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[Midnight_Aurora 571]

@@Blitz Boom

 

*Cacora moved almost silently after the voice. Her steps very light as her currently Pegasus type magic made her very light. She stopped once she was near the shadows.* "How long have you been here? I have been here for as long as I can remember." *She says, while removing a firefly jar from her saddlebags and letting their light cascade over the area.* 'I had hoped to let these guys go at Fluttershy's but then the town was attacked. Not this is happening.'

Edited March 11, 2017 by Midnight_Aurora

[Seamore Sandwich 471]

@@Blitz Boom

@@Moonlit

 

Luna levitated the letter over to herself and quickly read it. She was definitely shocked at the news that the gemstone had broken, though her shock could only be seen for a moment before she got out a quill. "One moment," she said as she wrote a quick letter. When she was done with the letter, she sealed it in an envelope, marked it with Serenade's address, then started writing on another paper. After that, she levitated both the letter and the note, which was a list of ingredients, over to Stargazer, then asked, "If you would, please bring this note to the apothecary, and the letter then to the address on the envelope. It is imperative that this be done quickly."

 

 

@@Widdershins

 

"I am no performing monkey, and I don't do parlor tricks for the amusement of an audience. This is your one warning: be careful what you wish for. If you ask me to show my magic again, I will, but you'll wish I hadn't," Hunter said calmly. It should be clear from the tone of his voice that he had said this many times before, and that he was serious.

 

 

@@Blitz Boom

 

"I'm honestly just doing things the way my parents taught me: use great ingredients all around, but only use the highest quality ingredients where they'll shine most," Penny replied as she typed the totals into her register and bagged Scarcity's merchandise in a brown paper bag with handles and the shop logo printed in color. "That way, each piece of candy has its own unique flavor. It actually allows me to keep a greater variety in stock when we're running low of certain things, too. Also, some of the high quality ingredients would be overwhelming together. For example, if I used Saddle Arabian buttermilk in the Sailor Bars, which have Celestial Seasalt in them, the flavor would be too much. Definitely not the flavor combination you'd want. That'll be six bits please ."

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[Lil' Lovebug 1,041]

Satin followed Vivid as they went through the town. When her eyes met the inn, they lit up. "No bench for me tonight," she whispered to herself.

 

"Thank you Vivid," Satin said. "I may have to see if that wine shop is still there tomorrow. It's not my preferred drink, but it is much better than cider, in my opinion. Cider will have to do tonight though. Traveling really takes it's toll. But yes, you're right. I'll go ask if they have a room." Satin walked into the inn, waving at Vivid to follow.

 

The inn was filled with ponies, talking and drinking away to their heart's content. As she walked in, she noticed eyes staring at her in a mix of fear, shock, and confusion. Eventually, the whole in was staring at her, the talking limited to a small murmur here and there. Panic welled up in Satin's chest and she quickly exited from the inn. She took a moment, taking deep breaths to stop herself from panicking, before walking back over to Vivid.

 

"On second thought, maybe I should find a nice cozy alley or bench for tonight."

 

'Why? do I feel like this?' she asked to herself. 'I got used to using my normal form in Canterlot, why did this feel so different? So many eyes on me isn't unnatural. Maybe it's because I'm used to Canterlot or because I integrated there slowly? So many scared and confused eyes.... All i could taste was fear...' Tears started to well up in her eyes. 'Do they just see me as just a love sucking monster?'

[Blitz Boom 4,621]

@@Moon Dancer.

 

"Awh how cute, you're blushing."

 

The mare giggled a little from her position beneath his face before straightening up to a sitting position again.

 

"I've been in here for the past... Oh, I don't know anymore. A while at least, and I haven't heard about what have been going on out there. I don't know why anypony would be after you for moving things though. The town's really messed up so all the help is good, right? Not like you hurt anypony too bad, or we'd know."

 

She did know that three had died in town yesterday, but today? Nah, not a peep on that front, so no reason to worry so much she'd say, which meant she had no issues in moving a bit closer again and look at him with the same relaxed smile on her face that she had thus far.

 

"My name's Sorrow. What's yours? Might it be Mr. Blushy?"

 

Another small giggle escaped her as she said this, knowing full well that the odds of that were pretty small, but finding it a little funny anyway.

 

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@@Moon Dancer.

@@Shineling

 

Alonsus were noticeably confused when Pinkie apparently came out of nowhere and hugged him, before vanishing as quickly again as she had shown back to the counter, leaving only the fresh scent of cupcake in the air.

 

Or okay, she had left one on the table and the smell of that wafted up towards his nostrils, but the other thing sounded better in his head.

 

He send a glance towards the counter now, where she stood as the ray of sunshine she tended to be, in front of Transmutation, who seemed to have taken in that he should give some of the pastries a go. It would be sort of interesting to see how their interaction went from this point, and as he had his soup, his bread and the newly acquired cupcake, he were all set to see the show unfold.

 

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@@Foxy Socks

 

"I-I don't know if I heard a f-fox before."

 

"I hate to interrupt, but I can assure you that we have heard one of them. Remember that sound a few night ago that you compared to, and I quote, *A demon that had dragged itself out of a swamp of pain*?"

 

Brittle shivered a little, then nodded. She recalled that one well.

 

"It is quite fascinating how such a small and nimble creature can make such noises, but I suppose you can't judge everything by the way it looks. I tried to do that the first time I actually met a fox, and only sensed this small, curious being near the river, tentatively wandering the edges of where I might have been able to reach it, which drew in my attention. Smart little creature was a diversion, and another one nicked a few of my fish while I was distracted.

 

I could have given chase, but quite frankly, I'd say they had earned them. Besides, it wasn't as embarassing as the next five times during the next few years I got tricked by others of them again. Cunning little things, and something I can understand wanting to resea- " *CLANG*

 

His words and his way forward were stopped as he wandered headfirst into a metallic sign that was danging from the side of a barber shop, which made him take a disoriented step backwards whilst he tried to get his bearings again.

 

A small, barely audible giggle were also heard for a short time after that, before Brittle managed to put her hoof up to her muzzle and stop herself. Apparently, this kind of slapstick entertainment amused her to at least some degree. Might not have if Briar was injured, but he seemed fine enough all things considered. No bleeding at least.

 

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@@Lloyd

 

"So the old bag of bones was listening in, eh? Well then, this is gonna be a hoot if I ever meet him."

 

Chow let out a hearty laugh as he locked the door and put the key in his bag, then turned to the two gals that were counting on him to show them the splendors of Canterlot. Or at least not get them lost, which would just be five kinds of embarrassing since yes, the town shops and such may have changed, but it had only been about a year. The streets wouldn't have undergone massive changes in that time, right? Right.

 

Hence, getting them lost was gonna make him come off as a bigger doofus than he already were, and he didn't need that on his rep. Had to let him have a little pride here.

 

But, internal yapping aside, it was about time to start the tour, which would start by getting to the market. if he didn't mess up in getting them there, he should be able to lead 'em to the garden from that point on.

 

"Alright, welcome to Double Chow's tour guides. Please follow in a straight line and don't feed the nobles, as the hussy little twonks might sneer at you."

