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The next to enter the castle was Feather Blitz. The pegasus mare swooped in, hovering in front of the donation table for a second before depositing some bits into the homeless fund and some into the one for teaching pegasi to fly when they can’t learn otherwise. Once that was taken care of, she scanned the room a bit before spotting Myth and flying over. She waved happily over at Twilight and a unicorn that was probably Blueblood, then turned her attention back towards Myth and the stallion she was talking with. “Hey there, Vis! I see you got the donation thing figured out. Sorry, I would’ve helped, but I ran a bit late.” She said, touching down next to Myth and draping a wing over her. Pulling her marefriend into a hug, she watched the robed stallion come back with a couple cups of punch. “Thanks for that, it’s nice of you to get punch for others like that.” Feather smiled at Blizzard, nodding to him.

“Well thanks, I like to think I look good in both forms, but I hear you prefer the mares. I don’t blame you, I do too.” Tiger smiled back, winking as she shook the offered hoof and chuckled slightly. “There are some good-looking stallions out there too, but mares tend to be my first choice.” Shrugging, the earth pony turned to pick up the box she brought, showing her backside mostly on purpose. Sure, there was a pair of pants there, but Icy could probably still get a good look. Soon enough, Tiger turned back around, holding out a box with a ribbon around it. “Hope you like chocolate, I figured I’d get you some treats. There’s some strawberries in there too.” She said, smiling a bit. She leaned in to whisper the next part. “You could have me for the night too, if you want.” She finished with a wink.

To say this delivery method was interesting would be an understatement, it was downright confusing at first why a bunch of crows were carrying a package in the first place, let alone to him. Finding out who the sender was cleared things right up though, and Tiger chuckled to himself before thanking the crows for the delivery. He remembered that Chipper was that unicorn from the caribou lands, and it made sense that he would send crows to deliver mail. He chuckled to himself again as he began opening the package up.

Tiger Blood had been looking forward to this, especially after gathering more info on Icy from Blueblood. It was actually pretty fortunate that this was the name he drew, since she was friends with his boss, he got to find out what sort of things she liked easier than it would be otherwise. For now, the stallion scanned the crowd looking for her, and checking on the little device he got to simulate his boss’s ability. Eventually, he spotted his quarry by herself and he started making his way over, activating the device on the way. As he passed behind a pillar, he emerged on the other side as a mare, tightening her pants a bit due to her smaller body. She stopped behind Icy, clearing her throat a bit and letting out a low whistle. “Well, hello there. You’re Ice Storm, right? Bluey certainly didn’t exaggerate about your looks.” She said, giving a wink to the blue unicorn.

Flux was humming happily to herself as she enjoyed the party and kinda looked around for the pony she was supposed to be giving a gift to. This whole secret Princess thing was a great idea! Not only did she get to meet new ponies, she also got to spread the cheer of Hearthswarming! She probably should go find her giftee, she wanted to see the look on her face when she got her gift. Before she could really go looking though, somepony approached her and asked her a question. “Yup! I’m Flux! Nice to meetcha!” She chirped happily, bouncing in place in front of the blue unicorn. “What’s your name? Do you want to be friends? Oh! Are you my Secret Princess? What’d ya get me?” She asked in a sort of rapid fire, still bouncing excitedly.

Moonage nodded to Sunny and Sugar confirming this was the right place, listening to what the others were saying. It seemed the guards were here for the pegasus queen, now that was an interesting guest to this party, but not an unwelcome one. Seeing as she had never met royalty, except Pipp on that boat, so she wasn’t entirely sure about what kind of niceties were expected. “Indeed it does.” She responded to Sunny’s comment about Allegro’s food, chuckling slightly as she fully entered the home. Allegro was an interesting stallion to be sure, smelling like the sea. Though in a coastal town like this, that was more common than one may think. “This is a lovely home, Sugar, thank you for hosting this party.” Moonage said, smiling at the hostess and setting her gift box down on the table. “I am glad I got to come back to this town and see you all again.”

Nensho nodded to Toboe’s words, smiling over at his fellow wolf as he watched the ponies set up their camp. He was excited to see Luna in action, letting her go find a good spot to do her magic from. That illusionist was also pretty impressive, and it looked like she was having fun with what she was making. It was important to enjoy what you did, so that was nice to see. Unfortunately, that peace wasn’t to last as a presence appeared nearby. Toboe sniffed it out first, of course, but he was hot on her heels as she ran up the hill towards Luna. Being this close, he walked around the area, trying to pick up exactly where the magic Toboe had found was coming from. The residue of whatever Luna did and the active output of the icy unicorn was making it difficult though. ———————— Feather saluted to Icy’s directions, turning to watch over Myth and Nira while they worked. It was pretty fun watching Myth enjoy herself with her magic, though before she could compliment the fine work, the wolves ran off and Myth said something was happening around Luna. Snapping into action, she launched herself into the air, using the large illusory tree as cover to try and get a look at the scene. She saw Luna, and various members of the team that got there already, but no obvious threat. Feather tilted her head slightly, getting her weapons ready just in case and flying back towards Myth. “I’m not sure what is happening over there, but I don’t see any threats around Luna right now. Plus, she’s got the boss and those wolves with her now. They’ve got it covered, I think, so I’ll just keep protecting you.” She said, explaining the situation to Myth as she landed next to the unicorn.

“I just thought that since our abilities are so similar that maybe they were related enough to learn to see more like you do. It’s ok if you don’t think it would work, I’ve gone this long with just this much.” She said, smiling slightly as Myth realized she was still holding Solar’s hoof, giggling a bit as she seemed to get embarrassed a bit by that. “Oh, sure, I’ll help you write a letter.” Solar smiled, nodding a bit before she walked over to her counter and searched for some paper to write on. “What kind of work do you do?” She asked, trying to make some small talk while she searched.

