Cirquesque CYOA

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The first of them you see when you hop onto your turf is Seaweed, sitting on the roof of her shack and "Staring" onto the sea, her ears twitching every once in a while.
The second is Herb, who isn't shy about posing on your head to give you an upside down look, "Don't die a hero, will you?"
"Huh?"
"That it'd be sad for me to be the only Equestrian here, yes? Or for this sorry parrot to be left without a captain."
You start answering, but bear hug makes it into a weak wheeze instead.
"You idiot." Cas grabs you with more strength than a mare her age oughts to have, "Don't run off like that again."

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There was user input I left off these posts to keep it from being twice as long, pic related.

>>29958071
Whoa easy, we couldn't let that thing come up under the ship.

>>29958071
S-sorry. Fear makes ponies do things. It's gone right?

>>29958071
>turf
Hug Cas back, and apologize. We aren't the type to stand back and let others risk their lives without us at least helping in some way. How have things been since we were out?

Go up to Seaweed and give her a quick and soft hug. Ask her how she is. They only told us she would be fine but nothing else about her current condition.

>>29958071
We'll try. But we can't make any promises. Heh.

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>>29958071
I have some issues.

There is no evidence other than his earlier fight with the sea monster that supports Lettuce Leaf being a brave and out going pony, but I agree on the part about helping. Maybe I'm just being not picky.

We still need Dance's permission to leave the bed and know if we have any fractures we need to worry about.

Seaweed if well enough to climb on top of her home, but what about the Dudas? How are they doing?

>>29958219
I don't consider Leaf to be brave either. We're cowardly, but we're willing to look past that if it is necessary to help someone. At least that's what our actions point to.
And yeah, forgot that we still aren't suppose to get up without permission from dance.

>>29958251
Sorry if if my responding post seemed aggressive. I get like that alot.

>>29958272
Nah, your post was fine. It made some good points to take into consideration. I'm curious if Leaf will become more brave in time if dangers are common on the sea.

>>29958300
That will be left to us the players, time, and his exsperience to decide. I wait in baited breath for what becomes of Leaf as he develops.

>>29958251
Ah but that's just the thing, isn't it? True bravery isn't the absence of fear but overcoming of fear. Such as going to help of friend Seaweed despite how dangerous it was.

>>29958526
Fear and Bravery. This is something I will enjoy discussing with you all about.

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"Sorry," You try to turn around but she caught you on too tight a sideways hold, so you joke instead. "You'll break something--"
She lets go of you immediately and looks you over, "Are you hurt?" She grabs your face and turns it, searching for any wounds under your mane.
"Dance told me not to use my wings for a bit," You grab her hoof and pull it off your face to chest level, "Cas, calm down. I just overexerted."
She doesn't say anything for a moment, "Don't do that again."
"I couldn't let that thing stay under the ship, couldn't I?" She doesn't answer, so you go for flattery to calm her down, "You were in it."
That seems to bother her, "Or that."
"What?"
"Put yourself in risk for me."
"I'll try to." You say awkwardly, not knowing how else to answer that. "Uhm, what about that worm? Did it come back?" She shakes her head, "And how's the Dudas?"
"They are in your house now. We didn't know where else to put them." She says weakly. "The big one's been talking with the other one since we brought them here." She pauses. "We took care of your plants."
"That we did, captain my cap'n" Herb flutters off your head to perch on Cas'. "Kept the foals from walking over them."
"Thanks... hey, I'll go see how's Sea and come back in a bit, alright?"
Cas nods, sitting on the grass despiritedly.
It hurts a bit to leave her like that, but you are thankful to have space to think when you walk off.
You hesitate at the now so noticeable difference in heights between your turf and the walkways that surround Sea's shack, but bite down on it and make the jump despite your lack of wings, the weight on your chest slightly lighter when Cas giggles at your scrambling to climb it and not fall onto the sea.
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The lack of wings becomes even more noticeable when you have to climb her shack, using the loose hoofholds and ropes that Sea used to climb it when you tied the sails.
"Nimble as a hammer." She says when you reach the roof besides her.
You hug her as an answer. She doesn't resist the hug, but doesn't give into it either.
"Don't go getting ideas, Far away." She says quietly.
"Are you fine?"
"Been worse." She shrugs. "Nothing broken. Didn't sleep for a day and a half like you."
"Worse than that worm?" Damn it, that sounded better in your head.
"Pirates." She says simply. "Got some burns after setting their ship on fire."
"Really?"
"Who do you think I am?" Is that a joking tone? You aren't quite sure.
"You were cool back there, you know."
"You were screeching like a little lady." Her deadpan turns into a near-smile for a moment, "But you did well enough." She's silent for a moment, "Why are you still hugging me, Far away?"
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>>29958614
You haven't told me to stop so I decided to continue it until you do or I don't want to anymore. You're pretty nice to hug you know.

>>29958614
Because, hugs are nice and comforting? I let go now if you want.

Did I ever tell you how I never thought I'd help fend off against a giant eldritch abomination of the sea's?

Heh, looks like I won't have to practice drowning with my injuries.....r-right? You wouldn't make we practice with my injuries? Of course you wouldn't.

>>29958614
"Sorry, just relieved to see that you're okay. I know you can take care of yourself, but you know me. Plus, hugs feel nice. You don't like receiving hugs?"

She never said we couldn't try something with her. We might as well try and help her be more comfortable and trusting around us.

>>29958614
>"You were screeching like a little lady."
H-hey? I wasn't screaming like a lady. That was just my, my uhm. Battle cry. Yeah.

>>29958614
>That was just my, my uhm. Battle cry. Yeah.
Truly we are the bravest pony of the high seas! Hurrah!

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"Hey, that was my battle cry." You joke lamely, blushing.
"Far away..."
"Right, sorry." You let go of her. "I am just glad you are fine, and you didn't tell me to stop before..."
"Just try not to use your battle shout when you do it." Her deadpan turns into a near-smile for a split second.
"I- I didn't!" You say defensively. "Don't tell me you dislike hugs."
"I don't dislike them." She shrugs, distracted.
You can't help but chuckle, "Sooooo do I get to rest some before practicing my swimming?"
"Oh, that. Thanks for reminding me. Your legs are fine, aren't they?"
There's a moment of silence before you speak slowly, your voice low. "Hey, about before..."
"I though I had been clear enough."
"Yeah, but you know, what if you are, you know..." It takes a moment for you to say the word, "You know, pregnant?"
"I am not." She says plainly. "I am an adult, Far away. I know how to take care of myself."

>>29959103
Oh my god you actually posted those from the cyoa thread. That's kind of neat.

Right. Oh look at the time! I need to uh, check on my water supply and check on the Dudas. Maybe even do some work for the captain. I don't want to get my bandages wet you know?

>>29959103
Sorry about that, I didn't mean to doubt you. Just being conscientious about all this.

As much as I would like to be thrown into the ocean in order to be drown by you, I think it might be best I do some other duties. Rain would be furious at us if I got my bandages wet. She knows what happened by the way obviously. Sorry, but nothing can be done about that now.

>>29959103
Quick! Hobble away before she throws us in the water!

>>29959103
What is she doing here by herself? Meditating?

>>29959103
Whew. Then I guess I was worried for nothing. Now I just have to worry about my financial issues, learning how to swim, learning how to not drown, worrying about possible future encounters with that abomination, figure out how to prevent loss of my home turf, what to do with the Dudas and their lack of belonging and home, being one of the only two Equestrians in this dimension to act as a sort of ambassador, did I mention my garden? More of the damn whales, pirates, dying before I find a way back home.

Was that everything?

Despite all this stress, right now I kind of feel. Good. All things considered. Right now at this very moment. Think that might be an omen. The calming before the storm?

>>29959103
I miss cable TV. I'll especial miss my free health care.

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"Sorry, I just wanted to be sure."
"Eh." Her leg twitches.
You hop back on reflex, barely avoiding the hoof that would've pushed you to the water.
"Heeeeey look at the time." You smile awkwardly, stepping back in case she decides to throw you to the water anyway. "Rain Dance'd be furious if the bandages got wet, you know?"
You fall off the ceiling onto the walkway, try to grab a hold with your forelegs, and land on your hindlegs.
"Nimble as a hammer." Repeats Sea, tired. "You'll swim tomorrow."
"Fine, fine." You massage your hips. "What even are you doing up there?"
"If that thing comes here I want to know it."
"You do that." You head back to Cas.
"What was that?" She asks immediately.
"Nothing," You answer just as quickly, glad that she didn't see the fall. "The Dudas are at my place, right?"
"We left them in a room you didn't seem to be using."
"Huh?" You follow her inside and to the now bathubless bathroom, "Oh."
"Hello!" A familiar female voice says cheerfully.
"Whuh."
"Unfortunely, during our first meeting my personality files were damaged." What looks like the star with its pieces scrambled walks to you, "I am a sufficiently-complex diplomacy-oriented intelligence, beta zero point three bee, tasked with assisting you. I was designed with autonomy in mind, but it would still be advisable that you found someone capable of repairing my systems soon." Her bright tone doesn't change at any moment.
"If I can interrupt..." The large Duda, with it's smaller... sibling? hiding behind its leg offers you a hand. "I am told you drove a beast away from us."
"I'll don't like to think too much about it." You say honestly, shaking his hand.
"Even still, we are indebted. Our... late captain" He hesitates before calling him that. "Tasked you among others with teaching us, yes? We wouldn't wish to be a bother to you."
Paused.

>>29959103
You know Seaweed. Where I come from, there were medicines, potions, surgeries that could give you eye sight. And books for the blind. It was made in a language called braille.

>>29959714
Oh. I'm late.

>>29959724
Queued.

>>29959712
Right uh equestrian machine friend. Dudas. I'm pretty sure I didn't get your names. In that case ill start first. I'm, i'm Lettuce Leaf.

>>29959712
Huh. That's neat. It could make a quasi-pony form.

So if the star is unable to repair itself overtime, we HAVE to find someone capable of fixing it?
Fuck fuxkity fucking fuck. Who out here in the boonies could fix the star? The Did was? Hmmm...maybe.

>>29959712
Are we supposed to teach them everything we know or something specific? Or maybe impart friendship lessons?

>>29959712
It's fine. I'm not sure what I actually can teach you, but I don't mind.

So should we take the device to a magically gifted unicorn or maybe a pony that is interested in technology? Maybe find both so they can work together?

