Sewer Secrecies (private)

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Canterlot was always a magical experience for the magic-sensing earth pony, every time he arrived here, he had such pleasure in joy in just sensing magical effects all around him, although their strength had long faded for his senses, he could still feel them when he closed his eyes and took a deep breath. There weren't many places in the canterlot streets you could really do so, due to the slight hustle and bustle. It was much better than Manehattan, at the very least.

This day in canterlot was a particularly sunny one, it was quite the bother. While the heat beating in on many ponies. their irritation showed, although many unicorns held a parasol above their head with smiling ease, their levitation magic guiding the parasols to guard their coats from the sun.

However, right now, something other than the sun bothered Fantasy. Every now and then, outside of all the unicorn magic, he sensed something dark, something unexpected down below. He had already asked around, but nopony knew a thing about the sewers, and it was surprisingly hard to get a hold on any kind of sewer pony. Something bad was down there, something magical at the very least. It was swift and moved all around, not giving fantasy much time to truely feel and sense the strange being. All this together troubled him more by the second, but he had little hints to go further on. He needed somepony with better information...

All this thinking had made him forgot his hunger, something his body would gladly remind him of, with a soft grumble. With an oral groan, he looked around and noticed a café closeby. He went closer, opening the door with a soft ring of the bell, stepping into the unassumingly colorful café. It was not unlike many others in canterlot or ponyville. a cool wave of air washed over him, the place magically cooled down for all to have an easier day in this painful heat. the pony, Soft Yellow with a brown mane and an only slightly ill-fitting hoodie, normal of height, smiled and shook his body, moving to the counter to order, not yet noticing a figure in the corner.

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(( why can i imagine ace being british? ))

Jade Ace had taken the day to relax, mostly because he didn't have much else to do. Nopony was acting suspiciously, and no one seemed to want his help at the moment. Without anything to do, Ace decided upon going to his favourite café, only for a cup of tea. He could just as well make tea at his house, but today was a special occasion, and he wanted something different.

As he weaved through the streets, he quickly found the route from his house to the café. It was fairly close, so he didn't have to stay in the bustle of ponies for long. Besides, it was also hot, from the sun and from the many ponies surrounding him. Ace's hat helped keep the sun from his eyes, but his black pelt seemed to absorb every ray it gave off. Why Celestia decided to bake them all to crisps, he had no clue.

The air inside welcomed him with open arms. The unicorns who ran the humble business knew exactly how to please guests, and Ace had grown very fond of them. He smiled to a unicorn working behind the desk, and took his seat in his usual, shady corner. He was sure the unicorns had put a spell on the corner so that it was always shady, and would conceal him perfectly.

After not long, the door opened again and a new pony stepped through, and Earth Pony, from the looks. Curiousity overtook Ace as he watched the pony, sipping his tea quietly as the cup levitated in green magic, matching his eye colour. The pony seemed... average. Normal in height, yellow pelt, brown mane, but Ace looked past that. This particular pony seemed... different, in some way, and Ace couldn't shake the feeling.

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Fantasy's ethereal blue gaze observed the room as he went to the counter to order. Fantasy then stared Straight at the darkened corner, curious as to why there was.. some magic enchantment over it. Was it the source of the cold? no, he sensed different fluxes and flows over there. or perhaps it was under there... Only with the shake of his head noticing there was actually something of a pony sitting there, his eyes narrowing slightly to finally properly discern the full shape. He took his head back a bit, suddenly realizing he was quite clearly staring at the spot. He tried to look away, and use his magical senses to keep an eye on the corner instead.

Finally, back to realizing he stood in a café, Fantasy made his order. A Cinnamon pastry, something he was a great fan of. After he had received his pastry, he could not resist the allure of a magical effect, as mysterious as it may be. The earth pony made a turn towards the area he was avoiding earlier, his eyes not locking straight onto it, straing would be strange and rude. As he approached, he veered his head, slowly, towards the pony sitting there, before speaking in a relatively standard polite tone. He had nothing of a Canterlot accent, clearly being from out of town. "Hello there. are you aware of any magical effects on yo-ehm, this area. oh, er. Besides the cooling effect that is pervading the full area. I know there's that too." he asked, making a few mistakes but correct himself to clarify communication as much as he could. to give himself something to do while the other pony might reply, Fantasy grabbed his pastry from the little bag he got and started nibbling on it softly, just enjoying the nibble and the flavour.

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As the pony made his way toward Ace, his eyes wandered down to his tea, before he set it back onto the table in front of him. His piercing green gaze then landed on the pony's ethereal blue one, and he managed a small smirk, before leaning forward and resting his hooves on the table in front of him.

