Background Pony #16EE
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__Hitch Trailblazer__:
*Sparky’s in there*??
__Deputy Mare__:
It'’s going to take a whole special ops team to search through ALL those rooms in quick time\!
__Inspector Mare__:
Uhhh, sister\! *My cellphone isn'’t picking up any bars\!*
__Deputy Mare__:
**DRAT\!\! Mine neither\!** I guess we'’re on our own, Sheriff\! No back up to help us out this time\!
[@Background Pony \#8F0C](/images/3166598#comment_10612375)
> No signal across this area of regalia, I’m afraid Sisters. We’ll have to continue pressing forward without them.
__Inspector Mare__:
Dang ol’ stormy weather…
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__Sunny Starscout__:
I can'’t believe this is here.
__Pipp Petals__:
She'’s got great style\!
__Butler__:
Look up over there\! Even those skeletal props hanging by the ceiling looks dashingly authentic\!\! Our local party stores couldn’t even get the bone structures right\!
__Professor__:
Uhhhh, guys? I don'’t think these skeletons are props...…*can'’t you see the scorch marks and charred bits of debris hanging off it??*
__Butler__:
UUGGH, even **MORE** sinister\! *Somepony seems to like the hobby of grave-robbing around the funeral pyre too fondly\!*
[@Background Pony \#F2B7](/images/3166608#comment_10612378)
> Yeah, hopefully ~~this grave-robbery around the funeral pyre that somepony calls~~ Opaline’s castle ~~settles even into building~~ (comes with) a (basement) mortuary (hidden) around this blackened centre.
[@Background Pony \#9196](/images/3166608#comment_10612387)
> [@Background Pony \#F2B7](/images/3166608#comment_10612378)
> __Professor__: You and me both. Who would even want to see somepony dig up somepony’s burnt remains, even if a grim dark place like this??
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__Zipp Storm__:
What is this place, Misty?\! And how do you know your way around so well?\!
__Deputy Mare__: You'’ve been to this place, haven'’t you??? *You KNEW where those traffickers were going to take that dragon\!* Why haven’t you report anything about your suspicions of this place earlier??
__Misty__: There'’s no time to explain\!
__Hitch Trailblazer__: Where'’s Sparky?\!
__Deputy Mare__: **NO MORE GAMES, MISTY\!\!\!** It'’s time that you finally release whatever is on your chest\! Hiding the truth will only make it much worse for yourself\!
__Misty__: We have to get him before Opaline comes—\!
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__Opaline Arcana__:
*OH, I’m right **here**\!*
__Dehorned Henchmare__:
**WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL\!\!\! *WHO DO WE HAVE HERE?*?\!\!\!**
***MORE*** skeletons for me to add to my collection closet, Misty??\!
__Professor__: Uggh, GUYS??\!\! The owners are back\!
[@LordFlareon](/images/3166645#comment_10612545)
> *gasps* You'’re that swine who came to the unicorn sleep-over\!
__Deputy Mare__: *AHHH SHINGLES on a stick\!\!*
(*Whips out three-barreled riot cannon*)
![medium](https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/051/481/843/medium/giorgi-esaiashvili-4.jpg?1657406394)
**FREEZE\!\! HOOVES UP\!\!** *Whoever you are\!\!* This is the **Maretime Bay Police Department\!\!** Don'’t move or **I will open fire\!\!**
You are in **illegal possession of a dangerous exotic specimen** and I am in my pony rights to perform a citizen'’s arrest for the crime of **wildlife trafficking\!**
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__Professor__:
**AAH HORSE APPLES\! IT’S A TRAAAPPP\!\!\!\!**
__Dehorned Henchmare__:
…..Ahhhhh, well ain’t that a pretty familiar sight to behold\! It’s good to see you again––*OFFICER*\!
__Inspector Mare__:
*GGASSSSSSPPPPPPPP*—–it’s **YOU**\! From the WANTED POSTERS\!\!
__Deputy Mare__:
***YOU’RE*** the prickweed who trafficked that dragon??\!\!
__Dehorned Henchmare__:
…..HAHAHAHAAHA, excellent deduction, ya snouts\! I LOVE to stay and chat for some nice cider and tea, but we gotta world to conquer\! *And we can’t have you sewer rats scurrying around the castle while we make preparations\!*
__Deputy Mare__: (*Firing riot cannon to break shield, but cannot penetrate*)
I can’t punch through it\!\!
