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Honestly? yeah I could make something up on the spot, but I prefer preexisting artifacts of power rather than some Deus Ex Machina device which appears for plot convenience, that always struck me as a slightly tacky option to a problem, plus the Alicorn horn is useful as it would have helped tighten the universe up a little more and make it feel less disparate.
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I can see how it would be an issue from a storytelling perspective. But I can try to accommodate by writing something up - a did have the idea of having one of the Scholarship contact Sliver Scalpel - let's just say one of the Directors is more in it for the "Knowledge" part than for the "Save Ponykind" part. In fact, said Professor wouldn't bat an eye at the type of experiences being conducted. And they have a vast collection of things, so it wouldn't be too far out of the question that they may have something Scalpel would need. Maybe not as powerful as an Alicorn horn, but perhaps something to wet the Doctor's appetite.