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This link is dead.He doesn't look entirely happy with my tree-hugger response, but it looks like he's going to let it go for the moment. "KordTech's an American company, yeah?"
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This link is dead.He doesn't look entirely happy with my tree-hugger response, but it looks like he's going to let it go for the moment. "KordTech's an American company, yeah?"
Pizza has existed for a thousand years. It's still around on Earth 10, though not exactly popular in Germany. Similarly, the beef burger in a bun is an evolution of a 19th century German food. Mexican food exists, and I'm going to say that German soldiers attacking the southern US brought it back with them.
Chinese American food is gone.
whoever's Ponyville's Weather Manager is gunna have to work out how
"I'm a little.. nervous about it. I'm not used to trees having the capacity for judgement, and the power to follow through
What this means? Is there a word missing or something?
"I mean, she can literally make it tick around the sky like the hands of a clock. So.. I doubt that some random magic… Ring? Would do anything she couldn't override with a little effort, resulting in an immediate attack by the Equestrian military on anyone stupid enough to try and undo the control she's had for a thousand years."
Mr Zoat, I was rereading and found an error. That should be spelled as 'Lawrence'.
Thank you, corrected.shouldn't this be ' wit ' as in intelligence or knack? The Nazi doctor is saying primitive people don't have the wit for technology since alien technology helped Germany win the war and the world. And with The Bat saying there are magic tribal shamans in African reservations, what magic that is native to Earth-10 cannot overwhelm the Nazi technical advantage.
No idea what the original picture was, but I'll add something new.
Ha! First time I've seen a human- *pauses, squints* -humanoid be on that side of that discussion.I sigh. "Miss Dash, I realise that you've only lived in Equestria for your entire life… But in the capital city -Canterlot, it's the one on top of the Canterhorn Mountains- there's this big white pony. Her name is Celestia, and her job is controlling the sun: making it rise in the morning and set in the evening."
"That-. What?"
"I know, I know, I didn't believe it when I first heard about it either, but we tested it and it turns out that it's true."
I don't think that's correct.
Thank you, corrected.
Can a Conner Kent worship her instead of Helios for blessings?
Castle's, I assume
And whoever's Ponyville's Weather Manager is gunna have to work out how all
Ooh, The Renegade taking an Equestria break in his normal skin? Bet that attracted attention on the trip to... Wherever he is. Let's hope he doesn't go mucking up more things in the Pony kingdom.16th September 2012
13:38 GMT -7
Rainbow Dash flaps lazily, holding herself in the air roughly level with my head as she looks me over.
"So that's what you really look like, huh?"
Not curious about how you'd look in skin instead of fur and feather, Dash?I shrug. "Define 'really'."
"You know, when the mirror doesn't change you into a pony."
Still having trouble keeping Grayven-16's thoughts out of his head, eh? Or just remembering your original human form?"It's my current default, yes, but this isn't the first shape that I've had, and it may well not be the last." I should aside-.
I stop and remind myself who I am.
Ah, the fun of Super-strength without some manner of TK assistance. When grabbing a car's bumper and pulling... Just leaves you with a detached bumper. When trying to catch something ends up with you going right through it like a nail...I reach out with both arms, grip the trunk of the tree that is standing between me and the Castle, and heave. Despite my strength this is harder than you might think, as my grip strength tends to make trees shatter or strips the bark from the trunk. But with a little help…
There's a burst of flying soil, then the tree and most of its roots pull free from the ground.
...I would not put it past them. The deeper parts of the woods qualifies as an Eldritch location..Miss Dash backs off slightly. "Whow."
I toss the tree away from us, deeper into the woodland. "So the trees in the Everfree Forest actually move?"
Or just accept that you'll have to keep making object lessons abut what's 'your turf' and staying off of it..."Ah… I dunno. Sometimes I think they do, but that might just be because they all look the same."
"Because that wasn't there when I made this path." I look back the way we came. I left most of it as-is because I wanted the restoration of the Castle to be a surprise for Luna, but if the path I made through the forest is going to close up that quickly then I'm bricking the darn place over and getting Sunset to put wards on the path.
Not very subtle, is it? But given Discord's era of messing with the world, I can see it being necessary."It's the Everfree. If you don't want weird stuff to happen, you're in the wrong place dude."
