*Squints*
Hermaeus Mora?
Shit, that's actually probably what it is. I wouldn't have gotten that. I actually didn't catch the Eldritch horror stuff until it got pointed out.
Oh wow. Yeah, that's totally a valid alternative to an Ascended Sleeper.
...
Oh shit.
Hermaeus Mora, also called the Golden Eye
Yyyyyyep, the Daedric Prince of knowledge, memory, and fate has taken an interest in us for some probably obvious reason.
On the other hand:
Unlike most Princes, Hermaeus Mora does not take on a humanoid form at all
So it's unlikely to have been him personally... at least, as far as eldritch gods of memory and fate are bound by typical conventions.
But if so that's okay because he has help:
Unspoilered for Michael's benefit. Hi Applejack!
Also uh theory:
Black Books are Daedric artifacts created by Hermaeus Mora, the Daedric Prince of Fate and Knowledge. Each book contains some manner of forbidden knowledge. Some books are from the ancient past; some are from the future. The thick tomes are bound in black covers, with a symbol representing Mora on the front, and emit a black mist. They are comparable to the Oghma Infinium, another tome of knowledge created by Mora; however, through the reading of the Black Books, individuals can obtain much more power than that gained from the Oghma Infinium alone. The books were spread across Tamriel by Mora, and are usually located in the depths of ancient dungeons.
Through reading a Black Book, the reader will enter Apocrypha, the realm of Oblivion created and ruled over by Hermaeus Mora. Tentacles will emerge from the tome and envelop the reader. An apparition of the reader's body remains in Mundus, tethering their life force. Most mortals who read a Black Book are driven insane, but those who successfully journey through Apocrypha are known to discover powerful knowledge. Dying in Apocrypha while reading a Black Book simply banishes the reader back to Tamriel. Rereading a book will return the reader to the same area of Apocrypha, allowing them to attempt Mora's gauntlets again or harness the power of a different piece of knowledge. Copies of the contents of Black Books can be made without entering Apocrypha.
Could this apple be a Black Book by another form? And if so... uh... I get the feeling we're unqualified to enter the realm of a Daedric Prince as an intruder, but I wonder if they'd be more accommodating to polite people who follow the rules?
Also in theory being slain there just shunts us back to our coma'd body here, so it'd be just the unending madness to contend with.
Frankly I'm not sure how much we have to lose.
Let's look at something for a moment. The only thing the others shared with their MLP counterparts were behavior patterns and (I think) general personalities. They didn't seem to be pulling one over on us. But now we find one who shares not only behavior, but appearance, name, and voice, and she turns out to be... something else. I'm not sure what the implications are but it's probably significant.
Given Applejack's unnatural and cliche appearance and the general mindfuckery surrounding these events in general, I'd say we're dealing with an entity that knows what we want or know and is trying to give it to us. Awesomeicus is Rainbow Dash-like because she's in some way related to Rainbow Dash. TotallyMammalApplejack is Applejack because it's trying to be Applejack because it knows we were seeking Applejack.
As for
why it wants us to think it's Applejack, I'm not sure.
Speaking of potions, you really, really should remember to buy some panic potions and/or scrolls so that you don't die horribly like you almost have a couple times now because you keep forgetting to do that. Of course, right now you barely have the money to afford one. But it's nevertheless something you really something you should do something about. Because right now one cliff racer showing up at a bad time and you would be horribly, horribly dead. It's very strange that you keep forgetting about that no matter how many times you remind yourself to remember to do it, and despite the fact that you've very recently had two close calls where you almost either died or in one case almost got abducted by an Ascended Sleeper because of it.
Buy a scabbard/sheath for your viperblade and all daggers. From now on whenever you buy a weapon
you might need access to, you MUST wear it on your person in a way it can be drawn and used.
You tell Draren that you'll be back soon, then stop by Arille's and pay 2 gold for a pair of scabbards for your extra daggers. While you glance over his inventory of healing potions and divine intervention scrolls you vaguely remember there was something you wanted to remember to buy. If there were a god in heaven, and if he were a kind god, surely he would remind you about whatever it was. Of course, if he did remind you again and again and you nevertheless kept ignoring and forgetting about it, presumably it would be entirely your fault for continually neglecting and forgetting about-
Oh! Is that a shiny gold coin on the ground? What good fortune! Somebody must have dropped it. You happily pick up the gold coin and continue on your way.
Gained one gold
Yeah, we fucked ourselves with that one. Too late now, I suspect, though it's not like the apple is likely to spoil. Maybe we should try to find a divine intervention scroll before doing anything? But again, if it's a Black Book that shouldn't matter, and if it's an insidious tentacle seed that also shouldn't matter.
I think probably-Pinkie would be the best one to ask about whether it's related to a local daedric lord or something worse.
This is an interesting notion.
The issue I have with showing the apple to anyone else is that they're not likely to know what veiled Daedric traps are any more than we do. Maybe if they see it as something other than us (please not a gold coin please not a gold coin please not a gold coin) that'd be a dead giveaway, but otherwise we're talking about knowledge well outside most people's ken. Pinkie Pie is a good option for knowing about exactly that, and there are probably some scholars or something
somewhere who could figure it out or have at least heard of something similar... but then again, people tend to not have very good track records with Daedric Princes or artifacts in general.
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