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"Oh yes," Kiara nodded, "And even with his bad boyness, Kovu's got a good heart, and I love that about him. As does most of the lionesses in the pride back home..." she added with a chuckle. She saw the clothes Sima had selected, "I think going for his colors are just the right way to show him adoration."

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Oliver sipped his soda as the movie began.


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Prince Ryu Kou looked over the vision of Aestorica. "I thought Weyard was the only planet with such great magical power," he said. Even though he was not an Adept, there was something about the planet -- even through the vision -- that radiated untold energies.

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The miner chuckled. "Well, I ain't no dragonologist so I'll take your word for it!"

Twilight yawned. "Excuse us Rarity, but we best be going to bed."

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An explosion was heard near the Mawashiian Shrine. Almost immediately, the lights that illuminated the pathway dimmed and then extinguished themselves.

There was also the sound of panic as the Tonfonese refugees sleeping in the area were awakened by the blast.

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no, aestorica is, as far as i am aware, the most potently magical planet in existence. there arent many planets with intense magical fields,  in general, but weynard is one of them." stripetail said. aestorica is a safe haven for magic kind, all who practice the arts are welcome. stripetail said. ' if only that were the case throughout the cosmos, perhaps it would be a less dangerous and bitter existence> unfortunately, it isnt. stripetail said, watching the image of his home world rotate.' aestorica is immense, in fact it   would have become a star long ago  if not for the magic skills of its inhabitants . it is a place of great magic and beautym, filled with many secrets" Stripetail said, moving the clouds away with a gesture and revealing small towns clusterd up next to rivers or mountains. "Most of the planet is pristine, set aside for wildlife and nature. it has 4 large moons, which appear in the sky together and reflect the light from the 3 stars in the middle of the system.  one star  is blue, one white, one red. when the moons are full, and fully reflect them. it is truly a sight to behold. stripetail Said. ' Mertavius naturally has tried to take over Aestorica on numerous occasions, mostly out of his belief that might makes right> fortunately, to date I have rebuffed those attempts. native creatures to Aestorica , include dragons, griffins, and Satyrs. We regularly get visitors from Dragomalin, the dragon planet, which is also in our system." stripetail finished.
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 Gabuna And tigress walked into town together,  watching  the various refugees pass through. as they reached the center of town, the shrine went pitch dark, and sending a good chunk of the town into darkness " What Now?' Gabuna said, as alarms blared , mixed with cries of surprise and fear from the residents. " We'd better head back and tell the others " Tigress said " come on. Middle conference room." the pair raced off to the hotel, where the rest of the team was - most of them were asleep already
_ Shaggys radio buzzed,' shaggy,  the power to the mawashii shruine just went offline. Go there, calm down the residents and get the power back on " Got it " shagy replied " I'm guesing that the saboteur we were lookiing for. " find him and Neutralize him" came the radio. do what you have to! We need that area back online!  he  flipped the radio and found ms Swimmers Frequency " Hey Ms Swimmer, Its shaggy. we have an intruder in town, and i need help taking him out. hes taken out power to about half the town.. and i'm pretty sure he;s trying to knock out the other half.."
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 Kiyo and Shoukirchi were cleaning up the Shrine when the power when iut. " um, Honey? Shoukirchi askled " did you accidentally press a button or something? Because Now I cant see anything..
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 Dulcy and Cynder reached the Conference room, and in opening the door, roused Skylands and Young Spyro, who were sleeping on the conference table.. " Hi Spyro "  warfang smiled."Sorry to wake you." Hey, no problem Young Spyro said. ' This table is really uncomfortable anyway. Who's your froend. " oh, this is Dulcy. I ran into her while flying around. She taught me how to play golf.. it was a lot of fun/. " Golf? oh.. souinds like  fun! Skylands said with a grin. " how do you play? " well you play with these small balls and clubs. theres a few rules involved" dulcy said I'm dulcy. " cynder " Skylands said " wait you're named Cynder too? dulcy said " yeah. We differentiate by calling outselves by our homes. I'm skylands, shes warfang." Skylands said. 'Ah, makes sense " dulcy said As Gabuna and Tigress entered the room. "' Hey guys. We nabbed one of the intruders ' Gabuna beemed, as she approached the others. " We're going out to try our paws at singing and dancing. what do you say Cynder? Well, Cynders" she clarified." Its nearly midnight 'Young Spyro yawned. " Still i'm good for a party."" cynder went up to Dixie and nuzzled her " Dixie murmured " Hey" She said raising her head " sorry to wake you, just checking in. I'm taking some of the guys and girls out for some p[artying. want me and spyro to get you guys anything.." Soda would be nice.. ' some mashed potatoes and gravy would be good " Scooby said. " sure I'll see if they have anything" Cynder promised. 'Try and get back here before 3 , ok. We need at least a few hours of sleep. Anyway, Have fun.'
 Come on!  Tigress smirked to  Gabuna, who had tried to get Gabumon to come along, but her partner was too tired. We'll bring some drinks for the rest of you guys ' Dulcy said. as the group departed.
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 Eris watched as Laval tried as hard as he could to catch up to Kovu, who had finished his entire steak and was working on his second. " And i thought Laval had a huge appetite " she remarked as a fesh trays of food wee brought out. " Hes met his better here, that for sure ' Li' ella said, as she grabbed some drinks for her and eris to sip on as they watched. Laval   was about 23rds through his steak, and he was starting to slow down.
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 Sima went around the mall looking for clothes in the colors she wanted. While they were available, they were far too small for the Mawashii lionesss. ' kiara I dont know how you can fit in these" she said showing them to the queen. " they are so small! Anyway, I'll look for a nice mawashii ti hear. sometging light blue, to go with my eyes " she said.
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"Perhaps the stars are the source of the planet's great magic like that of Weyard?" Prince Ryo Kou said. He yawned. "Excuse me, Lord Stripetail but I best be getting some sleep if I am to assist in the operations tomorrow."

