Page 1049 – Relished Sorrow

Empathy for the suffering of fictional masses is actually a pretty high bar for tabletop emotions, considering self-servitude is the baseline.

DM: Are you going to open the scroll?

Twilight Sparkle: No, I was thinking of staring at it while the world burns around us.

Rarity: Poignantly and with sad music?

Twilight Sparkle: Oh, definitely.

Spike:

<cough> Glad to know my contribution is appreciated and everything…<br/>
Rainbow Dash: What did you contribute?<br/>
Spike: My dignity.<br/>
Twilight Sparkle: Alright, alright, I open the letter.<br/>
DM: It says, “Twilight Sparkle & Friends, Come to Canterlot immediately. –PC“<br/>
Applejack: That’s, uh, pretty brief for her.<br/>
Rarity: No “My faithful student” and such.<br/>
Twilight Sparkle: So we’re really doing this? Just… leaving Ponyville.<br/>
Spike: We did what we could, right?<br/>
Twilight Sparkle: We’ve been the heroes of this town so far. But now we’re giving up and walking away for a while. I don’t know. I guess I can’t help but feel a little sad. …Why are you smiling over there??<br/>
DM: Because this means I’m doing my job.