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[Moonlit 593]

@@Seamore Sandwich,@@Blitz Boom, Serenade nods her thanks and quickly scarfs two muffins down, then opens the letter and reads it. She takes the vial out of the box, reads the instructions and a teaspoon of the stuff. She makes a face as she tastes the potion, and shudders. The transformation magic rolls over her and turns her into her pegasus form, "Oh, that feels soo good"

[Widdershins 9,959]

@@Blitz Boom,  &   @@Twilight-Shimmer,

 

    Hoh, cool! Camping! Woulda figured an Inn would be around, I hear they're a mainstay in this whole roleplaying shtick, but that's fun too! Maybe I'll bring something to make smorecakes with! But whattaya gotta worry about guarding tents for? Far as I know there shouldn't be any species on this plane that dine specifically on tents!

 

    Widdershins pauses for a moment as he slowly becomes aware of how on edge the previous mare he interacted with had been. He then looks back up at Amazon Lilly quizzically.

 

Did something happen to this town or what?

 

 

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@@Blitz Boom,  &  @@~Phoenix~,

    After getting shot off the hilt of the sword it had absconded with and using the resultant inertia it had built up to ricochet off the edges of the town's square, knocking off a few hooves in the process, the large, nearly head-sized lobster claw came to a rest close to the center fountain.

   Wobbilly getting up after a few dizzy attempts to stand 'upright' with the larger pincer on top, it then looks around itself with a few quick turns until it spots the large black mare it had be attempting to antagonize earlier. Seemingly quaking with anger for a moment, it very slowly starts wobbling its way towards the circle of three ponies, end over tip.

    Once between the three, it spins to a stop motionless and waiting.

[EQ_Theta 459]

@@Blitz Boom

 

The morning routine went about as anyone in the village expected. There was no spectacle to behold and everyone minded their own business. Stirrings continued when elder Ghilan walked past them, the villagers nodded to him but in hushed whispers murmured their true thoughts amongst themselves. Lin and Sen didn't seem to think much of these, probably everyone was getting used to seeing the exiles return home and integrating themselves back into the old ways with Omen joining them. But some had other things in mind; the elder coddling the three of them was enough for rumors to go around and word of this, just like any other rumor, will quickly spread among the uninformed.  
 

A large painted hunter, the same one who escorted the three the day before, greeted elder Ghilan and led everyone to the healer's hut. He still had that stoic look on him, devoid of all emotion as he went about his work. Once inside the healer's hut, they greeted the healer who was just about ready to administer the concoction. 

"Good day to you all!" The healer jovially greeted. "Xin is still sore from the incident in the forest yesterday but he appears to be doing better. Well, minus the scrapes and sores and broken bones. Right, onto business?" 

Ghilan nodded, he didn't need to say anything but the healer knew there was much anticipation in the air. She gave Xin a sip and for a while, nothing happened. Just silence. She gave her patient another sip, he swallowed, and still there was nothing. Sen grew anxious and angry, almost ready to take the clay jar and have his old friend ingest everything in it. As he took the first step, Xin's eyes glowed and he began panting, a slew of old memories flooding his mind. 

"Alright," Ghilan sternly began. "What do you remember of your involvement with elder Solasan? Your last contact with him?"

"He... said... mission. A mission of great... importance." The injured hunter struggled to get the right words. This bombardment of images and voices strained him, left him addled. He knew what was going on even if he couldn't say it and he had to cooperate, at least for now. Each word gradually eased out of his mouth until he was speaking normally again.

 

"There was a bright light when we spoke, maybe his lantern. A very mesmerizing light. I couldn't say no, not when I could see my friend again. My mission was important and I didn't want to disappoint, not when he offered a reward." 

Sen stood back, left speechless and disgusted. Xin was his friend once but he understood it differently; he was ready to turn him in for something. He turned his back to everyone else and waited by the exit, hoping to hear something that would either change his mind or convince him to leave. 

Edited March 14, 2017 by EQ_Theta

[dragon4111 914]

@@Blitz Boom,

Draco sighed and said "It's part of it but they will be coming here to help with the rebuilding. And Ancalagon is an ancient dragon ad he is the guildmaster of the Courier guild," Draco stated with abit of a chuckle to himself. "And knowing Ancalagon er lord Ancalagon he'll be here to make sure the alicorn doesn't cause anymore damages," Draco stated simply.

[Seamore Sandwich 471]

@@Blitz Boom

 

As Zhu had stepped forward, his mother could not hold herself back. She quickly closed the distance between them, hugging Zhu tightly. She wrapped her neck around his loosely as she embraced him. She wasn't cold like you might expect from a spirit, or even some Serpantheras seeing as some were cold blooded. "To think that two eggs escaped this tragedy." The state of the eggs at the scene made it clear that only one of the eggs there would ever hatch. Zhu's father approached and joined the hug, though it was clear from the temperature of his skin that he was in fact cold blooded.

 

 

@@Blitz Boom

 

Charlie came to their senses and noticed Vivid running away from them. Finally catching up when she stopped, Charlie asked, "Who were you chasing? Which way did they go?" There was a sense of urgency to the tone of their voice. This was a clue, and it needed to be investigated.

Edited March 15, 2017 by Seamore Sandwich

[Lil' Lovebug 1,041]

"That would be lovely, thank you." Satin nodded to Bubble Tea. She was about to turn to talk to Vivid when another pony strolled up on a cart. She looked at the sign, her face lighting up.

 

"Sweet Celestia, my savior!" Satin exclaimed, giving a playful wink to Bubble. Turning to the traveling sales pony, Satin bowed. "Greetings Happy. My name Is Satin, and I do believe you have saved me this day. Allow me to repay you by buying a couple bottles of whiskey." Satin started to approach the cart, but stopped as a strange feeling hit her. She flicked her tongue into the air and caught herself staring at the salespony. The emotions were nearly nearly unreadable, but she swore she tasted a faint bit of confusion, the same emotion she felt must be emanating off her.

 

She eventually tore her gaze from the pony she was suspicious wasn't a pony. She unconsciously shifted closer to Vivid before talking to the stallion again. "Two bottles of your smoothest whiskey please."

[Blitz Boom 4,627]

@@Shineling

@@Missklang

@@BloodDrops

 

"It won't work like this. The emergency rules of Center Zero is precise: In case the town gets into a calamity, take what papers can be gotten hold of and deliver to dedicated professionals in the right fields. For anything regarding the mind, I need a prominent psychologist, not somepony that might know a little of it.

 

Besides, I already have some papers for Princess Twilight as it is, since our head researcher into magic in its purest form found her to be a worthy soul in case something happened. That's the only reason I even came to Ponyville in the first place, and if she hadn't been in a meeting I might have missed all of this."

 

He gave Blitz a tight hug with a somewhat shaking hoof after telling Storm why delivering more papers to Princess Twilight wouldn't do, whilst thinking about how close it had actually been for him to completely miss his little sister being in the area.

