[Mechanical noises]
>>DOCTOR: [Grunting]
>>DOCTOR: Okay...why...won't....you...get...back...in there!
>>DOCTOR: Ah...right...okay, so, you're in there, you're there, you're back and place...and...I've
got five parts left over...
>>DOCTOR:[Sigh] Why do you always do this? Why are you so finicky, every time I take
you appart, you won't let me put you back together in the right order again! W-stop
it! For once, just let me have no parts left over!
>>DOCTOR: Do you kn- you do know where I put these spare parts right? They go in a room,
a room just full of...you! I'm running out of rooms, YOU'RE running out of rooms.
[TARDIS HUMS]
>>DOCTOR: Oi! Don't take that tone of hum with me, I know that tone of hum. This is
the pursuit of science! Or at least satisfying my wild curiosity [Mumbling] ANWAY:
[Footsteps]
>>SPIKE: Doc? Doctor are you down here?
>>DOCTOR: Spike? Yes, I'm down here, doing a bit of work on the TARDIS. You know since
arriving I really haven't taken the time to figure out just how she runs in your world.
She seems to have simply adapted, but it's really quite interesting. The ambient energy
that permeates the membrane of the universe seems to just attune itself to the psychoanalytic
wavelengths of whatever compatible being needs to make use of them.
>>SPIKE: The whodoeswhatnow?
>>DOCTOR: [Sigh] She's running on magic.
>>SPIKE: Oh. Well why didn't you just say that?
>>DOCTOR: I did. Where's Twilight anyway? She's had me and the TARDIS stuck down here
in the basement since that shadow business.
>>SPIKE: [Shrugging] Sorry, I guess everything's been happening so fast she really hasn't gotten
the chance to brief the princess on the fact an alien time traveler is rooming with us.
She's been in her room wondering how to broach the subject in the most delicate way possible.
>>DOCTOR: [Exasperated] I'm still not sure why she feels the need to. I've never met
a government that didn't just complicate things. I'd rather just lay low.
>>SPIKE: It seems like it'd be pretty hard to lay low after blowing up the library, totaling
the museum, and saving the town from being possessed by evil living darkness. Not to
mention that thing with the love fai-
>>DOCTOR: Shhh! We're never to speak of that again. [Pause] Still, with any luck the trauma
of being possessed left them with little besides fuzzy memories of the event. Besides, as far
as I can tell from the old records, this library has a rather odd history of blowing up anyway.
>>SPIKE: Fair enough. Where did you and Twi go when you left anyway?
>>DOCTOR: Prance in 942, Pinkie's great grandfather is a lovely Dancer by the way.
>>SPIKE: Wait you me-
[Door opens]
>>TWILIGHT: [Sigh]
>>DOCTOR: Ah! Hello Ms. Sparkle, how did your little think session go?
>>TWILIGHT: [Sigh] Well... I've been thinking and it might be best to let Celestia come
to you when she's ready. I'd imagine the trauma of her possession was rather stressful. Though
I'm surprised she hasn't contacted us yet.
>>DOCTOR: Huh... well I suppose she's seen a lot in her time. Living in this world I
wouldn't be shocked if I'm not all that much of a surprise to her. Well if that's done
up for another trip!
>>TWILIGHT: Another trip? Where?
>>DOCTOR: I don't know, our first one was planned so let's go off script! Adventure,
see where we land! Come along! >>TWILIGHT: [Sigh] ... .Do you want to come
this time Spike?
>>SPIKE: Uh... no thanks, the last two times he's come home he brought living statues and
living shadows, if anything I wanna stay here to prepare for whatever else you bring back...
What's next? A candy monster? [Pause] But get me a souvenir this time, deal?
>>TWILIGHT: [Chuckle] Deal.
[Tardis door opening]
[Tardis ambiance]
>>TWILIGHT: ... What are you doing?
>>DOCTOR: Well, I borrowed a book from your personal collection. The future of Equestria
is a rather unknown quantity for me, so I think the past is best, I'm going to hook
up this book to a psychic bibliograph and the TARDIS should choose a page at random
and take us to that era!
>>TWILIGHT: [Sarcastic] And... absolutely nothing can go wrong with that... obviously.
>>DOCTOR: Well if nothing could it wouldn't be fun would it! Adventure Ms. Sparkle! Adventure!
[Lever Being Pulled]
[TARDIS Starts up]
[Birds chirping. Forest sounds]
>>COPPER COIN: I don't care what you want, Drowsy, we demand re-entry into the kingdom
of white!
>>DROWSY: I'm sorry Copper, but that's a no. Our ladyship has laws, and those laws must
be obeyed! If you have any grievances about the black 'Kingdom' take it up with your own
unwanted ruler.
>>TIDY: Yes, I'm'a sure Murphy can do something about it.
>>COPPER COIN: You know good'n well that won't come to nothin! You take your striped flank,
and your little maid go back your queen and tell her that her exiles only make us stronger!
If she does not start letting ponies back into the white kingdom there will be Tartarus
to pay!
>>SILVER PLATTER: Calm down Copper... Nothing will get done through screaming and threats...
. Yhprum is stubborn if anything... .the only way to get back into the white kingdom is
to curry her favor, and you know good and well this isn't doing that. Now come, we have
to get back, the town hall will be calling a meeting and Murphy will be cross if you're
not in the crowd.
>>COPPER COIN: [Huff] Fine Silver. But one of these days we'll take our place in the
kingdom, you wait and see Drowsy, you just wait and see!
[Hoofbeats]
>>SILVER PLATTER: [Sigh] I'm sorry about him, I really am. He's all talk.
>>DROWSY: [Sign] I know Silver Platter. We've been through this enough times. We'll be heading
back ourselves now... You take care of yourself.
>>TIDY: Wait! Afore we go, I brought a little something for ya. I knew it wouldn't be long
before that big brute called us all back here [Shy]... so I made'ye a pie... it's strawberry,
take it.
>>SILVER PLATTER: [Pleasant surprise] Oh... Thank you Tidy... It's much appreciated. The
cooks of the black kingdom are not the best in the world. Your cooking always brightens
my day.
>>TIDY: Oh it tain't no trouble... Just stay safe alright...
>>DROWSY: You could... Come with us you know... nothing is keeping you in the black kind-
[TARDIS landing]
>>SILVER PLATTER; Plight'a the wee mare! What is that!?
[Tidy yelps.]
>>DROWSY: Get back!
[Tardis Lands]
[Door opens]
>>DOCTOR: Hmm... .I wonder where she's taken us... Oh! Hello there, sorry if I frightened
you, I'm the Doctor and this is my companion Twilight Sparkle: [Yelling] Twilight! Get
out here and meet the locals!