"This is Canterlot. It is full of magical effects and unicorns. You might want to be a little more specific." He couldn't help but be a little sassy in his comment. They, in fact, did live in a magical city. Almost everything was run by magic, from the cool air, to the sun and moon rising and falling. Ace couldn't help but let a little bit of his elegant sass pour through. If the pony responded with a fairly specific answer, he might be able to help. "Is there a particular place you are referring to?"

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Fantasy slowly rolled his eyes as he was told to be a little more specific, especially with that smirk. What a smug stallion, Fantasy thought to himself. But not perse to his irritation, as it made Fantasy feel the need to reply with his own sass, after all, every unicorn worth their weight knew enchantments... But almost none of them could see and study them in vivid sixth-sense-o-vision. with his chin up high, The earth pony elaborated. "oh, well, it's nothing too special, just the reverb swirl connected to the ground by approximately the location of your left hoof going upwards exactly five seventh of your height before twirling in a harp-like curve, structured and twisted in such a way that there is a cylinder of various strings separated by small gaps, each just large enough for their arcanic vibrations to travel a small distance before resonating with the other magic strings, the circular motion of the resonating vibrations increased the duration of the enchantment by likely over a thousand-fold, not likely conscious created in the exact shape by it's caster, but merely because they had previously lengthened a spell by a method not one hundred percent clear to themself and replicated here." he said with a coy smile, replicating Ace's sass with what he considered to be his own boatload of smugness and not so professional method of showing off his natural ability.

He took a bite from his pastry now, feeling he deserved the reward. "in layman's terms, the effect which is right on your nose." he added in with a soft sideways whip of his fluffy tail. The magic however, started to slightly fade for his senses, he hoped the unicorn he talked too was not as long-winded as himself, or he would need to try and meditate while being talked to. which was a very, very difficult challenge for Fantasy.

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Ace sat back, the smirk still plastered to his face. "If you already knew so much, why did you ask me what I knew? It seems you didn't need me, after all." With his magical ability, Ace lifted his cup of tea and drank a small bit of it quietly, before setting it down again. Being indoors, it was considered rude to wear a hat, so he took off his white fedora and placed it gently on the table with on hoof. This allowed the light to catch a bit of his dark mane. The green in it became particularly vibrant in the different lighting, when almost nearly half the time, it blended right into the dark, dark grey.

Ace usually took the time to style his mane in the morning, but he really needed to get it trimmed. It hung in front of left eye a little, and he wondered if he should try trimming it short, so it would spike up. He wondered if that would look weird, but there was only one way to see if it would. Besides, he usually liked taking the risks.

(( this is what ace would look like if he was a real horse, though he wouldn't be as buff imgur.com/OAQQ51x.jpg ))

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The reply made Fantasy smile a bit before distracting himself with a disconcerting thought. He did like Jade Ace's attitude, thinking, not inherently trusting. Fantasy wanted to know more out of interest, not necessity, he was too distracted to think about what pony he needed for information. "Hmm. because while i can analyse the structure and the adjustments to the enchantments, i can't exactly tell which spell it is just by my ability. Not too mention, there's been.. magic outside of Canterlot's norms around. and i haven't the foggiest what it's source is." Fantasy said, looking to the side, his expression changing from smugness to concern. Some may call him crazy, but he hoped his earlier smug presentation might have caught the dark stallion's attention.

Jade Ace put off his hat, his mane falling slightly before his eyes, being longer than Fantasy's semi-curly mess of a mane. At this notion, Fantasy thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to introduce himself. "Fantasy Flicker, Adventurer and safeguard for Relic Acquisition, Magic archaeology expeditions and the like. Magic Detector by talent, Nice to meet you." He said, formally introducing himself with a casual smile, sharing his odd fate of having a magical talent on a non-unicorn pony. Something outside of alchemy, on top of that.

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Ace listened to everything the pony had to say, his brain working to figure out answers, cast others away. Ace hadn't been aware of the unnatural, magical occurances that had caused the pony to worry, but he could tell what spell was used to cool the area they sat in. He could cast one himself, through many days of pracetice, but it was a spell he didn't necessarily ever need. He'd need to reread how to cast it before actually doing so.

Then the pony itroduced himself. Ace had always found it odd how ponies instantly just started their names, instead of giving an introduction. He was one more for intriguing beginnings, so he dipped his head lightly and began to introduce himself. "My name's Jade Ace, but most usually call me Ace. I'm of Canterlot, but visit Ponyville every so often. My job is classified." Ace tapped his hoof lightly on the table. "So what brings you here?"