In Changelingia (West Equestria), Brie gains the support of a Changeling queen for his endeavors. Spark is doing his best to help an ill Wolf spiritual leader.
In Free Equestria (East Equestria), Iron is trying to intimidate a group of criminal griffin interlopers. Fantasy Play is helping to shut down an Anarchist press. Silver is helping his new household. Amber Sunset is walking through the city, and Dark Star has just finished helping the orphans.
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>>137748
"Okay." Pear follows him as Silver starts the walk back onto Hoebuck Street, then down to where Hoebuck Street splits off from Horseman Avenue. It's dark night, past twilight, yet still creatures roam the streets, as though the work day is over, the bars are far from closed. Nor is the darkness pure, as street lamps cast an almost obnoxiously yellow light upon that which is under, and waning gibbous moon casts a pale white light upon all, making the two ponies fairly visible to the groups of creatures - mostly griffins, though a couple zebra can be seen - who pass by talking in drunken merriment. Pear stays close to Silver, very close, as the two walk down the street the few blocks to Sacred Heart. Turning around the corner to Horseman Avenue, Silver sees the old Gilman Hotel, and across from it, the crumbling spires on either side of the street-facing portion of the Church of the Sacred Heart. Up the stairs to wooden doors, a paper on the door advertises reduced cost for lessons on the Schuhplattler.
"Okay." Pear follows him as Silver starts the walk back onto Hoebuck Street, then down to where Hoebuck Street splits off from Horseman Avenue. It's dark night, past twilight, yet still creatures roam the streets, as though the work day is over, the bars are far from closed. Nor is the darkness pure, as street lamps cast an almost obnoxiously yellow light upon that which is under, and waning gibbous moon casts a pale white light upon all, making the two ponies fairly visible to the groups of creatures - mostly griffins, though a couple zebra can be seen - who pass by talking in drunken merriment. Pear stays close to Silver, very close, as the two walk down the street the few blocks to Sacred Heart. Turning around the corner to Horseman Avenue, Silver sees the old Gilman Hotel, and across from it, the crumbling spires on either side of the street-facing portion of the Church of the Sacred Heart. Up the stairs to wooden doors, a paper on the door advertises reduced cost for lessons on the Schuhplattler.
>>137758
This works, actually.
Silver opens the door to find the wooden floored almost square room with sections to either side, with its decaying ceiling, has had most of the seats removed from the floor. Only a few chairs can be found off to the side, and there is what resembles a tabernacle over in the back besides a couple doors, a recessed are, and a raised section holding the equipment of a band. The center of the floor is clear.
This works, actually.
Silver opens the door to find the wooden floored almost square room with sections to either side, with its decaying ceiling, has had most of the seats removed from the floor. Only a few chairs can be found off to the side, and there is what resembles a tabernacle over in the back besides a couple doors, a recessed are, and a raised section holding the equipment of a band. The center of the floor is clear.
>>137759
Silver lets out a forlorn sigh.
"This used to be Northern Orthodox church. It is sad to see it in such state."
Silver lets out a forlorn sigh.
"This used to be Northern Orthodox church. It is sad to see it in such state."
>>137760
She looks up, and around, carefully studying the church
"I can see... the sections to the side look to be added on in later construction. The shape of the center section is more like the Reformed tradition... But this is very degraded."
She looks rather solemn, staring at the white paint on the lower sections of the walls, or what frescos of the princesses that were never covered, higher up on the ceiling.
She looks up, and around, carefully studying the church
"I can see... the sections to the side look to be added on in later construction. The shape of the center section is more like the Reformed tradition... But this is very degraded."
She looks rather solemn, staring at the white paint on the lower sections of the walls, or what frescos of the princesses that were never covered, higher up on the ceiling.
>>137761
Silver trots around the wooden floor, listening to his hoofsteps for any hollow sounds that would expose a hatch's location.
Silver trots around the wooden floor, listening to his hoofsteps for any hollow sounds that would expose a hatch's location.