>>TWILIGHT: Oh... Um... hello! Do you mind telling us where we a-
>>COPPER COIN: Unaligned Ponies!
>>SILVER PLATTER: Copper! I thought you'd gone! Leave'em alone!
>>COPPER COIN: Not'a chance! More for our ranks and none for theirs, you're comin' with
me!
>>DOCTOR: [Grunt of confusion] Wha!? Put me down! This is no way to welcome guests!
>>TWILIGHT: Doctor!
>>COPPER COIN: Grab the other one!
>>SILVER PLATTER: I will do no such thing!
>>DROWSY: Little filly you're coming with me, I'll keep ye safe.
>>TWILIGHT: You're doing no such thing! H-hey! Put me down I-
>>DROWSY: Sleep!
[Magical Noise]
>>TWILIGHT: [Suddenly sleepy] Wha... what are you... .I... .Doctor... [Sleepy mumbles]
[Hoofbeats]
>>DOCTOR: Twilight!
>>SILVER PLATTER Platter: Copper! This is wrong! Put him down this instant!
>>COPPER COIN: I will not give that white witch more hooves to use against us in the
rebellion!
>>Silver Platter: Stop this talk of rebellion darn it! Look at what you're doing, you're
KIDNAPPING ponies! It's reprehensible!
>>DOCTOR: I must agree, with the sensible one of you two, put me down right now!
>>COPPER COIN: Is it also 'Reprehensible' to smack him into a tree to shut him up?
>>SILVER PLATTER: Of course it i-
[SMACK]
>>DOCTOR: [Falling unconscious]
>>SILVER PLATTER: What did you do!?
>>COPPER COIN: Shut up. and run. We need to get back behind the black kingdom's borders
before nightfall.
[Hoofbeats]
[Bells chiming slowly inwards, wobbly and sounding far away, getting closer]
>>TIDY: [Echo-y, fading in and out] I don't know why we had to kidnap the poor dear. I
mean look at her, you probably scared her half to death...
>>DROWSY: It was necessary, do you think she'd last a minute in that place? There's nothing
but criminals and vagabonds down there. No place for a filly. We can only hope her friend
fairs well.
>>TWILIGHT: [Groan, coming into consciousness]
>>TIDY: Oh, deary me, she's wakin' up!
>>TWILIGHT: D-doctor?... Where... where am I? [Groan]
>>TIDY: [Comforting] Shhh, shhh, it's alright deary. Just take it easy a moment, the spell
kinda knocks ya backways. Belted'ya real good I'd say, because [Accusingly] Sompony's been
hittin' the green salt a bit too much to know his own strength.
>>DROWSY: Ey! That spell was just fine! See? She'll have her wits about her in a second.
>>TWILIGHT: What?...
>>DROWSY: You're in a guest room in Whiteleaf Castle. Quite lucky to be here too I might
add. I voted we throw you in the dungeon.
>>TIDY: Which is why I asked her majesty to let you rest. You ought to be glad you're
so gracious. Now come girl, up, up, up! How's your head?
>>TWILIGHT: [Groan] It... it feels foggy... but it's clearing up... thank you...
>>TIDY: You're welcome dear. Now tell me, what's your name and your knack?
>>TWILIGHT: My name?... My name is Twilight Sparkle... knack?
>>TIDY: Oh of course, everyone in the Green Isles has a knack. Go on, don't be shy, we
don't judge here.
>>TWILIGHT: I'm sorry... I don't know what you're talking about.
>>TIDY: [Sigh] See? You've addled the poor filly's head. Can't even remember her knack.
>>DROWSY: I did no such thing! Maybe she's just thick?
>>TWILIGHT: [Indignant] Hey!
>>TIDY: Shush! [More kindly:] You know, your special ability. Mine's nothing special, I
can banish the dust from any room. My name is Neat'n Tidy. And him [Huff] well you know
his knack. He can put ponies to sleep. He's Drowsy.
>>TWILIGHT: What?... But you're an earthpony... and he's a zebra... that's magic...
>>TIDY: [Confused chuckle] Well of course it's magic, what else would it be?
>>TWILIGHT: But that's impossible, earth ponies can't use magic, they don't have a conduit
through which to channel the magical energies of Equestria through the harmony of their
inner arcane resonance!
>>DROWSY: [Whistles] Well nevermind me, she's certainly not thick... I didn't understand
a word of that, but it sounded pretty darn smart. Maybe her knack is quoting' books?
>>TIDY: That would make sense... she does have a bookishness about her. Maybe if we
find out where she's from we can clear this up. Tell us dear, I don't think we seen you
before. I know just about everyone in the green isles, you must be pretty shy to not
be known round here. What were you doin' on the boarder anyway? In that box'a yours.
>>TWILIGHT: I'm not from around here... I'm from Equestria, I was traveling with the...
The Doctor! Where is he! Tell me, what happened?
>>DROWSY: Tsk. Those black kingdom hooligans dragged him off. Probably cause you look unaligned.
Wanted to draft you to their cause probably. Great shame. With that box appearin' out of
nowhere that pony must have one ringer of a knack. Teleportation o' that kind is rare
as the day is long in an earthpony.
>>TWILIGHT: It's not a 'knack' or whatever you call it! It's the TARDIS. And who dragged
him off!? Where can I find him!? We need to get him back!
>>DROWSY: Ooohohoho, I'm sorry, no doin' missy, your friend is lost to the black kingdom now.
Nobody gets out of there without express permission from the queen. And you're lucky she let you
in.
>>TIDY: Yes dear, besides, that place ain't fit for a filly such as yourself. This Doctor
will simply have to take care of himself.
>>TWILIGHT: No! I'm not going to accept that, I need to get back to him as quickly as possible.
Where is this queen of yours?
>>TIDY: You want a meeting with the queen?... Well I'm sorry dear Yhprum awfully busy, the
next time she can pencil you in might be sometime next month...
>>TWILIGHT: Next month! I am not waiting a month to see her, queen or not!
[Hoofbeats]
>>TIDY: Where are you going!?
>>TWILIGHT: To find the Doctor, whether you want to help me or not.
>>TIDY: No! You can't go into the black kingdom! You'll be lost just like him!
>>DROWSY: She's right, I'm sorry, but as guard of this castle I must insist you stay here.
>>TWILIGHT: [Angry/determined] Just try and stop-
>>DROWSY: Sleep!
>>TWILIGHT: [Slowly growing sleepy] M... me... .[Fainting sound]
[SMACK!]
