Eljunbyro

by Imploding Colon

Sensible Fashion

"Wow," Rainbow Dash remarked, folding her forelimbs as she leaned over in mid-hover. "That looks like it hurts."

"This is not hurting," Eagle Eye murmured, his eyelids fluttering as his forehead tensed. "This is concentrating."

"Should I also have my eyes closed for this?" Pilate asked, sitting directly across from the lavender unicorn situation. "Your Captain wasn't quite this... focused..."

"It's not about what you do, Mr. Pilate," Eagle Eye said, biting the edges of his lips. "It's about how well I can do what's requested of me." He gulped and continued, "Connecting with something like your manasphere is a great deal more complicated than examining the leylines of another unicorn. There's more... I dunno—ethereal cosmic cobwebs and stuff."

"Spoken like a good psychocolt," Zenith mused.

"Let him think," Crimson said, pacing around the huddled scene within Foxtaur. "Or else we'll toss you horn-deep into the Ledomaritan machina instead."

"Good. It'll relieve me from feasting on Foxtaur acorns and pine cones."

"Shhh!" Eagle Eye hissed, his brow creasing. "For real, guys!"

"I just feel like I should be doing something or—" Pilate's speech teetered off.

"Like what, beloved? Backflips?" Belle squatted down beside him and placed a gentle hoof on his shoulder. "Just let him do his work."

"The fact that you're all doing so much work is what amazes me." Pilate swallowed and said, "You've done nothing but show us all kindness. It's much appreciated."

"Hey, we're soldiers," Phoenix said with a smirk and a shrug. "Not monsters. Besides, eating zebras and unicorn mares is bad for my cholesterol."

"Even when you try to make a joke, you're bumping into things," Zenith muttered.

"Well, not all of us can settle for being jokes."

"Hah."

"Hold on..." Eagle Eye's ears twitched. "What's this?"

"What is it?" Rainbow Dash asked, hovering lower besides her two friends. "Is it something bad?"

Pilate winced, his mohawk blowing all over. "Uhm... Miss Dash? Your wings..."

"Er..." Rainbow bit her lip and hovered a safe distance away. "My bad."

"I sense something," Eagle Eye murmured, his horn starting to strobe faster and faster. Suddenly, his face stretched, as if he had just dove into a bucket of warm bathwater. "Seriously? That's it?"

Phoenix and Zenith glanced at their captain.

Crimson rubbed his chin, squinting. "I don't read you, EE. Is there something strange about the entanglement?"

"Well, it's... it's..."

"Formidably huge, right?"

"Well, sure, but it's so loose. It's like a short clump of yarn, all it takes is yanking on a string."

"So do it!" Phoenix barked. "Yank at the string!"

"I just have to find where the leylines are coming and going—Ah! Well, that wasn't too hard." Eagle's chin clenched and unclenched. "You really couldn't figure this out on your own? Erm... Captain, s-sir?" He blushed slightly.

"Hmmm..." Crimson managed a slight smile. "Looks like you still have the best sight of us all, EE. Be it visual... mental..."

"Fashionable," Zenith droned.

"Nnnngh..." Eagle grumbled, his horn starting to lose its luster.

"EE, would it help you concentrate if i snapped Zenith's head off and shoved it up one of his nostrils?"

"Wuh oh. Daddy to the rescue."

"Hold that thought." Eagle Eye licked his lips, leaned forward, and flashed a strobe of light. "Annnnnnd... got it!"

The plate on Pilate's skull flashed with brilliant magic...

Comments

[Cynderfall]

I love EE...

[Pilate]

Kindness, eh? Some themes are inescapable, they permeate every orifice and follicle of a narrative.

[CrimsonPhoenix]

Mmmh so finical. When brute force isn't doing the job, you can always count on the finesse and precision.

[SearoDess]

reminds me of that time where you just huck a ball of yarn at your cat and it gets tangled up in it, and all you have to do to free the viscous little thing is yank on one little string...

[GAPDashie]

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Viscous as in oil or molasses?

[Personifire]

AND THEN EXPLODED

TWICE

[Psyco Josho]

I don't think Shell is going to be very happy with me...

[dashie76]

IIIIIt's Dashie's evaluation time!

So I had a lot of fun imagining what EE looked like while he was concentrating so hard. But there's something else here too - you know how all of the Austraeoh story arcs had Elemental themes? (i.e. Magic, Loyalty) Well Belle's statement about the Foxtaur groups' kindness got me thinking. Is Imploding bringing back those themes? The only two themes we didn't see in Austraeoh were Kindness and Honesty, so it fits with that. But we won't know for sure unless we see Honesty soon. Also, fixing O.A.S.I.S. couldn't have been that easy. Something had to have gone wrong. These are my thoughts so far.

-MASH

[IfOnlyICouldDeactivate]

2038258 Oh how bucking right you are....

EE, awww why are you so..... what's the word I'm looking for???

Any help guys?

Onwards!

[Riverwing]

"Be it visual, mental...fashionable" They can't stop picking on him for 10 minutes, can they?

[MellowMabari]

There you go, Crimson, EE is good with his horn..er...mind. Yes, mind.

And magical glowing junk is usually bad, isn't it? But it could be good. But its most likely bad. Gah, inner turmoil!

Onward!

[Super Trampoline]

Wow, a sudden drop off in comment numbers. Huh.

[Aatxe360]

2038298

I wonder how often her theme will come into play.

[whizzball1]

That was easy! But there's a cliffhanger... Bloody cliffhangers, ruining every moment of my day. Something bad is bound to happen... Also, they just can't stop picking on him, can they?

[JustAnotherTimeLord]

Oh man. What's going to happen.

[Zecoro]

i pictured EE literally opening the hood on pilates head and tossing cogs about fixing shit

[Regidar]

"EE, would it help you concentrate if i snapped Zenith's head off and shoved it up one of his nostrils?"

I-Is that even possible?

[Seraphimus]

5523228 I don't think I want to find out.

[Tim the Planes-pony]

5523228 about as possible as beating someone to death with their own skull.

[Hazard]

...and then they all died. Either that,or josho is about to have a really bad headache.

[djthomp]

Delicate work that would be best if Eagle could fully concentrate on it? Let's have a loud conversation about it while he tries to focus.

The plate on Pilate's skull flashed with brilliant magic...

What could possibly go wrong?

[Real_Atomsk]

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Roarke has a high bar she needs to climb for full Tex level

[TheGreatEater]

"EE, would it help you concentrate if i snapped Zenith's head off and shoved it up one of his nostrils?"

Cap.
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[FOXTrot2]

"I sense something," Eagle Eye murmured, his horn starting to strobe faster and faster. Suddenly, his face stretched, as if he had just dove into a bucket of warm bathwater. "Seriously? That's it?"

I sense a disturbance...oh wait, no, that was just the enemy farting on the leyline

[Dashie04]

2E is best gay stallion.

[Rexy]

10013729
Awww yeeaaah, definitely best gay boi.

[Merula]

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