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Princess Applejack

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Howdy, partner!

What you see here began as a series of comedy-centric stories with the concept of an alicorn-ascended Princess Applejack trying to change a mismanaged Equestria for the better by humorously interacting with the other, quite lazy, princesses.

Not to mention a whole bunch of Changelings with nothing better to do but cause mischief.


The whole thing was set in motion by this gem:

~~~~~

>So, wait, why am Ah' a princess again?

>Because you seem to be the only goddamn one of those ponies who gets that a Princess need to do actual work regarding maintenance of the kingdom. You know how much city planning or trade negotiations Twilight or Luna have done? Fucking nothing. Everyone is obsessed with the world ending threats they think I should fight, but the minute I point out the free health care I have to work to maintain everyone goes quiet. And don't even get me started on Cadence, who can't even manage a basic meeting with the Equestrian Games representative. Fucking annoying. Go do actual princess stuff, because apparently everyone else got the pamphlets mixed up or something and thinks "Princess" means "Beat cop."

~~~~~

Are you feeling creative? Try your hand at writing a story! No contribution is too small and we love having new folks around.

If you're more artistically inclined give a drawing or sketch a shot. Don't fret too much; it doesn't have to be fancy and we appreciate artwork a lot.

If that isn't your style either, writers always need feedback. So tell us what you liked - and what you didn't - to help us improve.

If you are unsure about anything, do not be afraid to ask. We will gladly bring you up-to-date or explain anything you feel is unclear.

Thread 112! C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
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Here is full archive of ALL the stories in condensed, easy-to-read form with all chatter in-between removed.
Check out the pastebin here:
http://pastebin.com/u/PrincessApplejack


Curious what happened last time, or just wanna know what happens during an active thread?
Check out the previous thread here:https://desustorage.org/mlp/thread/25673487
You are completely new and have no idea what is going on? There is a wikia with an overview of all characters, a complete timeline, previous thread recaps and explanation of the various concepts used in these stories!
Check out the wiki here:http://princess-aj.wikia.com/wiki/Princess_Applejack_Wiki


Confused about when a character first showed up or who they are? Want to know when an arc started?
Check out the character notes and details here :
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PsMAwLcIdC3IYxezAV9Ko4neEguNvc3eQqQqiTCxdDs/edit#gid=2119378650

We have begun working on a big project to fix up old stories and make this crazy world more coherent and accessible to new readers who don't like the thread format.
Check out the 'Princess Applejack: Re-Cut Edition' here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15cv3kqExr_vOM0JkUh4dqnvVKxJ5Z-P1KHwE8Z7aG0k/edit?usp=sharing
And finally, while most of the thread is very much clop free, we have a pastebin in case you're feeling a little more naughty with your writing, find it here. http://pastebin.com/u/PrincessAJAfterDark please upload any like it to a pastebin so they can be added out of thread.
And above all else, enjoy your stay at /paj/!
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First for Sexy Hooves!
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>>25717229
Aw nuts.

>>25717170
So this one time...me and mah cousin Peach were found in another castle.
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>>25717255
You can only keep me off my throne for so long, anon!
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>>25717229
>1 minute

DAMN son!
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>>25717278
I'll get it next time.
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>>25717170
>Dat OP

