Week Long Vacation (CYOA) [Thread 5]

>>30595862

>You wander around the area.
>Let's see... you trot up to a small group of young ponies talking amongst themselves.
>Ivory pokes your side with a hoof.
>"Don't most of the ponies here seemed too young to be involved in this sort of stuff?"
>"They aren't doing cult stuff, that's for sure. Just listen."
>Patches replies to him before you can say anything.
>You start paying attention to the group of young stallions and mares.

>"-he's not wrong! Princess Luna is the hottest of the four!"
>A navy blue unicorn mare with her hood pulled back speaks to the rest of the group.
>"You're just saying that because you're blue."
>A charcoal unicorn stallion replies to her, his head resting on a hoof as he sips on cup of soda.
>"Hey! That's like, colour racist!"
>"Uh... Colourist?"
>A light yellow earth pony wearing silver framed spectacles suggests.
>"Whatever! The point is, Princess Luna is forever best pony! I mean, she even visited my dreams!"
>The mare replies, mostly targeted at the charcoal stallion.

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>>30595874

>A sigh cuts through the ongoing conversation, as the group turns to a light pink pony.
>The robe is still over his head, but you can still see his muzzle.
>"Why did you three drag me out for this sort of nonsense?"
>The sides of his robe flutter a little as you imagine his wings flap in slight annoyance.
>"Cus we're friends! And you need to socialize more."
>"But this is so stupid... everypony here is like, part of some cult that only talks about the Princesses, and there isn't even holes on the robe for my wings!"
>"Yeah, but there's free food here. I'm sure this is just some sort of joke party somepony threw for fun. Come on, pull the hood back, you look silly like this."
>The light yellow earth pony replies as he pats the top of his hood.
>"Ugh... no, I don't feel comfortable around here..."
>"Sheesh, we'll go play at the arcade later, kay?"
>The mare fixes her mane by pushing it behind her.
>"But I still need to study!"
>The earth pony interjects.
>"Bah! You nerd! School isn't gonna be starting for a few more weeks. Heck, finals are what, three months away?"
>"Actually, it's a hundred and twelve days away."
>"...You actually know this."
>"Yeah? You have a problem with it?"
>The earth pony stares at the mare with a condescending gaze.
>"Actually, I do! You......"
>The charcoal unicorn stallion stares at the earth pony and the mare with an amused expression.
>"Well then, those two are gonna be at it for a while. Why don't we go get some more cake? You haven eaten anything since we got here."
>He says as he puts down the cup of soda, turning to the pink pegasus.
>"Oh, I'll rather stay here."
>"Jeez, come on! None of the ponies here will hurt you! I'll keep you safe, now come along!"
>He drags the hoof of the pegasus with his magic as he trots off.
>"Wait! Ore, no!"
>The pegasus squeaks as he gets dragged away with ease.

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>>30595879

>"Heh, think we should get some of the food?"
>"Won't ponies notice food floating in the air?"
>"Well, whatever we're holding seems to be invisible to ponies too. Plus, it'll wear off soon, and all ponies are welcome in here. So..."
>"Meh, Grace, what should we do?"
"I... want to take photos of pony rumps!"
>"......"
>"Hey! That ain't a bad idea! Not like they could see us or anything!"
>"No."
"Bu-"
>"No. Bad Grace, stop being perverted!"
>He boops you with a hoof.

>There's food around.
>There's a game of poker being played at the corner.
>A rack filled with robes are near the entrance.
>Most of the ponies around seems to friendly.
>Well, what do you want to do?

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>>30595887
I think we should go find princess Celestia. She might be interested in this key.

>>30595887
Let's put on some robes, take some suggestive pictures, and eat some food. We will suddenly appear in front of everyone! A summoning gone right for the whole cult!

>>30595887
Totally forgot we're invisible. I gots lots of fun ideas.
Sorta throw your voice so if sounds like it's coming from the other side. "Princess Flurry Heart is the best."
Cheat by whispering what cards to play at the poker table.
Finally when all the fun is had, Don a robe when no one is looking and make sure no one has the opportunity to look under it.

>>30595939
Some other time mate. We're here at a party, there's a party, and pranks to be had. Plus, what's so important about this key again? Is it magical? Non magical? Would the guards let a nobody visit the day princess when she's most likely sleeping?