>>TIDY: Well... that might've been a bit excessive... .
[Water Splashing]
>>DOCTOR: [Sputtering with surprise/shock]
[Thunder and lightning]
>>COPPER COIN: Get up!
>>DOCTOR: What!? What's happening!? Twilight?... .Are we having a good time yet?
>>COPPER COIN: Stop your babbling! Welcome to the black kingdom. Your name and your knack,
NOW!
>>DOCTOR: Wha?... Oh, hello, I'm the Doctor, and right now I appear to have a knack for
being sopping wet. Is that always how your wake your guests?
>>COPPER COIN: No lip! I saw that box of yours, your knack must be really powerful to make
something like that happen. Now spill! Before I get angry... .
>>DOCTOR: Really? You look like you're angry already, and you've done nothing except moisten
my coat.
>>COPPER COIN: Why you...
>>SILVER PLATTER: Calm yourself Copper.
>>DOCTOR: Ah, someone who appears sensible. Hello! I'm The Doctor.
>>COPPER COIN: What?! Don't ignore me!
>>DOCTOR: If you're going to scream the whole time you try to talk to me, that's exactly
what I'm going to do. Now, you, what's your name?
>>SILVER PLATTER: Uh... I'm Silver Platter, hello, Doctor. My apologies for the not so
warm welcome, Copper can get a wee bit over-excited at times.
>>DOCTOR: As I noticed. Now I believe you kidnapped me if I'm not mistaken?
>>SILVER PLATTER: Uh... well... kind of I'll admit but...
>>DOCTOR: Well in that case if I may ask a few questions, Silver Platter, where am I,
what year is it, why did you kidnap me, and where is my companion? Twilight Sparkle, about
yay big, purple, tends to argue?
>>SILVER PLATTER Platter: Uh... Well you're in the Castle Black, 616 year of our princess
99th year of the bells, and as for the last two questions, the first two were very odd
by the way... um...
>>DOCTOR: Um? Um doesn't sound very good, I don't like the sound of um...
>>SILVER PLATTER Platter: Well...
>>COPPER COIN: Why are we explaining ourselves to him we're the ones who took him not the
other way around, now just tell him so I can get on with this.
>>SILVER PLATTER Platter: Shush Copper! I get the feeling this one isn't one to be trifled
with...
>>DOCTOR: A fine observation. Now... what is it you don't want to tell me?
>>COPPER COIN: Your companion was snatched by the ponies of white. She's probably among
their ranks now.
>>DOCTOR: [Dangerously calm] Explain.
>>SILVER PLATTER: What he means to say is. When we snatched you they snatched her. If
she's in the kingdom of white they'll be no getting to her without the express permission
of Murphy or Yhprum.
>>DOCTOR: And who are they?
>>COPPER COIN: ... Is he daft? You playing us?
>>DOCTOR: I assure you I am very much not playing. I'm not from around here.
>>SILVER PLATTER: But... but that's impossible. How can you not know? You can't be from that
far away, and even the outer fringes of the kingdom know of those two.
>>DOCTOR: Well I'm from much farther away than that.
>>COPPER COIN: Stop lying! No new pony has entered the Green Isles for nearly 100 years.
>>DOCTOR: Well now. There's a first time or everything isn't there? I have a knack for
being the first at things.
>>COPPER COIN: Is that your power? Explain it.
>>DOCTOR: I'm afraid I still don't know what it is you're talking about. Where I'm from
a knack is simply a skill.
>>SILVER PLATTER: Well, assuming you're telling the truth, it's the same here. A knack is
a magical ability every pony possesses. Even the tiniest foal has one, surely you must.
>>DOCTOR: Sorry, haven't got anything besides a knack for trouble. Besides, both of you
are earth ponies, from what I understand you shouldn't have any inherent magical ability.
>>COPPER COIN: [Unsure] Wow... he's really not from around here is he?
>>SILVER PLATTER: I'd say so Drowsy... Doctor, every pony and creature in this land has at
least one magical ability regardless of race.
>>DOCTOR: Really? Show me.
>>SILVER PLATTER: Of course. See that glass on the table?
>>DOCTOR: Yes.
>>SILVER PLATTER: Break it.
>>DOCTOR: Well, that seems a bit violent, but if you insist.
[Glass shattering]
>>SILVER PLATTER: Now, I will demonstrate my knack. I have the ability to fix any broken
household item with a touch. See?
[Glass shattering in reverse]
>>DOCTOR: Oh my... And... how long have you been able to do that?
>>SILVER PLATTER: As I said, since I was born. It helps... quite a bit when you live around
here.
>>DOCTOR: [Mysteriously] I'd imagine it does... .[Normal tone] And him, what can he do?
>>COPPER COIN: It doesn't matter! Can we get back to the interrogation, if you haven't
got a knack how did you get h-
>>SILVER PLATTER: He can make coins shiny.
>>COPPER COIN: Hey! You don't have to tell him!
>>SILVER PLATTER: What? You should wear your knack proudly. We are all equal.
>>DOCTOR: [Trying not to laugh] Um... yes... indeed...
>>COPPER COIN: He's laughing at me!
>>DOCTOR: [Clears throat] Ahem... my apologies, as an earthpony it is impressive to have any
skill at all... Let me see...
[Shuffling]
[Sonic Screwdriver]
>>DOCTOR: Hmm... seems to be a psychic resonance around the both of you... connected to...
oh my...
>>SILVER PLATTER: What is it?
>>DOCTOR: This whole place is buzzing with energy... I think you'd call it magic?
>>SILVER PLATTER: Well of course, the green isles are some of the most magic rich lands
in the world. Every leaf on the trees, and drop of water in the wells is brimming with
the stuff.
>>COPPER COIN: Don't explain our lands to him! He's not from here, he could be a spy!
>>SILVER PLATTER: [Slightly annoyed] A spy for who exactly Drowsy?
>>COPPER COIN: I don't know... bad ponies! In any case, he's a Doctor, that'll be useful
on the front lines.
>>SILVER PLATTER: [Exasperated] What front lines? There's little besides skirmishes at
the boarder, and you know who wins those. Give up this senseless quest of yours.
>>COPPER COIN: Never! The rebellion will go on as planned.
>>DOCTOR: Rebellion?
>>SILVER PLATTER: [Exasperated sigh] Yes, against the white kingdom. It's a long story.
But it's a useless effo-
>>DOCTOR: [Chipper] Sign me up!
>>COPPER COIN/>>SILVER PLATTER: ... .What?
