open The Town That Friendship Forgot

[Kronos the Revenant 1,971]

Kronos looked at the corner of his eye on his side mirrors. 
 

Well that didnt work, he thought. 
 

He saw something that looked like item boxes ahead of him and grabbed one. It randomly managed to produce a bunch of bananas, much to his bewilderment.

 

What the hell?

 

He shrugged and ate the bananas and randomly threw the leftover peels behind him without looking nor giving a second thought about them. He was racing, after all, so disposing banana peels properly was an afterthought for him. 

[Emerald Claus 24,868]

@Windy Breeze @Buck Testa

"I have no magic." She reminded, "But I do have common sense." Fable went silent, her expression unreadable. Even if there is something happening, there's nothing I could do. Besides, it's not like I can leave this horse alone. 

[Windy Breeze 15,189]

@Emerald Heart @Buck Testa

“Well, that's still good news. I'm not a type of mare who enjoys to be in somepony's chaotic spotlight” Sundae took glance at the door where the colt is in “Oh, about the colt?”

@Kronos the Revenant

Shadow let out a gasp of horror when he saw what the robot pony just did. He really was evil, he knew what he was doing with the banana peel. He must be investigated! She needs to find out why he was doing this. If this guy is after Samurai, or even Trilby, she will not let him get near them. EVER! 

[Dynamo Pad 11,306]

10 hours ago, Pastel Heart said:

@Dynamo Pad

Pastels eyes spun as they landed, making her stagger in her seat. She shook her head and soon cheered from the boost they got. The gambit worked out after all! Even she was surprised!

"Wowzer! We did it! Keep pushing forward Dyny! I'm behind ya all the way~!"

@Samurai Equine @Astral Vision @ExplosionMare @Kronos the Revenant

Pastel would for now keep an eye on the other racers, bracing herself for whatever Dynamo had planned.

@Astral Vision @Pastel Heart @ExplosionMare @Samurai Equine @Kronos the Revenant

Dynamo grinned with a light chuckle as he heard Pastel's cheering from behind him. "You can say that again! That idea was crazy, but that's how things can get in a video game. Granted this isn't a video game, but still. Gotta love physics!" He would say, smiling with a nod at her remark. "I guess you mean that in a way and even literally. Given that you're sitting right behind me on a backseat. Just make sure to hold on tight and look out for danger. If you see something, then let me know and we'll figure something out!"

As he continued to drive, Dynamo watched as Kronos took a banana peel and threw it behind him. He managed to drive around the peel as he saw it being tossed. "Does this guy not know what the banana peel does?" He muttered softly to himself, but it was loud enough for Pastel to hear him. "It looks like some of these racer's don't know the first thing about video game racing." He raced through an item box and was given a triple green shell. "Well, then. I think it's time we show them a thing or two. Pastel-chan, catch!" He would say, levitating two green shells behind him, while holding onto one. "Just make sure to line up the target, but throw it indirectly. Green shells almost have a mind of their own when thrown. So, we won't know where they'll be heading towards." He would say, tossing one of the green shells forward, but aimed it at the guard rails. Allowing it to ricochet off the guard rails to pick up speed, while also keeping up with the rules to use items indirectly.

[Pastel Heart 6,466]

@Dynamo Pad

"Oohh, I know what to do with these!"

@Samurai Equine @Kronos the Revenant @Astral Vision @ExplosionMare

As if she were casually chucking a grenade in an action movie, she dropped the green shell behind her, sending it steadily rolling backwards. The other, she would stand up on her seat and in an overly dramatic fashion, kick the shell as hard as she could forward-sideways, sending it flying where it would land and roll away on the race track some far away. That kick would have made Ronaldinho proud, probably. She hoped that that wouldn't backfire later on, though. Green shells can easily come back to haunt you...

[Samurai Equine 51,417]

@Kronos the Revenant, @Dynamo Pad, @Astral Vision, @ExplosionMare, @Pastel Heart

Samurai sees the various obstacles in his way, but he's not concerned. He presses two buttons on his steering wheel. The first button puts a protective coating on his tires, making it easy for him to traverse the roughed up course. The other button makes 2 big, spinning saw blades emerge from the front of his vehicle. They easily cut down any banana peels or turtle shells that might get in his way. And when they aren't necessary anymore, Samurai retracts the blades back into his cart. Sadly though, some racers cannot handled the roughed up part of the course, so that slows them down at least.

