open Bangcolt Arena! (Fighting/Sol) (RP)

[P-Jay 1,987]

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"thanks." caliber said, as he handed over his cape and watched rarity leave. "hm?" he heard the question. "oh, i passed by ponyville a while back." he explained, "im surprised you didnt recognize me, if you live there. i was the guy who tied with pinkie in a cupcake eating contest, remember?"

 

he chucked. no-one in ponyville could believe he tied against her. well, truth be told, they had run out of cupcakes before a winner could be decided.

 

"as for how i know rarity...well, during said contest, i got an awful lot of frosting on my cape. so, i asked her to clean it. she was interested in it, since she had never seen this kind of fabric before. she even tried to buy it from me, offered me this cape that was covered in gems. i declined. and after all that, i continued my traveling."

[Fractured 2,684]

Sunny Daze woke up. She uncurled herself from where'd she'd been sleeping in a little ball on the chair, yawning and stretching. looking around the room, she saw that Ice Blizzard was awake. Standing on the chair to be eye level with him, she gave him a wide smile as she spoke.

 

"Hi, i'm Sunny Daze. I came from the next hospital suite over. I came in here because I heard that a princess was coming here," she said, making a big expressive motion with her hooves to match her voice, "but when I got here, she was already gone. I must've fell asleep..." she said a disappointed look on her face.

 

She stared at him for a second with a curious expression before she spoke again.

 

"Uh... Are you alright? You don't look hurt...?"

 

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Rain Shadow remembered that contest. Or rather, she remembered not remembering it, as she had been the one to stay at home reading while the others went out and had fun. Why had she done that? Rule #1 of the changeling lifestyle: never leave your hive. Maybe she was becoming more pony than she'd thought; she wasn't sure if that was a good thing.

 

"Nope, sorry, never saw you. But I really don't get out as much as i'd like..." she said with a sheepish grin on her face.

 

"Wait, you're a traveler?" she said, picking up on something he'd just said and suddenly growing very interested "have you seen any changelings recently?"

[P-Jay 1,987]

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"huh? thats a specific question..." he said, "yeah. iv met a couple of changelings...i even wandered into changeling territory, once." caliber said, "but the ones iv met outside the hive aren't all that bad. they just look different from a pony." he grinned. "now, how about you? whats your story?"

[Unicorncob 5,699]

With her good deed for the day done, Maud Pie went on her way, walking aimlessly around the arena grounds for nothing in particular.

 

                                                                

 

Strix wandered around the arena grounds looking for trouble, but finding no one wanting to give him any. He sighed and clicked his beak in frustration; he wanted to get in on these fights, but no one wanted to challenge him, since that's apparently how it worked around here.

 

He spotted a stallion nearby, who looked remarkably like Rebilac but with a few subtle differences. Probably a relative, like his brother or something.

Eh, whatever. Little dweeb didn't look like much.

 

He leaned against a wall and simply watched. Waited. Prepared for a fight.

[J.R. 3,183]

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Blizzard had heard the filly speak. When he did, he turned away and stifled his laughter, "Pssh Haha! Sunny Daze? Really? THAT'S the fake name she chose? Haha! As if it wasn't anymore obvious already." He then calmed himself and turned to the filly, "Ahem, hi there. I'm Ice Blizzard. Nice to meet you Sunny." He said as he fumbled and dropped his book on the floor, "Hehe...whoops." He then got out the bed and picked up his book. "So, you say that you came to see the princess? Sorry, but she seems to be...out for the moment. But I'm here. Yeah she was kind enough to bring me here when I got crushed under...whatever it is I was crushed under. In my opinion, she's more beautiful in person. She has nice hair and a nice tail. Which, I've never been able to figure out why her's and Luna's flow around like that. But if I were to rank her in terms of beauty, she's tied with Luna and Rarity as the most beautiful ponies in Equestria. Also, I think ponies may be intimidated by her, mainly due to her height. But if you ever meet her, don't be afraid because she's nice. And would never do anything to hurt anyone. So, how are you today?"

 

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Darkrai motioned for Kazas to follow her, "This way! The sound came from the other side of the arena!"

[Fractured 2,684]

"I'm a little sad," she said, looking at him with a slightly frustrated expression "Pretty soon, I might be going away for a long time, and I never got the chance to play with any of my friends. Every day, I just sit in a big box while people take care of me," she said, slight anger mixed in her tone

 

She gasped, realizing what she just said, and waved her hooves in a panic.

