June 3, 2020
Two days before the Declaration of War and three days after Spike and Rainbow Dash’s arrest.
THE FOLLOWING IS A RADIO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN [REDACTED]
Sorcerer:
Dungeon Master, this is Sorcerer. Do you read, over?
Dungeon Master:
Copy that, Sorcerer. This is Dungeon Master, reading you loud and clear.
Sorcerer:
We have a problem; Wizard has been compromised and has been apprehended by Beholders along with Blue Jay.
Dungeon Master:
Copy that, Sorcerer. We assume that they found out about Blue Jay’s status?
Sorcerer:
Affirmative. Blue Jay’s status as a mother bird has been discovered prior to capture.
Dungeon Master:
What’s the status of the rest of the birds?
Sorcerer:
The other birds are under house arrest. Woodpecker’s status is okay, thanks to Barbarian’s confirmation. We heard from Nightingale’s little sister that she’s fine, albeit shaken. Mockingbird is fine thanks to her landlords, albeit depressed and heavily watched by Beholders. The only Bird we haven’t managed to confirm is Hummingbird.
Dungeon Master:
Copy that, Sorcerer. Await further orders.
Pixie:
Starlight, have you told them our plan yet?
Sorcerer:
Tr-Pixie! Codenames, remember?!
Pixie:
Oh, right. Sorcerer, have you told them our plans yet?
Sorcerer:
(Sigh) Dungeon Master, requesting permission to rescue Wizard and Blue Jay? Pixie and I thought of a plan but we thought to run in by you first.
Dungeon Master:
Negative, Sorcerer. I know you’re eager to rescue Wizard, especially since he has information on all players on the board and Blue Jay considering what the Pale Horse might do to her, but the situation has changed. The Horsemen of the apocalypse and their Beholders aside, we now have bigger problems; Big Brother is here.
Sorcerer:
Big Brother?! Here? How?!
Pixie:
Star- Sorcerer, who’s Big Brother?
Sorcerer:
(Sigh) New World Order.
Pixie:
WHAT?! They’re here?! HOW?!
Dungeon Master:
It doesn’t matter, Pixie. What matters now is that things just got a whole lot complicated. We already got wind of one of their agents apprehended by Beholders, Callsign Rook. If they are here, they probably know of our plans and would most likely disrupt Operation Rrakkma.
Pixie:
Wait, I thought it was Operation Bastille.
Dungeon Master:
Same Operation, different name over the channel for security reasons.
Pixie:
Oh.
Sorcerer:
Look DM, here me out.
One Explanation of the plan later
Dungeon Master:
Bold, but risky. I don’t know if HQ will allow this, especially considering you and Pixie are key to this plan. I don’t know if the Brass will even greenlight this mad plan but I’ll forward it to them for approval. Stand by for further instructions.
Sorcerer:
Thank you Dungeon Master.
Pixie:
You think they’ll let us do it?
Sorcerer:
They’ve got to let us rescue them, or Operation Rrakkma is moot.
Dungeon Master:
Alright Sorcerer, Pixie, you’ve got the Greenlight. Notify the rest of the players and have Muffin Factory and Time Machine on standby. If we pull this off, we could rescue Wizard and the Birds in one fell swoop and smuggle them into HQ. You have to be discreet about this Sorcerer. With Wizard gone, you are our only source of information. If you are compromised, we will have no means to save you and we’ll have a Total Party Kill on our hands.
Sorcerer:
Acknowledged, DM. Over and out.
Pixie:
The Great and Heroic Tr-Pixie and her Faithful Companion will not fail you, Mighty Dungeon Master.
Dungeon Master:
(Sigh) I need a break.
Dungeon Master is Shining Armour isn't it? Faked his own death to pull one over Celestia.
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I thought Dungeon Master was Discord (Ogres and Oubliettes/Dungeons and Dragons reference), though I would love it if that theory proved to be true.
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If I remember correctly, Discord was bottled up and used to power the Purple Nazi's portal. And faking ones death like that would be a pretty big act - especially since Shining Fool seemed to have no issues going Sun Whore's dirty work. Not impossible, but I don't see Shining as that good an actor.
My guess is DM is either Big Machintosh, Lyra Heartstrings, or a human who was inserted to coordinate the resistance groups. Or it could be Chyrsallis. The snark certainly fits her as does how in this story the traditional villians generally seem to be the real heroes. She's certainly has a big enough axe to grind with Sun Butt to have no problems opposing her, and unlike Cozy she's experienced enough to recognize that working with the NWO is a net loss.
I just hope that whatever it is, this plan involves a whole lot boom, bang, assorted highly illegal chemicals used in inventive ways, and more than a few dead ponies.
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I would hope that all of you are paying attention to the dates. This happened before the war went full swing.
Also yes, the following chapter will involve an explosion, or two.
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DM is Starlight, it literally says that in the chapter.
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Nah, Starlight is Sorcerer.
not sure why I hadn't read this until now. Really fun to find out more through the various different writing styles used. Even if its just regular 3rd person and transcripts. Im a lore person to the end and this is a gold mine of a CB story.
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Why thank you. This story was mostly experimental for my part.