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[Denim&Venöm 19,255]

@Seamore Sandwich@cwhip9@Magos Amphrose@Missklang @Melke @Blitz Boom@Moonlit 

"I'd like to check on Petey's dream if that's alright. Just to see if he's doing alright. Oh and I accept your offer about locking away our dreams. But you never did answer if such magic could spread through the rest of my hive connection."

[Seamore Sandwich 471]

@@Denim&Venom

 

"It seems I must have misunderstood the question. Where you not referring to locking dreams? Because anyone can do that, they just need to be taught how. If you're asking if my Dream Bond to you extends to your hive, since I can see no doors to represent them, I would assume not."

[cwhip9 1,078]

 

 

And yes, this means that i can see the lost souls that clings to this world, even in this otherwise abandoned castle."

Cresent looked around themselves on that last remark bout the spirits, as vivid gave her explainaction during the walk cresent followed close to hear the mare.

 

A small idea had begining to grow when she told him about the deals one would make with demons and spirits...which slowly turned into an inner argument with himself. He breathed out "Well that answer's, a lot and then some questions" he admitted.  

 

"for the deals bit the spirits and demons that sound nice are the ones too watch for you said right, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for such, although" he wondered out loud. "the idea of other multiple relms doesn't surprise me. Luna and dreams for instance"  

 

He hoped he didn't let on he was debating on make a deal which he also was still arguing with himself over.

[Holiday Agnaktor 1,436]

@@Blitz Boom,

@@Damonater,

@@Summer Breeze,

 

Frosty jumped as the human got angry. He was tempted to say that gills aren't always in plain sight, but didn't. It didn't seem like that would improve the humans mood. Instead he just stood there, watching what was happening, prepared to do something in defense if the human became aggressive. The human calmed down though, and Frosty listened to his story, feeling a bit bad for him that his home got...eaten? It sounded very bad though.

 

"It's going to be alright, Mr. Human," Frosty said, trying to cheer up the human, "The weird thing that took Barrel seemed like it didn't want to hurt Barrel too much, and he...needed him to save...something? So I think it'll be alright."

[Blitz Boom 4,652]

@@cwhip9,

 

"Any Demon can sound nice. but few actually are. Be especially weary of the ones that shows up when you are in distress and feeling desperate, as they are there to make an easy sale. Take it from one who have been on the side of the desperate and foolish: They will not show to care about you, but to gain something themselves."

 

That was not to say that All deals made by Demons was bound to be a trap. Some were rather honest, and a few could be of a better standing than their deceiving kind, but neither of those would show themselves to the desperate. No, that would be the old and powerful amongst them that had gotten to where they were from knowing how to ensnare fools quickly and efficiently, and they would scare the better and weaker amongst them off from an easy deal nearly without exception.

 

"As for the spirits, you won't hear them say anything. Shamans and spirit guides tend to be the only, non-Reapers that can understand them, and generally they don't want a deal, they want to move onwards to the afterlife, but can't let go of this world.

 

Given enough time, they tend to grow angry and violent, which is where poltergeists come from, but before that they mostly just exist in several stages of confused, unwilling to give up the realm of the living, and wailing in pain and sorrow. It's one of the reasons why those like me exist to help them move on, either by talking it out with them, or forcing them along.

 

Though trust me, as important as it is to get done, it is not a task anypony should envy. Seeing the dead walk amongst you, looking like they did when they died, is a scarring experience whilst growing up, and trying to comfort something that nopony else can see will make others think you are crazy, or in case you can make them believe you, creepy.

 

There's also the fact that whilst Shamans have it easy with speaking with the ancestors by training, spirit guides and collectors gain their *gift* by being very close to death themselves at a young age, or loose everypony they loved later on in life. The stress of either of those hits on more levels than the psychological and physical, and it tends to break you a little inside.

 

That's not saying all that goes through that will be like this, but it is the open door for it. Whatever or not something steps through that door is either up to chance, or the choice of a power beyond my comprehension."

