My Little Pony: My Little Pony The Martian

AMICITAS Mission Three – Mission Day 272

ARES 3 solar day 269

"Why is Samwise crying?" Starlight asked after it was CherryBerry's turn to read a chapter of the story. "Is he willing to go on an adventure?"

"Is that what you want to ask?" Fireball expressed disdain, "Bilbo's Lord of the Rings is a Horcrux. A really... really big Horcrux. This is much more important than a few hobbits crying."

"Yes," Berry agreed. "That explains Bilbo's behavior after the party. How long has he had the Ring?"

"Sixty years," Mark replied, "and he hasn't aged a bit in all that time."

"Then this is a Horcrux that can also be used as Horcruxes for other people?" Fireball asked.

"The Potter series was written more than fifty years later than this one," Mark replied. "J.K. Rowling may have been inspired by The Lord of the Rings to conceive the concept of Horcruxes. But I remember when I was a child, I read a story in the school library - an ancient fairy tale from hundreds of years ago. It tells the story of a giant who hid his heart hundreds of miles away, thus gaining immortality. In fact, the hiding place is about It was in an egg locked in a box on a tower, and so on. The hero in the story broke the egg containing the heart, and the giant died immediately afterwards." He shrugged, "This is not true for us humans. It’s a very old story.”

"But you should still remember how Voldemort's Horcrux affected the minds of people around him, right?" Starlight reminded, "And this one also turned a hobbit into something like Gollum."

"It didn't hurt Bilbo." Spitfire disagreed.

"Not at the moment. As far as we know."

"By the way, when it comes to this, do you know what I think of?" Berry said, "That full-horned beast... uh... what is it called..."

"The Omnicorn Amulet," Starlight replied.

"What?" Mark was shocked, "You mean there is something like the Supreme Lord of the Rings in your world?! A piece of jewelry that contains the power of an evil god?"

"Oh, we haven't told you this story yet, have we?" Starlight became interested, "Once upon a time, in the magical land of ponies, there was a unicorn, a stage magician and lots of tricks. The performer's name is Tricky Moon-lady; however, she generally calls herself—repeatedly at length—Tricky the All-powerful..."

Mission Log – Solar Day 269

Our mandatory furlough is not over yet. It’s really worrying to see the mobile home project go by day by day without any progress.

Soon we will have another hay harvest. The harvest was expected to be better than we thought thanks to the daily projection of magic fields, but we weren't expecting much. Actual production will certainly be lower than before the methane accident, but it still means a lot of manual labor in a spacesuit that could break at any time.

The dragonfly still showed no sign of waking up soon, so we waited for the magic battery to be fully charged before Starlight tried to wake our slime bug again. If it still fails this time, the situation will become very bad.

In other news, the ponies have (finally) picked out their characters, and I ran a few rounds of combat samples and skill tests with them. Their situation...is not optimistic. Berry's barbarians rushed to the front regardless of the situation and slashed at anything that moved with their swords. The flaming elf thieves are always ready to pick pockets in the middle of a battle. When Starlight plays her dwarf priest in the game, she keeps mumbling monotonously like a mantra, and every time she uses magic she ends up summoning others to worship her god, who is apparently named Stone.

And the fireball... Let's put it this way, it's actually not bad for others, because a first-level mage can't use a spell with such a name. But seriously, burning hands, fountains of fire, chain lightning and magic missiles? And 14 points of constitution? And you don’t understand the concept of rebound at all?

Anyway, for future diplomats to Pony who may read this document, please note that I have here two important pieces of information taken from our daily literary discussions. Listen up, everyone, the following knowledge is crucial to maintaining good relations between our two worlds in the future.

One: If a pony offers jewelry in the form of a trade or gift, it's safe to say no as politely as possible. Failure to follow the advice here may result in serial hubris, misuse of the word "baby" and/or an unreasonable fear of wheels.

Two: For mere mortals like you and me, the day when a stage magician arrives with genuine magical powers and forces an entire town to surrender at his or her feet is a turning point in our dull, humble lives. A sexual incident; to the ponies it's just another day. With this in mind, if you are thinking of using diplomatic threats, think first.