Everlasting graphite pencil.

Can he make the wheat or berries into moon-wheat or moon-berries if he crossbreeds them with the moon glow? Not sure if they would taste or survive any better, but they could be decorative or take on the ‘slight healing’ effect… A field of glowing wheat could look pretty cool. Like fireflies maybe.

If Shade can use his telekinetic field while walking, could he use that to draw the runes instead of a hoof so he doesn’t have to balance on three hooves while moving?

If the communication device is linked only to one receiver, it would be more effective as an emergency call device. If several receivers can pick up from one transmitter, maybe a music radio? Or speakers from a microphone? Vinyl and Rara get those beats to ponies’ ears somehow… have those been invented yet in this Equestria?

He can always go the mad mage route and use shadow magic to darken the page and give the illusion of writing. After all, that only eats at the mind, and well, if you go with Don't Starve rules, the mind can easily be recovered with ice cream and cakes aka all that she eats.

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Thanks for the suggestion.

Also I completely forgot about that game and was beyond confused for a moment.

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Thank you for the suggestions.

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It was supposed to be a joke, but now I want to see him with a Shadow Manipulator in his room and maybe live up to the name Shade by fusing shadow and space magic together to make something like a Backtrek Watch or if he still is worried about monsters a Dark Sword to you know spit in the face of Luna by using dream and shadow magic together in ... somewhat harmony.

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Honestly as a fan of don't starve it's now going to take all my self control to not do that.

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How about using your self-control to find a way to add nightmare fuel naturally instead of not adding it to the story. I mean, you can use the moon glow to cast dream magic as a catalyst and extract the nightmares. I am mainly saying this as I can't get the image of him dabbling with Shadow magic out of my head. Just don't make the codex umbra. I don't want the queen getting ideas.

their hoofs,

hooves

using your hoofs

hooves

walking with three lags

legs
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FOP did it https://fairlyoddparents.fandom.com/wiki/Everleady

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Thanks.

Thanks for the update!

Could use the moon flowers as a magic ink that glows in low light or for certain rituals also could make a gift from one via rune containment as a subtle reference to Luna like a snow globe or night light type Ornament same with the world module make a star chart in a projector type fashion(could be used for cloudy or obscured skys for sailors if aligned properly no matter the position), tea cake or other culinary gifts, teaset or cook book

Oh yeah are you going to have him make the Golden oaks library with Iron oak or have it be super old or made by Celestia as a home when she was visiting granny Smith or something.... now that I think of it what would be celestial afinitys life, fire, and light....no wait she can't have nature or life because she does not grow her own magic tea...... maybe that's Lunas thing

Also you can have him discover a hidden property or use for a plant or material

for inventing:

water purifying, special locks/seals, preservation artifacts such as a magic icebox, illusion or charm detectors, dispell(destabilize) magic barrier, scrying/divination barrier

if magic suppression is costly maybe a look at that or tracking(lodestone and compass idea?), voice amplifying necklace, magic eraser for ink, magic furnace, production equipment or safetygear,

Recorder, recycling, survival tools, braces or other magicly enhanced medical recovery, magical replenishment,
learning tools such as puzzles, magical Thermos or container that preserves ideal temperature, magic notepad/chalkboard, visualized spell effect illusion, disability helping artifacts(conduits or foci?),

self adjusting glasses(vision correction or tint), invisible ink via magic or a Cypher spell to change a books contents and name for protection, magic heaters, protected wardrobe that prevents pests,minor glamor or scent based spells Such as a lid lock,

daily life magic compendium of simple spells, intent based magic, water locator, magic beacon pulse, linked status enchantment like a doorbell or something, disorientation spell(self defense?), temporary magicical restraints, slow fall trinket or spell,

baby proofing protection spell(likely put on child as bracelet and is a passive force reduction spell, weak barrier or something), translation writen or spoken (likely glasses and depend on a linked dictionary) or similar as a learning tool, intruder ward(alerts if passed by object or entity likely best for doorways or small areas), word/book finder (a spell that directs you to the closest written document or section in a particular book area by phrase(library use?),

a recreation of any simple game(Simon says pattern game?)Celestia would find this type of thing amusing i think, glass work or art stuff, other ideas may be found by reading up on some dnd magic items for inspiration most likely the trinkets and lesser items or maybe a historic invention video?

I'm stopping here as I don't want a even larger wall of text that's all I came up with in this brainstorming session for the more simple ideas at least in theory... actually spoken translation could be simplified via intent based runes to get a general idea not direct translation....huh

Also I apologize for the lack of any proper punctuation and formatting it is not my thing... I write how i speak and I always forget punctuation when word vomiting and brainstorming.....or when I get excited and even when calm I'm pretty bad at it stupid brain lol

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Ok first thanks for reading and it's nice to see you still around, and second thanks for all the ideas I may use several, I appreciate it.
Have a good day. :D

and as far as I can tell the bread I make still seems to be fine.(——

or would make too much of a impact on the world.

all the spells use way too many symbols with hard concepts to learn properly,

it would simply cause too many potential problems to the plot of the story.

When he’s talking to stone made me think of Blade Star and a war veteran and Blade Star was holding a sword.

“Do you know how to use that rookie?”

“Yeah the pointy end goes into the other guy.”

I then grab two seeds from my small collection, a Thimbleberry seed and a black berry seed, I want to breed both of these as they are similar but different enough to see changes, I plant and grow both into small bushes before making them flower and bloom.

On chapter 36. Whenever I read I keep seeing Shade acting and talking Mudpie.

I know I'm late to the party, but how about moonglow berries? Especially if the flower has healing properties. Also maybe a model of Luna?

I've lost a little weight and the physical exercise is becoming a little easier

This isn't a good sign at all.
This would mean that Shade is suffering from some form of muscle degeneration.

Muscle is heavier than fat, he should be gaining weight if anything.
Shade has been pretty physically active almost his whole life.
The only way he could be losing weight is if he was fat to begin with, which I find hard to believe.

I want the quill stand to collect carbon from the air and condense it

Exactly why I picked up this fic!
I would suggest using the water creation spell.
Shade could probably make some neat hydrocarbons! (using carbon from the air and hydrogen from the water molecules)
Just mix some petroleum with some charcoal so it flows out, and then the petroleum can evaporate and the ink just dries out on it's own.
Easy peasy, no blotting paper required!