Week Long Vacation (CYOA) [Thread 5.1]

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>For a hidden room, this place is strangely huge.
>Vertically huge, that is.
>There are ladders that go up around here, nothing goes down though.
>You move cautiously towards the figure you saw.
>A stallion trots out from the darkness, he's not wearing any armour.
>"Who are you!? How did you get in here?"
>Well, this is happening.

>How do you reply?

>>30608571
My name is Fleeting Grace and I walked
Don't mention our profession to him just yet. It might spook him.

>>30608571
Hi! I decided to just to walk and saw somepony running! Is thos the secret cult part of the party? Can I join?
Play ourselves dumb.

>>30608571
Surprise attack!

>>30608915
Nah.
We should be ready to pounce if he takes an agressive stance though.

>>30608608
This, then ask his name and how he is doing. It's the polite thing to do.

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"Hi! I'm Fleeting Grace! Trotted in here because I saw somepony galloping in here, Is this the secret cult part of the party? Can I join?"
>"What cult? There's no party in here, leave!"
>You feel a slight headache.
>His gaze sharpens.
>"Hmm, he really is here..."
>He mutters really softly, but you're able to hear it.
>You trots closer to you, you can see his deep purple fur.
>"Apologies, I didn't realize. Mind getting your 'friend' in here?"
>Uh... what?
>Wait, did he just read your mind or something!?

>What do you do?
>Ask something?
>Surprise attack him?
>Something else?

>>30608988
You ain't having patches
turn around and grab Patches then run like hell Kick the stallion as you turn around.

>>30609031
Reminder that we are currently alone with the stallion in the hidden room.

>>30608988
Ask what he's trying to get at here, we don't know what he means by"he"just yet.

>>30608988
So there is no party here? What's the point of a secret room if you aren't going to have secret parties?
I also have no idea what you're talking about. Can I have what you're having?

>>30609062
Sure but we could go back out the way we came

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"There's no party in here? What's the point of a secret room if you aren't going to have secret parties?"
>You tilt your head slightly.
"Also, I have no idea what you're talking about. Can I have what you're having?"
>"Don't play dumb with me."
"Hmph, who's 'he'?"
>"Your shapeshifting friend. I need to talk to him about a few things."
"I see, can't you let me relay the message instead?"
>"I don't trust you, you being much more unpredictable than other ponies doesn't really inspire trust too."
"Thanks!"
>"Not a complement, but sure."
>You could hear his tail flicking in slight annoyance.
>"Just get him in here, I'm not here to hurt him or anything."
>You're can't tell if he's being entirely truthful here, he hides his emotions well.

>What do you do?

>>30609217
Turn, kick, run.

>>30609217
I am perfectly predictable, thank you ver much, mr. Earth pony sir!
Proceed to run away using our wings for a speed advantage.

>>30609217
boop him. a boop is all you need to know about a person.
How the ridge of their nose scrunches up. the curves of their lip. How crosses their eye's are. The intensity of the scrunchy. All of these can tell you so much.

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>>30609262
Rude much? IF he turns out to be trouble for out rag tag party, then we'll kick his as. But we won't run because running away is for scared faggots like you guys
This guy must be another changeling. If that's the case then we'll see how it plays out between Patches and this fellow, as we will be present.
Seriously. What are you guys afraid of? A changeling must weigh like half of that of the average pony.

>>30609217
Who are you, a cop? Another shape shifter? Better gimme some answers before I get miffed.

>>30609284
Boopfags are getting out of hand

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>>30609284

"Who are you, a cop? Another shapeshifter?"
>"Just a bug, a friend of the bug you know."
>Hmm... you have the perfect way to learn about this earth pony changeling!
"Uh huh... Boop!"
>You surprise boop him with a hoof!
>He never saw it coming!
>Your hoof was too fast for eyes!
>"Ow! What is wrong with you!? You don't boop someone with that much force!"
>You somehow knocked him down with a boop.
>Eh... whoops?
>...

>What do you do?
>Boop him while he's down?
>Help him up?
>Leave and get Patches here?
>Something else?

>>30609292
He's not exactly being trustworthy by demanding to bring Patches to him with no explanation. We have every right to be suspicious of him. Also, we're afraid cause magic is dangerous.

>>30609475
Find something to restrain him with and then go get patches

>>30609475
Help em up.

>>30609496
You are just so unbelievably rude. We now now that a simple boop is enough to know this guy senseless. We have no need to fear him. Lets just introduce him to Patches.

>>30609475
Help him up.
Sorry, that boop was too strong that time! Can I do another one, gently this time?
I can go get Patches, but you'll have to stay here. I trust him to decide on whether you're nice or naughty.

>>30609496
This.
If we can't find anything restrain him by hand and bring him to patches.

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>You thought about restraining him, but with what?
>You're in a library, everything you can find around here is just books.
>Oh, there's also a ladder.
>You trot over to him and pull him up.
>Sheesh, he should've disguised himself as a unicorn, earth ponies aren't supposed to be this weak.
"Sorry, that boop was too strong that time! Can I do another one, gently this time?"
>"No! Now get him here before I force you to!"
>Aw... He's trying to act all tough.
>You pet his head with a hoof.
"Don't worry, want me to kiss the boo boo better?"
>"..."
"Heh, hold on a moment, I'll bring him here. He'll decide whether you're nice or naughty."
>"It's not like I can do anything but wait."
>He moves to the side of a bookshelf and sit down, nursing his bleeding snoot.
>You prepare to trot outside.

>Uh... you're not entirely sure where would he be.
>Since neither Ivory or Patches are reading at a table.
>They must still be between the bookshelves.
>Ivory's probably reading spellbooks somewhere or something.

>Which section do you think Patches will be at?

>>30609584
What do old people like?

>>30609584
romance section > magic > science fiction > Autobiographies.

Ask Ivory if he has seen Patches.

>>30609584
Better idea. Let's have him come to us. Think very loving, lewd, sexy, romantic thought of Grace and Ivory.

That should attract him more then a bee to honey.

>>30609694
Good idea. Let's add up as many loving and lewd thoughts as we can.

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>Jeez, this place is huge.
>What do old ponies like again?
>Boring, old stuff?
>Uh... History!
>...You kinda doubt he'll be there.
>You'll think about it from another angle.
>What would somepony that eats love everyday read?
>...Romance books?
>Sure, you trot towards the section filled with romance novels.
>Hmm? You didn't see Ivory as you pass the magic section.

>You enter the romance section of the library.
>Gee, there's so many romance books around it might as well have a room of its own.
>Oh hey! Both of your friends are here.
>Ivory and Patches are both sitting on the carpeted floor...
>They're whispering to each other.
>What the buck are they doing?
>You trot closer, thankful that your hoofsteps are silent.
>"-in't know that this sort of books can be found within the castle."
>"Yeah, it's pretty awesome, isn't it?"
>"I have to say, the plot is surprising good."
>"Just wait till you get to the good part, where-"
>"Don't spoil it."
>"Aw... But I wanted to talk about this sort of stuff for forever!"
>"Be quiet, we're in a library."
>"There's only like, four ponies in this massive library anyway. No one would hear us, even if we bucked."
>"Uh huh, go hump a book then."
>Ivory flips a page of the book he's reading.
>"Hump the books? That's... hmm...."
>Patches adopts a thinking pose.
>"I didn't mean it literally. For an old stallion, you think like a teenager."
>Ivory says without even looking at him.
>"Hey! That's not a bad thing, old ponies are boring! They never know how to have fun in life."
>"And you do?"
>"Yeah! I..."

>Seems like they didn't see you.
>How do you wanna approach them?
>Just trot up to them?
>Move to the next shelf and eavesdrop/surprise them by flying up and jumping down on them?
>Think super loving and sexy thoughts to attract Patches to you?
>Something else?

>>30609714
Moonshine can probably "sense" Grace anyways with his weird sensy powers. Lets go say hi and tell Moon about his friend.

>>30609714
May as well just head over. We wonna get him to his friend right away

>>30609714
I wonder if anypony would hear you if you both humped books and bucked each other actually. I see you two are getting along reading romance together. How sweet and cute!

>>30609714
Know what else is fun? MMA! We should sometime.

>>30609767
"romance'

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>>30609714
>Humping a book
>Get a cut on your vagina or dick
Please, no. Don't.

>>30609807
Ivory is truly a jerk for suggesting such a fate.

>>30609714
Can I see what you guys are reading, please?

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>You trot closer, Patches waves at you as you close the distance between you two.
"I wonder if anypony would hear you if you both humped books and bucked each other actually."
>You speak up, getting Ivory's attention as well.
>Ivory's ear turns to you.
>"Grace please, think of the books, and the paper cuts."
>You gasp dramatically.
"So you were planning on dooming Patches to a fate of getting a thousand painful cuts on his dick!?"
>"Maybe we can avoid that if we hump only the book cover?"
>"Ugh, you two need to stop."
>You poke at the book he's reading, reading a few lines.
>Wew, it said something about a sergeant and a corporal bucking in the sergeant's room.
>Why is Ivory reading this now?
"I see you two are getting along reading romance together. How sweet and cute!"
>"Heh, yeah, 'romance'."
>"Mm..."
"Anyway! I'm here to talk to Patches."
>You massage your neck a little with your left hoof.

