Circle Magic CYOA

>>30491408
Crawl forward while patting the ground and surroundings. Try to find a wall.

>>30491408
>Going over it with a hoof you can feel that there seems to be a needle or something embedded into it
So there's something in one of your hindleg. Crawl around the floor and try to feel for anything.
What's your race again? If the race isn't determined then I vote for bug horse.

>>30491408
Make a light circle, we totally remember how to do that of course.

>>30491408
Look for the source of the dripping water and drink up, might help with that headache

>>30491408
Recall our circle magic training.

>>30491408
Seems like we've been abducted and brought to that mysterious cave.

>>30491644
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>>30491711
>Trying to feel around yourself you see if you can't find a wall
>There is none in your immediate area so you opt to crawling around the room
>You definitely didn't think of trying to feel in front of you as your face kisses the room's wall
"O-ouch", you whimper as you rub your snootle
>A droplet falling on your head catches your attention and you look up, just to have a second one drip on your face
>You open your mouth, the liquid, though slightly icky tasting, working wonders
>Your head is at least a little more clear now, but you are still thirsty
>Luckily, with the headache slightly fading, you recall your magic training
>Quickly tracing a few familiar shapes on the floor, you let your magic flow
>Just to be disappointed that nothing is happening
>Seems like you can't draw on the floor with just your hoof
"Darn", you curse under your breath and stomp on the ground and at the same moment the pain in your hind leg flares up again
>At least you think you have an idea of where you are. Must be the cave you wanted to visit
>Your ears perk up as you hear what sounds like footsteps a little bit in the distance
>What do you do?

>>30491790
Well, are we bleeding ftom that hoof, blood should work, plus it'll give us cool points with the cultists. A defensive spell might not be a bad idea.

>>30491790
I would like to call bullshit because if you were feeling the floor around you then your hoof would hit where the wall and floor meet.

Look for a rock to use as a weapon! Might even have to pull the needle out of your leg and use that if you have to.

>>30491408
Sharingan?

>>30491810
>>30491859
>The first thing you think of is trying to get a weapon to defend yourself
>A rock could work, you could bash... your mind wanders to the needle in your leg
>Bracing yourself, you slowly pull it out, clenching your teeth together as to not scream in pain
>And then you have a needle in your hoof. And blood dripping from it
>You can feel it flow down your hoof and it reminds you of ink
>This can probably be used to draw a spell circle, kind of badass you think to yourself
>But what spell? A light spell? Maybe something to defend yourself with?
>Unfortunately, you don't exactly know many element combinations. You know how to make ice for example, but can that be used as defense?
Feel free to come up with combinations of fire, water, air, earth, order and chaos that might work as a defense spell. Be creative!
>The hoofsteps are getting closer and closer by the second, you'd say you got maybe another minute before whatever is walking towards you is going to arrive

>>30492172
Can we have a list of spells we already know?

>>30492365
There was an anon that had a pastebin for it. What I remember is Light (2 fire, 2 order) and ice floor (fire, chaos, water)

>>30492172
Let try earth air chaos.

>>30492172
>>30492451
Ice floor sounds nice.

>>30492787
Might make for a good trap

>>30492172
The light spell would make a good blinding effect if it can be really bright. Air+ earth would be good for hail!

>>30492451
>Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Order (also sometimes called Light) and Entropy (or Dark). The most basic spell consists of a single circle with one of the signs inside.
>By coming into contact with the circle, part of a users inner magical energy than gets redirected through the circle's matrix and activates the effect.

I found this, I think air + order sounds like it'd make a good protection spell

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>>30495178
Might as well leave this too
>The most common usage of circle magic are single circles which only utilize a single aspect. An example for that would be creating fire by using a circle with a fire rune.
>But the true magnificence of this art is the ability to combine and reshape the primal aspects on a whim. Combining aspects in creative way is the key to unlocking immense power.
>Using 2 circles instead of one as the matrix allows you to combine 2 aspects and is the 2nd most simple way of using circle magic. The aspects interact directly and the result is a mix of the ingredients.
>Both Order and Entropy aspects are heavily used for combination circles like these because they are able to modify the other aspects immensely. But don't be fooled, the other 4 aspects can also be combined.
>It is often the circle magician that is responsible to figure out ways you can combine to have a meaningful result. A piece of advice though: The bigger the circle becomes, the more unstable it becomes as well.
>Furthermore, it drains more of the inner energy of a circle magician if there are more symbols that shape up the spell.

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>>30491859
You sir, have underestimated the size of our snootle.

Don't make me hijack this just to get my fish memes back, don't think I won't do it bump.

Fish

Let's hope we can get out of this.

