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Comox had only one type of accommodation: small, thinly insulated group homes which provided a large sleeping mat for several individuals and not a lot else. Alex did not share hers with any deer— not since Stride had a mate and many fawns of her own. She didn't have the little building to herself— she had two apprentices, who continued to pretend around her that they weren't in a relationship. She, cordially, pretended she didn't notice.Alicorns needed less sleep than ordinary ponies, which had proven…-
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Lonely Day took her first breath. For a long time that was all she did, feeling the heat in her veins again, the steady beat of her heart. Sensations she had had for so much of her existence she’d never even considered them, but now… after only a short time as something else, she understood a little of her friends’ anger at being revived undead.On the ground in front of her was all that was left of her struggle against Charybdis. The Key made from Mordite hadn’t remained—on a planet filled with…
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About one hour before Event...First Lieutenant Oscar Reyes stood on the edge of the loading gantry of the Albatross Semiautonomous Heavy Carrier. The sun had set less than an hour ago, leaving enough of a glow for him to still see some of the vastly expanded mine infrastructure. What had been only a few dozen slowly rusting buildings a few years ago had changed enormously since he'd started making these runs. Well over a billion dollars had been spent here in almost total secrecy, as it had in dozens of…
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Winding Wheel heard his front bell ring with a familiar high-pitched tinkling, and he looked up from his work. Many tools hung in the air around him, a tiny mallet, a screwdriver, a chisel as fine as a hair. He lowered them with reluctance, replacing each in their assigned place. "One moment!" His voice rasped when he shouted, and when he rose, his joints cracked like the sinue was going to tear right off his bones. It didn't, though he knew that day would come soon. How many predictions did Wheel have…
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You Aren't Alone Anymore 68%Wayfinder was on a journey.She did not know where she was, how she'd gotten there, or how long she'd been walking. But she was traveling somewhere important, and she could not stop until she arrived there.Great billowing fog rose up around Way as she walked, curling where her legs lifted then dissolving again as she continued. It split and reformed around her, obscuring anything more than a few feet in any direction. What she could see were enormous trees, each one on a scale…-
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Bring Them Along (98%)After so long trapped within the boundaries of the Isolation Zone, Wayfinder found every fresh mile beyond its gates a fresh, frightening step out into parts unknown. Some part of her remained tense every second, in case the impotent federal authorities decided that her brief departure from the boundaries was enough cause to kill her. Would she hear whatever missile they sent for her before it struck?The question went unanswered, because there was no attack. The greatest danger they…
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Complete the Overgrowth Spell (93%)"I want to complete that vaccine as much as you do, Ruby," Wayfinder began. "But the whole point of involving Sunburst in the magical aspects of this government is that he actually knows this stuff. It's his magic, and I promised I would help with it. We'll have to gather more when this is finished."Ruby's ears angled inward, and her tail flicked sharply from side to side. She glanced between the two of them, as though she might start shouting. Then she sighed, slumping…
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We have documents from the plague's original source 89%Wayfinder did not expect much difficulty with the central aspect of her task, since, of course, her claims were true. Yes, they were the origin of the infection. Yes, they had unique resources that might allow for a vaccine, something no other territory or government had any chance of producing. But whether any remote power would be willing to invest the resources required to help her city—that was much harder. She had to convince them that she had…
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Wayfinder followed Hazel through the tunnel, lit by the pale glow of white lights strung along the ceiling. Her pony nose made it impossible to fully ignore the sewage odor in the back of her nose, though it was by no means the only one. The green slime had its own scent, something harsh and faintly alkali, like the smell of the chemicals they used to clean her family's old barn.Not a bad smell exactly, though not one she'd expect living things to make. Mammals wouldn't, but changelings—they were…
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“Exactly what kind of training is this?” Trade Wind asked, her voice more than a little nervous. She shifted uncomfortably as she surveyed the room—almost entirely empty, except for the crystals set into the walls. The spells in here looked even more complex than Mystic Rune’s teleportation spells, and those were easily the most advanced magic she had ever personally witnessed. The crystals here were much smaller, which indicated less power was involved, but the number of runes carved into…
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