Jumping to the Call

[ponymeisters]

Who: OPEN to all
What: Returning friends have answered The Call
Where: All over Ponyville
When: From 8/25 onward
Warnings: None!
Prose or Commentspam: Either!

She comes to you in a dream, on the street where you live, in the forest as you walk, wherever you are, she comes to you. She is beauty in white, her eyes seemingly sparkling with literal stars, her hair like white foam on the waves. Her legs are spindly, yet strong, her horn is long and sharp, and her wings look softer than any pillow could hope to be.

She walks with an impossible grace, pulling behind her a jeweled chariot. She's able to weave around any barrier, any person, to reach you. And you seem to be the only one who can see her. When she speaks, she gazes into your eyes, steady and calm. There is an aura of authority about her, a gravity.

"We are bringing Calice and the Corruption to an end," she says. "Not tomorrow, but soon. It cannot last, the old wounds cannot be avenged. Will you help us?"

It's your choice. The chariot is there waiting. If you choose to step in, you'll find yourself transformed once more into an Equestrian creature, and you'll arrive in Ponyville in a burst of rainbows, a scroll by your sides, and a great many things changed, perhaps, depending on when you were last here.

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[its_pony_rider_time]

There's a massive explosion on the edge of town.

Was it a enemy?

No. NO IT WASN'T as the figure arose from the smoking crater, his hooves to the sky.

"ITS EQUESTRIA TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME!"

Yes folks, Gentarou Kisaragi was BACK.

[passing_thru_rider]

"Oy, oy, tone it down."

And walking past the crater is another familiar face. After he takes a photo of him.

[twotailedgenius]

Will you help us?

To him, there was no question. Equestria had just started to become a new home for him, and suddenly he had been taken away from it.

So, of course, he said yes.

And just as suddenly, Tails reappeared in Equestria, beside his old house, with his Shauta belt on, and his scroll open. He sent a message through it, short but concise.

"I'm back, and something's coming." With a clear view of his house in the background, he shut the scrolls off, and went inside.

[freeasthewind]

After seeing Tails' post on the scrolls, Feena wastes no time in making her way over to his house as fast as she could. She stops at the door to his house, panting and contemplating on knocking. In the end she decides 'screw it' and just runs on in.

Prepare yourself, Tails, for a crushing hug.

[aheroofjustice]

(Somewhere near the recently saved Communes, a flash of light appears and then just as abruptly vanishes! In it's place? A familiar blue pony, complete with an outfit only certain mares would recognize.

Not to mention, two Pokeballs around her neck but even those who knew her would find them slightly familiar as well.)

...I, Puella Magi Sayaka Miki...will protect everyone throughout Ponyville and all of Equestria...until the very end!

(Sayaka Miki, Puella Magi, was BACK.)

[bustadecapinyoass]

"Well, well, well..." A pony that may be familiar to Sayaka calmly walks up beside her and surveys the landscape.

"It looks as if many people are returning."

[freezerfurn]

Yuko, of course, agreed, but she was freaking out a little. Bringing it to an end? What could that mean...?

The moment she reappeared, she started running towards any of her friends she could find, at their houses, at the Commune, at the Farmer's Market... anywhere!

[freeasthewind]

Feena really had no clue who that could be knocking on the door to her home, and of all the people she could have imagined it would be, Yuko was one of the last people she expected. After all, Feena was sure she went home. So, after a moment of just... staring back at Yuko with wide eyes and her mouth agape in shock, she can only manage a small, "Yu...ko..."

[tsunpony]

Huh. And she thought she was joking.

An adult mare is standing there. Tall, long legged, leggy.

Her mane curled to almost to the floor even bound in a ponytail.

Opening up her scroll, she stated, "Hey. I'm back. It's Ako. I'll be taking up residence in the old place. Provided someone hasn't burnt it down yet."

And then she'll be off, trotting through town with a grin on her face.

[etranger]

"AKO!"

Hey, look who it is! GOING IN FOR THE HUG

[raging_she_demon]

The offer was one that Sunset knew that she couldn't refuse. She knew that she was needed back in the other Equestria. And there was no way that she could just ignore the call for help.

And as quickly as she had accepted, she found herself once again in Equestria. Once again in her long forgotten unicorn form. She already knew what she needed to do as she got the scroll.

"I'm back. And I'm ready to help in any way that I can."

[appletastic]

Sunset...it's not a voice Applejack knows as well as the others, but this girl's kind. She's important. And here to lend a hoof, always a plus.

"Welcome back, sugarcube," she says cheerfully. "Just when we were settling down for a quiet harvest, all y'all have to come making some noise!"

tl;dr, I'm sorry, I'm just excited

[mechmadeoflove]

Given that the visit is in dreams, it shocks the hell out of him - until the memories come flooding back.

