we get this done the better."

 

The two would be more than ready to follow Night as soon as possible, and considering what had just happened before, her warnings were likely gonna be followed very precisely. Not often you got to dodge the same bullet twice.

 

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@@Rapid Wind,

 

"Very well, let us go then."

 

Stargazer were trained to notice small things with ponies in his line of work, so he didn't miss the change in Rapid's behaviour when the friendlyness of the locals started to get a little more focused on him. Though he wouldn't have to be trained really to take notice in this, as the pony weren't exactly hiding his nervousness too well.

 

There were a few things he could say about this, some reassurances and warnings about a few he had taken notice of that might be worth avoiding for a small bit of time and so forth, but it was likely for the better that he instead just took the first few stepped towards the market and waited for the pegasi to follow him. Nervous folk didn't like to be focused on too much in his experiences, so unless Rapid felt like speaking about it, it were likely for the better to ignore the incident for the time being.

 

It was a pity that he were nervous like this as it were anyway to be honest. With the amount of random ponies giving him a passing, friendly wave, nod, smile or otherwise, he would have likely been able to land a bucket of friends in a few minutes to get him off to a good start in town.

 

But, all in its own time. Might be that some of the local smiles would eventually start to rub off on him and he would seek them out.

[Moonlit 593]

@@Blitz Boom, Serenade offers a weak smile. "It's not that, you just clued me in on something.Don't worry about it, it's nothing I can't take care of." Serenade starts digging through her saddle bags, pulling out a pair of large tomes. The larger one has Princess Luna's cutie mark emblazoned on it's cover, the other has something that looks like a piece of equipment that Serenade uses. Serenade eyes both Ziggy and Fah'lina, before diving into the books and making notes. 

[Rapid Wind 47]

@Blitz Boom

 

Rapid Wind noticed a lot of the ponies were smiling or just giving a wave or trying to be friendly, rather than invasive and perhaps trying to rob him of personal space. There were times back in Fillydelphia, the streets were crowded with both ponies and dragons and personal space felt like a luxury. Still, he still felt like the stranger in Ponyville and was reluctant to be making new friends in a new town in a hurry. Rapid Wind turned around and saw Stargazer move toward the market and decided to follow after him.

[EQ_Theta 457]

@@Blitz Boom

 

Confusion was an understatement though everything Lin was thinking and doing at the same time was just about enough to overwhelm her senses. She still had to keep her powers in check despite it draining her of energy; it was a delicate balancing act. The door is most curious, though, as Lin silently admitted to herself. 

"Do we..." Lin started, closely examining the door but her noticeably heavier breathing made her more cautious. She held back from touching it since she wasn't sure if it would do something worse to her condition. "What do we do now? I'm afraid I might mess something up."  

[redaxted 1,765]

@@Blitz Boom Cyan Flare was startled by the sudden knocking on the door. She had been looking the other way, trying to read the labels on all of the medicine for something to do during the slightly awkward silence. She watched as the doctor walked in and announced that he had news, presumably a diagnosis. "It's fine," she said when he apologised for the long wait. "Um... yes, I'd like to hear it."

[Blitz Boom 4,614]

@@Rapid Wind,

 

"So, what might catch your interest here? It's mostly food stalls of some degree far as I know, but-"

 

Stargazer stopped dead in his tracks and sniffed the air a few times to make sure that he wasn't mistaken. But he weren't. The smell Were there, floating softly through the air between the fruits, hay-dog stand and so forth, luring him in with silent promises of a better day. But where were it coming from? He couldn't see the stall that carried this temptation right now, but it had to be here somewhere.

 

"... There are a few exceptions, like the one carrying coffee."

 

Looking down from up high, a small chuckle were heard in the cloud that had seemed to follow them for a bit, though it shouldn't be high enough for the ones beneath to hear it. Seemed like something the ponies had done were entertaining to the inhabitant

 

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@@EQ_Theta,

 

"Simply relax, and let my daughter lead you into my humble home."

 

The caring voice blew around Lin again as Omen shot out her tongue, wrapped it around the handle briefly to open the door and show a long hall with pale, ghostly lanterns lining the walls stretched out before them. It seemed to be made from the same substance that this world were ripe with, yet this kept solid and unmoving instead of twitch and turn for little to no reason. You would also not see anything at all being there if you tried to watch from the other side of the door.

 

"...We should hurry, before the door closes again."

 

When they in time would both be in there, the door would lock behind them and disappear to show just a wall in its place. Though for now, it were just an open door, inviting them in.

 

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@@Wolves,

 

"It's thankfully nothing serious. Just a flu virus starting to get it's roots in you that I would normally tell you just to let run its course. However, as you seem a little extra hit by this disease than normal, I think it better to apply some medicine to this to keep the symptoms handled, just so that we're certain that it doesn't evolve into something worse."

 

He signalled for them to hold and went over to his shelf, takin out a large bottle and after looking through a section of empty ones, picked out a medium sized bottle that he started to fill up with the golden-pink liquid. When he were done, he'd pop a cork in the opening, turn around, and hand it towards Cyan.

 

"Cover your chest and throat in a small layer every 2-3 hours until the bottle is empty. It won't smell all too pleasant, and you might feel like it's burning when you apply it, but it shouldn't last for long, and it will help warm your body and help cleansing out the virus. Beyond that, drink plenty of water, try and relax as much as possible, and you should be well again between tomorrow morning and in three days."

