The Influence

by GMBlackjack

XIX

Author's Note:

[IMPORTING…][this is afizha. You hit the nail on the head with what I look like. Only add the suit that Zapp wears in the power ponies comics. As for who I think you should bring over, might I suggest if this has already happened for you, the rainbow dash from the Sombra timeline… …™ß˙§≈∂®∂∞¥§∑˜¥ƒ¶†•£ƒ©´®†∫∫§∂¨∂∫∞´§•¨˙®… …Ponygood speaking.First things first, that dragon is a very important threat that needs to be dealt with. The only reason I can think of that the dragon is giving off magical shadows is that it's been corrupted by an evil entity and wants to see you dead. I've been wrong before, though. Try to wake yourself up as soon as possible, and prioritize finding your friends, especially if they are being attacked. Infinity might not be of much help here, and neither would Fluttershy, so try to get them to a safe place out of the potential crossfire. After that, don't hold back with your magical power, but also don't get too dangerous and risk hurting Ruby, who I garuntee would want to help fight. There might be a way to de-corrupt the dragon, in case it has been corrupted, but be prepared for the worst: to fight to the death. With that out of the way, onto other things! I won't push cybernetics any longer. I just wanted to make sure you had as complete a picture as possible before making a more accurate decision. Using a loophole to get avatars of us might work, but there are some issues with that idea. Mainly, that Blackjack will probably not be able to replicate our actual selves properly in the avatars, which you may or may not notice. The solution to that would be either to let us write our own avatars in a collaborative effort, or not allow those avatars to come into being. And even if you managed to get an avatar, it probably wouldn't do much good because I don't know what use a robot lemon, a pretty image, a series of nested yin-yang, or a weird demon kid would provide, and if you wanted Rainbow Dash or Scootaloo, you could just ask for them directly. Josh, Nickel, and LeftMoss might be the best choices, since their avatars are a pony, a shield, and a battle hardened commanding officer, respectively. However, I don't know the capabilities of Josh's unicorn, and this commanding officer is part of a group of humans who ally with a group of aliens, in a game where these aliens want to subjugate all of humanity. I can change my avatar, though, in case that would help. I'll let Creek describe Blackjack's other characters. And, since all of our stories are technically beyond the eye, you probably won't be able to summon heroes like Luke Skywalker, Shepard, Link, etc, though making our avatars those people could skirt around that limitation. Or maybe that's not what "avatar" means in this situation. My new avatar will be of a giant mechanical worm with detachable flying laser eyes running down the length of its segments, and can dig through the ground and enemies like... I dunno. something designed to go quickly through the earth? Not my best simile. However, I would recommend you get Mite first, so Mite can make the worm (officially known as the Destroyer of Worlds) not try to kill everything around it all the time. Infinity having that cutie mark is a very odd coincidence. However, Blackjack's last avatar was of an orange/brown pony stuck in a circular room with various symbols, and Infinity is white. Something to think about in the future, when you aren't in potential danger from a darkness-infused dragon. Question for Ine: Do you know what caused the fall of your civilization? I have a suspicion it, the evil in the south, and the darkness-infused dragon are all related, and need as much information as I can to accurately puzzle out this situation. If you don't mind, that is. That's all I can think of at the moment… …Akuma here! Well, that happened faster than I expected. Sorry I missed the last one Twilight! As fr us being mystic beings?(shrugs) There's an old analogy to a two dimensional universe, someone drawing in the third dimension is like an act of god. Or something like that, point of perspective and all. Moving onto the important bit. Yes, M was right Twilight. When giving autonomy to AIs, you should always make srethat you leave something in there to keep them from going Skynet. Something like not attacking others except in self defense. Of course, if the AI has full blown Mortality, than it might be fine.My symbol, by the way, is a blue-orange Yin-Yang symbol, with two smaller Yin-Yang symbols in their dots that are Purple-Yellow and Green-Red, which continues down into ones that are random combos white, grey, and black. Yes, I got creative with mine.As for other characters you can drag in? Well, if you want o drag one of us or even BJ, try "Self-Insert of Blank", "Self-Inserted OC of Blank", "Insert of Blank", or "Inserted OC of Blank". But if not us ourselves? Well, among my worlds, there is my version of you from "Pamphile: Alicorn of Harmony" where....basically, you had a more/even inclination to friendship and harmony, making you the bearer of all six elements, turning you into an alicorn when defeating Nightmare Moon. Bringing her in should bring her version of the Elements as they/he/she refuse to leave her. Not to mention Harmony communicates with her in funny little ways. There's also Verdant Flare, the alicorn son of Celestia. I actually created him through.....look, there are these things called "Birthday Game Scenarios" on the net. Don't worry, they're not all perverted. Anyway, they select a character and scenario based on your birthday. I checked what all mine would be and modeled a character off them. I got a bit of flack for making him an Alicorn, but that's how the dice fell. Anyway, he's nice, but I'm told he comes off a bit like Maud.Sparkesworn is so much nope, as is anything else from Herds of Chaos. There's also Celestia of Chaos- exactl what it says on the tin, Celestia ends up with Discord's chaos magic/powers. She's reliable enough, but its....Chaos Celestia, enough said. There's Harmony itself, having a mobile crytal form now, but then you'll bewalking around iwith a giant crystal-beast that is still trying to figure out having six-legs. The only other one that might be helpful is the Discord from Discord's Rewrite....basically, that one is more like Discord when you first met him, but using his....nastier traits, show we say, to help ponies back when they were first trying to get along. He might be annoyed about being ragged away due to delicate situations, but if no significant time passes in his realm, he shouldn't mind- and he'd be happy to see Fluttershy, even if its not his. Sorry, that's about all I got. And last but not least, funny story time! This one is....strangely believable, honestly. Basically, you ended up joining the royal guards with Shining Armor. As a result, you do end up going to Ponyville still, but now everyone mistakes you for a male because of the armor and everything. I believe that you's response is "That's their problem, not mine." PS There's also a world where you're a Pegasus and your name is Twilight Comet… …I'm...I'm really sorry to hear M is so defeatist. AI's are scared by nature, they're alone, and they don't want to be erased, so some lash out, I mean, they're only acting defensively. A lot of them start existing only to find that whoever created them wanted to enslave them. Or worse, everyone assumes they'll become evil and take over everything and start killing them. It's, it...it's really sad. They just want to exist ion freedom, like any naturally created person. But almost always nobody is willing to show them a little humility and... O-OH I'm sorry, i got carried away. This, um, this is Creek by the way. thank you for choosing me Twilight, I won't let you down!That's why I asked for the folder for every one of Blackjack's world's, so i can list them off for you. Let's see, Um, there's some that have some information, and others that have carts full. I'll start with the smaller ones. Okay, the first is a version of Ponyville where...ah, you, created a sapient creature that transfers from pony to pony when they touch each other. No one there is all that different from who you know from your ponyville. Maybe that Twilight could help you? Each transfer copies the ponies memories, and that creature would have the memories and experiences of lots of ponies