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David Silver


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This story is a sequel to Duet in the Dust


She practiced the arts that so many of her peers seemed to be 'past.' Kirin magic was worthy of investigation, above and beyond unicorn tricks. Fire, heat, emotion, and burning resolution. She had to learn if it worked as one was buried in ashes.

Set in the same world as this and other Ponyfinder tales. Do you need to know about Ponyfinder? Nope! Come on in. Don't track the ashes everywhere on your way in.

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Comments ( 31 )

You said you were going to send someone with gravitas.

I said Gravity, just a little semi singularity. dont want the realm to go The Full Pinkie.:pinkiecrazy:

So much atmospheric ash. From the World Dragon? Or Necromancer armies colliding? :twilightoops:

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Someone cast a proper ultima.

A return to the Ash, I see.

Either there are a lot of volcanoes, or someone fought a war with nuclear weapons. Didn't take Shower long to get shot. Kit should have told her that guns are deadly weapons.

She laughed gently. "Today you get your first mission." She curled her fingers, summoning a floating display. "We have an Equestrian that just got herself lost. She'll be landing on Everglow, Ashen timeline. Nasty place. She'll need a good friend to keep her safe. Think you're up for it?"

I'm kind of getting a Dragon Ball Xenoverse vibe here.

Im pretty sure theres only two situations where you get stuff for nothing up front, Fighting together to survive the Apocalypse among those that know better to fight togethre and live than fight each other and die, or Star Trek Federation, and I dont see no Q to blame here.

Although a Kirin might be able melt a pile of ash into lava, depending on the type of ash it is likely not be hot enough to melt steel but at least could be used for blacksmiths? At least a mix of ash, shattered stone, and calcined loimestone makes great cement, and the limestons also helps with the fields? A bit of ash helps, but not the amunt of stuff that can burry Sequioas. :pinkiesad2:

To be fair to Kit about trying to open the door, wasn't he already asleep when Spring locked it?

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He was, sharp on you for taking note of that.

It's not free, it's the barter system. What you do when currency is not available or useable.

I hope the next night the rooms available only have 1 bed... Always room for more ponies cuddling.

Hopefully the mission won't be turining out to be more dangerous than they expect.

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What? From me? I would never!

I like the mayor, she knows how to deal with Equestrians.

So clearly there is some kind of monster in that area.

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Clearly something just said words.

My guess is some kind of ghoul. Whatever it is, if it's smart enough to make quips, maybe it's smart enough to understand trade.

It's nice that they didn't have to face ash ghosts that aren't friendly.

"I had a name, long ago. Haven't used it in ages." The darkness before them shifted as something emerged from it, a pony made of little more than ash itself, and not that much of it. "Nice to have someone ask me for mine, even if I don't have an answer."

Reminds me of

Kit led the way back towards the relative safety of town. "Besides, we don't know if that's a good idea. He's nice to us, but we smell 'different' then the others. Maybe he'd get very mean around the others. Maybe they're right to be scared."

Perhaps "we smell different from the others"?

Hopefully they can make the case to the mayor to let in Casper the friendly ash spirit.

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He did mention a few things, eager reader.

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I'm not saying it would be easy...

A raider attack is likely to get ugly let's hope it's not too ugly for the protagonists.

Scouts arrive in the Nirik of time?

Is anyone checking to make sure it isnt a diversion, or even worse, split forces? :rainbowderp:

Looks like things are about to heat up.

Kit glanced to see if Spring had panicked, but she was too busy breathing hard, bits of flame rising through her pelt as her tail lashed behind her.

Those raiders (And i suspect the rest of the settlement) are going to wish they hadn't done that...

Kit is right that need to do something about the injury.

Spring flared up, flames leaping all around her as she advanced on the wall, eyes on the nearest raider. "Burn!" She let herself go, and her flames lashed out for the nearest target. Her blue-black flames wrapping around them in a rising crescendo of burning and screams. "Burn." She stomped them to the ground, landing outside the gate, not that the enraged nirik seemed to care.

Maybe italicize that, for emphasis? Well, that's what I'd have done; you do you.

He smiled and gently nuzzled against her face, trying to relax her. "I was worried. I don't want you to get hurt, and that was very dangerous." His ears flattened. "Are you sure you're not hurt?"

Of course it was dangerous. For them.

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