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[Brobot 1,436]

@Blitz Boom

Apple jack trotted  outside of the barn the following morning she looked at the trees sighed"This is best place to live that I can be sure........"Something she saw cut her short.the trees...they looked disturbed,now this might seem strange to other pony but living on this orchard all her live,well it comes with its benefits and one of those are noticing when the smallest thing has different about them.AJ slowly trotted over a tree and looked at its trunk.

"a....hand print?AJ turned her head in confusion  and started at the strange print,"something has been here,I'm plum sure of that"she need to find out what.....

[genessee 535]

@Blitz Boom

"Uhhh..."

Lance trotted over to a vacant nearby table and dumped the contents of his hoodie onto it.

"No, there's no pineapples here. Only peaches and oranges, sorry.  I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to fit one in my pocket, anyways!"

[Victoria Sponge 1,012]

@Blitz Boom

The faintest hint of a smile appeared on Victoria's face when Benny called her a life-saver. She appeared to be softening more and more the longer she was in their company and away from her sister. The smile did not disappear as they began moving and seemed only to grow as they moved along.

Coming to the next crossroad and being asked for another direction by Benny she looked around at the three potential paths.

"Uhmm... Left here. You could go straight ahead and left later on but then we'd have to pass through a... less... nice... clean?"

She paused trying for once to come up with a slightly nicer way of referring to a person or place.

"An area I would prefer to avoid, this city is wonderful but nothing can be wholly beautiful. Everyone and everything has a little, or in my case a lot, of ugly somewhere."

She seemed puzzled, as if she wasn't sure what she'd said made sense.

"Anyway... after you."

Once again she waited patiently for the other to move, glanced up at the sky once more and trotted closely behind Pop, notably closer than she had been a little earlier.

[Storm Shine 1,195]

@Blitz Boom @EQ_Theta

Discord chuckled merrily, ruffling Omen's mane with a happy smile. "It's quite possible my dear, it's quite possible." He said, thinking on all of the time he's spent with Fluttershy, "Although, if I should offer such a thing, it would be up to her as well."

[EQ_Theta 330]

@Blitz Boom @Storm Shine

"A city likely to rob visitors blind... sure hope we don't get sidetracked then. Why ponies put up with that is beyond me." Lin quietly muttered the second sentence under her breath as she was left even more perplexed by such things. All the more Las Pegasus sounded like a loud salespony Lin ran into while on the road. He spoke with such charisma and elegance, always enticing and on point while capping his piece with quick wit. Good thing she didn't decide to go along with that scheme because she learned first-hoof how she'd be robbed through compliance. That was a con she would remember for many years to come. 

"Anyways, I'll give File Fiddler or Fancy Filigree your name if they ask but mention the cracked statues first. You take care of yourself and your friends alright? The world they're in right now may be a lot different than the one they left." 

Lin nodded to Clayton and his friends before turning around to meet up with Discord and the others. Right now, she felt like going back home to her village and just putting her feet up for a moment but with a mad pony on the loose, that will have to wait. She walked up to the others to let them know what comes next. 

"Seems like our work isn't over yet. We need to go to Las Pegasus and meet with someone called File Fiddler; let him know about what happened here. Clayton said he should know about the situation here and maybe he might know more about who Omen just met in the mines. Shall we go?"

[BloodDrops 761]

On 12/12/2017 at 9:06 PM, Blitz Boom said:

Well, that was not the way she had intended the cloth piece to be used, but as long as it did something useful, she should just be somewhat happy about this honestly. Considering everything, having something become a tin bit less difficult was more than welcome.

"Good then, we have a plan for the time being"

As Ponyville got into sight, Nerzhei's mind started to go on alert, and the slightest movement made her think that some pony had found them, and that Blood was going to do something against them to stop othes from hearing about them. Thankfully, they somehow managed to get to where they had aimed for without actual ponies biting notice of them. Leaves, and the occasional critter had been what made sounds on the way there, unless Blood for unknown reasons would want to try and get them closer to town than made sense. In that case, this was going to end with somepony noticing them, but surely she wouldn't expose herself like this?

If something as bad as that did not happen, they should soon enough be at the station, at which point Nerzhei would wait for Blood to begin her planned part of everything, before she'd take off and find a garden shop for some kind of muzzle protection.

 

Blood blinked and smiled as they past the most risky bit of the journey and spotted the station in sight, she smiled and moved slightly faster towards it. "looks like we did rather well, didn't get caught or spread any nasty viruses today" I remarked going up to the station door. I poke my head in and make sure nothing was disturbed or out of place. It wasn't, was left just as Blood had left it. She scooted back outside and blinked at the dragon.

"So, what are we gonna do now? because we need to wait for the metal to arrive and I need a muzzle protector thingy" I remarked at her. I sat down outside, happy to wait there. 

[Foxy Socks 2,594]

@Blitz Boom @Widdershins @~Phoenix~

 

"That's fine, it would be nice to go somewhere more quiet too. Hopefully there won't be anything for Agni to attack either." Foxy looked up at the sleeping phoenix, a feisty but lovable companion. 

 

Foxy looked back at Rarity and Rainbow, saying goodbye, before turning to leave. She wondered where out of the town they would go, though Foxy was familiar with most of it. 

 

In a way she was relieved Brittle was back to normal, so it was easier to tell if she is upset. Foxy made sure to give her room, especially with Agni also in mind. Foxy didn't think Agni would attack Brittle, but it was better to be safe, and besides, Brittle would be anxious having such an animal near her. 

 

"Where should we go Briar? There are quite a few places outside of the town, though I highly doubt the Everfree Forest would be a good idea." Celestia knows what could be in there, and Foxy had plenty of experiences to see why it was a dangerous place. Still, she was fascinated of it, and did enjoy going into it the few times, though at the moment it wasn't such a sound idea.

[~Phoenix~ 196]

@Blitz Boom

Phoenix stood a few steps back still from where sorrow was still talking to her. "legion" the word rang out in her head. is that the word she was using to refer to the skull? something about it made Phoenix feel rather uneasy. but perhaps those were just her latent survival instincts kicking in. 

unfortunately, her survival instincts were a part of her that she simply couldn't get rid of. questioning the motives of others had helped her evade sticky situations quite a few times in the past. and listening to these instincts had been such a huge part of her life that it wasn't going to be something she could easily switch off. and it's for that reason, she would keep a keen eye on sorrow. "sure" she answered carefully. 

as they would begin their stroll through the garden, Phoenix had a hard time letting her mind off the situation that had taken place beforehand, as well as the one that sat in front of her now. she wished that she could truly be at ease as to admire the beauty and work put into such a display. it was nothing like you could find deep in the woods. back in there things simply grew wherever they found themselves. there was no order or beauty.

 she sighed a bit as she realized she kept connecting everything to her life before. but what other choices did she have? after all, there wasn't much for her to compare it to other than her life in the woods. 

