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@@Blitz Boom,@@Hazard Time, Serenade tries to keep a straight face...tries and fails. Soon she's on her back, all fours legs in the air, giggling like a mad mare.  "I can't believe I missed that...oh dear sweet Luna." Serenade composes herself, taking a deep breath before standing. "I'm going to be doing cooking for most of the day, you girls are welcome to help"

[EQ_Theta 414]

@member=['Blitz Boom']

 

"Have you tried talking to her? Or possibly any of her acquaintances? We can head over there now if you like and see if she is there. Maybe Discord might be there if we're lucky."

 

The thought made Sen shudder for the moment. He knew the extent of Discord's powers were capable of but to see him with his own eyes... that was a different thing altogether. Though he had been through some of the most harrowing experiences in his life. Maybe this meeting with Discord wouldn't faze him as much.

 

"There is always the alternative option of asking everyone else in town who lives closer to where he stays." Lin eagerly added. "Chances are they would've noticed him if he frequents the area."

[Seamore Sandwich 470]

@@Blitz Boom

@@Moonlit

@@Hazard Time

 

Hearing the phrase, "Oh dear sweet Luna," just as she was about to knock on the door, Princess Luna herself knocks Serenade's front door down and rushes inside. "FRET NOT, FOR I WILL SAVE YOU!" she yelled in her Royal Canterlot voice. Then she looked around and realized, "Is there no danger here?"

[Moonlit 593]

@@Blitz Boom,@@Seamore Sandwich, @@Hazard Time,  Rubbing her ears from the sudden onslaught of the Royal Canterlot Voice, Serenade looked up at the Alicorn Princess of the Night, "Good Morning Your Majesty, your up late? Can I offer you a muffin" Serenade kept a straight face, but deep down she why Luna was gracing her door....despite her door now being in several pieces. 

[Blitz Boom 4,422]

@@Moonlit,

@@Seamore Sandwich,

@@Hazard Time,

 

Ziggy was about to say something about how she had apparently been Fah'lina's puppet for a bit and that was how she got in here, when the door behind her got destroyed and the booming voice gave her a shock that sent her towards the roof. Literally. She had taken off like her hooves was on fire, and were currently clinging to a roof truss, thinking that something were attacking them.

 

Fah'lina on the other hand, didn't approach the situation the same way. Certainly, she had gotten a shock when the door had broken, and the combination of the noise that made, along with the booming voice, had hurt her ears, but her reaction to this wasn't to face the invader by running away, but rather to confront.

 

Within seconds, she had turned towards the princess, and in sight of everypony would arch her back and look at Luna with hard eyes before opening her gaping maw in all it's gloy and let out a deep, guttural hiss from somewhere within the mouth with the several rows of sharp teeth that were large enough to fit over a regular pony's head.

 

She were pretty much immobile when she did this, but it were to add size and a level of threat to her presence that she did this, and not to hunt down something. If she were hunting, she'd wait until she were close enough to chomp down, and wouldn't have folded out her ears as much as possible to try and give some width too.

 

It would be... Well, likely rather ineffective, but it was an instinctual, territorial thing, and she hadn't the faintest idea about the princess being anything other than just a tall pony with a larger mane and tail, so there wasn't an idea of an actual threat that should make her hide. She had never seen a princess before and hadn't an clue how royalty fitted into things, nor the power they had, so she were not against trying hers to scare the intruder away from her flock.

 

As ineffective as the show would likely be - at least towards Luna, Succulent might be another story as she had just seen the cute side thus far - the sight might be interesting to Luna. Not because of the defensive ways of the creature, but because she might know the actual kind of creature this were as they had once populated the rivers around the area that in time would become Canterlot, as well as a few rivers near the Castle of the Two Sisters before she turned into Nightmare Moon.

 

Why this were interesting? Because this kind of creature had reportedly gone extinct centuries ago.

 

They had come around some time after Discord had taken over Equestria, evolving alongside the lingering chaos magic in the air to better suit the sometimes more hostile world there was back then, and after he had been defeated had settled down a few places rich in fish and gotten along in relative peace until they were discovered.

 

They bred slowly and wasn't a species that often moved to find new grounds, preferring instead to nurture where they lived a little so they wouldn't run out of fish and other needed things, so they weren't seen as that bad creatures, although the strangeness of them had gotten some odd looks for a while. They were mostly playful and liked to hang around other beings, such as ponies, long as they didn't get near when there were off-spring in their nests, so for some it was quite the thing to find one of their populated areas and see how they were doing.

 

Luna might have known of them as they tended to be working on *schedules* so to speak, with there always being some there were awake to keep guard of get things done in some kind of capacity, so there were the *shift workers* that had more or less become completely nocturnal because of it, and with some being close enough to the castle, it might be that she had been around to see some of the few creatures who didn't all sleep under the moon's gaze.

 

It wasn't really certain what had happened to them though. The ones in the forest had seemingly relocated after the battle at the castle, and the last time they had been seen near Canterlot was about thirty years after it had been build, before they too suddenly went away without a trace. There had been plenty of theories about where the  adaptable creatures had gone to in the time since, but with no trace and no words about them from anywhere, eventually it was just thought they had gone extinct for some reason.

