Inspiration. (open)

Clockwork was having creative block on things to create. with a sigh, she took her sketch book and pencil and headed to town square. it was a central place for ponies in town and seeing other walk around might spark an idea to build upon. once their she set up a place to pony watch by laying down a blanket under a tree. she sat down in front of her sketch book and obviously looked at every pony passing by, hopping for an idea.

"ugh. . . i forgot to bring snacks and I don't feel like going to Sugar Cube's right now though. . . "

~~~OC: Logik~~~

"But should a certain area of time be affected, then how would it affect the area not being affected by the spell? Or the spellcaster. No... The spellcaster themselves would need to be able to form a stabilizing agent in order to be able to move freely in an altered time-space dimension. But to integrate such an advanced agent into a simple spell..."

Logik muttered to himself as he wrote, drew and crossed out various diagrams and notes in his journal. This is not working. But I'm sure there is a way to form such a spell... The unicorn had been sitting under one of the trees located in Ponyville's townsquare for a half-hour now, studying, theorizing, inventing, reinventing, scrapping and repeating the whole process over again time after time.

"Ugh...I forgot to bring snacks and I don't feel like going to Sugar Cube's right now though."

Logik turned his head as he heard a voice coming from...behind him? No, the tree was behind him, the voice came from behind the tree. He scooted slightly around the trunk of the tree and looked over to the other side, spotting a dark maroon-coated Earth Pony on the other side. Glancing at the notebook that the pony had in front of her, Logik could deduce that said pony was having a similar problem to the one he had now. He decided to speak to her.

"U-um, hey. What are you doing?"

Clockwork turned around to see the tree. she put her hoof to her face at the assumption the tree talked and looked behind it, seeing a light grey unicorn and a note pad surrounded by scrap paper, obviously working on something creative.

"nothing much, just trying to come up with a blue print for a prototype for . . . for. . . ugh, something. My shipment of valuable Gears and Cogs do not come for another two weeks so my major projects are on stand still. anyway, what's up with you?"

She asked, beginning to drag her blanket over to his side of the tree so they can converse more easily. who knows, he might have a cupcake she can snatch.

Gears and cogs. Engineer? No...inventor. But what does "something creative" refer to? The mare moved a bit closer to his side of the tree as she awaited a response.

"Oh, me? I'm...um..." Logik looks back at his journal, and and then shifts his gaze back to the mare. "Well, working on...inventing, I suppose, a new...spell." Strange explanation, try again. "That is, I'm exploring the topic of time-altering magic." Better.

Cw looked at him with an expressionless face. due to her experience, she did not trust magic so much, mostly because it reminds her of her family, a topic that pushes her to do something she knows is idiotic.

"ah. so trying to be the next Starswirl? or at least improving on his works.."

She seemed to get a bit ill talking about Starswirl, as if it brought up a bad taste or experience to her.

"anyway, I'm Clockwork, Local, well, clockworks specialist."

she examined his area for any sweets to snag for herself.

"Ah. So trying to be the next Starswirl? Or at least improving on his works."

Logik thought about this. He had never really connected hus work to that of Starswirl The Bearded's. He'd heard a few ponies compare him to the great magician, but Logik had never really accepted that comparism. He wishes it were possible, but the Unicorn seriously doubted the fact that he might be able to gain Starswirl's proficiency in magic.

"I suppose you can say that, though I've never really thought of it like that."

"Anyway, I'm Clockwork. Local, well, clockworks specialist."

Clockworks specialist. So Logik had been correct in his assumptions. Well, kind of correct. He replied to this by saying his name.

"Ah. My name is Logik. I don't have any...official profession, though I study the magical arts, and invent new ways to utilize them."

He watched Clockwork as she seemed to search the area around him. He turned around and also looked around him for good measure, but he couldn't see anything that would be worth looking for. He faced the mare again.

"Um, are you looking for something?"

"ah, well I'm not one to trust magic."

She stopped her searching as she realized it was rude and looked a bit ashamed as she stated what she was searching for.

"I was, um, seeing if you had any baked goods i could snag. I just love baked goods, I won second in a cupcake eating contest some years back."

After her shameful confession, she returned to looking at passer byes, drawing simple, well simple to her, constructs which were basic systems used in many clockwork devices. she was hopping that seeing the basic components and the surroundings might spark something.