>>DOCTOR: You say Twilight is in the white kingdom, and I'm guessing if it's to the point
where you're actually fighting against them, I'm not going to be able to just waltz over
there and get her back. So yes. Sign me up.
>>COPPER COIN: Yes! One more for the Black Kingdom ranks!
>>SILVER PLATTER: B-but we kidnapped you!
>>DOCTOR: Yes you did. And they kidnapped her.
>>SILVER PLATTER: B-but you don't understand! We've never won a skirmish, we can't!
>>DOCTOR: Well, you've never had me. Now, as I've always loved to say. Take me to your
leader.
>>TIDY: [Humming a tune to herself]
>>TWILIGHT: [Groan]
>>TIDY: Oh, you're awake... again... Hello... once again sorry about that dear, but you
really must try to abide by our laws. I don't know if you're from here or not, but you're
very lucky to be stayin' where you are, I'd say.
>>TWILIGHT: [Groggy/Annoyed] Says you... [Analytical] I just need to figure out where I am... .Teleport...
>>TIDY: I wouldn't be advisin' that either.
>>TWILIGHT: And why not?
>>TIDY: Because that would be unlucky, and nothing unlucky happens in the white kingdom.
I tried to explain it earlier.
>>TWILIGHT: What?... What do you mean 'Nothing unlucky happens in the white kingdom'.
>>TIDY: Yhprum's doing, it's her knack. The royal knack, most powerful in the land, she
controls good fortune, meaning nothing misfortune can happen here. Within limits I should think,
but don't mind me, not questioning' the queen or anything.
>>TWILIGHT: That's impossible. Nopony can do that.
>>TIDY: Well just try it. If it would be misfortunate for you to leave, then you can't leave. Simple
as that.
>>TWILIGHT: Then why did you feel the need to use magic on me earlier...
>>TIDY: Well we don't know nothin' about you now do we? That's quite new, as new as you
are I should think. No idea what your knack is, for all we know you could shoot fire outta
your unmentionables or make somepony blind. Gotta be careful. I personally don't think
you'd hurt us... or could for that matter, but, even though it's slightly justified,
Drowsy's got a mean paranoid streak six ways to Sunday if I ever saw one. [Pause] I'm right
aren't I?... You... wouldn't hurt us?
>>TWILIGHT: Well... .no, I don't want to hurt anypony... but... you seem to be keeping me
against my will, and that is not a thing nice ponies do. I just want to know what's going
on here, and get back to the Doctor.
>>TIDY: You're really not fakin' it are ye?
>>TWILIGHT: Not knowing about this place? No... .I think you said something about the...
The green Isles was it?
>>TIDY: Oh yes, I should think so, that's where you are.
>>TWILIGHT: If I'm not mistaken that's a small chain of islands off the coast of Trottingham...
>>TIDY: Trottingwhat?
>>TWILIGHT: Um..nevermind...
>>TIDY: In any case, Ye're correct on the island part. You're on the Clover Isle, don't
know much about the others.
>>TWILIGHT: Alright... alright,[Mumbling to herself] Lets see the Doctor got this place
from a book... it must have historical importance... I can't seem to recall... .
>>TIDY: What's that dear?
>>TWILIGHT: Um... nothing... , have you got a library in this... 'Castle of White?'
>>TIDY: Ah, I knew you were the readin' type. Come along dear I'll show you the way.
[Hoofbeats]
[Door Opening]
>>DROWSY: [Surprised/Admonishing] Tidy! What are you doing with the prisoner! We can't
let her waltz about the castle as she pleases!
>>TIDY: Oh hush you'ol striped worry wort. The queen's knack'd keep her from escaping
anyway. And besides, I get'the feelin' she's a nice lass besides.
>>DROWSY: I don't care how much of'a nice lass you might think she is, leave her in
her room! Or so help me I'll put you both down for a long na-
>>TIDY: [Yelling] DUST!
[POOF]
>>DROWSY: ACK! [Coughing and sputtering]
>>TWILIGHT: [Light Giggling]
>>TIDY: [A touch smug] Now, why don't you go tidy yourself up while we go have a look
at the library. Oh, and if I hear a bleedin' syllable of the word sleep you'll be cleanin'
dust out'a your ears until the day the Green Isles sink into the sea.
>>DROWSY[Coughing]
[Hoofbeats]
>>TWILIGHT: That was amazing!
>>TIDY: [A bit embarassed] Oh, thank'ye, It's a little trick I picked up soon after discoverin'
my knack. I cannot only summon the dust out of a room, I can make it go wherever I please.
Into the bin, out the window, and onto grumpy zebras.
>>TWILIGHT: And... everypony here can do something like that?...
>>TIDY: Sure they can. Every mare stallion and foals got'a talent of some kind or another.
Some are more useful than others. My cousin's got a boy who can attract flies. That's the
lot'of it.can't control'em worth anything.. Drove her mad as a babe, couldn't go near
their house till the colt was six unless you didn't mind the buzzin'. [Chuckle] Still far
be it for me to judge, we are valuable, despite our knacks.
>>TWILIGHT; But... how? What makes the knacks work?
>>TIDY: [Shrugging] Far be it for me to know, I don't think anypony really does. But then...
I'm not really all that smart truth be told...
[Pause]
>>TWILIGHT: Well... if it helps any, you seem pretty smart to me Tidy.
>>TIDY: [Embarassed] Oh hush, you're just humorin' me. In any case we're here. The Library
of White.
[Large Doors opening]
>>TIDY: Tome! Tome are you in here!?
>>TOME: [Somewhat annoyed] Yes, yes! Hold your horseshoes, I'm coming I'm coming.
[Hoofbeats, growing closer]
>>TOME: What is it?
>>TIDY: This is the mare we found at the border. She wants to know about the history of the
Isles.
>>TOME: She doesn't know it already? Isn't this something they cover in Foals school?
>>TIDY: It is but... .[Whispering] She says she isn't from around here... and I believe
her.
>>TOME: [Whipering] That's impossible, no one's entered the green Isles for a hundred
years...
>>TIDY: [Whispering] Well the poor dear Doesn't have a knack, or a lay'a the land... there's
a first time for everything... .
>>TOME: [Sigh] Alright, I'll get you the history. Wait here a moment...
[Hoofbeats fading away]
>>TIDY: That's Tome the castle Librarian. He's a bit stuffy, but a nice zebra. His knack
is knowin' where any book is at all times. Quite useful.
>>TWILIGHT: I see... Hey, I just noticed something... Tome and Drowsy are Zebras... why don't any
of them rhyme?
>>TIDY: Rhyme? Why would they?