...I feel like this is the one time I would be happy if I saw Toad in the castle.
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>>25717290
Gotta go fast when you want to take the crown.
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>>25717229
AYYY he's back
good work dude
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OOCO
>AJ
"SA"
~~~

>...Mmmmm...

"...Ohhh yeahhhh..."

>...That was... that was amazing.

"No need to bolster my pride."

>Heh, bein' serious, yer' actually really good at this. See why the changelings are all over ya' now.

"It's a talent."

>...Kinda confused why Cadence don't want none o' this, though. That whole mess... heh, mess... was great.

"I have long since stopped questioning it."

>Figures... well, iffin' ya' ever need a 'dance partner' as it were-

"Oh, I'm bringing you. You're first choice."

>Now who's a flatterer.

"Do I really need to after all that?"

>...Point.

"..."

>...Shiny?

"Yep."

>Ya' think it's weird we like organizing and mailing off paperwork so much?

"...Nope."

>Smart stallion.
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Pinkie Preview Prophecy

>Somepony throws off my groove.
>Twilight punches somepony to stop them from bleeding and it works.
>Deus ex Machina from the Queenlings.
>Spike brings in a barrel of super glue and wonders what glue is made of.
>DT jury rigs a potato for power.
>Silver Spoon recreates the batmare running with a bomb scene by strapping a fake bomb to her back.
>The Cutie Mark Crusader sacrifice an alpaca.
>Stabby fanservice!

I am off my game.
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>>25717711
>>The Cutie Mark Crusader sacrifice an alpaca.

.......PP anon, you okay?
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>>25717711
>CMC sacrifice an Alpaca

Paprika noooooo!
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>>25717711
>DT with a potato
oh no
she's going to make an AI in a potato
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>>25717789
Hope it comes with a slow clap feature.
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>Jetset
“???”
____

What was the sound of an unstable force moving at high-speeds being stopped by an object with the density of a mountain?

GROOOOONG.

There. That sound.

>GAH!

He hit the ground hard, sinking in up to his waist when his lower half phased out, while whatever stopped him whirled around with a gasp.

“Holy marshmallow-coated rumps of not-mom! Are you okay, man? You jus’ came outta nowhere and BASH UGH THUD! You cool, you alright, how’d you do that an’… an’… are you buried up to your belly there?”

Jetset knew this changeling. Even in his bleary-minded mindset, he knew and remembered well this changeling who possessed his apple queen’s style of mane.

This changeling who was prodding him in the cheek.

“Hey. Hey. Why’s your left ear flickerin’ like that? Flicka-flick-flicka-flicker-flick-IT’S GONE! What the-how’d you DO that?!”

And then came the seriously painful head bops as Fifty-Six attempted to find Jetset’s glitching ear by mashing his hoof into that vacant spot.

Over and over again.

Bop. BOP. Bop. Two bops. An extra hard bop.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, it’s not coming ba-IT’S BACK AGAIN!”

>I wish my eardrums would glitch out, your voice is like a hammer striking hot metal.

“Oh, hey, I ‘member you! You’re that super secret guy, the one who fights with not-moms super secret guy… that jerk….”

Ignoring the suddenly brooding bug, Jetset turned to trying to dig himself free, struggling and grunting and gaining no ground.

“What’re y’all doin’ allllll the way out here in the woods?”

>Training.

“Cool! I gots some trainin’ to do myself! How’s yours goin’?”

>Terrible. I failed.

“Cool!”

Fifty-Six’s utterly pleased smile left Jetset feeling one part confused, one part annoyed.

>Dense as ever, I see.

1/?
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>>25717885

“Nuh! ‘Cuz see, I ‘member a long time ago when I was writin’ my cuz? I told him how I kept failin’ left an’ right tryin’ to do my own thing. An’ ya know what he told me?”

>No, but I assume you’re going to tell me anyway.

“Yuh! He told me that fail… that word doesn’t mean what everyone thinks it does!”

>So your cousin’s in dire need of a dictionary, then. I can arrange one be sent to h-

Bop.

Okay, that one nearly made Jetset bite his tongue off.

“It’s true! Fail is actually a sentinem for somethin’ else! It means ‘first attempt in learning’!”

>…

“See? So don’t get all bogged down thinkin’ of it the normal way, think of failin’ in the right way! You’re learnin’! We all are! So fail as much as ya can!”

Huh. It actually felt… good, to chuckle. Both at this changeling’s butchery of the word ‘acronym’… and the fact that he was indeed right.

With every fail, came a new lesson learned for the future.

“So c’mon! Up an’ at ‘em! Get on outta that dirt an’ let’s get goin’, secret dude!”

>…

“C’mon!”

>…

“…Ya know, I keep walkin’ away an’ keep havin’ to come back ‘cuz you’re not followin’!”

>I’m currently buried up to my armpits and steadily sinking into the cold earth. Not that I’d follow you even if I lost my sight but how you expect me to is-

Scoop.

Thump.

>…

Scoop.

Thump.

>…Why?

Scoop.

Thump.

“’Cuz we’ve both gotta lot more failin’ to do before we get anywhere, that’s why.”

And with a firm nod, Fifty-Six continued to use his miniature wings to scoop at the dirt around Jetset in what was sure to be a long endeavor towards freedom.

>…Perhaps… maybe I misjudged y-

“So to pass the time, who d’ya think has the bestest booty? Applebutt or not-mom? Smell-wise, I think-”

>Die.
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>>25717898
Well, that's an unlikely a pair if I ever saw it.

And daw for 29's note, that's fucking cute.
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>>25717756
>>25717777 (nice quads)
Look at my face. I'm the very pinnacle of okay. No shadows here.
I'm sure the sacrifice will not be in vain and will rest forever here in our hearts.
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>>25717711
>Stabby Fanservice

"...dear, you suddenly got a very large smile on your face."

'Poppet, I've no clue why, but I feel very very...excited.'
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LAST THREAD RECAP, AJ CRASHES AT CELLY'S OLD PLACE EDITION!
>Lavan is slowly driving everyone insane by asking about changelings. Or just by being there. Or accidentally being nice that one time!
>18 wants to know if Chrysalis has a plan in case something goes wrong. She does. This, inexplicably, makes 18 feel better.