 

She didn't comment on the thing with Luna since she wasn't entirely sure how that realm worked in juction with the other worlds out there. It seemed like it might include multiple worlds, which would put it as a higher plane instead of another world per se, but if it were many worlds, Luna should have to be constantly busy alongside the spirits to keep everything intact.

 

More than likely it was a higher plane in several layers, with each layer being only visible to the ones whose worlds were connected to their home, but that set in the question about a fragmented higher realm and that was a discussion for more theorising beings than her. She might know some that she had picked up during her years, but she wasn't one of those who wanted all the answers, which left her with sometimes being unable to answer questions. Such a now.

 

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@@Seamore Sandwich,

@@Moonlit,

 

"Okay."

 

Omen put the books down where she found them and began looking around for those that were green, and started with the sign that Luna had shown her. It wouldn't go fast, but she would find some here and there, though not fast enough to get a pile over to check again that soon. At her own pace, it would likely take around 20 minutes before she had a good enough stack to get checked by Luna, though they would likely have found the right one before that. They'd see.

 

Over at Serenade, it seemed like some sort of semblance of an order had seeped through to Ziggy, so she followed Serenade closely, still looking dazed and a little sluggish, but looking at the top shelves where the Siren wouldn't be able to reach in her current disguise nevertheless.

[EQ_Theta 462]

Senlin wandered around the outskirts of the Everfree Forest. He hoped to get some rest from his journey but was unsure about going into Ponyville. He settled to venture into the forest to make a temporary shelter but as he searched for a suitable tree to rest his weary head, he caught glimpse of a strange light. Disturbed and likely unable to sleep, he followed it and hoped his long lost sister Lin would be there. 

His sister was not where the light was but before him stood a castle.   

Edited December 9, 2015 by EQ_Theta

[Moonlit 593]

@Seamore Sandwich,

@Blitz Boom,

Serenade fights off a yawn, and searches the lower shelves. Blinking rapidly, she eventually stumbles headlong into one of the bookcases. "Um...Princess. Is this the book your looking for?" She pulls a faded leather-jacketed book from it's spot, it's title extremely faded but the words Elegant Everwood Enchantments Revised can just be made out. Serenade does a double take on the title of the book next to it, but shrugs it off.

[Blitz Boom 4,652]

@@EQ_Theta,

 

"...Dragon?"

 

The whispering voice would sound somewhat hesitant and curious inside Senlin's head as Omen quietly wandered from the old stone she had stood behind when the odd creature had shown. She had felt somepony was there, and had moved past it only to be faced with another creature she didn't know.

 

"No, Dragons look different... Pony?"

 

She didn't have much speed in her step, but it wasn't needed either. They weren't too far away from eachother - otherwise he wouldn't be able to hear her voice in his head - and if she had a reason for it she could be over at him in a matter of a few seconds, provided he didn't start to move, in which case she'd stop her wandering and just keep looking at him as she did now: With curiosity in the unblinking, pale-grey eyes and otherwise just a neutral face. He wouldn't find judgement there, though the sudden presence might make him react somehow.

 

You never knew how anypony would react to an unwanted presence after all.

 

(Not made her bios yet, so here's the image. Her mane and tail waves regardless of wind)

[Seamore Sandwich 471]

@@Blitz Boom

@@Moonlit

 

"I'm afraid that particular version does not have the spell we need. For that we need the Eigth Edition, the only one that was labeled 'Revised' was the first print run of the Second Editition. However," Luna said levitating the book away from Serenade. She opened the book, revealing a drawing of a gem. "I can use the gem I stored here for the necklace. I'm surprised this is still here, it's the rarest version of the book. Surely looters have no taste in fine literature," she said with a smile, pulling the blue gem out of the page using Haycart's Method. She then set the gem off to the side with the chunk of wood and continued looking for the book.