>>29961254
OH GEE. WHO KNOWS. WE SHOULD GO ASK THE TECHNO UNICORN THAT'S CONVENIENTLY RIGHY THERE. Or ask the Dudas seeing as they're made of machines. Gotta know how to fix yourself, am i right?

>>29961254
Should we? Hmmm. That depends on a few things.
A magically gifted unicorn does not guarantee they are knowledgeable in arcanotechnology.
A pony who is interested with technology might want the device for their own gain, but that sounds far fetched. It's the worst case scenario.

>>29959712
Ask the star how much of it's systems it was able to repair on its own and if there's anything else it could repair without the aid of a mechanic.

If your smaller friend remembered the, brief, conversation we had with the captain, then had he by chance told you what he wanted?
He said, 'to teach them to be better,' and 'yo keep them from grief' whatever those two may mean. The I have some idea for the latter, but the former I'm not so sure of. Maybe....do Dudas follow some code or life style?

Wait too many questions. Oh don't worry about it. You two aren't a bother at all. Say. How are you two feeling? How're you doing?

>>29959712
I'd ask if we should go back to retrieve any of your possessions, but I do not know if we're on our way back to our destination or if your ship is gone. Sorry.

Fuck the giant monster. Thinking it's hot shit, trying to take a gift that was ment for us like some giant STD infested blue waffle faced shit head. That's why it only has one eye left. Punk ass bitch. Better be bleeding to death at the bottom of the ocean.

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I wonder who's in charge of parties around here.

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>>29959712
So what do you two want to do?

Man we really gotta hug seaweed more often. Not too often though. Just once a day. At least.

>>29965415
We really need to. She'll start enjoying them in no time. It's also cute how she's hiding her smiles while around us now. We really need to learn more about her, if she's willing to trust us with her past.

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>>29965465
I don't think hugs are necessary. I think she would appreciate a more independent Leaf instead.

>>29966124
That doesn't mean we can't become more independent and give hugs to her if the moment is right. Seaweed seems to close herself off to anyone who approaches her. The fact that she is starting to slightly to express and joke around with us is a good sign to fixing this issue.

>>29965415
But that would make it a chore. Just dole out hugs when socially and situationally appropriate and necessary.

>>29965465
Hide? Her smile? She's blind. She doesn't need to hide anything, and she's only smiled when poking fun at Leaf.
Give it sometime. We'll learn more about her then.

>>29966182
Again. Only when it's appropriate.
>Seaweed seems to close herself off to anyone who approaches her.
I don't see it. Could you give an example, or go into a bit more detail?

>>29966232
We found her living by herself when we came to this world, and she has shown issues with owing debts to anyone and being used by others. This is all just speculation though. Like you said, we need to learn more about her.

>>29966297
I hope none of the CQ fags aren't here to ruin this. Those guys are impatient and don't understand the meaning of privacy.

>>29966371
Hopefully invasion of privacy never happens. Unlike CQ, being caught is not gonna be taken lightly. It's up to Seaweed to open up to us at her own pace if she feels comfortable with it.

>>29959712
Lettuce Leaf's List:
-Get money
-find way back home
-princess twilight robot
-friends
-improve garden
-convert floating home turf into a restaurant
-secure turf from falling apart and build a hull
-impregnate more mares
-profit

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>>29959712
How big is Leaf's wingwong?

We must remember our duty of teaching the magic of friendship to EVERYONE here.

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Boop

beb

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"It's no problem." You say abashedly, "Er, I am Lettuce Leaf."
The Duda shares a look with the smaller one, "That's not a pegasus name we've heard."
"I am not from around here... your names?" You ask, noticing a trend of people never giving them.
"Ah, sorry. This is Nitzan," The Duda moves their leg slightly to uncover the smaller one hiding behind it for a moment, "Ponies usually call me Natan. Where are you from exactly?"
"You've never heard of Equestria or land, haven't you?"
"I've visited Landly briefly." They say after a moment. "But ponies there are not very welcoming."
"Alright," You note it down mentally, remembering Cas mentioned it too. "About your ship..."
"One of the crew recovered some tools I asked them for." They says detachedly, touching the edges of the cracks in their lens, which seem to somehow be smaller and rounder than before. "Our captain ensured we didn't lose much. They gave me... pieces, information passed from captain to captain, when he repaired me."
"And did he give you anything else? Like what I am supposed to teach you?"
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"A captain is supposed to learn many lessons from life. We are to be the caretakers, leaders, and servants of our crews." They pause for a moment, looking down at their smaller sibling. "The first thing I learned is that not even the best navigator, or trader, or smuggler, is successful without wisdom."
"So friendship lessons?" You try to joke, only to realize the joke's falling flat on everyone else.
"You could call them that." Concedes Natan.
"Is there any kind of... book you follow? So I can get a better idea of what to do?"
"A book?" The Duda seems confused by the question for a moment. "We aren't particularly religious."
"You aren't?" You regret the words immediately, and between that and Cas' nasty look you can't help blushing some.
"Lettuce leaf is very stressed," Pips in the star immediately, "Please forgive any mistake he might make."
"Sorry." You rush to say. "Er, How are you feeling right now? About your captain?"
There's several clicks from the inside of the Duda before they answer, clearly not sure of their words, "I will admit... I've been too concerned with my younger sibling to think about that."

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Queued the questions to the star.

>>29970856
So just wait for your next post if I have nothing else to offer?

>>29970856
We wouldn't mind listening to your thoughts on the subject sometime if you would like to talk about it.

>>29970856
Alright, I'll try my best to care for you both. Do you both need anything right now?

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"If you want to talk with me about it..." You say carefully, "I am all ears, y'know?"
"I'll keep it in mind... The Forget Me Not--"
"Herb." You correct the Duda.
"Herb has called you the captain, is that an actual position?"
You think about the answer for a moment, "Nnnot really? We are trying to get to Equestria."
Hah, if Seaweed ever heard you call yourself her captain...
The small Duda, Nitzan pokes the leg of the larger one.
"What'd you need?" You try to approach your face, but they cover further behind the leg, "Is it anything I can help you with?" You ask Natan.
They move the leg Nitzan is covering behind to help them climb, and speak quickly in the quiet language of theirs, "Nitz wants me to check something, if you would..." They walk off the bathroom, Nitz atop Natan's head.
"So..." Cas walks to the star and lowers her head to... her? The voice sounds female, "Since when do you look like this?"
"I was able to access my full program only a few hours ago, miss." The star smiles widely, offers a hoof, and shakes Cas' enthusiastically. "You are a native, right? It's an honor to meet you."
"Er, yes." Cas smiles, thrown off balance by the vehement shakes, "Same to you. What's that about being broken, anyway?"
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"Many of my systems were heavily damaged during my arrival, including most batteries. Redundant mechanisms allow me to function, but only barely." She still sounds as cheerful when she says it,
"Aren't you experimental? What if someone took..." You stop yourself from saying 'Science' "Parts from you?"
"That's a risk, yes, but my top priority is to reach peak capabilities." Her bright tone changes to a jokingly conspiratory one for a moment, "You are so stressed, after all, and I should assist you with that."
"So I've got to find a unicorn who can fix you?"
"According to cursory questioning made by my... less charismatic self, dragon technicians might be the best choice here. Oh!" She makes a small jump when she says that, "And while going through my logs, I found that it misspoke about some topics. For one, if we were close to Equestria somehow I would detect it's atmosphere and alert you of it, and there were several units thrown for redundancy's sake. None of them has responded my pings, however."
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>>29971656
Oh, so we might be able to take pieces from those and give them to you. Guess we gotta look for them. Not sure if the dragons here are technicians though.

>>29971656
I don't suppose any of you know any nearby dragon technicians around here, huh?

>>29971656
Ffffffffffff-
Dammit. We should probably look for those. Oi hate that worm something fierce and rather it not get it's slowly tentacles on one of those.

Next time we see it I'll shoot it's last eye out.

>>29971656
There was that one dragon we meet, but I don't know if he was a technician or not.
Can the star speak dragon?

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"Dragon technicians?" You make a face. "They are technicians here?"
"I think she means tinkerers?" Cas asks her.
"They were also called tinkerers, yes." She sits down with a wide smile, "I was told they are well known for their skills with magic artifacts."
"I did meet a dragon. He was, uhm, pretty big." You say, "I don't have to go back do I."
"Apparently you can find young ones in cities." Says the star.
"Yeah, there's bound to be a few in Arabesco so close to their festival." Cas thinks for a moment, working her jaw, "You might find one who'll do it cheaper if they have enough interest in the..." She gives a vague look to the star, "What were you again?"
"A complex-enough intelligence simulation." She says gladly.
"Simulation?" Cas cringes at the word, "If they find the star interesting enough."

Quick update, will address the rest of the posts tomorrow

>>29972237
So Cas. There a chance you know any dragons in Arabesco?

>>29972237
I can't help but feel nervous. What if I can't find work? What if I can't get the pearls or whatever currency to repair the AI?

>>29971738
Damn, now I'm afraid some unknown abomination might have already gotten some pieces of them already and we're gonna need to hunt them down.

>>29972237
Ask the robot star if it can purify water.

>>29972237
>and there were several units thrown for redundancy's sake. None of them has responded my pings, however.
So they are not necessarily needed, but are they still useful? Do you have any suggestion on how we can find these other units?

>>29972573
Don't worry about it. I bet that giant worm was going to do something stupid like try to bring one of the units deep into the dark abyss. Fucking idiot doesn't know it won't function without juice or sunlight.

Maybe if we just tell the dragon what some of it's capabilities are when it's fully functioning will impress it enough.

We must become the pirate king!

>>29976101
And use the power of friendship to become friends with him! We still need to ask who runs the sea around here though.

>>29976214
The Farmer King! We will own the largest farm in this ocean!

I bet we have the most comfty bed.

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We might be able to sell it at a good price now that I think about it. I doubt mattresses are made around here.