>What do you want to say?

Pausing to study for exams, it's gonna happen on Monday, so till then, expect sessions and updates to be short and infrequent.

>>30609920
Tell him there is a friend of his who wants to meet him. Don't give him a chance to react before we rush him over. Don't want any more chance of the friend getting away

>>30609949

"There's a friend of yours that wanted to meet you."
>Before he can react, you trot behind and push him towards the hidden room you were in.
>"Wait, what friend?"
"You'll see when we get there."
>"Where are you going? Should I come along for this?"

>Uh...
>Bring Ivory along?
>Or do you tell him to stay here and wait?

>>30611096
Bring him along.

>>30611096
Sure why not? S'not like they're gonna talk about anything important.

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"Sure, S'not like they're gonna talk about anything important."
>He follows you, the book he's reading floats in front of him as he trots behind you.
>"You probably shouldn't read while trotting."
>Patches speaks up, not actually moving as you push him forward.
>Ivory rolls his eyes and moves the book beside him.

>You push him all the way to the wall.
>"Uh, that's a nice wall."
>Ivory comments.
>You push Patches through.
>You wonder how his hooves feel, even though the floor's all carpeted.
>"Whoa, of course you'll end up finding a place like this instantly."
>Ivory mutters as he trots into the room.

>You don't see the changeling around.
>There's a scribbled note on the floor where he was at.
>(Upstairs)
>...Kay.

>Fly up?
>Climb the ladder because reasons?
>Call out?
>Check out the area and books on the current floor?
>Something else?

Stopping for the day, have a nice day!

>>30611541
Ladder.

>>30611541
Check out the room
Good luck on your exams

>>30611541
Look at some of the books here, hidden libraries always have better books.

>>30612723
BUMP

>>30611541
Ladder. Patches' friend must have a ladder here to signal us that flying is forbidden! Or maybe there is no hidden meaning but what's the fun in that?

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>>30611541
He never saw us fly. we might be able to trick him into thinking we have an injured wing in case he is up to no good.
Climb the ladder.

>>30612723
Definintly do this on the way down but focus on going up for now.

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>Ivory levitates a few books at random close to him.
>"Ooo, more useless trivia."
"Come on, he's upstairs."
>You drag Patches to the ladder, and urge him to climb it.
>Instead of flying up with your wings, you climb the ladder upwards.
>It's a bit hard to climb with the dress.
>"Uh... why are we climbing this? We can fly."
"Because flying is forbidden!"
>"You do realize there are stairs at the back, right?"
>You stop for a moment.
"Wait, there are?"
>Patches points at the stairs behind the bookshelves.
>Ivory is slowly trotting up the stairs while looking through an old-looking book.
"Oh.... We're still climbing this."

>You've climbed to the second floor, there's railings all around to stop silly pones from falling down.
>Ivory isn't here yet.
>The earth pony is messing around with a book on one of the bookshelves.
>A lantern is right next to him, you can see that his mane is green at the moment, and his cutie mark is a few budding seeds.
>You have no idea what he said, but there were chitters.
>He doesn't turn to you two, still messing around with the books.
>"Wait, Three? Why are you here?"
>He immediately turns to you two.
>Eyebrow raised, he makes some sort of amused chitter.
>"Hehe, you approve? I'm still a stallion though!"
>"Ow!"
>You hear Ivory cry out in pain, before a something big falls.
>"I told you not to read while you trot!"
>Patches calls out.
>"I'm okay!"
>Something else falls.
>...
>Chitter, chitter chitter.
>"Yeah yeah, don't mind them, they're cool."

>What do you do?
>Check if Ivory's okay?
>Ask the totally rude erf pone bug to stop speaking in bug? How do you word it?
>Something else?

>>30617322
>>Check if Ivory's okay?

>>30617322
Since you really do know each other, sorry about being hesitant and for the hard boop then. When somepony suddenly demands to see their super secret changeling companion, they tend to get defensive. Did you read my mind to know he was here though?
Help Ivory out.

>>30617322
Go check on your husbando

>>30617916
Bump

>>30617322
Sup nerd. So I guess you two do know each other.

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>>30621476

No session/updates today, because exam tomorrow and I still haven't fully revised everything.

>>30623052
Good luck! I hope you pass!

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>Huh, guess they do know each other.
>Honestly, you were eagerly waiting to kick some butt.
>Guess you should say something.
"Since you really do know each other, sorry about being hesitant and for the hard boop then. When somepony suddenly demands to see their super secret changeling companion, they tend to get defensive."
>Poor snoot, he can't take any more boops for a while.
>Jeez, it's like seeing a colt get all mad and pouty.
>"You're not really sorry."
>He scrunches at you, before wincing slightly in pain.
"Hey! At least I'm saying sorry? Did you read my mind to know he was here though?"
>He shakes his head silently.
>He points at Patches.
>"Felt his presence on you."
"Cool... What exactly does tha-"
>A crash draws your attention.
>"I'm still okay!"
>...
"You two have fun, I'll go check on him."
>You trot down the stairs.

>Sheesh, why is there so many rooms on this tiny room?
>You spot Ivory on the bottom of the stairs on the third floor.
>...It appears he has more books with him now, the four books around him has grown to thirteen.
>A huge bookshelf is lying on the stairs.
>How the buck...
>You hop onto the bookshelf.
>One of the shelves is slanted against the wall.
>There are a bunch of books and parchment scattered all over the floor behind him.
>Ivory stares sheepishly at the ground when he notices you.
>"I only pulled a book! That was all I did!"

>What do you do?

Have an update for now, full session happens later.

>>30630033
Not important. Are you okay, Ivory?
Helping our coltfriend is always our biggest priority. Help clean up with him, then ask him afterwards on how pulling ONE book caused two bookshelves to fall separately.

>>30630033
Get tidying.

>>30630033
You really love looking for some new books. You plan on checking them out?
Anyways, let's clean this mess up and meet Moonshine's friend!

>>30630033
Well look at what we have here. Now who's the trouble magnet this time hmmmm?

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"Well look at what we have here. Are you okay, Ivory?"
>"Yeah, only hit my head when I was pulling a book out from the shelves."
>He holds up a red book, there's no title, for some reason.
>...The pages are falling out.
>With the faint light from Ivory's horn, you're able to see that the pages are blank.
"Uh huh, and that somehow sent a bookshelf flying onto the stairs. Right... now who's the trouble magnet this time hmmmm?"
>"Hey! The stupid thing was gonna fall on me! Any unicorn would've flung it away, or teleported, or-"
"Right right, you have... a bunch of books with you. You plan on checking them out?"
>"No, I was just looking through some interesting things, I can copy them if I want anyway."
"Uh huh, what sort of interesting things?"
>He shows you one of the books.
>You can't understand the title...
>There's a picture of a skeleton pony.
>Wait...
>Is this a book on necromancy or something!?
"Is this... what I think it is?"
>"Yup!"
>N-no, is he going over to the dark side!?
>Quick! You need to stop him from reading possibly cursed dark magic things!

>What do you do?

>>30631131
Tell him if he does not leave bones buried he won't get to bury his bone tonight.

>>30631135

>"Look! It even has illustra-"
"If you don't leave bones buried you're not getting any chance to bury your bone tonight."
>"-tions.... Huh?"
>He tilts his head in confusion.
"You put that thing down. No necromancy!"
>"......"
"You read that and you're not getting any tonight!"
>He stares at you with one of those blank expressions he loves to give.
>Again.
>The book floating in front of you flips open to a page filled with words.
>You can see...
>Details of a earth pony's magic system.
>How magic in earth ponies work.
>More boring stuff.
>Oh hey! There's a picture of a pony skeleton.
>It flips to a random page.
>You can see a picture of a gryphon's skeleton, with tiny labels on what certain parts are called.
>The book lowers slightly.
>He's still staring into your soul, judging you with his mind.

>Uh... What do you do?

>>30631265
Stand firm.
Tell him we are not going to allow him to get into necromacy.

>>30631265
I was (mostly) joking. Really dont do necromancy though its bad. Probably.

Anyway what is that book?

>>30631296
Given the kind of stuff that's happened so far being possessed by a book of dark magic would not be that surprising.

>>30631265
Oh. This is fine then. How silly of Grace.

>>30631286
Oh shut it. It's mostly fine. It's just some book on anatomy.

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>>30631349
I don't think this is a book on necromancer guys.