He glances left, at the glowing citadel made of shining hopes that's the Resistance base - and right, at the tantibus-eaten wastelands of San Francisco.

"I'll be back the moment I leave?" he asks. "Then yeah. No way will I leave them hanging. Take me there... but drop me off in midair," he says, grinning.



It's in your dreams that he first arrives - a red, freckled, just-Marked teen pegasus in full mechanical barding, first entering your dreams through a rainbow bridge then doing some loop-the-loops under his own power just because he CAN, whooping and hollering all the while. He summons and dismisses every weapon in his arsenal - every friend he's made here, then tests them in an amazing fireworks display.

The next morning, he trots up to the center square, wearing his old jacket with a particular addition - a tri-hex insignia, with Luna's cutie mark on it, and the legend "AMICUS MIRABILIS EST." Then he eats some grass just for shiggles.

"Not bad," he says.

Re: tl;dr, I'm sorry, I'm just excited

[helpintwilightwinthecrown]

"Looking good," said Flash with a grin. "Hey Josh, long time no see."

Flash looks good. He doesn't look as drawn out as he used to be. But the golden pegasus was grinning widely.

[helpintwilightwinthecrown]

"Oh wow, I thought I was seeing things when I had that last taco...

Uh, hey everypony, long time no see? Sorry, it's been a long time. So I'm just gonna head over to the Sugarcube Corner if anypony wants me. Laters. Oh and it's Flash. If you don't remember."

Awkwardly, he rolled up his scroll and tucked it away. He was missing a guitar, but to be fair, he was also missing a lot of dignity after the incident with the Sirens.

[soulofblue]

[Pollo rounds the corner at a dead gallop, with a notebook clutched in his magic and flanked by several large buzzing silver dragonflies.

His reflexes are not good enough to keep from crashing into Flash. But at least the robot dragonflies darted out of the way!]

[caneattheseapples]

[Would she come and help?

Did this crazy white bitch even need to ask?

Ever since ending up in crazy gem world, even if she had kept it on the down low, Japple had been bothered, worried about what was happening in that other Equestria she had been in just a bit ago. As to what was happening with everyone she had met there, had cared about.

Going back when she was called wasn't a question for her at all.

She arrives at Sweet Apple Acres, where she promptly checks up on everyone there, checks every nook and cranny, before running towards the town itself, shouting her dumbass little lungs out.]

GET READY BITCHES, I'M BACK IN TOWN!

[She laughs a little bit, relieved, as she runs.]

[appletastic]

[It's fairly quiet at Sweet Apple Acres these days. Applejack's just preparing for the upcoming harvest in peace, relieved that their newest princes managed to solve the latest crisis, when she hears something familiar. Thundering hoovesteps. She knows those.

And she pokes her head around the nearest tree to check, eyes wide.]

---Japple?

[canreallyfly]

Meanwhile, one Setting Native Fluttershy reappeared with no knowledge of why she disappeared, or why she's back... but she could remember what happened before she appeared this time! That's progress, right?

But still... "Oh, goodness... did I disappear again...?"

[discorderly]

It's not very long at all before there is a Discord coiled up around this Fluttershy. The draconequus appears oddly on edge, feathers ruffled and teeth bared slightly.

"Something is happening."

Voice

[wastelandkindness]

The first sign she's back is a voice message:

"I'm back. And I'm here to fight the good fight. Miss me?"

[mostcolorfulepithets]

Less than three minutes later, Velvet would find herself tackled. "Velvet! [Insert colorful epithet here], you won't believe how much I missed you!

[brain_behind_purple]

Ending Calice? GO back to Equestria? Well... Donnie HAD been worried since he was dragged out of there and into Waverley Bay, so how could he not accept? He needed to help and he was ready to do so.

And like that, he was again in Equestria and again a unicorn. Upon realizing that he was back, he reached to his forehead... and found that the Amethyst that he got in Waverley Bay was still there. Ah well, it should be fine since it was powerless now. All he had to do now was get re-adjusted and then find ponies that he knew. So off to the hopefully not broken commune he went.

[polyturtle]

The good news? The commune was not on fire.

The bad news?...Was there bad news? The commune was safe, Shanks was probably going to be out of their manes for good though, he couldn't help but feel a little bad about the stallion, all things considered, and one of their own was an alicorn. Well, up to two, now. And, he ended up with a few thousand extra bits he didn't end up using for the bid!

And...he felt better. This hadn't been his fault. He felt like shell, but now he felt better. In fact, he was humming as he made himself a sandwich. Nothing could faze him right now, with the way he felt.

Or, so he thought. He was blissfully unaware of what was happening outside - he left his scroll in the lab. Why not? Everything was good right at that moment!

