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// Chapter 31 
// Story: I Love the Star in You 
// by Twilyx360 
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At this point Argyle and Shining did take a break for about three days thinking of how to make this work.

After this Shining was able to paint her Applejack figure. She was impressed and it bought some of her motivation back.

Which got Argyle to start work on his Pinkie Pie figure and was able to make it almost perfectly. Thus bringing some of his motivation back.

Neither really wanted to work on the apparatus again though. Though it wasn’t completely unattended. They did occasionally work on it and were able to get small aspects of the work done.

Interestingly enough whenever they did work on it the anxiety they felt when they first started went away as soon as they worked on it.

It was strange. But they decided to roll with it. It wouldn’t get done if they kept procrastinating. One way or another.

Thankfully they also came up with a decent strategy if they did procrastinate.

“If you can’t stand to work on it for more than a minute then don’t do it.” Thankfully though it wasn’t entirely necessary. And if it was, it worked out nicely.

Soon they were able to think of a more efficient way of building it. A less complicated option that ultimately added a lot. And everything managed to fit into place easily. And they managed to continue in nearly half the time they expected.

And the easier it got the more motivated they got. And at last the hardest part was done.

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Two weeks later Argyle painted his Pinkie Pie figure. And Shining had just molded her Rarity figure.

Now the couple took a quick break to mold the two Pegasi figures.

“You got it!?” Asked Argyle.

“Yes! It’s getting close!” Said Shining using a saw. “Don’t cut yourself!” Shouted Shining.

“I won’t! I almost got the second wing!” Said Argyle using his own saw.

“Keep going you almost got it!” Said Shining. “Almost there! One more cut!”

Argyle kept cutting the wings out and he did it. Two perfect pegasi wings one a Rainbow Dash looking figure. “Yes! Yes!” Shouted Shining.

“I did it!” Shouted Argyle. “You got yours!?”

“Yes! It’s already done!” Shouted Shining. She slid the small figure across the table. A small Fluttershy looking figure.

“It looks perfect!” Argyle jumped towards Shining and hugged her.

“We did it!” They both shouted.

“Now all gotta do is paint them.” Said Argyle smiling.

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In two days the two painted the three figures. And all six of them were done.

The very next day they got back to work on the apparatus and lifted it up to the lighthouse beacon cage.

And work continued up there. Soon they were able to finish the buttons and coverings.

Each button representing a different engraving. And most importantly they finished the crystal containment area.

And of course they drew their blueprints into the handbook.

And finally after another three weeks the apparatus was completed.

Argyle and Shining were proud of themselves. They managed to build this mechanical marvel all by themselves in just two months.

All that was left now was to test it.

Using the scarps of wood from making the six pony figures. They were able to make wooden replicas of the three crystals and tested on those.

Argyle placed the earth pony crystal on top and the crystal sunk down into it. Locking in in place. The Pegasus crystal prop did the same along with the unicorn crystal prop.

Now it was time to memorize the combination of buttons to press.

They pressed six buttons down. And they were successful. The three wooden crystal props came out of the apparatus.

They immediately got the handbook and drew a diagram of the top of the device and highlighted which buttons to press.

“We did it!” Said Shining.

“You bet we did!” Said Argyle.

Both smiled and jumped with joy hugging each other dancing around.

“Woo-Hoo!” They both shouted from atop the lighthouse.

They kissed each other and they ran around the balcony shouting and dancing the night away. Celebrating their two months work.