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[FanOfManyShows 399]

@@Blitz Boom, Astral smiled, and gladly grabbed another, and a few more after that. Misty, only grabbed one more. Astral liked the flavor, but it quickly became old for her, but, she still ate them. She wanted to add something, but seemed that Scarcity and Chow had things to work out... and once they had; "Wait, you discussing a new place? For him?" She asked pointing to Chow. "For a shop?" She took another truffle casually eating it, before continuing. "We still need a home, or we just traveled this whole way, for nothing." She looked at Chow. "It'd be like a vacation, but we just brought all our stuff with us and put Chow through the work of carrying it."

 

Misty looked to Scarcity. "Astral..." She looked back to said pony. "They were just talking business, you gotta be patient." Astral looked to Misty, a 16 year old teenager, to 8 year old filly, and the filly was the one giving advice. An event that could draw confusion out of Scarcity, or not, who knew.

 

"I'm not impatient!" An excuse spoken by those who were impatient. "I'm worried all this work will be for nothing." She glanced over Scarcity then Chow. "Well..." She looked to Scarcity. "What are these, 'terms'?" she asked, a curious expression across her face. It may or may not have been obvious to Scarcity or Chow that this was a clever ruse to change the subject.

[EQ_Theta 477]

@@Blitz Boom

 

"I guess that may be an ominous warning to me." Ghilan half-jokingly said before bidding his farewell, hoping neither Sen nor Lin would stop him halfway through his step to call him out on a bad attempt at a pun. He left for parts unknown for the meantime but he left the siblings and Omen his hut's location should they need to reach him.

 

"The communal hut isn't too far away," Sen replied despite Omen's question being directed at Lin. "I was just at the archives and I spotted the flowers elder mentioned. A bright blue glow in a dark and musty room isn't difficult to miss."  

 

Travelling to the archives didn't take too long, though it was helped by everyone in the village moving out of their way and keeping to themselves. No one asked even the smallest question about the odd strangers suddenly walking about. The elder seemed to be comfortable with them, why should they behave differently? But it was anyone's guess what the villagers really thought about them. Sen looked around the dark room upon reaching the archives and quickly located the flowers. Seeing them in the dark was one thing, but getting those to work their magic... 

"So... any idea how this works?" Lin asked while fiddling with the air around the flower, as if expecting some kind of finger-waving trick to suddenly work. That was her idea until she decided to just touch the petals and out came bursting a light show, a barrage of blue light with each speck finding its place in the open air. It resembled the night sky with the stars shining their lights, followed by a deep and raspy voice speaking in contemplation. 

When an animal is backed into a corner, it would be obvious to say only one or two things would happen: either it surrenders to its fate or it fights even harder, disregarding the fact that it has nothing left to lose. Plan accordingly and one could already set the outcome long before the situation comes into play. But what is the price of this? Losing freedom to ensure utopia? And then someone comes to challenge that idea. One small act can spiral to a much bigger one and something must be done about it. Oh Sen, I hope you're listening to this right now; it won't matter whether you choose to continue searching for your sister or remain silent on the matter. The fact is, you're setting yourself up to be an example of who these villagers shouldn't aspire to be. I hope you think hard about what you're getting yourself into...

 

The prattling ends there, but Sen remained silent. He clenched the flower hard, ready to tear it piece by piece, all that anger building up inside him ready to be unleashed. Meditations helped him calm down most of the time; this was one of those exceptions. But he would withhold himself from that luxury until he hears what the other recorded voice have to offer. And there was one more flower to listen to. 

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[Driz 1,552]

@@Moonlit

@@Blitz Boom

 

"Aw, guys..." Trinket shrugs and recoils a bit, becoming pensive. It's true that she was feeling somewhat hungry considering she had been working non-stop since morning, but she also didn't want to leave any task undone. After pondering for a fair while, she sighed in defeat. "I guess I could have my lunch break right about now... I do need to regain some energy... But I don't want Mayor Mare to find out about this." She gave them both a stern look.

 

"Anyway, thanks a bunch for the offer! Uhm... Lead the way." She smiles, after gathering all her tools inside the toolbox and picking it up.

[Moonlit 593]

@@Driz,  @@Blitz Boom,  "If the Mayor does find out, just say Doctor's orders or have her talk to me." She turns around to face Ziggy, then promptly boops her on the nose, "Sass me again, I dare you". She clears her throat, "What do you girls feel like, cause me....I feel like getting a muffin or two."

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[Blitz Boom 4,731]

@Seamore Sandwich

 

Zhu examined the pony for a while, looking at several possibilities, both important or not, before he started to speak again.

"His importance is mixed. In most of his futures, his actions means little, and only the improbable ones include having a lasting impact, such as the one with the Forgotten One. And yet, as unlikely as it seems here, that is the path that were taken, more or less. Though I do see some trouble finding him soon that likely drove him away for a spell. In time though, he will return, though the tower seem to matter more in our timeline than anything else he have done.

 

There is an... Abnormality of sorts though. Along the line he threads, it seems as if something fogs the picture for about three hours or his life. Things go an as can be expected after that, but it makes me wonder if something important did happen there, or if being plunged into the past like this is merely making time itself show me some minor resistance."

 

He also wished to ask why it were that they even focused on this pony to begin with, as he seemed very unimportant to the grand picture, beyond having built this tower that featured a small bit in the battle of Ponyville, but likely there were a lesson to be made here that would be cleared up soon. Who knew? Might also be he had missed something that seemed unimportant, but would prove to be essential. He were not flawless after all. Nopony were.

 

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@Seamore Sandwich

 

"You know young man, trying to cut off a changeling's horn like that is only going to end up causing trouble. There'll be enough residual magic to wreck havoc before you're even halfway, and that is if you c an even make a cut through it. They tend to be quite a bit more sturdy than you might think."

 

Briar might not have noticed anything, busy with Brittle as he were, but the somewhat elderly doctor sure had, and what she saw were not the most promising thing she had seen in a while. Frankly, it looked rather unprofessional and rushed, even if his horn were stuck in a tree.

 

"I'm Doctor Stitch , and I was told that a changeling here needed some help. Which will be easier done if we get him out of the tree rather than cut into him, so redirect your saw a little there young man before you end up hurting my patient."

 

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@asdfmovienerd39

 

"Awh dude, that'd be awesome. My sis keeps talking about how she regretted not getting one when she had the chance, but I didn't wanna seem imposing and all, you know? Not everypony likes this sort of thing I'd imagine, especially not when they're off the clock, but since you offered... Hold on, just gonna go grab a pen."

 

Sea Breeze wouldn't be gone fr more than a few minutes before he'd return with a pen and a few slabs of paper he'd scrounged up from some rubble. He hadn't thought it something to touch when he passed it before, but considering the circumstances, he had a usage for it now.