>In Ponyville, things are... not going well.
>With AJ gone, Chitania and 13 makes a move to take the lings. Initially, Pommel and Sunset tries to out talk her, but this utterly fails. After they ask the lings and get from them that they want safety, it looks like they're about to leave.
>Until Sunset has a brilliant idea, and points out that 29 still isn't there! Despite his nature, 13 does want to protect the entire hive, and that includes getting him to safety. Unable to go off herself, or send her mother, 13 is out of options when Sunset offers to get him herself, even though she knows this is just to stall.
>13 says she has one hour to 'find' him before she just sends Chitania after him, and Sunset runs off.
>Cue a whole lot of awkward small talk from Pommel and Chitania.
>Also, Chitania is not a fan of Monopony, to put it mildly.
>Spike and DT have a bit of an... issue.
>Shinings attempt to hang out with 2 does not go well when Gwendolyn's airship arrives.
>Cadence, however, is too caught up in trying to be a better royal to go do the diplomacy thing. The thing she's really good at.
>She sends Shining instead. This is not a good idea.
>Instead, Gwendolyn bursts in, sends Idris out of the room and starts screaming her head off and insulting Shining for making her trade with a changeling.
>Then, out of the blue, Chrysalis appears, and asks if that would really be such a bad thing. Since she's been considering staking it out on her own, she outright asks if they ever did if Gwen would ally with them like she did the CE.
1/3justthreeandit'sallovertheplace
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>>25718303
>To her dismay, Gwen vehemently says no, outright comparing Chrysalis to Chitania at her worst and openly declaring she will never ally with changelings.
>When Shining, a little angry to say the least, asks her what she wants to achieve, she replies she wants every changeling out of the Empire's castle, now and forever, or else she's cutting off trade.
>Shining absolutely loses his cookies, screaming right back and getting so angry he splits his table in two. He tells her off and orders her to get out of the Empire, and that's that.
>Chrysalis leaves this abrasive, heading straight for the portal as soon as they're gone while pondering that this would be the case with everyone when she strikes it out on her own. She starts to get into very harsh thoughts, when Shining stops her just before she leaves to Canterlot.
>He pleads with her to stop, outright begging her not to make the situation worse. Because while he can mitigate the Gwen thing, if she makes it worse, if it gets bad in Canterlot, then he might not be able to do anything. His people might ask her to go, and, as he puts it.
>"I don't want you to go."
>Chrysalis is touched by this, calms down immensely, but insists she has to go to Canterlot. But before she does, she promises she won't make the situation worse. All she asks is that he believe her.
>He believes her.
>Screwloose knows about Pennydrop entering the castle... somehow.
>Pennydrop does indeed go in, and a back and forth with Celly ensues when Celly sees through her almost instantly after Pennydrop states she doesn't want to helm the investigation herself. Despite this, Pennydrop plays it off, makes her demands for the investigations and barring all the changelings and changeling associates from the castle, and keeps up with Celestia's verbal sparring. Outright challenging her in one instance, which Celestia doesn't take her up on.
2/3justthreebecausefunnyandtalking
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>>25718315
>But, sadly, Pennydrop gets the upper hand when she says she's going to go out there and tell everyone she agreed to everything, since if Celestia suddenly backed down after that it would look suspicious.
>Outside, Pennydrop's plan goes off, for a bit. At least until a certain someone steps up.
>Fancypants takes the reigns! He declares he'll be heading up the investigation, and Pennydrop is forced to agree, despite her wanting someone a little more paranoid. Fancy declares he won't hold back, but Celestia isn't worried.
>The mob is dispersed and clear, leaving only Pennydrop and Celestia, who shoot barbs at each other one last time, with Pennydrop wishing her a happy vacation.
>...Well, the beaches are nice that time of year...
>29 tries sneaking. Gets Mission Impossible instead... yep.
>The CMC fail to stop that thing they did, and A strange new challenger appears!
>7 meets up with his last beast-thing, Blossom, who is quite a lot smarter than the others and tailing... something.
>BUT FOR THE MAIN EVENT!
>Applejack is in Everfree Castle, going over the events that transpired and what brought her here.
>She has a hallucinatory conversation with Celestia, just like old times.
>She thinks back to her parents and if they would be proud of her.
>She questions what brought her to lie in the first place, and for so long
>And, finally, in desperation, she turns to the Tree of Harmony, the thing that helped her out so long ago, to maybe have an answer to solve this situation.
>One problem.
>It's not talking to her.
>...Because it's a tree.
>Didn't think this through all the way.

Well, that was some discussiony discussion! Talkative talkers, and all that.

As a result, if I missed anything, make sure to send the antrhax to THEM this time! Not that this wasn't a lovely give from Spike-Mini anon for all the confusion with his timeline, but double gifting is simply passe!

Send some to the less fortunate, won't you? They don't have any biological weapons at all!
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>>25718224
>77 and Cheerilee
>implying that's who's getting the happy stabby time

OCOO
>Screwloose
"12"
~~
"You're sure this is safe?"

>Yes yes of course it's safe, would I do it if it wasn't?

"..."

>yes I would, but I can assure you that this isn't the case this time, you go under, I get to have my fun and when you wake up it's like nothing ever happened because...

"because what?"

>...huh, does that work?

"does what work? Screws? this is starting to sound like you need a hoof massage"

>shush pervert, I'm thinking

"care to let me in? just this once?"

>you know what? yeah, sure, whatever

"okay, and....?"

>I'm wondering if, given my love for experimentation, you'll actually heal from it

"...huh"

>Well now I just have to test this, UNDER YOU GO!

"WAIT WE CAN JUS-GLARAGHHGHAG"
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>>25718363
NC
'Guard'
~~~