 

Seems like it wasn't so after all.

 

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@@EQ_Theta,

 

"No, I never talked to her. Most ponies run away when I show myself, and if she knew master, I couldn't scare her. He would not want it.

 

And asking others... Sen and I did that once. It weren't met with answers. The bat pony said something, but it didn't sound like a clue. Advise I think?"

 

Omen recalled the interaction between the Night Guard whose name she couldn't place right now and them one of the past days, where he had told them about how asking around about Discord likely wasn't that good of an idea. He had taken them to his office afterwards and said a few things about Discord before Sen and him had filed out a search form for Lin. Like Sen had said, they should likely get past him at some point and tell him it wasn't needed anymore really. Perhaps something to do first when they got back?

 

It wouldn't be that long all things considered before they reached the door outwards, and when they did, Omen would open it for them and let them back out into the ever-shifting world outside Mother's home. Lin would likely feel a little strange out here, with her ability to open gates now being able to work again, though she might not be able to open anytrhing yet, and likely couldn't aim it anywhere. It wasn't as easy as one might think when you weren't created with the tracking Omen's kind had, and it were still a new power for Lin. It'd likely take a good deal of time for her to have it under control, though random ones might happen.

 

Then again, perhaps she would have enough grasp on magic and the focus of it to give a fair try at opening a random gate? It was hard to say with any certainty, though as Omen walked out of the hallways she didn't think on it, or the possibility. Mother hadn't told her of what Lin might be able to do now, and she hadn't been there when the three others had discussed this prior to them going for the magical destination, so it didn't even enter her mind as a possibility. instead, she just looked around, trying to find a point too go for that would get them where they needed to.

 

"Time to find Ponyville then."

 

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@,

 

"I can cover that."

 

Chow interrupted before the doctor even had the chance to say something, and the arth pony waves for the zebra foal to follow him until they reached a minor pile of small crates.

 

"Ain't the highest quality supplies, but it should do the trick. Better than going into town and getting messed up in something for sure."

 

He rummaged around a few of them, looking in, before he finally took hold of one to the left and opened the lid fully, showing to her a minor crate of apples that had likely been brought from the part of the market that wasn't engulfed earlier.

 

"I know it could be better, but we have to work with what we have for now. And hey, it's better than pet food at least."

 

Double Chow grinned slightly towards the foal, knowing well that if there was one here that knew about the bad taste of pet food it'd have to be him, and he could for sure say the apples were better. Pet food - or at least the kind he made - were too filled with meat to be either tasty or edible to a pony, though a griffin might have a go in a pinch. Depended on what sort of cut it were from the beast mostly, and what else had been added. Yet, not important. No griffins here after all, just ponies.

 

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@@Seamore Sandwich,
@@GingerLightning,
@@Quinch,
@@Lonk Chase,
@@Melke,
@@Denim&Venom,
@@Mentis Soliloquy,

 

It had taken a bit of time for Last to get up the building with the holes in the roof she were moving up through, but as soon as she got up there and saw Nemo starting to be on the move with a pony in one of his arms, she made the jump and started to strike without thought. She had hoped to get to the neck, and she did have some height that could help that, but she had to help others too in this battle so Nemo wouldn't get stronger, so the arm it were.

 

The angle she were striking at should hold enough power to either cut through the arm or at least damage it enough so that he'd have to drop the one he were carrying, and if it got through the arm, would keep striking inwards towards his body. It was hard to say how much resistance were in Nemo and therefore, how much the strike would loose in power from cutting into him, but hopefully this would do something. The battle was drawing on for far too long for her taste, and there were only so many times she could do reckless strikes like this before she were eventually swatted like a fly. Though hopefully, it wouldn't come to that.

 

Meanwhile, Zhu looked at the barely corporeal Charlie and watching the vague, few clips of a future he saw for the spirit. It would appear that this were the spirit in question that he knew the demon mare had forged a deal with for a new body, which were rather interesting as he had thought they had done that before this started, yet didn't help the current situation much. It was just another thing to handle in the aftermath.

 

"I know of the impact it can have upon the balance, and I see what future comes if it is not stopped. Something that should be stopped, though for the time being, that is of no concern to you. Conserve your strength, and leave this to us."

 

(the following only happens if Charlie doesn't tell him to wait)

 

As Zhu left the dome he were met with yet another sight of random destruction that had occurred in his short time in there. Not unsurprising, as this were one of the possibilities he had seen so very long ago now, but how ot handle it were another deal entirely and relied some on the abilities of the ones that had already taken their own precautions.

 

The ananasi seemed like they had set up the thing that should trap the being further, which should soon get into power and doing its part to keep the old being here, along with the two remaining ones of its kind that were attempting to slow it down in what ways they could, whilst avoiding the *rift* so to speak, that had been opened.

 

It seemed the changeling and kitsune had yet to get through with more of their part in this, but it should happen soon enough, and frankly his interest were more on the rift for a little than them. A few beings were visible through there that he knew were victims of the Forgotten One, and even if they had been part of things, he could no longer place them in his mind, yet there were one thing he could: The blade held by the pony aiming for the old being. It were an artefact that he had not been able to locate, no matter how much he had sought, but knew should have been part of this fight. It seemed like it had become after all, just in a place where he couldn't interact with things.

