Up in the North, the ponies have successfully found who, or rather, what was damaging the mine. But their quest is not over, as they go to look for the source of the trouble. In Baltimare, Iron, Silver, and Dark Star enjoy the fruits of defeating the cultists, while Midnight herds the remaining rescues.
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>>128280She whinnies joyously, and prances about for a moment, before trotting over to the fabric section, where she pulls out a large set of threads, buttons, and many sheets of fabric, all in a speed as if according to a preordained plan. She gathers the sheets and places them on her back or in an increasingly cluttered aura of dark green magic. Then she looks back to Silver, as if she were a kid caught taking a cookie from the jar
>>128281“The Sa’be is the symbol of the virtue of Honesty. For you to appear to us so close to the best of one, it seems as if the Spirit is telling us you are honest” she says, expressing much by waving her right paw
>>128282Silver stiffles a little giggle, and smiles at her.
"Go ahead, I do not mind."
>>128283"Neat. Can this Sa'be help me find the monsters?"
>>128284She smiles, and then continues, adding sets of buttons, pewter and needles, before going to the counter. Her set of fabrics is so large the small unicorn’s magic cannot contain it all, and she has to use a shopping basket, which itself scarcely contains the large rolls. It looks like her other items have added another 37 bits onto the total, for 187 bits. Keskoo is prancing around
>>128285“They do not like to be seen, not likely. But it tells us about you”
The grey wolf walks forward
“There is no ‘Sa’be’, and there is no sign. This nest is the work of a bear”
Another wolf, speechless until now, contradicts him
“It does not smell like bear”
Irritated, he responds
“That is because it is days old and the needles are decaying. That is what it smells like in those conditions”
>>128286Silver gladly pays for all of this as well, and asks the shopkeeper if they know of a good place for kitchenware, bathroom supplies, and other things along those lines.
>>128287Thus, counting his 500 big donation, Silver has spent more than 1500 bits on this small, emaciated northern mare
He tells of a department store down the street with all of these things. Keskoo looks pleased to have a Singer sewing machine to call her own. Loputu knows he has been outclassed by Solver’s generous spending, though he hangs around.
>>128288Silver loads Keskoo's new belongings in the cart. He looks over at Keskoo to ask her something in a quiet voice.
"What do you think about Loputu?"
>>128286So I'm making a first-level character, right? I would like to join up with another pc. I guess solo is okay as well but I kinda want to join up with one pc for some unexplained reason I can't explain.
Am doing a sorcerer right now. It was easier than I thought. It seems I remembered things from last time, and how to read.
>>128290What I mean is that is that okay, if I run around with a level one character, along side higher level characters? Can you manage encounter as such or should I increaase the level of the character, I don't really wanna do that though since I rather build my character but it also want to be with another pc.
>>128290The characters have all been at level 5, so a level 5 character would probably be more appropriate. A sorcerer is just fine.
Was there a particular PC you wanted to start with? There are several options, including perhaps starting with Sardonic Economist's character. Just tell me if you have a preference for more combat or roleplay heavy, or a certain sort of setting within the larger setting.
>>128289Her eyes go very wide, and she pulls back ever so slightly
"He seems... knowledgeable of the area. A little young. Eager to help."
>>128291I can manage encounters where characters are at different levels, at least so long as there is some excuse as to why an enemy would target the higher level character over the lower level. That should be very easy in the case of a sorcerer paired with a fighter, as of course they will want to target the closer fighter
>>128292Silver looks concerned at her reaction.
"...why reaction?"
>>128293"I was just... surprised you asked, is all" She eases a hoof forward
>>128294"Well, he is nice, handsome, strapping young stallion, he seems to have developed crush on you, and he seems put down by my spending so much on you. I think he would appreciate it if you talked with him."
>>128295She blushes, pulls her head back a little, lowers her muzzle and covers it with her right foreleg
“I’ll.... if you say so”
>>128296He gives her a cute little smile.
