Where I Talk About What Happened Yesterday, For A Second Time In A Row!
So Yesterday the first thing that I did when I woke up was I logged into Equestria online and found myself in my bedroom in Canterlot with Forest Trails sleeping across from me. I got out of bed and tried to work out what had happened. I hadn't made my pony go to bed, because I had been expecting to go back to it once I had finished moving.
After a bit of thinking I came to two possible conclusions; the first of which was that Equestria Online recognized that I had been away from the Pad for a while and had move my pony into bed as a way to represent that I was no longer playing. A visual way of showing that I was away from the pad. The other idea was that since I had logged in early in the morning it had decided that my pony would just be getting out of bed.
That answered what I had been doing in bed, but what was Forest Trails doing there? I decided to ask Forest Trails when she woke up and went to make her some coffee. Now I personally don't drink coffee but my father had so I had learned to make it growing up. I put some water on to boil in the kitchen area that connected to my bedroom, while I went about searching for some coffee.
I had never spent much time in the kitchen area, and hadn't even noticed it till a few days ago. I presumed that it had come into existence because Forest Trails spent so many evenings with me and had wanted a place to cook her own meals. I didn't mind, and I suddenly appreciated having it around. Moments like this were something I had missed ever since I had moved out on my own.
As I finished the coffee Forest Trails stumbled into the kitchen and made her way over to me. “Is that coffee I smell?” she asked me, perking up a little.
“Yes it is,” I confirmed pouring a her a cup and handing it to her.
She took a long drink and then gave me a hug, “My Treasure.”
I returned the hug, “So what is the plan for today?”
“I have would normally have a few patrols to do in the Forest of Light, but I've asked my parents to look after them for the next little while,” Forest Replied. “I'm taking some time off to be with you while you recover.”
“I don't want to cause you any trouble, you-” I started but forest trails stopped me.
“I want to be with you, my Treasure,” She said with a smile, “And as worried as I was for you, I know that this will be the most time we will have to spend together. You'll be spending most of your time visiting Equestria while your in the hospital won't you?”
“I suppose so,” I suddenly had an idea that made me smile, “Yeah, let's treat this like a vacation! Grab your stuff, we are going to take a road trip!” I paused thinking, “Of sorts anyway. Where we're going, we don't need roads.”
Trails laughed, “Sounds fun, but if you don't mind, I'm going to finish this coffee first.”
“Go ahead,” I said grinning, “I've got some pony to see and plans to make.”
Forest Trails gave me one last hug and I headed out. My first stop of the day was Free Breeze. His store was open and he was downstairs. I greeted him and then asked him if he had any recommendations on what I should take for a road trip where we would be planning to camp. I knew what I would have used on Earth, but not in Equestria and I wanted an experts advice.
It turned out a lot of stuff was the same; a tent, some type of sleeping bag, food, water, and all the rest of the basics. The really interesting thing was that there were a lot of little cheats that I could get away with. For instance when I asked him about toilet paper he just looked at me like I was confused. It turns out you don't need to... uh... Do 'that' in Equestria.
After I was done getting a list of things that I would need I asked him if he would be willing to use his spell that sent us to a random place on Forest and I. He agreed, and we discussed prices, I ended up agreeing to grab a camera and take pictures of some of the places that we passed, along with mark their locations on a map so that he could find the interesting ones and do more mapping of them.
We said our farewells and I went off to a store to get a pair of saddlebags, and the rest of the equipment that Forest and I would need. As I walked I took a moment to enjoy the surroundings, I had spent a lot of time in my room with Forest Trails recently, and had started to forget how beautiful Canterlot actually was. I even stopped to help a kid with a kite he was flying in the main plaza when it had nearly gotten away from him.
It took a while, but eventually I managed to get everything that we needed, and managed to stuff it all into my saddlebags. Now that was tricky, because there seemed to be a lot of ponies around and it was hard to find a spot where I could be on my own. I did find that I was getting faster at folding the items down so that they would fit though. It was really good practice.