 

A cheeky grin accompanied his little stunt of messing about again, before eading the way onward and keeping an eye around on other shops, including Scarcity's. He really had to remember that he had to go in there today and fulfill his part of their deal, whatever that turned out to be. He might have a general idea, but Scarcity could be pretty vague and dubious when she wanted to be, and trying to force something out of her were darn near impossible, so the full extend only she knew. Which were likely just the way she liked it, as he knew that she loved knowing things others didn't.

 

That aside, they were on their way and currently, from the looks of things, going down a more classy, clothes shop part of town.

 

"If you ever go insane and figure *Hey, I'm gonna play dress-up with Misty* this here's the place to go. Got all sorts of odds and ends, so I'm sure you can find something fitting for her. A pretty pink frilly dress perhaps?"

 

He looked at Misty as he said that, barely able to keep a laugh back. It was gonna backfire on him sooner or latter to mess with her, as she was the smart and devious one of the pair, but come on, how could he pass the chance to say something like this? besides, might be she actually did fancy looking at the dresses. Never knew what sort a pony were before testing them after all, eh?

 

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@@genessee

 

"Oh, so y-you're new to town as well then? Not a good time to have shown up, h-huh?"

 

It had sounded quite a bit better in her own head than it had when she had actually uttered the words, and the slight embarrassment over it almost made her want to just change topics, and fast at that, so she didn't step more in it. Yet thankfully, Lance did so himself in a way that made it sound like he wasn't too confident about things either. Or might be he was just not too good at segues. Whichever one it was, she wasn't going to question him about it, as it seemed like it might be a bit rude to do so, and she didn't want to step on anypony's hooves.

 

"Null is my b-big sister. She's taken care of me ever since we had to f-flee Troy, and I think she's at the h-hospital right now to try and help. She can be a little o-overprotective and sneer sometimes, but she just worries that s-something could happen all the time. She's a good pony though. E-even made all the legs I-I have used whilst growing up herself."

 

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@@EQ_Theta

 

After putting down the things she had to put in the pouch on the table, Omen looked at the offered green thing they called a *watercress* before cautiously sniffing it, not sure what to think on it as they started to talk about it having to be not too old, not to young, and her needing water to eat it perhaps. Usually she didn't have this issue, and had openly eaten things that were quite literally on fire before - the time she tried coal made everypony around her look at her like she were an absolute lunatic, even if she had just misunderstood it when somepony had asked if anypony could check if the grill was ready - but she were still cautious when it came with warnings from her friends.

 

Still, it seemed fine enough, so after a bit she took one and started chewing it down slowly, without twitching at the taste, though tilting her head a little to the left and right as she tried to figure out if this were good.

 

"Tastes funny. Weird aftertaste, but good? Warm at least."

 

A small *clink* were heard on the ground as a gem fell down from her head and landed on the floor, with the drake giving some distraught sounds on her forehead and trying to move down after it, before Omen picked it up and returned it up to the eager little thing again. Apparently, her tilting her head had made it loose it's grip on this, which it wasn't all too happy about. Considering the color of the jade were halfway gone too, she guessed it was because it had started to *eat* the gem, or whatever it was that it did that resulted in this. She frankly had no idea.

 

As the Elder gave her the string and pouch though, her focus was on this and she nodded at him as a sort of thanks she had seen before. Then came the work of tying the string around the head of the pouch to make it possible to have around the neck, whilst still making it possible to open it, which... Went poorly, to say the least.

 

How poorly? Enough so that within a minute, she had accidentally tied her own left front hoof to her head and trapped the tail of her drake in the process, without really having any idea how it got so bad, or how she had done this in a way so that the pouch was dangling from her left ear, and barely tied around even once. Quite frankly, if it had anything in it right now, it would likely have fallen to the floor.

 

When Ghilan came in again she looked over at him, Sen and Lin, still chewing on the leaves she had been given before and somewhat unable to move because of how she had tied herself up.

 

"Help please, I want to come along too."

 

The drake was none too happy about being trapped and writhed around, trying to get it's tail loose, but to no avail right now. It was as stuck as Omen, and with as little clue about how it had happened as her.

 

Hopefully they could get this sorted so they could be on their way. As Ghilan had said, it was time for them to learn about things now, and then move onward to trying to get hold of the former elder Salosan again, depending on what sort of information they found, if any. There'd likely be something, but you never knew when it came to Salosan it seemed.

 

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@@GingerLightning

 

Meeko popped her head out with a face full of dirt and a half tomato dangling on his ear. Seems like he had quite the fun time here, though that didn't mean that he didn't go over to Ginger the second she called. Pony friend did good things to him after all, though what was she holding? Circle thing? Was it some kind of toy?

 

He got closer and sniffed at the thing before it was placed around his neck, which made him give out a yelp and fall down while he desperately tried to claw the collar off from his neck. Something which were highly ineffective, but his instinct told him that this wasn't supposed to be here and it made him panic. He'd likely need some help calming down so that he might be able to get used to this thing.

 

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@@BloodDrops

@@Shineling

@@Missklang

 

"The technical term in my books are *tactile telekinesis*. Basically, even non-unicorns or alicorns have a small degree of selective magic that allows them to pick up things though essentially gluing it to their hooves with this subconscious magic. It's not something that's registered by your conscious mind from what it said, and can be hard to impossible to do in certain individuals, like those with specific mental traumas or damages.

 

At least, that's the theory. The book I have on pony physiology isn't exactly new, and the information might have been disproved by this point. I haven't had to time to stock up on more recent ones from the bookstore yet, though it is better than no information at least.

 

As for your request Blood..."

 

She were tempted to just say no, as she had no interest in getting her drool on her, as that likely could contain some of her disease, but she'd humor her for now, though she did cheat a little.

 

Using a bit of magic that rolled off her claws, she rose a hand of stone up from the ground that slowly took the rock up and lifted it, at which point Nerzhei would smirk slightly at the zombie pony. The hand bore semblance to her own, and by staying near the pony's field of vision, it should allow her to see exactly how she were picking things, and how joints in the clawed fingers helped well on that.

 

"Joints, opposable thumbs, and a palm. Effective in small things like this, or to grab hold of just about anything really. It can be easier to drop things than it is for ponies though if you don't focus on your grip."

 

Meanwhile, in the doorway to the hut, Blitz let go of Molotov's leg and looked up at him now that she had a chance to really, at which point she saw his metallic wings and her eyes widened.

 

"You have wings? Yey! I've tried to make some too for months."

 

"Yeah, I can see that, but they're too focused on a feather design. Bat pony inspired ones will work better, though I can't tell you how to do it right. Mother was always pretty clear on everypony needing to learn something on their own mostly, with only a few hints here and there."

 

"That's smart. I wouldn't wanna just copy either. i wanna make something that work myself, and then one day fly around like an alicorn, hehe. Your mom sounds really smart for thinking the same."

 

"Heh, that's a good one Blitz."

 

He laughed, though the clueless expression that went over his face at this started to make it fall apart slowly until the air went entirely out of the balloon. Blitz had never been good at masking what she really thought, so seeing her with not even a spark of recollection in her eyes, and considering how she had behaved around him thus far...

