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Post by Live Wire on Sept 4, 2014 15:56:54 GMT -5
Live Wire sighs, "Smog Ball is this totally annoying pegasus that's been taking care of me since the battle. I mean, he's nice and all, but - ugh," She snorted, "He's the reason I was voluntold to help clean up this mess. I'd just had done my own thing, but no."
Live Wire glanced at where Moonglow's attention fell. "Yeah, Pony-Joes. Popular donut place with the locals. Think even the Princesses got stuff from him - but now its been 'glazed'." She snickered at her own bad pun, rubbing her tearing eyes with her hoof as she hysterically continues to laugh.
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Post by Eclipse Shine on Sept 4, 2014 17:57:46 GMT -5
"D-donut place?" Moonglow stuttered. "So does this mean... no donuts? But... no! That's impossible! Nopony can go more than one week without donuts! Nopony! Well, at least I can't! What do I do? What do I dooooo?!" She sobbed. She couldn't face it. No donuts? That would be like telling Princess Luna she couldn't be princess of the night anymore. "Live", she whispered. "Do you have a donut?"
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Post by Live Wire on Sept 4, 2014 20:41:34 GMT -5
Live Wire rolled her eyes at the display before her, she can't be serious. "And ponies wonder why we have a diabetes problem..." She sarcastically bemused herself, "Does it look like I have a donut? Even if I did, I'd of eaten by now - haven't had a decent meal since the attack. I'm nothing by fur and bones!" She was fairly skinny for a foal her age, muscled a bit thanks to couple years picking fights on the streets, but still a visibly undernourished.
She continued to watch the sobbing sight before her, still bewildered by this pony's actions."You going to be alright? I heard stress can make ponies do weird things but, it's just a donut place. Priorities, and why am I saying this - thanks Smog Ball, should be addressed first. We're kinda buried under rubble here and all. I'd buck someone's jaw for a hay-burger right now, but I'm not crying about it."
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Post by Eclipse Shine on Sept 7, 2014 4:26:45 GMT -5
Moonglow whimpered. "You have no idea how much I like donuts." She sighed. "You're right. Now is not the time to be worrying about such things. So, Live, what should we do next? I'm kinda out of ideas right now. If only they would let us in now..."
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Post by Live Wire on Sept 9, 2014 21:13:43 GMT -5
"We wait." The foal retorted curtly as she glanced back to the main gate, then to what once appeared to have been a clock tower near the still standing wall to the palace grounds. It still stood and did resemble what it once was, except now it was a pockmarked tower with it's face hands stuck permanently on the time of the Titan's arrival and the subsequent obliteration of the city of Canterlot: 16:59 or four o'clock and fifty-nine minute. Live Wire actually wasn't certain that was the time when the city was vaporized, but it seemed fitting and mocking as it gave the anxious appearance that it was always one minute shy of quitting time. She loathed the work and the clock all the same, as apparent by the scrunched annoyed face she was currently making as she watched the clock's hands, as if her will alone could move time. This thought actually gave her an idea. She turned back to Moonglow with a devilish grin.
"Hey, you're a trained unicorn. Don't happen to know any time spells do you? Like say one to forward time by an hour or two?" Of course, what the filly was asking was something not in the realm of most any unicorn, alive or died. It was in-fact, probably illegal, by both pony and nature's laws. Couldn't hurt to ask, she had figured. "Cause that's only how we're getting in there. Or, you know, teleport. I'd do that myself if I could, but the last time I tested it... well, there was a cat and turning inside-out and exploding... like all over the alley." She sounded almost amused by the thought, as if she found it absurdly funny.
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Post by Eclipse Shine on Sept 12, 2014 21:15:04 GMT -5
"Well, there are SOME time spells, but none for what you're asking, Live. Too dangerous." Moonglow rubbed her chin with her hoof, deep in thought. "Well, maybe I could teleport us there, but wouldn't we get in trouble? Besides, I will have to find a hidden spot to teleport us to. Got any ideas?"