I also decided that it might not be a bad idea to put some of the items such as food and water into my personal claudication just in case something happened because you never know. I suppose I should mention that the reason that I didn't just put everything in my personal claudication was because it wasn't big enough to hold everything especially the tents. It takes more talent to make the amount of room you have in a claudication bigger, and for now it's current size was the best I could do.
And in case you are wondering, a personal claudication is folded space that is attached to a pony. It is completely invisible, and has no weight, but it requires a bit of power to stay open leaving less for doing other things. It is also easier to pull thing out of saddlebags, than it is to pull them out of thin air when you are an earth pony. That said it is still incredibly useful.
After I had gotten everything together I went looking for Forest Trails, but was unable to find her. She wasn't in my room, or in the library. I even checked the restaurant where we normally eat before I finally realized that she might have headed home to talk with her parents or to the mayor of Canterlot to let her know that she wouldn't be around for the next few days. Rather than chase her down, I found a good back alley and folded myself across to the cave that Young Jim Hawkins was staying in.
It was massive, and I spotted Jim Hawkins relaxing in the nest he had made for himself. I was once again struck by how massive he was. He felt it across the link and was amused. He spent the next while showing me around his cave. I think the thing that impressed me the most about it was when he showed me that he had managed to carve out a tube with his claws and had managed to make a hots spring big enough for him to wash in.
It's a bit intimidating to thing that those claws of his can cut through stone. Just a little.
After he showed me around I told him about my plan and asked if he wanted to come along. I had been banking on him saying yes, and he did agree to come with Forest Trails and I. He thought that it sounded like fun. He even agreed to carry us on his back if we ended up too far away from Canterlot.
We agreed to meet when Forest Trails showed up and I folded myself back up to Canterlot. I didn't see Forest Trails around anywhere so I grabbed a seat at what I was starting to think of as our restaurant, and started eating lunch.
At this point I had to log off because my friend came back and he had brought me the cables for charging my phone and Pony Pad. He laughed at me a bit about wasting my time on a game for little girls, and I went along with it. We had lunch together, and soon enough he left and let me get back to Equestria.
I logged in and fond Treasure Island just finishing up his meal. As I finished eating (both in real life and in the game, though hospital food isn't the greatest), Forest Trails came trotting up, “There you are. I take it you've managed to get things ready on your end?”
I nodded, “I've got everything that we will need. How about you, did you let everyone know what was going on?”
“I did,” Trails confirmed, “So where are we going?”
I laughed and told her that I didn't know. She was a bit confused till I explained what my plan was. She seemed to like the idea, and we headed back to Free Breeze's shop and told him we were ready. I gave him the coordinates of Young Jim Hawkins cave and he teleported the three of us there. He got the three of us to gather in a group together, and then cast his spell.
A flash of light later and we were sitting in the middle of a desert. Forest Trails looked at me and raised an eyebrow. I shrugged, and walked to the top of the dune that was in front of us. I could see far below us down to a jungle far below. The jungle itself was surrounded an all sides by walls of sand, and I could see some sort of temple in the middle.
I beckoned Trails to come and see and we both stared down at it for a few moments before she turned to me with a grin, “Are you thinking what I'm thinking?”
“Let's do a little exploring before we start heading back!” I said. With that we headed down into the jungle, and towards the strange temple in the middle. Young Jim Hawkins took off behind us and flew out over the Jungle exploring the new area we had found ourselves in.
A Quick Wrap Up Of What Happened Yesterday
So that was pretty much it for major things that we did yesterday. We didn't make it all the way to the temple, but we are pretty close. We camped for the night and I wrote last nights post, and then this morning after spending time with the doctors I logged in and wrote this up. I'm going to go eat lunch, and then we are off to explore the temple itself.
And I'm just now realizing that I didn't get a picture from the top of the sand dunes. Oh well, I'll get it on the way out of this jungle. I wonder what is inside the temple, anything that I should watch out for? Actually never mind, but the time I get your messages I'll already be inside. I'm so excited.
Wish me luck!