>>137763
On the main wooden floor - that is, the portion of the floor in front of the raised section holding the altar and the musical instruments - Silver can hear a ring that signifies that underneath is neither solid foundation, nor at any part is the floor especially thin or hollow, as if suspended over air by a single sheet of wood. The sections off to the left and right, which don't even have wood, provide no ring.
On the main wooden floor - that is, the portion of the floor in front of the raised section holding the altar and the musical instruments - Silver can hear a ring that signifies that underneath is neither solid foundation, nor at any part is the floor especially thin or hollow, as if suspended over air by a single sheet of wood. The sections off to the left and right, which don't even have wood, provide no ring.
>>137768
While Silver looks for some kind of hatch, he asks Pear a question.
"You have experience with different denominations of Celestialism. Are there any you are more attracted to than others?"
While Silver looks for some kind of hatch, he asks Pear a question.
"You have experience with different denominations of Celestialism. Are there any you are more attracted to than others?"
>>137769
There does not seem to be any hatch on the main floor in the front portion of the room.
"That's.... Well, my father was in the Reformed Tradition. He didn't attend much. They have a very solemn way of practicing, I think. My Mother was in the Harmonist Universal sect. They are more ritualistic. Especially the rites of the brand her mother came from. There's something about the ritualism that appeals to me."
There does not seem to be any hatch on the main floor in the front portion of the room.
"That's.... Well, my father was in the Reformed Tradition. He didn't attend much. They have a very solemn way of practicing, I think. My Mother was in the Harmonist Universal sect. They are more ritualistic. Especially the rites of the brand her mother came from. There's something about the ritualism that appeals to me."
>>137770
Since this implies there are other parts of this church, I would assume Silver goes to check those. He nods in response to her answer.
"And Northern Orthodox?"
Since this implies there are other parts of this church, I would assume Silver goes to check those. He nods in response to her answer.
"And Northern Orthodox?"
Sorry, I've been preoccupied lately. I can start playing again tomorrow.
>>137771
She tries to give a faint smile. Or she seems to, if Silver is paying attention
"They are more mystical. They are the opposite of the Reformed, in many ways."
The raised section, half circular in shape, is comparatively solid, or even entirely solid at points, though segments near the instrument resonate a bit more. Going down on the floor below, behind, and to the sides, the segment that separates the main floor from the section that surrounds the platform containing the altar, is solid. But just a step beyond, and it sounds more like the main floor. The semi circle surrounding the platform is wooden, but it is a different sort of wood, seemingly older than the main floor. It sounds comparatively normal...
Until Silver arrives on a section in front of a door. Here is an unmistakable knocking sound when Silver stomps on it.
>>137784
That's alright. I'll probably be around tomorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsM_VmN6ytk
She tries to give a faint smile. Or she seems to, if Silver is paying attention
"They are more mystical. They are the opposite of the Reformed, in many ways."
The raised section, half circular in shape, is comparatively solid, or even entirely solid at points, though segments near the instrument resonate a bit more. Going down on the floor below, behind, and to the sides, the segment that separates the main floor from the section that surrounds the platform containing the altar, is solid. But just a step beyond, and it sounds more like the main floor. The semi circle surrounding the platform is wooden, but it is a different sort of wood, seemingly older than the main floor. It sounds comparatively normal...
Until Silver arrives on a section in front of a door. Here is an unmistakable knocking sound when Silver stomps on it.
>>137784
That's alright. I'll probably be around tomorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsM_VmN6ytk
>>137787
Silver nods in response to her question.
"It is much how I remember it. I thought it was so odd learning as foal that other denominations thought idols of Celestia were blasphemous."
He smiles once he hears the knocking sound, and attempts to use his magic to lift on this section of floor.
Silver nods in response to her question.
"It is much how I remember it. I thought it was so odd learning as foal that other denominations thought idols of Celestia were blasphemous."
