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[Moonlit 593]

@Blitz Boom @Seamore Sandwich @Dji Serenade let out the breath she'd hadn't realized she was holding, Ziggy was safe now and would get the healing she needed. She wasn't looking forward to the words she and Princess Sparkle would be having, but at long as she could remain calm and maybe get Luna here, she'd be okay. 

[Brobot 1,436]

@Blitz Boom

"if ya find pony fascinating then you'll find this pie delicious" as AJ slid a pie of a pan and in front of lyric " eat up!"

AJ furrowed her brow as she realized her flawed logic, she was trying very hard to hide her concern with this.....Dyrad......,she herself was also very intrigued by Lyriel,Aj decided that once the had gotten this....ponys...storys she will let her sleep here the night and then take her into town for a proper welcome

"ya said dragon right sugercube,it can't be spike sooooo.. did ya know the dragon who talked to ya?"

she looked at the clock on the wall,granny would be home tomorrow.....AJ decided that she will cross that bridge when they reach it!

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[genessee 535]

@Blitz Boom

Okay, this is getting pretty weird.

Lance followed Alonsus without a word and a thoughtful look on his face. 

But I don't have anypony to talk to. Well, maybe Void. But, I have basically no idea where she is.

 

 

 

 

[Lucid_Nightlight 923]

@Blitz Boom 

The bewildered pegasus lifted his stick, summoning a pair of scissors to cut open the cocoon as he thought outloud

"I'm not sure what happened while I was gone, but this doesn't look good."

[FanOfManyShows 396]

@Blitz Boom

Sapphire's body reformed as she looked around, the gem that contained her now shattered, but retaining were it used to be; were her right eye was, but remaining shattered. She looked to Chow, narrowing eye at the pony, a sense of powerful magic would wash over Chow, rather painlessly he could feel the effects of a healing spell, but after it repaired any damage to his lung and other organs, the bones  that were healed next, didn't heal without pain. Sapphire looked away as the healing spell did it's work, leaving Chow's old scars intact even after it was finished a few minutes later. "CHARIOT!" She yelled out as she looked around, seeing Astral, who was knocked out by the blast. "Oh what have they done to you that lead making you attempt to kill me?" She opened up a portal behind herself as she turned around.

Warlock heard this portal open, looking behind himself. Quickly he started running towards Blackbeak and Brick as he was dragged towards this new pony, sliding across the floor as he was pulled through the portal and tossed away into a wall as the portal closed behind him. but for that moment either Black Beak or Brick, would be able to see where they were. "AGH!" He yelled out upon impact, quickly healing his wounds after with a quick spell.

"You look rather fearful considering the battle we had Chariot." She said, with a smirk on her face.

He looked to her as he formed a new sword and ran to her. Sapphire moving out of the way as he slid across the floor. "My name isn't CHARIOT!" He slashed the sword at her as she formed a magical construct, slicing through his sword, leaving the pieces burning like ashe"

She chuckled as she lowered her sword. "Oh so Warlock is a better name?" He growled and leaped forward as Sapphire teleported behind him and pushed him ahead into a wall, looking around. "Emerald! What body do you plan to steal this time?"

"Who's, Emerald?" Warlock asked as he struggled to stand. Sapphire looked to him, smirking as she looked away teleporting away soon after. Warlock ran to her, attempting to grab on, but he was tossed away yet again towards the same wall. "AGH!" He punched the wall as he growled, looking to Chow. 

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"She's with Warlock and Athriel, and they'd only resurrect her if they wanted to turn her." He explained as he looked to Scarcity.

Misty looked down. "I sure hope they don't succeed."

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"I will ensure nopony imprisons or harms you again, but we will need to make sure you don't get into trouble after, beyond that, you'll be free." He said, looking to Dew and Scorn.

Nectar looked to Dandy. "They'll stand guard until I can ensure the ponies are aware it's not an invasion. And as soon as we find out where Athriel and Warlock are, we can locate them while they are weak and leave to defeat them."

"But they aren't, Warlock has an element, in fact we should find those Null and Void ponies, they could cancel out whatever magic the two have."

Nectar looked to Francis as he spoke. "I will keep that in mind, but I have no idea where those two are." 

"Could ask the generals down there." He said as he pointed down to Dew and Iron Wing. "Although, you would be in public view if you did."

"I shall wait until they get back up here then."

[EQ_Theta 460]

@Blitz Boom @Storm Shine

"She huh? I guess that clears things up. Now we are very sure Rose was here but four days..." 

"So the miners, Fiddler, Rose could be going after anyone who has history with the mines." Lin followed up as Sen stopped short of Fiddler to examine anything on the desk that could likely provide a hint to another potential victim. If that is the case, then they may be able to deduce who is next. The two wandered around the room looking for clues but only one name kept coming back into their heads: Fancy Filigree. Just short of starting their search and that name already came to mind. It was likely an act driven by vengeance but there has to be more than that. She's definitely going after key personalities but what is her goal? 

"Why an accountant?" Lin spoke aloud. "From what we heard, she was threatening Fiddler with something." 

Sen nudged his sister to Fiddler before poking the pony on the side of the face. She noticed and crouched down to get a good look at him.

"Hey, are you alright now? Mind answering some of our questions?"

[Victoria Sponge 1,017]

@Blitz Boom

Victoria stuttered a bit as she walked.

"T-that's a change of pace. You want to be my friends? I suppose that would be... nice. Maybe I could protect you from Jade."

She laughed sweetly.

"I agree. I'd love to see you guys again some time in the future."

Victoria pushed her mane out of her eye and blinked a couple of times.

"I think if I'm going to change my attitude then I should change my appearance a little too."

[Blitz Boom 4,634]

@woodchunks66

So this was a pie? How intriguing. She had heard the word being used in town a few times in the early hours when she had stood as a tree, but what it were had been beyond her. It appeared to be a heated meal of some kind, and from what she could smell, there were wheat, apples, and a whole selection of things she were not sure about. She could not even see where the wheat were supposed to comein, but she were certain that the faint smell of it rose to her nostrils.

Slowly she reached a curious hoof out towards it, and the roots making up her hooves grew out, adding three root *fingers* and a sharper edge that cut a small part of the slice she had gotten off, so she could bring a taste towards her muzzle.

She stared at it curiously as she got it closer and had a look at how the insides were looking. Being in a valley with the most technological thing in her vicinity being spears, she had no idea about ovens, or what they might create. Honestly, she had thought the oven she had seen were a kind of commode or closet. They had those where she had lived, so she could understand that.

The heat of the meal were strange to her though. Her kind did not do well with fire, and being around things that were quite warm tended to make her concerned, but this were like a stone you had taken out of the sun. Warm, but cooling by the second, and seemingly not enough to set fire to her.