 

"You say studies of magic in its purest form. I take it then that you mean the actual raw energy before it gets formed into something and not the schools of magic itself?"

 

"Far as I know, but there might be things in there from the regular schools. Quite frankly his papers are on such a level that I can barely understand even a fifth of it. I know that he always said that finding out how to properly manage the base would make it possible to theoretically be able to not only tap into any sort of magic you wished, but also create entire new ones by properly seeping and handling magic from a ley-stream. I never saw him put much into actual practice, but I did hear that he had managed to get some results."

 

He looked over at Missklang and let out a small sigh.

 

"As for you, I dunno if I can trust chaos enough to help her. It's prone to random results from even the best practitioners I've heard of, and might end up frying her brain even further. I can't take that chance out of nowhere when it comes to her.

 

This Alscenia you mention though, perhaps I could get hold of her? It'd be safer to try and help Blitz if there were some way to make a hard copy of her memories before poking around in there, in case something goes wrong."

 

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@@Foxy Socks

 

Briar answered with a small chuckle to her assertion about them being easier to speak with that most ponies.

 

"Perhaps one of the reasons is that neither of us are ponies."

 

"Y-You haven't told her..."

 

"I haven't? How shortsighted of me, if you will excuse the horrid pun.

 

I must apologize for not clarifying this Foxy, usually I cover this early on to get the strange things out of the way in a timely fashion, but as Brittle mentions, it seems to have slipped my mind.

 

You likely know that Brittle is a changeling, but as for me, I am what is referred to as an evergrown. In a sense you can consider me a living plant taking the form of a pony, though the details would make clearer that I am closer your kind than say, a fern. I am simply more natural."

 

He gave a big, sharp-toothy smile and slowly slid a vine out from under his cape on the left side. At the end it had a flower bud that opened up into four leathery pieces, sort of like a carnival hook, but actually able to keep hold of something.

 

"Straw instead of hair, grass in place of a coat, rubbery bark for skin and so forth. A good imitation, but not one meant to lure others near. I endeavor to not hurt anypony if it can be helped."

 

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@@Twilight-Shimmer

@@Widdershins

 

Not a movement were made when the pony on her back started to wiggle around, in case he'd fall off, but it seemed to stabilize soon enough for the little one, and she could begin to slowly move around with him again.

 

"Not the tents, the ones inside the tents. Might still be something bad out there that would want to hurt him. Ponyville is a pretty big hotbed for all things strange and horrid after all, at least according to the stories we hear back home."

 

Amazon Lily began to slowly walk towards the the area where there would be tents, thinking on how the draconequus would pop in and in front of the potentially terrified populace would begin to cook smorecakes. An image that, whilst concerning in a way, did manage to get a little smile spreading on her face.

 

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@@~Phoenix~

@@Widdershins

 

"Phoenix? How delightfully appropriate, considering the subject matter."

 

There was much meaning in a name when it came to ponies, and hearing hers made him quite interested, whereas before he had only been attempting to be polite.

 

Not because of silly things like her maybe having the regenerative abilities of a phoenix and him having a want to harvest that. Such a thing was preposterous and not the way one earned eternal life, as he firmly believed that killing one just for their life energy was a horrid, abhorrent thing to do.

 

No, he were simply curious about what similarities she might have with the legendary birds, and if it came down to her being able to return from flames like them, he would not wish to take that, but fawn over it instead. He did so love flames, and found such awe for the majestic birds that the purest incarnation of them that he couldn't help getting enticed whenever he saw anything regarding them.

 

Phoenix were much the same way it seemed, as her eyes were drawn towards the blade that might have the essence of one of her namesakes infused into it, which Last Stand seemed to not focus on as much as the claw, in case it tried to wander off or something.

 

"I don't know what's making this blade flame up. I just know it's a family heirloom, and that I'm not going to give up on it. And... Thanks for getting it back."

 

"No problem Last, I'm always happy to help."

 

Smokey heard how strained it came from her to thank somepony at that point, but he didn't mind. He could understand the pride and want to be able to defend your own prized possessions, and considering the wound on her stomach, she had likely been unable to do much about it without potentially hurting herself. It was a weakness when she didn't need it, and one that were a little tough to face perhaps, though that was just a theory of course. might be she simply didn't interact with others like that too often, but peace be with that as well.

 

"Either of you think you can help me contain this thing? I need to bring it back to the draconequus who dropped it so that he can snap a house back the idiot imploded."

 

"A draconequus? Here?"

 

Last took her hoof to her forehead and rupped it a little there,a s if she were getting a slight migraine.

 

"It's not a good day. Think you two can help on at least making this part a bit better? It'll be a weight of my shoulders, and you can talk more about whatever is up with my blade then if it is. And watch out getting too close to it Phoenix. Might end up burning you."

 

"If it is what I theorize, it will only do that if it considers her an enemy actually. Considering how you can keep it close with the flames neither hurting you nor burning the scabbard it engulfs, I believe it is perfectly safe for her to approach it. But you're right, we should perhaps handle this issue first. What say you Phoenix? Up for joining me in subduing this misplaced body-part?"

 

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@@genessee

 

"U-Usually I'd run too, it's just... Twenty years of r-running away is a long time, so we just stopped up for once and t-tried to get others with us. We never actually fought the monster. That was more the f-forepony, the changelings and so on. They're the h-heroes."

 

Perhaps it had been risky and something which could be seen as heroically, but it were simply just that she were tiered of it. Constantly running, never having a safe place and being backed into more of a corner, as the world they could perhaps find shelter in became smaller and smaller for them... It had been too much for a long time, but she had never seen enough redeeming things about a place to try and stay her ground a little. In part because it was usually the townsfolk that chased them off.

 

But Equestria had been nice. The border had been easy to pass, the guards they had met didn't make a fuss over them and even though they got their fair share of strange looks, nopony had really gone aggressive on them or wanted to chase them off. They were just odd, not enemies, and that were as good as she had tentatively hoped Equestria could be for them. Not a place where they would just be accepted on the spot, but rather one where they would be given a fair chance, and that were something she had been reluctant to leave behind when the time came, even though Null had been ready to bail and just find another town. Mainly because she had been scared that Void would get hurt.

 

"I w-wouldn't mind hearing some stories. It's calming to talk with you."

 

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@@Moonlit

@@Seamore Sandwich

 

"Yey, you're back to pegasus form again."

 

Ziggy went over and carefully poked at Serenade, just to make sure that she were not just an illusion of sorts, before dragging her friend into a big hug.

 

"Wait, if a potion were all that was needed to get you to look like this, why did you need a gem to begin with? Doesn't it work that long?"

 

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@@dragon4111

 

Clockwork looked nervous at first, but as the explanation went on he went down a notch in it and resigned himself to thinking that the guild really were there just to help. he had never heard anything bad about them before after all, so why would it be a problem now?

 

He didn't loose all of the nervousness though, at the mention of there also being an ancient dragon. He knew well that dragons could get positively massive with age, and since he had some... Concerns regarding dragons, the nagging feeling of a large one soon assisting in adding more damages to town couldn't leave him.

