They're Never Coming Back

by Flashgen

Personal Letter to Verdant Vines - May 4th

Vines,

I’m sorry this letter took so long to write. I didn’t receive yours until late in the morning. I think there was some issue with the delivery. I’ll make sure that this letter finds you quickly. The information is urgent, but I’m sure this will not take as long to write up as an official memo.

I visited Pendant and Lantern today at Asclopius Hospital. Official reports from the doctors are still being written, but they informed me of their conditions. Pendant is still comatose. She hasn’t awoken since she arrived on the 30^th. However, some ponies have heard groans coming from her despite a lack of movement. Lantern, on the other hoof, has been having an easier time getting to sleep, but he’s still been complaining of nightmares.

The thing is that other ponies staying there, unrelated to the case, are having them too. Even the doctors, nurses, and orderlies are reporting them. They’re all of the same things Lantern and others at Ponyville mentioned: candles, darkness, being watched, whispers. They’re minor, small, irregular, but they’re happening. I’m having them. I had the same one you wrote about, but you blew the candle out.

I took the time today to inform Princess Celestia about the line of communication to Twilight and some other details, mainly the dreams and the incident with Blue Sky, Pendant, and yourself. She’s known about the nightmares for a few days, as part of some of Blue Sky and his team’s reports, and she told me that she reached out to Princess Luna about them. Luna has searched through dreams during her nighttime vigils, but she’s found nothing. No sign of them. It's like the ponies having them aren't asleep.

I’m worried, Vines. I want to keep up hope, but more and more of this makes it seem like it’s out of our hooves. Celestia is heading to Ponyville tomorrow. She has a few loose ends to tie up related to some court duties, but I’ll be traveling with her. Please ready whatever accommodations you can for her and me, as well as some additional guards.

Try to sleep well tonight. I’ll be there soon.

Love,
Clover

P.S. I don’t know if it will help, but if you do have a similar dream, give me a sign. Do that eye roll you do whenever I ask about your family. It will be to see if they’re connected. I’ll try to spin something in the air.

Comments

[Gavier]

and now chekhlov's gun is loaded, safeguard removed. Ready to fire.

Maybe someone is already dead, and we have yet to hear the shot

[Top_Smug]

Meanwhile the foundation is face palming at spreading a pretty obvious cognito-hazard.

[PrincessLunaTheGamer]

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the foundation wouldve had this shit sorted out in an instant already

[Masterbeef117]

The thing is that other ponies staying there, unrelated to the case, are having them too. Even the doctors, nurses and orderlies are reporting them. They’re all of the same things Lantern and others at Ponyville mentioned: candles, darkness, being watched, whispers. They’re minor, small, irregular, but they’re happening. I’m having them. I had the same one you wrote about, but you blew the candle out.

ah shit, here we go again, hopefully they find a solution, something like that happening in canterlot would be horrifying.

[Moosetasm]

She’s searched through the dreams during her nighttime vigils, and she’s found nothing. No sign of them. It's like the ponies having them aren't asleep.

This would explain why everypony is becoming more and more exhausted whenever they have the dreams or are in that place. Dreams are necessary for keeping the mind sane.

[leaderofstars]

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that also means that whatever's causing this is affecting the subconscious

[Crocoshark]

It's spreading, and Princess Celestia's headed into the quarantine zone.

That's bad.

[BanditRingtail]

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To be fair, the SCP Foundation has had decades of experience with this. I feel like this is a first for Equestria. They don't know what they don't know, nor what risks there are. The Foundation has procedures for all this. If Equestria survives, maybe they will too.

[Godiswithus3]

Terrific, these creatures can camouflage themselves from Princess Luna. 🙄

[LeylaQuartz]

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Ah, you beat me to saying so. Still it's nice to see other SCP fans among the pony fandom.