It were likely to be enjoyed warm, so she took the small bit to her muzzle, and started to gnaw on it slowly. Partially because she wished to savor the taste, but also since her new mouth were rather different from the old one, and she needed to get used to chew like this as well. It were not as bad as when she had to try and walk, but it would still take time.

As the taste started to spread around though, Lyriel's eyes widened some in surprise.

"Oh my. This is delicious."

Crispy, not too warm, juicy, and full of flavor. Lyriel were amazed how the pony were able to put so much into such a small and simplistic-looking dish, and when the piece she had tried before were consumed, she would not wait long for cutting off the next piece of her part. She usually used knives and forks to meal on plates, which were why she were cutting it into small pieces like this with her roots, though the thoughts about rising the whole slice and taking bites out were starting to become rather interesting. In fact...

The piece she had went down fast, and she rose the entire slice after that. She had to hold it in a particular way with her roots to not make it spill all over the place it seemed, but thankfully she didn't have to just rely on the somewhat smooth surface of a hoof. She honestly weren't sure how ponies hold on to things like this, so she were thankful that she did not need to, although it may seem somewhat strange.

Slowly she took a bite this time,a nd felt the texture of the larger piece go through her teeth with delight. She wished to say something about this for now, but not until she had swallowed this piece. She did not wish to botch her words or spill from her muzzle, so she finished this whilst putting the other half of her slice on her plate once more. She would be able to eat the rest of her offered meal soon enough she would think.

"I know not what magic your kind uses to create such things, but it seems well invested. Thank you for letting me try this tasty meal Applejack.

Now you asked of the dragon? I did not know of him before reaching Ponyville, but he seemed to know of my kind. He is the one you see looming above your town, directing his various servants below. Ancalagon was his name, the largest creature I have ever seen of their noble race."

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@genessee

During the next minute or so, Alonsus would be behaving strange.

He kept looking from side to side with his head held lower, scouring the workers of the Courier's Guild that surrounded them nervously. Lance would not know why, but Alonsus had to make sure that there weren't others who knew him like the one from before. His past were meant to be somewhere else, and he did not want to have ponies around here to know of what happened there. He had come here because nopony knew him, which meant he could start fresh again, and beyond Straw, he had not seen anypony else knowing about him. And his boss were not going to tell, he were certain of that.

When he was finally certain that they had put some distance tot he one who knew him, and that nopony else seemed to have a clue or care about him, he would begin to look more himself again.

"To the right up here, and knock trice on the first door to the left. Therein resides our first delivery. If you can knock on the door, I can prepared the package. That is not an issue, right?"

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@Lucid_Nightlight

Whatever he might've figured would slosh out of the cocoon, it were unlikely that he had expected anything like this.

"Urgh, stupid mechanical spiderponies..."

Anomaly keeled over and opened her mouth to vomit out a stream of building blocks in various colors, scuttling around on the ground and eventually forming up to the word *yick* before just melting away like morning dew.

The draconequus rubbed her eyes slowly and sat down where she had been released. Though her head were a literal pumpkin with cat ears and eyes, she still managed to look like she had a horrid hangover, which sat nicely with the half-withered flowers around her neck. Whatever she had been through, it hadn't been pretty.

"Stupid human thing, saying bad things..."

Ah, so you can still hear me. Pity, I figured I'd have some time trash talking you without your knowledge.

"I will get you for this."

Keeping an iron rod right next to me in case you do. Seems like that worked nicely against you at least. Now stop teasing the poor sod you're hanging with and say hello. He might try and stab you or put a straw in your head and drink up. I have no idea. Not even sure if he can see this, or he thinks you're just talking with the sky like all the others.

She turned her head and looked at the pony that had freed her from the webbing her creations had eventually put her into

"Urgh, hello pony. Don't drink my brain."

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@Lloyd

Chow didn't have the energy not to maon loudly in pain from being patched up. Feeling bones break was ne thing, but having them forcibly connect and grind together like that? It were unimaginably worse, even if it did work. The pain would thankfully be brief, but it were still a moment before he could focus, and open his eyes again.

He felt the bricks on his hooves and struggled to get them loose. He felt more drained than he had been in a long time now. Not since Athriel had used him the last time had he felt this horrid, and the thought alone brought forth the images in his mind of seeing her taunt and threaten Astral, whilst he was a prisoner in his own shell. At least the first time she had taken hold of him, he hadn't been able to see what she did, and seeing and feeling what it was like to be a puppet like this now just made him feel even more useless.

Fear came next, as he wondered why Athriel were no longer in him. It had something to do with all the pain before, he were sure of that, but he did not know anything beyond that.

Voices started to filter through to him. They were low, but he could hear somepony yelling. A female by the sound of it, chouting about a chariot for some reason. The mumblings of Warlock also came, but why were there no Athriel or Astral? Were the voice... No, Athriel could not have taken Astral, could she?

...Get up Chow. Come on, you can do it.

He kept chanting this in his head as he slowly got lose, turned towards the room where the voices came from, and crawled/limped towards the room, scouring for anything that could be seen.

He saw Warlock, and a little away were Astral, and the unconsious body of Athriel's first vessel. He couldn't see others, but it was possible that he just couldn't focus on them, and that they were somewhere to his side.

"Leave Astral alone you... Two-time hack. Go back to impressing... Foals with your weak tricks."

The words were strained, taking from what little energy he had left, as did getting on his hooves more stably, though a this point it was more will than anything else that kept him up. A breeze would likely be enough to knock him down.

Meanwhile, Athriel wished she had a mouth to speak with, so she could scream back at her traitor of a sister, but right now she were still unable to do something like that. Going down, she did see somepony unconscious that she might be able to use, but the Griffon were guarded by a combat-ready pegasus, carrying the horrid mirror  in a chain around his neck. She wouldn't get anywhere near those two, which Scarcity would have liked to know. She had made sure to tell them to kee close since there was a body-snatcher with Warlock, so seeing Brick keep Blackbeak safe by going around with her on his back, protected by the Path relic, would have made her pleased.

it also slowed Brick down on his way upwards, where he were now sure the others were, but it kept the Griffon safe. It were important.

As for Athriel, she just kept going downwards, thinking hateful thoughts about her sister whilst bricks were passed with ease. She should soon be at the lowest level, where perhaps she could find a rat to use. It was demeaning, but it could ensure her escape for the time being. She needed to retreat and plan things over now that Sapphire was back.

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@Lloyd

"My associates should be with them. If something were to try the amount of heavy magic that such a thing would require, I don't think they will succeed. Not with the Screaming Path in their possession. Hungry little construct, at least from what Golden told me."

Scarcity knew that there was the chance that they were not close, but she had little use for panicked ponies, so she would attempt not to make things worse by saying that yes, Sapphire may well have become a slave via heavy dark magic before they could reach her.

"Now then, tell the doctors how you are dearie. It did not look good before when he drained you, and they worry about your health."