'Miss? We need all changelings to leave the- OH DEAR FAUST!'

>THIS ISN'T WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!

'...'

>...It's actually kinda worse, thinking on it...
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>>25718363
Nooooo, Screwloose you literal and figurative biiiitch!
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>>25718363
>fanservice is the first thing unlocked
WHAT IS THIS HERESY
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>>25718011
Sad part is, you just know he stole it out of a book he read and passed it off as his own.

But he did it because he needed to cheer up 56, and he knew that 56 wouldn't understand when he said he would never be a failure to him.
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>>25718643
WILDCARD BITCHES!
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>Pommel
"13"
'Chitty'
-41-
~SP~

"Aaaand there."

>Now if this isn't interspecies cooperation, I don't know what is.

-Beg to differ!-

~How is this cooperating!?~

'You two cooperated to be a couple of idiots-'

>-and we cooperated to tie you up so you don't piss off Chitania. And Chitania cooperated by being scary as hell and restraining herself because she...

'...'

>Sheeeee...

'...what?'

>Can kill you without even think-come ON I set it up for you and everything!

'I wasn't thinking about it.'

>...irony of ironies. Point is, we're alllll getting along here, juuuust fine.

~Begging to differ here.~

>Yeah well.

Fomp!

~Mmph!~

-Hey! Not cool, dude-!-

Fomp!

-Mmph!-

"You literally had them put a sock in it."

>Lucky for me this town apparently just has those lying around, hell if I know why.

"..."

'...'

>...sooooo-

'I could kill you without even thinking about it. So shut up.'

>And the balance is restored.
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>>25719394
>Even they can't stand those two

Harsh.
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>>25719807
Well they DID poke one of the most dangerous non-deity beings alive in the eye with a paper airplane depicting them somehow beating her AND Pommel up.

