005 [Video]

[hiptobe_eraqus]

[Being there when the portal opened up, Eraqus of course decided to walk through it and see what world they had discovered this time.]

[And it is a lot more colorful than the previous one. It seems like one of his Spirits is helping him hold up his communicator now, since facing it...]

[The Keyblade Master is now a gray earth pony with reddish hooves, a black, spiky mane and tail, and a gold Master emblem for a cutie mark. He's still got the facial hair and the scars, too. He looks less shocked about this than one might expect...mostly a little confused as to how quadrupeds are supposed to operate.]

Considering our previous conversation regarding your world, Celestia, I would say in hindsight this adds a certain degree of irony.

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[sailorlaughter]

Yeah, it's GREAT here! Way better than the rock farm I grew up on, that was a little ways that way. Close to Trottingham!

Ooooh, this is the library! See, it's in a tree!

[hiptobe_eraqus]

[He's about to ask exactly what is the purpose of a rock farm, but decides against it. Some things -or most things, in Pinkie's case- are better left unasked.]

[He notes the literal treehouse.] That does look expansive.

[sailorlaughter]

Yep! Some of Twilight's books might still be in there, if you wanna learn more about pony stuff!

[hiptobe_eraqus]

I'll have to keep that in mind for the future. [He remembers Celestia mentioning that she was at least a thousand years old, and that has him wondering.]

How extensive is the history section there?

[sailorlaughter]

I dunno, I usually just check out cookbooks! And things with Daring Do in them! But Twilight's really into learning about pretty much everything, so she'll have some good ones!

[hiptobe_eraqus]

I'll have to stop by later and investigate what is available there, then.

[The problem is, if this is the dream world, then the normal inhabitants may be missing...including Twilight.]

[sailorlaughter]

Uh-huh! And Rarity'll probably open her shop back up if you want any pony clothes, and I'm gonna run Sugarcube Corner all by myself!

[hiptobe_eraqus]

[He hadn't really thought about clothes...that seemed kind of odd for ponies, considering they were ponies and didn't need to worry about that. But perhaps it was just for the sake of fashion.]

[That last part leaves him a little skeptical, though.]

You can run a shop all by yourself?

[sailorlaughter]

Sure! There's nowhere NEAR as many ponies to buy from it now! I do a lot of the baking normally anyway, and I've even run the counter all by myself before!

[hiptobe_eraqus]

[Okay, he doesn't have much cause to argue against that. It just sounds like a whole of lot business for someone he's not sure has that much...business sense.]

That sounds like quiet a bit of work.

[sailorlaughter]

It's okay! I like baking anyway!

So, see that city way way WAAAAAAAAY off that way, on the side of the mountain? That's where the Princesses live!

[hiptobe_eraqus]

[It's easier to do work that one enjoys, anyway.] As long as you enjoy doing it.

[He looked to the distant city, practically growing out of the mountainside...and couldn't help being struck with a pang of homesickness. He hid it well, though.] It looks quite impressive.

[sailorlaughter]

It TOTALLY is! I've been up there a couple times, like when they gave us all a big party for defeating Discord and being put in a window! It wasn't even a boring party like most Canterlot ones.

[hiptobe_eraqus]

[It's like every time Pinkie says something new, he has to try and figure it out first before finally admitting that he can't and asking for more clarification.] For defeating 'Discord?'

[sailorlaughter]

Yeah, he was an evil chaos spirit thing that tried to take over Equestria. He turned us all evil for a little bit, but then we beat him and turned him into a statue! He lives in Ponyville too now, though, 'cause I guess he turned good or something.

[hiptobe_eraqus]

[So that's probably what Celestia meant by their own kinds of darkness. That last part leaves him a little skeptical...that rarely just happens.]

He just 'turned good?'

[sailorlaughter]

Uhhhhhhh...yeeeeeah? Princess Celestia let him out and asked Fluttershy to turn him good, so she made friends with him even though he was TOTALLY rude to everypony the whole time and almost flooded Applejack's whole farm, so I guess now he likes her so he's being nice so she'll stay friends with him.

Oh, but Twilight has the Elements now just in case we ever need to turn him to stone again. They're in the library too!

[hiptobe_eraqus]

I...see.

[Eraqus's eyebrows rise a little more at that. He doesn't sound...entirely convinced, but maybe it's not something to worry about unless Discord actually showed up in this world. There's something else catching his attention.]

What Elements are these?

[sailorlaughter]

The Elements of Harmony! They're like these really REALLY neat magic necklaces me and the girls to fight evil! Wellllll, we probably can't use them now, 'cause it's just me and Rarity, but I'm the Element of Laughter and she's the Element of Generosity! The other ones are Magic, Honesty, Loyalty, and Kindness!

[hiptobe_eraqus]

[He remembers some of Celestia talking about this before, at least in relation to Pinkie Pie and Rarity, but this is the first time in hearing that they were necklaces. It sounded like magic based around virtues.]

Can they only be used collectively, then?

[sailorlaughter]

I don't think we've ever really tried them separately...that wouldn't make a whole lot of sense though! I mean, you can't really make them go at all without the Element of Magic!

[hiptobe_eraqus]

[He's getting more curious about these things.] Hmm. So magic acts as a catalyst for the others?

[sailorlaughter]

No, it's more like a crown. [We may never know what Pinkie thinks a catalyst is.]

But it can't show up unless the other five are together, either! Like, when we got all of them in the castle, there was this biiiiiiiig flash of light! BAM! And then it just came down outta nowhere!

[hiptobe_eraqus]

It's...hnn. [Okay no, he doesn't know what she thinks 'catalyst' is.]

Which castle? [And it might be good to see what they look like, just for future reference.] And can I see these things?

[sailorlaughter]

The old abandoned one in the forest! It's out thataway!

Sure! They're probably still in the library, c'mon! [And she bounds off towards the big tree.]