He smiles once he hears the knocking sound, and attempts to use his magic to lift on this section of floor.
>>137803
“Well, the idea is that it isn’t Celestia herself, but what she represents...” she stands there with her mouth partly open, and tilts her head a little to the side, like she is contemplating whether to say more. But she does not continue.
When Silver pulls at the panel, it seems to give slightly, to lift up a small fraction of an inch. But it does not rise, as it stops
“Well, the idea is that it isn’t Celestia herself, but what she represents...” she stands there with her mouth partly open, and tilts her head a little to the side, like she is contemplating whether to say more. But she does not continue.
When Silver pulls at the panel, it seems to give slightly, to lift up a small fraction of an inch. But it does not rise, as it stops
>>137805
Silver looks over to her, a little curious what it was she was going to say.
"What is wrong? I find what you have to say on religion very interesting."
Silver looks over to her, a little curious what it was she was going to say.
"What is wrong? I find what you have to say on religion very interesting."
>>137806
“Well... I meant that the reformed think that placing too much emphasis on physical representations of certain figures can amount to fetishism... and in any case, distracts from the ideas, and the principles the representations are made to represent.” She says, somewhat softly
“Well... I meant that the reformed think that placing too much emphasis on physical representations of certain figures can amount to fetishism... and in any case, distracts from the ideas, and the principles the representations are made to represent.” She says, somewhat softly
>>137807
Silver looks around for an outline of a hatch in the floor, or anything that looks like a handle.
"Then what is it they think of Celestia? Not as our Goddess, but as pony and our ruler?"
Silver looks around for an outline of a hatch in the floor, or anything that looks like a handle.
"Then what is it they think of Celestia? Not as our Goddess, but as pony and our ruler?"
>>137809
“Well... that’s a matter of politics, really. But generally... She is the mother of Equestria. Or at the very least, the older sister, that helped guide the ponies through life.”
“Well... that’s a matter of politics, really. But generally... She is the mother of Equestria. Or at the very least, the older sister, that helped guide the ponies through life.”
>>137810
"But she is physical representation of Harmony, yes? Would they have problem worshipping her?"
"But she is physical representation of Harmony, yes? Would they have problem worshipping her?"
>>137814
“I never said it was true... or even that I fully understand their theology...”
There seems to be a kind of outline in the floor, maybe where the boards end. It seems to correlate well with the door on the wall
“I never said it was true... or even that I fully understand their theology...”
There seems to be a kind of outline in the floor, maybe where the boards end. It seems to correlate well with the door on the wall
>>137816
"It is alright, I suppose it is just differences between Northern Orthodoxy and Reformed beliefs. We less worshipped Harmony - though we did worship it somewhat - and more worshipped Goddess Celestia herself."
Silver decides he should probably try the door.
"It is alright, I suppose it is just differences between Northern Orthodoxy and Reformed beliefs. We less worshipped Harmony - though we did worship it somewhat - and more worshipped Goddess Celestia herself."
Silver decides he should probably try the door.
>>137817
It’s... a walk-in closet. There are costumes on racks on each side. There is no light on. The floor is the sand kind of wood as outside.
It’s... a walk-in closet. There are costumes on racks on each side. There is no light on. The floor is the sand kind of wood as outside.
>>137818
Silver desides to try to see if the floor of the closet is the hatch he's looking for.
"I am somewhat curious, since this is topic I do actually know about: what is it you know about Orthodoxy?"
Silver desides to try to see if the floor of the closet is the hatch he's looking for.
"I am somewhat curious, since this is topic I do actually know about: what is it you know about Orthodoxy?"
>>137819
Roll wisdom
“We covered some of its principles in Comparative Religion when I was an undergraduate.”
Roll wisdom
“We covered some of its principles in Comparative Religion when I was an undergraduate.”
>>137821
Silver can make out the outline of a wooden rectangle on the floor at the beginning of the closet, and extending into part of the floor outside.
