Let the Light Shine

[letteropener]

[Ever just had one of those days where nothing makes sense any more?]

[Princess Celestia is having one of those days. Lost and patently confused, the pony princess wanders the streets of Freesia as completely befuddled as can be. Everything needs a second look, be it the buildings, the streets, the sidewalks, or the sun.]

[The sun. Not the sun she knows. Not one she is familiar with. And not even one she can reach with magic -- because every time she tries, her horn glows with light, but nothing comes of it at all.]

[And if you're wondering if the pony is just some random animal, well -- she has a little earbud clipped to one ear, the sort you'd expect to see on a normal person with a communicator. So there's that.]

...Where am I?

Comments

[whitescientist]

[ Eridan began shadowing her a couple of blocks back (though "shadowing" is maybe a bit much considering he stands out in a crowd almost as much as she does).

Big white animals are familiar to him, but when she opens her mouth and words come out, the similarities end, and he's now sure she's not someone's Alternian horse-mom. But she's wearing gold stuff and a crown, which still counts as a point of interest...

He finally crosses the street and approaches her. ]

Hey, you! [ he's real polite. ]

[unriddling]

[Riddler is actually just stepping outside the apartment building he's set up as home base when he spots her.]

[He has the distinct feeling he shouldn't be surprised by the sight of a...pegasus? Unicorn? He hasn't looked into mythical creatures enough to really know what she is.]

[His ignorance actually bothers him more than the fact she's there at all, and he just sort of stands and stares, trying to remember. He can't just ask, that would be admitting it.]

[batdweeb]

[It doesn't take the world's greatest detective to spot that the pony's more than just some random animal- even if there wasn't the earbud, there would also be the wings... and the horn... and the rainbow mane... and...]

[Point is, Celestia immediately stands out as strange, but she also looks very lost. And either way, Bruce thinks it might be worth investigating.]

[So Celestia will see one of the hairless monkey people crossing the street towards her, his arms laden down with plastic bags.]

[As he approaches, Bruce starts talking in the calm manner you're supposed to use around horses.]

Hey, easy there, you need to stay out of the streets.

[unrecovered]

[With nobody willing to answer his questions - seriously, the people around here were standoffish at best - Wash had taken to making a mental map. This place was laid out relatively intuitively, which made it a hell of a lot easier to navigate than Traverse Town had initially been. Still, it helped to know where he was going and figure out places to hole up in an emergency. He didn't like thinking like that, but he didn't have a support system here. Might as well prepare for the worst.]

[What he wasn't prepared for was seeing someone he knew, walking the street, looking every bit as lost as he was.]

Celestia?