Twilence opened her eyes - all the acolytes were frozen in time. Aradia smirked.
"Why didn't you do that before?" Infinity yelled from the other side of the gate.
"Sometimes you need to fight your own battles. But I'm here now, and yes, that does mean we are very overpowered in this setting. Manipulation of time offers some delightful ways to cheat the system, though there are consequences, so I hope you'll trust me on what I say about it."
Twilence nodded and smiled. "You've been nothing but helpful - if a bit mysterious. I see no reason not to trust you."
"Good! Hey, did you know they do live sacrifices here sometimes? The town doesn't know about it, but it is an interesting ritual nonetheless..."
Twilence blinked. "I had forgotten you were morbid."
"Huh? Oh. Right." She chuckled. "Guess we didn't really have time to get to know each other, did we? But now it's time to go."
"You saw us leaving now previously?"
"I saw you leaving in a few minutes in numerous different ways. The timeline loves to split around you, though you always go to the Capital. Why do we always call it the Capital anyway? It's Chalak..."
"It just seems right!" Pinkie said, appearing from nowhere.
"That it does..." Twilence said. "What else do we do every time Aradia?"
"Well, you always get to Chalak, and then you..." She paused. "...I'm not sure if I should tell you about-"
"Don't," Pinkie said. "Bad idea."
Twilence glanced between the two of them. "What?"
Pinkie gulped. "It's... The pivotal point. You can't know about it or it can't happen and well that would kinda ruin things. Not even Aradia really knows what it is."
Aradia's smile fell. "...Okay, that's mildly concerning."
"Eh, don't mention it. Really, don't."
Twilence gulped. "So we are heading towards a fixed point in time that not even the time traveler really knows about. That's... great. What happens after the 'pivotal point'?"
"Always different," Aradia said. "Sometimes you find the altar, sometimes not. It really could go any way after that, it's so bad I can't even make predictions."
Twilence frowned. "...Where exactly is the altar?"
"Somewhere in the catacombs. As for exactly where I couldn't tell you - even going to the deep past couldn't reveal its location to me. I did meet Vester once, and he basically said that it was never meant to be seen. He's apparently gone through every measure possible to ensure nobody can ever find it and threaten him." She glanced at Orchid for a moment. "I have no idea how you end up finding it in those futures."
Fluttershy sighed. "This isn't going to be easy, is it? We only have a day to find it..."
Aradia smirked. "I can keep resetting the day over and over again if need be, but you do seem to find it in many of the futures, so something tells me it won't be necessary. But it would be cool."
"Who do we get out of the altar?" Twilence asked.
Aradia shrugged comically. "Different every time. Sometimes I think I run into flukes where you summon some evil that isn't the Dark Lord, but I'm beginning to think that's time trying to compensate for the Influence." She snapped her fingers. "We really are wasting time here, we should go. Sail to Chalak."
"We need to make another boat..." Infinity said.
Aradia vanished. Then she came back, looking tired and haggard. "Okay, that was much more difficult than it needed to be. I am now the proud owner of a yacht on thirty-fifth dock. But..." She shook her head. "Investing in the future economy is always supposed to be an easy thing but apparently the ponies in Troisha love to screw you over in every way possible."
Orchid laughed. "Brilliant deduction."
"Yacht's this way," Aradia said, rolling her eyes. They arrived at her rather impressive boat. She donned a captain's hat (provided by Pinkie) and set sail. "This is Captain Megido speaking, enjoy the ride. We would arrive in Chalak at sunset if time were normal, but you're all lucky enough to be on an accelerated boat. The entire world may look like a snail to you while we're traveling, but I assure you, to the outside world we are a streak of light on the water. Please, help yourself to the complimentary peanuts." She ate an entire bag of complimentary peanuts.
Fluttershy smiled slightly. Twilence looked at her and sighed. Was Fluttershy okay? Did the Influence have a point?
Speaking of the Influence...
"Okay, starting with Ponygood... Aradia, can we use time loops to exploi- oh, wait. You already offered."
