4th Sun: When Life Gives you Darkness, be a Ninja. [Visual, obvs locked from Zetta and his allies]

[pirateponyprincess]

[The scrolls have been very active these past few days, and for good reason. It's time for everypony's favorite princess-turned-pirate to make her own contribution.]

In times like these, one of my favorite things to do is to use my opponents' greatest advantages against them. For instance, tricking a faction's dreadnaught flagship into firing its main cannon in the direction of its fleet, or feeding a vast and connected information network a small web of well-placed lies. It can be rather effective if used correctly.

Our opponent's greatest strength right now? I'm sure you can guess.

[At this moment, the ever-lengthening eclipse for the day starts, passing over Celestia and rendering everything on the screen black. Yes, she did in fact time this post to achieve exactly that effect.]

I require some assistance in taking advantage of this. I wish to do some covert information gathering in enemy territory, and possibly get some clues as to how this was achieved. Those planets were moved somehow, and I am willing to bet they can be moved again.

Who wants to play in the dark?

Comments

[Visual]

[adandyinspace]

[Okay, there is no way he can't say anything. She practically set herself up.]

I'd play in the dark with you any day, baby.

[Visual]

[pirateponyprincess]

[She did, but she can recover from it. Kinda.]

Good~. You can help with the distraction. Hope you enjoy getting shot at.

[Visual]

[adandyinspace]

Normally I like to be the one doing the shooting.

[Dandy please.]

But it looks like you leave me no choice.

[sumofallreds]

Sounds like fun. I was looking for a new way to do things since the weapons systems on The Galleon went haywire. Couldn't even launch it without gettin' nervous about power surges.

[Little does he know it's only localized to the mecha bay...]

[pirateponyprincess]

You won't need the Galleon for this, then. How experienced are you with stealth missions?

[sumofallreds]

Pretty experienced. Sneaking through a highly defended treasury or twelve. And then there was the time we had to sneak onto a bomber to steal their super weapon.

[With the lamest mook disguises ever conceived...that actually worked.]

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[noxequus]

If you require a distraction, I would not be adverse to coordinating our attacks.

[text]

[pirateponyprincess]

That would be appreciated. I will be looking through the ruins he has set up as his base of operations. I could use anything that draws his forces away from there.

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[noxequus]

I am unsure of how well I will be able to draw away his forces given the circumstances, but I can assure you I can divert his attentions in particular.

visual, remembered to lock up

[mechmadeoflove]

Count me in. I can do this on foot or in a dream dive... and I can also be the distraction.

[pirateponyprincess]

Given Zetta's abilities stolen from Luna, dreamwalking may not be the best of ideas. He will most likely notice.

[mechmadeoflove]

...Might be for the best. Neph is running ragged.

Guess I'll do this the sneaky way. Got a knife, not that it'll do much against an alert minion.

[Visual]

[caneattheseapples]

Causing grief in the dead of night was just something I'd do for fun back home so hey, sure. I'm in.

[Visual]

[pirateponyprincess]

My main objective for this is to head in to Zetta's base to find evidence of his plans, rather than active sabotage.

That may be a secondary objective, however. We shall see how things turn out inside.

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[caneattheseapples]

I'm more of a 'smashy smashy' girl but hey. I can do sneaking around and shit too.

[kungfublackfrog]

I can help with that. The Everfree is pretty much my playground so I can play ninja.

[And was one before. With lasers.]

[pirateponyprincess]

If you can evade the creatures of the Everfree, you may prove useful here. I am expecting a myriad of traps, however. Be ready for that.

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[blamemysister]

You will need a distraction.

I can provide that distraction by drawing his entire force out with a single blow.

I have been saving up a rather big spell for a while now.

I believe the video games called it "Meteor"

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[pirateponyprincess]

I would recommend coordinating with the other Luna, as she is also giving a distraction. Between the two of you, he will have his hooves full.

Voice is disguised :D

[just_as_planned]

*Robot pony! Or so it seems, anyway.*

I like the way you think. I also happen to be able to see in the dark and have...call it extensive experience with stealth operations.

[pirateponyprincess]

That would be useful, but I am afraid I don't recognize you. I hope to maintain some security in the team composition of this operation.

[Filtered from Mr. Overlord and his cronies]

[neighfeni]

Captain Celestia,

In my talk with our enemy, he said he's prepared for this for a bit, in regards to food stores and resources. If any attempt to infiltrate the castle itself, or the storage facilities, might we see about seeing how much he has done so? If we can, I'd also like to see if it's possible to teleport or otherwise get some away. Not if the risk is too great, of course, but it's a possible chance to bolster our reserves, seeing as he's trying to win by attrition.

[Some might see that as bad, but, well, veteran soldier. She just wants the casualties kept to a bare minimum.]

If I wasn't pushing myself already like Joshua said, I'd gladly do recon myself. For the time, I'm working on making sure we have supplies. Please let me know if there's anything I might be able to help with, though.

[Filtered from Mr. Overlord and his cronies]

[pirateponyprincess]

[A response is delivered a short while later.]

Stealing his supplies is an excellent idea. I shall endeavor to secure what I can, but I cannot promise anything. Teleportation magic such as that is a risky maneuver, easily spotted visually and magically. We may be able to take some out in a conventional manner, but I am lacking much of the equipment I am used to when pulling off a heist such as that.

[bluesuit_hoofy]

According to Zetta, he used magic to strong-arm them into position, simple as that. Unless we have someone equally powerful push them away again -- while someone has to distract him, no less -- those planets aren't leaving the same way they came. [Is that simple? He doesn't even know.]

What is it you have in mind?

[pirateponyprincess]

If it is magic, it can be reversed. Though Zetta may be strong, I doubt he is stronger than many of us working together. It may take some time to reverse-engineer the magic he used, but I am certain it can be done.

After all, we have three Twilights, three Lunas, and two of myself. Between us, we can figure something out if it involves magic.