Her back turned on them, they could not see her smirk. Things were starting to get interesting, and

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@Lloyd

Dandy cleared his throat to try and get a bit of attention away from his queens favorite.

"Actually, I know where they are. They got a message in the scroll room a few minutes ago about them being on the train from Ponyville. I think they are about an hour away or so? The train is picking up speed to get here fast due to official business, so it isn't as long a trip as normally."

He had no illusions of taking favor away from Francis. He often had the queens attention, and those like Dandy could only look on in envy, though at least it made sense with him. He was just a scout and spy after all, and now that they didn't need to harvest love from ponies or find out who might be preparing an attack on their hive, his usefulness would soon end up being drastically reduced.

Outside, Enzo glared cautiously at Wing, before slowly nodding.

"...Fine, I will be a boon instead of a burden. But you better keep your word. If I suspect otherwise, I will turn on you."

"Good, your work for now is done then."

"We still need to find Warlock and Athriel. Where do they hide Enzo?"

"We went directly here, I haven't a clue. If you want information, ask that one."

He pointed a claw towards Zhu, whilst the guards around them started to ease up and sheath their blades once more. It seemed like the threat were not from Enzo anymore currently, at least from the sound of it, and how Dew signaled them to stay down.

"Dolly here knows more than he is letting on."

Zhu had not looked like anything touched him thus far. Prison, fire, potential of being struck by a sphinx, etc. Yet that first word were enough to make him take a small, shaky step backward. A sight that clearly pleased the large ally of Equestria.

"You should not be aware of that."

"You should guard your mind more when you're sharing memories then. Now start talking, or I will."

"...They are either in the old castle in the Everfree, or within the unfinished pyramid in the heart of Saddle Arabia. The first is more likely, but there is never a guarantee."

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@EQ_Theta @Storm Shine

The table wouldn't hold anything that seemed of value. There was an unfinished tax return for a Mr. Filth, a half-eaten sandwich that frankly wasn't looking all that well anymore, a watch, and a framed picture.

The last one did hold something that might be useful though: A picture of Fiddler, a unicorn mare, a bearded earth stallion, and a roughly 16-year old earth pony that would carry a striking resemblance to Clayton, if you imagined him less well groomed and with larger glasses. Fiddler looked younger and less marked by time and stress there as well, which would make it clear that this picture was some years old. And considering how the four of them had only half smiles and looked either ready to cry or about to just hit somepony, something bad must've happened not long before said picture was taken.

It were all still beneath a layer of gems though, but as Shrimp had started to eat away at this too now, the gems had gone harmless and clear, so they'd be able to see through.

As for Fiddler, he reacted from getting poked at by basically letting out a very feminine screech and hide behind his hooves, shaking and begging for mercy.

"Fiddler, calm yourself down, okay? Whoever was here is gone. These folks say they're are here to help."

"H-Help? How can I help with anything? This is all my fault... All of them gone because of me, and now she's going for the rest... She knows... She knows!"

He nearly shouted the last out before tears started to fall down from beneath his hooves, and the sulking started. Brute were not pleased since this might ruin her jacket, so she put him down on the ground before he'd end up with a ruined office and a cleaning bill.

"T-Ten years. A n-nightmare that never ends..."

Brute rolled her eyes and went over to do something a little unorthodox: She slapped him on the side of the head. First once to make him stop, and then when he looked up, confused at what was going on, he got a second one.

"What are you d-doing?"

"Getting you back to your senses. We need you to answer some questions before you start weeping, or these folks aren't gonna know who to look for."

Brute still wasn't entirely sure about Discord's team, but they knew more than she did here, and hadn't done anything beyond helping thus far, so she'd default to them and then see what they'd do about it for now.

Fiddler looked up, and locked eyes with Lin. He was in a pretty fragile state, so she might want to be cautious with what she asked about right now, but at least it was possible to communicate with him. Hopefully he'd know what they were looking for.

"Y-You're hunting Filigree? It's not s-safe. Not anymore."

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@Battenberg

"I don't know, I think your mane looks nice."

Pop was happy that Victoria and Sprinkles seemed open to being friends with Benny and her. The two of them didn't really have that many friends that didn't have an issue when the two of them were together, so anypony that didn't mind were golden in her eyes. Plus, the real Vitoria were rather nice, and Sprinkles, though a little odd, were  lovely to be around. Besides, pop had lived in Ponyville for a while. She were used to energetic, somewhat strange bakers. Pinkie were basically the queen of strange.

"You know, the one I told you about earlier, Snip Snap? He's a pretty well liked hair dresser. perhaps you could ask him for a style change when you meet him? Don't worry, he's not the one handling my mane."

She said it jokingly, but frankly she figured that it was best said anyway. Her mane was a little weird in it, and certainly not something that she'd imagine Victoria with, though what she might want were beyond her. She honestly thought the current style were good, but she could see it being an issue when baking perhaps.

Hopefully Victoria hadn't forgotten about the talk earlier about Snip. It hadn't been much that was told, but she had put him up as the pony that she thought she might get along well with. The current mood Victoria showed now did not change that. It might just help on things honestly. Snip tended to be nice to those who were, but give back when he were faced with some of the more nasty types. A good combination if you liked somepony to match wits with, but not so much if you just wanted a cuddly bear that never let out a snide remark.

Whilst she talked, they kept on walking, and the area seemed to be right for where Jade would be. The houses were more massive here, both in height and width, and dragons were flying through the air. There were no ponies in sight beyond them, and that seemed to get a few looks from one of said dragons, who were now sitting on a rooftop. Likely a good thing the houses were more solid here as well.

[Victoria Sponge 1,017]

@Blitz Boom

"I'd like to make it more curly, to fit more with my sister and mother and aunt, family tradition and all. I'm sure this Snips fellow could work that out for me, I'll figure something out. Might be time to acknowledge that my mother did indeed make me a scarf too."

She felt her neck as if remembering the feeling of her mother's neatly knitted and oh so warm scarf, done up in her favourite colour, red as a freshly picked apple.

Sprinkles was shaking slightly as they entered the area and was once again looking to Victoria for protection, something that the changed pony was now much more willing to offer her.

"D-do you know your way from here? I-I'm not sure if I want to run into... J-jade again... or any dragon for that matter."

"Don't be rude Cupcake, just stick close to me and I'll scare them away with my attitude for you."

She laughed at Sprinkle's horrified expression and put a hoof around her, pulling her closer.

[Storm Shine 1,196]

@Blitz Boom @EQ_Theta

"Yes, that would be the humans." Discord nodded, "They're not like ponies, they don't have any set destinies or talents. They become good at what they practice and they're really quite imaginative." He hummed to himself, "And despite having no magic of their own, in most dimensions anyways, they have managed many things that even magic can't accomplish."

[Lucid_Nightlight 923]

@Blitz Boom Lucid stared for a moment, he had no idea what this thing before him was. He wasn't exactly afraid of it, considering he's seen a lot worse than this.

