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"I did tell you to hum an unhappy tune," Seamore told Renius, now seeming to feel much better, the rocks no longer attached to his hooves. Noticing the plant pony wobbling around, he Askari, "Are you okay Briar?" The response he got was unexpected. "My name's not Briar. I don't think I even have a name! I'm going to need a name! Let's see, Woodland, Woody, Woodchuck, Chuck, Chuck Testa? Where did that last one come from? Chuck, Charles, Charleston, Charlie? Yeah, I like 'Charlie.' Now for the last name. Everwood, too basic, I can't simply call myself by the name of my kind, now can I? Evergreen, different type of tree. Everdream? Okay, Everdream sounds good. Then my name will be Charlie Everdream!" As the magic from the explosion finally settled, a feeling of warmth and happiness washed over the group, if only for a moment.

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"I don't claim to be the nicest pony in Equestria, but even I have my limits, and I have strict orders to only bring harm if it avoid others getting damaged. Besides, unreliable attacks like that is not part of my repertoire."

 

Renius was not the first pony to accuse her of bringing harm to them and he wouldn't be the last. It was not something that surprised her really, as her profession and *affected* appearance wasn't exactly something that added to trust, along with her magic. Yet still, she would respond to the accusations like she did with every other one, and then much like those times, now move on. In this case, to the peculiar situation with Briar,

 

Considering his ramblings, the odd ways he wandered around and what she had felt before it wasn't hard for her to combine two and two, though it wasn't a good time for this to happen, as she would have to explain to the ponies and... Miscellaneous, that was there.

 

"So You are the fleeting soul I felt before? Any particular reason you have taken this one as a host, or was the selection random?"

 

On second thought, perhaps hold back what she could have done a little more. Reinus seemed wary about her as it was, and she had not lived as long as she had by poking to those who knew combat when she felt drained. Not that he could ill her anyway, but being banished for a while while she was being *rebuild* so to speak? Yeah, that had driven stronger souls than hers to madness before.

 

"A host? Is That what this is?"

 

The voice of Briar was distinguishable from his current tenant since it was - even with the mixture of curiosity and worry that had gone over it - more confident and slightly sly than the wondering one of Charlie.

 

All it did to Vivid was to make her shake her head slightly at the worsening situation this was. A shared body type of possession was not only harder to separate than a simple take over because the souls were mingling instead of one governing the other, it could also end with a lot of damages if the spirits worked against eachother.

 

Hopefully, Briar would stay as he was now: As a voice that had spoken, but not trying to seize any motor controls.

 

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Stargazer looked for a long time on the entrance to the bus in silence before he slowly wandered inside and, much like his fellow passenger, tried to seat down, though he still looked like he expected the whole thing to explode at any given time.

 

"Well, it seems safe enough for now..."

 

His half-sceptic tone wasn't caught by him before the words had already been said. It wasn't a good thing to have uttered out loud to somepony he didn't know, even if he Were somewhat sure that this thing could end being more of a death-trap than anything else, so he cleared his throat and quickly spoke a comment more to that before it ended in a slippery slope.

 

"Sorry ma'am. I didn't mean to imply something about this bus of yours, I'm just more used to more simple things, and this is... unusual in my eyes."

 

He might have dug himself in more, or made him seem like an old stallion who just wanted things to stay the same, but... Well, the second were somewhat true. He accepted that there would be change, and he tried to get used to it, but some of these things just seemed overly complicated to him, and he didn't like what he couldn't understand in general.

 

"Though I think I get what you said before since it sounds a bit like steam. I'd like to know more if I could though, but perhaps it'd be easier if I knew your names? I'm Stargazer, transferred Night Guard tasked with keeping eye on Ponyville . And you two are-?"

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"I'm Wildfire Blaze." Th pegasus says, shifting about in her seat to check it is set up correctly. "And I assure you that it won't explode on us." She turns the ignition key and the engine starts up, a low purr coming from the rear of the bus. She presses the button that opens the doors and they close with hiss. She thenpresses the pedal on the right and the bus moves off, heading to SugarCube Corner.

 

"This bus is my latest creation in an effort to make Equestria's transport system faster and more efficient. I'm hoping to present this to Celestia and have it implamented into the transport network." The drive is a relavtively sort one, seeing as the bus is much faster than walking, so that was the only thing she could say. "Here we are." She says as she pulls up in front of the door. "See how quick that was?"

