My Little Punny: Friendship is Tragic (a very grumpy CYOA)

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>>28251710

Last time... Well, Holiday woke up and that was about it, since the thread died in about 50 posts. So, stare at Holiday's ass for a bit while the ever-ready QM makes a new picture.


>Day 5
>?:?? AM

HP: 100%
MP: 70%
Bits: 64
Inventory: 1 apple, 1 town hall key, 1 Twilight's record
Status: Cold
Lewd: http://imgur.com/a/t5HZX

>>28251737
Toward the blue light we saw last night.

>>28251737
it's a female dandy

>>28251777
This.

>>28251737
Rubbed ourselves over to generate some heat. It's pretty cold after all.

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>>28251737
I stared at the ass too long and now it's stareing back.

>>28251737
Don't mind if I do

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>>28237535
>>28237540
>>28237562
>>28237577
>>28251777

Holiday decides that returning to Ponyville at this point would be a death sentence, and opts to head for the settlement on the other side of the forest. But how can she find it in broad daylight?
Wait, doesn't she still have the zebra's divining stick?
>'Eureka!'
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The trip through the forest is lonesome and chilly... There's little to see at this time of morning besides trees and the occasional bird.
Eventually, Holiday comes to a river with no clear way across.

>>28252016
Use our crystal magic to make a bridge for ourselves.
Try to keep it as minimal as possible, don't waste magic.

>>28252016
Look up and down the river. What do we see along it's banks.

>>28252016
How far across is the river?

>>28252016
knock over a tree! Or just walk north (up) and try to find a place where the water is calmer.

>>28252047
Yeah, this seems good.
But maybe we could use our magic to knock down one of the trees to make a bridge instead.

It would probably use less energy to just knock a tree down.

>>28252047
>>28252061
Meh, either one works.

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>>28252047
>>28252055
>>28252061
>>28252080
>>28252103

Holiday trots up and down the river bank, in search of a narrow spot. When she finds one, she uses her magic on the tree closest to it, aiming for its base. The tree shudders as a jagged crystal erupts from its roots, sending it leaning forward and soon toppling across the river.
Still, the trip across the forest is not quick at all. The divining stick eventually leads Holiday to the ruined castle of the Royal Sisters. She stares at it pensively as she passes it.
>'Damn moonhorse, acting so high and mighty nowadays... She was just as fucked up as me once. Angry, and jaded, and alone...
>J...Just how I like it!
>But I guess she was too GOOD for that.
>She wanted to be WORSHIPPED and LOVED.'
Holiday's brow furrows.
>'How fucking pathetic is that? A princess, ruler of a whole country, needing validation like a school filly.
>And she didn't even get it! She got blasted into space instead.
>No wonder every pony else is a half-retarded wimp, when that's one of their leaders.
>One of their fucking GODDESSES.
>Not like me.
>I can take being hated, and alone.'
Holiday smiles to herself.
>'I wonder if that makes me stronger than an alicorn...?'

>>28252346
I suppose we could explore it, for lack of much else to do.

>>28252346
Explore the castle a bit. We might be able to turn it into a temp camp for now. Maybe there's some books or other items there as well.

>>28252346
let see what we can find in that castle.

>>28252346
Be aware that Twilight does know about this place and has traveled here in the past.

>>28252346
>>'I wonder if that makes me stronger than an alicorn...?'

Be careful Holiday arrogance was her downfall as well.

>>28252346
Ignore that place let's keep heading to the village.

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>>28252369
>>28252387
>>28252388

Her curiosity piqued, Holiday trots up the stairs and pushes on the giant double doors.
>'I'll just be in and out real-'
With a loud, echoing creak, the doors swing open.
>'...Quick.'

>>28252493
Anything on the surface is long gone. Pick a hallway.

>>28252493
hmmmmm... I got nothing.

>>28252493
Nope, nope, nope.
Stay out of this place, we're on borrowed time right now.

>>28252493
Choose a random door and see where it lead.

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>>28252503
>>28252580

Feeling lazy, Holiday just enters the nearest hallway, to the left of the entrance.
>'Oh.
>Well.
>That was fucking productive, wasn't it?'

>>28252682
Guarded door looks good. Go in.

>>28252682

Admire the statues and pick the door on the right.

>>28252682
Go trough the guarded door there usually good stuff in there.

>>28252682
Let's try bringing these statues to life if we're not alone in here.

>>28252682
Can we hear anything but ourselves?

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>>28252702
>>28252704
>>28252723

Holiday inspects the twin statues. They depict Royal Guard stallions equipped with spears, flanking either side of the door as if guarding it.
>'Assholes.'
With a snort, Holiday enters the dark room between them, her horn instinctively lighting up. Dark magic is surprisingly bright sometimes. The room is small and unimpressive, and there looks to be a partially-collapsed wall in the back of it.
Behind that wall, however, there sits a pedestal with a small treasure box set atop it. The treasure box is quite faded, but the lock on it seems to be in fine condition.

>>28253097

Huh, interesting. Now if we only had a key to open it or something to at least break the lock.

>>28253097
Create crystal key!

>>28253097
Time for key hunting, fuck. Take the box with us as we try to find the key.

>>28253097
Grow a crystal in the lock until it snaps open

Also, what other magic does Holly know?

>>28253097
Check to see if the pedestal is pressured based. Don't want to trigger a trap by fiddling with it.

>>28253097
I wonder if we can mack lockpicks from our crystal.