"I thought Nightmare Night was 9 months away."

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[EQ_Theta 460]

@Blitz Boom @Storm Shine

"Ten years? Sounds like that matches with the miners' and Clayton's accounts. Did somepony named Silky Rose do this?"

Now it was Lin's turn to nudge Sen and he really felt this one. Lin wanted to take extra caution with questioning but Sen had to jump in with a more direct one that skipped a lot of hoops she had in her mind. Not much tact but it wouldn't give them much to work with other than a yes or no. That wasn't how she does the questioning but then again, maybe Sen did mention he spent so much time in isolation that he didn't exactly have the time to develop better communication skills. There was still the contradiction that he might have actually learned how to do that but left out how to do a proper interrogation. Or maybe he just didn't know about this sort of thing. She quickly took over for him and tried her best to correct the question before it makes the situation worse. 

"What my brother wanted to ask first was what happened but you mentioned Filigree?" Lin's voice changed to a softer tone to reassure Fiddler that he is now safe, relatively speaking. "We've wanted to give you a message for Filigree but we need to know what happened."

She took a deep breath and looked Fiddler straight in the eye. "Calm down and take some deep breaths. Start from the beginning; names, places, anything you can remember will help us catch whoever did this."

[Lil' Lovebug 1,041]

Satin sensed a whiff of awkwardness come from the pony, but she dared not bring it up. She sat there for a moment, thinking about how good a spa sounded right now. She didn't think she'd had one since her last concert in Canterlot, two moons ago, but she'd feel bad getting one before at least informing Vivid she was still here.

"Maybe later, Mr. Bath. For now, I believe I need to find Vivid and at least inform her that I'm still here in Ponyville."

[Widdershins 9,959]

@Blitz Boom 

   "Well, I know how, just not... this one. They're mostly just little strappy buckle deals, aren't they?"

 Ambiesinister Valence, as his full, rarely used name would be, scrunched his muzzle up at first as the other pseudo-stallion worked around him to hitch him up to the abandoned wagon. Gradually, a slight blush, pinker then usual would spread around his face and bit of his neck. Ambie still wasn't entirely used to other ponies showing interest in him. In fact, considering what hassle had occurred the other day he wasn't even terribly sure how to address Happy other then the collective pony-referring terms most did anyway. It seemed Happy Hour had enough to deal with on his own apart from having to chase him down all the time. It seemed Ambie was very appreciative, a variation of love,  and considering he seemed to be blushing from it anypony could probably tell that themselves, especially if they happened to already be an elder member of the changeling genetics Ambie should have had a handle on. But he didn't; Ambie wasn't very much used to such feelings as a whole anyway and was mostly just as befuddled & confused as usual.

  "So then we, uh, get this back to the farm and we're good for today? Or... did you say you needed my help with something else? I haven't got much planned today."

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Blitzy & the Boomers and @Dji :

  "See? You want us to be alone and the stupid mare is already raring to attack me in broad daylight again! Does anything about this situation seem safe to you stupid thinskins?!!?"

 Kaltrop hollers out after the retreating forms of Spicy Rolls and her griffin bodyguard. Despite his loud protests, the young drake's body language seems steadfastly certain that it doesn't want to leave the side of the mare that just showed him one of the rarer and few examples of any modicum of kindness. As much as he might refuse to admit the kiss they just had, loyalty still is deeply ingrained into the young dragon's being. And if having another shot at having someone care for him means being wildly contradictory, then that'll just have to be something his standards and feelings will fight over.

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Blitz and @~Phoenix~

 Rolling up his, shorter-than-before but still noticebly longer than a pony's, left ear of his Widdershins tries to ruffle out any loose hairs from his neck fur and begins to roll them up into a small wad before they clump together to form a slightly larger cottonball than before. As he does so, he idly talks on.

   One could say he's sort of like a son of sorts to you, then. One that actually pays you then, huh? Chuckle.

 But such is the role of those of us from older eras isn't it? To do what we can to prop up what keeps coming on in procession behind us. It's a faucet of life to run itself ragged and find new ways to try and end itself, isn't it?

   Oh, here you go then!

 Unraveling his left ear as a makeshift arm, an action apparently second-nature to him by now judging by how blase about it he seems to be, the draconequus "hands" the other, indistinguishable cotton ball to Grim. He carries on with his train of thought in the same nonchalant tone, still very clearly audible from where Phoenix and Smokey stand.

We do what we can, because we must, Hm? Just look at the young ones back there. Running themselves ma-, ragged by going the wrong way around with things. I'll have to see what I can do help out around here too. It's going to get alot worse before it gets better, I must say. They're technically the same gender you know. Bound to get confusing.

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[FanOfManyShows 396]

@Blitz Boom

Warlock looked to Chow, rolling his eyes as he looked down the hall. Completely ignoring Chow and Astral as he floated over her before setting his hooves back on the ground. "Sapphire!" He extended out a sword as he yelled, looking through the hallways for her.

Astral's eyes flickered open, looking around as she started to get up, groaning a little. Spotting Warlock and attempting to run after him before freezing in place, and the same would happen to Chow if he attempted to do the same. "Gah!"

He turned to her, seeing her trembling as she tried to move. "Your mother is dangerous Astral."

"She's dead Warlock! you have no advantage!"

"Is that what you think?" He said with a chuckle, looking away and heading down the hall. "When you broke that gem, it brought her back." He said, leaving the two there in the room, frozen in place.

She let out a gasp of air, slowly realizing what she did as she remained there, silent as brief tears went down her face, even as the spell slowly deteriorated, which would allow them to move, she remained there.

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He looked down for a moment. "I feel disturbed from the magic loss, but with care, I could recover." He said as he raised his head, looking to Scarcity once again. "Wait, Screaming Path? That's a powerful dark entity, how did they contain it? For that matter, how does a pony like you get a hold of it?" He asked, sounding genuinely curious.

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Nectar looked to Dandy. "Ah how fortunate. then we'll be able to proceed with the plan once they arrive." She said with a nod.

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Iron Wing looked to Zhu with narrowed eyes after Enzo spoke and revealied that Zhu knew what they could find is valuable information. "It would be helpful to know information like that, even if uncertain. but it's less helpful to hide it." He said as he looked over to Dew. "It'd be easier to check the castle first, since that's closer, if they fail to be there we can head to the pyramid, if we do head to either place we should make sure we're prepared for battle." he turned back to Enzo. "And with a creature of massive size we'd overpower them, with your cloth magic, even more so."

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@Blitz Boom

Jeez, what's up with him? I know everypony has their secrets, but I don't think most involve going this far to avoid a certain pony.

"That works."

Lance continued the trek toward the house, still wondering what Alonsus was hiding from him.