“Well, a belief that a connection to the larger universe can be made by means of experience and feeling, rather than, let’s say, action.”
Silver can make out the outline of a wooden rectangle on the floor at the beginning of the closet, and extending into part of the floor outside.
“Well, a belief that a connection to the larger universe can be made by means of experience and feeling, rather than, let’s say, action.”
>>137822
"That is very intellectual answer, I must say. I am afraid I do not know quite what it means."
He tries the hatch now, since the door is open.
"That is very intellectual answer, I must say. I am afraid I do not know quite what it means."
He tries the hatch now, since the door is open.
>>137823
And clack. The hatch opens. Pear jumps slightly. The hatch opens to a wooden stairwell to a dark basement with brick walls.
And clack. The hatch opens. Pear jumps slightly. The hatch opens to a wooden stairwell to a dark basement with brick walls.
Sorry I wasn't able to make it, that's entirely on me
>>137824
Silver smiles at Pear before pulling his flashlight from his bags and descending the stairs into the dark below.
Silver smiles at Pear before pulling his flashlight from his bags and descending the stairs into the dark below.
>>137826
The room is dark, revealing nothing but where the light hits. The floor is concrete, and the walls are a yellow brick of a semi-modern style. It looks like the room is a full sized basement.
Pear takes a peak down
“I wasn’t expecting this...”
The room is dark, revealing nothing but where the light hits. The floor is concrete, and the walls are a yellow brick of a semi-modern style. It looks like the room is a full sized basement.
Pear takes a peak down
“I wasn’t expecting this...”
>>137827
Silver shines his flashlight around the room, to get an idea of what is inside. He steps forward to give Pear room to come down.
"What is it you were expecting?"
Silver shines his flashlight around the room, to get an idea of what is inside. He steps forward to give Pear room to come down.
"What is it you were expecting?"
>>137828
Mostly the room is open, evidently occupying, for the most part, the area under the main floor. The stairs going down goes towards a wall, requiring Silver to look back to see most of the room. Though much of the space is empty floor, it has more than a few items of note. A number of chairs, like what Silver saw a few nights before. A set of restraints. A stone statue of a griffin, albeit admittedly a fairly mundane looking one On each side of the room painted onto the wall, a symbol like a radiating and rotating sun. And what seem to be entrances.
Pear answers
“I don’t... know”
But she doesn’t hesitate in following Silver down the stairs
“Probably should have tied my tail up...”
Mostly the room is open, evidently occupying, for the most part, the area under the main floor. The stairs going down goes towards a wall, requiring Silver to look back to see most of the room. Though much of the space is empty floor, it has more than a few items of note. A number of chairs, like what Silver saw a few nights before. A set of restraints. A stone statue of a griffin, albeit admittedly a fairly mundane looking one On each side of the room painted onto the wall, a symbol like a radiating and rotating sun. And what seem to be entrances.
Pear answers
“I don’t... know”
But she doesn’t hesitate in following Silver down the stairs
“Probably should have tied my tail up...”
>>137829
The restraints confuse and concern the elder unicorn. He looks back at Pear.
"Well, if you did not mind having your hair down, we could tie your tail up into bun."
The restraints confuse and concern the elder unicorn. He looks back at Pear.
"Well, if you did not mind having your hair down, we could tie your tail up into bun."
>>137830
“Well... usually I just wrap it, to keep it out of the way and to keep the moisture in the air from messing it up. Maybe a bun is necessary in a structure like this? Maybe... a long tail could be pulled by an attacker? I don’t know....”
“Well... usually I just wrap it, to keep it out of the way and to keep the moisture in the air from messing it up. Maybe a bun is necessary in a structure like this? Maybe... a long tail could be pulled by an attacker? I don’t know....”
>>137831
"I do not think we will run into one...I hope. It is more if you are worried about messing your tail."
Which directions do the entrances face, relative to the rest of 33 Hoebuck?