 

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@@Moonlit,

 

Okay, So many questions about this then. Not just the books - though she were really curious about those too - but about what Serenade's reply had meant. From the sound of it, a comment that related to her getting a thought about something when they had spoken about Zecora, though what exactly the thought might be she hadn't the faintest idea about right now, and she didn't think it nice to interrupt somepony writing. Unless they made a ticket that were, but that was a whole 'nother thing.

 

With that in mind, Ziggy just saw down on her stomach and started to look around from her seat, waiting for that special moment when it either seemed like it were okay to ask questions, or Serenade would start explaining.

 

It didn't really matter what thing happened first. She just had to stay focused on looking out for the moment. Let nothing distract her at all. No sirre, nothing. No. Ziltch. Not even the small flock of moths that seemed to fly in a heart shape out of the corner of her eye, or the thought that the lake was a sort of water monster that were gonna rise up Godzilla style and go *rawr, rawr* all over the place.

 

Nope, just complete focus...

[Lonk Chase 255]

@@SugarfootWillie,

This poetry pony should get a career in philosophy or something, because what he/she/it/whatever said had so many confounding words in it that Lonk only got the general premise:

1. The other pony's getting tired of Lonk not understanding him.
2. Lonk has something the others don't. That something is important. Somehow.
3. Lonk needs to help the others in their fight. Somehow.
4. Lonk needs to be alive. 
5. Lonk is really, really important... Somehow.
6. Lonk can't run away. He assumes there's another wind barrier in front of him.
7. This is complicated, but it doesn't matter. The point is, they need Lonk as bad as Lonk wants to just skedaddle out of here and figure out what the heck that... "incident" with the invisible monster means. So.. he's stuck here.

"Well, it seems like my ride has left the scene," quirked Lonk. "Guess I'm walking then."

He started back the way he came.

Edited May 22, 2016 by Lonk Chase

[Moonlit 593]

@@Blitz Boom, It takes several minutes before Serenade sighs loudly and puts her quill down. "Fine...I will tell you." Serenade closes the books, and looks at Ziggy, "Ever though of getting a job with the local Police, put you in a room and ponies would start spilling secrets."

"Let me start off with a question: What do you know about magic in general" 

[Seamore Sandwich 471]

@@Rapid Wind

 

"Oh?" She said, not expecting that answer. She was aware of the situation with Discord, but in Our Town the newspaper didn't really have any good images of Discord (the talentless ponies working for the newspaper could never get the images to print properly). After a short pause she says, "My name is Starlight Glimmer. I'm Twilight's new pupil." Twilight just stood there motionless with the same fake grin plastered on her face, her eyes occasionally darting from Discord to Starlight and back.

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@@Blitz Boom The doctor explained how to apply the treatment for the virus and Cyan Flare listened closely. Once he had finished speaking she said to herself, "Tomorrow morning to three days? Nice, that's a pretty rapid recovery." She thanked the doctor and took the medicine, slipping it into her bag and picturing herself healthy again, running her stall in the shining sunlight as usual. It was a pleasant thought, of course, although she felt like going back to doing what she did all day, every day would get boring again sooner or later. She sighed. 'Well, that's just life I guess...' she thought, but her mind drifted elsewhere. She wished she could travel, see new places, and try things she had never experienced before. 'It's simply not possible for me.' She shook her head to clear it and reminded herself of the family business at hand.

"I guess we can get going now, then?" she turned to Happy. "It was very nice of you to help me make it here... thank you." She smiled at her acquaintance. She got to her hooves and brushed her blue and pink mane out of her golden eyes, then headed to the door. "Thank you!" she said to the doctor, one last time, wearing a shy smile on her pale face.

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@@Lonk Chase

@@GingerLightning

@@Blitz Boom

@@SugarfootWillie

@@Quinch

 

Sisilia saw the part of The Forgotten One where Last had slashed it, but she could see nothing else of the creature. She knew what she had to do. She leapt toward the thing and sank her claws in deep, wrapping her tail around the arm so she wouldn't be flung off. She sank her fangs into the creature and delivered her venom into its flesh. The venom could be seen by all in the realm of the living as it spread through the creature's veins.

 

"A dream spirit?" Penny was confused at first, then she realized she had just the thing. In fact, it was part of the reason she was in Ponyville. She reached into one of her saddlebags and pulled out a strangely shaped leaf, then she ate it. Before the magic could kick in, there was a movement in her other saddlebag. A frog made of chocolate managed to make its way out of her bag and proceeded to hop away. "Rob! Get back here!" she shouted at the frog. She had attempted to recreate the chocolate frogs she saw in a movie, but once she did, she couldn't bring herself to allow it to be eaten. Ever since then, this chocolate frog, Robert, has been her pet. As she ran after him, the leaf she ate started to take effect. It was a blur at first, but The Forgotten One started fading into view, as well as its victims. She realized she was headed straight toward a pony sized spider, but it was too late to stop herself. Trying to stop, she was sliding closer to Sylar, who then jumped out of the way, albeit unnecessarily because they would have passed right through each other.

 

Meanwhile, the creature swung the arm Sisilia was clinging to straight for Quinch and Quill. It had decided to deal with these nuisances first. The Traveler took a few steps forward, letting the wind barrier close behind him.

 

 

@@Melke

@@Blitz Boom

@@Mentis Soliloquy

@@Denim&Venom

 

"Okay Syo, would you be able to take Briar with you? It might be easier to convince them to send help if there's two of you." It seemed like Queen Allure cared about the doctor's well being, so Seamore believed it was safe as long as her or any of the others she came with were there.