"...you like him too, yes?"
>>128297“I.... had not thought of him in such a way”
She smiles awkwardly
>>128298"Well, regardless, I think he would appreciate talking with you."
Silver hitches himself to the cart.
"Is everypony ready for next stop?"
>>128299She continues to smile in embarrassment, her long, desire-red tail partly wrapping around her leg. Loputu looks over in curiosity, knowing something has happened, but not what
Loputu answers first
“Sure”
Then Keskoo
“Yes”
>>128300And so, off they head to buy some living essentials for Keskoo.
>>128301They go into the department store, to find a large array of towels, bedsheets, and so forth. Keskoo shows that she at least knows what modern silverware is, but she doesn’t seem to have much understand of what a full set for an apartment looks like . Loputu goes forward, helping to select a set for her. Keskoo and Loputu later look at bed coverings, with Keskoo favoring a blue set with an Ursa pattern
>>128302Silver gives the pair some space to be able to talk privately. He does pick up a fluffy white bathtowel for himself, however.
>>128303Loputu initiates a few words, mostly in the language of the northern ponies. In ponish, he asks about brothers and sisters, and Keskoo reveals that she has several, as does Loputu. She does not know what happened to all of them, though one went to “new Skynavia,” the band of which of course repulses Loputu, but he asks questions about what is going on there
There are indeed a number of bath towels of varying degrees of fluff. Silver could even buy gloves if he wanted to
>>128304Silver is indeed interested in their selection of gloves.
>>128305Gardening, for wood working, and industrial gloves. Both equine models and griffin models
>>128306Silver tries out the industrial gloves.
>>128307Somewhat thick. Made of rubber or a similar substance. Waterproof
>>128311Maybe. Spark’s last post was
>>128286 >>128312"Spirit or not, I am being honest with you all. Now if only the spirits could draw an arrow into the ground to where I need to search next."
>>128313This shuts her up. The darker wolf comes closer to the alleged “bed” and says a number of things to several other wolves, who converse with him, as they each look around the bed and the area
>>128314Spark waves the white wolf over closer.
>>128315She walks over from the needle-filled depression, towards Spark
>>128316He lowers his voice.
"The others seem to be a bit less helpful for both my problem and for information about the Spirit. Could you maybe help me out?"
>>128317She tilts her head
"What... what do you need?"
>>128318"Has anywolf seen this Spirit?"
>>128320
"Ah. Well then, can it give any more signs?"
>>128319"It is not material no spirit is unless they want to be, or they are in the material. The great spirit - the giche manidoo - creates all things and directs them. It is not seen in the way you may see a wolf. But it is seen through the world."
>>128322"Hmm... could you still contact the spirit in some way?"
>>128323"Of course. There are many ways to contact the Great Spirit and the other spirits. Through dreams, through visions, through the Mide priests. Everything has some connection to the spiritual. Even ponies."
>>128324"Think Sa'be can lead me in the right direction then?"
>>128325She smiles in a way that suggests laughter
"The Sa'be live their own lives as surely as the eagle and the bear. They do not like to be seen and keep away from wolves and ponies. That is why it is so special to see a bed and tracks here. They do not lead you like a tracker, so much as they teach you by their example. Be honest, and be true to yourself, as they are true to creation."
>>128326"Then do you suppose you can help me find the monsters? I would love to learn all about Sa'be, but must be sure that everypony is safe first."
>>128328She moves back a little
"I suppose I... could. But could you help us with the outsiders?"
>>128329"Of course. How may I help?"
>>128330"We had an agreement with the ponies. Then the duplicates... "Changelings?" They came in and it changed things. Make them leave us alone."
>>128308"Seems like it could be useful."
Silver decides to grab a pair for himself. He continues to browse the store while Keskoo and Loputu chat.
>>128331"That may take some time. They rule the land now, and the ponies are slaves. I will do my best though."