While he races, Samurai turns on his radio. He hears one song. "Nah..." He changes the channel, and hears another song. "Maybe..." He changes the channel again, hears a third song. "Not quite..." Once more he changes the channel, and finds a song he likes. "There we go. Now I can drive 55! And speaking of~" Samurai looks behind him for a second, concentrates his magic, and focuses his magic fire powers on his exhaust. The result?

BOOM!! A fiery, temporary rocket boost in speed!
It only last for about 3-5 seconds give or take, not enough to take the lead, but it's enough for Samurai to completely pass Kronos and wave at him as he passes.

From there, Samurai drifts into the upcoming turns, weaving between some of Frienshire's tallest skyscrapers. "For Friendshire!"

@Windy Breeze ☁️ ☁️ ☁️, @Emerald Heart

The mystery figure that slipped into town keeps moving. It's not content with just watching this race, it wants to stay as close to the race as possible. So far, it has managed to not be spotted, despite giving off a very obvious, magical aura of malice; but it's up to something...

Edited May 16, 2020 by Samurai Equine 🔥🔥

[Kronos the Revenant 1,971]

Kronos did a double take as Samurai overtook him. He growled as the smug pony waved him farewell. He slammed on his gas, pushing his kart to its fastest acceleration. He took another slab from the other side and tried to yeet it over Samurai, hoping to make another roadblock. Unfortunately, using only one arm, best he managed to do was toss it over like a frisbee, and it didn’t properly plant itself. Kronos swept the slab back up. He noticed what looked like a green shell was ricocheting behind him. He decided to place the slab behind him to deflect the shell. Sure enough, to his surprise, it worked. 
 

He noticed that his target managed to boost himself temporarily. He got a bright idea. He took some of his spare fireworks and rigged them behind his kart. He lit them up and they managed to boost him closer to Samurai. He was moving fast enough to knock him aside. He spots some more item blocks ahead. 
 

C’mon, baby, Kronos thought, Gimme something good this time. 

[Windy Breeze 15,189]

@Samurai Equine 🔥🔥 @Kronos the Revenant

Shadow furrowed her eyes at Kronos. She knew he was about to do something after knocking aside Samurai's kart.

Suddenly, she felt the most painful headache she had ever felt in her entire life (Not really, but she did lost most of her memory). She glance around her, trying to find the source.

Something is bothering me, but why? She thought. She look at the crowd, pony to pony. She could fear hate and malice, but the source is able to blend in the crowd despite giving off those negative aura. I should tee Samurai or Trilby about this. Tell them what your suspicions of Kronos and the evil presence she mysteriously felt. 

[Buck Testa 5,505]

On 5/14/2020 at 9:14 PM, Emerald Heart said:

@Windy Breeze @Buck Testa

"I have no magic." She reminded, "But I do have common sense." Fable went silent, her expression unreadable. Even if there is something happening, there's nothing I could do. Besides, it's not like I can leave this horse alone. 

After the doctors had gotten Boulder situated, he looked much more comfortable than he did before. The doctors and nurses made sure that the colt was being fed the proper nutrition and hydration through both physical and magical means. It was clear from their efforts that his face had relaxed by quite a bit and he was sleeping much more calmly now than he was before when he had passed out. 

"This is a strong little Earth Pony. With some overnight observation he should be fine by the time morning comes around." The doctor said with a smile before turning to Fable, " I am deeply concerned with the state he was in however. Where did you happen to find this colt?" 

[Emerald Claus 24,868]

@Buck Testa

"Near my hotel." Fable answered, "He was having an issue keeping his balance. It seems he was very exhausted." She got up and glared at the colt, "Fool." She said, no emotion in her tone.

 

[Buck Testa 5,505]

1 minute ago, Emerald Heart said:

@Buck Testa

"Near my hotel." Fable answered, "He was having an issue keeping his balance. It seems he was very exhausted." She got up and glared at the colt, "Fool." She said, no emotion in her tone.

 

The doctor raised an eyebrow at the mare's last word and got between her and the colt. 

"If you have no relation with the colt then I think you had better leave. Visiting hours will be ending soon regardless. We do appreciate your assistance bringing him here."

The doctor became more than a bit cautious of the mare after she had uttered the word fool at the colt she had found muddied, exhausted, and malnourished outside of her hotel. He felt reaching out to authorities might be a good idea given the strangeness of this situation. It was quite suspicious she would have such a reaction. 

"If you could escort Ms Fable to the entrance nurse." 

[Emerald Claus 24,868]

@Buck Testa @Windy Breeze ☁️ ☁️ ☁️

"I beg your pardon?" She asked, sounding shocked. "Wouldn't you think someone was foolish for not looking after themselves properly?"

