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What do we have here?
Out in this salty sea air, some young ponies have found themselves lost. Lie in the sand they do, unconscious, far away from their warm beds, fathers and mothers.
The winds from the north play with them as a warm sun shines overhead, a little cooler than usual. This is a sea none of them have seen before, with seagrasses and weeds along the shores, a seaside forest to the south, while the winds blow against the cliff to the east, then move to the village at the north.
Look! It appears they are coming to.
Out in this salty sea air, some young ponies have found themselves lost. Lie in the sand they do, unconscious, far away from their warm beds, fathers and mothers.
The winds from the north play with them as a warm sun shines overhead, a little cooler than usual. This is a sea none of them have seen before, with seagrasses and weeds along the shores, a seaside forest to the south, while the winds blow against the cliff to the east, then move to the village at the north.
Look! It appears they are coming to.
>>330758
>10
How convenient. A sign reading 'Port Seasprout' is right there near the shoreline.
However, for all your geography classes, you have never heard of such a name.
>>330763
Hmmm. Have you seen them in school before? Maybe, maybe not. Their resemblance to some schoolmates you see may just be coincidence.
>>330761
One manages to shimmer around you, bringing others to your attention.
>10
How convenient. A sign reading 'Port Seasprout' is right there near the shoreline.
However, for all your geography classes, you have never heard of such a name.
>>330763
Hmmm. Have you seen them in school before? Maybe, maybe not. Their resemblance to some schoolmates you see may just be coincidence.
>>330761
One manages to shimmer around you, bringing others to your attention.
>>330795
An vast expanse of blue sea dominates the west, wit he sun leaning slightly closer to the horizon. To it, you can see a few landforms, some mounds in the distance.
North, you see some buildings, namely a few houses, though it's hard to make out anything else there.
A large cliff wall is to the east, high enough that you can't see the top, at least from here, though the forest to the south seems to hide a path up, as the treetops seem to form a path.
An vast expanse of blue sea dominates the west, wit he sun leaning slightly closer to the horizon. To it, you can see a few landforms, some mounds in the distance.
North, you see some buildings, namely a few houses, though it's hard to make out anything else there.
A large cliff wall is to the east, high enough that you can't see the top, at least from here, though the forest to the south seems to hide a path up, as the treetops seem to form a path.
>>330826
You run pretty well for your size.
>>330822
>>330816
>>330810
You all make it to the village
It appears to be a port of some kind, with large docks of ships, and sailor ponies wandering about, resting. The houses seem primarily made of brick, with dried palm leaves leaning walls and roofs for comfort and warmth. You can see crates of seaweed being packed onto a ship, while ponies, completely drench, arrive from further North with more.
Upon your reaching, a mare sees you and cries out.
"A-amber? Pumpkin? Is that you all?"
She rushes out to you, hugging all of you to the ground.
You run pretty well for your size.
>>330822
>>330816
>>330810
You all make it to the village
It appears to be a port of some kind, with large docks of ships, and sailor ponies wandering about, resting. The houses seem primarily made of brick, with dried palm leaves leaning walls and roofs for comfort and warmth. You can see crates of seaweed being packed onto a ship, while ponies, completely drench, arrive from further North with more.
Upon your reaching, a mare sees you and cries out.
"A-amber? Pumpkin? Is that you all?"
She rushes out to you, hugging all of you to the ground.
>>330859
"Haven't your parents told you? There are a lot of monsters there, though we go in with a group of fighters every now and then to harvest the medicine. That's where we get one of the ingredients for seaweed stew, you know?"
>>330861
"Oh, goodness, you're so kind."
She seems to relax a little.
>>330863
"Y-you're not? Did you come with one of the sailors, then?"
"Haven't your parents told you? There are a lot of monsters there, though we go in with a group of fighters every now and then to harvest the medicine. That's where we get one of the ingredients for seaweed stew, you know?"
>>330861
"Oh, goodness, you're so kind."
She seems to relax a little.
>>330863
"Y-you're not? Did you come with one of the sailors, then?"
>>330879
>>330882
>>330885
"E-Equestria? Canterlot? Fillydephia?"