 

"That's not what I meant!" she said loudly, shaking her head. "I'm not mad that I have to do it! I just wish I could have had a little more fun... before I disappeared," she said miserably. "That's all."

 

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She wisely decided not to give him the full story.

 

"I'm a changeling researcher from Ponyville, probably the only one that exists. I'm working on a way to someday bridge the gap between them and ponies, and my life's work is dedicated to making that happen. But it's not going very well; most ponies are still shaken up by the attack on Canterlot." She sighed; how could The Queen have been so blind?

[Dust and Memories 557]

 

@Orion Caelum

She had been watching Wilhelm talking to the strange mare behind the stand. Even from where she was, she could tell that she was almost in over her head. Maybe she could use some help...?

 

She broke the thought off as Wilhelm sat down, and answered his question. "Let's see..." she said, thinking hard. "Last I checked, you were there with Ice Blizzard and... someone else. And there were monsters... but that's all I know," she finished. "Care to enlighten me?"

 

Wilhelm steepled his hooves together, thinking. "Well, first of all, we were contracted by Princess Celestia herself to retrieve a stolen amulet, similar to the Alicorn Amulet. From what I remember, me and Silver Sword were used because we were not only combat-ready, but that she trusted us. However, we were too little, so she also asked along Ice Blizzard, Caliber, and Sinu, or Sinusoid Mixyloidian. Don't ask about his name; the perennial joke was about the degrees of insanity his parents had." At this, he laughed slightly.

 

"I was the cartographer and navigator; Sinu was the unicorn magic specialist, Silver was the de facto leader, and Caliber and Ice were our combat specialists. We ventured into Tartarus, taking the paths I had determined by close study of Star Swirl's account of Tartarus on his own expedition there. It seems that Celestia has a habit of losing volatile magical items. While we were there, we made our way down the Circles without much of an incident- until we encountered Eclipse at the head of his undead army. Eclipse was an alicorn of the darkest sort; a soul as black as his hide, and a personality as foul as the abyss he was spawned in. He corrupted Caliber into Rebilac, and I dueled Rebilac one-on-one, winning easily, considering that he was disoriented and foolishly angry. He wasn't as prepared as he is now, fortunately." Wilhelm shrugged and continued with his tale.

 

"After that, Eclipse fled, and we nearly dealt with his undead army before they retreated to a foul pit below. We journeyed on, and at the Seventh Circle, we encountered a siege worm the size of the Astronomy Tower. I fortunately recalled its weak spot- the mouth- and Silver was nearly eaten by it before he dispatched it with a sword thrust up the palate into the brain. However, in its death throes, it broke the wall of the cave, and I had to ferry the others over before they died. I nearly made it, but in the process, I broke one of my wings. Silver gave me an enchanted item, blessed by Celestia, and the magical energy contained in it slowly healed me. However, when we arrived at the Eighth Circle, Eclipse formed a portal which banished us to the Fourth Circle. While there, we fought through a fortress containing his minions, including another, larger, Siege Worm which one of Eclipse's generals rode upon. We killed the general by dueling him into the lava lake which surrounded the fort, and from there, we moved on. After that, we encountered Eclipse's generals twice more before the Ninth Circle; the second general had his home in a fortress which floated upon the dark clouds of fog and smoke which shrouded the Fifth Circle, and the third general had his home in a constantly-moving air fortress, which we broke into. Me and Sinu sabotaged the engines, and Caliber and the two others killed the general. We barely escaped, and the ship crashed into the rock walls of Tartarus. Presumably, its wreckage is still there, but nopony knows for sure. After that, we made our way into the Ninth Circle, where we assaulted Eclipse's frozen fortress. While me and the others held off Eclipse's army, Caliber dueled Eclipse for the amulet. Caliber won, with help from all of us, but he nearly died. As Ice leaped down to save him, the amulet Ice wore on his chest- the same healing amulet I used to wear on mine before I passed it to Ice, since he was wounded- was struck by Eclipse's sword. The amulet shattered and drove Eclipse back, giving Caliber enough time to run Eclipse through with his sword. That death, while not killing him once and for all, banished him to a different dimension entirely. Nopony knows where he truly is anymore except Discord. We retrieved the artifact, and Celestia teleported all of us out. The amulet was put back into her safekeeping, and we all more or less became folk heroes. And there you have it; my tale. The aftermath you've probably read from the newspapers and the interviews; a time I remember not-too-fondly. Fame is actually a horrible thing; it was better when I was the unassuming scientist in his ivory tower. But it cooled in time, and I was free to go back to my work."

