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@@Midnight Scribbler,It did indeed bear reason... "Then maybe it's the opposite... he IS a pegasus so he doesn't need to chase them. Maybe he..." Midnight left his side and rushed on the hallway. "Wait! You need to calm down... are you sure you saw something? Are you sure it wasn't just your worries that made you think of them? Wait... someone might be watching us. Come on! After it!" 

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Midnight sat in the doorway of the room, there was nowhere for anypony to go from there, no other exits. Selune walked in from behind, seeing that there was nopony there, the room was bare, the bed unkempt, covers strewn about. There were sheets of paper lying around the floor with sketches on them. A single candle stood atop a chest next to the bed, and light spilled through the curtains into the dim room. "What's happening to me?" Midnight muttered. He gazed about the room, realizing something was wrong. "Th..this is my room. This is my apartment.. How? How is this possible? You didn't see Sunset walk in here just now? She was just there, r-real as you are right now." He looked frightened with the thoughts. He turned to peer into the room again, scratching behind his ear, revealing something to Selune unwittingly. A small metallic looking chip in his head, just where he'd been scratching.

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@, He looked frightened with the thoughts. He turned to peer into the room again, scratching behind his ear, revealing something to Selune unwittingly. A small metallic looking chip in his head, just where he'd been scratching.

Selune noticed the metalic piece on his head. "Don't even move. Stop scratching you ear... did you feel any strange sudden stings lately? How long have you been scratching that point?" This was making her have crazier thoughts by the minute. What if this thing on his head was controlling him? It would explain his hooves on the door, the hallucinations... and where there is a controll there is a controller. Edited November 6, 2013 by nioniosbbbb

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Scribbler stopped scratching, turning to Selune. He seemed confused, but replied. "I don't remember how long it's been bothering me, it's just itchy, and I've been having headaches.. Why, what's wrong?" He stood up, facing Selune "Something's wrong with me isn't there?" He had a fearful expression on his face, the colour was draining from his body, he felt faint with anxiety.

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He stood up, facing Selune "Something's wrong with me isn't there?"

Selune put a hoof on him. She lookad at him caringly trying to calm him."Calm down please... i will show you... but i need you to sit down and take a deep breath. Have you been having any memory blanks, hallucinations, weird mood shifts or anything?" she then waited patiently for him to relax before bringing two mirrors from the room to show him the spot he was scratching. Edited November 6, 2013 by nioniosbbbb

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Midnight thought for a moment, and realized his memory was completely blank before today.. Little snipets of his childhood remained, and some vivid memories of Sunset, from their meeting, and from the last night. But he was beginning to feel as though his mind wasn't being truthful anymore. He was seeing things, and his memory wasn't recalling things he thought should be memorable. He took a deep breath in, and sighed it out with a nervous quiver.

"I can't remember many things, I feel I should be able to. I don't remember last week at all.. I'm afraid Selune.."

His brain was overtaxing, trying to think of what had taken place in the days leading up to this one. He recalled vague shapes and muffled voices, but nothing coherent.

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@@Midnight Scribbler, Seeking to reassure him of the future Selune grabbed him in a tight hug patting him in the back. "Everything is gonna be fine... we'll get to the bottom of this. I'm your friend... and i'm not leaving your side. The sure thing is that we need to remove this thing... and i think that it will be a good time to check on Cloackwork Green's loyalty on our cause. He has a specialty on machinery right? I am tempted to remove this contraption from your head but i have no idea what collateral damage i might cause to your brain... we need to fully remove this... and it being intact might lead us to the culprit of this... maybe it will restore some of your memory who knows? Until we do... i need you to stay by my side no matter what... understood?"

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Midnight hugged Selune tightly, afraid of what he couldn't remember, the thought of being toyed with mentally was not pleasant by any stretch. But having a friend with him helped, he knew this wasn't good, but he wasn't about to go off on his own now, not knowing what could happen next. Not being able to trust his eyes for seeing.

"I'm with you Selune.. I can't trust myself right now, I don't know what this thing is, and I don't remember how it got there. I don't remember it being there before." He rubbed the cold square shaped piece of metal. "Selune.. I might be dangerous to you with this on.. whatever it is. I have a bad feeling I broke out of my own apartment.. I don't usually have that sort of strength, the door is shattered. What if I do something? I..I don't want to hurt you."

