#occupant

Vessel: an object that a headmate sees as there body to some degree

Occupant: a headmate that sees an object as there body to some degree.

A Wonderful Awful Idea

Fluttershy led Twilight into the wind tunnel chamber. Most of the changelings were standing in single file, eagerly waiting their own turn in the chamber. Cowley the minotaur had found out how to switch the tunnel from horizontal to vertical blow and had generated a massive updraft, inside which about a dozen changelings tumbled, hovered, and roughhorsed with obvious glee. A group of changelings assisted those exiting the chamber, some of whom were a bit motion-sick as they readjusted to the outside. Dragonfly, Stinger Charlie, and a few of the strongest flyers among the changelings had taken printouts of their own time in the chamber and were comparing notes, each defending particular qualities of their bodies which made their particular flying styles better.

And then there was the one responsible changeling in the room, Occupant, who far from stopping the madness was quite cheerfully metering the line, letting one changeling into the wind tunnel as another tumbled out.

“I tried to tell them to stop,” Fluttershy whimpered. “I asked most politely. But they were having so much fun, and… well…”

The discovery of The Fun Machine, from the fanfic Changeling Space Program.

Fr. Stanislav John Schaller

Priest, diplomat, gardener: a soft-voiced man with a very steady gaze.

Visitor The primary route by which books enter and leave the library. The arrival of a visitor may be cause for a variety of emotions.

Understands Phrygian (As do I).

Understands Cracktrack Understands this primal language well enough to read or teach it.

Understands Fucine Understands this dry language well enough to read or teach it.

Occupant [A Visitor or Soul Element with this aspect can be placed in a Guest Bed, to occupy it for a while.]

Understands Greek (As do I).

Understands Latin (As do I).

Interested in Heart (3) Someone is interested in healing and protection. [The Heart is the principle that continues and preserves.]

Interested in Nectar (3) Someone is interested in the roots of things. [Long ago, some called this principle Blood.]

A Single Lonely Mailbox

In the depths of the Badlands, where few ponies ventured and even fewer ponies wanted to, there stood a single, lonely mailbox on a post next to the entrance of a nondescript-looking cave. The box had no name; merely a number, and that number was a single digit.

Some mailponies might have questioned why tens of thousands of different names might appear on the letters delivered to that box over the years, but none of those ponies would have agreed to a mail route that required hundreds of miles of flight from the closest post office in Appleoosa. In fact, only one pony- a special contractor, not really a proper member of the Equestrian Postal Service at all- was willing to fly the route once per week.

Opening scene from the excellent fanfic Changeling Space Program, now out in print form!

“Lock The Doors.”

All. His. Fault.

Marked Knee barely looked up from his own lap when the mission control doors slammed. “Lock the doors,” Cherry Berry’s authoritative voice called out. “Occupant, give me your headset.”

A Bad Day in Mission Control, from the fanfic Changeling Space Program.