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Ms. Swimmer was naturally asleep in the vehicle bay. She awoke with a start as she heard her radio go off. "No problem, I'm on it." She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and got her dual sticks and magic staff ready. A few refugees got up but she hastily assured them that nothing was wrong.

She quickly made her way to the Winterville Town Square where Shaggy had agreed to meet up with the duo.

Ms. Swimmer could smell the faint scent of explosives and smoke in the air as she arrived. "Shaggy!" she shouted over the wailing of sirens. "Over here!"

A few Spirarian guards, who had been summoned by the refugees pressing the emergency call buttons, were trying to maintain order.

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Meanwhile, the saboteur had taken advantage of the panic and slipped out of Winterville and headed for industrial section. He had left his spacesuit behind and carried a simple satchel with explosive charges and a pistol concealed within his outfit.

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they arent, the magic is native to the planet" stripetail said. ' although the suns energy is indeed magical, we have set up measure to channel that energy away from the planet. this is to keep the planet livable. too much magic would be fatal to nonmagical creatures. If you are tired, my prince you may of course retire for the evening. we all need our sleep, after all.

- korin had  found samia while wandering around the town. samia sighed. i missed  the golf game  with Dulcy" she sighed, looking forlornly at her clubs. '  the settling in of the refugees in the west sector took a lot longer than I thought." " maybe she found a playing partner? Korin asked ' i'm not much of a sports dragon myself. too busy inventing stuff ' she pulled out, a device that looked something like a slinky with a glowing orb of light nestled within the spring. ' i call this a ring light' she said. you dont need lamps with cords when you have this thing around.'just set it on my your night sstand, squeeze inwardly on the outer rings to turn it on, and press them outwards to turn it off.. ' So why arent you selling this stuff? 'Samia asked as they walked along ' well, its a brand new invention, and well, um, none of my inventions seem to sell all that great. i'm a tinkerer, really. always have been. " Korin said, shrugging. ' i make enough to get by." she said putting her invention away.  "its loo late to do anything like a movie. samia yawned ' we could just walk around together and just enjoy the scenery, well that isnt lit up by the refugee camps." I dont have any plans" Korin shrugged " lead the way.

