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Bit worked.This was nothing new—the essence of her existence was labor. She felt no resentment at that fact, since that would require comprehension of those feelings in the first place. Bit knew only that she had a purpose to fulfill, a goal always slipping further, ever-renewing.Her home was a tower, larger and grander than any other structure in the city of Zircon. She did not know that name of course, or even what a "tower" was. But while she worked to keep the windows clean, she often took an extra…-
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There was something subtly unnerving about seeing Ponyville so completely deserted that there weren’t even ponies to stare at her as she walked past outside their windows. She knew they must still be there, cowering somewhere. Ponyville’s population had learned well by now to lay low whenever there was danger and wait for the princess and her friends to make the town safe again.Unfortunately for them, the princess and her friends were exactly the danger right now. Twilight didn’t feel particularly…-
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If Ocellus had her way, she would climb back aboard the ship and abandon this foolish mission. The cause might be just—spreading friendship to those who would otherwise be attacking allied creatures in the Stellar Compact—but it was also doomed. Like Cozy Glow, sometimes a creature was so evil they just didn't want to be friends.But Twilight's desperation was palpable in everything she wrote. There was no denying that feeling might be shared by the other creatures of the Compact. Equestria hadn't…-
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Nightmare Night in Ponyville was basically what Tracy was expecting. The entire town had been decorated overnight in simultaneously adorable and ineffective holiday trappings. These included plenty of fall colors, and flowers from the flower stand. The crowd waiting outside wasn't nearly what he'd experienced at the spring festival, when visitors from distant parts had come to experience the local culture. Rather, it was clear that only Ponyville locals would be celebrating tonight. Yet the cultural…-
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The destruction of Luna’s shield spell did no damage to the city.But now there were hundreds of ships, so close that even Hayden’s worst cannon crews couldn’t have missed them if they tried. Hayden watched as almost every shot scored a kill, watched as ship after ship tumbled to the ground outside the city. But some kept moving, crashing down onto the walls or tearing up houses right on the edge.Hayden winced with each crash, praying that none of her own men were down there to be crushed under the…-
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She spent the next several hours alone. Shiloh turned the screen on, and started cycling it through news channels. Most of them were talking about boring stuff like the evacuation, but a few had said more about him. They had actual special forces out there looking for him. She cried some, but not as much as she expected. Mostly she surrounded herself with the stuffed toys, explaining her various plans of escape. They didn't reply, but she could imagine they did. They spoke with the voices of…-
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Ocellus should’ve been able to use her changeling senses to probe out into the jungle, feeling at the emotions of dangerous predators and leading her group to safety.She should have been able to do that. Unfortunately for her, the emotional senses she had relied on for her entire lifetime just weren't working.As night descended on the jungle, and the sweltering heat of the sun finally passed beyond the horizon, hundreds of voices split the night. Primal screams were joined by guttural howls, the…
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The next thing Hayden knew, he was on his back in the sand, staring up at a glass ceiling. Everything hurt, but some parts more than others. Something blocked his vision at first, and he reached up to brush it away. Long strands of something pink, hanging in front of his eyes. His hair had changed! "L-Liz?" he whimpered, reaching for her. The voice was wrong—it sounded like the one from his vision. That made his heart start to race, and panic flood into his chest. "Liz, where are…-
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Felicity understood on an emotional level that Harmony shouldn’t be able to act with a grudge. The program was a shallow copy of something far greater, but still it should be governed by the real Harmony’s rules. After defying Harmony’s instructions, it felt like the machine was ignoring her. In an instant she went from the constant questions and pressures of the machine to dead silence, broken only by mechanical-sounding translations. But Felicity didn’t complain, or make any visible sign that she…-
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Bit might not have the Wizard with her to remind her of her duties, but that didn't matter. Her commitment to her responsibilities was fundamental. She could no more give them up than she could abandon her post.Still, many days of reflection on her task led her to another powerful realization. She had been told to take from the supply shelves and clean, and not stop until the task was done. But the Wizard wouldn't care how she cleaned, would he? So long as the result was the same, she could achieve it some…
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