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>>30631396

"I was joking!"
>Mostly.
>His right eye twitches slightly.
>A hoof comes up and slowly rubs the back of his head.
"Really, don't do necromancy. It's bad, probably."
>"Aw... afraid of the cute little zombies?"
"No necromancy, and that's final!"
>He rolls his eye.
>"I won't, all that blood, rotting flesh, and other stuff is just... ew."
>He shivers a little.
"Anyway, what is that book?"
>"Just an anatomy book that was on the first floor."
"We need to clean all this up, huh?"
>"You can push the bookshelf back?"
"Eh, fine."

>It takes a while, but the two bookshelves are in a upright position again.
>The books are randomly placed on the shelves.
"Meh, good enough. Let's go up and meet another changeling!"
>"Wait what?"
"Yup! There's more of them!"
>"...Seriously?"
>He sighs.
>"Why are we involved in these things?"

>Go up now?

>>30631399
Go up to them.

>>30631399
I genuinely have no idea. Coincidence? Conspiracies? Timelords? Narrative causality?

The changelings specifically? Because the idea of someone starving to death because of something they had little or nothing to do with cheeses my onions.

>>30631399
Come on, this changeling is extremely weak. He's probably starving and needs our help. You wanna help and impress the pretty mare, known as Patches, don't you? I promise I'll reward you tonight if we help them.

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"I genuinely have no idea. Coincidence? Conspiracies? Timelords? Narrative causality? The changelings specifically?"
>"Heh, don't start bringing that up, this ain't a book! We're gonna end up in a dungeon at this rate. This is just great, what did I do to deserve this..."
"Because the idea of somepony starving to death because of something they had little or nothing to do with cheeses my onions."
>"Yup, you just had to help public enemy number one."
"Come on, this changeling is extremely weak. He's probably starving and needs our help."
>"How weak, exactly?"
"A boop took him down."
>His eyebrow raises slightly.
>"Really?"
"Yes! I promise I'll reward you tonight if we help them."
>"N-no, you're not supposed to use s-sex as a bargaining chip."
"I never said anything about sex."
>"O-oh... I-ignore me then."
"Though that can be arranged~"
>"L-let's just go up!"
>He starts trotting up the stairs.

>You scoop him up and fly up to where the others are.
>The earth pony is gone.
>Patches is sitting alone on the railings.
>"You're back! What happened?"
"Stuff fell, where did he go?"
>"Through there."
>Patches points at the bookshelf.
>It's a normal bookshelf.
"Huh..."

>What do you do?
>Ask what were they talking about?
>Ask anything in particular?
>Do something?

Paused.

>>30631589
So it's what. Another magic shelf? There a Scooby-Doo mechanism in the shelf that'll flip the shelf?

He's not planning on supporting another invasion is he? Cuz, that wouldn't be cool.

>>30631589
Ask what they were talking about.

So are you really patches or did you switch out for some shenanigans?

>>30631641
Hold on their cowboy, We put our hoof in our mouth enough for one evening. Dont ask them about an invasion.

>>30631589
>Ask what were they talking about?
>>30631687
I think saying the invasion thing should be fine.

>>30632612
bump

>>30631589
Are you really Patches? If you are, tell me the reason why you were eating a banana in front of your room at the hotel!
Bluff and see if this is truly Patches.

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>>30631589
Take Patches by the appendage and walk straight into the bookshelf without stopping, make sure he's slightly ahead of you though.

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"What were you two talking about anyway?"
>"It's not some master plan for another invasion, is it?"
>Ivory pokes at his side.
"Wow, rude much?"
>"Nah, no invasions, yet."
>He smiles at Ivory innocently.
>"He asked about stuff happening in Canterlot."
"What for?"
>"He's just investigating some things."
>...Wow, so specific.

"So, are you really Patches or did you switch out for shenanigans?"
>"Uh... no?"
"Are you really Patches? If you are, tell me the reason why you were eating a banana in front of your room at the hotel!"
>"I didn't brought any bananas at the hotel?"
>You squint at him intently.
"Okay. Let's go!"
>You grab on of his hooves and push him in front of you, trotting straight into the bookshelf.
>He braces himself as the bookshelf draws nearer.
>"Wait, this isn't that kind of bookshelf! Stop!"
>He shifts into a unicorn and teleports away as you charge forward.
>You end up ramming headfirst into the shelf.

>It... doesn't really hurt you.
>The bookshelf is... kinda... in multiple pieces now.
>There are books and paper all over you.
>There's straight path that leads into a wall behind the shelf.
>"Wow... that's only wood, but you still-How strong is your head?"
>Patches, back to pegasus form, hovers above you.
>A hoof brushes your mane, as magic pulls out some splinters that thankfully, didn't pierce your skin.
>Seeing that you're fine, Ivory suggests.
>"We keep breaking things in here, let's get out of here before anypony notices."
>"There's nopony around, this part of the library isn't even well maintained anyway."
>"Yeah, because a head sized hole in a bookshelf is completely normal and natural."
"Where does this path leads?"
>"A hall somewhere in the castle, near usually empty guest rooms."

>Ask more questions?
>Go back to the library?
>Go through the wall beyond the bookshelf?
>Stay here? And do what?
>Something else?

>>30637824
Go down the hal land follow Patches lead

>>30637824
So what's your friend's name? Isn't he starving for love? I injured him far too easily for it to be normal. What's he investigating in secret?

>>30637824
Go through the wall beyond the shelf. I wonder why they deemed all these secret entrances and passageways necessary.
>>30638208
Honestly I don't care much. Maybe he's one of those people that bruises easily? Could be a changeling thing.
>He shifts into a unicorn and teleports away as you charge forward.
Neat. What kind of magic does he know?
And the hell was up with that Harry Potter shit guys?

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>>30638334

"So what's your friend's name?"
>"Three. He's Tree right now. Not very creative of him, eh?"
"Isn't he starving for love? I injured him far too easily for it to be normal."
>"Oh that's normal. He's not very tough, or durable."
"Funny that he's an earth pony."
>"Yeah, he's acting as one of the gardeners right now. Do not be alarmed, he didn't replace anyone."
>"Why is somepony like that here again? What is he investigating?"
>"He's here to gather intel for the hive, and he ended up stumbling across some changeling masquerading as the gryphon ambassador."
>"Wait, you serious?"
>"Yeah, he's not taking any action yet, just keeping an eye on her while he waits for orders from the hive."
>"Her? But the ambassador is a..."
"Wait, so this other changeling isn't part of your hive?"
>Patches shakes his head silently.
>Ivory gives a sigh.
>"Grace, no. It sounds like this whole mess will sort itself out, let's not get involved in this."
"Hey! I never said I'll get involved!"
>He snorts in slight amusement.
>"Knowing our luck, we'll get dragged into it one way or another."

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>>30638630

>Getting Patches to lead you out of here, you follow him through the passageway.
>Wonder why they deemed all these secret entrances and passageways necessary.
>It's just silly and makes the entire place confusing.
"Hey, you teleported just now. What kind of magic do you know anyway?"
>"Uh, practical ones?"
"..."
>"Yeah."
"Okay, can you... be more specific?"
>"Uh, soundproof barrier... teleportation... silencing spell... sleep, blind, bind, illusions, stuff like that, you know?"
>"Those spells doesn't really sound practical."
>"They're pretty useful to me!"
>You come out in a secluded room.
>Huh, is this some janitor's closet?
>Place is filled with random cleaning tools.
>Kinda like your mom's closet by the living room, now that you think about it.
>Following him outside, you notice that there's more guards around here.
>...
>You notice that Ivory is still carrying the library books with him.
>He is still in the room behind you.

>What do you do?
>Leave the castle?
>Look for something or check out cool places, like the castle dungeon?
>Yeah, you can totally go to a dungeon without getting stopped by guards!
>Totally!
>Oh yeah, books. Don't think carrying them out of here is a good idea.
>If he's still carrying them around here, it must mean he's going to steal it!
>Heh, not really, he probably forgot he's even carrying them in his magic.
>Wanna hide them or something?

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Paused.

>>30638636
internally *sighs deeply*

I'm gonna leave the skullduggery to the intelligence expert however. I also think its going to come get us, but im willing to procrastinate while I can.

Planning on keeping those books Ivory?

>>30638636
Leave the castle, leave the books on a random end table
The staff expect that

>>30638636
Let's try to find our mom now. Patches would love talking to her! Let's introduce our new female friend to her!
Stull busy copy down those books, Ivory?

>>30638636
Gott put them books back.

>>30640405

>>30638636
I am a little concerned that the ambassadors bodyguard could get hurt. I don't want mums fiance to die

>>30641294

>>30638636
Wait, Ivory why do you still have those books?
Did....did the castle library have some rental thing going on?

>>30638752
>>30638846
>>30638967
>>30639170
>>30641612
>>30643591

"Did....did the castle library have some rental thing going on?"
>"No?"
"You... planning on keeping those books?"
>"Uh... maybe?"
>You pull Patches back into the room.
"Weren't you going to copy them?"
>"Yeah, but I didn't have enough time for all of that."
>"Can't you just use the library at the hotel?"
>"I suppose... do I just put the books around here then?"
"Just leave the books on a random end table here, the staff will expect that."
>"Wait, here?"
"Yeah! Just put it down over there, and boom! It's no longer our problem!"
>"That's not a nice thing to do, creating more work for other ponies."
"Bah, it's what they're paid to do!"
>You take the books from his magical field and stack them on a table nearby.
>Dragging him outside, you wonder where you should go right now.