 

But, it were not his concern for the time being. He could not make contact with that pony as it were right now, so he should focus on where he could do things. Such as raising the winds to be redy to take hold of beings that got tossed around or were attempted to be thrown into the rift. With some luck, he could avoid more casualties or sacrifices from happening until things proceeded to the crucial point. Hopefully, this would soon be, as there were limits to how much any being could keep fighting before they became too drained by the ordeal.

 

As for Meeko... Well, the wolf had quickly run over to Ginger when the tail got off the bucket and were currently standing next to Ginger, with his front paws on her body and looking at her with some degree of worry. Something which could also be heard in the small barks he gave towards the half-blood changeling.

[redaxted 1,765]

@@Blitz Boom, Golden Spell gratefully took the cider from Happy, barely even tasting it before gulping down the drink. He quickly realised how much he had had, however, and apologised hastily to other pony. Or was he a changeling? Golden wasn't all to sure, if he was to be honest with himself. He may have just been seeing things in his panic, but the more likely outcome, he knew, was that the pony he saw before him was just a disguise.

'He seems rather trustworthy... I shan't worry myself too much with such paranoia,' Golden thought, almost reasoning with himself and making the decision. 'Still, it may be best to keep an eye on this fellow.'

 

"Yeah, thanks!" Cyan called down to Happy as he offered her a drink. With a shy smile - as usual - she said, "I have been getting quite tired and parched with all of this nervousness and running about."

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[Summer Breeze 2,522]

@@Blitz Boom,@@Frosty Frost,

 

Summer kept scraping her hoof over the ground and didn't exactly know what to do. On the ground under her hoof had appeared a line and behind the line a pile of dirt from what she had scraped away. She listened to Nerzhei's explanation on what she thought was going on but she didn't fully understand it. This was too much new information for her brains to process in one time. 

 

"sooo..." summer started "You're saying that they ARE nature... That's quite cool actually, And her reaction on the tree is indeed logical then, because the tree was dying and now it's alive again. maybe the tree reacts because she poured a bit of life into it and now it has it's life back but it's also connected with lyriel, as if they now share a soul and it therefor can move to comfort her." she said, thinking out loud at that last part. It seemed logical but also not.

 

"But for how long will she keep crying like this? we have to carry on, she can't stay here and plant her roots here or something, I still have to show her the everfree forest! She's not gonna get crazy now, right?" summer said suddenly as if she was in a hurry, or concerned. 

[cwhip9 1,078]

 

 

"Ask the focus... Of attention, if you... Want to know. I still... Don't trust this though."

"feeling mutual" the foal cresent said looking around.

 

The young bat pony had glanced around looking for something as if it was a trigger for him to keep an eye out for. Then cresent spotted what looked like a mirror image of himself but instead of the black wings like his it was red and black. The mirror was well hidden in the crowd but it would take a bit  for zinthar to find it. The mirror image smiled at the two, the smile not the most friendly and began to trot towards the road.

 

Cresent pointed the mirror image out "it began this must be a test" he said about to spring towards the image.....

[Hazard Time 1,127]

@@Blitz Boom @@Moonlit @@Seamore Sandwich

 

At the sudden destruction of the door, Succulent screamed and fell out of her chair, hiding behind the table.  Slowly, the fright wore off and she tentatively peeked over the edge of the table.  When she saw the sight before her, her eyes went wide in awe.

 

 

"By the seven Virtues!  It's Princess Luna!"

 

 

"Why'd you break the door down?"

[Denim&Venöm 16,464]

 

 

@Seamore Sandwich, @GingerLightning, @Quinch, @Lonk Chase, @Melke

 

 

"Oh Shiznit... Oh shiznit. Ohshiznitohshiznitohshiznit!!! " Allure used her portal magic to phase into the ground. She resurfaced next to Priestess. "Oh bucking heck..." she rubbed her horn, headache flaring up. "Look we'll get you some aspirin when this is over. Right now, I need you to make me a moving target. Cause The Revocation is gonna show up and bombard this thing before Reverie and our forces strike."

 

"The what is gonna show up?"

 

"The S.S.S. Revocation. Dreadnaught class warship of the Subterranean sky navy.  I mean, Summer and her two squads had to get here somehow. And the wife of the countess was threatened by an assassination attempt. Of course they'd bring out the big guns. Literally." 

 

"So you really think a regular old sky boat is gonna take this abomination down?" She said as Priestess climbed onto her back.

 

"Dude. This is the furthest thing from any of Sunbutt's hot air baloons." She said as the two of them took flight. 

 

 

 

Beyond the southwest hills of Ramble Rock Ridge, a crane had landed on the wing tip a captain. She reached for her airphone, the buzzing of the bell reaching all stations.

 

 

"All hooves, this is the captain! Begin take off procedures at once! Course due Northwest to Ponyville! Mare your battle stations! 

 

Alarms sounded. Lights flashed. The vessel was lit with activity. The air smelled of kerosene and propane. Ropes were being undone and pulled in. Teams lifted lead anchors back on board. Slowly, the craft began to rise back up. Anypony within the ridge would see a sight to behold as the thing that looked to big to fly began to ascend to the sky. And steer it's way just north of Celestia's sun...and towards ominous looking skies...