[robotfightclub]

See, that's more like it. If someone wants to drag her aft off to some other world, then they should ask her. Manners alone impress Arcee enough, but it's been some time since she's been to Equestria. Having finishing her own war and finally given the time to start rebuilding her planet, it actually felt...right? Yeah, it felt right to go off and maybe have one more adventure. So of course she accepted, there was no other answer in her mind. War sucks, these people need someone who's a natural at it. Bring it on.

...And the she remembered she was a fraggin' cat in this stupid world.

"SCRAP!"

Enjoy your angry ball of blue fuzz, everyone.

[kind_to_all]

Fluttershy winces at the ball of fur, having been walking by when the cat arrived. But then she recognizes the voice--

"Arcee!" She gallops over to the cat and leans down to nuzzle her. "You're back too!"

[weekwizard]

[At first thought, Patchouli was going to refuse the offer. After many years, she was finally back in the Scarlet Devil Mansion, where she belongs. Why would she want to be a unicorn again? The ponies there could deal with it themselves without her just fine.]

[...But, no. She had made so much progress on the magic there, and it helped further her own craft. As it was, her notes on this magic of friendship were incomplete, and she would not be given another chance to finish what she started.]

[It would only be a few months, and after all, time means nothing when it comes to other universe. She could be back before dinner.]

[And so, she steps in and takes off, Landing exactly where she left- the Hakurei shrine Lab.]

I suppose I should get to work.

[gotanappforthat]

I'll join you.

[Hey, there's your "friend" there, as Philip smiled. He looked taller now, less lean but definitely healthy.]

Been a while.

[surpriserainbows]

[What was she going to do, stay in her own world?

It took a moment for her to understand in her dream what this even meant. And the moment Surprise did, she took the offer, though deep down expected that the dream would soon end.

And it did, and she was back in reality. And yet, for once?

It was a great reality to be in.

The pegasus is flitting about the town, her usual nervous energy apparent even in her flight.]

Um. Hi. Yes, excuse me? Anyone?

[Just nervously going above others, looking for anyone she knows.]

[tsunpony]

Hey. Surprise, right?

[This is coming from a extremely pretty mare. She gives Fleur a run for her money. Almost radiant, like a princess. Ako smiled at her.]

Been a while, though I don't think we talked much.

[ponythatcanstoptime]

Swing! Swish! Swoop!

Those of you who are around may hear the sounds of someone practicing with a katana. It doesn't last too long, because a teal-colored pony in a business suit walks out from wherever he was hiding. His face is resolute and determined.

But then he notices you and his face softens. He bows down politely to you, then pushes his glasses up with his hoof.

"Hello. My name is Hiro Nakamura and I have come to help."

[4thdimensional]

Doc's never met this pony before, but...that catches his attention. The swiping sound, the suit...is this the aftermath of the past bidding war?

Perhaps not. He just smiles and shakes his head.

"I'm hearing those words everywhere I turn lately. This must truly be it...the beginning of the end."

[der_vogelfanger]

This was not at all an easy decision. Papageno's first instinct on seeing the elegant pony was to run screaming in the other direction. He'd thought all that was over when he woke up from the nightmare of the prison cell (into the nightmare of Sarastro's dungeons) and if you'd asked him then, he wouldn't have wanted a thing to do with ponies and changelings and the ends of worlds.

Now, though -- now he's a married man! A provider! Maybe even a father, soon. And maybe Papagena wouldn't ever have to know he'd refused to help, but she thinks so highly of him, and he made it home alright the first time, and he survived Sarastro's dungeon and the queen's betrayal, didn't he, and --

And he has a moment of madness or pride, and he says...yes. He arrives in a burst of light, looks around, and promptly lets out a yelp and fluffs his wings to the biggest they can go. "Help! I've made a mistake!!" he wails.

[blamemysister]

"NEIGH YOU HAVE NOT!" An equally loud shout comes as Luna comes swooping down to grab Papageno in a tight, affectionate hug.

"TRULY it is a great day indeed! Why, I had not expected mine squire to come back as well!"

[kind_to_all]

She couldn't not help her friends. That just wouldn't be very Fluttershy of her, would she?

Her re-entrance to the alternate Equestria was slow and quiet. She woke, ironically enough, under the bridge where she'd first introduced herself to this world. The ducks and beavers and fish had all gathered around her to see what was wrong.

"Oh... hello, friends." She gave them a warm smile before yawning and standing up, blinking her eyes. "Am I back?..."

[canreallyfly]

Another Fluttershy...? And this one didn't have the dragonfly pin... so it wasn't Wisteria... this one steps out of the cottage to greet the other Shy.