>>TWILIGHT: Well... it's just, I know a zebra, back where I come from, she always speaks
in rhyme. I thought it was a general zebra practice... But perhaps it's cultural...
>>TOME: [Clears throat]
>>TWILIGHT/>>TIDY: [Gasp]
>>TOME: Well, I'm fairly certain that in my whole life I've never rhymed. Now, would you
like to hear the history or go? On your own time.
>>TWILIGHT: But... you just did it...
>>TOME: Did what?
>>TWILIGHT: Um... nevermind...
[Book opening]
>>TOME: Very well then. [Clears throat] Let's begin. The history the Green Isles, and the
Island of Clover in particular. In the year 517 there was a great exodus from Trottingham,
many ships heading towards Canterlot in efforts to escape some wild magic that threatened
the land. The blight stretched from the shores of Hoofany to the fertile crescent of Glyphmark.
Ponies, zebras and griffons alike filled its hull as it crossed the sea in hopes of reaching
safer shores. The air filled with whispers of what was causing the strange, dark occurrences,
the birds would stop singing, farm animals would become restless, crops would die and
ponies would go missing. It got to the point where no one could even leave their homes
or tend their fields. So as they sailed across the sea, hoping for
somewhere safe, they dared to wish that such evil would be left behind. They were wrong.
But among them was a foal, his name was Mayhew. Mayhew was tiny and undernourished from a
life under the dark, his mother held him in the hull of their ship, huddled and afraid.
As they sailed, fortunately, the water was smooth for many miles, the ponies and various
other creatures gained hope, and strength through sharing that hope.
But their dreams of escape were not to be. The wild magic brought up a great storm, the
likes of which Equestria had never seen before, or since. The waves tossed the ship of lost
ponies like a leaf on a lake, a great gale of terrible force. Every soul aboard that
ship, from griffon to pony to zebra was certain they would perish.
But not Mehew. That tiny colt tore himself from the hooves
of his mother, races past every warning, every word to stop and onto the deck of the ship
and stood in the face of what to him looked like the end of the world.
And he displayed the first Knack. One of the most powerful the land has ever seen. A great
power over the air itself. He beat back the storm with magic to match even that wild strain
of sorcery, and it bowed before him. The thunder ebbed and the lightning flashed no more as
that little colt stood on the bow shouting into the maelstrom, and some say that magic
heard every word. A great wave came forth, but it did not crash
onto the decks or send them to the bottom of the ocean. It carried the ship, like a
great wind, for miles and miles onto the shores of this great land. And Mehew stepped, no
longer a young colt, but a great stallion onto its shores. The tamer of the wild magic,
the savior of the refugees of the dark. The Storm King.
But it was not over, as the great many creatures felt the sand on their hooves for the first
time in a long time, they turned to look out at the ocean to find thunder and lightning
raged out in the ocean. The colt made king told them that the magic was still out there,
and still wild and vengeful. He created a storm to keep it at bay, and that storm surrounds
the isles to this day. A great, unified kingdom isolated by an eternal storm.
[Book closing]
>>TWILIGHT: Wow... .
>>TIDY: Quite a tale, the foundin' a these lands weren't no picnic.
>>TWILIGHT: Indeed it wasn't... .but that doesn't explain the knacks. How can non-unicorns
perform this kind of magic?
>>TOME: It is fairly obvious, if you were listening.
>>TIDY: [Chastising] Shush you. What he means to say is... our ancestors... the ones who
came to the Isles in that boat, were being chased by wild magic for years. They steered
a boat clear through a storm of the stuff. That leaves a mark, miss. There's a bit'a
wild magic in the lot of us I'd say. It comes out in strange ways...
>>TWILIGHT: That's... that's fascinating!... And this Storm King... .Mayhew. What became
of him?
>>TIDY: [Unsure] That's... .that's a story best heard from a different mouth hon. Ya
best be speakin' to the queen about that when you get the chance. I'm sure she'll be very
nice when a meeting happens.
>>TWILIGHT: [Pleading] Tidy... Please, I honestly can't wait that long, I need to get back to
the Doctor and get back to my home...
>>TOME: And just where is that? Curious purple unicorn? No pony has ever gotten through the
storm. We're new to new.
>>TWILIGHT: I'm... I'm not sure you'd believe me if I told you.
>>TIDY: We believe a lot of things here in the Isles Miss Twilight. Try us.
>>TOME: If you story is interesting enough, who knows, it might actually speed up your
meeting with the queen.
Twilgiht: [Realization] Wait a moment... you're right, I don't think she'd want to ignore
this if she's any kind of queen at all. I think my story will be more than interesting
enough. But it stays between the three of us and the queen. Alright?
>>TIDY: Alright.
>>TOME: If I must.
>>TWILIGHT: [Deep Breath] I live in a place called Ponyville... it's... very very far
away.
[Multiple hoofbeats]
[Rainstorm]
>>SILVER PLATTER: D-doctor wait!
>>DOCTOR: Wait for what Mr. Platter?
>>SILVER PLATTER: They- W-wait, please stop will you! They're having a meeting in the
great hall, and you can't just barge in!
>>DOCTOR: And why not?
>>SILVER PLATTER: W-well... because... it's not proper! You're not even a citizen of the
black kingdom yet, you can't very well waltz on stage and interrupt the king!
>>DOCTOR: I'm not going to interrupt, I'm going to at least wait for a break in the
conversation. I am polite you know... .every now and again anyway.
[General meeting chatter]
>>COPPER COIN: I say let him interrupt, every voice should be heard!
>>SILVER PLATTER: Shush Copper! You really must stop these dreams of rebellion!
>>DOCTOR: And why's that?
>>SILVER PLATTER: Because, the king fries his best for us, it's not his fault and you
can't blame him for everything. Besides, it would just go wrong, you know that!
>>COPPER COIN: Well maybe it's time thing started going right!
>>SILVER PLATTER: Shhhh! He's coming.
[Crowd Hushes]
[Slow Hoofbeats]
>>MURPHY: [Weary, Put Upon] I call this meeting of the Black Kingdom to order. Air your grievances
and be done with it.
Random Citizen: [Angry] You know full well what our grievances are! This place is miserable!
It's always raining, nothing grows and everything breaks! Stop this Murphy! End this misery!
>>MURPHY: [annoyed] You know I can no more do that than you can stop breathing.
Random Citizen 2: Well something must be done about it! We can't keep living like this!
>>MURPHY: I know you're tired of misfortune, but that's our lot, so buck up and live with
it. You've got food to eat, the white kingdom sends a stipend every month. What more could
you ask for after that?
