As I look at this forum, I think I realize something that, in my heart, I've known for a while.
This place has lost its charm for me long ago. Whilst there are moments here and there of genuine enjoyment, more often than not posting has become a bit of a chore.
I'll always enjoy writing, and I'll never forget the stories I have made here, but I have more to tell and write and they do not belong here. I don't really belong here.
This post, I think, is my goodbye.
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Intel didn't have much. Some bits, a geometry set, some paper and... well, this was unexpected. Intel took the device out of his pack carefully with his mouth. The magic dampener would be impossible to pick up telekinectically. Why did he bring this? He put the dampener down on the ground and stared at it, and smiled. A cylinder, with a ring standing upright inside. If anypony applied magic in the vicinity of this device, such as trying to pick it up telekinetically, the ring would spin rapidly, forming an energy sphere that absorbs unicorn magic. Best part was that when it stopped absorbing magic, the excess energy would spin the ring until it ran out, so the device could be reused, unlike traditional magic dampeners. Intel's horn glowed as he applied energy to the dampener, causing the ring to spin and glow. He smirked.
How very nostalgic.