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Post by Live Wire on Sept 15, 2014 4:23:12 GMT -5
"Oh! oh!" Exclaimed the filly, bouncing on her hooves, "I know a little spot in the sculpture garden I use to hide from ol' smog ball when he's being all authoritarian! You know where Discord's statue is? Right behind him, just beyond the hedge - little open spot under a willow tree. Amazing, let me tell you!" She explained with a smile. "Can you teleport there? We'd be done with this stupid cart and I could show you around the palace. Ever since the attack, the place has been chaos. No one would know us from workers or refugees. I could even get you in the Princess's throne room - maybe." She backpedaled, but kept up the cheer in her voice.
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Post by Eclipse Shine on Sept 16, 2014 11:23:54 GMT -5
"Maybe I can teleport us there...", Moonglow mused. I'm pretty sure I can teleport by myself, and if it's just one extra pony, and not even a full grown one at that, we can probably make it in two pieces. I think it's best to get as close as possible before trying it out, though," she suggested. "Do you know a place that's close to Discord's statue is that we can walk to?"
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Post by Live Wire on Sept 17, 2014 20:18:55 GMT -5
"Yeah! This way!" Exclaimed the filly as she bounded over a pile of debris from Donut Joe's and quickly made her way over various piles of rumble towards the Canterlot Palace walls, eventually coming to a stop on a rather large mound which happens to overlook the nearby walls. From her perch, the sculpture garden was visible in the distance. There, in the center, was the Discord statue, to which Live Wire pointed towards with a forehoof.
"Here! Close as we can get without flying." The filly called back to Moonglow.
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Post by Eclipse Shine on Oct 7, 2014 17:14:05 GMT -5
Moonglow leaped over the ruins of Donut Joe's and followed Live to the pile of ruble overlooking the walls. She took a deep breath. "Okay. Here goes nothing..." Moonglow "turned on" her horn and began to draw in energy from the world around her. Her horn lit up with a green glow almost instantly. Usually teleportation was a breeze, especially this close, but she had Live with her. And with her out of control horn, she was afraid that one of the sparks might accidentally get mixed in with the spell she was carefully weaving. Should that happen, they could get mixed results due to the "contamination" of sorts. She scrunched up her face in concentration. Beads of nervous sweat ran down the sides of her face. This cannot go wrong, she thought to herself. It just can't!
It seemed like hours, but it was only a few seconds that passed. The spell was ready. Moonglow hesitated for a moment, then let go and allowed the concentrated energy do what it had done countless times before. One minute she was standing on top of the wall, and facing Discord (or at least a statue of him) the next. For a second, she was afraid that she had left Live behind, then looked beside her and relaxed when she saw her companion standing next to her.
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Post by Live Wire on Oct 9, 2014 21:32:46 GMT -5
Live Wire stumbled on her hooves after the two reappeared in the Royal Sculpture garden, her eyes were dizzy and rolling around in their sockets. It took a moment before she shock her head silly like and perked back up. ”Whoa, sweet! We're here.” The filly exclaimed as she shuffled out from the little hidden spot, looked around for any guards, before she approached the statue of the draconequus and tapped her hoof against it's cloven, goat hoof. She let out a little laugh, ”Garden is still pretty good looking, huh? Barely any damage. Come on, no guards around. They're all too busy elsewhere. No pony cares about some dumb sculptures anyway, so let's check out the palace?”
