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Star Flow realizes the position she in, and while the fae's still distracted, her whole body twists violently like a whip to land a powerful kick right in the big mare's eye. The mushroom mare shrieks in pain, letting go of your friend as she recoils.
Meanwhile, Barkmane summons roots from the ground again, tripping the blinded fae who falls on her back. Making sure to not get caught again, Star Flow uses the occasion to land a few more bucks in the mushroom mare's gut, who coughs some nasty-looking green liquid in reaction. Your opponent is in a panic, and despite wildly thrashing around, Star Flow can still lands some blows now and then with Barkmane's help.

Eventually, after enough flailing around the mushroom mare gets back on her hooves, and then starts to clumsily run away.
"You're all insane!" The big mushroom mare bawls. She holds her face with a hoof, but you see a green liquid oozing from her hurt eye. "My friends were right! I'm never getting close to ponies ever again!"

You could probably chase her, but Star Flow seems content to stand her ground and let the injured fae get away in the woods. The sounds of the big mare's cries of pain and her stomps decrease as she gets away from you, until she's presumably too far to be heard.

Now that the source of the toxin has been dealt with, you can do some cleaning up. After Barkmane casts a protection spell on your hooves, you gather the nearby mushrooms with the intent of burning them. Meanwhile, Barkmane uses her magic to purify the water of the remaining poison, and after an hour of work, the pond and its surroundings have returned to an almost normal looking state, only some purple hints of poisons remaining in the humus.
"Nature and time will do the rest." Barkmane states. "And I don’t think this fae will come anywhere close to the town any time soon. Let's go back to the city."

>You completed the quest!
>You gained 100xp and 50 coins!
>You recovered 1 mana (you have 2/4)

"Apologies, but I'll take my leave right away." Star Flow states, once you've pocketed the reward. "I want to rest. Today's situation was a bit too tight for my taste."

>You may spend the evening with Barkmane and/or Brass Compass
>The shops are still open >>42455627
>What do?