private New Beginnings (Triplayer RP with Cococody and Props)

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On 2024-04-12 at 4:38 PM, Props Valroa said:

"I am sure that this friend of yours wouldn't be fond of you trying to steal cutie marks from others, so I suppose I would suggest you be honest to him about what you are doing and what you have been up to, because either way, he will probably find out about it. Other than that I don't have any ideas." Magnolia stated to Starlight. 

Startlight glimmer winced at the reminder, part of her did not appreciate that, but she shrugged it off, bearing a small eye roll at the stealing cutie marks part and then continuing. “ I am just afraid that you will look down upon me because I haven’t really done a lot with my life outside of my village. I mean comparatively to him and where he has gone.”

On 2024-04-13 at 1:21 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Twilight leaned over and whispered something to Moondancer. Moondancer pondered the information that was given to her before replying. "It sounds like Sunburst means a lot to you. It took a while for me to realize how much Twilight's friendship meant to me, but when I realized, both of us were willing to put in the effort to fix it, even if the first few moments are really awkward. And now all of us are close friends, as you can see. If you think Sunburst values this friendship as much as you, then you'll be enough. This is for you to determine," Moondancer replied. 

Starlight looked and kept a dazed stare at Moondancer for a second, she was incredibly moved by her words, her surge of warmth and empathy felt through her words getting to starlight. “maybe, it is worth reaching out to him in the end, Moondancer. I really appreciate you speaking to me about this, this is something I spent years thinking about, and I was honestly afraid to do, but maybe there is a chance after all.”

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Edited April 14, 2024 by CocoCody

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Twilight abruptly paused by the doorway as a thought suddenly dawned on her. "Hey, uh, Starlight? It's probably best if only Magnolia and I visit my parents. We'll part ways for now, but I hope to see you again on the train to the Crystal Empire," Twilight explained.

"You could stay with us," Minuette offered. "It sounds like you want to be friends with us, and it seems like you and Moondancer have connected quite quickly."

Moondancer blushed at that remark as Twilight left Minuette's house with Magnolia.

On 4/14/2024 at 1:24 PM, CocoCody said:

“I am just afraid that you will look down upon me because I haven’t really done a lot with my life outside of my village. I mean comparatively to him and where he has gone.”

"I don't know about that. It seemed like Sunburst really struggled in that applied spellcasting class that I was in..." Twinkleshine remarked.

"I haven't heard of Sunburst doing anything notable in the field of magic after graduation..." Lyra noted.

"And trust us, we keep up with all the latest magical research," Minuette added. 

"But I don't think that matters. When Twilight ran off to Ponyville, she became an element of harmony and became friends with the other elements there. She had changed significantly, but we were still able to reconnect based on our history together,"  Moondancer explained.

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On 4/14/2024 at 1:41 PM, Props Valroa said:

"Yes I am." she said quietly, her eyes looking into Twilight's own for a moment.

Twilight would lead the way towards her parents' house silently, not quite sure what to say or how to prepare for something as life-changing as this. It wasn't long before the pair found themselves at their intended destination. Twilight would walk up to the front door and knock before stepping back. The sound of hoofsteps inside shuffling about was heard, and after about a minute, the door opened.

"Twilight! What brings you here?" Twilight Velvet asked before noticing Moonlight. "I'm sorry, you look familiar, but I can't quite place my hoof on it... Hold on, Moonlight? Is that you? It's been so long! I didn't know if I would ever see you again. I hope you're doing ok."

"Hey Velvet, who's at the door?" Night Light asked as he walked over. 

"Twilight and Moonlight!" Velvet exclaimed as she hugged them both.

"Oh, hello Moonlight. It's been such a long time..." Night Light said to Moonlight as he would join in on the family hug.

Edited April 17, 2024 by Skylight Scintillate

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On 2024-04-14 at 2:41 PM, Props Valroa said:

Magnolia didn't answer Starlight here - and would maintain her silence, showing that she wasn't interested in discussing anything further with her. She didn't think too highly of Starlight anyway, and moved away from her a bit. Magnolia was more focused on her parents - and not some strange, cultist mare.

Something about magnolia rubbed starlight glimmer the wrong way, she raised an eyebrow at her, knowing that she was judging her as much as she was judging magnolia, she decided to keep her eye on her. Something about her presence made her feel a bit defensive, of course starlight was not a saint herself, starlight felt self conscious and insecure about her own wrongdoings.

On 2024-04-15 at 1:49 PM, Skylight Scintillate said:

 

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Twilight abruptly paused by the doorway as a thought suddenly dawned on her. "Hey, uh, Starlight? It's probably best if only Magnolia and I visit my parents. We'll part ways for now, but I hope to see you again on the train to the Crystal Empire," Twilight explained.

"You could stay with us," Minuette offered. "It sounds like you want to be friends with us, and it seems like you and Moondancer have connected quite quickly."

Moondancer blushed at that remark as Twilight left Minuette's house with Magnolia.

 

“Okay twilight, I understand and I will see you on the train to the crystal empire” She spoke affirmatively, she felt a little bad that she has not spoken in depth with twilight but she had a little bit of hope that she did not think bad of her, as much as she probably deserves it, thought starlight. She would have more to say to twilight once she saw her again. 
 

Starlight was incredibly charmed by moon dancer and minutes hospitality and friendliness, something she had not felt genuinely in a very long time, something that made her nervous and twitch, because she was used to controlling things. Although emotion pulled her to stare at both there eyes. “Honestly, I would love nothing more to be your friends- I haven’t felt loved like this in years- I just- I - um.. yeah let’s hang out and talk?” She looked like she was about to cry, but it was a good one. “I am sorry- I am not used to ponies being nice to me- I just want you guys to like me” she also gave thought to what they mentioned about sunburst.

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Edited April 17, 2024 by CocoCody

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On 2024-04-17 at 3:12 PM, CocoCody said:

“Honestly, I would love nothing more to be your friends- I haven’t felt loved like this in years- I just- I - um.. yeah let’s hang out and talk?” She looked like she was about to cry, but it was a good one. “I am sorry- I am not used to ponies being nice to me- I just want you guys to like me”

"Sure, we'd love to be your friends, but that means you'll have to answer some tough questions. We have some concerns about your goal to remove cutie marks from other ponies. Why are you doing this? Cutie marks are a crucial part of who a pony is, and without them, a pony would feel worthless. All of our cutie marks are really important to us, which is why talking about removing them to Twilight didn't give her the best first impression. She got the impression that you might try to remove her cutie mark. However, we want to hear your explanation, so why are you doing this?" Minuette asked. She looked at Starlight with a surprisingly serious expression.

Lyra Heartstrings, Moondancer, Twinkleshine, and Lemon Hearts with a similarly serious expression. 

"Yeah we love new friends, but we gotta make sure our new friends don't cause any problems with our existing friends, you see. And if you're doing things like trying to take away ponies' cutie marks or starting cults in villages, that would be problematic. So hopefully we can sort this out," Twinkleshine added.

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On 2024-04-18 at 4:06 PM, Props Valroa said:

"I have never seen either of you...except when I was a real young filly? I can't remember but um, I'm here and I've finally worked up the courage to come try to find you two." she gulped looking at them. "Am I welcome here?" she would ask, looking to the two of them as she hugged them tightly. 

"Of course you're welcome here; we're family!" Velvet exclaimed. "Come in, make yourself comfortable."

"Why didn't you tell me that I have an older sister?" Twilight asked as she walked inside.

"Alright then, I suppose it's time you both hear this," Velvet said as she sat down on the couch in the living room and gestured to the rest of the family to do the same. She also set down a box of tissues for when everypony inevitably cried. 

"When I had my first pregnancy, Night Light and I were still dating. Both of us were still young at the time, and neither of us were ready to have foals. We had graduated from university recently, and we were only just getting settled with our new jobs and new home here in Canterlot. It was a very difficult decision, and all of the options were bad, but we decided that putting our foal up for adoption would be the least-worst option. While we did leave information for you if you went looking for us, by the time we had Twilight and Shining Armor, we assumed that you wanted nothing to do with us," Velvet explained to Moonlight.

"To us, it didn't make sense to tell you about a sister that you would be very unlikely to meet. And so much time had passed, well, we weren't really sure how to tell you either," Night Light explained. "We're sorry we didn't tell you about this sooner. We hope you, both of you, can forgive us for this."

Hearing this caused Twilight to cry, which in turn caused Velvet and Night Light to cry as they hugged each other (and Moonlight if she joined in) and took full advantage of the tissue box next to them.

Edited April 20, 2024 by Skylight Scintillate

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On 2024-04-18 at 7:02 PM, Skylight Scintillate said:

"Sure, we'd love to be your friends, but that means you'll have to answer some tough questions. We have some concerns about your goal to remove cutie marks from other ponies. Why are you doing this? Cutie marks are a crucial part of who a pony is, and without them, a pony would feel worthless. All of our cutie marks are really important to us, which is why talking about removing them to Twilight didn't give her the best first impression. She got the impression that you might try to remove her cutie mark. However, we want to hear your explanation, so why are you doing this?" Minuette asked. She looked at Starlight with a surprisingly serious expression.