 

"Her name's Rock Roller, just for the record."
 

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@asdfmovienerd39

 

"Empty promises."

 

"Then I'll make you a real one. If you don't start to use your brain and take in what goes on around you, I'm going to whip somepony in this room until you do."

 

The griffon followed her with narrowed eyes as she unwrapped the whip and gave it a few trying, back and forth motions before rising it and turning towards Zen, though she didn't stay there as she instead went for one that she knew he'd care about: His niece, who suddenly looked horrified in several ways as the whip started to swing towards her and-

 

"No!"

 

Pyhrus struggled to move, but still couldn't under the telekinesis. Not much anyway, but the point were proven by Null regardless, and the whip hit empty air.

 

"I wasn't actually going to hit her, but think on this: If you so believed she wasn't real, then what do you care that I might give her a whipping? Admit it, you're not sure if this is real or not, so you ain't willing to take the chance."

 

The large griffon gave her a stare that mostly signaled a want for the pony to be torn to shreds, but he didn't get the chance to say anything before Florence went over and put her talon on his chest, which seemed so much smaller when compared to the size of her uncle.

 

"P-Please Uncle. I'm not... How could you even think I was dead?"

 

His mind seemed to race after that, thinking on things, which seemed like a good time for Null to go closer to him, which would fizzle out the telekinesis around him in case Zen hadn't let go yet, at which point he'd put his talon to Florence's head and feel her feathers under his grip before she started to cry and buried her face in his chest again, whilst his own talon went to his face. A minor sign of him having to think, along with the now closed eyes and silent demeanor.

 

"That should do the trick. Come on Zen, let's give the two of them some privacy, alright? Something tells me that whatever's going on here, they'll need a bit of time to get through it without us snooping around."

 

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@BloodDrops

 

She almost felt like writing it down that this pony seemingly had little control over her grip strength, but filed it for later. It were potentially a side effect of this illness that plagued her, and would have to go along with the studies and observations she made as time went by, which were things best kept to herself for the time being.

 

"No, it's not. Which is something you should be grateful about. Means that whatever have afflicted you aren't magic in nature. Just put the gem on the ground when you're done treating it like an icicle pop."

 

When the pony had done so eventually, Nerzhei would point her index finger towards the ground where the gem were, and as a green glow went over her hand, rock would rise from the ground and grow around it, encasing the gem in a protective layer that she'd pick up and place back on the table.

 

"I will have it boiled and burned later, to make sure no contagion remains, but for now, i think it's time to work on something that might help you. And considering the evidence presented thus far..."

 

She trailed off and went to her box, removing a few layers of gems that were each in an individual container. They seemed to be all around the same size and shape, though you could see it were not a professional as such that had cut them, in that they weren't all similar enough. And as for the colors of them... Well, those varied widely, though it seemed that all in the top layers were of a single color like pure blue, white, green, etc. whilst the bottom layer had several colors in one.

 

She nitpicked some gems of the single color ones - that being black, white, pale, red, green, blue and gray - then pausing before also taking forth a larger, clear one, along with a small, peculiar one that seemed to be a glassy pink.

 

"These should work, though... I think I'm going to need metal. I don't think anything wooden will be strong enough to hold this when it's done. I believe I heard of somepony living in the forest that might have a forge too... Yes, I think we should make our way there. I can explain what I'm going to do as we get along. Sounds okay with you?"

 

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"I-It's not because of you. Everypony in this town seem so nice, but... M-My sister and I, we have been many places where most haven't been, and it... It's better to be safe."

 

She averted her eyes from him after saying this, and wandered towards the nearby house that had the last of the tables in the basement, whilst thinking over what she could say right now to things. What would Storm not think already, considering the answer she had given? That she were a troublemaker? It wouldn't make too much sense to her, but not many things that had happened to neither her nor her sister had made a lick of sense to her in a long, long time.

 

"Can I ask, is it just you and Grey here or.... I-I mean, you look close, and I don't want to impose, but I just wonder if he only haves you, or if perhaps his mother is around here too? I-It's okay if you don't want to answer."

 

he got a slightly lower tone near the end before turning around to open the door to the basement and grab a hold in one of the last four of the fold out tables that needed to be brought up. They had some weight to them, but it shouldn't be too bad to carry one for Storm Shine, him being a pegasi and all that. They weren't exactly known for their great, physical strength in her experience, unless they had reason to train it that were, but it was hard to tell if Storm were one of those types.

 

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@dragon4111

 

"S-Scarcity always takes good care of m-me..."

 

She could barely get the last word out as Draco placed his wing on her and she felt like her entire head went red like a tomato. Being this close to anypony were a rarity beyond even hearing her speak, and especially when it didn't make her freak out or at least wander away fast. Though she almost felt like freaking out would have been better considering the curious look the two of them got from Clayton, that had managed to pull himself together a title again after the entrance of Draco before.

 

He didn't say anything though, or got too close, as it had started to seem like a very... Ah, *personal* moment going on, that he should not interfere in, but he might have gotten too close to stop himself from interrupting something regardless at this point, though he hoped he hadn't. It seemed a shame for that to, based on what he saw right now.

 

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@Denim&Venom

 

Stargazer nodded in agreement, then saluted the captain of the ship once more.

 

""I will get the word spread immediately, and work on getting the word to Princess Celestia. It might be a while, but there is plenty to help with currently as well, so hopefully, you will not be kept idly waiting around. Until next we meet commander."

 

With that, he took flight and headed back towards Ponyville, where he'd get the word spread that these were friendlies, not foes, and prepare for any altercation that might occur. As for the word toward Celestia... He would not have any luck this day, but as he had sdaid, there had been plenty to do on this day, and as such, tomorrow, after the meeting would take place, it were possible that he could take hold in either her, or Luna, and then see if he could push along that they'd recognize the immense help Subterenea had been in the fight, and as well as in the aftermath.

 

Seemed like he had a long day ahead of him.

 

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@Hazard Time

 

"Hehe, cool names. And sure, I won't tell anypony about you. Not many that comes around to talk to me anyway, but the few that does? I Pinkie Promise that I won't tell."

 

Blitz bounced a little in place before going through the motions and reciting the promise, like Pinkie had taught her.

 

"Cross my heart, hope to fly, put a cupcake in my eye."

 

Pinkie Promises were sacred, and even trying to tell would be very bad, though not something they'd have to worry about she'd do. Pinkie Pie was her idol, and had been since the day the filly first saw her, and as far as she were concerned, making a promise that Pinkie had created, were as sacred as any oath you might make to your family, or to the princesses. Likely even more.