 

"Blitz... Don't you remember me?"

 

Blitz thought on it hard enough so that you could almost hear the gears in her brain crack, before shrugging her shoulders and looking up on him.

 

"Not really. Did you come around for fireworks once and didn't have the pretty wings on? Guess that's how you knew my name, unless Stormy told you? Who knows."

 

Her smiles and giggles were a stark contrast to the baffled, slightly horrified look that went over Molotov's, as he slowly turned around and looked over at Storm Shine.

 

"Why doesn't she remember? She couldn't have just forgotten, right?"

 

"Hey, I can speak myself too! And I'm sorry mister, but I have no idea what you're talking about. Who are you?"

 

He didn't answer, but the look on his face, that were still turned towards Storm Shine, appeared as if he had been hit on the stomach by a charging buffalo. What she had just asked there had hurt him quite a bit. But what else is there to expect when you hear that your own little sister can't even remember who you are?

 

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@@Midnight_Aurora

 

"Uuuh, fireflies. They're pretty."

 

The light they cast were vague, but since the one standing in the shades walked out of them to get closer it wasn't much of a problem, though who, or what, that stood there might be.

 

(Ignore the mouth in the pumpkin please. Meant to be a pumpkin head)

 

To say that words hardly described the strange creature that batted a cloven hoof after the small insects was quite frankly an understatement, though some kind of mix of many things were obvious, though it couldn't be a draconequus, right? They were made of animal parts, and this one had flowers growing around it's neck and a pumpkin head. Surely that wasn't po-

 

..:Creepy, I could have sworn she starred at me right there.

 

As I was saying, Surely that wasn't possible, but what was it then? Female was obvious from the voice, but beyond that was anypony's guess.

 

"My name's Anomaly, strange hairless monkey man."

 

Okay, now I know she's looking at me, what the heck? Just... Nevermind. Anomaly is the name and Cocora had found who was messing around. Next post.

 

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@@Seamore Sandwich

@@Moonlit

 

"Right away Luna. Until next we meet."

 

Stargazer took the letters that were given to him, and went to the door, though turned and saluted before he wandered out.

 

"Have a pleasant night, your highness."

 

It was his usual sentence when he went from being her friend, to the duty-bound guard that were tasked with a mission, though he did find it a sad state of events that it went to that point as quickly as it had. Usually they had time to talk before that, but she had something she needed him to do, and he needed to be focused on it, so that would have to wait for another time. Hopefully whatever this were, wouldn't end up stressing her too much. She had never talked about anything regarding the sender or messages under that seal, and he would hate for her to have burdens on her mind that she didn't feel as if she could share. It wasn't good for her to have a heavy mind like that, at least from his perspective.

 

Wandering out of the castle he immediately went first over to the apothecary and handed him/her the note before he/she had a chance to consider closing up early tonight. It was done in silence, beyond Stargazer saying *thank you* for the things he were handled. A strange mixture, but whatever the meaning behind this were wasn't his place to ask. Not currently at least, as he made his way on silent, leathery wings towards the house that were written on the other envelope, and knocked three times.

 

At first nothing happened, but then a familiar head popped out of the opening door and looked down on him with a big grin going over her face.

 

"Oh cool, I didn't know you were called Stargazer. Did you get the letter to Princess Luna?"

 

"Yes, and she asked me to deliver this letter, and these items."

 

Ziggy took the things fast and put them on a table near the door, not wanting to have the guard looking in, though he didn't move a muscle to even try to go over the doorstep.

 

"Thank you Stargazer. Remind me that I owe you a big tackle-hug later, okay? Though uhm... What're you gonna do now?"

 

"What I do best ma'am. I'll stand guard until further notice."

 

Saluting her slightly, he turned his back on the door where Ziggy shrugged and closed it after her, and then stood silently and looked outwards, making sure that nopony got near the house that didn't have clearance, or were Princess Luna herself.

 

Inside, Ziggy looked at the things that the guard had brought, but didn't know what to think of it. She did know to tell Fah'lian that it wasn't for her this time, but something important to help Serenade, hoping that the mimic would stop herself from rummaging and perhaps nicking something from there, before going over towards Serenade with the letter tucked in her vest.

 

"Serenade? Wakey wakey please. Princess Luna sent back a letter."

 

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@@Seamore Sandwich

 

Scarcity nodded along approvingly as she put the bits asked for on the counter and floated her items into the box on Brick's back.

 

"Indeed. Overdoing it only ruins the flavor, and with an exquisite ingredient like this, hiding or having it compete with other flavors instead of complimenting it is downright shameful."

 

There were such a thing as oversimplifying things, that was true, yet the threat of overdoing it was just as cruel a mistress sometimes, if not even more. In foods it could leave out the important flavors that you so wished for when you saw what was in it, drowned in a flood of pointless fillers that had no business being there, whilst in her line of work for example, it could be an overly ghastly looking piece of furniture that had been decorated into tastelessness, or a statue that had been done into so many pointless details that it were barely staying in one piece from the intricate workings.

 

"One needs to remember the basic goal of what they are trying to accomplish in my mind. Such as this machine you have over here for example."

 

She went over to the gumball machine that had caught her eye a few minutes ago, but hadn't been something she would go eagerly towards right away, as it seemed rude when she were speaking with the owner.

 

"Not overdone, not too bland, and focuses well on it's intended function, as it should be. Fascinating little thing really. Seems to be of a quite old model, but it's rather spotless considering how long ago it must have been produced. Did you acquire this in a mint condition from somewhere, or have it been... Ah, found my answer, it have been restored. There is a few signs if you know how to look, though it really is an impressive job. Did you have it done, or did you get it like that?"

 

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@@Lil' Lovebug

 

"You're not a monster, they are just ignorant hypocrites that needs to be taught what a real monster is."

 

Her voice went cold and carried anger in it as she said the last bits and wandered over the the door, fully prepared to scare the patrons in here out of their good hide for this poor treatment they had given Satin. Something which the mare didn't deserve as she had done nothing to them, and actively were here to help them, though a commanding, stern voice from a mare inside seemed to have gotten ahead of her.

 

"- and you better believe that I will make sure that you hear for it if I see you chase off anypony again. It's shameful after all the help we got from the changelings yesterday, and especially from you Floral Chaser. One of them saved you from a collapsing building. You more than anypony should be above this."

 

The mare went for the door right after, hoping to be able to catch the two that she had seen enter just a little bit before, and was relieved to see them both just outside the door, though not to see the state that they were in. The one closest to the door, whom she arguably found the real strange one of these two, looked agitated, whilst the changeling looked as if the wave of bad emotions had hit her as bad as she had feared.

 

"I'm so sorry for this, both of you. I didn't think they would actually stay with their old prejudices after yesterday, and especially not to a single changeling, but I can assure you that they have been handled for now, and can be again if anything at all becomes an issue."

 

The emotional wave of awkward shame would hang inside the inn, but would be unlikely to waft out, though she had no idea how emotion reading worked, so she couldn't be certain.