 

(How do you mention people in your posts?)

Edited September 20, 2015 by ThatBlazingPony

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Syo had found some leaves of Everfree trees and then she used them to cover herself somewhat. Syo stared hopelessly at her key staff.

 

I never thought that that chaos venom is so powerful, my staff must have taken most of the poison away from me.

 

Syo was walking back to the group and then...

 

"GET BACK!!!"

 

Syo just heard it before an explosion occurred. The shockwave blew Syo away into the sky. Her key staff was sent flying out of her grip, it seems to be a danger of knocking some pony on the head.

 

"NYAAAAA!!!" Syo screamed as she flew up. Cats are not supposed to fly!

 

Syo braced herself as she hurled through the air and then suddenly, she felt herself stop. She opened her eyes and then she was caught on some webbing that was left over from the battle. Syo tried to pull her way out but it was too strong her to break free on her own and then she hung her head down in defeat.

 

She tried to shout for help but only got out a wail instead.

 

This is... the most humiliating day of my life...Where's my key... oh dear.

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"No, don't be mistaken," commented Renius after hearing Seamore, "I was not blaming you, Miss Vivid, for the explosion in any way shape or form- I know the Everfree is filled with strange magic. If anything, I blame myself and my... mishearing. I did not hear the 'un' of 'unhappy'." He shook his head. "What makes these trees so special? Other than the fact that they are obviously magical, more temperamental than a Timber Wolf Alpha, and... brightly colored."

 

With that, he looked around the area- and shuddered as he felt a warmth spring inside of him, as if he had drank a cup of his mother's special soup. Rather surprised, he looked around, before finding that most of the ponies were looking with odd glances at the pony known as Briar, who introduced himself as... Charlie Everdream. And then a different voice sounded, asking if what he was feeling was, indeed, him playing host to some sort of spirit. It was at this point that the growling started- a deep rumble in his chest that signified, no, things were not okay with him.

 

Without saying a word, he turned around and stalked away, not even bothering to ask what had happened or if it was his doing or not. Renius was completely fed up with magic today, and was just about ready to set off towards Ponyville by himself when he heard a caterwauling from nearby. He took out a piece of preserved meat- taken by one of his kills a bit over two weeks ago- and ate the dried, salted stick before looking for the large cat that had been scared away from- and was the next closest to- the blast radius. Following her wails he found her caught up in some of the spider's webbing nearby, where the sheer patheticness of the cat struggling and crying out at the top of her lungs what was obviously a 'help me' was rather heart-rending. Renius took out his knife calmly. "Just hold still, so that I don't cut you by accident." As he approached, he realized what he was missing- the cat had carried a staff of some sort. As he looked around for it, he said, "Where's that staff of yours that you carried abou- oh. That's not good..."

 

((Noodle incidents- or, I guess in this case, noodle outcomes- are fun.))

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"I didn't even realize what happened. As for who I am, I am the tree, or was. Tenses can be confusing," Charlie said. Then Seamore, realizing what had happened, explained, "when the Everwood tree gets too happy, the pony cutting it will taste strawberries. Humming a sad melody is meant to settle them down, because when they become too excited about passing on to the realm of Dreams, they can explode like we just saw. Charlie here must have been launched by the blast and clung to the nearest suitable host. Briar, being a plant, must have been the closest thing to a tree Charlie could reach within his trajectory."

 

"That sounds about right," Charlie responded. "In any case, I will be moving on to the Realm of Dreams. I just wanted to thank you all for helping me pass on. My friend over there," Charlie pointed at one of the other Everwood trees with Briar's hoof, "should be ready to pass on as well." After that he yelled over to Renius, whose name he had 'heard' earlier, "Thank you, too, Renius!"

Edited September 20, 2015 by Seamore Sandwich

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"It's a pleasure to help Charlie, and I'm happy for you that you have gotten the chance for speaking those words, even if this is a little strange."

 

Briar added his words after Charlie was done speaking with a smirk going over his face. He enjoyed being helpful where he went, and knowing that he had been able to provide a voice for at least a bit of time was pleasing, even if it did entail getting taken over some.

 

Because of his upbringing he was not keen on being restricted in any sort of way, but with this... it was oddly okay really. Sure, it felt strange, and somewhat tingly, but it was not in a hostile manner. And really, was there anything more important than the intent when it was in these situations with him? There was a difference to being bound to somepony to make sure they wouldn't be separated, and be chained and dragged along after all.