>>28253168
We know fire magic.
Not sure about anything else. We could know the mending spell.

>>28253097
Leave it. It might be cursed.

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Back from an unexpected bat attack.

>>28253120
>>28253148
>>28253168
>>28253182

CRUNCH!!
>'Well that worked.'

>>28253881
Touch.

Stopping for the night. Thanks for playing!

>>28253881
If Curse has taught me anything, it's that you're meant to lick these kind of things.

>>28253881
Oooh, pretty.
Let's take it, I'll fetch a pretty penny in the next town.

>>28253881

Can we sense anything magical from it?

that looks interesting. maybe we can see into the future.

>>28253881
Take the beautiful item.

Page 10 perk : Juiced bump. -you will never go below pg 5

>>28256812
!

>>28257119
Almost slacked off there

>>28257549
!

>>28253881
Take the whole box.

>>28258531
Last bump before the perk ends.

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>>28253882
>>28253888
>>28253893
>>28253924
>>28255126

>'Oooh, pretty.'
Entranced by the lovely little disc of metal and glass, Holiday eagerly takes it and makes it her own. She wonders if it's magical, and decides to test it with an ancient alternative unicorn technique: She licks it.
CLICK!
>"Ngh!"
Like many alternative techniques, licking the trinket doesn't work. It does, however, reveal the object's purpose: It's a looking glass.

>>28259810
Well, there's surely a reason it was locked up. Maybe look at the crystals through the glass?

>>28259810
Look through it.
Maybe it's the legendary eye of truth!

>>28259810
Look trough the glass

>>28259810
Well, that's cool. I guess we can pocket it for later.

Assume it has no magical properties and do no further investigation.

>>28259810
We should totally find the tree of harmony and mess with it. Wasn't it somewhere near the castle?

>>28260158
No.

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>>28259829
>>28259840
>>28259889

Harmony checks out a nearby wall.
>'What? It's not magnifying anything. This looking glass sucks.'

>>28260289
>Harmony
No way that wasn't intentional. Examine self.

>>28260289
Maybe it has a different use for it, if we find a pony we are going to look at them with it.

>>28260289
>>28260289
Is it just me, or does it look like the looking glass fits in that hole over there?
Let's see if it fits.

>>28260308
What hole? your talking about the torch holder.

>>28260289
Make a small crystal and look at it.

>>28260325
>the torch holder
Is that what it is?
It kind of looked like a hole to me. I guess that's because it's not magnified by the looking glass.

Ok, let's do this instead. >>28260326

You guys don't think it odd at all that Inept just referred to Holiday as Harmony, and hasn't deleted the post to correct it?

>>28260357
>>28260308
>circle fits in not circle
No, not really.

>>28260381
Unless you want to panic over a possible mistyping like CQ players we can afford to wait another post and see if it was intentional. I wouldn't doubt that Inept has Harmony on the mind with this quest.

>>28260289
I say we keep it. Might reveal hidden areas we can't see normally.

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>>28260294
>>28260381
It was unintentional. Excessive stress is bad for QMing.

>>28260308
>>28260325
>>28260326
>>28260357
>>28260384

The looking glass points Holiday at a torch holder. Holiday defies societal norms by attempting to fit the looking glass into it. But the torch holder isn't wide enough.
>'Oh well...'
Since trying to combine the looking glass with light didn't work, she tries her luck with darkness. She zaps the floor with enough magic to produce a small crystal, and then she inspects it with her new trinket. The crystal is pitch-black, yet paradoxically it also seems to be glowing...

Stopping for the night. Thanks for playing.
Sorry.

>>28260569
Okay, so we can see magic sources. Drop it into our inventory, I suppose, and let's keep moving.

>>28260569
Lets take a look at those statues we passed, just to be on the safe side.

>>28260569

Tug on the torch holder.

>>28260569
I think we should start heading for town again.

see you in the morning bump

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>>28260569
ain't much, but have it anyway.

>>28261696
grumpy, I like it

Bamp

get up from page 10.

Not sure if I can update tonight; I'll try to get something done when I get home later.

>>28261696
Thanks a lot, Anon!
She looks either concerned or judgmental... I wonder what about?

>>28266357
Bump

have a good night from page 10.

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Oh oh oh
It's tragic
You know

>>28268496

page 10 bump

>>28251710
Why does OP's image look like Twilight Sparkle is bazooka-barfing cherry Kool-Ade?

another bump from 10. you're welcome

Bampu

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bump

Ha! A bump!

run up the board!

Thickness bump

>>28251710

no

>>28280020

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bampo

>>28282273

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>>28283341

The Red Pilled Show

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>>28274949
U-unf.

>>28260617
>>28260817
>>28261095
>>28261108

>LOOKING GLASS added to inventory

Her latent kleptomaniac satisfied, Holiday makes her way back the way she came before she's devoured by a grue or kobold or whatever lurks in the shadowy hallways of a ruined castle. On her way, she makes sure to give the torch holder one last check, just in case it hides any secrets she may have missed the first and second time around. When she is satisfied that it has nothing further to offer, she leaves the room.
Those statues she passed, however, might still have secrets of their own to divulge.
>"Hmm..."
Curiously, she peers at them once more, this time with the aid of the looking glass.

>>28285082
Fuck. We've got golems to deal with. I wonder if we can use our crystal to destroy them, or at least hold them in place.