[Lonk Chase 255]

Everything that has happened here is totally over Lonk's head. He thought he knew what was going on: there's an invisible monster attacking Ponyville and all the freaks of the town banded together to stop it. 

There's more to it though. Something about the fate of the universe being at stake.

 

And everything seems to be going at a stalemate. One being against 8 or more. Maybe one more would turn the tides? But what would that do? All Lonk can do is have night vision, and some magic could easily accomplish that. What's the use?

 

Maybe his random trip of him sprouting claws is linked to the night vision. Maybe he actually does have claws.

He raises his hoof and wills it to sprout pointed nails.

Nothing happens.

Well, it was worth a try.

 

Still, there's more to him that he doesn't know. The letter from earlier pops into his mind. Not what was on it though. He thinks it told him to go to Ponyville. What help that was.

 

...On he trots. Not to the building though. To the battlefield. Whatever happens to him, it will probably reveal everything about himself. Probably.

[GingerLightning 258]

@@Blitz Boom,@@Seamore Sandwich,

Ginger Lightning´s eyes opened quickly her pupils turned to slits for a second before going back to normal... She was very weak and struggling to hold back changeling instinct and the need to feed...The love and concern woke her up she was starving and she wouldn´t feed off of the love and was fighting to stay awake because of it...

[EQ_Theta 414]

@@Blitz Boom

 

"There's a problem, though," Sen added. "I don't recall what that guardspony said, but I think his name is Stargazer? It's been a while since we've seen him and as much as he's been willing to help us out before, the scars from Discord's rule is still a very sore spot not too many are willing to bring up again." 

 

Lin paced around for a moment and thought about any scenario that could likely lead them to something fruitful. If they were to get to the town during the day, then everyone should be up and about. That's a good time to ask for information. If not, then they could wait it out or do some digging for themselves. Then there's the issue of Lin's otherworldly appearance putting everyone off. The last time she searched Sen's memories, the townsponies avoided him. 

Both siblings approached a gate and readied themselves for the outside world and how everyone would perceive them. How they proceed from there now lies in that next impression. 

[FanOfManyShows 396]

@@Blitz Boom, Misty picked out a big red apple examining the fruit closely before popping it into her mouth, making crunches every time she chewed. She made a curious look as she chewed. "This is delicious!" She said before swallowing. She picked out another one to examine it closely. "I don't think I've had one of these before." She asked before taking a bite out of the fruit. "What is it?" She asked holding it out.

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[Holiday Agnaktor 1,435]

@Summer Breeze

@Blitz Boom

 

 

"So dryads just kind of popped up, and did dryad things? Well that's weird. You'd think that they would be ancient, because they're nature and stuff. But that's not the case? Huh."

 

Frosty frowned. He was getting confused. The dryads were relatively new? Ugh. Everything wasn't how he thought it was. He hated it when his hypotheses were incorrect.

 

Frosty frowned even more when he listened to Summer.

 

"So...there might also be soul-stuff involved? Woah. This is all a lot more complicated than I first thought."

 

He gave Summer a friendly poke on the shoulder with a grin.

 

"No, of course she isn't going to go crazy now, silly. They became crazy because of the rainbow water, and that stuff isn't here. It's only in that place where we were before, right, Nerzhei?"

[Seamore Sandwich 470]

@@Blitz Boom

@@Moonlit

@@Hazard Time

 

"I heard somepony call out to me, and I believed them to be in peril. May I ask who called my name?" Luna of course noticed the little creature in front of her, but it was more important to figure out the situation right now. She'd address the mimic when she received her answer.

[Moonlit 593]

@@Seamore Sandwich,  @@Blitz Boom,@@Hazard Time,  

 

Serenade raises her hoof, "That would be have been me Your Majesty. And I wasn't in peril. Most ponies use your sister's name as a Term of Endearment, I use yours. Simply because I owe more to you then I do to your Sister." She smiles, or at least tries to. Alicorns tend to be intimidating to her, despite having worked with Luna since her appointment. 

[Blitz Boom 4,422]

@@cwhip9,

Zinthar saw the little morsel that Crescent pointed out, yet didn't know what to think of this one. Mischievous brat was the first words that came to mind really, but it was hard to be sure if this was something important or just a part of this dream. There'd always be foals that were less than pleasant to be around, and if this was the dream of some kid then it stood to reason that there'd be some in here that wasn't good ones.

Still, if this one were really part pf the dream, why run away from them? The little one should stay around the ones in the dream... Bah, where was the point in thinking this over? Might as well capture the foal, then see what would happen from there. Easier than thinking, or at least were when his head were still pounding.

"Let's get him then."

His movements wasn't as fast and smooth as normal, but normally he wasn't this drained or beaten up either, so what could one expect? There was a limit to everything after all.

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@@Wolves,

"Bottoms up then lass."

