Esquestria: The House of the Sun - A pony cultist experience

[Shaper47]

When were the Sons stated to be part of the Wolf instead of his children like Windigos?

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Not the Sons but Soft is.

It's explicitly stated that her Heart is that of the Wolf-Divided multiple times.

 

[Sintonir]

Forge Redemption and Lore above 0 can be taught to Bureau later at any point. I'm pretty sure Baldomare can write a manuscript if we ask her, and make it impossible for anybody to tell it was her. Then we'll just need to "find" it convincingly.
Lore 0 is more tricky since it is a primer, it is a bit suspicious if Velvet just brought up some spooky new magic system. So IMO it would be best if they find the primer now.
But the only really time-sensitive thing is Windigos.

 

[DelightedOne]

Not the Sons but Soft is.

It's explicitly stated that her Heart is that of the Wolf-Divided multiple times.

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No it wasn't what was said was this:

You have put something inside Soft Sweeps. Feed it, and it will grow. Remove it, and she will die.

It will be fed, like all the dirty things in this world, by the performance of Regrettable Actions.

This was not a Regrettable Action. For Velvet Covers, because she will never regret saving her own daughter. And for the world, because a seed planted is not a tree grown. At least for now. All seeds brim with potential

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But although you did place something inside of Soft Sweeps, and you know that thing breathed life back into her once again, you honestly can't see any trace of it.

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It only exists in your memory, in the utter knowledge that it's still in her. Like a lump of coal keeping a stove warm or like the wind keeping a mill turning

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Velvet gave her a Wolf pacemaker, she didn't turn her heart into that of the Wolf.

 

[Potdl]

[X] Plan: Forge Lore One
[X] Plan: Primer and Warning

 

[OurLadyOfWires]

@OurLadyOfWires can we know what degree of Bad it'll be if the detectives find our manuscripts? Should I start mentally preparing myself for likely death-by-sunhorse and moving to Soft Sweeps Quest?

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I'll jump in to answer this because you sound like you are honestly worried.

Don't worry!

Celestia is generally inaccessible, Cadance is on your side (although she still lacks a LOT of context), and you have a very broad mandate from the Princesses.

It is extremely unlikely that a group of detectives would (1) find the manuscripts, (2) immediately recognize it as damning influence about you, AND (3) immediately jump over the chain of authority and make that information somehow reach Celestia.

Not impossible. But extremely unlikely.

My table of dice rolls is ready, pending your decisions on this vote. But the highest percentage of outcomes veer in another, more manageable direction.

Granted, i wont feel bad about these manuscripts biting Velvet. She has known about them for a long while, and my conscience is clean when she gets smacked by known threats.

But still, this isnt a "doom clock" level issue. I like to make those very clear.
Celly reaching high Lantern is a game-over-adjacent. These manuscripts are """just""" a "damning evidence" card on your board that might get sucked into the "investigation" event slot.

 

[Cochimetl]

These manuscripts are """just""" a "damning evidence" card on your board that might get sucked into the "investigation" event slot.

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And it's not like we're lacking Favours from Authority, I guess.

 

[Earth-Destroyer]

But still, this isnt a "doom clock" level issue. I like to make those very clear.
Celly reaching high Lantern is a game-over-adjacent. These manuscripts are """just""" a "damning evidence" card on your board that might get sucked into the "investigation" event slot.

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To be fair we tried 3 times to so far to remove the manuscripts.

And it's not like we're lacking Favours from Authority, I guess.

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Velvet is both the bureau boss, and the mother of the head of the entire governmental branch. At most it eats a Luna action.

 

[Pittauro]

Celly reaching high Lantern is a game-over-adjacent. These manuscripts are """just""" a "damning evidence" card on your board that might get sucked into the "investigation" event slot.

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yeah, they'd have to

1)Find the manuscripts

2)Recognize the hornwriting as being similar to Velvet's

3)Perform analysis to actually match it. Even so, it's not game over because presumably changelings could imitate that too...

4)After that probably even perform more checks, like verifying that the type of paper and ink used is commonly sold in Ponyville and is the type Velvet often uses/used, or maybe somehow find traces of Velvet's magic in it, or Velvet DNA (assuming they know of it, AND that they won't just assume Velvet contaminated the papers once they were in Bureau Custody instead)

5) AFTER all of that, they'd have to go to someone to accuse Velvet, and be believed.

Shining and Cadance are MOSTLY on our side, and would at least give us a chance to explain. After all we have LUNA on our side to vouch for us.

Celestia is near impossible to reach

Midday Dew is basically an unknown and also similarly unreachable.

I suppose their best guess would be to go to Lady Fair Trial.