Ask Lyra

Nov 19

theblackstrawberry asked: Of course... many spells that my team made are banned now due to peace time purposes, but I understand that it was going to be like that. They were still fun to invent.

Hmm… I wonder how deep the rabbit-hole goes…

Don’t tell me. I just wonder.

theblackstrawberry asked: Indeed I do, but I highly doubt that such a spell would have been made for public use, otherwise we might have espionage.

Another highly important concern.

Just because you made a spell, doesn’t make it legal to use.

theblackstrawberry asked: It's no problem posting, I didn't have enough space in ask box for all the words. I might try to combine defence and stealth together, I think it might be pretty good together. My spells aren't secret or anything, I'd be okay with telling if you asked.

Best of luck to you. Obviously you’re going to want to make sure whatever spell you’re trying to make doesn’t already exist.

theblackstrawberry submitted:

I honestly have no idea what kind of base this thing is going to have. A long time ago, I led a team, during the war, to capture a creature with highly regenerative powers because it was eating so many creatures and plants it would have destroyed the planet. When we caught it Princess Celestia said we had to contain it forever. So I made a spell to use its regeneration power on other ponies. The spell itself was powerful enough to contain the creature, but the problem was it was constantly degrading. So we took the creature’s incredible regeneration to fuel the spell. I had been using that spell until recently to heal and defend myself. I’m not too sure as to what I want to do for this new spell, but if you have any ideas, then that would be much appreciated.

A regen, huh?

Depending on who you talk to, one of the best ways to defend yourself is to remain undetected.

No idea if you wanted me to post this or not.

theblackstrawberry asked: *hugs* I'm going to be inventing a new spell today. I wanna create a new defensive spell, so I won't be hugging you all day.

Interesting… Can you give me any specifics? I can keep a secret.

theblackstrawberry asked: hugs for Lyra!!

All for Lyra… All for Lyra!

Anonymous asked: Dream Job?

Didn’t I answer this before fairly recently?

Yeah, I thought I did.

pegasuslyra-blog asked: No, just a normal pegasus. Why is that so weird?

Mostly ‘cause you’re calling yourself a pegasus, but your profile picture has a horn too.

If you were just a pegesus, I wouldn’t bat an eye. There’s a seapony version of me, and a version crossed with Vinyl Scratch. I’ve never seen a pegesus me, but I’ve seen an earth pony version. Your existence would hardly be a stretch.

If you were/are a pegesus.

theblackstrawberry asked: What?! your crazy... I honestly could hang out with you for that long though. I mean I just hung out with you for a whole day. I'll probably go home tonight though. Apparently mom's going to get back together with other mom. They may not be happy yet, but I'm hoping for the best.

I heard about that. I hope for the best.

theblackstrawberry asked: You know Lyra... I'm always happy to hang out with you, your my number one best friend. I could hang out with you for weeks without being bored.

I couldn’t hang out with me for more than a few hours.

stilllunaanswers asked: Use key, then equip knife.

You pause for a moment to contemplate using the knife as some sort of defensive weapon.

It’s really small, and pretty hard to use with your hooves. You could try using it with your mouth, but in a combat situation you’d be just as likely to wind up swallowing the thing by accident. And swallowing a blade isn’t a pleasant thought. No, it’s more of a utilitarian type of thing. And even within that, it’s probably not even sharp enough to cut a rope. What a hunk of crud!

Anyway, if you have to defend yourself, your hooves will likely do better than the knife on your multitool.

You put the key into the lock on the gate and turn it. The tumblers fall into place and the gate doors give way.

The structures behind the gate are more visible now. Archways hoof-made from stone line a short little trot before reaching a similarly fashioned stone building. It all has a very ancient feel to it, with cracked runes lining the sides. You don’t recognize the style of the stonework, though. Ancient architecture isn’t exactly your forte.

The building has no door. There may be stuff inside, but you can’t tell from this distance, as you haven’t taken another step forward yet.

theblackstrawberry asked: I've literally hung out with you for 24 hours at least. I'm happy...

Glad to hear it!

Anonymous asked: choose your own adventure!

You stand before a gate near the top of a mountain. You aren’t a hundred percent on why you’re up here; it’s kinda cold!

The gate blocks direct passage forward into either a cave or some kind of building, not sure which. The gate is locked, but you have the key; it was sent with you.

Back down the mountain is the town in which you live. You’ve always lived there, but you’ve vacationed elsewhere a few times. You think about where all you’ve gone for a few moments, but quickly realize that it’s not really relevant right now.

You were told to climb this here mountain, and climb it you did. You didn’t understand at the time why you were sent with a key, but now you do.

As an aside, you only have some basic supplies. A saddlebag with some bread and two juice boxes along with a one of those nifty multitool knives. You know the ones. Knife, scissors, hoof file, that sort of thing.

askapplejackandrainbowdash--blog asked: That's a mighty fine pega-turtle to get as a gift. Must be some kinda magical creature. Y'all got any other pets to go along with the new addition? - AJ

Sweetie asked for a pet at one point, but the added cost would be too much for us.

theblackstrawberry asked: What are you up to now?

I was playing Skyrim.

So many quests! Oh my Cels at all the flippin’ quests!