Answers after the break.
krastosthegluemaker-blog asked: Hi Lyra, I finished my glue order. You still up for dinner tonight?
Certainly! I’ll be right over!
Sure has been slow lately on my page. Dizziness is gone, though. Will try to have something to upload when I get a chance.
[video]
[video]
krastosthegluemaker-blog asked: I enjoyed tonight. Do you think you could come over again on Sunday?
Absolutely!
Hopefully by then I’ll be well enough to do more than just sit around.
1) Can’t press charges against the deceased, silly pony.
2) Okay, sure, whatever.
3) You go to court, they don’t believe you because you’d never manage to get the proper report on the subsequent mental evaluation being that you’re full of crap, and you go to prison for a long, long time.
4) Quite a bit, yes.
5) Don’t like the sounds of that.
6) His name was Marty and he was a time traveler. Not a hundred percent on how he got here, but we spoke a few times in person. He was a little troubled, but a nice boy overall.
Was really more of Gilda’s friend, though.
krastosthegluemaker-blog asked: Lyra, do you think you might be up to coming over for dinner tonight?
Yeah. I’m well enough for that.
Sorry everypony else, answers later.
Answers after the break.
1) That’s not a secret; everypony knows that. The secret is that he isn’t interested in music anymore. He’d been trying to join the UFC for years but couldn’t catch a break. Last I heard he was working as a security software programmer.
2) It’s called dissociative identity disorder.
3) Been about the same for the last few days. Still get world-spinny dizzy if I position my head wrong.
Functioning, but not completely better.
4) Oh, all the time, even in public! I wouldn’t consider that at all demeaning!
1) Oh, would you look at the time, It’s “I can’t discuss that”-o'clock!
2) I imagine so.
Yes, definitely. Even if you don’t count artisans that use magic for their craft, electricity in Equestria is magically powered. That magic comes from unicorns.
To go a little further on that subject, unicorn criminals can be brought in to help power the system if they’re offense isn’t too terrible. Takes time off their sentence. Earth and pegasus convicts can be brought in for similar government projects, but I don’t know the details offhoof.
Only reason I know about the unicorn thing is because I’ve done it before. It’s not so bad. The regular workers that get paid are all fairly powerful at magic and are all pretty smart. There’s a lot of down time resting where you can just sit around and talk to them. If you’re ever imprisoned and have the chance, I recommend taking it!
3) Of what?
4) Of this? Oh! I think it’s that time again!
And when I say I can’t talk about it, I mean it. Doing so would be considered an act of treason.
1) A little. More than your average pony but not a whole lot. I’ve been around a few more than most growing up, but those were particularly negative experiences.
Gilda’s the only one I’ve ever been friends with.
2) The part where I typed it into Yahoof. Or are you going to turn it around and be all, “I was just talking about this other meaning for the word!” And if you were, why not just use a more descriptive phrase instead of slang?
3) Nope. This Lyra might be. The notion of robotic hands that you can take off sounds pretty nice, though.
This Lyra has studied humans, but she isn’t obsessed, she’s a professor.
Well, you really couldn’t have come to a better unicorn. I could tell you just about everything here is to know about magic, how it works, how unicorns use it, how other creatures use it. I likely know things that even somepony like Twilight Sparkle probably wouldn’t be trusted with, considering her potential and the dangers involved at this stage.
I couldn’t teach you a spell, but I could probably answer every question you could ever think of about magic theory. But I can’t.
Exactly how magic works isn’t meant for everypony to know. It holds certain risks from outside parties and even other unicorns. It’s a closely guarded secret and only a few ponies not connected to the royal family are permitted to know certain bits and pieces to preform their jobs. The only reason I know is that I stumbled upon some things back when I lived in Canterlot and asked some questions. I was trusted by the royal family and given the knowledge because there isn’t really anything I can do with it; I’m too magically frail.
About your specific question, this is what I can tell you. There is no way for an earth or pegasus pony to use magic like a unicorn. They can use objects with minor enchantments like wards or protections, but that’s it. If you want to study a magical substitute, I’ve recently learned of how powerful potion brewing can be. But the applications will be different.
That would be the royal family’s answer, so that’s all I can say about it.
1) I know it’s fantastic, and you’re free to look, but you can’t touch. Boscov is my boyfriend and I’m not sharing his fabulous flank with anypony.
2) Haven’t you heard? Stupid is in. Everypony is dating stupid. Too bad you aren’t stupid, huh?
3) Well, I’m no goddess of beauty, but I have enough self-esteem to not consider myself to be ugly.
4) Dude, you have problems.
5) Never really considered myself to be turquoise. I guess it feels alright.
Answers after the break.
Answers after the break.