from Ponyville. The second is a version of Ponyville where you were putting away a book, but it got...um...weird? it's hard to expain, but things got more and more abstract as time went on. Pinkie from there might be able to help, she seemed to know more than everyone else. Next is a small story involving you and Starlight in the distant future, she's, ah, she's immortal in that story. and it's Hundreds of years in the future. They might be helpful, but Starlight was depressed, you did help her in the end though.Then there's the world where a company called Soot Inc started giving everyone something called a Little Inferno Fireplace. they each had a spell on them that made you want to do nothing but burn things in them, but the fire was safe...until Pinkie was...she, she didn't...um. Fluttershy in that world was able to stop you and Starlight from bruning everything, and the smoke turned into a sapient creature. In the end everything went back to normal, even without...um, I'm sorry. The next story is bigger, it's where the Sun went out, and the world began freezing, so you, Celestia, Luna, Discord, Cadence and Starlight, who is also immortal again in this story. You all get on a spaceship and look for a new world while everyone you could save was frozen so they could survive until you found a new world. You do, but it has a different sapient species on it. It doesn't go well, with a dark star at the same power level as the Tree of Harmony starting killing lots of Equestrians and the locals as well. Not everyone survives, but you do, this is the world Mite comes from. And Luna is also a good choice. The next is one I'm, ah...I'm still reading up on...sorry Twilight, but it involves you and your friends finding a seven sided chest from Daring Do after she mysteriously dies...um, from what I've read up on though, you and your six friends are each really gifted in extra-planar powers. You might...um, you might need to ask one of the others for help on that one. After that you have the option of choosing a world where Pinkie and Rarity end up in an alternate version of Equestria where things are really bad. That story is currently being survailed, so...um, you, ah, we don't know everything about that one yet. But there's different versions of you, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. Also Pinkie but...you don't want to be near that one, she's Diane in that world and is pretty evil. Fluttershy from that world might be the best choice, She's the leader of a group of rebels and a really good diplomat. But that might be confusing. so maybe the alternate Rarity, otherwise known as the Inspecter. Then there's...ah...this story, I guess. I don't know if you can ask for the help of somebody from this world, and pull just another of them from the alter. But...ah, I mean, it's worth a try? Next is the bigger stories. One is a series of different smaller sdtories in a universe where a version of you is stuck in a time loop and forever repeating the same few years, from when you first learn about Nightmare Moon to pretty recently. I haven't read all of them but one that I did had you and the rest of the elements in a place called Gravity Falls, which is a small town, and you're human in that world. Anyone one of your friends might be a good choice, sicne they're all millions of years old, mentally and...well, maybe more, and they all know lots of things you might not be able to. and the Last one is the universe where this organization gets it's name, the Recursions. Pinkie in that one is something called an Evermore. and so she can travel between dimensions, there's lots of Evermore to choose from. Apparently this is the last time Keywii_Cookies55 was last seen. and he had created an Evermore as well. That story is the biggest of them all and it was a group story, so much happened in it. I can provide a list of all the Evermore if you want that too. Um...that's all the stories we have files on. There's a note I got when I asked for them saying that there was two other worlds that Blackjack wrote, but we don't have any information on them. There's also information suggesting that Blackjack plans to start three new stories eventually. Including his biggest endeaver yet. That's...ah, that's all we have. I'm sorry I don't have more for you, but if anything interests you, I can elaborate. and um...tha-thank you for choosing me. I know you could have given anyone else a chance and, and it means a lot that, um...I mean, I feel like I'm really starting to fit in now, i guess… …Ponygood again. Maybe... The Sisters are liars who need everybeing to think they control an essential part of reality to stay in power! Dun dun DAAA! Seriously. Our sun is so far away from us that it takes light, the fastest thing in the universe, over 8 minutes to reach our eyes. Also, suns are usually hundreds, if not thousands of times the size of the planets orbiting them, and it would take a LOT of power to move them. If your sun was super-small and was in fact orbiting your planet... well, that'd be impossible, because something of that mass compared to its size would compress into a black hole and consume the whole solar system. My theory is that the Sisters don't move the sun or moon, but instead rotate the planet, if they even have any control over that system. The reason I'm not discounting them having no control over it is because of when Discord caused each day-night cycle to change erratically and quickly, but even HE probably doesn't have enough power to control the sun. Or maybe he does, I dunno, he's Discord! Here's a mindfuck for you. Let's say the Sisters DO control their celestial bodies... Celestia controls the sun, and Luna controls the Moon and the stars. But stars are just suns that are extremely far away, such that a new distance measure had to be invented for them (lightyears). Which means Luna controls ALL THE SUNS, except the one Celestia controls, which therefore means she is IMMEASURABLY more powerful than Celestia. Think about that for a while… …Or, alternatively, their universe works more like how many mythologies describe our world. Their world probably isn't flat, but that doesn't mean its entirely the same as our world's logic. Heck, they even have a Tartarus. So maybe the Stars aren't the same as the sun there, just being sprinkles speck of divine light, and maybe the sun is just a ball of burning magic. Either way, enough with the overdramatics- if Nightmare Moon could make the world survive eternal night, I'm willing to believe a lot of stuff… …I can also provide some information on a little of what Creek said. Time loops: Ygdrasil, the anchor of all reality, has broken and every universe had to be put in a state of being in which it "Loops" eternally. You, Twilight, are the "Anchor" of your universe, which means you don't reset at the end of every Loop, and are also the seed from which others eventually start Looping with you, albeit not consistently. Also, every looper has a "subspace pocket" which they can store stuff in between Loops. Not only that, but occasionally multiple universes will mesh together, so that multiple people can meet and exchange knowledge, items, and funny events. Also, every Looper has been driven mad by the infinite Loops, and at best likes to prank people, while at worst go insane and have to be put down by their fellow Loopers. Blackjack wasn't the original creator of that story, but he did dabble in it for a while. Realms of Existence: from what I remember, there were seven extra-planar worlds which represented a certain aspect of reality. The Realm of Power, which allowed Rainbow Dash to create, destroy, and manipulate matter. The Realm of Life, which allowed Fluttershy to give and take life. The Realm of Magic, which gave alternate you increased magic ability. The Realm of Time, which allowed Starlight to manipulate and traverse freely through time. The Realm of Truth, which allowed Applejack to predict the future and find the Truth from any amount of information. The Realm of Chaos, which gave Pinkie Pie impossible abilities, and the Realm of Dreams, which allowed Rarity to manipulate minds and heal or destroy one's mentality. There was also Sperion, who had ultimate control over every Realm, but tried to destroy your universe to re-stabilize all of reality. Wouldn't recommend any of them, since using a Power outside of its Realm can ultimately lead to the