It's honestly for their own good.
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>>25719807
Look man, if they are that dumb enough to poke the literal walking nuke of punches, tying them up can only be a blessing. Worst case scenario is they choke on the rope somehow, and that's not a terrible thing
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>>25718303
Note to self, gotta go back and read about Shinys rage moment.
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Another thing about splitting AJ's development into onepostz, they're harder to find and reread on the archives
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>>25721299
and I still wouldn't trade a one post story for a multiparter. I hate wading through the long ones to find what I need. Also it's why I put images on mine.
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Non-Canon
>Pinkie
"Applejack"
~~~~
>Welcome to Late Night /pa/ with your host Pinkie Pie! It's during this time that content doesn't matter, and I bring in the good times! Now for our main guest...APPLEJACK!!!

"Howdilly hoo."

>Can dance we if we want to?

"We can leave our friends behind...Oh hey, that reminds me-"

>Okay here we go...

"One time me and mah cousin Peach were out on a class trip to the Smokey Mountains and she somehow got left behind. She was missing for about 7 hours. When we found her she apparently drank her own piss. That's the funny ha ha part anyway. It gets a little dark because cousin Peach started worshiping a dead squirrel to help her. Had a little alter for it and everything. She had creepy face paint on and covered herself in leaves. Later she managed to set the leaves on fire from the alter which was what helped us find her in the first place...cousin Peach doesn't like to talk about that one."

>Um...uh hey that's all the time we have! Thanks for joining us and g'night everypony!

AJ wakes up.
"...huh that actually was the whole story this time."

I hope no one finds Ellis-Jack boring because it's been oddly fun coming with these and has been a great breather for me. Plus it helps me get used to the way AJ talks by making her talk a lot.
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>>25721545
Nah they are their own little special of weird and cute, I love them.
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>>25721545
I sure as hell don't mind.
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>>25721545
Ill be honest, I love and kinda look forwards to Cousin Peach's next tale. She's like... the most interesting mare alive.
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>>25721299
Well I do love my multi partners, I also cannot deny that the one shots are doing pretty good job. They are accomplishing what they are setting out to do and we don't need 2/4 more
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>>25722231
Assuming she's still alive, that is...
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OCOO
>AJ
"Spike"
'Chrysalis'
~~

>...How ling till you think she notices?

"Annnny second now."

>...

"..."

>....

"..."

>...

"..."

>...Huh.

"Weird, right? I expected screaming by now."

>Ain't that odd? We-

BOOM!

>GAAAHHHHH!

"HAKKK! OH DEAR FAUST THE SMELL!"

>AH' CAN TASTE PURPLE!

"HOW'D SHE GET THE STINK BOMB IN OUR ROOM!?"

>AHHHHHH IT BURNS!

'That enough screams for you?'

>"HOW!?"

'BECAUSE MOTHERFUCKING CHANGELING!'
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>SA
"Cadence"
~~~

>Sooo, we um... we might not be trading with the gryphons for a while... or ever... ever is kind of likely here.

"I'm sure you did the best you could."

>Wow, you know, the idea that this was my best is actually somehow worse than if I had halfassed it.

"You did fine."

>I told her to get the fuck out of the castle. Literally. Those words.

"She probably deserved it."

>Not going to say she didn't, she most certainly did, but I'm also admitting that mayyyybe I got a little carried away.

"I'm sure it wasn't that bad."

>I broke our table.

"...The nice sapphire blue one?"

>That one.

"Oh."

>...

"......I never liked that table."

>Sooo, um... maybe you handle the next one?

"You did fine."

>I... I legitimately don't know what part of this was fine to you.

"...You did fine."

>...

"..."

>How's it coming?

"About as well as your thing went."

>Ah. That bad?

"..."

>You'll get there.

"...I..."

>...

"...I think I will."

>At least I did something right today.
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>Chitania
"Lucky Strikes"
'Pommel'
~~~

>...

"...Hey, Miss Chitania? I-"

'That way lies madness, soldier.'

"I just wanted to ask her a question."

'In other words, you're already too crazy.'

"...Excuse me, Miss Chitania?"

>...

"Are you like... getting royalties for that comic?"

>Am I getting what now? Just because I'm a Queen doesn't mean I'm actually royalty of a fucking piece of paper.

"N-no, not... not royalty, royalties. Tees."

>...Start speaking changeling.

"How am I supposed to do that? I only know Equestrian."

>Same thing.

"Really?"

>Have you ever heard of us talking in a different language?

"..."

'...HUH.'

"But uh, I just wanted to know if you were getting compensated for that comic book. This might sound kind of petty, but my nephew is really into that book, and his my sister just keeps buying it, but me and her wife think it would be kinda weird to keep like... paying you."

>I don't get paid for the fucking comic book, why would I?

"...It has your name on it? And she like... does your powers and everything. It literally looks like you, exactly."

>So?

"...Have you never heard of-"

'Stop.'

"But this seems to be-"

'Soldier stop.'

"..."

'Let me have this.'

>...I feel like I'm missing something... meh, I'll look it up when I get home.

'Why must you take everything I love, Lucky!?'

"See, this is why I never talk."
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>>25723575
>Pennydrop paying Chitty royalties

I can hear the screams from here.
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>>25723668
Right?

Just

>I HAVE TO GIVE WHAT TO HER!?... Get every fucking lawyer!

"Wouldn't legal costs be way more than-"

>GET THEM ALL I SAID!
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>>25723179
>'BECAUSE MOTHERFUCKING CHANGELING!'

She has a point.

Trying to out-changeling a changeling only works about 60 percent of the time.

...wait.
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>>25724079
They do get outfoxed a rather startling amount.

Huh.
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>AJ
~~~