 

[FanOfManyShows 396]

@Blitz Boom

The wings started to fade as the realization came across her. "Well, not all of them are dark magic spells like these wings." She looked to him as the last sparks of the wings flew away, landing on the ground. "So we can just use those." She turned to a different page, it mentioned levitation, along with a recap of how to cast a levitation spell, and how to keep yourself focused enough to do self levitation. "You'll need to learn this if you want to float like Warlock can, it's safer, so we don't have to worry about corruption." She paused for a moment. and looked up to him. "And, there are tricks we can figure out to outsmart him, like my mother did." She pulled out a second book, it instead had two gems on it, an Emerald, with a Sapphire. "Sapphire and her sister wrote this together, although to clarify, Athriel never wrote in this book, she had a third sister, Emerald, who wrote in this." Depending if Athriel ever mentioned it when residing in Chow's mind, he might not recognize that this was just another name for Sapphire's sister, Athriel of course. "Lucky for us, no dark magic spells are in this book." She said while pointing to it.

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Warlock smirked as he stopped blasting out magic, absorbing the amount he spewed out that was unused by this spell. "Well at least you don't have any traps keeping you from escaping now!" Warlock yelled out to the Sphinx, moving his hoof to his side as he gestured around himself. Warlock snickered when Athriel suggested the prospect of being carried. "No don't be such a fool, something like that has never drained me fully before." He said, knowing what she meant with those words as he leaned back. "And besides, that thing around his neck gives off a powerful magic." He flew forward as fast as he could, reaching out his hooves as he tried to extract magic directly from the Sphinx's necklace.

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He smiled a little as he stepped closer. "Well I had spotted them and had taken them in myself." He nodded as they asked about his name. "Well it's Iron Wind, but you can call me that if you like." He said with a smile.

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Misty seemed a little shocked in appearance, looking down. The short time with Golden she had wasn't really that much but she hoped he'd come out alive. "I do hope he recovers."

[Blitz Boom 3,921]

@~Phoenix~

Sorrow clapped her hooves together, whilst the grin on her face got larger.

"Yey, garden buddies! See Legion? She's a nice mare. No need to be worried about her."

The lights in the skull seemed unsure where to look as she said that, flickering between Sorrow and Phoenix. Whatever was up with them, they seemed harmless enough to the two mares, even if apparently, they had been concerned about Phoenix.

"They don't mean anything bad by it by the way, Phoenix. They're just concerned when they meet strong ponies, and some of them say you seem plenty strong. Perhaps they think you're like the birds and will go Fwoosh! out of nowhere? Hehe."

Going along the path, they'd soon find themselves passing some more statues of seemingly random ponies and other species, before entering an area that seemed to be designated to relaxation. A few benches, a table, and so forth were close to one another, with an assortment of decorative plants to make sure the atmosphere fitted the place.

Or in other words, it was a patio, with emphasis on the view of the garden. Otherwise the bushes would have been more cut in this area, but Rose didn't want the outside to be distracting you here, so she had decided against it, originally to Smokey's dismay. He had begrudgingly admitted it was better this way, when he had actually tried spending time here, 

Sorrow seemed to be all giddy about it too, though her reasons were different.

"Hehehe. You should have been here three years ago when he had a poltergeist out here. There is something hilarious in seeing Puff Puff scream  for help on a floating bench. He screams like a little filly you know? Real high pitched and *Meep!* like."

Sorrow snorted whilst laughing at the memory. Sure, the poltergeist had been a bad thing for him, but he had gotten through it fine enough, and that week in the hospital didn't mean that it wasn't funny to see him cling on for dear life, confused and terrified as he got slung around. Had made a pretty nasty bump in the wall when he got slammed in there a few times, but both it and him had gotten pretty well mended since then. He still jumped and screamed if she snuck up on him and yelled *Poltergeist!* though. Bit of a trauma she supposed, but other than that, he had gotten through things well.

"That's the first time I met him. Dad asked me to show up and help after things had gotten weird, and I showed up a little before that. Puff Puff was really skeptical, but he believed it after being through this himself., and we've been friends ever since.

I come around once in a while to visit dad, or to have a check to see if some other ghostie have moved in, but so far, only a few stragglers, and none of them are bad ones. Poltergeists aren't normally bad either really. Poor things are just lost and in pain."

She raised a hoof and patted the skull, whose eyes had started to look around on the furniture.

"It's okay now though. She's getting better with Legion's help. Aren't you?"

She snuggled the skull with her muzzle a little before shrugging and pointing to the side, where a small garden dam were placed.

"Wanna look at the fishies? They're pretty and blue."

Seeing as she didn't think of what she had said as a grand reveal or something worrying, Sorrow just moved on like if she had been talking about the weather. Might have some more of an impact on her companion, though she hadn't the faintest idea. She didn't really know Phoenix, so as for all she knew, the mare was just totally into fish, and could glaze over the rest like it was nothing to go see the fishies.

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@Lloyd

Chow smiled as he saw her dismiss the wings.

"Thanks Astral, I appreciate you're willing to work 'round his methods instead of with 'em. And you know, thanks for not blasting me for being a bit off a Donkey when saying things to you. Much appreciated."

Frankly, he had been expecting that at that point, he'd finally gone too far, and he'd get a smacking. But Astral had been merciful on him, and taken his words in well too. He was might proud of the pretty gal.

"So, floating you say? That sounds good. Let's start there, and then move up as you see fit. You're the magic boss, I just hit stuff."

Giving an odd look to the book she presented from what sounded like three sisters, made him give a frown and a little shiver though.

"So wait, there was three of them? No offense to your mother, but what're the chances her last sister here was a good one, considering how Athriel turned out? Seems like 1 good 1 bad so far with those sisters, and that third one might be somewhere out there too."

Athriel hadn't spoken much in his head. Sometimes he felt a pressure, but generally, after Giddon had trapped her in his head, he didn't hear words anymore until she escaped (unless you counted cryptic dreams) and before she was caught he had never heard her say the name Emerald before.

The blood magic user had not wanted to though, even if she had talked to him. Emerald was in her eyes, a foolish filly that had blindly followed the sister she adored into the depths of darkness, and had died the day Sapphire had left her there.

Somewhere deep inside, the adoring sister that only wanted her family together again still resided, but Athriel did what she could to ignore that part, even if it affected her actions. Like it had when she had gotten stronger to face her sister, but not to end her existence, but rather take her back with her. Back to the life she had drawn her little sister into, and haf abandoned for reasons Athriel hadn't understood the point in.