Lyra Heartstrings, Moondancer, Twinkleshine, and Lemon Hearts with a similarly serious expression. 

"Yeah we love new friends, but we gotta make sure our new friends don't cause any problems with our existing friends, you see. And if you're doing things like trying to take away ponies' cutie marks or starting cults in villages, that would be problematic. So hopefully we can sort this out," Twinkleshine

The first question stirring something complex and overwhelming in starlight, the gravity of which could be seen in the stiffness in her facial expressions. she was not used to people questioning her motives, nor showing much empathy to her actions, but some thing about the situation made starlight drop a few ounces of weight on her facial expression even though it was quite difficult answering, suddenly, it turned quite emotional as something within her broke through, a sense of humanity. “-Honestly, I feel worthless with a cutey mark, It did not matter much when it came to keeping me and Sunburst together, all my cutey mark did was highlight the difference that I had with other ponies.” Her voice, dredged with passion and pain. “ How I want to feel, is understood by some pony, I don’t quite care if ponies don’t understand why I do the things that I do, but they don’t quite understand that I do it out of love. The love that I want to feel that I’ve never got, I understand that I’ve done wrong things… but nobody has ever took the damn time to notice that I was suffering as they were changing, I took it in my own hands to control my life again.” A complicated flurry of emotions spun through her mind, sinking a heavy upset in her throat, feeling that choked her up. Tears spilling out from either side of her eyes. “ I want to ask both of you, what would you do.. if you lost someone, To make the pain go away, where would that take you?” 

Starlight shifted to pace as she paced, a pause in her speech as a smirk bounced to break some of the seriousness etched on her face. “I used to be idealistic once too, I used to think that as if we if we believed in the greater good, that somehow love could conquer all- but how good is it when it can be easily taken away from you?“ she was slowly removing a mask, she tilted her head to a new angle, to the side, shadows, casting across the right side of her cheek. “There are no good ponies any more, just villains of various degrees” that was the best she could come to directly answering the question, more of trying to justify her feelings, to get them to understand where she was, On a tall jagged cliff of emotions. “There is very little balance in this world anymore“ she then faced back at the two ponies slowly as her face cast more shadows. “If you insist trotting through life, hooves laden with hope, you will only meet one devastating heartache after another-.” shifting back a little,noticing how impassioned she had gotten. “I am sorry, I do not mean to impose on you two.”

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On 2024-04-22 at 11:40 AM, CocoCody said:

“-Honestly, I feel worthless with a cutey mark, It did not matter much when it came to keeping me and Sunburst together, all my cutey mark did was highlight the difference that I had with other ponies.”

"Hmm, well it sounds like you're upset that Sunburst's cutie mark caused him to leave to leave you behind. However, it wasn't his cutie mark that prevented you from writing to him or visiting him in Canterlot, was it? Or is there something else that contributed to this?" Twinkleshine questioned. 

"And sometimes, it's the differences that make friendships special. With this, everypony brings their unique perspective, strengths, and skills to the group. For example, look at our group. Minuette uses her magic to manipulate time in just the right way to allow us to meet up often, Lyra is always cracking some human joke, and Moondancer, while being quieter than the rest of us, offers really deep insight," Lemon Hearts explained, responding to Lyra's snicker when Starlight said hands.

On 2024-04-22 at 11:40 AM, CocoCody said:

“ I want to ask both of you, what would you do.. if you lost someone, To make the pain go away, where would that take you?” 

"For me, it really hurt when Twilight left me. She meant a lot to me, and I thought she didn't care about me anymore. Due to that, I stopped making friends and ignored the friends that continued to care about me. It was awful, and I spent as much time away from others as I could. However, as my friends have shown, I shouldn't have let that prevent me from making friends," Moondancer explained, which caused the rest of the friend group to nuzzle her.

"For the rest of us, we can't really say, because while it did hurt when Twilight left, we had each other to rely on. I suppose it did make us hang on to each other more tightly, but that demonstrates the difference in what we did: we leaned into our friendships. And sometimes, it's best to be able to have your friends help you work through your problems," Twinkleshine explained. 

On 2024-04-22 at 11:40 AM, CocoCody said:

“I used to be idealistic once too, I used to think that as if we if we believed in the greater good, that somehow love could conquer all- but how good is it when it can be easily taken away from you?“

"It sounds to me like you're underestimating the relationship between friendship and magic. And if you've seen anything that Twilight has done with her friends, you'll know what I mean. Like first, she went to Ponyville, became friends with some of the ponies there, learned the magic of friendship, and now she goes around with her friends blasting villains with rainbow lasers of friendship! And then she decided to reconnect with her university friends here in Canterlot, learned the friendship of magic, and now we go around blasting villains with rainbow lasers of magic!" Minuette exclaimed excitedly.

On 2024-04-22 at 11:40 AM, CocoCody said:

“There are no good ponies any more, just villains of various degrees” “There is very little balance in this world anymore“ “If you insist trotting through life, hooves laden with hope, you will only meet one devastating heartache after another-.”

"Starlight, that pessimism won't get you anywhere. Thinking that everypony else is evil is going to make everypony you meet avoid you. And thinking this way is the reasoning used to justify doing bad things to other ponies, which is the opposite of friendship. Yes, you do have to open up and put yourself out there when making friends, and that can hurt, but shutting yourself away hurts as well. If you want to be friends with us, we cannot accept this doomerism attitude of yours. If not, you're free to leave. We can only be friends with you as much as you want to be friends with us. The choice is yours," Lyra offered. She glanced at Starlight with a surprisingly serious face.

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On 2024-04-22 at 11:56 AM, Props Valroa said:

"I was only able to find the information within the past few years, and I didn't believe it. I thought it was some cruel joke the Orphanage foals played on me but when I searched my feelings, I knew it was true. For a long time, I hated my circumstances and I hated my upbringing - I still do. All that would have been different if I had a group of friends growing up and teachers who cared, but none ever did. So I took it upon myself. If nobody was going to be a friend, I would be fine with furthering my individual strength and ensuring that nobody would ever intimidate me again."

"I see." Twilight replied after a few minutes of crying. "It seems that like Moondancer and Starlight, you had some bad interactions with others when you were young, and because of that, you'd keep your distance from others and prefer to rely solely on yourself. However, would you be willing to be friends with my university friends, my parents, and me?" Twilight offered. "I can tell that my parents really genuinely care about you."

"We'd love to care for you and be your friends. However, even if you don't want anything to do with us, at least give Twilight's university friends a chance," Velvet offered.

"So now that we understand what happened, what do you want to do? Either decision you make, my parents and I would support you here," Twilight asked Moonlight

Edited April 25, 2024 by Skylight Scintillate

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On 2024-04-24 at 10:16 PM, Skylight Scintillate said:

"Hmm, well it sounds like you're upset that Sunburst's cutie mark caused him to leave to leave you behind. However, it wasn't his cutie mark that prevented you from writing to him or visiting him in Canterlot, was it? Or is there something else that contributed to this?" Twinkleshine questioned. 

"And sometimes, it's the differences that make friendships special. With this, everypony brings their unique perspective, strengths, and skills to the group. For example, look at our group. Minuette uses her magic to manipulate time in just the right way to allow us to meet up often, Lyra is always cracking some human joke, and Moondancer, while being quieter than the rest of us, offers really deep insight," Lemon Hearts explained, responding to Lyra's snicker when Starlight said hands.

Something zapped right through starlight like a bolt of stimulus, she wasn’t sure if she was angry or just excited, but something about that comment stirred some thing inside of her, like she knew exactly where she was getting at.

” it made me feel inferior, and to tell you the truth, I felt left behind. For my whole life, there was nothing I could do that would help me avoid suffering .” She then Pauses politely for a second to listen her out, then continues with her response. “ I do admit I really like the companionship that you all have together, you have special talents that complement each other and I can understand that. Being that I have always been alone, not gonna lie, I wanted to benefit myself to have those type of relationships- “ A pinch of laughter coming into starlights good graces, finding Lyra to be very charming, “Heh, Lyra you like hands don’t you? I know a spell that could tickle you with fingers~

“I also can relate with you moondancer, I haven’t been much for conversation myself but thinking and studying brings such a rich inner world of knowledge and understanding, I can tell that you’re very smart, and honestly a sensitive person.”

starlight was getting lost in what is a very pleasant moment of observation. “ Oh and minuette don’t even start on time spells.. I’ve been collecting a few scrolls myself heh- I mean studying!”

On 2024-04-24 at 10:16 PM, Skylight Scintillate said:

"For me, it really hurt when Twilight left me. She meant a lot to me, and I thought she didn't care about me anymore. Due to that, I stopped making friends and ignored the friends that continued to care about me. It was awful, and I spent as much time away from others as I could. However, as my friends have shown, I shouldn't have let that prevent me from making friends," Moondancer explained, which caused the rest of the friend group to nuzzle her.

