private The Elements

[LordSwinton 759]

"I don't really know why but I don't feel very element like, if you all catch my drift." Starchase looked over the edge,his scarf flopping around in the wind. It was like a dream come true, he was flying! "Who knows what we'll be facing...I can't fight if that's worth noting. Anyway, I thought we were investigating."

The chariot descended as the school came into sight. It was composed of several large gothic buildings made of mostly stone. They were warmly welcomed in by the campus staff, an elderly mare who showed them into the great hall where the reportings had described the unseen voice. It was a big hall, the ceiling as high as the sky, wider than a football field and stretch out forever to a stage. Grand celebrations and performances were held in it but it's emptiness gave ponies the chills.

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Looking around, Chrysteel shudders, as a chill runs up her spine. "Wow...Is it cold in here or is it just me?"

 

She waits for the others while looking around. She reaches out with all her senses, to feel anything that the group doesn't see or can't normally feel.

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber hopped outta the chariot, and went inside. "oooh, your right, it is cold!" he said. he looked around. "this is a pretty big place, eh?" he commented. he felt something else, too. "so, what exactly do we do?" he asked. "and whens lunch? im hungry!!" 

 

'now, why do i feel like this place is haunted?' caliber asked himself.

[AmberDust 1,118]

Amber felt the excitement swell within her as they entered the creepy school.

"This must be a really old building," Amber said, enamoured. She was too busy admiring the architecture to pay attention to where she was going, and she ended up crashing into the elderly Po y as the entered the great hall.

"Oh! Sorry!" she said bashfully, snapping back into reality. She adjusted herself before looking about the room. This is quite a large room, she thought, thinking back to the gothic structures she'd studied in the past.

"Does this room hold any significiance with regards to the mysterious singing? Amber asked the mare, staring up into the endless ceiling. She pondered what the group should do now that they were here...or rather, what they could do. Between tracking down and defeating this voice, they had a big job ahead of them, and not much information to go off of.

[LordSwinton 759]

"This hall is over 100 years old so do be careful. It was part of the original school plans. " The elderly mare replied in her posh accent. "All our festivities are held here. Our choirs, bands and orchestras practises here daily. Haunting or no haunting." She said firmly.

[Edward Kenway 27]

Peppermint Harmony

The mare paced through the room that she had been trotting around in for the past hour or so. She looked left, then right as her hoof shuffled when she sat down near the door. Peppermint's been trapped here for a while, and was barely getting along when an idea popped into her mind: to sing.

 

She levitated the necklace that was nearby on the shelf to the ground before her. The horn glowed with a sparkling energy as she casted a spell on the charm, and in turn, making the charm turn a cloudy green instead of a crystalline green. Then, Peppermint started to sing a little tune she knew from when she was real young.

 

"Listen to the sound of my voice

Can you feel the beat of my heart?

Listen to the questions I have

Listen to me."

 

Peppermint's voice echoed out the door and down the hallway, and she hoped for somepony to hear the song, and to follow...

 

[i'm sorry for not posting earlier. I literally just came home from a trip.]

Edited May 2, 2015 by Tadashi Hamada

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Chrysteel had already wrapped herself in a minor personal defense bubble.

 

When the feeling of a wayward heart beat and a song got caught by her heightened senses, Chrysteel's ears flick suddenly in the direction of the song. She says, "Yall I think a got something. I am going to share my senses with you. Tell me what you feel and hear, please."

 

Chrysteel's horn flicks to life, the feeling of magic covering all allies in the room.

 

When the glow fades, the party can hear and feel what she feels and hears. As well as can tell where it is coming from.

 

-Once scanned-

From the scan Chrysteel is in great health. It is unable to identify Chrysteel as either changeling or pony. Every time it tries to the two seem to switch. It is safe to assume she is something of a pony/changeling Hybrid. Chrysteel does look like a changeling, but she also has a cutiemark. Her magic levels are also masked in same manner as her race.

 

- after scan -

Chrysteel begins to head towards the song.at way. She knows that charms and enchantments aren't very effective against those who lives to master them.

Edited May 3, 2015 by Midnight_Aurora

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber closed his eyes, and concentrated on his ears. all his other senses faded away...yes. he did hear singing. and it sounded...rather intriguing, to say the least. " 'imma go check it out." caliber declared, as he started walking towards the source. "be back in a bit"

[LordSwinton 759]

At first, Starchase was reluctant to believe the hall was haunted. It may be old, cold and damp feeling but haunted? No.

 

Coming from an old school with much history, there was many rumors and sightings of headless ponies, wailing maids and jilted lovers. Some legends were true, others mere stories to scare the first years.

 

When he heard the singing, it placed all his doubts to rest. There was definitely somepony in this room.

 

"Hello?" He called out, his voice echoed across the room like thunder.

[Edward Kenway 27]

Peppermint Harmony

A hopeful look on Peppermint's face lit up when she heard voices of other ponies. She levitated the pendant off of her neck, placing it on the ground before hitting it with another Vocal Enhancement spell - this time, it set her voice at a tenor and allowed her to blend two separate vocal lines together. Placing it back on her, she began to sing again.

 

"[save me]

Get me the hay out of here

[save me]

Too young to die, and my dear

[You can't]

If you can hear me just take me away, yeah"

[AmberDust 1,118]

Amber gave a great shudder as the Changeling imposed her own senses onto the group. The unicorn shook her head violently as the strange, muffling sensation came over her--it was like being smothered by a heavily perfumed pillow. The more she tried to maintain her own thoughts, the more the spell strangled her senses. Her head felt caught in a vice.