 

"My name is Bubble Tea, and welcome to my inn. I hope you can forgive the poor first impression you must have gotten."

 

"...Long as it doesn't happen again, then fine. She doesn't deserve to be beaten with this."

 

Bubble took notice of the mare with the burning ears didn't specify that she herself didn't deserve to be judged like that, but she didn't ask. Some things were better left alone unless it seemed to become an issue, and low self esteem or whatever was her deal wasn't an issue currently.

[Foxy Socks 2,599]

@@Blitz Boom, 

 

*CLANG*

 

Foxy quickly turned quickly to see Briar recovering from walking into a sign hanging near, before seeing Brittle put her her up to her muzzle, as if to stop from giggling. Though she didn't hear her, Foxy smiled a bit, before going to Briar.

 

"You... okay? Sorry, I thought you know where you were going since you seemed fine before." 

Foxy decided to leave Briar to recover to not embarrass them more.  She couldn't help from smiling though, seeing the little changeling giggle too. Foxy looked ahead, their destination wasn't too far now.

[dragon4111 914]

@@Blitz Boom,

"Oh dear hahaha I wish it was because of Celestia. No it's just some pomped  up male alicorn that thinks that because he's an alicorn he can do whatever he want's. For instance levitating  a dozen packages over head unsafely," DRaco stated simply as he chuckled. "And doesn't want to pay the fine so that's why I have a feeling their going to awaken the guild master Ancalagon the black,"

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[Storm Shine 1,196]

@@Blitz Boom,

Storm looked at Molotov with slightly saddened eyes as he explained, "The way she tells it, Blitzy woke up in a large crater and couldn't remember anything except a 'gigantic kaboom'." Storm shook his head slightly, "She can't seem to remember anything from before she woke up in the Everfree, so it's likely some form of physical or mental trauma-induced amnesia; it could likely be overcome if you managed to bring up something familiar enough, something she had a strong enough attachment to, to make her remember." He looked down at Blitz and ruffled her mane a bit with a sad smile before offering her a muffin. "It's not a guaranteed thing though... The mind is a complex and fickle thing."

 

@@Moon Dancer., @@Blitz Boom,

 

Pinkie gave a friendly smile, "Of course!" She chirped, offering another cupcake to Transmutation and subtly adding a another cupcake to Alonsus's plate.. "Everypony should be able to eat something yummy, and what's yummier than cupcakes? The more to discover the joy of a perfectly made cupcake, the better!" She beamed happily, bringing up another cupcake for herself to munch on happily.

[Widdershins 9,959]

@@Seamore Sandwich,

 

   "I- I didn't mean it like... I...uhm, I-i'm s-sorry..."

 

   Having caught on enough now to know when he's gotten on Hunter's bad side, Ambie becomes more aware now of that. His head slowly curling down towards his hooves again while his coat starts slowly darkening, Ambie speaks up again without making eye contact up at the fox.

 

 "Well... okay, if you w-want to leave... I won't keep you..."​

 

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@@Blitz Boom,  & Twilight-Shimmer

 

      Well... Do I look like a being who can make assurances? I mean, really though, whole point really is to make them edible, so you're quite right, trite & bright to bring that up. Last thing I want is to harm you with one of them. Would ruin the fun of it, I suppose. Healing magic seems quite common, so worse come to worse I can likely manage some of that.

 

   Hmm, ought to be able to manage a dark chocolate flavor or coffee or something. That's probably what that dark blue or whatever the description said it was-...

​

      As Widdershins looks around to find the last pastry he summoned, he glances over to see the younger pony using it as a pillow.

 

    Aww, though it seems we have more important pancakes to flip. We oughta get this Lil' Guy somewhere to bed down for the night, Eh?  ...huh, me being responsible. How unreal, let's not have that again. That can't be healthy for me to get that far out of character!​  ​

 

~&~&​​~

 

               As the claw begins to get impatient with its challenge not being met by its aggressor, it begins to start making shorter & faster clacks, eventually blurring together to make a hollow sort of almost growling noise. After a few minutes of this not producing the fight it seems to want, the disconnected part decides to cut to the chase... and lunge forward!

      ...To close shut right around th​e blade embedded between it and Last Stand. After a few moments more of ineffectual gnawing on the blade, with neither side seeming to take much damage from either, the meaty claw gradually begins gnawing its way up the blade until it clamps loosely shut around the hilt. Very slowly the weight of the claw weighs down the sword down to the ground where both items pause for a moment. In the lengthy second before Last Stand can react, it almost seems as if the claw is suddenly aware of its good fortune.

    With a quick heft, ​the claw rocks to one side, to hoist the sword straight up in the air. Gradually, the claw starts to rotate itself. The Sword is now pointed upright in the air, spinning directionless and out of control. A quiet, thoughtful yet clearly proud of itself voice drifts in from seemingly nowhere.

             Well. Now we've got a self-wielding sword. I'm sorry, but you pretty much just delivered that right to me​ & you know I can't pass up on good prop shtick.

[BloodDrops 762]

@@Blitz Boom,

 

Blood Drops blinked as she picked up the stone. She decided she needed to practice that picking up technique. She ignored most of the literature, books didn't help her, she couldn't read them.  She nodded at the dragon "Thanks, i'm gonna practice that with my hoof" she remarked. She then trotted over to where the newcomers were talking with Blitz. She mainly ignored them and continued trying to pick up a stone with her hoof. Though she looked up and glanced at Blitz as she remarked that she didn't know the other stallion, she snorted amused, she should use her nose more.

 

Blood detected similarity in there smells, She watched them with a smirk. 

[FanOfManyShows 396]

@@Blitz Boom, 

 

There wasn't any major reaction from Misty, she looked a bit confused, towards why you'd have to be insane to dress her up. She turned to look at the dresses. Then back to Chow. "Maybe, but I'm not one for pink."

 

Astral paused her walking when Misty said that. "Wait, seriously?"

 

Misty turned around, shrugged, said; "Maybe." and turned around to resume walking. "Chow, you can only pick on me alone for jokes for so long."

 

"Well, if Chow joked about me, there's the small chance he'd go bald." Astral said with a joking expression, looking directly at Chow as she said it. "But don't worry, that ain't happening out here."

[Moonlit 593]

@@Seamore Sandwich,@@Blitz Boom, Serenade scratches her belly with a forehoof, rolls over then yawns so widely that rows of sharp teeth can be seen. She blinks the sleep from her eyes then licks her lips. Looking Ziggy straight in the eyes, she motions her head toward the kitchen table and the plate of muffins there.  

[GingerLightning 258]

@@Blitz Boom,

"Shh,shh...It's all right..."Ginger Lightning said to Meeko petting him gently and picking the half a tomato off his head...She didn't want him to panic and run away...It would be really hard to find him again...Ginger Lightning was also planning on getting some dog tags for Meeko...

