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The story continues in my Equestria dreamscape. It was quiet in Ponyville. Although the sun was still well below the horizon the soft glow of Celestia's protective spell still shrouded the town. Sunrise was not for another hour and most ponies were still in bed asleep. If they had been awake and near the library they would have been treated to an unusual sight as over the course of several minutes one by one Applejack, Rarity, Petina, and Luna from Celestia's team flashed into existence in front of the library. The ponies gathered in a small cluster and waited, there part of the mission was over there was nothing more they could but wait. And hope.
Finally Twilight Sparkle blinked into existence there to. She looked at Luna. "He's there! He's there! Close the door!" Luna nodded and closed her eyes. "It is done. Now it is up to my sister and Baron."
Rainbow Dash wanted to know if Twilight had actually seen the Lord of Shadows and what he looked like, but Twilight was not interesting in satisfying the pegasus interest in gossip. Instead she went to stand alongside Luna and Applejack who were staring toward the Everfree forest. "How will we now if the plan is a success?" Asked Applejack as she nervously pawed at the ground with a front hoof. Luna replied. "My sister will send us a sign." "What kind of sign?" asked the earth pony. Luna smiled at Applejack "Knowing my sister I am certain we won't mistaken it when she does."
Suddenly the glow spell around Ponyville vanished plunging the town into the predawn darkness. All the ponies gathered started speaking at once. Attempting to understand what the meaning of this event was. All at once Luna's eyes went wide as if she instinctively knew what was about to occur. "Everybody close your eyes! Don't look at...." She never got a chance to finish the sentence.
From the direction of Everfree there was a blinding white flash that seemed to envelope everything in Ponyville. For several seconds Twilight was unable to see even though she'd closed her eyes. When she turned and looked back toward the forest a vast column roiling fire was climbing into the still dark sky. Several seconds later the sound/ shock wave hit Ponyville with a deafening crash shattering windows, tossing thatch off of roofs and rattling every pony wide awake. Rainbow Dash having recovered from the shock just hung dumbfounded in midair as the fiery column flattened out like a giant version of the mushrooms that ponies so loved to eat. Celestia had sent her message. Judgement had been carried out.
Finally Twilight Sparkle blinked into existence there to. She looked at Luna. "He's there! He's there! Close the door!" Luna nodded and closed her eyes. "It is done. Now it is up to my sister and Baron."
Rainbow Dash wanted to know if Twilight had actually seen the Lord of Shadows and what he looked like, but Twilight was not interesting in satisfying the pegasus interest in gossip. Instead she went to stand alongside Luna and Applejack who were staring toward the Everfree forest. "How will we now if the plan is a success?" Asked Applejack as she nervously pawed at the ground with a front hoof. Luna replied. "My sister will send us a sign." "What kind of sign?" asked the earth pony. Luna smiled at Applejack "Knowing my sister I am certain we won't mistaken it when she does."
Suddenly the glow spell around Ponyville vanished plunging the town into the predawn darkness. All the ponies gathered started speaking at once. Attempting to understand what the meaning of this event was. All at once Luna's eyes went wide as if she instinctively knew what was about to occur. "Everybody close your eyes! Don't look at...." She never got a chance to finish the sentence.
From the direction of Everfree there was a blinding white flash that seemed to envelope everything in Ponyville. For several seconds Twilight was unable to see even though she'd closed her eyes. When she turned and looked back toward the forest a vast column roiling fire was climbing into the still dark sky. Several seconds later the sound/ shock wave hit Ponyville with a deafening crash shattering windows, tossing thatch off of roofs and rattling every pony wide awake. Rainbow Dash having recovered from the shock just hung dumbfounded in midair as the fiery column flattened out like a giant version of the mushrooms that ponies so loved to eat. Celestia had sent her message. Judgement had been carried out.
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Yes but her hut was far enough away to avoid extensive damage although when we did meet her later she did use some words from her native tongue that I am certain were not meant for pleasant company. Fortunately Fluttershy's hut being mostly of sod construction survived intact just some broken windows, although her chicken coop was blown clean off its foundation, and needless to say all her animals were freaking out.
Surprisingly the place that took it pretty bad was Sweet Apple Acres. Fortunately all of the family was sleeping in Ponyville and had been every evening since the abductions. Whether due to geography or just bad luck it took more damage than Fluttershy's hut. Most of the windows in the house were blasted it out and lot of stuff got rattled off the walls and shelves.
Surprisingly the place that took it pretty bad was Sweet Apple Acres. Fortunately all of the family was sleeping in Ponyville and had been every evening since the abductions. Whether due to geography or just bad luck it took more damage than Fluttershy's hut. Most of the windows in the house were blasted it out and lot of stuff got rattled off the walls and shelves.