Happy gave the remaining bottle of cider to Cyan and gulped down a good chunk more of his own drink, feeling how it were already taking a bit off the top of his nerves. There was still plenty of nervousness, paranoia and fear going on, but this wasn't a miracle cure either. It was a calmer of sorts, and those things tended to need some time to settle in. Long as he didn't go too far and pick up another bottle after this. His tolerance might be good, but when he went up in the higher percentages, things were eventually gonna be too much, and he didn't need his drunken antics to make this day worse.

"So... Are giant monsters a common thing happening around Equestria, or is this a fluke like the wind dome?"

He hadn't the faintest idea about what to talk about right now though. Mostly he had some degree of idea, like asking into the lives of those he talked with, or ask about the area/what he had seen thus far, but with all the horrible things happening thus far... Well, he had nothing that really popped up into his mind beyond offering a drink, and he had been through that already.

All that had managed to shove itself out of his muzzle were about whatever or not this sort of thing was normal, which really was a dumb question considering the massive panic in town before. No way would they react that way if this was something that happened often, surely. They'd have precautions and all that for that sort of thing if it were. Right?

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@@Summer Breeze,
@@Frosty Frost,

 

"I only know they're young in this particular valley. Not gone out of my way to learn if there's older sightings of them, but it seems unli-"

"Who can say for sure?"

Lyriel interjected the comment between the weird whisperings to the tree before Nerzhei could answer for her again. It wasn't that she minded that they spoke amongst eachother currently, as she had most of her focus on listening to what this tree *spoke* to her about, but it had felt like a time when she had to say something of her own.

To say that the tree spoke wasn't exactly true though. It hadn't the cognitive pieces for that sort of thing, but she could connect to it and feel out what it had gone through in it's time here, which in a sense were a way to communicate. It was not easy to interpret unless you knew what you were doing, which was why it required most of her focus that wasn't spent on making sure it were properly healed, but it were a beautiful story to behold regardless. Mundane for most, perhaps, but to her it was something special, and very unlike the strange feelings that came from the trees in the valley.

Finally, she let go of the tree and waved it back towards the forest where it planted itself and spread its branches towards the sky once more, before she turned and looked at the others. There were still tears on her cheeks, but they slowly got drained by her skin and left no trace behind as she moved to their side once more.

"I'm sorry, it was simply... Breathtaking, in ways I could scarcely explain."

"How much did you hear?"

The dragoness looked at Lyriel with a somewhat suspicious look in her eyes. In the camp, they had always figured this time the only point where they could really look at them before they went nuts, and this made her somewhat paranoid about whatever or not they had been the butt end of some joke. Or well, if the others had, as she hadn't been there before after things went downhill, but the point still stood.

"Enough to know that your theory is somewhat flawed, though you do have the right idea on some aspects."

"Care to elaborate?"

"Not currently, no. It is hard and time-consuming to explain these things, and as our friends here have pointed out, we really should be on our way. I promise you though, another time I will try and answer as well as I can."

Nerzhei looked at the Dryad for a good while, but eventually just nodded and turned around, leading them down the path they were on before again.

"If we keep up pace, we should be seeing sea in a half hour or so."

"I will attempt not to slow us down by going crazy then, or weep further, but I make no promises."

Lyriel felt in a rather good mood right now. Enough to taunt the dragoness a little, along with Summer, who she sent a little wink, to signal that she had well heard her little comment about her before. Not that she minded really, it was a valid concern that they thought that she might go mad, considering what she had told them, combined with how little they really knew about her kind. Some of it she could answer, and reassure/explain about, but in the end it were as Nerzhei had said: Not even the dryads themselves knew everything about them.

But, there were little point in thinking about this currently. Onwards they went, with no distractions. Well, unless you counted Blitz that were still spending some excess energy it seemed, as she ran around giggling for a bit longer, before finally, she settled down some, and began to wander alongside Frosty and Summer.

"Strange things happening everywhere in dragon country. It's fun! Think we're gonna have more fun at the ocean?"

She sounded really gleeful when the word *ocean* came over her lips, but how couldn't it? She had never seen such a thing before - at least as far as she knew - and she loved new experiences. Like this whole trip from they woke up in the valley had been. Lots and lots of new experiences, new fun, and adventure!

 

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@,

 

"Lemme see..."

 

Chow looked at the fruit that had gotten picked out of the crate with a half eye, trying to scour his mind for the name of this thing. He knew it was something as weird at the fruit, but he couldn't scour it out as easy tiright now. You'd think that he, if anypony here, would know, considering he'd brought it here, but he wasn't a fruit vendor after all, how was he supposed to remember the name of some rando-

 

"Physalis! That was it. Some kind of tomato look-a-like. Traded some fish around and got a small bag of those tangled in the return. Tastes fine, but take it from somepony who didn't hear the instructions: Take off the dry husk first. Foul taste that layer. Still, was food, and evacuation doesn't leave time to be picky on what to grab hold of."

 

He hadn't really known what he had done with these to be honest. Last he recalled he had tossed them into a crate and then gotten it all mixed up, ut it would appear that Misty here had cracked the right one open and answered that question. Not that he'd have lost sleep over it. It was just some weird fruits, not something important like ghostfin tuna. Loosing those would have hurt a lot when this nightmare were over and he'd finally have a chance to slow down and see what wasn't smashed of his.

