//------------------------------// // (Weiss Report) Bubble Trouble [Pegasus Seafoam] // Story: The Unique Properties of Dark Magic // by Shadestyle //------------------------------// Entry Number Thirty, Year Two. So, a foreword on Pegasus Seafoam and Mistril. Swallowing this stuff will not give you the powers of a pegasus. That's because it gives you entirely different powers. Of course, I don't want my ponies drinking soap and swallowing iron pellets, so I'm keeping that on the downlow until I can make a safer way to tap into it. Otherwise, I would absolutely put this particular use into mass production. It's glorious, and incredibly useful. Thanks to my Shadow Clone Technique, I'm able to escape the consequences of drinking soap and swallowing iron pellets, at least for a while, and during the effective period of Pegasus Seafoam consumption, it grants a number of unique passive effects not found elsewhere among the spells I know of. The first and foremost ability granted by consuming Pegasus Seafoam itself is the ability to treat any bubble as though it were as solid as granite, even going so far as to treat you as being weightless for the purpose of standing on floating bubbles. The emotional effects are also dazzling, a blend of several feelings in the air pollute the results, but in general, Pegasus Seafoam inflicts a strong sense of joy, laughter, and giddiness, paired with a few emotions I can't quantify, but I am certain are related to the emotions that Pegasus ponies are able to feel. These emotions combined do not grant the user the ability to stand on top of clouds, which is noteworthy, and I suspect it is due to the magic of the seafoam itself, it's possible that if the magic were bound in "Liquid Clouds", instead of soapy water, then one might gain the ability to walk on clouds. This is pure speculation, however. I've actually managed to replicate this effect once without the use of Siren's Seafoam, through the use of a Vance that I had prepared by drinking a potion right before going to sleep and charging the Vance accordingly, so I suspect that a Materia could do the same thing. However, the use of a Materia would cause the same confusion as any other off-tribe ability, and would risk exposing a Materia's capabilities in that respect. As such, I've got no choice but to shelve the idea of mass producing Bubblewalking Materia for the time being. Though I've spent more time falling off of bubbles than I have standing on top of them, I know that with enough practice, the ability could begin to come second nature to me. I've been doing some consideration, on several things, and I might be able to craft a spell that, if not a true Bubblewalking Spell on it's own, will create Pegasus Seafoam for me to consume in order to gain the effect. I've gotten very positive tests by combining Waterworks, Royal Sugar, and Black Flames. The heat, sugar, and water together forming a bubbling froth that I'm certain I can refine into a spell to capture ambient magic. As an added benefit, if I can master this combo of spells, it will give me the ability to shoot bubbles that make people pass out. A worthwhile ability, if only for the aesthetic. Who could possibly deny the sheer aesthetic presence of me, standing on a gigantic purple bubble, shooting other purple bubbles that make people pass out on contact? It's literally the coolest fucking idea of all time. On to the next topic of discussion, the consumption of Mistril. Unlike Pegasus Seafoam, consuming this metal does not grant bubblewalking, and, for the longest time, I wasn't sure it did a single damn thing. Eventually, though, I learned that it has the dumbest possible effect, namely, it increases the effective density of air for the user. I can't swim through the air, and I can't do that thing from One Piece where they kick off the air, but both of these have two simple causes. I'm not trying hard enough. I'm no fool, I know my legs are puny at the best of times, especially compared to non-unicorns, I imagine if Iron Diamond were under this effect, he could kick his way through the air without a care in the world. At the same time, consuming raw Mistril can't be good for your health, limiting the tests I can do for Earth Ponies being able to leap through the air and skywalk around. Oh but if I could, you bet your ass I would be mass producing this stuff. Just because I'm too much of a scrawny puke to fly with a Mistril Jawbreaker doesn't mean that I wouldn't take a lot of pleasure out of watching others take to the skies with them. So, for Mistril, I've been looking into something my ponies have independently been developing without my knowledge. Molten Cooking. These ponies were eating goddamn rocks before I came around. I would be a fool to assume that giving them a total immunity to heat wouldn't lead to them melting the rocks first. So far, it's only been things like Glass and Crystal, but with how much my soldiers have been working with metal alloys, I've got this tickle in the back of my mind telling me it won't be long before someone tries to cook up a molten aluminum sundae. I'm not going to force it along, but if somepony DOES gain the ability to cook metal into foods, you can bet your fucking ass I'm sending over a batch of Mistril for him or her to try their hands at turning it into a dish. I don't even know why I like the idea so much, to be honest, we all live underground. At the same time though, I just can't deny it, the idea of ponies just chowing down on some magical curry and then hopping their way through the skies without a care in the world... It strikes me that this might be the Pegasus Seafoam talking right now. I'll write up another report later after it wears off, see if I'm still feeling quite as much hype for this particular plan. Princess Celestia, are there ponies who can cook metal, in this era? Everything in this entry seems to be possible with the technology we have now. Well, Sunset, that's a good question. I've not heard of any in the past three centuries, but that by no means implies that the practice has died out. There once existed a small commune of Griffons and Earth Ponies who would mix enchanted copper salts into monster meat, for... I believe it was some cultural reasons. I'll look through my contacts, perhaps some of their descendants still uphold the practice.