 

"I mean no disrespect, but what exactly do you think your guild master will do? We are just starting to rebuild town after one fight, another between an alicorn and a dragon lord could leave the town in ruins if he comes with harm in mind."

 

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@@Seamore Sandwich

 

Warm and cold coiled around his neck as he did theirs, in this embrace that he frankly didn't know how to put words on. Though he had received and given many hugs to Celestia during his time growing up, she had always been the only one he had embraced, and though this carried degrees of tender caring as well, it just felt odd for some reason. Not in a bad way, but it was still hard for him to directly put words on how this were, and how it made him feel, beyond happy in a way he hadn't felt for many centuries at this point.

 

He could feel that he had taken after his mother when it came to being warmblooded rather than his colder father, though he couldn't run away from there being days when he had a few hours to spare that he enjoyed letting his mind float and sit under the glaring sun. Generally floating in a river at the same time if he could help it, though it had been a long time since he allowed himself the rest to do something like this.

 

Zhu wished to say something about the other egg, but he did not wish to break his parents spirits further. The eggs he had seen could never hatch, and if he hadn't come out of it himself, he wouldn't think that his own would have been capable of containing life either. Something which they did not need to hear at before they would pass to the world beyond. They didn't need this burden.

 

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@@Seamore Sandwich

 

"...It was my fault. All of it."

 

Vivid were still barely holding herself together emotionally when Charlie got there. She just starred in the direction that Xeno had run off to with bloody tears running down her face and a sobbing tone telling over and over some variation of it all being her fault.

 

Loosing somepony close was a painful blow to anypony, and Vivid were no stranger to this pain. Three times had she gone through it in her life, and all of them had ended as it were now: With the crushing feeling of dread falling upon her, knowing that they were going to die and that she could do nothing about it. Except now it was far worse, as the feeling of all three of them weighed her down at once, and the that memories flooded back about them threatened to sweep her away with them.

 

If Charlie needed her help, he'd have to get her out of it somehow. Perhaps literally knocking her in the head to try and snap her out of it would do, but if he were in a hurry and couldn't wait, he'd have to just go by the direction that Vivid were looking and then come back for her later. It was unlikely that she would have moved by herself by that time unless the feeling of dread passed her by, or something else had helped her snap out of it.

 

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@@EQ_Theta

 

Guess this was another thing that the longma had in common with the ponies then. Whispers and gossip.

 

What exactly it was that they said she didn't know, but she didn't have to either really. Omen had gotten used to hearing all sorts of things when ponies saw her and others that didn't fit their world picture, and actually found it confusing sometimes when she didn't see at least the occasional funny look, or being moving in a circle away from her vicinity.

 

Sen and Lin had been considered dead by this place before today far as she knew. Erased from their history, and since Lin looked quite differently, that would add to the whispers and strange looks. Made enough sense to her, though for all she knew it could also have something to do with Salosan, and some of those eyes he mentioned having yapped on about things. Hard to tell, but considering she couldn't hear them she didn't really care either.

 

The strange things didn't happen until they entered the hut where Xin were still bedridden. Not at first, as he were just laying there and got fed the strange liquid a little by little, but after the second swig it seemed to jump start whatever they wanted to happen. Which seemed to be him getting lit up like a candle in the eyes and then start to tell them things. Things which apparently didn't sit too well with Sen, though considering what Xin had said, that wasn't a surprise.

 

Instead of following him as he retreated a little though, she wanted to try to ask Xin a question instead, which she thought might be important.

 

"What was the reward?"

 

It found her odd that he would go from wanting to see Sen again, to turning him in for a reward, which made her wonder exactly what was worth stabbing your friend in the back for. Had to be something important and worthwhile, yes?

 

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@@Lil' Lovebug

 

"You got it. They should be around here somewhe- Ah, here we go."

 

Happy backed out of the cart with two bottles being placed one by one in front of him. They didn't look all that fancy, but he was quite frankly not a fan of that since he'd have to pay big bucks for that, which in turn mneant he had to charge more to keep it going. Besides, it lost that rustic feeling in his mind, and made it all seem store bought. Something he definitely did not want to happen, as he wanted the rep to be his, not some twonk in a fancy store's.

 

The important part was the inside anyway, which looked as delicious and silky smooth as you would want from any good, aged whiskey. Thank the heavens for the magic box he had going that could age this sort of thing overnight really. If he had tried this back in his old, human world, his business would've been so slow that it would have tanked. Magic really helped a bunch.

 

"Alright then. It's 15 a bottle, and if it turns out to be undrinkable, I offer a full refund. Anything for you there flamo?"

 

He made a cheeky little comment towards Vivid, though inside his suspicions were starting to rise over her as she had gotten a more narrowed look in her eyes at him since he had wandered inside the wagon. He couldn't know it was because Vivid had observed the way Satin had gotten closer to her and started to wonder if he had something to do with that, but he definitely knew that something was up at least. He had to keep playing the idiot though, which gave him a bit of a snide remark from Vivid.

 

"That would be Vivid, and no, I don't drink."

 

"Alright, whatever floats your boat Vivid. Anyway, fancy making the trade Satin?"

 

The price was pretty good really, as the shops in Canterlot would usually be a good deal more expensive, but those also had their fancy bottles, brands etc. He could skip all of that, make what he saw fit, and still make a fine profit on it for a taste that was pretty close to that, though he'd argue that he knew more on good taste than those fancy wine-sippers, since hw wasn't just sending workers to do it all for them, and had to make sure his reputation was up to scratch to keep in business. Put some pressure on him to make sure his stuff were good, and the personal touch to make sure of it.

Edited March 15, 2017 by Blitz Boom

[BloodDrops 762]

@@Blitz Boom,

 

Blood Drops let out a yawn, she then proceed to chew on some cardboard, probably used for fireworks. Most of the stuff in here were used for fireworks. She blinked at the Blitz filly and then at the Blitz's filly's brother. She snorted amused by his statement. "psychology? Yeah That's my field of expertise, after killing ponies with plague" she remarked. She blinked at him like he was the dumb one, she had analysed as much, "Not very hard to figure out why Blitz doesn't remember you" she remarked. She had physio-analysed this and had reached several conclusions.

 

"Firstly this Cardboard, is super duper chewy, secondly you think a pony like me could restrain herself without having a brilliant mind? You are talking to a doctor of course" she remarked. Though her mind wasn't as brilliant as it was. "Firstly, you got to understand Blitz's personality, then you know why she doesn't remember you" she remarked, she paused in her explanation and picked up another piece of cardboard, chewing it slowly to add to the suspense. Not that she had forgotten what she was going to say. 

 

"Back to the question at hoof, she smells like you, and you smell kind of like her, so your probably related." she finished, that was a good conclusion she was happy with. She stayed silent for abit, then continued like nothing was amiss. "Shes not traumatised by disappearing, nor is she a fool. I'm gonna guess that she must have bumped her head or something, then got picked up by the dragon, then made fireworks for me to nibble on. That or she just didn't like you or her family and decided to forget you entirely and used the whole disappearances as a way to do so." she added bluntly. 