>Ask Patches to bring you out of the castle?
>Ask him to lead you to where mom probably is? Though you can always find her at her home later.
>Go check out the princesses' rooms? You totally won't be stopped by guards.
>Something else?

>>30644196
>Ask him to lead you to where mom probably is

>>30644196
Go find mom together.

>>30644203
>>30644288

>You ask patches to bring you to... uh...
>Where would she be at?
>The ambassador's room or something?
>Because the bodyguard never leaves their side, right?
>Right?
>"Uh, probably? I know that the gryphon isn't anywhere in the castle, and Three is in his room right now."
"Can we go in his room?"
>"Probably not, there are guards around and all."
>"Huh, I thought they usually never leave the castle during these things."
>"Oh the gryphon ambassador has always been pretty cool. I've met him before."
"Wonder if he's okay?"
>"Probably, it's not like changelings usually kill whoever they may or may not replace, you know..."
>"Uh huh, not trying to be rude, but I'm not sure if I can believe that."
"Can you like, detect my mom around the castle?"
>"You know I'm not some pony radar, right?"
>"Grace, please. Even I know that they can't do that."
"Boosh, this sucks! At this rate, mom is probably already back home or something."
>"Why do you wanna see her anyway?"

>What do you answer?
>Try going into the ambassador's room? Try being the keyword.
>If you're leaving the castle, where do you wanna go? Mom's house? A bar? A park? An arcade? A brothel? Something else?

>>30645080
Let's go to the park.

>>30645080
Because now that I have some time off I want to spend some that with my mom.
Also, changelings wouldn't ever try killing us, unless we forced them too, Ivory. They sorta need us so they can continue living on. How come we can't just negotiate a deal to give love? Then again, most ponies wouldn't ever accept, would they?

>>30645089
Actually screw it let's find mum.

>>30645089
>>30645151
>>30645161

"Because now that I have some time off I want to spend some that with my mom."
>"Ah, I see."
>Patches sorta ruffles his mane a little.
>You turn to Ivory.
"Also, changelings wouldn't ever try killing us, unless we forced them to."
>"..."
"They sorta need us so they can continue living on. How come we can't just negotiate a deal to give love?"
>"Because ponies can't help but be extremely racist towards everything but ponies?"
>Patches chimes in happily.
>"Hey! I'm-We're not racist!"
>"I don't know... didn't it took, what? The threat of eternal frozen winter to convince them to stop discriminating other ponies?"
>"That's from thousands of years ago! It doesn't count!"
"Figured that most ponies won't ever accept, especially after that invasion."
>"Oh yeah, that definitely didn't help with our rep."

>"So, you're gonna look for your mom then?"
>Patches asks for conformation.
>"Is she still in the castle? Maybe she's leaving."
>Ivory wonders.

>It's really annoying you can't like, use some sort of magic to ask her where she currently is.
>Why isn't this sort of magical equipment invented yet?
>If she's on her way home, she probably won't go anywhere else.
>Though maybe she ended up hanging out with her fiancé or something?
>She could be anywhere.
>Where do you think she is right now?

>>30645464
We can ask a guard if they have seen her.

>>30645464
Just ask around. Hard to miss someone who acts similar to Grace.

>>30645502

>It just occurred to you that you've been talking about sensitive things out in the open.
>Thankfully, no guards were close enough to hear you, eh?
>You trot up to a guard wandering nearby and ask if they've seen anypony resembling your mom or not.
>"No, sorry miss."
>Well, maybe you can ask other guards?
>You wander though other parts of the castle, asking patrolling guards the same question.
>...
>Time passes.
>It seems that none of the guards had seen anypony like your mom.

>Hmm... What do you do?

Paused. Sorry that posts had been coming so slowly lately.

>>30645464
So...Are you going to apologize to our mare-ish friend here fro being a bit racist, Ivory? That wasn't very nice of you to think of her whole race as killers.

>>30645607
Let's just head home.

>>30645607
Just head to moms house

She and her boyfriend may be....
Preoccupied with something at the moment
And what better way to embarrass her than busting in while she's doing the dirty
Also it'll fluster Ivory and give patches something to snack on

>>30645607
Quickly stop by mom's to see if she's there. If not, just head back to the hotel.

>>30645502
Also, adding my post that failed to make in time. Seeing these two interact is always fun.

>>30645620
>>30645624
>>30645932
>>30646316

>Well, guess you'll visit mom's home.
"Guess we'll visit mom's house!"
>An amber wing pokes your side.
>"Do I need to come along for this?"
>You hop onto him and pat his head.
"Yeah! She basically a bigger version of me, so you'll get along just fine!"
>Patches leads you out of the castle.
>Well, you're kinda standing on him, but technicalities!
>"Fun, can I seduce her?"
>"Hey! She's engaged, again."
"I don't know... You can try?"
>"What, Grace, no! Don't encourage something like this!"
"Hehe, this is fun!"
>"Yeah, getting a friend to buck your mom is a fun thing to do."
>Hmm... you're not very certain, but you're pretty sure that was sarcasm.
>Patches holds up a hoof to his chest in an overly dramatic manner.
>"Aww, so I am a friend to you?"
>"W-what? N-no! Wait, don't you already know about this because of your overpowered emotion radar?"
>"I... I love you too!"
>He grabs Ivory close and hugs him with his hooves.
>He then sneaks in a kiss on Ivory's cheek.
>"Ew! Stop being gay!"
>Ivory pushes him away and stares at him in disdain.
>Though it's pretty obvious to you that he's not being serious.

>Trotting out of the castle, you slowly head towards mom's house.
"So... Are you going to apologize to our mare-ish friend here for being a bit racist, Ivory? That wasn't very nice of you to think of her whole race as killers."
>"I-I wasn't being racist! That was me being... careful! Yeah!"
>"Hmm... sounds pretty racist to me! What do you think, Grace?"

>What do you wanna say?
>That it's one hundred percent racism?

Have this half written update that I turned into a prompt because I can't sleep and got bored. Have a nice day and stuff.

>>30646345
It's a bit racist, but I think the main problem is that Ivory is scared of the changelings. The rumors certainly don't help.
Come on, Ivory! You aren't scared of our dear trusted Patches here, are you? You're hurting her feelings! You're going to apologize to her right now, and give that pretty mare a big hug for what you've done! Then, you're going to kiss her on the cheek like she's done for you. It's rude not to return kisses!

>>30646345
It's just rumors
There's always a bad banana in a bunch

>>30645464
>"Figured that most ponies won't ever accept, especially after that invasion."
>>"Oh yeah, that definitely didn't help with our rep."
Yeeaaah. You changelings should do something about that with diplomacy before the whole of your race gets condemned for the actions of a single hive. Well, more so then already.

>>30646345
I remember somewhere in a thread mum said where she would be, but I forgot where. Couldn't find it searching anonpone.

>>30646345
>"Fun, can I seduce her?"
I was joking when I said you should try. Don't, or I break you

>He then sneaks in a kiss on Ivory's cheek.
>Ivory pushes him away and stares at him in disdain.
There are many unicorns in the world, but this one is mine. Don't you have other ponies you used to be with?

>What do you wanna say?
Everyone is a little racist. And that invading changeling queen must have been off her rockers.

>>30646720
No dude. It's rude to force you coltfriend to kiss someone he doesn't want to willingly kiss because of your annoying teasing.

>>30646345
Hug poor Patches. There, there. Don't listen to Ivory. He just doesn't know any better.
Keep spoiling Patches with affection to get Ivory to go through the steps in order to make a full apology.

>>30647332
I know this is supposed to be a joke, but this might be too much.

>>30647348
You may be right. Changing my post for shoulder pats only.

>No dude. It's rude to force you coltfriend to kiss someone he doesn't want to willingly kiss because of your annoying teasing.
Ivory doesn't seem to be taking the teasing kiss on the cheek he received from Patches very seriously. Just tease him on it, and don't push it if he says no. We're not going to force him.

>>30647326
>There are many unicorns in the world, but this one is mine. Don't you have other ponies you used to be with?
It's a bit strange to push him away for a small advance considering we talked to him about a possible threesome if he can get Ivory to agree to it.
Althouth, that last question would be an interesting one to ask.

>>30647576
But we don't want a threesome.

>>30647599
http://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/30529313/#30529351
http://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/30529313/#30529686
Grace's character is interested in the idea of doing it, and we expressed interest in it with Patches.

>>30647660
It seems more forced then what the character would want to do. Joking about the threesome seems fine, but going through with it doesn't.

>>30647824
Grace is a very sexual characters who has a large history of sexual encounters growing up. She often spoke to Ivory about her conquests in explicit detail at school and was infamous for it according to Ivory. Grace has most likely already had a threesome already.
We're not doing a threesome anytime soon, but Grace is a character who loves to have sex.

