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Iron Quill dreamed of distant Equestria that night, of campaigns fought and won and prices paid to forbidden things. When he did wake, it was to another harsh knock on the tent outside, and the nervous face of Chain Mail appearing inside. “It’s your, uh… circus performers?”“My what?” he asked, not even getting the words out his mouth before several of the ponies forced their way in. Cozen was at their head, with Sylvan Shade in the rear looking extremely uncomfortable to be there. Cozen…-
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Harlequin could hear the shouting as she emerged, though it was faint and filtered through many confused voices. She partially wanted to go after the one she’d just stolen her name from, try to learn more—but the screams were more important.“You don’t understand, I’m not one of them! It’s me, Codex!” She didn’t know the name, but she recognized the voice. A voice that now reverberated in the changeling way, and was markedly higher-pitched than a pony male.Some part of her wanted to be as…-
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Chapter 7: Known and UnknownChance read out loud, speaking slowly as she translated the original english into Equestrian words. She traced her hoof over the words as she read, finding the gesture much less helpful than memory indicated. Stupid tiny words and big hooves. At least she managed to hold the book open with the rest of her body as she read, which she probably would not have been able to manage a few days before. She was adapting, and quickly.Critical failure of organic components. Simulated…-
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“Hold on,” Avery muttered, her horn glowing for a second. There was a brief flash, a moment of disorientation, and suddenly they were on the bottom floor of the lab.I’ll never get used to that, Julian thought, pawing at the ground and trying to get the frost off his coat. Teleportation wasn’t so bad when he was “big,” but the cold was much harder on a small body. He shivered for a few seconds and could see Avery was shivering too. You shouldn’t be so afraid of flying you freeze yourself…-
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The next day began exactly as so many others before it. Flynn ate his breakfast, spent over an hour hauling himself into the sitting tub for an awkward, uncoordinated shower, and refused to let the nurses help as he dressed himself. He gave no outward sign at all that today was not going to be like other days.He knew he would not be seeing this bedroom again—though what they’d do with him if he decided not to emigrate at the end of today’s adventure, he didn’t know. Still, there wasn’t anything…-
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Daughter of Wintergreen’s deck was packed with ponies, as all fifty of the crew jostled for the best places to watch the eruption. Of course, few of them seemed to know exactly what they were supposed to be watching. A few seemed to think Scythia itself might be about to explode, as though the griffons had built their city directly atop the volcano without noticing.The quarterdeck where Starlight Glimmer stood was not so busy, since it had been reserved particularly for their illustrious passengers.…-
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"Computer... simulation..." Sunset Shimmer repeated, her mouth working but no more words coming out. Thanks to her English class, she now knew each of those words. But to hear them put together, to combine them with everything she had just seen... "Then we need to end it," she said. "I want to be out in the real world. How can I leave?"Jackie laughed, but there was no amusement in her voice. Nothing but bitterness and an old anger gone cold. "Leave? How would we do that? Someone turns off the Infinite…-
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Alex had never felt happier than the day she opened the Museum of Human Achievements. It was by no means an accomplishment that was purely her own. She had elicited donations from hundreds of Alexandria's most prominent citizens. Granted, many of those had thought she was a filly-scout doing a charity project...She couldn't describe her satisfaction on the day of the grand opening, when she stepped out onto the stage and saw their shocked faces. No, she wasn't representing Lonely Day. She was Lonely Day,…-
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“Don’t you think this is a bad idea?” Hayden asked, shifting uncomfortably on her hooves. After spending well over a month naked most of the time, putting on so much clothing felt strange. The fact that it was an overblown, elaborate dress certainly didn’t help matters.Hayden had finished construction in her room, or at least most of it. Even so, Luna had insisted they would see her clothier on the other side of the castle. A crowd of gawking ponies lingered just outside, passing by the shut door…-
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Mourning was not a rapid process, particularly given the size of the missing piece. It wasn’t as though Nathan had a huge support-structure of society to fall back on—he doubted his parents were still alive, and they had not attempted to contact him through Equestria even if they were. North Star’s absence was felt as well, though perhaps not as pronounced. Celestia offered to bring him back—on the condition that he invite Brooke’s copy back into his life as well. That was a bridge too far.At…-
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