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They had been underway for nearly an hour before Hayden heard something she hadn’t before—a voice from the ship, speaking in clinical English. “We are receiving an incoming message from the HMS Neptune.”Guards and ponies all over immediately stopped what they were doing, staring off in all directions for the speaker. Except Skylark, who looked to Hayden instead.“What’s that? Is that… bad?”“No.” Hayden reached out, pressing the “message accept” icon that had just lit up.She was…-
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Maybe they were captives, maybe they were being protected from a government that would turn them into laboratory animals. It was possible all Kyle had managed to do was change the who of where they ended up under the microscope, rather than escaping from it.But even if they were captives, living in a sturdy dome with clear walls and soldiers all around, Kyle was still going to take advantage of some time to practice.Her light spell was easy, becoming more and more second-nature the more she cast it. But…-
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Microphone check, one, two, three. I hear you, Sky, Joseph. Good. I’ll just assume you can hear everything. Is the dictation working?Good. I’ve got another microphone with me, hopefully it will be sensitive to pick up anything he says.I’m walking into the stadium now. Just a few cars in the parking lot, look like they’ve been here awhile. Yeah, they parked one of their VTOLs here. No tanks I can see; guess they want me to feel safe.I guess that’s possible. Yeah, I know this is stupid. I’m doing…-
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It would’ve been wonderful to fly directly to their destination and get everything over with. Summer was eager to reach that portal, and confront whatever reality waited on the other side. Whether she’d be able to continue her relationship with Sharp or not, whether the portal would even work—at least the endless confusion and doubt would be over, and she could see how the chips would fall.But there were some distractions too tempting even for her.It was after at least two weeks of gentle travel that…-
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Jackie had almost everypony now—everypony in the world who had a prayer of working together to stop Athena. The forces arrayed before them were still incredible, perhaps impossible to overcome. But there was no reason she couldn’t try. It was a little like their last-ditch defenses against Charybdis, in the Final War.Only that war didn’t end up being the end, did it? To create Jackie’s Imperial spell, she needed the Alicorns of every relevant aspect. Eureka to provide their mastery over machines,…-
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Silver was frozen in indecision, staring into the face of death. An unseen soldier shouted for him to come forward, and he had a good idea where that path would lead. Probably he'd be marched out to join the ones being executed at that moment. It was an obvious, inglorious end.I'm better than that. I can't change things if I'm dead.Silver closed his eyes, building concentration as he prepared to teleport. It was always about familiarity, and there was one place he knew better than any other. The world…-
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Begin preparations, but wait for safety confirmation 45%“There’s no question in my mind.” Fluttershy finished. She sounded reluctant, as she had with every word during the presentation. “There is nothing in that land that looks dangerous to Equestrian life. There are no known poisons in the air, or water, or soil. The air has the right concentration of inert gasses and oxygen. And if you wanted anything else, look at the plants.” She flashed through a few more slides, showing the growth around…-
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Jacob felt less confident the closer he came to the recording studio. He could hear distant voices, see studio lights shining down the hall, but that didn’t make things easier. What do I think I’m gonna do, tell an Alicorn she’s wrong to her face? Sunset Shimmer felt an enormous debt to him, and to the others who had rescued the imprisoned ponies. That gratitude was infused anew every time his magic saved one of her ponies. But that wasn’t the same thing as having the confidence to tell a pony as…-
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Lotus waited by the cliff as the pegasi descended, backing only far enough away that she wouldn't be so close to the precarious edge. Not that she was afraid of heights exactly, but... she didn't have wings. The last thing she needed was a fatal fall only a few minutes before her rescue!She took a few seconds to straighten her mane as best she could, settle her saddlebags onto her shoulders.Then they arrived. Two of the three remained in the air, about twenty feet up. They circled slowly around, as though…-
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Of course they didn’t fly straight from Seaquestria after that. There was one place left for them to go—a promise she’d made to be kept.It wasn’t hard to find the Harmonizing Heights, particularly when every creature in the city couldn’t say enough about them. After being forced to sit through the court proceeding that might abruptly take away her ability to go home, Summer was thrilled to be out moving again, with her hooves on solid ground. “Hopefully you haven’t been too bored,” Sharp…
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