 

Blood Drops did like getting straight to the point. She had chewed her way though the cardboard and was now thinking of something else to eat, her belly was hungry after all. 

[Lil' Lovebug 1,041]

@@Blitz Boom,

 

Satin walked back up Happy and hastily pulled out 30 bits from her pouch, a couple more falling from the pouch and onto the ground. "O-oh. I'm terribly sorry." She picked them up and put the lot in front of the stallion. "That should be the thirty bits you asked for. If it's over, please keep the bits." She grabbed the two bottles in her magic and set them next to her bags. She walked back to stand next to Vivid, trying to hide her embarrassment.

 

She looked over at Bubble. "I'll let you get to business. Please let me know when the room is ready." She leaned closer to Vivid. "Shall we go inside. Maybe sitting down and taking a moment to relax will help us both calm down."

[dragon4111 914]

@@Blitz Boom,

"To lord Ancalagon this is a place of industry.Making trade routes to and from Manehatten and if he feels that this alicorn is a danger to his business," Draco stated with a sigh. "His fire is as black as the darkest of pits. Hotter than the sun itself. I saw him fight the old dragon lord and won. Buthe turned down the title because he prefers to be with the ponies of his guild for we are his children or so he says,"

[Moonlit 593]

@@Seamore Sandwich,@@Blitz Boom,  "I build up an immunity to the potion with prolonged use, this dose will last 21 hours...my next dose will last about 19-20 hours, and so on." She fluffs her wings and scarfs down the muffins, devouring them in almost singular bits. She holds up the letter, "Princess Luna has moved up the meeting with Princess Sparkle, and is inviting her student, Starlight Glimmer as well"

[FanOfManyShows 396]

@@Blitz Boom, 

 

"I'm not one for dresses, they're usually for those desperate for love." She said with a light chuckle, turning her head away, brushing some hair behind her ear with a hoof while glancing at Chow, she looked away to the dress thinking over what Chow said. "Or just to make themselves more rich than smart, like you said."

 

Misty looked ahead. "Girly dresses aside..." She jumped in front of Chow. "How far are the Canterlot Gardens from here?"

[Widdershins 9,959]

@@Blitz Boom,    &   @Twilight-Shimmer

 

        Without breaking conversational step, or indeed being seemingly aware of her beginning to walk away Widdershins bends to follow Amazon Lilly. Without changing position from the prone, back-down position, he had been talking to them earlier, he scoots along beside her right side while matching her stride with the sword in his center pointing straight up in the air, looking somewhat like some long, noodle-shaped-hulled boat or like some poorly designed toy locomotive.

   Widdershins carries on:

 

       What? Equestria being prone to strife? Bah, its one of the more reliably peaceful places as cannons, stories & dimensions go. Why do you think Discord is so famous for having settled down here? But I do digress.

  So what cool stories have you heard about here? I do Heart a good story! You seen anything strange & horrid lately?!!?

 

   Oh! So they've piled all the ponies in a veritable Pony Pile (or does that only work with dogs?...) just outside of town, eh? What's going to harm a pony; you're all practically living plu-

 

  Widdershins winces a bit as a passing bush snares the hilt of the sword he put in his own chest a while back.

 

   Oh, and if you could sometime pull this thing out of me when you can. It's starting to get in deep enough to begin hurting.

 

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  And also @~Phoenix~ !

 

     Having seemingly waited long enough for a suitable lull in the conversation & having lost its patience in waiting for a pony to meet its challenge, the stray claw decides to push its luck & seize its chance. Quickly, though one could argue its amount of paralleled grace, the claw leaps upwards between the loose circle of ponies like a salmon forging its way up a waterfall during spawning season. It snaps tightly shut around the first thing it comes to.

 

    Namely that of the unicorn stallion's horn.

 

   It appears to be holding on well enough, that were one of a more dramatic & fearful state of mind, one could say that it was almost beginning to somehow fuse onto it. It doesn't, however, seem to be on tight enough to restrict magic or bloodflow.

[EQ_Theta 459]

@@Blitz Boom

 

"The reward was in and of itself," Xin replied but Lin noticed a slight change in tone. While he eased into saying what he started with, his voice wavered as he gave his response. It sounded heavy and it slowed down; there was no resistance and yet it was forcing something back. "I get to see my friend again and I get that promotion I always wanted. The elder would put in a good word for me, convince the huntmaster that I am reliable and good on my word. The elder's word carries a lot of weight and anyone in their right mind would work for it." 

 

Sen turned back and listen in, staying in place still but his anger... he was uncertain whether he had to continue being angry or to let go of it. But questions still remained, the ones unasked but vital questions that had more to do with the former elder. To him, there was still a sliver of his old friend, but whether or not he's heard enough lies was another matter. He wanted to believe what he's hearing was another excuse, something he can use to fire back once all this is done.  

"Where did this meeting take place? Were you the only one?" Sen approached, stern in voice and hardened in appearance. 

The patient didn't look to Sen, only upwards, and responded almost despondently, seemingly aware of where his actions fall short. "A cave out in the forest, past where those who grow old go to enter the everlasting dream. There were others, some hunters and some villagers, they all went there to receive their orders. We didn't speak with each other but we knew our roles and were only to return once our task was finished. Jagged stones hanging from above mark the way in."

Sen was satisfied for the moment, as was Lin. Ghilan took hold of the clay jar with the liquid concoction and faced Omen and the siblings. "It's a start. I can stay behind and continue questioning him while you go on ahead and find this place."

Edited March 16, 2017 by EQ_Theta

[~Phoenix~ 196]

 @@Blitz Boom,

 

phoenix also took notice in the wound that last stand bore. she considered for a moment helping out, and attempting to heal her, but unfortunately her battle instincts prevented her from doing so "if you show off what you can do, then somepony can figure out how to counter it, or cut it off... don't do anything unless it's dire." she told herself mentally. 

 

Phoenix looked up at smokey as he began speaking to last stand about that sword of hers. such an interesting artifact it was. an heirloom she said? is there any possibility it links to her ancestry? there were many questions that she had. following other ponies around and helping them wasn't exactly something she'd normally do, but this time it was different... it wasn't just some random pony asking for assistance on the streets, this time it pertained to her almost directly. she didn't have much choice in the matter. she needed to stick with smokey, and especially last stand if she wanted to figure out more about this sword of hers. "sure, i suppose" she said with mild enthusiasm. she just wasn't the social pony. 

 

@@Widdershins, 

 

just then, she saw the claw leap out of the blue and latch itself onto smokey's horn. it startled her a bit, but she kept her composure. she simply took a few steps back away from smokey, unsure of what to do. she could certainly try to hit it with a fireball or something, but she'd run the risk of severely injuring smokey. 