 

"May the next lands treat you well."

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Gold smiled as the vechicle moved about on it's own power. "Ah ammazing, its just like the mining rigs in the mine only his one isn't powered by unicorn magic. I can difeintliy see his being put into motion." He watched buildings more as the scene changes until the bus comes to a spot "this is quie he invention, I can really se you love your work.

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"Alright. Eye patch is alive. Lumberjack was somewhere else apparently. And now Brair, hey I remembered his name, is being possessed by a Dryad. Now I have a chance to learn somethings that piqued my curiosity for the longest time." 

 

Priestess approached Briars position. "Congrats bruh. You are now going through your first possession. And you get to be conscious during it, quite a rarity. Last time it happened to me, I woke up 3 weeks later next to Countess Nightwish in the middle of her dining hall surrounded by dead griffons. Oh how I wish I was aware during that timeframe."  The name Countess Nightwish should ring familiar to one bat pony present. 

 

"Anyways, if you can hear me 'Charlie', I just have a few things I've been about life as a tree that I've been wondering about."

Edited September 21, 2015 by Denim&Venom

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Charlie was a bit confused by the fox's interest in the life of a tree, "I will answer a few quick questions, but if, as I suspect, you want to have a long conversation about it, there will be more time for that next time you dream." he didn't want to possess Briar for much longer if it wasn't necessary.

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"Alright, fair enough. More can be dissected in an 8-27 hour period. 480-1242 hours if you factor in inception multipliers. "Hey Briar, Quick question: Since you're being conscious during a possession, I'm wondering, are you hearing thoughts independent of your own, liek talkign back and foruth with Charlie or does one of you get locked out while the othe-

 

*Shunk!* Priestess felt something heavy hit her back, and stick there. "Hmm?" She twitched and ruffled the fur on her back. There was certainly something there. "Okay is there something on my back?" Priestess turned around to see if that would unstick things. She stopped when she heard a scraping on the ground underneath her. 

 

She had been impaled by Syo's staff. And was vaguely aware of it. 

Edited September 22, 2015 by Denim&Venom

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Syo saw Renius approach and then stared at him curiously. He pulled out a knife.

 

"Just hold still, so that I don't cut you by accident."

 

Who is this pony? Was he here the whole time?

 

Syo stopped struggling and then waited for him to cut the webbing.

 

 

 

"Where's that staff of yours that you carried abou- oh. That's not good..."

 

Syo could only give a nervous smile as she also thought about the flying staff.

 

I hope that it did not kill anyone... 

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"It's kinda hard to explain, but in a sense I'd say that yes, I do vaguely hear some things I don't think are from me, but I do my best to ignore them. It isn't polite of me to sneak around his memories and/or thoughts after all. And I think we are both here, it's just that we only have one mouth, so one speaks at a time."

 

He was pretty sure it was something akin to that, as his body was still moving around from Charlie's control, but he could still talk, perhaps move a little if he had the reason to try, and there was still the presence of... Well, it was hard to explain. Something akin to having one megaphone, but two ponies side by side wanting to use it, just a little more complex.

 

If Charlie could hear some of Briar's thoughts, he might catch up on the "What's going on? I can't... Is she hurt?" in a worried tone going through Briar's consciousness as the sound of something hitting the same area that he had heard Priestess being in came through, along with a scraping sound.

 

Since he wasn't fully in control of himself and his usual ways of somewhat noticing what went on around them via the winds, feel in the air and so forth, he had no idea what was currently going on, nor that Priestess wasn't exactly the pony he had spoken with earlier. For all he knew something had gone wrong, and there wasn't any way he could tell what that was when his alternatives for seeing was alienated from him for a bit.

 

To be fair though, the slab of paper that Priestess had put on his head would have limited his sight somewhat if he had any, but it would still be better, and frankly he'd take even that at this stage so that he could tell what was going on around him in more details.

 

*sigh* Hopefully this current plan with having Discord eventually help out would work on this in time, but for now, it was just to wait, pray somewhat that things had not gone wrong, and then see if somepony would please soon start saying something. No screaming though, that would be a bad sign.

 

"If you can't tell that there is something stuck, then I would have a bigger worry than your current situation of being on a stick."

