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

It's not really feasible this turn, but we should really start sending people out to look for expeditions to clear out.

Also didn't Bird mention that there's an easy expedition near Ponyville somewhere that rewards a Level 5 artifact of some kind?
 
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It's not really feasible this turn, but we should really start sending people out to look for expeditions to clear out.

Also didn't Bird mention that there's an easy expedition near Ponyville somewhere that rewards a Level 5 artifact of some kind?

Oh man, a use for low-Lore Confidantes? Say it ain't so.
I wonder if one could rope Good Friends into such "adventures," if they were of a more daring sort, as a way to further befriend them. (We all know that at least Rainbow Dash would love Tomb Raiding, you can't convince me otherwise.)
 
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In the unfortunate event that she's unsummoned before we can finish the keys will also help with resummoning her.
Hmm, I didn't think of the possibility of Axe getting "killed" during the assault on Copper and us being left without any wrong keys for three turns. But that would be a strong argument for making wrong keys this turn.

@OurLadyOfWires the copyedits:

Walking up and down the house, sneakily checking if the constables were at their posts, and giving her mother good dreams whenever she wasn't it too deep of a sleep.
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Yeap, there is nothing to think about.
So, Yep is the more common spelling. It is in the dictionary, but it's probably one of those variant spellings from when people were still deciding how the word should be spelled.

But what's really been buzzing around is that a candidate appeared who is here form Ponyville!
from

Your family will be extremely worried about your (and their) safety.
"Is… is any bad pony coming to hurt us tonight? I-is… is mom going to wake up tomorrow…?"
ok, I suppose there WERE good reasons to not make the attack known...
They did not need this. They did not want this. And this, is why Velvet did not want them to know.
Maybe it would be kinder had they not known. Or...
Ah yes, trauma is a difficult thing. The best things we can do are to restore our family's sense of safety, and to give them something to do to let them not feel helpless. We need to show our family we can fully heal, and that we have enough guards to be safe now. Letting Selene guard us will help as well. And Stormchaser might find his own way to contribute. Silky Stream and Soft Sweeps are tougher.

It is clear from Cadance's tone of voice that she is begging right now.

She is begging Luna, an alicorn who is older than her, to tell her that she did not fail.

She is begging Luna, the pony who has the greatest understanding of dreams and nightmares, to tell her those words were just mirages and illusions conjured by her own worries.

She is begging Luna… to tell her that she didn't fail. That this isn't her fault.

However, Cadance is so deep in her own misery that she doesn't even realize that Luna herself…

She doesn't even realize that Luna herself is wearing the same expression that she is, right now. That the Princess of the Moon is asking the same question, and that she is being crushed by the same weight.

She doesn't realize any of that.

So, when Luna finally answers, her words feel like a hammer's blow against Cadance's back.

"Cadance, I need you to get yourself together. I can't keep doing this every night."

And as Luna says those words, Cadance doesn't even realize the other alicorn is also talking to herself.

"If you think this is your fault, then do better."
Self-blame (or, a lack of self-compassion) is a significant aspect of trauma. Now, the desire to do better isn't a bad thing, but most people would do well to remember that we are flawed human beings, in flawed circumstances, working with flawed information, from which one can only demand so much. This reminds me of Monochromatic's excellent Enchanted Library series. In it, Twilight's key insight to heal from trauma was to really believe that the state of the world was not her fault, and to stop blaming herself. If I had to comfort Cadance, I might say that Velvet stepped into the breach willingly, and if not Velvet, then it would be somepony else who would have to take on the burden and the risk for Equestria.

EDIT: Also, Luna sure is cold to Cadance in this dream. A big contrast from the comfort she gives ponies from their nightmares in canon (see Sleepless in Ponyville for example, as Luna's first dreamwalking episode). I pray the warmth she has in the show is still in there somewhere.
 
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I will want to read this very carefully, very soon. But for now, no further comments on it.

View: https://youtu.be/tvsDObIQFhg?si=3A7Ry-KcSpFjTLXH
:V :V:V
actually I think we did the math before, and with Influence and after healing we have a decent-ish chance of giving him that wound.
I need to redo the math with him rerolling every second die, it definitely makes it harder.
Now that I stopped to think about it, how suspicious would it be for Mareinette to be Velvet if she is supposed to be half-dead?
Mareinette and suspicious never belong in the same sentence!
-[SOCIAL] Of course you love your family very much, but you could always spend a bit more time with them.
- You died. You'd be scared if you had the energy for it. They certainly do. Speak to them
-[SOCIAL] Princess Cadence. Or, to you Cadence. Half sister from another Lore to Selene. You gave her hope, and near stole it from her in the same breath. Speak to her
I sort of wonder if we can do this in one action… invite Cadance to spend some time with us and our family?

But I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Anyone have a thought on what that one thing Cadance could think of is?

Also, on More Heart — without SH3 we also don't have a level up to a servants book search action. I think we're not very likely to get a Level 3 heart book.
 
