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There was already a crowd gathered by the time Hayden made it to the shore. Many of those were Sunyshore's permanent residents, shopkeepers like his parents, or workers in the various factories and nearby mine. None of those spared him a glance as he slipped off the walkway, then hopped the low wall to get back onto the streets proper. At least until they noticed the daemon floating along beside him. Someone dropped a large bundle of cloth directly in front of him, which rolled slowly across the…-
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Amie couldn’t really run anymore.Her strange new body didn’t seem injured, despite the openings in her legs. She saw no blood emerging from those holes, or anything worse. But just because she wasn’t dying didn’t mean she was okay.She hobbled through the underbrush, which looked distinctly larger than she remembered. Grasses and wildflowers made it past her knees. Where there were no trails of trees, the foliage grew thick enough to make her vanish completely. Part of Amie wanted to walk that way,…-
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Orson wouldn’t have called himself tech-ignorant, but even so he felt with each passing second that he must be doing something wrong. The glasses settled onto his face, then each glove resting securely in place. It felt more like he was about to go for a long bike-ride, except the rest of his clothes didn’t match.“I must’ve done something wrong,” he muttered, mostly to himself. He should’ve just waited for Kit like he’d promised, and she would be able to make all of it work without too much…-
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Lyra Heartstrings probably wouldn’t have been able to say what she was expecting from the ruin of a pre-Equestrian civilization. What little of this period in history was known was thanks to the handful of objects that had come with the first settlers in Equestria. There would be pottery, a few worked copper objects, and probably a star-worshiping religion.Yet their history contained another civilization—or else the same one, seen from another angle. Ponies who built incredible armor that could resist…-
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4. Let Spike Decide (He’ll be awake anyway, might as well let him choose once there’s more information)"I can't decide right now," Twilight said, pushing the tablet back with her magic. Spike caught it in his claws, frowning. "You've got to decide," he said. "It takes a long time to build a lander, Twi.""I know!" she grinned down at him. "And you'll be around to make the right choice. Wait until the probe gets there, then do what seems best." She hopped up onto the table, wincing visibly as the…-
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Hey sis, you still up? It took him several hours to send the text. But after a long shower, an unhealthy meal of too much comfort food, and a few minutes quiet meditation he found the evidence and memories of his adventure remained. Maybe the girl’s appearance could be rationalized away, maybe even her behavior. Her voice had been different, so there was that. But nothing he could come up with could explain the twisted stick of polished wood that still made his fingers tingle every time he touched it.…-
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The disused mine up on the back hill proved to have been barricaded to prevent further escapes. An hour or so and a crowbar later, and they could use the lift to start bringing trapped miners back up. Just in time too: the rain had flooded the mine, and the water level had continued to rise. The storm seemed to have lost interest in the complex once the battle was complete, but even so most of the Refugees emerged wet as well as hungry.Alex made sure she was out of sight as this happened, hoping the miners…-
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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 took a few steps back from the workbench, appreciating her masterpiece. Hundreds of hours of work were plainly visible to her here, from every hastily shaped bit of metal wire to the scrawling runes around the outside. The construct hummed, its solid gold frame faintly luminous in the moonlight streaming in from outside. It was true that Star Swirl’s mirror was far finer than this—but that was his magnum opus. Twilight had weeks, and the pressure of an upset Alicorn mother breathing down her…-
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Harlequin led the way through Canterlot Caverns, with S following close at her hooves. The caves were so large she knew she could get lost forever if she went the wrong way. Ponies hadn’t really done much to change the caves when they built the place, just sealed up every exit they knew of and hoped for the best. That could mean there’s a way out of here, if we can find it. The caves could go through the whole mountain. The Swarm could easily accomplish a task like that, exploring it with a growing…-
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