This is a story about a sheep. A little sheep, locked deep in prison, put there by ponies. He doesn't want to be there, but then he's had to do a lot of things he doesn't want to. It's a shame he deserves to be in there.
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Alicorns maybe? I mean, if so, where does Cadence come in?
I'd personally just keep investigating, in case it was paranoia mixed with coincidence. We need more information.
I thought for a second that the number prophecy was about the ISND, but unfortunately, it's just about the alicorns. The chaos prophecy is obviously about Discord, and I'm not sure what the bee prophecy is all about. There's also the unmentioned prophecy to consider, so I hope we'll see that soon. The ISND definitely live in interesting times if said prophecies are any indication. They haven't exerted influence on any major events yet, but I wonder how that might change in the near future...
I'm not sure where the arc is going as of yet, but I do know that there's something off about the spy case. I have my suspicions, but I'll keep them to myself for now.
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"Two then one," Celestia and Luna, then Luna goes bye
"then two into the triumphant three," Cadence ascends and after that Luna (eventually) returns and the Nightmare defeated
"Forming the fourth, and finally fosters a fifth" Twilight ascending and Flurry's birth.
Probably, Could be referring to something else we don't have all the details for to understand yet. Although I feel that's unlikely.
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Perhaps the prophecy already had the INDS calculated into its prediction, so who knows what might happen. Though, I do have on the to say about bees. I hate bees. I'd choose a cuddly love bug over them any day
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I think it’s the alicorns
Two- Celestia and Luna
Then one- Celestia after Luna was banished
Then two into three- Luna returning and cadence being an alicorn
Forming the fourth- twilight ascending into an alicorn
Fosters a fifth- Flurry heart being born
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Yes, that much is obvious at first glance, though it could be there's missing information or the author's playing tricks on us. I haven't watch mlp in a long time, so my timelines are mixed. Actually, no it's not that, I just don't know the timeline difference from the comics and show canon. So really, Cadence could have shown up at any part.
I suppose that the queen bee is Chrysalis, but I wonder who the four enemies are. Maybe the three alicorns plus Shining Armour and the prophecy refers to the Canterlot Wedding? And the new king is Thorax, but why murderer then? Could it be a metaphorical murder? In the sense that Thorax killed the Changeling's old way of life?
Or perhaps Prey will be uncovered during the Changeling invasion? But then New King of what?
Or perhaps the enemies are the ISND plus Scenic, a future new member, or Lemon Pink? In which case the murderer would definitely be Prey, but, again, then New King of what?
Or perhaps it's something completely different...
Honestly, vague prophecies are exasperating. The solution is clearly to do as the thestrals and kill all bees, just in case.
This prophecy is probably about discord
Changelings, huh. Well that's gotta be fun
tunes -> tonnes?
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This is probably wrong, but might I offer up the wild suggestion of the only other scheming, black magic utilising ram we know to exist?
As in, something to do with the old ruler of Equestria Grogar?
Then again I'm not sure if Grogar is a goat or a sheep, but he at least has enough similarities to Prey to make the comparison.
Oh boy, the changelings are on his trail, I guess Prey's being forced to live up to his name again, regardless of how badly he wants a peaceful life.
"Oh, there you are pr-"
"Canterlot's haunted"
"...What?"
Loads shotgun with malicious intent " Canterlot's haunted."
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[ "Two then one, then two into the triumphant three, forming the fourth, and finally fosters a fifth."Two: celestia and luna.
Then: one: luna's banishment, leaving one Alicorn.
Then two: Cadance ascends, joining Celestia.
Triumphant three: Luna returns, now there are 3
Alicorns.
Forming the fourth: Flurry Heart is born, likely due
to Celestia's machinations.
Fosters a fifth: Twilight ascends.
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You sure? I'm pretty sure Twilight ascends before Flurry heart is born.
I could only find one error to report this time. or to loose his veropede, (lose)
With the knowledge that the changelings seem to be keeping an eye on Prey, though they may just be scouting the tunnels for the invasion, I'm wondering if the "too obvious" spies might be tied into it somehow.
Does anyone know the amount of time that has passed since dreverton?
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I think you might be right about that.
I think this was more of a worldbuilding and general buildup chapter, it started a lot of things and left them open and i think it would be prudent to talk about what happened and what might happen.
Firstly, the prophecies , other people in the comments already explained them, mostly, the first two are still unexplained and on the one with the bee it's mostly speculation though it might have something to do with the changelings also there is the one which hasn't been said yet.
Secondly, the spy / spy's, this could either be something which the story uses to move the plot forward or it could develop into something more, that is still a mystery, it does seem suspicious that something could be that easy for the ISND for once.
Now, the changelings, we now know that they know of Prey's crystal lair and nothing really more, we already knew that they were operating in Canterlot which is a no brainer though it brings the possible confrontation of Prey and the Changelings closer, question now is, will Prey face them alone or will he only truly face them in the Invasion.