She looks confused.
"Maybe.. you all washed up on a beach from somewhere, but I've never heard of such a thing. Maybe you'd liek for me to bring you to my house? Heavens know, you're all needing food and shelter right now. Like my kids…"
She looks down and away, again.
>>330882
>>330885
"E-Equestria? Canterlot? Fillydephia?"
She looks confused.
"Maybe.. you all washed up on a beach from somewhere, but I've never heard of such a thing. Maybe you'd liek for me to bring you to my house? Heavens know, you're all needing food and shelter right now. Like my kids…"
She looks down and away, again.
>>330889
"They were supposed to have their adventure soon! Well, maybe you children haven't heard of it, but here.. we send our kids out in the world to discover it for themselves before they come back. They write letters to us, and it's worth everything we save up to support them, you know? Ever since my first kid was born, my husband and I were saving up whatever we could so all of them would be able to adventure together.. but, now they're-"
She leans on you before righting herself.
>>330889
>>330895
"It's so kind of you, but.. well, please, no. I don't want anyone else to get hurt…"
She leads you to what seems to be her house.
"They were supposed to have their adventure soon! Well, maybe you children haven't heard of it, but here.. we send our kids out in the world to discover it for themselves before they come back. They write letters to us, and it's worth everything we save up to support them, you know? Ever since my first kid was born, my husband and I were saving up whatever we could so all of them would be able to adventure together.. but, now they're-"
She leans on you before righting herself.
>>330889
>>330895
"It's so kind of you, but.. well, please, no. I don't want anyone else to get hurt…"
She leads you to what seems to be her house.
>>330901
The moment she opens a door, a stallion, upon seeing the party, leaps forward from the chair he was in. Only when the mare shakes her head does he again sit back down, head in hooves.
It's a modest home, though with a few things you've never seen. With the standard comforts, including a large rug, comfy couch and shelf, the odd sphere with a hinge, attached to an antenna seems to be the only thing you've never seen before.
The moment she opens a door, a stallion, upon seeing the party, leaps forward from the chair he was in. Only when the mare shakes her head does he again sit back down, head in hooves.
It's a modest home, though with a few things you've never seen. With the standard comforts, including a large rug, comfy couch and shelf, the odd sphere with a hinge, attached to an antenna seems to be the only thing you've never seen before.
>>330910
"You're all in Port Seasprout, on, well, Seasprout Island. I guess you all could try the seaweed while you're here."
>>330913
"Oh, it's um.. we send letters through it. You know, just put in a letter, press a button with the right location code and a magic flame delivers it? Used to love these when i was young! Um, honey?"
The stallion is banging on the floor, suppressing a few sobs.
"You're all in Port Seasprout, on, well, Seasprout Island. I guess you all could try the seaweed while you're here."
>>330913
"Oh, it's um.. we send letters through it. You know, just put in a letter, press a button with the right location code and a magic flame delivers it? Used to love these when i was young! Um, honey?"
The stallion is banging on the floor, suppressing a few sobs.
>>330919
"Um, honey, please, these children are lost too…"
>>330922
The stallion lies still for a while, but continues to cry, even as he tries to hide it.
The mare, realising the futility, decides to send out the party.
"Right, um.. why don't you kids go look around or something? Just, make sure to come back for dinner, alright?"
After shooing you all out, she closes the door behind all of you.
"Um, honey, please, these children are lost too…"
>>330922
The stallion lies still for a while, but continues to cry, even as he tries to hide it.
The mare, realising the futility, decides to send out the party.
"Right, um.. why don't you kids go look around or something? Just, make sure to come back for dinner, alright?"
After shooing you all out, she closes the door behind all of you.
>>330938
>>330939
>>330942
As you move further into town, you see more of Seasprout Port. Hawkers peddle their variant of the local seaweed to you while the raw part is carried around from processing house to warehouse, and vice versa.
The town hall itself is not a particularly impressive building, it is a house of the same size as any other. It is closed, with a poster depicting some missing foals, and you definitely recognise the names on the poster, if not for how much you resemble them.
A party of ponies seem to be moving out of town, towards the beach you came from.