>>30497876
yes hello, doing a post in a moment

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>>30498223
Dun dun

>>30492491
>>30492787
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>>30494299
>Your mind is racing, panic welling up inside of you
>Your slightly blood dripping hoof begins to trace familiar shapes on the ground
>Fire, fire and 2 order sigils are quickly surrounded by a matrix circle and ready to power
>But first, two more sets of sigils get scribbled on the floor hastily
>Wind and Order. You aren't sure why that combination, but you feel like that is going to serve as good protection
>And Earth, Wind and Chaos. If your assumption is right, Chaos will break apart earth and wind is used as transportation
>Finishing up, you hover your hoof over the light circle, peering into the distance, ready to trigger it at any moment
>And just like that, you hear the other pony, or rather, pony like creature round a corner
>It stops there for a moment, tilting its head, its glowing red eyes piercing through your soul
>You aren't sure if it saw you in the dark, but you feel your body freeze at its mere stare
>What do you do?

>>30498369
Glare back.

>>30498369
Say hi, unleash all the circles if it's mean. Though maybe not too many. It might be a possessed filly.

>>30498369
Wait, it probably doesn't know what we are, try to look evil too, just in case. Do up the creepy toothy smile and give it the crazy eyes back.

>>30498401
Lets wait for it to act. springing a trap to soon is a wasted effort.

>>30498377
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>>30498468
>Against anything that common sense is telling you, which is try to get away from this thing as fast as you can, you try to intimidate it
>Attempting your creepiest toothy smile and the craziest eyes you glare back at the shadow-y figure
>You didn't realize it at first, but this one is quite a bit smaller than a normal pony would be, you aren't sure what to make of it though
>The creature looks behind itself and takes a careful step back, but after a moment begins to curiously step forwards
>Your own smile disappears and your legs start to tremble as the monster comes closer and closer
>Part of your head screams to just trigger your magic already, but there is something stopping you from doing so
>Your own curiosity? Sympathy for this thing? You don't know. But it leaves you time to think about your next steps
>Not long though, as the creature has picked up pace slightly and now trots towards you, an extremely unnerving smile on its face
>What do you do?

>>30498605
Active the wind and order circle.

>>30498605
Time to shed some light on the situation.

>>30498639
Lets leave the physical stuff until there is an actual fight.

>>30498668
By this I don't mean to use a blinding flash, since it'd blind us as well. Just enough light for us to see comfortably.

>>30498639
>>30498668
>>30498676
>Just barely you can keep yourself from activating the (hopefully) wind shield spell
>Instead, you barely tap the edge of the circle, trying to keep the energy you let flow into it to a minimum
>The circle's light is weak, but the shadow creature immediately reacts by jumping backwards, cowering on the edge of the light
>It's shielding its head and especially the eyes with its forehooves, you can see the swirling, black-ish mist that serves as its body slightly fade where it touches the light
>The pony-like figure is not making any sounds, but you'd say if it could, it would whimper. Seems like the light must really be painful to it
>Part of you actually feels sorry for the poor thing
>What do you do?

>>30498798
Put out the light, but be ready to use it again if the thing turns out to be hostile.

>>30498798
Stop the spell, this just feel wrong.

I am retarded, wrote a post but never clicked submit. Fuck my life, fuck this day and fuck everything else. Sorry, writing tomorrow again

Start whistling a tune at it.

Ask if it can understand a word you say. Tell it to wave at you.

>>30498859
Dial it down, but don't trust it just cause it's cute. Try to communicate with it.

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I bet we could flick our tail around all intimidating like, you ever see a fish flapping around out of water, it's freaky. Bump.

>>30498639
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>>30498676
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>>30501842
>Your trembling hoof almost activates the (presumably, hopefully) wind shield, but you stop yourself at the last second
>Instead, you opt for activating the light spell, just barely touching the circle's outer edge to keep magic flow to a minimum
>In a small radius around you, the area lights up and just as you have expected, you are in some kind of natural cave
>But you don't care for that right now, as your eyes are glued to the shadow-y figure that immediately recoils from the light
>It is covering at the edge of the lit up sphere, covering its face with its fore legs
>The thing is shivering and if it could, you'd say it would be whimpering right now
>You can see the foggy substance it is made up of dissolving in the dim light just ever so slightly
>Part of you feels rather sorry for this pony
"H-hello?", you whisper carefully, but the creature does not respond
>You have at it, hoping it would reply to your gesture, but it just keeps protecting itself from the light
>Your final idea is whistling a tune, one that your mother has sang to you when you were just a young foal
>After a while, the creature, still trying to hide, at least opens its forelegs slightly, the red eyes looking at you fearfully
>What do you do?

Oh great. I can't see my own posts. What is this shit. And here I thought I haven't even posted yesterday, god damnit

>>30505288
Put out the light, but be ready to turn it back on if it turns out to be hostile.

>>30505288
Turn off the spell.

>>30505288
>>30505349
Yea, given what was going on in the town, I still don't think we should trust this thing. I'm thinking we got put here so it could posses us. I wonder if we couldn't contain it in a circle, but let's see what it does when we turn the lights off quickly.

>>30505288
What happens if we mix entopy and order, probably something really bad huh?. Maybe we could stabalize this shadowponer though. That's getting ahead of things though, we should see if it tries to devour our soul first.