That part were buried deep now though. Sapphire locking her into a red mist, and trapping her in the bauble, had become a memory that fed the hatred in Athriel's mind to her once beloved sister, and it just widened the divide between them. If Sapphire ever wanted to try and get her sister out of the darkness of forbidden magic and rage she had plunged her into, and make amends, she was going to have to work hard to dig it out.

As for her contribution to the book, it was somewhat minimal. Not from a normal pony standpoint, but Sapphire had just been the most knowledgeable, with the most to write down, so two thirds were either only her, or included her inpit one way or another. Emerald had mainly been working with blood and illusions, though there should be some pages of her main study: Transmogrification techniques. Some pretty dark stuff that required blood from whatever you tried to mingle yourself with, but it thankfully didn't specify actual sacrifices.

Athriel had learned to go beyond these ritualistic limitations as time had gone by, eventually causing her to only need small portions per change, and in the end, simply using her own blood as a catalyst, but these were before the dark days of her descend. Before she prepared to go to war with her sister and force her to return to her side, one way or another.

Considering what she had done to be able to do that, this was harmless, as were most other stuff she had contributed.

Still, this weren't a spell book really, as Astral had said. It included research and some theories, as well as more personal things which Athriel would not be happy about were being shared, but spells? Not really. That were another book entirely, and it wasn't a guarantee that Astral had access to that particular tome, though Sapphire likely once had. Didn't seem. ike the sort of thing you'd just lie somewhere randomly to be picked up by some random sap.

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@Lloyd

"Fine, if you want it that way old man, let's get this over with."

Athriel mumbled to herself before spreading her wings and following Warlock towards whatever angry creature was further inside, who had not stopped yelling at them simply because Warlock had talked back to him.

"You want magic, hoarder? Then go ahead and take it!"

It wasn't good news in general to have round objects hurled at you with force, bu it didn't get better when said object were the diameter of a pony, and got hurled down so it bounced off the walls, headed towards them. Even if Warlock drained it, there would still be the thick glass bauble itself left, which mean thtat the only way to reliably do something about this problem, was to stop it, or destroy it.

Athriel chose the later, put some of the little magic she had access to into her talons, and charged forward. The glass might be thick, but if she could hit it at just the right angle, she would bore through it, and come out on the other side as it splintered.

If Warlock had drained a good deal of the magic before this, she would just be bleeding slightly when she got though. If he hadn't however, she would tumble down the hall, whilst jolts of illusion magic assaulted her mind. Either way, he'd be able to drain a good deal from it before the last remnants flickered out, which were roughly a third of what the binding spell holding the Sphinx before.

If he had been slow, he'd have to drain Athriel too, which likely included her own magic as well, to make sure it was all gone, or he wouldn't be able to have much of a use for her until the surges had settled down, and left her mind free of the assault it was putting her through right now.

If he didn't, they'd soon get into the room where the Sphinx would e waiting for them, towering above them and looking at them like they were insects meant to be squashed. Though his eyes would show more than anger. Fascination would also be there, over seeing the two of them here, even if Warlock cheated.

As for the necklace he had on with the element, Warlock would have to get a little closer to drain the wards in that thing, but it should be workable enough as long as he didn't get chewed up. That is, if they couldn't just get it from the Sphinx the way you usually won over them: By answering a riddle, or passing a test. Considering they just ruined the test, it really only left one possibility.

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@Lloyd

"Right, Wind, what did I say?"

"You said Wing."

"Can it, Sauce."

"Make me, Poodle."

"Peh, like I couldn't."

"You can't."

"Yeah, keep thinking that."

"Don't need to think on what I know, but I can beat you at the training range later. You said you caught the interloper Wind? Who was it? Was it a Dragon?

"Could've been a changeling. They're still making a mess of everything."

"That's putting it mildly."

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@Lloyd

"So do I. He doesn't deserve this..."

It wasn't like Golden and her had something together, but she still felt devastated, as she saw him as more or less her mentor. He had kept her spirits high when she entered the guard, and in hard times, he had asked her to join him for tea and talk, so she could calm down and focus again.

He claimed he saw potential in her for a good member of the guard, but that she seemed like she needed somepony to hold her up sometimes, and it was all too right. She had gone through years in the guards before she felt confident enough in herself to wander and excel on her own, which eventually gained her some promotions. It had been years since she needed his help, but he still checked in on her from tie to time when he wasn't too busy, and she felt like she owed him more or less everything. So to see him in danger like this... It wasn't pleasant.

Meanwhile, over at Iron, the doctor approached and readied his pad once again.

"Sir, can you tell me how you feel currently? Do you feel like something it itching on the back of your eyes, or is it confined to the front?"

Behind would be bad, and they'd perhaps need to move in again, where only having the itching in the front was the result they wanted. Him not feeling anything would be... Troubling. It was possible, though rare, and it unfortunately made it harder for them to determine if things were going well, or they'd end up having to approach this with a second treatment.

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@Foxy Socks @~Phoenix~ @Widdershins

"The Everfree Forest are not quite the worst place once you have set yourself in respect with the local predators. When they realize you are further up the food chain than them, they will leave you mostly alone. Case in point, Brittle and I actually live in the forest. I have found a delightful cave that serves as a suitable habitat for the sort who prefers to be covered from the night and what it holds.

It is perhaps not optimal, but with the occupation issues there currently are present in Ponyville, I don't think it timely to attempt to gain residence within the towns borders currently. Perhaps we can show it to you? I would be honored to.

And I can assure you, if something attempts to attack you, I will fend it off myself. I may be down to one vine, but that hardly means that I am defenseless."

As he had said his goodbyes to their hostesses, Briar would have risen up again from his bow, and begun to move towards the exit as he spoke, with Brittle basically wandering as close to him as she could without getting physically glued together with him.

"Though of course, if you would prefer another venue, we can discuss that. It simply seems as the best place to escape the mutterings of Ponyville currently."

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@BloodDrops

"I need to get some supplies for this, and we will have to wait for Slappy to return with the metal. Try to stay here, out of sight, and I will be back soon."

Nerzhei spread her wings again, and looked back on Blood.

"We've made it this far. Let's not mess it up now."

With that, she took to the skies and went off towards town.

Slappy would arrive a few minutes after, pushing a medium-sized container which seemed to be rather heavy. Their promised metal by all accounts, though he was so focused on pushing it that he didn't notice anypony right away. Took a little before he'd fall with his back to the container, gasping for air and finally look around himself.

"H-Heavy stuff. But I *hrgh* found it."

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@EQ_Theta @Storm Shine

Omen got a small smile on her face, somewhat reminiscent of the one she had when Mother was petting her, as Discord ruffled her mane. It didn't last longer than his touch, but there was still genuine happiness in that small moment, even if she didn't realize it.