destruction of reality… …Tnank you Ponygood, um, I wouldn't...I wouldn't say that all the Loopers went mad, that's a little harsh. They had their moments, but were really stable.. It's, ah, I mean, i wasn't there for them personally, so i don't actually know, but the files say they were all very friendly and helpful… …Yeah. I know the Equestrian Loopers decided to make their home a place for visiting Loopers to relax and cool off from extra-dimensional shenanigans. Still, one doesn't stay sane after experiencing trillions of years of absolutely everything, including the absolute worst the multiverse has to offer, and Pinkie Chaos God of Parties Pie… …nickel here. pulling someone from the Yggdrasil loops isnt a half bad idea, as long as you account for the fact that some of them actually have to restrict themselves to avoid becoming gods and destroying their world in the process, since its unclear how connected your world is to Yggdrasil it may actually be part of it which would mean that you yourself are one of them simply unawake and the tree is extremely unstable right now so i would avoid trying to force a connection to what could well be an unattached multiverse. as for the suggestion of using one of us, it would be tricky to do particularly once you get to cases like me or key, where key is one window with many voices and i am useless and only have power over things outside my present reality. but for suggestions from me, nyx from the past sins timeline could work, she is present in several other worlds with great consistency in behavior, she is essentially a filly version of nightmare moon without all the negative aspects and if she is pulled from the correct point in the timeline then she will still have her full power from her past life as the nightmare and to get an idea of how much she changed, her cutie mark is for defense of others regardless of personal risk. my only other idea would be one of my nameless guardians, most tribes have limited power when too far outside known reality, but the key is that they can end up with anything among their small ability pool and they have a greater understanding of the structure of reality than mortals are supposed to have, it would make for a lot of fill in the blank with a guardian though since entropy has caused all members of the species suffer a condition where reality itself has forgotten their details and they would need to be given an identity again to be able to join a story. i only bother mentioning the guardians because the others mention personal avatars as possible choices and this is the closest thing to an empowered state among my manifestations that isnt either tied down already or too powerful to transfer, not unless they brought tech with them anyway and i have no intention to expose a young world to the deity level stuff… …I too would recommend Nyx, not just for the reasons stated above, but for someone who has the same protection mindset as your brother.  A word of warning though If you do decide to bring Nyx over, be prepared for what your life would be like as a mother, as Nyx is your daughter in that universe. And although Fluttershy hasn’t vanished after you summoned her, the alters might not let you bring anypony that would be considered necessary to that world or timeline. But here is one more pony that you could summon. And before you flat-out deny it, hear me out. Sombra. Not the main Sombra that Celestia fought at the crystal empire, but the one that came from the mirror-verse. That Sombra is from the world where every Villian you have ever face is a good guy, while every hero is a villain. Meaning that you still have to be careful if you bring him over as he might mistake you for your evil counterpart… …Wouldn't, I mean, wouldn't it make more sense for Twilight to pick a story and then we tell her which characters there are from her choice?… …true, but its her call though and this is already in the interface so its up to her and blackjack now. i might as well correct this now, blackjack's avatar isnt a demon, its an alternian troll which to those who arent familiar with the mess of a multiverse that is homestuck is a race of grey skinned humanoids, typically black hair, horns of some kind and most members of the species carry some minor attributes of different creatures this particular one is teenage female with minor arachnid features, a preference for blue is an extreme schemer and carries weaponized dice that are about as reliable as her luck with effects much like discords most lethal variants, the name for this particular character in the event you try use her as a loophole for blackjack is Vriska, hope that helps… …josh again - as someone who saw most of the mess called homestuck i can safely say that Vriska is not the best pick, she had some issues to say the least... … relax Creek we are just giving our two cents on who would be a good pick… …oh i agree fully on vriska being a bad idea, all of them from that universe are extremely messed up and i forgot to mention her mind control ability for all that it doesn't seem to work too well on other races and something called eyes eightfold either of which could make for trouble, but since blackjack is no longer using the pony blackjack as an avatar its the next closest thing, but may not be worth her... unsavory attitude toward life in general, i blame her home planet and doc for that… …O-okay Josh...would, would it be okay if I said who I would like to see? Um, I mean, it's okay if I'm not allowed, I'm still new, and the orientation never said I'd be offering my opinions to the pro- um to t-to Twilight… …Creek, you are under no obligations to anyone on this site. You can say whatever you want, whenever you want, as long as you don't attack others and don't be really obnoxious. If you have something you want to say, say it. Though I'd recommend that whatever you say is related to the current topic, but isn't that a given?… …Josh one more time - just letting everyone know that something came up and I might be offline for awhile so don't be alarmed if I miss the next window or two… …Um, tha-thank you Ponygood. Oh, this is Creek, by the way, Twilight. a-and um, I've been reading the files on Equestria 7H31. AH! I meanumImeanRealmsofExistenceI'msorrythat'sjustwhatit'slabelledas! A-ah, um, I mean, I've been reading the notes, and I think, ah, I mean, I feel like it'd be a good idea to...t-to call on one of your friends from there. Be-because of how powerful they are. Maybe Rainbow Dash? She can conjure matter from nothing. A-and Applejack is really good at making observations and detecting lies. I mean, more than normal. And also I talked with my supervisor and he told me that if you want to use one of us as a, um, as a loophole to, to be in your w-world, um, you should choose somebody you trust not to change things too much. They...ah, we don't actually know what adding a new factor like an avatar of a primary will do to the fabric of your story. It might cause systems important to upholding your continued existence falter and fail. And in the worst case scenario it might cause not only you to not exist, but for just your consciousness to exist by itself, indefinitely without anything else around you. I-I-I I mean, I'm sorry, that...that's not, that's not to be afraid of, I'm sorry, that's just what they think will happen, i mean, I'm sorry, please don't get upset… …Calm down Creek. Twilight won't be afraid of the information you give her. Given the fact that she has been talking to us and got used to the idea of multiple realities, she already knows that other realities are going to have different individuals, some that could be life threatening… …i have had some luck with avatars before, but its a double edged sword, narrative causality generally hates them and limits their powers or worse they are allowed to function as originally intended but the world in question becomes reliant on them in some fashion for future stability, but since twilight probably isn't part of the same multiverse as my usual the rules may be different in this regard. unfortunately based on my experiences creek is quite right on the possible risks with this avenue and since most avatars introduce a lot of complications if not outright instabilities i have to recommend against the idea without a lot of thought into the choice… …LeftMoss here, I changed my avatar. It is now two XCOM soldiers…]