>>30595939
Bad idea there. We're invisible right now. Going to the princess like this will result in a lot of trouble since we're technically sneaking in past other guards. We'll get in huge trouble.

>>30595977
We can't be heard either.

>>30595887
Move a bunch of things. They'll never be able to find their cult props now! Opportunity to take a bunch of secret pictures as well!

>>30595939
>>30595968
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>>30596211

>You scrunch at him and push his hoof away.
"Well, what if we find Princess Celestia instead?"
>"What!? Why?"
>Patches practically screams at you.
"Because of the key?"
>"Buck no! Did you forget what I am? And we're invisible right now, what if some guards spot us appearing out of nowhere? We'll be thrown into the dungeons!"
"Oh... well, I guess we'll prank the partygoers? What if I scream something like..."
>You look around, before yelling.
"Princess Flurry Heart is the best princess!"
>...
>Ivory facehooves at you.
>"Did you forget, nopony can hear us right now."
"...You saw nothing! I wasn't being stupid!"
>"Yes yes, I saw nothing but you being silly."
"Boo, let's go mess with the cards!"
>"Put on the robes first."
>Ivory drags you towards the rack.
>Making sure that nopony is paying attention to where you are, you three quickly don the robes.

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>>30596255

>"Now you can do whatever, I'm gonna go get some fo-"
"Nope, you're coming with me."
>You push him towards the ponies playing cards.
>"What are we suppose to do here, spectate?"
"No, we're gonna help somepony cheat!"
>"...And how do you propose we do that?"
"Uh..."
>"With spells, I can carve words onto the... wait, I'm a pegasus, never mind."
>Patches interjects.
"...Can't you do the same, Ivory?"
>"...Yes? There are knives around here, and I can use a repair spell to fix the carved object too."
"Can you..."
>"Fine, this might be funny to do."
>He gives a slight smile at you.

>Who are you gonna help, there's currently five ponies at the table.
>One is a young light azure unicorn stallion, maybe part of the group you eavesdropped on?
>The second is a silver unicorn mare, the third is a crimson pegasus mare, another's a lavender pegasus stallion,
>There's also a middle aged grey unicorn stallion.
>Seems like the crimson pony is currently winning.

>How are you going to help them?
>You can touch ponies.
>Carving words onto the cards or tables is possible.
>There may be other ways too.

>What are you gonna do after this?
>Eat something?
>Make ponies think there are ghosts by moving things around?
>Move things in secret?
>Take photos you wouldn't normally be able to take? Be specific, what sort of photos do you want to take?
>Do something else?

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>>30596264
>How are you going to help them?
Touch cards.
Least chance of starting a fight.
>What are you gonna do after this?
Eat something

>>30596264
Hey Patches! What if we go to Princess Luna instead? I agree, it sounds like a great idea! Let's go now!

Occasionally move some things around and make some of them think something paranormal is going on. A cult deserves a good atmosphere.

>>30596418
Nah. The others were right. My princess celestia idea was dumb.

>>30596428
By which I mean luna would also be a bad idea.

>>30596264
This might be our only chance to boop a princess.

>>30596428
>>30596436
Just a joke. I just want to mess with Patches. Ivory isn't the only one we'll mess with. Patches will not be spared.

>>30596292
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>>30596450

"You know... why don't we forget this?"
>"Huh?"
>Ivory questions.
"Hey Patches! What if we go to Princess Luna instead?"
>"W-what? B-"
>You cut him off before he has the chance to say anything.
"I agree, it sounds like a great idea! Let's go now!"
>"W-wait, no! Why!?"
"This might be our only chance to boop a princess!"
>You can hear Ivory's hoof reuniting with his face once again.
>"That's just... You can go by yourself, I'm staying here."
"Hehe, I was just messing with ya."
>You look back at the table.