 

Vivid was the first that spoke after the scraping before she let out a long, drawn out sigh and wandered towards the fox/carousel horse, torn between just accepting that this one was weird, and wondering why she wasn't dead yet. Considering how she was hit, the fox should at the very least be bleeding heavily and scream instead of just being curious, and yet it didn't seem like it was happening.

 

What was this one made out of? Mud? There had to be Some reason why she wasn't currently dead or dying, but with everything else that went on around this place... *Reason* might have left town and decided never to return.

 

"I don't know why you're not bleeding to death right now, but unless it's keeping pressure on something, I would assume that pulling it out of your back wouldn't outright kill you either?"

 

It was not comforting words for Briar that could only pray harder and hope that it was true that she wasn't injured fatally, nor for Last that seemed to have stopped trying to move her katana again for a few seconds to look over at them with an adorably angry look and start to mouth of as well, though it wasn't sure what she was saying as her paws went to the side, held her head and so forth in expressive ways, but expression was not the same as-

 

"-ith a garden hose!"

 

- uhm, speech... it seemed like near the end of her sentence, Last's voice came back to normal, though she was still trapped in the small body and not being as loud as it normally would. It was confusing, but to be fair, she looked rather confused herself right after that which stopped her currently going on with her ramblings. For some reason, it sounded like that would be for the best considering what the ending of the last bit she had said had trailed towards.

 

She was some ways away, and with her voice being as low as it was and the currently more important parts of Priestess being impaled with a staff, and the owner of said staff dangling from a web, it wouldn't mean anything right now. Perhaps later though, once things had started to look sort of normal again.

 

Or well, as normal as anything could be out here in the Everfree Forest.

 

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Stargazer nodded along, trying to soak in what was being said.

 

"So much like the train, it is a faster way to get around, just without any railings to keep it on one track? I could see that being useful for the smaller places without a train station and such, though I guess there'd need to be done some road work if it got into the general use of things like you aim for Wildfire.

 

Carriages already get stuck at times, and there's not the same weigh on that compared to a metal box with a lot of ponies in I'd guess. Though perhaps the wheels on this thing handles it better?"

 

it had been a short trip, he'd give her that, and he could see this being good for some on longer travels or those that were not that capable of trips as they might have once been, like some of the elderly or those with broken legs, but it was still something that would take some time getting used to he'd say. Still, it was a good project in the grand scheme of things, and since the train had been as successful as it had turned out to be, there was a good chance that a fully tested and working model where something didn't go wrong mid-travel would be met positively by the general public, and in turn Princess Celestia.

 

He considered adding something to the other one, but for now felt it best to stop here. Stargazer were not entirely sure if that one had good intentions, as he hadn't stated his name like Wildfire did, and found it best to observe *John Doe* for now until he knew for sure that there wasn't something wrong here.

 

Perhaps he was just paranoid again, but his time in the Night Guard had taught him that it was always better to be safe than sorry, so for the time being he'd go this route.

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(Going first person as I prefer it.

 

Also, when it comes to it, do you mind playing as Celestia and/or Luna seeing as you are the DM?)

 

"Yes." I say to him. "That means that it can go elsewhere other than in a preset direction." I open the door to the driver's compartment and get out. "Roads would be required virtually everywhere for this to reach every corner of Equestria, but the thing that makes it better than carriages is that it has rubber tires that give it a heck of a lot more traction than a carriage's wooden wheels. It also has suspension rather than fixed axles, making the ride much more comfortable and enjoyable than a carriage's as the springs in the suspension absorb the bumps in the road." I then move to one of the seats near Stargazer and sit down on it. "When Celestia and/or Luna takes a ride in this, I can see them giving me the green light to introduce this into our transport network."

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With a single chop, he cut the webbing (forgetting to catch Syo unless she grabbed onto his back) before running over to the fox who was impaled by the... giant key staff. He growled to himself- in a way, this was his fault for having the tree explode and throw the staff in this direction. Frustrated, he took a look from a distance- he was not a medical expert. Nor did he know anything about first aid for a wound this... traumatizing. "This is one of those things," he said, growling, "that is known as a 'trip-ending injury.' I have no idea how to properly treat this would, but I recommend that unless anyone here is a trained medical professional and has a secret office somewhere within five miles that we headed back to Ponyville."