>>30505349
>>30505379
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>>30505564
>The idea is risky, but you decide on turning off the light, at least for a bit to study its reaction
>Gently lifting up your hoof, the light around you immediately disappears, throwing you into complete darkness once more
>But you still continue whistling the sweet lullaby, memories beginning to well up inside you with it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vUG3pC0kvw
>After a moment, the pony made of darkness raises its head gently, once more tilting its head in curiosity
>It stands up and takes another careful step towards you, watching you like a foal who just found something they have never seen before
>In the back of your head, a voice tells you to stop, to activate offensive magic and blast this thing to hell
>But there is something warming your heart when you watch the small shadow
>More steps and just a few seconds later, it is standing right in front of you, looking up at you in what seems to be awe
>Your hoof still hovers over the circles, ready to tap them at any moment
>And then, something unexpected happens. The creature begins to mimic your tune, humming with you as you whistle along
>What do you do?

>>30505774
Continue the tune to completion and then see if it can communicate.

>>30505867
>You decide to finish the entire song, after all, the thi- pony really seems to enjoy it
>Humming for a few more minutes, whatever is sitting across from you started to improvise halfway through, adding its own notes to your song
>After completion of your musical show, you try communication once again.
"Hello? Hello, do you understand me?", you ask, to which the creature tilts its head in confusion
>You point at yourself before slowly speaking your name. "S-e-a-d-a-n-c-e" and then pointing at the red eyed fog manifestation
>It opts to sniff your hoof instead of answering you and then holding out its own just like you do
>The gesture brings a smile to your face and once again, the small one attempts to mimic your behavior, resulting in a very unnerving and creepy smile
>So creepy in fact, that it makes you jump back a bit, to which the other pony jumps back, turns around and runs into the darkness
>What do you do?

>>30506232
let try and get out of the cave.

>>30506232
Lets make a more mobile light circle to help us get around and incase we find a less friendly shadow.

stop fucking dying

bum be doo bump bump be doo

>>30506232
Start whistling again to see if it comes back. We must pet it.

>>30506232
Lets check out our immediate surrounding, figure out if our hoof is okay, then go whistling along our way, with a dim light to guide us.

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>>30506274
How the fuck would we make a mobile circle? Do we have something we can draw on?

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>>30510516

bumping pre-write

>>30506263
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>>30510516
>You frown as the only company you had runs off into the dark tunnels again
>With a sigh, you place the tip of your hoof back on the light circle to get a look at your surroundings
>And more importantly, the needle that's stuck in your leg
>To your surprise, it isn't a needle. It kinda looks like one but it seems to be made of the same fog as the monsters
>What's even more concerning is the black-ish net of veins that move outwards from the penetration point
>Using a bit of your crimson red ink, you draw a light circle on your chest, which immediately ends up activating, shining a bright beam straight forwards
>Looks like you aren't going to be able to really control the magic flow unless you decrease the area of contact to your body
>Next step would probably be to escape from this place
>Or find your little friend that you scared off so rudely
>Maybe both. Whistling might help
>Considering how you don't see any other exit of this cave, you begin heading into the tunnel, whistling all the while
>Unfortunately, your friend doesn't seem to come back. But no other shadow creature is coming for you either, so that's good
>After a while, you reach a split in the tunnel. You feel a fresh breeze from the left one, but you think you hear something on the right. Whimpering? Crying? You aren't sure
>On the floor are also marks that suggest someone or something has been dragged through here
>What do you do?

>>30511886
These might be our own so let's follow the marks so we can reach the exit.

>>30511886
Right.

>>30511886
Go to the right, it might be one of the ponies that got capture.

>>30511946
>>30512045
>>30512169
>Could the drag marks be yours? Would they lead you outside?
>You sure as hell hope so, the more time you have to spend here, the worse of a feeling you get
>Just as you are about to step down into the left tunnel, you can hear whimpering from the right tunnel
>Much more clearly than earlier. Sounds like whoever is crying out is in severe pain
>Abandoning all rational thought, you make for a mad dash into the right tunnel, leading deeper and deeper
>Soon, things you see on the wall get unnerving. Scratches from very sharp claws. Traces of blood here and there too
>And then weird black crystals begin to line the walls. First it is just a few, and small ones at that
>But the further you go, the more common and bigger they become
>Black fog swirls around them and you could swear they pulsate with energy, just like a heartbeat
>Finally, you reach a big, round chamber. The walls are lined with crystals and in the middle you can see an altar of some kind
>Crystals are used as some kind of magic amplifying pillars and on the floor you see small pathways that seem to form shapes
>In the center, you can see a mare, strapped to a pole and crying
>Her legs are covered in the same black crystal that surrounds you
>She doesn't seem to have noticed you, yet
>What do you do?

>>30512420
Hmm, panic.

Then maybe try entropy and light on the crystals. Or would that make things worse? We probably should have practiced more. Ya know, that wasn't a very good learning institution in retrospect.

Maybe start with calling out to the mare first, warn her that we look odd but we're one of the good poners too.