Random Citizen 3: How about Sunshine! Dishes that don't break, mirrors that don't shatter,
how about happiness!
>>MURPHY: [Frustrated] You've got your families, and they are fed take joy from that, beyond
it I can do nothing to fix these problems, and you all know that full well! These meetings
are a point in futility! I've had enough humoring them. Argue amongst yourselves!
[Hoofbeats retreating]
[Crowd growing louder]
>>DOCTOR: Well... Short meeting...
>>COPPER COIN: You'd be surprised. He always retreats, the coward.
>>SILVER PLATTER: Copper! Bite your tongue!
>>COPPER COIN: Well he is, and it's about time somepony said something about it!
[Hoofbeats]
>>SILVER PLATTER: Copper, come back!
>>COPPER COIN: Let me to the stage! Let me through! [Straining noises] [Yelling, inciting]
Tell me! Who among you is tired of eating the white kingdom's scraps!
>>COPPER COIN: Who here is sick and tired of being separated, relegated, cast aside?
[Music starts]
>>COPPER COIN: Neglect for the ones who fortune doesn't see
For whom those bells toll isn't me
Something must be done Something must be changed
Just a small number of voices Will set fire to the deranged!
You sir since you came here have pleasant things met your life?
>>SIR FROM CROWD: Ever since I left the White I have had
nothing but cruel strife!
And you ma'am when they exiled you did they give you fair trial?
>>MA'AM FROM CROWD: A single word put me away claimed me completely vile!
>>COPPER COIN, MA'AM and SIR: Something will be done
Something will be changed A growing crowd of voices
Will set fire to the deranged!
[Musical interlude]
>>COPPER COIN: A faulty king and yonder spring Heed no refuge or riches
While they slight wounds in their spotless towers
We clamber in squalid ditches
>>COPPER COIN AND FULL CROWD: The sound of revolution
Negates the curse of distant bells They leave but one solution,
Rebell! Rebell! Rebell!
Rebel!
>>DOCTOR: Well... that was... that was, uhh, something... does that happen often?
>>SILVER PLATTER: Copper's rantin'? All the time.
>>DOCTOR: No, no I mea- I meant the singing.
>>SILVER PLATTER: The what?
>>DOCTOR: The song... please you must have heard it...
>>SILVER PLATTER: Doctor, you're not making any sense.
>>DOCTOR: Oh... nevermind... [Under Breath] Why do I bother? [Back to normal] In any case,
and do forgive me for my ignorance... but what exactly are we rebelling against? I know
the kingdom's are separate, but why?
>>SILVER PLATTER: [Sigh] It is a tale best told by the king... come, I am very close
with him... I do not know why, but you seem trustworthy. He'll tell the tale.
>>TWILIGHT: And... that's how I ended up here.
>>TIDY: Wow... .
>>TOME: Quite an amazing tale.
>>TWILIGHT: So you believe me?...
>>TOME: Not a word of it.
>>TIDY: She's more addled than I thought... poor dear.
>>TWILIGHT: [Cry of frustration] See! I told you you would-
>>YHPRUM: I believe you.
>>TOME and TIDY: [Gasp!]
>>TWILIGHT: You do!? Oh thank you... Can you convince the others, I must see the queen
immediately.
>>TIDY: Um... Ms. Twilight... .
>>TIDY: Yer meetin' her...
>>TWILIGHT: What?...
>>YHPRUM: Hello. I am indeed Yhprum, queen of the White Kingdom. You've caused quite
a stir, already word has gotten out that there are new ponies in the Isles, impossible things
do not happen to us often.
>>TWILIGHT: I'll say they don't. This place is full of impossible happenings.
>>YHPRUM: And just how is that?
>>TWILIGHT: The magic here... infesting everything.
>>YHPRUM: You doubt the power of the knacks? Surely you've tried to escape before now.
>>TWILIGHT: Well... admittedly not... [Slightly suspicious]should I have? Am I your prisoner?
>>YHPRUM: By no means. It would simply be unfortunate for you to escape, thus, you can't.
Try it, right now.
>>TWILIGHT: [Still suspicious] Well... alright...[Focusing]
[Teleportation sound]
[Magical feedback]
>>TWILIGHT: [Yelp]
>>YHPRUM: See? Teleportation spell gone wrong I suspect? Magical feedback enough to cancel
out a spell like that is how unlikely?
>>TWILIGHT: [Surprised] It's... it's 1000 in one... .
>>YHPRUM: Exactly, my knack is one that I can help no more than breathing, as long as
it would be unfortunate for the kingdom if you were to leave, you cannot leave. There
is no way to change this. You are simply too much of a mystery to be let alone.
>>TWILIGHT: Well you can't just keep me here!!
>>YHPRUM: And on the same hoof, I can in no way let you go. Whether or not I was willing
to do so.
>>TWILIGHT: Well if you believe my story then you have to know I need to get to the Doctor
and get back!
>>YHPRUM: I do believe you, but for reasons that are all my own. Get comfortable Ms...
uh-
>>TWILIGHT: Sparkle... Twilight Sparkle, and I will find a way out of this...
>>YHPRUM: Ms. Twilight Sparke, [Oddly sad tone of voice] I would... absolutely love
to see you try. [Pause, back to normal tone] Now I must bid you good afternoon. I have
other matters to attend to.
[Hoofbeats]
>>TWILIGHT: Wait! Come ba-
[Slipping]
>>TWILIGHT: [Yelp]
[Thud]
>>TWILIGHT: Ow... .
>>TOME: What an odd place for a banana peel... I don't even like bananas...
>>TIDY: Twilight... I've tried to tell you... there won't be any escaping... it would be
too unfortunate.
>>TWILIGHT: Not for me! I need to get back to Ponyville, to my friends! That's the single
most fortunate thing that could happen!
>>TIDY: For you maybe, but not for the kingdom. If the first pony to arrive in a 100 years
just up and left the 'Most prosperous kingdom in the land', it would be terrible for morale...
>>TWILIGHT: So... so what am I, a figurehead?!
>>TIDY: What's best for the many is not always what's best for the few... Besides, the Black
Kingdom is a terrible place, even for this, 'Doctor' you shouldn't go there.
>>TWILIGHT: You keep saying that but you won't tell me why!
>>TIDY: [Sigh] Well... I don't think the queen'll be tellin' ya anytime soon, so I suppose it's
my place... You'll notice in the story Tome told you the Green Isles were one kingdom...
Under Mayhew...
>>TWILIGHT: Yeah...
>>TIDY: Well... things change... The story starts under Mayhew's reign...
[Hoofbeats]
>>SILVER PLATTER: And is why it is so hard to believe you are from outside this land.