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And if you can, save that protagonist from the terrible mistakes Velvet Covers has done! :V
If a MLP/Cultist Simulator fusion has things like the Changelling invasion, Evil, Paranoia, Ash, The Master, [Grail] and WORMS(not the alien worms of worm) and as you can see most of the problems don't come from the MLP side, so what do you think it will happen in a Worm/Cultist Simulator fusion? MLP is a positive world and it barely restrains, if it even does, the Cultist Simulator side, Worm, Earth Bet...well, it isn't very positive is it? What with the Slaughter House 9, the machine army, Heartbreaker, Nilbog, the fallen, the Endbringers, the eventual Gold Morning and if you add the lores, if they learn the lores...well, the protagonist, Michael, is really going to need the Edge.
I need to redo the math with him rerolling every second die, it definitely makes it harder.
Luck will always be a factor.
 
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Also, on More Heart — without SH3 we also don't have a level up to a servants book search action. I think we're not very likely to get a Level 3 heart book.

On an average roll we get a level 3 book.

It's happened before.

[Book search: Manehattan – Servant action]

[Roll: 51 + 12 (Learning) = 63]

-Lvl 3 EDGE, "a posthumous, and rather contentious, biography of the legendary pegasus called Flash Magnus," costs 30 bits

Besides our husband might help out. Narratively he does desire to be useful at the moment and a lore that would help his delicate wife be healthy is something he'd be interested in supporting.
 
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On an average roll we get a level 3 book.

It's happened before.
That was with the SH 3 upgrade, which we don't have this turn.
Besides our husband might help out. Narratively he does desire to be useful at the moment and a lore that would help his delicate wife be healthy is something he'd be interested in supporting.
Stormchaser supporting an action, which has literally never happened before, is one hell of a might.
 
Stormchaser supporting an action, which has literally never happened before, is one hell of a might.

He did buy us medicine that one time. So him acting when Velvet is injured isn't too out there.

He normally acts in the background like befriending Comet.

Narratively through Velvet giving her hubby a chance to feel/be useful seems like something to do.
 
(As it turns out Grail is the Lore of brain surgery, who knew?)
As I was totally not letting my mind idle and spool down, this bit caught my eye.

Cause, that's weird. Right? Yeah Grail touches upon... physicality I suppose. But way more that feel's Hearts' domain. But here it's...
Well, that's not really right. Or... Grail does touch upon physicality, but that's not what it is here.
It's desire.

It's the desire to have a pain numb. For that little, incessent aching and struggling of pain that is ever and always present recede. Yes, it's like Pittauro mentioned, Morphine and Pain killers... but only because those fulfill a desire. Escape, relief, pleasure as much as satisfaction... It's the tool of Grail.
Like, it's right on the edge there though. Is it more dappled in Grail for a pain, an itch to be scratched? Or is it more in Heart for the body to continue unceasing?

It feels a bit close either way... but considering how it was Mareinette who acted, how Velvet plead and all but begged for help, and there were bodies right there...
Well. Makes sense. Or at least, makes sense enough for [ONE WHO IS VERY GREAT] to work with.
 
Or at least, makes sense enough for [ONE WHO IS VERY GREAT] to work with.
[ONE WHO IS VERY GREAT] in both Grail and Heart, at that.

Edit: Though, I do want to point out that we do have one other example of Grail being involved in "healing", in the Forge's Redemption as the minor aspect. Also in CS canon, the Marks of the Grail make you start growing odd mutations and organs all over your body.

Cause like... while Heart is associated with physicality, it's more about the endurance and persistence than a direct theme, really. Duendrazons (Heart-Long) don't even seem to have a physical form, since they can only enter the Wake in the form of music which implies that, like Lantern-Long, they lack a body and primarily dwell in the Mansus.

Meanwhile, Grail is very much associated with the body and the physical form, since it's very... visceral, as a Lore. It's all about physical sensation, the birth, the feast, hunger and thirst.
 
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"Well, I heard Subtle Glare is already working on finding replacements. Most I heard is that he sent out a missive to the main house in Canterlot. But what's really been buzzing around is that a candidate appeared who is here form Ponyville!"

I can't believe this hasn't been already pointed out but...

Tax evasion Maids of Light time baby!!!

We even have Mareinette to deal with any suspicion.

Edit. Also I think that's supposed to be "from" not "form".

The nature of the Woods is not necessarily to take, but it certainly is not to give either. It reaches out for things, and then it hides them underneath its roots, and as time passes and the dark trees grow skinthechang, those secrets become the Woods' own secrets. Such has been its nature ever since thethreadsofth, and so shall it be until it is burned to the ground or its branches finally reach Glory.

So I'm guessing those secrets belong to Ash now.

I wonder if we can ask our cute little son to cough up those secrets and tell them to us?
 
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Crying into my mug and then chugging them and then crying some more (metaphorically) right now. Oof, ouch, my heart, my soul. We have people who care for us (they're not all ponies), and I guess - hurting ourself is easier than reading about how our being hurt would hurt others. I think that what I'm feeling right now can only be triumphed if Bird had written an interlude during Dies Irae of Softy's family.

With the confirmation from Bird about our personal phase coming up, I'll go look through the plans and make a decision. If you'll excuse me... I'm going to get a less bitter and less sour drink.
 

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