1st Zenith - Visual

[tsunpony]

[There's a wicked cracking sound over the scrolls as a timberwolf goes flying into the sky and then is punted down by a yellow blur.]

And stay down! Honestly, get back home and there's some kind of monster trying to eat me.

[The scroll floats down to reveal a pretty teenage mare with orange hair in an elaborate dress which shimmers and burst off. Before anyone can state "augh naked", Ako hairflips and replaces her glasses.]

Oh good, there's my scroll.

[And she rolls it back up.]

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[ponycure_dream]

[And Nozomi's going to stare.

And stare.

And stare.

Before...]

Ako?!

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[tsunpony]

Who? Oh, Nozomi! Good you're still here. I thought something bad might have happened. I keep hearing this Pale Pony showed up and I thought you might have gotten vaporized.

[Same old Ako.]

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[ponycure_dream]

Oh... oh, this is...! This is...!

[She's beside herself. She doesn't know what to say or what to do. First thing out of her mouth is...]

You're older!

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[tsunpony]

It's been three years, Nozomi. [As long as she knows, don't dissuade that notion please.]

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[neighfeni]

[...Wait. what. Is she seeing things...?
Well, one way to find out.]

Ako?!

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[tsunpony]

Huh, oh you're still here too! Hey Nephenee. Glad to see you're in one piece.

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[neighfeni]

[...not!bitty!sis is back. And isn't bitty now! Give her a second, because she's having emotional whiplash like whoa. A good few seconds later, she responds.]

Y-yeah, Ah am. Ah...where are ya right now?

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[tsunpony]

Popped up in the middle of the Everfree. I had to take out a timberwolf before it made a snack of me.

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[mercuryangel]

[It's the obvious detransformation that gets her more than anything else.]

...wait, you're...

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[tsunpony]

[Ako smiles as she addresses the scroll again.]

..The shining Zenith, playing the Goddess Tune...

Ako Shirabe, has arrived.

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[mercuryangel]

[Well, it's been quite a long time! And it looks like longer, for her...]

I for one am happy to see you again.

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[tsunpony]

I'm glad to be back. I couldn't stay away, and I spent years thinking about this place.

[magicalrealist]

Ako...? Is that really you?

[tsunpony]

Yeah it's me, Twilight. I'm glad to see you're still here.

[magicalrealist]

Yeah...I'm glad to see you're back.

It's...been a very long four months. For me, at least. How've you been?

[tsunpony]

It's been a very long three years, so I'm doing okay.

I see I've grown even here. Being home was interesting.

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[etranger]

...huh.

Mako suddenly feels the need for a minor prank, so before replying to Ako, she heads out to the Shack of Truth and sets her scroll in the Very Complex Array.

What appears in Ako's scroll is not a pony, but a young woman of about eighteen.

"Ako! It's good to see you!"

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[tsunpony]

What the...? She examined the woman and tilted her head for a moment. "Who are you...? Wait, that hair... Mako, is that you?"

[etranger]

"In the flesh!"

Grinning. GRINNING.

[kuukai]

So yer another one.

[tsunpony]

More or less. You're not one of the Internationals. Different brand of warrior?

[kuukai]

[ The what now. ]

I'm gonna go with yes.

[sumofallreds]

Took you long enough, young lady.

[He's just gonna stare down from the sky, txs.]

[tsunpony]

I had some things to do, papa. But I couldn't stay away.

[Even if she smiles up at him.] Drop the rope?

[sumofallreds]

[Good. She seems normal enough thus far. So down it comes, along with a cocky grin spreading across his face.]

Get up here, brat.