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"So we'd have to interest them?" You give a closer look to the star, who helps you be levitating with a smile. "What can you do, anyway?"
"My technical capabilities are most certainly enough to impress anyone who can understand them." Is that pride in her voice? "I am equipped with sixth-generation levitation systems, steam-based electric generators, sunlight-based magic generators, stasis-field force appliers which provide a highly adaptable physical configuration, and the most advanced sensor systems Equestrian science could fit in such a small package."
You and Cas only blink at her.
"Of course, I have the technical specs required for the repairs, but I'd still need someone who knew what they are doing, had the tools for the task, and could make several pieces from scratch." She continues after a moment.
"And could you talk with them?"
"Excuse me?" The star's smile losses some of its shine.
"The dragon I met talked another tongue--"
"Adult dragons talk a speech of their own which is extremely complex and beyond current machine translation." She interrupts you. "Young dragons in pony cities surely can talk pony languages, however."
"You don't know any over there, right?" You ask Cas.
"My son might." She says after a moment.
"Right. So I have to get the money for it first. And see what I do with these redundant units."
"The other five were either destroyed during the teleportation or are too far to receive my signals. If they are operating to any capacity they will seek you and each other, though."
"Money?" Asks Cas, "Arabesco's preparing for their sunset celebration, you are bound to find jobs."

>>29977872
>"Young dragons in pony cities surely can talk pony languages, however."
However, and I am capable of communicating in a wide array of languages*
Oh, and it's not that I am avoiding the question about the biggest guy in the sea, is that I never seem to find a moment ot ask it without disrupting the flow of the conversation.

>>29977872
We also might be able to find some things to sell around our home. Survival is more important then luxury if we want to adjust here.

>>29977872
I guess we just gotta find ourselves another job. Which would you suggest Cas?

>>29978099
Well we already spoke about finding work in cooking or farming. We could find something along those lines.

>>29977872
Guess we should relax? Tend to our garden, check on the water filter, maybe some fishing, make some bone meal with a mortar and pestle?

>>29978477
Might as well. We gotta pass the time by helping around if we can.

Also interesting to note that this world also has a sunset celebration despite not having someone similar to Celestia that controls the sun in their tales.

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"What kind of jobs?" You ask carefully, wary of what they might involve here.
"Building stalls and making food the the festival..." She cringes, "Far-- Leaf, you'll rest, right?"
"But I've got to work here and learn--"
"Leaf, please," She puts a hoof on your chest, "I've never seen you anything but exhausted, can't you relax some after that thing?"
"I... guess I could water my plants." You concede.
"And I could help you with that?" She adds.
"And check the water filter..." You add distractedly, thinking, "And put the fences, and make bonemeal."
"And you make that with...?"
"Uh, you get dry bones and use a mortar and pestle."
"I'll go find some bones, you water your plants." She says jokingly, heading off the room. "Try not to die."
You try to smile, realize that the joke didn't amuse you, and head out with a sigh. Water the plants...
...find a way to get money fast, build a helm for your turf, think of how will you make this into a restaurant, find out what's that made Sea live alone...
"You are wasting sweetwater." Says the star, startling you.
"Don't do that." You give the star a look, choosing to ignore that you were overwatering the plants.
"Do what?" Asks the star obliviously.
"How fine should I grind it?" Asks Cas, landing near you with a metallic pestle on her hooves.
"If you want to relax, tea would probably be a good idea." Adds the star almost immediately.

>>29979565
That would also be a waste of sweet water. I don't even think we have what's needed to make tea do we? We also can't heat the water. Just some what fine.

>>29979565
Focus on tending our garden for now. Afterwards, we should definitely relax by doing some fishing next to Sea to calm our thoughts down. Best not to push ourselves today.

>>29979565
O-ok. I have some tea I can boil. Cas mind if i use your stove again? And would like some tea too? And as fine as you can grind them.
Maybe the star can water the plants then?

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I'd rather not distract her from watching the sea for the monster. Just fish anywhere else.

And thank Cas for the help.

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You're forgetting a few things. Our water tank is still dull, and Cas has her dragon stove.

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*still full

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"Grind it as much as you can." You say distractedly, tea? Just how valuable could your tea be here? Would just drinking it be a waste, and to how much of your food would this apply?
And all the wood furniture... Maybe you could sell something. So long as it's not the bed. You aren't parting from your bed.
"Lettuce Leaf?" The star jerks you off your reverie again.
"Stop doing that!" You snap.
"Would you like me to make tea?" Asks the star, her face having nothing but pure innocence. She herself said to be capable of diplomacy, does that include deception and creative misunderstandings?
Wait, are you seriously wondering this?
"Cas, can we use your stove again?" You ask her.
She leaves the pestle in the mortar and cleans the taste of it off her tongue, "Be my guest. Can you reach it?" She asks the star.
"I can fly." The star's answer somehow doesn't have any snark to it, only her saccharine matter-of-factness.
"Alright then. My house's over there." She points at it.
"And tea's on the left cupboard." You say distractedly, then add just in case, "Make some for her too."
"I'll be back in a jiffy." The star prances away happily.
There's a moment of silence before Cas offers you the mortar, "I don't think I'll get used to that thing anytime soon."
"And there's another five." You joke half heartedly. "Can you imagine all of them together?"
Cas only makes a face, offering you the mortar again, "What's this for anyway?"
"Fertilizer." You throw some on the humid dirt, "I should've mixed it with the soil, but..." You shrug, "You didn't know about bonemeal?"
"I've only seen clay terraces." She says simply. "Nothing like this."

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>>29981012
This soil isn't from around here. In fact, It was actually brought with me when I came to this land. Hopefully the soil remains healthy for a good long while.

You will see a lot of things around us for awhile cas.

>>29981012
Spill spaghetti

>>29981012
You haven't? It's just dirt.
Oh right. No one's seen dirt before.
I think I should think of a way to thank those Moonlets for getting back bits of my home. What do you think I should get them?c

>>29983428
Why would you want to spill good spaghetti?

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>>29984339
"It's only..." You are quiet for a second, "You haven't seen dirt before, haven't you?"
"The texture's odd." She moves the grass with her hoof.
"Well, I am odd here, and the odd seems to follow me too." You try to smile, not looking at her.
"I don't mind odd." She says, a smile brighter than your own in her voice. "Is dirt normal where you come from? 'Questria?"
"All of land is made of dirt." You say simply, then add. "And rocks, and sand. There's some clay too."
"Then you aren't that far from it, aren't you? You brought more of your home than the building with you."
"I guess." This time you manage a weak smile. "I guess I should thank the moonlets for bringing it back, shouldn't I?"
"Moonlets are sweethearts like that," She says fondly, "They'll probably appreciate it if you cooked them something, I know I would."
"Here is your tea, Leaf." The star levitates to you, again as a star, holding a cup on each of its two large rays.
"Hm?" Cas takes her cup and smells it before taking a sip, "It's... odd."
"It was made with sweetwater." Says the star. "Incoming."
You perk up immediately, nearly spilling the tea you just grabbed, and search for whatever is that's incoming.
"It's only tritons." Cas gestures at several people swimming towards the ship, not looking particularly pleased.

>>29985167
Ask if you should be worried about them. Are they friendly or unfriendly? Then greet them.

>>29985167
Tritons? Oh right the captain said something about them being annoying. They're sea ponies or something?
nb4 Leaf gets his dick in some hot sea ponies. Your just giving us more waifu's Cammy.

>>29985167
Waifus incoming port of the ship

>>29985167
Guess we should greet our new guests as friendly as possible.
Seawweed is the only waifu Leaf needs.

>>29985353
Why stop with one? Gotta fuck am all.

On the chance you dingsongs, want Leaf to have multiple relationships, I suggest you to plan it out and choose carefully. So either get serious or your don't get more then two wiafus, at a time. Go big or go home.

Just sayin.

>>29985460
Didn't Cammy say that's impossible? That will only lead to trouble.

>>29985469
>>29985460
Harems are a no-no, yes.

>>29985469
Yes and no. At first it was no, then he said sure if Leaf gets to watch as Sea and Cas scissor passionately while laughing at him.
And sir. I take my shipping very seriously. I put time and effort when it comes to shipping characters.

>>29985503
O-oh. O-ok then.

>>29985167
Oh shit fish people! Go get the camera so we can get their pictures!

>>29985506
Sorry, you heard him. If we had to pick anyone for Leaf, then it have to pick Seawwed. It seems like a natural relationship that will develop overtime as they through more obstacles together in this adventure. Plus, they're cute together.

>>29985600
Nah. Cas seems like the better choice. She's the most likely to not lead Leaf into possible impending doom, and the least to give him a stroke.

>>29985600
Didn't Seaweed say she was not interested in a relationship?

>>29985645
And also hasn't told him directly that she's not interested twice.

>>29985600
Indeed. Taking Cas would only mean separating her from her family most likely permanently, and we'll almost certainly be heading right into danger to get home. Plus, Sea already agreed to come with us.

>>29985667
>>29985670
Yeah, Seaweed said that to us, but she didn't deny us attempting to pursue a relationship with her. Remember the "Do try to..." line. She might come around to it eventually as she opens up.

As >>29985678 already stated, Cas has a life here, and we're not planning on staying around.

>>29985714
>"Far away, I don't love you or think I could." She says plainly. "Is that clear enough?"
>"Does what you said still apply? 'Bit do try to'?"
>She doesn't answer. There's a moment of silence before you talk again.

>>29985714
I thought she was refering to her falling off the cloud.

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>>29985574
"Tritons? Fish ponies?" You wonder if you should go see if the camera's still working. "The captain said they are..."
"I am sure they aren't bad if you get to know them." Cas tries to keep her smile in place.
"I'll make it easier for the lady, cap," Calls out Herb from the rooftop, "They are a bunch of dicks."
"I advise against using such language on their faces." The star returns to her pony-like form, "It would upset Princess Twilight greatly."
"I'll try to." You leave your tea on the ground, watching the tritons swim close barely under the surface and one of them hop onto your turf like a dolphin.
"Hey, you are new." He says as several skin growths wrap tightly around his legs, "Did you help that chick with the beast?"
"I... am?" You say, unsure of whatcould he want.
"Huh, you aren't all that jacked up. " He gives you a cursory look. "The old stallion paid us to keep an eye on you bunch if the thing appears again," He frowns, "Can't be so dangerous if floating bodies took care of it."

>>29986222
I wouldn't underestimate it. We hurt it pretty bad, but that thing was completely mad. Hard to predict the crazy.

>>29986222
Wow, that's great, we feel safer already. We have to remember to thank the captain.

>>29986222
Floating bodies is what we're called by them, huh? We got lucky with that monster. A bunch of us took a beating just to scare it off.

>>29986222
Nice earrings?

>>29986222
How do you stay underwater for so long?

So you're here to protect us if it comes back? Like you'll engage it in a melee?