 

Wilhelm leaned back in his chair, exhausted from the long retelling, but still faintly smiling. "So, what do you think? Heroic enough for you?" The small smile began to grow into a joking smirk.

[Vae Victis 742]

@, @@Unicorncob, @, @@Orion Caelum,

Blizzard was still hamstering when suddenly he was crushed by a giant piece of metal, "Huh? *crash bang crack* SH8T SH8T!!! Ah....ow..." Blizzard was completely crushed as the plane dropped onto him. The crash was so loud, it could be heard all over the arena. Almost all his bones were broken. The only part of him that was ok, was his left foreleg. Almost everything else was either broken or suffering from internal bleeding.

 

EWS heard what happened and flew down to Blizz, "Haha! Oh man this it too funny! You got crushed by a giant piece of metal?! Wah-wah-waaaah. Don't you get it snowball? Nopony cares about you! You're gonna die out here all on your own, with no one to save you....AHAHAH! YOU'RE WORTHLESS!" with that, EWS flew away.

 

Blizzard couldn't help but heed EWS's words, "Do I not matter? Am I...nothing...?" He couldn't do much from this point except crawl to the infirmary. "Ow...*sniff* ow.." As he crawled, he left nothing but a long bloody trail behind him. "Gotta...get..to..the doc...." He crawled past the bar, the training grounds, and he came close to the infirmary, just a few feet away, but he gave out eventually and stopped, "He's right...I...don't matter. I'm worthless....*sniff* I'm gonna die out here by myself...buck me...." He began to cry due to extreme pain and sadness.

(OOC: If somepony could help him into a hospital bed, that'd be nice. )

 

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Darkrai squeed internally due to her happiness. The adorable little phoenix baby as well as the hundreds in the sky. "Kazas...it's so beautiful..." She began to tear up once again , but she smiled to keep the flow of the moment. She got closer to him, almost in his face, "Kazas..I..." But she was interrupted by the sudden sound of distant crashing metal. "What was that? Kazas, follow me, I think that was an explosion..."

 

(OOC: You can get there, but ONLY after IB's in his hospital bed. )

( meanwhile, near the arena....)

 

"... I'm telling ya, Vorrin! We could really rake the bits in, man! We are the Divine Retribution! We're some of the best fighters in Equestria! Hell, Kazas alone could wreck most of the competition! Think about it! I could expand my dad's weapon shop, you could totally renovate your parents' antique shop, Lorec could... well... drink more expensive alcohol, Alrahm would probably buy books, and Kazas could-"

 

Vorrin interrupted him.

 

" -Wouldn't really do anything with the money. They are my friends too, Syuren. Besides, fame, money... that's just not for me."

 

Syuren was a green pegasi with a silvery mane, and a cocky smile. Adorned in light, tanned leather armor with metal accents. He had a spear mounted on his backside. Its blade was quite peculiar, as it forked into two pieces on the end. Reminescent of centaur horns, due to their shape.

 

Vorrin was a violet pegasi with indigo eyes, though that would be hard to tell, considering that he wore a black hood and cowl that masked his face. An Earthpony, he was strapped with daggers, and a chained sickle on his hip. His armor was of a similar material to Syuren, but was dyed black for covert operations. Ex-shadowhoof.

 

" but Vorrrrrrinnnnn.... you're our best guy when it comes to CQC and you're practically unbeatable in 1v1!"

 

Vorrin responded.

 

" except against Lorec, Alrahm, and Kazas. I can only do so much, Ren."

 

" but we are still some of the best damn fighters Equestria has seen! The fact that we have Primal souls proves that, amiright?"

 

" yeah, I would gue-"

 

* BOOM *

 

the sound of the plane explosion had reached their ears. That, and Vorrin could've sworn that he could see Kazas's signal flame from a distance, very faintly.

 

Vorrin spoke with a concerned voice.

 

"... Syuren. Trouble. Let's go. You know the deal."

 

Syuren scowled, and spoke again.

 

" this had better be a fight. Hop in, Vorrin."

 

Vorrin's eyes began to glow a dark purple as he walked over Syuren's shadow. What happened next would be... surprising to anyone who saw it. Vorrin's entire being was sinking into Syuren's shadow, until he had completely disappeared within it. Twas his power over shadow this his primordial soul granted him. And to his friend Syuren, the gift of wind was bequeathed to him. Syuren then took off flying with all of his might, speeding towards the crash site...