"Hey, if we run out of time, I'll reset the day. If you got any better ideas, I'm all ears - or horns, heh - but try to avoid any larger-scale time shenanigans, one of the timelines in the future has a time-traveling version of Starlight that wants my head. Don't want to draw her into this mess."
"Not sure if that's good to know or not. Pinkie... Ponygood wants to know what we've forgotten."
Pinkie blinked. "Well... There's several things that probably really aren't fair for me to say. You haven't forgotten about the ship or Four, just hasn't been important lately. ...Eh, Lore Thirst. He's still important."
Twilence blinked. She hadn't thought about that guy in a while. Honestly, she'd probably pushed him out of her mind - she just didn't like him and what he did. But he had to be more important than he had seemed, Pinkie was right, he'd been a reason behind her coming here. Maybe he would help in the future? Or have some agenda? He did want knowledge - maybe he'd eventually help improve the Eye? Or know what to do with the Spirits? She groaned, not in the mood to think about working with that guy again.
"Also, I am now a member of the Sparkle-butt committee. Thought you should know."
"I do know. That's what I'm reading now," Twilence deadpanned.
"I know!"
Twilence was somewhat irked that Ponygood wasn't calling her Twilence, but she said nothing. She realized Ponygood had, like, a 50% chance of hearing what she thought, but she didn't really care at this point. "Hey, Creek, thinking is good. I mean, don't go overboard with the thinking and go crazy like I did, but thinking is great. Connor, I..." She glanced at Fluttershy. "...Maybe..."
Twilence shook her head. "Sun guy! Uh... Hi! Yeah are you one of Celestia's devotees or do you just like the sun?" she chuckled. "Either's fine. Heh. I would have been so upset with you in the past for being like that... Now it's just run of the mill. Afizah or Sonic, I-" She stopped in her tracks as she read further what Afizah/Sonic had said. She kept reading, dropping her wings. Her face tightened and her eyes rippled with moisture. She... she just couldn't take it.
She started weeping.
Fluttershy came to her. "...Twi?"
"I... I am so sorry everyone," was all she could manage. She had known - they had kept telling her, over and over, that she was becoming distant. Losing it. Part of it was the Influence's fault... Actually, if Twilence was being honest most of it probably was. But she wasn't blameless. She was distant, uncaring, holding herself at leg length from everything so she wouldn't go mad. That was no way to live; no way to treat the ponies around her. Not even Orchid.
She grabbed Fluttershy. "I'm sorry..."
"It's... It's forgiven, Twi, I never-"
"I can't go back Fluttershy... Not to who I was..." She gripped tighter. "Too much has happened... I'll try to be better... But... But I can't be Twilight... Not the Twilight you used to know..."
"Nor... Nor would I really want that, Twi," Fluttershy said. "We... We can't just dial back our lives. Things change. We learn how to deal with the change. Then we change. It may not always be for the better..."
"...but we can't just run from it," Twilence said, nodding. "I... Right." She buried her face in Fluttershy's wing. "I... I've neglected you most of all."
"...Twi..."
"Don't try to correct me, you know I'm right. I brought you here because I was scared and needed somepony to lean on. But then I found something to stand on and forgot you might need to lean on me. I... I was unfair." She looked up. "I was unfair to all of you. I've been... angry at all this. Infinity, Orchid... I've treated you wrong. You shouldn't be where you are. I shouldn't look at you and shake my head - I should talk. That's what I am. I'm the Princess of Friendship, and I forgot my calling."
Orchid blinked. "Uh, okay...?"
"Which means I'm going to have to say some things. Infinity, you should stop being so reckless all the time, you're going to get yourself killed. None of us want that. I'm willing to help you get through this and to get you closer to the rest of us on a deeper level."
Infinity blinked. "...Thanks?"
"Orchid, you need to learn that just because the ends may justify the means, you are still fully responsible for your actions. Everything you do, you carry the direct responsibility. You can't just dismiss what you do. That's dangerous. Carry the weight - carry it hard and well."
Orchid shook her head. "That would interfere-"
"It'll keep you from becoming a tyrant," Twilence said. "Or, as Vriska would say, a bitch."
Fluttershy facehooved. Pinkie giggled.