>"Huh, you aren't all that jacked up."
H-hey! I was planning on working out. Eventually.

And the thing was huge. As big, if not bigger then a dragon.

making it a guy and bald wont stop me from waifuing him cammy.

>>29987162
>How do you stay underwater for so long?
You're kidding right?

>>29986222
I see everyone here has a serious case of vitamin C deficiency if the pink eye or blood shot eyes were any indication. No wait I'm thinking of yellowing of the eyes, not pink eyes. Must be all the salt water.

Say do you guys have any soil or something on the sea floor or near that I could use for my plants?

>>29987180
Kind of? If he has gills shouldn't he be suffocating on land?
Oops. That's fish. Mammals like whales, dolphins, and I think some seals can last quite a long time. How forgetful of me.

>>29986222
Names Leaf. What's your name?

>>29986222
Damn cammy. I'd stick my dick in that. Slimey all over his body means instant lubrication.

Enjoy you bump

>>29986222
You wouldn't believe the fight it put up. How many of those things are out there?

I have something important to ask of you. Do you see this construct? It's important that I find the other five of them, or the ones are still functional. If you find them in pieces it would be great if you could reassemble, or give them to someone to fix it. Or give them to me?

I don't have anything I think you'd want for compensation, but I'm planning on opening a restaurant soon. Hopefully in less than a month or two. At least sith in the year.

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>>29990073
Not all that jacked up to be? You have to bite your tongue, "It's larger than a dragon."
"We can take care of anything you bodies can." He shrugs.
"So you'll fight with it?" It took all of us shooting to scare it off." You show him your bandaged wings, "And I nearly tore a muscle. You can't fly, can't you?" You can't help but snap.
"Flighty schmancy, we don't need to." He gives a look to your small chunk of cultivated soil. "What's it for?"
"Name's Fa-- Lettuce Leaf." You give him the most plastic smile you can manage, too tired for patience.
"What's it for?" He insists.
"Yours?" You insist back. Cas' gaze jumps from one to the other, and she gives the star a healthy knock on the head the instant she opens her flat image of a mouth.
"Fiver." He rolls his eyes, "What's it for?"
"Don't you got farms underwater?"
"Krill doesn't need this. And that?" He points at the star,
"I am a diplomatic--"
You interrupt the star before she starts monologuing again, "It's, uh, a friend."
"Not like anything I've seen." He gives the star a closer look, "You aren't, right?"
"I was in my most efficient configuration during your group's first arrival." She floats higher and arranges her pieces to her starlike shape, the face on her central circle replaced by a single large eye.
"Hey, I heard there's others like it," You talk again, "If you saw one could you send it my way? To Arabesco?" Hopefully it'll be able to make its way from there.
"If one of us is fragmented, a beacon light blinks faster the closer our pieces are." Adds the star. "You just need to get them close enough"
"What's in it for me?"
"IIII'll open a restaurant this year? Hopefully in a few months? I'll have more money then."
Fives thinks about it for a moment and shrugs, "I guess, if it's not much work."

Sorry for the delay, fell asleep on the chair.

>>29990367
Whatever dude. If you think you can take a sea monster then alright. Just don't pussy out when you see it ok?

>>29990367
Thank them and wish them luck in their guard duty. We're gonna need to relax with our after that stressful encounter. Are Triton and Pony relations bad around here or something?

>>29990367
Alright great, thanks.

>>29990367
What a dick

>>29990367
It's going to be very difficult to introduce friendship to this world indeed.

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>>29990546
"Thanks for that." You say as honestly as you can. "Good luck at guard duty."
"Eh." He shrugs, "If I needed it I shouldn't be working at this."
He trots to the water, picking up speed, and jumps into it barely making a splash.
"He..."
"Is a dick." Herb finishes it for you.
"What's up with him?" You ask.
"Something up his ass, methinks." Herb walks to the edge of the roof and perches there. "Same as all the others."
"I am sure Limaos'd be nicer if people was just a bit more patient with them." Cas Pips in uncomfortably, "But they, uhm, don't like ponies much and asking them why is a can of worms." She sips some of her tea, probably to stop talking.
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B

>>29990811
I guess we're not fighting with them at least.

>>29990811
As long as they're not all out hostile they're bearable.

>>29990811
Sure. I guess we can give them the benefit of the doubt.

>>29990811
>>29991455
>>29991575
Hostile, no. Dickish, yes. He just 'seems' overconfident in his abilities.

Time for a 10 bump.

>>29992824
9 bump.

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>>29990811
So back to the tea. What kind of tea did the star pick? Chamomile? Mint? Jasmine? Chrysanthemum? Black? Citrus?

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>>29994958
"At least they aren't hostile." You finish watering your plants and just stare at them, wondering if you'll still be here by the time they grow.
Those'd be some depressing cherries.
"Not here, at least." Says Cas quietly, "Er, what's the tea?"
"Citrus. It's made of a small tree..." You pause, "A plant about as high as a pony..." You pause again, "It's made of wood and uhm, has light green leaves?."
"Wood growing from plants?" She sounds skeptical.
"Hey, this is odd for me too."
"And you make tea with the plant?"
"Not the wood, the leaves." She seems to relax some at that, "What's your tea like, anyway?"
"Well..." She sips some of hers, "I like spicy teas. Sweetwater ones aren't that popular."

>>29995286
Ask Cas if she has any of the spicy tea she likes so we can try a sip of it. Also it sounds like there's more sweet water for us to enjoy if it's not that popular. I thought it would be the opposite.

>>29995286
This kind of sucks. We'll have to wait weeks or so before we see some significant improvement.

If Leaf's ever going to run a successful business in these parts, he should really get over his squeamishness over meat and butchering meat himself. But not right now. Lets enjoy the tea, maybe even read a book with Cas if she's interested.

>>29995286
What kind of spicy teas do you like? What are your favorite blends?

>>29995286
>"I like spicy teas. Sweetwater ones aren't that popular."
Is it because it's more expensive then saltwater?

>>29995374
In all due time. Leaf will get over meat as we work in eating and cooking overtime, and Sea is going to teach us how to hunt/fight those monsters and pirates out there. We just need to be patient about him becoming brave.

>>29995624
Maybe. We got the fertilizer down which is great for crop growth. Think we'll get lucky and find some drift fruits and seeds? Coconuts, box fruits, sea bean, sea heart.

>>29995679
There might be a chance we can find some. If not, we may have to purchase some by selling our wooden furniture.

>>29995693
I'd rather hope it won't come to that. Thankfully we will be able to find work thanks to the Son holiday thing and some other work by that gryphon dude in a few days.

>Leaf fucking Herb in the cloaca

>>29995286
Nothing much to do but relax with some tea with Cas. Does she have any questions regarding where we come from? I hope she doesn't decide to come with us with her family. Too dangerous to bring any kids along in a most likely dangerous trip.

>>29995870
I think at least some of them are adults. But yeah, it's not going to be a picnic and I'd rather not end up having to babysit someone in a fight even if I do like them.

>>29995374
We can tell Cas about the story of the two sisters like we did Sea.

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>>29995950
"They aren't?"
"You got to clean the water, and most things taste better with salt water... It's just a lot more effort." You leaves her cup on the ground.
"Mind to share some?" You give a look to the tea and, after thinking it, spill near the plants, the edge of the cup at grass level to not ruin the soil. "Not really in the mood for sweet drinks."
"Did you leave any hot water?" Cas asks the star.
"I made exactly enough for two cups." The star smiles back innocently.
"Of course." She stands, shaking her head.
"Hey, want to read a book?" You offer, following her. "Sea said they are rare here?"
"I'd be glad to, see you at my place?" She smiles jokingly.
"I'll bring roses." You smile back, then add. "Er, romantic stuff."
"You do that." She hits your flanks with her tail, and each of you goes in separate ways.
Books, books... you shuffle through your bookcase and, after a moment, decide on the same you read Sea-- the story of the two sisters, its latest edition with the epilogue about Princess' Twilight's ascension.
Cas' door is open just a smidgen, so you invite yourself in and head for the kitchen.
"Cas?" You ask her the moment you see her, "Can I ask you about your family?"
"Hm? What about them?" She asks, searching in her cupboards.
You take an appreciative look at her flanks, "Is any of the kids around here yours?"
She chuckles, "I love my sons, but I am thankful that they aren't kids anymore."
"You don't like them?"

1/2

"I don't hate kids." She takes her head off the cupboard with a few flasks on her arms, "It's just that these days I like them to stay at a distance. I got ginseng, trebleleaf, and barnacle poison." She says jokingly.
"Is it really?" You can't help asking. "I'll have what you have."
"You'd need a lot to get poisoned, and it helps you build a resistance." She adds, grabbing two of the flasks to put them back on their shelves, "Gingseng's pretty strong, you sure?"
"I can take spicy. Did you want to read, or...?"
"Go ahead." She offers you a cup.
The tea is bitter and spicy enough as to be almost undrinkable, but you make an effort to swallow it in small sips-- your belly on fire, and a feeling of almost overbearing, yet strangely comfortable warmth coming from it and cocooning your whole body.
Cas seems to thrive in the feeling, slowly but surely snuggling against your side.
"Hm?" She says softly after a few minutes. "Luna was depressed and Celestia just didn't notice?"

2/2
I couldn't help but giggle at the idea of Cas taking childs anywhere by her own volition.

>>29996727
It would seem that is the case. I assume they only interacted briefly at the end and beginning of their shifts when they had to raise the sun and moon.

>>29996727
Who can understand the in machinations ofthe mind of an immortal...
>"Luna was depressed and Celestia just didn't notice?"
Yeah. That's how the story goes. It's a really old one though so it's probably been through dozens or edits.

>>29996727
When one feels one isolated, their thoughts drift into thinking no one will understand them. It isn't unlikely that she hid all this from her sister.

Also, careful there Leaf. No matter how nice of a mare she is, it just can't happen no matter what, and it will only cause unnecessary pain in the end.

>>29996727
Perhaps Cas is once again misunderstanding what we're doing here reading with her. We just wanted to relax from our stressful thoughts and nothing more.

