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Wild Book Chase
Nov. 2nd, 2015 11:28 pmSince I would really like to have some star charts of the far northern sky for my Canterlot Explorer's Society dinner lecture, I took Spike and Owlowiscious with me on a book run in the princesses' library in the old castle ruins in the Everfree. I have the most recent edition of The Astronomical Astronomer's Almanac to All Things Astronomy, but it just doesn't cover the night sky that far north.
We dropped by Zecora's on the way, but she was busy drying, chopping, grinding and storing herbs. It's harvest season in the Everfree too, it would seem. She had a fire going making her home sweltering hot and there were plants hanging everywhere. The mix of volatile oils and aromatic essences in the air was a bit overwhelming.
Almost all of the Everfree trees have dropped their leaves, and it's not even close to Winter yet! Between the rustling of the dried leaves on the path and the lack of cover from the leafless branches everywhere, I was feeling jumpy and exposed. Fortunately, the cool weather makes the cragadiles and cockatrices sluggish, and I had Spike and Owlowiscious providing two extra pairs of eyes to spot any dangerous creatures before they spied us.
We arrived safely at the castle ruins around mid-morning and we went straight to the library. We searched the stacks for star charts and books on the night sky. I tried to stay focused and not get distracted by interesting titles... A cultural study on freeze-branding, searing, piercing and body art. Who would want to do such a thing? Oh! with illustrations and techniques! That went into my saddlebag.
We also looked for maps of the north but without much success, for either star charts or land maps. What we could find didn't cover the region north of Yakyakistan. I already have what I copied from the Crystal Empire library but not much else and The Royal Cartographer Society Atlas of Equestria stops pretty much in Yakyakistan. Leaf Hairrakesson would be right useful in that regard, if I could contact him.
We went back to Ponyville, mostly bookless. There's still Yakyakistan, if I can find a book seller there, and if they make that kind of book.
We dropped by Zecora's on the way, but she was busy drying, chopping, grinding and storing herbs. It's harvest season in the Everfree too, it would seem. She had a fire going making her home sweltering hot and there were plants hanging everywhere. The mix of volatile oils and aromatic essences in the air was a bit overwhelming.
Almost all of the Everfree trees have dropped their leaves, and it's not even close to Winter yet! Between the rustling of the dried leaves on the path and the lack of cover from the leafless branches everywhere, I was feeling jumpy and exposed. Fortunately, the cool weather makes the cragadiles and cockatrices sluggish, and I had Spike and Owlowiscious providing two extra pairs of eyes to spot any dangerous creatures before they spied us.
We arrived safely at the castle ruins around mid-morning and we went straight to the library. We searched the stacks for star charts and books on the night sky. I tried to stay focused and not get distracted by interesting titles... A cultural study on freeze-branding, searing, piercing and body art. Who would want to do such a thing? Oh! with illustrations and techniques! That went into my saddlebag.
We also looked for maps of the north but without much success, for either star charts or land maps. What we could find didn't cover the region north of Yakyakistan. I already have what I copied from the Crystal Empire library but not much else and The Royal Cartographer Society Atlas of Equestria stops pretty much in Yakyakistan. Leaf Hairrakesson would be right useful in that regard, if I could contact him.
We went back to Ponyville, mostly bookless. There's still Yakyakistan, if I can find a book seller there, and if they make that kind of book.
