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Use Spike's help to discover what Cozy was up to 55%Twilight watched Cozy burn. One too many times she’d trusted that this pony was dealt with—but each and every time, she’d proven her wrong. She wouldn’t be waiting for her to ruin something else she loved.The furnace eventually went dark, opening to reveal a tiny container of pale ash. Ordinarily their biowaste would go into the greenhouse—but something felt wrong about doing that to the corpse of a pony, even a terrible enemy. She dumped the…-
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Amie took the princess through her nest, one floor at a time. She ignored the pointed stares of Natane, and the eyes of the queen watching through them. Her incredible disguise of an Equestrian casualty was instantly replaced, leaving her as an uninteresting pony. She was not the only one—hundreds of Amie's swarm had other bodies of their own now. Many kept them all the time, even though maintaining a transformation required a little more magic. She could hardly blame them, when the alternative was…-
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Twilight should’ve gone and done something else. She could be out alleviating Fluttershy’s suspicions perhaps, lowering the risk that she would head down to the central computer to investigate what had happened.But Twilight didn’t care about anything else. This was her vigil, and she had to watch, until the first signs of motion emerged from within.Does the process work as intended? Critical no. The cocoon looked as though an invisible wind had stirred it. Its fibers unraveled, spreading in a dust…
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Amie and Tailslide passed together through the tunnel entrance, and out before the full might of Commander Path's changeling isolation force.They formed a semicircle in what had once been the gift shop. Unicorn magic or simple muscle had extinguished all the flames. Plush toys, snack freezers, and displays of old mining tools now lay scattered. Ponies formed a circular rank around them, with only the pair of unicorns and Path himself in the center.Unlike Amie and Tailslide, they were all armed and armored.…
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Use the Robotic Virus on Spike 45% “Are you sure you don’t need my help?” Fluttershy asked. Her voice was gentle and kind, as kind as Twilight ever remembered it. The others would have offered their own condolences, if they were awake to do it. But as it was, only she and her doctor would be witnesses at Spike’s vigil.But not even that. Fluttershy had her work cut out for her just getting everypony Twilight had brought back from the surface hooked into life support proper. Her own job had been poor…
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Kaelynn stared at the little incoming group. She didn't get up, but that wasn't out of rudeness. She had her back to the tent, the closest thing to a wall they had. It let her watch both entrances, and she felt safer that way. Even surrounded by her friends, she had to be sure.No one was going to take her away again.But this was a time to celebrate, not flee. Their missing companions hadn't been dragged away to some shady government facility to be dissected. They were alive!"This isn't exactly the way I…-
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Amie glared at Natane, and through her to the queen who watched all the way from Sonoma. In those multifaceted eyes and a face covered in tattoos, she saw no trace of compassion, fear, or even simple concern. There was only cold calculation, acceptance of inevitability.She didn’t slow down, focusing instead on reaching the exit as quickly as she could. “You’re wrong, Kaya,” she said, focusing on the path ahead. It wasn’t much longer now, a few more turns, and they would reach the former queue…
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Charge. 55%Spike gritted his teeth, staring down the rifle aimed at his chest. There was no longer a mystery in his mind about whether he would survive it—he’d been shot before. This pony was threatening his friends, threatening to stand all of them forever in this desolate star system. She wasn’t going to get away with it.Cozy shoots Spike. 7 vs 6. Cozy Shoots first. He lunged, baring his teeth in a desperate, instinctive snarl. He felt the impact in his chest driving him back before he heard the…
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Blake lifted the receiver in one shaking hand. It wasn't just his friends depending on him anymore, though they certainly were. He could practically feel the ghostly dots of sniper-rifles on his face, though he couldn't see anything like that aimed at him. So much for a warm welcome for the Equestrians. This was supposed to happen on our terms. We should've had control over every variable, so we could set this up so everyone wants to cooperate.But if they'd wanted to do that, they should have stayed on…
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Amie was back in the tower. She sat up sharply, returning quickly to full alertness. This wasn’t the time to take things slowly, not with the attack on Stella Lacus at that exact moment.She could practically hear the cannonfire from the tower, though she knew that must be in her imagination. Agate and Stella Lacus were quite far from Canterlot, much too far for such sounds to travel.She imagined it anyway—felt the deep rumble in her chest from each blast, and the subsequent explosion of something…
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