>Unlike in casinos, there's only a single deck of cards on the table.
>Trotting around, you check the cards everypony is holding.
>Darn, most of them are holding the cards in a way that you can't easily see from behind them.
>Shoot, you just moved the chair by accident.
>The lavender stallion turns at your direction, confusion evident on his face.
>The silver unicorn is holding 2 sevens, one heart and another spades, she also has a queen of hearts.
>Funny how the princesses are the queens and kings in many versions of the cards.
>The azure stallion is holding onto a jack of hearts, a ten of hears and a nine of hearts.
>Ooo, that's a good setup.
"Hey, what are they feeling right now?"
>You ask Patches.
>"Mostly neutral, the crimson mare is feeling unconfident, the grey pony feels really happy, the lavender stallion is confused, for some reason. Oh yeah, I can't feel anything notable from the silver unicorn, and the azure pony is really nervous."
"Wait, you can't feel anything?"
>"Yeah, I can't exactly detect anything if you're not thinking of anything in particular. She must be quite strong minded to be able to do this."

>What do you do?

>>30596558
Boo, this strong minded pony is boring. Poke him and get some feelings out of him. Mess with the grey pony as well. Nopony is going to be confident here.

So, I need to pause here. Will continue later tonight. Sorry for the lackluster session.

>>30596558
Try to find out why the lavender stallion is confused. What's so confusing about playing cards?

>>30597197
Nevermind, just read everything again and found that he noticed we moved a chair. Therefore, we have to move it again to test and make sure this is the case.

>>30596645
>>30597197
>>30597207

>Boo... this pony is boring, you poke the back of her head with a hoof.
>Whoa!
>You narrowly dodge a hoof swing at your head.
>Putting her cards face down on the table, she turns back to face nothing.
>Her face of confusion quickly shifts into annoyance.
>Sheesh, it's almost like she knows where you are, with how she's staring directly at you...
>"Hmph..."
>She turns back to the table.
>You leave her be for now.

>You move around, listening to what little conversation there is at the table.
>The lavender stallion is whispering to the crimson mare.
>"Hey sis, a flush is having five cards from the same suit, right?"
>"Yes."
>"Cool."
>"You know that you shouldn't ask me that, right?"
>"We're gonna share the winnings in the end anyway."
>"I might just keep it all to myself in the end."
>Pushing a chair by the lavender stallion away, you move closer to the grey stallion.
>"It moved again!"
>The lavender pony exclaims.
>"What moved again?"
>"The chair, none of those three are using magic, and there's no pony around, but something has been moving around me."
>"Don't be silly."
>"I'm not being silly! I can feel the air moving."

>Heh, time to mess with more ponies.
>You boop the grey pony's face from the side.
>He scrunches and looks around.
>Ruffling his mane a little with a hoof, you trot away from the table, leaving the ponies there more confused than ever.

>You feel light, is the spell wearing off?
>Ivory gives you a look.
>"So, we're done here? Can I go eat something now?"
"Uh..."

>What do you do?
>Eat something with your friends?
>Send them off towards food and do something else on your own?
>Do something funny like appearing out of nowhere?
>Something else?

Have an update, I'll write more updates throughout the night if life permits

>>30597729
Lets just get out of sight and wait for it to wear off.

>>30597748

"Let's wait outside, when we're visible again, we'll come back in."
>"Finally, something sensible for once."
>Ivory comments.
>You three move and stand outside in a inconspicuous corner for five minutes.
>......
>"You know, how do we know that we're visible now?"
>"Uh... trot inside and ask a pony if they see us?"
>"...That's dumb and you should feel dumb."
>"What else are we supposed to do!?"
>"Uh, ask a pony something less weird?"
>"Asking if someone sees us or not is totally normal."
>"No it's not."
>Ignoring them, you trot up to a patrolling guard.
"Excuse me! Have you seen an orange pegasus mare? She's about as tall as you are, and has a black feather for a cutie mark."
>"Yes actually, I saw her somewhere in the castle a few minutes ago. You might find her around the castle library."
>Huh, mom actually is around.
"Cool! Thanks!"
>"Mm."
>You trot back to your friends.
"Well, we're definitely visible now."
>"Good, I'm gonna go eat something now."
>Ivory starts to trot inside without waiting for your reply.

>What do you do?
>Tell Ivory to get food for you too?
>Follow him inside?
>Should you eat in this place?
>Tell/Follow Ivory to get some food and eat around an isolated part of the gardens?
>Stop Ivory and drag him somewhere else?
>Do something else?

>>30597931
We should back to those guards at the maze and show them the key.

>>30597931
Tell Ivory to get food for us too. We'll meet him later as soon as we're done asking about this key.

>>30597943
Do we really need to go all the way back to ask that? Why not just ask a random guard around here?