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>>29997398
"Immortals are weird." It's all you can say, "I've heard Luna was hiding it, and that Celestia was very distant from everyone at the time."
"Have you met any of them?"
"Everyone's met Discord, but he's hard to figure out. Don't you have immortals?"
"There's some dragons, and sirens have their princesses..." She leans more on you. "But no, we don't have that many."
"Cas?" You ask carefully, "Are you sure about this?"
"Nothing wrong with being cozy, is there?"
"Cas, please."
Her tone is slightly more serious than before, but she still sounds glad in spite of what she's saying. "Leaf, there's many things one can regret. Wondering what would've happened if you had done something is the worst of all." She shuffles her wings slightly, "I thought you wanted to see what happened before."

>>29997558
This is never going to work. Leaf has family he has to back to, and they're probably worried sick for him. Cas herself has family herself that she can't just leave behind either. Add this in with confused thoughts regarding Sea, and this isn't a decision that Leaf would take.

>>29997558
Best to apologize to her for accidentally leading her on again. Gently turn her down. We just wanted to relax with so much going on our mind right now. We both know that we'll regret doing anything, because this will only end in us separating in the future.

>>29997558
>>29997629
>>29997935
Are you Anons kidding me? You gays are going to do this again?

2 AM sneaked on me again, paused.

>>29997629
>>29997935
This never stopped you guys from fucking Sea.

>>29998048
>>29998057
I joined late and never got to vote over Sea, but I would of said no at the time. I rather not start a relationship doomed to fail in the end with Cas. Cas is lonely and wants someone with her. That someone isn't us.

>>29997629
There is the chance that Leaf will never return to see his family (there was mentioning of a mother, but I don't recall if there was anyone else).

I've been thinking ever since we found the Star. You guys know how we're in another dimension or universe? What if time of the dimension Leaf is in passes by slower, or Equestria time passes by faster? Like in the movie Interstellar where ever second spent on that one planet is the equivalent of one hour real time?

Sorry for that mess of words. What I'm trying to get at is, how long did it take for Twilight to make these stars? Hmmm.

>>29997629
>>29997935
Please don't mention Sea to her.
>and this isn't a decision that Leaf would take
That's where you're wrong.

>>29998177
That's a very scary thought. Definitely need to ask to ask Star about all this soon if he has any information regarding his creation.

http://www.strawpoll.me/12877514

>>29998227
Not only is it a scary though, but it makes me want to watch the movie for a second time.

>>29998372
*thought.
Bitch I need my coffee.

>>29998263
A straw poll? Boooo.

I'm not voting for either because the Dudas Are the true waifus.

>>29998210
I don't think we should mention Sea either. Though, I am curious, why should we sleep with Cas? We know we can't be with her so why are we trying to?

>>29998650
Remind me why we can't be with her?

>>29998756
She's planning on settling at the destination of this caravan. After we make enough money, and repair Star, we are planning to leave and go to whoever is in charge of sea and possibly find a way home.

The adventure is going to be dangerous, and we aren't planning on going back. Cas is never going to leave everyone she knows behind to come with us.

Little Duda is best waifu.

>>29998812
>whoever is in charge of sea
There was no indication of anyone person being in charge of the Sea. If there was someone like that then we wouldn't have to worry about about the pirates.

>The adventure is going to be dangerous, and we aren't planning on going back
So far we have no clue where to go. We have no clue, no instructions or idea. We'd be wandering aimlessly searching for those stars banking on the chance of finding them in this vast ocean. We were lucky to find the one star in the Duda. Exceedingly lucky, for were it to hit the ocean then would probably be lost to the sea. Or until someone or thing found it. Arabesco's is a kind of a hub of civilization, so there might be some benefits to staying.

>>30000473
Good points. I wonder if there is someone out there who at least has some power to influence the Sea as Cammy indicated. I just assumed that we will be pointed a general direction to find him after our business was done in Arabesco. We're pretty much winging everything so far with all these plans, aren't we?

>>30000515
>I just assumed
And that's where the problem lies.

>to find him
Assuming again.

>as Cammy indicated
Wat. I don't remember this. I must had overlooked something. Could you show me what Cammy indicated?

>>30000546
>Oh, and it's not that I am avoiding the question about the biggest guy in the sea, is that I never seem to find a moment ot ask it without disrupting the flow of the conversation.

My mistake again. It was revolved around asking the question and nothing more. I apologize for that.

Even with all this in mind, I don't think we can just sleep with Cas when we don't even know what we're gonna do. In the end, our goal is still ultimately to leave this world.

>>30000568
But how we go about it is a whole entire different question.

>>29997558
Dip yo dick in that sweet ass milf's honeypot my nigga.

>>29997558
Yeah that's understandable.

What's the argument to sleep with Cas anyway? She isn't high like Sea was, and she's looking to settle down at Arabesco. Are we planning to just have a one night stand?

>>29997558
I wanted you to know what this could be, and what it couldn't.

>>29997558
Don't make a move on Cas because Seaweed is the superior waifu.

Woops. How foolish of me.

>>30004539
Nigga please.

>>30004573
I know. The spelling errors were killing me. And I even somehow managed to forget to remove my trips. Well now you know.

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"I don't think... Cas, I don't think this'll work." She grows slightly more rigid. "I won't stay in Arabesco for long,"
She stands upright, no longer leaning on you, "You are going back home."
"And I don't want to pull you from yours either." You add. "It's not you."
"I get it." She sighs, her ears low. "Bad moment and place."
"If I wasn't moving..."
"It's fine." She still doesn't meet your gaze.
"Do you want me to go?" You stand a little, but she answers quickly.
"No, I was just being an old fart." She shakes her head, eyes closed, "You can keep reading. If you want to." She rushes to add.
Dubiously, you grab the book and keep reading it. She's quiet for a long while, but seems to perk up when you mention Twilight for the first time.
"She was a bookworm?" She asks.
"Princess Twilight is a lot of things," You can't help but smile. "Including that. She actually sends everyone books."
"They really must be cheap back there."
"Yeah... We get one on the mail on our tenth birthday." You lift the book a bit. "This was mine."
"No wonder you want back. What did she do then?"
"Oh, Discord had touched all her friends, but Spike -the dragon- and Princess Celestia helped her..." Several minutes pass as you read the rest of her adventures, up to the point where she turns into an alicorn.
"Another alicorn? How many have you got?"

1/2

"Equestrians? Three, and there's two more in the crystal kingdom."
"And Princess Celestia and Luna raise the moon and sun." She seems to be deep in thought.
"I've seen them do it." You say before she makes the same questions Sea did.
"And the ones from the kingdom?"
"Princess Cadance protects the crystal heart, and Flurry Heart..." You think about it for a moment, thinking about how to describe it. "Uh, Flurry fights with anything that attacks the kingdom."
"So what does Twilight do?"
"Uhm, Twilight does lots of stuff. It's hard to pin it down."
She nods, unsatisfied, "And the book also said... 'earth' ponies make plants grow and pegasi make weather."
"Uh, yeah?"
"And who runs the water?" She asks jokingly, even if her head is still low.
"Actually, I've heard there's--" The answer seems to surprise her, enough that you stop talking for a moment. "Anything wrong?"
"Leaf, does anything on your home work at all without people making it work?" She asks, worried.
"What's wrong with that?" You answer immediately, before even processing the question.
"Nothing, just..." She shuffles, uncomfortable, "Just that it sounds like everything in your 'Questria is broken."

2/2
>>30004539
Hsssssss

>>30004642
It's not "broken" we're just making it better. If everything was naturally occurring some ponies days wouldn't be bright and sunny or some things would get too much water or too little water. Controlling everything just optimizes daily life. We only control our kingdom anyway. Not the worlds.

>>30004556
I did always wonder what would happen if the princesses stopped working altogether, but I'm sure the world wouldn't end because of it.

Unfortunately, it might of made us more dependent to them if trouble ever came. It sure didn't prepare me at all. I'm still trying to get over the shock so I can start adjusting.

>>30004642
Long long ago, a lot of these things managed themselves. But without guidance, they were wild. It made life hard, and sometimes cruel. Ponies decided to try bettering their home. It's a lot of work really, but we can sleep easier knowing we're in control.

>>30004642
Woops. Didn't mean to trigger you friend.

>>30004642
What do you mean broken? Doesn't anyone here her control weather? Or have immortals? Like the sisters and brothers in the sky?

Oh and unicorns used to move the celestial bodies before the princesses were here.

>>30004690
That's seems pretty shady.

>>30004894
Explain to me how it's "shady" when it's the honest truth. Why would Leaf ever think that the way equestria operate his entire life would be anything but right?

I apolfor how screwy my schedule's being lately, but my insomnia is killing me. Not literally.

>>30005102
Apologize*. Fuck this phone.

>>30005102
Do your best to fix it. If you don't end up fixing it though keep apologizing.

>>30004642
Pop a stiffy
somewhere in the world, thats some kind of snack. Or you know have Lettuce pop a boner

bumps

>>30006390

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>>30005982
"What? No, we just make it better. It's-- Don't you got anyone keeping care of things?"
"Nnnot really?" She pulls slightly away from you, visibly uncomfortable. "Things just happen. The sea's too large for any single person to control it."
You try to level your voice some, "What about the the little sisters and brothers?"
"That's just stories we tell foals, like Quesque's. How isn't it broken if you have to make it happen?" She insists.
"No one takes care of it?" Your stomach feels empty, "How do you know you won't have a storm then?"
"We don't." She says simply, the unbothered way she says is bothering you instead.
"You don't?" You gulp, thinking about how many storms could be about unchecked, or that the sun could be about to come crashing down. "But-- We have-- Equestria has controlled things since..." You try to think of any history lesson mentioning them not being controlled and fail to. "Since we stopped being savages!"
"What?" Her ears perk upright suddenly. "Are you saying we are savages?"

>>30007552
I-What-No! Look... Look, has there ever been a storm here. A bad one. A really bad one that cost a life?

>>30007552
I'm saying that you're not able to reach your full potential due to the world being so full of water and it limits you. A savage wouldn't be as nice to us as every pony we've met so far has been.

>>30007552
What? Oh no no. I mean uh, I think somewhere around the unification era. Either during or way before. Here I probably have a history book lying around somewhere.

>>30007579
What's the point your are trying to make?

>>30007552
Might be best to excuse ourselves soon. I don't really trust Leaf not to say something offensive again.

>>30007602
>What's the point your are trying to make?
I would have thought it was obvious.

>>30007552
>>30007600
Not this. Anon. What exactly is a savage to you? Are you assuming the QM will fill in the blanks for you? I hope that's not the case.