>>30512420
Gotta try to take that apart and cut her loose. Gotta interrupt the magic flow.

>>30512554
>>30512568
>Panic wells up inside you and the walls seem to center in on you
>Hastily you look around, the crystals making you even more nervous
>Your entire body starts to shiver and you collapse, dropping to your knees
>It feels like you are being squashed by a massive weight. You can hardly breath. Just sob
>You don't know how to do anything. Combining entropy and light on a crystal? No, you are probably just going to make things worse
>Why haven't you practiced. Why are you so useless. Useless... Useless Useless Useless!
>You slam your hoof onto the ground in frustration
>A sweet voice grabs your attention though and you slightly raise your head
>The mare, still in tears, is looking at you with her mouth slightly agape
>You realize that the black crystals have now reached her barrel already
>Is this a magic ritual? Could you interrupt the magic flow somehow?
>That is when you realize what the shapes are
>It is a circle ritual. Seems to be powered by the crystals
>The pathways actually seem to have the smallest hint of black fog swirl through them, going from the many crystals to the center
>You can make out multiple symbols. Multiple entropy sigils. A wind one too.
>But the spell matrix is completely unknown to you, so you have no idea how the circle actually works or what it does
>What do you do? How do you plan to interrupt this thing? How are you going to save the mare?
>Will you do any of that at all? You could probably just leave her here too, if you so wish

>>30512923
We can try and put earth and chaos circle on the crystals and see if it would break them, stopping the spell.

>>30512923
Light plus light, plus one more light just to be safe, and one light plus wind!

Actually, just make the opposite of each circle we see, we have to nolify all the circles with their opposote.

We, ugh, we might have to get edgy and cut ourselves some more if there isn't anything to scratch circles with. We don't have a lot of time to fuck around.

>>30512923
Did that dark fog go into our leg or did we leave it behind? I'm a liitle concerned if it's still on or in us.

Oh shit page 10

Premature bump.

Leaving ten bump

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>>30512955
>The crystals seem to be providing energy for the magical process, so taking them out might be a good start
>Damn, looks like you need more ink to draw, the blood you used earlier has dried up on your hooves
>Looking at your bleeding leg you freeze in shock
>The little shard of fog that was embedded in it ended up growing into a blackish crystal
>And the web of veins that grew from it started pulsating with sickish-purple energy
>It doesn't hurt and you can't really feel it, but it still worries you deeply
>Worse even, the crystal ended up sealing the wound and no more blood can be taken from it
>Looks like you need to improvise here a little
>Closing your eyes, you slowly bring your hoof to your mouth before taking a bite
>Your teeth have an easy time wounding you, blood beginning to drip from the newly created injury
>At least you have something to do magic with now
>Making your way over to the first crystal, you accidentally step on one of the circle lines
>The effects are immediate and exhausting
>A bunch of magical energy gets drained out of you and you jump back
>The crystallization progress has progressed a considerable amount due to your interference
>Looks like you won't be getting to those crystals anytime soon and you don't really know much about negating spells, even if you were to get to the symbols without triggering the magic

Had this written out for 30 min and forgot to post. Fuck

>>30518588
Maybe we can do something to break the ground that the circle is on to stop the spell? Mind remembering ways to safely stop circle magic that we learned while training?

>>30518628
>You need to break this ritual matrix somehow and there is only 3 ways to do so, if you remember correctly
>The first being negate the circle's magic with a counter circle crafted
>To do that, you'd have to understand what the magic ritual is actually doing and more importantly, know how to write a counter spell
>Then there is removing the power source. Clearly, those are the crystals but you don't think you are going to reach them easily
>Lastly, and probably the most risky way of breaking magic is to destroy the matrix itself
>This can lead to ugly side effects though, including a massive explosion of volatile, unfocused magic
>And to be honest, being blown up by unstable magic isn't exactly a way you want to go out
>The images of a magic reaction that lined your books as warnings come to mind and make you shudder
>If you were to go with blowing up the spell circle though, water and entropy would probably do the trick
>Just then, something behind you catches your attention and you spin around
>A pair of red eyes stare directly at you, unmoving
>You take a step back in panic, figuring that this might be your end
>But then, you hear a familiar tune being hummed and the mere song helps you calm your nerves
>What do you do?

>>30518836
Hum the song. Considering the amount of energy flowing through the circle and the fact that it's connected to somebody, it's probably a bad idea to destroy the circle. Might be better to find a way to cross the circle without interacting with it and break the power source. Could we walk over it if we were wearing something on our hooves? Could we make a bridge of some kind that suspends us over the circle? Could we fire projectiles at the crystals to break them?

>>30518836
The shadow pony can go and remove the power source that is keeping the magic circle going.