"Your definition of 'weird' and mine are very different." Nodding in satisfaction, I walk the rest of the way up the hill and stop at the gorge acting as the Caste's moat.
Heh. It's probably a long time off, but I pity the pegasi who end up having to deal with smog..."Yeah." Dash frowns. "I don't get how your whole world has wild weather."
"Nearly all of your whole world has wild weather. And as Equestria industrialises, your job will get more difficult."
Yeah, Rainbow Dash is actually pretty smart, at least when it comes to weather. Remember, the pony is damn good at her job. ("Ten seconds flat!")"It will?" She thinks for a moment. "Right, because of the chimneys. Stuff gets burned and creates heat, and all the smoke in the air messes with the air temperature and humidity. Took me a while to work out where the weird line of wrong temperature air was coming from when the railway reached Ponyville."
"Not just that. As more ground gets paved, it stops absorbing water. Which causes run off rates to accelerate, causing brief but sudden swelling in the streams and rivers."
No doubt there's some Pony out there with a special knack for water-flow management.Miss Dash frowns. "Aw, man! Ponies are gunna get even more fussy about the rain schedule! Totally uncool."
"You could hire diamond dogs to dig storm drains. The land here is vertiginous enough that you could manage it without pumps."
Rainbow Dash... And paperwork? I just assumed she had a co-worker who handled it all."That's even worse. Ponyville's all zoned as agricultural land! You got any idea how much paperwork I'll need to fill in if the water table changes?"
"No. As you said, my world has wild weather. How much is it?"
And then you'll have the added challenges of coal-smoke filling the air. I can't imagine that's pleasant to fly through."I don't even know!" She throws up her forehooves. "Lots, probably. And whoever's Ponyville's Weather Manager is gunna have to work out how all that extra surface water affects air humidity, and then work their feathers off shifting it all. But that's not gunna happen for a while, right?"
"Luna and I were talking about shifting the main railway hub from Canterlot to Ponyville. The lines are already heading this way, but we'll need to build another big train yard, and then… Things will probably accelerate."
Given how quickly the series seemed to develop, I suspect things won't take all that long."Bottom line if for me. How long 'till things start getting all screwy?"
"Couple of years for the trains? Then it depends on how fast other things build up."
<Swamp Thing clears his throat awkwardly...> Wonder if there's an equivalent arrangement here? An embodiment of the collective will of all plant life, and one for animal life, or of fungi and bacteria..."Okay. Guess I'll just have to make sure I'm in the Wonderbolts by then." She flies a little way ahead. "So are you actually going to go down there?"
"I'm a little.. nervous about it. I'm not used to trees having the capacity for judgement, and the power to follow through."
...Are you sure? I seem to remember a few occasions when you did exactly the opposite... Granted, said srtifacts were usually being used against you at the time...She rolls her eyes. "It's fine. Is that why you never went down there when you were rebuilding the Castle?"
"I didn't do much of the rebuilding personally. And I know to leave powerful magic artefacts alone when I don't know how they work."
Still odd that a major power like the Tree of Harmony... lives in a cave, more-or-less...I follow her down the steps. The genomorphs enlarged the steps into something an alicorn could walk down and added a handrail-. Ah, guard rail, so it's a little safer now than when Pinkie Pie first fell down it. Miss Dash hovers over the path, though I'm not sure if that's just to be sociable or because the air currents make it awkward to fly directly.
"So how come you're coming here?"
Probably a good idea, given that the power of Harmony possesses the ability to drop orbital Friendship beams on people. And while it generally only smites those going against it, that is a very nebulous portfolio.I tap Mother Box.
"I believe that Sunset is correct about the nature of Wilson's magic. But what I don't think she's fully appreciated is that magic isn't a passive thing. Existing focuses of magic may well act against someone trying to change things. I need to know where the Tree stands."
Plus, he's still not the most agile thing on four hooves..."What if it doesn't like you?"
"That's why I'm in bipedal shape. If it lashes out, I can duck behind you."
I don't know, I don't think she's got quite the temperament to care for all that hair..."Hey!"
"What? It likes you. Maybe it'll give you rainbow power again. Then you'll be rainbow Rainbow Dash."
