fireheart (after a short absence from the group) returned and heard Dark shine talking to a pony. when he was walking away fire approached him. "who was that you were talking to all i heard was it ended in fly. Anyway during my absence i discovered something from the book stall in the market" *Hands Dark Shine Constellestia: a history. "it may or may not help but Its good to give it a shot".
Spoiler: Roll Perception for Dark Shine and Fireheart Dark Shine: 13 + 2 = 15 Fireheart: 16 + 2 = 18 Fireheart opens the book to the beginning. It reads: A ne mgkkot wjjdjhne alkdirnlkje akjdifnflewiz kdnvksao dkjduhuhaew dkjdhg kdjci aknfldsa kkke ixpamew dinvnlvpoai kdvjhn kjehells iis ehak aidvnfe alvn e kthekmale thkemalle dx dkvnoea kdvjpekvij; dkjviea dkjviuhek Cdengvs kjdso ppwosyu leuap... It continues in a similar fashion. Fireheart would find this strange, as when she found the book at the market, she was able to read it perfectly. Spoiler: Roll recollection for Fireheart 11 + 2 = 13 She remembers that the book detailed the early history of Constellestia and how the glorious Constella banished her wicked, evil, older sister, Inferno Flare, into the sun using nothing but her own power. She also remembers that the book explained that a force field was placed around the castle to protect it from the windigoes and Constella's evil younger sister, Nightmare Moon. The castle has existed for thousands of years, and Nightmare Moons corruption was never suffered. Furthermore, it stated that the land outside it drowned in eternal night and that everything is dead. Fireheart remembers in particular a quote from the book, which she hears in her head: Constella sees you. Constella sees you all.
Jhera peered over Dark's shoulder. "What kind of mumbo jumbo have you been picking up?" He asked, confused. "A ne mgkkot wjjdjhne alkdirn... I can't even pronounce some of this!" He shook his head. "This place is really getting to my head. Posey could read that sign perfectly earlier, perhaps we could ask a local to read it for us? They'd think we're idiots who can't read, but it's better than not knowing."
Spoiler: Can Jhera read the book? 16 + 1 = 17 The book spouts the same gibberish that everypony else in the group would see. Suddenly, everypony in the group, regardless of where you are at the time, gets a spine-tingling feeing as the world becomes hazy of a split-second, then returns to normal, albiet a bit clearer.
Fizz, happily trotting over towards the gnarled tree, suddenly paused. Her ears perked up and her nose twitched around a little bit. Her eyes crossed and she looked up at her horn. She was getting that recognizable feeling of magical inefficiency. She shook her head and rattled her eyes back into shape as she whipped her body around with a goofy grin. "Entropy! Heya! Wassup, guard pony? Did you taste Purple just a moment ago too?"
Entropy slowed to a trot. "Hello, Fizz," he said. "I beleive I know what's going on, though I may be leaping to conclusions. But at any rate, we need to visit Twilight Twinkle!" He arrived at the door and thumped his hoof against the door a few times.
She rolled her eyes. "DUH! Dat's what I came 'ere to do!" She giggled quietly and smiled. "We got dis."
Pink Fizz and Entropy Nopony answers right away, but after a few moments, you can hear a voice from inside the tree. Spoiler: Roll Empathy (Heart) for Entropy and Fizz Entropy: 14 + 1 = 15 Fizz: 9 + 1 = 10 The voice sounds anxious. "Is that you, Pinkie Pie? Fluttershy? You have to get a hold of yourself! You're not who you think you are!"
Huh? That was...what? Somepony just said Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy's names! This obviously was important to finding Twilight Sparkle and her friends! Entropy opened the door without further knocking and looked inside.
Entropy had little trouble opening the door. He felt a magical barrier dispell as he approached the door. Inside, he found a purple earth pony, frantically backing away from the door. She backed up until she tripped over a chair, causing her to tumble and land sprawled out on the floor. Here eyes were wide with fear as she looked up at Entropy. She tried to back away further as she shouted, "Stop! Please stop, Constella! We can't do this anymore! Let us wake up!"
Entropy blinked and took a few steps back, alarmed, and then looked back at Fizz and then down at himself. What was Twilight going on about? Constella wasn't in the immediate vicinity...not that he could see.
Twinkle (or the pony that could reasonably be assumed to be Twinkle, after all, she sounded pretty crazy) eyed Entroly warily, taking note that he didn't attack her. "You...you're Entropy, right? My brother's told me about you." She rises to her hooves and ponders a moment. "Of course, that's why you're here. Because I know about you... But why show up now...and not in earlier iterations?" She glared at the ceiling, "What are you up to Constella?"