>>28285082
>magical stone guard
Let just hope want ever item we find later doesn't wake them up.

>>28285082
Perhaps if we just leave them alone they won't bother us.

>>28285117
>>28285121
>>28285124
>Not re-purposing them so that they serve us.
We're clearly destine to take over the castle.

I got an ide for a quick way north. Why not stowaway on an empty boxcar? Really embrace the hobo life.

>>28285439
>making our new home right next to Ponyville.
Although making them serve us would be useful if it's even possible.

You know, as much as I'd like to bullshit up some excuse for this, I just don't feel like continuing right now. I'm too exhausted from all the shit I have to deal with on a daily and especially nightly basis to commit to any more energy to this. I'm sorry for once again being a disappointment to everyone.

>>28285518
When was the last time the big-bad was right at your doorstep? Or when you expected them to be there?
Also, I'm sure if we put a little of our own magic into the statue we can activate it. The outline on our crystal was much less faded than the statues, and I think non-dark magic would be a different color than just purple.

>>28285746
I'm not disappointed, I actually need to get some sleep too

>>28285746
It happens.
Don't worry about it honorary Broseph.

>>28287175

>>28288210

>>28288748

>>28289877

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>>28285117
>>28285439
>>28285518
>>28285799

>'Thought so.'
Realizing the statues have some sort of magic coursing through them, Holiday attempts to use her dark magic to animate the stone sentries.
Unfortunately, she only knows one spell. The sound of stone cracking fills the air.
>'...I should have expected that.'

>>28292221
Admire crystal pine cone.

>>28292221
Uh, whoops.
Check the other statue hasn't animated before moving along.

>>28292221
well let's leave the other statue be, I was kinda worried about them coming to live and attacking since we just looted the fuck out of that room, but if they go down that easy it's not a problem.

Let's go find Luna's room. She had lots of anger issues when she lived in this castle. maybe there's something in her room that could be of help to us.

>>28292221
We planed to do that. yes, yes we did.

>>28292221
What if they were ponies that got turned to stone when Luna went crazy? They're in big enough pieces, put it back together the best we can.

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>>28292227
>>28292235
>>28292247
>>28292257

Holiday glances warily at the other statue, hoping that the untimely demise of its brother hasn't awakened it from its stony slumber.
Fortunately, this seems not to be the case. As she planned (hoped), the statue is as still and lifeless as... well, as a statue ought to be. Seriously, if your statue is moving around, you need to bring it back to Garro and have the both of them hanged for treason.
With a sigh of relief, Holiday leaves the statue and its jagged crystal twin behind and returns to the main corridor. She's not sure where to go next...

>>28292410
Straight ahead, lower right.

>>28292410
up the stairs in the back

>>28292422
>>28292410
Seconding lower right.

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>>28292422
>>28292594

Holiday crosses the main corridor and enters a more derelict chamber - and a more heavily-populated one. There's only one doorway, but there's also twin stairwells at the far end of the room: One leads up, the other down. Holiday shivers: There must be a draft blowing from somewhere.

>>28292933
Kaleidoscope the guards and the hole.

>>28292933
I feel a trap is going activat, let get off the carpetted floor and go up stair

>>28293067
If the guards don't do anything to bother us, we shouldn't use any magic on them.

>>28292933
go uuuuup
I want to go to Luna's room, and I feel like she would have lived in a tower, so up up up

Really, in either Luna's room or the library, we need to find something on dark magic, aimlessly wandering this decrepit castle won't accomplish anything

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>>28293067
>>28293088
>>28293090
>>28293098

Holiday gives the room a once over with the looking glass. Nothing seems different from the norm here, so Holiday feels confident that she can pass undisturbed.
Just to be safe, though, she steps off the carpet as she walks.
Good thing, too: As she passes the unpartnered statue, it suddenly lurches forward atop its pedestal, spear thrusting out ahead of it with blinding speed. Holiday shrieks in pain and surprise: Had she been walking on the moldy carpet, she'd have been skewered. But the spear's reach is only enough for the tip to have just punctured her skin.

>HP: 98%

>>28293431
Walk behind the next one, I suppose, and up the stairs.

>>28293431

>>28293446
this, but fuck up the one that got us for revenge. make a show of it, real flashy, so the other statues know not to fuck with us

>>28293431
Is this like wizard's chess?

>>28293460
No reason to waste the MP.

>>28293431
Look through the looking glass at all of them one by one. See if any look different.

Also I hope you know you doubled the length of anything happening in here by giving us an object you can use to check anything with and a reason to do so.

>>28293475
Perhaps we could just have the GM assume that we look at every little thing now just to speed things along?

>>28293472
it would make us feel better, that's a good enough reason.
besides, isn't dark magic fueled by strong emotions? So, by getting angry and exploding the shit out of that statue, we would be getting MORE magic power.

>>28293475
And a reason to check everything*

>>28293487
That'd be the easiest out. Up to inept though.

>>28293503
Fair enough.

>>28293475
maybe the one we triggered was purely mechanical in nature? no magic involved, just levers and gears hooked to a pressure plate.
I mean, the other statues, the ones that did have magic, weren't traps as far as we could tell, so why would the actual trap statues be like them?