"And Pinkie..."
"I'm too silly and don't take things seriously enough?" Pinkie shrugged.
"Not what I was going to say. You... You have little regard for the sanity of others. The only reason you don't say things is because you're not supposed to, but perhaps some of the things you do say should be kept to yourself. Not everypony can handle random things spouted at them forever. It... It doesn't work."
Pinkie nodded slowly.
"Do me next!" Aradia said, grinning.
"...You're actually pretty okay, though a bit morbid. Tact, maybe?"
"But death isn't something to be afraid of or put into a tabo-"
"Yeah, figured you thought that." Twilence turned to Fluttershy, frowning. "You... You could stand to slap me around a bit more."
"I won't."
"I know," Twilence sighed. "The rest of you, we can work together." She grabbed Orchid's hoof. "As a team."
Orchid blinked with all three eyes. She tentatively gripped back.
Aradia smiled. "This is good."
Twilence turned to Aradia. "Can... Can you take us to the future, to Equestria? I promised to take Fluttershy home. I plan to keep that promise."
Fluttershy shook her head. "Twi, I'm-"
"We can always come back later," Twilence said. "We have time on our side. We could go to Equestria for reinforcements, even."
Aradia smirked. "I like this idea. I can take us, just give me a second, have to prepare a jump that large."
"I have more messages to respond to anyway. Nickel... yeah, there's apparently no need to check the past for the altar, not that it'd help given what Aradia said. Creek-" Twilence fell silent. "Creek... You didn't have to share that. You don't want Keywii writing for you? Well... You're basically doing what you didn't want him to do for him. Basically... I just... You revealed something about your deep past like an author would do his characters. It seems like you played into his hand, actually. He probably really wanted to tell that story." How the heck do I know that... I don't just think that I know that She glanced at the Eye. "I don't want to lower the weight of what you said - it's a harsh trauma you experienced, and I do feel for you. It's... It's not easy fighting back sometimes. You shouldn't have served those years - it sounds like self-defense to me. It just... It just strikes me that you don't want to be written, but are doing exactly what the 'author' would want you to do." She glanced at the horizon. "I guess we don't have much of a choice in that regard, admittedly. It just... I would have rather this revelation been something personal between us, rather than something brought on by... well this. It sullies it. I'm... I'm sorry. You don't want to hear this about your trauma - but I've resolved to try to help people, to connect more. And you need to take a step back and look at things differently. I can't even pretend to know how something like that would affect you long-term, I'm not as good of a psychologist as I pretend to be. But I do think you're thinking about it wrong. Instead of worrying about being 'written' and 'not,' how about you just live your life? I think that's what I've found out, and what you've all been telling me from the start."
Pinkie grinned. "Yeah, in the end, it doesn't matter much. Our choices are still our own even if they are written. We have motivations, feelings, desires! We often surprise those writing us!"
"Pinkie, remember what I said?"
"Oh. Sorry. Riiiiiiiight..."
Infinity let out a breath. "Thank goodness..."
Aradia raised an eyebrow. "I thought I was supposed to be the one who needed to learn tact?"
"Eh..."
Twilence nodded. "Anyway Creek... I'm sorry, that's probably not what you want to hear. But I think it's what you need to hear. And... I could stand to learn these lessons as well. I'm not done growing. I need to do more introspection, even when my life is in danger, lest I become uncaring. Lastly... Ponygood, that's a good lead on Siron. Didn't Lore say Siron was the first thing sealed in Tartarus? A demon would certainly qualify as that. And... Songs of the Spheres..." She looked at the Eye. "...That's going to be important, isn't it? I just... I just know it."
Aradia grinned. "Okay! Now we can go!"
Orchid raised an eyebrow. "It took that long?"
"No, just waiting for Twilence to get done. Also can't you see when we leave?"
"It's fuzzy, probably because you tweak it slightly just to annoy me."
Aradia shrugged. "HERE WE GO! A thousand years into the future!"
And suddenly it was night. The yacht was sitting on the waters. There was no moon.
Aradia frowned. "Well great."
"Huh?" Twilence asked.