 

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@@Moonlit,

@@Seamore Sandwich,

@@Hazard Time,

 

"Oooooh, hey there Princess Luna."

 

Ziggy pokes her head down, letting out a relieved sigh when it turns out that her ears heard right and that it was just the royal princess of the night.

 

Okay, so *just* wasn't exactly the right word, but considering she though it was some kind of monster that were here to attack them, she stood by her thought. Though really, nopony could hear her thoughts, so was it reeally important? Or could they? ...Hellooo? Can anypony hear this?

 

Ziggy thought over this for a bit, just swaying from side to side in her downwards position, whilst down on the nearby table, Fah'lina closed her mouth, though she still looked defensively on the princess.

 

The other ponies seemed relaxed around this one, and it sounded like she had reacted to what she'd think off as a distress cry, so perhaps giving her some space and see what would happen would be the thing to do. Though, she wasn't getting closer right now, and instead took off, flying upwards and placing herself next to the hooves of her *owner*, so to speak. She were still plenty visible as she glared down and observed the potential threat, and the three safe ones.

 

"Welcome to the house. Can I take your coat?"

 

Ziggy didn't know about the little critter and for now just ignored her, along with the line of thought from before. Instead, she just kept dangling and looking at Princess Luna, Succulent and Serenade, giggling after playing greeter and swinging back and forth some more.

 

She wasn't heavy enough so it should do any damage to the piece of the house she was clinging unto, it being quite a big piece of wood and all whilst she were a light pegasi, but she eventally let go anyway and turned the right side again on the floor. It was starting to tingle in her head from the blood gathering there, and it was an important visit, so she should behave.

 

Okay, there were the coat pun that was sort of against that... Oh well, she'd behave from now then.

 

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@@EQ_Theta,

 

Omen hadn't the time to answer, nor really be sure where the gate she had opened would get them, before Sen and Lin walked through. She just knew that it were somewhere there, and that a familiar energy was on the other side, though she hadn't had the chance to really think over who it were beyond it being one she had met there before.

 

The answer would become apparent when they'd all step through on the other side and see the office that they had been in before, now with less crates, a few more things unpacked, and a few meters from them, a bat pony foal hanging down from the ceiling in her tail and looking at them with awe and her jaw almnost hitting the... Well, ceiling would fit the expression better, considering the position.

 

"Woah. How'd you do that?"

 

Her mane rummaged a little and a large spider glanced out, and fixated its two, red eyes on the strangers without going further away from his hairy hideout.

 

"Alright, think I got a room sorted for you Je- By the night!"

 

Stargazer came down from upstairs with a stack of papers, which he promptly dropped all over the place in shock when his eyes fell on the scene in front of him. Sure, he'd seen much in his eyears, but a hole in mid air, with strange things happening behind it, and three odd creatures in his office? Nopony could be prepared for that sort of thing.

 

He instinctively grabbed for something to attack the intruders with before his higher brain functions began to kick in and he began to recognise some of this scene. Not all of it, obviously, but two of the creatures rang a bell wit him at least, though he had almost forgotten about them. It might be hard to believe that he could forget these sort of beings, but it had been some long days and he still hadn't gotten time to get a proper rest. Also, the entrance of these didn't help things on his sleep-deprived brain.

 

"Just... What is..."

 

Jelly Drop heard her dad give out a long, drawn out sigh, which she knew was usually what he did to clear his head and get some focus back into things, though what was gonna happen next she hadn't the faintest idea about. This wasn't like anything she'd seen before, so there wasn't any saying what he were going to do. Though,s he should probably get over to him so he didn't have to worry about her in all of this.

 

She let go of where she had hung out and flew silently over next to her dad. When she got there, she subconsciously pushed a little at the tinted glasses she had on - more of a habit than a need - and kept her curious eyes on the entourage in front of them, though she kept silent for now as Stargazer refocused on the folks in front of them.

 

"Alright, somepony close that thing and-"

 

He hadn't even ended the sentence before the thing had more or less imploded upon itself, with no indication of who had done so. So now he had a magic user that could open holes in the air without showing any signs of doing it. Could this get any better?

 

"Just... Tell me why you're here."

 

You could hear him grumble something to himself about this town becoming the death of him, though some things were too low to be heard properly, even by those with good ears.

Edited September 13, 2016 by Blitz Boom

[EQ_Theta 414]

@@Blitz Boom

 

"Uh... yes, about all of this..." Sen hesitantly stepped forward, hoping his memory might serve himself and the other pony well. He gathered every relevant memory in order to get Stargazer's mind to jog for a moment. "You might not remember me too well but I'm the same strange creature who approached you when I first came to Ponyville. You know, to help me find my sister?"

 

Lin stepped back and tried to make herself appear smaller, and possibly less threatening. Being around ponies is new to her and her nervousness around them is already made apparent. Having hybrid features that really stood apart from those of Sen and Omen didn't exactly exude feelings of comfort and warmth but such is the way appearances work. The eyes pick up on an image and the mind is left to fill in the blanks with information that the individual could think of without asking questions. The most important pieces only came after voicing curiosity, but not everyone does so. Sen noticed his sister inching away from the rest of those present and continued.