 

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@Battenberg

Almost as if on cue, a dragon would indeed fly down towards them. A female from the look of it, who stared down on them with a determined glare in her eyes the whole way, whilst her green wings laid flat to her body. It wasn't until she nearly hit the ground that she spread them out, stopping her fall and blowing dust into the face of Benny, who started to cough like a smoker.

"Gotcha."

She were only about a half head taller than Benny, but incredibly vibrant in her varied green colors. Considering how most dragon scales tended to look rather dull from dust and genetics, this were likely due to polishing. There were some specialized stores in Manehattan that focused on providing such a service, though most of them were run by ponies, and it was still a budding industry. Not too many that were okay with getting waxed and polished like a piece of furniture thus far.

Whilst the entrance of the female dragon with the curved horns might've ended up scaring Sprinkles, she barely seemed to notice her, and instead went directly over to the slightly smaller dragon and patted him on the back with a huge grin on her face.

"Did ya miss me baby bro?"

"*cough* Why? Why always me Toxen?"

She leaned up against him, picking her teeth in a mocking manner as she replied to his little inquiry.

"Because it never gets old pumpkin."

She glanced over and looked at the ponies then, having a greater look at the ones she had dived towards. She had almost dusted them in too, but eh, she figured it was easier to get a look at them without the cloud. Besides, this was more something she did to get on her brothers nerve than anything else, and she didn't wanna involve these three into something as special as sibling torment right off the bat. She just met 'em after all.

"Neat crowd you're hanging with here. Figured you'd upscale and start a harem eh? Grandad would've been proud. How's it swinging ladies?"

She smiled, blinked and pointed towards them with her thumb upwards and her index towards them. Something which Pop at the very least had no idea how to respond to right now. she knew siblings could be a little weird with eachother - Celestia knew what her and her brother did to eachother sometimes... - but this was rather unexpected. Especially after meeting Jade, and thinking that that were going to be the attitude of the entire family.

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@Storm Shine @EQ_Theta

Fiddler shook his head.

"Y-You don't understand. Rose is Filigree. I thought she were just micromanaging, but I..."

The soothing words from Lin, and the feeling of the light smack she had gotten from Brute (light for the brawny unicorn anyway) helped him focus, and he stopped to take a few deep breathes. He had to try and get this out like they said, or there were going to be so many problems. More than there likely already were.

"12 years ago, this eccentric bat pony came to me, looking for a middlepony to discreetly finance a dig. She had a deed and the bits ready, so I figured that she were just a little out there, and I... I took the job. The worst mistake I have made in my career."

"What happened next?"

"I set the dig, hired a team, and functioned as the front figure as I was paid to be. Things seemed to go great. Swimmingly even, once they hit the crystals. There were... A-Accidents, but I had made sure to keep a specialist too, and with that huge a vein of these things... It were turning profit within a week of starting the first hack, do you know how rare that is? Usually it's a bust or it can take a month, but this was exquisite. Even with Filigree packing most of the profit, we were all going to become rich within a few years at max.

I was out there a few months after it started and I saw... Her."

Fiddler gulped and winced, clearly remembering both that time, and the one were she had unexpectedly returned.

"She pulled me aside and said that she just wanted to keep tabs on her invest. Making sure nopony was stealing from her, and getting to know who was hired. It was weird, but again, everything just pointed at her being eccentric. I-I didn't know..."

He was about to loose it again, when a meaty hoof got placed on his shoulder and helped him to focus on something else than the horrid imagery that came to mind next.

"I was there when it happened. The lost miners we had thought had quit were found, one of them in pieces- Dear Celestia, so many pieces of those sickening gems... And I heard them inside. I ran and I saw her, raging against the others, spitting curses at them whilst being tied in ropes and enveloped by a strange glow. I-I can still remember the hateful glare in her eyes as she screamed of them to let her go, or be consumed by her spell. Then there was a flash and... And..."

He started to cry and had to stop and sulk for a few minutes. Time that Omen used to project the thing that came to mind when she heard this.

"I didn't think bat ponies had magic. Ponies are confusing."

She turned her head to look up at her master, looming above her in one way or another.

"Some humans have magic, right? Siblings can't be given bodies without magic, that's what Mother says. Forms us and binds us to their world. Like you did."

Meanwhile, Fiddler opened his muzzle a few times, trying to push words out, but it took some tries before something actually flooded out.

"They were all gone, trapped in statues of disgusting, parasitic emerald! And the  r-rest of us, we had to keep silent. W-We collapsed the mine, s-swore to never tell anypony, so that nopony would come and find a way to f-free her, and we split. Clayton, Spelt, Amethyst and me... W-We were all that were left, and we had to live with knowing how the others were...

I can't sleep. T-They come to me in my dreams, b-begging to be free. And everywhere I look it's just... I-I see them, and see the families I h-had to tell lies to for me. All of those who cried from thinking their l-loved ones were l-lost in an explosion... it's not a life, it's a p-prison without bars, and a sentence too c-cruel to bear.

I didn't think it could be worse... And then s-she came back. C-Crashed through my door and sealed it shut with c-crystals. She is... She used to be so elegant, but now? She's a m-monster. Covered in those things like armor. S-Spikes, everywhere... And that horn. Twisted, p-pulsating... S-She used it to infect everything she wanted with those t-things. and I couldn't do a-anything. Just stand in h-horror and she started to ramble on how she was p-perfect now. Powerful. How she would have r-revenge on all four of us, and then take control of Equestria with s-something she called the J-Jeweled Beast's Heart. And then she hit me and... Y-You s-saved me..."

He broke down and started to cry again after that, unable to speak more for the time being. Though if they wanted answers, they could ask Discord. He should know well the sort of ensouled relic she had stolen the gem powers from now, which would also explain why Omen hadn't worked the first time they saw her- Her spirit had been used to replace the one in the bauble, so that Filigree could take out the one she wanted to steal the power from.

Thankfully, Omen's spirit were strange, so it hadn't just wandered on after she had put a crack in the gem prior to leaving.

"Mare I saw talked about a beast heart too. Said it could do lots of things, and make somepony immortal. I just had to stand still and she'd help me with Sen. Then she were gone and you were there."

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@Lucid_Nightlight

Anomaly snapped with her tail and summoned a beanie bag out of nothing underneath her, rising up as she slumped down, before it turned towards the pony with the strange stick and talk about Nightmare Night. Usually one of her favorite pony holidays, as she liked to play tricks on ponies and having her pumpkin head chase fillies to rile them a little, but it wasn't that time of year yet.

"Heeeey, this isn't a costume. I'm a draconequus. I'd show you some tricks but... Blearg, bad day."

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@Lil' Lovebug

Bath smiled at Satin, and nodded slightly.

"No worries miss. If you do find your friend, feel free to come around and I will assist you however I can, though right now I need to get back to work. I'll spread the word when I get there, and hopefully your friend will be found. Have a nice day."