"Okay Master. We see what yellow mare does."

Giving others a choice, instead of pushing his will on them too. If she had any sense of humor, she might have asked who he were, and what he had done with her real master, but that didn't work with her. The one time somepony had tried to explain that joke to her, it had ended with her asking if she was her, and where the real her had gone then. It had rather killed the joke by the nervous mare who had attempted to talk to Omen without just running away. The running proceeded to happen afterwards, and Omen had wandered off again to look elsewhere.

Lin returning made Omen look away from Discord again, and towards her friend who were talking about where they were going to have to go now. Behind her, Clayton was giving a small wave towards the group as he tried to get his friends gathered up so they could go to the nearby town, and then take a train from there to Canterlot to begin things. A lengthy process, but the group of oddities would have a lot to deal with right now as it were too, so perhaps it was for the better.

"Las Pegasus... Sky city?"

Omen had been mostly all over Equestria in her search for Discord, and had run into several cities in the skies. Some she had just fallen down from repeatedly, as only Pegasi were able to step on those clouds, but she remembered some of the others too, and Las Pegasus were one of them. Hopefully it would be the first, as she opened a gate to the dark realm she came from, and looked at the others.

"I can take us."

Discord had only been in the realm briefly when he was looking for her some days ago, and then it had only been inside Mother's chamber. The outside he hadn't been in since he had picked her out from the crowd some three millennia ago. She wondered if he were still able to remember the ever-shifting place of dark shades, where the pale eyes of her unformed siblings were the only thing that never changed form, even if the rest of them were like wet dough.

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@Battenberg

Benny almost went over and tried to hug Victoria as it seemed like she was warming right up, but a glare from Pop made him stop. She knew what was going through his head, and she didn't want to risk it, no matter how much he wanted to.

"Heh, alright then Victoria, thanks for the direction. Let's see how we'll go, eh?"

The directions was better than what he had gotten before, that was for sure. He went from vague directions and towards now having a good line to go with, and it sounded simple enough, long as they took it in parts. He'd have to travel them some times in case his parents ended up staying here after their attempt at moving to Equestria. It was not ideal in their mind, but they were attempting it to get closer to both Benny, and a few of his brothers that had moved since then. There were still a sister and the small one, of course, but it seemed like eventually, they all wanted to try Equestria for themselves, though his parents were really skeptic, and would focus on every small, bad thing they could see. Frankly he didn't think they'd last here, but he had to try and stay positive.

Whilst they went on, Pop would have to try and say something to fill the awkwardness. It took her a while to figure out something to say though, as speaking with Victoria always seemed like a bit of a landmine, but she had to think of something here.

"So... Victoria? You said something about an ugly side of town? Manehatten seems like a wonderful place from what we've seen of it so far, so I'm curious where it's dark underbelly is, if you wouldn't mind telling us?"

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@genessee

"Worry not my friend, it was but a hope, and I shall not fall because of such a small blow to it."

He looked on the presented fruits that Lance had with him though, and thought over things for a time before he finally rose up and grinned smugly.

"Ah, I understand. You have gotten this from the food stand, have you not? I saw them setting up things such as this earlier as I passed. Tell Alonsus, did Berry partake in her ghastly feast again?"

"Put a sock in it Alonsus!"

The smirk on his face became a little more punchable as he heard Berry respond to his comment about her honestly weird sandwich. He liked apples as much as any regular pony would, but cut over with cream inside of it? he had visibly frowned when he had seen her eat this once, and still could not find even the thought of it tasteful.

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@woodchunks66

After taking her hand off the tree she had just been with, and smiling at the faint hand print that got left after her communication, Lyriel turned to look towards other parts of the orchard, as she spotted a pony in a hat not too far from her. She had seen a few ponies with clothing, but this was the first she had bit notice in that wore something like this. It fitted her rather well though, if she were asked to comment on it.

Lyriel wandered away from the shade of the tree and to a more open spot, where the pony should be able to both see her, and hear her, long as she introduced herself with a little more volume in her voice than normally.

"Hello there little one. I am Lyriel, the last daughter of the Silver Vale. It is a pleasure to meet you."

She bowed her head slightly as she looked at the mare with a warm smile on her lips. Ponies seemed generally to be non-violent, so she had no reason to think poorly about this one at first glance. The worst she expected were judgemental stares and perhaps her moving further away from the Dryad, but that would simply hurt her feelings, not her body.

Of course, she hoped it would not go that far. Like with Frosty, Summer and Blitz, she hoped that this one would be friendly, and one who would speak with her without judgement. It would be a nice break from what had happened earlier, but they would see what would happen.

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@MiragetheChangeling

"Daddy always says to be nice, respectful, and help those who needs it. That's the way to be a good pony."

"Long as you remember that, you're gonna grow up great."

Stargazer took a hoof down and scratched her on the back of the neck. It wasn't as good as scratching her mane, but that was Gary's place, and he knew that she'd be heartbroken if anything happened to her Arachnid friend. Considering her slight purr though, it were evident that this was also a perfectly fine scratching area too.

"As Jelly said, you're supposed to be respectful of others. I try to reserve my negative ideas about specific individuals who have proven to be continued issues, over those who are just unfortunate enough to have kinship with terrorists. That isn't your cross to bear, and it would be unfair to judge you on the actions of others.

That being said, follow me please. And let me know if I wander too fast. I don't wish to cause issues for you, Amanita."

He did not dig into things more, even if he were curious, as why she was blind and how she coped with it wasn't something a nice pony would just blurt out of nowhere. It was disrespectful, and he didn't want to act like that. That sort of behavior belonged to a snotty brat of a bat pony, whom he had tried his best to turn his back on ever since the guards took him in. He didn't want to be like that again, and especially not when Jelly were looking.

No matter what else he did in life, his most important one would always be to make sure that she was better than him, and that she got the foalhood she deserved. Full of love, and parents that cared for her. Not discarded to a corner and feeling resentment grow more and more in her chest. That wasn't a life for her, which was also why he had thought it best to have her in Canterlot when he had to go here, but it had turned out that he had indeed been her favorite out of her mother and him. Something which brought him some shameful degrees of joy, even if he still got along well with his ex wife, but also complicated things some.

Still, he'd make it work, for her sake.

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[Amanita 6,826]

@Blitz Boom

Mirage looked at him seeming thankful. 

“Thank you sir.”

She takes Amanita’s hoof and leads her while they head to Ponyville with Stargazer and Jelly.

Amanita’s ears perk up at the different sounds of the forest, and smelling the scents.  Her hooves seem to go over the ground lighter as her wings slightly buzzed.