"For the rest of us, we can't really say, because while it did hurt when Twilight left, we had each other to rely on. I suppose it did make us hang on to each other more tightly, but that demonstrates the difference in what we did: we leaned into our friendships. And sometimes, it's best to be able to have your friends help you work through your problems," Twinkleshine explained. 
 

Starlight stared at them longingly, a gleam catching her eye, seeing the affection and friendship that she had long for for so long, she really wanted to be a part of that and it felt good to hear Moondancer speak about her feelings and it sounded so much similar to her own experience, but they had gone into separate parts. “I uh, I noticed that we have that in common with our stories, you handle it and that completely are for ways that I did, although I think I have to be the one to take the chance to see some burst again. I would be willing to rethink some of my uhh- habits to be part of your friend circle.

On 2024-04-24 at 10:16 PM, Skylight Scintillate said:

"It sounds to me like you're underestimating the relationship between friendship and magic. And if you've seen anything that Twilight has done with her friends, you'll know what I mean. Like first, she went to Ponyville, became friends with some of the ponies there, learned the magic of friendship, and now she goes around with her friends blasting villains with rainbow lasers of friendship! And then she decided to reconnect with her university friends here in Canterlot, learned the friendship of magic, and now we go around blasting villains with rainbow lasers of magic!" Minuette exclaimed excitedly.

starlight nodded at minuets words,The meaning of her sentence sinking in for her. “yeah, twilight grew and accepted changes as a natural part progressing, she embraced magic, and friends, and to be a part of that. I am not that far gone to realize that,buta big part of me doesn’t know where to start and again I’m just scared, I need somebody to teach me friendship again because my version is completely different in your guys definition”

On 2024-04-24 at 10:16 PM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Starlight, that pessimism won't get you anywhere. Thinking that everypony else is evil is going to make everypony you meet avoid you. And thinking this way is the reasoning used to justify doing bad things to other ponies, which is the opposite of friendship. Yes, you do have to open up and put yourself out there when making friends, and that can hurt, but shutting yourself away hurts as well. If you want to be friends with us, we cannot accept this doomerism attitude of yours. If not, you're free to leave. We can only be friends with you as much as you want to be friends with us. The choice is yours," Lyra offered. She glanced at Starlight with a surprisingly serious face.

Starlight looked down, the weight of those wordstaking gravity through her as she thought in her mind, it would be hard to drop old habits, but she knew that is what she wanted to do, she wanted to be friends with them more than anything, she wanted to be accepted and loved, and not only by them, but by herself. She looked back at Lyra with an araof seriousness, her lips staying firm together. “Okay, yes, I’m willing to go aside that attitude, I’m willing to make a change and stop hurting ponies,stop hurting myself with the ideology I had. This is gonna be hard for me to turn a new leaf, but I want to I want to change and show you guys that I can be a great friend that I love and appreciate you, I just struggle so long with war to be accepted by ponies,so if you can accept my promise to change my ways, I know that I am in good hands to be vulnerable around you and accept friendship for what it is, genuine love.”

starlight climber reached out with her hoove,this was her chance at redemption, she wanted this her whole life. It was a stretch. Maybe she could change overnight, but she was willing to be on the path to redemption. “please, if there’s anyway that I could show you that I am genuine and that I am willing to make changes, I will do, what you want me to do to prove that I’m serious about turning a new leaf and being a genuine friend”

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Edited April 27, 2024 by CocoCody

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On 2024-04-27 at 4:35 PM, CocoCody said:

” it made me feel inferior, and to tell you the truth, I felt left behind. For my whole life, there was nothing I could do that would help me avoid suffering .”

"I see. So you're saying you feel this way because when you got your cutie mark, you didn't get accepted into Celstia's School for Gifted Unicorns even though both your and his cutie marks relate to being talented in magic? Feel free to correct me here or add more nuance," Lemon Hearts asked.

On 2024-04-27 at 4:35 PM, CocoCody said:

“Okay, yes, I’m willing to go aside that attitude, I’m willing to make a change and stop hurting ponies,stop hurting myself with the ideology I had. This is gonna be hard for me to turn a new leaf, but I want to I want to change and show you guys that I can be a great friend that I love and appreciate you, I just struggle so long with war to be accepted by ponies,so if you can accept my promise to change my ways, I know that I am in good hands to be vulnerable around you and accept friendship for what it is, genuine love.”

"Great!" Lyra replied, instantly perking up and switching back to her usual cheerful attitude. "As long as you're trying and putting in the effort, we'll help you along the way."

"We're just trying to understand where your relationship with Sunburst and the village you're currently leading is in order to know you as a friend," Lemon Hearts explained. "And with an understanding of the values of friendship, you can determine what you want your relationship to be with those ponies moving forward and how to achieve it."

The rest of the group nodded in agreement. 

With the mood of the room significantly lighter, the group of unicorns switched to discussing magic. They would ask Starlight what kinds of hand spells and time spells she was thinking about, in addition to asking her to go into depth about how she uses them.

"What kind of hand/time spells?" Lyra and Minuette would ask, respectively.

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On 2024-04-28 at 2:28 PM, Magnolia said:

There was a rather long pause in silence as Magnolia considered the options here - before she would let out a sigh. "I would be willing to give you all a chance - to fix the damage that you caused to me." Magnolia said, looking at her parents with somewhat of a glare. At least she was willing to give them a chance. It was something she never thought she would be able to do personally - but she wanted to give them a chance. No use in further hurting or pain here, if it could be helped. "We are family." Magnolia would add, which suggested she considered friends and family two different things. 

Twilight, upon hearing this reply, would smile as she started tearing up again. Once again, the family was pulled into a hug as they cried together. 

After several minutes of letting their tears and emotions out, Night Light would dry his eyes before asking, "Ok, I'm so glad you've given us a chance. I suppose this is when we try to figure out what our relationship should be. For example, do you want us to call you Moonlight? Should we refer to you as our child? What should we know about you?" Night Light asked.

"Feel free to answer or add whatever you feel comfortable talking about. And you're free to change your mind about any of this later. I know this has been a day of major and unexpected change for all of us," Velvet added. 

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On 2024-04-29 at 11:30 PM, Skylight Scintillate said:

"I see. So you're saying you feel this way because when you got your cutie mark, you didn't get accepted into Celstia's School for Gifted Unicorns even though both your and his cutie marks relate to being talented in magic? Feel free to correct me here or add more nuance," Lemon Hearts asked.

Starlight glimmer took a big breath, her chest rising, and then waning with a heavy exhale. “ I suppose-, well, yeah you’re right.- that is exactly the reason. I just thought that somehow me not being accepted there too made me lesser, and I don’t know why I thought like that, maybe I wasn’t confident in myself, but now that you mention it, we did have a lot in common, sunburst and I, and maybe we still do..” she said with an era of beaming Hope.

On 2024-04-29 at 11:30 PM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Great!" Lyra replied, instantly perking up and switching back to her usual cheerful attitude. "As long as you're trying and putting in the effort, we'll help you along the way."

"We're just trying to understand where your relationship with Sunburst and the village you're currently leading is in order to know you as a friend," Lemon Hearts explained. "And with an understanding of the values of friendship, you can determine what you want your relationship to be with those ponies moving forward and how to achieve it."

The rest of the group nodded in agreement. 

With the mood of the room significantly lighter, the group of unicorns switched to discussing magic. They would ask Starlight what kinds of hand spells and time spells she was thinking about, in addition to asking her to go into depth about how she uses them.

"What kind of hand/time spells?" Lyra and Minuette would ask, respectively.

“OK, I promise you Lyra I’m going to do my best to change, I want to change and I desire to have real friendships, in my heart I do genuinely love.”

Starlight put her hoof to her chin to think “ well, our town is sustainable on its own, I know the hard-working folks can sustain their own community, and I still care for them, I can arrange that a new leadership is headed by some pony else, so that way I can be here in canter lot more often, but still be able to visit the village. I still have love for my village.”

” as for sunburst, I’m not sure what to do next, I think I might need some advice on how to handle that, I do want to see him. I do want to talk to him, but there’s just a lot of doubt in my head about if he would be cool with it, you know.. us meeting after not talking for a while “

Starlight glimmer beamed with confidence, smile blooming across her cheeks and strengthening into a firm bend that seemed unbreakable. Parts, smarty Pants and part business, she was right in her element. “ Well, I don’t want to toot my horn or anything, but I know my way around some hand magic, you see I use some high level levitation magic with A particularly pretty magic spell allows me to alter the gravity within an open space, basically I can make The illusions of a set of hands by levitating air in the form of hands caused by the glow of my magic, it’s simple really but complex to master, so that I can use the gravity of air and levitation to lift things, the air being a ripple effect, an illusion of weight, but really the levitation spell does all the work ” starlight glimmer than did a magical spell of the small blue fist rubbing up against her chest like she accomplished something great in a funny manner. Then she secretly used one hand to tickle Lyra on the side.. “Hehe, tickle fight!” 