With that, he gave a slight wave and went on his way again. Secretly he hoped to not find the mare from last night in the spa since, well you know, she was creepy, but finding somepony else who did wouldn't be an issue. It should be easy for anypony to tell who he was talking about too, as burning ears and a large, purple scarf in early Autumn would be hard to mistake for anypony else.

He had another reason to find her creepy, which also tied into why he went off towards work five minutes before his shift technically started, though he wasn't sure if he had just imagined it. It was just that when Satin had said Vivid before, he could've sworn he heard a low whisper in cryptic words. Nothing he could understand, and he wasn't even sure there actually were something, but the hairs on the back of his neck standing up had him thinking it was best not to be sure.

Whilst he would not know where it was from, Satin might. After all, she were the one who carried a certain scroll with her from her demonic friend. Though if she would notice or react on the unsettling sound were anypony's guess. The sound wouldn't be there for more than a few seconds, and Ponyville was busy. She might well have missed it completely.

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@Widdershins

"After I've helped you out, I'm thinking about going to town and restock on apples. Apple Cider is frankly revolting in my eyes, but to have a good customer base, it's smart to have a varied stock. Plus it's good for sharing a drink, as it's cheap to make and tends to put ponies at ease. You wouldn't believe how much of my job is actually keeping everypony at the stall feeling at ease. The nervous ones tends to rattle away if they're met with any sort of unsettling vendor.

Reminds me, when your folks show up, do you know if any of them drink Brandy? I had a bottle break during the night, and had to store the half I salvaged in a jar. It's still good, but I can't sell it like that, and my personal flask is already full. Might as well go to use if it were, eh?"

Whilst he talked, Happy were putting the tools he had used back in his wagon, oblivious to the love wafting through the air.

Even though Ambie was only a half-changeling, Happy was still unable to detect any kind of emotions from his own kind, and the buffoon was completely blank for him. For all he knew, the stallion was beset by a hunger for larvae right now or something else unsettling, and he wouldn't know better.

Getting out again, he looked at the wood that the hybrid had spoken off before and shook his shoulders.

"And for the record, I thought that wood there was for whoever made you transport stuff in the first place. Seemed like a full order not to be used from. Are you sure that it is yours to use of, or might it be one of the Apple's? I'd rather not get into any more hot water than I already have been."

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@Widdershins @Dji

"Hey, if she's gonna jump you, I'd say let her. It'd just make you even after how you took a piece of her before."

Yeah yeah, she shouldn't poke to him and yada yada, but at this point it seemed like he were unlikely to run away anyway, so why not? Worst that could happen were that he got miffed and complained some more. So far the only sort of threat he had been to her were to her patience, and he would have to up his game if he wanted to compete on that front.

Spicy sorted hoped that his new marefriend might jump in and defend him honestly. That would be kinda interesting. Better than playing glorified babysitter to two beings who hated the others race, but were attracted to eachother regardless.

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@Widdershins @~Phoenix~

"He's more like the nephew who always gets in trouble. Thanks."

The way these things were made were unsettling, but the cotton ball were a good fit for his other nostril, and would help keep the blood in his body rather than on the floor. He couldn't smell anything right now though and had to breathe through his muzzle, but that was a small thing he wasn't going to nitpick over.

"While I do hope that you're here with good intentions, I don't think you should be poking around in those two's business. I think it's best to let them come to terms with things themselves and then let it bloom on it's own. Might be the slow way, but some things can't be rushed too much, and honestly, you should let the mare decide for herself if she want to revert. If she prefers the way things are now, there's no need to toss a monkey wrench in it, right?"

Whilst Widdershins seemed both willing and capable of ruining the budding relationship between Phoenix and Smokey, Grim were hoping to get through to him that it was likely not a good thing to poke at. At least not in the way that the draconequus seemed to want to at least. That sort of life-altering thing should be the choice of Phoenix herself, and the more he spoke with Widdershins, the more he believed that he might be able to talk some sense with him. He didn't seem as random as Discord reportedly were, and had set forth some logical points so far, so the being wasn't a random idiot, so hopefully they could simply talk things out.

He would've said more, but the loud *Eeeeek* sound of hi daughter before something hit the wall int he hallways caught his attention first and foremost, and he ran into the hall.

Out there, he'd find Sorrow rubbing the back of her head and let out a small moan in pain from hitting a chair. An action that had tossed it around a little, but it thankfully seemed unharmed.

"Sorrow! What happened?"

He rushed to her side, praying that she wasn't injured.

"Urgh. One of the souls reacted heavily on seeing the draconequus. I tried to calm him down, but he's taking dominance. Screaming in agony and making the others keel under from his pain. Something horrible must've happened to him because of a draconequus."

She pointed into the room she had been in, where the door was now wide open and the sight something to be seen.

The room was absolute chaos. Everything that had been in the tea room were beaten or broken, and twirling in the air like a tornado had gone loose. And in the middle of it, previously strung around her neck, was the skull that contained Legion.

The light around it were pale and sickening, increasing in volume whilst the light in its eyes glowed red. Though no lower jaw was there, Sorrow could hear the agonized scream of around half of the three dozen souls that inhabited it right now, and more would soon join in, which would mildly put be bad. Their mind were split now between calm and pain, and if they all joined in agony, this would become a poltergeist unlike any she had faced before, and none of them would be safe anymore.

It was unclear if Widdershins could currently hear the pained tune of the dead that Sorrow were *gifted* with, but he likely could if he wanted to, and it might be needed sooner rather than later. Something about him had triggered this, and right now, he were the only one with enough power and potential insight to interfere, and hopefully stop this from escalating further.

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@Lloyd

Slowly, a shaky hoof would be put around Astral's neck, and she'd be pulled into a hug by Chow, who halfway had to lean on her just to stay upright anymore. He was drained, felt like he had been beaten by a cement truck, and was likely less than a minute away from passing out, but he didn't care right now.

"If she's back... We'll find her... Before him. He won't... Win this war."

Having to halfway crawl in the first place and then feebly struggle against a freezing spell of some kind, had taken a further toll on his energy, and his breath was raspy. Even without his lung ruined anymore, it took energy to push the words out, and every time he did so, it took that little bit extra of something that he frankly didn't have anymore. At this point it might even get dangerous, but he had felt like Astral needed somepony to be there for her right now, weeping as she were over having thought she had killed her mother, but being faced with how she might just be free, and potentially even haven abandoned her for no reason. He'd feel more pity for her if he could right now, but the darkness was closing in.

"Don't be... Sad..."

He'd fall silent then, and the shaking stopped. It might be a good sign for some, but not him, as she would find out if she tried to move him even a little. A frail state which would cause him to collapse into a heap. He wouldn't feel anything though. His consciousness had shut down, and nothing would register with him for a while. He were going to need a long rest, just as the unknown griffon lying on the floor behind them did.