Fable sighed, "To immediately assume the worst when you know nothing about me is unbecoming of a Doctor. I was one of the ponies that brought him here for medical attention."

She glared at the doctor, "And quit carrying so much hostility on your shoulders. It's not healthy." She sighed and turned around, "I can walk out the door by myself, thank you." She spat with her head held high, "Your small-mindedness is irritating me anyway."

She smiled softly at the pony that had been sitting beside her all this time, "Pleasure meeting you." 

Then Fable left without a second thought.

Edited May 16, 2020 by Emerald Heart

[Buck Testa 5,505]

3 minutes ago, Emerald Heart said:

@Buck Testa

"I beg your pardon?" She asked, sounding shocked. "Wouldn't you think someone was foolish for not looking after themselves properly?"

Fable sighed, "To immediately assume the worst when you know nothing about me is unbecoming of a Doctor. I was one of the ponies that brought him here for medical attention."

She glared at the doctor, "And quit carrying so much hostility on your shoulders. It's not healthy." She sighed and turned around, "I can walk out the door by myself, thank you." She spat with her head held high, "Your small-mindedness is irritating me anyway."

"And we are grateful for that ma'am. Thank you again." 

He let out a sigh after the mare left and set about attending to his other patients. While he could certainly understand where offense was taken, holding a colt up to such an unreasonable and callous standard was simply unconscionable to him. Whatever she happened to see in the colt, the doctor saw a child that was in desperate need of attention. Where ever he had come from had not been a healthy place for someone so young. Thankfully it seemed this colt was going to make a full recovery.  

[Windy Breeze 15,189]

@Buck Testa @Emerald Heart

Sundae stood up from her seat “Fable wait!” but Fable was already gone. She look back at the doctor with a frown “It's really nice to meet you, doc” she said with sarcasm in her voice. She let out a snort, turn tail and leave the hospital. Looking at the hospital behind her, she muttered “Don't worry young colt. I will come back for you” 

Edited May 16, 2020 by Windy Breeze ☁️ ☁️ ☁️

[Astral Vision 286]

8 hours ago, Samurai Equine 🔥🔥 said:

@Kronos the Revenant, @Dynamo Pad, @Astral Vision, @ExplosionMare, @Pastel Heart

Samurai sees the various obstacles in his way, but he's not concerned. He presses two buttons on his steering wheel. The first button puts a protective coating on his tires, making it easy for him to traverse the roughed up course. The other button makes 2 big, spinning saw blades emerge from the front of his vehicle. They easily cut down any banana peels or turtle shells that might get in his way. And when they aren't necessary anymore, Samurai retracts the blades back into his cart. Sadly though, some racers cannot handled the roughed up part of the course, so that slows them down at least.

While he races, Samurai turns on his radio. He hears one song. "Nah..." He changes the channel, and hears another song. "Maybe..." He changes the channel again, hears a third song. "Not quite..." Once more he changes the channel, and finds a song he likes. "There we go. Now I can drive 55! And speaking of~" Samurai looks behind him for a second, concentrates his magic, and focuses his magic fire powers on his exhaust. The result?

BOOM!! A fiery, temporary rocket boost in speed!
It only last for about 3-5 seconds give or take, not enough to take the lead, but it's enough for Samurai to completely pass Kronos and wave at him as he passes.

From there, Samurai drifts into the upcoming turns, weaving between some of Frienshire's tallest skyscrapers. "For Friendshire!"

@Windy Breeze ☁️ ☁️ ☁️, @Emerald Heart

The mystery figure that slipped into town keeps moving. It's not content with just watching this race, it wants to stay as close to the race as possible. So far, it has managed to not be spotted, despite giving off a very obvious, magical aura of malice; but it's up to something...

@Samurai Equine 🔥🔥 @ExplosionMare

Astral felt a strange surge bolt through the air, it had a feel of malice and dark magic, and the unicorn's eyes slowly directed themselves to a single figure in the audience. While he didn't want to leave Pencil alone, Astral knew he couldn't allow any threat to the race to go unchecked.

"Pencil, stay focused on the race. I'll be back in two shakes of a pony's tail!"

Astral's horn glowed once more as he disappeared in a burst of magic, soon reappearing very close the lone figure. It wasn't Astral's style to confront a potential enemy right away, but he may not have the luxury of time in this case.

"Hello sir, and or madam. Are you enjoying the race?" Astral figured it best to start with a simple greeting, and make his next move based on their reaction.