>>30599138
I figure we take the key to the guards most likely to know something about it.
I am not that attached to it being those specific guards though.

>>30597931
The key's not going anywhere, we can just have some food and give it back in a bit.

>>30598427
Altering my vote a little. Let's get some food and eat first. Key isn't that big of a deal if there is no alert or search going around.

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>>30597943
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>>30599671


>You follow him inside for food.
>Soon, you find yourself seated at a table by the corner with some food.
"So, what should we do about that key?"
>"Why don't we just keep it?"
>"Don't really care, no one's searching for it, probably isn't even important."
"What should we do after this then?"
>"I don't know? Didn't you wanted to find your mom or something?"
"Uh, not really, I just thought it'll be cool to say hi or something."
>"Whatever, just give that key to a guard, go say hi to your mom, then we can get out of here."
>"What, no! It's not everyday that we get to come visit the castle, we gotta check out the castle."
>"The castle is pretty boring though."
>"We'll see about that."

>After a few moments, you've finished your food.
>Trotting outside, you think about what you should do next.
>You should probably get that key to a guard.
>You thought about going all the way back into the maze to ask about the key, but what's the point of that?
>You can just ask a random guard patrolling around the area.
>You trot up to a random guard.
"Hey! Do you know what this is?"
>You pull the key out from Ivory's pocket.
>The guard looks at you quizzically.
>"Where did you find this?"
"Somewhere in the maze. There was also some sort of invisibility potion right next to it."
>He takes the key from you.
>"I'll take care of it, just carry on with whatever you were doing."
>He trots into the castle with the key, probably to report on this thing?

>Well, that was easy?
>Ask your friends something?
>Head into the castle?
>Look for mom?
>Something else?

Have an update.

>>30603745
>Head into the castle
Ask the guards if there is any artifacts stored we would be allowed to view. If not ask if we can check out the throne room. If not ask about libraries. If not ask if there is any art in the castle worth viewing.

>>30603745
You forgot to post in the general

>>30603756

>Moving towards where the guard took off to, you trot into the castle.
>Uh.. he's already gone.
>Well then, you have no idea where everything is.
>"Where are we going?"
>Ivory asks you.
"Uh, somewhere? Like, the throne room, cool stuff, and or libraries? I was gonna ask the guard, but he's gone, and there's no one else around."
>"You can just ask me, I know where everything is! Even the secret passages!"
>Patches does a tiny salute with a hoof.
>"Wait, why would you know that?"
>"Why would I not know that?"
>"..."
"Oh, cool! Guide us towards where the throne room is?"
>"Uh... Can we avoid going there? I don't want to encounter any of the princesses if possible."
"Okay, how bout the library?"
>"Sure, follow me!"

>Strangely, you didn't see anyone in the castle at all as you follow Patches.
>From the library doors outside, you could see an old librarian mare inside, near the entrance.
>You don't see any guards around.
>You probably can't actually borrow anything back from here.
>Why did you want to come here again?
>You've reached the library, what do you plan on searching for inside?

Have another update.

>>30604145
We should look around to find out if any news articles we have written were demed important enough to make it into the castle library.

>>30604145
I'm super happy this is back

Go to the library in a totally uneventful way in which nothing zany or lewd happens involving grace and Ivory or Graces mother and her new boyfriend husband dude

>>30604199
>>30604394

>You enter the library, your friends following you in seconds later.
>No other pony in sight, aside from the librarian of course.
>You look around for any news articles, as your friends search for other books and information they want to know.
>Alone in the miscellaneous section of the library, you look around for anything that resembles news articles.
>Hmm...
>Can't really find anything of the sort.
>You turn a corner, and bump into something furry and fluffy.
>Or so you thought.
>What the...
>Did you just trot through a wall?
>The place is dark as buck, there's seems to be more books around here.
>Guess this is another section of the library?
>Hmm? You thought you saw a tail or something turn around the corner.

>Well... Look through the books around here?
>Follow after whatever that may or may not be in here?
>Do something else?

You know the drill, infrequent updates throughout the night.

>>30604428
Follow it
Might be something interesting
Or it's just bookhorse

>>30604428
Follow it.

>>30604428
Give chase!

>>30604428
Bamp

>>30604428
Guess we found a hidden room.
Toss a book behind us to leave some semblance of a trail and go check it out. Call out to them.