He paused for a moment before he thought about the spider. As he approached it, he said over his shoulder, "Two things- One, don't move the staff AT ALL; it might be the only thing holding her guts in. Second, you hunted this spider for either it's venom or the crystal it wears, correct? If so, I'll harvest it as quickly as possible so that you all can get going back. Or should I just take the entire thing along for it's organs or for a scientist or for your own personal use? Or was fighting this beast a complete coincidence?" He did not want to seem heartless, but his main concern was, with a successful kill, he was willing to lug the giant thing all the way back to Ponyville- he did want not to see their hunt wasted, if that was indeed what their goal was.

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"Somepony bring her to the doctor in Ponyville. Vivid, you can use teleportation magic right? I'll stay here and finish our work with the Everwood trees, that is what we came here for and if we leave here empty hooved, it was all for nothing. Renius, you can help by stripping the spider's diamonds, extracting its web sacs, and draining its venom. I have some jars in the box on the side of my cart, I use them for maple syrup. Let's get this all done quickly before something else comes along." Seamore was genuinely concerned for the fox, but he also had to help the Everwood trees pass on and killing the spider then leaving it would just be wrong. Something died, so it would be wrong to let that be for nothing.

 

"Well, it looks like you all have a lot to deal with right now so I'll be moving on to the Realm Of Dreams now. I'll see you all in your dreams." With that Charlie left Briar as the light blue whisp, flew into the sky, and disappeared.

Edited September 22, 2015 by Seamore Sandwich

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"Sayonara Charlie-san!" Priestess said as she waved to the whisp. "Okay, somepony said something about doctors in Ponyvllle. Not going to work because A. How would a pony doctor know how to treat me? 2. I'm dubious that the vet will know anything. And even if they did, I'm still not going based on principal alone. I am neither a pet, nor a farm animal. and III.  If you haven noticed, Ponyville tends to panic whenever something strange and unusual walks through town.  Remember Zebra lady whats her face? When she came through town a few years ago, entire place went on lockdown. Twice.  Let's not even get into what happened when a Dragon, a member of Canis Lupis Cerberae, and a Wasp Panda came into town.

 

If it's bigger than a pony," she awkwardly started walking at an angle between Vivid and Renius, both of them coming up to chest height, to prove her point. "Check. and it has fangs-" she licked her top row of canines "Check. It's probably gonna be met with fear, hostility, and or a denial of service."  

 

"Believe it or not, this actually isn't my most grievous injury to date."

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Vivid smirked slightly at Seamore's comment, deciding to turn her attention at him first to educate him a little. This whole situation was bizarre enough that it was starting to seem like it would not have a grand effect on things anyway, so why not share a little, and see for herself if it had truly gone far enough off the rail so that torches and raised blades wouldn't be what some of her... *Details* were met with, but more of a general *Eh, not as weird as (insert example)* and shrugs. Besides, this might end up entertaining if they still asked her afterwards.

 

"What I do is not teleport like you know it Seamore. I fade into one of the worlds that clings closely to this, where the tendrils of the veil spreads far and wide, and darkened souls tries to lure the unaware of the path and into their maw to be lost for eternity.

 

Travel in there is done like it is here, but time flows differently, making it seem as if I wander great distance with no delay, though it is just because hours there are less than minutes here.

 

I can see things snail along while I walk there because I am part of the veil and it allows me to see between the layers, and I can guide others with me if needed, but it will still be as if they walk a good distance, and if their mind falter and the whispers lures them in... Well, let's us just say that you don't want any details."

 

She gave a glance to the talking fox that had gotten nearer to make a point about her height, amongst others treasons as to why it might be hard to get a doctor for her.

 

"Besides, with all that fur, I doubt you will like the warmth. I can still guide you to town normally though if it is, and we can... *persuade* somepony to help if they aren't completely willing."

 

"Pardon me, but I doubt it will be That bad."

 

Briar, now fully himself after having wished goodbye to Charlie once more, wandered slowly over towards them, the paper Priestess had hung there still dangling from his head. He wasn't sure what exactly she had done, and if Charlie had a hoof in this as well, but he felt somewhat better and less aching, and since he wasn't sure if the paper was in part doing something actively, he wasn't gonna take it off until he knew better.

 

"I have been in many towns in my times, many of them facing creatures with anger and fear that are not of their kind, but Ponyville so far have seemed like it is in general less fazed by odd things with sharp fangs than most places, though of course some prejudice does exist.

