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(Grrrar) Doctor Pony gonna explain why need old papers?
Yeah, Stable, how in Equestria did an earth pony filly trap us with her mind?
(Dr. Stable Rate) **raspy** Cortexephan.
(Grrrar) Cortexa-what?
(Dr. Stable Rate) **raspy** Cortexephan.
The drug that drove Vial mad?
(Dr. Stable Rate) **raspy** The drug was created to try to help ponies who suffered from mental illness. Just as the war began Ponyville hospital had a clinical trial of the drug. Not all that dissimilar to what Vial did with his tests at first. 20 ponies were given the drug, another 10 were given a placebo. From what I read the trial was ended when the drug proved useless. Apparently it had some unintended side effects. Screwy had them, Vial had them, and so did Spark.
Spark trapped us in a waking dream state with illusions. Screwy and that asshole didn’t have anything like that.
(Dr. Stable Rate) **raspy** Vial found one side effect. Accelerated healing. Creating an ideal set of circumstances to create a ghoul. The second side effect seems to happen once they are a ghoul. Audio Log #019. Screwy killed two Steel Rangers by breathing pink cloud.
So? Lots of Canterlot Ghouls have that ability. I can even do it.
(Dr. Stable Rate) **raspy** You forget, Screwloose wasn’t a Canterlot Ghoul.
She adapted? Then what about Vail?
(Dr. Stable Rate) **raspy** Can’t say for sure. Spark and Screwy are earth ponies. Vial was a unicorn. The effects could be different.
So there are 20 cortexaphan ghouls out there? Fuck.
(Static Spark) **very slightly raspy** Actually only 15.
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(Static Spark) **very slightly raspy** I–I can sense them. When I slept, I even saw snippets of what they were doing.
Did you see a blue mare with a white mane? Cutie mark of a single screw?
(Static Spark) **very slightly raspy** I don’t get outside lookies. Sorry.
She can adapt to other unique ghoul abilities. Please, you have to give us something. She is my sister.
(Static Spark) **very slightly raspy**child’s whine** I don’t know sorry.
**ethereal chime**
(Aglow) **Echoey** It is ok my sweet. You are unable to control your gift.
**clattering of bottles**
(Fleamutt) **a distance away** Where da fuck uni-pone come from?
(Aglow) **Echoey** A mare like what you seek was last near a ship called The Alicorn. It is off the coast near Manehatten.
Thank you, Aglow.
**ethereal chime**
(Fleamutt) **a distance away** Fleamutt swear he seeing things. **receding, limping, bipedal pawsteps**
(Dr. Stable Rate) **raspy** So we head to The Alicorn at first light.
First we need to head back to Recurrence.
(Dr. Stable Rate) **raspy** Brit, are you sure we should. What about what was recorded in the woods?
I–I want to go one last time before sending in the logs. I will send them, but I want a last good visit before they shun me for what I’ve done. And besides we have to drop off Spark there. A Hellhound Sanctuary is no place for a ghoul filly. No offence.
(Grrrar) None taken.
(Dr. Stable Rate) **raspy** Right. And we can see if Binary cracked that encryption.
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