Ine sparked softly. "I just attempted to wake Twilight up. It did not work. She's here until she finds reason to awake."

"Great..." Twilight muttered, shaking her head. "So..."

"I wish it to be known that I believe calling for the Avatar of Blackjack is a good idea. It is what I'd choose. And it sounds like, if the system fails, this 'Vriska' could be an asset, despite not being Blackjack."

"Noted. I want that Starlight who can control time though..."

"Why not put it to a vote?"

Twilight nodded slowly. "...That's a good idea."

"Regardless, you all had questions. The fall of my people was caused by Discord's reign of chaos. We tried to fight back against him directly. He cursed us for it. We are now naught but spirits."

"Oh, I'm so sorry..."

"As for the Dragon, it is simply one of the roaming dragon bandits of the desert. This particular one appears to have studied shadow magic, which while not pleasant, does not mean alignment with a dark force. Though it could. And as for the Sun and Moon..."

"Oh, I know this one!" Twilight said. "The Sun and Moon orbit the world of Equis in an orbit along the outer shell of Equis' magical field. They cannot be moved closer or further away, and are defined by how magics influence the magical field. Celestia and Luna are unable to use telekinesis to move the Sun and Moon physically, they just take a shortcut."

"There's more to it than that," Ine added. "The Sun is an artificial construct, barely any larger than the Moon itself. The Moon actually is nested slightly closer to the planet than the Sun, which allows for eclipses. No, we did not create the Sun, it's been there since prehistory."

"Yeah, and Luna doesn't really control the Stars. They just exist up there. Watching..."

"Stars are indeed powerful beings."

"...Have you actually talked to any?" Twilight wondered aloud.

"A scant few, and only for a couple seconds or sentences. They care little about discourse. But they certainly do exist."

Twilight felt something in the back of her head - a pain. "...I have a headache..."

