Maybe they were on a timer.
Regardless of whether or not this was the case, Twilight decided to turn her idea into a reality – now. Carefully letting go of Pinkie and nudging her in direction of the others, she gave a quiet sigh and sat down beside the book.
'I want to create a fully coequal clone of myself.'
'Sure.'
"Can you create more than one?"
Twilight winced, her hear jerking upwards. There, she stood – or, the other she. Twilight wasn't even surprised that it had worked, with the way the book functioned, it seemed to be more about creativity than anything else, but even so – she hadn't been prepared for it coming true instantly.
'Uh...'
The other Twilight giggled, and for some reason, this send a shiver down Twilight's spine. “You should probably ask that the book,” she said.
In a sudden blur, Rainbow Dash came soaring towards them and asked something about what was going on, but Twilight only stumbled a short response before doing as her clone had told her.
'Can we do this more than once?'
'Nah.. It was a good idea, but allowing it multiple times would be game breaking.'
Twilight and Rainbow Dash stared at the other Twilight, while she was giving a short explanation of what was happening.
Was she always being so...
Rainbow snorted. "You might aswell ask the book if we can kill players just by asking."
“That's a good idea, Rainbow. Wouldn't surprise me if we can.”
…
"Hey, Twi!"
“Oh, right.”
'Can we request to remove players from the game?'
'Yes.'
'Are you a player, too?'
It had been a spontaneous question, and Twilight certainly hadn't expected a positive answer, but...
'Of course.'
"Hey, that was really smart." Another giggle.
Twilight's breath halted for a moment. “Thank you,” she whispered. “Do you... uhm... think we should do it?”
“Well, there's hardly a chance that he's playing on our side, is there?"
“We should ask the others.” As if on cue, the remainder of the group just came walking over. Pinkie's hair was in her normal, fluffy state again – but she wasn't bouncing, which was a clear sign that not everything was right just yet.
“Good that you're here. We have a decision to make...”