" So from all the papers, i take it your having trouble thinking too?"

"I was, um, seeing if you had any baked goods I could snag. I just love baked goods, I won second in a cupcake eating contest some years back."

Logik nods to this. "I see..."

Clockwork turned back to her notes once he replied, beginning to draw various clockwork engineering blueprints in her sketch book. Logik observed her drawings as she did so, nearly forgetting about his own work. Hmm...this is quite interesting. I might look into clockwork later on, it might prove itself useful in my future studies...

"So from all the papers, I take it your having trouble thinking too?"

He looks back at his journal. "Um, yes. It is quite difficult to creat a new spell from scratch..."

create a new spell. . . that might be a starting point. she drew a holder for a gem and began to draw devices and mirrors around it, moving parts, a frame. it looked like a box with mirrors, gears, and a gem. some of the parts had question marks on it and WIPs, obviously things to change later.

"that might work. I may not trust magic, but i think I found a way to help you. it has two functions in mind. one is to amplify a spell and the other is to store it by keeping the energy in a concentrated area with the help of a gem and mirrors its a prototype, but if your working on a spell, this might help by allowing you to easily mix in different magic, or how ever you do it and since it can store it, it will allow you to take a break and work on it later."

Logik observed once again as Clockwork proceeded to write and sketch again, this time in a more frantic, or hurried fashion, apparently responding to Logik's comment on his to-be-spell. As she got farther and farther into the drawing, the Unicorn could see a general shape of the object being sketched: apparently some sort of box, with advanced mechanisms and focusing materials found inside.

"That might work. I may not trust magic, but I think I found a way to help you. It has two functions in mind. One is to amplify a spell and the other is to store it by keeping the energy in a concentrated area with the help of a gem and mirrors its a prototype, but if your working on a spell, this might help by allowing you to easily mix in different magic, or how ever you do it and since it can store it, it will allow you to take a break and work on it later."

Amazing... "Wow... This is...quite interesting. I've never heard any mentions of a device such as this one. You must be very talented if you can come up with such an object so quickly..."

She listened to his praise and smiled. she was just doing what was natural to her. she put down the pencil and turned to speak to him.

"thank you, but It is just a drawing, i won't know if it works until i can make the prototype in my workshop and test it. this will be my first creation that will be purposely compatible with magic. though i have no idea what gem would be best to use to store or amplify magic. maybe a Sapphire might do, or a Diamond as its clear. sorry if I'm talking a lot, i tend to get excited about my inventions."

she took a break from talking and began to fold up her blanket, her notebook safely in the blanket as she puts the now folded blanket in a bag.

"well if you want, i can see if i can help you, if not, I'm going to go to sugar cube's, you can join me or suggest another activity we can do. would like to know ya a bit better as you seem like an interesting Colt to chat with."

"Thank you, but it is just a drawing, I won't know if it works until I can make the prototype in my workshop and test it. This will be my first creation that will be purposely compatible with magic. Though I have no idea what gem would be best to use to store or amplify magic. Maybe a sapphire might do, or a diamond as its clear. Sorry if I'm talking a lot, I tend to get excited about my inventions."

"Oh! N-no, you're not talking to much. Speaking of gems though, I might be able to provide you with one, as I own a few specially chosen and shaped for such magical work."

The mare began picking up and putting away her possessions after he said this, apparently preparing to leave. "Well if you want, I can see if I can help you, if not, I'm going to go to Sugar Cube's, you can join me or suggest another activity we can do. Would like to know ya a bit better as you seem like an interesting colt to chat with."

Logik smiled at this. He was somewhat nervous about the offer, but he didn't want to decline. "Oh, s-sure. I can come along. I don't have anything better to do, after all." He got up and began to put his journal away, but then remembered that he hadn't brought anything to carry it in. He thought a moment, and then cast a simple spell to teleport the journal back to his home. He could retrieve it with another spell once he needed it, and therefore didn't mind not having it in his possession.

"And now to Sugar Cube Corner, I suppose." Which is...somewhere... "Um, you'll have to lead the way. I haven't been here long, and so I can't remember where that was..."

She nodded and began to lead the way to a place she knew all to well do to the many times she spent there eating cupcakes and other baked goods.

"its not that far at least. your lucky i didn't bring my scooter, might have left you behind."

she said jokingly and began to walk to Sugar Cube's.

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