Edited December 9, 2015 by Seamore Sandwich

[cwhip9 1,078]

@@Blitz Boom, Cresent nodded at the answers on deamons and spirits, the argument iniside seemed to quite down after Vivids answer on how the deals play out. Durring the talking cresent was paying more attention to what vivid was talking about then his suroundings, so when he stumbled a little over a small rock he found himself in the Library of the two sisters..."well, this is how you get to the library, good"

[Melke 160]

@@~Sole~, 

 

"That 'tat', as you call it, on your claw and my paw is the symbol of our spiritual link. It will disappear once it has no more purpose." Dyr said as she headed in the direction you pointed. "In fact, I see no point in displaying it."

 

The symbol on Dyr's paw disappeared but there is still a faint imprint on it. "It might be a little tiring for you to keep up with my high energy usage so I will try and refrain from wasteful actions."

 

Dyr threw her scythe up and it recede into itself and became a small flower that Dyr catches and puts on the rosy bracelet on her right paw.

 

"If you get knocked out or defeated, I will lost the link and be forced out of this world. So try and not be a hero."

@@Blitz Boom,

@@Seamore Sandwich,  

 

"Planting new trees? That's something that Dyr would like. I am just curious about these plants. I have only been here one other time... Oh yeah, I need to send a message to my friend. He might be aware that I am here but is wondering why am I not visiting him."

 

Syo took out a paper and quill from her bag and scribble something on the paper. Standing up on the key, Syo flipped around and seems to be inserting the key into a invisible keyhole and turning it, opening a ripple in space. Syo then backed up and toss the letter through and the ripple closed. "That takes care of that."

 

If any pony was looking carefully, there was a small symbol on Syo's back that glowed as she performed her portal opening and once it was done, the light died off and was just a faint imprint.

[EQ_Theta 462]

@@Blitz Boom,

 

"I am both but who... or what are you?" 

Senlin cautioned himself at what was with him at the moment, unsure of how to proceed. A friend or foe? His upbringing always told him foe and as much as he wanted to stand down and talk, this was not a time to take risks. He readied himself for what was to come. 
 

[Blitz Boom 4,652]

@@EQ_Theta,

 

"I am Omen, an -"

 

A few seconds went by with whisperings that sounded both incomprehensible, in several tongues, and would quite frankly be impossible to recreate without three extra mouths for normal beings. However, it did vaguely sound like she said Ki'Nathar if he focused on trying to find meaning in her native tongue, and while that wasn't a word that would hold any meaning in Equestria, it would give a name to go by at least.

 

"You are... Pony and Dragon? Not like master, but a mixed one still?"

 

She stopped, about a meter from him, and sniffed the air.

 

"No, not like him. Different. Unique."

 

It was a shame. Even if she wasn't sure if she would want to find master when the time came, it would have been interesting to find something like him, but this one wasn't. Too uniform and even, and the whiff of Chaos wasn't tangling him like it were with Discord. A pity, but still, she were curious.

 

"Who are you?"

 

During the moments when she spoke, her voice never carried anything else than the occasional emotion of curiosity when going through his head. It was even, unfazed, and a little hollow. Not like she were dead, but more akin to a blank mind just saying the facts that she knew, combined with a childish curiosity.

 

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@@cwhip9,

 

Vivid stopped up and looked into the empty room that Crescent had accidentally opened an entrance to. Or well, Empty was saying a lot, considering the immense number of books, but there were no other living being in there at least.

 

"Old knowledge... Ancient words of power, free for the taking..."

 

She took a few steps more towards the library, but stopped about two steps before she would potentially stomp on Crescent.

 

The potential in an old library like that had a draw in her for a reason. She was a being of old power and had an innate want to expand that, as well as find a book containing the knowledge she needed about shielding herself better from the cold of this realm, and every logical fiber in her body spoke that this would be the place for her to go for that knowledge. Hell, for Any knowledge worth mentioning that had happened from anywhere between a few centuries to several millennia.

 

Granted, it looked rather dusty on the small part she saw right now, and the library was currently inside a ruin, which didn't scream that any new knowledge was to be found there, but that was just a plus more for her. It saved her from having to sift through anecdotal boredom on paper and get some actual reading material worth her time.

