We tried. We broke into the Princesses private rooms with Twilight trying to prove it. But then Luna was Luna and when we saw Princess Cadance the next day she didn't even acknowledge what had happened.
I've been meaning to address this for a while.
Unless I am sorely mistaken, you have not yet talked to Cadance ever since you met the False!Luna on Canterlot. I'm pretty sure you talked to her
before invading the Royal Wing with Twilight, but not after. So it didn't happen that "she didn't even acknowledge what had happened".
And in fact, she
did acknowledge it, subtly. The update with several Histories comes after that, and in one of the possibilities Cadance still assigns her guards to you, which you took as a sign of support, if nothing else.
But you have not yet personally met any alicorns, ever since that reputational fiasco.
Yeah, but… we don't have a very specific thing to do? Unless we just… spend socialization actions on her. Can we do that?
About that. Them being summons places them in a similar circumstance to Confidants, where you "can't" socialize with them because they are already (in the Names case, literally) living with you.
When it comes to the Mansus and its dwellers, actions matter, not words.
What other cities are there beyond Manehattan and Canterlot?
The "big name" cities are definitely those two, and Ponyville of course. If more cities are needed for mechanical reasons, I'll let the thread know. If not, they are just background cities for narrative reasons (like the one you went with your husband when you made up after Selene's arrival).
That might happen soon, but not yet, so don't worry about it.
@BirdBodhisattva
The
Winter and
Edge sacrament is missing from the sacrament thread mark.
Also two of the summons are missing from the ritual list.
Oh, you only learn what Sacraments are "possible" once you reach level 4. So you can (if you want) do Sacrament preparations in parallel to your efforts of acquiring the "4/4" scraps of Lore if they are required.
So you don't know about the Winter and Edge sacraments yet, if those will be offered by the Wolf.
For example, the Master can give you a Moth sacrament, but you will only learn the prerequisites one you reach level 4 on that. And Baldomare (for her Lantern Sacrament) basically told you to "come back later", while she was more upfront for the Secret Histories one.
So patience, that will be added soon, hopefully. (I also gotta add your Knock personal sacrament option there).
And about the summons, nothing wrong so far. You can't summon the Wolf-Divided himself (although you did learn Windigo summoning from him, indirectly) and you don't yet know how to summon the Master. Yes, even though you literally were the main ritualist who summoned him once. Bit confusing, innit? I blame
Moth.
Mmm. New Avatar, same as the old Avatar.
And they learned the joys of prowling in wolf-form, through the ways that led neither to the Old Form of the Carapace nor to the New Form of the Skinless.
Huzzah!
Are we sure this is canon? It's in the threadmarks, yeah, but it's also very meta. It sounds more like @BirdBodhisattva giving us advice and behind-the-curtain peeks in a memey way than an actual hint that Pinkie Pie is an Hour of all things.
I'll address this shortly! Towards the end of this post.
Just found this thread a few days ago, and now caught up.
Wellcome! I am glad that you have joined us, and I hope we can all have fun!
Now, I can not remember if Bird ever made an actual WoG, but there's a lot of evidence that you actually have to be on the edge of Level Five.
Correct. Some sacraments (like your
personal SH option) can be done before reaching 4/4. They usually are the ones that involve researches, or more overt action. Other sacraments are more akin to "crossing a threshold", in the sense that you reach 4/4, reaches a point that "you are now ready" and then do a single act that solidifies your decision and sacraments you.
The sacraments will always specify if you need 4/4 before acting or not. Please let me know if there are any confusions otherwise, since that involves your plan-voting considerations.
Also, please remind me to add a "Sacrament options" tab on the next Turn Vote. I didn't do it before because only Personal SH would be there (being the only one you can work on, that is already available to make some progress). But your Personal KNOCK will also be like that, in a sense.
Right! Finally, back here and doing things, yay!
First of all, as always, I hope you are all doing fine. And thank you for your patience! This finals period took a chunk out of me, and I only regained enough sanity to deem myself alright not long ago, cue the latest update.
But now, finally, I should have more free time. Which means, I hope, more opportunities to write! I really am sorry that turn 14 has been going on for longer than the
whole dang school semester, but I am doing my best, and hopefully I'll be able to finish it in not a long period of time!
Oh, and in regards to the last, meta-ish update:
-It was definitely not canon. At least in the sense that you should worry about it.
-Pinkie Pie is definitely not the Twins. The Twins are gone, and Pinkie took up her task in uniting the group of gossiping friends.
-Pinkie Pie is definitely a mortal pony, and you should not treat her (or expect to treat her) in any different way that you would the Pinkie Pie we know and love from the show.
-Elagabalus was definitely a mortal man, and you should not treat him (or expect to treat him) in any different way than you would a Roman Emperor of the third century.
-But that was really just a celebratory pause, and the true story is meant to be read by skipping it!
And, as per a long lost tradition, this is indeed a smoke screen! Now let me edit the next update to post...
