An old chest lies locked away deep within the Castle of the Royal Sisters. Dusty and forgotten, neglected and abused... They should have left it that way.
... well Fluttershy took a pill that gives 3 blue hearts for that action.
Somehow I'm not surprised that Celestia and Luna failed, their powersets are not quite ... good for that. I mean sure even without empowerment from the sun and moon princesses are powerhouses of debatable destructive potential, plus Luna has access to the dream realm but this is the situation where atomizing problem isn't a solution no matter how cathartic and Issac is kinda undead and as far as I know, those don't sleep so no dream therapy (not to mention that for all power and knowledge princesses are not psychiatrists, in Luna case in need of one).
Fluttershy is not exactly on top of my list of MVPs for this problem but I must admit she's quite high. Personal list goes as such:
Honorable mentions: Sunset Shimmer (a more human approach plus psychometry could help discover more chest history and nature but it could also kill her or vegetize her with an equal chance) Starlight Glimmer (powerful meta-mage with a talent for spell modification and exotic applications, also equestrian cultist-communist and that is not someone who Issac need to talk to, his mother is enough)
6. Rainbow Dash - nice speedy PVP combatant with weather manipulation and a stubborn streak (as long as AOE/sure hit attacks are not in use) but as I said violence in this case is not a solution.
5. Rarity - Mane 6 merchant-enchantress-seamstress-detective and high society go-to pony with rather dangerous telekinesis and charismatic personality, unfortunately most of those are not in high demand inside of the chest.
4. Pinkie Pie - Reality breaking friendly eldritch being in a nice pony-shaped package that wants you to smile smile smile. It would be nice to cheer Issac but in my opinion, it would be applying a band-aid to cauterized lightsaber hole where the blood pump should be. A nice gesture but the hole is still there.
3. Fluttershy - team medic and spymaster with potential "" button with addition of animal army, rabbit of Caearbannog-lite, and Chaos Spirit on speed-dial. Flutters is extremely emphatic and has the means to either change Issac's outlook or with a big "If" do the same to chest creation (a small chance but an existing one) but I don't believe it would be as easy as one therapy session. There is also a nuke option with Discord but in my headcanon born from different magic systems that Chaos Magic = Change = Life and that has a long-standing policy with death and undead things of "no touchie" so Discord would probably look at chest and nope outta here.
2. Twilight - team archmage with a rather strange disposition towards transmutations and mental magics. Twilly has a variety of options to sewer connection between Issac and Chest from more ethical (like educating Issac to give him some other thing to identify himself except what religious nutjob has already done with his psyche) to less ethical (mind manipulations and body changes (but considering all things in game and items Issac already has fluid identity plus rather non-existent connection to humanity so even permanent change of race to pony would not merit even shrug)). Besides Twilight has a history of making situations before making them better, and even something as innocent as giving Issac an education can have cataclysmic effects considering that the chest world is borne partially from imagination. Knowledge is Power after all.
1. Applejack - team strong-mare and logistic expert with not quite small addition of chlorokinesis and honestly blunt disposition. I believe that bluntness could be the key to shattering Issac's prison with the least collateral damage to both the boy's psyche and to the surrounding area by forcing a confrontation with his issues. It would hurt, and there would be explosions but you need to break eggs to make an omlette.
Well at least that's my small analyze, I'd rather wait to read what will happen in the next chapter.
... well Fluttershy took a pill that gives 3 blue hearts for that action.
Somehow I'm not surprised that Celestia and Luna failed, their powersets are not quite ... good for that. I mean sure even without empowerment from the sun and moon princesses are powerhouses of debatable destructive potential, plus Luna has access to the dream realm but this is the situation where atomizing problem isn't a solution no matter how cathartic and Issac is kinda undead and as far as I know, those don't sleep so no dream therapy (not to mention that for all power and knowledge princesses are not psychiatrists, in Luna case in need of one).
Fluttershy is not exactly on top of my list of MVPs for this problem but I must admit she's quite high.
Personal list goes as such:
Honorable mentions: Sunset Shimmer (a more human approach plus psychometry could help discover more chest history and nature but it could also kill her or vegetize her with an equal chance) Starlight Glimmer (powerful meta-mage with a talent for spell modification and exotic applications, also equestrian cultist-communist and that is not someone who Issac need to talk to, his mother is enough)
6. Rainbow Dash - nice speedy PVP combatant with weather manipulation and a stubborn streak (as long as AOE/sure hit attacks are not in use) but as I said violence in this case is not a solution.
5. Rarity - Mane 6 merchant-enchantress-seamstress-detective and high society go-to pony with rather dangerous telekinesis and charismatic personality, unfortunately most of those are not in high demand inside of the chest.
4. Pinkie Pie - Reality breaking friendly eldritch being in a nice pony-shaped package that wants you to smile smile smile. It would be nice to cheer Issac but in my opinion, it would be applying a band-aid to cauterized lightsaber hole where the blood pump should be. A nice gesture but the hole is still there.
3. Fluttershy - team medic and spymaster with potential "" button with addition of animal army, rabbit of Caearbannog-lite, and Chaos Spirit on speed-dial. Flutters is extremely emphatic and has the means to either change Issac's outlook or with a big "If" do the same to chest creation (a small chance but an existing one) but I don't believe it would be as easy as one therapy session. There is also a nuke option with Discord but in my headcanon born from different magic systems that Chaos Magic = Change = Life and that has a long-standing policy with death and undead things of "no touchie" so Discord would probably look at chest and nope outta here.
2. Twilight - team archmage with a rather strange disposition towards transmutations and mental magics. Twilly has a variety of options to sewer connection between Issac and Chest from more ethical (like educating Issac to give him some other thing to identify himself except what religious nutjob has already done with his psyche) to less ethical (mind manipulations and body changes (but considering all things in game and items Issac already has fluid identity plus rather non-existent connection to humanity so even permanent change of race to pony would not merit even shrug)). Besides Twilight has a history of making situations before making them better, and even something as innocent as giving Issac an education can have cataclysmic effects considering that the chest world is borne partially from imagination. Knowledge is Power after all.
1. Applejack - team strong-mare and logistic expert with not quite small addition of chlorokinesis and honestly blunt disposition. I believe that bluntness could be the key to shattering Issac's prison with the least collateral damage to both the boy's psyche and to the surrounding area by forcing a confrontation with his issues. It would hurt, and there would be explosions but you need to break eggs to make an omlette.
Well at least that's my small analyze, I'd rather wait to read what will happen in the next chapter.