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"This is your room," Lance said, about six hours later. They passed in an absolute blur for Wayfinder, who could do little more than go along for the ride. She followed along with everything Lance said, even when that meant agreeing to things that were obviously false.Yes, she'd been studying at the police academy as a young man about her real age named "Ryan Winters" on vacation to see his family from the East Coast. Yes, Wayfinder had lost everything to verify that claim and was just going by "Way" now,…-
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Play it safe, take her time to learn the ropes and follow legal channels to get her friends released. (45%)Of course, Wayfinder wasn't going to reject any option given to her. She wanted to know what Hazel might be thinking, even if she was a half-starved adolescent who had spent most of the pandemic hiding in a trap house.She closed the laptop, then tucked it under the covers of her bed for good measure. "What plan do you have in mind?"The result was impressive—impressive enough that she swore,…
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Wayfinder's next week passed without anything remarkable happening. Every other day she had lessons to teach, with ponies practically lining up to fill the room. There were more than just police now: a large number of security personnel and even some locals attended, packing into every seat in the room and overflowing down the hall.Someone in command got rid of the non-unicorns, though those people were still free to listen over the loudspeakers. By the end of the week, the staff had expensive cameras at…
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Take Ruby to the Police Barracks (77%)Wayfinder only needed to take one look at Ruby to know that her friend didn't need to be anywhere near those dirty, desolate quarantine shelters. The others locked in there would sense her weakness, and probably take advantage. Not that she had very much left to steal.So she brought the mare back to the barracks with her, took her to the showers, then gave up her cot for the night. "We'll have to share it unfortunately—not a lot of space in here, and Hazel gets the…
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Side paths, slower but stealthy. 76%Wayfinder led them silently into the Overgrowth.At first there was nothing to impede their path, or anything to suggest they ventured anywhere more interesting than an abandoned town somewhere. If there was any significant detail about the place, it was how quickly the effects of the place's namesake took hold.Grass cracked through even tiny cracks in the pavement, with vines creeping up and covering any surface tall enough to support them. Wildflowers of numberless…
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Follow the Wisp 92%Wayfinder descended the maintenance steps. This building held the practical sciences, so most of its internal space was occupied with various labs and lecture halls. She had fond memories of a class in the observatory there on the fourth floor, though the wisp wasn't going in that direction.Soon enough they were back in common areas. Here the building endured better than the surrounding areas. Nature crept inside only where the occasional window was cracked open—and even then, the…
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Say that they should stay in Star Hall, if they can make it work 80%"I'd be leaving people behind if I stayed," Wayfinder began. "My sister is out there. I'd have to go back and get her. But before I did that, I'd want to know how this place works. How you're able to survive the dangers.""What even is the Overgrowth?" Ruby interrupted. "This awful forest is getting bigger all the time, forcing the isolation zone to burn it back. We've already seen at least one danger, presumably there are a bunch more. But…
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Be a spy/diplomat with the isolation zone 48%The temptation to remain in Starhall studying with Sunburst was almost impossible to resist. Here was a pony who knew everything about her powers, whose theoretical knowledge of the secrets of magic extended into questions she hadn't even thought to ask yet, and who was willing to show her anything she asked! She could vanish into this place, and in a way it would be her second chance at university. Only this time, she'd actually graduate with useful skills,…
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No, only Hazel can be trusted. 52%It wasn't that Wayfinder didn't believe that Peter was on her side. He'd sacrificed as much as she did to get Ruby released, even though the mare was only an acquaintance to him. He had no obligation to offer anything, not even advice. Yet he'd saved and sacrificed and risked. But for all that, something about the way he ended up with Lance just didn't sit well with Way. He'd been a soldier before he was anything else, with deep connections to the same base that once…
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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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