Chapter 83
Opening my eyes, I found the carriage lit up more than when I fell asleep. Somepony had set up candles around the place. Struggling to sit up, I spotted Amber just next to me. She was a complete mess, one leg covered with changeling resin and she was missing a wing and I could see cracks in her carapace along her side.
“Amber…” I said softly, “Are… are you okay?”
She nodded, “I’m fine, sir,” she said quietly, “I will molt in a couple of weeks, most of my wounds will heal fully then. The rest might take a few more molts like my wing.”
I touched her chin with my hoof, “Lay down and rest,” I said as I fed her love, “I need you to be rested.”
“Sir, I-”
“Need to lay down and rest or I’ll find somepony to cuddle you until you do.”
Amber hesitated before she very carefully sank down to relax on the floor. I smiled at her, “Good. Just rest, okay. Let other ponies keep me safe for now.”
Looking around, I spotted Sparks with six ponies laying on the ground next to her.
“Sparks?” I asked as I crossed over to her, “How are they?”
She looked at me and sighed, moving over to me, leaning against me. I sighed and slipped a leg and foreleg around her.
“They’re all hurt, but… so far, nopony has died. A some have broken limbs, broken ribs… concussions,” she said whispered, “I… I don’t know what to do.”
I felt her tears against the coat of my neck and I held her tighter, “We can only do what we can do, love,” I whispered into her ear, “
“A-all my books,I read medical books and I- I can’t…”
I kissed her temple softly, “You’re doing better than any of us could. I’m going to see what material we have for splints and bandages.”
Twilight took a slow deep breath before she nodded firmly, “Right.”
With all this broken glass, there is only a matter of time until somepony comes in with serious cuts. No way the medical bag of the train would be enough for this.
Giving Sparks another quick hug, I then let go and looked around for something to rip up. The blankets would be needed as they were, but…
Ah.
LIghting my horn, I started casting a couple of cutting spells to start with before starting to peel strips from the coverings of the closest couch. Couldn’t use it anyway, it was upside down and attached to what was now the ceiling.
There was a bright flash and Sunset appeared in the middle of the carriage, supporting a pony, a compress pressed against her shoulder. Both of them looked soaked to the bone from the rain still pouring down outside.
“Deep cut on the shoulder,” Sunset reported to Twilight, “I think he has a concussion too.”
Twilight nodded firmly, “Any sign of the medical pony?” she asked and moved to take over.
“Nothing yet,” Sunset said and looked over at me, “They’re on their way?”
I nodded and looked around before floating a bowl outside to let the rain start to fill it, “They’re on their way, but even with fast fliers it will take a day to get here even if they can leave immediately, especially if they bring carriages. Is this everypony you found?”
Sunset shook her head, “Only the injured, most of the guard is okay, just minor cuts and bruises, they’re setting up a perimeter around the area the best they can. I need to get back.”
I nodded, “Go.”
She flashed out of reality again with another teleport.
Pulling the now mostly filled bowl back inside, I focused on my magic. This would be a fire spell, so this would be amazingly difficult, but…
I focused on the bowl as my magic surrounded it. The liquid slowly started to boil and bubble as I brought it up to temperature.
Once boiling away, I started to fill it with my makedue bandages, setting it down where Sparks could get to it easily, “Make sure you dry and cool them before use, give it a heating from time to time to keep it close to boiling,” I told her.
“Got it,” she agreed as she checked on the… I recognize him, he was one of the train attendants. He came with the royal carriages. Chef I think.
If he was in the kitchen when this happened, he might be the luckiest pony in the world just getting a cut on the shoulder and a concussion. I couldn’t think of a worse place to be during a crash except maybe the engine. That place was nothing but hard metal surfaces and flying blades in a crash.
A white coated pegasus mare with a red heart cutiemark clambered in through one of the broken windows, careful to climb on the blanket folded over the edge to avoid any broken glass. One of her wings was tied to her side. She stumbled, landing with a small cry of pain before she struggled to get back up.
“Are you okay?” I asked her as I moved to help her onto her hooves.
“I’m fine, sir, my wing is broken, but I can move and work,” she said and shook her head, “I’m nurse Crimson Star,” she then added and made her way over to Twilight, starting to talk quietly with her.
I hope everypony will be okay.
I wanted nothing more than to head out there and help search, but it wouldn’t help, it would just make things harder for the guard to keep everypony safe. It would do nothing but distract them.
Damn it!
Instead I did what I could and kept ripping bandages and passing into the bowl of hot water. I’m a bucking alicorn, why do I always feel so bucking useless!?
“Injured, coming through!” A yell came from the door and Rarity slowly lifted a unicorn through, an expression of focus on her face from the weight, “Two broken legs, a deep cut on her ear. No sign of concussion.”
I knew her, I recognized her as a member of my guard. Dropping the fabric into the bowl, I lit my horn, “I got her,” I said, taking her in my magic, “How far along are you?” I asked as I floated the mare towards Sparks, careful not to move her too fast and make her legs move. Buck, she looked horrible, her mane was matted with blood and it was all the way down her leg and barrel, but I couldn’t see a wound, as a pillow was pressed against her head with her forehoof. Her eyes were closed and her face in a grimace of pain.
“Almost at the cargo I think,” Rarity said, “Most everypony seemed to have made it through. But I need to go help Pinkie, we have two more we have found.”
“Go,” I told her seriously and she dropped back down on her side.
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Nothing is nice anymore
Well so far so good, no one is dead... though we haven't gotten confirmation on Flower yet.
Though as for what caused this and how to prevent this from happening again, that's still up in the air.
Another idea that I've had since last time is to keep the tracks protected by surrounding them with some material, sorta like how tram rails are built into concrete, and otherwise having some sort of ram of sorts on the train. Iunno.