 

"So, are you gonna hide here for a while, Proud? Because I think your brother's sorta right. Dusty dust everywhere here, and that's gonna tickle your nose a lot. Want me to help? I bet I could find a broom here somewhere or something. Oooh, or perhaps glowy mushrooms. The last place I saw were really torn up, and that had glowy mushrooms in the basement. They smell weird, but they're really awesome with Poison Joke."

 

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@Lloyd

 

"Oh, Chow knows well what my terms are. It is an investment of another sort that I am highly interested in. More so than a dingy little shop, or even, shall we say-"

 

Scarcity dragged one of the papers a little away from the others, once more making sure that Chow saw it, but also the others.

 

"- a deed to a particular house, with low surveillance, and a hidden basement, as were mentioned earlier. Quite effective for ones who mingle with zebra magic, and whatever other things I managed to glance at the cart before. Not everything seemed to be something that you would consider related to zebra magic, but I have no need to stick my nose into that, now do I? Not when it comes to friends of a close friend like you."

 

"Alright alright, you made your point."

 

"I do so love to hear that. But tell me then my dear, what will your answer be?"

 

Chow sat silently and pondered for a bit. He knew well what it would mean to bind himself like this to a promise, but at the same time...

 

"It's both of the deeds?"

 

"Most certainly. As I said, I value a good investment. Property is a location business most of all, and not one that costs me all that much. Especially not compared to what I can gain in return from this. Now that price, is of much more value to me than a couple of houses."

 

"...This is going to end biting me in the flank... Yes."

 

"What was that dear? I didn't quite hear you."

 

"I said yes, on the condition that it counts from tomorrow on my end. Gives me time to set up things and help the kids get moved in properly."

 

"Ahahaha, excellent! We are in agreement then."

 

The look Scarcity sent Chow were oddly joyful in the moment. Not smug, but more like she had just gained something she had aimed to get for some time now, and were pretty happy about the gain. But the look toned down some as she rummaged around in a drawer and pulled out two sets of keys, both in a ring, and containing a set of two, identical keys. A primary and a spare, for good measures. She also pulled forth an envelope that seemed to just contain a piece of paper, but it were closed, so it were hard to say if there were more really as she handed this, along with one of the pieces of papers on the table and a set of keys, to Astral and Misty.

 

"Congratulations my dear. You're home owners now. The envelope contains the information about how you open up the hidden room, as well as the address stamped on the back. It should be easy to find."

 

The piece of paper on the table, were now easy to see in it's entirety, and should be easy to recognize as a deed. A interesting turn of events, certainly.

 

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@Moonlit

@Driz

 

"Awh, but it's fun sassing you. You look all funny when I do it, hehe. Also, muffins sounds awesome, but somepony in the hospital said that the bakery were closed today. Something about the Cake's helping with a food stand somewhere in town? I'm not entirely sure, as it was a bit rushed, but it sounded like that at least. Unless you mean home-made, fresh muffins?"

 

The look in her eyes could be seen as somewhat hungry... If you were blind. The gaze that went over her, along with the slight drooling before she got her mouth water under control again, showed that if she were a dog, she'd be wagging her tail right about now in excitement. Perhaps a bit of an overreaction to the prospect of fresh muffins for some, but come on: Fresh, warm muffins? Who could not like the idea of that?

 

"And don't worry Trinket. Like Serenade said, I'll cover for you. I'll just say you got uhm... Something hitting you in the head, and you needed to get checked and have a break. That sounds about right."

 

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@EQ_Theta

 

The darkness of this place didn't really bother Omen when it were. Though she couldn't see in the dark, she had grown up in a place of dark shades and could well see the small nuances there was to that, leaving her mostly able to see things, even without the glowing flower. It did help of curse, though she didn't think much on that, as much as she did about what kind of thing this were. Like, how did a flower, record sound?

 

It was something that she wouldn't have thought twice about when Master Discord were in control, but this wasn't his kingdom, and unless they had these things for a very, very long time, it wasn't his handiwork either. But why would nature make things like this? Or had they themselves?

 

The message it contained gave her more questions to add to the pile, though one pressed itself to the front over the rest, as it seemed the most illogical of it all.

 

"Why would he record this message? Isn't this something that can be used against him? Proof, yes?"

 

She went closer to Sen and sniffed the flower, trying too gauge if there were any residual energy from the elder left on this at all (your decision) but also just wanting to examine it a little closer before Sen potentially destroyed it. She wasn't the only one, as when she were close enough, the little drake in her mane popped it's head out and sniffed towards the plant too, before snapping out against it. It couldn't reach currently, but if it got just a bit closer, who knew?

 

"What is this thing? Chaos? Seems strange a flower can have sound."

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[Storm Shine 1,197]

@@Blitz Boom, 

 

Storm's ears flattened as he looked down, "I'm sorry if you've had any trouble with mean ponies or anything in the past." He then glanced in Grey's general direction. "And Grey... Well, his parents are dead. I saved him from Timberwolves in the Everfree forest and adopted him; now Pinkie and I are raising him, making sure he's happy and safe." Storm explained with a slightly sad smile.

 

"Stormy~!" Pinkie exclaimed happily, landing -all four legs first - on his head. Storm chuckled, barely dipping his head as she landed, rolling his eyes slightly as he responded. "Hey Pinkie, done helping the cakes already?"

 

Pinkie giggled, "Nopers! Just saw you over here and l wanted to say hi!" She explained happily, bouncing off his head and back towards the Cakes.

[dragon4111 914]

@Blitz Boom

Draco pulled out his notepad when he saw Clayton. He grinned slightly. "I need to sign here, here, here, and here," Draco stated simply through ventriloquism. He then pulled out the now very small box. He took off the talismans. The box then grew quickly to it's original size.

[BloodDrops 762]

@@Blitz Boom,

 

Blood Drops blinked at her, she glanced at the gems and moved closer wanting to lick them like the others "What do these taste like?" she asked, she moved towards the green gem and gave it a sniff, it smelled nice. She then sniffed the red gem and blinked, her tail twitched and she let out a low growl "What you gonna do with these?" she asked blinking, she then blinked again "Wood is strong use wood, we don't need metal. Use wood" she repeated. She let out a low growl, she wanted to stay here and use wood, not go elsewhere to find another pony that would need to know what she was.

 

She stared at the red gem and snorted. She glared at the gem angrily, it was giving her a headache. "Why do we even need metal? It's not like whatever is the issue will be that dangerous." she snorted which was a pure lie. She stared at the red gem, it looked like it was glowing red. She then glared at the dragon "You don't know anything about this disease. You've not even tried to look at my blood work" she snapped. 

 

"Give me that Red Gem, You think your funny with your mind tricks" she growled. She bared her fangs at the dragon, she was going to attack her unless she stopped. 

[Blitz Boom 4,731]

@Krystalalchemist

 

"Hey, that's not nice. Let's get it back!"