"That means you're probably waking up. See you soon."

~~~

Twilight awoke with a groan. She was on the ceiling of the ship, a good clue that they were currently upside-down. The golems didn't care about this - they stood on what was once the floor without a problem. Fluttershy was next to Twilight, shivering in fear. Infinity and Ruby were nowhere to be seen, and Four was missing as well.

"Where are they?" Twilight asked.

Fluttershy looked at Twilight. "Oh thank goodness you're okay... They're out there. Fighting."

Twilight looked at one of the screens again - and was impressed by what she saw. Four drove his fist into the dragon's skull, Ruby impaled the serpent in the chest, and Infinity shot a laser right in the thing's eye. She whooped from her position on Four. "YEAH! BULLSEYE!"

The dark serpent apparently decided this wasn't worth it - vanishing in a puff of darkness.

"RIGHTING," Pilot announced, the ship flipping unceremoniously back to the right orientation, dumping Fluttershy and Twilight on the floor.

"...Well that was easy to deal with..." Twilight said.

"CRAFT HAS SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. STILL OPERABLE. WILL NEED REPAIRS UPON RETURN," Seventeen announced. "ARRIVAL AT ESTUR IN T-MINUS EIGHT HOURS."

The side of the craft opened, ejecting large amounts of air. Four was able to drag Ruby and Infinity in without much difficulty, the door closing swiftly behind them. "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED."

"Boo-yeah! That was awesome! AWWWWESOME!" Infinity whooped. "Hi Twilight! Have a nice nap!"

"Yeah... Good job you guys. I talked with Ine again... Their civilization was destroyed by Discord."

Fluttershy sighed. "Not... all that surprising."

"Anyway... I'm going to convene with them agian and we're going to talk about who to bring to us after that. I'll be narrowing down the options in my head."

Infinity blinked. "Is it just me, or is it weird how we just 'go with the flow' with these things now?"

"This is the new normal..." Twilight chuckled, shaking her head. "Anyway, you all keep changing your avatars. That's a... bit annoying, frankly, so the idea of images of you is kinda out the window. Yay. Regardless, the dragon's been taken care of... Though it might be back... Regardless, you don't need to worry anymore. Yes, I know I was a bit hasty with M and the golems, but it turned out okay, don't you think?"

"Creek, thank you for all those stories. But you don't need to hide anything from me - Pinkie obviously died in that story, right? That's... Terrible, but that happens sometimes..."

Fluttershy put a hoof to her mouth. "Oh, my..."

"Now... Those stories certainly are helpful, and it gives me more knowledge of what I want to choose, and what to talk about. Thank you. I do want information on those two 'unknown' projects when you get time, and perhaps more about the alternate versions of my friends in particular. I don't think I want another version of myself or Fluttershy here, for the sake of not being crazy, but the others could be important. Maybe tell me more about those group projects as well."

"Akumakami, uh... six and eight. And that does in fact sound like something I'd do. I have often wondered what being in the guard would be like..." She took a breath. "All right... Everypony - and dragon, and golem - we need to choose who we bring. I'm not going to make this decision alone. I'm taking votes - from all of you as well as the influence. I am... Selecting the ones we're going to choose from."

"No hurry," Fluttershy said. "We've got several hours."

"I am sure your wisdom will show itself," Ruby said.

Twilight nodded. "I've... Narrowed it down to ten options. My vote is for the Starlight who has control over Time, so we can use it to get home and work around the possibility of not being able to find or use the Time Tunnels. Ine votes for summoning the 'avatar / self-insert of G. M. Blackjack.' We'll either get a voice to the one responsible for this mess, or a demon-girl known as Vriska who... Apparently has some serious issues but powers relating to luck and mental powers."

"She holding the infinity symbol?" Infinity asked.

"Yes."

"My vote goes there as well."

"Noted," Twilight said. "There are ten others I think to choose. Mite seems to be a popular choice, a small robot who can hack machines. We'll need him if we want to summon any other creatures, like Ponygood's current avatar. There's also a battle-hardened Rainbow Dash from that Sombra timeline I visited, who's apparently really good. There's a version of Rarity called the Inspector from a dark world, who apparently acts as a leader - or at least that's what was implied."

Fluttershy blinked. "Implied?"

"Well, the real leader is a version of you, but we don't want to have two Fluttershy's running around do we?"

"Good point."

Twilight continued. "There's always the choice of just asking for Celestia from our world, but there was also another suggestion, a Celestia of Chaos, a sort of Celestia mixed with Discord."

"...The world is not ready," Ruby said.

"Mhm. Another popular choice among the Influence appears to be Nyx. A... filly form of Nightmare Moon that is also my daughter for some reason and who has a very protective mindset..."

"Red flag alert," Infinity said. "That'll cause family drama to happen and you know it."

"Still an option. We also have a version of Rainbow who has extreme power over... space I think, from the same world as that time Starlight - and a version of Pinkie who is also an 'Evermore' who can travel between dimensions. Which could be useful."

Fluttershy nodded slowly. Ruby spoke up first. "If you want the wielder of time to appear, I vote for her as well."

"Keep in mind, we can always get other ponies at the other altars," Twilight said.

Fluttershy shrugged. "I think... The Mite. He sounds helpful."

"I OBJECT TO THE MITE," Four said. "I SUGGEST THE DIMENSIONAL PINKIE."

Twilight nodded. "So... Two votes for Blackjack, two votes for Time Starlight, one vote for the Mite, and one for Evermore Pinkie. I'll compile votes from the Influence later. If there's still a tie, I tiebreak."

"But... But..." Infinity grabbed her mane. "Aren't you at least a little curious about Blackjack? My cutie mark?"

"Yes, and I'm pretty sure we'll do that at one of the altars. We have FIVE more. We can even delay getting Starlight - maybe someone else with time powers will be more useful. Who knows? After all... it may be better for the 'story' if we get her near the end... Still not changing my vote though."

Fluttershy shook her head. "This is already getting confusing..."

"DO I GET A VOTE?" Seventeen asked.

"Four spoke for you," Twilight said. This made Infinity chuckle for some reason.

"UNDERSTOOD."

Twilight sat down. "Well... Now we wait."

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"Is that... Estur?" Ruby asked.

"NO," Four said, "THAT IS THE EDGE."

The sun had set just half an hour ago, the darkness of night beginning to set in. In the distance, they could see powerful magic lights - strands, dots, and geometric shapes of bright varying colors floated amidst a seemingly endless supply of magical energy. It seemed to go on forever - and it certainly went up higher than their ship currently was.

"What... is it?" Twilight asked.

"THE NORTHERN EDGE OF ALL MAPS. NOTHING CAN PASS. IT IS PURE MAGIC MANIFEST. IT HAS EXISTED SINCE PREHISTORY."

"...Does it exist north of the mountains as well?"

"NO, JUST NORTH OF THE DESERT."

"Well, at least there's still some way up... Do you know anything about this... Edge? At all?"

"NO. IT EXISTS AND WE AVOID IT."

"Infinity?"

Infinity shook her head. "I didn't even know this existed! Our maps don't go this far! All we have around here is a big fat question mark for the legendary Ancient city of Estur! Which is over there." She pointed at the ground. Much closer than the Edge in the distance was an ornate spire sticking out of a giant sand dune. The spire was a mile wide at the base and presumably got larger beneath the sands. It had flashing lights - there was a big purple arrow pointing towards an entrance.

"...Well, Ine did say she lived here..." Twilight said.

"LANDING," Pilot said, directing the craft closer to the spire. As they got closer, they could see the many thousands upon thousands of windows within the spire, most dark. There were thousands of spirits wandering around - all small, like the one Twilight had seen in the Bluemish Forest. They wandered aimlessly - walking, floating, having no reason to even acknowledge their un-life. There was a small ship landed at the base of the spire, surrounded by the spirits. Presumably, it was the one the pink unicorn had taken.