[Dynamo Pad 11,306]

23 hours ago, Pastel Heart said:

@Dynamo Pad

"Oohh, I know what to do with these!"

@Samurai Equine @Kronos the Revenant @Astral Vision @ExplosionMare

As if she were casually chucking a grenade in an action movie, she dropped the green shell behind her, sending it steadily rolling backwards. The other, she would stand up on her seat and in an overly dramatic fashion, kick the shell as hard as she could forward-sideways, sending it flying where it would land and roll away on the race track some far away. That kick would have made Ronaldinho proud, probably. She hoped that that wouldn't backfire later on, though. Green shells can easily come back to haunt you...

@Pastel Heart @Astral Vision @ExplosionMare @Samurai Equine 🔥🔥

"If you know what to do, then let the shells fly!"

He wasn't sure if the shells flying forward would hit anybody, but it was worth a try. He noticed out of the rearview mirror, Pastel kicking a shell in an overdramatic fashion. He saw one shell being launched backwards, but he was very impressed with the kick. "Not bad. Sure you haven't played soccer, or that game called buck ball?" He would ask, hoping that she wouldn't fall off from the kick. "If you have another spring, then make sure that's is on standby. We might need it if those shells make a return trip."

10 hours ago, Samurai Equine 🔥🔥 said:

@Kronos the Revenant, @Dynamo Pad, @Astral Vision, @ExplosionMare, @Pastel Heart

Samurai sees the various obstacles in his way, but he's not concerned. He presses two buttons on his steering wheel. The first button puts a protective coating on his tires, making it easy for him to traverse the roughed up course. The other button makes 2 big, spinning saw blades emerge from the front of his vehicle. They easily cut down any banana peels or turtle shells that might get in his way. And when they aren't necessary anymore, Samurai retracts the blades back into his cart. Sadly though, some racers cannot handled the roughed up part of the course, so that slows them down at least.

While he races, Samurai turns on his radio. He hears one song. "Nah..." He changes the channel, and hears another song. "Maybe..." He changes the channel again, hears a third song. "Not quite..." Once more he changes the channel, and finds a song he likes. "There we go. Now I can drive 55! And speaking of~" Samurai looks behind him for a second, concentrates his magic, and focuses his magic fire powers on his exhaust. The result?

BOOM!! A fiery, temporary rocket boost in speed!
It only last for about 3-5 seconds give or take, not enough to take the lead, but it's enough for Samurai to completely pass Kronos and wave at him as he passes.

From there, Samurai drifts into the upcoming turns, weaving between some of Frienshire's tallest skyscrapers. "For Friendshire!"

In the rearview mirror, Dynamo groaned in disappointment as Samurai had used the abilities of his cart to rip through the shells they launched. "I want to say I'm annoyed, but I can't. Given the fact that the Mach 5 has basically anything for any type of situation." He bopped his head as he heard different songs playing. Some sounded like something from Sentai or even anime, but he soon heard something that was equivalent to a video game. "Now that's my kind of jam." He called out, before seeing Samurai zooming right past them and Kronos.  Heaving a shaky sigh, Dynamo couldn't help in chuckling sheepishly. "I guess we really need to step up our game. We just need to get past Kronos and then figure out how to maneuver around Sam." He tapped the steering wheel with his hoof as he tried to think of an idea. He could try magic, but with his demonstration the other day. Dynamo wasn't exactly sure it was a good idea. He was afraid that he'd destroy the kart, the track or even hurt Pastel and the other racers.

He soon recalled what Astral and Samurai had told him about the day before. Something about video games becoming his type of magic. With a gasp, the gamer pony's eyes widened slightly as he took a deep breath. "Hey, Pastel-chan? I know this is random and all, but...do you trust me?"

[Pastel Heart 6,466]

@Dynamo Pad

"Uhhh... Do buckball games count?"

She smiled awkwardly, looking ahead at the situation. Pastel wasn't sure what to do, since her last trick involved behind sabatoge... There wasn't a whole lot a backseat driver could do besides provide moral support.

Pastel would stare at Dynamo for a couple of seconds upon being asked if she trusted him. She gave a big, bright, sweet smile while closing her eyes.

"I'll always trust you, Dyny. Even if the whole world turned against you, I'll always believe in you!"

[Dynamo Pad 11,306]

9 minutes ago, Pastel Heart said:

@Dynamo Pad

"Uhhh... Do buckball games count?"

She smiled awkwardly, looking ahead at the situation. Pastel wasn't sure what to do, since her last trick involved behind sabatoge... There wasn't a whole lot a backseat driver could do besides provide moral support.

