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Felicity stood at the edge of the Alcyone, where the complex interplay of simulation fields and her implants fooled her senses into thinking she was looking out on the barren void of space. If she squinted just so, she could see one star that was brighter than all the others, its welcoming orange glow the herald of what they’d come to find.The planet of course would be far too small to see at this distance. But she wanted to keep looking, as though the familiar call of life would cry out to her through…-
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Blake wasn't entirely certain the diversion to Ponyville would be worth the cost in effort. But considering he'd nearly barbequed half the team recently, he didn't think of his own position as particularly enviable. It was time to be in the background, cooling off and taking the 'L.' More importantly, maybe less direct leadership would mean more time to figure out the alien instincts of this body.The simple exhaustion after the first outburst was enough to help him start recovering—all those flames…-
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All things considered; Jordan was not having a particularly good day.It wasn't just that her time with Blake had been rudely interrupted, though considering the hours she had spent getting up the courage to try any of that, it was certainly a factor. Rather, it was that her attempts to get anywhere with Blake had been interrupted by a ship of evil pirates bent on killing them all.Jordan was no fighter, despite what she'd had to do. Anyone could fight for their survival if it came down to it. But against a…
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Harlequin was no stranger to the look of the changeling prison as the pony guards escorted her down. After all, she’d been there when much of it was dug. She knew about each of the fortifications in place, knew where each of the attendant guards would be standing, and was ready for them. What she didn’t expect was the blacksmith waiting at the end of the ramp. “Another straggler, huh? Will we need to get it out again?”“Likely,” said one of the guards. “Pretty elaborate scheme going to replace…-
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Share with Nobody (43%)Wayfinder spent a few minutes agonizing over who to share her information with. Ruby was more reliable, and despite their falling out, she could still trust her in ways that Peter hadn't earned yet. On the other hand, Peter was the one who'd been teaching her magic the last week. If anyone deserved to share what she was learning, it was him.But if she brought them both, they'd butt heads—Peter did not get along very well with Ruby. I'll just read first, then tell them both what I…-
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In an instant, Vesper was plunged back into the fire and blood. On the worst day of her life, she had already been here—surrounded by screams, as her group and the evil pirates struggled for survival. Yet she had fought then like her life depended on it, because it had.She still saw that dagger in her nightmares, and the griffon bleeding and gasping before he died. She still saw the spectral outline of the captain before his feathers and flesh turned to ash, and blackened bones crumbled to the deck.Yet…
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It didn't matter how hurt she was, and how badly she probably needed it; Vesper couldn't sleep. The moon was high, and with it her anxiety. The rescue was successful—Kaelynn was free, and a terrible pony who had caused harm to so many wouldn’t be able to hurt anypony else again. It was the kind of results she might've called a "huge success".But now Equestria knew about them. They were no longer hidden, and their reveal had hardly been positive. Everything Twilight said about the stupidity of their…
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"Two weeks of community service."Blake had a lifetime of stupid things to his name. He had the entire walk to the throne room to imagine ways the ponies might punish them. He hadn't considered anything like that. Prison, execution, banishment... maybe something weird and magical like being turned to stone.They'd done more in half a dozen different countries. Or at least, they'd been sentenced to more, before they found a way to get out of it. Here that was part of the equation. "Fair," Vesper said, from…
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Kyle spent the next few hours with her laptop, studying her magical instructions. Well, she still wasn’t sure any of it was magical, but given the instant response on her agreement spell it did seem like a safe bet. It was a bit like learning an entirely new branch of mathematics, without the years of lower-level instruction to make her prepared for it. Mostly she stared at the screen, scrolling through pages and trying to feel something that wasn’t there. Monday said this was one of the easiest spells…-
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Sweet Sauce listened quietly from the side-corridor, remaining as still as he could. His elder sister was no bat pony, with hearing that could pierce walls and stone alike. But she was still an Alicorn, one who had survived countless assassination attempts, fought in ages long passed, and had a body coursing with incredible amounts of magic. If she discovered him lurking here before the time was right, she could treat him like an assassin.If that happened, his adoptive parents might be implicated in the…-
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