September 1 – 12:36 PM
With Fluttershy’s personal issues finally out of the way, the committee of friends finally could sit down and start brainstorming possible solutions. For the most part, it was Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie who threw out suggestions, while Fluttershy quietly listened and evaluated their ideas, occasionally interjecting with a bit of technical information to keep them from focusing on plans that were more plausible in theory than reality. Pencil Pusher, meanwhile, sat in a corner, scribbling notes on each idea to assist him when it was time for him to think of ways to get around the inevitable bureaucratic hurdles back in Cloudsdale.
Unfortunately, twenty minutes of tossing around ideas hadn’t yet produced a plan that was viable enough for Fluttershy’s endorsement. Rainbow Dash suggested various schemes centered around freezing the fog, but Fluttershy pointed out that the formula was designed for the extremes of desert weather, which meant that the fog could easily survive temperatures below freezing, because deserts could get very cold at night. Rarity’s idea of distributing premium fog suits on a large scale was shot down not only because they were impractical for everyday wear, but because “ignoring” the fog would do nothing to help the earth pony rock farmers who risked hypothermia every time they went outdoors to tend their crops.
For a while, it seemed like asking Princess Celestia to help out might get the job done, but Twilight Sparkle pointed out that increasing the sun’s intensity could simply result in a repeat of their first plan, except that the wider scale could cause the entire fog bank to set faster. Instead, she favored using electrolysis to separate the water in the fog into hydrogen and oxygen. However, the fog was still made up of separate water droplets, which meant that there wouldn’t be a complete circuit to allow for an electric current (and even if it was feasible, it would still be extremely dangerous for the rock farmers inside the fog bank).
“Ooh! I’ve got an idea!” Pinkie Pie suddenly shouted as she bounced in her chair, waving her hoof in the air like a precocious schoolfilly.
There was a brief pause as the other ponies considered whether it would be worthwhile to listen; Pinkie Pie’s ideas tended to be rather hit-or-miss. Then again, when her ideas “hit,” they tended to be really effective, so it wasn’t long before Applejack broke the silence: “All right, Pinkie. Let’s hear it.”
“Okay, you know how it’s a lot easier to eat a pan of brownies if you cut them into tiny squares first? Well, I guess you’d also have to take them out of the pan, and maybe put on some chocolate frosting and sprinkles and get a glass of milk to wash it down and—”
“Yes, Pinkie, we understand the concept,” Rarity cut in. “Please, continue with your explanation.”
“Well, what if you used really fast bursts of wind to chop up the fog into little foglets? Then you could just move them out of the way until the magic wore off.”
“I don’t think that’ll work too well,” Rainbow Dash said. “The strongest winds in Equestria are the north winds from the Crystal Mountains, but they take way too long to change speed for the kind of thing you’re talking about.”
“Um, okay, but can’t you just take a local wind and make it a little bit stronger?”
Rainbow tapped a hoof against her chin as she considered this. “I guess in theory we could redirect the crosswind that keeps clouds out of the Everfree Forest, but I still don’t think that’s a good idea. It’s not like we’d have a place to move that fog to, and since these are construction materials we’re talking about, there’s no telling how long it would last, even if it was broken up into chunks. Besides, if we move the Everfree crosswind, some of the stray bits of the fog might get blown in there, so that’s definitely a no-go.”
“Why’s that?” Pinkie asked, looking disappointed that her idea was apparently not as super-duper as she thought it was.
“It’s the Everfree Forest,” Rainbow Dash said. “Pegasi have no way to control normal clouds in there. I don’t think anypony would want to risk the chance of this stuff getting in there.”
Fluttershy leaned back in her chair, listening quietly to the conversation. Though Pinkie Pie’s idea had been somewhat creative, she had to agree with Rainbow Dash’s assessment; not only would pulling it off before the fog solidified completely be a logistical nightmare, but the resulting clouds would need to be continually moved around Equestria’s skies for decades, since there was no ecosystem—not even the desert—that called for partly cloudy skies one hundred percent of the time. The fact that these clouds would have to be kept isolated from normal clouds in order to keep them from regenerating their structural integrity only made matters even more complicated. Still, something seemed off about Rainbow Dash’s reply. The big picture was right, but Fluttershy couldn’t shake the feeling that her friend couldn’t see the trees for...
...the forest.
