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You, sir, are a night worker's godsend.
Dammit. It's 11:50 pm for me. I was about to go to the wonderful land of sleep, but now I want to know what happens next . Damn you for taking away my sleep with your excellent writing abilities.
We all need sleep but this story is too good to pass up
4826794 Don´t be a foal...it´s 01:15 for me !
Gosh, i know there is a lot going, but i can´t see what !
4826052 What happens to the mass converted into the energy for the mana is that just gone like burning matter in a plasma fire? Is there no waste product at all? If so heavy casting of unicorns is essentially eating up a part of what makes the life cycle of a planet work unless it somehow feeds back into the system from the lay-lines?
I feel sorry for poor Dinky it is much much harder staying up when you know you have to be awake then it is when you are just staying up because you can, she's in for a very very long night.
4826901 Why the hell were you up past 12:00 in the first place?
Something tells me that this is good practice for dinky.....for later.
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Interesting thinking. I actually hadn't thought of that.
I dunno.
Buzzing concerto? That would be awesome to listen to.
Nine hours of row row row your boat, ol Mc Donald, twinkle twinkle little star, and more from Dinky ' bee orchestra. It's a concert of bees humming your favorite foal hood songs.
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Do you drink milk?
Why is it we feel that drinking cows milk is somehow more appropriate than drinking milk intended for our species?
Do.... Do you sleep?
4826924 sounds like something for Bucky to research later or maybe Dinky and Pina even, though I'll bet if anyone knows the answer to this it'll be Twilight or one of the other princesses.
The fact that you can upload multiple engaging chapters a day just astounds me.
You sir are amazing.
4827420 Animals don't do what she did. She was put down for being a bad mother.
4827316 Something makes me think that our Author isn't human. A machine perchance?
Come on Dinks, you can do it! Hey... what about summoning bees who have like... incendiary grenades for stingers? Sting a wolf, watch it go up!
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How about this for a possibility:
Instead of saying that there is magic in everything, it is more accurate to say that there is magical energy in everything. Magical energy takes three states: Potential, Kinetic, and Remnant.
Potential magical energy is the magic that is inside something, ready and waiting to be used. It is what forms the magical reserves inside a Unicorn. It is the feeling that an Earth Pony gets when he is ready to sow the fields. It is the power the Pegasus feels when she feels the need for a sudden downpour. At this point, the magical energy is in its highest state, because it has not yet been given a direction. That is not to say that someone with potential magical energy inside them can do anything, it just means that the magical energy is not the limit on what they can do. In other words, a Type I Unicorn has the same potential magical energy inside them as a Type IV Unicorn, but there is something else that limits what a Type I Unicorn is capable of vs. a Type IV.
Kinetic magical energy is magic that has been given a specific purpose. Once a Unicorn casts a spell, kinetic magical energy comes out of their horn to actually perform whatever spell was cast. Properties of kinetic magical energy include, besides the amount, the specific action to be performed and the area/volume to cover. These properties determine how quickly the magical energy will be used up. BTW, the spells inside spell jars are forms of contained kinetic magical energy (one is the spell itself and the other, fused with the glass, is the containment). Sunstones are the same: The magical energy has been given a purpose, and is in the process of executing that purpose at a specific rate. Kinetic magic energy can be very hard to quantify, especially when used by Earth Ponies (mainly because Earth Pony magic hasn't been studied as much).
Remnant magical energy is the ground state of magical energy. It is magical energy that remains after kinetic magical energy's purpose has been fulfilled or exhausted.There are no known beings in Equestria that are able to use or manipulate remnant magical energy, although it may be possible to detect the presence of remnant magical energy, and to lean of its properties.
There are several rules that govern magical energy and the transitions between them:
1) Transitioning between states of magical energy is not 100% efficient.
When potential magical energy is converted to kinetic (by casting a spell, for example), some of the magical energy is going to fall immediately to the remnant state. The magical energy that fell directly to the remnant state is what was used to shape the rest of the potential magical energy into its kinetic form.
Similarly, not all of the kinetic magical energy is going to fall to its remnant state. For example, let's say Rising Star decides to use some of his magic to cook a fish for Bucky. The kinetic magical energy used for heating the fish is going to lose some of its energy, as heat. The remaining magical energy will fall to its remnant state.
2) Potential magical energy comes from the ley lines.
2a) Remnant magical energy goes to the ley lines.
The ley lines are the source of potential magical energy. There is a permeable barrier separating the ley lines from the rest of the world. That barrier allows measured amounts of potential magical energy into the world, and some beings are able to penetrate the barrier to access the ley line's massive potential magical energy reserves directly.
It has been observed that, over time, remnant magical energy moves to, and is absorbed by, the ley lines. It is assumed that something within the ley lines is converting the remnant magical energy back into potential magical energy.
There is still much to learn about the ley lines. For example, nobody knows how the barrier controls the rate of energy transfer, or how it repairs itself when penetrated (such as by nosey Unicorns). Also, nobody knows how remnant magical energy is re-energized to its highest, potential state. And, of course, nobody knows for sure what's actually in there. It's much easier, and safer, to just go out and get drunk.
3) Absorbing potential magical energy is not 100% efficient.
Different beings are able to absorb potential magical energy at different rates. Pegasi and Earth Ponies are actually more able than Unicorns to absorb potential magical energy. That is why Unicorns had to spend so much evolutionary currency to develop the systems inside their bodies that convert food into potential magical energy (but remember Rule #1, it's not 100% efficient).
Some especially-drunk Unicorns have theorized that, since the other Pony races are better able to absorb potential magical energy directly, it's very important that a Unicorn have at least one opposite-gender non-Unicorn around. That way, if the Unicorn needs continuous access to large reserves of potential magical energy, the Unicorn and the non-Unicorn can simply start rutting, in order to provide for a rapid and efficient transfer of potential magical energy.
This drunk theory has remained a theory, even though it brings whole new meaning to the phrase "riding into battle".
Bee music...that filly is talented.
This is quite possibly the most accurate depiction of the male condition ever. Yay no errors I can say something else now!!! And your description of the zombies lacked a potentially crucial point. Biting may not zombify anypony but it does carry the possibility of disease. Rotting corpses and all that.
4827889 The zombies are only a few days old, they should not be rotting very much or at all yet.
4827650 That would be awesome but incredibly costly mana wise. To physically alter the properties of something takes power, that's why when Bucky was making the gas bag last chapter they said it was only doable by powerful type threes and above. While this isn't on the same scale, doing it repeatedly would be very difficult to maintain especially for a little filly.
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It seems off because it is a foal speaking. I intentionally skew some of my foal's wording sometimes.
And Thistle's. And Ripple's. And many others.
Shouldn't it be, "I don't know how to help him." ?
I love how they assume just because dinky can make music with bees (why? MAGIC! I aint gotta explain anything)that the magic will be good enough(or actually music) to ward away magical fear, rooted deep into their minds with just bees, seems legit
4827742 how about this for a suggestion: this this and that, definatively being these things as defined by people and stuff, but you know, just a suggestion, you change it if you like ( no you can't it is set in stone)
that was the most detailed and intricate "suggestion" ive ever read
Bucky will never have the "I don't wanna go to bed" arguments with his foals......
Oohohoho I am very intrigued by Lyra and her backstory, I really wish to know what happened to her before this all happened.
Nicely done man!