[Foxy Socks 2,599]

@@Blitz Boom, 

 

"An Ever... Grown? I don't think I-" Foxy jumped back a bit as she noticed the vine come into view from the cape, showing a bud opening. She was silent for a minute, not by fear though, but by fascination. She had never seen something like this before, despite her constant exploring and travels.

"I haven't heard of Evergrowns before. Are they uncommon?" she asked with curiosity.

 

She looked closer at his coat and it did seem to have a slightly different look, but it was hard to tell. She could barely see the difference, and probably wouldn't have noticed if it wasn't pointed out. She wondered how many others would have not noticed, with the pony blending in with the others, save for their tail. They looked quite fascinating to her...

 

"Sorry, I didn't mean to stare..." Foxy quickly said looking down. She had a tendency to not realize that she is doing anything rude or inappropriate. One of the things she didn't like about herself, as it brought on many awkward situations.

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

@@Blitz Boom

 

*Cacora nods and says,* "The staff usually always keeps a set of keys on them. Also sense I became like a staff and am an adult living here, I have a set as well."

 

*Cacora looks to the jar.* "In honesty, they were only in there for their protection. Flutters had me have them checked out by another caretaker who specializes more with insects. Turns out that the caretaker was one of those new changelings. The ones working with the six. However, something never felt right about them. Why would chrysalis just let them go? Guess I will have to ask later."

 

*She smiles with the being.* "Fluttershy has a small garden already waiting for their return."

 

*She then adopts a worried look.* "The door you spoke of, where can I find it?"

Edited March 16, 2017 by Midnight_Aurora

[Holiday Agnaktor 1,436]

@@Blitz Boom

@@Summer Breeze

 

 

"Well, Nerzhei, nice to meet you. I hope that we can get along."

 

Blue really hoped that they would, because that would mean that she would have to be less wary around one less creature.

 

Frosty and Blue both followed Lyriel into the cave, Frosty taking a close look at Lyriel while she did her magic. When the moss was fully grown, Frosty clapped his hooves together with a wide grin on his face.

 

"Oooh ooh! Can you teach me that too, or is it a dryad only thing? Please don't say that's a dryad only thing, I wanna cover my house in moss!"

 

Blue chuckled. To her it was fairly obvious that it was dryad magic. Spores coming from her hands didn't look like something that unicorns could replicate.

The soft moss that now covered the ground reminded her a bit of the Hive. They didn't use beds, they had small gaps in the wall in which you crept and slept, with the walls and ground made out of soft-ish material. Not the most comfy, but it worked. Allowed for a massive amount of drones to be housed in a small place.

 

When Lyriel asked about the group's opinion on Nerzhei, Blue was quick to answer.

 

"Well, Nerzhei probably seems angry, but I'm sure she would not harm us in any way, no matter what we do. She may act scary, but she wouldn't hurt a fly. Even if she's provoked, she won't act on it unless she absolutely has to."

 

Frosty was less fast with his response.

 

"She, eh... seems nice? I mean, she didn't dunk our heads in hot wax, so for a dragon she's really nice...? Plus, she really likes magic, just like me, so that's a bonus. She's even nice enough to show me where to get those magical gems later."

[genessee 535]

@@Blitz Boom

 

"You really think so? Thanks, it feels really nice. to me, at least, when someone genuinely compliments you."

 

Lance grinned.

 

"So you want to hear how I almost got involved in gangs? Alright. Well, when I still lived in Noncannon, a few years ago, I was needing some bits for myself and my family. My dad's birthday was coming up and I wanted to give him something nice. So I went out looking for something to do that might earn me some currency, and eventually I came across a group of stallions a few years older than me. They offered me some bits to go get a few thing around town that they wanted. I was a bit skeptical, but the things they wanted didn't seem suspicious, so I went along. They wanted a butterfly knife, some scrapped metal shards from dumpsters and the like, and some firewood. Actually, they seem pretty suspicious now that I say it aloud. Well, I thought it was legitimate when they told me to get the stuff, so I went around town getting the stuff. Most of it came from dumpsters, except for the butterfly knife. I took that from my own stash. Anyway, after I grabbed the stuff and brought it to the gang again, they thanked me, tossed a few bits (Which wasn't nearly as much as they said) and told me to scram. Because I had just handed them a knife and I wasn't armed, I decided to keep my mouth shut about pay and go find other work. Finally, after a little while of searching and getting some more bits, I had scrounged up enough to get something decent for my pop. Before I got to the shop, however, I passed the gang again. This time, they stopped me and told me they needed something done. They wanted me to go talk to the shopkeeper of the nearby store for about ten minutes, and offered to pay me in advance. Quite a few bits, to be honest. This time I was extremely suspicious. Why pay me so much just to go talk to some random? But the money convinced me that I should do it. Dumb choice, I know. So I walk into the store, and after a few moments of browsing, I go up and talk to the stallion running the shop and ask him something stupid. I don't remember what it was now, but it was something along the lines of 'Nice day outside' or the like. So I glance back towards the gang, and I see one of them flash the butterfly knife I had given them before the group moved down the alley next to the shop. Now I was convinced they were going to do something illegal. I decide to tip off the shopkeeper by saying, 'You might want to go look around the store and around the outside. You never know when a gang's planning to rob you in this town.' I then quickly bought a present for my dad and left the store."

 

He took a breath. That was a lot of talking.

 

"Turns out the gang was using me as bait to distract the shopkeeper while they set up some altered fireworks on the roof to blast it in. Really stupid thing to do, and the shopkeeper caught them red-hoofed. I'm not even sure if the fireworks would actually blow it in. Afterwards the shopkeeper actually came to our cottage to thank me for letting him know about the plotted robbery. Little did he know I almost helped it get completed. After the failed robbery, I was afraid to leave the cottage for weeks. It was hard to sleep at night, I always feared that the gang would find me and who knows what they'd do?"

 

Lance shrugged.

 

"I'm probably boring you to death. Sorry about that."

[Storm Shine 1,196]

@@Blitz Boom, 

 

Storm glanced at Blitz once more before speaking to Molotov, "I know you really want to help her to remember; but maybe you should ask Blitz what she wants before making plans. It's her mind and stuffs that would be getting messed with, even if there is a hardcopy to be made, so she deserves not only a say, but I think the final say in that matter." The usually silly pegasus mentioned. Helping Blitz with getting her memories back was all well and good, but the methods sounded a bit.. Dangerous and/or invasive. If Blitz didn't want it then, in his opinion, it shouldn't be done. Nopony should be forced into that kind of thing. If she did want it however, then he hoped that everything would turn out for the best.

[Missklang 1,053]

@@Blitz Boom, 

 

 

"As for you, I dunno if I can trust chaos enough to help her. It's prone to random results from even the best practitioners I've heard of, and might end up frying her brain even further. I can't take that chance out of nowhere when it comes to her.   This Alscenia you mention though, perhaps I could get hold of her? It'd be safer to try and help Blitz if there were some way to make a hard copy of her memories before poking around in there, in case something goes wrong."