 

Jelly had been searching through a bush when the message came from Krystal about him seeing a griffin take the tiara, and had taken flight right after her goo friend had called out. Why there were a griffin in this area to begin with were anypony's guess, as she didn't see what they'd do here since she thought they all stayed in Griffinstone, but that wasn't important any. What were, was that the griffon in question had something that belonged to Krystal, and if her daddy had taught her anything more than the rest, it were that you should help others, and getting this back would surely be along those lines too.

 

Granted, he had also told her many a time that she should stay safe, and not jump head-first into trouble, but she were a filly. THese sort of warnings came a little... Late, in the thought process. Sometimes never. Hopefully, nothing bad would happen here though. It was just a griffin that didn't know better, right?

[asdfmovienerd39 55]

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"Alright. Got it. Let's get rolling​ with the autographs, then." he chuckled, levitating the pen and signing all of the papers, but with different puns. Of course he used the signature comic sans style writing he always used when signing autographs, and signed his name after every pun.

 

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"I shall release him. But, if I hear any screams of pain, be it from her or him, I shall rush over to heal whoever it was that got hurt." Zen smiled, and let go of the male griffin.

 

[FanOfManyShows 399]

@@Blitz Boom, Astral looked at the envelope. The keys were laid on the table, before Astral grabbed them. She hadn't realized she'd be receiving a house here in Canterlot of all places. "Uh, thanks." She grabbed the envelope. "We may still need help finding the house though." She turned the envelope around, looking at the address. "Even with the address." She took another chocolate truffle. "But aside from that, I'm grateful you were willing to give this to us." She said taking a bite out of the truffle.

 

"Why did you get it?" Misty asked suddenly, tilting her head whilst looking at Scarcity.

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[EQ_Theta 477]

@@Blitz Boom

 

It is incriminating evidence that the previous elder did try to actively get rid of him, but the way that recording sounded.... It was as if he was either genuine in his desire to want utopia. Either that or he is lying under and he really only wants to consolidate his power. Infuriating as it was, there was the matter of whether or not elder Ghilan knew about these and didn't bring it up. It was suspicious but Sen didn't want to make this tense moment worse out of fear of pushing Omen and Lin away from him. His anger was testing him.

"I don't know why he would do this, unless he knew someone would listen," Sen replied. "The magic here is common; these flowers are used to record messages for all sorts of purposes but this one here... I don't know whether I should be baffled or furious, or maybe I can just tear that other one because I've heard enough."

 
Sen was just about to pick up the second flower when Lin beats him to it. "Brother, I know you are angry but until we can gather enough information out of these flowers, I'm not letting you handle this one."

He didn't argue but was anxious to listen. He angrily responded with: "Just get it over with." 

[Blitz Boom 4,731]

 

Void looked somewhat mortified at Pinkie to begin with, as the way she jumped on Storm's head would likely cause him to either keel over and hit the ground hard, or get his neck snapped. Yet for some reason neither happened. Why, it barely looked like the impact made him react at all whilst the pink attacker merrily say her hellos and went on her way once more.

 

"...She seems... Happy."

 

It were far for her to be as judgemental as Null tended to be, nor as blunt, but she did have her thoughts that there was something about that mare that should make her keep an eye out for her. She wouldn't say crazy yet, but being able to land on somepony's head like that, whilst not being a light pegasi or deal any damage, were something that wasn't normal at least. Not in her experience.

 

"B-But it's good she's here. Foals needs parents, even if it's not their real ones. Things can go b-badly when you don't have any. Though I'm still sorry to hear that Grey's real ones are... I-It's not an easy thing to go through."

 

She put one of the tables on her back, then followed it with another one after that. She were a robust earth pony, so it shouldn't be much of an issue. The same logic could be used for Storm likely, even if he were a pegasi, considering he hadn't bend his neck before, so she tentatively moved the last two over towards him.

 

"Mind if I ask, how did you do that thing before? Most pegasi I know are not s-strong, and their bones are weaker than most, but you barely moved from getting P-Pinkie bouncing on your head. Half-blood perhaps?"

 

The segue wasn't impressive from one topic to the other, but she figured that Storm didn't want to dwell on death right now, and especially not when it involved his adopted son, so she just jumped towards the next thing on the list, as to not get them both trapped in a depressed mood by accident.

 

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@dragon4111

 

"Yes, of course. Let me see..."

 

It had taken some seconds before Clayton had answered, but considering that the package that had suddenly increased in size before him, were it really that hard to think that he had paused some? He might deal with a few zebras now and again, but not enough to really see much of their magic, which included this odd sorcery.

 

Still, he signed where he were asked and tried not to ask, as the answer would likely just end up confusing or horrifying him in some way. Experience thus far with Draco had at least learned him that, though he weren't sure if the pony were somewhat mad or just liked to mess around with him. Potentially both.

 

He couldn't argue against the speed of his services though. This had barely taken an hour, and would normally have been something that could have taken at least six, so as much as his methods disturbed him, the results certainly were top notch. He had to check the box though to see if everything were the right size still though of course, but first, the signatures needed.

 

It didn't take more than a few seconds to sign, and afterwards, he had a small look in the crate and saw the hinges he had asked for, as well as a letter that somewhat surprised him to see, considering him and his father usually communicated when he were home, or at worst, through letters sent by regular mail. Perhaps this was simply because it eas easier? Might be it were too important to wait as well, but he'd see eventually. For now, he had his business to conduct with Draco, which technically were over now that he were done writing, and with the white mare that seemed to be nearly glued to hid side.

 

"There you go, and thank you once more for a speedy service Draco. This should get the forepony off my back for a little while hopefully."

 

He corrected his tie a little and stuck a hoof forth towards the mare, offering a shake to not seem rude.

 

"Clayton Quartz ma'am. Nice to meet you."

 

Long Stare didn't say anything, but just looked at the outstretched hoof and squeezed a little closer to Draco, which made Clayton take a step back and put down his hoof.

 

"I-Is there something wrong? I swear, I didn't mean to cause offense."

 

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@@BloodDrops

 

Nerzhei had taken caution in making sure that Blood didn't actually touch the gems, even if she got close enough to have a whiff of them, and listened on as the pony for some reason went into an aggressive mood. Or well, she could see why, as perhaps she had not explained fully what she were going to do, which were one of the reasons why she didn't respond with her own annoyance, but instead barely reacted on the growling, went down on a knee so that she could look the pony more directly in the eyes, and started to calmly explain things.

 

"You said yourself, that your disease is so contagious that contact alone could infect, and if that is the case, being close to your blood alone could potentially be infectious, as it should contain a concentrated dosage of the illness. Worst case, doing any sort of test could result in it getting airborne, and best case, your blood slightly drying and letting of vapors could end up infecting me, neither of which is preferable.