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@@Midnight Scribbler, "I was once afraid of my own magic... afraid i might be considered a changeling, afraid that my friends wouldn't like it, afraid to even use it. I locked myself away from others thinking it was for their own good... But now i am helping people, i am helping you... do not worry about me... i can protect myself and pacify you if needed. Don't give up on hope just yet..."

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Midnight felt comfort in Selune's words, taking a deep breath, he pressed his horn against hers.

"I trust you." The only words he could conjure up from the turmoil of what was in his head at the moment. His worst fear now was weather or not Sunset was even real, or had he imagined the whole thing?

 

He took a moment to clear his mind, stifling the mess, and focusing. He looked at the mess in the entrance. "Let's get this place cleaned, then we should try to get something pieced together with what we know. There has to be more to this, Clockwork mentioned his assistant had medical knowledge, he didn't. So it couldn't have been him that put the thing in my head.. Unless there's more to him that he won't let on about."

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Muddle looked up at Sidesplitter, and then looked back into the hotel. She could still see many ponies in the lobby, and even one that was peaking at her from behind the door. She turned towards Sidesplitter and asked, "Do we have~" Her words were cut off, and all she could hear was a stern, "Walk."

 

She shook her head up and down; and forced a smile. Then she slowly followed Sidesplitter towards their room.

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Keeping a close eye on Muddle, her and Sidesplitter rode the elevator all the way up to the 3rd floor. Upon reaching the door, she grabbed her keys to the room, unlocked it, and swung open the door to showcase its luxuries.

 

"Well, here's where you'll be staying! Pretty cool huh?"

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The two ponies enter their hotel room. Sidesplitter begins to notice her bags have been opened, and her things are everywhere. A unicorn mare stands in the far end of the hotel room, facing out the window, her mane is frizzed. She turns around to face them. Her eyes are blank, and emotionless. Her mouth hangs open, and her coat is tattered and dirty looking. Seeing the two ponies enter, she sparks her horn, and teleports away instantly, leaving a wisp of purple smoke. Blood stains the carpet where she stood.

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"....Muddle?"

 

Sidesplitter had closed her eyes shortly for a dramatic effect, but once she opened them, all she could see was Muddles downright horrified expression, and the terror that happened in her room. She barely saw some unicorn out by the window, looking emotionless, possessed even. She started to cough after the mare teleported, leaving smoke everywhere for some odd reason.

 

"Oh my Celestia....what the buck is going on in this town?!?"

Edited November 7, 2013 by ovr9000percentcooler

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Muddle looked on in horror, as the pony vanished before her very eyes. She could hear her hooves shaking, and she screamed, "This is why I hate freaking hotels!" She let out a high pitched scream and tried to run away, but her shadow tripped her; and kept her nailed to the ground. It would be rude to leave the other mare alone after all right? 

 

"Muddle! it's gone. Calm down."

 

"Calm!" She continued to panic on the ground, unable to move from her spot. She did this, for a moment until her energy and fear had vanished. "Better?" She made a small grunt to say that she understood. "Now you should really go and see how your mare friends doing."

 

She slowly got up, and walked back to where Sideplitter was standing. She wasn't concerned with whatever odd look she would get from her, "I can deal with that later," but she did want to know if she was alright.

Edited November 7, 2013 by danzxc123

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Sidesplitter eventually got a hold of herself after several deep breaths, trying to calm down. Thr scene was absolutely terrible, her stuff was broken into, blood covered the floor, the room was a morbid wreck. She winced when Muddle shrieked right in her ear, and was very weirded out when she, for some reason, had a particularly hard time getting up after tripping. Sideplitter at this point didn't care what was going on with Muddle and her shadow, she wanted answers.

 

"Come on inside, I think it's safe now..."

 

Sidesplitter slowly entered the hotel room, looking around the crime screen & trying to come up with an explanation, reasonable or not...

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The blood on the carpet, seemed to have been on the mare's hooves, as the only sign of it was in hoof prints around the room. They had dried mostly, some specks of blood were around the prints, but nothing major. The things that had been picked through seemed to be mostly clean, and nothing appeared to be missing.

