Pwny watched on as the various traps took hold of his crew and defied all known logic. They seemed to have no discernible control, or even a source. It could be magic of some kind...but magic was usually cast at the time it was desired and only by the one who wanted it to occur. For the temple itself to be sustaining its magic for this long would require a power source of an incredible magnitude. Of course this was the Temple of Chaos. Wait...maybe that's the point. This temple is dedicated to Discord. We're trying to solve these riddles using common sense, but you can't use logic to solve an illogical problem. So let's see. If I were a Spirit of Chaos, what would I do? Looking at the vases that had ensnared Lamare not too long ago, they each in fact had the telltale sign of Discord emblazoned on them. I have an idea. Heading over to some of the vases, Pwny touched them and they too latched around his hooves and began to carry him up to the ceiling. As soon as he was on the ceiling, there was a flash, and was back on the floor, the vases gone from his feet. Pwny started dancing and singing about how he had figured it out.
So when Lamare was on the ceiling, we tried to pull her back down, but we couldn't because she was stuck to the ceiling in a temple of chaos. When I had vases on and went upside down on the ceiling however, I started thinking like a Spirit of Chaos, and thus the floor became the ceiling and the ceiling became the floor. I couldn't pull Lamare 'down' because to Lamare, she was already down. Logic has no place in a temple dedicated to a Spirit of Chaos. No more than it would in the actual magic of Discord, which I'm sure some of us remember from when Discord was in Ponyville. Hard to forget a situation like that. Looking around, Pwny decided he had to find the rest of his group and explain what he had discovered. Pwny gave a wry smile as he stated matter of factly to himself, "It makes sense if you don't think about it. In other words, if we want to make it out of here relatively unscathed, we are going to have to learn to think like a spirit of chaos. We have to be able to follow Discord's 'Wonderland logic'." With that Pwny Rushed off to find everyone and tell them what had happened.
((Just follow my lead and I think this will lead to some cool stuff))
Lamare didn't really understand as she gave a confused look then shrugged and bounced along as Dino walked off. "I just think this place is nuts, but fun! I wouldn't think about it too hard, but if that's what you think then ok! And how do we get out of this room of never ending stairs? It just goes on, and on, and on, and ooooooon forever! Kinda neat you can walk upside down and not fall though! It's like we have SUPERPOWERS!"
"Probably not. You see, I'm part of an expedition team, and we've all got separated... I was looking for another member who got dragged away by this weird trap thingy and... Wait, who are you?" Trinket stared intently at the colt, wondering how he'd even got here in the first place.
Dino stopped. "That's it, superpowers!" Dino flew down a few flights of stairs out of sight, then he flew back up, and smashed into a wall next to Pasts and Lamare. The wall gave way and Dino went flying into another room. "Ow, that hurt..." Dino felt around. "Celestia! Where is my fez??
Chrysalis made this awesome sig!
Dino took the fez and put it on his head. "Thanks..." He got up and looked around. "The question is, where are we?"
Chrysalis made this awesome sig!
Rushing off into the next room, Pwny suddenly had trouble breathing. As he gasped for air he ran back into the last room he had just come from. Peering back through the door it appeared to be a room with some large decorative pool or fountain in it. Oddly enough there were various fish swimming in the air. Okay, let's think. Chaos logic. I can't breathe in there, but the fish can. So that means...
Taking a deep breath and holding it, Pwny walked back into the pool room. Stepping into the pool, he found it was actually quite deep and sank to the bottom. Once he was submerged underwater, Pwny tried to breathe. Figures. This actually isn't all that hard once you get the hang of it. Looking around in the pool, there was a small canal that seemed to lead out of the room. Following it, Pwny swam through and found himself in another pool. Taking another deep breath, he resurfaced and exited the new pool room he now found himself in, preparing himself for whatever challenge he found through next door.
"Whoo! Way to smash through that wall!" She lit up the room with a flare that she shot up in the room and stayed there like a light. "What do ya make of this?"