“ and as for the times spell, it is something far too complex for me too speak about open company, but I have had access to starswirled the border scrolls in my day, there lies some very powerful magic.”

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On 2024-05-02 at 10:51 PM, Magnolia said:

"I prefer Magnolia, and yes, I am your...child, so it makes sense to say that."

"Oh I see. We'll refer to you as Magnolia then," Velvet replied, a slight disappointment briefly flashing across her face.

"I'm curious, what is the significance behind that name?" Night Light asked.

On 2024-05-02 at 10:51 PM, Magnolia said:

She did sort of lean her head on Twilight's shoulder, with Twilight being able to feel how very soft and fluffy Magnolia was to the touch. Magnolia might just be one of the softest ponies ever. It felt very comforting.

Twilight shifted slightly when Magnolia leaned on her. While Magnolia was very soft, she did find it a bit uncomfortable for somepony she barely met to lean on her like that, even if that pony was a family member.

On 2024-05-02 at 10:51 PM, Magnolia said:

"I don't really uh...have a set home? I've kind of just been wandering around, without much possessions to my name. I mean, I do have a wagon parked in a parking lot, but beyond that, I feel like it would be nice to settle in somewhere. I don't like Canterlot, but, I'll set that aside if it means I can get to stay with my family, if that would be alright..."

"Well you're welcome to stay with us! We have a guest bedroom upstairs that we could turn into yours. While we clearly want you to stay with us, we're more interested in finding out and letting you do what you want to do," Velvet offered.

"I know Canterlot has a very sophisticated culture compared to other cities in Equestria. If you're looking for something more simple, perhaps you could find a place to stay in Ponyville? That is the town where I live. It's a simple farming town whose culture focuses more on simplicity and practicality. However, it is a short train-ride away from Canterlot for when you want to visit," Twilight suggested.

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On 2024-05-05 at 3:37 PM, CocoCody said:

“OK, I promise you Lyra I’m going to do my best to change, I want to change and I desire to have real friendships, in my heart I do genuinely love.”

Lyra would hug Starlight in response.

On 2024-05-05 at 3:37 PM, CocoCody said:

“ well, our town is sustainable on its own, I know the hard-working folks can sustain their own community, and I still care for them, I can arrange that a new leadership is headed by some pony else, so that way I can be here in canter lot more often, but still be able to visit the village. I still have love for my village.”

"Ok hear me out: what if the town was run through a direct democracy? And where all ponies are..." Lyra began.

"...ponies are created equal, with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness?" Lemon Hearts finished. She giggled. "Lyra, you're literally always talking about that!"

On 2024-05-05 at 3:37 PM, CocoCody said:

” as for sunburst, I’m not sure what to do next, I think I might need some advice on how to handle that, I do want to see him. I do want to talk to him, but there’s just a lot of doubt in my head about if he would be cool with it, you know.. us meeting after not talking for a while “

"I would be interested in meeting Sunburst. Maybe we could go meet him together," Moondancer offered.

On 2024-05-05 at 3:37 PM, CocoCody said:

“ Well, I don’t want to toot my horn or anything, but I know my way around some hand magic, you see I use some high level levitation magic with A particularly pretty magic spell allows me to alter the gravity within an open space, basically I can make The illusions of a set of hands by levitating air in the form of hands caused by the glow of my magic, it’s simple really but complex to master, so that I can use the gravity of air and levitation to lift things, the air being a ripple effect, an illusion of weight, but really the levitation spell does all the work ” starlight glimmer than did a magical spell of the small blue fist rubbing up against her chest like she accomplished something great in a funny manner. Then she secretly used one hand to tickle Lyra on the side.. “Hehe, tickle fight!” 

"Gah!" Lyra exclaimed as she fell off the couch giggling. "Hey no fair!" As soon as she got back onto her hooves, she would set up a magical shield as defense, then cast several magical hands to tickle Starlight back. "Nopony out tickles Lyra!" she exclaimed, trying to get back at Starlight.

On 2024-05-05 at 3:37 PM, CocoCody said:

“ and as for the times spell, it is something far too complex for me too speak about open company, but I have had access to starswirled the border scrolls in my day, there lies some very powerful magic.”

"Bruh, you do realize you're talking to alumni from the leading university on magic and magical research? And that I'm one of the leading researchers for time magic at said university? I've practically seen every major time spell that has ever existed," Minuette explained nonchalantly. "Anyways, you mentioned Starswirl? Alright, so we're talking about time travel spells that bring the pony casting it into the past before returning them to the present, except in their new timeline. Ok then. It's interesting to see how the understanding of time travel and timelines has evolved in the magic community. What makes you interested in time travel spells?" Minuette asked as she nonchalantly summarized Starswirl's research in time magic while hiding the details she couldn't speak about in open company. 

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On 2024-05-07 at 12:18 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Lyra would hug Starlight in response

Starlight glimmer leaned forward to catch Lyra's hug, wrapping her hooves around Lyra‘s back in a very sincere display of warmth, she had hardly ever felt this loved in a very long time, it was a feeling foreign to her but, at the same time, it made her so happy.

On 2024-05-07 at 12:18 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Ok hear me out: what if the town was run through a direct democracy? And where all ponies are..." Lyra began.

"...ponies are created equal, with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness?" Lemon Hearts finished. She giggled. "Lyra, you're literally always talking about that!"

 

Starlight blinked a little bit at lyras suggestion, the brief pause being cut short by her desire to get an answer out quick. " Oh, okay. I am not totally against it but, it would sure be something different.. I guess it wouldn’t hurt to try democracy- and capitalism for once, Not gonna lie doing the finances was sure easier with how the old things were run heh.. it was kinda and equality thing with the bits too.., but in the name of friendship, I guess every pony having rights and liberties is the best thing to do lyra."

On 2024-05-07 at 12:18 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

I would be interested in meeting Sunburst. Maybe we could go meet him together," Moondancer offered.

"You know what Moondancer, that sounds like a great idea, that would really help me out having somebody beside me and helping me through this."

On 2024-05-07 at 12:18 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Gah!" Lyra exclaimed as she fell off the couch giggling. "Hey no fair!" As soon as she got back onto her hooves, she would set up a magical shield as defense, then cast several magical hands to tickle Starlight back. "Nopony out tickles Lyra!" she exclaimed, trying to get back at Starlight.

A huge Blossoming Grin flashed across starlight Face, tickling Lyra was surprisingly scratching it for her, no pun intended. "Well, that pony is an exception, I will tickle you all day long lyra -gah!!" She flinched in good nature as she could feel magical hands start to tickle starlight face. "oh it’s on now!!"

On 2024-05-07 at 12:18 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

"Bruh, you do realize you're talking to alumni from the leading university on magic and magical research? And that I'm one of the leading researchers for time magic at said university? I've practically seen every major time spell that has ever existed," Minuette explained nonchalantly. "Anyways, you mentioned Starswirl? Alright, so we're talking about time travel spells that bring the pony casting it into the past before returning them to the present, except in their new timeline. Ok then. It's interesting to see how the understanding of time travel and timelines has evolved in the magic community. What makes you interested in time travel spells?" Minuette asked as she nonchalantly summarized Starswirl's research in time magic while hiding the details she couldn't speak about in open company. 

"Well, being that I have issues with my past, I would hope it would not be a surprise to you that I have always pondered that what it would be like to change the past, live in a future, where things were different, I obviously have not Used it but I do admire such a incredible feet of magic.-also on a sidenote, I friggin love how you just called me "bruh" hahaha that is so cute."a cute smile, beaming across starlight face. "honestly I did not recognize you as the alumni of the university of Magic, but it is incredibly impressive how long did you go through your schooling?"Starlight set with great interest, wanting to understand minuette more.

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On 2024-05-07 at 12:01 AM, Magnolia said:

"It means freedom. I got my cutie mark when I realized I made my own choices, and I decided to use my own name as a sign of my refusal to go along with what the orphanage did to me." Magnolia said, and looked at her cutie mark with a slight pride in it.

"I see," Night Light nodded. "I can tell that you strongly value your independence. Hence, this is why we want to make sure you can set the boundaries you want with us."

 Velvet nodded in agreement to that statement.

"Perhaps while we're on the topic of cutie marks and talents, we could talk about what each of us in the family does," Twilight suggested.

"It sounds like you already know my story. For as long as I could remember, I admired Princess Celestia and was fascinated by magic. Due to that, I knew I had to apply to Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. However, I nearly blew my entrance exam if it wasn't for a rainbow explosion that caused my magic to surge. This magic surge caused me to pass the entrance exam with flying colors. That was the moment I knew I belonged at Celestia's school, and my cutie mark appeared!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Yup, and she's been our little magical student ever since!" Velvet added, nuzzling Twilight.

"Mom!"

"I suppose I'll go next. I'm an astronomer. I observe and chart all the celestial bodies in the night sky from the telescope at Twilight's University. I also work with Princess Luna's secretary involving any planning with said celestial bodies," Night Light explained.