__College Activist__: (*Bucks at the shield*)
**UGHUGH**\!\!\! Neither can I\! **LET US GO\!\!\!**
[@LordFlareon](/images/3166650#comment_10612531)
> *You mean (to tell me that) you (actually) let a wanted criminal in the Brighthouse?\!*
[@Background Pony \#288B](/images/3166650#comment_10612555)
> [@LordFlareon](/images/3166650#comment_10612531)
> \[We\] \[didn’t\] ~~not~~ know~~n~~ until she tried to steal the lantern
`Scenario: After arriving at the destination of Opaline’s dark castle, the Mane Five, Misty and the rest of the “back-up force” consisting of two police deputies and a few other amateurish sleuths must explore the castle to look for Sparky Sparkeroni. Unfortunately, they are all about to be caught by a certain evil alicorn.`
__Hitch Trailblazer__:
*Sparky’s in there*??
__Deputy Mare__:
It
__Inspector Mare__:
Uhhh, sister\! *My cellphone isn
__Deputy Mare__:
**DRAT\!\! Mine neither\!** I guess we
[@Background Pony \#8F0C](/images/3166598#comment_10612375)
> No signal across this area of regalia, I’m afraid Sisters. We’ll have to continue pressing forward without them.
__Inspector Mare__:
Dang ol’ stormy weather…
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__Sunny Starscout__:
I can
__Pipp Petals__:
She
__Butler__:
Look up over there\! Even those skeletal props hanging by the ceiling looks dashingly authentic\!\! Our local party stores couldn’t even get the bone structures right\!
__Professor__:
Uhhhh, guys? I don
__Butler__:
UUGGH, even **MORE** sinister\! *Somepony seems to like the hobby of grave-robbing around the funeral pyre too fondly\!*
[@Background Pony \#F2B7](/images/3166608#comment_10612378)
> Yeah, hopefully ~~this grave-robbery around the funeral pyre that somepony calls~~ Opaline’s castle ~~settles even into building~~ (comes with) a (basement) mortuary (hidden) around this blackened centre.
[@Background Pony \#9196](/images/3166608#comment_10612387)
> [@Background Pony \#F2B7](/images/3166608#comment_10612378)
> __Professor__: You and me both. Who would even want to see somepony dig up somepony’s burnt remains, even if a grim dark place like this??
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__Zipp Storm__:
What is this place, Misty?\! And how do you know your way around so well?\!
__Deputy Mare__: You
__Misty__: There
__Hitch Trailblazer__: Where
__Deputy Mare__: **NO MORE GAMES, MISTY\!\!\!** It
__Misty__: We have to get him before Opaline comes—\!
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__Opaline Arcana__:
*OH, I’m right **here**\!*
__Dehorned Henchmare__:
**WELL WELL WELL WELL WELL\!\!\! *WHO DO WE HAVE HERE?*?\!\!\!**
***MORE*** skeletons for me to add to my collection closet, Misty??\!
__Professor__: Uggh, GUYS??\!\! The owners are back\!
[@LordFlareon](/images/3166645#comment_10612545)
> *gasps* You
__Deputy Mare__: *AHHH SHINGLES on a stick\!\!*
(*Whips out three-barreled riot cannon*)
![medium](https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/051/481/843/medium/giorgi-esaiashvili-4.jpg?1657406394)
**FREEZE\!\! HOOVES UP\!\!** *Whoever you are\!\!* This is the **Maretime Bay Police Department\!\!** Don
You are in **illegal possession of a dangerous exotic specimen** and I am in my pony rights to perform a citizen
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__Professor__:
**AAH HORSE APPLES\! IT’S A TRAAAPPP\!\!\!\!**
__Dehorned Henchmare__:
…..Ahhhhh, well ain’t that a pretty familiar sight to behold\! It’s good to see you again––*OFFICER*\!
__Inspector Mare__:
*GGASSSSSSPPPPPPPP*—–it’s **YOU**\! From the WANTED POSTERS\!\!
__Deputy Mare__:
***YOU’RE*** the prickweed who trafficked that dragon??\!\!
__Dehorned Henchmare__:
…..HAHAHAHAAHA, excellent deduction, ya snouts\! I LOVE to stay and chat for some nice cider and tea, but we gotta world to conquer\! *And we can’t have you sewer rats scurrying around the castle while we make preparations\!*
__Deputy Mare__: (*Firing riot cannon to break shield, but cannot penetrate*)
I can’t punch through it\!\!
__College Activist__: (*Bucks at the shield*)
**UGHUGH**\!\!\! Neither can I\! **LET US GO\!\!\!**
[@LordFlareon](/images/3166650#comment_10612531)
> *You mean (to tell me that) you (actually) let a wanted criminal in the Brighthouse?\!*
[@Background Pony \#288B](/images/3166650#comment_10612555)
> [@LordFlareon](/images/3166650#comment_10612531)
> \[We\] \[didn’t\] ~~not~~ know~~n~~ until she tried to steal the lantern
`Scenario: After arriving at the destination of Opaline’s dark castle, the Mane Five, Misty and the rest of the “back-up force” consisting of two police deputies and a few other amateurish sleuths must explore the castle to look for Sparky Sparkeroni. Unfortunately, they are all about to be caught by a certain evil alicorn.`