For all it's majesty, for all it's splendor, for all it's wonderful, beautiful light, there was only one problem with the greatest source of harmonious magic on the face of their planet.

That was the undeniable fact that it was, even still, a tree.

>So... could you give me a sign here?

So when she looked to it with questions, seeking guidance of light in this dark time, she found nothing but, ever still, a tree.

>Look... Equestria's in a lotta chaos right now, you gotta feel that, right? There's so much wrong, so much confusion and disharmony, we need ya' ta'... ta' do what ya' do. We need a way ta' fix this.

It was desperate, it was without sense, she knew this. She had not a single idea what she sought as she looked to the tree, looked over the branches that held the power she herself had once wielded. She knew this, even if she still pleaded on, and found herself moving ever closer to the trunk.

She did not know what she asked, exactly. To be given her element back? To be granted another power? For the tree, itself, to let out a light that would calm the world and bring peace and harmony in such a time? She didn't know. She didn't know what she wanted, she didn't know what she needed, except for one thing.

Answers.

More than any other time in her life, she needed answers.

She had been given them, over the course of her 'reign', over the course of her tenure as a princess. She had been given answers by many, from sources she trusted. Celestia, Twilight, even her own Granny had spoken to her and encouraged her and given her the strength to go on. They had seemingly provided answers for her, before.

But it wasn't enough.

>Just... help me here.

Her eyes at last landed on a symbol she knew quite well. She should, after all, it would be quite odd if she did not recognize that which she had used to save the world time and time again.

Honesty.

1/4
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>>25724223

That is what the symbol was to mean, honesty. Truth, in the face of lies. That is what honesty meant, that is what Honesty was. Truth.

Something she had not been doing very much of these days.

It hit her, as she looked to that symbol, as she looked to that beacon that was supposed to be a shining light for all of Equestria, that her time as a princess had not been quite so honest.

She had lied, she admitted. She had hidden things, that was true. When Chrysalis and all her wiles came at her, she fought back with as many underhanded tactics as the Queen herself was capable. When Ten came to her with revelations following the fall of Partyland, all of the events that lead to the near fight in Catnerlot, so many other instances... she had lied on so many occasions, and it was almost always through omission. She lied with what she did not say, less than what she spoke.

But no one was perfect. Her status as an Element barer did not mean she could be nothing but the truth, did it? Surely, she was allowed to slip up sometimes, everyone did.

Surely, she didn't cause this...

It was not something she wished to hear. It was never something she wished to think. But the longer she looked to it, the longer she realized.

When the answer had not been clear, she had hidden it.

>...Just help us already.

Her hoof touched the splendor of that magical trunk, tingling with the sensation of power going up it.

>You always have a power to help us, you always have a way for us to solve chaos in Equestria, always. Just give us a power to use already!

But it would not. It remained, hanging still as trees normally do.

To any other, demanding an answer of such a thing would be akin to madness. To Applejack, it made all the sense in the world.

>Whatever you want me ta' do, Ah'll do it. Just... fix it. Give us a way ta' fix all of this!

It was the only thing that made sense.

2/4
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>>25724228

The tree had the power, the tree had the magic, the tree had the ability to grant the means to save the world whenever it chose. She needed it, more than she had ever needed anything in the world. She needed a way to keep from having all her efforts be for nothing, to keep from having the world descend into paranoia and distrust, she needed something, anything, to turn the battle back against this before everything was lost.

Surely, of all things, this tree understood that. This tree, the bearer of the very concept of harmony, understood that.

>So please... won't you help us?

She waited, hopeful, expectant, purely believing that it would be delivered. Waiting for that magic to come, for the answer to be given, for the way to save the world to curl down from a living vine and placed right in her hooves.

