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Post by Cherry Blossom on Feb 10, 2014 21:07:16 GMT -5
Cherry takes a deep breath and then sighs. She sits down and thinks for a moment. "Alright Incognito. Why do you want to punish Celestia and the others? You must have a reason for all of this."
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Post by Bio Plus on Feb 11, 2014 3:45:02 GMT -5
Incognito was taken back by the question and jumped off Cherry's back and sat in front of her. "My reason? Do you know what Celestia did to me? I was once one of the most powerful beings in this world, I could change into anything, I could have anything, rule anything, destroy anything. But Celestia took all that away, she took away all my powers. This stupid cat is the only form I have left and even that isn't completely formed. And then she trapped me inside the Everfree forest and left me to be forgotten. Do you know how it feels to loose what is basically yourself? That is why Celestia must pay. And all her subjects, because that's what she loves most. Sure I tried destroy Equestria and take it as my own in the past, and I tortured Celestia with visions of her sister and the ponies she loved, but was it alright for her to take all my power!" Incognito's eyes glowed red, but not a normal red, this was a eerily evil red that showed Incognito's true being. "But Celestia never thought I'd use powers that isn't my own, use her own subjects powers against her. But for you, Cherry, I'd spare most of Equestria and let you have it, if you join me to defeat Celestia. It's the right thing to do."
"I don't know." Ripple told Mayor Mare and put her hooves over her head. "I trusted my friends, I know they cared for me, but I miss them and there's nothing I can do about it. I couldn't be with them and I never will." "If they didn't leave us trapped, if they didn't abandon us!" Blankflank said. "Were they ever really friends? Have you any proof?"
"Weaver and Lucia." Celestia said as the pony and griffon walked up to her. "Who are you?" The young colt asked. "How do you know our names!" The griffon asked pushing the pony out of the way and onto the ground. "You used to be such a little troublemaker Lucia, you were always picking fights. And Weaver always let you push him around and never complaint. But you never picked on Ripple, you never wanted to get her into trouble." "That's because Ripple looked out for all of us, one day I'm going to be just like her." Lucia said. "She's the only one that never complained when we got punished, even though it was never her fault." Weaver said. "You never did grew up to be like her Lucia." Celestia said as the two grew older. "You grew up to be yourself, a strong and dependable griffin that went into the world to search for a way to bring Ripple back. And Weaver, you left your dreams behind, your family's fields, and went with Lucia to follow another dream." "We never gave up and searched everywhere." The older Lucia said. "We even went to the Princess for guidance and she told us were to look." The older Weaver added. "But my guidance couldn't help you find the answers you looked for and at the end you found comfort in each other." The two grew up to adults. "You married and moved back to Alfalfa were you could be the closest to where Ripple once was." "If it wasn't for her I wouldn't have turned out the griffin I am today." "We have too much to thank her for and never had the chance." Celestia's horn glowed again and the memory was send to the Mayor.
ooc: @broly- Do you want Cloud Nine to be the last friend Celestia visits. He had a crush on Ripple right? I have a great way to end the Ripple arc in W2 if you do.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Feb 11, 2014 12:51:33 GMT -5
OOC: Yeah, that sounds great. If he's next I'll wing it unless you have somepony else to send me a memory of in which case I look foreword to reading more. In other news... WHY HASN'T THIS BECOME A FANFICTION YET!!! I MUST READ THE STORY ORIGINS!!
BIC: "Twilight, I'll need your help if I'm to prove this. You'll have to take the memory from me and show it to both Ripple and Blankflank." Mayor mare explained after a moments thought. "Well, ok. Don't try anything funny." Twilight warned Blankflank and after her horn glowed bright she dispelled the barriers. As she started to walk up to Mayor Mare, Mayor Mare was hit with the second memory. It showed on her face but she didn't speak on it yet. Twilight reached her and as she channeled the spell to see the memory Mayor Mare whispered to her that there was a second memory and that she would talk about it after it was moved over as well. Twilight nodded and cast the spell, taking the memory into herself. She then made haste to Ripple. "Are you ready. I'm going to show you the memories Celestia sent from within Blankflank. They should be all the proof you need." Twilight said as her horn glowed but she didn't cast the spell, instead waiting for Ripples response.