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Shaggy heard his name called and headed over to meet Ms Swimmer" good you made it. " now have to catch the guy who did this and get the lights back on " shaggy said.  judging from the explosion, and debris though, thats easier said than done. i'm Not a forensic guys at all. That would be Velmas thing. But i'll do what i can to help." he said walking towards where the blast had gone off " Try and keep them as calm as possible ' he said to some nearby gusards " Cant have a panic after all." spyro flew up to them " i'll scout from the air, See if I can spot him. The purple dragon said.
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Vushu and Vitani finished eating their meal, and pushed in their plates. 'i'm stuffed' Vitani said, belching loudly " good one" Vushu smiled ' Its a custom on my planet to belch when the food is good. " well its rude on my planet, but then again I've never been miss prim and proper anyway " vitani smirked.  Lets go get some drinks. I think theres a machine in the hall."
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Spike yawned.  "yea, Twilight is feeling tired, though I feel fine." He said, ignoring the fact he yawned and it was about time for him to go to bed.  

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"Someone else will have to do the repairs." Ms. Swimmer said. "But we should catch him before he causes more damage."

It was then she noticed an oddly calm refugee standing very close to the smoldering remains of the power coupling that was located near the Mawashiian shrine . "Excuse me!" she called. "But you need to back away from that! It's too dangerous!"

Bizarrely, the refugee ignored her and ran off. "Spyro!" she said into her radio. "I found a refugee hanging around near the blast site. They ran off though. Can you keep an eye on them?"

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Twilight smiled. "Come on Spike,. I think it's time we headed to bed." She gently ushered Spike out of the tavern and back to their designated sleeping quarters. Rarity bade the few people inside the tavern a good night and followed after Twilight and Spike.

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i dont think its an ordinary refugee ' Spyro said as she flew aftrer the fleeing refugee ' I think this guy is our target . he can run but he cant outrun a dragon." the puprle dragon smirked as he flew faster closing on his target. " His ring glowed black - Cynder was trying to call him " not right now Cynder. i'm trying to track down the last intruder. I'll call you back once I nab.. "I  was just calling you to see if You wanted to go hang out with the guys for a bit  a good chunk of the team will be there" cynder-W said. " Ok, I'll come over once i'm done. spyro out." Spyro said and his ring went dark. ' He Pointed the Ring in the direction of the target and focused " fire" he commanded and a white hot fireball shot at at the fleeing intruder. it missed, impacting on the ground with a hiss " shaggy! What's your position " He spoke intio His ring " running in your general direction. i cant see you yet, theres a lot of folks in the way..." shaggy responded.
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 stripetaikl made the image of Aestorica vanish and got into his chair- which would double as his bed.  he sighed , this had been a long, exhausting day. Tomorrow was going to be worse, in all likelihood. Still they had managed to hold over the first blitz by Mertavius, which was not something that was easily done." i've stopped you before, mertabious. and i will do it again>"  Stripetail said quirtly intio the darkness.
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The guards were trying to usher the refugees to safety so Shaggy and Ms. Swimmer could chase the saboteur. The air was pleasantly warm with a gentle breeze blowing through the shrine. It was a simulation of Mawashi's tropical climate to cater to the few native Mawashiians who had volunteered to join the crew.

Ms. Swimmer, thanks to being larger than the average Human, was able to spot the saboteur fleeing. She opted not to use her magic staff for fear of collateral damage. Instead, she cocked her arm back and threw one of her fighting sticks at the saboteur. The enchanted hardwood stick homed in on him and knocked him off his feet. It then returned to her hand.

"Spyro! Shaggy! He's down! I can't get to him through the crowd though!" Ms. Swimmer exclaimed.

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The radio officer sipped his cup of steaming hot tea as he struggled to keep his eyes open. It was then a strange signal was detected. To his surprise, it was coming from the planet that was heading towards Weyard.

A planet that was thought to be uninhabited. He checked his instruments again.

No. There definitely was a radio signal coming from the planet. And it was far to regular and orderly to be from naturally occurring sources in the cosmos.

He immediately got Stripetail and Captain Carson on the intercom.