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[LOREC]

 

Lorec had been running almost non-stop through town with an unstoppable adrenaline rush from the allergic reaction to the blod av aptgangr. However, hearing the noise, he had turned towards that direction, and began to run, not really caring what he would find. Too doped up on the blod and the berserker muahroom to care, he would gore-run until he found the source.

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[KAZAS]

 

heeding Darkrai's pleas, Kazas would follow her.

 

" Wait, Darkrai! It'd be faster if we flew! Hop on my back! Don't worry, I can carry you!"

 

Getting dowm, he beckoned Darkrai to climb upon his backside. The pheonixes had flown off when the explosion occured, sqwaking in fear...

[Unicorncob 5,699]

Tyra Shatterhoof

 

Tyra, still barely conscious after winning her drinking match, was staggering through the streets while singing, or rather wailing, a rather raunchy song from her homeland. Thankfully, in her native tongue.

 

She stopped as she heard the sound of an explosion.

"S-Sleipnir's mane!" She exclaimed, slurred as ever, "W-wha's goin' on...?"

 

She began making a rather curvy and unsteady beeline toward the source.

 

Strix Hellbeak

 

Strix kept watching the Rebilac lookalike until he perked up from the noise.

Explosions, one of his favourite sounds.

 

He spread his wings and shot upward to find the source, deducing it coming from the large crater of smoke and fire.

Smirking, he flew in that direction to see what was up.

[J.R. 3,183]

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Blizzard listened to the filly's words carefully. He felt that he should question what she had said. But knowing it was Celestia herself in the form of a filly, he was on the fence about it. He decided to give her words of compassion, "Hey, hey hey. Don't feel bad. Here take this." He made an ice sculpture of the filly in his hoof, "Here take this. I make them for all my friends. I guess if you want, you could consider me a friend as well." He finally decided to ask her what she meant, "Hm, you say you'll disappear? That's a shame. I'd do everything in my power to keep a foal safe. No matter how deep the consequences are. Can I ask, who says you'll disappear? Just tell me who they are and I'll knock their block off faster than they can think!"

 

Darkrai lept onto Kaz's back and said, "That way!" While pointing in the direction of the sound."

[Not Yellow Diamond 925]

Night Tracer continued to stare at the ceiling, too much was happening for him to go to sleep. Thoughts were constantly racing through his head, he couldn't calm his mind. 

 

Night reached for his satchel by his bed. and pulled out a rugged, torn journal, with tea stained pages. He reached over to the night stand next to the bed  he was in and opened a drawer.

 

He looked inside the drawer for a pen but instead their was a photo album, he picked it up and thought, "What are you doing, it isn't yours." He laid the book of photos on top of the night stand then shuffled through the drawers contents. He shuffled threw bits, small bottles, jewelry but he found no pen. 

 

He looked Back at the photo album, and his eyes softened, "oh, what the hell." He convinced himself. 

 

He picked up the album and looked at the first page, then the next, and the next. He looked through dozens of pages and of photos and journal entries. 

 

Nearly an hour later he fell asleep, with the album on his chest with his front hooves over it. Hopefully, for his sake, Luna wouldn't be coming back anytime soon.

[P-Jay 1,987]

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Zenru P.O.V.

 

he heard the crash, and he feared the worst. that loud of a crash, if somepony was near...they'd be severely injured. he had to get there as fast as he could.

 

he uttered some words that he hadn't said in a while. "stage 10!!" the air ripped around him for a moment, before he was zooming along, at rainboom speeds. perhaps even faster!

 

he passed by another pony, who had armor on, that was going at an impressive speed himself, and zenru found himself neck-to-neck with him. "huh?"

 

thats odd...another pony going as fast as him...who was this guy?

 

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Violet P.O.V.

 

she had been wandering, when she heard the crash. she started flying towards it, then she saw a rampaging Minotaur. "caliber wasn't joking, there is some crazy competition!" she exclaimed, before she witnessed lorec smash though a cart. "wait...he's...primal..."

 

sighing, she flew towards him at break-neck speeds, using gravity, and aimed a side-kick at his face, trying to knock him out. her weighted limbs served to make her fly faster, and make her attack that much more powerful. "please let this work!"

 

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Caliber P.O.V.