>>30518891
>>30518907
>With a smile, you begin to hum the tune, your song echoing through the chamber and giving all of this a calming vibe
>The shadow pony carefully steps forwards until the beam of light coming from your chest almost passes over it
>You hastily apologize and turn the light away from it before continuing to sing, hoping that you didn't scare it too much this time
>It takes a while, but eventually the pony makes its way closer to you until it sits down in front of you
>It then stretches out its forehooves, seemingly asking for you to pick it up
>Behind you, the mare breaks out into sobs once again. "P-please h-help me", you hear her mumble
>You turn your head and realize how little time you have left
>Most of her body, up to her neck has been encased in the dark crystal already, you need to figure something out quickly
>Looking back at the small creature, you consider sending it in to destroy the crystal, but you aren't sure if that would be a good idea of if it understands what you say at all
>Destroying the circle seems to be far too dangerous, so the only thing you could think of is destroying the power source
>But how? Build a bridge? You don't really have anything to do so
>Projectiles? One of the circles you drew earlier comes to mind
>What do you do?

>>30519377
Lets go with projectiles.

>>30519377
Pick up spooky shadow friend.

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>>30519377

Bahmp

Boom left page 10

>>30519442
>>30521895
>>30522505 Shit man, I love this. That's adorable but unnerving at the same time

>You need to get some projectiles going, and that as soon as you can
>The mare behind you doesn't seem to have much time left as the crystal is creeping up her neck at a constant speed
>Tears stream down her face as she pleadingly looks at you, a little bit of crystal already growing on her cheeks
>Quickly picking up the shadow-y friend in front of you, you hope you could find something to get the mare out of her misery
>But a simple touch of the filly or colt ends up paralyzing you, the crystal in your flank starting to glow and emit black puffs of smoke
>It takes you all your willpower to stop touching the monster and step back
>The thing looks at you, seemingly worrying about your well being
>Your entire body shivers at the freezing feeling that shot through your body on touch
>What do you do?

>>30524470
Use earth wind chaos and use it to this one of the crystal.

>>30524470
Right, no physical contact allowed.

>>30524486
Lets focus on the crystals powering the circle, It is kinda on a timer after all.

>>30524486
>>30524512
>Damn, you are running out of time here
>With determination you turn around and slam your hoof onto the wall, starting to draw multiple circles, all pointing towards the crystals
>Earth and Chaos. Break apart what is whole. Wind to give movement to what is stationary
>After completion, you slam your hoof into a circle's dead center, just to hear a loud crack followed by many more quiet cracks
>And then the piece of wall you were touching just explodes into a hundred small pieces, a strong wind following
>The pieces get carried towards one of the crystals at high speed, hitting it straight on
>Cracks begin to appear and it shatters into a thousand pieces
>Revealing, to your shock, an unconscious pony inside of it, falling to the floor
>And even worse, the ritual still seems to draw power from the unresponsive unicorn
>At the same time, crystals all around you begin to glow in an eerie purple, sending out black mist that slowly starts to form into pony shapes
>Your little friend hides behind you, obviously scared by what's going on
>What do you do?

>>30524760
So, even if they do get encased in crystals, we can still break them out. Show these new shadows the light while continuing to destroy crystals. I doubt they'll be able to form from destroyed crystals.

>>30524760
Destroying each individual crystal would be too slow and now we have shadows to deal with. Also, they ponies inside the crystals continue to be power sources even after freed. Looks like it's time to bite the bullet and attack the circle directly.

>>30524822
>>30524874
>Watching the pony still power the circle even after being friend makes you extremely nervous
>The mare in the middle is almost completely crystallized, only her eyes stare at you in horror
>And you doubt you'll be fast enough to take out all the crystals in time, considering that there are a bunch of shadow monsters forming in front of you right now
>Shining your chest light through the room proves rather ineffective, unfortunately
>It's just a small beam and the fog just swirls around it, reshaping in other places
>Slowly, you back off until you hit the wall, the small shadow pony next to you looking at you and you could swear you see tears in its eyes
>Apart from the tears, you notice tiny, shadow fins on its ears and what seems to be a row of sharp teeth
>Sadly, you don't exactly have time to study this closer as dozens of shadow creatures slowly begin circling you
>Circling... circling, circling, circle! Looks like you are going to have to bite the bullet
>Magic explosion is going to hurt, so you should probably think this through
>What will you use to disrupt the circle matrix?
>How will you protect yourself? How will you protect the pony in the ritual
>And what are you going to do about the shadow creatures?

Bump cause at work

>>30525128
Earth shield?
https://youtu.be/M4RSnwsHjto?t=5m13s

>>30526358
Bumping because just got home
>>30524470
pleased bug noises

>>30525128
Air and order for a protective buble around the other ponies, ourself and our little spooky fishling.

Light, light and wind for the shadow creatures. The opposite symbols for the ritual circled.

Try to duck down as low as you can too or something.

Bunp

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>>30530988

Sorry, been staring at a blank quick reply box for half an hour. My mind keeps drawing blanks, feel free to kick my ass for it in sekrit or here doesn't matter, just go and kick my lazy ass already

>>30532275
________________________Wolv pls

>>30532308
Whoever that is pls. Kick my butt for being a lazy shit already

Have a good circle bump.