 

As such, I need to try and get you stabilized first. A cure would be preferable right off the bat, but the only thing I have even heard about that could likely do this do this, is either a panacea, or a dosage of harmony magic. A panacea is a holy grail of medical science, but not something real yet far as I know, whereas harmony is something tangible that can be worked with. However, I have never been able to even find the slightest sliver of harmony magic.

 

I have theories about how it is created, and how it could be kept stable enough to be tested on, but it is simply that. Theories, and those reuire magic I haven't got any access too.

 

What I do have, is gems that contains sliver of other sorts of magic. Wind, water, fire and earth makes for the four nature elements. Light, Dark and Soul makes the elements of the cycle of life, and The last... Contains a sliver of Breezie magic. You don't want to know the amount of trust and patience it takes to have them give you even a sliver of this thing."

 

Nerzhei went through the gems as she explained, ending with the glassy pink gem. One could think that the story of how she got this were interesting, but perhaps another one would be how she got hold of the others as well. Especially one that contained some degree of soul magic, as that sort were not exactly main stream.

 

"I have tried to use these before to create a synthetic harmony gem before, and I can tell you from experience that wood will not hold the volatile forces in place when it attempts to form enough. It will shatter, and what the magic will do, even in these small amounts, is for anyone to guess. Metal worked the last time to hold it, but the experiment failed. I tried to add a sliver of curse magic, and it devoured the whole thing, turning it into a stone that I pray noone will ever uncover from the volcano I buried it in.

 

I found later this will not create me harmony in any case, as I still lack something, though the passage of the book I found were too damaged to tell me what, but I believe these can still be used to potentially craft a minor balance gem that could potentially surpress things and keep it contained. A medallion of sorts, that would even things and make you less volatile, so to speak.

 

Make no mistake: I will run tests on it and make sure it isn't dangerous, which will require some patience from your side as trial and error will be the only way to get this right, but I will not try and bring you into danger, and if it succeeds, it means I should be able to study your blood-work somewhat safely, and work more specifically to try and find a cure for you that is less magical. Something the zebra book will hopefully help with.

 

But, I will still need metal for this, along with a forge. So either we go to town, and the blacksmith will ask questions, or we take advantage of there being a pony in the woods that could be used to our advantage. And if anyone asks, it is simply for my own tests.. Noone needs to know what you carry around with you, like you asked.

 

Does this explain things better, Blood? I know it is highly theoretical work, but at this point in time, I believe it the best thing to do for now. I do however, require you to give me an ounce of trust on this. Can you try that?"

 

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@asdfmovienerd39

 

Sea Breeze looks on the pieces of papers, and smirked at the puns that were written on these. They were really cheesy, but come on, you should be able to laugh about silly stuff like that now and again, or at least give an amused smile

 

"Dude, I totally owe you one now. She'd gonna be pumped about this. Why, you might even say that this will rock her world. Eh?"

 

He elbowed Deadpan a little. Nothing forcefully of course, just a friendly pat that fitted the tone of his voice as he gave his little piece to the pun war.

 

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@asdfmovienerd39

 

Null let out a sigh, and rolled her eyes before directly going over and tapping Zen on the shoulders, then point towards the door.

 

"Hey, somepony awake on the first floor? We're leaving. Give the griffons a chance to speaks things out without us sticking our muzzles in what seems a family matter Or do I need to clock you one and drag you outside?"

 

She didn't want to do this, but at the same time, she were prepared for it if it came to that. Usually she wouldn't do this, and would stick around as much as it damned well pleased her, but this really did seem a heavy, family matter, and if there were one thing that she did respect, it were family. And especially ones that had issues they needed to get through, which didn't get helped by a couple of strangers asking them stuff along the way.

 

Let them get it sorted, then see if it was okay to ask some questions.

 

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@Lloyd

 

Scarcity went over and looked at the filly with a warm look in her eyes and a slight smirk, contemplating answering her question.

 

"I think it better if your friend tells you that, my dear. I'm sure that Chow wouldn't mind telling plenty of things as soon as you have left and head towards your new home, which I assume he is wanting to do right away?"

 

She didn't even need to look to know that he had moved over towards the door. He were far too predictable to not have done that in her experience.

 

"Aye, I think we need to. I know where the address is, so we should get over there and stash your things kiddos before they start to grow mold."

 

He watched as Scarcity slowly went behind her desk once more, and sat down on her comfy seat, all without breaking eye contact with him.

 

"Feel free to take the bowl and its content with you if you wish to, Astral. Consider it a housewarming gift that should fit well on one of the tables. And as for you Chow... I will be seeing you tomorrow."

 

"Yeah... I'll be waiting in the shop when it is. But for now, we need to get going. Come along Astral and Misty, ain't no use growing roots here."

 

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@EQ_Theta

 

"Perhaps I should take the other one too, before it gets destroyed? Might be something we need."

 

Omen opened her mouth and let out her tongue, who'd seek out the flower Sen were holding and wrap around the stem, though if he wasn't letting go off it, she'd likely not be unable to get it away from him. She couldn't use force, since flowers always seemed so fragile to her, and this one were important. Or at least she thought it were. The information in it sounded like it would be at least, and the way Sin cared for the other one not getting destroyed made it appear valuable to them somehow too.

 

What it contained were all the value there were to it though, far as she knew. There hadn't been a trace of energy left on it to track for her, so unfortunately, no dice there, as some ponies said. The other one might be different, but she doubted it. If she wanted to have the energy she needed to track things, she were likely going to need another source, though they'd take that when it got there. First off, they had a message to hear, though she hoped it wouldn't make Sen too angry. It might be bad if he went on a rampage in this town.

 

"Make the flower speak, please?"

[Moonlit 593]

@@Driz,  @@Blitz Boom, Serenade rolls her eyes "Fresh muffins, just finished making them before I went out to look for you." Serenade slowly walks back toward her house, which managed to weather most of what Ponyville suffered. "I should warn you, Fah'lina is...she's not wild, but she's also not domesticated. She's....trained us" 

[Storm Shine 1,197]

@@Blitz Boom, 

 

"Pinkie is... Well, she's unique." Storm shook his head slightly as he picked up the two tables. "As for Grey's parents, he actually wasn't too broken up about it... From what he told me, his parents were always pretty distant from him. He's been happier ever since they died, so.. While it is sad that anypony died, at least he's happier now."

 

"As for me..." Storm chuckled as he moved on to the next item on the list. "Well I'm not really normal by Pegasi standards, or.. Anypony's I guess. In fact my whole family is a bit off in their own ways..." He got a slightly far off look in his eyes as he smiled. "But yeah, my dad is an Earth pony and my mom is a Pegasus." Storm's eye twitched slightly, "And my little brother is a Pegasus with a fox tail.. So lucky." he whispered the last part to himself. "Anyways, Twilight ran some tests on me once; she seemed convinced that I'm made at least partially out of rubber."