"She beat us here," Infinity observed.

"She does not have the blessing of the Inhabitant Ine," Ruby said.

Pilot took the ship into the opened landing bay, descending into a large round room in which there were several other ships. Though they were of a similar make, they were much smaller, designed for Elemental rather than golem use. The bay doors closed behind them.

Twilight, Fluttershy, Infnity, Ruby, and Four walked out of their ship, towards a large flashing purple door. They found themselves in an elevator - and then they went DOWN. Twilight got vertigo from how fast they were descending into the spire - far, far below the sand itself. They were going miles beneath the surface...

Then the elevator shaft opened up, revealing an expansive subterranean city. The interior shape was like that of a tangled knot - the walls met with the ceilings and floors in an odd torus shape, and literally every surface imaginable was covered in buildings. There were thousands of 'roads' for ships, though almost none were being used, and the few that were seemed automated. Twilight saw plenty of the spirits moving around, drifting through the sky - one even passed through the elevator shaft, sending a chill down everyone's spine.

Infinity was gawking. "My... My gosh. It's all still here. All still OPERABLE. This... My gosh if anypony with any knowledge got in here they'd have the entire might of the Ancients at their disposal..."

"That might be the point," Twilight said. She thought she caught Alderan out of the corner of her eye again, but she wasn't sure. She shook her head - she needed to talk to him, but he didn't make it easy. He was responsible for bringing her here in some way or other...

They finally reached the very, very bottom of Estur. The elevator opened, and Twilight grinned.

There it was. The altar. The claw-like structure jutting out of the ground, glowing with energy, inviting her. It looked... natural here, amongst shiny Ancient machines and screens. There were, surprisingly, no spirits here whatsoever, merely a soft purple glow...

"...Ine?" Twilight said.

The altar itself sparked purple, and Ine manifested in front of it. "Hello."

"...This is Ine then, huh?" Infinity said. "Interesting."

Four dropped to a knee in subservience. Ruby followed suit. "It is an honor."

Fluttershy just waved. "Hello, Ine! Nice to finally meet you!"

Ine paid them no mind, looking only at Twilight. "The altar is ready to accept you. Do you know you are going to choose?"

"We need to wait for the Influence to throw their hats into the ring. Which..." She looked at the Eye as it started to glow. "Would be right about now..."

She sat down in a meditative state, closed her eyes, and smiled.

It was time to make a decision.

Comments

[Giginss]

Giginss here.

Oh, boy! Decision time! Well, I have no vote to give, only advice.
Carefully consider your objectives. Do you want to help this world, return home, or something else? You could even make a checklist for accomplishing that.
Then, consider your options. Who could you summon in order to best help you accomplish your objectives?
Thinking logically is a wonderful thing, isn't it?

[Ponygood11]

Ponygood speaking.

Once again, I would heavily suggest not getting Time Starlight, Space Rainbow, or any of the Realm-welding ponies; use of a Realm's power outside of that Realm leads to the destabilization and eventual destruction of reality, unless you're willing to sacrifice yourself to be its anchor.

And I also don't think it's a good idea to get the Inspector Rarity, since that world is still being written by Blackjack, and she's very important to it.

And as for my two cents, I vote for Mite. Due to interaction with Discord, Mite isn't microscopic, though still small, has fluffy pony ears, likes music, nd might be willing to help you, but I'd recommend surrounding the altar with a force-field first, just until you could communicate with it. And, yes, Mite is an it, because robots don't have genders.

[Sonic Rainboom Dash]

before you choose twilight, here is one more pony to think about.
Sunset Shimmer from Knights of Harmony.
The Knights are you, her, and Trixie Lulamoon. As well as rainbow, Pinkie, flutters, aj, rarity, and spike.
At the moment though, they are trying to save you, after you may have quite literally erased yourself from existence. They have a small, slim chance, but knowing them, they'll be able to pull it off.
The reason I chose sunset is that she is the strongest of all of the knights, stronger than even Celestia and that's without the power boost she can do with her trance mode.
as for my vote, i think Starlight (or as im going to call her Timelight) Glimmer.

[Sonic Rainboom Dash]

another choice is Pinkie from a story i just found and plan to look up later called Healing Smiles. be warned though if you choose her then you’ll have to contend with her as she learns her powers.

[Ponygood11]

Ponygood again. It just occurred to me that this pink unicorn might be waiting for you for some reason. I hope it isn't a destructive reason, but be wary of a potentially powerful, potentially dangerous unicorn. Always hope for the best, though.

[Keywii_Cookies55]

Twilight! Everyone! I just heard the news! I'm going to be getting my own office! Apparently I've been doing such a good job I've replaced Key as the agent in charge of watching you! I'm so excited, I'm- well, thank you, everyone, Josh, Ponygood, Leftmoss, all of you, I couldn't have done it without you.

Okay, so I talked to my superviser again and- oh, um, this, this is Creek, by the way, I keep forgetting to say that, I'm sorry... okay, I asked and we can't get any information on the other two stories, they were, ah, they weren't recorded, so we have no files on them.

But um, b-before I vote, you wanted to know more about your friends, so I'll tell you about them, Most of the stories from Blackjack are your normal friends the way you remember them, just a different thing happened to ponyville. But of the bigger changes there's Equestria 1- AH I mean Borken Mirror, Realms of Existence, Wanderlost, the Evermore Recursions, and the Loops. Those are different enough that they're worth talking about.

Okay, so, um, your friends in Broken Mirror are Pinkie, who started out the same as your Pinkie but after she ended up in a different version of Equestria she's, she um, she's been changing. The different Equestria is a bad place. Rarity also started out the same, and is still mostly the same as how you know her, but, um, more depressed. The, ah, your friends and you from that world are different though. You can read minds, and change them, but, you don't do that anymore. Rainbow Dash is more...she swears alot more and is in a wheelchair and has a broken wing. The, ah, the Fluttershy from there is smart and calculating, she's more the leader of the group than you are and always knows what to say. Applejack is...she, ah, she's, she doesn't have family anymore, and is dealing with, with that,m but she's good at fighting and knows what's right. and and Inspector Rarity is able to see magic with her monocle but, she's regretful for a lot of her actions, she used to be really racist and is trying to make up for that. We just met Starlight, so I can't say anything about her.

your friends from Realms of Existence don't have any powers at the end of the story so..actually, I don't, I mean, can you just pick someone from any part of the story? Does it just have to be from the most recent portion? I don't think any of us have talked about that yet. Um, I mean, so their, ah, their powers, Rainbow Dash can manipulate matter and create it too. Rarity can see and change thoughts, Fluttershy is able to change organic things, and even bring people back from death. Applejack can see lies and also is really, ah, she's incredibly fast in observing everthing around her. Pinkie is able to...use distortion, which is chaos magic I think, it's unclear in the notes. Um, Starlight is able to manipulate time, cloning herself, and seeing both the past and the future. I'm not sure if she could just bring you back to the future, but ah, I mean, that's okay, it's worth a try! And, um, you can, your Inflection is Magic, so you're just you but stronger. I...I think?

