Ask Lyra

I'm glad you're okay, don't worry about Sweetie, Gilda and Basil are searching with Gilda also doing a sweep for Zecora for some possible back up maps. You just focus on resting and don't worry.

Anonymous

It’s not enough… I know I can’t do anything, but…

It’s not fair…

Where are you? I will bring medical attention!

theblackstrawberry

I’m at the hospital. I’m up to my eyeballs in medical attention. If you can, contact Applebloom and see if you can get directions to Zecora’s house. I think Gilda and Basil are trying to find her to get an idea where Sweetie might be.

I'll find Sweetie Belle. You just get Diamond Mint to the hospital.

daixxiii-deactivated20111025

Looks like somepony already got her here.

Hey Lyra, fancy meeting you here. *Looks over from an adjacent hospital bed* Oh, i'm off for some xrays, ttyl.

diamondmint

Well now! This is-

Oh, alright. Good luck!

Lyra, are you okay?!

theblackstrawberry

No. No I’m not.

Doctors say I had a hairline fracture in my leg before I twisted my ankle. It was recent, probably caused by Gilda when I got thrown into a wall. Not her fault, though.

Limping on it made it much worse. I’m down for a good long while.

*calms self* What's wrong? Why the hospital?

iamonlykidding-deactivated20150

You dork. That was my speech detection software going haywire!

Probably from all the screaming and swearing between sobs of agony.

But thanks for caring enough to send me a message, though!

What happened? Gild'a off looking for Sweetie so we have that covered so you needf to give people an idea of where we can find you. I've contacted Applejack to see if she can help look for you, all we need is a general location.

Anonymous

Thanks for the effort. I’m alright, sort of.

Find Sweetie. But remain calm. She’s okay. When you guys find her, don’t freak out, remain calm or you’ll make this worse.

And then she carried me, crying, screaming, and swearing to the hospital. Where they proceeded to pump me full of pain killers so I could sit still long enough to have my leg x-rayed.

Thanks, by the way, Anna.

Hospital?! What's wrong?

iamonlykidding-deactivated20150

[Error: Speech detection software cannot estimate any matching words. Please try again and speak at an even, steady, and clear pace.]

Anna: Are you Lyra? Twilight said you can help me find some single mares.

askannaoreradose

I don’t know who-o you a-are… And ri-ight now I d-don’t care…

JUST GET ME TO THE FREAKING HOSPITAL!!

If she only showed Sweetie, then we can't have you bolting into the forest with no clue how to proceed. The best bet is to head straight to Zecora's cabin and see what she knows. She's the one who has the most extensive knowledge of the Forest so she could have an idea of where the cave is.

Anonymous

I… can’t move…

I… can b-ba-arely t-talk… Hurts so…

No-ot fair… Sweet-tie…

She says it's Scoots old cave, want me to see if I can get through to Applebloom? Maybe she has an idea.

Anonymous

Scoot only ever showed Sweetie where it was…

Was it… near the Everfree Forest? How deep in was it…?

This is a fascinating line of ideas and I'd love to continue it but Sweetie Belle seems to be lost in a cave freezing half to death so I think we should all focus on getting someone out to her while you get to Mint.

Anonymous

I… I don’t know where the cave is…

Would you being the Element of Deception make you Applejack's mortal enemy then?

Anonymous

I don’t think so.

If I somehow embodied such a concept, to remain in harmony I’d have to use it appropriately, right?

It’s a differing tactic, and yes, it conflicts at it’s core. But only if used incorrectly. The same can be said with honesty. Even Applejack has secrets.

Yeah, in retrospect it seems lik the kid probably has some sort of emotional issue he needs to sort out, so I suppose me calling him a jerk comes off as callous, but I hope things can get sorted out. Also I was trying to think of an original Element to file you under, so I hope you can forgive the cop out one I thunk up.

Anonymous

Considering everything I’ve done in my life, the element of deception would probably work best.

And that’s not some self-loathing garbage either. We all have to lie a little, to ourselves and others, to spare their feelings, or get through the day.

It’ll never be a popular opinion, because it’s so easy to take things too far. But deception is just as important to harmony as honesty.

All things in balance.