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Have Carson Translate it" striopetail replied ' this seems yto be coming from some sort of life form. I'm going to bed. If theres any translation < send it to me." Stripetail said cutting out the radio.
 ThE movie ended and arlene led her group out of the theater, and began leading them back to the inn. " remember, we are going to be sharing a room together." she saod as MoNa And Flash carried the leftover snacks out of the  theater.
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 spyro dove at the  sabotuer and grabbed him firmly in both claws' got him " he  said with a smirk as she flew his prisoner over towards the waiting authorities. Spyro dropped the man, none too gently,   to the ground, as  Spirarian guards took him into custody " find out why he did this" the purple dragon said to them.  " shaggy, Nabni, Nice jpb. Now,. i'm sure we are  all; very tired and we have a very busy today tomorrow. So I'd suggest we all head to bed."
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 the eating contest finished and Kovu ate a staggering 1000 ounces of meet , nearly 10 times aa much as Laval who only finished 1.5 steaks and slumped into his seat ' man, i've never seen anyuone eat like you Kovu " the Chima lion prince said , as the prize money was brought out ' Well, I wasnt always able to eat well, so I guess i overcompendate for it now " Kovu said taking the money, and the other prizes and waving to the crowd ' well everyone its 1 a/m so i'll bid you all good nihght ' the Pridelands co-ruler smiled. ' thanks for the grub, money and prizes. i'll put then to good use."
 Eris and Li'ella helped laval walk out of the   room, his gutt hanging ouyt.
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"I know Kovu will like all of this," Kiara assured Sima as they walked out of the store. "In fact, I think I we should go back to our room, he may be there already....." she smiled.

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"Where are we going to stay for the night?" Oliver whispered to his mother after the movie. "I'm not sure if Mr Scooby and Mrs Dixie have extra beds."


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Ms. Swimmer yawned. "Indeed. I'll be in the vehicle bay."

She headed back to the main road and summoned an drone taxi to take her back to the vehicle bay.

There were some Spirarian crew who were cleaning up the mess left by the saboteurs. The more severe damage would have to be dealt with by Cartman and Mr. Bigmouth.

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Nani ans shaggy headed back to thier rooms, and spyro flew off to join Cynder and the others at the  party which was held at Winterville pub on the East side of Town. Spyro, Found Cynder setting up a karaoke area  for some of them to try thier claw at Singing. Gabuna went first, and as promised , she was very bad. " like I said a wounded Gatomon " Gabuna sighed as she finished trying to sing " Up where we belong"  I've heard worse "   spyro_w grinned " try listening to sparx singing in the shower for more than 5 minutes. "  dulcy was trying her claw at a dances moves game. and losing concentration after the colors began changing rapidly. Cynder-W and Cynder-S got food for everyone to munch on before dancing. ' So, did you find the  intruders ' Cynder-W said to her mate as she danced with Spyro. " yeah, he nearly blew up the Mawashii shrine and left a lot of damage" spyro said " But it could have been a lot worse.
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 Korin and Samia entered the club after going for a nice walk together through the woods. ' good, seems like a party is going on " Korin smiled Want to dance? she asked Samia.' sure! the younger dragoness grinned broadly  and made her way to the middle of the floor. Korin soon joined her and the pair danced in tune with the music and beats
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  Gabuna, Agumina, Young Spyro, Skylands, and dulcy all tried their best at singing and showing off their dance moves. it was generally agreed  that dulcy was the best singer and that Skylands was the best Dancer Agumina  helped herself to some appetizers as Cynder-S Went for a dance with Dulcy.' so, how am I doing so far? Gabuna asked as she took a seat next  to her  " I mean, as far as  being a team member goes? ' well, You're doing fine as far as i can tell. You're new, but you havent done anything to cause problems for us." i just want a progress report, if you will' Gabuna said eagerly.. Well You'd a=need to ask Stripetail for  something like that. In My opinion, You re doing fine." now lets dance" agumina grinned grabbing Gabuna by the arm and taking her out to the dance floor
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 Tiger stirred as Flash and Mona entered the conference room " hi dad ' Flash said Running up to her father and nuzzling him. " You have a good time at the movies? Tiger asked " Oh buy, yeah I did. We saw a movie Oliver liked. Mona took most of my candy though " i did not! Mona said, in a half pout, it was actually true,  But Mona felt she had to protest anyway. Just get into bed honey " Luca yawmed ' We'll be sharing with Tiger tonight. " Tigeress is out with friends, she'l be back in an hour or so Tiger said. Arlene made up a cushion for oliver next to the bed the Doos were sharing. She herself would sleep next to Dixie. Get to bed Oliver. " arlene said. Mona and Flash got into bed Together, While luca climbed in on Tigers other side, opposite from where Tigress would sleep.
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 Kopa got up and got himself a soda from the vending machine, and came back to find Vushu and Vitani in bed  next to each other and next to where he would be sleeping."  We got you something, Vushu said Handing him a Tshirt that said " king of His Castle"  Thanks Kopa said putting the shirt on, it fit perfectly. also, You'll get a throne like Kovu has, only, well a bit smaller" V A throne? Kopa started " Yeah, Vushu convinced me to let you have one. Although its more like a royal chair than a throne. you get 4 girls, my king, and thats it. Me , Vushu and 2 of my favorites. Vitani said." Well, its better than no throne, so I'll take it."
 
