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[ufo_fanboy]

Does anyone else notice something distinctly ODD about the moon lately? First of all, it's a little bit bigger than usual. Secondly, it's got a hell of a schnoz- that's the scientific term. It's making me wonder if the 'man in the moon' idea actually has something to it... In any case, I don't think this problem is going to go away overnight. We're

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[wannabolt]

I don't know about the man on the moon, but back home there was a mare in the moon.

But still, that was different. Way different.

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[ufo_fanboy]

Mare as in horse? Are there moon-horses in the legends of your world?

[Alien horses, running wild on the moon. Yeah, he'll buy it.]

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[wannabolt]

Basically. My world's full of ponies, and the Mare in the Moon was one of the oldest legends.

'course, it turned out to be true.

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[ufo_fanboy]

Oh? Was it... a good legend or a bad one?

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[wannabolt]

Not what I'd call good.

[Dash isn't much of a reader, but from what she understands...]

Basically, it had to do with Princess Celestia's sister going crazy and getting sent to the moon for a thousand years. Thing is, the legend was more than an old story. Nightmare Moon was real, and me and my friends had to face her.

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[ufo_fanboy]

Legends are often based off of the truth, more than people realize.

So you had to face, as in fight her? What was that like?

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[wannabolt]

Well, Nightmare Moon was pretty powerful. If we didn't have the Elements of Harmony, beating her would've been a pain.

But with the elements, it was no problem. We even changed her back to her old self somehow.

[...]

Blame the power of friendship.

[Or something like that.]

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[ufo_fanboy]

[Friendship? Really? It reminds him of things they put in kids' cartoons.]

In other words... good triumphed over evil, or in this case... won it over?

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[wannabolt]

Pretty much! Helps that the Elements are pretty powerful.

[Ah, but such is the logic of a cartoon universe full of technicolor ponies.]

Haven't heard from her since then, but I'm guessing she's probably handling the moon like she used to. Hopefully we won't have to deal with an 'eternal night' again.

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[ufo_fanboy]

Eternal night? Am I right to assume that's... pretty much what it sounds like?

[He's sure by now that this particular legend is not what they're dealing with, this time around, but it's good to eliminate possibilities.]

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[wannabolt]

Yep. If she had her way, she would've kept the moon out forever and made sure Princess Celestia never raised the sun again.

[Ah, more strange logic. Magical ponies controlling day and night!]

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[ufo_fanboy]

So the rising of the moon and sun- night and day themselves- are under control by these... uh, ponies, in your world? That's some serious power if so.

[Kind of like some gods in many polytheistic religions, he's thinking. Not too off what he's heard of, at least.]

[...except the pony part.]

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[wannabolt]

It's not just night and day. Pegasi handle the weather, earth ponies grow plants and take care of the animals.

[It just keeps getting stranger, huh?]

Everything in Equestria's pony controlled. The only place where it happens on its own is in the Everfree Forest.

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[ufo_fanboy]

Everything, huh? So does every pony in your world have a specific function then?

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[wannabolt]

Yep. Everypony's got their own special talent, but not all of 'em work with stuff like the weather.

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[ufo_fanboy]

Am I right in guessing you're also one, and have your own talent, too?