chocobos for days please... also Fluttershy would have the innate skill of beast talk from the mediator class(OP as hell support skill)

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Chocobos are lovely and awesome for sure. Yes Fluttershy likely does have said skill. Problem is I am treating it as if its native creatures only since her class as far as I have it planned isn't strictly Mediator/Orator as I plan to give all the Mane 6 their own job classes unique to them. Similar to how there are Fell Knights, White Knights, and more that are KINDA like other classes in the game but not really. As far as the names of their classes go, I am still trying to think up good names but I can tell you Fluttershy's has already been chosen.

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nice idea, wouldn't be surprised if Dash has a dragoon spin-off

When your cruising through the Everfree all like...

Funny in the original fell knights are hell knights

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I think my favorite chocobo theme is this one. Its an oldy but goody Remix

Love the chapter more, chocobos, MORE!! Oh I just remembered something about chocobos aren't they mostly a planes species? That is were you tend to find them in the games most of the time in the wild and they are built for speed.

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Depends on the game you find them, but they can be found all over the place. In tactics the first one you can recruit is in a forest. There are also numerous games that use Chocobo Forests as a mechanic. With all the different types and such honestly I can see them living anywhere with greenery.

His sword, its a blood magic blade isn't it? Typically those just drain life force from an enemy and heal the wielder or other types of living energies like stamina depends on the enchants . They can also drain strength when they hit, store life force for use later or use that to increase striking power (example cut through an engine block in one swing). The wielder can also use that stored energy to fuel magic to boost it power.

But just a guess.

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Who knows, maybe it is, maybe its not, you will have to read future chapters to know muhahahahaha

Chocobo aren't they unusually friendly to humans like dogs, do to millennia of being bred? Also very loyal, hardy, strong,, tough, easy to care for. They will typically run from a fight but will say by their rider side in battle. Vary intelligent also vary easy to train, herbivores favors most roots and seeds for foods. Beak made for breaking up dirt and rock can be deadly in battle. Endurance runner, can exceed cheetah speed in a sprint, can run for hours with little to no strain, claws also deadly in a fight. Flightless unless magically assisted. Fast growth rate chick to full adult in a few weeks or months can't remember. Ideal mount, fair life span, highly social, enjoys physical contact. Little if any problems if mounted or geared up. Disproportional physical power far stronger then they appear.

Was trying to remember everything I can from the games and lore. I know they vary from game to game. Also a big fan of final fantasy tactics and other games

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Most of those things are true, however I am taking it a bit slower on how fast they grow up. That and lets not forget its a WHITE Chocobo, magical in nature. So depending on which FF I take from, I already know which one I will, it can have various other properties normal ones dont have.

Was remembering what I could about Chocobos, one repeating theme about white Choconos is that they have healing powers. Also shouldn't celestia have gotten wind about him by now? As the first member of a species to meet ponies, diplomacy wise meeting him would be a royal priority. I know the Celestia and Luna don't know as much about their world as people seem to think, like Celestia didn't even recognize a parasprite and those live in the Everfree.

There was also that Q/A session were he mentions that humans are more inclined to technology so that bounded to get Celestia's attention if knowing Twilight she sent everything in that conversation to Celestia. There is also his knowledge of creatures from FF that the guards will want to have which undoubtedly they have been having increased encounters with. He is going to have to explain his knowledge of them and give them a plausible explanation for why no one knows about humans.

I like that he is taking the more believable rout saying I from a different part of this world then saying "Some guy sent me here, gave me a bunch of powers and I come from another world". Most beings wouldn't even believe that with out proof.

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Indeed White Chocobos do have healing powers historically, there is also some who can fly where others cant, or move all over the area. I could tell you which Boko is but I wont spoil the surprise just yet :D

As for Celestia and her hearing word, who says she hasn't? She is a busy princess after all and as it has been shown ponies are skittish when it comes to other species, Zecora being ostracized to name one, and the other being ponies didnt know what a Griffon was when Gilda came to town briefly.

Now as for the part about him knowing things, well lets face it Twilight could write Celestia on what she has gotten from him about what he knows, but so far the guard has similar experience. Twilight doesn't even know completely what kind of experience the guards have or knowledge only what she heard by happenstance. As it stands if she did relay something, and she has, what is to say that she revealed anything new?