>>DOCTOR: An eternal storm you say? Well that's a new one. As a side note, You know, this
place is pretty run down for a king's castle.
>>SILVER PLATTER: As you've been told, this is the kingdom of the unfortunate, any attempts
to fix the crumbling walls of this place only falls to pieces moments later. Ah, here we
are.
[Knock Knock]
>>MURPHY: [Weary] Go away.
>>SILVER PLATTER: It's me Murphy, Silver Platter, we've returned from the border. I've got someone
you'll be wantin' to meet.
>>MURPHY: [Sigh] Fine, enter.
[Door opening]
>>MURPHY: What news have you brought?
>>SILVER PLATTER: Copper's trying to rebel once again, he seems to be gaining more support.
He stole this stallion from the border for his cause.
>>DOCTOR: Wait a moment, I thought you with the rebellion? Are you a spy of some kind?
>>SILVER PLATTER: Hardly, Copper knows full well I am a close friend of the king's, his
rebellion plans are common knowledge.
>>DOCTOR: Well then that's not a very good rebellion.
>>MURPHY: Outsider, you will soon learn that much here is not 'Good'. Now Tell me Silver,
why would I want to meet this stallion?
>>SILVER PLATTER: Well, Murphy, this fellow, he calls himself The Doctor, appeared at the
border in a strange machine a little while ago, as far as I can tell he is from outside
the Isles.
>>MURPHY: That is impossible. There is no one from outside these walls, and there hasn't
been in living memory.
>>DOCTOR: Funny thing that. You'll find I often defy convention. Now, Murphy was it?>
>>MURPHY: Aye, that's who you're addressin' not sure how much good it'll do you.
>>DOCTOR: Ah! Very well then, I rarely meet kings under such amicable terms. King, Murphy,
I intend to return to the Kingdom of White, to reclaim someone whom is supposed to be
under my care.
>>MURPHY: Then they are lost to you. No one escapes the kingdom Black.
>>DOCTOR: [Firm, mysterious] Does that mean you intend to stop me?
>>MURPHY: No. That means that it is a simple fact. Look, I am not explaining to you further
I-
>>SILVER PLATTER: Murphy, please, give the stallion the full story at least. He deserves
that.
>>MURPHY: I am in no mood to relive that particular tale. New stallion, if you are in fact new,
I advise you get used to life in the kingdom black. There will not be wealth, and there
will not be plenty, but there will be your peers and your brethren to share in your misery.
Take solace in that and you may find living here is not so terrible.
>>DOCTOR: Well you're just a peach, aren't you?
>>MURPHY: If you say so. Now, Silver, get him up to speed. There ought to be a house
with at least three of its four walls towards the moor. I wish ye luck Doctor. As ironic
as it may sound.
[Hoofbeats]
>>SILVER PLATTER: Apologies Doctor, he's in a bad mood today. It bein' the anniversary
and all.
>>DOCTOR: Anniversary of what?
>>SILVER PLATTER: [Sigh] It's a long story... .I best start from the start and end at the
end... .it goes like this, years ago, when the king of storms was still in power, his
wife, Lady Jess as his side...
[----]
>>TIDY: The king and queen, the King of Storms and the Queen of fates ruled the kingdom.
It was fair and balanced for all. There was no division of kingdoms, and instead of castles
on opposite sides of this land, there was one great one stretching across it. With Mayhew's
great power over the air, the weather was always clear and perfect, while his wife,
Lady Jess, held the knack of fate. She could tell by touching any pony, what their knack
would be, and even, some say, alter it slightly, a powerful gift to be sure. She made sure
that everypony would be prepared for their talent, and trained properly to avoid accidents
and discomfort. She was a beautiful queen if I've ever seen one... .They were so happy
together, Mayhew and Jess.
>>SILVER PLATTER: The day came, as it must, when the king and queen's time to bear foals
arrived. There was great celebration throughout the land, and speculation abounded. With the
king and the queen both possessing such powerful knacks, their children could only have ones
of equal or even greater power. The thought brought joy to many, and fear to some. It
was declared that on the day they were named, that the queen would lay her hoof upon them
in their cribs, and read the fates of their knacks.
>>TIDY: The time passed faster than anyone could imagine I think. It seemed one day folks
were hearin' she was pregnant, and the next the day had come for foalin'. It was a powerful
hard birth on the queen, but Mayhew stayed at her side the whole way, that's who he was,
the king of storms. Of course, with his worry, and his knack, it rained for two days straight
while the midwife did her work. Very nearly caused a landslide, but that's neither here
nor there. When the news came that the birthing was done, the sun came out, bright and hot
and the land was dried besides. He walked into her bed chambers, and saw his children.
Two foals, filly who's coat was white as snow, and and Stallion's whose coat was midnight
black. He beamed with pride... .
>>SILVER PLATTER: But as he looked to his wife's face, he found it lined with worry.
He asked her what was wrong, and she said that she could not see their knacks, not clearly.
They were fuzzy. She knew that one would face great hardship because of theirs, and the
other would find great plenty, but that's all she could see. This worried, the king,
but he calmed his wife with a smile, and promised her that no matter what, both of their children
would be safe and happy.
>>TIDY: Because Mayhew was a stallion of quirks, he named his son Murphy, a good strong, green
name, and because the colt's sister seemed to be his opposite, he named her Yhprum. He
kept his promise as any good king does. They grew up wanting for nothing, but never spoiled,
he made sure Murphy worked in the fields with his subjects, and that Yhprum helped with
the cooking and cleaning. The king nor queen would hold with their children thinking they
were above anyone else.
>>SILVER PLATTER: Still, the people wondered, the questioned burned like hot coals over
every second of their lives. "What would their knacks be?" The queen of fates herself could
not read them, never before had that happened. The questioned remained on the lips and minds
of all in the isles, until they hit the age of adolescence.
>>TIDY: Murphy grew up to be a strappin' young thing, he had the wild heart of his father,
and the strong will of his mother. Yhprum was the same, her pure white coat the eye
every stallion she passed, and her mind the marvel of her teachers. But right when it
seemed perhaps, that they might not develop knacks at all, simply unheard of in these
parts. Strange things began to happen.
>>SILVER PLATTER: Whenever Yhprum lost something, it would turn up the first place she happened
to look. Whenever Murphy tried to work in the fields his plow would break and the earth
would be full of stones. His sister would find the great riches of the earth just walking
through the forest, while everytime he stepped past their bounds he was accosted by every
kind of danger imaginable. Yhprum's fortune grew while Murphy's disfortune grew nigh unlivable.