"I'm a consultant that offers advice to any individual or organization in Canterlot involving the use of specific magic. If there's a specific task that needs to be done involving magic they aren't familiar with, I offer them advice," Twilight Velvet explained. "I'm also a part-time writer."

"Oh, and we can't forget about your brother Shining Armor. He's Captain of the Royal Guard here in Canterlot. While he's Twilight's older brother, he would be your younger brother. He loves defending other ponies and just like how Twilight always knew she wanted to be a part of Celestia's school for magic, Shining Armor knew he wanted to be a part of the Royal Guard. So that's a bit about us as a family," Night Light added.

On 2024-05-07 at 12:01 AM, Magnolia said:

Magnolia has heard of Ponyville before, however at least for right now she was unsure. "I would be alright staying with you for a bit - I am not sure about settling in anywhere permanently, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt for now." Magnolia agreed.

"Sure, we can let you move in on your own terms," Velvet replied.

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On 2024-05-12 at 10:36 PM, CocoCody said:

Starlight blinked a little bit at lyras suggestion, the brief pause being cut short by her desire to get an answer out quick. " Oh, okay. I am not totally against it but, it would sure be something different.. I guess it wouldn’t hurt to try democracy- and capitalism for once, Not gonna lie doing the finances was sure easier with how the old things were run heh.. it was kinda and equality thing with the bits too.., but in the name of friendship, I guess every pony having rights and liberties is the best thing to do lyra."

"Uuh, I'm not sure where you got the idea of how the town's economy should be structured when my comment was inherently about how the town's government should be structured. Yes, how one is structured would affect how the other is structured, but my comment wasn't about that. However, if I had quoted a different pony who said that inalienable rights are life, liberty, and property, I could see how you could potentially make that connection, but even then, it's still a stretch. The way I phrased what I said allows the townponies the most choice for how they want to live their lives. As several well-known ponies have said about the interaction between government and the economy, it is most important that..." Lyra rambled.

On 2024-05-12 at 10:36 PM, CocoCody said:

"You know what Moondancer, that sounds like a great idea, that would really help me out having somebody beside me and helping me through this."

Moondancer replied with a shy smile.

On 2024-05-12 at 10:36 PM, CocoCody said:

A huge Blossoming Grin flashed across starlight Face, tickling Lyra was surprisingly scratching it for her, no pun intended. "Well, that pony is an exception, I will tickle you all day long lyra -gah!!" She flinched in good nature as she could feel magical hands start to tickle starlight face. "oh it’s on now!!"

"This never gets old," Minuette smirked, watching the pair roll around on her living room floor. She effortlessly levitated the coffee table out of the way as she watched the shenanigans ensue. 

Lyra would try to dodge or block Starlight's attacks while at the same time, trying to tickle her back.

On 2024-05-12 at 10:36 PM, CocoCody said:

"Well, being that I have issues with my past, I would hope it would not be a surprise to you that I have always pondered that what it would be like to change the past, live in a future, where things were different, I obviously have not Used it but I do admire such a incredible feet of magic.-also on a sidenote, I friggin love how you just called me "bruh" hahaha that is so cute."a cute smile, beaming across starlight face. "honestly I did not recognize you as the alumni of the university of Magic, but it is incredibly impressive how long did you go through your schooling?"Starlight set with great interest, wanting to understand minuette more.

"I see," Minuette replied. "Well as somepony who studies time spells like this, I can understand why you might want to try this time spell. However, I can tell you that using Starswirl's time travel spell hardly ever ends well. Things can very easily go wrong. Have you heard of the butterfly effect?" Minuette asked. "As for how long I have studied at Celestia's School of Magic, well from when I joined in elementary school, to when I graduated from graduate school, twenty years. However, after graduating from the university, I've worked with the university in time magic ever since..." Minuette explained.

 

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On 2024-05-14 at 10:48 PM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Uuh, I'm not sure where you got the idea of how the town's economy should be structured when my comment was inherently about how the town's government should be structured. Yes, how one is structured would affect how the other is structured, but my comment wasn't about that. However, if I had quoted a different pony who said that inalienable rights are life, liberty, and property, I could see how you could potentially make that connection, but even then, it's still a stretch. The way I phrased what I said allows the townponies the most choice for how they want to live their lives. As several well-known ponies have said about the interaction between government and the economy, it is most important that..." Lyra rambled.

She nervously laughs as she low key throws away a copy of “ communism for dummies” behind her. “ oh and sorry about that, yeah, I definitely misheard what you said in terms of that.. I think probably the term “ free will “ is a good catch all for what the community should be moving for, agency, and the will to do what they want in their lives.” Starlight started to think with her hoof on her chin, giving an interesting look at Lyra “ I am quite amazed by your proclivity for social and government economics, I really didn’t expect that from the handy mare!”

 

On 2024-05-14 at 10:48 PM, Skylight Scintillate said:

This never gets old," Minuette smirked, watching the pair roll around on her living room floor. She effortlessly levitated the coffee table out of the way as she watched the shenanigans ensue. 

Lyra would try to dodge or block Starlight's attacks while at the same time, trying to tickle her back.

The room turned into like can only be subscribed as a tickle me Fantasia funfest, a beautiful playfulness undertook them, starlight having an unbreakable grin as she turned and tumbled away from projectiles, her eyes shooting intense gazes at Lyra as she danced jumps inches away from Lyras giant magic fingers. “ you can do better than that! Come on show me what you got!” Objects in the room, levitated and a gentle flow of kinetic movement.

On 2024-05-14 at 10:48 PM, Skylight Scintillate said:

"I see," Minuette replied. "Well as somepony who studies time spells like this, I can understand why you might want to try this time spell. However, I can tell you that using Starswirl's time travel spell hardly ever ends well. Things can very easily go wrong. Have you heard of the butterfly effect?" Minuette asked. "As for how long I have studied at Celestia's School of Magic, well from when I joined in elementary school, to when I graduated from graduate school, twenty years. However, after graduating from the university, I've worked with the university in time magic ever since..." Minuette explained.

Starlight glimmers expression grimaces at the thought, she does know about the consequences, although maybe that would not deter her in another universe, but this one she did study about. “ I think that I would like for you to teach me more about butterfly effect, I do know about the consequences. Maybe I do need a refresher.” Starlight was quite interested. “How long have you worked at the University? I might even have seen you around.”

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On 2024-05-16 at 12:29 AM, Magnolia said:

"Well, I find that all very interesting. Magic runs in the family - evidently. My special talent has to deal with freedom. The freedom to make my own choices, but it also has a dual meaning I have discovered in later years - justice. I often find myself in situations to where I am made to act against someone who is doing something wrong. It's hard to explain why I feel that way, but, I don't feel as if I would be...a good pony if I saw something wrong and let it happen." Magnolia said to them somewhat awkwardly but did her best to explain what her cutie mark meant. 

"Huh, that sounds kind of like Shining Armor's cutie mark. He's always defending what's right and protecting others from injustice. That's why he's captain of the guard in the Crystal Empire. Maybe you could join us to visit him in the Crystal Empire. I think it's very noble of you to care a lot about doing what's right, even when things are hard, for it is in the toughest situations where these morals shine," Twilight complimented.

After a few moments of silence, Twilight decided to ask "Is there anything you want to ask us? I feel like we're all just trying to figure out hwere to go from here but none of us are sure."

Velvet and Light Night nodded in agreement.

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On 2024-05-20 at 11:51 AM, CocoCody said:

She nervously laughs as she low key throws away a copy of “ communism for dummies” behind her. “ oh and sorry about that, yeah, I definitely misheard what you said in terms of that.. I think probably the term “ free will “ is a good catch all for what the community should be moving for, agency, and the will to do what they want in their lives.” Starlight started to think with her hoof on her chin, giving an interesting look at Lyra “ I am quite amazed by your proclivity for social and government economics, I really didn’t expect that from the handy mare!”

"Bruh you do realize we all went to the same university leading research in everything from magic to economics?" Lyra replied. "Free will is a good way of describing it. I'm sure we'll be able to figure something out that will work for your village."

On 2024-05-20 at 11:51 AM, CocoCody said:

The room turned into like can only be subscribed as a tickle me Fantasia funfest, a beautiful playfulness undertook them, starlight having an unbreakable grin as she turned and tumbled away from projectiles, her eyes shooting intense gazes at Lyra as she danced jumps inches away from Lyras giant magic fingers. “ you can do better than that! Come on show me what you got!” Objects in the room, levitated and a gentle flow of kinetic movement.

"Oh now she did it!" Twinkleshine pointed out the levitating objects by Starlight. Minuette Twinkleshine and Lemon Hearts all nodded to each other before the trio simultaneously began smacking the pair with pillows from where they sat on the couch. 

Meanwhile, Lyra was incredibly agile, weaving and dodging the attacks both from Starlight and the new attacks from the unicorn trio while weaving her magic to tickle Starlight. "Oh I'm just getting started!" she shouted back at Starlight.