And I don't think the water is a direct problem. It might be a lack of proper dieting. Then again, when we were cooking, they had seaweed, eggs, rice, and various meats. Seaweed isn't super nutritious, but it's something. The type of eggs and the birds they came from might give some insight. The rice can grow in clay soil and there had been mentioning of clay or something...

>>30007626
I assume the qm knows what the word "savage" ( a member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized.) means so I don't expect him to have to fill in any blanks. From leaf's perspective we're just talking to impoverished ponies instead of dumb ones that you can't talk to that go "ooga booga".

If they just had access to better resources, which the water is preventing them from getting, they would be much better off. I wanna see what a city is like. That should be the pinnacle of their civilization.

>>30007658
Well we shouldn't call them impoverish. They just lack things we typically have and vice versa. Plus that's rude.

>>30007957
But that's what they are. They were never taught that they can do certain things or the ways they can work in harmony with nature. But fine, we won't say it to their face.

>>30007579 >>30007602
>>30007609 >>30007600
>>30007626 >>30007658
>>30007604 >>30007957
"What?" You step back, surprised by the sudden steel in her eyes, "I didn't say--" She just stares at you. "You aren't savages, I'd never say that. I am sorry for wording it like that." You lower your gaze, avoiding hers.
"We don't have to control everything." She insists, although she doesn't sound angry anymore.
"Haven't you had a bad storm, though?" You ask her carefully. "One that hurt someone?"
"We deal with them." She says simply.
"But think if you didn't have to? If you could spend that energy building?" She doesn't answer. "I don't think you are savages, Cas. Savages wouldn't be as nice as most people I've met, including you."
"Fine." It's all she says for a moment. "I understand."
"Do you want me to go?" You ask when she doesn't add anything.
It takes her a moment to answer, "I keep overreacting around you like I am a kid. And you don't need all this bull."

>>30008014
It's probably because we're an anomaly. We really aren't like most guys here. I also don't mind some of your "bull"

>>30008014
So we fucking her or not? What is Leaf's dick telling him?

>>30008014
It's culture clash. I guess it should be expected.

>>30008052
Anon pls.

>>30008052
Come on. Isnt it obvious? yes.
Let's make her feel beautiful.

>>30008014
It's alright, we've both grown up in completely different ways. Sometimes we won't both agree that things should be a certain way. Might be best stop here here before another argument pops up.

>>30008052
>>30008066
Nope, that ship has already sailed.

>>30008038 >>30008052
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>>30008095
"Hey, I am the one who tells when something's too much for me." You say softly, "Or if it's bull in the first place... I am supposed to be the ambassador here, aren't I? I am the one making a lousy job if I upset you." She doesn't answer. "I am! That star had a message from Princess Twilight that's all like 'I am not saying you should be our ambassador, buuuuut...'" You try to laugh softly.
She tries to say something for a moment, working her jaw, "Leaf, I am supposed to act like an adult. It's fine if you want to go, you don't owe me anything."

Sorry for taking so long, but I wouldn't stop getting interrupted.

>>30008801
Let's make like lettuce and leaf.

I just really wanted to make that joke.

>>30008801
How awkward. Cas certainly has issues she needs to work out without us. Let's get a move on.

>>30008826
That's terrible. You're terrible.

>>30008801
Alright, we'll go. We'll talk to you another time. There are other things we need to do anyway. Like lay in bed and rest.

>>30008826 >>30008841
>>30008881 >>30008903
You close the book, "I... Just tell me if anything pops up."
"It's not that I am... I just feel like an idiot, alright?" She rubs her eyelids, "I am worried and I... I wanted to help you relax and only made it worse."
"What--"
She pushes you, "Don't do that."
"What?" You try to stop her pushing you.
"Being a worrywart, that's what. Go catch some sleep while I get my head straight."
"But I don't want you to--" She pushes you against the door. "Caaaas."
She hugs you tightly and suddenly, her head on your shoulder. "I am not angry with you, and I'll be fine in a few minutes, Do you understand?"
You nod, shocked by the suddenness of it.
"And I'll get this out of the way already, your wings are really, really hot and you got a giving personality." She grabs you more tightly for a moment and lets go, opening the door behind you. "Now go get some rest."
You step back, blushing, "Are they really--"
She closes the door on your face.
You unfold a wing to have a good look at it. Huh.
The star is floating nearby, on the edge of your turf and close to the catwalks around Cas' home.
"Where you following me?" You ask her.
"It's my work to ensure your well being."
"Yyyeah. How old are you again?"
"Princess Twilight assigned me to this mission a day after your disappearance. Two days later I was sent through the portal, and after another three you reassembled me."
Agh, sorry for taking so long for this but I was getting more and more tired. Paused.

>>30010345
o-oh wow. Our wings our hot?

>>30010345
Huh. Pretty smart for a 5 day year old. Anyway, to our room to rest. Or maybe we can read one of our left over books.

>>30010345
We'll need to get some more opinions, but good to know we look absolutely handsome with our hot wings. All future hugs will be given by wrapping our wings around them from this day forward!

Go home to rest up. Still need to relax from a bunch of stress.

>>30010345
Sleep on the grass.

If we can find all five other drones do you think they can all merge together to become an ultra shiny pony like transformers do?

>>30010345
I think we disappointed her again.

>>30012208
Knock her door and offer no-strings-attached sex

The quest to collect clouds continues.

>>30013852
Why collect when we can figure out how to creat? We must have some info in regards to cloud crafting somewhere.

I hope you anons know that, on the chance we do a way home, Seaweed would want to go on another adventure. Put this time she won't have her super water sight powers. She'll be a normal athletic blind pony....a blind pony with a nice add like holy shit she fine!
But yeah no quiet friendship with her.

And about us searching for the other stars and looking for a way back home. Is Leaf planning to do this for the remainder of his natural born life? No family?

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"Huh, you are pretty clever." You return to your turf, shifting your wings even when it produces faint ache on your back. Were they not wrapped in bandaging to prevent you from flying, you'd be preening them.
"...arkle." You realize the Star said something.
"What?"
"I owe it to Princess Twilight Sparkle." She repeats. "But I don't posses true intelligence the way you know it, as I am a sufficiently-complex archetype. Only a very extensive set of scripts and, theoretically, capacity to learn."
"I don't think that." You smile softly, remembering the pride in her voice when she talked about her systems. "If you can learn you are intelligent, aren't you?"
"The possibility of me developing true intelligence is akin to that of you flying to the moon unassisted." She insists. "Virtually possible but not realistically so."
You lay flat on your belly, finding the grass comfortable under the warm sunlight. "We'll see about that... Are all the others like you?"
"We were made with varying behaviors, as Princess Twilight Sparkle found the idea of creating identical intelligences distasteful and against her principles."
You can't help smiling at that. "And could you... dunno, join in with the others?"
"Several of our systems are designed to work in tandem if necessary, such as our stasis-field force appliers."
"Huh." You fall quiet, your eyes wandering to your wings constantly. Would wing hugs be lewd here somehow?
Hrm.
You fall asleep at some point after that, the grass more comfortable than it oughts to be.
"...great columns!" Herb's voice wakes you up what feels like a few hours later. "But Princess Celestia did not back off." He says more quietly to the foals that surround him.
You sit, apparently prompting the star, who is floating over you, to talk, "He seems to have a passion to tell stories."

1/2

"Isn't that what Forget-me-nots do?" You say groggily, cleaning your eyes, "Travel and tell stories?"
"It still is awe inspiring to see it in person. I wonder if we should write a journal of our travels here." She adds.
"And the leviathan kept advancing!" Herb keeps talking, moving his wings as he does, "Princess Celestia had to do something... Oh! Our sleeping beauty awoke!" He exclaims, making some of the kids around him giggle. "You have seen Princess Celestia in person, yes?"
"Uh, a few times at parades?"
"Isn't her mane like flowing sky?" Asks Herb, "And her smile sweet as dandelion wine?"

2/2

>>30014005
Yeah, her coat is also as white as a cloud, she's as tall as two ponies on top of each other and her voice is as sweet at honey. But the princess is more then her astounding beauty. She cares for her subjects.

>>30014005
As though she has a natural aura of calm and tranquility.
Say Herb. How old are you?

Do we have a picture in a magazine or something so we can just show them what the princess looks like? Maybe we have a portrait or something because we're religious?

>>30013987
I predict that by the time we get home, Leaf will be strong enough to fight alongside Seaweed against the monsters of Equestria... while also being with that fine pony.

No idea what Leaf plans to do. But first, we should find out if it'seven possible to go home.

>>30014005
Cammy! Tell the story of Pumpkin Panic!

I can imagine a little colt Lettuce Leaf live a bet time story revolving around fighting evil veggies.

>>30014044
Oh definitely. No doubt about it. What Equestrian wouldn't have a picture of one of their great leaders that's as old as the founding of their kingdom?

>>30014005
Show an image representing Celestia in all her glory. I'm sure one of our books has something. I hope Rain doesn't get furious with us removing our bandages to practice swimming today.

>>30014005
Yes. Her mane is like an aurora, ever billowing in an ethereal wind.
But let us not forget abouther sister, princess Luna. Her mane appears as though it we made of a sea of stars, and she is just as regal as Celestia in her own right.

>>30014046
I can't see Leaf ever becoming that strong.

Are you hoping we'll find some McGuffin out somewhere in the sea with all of out answers? Holding some old arcane and occult knowledge that will allow us to go back home in exchange for a get quest?

>>30014108
Meh, perhaps Leaf might never be as strong as Sea but at least strong enough to contribute and provide back-up. We need to be strong enough to survive.

Thinking about it, a McGuffin might be what we need to get home. Magic got us here so it should get us back. Definitely not gonna be a safe at all.

>>30014145
>McGuffin - an object, event, or character in a film or story that serves to set and keep the plot in motion despite usually lacking intrinsic importance

>>30014160
The question where the McGuffin is. The Sea is a pretty big place, and we have no direction to go to so far..

>>30014213
I don't think I like McGuffin.

>>30014738
All up to Cammy in what he will throw at us. We're just pretty much throwing random ideas around for the fun of it.