[dragon4111 914]

@Blitz Boom

"Don't weorry you didn't do anything wrong she's just a very shy pony. Had trouble getting to know her when she first moved in. But she seems to love my antics," Draco said jokingly with a grin on his muzzle. He looked to Long Stare and chuckled slightly. "Her name is Long Stare and she is a pretty mare isn't she?" Draco asked while also complimenting Long Stare.

[asdfmovienerd39 55]

 

stuff

 

 

Zen blinked a bit, then gave her head a quick shake. "My apologies, Null, I do tend to get caught up in the moment of things." Zen smiled and started to leave the room, but she still gave Null an apologetic look.

 

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"I sea ​what you did there." Deadpan laughed. "Sorry for the obvious joke, dude. I just had to take it."

[FanOfManyShows 399]

@@Blitz Boom, She looked at Scarcity, and then the bowl. "I'd assume you could always buy a new one anyways..." She said before taking the bowl with her. She walked out with the rest of them, Misty following along, to the main area if the shop, snacking on the chocolate truffles as Astral did. Even whilst she exited the shop she snacked on them until she had managed to eat through all of them. she looked at the empty bowl, she could use it as something to leave on a table, or for casual eating from.

 

Misty had expected a stranger answer, her question was only because it seemed as if Scarcity got the home just for them. She walked out the store, jumping on the wagon. "Nothing here has gotten moldy, so we're good to go." Misty yelled out to the rest of the group.

 

Astral chuckled at Misty's comment, standing next to the wagon, waiting for Chow to get the thing hooked up to him. "You're leading the way, again, it seems." She said, with a light chuckle from herself. "Seems you're always the one leading us everywhere doesn't it?" She asked tilting her head at him.

[Driz 1,552]

@@Moonlit

@@Blitz Boom 

 

"Well, I mean.... Something did hit my head. We wouldn't really be lying then, huh?" She giggled. "Yeah, muffins sound great!" Trinket said with a smile, following them both while carrying her toolbox between her teeth. After finishing her lunch break, she'd most likely have to get right back to work. If she could finish that one cottage she started on before the sunset, it would already be more than enough for a day. She was feeling great: meeting new ponies, getting to walk around Ponyville for a while (even though it's seen better days) and, on top of it all, enjoy some fresh muffins.

 

"Also, I've been meaning to ask... You mentioned this Fah'lina a little earlier... What exactly is it? Is it a cat, or... a dog? Like a pet of yours?" She asked, curious.

[Moonlit 593]

@@Moonlit, @@Driz, "She's a....what did Luna call her again, I've forgotten. And no, she's not a pet she's more like a companion. She hangs around us because she finds Ziggy irresistibly chewy and I feed her and my house has some good hiding and hunting spots." Serenade keeps walking.

[cwhip9 1,078]

 

 

"Interesting, but I think it needs more spice. Garlic perhaps? Starswirl tended to like to add that to food. He said it brought a lot of good out in the dishes."

 

 

Cresent paused giving him a puzzled look "name one vampony you ever herd of eating garlic, by the way" The bat pony said lowering his voice so the youngster wouldn't hear him

 

"most pony's don't eat meat do to them being vegetarians I'm unsure how comfy he'll be around eating meat" Cresent said then pulling back from the feline talking in his usual tone.

 

"Garlic aint the best for vamps yet there's something better" he said going to a cabinet pulling out the spice's. Some of them the feline could recognize some and others possibly not. He pulled out a herb labeled taco and another hey he smiled taking a whiff of them then added it to the pasta.

[EQ_Theta 477]

@@Blitz Boom

 

Lin fiddled around with the flower in the hopes of getting it to reveal the message it contained. There was the occasional poking and tapping on the petals and sepals, and the reluctance to wedge one of her claws into the whorled object. She read much about it being inadvisable to do so but she'd rather hear the message than fuss around with it. Besides, the flowers are still in relatively good shape and it looks healthy enough despite being severed from the ground and any source of nutrients. 

After a bit of poking along the tips of the petals, the flower opened and just like the one before it, a bright flash of light followed with blue specks spreading outwards. This time, however, the specks formed a shape of an elderly longma looking straight at the group, its eyes and head appearing to acknowledge the presence of everyone in the room at that moment. 

Let me get right to the point. Why is it that I did what I did? Simple, really. The elders before me have all led us astray; we've held strong when we first set our sights on this land and we prospered under strict leadership. But when times began to change, they allowed it to change them, and that sight of paradise began to fade away. Their problems remained unsolved and left us with even more things to worry about, and so it falls to me to weed out these elements and return to a time when purity and obedience ruled over freedom. It makes living that much easier when the many are told what to believe in and what to do. This system worked before and it will work again.

Sen looked hard at the image of the longma before him, gritting and grinding his teeth with anger. He remembers the night he fled under the cover of darkness, to escape the trial he knew he wouldn't win. But that last night with his family was also the hardest he had to endure... A difficult memory to speak of, one filled with mixed emotions, none of them pleasant. Lin wondered just how much her brother had to go through as she began to piece the puzzle together and for a moment, could feel the emotions Sen felt. Anger and sadness swirling together, tugging at her and refusing to stop. It was all new to her, a side effect of the cure maybe?

It would seem you thought hard, Sen. The decision to abandon the village was smart and it made my job easier. Or it would've been the case if not for your father taking your place in the trial. I made sure he had a taste of what my tenure as elder would entail, and you disappearing before the trial would only show your blatant disregard for the values taught to you. Perhaps being away for a time would get your thoughts straightened out but eventually you will have to come home and when you do, I will be waiting. 

The message ends there with Sen stunned in silence. It would seem as if the elder knew Sen would find this recording, and it ended with a warning to him. Maybe this elder is a lot closer than anyone thinks and he wants him to know it.

[Blitz Boom 4,731]

@Moonlit

@Driz

 

"I think she called her a knight-squirrel? Something like that. I just tend to call her a mimic, because... Hehe, actually, I'll just let you wait and see. I bet she'll get a kick out of it being a surprise."

 

Normally she'd likely warn a bit more in detail about Fah'lina, but considering how the poor little thing must be feeling right now, having the chance to scare somepony for a quick laugh might do her a world of good, and Trinket didn't look like the sort who had a weak heart that could make this a bother. There weren't any of the signs at least, though if she were wrong, she did have training to help with that. Medical school in Las Pegasus were pretty strict about their students having to learn that, and she'd agree with them that it were for the better to know this, as heart issues could rarely wait until you got them to a hospital. Not untreated at least.

 

"She's harmless though, no worries. Kinda odd in it, and a lot smarter than she looks like, but not a threat to ponies in general from what I can tell.

