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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 5, 2015 21:43:36 GMT -5
"They still listen to me." Chrysalis said. "I suppose they can't get into much trouble around the castle."
"Thanks Sweetie." Ripple said. "But we can only try to be the best unicorns we can be. You have all your magic with sound that I'll never have and that's just as cool." Ripple looked around to make sure she teleported all the ponies.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 6, 2015 3:37:31 GMT -5
"Alright. What about you Scootaloo? Think we should cage the little beasties or let 'em roam free?" AB asked Scootaloo, since it seemed they wouldn't be moving anytime soon.
"Thing you got them all?" Sweetie asked, positioning herself to move back to the others.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 6, 2015 7:04:07 GMT -5
"I don't mind them hanging around the castle." Scootaloo said. "And if they try something funny we'll just deal with them accordingly."
"I think so." Sweetie replied. "Alright, time to go." She teleported Sweetie and herself back to the others. "Hang on girls, we're leaving." She said and they were all teleported to the castle with the egg.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 6, 2015 11:19:26 GMT -5
Applebloom focused on holding onto the egg through the transition, "So what now? I'm holing to me more then a supporting pillar during all this." AB said, nudging her head to the egg.
"We should find a way to hold it in one spot so it can't break out." Sweetie said, looking at the egg.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 6, 2015 16:04:04 GMT -5
"Alright." Ripple said as she thought it through. "Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, you secure the egg and see if you can find a way to shut it down or get the changeling out, Apple Bloom. Chrysalis, you can help them, since I'm sure you're worried about your changeling." She looked at Sweetie. "I put the ponies in one of the inner rooms, I'm going to go down and start sealing it up in case eggs start coming here for them. Can you start setting up some traps so we're not caught off guard by an attack. And Scootaloo, if you're finished with the egg could you help Sweetie and start closing some of the windows and doors we don't need?" "Sure, I can do that." Scootaloo said. "I guess we're going to need chains to hold this guy in place." She said tapping the egg.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 6, 2015 17:03:14 GMT -5
"Sounds like a plan." Sweetie said, "I'll work my way from the furthest rooms in toward the center." "Alright, I've got it for now Scootaloo, can you get chains from the dungeon area? And watch out, this thing can deliver a substantial shock." AB warned and she held the egg tightly.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 6, 2015 17:14:55 GMT -5
"Okay, so chains and rubber to hold it with. Got it!" Scootaloo said and flew down the stairs. Ripple teleported away to take care of the ponies. Chrysalis came forward and carefully touched the egg, but she quickly withdrew her hoof with a gasp as if it had shocked her.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 6, 2015 17:37:50 GMT -5
"Ah' did warn ya." Applebloom said with a little chuckle.
Sweetie picked up the odd table, chair, or plank as she made her way through the castle. Anything to barricade the Windows and doors with.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 6, 2015 17:44:04 GMT -5
"No, it's not that." Chrysalis said. "This machine, it's using changeling magic."
Ripple cut various pieces out of the walls and moved them in front of the door and windows. Turning the door into a complicated sliding puzzle that could be opened with simple levitation if you knew how. She noted to ask Sweetie to place a trap here as well, just in case.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 6, 2015 18:06:49 GMT -5
Sweetie was able to use enough force to impale the wall with the legs of the chairs and tables, using them as pseudo nails to hold the tables and chairs themselves in place. Using various materials, she also fashioned traps in front of the less secure doors where she'd placed chair pieces instead of the more solid tables.
"What do you mean? Is there some way for you to undo it?" AB asked, hoping Chrysalis would actually be able to do something against the eggs, since neither she nor AB really wanted harm to come to the creatures inside.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 6, 2015 18:23:32 GMT -5
"No, it would be like trying to undo a unicorn's magic." Chrysalis said. "Not the spell, the magic. This machine seems to be using my changeling as a battery. And before you start telling me about the irony, think for a moment. I'm the changeling queen and I hardly have any power left. Our power comes from love, so where did this changeling get love?" "Back!" Scootaloo announced dropping chains and rubber cloth on the ground. "Ready to tie it down?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 8, 2015 14:30:07 GMT -5
"Yeah, We can chain it right here." AB Replied to Scootaloo, "Alright, what if the Changling is dreaming? Or hypnotized in there into believing they're getting love from someone and it's creating love in it's place."
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 8, 2015 15:17:28 GMT -5
Scootaloo got to work chaining the egg down. "That would not be possible." Chrysalis told AB. "There needs to be a physical source. We should know since we would do the same to our pray. Putting them to sleep dreaming about their love, so we could feed without needing to change. If we could do that to ourselves and create magic from nothing, we wouldn't need to feed of others' love at all." "And that's what you were planning to do to us?" Scootaloo asked. "Well, yes." Chrysalis admitted. "It's hard to feed of someone's love if they know you aren't really their love, but only a changeling in disguise."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 8, 2015 20:21:55 GMT -5
"Well, you're the expert changling. How can he have power without love?" Unless there's a pony trapped in there with them and they're both hypnotized." AB said, making sure the chains were tight before letting go of the egg.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 8, 2015 20:52:58 GMT -5
"He can't have power without love, there has to be love." Chrysalis told them. "But what you said may not be wrong. There does not need to be a pony inside with him, he only needs to absorb love where the ponies are and then use the power while he's out here. That would answer my question. But I think it would be wise for you to consider this. While your ponies are trapped they are unable to give any emotion whatsoever, correct? So it is possible that the Skeleton King has already been freeing ponies, putting them under another spell that traps them in sleep and using my changelings to absorb their love. There is also another thing that's very upsetting to me. He seems to be able to force changelings to absorb love while under his control. I know of no way how that could be possible."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 9, 2015 7:38:49 GMT -5
"You might been to be prepared that your Changlings might not be ask changling anymore. If he replaced the disobedient parts with machinery then he'd have a loyal slave with one directive." Applebloom said, pushing the neck button and closing up her suit, "Alright, where do we start with the disassembly." An said, mostly to herself and she looked the egg over. She was looking for screws, bolts, even a vent for air if she could spot it. Any point if access she could find.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 9, 2015 8:28:15 GMT -5
"I can't deny that it could be so." Chrysalis said, fear showing in her eyes now. Not the kind that she showed with Broly, but a deeper kind that struck even in a changeling's heart. The egg was completely sealed with no screws or bolts, but there were vents and openings for the claws that grabbed onto the crystallized ponies. It was clear that they were going to need to cut the egg open, and carefully. But there were signs of safe spots to cut that was for wires or equipment. One vent seemed to be emitting heat, while another was very likely used for air. "If you don't need me I can go help with the rest of the castle." Scootaloo told AB.
