Celestia's Finest Side Quest: Moonrise Kingdom

[Miltonian]

Luna smirks. "Ye give my ponies too little credit. Sides, once yer friends arrive, we'll be heading off." She huffs and lowers her voice. "Ye have seen the Elements of Harmony in yer world, right?"

She looks up as the others approach and nods in greeting. "So there be the three terrors I've heard about," she says with a small grin.

Scootaloo scoffs. "Terrors? Ha. No, an angry Grizzlebee's a terror. We're public menaces!"

[DigoDragon]

Rose nods to Luna's question about the elements. She'll have to keep an eye out if they live in this community. If not... hmm... could the team find another group?

[D.KnightSpider]

"At least they're honest." Longshot comments.

He looks between the adults present. "What's the plan and how can we help?"

[DigoDragon]

"I believe Luna will be leading us inside?"

[Elbeyon]

Love leaves the hold with everyone and dodges through the busy airponies. Love trots to the side of the boat and puts her hoofs over the railing. She looks down at the docks and the Castle of the Two Sisters. She whistles an impressed whistle at the sight.

Love says, "I'd like a look around! I've never been to the castle, either of them!" Love isn't sure how long they'll be here. Hopefully, less than years or else Love will really need to work on that time machine.

[Miltonian]

"We'll be discussing the plan once we are sure none may overhear," Luna answers, "For now, form up! Me crew shall be escorting ye separately. I be needed for the procession through the city. Assure everypony that the raid be a success." She bows her head. "I believe ye made friends with Air Head. She'll be yer guide for the time being."

Twilight steps close to Luna and inclines her head towards the group. Then, if no one objects, they will take their leave.

"Ah like the pirate accent!" Apple Bloom says once she's out of earshot.

[DigoDragon]

"Alright, we'll catch up at the castle then." Rose looks around to where Air is to be escorted.

[D.KnightSpider]

Longshot has no objections to their departure.

Fact of the matter is that he'd like to depart this dimension entirely. But that's not an option at present.

"I'm not sure... Well, yes, it is a good accent, I suppose." Longshot replies.

[Miltonian]

Air Head is currently leaning over the edge of the rail and shouting down greetings down at someone down below. She pulls back, a happy smile on her face, and trots over to them. "Hi again!" she says, "Ready to get going?"

[DigoDragon]

"Sure, let's go."

[Elbeyon]

"We'll need a sketcher!" Love hops off the raining and stands for the conversation.

"We did make friends with her!" Love waves goodbye to Luna and Twilight. "Have a good rally! The city be waiting to hear from you!"

Love chuckles. "I only be glad I get to use my pirate accent! I always did want to be a swashbuckler."

Love smiles at Air Head. "Hello, Air Head! We be looking to get to know this fine fort and her city. Are you from around here? Do you know her well? Do you have a map or brochure, perhaps? I be on the look out for fine a bakery and pastries!"

[D.KnightSpider]

Longshot keeps an eye on the Crusaders lest they decide to abscound for more investigations.

"What do you think? Ready to go?" He asks them.

He gives Love a sidelong look but doesn't say anything. Hard to tell how many pastries there are to go around this place.

[DigoDragon]

"pastries!"

"pastries"

Rose looks forward to being escorted through the little town. :q

[Miltonian]

Air Head gasps. "PASTRIES?!" She zooms over and flutters around. "PASTRIES! Pastries where? I want pastries!"

Sweetie Belle giggles. "No, we want you to show us where the pastries are!"

Air Head grins widely. "THAT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA!" She zips off, heading off into the city, and will likely leave her charges behind if no one calls her back.

[DigoDragon]

Rose points at the fleeting pegasus. "See, I don't do that."

[D.KnightSpider]

"And it is appreciated." Longshot says.

He glances at the Crusaders. "Okay, Crusaders. What you have is a rare opportunity to find out how it feels to do a controlled scream with real lungs. On the count of three, get Air Head's attention, ready?

"One, Two and Three!"

[DigoDragon]

Rose casually plugs her ears with her hooves.

[Elbeyon]

There is a laugh. "I wonder if we'll be guiding our tour guide more than she guides us."

Love smiles real big and says to the group. "I like her."

[DigoDragon]

"You like everybody," Rose counters to Love.