Soon it became obvious what their knacks had become. Yhprum had the knack of luck, anything
and everything that could go right, did go right, while Murphy's was it's mirror, around
him everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. Every mirror shattered, every cup and
plate broke, every step had to be carefully watched or he would fall.
>>TIDY: The king and queen were distraught over this, while their daughter faced naught
but fortune, their son was like a walking curse. He was banned from the kitchens after
a great fire arose while he tried to watch the maid cook. He was tossed from the farms
when the crops withered and died. He became sad, sullen, as it became clear that, through
no fault of his own, he was a plague upon the king's house.
>>SILVER PLATTER: Murphy Tried his best... .He knew that he was next in line to be the
king of this land, so he attempted to circumvent his curse, measuring everything in every detail
to make sure everything could only go right, but it was impossible... He even tried helping
his father draft decrees and laws, thinking that perhaps, his ideas at the very least
would be safe. But if he said they should build upon new land, every structure would
sink into the earth, if he said they should grow new crops, they became diseased and poisoned,
while his sister could point to any random spot on the map and find plenty.
>>TIDY: Their cutiemarks came soon after, Yhprum's flank bearing a dove and a clover,
a sign of great peace, and Murphy's?... .A broken mirror, shattered and jagged. There
was no denying it then. They were the Princess of luck and the Prince of Misfortune.
>>SILVER PLATTER: The king loved his son despite this and tried his best to accommodate...
but then things took a turn for the worst... .
>>TIDY: Murphy was out playing in the fields... .it wasn't his fault... he wasn't to know...
>>SILVER PLATTER: He picked the single spot, where the storm that protects this land from
wild magic was weakest.
>>TIDY: The queen of fates felt a shiver down her spine and she screamed for the king to
check on their son.
>>SILVER PLATTER: Mayhew ran through the halls and out into the fields to reach his son.
>>TIDY: And just as the magic struck out, a bolt of dark lightning from the depths of
a madness in the magic that surrounds us... the king leapt.
[----]
>>DOCTOR: Oh my...
>>TWILIGHT: No... .
>>SILVER PLATTER: The magic struck his heart, taking it's vengeance for being sealed away
where it could do no harm.
>>TIDY: The king fell in the blink of an eye... ..
>>SILVER PLATTER: But in his final moments, he was able to secure his hold on the storm
around us, with the last of his life, he gave it strength to continue for as long as the
strength of his spirit holds... .the magic was not happy with this... and it corrupted
that dying wish... a storm blew through the land, a twister the likes of which has never
been seen before or since... .It picked up the main section of the castle, and lifted
it high into the air... . >>TIDY: To be nevermore seen. The queen was
inside. Her fate is unknown. The only thing left in the middle a great bell tower, which
still rings every hour, by unknown means.
>>SILVER PLATTER: The portions of the castle left on either side were broken and divided,
much like the kingdom now. The subjects knew of Murphy's power. They would not allow him
back.
>>TIDY: So, with a broken heart, Yhprum took rule of one half, while Murphy became the
king of the other. The pain made their knacks stronger some say, enough to cover the kingdom,
no one may leave or exit unless Yhprum or Murphy is personally there to see over it.
Not while the pain dividing us remains.
[----]
>>DOCTOR: I see... so that's the state of affairs is it?...
>>SILVER PLATTER: Sadly yes... Come... .I do not like to spy on the king, but you must
hear his lament for yourself.
[Hoofbeats, Door creaking open]
>>TWILIGHT: That's... .Terrible.
>>TOME: Indeed, indeed it is, but that's the state of affairs, and that's how it's always
been.
>>TWILIGHT: Well can't Yhprum do something?...
>>TIDY: I'm afraid not dear, she has no more choice in this than any of us... And she's
no happier than her brother.
>>TWILIGHT: What do you mean?
>>TIDY: She's hardly the queen her mother was, she could be, but no one needs a queen
when everything in the kingdom works out fine... she's a figure head, unable to rule, because
the land is perfect. Come... .she sings to herself, every year, on the day before the
anniversary of the castle's separation. It's almost time now.
[Hoofbeats]
[Door creaking]
Yhprum: [Sigh] Another year has passed... and we still lay divided... .Will this land
ever know peace... .Will I ever truly rule? [Almost tearful] Or am I but a useless figurehead?
[Thunder and lightning]
>>MURPHY: Another year has passed... .the kingdom is still split... my fault surely...
perhaps things had been better if I had never been born... .
[Music begins]
>>MURPHY: What is a kingdom without a king? A frail mule hiding on his throne!
Legs of glass and
a heart of lead Why is it I am not dead?
>>Yhprum: What is a kingdom without a queen? When problems work out on their own!
Papering and all ponies so wed Yhprum: Why can't I feel any dread? / Murphy:
Here come the bells again!
[Instrumental]
>>MURPHY: I feel my soul in eternal sleep Beyond the point where strong ones weep
Yhprum, I call along my minds race Green envy for the fortune of your place
>>Yhprum: I feel my mind in eternal bliss Trapped beneath Fate's cruel kiss
I see myself with forsaken eyes Murphy and Yhprum: Through this mirror broken
by demise!
>>MURPHY: I dwindle here, bound to this fate / Yhprum: I have no pride to win this fight
of life A spider's life, required to wait
My wounds fatal, neglect to mend Murphy and Yhprum: Two poles together we both
descend!
>>Yhprum: I stay aloft by soft deceit / Murphy: I have no will to overcome this strife
A child's life, a brain to beat My courage tampered with polished lies
Yhprum: The weight of clouds will scorn a rise / Murphy: So why try?
[Door creaks closed]
[Silence for a moment]
>>SILVER PLATTER: Do you see now Doctor? This land is divided, and there is no fixing it.
>>DOCTOR: Oh I do see... .
>>SILVER PLATTER: Good, now come, I shall show you to your new ho-
>>DOCTOR: I see that this cannot stand.
>>SILVER PLATTER: W-wait what!?
>>DOCTOR: I see that things are wrong here, things are very very wrong, and I don't like
it very much. I see that there is pain here, and I don't like that either. I see that you've
grown complacent, I think everyone has. There is nothing worse for life than complacency,
my dear Silver Platter, and I shall not have it. So I'm going to do this. I'm going to
change the rules, I'm going to find out how to break this curse. I might not know many
things about this land of magic and myth, but I know that Twilight is on the other side
of this conflict and I know that this conflict is causing misery. I'm going to correct both
of those things.
>>SILVER PLATTER: And how are you going to do that?
>>DOCTOR: I'm going to start a war.