On 2024-05-20 at 11:51 AM, CocoCody said:

Starlight glimmers expression grimaces at the thought, she does know about the consequences, although maybe that would not deter her in another universe, but this one she did study about. “ I think that I would like for you to teach me more about butterfly effect, I do know about the consequences. Maybe I do need a refresher.” Starlight was quite interested. “How long have you worked at the University? I might even have seen you around.”

"Well the butterfly effect is the idea that a tiny change in the past could result in a huge change in the present. For example, let's just say that a unicorn decides to go into the past and prevent her enemy, who she believes stole her cutie marks, from getting her cutie mark. To do this, she ends up blasting a pegasus with magic to throw her off course during a race. The unicorn achieves what she wants and nopony gets their cutie marks that day. However, the pegasi observing the race notice this attack by the unicorn, and there is a search of Cloudsdale for this unicorn. However, this unicorn never turns up in Cloudsdale. Instead, after broadening their search, they find a unicorn that almost fits the bill in Canterlot. The unicorn is brought to court in Cloudsdale and is found guilty. However, since this unicorn isn't the time-traveling unicorn, the unicorns think the pegasi started a witch hunt. Meanwhile, the pegasi despise the unicorns for attacking them out of nowhere and think the unicorns are hiding something. In turn, the unicorns think the pegasi are hiding something and starting conspiracy theories and such, and next thing you know, the time-traveling unicorn returns to the present, there is an all-out war between the unicorns and the pegasi." Minuette explained.

" But clearly, you wouldn't do that, right? I mean, cutie marks for cutie marks is just petty," Minuette said nonchalantly.

"As for how long I've been working at the university, two years. Six years if you include the time I worked in graduate school," Minuette remarked.

 

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On 2024-05-22 at 1:03 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Bruh you do realize we all went to the same university leading research in everything from magic to economics?" Lyra replied. "Free will is a good way of describing it. I'm sure we'll be able to figure something out that will work for your village."

Starlight was rather charmed by Lyra’s use of the word “Bruh” she was not used to search creative lingo where she came from. She let out the shrug, part of being a goodwill and also going with the flow.

On 2024-05-22 at 1:03 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Oh now she did it!" Twinkleshine pointed out the levitating objects by Starlight. Minuette Twinkleshine and Lemon Hearts all nodded to each other before the trio simultaneously began smacking the pair with pillows from where they sat on the couch. 

Meanwhile, Lyra was incredibly agile, weaving and dodging the attacks both from Starlight and the new attacks from the unicorn trio while weaving her magic to tickle Starlight. "Oh I'm just getting started!" she shouted back at Starlight.

Feather started to float up into the air, whizzing down into a flutter and seemingly floating in different directions, seemingly with whatever gust, the wind that carries edge, the sound of pillows clapping together, and creating a flurry of feathers was rather endearing, starlight had no frame of reference for this, all she could think of is pure joy. “ oh my God, Lyra, why are you so freaking agile?! “ starlight sputtered out as she was trying to keep up with Lyras agility, She could see the glow of Yellow magic, much of which reflected in starlight glimmer eyes. “ oh I could go all night Miss head and shoulder, knees and HANDS!”

On 2024-05-22 at 1:03 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Well the butterfly effect is the idea that a tiny change in the past could result in a huge change in the present. For example, let's just say that a unicorn decides to go into the past and prevent her enemy, who she believes stole her cutie marks, from getting her cutie mark. To do this, she ends up blasting a pegasus with magic to throw her off course during a race. The unicorn achieves what she wants and nopony gets their cutie marks that day. However, the pegasi observing the race notice this attack by the unicorn, and there is a search of Cloudsdale for this unicorn. However, this unicorn never turns up in Cloudsdale. Instead, after broadening their search, they find a unicorn that almost fits the bill in Canterlot. The unicorn is brought to court in Cloudsdale and is found guilty. However, since this unicorn isn't the time-traveling unicorn, the unicorns think the pegasi started a witch hunt. Meanwhile, the pegasi despise the unicorns for attacking them out of nowhere and think the unicorns are hiding something. In turn, the unicorns think the pegasi are hiding something and starting conspiracy theories and such, and next thing you know, the time-traveling unicorn returns to the present, there is an all-out war between the unicorns and the pegasi." Minuette explained.

" But clearly, you wouldn't do that, right? I mean, cutie marks for cutie marks is just petty," Minuette said nonchalantly.

"As for how long I've been working at the university, two years. Six years if you include the time I worked in graduate school," Minuette remarked.

Starlight experiences an odd déjà vu at the suggestion, she blinked her eyes a few times and straightened up as a wobbly smile appeared on her face. “oddly this gives me some crazy déjà vu vibes, weird. Hahaha.”- “but, yeah, in all seriousness, I do grasp a concept that you are bringing to me, actions have consequences and they can reverberate across time, think maybe an act revenge done upon somebody in time travel alters more than just the pony that you are angry with, but it completely puts the whole world in Jeopardy. Like imagine if one pony’s friendship was the bedrock of stability of a the entire kingdom?! Makes me think that, that kingdom was never really stable to begin with and maybe there is a reason in the fragility of time and space.”

“Welllll.. Not anymore, I would say, this realm ofthinking is quite new to me, but I want to assure you with a yeah, I would not do that or think of doing that anymore, again a huge part is proving to you guys that I take this seriously and, I understand the concepts that you bring to me, not gonna lie I was I was a pretty vindictive person- uhh 20 hours ago” She let a nervous chuckle. All “jokes”aside, yeah, that petty crap is not really relevant to me anymorenow that you guys are in my life.”

Starlight straightened up at Minettes remark, she was rather impressed, her eyes opening a little bit more attentive. “ wow I admire somebody who dedicates their time for education.” - “ how do you feel about working there so far, is it everything that you hoped for?”

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On 2024-05-22 at 12:36 AM, Magnolia said:

Magnolia looked to Twilight, and didn't seem to have much to say about Twilight's statement. "I don't consider it noble. I just consider it the right thing to do. Not everyone has a fancy crown, or their name everywhere like yours. Most ponies live their lives and are never known, or complimented for it. I think that it would be better for something to be addressed. I have avoided coming here, for a long time, because of the entitled nature of Canterlot ponies. I have a question to ask you. How can Celestia, and Luna, consider their reign morally just, while the folks who are right under their hooves are some of the most entitled ponies on the planet?" Magnolia asked in a calm, collected tone - as if what she was saying was a matter of fact. 

"Ok uh, I suppose that wasn't the right word to describe it. I think virtuous would be a better fit. Like, doing the right thing is important to you," Twilight corrected, blushing slightly.

"As for the attitude of the ponies here in Canterlot, well I'm not originally from Canterlot. Due to that, when I went to work for the Equestrian government to help with the night stars, I could tell that everypony treated me differently. I had to try much harder to prove that I belong. I agree that this is a problem. However, I'm not really sure how to fix it, given how much the aristocrats here are involved in the government," Night Light explained. 

"We agree as well," Twilight and Velvet nodded. 

"And I've always lived in Canterlot, but outside of my job, I don't really interact with the most snobby of the Canterlot aristocrats. I've got my own social circle of ponies here in Canterlot who share my interests," Velvet explained. 

"Yeah it turns out those aristocrats aren't into going over waterfalls in barrels," Night Light joked, which got an eye roll from Twilight Sparkle.

"If you want to talk to somepony who knows about this, I would suggest Lyra Heartstrings. She knows a lot about this," Twilight explained. "And speaking of my friends, I would add that not all Canterlot aristocrats are like this. Minuette, Twinkleshine, and Lemon Hearts are part of the Canterlot aristocracy, and they couldn't care less about this hierarchy. I'm sure you noticed how extravagant Minuette's house was. However, as you can see, not all of Canterlot is so snobby."

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On 2024-05-28 at 8:35 AM, CocoCody said:

Feather started to float up into the air, whizzing down into a flutter and seemingly floating in different directions, seemingly with whatever gust, the wind that carries edge, the sound of pillows clapping together, and creating a flurry of feathers was rather endearing, starlight had no frame of reference for this, all she could think of is pure joy. “ oh my God, Lyra, why are you so freaking agile?! “ starlight sputtered out as she was trying to keep up with Lyras agility, She could see the glow of Yellow magic, much of which reflected in starlight glimmer eyes. “ oh I could go all night Miss head and shoulder, knees and HANDS!”

While it would have been hard for Starlight to notice, Lyra smirked. It helped that she didn't have to see Starlight to know where she was, even as she rolled around dodging Starlight's attacks. "You might be good at this, but I'm still better than you!" Lyra replied.

On 2024-05-28 at 8:35 AM, CocoCody said:

“Like imagine if one pony’s friendship was the bedrock of stability of a the entire kingdom?! Makes me think that, that kingdom was never really stable to begin with and maybe there is a reason in the fragility of time and space.”

"Well yeah, that's why you don't do it," Minuette replied nonchalantly.