 

Though, this would have to wait. Much as she felt the pull in her for going in there and get lost in ancient scripts, she had a deal to finish as it stood now. Perhaps later when she had the time, it could be discussed to return, but for now it was out of the quest-

 

Her ears gave a small shake, as if she heard something, and she started to move forward again, distracted but making sure not to wander into/unto Crescent.

 

"The calling beckons me... Come, follow me."

 

With that she wandered into the library, going to the deeper parts of the room whilst seemingly following a call even Crescent would not be able to hear. Or see for that matter, though he might begin to understand why as they went through the room and Vivid more or less ignored the books.

 

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@@Seamore Sandwich,

@@Moonlit,

 

A little after the extraction of the gem by Luna, Ziggy would slowly pull a book out from the top shelf she and Serenade were currently at. It carried with it the right colour described by Luna, though the title was somewhat damaged and only half the actual words were legible.

 

The word Everwood was the only clear one, though if the rest fitted, Ziggy didn't know about right now. Granted, she didn't know anything really considering she was under the Siren's spell, but she had recognised some of what Serenade had been looking for and picked it out. It might just be another reprint, but if it weren't, she would just let it go and get back to the shelf again, assisting her temporary mistress in her task.

[EQ_Theta 462]

@@Blitz Boom,

 

 

Senlin slowly backed away and maintained distance from the creature before him, his right claw keeping in front. 

"Senlin... My name is Senlin. I don't want any trouble; I just want to find my sister." 

He wondered about the Omen intentions and what it meant by "master." If this was what Senlin's clan was urged to keep away from, Omen's form was enough to convince him to flee. 

[Seamore Sandwich 471]

@@Blitz Boom

@@Moonlit

 

Luna took a close look at the book that Ziggy pulled out, using her magic to renew the text that had faded away, "'A Life As An Everwood Tree,' First Edition," she read aloud, "If we can figure out Twilight's sorting system, we should be able to find the book easily." Luna kept pulling out books with her telekinesis, first, one on the left, then she would pull one out on the right as she put the other back, alternating this pattern from one side to the other. This way she was constantly looking at the titles of different books.

 

@@Blitz Boom

@@Melke

 

Seamor continued leading the others in the castle toward the portal room. "There is a great deal of magic involved, so I'm sure you'll be able to sense that Briar. There is no more powerful a magic than that of the creation of life."

[~Sole~ 852]

@@Melke

 

As Sole absorbed this new information he nodded "alright then. So as long as I don't get ganked or sent to lala land then your good? That'll be a piece of cake... probably." He said sarcastically, as he tore his eyes away from his own mark and began to walk towards the castle ruins.

 

"So, can you still sense him?" He asked her curiously.

Edited December 10, 2015 by ~Sole~

[Damonater 70]

@@Blitz Boom,

@@Frosty Frost, 

@@Summer Breeze

 

"Well something to eat would be nice actually. But not too much though. I am more of a person who doesn't eat a whole lot." Damon explained as his stomach rumbled violently. Just gotta pull through and find him. I know Barrel is close. I can sense it.  Maybe if I go with these ponies they could probably lead me closer to him. He thought to himself and moved slightly closer to the ponies. 

 

Damon opened his small canteen filled with water and had a few mouthfuls of the dirty water that was inside. He didn't mind the taste but purified water is what he needed more of.  Then he closed it again and put it away. He looked at the little filly as she asked about cupcakes, "Cupcakes? I am up for most things nowa days. I have been eating stale bread for quite sometime now. Not to mention potatoes. And yes, I can eat cupcakes. But I do love my muffins though. Nice, warm chocolate chip muffins to be precise." Damon said to the little filly with a small smile on his face as he is reminiscing on the sweet, sweet taste of muffins.

 

He looked at frosty and said straight up, "No, he lied to you. He's going to destroy it... Not save it. Just trust me on that." Damon stated to Frosty. 

