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Twelfth Bolt (Visual)

*The background of this post is definitely Alastor's castle, but all that's visible in the shot is a strange creature that's oddly blood colored. Hanging around its neck is a sign that reads in type-printed font,

Hi, I'm one of Alastor's bloodgoyles.
I'm harmless, please do not shoot me.
(Ps. Blood given willingly.)

It waves a claw at the screen, gives a brief screech like a predatory bird, and the feed cuts out. So yeah, that's a thing.*

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[Saori's just going to blink for a bit out of confusion. Well, this was certainly new.]

Bloodgoyles...And there's more than one. Uh, do they leave a trail of bloody prints? If so, I can't really let them in my tea house.

*The scroll turns to show Alastor, who is contentedly sipping hot chocolate.*

They only leave blood behind if they're hurt or hit something too hard. So unless I have them stomp around, they're not going to leave any kind of trail.

That's a relief. Blood stains are insanely tough to get out of wood. Not to mention I don't think the locals will take well to them.

Still, I'm surprised someone was willing to give up blood like this. ...The donor is alright I assume?

He's fine. It wasn't any more than somepony would give at a blood drive. And actually, he volunteered. I made an offhoof mention of bloodgoyles and he was curious about them.

Interesting...I didn't think anypony would volunteer. I take it he's an off-worlder pony because I can't imagine any of the locals with such a curiosity. I would offer my blood but I get the feeling it might not create a normal bloodgoyle.

Yeah, he's from a place where dark magic is a little bit more accepted than it is here.

*Understatement, Alastor.*

And I'm not sure it'd matter as long as you're something naturally corporeal. But seeing as bloodgoyles can split, I don't really need to make another one.

Huh and here I thought I just about saw everything from bouncing worlds every now and then.

Hmmm. Still there must be a limit to how many times it could split. Maybe in the future you could experiment with blood from a stronger than average corporeal being?

[Saori are you serious?]

Hmm...might be interesting. To be honest, I've never used blood from anything inherently supernatural before. I'm not sure if it would make them stronger or not.

And with my powers reduced, it seems like there's a cooldown between splits. I've never heard of an upper limit overall, though.

Hmm that's right. My strength would be halved so it shouldn't be too dangerous. I hope.

Well, why don't you take your experiments with them one at a time. I don't think Ponyville needs an attack of them.

I wouldn't be too worried about that, they're not self-aware and all they do is act on standing orders. Think of them as something like exceptionally loyal guard dogs that can understand complex orders.

Whew, that's a relief. Still, I can't help but be a little impressed you got it to work so well.

[She maybe contemplating spending a day to see if she make her own smoke constructed creatures but nothing permanent. The commune has been getting crowded lately.]

*He gives the bloodgoyle a pat on the head and, true to his word, his hoof comes back blood free.*

It's actually a pretty common spell where I'm from. A lot of demons will create bloodgoyles to act as guards or foot soldiers, especially since hitting them up close just makes them multiply.

I see. That would give anyone a headache, that's for sure.

Is blood the only medium used to make such constructs back home?

This specific kind? Yeah. But there are also constructs made of pure stone and occasionally wooden marionettes will be used as vessels for demonic souls.

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