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>>28293446
>>28293460
>>28293503
>>28293511

Holiday winces as she stands clear of the statue and its spear. Her eyes glow with spiteful energy as they lock onto the statue that attacked her.
>"MotherFUCKER!!"
With an obscene battlecry, Holiday blasts the statue with enough dark magic to blow it to bits and leave a jagged mass of crystal the size of an upended table in its wake. Then, she turns and glances around at the other statues.
>"Let that be a lesson for the rest of you shitpiles!"
The statues make no attempt to respond.
>"That's what I thought."
With a small "hmph" of satisfaction, Holiday heads upstairs.
Judging by those busts on the walls, this is probably a part of the castle that Luna decorated.

Stopping for the night. Thanks for playing!

>>28293844
My time in action/adventure games has told me that those shoot lasers.
Sidle across the wall underneath them to stay out of their sight.

>>28293844
Time to use the looking glass again. We should just do it every time we enter a room automatically.

>>28293923
yea, equip that thing permanently with a stylish crystal headband

>>28293923
This.

>>28295978

>>28296682

>>28297564

>>28298323

>>28300688

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>>28293923
>>28293933
>>28293937

Holiday doesn't have a headband.
She still decides it'd be wise to inspect the possibly-laser-powered statues with her looking glass anyway, though.

>>28301560
Stand to the side of that wall and tap it with a hoof.

>>28301560
Either that wall is supposed to crush us or it's a secret passage.

>>28301560
Levitate a rock from the broken statue downstairs and throw it at the glowing box.

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>>28301571
>>28301577
>>28301592

THUNK-THUNK-THUNK-THUNK!
The outlined section of wall feels hollow. Neither the wall nor the statues hanging from it move.

>>28301672
Check under the rug for a switch?

>>28301672
blast that fucker open

>>28301695
We can't keep magic-ing our problems.

>>28301718
what are you talking about?
of course we can.

>>28301722
Until we pass out from exhaustion.

>>28301731
We made an igloo out of out of crystals earlier, blasting one crumbling wall isn't' going to make us pass out

>>28301718
>>28301722
To be fair, Holiday doesn't really come off as a puzzle solver mare.

>>28301741
Single spells are no problem, but multiple spells without rest can cause problems. We've already confirmed that there are lethal traps here after all.

>>28301672
grow crystals into the wall.

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>>28301695
>>28301722
>>28301739
>>28301741

Her tolerance long since exhausted, Holiday fires off a powerful blast of dark magic that reduces the wall to rubble. Behind it is a hidden pathway that goes down at a slight incline and off into the darkness.

>>28301852
keep that telescope up and head inside.

>>28301852
sure, let's investigate the dark spooky walled off tunnel. this will go well

>>28301852
As you descend into the darkness ask yourself what you're doing with your life. Then ask yourself what you're doing here, physically.

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>>28301862
>>28301873
>>28301881

The stairs lead down, down, down into the darkness. As Holiday descends them, her sour, almost numb mood starts to give way to genuine reflection.
>'What am I doing with my life?
>Why am I in a spooky walled-off tunnel in a ruined castle?'
Sadly, Holiday's musing doesn't go very far, so she just shrugs it off and continues down into the dark depths. The temperature drops dramatically, and a damp, musty smell fills the air.
At the bottom of the stairwell is a large chamber. It is so dark, Holiday can barely see her hoof in front of her face.

>>28302232
find the light switch

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>>28302232
Well that's interesting.

Cast lumos and examine this thing more closely.

>>28302232
Use the light spell to see better.

>>28302250
Can we make glowing crystals?

>>28302291
No, but we should find a torch so we're not burning so much mana.

>>28302250
To bad dark magic doesn't come with natural night vision.

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>>28302245
>>28302250
>>28302260
>>28302291
>>28302445

With a spark of her horn, Holiday casts her light spell. It's too small to be of much help, but it does reveal something on the wall nearby.
A torch.
Thinking back to her 'campfire,' Holiday lights the torch. The light is bright enough to reveal a few more torches, all surrounding some kind of large structure...
>'What the fuck is this?'
Soon, the room is illuminated, and Holiday is staring at a gigantic ring made of all manner of purple and black stones. It stands over 12 feet high, and carved into it in a perfect circle are various runes that Holiday has never seen before. The ominous ornament stands atop an elliptical pedestal made of marble, with stairs leading up to it around every side.
What's really odd is that the ring seems to be the only fixture in this room, which is otherwise quite bare save for the torches lining the walls. In fact, even the far end of the wall looks unfinished...

Stopping for the night. Thanks for playing!

>>28302496
touch the thing

>>28302496
Looks like a stargate. Try walking up to it and looking at it through the glass

>>28302496
Lick it.

>>28302496
Can we sense anything from the giant ring?

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>>28302496
This looks familiar. I heavily recommend not touching it.

>>28303315
uh oh

>>28302496
Lick it

>>28302496
It's a fucking Stargate, where's our DHD

>>28302496
How weak is the unfinished wall?

>>28305762

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>>28302505
>>28302508
>>28302509
>>28302514

The ring itself doesn't seem very magical, but there's some kind of powerful energy inside of it: Even to the untrained horn, Holiday can feel magic radiating off it like heat from a flame.
>'Whoa, shit...'
As powerful as it feels, though, it doesn't seem 'active.' It's just kind of there.

>>28308265
maybe we shouldn't touch it?

>>28308265
Is there a way to activate it? Or at least find out what it does? If not then just make a mental note of it and check out the unfinished wall.

>>28308265
Attempt to activate that bitch.

>>28308265
Poke it with our magic. Or throw a crystal in it.