>>330939
>>330942
As you move further into town, you see more of Seasprout Port. Hawkers peddle their variant of the local seaweed to you while the raw part is carried around from processing house to warehouse, and vice versa.
The town hall itself is not a particularly impressive building, it is a house of the same size as any other. It is closed, with a poster depicting some missing foals, and you definitely recognise the names on the poster, if not for how much you resemble them.
A party of ponies seem to be moving out of town, towards the beach you came from.
>>330956
One of them looks kind of like you. That's probably why that mare mistook you all for her children.
>>330951
"OH HEY! WE FOUND TH-oh. Yeah, we are. It's been a week and we've yet to find them, and the only place we haven't thoroughly searched is the seagrove. Look, I know it sounds dumb, but… could you help us? Just make sure you stay close to us at all times, alright?"
A stallion speaks for the rest of his rather small group.
>>330977
Honestly, while you can't really tell, at least they seem to have good enough intentions.
>>330978
>>330972
>>330982
>>330967
"Oh, heavens, thank you! We'll just be heading off to the southern groves now, south of the beach! Mind the tree roots!"
You all begin to head there, taking a path avoiding Hearth Home's house.
Honestly, while you can't really tell, at least they seem to have good enough intentions.
>>330978
>>330972
>>330982
>>330967
"Oh, heavens, thank you! We'll just be heading off to the southern groves now, south of the beach! Mind the tree roots!"
You all begin to head there, taking a path avoiding Hearth Home's house.
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>>330991
>1
The sweat pouring from your head clouds your vision, and you bump into Limeberry's butt.
>>330992
He looks just like a stallion, dressed in some light cloth, with a saddlebag of supplies. His cohort looks the same.
"It is. We just head south straight, and… look!"
You're there already, to a forest of odd roots, adapted for the salt water, blooming orange as the sun's last rays slowly fade.
"Alright, stick together and call for them! Amber! Pumpkin! Knotgrass!"
>1
The sweat pouring from your head clouds your vision, and you bump into Limeberry's butt.
>>330992
He looks just like a stallion, dressed in some light cloth, with a saddlebag of supplies. His cohort looks the same.
"It is. We just head south straight, and… look!"
You're there already, to a forest of odd roots, adapted for the salt water, blooming orange as the sun's last rays slowly fade.
"Alright, stick together and call for them! Amber! Pumpkin! Knotgrass!"
>>331048
Well, there was a tree with roots spiking out of the ground, surrounding its own trunk with its own roots.
Except the tree branches seem to have sealed you all into this small clearing. They have grown together, locking any gap you can go through.
>>331051
RREERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRERERERERERERERE
Roll
Well, there was a tree with roots spiking out of the ground, surrounding its own trunk with its own roots.
Except the tree branches seem to have sealed you all into this small clearing. They have grown together, locking any gap you can go through.
>>331051
RREERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRERERERERERERERE
Roll
>>331061
>1
Looking around in the open with a strange noise isn't the best of ideas.
Before you know it, a foul odour fills your nostrils as a massive beast grabs you in its mouth, determined to rip into your neck with gnarled teeth.
>>331059
>10
you, however, are in a perfect position. Not only do you evade the attack completely, you find yourself right behind, in prime position to strike or escape.
>>331062
>>331063
Before all of you is a massive timberwolf, grown monstrous by magic unknown. The wood it was made of has detailed carvings in it, though not the work of any worker due to its irregular nature, and leaves from a cohesive mane around its head.
It touches a tree, and the branches grow to seal off all holes from the clearing you are now trapped in, while Ether Light hangs from its mouth.
>1
Looking around in the open with a strange noise isn't the best of ideas.
Before you know it, a foul odour fills your nostrils as a massive beast grabs you in its mouth, determined to rip into your neck with gnarled teeth.
>>331059
>10
you, however, are in a perfect position. Not only do you evade the attack completely, you find yourself right behind, in prime position to strike or escape.
>>331062
>>331063
Before all of you is a massive timberwolf, grown monstrous by magic unknown. The wood it was made of has detailed carvings in it, though not the work of any worker due to its irregular nature, and leaves from a cohesive mane around its head.
