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It began near dawn, when Ponyville was at its quietest. Second Chance rested soundly in bed, sleep no longer light or troubled with nightmares. There would not have been very much for her to hear even if she had been awake. Chance couldn’t hear the grinding sound as lasers sliced clean through the glass and shutters of her lab. There were none awake to see the hoof-full of drones that poured in through the opening, each smaller than a football. Thick cable spooled out behind the last of the group, even…-
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Across all her many years, Archive met many refugees she helped cope with their new lives. But alicorns were still just individuals, however powerful they might be. Her guidebook had already been completed, and the spell cast to send the many copies of it forward.Even though she couldn’t care for everyone, there were some lives Archive simply could not leave to the indeterminate whims of time. She built a house, kept it the way she remembered it, and that worked pretty good in the end.But there was one…-
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“You could still change your mind,” Cinnabar said, his voice cheerful as they walked through Equestria. They had a destination here in Manehattan, though of course it was also possible to transit directly to the system they wanted to visit. But Equestria made you pay in bits for that, and rewarded you when you indulged the world in its verisimilitude.Just now, Dakota wouldn’t mind a little walk. Her limp was finally gone, her breathing clear. Her body was working about as well as could be expected,…-
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Twilight’s castle smelled. Flurry Heart wasn’t exactly surprised by this discovery—there were many ponies packed into a tiny space, with a well that could just barely give them enough water to drink. Even so, teleporting in was a bit like being hit with several of the most traditional earth-pony barns all at once.The mystery of what had happened to most of Ponyville was immediately solved: the entire bottom floor had been transformed into a camp. Tables had been turned sideways to make into little…-
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Lucky advanced through the ancient facility, conscious of every quiet second, every hoofstep. Mogyla and Abubakar brought up the rear just behind her, protecting them from an ambush. Forerunner led them from passage to passage without much slowdown, except when they reached a place where mobility was required. Just as in Transit, there were places where flight was apparently expected, to cross between different elevations.Crossing Transit had only been possible thanks to the large number of flying…
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Sarah found suddenly that she could move again. Her limbs seemed to come unglued from the seat under her, and the squeezing around her legs finally stopped. If I never ride a fucking jumper again it will be too soon. She yanked free of the restraints, but found she didn’t have to pull very hard; Forerunner had already released them.Compared to the constant brightness of the interior during the flight over, the gloom of the jumper now felt surreal. Is that because there’s nothing to see? She stopped in…
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Ashton’s world didn’t end right away.But from that moment on his father was fiercely focused on their departure. They had enough money now that he didn’t have a work shift, and thus had as much free time as he wished to prepare.Contrary to what Ashton might’ve expected, he didn’t pull him from school and flee into the unknown. Dad made that clear the next morning, when he tried to sleep in. “You’re going to class,” he said, flipping on all the lights. “An inspector is going to talk to…-
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“I, uh…” Dakota blinked. “I’m not really a pony, Pinkie. I don’t know how to fly.”She only grinned in response. “Yeah, I know. I just wanted to see what you’d say.” She bounced back a few steps, then emerged on her other side. “There are systems for immersion training, but they’re in pre-alpha since the number of you who can plug in right now is like…” She looked away, biting her tongue. “Seventy-three. Wait, no. Seventy four now. Still, kinda out of scope for how much time…
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Apple Bloom paced nervously back and forth at the door to their private car, the clopping of her hooves loud enough to hear even over the rumbling of the train. There wasn't much room for her to pace; barely three steps and she had to turn around with a flash of her rose tail and growing agitation to her body. "You haven't been away from home this long before, have you?"Apple Bloom paused briefly in her pacing, her mane buzzing around her face like sparks. "It's not bein' away from home." Chance had never…-
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Comox had only one type of accommodation: small, thinly insulated group homes which provided a large sleeping mat for several individuals and not a lot else. Alex did not share hers with any deer— not since Stride had a mate and many fawns of her own. She didn't have the little building to herself— she had two apprentices, who continued to pretend around her that they weren't in a relationship. She, cordially, pretended she didn't notice.Alicorns needed less sleep than ordinary ponies, which had proven…
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