There are also other things like, Cadence, it seems weird that we, the readers, and prey haven't heard a single thing about her, one would imagine that another Alicorn would at least have some publicity but there is nothing, no mention of her, no statue (which Canterlot seemingly loves) and where would she live, one would expect the palace but no one ever mention her there as well.
It is also worthy to note that in the show's timeline the wedding and with that the Invasion is not that near, out of major events, Discord becoming free is a lot closer that it, Discord get's freed at the start of Season 2 and the Wedding / Invasion happens at the end of the Season.
I'm also wondering when / if the author finally utilizes the Alt. Universe tag, despite all the thing's the ISND went through, the main storyline hasn't really been affected until now.
So now, what do we know or think we know what is going to happen:
1. The Spy business will probably be the driving force of the story or at least the driving force of the ISND's activities on the job.
2. In previous chapters a party was talked about, i imagine that something might happen there, though i'm not sure what.
3. Discord will likely get free, this will likely cause prey to look more closely into the prophecies.
4. Then there are the Changelings, it is still unknown to me if the Invasion is close or still some time off, or, going back to the Alt. Universe tag, the author might be planning something else.
Also, one last thing, as is known, the good author likes to talk to people in the comments which is good for us as he can give further clues and insight to the story.
Early in the story he was asked if prey is going to meet the Elements of Harmony (The actual question was if he was going to convert one of them to his side. The question and the answer were the comments #13 and #14.) to which he replied:
This indicates that there is a chance that Prey will meet them, if the author didn't do away with that idea. I suspect that, if, Prey will meet them, it might be one a mission to Ponyville or perhaps when they visit Canterlot.
Question: 9087693
Answer: 9088533
Damn, this turned out long.
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Thank you for pointing that out, now corrected.
(Also, there's no Changeling emote to insert Here, what's up with that? Could only find some bugs instead.) 🐛🦋🐜
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Thank you once again. Now corrected it.
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Wow, everyone is on the prophecy thing like hot cakes! 😆 "Get'm while they're fresh!"
So, as to the prophecies in the story going forwards, yeah, two of the prophecies are kind'a obvious, but to Prey and all the other people, all they've got is an annoyingly vague and non-sensical prediction. What's more, predictions which have been passed down for centuries, and still no one has seen them come to pass yet.
The other prophecies are less clear. And what was that last one we didn't get to hear about...?
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Ha ha, yes, something like that. If Changeling's could do inanimate objects of course, like these: 🔧🔨🔑🎁
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Hello there, that's a great summation, and also postulation about the coming future of the story. Nice to see you haven't forgotten some of those old tell-tale clues and snippets from ye' olden times in the story, (Gosh it feels like ages ago) 😂
Unfortunately, as to what is coming, and those good theories, well, I can't confirm or deny them because of Spoilers.
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In answer, by my rough estimate and what I had in my head: Roughly, six or seven months. 📆
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I think it might be a coincidence. The changelings are setting up for the Canterlot invasion, and Chrysalis had trapped Cadance in the crystal caverns, so it makes sense they scouted them out. They might've stumbled upon his lair by pure accident. Doesn't mean he won't get in conflict with them.
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Nobody likes Spoilers and it's nice to speculate on what will happen, so, it's no problem.
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There's a study by the University of California San Diego that indicates that people might actually enjoy stories that were spoiled more.
Leavitt, Jonathan & Christenfeld, Nicholas. (2011). Story Spoilers Don't Spoil Stories. Psychological science. 22. 1152-4. 10.1177/0956797611417007.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51571027_Story_Spoilers_Don't_Spoil_Stories/citations
Not that I'm asking for spoilers. I like reading the story unspoiled and then enjoying the full benefits of reading it again to double-dip in a sense.
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That makes more sense, but he still might be a target depending on whether or not they know who he is.
By knowing about the existence of changelings he's a loose end, but now he's actually killed one he's definitely gonna find some unwanted attention..
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Then again the Changelings in this story seem to be a lot more proactive than in canon, considering they appear to have pretty effectively infiltrated the Border Guard. Since they're almost certainly aware that Prey knows they exist it's probable they're surveilling the ISND, or at least Prey.
I wouldn't be surprised if they somehow knew the ISND was starting to chase spies and decided to throw them Lika Soil and company as a distraction.
hmm... I'm split on what's happening here. On the face of things, I'm wondering if Prey's paranoia about the spy - specifically how easy it all was - is simply a matter of overlevelling: they've all been dealing with things that've been escalating wildly out of their control, and when something doesn't it just seems even more suspicious. And there's a part of me that wants that to be true, and this Arc can be used for rebuilding the squad's frayed relationships before something happens to rip it all to shreds again.
But that would be nice and simple and not screw with my expectations at all, so the other parts of me rejects it out of hand as silly.
Ya dun got me conflicted.
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It would be something like four months. A week or something with the Solars, two months in the cell, then like 1-2 more months with the ISND
Queen bee, changelings, cave under Canterlot.