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>>30535868

Let's get you bumped in the morning

Seadance gave me Ick bump.

>>30526905
>>30528181
>A wall of stone would probably be a good start to getting you safe
>Sadly, you have not the slightest clue on how to make an earth wall and being such short time, you can't really test combinations
>The first thing that comes to your mind is a wind symbol and order to hopefully put it in a proper protective shape
>A light circle next to it should give you a bit of space from the monsters coming at you and enough time to blow up the circle
>Shortly before you trigger it, you glance at the little fishling behind you and frown
>If you were to use it, it would probably hurt it as well
"Guess windshield has to do", you tell yourself and activate it
>A strong wind comes up, creating a small Tornado the size of the circle you scribbled down
>Darn, that didn't work as you hoped. Thankfully, you get the idea to add another order circle in a straight line with the other
>Activating once more, you feel the circle is a lot more draining, but you actually get a wall of razor sharp air
>Scribbling down light - light - wind next to the bigger circle and connect it with a trail of blood, you activate it
>It takes a lot out of you, you can feel much of your magic drained into the circle you drew and back into the main circle
>But then something happens that you experience for the first time
>Bolts of stray magical energy start shooting out of the now glowing circle and your own drawing becomes dangerously hot
>So hot in fact, that you end up burning your hoof. But you can not lift your hoof, your leg completely frozen and stuck
>Little fog fish behind you backs up into the wall, cowering down in fear
>It hurts. It hurts a lot as the unstable circles interact and interfere with each other, leading to a magical overload

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>>30538644

>The black crystals that served as power sources start cracking before exploding into hundreds of pieces flying all over the room
>Most of the impact is negated by your wind wall, but some of the pieces fly straight through and smack you in the face
>That's gonna be a lot of bruises tomorrow for sure
>One piece of black crystal embedded itself in your side, rather deep and you cringe in pain
>The red glow of the ritual matrix becomes overwhelmingly bright and finally ends up emitting an intense magical shock wave and bright light
>Your body gets smacked into the wall by force as your consciousness slips

>Not sure how long it has been, you open your eyes, every single bone in your body hurting
>You are still in the cave, slumped against the wall
>The black crystals around the ritual have been destroyed and you see 7 ponies in addition to the pony in the middle
>There's no sign of shadow creatures here anymore, but that reminds you
>In horror, you look next to you and see your little friend, slowly beginning to fade
>It seems to be in pain and you can clearly hear it whimper now
>Its ears swivel around before locking on to the sound of your movement and it opens its eyes slightly
>Shit. The light must have de-stabilized it's form or something, or maybe the order component has taken out the required entropy
>You wish you had paid attention more to class
>What do you do?

[2/2]

>>30538644
Sorry about that spoiler, I fucked up when copying half the text
>>30535247
Spooky stare is spooky. Cute art tho, I dig them. I also try but I can't pinpoint your style

>>30532795
forgot to reply, _____________________________________________________fuck no

>>30538647
Hug it.

>>30538647
Make a little entropy circle for it, it's just a little shadow poner, it shouldn't take too much out of us.

mysterious Drone noises I don't really have a style yet, that was my first digital, but the lack of a mouth seems to be a reoccurring theme if I can get away with it.

>>30538718
A boop might be a bettet idea, given we don't have much energy to drain.

>>30538718
>>30538746
>>30538756
>Another bite in your hoof to get some more ink might not have been the best idea
>With what you've been through, blood loss might end up taking a big toll on you
>But right now you really don't care, this is about saving a life here!
>Entropy, entropy and another entropy symbol, connected by 3 lines to form a triangle around it
>Slamming your hoof onto the closest chaos symbol, all 3 activate simultaneously and you can feel your last energy reserves being drained
>But you gotta help the poor thing, something just doesn't feel right letting it fade away like that
>After a few seconds, your legs give in and you drop to the floor, breathing heavily
>With your last strength, you boop the little creature and fall asleep

>A while later, you wake up to voices, pony voices you believe
>Slightly opening your eyes, you see a fire flicker a bit away from you, a bunch of ponies around it talking to each other
>What do you do?

>>30539108
Announce our presence with a pained groan.

>>30539122
"U-urgh", you groan as you try to move to your hooves, your world still spinning around you
>One of the ponies next to the campfire perks up and looks in your direction, before bumping the pony next to him
>"Is she... did she wake up?", you can hear them mumble under each other as more heads turn towards you
>Shakily, a pony stands up and begins to walk slowly towards you, seemingly extremely scared of you
>"H-hello? Do you... Do you understand me?", he speaks slowly, almost whispering while pointing at you and himself to underline his own words
>A glance around you also reveals that it looks like your friend isn'- in the far corner, just barely, you can see a pair of red eyes stare at you, unblinking behind a rock
>Once more, you look at the pony in front of you, who seems to be scared out of his wits, almost unable to stand without shaking
>What do you do?

>>30539493
We're not deaf, just really tired.