 

"hm?" caliber looked at her. "you seem oddly defensive of them...but, that must mean you've met a good one! i met this one changeling, his name was Firesly, and he was just about the bet friend a guy could have!"

 

CRASH!

 

caliber looked outside, and without another word, was out the door. someone might be hurt.

[Fractured 2,684]

@Orion Caelum

"Wow," she said after he had finished. "You told me you had gone to Tartatus, but you never told me you were a hero! That's amazing!" Her smile fell a little "But it's not always the best thing, though is it? Most ponies want to be famous until it's eyes on them, and then its never quite the same..."

 

She paused.

 

"But you took it in stride like you always do, didn't you?" she said, smiling. "You saved the world, even though you it could've cost you everything, and now you're here eating muffins like it's the most normal thing in Equis. I was right about you the first time, Wilhelm," she said, putting her hoof out to touch his lightly. "You are a good stallion."

 

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"Hmm?" she said absent-mindedly, staring at the ice sculpture. That was until she caught onto what he was was saying. She turned back to look at him, and she was all smiles again.

 

"Oh! Nopony! It's just a feeling, is all," she said, dismissing it. She hopped off the chair, moving for the door.

 

"I gotta go; they'll probably be missing me soon. Thanks for the ice sculpture , by the way. I'd love to be friends with you." She smiled back at him one more time before moving out the door.

 

Princess Celestia made it back to the living quarters, so happy that she had decided to waste the extra time flying instead of teleporting. She walked inside, happily calling her sister's name out.

 

"Lulu, i'm back!"

 

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It had taken quite a while for Luna to find all of Night Tracer's stuff, and a little while longer to reconstitute it; some of it had seemingly been damaged in a fight. She decided to leave it outside, wrapped in a protective field, while she ventured back inside to tell him the news.

 

Walking back into her bedchambers, she discovered him fast asleep. Her first instinct was to simply leave, and go get some much needed sleep herself. But he had something familiar in his hooves, and it drew her closer.

 

Walking up to the sleeping stallion, she discovered her photo album, nestled between his hooves. She cocked her head curiously, remembering that look he had gave her in the shadows. She had thought it was only loyalty, but was that really all? It couldn't be...?

 

...No, she decided, shaking her head; she was simply imagining things. She gently pulled the album from out of his hooves and set it back in the drawer. Then, her horn glowing, she stepped back into the world of the shadows to begin her rest.

 

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"What was that?!"

 

The voice hadn't come from Rain Shadow, but from Rarity. She had abandoned Caliber's cape for the time being, practically flying outside along with him. Rain Shadow, now by her lonesome, simply looked around awkwardly.

 

"Okay..." she said to no one in particular. "I guess i'm coming too." she floated out after them.

Edited June 5, 2015 by Corona de Adamas

[J.R. 3,183]

@, @, @@Unicorncob, @,

Blizzard was happy. He had (technically) made a new friend. Out of the strange filly version of Celestia, "Ok then see ya later Sundaze!" He then exits the hospital. "Goddamn her filly form's adorableness! If I would have been in here with her a moment longer, I think I would've squeed. But now I guess it's time to go think some more." He actually started to randomly evade nonexistent threats from the sky to stay safe. He then saw distant ponies running, flying, and jumping from every which way towards the wreckage. He had to call it before anypony got there, "Dear Celestia, Luna and Cadence! (Not Jesus, Mary and Joseph ) Why am I not surprised to see everyone trying to run up like this? They're all late...." He then tapped his hoof on the ground while sitting outside the infirmary, while he was bandaged all over his hooves and his forehead, waiting for everyone who seemed to be attracted to the area. "Hmph..."

Edited June 5, 2015 by Ice Blizzard

[Vae Victis 742]

@,@,  

 

Zenru P.O.V.

 

he heard the crash, and he feared the worst. that loud of a crash, if somepony was near...they'd be severely injured. he had to get there as fast as he could.

 

he uttered some words that he hadn't said in a while. "stage 10!!" the air ripped around him for a moment, before he was zooming along, at rainboom speeds. perhaps even faster!

 

he passed by another pony, who had armor on, that was going at an impressive speed himself, and zenru found himself neck-to-neck with him. "huh?"

 

thats odd...another pony going as fast as him...who was this guy?

 

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Violet P.O.V.

 

she had been wandering, when she heard the crash. she started flying towards it, then she saw a rampaging Minotaur. "caliber wasn't joking, there is some crazy competition!" she exclaimed, before she witnessed lorec smash though a cart. "wait...he's...primal..."