"Oh, um... hello...?"

[thepoweroflove]

[Well... Marty didn't have to go back, since it's not like he was the most helpful when fights broke out. But he would be lying if he said he wasn't curious what that whole deal with Calice was.

Maybe some of his friends were still there too. Who knows?

Still, Marty couldn't help but feel kind of annoyed when he wakes up as a dragon. Couldn't this place allow you to be human?]

Did they really need to make me a dragon again?

[Siiiiigh.]

[robotfightclub]

You say that like you want to be a horse.

[But let's be real, Marty being a dragon makes him far more easier to spot. ...Which is exactly how Arcee manages to find him, actually.

Oh, and the whining. The whining helped, too.]

But hey, if you ask nice enough, you might just get your wish.

[punched_by_sisko]

Friends? Q? Surely you jest! Why would the omnipotent Q want to come back here to help friends? He's just here to see how it ended. That's what he'll tell ya.

"So glad I cleared up my schedule."

[blamemysister]

"You just couldn't stay away, admit it Q. You like us too much to let go." This said by an amused Luna.

[firstofthefallen]

[Consideration and concern for the lives of others were not something that came easily to the demon lord. It had not even remembered the world where it had travailed - or, rather, been held captive - many times before until this creature appeared before it. And Lucifer so hated the idea of answering the call of a deity, any deity.

And yet. It couldn't deny it.

It had a strange urge to go see. Even if this place was beyond its usual boundaries, the actual worlds that were important to it, that it waged war on - he had to admit.

There were other presences it was curious to see again. Had, it supposed, a desire to see again, should they still be sojourning there.

It appears in the middle of town, simply strolling into the street as 'she' manifests once more.]

Mm. Round and round, yet one more time.

I hope we actually get an ending this time.

[stormbroken]

...Well, as far as I know, none of the other times involved hoof-delivered invitations by a goddess of death.

[Flare just casually strolls up to Hikaru'sLucy's musings, butting in like anyone who hated monologues would.]

Assuming it's all legit.

[She was honestly on her way to see if 'home' was still there, and if Harvey was still there, but... well, it could wait a little. She didn't want to think about the possibility that Harvey had gone back, hadn't gotten the same call.]

[rollsoffthetongue]

There's a burst of rainbows alright, and a clatter of armor that might be familiar to anyone who knew this doof. Getting all four shaggy hooves underneath him was easier than you might expect, after being gone for several months, but some muscle memory never goes away.

And so he stands up, shaking himself all over, and reflexively moves to shift his armor back in place. He was here, and he was ready. There was no way he was going to miss this.

[crescentxrose]

"...Jaune!"

She wasn't Pyrrha, but this was a pony who'd missed him just as much as she did. Jaune will hear some barks as Ruby races over to give him a hug. (And probably knock him back over again.)

"I'm so glad you're back...we've missed you so much!"

[neverputincharge]

[Cybertron wasn't exactly meant to house organics. So for one to show up on it was a sight to see. Much less one headed so purposely for him. He'd glanced around to see if any of his crew saw his, but they didn't. Then she asked. It had been a long time since he'd been to equestria. So long, he'd started to think he'd just made it up or something. Bringing evil to an end. After having finally finished their own war, how could he say no to more that needed his help?

That's when the memories returned, along with the tiny organic body. He climbs to his paws, and shakes off before looking around to see what changed.

[robotfightclub]

[If Bulkhead pays any attention, he might just hear the biggest sigh of relief he's ever heard in his life.

Because Arcee isn't sure what she'd do if she was the only tiny potato in this whole mess.]

You have no idea how happy I am to see you.

[name_is_zedd]

"No. No. No. NononononononononoNO!"

And here comes a familiar unicorn with nothing but muscles, metal bones and swinging around a familiar staff.

"I thought I was done with this world! I thought I was done with 'friendship' and 'kindness' and now I'm back here!? Someone will pay DEARLY for this!"

Yeah, good luck doing that, flanked by the world's biggest superhero convention ever.

[blamemysister]

"I'm surprised you came back," said Woona, eyebrow upraised at the skinless pony. "Someone decided to make bygones hmm?"

[ponymechanic]

There was absolutely no question when he was asked to come back. Equestria had become his new home and he still had both a girlfriend and a business there. Plus there was no way he would leave everyone hanging.

Naturally he said yes. Before he knew it he was back in Equestria with his Evoker collar at his shop. He summoned Aquila just to make sure everything was in proper order before turning his scroll on.

"I'm back and ready to help anyway I can."

He closes the scroll and dismisses Aquila. He takes off to go find Feena and his double.

[twotailedgenius]

"Ready for what's coming?"

No need to find him, he's already flying above his double. "Whatever it might be, anyway."