[Elbeyon]

"There is a lot to like in this world!" A bit of orange magic appears on the corner of Love's mouth. It raises half her face into a smile before it poofs out of existence. Another big of magic forms on the opposite side and raises her other cheek into a full smile. When it poofs away, Love brightly smiles and giggles.

[Miltonian]

The Crusaders take deeeeeeeep breaths. On command, they unleash a horrendously loud, "AAAAAAAIR HEEEEEEAD!" and hold it until they fall over, gasping for breath.

"Wow," Sweetie Belle pants, "It's like...it's NOT like the computer simulation."

"Yeah, there's this funny feeling in my chest now," Scootaloo adds.

The loud yell, however, does get Air Head's attention. She turns back around and flaps towards them, a frown on her face. "Yes? Did someone call my name?"

[D.KnightSpider]

Longshot is sympathetic to their plight... But some lessons have to be learned by experience. The limits of a physical body are one of them.

"That funny feeling is probably vocal/lung strain and a lack of oxygen." Longshot explains. "It'll fade away in a few minutes without any lasting damage. Outside of a possible sore throat that might linger for a few days."

He puts a wing over them.

"It's a different experience isn't it?"

[DigoDragon]

Rose studies her own flesh legs. "That raises a good question. If this is a simulation, how would it know to give them the sensation of a sore throat? Hmm, maybe it's like a... transfer of consciousness across dimensions?" She's mostly just discussing thoughts with herself.

[Elbeyon]

She whispers to Rose, "I ran a self-analysis when we arrived. My standard Jumper procedure! My current hypothesis is that when we transferred dimensions we transformed to meet the rules of this reality. Our technology doesn't conform to this reality's laws." Love flicks her tongue. Rules. "Our magic is more consistent with the rules. We're pretty lucky, actually, considering the possibly infinite possibilities."

Love raises her hoofs to her ears as the CMC scream their lungs dry. The simulation wasn't entirely accurate. The CMC are dealing with a lot. Love should make sure they have a good trip away from home. Love shouts a little, "That was S Rank loudness! Well done!"

She lowers her voice, "You have to take us with you!" Love stands up on her back legs and wobbles on the deck. She hits the railing and falls over the side of the ship. She flips and lands on four hoofs. The dock bustling with life around her! "I don't have my air legs yet! I'm a ground bound pony!"

[D.KnightSpider]

Longshot turns to Air Head.

"That was just a little lung exercise. So you mind waiting a moment for our junior members to recover? Then we can follow art's you."

[DigoDragon]

She whispers to Rose, "I ran a self-analysis when we arrived. My standard Jumper procedure! My current hypothesis is that when we transferred dimensions we transformed to meet the rules of this reality. Our technology doesn't conform to this reality's laws." Love flicks her tongue. Rules. "Our magic is more consistent with the rules. We're pretty lucky, actually, considering the possibly infinite possibilities."

"Magic, got it," Rose responds, not wanting to wrap her head around anything more complex than a donut right now.

[Miltonian]

"Yeah," Apple Bloom says breathlessly, "Reaaal diff'rent."

"Very different," Sweetie Belle agrees.

Scootaloo manages to recover enough to sit up. "Ergh...Yeah. That's something else." She raises a hoof in victory in response to Love's comment. The others slowly push themselves up to their hooves. "Alright, think we're ready to go."

Air Head blinks. She looks at Love, then back at her wings, then at Love again. "Oh yeah..." she says sheepishly, "I...forgot."

She actually lands and smiles at them. "We'll walk, then." Whistling cheerfully, she sets off at a brisk, but manageable, trot.

[DigoDragon]

Rose trots along behind them.

[D.KnightSpider]

Longshot guides the CMC after Air Head.

"So, where are we heading, exactly?"

[Elbeyon]

Love dismisses any embarrassment by shouting up to the boat, "It's no big deal. We're just not as fast as you." They can't fly over traffic or houses either.

The pegasus will walk? Air Head doesn't have to go that far. Still, it's a kind, perhaps unnecessary gesture. When the group disembarks the boat, Love grabs Air Head into a one-legged hug. "You're so sweet. A sweet pony looking for sweets!"

She says to Longshot, "We were going to head to a bakery or some other pasture dispensary. I wanted to explore the town and get a good feel for the atmosphere." She rubs her chin. "The castle probably has food services. We did say we'd meet up there." Love looks to Longshot. They might as well plan their destinations.