On 2024-05-28 at 8:35 AM, CocoCody said:

Starlight straightened up at Minettes remark, she was rather impressed, her eyes opening a little bit more attentive. “ wow I admire somebody who dedicates their time for education.” - “ how do you feel about working there so far, is it everything that you hoped for?”

"Well yeah, researching magic and creating new magical spells, especially those relating to time is really exciting to me! Sure, being the lead researcher in time magic makes me really busy, but there isn't any other job I'd rather do!" Minuette remarked.

"Busy!? You have so much free time! And that's after all your hobbies and all the events you attend in Canterlot and sleep like ten hours a day and whatnot," Twinkleshine exclaimed.

"Hey that's the benefits of studying time magic! I can make time for everything! So arguably, that makes me even busier!" Minuette joked back.

 

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On 2024-05-31 at 12:04 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

While it would have been hard for Starlight to notice, Lyra smirked. It helped that she didn't have to see Starlight to know where she was, even as she rolled around dodging Starlight's attacks. "You might be good at this, but I'm still better than you!" Lyra replied.

Starlight Glimmer was really enamored with how sassy and tricky Lyra was being, A rosy coloured deepening within her cheeks and a Smirk as big as her face will allow. This sort of calculation inspired her, She loved the challenge but she started to admire Lyra on a personal level For how clever she was, Picking up on the fact that she was Picking up on her movements. "Oh a little cocky now are we~ I like that alot!" Starlight buzzed with a playfulness that she's hardly ever had a chance to display, Starlight teleported around her with a few quick flashes of magic, Getting a few quick glimpses of positions that lyra was in, And then teleporting behind her and tapping her shoulder, but she knew that Lyra was on to her quickly.

On 2024-05-31 at 12:04 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

"Well yeah, that's why you don't do it," Minuette replied nonchalantly.

"Well, Where would be the fun in that?" She said obviously joking, a cheeky smirk come across her face like she was Proud of that comment.

On 2024-05-31 at 12:04 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Well yeah, researching magic and creating new magical spells, especially those relating to time is really exciting to me! Sure, being the lead researcher in time magic makes me really busy, but there isn't any other job I'd rather do!" Minuette remarked.

"Busy!? You have so much free time! And that's after all your hobbies and all the events you attend in Canterlot and sleep like ten hours a day and whatnot," Twinkleshine exclaimed.

"Hey that's the benefits of studying time magic! I can make time for everything! So arguably, that makes me even busier!" Minuette joked back.

Starlight glimmer laughed at twinkle shines addiction, " Seems like you really do have alot of time on your hooves, magic perhaps~?" Joking, with a hint of curiosity.

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Twilight used Magnolia's silence to hug her and the rest of her family again. While they still had many things to work out, she was glad Magnolia was able to reconnect with her family, and right now, nothing felt more right than that.

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On 2024-06-05 at 1:40 PM, CocoCody said:

Starlight glimmer laughed at twinkle shines addiction, " Seems like you really do have alot of time on your hooves, magic perhaps~?" Joking, with a hint of curiosity.

"Well, yeah, what kind of time magic researcher doesn't use the magical spells they research about to make more time for themselves and the ponies they care about?" Minuette replied. With this remark, Twinkleshine and Lemon Hearts leaned their heads on both sides Minuette, and the trio nuzzled each other lightly. 

"I love how you two make time for my sappy romance," Lemon Hearts said.

"Are you kidding? Your sappy romance is my favorite part!" Twinkleshine joked back as the trio's nuzzling got more affectionate. 

"Oh yeah, they're a throuple," Lyra whispered to Starlight. "Now, unless you want to see some really sappy romance between three mares, meet us at the train station tomorrow, and we'll head over to the Crystal Empire together to meet Sunburst."

On 2024-06-05 at 1:40 PM, CocoCody said:

Starlight Glimmer was really enamored with how sassy and tricky Lyra was being, A rosy coloured deepening within her cheeks and a Smirk as big as her face will allow. This sort of calculation inspired her, She loved the challenge but she started to admire Lyra on a personal level For how clever she was, Picking up on the fact that she was Picking up on her movements. "Oh a little cocky now are we~ I like that alot!" Starlight buzzed with a playfulness that she's hardly ever had a chance to display, Starlight teleported around her with a few quick flashes of magic, Getting a few quick glimpses of positions that lyra was in, And then teleporting behind her and tapping her shoulder, but she knew that Lyra was on to her quickly.

Lyra was initially caught off guard by Starlight's teleportation, and for a little bit, Starlight had the upper hoof. However, Lyra also had several magic spells up her sleeve to use. "Oh yeah? How about this?!" Lyra exclaimed as her horn ignited with another series of spells.

After what felt like forever, Lyra panted, "I definitely beat you there," as the dust settled down from their squirmish. If she was honest with herself, she kind of lost track of time. She also wasn't completely sure if she had beaten Starlight in a tickle fight. Usually, the winner was more clear whenever she did things like this. (It was almost always her.)

"Alright, that's enough of that," Minuette said as she magically put the feathers back into the pillows from before. And just like that, the extravagant living room was returned to how it was before the squirmish. Even the pillows were spotless. "It was nice meeting you. See you at the train station tomorrow?"

 

If Starlight didn't have anything else to say, the group would meet up again at the Canterlot Train Station. The sleeper train, along with Minuette, Twinkleshine, and Lemon Hearts would already be at the station when Lyra and Moondancer would arrive. "So, are we all ready to go?" Moondancer would ask everypony else.

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On 2024-06-11 at 1:19 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Well, yeah, what kind of time magic researcher doesn't use the magical spells they research about to make more time for themselves and the ponies they care about?" Minuette replied. With this remark, Twinkleshine and Lemon Hearts leaned their heads on both sides Minuette, and the trio nuzzled each other lightly. 

"I love how you two make time for my sappy romance," Lemon Hearts said.

"Are you kidding? Your sappy romance is my favorite part!" Twinkleshine joked back as the trio's nuzzling got more affectionate. 

"Oh yeah, they're a throuple," Lyra whispered to Starlight. "Now, unless you want to see some really sappy romance between three mares, meet us at the train station tomorrow, and we'll head over to the Crystal Empire together to meet Sunburst."

start like glimmer beamed with such a devilish allure of confidence and outright giggles, leaning her head to engage with the conversation along with lemon heart "Oooh juicy! Details, ladies, details!" a warm and profound intimacy, grabbed hold of her, she looked back at Lyra. "Okay, I can do that, but you know... I wouldn’t mind listening heh" The joy of the moment being sort of a distraction for her anxiety about meeting Sunburst, but she was off toward the right hoof. "all right, what time did we want to meet by the train station?" She was dead set now.

On 2024-06-11 at 1:19 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Lyra was initially caught off guard by Starlight's teleportation, and for a little bit, Starlight had the upper hoof. However, Lyra also had several magic spells up her sleeve to use. "Oh yeah? How about this?!" Lyra exclaimed as her horn ignited with another series of spells.

After what felt like forever, Lyra panted, "I definitely beat you there," as the dust settled down from their squirmish. If she was honest with herself, she kind of lost track of time. She also wasn't completely sure if she had beaten Starlight in a tickle fight. Usually, the winner was more clear whenever she did things like this. (It was almost always her.)

"Alright, that's enough of that," Minuette said as she magically put the feathers back into the pillows from before. And just like that, the extravagant living room was returned to how it was before the squirmish. Even the pillows were spotless. "It was nice meeting you. See you at the train station tomorrow?"

 

If Starlight didn't have anything else to say, the group would meet up again at the Canterlot Train Station. The sleeper train, along with Minuette, Twinkleshine, and Lemon Hearts would already be at the station when Lyra and Moondancer would arrive. "So, are we all ready to go?" Moondancer would ask everypony else.

when the dust settled from the fried, pillows and furniture, which twisted up like pretzels on the floor, it was absolutely hilarious, not a picture was straight on the wall in the rug was completely rolled up, Minette had worked her magic, making everything spotless, and guiding us towards our intended purpose.

 The next day at the train station, starlight had arrived on the edge of the wooden platform, she looked to the side and saw a bunch of them gathered off near the train, she could see smoke billowing from the stack of one of the trains, that looks like the one to the crystal empire, as she approached she could smell the distance, the concession stand and other pony and fillies walking by.

As Moondancer asked, it was quite straightforward, starlight arrived last and responded with a quick panted "Yes!" Like she was refilling her lungs after draining them from the strenuous walk, they started to roll on in into the interior of the train, she followed behind move dancer as we gathered into our personalized cabin, this part was going to be interesting, the train ride there.

 

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"Say, shouldn't Twilight be here? She's almost always punctual, especially with things like this," Twinkleshine remarked. "Oh there she is."

The group turned to watch a purple unicorn gallop down the platform, her luggage levitating in the air behind her. "I'm so sorry everypony. I know I agreed to go with you all to the Crystal Empire together, but I just got carried away at my parents' house with Magnolia and everything," Twilight explained as she tried to catch her breath. 