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Post by Cherry Blossom on Feb 12, 2014 20:39:37 GMT -5
Cherry looked as if she was in deep thought. "Well... to be honest with you Incognito I completely understand why Celestia did that. You were trying to destroy everything and being mean to everypony. You should probably be glad that's all she did. There has to be some sort of middle ground that we can agree on."
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Post by Bio Plus on Feb 13, 2014 5:20:08 GMT -5
"You wont ever convince me!" Blankflank shouted, her eyes glowed and she aimed for Twilight to teleport her away, but Ripple's own horn glowed and stopped Blankflank with a teleportation spell of her own. To Mayor mare the two ponies looked as if they were in a staring contest with glowing horns. The rest of the magic users could see and feel the two spells fighting against each other, as Ripple pressed her will down on Blankflank. "I'll try to hold her Twilight, you just do your thing." "Oh Cherry." Incognito said. "You're so naive. I want to destroy Equestria, I want to see all you little ponies suffer, I think that would be the best thing ever if I could do that. But I can't, because my powers will never return, they're gone forever, and you have Celestia to thank for it. Do you think I'm answering you're questions because I want to? No, it's because I have to, but that doesn't mean I can't try to control you with the same truth you trust in so much. So to answer your question: No, there is no middle ground, I want to destroy Celestia and take as much of what she loves with her. And who knows, maybe one day I'll find different ways to make the rest of you suffer, just like Ripple suffered for hundreds of years because of me. But for now I can't do it alone, the necklace's power is limited and there are too many things that can go wrong. So if you're not going to help me of your own free will Cherry, there are ways I can force you to help me." Incognito stood up and the necklace started to glow. Vines ripped out of the ground and caught Twilight and Mayor Mare. "If you don't use your magic to help your friends." Thorns appeared at the base of the vines and more started to grow all the way closer to the two ponies. "I'm going to use your own magic to hurt them and I'm going to hurt them a lot." "Twilight!" Ripple called out as she was snatched away next to her. Celestia could feel the urgency outside, but she had to stay calm and concentrate. A blue pegasus colt appeared before her. "Cloud Nine." She said. The pony didn't notice the Princess and looked around confused. "You took Ripple's disappearance the hardest of all." The colt grew older and still looked around as if he was searching. "You could never accept it, you couldn't accept being left behind, being helpless to help your friend." Cloud started running. "It's hard to loose a friend, it's hard to think that you've failed her. But sometimes you have to let go, because that's what your friend would have wanted, she saved you so you could live, so you could go on and she would have wanted that. But you never could stop." Cloud faded away. "At the end you disappeared as well, I never found out what happened to you, but wherever you ended up I know you never gave up on Ripple, I just hope you found peace at the end of your journey." Celestia horn glowed and she send the last memory to the Mayor. "Now it's up to you, I gave you all that you need, but I don't have the strength to return until Blankflank lets me." ooc: Sorry for another wall of text, but things reached its climax sooner than I had planned and I had to finish putting everything in place for you guys. As for Cloud Nine, it's going to be up to you Broly to figure out how he ended up coming to the future and how you're going to introduce him appearing here now. Stuff is about to go down and it's up to you guys to save the day, so I hope you have a plan.
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Post by Bio Plus on Feb 15, 2014 13:52:31 GMT -5
ooc: So I understand you're having some trouble thinking of a reply Cherry, so let's try to get you going again. Also, these kind of ooc posts are pretty common with us, we do it all the time when we get stuck, it's just that Broly usually deletes them to clean things up when we've found a solution. We're all about the journey of the rp and if we run into a hurdle we should work together to work it out. Incognito isn't using his own power to create the vines, that's Cherry's power that he's using through the necklace. You explained that Cherry can use the power of nature and Incognito is basically using that power in a bad way. Incognito's greatest strength as a villain is to emotionally break the characters he goes up against. Letting them doubt themselves and give up. When Broly and I did this same rp between the two of us and he was playing as Cheerilee the same thing happened to her, I drove her to completely give up on trying to save herself or her friends. But I had Usopp (from the One Piece anime) there to help her out. So it's completely normal for Cherry to feel defeated. If you feel you don't have an answer for what Cherry should do right now then I want you to post how defeated she feels, maybe even start crying or screaming in frustration. Then I'll let Celestia talk to Cherry through her magic. Even if she's trapped in Blankflank's mind she should still be able to do this. Then Celestia and Cherry could work together to find a way to defeat Incognito. Is this alright with you?
