Just a Dash Sequence
Rainbow Dash's eyes narrowed, peering defiantly through the misty starlight.
“Come on... come on...”
She gnashed her teeth, her ears flickering to the sound of a distant drumbeat.
“I know you're out there... I know you're out there...” She licked her lips. “...show yourself already you big ugly sonuvacumulonimbus.”
“Reckon t'ain't gonna show its consarn noggin, sugarcube, y'all!” exclaimed some gorgeous babe off in the distance.
“I chased it up here, didn't I?” Rainbow frowned. She gripped the controls of the Noble Jury, steering through another wall of mists. “Stratopolis is too big to hide for long! Somewhere deep inside is a key to understanding Susan!”
“Heeheehee!” A pink shape cartwheeled a hundred miles across the cockpit in a single titter. “She's using my piecabulary!”
“Shhhh!” Rainbow craned her neck, ears tilting towards the sound of the pounding noise. “I can almost hear the boomer now! Yes yes yes...”
An orange thing beside her ruffled its feathers, making nervous little clucking sounds.
“Not now, Scoots,” Rainbow growled. “I almost found the stabby-stab cloud city!” She accelerated the craft forward. “Cold Canter, Pilate, and Theanim are going to be wetting themselves with pride that I found a way across the Blob!”
More clucking sounds.
“What's that?! 'Just cross the ocean in the Jury?!'” Rainbow rolled her eyes. “Pffft! Silly pigeon! Why, that's about as dangerous as taking off my—” She reached for her neck... but it was bare. Fuzzy and bare. Her pupils shrank in abject terror. “... … ...well that's not good.”
Orange feathers flew under the chorus of a deafening rooster crow. When the mess cleared, Rainbow Dash saw a shape emerging through the starlight ahead. But it wasn't the floating marble platforms of Stratopolis—instead it was the moon. The shadow of nightmarish alicorn rippled and shrank from its lunar surface, coalescing into a female figure that trotted casually across the cloudbeds, making her way for the hull of the Jury.
“Awwwwwwwwwwwwww petticoats!” Rainbow Dash cursed, throwing a million different knobs and levers. “Belle! Propsy! Zecora! Quick! Load Roarke into the torpedo bay and let's fire her at this sonuva—”
Just as she stammered this, the interior of the skystone vessel dissipated swiftly around her. Rainbow Dash found herself standing naked atop a wandering cloud bed.
“Awwwwwwwww...” She pouted.
“You are currently dreaming, W'ynlppa yln H'luun,” said the voice of Nat'rdo. The mare's shadowy figure came to a stop on a portion of the night sky before her. “It is all merely an illusion, projected from your subconscious.”
“Yeah, I know.” Rainbow sadface'd with a sad face. “I just... wanted it to last longer.”
“It took us a great deal of struggle to locate your essence this time,” the sarosian declared.
“Yeah...” Rainbow squinted slightly. “Imagine that.”
“It would appear as though you have gained a great deal of distance in your travels.”
“Pffft. Yeah? What's it to ya?” Rainbow crossed her forelimbs with a smirk. “You guys don't know where I am!”
“Actually... … ...judging from the rhythmic, thunderous beat that's being broadcasted throughout your mindscape, we have a clear idea precisely where you are.”
“... … ...” Rainbow Dash nervously tilted her head back. Indeed—now that she was once again made aware of it—she could sense the persistent bass chorus of the alien ocean serenading Blobstain—and herself by extension. How this didn't immediately wake her lucid self up, she couldn't understand... unless of course it was some spell that the Dark Vigil were using. “Do you have me under some sort of spell?”
“At this great distance, there is very little we can do to manipulate the texture of your dreamscape,” Nat'rdo said, her voice edged with a touch of urgency. The shapes of the other Dream Council members faded in and out of translucent existence behind her. “Please, W'ynlppa yln H'luun, there is much that needs to be discussed in very little time.”
Rainbow Dash frowned. “I don't particularly remember you guys having the authority to call the shots here.” She gestured at herself. “This is my mind. My wavelength. If I don't like what you nosy brain snoodlers have to say, then I'm cutting off this conversation now and forev—”
“The Matriarchs have ordered Lexxic to stand down his Nightbloods and allow you free passage to the Tree.”
“... … ...”
“He has even been given express orders to escort you to the place where you can speak with the Council,” Nat'rdo said with an affirmative nod. “And he has made a blood pact to obey this order—like the loyal soldier that he is.”
Rainbow Dash took a deep breath, staring the equine shape over. “... … ...well, if that isn't friggin' convenient.”
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Convenience.
That is exactly what this is. It's blatantly a trap and I refuse to believe its not till its over and done with.
I wouldn't trust it.
Damn right!
Erm... the plot just did a sonic rainboom.
But what about his chaos armor? A personal escort coated in chaos will not end well for dash.
Aw lunapoop.
The awful doom of Lexxic we evade
will soon be snuffling at our heels again:
The fluffy bats can track us through our dreams.
(moderately obscure, that one; sorry)
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Of course, after all, A blood pack has no actual binding. They make runes, but can't do actual magic. And of course, they want HER, not her friends or the others, and even if he is under oath of some kind with actual power, it's only to escort her there. As soon as she is there, and the Oath is lifted, he can easily kill her right then and there, or not allow her to escape and trap her in a jail cell, or anything.