 

 

Missklang humfed.

 

Being crazy is not that bad you know...   However you are right. Alscenia is able to help. I'm sure of that. However I'm searching for her too for you see I lost my own memories recently and lack the magic to activate the crystal to remember her location. She is the enchanter here, it's her who is able to make crystals for storage. I can convince her to. 

[Blitz Boom 4,627]

@@BloodDrops

@@Shineling

@@Missklang

 

"Is it chaos magic itself that you need to activate the crystal, or just magic in general Missklang? I might be able to provide spare energy if it's the later."

 

Nerzhei started off replying to Missklang about the need of magic for his memory stone, so they could get things along, but was shortly after interrupted by Molotov who went on about things as if she hadn't said a peep.

 

"I don't doubt she bonked her head. The sort of trauma that can come from that is staggering, and frankly I'm just happy she's alive. It hurt knowing that she don't remember me, mom, or any of the others, but considering it looked like she was dead before, you have no idea how much more joy I have over this than pain. And trust me, she didn't run away, or fake her memory. Blitz's pretty forthcoming when it comes to her emotions, and have always been horrible at lying. It would have been possible to tell.

 

Her memory can be helped though, one way or another. Though you're right too Storm. I can't just push this on her. I gotta wait and see what she thinks when she starts responding again. She can be like this for a while if she's happy. Well, that or run around the hooves of everypony.

 

As for how she got here... Crater, impact, the metal I see on this hut along with the rocks, makes me think this is combined with where mom's rocket went. Guess it's a good thing she never figured out how to get it to fly straight for long enough to hit space, though at least she got some of the safety procedures done it seems. That thing was a death trap to begin with, and Nerzhei here wouldn't have found her in one piece."

 

"Not to rain on everyone's glory, but I've only known Blitz for less than a week. Met her in dragon country."

 

"Wait wait wait, hold on. Dragon country?"

 

"Stray portal swallowed her and a few others up and dumped them in a valley there. I tracked them down and after some back and forth brought them to camp. Elders there figured it was best that they got back here rather than test the boundaries of the agreement between our races, and I got saddled with bringing them here, along with a fourth pony we met along the way."

 

"I'm thankful that you didn't do something to her, but why are you still here then?"

 

"Because I was told to keep an eye on the fifth one we brought along, and indirectly told not to come back. Simplistic fools the lot of them.

 

I want to get to something else though. Blood, what do you mean with killing others with plague?"

 

The tone Nerzhei had said the last thing in, made it sound as if Blood had to step carefully in her response, though she wasn't overly hostile about things just yet. She'd give the mare the chance to respond before jumping to action.

 

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@@Lil' Lovebug

 

Though he could do this and that, Happy was not able to actually read emotions of changelings. He knew that some could, but to him, they were completely blank in that regard. In a sense it helped him, as he could tell who was one of them a bit better, but it did leave him unprepared for anything somebuggy else might end up preparing. Though for the time being, he kept that suspicion to himself, and just went on with the sale.

 

"Alright sugar. Enjoy your drinks, and have a good one."

 

Happy waved off the two mares as they began to go inside, before returning to his business with Bubble Tea.

 

When they got inside, the feeling of judgements and fear should have laid down, and been replaced with a somewhat awkward silence and shame. Something which Vivid didn't care for, as much as direct Satin over to a corner in the opposite direction where they wouldn't be disturbed or overheard.

 

"What happened between the salespony and you? And don't try to tell me there was nothing. Nopony just stops all of a sudden and begins to act nervously without there being something wrong."

 

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@@dragon4111

 

"Beaten the dragon lord? The dragon lord, that rules over all dragon kind? O-Oh dear, this is bad, but if he thinks of his business first, and only go if the alicorn proves a problem... I s-suppose that violence doesn't need to be the first response. We wouldn't have much to do about that danger at least if it were. That would be a fight we could only run from."

 

Clockwork would much prefer to not have to flee Ponyville, but he knew that if something strong enough to win over the former dragon lord (if that was true that were, might have been an exaggeration) fought an alicorn, there wouldn't be a chance for them unless that was exactly what they did. Might have been that they had managed to get through it when Princess Twilight busted heads with Tirek, but that one had been close for many of them, and that were not a comparable fight really. The dragon lord were famed for being the strongest of their kin, and Twilight were a new princess, whereas another alicorn that were older would likely be stronger.

 

"There is a chance that this doesn't need to become a battle... R-Right?"

 

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@@Moonlit

@@Seamore Sandwich

 

Ziggy's eyes widened when she heard about the immunity towards this potion, and the predictable, downwards spiral it would take the more she drank of it. Immunities to medicine usually was more erratic and/or prolonged to take effect then this, and while it was nice to have a predictable effect like this, it was a pretty quick one as far as she were concerned, and meant that Moonlit would have to become more and more careful about when she walked out for every day.

 

"That sounds like we're busy then. When's the meeting? Tonight? And is she coming around, or just sending this? Otherwise we miiiiight want to send the guard off so the poor guy doesn't stand there all night for nothing."

 

Whilst yes, it was important about the meeting, she were a caring sort by nature, and thinking about letting the guard stand there for no reason all night seemed a bit much to her. Especially so tired that he had looked, even though he tried to hide it well. No way that was possible the way he looked though. Like it had been days since he had even slept, which were not healthy to say the least.

 

"And who's Starlight Glimmer? Never heard of her before."

 

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@@Lloyd

 

"Ain't too far yet, but we have to pass the market to get there still. Let's leave the land of frills and go get to where I at least recall there used to be grub."

 

They passed a good chunk of stores where he said a bit of this and that about them, though he kept his jokes to the nobles that got a little too snooty when looking at him. In a sense, it was a kind of advertisement, as they knew how he were, even if it annoyed them, plus it allowed him to be up in their face. It was a pretty good situation for him, even if he knew this was just gonna get him the same odd stares and comments as usual when it were. He had friends in town now though, so he wasn't gonna be broken so easy this time.

 

Wouldn't be all that far until they got to a point in town where a greater smile spread on his muzzle, and he turned to the others and waved towards the splendour in front of them.

 

"Welcome to the market ladies. Ain't so many as I remembered right now, but there's still enough to show a good deal, and- Oh, awesome sauce, I can see the crazy ol' wacko's stand from here. Come on, I'll need a short stop over there."

 

He didn't specify or point directly towards what stand he were on about, but as he went into the sprouting market it didn't exactly leave few options going. It did look pretty good though, with everything from produce to knick-knacks on display here and there. Might be something that caught their eyes too.

 

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@@Widdershins

@@~Phoenix~

 

"This is rather uncomfortable."

 

Smokey referred to the thing currently grasping to his horn, and who would likely be doing something bad if it kept there as it were after all a draconequus part, and those beings were notorious meddlers. Usually not something too harmful, but when demi-gods played things could accidentally go too far. Something which he kept in mind as a small blast of grey bursted from his horn and sent the claw in a small bow further in.