 

"I just wanted to let you know it's okay to call off the search for her since she's already found. And I'd also like to ask if you've seen a specific pony. A mare, to be exact, one who is familiar with someone called Discord?" 

[Hazard Time 1,127]

@@Moonlit @@Blitz Boom @@Seamore Sandwich

 

"Well...knock on wood."  Succulent was still incredulous that THE Princess Luna had just broken down the door of her hostess' house, so all she could do was sit there and stare.  Inside, her thoughts continued to bounce around her cranium, trying to connect with something that she could do to not make herself look like an idiot.

 

"Should...shouldn't we be bowing right about now?"  The perfumier tentatively slipped from her chair and prostrated herself, her eyes going to her friends to observe if she was doing the right thing.  Was it just crystal ponies who showed their rulers great respect?

[Blitz Boom 4,422]

@@EQ_Theta,

 

"I remember you longma. Senlin, far as the papers said, yes?"

 

Longma's wasn't easy to forget, and especially not ones that ran around with whatever Omen were. Yet, the shock of them appearing out of a hole in the air wasn't exactly something that made him recognise first as much as being shocked. Especially as Jelly was down there, and worrying about her right after the initial shock hadn't sped up the process.

 

There was a new addition though, yet he weren't really sure what to say of that one. Looked sort of like a longma, but darker, and with glowing parts that he didn't understand the purpose of currently, and were reluctant to ask about. Some things were better left unsaid.

 

"Guessing that means this is your sister then? I'd ask where you found her, but it ain't none of my business. I'll send some letters out tomorrow though telling that she's found, and to call off the search."

 

As he went through the motions, Jelly kept her position next to him, though her eyes were following Lin. In the filly's eyes, this was a pretty strange, fascinating creature to be faced with that she hadn't t he faintest clue what were. Her dad had just said longma, so that should be it, though the word didn't ring a bell. Were it a new species? And why did the two of them look so different?

 

Questions upon questions piled up after that, though no answers were found as she kept looking at Lin with curiosity glimmering in her eyes. Likely wouldn't be any either, but it was interesting to look at least.

 

"As for the mare you speak about, I'm going to need a little more information. I mean, there's several in the town that knows Discord-"

 

"Fluttershy."

 

The one word from Omen made Stargazer cringe a little, as the voice were once again whispering in his head, though this time he wasn't the only one. Jely hid it worse though when it started to rummage up on the top floor, but otherwise, they had a pretty similar response to things.

 

"Fluttershy, yes. The mare who looks at me strangely when I walk near her house. Is thre a particular reason you seek her, beyond the rumour that she sends letters to Discord?"

 

Rumours were all he figured they were until now, as even though he might come around and be with somepony, he couldn't imagine anypony just casually exchanging letters with him. And especially not the timid mare that he had seen, even if she were one of the former carriers of the elements of harmony.

 

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@@Brianna Changeling,

 

Peace and quiet, as rare as it might be from time to time, did fall over some parts of the Everfree forest. Usually around the edges, within sight of Ponyville, but a little further in it ould happen as well. Such as tonight, under the stars when even the timberwolves seemed to have better things to do than making noise.

 

"Urgh, what a day."

 

And there the peace went, interrupted by somepony who put down his wagon and let out a large, annoyed sigh. A vendor from the looks of things, though one might wonder what one of those did out here in the forest, all alone, at this late hour. It could be dangerous out here after all.

 

"*Oh hello, do you sell cider?"

 

The vendor went up in a puff of jade flames and a middle-aged pony mare stood there instead, talking with a mockery of a mare's voice by the changeling impersonating her, though it seemed as if he talked to himself rather than anypony else. Apparently, he thought this a place where nopony were listening in or watching things, such as him switching back now again to his vendor form and speaking almost with a snarl.

 

"Cider, cider, and more bloody cider. I swear, the next one who asks for that swill is going to get a flask of poison."

 

The changeling in question, Happy Hour, wasn't overly happy with how things had gone today. Sure, he had made a sale of things, and the business went fine, but it was really starting to trigger him when everypony thought he sold cider. They were obsessed with it in this area, and it irked him as he hated that swill, and wouldn't sell it if he got paid for it. He only barely allowed a few flasks in his storage in case he needed to get something drunk by somepony outside of business hours. Unfortunately, it were rather effective at that, but that didn't mean that he liked it.

 

Thankfully, he had found a little place in the forest to rest, and get off some steam about this before he blew a casket. One of life's little blessings far as he were concerned.

[Brianna Changeling 131]

@@EQ_Theta,

 

"I remember you longma. Senlin, far as the papers said, yes?"

 

Longma's wasn't easy to forget, and especially not ones that ran around with whatever Omen were. Yet, the shock of them appearing out of a hole in the air wasn't exactly something that made him recognise first as much as being shocked. Especially as Jelly was down there, and worrying about her right after the initial shock hadn't sped up the process.

 

There was a new addition though, yet he weren't really sure what to say of that one. Looked sort of like a longma, but darker, and with glowing parts that he didn't understand the purpose of currently, and were reluctant to ask about. Some things were better left unsaid.

 

"Guessing that means this is your sister then? I'd ask where you found her, but it ain't none of my business. I'll send some letters out tomorrow though telling that she's found, and to call off the search."