 

Met her in the forest a few weeks back by chance, and she basically found it funny to mess with me, so she kept following me, and then she got to Ponyville and found out that as long as you act the right way you might get snacks... Well, easy food is easy food after all. And like Serenade says, she's got things to chase after and a lot of high places Fah'lina can hide, which seems to be her preferred angle on things.

 

I wanna know something now, please? I wanna know more about the toys. What sort do you make? How does the shop look like? How did you hear about Ponyville all the way from there less than a day after it was attacked? All sorts of things."

 

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@cwhip9

 

Want me to make it simpler and mention the *vamponies* I have actually met? Including you, that will only take a single claw."

 

Zinthar had never run into any sort of pony that participated in meat or blood before Crescent. It wasn't in their nature as far as he knew, what with being herbivores and all that instead of predators, though if he had to point a finger at any sort of pony-like creature that might have enjoyed this, thestrals still wouldn't be on the list. They might seem pretty different, but in his mind, they looked to be more related to fruit bats than something more sinister, and the term *vampony* were not something he had ever heard them call themselves either.

 

Granted, he had only heard a few snippets back when Starswirl were still around, and then seen a few... *converts* later on, but there hadn't been anything making him think them bloodsuckers or meat-eaters.  Perhaps the vampony thing were a subspecies amongst them? Possible, but so were it that they were just not very open with this part. Might be something worth looking into as time went by.

 

He were about to answer to the other part of Crescent's response, that being about the youngster, when he opened up a spice that made the feline wrinkle his nose a little. The smell were not something he could tell right off the bat - no pun intended - what were, nor whatever or not it was a bad or a good smell, but it didn't last long in it's current form as it was mixed with the other things he had going for the dish, so for the time being, he'd be tentative and just call it interesting.

 

"...And the colt. I think he saw worse things at this Zecora's hut, no? Unless you aim to wrap the food in fur or something like that, I think it will mean little. And if it does... Hmhmhm, I have ways of *helping* his mind."

 

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@Lloyd

 

"Ain't true. You lead me to your house in the forest, remember? If I had to lead you to that, we'd likely still be in the forest, and you'd be laughing your flank off at me for driving us in circles."

 

It was true that Chow were a hunter, and as such he knew how to track, but he hadn't exactly been trained in hunting down ponies. He went for animals, who were quite a bit simpler to track and were usually predictable, whereas ponies might as well suddenly stop and crawl into a tree for no reason for example. Combine this with how well these two's house had been blending in with the rest of the forest unless you looked at it from the right angle, and he'd likely have made them wander about for a good, long time whilst Astral went full on hyena.

 

Granted, he could track ponies if he got some time to work with, but it had to be a pretty non-crowded area or they needed to have something different about their steppes that others didn't, and with the chaos from ponies fleeing town... Not a dang chance.

 

"Besides, just good that I know my way 'round this here town. Canterlot's pretty big and could make you confused if you've never been here before, which you gals haven't after all. It ain't too far from here, that's true, but still."

 

They wandered a bit more with him thinking to himself about something, not being in much of a rush, before he turned his head towards the kids again. Something he wanted to get out the way before they got there.

 

"What's your first impressions on Canterlot thus far by the way? Big ol' town and all that compared to Ponyville. With a healthy dosage of sky-sniffer slapped in over it for good measure."

 

The last part were added as he glared at a noble that had passed them and given a displeased look to see somepony like them in town. He had also raised his voice a bit to make the snob hear it, but as expected, the only reaction there had been a grimace and moving away faster.

 

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@asdfmovienerd39

 

"Don't sweat it."

 

It was the only thing she said whilst they were still in the room, which were not for many seconds more since Zen had finally gotten it through that noggin' of his that they had to give the feather-bundles some privacy. Sure, she were curious as heck about what the hay were going on, but she knew that in the same situation, she wouldn't want to answer things, and would in fact likely have lashed out in anger. Timing were really everything when it came to wonky situations like this.

 

When they got into the hallway, she closed the door behind them, then let out a small sigh.

 

"Family matters. Frankly more secure to step around places with quicksand than trying to tip-toe around that sort of thing when you're not part of it. I'm sure they'll be talkative later on and explain a few things. Like why the heck there's griffins in this here town. I thought they didn't usually roam Equestria? Or haven't I gotten the full scope on how equal this country really is?"

 

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@asdfmovienerd39

 

"It's okay dude. Sometimes you just have to try something and then see if it pans out for you."

 

Sea Breeze had been sitting on that one for a few minutes now, just waiting for the right moment to fire it off. Granted, it wasn't all of his name, but nothing good would come from him mentioning dead right now. He had done that once already, and frankly it was amazing that he hadn't chocked considering how far his big hoof had gone down his stupid muzzle.

 

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@dragon4111

 

"Ah, I see. My apologies."

 

Considering how Stare flared up like a tomato when Draco had called her pretty, he had his thoughts on how things were with the two of them, but it were something he would rather keep to himself. Assumptions were fine and all, but experience had told him that keeping them to yourself and then see what ended up being true, really were the best way to approach things. Otherwise, all sorts of bad vibes would spread, and the atmosphere might end up pretty sour, and both in business and in social manners, that was not a good thing.

 

"I think me complimenting her would perhaps be too much, if she is as shy as you say. Perhaps something for another time, when the situation is more calm in it, yes?

 

If I may ask, did your trip to Canterlot go well? No incidents? No buildings hit or something, right?"

 

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"I-I'm sorry to hear about his parents..."

 

Void could have said several things here. Among them, something about how you shopuld never think it good when somepony's parents where dead, but she couldn't even say if that were true here or not. If they were just distant, it would be horrible, but it had sounded a bit like there might be more too it. Just being distant shouldn't mean you were happier when they were gone, so... had they perhaps been awful parents? It were not something she liked to think about, but it might have been so, in which case she really didn't want to dig deeper into this. Something Storm seemed to thankfully agree with as he moved on to the next topic, which were to speak of his own family.

 

"My sister and I are k-kinda the same. Our mum was a pegasus, and our dad an earth pony, but Null is a pegasus like h-her, with dad's temper, while I'm like him, but with mum's mood. She was... A kind mare.

 

I guess you can say we also have something wrong with us. N-Not that I mean something is wrong with you, or your brother for having a fox tail, I-I'm just saying... I-I mean..."

 

Void stopped and took a few deep breaths to try and collect herself again. If she had kept on talking, it would just have gone worse, and potentially ended with her in a corner somewhere, whimpering about what stupid things she had been saying this time, but the small break helped her to collect herself a little. Hopefully enough.