Imagine all of the Mane Six as Alicorns aligned to their specific element..."Nah, that was just for fighting Tirek. All the magic went into building Twilight's castle."
"Huh. That sucks. You given any thought to becoming an alicorn?"
On the other hand, you could casually realign the weather for hundreds of miles... In ten seconds flat!She screws up her face. "Kinda? I mean, it's pretty cool, but I wouldn't fit in with the other Wonderbolts. And Twilight's started growing again after she became an alicorn, so I'd have to relearn all my tricks. It could be years before I'd be good enough!"
"But you'd have years."
Such is the price of power, Dash. And we all know what comes with great power..."And thanks to you, I'd have to spend them fighting humidity and zoning laws!"
I snort with laughter.
Which puts this sometime after the episode 'Daring Don't'. Fits with the rough timeline of the season, and the encounters with Starlight Glimmer."Yeah, fair enough. You been up to anything interesting lately?"
She grins. "I got to meet my favorite author, A.K. Yearling! Only it turns out that she's actually Daring Do, the famous adventure archaeologist!"
And how weird is it that there's a creature from Aztec Myth running around out there. Was there some kind of Aztec-equivalent civilisation of his kind out there somewhere? It's later revealed he was just trying to protect the relics of his people fromI nod. "Nifty."
"We fought Caballeron, who was working for Ahuizotl, who was trying to use this magic ring to take control of the sun and unleash eight hundred-"
...I don't see how that would protect his people's relics... Maybe by wiping out all life in Equestria?
Feeling a bit insulted that he's not excited about that sort of thing? Dash, for him, that's an average Tuesday.I smile. "Yeah, okay."
"What?" Miss Dash shakes herself out of her memories, frowning at me. "What do you mean 'yeah, okay'?"
Yes, it does sound just a bit... Illogical when you stop to think about it.I sigh. "Miss Dash, I realise that you've only lived in Equestria for your entire life… But in the capital city -Canterlot, it's the one on top of the Canterhorn Mountains- there's this big white pony. Her name is Celestia, and her job is controlling the sun: making it rise in the morning and set in the evening."
"That-. What?"
And now she's realising he's messing with her..."I know, I know, I didn't believe it when I first heard about it either, but we tested it and it turns out that it's true."
"Bh-? Well, yeah, but-."
Well, multiple Rings, and it probably had something to do with the temple they needed to be installed in... Maybe it was some kind of magical laser?"I mean, she can literally make it tick around the sky like the hands of a clock. So.. I doubt that some random magic… Ring? Would do anything she couldn't override with a little effort, resulting in an immediate attack by the Equestrian military on anyone stupid enough to try and undo the control she's had for a thousand years."
I smile at her.
"But I'm glad you had a good time."
I step off the bottom of the steps and walk towards the Tree's cave.
"Hey! Get back here! I'll show you!"
It is the only logical answer...Well, it might just be that the heat described in the prophecy is of more, ah, biological manner than everyone assumed in the episode![]()
Ha! What's this! A Rainbow Dash that is more than a loud jock? Well done!
To be fair. That's how she sees herself at the start. Like her main character arc IMO is accepting her own nerdery.Agreed It's always nice to see Rainbow Dash show that she is competent with in her area of expertise. That said most of the time she comes off as a bit of dumb jock.
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To be fair. That's how she sees herself at the start. Like her main character arc IMO is accepting her own nerdery.
Let's hope he doesn't go mucking up more things in the Pony kingdom.
And how weird is it that there's a creature from Aztec Myth running around out there.
Thank you, corrected.
There's a scene in Xenophilia where she has to work out her weather schedule, and the other characters walk in on her surrounded by reference guides and mathematical notes.Ha! What's this! A Rainbow Dash that is more than a loud jock? Well done!
Also, did you know that for several decades in Britain weather forecasters were legally magicians?
The Atlanteans are descended from Ahri'ahn in DC
No, I mean actual meteorologists in the modern sense.It was technically several centuries, it's just that it wasn't really practical for anyone to even try before we got faster communication than a person on horseback or courier birds. And an actual network of communication using those methods.
Pretty sure it was actually the British that did it first though, so that's neat.
No, I mean actual meteorologists in the modern sense.
And yes, we do a lot of things first.