 Acriss the Room Sima climbed on to the bed she would be sharing with Kiara and Kovu. " night' she yawned to Kiara." Thanks for shopping with me.
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 Shoukirchi and Kiyo wre tryng to repasir the damage to the Ozai statue as best they could in the darkness, but it was clear at this point that they would need to wait until morning to finish the job. Well, My dear, I think its time to go to bed " shoukirchi said. I have plans for a spa near the shine so we can relax and reflect on the great Ozai" He said producing blueprints for a series of large tubs.
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 Kovu used some of his winnings to buy himself a new suit- which was green to match his , and went out of the store, carrying it on his left arm. He was proud of himself, having easily dispatched Laval in the contest. He reached the conference room slighly before three, and climbed into bed inbetween the girls He kissed Kiara on the lips first, then did the same to Sima. Kovu then set his stuff down next to the bed then went to sleep.
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Sly and carmelita shared lodging in the security sector, really just a pair of rolled out cots, but it was better than sleeping on the floor.
) Korin and Samia danced tgether for a half hour before meeting with Dulcy and her friends. Dulcy introduced Cynder to Samia, explaining that she had filled in for Samia, and had actually beaten her. " well i'll challenge you to a round next time " Samia said " mini golf, this time; she added ' Deal.  Skylands will be my partner" Cynder said, as the party began to wing down. Agumina and gabuna were still dancing , one of a handful of pairs still doing that at this late hour. time for us to head back Tigeress yawned. Come on guys." Spyro flew ahead of the group, folowed by Young Spyro, who had challenged him to see if he could run faster than Spyro could fly.
 As they stopped at the enterance to the club, Aguminas red lips found Gabunas red lips as the Digimon shared a good night kiss " night Agumina smirked at Gabuna who hadnt expected the kiss ' Um.. Good night. and um thanks for everything. oh drat . i have go get Gabumon's to to go order I left it at the table' gabuna said.  Hurry up, the place is closing Skylands said.
 One by one the group headed back to the room. Tigeress got Scooby and Dixie some fries and a coke. and ave it to them before climbing into bed withg her family. Dulcy Korin and Samia squeezed into the conference room, and  found they would have tosleep on the floor. Dulcy   found  Warfang and beckoned to her" You have to pay up for that bet on hole 7" the green dragoness smirked" Cynder strode up to her and Dulcy dark ed lips locked with Cynders dark red lips. Cynder held on to Dulcy and for a few seconds the dragonesses caressed their tongues against each other before Dulcy pulled away." Good night Cynder. I had a lot of fun with you tonight. can we be friends" Dulcy asked ' dEfinitely Cynder shook claws with her. : Night Dulcy. : Cynder said as she went over to the couch where Spyro-W was resting, He had beaten young Soyro to the room by 5 seconds.  The older pair made room for thier skylands friends, and there was just enough room, if you forgot about personal space. Tigeress snuggled into bed with Tiger, and nuxzzled Flash. Agumina and Gabuna found thier partners and soon fel asleep. Korin gave Samia a good night kiss before going to bed on the  floor, curled up into a ball. Samia curled up next to her and was soon asleep.
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"Night" passed and "morning" approached as the starship drifted around Weyard. Even though there was the capability of simulating rain in Winterville, it had been disabled out of respect for the refugees. As a result, the climate in the town was always sunny and cool.

A few of the Tonfonese refugees, mainly the elderly had chosen to get up and walk around town or exercise in the park.

