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

[stormbroken]

[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?

Comments

[stormbroken]

Hopefully you're...

[There's a hesitance. The usual blessing of "hopefully you're not here long enough to make sense of it" rings... bitter, knowing the likely fate of those who disappear after showing up here.

It wasn't definite, but... no, this needed to be solved sooner, as opposed to later.]

Hopefully it clears up a bit with time.

[like_a_dragon]

[She nods slooowly... the red still leaving her cheeks.]

Yeah. I'm starting the only way I know how: hearing what everypony else has to say about this.

[stormbroken]

Best way to do it - ear to the ground, hooves steady.

[She admits, she wasn't very steady there a little while ago.]


.......what's your name, kid?

[like_a_dragon]

I think you're giving me too much credit there.

[Ah, she asked for her name.]

My name's Chie. Chie Satonaka.

[stormbroken]

Flare Star. Bouncer at Ponyville's local waterin' hole when I'm not tryin' to get us all home.

[Well, if nothing else, Flare's definitely got someone else she's got a positive view of.]

[like_a_dragon]

Oh... uh... I just got here! And only a kid, so...

Yeah, there's not that much great about me.

[At least one of them does.]

Anyways... maybe you should... we should work on that.