>>28308265
Look for a switch or something.
Maybe check to see if the thing has some kind of engraved instructions or something.

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>>28308289
>>28308297
>>28308320
>>28308485

Holiday inspects the stone ring for any instructions or mechanisms that might help activate it. Nothing about the structure really stands out besides the runes encircling it, which start and end at a small indentation at the top of the ring.
>'Well, that's as good a place as any other.'
Holiday points her horn at the circular hole and fires. Her magic seems to collect in the hole and spread across the runes, making them glow a vivid purple color, much like the smoke emitting from her eyes. When she ceases her spell, the effect reverses itself, and the glow fades and disappears.

>>28308781
charge it up and let's see what happens

>>28308781
Make all the runes light up?

>>28308781
Let's check out the unfinished wall.

>>28308781
Does it look like it did anything or is it simply the wrong spell to use on it? In either case make a mental note of this chamber.

>>28308781
Looks like we need A LOT more magic. Rather than exhausting ourself on this, let's explore a bit more.

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>>28308781
Give it the good old Maldonado!

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>>28308813
>>28308823
>>28308824

>I don't think I have enough magic to turn this thing on.'
Instead of exhausting herself, Holiday checks out the rest of the room. As I said before, it looks pretty incomplete. Like, you know how when you play Minecraft or Terraria or any of those autismblocks games, the first step in making an underground room is to dig out a big square- or cube-shaped hole and then clean up the imperfections before you start putting the floor and walls in? Whoever designed this chamber clearly skipped that part and just went straight from digging the hole to building this big honking ringamajig.
>'Either this place was built by the shittiest architect in history, or some pony was in a really big rush to have that gate-ring built.'

>>28309035
Well, I suppose if there's really nothing more to do here, then we leave and head to the right.

>>28309035
Make a mental note of the place and leave.

>>28309035
We should get back to the hallway and continue down it.

>>28309035
go back upstairs, try to locate library or Luna's room

>>28309662
duplication.

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>>28309048
>>28309084
>>28309115
>>28309167

Seeing nothing else of value in this room and nothing to add to her inventory, Holiday heads back upstairs.
Which takes a longass time.
>'Fuck stairs.'
Eventually, she makes her way back up to the main corridor and continues down it. It leads to some sort of spire with stairwells leading up and down. Jesus, another up-and-down stairwell? That's it? That's the prompt? Who would play this shit?

>>28309673
Still too small
Inept, are you okay?

>>28309673
I think it's time to stop now Inept.

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>>28309673
>fucking the same pic up 3 times

That's my cue to go to sleep. I'm clearly not fit to do this anymore tonight. Thanks for playing!

>>28309688
Up the stairs we go.

>>28309688
Why is there light in the middle of the night?

>>28309761
It was early morning when we woke up, then we traveled a bit.

>>28309688
up up up

>>28309688
Avoid the light.

>>28309688
Do not go up the stairs. Instead, look out the window.

>>28311819

>>28312374

>>28313098

>>28314015

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>>28309706
>>28309798

The stairs lead up the spire and onto a battlement that circles what was once a courtyard wrapping around the center of the castle. Holiday huffs in annoyance at the grandiose structure.
>'Who decided to make this stupid fucking castle so big?!'

>>28316032
observe surrounding forest, try to spot ponyville, if possible

>>28316032
Go around the perimeter and see if we're wasting our time up here.

>>28316032
Do we see anything of interest up here? Either in forest or here at the castle?

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>>28316047
>>28316060
>>28316063

After walking the whole way around the parapets, Holiday comes to a rather unwelcome realization:
>'There's not a damn thing around here!'
Holiday starts to wonder whether she should just leave or trash the place and THEN leave, but then she hears something within the castle's lower floors that interrupts her deliberation.
>'Did I just hear a voice...?'

>>28316218
Peak over the side of the castle to see who's here.

>>28316218
Who is coming to the castle?

>>28316218
Go check it out.

>>28316218
UH OH
GET SNEAKY
It might be somepony trying to find you, they know you ran into the woods because I highly doubt Flutters didn't tell someone about what happened.

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>>28316226
>>28316273
>>28316282
>>28316330

Holiday glances over the side just in time to see a few sets of hooves vanish into the doorways of the castle proper. She didn't get a good look, but it looked to Holiday like there were at least 3 or 4 ponies...

>>28316351
We're fucked. If it was two or less ponies, it could have been just flutters and gutterpup, but that many is bad news for us. We need to get the fuck out of here before they notice us. Was there any other way down off the parapets? Through one of the other towers maybe?

>>28316351
Looks like we're a little bit trapped. We could hope they notice we broke into the portal room and enter, then dash past while they're examining it.

>>28316351
Did we see any color? Also, doesn't the path to where we are split?

>>28316351
There should be another way down with out bumping into those ponies.

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>>28316382
>>28316433
>>28316521

>'I saw pink, white, and orange.
>...Shit.'
Holiday starts to panic. She's going to be boxed in! She has to find a way out...
>'There were four big towers. The one in the back on the left is all fucked-up, but all the others have stairwells that lead back down.'

>>28316878
Take back right then.

>>28316878
Go the tower closer to the main entrance.

>>28316883
I see no reason to take one over the other. Back right it is.

>>28316895
Actually, come to think of it, you can tell by looking at this pic. >>28316351
If we go front right, we'll run into Flutters, and front left Rarity.
Which leads me to believe that back right will be AJ or nothing.