 

As he went through the motions, Jelly kept her position next to him, though her eyes were following Lin. In the filly's eyes, this was a pretty strange, fascinating creature to be faced with that she hadn't t he faintest clue what were. Her dad had just said longma, so that should be it, though the word didn't ring a bell. Were it a new species? And why did the two of them look so different?

 

Questions upon questions piled up after that, though no answers were found as she kept looking at Lin with curiosity glimmering in her eyes. Likely wouldn't be any either, but it was interesting to look at least.

 

"As for the mare you speak about, I'm going to need a little more information. I mean, there's several in the town that knows Discord-"

 

"Fluttershy."

 

The one word from Omen made Stargazer cringe a little, as the voice were once again whispering in his head, though this time he wasn't the only one. Jely hid it worse though when it started to rummage up on the top floor, but otherwise, they had a pretty similar response to things.

 

"Fluttershy, yes. The mare who looks at me strangely when I walk near her house. Is thre a particular reason you seek her, beyond the rumour that she sends letters to Discord?"

 

Rumours were all he figured they were until now, as even though he might come around and be with somepony, he couldn't imagine anypony just casually exchanging letters with him. And especially not the timid mare that he had seen, even if she were one of the former carriers of the elements of harmony.

 

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@@Brianna Changeling,

 

Peace and quiet, as rare as it might be from time to time, did fall over some parts of the Everfree forest. Usually around the edges, within sight of Ponyville, but a little further in it ould happen as well. Such as tonight, under the stars when even the timberwolves seemed to have better things to do than making noise.

 

"Urgh, what a day."

 

And there the peace went, interrupted by somepony who put down his wagon and let out a large, annoyed sigh. A vendor from the looks of things, though one might wonder what one of those did out here in the forest, all alone, at this late hour. It could be dangerous out here after all.

 

"*Oh hello, do you sell cider?"

 

The vendor went up in a puff of jade flames and a middle-aged pony mare stood there instead, talking with a mockery of a mare's voice by the changeling impersonating her, though it seemed as if he talked to himself rather than anypony else. Apparently, he thought this a place where nopony were listening in or watching things, such as him switching back now again to his vendor form and speaking almost with a snarl.

 

"Cider, cider, and more bloody cider. I swear, the next one who asks for that swill is going to get a flask of poison."

 

The changeling in question, Happy Hour, wasn't overly happy with how things had gone today. Sure, he had made a sale of things, and the business went fine, but it was really starting to trigger him when everypony thought he sold cider. They were obsessed with it in this area, and it irked him as he hated that swill, and wouldn't sell it if he got paid for it. He only barely allowed a few flasks in his storage in case he needed to get something drunk by somepony outside of business hours. Unfortunately, it were rather effective at that, but that didn't mean that he liked it.

 

Thankfully, he had found a little place in the forest to rest, and get off some steam about this before he blew a casket. One of life's little blessings far as he were concerned.

@Blitz Boom 

Brianna was walking through the Everfree Forest, disguised as a Unicorn mare with a dark purple coat and a baby blue tail and mane. She knew that hardly anypony went through there, but she'd been extra cautious since "The Canterlot Incident". She saw a Vendor Pony by the looks of it, further along the path. Though she sensed something was not normal about him. She would have to get closer to find out. She approached him silently,him barely hearing her right behind him. "Hel-I mean, Hello." She said, switching from her normal voice to a regular mare's.

Edited September 15, 2016 by Brianna Changeling

[FanOfManyShows 396]

@@Blitz Boom, She looked at the fruit recognizing it now that he mentioned the name. "Ah! Astral used one of these in a potion recipe!" She gasped. "Oh rats! It's used for a health potion, we could've totally used that instead." She said peeling off the skin, then slowly eating the insides to enjoy the flavor. "That makes me feel better in a way, knowing she really did just wanted to show me how much she cared." She took another bite. "At the same time, she could've just asked me to go to our house and pick them from our farm."

[Moonlit 593]

@@Hazard Time,@@Blitz Boom, @@Seamore Sandwich, "Your right, we should bow." Serenade smirks and bows in a peculiar fashion.  Left front hoof behind the right, wings extended outwards and a head dip to the level of the shoulders. Only one pony in the room would recognize this particular bow, as it was used by the first iteration of the Royal Guard. 

[EQ_Theta 414]

@@Blitz Boom

 

"It's just Sen now, Stargazer," Sen replied while trying to cover up his face from Lin's snickering somewhere around the back of the room. He didn't tell her about the name change and he regrets not letting her know sooner. From Lin's perspective, she desperately tried to stifle her chuckling, having to turn around and run for the nearest exit... and probably the nearest bush or hole in the ground so she could let out all of her laughter. She excused herself and temporarily left Sen and Omen's presence. 

Sen turned back to Stargazer and continued, wishing he could excuse himself as well to go after his sister. "Yes, that's the name. Fluttershy.  My sister and I wanted to help find Discord for our friend, Omen, but we thought it might be easier to find someone who has been in constant contact with Discord. Fluttershy is our best option; I assumed Discord's history with Ponyville was an unpleasant one and not many might be willing to talk about him."