Page 648 - The Dream Job, Part 9

Actually, here’s a prompt ripe for Story Time that I don’t think has been covered before: Prison escapes! That’s practically a staple of adventuring. Sure, in context it might be a well of souls in a demonic hellscape instead of the county jail, but the principle’s the same.

DM: Some time passes, and then you faintly hear a voice down the halls.
Spike: Can’t really take on the army of nightmares by myself… If only I could find- Wait. That light… Could that be them…? I’m coming! Aaaand of course my arch-nemesis is the guard.
DM: Fortunately, the big nightmare seems to be taking a nap.
Twilight Sparkle: Spike! Glad to see you!
Rainbow Dash: Woah, so you didn’t die after all!
Spike: It was kind of harrowing. Adventuring is rough; I don’t know how you girls do it! But whatever! I overheard that the nightmare army is about to invade Ponyville as their first stop! We gotta get you all out! Um… What’s that thing, Fluttershy?
Fluttershy: Looks like I CAN charm them after all.
Rainbow Dash: You got a key, right?!
Twilight Sparkle: It’s alright, Spike. We’re all just glad you’re okay. We’ll figure this out together, alright?
Rainbow Dash: Yeah, yeah.
Applejack: Maybe you can weaken the lock with fire, ‘n’ Ah kick it?
Spike: Wait, wait, shh! I think that’ll wake up the guard. I can’t fight him!
Twilight Sparkle: Shoot. My magic’s been suppressed, too. How do we escape silently?
Pinkie Pie: I got it, I got it! Not only have I got it, I got it pre-emptively! Check this out!
DM: I take that to mean you start wiggling like before?
Applejack: Wait, the obvious ruse worked? This I gotta see.