So, Celestia can create nuclear explosions? Yikes. One hopes this was enough to kill or permanently banish the Lord of Shadows. Because if it wasn't, then I wonder what you try next when the "Godzilla Protocol"* hasn't proven to be enough.
* -- It's on Tv Tropes but I don't know how to embed the web address here.
* -- It's on Tv Tropes but I don't know how to embed the web address here.
Not nuclear. Thermonuclear. And no "dirty" nuclear ignition needed, so the fallout will be quite minor.
Think of what the Sun is made of: Hydrogen and Helium at enormous pressure, mixed in state of permanent thermonuclear fusion. Summon a teaspoon of this stuff into existence on earth surface and you have a beautiful thermonuclear boom big enough to take out a town. And they summoned a sphere good five meters diameter if not more.
It's sad to think Everfree is no more. And damn, Celestia has good shields.
Think of what the Sun is made of: Hydrogen and Helium at enormous pressure, mixed in state of permanent thermonuclear fusion. Summon a teaspoon of this stuff into existence on earth surface and you have a beautiful thermonuclear boom big enough to take out a town. And they summoned a sphere good five meters diameter if not more.
It's sad to think Everfree is no more. And damn, Celestia has good shields.
Yes event was very noncanon to the official FIM universe. A good proportion of Everfree Forest was just vaporized in the blast, and the fires burned there for several days after. Even with the weather ponies sending rainstorms in it direction. What really got blown away was Everfree Castle which is basically gone now. It won't be too much of the spoiler but one thing that might have helped to keep the damage from being worse was that the planetarium was located at least fifty feet underground in fairly solid bedrock.
Yes, the blast would definitely go upward and the impact would be reduced. The blastwave wouldn't be very damaging to surroundings. Still, that means lots and lots of irradiated material in the atmosphere and a solid tectonic wave. The worst part is vastly increased fallout, all the evaporated, irradiated soil flying all over Equestria. I'm worried Sweet Apple Acres may need to be shut down, unless the Princesses have some good purification spells.
That I believe has already occurred. I have had dreams there since this event. Nothing this exciting and that is fine by me, and I do know there was a general cleansing ceremony of the lands, minus the epicenter of the blast, around Ponyville and the river that runs through town. The two princesses oversaw the whole thing.
I wouldn't have thought fallout would be that bad, at least not as bad as heavy-element fallout. Unlike a nuclear bomb this is a small star suddenly appearing in a closed underground chamber. Essentially exceptionally hot gas. No plutonium or blast-focusing heavy-metals (the large proportion of bomb material never reaches critical mass and acts more as insulation. This atomised plutonium is the primary fallout concern, usually), though the immediate area would get vaporised and irradiated with high-energy neutrons and beta particles.
What you'd probably be looking at is a fusion-assisted but primarily heat-based explosion. Lots of impulse, but the nuclear chain reaction would rapidly decay and cool (relatively, to below fusion temperatures) without anything to constrict and insulate it.
Those high-energy neutrons in the initial appearance can irradiate some elements better than others though. Particularly ones like the aluminium in some silicates, and since the old castle area looked like it was in somewhat swampy grounds there's probably going to be a lot of that in the form of silt, mud and clay. The stable isotope of aluminium has a half-life of about 10,000 years. But as I said, I doubt the fusion period would be long enough to irradiate much beyond that in the immediate vicinity, so the the irradiated portion of the atomised debris would be proportionally VERY low..
My main worry would be avoiding any airborne chunks of white-hot rock and other ejecta, as well as irradiated ash inhalation in that short-term, before it enters the water-cycle.
There'd probably be a nasty initial burst of superheated steam too. Fires, neutron-radiation, thermobaric effects, steam-blats.. but all quite close to the epicentre.
I wouldn't want to go poking around the place for a few decades, but after maybe 50 years you'll have a good sized glass-bottomed lake starting to flourish with some interesting fish. At 70 years it'd probably make a nice naturally warm swimming hole.
Of course we're assuming there's no additional "magical fallout" from the other energies being thrown about at the point of detonation.
What you'd probably be looking at is a fusion-assisted but primarily heat-based explosion. Lots of impulse, but the nuclear chain reaction would rapidly decay and cool (relatively, to below fusion temperatures) without anything to constrict and insulate it.
Those high-energy neutrons in the initial appearance can irradiate some elements better than others though. Particularly ones like the aluminium in some silicates, and since the old castle area looked like it was in somewhat swampy grounds there's probably going to be a lot of that in the form of silt, mud and clay. The stable isotope of aluminium has a half-life of about 10,000 years. But as I said, I doubt the fusion period would be long enough to irradiate much beyond that in the immediate vicinity, so the the irradiated portion of the atomised debris would be proportionally VERY low..