>>30539514
"I'm not deaf or dumb", you deadpan into his face, to which he takes a surprised step back
"And I am not a monster either, so stop shaking", you calmly tell him, to which the poor soul actually seems to relax
>He even goes as far as walking up to you and holding out a hoof that you use to get back on your feet
>Helping you to get over to the fire, the two of you sit down with the rest of the ponies and one hooves you a stone bowl of water
>"You must be thirsty, huh?", the pegasus mare asks, "are you another one captured by... by these things?", she adds after that
>A unicorn stallion butts in. "I mean, she has crystal growth all over her body, are you sure she isn't one of them?"
>"Who knows, maybe they can steal the form of ponies now to try and trick us!", he tells you
>His words sting, but that isn't exactly what's concerning you
>Crystal growth? You glance down to your side and your eyes widen in horror
>The half where the crystal piece has penetrated your skin is almost entirely covered by a blackish crystal, oozing black fog
>And your flank is also covered by purple, pulsating crystal, grown from the needle
>What do you do?

>>30539800
Captured, seems the crystals are slowly consuming us. We're the one that stopped the ritual and broke all of the crystals around here. What happened to the mare that was the focus of the ritual?

>>30539800
Ask to them to get explain to everything they know, what happened to the them, what did they see?

Bloop

>>30540993

Blorp

>>30543643

Blip

Awoogha
caw caw caw

>>30539937
>>30540038
"I'm captured. Just like you, I presume", you glance at the crystalline growth over your body with worry
>"She's right, Charm, do you think crystals would grow on her if she were one of them already?"
>The stallion raises his hoof to protest but silently lowers it again shortly after, looking down to the floor
>You look around the group, searching for the mare that was part of the transformation ritual
>She is nowhere to be found and you frown in response
>An earth pony mare notices. "Something the matter, sweetheart? You seem to be looking for something"
"I am looking... uh, can anyone explain to me what happened when you woke up?"
>They all look at each other. "When we woke up? Well, we found ourselves in this cave. You were lying over there on the floor so we... we feared the worst"
>The unicorn, Charm, continues. "We were cold, so we got together and Aero over here", he points at a petite Pegasus, "drew something on the ground and gave us fire"
>Aero doesn't look at you at all, just quietly staring at the floor
>"We did found hoof prints heading outside, but we weren't brave enough to follow
>What do you do?

>>30546022
Tell them what happened before.

>>30546022
Aero knows circle magic.

>>30546043
>>30546285
>You glance at Aero and are very aware of her true abilities, but you decide to keep quiet about it for now
"When I woke up, a little bit away from here I was wandering the tunnels", you begin telling them your story
"Then I stumbled through to here and found... well, whatever that was. Oh and a littl-", you stop talking mid sentence
>Mentioning your little shadow fish is probably not a good idea, they already expect you to work with them
>Speaking of it, a nervous peek behind yourself still shows the small thing hide behind the rock, watching you closely
>"A little...?", Charm asks, raising his eyebrow
"A-a little ritual or something... well, not very little, actually a big ritual. And I saw a pony that ended up getting..."
>You shrug. "Encased in black crystal, I really don't know exactly what that all was about"
>Then you point to the many broken pieces of crystal around you. "I managed to... make it explode. Somehow."
"And then I passed out and woke up here", you conclude, looking around
"I kinda want to find the pony, so if anyone has a clue, that'd be nice"
>"Maybe she left on her own? As we said, there were hoof steps visible leading outside!"
>That could be true. Should you go after her?
>Maybe you should see about bringing your small friend to safety
>Or have a conversation with Aero?
>Maybe you want to just hang out here a while longer, talk to the ponies around
>Whatever it is, you're sure it'll be the right decision

>>30546449
Lets try to have a private chat with Aero.

Getting away from page 10.

>>30546449
Let talk to Aero in private, we should share spells with him

>>30546449
Chat up Aero’s privates.

We can't abandon our spook daughter, give her a subtle wave and a wink or something

>>30550325

>>30551360

>>30539800
I'm starting to think we might want to pay attention to our flank, sooner rather than later. I don't want to wind up hurting spooky though, she seems pretty cool after all.

Let's keep an eye on the purple for now and make sure it's not growing. Bump.

>>30552128

>>30546648
>>30548411
>>30549279
>>30552744
"Aero?", you ask calmly, looking at the pegasus who still hasn't stopped staring at the floor until now
>Her head raises, looking straight at you with a pair of warmly orange colored eyes but still says nothing
>"She doesn't really talk, laddy, never did speak no single word", an earth pony mare chimes in as you are waiting for an answer
>You sigh and turn around, trying to leave towards your little shadow-y friend
>Behind you, you can hear a pony hastily scramble to their legs and run after you, though
>A little bit away from the group, around 3/4ths between them and your little shadow fish you wait, turning your head to see aero come running after you
>The red pegasus comes to a halt in front of you, sitting down and looking at you expectantly
>A quick glance behind you, you give a nod towards the hiding shadow creature and it sits down, seemingly understanding
>While doing so, Aero seems to have become curious about the black crystals, going as far as touching them before jumping back waving her hoof
>What do you want to talk to her about? What will you do afterwards?