 

It didn't get too far though, as Smokey's horn kept glowing and sending off a spiralling line of smoke that swung around and hit the thing in the back- Which did little more than just slowing it down so that it fell to the ground there, instead of getting flung further in.

 

"This will be interesting. Come on then Phoenix and Mr. Claw, let's have a bit of fun, shall we not?"

 

Witht hat, his horn began to glow again and thick smoke started to form over him into a couple of nets as he grinned at the claw. He could do worse than this, but he wouldn't want to enrage this thing, just distract it and lead it on, or at best, catch it. He doubted it was possible to catch it though, but distracting it and then lure it towards it's owner? Now, that was a possibility, and likely the best they had. You couldn't just defeat demi-beings like this after all. Though who knew? Perhaps Phoenix had less restraints and some idea. Hopefully not something that would hurt any buildings though. Sure, they were a bit away from an actual building currently, but area of effect magic could be vast if the restraints were too small.

 

His own were less harsh, it was basically just unicorn telekinesis, just channelled through grey, non-toxic smoke that would at worst make somepony cough if they wandered into it, though not suffocate them. More focused like the two nets here it wasn't an issue to gather it into a more solid form, but a wide area like a smokescreen would require, he didn't have the magic to make it solid enough to hurt anything, just confuse and evade.

 

He used to just go the same route as everypony else, but he had found this to be more fun after the first time he had managed to make smoke out of nothing, and these days, he had reservations about using just regular auras unless it was to make things float, and even then it looked a bit like smoke. Plus, it was kind of fun to make smoke pour out from random stacks of wood now and again and make somepony believe there was a fire briefly. Had to have a little fun now and again, yes?

 

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@@Widdershins

@@Twilight-Shimmer

 

"Tirek comes to mind as one of the worst ones we heard about down the coast."

 

Amazon was a bit nervous about taking hold of the sword that went through Widdershine, but he was right that it had to go, so after wandering a little forward and taking a few deep breaths, she took hold and started to pull it out. Depended on how much it was stuck how hard this was going to get, though it was likely not like pulling a knife out of butter.

 

"Discord trying to take over were  also one of the bad ones, along with a weird one about thorny vines trying to overtake town. I don't know about that one being true or not, but I wouldn't be surprised when it comes to this place. Not when this place also drew in Nightmare Moon when she returned, which I think is the first story I heard about this place.

 

I won't rule out that some things are exaggerated, like the zombies that somepony said had gone here, but the sort that seems to be verifiable and have happened within the last five years are pretty odd. Princess Twilight's ascension is a strange one too, but nicer. Same is that Discord apparently helps in the area, which you have to admit is strange, right? I mean, he's the lord of chaos and disharmony, and he's here with the former carriers of the elements of harmony."

 

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@@Foxy Socks

 

Briar chuckled and slid his vine back to where it belonged under his cape, and into his body where it split into the small threads that it was made from. Far more practical than lobbing the whole thing in there really, though somewhat strange for even him, who did best in not thinking too much over how it was happening as opposed to just letting it be.

 

"You need not apologize. Most tend to stare when they see this, or find out that I am different beforehoof, as for example in regards to my sharp teeth, or if they see me eat meat, but I do not bear resentment over this. I understand that when I wander within pony territories that I will draw eyes and curiosity, and quite frankly I welcome others asking me. I much prefer to speak about things rather than having paranoia or fear direct anypony. It can lead to violence, and that really should be a last resort if possible.

 

And before I move on, I can assure you that you need not worry about my dietary needs. I eat bugs and fish mainly, with the occasional bird if I have little choice. I would never even consider biting a pony."

 

There had been a time when the endless questions and stares had worn on him, and made him resentful towards the ponies for not even giving him a chance before judging him, but time had taught him that even though some became horrified at him telling the truth, it was a weight of his shoulders to be honest about what he was, and most of the times it lead to things getting better. Like the elderly pony that had taught him the ways of the world back then said: Always attempt to speak before you fight.

 

"As for how rare my kin is, we aren't a nearly extinct race, though we are of a lesser population than ponies, that is true. We tend to live in tribes some distance from other races and mind our own business. You can at times tell when you are near one of our settlements though, since even if the great trees that make the base of any tribe tend to be hidden by magic, the vegetation around the area can be rather thick and flourished. The harder it is to proceed somewhere,t he greater the chance of being near some of us really.

 

There are some tribes that interacts well with other ponies though, and do speak on friendly terms, but most are still keeping to themselves after a rather bad history with pony-kin, though I have seen more interest in mingling the last few years, and the occasional wanderer to present itself.

 

I have not met many tribes since arriving in Equestria really, but even in this great country there are some, and I could imagine that over the next decade or so that more might poke their heads out. They seemed intrigued when I told stories of the outside world and the splendours that I had seen and heard, though I do hope that they go out voluntarily, and not get banished like I were. It is for the best to have a safe haven to return to, in cse something goes wrong.

 

But I ramble and like there is no tomorrow once more, without knowing if perhaps you have other questions. My apologies for that Foxy."

 

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@@EQ_Theta

 

Strange, his tone changed when asked about his reward.

 

That was pretty much the base thought that Omen had about what Xin said as he were questioned further, as she didn't put more into it than this. The explanation that he gave sounded like a bad reason to betray somepony in her mind, but it fit the impression that she had gotten about the longma more or less blindly following Salosan, which wouldn't make it that hard for him to push somepony to do things like this she supposed. Besides, he had seemed rather manipulative when they had met him, so perhaps it was just that he were pretty good at handling beings. Either way, she found it likely that this was truth, and didn't find the change of tone concerning.

 

As the questions went on and Sen returned to their side once more, it wasn't long until they had a target to go after. A cave somewhere that Sen and Lin were hopefully able to find, as the directions sounded like a riddle to her, and she were not good at that. Those sort of things tended to stumble upon itself in her head and not make much sense until she were told or shown what it was about.

 

"The cave, is there traps there?"

 

Omen knew it was time to leave, but this question seemed like it could be important, in case Sen or Lin might get hurt when they entered the area with... She didn't know. More shadow beings perhaps? Salosan seemed to use some pretty strange magic, so it was hard to say for her.

 

What wasn't hard to say for her though, were that Sen seemed to be angry again. Both how he had spoken and how he looked as she turned around and looked at him hinted at that, at least when she compared it to how he had been the last time she had seen him angry, and how he tended to be. Might be he were just constipated though, she wasn't entirely certain.

 

"Sen, are you okay? You're not getting angry again, are you?"

 

The option to send him in a timeout in her home realm was still there, depending on if he lashed out again, though hopefully it wasn't so bad. If it was anger, it might just be because of what Xin said, and how he felt betrayed by his friend. A harsh thing, but perhaps he were clear-headed enough? Guess they'd find out. Or well, Lin likely would, as she had called him out on things before, but she'd see.