It occurs to me we still have no done that interview. We probably should at some point. Anon came up with a fucking boatload of questions.

>>30651069
He did indeed. Somebody should go dig that post up for when we finaly get the chance to interview him.

>>30648033
>We're not doing a threesome anytime soon
Yeah I don't see it happening before the vacation is over but at some point in the future it may or may not occur.

>>30646345
I think trying to cash in on victimhood reflects poorly on your Patches.

>>30646720
>>30646965
>>30647259
>>30647326
>>30647332
>>30647348
>>30647424
>>30651089

>You pat the pegasus' shoulder with a wing.
"There, there. Don't listen to Ivory. He just doesn't know any better. "
>"It's okay, I've already forgiven him for his ignorance. But, it still hurts to see him like that."
>"W-why are you two ganging up on me?"
>You boop Ivory with a hoof.
"You make it so easy!"
>He scrunches at your hoof.
>Steering the conversation back, you comment.
"It's a bit racist, but I think the main problem is that Ivory is scared of the changelings."
>Booping Ivory repeatedly, you add.
"Come on, Ivory! You aren't scared of our dear trusted Patches here, are you?"
>"No, I'm not scared of some old stallion that tries to act like some horny teenager."
"Now now, don't be rude. You two need to kiss and make up!"
>"What, you want me to apologize?"
"No, I want you to actually kiss him."
>You deadpan.
>"You know it won't be genuine, right?"
"Doesn't matter, she knows how you actually feel."
>"...Sorry."
>He mumbles at Patches.
>"For?"
>"For the discrimination and stuff."
>"Apology accepted!"
"Meh, good enough."
>"Can you stop?"
>He swipes at your hoof.
"But it's funny!"
>"Go do it to him instead!"
>He pushes your hoof at Patches.

>The trot continues.
"By the way, I was joking when I said you should try seducing my mom."
>"Oh I know."
"Good, try it, and I'll break you."
>"Yeah yeah."
"Don't you have other ponies you used to be with?"
>"Nope! I'm still single and available!"
>"Huh, I thought you'll have foals or something by now."
>"Hey, race issues. Plus, can't exactly reveal myself, you ponies freak out over the silliest of things."
>"You could've adopted? Teach them to keep your whole thing a secret?"
>"That's too much trouble to go through. I'm not the best at taking care of little foals."

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>>30651732

>The sky is strangely misty.
>And there's not a lot of ponies wandering the streets.
>Hmm... was this part of the weather schedule for tonight?
>Turning to Patches, you suggest with a whisper.
"You know, you changelings should do something about that whole discrimination problem with diplomacy before the whole of your race gets condemned for the actions of a single hive. Well, more so then already."
>"Meh, I can't really do anything about it."
>"You're just gonna spend the rest of your life hiding?"
>"It worked for a long time! And it would've worked longer if that dumb queen didn't start that stupid invasion."
"That invading changeling queen must have been off her rockers."
>"Oh yeah, they eat love, right? How did she plan on getting food from scared ponies?"
>"Who knows? She... Okay, stop for a second. Is it just me, or is everything getting more and more hazy?"
>As soon as she said that, the fog thickens to the point of you being unable to see what's in front of you.
>"G-guys? What's going on?"
>Ivory's voice comes from somewhere to your right.
>Some sort of rag suddenly wraps over your face with magic.
>You can't help but breathe in a bit before stopping yourself.
>Strangely, you don't feel all that drowsy.
>You can hear unfamiliar struggling sounds as Patches tackles somepony.

>You can't see.
>Something that'll probably knock you out is currently covering your face.
>You need to breathe soon.
>What do you do?

2/2

>>30651754
Attempt to fly upwards at great speed.
If we get a chance in whatever comes next work in a quip about how kinky that was.

>>30651754
Rip that cloth off. Give your best war-cry and Attack!

If your weather fu is strong enough to clear the cloud try that.

>>30651754
Ivory, were being attacked! If you've got some magic solution now would be a great time!

>>30651754
Spread those wings and try to fly
Full fight or flight mode
Don't forget your husbando though

>>30651793
>>30651877
>>30651887
>>30651998

>You try to to rip off the cloth, but you soon realize that you can't move your hooves.
>"Ah! Who are you? Stay away! I-I know kung fu!"
>"Are you serious? Cast something! Anything!"
>You hear Patches angrily complaining.
>"B-but I don't know any offensive spells! Ah! S-stay back!"
>You can hear the sound of a lot of bits hitting the floor.
>A robed hoof grabs you by the neck and drags you away.
>You can't breathe, somepony is choking you!
>Buck!
>You're paralyzed!
>You hear the sound of something heavy smacking against something soft.
>The sound of a pony falling onto the floor reaches your ears.
>"Got them! Time to lea..."
>Is the last thing you hear as your consciousness fades.

>...
>Shift perspectives to Ivory?
>Or continue on as Grace?

>>30652016
time for Ivory

Wake up,
initiate panic protocol
*waifu is missing.exe*
Go find Graces mom, she'll know what to do

>>30652016
Grace perspective!
What do m8s? I swear to fuck if the ruined the dress...

>>30652103
The shit? No she won't. All she does is write novels. She's no journalist like Grace you numb nuts.

>>30652016
Grace for now.

Somebody needs a knuckle sandwich.

>>30652175
>is as crazy as Grace
Also her boyfriend is in griffin ambassadors personal guard. He has connections in the royal guard.
Also this is Ivory, running to mom is probably a natural reaction

>>30652016
>You can hear the sound of a lot of bits hitting the floor.
Please tell me he didn't throw bits at them. Couldn't he have brought a weapon instead of more money?

>"Got them! Time to lea..."
Time to leave? What a bunch of assholes. Could they be the same robed ponies from the church? Nah. Maybe some other unknown group with malevolent intent.
NMM cult!

>>30652245
>"Got them! Time to lea..."
This could imply that Ivory and Patches were taken as well, which would make going to the mom pointless.

Does he really have connections to the royal guard? Could you quote it?
Whatever that doesn't matter. Instead of wasting precious time looking for the griffin guard, why not, oh I don't know...tell the royal guards themselves?

>>30652264
Because exposition
Also
>is working in the castle
>is in constant contact with the Royal guard
Also is these are cultists shits probably fucked anyway

Inb4
>rape

>>30652103
>>30652164
>>30652175
>>30652188
>>30652245
>>30652248
>>30652264
>>30652274

>An unknown amount of time passes.
>You wake up in an dark, empty room.
>You attempt to move, and you realize that your hooves and wings are bounded by ropes.
>Hopefully, there won't be any magic enchantments on these ropes.
>You push towards a wall, and into a sitting position.
>You don't notice anypony around.
>There's a sorta okay looking bed next to you.
>Why did they just left you on the floor?
>Gee, they could've at least lay you down on the bed.
>It's too dark to see properly, but judging from the walls, you'll say you're in a basement.
>There's a door on the opposite side of the room.
>This room is pretty small, maybe the basement is separated into rooms?

>Breaking out probably isn't possible.
>What do you do?
>Press your ears to the walls and/or door?
>Something else?

>>30652309
Ears against doors and walls
Try to hear anything
Look for anything that could be useful

>>30652274
No. I mean quote the post number.

>>30652309
After listening for an amount of time, can we try dislocating a leg and try to wiggle our way out of the bonds? I want Grace to hide behind the door with rope and wait for them to return and attack Agent 47 style....
....i want her to hide and wait behind the door and wait to strangle someone with a length of rope.

How exactly are the ropes secured to the legs and wings? Which legs?

>>30652309
What are the quality of the door? How thick? Are they frail? Good quality? Is there anything in this room coarse enough to rub the ropes against?

>There's a sorta okay looking bed next to you.
What kind? Is it just a mat on the floor? Hay with a bed sheet over it? Is it one of those wall beds suspended by chains?

I wonder how much Grace can see in this dark.

>>30652334
>>30652371
>>30652398

>You look down at the bindings.
>It seems like they bound your forehooves together, and your hindhooves together.
>And there's ropes bound around your torso, you can't feel the knot on your belly, so it's probably on your back.
>Funnily enough, the bed isn't a mat, or one of those beds you see in jails.
>It's just a normal bed with a metal frame and a mattress on it.
>There's no pillows though, shame.
>You silently drag yourself to the door.
>There's a knob and a keyhole below the knob.
>It appears that the door is... medal.
>Great.
>If it were wood, you can just break it down.
>Well, you can still try breaking it down anyway.
>A shot is better than anything, right?
>Though you have no doubt that the sound will attract attention.
>Bending slightly, you press your ear to the small crack between the door and the walls.
>...
>You hear nothing.
>Guess that means nopony is nearby?
>Looking closely, you notice that the walls seemed relatively old.
>Moving to the west side of the room, assuming the door is north, you press your ear against the wall.
>...
>You can hear faint breathing.
>Hmm... that's not the sleeping kind of breathing.