Now for the final thing, you enjoying how he is taking a more realistic approach to things. As I have so far stated or shown, hopefully both, clearly Dustan isn't stupid. He was always the background nerdy kinda kid with a sense of right and wrong that is clear and a body that will move to the beat of that sense. He wasn't that physical before, enough not to be fat, but not enough to be athletic either. He is also one who read fanfics as well, he has had experience reading the good and bad reactions behind many things as such he is being very cautious with his stance so that he has more room to backpedal if needed. Make no mistake however, there is no right or wrong choice here for what he makes known. They both have pros and cons. He just weighed what he seen as the pros at the time vs the cons he thought of.

Also as a personal note, or two. I want to thank you for being so vocal about your enjoyment of this fic of mine as well as questioning things. I enjoy answering it as best I can without giving spoilers. Its my love for this fic as well as the known interest those like yourself shown that make me excited to get up and hammer out words every day for a new chapter. Speaking of new chapter, their should be one out later today as I am writing up a storm and have maybe one or two chapters already done after this. Kinda just need to proof read them and make sure things line up properly. As I have stated before I am trying to space things out so that I just dont dump a bunch of chapters out incase writers block hits like it has with my other story The Alter Accords.

Hope you enjoy the new chapter later today. Oh and for something to look forward to about what the chapter MIGHT be about, I will give a hint. I may have mentioned the person in my response to you already.

I know Celestia is a very busy pony I just meant from a diplomatic stand point to smooth things over incase something happened. Pony are skittish yes and vary ignorant of the world around them from my stand point, but they didn't show Gilda anywhere near the same level of hostility that they showed Zecora. That can have two meanings one they learned their lesson or two enough ponies know who and what griffins are to not be scared, thus not cause a stampede from mob mentality.

As for the guard twilight said they and I quote “So they are called Bombs. I heard some guards back in Canterlot speak of things like them but they didn’t have much information, not even their names. What do they do? How are they formed? Are they friendly?” From this statement I assumed that they only recently encountered FF creatures so thus their info is lacking. And with him having knowledge of them and him being so young with no obvious training most would assume that his species encounters them fairly often and knowledge of them is common.

also in this sentence shouldn't it be suspicions and not suspicious?

“How do we know it didn’t put that fireball there huh?” Face palming at the pegasus continued suspicious Dustan just explained the basics.

And also I so love to try dredge out info about stories I love which I love this one. I've reread it a few times already.

This sentence is missing the word door in it.

When a knock came to the Zecora was the first to answer as Dustan was finishing up breakfast for the day;

Not trying to be a jerk or anything I just a habit I have from people pointing out my mistakes which I like when they do helps so I don't repeat them and can correct them.

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The thing about Celestia is she tends to ALWAYS have plans, not always visible but always there. She has been doing something but at the same time its not a direct factor. Second, I seen the griffon thing more as Rainbow Dash vouched for her, thus ponies were less skittish.
For the twilight and bombs part, remember this is what she heard and came to a conclusion about their knowledge. Does she know the full story, maybe, maybe not. Point is the guards are active and always doing something and while Twilight might pass on a bit of info like the name, does a name mean much except that someone named them? A rose by any other name right? Thus the guard could have had their own names for them at that point that is why ponies arent currently rushing towards him to know what he knows. Plus lets face it, the xenophobia of ponies are coming into play a bit more in that they would rather learn themselves, especially the stubborn military ones, then get help from another species.

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Will go to fix both that error and the other right away, thank you for pointing it out.

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Both errors have been corrected. Though in the future please put what chapter they are in. Was looking for the suspicions error in chapter five with the question of where is it before I even thought to look in another chapter lol.
Just makes things easier for me is all.

Also dont worry, I dont see you pointing out the things as you being a jerk but as someone who enjoys what I am writing and wants it to be better.

It's not a couch, it is a Chaise Lounge you uncultured brutes.

...... I love Chocobo's! They are my fave!!

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Yes, agreed!

Before you even revealed it was a chocobo, are immediately started playing the chocobo theme

I'm partial to "Wark" myself, but "Kweh!" is just adorable.

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Wark is good as well, I just view it the same way as in different meows. You got meow, mew, nya, etc. Just got to hear the dialect and inflection :D