Esquestria: The House of the Sun - A pony cultist experience

[OurLadyOfWires]

Voting is closed.

Wow this was close. And less than 50% of people voted for the winner.
But we have to call it at some point, so here it is.

Adhoc vote count started by OurLadyOfWires on Nov 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM, finished with 235 posts and 34 votes.

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  15 people have voted

  [X] Gift her influence.

  • Potdl
  • Biowolf
  • Earth-Destroyer
  • Sk1lz3r
  • Arrkhon
  • spiderhellian
  • Nevermort
  • IronHydra
  • Limabot
  • des-pair-2
  • Cochimetl
  • SilentPencil
  • AuthorTransient
  • jelloloaf
  • Shaper47

  14 people have voted

  [X] Gift her freedom.

  • ses
  • Greymere
  • DelightedOne
  • Random Anon
  • Venerable Ro
  • Talon Tiger Dino
  • Uruguayan spider
  • Limabot
  • des-pair-2
  • Cochimetl
  • SilentPencil
  • AuthorTransient
  • jelloloaf
  • Oblex

  12 people have voted

  [X] Gift her tools.

  • Rafuki22
  • Sintonir
  • keykigdom
  • Anjaxis
  • Portec
  • Solace2117
  • Absinthe69
  • Pittauro
  • Limabot
  • des-pair-2
  • Shaper47
  • Oblex

  10 people have voted

  [X] Gift her inspiration.

  • Pittauro
  • Arrkhon
  • spiderhellian
  • Nevermort
  • IronHydra
  • Bakkasama
  • Darkday
  • Witherbrine2671
  • Cochimetl
  • Shaper47

Good day everyone. Ill sit down to write later.

 

[Greymere]

Sigh. Now we're going to have to spend our social action next turn on talking to Mayor Mare instead of actually working on one of our near-Confidants...

 

[ses]

Damn, the vote was trending too, a few hours could have peeled someone else off. Ah well, we got our extra day and almost got there.

Happy thanksgiving to all.

 

[DelightedOne]

Welp, we just gave the Wolf a chance to get its mouth over Equestria's new heart.

There will always be more ponies. The earth pony city of Ponyville will be the beating heart that will keep Equestria moving.
-Mayor Mare will endeavor to make Ponyville the "breadbasket" of Equestria.
-Ponyville is uniquely situated in Equestria, occupying the great central plains of the country, while also being a stone throw away from Canterlot. Time to expand the as-of-yet tame farmlands of Ponyville into their full potential.

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For those that are wondering what I meant. This vote won.

 

[jelloloaf]

Wish I'd removed my Influence backup vote earlier to give Freedom a shot at the coin flip, but it is what it is. Still, at least it's not Tools.

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate.

 

[DelightedOne]

Sigh. Now we're going to have to spend our social action next turn on talking to Mayor Mare instead of actually working on one of our near-Confidants...

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And we're also going to lose the Leash for a bit unless we nat 100 or something.

Yay!(Sarcastically)

 

[Nevermort]

@OurLadyOfWires

Do we have any details on how Mayor Mare would be affected and why?
I mean what is Velvet justification for befriending her would be or is it OOC warning?
Because if say she breaks leg and in emergency vote Soft is appointed new town mayor I would not mind it that much

 

[Talon Tiger Dino]

Dang it.

 

[DelightedOne]

The only upside I can see with Influence is that we might have a reason to sic the Bureau on the Wolf cult earlier than it would be possible.

But then we might have to keep the heat off Soft, unless her cult is so loyal they would die without mentioning her.

They may be relatively tame now but the Wildhoof Club also started like that and evolved to murder and kidnapping when the Will of the Woods ordered. The thing with this cult is that they mostly operate by themselves, their Master is only halfway there.

In fact, they actively hide their cultish side from her.

"She's on her way. I can see her and Whacky coming down the street. Time to pack it up," the lookout says, letting out a sigh and a few more whispered words, "unless we get lucky today."

Still, despite the initial wave of disappointment that swept through the room, everypony got to work.

Large maps, of endless ashy wastelands with tentative paths drawn on them, were rolled up and stored out of sight. Bottles with dark samples, of oily blood or dry dust, were shoved into suitcases and pushed out of sight. And the several chairs that were spread here and there were gathered into a welcoming circle.

Of course, nopony was really angered by the warning they received. On the contrary, for some of them this would be the highest point of their week, to be able to see and listen to their precious Miss Sweeps.

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[ses]

The only upside I can see with Influence is that we might have a reason to sic the Bureau on the Wolf cult earlier than it would be possible.

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Wasting our bureaus extremely limited actions is the exact opposite of what we want to do. The wolf cult will never eat a bureau action, for better or worse.

 

[DelightedOne]

Wasting our bureaus extremely limited actions is the exact opposite of what we want to do. The wolf cult will never eat a bureau action, for better or worse.

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Not even if Celestia catches wind of that?

 

[Talon Tiger Dino]

Soft is never going to realize she has a cult under her, is she?

 

[OurLadyOfWires]

Soft is never going to realize she has a cult under her, is she?

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Answer 1: "Something something, runs in the family, something something, Mafia Princess mom."

Answer 2: "Flip that on its head. Is it really a cult if they don't have a leader? It's at most a..." (looks at the pony walking towards Mayor Mare's house with a shovel) "... a very enthusiastic fan club."

Answer 3: She will when the time is right.

Time will tell, I suppose. But hey, it seems we have another running gag now