>You can't see anything else around the room, other than the bed.
>There's probably lights above? Though you don't see any switches.
>No windows or anything.
>What do you do?
>Inspect the walls closer?
>Call out?
>Something else?

>>30652471
Call out
Maybe somebody who isn't a guard will hear you

>>30652471
Can we try nawing the ropes off?

>>30652471
I realize horse anatomy won't work the same way as human....i feel so dumb. Can't escape the way I had in mind.
Can we use our teeth to undo the knot on the forelegs?

>>30652483
>>30652514
>>30652540

"Uh, hello?"
>"Hmm? Grace? You're finally awake? You're awfully calm for somepony that just got captured and thrown into some dark room."
>Patches' quiet voice speaks back to you.
"Are you okay? Did they hurt you?"
>"No. I'm surprised you can hear me, these walls are thin, huh?"
"Do you know what's going on?"
>"No, there were multiple ponies that captured us. They left Ivory alone for some reason, because he isn't here."
"What do we do?"
>"I'm not sure, I can shapeshift and free myself, but then I'll still be stuck in this room. I can't detect anyone around right now, so I assume we're either in some obscure location, or everypony is at least two floors above us."
"Oh great..."

>You try to use your teeth to untie yourself, but you can't detect the knot, and it's too dark to see.
>In fact, the only light source is coming from the door.
>The door's cracks between it and the walls/floor to be exact.

>What do you do?

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>>30652471
>Something else?
Attempt to break these bindings

>>30652553
I'm a slow poster :c
Attempt this please >>30652559
If that fails then attempt to break down the wall between us and Patches? As if he's strong enough to help remobevthe wall stone by stone.
Better idea. Can he teleport in our cell and free us?

>>30652553
>In fact, the only light source is coming from the door.
>The door's cracks between it and the walls/floor to be exact.
Attempt to see the outside.

>these walls are thin, huh?
Thin enough to break?

>but then I'll still be stuck in this room
You can use your magic? Bummer.
If Grace can get out of her bindings, she might be able to break down the door, but it will probably attract attention.

>It's just a normal bed with a metal frame and a mattress on it.
So just the matress? No bed sheet?

Can't Patches shapeshift himself some lockpicks?

>>30652553
Maybe there's something under the bed sheets.
What if we remove the springs from the mattress and bend the to use as improvised lock picks?
Yeah. We maybe bound, but does that mean we can't lock pick our way out and free Patches from his cell?

>>30652553
Are the hinges on our side of the door?

>>30652553
Be a big mare and break those ropes

>>30652559
>>30652571
>>30652607
>>30652683
>>30652696
>>30652723

"How's the bed?"
>"Huh? Why are you asking that?"
"The bed here didn't even have any sheets, or pillows! How the buck do they expect me to sleep like this!"
>"Well, at least you have a bed?"
"What?"
>"There's literally nothing in this room."
"Not even a light?"
>"Nope."
"Ouch, sorry dude. Guess I'll go check around again."
>"Mm..."

>You try to break the ropes by pulling your hooves in opposite directions!
>What the buck are these ropes made out of!?
>Maybe you're just too tired to use your full strength.
>Sheesh, you feel really, really unlucky lately...
>You... wait a sec, you just realized that your dress is gone!
>They better not have done anything to it...
>You drag yourself to the door again.
>Lying on the floor, you try to look outside through the small crack.
>Hmm...
>You can see what appears to be a door on the opposite side?
>Actually, you could've looked through the keyhole.
>Pulling yourself up, you see...
>Yup, that's definitely a door!
>A door that looked just like the one you're leaning on.
>Looking at the door, it seems that the door swings out, rather then in.
>Meaning... the hinges are on the other side.
>Buck, there goes that plan.

>Crawling in a honestly pathetic way back to Patches' wall, you ask.
"Hey, you there?"
>"Yeah?"
"Can't you teleport outside?"
>"Yeah, sure, if I want to end up teleporting into a wall. There's a reason that most unicorns need line of sight to actually use this spell, you know."
"Can you like, shapeshift yourself some lockpicks?"
>"...How the buck does that even work? I can't do that, I don't even know how to pick a lock."
"Jeez, you're useless."
>"Yup, I know I am."
>Sheesh, he didn't need to be such a downer.

>What do you do?

>>30652756
Tell Patches that your going to break down the wall separating us. Can you untie me if I do?

Hope Ivory is o.k.

Pausing.
Switching to Ivory will take you to the moment right after Grace is knocked unconscious, just so you all know.
Also, from this point onward, until you see Ivory again, you can freely switch the pov to Ivory and back to Grace if you like.

>>30652756
*cough cough* I'd be a better changeling *cough*
So are we going to:
A.) Try tearing the matress apart to get the springs, and attempt to make lock picks?
B.) Fling ourself at the wall in an attempt to break it?

>>30652794
Switching to Ivory sounds good.

>>30652756
Can't he look through the cracks like we have to get line of sight?

>>30652756
Rather than pulling the ropes apart, we should chew them apart.

>>30652756
Have you tried looking through the key hole?

>>30652794
Gace was just kidnapped by robed ponie Ivory. What are you going to do?
What do they want with your mare friend? Do they want her for ransom money? Slaves? R-rape?
How do you feel? Angry, sad, crying?

Time to start oporation: save my mare friend oh shit what do I do what are the clues oh Celestia help me

>>30652756
Ivory goes full panic mode
Get the guards, The princesses , Discord,

>>30652756
Could you teleport through this wall? Its pretty thin and there space afterward.

I don't know how dangerous blind teleportation is

But Patches, I'd really rather not get tortured. And then possibly murdered.

>>30653681
It was already explained why he wouldn't do you ya dumb dumb. Just have him look out the key hole and teleport in the hall.

>>30652164
>>30652188
I don't think I have ever seen cyoa players vote against a perspective shift before.

>>30654312
Yeah. I honestly cannot fathom why people voted against it.

>>30652780
>>30652819
>>30652822
>>30652825
>>30652877
>>30652893
>>30652993
>>30653681
>>30653924

>You cough a bit.
"I'll be a better changeling."
>Coughing intensifies.
>"Yeah sure. I'll trade places with you if I can."
"Have you like, looked through the keyhole?"
>"Trust me, I've looked through everything, there's no way for me to escape... I think... they might know what I am."
"Don't be silly, we never talked too loud, and you never shapeshifted or anything. What, did they blocked it?"
>"Yeah, I think they've placed something heavy outside the door."
"Paranoid much? Don't worry, I think I can break the wall down, as soon as get these ropes off."
>"Good luck with that."

>You try to chew the rope with your teeth.
>Having fangs would've been great right about now.
>Ew, accidentally tasted rope.
>Bucking disgusting.

>...
>This might take a while.
>You can't exactly gain enough momentum to ram the wall right now.
>Try other methods of escape?
>Or continue slowly chewing through the rope?
>Sure you wanna switch perspectives now?

>>30656333
Yeah lets switch.
Little surprised you guys choose not to switch right when we first got the chance.

>>30656399
Yeah. Seemed an odd descision.
Oh well. We don't have that much metaknowledge from it.

>>30656399
>>30656414

>Day two, about a quarter to nine in the night.
>You're Ivory, and some spooky ninjas just showed up and started advancing menacingly at you!
>Also, one of them used a bat on Patches' head.
>The crack sounded unpleasant.
>But hey! You throwing bits at them worked, kinda.
>Anypony would back off after getting pelted by hundreds of tiny metal pieces, right?
>It was just the lowest value bit anyway, which is also conveniently made with harder metals than the other bits.
>Nickel is harder than copper, silver, gold, and platinum, right?
>You're pretty sure it is.
>Oh buck, Patches isn't next to you anymore!
"G-grace? They got Patches!"
>It just occurred to you that you never heard or seen Grace during this.
>The mist suddenly clears.

>...
>You're... alone.
>There's nopony around, only you, and a bunch of bits all over the ground.
>W-what do you do!?

>>30656621
Panic

>>30656621
Greg universe call the police.jpg
Go find a guard.

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>>30656683

>>30656621

Get furious. Tap into every unicorns inner mad pony.

Try and fix what your assailants looked like in your mind.

Go to the gaurd. They probably cant but you should at least try.

Then go back to the party and see if you can find Three. He might actually know something.

>>30656670
>>30656683
>>30656760
>>30656790

>W-were they...
>Foalnapped!?
"N-no."
>What are you supposed to do?
>What do they want with them?
>Did they knew about the changeling thing!?
>You knew she never should've gotten involved in this stupid thing!
>Wait, calm down, let's not be racist, again.
>Wait no! Did they want her for ransom money?
"T-that's not a problem, I can throw as many bits as they want at them!"
>Every problem can be solved with enough bits!
>...
>What if... they don't want bits, but wanted slaves!?
"N-no! They'll r-ra-rape her!"
>She wouldn't enjoy that, would she?
>Rape is bad, of course she wouldn't!
>Brain, stop being dumb.

