mylittlejamjar | Seventh Starfall: Beyond the Pale [Visual, postdated for after the Closing Ceremonies]

[It's about two hours after the appearance of the Pale Pony, and everything that came with it. You might think that things would calm down again, but no.

This time, Flare Star fires up a scroll ~~that she basically pulled straight away from Dust~~ and starts talking, about as seriously as many ponies have ever heard out of her - the exceptions being Queen Chrysalis (who got to hear the tone when she was attacking the pegasus) and Zecora (whom she helped during Nightmare Night).]

The cards've been played. I don't know what kind of feeling that was that I felt back there, but I know it is evil. No more playing around, no more wasting time trying to understand.

I'm not saying that we don't still need to research this nag, far from it. In fact, we need to centralize our research, so that everypony has the same access to it. It's only right in times of war to allow your soldiers to know of the enemy they fight.

She pulls us all in at random, focusing on those with powers, and then every month, she culls. A few more get drawn into her, possibly for keeps. By standing before us today, by proving that she exists, she has declared war. Not on Equestria, but on every last one of our worlds.

Buck compassion, and buck caring for a pony so far gone that she'll steal souls for her own gain.

She needs to die.

Who's with me?

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No. It wasn't

no.

But they ain't too different.

[Flare wants to ask Harvey if Linkara ever let them in on how he stopped the Entity. At the same time... no. Not now. If Harvey got hit as bad as he seemed to have, then Liz was likely just as bad. And with what she talked about Cadence about before... familial love...]

where are you guys at? I'll be there in five

[...Being there for them was more important.]

Hotel.

[She knows where he's staying, of course, it's not like they haven't seen each other since they've been here.]

[She wasn't sure, okay? It's not like she had faith they could drag themselves back to their room. She only saw that thing for a split second, over the scrolls, and she was a mess. They were there at ground zero, WITH all that Entity stuff fresh in their memories.

And yeah, she'll be there in five. Less than, actually.]

[Harvey will get the door. Sooner or later. He's still very visibly shaken, and possibly shaking slightly.]

Come in, come in.

[Flare doesn't actually say anything at first, simply pulling Harvey into a firm, protective hug. A hug that, hopefully, says exactly what she's thinking: I should have been there for you two.

After a long moment, she closes her eyes and starts to tremble a bit herself, not out of fear, but out of worry.]

H-how's Liz doin'?

[Harvey just allows himself to be pulled into the hug, leaning into her, and doesn't speak until she does. He hates to admit when he's hurt, but he did need this.]

Fine, she's -

[A short pause as Harvey realizes he does not have to lie to Flare about that.]

She ain't doin' too good.

C'mon. I think we both need to be there.

[She needs to be the shield for her family right now... not just to make them feel better, but for herself, as well.]

[Meanwhile Liz hasn't moved or reacted to Flare's entrance. She's pretty much exactly as she's been since they got back to the hotel; sitting in one of the plush chairs, staring vaguely out the window at nothing in particular.]

[Harvey leads Flare into the hotel room, back to where Liz is. He honestly hasn't really tried to get her to talk much. Earlier he was just lying on the bed staring at the wall in pretty much the exact same way.

It's kinda tempting to do that again, or maybe just go be sick in the bathroom, but he should've pulled himself back together for Iron's sake a while ago.]

Hey, kid. Got a visitor.

Seventh Starfall: Beyond the Pale [Visual, postdated for after the Closing Ceremonies]

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