"We're currently in a timeline where the Dark Lord wins. Dunno why the world doesn't freeze when the sun is destroyed..."
"HUH!?" Twilence gawked.
"Look, many timelines where the Dark Lord wins simply have the sun and moon destroyed and darkness cover the land. Doesn't look like we can do anything in this future. I'll just take us back before something bad happens-"
A blue laser shot Aradia in the chest, missing her heart. She fell over backward, spraying her rust blood everywhere. "AUGH!"
Orchid healed her quickly, turning to face the incoming opponent.
It was Starlight Glimmer - or a Starlight Glimmer. She looked like nothing Twilight had ever seen - one of her legs was replaced with some steam-powered gear-apparatus, there was some metallic top hat on her head, and one of her eyes was replaced with a complex system of lenses.
Pinkie whistled. "Oooh! Steampunk!"
Starlight's horn flashed, and she was suddenly in dozens of places at once. Aradia did the same, meeting her at every place. "Okay, well then I'll just take us all back-"
And then a tentacle of dark magic shot out of the water and tore the yacht in half, throwing everyone involved into the sky. It went right for Orchid - and she disintegrated it with the five Spirits. The, more darkness came out. Things exploded.
Twilence lost consciousness.
~~~
The dream was even darker than usual.
But she could see the planet - Equis - in front of her somehow. No sun. No moon. Just a dark, dark planet, somehow not frozen over. It pulsed with strange, dark magics everywhere. Equestria was unrecognizable. Peran was covered in dark purple shards. Parts of the world were covered in lava.
Then there was a red eye. It looked at her.
She thought it looked sick.
She thought it was apologizing.
Then it vanished.
"You left the past to rot."
Twilence blinked. "I... I... What?"
"You left the past to rot. Came here, seeking refuge. Then the past rotted and became this."
"I thought..."
"You break time loops. Your presence ruins it."
"What are you?"
"I am a voice in your head and that's all you need to know right now."
"...Great. Can I at least see you?"
A form materialized in front of her. It was tiny - beyond tiny - and it was hard to see. She could tell it was red and that it most certainly wasn't the eye that had been watching her. But its shape was... unpleasant to look at.
"Satisfied?"
Twilence shook her head. "Not really."
"You will be eventually. I live in this future. I take it you want to know exactly what happened?"
"Yes?"
"Vriska and the Mite got to the Overseer. They told him what was going on. He couldn't find you with his eye, so he realized something had gone wrong, so they took measures to stop the Dark Lord. They kept Corot from being awoken - but Siron rose. Try as they might, they couldn't stop him. After decades of fighting, the Overseer had to cut his losses. He took his ship and several hundred people from across the world and left the planet, hoping to find greener pastures. Vriska and the Mite stayed behind but were eventually felled themselves. But Siron didn't try to kill Vriska - he knew she couldn't die in a timeline that remained constant. He enslaved her. The Mite was destroyed."
Twilence gulped. "...Obviously, we have to stop this... Go back..."
"I know that's what you want to do. That's why I attacked."
Twilence gawked. "...That was you!?"
"Oh, yes. I am Siron, after all."
Then the Eye lit up.
"Sadly, I cannot hear them. But this should be interesting nonetheless..."
~~~
[IMPORTING...]
Vriska and Mite felt chills go down their backs - like someone had just walked over their metaphyscial graves in the deep future.
"What an oddly specific feeling..." Vriska muttered.
They were in Chalak, walking down the streets in broad daylight. They had gotten in and suddenly the guns had stopped. Nobody seemed to care about them anymore. It was probably because she had hidden her wings and changed her clothes - she didn't raise any alarms.
"Shenanigans," Mite said.
"Ah yes, Aradia's using time travel, or Orchid's seeing the future, or something." Vriska bought an ice cream cone. It had been easy to get money. Gambling was always just perfect for her. "Regardless, we're here to do recon and such. What do you see?"
"City."