Fluttershy’s ears suddenly perked up and her eyes widened. “The Everfree Forest,” she said out loud, surprising the other ponies in the room.
“Um, what about the Everfree Forest?” Twilight Sparkle asked, looking rather confused.
“That’s it,” Fluttershy responded. “That’s the solution! We can blow the fog right into the Everfree Forest!”
“What?!” responded all the other ponies in unison.
“Now, if we aren’t careful, this could get out of control,” Fluttershy admitted. “For one thing, we might need gale-force north winds to push all that fog over the mountains....”
Rainbow Dash flew out of her chair and hovered over the table in front of her friend. “Fluttershy, you can’t be serious! There’s no telling what that fog will do when it hits the Everfree.”
“Oh, but that’s not really the case, when you stop and think about it,” Fluttershy corrected her friend in a gentle but unusually confident voice. “We know exactly how fog behaves in the Everfree Forest, because we saw fog in there the night we defeated Nightmare Moon. Since weather magic doesn’t work in Everfree, it’ll behave like natural fog and start dissipating into the atmosphere.”
Twilight shook her head. “Fluttershy, you don’t know that for sure. Nopony’s done any research on weather in the Everfree, and you’re only working from a single instance of first-hoof experience.”
“It’s not just my experience. I asked Zecora about fog in the Everfree Forest when I was studying for my certification, since it wasn’t covered in my course and I thought it might be on the exam. From her descriptions, there doesn’t seem to be much that’s unusual about it, other than the fact that pegasi aren’t controlling it.”
Rainbow Dash didn’t seem altogether convinced by this. “But still, you wanna send something deadly into something else that’s also deadly? That’s, like, double the deadly!”
Fluttershy shook her head. “Rainbow, the reason pegasi can’t control the weather in the Everfree Forest is because pegasus weather magic stops working once clouds cross its border. If it just changed how the magic works, somepony would have developed a new set of guidelines so we could manage the Forest’s weather by now.” Fluttershy’s voice, while still quiet, seemed to have lost a lot of the ethereal qualities that usually made her seem more fragile than a wet tissue.
“This is all well an’ good,” Applejack said, “but ain’t it gonna be kinda complicated to blow fog around Ponyville to get to the Forest in the first place?”
Fluttershy gave a small nod. “You’re right, that would be complicated. Adjusting the local winds that drastically might take the better part of a week, and the fog will probably set by then.”
“So you’re giving up on your idea, then?” Rarity asked.
“Oh, no,” Fluttershy said. “That wasn’t the idea I was suggesting. I’m suggesting that we reduce the Everfree crosswind and have some north winds blow the fog over the mountains and directly through Ponyville.”
“What?!” came another shocked unison cry.
“It shouldn’t be too difficult, actually. The fog isn’t setting regularly, like it would at a construction site, so that means that there’s structural weaknesses. I’ll need to have Twilight do some math... um, I can tell her what the properties of the fog are without getting in trouble, right?”
Pencil Pusher seemed a little startled to have been addressed; he hadn’t really taken much part in the brainstorming. “Uh, no, that shouldn’t be a problem, as long as you don’t talk about the pegasus magic Caligo actually used on the clouds.”
“Fluttershy,” Rarity said, “please be reasonable. That fog put Pinkie Pie in serious danger, and you’re now talking about sending it directly through Ponyville itself.”
“I... I know it’s risky,” Fluttershy said, her voice briefly regaining its usual wavering quality, “but I’m supposed to be doing what’s best for Equestria, not just Ponyville. Besides, an unusually cold, damp mass of cloud stuck in the middle of Equestria is probably going to wreak havoc on nearby weather systems, so leaving it anywhere near Ponyville could damage local crops. No plan is perfect, but I think this is the most likely one to work. And... well... this is my decision, isn’t it?”
Rainbow Dash sighed. “You’re right. This is your decision, and you are the most qualified pony to make it. Alright, let’s do this.” Once the head of the local weather team was settled, the other ponies acquiesced, even if a few still had misgivings.
“Thank you, everypony,” Fluttershy said with a smile. “This plan is going to work. I know it. I just need your help to make sure everything goes smoothly.”
“Okay, Fluttershy,” Twilight said. “What can we do?”