This one doesn't make much sense. I'm assuming the A isn't meant to be there?
Quotation mark at the end isn't needed.
Need a space between the comma and I.
Perhaps a comma after slow?
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Like an enchanted cow catcher? Depending on what they ran into, that would have to be some strong ass magic, or they'd have to be going 6 times as fast.
Time to earn that Death tag from chapter 1.
There is no need for a bad guy. There is no need for more problems. A train accident is always a battlefield. Nurses and doctors fighting the biggest bad guys of em all:
Time & Death ...
*Discord steps out of a wormhole*
Discord: Hey Windy...how you doing?
Me:
I can't do it Discord...there's NOTHING in this chapter to make funny! Amber is missing a wing for crying out loud!
Discord: YEP.
*Discord brings out a barrel of apple cider and some beer mugs*
Discord: To the hopes of better days! *lifts the mug*
Me: ...To those better days. *lifts mug*
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If there's nothing to make fun off in the chapter, Then make fun of the fact that there's nothing to make fun off in the chapter.
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Discord: "Well, the good news is if it had been a rexi looking for a snack, it would've showed up by now. The bad news is it looks like you were right, Windy: it was Angel ripping up the tracks, after all.
Twilight2: "Mmm... I remember seeing magitech prosthetic wings in one of the alternate timelines I visisted. I wonder if they come with changelings in mind.
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Amber: "I know Mane Industries are working on such right now.
Twilight2: "Whu--!?
Amber: "Oh, I shouldn't have said anything. I'll shut up and take a rest, now.
Stories like these don't need villains or end of the world scenarios...because scenes like these create FAR more anxiety and worry when built up to.
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The issue with that would be the expense, the material acquisition, and the workers to undertake such a task.
Considering they are still using steam locomotives in Equestria, they typically were capable of 40-50 mph (65/80 km/h), and they were I believe 12 hours from Nocturnis and it was by far the closest location to them, that means they have somewhere in the region of 450-600 miles (750-1000 kilometers) that would be a minimum of needing that level of protection.
The fact they have train tracks that far is insanely impressive to begin with, but reinforced/protected rails for that distance is a magnitude of order more challenging to do. Not to mention the tracks would mostly be out of commission during that period too.
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Me too sad = comedic material for others. Offering myself as tribute was the only option.
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Like Pinkie Pie says, even when things are rough and depressing, cheer up, because you'll get through those hard times! That's been the core of her message throughout the series, you know.
We all love you, Windy! You've given us such awesome commentaries to make us laugh even more than Hiver and other authors have done. So, our only desire is to give back something to cheer you up in return!
Oh dear, is that the shadow of a boot rising once more?
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You underestimate the top speed of steam locomotives. Admittedly, their tech probably isn't as polished as ours was in the interwar period, but some of those engines, such as the Flying Scotsman, can and do break a hundred miles an hour.
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I RESENT THAT REMARK.
Grammar/formatting jackboots, in some cases reiterating Sebastian:
Some have
Unneeded speech marks.
Missing space
Tense error, Page is speaking so it should be present tense: I've got her
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Why ? Are you a cousin three time removed from Death or Time?
Or are the the lover holding Death and Time together in passion filled embrace. Bonded by love so deep it would only run extinct when all of creation found it's end?
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Honestly, I was just showing how big of a project even going with the average steam locomotive would be. If we go to Flying Scotsman speeds, it makes it that much more challenging for that kind of project.
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I disagree >:3
Page is doing exactly what he needs to do even if he doesn’t know it.
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TRUE
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Nah, I was just channelling a certain anthropomorphic personification.
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Who ?
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Awww thank you. Don't worry. This is not a "depression" sad. More like "Oh dear..it'll be too mean-spirited if I even try to make a joke from this" sad.
I'm more concerned about what caused the crash. If it was a fallen tree, then that is something less to worry about.
If not...
...yeah...*paranoia intensifying*
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Yeah l am with you... something doesn't feel right about that derailing.... my money is on someone did it with full intent.
this is bade. and still no clue as to what happened.
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Thanos?
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Or something...
There are a lot of big hungry things in this jungle.
I bet the luck needed to survive a train derailment in a kitchen is weaponizable.
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Clever girl...
(It had to be done)
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Aaaa yesss... The guys loving death, half genosides and has a very flawed view of the universe and balance overall.
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My money is on Disgruntled Nobles/Businesspones (likely Anti-Thestral too) trying to shut down Page's little venture.
If I remember rightly, and am not confusing it with any other stories I've been reading, Page has managed to piss off a fair few of them.
Of course, I may be WAY off the mark, and it's just bad luck or local wildlife, but I still blame the Nobles anyways!
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page has infact pissed off a lot of people
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Indeed he has. I'm just pegging the Nobles for it, because they are the closest and the most likely to have the resources for it.
And they were already having Train Troubles BEFORE the big mess with the Gryphons.
Also, Feet First into Hell! Rain and Jazz ftw!
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yeah that is what l am thinking as well
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Most locomotives would blow through most fallen trees in a cloud of splinters. Something foul is ahoof.
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Proper old wood jungle trees? I doubt that, especially a relatively primitive early industrial train.
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The trees were also described as making redwoods look small when it came to the larger ones, so the tree on the tracks could have been bigger than the train itself.
Edit: That's what I get for posting this before getting caught up. What exactly happened is in the first paragraph of the next chapter :/.
For a pony that doesn't like having authority, he sure wields it well.
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It seems that the best leaders are those who hold no aspirations of power.
I wonder if The Pink Eldritch Horror will just pop up out of nowhere, like she is want to do, but this time carrying somepony
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Friendship is magic and Pinkie is the mare with most friends.