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>>152819Silver looks a little sick at that last line.
"Blehg. Still do not like that. Did you consider story of how Equestria was founded?"
>>152820The green mare looks up and taps her muzzle in contemplation. The grey mare, however, looks seriously offended:
Grey mare:
“
We’re not putting away my serpent costume.”
The green mare:
“It’s… not a bad idea, but it’s about, well, it’s about eleven months early for Hearthswarming, and that story, like the Elements, has quite a few characters. Not a bad idea for the future, though.”
>>152821Silver chuckles at the grey mare's response.
"Well, it will be only short couple of months or so before it will be traditional time for start of Winter Wrap-Up. We have somewhat given it up since Great War, but maybe you can have play about very first Winter Wrap-Up."
>>152822The grey mare looks over to the green mare
“I’m not even sure I’ve heard of the first winter wrap up.”
She sits up,
“Well it’s partly done by machine and mass spell now, and it was done in some form long before Hearthswarming, but surely there is a story in there somewhere. Maybe the first winter clean up after Hearthswarming. It’s only really a big show in places where there are no unicorns, though. In most places they just use magic. Unless it were to take place before the Hearthswarming in the Earthpony republic….”
The green mare seems to contemplate this idea
>>152823"Hmm...I will admit I do not know where it started, either. In my native Severyana, we did not have so much 'Winter Wrap-Up' like southern ponies did. We just let snow melt in Spring and add its water to our moisture-rich soil."
>>152824Both mares move ever so slightly back, and their mouths hang open
Grey:
"But then how does the snow, well, how does it melt?"
Green:
"And how does it melt on time?"
Grey:
"What if it melts at the wrong time, and it causes the rivers to flood?"
Green:
"And what if, well, what if you need to plant, and the snow is still there? Then what do you do?"
>>152825"Well, Celestia's calm, warming Light is what helps it to melt, at least in Severyana. When Celestia's Sun starts to warm up in Spring, it melts snow and helps our farms to grow. We help it along at times when we sense there will be problem, but Severyana has picky, moist soil. It produces plenty of high-quality food, but if we mess with natural moisture too much...we end up with famines, like what happened few years ago leading up to Steel Stallion's revolution."
>>152826There is silence for an extended period of time. The grey mare breaks it:
"But like... you still have to melt the snow."
>>152827He shrugs.
"It is just how things have been done in Severyana for time immemorial, maybe since time of Equestria's Unification."
>>152828They blink
“But how do the animals know when it’s time to wake up from hibernation? And what about migration?”
>>152829Silver looks like he's about to answer, but then he freezes with a confused look on his face.
"...I never really thought of it before, and never had thought to question it as colt."
>>152830The green mare proposes
“Well….surely
somepony does it, or else it wouldn’t get done.”
>>152831"I honestly cannot argue against it."
He scratches his chin.
"Anyways, what other ideas did you have for play?"
>>152832The green mare answers
"Right now, we are simply letting them try it. It's a select few eager volunteers, with a few props, who can put on a short play for the other foals. And maybe, if it works well, they can put on the play for a church or two."
>>152833"What about large Cathedal across town?"
>>152834"Which one? The local parish?"
>>152835"...uh...maybe? There is more than one big Cathedral in city?"
>>152836“Well, yes. There is one in each parish. But the nearest one is Saint Eligius.”
>>152837"One I am thinking of is run by Father Maren."
>>152838"Well, Father Maren is at Saint Eligius. Yes, that's the one."
>>152839Silver smiles.
"Good, we are on same page. He seems like good pony."
>>152840"Yes, I've worked with him many times, since we both work with Equestrian records and literature."
>>152841"He also helped me to kill lich."
>>152842She blinks, and then smiles awkwardly
“To kill a leech? Sorry, your accent, I’m not sure I understood you.”
>>152843"Li-ich. Undead immortal necromancers who seal their souls in objects and can raise and control zombies, skeletons, and all kinds of undead."
>>152844"Oh, heh heh, you do plays yourself?"
>>152845Silver gives her a blank stare.
"Uhhhhhhhhhhh..."
>>152846“Just trying to figure out your meaning” she says
“Surely you don’t mean a
real lich… is this some sort of game you two do? Or a metaphor?”
>>152847"Well, whether he was
real lich is unknown. He did experiment with raising dead long ago, was extraordinarily long lived, and group of militia who raided his lair left warnings about his lichdom. But leader of militia was also originally betrothed to mare that necromancer pony married, he was sealed in stone casket so nopony could verify if he really was lich, and when Father Maren and I broke object supposed to contain his soul it was rather...underwhelming."
>>152848Both mares look in astonishment
“I… I didn’t know he did that. You two travelled a lot back in the day?”
>>152849"Actually, it was only few days ago, here in Baltimare."
>>152850“… there are liches in Baltimare….”
>>152851Silver is quick to correct.
"
Was, there was one lich in Baltimare, but now he and his undead minions are no more. There is nothing to worry about in that regard."
>>152853If the scared nun is close enough, Silver gives her some reassuring pets.
wonders how the nun will react
>>152854Silver’s hoof simply hits the top of the coif, though the ears underneath seem to go down in reaction to the touch.
>>152873mare is pet pet petAs the coif is pressed down closer to her head, she closes her eyes, lowers her ears, and lowers her head somewhat, scrunching.
>>152899"There there, everything is alright."
>>152900"I'll... I'll have to ask him about that" She replies
>>152905Until he feels she grows tired of the pets, he continues. As a matter of fact, he starts to pet the other nun.
"You are quite nice to pet, you know?"
>>152911"This does not happen often, I take it? You seem starved for attention and contact."
>>152912This makes both of them more offended than they already are
>>152915“I’m doing just fine, thank you very much.” She answers.
>>152916What's the other nun's reaction to that whole event?
>>152917Mostly, she looks away towards the stage at the foals practicing. Until Silver starts touching her, in which even she is likewise offended.
>>152918Silver looks at the nuns.
"Did you not enjoy pets?"