It was indeed a city - orange buildings as far as the eye could see, scraping the sky. Complex bridge systems led from higher floor to higher floor. They were currently far above ground level and, looking down, they could see far into the basement levels as well. This place was truly extensive and over the top, though not as outrageous as a troll city. But trolls were pretty crazy all on their own. The inhabitants were mostly dragons and ponies, but she saw a few other races from time to time. This was probably why she didn't get too many unusual looks for her stature, though she could tell they'd never seen one of her race before. They just didn't ask questions.
She still had no idea where the palace was. She had asked for directions a few times but they were always too confusing for her to parse. Maps were no help either - apparently, you needed to know what kind of map you wanted. High level? Low level? Alpha type bridges? Omega? Gah it was all just a mess...
"Amused."
"You can shut it," Vriska said, setting herself on a bench. "What the heck am I supposed to do here. Need to find the palace to talk to the Overseer and Council or whatever and then find the altar and then stop this Dark Lord. I mean-"
"STOP IN THE NAME OF THE LAW!"
Vriska put up her hands and groaned at the dragon police officer. "What am I charged with this time? Trespassing? Breaking and entering? Being a bitch?"
"Cheating at gambling!"
Vriska facepalmed.
You must return the grossly incandescent sun to it proper place , call forth a friend in times of need and join in Jolly cooperation.
I am not one of your Celestia devotees ,I am an adherent of the lord of sunlight.
This lord of dark must fall , and you must light the first flame.
I'm not entirely sure how you'll be able to get out of that situation. Maybe you could subtly change the dream into a nightmare without Siron noticing, then Luna can come and keep him distracted as you escape into the past. And that's assuming she's even dreamwalking right now, or even alive. Don't respond to any of us until you're safe from him, unless you think you can hide your thoughts from him.
Mite, if you can hear me, try to keep Vriska from getting to the Overseer. Because of you telling the Council about Twilence, the future gets absolutely taken over by Siron, and Aradia just brought Twilence's party to that hellhole. Chances are, you changing your actions now would just make the future a different hellhole, but in the confusion of the timeline changing and/or Corot and Siron fighting each other, Aradia might be able to pull them back. I don't know; I'm not an expert on timey-wimey stuff, especially as it relates to Mr. Aradia here.
I know you want to bring Fluttershy back to the present and be safe from this mess, but I don't think you'll be very successful. Until you defeat Corot and Siron, all potential futures will be bad. Besides, I'm not sure you should try to bring her to the future either, since she's your only connection to your old life, and losing that might make you forget who you were or why you did what you did.
But you should prepare for the worst, regardless of how prepared you are. When considering two evil god-like beings, the worst would be extremely bad, though I guess you're experiencing it right now. You could always escape into other universes if you need time or resources you couldn't otherwise get.
I looked through your conversation with Lore Thirst, but I found nothing relevant that you don't already know. And I don't think you're able to speak to him right now.
I have an idea of what the pivotal point is, being that you get an audience with the Council and/or that you find the altar, but it's only speculation on my part.
As for the person to bring from the altar... well, I'll make my vote right now. Bearer of the Water Crystal, Rarity, because if any of you die or experience extreme suffering, she can reverse it. Also, if you mention her, Twilence, then the rest of us that never read her story could vote for her as well.
We can hear your thoughts. Well, sometimes. Sometimes, there'll be breaks in the chapter that denote a lot of time passing, and we don't get anything from those. Things do still happen during those times, but evidently they're not important enough to have to read about you the whole time. But I don't mind you being irked at me. You could probably call me a smelly idiotic pig-nosed uncle-fucker if you wanted, but that would just make me laugh.
I wouldn't be so judgemental of Pinkie's tendancy to say things randomly. Usually, what she says can be very useful or meaningful. In fact, her saying she had to plow a road back in the wheat field makes me think that was the road Jane saw, which would also mean she hasn't actually escaped yet, but will in the future. Or maybe that was the past. Eh, wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff is confusing.
I won't share anything else about Songs of the Spheres, unless I think the information could be important to any of you in some way. Especially if I find more information on Siron, because I'm not sure if he'll answer questions about him. He may be eager to tell you about how much he royally screwed over your world, but that's not gonna matter if you go back in time.