>>28316878
Can we go to the front right tower and get down from there? Is that closer to the exit of this place?

>>28316878
We have magic so fuck the rules, let's just teleport into the forest directly.

>>28316902
Orange could be puppers.

>>28316916
>We make a crystal road into the forest ala ice man

>>28316924
You know, why not just teleport or something?

>>28316924
That sounds genius.

Let's do it.

>>28316924
Make a crystal staircase pop out of the side of the wall, then we just run down it and into the forest
only issue is Twilard might be able to sense darkmagic or some other form of bullshit like that. We may just put a giant spotlight on us if we do that.

>>28316940
>>28316924

That might draw WAY too much attention to ourselves.

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>>28316883
>>28316895
>>28316902
>>28316924
>>28316937
>>28316940
>>28316952

Holiday weighs her options.
>'I could sneak out of one of the towers, but...
>What'd be REALLY sick is if I strode out of here on a crystal staircase or something, like Ice Mare!
>...But, that might draw more attention than I want it to.
>And my magic could run out in the middle of it and I'll plummet from the sky to my death like an idiot.'
Holiday wipes the sweat from her brow as she imagines her neck snapping like a pretzel stick after a fall from the height of the castle walls.
>'Stairs it is.'
Wisely, Holiday makes for the tower that she didn't see anypony walking towards. Slowly and quietly, she tiphoofs down the spiral stairs and creeps along the wall towards the doorway. her ears twist and twitch as she listens for any impending danger.
>'...I don't hear anything except the wind.
>I think it's safe.'

Stopping for the night. Thanks for playing!

>>28317044
Out we go, then.

>>28317044
proceed, with all the caution in the world.

>>28317045
b u m p
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m
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>>28318734

>>28317044
out a window when we are at ground level.

here's a bump from page 10.

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>>28317063
>>28317544
>>28319805

It's a bit of a drop out the window in the tower, so Holiday carefully slips through the door. There is a hallway with two doors leading to a stairwell. One of the doors is blocked by rubble.

>>28323067
should we get out as fast as possible, take the most direct route?
or be sneaky, try to find back passages and hidden tunnels, lingering longer in the castle?

>>28323067
Down the stairs to get back to ground level.

>>28323067
What is behind that door?

>>28323067
Do we hear anything coming from either door?

>>28323067
Check the door.

>>28323067
Use our crystals to clear the debris from the door. If they come here, they will check that one first.

>>28323067
Take a back passage we only saw 3 of Twilight's wheatey little friends the other three of them are probably around the front.

>>28323067
Peak through the doors. Do it stealthily.

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>>28323152
>>28323160
>>28323197
>>28323230

Holiday stops and peers cautiously into the not-blocked doorway.
"Hey, you!"

Stopping for the night to go have several dozen stiff drinks. Thanks for playing.

>>28324341
Fuck
ask what she wants
she's an idiot and we may be able to trick her

>>28324341
Do you know if it's violating a restraining order if the person that files it comes to you?

>>28324355
>>28324341
Yeah. Just go with a standard "What do you want?"

All casual like you see.

>>28324357
No it is not. Restraining orders only work one way.
However, you can file to have the restraining order revoked if the protected party no longer feels threatened and regularly seeks you out.

>>28324379
I know. It seems like something Holiday would ask.

>>28324341
Back away and say something like, "stay back, I don't want to deal with you. Leave me alone."

>>28324341
Teleport behind her and tell her to back the fuck off

>>28324341
out of all the ponies could we run into, its crusty cunt.

>>28324355
Yeah, RD is pretty fucking stupid. She might not recognize us so we could try and trick her.

>>28324341
Look at her with the scope.
Make a mental note of what we see
Run away afterwards. We cant fight, aggressive actions will draw the others and twilight is a game over.

>>28326674

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ittEYQyZOUc

>>28325603
She's flying, we'll fall before we can finish saying "fuck"
Perhaps at a later date.

>>28324341
Encase the nearby surrounding area to seal you with the doorway ahead of you and proceed. In case of an emergency, you can bust your way back out.

can we not use the spoopy magic in front of a element of harmony and die like sombrah.

we do have access to words you know?

>>28324341

Ask her what is it sh want"s and why is she here? Can't anyone understand that we want to be left alone?!

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>>28324341
Oh hey, what a coincidence. I was just leaving. I wouldn't want to violate a restraining order now, would I?

>>28330972
Nonono, they're looking for Holiday, and, thanks to the dark magic whatever, we're a much paler than we used to be. We can play it off, pretend to be somepony else entirely so Dumbshit Dash fucks off.

>>28324341
Say hello and ask what's she want?

time to get a bump

>>28332091

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>>28324355
>>28324357
>>28324368
>>28324379
>>28324388
>>28324572
>>28325867
>>28330787
>>28331120
>>28331162

