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Jackie had been to many strange places in her years. She’d seen the end of life, and beyond it. Felt the corrupting touch of necromancy, and even plunged headfirst into the gnawing void and returned with her soul intact.But in spite of all that, she still caught her breath as she passed into the center of the Breezie capital, and saw it for the first time.A shell of something like glass floated in the center of an incredible space—probably only a dozen meters or so, but unthinkably vast at her current…-
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Flynn stared at the rectangular package on the bed in front of him. It was wrapped in brown paper; the same kind people had once used to contain old packages. Not only that, but it had been tied up with twine—almost like it had been decorated. Flynn’s hands were weak, and he barely had the strength to pull the envelope out from inside. Down the hall, he could hear the happy squealing of his fellow children—an uncommon sound indeed in St. Justin's Hospice. Something exciting must be in these packages.…-
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Metal ground on stone above them, an ominous, sustained rattle. None of them spoke: there were no plans to formulate, nothing to do but hide and wait. Eventually something whined and scraped on stone, and something rattled down the shaft. A steel cage of sorts, apparently winched down by cable. There were two soldiers inside, both in something like riot gear, massive weapons over each shoulder. Jacob had never actually seen the ECU in action, but he recognized the patches on their shoulders. They hopped…-
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The door opened a crack, barely wide enough to see a gray unicorn with a single blue eye. Seemed strange that a horse could grow such a large beard. "Go away. I already paid my tax for this month."The door glowed faintly as the unicorn moved to stop it, but Golden stuck his hoof into the gap. "Wait. We're not who you think."Starlight squeezed in just behind him, so they could both look through the opening. That mare clearly didn't care much about his personal space anymore. "Please let us in! Equestria…-
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"You can't exist," Ilene told her, the first day she arrived at her private cabin deep within Mew lands. "When the airship crashed, it took my brother and father with it. There are no others." Hayden nodded her agreement, since this was clearly true. There was something simplistic about the logic of a steel type. No reason to get emotional about the facts—they were true, if limited in their scope. Strange just how little a legendary with powerful Unity could change over such an…-
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"We're going!" Felicity shouted, directly at the screen. Of course she wasn't sure if Escape Gear would even be able to hear her. Was Manny transmitting her words, the way he had before? Now that she thought about it, there was probably something to that idea. Harmony could interpret what she said, and transmit her words in another form. "Manny, can you send a message with pheromones? We should tell the custodian ship we're friendly in a language they understand!"There was a long pause, long enough that…-
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Tracy yanked off oversized clothes as he ran, ditching his shirt and jacket in the hall between his office and Janet's. The pants were a little more stubborn—he couldn't get those off without stopping. The sound of running, terrified people followed him like a wraith, so close it sounded like they might tackle him at any moment.But none did, and he made it all the way to his office, passing dumbfounded coworkers and confused secretaries along the way. By the time he kicked the door shut, he could hear a…-
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For a long time the Alicorn only looked at her. Oracle’s knowing glances were always infuriating, the way he always let on that he knew something she didn’t. And more often than not, he did.“You’re constructing an Imperial spell,” he eventually said. He didn’t get up—maybe he couldn’t. The chair itself was made of metal instead of cloud, with a few glowing screens whose purpose she couldn’t guess. But the tubes attached directly to Oracle’s underbelly, at a metallic gasket that…
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No, only Hazel can be trusted. 52%It wasn't that Wayfinder didn't believe that Peter was on her side. He'd sacrificed as much as she did to get Ruby released, even though the mare was only an acquaintance to him. He had no obligation to offer anything, not even advice. Yet he'd saved and sacrificed and risked. But for all that, something about the way he ended up with Lance just didn't sit well with Way. He'd been a soldier before he was anything else, with deep connections to the same base that once…-
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Phil lay crumpled on the muddy ramp, his coat caked with filth and blood. The cold seeped through his bones as he struggled to move. His once-proud wings were still bound, trapping him on the ground. Not that he had anywhere to fly to—the sky overhead was solid stone. He wasn't sure how long he spent lying there, barely breathing. Phil knew pain and defeat—no player could climb as high as he had without facing his fair share of sacks and interceptions. No loss on the field could ever equal the stakes…
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