[EQ_Theta 458]

@@Blitz Boom

 

Sen and Lin noticed the fiasco happening right before them and while they immediately went in to assist Omen, they both were trying really hard to stifle their giggling and possibly prevent themselves from outright bursting into laughter. Of course, they both admitted it was silly and insensitive of them to do so but they'd keep quiet about that. Lin grabbed the ball of string and followed the path up to where the knots formed while Sen readied his claws. He first cut the drake free before going after the knots around Omen's hoof. One look and he retracted his claws before undoing the knot instead. It wasn't too tight and after Lin began rolling up the string, the matter was simple enough to resolve without wasting any unnecessary string.

 

"Don't worry," Sen reassuringly said. "We won't tell anyone about this."

Lin picked up the string and pouch and began fashioning it into what Omen wanted had in mind, attaching the string to only one side of the pouch. "Let me get this around your neck so I can measure it properly. It doesn't score any points for style but functionality remains. And we really want to avoid choking."

 

After a bit of fiddling, she puts on the finishing touches and ties the other end of the string. She stands back and takes a long look to admire her work. Sen, on the other hand, observed the two but couldn't stop thinking about Omen's looks. He didn't imagine seeing her wearing accessories of any kind, even if those accessories weren't for aesthetics. 

"There! That should hold and it looks good on you, Omen."

[Summer Breeze 2,528]

@@Frosty Frost,@@Blitz Boom,

 

summer listened to everyone and watched a bit. In her opinion, Blue and Nerzhei looked like they got along just fine and they could probably become quite good friends. At least, she hoped so. 

 

"bye!" she said and waved as the dragoness took off towards the sea. It was a pitty she couldn't stay longer, it was almost as if she didn't want to be around them, but that was probably nonsense and Summer shook her head to get rid of that thought. 

 

She walked up towards Blue and the others "well, that was Nerzhei and the little bunny is Lotus, as I said, watch out for the bunny" she said with a chuckle. 

 

From the corner of her eye she saw Lyriel doing something interesting, Summer walked closer to see it better and was about to ask what her dyrad friend was doing when she already explained it. She nodded "that's cool!" she said enthausaisticly when Lyriel let the moss grow to make a soft place for them to sleep "it's true that we ponies prefer to sleep on a soft place indeed, and I'm pretty sure that dragons like a soft bed aswell although I'm not too sure about that, I've never really met a dragon before" 

[genessee 535]

@@Blitz Boom

 

"Well, at least you have a sibling. I always wanted somepony to look up to as a colt, and I wasn't what you would call a 'social butterfly', so basically I was stuck having no close friends and nopony to look up to, besides my parents."

 

He sighed.

 

"Not what you might call a perfect childhood, but I lived through it without becoming a total jerk or thug (At least, I hope not.) so that's a success in my eyes. Oh, and I hope Null gets out of the hospital safe and sound."

 

Lance didn't really know what to ask next. He felt as if there were still more questions that either one of them had but weren't asking out of politeness or embarrassment. So he instead looked at Void inquiringly, waiting for her to ask something else.

Edited March 12, 2017 by genessee

[Lil' Lovebug 1,041]

Satin sat in stunned silence. "Vivid, you.. I... thank you." She lowered her head. "I know you didn't end up doing anything, . I shouldn't have reacted as badly as I did. I need to get better about that sort of thing if I want to blend in."

 

Satin took a deep breath then looked to the innkeeper. "Thank you for helping, Ms. Tea, and for stopping Vivid from possibly doing something regrettable. I'm deeply sorry for the trouble." Satin reached into one of her bags and pulled out a small sack of bits. "I would like to purchase a room for a few weeks, if possible. Oh, and a couple bottles of whiskey if you have them. If not, some cider will do."

 

Satin looked to Vivid. "Did you want anything? After what you did, I feel like i need to repay you in some way. Though, if you're going to help, please don't resort to something so ominous sounding as teaching ponies what a real monster is. You don't deserve to be seen  terribly either. You seem like a good pony."

Edited March 12, 2017 by Lil' Lovebug

[~Phoenix~ 196]

@@Widdershins,@@Blitz Boom,

 

Phoenix was traveling lightly, with her hooded cloak covering her face. all that could be seen of it were the tip of her orange snout, as well as a couple of her blue curls peeking from the sides. as she walked along, she began to notice a few noises coming from the distance. her ears twitched in the direction they were coming from, and she turned her head to see what was going on. in the distance, she could see what appeared to be a floating sword swinging wildly, and a mare who seemed rather upset about the whole situation.  it was a strange sight, of course, but phoenix had seen stranger. rather than react with bewilderment, she let out a soft chuckle. she approached them, simply to get a better look, but somewhere on her way over, she decided that she hadn't seen anything this interesting in quite a while, so she wanted to jump in and include herself. as she neared, her horn began to glow with a cyan aura. it looked as if some concentration of magic was forming at the tip, getting ready to be released. as she released the ball of magic, it turned into fire as it flew through the air and towards the sword. after flying through the air in a straight line for a few seconds, it struck the floating sword, causing the claw to lose grip of it. 

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

*Cacora observes what's happening and then says,* "You kinda remind me of the one called Pinkie Pie. Your also look kinda cute and your name fits you well. My name is Cacora.

 

You said before that you know what happened to the others and where they might be. Would you please tell me. They are the only family I still remember.

 

As for the firefly jar, I had planned on taking them back to Fluttershy's earlier. However, Ponyville got attacked again.

 

So I guess they need a home for now. The jar keeps them safe, but they also need food, water and air to thrive. So, if you want, I could leave them with you. I shouldn't take them with me if there is a chance for danger. There is one more here but she is in my room."

 

*As Cacora talks, she looks around the room to see what's here.*

Edited March 13, 2017 by Midnight_Aurora

[Blitz Boom 4,621]

@@Moon Dancer.

 

"Lord Senvious? Hehe, I like that name. Kinda surprised it's not 'Prince Senvious* though. I figured all alicorns were royalty. Guess it's just another thing learned."

 

Sorrow giggled a little before spending a few seconds stretching. Might be a pretty relaxing bath, but she had sat in the same position now for... Well, no idea really, but likely hours, and were starting to feel it.

 

"Aaah, much better. Gotta remember to move around now and again."

 

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@@Moon Dancer.

@@Shineling

 

Alonsus laughed a little as he saw the interaction between Transmutation and Pinkie, though it was mostly over he had eaten the cupcake like it had been a ball of love. After how reserved and/or bored he had seemed about things, it was rather entertaining, though he didn't laugh for too long. Didn't want to appear like he were mocking him after al.

 

"Hardly anypony can resist the pastries from the bakery in town, and Pinkie makes sure that the customer service stays on top too. makes for quite the positive experience."

 

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@@Foxy Socks

 

"I'm quite okay, but thank you for your concern."

 

Briar shook his head a little and took a few steps to the side so he wouldn't embarrass himself by walking into the same sign twice.

 

"Generally speaking, I do know where I am going and what I do, but being blind means that some things are regrettably being missed. Usually I can navigate around well enough still, by feeling out things and using my ears, but for some reason I have issued with metal at times, unless the wind blows well enough to give me an indication of it. With some luck, this will not be a recurring thing for much longer though, as soon as the moon stands high, things should change."

