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As it turned out, James had been lying. Badly. Sarah felt like she was being suffocated and dissolved at once, but without the control of her own body to stop breathing and let herself die. Each “breath” of the awful liquid only made her change faster and more deeply. She wavered on the edge of consciousness, almost but not quite in pain.Eventually it stopped hurting, and she could think again. Sarah already knew what to expect, but it was still more than a little jarring. Her trousers now hung in…-
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The bridge of the Wing of Midnight was a far less impressive place than many other ships she’d commanded. It might’ve been a modest conference room on Earth somewhere, with its many reconfigurable interfaces and holosurfaces on the walls. There were two chairs near the front for pilot and copilot—the rest of the seats they’d brought were camp chairs. From what Olivia had seen so far, the ship had been well supplied at the moment it departed—but for such a tiny ship, that didn’t mean much.In a…
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Olivia was alone in medical. So long as she was in here, she didn’t have to feel guilty about making Forerunner’s only synthsleeve come down to help her. Here the medical bay’s own systems could instruct her, and perform the examinations she needed. Every few hours she got another injection near the spot her leg had been—but mostly she was left alone.Not to rest. Now that she had changed Lucky’s opinion, part of whatever happened next would be her fault. But never the victory. Lucky will take…
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“Shit,” Sarah muttered, for perhaps the tenth time. She kept her voice a low whisper from beneath the cloak, though in this world of sightless depths that might still be too much. “They’re going to attack us, aren’t they?”“Yeah,” Ocellus squeaked, retreating towards Sarah a little. “Sounds like it.”“Because they saw my… money?”“Yeah.” The changeling looked sidelong at her. Sarah couldn’t tell for sure what expression that was. Hope? Or desperation. “This is the moment…
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For over six months of her life, Flurry Heart had imagined that things could not get worse. She had lived in an endless nightmare of crushed hopes, as she saw the death of all creation. Now that she was seeing that death come to Equestria, she only wished she could have her aunt back.In a mockery of respect, the Storm King had given Flurry Heart Celestia’s own tower to live in. Its incredible luxury and intricate workmanship seemed spoiled by the feet of his strange guards. But that wasn’t even the…
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Sarah could hear the swarm. Her ears and brain were overwhelmed with the sound of scurrying legs and clicking mandibles. There was so much sound from up ahead that she could no longer imagine a clear picture of the cavern they were climbing through, except that it might as well be made of bodies.“So, these are the same guys you said could break us down into atoms, right?” James asked, his voice a nervous squeak. Barely even audible over the noise from the massive crowd of drones. “Why are we going…
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Flurry Heart had little experience living out on the trail. Whenever her family went out “camping,” it was always with dozens of attendants, where all day to day aspects of camping and survival were taken care of by someone else. She had no idea how to start a campfire, how to sleep without a cot already set up for her, which plants were delicious and which would make her sick.But traveling with the Elements removed a great deal of the insecurity. Applejack knew the wilderness better than anypony…
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Twilight’s castle smelled. Flurry Heart wasn’t exactly surprised by this discovery—there were many ponies packed into a tiny space, with a well that could just barely give them enough water to drink. Even so, teleporting in was a bit like being hit with several of the most traditional earth-pony barns all at once.The mystery of what had happened to most of Ponyville was immediately solved: the entire bottom floor had been transformed into a camp. Tables had been turned sideways to make into little…
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The radio aboard the Wing of Midnight didn’t alert them very often. Olivia knew that Equestria had little access to radio technology, being mostly limited to universities. With no significant force deployed, she had no reason to be waiting for messages to arrive. They just weren’t coming.Motherlode hadn’t fallen apart in the last few days, despite the tenuous relationship with Grubber and the other soldiers. So far as she knew, the soldiers were perfectly happy to be ordered to leave the town alone -…
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Sarah could feel the weight of Pharynx’s attention on her, and couldn’t look away from the rusting barrel of his gun. There was a clear opening at the end, and that darkness seemed like it was going to swallow her.Deep breath, Sarah. You’ve had cons go worse than this. You’ll be fine.She had to be. She still remembered the threats Discord had made, and she knew better than to think they were empty. He had promised if she died during this little adventure, he would somehow bring her back as one of…
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