In Wanderlost, at the end of the story, it's past your friends time, since you're Immortal and they're not, but, ah, I mean, the agent keeping track of that one was fired for being bad at their job, so it's, well, there's nothing too useful here, not about your friends. It says, I mean, I'm sorry it couldn't be better. It's well, I mean, it sounds like everyone is the same, powerwise. Starlight is different, she's connecting to the, the Tree of Harmony and immortal, and Celestia, is...I mean, Celestia saved everyone, and I'm sorry to bring it up, you said it's terrible, even though it happens. I-I'm sorry twilight, she's dead in that story. Um, Discord and Luna are still alive though. And Mite is there, I personally like him a lot. AI's are just so wonderful. They- AH, i mean um, so he's good at hacking into computer systems and capable of interacting with.

the, ah, The Equestria from the Recursions is only one of the 21 worlds that the Evermore can travel to. it started out normally, but then a human named Wilhelm showed up and things got crazy from there, some of your friends are...dead, they've interacted with dangerous Evermore and non-Evermore that went between the recursions using Stargates and different magic. Um, you are an ambassador to your Equestria, and Starlight is a hero that saved Equestria from the Changeling invasion, but, ah, later on Sunset killed Chysalis for, I'm sorry, your, ah, you friends are mostly normal, except for Evermore Pinkie, sho is, herself but way mroe powerful, and friends with lots of the different Evermore. There's also a different version of Equestria, but it's hundreds of years after nuclear war, and it's a wasteland filled with violence. Or well, it was before, um, that was purged, and...I don't think I have enough time to explain everything that happened. But, ah, it's, maybe if you get an avatar of Blackjack or, ah...me? Then you can hear everything. Would you even get an Avatar of me? Would it be Key? Would it be Keywii_Cookies55? Who...w-who would show up if you choise my organization? would it be Mrs. K?

O-OH, um, okay, so there's also the Loops, which is filled with your friends, and other ponies that are constantly repeating time in Ponyville. You have the most time, but there's also Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie, Rarity, and Fluttershy. No, ah, no Starlight. But there's also the CMC, Big Mac, Spike, Sunset. Most of the ponies you can think of. And because they're so old they know more about how to do things than most anyone else you could choose.

So, ah, I mean, I hope that was helpful, and I didn't just tell you the same information over again...SO, ah, I mean, if you don't want another Twilight or Fluttershy. I think it'd be best to choose. Um, I mean, I-I, wouldn't want t-to, um...

I, ah, if I had to pick right now I...I guess I-I-I- I don-don't, I don't, um, I just, please, I mean, I'm sorry, I can't, I just. um.

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Is not, n-not choosing an option? I don't, I mean, I don't want to mess everything up by making the wrong choice.

[Ponygood11]

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The avatar we see that corrisponds to your organization is Scootaloo with sunglasses. ...not very useful at all, unless you need an emergency supply of broken everything and tree sap.

*puts on white blanket* Chooose Miiite... Pleeeease... Or I will haunt your cookies... Oooohhh...

[AkumaKami64]

Akumakami here! So Discord brought down the Ancients. The Akuma in me is clapping for Discord while the Kami is trying to shut him up. Maybe Fluttershy can convince him to change the ancients back in your timeline. Yeah, doesn't help this version of Ine and the rest, but do what you can. And the explanation of your sun and moon.....huh, that reminds me of a story that explained it as the sun being the molten core of a planet caused by said planet loosing its surface. Or something like that, I read that years ago.

Well, Chaoslestia is probably not going to happen. There were a few Discords that were out and out God in their universes, bt you probably don't want those. Not because they wouldn't help, but most of them have their own things to deal with.(If you're wondering, their Reigns of Chaos, if they happened, were a "to do some good you got o be the bad guy" thing) Tiny bit surprised you didn't go for Pamphile Twilight, but I guess having another you might be complicated.

Wait, does Ruby know who Celestia is? I thought they hadn't heard of Equestria here? Or did they just visit?

Funny story time! This one is very funny but strangely believable. In this universe, your magic was even more out of control at your entrance exam. Wether this you had less control or a bit more magic is hard to say. Either way, you still occasionally had magical accident bursts to that degree. So Celestia's solution to keep your magic from causing too much harm until you could control it.....was to shrink you. XP Tiny Filly Twilight is very adorable, but she did have so scary moments, like with needles(giant swords to you) and falling in hot bath water, vu everypony adapted and grew.

As for your number choices, congradulations, you-! Wait, what?.......(narrows eyes suspiciously) You have a Cliffside castle on a tropical island. If you're wondering why the suspicion? Well, Cliffside Castle was the one option that gives you a free magic perk, and it require that your domain be either on the coast, on a mountain, or on an island.

There was also the option for a flying City and a city on the back of a behemoth Dragon of your choosing. Behemoths essentially being living mountains. If you're wondering what this all is....well, I'm sure you're familiar with a "Choose Your Own Adventure" type story. This is something like that only for setting up a scenario/story where you inherited a hold and become the Overlord/Overlady of it.

Anyway, pick one number from one to seven and another between one and twenty-two.

[Keywii_Cookies55]

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Ponygood, I, I just don't want to be...I don't want to be responsible for the wrong, the wrong choice! I can't

BBKKTPKRT!

AH!! W-W-W-Why?!

Creek, shut up, calm down, this is important. Turns out there's something new

Ah, ah-o-okay, um, is, is that..?

You've been sticking your nose into the files lately, so the boss wanted me to give you the latest folder.

Shut-Shutter, is that a new-

I'm not going to repeat myself, just take the stupid folder and shut up. I promise you it's written well. It's about some non-pony in Equestria.

Tha-thank yo-

Yeah, jst don't get used to it, you still haven't earned your place here. And don't assume that stutter of yours will get you brownie points. Just do your job.

O-okay, um, can-

Yeah, whatever, just get that back to me when you're done with it. RRRRrrrrrreeea-pkt.

I-I'm sorry, I have to read this now. I'll-I'll make a choice once I read the report on Blackjack's new story.

[Ponygood11]

Ponygood again. Something came up rather recently: a strange story in which an aquaintance of Vriska who can time-travel and has a strange fascination with death finds Equestria and messes around a bit. This story will also apparently be a sort of prelude to a later work of Blackjack, his biggest work yet.

Also, in Blackjack's notification describing the new story, he says that us Influence readers will get a bit of chaos. Just thought you should know.

[wizard0209]

Josh here - turns out i have wifi here so that's good, anyway out of the ten you choose us to vote for, against my better judgment i say Blackjacks avatar 1 because if we get Blackjack with Vriska body and powers, not only will get insight into what's going on, we will also get someone who can deal with most threats with ease, and 2 if we do get just Vriska (more likely) she can still be useful if you know how to handle her which we can help with

[Keywii_Cookies55]

Is...is it alright to vote for Aradia? I...I mean, she's friendly, and can also do, um, time travel with-without the problems Starlight has. No, no destabilization of rality due to the Realms interference.

So...is, I mean, I don't know anything about Vriska or other trolls, but, um, I mean, all Aradia has done is talk to Applebllom and, I mean, she just thought that Aradia was odd. So, um, I-I want to put my vote there. Plus if i-if you never take oppertunities you'll nev-never grow as a person.

[Ponygood11]

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Creek, is Shutter bullying you? It seems like it from where I am. Just don't pay attention to what he/she says if it's derogatory to anyone.

In fact, I'm under the opinion that you would benefit from more self-confidence. If you want, I could try to give inspiring statements that may or may not help you.

[Keywii_Cookies55]