“What’s Ponyville like?”

She asks this curios, seems she doesn’t know much about the lives of ponies, or any other kind of life besides the one she’s been forced into living. Maybe they could explain about life in Ponyville?

Mirage was looking around, and while they were walking by new things, she whispered into Amanita’s ear. If they listened closely they would hear that she was describing things for the blind mare.

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@Blitz Boom

Phoenix hadn't much to say to add to the conversation. much like Smokey, Sorrow seemed to love talking as well. not that it was a terrible thing. it was actually rather nice, being the quiet one that she was. instead she simply took note of the rather odd story that she was telling. it had never been a hobby of hers to argue with ponies. ones who were clinically insane were even worse. that is only of course if that were the case of the mare she were staring at right now. 

she simply followed sorrow through the garden, trying her best to ignore how odd the things were she were talking about as she took in the beauty of the place. she turned her head from left to right, trying to take it all in as best as she could as they passed. if she had a moment or two, she would stop for a moment to try and smell some of the flowers, causing her to possibly be trailing behind sorrow by a few feet. 

as they made their way out to the patio, adjacent to the small pond, Phoenix wandered over to it herself, without any further motivation needed. she was fairly curious about the whole area, never having seen a place as beautiful as this before. 

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[BloodDrops 761]

4 hours ago, Blitz Boom said:

"I need to get some supplies for this, and we will have to wait for Slappy to return with the metal. Try to stay here, out of sight, and I will be back soon."

Nerzhei spread her wings again, and looked back on Blood.

"We've made it this far. Let's not mess it up now."

With that, she took to the skies and went off towards town.

Slappy would arrive a few minutes after, pushing a medium-sized container which seemed to be rather heavy. Their promised metal by all accounts, though he was so focused on pushing it that he didn't notice anypony right away. Took a little before he'd fall with his back to the container, gasping for air and finally look around himself.

"H-Heavy stuff. But I *hrgh* found it."

 

 

Blood nodded at Nerzhei "ok will do" I remarked and I stayed out of sight until I smelt Slappy coming. I blinked at him pushing the metal. Then I decide to walk over to him.

"Good, think we won't need anymore, and Nerzhei said to wait. So lets wait for her arrival, then we can get onto making me fully disease proof" I remarked.

"Now go get me one of my fish, I'm getting hungry again" I ordered him, having a nice stockpile inside the train station. 

[Brobot 1,436]

@Blitz BoomAJ turned and saw the human shaped thing that spoke to her...now AJ has seen humans before thats to that magical mirror but this....this was different 

AJ froze in place"what in tarnation"she whispered under she breath,she was shaking in her horse shoes but she tried not to show it,she stood up straight and tried to register what that thing said said"Last daughter of the silver what?"AJ wanted an explation but she was worried that this thing was hostile so she kept her distance and waited for a reply.....

[FanOfManyShows 396]

@Blitz Boom

Astral looked to him as he spoke, he made a good point, she shrugged. "They probably turned evil long after their mother had all three of them." She said, handing the book to Chow, a page mentioning a levitation spell, she reached out her hoof and closed her eyes, creating a ball of magic in her hooves. "Oh and another thing with magic you need to know, it builds up over time, but our bodies don't store that much magic, so it can help to use a crystal to store that magic." She looked around in some boxes. "Normally I used the Sapphire necklace for that, but I do have something from my dad. Ahah!" She pulled out a necklace, it was gold colored with a red gem in the center, very similar in color to the element of loyalty. "Here it is." She took the ball of magic, which had been floating in the air as she looked for the necklace, and if Chow had attempted to touch it during that time the ball would move out of the way, she pushed the ball inside the gem on the necklace, the gem glowing as it sparked and practically swallowed the magic into itself. Astral handed over the necklace to Chow. "Now, want to practice that? It'll help you store magic more easily." She asked him, with a smile, hoping he'd know she was referring to the way she put the ball of magic into the necklace.

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Warlock was fueling his magic absorbing with anger as he blasted through the glass bauble, catching Athriel, taking every last drop of magic inside, even tearing apart the warding spell, something Athriel might notice is how his eyes were emitting smoke from them, as if magic was pouring out of him, she might even be able to feel the magic. Whatever was inside this thing was going to be his, even if he had to erase the Sphinx from this world, although that was likely to not be needed.

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"Well it was a dragon, named Zhu." He said, stating the name to see if these guards knew the dragon, although his look did give away the reason he said the name. "And since I took them in, they won't be a problem for now."

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"Hm, I do feel a little bit of itching in the front, little hard to resist rubbing my eyes, but I am able to."

[genessee 535]

@Blitz Boom

Lance giggled, remembering a weird eating habit he once had.

"I mean, it's not the most normal eating habit you could have. I used to dip my sandwiches in applesauce before eating them, though, so I shouldn't be one to decide what's normal to eat and what's not."

[EQ_Theta 330]

@Blitz Boom @Storm Shine

"Alright, Omen, if you're sure you can do it without overexerting yourself."

It was a concern born out of personal experience when Lin addressed Omen. After the terrible encounter with Legion, there was a moment when she felt fatigued as if she was actively using her magical abilities so frequently she nearly burnt herself out. Legion knew how to use the gates, opening them as if it was a natural thing despite having no prior experience. Seemed like it was even more adept at it than her. 

As for what they will see on the other side, that was something both Sen and Lin were looking forward to see. If a town could have that kind of a reputation, it might just be interesting enough for them to see. That is, if they don't end up on a cloud city and they fall through the clouds. Supposedly, only pegasi could walk the floating streets of the sky towns. If that is true, then the two of them are not looking forward to feeling the ground after reaching terminal velocity. 

[Foxy Socks 2,594]

@Blitz Boom

"You live in it? It would be great for you to show me where you live! I was worried about how Brittle and Agni would feel in such an environment, but as long as you're alright with it, I guess it wouldn't hurt. After all, I am good with animals." Despite being attacked a hoof full of times, Foxy enjoyed the bizarre and exotic wildlife there. With Briar, Foxy felt even safer. The only problem would be Agni, though perhaps the phoenix was familiar with the forest herself. Foxy tried to walk carefully not to disturb her though.

 

"It must be quite an experience living in there. From the few times I've been there, it is quite a beautiful place, even if a bit eerie. Hopefully there won't be trouble in it."

[Storm Shine 1,195]

@Blitz Boom @EQ_Theta

Discord grinned, "Oh how wonderful, I haven't been on a nice little jaunt through your old realm in ages!" He said cheerfully, peering through the opened gate at the shifting masses beyond. "I hope the family's still doing well!"

[Victoria Sponge 1,012]

@Blitz Boom

"Why would I tell you that? You would probably think it a lovely place..."