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Sidesplitter went through all her baggage to find nothing important missing at all, and realized the blood around the room had been on the mares hooves before she made her grand escape. "What was she even doing in my room to-...wait..." Sidesplitter concentrated intensely, but she could barely recall what the mare looked like. "Could it...no, her? She's the victim, why- UGH." She was confused beyond belief. Could it be Sunset who was in their room? If so, why? Why would she turn on Scribbler like that? So many questions....

 

"Muddle, I know you're not very comfortable right now, but I need your help....you saw the mare, right?"

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@@ovr9000percentcooler, @@Midnight Scribbler,(can I get a description of what Muddle saw.)

 

Muddle was still standing in the door way. She thought it was a terrible time for Sidesplitter to start making jokes. "Go inside where the demented unicorn is, right. Checking out." 

 

I need your help

As Muddle heard this she felt shooked and hurt at the same time. No one had ever really needed her help, they were always to afraid she would mess something up; but now... She turned around and took a cautious step inside. "We~re should I begin?"

 

"Nice save."

Edited November 7, 2013 by danzxc123

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"We~re should I begin?"

"Well, first off, one of us needs to report this to the manager here. We need to warn the guests staying here to prevent any more kidnappings, I assume. The next thing is to get this info to both Midnight & the inventor guy....Clockwork, that's right. I'm sure this will make a big advance in our search, for better or worse.....you did catch what she looked liked though, right? Because, well this might seem like jumping to conclusions, but....that might have possibly been Sunset..." She said, slightly nervous about making such an idea. Edited November 7, 2013 by ovr9000percentcooler

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@@Midnight Scribbler, "One way or the other we need to get him to reveal anything he knows... no worries. If he doesn't want to help... then we'll just have to make him right? I mean... if we  he won't be able to handle several able-bodied ponies. The k at once... anyways... let's not jump into conclusions. I reallyHe might be suffering from the same thing. We need to check on all the others too... it would be a mistake not to."

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Midnight nodded "You're right, we should gather with everypony before too long. The day's almost over.." He trotted over to the window, peering out. The sun was beginning to get lower in the sky. They only had a couple more hours of daylight to spend, and he didn't want to waste any time.

"We'll need to get moving if we want to catch them all before the sun goes down."

With that, he walked back over towards the entrance, and began picking up the pieces of the door, reassembling them with his magic.

"I just need to fix this before we leave, I'll worry about the mess later."

 

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(Storyline update)

The day begins to fade, only a couple hours of sunlight remain. The criminal is still on the loose, but who? Suspects a plenty, and the clock is ticking.. The pendulum swings as the seconds roll by, every moment could bring danger. Where or when is anypony's guess.

Clouds begin to gather in the horizon, and the sound of thunder can be heard faintly rumbling in the distance.

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"Well, you did catch what she looked liked though, right? Because, well this might seem like jumping to conclusions, but....that might have possibly been Sunset..."

"I-I think I did, but I don't know if it was sunset. she had a-" muddle tried to go through her thought and recall what she saw, but noting came to mind. Her shadow spoke to her and she was able to continue her description. "It was a little dark. I really only saw a bluish or purple mane... But Im sure her coat was purple, and..."

 

[she had eyes like mine.]

 

"...That was it. Does that fit sunset?"

 

[no reaction? Impressive, what ever changed don't forget it.]

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"...That was it. Does that fit sunset?"

 

 

"...I don't know, I don't think I heard what she looked like, but honestly, I can't think of any pony else I know who might be the culprit. Midnight should definitely know, he's her boyfriend after all, so that's why we need to meet up with the others now, before it gets dark again."

 

Sidesplitter looked out the window. The sun was already beginning to set, they needed to get a move on. As far as she could tell, there wasn't much else to inspect anyways. They both headed for the elevator again.

 

"Oh, and sorry about that whole thing, I'm sure we can find another hotel, or we can always bunk at Midnights or Clockworks place."

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"Maybe, and no." As Muddle followed Sidesplitter in a fast paced trot she looked towards her left with an questioning glare. It seemed her shadow knew exactly what she would ask. "we can: stay at Midnights. We will not: stay at clockworks, for multiple undisclosed reasons." Muddle's shadow hoped that if it used words that Muddle didn't know understand, she would just ignore what it said; but it under estimated her curiosity.

 

As the two headed towards Clockwork's house in what seemed to be a sprint. Muddle found the time to ask Sidesplitter, "What's the meaning of undisclosed?"

Edited November 8, 2013 by danzxc123