 

In a sense you could think that their curiosity in some cases outweigh their fear, from what I have taken notice of at least, and I am almost certain that if a pony wanders with her to show to others that she means no harm rather than her walking in on her own, there would be at least a few that would be willing to listen and help out."

 

It might just be wishful thinking, but really, must it be that far off one's mind to hope for the best in everypony, no matter who or what they were? He would like to think no, even though life sometimes showed him otherwise.

 

Getting somewhat closer, Briar lifted his head and faced more or less where Priestess' face were now, giving a big, toothy grin to her once more.

 

"And while I remember it, thank you for... Whatever it was you did really. I feel a good deal less like a leaky vial that was thrown into a wall, though I should wash this substance off me at some point I'd wager."

 

He gave her a bow whilst he put on the mental check list to find a river or something similar later. The liquid he had expelled might be inert now, but it was still attached to his grassy coat, much like if a bucket of paint had fallen over him. And he couldn't image he looked too well either right now either.

 

As to how Priestess now looked... Well, he could feel some, and the winds gently blowing gave him a sense of scale and a silhouette to work from, so he knew that this was not exactly the pony he had spoken with earlier in looks. Yet, he was not in a position to judge upon appearance or wanting to hide some parts of yourself to blend in better, and talking with her earlier were all he needed to know to think that it should not change how he had *seen* her so far. he might have some added questions now, granted, but there would be a time for that later considering what was happening with her currently.

 

Over at Renius, another soul came over towards him to speak. Last, still jumping awkwardly over because of the oversized ears and the odd form she was in, came over and tapped him as hard as her small paws allowed it on his leg, looking up towards him with as much authority that she could considering she was a lollipop-coloured Jackalope covered in a mixture of inert toxin and whatever had come out of the eye/brain of the spider.

 

"We came here to fight it off since it was invading the food chain around here, and so that Seamore could get his trees. He said something about the gems before, but beyond that I have no idea how much of it he wants to harvest. Though I'm keeping the broken fang as a souvenir. I ain't fighting something like this without a trophy y'know?

 

Heck, why would anypony not want a piece of this thing? It's a massive spider! I bet it's head alone would be a wall ornament that would make somepony drool for a week straight. Or scare them senseless, one or the other."

 

The lower voice really wasn't helping her either to be taken seriously, but eh, not much was at this point, and on the current list of things that was irking her within the last hour, she was starting to get jaded to small things like that.

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Priestess listened to Vivid describe her method of teleportation to other realms. "Ah, travel to the shadow lands. I should've figured as much a pony like you would be able to access such a realm. I actually have heard those whispers you talk about. I like to think of them as the bad ideas in your head becoming conscious. They steadily get louder, and more mouthy, the longer you stay. And I'm not sure what warmth you're talking about. Whenever I've crossed over, I found it getting progressively colder. And since your here now, I'm guessing you've managed to avoid the Wraiths, and definitely steer clear of the Spectres."

 

She then slowly turned to face Briar, dragging the staff along the ground. "Okay, fine. Maybe Ponyville will be more receptive to me than last time. That still doesn't change the fact that there are isn't exactly anypony in town qualified to assist the likes of me. Normally I can just unstick myself, tend my own wounds and be fine in a few days, a week at most. But since I can sense traces of defilement absorbed by the staff, I'm not sure how much that's going to aggravate the damage and effect my recovery. Speaking of staff, where's the cat?" She hadn't seen Syo since battles end. 

 

She had heard Briar thank her and bow. She herself then awkwardly leaned to the side on her front paw and bowed herself, so she wouldn't shift the staff any further. "You're very welcome. Can't have more philosophical diatribes when chaos taint has rendered you a walking biohazard now can we?"

 

Her ears then twitched as she heard somepony shout "INCOMING!" "That sounded like it came from..." She looked up, and saw something falling from the sky, speaking to itself, before crashing into some bushes. It then stumbled out of the leaves and started talking loudly, to no one in particular. 

 

"Geeze, how loud were we? We'redrawing spectators from every other part of Equestria it seems. If only I could've charged admission." 

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"INCOOOOOOOOOOOMING!"

 Missklang shouted as he was falling from the skies. His teleportation spell failed, warping him in an unknown place, high above the ground. He wasn't sure how high he was and fact that he was spinning didn't helped at seeing were to land safely.