 

He felt that the light had dimmed, and the sun were not far from making its exit for the day, but there would still be a while until midnight fell and he could remove the bandages around his eyes. Something which he looked forward to quite a lot, yet for thew time being, he had a pony to guide onward, so he began moving once more, and this time being more in the center of the street so metallic signs would be less of an issue.

 

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@@dragon4111

 

Clockwork looked rather puzzled at what Draco had said, as there were a few elements in what he mentioned that he had something of an issue understanding.

 

"Wait, hold up. You mentioned a male alicorn? In Ponyville? I've never even heard of that being possible. And then you say hje missbehaved, did not wish to pay a fine, and therefore the courier guild is coming for him? Surely not all of it though, right? I mean, wouldn't it be a bit excessive for just one pony, even if he is an alicorn?

 

Also, this Ancalagon... Who is that, and why do I get the sudden feeling that bad things are going to happen?"

 

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@@Shineling

@@BloodDrops

@@Missklang

 

Molotov just stood and soaked what Storm Shine said in for a minute, before his horn glowed and something came floating out of his saddlebag. Not a pretend explosion or something similar this time, but rather an old timey watch with a missing chain, that he popped open to reveal a small picture that he had of Blitz and himself from a few years back. All the pictures he had of their mother and others in the family were still back at his old town, where investigations ran and he couldn't enter before they were done or called on him for something,, so this were all he had, but perhaps it would be able to work, like Storm had said.

 

"I only have this, but hopefully it will do something. Anything."

 

"What will do something"

 

Blitz had wandered a bit closer after the unknown stallion had turned his back on her and started to ask her friend questions about her memory, which she guessed had something to do with what she thought he heard him say before, but she wasn't sure, and didn't want to jump the gun. Besides, she had gotten a muffin, so there were no questions as that was being eaten. Sugary goodness shouldn't be ignored.

 

Molotov turned and showed the picture to her where the two of them were... Well, not as quiet and sitting still as their mother would have wanted. Quite frankly they looked like they had been tumbling around, and were pulling their tongues at one another, but that was sibling love for you.

 

"Do you remember something about this Blitz? The workshop? This moment? Anything at all?"

 

"...No, but it looks fun. And this means that somepony that knows me showed up! So how do we know eachother? Are we friends? Enemies*? Arch enemies? Slug monsters?"

 

"I'm your brother."

 

Blitz looked with big eyes as he said that, then jumped up and grabbed him around his neck, whilst expressing a *yey* sound that was loud enough to make Molotov cringe and Carmen back down a few steppes from the volume.

 

"I'll figure something out Blitz. We had all sorts of researchers back in Center Zero, and at least a few of them studied the mind. There have to be something one of the places."

 

He glanced over between the others, still with Blitz hanging around his neck, though she were more silent in it now.

 

"Our town was attacked, and everypony went missing, including Blitz. I have no idea what happened yet, but in the meantime, I'm supposed to give out all the research we did to the right scientists and researchers around the world, to keep the information going. Does any of you by chance know somepony with good credentials and reputation that specializes in a few things like psychology?"

 

"Not me. I focus on history and magical implementation of gems, not mind play."

 

Nerzhei had been silent up to that point, and kept her eye on Blood that seemed well behaved and focused on something harmless and educational right n ow, which made her slightly nervous for some reason. As if she were anticipating the zombie mare would do something odd all of a sudden, though perhaps she were just paranoid, and Missklang had managed to get the mare on track a bit before she arrived to break up the beginning fight. She didn't know for sure, but figured it was likely for the best to keep an eye out still, just to be on the safe side of things.

 

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@@Twilight-Shimmer

@@Widdershins

 

Amazon looked at the sleeping pony and got a small smile on her face over how innocent and downright silly this looked. Just imagine, being face to face with a draconequus, and then just eating some pancakes and falling asleep in the middle of the street, like he had no cares in the world.

 

To have that little worry were good sometimes, but as Widdershine had said, sleeping in the middle of the street wasn't a good idea, so slowly she went over and picked up the colt from the ground and hoisted him up on her back. Hopefully he was a heavy enough sleeper so that this wouldn't present a problem.

 

"I am not entirely sure what to do with him, but I heard they had set up some tents in the north end of town to help the ones still waiting for their houses to be rebuild, so that might be a place to begin. It should be easy enough to guard for me too if it were, just in case."

 

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@@Widdershins

@@~Phoenix~

 

The sword might be out of the claws grip, but it was still swinging through the air. Whilst on fire. Nothing good could happen where it was going to land.

 

"Now this is an impressive blade."

 

A grey aura came around the hilt of the blade and got it to a halt, before floating towards the stallion that had seemingly come out of nowhere. Or you know, had just rounded a corner and fallen upon the unfolding scene. One or the other.

 

 

The flames from the sword glistened off the silver feather in the pony's hat as he turned it around in the air.

 

"Old, but sharp, well kept and clearly magically enhanced. The essence of a dying phoenix perhaps? Those only spark when the beasts face their true death, yet mostly they do not trust any mortal with those things, so they simply flicker into nothing. To think that I have finally seen a weapon infused with this is an exceedingly rare honor for certain. Might I ask, which one of you is the owner of this magnificent blade?"

 

"I am Last Stand, and the blade belongs to me. Give it back."

 

The unknown pony sized Last Stand up and down, then with a small chuckle floated it over towards her.

 

"Ohoho, I can see why it would like you. I would advise you to take some caution when using it in the long run though. Spirit energy can be fickle, and tend to only work for the one who proves they deserve it, and if this truly is a dying phoenix's essence, believe me when I say that you do not wish to try and use it for something deplorable."

 

Last didn't answer that, but instead focused returning it to its scabbard and securing it so the claw didn't think of nicking it again. A time that the stranger used to wander forward towards Phoenix with a warm smile on his muzzle.

 

"Ah, how rude of me, I have not even presented myself. My name is Billowing Smoke, though I am commonly just called Smokey. May I ask for yours?"

 

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@@Lloyd

 

Chow scratched himself a little awkwardly behind the ear after being called out for focusing his fire a bit too much on the lil' one.

 

"Yeah, I know, but I just don't know what exactly to go at Astral for. I mean, I could've gone at her and pointed at one of those pointed, immovable looking dresses in this place and made a tomboy comment on her, but I ain't thinking she's really the sort that minds all the frills and girly stuff if it comes down to it. You stroke me more as being against that frankly.

 

But you're right, I'll try and put a lid on it for now and wander other roads. Metaphorically speaking and all that of course, eh? Can't wander other roads here or I'd end up getting us lost."

 

He gave a glance to a particularly dreadful monstrosity of a dress that was so pompous that he almost wanted to gag.

 

"Seriously though, why would anypony wanna walk in stuff like that thing? Restricts movement and make you look like you have thousands of times more in the way of bits to waste than functioning braincells."

 

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@@Moonlit

@@Seamore Sandwich

 

"You want muffins? Okay, be right back."

 

Zooming over and grabbing the plate, she put the letter on it and zoomed back again, holding the plate with her teeth before taking it to her hoof and reaching the stuff over to Serenade.

