Ask Lyra

Anna: I'm glad to see you're okay. But, I find myself in a position to ask a favor. I don't really want to, given the situation, and how trivial it seems now, but I'm sort of running out of time.

askannaoreradose

Ask away.

No guarantee I can help you like this.

One of these days I’ll learn how to spell guarantee without having to spell check it…

How's the hospital food?

Anonymous

Awful.

But I haven’t ate much.

Since everything is relatively calm again I have a question. Yesterday you said you'd be the Element of Deception, you also said that that would count as an element of Harmony. My question is, since I'm going off the logic that there's possibly a "Discord" version of the Elements in opposition to the others, what would those Elements consist of?

everpresentshades-blog

Uh… I don’t know anything about discord.

But like I said, all things can have a certain level of harmony to them.

Kindess, harshness. Honesty, deception. Generosity, selfishness. Laughter, stoic. Even Loyalty to betrayal.

This expands to almost all things. Even life and death itself.

The only thing that doesn’t have an opposite is magic. Magic isn’t a trait, it’s a force. You could argue that a few ways, but I’m kinda losing focus. So I’ll stop here before I ramble.

Do YOU know why Sweetie ran off?

Anonymous

The short answer is stress.

The long answer would require me to spend like twenty minutes looking up blog pages to link.

So, stress.

I hope you aren't kept from playing for too long. Whenever I've been injured, that's always made me more frustrated than anything else, just not being able to do what I love to do. But it can force me to have time for things I don't normally make time for. That said, have you figured out what you'll be reading if it comes down to it?

patchoulol

Ah… Cels…

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I dunno…

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Collections of short stories can usually hold my attention. Can’t interact with them, which is why I hate reading books, but they end fast enough that it’s not such a big deal.

O, also hello again, I'm the anon from last night who helped look for Sweetie.

everpresentshades-blog

I figured when I saw you talking to Gilda.

Thanks again for your help.

In Appleloosa, the only surgeon we have is the town barber! Who's also the town dentist. You need a haircut.

asksilverstar-deactivated201110

I’ve heard that was fairly common, back in the day.

Bonus clip because this is just awesome.

I... uh... could try and get somepony at the hospital to give you a bed bath. I mean, it wouldn't be as good as say a normal bath, but to get one while stuck in a hospital bed feels pretty great in context.

krastosthegluemaker-blog

That’s alright. I’ll probably be out of here by tomorrow morning, or afternoon. Should at least be able to hop into a bathtub after that.

Just really not comfortable getting scrubbed down, is all.

Ah know, this sounds like a job for The Cutie Mark Crusader Lyra Bathers!

letterstoapplebloom-blog-blog

No! No!

That’s okay!

Nurse? Nurse!

askbasspony replied to your post: Hey Lyra. Glad to hear everything went well!

Well… I have a Pony Sphere 360… But I don’t like to loan my games out… Last time I did they came back covered in tree sap… sorry…

It’s cool. I have an X-Colt back at the house, and Bon-Bon brought my old GBA. I’ve been playing Pokemon Red. Or Blue… I don’t remember at the moment…

I used this glitched I read about to get me a Mew. I always wanted one.

Hey Lyra. Glad to hear everything went well! Sucks you have to be stuck in the hospital so long... I have also heard that you are dealing with some other "Things" at the moment... A-anyway. I went to the library and had Twilight pick out some good novels to read why you are down. I was going to bring you some food but the hospital got nitpicky with me last time...

askbasspony-deactivated20120130

Heh heh heh heh heh…

I freakin’ hate reading books… I wanna play a video game… or my lyre…

Thanks. If I get desperate enough I’ll get to them.

Whats this about broken bones now? Also if you ask Yukari she should be able to fix it.

rustic-ghost

I’m fine.

This needs to heal naturally. Enough unicorn magic has gone into it already.

letterstoapplebloom replied to your post: Lyra, maybe yew should go take a bath er somethin’,

Oh yea. Ah’m sorry, ah forgot :C

It’s alright, little filly. I thought it was funny.

Is there anything I can do for you while you're recovering?

krastosthegluemaker-blog

Know how to play the lyre?

No, I’m fine. This painkiller just clounds my mind.

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Clouds my mind.

I apologize if I sounded like a total dink there, I never mean to imply that she's a pet or anything of that nature. I guess I just thought things in a black and white perspective. I wasn't implying she be locked off from Rarity forever either. I don't know, I just hope whatever happens she gets the support she needs.

everpresentshades-blog

I know you meant well; it was just a metaphor.

In a way, it’s less about what Sweetie deserves… wants or deserves… and is more about what Rarity and I are capable of giving her.