This is a very important idea! There’s definitely a lot of different ways to go about this, and sneaking around is certainly one of them. You’d have to be more specific, though. What, in a standard household, could be used to be more stealthy?

Regardless, you gain +1 foresight!

Bon-Bon is an entr- an entrée… She owns her own business. She doesn’t have any coworkers. Lyra says she has lots of coworkers. But according to the calender schedule Bon-Bon made up, she’s been on vacation and doesn’t work until tomorrow.

If something suddenly happened to them, who would know about it?

You decide to break the forth wall yet again and explain things more explicitly. You just offer suggestions, y'all. That’s it. A character’s growth is stifled if the one time a crisis calls for action, a bunch of people with extra abilities and third party knowledge come along and hold her hand. Metaphorically speaking of course. Ponies don’t have hands.

You see where this is going and begin packing some food and a leash in your school bag. It’s adventure…! Moment. Date. You’ll work on that later.

You break the forth wall for a moment and lament that bringing a player controlled adult, and an investigator at that, would likely make things too easy. You’re not, however, writing off the possibility of adults helping. Just not ones that can be directly controlled.

You have no doubt that Princess Twilight could probably help. Immensely at that. But… she’s a Princess. You can’t just march up to her front door, knock, and expect a positive outcome. If anypony found out you have no supervision, they’d probably take you “somewhere safe”, and then Bon-Bon and Lyra would get in trouble for leaving you alone! Assuming they aren’t already in trouble. Then they might get in double trouble! You’re not positive, but you think you heard somewhere that that’s a thing.

Even if you know ahead of time where to go and what to do, you’re going to have to get some kind of evidence. You need to prove something really is wrong.

Having taken the last bite of your dinner, you gently lift the plate and head to the kitchen sink. You usually stay at your aunt’s house during school nights, as your parents are too busy to take care of you. But you’ve been here for four hours now and found no sign of your aunt or her roommate. Their dog, Simple, has followed you the entire time, looking more than a little worried. You walked him, fed him, did your homework, fixed your own dinner, ate, and have now finished cleaning up.

Normally you’d find a note in the kitchen if something was wrong. But searching high and low revealed nothing.

You have no idea what most of that means, but you do recognize The Crystal Empire. Such a place is far to the north and out of your reach. Even if you went by train, you have no money. Train tickets cost money, after all.

Tootsie: Hello? I hope it’s okay that I walked home from school by myself. Usually somepony picks me up. But you weren’t there. Hello? Lyra? Aunt Bon-Bon? Simple, do you need to go out? And your bowls are empty. What’s going on here?

Bon-Bon: Ugh! Lyra! You’d better not have gone to the human world!

Bon-Bon: Still no word on Lyra…

Bon-Bon: As unlikely as I thought it’d be, I looked anyway. Nothing.

Bon-Bon: What kind of emergency would have made her do that? And to leave without telling me? No. That can’t be it…

Bon-Bon: I’m going to look back through her blog. Maybe she mentioned something.

Bon-Bon: Okay. So, Lyra never came home yesterday. And originally I was really angry because I figured she went drinking. But I-I went to work and came home. And then I searched all over town and I can’t find her anywhere. Nopony’s seen her. If anypony knows anything, please let me know. I’m very worried.

2) Tape leg two!

[Whir-r-r-r-r] [Kaboom!]

Incidentally, I dressed up as a mummy for Nightmare Night once. So whether intended or not, there is a logical connection.

3) B: Has the existence of marijuana ever been established in this world?

Lyra: As far as I can remember the only narcotic that’s ever been confirmed by name was arid.

4) Bon-Bon: … No. Why would you have a cutie mark for candy and dream of being a model? There’s no logical progression there. Also, only one of us can sing. And it isn’t her.

5) …

Bon-Bon: Where are you going? Was that the last question?

Lyra: Oh nothing. I’ll be back later. I just gotta …go do something. 

Happy New Year!

It’s like nopony trusts me to not get tanked anymore.

1) I know that you did, but I don’t know where it is. You always came to my house.

2) Well, yeah. Coke is powdery. It would blend right in to their coat.

3) I find it astounding that your species managed to develop so much when you’re so busy hating each other.

You can get a lot done when you work together.

4) The amount of starch that would be required to even get the end result would probably bleach our tails white.

rarijackdaily:

Darling I’m afraid you’re thinking of the wrong sort of “Boxing Day”…

The sweet science.

A picture I drew at work today. It’s Fairy/High Pixie carrying the Candelabrum of Sovereignty. Which you have for the majority of SMT:N. It was going to be a comic but this was the only panel that came out decent.

One of the candles are broken because she dropped it.

1) Lyra: I’ve tried. I think the phrase “lost cause” was used last time.

Bon-Bon: I was talking about the food, not you.

2) I know that Hanukkah isn’t the huge deal in Judaism that Christmas and Hearth’s Warming is. It’s the celebration of a victory and a miracle, but there are bigger holy days in their calendar.

And I know that Kwanzaa is relatively new. As a celebration of African heritage, it has no religious subtext. This means that it can serve as complementary to the celebration of any other holiday with no regard to its origin. I also know that it’s not widely celebrated.

3) I guess Dark Souls 2… Not really happy with that answer, but I haven’t played very many games that came out this year.

4) Stop. Forced memes are not okay.

For those struggling at home, the last meme of the year is “blank is the last meme of the year”. You’re welcome.

5) B: I’m at a loss for words here. Did they really just say four-twenty blaze it instead of just blaze it?

Lyra: Just Blaze!

6) Yes. I was there today. And yes! Presents!

1) Sure thing! I mean, gold is my eye, magic, and cutie mark color after all!

2) Neigh.

3) Dracula? Dra-cool-a? Ha! I can get King Kong!

4) I don’t know! I had to work! I miss like every social event now!

5) Luigi Death Stare. Hooves down. That is still hilarious, with accompanying music!