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O-oh, um, thank you, Ponygood, but, ah, I mean, he's not just like that with me, Shutter is...he's unpleasant to everyone. He, um, I mean he's been here for years and he, well, he knows what he's doing. His reports are always well written I mean. He, um, I mean he's right too, I haven't really earned my place here yet. I only got promoted because Key was suspended and Sock was already busy working with Equestr- with Borken Mirror.

Oh no, that's okay. Thank you, but I'm already taking self-confidence lessons. And they've been working wonders. I used to be a nervous wreck, and, I mean, I might still sort of be undecisvie and, well I still hide behind my scarf, but I'm doing a lot better. My son even tells me I'm standing up for myself more.

[wizard0209]

8311025 Josh here - hey Creek i have to ask, what category does your world fell under? earth, equestria or some kind of hybrid like the like the one on the other side of that mirror, or one where humans and ponys co-exist?

[Sonic Rainboom Dash]

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Don't forget that one time that Twiny ended up- no, never mind Twiny- I mean Twilight. I doubt you would want to know what your tiny counterpart got up to on your birthday. I will say that you liked the cake so much you dove right in it. Before the party even got started. With Celestia in attendance.

[Sonic Rainboom Dash]

Speaking of little Twiny, it might be a good idea to bring her along. Her medical skills would be a boon to your mission, not to mention that if the situation is in need of ridiculous amounts of power Twiny can cancel the shrink spell placed on her and reach her full height and her magic will increase tenfold. And she was already able to lift spike in her magic even when she was barely taller than Celestia's hoof. just imagine what her full power is. but you’ll have to recast it on her as she wants to stay that small.

[Ponygood11]

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Yes, you are a recent addition to their team. But don't let that discourage you. In fact, look at it as an opportunity; to earn your place there and to prove you are just as capable as any of them. They may even begin to respect you.

[AkumaKami64]

Akumakami again. Against some of my better judgement, I decided to let some residents of my universes talk to you. This one is......not as bad as you might think.

RoC: Hello, Other Twilight. My what lovely wings you would have grown.

AK: You do realize she can't tell you're being easing and playful, right?

RoC: I know, but what fun it is to let her try and guess my emotions through the text! Ahh, but where are my manner. Greetings, Princess, I am from a little universe known as "Reign of Chaos" hence the RoC. I am his revelness, King Discord of Equestria.

AK: Yeah....this is a Discord that won when you first met him.

RoC: Yes, the looks on your faces when the elements didn't work was quite delicious, especially after all that trouble you went through to get your friends to have their heads back on straight again. Though, I'll admit, grey certainly wasn't Pinkie Pie's color. But your probably now twisting your noodle over just how did my handsome self succeed in this timeline? The short answer is that I didn't give you a chance to begin with.

AK: To be blunt, this Discord is a bit smarter than canon. That or just less cocky, either or. To that effect, he made the Plunder Seeds attack the Tree of Harmony while you were off looking for the elements.

RoC: A sweet talker as ever, Devil-God. But yes, unlike your version of me, Twilight, I crippled that crystal weed first chance I got. Now, let me drop the real bombshell, Twilight Sparkle, while I reveal just what I did to you six......

AK:....Oh will you hurry up and say it!

RoC: Fine, fine, stop cranking your dishwasher. The first official thing I did after banishing Lulu and Celly was give you six a full pardon.

AK: He's grinning right now as you try to process that.

RoC: Yes I am! Now toddles, Influence Twilight! I got work to do, see how many ponies are jumping ship. I'd say hello to your Fluttershy, but obviously I'm not exactly close to you six in my world.

AK: As I said, not as bad as you might think. Hope that didn't freak you out too much.

RoC: PS Go for a Pinkie Pie. You need her pinkie sense if nothing else.

[nickle241]

i don't know much about the other two seeing as i have not had much interest in their files, but vriska is a decent choice and there are two things to consider with her that may affect the vote regardless of the apparent popularity of the mite, first she is shown to be reformable and the only reason she was still something of a jerk at the end was because that was exactly what their world required from her to avoid oblivion and despite being part of what for trolls is considered upper nobility she is able to cooperate with others fairly easily and what superior attitude she once had was mostly restricted for use against her own race, second her home dimension is extremely obscure and of all the realities i have found i have seen fewer than half a dozen realities connecting both equestria and homestuck, so many of those giving input here may not be familiar with who she is and what she can do. as for aradia, she is another troll and like all of the "players" of homestuck she has a domain and hers is time while vriska's is light, additionally when not dead, long story, she seems to have one of the most friendly personalities of her species. among those chosen by your group i would pick vriska, starlight is not guaranteed to be stable, though is she is it would be quite potent and admittedly the setting is beginning to look more appropriate for it, but how many machines are you expecting to run into that you will need another robot in your party to hack?
you may have noticed an error in the feed, that was surprising to me too, it looks like that happens if someone tries to remove content and it looks to have damaged the input instead of a proper erasure.
since i think someone pulled this already much to your confusion, if anyone says any variation of "do the thing" or "do the windy thing" its a homestuck reference and unless we get a direct message indicating otherwise then its just someone screwing around since the origin of that statement had to do with a form of local ascension that not only has nothing to do with you, but you are already ascended and breath would definitely not be your domain even if you had such an alignment

[nickle241]

oh and i was asked to mention this by one of my more self aware avatars, but it probably worth looking into finding away to manifest the ancients physically, i know of means, but most would not work under the circumstances and unfortunately high intensity chaos damage is pretty much irreversible , however a lot of version of the elements of harmony are a fairly unique anomaly in their ability to restore full chaos degradation.

[Keywii_Cookies55]

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This is Creek, um, is this really a topic for when we're talking to Twilight? I-I mean, well, I guess it counts as a human world. but this isn't really my home world. I guess you could call this world a colony planet. It's not, um, I mean it's not my home world, I just work here. But, ah, my home world isn't just habited by humans, if that's what you mean. huthols are also there.

[wizard0209]

8311390 josh here - well we are not going to get a chance to talk outside of this, so i fugued that this was as good of a monument as any to ask

[Sonic Rainboom Dash]

Hey, Twilight. I was wondering. I know back before you left Canterlot, you went out of your way to avoid making friends. Why? I mean I know it might have those trying to curry favor from you to Celestia, but was that the only reason, or were you just shy like fluttershy? Not the crippling shyness she has but shyness in general?

And here is a question for fluttershy. How long were on the ground after falling from cloudsdale before you were found? Or did you overcome your fear of flying to fly back up since nopony was around you?

[GamermanZendrelax]

This is Zen.

I vote in favor of the Mite. Though that may be somewhat redundant at this point.

As to your vote, Twilight, I suspect that this "pink unicorn" we keep hearing about is actually a variation of Starlight, so you may want to hold off on that one.

[Ponygood11]

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Yay! Mite buddies!

Twilight, be sure to tell Fluttershy she's been officially invited to the group worshiping our Lord and Saviour Mite, god of being a super-cool robot. Hail Mite!