She had that snobbish, disgusted face on again but it very quickly flickered and faded.

"Um... I mean... You probably wouldn't mind it. I personally dislike it because its full of ponies like Sprinkles: energetic, fast, messy... I'd rather steer clear of there to keep myself pristine."

She grabbed hold of her mane with one hoof and smoothed it down the side of her head, pulling it out straight before it pinged back into the s shape it normally sat in.

"Even if I decide to be nice... which I haven't done yet... I still like to be clean and tidy and going near those ponies would make me uncomfortable, I hope you understand where I'm coming from."

Victoria was struggling with her own personality again, not sure whether she should open up entirely to the dragon and pony she walked alongside, though they seemed nice enough and had never done anything nasty to her unprovoked she wasn't sure if she was ready to get more personal with them, especially since she'd pretty much just met them. 

[Blitz Boom 3,921]

@Storm Shine @EQ_Theta

Omen looked confused at Lin for a moment as the gate behind her expanded, to allow for the passage of Discord without him needing to crawl or limbo through it. Overextending wasn't a word that she were aware of what meant in regards to her, but if it had something to do with the gates,could it be the thing after she woke up in Mother's home? When they all said she had lost several days of memories that were. She remembered her gates being weird then.

They weren't now though, so that wasn't an issue. Perhaps Lin was just worried? Strange, but sister were emotional many times. Might be something that defined her, though she wasn't sure. Not being good with interpreting emotions, Omen wasn't sure how it helped define people, but she had heard the phrase several times, so she tried to put it to use once in a while, thinking that perhaps in time, she'd understand it.

"Gate is safe."

She wandered through first, into the realm and looked around at strangely, nothing. Usually nothing remained solid in here, but for some reason, everything seemed kind of flat, and barely moved at all. And she didn't see a single pair of eyes anywhere. Had they all gotten masters while she was away? Weird, but the unformed ones would be happy. Siblings wanted to know of the world outside, so getting there was good.

"Quiet. Siblings?"

Omen began speaking in the native tongue they had here, which likely only Discord would be able to replicate, as he would be the only one who could spawn the extra three mouths it would require for outsiders to speak it. Lin might understand some of it, but she wasn't grown with this language, and it should be hard for her to replicate. Though who knew what the future might bring, in regards to her abilities? Mixed as they were, everything could happen.

Her  message was basically just calling out to see if anypony would answer, but nopony did. It was weird, especially since Discord were here and he were strong enough to warrant a crowd, but that was what that were.

"They must have gotten masters. Never seen so many go at once though. Always been long between it before."

But they had other things to think off, so unless there was anything, she'd make a piece of the *ground* rise up and float them around, as she looked for the right place to open a gate between here, and what she'd assume would be Las Pegasus.

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@Foxy Socks

"I can assure you Foxy, if there are trouble, I know how to put myself in respect with them. It will not be an issue."

Getting out of the store was taxing for Brittle he noticed, even if he couldn't see her currently. Not that he blamed her of course. There were a lot of various beings out here currently, and she didn't do well with big crowds, which likely meant that it was better if they navigated via the small streets and worked their way to the outskirts of town that way.

"Foxy? Would you be so kind as to assist in directing us out of town, towards the forest? I normally can do so myself, even when there are many others nearby, but it goes slowly at this volume, as I need to listen and feel out quite a bit more, and Brittle would do well in getting away from this as fast as possible. Down side roads too if it is possible, where there is less patrolling? I know it is asking a lot, and i do hope you can forgive me for that, but I only wish to think of what is best for her.

It would also allow us to explore some areas faster as well, which sounded like something you may have a vested interest in, though I wouldn't worry about Agni. An avian with the ability to breath fire does not sound like a low rung creature on the food chain. Or at least not one who could not defend itself if it were."

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@genessee

Alonsus wrinkled his nose slightly at what Lance said, yet after thinking on it for a moment, seemed to get around on the rather peculiar idea.

"Perhaps that could be well done, is it were the right kind of sandwich that were. Minute slices, cut out and served with a side of apple sauce... Perhaps a thing that you should bring before Chop? I am certain that he would value the suggestion."

The buff pony did get a small nervous tint in his voice as he talked about Chop, but that wasn't surprising, as the stallion scared Alonsus. Might be he had never hurt anypony whilst he worked here, but the chef were rather intimidating, and he wasn't as easy to just smile and giggle. He were generally a stone-faced individual, which were not ideal when you tried to defuse a situation with him there.

Then again, perhaps it was just on the job he were like this. Honestly, he were not sure what the former Coast Guard even did when he wasn't working here, so perhaps things were differently when he wasn't surrounded by pots and pans, whom he apparently considered to be his top priority.

"The worst I have partaken in, are the hot sauce eaten with my morning hay. It is a riveting way to wake up. Except for the one time Berry had replaced it with a far more concentrated version. Why she would trouble somepony like me with such a harsh gift is unfathomable, but perhaps she were simply blinded by l-"

A clang was heard as he got a tin tossed as his head, and he cringed and looked towards Berry.

"Alonsus does not halt from a challenge!"

With that, Alonsus would pick up the tin and prepare to toss tit back at her. Lance might want to interfere at some point, or move a little, so he wouldn't get hit.

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@Lloyd

Chow listened, but unfortunately, he were a stubborn, curious sort, so he also did as you might expect: He tried to touch the orb. It then floated away from him and he then tried again, and it floated... It was a bit of a chase going on until Astral got it, and it didn't help his position that his first thought was to point his hoof at the orb and say *Next time, you ain't getting away from me*. Even if he didn't react on that beyond a look, the fact it had been close said quite a bit regardless.

Getting handed the necklace helped on the impulse side of his want to talk smack at the ball, along with the fact that it was gone now, but now he were presented with a whole new kind of situation: Say yes or no to this.

Learning magic had been something he had tentatively tried when he was younger, and things had gone horribly, so he was a bit on the nervous side about trying again honestly. On the other hoof, this was small scale stuff, and he had a teacher now so perhaps he wouldn't end up handing his flank to himself by some kind of idiocy? It was all about taking that first big step, from which he got the feeling that there was no way back.

"...Alright, I'm game teacher, let it rip. But for the record, when I get the hang of stuff, I wanna be a wizard, not a witch. Witch sounds more like a title for mares. Then again-"

Chow put the necklace on and stroke a model-like pose.

"- I guess it does bring out my feminine glow, wouldn't you agree?"

Yeah yeah, it was a serious time and all that, but dang it, she wanted him to wear a necklace that were pretty much on the girly side of things. The least he could do was make a bit of fun about it.

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@Lloyd

"Such... Delicious power."