The filly motioned for Moonglow to follow as she crept past the hedge maze, up some stone steps and stairs which lead to a botanical garden connected to the castle. An impressive iron-wrought and glass structure, fitted with heavy doors which lead inside. Live Wire used her horn's magic to enter and stepped inside, where she found herself greeted with an exotic and fascinating assortment of strange and brilliant flowers and plants from all over the known world. She continued forward, around a fountain situated center and which provided some cooling relief from the humid air of the garden. Live Wire trotted up to a peculiar looking large plant, one with long tendrils with re spikes all along their stem, each dotted with a single pearl of clear nectar on its tip. She stared at it for a moment, turning to the plaque before it, like a sea-urchin rolled out on a single strand. ”Carnivorous: Drosera capensis magnus.” The filly said, stumbling with the words. ”Hey, Moon Glow, check this weird flower out. Ever see anything like this before?” She asked, reaching towards one of the dew-dotted tendrils with her hoof.
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Post by Eclipse Shine on Oct 13, 2014 3:58:53 GMT -5
Moonglow followed Live in a daze. She couldn't believe it. She was actually inside castle walls! The unicorn walked around with a spring her step and a goofy grin on her face. She was so giddy with excitement that she never stopped to think about what would happen if they got caught.
When she finally came to, she was standing a few feet from Live. She was admiring the castle walls, while secretly imagining a meeting with Twilight Sparkle, when the word "carnivorous" snapped her out of her half-trance. Moonglow suddenly stumbled over her own hooves for a moment. She shook her head for a moment to clear her mind, and looked over at Live to see what she was so interested in. "Live, no!" In a moment of panic, Moonglow leaped toward her companion, knocking her over. She spoke while still on the ground on top of Live, still in a bit of a daze, "Lii-ive, w-what part of 'carnivorous' do you not understand? Iiiit m-m-means... meat eater." She groaned and shakily got to her hooves. Moonglow only walked a few steps before collapsing in pile of limbs, so to speak.
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Post by Live Wire on Oct 27, 2014 14:44:12 GMT -5
Live Wire writhed under Moonglow, her horn shooting out sparks and arcs of electricity as she struggled to free herself from the older mare's restraint. When finally she had moved, Live Wire jumped to her hooves and stomped her hooves in protest, "I know, I know! I was just, uh... testing you. Besides, what kind of stupid plant eats ponies?" She asked with a growl directed towards the carnivorous blossom.
As Live Wire stepped away and our of what she considered the plant's reach, turning now towards the elegant double doors leading inside the castle proper, somepony called out from behind the doors, coupled with the sound of hooves quickly clopping against marble. Live Wire's face shot up, ears perked as she listened, while her stomach sank. "Oh Luna's butt, we're made. We gotta hide. Moonglow, now. Hide." Live Wire quickly looked around the place, spotting first the carnivorous plants - no, she wasn't going to jump in there. Off to her immediate right however was some simple exotic ferns, unlikely to be hungry for pony flesh. She leapt into them with a momentary rustle, before peering out to glance down once more to Moonglow, "Psst, in here."
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Post by Eclipse Shine on Nov 7, 2014 22:40:03 GMT -5
"Uhh... Hide?" Moonglow mumbled dazedly. "Sure..." She unsteadily stumbled toward the clump of ferns Live was hiding in, tripping over own hooves. She was only halfway there when the large and elegant double doors suddenly opened, startling the still slightly dazed young mare. "Wah?! Huh?" She yelled, along with a few more indistinguishable sounds. "Ponies in the garden..."
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Post by Live Wire on Dec 21, 2014 23:27:51 GMT -5
One of the Royal Unicorn guards had emerged from the doors and took a few steps in towards the garden. He looked around, using his horn's magic to project a light as he scanned the area for signs of activity, as his gaze fell right upon Moonglow.
"Ma'am, what is your business here? This is a restricted section, are you lost, hurt?" He asked as he sized up the disorientated mare. "You'll have to come with me." He said as he approached; from the ferns Live Wire watched with bated breath, her hoof in her muzzle afraid to speak. She'd been in trouble with 'the law' before but, never the Royal Guard on Royal ground, even if it was still mostly a mess.
"Ma'am?" He said as he motioned with a forehoof towards the open double door. "You can walk alright? We need to get this sorted out."
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