01 - Video, dated to final battle

[gemhunting]

Who knows magic around here? I need a quick favor, if you've got a minute.

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[marearcana]

[She'll take a break for a little bit while she lets the others fight...]

Well, I don't mean to brag about it but I know a lot about magic. What is it you need, exactly?

[gemhunting]

Can you get a powerup working? I gotta get up there to help.

[Punctuated by stretching his neck, poking his nose at the sky above him.]

[marearcana]

A... powerup?

[That motion probably means a pretty specific thing.]

You can't fly?

[She's... hm. There's got to be a way to solve that one...]

[gemhunting]

Sure I can. Just not yet... But there's usually some way around that.

[The dragon's head swivels either way, as if to make sure.]

I just haven't found one here, that's all.

[marearcana]

Hmm...

[She thinks for a little more. It'd be too risky to try to find one of these powerups in the dungeon now...]

I've given wings to ponies that haven't had them, and they could fly afterwards. But that won't work for you... how does the powerup you use work?

[gemhunting]

Uh... It makes my wings stronger. I didn't exactly ask how.

[marearcana]

Give me a few minutes to think and then...

[Well, wouldn't it be useful if she could track scroll positions. This would be difficult, since most of the visitors don't know Canterlot very well.]

How precisely do you know where you are?

[gemhunting]

I... don't?

[marearcana]

I thought that might be the case.

[Which does not make it any less frustrating, of course.]

Could you move the recording a little bit so I can determine your location?

[gemhunting]

Sure. Sparx, can you pick it up?

[A flash of sparkly yellow something zips across with an audible buzz, and then the scroll lifts into the air. The dragon moves out of the frame for a moment before the scroll follows him, giving an unsteady pan of the surrounding area.

After a complete circle, Spyro digs his paws in the dirt to brake, looking back to the not-camera.]

Like that?

[marearcana]

Yeah, I know where that is. Hold on just a few minutes.

[And a few minutes later, she lands nearby, skidding slightly.]

[gemhunting]

[Sparx is still carrying the scroll around, though Spyro's attention is mostly fixed on his surroundings. Which is the reason he's not entirely surprised at the timing there.]

Woah! You weren't kidding. Hi there! Think you think you can work something out?

[marearcana]

Well, I did grow up in this city. Of course I know where things are.

Now hold still, otherwise this won't work.

[She begins casting. Er, preparing to cast.]