It touches a tree, and the branches grow to seal off all holes from the clearing you are now trapped in, while Ether Light hangs from its mouth.
>>331074
You impose your will over the Timberwolf, greatly weakening its will to attack.
>>331077
Good for you, because you take advantage of this and manage to teleport away from its mouth, to its side.
>>331076
All those Pony War movies did you some good, as you imitate the rapidfire bolt very well, chipping off some wood.
>>331075
From your vantage point, even your clumsy strike manages to score a hit, chipping away some of its body.
>>331079
Your magic bolt misses entirely, and instead renders your cover useless.
You impose your will over the Timberwolf, greatly weakening its will to attack.
>>331077
Good for you, because you take advantage of this and manage to teleport away from its mouth, to its side.
>>331076
All those Pony War movies did you some good, as you imitate the rapidfire bolt very well, chipping off some wood.
>>331075
From your vantage point, even your clumsy strike manages to score a hit, chipping away some of its body.
>>331079
Your magic bolt misses entirely, and instead renders your cover useless.
>>331090
>10
Summoning up that same strength that let you stand up to a bully a long time ago, you kick the Timberwolf in the back legs hard enough for them to crack and falter. Bits of wood fly out, and embedded in the leg you see… an axe?
>>331105
The shock of the massive blow delivered to the Timberwolf, and your dminishing focus, allow the timberwolf to break out and throw you back. You land roughly, your back hitting the barrier it has erected.
1/5
>>331107
Imitating the mage-cannons of your favourite movies, your magic orb flies forward and blasts a large hole in the timberwolf's front legs, collapsing it.
>>331096
And then, you hit it on the nose, dasing it a little.
It lies stunned, unable to move for now.
>10
Summoning up that same strength that let you stand up to a bully a long time ago, you kick the Timberwolf in the back legs hard enough for them to crack and falter. Bits of wood fly out, and embedded in the leg you see… an axe?
>>331105
The shock of the massive blow delivered to the Timberwolf, and your dminishing focus, allow the timberwolf to break out and throw you back. You land roughly, your back hitting the barrier it has erected.
1/5
>>331107
Imitating the mage-cannons of your favourite movies, your magic orb flies forward and blasts a large hole in the timberwolf's front legs, collapsing it.
>>331096
And then, you hit it on the nose, dasing it a little.
It lies stunned, unable to move for now.
>>331131
Your bolt hits it in the head, chipping off some wood that doesn't seem like it'll easily come back.
>>331132
You create a nice hole in the branch barrier, only to find more branches behind, still blocking your way.
>>331133
You can see the outside! Only a bit more till you can escape-
>>331126
>1
Just as you reach for the axe, the Timberwolf lurches, throwing the axe with you back against the barrier. The axe digs into your front leg…
The wolf howls, pulling together its legs, then touches a tree. The true's branches grow, and the damage to the barrier is restored.
Your bolt hits it in the head, chipping off some wood that doesn't seem like it'll easily come back.
>>331132
You create a nice hole in the branch barrier, only to find more branches behind, still blocking your way.
>>331133
You can see the outside! Only a bit more till you can escape-
>>331126
>1
Just as you reach for the axe, the Timberwolf lurches, throwing the axe with you back against the barrier. The axe digs into your front leg…
The wolf howls, pulling together its legs, then touches a tree. The true's branches grow, and the damage to the barrier is restored.
>>331145
Yes, yes they are. You are up.
>>331144
Your will is imposed only just enough for it to lay still for a moment.
>>331147
You are, instead, flung down by a thrashing of its legs, and are knocked over.
3/5
>>331150
The arrows goes wide, and you get caught in its thrashings too.
2/5
>>331153
You manage a hit on the head, where the wood never regenerates.
It howls, and touches the trees. The tree branches come and reach for you all.
Yes, yes they are. You are up.
>>331144
Your will is imposed only just enough for it to lay still for a moment.
>>331147
You are, instead, flung down by a thrashing of its legs, and are knocked over.
3/5
>>331150
The arrows goes wide, and you get caught in its thrashings too.