It would be around this time when Brick, carrying Blackbeak, would come up from the staircase and look at the scene in front of him. Not good from what he could see, but the hostages were alive, he'd take that. Though they should likely keep some distance still, since Astral might try and cast something, and the mirror would end up chasing her down this time if they were too close.

The griffon on his back started to twitch and groan, seemingly about to wake up, which would leave them with one groggy griffon, one unconscious pony and one griffon in the same state, and Astral, whom he didn't know the state of just yet. Though even if she were battle ready, this would still not be a situation in their favor if they were attacked. They were going to need a find a more defensive position.

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@Lloyd

"Me? Oh you flatter me dear. Golden simply asked me to hold unto it for a day or two, as he suspected something might happen that would lead to certain... Unconventional methods being optimal. As an antique dealer, he knows that I have plenty of secure lockers, and we have a mutually benefiting friendship he trusted. What an intriguing thought it is though, to think that I would have possession of something like this on my own. Why, I barely know off it beyond what he told me."

The look she sent Iron made it very clear that she held a lot more cards on her hoof than she was letting on right now, and that she were the sort who kept them close to her body. No surprise there either really, as owning severely dangerous items like the Screaming Path could have her arrested and tossed in jail for years, but there was something more. A kind of knowing look towards him, in which she tried to convey that the mirror might not be the only - or worst - thing that she had access to. Though she wasn't sure if he could see her. If he hadn't healed his eyes before his magic were taken, he were still a few days off from regaining sight.

"One could wonder how he got possession of it too, hmm? Hypothetically, who is not to say that he acquired this from some unsavory type and kept it hidden for a long time, unsure what would happen if it came into the hooves of the wrong pony, and thinking it could one day be of use? But of course, that is just a story. I'm sure the guards simply had a coffer with this somewhere, and forgot it existed."

Meanwhile, the doctors went away from Iron, satisfied with him not being in any critical condition, and rose their ears as an alarm went off downstairs.

"Sounds like they need staff downstairs. Everypony, go there. I will remain and keep the ambassador and the other patients under watch."

The others would leave shortly after, and the doctor would send a grim look towards Scarcity.

"What did you do down there?"

"Whatever works. And for the time being, be a good colt and check on your colleague in the other room."

"I have patients in here."

Scarcity waved him off dismissively, without even looking away from Iron once.

"I know where the alarm is, and I know basic CPR. In case something happens you will hear it, and you will be only a few hoofsteps away. Now leave."

begrudgingly, the doctor left and closed the door behind him. He'd tell the guards outside that the ambassador was secure, but needed rest, and would send them down to see if there was an issue. He'd excuse it with staffing issues making it easier for somepony to sneak in, and them needed guards to ensure that nopony tried to get up the stairs, including supposed doctors.

Inside the room, Scarcity sat down, and chuckled at the ponies she had arranged to be left alone with.

"It is so much better when one can speak freely, don't you think so, Iron Star?"

She were certain now, even if the pony had not given her a name himself. The clues were getting too hard to ignore, and she found delight in having this small bit of information on him. It was a largely insignificant step above him, but she did so like to sit with more cards than those around her, even if the card was a 2.

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@Lloyd

Dandy smiled slightly, hearing the sorta praise that he got from his queen. Any sort of recognition for his word were always appreciated, and felt like how he imagined getting a special piece of chocolate were for ponies. He had not been able to find himself that fascinated with chocolate himself after the transformation made it possible for him to taste things ponies made, but the way it were described by those he had heard, it would fit well.

"Thank you your highness. Would you like for me to place myself at the train station and wait for them?"

He had done a good job of blending in witht he guards as some random newbie so far, so he were sure that that would not be an issue. Whatever he could do to make himself feel helpful to his queen, and to gain those highly sought after signs of appreciation. Something he craved more than most, but after his injury happened, and considering how he wasn't fit for battling even before that, he wanted desperately to prove that he could still serve his queen.

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@Lloyd

"I know much, but not all is for your ears to hear. The balance is frail, and those who seeks to only weigh one side will use what they can to tip it in their favor. Even when everything have yet to be written, some of what I see could make others change and make it worse, or avoid disaster that is needed."

"Enough out of you. Unless you're helping, I will have you returned to your cell."

"Incorrect."

A powerful gust of wind send Dew several meters back, though he managed to stay on his hooves.

"I guide how far I must, but I do not serve you, nor the good that you hold valiant. I am balance, and the only reasons I remained were to calm Enzo to make him an asset for you, and to ensure that the darkness is not blown away by your actions. What reservations you may have against that is not important."

"Say that to my fist."

Zhu were surprised by the strike he got into his face as much as anypony around him were, though Enzo seemed slightly amused by it.

The serpanther wobbled, and fell to the ground with a barely noticeable thud.

"Guess that proves that theory. Too many things to see and evaluate, so he doesn't notice what happens right in front of him.

You should put him back in his cell before he wakes up again."

Dew gritted his teeth at the dragon.

"We could have talked with him."

Scorn scoffed, and nearly seemed to laugh at the pony.

"You heard him. Do you think that he would not have interfered somehow if he was loose?"

Begrudgingly, Dew shook his head. He did not like to see that, but the dragon made a fair point. whilst he signaled for two guards to come and drag Zhu back to his cell, Enzo would stop his amusing look and spread his large wings.

"Fun as that were, let's get on our way. I feel like wrapping up a few traitors like presents."

With that, he'd get into the air, and wait for Iron to lead the way. Potnentially with some random guards too, in case they'd listen to the general whose rank they did not know of. Could be he just wanted this to be done with the few closely by, but Enzo would see.

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@genessee

Getting to the door, Alonsus got the food ready whilst Lance knocked the door. A few seconds later, a stallion with a crazed look on his face, a hammer in his muzzle, and pulp of different fruits all over his coat would open the door.

"Melon, your food have arrived."

ALonsus were still a little shaken, but e did his to keep a smile up, whilst the pony let go of the hammer and grabbed the box. Smelled like almonds, but other than that it was hard to say what was in it.

"Thanks. Can't have time to make something when there's art to be created!"

With that he closed the door and went back into his house to do whatever it were that he did, which finally made Alsonsus chuckle again.

"He is an ice cream vendor, not strictly a crazy pony. Large is his passion for finding and testing new flavors though. Shall we proceed Lance?"

The shot of normality (for him) helped Alonsus a great deal right now. Strange as it may be to think, seeing a borderline fanatic try his 150th attempt at a new sorbet ice were tremendously effective in reminding him where he were and the sort of life he should focus on right now, and not the one that briefly came towards him before.

Though Lance may well see that this would not last long, as a certain pegasus were closing in on them from behind. This may end up ugly.

