"Euughh" is right. Those apple golems, as creepy as they are in motion, are significantly worse in still-image form. Worse yet, as a thumbnail while you're arranging a comic together. <shudder>
I can see the creepiness in a pile of talking apples. The way leaves make sinister-looking pupils and stems for thin, crooked teeth? It is well designed. The witches weren't anywhere near this bad in my imagination when I read Macbeth.
That's what I was thinking too. She asked her question, so the apples rolled away - their task already complete - when she tried to press for more information.
True, a literal genie could have taken that as her question. But if it's following anything close to the show's logic, Discord is planning for the answer itself to be harmful. In which case tricking her into "wasting" her question doesn't help him.
This gives some reason for AJ even trusting them, which in-universe didn't make much sense as she had to suspect it was really Discord. 'Course as seen with Fluttershy, he CAN just zap people... possibly. I have my own headcanon on that but I'm still working on that story.
The most powerful rule of storytelling: Show; don't tell. What is his plan? Depower all of them, hit them with a morale penalty so high that it may as well be negtive class levels, and invert their personalities.
Be careful about trying to lawyer up such a question, AJ. Roy in OotS tried that, too, and it bit him on the ass. For that matter, trying to divine from antagonistic force bit just about all of them in the ass.
Oh AJ, haven't you learned yet: wishes ONLY exist for the GM to screw the players. Run away from wish spells, avoid miracles, and never EVER use the words "I wish..." at the table. They will only lead to your entire party being screwed over by exactly what you asked for - because that's why GM's hand out wishes and miracles, to lure the players into sabotaging themselves. Never, ever, wish.
Although, technically, she's already asked the question of what's the cost? already... unless that was OOC? Hard to tell.
Don't worry, your soul is still safe; for now.
"No. And that was your one question."
"SON OF A *****!!"
3 of them lacking teeth and eyes
if this isin't a nod to the greek fates ill be eating my hat.
Make 'em roleplay themselves to death.
I suspect the response becomes "okay, you'll find out through experiencing it."
...but the cost is her ability to tell the truth. So she cannot convey the plan to her friends.
Actually, might even be worse than that - making her unable to tell the difference between truth and lies.