 

"Good evening. Princess Luna answered, and there's a Night Guard standing outside your door keeping guard. He delivered both the letter and a box of things. It seemed like he wasn't sure what to do so he just went with his base function, but he seems nice and didn't try and ask things or get in, so I think everything will be as safe as throwing marshmallows."

 

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@@GingerLightning

 

It would take a bit to calm him down, but thankfully he didn't accidentally scratch Ginger or bite her out of panic. Her mother would likely not have approved of things if that had happened, and it had to be sort of a hard sell to keep a timberwolf pup as a pet to begin with.

 

Eventually, he were calm enough to just try and scratch the collar off a little more focused and not bark at it, though as before, it didn't really do much to it. But hey, at least he were more workable to deal with now, so a small step in the right direction.

 

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@@EQ_Theta

 

Omen remained still as her friends came over and tried to undo her string related incident, though the drake didn't, which made it a smart choice for the two siblings to first cut it loose so it could slither up towards her mane again and hold it's tail as if it hurt a little. It wasn't crying, yelping or anything though, so likely it was just sore from getting trapped.

 

it wouldn't take too long for sen and Lin to get Omen loose from the string, and didn't even take more than the single cut to get the drake free, which she had counted on would be required otherwise, considering cutting it seemed easier, but it seemed they had an easy enough time just untangling her instead.

 

Slowly lowering her hoof to the floor again after being freed, Omen were about to wander towards the elder so they could leave, and just give up on the string thing, whern Lin stepped in and said she would try to get it done.

 

Wanting to learn, Omen didn't take her eyes of Lin as she went about stringing and fitting the pouch, which might be something she could use another time, in case this one broke and neither of the two were near her. From watching it, it didn't seem too complicated, though she might end up messing up the string again when it were, or accidentally choke herself if she wasn't careful, which sounded uncomfortable.

 

It wasn't long until Lin took a step back and admired her work, whilst Omen took a hoof down and tested the pouch by opening and closing it a few times, which seemed to work well. Was a bit strange to have something around her neck like this, but as she put the things in she had coughed up and closed it, it did what she had hoped it would, so she would get used to it.

 

"Thank you Lin. I'm ready to go."

 

She didn't care for how it looked as it were for function, not fashion, so she didn't mind if it seemed a little odd. Long as it worked, that was all that mattered, though she did wonder why Sen looked at her the way he did when he got within view of him. Was the pouch unevenly placed and he thought that strange perhaps?

 

She tilted her head to the right and looked at him, trying to think of what might be the reason, though likely it'd not be solved before they had to move on, and it seemed a small thing so she could just forget that for now if it were, yes?

 

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@@Summer Breeze

@@Frosty Frost

 

"What I know of them doesn't cover how they sleep I'm afraid, so I don't know either. Just one more object on the long list of things I need to learn."

 

It was quite a substantial list frankly, which included basically everything about beings of flesh and blood beyond how they sounded like, and how they walked. Even small things like squirrels and birds were starting to become a distant memory, and were beings she needed to get reacquainted with when/if she finally met them again. It was thankful that speaking to animals was a skill-set of hers, or that might have taken longer than it would when she could simply ask them. From what she recalled, most were small minds, but there were the occasional smart ones out there, like Lotus. A brutish little thing for sure, but stupid wasn't fitting at least from what she had heard.

 

"Hopefully it won't be long before Nerzhei returns and we can be gathered again, but in the meantime, I do find myself curious as to what perhaps you think of our reptilian hostess? I will not tell her if it is, I am simply curious as to whatever opinion you have thus far.

 

Personally, I find her focused and generally speaking a good being, I just see such... Rage, hiding deep within her eyes. Like there is a caged beast ready to break through the bars.

 

It scares me somewhat, but it might be I simply think I see this too. I try to keep an open mind, but the Atazi- I mean, dragons, have shown some violent tendencies at times when I have observed them entering the forest, and perhaps I unfairly judge her from that."

 

She gently put down the sleeping Blitz on a part of moss in the corner, then smiled as she saw the little one curl up a little more and simply continue her sleep. She had feared a little that she would awaken again, or that this would not suffice, but she seemed to be okay. All of them did, including their newfound companion Blue, though they were likely all tired.

 

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@@genessee

 

"Null and I, w-we don't really talk with others. Before Equestria, e-every place we were was a place that eventually caused us to run, a-and eventually, we just stopped trying, kept to ourselves and then l-left when somepony started to look at us the wrong way or ask q-questions about why the magic stopped working around us.

 

We heard Equestria m-might be better, so we went here as the last hope before we h-had to try either the wastelands or the jungles to the south, and well... I-It seems nice so far, but we're still not sure. Especially t-this close to a princess. Might be she won't like that she c-can't use magic on us, or when she's too close."

 

Paranoid, somewhat scared, neurotic, nervous. Several words could really be used to describe what Void were speaking about, though it did boil down to just being different degrees of fear that guided her, and made her unsure whatever or not this place would turn out to stay as nice as it seemed thus far.

 

"And I t-think Null is fine. She just went there to help them, not something bad, though...

 

N-No, I don't wanna think about accidents. Nevermind.

 

So uhm... You g-grew up as a good pony then you say? Was it easy to go that way, or did you p-perhaps almost turn into one of them? I-It's okay if you don't want to answer."

 

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@@Lil' Lovebug

 

"You need not give me anything Sating. And I can assure you that I had no intentions of hurting any of them, just frighten the lot of them. Something which perhaps comes back to hurt myself, but it isn't as if I will not get scornful eyes regardless. I could at least have redirected them unto myself instead of you."

 

"I hate to interfere, but that is a load of horse radish. If somepony is mean to your friend, you don't fix things by making them mean to you instead, you fix it by confronting them about it and trying to sort things out. Perhaps they won't listen and it will have been for naught, but you should at least try peaceful and confrontational methods before resorting to barbarism."

 

Though it was said in a nice, but concerned tone, the words still stung Vivid and made her shut her muzzle as the youngster *owned her* as she had heard a few call it these days. A strange way to refer to it in her eyes, but considering she had just been mildly scolded by somepony who were a fraction of her age, she couldn't exactly say that she knew better than all of them. Quite honestly, unless it came to old history or magic, the new bloods that had come around since she went into stasis were likely more knowledgeable about a good deal of things, since she were still severely out of the loop.

 

"That aside, I do have a room that were freed up just an hour ago, so my cleaning staff is still making sure it is spotless for the next tenant, but we can sign you up in the meantime and I can make sure to inform you when it is ready.

 

As for your request about whisky, I'm afraid I can't accommodate that right now. I have taken contact to a seller of wine and other things that came to town yesterday, but he said he would need until today to get things ready. This is mostly a cider town you see, so it is mostly what is being made and sold here, but I believe in being stocked if things such as this occurs. I just need a little more time."

 

"Peh, cider. I swear, how anypony can drink only that is beyond me at times."

 

A somewhat teasing voice from behind them made Vivid turn around slowly and Bubble Tea to refocus on the individual, who turned out to be a tall, happy looking stallion with a wagon behind him. It had a sign above the closed front saying *Happy Hour's homemade wine and alcohol.* which likely marked this as the one they had just been speaking about.