[Brobot 1,436]

@Blitz Boom

AJs heart started to race,she started to pace " dragon dragon dragon" she mumbled under her breath, this was very strange..even by ponyville standards....AJ stopped and realized what she was doing and took a couple of deep breaths then turned towards her guest " whatever it is thats going on it'll have to wait till tomorrow.Apple bloom,my sister is sleeping over at Rarity's house so you can sleep in her room " Then she began to lead her guest up the stairs and began making the bed " if you have any questions sugercube you go ahead and ask " said Aj as she straightened out the sheets on the bed.....

[Victoria Sponge 1,017]

@Blitz Boom

Victoria coughed as the dust flew into her face and then straightened up as the cloud cleared. She seemed to stiffen slightly and raised her nose ever so slightly, her eyes returning to their previous, half closed state as she lifted one of her hooves. Before their eyes she had transformed once again into the pony that she had been when they'd first met. Whether this was out of fear, a mistrust of strangers or just preparation to have to deal with another potentially grumpy dragon was unclear. Her head was titled slightly to the side and she looked a little confused as the dragon pointed in her direction.

"Salutations dragon, what is the meaning of this gesture?"

She waved a hoof in front of her as if attempting to mimic the signal, despite her lack of digits. Sprinkles now crouched behind her, her face cupped in her front hooves on the ground she was shaking like crazy. The two ponies looked a little ridiculous in their current poses.

"I'm going to ignore that harem comment, I could never partake in such a thing. Very unladylike."

She cleared her throat.

"Sorry I should introduce myself, I am Victoria Sponge, assistant baker at Battenberg's Bakeries, Manehattan branch. You must be this fine dragon's sister, am I correct?"

[cwhip9 1,078]

@Blitz Boom As the colt sobbed crescent hugged cover up with his wings "cover, cover its ok" he said tilting the colts head to look him in the eye "we will have answers we will get though this ok. " he said sounding older then he felt "come on lets keep our heads up your family could still be out their looking for you as well don't give up" he said helping the colt stand and wipe a tear away hoapung to leave the place as well. It felt too.....familiar too him.

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@Blitz Boom @Storm Shine

“That sounds about right but if Rose and Filigree are the same…  Well, I suppose magic can make her appearance change from meddling with the parasitic crystals. It’s not unlikely but I guess that makes sense.”

Sen noticed the an odd picture from the corner of his eye, the same one now cleared of crystals and looked at each of the ponies there. Apart from being unsure what a picture is or how a moment like this could be caught and preserved, the ponies there didn’t seem too happy to get their image taken. Why would they do this though? Why preserve this moment? There were the familiar visages of Fiddler and Clayton, younger most definitely, and two others. Potential targets for Rose? These must be Amethyst and Spelt. 

The account now began to make some more sense and the history of the mine was forming in both siblings’ heads. The trapped miners, the dreadful memories of the survivors, the broken crystal statue, everything was now falling into place. Lin thought about this some more but it still didn’t give a clear motive. Omen mentioning the beast heart only complicated things further. Where would she get one of those? 

“A beast heart,” Lin turned to Omen, puzzled by this new addition though she intended the question for both her and Fiddler. “Does anyone know what this jeweled beast is?” Perhaps what they could learn about their meeting with Rose would offer more insight into her way of thinking, hopefully revealing her long-term goal. 

As for Sen, he handed the picture to Fiddler and with added with a softer tone, “Those nightmares can be eased now. The miners trapped in the crystals, they’re free. Clayton is taking them home to be with their families. If Rose is going after the others, Amethyst and Spelt, they could also likely be encased in crystals. We can still help them. Is there any more you could tell us?”

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[Lucid_Nightlight 923]

@Blitz Boom

 

He looked at the draconequus, noticing he was looking at what could possibly be another reality warper.

"So you can warp reality? I can do that to at a multiversial level... well... I could if I unlocked the full power of this stick, so I'm basically unable to reach high levels as of yet."

The yellow pony looked up for a second as if considering something. Maybe he could get some answers from this guy.

"So what in the world of Equestria happened here?"

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[Storm Shine 1,196]

@EQ_Theta @Blitz Boom

Discord floated upside down with a tiny chair floating just under his head, looking as though his head was seated and supporting his body. "Well, yes, There's many human worlds with magic. Some where it's commonplace, some where it's hidden, and even some where it's illegal." He answered Omen, "There's quite a diverse selection of worlds and differences among the multiverse."

[genessee 535]

@Blitz Boom

Most ponies that live in this town fall under the 'crazy' category, if I'm being totally honest.

Lance failed to notice the Pegasus coming up behind the two. It was a busy street (or, at least, it sure felt like it) so he would think nothing of the nearing pony until he got closer. 

"Yep, let's get onto the next stop-- here's the address..."

He would begin to read off the next address, but chances are he wouldn't finish before the Pegasus got close. Unless, of course, the Pegasus took their time getting to the two.

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[FanOfManyShows 396]

@Blitz Boom 

She sat down next to Chow once he fell unconscious, and the spell wore off. She looked ahead and sighed. "What did I get myself into..." She asked herself, lowering her head.

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Sapphire found herself in the library of the castle after she teleported, looking around. "Emerald! Why do you hide? Too scared to face your sister?" She asked, a sword extending from her hoof, a smile coming across her as she closed her eyes, stepping forward the air seeming to shatter around her as it cracked open, Sapphire walking directly into the astral plane like she had many times before, bringing the sword with her, floating up and diving through the floor, looking from room to room. "Come on sister." Her voice echoed throughout the plain. "Where are you?" She stepped down onto the floor of a hallway. "I know you can hear me like this! Why don't we meet face to face like we used to?!" She yelled out.

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He looked at her curiously. "Well I suppose so. Although around me, being able to speak freely isn't very necessary." He said, chuckling softly. "Since I can read minds." Iron Star wasn't one for subtly when he revealed his ability to ponies, but if Scarcity had been given such a precious artifact by golden, he knew she was safe to reveal this too, and he did so bluntly. His voice seeming omnipresent when he communicated to her through her mind, yet his mouth never moved, aside from a smirk as he briefly hoped she'd figure out what he did.

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Nectar nodded. "Make sure you notify me of their arrival before you tell them to come here, so that way I can make sure they know of our plan." She looked ahead, out the throne room window. "In the meantime, I shall see their progress." Nectar took a step forward as she extended out her wings, leaping out the window and soaring down to Iron Wing.

"I sure hope she realizes the sphinx has no idea who she is" Francis commented, as he then face hoofed, looking to Dandy. "Well, guess we should catch up, should we wait until she lands?"

Iron's wings spread out as he saw Schorn hit Zhu, although he quickly drew them away, He then looked to Enzo, watching him as he flew up, then looked around himself. "Guards!" He yelled out, attempting to catch the attention of those around him. "I will need a group of guards to follow us to the Everfree Forest so we can be properly prepared for battle." He said, looking to dew for a moment, hoping that these guards would recognize he was the new authority.