She only has a way in, now. Not a way out.
Err yeah... until he decides to crash the party. Bloodthirsty, doom-ridden commanders are not the most reliable personnel, as we have seen already. This can go awry in too many ways.
There are a whole load of branches this path can take and I'm on the edge of my seat wondering where we're going next!
While I am always one to look for the best in others, this sounds WAY too easy and convenient. Still, they are going to have to make their way to the tree at some point, might as well be if while invited. I say split the team up and have a prearranged distress signal ready if SHTF. Inform the Sarosians that the whole team is not coming because they are busy with other things, and see what this olive branch really is, a trap or an actual peace offering.
there are too many ways to get around a promise, especially if one knows what they are doing. Still, here's hoping for the best.
So Lexiic has made a blood pact to get the Element of Dash to the council to get her on his side for assistance against the others at all costs?
Well, thats the council doing roast chicken.
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That said, previous efforts at containing Rainbow Dash have turned out to be exceedingly ineffective.
That first part was glorious
Oh ho ho ho no. There is no way.
Well, ain't this a plot twist
...Uh, wait a tic.
I need to go PM knightly really quick. I think I found a bug in the site - the 'Next Chapter' button disappeared, and so did the rest of the book? Something strange is going on here...
...
Okay no but seriously? I started on Austraeoh about four months ago, and it's gonna feel really weird waiting for updates after I got the rest of the series in binge form. Did I actually go through three and a half million words? It almost doesn't feel real. I'm definitely in this for the long haul now, though, so I hope there's a bunk to spare.
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There's always a futon or two in the closet if we're outta bunks.
On a more serious note, Welcome to the Jury! We promise it only gets worse from here. I'd say turn back now, but the point of no return was about four months back.
Do It
They agreed to taking em go to the council but said nothing about shredding them for a sandwich when it's over.
Well, that's not suspicious or anything.
-Through the path long forgotten, into the darkness long begotten. Ofolrodi.
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True, but those were usually by people that harming her is a last resort. Now she is with a group of people where KILLING her will be the FIRST action taken.
That moment when you realize the reason the goblins speak like Australians is because they're literally from down under.
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I wonder how many other readers haven't gotten it yet.
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I"M SENSING THERE MAY BE ULTERIOR MOTIVES HERE
It's a trap!
I'm totally expecting RD to ask for a neutral location though. It's what I would do.
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Probably about as many as don't realize Patrick star is dumb because he lives under a rock.
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You're not alone, mate. I started in August, right around the time this book began.
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What about locomotives?
Yes, yes, let the Dark Side flow through you.
That first section threw me for a loop, and now i have a sad
About that proposition... actually, no. That clip is a bit too overused. I hope Dash actually has enough of a presence of mind to, at the very least, be careful and have a backup plan. One that hopefully doesn't kill the Dihmers and the gobbo's.
lol I thought this was a late April Fools chapter for a while there. Also WOW that was extremely convenient.
Calling it now that it's a trap. Too good to be true. Either way, can't wait to meet this Lexxic guy.
I love this. I loved the entire dream sequence really. I miss the Noble Jury.
Huh.
How awfully convenient.
At least this dream sequence started more pleasantly.
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indeed, this is extremely convenient. i say like many others, that this is a trap.
( Also the beginning of this chapter sure was. . . something )
Is it a trap?
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Can they afford to ignore it?
No.
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Actually it wouldn't end well for Lexxic.
Really? ScootaChicken? Hasn't that meme died some years ago? Then again, I just loved that random dream sequence.
And goshdarnit, I'm caught up. Told myself I shouldn't've started this soon, but... bleh. I guess I got bored. I know there are thousands of fics out there, but all of a sudden there were just too many giving me inspiration to make something out of that I had to stop.
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Depends... From what we can tell as of recent the Chaos Metal knocks Dash out. However, should she go in there and just take off her necklace then maybe they'll have a wild beast on their hands (like on the barge or that bar waaay back when).
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I think we're still a ways off from dash removing her necklace willingly, but if/when that happens things will have gone bad. Real bad.
Wouldn't it be hilarious if this invitation wasn't a trap.
The amount of tension that would build up all because the reader kept waiting for something to happen which never happened.
IC, this is a golden opportunity.
TROLL THEM ALL
All this talk about how Lexxic is this big bad guy got me thinking.
What if he wasn't the bad guy...
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I don't see how the sequence of events would prove he isn't.
Like, I don't see a reason for him to be doing what he does and turns out good in the end.
Unless we go somewhere close to the "mind control" street, but I think Skirts is better than that.
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Let's just say it is my personality in writing to expect the absolutely unexpected. If I ever start writing my own stories that theme will likely be a common one. Every character would have some feature about them which broke that character's stereotype. To me, nothing deserves to be taken at face value, only imagined for what it could be.
Lolwut? I know I wanted things to move along, but I didn't expect them to happen this suddenly!
I smell something fishy...
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Welcome aboard, comrade!
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I got it when Colon did the toilet drain joke.