 

"Good timing on your arrival Happy. We have somepony here who would like to purchase a few bottles of whiskey if you have that, and I could use the order I put to you afterwards if there is still stocked enough."

 

"No problem there. I'm fully stocked up and ready to get to work on this. Now then... Miss. You wanted whiskey she said? You look old enough, though it's hard to tell with changelings... Then again, why would somepony decked out like that risk drinking from too young an an age? You're good, right?

 

Oh, and while I remember it, I might as well go formal here. Name's Happy Hour, traveling booze vendor. How're you doing?"

 

he put his hoof forward with a big smile on his face, and not a feeling of fear or judgement coming from him at all. In fact, if Satin couldn't get the emotional read on changelings, she wouldn't feel anything coming from him at all, including the pleasant mood he played off well to appear as nothing but a jolly salespony.

 

Inside his head though, the thoughts swirled about why in the wide world a changeling were wandering through town here with no disguise, and everypony seemingly being fine with it. Sure, the one with the burning ears were more of a freak of nature here, but from what he had heard before making his entry, she wasn't judged that much either.

 

it seemed pretty strange since he knew that if he wandered around in his changeling disguise, ponies usually went for the pitchforks, but perhaps it had something to do with yesterday? He had seen a queen and some drones there that helped around town, so might be that they were on more friendly terms with them generally speaking? It'd be pretty stupid to leave themselves open like that if it were, but he didn't know anything. Not yet at least.

 

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@@Midnight_Aurora

 

Anomaly recalled the parts of where the orphans and such were, bu-

 

"Hey, i can say that myself. They hid in a strange room and then the door locked, so they can't get out. I wanted to look for a key. Magic sometimes does weird things, and I think i scared them before. I just wanted to say hello."

 

She patted at the trapped fireflies for a bit, then turned her head back towards Cacora.

 

"I like animals, but they should be in the forest. I can take them back out there, make them a pretty lake and stuff."

 

Anomaly made a cute, pumpkin smile with closed eyes.

 

"Hehe, strange monkey man can say nice things. Anyway, do you think you can help me find the key Cacora? I swear I'll be nice and not deliberately hurt anypony."

Edited March 13, 2017 by Blitz Boom

[Storm Shine 1,196]

@@Blitz Boom, 

 

Storm smiled happily at the gleeful Blitz hanging from around Molotov's neck. "Well, I don't know if it counts, but I know Twilight researches lots of stuff, and she knows ponies in the Canterlot research centers since she was Celestia's personal student and super duper smart and all." He brought a hoof up to his chin in thought, "I know a few other ponies who research that stuffs, and I've dabbled in it a bit myself, but most of them are way too far away."

[Missklang 1,053]

@@Blitz Boom

 

How touching 

 

Missklang swooped away an imaginary tear while still smiling.

 

I can relate. Losing memory from big explosions  and head-hittings happen to me all the time. That's why I have this.

 

He levitated the white box, opened it and revealed a strange gem that looked like it had colourful fog swirling inside of it.

 

Alscenia made this memory crystal for me when the memory loss became too frequent. Basically, it stores all my memories there live. All I have to do when losing memory is activate the crystal and it sorta copies missing memories back. The problem is, that takes a loooot of magic so it's a slow process.

 

 

 

"Not me. I focus on history and magical implementation of gems, not mind play."

 

 

Ohh, did you say mind play? I do that. For chaos entity, being able to manipulate others usually require some psycho knowledge. Perhaps I can help?

[Foxy Socks 2,599]

@@Blitz Boom,

 

These ponies bring up more and more mysteries the longer she is with them, yet she feels safe. Maybe it's because they helped her out, or they were different; ponies that gave her curiosity. Nevertheless, she was not one to poke into someone else's life, and decided to not ask much, especially of Brittle.

 

"All right, well, you seem to navigate quite well otherwise, it's hard to believe you can't see," Foxy remarked, as it was true, except for that one incident they seemed pretty independent.

 

Briar himself did seem a bit different then other ponies visually too. The most noticeable was their tail, not being the conventional pony style. Foxy guessed he was born somewhere else. His coat seemed an odd color, but Foxy mostly ignored that. Also were they born blind, or did something happen? Again, Foxy kept these more personal questions to herself.

The tents were in view now,  only a few minutes away. For a brief second she looked back at Brittle, the shy and anxious changeling. She couldn't even imagine what they feel like, even if she was a little shy and anxious herself.

 

Foxy, deciding not to be silent again decided to say "Thank you for helping me out so far. I really was upset about my home, even if it wasn't much." She only really had fox costumes and things there, but also had others hidden elsewhere where she liked to explore.

 

"You seem like two great ponies. I don't know why, but I feel less shy with you guys than with other new ponies for some reason."

[Twilight-Shimmer 151]

@@Blitz Boom,

 

Stardust was indeed a heavy sleeper not even taking notice of himself being moved, though upon being placed on Lily's Back curled up a bit and continued to snooze while still snuggling the remaining pancake, the long walk to Ponyville and the yummy Pancakes he'd eaten draining him of his remaining energy. Amusingly were one to able look into his dreams they would note his dreams were filled with all sorts of yummy snacks and treats.

[~Phoenix~ 196]

@@Blitz Boom,

 

as Phoenix heard smokey talking about the enchanted sword, she couldn't help but take interest in it. it was a little reminder of the sort of thing her tribe would be interested in. a reminder of her past, and why she adopted the name that she did. as smokey approached her, she couldn't help but keep her eyes on the sword, even as it was in it's sheath. she lifted her gaze only for a moment to look up at the strange stallion, who seemingly came out of thin air. "Ironically, my name is Phoenix" she answered. of course, it wasn't her real name, but she used it so much that it might as well be.

 

after answering the stallion, she stepped past him to get a better look at the sword. it was quite the coincidence. for beginners, it was something she had never heard about before. perhaps it was knowledge carried by her tribe, and she simply had to depart with them before she could learn of it. not only that, but the first time in a long while she decided to step in on some random pony, she found something pertaining to her. was it a sign? her wonderment was visible on her face as she looked upon it.  

[genessee 535]

@@Blitz Boom

 

"Oh, it's fine. I can understand where your curiosity arose.  So, let me make clear that I was never a 'good pony'. I don't think I'm a 'bad pony', either. I tend to think of myself as neutral. Not good but not bad. For example, let's say that monsters are attacking Equestria, hypothetically. A good thing to do is to defend the town and help the townsponies, something you might do. A bad thing to do is to help the attackers attack the town. A neutral thing to do is to find sanctuary for yourself, not helping defend the town but not helping it get destroyed as well. That actually isn't a very good example, but it's the best I could come up with. So, to answer your actual question, there was a few close calls where I almost got involved in gangs and the like. If you'd like me to tell you a story about it, I gladly will, but to avoid massive amounts of boredom I'll hold off. The most I ever got with gangs and thugs was being beat up or having bits stolen off of me. Sometimes both."

 

Lance took a breath.

 

"So would you like to hear a story about it? To be honest, after having basically nopony to talk to for a while, this has been really helpful. Like a weight off my back, you know?"

Edited March 14, 2017 by genessee