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

[morphitudinous]

I've seen enough death in the world. I hate to add to it, but...even I have enough sense to be pragmatic, if necessary.

[stormbroken]

Lucky for everypony involved, current plan seems to be tryin' to figure out how to pull the souls its got tucked inside it out of it again. Even if we have to take the Pale Pony out, we're not gonna sacrifice th'ponies it's already eaten unless there's seriously no other option.

[kungfublackfrog]

A last resort. Trust me, I'm not one to want to sacrifice innocent souls.

[morphitudinous]

Me neither. If we have to go in to save them...I will.

[kungfublackfrog]

Not alone you won't. We do it together if it gets to that point.

[morphitudinous]

I know.

I'll just have to make sure I'm ready to fight for our lives when the time comes. Feels inevitable at this point.