Ghost: -sighs- I'll take care of this one.

-Ghost promptly explains to Pinkie the entire Great Game, all of the connotations, and the whole 'Dave declared war on us' thing which Toya might not know about.-

Toya: ...

-Raises her eyebrow-

Ah. I was wondering why exactly you deigned that it was a wise decision to keep me in the dark about all this. Because of your newly acquired enemy?

Ghost: -nods- He declared, word-for-word, a blood feud on us. He wants us all dead, and Eve as his mistress, in so many words.

edited 28th Aug '11 3:23:50 PM by SpartyMcFly

Toya: ...Hmmmm.

And you didn't bother to warn me about the fact this boy might want me dead in so many ways...

...Interesting strategy.

-Sips tea-

Well, that makes my options a lot clearer now...

edited 28th Aug '11 3:27:17 PM by Raidouthe21st

Ghost: Technically, you haven't spent much time in this group. You might be safe.

Toya: "Might"? You're certain?

reverse hilarity

edited 28th Aug '11 3:32:40 PM by Imca

Ghost: There's no telling for certain. He hasn't seen you with the group, though, so that's a point in your favor.

Pinkie: I just got here yesterday.... But Twilight got hurt last night in this game. If we can stop it it will stop anypony else from being harmed.

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Twilight: Yep. Of course it takes a lot of pegasi working together to perfect it.

Six: A planet's pretty big, after all. Must take a lot of pegasi to perform weather control. We just have to learn to live with weather when it comes around. We can predict it, though.

Toya: ...I see.

...Well...I guess I've had a good enough life. Might be a bit to just...leave the store like this, without an owner, but...well, nobody seems to be bothering to read anymore...perhaps it's for the best that they're left to collect dust...

-Seems like she's talking to someone else at the moment, someone that nobody else can see-

edited 28th Aug '11 3:36:41 PM by Raidouthe21st

Ghost: -takes the Republic Commando books, and counts off the money, before handing Toya the money necessary to purchase them- Advantages for having a supercomputer brain: able to calculate exact cost of something in half a second.

Pinkie: What are you talking about?

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Twilight: There are some areas we can't control though. Like the Ever free forest.

Six: ...and why would that be?

Twilight: Nopony knows. Not even Zecora or Celestia can tell me why.

Six: Eh. Aside from that... we have the steel cube. So you can keep in contact using the fire, though I noticed there appears to be a large metal box inside it. Let's see...

-Six promptly puts the cube on the floor and begins to tear the hole wider with her bare hands, augmented by her armor's strength-

edited 28th Aug '11 3:40:58 PM by SpartyMcFly

Toya:-Counts the money-

Oh, you are rather talented, aren't you dear?

-Puts the money into her cashier and stares at the wall-

Well...there is a place where these keys will never be found, if someone desires it hard enough. I could take them there. I would personally promise you that none of these keys would ever be found in this world again...

...The catch being that I could never come back as Toya Hachijo. Which is a fair tradeoff. It's been rather...fun, being myself for even this long.

-Looks at Bones-

This is what I will do with the keys I have, and you can keep the ones you already own...unless you either have another idea, or you wish to give me yours...?

Ghost: ...what about it? Is that a good idea, Longram? And Toya... you are willing to sacrifice yourself to stop this?

Pinkie: Is destroying the keys really worth it?

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Twilight: How did you do that?

Toya:-Smiles and holds a finger up-

Haven't I already, by thinking up this plan?

Six: SPARTAN-III strength augmentations, and the fact that this armor also makes me a hell of a lot stronger. -continues to tear the hole wider, until she can get at the smaller metal box, then lifts it out with some strain-

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Ghost: ...well, what do you mean by not coming back as Toya? Would you assume your life under a different name? Be trapped with the keys for eternity? Ascend to the afterlife?

edited 28th Aug '11 3:45:19 PM by SpartyMcFly

Twilight: Why are there two boxes though?

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Pinkie: I'm curious. I mean isn't life with all it's parties and friends, isn't that what it's all about?

Toya: @Ghost It's rather complicated. My, if only Adventurer were here right now, he could properly explain it to you...but for now, think of it as a combination of those ideas.

@Pinkie ...Some day, you will learn there are things even greater then parties...I doubt it will be soon, though.

Pinkie: Don't do this Toya! I'm sure there's got to be other ways to stop this.

Ghost: -nods- You're willing to do this to ensure the keys are never found again. You're a book-keeper and you're more man than I.

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Six: I have no idea, but here you go. -places the smaller box to the side, then lifts the larger box and sets it next to Twilight, hole facing up- One everfire steel box, waiting to be lit.