“Well, at the moment, my plan is really vague, and I’ll need to make it more specific in order to make sure everything’s coordinated. That’s where you come in,” Fluttershy said, nodding in Twilight’s direction. “I need you to do some calculations for me so we can find out exactly what we need to do and when we need to do it.”
Twilight nodded. “Do you want the numbers for ideal conditions, or should I calculate probabilities and run some simulations first?”
Fluttershy bit her lower lip for a second or two as she considered this option. “Give me the numbers for the worst-case scenario first, then start running simulations if you have time.”
“Got it,” Twilight responded as she walked over to a chalkboard and started to draw matrices.
“Rainbow Dash,” Fluttershy continued, “I need you to gather data for Twilight, and then meet with your weather team and have them get ready to shut off the crosswind. Once those plans are in place, make sure that local cloud houses have their elevation raised; we don’t want anypony’s home getting destroyed by the fog if we can help it.”
“Gotcha. Will I need to keep Twilight updated with data?”
Fluttershy sighed, “That would be nice, but you’ll be rather busy.”
“I think I can help with that,” Rarity said. “You gave me enough material for two or three more fog suits. Rainbow Dash can send a few of her associates to the Carousel Boutique, and I’ll outfit them so they can assist in monitoring the fog as well.”
Fluttershy smiled. “Thank you, Rarity. Applejack,” she said as she turned her head towards the farm pony, “I need you to... um... get some volunteers, I suppose. We need earth ponies and unicorns who are willing to patrol Ponyville while the fog is moving through town, to make sure that nopony is caught outdoors.”
Applejack pushed her hat back and nodded. “I reckon I can handle that,” she said.
“I’ll help you!” Pinkie Pie added gleefully.
“I’m sorry, Pinkie Pie, but I need you to do something else,” Fluttershy said.
“Aw, I wanted to throw a ‘fog patrol’ party,” the pink earth pony said glumly.
“Actually, I do need you to throw a party,” Fluttershy told her with a smile.
“Really?” Pinkie Pie said, her eyes widening.
Fluttershy nodded. “That fog is going to be extremely dangerous for any foal who gets caught out in it. Hypothermia will probably set in quicker with them, and on top of that, the inside of the fog is particularly dangerous for any pegasus who isn’t wearing full safety gear. I need you to throw a party so amazing, that none of Ponyville’s foals will be curious enough to wander out into the fog. In other words... I need you to throw your biggest and best party ever, and I need you to pull it together as soon as possible.”
Pinkie Pie looked uncharacteristically intimidated by this request. “Um, how soon is ‘as soon as possible,’ exactly?”
Fluttershy sighed. “Well, this is just an educated guess based on the information Caligo Manufacturing gave me, but I think we have at least two days before the fog sets permanently. But, um, I’d prefer we do it before then, just in case I’m wrong, so I’m hoping to do everything tomorrow.”
“Oh, um, okay...” Pinkie trailed off for a bit as she thought about the situation. “Does it have to be my best party ever? Don’t get me wrong—I’d love to do it, but I normally have to plan my really big parties months in advance.”
“What are you talking about, darling?” Rarity asked. “You put together Princess Cadance and Shining Armor’s wedding reception in a matter of days.”
“Yeah, but Celestia was paying the bills. The Cakes could never afford to pay me that kind of money for working in their shop.”
“I think you’re forgetting that Fluttershy is making this request in her capacity as a Weather Department official,” Pencil Pusher said. “Specifically, one who has access to the DOW’s emergency spending fund.” He shuffled through a stack of papers and extracted a form. “Just get her to sign off on all your expenses and send the bill to Cloudsdale when you’re done. As long as you don’t go too far overboard, nobody will so much as bat an eye.”
Pinkie’s eyes widened almost as much as her smile as she let out a squeal of delight. “I won’t let you down, Fluttershy!” she shouted with glee. “I’m going to throw the partiest party in the history of partying! This... will be my masterpiece!”
“That’s just what I wanted to hear,” Fluttershy said. “Well, I guess we’d better get started, then. Pencil, can you take care of the paperwork for me?”
“Already on it,” the stallion replied. “I’ll get back to you in an hour or two so you can sign everything.”
“That’s good to hear,” Fluttershy said. “And, um, if you all don’t mind, I’d better let Mayor Mare know what’s going on.” As the meeting broke up and the friends prepared to take on their various assignments, Fluttershy paused in front of a small mirror to adjust her cravat, which had gotten rather crooked as a result of her repeated tuggings during her breakdown. Rarity was right, she silently admitted to herself. I really do look like I know what I’m doing.