Pastel would stare at Dynamo for a couple of seconds upon being asked if she trusted him. She gave a big, bright, sweet smile while closing her eyes.

"I'll always trust you, Dyny. Even if the whole world turned against you, I'll always believe in you!"

@Pastel Heart

"Well...you do kick a sort of dodgeball. So, maybe?" He returned the awkward smile with a sheepish smile of his own. Upon hearing Pastel's remark, Dynamo blushed slightly as he smiled softly. "Thank you and that means a lot to me, Pastel-chan." He managed to breathe a sigh of relief he didn't know he was holding. With a nod, he knew what he had to do. "I'm going to try something extremely crazy, but it just might work." He continued to drive, but mentally he had his eyes closed. 'Think of the flame. Think of a tiny orb of fire. Just like in the games.' He thought, before holding out a hoof. His horn glowed with magic as a small ball of fire magic was formed. "I-I did it? I did it! Holy, sweet Celetia! Look, Pastel!" He grinned, showing the fireball to his driving companion.

[Emerald Claus 24,868]

@Windy Breeze ☁️ ☁️ ☁️

Fable hadn't gone that far. In fact, she was only a couple steps ahead of Sundae.

Fable sighed and shook her head in dismay, still hurt from the words that he had said.

He probably heard me talking to Sundae about my family history and that's why he assumed the worst. She thought, I've been through this kind of treatment on many occasions, but I never thought the ponies here would judge me so.

 

Edited May 16, 2020 by Emerald Heart

[Windy Breeze 15,189]

@Emerald Heart

“Fable, wait!” Sundae approached her with a worried look “Are you alright?” she didn't really like it when the doctor told a nurse to escort Fable out the hospital as if she's a madpony. 

[Emerald Claus 24,868]

@Windy Breeze ☁️ ☁️ ☁️

Fable smiled at the mare's sympathy. "I'm fine." She lied, "It's not uncommon for me to treated that way, since my family is so different than all the others." She sighed, "What are you doing here, Sundae? Shouldn't you be waiting with him?"

Edited May 16, 2020 by Emerald Heart

[Windy Breeze 15,189]

@Emerald Heart

“I was going to my ice cream parlor to tell my workers to have a dayoff” Sundae said “I am also to give them their bits they earned for” her workers are very loyal both to her, and to their job. Her business might not be the very successful in town, but her business was known for the high salary. 

[ExplosionMare 18,062]

@Astral Vision

“W-What? Where you are you—” Pencil sputtered.

Astral has suddenly teleported away, causing Pencil to lose focus on the track.
She nearly crashed into a building before she stomped on the reverse button and swung the cart back around.

“Oh geez!” she cried.

Pencil’s heart was racing as fast as her kart as she sped off towards the other racers. She took in Astral’s advice and kept a close eye out for obstacles as she drove. If anything was thrown her way, she would know how to deal with it.

[Emerald Claus 24,868]

@Windy Breeze ☁️ ☁️ ☁️

"Ah." Fable nodded her head before going silent. Talking was getting tiring for her, as she was so rare for her to talk this much.

I'm still so annoyed by all of this... I want to go home.

[Samurai Equine 51,417]

@Astral Vision

Sadly, Astral only gets a glance at the character. Enough to see his stark white, and oddly thin, hind leg. Because as soon as Astral approaches, he runs off again like a graceful gazelle! And not only that, he leaves traps behind him. Caltrops! And while they might look like caltrops made out of paper, origami style, only a fool would dare step on them with an unprotected hoof/foot. They will hurt just as badly as metal ones.

The stranger, after some surprisingly rapid dashing, finds the perfect vantage point and throws a bunch of origami shurikens onto the course! And in doing so...

@Kronos the Revenant, @Dynamo Pad, @Pastel Heart, @ExplosionMare

The lead racers, Samurai and Kronos soon notice that it won't be long before the course leads just outside the city limits of Friendshire, where they'll have the perfect view of the entire town. Samurai looks in his rear-view mirror and sees Kronos catching up to him. In no time, it quickly becomes a neck-and-neck dog race, the both of them trying to secure the lead. Samurai smirks at the challenge, until he sees the course ahead is covered in shurikens, and there's no time to activate his jumping jacks. "NO!" And now Samurai is fighting to control his cart. He's doing his best to weave between each shuriken, but doing so is the same as trying to make sure he doesn't spin out of control.

If any pony had a personal mission against him, now would be a good chance to take advantage of his distraction. Likewise, other racers now have a chance to catch up to him.