I know normal dnd 5e, but I haven’t looked at the pony stuff.

Sunrise… had sort of avoided the Crystal Empire since the last time she had been here. Somewhat understandable, she thought, considering the party she had been at was attacked by vikings. It had been some time since then though, so she decided to give it another shot. On that note, the fiery unicorn was waiting in line to get in with a couple other ponies ahead of her, and she was wearing a dress she had designed herself. It wasn’t exactly her flashiest work, though she did make sure to still include the functionality to let her do her fire tricks if need be. All in all, it looked mostly like a well-fitted red dress, with some gold trim. It also dipped a bit on one side to show off more of her tattoo. Floating in a box beside her was her donation, a home sewing kit. She wanted to help enable the next generation of fashion designers to discover or develop their passion for fashion. Art of Sunrise Skies

Solar was surprised as Myth grabbed her hoof and turned to face her, taking a moment before she spoke again. “Of course, I’d be happy to help you learn to read Braille. Like I said, most of the time they don’t need me around the school, I just need to be here in case someone hurts themselves.” Solar shrugged, patting Myth’s shoulder a bit and smiling as she spoke again. “Maybe we could trade notes and you could expand what kinds of magic I can see.”

“It’s understandable, today is an exciting day for both of us, but you especially.” She giggled slightly before turning her attention back to the book. She set it down in Myth’s reach, opening the book before starting to direct the mare’s hoof over the first few words and reading them aloud at the same time. She had read this book enough to remember the start well enough to recite it.

Lol

The last time Sunrise was in the Empire for a party, it didn’t really end well, so maybe it’s time to try again.

I’ve got so many characters, it’s hard to say really. I could have some be allies, some enemies, some just there around town or whatever that they could interact with to get info or supplies. I have so many characters, especially if I’m not limited to the ones I wrote an app for. Even sticking to the log, there’s quite the spectrum.

Yeah. Not sure if you are still looking for more players, but I could probably do that. At least add some side characters they meet along the way.

This seems interesting

Solar listened as Myth talked, pondering the implications of the other mare having what seemed to be a more general type of same ability she had. She wasn’t sure if her ability was more powerful in the area it was focused on or if it was limited because it was a weaker version. One implied she might be able to learn to see different types of magic. She supposed it didn’t matter too much though, she was fine with where it was at. “That’s interesting. I was born blind as well, and it took me a while before I managed to see life magic. That is all I can see though, otherwise it is just darkness. It’s why I like to live in the woods, being surrounded by life means I can see very well, and I just like nature.” She smiled at the thought of her house for a moment before she kept talking. “Oh! But we’re getting distracted. Do you want to keep talking about this or get started with the Braille? You are the guest, and I don’t have any work to do until something happens.”

"I don't think so... It's more like seeing life, I guess." Solar said, still pretty amazed she just happened to run into another blind mare with special sight. "Like I can even see the grass, but once it's dead it's invisible to me." She fell silent after that, sitting on the floor as she started thinking about what this meant. She had assumed her ability was because of her unique talents, she had never been able to teach any other blind unicorns to see like she did, but maybe it was possible for some... "That is part of the reason I have Sunny there, he helps me navigate around obstacles." She spoke up eventually. "He's also just a good bird, so that's nice too."

Solar looked between Myth and Sunny in confusion, not understanding how she knew where the bird was. Did Myth have something similar to her own sight? She had never met anyone else that could do what she did. “Did… did you see Sunny? How did you know he was there?” She asked, having completely missed what Myth said in her confusion.

“Mmm, kinda hard to explain it, since I can’t see it. All I know is it works, and it feels like they just made the paper bumpy, not like they put stuff on top of it.” Solar said, kinda trying to explain as she followed Sunny through the door and walked over to the books she had in the room. She hummed as she ran her hoof over the covers, eventually just picking one up and then realizing she didn’t have much in the way of things to sit on. Aside from the table, that wasn’t too comfortable, she only had one chair. “Why don’t you take a seat right over here? I’ll help you find the seat.” She said, watching Sunny perch on something, probably the chair.

Solar was a bit surprised by the hug and Myth crying into her shoulder, but she returned the hug after a moment. She smiled a bit as Myth pulled back and started talking, and she giggled as Myth talked about ruining the cool act. “Yeah, I guess. It’s ok though, we can still be friends.” She giggled again before continuing. “And of course, I would be happy to help you learn Braille. Let’s just go back into my office, I’ve got some books in there.” She said, turning to lead Myth back towards the nurse’s office.

“Well, I think it was before I was born, I don’t know exactly how long it’s been around. And I wouldn’t joke about making someone’s life better.” Solar said, kinda patting Myth on the shoulder as Sunny hopped up to rest on top of Solar’s head. “Would… I might be able to help you learn it, if you want.”

Solar frowned as her words seemed to just confuse the other mare. What was so confusing about Braille? Had she managed to go her whole life without learning about it? Unusual, she supposed, but not impossible. “Have you ever heard of Braille? Bumpy signs or books?” She asked, trying to get Myth’s attention again. “Blind ponies often use it to read, since they can’t see the words, but they can feel the bumps. Certain patterns correspond to certain letters and such.”

Solar giggled slightly at the compliment, though she wasn’t sure how to respond to the rest of what Myth said. Somehow it felt like they were connected though, aside from both being blind, so she wouldn’t mind spending more time with her. “Well, I’m not sure how good of a tour guide I would be… I can’t really point out much, and I don’t know how to navigate the whole building.” She said, shrugging a bit. “I can’t read sings either, at least not normal ones. Thankfully they’ve started adding ones that I can, but I don’t want to get lost in here.”