"Well let's board the train before it leaves all of us behind!" Twinkleshine replied. The remaining unicorns nodded as they levitated their luggage onto the train.

Once onboard the train, Lemon Hearts led the unicorns to their own train car. The train car was extravagantly decorated and had plenty of space for the seven unicorns to spread out and get comfortable. "Ta-da! What do you think? One of the perks of being a Canterlot aristocrat," Lemon Hearts exclaimed. The rest of the group would immediately stow their luggage away before spreading out and lounging on the couches and beds while snacking on the refreshments provided. With a sudden jolt, the train was on its way towards the Crystal Empire.

"The cool thing about a sleeper train is that they serve dinner, we go to sleep, and when we wake up, we're in the Crystal Empire," Lemon Hearts explained as she got comfortable. 

"Trust me, I was just as surprised when I found out my university friends are all aristocrats," Moondancer whispered to Starlight.

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Starlight glimmers eyebrows shot upward so hard they could’ve swore that her eyebrows left her face, she was very surprised to see twilight sparkle again, a deep amount of interest illuminating her face into a deep glow of fascination. “ oh twilight it is very good to see you again! What happened at your parents house?” She spoke as she got in line with the girls as they got onto the train one after the other, the door being shut behind them by the staff, as the train started to prepare to takeoff, A burst of steam could be here rushing through the smokestack as the wheels on the track started to spin the train forward, it felt like the whole gang was here now. starlight glimmer was escorted to her her own train car as she looked around and saw the beautiful embellishments in her door alone. “Wow.. I never saw such a beautiful door in my life lol.” She caught a glimpse of the lemon heart and smiled at her rather cheekily in humour. Starlight was rather relieved to hear that food would be provided on their trip, she was almost foaming at the mouth at the thought of eating. “ oh what a relief I am so freaking starving.” in speaking with Moondancer, starlight glimmers eyebrows, bounced up and down charismatically. “ aristocrats you say. I just imagined a bunch of fancy ponies in Ancient Ponetorian clothing haha”

 

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On 2024-06-28 at 1:36 PM, CocoCody said:

“ oh twilight it is very good to see you again! What happened at your parents house?”

Twilight appeared a little startled when Starlight asked her what happened. "Oh, well we discussed some private matters relating to our family. Things are going well, so let's just keep it at that," Twilight replied, not wanting to elaborate on what happened. The other unicorns hugged her as a greeting before Twilight took her own seat in the train car. 

On 2024-06-28 at 1:36 PM, CocoCody said:

“ aristocrats you say. I just imagined a bunch of fancy ponies in Ancient Ponetorian clothing haha”

"Sure, very funny," Lemon Hearts replied. "All of us have important roles to play in Canterlot."

On 2024-06-28 at 1:36 PM, CocoCody said:

“ oh what a relief I am so freaking starving.”

Not long afterward, a bell at one end of the car rang. "Oh dinner's ready!" Lemon Hearts exclaimed. She opened the door and pulled in multiple carts of extravagant courses. The other unicorns would also swing into action, setting up a table for all of them to eat at and laying out what seemed like a dozen utensils in front of each seat. Once everything was set up, the unicorns would take turns serving everypony else through each of the different courses. 

"So, what are some of your interests, Starlight? Is there anything interesting you're looking forward to doing in the Crystal Empire other than reconnecting with Sunburst?" Twinkleshine asked.

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On 2024-07-05 at 1:37 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Twilight appeared a little startled when Starlight asked her what happened. "Oh, well we discussed some private matters relating to our family. Things are going well, so let's just keep it at that," Twilight replied, not wanting to elaborate on what happened. The other unicorns hugged her as a greeting before Twilight took her own seat in the train car. 

Starlight respectfully took note of twilights reaction and decided to respond only with a gentle nod, retracting a little bit from her question, she pivoted something else. Starlight smiled loosely. “ well I’m glad to see you again, your friends certainly seem to miss you and I’m just glad to -get to know you a little bit more”

 

On 2024-07-05 at 1:37 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Sure, very funny," Lemon Hearts replied. "All of us have important roles to play in Canterlot."

A warmth spread through starlight cheeks, and she sat there with a thoughtful gaze. “ yes indeed, I think that we all have roles in life. Although, I try not to be married to mine, it’s more interesting to keep my options open.

 

On 2024-07-05 at 1:37 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Not long afterward, a bell at one end of the car rang. "Oh dinner's ready!" Lemon Hearts exclaimed. She opened the door and pulled in multiple carts of extravagant courses. The other unicorns would also swing into action, setting up a table for all of them to eat at and laying out what seemed like a dozen utensils in front of each seat. Once everything was set up, the unicorns would take turns serving everypony else through each of the different courses. 

"So, what are some of your interests, Starlight? Is there anything interesting you're looking forward to doing in the Crystal Empire other than reconnecting with Sunburst?" Twinkleshine asked.

At the delightful sound of “dinners ready!” stirred up a thunderous rumbling inside starlights stomach, she could not leap from her chair, fast enough, she was so hungry she could eat a tree. She then got her place at the table and found a sweet amount of excitement seeing the food served out onto plates. “ before we eat, lyra make sure the wash your hands!” She just had to say that, an amusement swelling up her cheeks.

” Oh my god well, since you asked. I am, uh kinda are- uh, like crazy into kites. Like, last summer I spent countless nights trying to soar higher in the sky, getting my wind ratios just right so I could soar it past the clouds! I love collecting them too, I probably 75 different models of kites…” her eye twitching “ I am also super passionate about my plant, his name is Phylis!” Starlight talked with deep passion swirling in her.

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On 2024-07-12 at 9:00 PM, CocoCody said:

A warmth spread through starlight cheeks, and she sat there with a thoughtful gaze. “ yes indeed, I think that we all have roles in life. Although, I try not to be married to mine, it’s more interesting to keep my options open.

"...Still don't really like cutie marks huh?" Twinkleshine asked. "Or do you just want to hop around trying many different things in life? If so, what kinds of things are you thinking about doing? I know I just love learning about cutie marks and how it connects to a pony's magic and what they do in life," Twinkleshine pondered.

On 2024-07-12 at 9:00 PM, CocoCody said:

At the delightful sound of “dinners ready!” stirred up a thunderous rumbling inside starlights stomach, she could not leap from her chair, fast enough, she was so hungry she could eat a tree. She then got her place at the table and found a sweet amount of excitement seeing the food served out onto plates. “ before we eat, lyra make sure the wash your hands!” She just had to say that, an amusement swelling up her cheeks.

” Oh my god well, since you asked. I am, uh kinda are- uh, like crazy into kites. Like, last summer I spent countless nights trying to soar higher in the sky, getting my wind ratios just right so I could soar it past the clouds! I love collecting them too, I probably 75 different models of kites…” her eye twitching “ I am also super passionate about my plant, his name is Phylis!” Starlight talked with deep passion swirling in her.

"Why are you into kites and plants? What is it that you like about them? Tell us more," Twinkleshine asked as every unicorn ate their dinner.

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On 2024-07-23 at 12:32 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

"...Still don't really like cutie marks huh?" Twinkleshine asked. "Or do you just want to hop around trying many different things in life? If so, what kinds of things are you thinking about doing? I know I just love learning about cutie marks and how it connects to a pony's magic and what they do in life," Twinkleshine pondered.

“Well…” starlight glimmer said with a large extended pause to her voice, looking down in deep thought for a moment and then looking back at twinkle shine. “ it’s not that I don’t like cutey marks, I have just had a complicated history with them, so I’m just a little apprehensive.” - “ I guess that’s where I’m at, I mean I’m just trying to find purpose at this point, trying to see what sticks, I mean, I could tell you for certain I would love to get into professional kite flying at the next pony Olympics.” Starlight smiled at twinkle shine, enjoying her enthusiasm. “ well maybe you could teach me more about cutey marks.”

On 2024-07-23 at 12:32 AM, Skylight Scintillate said:

Why are you into kites and plants? What is it that you like about them? Tell us more," Twinkleshine asked as every unicorn ate their dinner.

Starlight beamed with a proudly thoughtful expression on her face, she really liked that question from twinkle shine. “ well, I kind of fell in love with Phyl one day, he was just a small little guy when I found him near my hometown, I looked him in his adorable eyes, and I just knew that we were meant to be with each other, his little floppy stems and the way he smiles at me with his leaves. it really captures my imagination and honestly, he was my only friend during some rough periods in my life. And as for kiting! Oh boy, it’s a hobby that I’ve always kind of known, and when I started to fly kites for the first time, I love how free it feels to fly some thing in the air, there are no boundaries or restrictions to what you can do when given the space, I feel like sometimes they can go so high that I could go to the moon with it. I found it to be a hobby that I’m really good at, it’s very technical and involves a lot of statistics, but after a while, it’s just muscle memory and you can do any trick you want in your mind with such a simple ease. Flying makes me feel like I’m free for my troubles, it was one of the only things I felt like I had some control of a very vulnerable point in my life..”

 

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