 

sighing, she flew towards him at break-neck speeds, using gravity, and aimed a side-kick at his face, trying to knock him out. her weighted limbs served to make her fly faster, and make her attack that much more powerful. "please let this work!"

 

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Caliber P.O.V.

 

"hm?" caliber looked at her. "you seem oddly defensive of them...but, that must mean you've met a good one! i met this one changeling, his name was Firesly, and he was just about the bet friend a guy could have!"

 

CRASH!

 

caliber looked outside, and without another word, was out the door. someone might be hurt.

[sYUREN]

 

Syuren was flying at a speed that would definitely break more than just his neck if he collided with something. Searching the ground for any signs of disturbance from on high, as soon as he turned his head, he saw something that was nearly impossible. At least, to his standards, anyway. Another Pegasus, flying beside him. BESIDE him. Matched evenly. Syuren's jaw nearly dropped, and he uttered thrwe words as he looked at this pony in his bronx accent.

 

" What... Da... Buck..."

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[LOREC]

 

Gore-Running toward the impact zone, it was all Lorec could think about before... getting kicked in the face? What? Who could have kicked him? It didn't matter right now, as the kick sent him spinning, but with him remaining on all fours. After getting back under control from being kicked, he stood upright, and turned to face his assailant. It was... a small mare? Really? What were they feeding them nowadays, cauliflower with a side of steroid? It didn't matter. Blood was coming from his mouth. He wiped it away, spat to the side, and spoke, still drunk with the allergic reaction speaking for him.

 

" Listen here, you little wench... I dunno who y'are, or what you want... but you do that again, and we will have a problem. I'm buzzed to hell and can't feel pain. It won't end well for you. Now leave me be, I'm going to help a friend... I think..."

 

With that, Lorec, as if nothing had happened, continued his gore-run towards the wreckage.

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[KAZAS]

 

" Understood! Heading that way! "

 

And with that, Kazas would be the first of the divine retribution order to arrive at the wreckage. Landing gently so Darkrai wouldn't be phased, he lowred himself to the ground so she could get off easily.

[Unicorncob 5,699]

Tyra Shatterhoof

 

Tyra continued her drunken stagger toward the wreckage, slowly and surely. She glanced up and spotted many pegasi and griffins soaring past her, making their way to the same location.

"S'this where the party is being held?" She slurred to herself, wide drunken grin intact, "Perhaps they will have some mead! Or at least some cider!"

 

She snickered and continued wailing raunchy songs at the top of her lungs, still keeping to her own language much to the relief of any parents nearby.

 

                                    

 

Strix Hellbeak

 

On his way to the wreckage, Strix spotted a whole mess of characters making their way there. Pegasi, earth ponies, unicorns, his own species, and even a frigging minotaur.

The hell do you find people like this?

 

                                    

 

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Blizzard, busy being injured and thinking he was forgotten, hadn't noticed the grey mare from before approaching him from the side. She stood looming over him, her expression as aloof as ever.

 

"Looking better," she deadpanned.

[J.R. 3,183]

@@Unicorncob, @, @, @,

Blizzard had noticed the grey mare had returned. He was grateful for her help, "Hi, uh, Maud right? Thanks for helping out earlier. I think I would've bled out if you hadn't showed up. Thanks." He then got up and put his hoof above his eyes in search of everyone. "Where are you....?"

 

Darkrai gently got off Kazas and started to look around. She looked until she saw a blue stallion about 300 yards away, "I think I see him Kazas! The kid I was telling you about! He's over there! Come on!" She began to run towards Blizz's position.

[Not Yellow Diamond 925]

Night Tracer had slept the last few hours. He had dreamed while he was fast asleep, He tossed and turned in Luna's bed as his dreams grew more and more restless. He had begun to wish that Luna hadn't told him what she had, but only for the sake of his sleep.

 

Suddenly, he awoke to a voice, a familiar voice but not one he knew well.

 

 

 

"Lulu, i'm back!"

 

 

"Celestia?" he thought. Once his thought had fully sunk in he jumped out of bed to hide then he thought a bit more into the situation, "Wait, She probably already knows I'm here. Luna must of said something." He reasoned with himself. 

[P-Jay 1,987]

zenru was intrigued, and he would surely find this particular pony after no-one was proclaimed hurt, but for now he was possibly needed.

he made his way there, and started looking around. "is anyone hurt?" he asked loudly.

