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Take a Chance to Keep the Car (59%)We'll look for a rural gas station. There are lots of little pull-offs, right off the highway. We find one that isn't too busy, pull up and buy some gas, and we're out again before anyone gets involved. Preferably at night, when they wouldn't even be looking our way. It's worth the risk.She floated the map lower in her magic, examining the route she had already selected for that purpose. "Take a left at the end of the driveway; we'll leave town from the south. But stay in…-
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Go take a Cold Shower 55%There were many ways she wanted to answer his question. Her body supplied her with all the information she could possibly desire in that regard, and it wasn't inclined to do much thinking right now. There was no time to stop and consider. Only a simple fact in her desire, and a way to fulfill it.Just get a little closer, give him permission, and Peter would take care of the rest. She wouldn't be alone anymore, wouldn't be abandoned.If it wasn't for all her magical practice over the…
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"If we go back, we should go to Denver" 47%Wayfinder could see good reasons to consider both kinds of destinations, either somewhere remote and rural, or going back to her home. If it weren't for Sunburst, she probably would've suggested the former. Her own hometown would've made a good fit in that regard, far enough away that it would be safe from the worst of what happened in the city.But Sunburst knew things. She had felt his confidence just being near him. But that would probably not be a very…
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Trust Rudolph (78%)Her friends weren't happy about the decision to trust someone they didn't know. But Ruby ultimately spoke up for her, silencing any further objection. "We're already trusting Way's judgment just coming up here. We can trust her judgment about this.""Besides—worst thing they would probably do is kick us out," Peter added. "If we leave this hideout, it's basically the same as getting caught. The risk-calculations might get worse as time passes, but for now..." He paced around her, eyeing…
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Share with Nobody (43%)Wayfinder spent a few minutes agonizing over who to share her information with. Ruby was more reliable, and despite their falling out, she could still trust her in ways that Peter hadn't earned yet. On the other hand, Peter was the one who'd been teaching her magic the last week. If anyone deserved to share what she was learning, it was him.But if she brought them both, they'd butt heads—Peter did not get along very well with Ruby. I'll just read first, then tell them both what I…
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Refusing someone who looked so friendly wasn't an easy thing for Way, but she did her best. There was something about this horse, something she'd not seen in anyone else she met so far. An effortless, casual kindness, remaining calm despite the grim outlook.If she could act like that more often, maybe her friends would trust her better. "I like the sound of... Wayfinder," she said, grinning nervously. "Maybe I'll use it.""That's great! I hope—" he glanced back down the hill, and his expression turned…
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Go for a walk (52%)Way loved being out in nature.There was something instantly stress-relieving about a trip into the woods, taking away your sight of any nearby building or piece of infrastructure. On a typical trip you might not encounter more than a handful of humans for hours—or if you were lucky, none at all.Granted, she didn't usually take those trips late at night, when her breath came in sharp gasps and her tail kept flicking angrily from side to side while she walked.The backyard was large and…
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Go with Peter to Learn Magic (75%)"Fine," Way eventually said. "But I don't care how long you were stuck in that cage without company; no being weird."He levitated something over his shoulder, floating it off the counter. At first she thought it might be a satchel, though the size was wrong. It fit him too well, and obviously they didn't have anything in the correct size. But then she realized: it was an old lunchbox with a strap, something she or her sister had used in their childhood."I got it. You need…
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"We have to learn what happened to us," she finished. "How these new bodies work. Powers, if we have them. Magic that the unicorns seem to have. Looks like almost all of us turned out this way. Ruby will, I could see the horn growing. Whatever's happening out there in the rest of the world—the more we can learn, the better we can survive.""I'll share everything I know," Peter declared. The keyboard glowed faintly just beneath his hooves. Though he sat with his 'hands' positioned directly above the keys,…
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Find a way to get online and learn how the disease is spreading (52%)."We have to figure out what's happening past Granite Bluff. Just knowing our surroundings won't matter if the feds plan on stopping the spread with a nuclear option. But if that's off the table, that tells us something else about where it's safe to live."Way wobbled on two hooves, struggling to stay standing. She fell back a second later, so she didn't have to concentrate just to stay standing. "It's been long enough, the effects of this…
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