 

"I j-just mean, something is different too. Null and I... We have a sort of aura around us. Of A-Antimagic. It shuts things down, and makes magic f-fizzle out. Except curse stuff. That just goes dormant. It's not... A nice thing to have. H-Honestly, I'd prefer to be made somewhat of rubber too. That sounds nice and durable. O-Or is it because of the bouncy thing Grey mentioned?"

 

A small smile went back on her face as she remembered the story again, and the visual vaguely came to mind for a moment. It wasn't much, but it were something that made her happy to think about, which she could use right now. Especially after letting out the family secret, though Storm seemed nice thus far, and he wasn't a unicorn after all, so perhaps he wouldn't judge on this? She hoped so at least. He seemed like somepony that would be nice to have as a friend, if possible.

 

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@EQ_Theta

 

Interesting, so it wasn't all of the longma that knew how to use these flowers? It didn't seem so at least, when you considered how Lin were fumbling around with it at first.

 

But then again, perhaps she did know, but since she had changed, she wasn't as certain anymore how to do it? Her form looked somewhat similar, yet she had changed a good deal all things considered and had been shown to struggle with what she were now b before. Might be it wasn't just the effects of being half of what Omen were, but also a more physical thing than she had first thought? Possible.

 

Times like this, Omen really wished that Mother were here. She always seemed to have the answers, and knew how to help her children when they were going astray or needed guidance. She would have known what to do to ease Lin's transaction more, and guide her in the first times, instead of Omen having to try and tell her the few things she knew about the situation at hoof. Not what were going on right now with the flower, as she couldn't really say or do anything here, but more in regards to things likethe questions she had at night, when the others were sleeping.

 

Yet, Mother had told them to go on for now, and had yet to contact them back. Perhaps she were still busy with their new siblings, but her way of doing things could often be hard to understand for Omen, so it might also be possible that she simply wanted them to do well on their own. Another possible thing to consider, but as the flower were opened and the message poured out, the line of thought vanished under what were now heard. Words that filled her head and circled around, becoming more and more vile every time it began anew.

 

"Perhaps I should give him to Master Discord as a new toy?"

 

The words were as neutral as they tended to be, though she felt the slight bubbling of anger in her own head when things went through, and especially at the last part, where it were told that Sen's father had been punished for what he had done.

 

Though she doubted many things, and could use a good once over with the stick of learning, she knew without doubt that those that willingly harmed their own family, or those that made the family of others suffer for something a relative to them did, were no longer to be considered actual beings. They had crossed a line that wasn't acceptable to her and her kind, and if it wasn't because she wasn't violent, she'd likely do something herself.

 

But since all she could do were passive things like send others through gates, which were generally more defensive than anything else, the best she could do in these situations were to just let another do things. Might be Sen wanted to do stuff on his own for example, but objectively speaking, she were pretty sure that Discord could make the former elder regret things more sufficient. Though, if Sen wanted to do things on his own, she wouldn't try to stop him. It was his case, and his father that had been hurt after all. Made sense that he had the first right to do things.

 

"The reasons for taking freedom sounds like it could make sense, but the punishment doesn't. Your father isn't you, so why should he be hurt makes no sense.for something like this? Pointless. Cruel."

 

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"How do I keep getting roped into this?"

 

The mare mumbled to herself as she walked outside the theater after loosing another three hours of her eternity on useless filler. That is what it felt like to her at least, and what she would refer to it as regardless of how much Cadence said it was to *broaden her horizon* and introduce her to a bit of the higher culture.

 

The princess weren't here in Canterlot, obviously, as she were busy caring for her foal and had several other things to do back in the Crystal Kingdom anyway - at least that's what she had been told - but that didn't mean she could skip out on attending this performance. The contract were binding, and she had to do Cadence's bidding if she ordered it, even if it were mindless things like this.

 

Granted, she did think performances were interesting at times, and the ones that were there tonight hadn't been bad, but three hours? She may be nearing her fourth millennia, but that still felt like a lot of time to use on something that could have feasibly been done in one, and then just spread out the acts.

 

Oh well, at least it were over now, and she hadn't been summoned yet, so she supposed this gave her some time off then. Might as well use that to wander around Canterlot if it came to that, though she'd wait here at the theater a little more. She needed to listen on things, and see if the guards would want to go for her once again, simply because of her differences, or if the words had managed to spread all around this time, so they'd leave her alone. She might be a demonic infused mare wearing mysterious garbs, have flaming ears and a long, scaly tail waving behind her, but she were a legal citizen, and it were becoming tiring.

 

She felt a harsh chill as she corrected her thick scarf once more, though thankfully it were short lived. Even if it were but autumn currently, it still felt like needles of pure ice assaulted her if she didn't have these clothes warming her body by several degrees above what most ponies would be able to survive.

 

*sigh* How she longed for the day when she could find a spell or an object that would warm her body instead of this. She missed the freedom of not wearing things such as this, or the feeling of the sun bathing her in its light. Even if it meant her markings would show, she didn't really care. She got strange looks regardless, so what would the difference really be?

[J.R. 3,183]

Meanwhile, having heard about a monster causing destruction in Ponyville, a https://mlpforums.com/page/roleplay-characters/_/vera-infernium-r8311'>mare was sent to investigate it. She kept her sword sheathed at her side as she walked into town, making sure not to attract attention. What she was really after, was any information she could find.

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Edited December 18, 2016 by J.R.

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@@Blitz Boom

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"Knight-squirrel?..." She tilted her head, trying hard to compute that information any way she could. Needless to say, the image that immediately popped in her mind was of a small rodent with fluffy tail, wearing silver armor and miniature sword and shield to fit its tiny little paws. Cute, to say the least. But the more the two tried to explain, the less the blue mare actually understood. Trinket had a blank, dumbfounded expression on her face while she listened to Serenade's and Ziggy's explanation, when she noticed that she had been asked a question.

 

"...Oh! Um..." She cleared her throat. "Well... My family's store has grown quite a lot these past few years, thankfully. We started off as a small craftwork shop, where my dad worked wood into sculptures, furniture, and a bunch of other things. He taught me some basics and I started crafting toys out of wood for myself when we couldn't afford much. I guess my parents noticed that I had some sort of talent in making toys and we invested in it. We can make a whole lot of different types of toys. To name a few, we have jigsaw puzzles, marionettes, puppets, plushies, action figures, card games, tabletop games... uh... coloring books, pop-up books, miniatures, collectibles, a slime-like thingy you can throw at the wall and it sticks to it that I forgot the name of... and so on. Nowadays, our store is fairly well-known in Baltimare... Looks more like an amusement park than anything." She giggled.

 

"And I heard about Ponyville just fairly recently. I was planning on going out of Baltimare to run some errands anyway, and someone on the train station was talking about the devastation of the village by some 'demons' or whatever, and about how they needed volunteers. It was just convenient for me, I guess" She smiles.