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>>30014055
"And her coat like a cloud, and she's so tall..." A filly giggles, whispering something to another, and you catch yourself up, "Hey, I have photos." You open the story book and shuffle through it until you find one of the largest drawings in it-- a two pages illustration of the alicorns standing side by side- Princess Luna with a starry field behind her, Cadance with the sunrise, Princess Celestia a sunny day, and Princess Twilight with the dusk. "See?"
They bunch together to see it, and Herb takes the chance to flutter to your hat, "So tall, huh."
"Isn't she?" You say jokingly, lifting the book so more foals can see it, "Everyone can have a look, calm down..."
The chatter of the foals only increases, most of them pointing at one of the princess or another.
"And is she really your noble?" Asks one.
"I think that's their leaders." Whispers Herb.
"The Princesses practically made my country. They control the sun, the moon, and protect us from harm."
"Is this Celestia?" One points at her.
"The blue one's prettier." Says a filly.
"Nuh-uh, the purple one has a cooler cutie mark."
"And they forgot about the story." Herb rolls his eyes, the foals ignoring us.
"What about another one?" You ask.
"You had anything in mind?"
"Pumpkin panic?"
"There's lots of stories about that." He replies.
"Then we make up a new one." You say quietly.
"You got the silver tongue for that?"
"Can't be so hard, right?"
He doesn't answer.

1/2

"Alright kids," You close the book, to their general displeasure, "What about I tell you a story from my home, Equestria... The story of when all adults -including the princesses!- vanished, and we foals had to get them back."
"Really?"
"Yeah! I woke up in my farm and was alone with my brother and the lettuces and I mean I got lettuce on my mark but I can't exactly wield lettuce or something and it was about the time I realized if you think too much about your mark it doesn't go well..."
The foals are staring at you, their faces blank.
"Weeee woke up and our parents were gone." You smile awkwardly. "There was a witch girl at a nearby barn, so we went to see her--"
"And she was flying away!" Says one cheerfully.
"No no, her cat didn't let them enter!"
"Nooo the barn had assploded!" Adds a third one.
What?
Herb snickers, perched on your back, "So what happened, silver tongue?"

2/2
If you want this can be skipped.

>>30015248
Let's skip most of it. But to answer the question she was surrounded by other fillies and colts who were listening to her speaking.

>>30015248
Let's try Pumpkin Panic again. From the top...

>Once upon a time, some decades back, a little witch filly learned that all the adults disappeared! Leaving all the foals to themselves. No good bye note, no indication they were there. Just *poof*.

pause to see if they have any questions, then get back to the story

>Retell how you and your brother had to defend yourselves against the incoming waves of vegetables from the farm. Lettuces, cabbages, carrots. You name it, and how you and your brother were armed with your shears, hoe, and some other farming tools. For the longer we fought, the more territory we lost.

>It wasn't until you and your brother got a hold of the Harvester - a machine used to harvest grain with more sharp blades then a shark has teeth, and as wide as a boat home - That the both of you were able to defeat them all. At the cost of all the crops and a trip to the psychiatrist

>All their screams....

>now back to the story. You and your brother decided to head into town, and that's when you meet with the other foals and the little witch.

You don't necessarily have to keep too tightly to the original story, btw. I read it once like two years ago and only remember the most general details myself.
As always I apologize for the slow tickling on updates, but with my sleeping issues -I think it's my thyroid gland, symptoms point at that and my mother has that issue- I do so in a on-can basis.

>>30015556
Is Pumpkin Panic fiction or nonfiction in your horsey world?

>>30015587
There was a 72 hours period during which all adults (People over 18-20) in Equestria disappeared, and several dozen conflicting groups of creatures, all telling stories of how they'd been the ones to do it, appeared and were thwarted largely due to their lack of intelligence. No one is quite sure of which were the ones who actually did it, if any, or what's that made the adults come back. There's massive amounts of evidence and a lot of it is conflicting and inaccurate. The government's official statement on it was basically a shrug.

>>30015248
Skip most of the story and answer any questions they might have.

>>30015693
Ok. Let's rename it the Veggie Invasion instead of Pumpkin Panic.

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>>30015916
You make up a story quickly, sprinkling just enough truth to keep it grounded every once in a while, and they drag it further and further away from what you actually planned to say at an astounding pace, Herb clearly amused and not shy about it.
"They really make you cry?" Asks one.
"Yes, but we were trying to--"
"Why do you eat them then?"
"They taste good. We were trying to climb--"
"Is it like sad stories? My mom likes those."
"No, but we were--"
This time it's not the kids who interrupt you, but a few mares calling their foals for supper, making you notice dusk is falling. The kids start scrambling immediately, but one of them raises her voice, "Boys, what do you say now?"
They stop on their heels, two crashing together, "Thanks Mister Leaf."
You only shake your head and let them go, moving aside when one of the mares walks up to you, "Thanks for keeping them busy, it--"
There is a sound of something breaking. Her eye twitches.
"Thanks for keeping them busy." She repeats before trotting away.
"You see," Says Herb after a moment, "The trick to tell a story like you did is to make them ask the right question."
"Thanks for telling me now." You say as you head inside to put the book in its shelf, rolling your eyes.
"My pleasure." He makes a reverence, extending his wings, then hops off your back to move on his own.
"How old were you again?" You ask sardonically. "And how come you didn't have a name?"
"Old enough." He says simply. "And ponies can't pronounce my real one."
You flicker a switch besides the entrance by reflex and are reminded, once again, that you've got no electricity, "Drat."

>>30016415
We still got that cloud? Lets see if we can try and jurry rig something. I want my electronic devices dammit!

>>30016415
Is it a tweet and a screech?
>>30016434
You mean putting a copper wire into a cloud and hooking it to the fuse box? Maybe it would be better to put a cloud into a jar and then sticking some wires onto it?

>>30016451
Maybe? That might work, but I'm worried about something. Do you think the glass jar might shatter from contact with the cloud when something is constantly siphoning electricity from it? Because I think when no force (or very little) is acting upon the cloud it stays inert, but when a great force (pegasi magic) or siphoning electricity might trigger the cloud?

Maybe I should look it up.

>>30016415
Are we sure we can even use the cloud without overloading our devices? I think we should get a better idea on how to do this.

>>30016523
Device. What device? You mean break the houses electrical? I think there's supposed to be something that prevents that when the power line connects to your home? Maybe the cloud need to be hooked up from the outside?

Or maybe some kind of resistor might help. Gotta figure out the voltage this thing can give off passively.

>>30016451
I think this could work. Maybe if we had a transfer switch.

>>30016415
Hey! We can ask the Star to help.

We making technological progress all up in this sea world.

Going to bed.

>>30017477

Have a good night little ponies.

>>30016415
>"And ponies can't pronounce my real one."
Is it a squawk? Maybe one of those elderitch sounding mind monster names?
.....
Are you trying to be cool or something? because it's working

beb

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"Try me." You tell Herb. "You aren't just trying to look cool, aren't you?"
"Oh, leaf, a bard of my caliber doesn't have to try." He says jokingly, pointing at himself pompously with a wing.
"So?"
He makes a short whistle-like birdsong, clicking his beak.
"Point taken. Star?" You call out, "Where are you?"
"I was reprocessing and indexing today, Leaf." She glides off the ceiling, her little legs moving as if walking on the air.
"You what?"
"Dreaming."
"Right. Can you give me some light here?"
"Of course I can." She glides over your shoulder, her tail floating off it's usual place to project a beam of light. "I've been thinking about writing the journal I mentioned earlier, as an addendum to my mission log. Would it be much bother to tell me what happened before you reassembled me?"
"Later," You start walking, the star keeping ahead of you somehow. "Do you have any idea about how to get energy from clouds?"
"That's been out of practice for decades due to it's unpredictability, but it could be viable at such a small scale if you made the necessary stabilizers."
"That comes when I can use the cloud. Don't you make electricity too?"
"Only for some of my processing, which requires extremely low amounts of energy, or for my single weapon, which requires massive amounts generated in bursts. It'd put a strain on my systems and either burn everything you have or or only be able to power a light bulb poorly. Don't you have magical light sources?"
"IIII no." You shake your head.
"Can I ask why?"
"I can't charge them."
"Too crafty to ask unicorns to do it for you?" Asks Herb.
You chose not to answer, instead grabbing entering your basement and starting to rummage it for anything that might be useful. A glass jar is the first thing you find, and you give it a look, then shake your head, "It'd crack."
"Maybe the glass could be made to bear the thermal changes?" Asks the Star.

>>30020675
We must befriend a unicorn that can use a lightning spell so we can fire it at the big tarturus worm.
Anyway maybe a thicker jar would work? How about a clay pot?

>>30020675
>"Maybe the glass could be made to bear the thermal changes?"
Is she suggesting use the glass jar, or that it could be potentially used to bear the charge?

>>30020675
We grew up on a farm. Of course we prefer things we can maintain ourself.

>>30020675
What's with the shield cammy?

>>30020675
I think I prefer her star form. The attempt of trying to look pony is just making me uncomfortable.

Anywho, do we really NEED power? just get some candles or somesuch. What do we need to get done before bed?

>>30021103
Heck yeah we need power. We need it for some sweet hot bath or shower action. And candles will only last for so long. If we're capable of restoring power to our home then I'm all for it.

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"Or clay." You keep searching the drawers and chests for electric equipment. "Herb, does anyone here have some?"
"You know how to model?"
"I'll learn." He doesn't answer immediately, "I grew in a farm, Herb. Closest shop was a mile away."
"I'll ask." He hops up the stairs.
"Do you really need power?" Asks the Star after a moment of you rummaging, "You could use candles."
"I'll run out of candles sooner than later." An old model train? Why do you even have this? The transformer might be useful. "And I want a hot bath already."
"If you say so..." She moves to give you better lighting.
A few minutes pass before you talk again. "Could you turn back into a star?"
"Ah?" She seems surprised by the question. "Oh. Uhm, yes." Her pieces rearrange themselves into her first shape. "This, er, is a much more energy-efficient shape anyway." She says uncomfortably.
"Got your clay." Herb descends the stairs with a slab held awkwardly on his back between his wings.

>>30021346
>"This, er, is a much more energy-efficient shape anyway." She says uncomfortably.
Oh. Now I fell bad. Sorry for that. She can turn back if she wants.

>>30021346
Hey Cammy. Is that a clay pot or a wet moist bunch of clay? If it's wet then we'll have a problem. Wet clay needs to be molded, dried, then hi fired, and we don't have to facilities and materials to high fire clay.

>>30021346
Oh I'm sorry. I uh, I just wanted to know if you could. Are there other things you can turn into?

