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Spamotron

[...] How much danger could Honorshine get in if she learned the truth about Elves?

While you sense a lull in the conversation, you decide to ask Lexicon Anathema if a historian such as Honourshine could get in trouble for learning more about the Elves.

Lexicon Anathema: "Not really; the truth has no weight without proof, and proof is out of her reach. At worst, it would pass as the ramblings of a madmare and lose her some credibility."

Honourshine: "The line between history and legend certainly has blurred these past few days."

Lexicon Anathema: "The more you learn, the less you know."

Honourshine: "... Hm. Is that why you choose to remain as a filly: because you feel as though you know so little?"

Lexicon Anathema: "Ah. Well... perceptive, aren't you?"

Moonflower: "Oh, that makes a lotta sense! Heehee... I think it's super cute!"

Lexicon Anathema: "... Um..."

As the timid hermit shrinks in her seat a little, you attempt to divert some of the attention away from her. You ask if she can help you pinpoint the location of the three greater demons she mentioned earlier on your map.

Lexicon Anathema: "O-of course. Let's see this map of yours."

You unfurl your map of the Kirin Empire onto the table, and Lexicon Anathema sits next to you. After letting her guide your quill with her magic, you mark the locations of the Senoha Desert, Final Rest, and False Lake. With your thanks, the filly then reclaims her seat across from you.

Lexicon Anathema: "Whether you travel there directly from the towns you already know, or try to make sense of the Kirin's needlessly complex trigon system, you have quite the journey ahead of you."

Tsu-Ko: "It's not that complex."

Lexicon Anathema: "Right. And nor is quantumancy... if you ask me."

Tsu-Ko takes a very slow, quiet sip of her tea to in response. At this point, you are too afraid to ask — so instead, as the hour grows late, you decide to ask Lexicon Anathema if she would be so kind as to let your party stay the night.

Lexicon Anathema: "The night...? You came from Nan Yunjishan; it's seven of the day."

You take a quick look at your pocket watch, which indicates five o'clock.

Tsu-Ko: "Seven means one hour past noon."

You glance over to the paper door, beyond which the golden light of the setting sun shines through dark storm clouds. After thinking it over for a moment, you remember that the sun here does not set. How confusing.

Nor was it raining when you got here, come to think of it. Nor did you see any flowers when you stepped outside, daydream or not. Where are you, you wonder?

Lexicon Anathema: "My house is somewhere on the A-Ra-Shi Isles of the Boiling Sea. It's a quiet little corner of the Underworld."

Moonflower: "Whoa‼ We're in the Underworld?!"

You blink at that revelation. Quin Ataraxis was certainly right when he told you that nothing keeps anyone in or out of either half; you didn't even realize you had crossed over.

Lexicon Anathema: "Nh. But don't worry: the door you entered from will send you back to whence you came."

Now aware that it is earlier in the day than you thought, you assure the hermit that you don't mean to overstay your welcome. She shrugs at that.

Lexicon Anathema: "Stay as long as you'd like."

	6Yoshimon1:
	That almost looks like the hermit is slowly warming up to us... Actually, did she chose that title herself? Or did others just start calling her that? Sure, she's living alone out here, but she mostly seems to enjoy some peace and quiet to focus on her studies and she's certainly way more guest-friendly than the name and that other demon implied.
	#531510 Apr 2026

	5Spamotron:
	By the way we seemed to have bypassed any monster encounters by flying here. Are airborne creatures uncommon around here or did we just get lucky? Just wanting to know if there's anything in particular we should be wary of on our path home.
	#53148 Apr 2026

	4The Mortal Paper Fist:
	Spontaneous idea: Did Lexicon every wanted to see the world from above? She has been very kind and helpful. Least we can do is offer her a little sightseeing flight.
	#53136 Apr 2026

	3Steady Gaze:
	Ask for one more clarification: can we guess who actually cast Blood Seal? (Was it Empyrius himself?) And what did they hope to accomplish? Before we leave, since friendship is magic, consider if there is any way we can help Lexicon with her loneliness. Perhaps we could give the filly some paternal cuddles, or at least a nuzzle. Perhaps we could offer to have her join us on our adventure. (She'd likely refuse, but we may as well offer.) Perhaps we could offer to exchange letters or acquire a way to visit somehow. Perhaps we could simply hang out with her for awhile, not necessarily to seek information.
	#53107 Apr 2026*

	2nopony:
	Stay a little longer and ask Lexicon to explain what quantumancy is. Also ask Tsu-Ko how she feels about being in the Underworld.
	#53095 Apr 2026

	1Skywind:
	What do you mean our Biological imprint remains untouched? Cue Anathema to be alone with her again and confess he finds Lexicon filly age attractive hot. Fulfill our end of the deal kiss and embrace her lovely thank her for the forbidden knowledge. Ask does she also want to have a foal with him in her offer and admit he love to spend the night with the filly today? He like to remember their intimacy time together and does she want us to be special someponies?! If she teach him how to teleport he can come see her often and they'll have more private nights together as two lovers again. Inspire hope to Lexicon that on his alicorn's journey he might achieve his harmonious or chaotic form being immortal like her and the princesses, so the filly won't have to feel lonely anymore because he'll always be here in this world.
	#530810 Apr 2026*

	Steady Gaze:► Skywind (#5308)
	Having another long range teleportation option, even if it can only go here, would potentially be very useful. I wonder out of character if the QM finds long range teleportation to be unbalanced and wants to restrict access. The homecoming runestone seems uncommon, for example, or would it not make sense to be standard issue for every Voyager? Or perhaps we just haven't put in the commands to go acquire another one.
	#53115 Apr 2026

	Skywind:► Steady Gaze (#5311)
	Knowing how to teleport will be helpful to us to make a quick escape route, have another way of traveling, and if we need to use it in a fight to distract and confuse the enemy of our whereabouts. Next, I doubt the QM rangelost will make long range teleportation unbalanced and restrict us access to it. It requires concentration, a mental image of the destination the unicorn has seen or been to once before, and must have a lot of magic quantity stored inside them to perform the teleport spell. And since our Mc is an alicorn he can do it without too many repercussions the stallion just need to memorize the spell and practice it. Also when Lexicon shrugs and told us to stay as long as you'd like I get the impression she really enjoys the company of Trailblazer's presence and wants to spend more time with him romantically alone, so I say let these two secret lovers indulge in each other wanting desires and loving needs.
	#53126 Apr 2026*