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Well, nobody was going to guess your plan because you had to introduce a new rule in order for it to work in the first place. (weather magic simply ceases working in the Everfree)
Yet another reason I love xTGSx.
I was hoping you'd use my 4th wall Pinkie idea... ah well. This is good though! I hope it actually works... (dun dun dun)
3599022 - Well, it's well-established that the weather in the Everfree Forest controls itself, so if weather from the rest of Equestria got in there, I reasoned that pegasi would no longer be able to control it (otherwise, why would Rainbow Dash have looked so panicked when she first revealed this information in the first season?). It never occurred to me that there might be other explanations besides "the Everfree Forest stops pegasus magic from working."
Go Fluttershy!
Shunting them into the Everfree seems like a decent plan. Though if pegasus magic doesn't work in there, how do they still manage to fly? I kind of assumed flying was a natural passive effect of their magic.
(*edit* Also, I'm pretty sure this didn't show up in my favourites feed)
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Some stories work the other way... weather from the Everfree corrupts and messes with Equestrian weather in chaotic and dangerous ways if it gets out. Pegasi can interact with Everfree weather but it doesn't always act the way they want it too.
But that's all in the author's version, and there's nothing wrong with the way you're doing it.
3599148 - That's why I specified pegasus weather magic in the chapter.
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And I was really pushing for the "sucker Filthy Rich into taking it" plan. Oh well.
3599148
Yeah, it didn't show up in my feed either. Only reason I'm here is because I knew it was posted.
And here we see why Fluttershy is downright brilliant.
~Skeeter The Lurker
3599219 - Yeah, there were some issues when I accidentally hit the "publish" button before I was ready to actually post the chapter.
3599222
Fluttershy is best genius.
3599219
I saw it in the feature box; I probably would have missed it otherwise.
so, instead of a town wide evac, they throw a party? best disaster relief plan ever!
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You missed a spot:
The Everfree thing could have used more foreshadowing. It's never really clear what will or won't be obvious unless you test it, eh?
Something tells me that Mayor Mare will Likely Flip her Lid when Fluttershy tells her she wants to move the Fog Bank RIGHT THROUGH Ponyville to try the "Dump the Fog into the Everfree Forest Plan". and something else tells me that 5C probably Paid off Synergy to Accredit them after they "Presented" a plan to help ease the Fog Specialist Shortage; when in Reality, 5C saw an opportunity to sucker more Pegasi into paying Exorbant amounts of Money for degrees that aren't even worth the paper they are printed on. I'm Calling it now that 5C is run by none other than the Flim Flam Brothers, trying a new Get Rich Quick Scheme after the Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 Failed to Pay Dividends Courtesy of the Apple Family.
Nice
Sounds like a plan to me, and hey, if Fluttershy is THIS confident about it working, which is saying something for her, then it's GOTTA work.
...
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3599448 - Well, as I've implied in other comments, it never occurred to me that there was anything to foreshadow. For one thing, it explains why Rainbow Dash was so freaked out by the fact that weather there functions without pegasus intervention when she told Twilight about it in Season 1.
Weird. This chapter didn't show up in my favorite notifications. Luckily I spotted it in a different feed so I didn't miss it.
Fluttershy's getting the hang of leadership!
When I first read xTSGx's "magic the magic bonds" suggestion, I scoffed. "That doesn't make any sense," I thought. "He didn't even try." Little did I know that his suggestion wasn't the Discord or Screw Loose flavor of "doesn't make any sense," but the secretly brilliant Pinkie Pie variety.
For narrative purposes, this had to be Fluttershy's solution of course. But I can totally imagine Pinkie delivering that line like it's the most obvious solution in the world, while everyone else goes
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3599613 I know. It makes more sense than it should.
Is there a way for them to get a sample of the cloud material to dump into the Everfree? Just to make sure this plan will work? They might not have to chisel out a piece from the fog bank, just go to Caligo and maybe get a small chunk of the stuff to place in the magic-nullifying field around the Everfree.
Alternately, Plan Z-b could be to get Discord to turn the clouds into cotton candy or something (Plan Z-a being to use the Elements of Harmony).
