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[heliotroping]

[written]

If anyone needs a quick solar charge, I can generate some sunlight, but it'll only last for a few seconds. I'll be on the roof, so let me know. It'll take all of my energy, so I can only do it once.

[The action is here]

Comments

[doublethefun]

[there's already a dark blue pony on the roof, glaring balefully at the moon. She might be hard to spot, though.]

Are they part plant?

[heliotroping]

Huh? [did that pony just call him a plural plant?] No...?

[doublethefun]

Plants need sunlight to live, but most animals should be able to sustain themselves for a time without it.

[finally turning to look at him]

[heliotroping]

W--Well I can live without it, but it's just a very easy source of energy for me...

[doublethefun]

Thou canst absorb the sun's energy directly?

[heliotroping]

Yeah. It's a magic that has been passed down through my blood.

[doublethefun]

An interesting ability, certainly. Dost thou eat?

[oh man, what are the nutritional requirements of one such as yourself? Plant food? Soil? Fixed nitrogen?]

[heliotroping]

Well of course! I'm still human.

[doublethefun]

And humans are omnivores, yes? So the sunlight merely supplementary to the energy requirements of a regular human and cannot actually replace the need to eat?

[solar_absorber]

I could use any kind of sunlight right about now.

[It was surprising enough that he wasn't dead already, but he wasn't going to risk the hope that the castle was somehow keeping him alive.]

[heliotroping]

I'll be up on the roof pretty soon then.

[solar_absorber]

I'll meet you there.

[He heads to the roof immediately to wait. He paces back and forth, clearly a bit tense.]

[heliotroping]

[he'll arrive a few minutes later]

Oh! You're already here...

[solar_absorber]

[He stops pacing and glances at him.]

Yeah, I mean why wait? It's...kind of important for me.

[heliotroping]

I understand. If I don't get enough sunlight myself, I start to lose power.

[he pauses]

Is this everyone?

[solar_absorber]

[He tries to grin put it looks more like a grimace.]

If I don't get enough sunlight, I lose and die.

[He looks around.]

I guess so.

[heliotroping]

[he gives Apollo a sympathetic look as he suddenly is grateful he's part Lunar]

Okay, then let's begin.

[payback]

What's a solar charge?

[heliotroping]

A solar charge... [how to explain...] Is when you absorb the energy of the sun and turn it into your own.

[payback]

Why would somebody need a thing like that?

[heliotroping]

It's a very good energy source!

[payback]

I haven't heard anyone talking about that!

[heliotroping]

Well... I hear it's very hard to harness, so most cultures have yet to achieve it...

[payback]

I don't understand though. I'm not feeling too bad from just going without sunshine for a day...

[heliotroping]

Some people... just need it.