>Calm down.
>Yes, what you need to do, is to find Grace!
>But she's not here!
>No, you need to find a guard! Or mom! Or friends!
>Augh! All your friends are gone.
>A hoof suddenly touches your back.
"Ah!"
>Driven by instinct, you throw more money at the thing.
>"Ow! Calm down, dear."
>The sound of bits clattering to the ground rings through the night.
>Wait, that's mom!
>Not your mom, Grace's mom.
>She's wearing a faded, old tux, and a bag filled with books.
>"Are you alright? You looked close to getting a heart attack, where's Grace? Did you two had a fight?"

>What do you say?
>Tell her that everything is fine, you just... uh... dropped a bunch of bits?
>Lie?
>Truth?
>Something else?

>>30656807
>Truth
Accidently mention she has been getting involved with lings as we blubber on.

>>30656807
Tell her everything
It is her daughter who's been taken

>>30656807
Grace and our new changeling friend is missing!

>>30656807
They stole Grace and I don't know where to find here help me ple-e-e-ease!

>>30656916
>>30656807
Without mentioning the changeling part.

>>30656980
We are hysteric. We might not want to but we do anyway.

>>30656980
Ivory would be one to panic and spill everything on what happened. Plus, I trust Grace's mom with all this information.

>>30656807
There was a fog cloud and then ninjas and now grace is gone!

Master your hysteria big pony. You and grace can spend the rest of the vacation in the bed if you have too.

>>30656827
>>30656847
>>30656916
>>30656972
>>30656980
>>30656997
>>30657035
>>30657144

>Some part of you questions why she's using a grocery bag for books.
"T-they took her! "
>You latch onto her, burying your face into her chest.
>She returns the hug, wings protectively wrapped around your back.
"They stole Grace and I don't know where to find her help me ple-e-e-ease!"
>"Who's 'they'?"
>She asks in a low tone.
"I don't knooow! Throwing bits at them didn't work! Some fog cloud just covered the area and they just appeared and took both her and the changeling away! I told her not to get involved with those bugs! But she just had to feel sorry for them!"
>"...changeling?"
"Yes! She made friends with changelings and now she's gone and I'll never see her agaaain!"
>She stays silent, slowly calming you by stroking your back with her wings as you cry into her chest.
>Some time passes.

>She lifts you up onto her back like a little colt, before trotting off in an unknown direction.
"W-where are we going?"
>"Towards guards, the changeling is that pegasus that I saw, right?"

>I-is she gonna tell the guards?
>What do you do?

>>30657169
Letting the guards find out would make us a great friend

>>30657169
Y-you can't tell them about the changeling. Grace seemed really excited about the chance to interview him.

>>30657205
This. Grace would be mad if she does not get her interview.
Don't try to physically stop her though.

>>30657169
Please don't tell them about the changeling part! Grace and I haven't seen him do anything wrong since we met him!

>>30657169
Wait! Maybe those friends we made at the museum could be of some help.

>>30657188
>>30657205
>>30657227
>>30657247
>>30657263

"Y-you can't tell them about the changeling."
>"I won't."
"Please! Grace and I haven't seen him do anything wrong...?"
>"Don't worry, I wasn't planning on telling, but I do need a general description to tell the guards and all."
"You won't? I thought..."
>"What? I'm no snitch, and Grace doesn't have many friends, if you of all ponies are okay with him, then I'm okay with it. I want to meet him though."

>Have anything to add before she talks to a guard?
>Suggest that she do something else instead?

>>30657311
Why did you link >>30657263

>>30657311
Tell her about what happened with the invisibility. Maybe that has something to do with the napping.

>>30657328
Some qms link everything even if it is not all used.
I like it. It's better that way.

>>30657329
>You tell her about the whole invisibility thing that happened in the castle.
>Maybe it had something to do with all of this?
>She just nods.
>She talked to the guards, telling them everything that had happened.
>The guards wanted to question you, but she interjected and insisted that you've told her everything already, and that you need to rest and recover from tonight's events.
>She never gave them a chance to actually question you, before leading them back to the spot where all your bits are at.
>You suspect guards will come to the hotel or her home if something comes up.

>"Hey, dear, do you want to rest at the hotel tonight? Or do you want me to bring you back to my home?"
>Choose wisely.

>>30657328
Because it was a suggested action? If more people voted for it, Ivory would've suggested Grace's mom to go find those friends instead, leading to something different happening.

>>30657421
I would like to stay with you.
Oh god what if they come back for me and you get hurt. (Still go with her though)

>>30657421
I would like to go with you. Both of them would most likely go for you for help first. I can't really do anything to help them myself.

Almost forgot, paused till later tonight.

>>30657421
I think we should try to get our friends in on it as well. No point in going back to an empty hotel room. We might want to check on our stuff though.

>>30657421
We should contact our gay wizard friends and ask them to help, at least they're competent with magic right?

>>30657430
>>30657456
>>30657462
>>30657762

"I would like to stay with you."
>"Alright, just stay calm for now, there's nothing we can do right now."
>Sheesh, how does she manages to stay so calm?
"...Oh Celestia, what if they come back for me!"
>"Don't worry, you'll be safe with me."
"W-what if you get hurt!?"
>"I can protect myself just fine. Dear, as hard as it is, you should get some rest, how are you going to help them if you keep worrying like this, hmm?"
"I guess..."
>The trot continues in silence as you slowly drift off to sleep on her back.

>...
>You wake up on an unfamiliar bed.
>A glance around reveals that you're in an unfamiliar bedroom.
>You assume this is the guest bedroom.
>The sounds of tick-tocking catches your attention.
>Glancing to your right, you notice a grandfather clock off to the side.
>It's currently 10:09 p.m.

>...
>What do you want to do?
>Look around the room?
>Find someone in particular for help?
>Check up on mom? You might as well get used to calling her that now.
>Sleep?
>Something else?

>>30658210
Cry. What if the guards couldn't find her. If only you had been kidnapped instead. It's her job to find things.

>>30658210
Cry till we fall back asleep

>>30658229
>>30658239

>You can't help but tear up again.
>Sobbing into the pillow, you pull the another fluffy pillow closer.
>What if the guards couldn't find her?
>What if she gets hurt?
>If only you had been foalnapped instead.
>It's her job to find things, not yours.

>Ugh... what are you supposed to do?
>You hope good news will come tomorrow...
Day 3
>You feel really groggy.
>Didn't really sleep pleasantly.
>Who would be able to sleep pleasantly in this state anyway?
>The time is now 4:21 a.m.
>Get out of bed?

>>30658305

>You lay in bed for a few more minutes.
>It's strangely quiet.
>Getting off the bed, you trot outside of the bedroom.
>You don't see Grace's mom around.
>Maybe she's asleep in her room?
>There's a note on the fridge, telling you to eat whatever you wish.
>A quick breakfast later, you think on what you could do to help right now...

>Check if auntie Grace is around?
>Find the wizard for help?
>Maybe there's clues back at the hotel?
>That's a silly thought.
>Wait around for something to happen?

Wrote a short extension because I'm falling asleep.

I'm gonna have to pause here because I have things to do. Sorry that this session ended up not being a session at all.

>>30658402
Grace first, then the wizard?

Grace's mom is a hot milf

>>30658402
It was 4:21 when Ivory woke up. A few minutes past, plus some time to make breakfast and wash the dishes. Should be 5 or 6-idh now?

Tip for (tip hoof?) To quite Graces room to see if she's asleep.

>>30658605
How do we find the wizard? I don't remember if they gave us their address, but we do know they the unicorn has a respectable father. We could throw the name around until we find him.

Ivory should also return the clothes he had borrowed.

>>30658605
>Sharp says his farewells, tells you of his address, and flies away with Short.
>You can now travel to 'Sharp's home'.
>Ivory's asleep on your back.
Crap, I don't think Ivory knows how to get in contact with that important pegasus.

>>30658402
See if aunt grace is around,
If not eat something, leave her a note, and go back to the hotel. Maybe there's a ransom note of some sort

>>30658402
Go find Graces mum.
>>30658977
Guess we can't find the wizards.
Probably would not have been much help anyway.

>>30661205

>>30658605
>>30658844
>>30658977
>>30659299
>>30660332

>At first, you thought about looking for the wizard, but then you realize that you can't recall where his home is at.
>...
>Actually, you don't think anypony has ever told you where they live.
>Oh well, probably wouldn't have been much help anyway.

>It just occurred to you that you're still wearing the clothes you've borrowed.
>With magic, it doesn't take long for you to remove and neatly fold them up.
>Holding onto the keys, you decide to put the clothes back where they belong.
>Which is aunt Grace's room.
>She's probably sleeping inside, isn't she?

>You silently creep back up the stairs.
>Which isn't very silent, with how your hoofsteps echoes.
>Finally reaching her room, you slowly push open the door.
>The door loudly creaks as it swings open.
>You don't see anypony inside, only a messy bed.
>There's a faint smell of alcohol around...
>Hmm, there's a glass of wine on the desk.
>It's still full.
>No bottle around, though you did see a bottle of wine in the fridge just now...