Ripple appeared next to Sweetie. "All done keeping the ponies safe, although it wouldn't hurt if you could add a few things. How are things over here going?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 9, 2015 18:17:03 GMT -5
"Hold on scoots. I might need you to cut this open. I don't have my rubber handled tools and I don't want to touch it if I don't need to." AB said and pointed to the air vent, "Can you cut through that panel. It'll at least create an opening to look into."
"I can do that. I'm still trying to get these last few windows. I had to start using the beds and I'm hoping I have enough material to cover these giant windows." Sweetie said.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 9, 2015 18:41:08 GMT -5
"I'm not really trained for delicate surgery, you know." Scootaloo said walking over. "Are you sure I wont hit something important?"
"Nopony is using them, so I suppose it doesn't really matter." Ripple said. "Anything I can help with?"
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 14, 2015 13:22:27 GMT -5
"Just avoid the center. We just need to cut away the vent and I might be able to see in and get a better idea of how to break it apart. Maybe crawl in and blow it out from the center." AB said.
"I you could bring more tables and chairs to me then I can focus on barring the windows." Sweetie asked and put another table against one of the windows.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 14, 2015 15:44:43 GMT -5
"Alright." Scootaloo said and focused her attack where AB told her to. "Oh yeah, I forgot to mention this after I ran into that robot, but I saw Fluttershy at the barrier." She used her attack and cleanly cut the vent off the egg and the piece of metal fell to the ground.
"Will do." Ripple told Sweetie. "I'll be right back." She said and teleported away.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 14, 2015 15:52:23 GMT -5
"That's great." Applebloom said, "Maybe we can get a map of Canterlot and start marking each ponies position on the map."
Sweetie worked with what material she had and did a few more windows before she didn't have enough for the next window.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 14, 2015 16:08:58 GMT -5
"Sounds like a good idea." Scootaloo said. "It'll also help as keep track of just how much of the city has changed." She paused for a moment. "So? Who do you think he's got with him?" She asked.
Ripple appeared with a large pile of tables and chairs. "Here you go. Although Cadence is probably not going to be happy with me taking some of these." She told Sweetie.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 14, 2015 16:14:13 GMT -5
"Hmm." Applebloom thought at she looked into the vent to see what she could see, "Off the top of my head I'd say either Sombra or Luna. They're the only ponies I can think of that have been really close to darkness and might be swayed by it."
"She can nag at us later after we've saved every pony." Sweetie said and started pulling the materials apart and barricading the last few windows.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 14, 2015 16:37:49 GMT -5
"But it sounded like he was talking about the Elements of Harmony." Scootaloo said. "And Twilight is really the only one as close to darkness as the others." Inside the egg there were many wires and circuit boards, but AB could also see glass and behind it a black hoof with a hole in it.
"What's next after this?" Ripple asked as she thought about their next move. There was a metal sound and then the sound of a heavy object moving through the air towards the window where Ripple was standing, but it wasn't loud enough for her to hear.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 14, 2015 16:50:08 GMT -5
"I can see the changling." Applebloom said, "Can't see anything else."
Sweetie Belle's ear retouched in the direction of the sound, are we the only points here? I'm pretty sure I just heard something outside the window."
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 14, 2015 17:04:09 GMT -5
ooc: Pretty sure I said a heavy object was moving through the air towards the window. "No, we're..." Ripple started, but the giant fist of the robot cut her off when it smashed right through the window, sending wood splinters everywhere. Ripple teleported next to Sweetie just in time. "How did that thing sneak up on us?" She shouted. "Can you get it out?" Scootaloo asked just as the sound of the fist crashing through the window vibrated through the castle. "What was that?" She asked jumping up.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 14, 2015 17:13:03 GMT -5
OOC: It could have been an egg too BIC: Sweetie squinted, "They probably tracked the location of the egg. Can you switch us with AB and Scoots?" "Sounds like we're already under attack." Applebloom said and put on her suit.
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Post by Bio Plus on Dec 14, 2015 17:36:35 GMT -5
"Switch with them? Sure I can do that." Ripple sat down looking confused. "But why switch with them? They'll just end up here as confused as we are if not more so. I can teleport them here and we can tell them what's going on." The fist pulled out and started preparing for another assault.
"Then let's get going!" Scootaloo said. "Chryslis, look after the egg and don't touch anything unless you want to risk hurting the changeling inside." She ordered and flapped her wings. Chrysalis just nodded her head meekly.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Dec 14, 2015 17:41:32 GMT -5
"I don't want to leave Chrysalis out the egg unprotected." Sweetie said, "just switch then with me and update them. I'll watch Chrysalis and the egg." Sweetie said, thinking this was a good compromise.
Applebloom her her hooves together, preliminary powering her suit till it hummed with energy.
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