Regardless, might be best to warn Zecora if they are going to be sending the fog into the Everfree.
3599206 I must've missed that. My bad, I guess.
Better make sure Zecora's not in the Forest, just to be on the safe side.
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My guess is that what most people thought (and my own headcanon) is that the Everfree is chaotic and uncontrolled which is why anything coming out of it is scary. Considering the level of control that is imposed on the weather normally, anything wild and untamed would naturally be avoided.
*Edit*
The really odd thing about this solution is that if a null zone exists for weather, why wouldn't this have been at the top of the "How to Dispose of Rogue Weather" chart?
lol, fluttershy "im a failure" she then proceeds to know more than everyone else
Particularly you'd have to hope that nopony lit a match.
Huh, that's actually a pretty good plan.
Helpful bureaucrat to the rescue, once again. Gotta love having someone on your side who knows how to work the system.
Go Fluttershy! She really has come into her element now that the guilt is off her withers.
3600491 because this is the only circumstance where it'd work. A shitty thunderstorm dumped into Everfree would become a shitty uncontrollable thunderstorm. By contrast, the only reason this fog is dangerous is because of the magic making it act like concrete.
Miles Edgeworth, Mayor Mare, Fluttershy.
Proud Bearers of the Element of Cravat.
Oh dear, that is going to cause a few problems. If I am getting the scale right you are releasing almost a metric ton of water into the atmosphere. Forest or not, things are goings to be effected by this course of action. We are looking at tons of rain all over the place turning it into the Everfree Swamp instead of Forest. The animals that are not built for large swamps will be pushed into other ecosystems. This will be a massive event ecologically for all areas surrounding the Everfree. I hope their is somepony who is going to take care of that.
There are a few ponies in Ponyville who think this fog bank was made by an invading human force, and Fluttershy wants to move it directly through Ponyville? This calls for a spanner in the works. "Cutie Mark Crusaders, go!"
Way to take charge Fluttershy
The Mayor better look out for her job after this.
...you go, Fluttershy!
Work that leadership!
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I agree that this plan will possibly have an affect on the Everfree forest, but I doubt that it'll be as drastic as you say. While all of the water even before it got filled would have had an effect on the local environment, we can't assume that it would end in total disaster, simply because all of that water is not going to drop all at once. Depending on how closely the Everfree ecosystem is tied to the surrounding areas, it could mean that the ground would get somewhat wetter and muddier for varying amounts of time, ranging from a few months to hardly any time at all, wild weather pending.
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This fog bank is about as tall as a mountain and covers a county. It is huge and that much water will not just fade away slowly. We are looking at over %100 humidity which means all that water is going to have no other option but to form as rain. There is also the fact that the clouds are super charged with extra water due to the plan of trying to make it rain itself out. All of it is being held in a magic stasis that will be canceled once it hits the Everfree. It would be naive to think it would just slowly dissipate without effecting the environment.
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I never said it wouldn't. All I'm saying is, I doubt it'll be a full blown catastrophe. Although I am open to the possibility. Best to keep still and watch for now.
Rolling the fog into the Everfree, and let the wild magic there destroy the Pegasus magic holding it together so it turns into normal fog and just dissipates? Nice!
It's the sort of a plan I would never have guessed, but which makes perfect sense in hindsight. Go Fluttershy, we all knew you really were the fog specialist of the bunch!
(And yes, I didn't get a notification of this chapter either. Something's rotten in FIMFiction!)
3599164 True, but I bet those stories were written before season 4, when we learned its a giant tree under the Everfree forest that gives the area its wild magic. A tree implies a static field (I bet weather magic stops working in a sphere centered around the old castle), so the plan should work as intended.
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a) This was also written before season 4, b) Interpretations may vary. My take away from the Tree of Harmony is that it suppresses and contains the wildness of the Everfree, and is the reason it has been so confined (thus once Discord's seeds finally break through and start attacking it directly, all tartarus breaks loose). It's not entirely unreasonable to assume that the reason the original castle was located within the Everfree, right over the tree itself, was to allow the Tree to draw upon the nearby elements, and it was the weakening of those elements once Luna was banished due to the 'reasons'
However unless demonstrated otherwise within the context of the show none of these opinions are more valid than the other, except within the framework of the author's fiat to make their story work.