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Post by Cherry Blossom on Feb 16, 2014 0:38:06 GMT -5
OOC: Yeah, I guess in this situation she would feel defeated and not knowing what to do.
BIC: Cherry falls to the ground in utter defeat not knowing what to do. She wants to save her friends but she doesn't want to give Incognito anymore of her power.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Feb 16, 2014 1:35:54 GMT -5
OOC: Bio, I guess that's your que.
BIC: Twilight panicked as well but did her best to not lose focus. She didn't want to lose the memory spell which already had three memories stored within it. It's not an easy one to recast and teleporting wasn't an option. Mayor Mare was a lot less level headed when the thorns appeared, screaming like a little filly.
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Post by Bio Plus on Feb 16, 2014 16:12:02 GMT -5
ooc: Okay, give me and Cherry a bit of time to save them before we move forward.
Celestia's voice sounded inside Cherry. "Cherry? What's wrong? You shouldn't let Incognito make you feel this way, you shouldn't let him control you." The Princess told Cherry. Her voice was soft, but filled with caring.
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Post by Cherry Blossom on Feb 16, 2014 21:33:06 GMT -5
"What should I do Celestia?" Cherry asked. "I have to save them but I don't want to give Incognito anymore power."
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Post by Bio Plus on Feb 17, 2014 1:45:11 GMT -5
"You have a very strong power Cherry." Celestia told her. "One that gives the shapeshifter a very strong hold over you. But he doesn't control the strongest power you have. You have friends and with them you don't have to fear doing the right thing. Save your friends and let them help you break the hold Incognito has on you. Even if he gain more of your power he will never be strong enough to stand against all of you."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Feb 18, 2014 8:20:18 GMT -5
OOC: posting so I can see when this thread is updated in participated threads button at top of screen.
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Post by Cherry Blossom on Feb 18, 2014 21:21:36 GMT -5
Cherry understood now what she has to do. She must save her friends and together find a way to get rid of this necklace and the hold it has on her. Cherry stood up and looked over at her friends. Her horn started to glow and as the glow got brighter the vines started to turn brown and break. Soon the ponies were free of the vines that have now been decomposed.
OOC: I can't remember if Ingocnito stated about the necklace being found in the Everfree Forest but I'm going to go off as if he did.
BIC: "We should finish up with Blankflank soon so we can figure out more about this necklace." Cherry said as she walks over to her friends.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Feb 18, 2014 22:26:27 GMT -5
The moment Twilight was freed she ran up to Blankflank and pressed her horn against her head and cast the memory spell, sending the memories to Blankflank.
OOC: I can't remember who I was supposed to give the memories to but since Ripple was holding Blankflank I am guessing it was her. I can edit if need be.
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Post by Bio Plus on Feb 19, 2014 2:40:38 GMT -5
"Thank you Cherry!" Incognito laughed. "I knew you would see things my way." A cry suddenly came out of the Everfree forest as trees started to wilt and the forest itself started to shake. But it wasn't just the forest and all over Equestria trees and plants started rotting.
ooc: @cherry: Just setting up the mood that, even though Cherry did the right thing, Incognito does have more of her power now and the situation is still dangerous. And I think Incognito let out enough hints about where he found the necklace so it's fine. @broly: Ripple and Blank is still one and the same so it doesn't matter they'll both receive the memories.
Blankflank screamed as the memories flowed into her. "It's not true! They abandoned me! They didn't love me! I sacrificed everything for nothing!" Her voice calmed down and she stood still. "It's not true. It's not true. They searched for me and wanted to save me. But I was so lonely." Blankflank started to fade away. "They thanked me. They cared for me. Because of me they could be save. But, but..." Blankflank completely disappeared, but the words continued coming from Ripple." "But now I'll never see them again." She was flat on the ground crying. "And never tell them how glad I am to be where I am today and that I too got my cutie mark. And how glad I am that I kept them safe."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Feb 19, 2014 8:51:42 GMT -5
Twilight walked up to Ripple and put a hoof on her shoulder, "You ok?" she asked getting almost to eye level with her.
Mayor Mare, finally free, saw things seemed to have cooled down on Ripples side and turned her attention to the real threat... Incognito. She went back to stand by Cherry. "We have unfinished business do we not?"