 

CALIBER P.O.V.

caliber was finally there, and he saw zenru already there. 'naturally' he thought, before scouting about, looking for the cause of damage.

 

VIOLET P.O.V.

"wha...what...?" she watched the minotaur continue to run. she knew she wouldn't win against that, and she would be foolish to try. she decided to fly over him, and follow.

[Unicorncob 5,699]

Blizzard had noticed the grey mare had returned. He was grateful for her help, "Hi, uh, Maud right? Thanks for helping out earlier. I think I would've bled out if you hadn't showed up. Thanks." He then got up and put his hoof above his eyes in search of everyone. "Where are you....?"

 

Maud said and did nothing in response to Blizzard, and simply watched as he muttered and looked around.

Her expression unchanging, she gave the stallion a soft prod with one of her grey hooves.

 

"I am right here," she deadpanned matter-of-factly, thinking he was referring to her.

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"Lulu?" Celestia called out again, this time in a questioning tone. She knew her sister should be sleeping, but it wouldn't be like her to do so without informing her that she had either failed or succeeded in her job. In this case, that involved catching the pony that had been caught spying on them and run off last night, which logically had her quite worried, considering she knew nothing about him. She had been waiting up all night to hear the news, and had only flown off to help Ice Blizzard. Should it be taking this long?

 

"Lulu?" she said once again in a softer voice, this time moving to her sister's living quarters. Maybe she had fallen asleep and didn't tell her, Celestia reasoned to herself. It certainly wouldn't hurt to go check and see, and it would certainly give her something to rib her sister about later, she decided, finding something light-hearted to latch onto as she walked the halls towards Luna's room.

 

She stopped, quietly opened the door, and walked in... only to come nearly face to face with a strange stallion. It took her a second to recognize him as the one she had caught spying on them before, but when she did, her eyes darted over to Luna's bed, where she found it empty. Her sister hadn't made it back, which could only mean...

 

"You," she whispered, in a voice so low that one could barely catch the menacing tone beneath it. As if on command, all the power in the arena went out at once, while Celestia herself began to glow like a miniature sun.

 

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Rarity made it to the site a few minutes after Caliber. She looked around, first at the mysterious machine, then at all of the ponies gathered around it.

 

"What in Celestia's name happened here?" she questioned. She went to investigate when, with a sound like a motor running down, all the lights in the arena seemed to just switch off, causing her to briefly turn around.

 

"What is happening around here", she wondered, looking around for someone who could give her some answers.

 

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Rain Shadow had been right behind Rarity when everything around her suddenly got dark. She looked around in confusion, thinking of making a few educated guesses, before deciding that the best option right now would still be to go where the ponies. She followed, all the while muttering a few, very rude variations of "I didn't sign up for this."

Edited June 5, 2015 by Corona de Adamas

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Wilhelm smiled, with a touch of sadness. "I certainly do try to be good." He opened his mouth to say something further, but closed it for a moment, thinking. When he finally was about to say it, however, all the lights went out, and Wilhelm twisted in his seat, hoof already halfway to his sword. Quietly, he murmured "What. The. Buck.", and then swept the Arena carefully, looking for any abnormality. It couldn't have been connected to the explosion earlier; too long a pause in between the errors. The only thing that could cause a widespread blackout on that scale is a massive buildup of magi- Celly. Quickly turning to Annette, he explained what he was thinking, making sure to call Celestia by her full name. Finishing, he said "We can't see the buildup from here, so it must be in the Princesses' quarters, which along with the shops and fighter's quarters, are the only other places which are sheltered from where we're sitting." Already getting up from his chair, he said "I'm going to go see what's going on. You coming too? I'll grab the muffins on the way out."

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@Orion Caelum

As Derpy was working on the final batch of muffins belonging to the two newest customers, the power went out. She looked around confusedly, then tried messing with the settings, before finally giving up, putting the newest batch of muffins on the counter and just standing there.

 

"I just don't know...why does this always happen to me?!" she called out, angrily kicking the machine.

 

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As guilty as it made her feel, Anette's mind had already begun to drift slightly at the smell of the muffins. It certainly hadn't helped that she hadn't eaten anything since she last passed out; she could practically taste the...

 

All of the sudden the lights went out. Anette looked around, not quite knowing what to expect, until Wilhelm gave her a helpful explanation. She was out of her chair almost as quick as he was.