Athriel licked her lips as she were dragged up from the floor and flown with towards the main chamber, whilst Warlock feasted greedily on every inch of magic he could get his grubby feelers out for. Even with the necklace being some way from here, she could see how it, and everything they passed, would be drained like a flock of vampire bats had descended upon a victim.

She saw the smoke pouring from his eyes, which she guessed was a byproduct of the rapid feasting and usage of magic as he soared through the rubble of the traps.

And the feeling that came from him... Every inch that she were in proximity of, surged with the magic he were sorting through, and it made her shiver. It might be that he had been stronger when he had an element, but she hadn't been this close to him then. She had been at a distance. Being this close however, and carried like in a fantasy novel, she felt like a princess being kidnapped by the evil invaders. Such a thrill this were, and such delicious, volatile power she felt. It almost made her want to bite him to try and drain it from him, even if it would have no effect in her current state.

Even if she was unleashed, it likely still wouldn't. She was an insect compared to Warlock at his height of power, and even attempting to treat him like another sacrifice would be foolish. Yet it did not make her mind go away from thinking about biting him, and... A few other things, which she wouldn't have even considered worth her time when she were more thoughtful, yet in the heat of the moment were intriguing.

At least it were until they got to the main room, and the large Sphinx loomed above the two. He was easily dwarfing them and starring at them warily, and with anger, but he were patient and would wait until they entered to make his move.

"So you come here with your lackey in your hooves? She is unworthy, but you still have a chance before I pummel you, feaster of magic. You will pass my test, or I will ensure that the element will never be within your grasp again."

Athriel would likely be dropped soon, and with the moment ruined, she would say something to Warlock and prepare herself for taking care of her landing.

"Remember, Sphinx's asks riddles."

If they could answer that, they could get through here with ease, but Warlock's approach would determine what would happen. He might try and take the element with a spell,  but the wards were intricate, and would take time to be eaten, so he'd either have to wait for that, or answer. If he had tried to attack already though, the Sphinx would dodge it, and in case he tried to keep him there with magic, the Sphinx would use his own to either take advantage of his grounding magic, or the ability to summon cloth. Either way, Warlock would have to fill the entire room with magic to get him, and not even that might work, considering the large hole on in the wall behind the Sphinx, where his previous attack had impacted. Plus Athriel would likely get killed, there was that too.

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@Lloyd

"Dragon named Zhu? Never heard of him."

"Me neither, but if he tried to break in, he deserves his spot down there."

"Yeah, totally. You can't just go around assaulting guards like that."

"Darn straight. But then it's good this guy knows how to handle himself, am I right?"

"Spot on there. Bet you just slammed him down and dragged his scaled rear right down there to the jailer, didn't you Wind?"

"Come on, let's get some of the juicy details. Did he cry? Oh I bet he did."

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@Lloyd

"You need to keep resisting the urge, and if it starts to get unbearable, let us know so we can tie you down. I know it is not ideal, but until you are healed fully, you need to keep your hooves away, or we have to take drastic measures. Worst case scenario, you could infect the growing tissue and cause permanent blindness, so please keep yourself in check, and inform us if things change. If you're lucky, the itching should stop again in a few hours."

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@woodchunks66

Chock it seemed were the mare's reaction. A pity, but it were still not as bad as she had feared. She would find solace in that.

Kneeling down so she were more able to see this Pony eye to eye, Lyriel hoped that she would seem less threatening and more welcome towards t he mare, instead of someone who would need to be feared. If anything, she longed to talk with and learn from the Ponies, not scare them in any kind of way. Ponies had saved her, and she had seldom found reason to think they would condemn her again, as long as they'd get used to her presence. Not the easiest as she were mostly in the forest, but perhaps a day would come when the integration of her would become easier.

"Don't be alarmed little friend, I would never harm one of your kind. I simply came here to escape the burden of the town for a moment, and fell upon this orchard in my haste. I couldn't help but to try and see how the trees felt, and how well they were taken care off, so I have simply wandered it and made contact here and there.

Are you by chance the one who keeps it in order? I would enjoy speaking to whomever are, if you aren't. The trees seem so pleased and healthy, that I find myself curious about who have them in their capable hooves."

If this were the owner of this place, hopefully the compliment would ease things. Though it might simply be the other thing, which she had thought on some times now, and how to handle too, when she would be able to find the peace for such an act.

Perhaps she would be able to handle it here actually, depending on how things went. The earth in this orchard were rich and flourishing. It would be ideal really, though it would also require her to be left undisturbed during the process. Perhaps if she could get along with this unknown mare, she would be so kind as to allow her adjustments.

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@BloodDrops

Slappy opened his muzzle to tell her off, but then remembered who it was he was about to talk back to, and what she could do. That managed to put quite the dampener on him, and he closed his muzzle without a word before wandering to the place he supposed she had hidden fish. He fished a plate of metal out of the container first that he dragged with him though. He didn't want to risk being infected by touching fish she had. He already had one vivid nightmare about what would happen. he did not need to see if this would happen in reality as well.

He managed to find a few and flop one of them up on the plate before dragging it back and putting the whole thing down a few hooves from Blood.

"I found them. There's enough here... R-Right?"

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@~Phoenix~

The fish moved towards them as they got closer, but they wouldn't break the surface, and they were pretty still in it as they seemed to expect the two mares to get even closer. To the point where they should be able to clearly see the vibrant colors of the fish, and the flowing faded-yellow fins that made them hard to not spot. Seemed like Virtue Snappers from the looks of it, which were normally only around the Western Coast. Pretty little things, but had quite the nasty habit of biting anything that got near them, which the Pegasus knew from experience.

"Don't go too close. Tried once, and they bit my face. Sharp little teeth hurts."

Sorrow wrinkled her nose and pulled back a few inches more from the water surface, just to make sure she didn't get into biting range.

"Y'know, you're really quiet Phoenix. Is something wrong? Do you miss Puff Puff, or... Wait, you're not one of those who thinks I'm crazy when I talk about ghosts, right? Those are So Boring! Not able to believe something just because they haven't seen it themselves. Ghosts are real! I can prove it too."

She looked boastfully on Phoenix and took a deep breath... But nothing happened. After a few seconds in this awkwardness, she blew out the stored air and looked down on her necklace.

"That was your que.

What do you mean you don't feel like it? There's 35 of you. There's got to be somepony who wanna show off.

...Seriously? Awh come on. It'll be fun. Just a small thing. Anything really."

If Phoenix would look, she'd see the eyes of the skull roll, before one of the orbs flashed slightly, and a wisp floated out of it. It wouldn't go away for long, and would basically just float around and move a little towards Phoenix, but it would soon float back into the socket it had gone away from, and rejoining the rest of them.

