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As it turned out, human mothers were not easier to fool than Changeling Queens. Despite lacking magical senses, despite lacking every kind of magic so far as Ocellus could tell, the woman she knew only as “Mom” had barely even listened to her convincing list of excuses. “You could’ve been killed,” she kept saying, as they rode together in one of the largest mechanical carriages Ocellus had seen yet. But there was no way to enjoy the experience with the hand wrapped tightly around her wrist and…-
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The strange transport ship might’ve looked like a zeppelin, but it didn’t move like one. Hayden stood on the bridge, watching clouds whip past the window beyond with such speed that they blurred away to nothing. However these clouds might feel under her hooves, they did no better against their ship than Earth clouds.“You didn’t think I could do it,” Hayden said, glancing over her shoulder at Star Swirl.The pony sat at a little table against one wall that didn’t have any controls for him to…-
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Lotus woke to the birds, whistling and singing to each other from the other side of her tent. The shiny blue fabric did nothing to mute the sound, and almost nothing to keep the light from shining in and blinding her.Lotus crawled a little lower into her sleeping bag, sinking past its edges. The birds were as loud as ever from that angle, but at least the bag did something about the light. The light couldn't get her inside, but the shame was just as strong inside as out. She remembered…-
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Fay's magic had reached far, transforming most of the internal space in the Lodge and leaving nothing of the objects there before behind. Her computer, mercifully, was spared, but this was the only good news. Their bedroom was right through the wall, and was completely transformed by the effects.The world that Fay created was fully enclosed, blocking off the open ceiling and the hidden cameras she had known were up there watching. Like the stables, the spaces Fay's magic carved out seemed to have a…-
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The trip to New Accipio was uneventful, at least so compared to everything I’d been led to expect. There were no pirate attacks, though I did see plenty of other traffic along the route. We saw the Royal Navy more than once, patrolling our most important trade-route.I had plenty of opportunity to ask follow-up questions to Bluejacket, though there wasn’t all that much to ask. He didn’t remember any specifics about the religious service, or know very much about the new griffon religion.Beyond that,…-
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"Wait for Peter to come back. She could search the book again for more on Cutie Marks." 70%Of course, Wayfinder didn't want to sit around in this mysterious place and wait for others to make her decisions for her. Since the first days of the outbreak, she'd been the one to decide where they ended up. Whether she'd done a good job making those decisions was a matter for debate—but she'd kept everyone alive. Apparently that couldn't be said for those who tried to walk down that tunnel before them.Security…-
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Dear Journal,She didn’t wake up yet.June 22, 2015Dear Journal,New pony still isn’t awake yet. Settled into a routine, as good as we can. Now that it’s clear she’s not just going to die for no reason, we don’t keep her watched 24/7. We just don’t have the manpower. Realistically, it’s not like keeping someone with her is going to make a life-or-death difference, right? We have no trained doctors, no trauma surgeons or even any EMTs. The best we could’ve done was make sure she didn’t wake…-
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"Teach the Earth Ponies to farm" 65%Getting people together for something as abstract as farming magic was quite a bit easier in practice than it was in simple description. Doubly so since Wayfinder couldn't actually use the magic she had in mind. She couldn't exactly go marching through the police station demanding everyone without a horn or wings follow her to a garden plot and hand them seeds.But that was more or less all she could do to get things moving to start. She'd earned a little goodwill in the…
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There was much to be said for an optimally satisfying life in Equestria, free from the constraints of scarcity and physical matter. Arcane Word had already written a dozen different adventures for the life waiting for her there, and there was enough time to live out each one. Of course, there were stories that weren’t in her notes, additions and revisions Celestia made. There were more awkward explanations to make, apologies for lies told and regrets that she couldn’t have been herself sooner. But…-
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Flynn could hear many sirens in the distance. They were coming frequently now. He could hear at least one helicopter, as well as the distant sound of people moving through the trees. A search party had finally been mobilized.“Transfer complete,” Agent announced, indicating Caroline. Flynn was now sitting in a car with a pair of corpses. That’s probably the wrong word if emigration really works. Shells. They’re shells. His friends weren’t dead, they were somewhere else. Somewhere away from all…-
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