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Harlequin stood against the bugs most broken by the invasion. Even in total darkness, she could feel them coming, clawing their way up through cracks in the rock, shoving aside rubble and piles of the dead. It was probably a mercy that she couldn’t see them. Their shells would’ve gone white by now, their eyes sightless, and their limbs half-transformed into terrible weapons.She imagined what they looked like as they closed in around something that wasn’t strong like themselves, wings spread. She…-
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Twilight could've spent months tinkering with this new transformation spell and the strange species that was its result. Ideally her dimensional piercing equipment would be outfitted with something like what Clover had done to the mirror portal, but more versatile, converting all who set hoof through it into the dominant species of the world they visited. Such a conversion might even fool native spellcasters, at least long enough to learn as much as they wanted and get home.But there would be no chance for…-
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August 12, 2015Dear Diary,We’re here. After another long day of travel, we're finally here.It's a good thing the cars on the road at the time apparently didn't stick around, because otherwise driving here with trucks and buses might be impossible (guess we could still off-road, but that sounds like it would take forever). Roads are all clear. Well, there's litter, rubber bits, maybe a few tiny branches that've blown into the roads, but nothing that makes driving too hard. Probably won't stay this way. I…-
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Land and farm 83% After their last experience on the surface of Zerzura, Twilight half-expected some kind of mounted gun to emerge from the soil to shoot the Prospector to pieces, or maybe a gigantic metal deer would emerge from the trees and trample them. But nothing like that happened, and the prospector descended slowly and calmly on the largest bare patch of ground in the area they were calling the “safe zone.”“So this is the map,” Twilight said, passing out printouts about an hour after the…-
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They didn’t have far to go to reach the portal. A little crawling for the humans, and they found themselves in a much smaller cavern, quite warm and comfortable despite the chill of the temple behind them. There was a great deal more cuneiform writing on the walls they couldn’t read. Eric still had his working tablet and took pictures of each one. He didn’t really want to—nothing seemed to matter right now, but he forced himself to move. Danni wouldn’t want me to give up. She’d want us to be…-
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The Gungnir rocked violently to one side, then the other. Even with no windows, Lotus felt the temperature begin to rise, as though the huge ship had been sitting in baking summer sun without opening a window. Her magical senses felt the impact very differently—like a great ship plunging directly into a massive wave. Its supernatural walls held firm, but there was no telling how many such impacts they would survive.Something shook her by the shoulder, drawing Lotus sharply back to reality. Princess…-
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Princess Celestia loomed over her, horn glowing with magical might. This might be Harlequin’s last few seconds of life—that magic could burn her to nothing just like the city shield had done so many times. But that terrible spell never came. “What is your name, changeling? I know you must have one, if you were clever enough to reach me.”“Harlequin,” she answered. Stole that too.“Harlequin…” the princess repeated, ignoring the protests of the various nobles scattered around the room.…
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Morning dawned in flames.Hayden could see them from her tower—a dozen little fires, slowly spreading across Icefalls from every direction. She’d made many changes to the way the city was built—they wouldn’t burn down in a day, even without the fire-crews to put out the flames. But most pony structures were wood. It was only a matter of time before the entire city was ash.Hayden watched from behind her generals—listening as casualty reports continued to pour in. They estimated at least a hundred…-
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Jamie knew terrible things were waiting in her vision, and the results did not disappoint her. Though in the moment her vision was entirely in Flurry’s role, there was very little magic needed to overlap her perceptions with those of the memories. She had seen genocide too.The Governing Intelligence—or the Alldeath, as the visions called it—acted with its own unique flavor of callous brutality. Jamie watched from the castle windows as it rained poison down on the world. Those who were caught in it…-
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Kyle hurried to find Kara, barely even remembering to close the message before she crossed the room. Fay followed behind her, floating lazily through the air. Kyle slowed in the doorway, waiting for her to catch up. The baby looked back in her direction, expression inquisitive. “Don’t worry, Fay,” she said, her voice quavering. “Mommy will—” She stopped, trailing off. What was she saying? She slumped against the wall, reaching out to pull the baby against her with her wings. Fay squeaked once…
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