Sunset ground her teeth as she thought about everything that… thing had said. She learned a few things from it for free at least. Not only would this world not accept her as a human, but she wasn’t just half and half. She knew she was human and a unicorn. But apparently that wasn’t all as far as this world was concerned. What the other ones could be, though, she wasn’t sure.
It was always possible that the little monster was lying to her. Something told her it wasn’t but that doesn’t mean it’s not a possibility. Escaping may be a more important thing to think of than she predicted…
Not that it would be difficult. A small bit of magic could do any number of things. Pick the lock, teleport, move through solid surfaces. Plenty of options.
She took a breath and focused her magic as she pressed her hand to the floor. She just wanted to push her hand through the floor. A simple little thing and… she couldn’t do it.
Her eyes widened as she pushed more magic into it. It still wasn’t working right. More and more magic was pushed into the spell. She was a prodigy damn it! This should be simple!
Eventually she did feel her finger slip into the stone below her but the next moment she pulled away. She was almost out of magic. That simple little spell had taken so much out of her. That wasn’t normal. Maybe it was here but… She had no problems with fire and even used ice back in those ruins!
She grit her teeth as she thought about this development. Was it this world? Was it her magic? She took a breath and felt flame appear at her finger tip with ease. It barely used a drip of what magic she had left. Another breath and the flame changed to ice. It used a little more but it was still inconsequential.
Sunset continued to change the magic at the tip of her finger. Going from element to element with ease. But the moment she tried to do anything else, nothing happened. Most likely unless she put an obscene amount of magic into it like earlier.
That limited her options. Clearly the freedom she was used to when it came to magic wasn’t a thing here. It seemed to all be nature based. Fire, water, ice, lightning, ground, ect. All of those were easy enough. Fire was the easiest. It was the same back in Equestria.
That made things more difficult. Not by a huge amount but enough. She still had options to make her way out of this cell. But none were as simple as her former ideas. The biggest obstacles however were her guards. While Yvonne may not react… too violently, Sunset had a feeling she’d notice much faster than she could make her way out.
Sanse… she figured if he noticed before she could run she might end up dead if not very hurt. To say he didn’t like her was an understatement from what she had seen.
She sighed and dragged her hands down her face but froze as she noticed something wrong.
Her ring finger, pinkie and part of her palm was red now. Whatever the ring was doing had spread.
"What? Why?! Ugh! This whole situation has been one thing after another!" she thought as she groaned in annoyance. She had no clue what was going on with the red and it wouldn't simply brush away or anything.
"What should I do now? If anything this is just going to make them more suspicious when they find it." she stopped for a moment at that. If it would be bad for them to find it, why not take the initiative instead?
She went up to the bars and called out "Hey! Sanse! Can you get that woman, uh, Maria back here?”
“Shut it!” Was his immediate reply.
She expected that much though. “Oh, come on! Something weird is happening with my hand and now I’m scared and would rather someone with expertise looks at it!” She shouted, waving her reddened hand through the bars.
She couldn’t see his face but with the lack of immediate insults he seemed to have recognized something was off.
“You can wait.” He grumbled “Not exactly a problem for me if it kills ya.”
She rolled her eyes and leaned against the wall. What an annoying guy. “You’re such a jerk.” She said aloud as she closed her eyes. She was just annoyed by this whole situation. But as long as he actually got Maria then things would be going according to the plan she just came up with.
She lost track of how long passed before she heard the door open up to the building. She hurried over and listened as closely as she could.
“Yyvone. Before you start your shift, get Maria. The prisoner is having some kind of issues.”
“An issue?” She asked and Sunset could just imagine her raised brow. She wouldn’t blame her. The thought he was doing something for her seemed pretty unlikely.
“Kay.” She said simply before Sunset heard the door shut again. Well… it sounded like she would get Maria here to look at her hand. Hopefully she’d understand something.