 

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@@Midnight_Aurora

 

Anomally seemed extra happy when the new changelings came up in conversation, and literally chirped in joy like a little bird.

 

"I love the new changelings. The others are still fun, but I like mutants. More unique, and I like the strange ones. Met one a month or so ago, though I haven't seen their king yet.

 

And I can get you to the door. You have the key yet?"

 

Anomaly were... No, I'm not going over what she thinks again. She's just going to break the fourth wall once more, and I want at least one post with her that won't have her reading my words.

 

"I can still see you."

 

...Dang it.

 

"Anyway, if you have the key, then it's time to go."

 

*SNAP*

 

Her tail formed two fingers with the hair and snapped, and in the next second they were at a door where muffled voices could be heard through it, though what exactly they said were hard to tell.

 

"They're saying they want to get out, and wondering if I'm still out here."

 

Can't I just have one post without you interrupting things? Please?

 

"Hey, you're the one who writes what I do all of a sudden. I didn't go looking for you."

 

Alright, fair point, though usually the ones I write about don't talk back.

 

"There's more? I wanna see them too."

 

Later. First off, there's this here door, and Cacora is waiting for you to say something to her rather than have a pop at what she must see as nothing but a voice in your head. It's making you look crazy,

 

"I think crazy is part of what I am, but okay. Cacora, do you wanna see if the key works?"

 

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@@Frosty Frost

@@Summer Breeze

 

Lyriel let out a small sigh and sat down on the ground.

 

"Perhaps I am simply over-thinking things then, if you too seem to overall think positively of our draconian companion. I keep wondering if something will go wrong on this trip, and for some reason, my mind have wandered back towards her a few times, after the first time I saw this anger in her eyes.

 

I start to wonder if perhaps I am simply putting too much emphasis on fearing the worst, as this is a pretty big change of pace in my life and that could make me seek excuses to not take too far of a leap. Your country does sound lovely, I assure you of that, but I would be lying if I said that I am not nervous about how it will go."

 

Could it be that she were afraid of too much change, no matter how much she had stepped forward with her new friends? Certainly, and she would think of this as the most likely explanation. But she still valued to hear the opinions of the others, and see if perhaps her thoughts on Nerzhei were actually a wide concern, or just her projecting things. Thus far, it seemed to be the later.

 

"But I do not wish to bring any of you down, this is my own insecurities, and I should have not pushed it, or clouded opinions upon any of you.

 

Perhaps I would do better to answer you Frosty and say that I don't know for certain, but it may be a thing for dryads only. It is not simply raising spores already in the ground I do after all, but rather create them too, which I am nor certain if your kind can do.

 

You need not worry about your house if it is though. If you wish, I could always just come around and do it for you if it were, though you would have to remember to water your house now and again."

 

A small smile spread on her face at the thought of Frosty going around with a bucket of water and tossing it on the roof so it could trickle down from there and quench the thirst of the moss. For some reason, this was a rather amusing imagery for her, though she wasn't sure why. Perhaps it was just the silliness of things after the things that had just been mentioned, but regardless, she welcomed it with open arms. A light in the darkness was never a bad thing after all.

 

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@@genessee

 

"N-No no, you're not boring me. It's just uhm... I-It's a bad story. Not like y-you're saying it bad, that's not what I meant. What I meant is u-uhm..."

 

Void had to stop herself as she just got more and more flustered, then close her eyes and take a few deep breaths before she could go on again. If she hadn't, she would have stepped so much into it that she would've bolted, or hid somewhere. until she felt better.

 

"I meant that the s-story subject sounds like a bad thing to live through, b-but it's good that it had a happy ending, and that you didn't end up in a gang.

 

Most of the p-ponies I've met, wouldn't have the courage to go against somepony like that, and w-warn the shopkeeper when they could get hurt t-themselves for being a snitch. It's pretty b-brave of you, even if you say you were afraid a-afterwards, since it was what you did at the moment when it was i-important that counts, though it was likely for the b-best that you got away. Angry beings in gangs or m-mobs can be pretty brutal to those they don't like."

 

Void knew for a fact that she wouldn't be able to muster the courage to rat out others like Lance had done, nor really knew many others that would have. The danger that could befall them over meddling in things like that was enough to discourage most, and especially if it did not concern them or somepony close to them, so it really spoke volumes about Lance's character as far as she were concerned.

[~Phoenix~ 196]

@@Blitz Boom,

 

Phoenix simply stood back, cocking an eyebrow as she watched smokey deal with the disembodied crab appendage. it didn't take him much to get it off of him and onto the ground. it didn't seem all that dangerous to her, but it did seem annoying. perhaps she'd cast a bit of her magic just to make this thing go away

 

her horn began to glow with a royal blue aura, and a light began to form at its tip. from the light, came a fireball which seemed to move at a rather high velocity as it struck the claw directly.

 

unfortunately, Phoenix's approach was a little more destructive than Smokey's. not that she meant to cause widespread damage. in fact, she had quite good control over her magic, even curving the fireballs slightly mid-air if she needed to in order to make them hit their targets and nothing else. her approach was simply met with a lot less finesse. she'd rather get things over with much quicker

 

she simply stood there silent, watching the claw after it was struck with the fireball. 

[Moonlit 593]

@@Seamore Sandwich,@@Blitz Boom "I am not sure, the letter doesn't say but I am sure Princess Luna will give me some notice before blowing my door off...again" Serenade chuckles, "Starlight is Princess Sparkle's Friendship Student, so I expect there to be alot of checklists and book learning." Grabbing her plate and dropping it off in the sink, she heads to her front door and opens it and looking for the Guard, "Sir? May I be so bold as to ask if Princess Luna gave you any additional instructions concerning myself or was it just the letter?"

[EQ_Theta 459]

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"May I ask you a question," Xin answered still in a despondent manner, though emotion seems to flood back again. "If you were Solasan, would you take any chances? He wants everything to go right. Every word, every action, all carefully chosen and presented with confidence and certainty. When he wants something, he'll ensure every possible source of failure is considered. And when he misses something, he comes up with a second plan more fool-proof than the last."

 

"It does sound about right," Lin chimed as the memories of Solasan's encounters, all forms of them, rushed back into relevance. "Remember the way he talked? It's more than just posturing; behind that confidence is a cunning tactician. But does he have countermeasures against having his own agents give information to us? That's something I'm eager to find out." 

Sen paced back and forth, hearing what his old friend had to say and wondered about the implications of having even said such things. Then the words he spoke in the forest prior to meeting the old clan once more returned: unworthy of forgiveness. Whatever his feelings on the matter are, his old friend didn't have the confidence to think upon himself and see any semblance of honor left in him. Sen was angry, that much is true, but whether he can look past that is up to him to decide. He approached Omen and gave her his thoughts. 

"I'm feeling a lot of things right now, Omen. Light-headed and confused among other things. I want to talk about this but not here, maybe when we're out of the village. A neutral perspective might give me more room to think rationally and keep my anger in check."  

Edited March 19, 2017 by EQ_Theta