badgernet_multiversal | First Public Video - Accidental, but she'll take whatever help she can get

TWHOCK! TWHOCK! TWHOCK! TWHOCK! TWHANNNGG!

[The sounds are heard before the video kicks on. It sounds like a tennis ball hitting a wall... and then hitting metal.]

Oh come on! How many of these bucking things are there?!

[The video comes on and it looks like it's being filmed from a device propped up on a wooden surface of some sort. There is a blue unicorn wearing a set of what looks like dark blue canvas booties, who's using a levitating frying pan and a shimmering shield of transparent magic in a dome like shape to defend against what look like winged, multicolored, ping pong ball sized critters.]

Twhannng! TWHOCK! TWHOCK! TWHOCK!

[She sends one flying back with a pan, while the others pelt the dome with their bodies and get sent flying on the rebound.]

I HATE Parasprites!

[Trixie notes the blinking light on her scroll and out of sheer desperation asks]

I don't know who this is sending to... but... TWHANNGGGG! Does anyone know how to get rid of a plague of fire proof insects?

(Ooc Edit: Trixie will get out of this without BadgerNet help, but if anyone is interested in a message with the aftermath just let me know?)

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find something they don't like, and use it to drive them off. I cannot speculate further without more information, but against other insects, burning an extract of citronella has proven effective.

Edited (whoops forgot the fake cell phone number) 2021-08-14 21:56 (UTC)

[Trixie is panting as the dome shrinks a bit and looks slightly more solid, but the parasprites still batter at it to try and get in... the ones that do are promptly ejected by frying pan express however. She does come over to read the message.]

Oh horse apples... I don't have any extract of that. Maybe the grass itself will work?

[A small bundle of fresh looking grass floats by, surrounded by a thin aura of pinkish white glow to land on the ground near the edge of the dome... It's gone before Trixie can even attempt to light it to make smoke. The parasprites tearing through the shield to devour it in mere seconds. They were worse than locusts.]

........... Well fudge.

[Up goes a new magic dome shield, much smaller than the last. The sheer lack of vegetation outside of the dome shows that they've all but eaten the area around them clean of plants. The ring of grass that was exposed by the shield getting smaller was getting eaten now as well.]

I'm really wishing I was good with weather magic right about now...

Oh dear. Well, you're not going to get anything done in there anyway. ... I'll have to consult the Archives, since impact doesn't seem to be working either.

[Not that she thinks the Archives will have an answer, necessarily. Those things seem like a serious problem...]

Twhannng! Any help I can get is appreciated.

[There's a small, glowing ball of magic forming on the tip of Trixie's horn.]

I don't suppose you know how to contact Princess Celestia or Princess Luna by any chance?

[Considering the nature of the device, Trixie doubted it. It was worth a shot though.]

I don't think I've come across them yet, no.

but if they live here, and are this bad, surely someone must have written down how to deal with them? They seem far too much a nuisance for that place to be livable, otherwise.

They have... unfortunately these aren't normal and fire isn't working. I'm no good at targeted cold spells or lightning strikes. Normally they're just seasonal pests, but if they escape the bounds of their habitat they'll swarm and eat all the plants in an area... but these...

[The ball of magic launches from her horn like a firework, whistling noise and all. There's a sound of a crackling explosion overhead and a red glow.]

I am seriously going to hurt whoever altered these things... I'd normally just swat them away and vamoose, but these ones bite. Considering how much they can eat...

Drowning. Squashing. Seem big enough to cut too.

Else lure them away. Sweets usually work. Sugar water. Honey.

They're normally just pests and easy enough to get rid of but...
Twhannng!
These ones are eating more than just plants.

[Trixie uses a bit of magic to move the scroll and give a better view of the nearly barren landscape around her... and the hundred or so Parasprites trying to get through her shield.]

I really hope my emergency message got through... If they're focused on me they're not going towards the town...

[BadgerNet is interesting, but it doesn't really get her local help.]

If you can use fire magic, then surely you can use a flare. A bright fire shot into the sky. It draws attention from all sorts of people and lets them know where you are.

Set off three so far, but if there are more swarms... Ponies are likely guarding the crops and food stores. I've never seen them eat like this before either.

[She sighs, looking worried and thinking about trying something that's classed as 'stupid of the highest order'.]

I'm a unicorn, not a pegasus. I don't want to mess with weather magic but... Urg... I'm going to get such an earful if I don't fry myself attempting this.

[Trixie takes a couple of deep breaths, hoping that somepony will come bail her out. Though it looks like she's on her own for this.]

Things... may get bright and it might fry this scroll... thing...

...So you are a unicorn. Huh.

Well, fry away. Honestly if this entire badger thing was gone I'd be much happier.

Edited 2021-08-17 00:51 (UTC)

Yes... and I doubt it'll take out yours, just mine... maybe. This thing seems to be rather persistent.

[There's a pinkish glow starting to gather around Trixie's horn. It doesn't look like it's doing much, but an almost sweat like sheen starts to appear on her forehead... and there are clouds starting to gather in the sky. Dark, angry looking clouds.]

The more that are taken out the better, in my book.

Literally in my book, since this thing shows up as a book for me.

[The clouds are getting darker and small bits of static are starting to crackle in the air... The parasprites stop banging on the magic dome, looking around almost as if confused.]

Huh... I have a 'scroll' that seems to show text and picture as well as sound. It's an odd thing.

[She's trying to keep talking to avoid thinking about what she's about to try. The picture seems to have some 'snow' on it, but it's still going strong.]

The less people on here the better I think. But hey, good luck with all that weather bug stuff.

[...what. The fuck.]

If they block fire, try ice?

If I could, I would. I'm good at setting things on fire and making things go boom, not making ice.

[Ok, so she normally blew stuff up by accident... but still.]

Know any ice spells I can learn... fast?

[Trixie is good at making things, not so much throwing elemental spells around.]

Pretty sure the only magic I have access to isn't teachable across dimensions. And I don't know any elemental shit anyway.

[Nor would he wish an Evoker on anyone... not that he knows how a horse would use one. Still.]

Well fudge...
TWHOCK! TWHOCK! TWHOCK! Twhannng!

[Trixie sighs, looks around and grimaces before launching a small ball of magic from her horn that flies high up into the air and explodes like a firework. It's not the first one she's sent up, but it may be one of the last.]

I really don't want to attempt using weather magic but... I may have to.

[She'd only been looking into the theory and never planned on using it but... lightning was about the only idea she had left. Pegsai were the best at weather magic, so as a unicorn? Hopefully she wouldn't smite herself if she tried it.]

Well, good luck, I guess.

I have a feeling I'll need it... Thank you.

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