 

  "This is realy fun!" thought Missklang to himself "Like a surprise box. You never know what you will get"

 

   The world stopped spinning as he crashed into the bushes. He tried to get up but his head hurted and the vision vas blurry from the shock. Finaly standing up, he bursted into loud laughing. "Ha ha ha! That was terrific! I should do it again! Right now actualy! But before I must..." 

 

Suddenly, as his vision recover focus, Missklang realised that he wasn't alone. "Oh my! Who are you? I'm so embarrassed! Did I interupt you?"

 

 

That smell, it was oddly familiar. But he coldn't remember. He surely hit his head too hard again. But this smell reminded him of something, something fun and loud, the obvious answer comed to Missklang.

 

 "Sulfur! that's it! Somewere here was an explosion! You are having so much fun I bet. Too bad I missed the show. But what did you explode anyway? Do you have any left? Oh! but you aren't all ponies! Was it an after effect from the explosion? I do put some Poison Joke extract in my bombs but in never acted immediately, and I can tell from the smell that it boomed not long ago. Did you came up with a new formula?"

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Seamore saw the new pony fall from the sky, a unicorn. "Let me guess, failed teleport spell? We're too far into the forest for you to have been launched from somewhere, unless maybe a Pegasus was involved. Also, I hear the intense magic of the Everwood trees can draw in an unfocused teleport. Well anyway, I'm getting back to work." Seamore picked up his saw and marked the tree Charlie had pointed to earlier. He then went over to the other marked tree, the one Syo had found, and started cutting.

Edited September 23, 2015 by Seamore Sandwich

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Hearing what the fox said Vivid just stood there, blinking fr for a bit, then quickly held her right front hoof up in front of her muzzle to hold back the better part of a laughter, though some chuckling did manage to escape before she had herself under control again.

 

"The shadow lands? The grey, ever-shifting plane tangling between the normal ones where you will get lost for eternity without one of the formless guides helping you, in return for what fancies their curious minds? That place barely even have air to breathe, much less any place for the veil to find ground."

 

it wasn't often she had an actual laugh. Mostly it was low chuckles, smirking, and stuff akin to that. But to get to a point where she had to fight it back? That had not happened for centuries. Though who could blame her? This one actually thought that the veil were part of the shadow realm itself. This formless mas of grey and black nuances that more or less repelled everything, or kept it for the inhabitants. or inhabitant, it was hard to tell how many of those things in there that actually were from the glimpse she had once gotten, so for all she knew there could be more than one.

 

"Aaah, sorry, I needed that. In any case, what you mention are not what I would think of as the shadow lands, but there are several worlds just a thin slice away from spilling into one another one layered closer than you might think, and we may all each have our own name for them. The shadow lands you speak off I haven't seen, likely a layer beyond my current reach, though the whispers you mention were the same where I were, so they might be close enough for some beings there to traverse them both.

 

Where I speak off, the air is warmed greatly by the tendrils of the veil that have spread through the realm like living roads. Beneath and around it, dark figures of varied shapes slither through the dead trees, crumbling rocks, still waters and so forth, looking at you with big, blank eyes and whispering to you, begging you to come to their aid, trying to lure with promises of treasures, or taunt you into following of the one safe path they can't touch to try and make them shut up. They might be these spectres that you mention in their own rights, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were different.

 

Fortunately, whatever they are, they stick with their own plane. Though things like this are why studying into dimensional gateways was a punishable offence back in my days. Wouldn't want to risk tearing a hole through to the wrong place and flood Equestria after all, no?"

 

Further she didn't get before the sound of somepony were above them and this odd, mad-sounding pony fell down towards them. She couldn't really find much meaning in everything he said, but frankly... Well, he didn't look to be at his full senses so to speak. Perhaps it was just the fall that did it, but who knew?

 

"A tree exploded, butbutbut, did you just say bomb? You know about explosive funtimes?"

 

Blitz hadn't really gotten an answer from the unconscious bat pony, and after having waited a while had gone back to picking a few leaves. That was, until this funny-talking pony showed up and started to speak about sulfur and bombs! She Loved to meet others that knew their explosives, so she hadn't passed up the chance to go over when she had heard it and now stood near him, bouncing slightly in place with a half-crazed look going over her eyes and her (currently closed) small bag of her own kaboomies next to her.