Legion was sometimes more helpful than this in showing off, but it all depended on who was part of it at the time. Currently, the souls who were, were feeling either lzy or wary of Phoenix, and one of them had only gone away for a bit because he knew she would just go on, so it was better to get it over with, long as it wasn't too long. The collective consciousness helped the wayward wisp, and being away from it right now felt wrong.

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@MiragetheChangeling

"Ponyville is a... Varied place. It is mostly a simple, friendly community from what I have heard, but it does draw in a fair share of trouble and disaster. I would advise you to have some kind of plan in case of emergency soon, just in case calamity befalls the town.

Recently there was one, and the town have gotten damaged by it. But the enemy was vanquished with no casualties, and things are getting rebuild. From what I heard, the forepony believes we may have the town completed and ready for inspection by tonight."

Stargazer had some thoughts on what he should and shouldn't say, as going into details about the monster and how close it had been for some of them were perhaps not the best way to sell Ponyville to them. Yet on the other hoof, he couldn't just make it seem like nothing ever happened, or they wouldn't be prepared. That could very well end up hurting them quite a bit if it were.

Jelly listened in, but she also heard something else that caught more of her interest. Namely the conversation from Mirage's side, to Amanita, that sounded like- No, she really were telling the mare about things around them. That was strange, why wouldn't she just look around herself instead of having to be told.

"Miss? Why is your friend telling you about things around you?"

Stargazer cringed at the question as he wandered towards Ponyville. Jelly did not know what Amanita was suffering under, and she were impulsive and curious when it came to things she didn't understand, so she had asked what older Ponies wouldn't do. Here was hoping they wouldn't take too much offense by his daughter's forthcoming nature and foalish curiosity.

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@Battenberg

"I actually don't enjoy messy things too much. I'm a store owner. I prefer things to be categorized, visible, and in good order. Not tossed to the side until it have become self aware and can walk away on its own."

It were not as bad as she might make it sound, but she did have a bit of an issue with this sort. Minor stuff only really, like sorting pencils, magazines, and even out paintings if she saw one. It was a bit weird, but she figured that if she played along some of Victoria's opinions. things might go smoother.

"We're not here to try and force you into something out of your comfort zone though, Victoria. If you don't like the place, we're not going anywhere near it. Simple as that. We don't wa-"

"Smack my tail and call me Celestia, I think we reached the next checkpoint. Where to now boss?"

They shouldn't be long until they would reach one of the Dragons Only areas, so their journey may soon be at an end. But that didn't mean that he'd stop trying to be friendly, or to see if he couldn't lighten up things. After all, Pop was going to help Victoria with her stallion dilemma, so they'd likely end up meeting again at some point. Might as well try to make that on a good standing.

"As I was trying to say, we don't want to make this hard on you. Might be that you haven't decided on whatever you want to be nice, but I saw you with Angel. There's a good mare hidden down there that should get out more, but trying to force it is just going to go badly. All takes their own pace, right?"

[Amanita 6,826]

@Blitz Boom

Amanita looked towards Jelly’s direction, slightly towards the right. Her ears are perked forwards. “Hm? Oh, well... Miss, you see..” Amanita seemed unsure how to explain this. “I... have a disability... I can’t see.” Amanita may sound blunt but, she’s still partly a teenager, maybe around 18 to 19? So perhaps that’s why Amanita may seem blunt, she doesn’t know how to explain this.

Mirage on the other hand looked surprised that the young mare even heard her whispering.  “What Amanita said...” Mirage didn’t seem to know how to explain this as well, so she let Amanita explain it as best as she could. “ But, um...” Mirage remembers what Stargazer had said about the town.  “Um, sir? What exactly happened to the town?” She asks about the town out of curiosity. Many thoughts were running through Mirage’s head, mostly about what had happened to the town to cause it needing to be rebuilt.

[Brobot 1,436]

@Blitz Boom

AJ squinted her eyes at the being in front of her and she relaxed a little,but she was still disturbed about what the thing said "yes i am indeed the pony who.....runs..things...here."she was never good at fancy talk,"you said you spoke to the trees?"AJ was thing she must be talking to a maniac right now...but as her family has taught her...she needed to give this...thing the benefit of the doubt"what exactly are you"AJ stated.....

[FanOfManyShows 396]

@Blitz Boom

Astral couldn't help but chuckle at him. "I think you'd be more of a wizard type." She looked at the spell book. "But that necklace does suit you." She said with a smirk, putting her hoof down onto the levitation spell. "Okay so, there's unspoken spells and spoken spells, levitation is an unspoken spell, just think the words for the spell, while harnessing the appropriate energy required, and you'll start levitating the object you want to levitate." She looked down, she closed her eyes as magic sparked off her as she floated up, her limbs relaxing, there was no arura forming around her. "Now, for your first attempt, the field of magic will be visible, but with practice you can make it as transparent as you want." She said, as the magic aura around her became visible, similar in color to her mane. "See?" She said with a little bit of a smile as she floated back down. "I'd recommend levitating a small object though and working towards larger objects and multiple objects before levitating yourself. Mostly because the body is a collection of moving parts, so you need to levitate each one individually." She turned to another magic covering how to harness magic for spells. "It also requires more focus to levitate yourself than other objects, or ponies." She looked up at him as she pushed the book to him. "Just, don't levitate me, anyway, memorize that, then you can use the magic needed to levitate this." She pointed at the book itself, in fact if he had read it earlier he'd see the levitation spell page even recommended to levitate the book itself for the spell. "Hopefully that isn't too much to remember."

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Warlock looked up to the Sphynx, floating down onto the ground, practically pouring magic out as he sighed. "So, what is the riddle, then?" He asked, knowing the other option would be either killing the sphinx, or just trying to steal the element, or even losing it permanently.

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"Well actually he just followed me to the dungeon. Didn't really resist." He said, smirking a little. "Hope that's not too disappointing?"

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"I will make sure to alert you about it then." He knew very well that he could just unstrap himself with levitation, but he was smart enough not to even consider that, and he had gone through extreme pain before so he could resist the sensation of itching.

[EQ_Theta 330]

@Blitz Boom @Storm Shine

There wasn't much to say about the sudden silence in the realm but the siblings somehow didn't seem to notice the sounds of many voices wanting ti see the world beyond. They certainly would've tried to speak to Sen the first time he arrived back then but it seemed so long ago.

As for moving around to other places, Lin seemed curious if there was a network connecting the gates together where some places could be traversed faster when entering from certain places. She had read about a similar system from her tome of myths and wondered about it for a while. 

The two would keep to themselves for a moment to reflect on their little spat from earlier. They hoped it didn't give Omen any more reason to be concerned about them.