"I do not think we will run into one...I hope. It is more if you are worried about messing your tail."
Which directions do the entrances face, relative to the rest of 33 Hoebuck?
>>137832
Two. Actually three, but one is in a section that makes it look like a side room One door facing Horseman Avenue. One door a little north and facing East, opposite of Horsemsn avenue and to the left of where Silver entered. One on the right side, in a set of wall that protrudes into the basement.
“I... alright. I should probably just wrap it then, as I do in most field work”
Two. Actually three, but one is in a section that makes it look like a side room One door facing Horseman Avenue. One door a little north and facing East, opposite of Horsemsn avenue and to the left of where Silver entered. One on the right side, in a set of wall that protrudes into the basement.
“I... alright. I should probably just wrap it then, as I do in most field work”
>>137834
“It’s difficult to do while standing... normally I do it while sitting, but the floor is dirty... so I wouldn’t mind help.”
“It’s difficult to do while standing... normally I do it while sitting, but the floor is dirty... so I wouldn’t mind help.”
>>137835
He nods, gives her a soft smile, and gently pulls out the band he used to put up her mane. She feels his magic grab a hold of her tail as he offers her an apology, before he trots behind her and works on putting it up in a neat little bun. He focuses solely on her tail, and averts his eyes away from anything else in the same vicinity to give her at least the barest minimum decency.
He nods, gives her a soft smile, and gently pulls out the band he used to put up her mane. She feels his magic grab a hold of her tail as he offers her an apology, before he trots behind her and works on putting it up in a neat little bun. He focuses solely on her tail, and averts his eyes away from anything else in the same vicinity to give her at least the barest minimum decency.
>>137836
She pulls out a second or more bands rather than letting her mane come down; she wants that up for the same reasons as her tail.
She lists her tail up slightly to let this be done, not seeming to mind any part of the process. Soon, Silver is able to get it into a neat enough gun, though the amount of hair in her long, somewhat bushy tail is rather high.
She pulls out a second or more bands rather than letting her mane come down; she wants that up for the same reasons as her tail.
She lists her tail up slightly to let this be done, not seeming to mind any part of the process. Soon, Silver is able to get it into a neat enough gun, though the amount of hair in her long, somewhat bushy tail is rather high.
>>137837
Thanks for the clarification.
He smiles to himself once the job is done.
"There! Not bad for old stallion, eh?"
Thanks for the clarification.
He smiles to himself once the job is done.
"There! Not bad for old stallion, eh?"
>>137838
“Uh, sure”
She smiles awkwardly, moves her tail, then turns around to face Silver.
“Now let’s try to uncover whatever is hiding here.”
“Uh, sure”
She smiles awkwardly, moves her tail, then turns around to face Silver.
“Now let’s try to uncover whatever is hiding here.”
>>137840
Opening the door... Silver finds a small room, perhaps five by seven feet and rectangular in shape, with a hole in the concrete on the floor, and indeed with no floor at all in portions with clay and sand visible, a single empty pail on the ground, and a couple pipes visible at the end of the tiny room.
Opening the door... Silver finds a small room, perhaps five by seven feet and rectangular in shape, with a hole in the concrete on the floor, and indeed with no floor at all in portions with clay and sand visible, a single empty pail on the ground, and a couple pipes visible at the end of the tiny room.
>>137842
It's a square hole, and inside is sand. The sand is moist, and partly mixed with silt and clay. In some areas is several; inches deeper than the floor, while on the side opposite Silver it even escapes the floor and covers a small portion of the concrete.
Pear remains in the main room and looks around
"I know some buildings were raised about four decades ago. I wonder if this is one of them."
It's a square hole, and inside is sand. The sand is moist, and partly mixed with silt and clay. In some areas is several; inches deeper than the floor, while on the side opposite Silver it even escapes the floor and covers a small portion of the concrete.
Pear remains in the main room and looks around
"I know some buildings were raised about four decades ago. I wonder if this is one of them."
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