I forgive you, Overseer. Maybe you could redeem yourself by distracting Siron and allowing Twilence's party to escape and save the future.
Twilight, I'm sorry I had to use what amounted to a slap in the face to you, but you did need the wake-up call. You became the Princess of Friendship for a reason so as long as you don't lose sight of that, you will never lose yourself.
I don’t know much about Tartarus, other than it’s guarded by Cerberus and is the current, and permanent home of Lord Tirek, but I do know that those that have escaped have managed to corrupt those they first encountered after getting free. Yes, even though Siron has apparently been free for over a thousand years, the fact that he is talking to you means he is possibly trying to make a deal with you so he can become even stronger. And this may be pure speculation, but he may have had a hand? Hoof? In corrupting Luna when he first broke out. Like he tempted her by giving her the power to have everypony love her nights, but then turned on her after he broke the Elements of Harmony to prevent their use against him. And to ensure his victory destroyed the very things that very well could have stopped him.
Now, as for the problems that you face at the current time, and I’m sorry in advance for this. *takes a large, deep breath* “WAKE UP!!!”
Also, when you get to the next alter, summon Luna. Or if you're desperate, Discord. But make sure you specify which of the two you want and the fact they are from after they are reformed. or someone else. I have no clue who to bring, but whoever you choose make sure that you know their personality before-hoof.
Hi. So, I mAy HaVe CaLlEd UpOn YoUr PoWeR aS tHe GoDdEsS tHaT dEaLs WiTh InSaNe InTeRnEt DrIvEl To CoMbAt AnD sUbVeRt SuNbRo4LiFe In OuR dIsCuSsIoN gRoUp, As ThE UnCuLtUrEd InTeRnEtLeSs NoNbElIeVeR tHaT hE iS. i HoPe YoU dOn'T mInD.
Twilence, I...I'm sorry, you are right when we say we don't have a choice. Being written is something that means that just living your life and being yourself is what the author wants. If you fight against that you're doing things you wouldn't normally do. You...one idea I had was just not going to work anymore, if my...'story' revolves around you, than being away from you could take me out of it. Part of my conclusion though was that even if I don't like it, it's going to happen anyway, and if I fight back, which I wouldn't want to, I wouldn't be myself anymore. The only way to really be happy with something you don't like is to accept it. Accept it and move on.
That's why I told you about my past, not because the time was right, or I was comfortable, or anyone needed to hear it, but because I needed to come to terms with being the main character, and I did that by opening up to you. And even if that sullied it, I don't think there's a time where that wouldn't be the case. And I do feel a lot better having opened up. Thank you for listening, and I think we both have a lot to learn, so it's okay.
But, there's something more concerning going on. I think it goes without saying that the present is worse than the past. And that you need to get back home. So what I suggest is that when you wake up, you'll need to let Aradia know to take you back. Something I've noticed is that when you talk to us, the Influence, the world around you stops moving for a bit. So a good time for Aradia to take you back to the past would be while you're responding to us.
Thank you for talking to Fluttershy and finally apologizing to everyone. It should help you all work togetehr as a team. Now more than ever. Please be safe.
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ponygood? why are you typing like gamzee; we all know you're not one to role-play...
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I was speaking like that because I had aquired the blessing of our Lord and Saviour Sparkle-Butt the Honorary Cloud, Goddess of Dealing With Our Insane Internet Drivel, to subjugate Sunbro4life to the glorious religieon of Annoying and Useless 4.0. Any resemblance to a strange clown-troll was not intentional.
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Maybe Luna. Not Twilence's Luna, some Luna from, say, a universe where Celestial was banished. That Luna would have plenty of ruling experience, and would still be massively powerful. But then we would risk attracting even more attention. A alicorn with an artifact embedded in her chest. A pony with a literal third eye, some floating spheres, and an another alicorn with a mane like stars.
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I see your point, but if i may make a suggestion then get one with a massive amount of fine control of illusion magic. But Twilight. Please, Please, Pleeease...do not summon Princess Trixie, I can barely handle the canon one. ‘canon’ That's what we call the alpha timeline. Which in turn means the unaltered timeline.