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Post by Cherry Blossom on Feb 19, 2014 8:59:06 GMT -5
"Yes we do." Cherry said as she looked over at Mayor Mare. "He said he got the necklace from the Everfree forest, so that is where we should check first."
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Post by Bio Plus on Feb 19, 2014 17:29:56 GMT -5
Ripple wiped the tears from her face and stood up. Eyes still red from crying she walked up to Cherry. "Give the necklace to me Cherry." She said putting out her hoof. "I've sealed Incognito away before and I can do it again. I can use my magic to keep you all safe."
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Feb 20, 2014 21:38:34 GMT -5
Twilight ran between Ripple and Cherry, "Hold up here! You can't be serious!" "I agree. This isn't a good plan." Mayor Mare added still standing next to Cherry.
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Post by Cherry Blossom on Feb 21, 2014 10:29:48 GMT -5
"Hmm, I'm not sure..." Cherry though about it for a bit and said, "but you have to trust your friends right?"
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Post by Bio Plus on Feb 21, 2014 16:31:17 GMT -5
"Alright." Ripple agreed. "I'll trust you. Let's go into the Everfree Forest then." Incognito jumped onto Cherry's back. "You don't mind if I ride here do you? I wouldn't want to miss your grand plan for defeating me."
ooc:@broly- I was thinking if giving your opening inside the forest? Make sense?
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Feb 23, 2014 10:48:43 GMT -5
OOC: Perfect. Gives me a chance to have him walk into town We need more hooded unknown ponies walking into a town with a mysterious air around them BIC: Twilight took a breath when that horrible plan went down, at least for now. She and mayor mare stood to either side of Cherry. "I don't like you." Mayor Mare directed towards Incognito plainly and without much feeling behind it, like one stating a simple fact. "Incognito, do you remember where where you found the necklace and could you lead us there?" Twilight asked, hoping he would be a little cooperative. On the outskirts of Alfalfa, on the other side of town, a hooded pony flew over the town, looking at all the destruction caused to all the plant life.
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Post by Cherry Blossom on Feb 23, 2014 11:24:06 GMT -5
Cherry looked to Incognito, wishing he would get off but knowing she couldn't force him to, and waited for them to get moving into the forest.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Feb 23, 2014 11:39:22 GMT -5
OOC: Sorry Cherry but I had to edit your post to fit. I was just showing him flying into town from off in the distance. None of the other characters can see him yet.
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Post by Bio Plus on Feb 23, 2014 17:06:43 GMT -5
"I can tell you where I found it." Incognito said. "It was in a clearing, sitting on a plate, surrounded by dark flowers, past a red stream, under a yellow gaze. I can't guide you as the place is only there for those that are in need of power, that want to seek the darkness. But as long as Cherry wears the necklace she may still be able to find which are hidden to you." "So you're saying only Cherry can find the place?" Ripple asked. "Maybe, could be." Incognito said. "Why only her?" "Because the necklace has power too, and it may want to go home for something not even I would do." "Watch out when he starts to rhyme, he's at his worst when he does." Ripple warned the others.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Feb 24, 2014 2:35:33 GMT -5
Twilight looked over to Incognito with a suspicious glance but turned her attention to the forest, "Well Cherry, I guess we're following your lead."
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Post by Cherry Blossom on Feb 25, 2014 0:01:06 GMT -5
"Well... I don't really know where to start. I guess we'll just have to walk around and see if we can find any of those things Incognito was talking about."
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Post by Bio Plus on Feb 25, 2014 3:22:54 GMT -5
Ripple followed Cherry and the rest into the wild forest and it didn't take long for them feel like they were being watched. The feeling almost weighing them down. Every so often Incognito would giggle with glee.
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Post by Broly Ultimatrix on Feb 25, 2014 8:35:34 GMT -5
Twilight didn't enjoy the eerie feeling of the forest, but also didn't want to attract much attention to themselves by offering any more light. Their aimless walking wasn't making anything better for her, since she enjoyed having a more set in stone plan. Every time Incognito would giggle it would make the hairs on the back of her neck rise up in a most uncomfortable fashion.
OOC: Is the feeling of being watched You or I?
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Post by Bio Plus on Feb 25, 2014 16:11:21 GMT -5
ooc: It's the forest, or at least the 'under a yellow gaze' part of what Incognito said that's happening.
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