>>30553742
Draw a simple circle to let her know That we have some common ground.

>>30553742
>>30553742
Good idea, also maybe she can scribble words down in the dirt, or maybe talk with us using circles somehow

>>30554031
Also we might want to re-emphasize that we're not a threat or part of the circle magic done in this cave. Explain to her who we are and how we got here.

>>30553785
>>30554031
>>30554052
>With your hoof, you trace a circle into the now rather dusty floor which Aero takes a moment to look at
>A few seconds later, she silently starts drawing a symbol inside the circle, a water rune in fact before stepping back and looking at you
>For a moment you aren't sure what exactly she wants from you but then it clicks
>Slowly, you put a hoof at the edge of the circle, magical power flowing from you to the shaping matrix, resulting in a tiny water spout
>Aero comes closer with a smile and puts her own hoof on the other side, the amount of water tripling
>It isn't until you see it, but you realize how thirsty you really are and how dried out your body feels
>Quickly lowering your head while the pegasus keeps the magical water source alive, you take a few big swigs, wiping your mouth with a hoof afterwards
>Then you take over, holding up the magic while Aero begins to slowly drink from it
>After the two of you are done, you sit down next to the circle, just looking at each other for a while
"So, you really don't talk, do you?", you ask, trying to sound as casual as you can
>The red pony lowers her eyes and shakes her head slowly, rather sad you might add
"The name's Seadance, I come from... well, actually not so far away. I want to become one of the greatest known magic users in the entire country!"
"I came into this town to... well, I actually only wanted to do a short stop here, refill on supplies. But then all this... stuff here happened and I tried to help"
>You give her an awkward smile, to which she replies with her own, genuine one
>Then she points at you and the remains of the magical circle behind her
>Shaking your head, you tell her that you came here and destroyed the ritual, trying to help a mare that was about to get trapped
>The pegasus immediately begins gesturing traits on herself. Long mane, short tail, pegasus wings
>She was basically describing the captive exactly and points down the hallway
>What do you do?

>>30554600
Is she over there? Are you related?, nevermind that let's go find her.

If we're going anywhere, we should introduce her to our spookling, very carefully though. Explain that this one was attached to us, showed empathy, and hasn’t been a threat. Show her how she likes to whistl too.

>>30554600
Want to come with me to follow that mare.

bu

>>30555917

>>30557061

>>30557831

>>30558783
This

>>30559295

>>30554662
>>30555106
"You uh... you know her?", you question with a bit of disbelief, but receive a quick nod in return
>The mare across from you puts her hooves together and begins cradling nothing between her legs after pointing at herself
>Looks like you do have an actual lead on where to look for your mystery mare, thanks to a very helpful pegasus
>You get up and begin walking towards the exit but you hear Aero jump after you and tap you on the shoulder
>She then points at herself, you and the tunnel with a serious expression, making her intention quite clear
"Go with me? You sure about that? I really can't tell what's waiting for us down there", you tell her, but she doesn't turn around
>With a sigh you give in. "Got it, let's go find her then", you say and keep walking towards your little friend's hiding spot
>The creature comes out slowly, but clearly happy to be close to you again
>As soon as Aero sees it though, she jumps in front of you and holds her right leg straight at the smaller creature
>You can clearly see the frog of her hoof begin to light up in crimson red and you are pretty sure what's going to happen if you don't interfere
>Tackling her away, a beam of strong red light misses your face by an inch in the tussle, colliding with the ceiling of the cave and making a few pieces of rock drop down
>It does not hit anyone, thankfully and the structure of the hull seems to still be stable
>Aero glares at you and then at the shadow pony in disgust
"P-please, she's harmless, I swear!", you try to convince the pegasus as she gets up and dusts herself off
"Look, s-she even likes music!", you begin to whistle for the now again in hiding pony
>Slowly it-, no she, sticks her head out behind the rock and joins in your humming
>Your companion doesn't seem exactly convinced and begins to trot out of the cave on her own instead
>What do you do?

>>30560416
Follow her, and motion our shadow poner to follow behind us closely, all the while telling the story of how she helped us against the others, and how she seems more than anything to be a scared little filly.

We need a name for our spooky fishling, while we're at it. Things with names are more endering, and harder to kill.

>>30560611
Sea Shadow?

That's not very creative, but It's got a couple of layers of meaning and a pun at least.

Sorry for basically no updates this week, mind is a little preoccupied lately. Keep discussing names, can't wait to see what you guys are coming up with

>>30560611
bubblegum

>>30561010
Crystal Skitters

>>30560416
”Hey! Just because something looks freaky, and is found during an evil soul sucking ritual doesn't mean it's bad!"

>>30562417
Gumball Peepers?

>>30565415

>>30561010
Shady Seas?

Sorry, guys, I was at the hospital for the past 3h, imma try to write when I get home