Fizz giggled and bounded around Entropy. "No, no, dun be frightened!" She lifted up her hair with one of her hooves and looked at Twilight. "I wanted ta come an' say how much I enjoyed yer performance at da Celebration!" She grinned and winked. "I 'aven't seen magic like dat in ferevuh!" Suddenly she stuck out her tongue and wiggled it around, annoyed with herself. What was she, a filly again? She slipped it back in and cleared her throat. "We came far across Ragnarok ta find ya, and I had ta use my powuh of teleportin' ta get us in 'ere. So c'mon, treat us like da guests we is!" Fizz sounded a little mixed up. What track was she on, anyway?
"Jhera you know that you hardly understand this book well I understood it forlike a couple of minutes then this gibberish appeared". *pulls out the book "basically I rememberthat the book detailed the early history of Constellestia and how the glorious Constella banished her wicked, evil, older sister, Inferno Flare, into the sun using nothing but her own power. She also remembers that the book explained that a force field was placed around the castle to protect it from the windigoes and Constella's evil younger sister, Nightmare Moon. The castle has existed for thousands of years, and Nightmare Moons corruption was never suffered. It stated that the land outside it drowned in eternal night and that everything is dead. Then I heard this eerily in my head Constella sees you, Constella sees you all". *takes a deep breath "got that now Jhera". *opens the book to see everything's not gibberish any more "okay, thats weird, Jhera is it me or can you read this perfectly. it must of been that strange dizzy sensation that happened".
Jhera blinked. "I...what?" He took another look into the book, only to find that the words had changed. He hadn't even checked if he could read it or not, as he looked up and noticed they were short two party members. "Where are Entropy and Fizz?" He questioned.
Having been cowed by how rude Posey was to him earlier, he has remained quiet and observed where the party has been going this whole time. Shuddering, he rubs at his eyes as the world seems to go hazy. Once he looks up again, it's as if everything became clearer. Overhearing Fireheart mention similar words to what he had heard in his head after retrieving the Pegasopolis flag, he quickly whirls to them. "You've heard the voice saying it sees us as well? I have a bad feeling about this. Constella may have more power than we thought..." Hearing Jhera wonder where Entropy and Fizz went off to, he points toward the tree he last saw them wandering toward. "I believe those two went there."
"okay, so your heard the voice to. I don't know whats going on but I don't like it. Be prepared, expect everything". Fireheart adjusted her sword which was issued to guards. The last time she used it was the changeling invasion. "come on let's see what those two are up too". She then started to head towards the tree.
Entropy was completely lost. "...Iterations?? What...what are you talking about?" Wait a minute...if Constella's powers involved dreams...And Twilight was acting like her normal self...did that mean that...what DID that mean? Entropy had no clue. But one thing he was pretty sure of was that Twilight thought that she was in a dream. "Twilight Sparkle, right? Why are you acting like yourself while all your friends out there are acting totally weird? And where's your horn??" asked Entropy.
Twinkle’s eyes almost lit up at the sound of her true name. “You…you’re the first one who has called me Twilight Sparkle! Oh, I could hug you right now!” She almost did just that, but stopped herself just in time. She took a couple of steps back, then glanced around, as if looking for somepony. Then she motioned for Pink Fizz and Entropy closer and whispered, “We’re being watched, so I’m going to keep it short: You’re dreaming. And so are we. Constella brought you into our collective dream. I’m acting…normal, because I’m the only one who knows what’s going on.” She bit her lip and then continued, “I think it’s my punishment for…failing Constella’s trial. To know that none of this is real, but not being able to do anything about it.” She glanced up at the empty space where her horn would normally be. “I think taking my horn is just another one of her punishments. You’ve seen the others, right? They’re all different, in some way.” ----- The others who were outside suddenly noticed that the townsponies were beginning to give them dirty looks. ----- “We all failed her trial, so she’s been taunting us by transporting us to these dream worlds. The first one was just like Ponyville and we were all normal, but suddenly, in the middle of everything, Constella told us that we failed again, and the dream changed. We were suddenly alicorns in the distant past, during the reign of Discord. But, somehow, we failed again and the dream changed once more. We were then schoolfillies in a Neighpanese high school. But…we failed again… This is the…sixth iteration? Or maybe it’s the eighth… I don’t know anymore.” “I just want to wake up.”