>Welp, there's nopony around.
>You trot over to the bed, quickly making her bed up and setting the clothes down on the corner of the bed.
>You haven't seen her when you were making and eating breakfast, so you assume that she's not around then.
>Or maybe she's sleeping somewhere else right now.
>Both possibilities are equally likely.

>What do you do?
>Look for her?
>You can write her a note if you want?
>Do you go back to the hotel?
>Something else?

>>30665216
Leave her a note and go to the guard station. Ask them if they found them

>>30665266

>Using the pens on the desk, you write up a short message saying that you've left and headed to a guard station for information.
>Of course, you've also added a timestamp next to the message.
>Because that sort of thing is really something everypony should do.
>Let's see...
>It's now 5:30 in the morning.
>And... done!

>You leave the room and trot down the stairs.
>Pulling open the front door, you trot out.
>And bump into cold metal.
>Looking up, you see one of those guards one would see around Canterlot.
>Oh hey, aunt Grace is behind her.
>She seems tired.
>She wordlessly hoofs you a bag of bits...?
>"It's yours."
>Oh! It's the bits you threw.
>...How nice of them?
>You really weren't expecting to get it back.
>Setting it down next to you, you ask the guard.
"Is the investigation going well? Did you find them? Are they okay?"
>"First, this was found in your hotel room."
>She passes a note into your grasp.
>Before you even consider to start reading it, she continues.
>"It appears to be a ransom note. Demanding that you, and you alone, brings five hundred thousand bits to an unregistered house in Canterlot."
>That's it? You can pay that... You think...
>Aunt Grace chimes in.
>"I still think they meant five hundred!"
>500?
>......Okay?
>The guard sighs and continues.
>"It said not to get the guards involved, an-"
>"Too late for that! They really should've gave you that note last night! Their problem now!"
>"Ma'am, please, let me finish."
>"Sheesh! You can at least show some emotion when you're delivering the news."
>Once again, you can see where Grace got her... graceness from.

>...Ignore them and just read the note?
>Say something?
>Do something?

Have an update, and a nice day!

>>30666055
Read the ransom note. Ask what they usually do in these situations.

>>30666055
Read the note
Prepare your bank accounts anus

>>30666055
Read the note, maybe check to Grace's perspective?

>>30666055
Do we know any spells to make objects explode?
We could rig the Bits and blow them when we get them to the guy.

>>30670099
Nah. I prefer not knowing how she is doing.

>>30666225
>>30666713
>>30670099
>>30670315
>>30670318

>Holding the note at a reasonable distance, you start reading the note.
>Oh hey! That's actually smart, they used a machine to write the note, no obvious hoofwriting here.
>Right right...
>It's mostly the same as what the guard told you, except it tries to be intimidating and threatening.
>500k bits to some house in the city by this night, no guards, no other pony can get involved, yada yada yada...
>Or else they can't guarantee her safety.
>...Well that was vague.
>Why can't they be more specific?
>Say something like... 'I'll cut off her wings and send them to you in a box if you don't comply!'
>......
>Ponies aren't this vicious, are they?
>That was unnecessary edgy, oh Celestia, you never went through that phase, is it happening now!?
>Calm down, read the note.
>Wait, that's it?
>What the buck!
>This is the lamest ransom note you've seen!
>They could've at least copied something from the movies...

>A hoof boops you.
>Scrunching, you see that aunt Grace just booped you.
>And she's on top of you, on the couch.
>Great.
>"Hey! Read this part again!"
>She points at the part of the note asking for bits?
>(We demand that you bring 500.000 bits to the house by the entrance of central park.......)
>...?
>"See?"
"See... what?"
>She boops you again.
>"The dot! They only wanted five hundred!"
>Auntie please.
"...That's clearly a typographical error."
>"Well, that's their problem now! I say we just bring them five hundred, which that bag had more than enough by the way."
>She points at the bag of bits that was moved to the table.
>"Give them the five hundred, and let the guards deal with them once we have Grace back."
>...You kinda doubt this is how things work.

>You don't know any offensive spells.
>So you can't really set up a trap, though the guards could probably do it.
>Ask the guard for the plan and stuff?
>Ask for something specific?
>Switch back to Grace?

>>30670515
Do the 500. It's what grace would want make fun of the typo and all that.
Ask the guards to enchamt the bits as well.
>switch
No.

>>30670515
It's just a typo. And even if not they won't complain about getting extra money. They will if they get shortchanged.
Let's give them the money and get grace. No funny buisness.

Where is everybody? This seems like an important choice so I would expect a lot of voters.

>>30670515
Follow the Grace way and give them 500. She would want to advantage of this if she were here.

>>30670515
Listen to your mother.

>>30670515
500. No (other) funny buisness.

>>30670550
>>30670628
>>30670747
>>30670774
>>30670779

>Moving your head away from aunt Grace, you turn and address the guard.
"So, miss? What do the guards usually do in these situations?"
>"We could check that house right now, we can also wait till night and do as they say? But five hundred thousand is a lot of bits."
"That's not a problem."
>The guardsmare gives you a look.
>"They must know of how wealthy you are. Did you notice anypony stalking you lately?"
"...No, nothing really comes to mind."
>She sighs.
>"I'm not entirely sure what's the best thing to do, somepony else was supposed to be handling this sort of situation, but the guards have been... busy lately."
>She rubs her head, trying to soothe her nerves.
"...How many guards are involved in this investigation?"
>"One."
>...
"You're the only one dealing with this."
>"Yes."
"What the buck is the guards doing! This is an emergency!"
>"Now now... calm down, don't take it out on the poor mare."
>Aunt Grace pats your head, straightening your mane with her wings.
"How the buck are you so calm!? It's your daughter that's in danger here!"
>"Somepony needs to be calm here, and you clearly can't stay calm!"
>Ow...
>She practically screams into your ear.

>Say something?
>Suggest that you all go with the 500 bits plan?
>Do you wait till night to do it?
>Or do you plan to do something differently?

Everything is queued for next post because I just found out that a few essential software on my computer was corrupted by that crash yesterday. I think I can fix everything, but it might take some time, so expect the next post to be a bit slower. Sorry.

>>30670848
500. Wait till tonight.

>>30670848
What are the guards so busy with? An abduction in the capital is kinda a big deal.

>>30670848
500 at night. Just like they asked. They clearly made no errors on telling us.

>>30670856
>>30670878
>>30670883

>You drink some water to calm yourself.
"What are the guards so busy with? An abduction is kinda a big deal."
>"There are other issues they're dealing with, what exactly it is, I don't know."
>Doesn't sound like she can tell even if she knew.
"So I suppose we'll go with auntie Grace's plan then."
>At least you won't need to go to a bank with this plan?
>You can't really pull that many bits without dad noticing too...
>...

>Timeskip to nightfall?
>Or switch to Grace?
>Something else?

>>30671065
Grace

>>30671065
Nightfall.

>>30671098
Actually nah on second thought change that to switching to grace

>>30671065
Grace time.

>>30671088
>>30671098
>>30671101
>>30671111

>Day ?, Time ?
>You're Grace, and you've been trying to get these ropes off for like, forever.
"This is seriously annoying!"
>"Feel free to stop complaining."
>Patches still sounds as bored as ever.
>Well, being awake in a literally empty room will do that to anypony.
>Augh! You're so pissed off!
>Something snaps.
>Oh hey! The ropes snapped...

>What do you do?
>If you're breaking the wall down, how did you wanted to do it again?

>>30671203
See if you can snap a piece of metal off the bed.

>>30671203
Lets do some stretching first. We were tied up for a pretty long time after all.

>>30671245
I am sure we are well expirenced with getting tied up but that's still a good idea.

>>30671267
Did we ever decide if our bondage gear was for dominance or submission?

>>30671276
We are into both.

>>30671284
Wonder what we will do with Ivory.

>>30671294
Probably completely vanila for the duration of the quest. Maybe in the future he might be open to light stuff on one of the sides.

>>30671240
>>30671245
>>30671267

"Yes! I'm free!"
>Of course, the first thing you do is...
>Stretch...?
>Wait, your hind hooves are still bound.
"Buck!"
>"What now?"
"My hind hooves are still tied up."
>"..."
>Metal bed...
>Metal!
"Hold on for a sec, I have an idea."
>You attempt to bend and break off a piece of the bed frame.
>It takes some effort, you are kinda tired, but you managed to break off a piece of metal!
>Using it, you cut off the ropes around your hind hooves and your wings.
"Ow!"
>You think you just accidentally cut yourself...
>You should be more careful, it's too dark to see properly.

>Hooray! You're free!
>You stretch your muscles, spreading and flexing your wings.
>Your left wing kinda hurts, but it's probably nothing.

>What do you do?

>>30671383
Try and use the metal to break down that wall.