I Say you grab the dark lord and use the pure rays of the sun to blind them The sun never destroys the eyes of the fateful to its grossly incandescent glory.
twi, i've done some thinking, and you're not going to like what i have to say; the only reason you came to this doomed time-line where you didn't come back is because you don't... as in you are not the alpha twi anymore, and i'm pretty sure the only reason we're still talking to you is to tell you to send Aradia back alone, so she pop in just before you guys left so she can stop you...
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Heeheehee... Knight Trixie Lulamoon, whom has two apprentices, Rarity Belle, and Jaculine Apple, or Applejack.
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Her I can handle. Arrogant Princess Trixie, I mean ‘The Great And Glorious Princess Trixie’ is another, not somepony I would wish had my back.
No matter what multiverse has a Trixie, there is one thing they all have in common; they think they are the best thing since sliced bread.
With knight Trixie, I really would want her to watch my back, and she would even be able to keep an eye on her own back thanks to her perfect illusions, and she's not as cocky as all the others.
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Yes, that has happened before. I recall the first instance of that happening was the original Homestuck story, which followed four humans. One of them, John, was convinced by one of the trolls to try to face his planet's treasure guardian right away, which killed him and doomed that timeline, so another of them, Dave, went back in time to get past John to reconsider, and then became past Dave's spirit guardian.
It also happened with the trolls, when a whole bunch of future Aradias from alternate doomed timelines congregated at one point and together were able to contain the "Instant death of everything scream" of the main baddy.
But don't do it immediately. Keep it in mind as a last resort, because you yourself would still be doomed, even if past you is saved, and I don't know if we will continue to watch you or move on to past you.
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only the last part was necessary for twi to know ponygood
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I'm just saying that it's been done before, like in these examples, and therefore can be done again. Personal experience tells me that people are more likely to do something when given a reason or assurances, and not just "Just do it!"
While fighting don’t forget you can dodge roll and if you are hurt take a sip from your Estus flask it’s an undead favorite.
Twilight I know you're in a precarious situation, but maybe this song will inspire you.
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...um mister sun fanatic. Twilight is... Not an undead, so an Estus flask won’t work the same way or even not at all.
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I never knew if she is undead or not ,time shall tell if she slowly goes hollow, Estus can be refilled at any bonfire so no worries on running out .
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Um... going Hollow, and pretty much everything else you've said, are characteristics of being in a world where everything's undead and their higher mental processes and morality have to be maintained by sacrificing great heros to the first flame to keep it burning. Twilight does not exist in such a world.
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The world could start that cycle any time any place I never know when it may start but yes you must give yourself to the flame to let the world continue.
Like you Twilence I am also on a quest to find my very own Sun .
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*Sigh* Okay, Sunbro, your acting as an undead sun-fanatic is wearing thin. Sonic at least tried to consider the way Twilence's world works when acting as Afizah, but your artificial ignorance is grating and not what Twilence needs when facing off against the first prisoner of Tartarus. I'd very much prefer it if you peacefully decided to stop acting, but I am prepared to verbally dispute your position. Hell, maybe a good flame-war is exactly what Twilence needs to get an upper hoof on Siron, somehow.
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Mostly working from what I know this whole mind connection is new to me I’m use to being summoned in to aid and use to time and space being a bit blurred.
one does grow past what they know once they admit it it humbles , you my friend it is a lesson that is quite well in new experiences such as a odd meeting of minds and who knows something I said could be useful .
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Everything you've said so far implies that Twilight exists in the same type of world you do, but she doesn't. Besides, the information you've provided is very inaccurate. There is no such thing as an Estus Flask, Twilence has never needed to dodge roll because she is an extremely powerful alicorn, the sun in this timeline has been completely destroyed and was artificial anyway, Twilence's goal is not to find a new one, but to help the Oracle defeat Siron and Corot, the world will not enter a Hollowed state at any point ever, and you are not mentally linking to us.