I actually like your "weather magic ceases to function in the everfree" theory. It's in line with some of the behaviours we've seen on the show itself, especially in the season four opener where neither Earth Pony OR Pegasus magic seemed to affect the plants and clouds the way the ponies wanted it to. This, however, does still run with the fanbase assumption that pegasi and earth ponies are possessed of an innate magical function with which they perform their feats, which may or may not be true canon. We'll have to wait on that one as well, it seems.
Rainbow Dash being freaked out by the weather of the Everfree for that reason does make sense, and it may not be unreasonable to make the assumption that she could be unnerved as a result of a previous attempt to interact with the everfree's weather ending in failure (Which I consider less viable as she was still willing to tackle non-native clouds on two occasions- Discord's cotton candy and the blackthorn Everfree clouds. Had she previously attempted to combat Everfree weather she may not have been willing to attempt this without hesitation as she did), or it could be something that was covered in either her education or her weather team training (Like the "Touching yourself that way will make you go blind" story that you heard when you were in elementary school).
Even without the precursor of RD's apprehension towards the Everfree's weather we are still presented with the general societal fear of the forest as an unnatural place. Fluttershy expressed a fear of the forest for the reasoning of animals taking care of themselves, which defies her knowledge of animals as well as her special talent, and could be construed as the cancellation of some innate magical connection between Equestria's species allowing easier communication and coexistence. Applejack expressed her fear of the Everfree under the reasoning that the plants grow on their own, which lines up with the assumption that the forest cuts off earth ponies' magical connection with nature. When the Everfree forest expanded in the S4 premiere, it was even shown to throw unicorn magic completely off-kilter as well.
Looking at these points, it isn't unreasonable to assume that the Everfree forest cancels out some of the innate magical properties of ponies as we know them, and perhaps some of the innate magical properties of Equestria itself. The only question that I feel could really challenge this theory is the classic one: Why?
But that is going outside of the necessary contemplation for this story's content. The only thing we need to really consider here is that the forest cancels out the weather magic used by the pegasi, and that would cancel the magic in the fog (possibly).
(I literally spent a half hour typing my personal theories about this in here, only to cut and paste them elsewhere. No need for me to explain my headcanon here in your comments box, heheh.)
*EDIT*
I realize one oversight in my argument about RD's attitude towards Everfree clouds: She didn't immediately know that the Everfree itself was expanding- just that an everfree cloud had gotten out of it's usual area. with the Everfree having a defined border, and ponies being under the impression that the Everfree simply stopped their magic, it wouldn't be unreasonable for RD to think that an Everfree cloud outside of the Everfree was similar to a regular cloud. If the idea that a cloud inside the Everfree changes to an Everfree cloud, then it stands possible that an Everfree cloud in Equestria becomes an Equestria cloud. As a weather pony, RD would be likely to see one of these escaped Everfree clouds and try to deal with it like any other cloud, preserving the planned weather schedule. It's not entirely unlikely that she's done this before with some success, and that the foil to her attempt in the premier was due to the Everfree's influence expanding to an area where she could normally bust these clouds. The same follows for AJ and Big Mac's attitude towards the vines- They would otherwise be able to pull an unexpected plant or weed right out of the ground, but they hadn't expected the expanded influence of the Everfree.
3611326 Sure, the story was started before season 4, and you're right, its ultimately an author call, but you do have a good point, the tree of harmony is more likely to be reigning in the chaos and wildness of the Everfree than causing it. Actually, that gives a pretty good clue to the real culprit: Discord's Vines. If he saturated the area with his chaos magic through those seeds he was throwing around, then that would be a pretty good explanation for the Everfree's "wildness." Probably goes a long way towards explaining Timberwolves, Poison Joke and Heart's Desire as well. Of course, now that the Vines have been eradicated by the restored Tree of Harmony, the wildness of the Everfree is probably going to fade, so yeah, thank goodness this is set before season 4.
Good story and good chapter. Will their latest plan work?
I'm curious, no one brought up seeding, something that's been done in real life (though rarely due to its cost)?
I think I like Fluttershy best in this story when she's confident.
3618637 - Seeding wouldn't work for the same reason that trying to oversaturate the fog didn't work; there's magic preventing it from precipitating so that it will last longer in arid climates.
well that's better then the plan I had of just finding a big canyon and shoveling it in