[MLP:FiM] Bridles Shores Library/Downtown thread.

[Lycan 01]

"The offer to go flying is still on the table," Snickers squeaks, hanging on to her for dear life, while trying to maintain his balance with Soft teetering atop his scalp. "I can take you up there at some point. Maybe even see if we can find somepony to cast the Cloud Walker spell on you, to let non-pegasi walk on the clouds. Or something. I'm sure somepony can do that."

He looks up at Soft. "Can Smoothie do that? Also can you teleport? I don't think I can carry both of you if we fall..."

[Mystic Muse]

Originally Posted by Lycan 01

"The offer to go flying is still on the table," Snickers squeaks, hanging on to her for dear life, while trying to maintain his balance with Soft teetering atop his scalp. "I can take you up there at some point. Maybe even see if we can find somepony to cast the Cloud Walker spell on you, to let non-pegasi walk on the clouds. Or something. I'm sure somepony can do that."

He looks up at Soft. "Can Smoothie do that? Also can you teleport? I don't think I can carry both of you if we fall..."

"I'm pretty sure she can. And yes, I can teleport." Soft responds to Snickers. "Really, I'd be surprised if she didn't know a spell as common as that. She knows really obscure stuff." Soft says.

[Benson]

Library-Edge of Town


Cadmium was there, doing something. Frankly I have nothing for her. She's in a lounge I guess, flipping through a magazine.

[Deme]

"Mmm...If the clouds walked on me..."

She muttered. Then a very sad and lonely look crossed her face, causing the kraken to shift a tentacle to see her closer. She stared off the edge despondantly.

"...The worst thing about everything changing is it all stays the same."

She pronounced.

[Lycan 01]

Snickers ponders the meaning of her words. "Well... You'd still be a unicorn, and the cloud walking would only be temporary, yes. But..."

He looks up at Soft. "Hypothetically, could Smoothie enchant a necklace or something with the cloud-walking spell? Or teach just it to Foxglove?"

Poor Snickers, missing the point as usual. But at least his heart is in the right place.

[Mystic Muse]

"Hypothetically, yes she could. Whether she would do the necklace or not depends on her mood at the time." Soft tells them.

[Lycan 01]

Snickers grins. "Does she like cookies?"

[Mystic Muse]

Originally Posted by Lycan 01

Snickers grins. "Does she like cookies?"

"A little. Not all that much though." Soft responds to Snicker's query.

[Lycan 01]

"Muffins? Apple Turnovers? Blueberry scones? Dark baking sorcery? Banana nut bread?" Snickers asks, genuinely unsure of which of those things Smoothie might like. He knows next to nothing about her.

[Mystic Muse]

Originally Posted by Lycan 01

"Muffins? Apple Turnovers? Blueberry scones? Dark baking sorcery? Banana nut bread?" Snickers asks, genuinely unsure of which of those things Smoothie might like. He knows next to nothing about her.

"Maybe to the second and first, definitely not to the last three. The only thing I know for sure she likes at all times is deep fried mushroom." Soft says.

[Deme]

She shook her head and smiled, sadly.
"...Put us down, Mister Kraken....You can go."

The animals seemed to retreat at once, and she watched them quietly.

"...Thank you, but it's OK, Snickers..."

She said. She looked at Soft a long time and, as the flowers began to fade, nodded quietly, as if to herself.

"...It'll just...Have to be."

[Lycan 01]

For a moment, Snickers doesn't say anything. Finally, the pegasus lets out a small whisper. "That was a Kraken."

Snickers hasn't let go of Foxglove yet, since they just got back down to safety. But when he listens to her words and sees the way she's looking at Soft, he smiles sadly and tightens his grip around Foxglove, giving the unicorn a comforting hug.

While still hugging Foxglove, he looks over (or up, if she hasn't scampered down yet) to Soft. "Say... if you don't mind my asking, how far can you teleport?" he quietly asks.

[Mystic Muse]

Originally Posted by Lycan 01

For a moment, Snickers doesn't say anything. Finally, the pegasus lets out a small whisper. "That was a Kraken."

Snickers hasn't let go of Foxglove yet, since they just got back down to safety. But when he listens to her words and sees the way she's looking at Soft, he smiles sadly and tightens his grip around Foxglove, giving the unicorn a comforting hug.

While still hugging Foxglove, he looks over (or up, if she hasn't scampered down yet) to Soft. "Say... if you don't mind my asking, how far can you teleport?" he quietly asks.

"From about here to Ponyville. Why?" Soft asks.

[Lycan 01]

Snickers gives a small shrug of his wings. "Just trying to think of ways you could easily visit. But teleporting that far would probably leave you pretty worn out..." he mutters.

[sildra45]

Flare continued to read the book, sometimes putting a claw over his muzzle as if something about the book was funny.

[not sure what to post really yet unless somepony wants to interact with the dragon]

[Mystic Muse]

Originally Posted by sildra45

Flare continued to read the book, sometimes putting a claw over his muzzle as if something about the book was funny.