Holiday gets a sneaky idea. She offers Rainbow Dash a friendly smile.
>"Me?"
"Yeah, you!" Rainbow Douche replies, a stern look on her face as she flitters closer. "We've been looking all over for you!"
Holiday plays dumb, tilting her head and smiling patiently.
>"Why would you be looking for me? Do I know you?"
"Cut the crap, Holiday!" Rainbow Trash barks. "I'm not an idiot-"
>"Yes you are."
"-And even if there WAS another unicorn who'd probably be hanging out here, the purple eye smoke is kind of a dead giveaway!"
Snorting with annoyance, Holiday relents.
>"What do you want, crusty cunt?"
Rainbow Gash's eyes widen with anger. "THE FUCK DID YOU JUST CALL ME?!"
>"Nothing. Just go away. I don't want to deal with you. Can't you understand that I just want to be left alone?!"
"Don't give me that crap!" Rainbow Dash argues, pointing an accusatory hoof at Holiday. "If you wanted to be left alone, you wouldn't go out of your way to piss off everypony in town, over and over again! Do you know how many ponies have had problems with you, including me?!"
>"Yeah, that reminds me, does this count as violating the restraining order you have on me? Because I was already in jail once this week; I'd rather not go back."
Rainblow Dash is still fuming, but she composes herself a little. "No-... I... Look, forget the order, okay? This is more important than that! *I* don't want to deal with YOU, either, but Twilight asked me to bring you back if any of us found you, so come on."

>>28332840
Why? So you can fire a magic rainbow at me and turn me to stone? Blow me into a million pieces?
Sorry, but fuck that.

>>28332840
What in Celestia's godly asshole would we ever want to go see Twilight? She's the reason we're in a fucking run down trashheap of a castle with evil eye bullshit. Ms. "I'm going to steal your property and kick you out of the entire damn country because you aren't /friendly/ enough". She can fuck off, we're already trying to abide by her royal decree.

>>28332840
No. If twilight needs to see me that badly, she can come to me.

>>28332840
Then pretend you didn't see us or get lost.
Go away before you hurt yourself, and we get blamed for it.

>>28332840
"No! I'm not going to let Twilight blow me up like some monster of the week! Get away from me!"
Blast a wall of crystal between the two of you and start running in the other direction.

>>28332840
Continue to ignore Retard rainbow. She was never important, to begin with. Talking it will just encourage it's behavior.
Go back into the hallway and block the way with a crystal barrier.

>>28332840
Twilight can kiss my ass. We're busy, and we aren't going to drop everything that we're doing and come running just because she wants to have a chat over tea or some other gay shit. If whatever Twilight wants to talk to us about is that important, she can get off her fat lazy ass and come find us herself instead of sending her sidekick brigade to force us while she stuffs her fat face with hayburgers in the comfort of her little crystal princess playset castle.
We'll go to Princess Twicunt when and if we damn well please.

>>28332840
we get it finnally, no one likes us, we are trying to get out of your hair. one way trip.

lets settle this peacefully i just want to leave town and find a nice place to just settle down on my own. for good.

>>28332840
No. Twilight is the reason we're in this mess in the first place.

>>28332840
Do i have too right now? I found a weird portal thingy right now down stairs.

>>28332840
Twilight will turn me to stone or blow me up! I don't want that to happen? I'm leaving okay! I'm self-exiling myself so I'm no longer a pest to everyone!

>>28332840

Dive into the side corridor and try to elude her.

>>28332840
Ask why they came here to look for us. Why the castle instead of the endless woods around us?

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>>28332878
>>28332880
>>28332883
>>28332916
>>28332936
>>28332942
>>28332963
>>28332964
>>28332971
>>28333008

>"No, fuck that."
"You're coming with me whether you like it or not!" Brainless Trash replies.
>"Why in Celestia's godly asshole would I ever want to go see Twicunt when she's the reason I'm in this fucking trashheap with evil eye bullshit to begin with?"
"How is this HER fault?" Trainwreck Dash asks.
>"Don't act like you don't know! She's going to steal my property and kick me out of the damn COUNTRY just because I'm not friendly enough! And now that I look like this, she wants to see me so she can fire magic rainbows at me? Turn me to stone? Blow me to pieces like a monster of the week?! No, fuck that! Get away from me before you hurt yourself and I get blamed for it!"
Holiday raises several crystal pillars from the floor, but Rainblowsass quickly flies over them.
"Nice try." she responds, a smug smile on her face. Holiday spins around and glares at her.
>"Look, if that fat bitch wants to have a chat over tea or whatever gay shit she sent you here about, tell her to come find me herself instead of sending her sidekick brigade to force us while she stuffs her fat face with hayburgers in the comfort of her little crystal princess playset castle."
"She IS here, genius!" Raincunt Cunt answers sharply.
>"Well tell her to go home! I'm trying to do what you fucks want and exile MYSELF so no pony has to deal with me anymore! So get out of here and leave me to rot in peace!"
Crusty Cunt's expression shifts a bit at this revelation, but she quickly returns to topcunt mode a moment later. "Yeah, I bet!" she says with a sneer, landing in front of Holiday. "You're just trying to get us to leave you alone so you can do whatever big evil spell you're probably planning before you get kicked out! Well you can forget it: I'm not about to leave a wanted mare with Sombra eyes roaming around the spooky old castle where Princess Luna went nuts, no way no how!"

>>28333256
you won't believe me but there is no "grand scheme" i will probably unintentionally fuck something up though.

>>28333256
Do I look like the kind of mare who would know super evil spells? Am i someone who want's to conquer the world? No I'm just a jerk and everyone in Ponyville knows that. The only reason I'm here is I got lost in the woods and was trying to find shelter.

>>28333256
Why don't we get her angry which will make her loose her inflated ego then trap her in a ball of crystal?

>>28333256
If we hurt her they won't stop leaving us alone. The best thing would be to fool her and get her to leave by herself somehow.

>>28333324
Directly attacking her, even if we try not to do damage, is exactly what that cunt expects.

We're better than resorting to straight violence.