 

"Right behind you." she didn't exactly know what help she could be against something that could cause problems for a goddess, but Celestia had given everything for Equestria; she couldn't just sit around and do nothing.

Edited June 6, 2015 by Corona de Adamas

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Blizzard began to see everypony gather around and said to Maud, "No, I know you're here. But I'm looking for...aha! Here they come." He walked over to Rarity, Caliver, Zenru, and Tyra, and everyone, "Goddamn crowds...." He then takes the bandage that was wrapped around his forehead, throws it on the ground, and steps forward, "Well...I don't know if any of you can tell, but I was just crushed by this thing about a while ago. I have no idea where it came from or what it is. But Maud over there helped me out and the princess healed me, so no big." He then stood still for a moment until the power went out, "Woah woah woah!" He said as he fell over, "What the--? The buck just happened here?" He took a deep breath before calmly saying, "Ok....I say we try to figure this out. Who has the power to knock out...well the power like that all at once? I don't know about you guys, but from my experiences, a mass blackout could only be the result of 2 things: 1. A storm. Which isn't possible due to no rain, thunder, lighting or dark clouds. And 2: Somepony with that kind of power knocking it out. Whether on purpose or by accident. And I can only think of a hoofful of ponies who can do such a thing....." He then makes a life sized sculpture of Celestia, Luna, and Twilight Sparkle around him for a few minutes before making them disappear, "And...get this...there was nothing visible from where we are, so that means it'd HAVE to be the princess' due to their locations being confined. Now the question is...do we actually wanna try and investigate? Or are we sure that this is no big deal and go home?" He then walks past the crowd and takes off his hoof bandages, throwing them on the ground as well, "I don't know about you guys, but I'm going in...." he said as he continued walking which turned into him skating in the direction of the Princess' living quarters.

Edited June 6, 2015 by Ice Blizzard

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@Orion Caelum

As Derpy was working on the final batch of muffins belonging to the two newest customers, the power went out. She looked around confusedly, then tried messing with the settings, before finally giving up, putting the newest batch of muffins on the counter and just standing there.

 

"I just don't know...why does this always happen to me?!" she called out, angrily kicking the machine.

 

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As guilty as it made her feel, Anette's mind had already begun to drift slightly at the smell of the muffins. It certainly hadn't helped that she hadn't eaten anything since she last passed out; she could practically taste the...

 

All of the sudden the lights went out. Anette looked around, not quite knowing what to expect, until Wilhelm gave her a helpful explanation. She was out of her chair almost as quick as he was.

 

"Right behind you." she didn't exactly know what help she could be against something that could cause problems for a goddess, but Celestia had given everything for Equestria; she couldn't just sit around and do nothing.

Wilhelm nodded and began galloping towards the Princesses' quarters, stopping only to pick up the muffins off the counter- leaving a good twenty bits as payment- and take a bite out of his, putting Annette's in a takeout bag he snagged from the dispenser as he ran by. After that, he waited to make sure she caught up and began to build up speed again, until he was a quarter of the way to the Arena stairs. Instead of taking the long route, Wilhelm dropped back slightly to pick up Annette and tightly held her close to him, then proceeded to dive off the edge of the Arena's top floor- the quickest route to the living quarters, which were all the way at the bottom in the small town that had sprung up around the Arena. As he went down, coat rippling in the jetstream, he prepared to execute a vaguely dangerous (okay, kind of very dangerous) manuevers he had been taught in the Army- a HALO, or High Altitude Low Opening flight maneuver.

 

It was incredibly fast, but if you missed, you would hit the ground slightly too hard to not break anything. Paying extra attention to the maneuver due to his extra, very important cargo, Wilhelm quickly ran through the calculations for the ballistic trajectory and the forces involved, and at the last second possible, spread his wings wide. With a crack from the high-speed displaced air, they slowed down tremendously, and after a few seconds, coasted to a stop in front of the doors to the Princesses' building. Panting from the flight's exertion, and as his adrenaline wound down, Wilhelm set Annette down carefully on the ground, and then turned to her, concern evident in his expression. "I, um, probably should have asked you before doing that... Are you okay? Er, that is, physically and mentally. And now I'm just digging myself in a deeper hole, and I need to just shut up and go save/help the Princess, right?" Wilhelm facehoofed, then perked up. Fumbling in his coat, he took out a slightly squashed but fresh blueberry muffin, proffering it to Annette. "I believe this is yours?"