 

Damon then pulled out his LG-G4 smart phone and wanted to look at the time. But it seems his phones doesn't want to turn on for a reason. It wasn't a flat battery but perhaps it didn't work in this dimension. Hmm... I know its on 100% battery... Oh well. Maybe its just bugged. He thought as he put it back in his pocket.

 

"So do you guys have names? I know I haven't said my name yet. So instead of calling me Mr. Human. Please, call me Damon... Or Day-mo for short. It's spelt D..A..M...O" He explained to the group of ponies.

[Blitz Boom 4,652]

@@EQ_Theta,

 

Seeing Senlin wander back, Omen stopped her own walk forward.

 

"Sister... Not here. Vixens, Ponies, Changelings, all here. Nopony like you.

 

Perhaps one of them have seen her? They are from many places, seen much. More than me."

 

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@@Melke,

@@Seamore Sandwich,

 

"Indeed there isn't, but that is the beauty of creation after all. No matter the form, no matter the source, it is a thing of great power and wonder."

 

Whilst Briar responded to what Seamore told them as they got nearer to their destination, Brittle instead kept her focus on Syo. After seeing the thing the cat had done with the key earlier, she had made sure to keep Briar between them and watch the scary creature from the closest she had to a safe spot right now.

 

Granted, Syo might not Look too scary to others, and even Brittle saw that she had the form of an otherwise fluffy cat, but what she did before is what made her scared of the otherworldly being. Anything that she couldn't understand essentially made her sure that it was something bad that would end up hurting her in some way or another, and right now she was still too scared to ask what it was that had happened.

 

Perhaps watching Syo some more would give answers, she didn't know. All she knew was that she didn't feel safe not keeping an eye on the cat for now.

 

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@@Frosty Frost,

@@Summer Breeze,

@@Damonater,

 

"Daymon!"

 

Blitz rose a hoof and waved at Mr- Human, who now had a name to call him by. It was not exactly like he spelled it, but it was how it sounded like, and right now her head was racing too much to get all the facts straight. Those sort of things could be handled later, right now she had things to do.

 

"I go and find muffins, while you go destroy the world or something. Okay bye bye."

 

With that she turned on the spot and galloped as fast as she could in the direction of Ponyville. She would soon be gone from the sight of the others, so it shouldn't take her long to get into town and get the food for Damon, though you never knew if she got stuck somewhere again or the line at the bakery was huuuge. It was kinda early, but some days a lot just really wanted their cake early.

[EQ_Theta 462]

@@Blitz Boom,

 

 

"Not here, then... Could I trust you? Can I be sure you are telling the truth?"

 

Senlin still had the urge to step back and run but noticed Omen stopped. Right now, he felt his heart racing but his gut feeling compelled him to stay and possibly reach out to Omen, maybe to find some common ground. Though the element of danger persisted, both had the urge to find someone. Ominous as their appearances are, there is more than what he could see. He only hoped he wouldn't regret this decision.

 

He braved what would come next as Senlin lowered his right claw. "You mentioned something about finding your master, that he was dragon-like? What do you mean by that?"

[Summer Breeze 2,528]

@@Damonater, @@Blitz Boom, @Frosty Frost, 

 

'well hello mister hu- i mean damo' summer said while she was looking at blitz disappearing in the distance 'that racing filly over there is biltz' summer told damo and nodded in the direction blitz went, then she pointed at herself and said 'and my name is summer breeze, i am a wind making Pegasus, my speciality is a soft warm breeze but i can also do storms and tornados' summer said while flapping her wings and smiling innocent. then damon pulled out a strange thing and tapped on it. summer walked closer and sniffed it 'what is that? is it human food?' she said, but she didn't think it was edible, at least it didn't smell like it.

'how did you learn our language, damon? are there ponies in your dimension who learned it to you, or did barrel do that? i never heard of any animal that could understand us, well they understood fluttershy but she is an exception.' summer asked damon and then remembered something she thought when she first saw damon 'and do you think there is an other dimension version of me?' and she looked at him, waiting for him to say something

Edited December 10, 2015 by Summer Breeze

[Damonater 70]

@@Summer Breeze,

@@Blitz Boom,

@@Frosty Frost,

 

Damon raised an eyebrow at the small filly who ran away in what seemed she wanted to get a muffin for him. Well okay then... He thought to himself.

