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- Part III
- >Nearing midnight
- >Walking on the road west of ponyville
- >Trying to rub the pain out of your still sore shoulder
- >see a town up ahead
- >Can’t make out what the welcome sign reads in the dark
- >step down main street
- >find an inn
- >walk up to the front desk
- >the clerk is fast asleep
- >Silently place some money across the counter
- >pick one of the keys off the wall
- >Go to the room
- >open the door
- >enter
- >plop the knife down on the night stand
- >leave the shirt to soak in the sink under some hot water
- >sit down on the bed
- >plant your palm onto your forehead
- >Pull the horn out of your pocket
- >clench it in your hand
- >place one of the pillows onto the night stand
- >try and fire a blast of magical energy onto it
- >nothing happens
- >inhale deeply and try again
- >still nothing
- >focus intensely
- >stare down the pillow
- >the horn glows
- >attempt to fire a blast of magical energy again
- >the pillow gets poked weakly
- >try again
- >just another slight tap up against it
- >try again and again and again and again and again
- >the pillow gets one harmless tap after another landed on it
- >sigh in frustration
- >get up
- >get the shirt out of the sink
- >attempt to dry it out using the horn
- >it works slowly but surely
- >put it back on
- >sit down on the bed again
- >notice the tip of the knife is bent
- >take the horn
- >try and restore it
- >inhale
- >focus
- >the blade slowly bends back to its original state
- >look around the room in contemplation
- >see a wooden door stop on the floor
- >pick it up
- >set it on the night stand next to the knife
- >Clench the horn in hand
- >inhale deeply
- >Focus
- >shavings from the block start trimming away
- >after a couple of minutes the block is whittled down into the shape of a handgun
- >inspect the finished product for a moment
- >toss it into the trash, along with the shavings
- >head for the door
- >step outside
- >look around the area for any vendors that might be open late
- >see one store with its lights still on
- >look through the window
- >the clerk inside is also asleep
- >step in quietly
- >grab some food
- >place some money on the counter without waking up the clerk
- >step back out with the food
- >eat it while on the way back to the room
- >Approach the inn
- >see three guards entering the front office
- >bolt to get back behind the corner
- >peer around it carefully
- >look through the window
- >see them approaching the clerk
- >one of them wakes the clerk up
- >He looks confused at them and then at the money on the table
- >watch them talk back and forth inaudibly
- >the clerk looks at the many sets of keys on the wall
- >he points to hook missing its set
- >they step out
- >One of them notes the prints left in the dirt by your boots
- >the guards follow the prints your door
- >they knock on it
- >hear them muttering
- >one blasts the hinges off
- >another stands to the side of the door
- >they barge it open and starting firing energy blasts recklessly into the room
- >watch as the room gets violently wrecked into dust
- >the three step inside
- >they step back out after a couple minutes
- >one tosses the still bloody knife onto the ground
- >the other empties the contents of the trash out right next to the knife
- >The third one whispers something to the others
- >he points to more boot prints leading to your current position
- >they start walking toward your corner
- >Dive back around the side of it
- >run away as quickly and quietly as possible
- >go through various allies and around corners attempting to lengthen your trail
- >run onto grass to avoid leaving any further boot prints
- >reach the edge of town
- >hop into a ditch a stone’s throw from the road you came in on
- >poke your head up
- >see the guards scouting around
- >sink down
- >grab the horn
- >attempt to use a teleport spell
- >a light flashes from it
- >reappear 3 feet above the ground from where you were
- >fall down from the thin air
- >land hard
- >rub your arms in legs
- >discard the thought of attempting to teleport again
- >sit back down in the ditch
- >rest your head into the side of it
- >doze off
- >wake up around noon the next day
- >hear the trotting of hooves overhead
- >look up
- >more guards are marching into town
- >see Shining standing by the Inn
- >and Rainbow Dash near him
- >Shining approaches one of the guards by the inn
- >Shining: “Did you find anything?”
- >the guard drops the knife onto the ground
- >“We think it might be the weapon that killed the sergeant outside of ponyville”
- >Shining looks down the knife uneasily
- >Shining: “That’s not something worth destroying the room over. We’re looking for Anon, Not knives. Start searching the rest of the town”
- >the guard leaves
- >Shining places a wanted poster on the wall outside of the front desk
- >Looks at your picture
- >Grunts in disapproval
- >Shining: “Kind of a funny looking chum”
- >Dash swooshes over to Shining’s side
- >Dash: “Do you think they just missed him?”
- >Shining: “Most likely, I’ll send the groups that just arrived to scout the towns and roads leading out. He couldn‘t have gotten far”
- >reflect on Shining’s words
- >Observe as much of the town as visible from the ditch
- >guards are everywhere
- >look into the forest
- >no guards visible from where your standing
- >hear Dash and Shining talking again
- >Dash: “What about the forest?”
- >Shining: “As of now, I’m ruling that possibility out; If Anon is a creature of habit, he’ll be seeking shelter in a town again
- >get up and run into the forest
- >Dash: “I’m only counting 12 arrivals. Where’s the third group?”
- >Shining: “They‘re still searching the forest surrounding this town”
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