Ms. Swimmer and Mr. Bigmouth got off the repulsorsled they had rode to town. They entered Winterville Tavern to eat breakfast and meet with Captain Carson, Stripetail, Tyrell and Sveta to show up.

"Hot tea for both of us and a fruit platter for me," Ms. Swimmer said.

Mr. Bigmouth yawned. "Pancakes and hash browns for me." He swirled his cup of water, listening to the ice clink.

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Captain Carson awoke and headed to wash up and dress for the day. It was then whe was informed of a mysterious radio transmission from the planet that would strike Weyard. The crew had been working hard to translate it and they were almost done.

She rubbed her forehead as she was informed of the saboteurs that had been neutralized.

Her response was swift. Interrogate the saboteurs and then execute them. Normally she'd hand them over to the authorities but they were essentially in wild space.

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stripetail entered the tavern and strode up to where  Mr Bigmouth and Ms swimmer were. ' morning" the wizard said with a smile. " tea with hashbrowns please' He said to the waiter after taking a seat. I trust you two slept well, well, as well as possible given the circumstances." he said. " we wont be getting much slleep over the next few days i can tell you that. we have nearly 5 million souls to evucuate, and several planets to send them too, and only a few days to do so. what makes things even more complicated, is that the planet mertavius sent at us- almost certainly has living creatures on it. so we cant just blow the planet to bits, and theres nothing in our arsenal that could do that anyway.' Stripetail said.' We'll nreed to redirect the planet, and slow it down so it can find a new orbit around its parent star. planet's orbits shift and move over time,  but normally that takes millions of years, and not something we can do very easily. It is a testament to Mertavius' immense power that he ewas able to do this. much as i hate to be impressed by anything that blackheart does, i must give him credit for that.
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Dixie stirred in the conference room, and went to get herself somethging to drink from the vendor- a Diet coke if possible." she accidently bumped into tigeres, who stirred ' Sorry Tigeress " she apologized ' you have fun last nighgt." definitely> lots of dancing,  singing and good food. got to know  gabuna quite a bit. i like her a lot. nice girl, shame she cant sing a lick, but her own admission. you should train her to sing.' Tigeress, singing is a gift. while most folks can sing, some folks just cant carry a tune.  if you dont have any singing ability, all the training in the world wont make much difference" dixie said. " come on, you're a great singer. surely some of that can rub off" tigeress said getting out of bed and coming over to her." going out?" came a familar voice behind them Warfang had stirred and was weaving her way towards them " just some breakfast from the vending machine." dixie yawned" Need the pep if we are going to be running around Weynard today directing evacuees." Or flying, In my case" Cynder smirked." The three lead Omniderate girls walked together out of the conference room and mae their way towards the vending machines which had both soda and snacks.
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Captain Carson was next to enter. Mr. Bigmouth and Ms. Swimmer (as well as all the workers in the tavern) stood up and saluted her as she entered. She returned the salute and ordered some oatmeal with fruit.

"Good morning, crew," she said. She then turned to Stripetail. "Lord Stripetail, I have dealt with the saboteurs that have been apprehended. They are currently being interrogated. However, I have ordered them to be executed."

"What?" Ms. Swimmer exclaimed. "We could bargain with Chong."

Mr. Bigmouth shook his head as he stirred some lemon juice into his tea. "It's no use. Chong treats his workers as utterly disposable. He won't agree to our demands; he'll simply hire more workers to replace those he lost. And we are at war with him and Mertavius, mind you."

"Our brig space is extremely limited as many refugees have chosen it as their sleeping quarters," Captain Carson said.

