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[solequus]

[Sometime after the ponies wake up, scrolls and quills suddenly start raining from the sky. Don't worry, its not the ponypocalypse, its just a squadron of flying white ponies dropping them from above.

Once everyone receives one, the scrolls suddenly glow and come to life, its surface revealing the visage of a large white alicorn with rainbow hair and a golden crown, sitting on a large, velvet-upholstered throne. She has a calm, reassuring, regal smile on her face as she speaks, though those who know her better can see the light of worry and concern in her eyes.]

Good afternoon, newponies! I am Princess Celestia.

I've heard of your arrival in Ponyville and of some of the more interesting stories that have come from it. We're...not certain how this phenomenon has occurred, but we here at the royal castle will put our efforts into solving this mystery, and I hope you will help us out as we wish to help you out!

Rest assured, no harm will come to you. Nor, as some of you have worried, are we holding you against your will. On the contrary, you're free to move about Equestria as you please, be it through Ponyville, Los Pegasus or anywhere in between. I only request that you use the scrolls we have provided you to check in from time to time, so that we know where you might be when we figure out the solution to this current situation.

If you have any questions, you are free to ask them of me. If I am not available - and, I will admit, there are times when I can be quite busy - there are many other ponies willing to help you, including the other princesses of Equestria. We are all in this together, after all.

[And then she smiles a little more. Its a much more relaxed smile. The concern is still there, of course.]

But, in the meantime, I'd also like to get to know all of you! I always like to meet new people, after all. I hear we even have a dragon?

Comments

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[whywouldyoubuckleup]

[Look at this bummed out little pony. He's so bummed out he doesn't even care she ignored the bit about the names that sound like Earth names.]

Is there anyone who would know that kind of thing?

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[solequus]

[Well, its obviously because its coincidence, right?]

Perhaps your best bet is to look through the Canterlot Royal Libraries?

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[whywouldyoubuckleup]

[Tell that to North and South Unicorea. OK, those aren't canon but thanks, EQD now they're stuck in my head.]

Yeah? Where is that?

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[solequus]

[They really ought to be, those are some great puns!]

Ah, let me see if this can show it properly...

[There's quiet. Then, suddenly, a map!]

Here we are! Can you see that?

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[whywouldyoubuckleup]

[He totally isn't going to say anything about it, but he's kind of glad to not be looking at a pegascorn right now.]

Yeah. Okay, what's the scale of this map, and do you horses use the metric system? Because I am so bad at converting to kilometers.

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[solequus]

The library is about a mile deep, if that helps. And, I am unaware of what a kilometer is, so I think you need not worry.

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[whywouldyoubuckleup]

A mile deep? That's... a big library.

How far is it from, uh Ponyville? Or wherever I am to Canterlot?

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[solequus]

Its an hour from Ponyville to Canterlot, as a pegasus flies!





Barring you being a pegasus, there's a train that runs every twenty minutes.

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[whywouldyoubuckleup]

Oh, no, I'm not really a pegasus.

[And I forgot to ask before about whether or not he gets to keep his stuff so I'm not sure if he has his wings maybe.]

But uh, thanks for the information about the train. And the map. That'll help a lot, I hope.