[not sure what to post really yet unless somepony wants to interact with the dragon]

"Something wrong?" Smoothie asked, finding the dragon's expressions peculiar at best.

[sildra45]

Originally Posted by Mystic Muse

"Something wrong?" Smoothie asked, finding the dragon's expressions peculiar at best.

"Wrong? Oh no. I just think the author of this book on the dragons of Equestria never actually met one. Many of the 'facts' are so far off as to make me laugh."

[Mystic Muse]

Originally Posted by sildra45

"Wrong? Oh no. I just think the author of this book on the dragons of Equestria never actually met one. Many of the 'facts' are so far off as to make me laugh."

"Mind if I take a look at the author really quick?" Smoothie asks the friendly dragon.

[sildra45]

Originally Posted by Mystic Muse

"Mind if I take a look at the author really quick?" Smoothie asks the friendly dragon.

"Certainly!"

The author was one "I.K. Diddly", and the date was faded, but some of the references were without a doubt from before the migration to Equestria.

[Deme]

Originally Posted by Lycan 01

Snickers gives a small shrug of his wings. "Just trying to think of ways you could easily visit. But teleporting that far would probably leave you pretty worn out..." he mutters.

"...I can hear you, You're in my ear,"

She commented. She seemed to give it some thought... And proposed:

"Carrier Pigeons. We're working on sending messages to the moon...So they're really strong."

[Lycan 01]

Snickers grins. "Those must be some pretty impressive pigeons." He then slowly extricates himself from around Foxglove, a faint blush rising to his cheeks.

[Deme]

"Every day in every way, they are getting stronger and stronger...They'll need to be very strong, to reach the moon....And have sweaters."

She looked up at the ceiling.

"...It'd be cold. She is like a mare rising from the grave...She is like a dead mare. One might fancy she is looking for dead things."

[Mystic Muse]

Originally Posted by sildra45

"Certainly!"

The author was one "I.K. Diddly", and the date was faded, but some of the references were without a doubt from before the migration to Equestria.

Smoothie took a look at the book itself, and read through a bit.

After reading through the book, she appears to have come to a decision on its validity.

She promptly incinerated it, leaving nothing but ash in its place within seconds.

"Thought we'd purged the inaccurate books from the shelves already. *Mumblegrumble*"

[PurityIcekiller]

Originally Posted by Mystic Muse

Smoothie took a look at the book itself, and read through a bit.

After reading through the book, she appears to have come to a decision on its validity.

She promptly incinerated it, leaving nothing but ash in its place within seconds.

"Thought we'd purged the inaccurate books from the shelves already. *Mumblegrumble*"

"Why can't I get fire spells like that to work?" muttered Flower Tail. "Not really fair, is it." She immediately started looking for any books on the nature of fire magical theory, hoping to find something enlightening.

[sildra45]

Originally Posted by Mystic Muse

Smoothie took a look at the book itself, and read through a bit.

After reading through the book, she appears to have come to a decision on its validity.

She promptly incinerated it, leaving nothing but ash in its place within seconds.

"Thought we'd purged the inaccurate books from the shelves already. *Mumblegrumble*"

"Well, I guess I'll have to find another book then...have any recommendations for a dragon with trouble controlling hi magic beyond having to use his fire breath?"

[Lycan 01]

Originally Posted by Deme

"Every day in every way, they are getting stronger and stronger...They'll need to be very strong, to reach the moon....And have sweaters."

She looked up at the ceiling.

"...It'd be cold. She is like a mare rising from the grave...She is like a dead mare. One might fancy she is looking for dead things."

"I think you've been reading the wrong Mare in the Moon legends, Foxglove," Snickers says with a playful smile. He then raises an eyebrow. "Or maybe I've been reading the wrong ones..."

[Deme]

"I'm not talking about the mare in the moon....Just...The moon...The moon like a corpse. The moon like a dancer with little silver hooves. That moon."

She said, her expression pulling away. Perhaps, in that moment, she looked mysterious and distant as the moon.

"...A little higher all the time."

[Mystic Muse]

"That sounds like some sort of horror story my sister Smoothie would read. Or tell during a sleepover. Or something like that." Soft comments, removing herself from Snicker's head.

[Benson]

Fox Trot

After asserting control over his cheeks, the young stallion watched the faint image of the kracken 'walking away', leaving town. A part of him was surprised to just see ponies milling about and going about their everyday lives. Perhaps that one time seeing that massacre wurm acting like a little baby dulled their expectations about such monstrous creatures?

Yea, that had to be case, why else wasn't there panic in the streets? He sucked his some air and puffed out his chest, breathing in courage as he thought it as. He then started to walk, in the direction of Soft's bar, trying to practice what he was going to say, only to fumble his words and trip over his tongue. Curses.

Eventually the mocha stallion made his way to the soda bar and peered through the window, he put on his bestest grin and opened the door and walked inside. He shyly waved seeing Foxglove and Snickers were here too.

"H-hey, hiya, ya'll."

[Mystic Muse]

"Hi Foxtrot." Soft says, and then GAAAASPS. "What in the world could that be?" she asks, pointing somewhere behind Foxtrot.