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Swimmer , in wartime, the penalty for being caught as a spy or caught in the act of sabotage is summary execution. No trial, no defense, you get hung from the nearest tree, or simply get shot." stripetail said firmly. " They tried to blow up as much of this ship as possible. Besides, remember what Chong did to  Daniel after Deimos sent him and the others to sabotage him? He put a literal bomb inside him and sent him back as   a living time bomb. Sure, he didnt kill him, but thats a small mercy when the poor lad has to look down at his stomach every day and see the scar from where  he was sliced open. So no, Chong's not the merciful sort, or the parleying sort.  I'd wager they were paid mercenaries, well aware that if they got caught that we'd show them no mercy. risks of the occupation. Besides, even if we could locate their homeworld, i doubt they'd want them back anyway. Executing them is, frankly the simplest and easiest solution. Get as much info from them as possible, then send them out the airlock, or however  Captain Carson deals with condemned prisoners." Stripetail said taking a sip from his tea. " We're  going to get our friends back anyway " he finished
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"Ok, Twilight." Spike said yawning.  "I guess it is getting close to time for you to get some sleep.  If you are going to bed I may as well too." He said.   "it's, been an interesting time ." He said, thinking of some things he had witnessed since they left Equestria.


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Ms. Swimmer nodded. "Very well."

Mr. Bigmouth poured Stripetail and himself some additional tea. I'll get my gear ready in a bit."

Tyrell and Sveta entered the tavern along with some refugees. They sat down and got some Tonfonese-style rice porridge with seaweed and dried fish. "So today we go get Amiti and Karis back, huh?"

Captain Carson's PDA indicated that she had two messages. She read the first. "No dice. The saboteurs aren't talking. All we got from them is that Chong paid them."

She nodded as she signed the execution order. "It is done. The two saboteurs will be deorbited in approximately thirty minutes.

Deorbiting was the most common method of capital punishment aboard the Spire. It entailed knocking the condemned unconscious with drugs, sealing them into an unshielded drone shuttle and sending it to the nearest solid celestial body to either fatally crash at reentry speeds or burn up in the atmosphere.

She smiled as she examined the second message. It had been fully translated and read as such:

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To any who can recieve this message. We are the Vaalbarans. Our homeworld, Vaalbara was devastated by an asteroid bombardment and then flung from its orbit. By the time anyone finds this, it is far too late. We will die with our planet but with our dying breath, we warn the galaxy of a being named Mertavius. He is the one who did this.

Captain Carson stared at the message. "Stripetail, we need all the allies we can get if we are to stand up to Mertavius. We most certainly cannot save Vaalbara itself but we can try to rescue the remaining Vaalbarans."

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Emperor Unan and his family were waiting in line at the Mawashiian kitchen. Dr. Kerzach was busy stirring a massive pot of rice porridge.

"Nick, are those Tonfonese oil sticks ready?" he asked. A Wolverine signaled for a small cart containing freshly harvested and dried seaweed to deposit its cargo near the back.

Tonfonese oil sticks were nothing more than deep-fried and salted dough sticks. They were a popular Tonfonese breakfast and snack item.

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We Can save the planet Captain , but it will require us not only stopping the planet from striking Weynard- which will destroy the planet and still not prevent Vaalbara from colliding with the star as  Its speed and mass is too great for Weynard to slow it down- but  We will need to force it into a new orbit around the star , preferably about 30 or 40 million miles from Weynard. " stripetail said "  Send them a reply and tell them help is on the way.  And io know just who to send them "  He tapped his magical b communication bracelet " Ratchert? clank? angela/ Get up please. I have a mission for you"
- What sort of mission? Ratchet said, his voice hiding a yawn. " The planet Mertavius sent towards us, has living creatures on it, and they've sent us an SOS. They are called Vallbarans, and their planet is Vaalbara. Make Contact with them, and tell them we are here to help. You'll need to wear your armor at all times, as from our readings of the planet, the air not breathable by creatures dependent on oxygen. The magic armor I gave you can convert any gas into Oxygen so you'll be able to breathe while wearing the suit.  However, the supply of air is only  2 hours, approximately. So you'll have to return to your ship in order to recharge the air supply. whatever you do, Ratchet.. dont act cocky. This is a desperate people" stripetail said " i  am programmed with a translator" clank replied " i can translate over 5.4 million languages . We'll stick to Aphelion as much as possible Angela said. " just out of curiosity, do we get extra pay for this?' Yes, you do get hazard pay if I send you into especially dangerous areas " stripetail said " we'll hash out the pay once this matter is finished. Ultimately we need to  push Vaalbara into a Orbit around Weynard's star. It will become part of its Solar system. Which happens quite often, when stars get close to each other they can pull planets away from each other. Think of it as cosmic pinball, except the planets are the balls.
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