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As he finished talking, Missklang noticed a young filly who appeared to be an alicorn? No, it can't be, he don't sence exquisite perfume of their magic, must be some well crafted apparel piece. He wondered if they worked as she rushed towards him with the kind of face he often see in the mirror. As she approached, he distinct a powerful gunpowder smell that comed from her

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"She must be the one causing the explosions!"

 

He thought to himself as he smiled upon a potential prankster friend

 

."Well well well! What we have here! A boomer! Nice to meet you young lady, my name is Missklang. What's yours? It seems that you enjoy explosions? Lovely! Did you detonate that tree? Ahh, It reminds me when I mixed the tips of the match heads with some ammonia in order to get ammonium sulfide. Smelly thing I can tell you. Then I trapped it in a book using the Haycard's method. And when somepony opened the book. Kaboom! The poor guy stinked for a week as well as the library. I was kicked out but it was worth it!".

 

As he spoke, he noticed that the tip of her horn was broken.

 

 "Oh my! What happend to your horn! Did that thing with the pointy teeth bite it off?"

Edited September 22, 2015 by Missklang

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Blitz giggled at the funny talking pony. He sounded like a prankster, and while she wasn't the worst at that sort of thing in the Ponyville area, she still liked to prank ponies now and again as long as they didn't get hurt.

 

"Hehe, no, the tree exploded because it wasn't sung to right. Besides, blowing up trees are no fun. They catch on fire, spread, and then all of a sudden I've set fire to the forest again."

 

She had only done it like, once where it had gotten out of hoof. The other times the fire had been fine enough, but nooo, she was still being told by the firefighters when she saw them that she should take care and only set fires to things where it wouldn't catch on to anything else, and then in general not at all. But how was she supposed to get anything done without fire? Sure, the leaves here made for something that could be used to it, but she had so many other things. So many other Ideas! And for that, she had to get some sparks, some fire, and then Kaboom!

 

The thought made her giggle a little more, slightly manically before she refocused on the other pony.

 

"Huh? The horn? Nonono, nopony bit it. I just sorta forgot to add a longer fuse and, well, y'know."

 

Blitz raised herself and spread her front hooves out to indicate an explosion, adding a small *Boom* sound effect to it as well.

 

"Anyway, my name's Blitz Boom. I make all sorts of things, like this sort of failed frosting where you can put a drop into a water balloon, drop it on somepony and then they will start to look odd for a while. Stuff like getting big ears, or their mane will get all poffy, grow extra tails or weird things like that. It's weird, but fun to prank bullies with, and you sound like you love pranks too, hehe.

 

Butbutbut, how does that ahm, amoug, ergh... Ammo-thingie you said smell like? Something Really bad, or like stumbling into a bog?"

 

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"I can see it having it's place, sure, but exactly How much road are we talking about here? I'm sure the princesses wouldn't mind there being a little more of them so it wouldn't be driving into a tree, but if it is really near everywhere... Well, I can't say that her highness, princess Luna, have ever been an advocate of trampling down good deals of forests and fields without reason.

 

I can't say for sure of course, but I have been around Canterlot enough to know the general idea of things, and honestly? I think that this thing will depend on how much work it's gonna take to make it traverse the lands, and how much land there's gonna be left for that matter."

 

Stargazer looked at her as she wandered around, though he stayed inside for the brief time that she was outside.

 

"I ain't saying this won't be welcomed by a good deal of ponies, just been my job to worry about what might go wrong for a long time and prepare for it, so I tend to focus on what could go wrong or be a downside, then find out how to handle it. In this case: A bit on how this works and the amount of space it'd need, and if it needs stone roads or if ground is enough. Stone roads tend to be a hard sell if it's gonna go in many places...

 

But I'm rambling I guess. You said the tires on this thing was sturdy and it wasn't as bumpy as a carriage, so I guess normal roading would work, so there's that at least. Less damaging to the areas around it than stone."

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"I've been developing a substance that will allow it to grip better. I call it asphalt. And the roading wouldn't be as much as you think it might and instead of cutting down forests, overpasses could be built that are raised above the trees to minimize the impact on the environment."

 

I look to Stargazer, opening and closing my wings.

 

"To allow ponies to get acustomed to it and accept it, I could try it as an alternative transport system to the train that runs between Canterlot and here. That way, everypony can get a firsthand experience of it and then decide whether they like it or not."