Heaven's BBS | Text

[letteropener]

Date: July 29
Posted by: Inti

Good day, everypony! I have a question for you all: when those ayakashi that looked like fireflies came out of the opening near the viewing, at one point there was a giant sword hovering above the scene.

Does anypony know what that was about?

Comments

voice, from: Asato Tsuzuki

[sweetdeath]

You know, I've been wondering that myself! [He laughs, audibly embarrassed, and adds:]

-- I started to think maybe I'd just had a few too many and was seeing things....

[letteropener]

[Celestia doesn't mind switching to voice, even if the BBS is much more comfortable for her.]

Oh, definitely not. It was very real and hummed with a power I could feel even at a distance.

voice; Takumi

[tacomeme]

No clue. What could even use a sword that big...

[blizzardrock]

There was a sword?

[You'd think he'd know what his fellow shinki and god were doing, but Fubuki maaay or may not have been unconscious at the time]

...In the sky?

[sweetdeath]

Weird. I guess it's got to be somebody's power, then. I mean, this is the Heavens! Somebody's got to have a sword-summoning power.

... Or I guess it could be a shinki. [That's a new thought. As a ladle, he's got to admit, the idea of a shinki who turns into a gigantic glowing sword that radiates power is kind of intimidating.]

[letteropener]

I don't know much about swords. Ponykind used to prefer lances, after all. But a weapon that size, I do not even know if I could use my magic to wield it.

It did not seem like it was meant to be wielded, though.

[letteropener]

There was. A large and ominous one, flush with a great deal of power.

[letteropener]

It seems very unlikely that this would be either of those -- unless there are far more powerful abilities here than I have seen. I think it is more likely that somepony brought this power with them when they came to the Far Shore.

[tacomeme]

Maybe. But hanging over everything like that... it almost seems like a threat.

[blizzardrock]

[Large...? Some weird...ness happened to him during that incident which makes trying to recall it somewhat dicey (and maybe even a little dangerous), but something like that would have been kind of obvious, wouldn't it?]

When was this?

[...He says, like it matters...]

[sweetdeath]

I'm sure there's a lot of powerful abilities here. It's the Heavens, right? Even if the new gods aren't as strong, there's the old ones!

Have you heard anything about it yet, though?

[letteropener]

Perhaps so, but I felt nothing inherently malicious about it, and indeed, it seemed to have much good potential within it. Of course, all power is dangerous no matter what it is, but this is not some black corruptive magic that can only be used for evil.

[letteropener]

The firefly viewing -- where it turned out many of the fireflies were, in fact, ayakashi.

[Celestia's wing still tremble with the remembered pain.]

[letteropener]

No, I have not. I would very much like to. I am not worried, but I do wish to understand.

[tacomeme]

Any weapon can be evil in the wrong hands I guess. Maybe it was a message then?

[sweetdeath]

I'm kind of curious now you mention it, myself.

-- Anyway, nice to meet you! Do you go by Inti or something else?

private; after checking out everyone else's responses

[mostsuitable]

A blue sword, was it not?

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[lostinshadows]

Quite a hard thing to miss. First time I've ever seen anything like it.

[letteropener]

One does not use that sheer amount of power for a message -- and if one does, one does not leave the message unclear.

[letteropener]

No, that is just -- I have yet to figure out how to make this device stop using my god name alone when I send these messages to the board. My name is Princess Celestia.

[letteropener]

Yes, that is that one. Although I am certain it is quite unmistakable.

[letteropener]

Well, running across new things I had never imagined before is no surprise here. But still, that was remarkable for so many reasons, don't you think?

[sweetdeath]

Wow, another princess? I don't know if there's any way to get it to use a different name. Mine just uses my name, though, so I don't mind.... Speaking of, I'm Asato! Pleased to meet you, Princess Celestia.

[lostinshadows]

Remarkable, yes. I wonder what triggered it.

[blizzardrock]

[So, after everyone discovered that the fireflies were... Well, he now has an inkling of how he could have missed it, at least.]

How could you tell how much power it has? [Now he's just curious.]