"...stop!" she managed, trying to catch the Changeling's attention. She pounded her hoof on the ground a few times.

"Please--I can hear it myself--!" It was true. Before this spell had come over her, Amber had heard a faint singing from far away. Although, this singing didn't bother to pass through her ears forst--it seemed to have entered straight into her head. must be magic, she noted. Amber tried with all her power to hear the song through her own ears, instead of through the Changeling's.

"It needs...our help?" She said through her headache.

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber was now sprinting towards the singing, and he found the source. "sup!" he said cheerfully. "i heard...i guess you could call it a cry for help." he smiled sheepishly. "so, what can i help ya with?" he asked. she was clearly crying for help, but he didnt understand why. "are ya hurt? can you not move, or something?"

[LordSwinton 759]

Starchase was just about to canter off to the direction of the voice when he noticed, where is Miss Apple? He looked about, scared and confused. "Where's Miss Apple?!" No reply came.

 

He had a horrible gut feeling about it but it would have to wait. They had to save whoever was singing first.

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Being the first to head out Crysteel was the first to arrive at the door. She looks around and then says, "Hello, anypony there?"

 

She waits for a response. She also attempts to see if the sensed heart is on the other side of the door. She also keeps to herself anything she finds until she knows for a fact it's safe to reveal them.

Edited May 4, 2015 by Midnight_Aurora

[LordSwinton 759]

The guide mare looked like she was about to have a heart attack. Starchase caught her as she was about to flop over.

 

"Guys, that's probably not a good idea." He said meekly, looking at the poor mare. "It probably has years of history or something."

 

"I can get the keys from the office!" She stood up, still wobbly on her hooves. She trotted off in a hurry and came back with a set of keys. "These are the keys to every lock in the hall, please use them." She said firmly and handed the keys to Lektra.

[LordSwinton 759]

"Who are you talking to?!" The elderly staff mare knitted her brows and gave them the funny look. "There is absolutely nopony there."

 

"You don't see anypony?" Starchase asked. He was starting to doubt this mare's eyesight.

 

"No, no I don't. If there was somepony trapped in our storage, we would know." She was crossed, lines forming on her head and lips pressed flat.

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Chrysteel says, "Ah....I think a know why the heart feeling wasn't a heart beating. I can see and sense her. What's your name?" Chrysteel looks beyond her companion. She sees with heightened senses and smiles comfortingly at the mare. She moves back tapping her friend and taking the keys. She places them in her bags.

Edited May 4, 2015 by Midnight_Aurora

[Edward Kenway 27]

Peppermint Harmony

Almost immediately, Peppermint had stopped her serenade. She had jumped back at the sight of other ponies - and one in particular. A Changeling. Her minty eyes scanned over her, but she let her body rest when she had realized the other ponies were inside.

 

"What's your name?"

 

Her ears flickered at the voice. After a bit of silence, she spoke. "Peppermint, Peppermint Harmony."

[AmberDust 1,118]

"You guys all see her, right?" Amber asked the group, bewildered. That was fast, she thought to herself, I'll at ease. Too fast. She turned to their guide.

"So, you can't see anypony in there?" she asked, gesturing into the closet. She looked towards Peppermint Harmony, who looked just as surprised as the rest of them. Then, she looked towards the other elements.

"Do you think we can see her because of..." she tapped her element lightly.

[LordSwinton 759]

"No, I don't see anypony." The elderly mare repeated herself crossly. She felt like they were taking the mickey out of her.

 

"If they could see her, I doubt they would lock her up in there." Starchase rolled his eyes. "I guess there is a reason Princess Celestia sent us."

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber had walked in, and sat down beside her. "well, peppermint, im caliber." he said with a bright smile, and held out his hoof. "can you move? are you trapped somehow? are you bound to here?" he asked. caliber could see her, but it was still blurry. caliber's aura reading made it easier.

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Chrysteel just smiles and says, "Call me Chrysteel. How did you end up this way, Pepperment Harmony? You seem like a nice filly. For some it could be that for others its different."

 

Chrysteel sits giving her a respectable amount of space. She then says to the elderly mare, "I think it's time we did what we can her for. Even if you can't see her, it doesn't mean she isn't there. It may have something to do with the emotion I detected along with the singing.

 

Changeling's have a heightened sense, that allows them to detect certain things not normally detectable. it could be that I shared that part as well, but the spell wore off when I left the other room.

 

I am going to guess the same, our elements have something to do with this."

Edited May 4, 2015 by Midnight_Aurora

[Edward Kenway 27]

Peppermint Harmony

Her horn glowed, illuminating a small space in the room. "I don't know - or remember - how I got here. All I remember was that I was directing my choir in a song, there was a flash of darkness... then I'm here now." she spoke, voice slightly shook. "And I don't think I'm bound here..." Peppermint added, before walking over to the door that was not far away. When she placed a hoof - or tried to - outside, there was a pulse of purple energy that prevented her from stepping out.

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Chrysteel's horn Flares, a pink aura spreads across the door. She feels for anything that could have caused that flash just now.

 

"Binding magic? This is odd. I don't know what I am feeling. Wait...there is something else...another presence. Be prepared for anything."

Edited May 4, 2015 by Midnight_Aurora

[LordSwinton 759]

"Miss Harmony! Is there any sort of gem embedded accessory that you've taken off before you're disappearance?(Your element)" Starchase stood behind the able bodied combat ready bunch. He was a pacifist but he wasn't looking for a fight, nor could he fight in one. "Perhaps like that one. Oh Celestia what the buck is that?!" He pointed to the looming mist like darkness forming into a custard like substance, there was a small glimmer in it. Peppermint Harmony's element no doubt.