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The Nineteenth Trial

Who: Everyone
When: Day 43, evening
Where: The Mermaid's Beach

Come on, come on heroes...! Come hither!

[ There's a playful giggle and the sound of splashing as the Mermaid's beach appears in the clearing. ]

Let's play a game...!

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I woke up yesterday.

[And we can't all be Dusk.]

[ and we can't all be dusk ]

I could help you get some sparks, if you want ...

....I really should.

Plus I might need to buy a magical artifact and that might be a lot.

[ oooh ]

Well, in that case, I'll definitely help you out! You can count on me, Solar!

....

[Oh my god, she's adorable.]

Well, then, how about some advice then for what to do?

Hmm ... the first thing to remember is, if you wanna earn sparks, you need to be deliberate. I miss out on a lot of sparks because I don't think about it when I'm doing things.

If you're good at cooking, you could do something fun like make a meal or some snacks and give them out as gifts!

I can do that. Pretty aware of most interactions. [Unless she is Upset and then she's a trashfire.]

I don't know if I can cook. [Pause.] I'm not even sure what I can eat. There was cheese pizza in the fridge in that one car. [Leftover from movie night.] But there was stuff on the other ones I couldn't recognize.

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Can you describe it? ... Or maybe it'd be easier to wait until after; I could help you figure out what it all is.

Yeah, there's probably still some left. Figure I should know what something is before I eat it.

[It's meat. It's going to be Terrible.]

So food might be out. I do know how to draw though.

I could teach you how to bake cookies. They're almost universally safe. [ Almost. Kind of. ]

But drawing is a good idea, too!

It is a rare creature that can't enjoy baked goods.

I was thinking about getting paint....

How do you feel about a massage? I...kind of learned how to do it and I didn't send the guy into traction.

What do you wanna paint?

[ Hesitates for a second at the question, then nods. ]

Sure, I don't mind.

Been mostly doing flowers. [Sitting up and motioning for her to turn.]

[And have a kind of lame neck rub because she doesn't want to do it too hard, but trying.]

Fairly easy stylized for practice, but can be very pretty. Otherwise I wait for something to inspire me.

[ Solar will likely notice something that Faito hasn't yet: the collar-like loop isn't the only scar on her neck ]

[ It also looks distinctly like she got stabbed through the back of it ]

I'd love to see, if you wouldn't mind showing me.

[That....is definitely something.]

[Honestly, she's not sure how anypo-anyone? Anyone has lived through some of these injuries.]

Well, only drawing is in Thyme, so you'd have to ask Eliza. But I figure I can do more. That is a Senna thing.

[ everything is Fine ]

Eh? I don't know much about other teams' bonds.

[This are questions to ponder when Not Touching.]

There was a poster with them in that car with the screen. Senna is basically beautification of things.

So ... makeovers and things?

Basically, yeah.

[ Ducks her head a bit, relaxing her shoulders. ]

Sounds easier than Ginger's. We've got promises.

I dunno. Beauty takes supplies.

You can like promise to visit someone, or throw something away, or pretty much anything you do for someone else.

There is that. It's not that it's difficult to make promises, it's just ...

[ Hmm ... ]

It feels like there's more to it than that. Like promises should be something special, and meaningful.

[ promises are important!! ]

So are memories, and it's this place that decides somehow icebreakers are adequate for harmony magic.

I say game the system to get back what's yours.

... Harmony magic?

It's powerful magic in Equestria. Very little is understood, but it's always taken at least a duo to use it effectively. Like a whole becomes greater than it's parts. It marks a lot of points in history. The alicorn princesses various defeating of darkness, the peace between the pony tribes, things like that.

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