 

Damon then turned his attention to the grey, pink mare. "Tis nice to meet you all. At least you are actually nice to me and not being mean to me."

 

Damon gave Summer Breeze a funny look as she sniffed his smart phone, "Erm, no. Its a piece of technology that us humans use on a daily basis. Its a way of communicating to people across the world but yet... It has disconnected all of us at the same time... Its confusing..." Damon explained to her.

 

"Us humans have a lot of languages. Mine being English and you're speaking English as well. I can also speak a little bit of Japanese and Russian. Those two are spoken in two different countries in our world. But mainly English is spoken in most parts of the world. I taught Barrel the English language for many years. It's one of the hardest languages to learn if you are foreign to it. As for your question about another you. There most likely would be but I would probably wouldn't know her... I don't know many people nor do I have much that I consider to be friends. Come to think of it... I probably only have like, 1 to 3 people that I actually consider as friends back in my world." Damon explained to Summer.

 

"So... do we go follow the little filly? Or do we wait here?" Damon asked Summer.

Edited December 10, 2015 by Damonater

[Blitz Boom 4,652]

@@EQ_Theta,

 

"Master told me never to lie.  He said *Tell the truth*, so I do, and I have seen none like you. There might be one, covered, but then I haven't seen them. Or I did, but they are hidden. Cloaked by magic."

 

Even though Discord were a being that didn't find deceit and half truths far out of his grasp, he hated being the subject of it himself. At least when he had given her form it had been so, and when he taught her the ways of his world he put her under order to not lie. It was meant as only to him, but he had not been specific at the time he said it, and it had since then amused him to see when she spoke truths that others didn't think they'd get, so he never corrected her.

 

It might be that she were still not sure whatever or not she wanted to find master again, but the things he had taught her was very ingrained at this point, and she had heard many times mothers speak to their foals about telling the truth, so this - amongst many other things - was things she wouldn't change, even if lies sometimes were better.

 

"I don't know what masters kind is called. The word confuses me, but he haves parts from Dragons. Parts of creatures, gathered in one. Not a mix of two, but of many more. Such is the shape of master Discord, or were when I saw him"

 

Omen's head tilted slightly to the side, though her unblinking gaze didn't move from Senlin's face. She was curious as to what he would do now, since reactions when master's name was mentioned tended to vary a lot.

[Moonlit 593]

@Seamore Sandwich,

@Blitz Boom,

 

Yawning and stretching, popping several of her joints in the process, Serenade hums to herself, "I am not even sure that neurotic pony knows her own system." Serenade walks around, peering at the various tomes on the shelves, and when she passes Ziggy she quickly nuzzles the Pegasi. "Blech, this entire castle reeks of Primordials. How one can stand having them around is beyond me." Moving back to the shelves, she starts to

softly, in a low voice.

[EQ_Theta 462]

@@EQ_Theta

 

That name sounded familiar... "Discord." Thinking over what Omen said about its master and its chimeric features, the name struck a chord within Senlin. He heard that name several times already, mostly from eavesdropping on ponies elsewhere. He was freed but encased in stone again a second time. If his hunch is correct, then Discord was now living in Ponyville but that was where the rumors end.

"Omen, Discord... he was freed by the elements of harmony. I may not be entirely sure about that but from what I've heard during my travels, he may be living in Ponyville right now."

[cwhip9 1,078]

@@Blitz Boom, as vivid led the way further in the Library Cresent did his best to keep up with the mare, without getting distracted by a few book bindings here and there on the way. One that caught his eye was in a unkown language, another with a whole in, but mostly what distracted cresent as he keept up was how....empty it really was. He tried to focus up not knowing what lay ahed he decided to ask

 

"something tells me this will be interesting where ever we are going right?" he asked a little behind the mare himself