Do you even know what an alicorn is, or have you been paying attention to the things Twilence has discovered and done? If you haven't, I would suggest reading through this story to take note of anything actually important you find, and maybe watch the original show at some point. And I have not been speaking to the undead sun-fanatic that doesn't exist, but to the person using it as your roleplaying identity. If you came to Fimfiction solely to act as you have been and not provide genuine advice or criticism, and be ignorant of the main subject of this site, I don't think Fimfiction is the place for you.
ugh, we really should have left vriska alone, skaia loves to contaminate everything it touches and then it does this crap to the timeline, just remember that doomed timeline doesn't mean you are doomed, besides you may still be affected by the original equestrian rules rather than the skaia rules and if we want to get really tricky then lets get into the tricky timey wimey business around equestria's canon timeline, its broken into no fewer than two separate timelines that are permanently irreconcilable and twilight... er twilence has mentioned events that currently seem to be exclusive to one or the other thus leaving us unsure what of canon actually applies. i can't believe anyone is still trying to argue the existence or absence of freewill under story scenarios, we already agreed that its impossible to figure out. okay so while this certainly looks bad and it probably is, this is a chance to find out more about what you are fighting, things that otherwise can't be learned until you actually face this, if this plays to stereotypes then you can probably get him to start monologuing and figure out everything you need to fix this. if we are starting to discuss characters here again, trixie specifically, then i suggest marionette trixie, lots of power and gone through enough stuff to make her decent around normal ponies and tones down her behavior.
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i'm all for making things interesting, but equestria is a very picky balance to begin with and its already ready to fall apart from having skaia get into it, the last thing we need is to add something outright self destructive like darksouls or all the suggestions to drag Yggdrasil into this, hell i'm pretty sure that discord of all beings is one of the few things keeping equestria together and habitable, that really should give you an idea of how fragile a world it often is if i'm suggesting him as a point of stability.
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Just going from what I knew most of the others I have met in jolly co-op had the same sort of time line as I so I took a guess , now I know that is not so and I can learn of this world were our mutual friend resides .
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I see quite interesting I had said to pony good that my reasons for guessing so was from past experience due to time being quite odd at times but best to know a limit and learn past it .
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hey we all have our perspectives and experiences, i personally find it entertaining to cross dimensional rule sets, the results are endless and i do have to admit it might be interesting to see how equestria would handle that one, but none of those crosses have attracted my interest yet, good to see that it seems we have another somewhat reasonable person here, i say somewhat since we've all taken our turns being crazy here.
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Indeed we all have our bouts of madness it seams but it is quite nice to meet others.
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Sunbro4life.
Please, just stop acting. The person you are acting as is completely ignorant of Twilence's world, and his constant suggestions as to what to do are just going to cause Twilence unnecessary confusion in an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. If you have anything constructive to add that is relevant to her current situation, and I KNOW the person behind the act has more information than his act does, then say it. If you have nothing constructive to say, it can wait until Twilence is safely not fighting one of two potential Dark Lords.
It occurs to me that Orchid failed to predict Siron's attack. That bodes poorly.
On a more pleasant note, it also occurs to me that Aradia failed to mention anything about the Tree of Harmony being destroyed. As a source of greater power than Celestia or Luna, that seems like something that would have a big enough impact on the world to be noticed. Thus, it seems reasonable to conclude that it still exists. Granted, just because it exists doesn't mean we know what state it's in.
Twilight, your ascendance from Unicorn into Alicorn using Starswirl's spell drew on the Elements, and you just re-affirmed your connection to the very thing that most closely relates to the Elements as a whole, and yours in particular: Friendship. They may be distant, but I think it would be worthwhile to try to draw on them now. Given the state of the world, the power and possibilities of the elements may be limited, but it's feasible that you could use them, if not to destroy Siron outright, then to provide Aradia the opportunity to manipulate time. Whether that means to send you all back, just herself, or some combination thereof, is something I cannot say—I know too little about her powers to judge what would be ideal or even feasible—but I think it's a shot worth taking.
Also, assuming Siron can't read your thoughts, hold keep silent about this until you have the best opportunity to do this. If it can even work at all, I can't imagine you would have more than one shot at it.
And Pinkie, now would be a really good time for you to pull some bullshit.
this i actually agree with for once, pinkie go nuts.
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