My main worry would be avoiding any airborne chunks of white-hot rock and other ejecta, as well as irradiated ash inhalation in that short-term, before it enters the water-cycle.
There'd probably be a nasty initial burst of superheated steam too. Fires, neutron-radiation, thermobaric effects, steam-blats.. but all quite close to the epicentre.
I wouldn't want to go poking around the place for a few decades, but after maybe 50 years you'll have a good sized glass-bottomed lake starting to flourish with some interesting fish. At 70 years it'd probably make a nice naturally warm swimming hole.
Of course we're assuming there's no additional "magical fallout" from the other energies being thrown about at the point of detonation.
While I agree normal a thermonuclear nuke's effect without the nuclear ignitor wouldn't be very irradiating, note this isn't a few kilograms of deuterium+tritium, from which a few percent ignite into thermonuclear reaction. This is at least 3m diameter sphere of plasma burning in all of its volume, at star density. Something quite comparable to Tsar Bomba in power. I'm pretty sure there were no big, heavy ejecta, meager 30ft of soil must have totally evaporated.
Although, considering -my- dream, it is quite likely the King of Shadows has opened some kind of portal at the last moment and a major part of the blast went in there, sweeping over my city.
Although, considering -my- dream, it is quite likely the King of Shadows has opened some kind of portal at the last moment and a major part of the blast went in there, sweeping over my city.
Do you perchance mean "Godzilla Threshold"?
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.p.....zillaThreshold
(I just posted the link directly.)
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.p.....zillaThreshold
(I just posted the link directly.)
Yeah and that does seem to describe the magic in FIM. While there are magical plants that can be used for various applications the world is lacks that "Eye of newt, wing of bat." aspect that so many magic systems seem to possess. Particularly concerning the unicorns. Unicorn magic is a very documented, studied, and reproducible art.
Heh, seems he tried to escape. Actually, he kinda succeeded. The resulting interdimensional storm has thrown him into MY dreams of all the places, about two days ago. The storm was a view to behold, explosion-like waves smashing into the house, but as it dissolved, I saw the king of shadows plastered against the clean blue sky with no cloud in sight and the Sun shining brightly. Again a sight to behold, as the oily, enormous black bird soared the sky utterly lost, dissolving in the sunlight until nothing was left.
At the time I didn't really know what I was seeing. Enormous black bird that more oozed than flew across the sky...
At the time I didn't really know what I was seeing. Enormous black bird that more oozed than flew across the sky...
*boom* Sooner or later, *BOOM*
Oh, how I do love that show.
Ponies makes me smile more, but B5 makesa me just as happy, in it's own way. *squee*
Just started rewatching season 1 for the 6th or 7th time this weekend. With my son, who is now old enough to really *get* some of the major points. So Awesome.
Oh, how I do love that show.
Ponies makes me smile more, but B5 makesa me just as happy, in it's own way. *squee*
Just started rewatching season 1 for the 6th or 7th time this weekend. With my son, who is now old enough to really *get* some of the major points. So Awesome.
Now that is a proper fusion blast!
From the Wild Wild West Revisited (1979):
"Always the same da*n mushroom shape."
Waiting patiently for the denouement after a three-in-one-day bonus.
From the Wild Wild West Revisited (1979):
"Always the same da*n mushroom shape."
Waiting patiently for the denouement after a three-in-one-day bonus.
How do you like your Lord of Shadows? Well done, or extra crispy...
And you can only imagine the last words to cross his mind in the moments before this went off!! (And I bet they're not repeatable...)
Rainbow's expression is just priceless, and captures everything the viewer needs to know about what's just happened.
In short, it's a fabulous piece of art!
(And I'm hoping the makers of the forthcoming "MLP: Fighting is Magic" game don't get any ideas. I don't much fancy the idea of getting nuked when fighting against Celestia!!!)
And you can only imagine the last words to cross his mind in the moments before this went off!! (And I bet they're not repeatable...)
Rainbow's expression is just priceless, and captures everything the viewer needs to know about what's just happened.
In short, it's a fabulous piece of art!
(And I'm hoping the makers of the forthcoming "MLP: Fighting is Magic" game don't get any ideas. I don't much fancy the idea of getting nuked when fighting against Celestia!!!)
The Royal Equestrian Cartographers Corp. has been having to redraw the Everfree Forest as a result of that explosion. Fortunately neither Fluttershy's or Zecora's homes got damaged seriously in the explosion. In fact in an odd twist of fate and luck Sweet Apple Acres sustained more damage from the detonation. Ah, the wonders of terrain, atmosphere and chaos.
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