Post by thunderloud on Feb 26, 2012 12:40:01 GMT
Another peaceful day dawns in Ponyville. The darkness ebbs as Luna heads off to sleep and her sister Celestia being forth a new day with shimmering bands of red, orange and gold. The morning is strangely peaceful, calm...and quiet. As dawn cascades over the horizon, some subtle changes can be noticed in the dim morning light. Just outside of town, a wheat field appeared overnight in one of the empty hills. The wheat is golden and healthy, shimmering in the light. The field looks well-tended even though no farm is nearby, and the field is almost perfectly rectangular. Obviously it didn't grow there naturally.
Across town, things seem slightly different than they did the previous night. Things are either turned upside-down or facing in different directions than they were at dusk. Things seem to be misplaced, sometimes in strange places. Small things, little changes, but enough to cause interruptions in routine while still sleepy ponies try to figure out what's different.
Most notably however is found in the center of town. In the middle of the town square is a massive red stone Obelisk. Standing over ten feet tall and made of smooth red granite, its polished sides gleam. It's clearly new and heavy, and there was no way of knowing where it came from. It was not there yesterday, and no construction could be heard overnight.
The obelisk appears broken. While straight on all four sides, there are five lines straight across it every two feet or so. The sides themselves have images on two opposite sides, and writing on the other sides. The writing appears to be pictographs of some kind. The images reveal two possible pictures, both of a long, serpentine creature. But it is hard to tell because the obelisk seems to have been assemble incorrectly. The images and pictographs have been mixed up, causing a jumble of images and words, making no sense by themselves.
The Mayor yawns on her way to work. Even with her normal coffee and pastries, she doubts she will have much luck awaking from her drowsiness. This is going to be a long day.
She almost runs into the obelisk before seeing it, and drops her coffee. Thankfully her precious donuts are tucked away in her saddlebags. She's going to need them after this.
"Sweet Celestia! Where did This come from?"
Across town, things seem slightly different than they did the previous night. Things are either turned upside-down or facing in different directions than they were at dusk. Things seem to be misplaced, sometimes in strange places. Small things, little changes, but enough to cause interruptions in routine while still sleepy ponies try to figure out what's different.
Most notably however is found in the center of town. In the middle of the town square is a massive red stone Obelisk. Standing over ten feet tall and made of smooth red granite, its polished sides gleam. It's clearly new and heavy, and there was no way of knowing where it came from. It was not there yesterday, and no construction could be heard overnight.
The obelisk appears broken. While straight on all four sides, there are five lines straight across it every two feet or so. The sides themselves have images on two opposite sides, and writing on the other sides. The writing appears to be pictographs of some kind. The images reveal two possible pictures, both of a long, serpentine creature. But it is hard to tell because the obelisk seems to have been assemble incorrectly. The images and pictographs have been mixed up, causing a jumble of images and words, making no sense by themselves.
The Mayor yawns on her way to work. Even with her normal coffee and pastries, she doubts she will have much luck awaking from her drowsiness. This is going to be a long day.
She almost runs into the obelisk before seeing it, and drops her coffee. Thankfully her precious donuts are tucked away in her saddlebags. She's going to need them after this.
"Sweet Celestia! Where did This come from?"