Yep, we'll get Discord and the wedding soon.
I wonder how it will work for Discord, I'm always pretty scared when he's involved because he can break the logic for no reason, it's always weird to read about him.
Good chapter, as usual, hang in there little sheep.
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I prefer to read it as everyone on Prey's list of fifty-odd names are spies. So of course the first name they investigate is a spy, that'd be the case no matter which name they picked.
Also, I think there's a wtih somewhere in there.
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Your think after all the stuff prey has gone through and done for the night guard he would try to be released. Lemon altered his police record to be petty theft right? I’d think he would’ve payed that debt by now. Unless I’m misremembering?
Hmm, the prophecies are interesting working out in reverse and the spies are definite fun. It’s amusing though stepping back from Preys mind for a moment. He thinks the Mimics only care about him but really... the world doesn’t resolve around our homicidal little lamb
emphaticallyshaken—> emphatically shaken
prey—> Prey
but but—> but
pink’s—> Pink’s
Yawn... it’s 3am here so I’ll need to reread to see the sneaky tips and hints here
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While I do think the Princesses know that Prey is a mind leach, there is a possibility that they don’t. If they do, they won’t let him go so easily. If they don’t, they will exploit him for all he’s worth and then release him (due to the results he bore thus far).
While Celestia would be impressed by the results of Prey (via ISND), I think she could care less. Luna is still trying to gain love and favor from the Equestrian population, so she won’t let one of her successful means for do so go so easily.
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Therein lies the predicinent. Either Prey is right and something more complicated is going on, or his internal (and usually highly inflated) predictions on others competency is getting to him... again. In a way, Prey's stuck between two potential outcomes:
Outcome A, they just really haven't needed to cover their tracks because the solar guard really haven't done much to uncover their tracks. Outcome B, they're a master at covering their tracks and lead those on their trail on wild goose trails to check if there are any investigating them and if so who.
In either case, using the wrong technique in the wrong situation massively hinders your investigation, and Prey has only really sealed with the latter, which is why he's so paranoid; he can't accept that the quality of policing is so low, and as such the quality of crime is also so low because all he's known is military level strategy.
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She has to know. There's no way she's forgotten about Prey because the ISND is her personal pet project. It runs into some crazy situations and then succeeds beyond expectations every time. If Luna thought that Prey was a mere thief she would've let him go or at least reassigned him immediately after the lumber mill incident because she wouldn't be okay with him being almost murdered by a griffin. Besides that, she wouldn't have assigned him to the ISND in the first place if she didn't believe him to have skills that are valuable for that line of work. What would be the point of assigning a literal child to a specialized counter-intelligence/counter-terrorism unit? The babysitting Gloom would have to do would get in the way of the sophisticated and dangerous work. She would've made Prey do manual labor like trash-picking if she thought he was a thief or the like.
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Hello. Part of the reason why, part, that Luna pulled Prey out of prison and stuck him in the ISND, was because of something very close to her heart at the time. Redemption! She had literally been redeemed after 1000 years, and so she was in some ways anxious to see other redeemed too, if only to prove to herself that she deserved it. 🌙
That was why she viewed Prey's dreams that first time, she was 'interviewing' him for an 'application' to her redemption programme. It was only Crimson out of the other Criminal's at the time who both fitted her criteria, and also had skills she wanted. 🎭
But as to how much Luna really knows, and how much is her just not caring, hasn't been revealed yet. 😶
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Thank you for the correction's, I have fixed them where I found them.
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The changelings will do what changelings do best... Be sneaky. 😶
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Lemon Pink was in the process of editing the records yes. Unfortunately, Luna got there first and conscripted Prey.
As to when she'll consider the debt repaid...? Who knows? Or maybe's she just forgotten? Or to her, her view of the time spent in her service is warped. After a thousand years, a few months of service is nothing.
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She thinks he is Gossamers kid, or at least it way implied... hmm
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Yes that is correct. They've taken the assumption that Gossamer is Prey's dad, and that his dad died to raiders on the border. They know nothing about Gossamer actually having been Prey's old name, nor what that means.
Thanks for the chapter
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Only 1-2 months in the ISND? feels like it's been longer...
I really have to ask, everything else aside: What about the "thief" who got the glass-particles-and-pepper-cocktail in their eyes? It didn't sound like that would heal in time for them to have participated in the final confrontation with Prey. So, did you forget about him, or have I missed something?
Some cursory corrections:
- the "a life" part doesn't seem to fit in.
tip-offs
delete either "occupying" or "in".
Guards' shifts
whereas
"of" not strictly necessary, but not strictly an error either, I think
no need for apostrophe in gotta. The apostrophe doesn't replace anything.
lair's
his way through
I don't think the apostrophe should be there.
off-white
self-destruction
cave-in
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two(celestia/luna) then one (celestia) then three(tia/cady/loony) then four (tia/cady/twi/luna) fostering a fifth(tia/luna/cady/twi/flurry)