2/5
>>331153
You manage a hit on the head, where the wood never regenerates.
It howls, and touches the trees. The tree branches come and reach for you all.
>>331162
>11
Perfect.
It lies completely still, all openings free for attack. Even the tree branches reaching for the party falter.
>>331163
>10
In some burst of courage, you charge forth, and manage to tear off its front legs, then tear them into pieces small enough to be useless.
>>331159
With the head exposed, you land a good, clean hit, shredding off many pieces.
>>331161
This hits the mark.
The wold collapses, going still as the pieces fall apart. As they touch the tress, the branches retract, and the barriers dismantle.
>>331169
Thank goodness you're free now.
You notice a shirt in the pile of now-dismantled wood, and a notebook.
>11
Perfect.
It lies completely still, all openings free for attack. Even the tree branches reaching for the party falter.
>>331163
>10
In some burst of courage, you charge forth, and manage to tear off its front legs, then tear them into pieces small enough to be useless.
>>331159
With the head exposed, you land a good, clean hit, shredding off many pieces.
>>331161
This hits the mark.
The wold collapses, going still as the pieces fall apart. As they touch the tress, the branches retract, and the barriers dismantle.
>>331169
Thank goodness you're free now.
You notice a shirt in the pile of now-dismantled wood, and a notebook.
>>331224
You manage to put on a brave face.
Hearth Home collapses, not making a single sound as her face buries into the earth. Wave Breeze only walks to the pile of wood. He cuts, cuts and cuts, until all that is left of the wood are tiny fibres, but he does not stop.
>>331227
If they will not cry, you cry for them. Your tears flow into the ground, right where a single sprout is trying to grow.
>>331230
It is too much. You try your best, but you cry, too.
You manage to put on a brave face.
Hearth Home collapses, not making a single sound as her face buries into the earth. Wave Breeze only walks to the pile of wood. He cuts, cuts and cuts, until all that is left of the wood are tiny fibres, but he does not stop.
>>331227
If they will not cry, you cry for them. Your tears flow into the ground, right where a single sprout is trying to grow.
>>331230
It is too much. You try your best, but you cry, too.
>>331233
A searcher answers.
"Only a while ago. That Timberwolf.. it must ahve used its powers to trap them, making sure the tress blocked out any of their attempts to get help. Knotgrass was trying to protect his brother and sister, but she-she couldn't…"
>>331237
>>331239
There is no comfort here.
Only a loss.
A searcher answers.
"Only a while ago. That Timberwolf.. it must ahve used its powers to trap them, making sure the tress blocked out any of their attempts to get help. Knotgrass was trying to protect his brother and sister, but she-she couldn't…"
>>331237
>>331239
There is no comfort here.
Only a loss.
For a small house of this size, the children have to share a bedroom.
The two fillies share a bed, while 2 teens sleep on their seperate bed. One sleeps on a spare mattress.
The room is filled with books of the world, or travel and survival. On the wall you can see a map of the surrounding land and waters, marked with scribbles and notes. A big "Ours to explore!" is put right above it.
The two fillies share a bed, while 2 teens sleep on their seperate bed. One sleeps on a spare mattress.
The room is filled with books of the world, or travel and survival. On the wall you can see a map of the surrounding land and waters, marked with scribbles and notes. A big "Ours to explore!" is put right above it.
>>331299
It's to the Northwest. An archipelago of islands spread around the northeast and south.
>>331297
"We offer them up to the Sun for her blessings, then by night, under the Moon's guidance, we put them in their vessels and let them float away. I guess they will be going on a journey after all, won't hey? Ahaha…"
>>331300
"your home, right? All of your homes are there, wherever it is. Regardless of what it is, I hope you'll get there. Your parents must be worried."
It's to the Northwest. An archipelago of islands spread around the northeast and south.
>>331297
"We offer them up to the Sun for her blessings, then by night, under the Moon's guidance, we put them in their vessels and let them float away. I guess they will be going on a journey after all, won't hey? Ahaha…"
>>331300
"your home, right? All of your homes are there, wherever it is. Regardless of what it is, I hope you'll get there. Your parents must be worried."