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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[hiptobe_eraqus]

[That is plenty to deal with, but this is a smaller problem in comparison.]

Yes, obviously. If you don't care for it, you probably shouldn't venture here.

Mostly because I believe it's less a physical transformation and more a magical one.

[guerriera]

[ Her eyes narrow, though Eraqus can't see it. ]

But another keyhole is going to show up there.

I don't see how anyone could care for it. [Actual ponies excepted, of course. A very slight sigh follows] Are most magical transformations painless, then?

[hiptobe_eraqus]

It follows, yes. [And he's hoping they'll find this one without too much fuss.]

All of the ones I've encountered have been. Unless they're specifically meant to harm, but that kind of magic is rare besides.

[guerriera]

Then there's really no choice.

[ The sooner this task is done, the sooner the dreams end. At least, that's what she figures.

(And someone's still a little unhappy at missing the "fun" of that final fight, too.)]

Is someone specifically casting this on us when we get there, or is it the dream itself?

[hiptobe_eraqus]

Not if you want to search for it here.

[He would think she's probably better off missing out on that sort of "fun," especially if the Nightmare was specifically targeting people in armor.]

I believe it's the world itself, even in a dream state. Some worlds are such that they require a form change either to blend in efficiently, or just to survive it. This is just one of those.

[guerriera]

[ Carolina folds her arms. She'll do it, but that doesn't mean she'll like it.

And that Nightmare...Well, dream version or not, the MoI was from her world, making it her responsibilty. (And it had been personal too.) ]

Sounds complex. [A faint hmm.] Where I'm from, not all worlds our enemies are from are hospitable to humans. Hence different suits designed for dealing with different terrain. Your world uses magic for the same sort of effect?

[..And theoretically less war, obviously.]

[hiptobe_eraqus]

[He figures that most wouldn't like it. But unless they find some magical means to get around it, they'll all just have to deal for the time being. It's the no hands part he's not pleased about, mostly.]

I suppose that could be a comparison. I think it may also depend on the inhabitants native to that world. Of the other two I've visited that required such a change, one was entirely underwater and therefore required a form change to breathe, and the other was such that a human in plainclothes would have stood out as an instant target to inhabitants and the world at large.