>>30021374
I know clay, I model it for a living. Firing it makes it much more resistant to both water and impacts, but it's not necessary to this use. As long as it's dry when used for it, sudden thermal changes won't be an issue.
Glassed porcelain would be the best, but as you already said we don't have the tools for that.

>>30021398
I guess man. I figured some firing would help with the resilience of the clay. And it gets kind of brittle when it's at the dried stage before firing right?

>>30021416
Ceramic is brittle or not depending on the quality of the material and of the maker. It's more resistant than a lot of people seem to assume it to be, and glassing it is incredibly useful in that aspect- but again, not possible right now, and glassing ceramic is not something I'd have a newbie do, anyway, since it needs a steady hand and a lot of the materials for it have heavy metals like lead, and let's not even start with pigments. There's other factors but they''d throw me into a rant if I touched them.
Raw ceramic is obviously not as hard as fired -to give you an idea think of... cold black chocolate filled with sand would be a good comparison- but it'd do the job.
And cooking has various tiers. White ceramic is cooked at... 1100 C? and red at about 2000, and if you want gresado -further firing that makes it significantly harder- you need between eight hundred and a thousand extra.

>>30021346
Thank Herb and get the clay. It's time to mold a pot with the clay.

Maybe go upstairs to the kitchen and make some space on a clean counter top where you begin molding, and have a bowl of water close by in case you need to wet some parts of the pot. maybe make some slip?

>>30021346
Use whatever form you feel most comfortable in. Thank herb for the clay, where'd he find it?

>>30022290
>Herb, does anyone here have some?
Probably from someone.

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Aw damn. "Do you want to turn back into a... uh, pony?"
"I could." She says tentatively.
"I wouldn't mind if you did." You chuckle nervously. "You know, your call and all."
"Yes, right." The pieces shift back into her preferred form.
"What else could you turn into?" You ask her encouragingly.
"Shapes... any, with my levitation systems." She says, still timid but quickly returning to her usual cheerfulness. "Some were preset because they are more efficient for certain tasks."
"So will you use that?" Herb rubs his back and hops to yours in a mess of feathers, almost making you lose your balance.
"Yeah." You look down at the slab on your hooves. "Where did you get it?"
"Keeping kids busy gives one good reputation with their parents. I tell 'em, the kids' that flock to me and I got stories to give, but they always insist in giving me something." He says happily.
You remember what little you know about clay modeling. No air bubbles inside it, that was the first rule...
By the time you have something serviceable, Herb lays asleep on the top of a bookcase -the Dudas are on the sofa, huddled together- and the star still alights you.
"You think this'll work?" You ask dubiously, trying to smooth it's surface.
"I don't see why it shouldn't." The star seems distracted for a moment, "You'd tell me if I was underperforming somehow, wouldn't you?"

1/2

"If you were I'd tell you." You say as encouragingly as you can, feeling exhausted. "Can you leave this outside? I need to sleep."
She smiles widely, "I'll be glad to, Leaf."
You smile back at her and clean your hooves with a cloth, then head upstairs for the soft, so soft embrace of your bed.
A tiring day... but not a bad one.
You fall asleep shortly after hearing the star close the front door.
Singing. Splashing.
You wake up to singing and walk to the window slowly, your eyes heavy.
The moonlets are running circles on the water nearby, all singing in tandem and, it seems to you, not a single one not staring at the sky. At the center of the circle a few stand on pieces of wood, their arms open wide as if wanting to embrace the moon. A few ponies are watching them.
You go back to bed, too tired for this, and don't wake up until almost midday.
Nothing seems different from the window, making you wonder if the moonlets were a dream. Sea is sharpening a spear on her hut, and Herb is again surrounded by foals on your lawn. The Dudas are talking at the edge of it, Nitz barely noticeable as it moves constantly on top of Natan's head.

2/2

>>30022375
Do we have some old broken appliances somewhere in the hole or shed? Or do we a spare cable we can plug one end into the transformer and the other into the...cloud. Somehow. With Pegasus magic.

>>30022455
Trial and error time.

>>30022375
Today's quest will be trying to get power to the house. If we can make the fridge work then we can stock it.

>>30022455
>>30022618
>>30022644
You turn away from the window and head downstairs, thankful to have a minute to be on your own. Electronics...
You check the pile of mixed electronics that you gathered yesterday, writing down what's on it.
Hrm... enough of this has small transformers that you can, at least, jury rig something that gives normal voltage, but you'll need... some kind of stabilizer? Or buffer? something to keep a reliable output from the cloud-- The exact amount doesn't mater as much as keeping it from spiking constantly and burning the fuses you installed before and after the transformers.
Materials:
>Broken film projector
>Way too many small pieces of assorted wiring
>Broken flashlight
>Electric engine from the train model
>Multimeter with a busted display
>Assorted circuitry bits, such as transistors and diodes, you collected taking the transformers from things.
>A Pintendo CBC hoofheld console with a stuck button, which you'd rather not tear apart despite the fact that you haven't fixed it after years. You had just gotten a cucharamon.
>Three rechargeable batteries you had forgotten were inside the CBC
>Short circuited power drill
>An elongated, smooth, ball-tipped rubber cylinder approximately twenty centimeters in length and three in circumference, which had a tendency to give electric shocks when used.

Sorry for taking so long for this kind of post, paused.

>>30023860
I'll think of something tomorrow.

>>30023860
Easy as spit. You can rig up a simple voltage regulator with just a resistor and diode because of the logarithmic behavior of voltage across diodes. If we need more precise voltage control we can swap the diode out for a Zenner diode, add a second resistor, and make a simple shunt regulator? No diodes? No problem! Loop some wire, make a solenoid, put a chunk of metal on a spring, add a capacitor and presto, electromechanical voltage regulator.

>>30023860
Ask the star if it think's it's capable of fixing any of this stuff.

Bumo

>>30013987
>Put this time she won't have her super water sight powers.
Huh?

>>30026630
*but this time. You wonder how Sea was able to navigate through water?

>>30026940
Why would she miss it?

>>30026954
If she were to travel to Equestria, which has more land, she might feel blind. More so then she already is.

>>30027020
She was aware of Leaf ogling her ass, so I'm fairly sure she's pretty aware of her surroundings above and below the waves.

>>30027067
I still wonder how she manages to do that. Maybe it's a curse placed on her? I can't understand how she knows what's in the water without some form of magic.

>>30028025
She could hear our heart beat going faster like dare devil.

>>30028574
Checking her out, and getting away with it, will forever be impossible. Woe is Leaf.

>>30024064 >>30024228
>>30024746
Maybe... You make a coil, grab a capacitor...
...Suck your tongue for a moment when you hurt it with a nail...
...and glue everything over a wood board, hoping it won't catch fire.
The result is ugly, but functional and solid enough. so you head up for some things and then to the ceiling, where the star is laying flat.
She doesn't wake up until you've pulled the cloud down by its rope, scrambling to pieces for a moment before jerking to her pony-like form.
"Sorry for that." You say distractedly, taking a piece of cloud carefully and putting in the jar. Some puffs away, but several minutes of painstaking movement get it to not hit the walls of the pot.
"I should've been minding my radars." She says when it's obvious that you are done.
"Dreaming again?"
"Er." She doesn't say anything else.
Rolling your eyes you turn back to the cloud and, carefully, lower a wire pair of wires onto it. Are you even supposed to have a positive pole? Better safe than sorry.
The coil reddens almost immediately, producing a smell of ozone.
Alright.
You glide down to the basement and return with the thickest piece of copper you can find to make a new coil. This time it radiates heat, but doesn't redden.
Now the test of fire. You grab the second wood board, the one with the transformer, and connect it to the regulator with a small prayer.
"You can't scan this or something, can't you?" You ask the star half jokingly to try lightening the mood.
"I am not sure any of my scanners would be of use here." She answers.
"Yyyyeah." Nothing has broken yet, so you connect the transformer to a light bulb, cringing. You don't have many of the things.
It lights up, and and doesn't burn out.
"Hrm. Eureka?" Says the star tentatively.

>>30029158
Give a happy little neigh.

>>30029158
A functions multimeter sure would be useful.

Maybe we could hook it up to star and she can tell us how much electricity this thing can put out? Nah that's too dangerous.

>>30029186
yes.

>>30029158
Success! We are making progress. We'll get that hot shower sooner or later.

>>30029158
Does Leaf own an electrical burner?

I can't remember if his stove was electric or gas. Who even uses gas stove tops anymore?

And the oven. Is it gas or electric?

>>30029528
Make some fish and chips thanks to our potatoes (I think we have those). Or oven baked fish. Or steamed.

Man is I could go for some steamed fillet white fish cooked with ginger and spring onions. Maybe cooked in some rice wine and maybe soy sauce.

>>30029158
A tiny celebration is in order! At least right before Sea throws into the ocean to practice drowning.

>>30029528
I use a gas stove, dipshit.

>>30029706
Lame.

I'm only fooling with you bro.

>>30029186 >>30029323
>>30029374 >>30029486
>>30029583 >>30029616
>>30029706
You make a happy little neigh, grinning widely, and then blush. Adult stallions oughtn't neigh, you remind yourself.
Cooking-- Wait no, you have a gas top.
Why do you have a gas top.
Hng.
Screw it. Screw all of this. It can't be so hard to make an electric top.
An hour, opening your gas top, and several electric burns later, you have an electric stove top that should work.
Too bad it meant taking some pieces from the water heater, but it'll still work so long as you give it more time to get it's work done.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Asks the star, sitting on the kitchen top. "The cloud can't have that much energy on it."
"I'll be efficient later." You skin one of your last potatos, careful to put their skins in a bag. The things can grow anywhere, after all.
"What are you cooking, then?"
"Uh." You stop, realizing you didn't have any actual plans of what to cook.
"Most people likes fish here." Says the star helpfully.
"Fish?" You remember how it felt in your mouth and make an effort not to think of it.
"Your friend even seems to have no issue with it being raw." She adds.
"Sea?" When did the Star talk with her? "Yeah, she just dries it."
"You could invite natives to have Equestrian seafood." She keeps talking, "Cultivating cultural exchange is at the top of my diplomatic priorities, after all."

>>30030032
Do you know how to cook fish then? I sure don't.

>>30030032
Do we have a cook book on seafood?

Let's catch some fish and fillet them so we can experiment. Frying, steaming, boiling. (Could make a soup if we boil and remove the bones.)