>>28333256
Get out of here before you get hurt, you stupid fuck-stick. This is your last warning. I guarantee you, if you take another step foreword, you're gonna have a bad time.

>>28333256
Oh Krusty Kunt, all I've ever wanted for so long is to be left alone. But I've made peace with the fact that the world will always take a dump in my cereal and put retards like you in front of me. That's why I do shit like this. >>28333324

Hamster ball Rainbow and push her down the stairs.

>>28333379
>>28333375
I'm still 100% against using our black magic against RD if we can help it. Giving them more reason to rainbow blast us on first sight isn't the best option.

>>28333256

Oh please Rainbow Dash. Just think for once. If I was some evil world conqueror what would I be doing here? There's nothing in this castle but rubble. It's in ruins just like my life is currently. I'm exiling myself. Please I want to be left alone and I don't want to fight you. Let me leave right now and I assure you that you wont ever see me again. I wont bother anypony anymore.

>>28333256
We aren't planning anything like that, we aren't retarded. We know how that shit ends. It ends with the "villain" getting turned into a decorative statue in the royal garden, and some "hero" getting praised for a day or two and then forgotten, or some overweight shut-in unicorn getting a pair of wings and a crown after sucking off suncunts clit.
We are a craftsmare, not some nerd like twicunt. We make shitty toys for kids who don't like us. The only "evil" spell we know is blowing shit up with crystals, and we can't even do that well. All we are good at is making crafts and being a cunt. We can't make friends. We will never have freinds, and no one will ever like us. So we are saving the princesses the trouble of exiling us and just leaving.

>>28333256

We aren't planning anything you idiot! We are a toymaker! I just want to get away from everyone especially you and Twilight you guys have done enough to ruin my life as is.

>>28333256
Ask who's all here? You? Twilight? Anyone else from your gaggle of friends?

>>28333256
Luna became evil because she was jealous of her sister. If we become evil it'll be because they try and trap us in a corner and something bad will happen. Which is why it was a bad idea to waste time in the castle.

Let's get pride flag talking and then sucker punch her. Then we can just walk away while she's knocked out.

>>28333256
no fighting, run. even if we take damage, run.

rainbow dyke is fast, but aint gonna oneshot us. not in doors.

>>28333256
Dive into the side hall and block it behind us with crystals so she can't follow us.

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>>28333292
>>28333320
>>28333375
>>28333435
>>28333438
>>28333467
>>28333508
>>28333574

Holiday gives Rugmunch Dash a tired look.
>"Do I look like the kind of mare who would know super evil spells?"
Rainbow looks Holiday up and down. "Uh, YEAH?" she responds, as if the answer were the most obvious thing in the world. With a snort, Holiday tries a different approach:
>"Krusty Kunt, am I someone who wants to conquer the world? A job that would require me to keep an eye on and interact with all the ponies around, and then ultimately get me turned into a decorative statue in the royal garden while you guys get hailed as heroes for a day or two? All I've ever wanted is to be left alone. I'm not a monster, I'm just a jerkass craftsmare who got lost in the woods looking for shelter."
"...So you came HERE?"
>"I was low on options. Why, what would I do here that's so bad? There's nothing in this castle but rubble. It's in ruins, like my life..."
Holiday swallows on that last statement.
>"Please, I don't want to fight. I just want to be left alone. Just let me leave and you won't ever see me again. I won't bother any pony anymore..."
Braindead N' Brash trots back and forth. She looks conflicted.
"I..." she begins, before stopping. "You can't... Urgh, look. I'm going to go tell Twilight that I found you and you're not being a huge bitch for once." She opens her wings and lifts into the air above Holiday. "Just stay here until we get back. And don't try to pull any tricky stuff!"

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>>28333691
>These fucking names

I love it.

>>28333691
leave as soon as she's out of sight.

>>28333691
before she goes, tell her a weird voice talks to you sometime at night. we're going to find a room and sleep now.

>>28333691
just let her leave. then take off.

(optional on levels of emotion) leave a note scrawled out in stones, good bye or somthing. or some arrows pointing to the gate to keep them busy with a quest line.

they are heros afterall, idiots, but heros.

>>28333691
We didn't agree to anything. Leave.

>>28333691
We never agreed to shit. Get the fuck out of here and head West. Nothing that has been important to the show is west so it won't look like we're trying to gain control over anything important.

>>28333691
What part of wanted to be left alone did she not get?
We're leaving as soon as she can't see us.

We might as well just bust a hole in a wall and just run as fast as we can.

>>28333691
When she leaves, go into the doorway and block it with crystals.

>>28333691
Leave the castle, the sooner the better. Keep an eye out for the others.

>>28333691
Can we teleport out of here and into the woods?

>>28333812
Can we teleport?

>>28333691
>Rainbow looks Holiday up and down. "Uh, YEAH?" she responds, as if the answer were the most obvious thing in the world.

Wow. That feels really in character for RD to say that. I think i even heard her voice reading that.

>>28333738
this.

if we do go off the deep end later, i want a life line.

>>28333834
minus the sleep, we dont want to get caught after all.

we just dodged a bullet. so fucking close. thank fuck.

>>28333834
>i want a life line
I think that's what Fluttershy is for, she's our only real friend with them. Or the only one who doesn't hate us at least.

>>28333899
im not opposed to stacking up more 1ups tho.

if the weird voice can only jump us when we are alone i want a incase sort of thing.