She waited, knowing it would likely take something of herself, an offering of understanding, to activate whatever it was that was given, but ready to. She had understood much in her time in the castle, and if not she could figure it out. She could find the truth, save the day, save Equestria again.

She just needed the power.

>Please...

She waited, never once doubting it would be there.

And she waited...

And she waited...

And she waited...

>...Come on already!

She waited until the hope wavered, and something else set in.

>Come one! Ya' got magic whoosywhatsts! Ya' got all the power in the world, don't you!? You've got more power than anything in the world combined! You've got more power than Discord, then all the alicorns, then freaking anything! You can fix this all lickety split no problem! You can help me, just do anything!

Her frustration grew, translating to her forehooves hitting the trunk of the unbreakable thing in rapid taps, as if to shake the answer right from it's branches.

An answer that would not fall.

3/4
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>>25724240

>Give me a way to stop the changelings disguises, give me a way to show the truth in any situation, give me the power to show the past events as they happened or something! A freaking ring of illusion breaking, a dang tiara of time traveling, a gaddang hat that makes you tell the truth or something! Anything! You can fix all of this, what are you waiting for!? Ah'll give you whatever you want, Ah'll learn whatever you want, just give me something to aim for, something to work for! Something to direct me and point me and give me an end goal, something!... Something!

But the tree did nothing.

>...Something?

In the piece of Equestria bathed in the light of harmony itself, at the trunk of the tree that held in it the power beyond any other magic, in what should be the place with the most hope and light of any world, she was left with nothing but silence.

>Ah' need an answer.

She had come down here with only that, a single thought, a single need.

She hadn't found it.

>Please...

She found nothing but her strength being sapped from her as she slid down the trunk, until she was curled up at it's base.

>...Just fix it.

But the tree did not answer her.

It remained silent...

As trees often are.
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>>25724244
NC
~Oh fine, for fucks sake! Here!~

>GAHHHHHH! TALKIN' TREEE!

*ZOOM!*

~Applejack? Don't you want the thing? Applejack, it'll... come back! I can't follow you, I'm a tree! I'm... shit... At least tell me if Fresh Prance of Bell Air is still on, my reception hasn't worked for years! APPLEJACK!?... Shit. Always have to blow it when I get a pretty mare in here.~
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>>25724244
The ONE TIME it doesn't give magic necklaces...

Guess "Diplomacy power Applejack" wasn't a hot seller at Hasbro.
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>>25724134
making them stupid or overconfident enough to be fooled is a slight nerf to keep them from being too OP
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>>25724327
Also going for the eyes.
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>Acty
"Lavan"
'88'
~~~

>Hmmm... Go fish?

FWOOSH!

FLOPFLOPFLOP!

"Is that one big enough?

>...I don't know what I expected.

'WOW, that stinks!'

"Does it? I'm unfortunately unable to smell it, due to lacking olfactory senses."

'Awww, poor guy. Gotta condition? There there-

TISSS!'

'SON OF A MONKEY-HIVE'S SECOND COUSIN'S BASTARD!... I grabbed the damn radiator again, didn't I!?'

>No.

'Why is there so many hot things in the room with the blind changeling!?'

"I will get rid of them for you."

>NO WAIT-

BOOM!

>Darn it, my fridge! It had my lunch in there!

"But there is a fish right there."

>I can't eat raw fish-

FOOM!

>...

"Is that cooked enough?"

>Over did it, I think.

"Are you sure? Don't you normally have to taste it?"

>Do I have to taste the tiny black lump, is what you're asking.

"...Yes?"

>No, I do not have to do that. I can tell.

"Impressive!"

>...I used to be a normal guard you know.

"Congratulations!"

>...

"What?"

'And I thought I was bad in social situations.'
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>>25721545
>All that
>From 7 hours

And I thought I was bad when my power went out.

I only sacrificed a mole-rat I didn't worship a squirrel!
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>>25724495
>>...I don't know what I expected.

In all fairness, what DID you expect?
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>>25724687
A friendly card game to pass the time with three Changelings and a giant head of fire.
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>>25724741
Wait he's a head now? I thought he was still a mouth and some eyeballs.
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>>25724765
I am picturing a mouth, eyes, and a ball of flame that would be where the head should be when I think of him.
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>29
"MM"
'Zecora'
[Trixie]
~~

>...You don't think it's like this up in Canterlot, do you?

"Uhhhh..."

>Nahhh, tis likely a far lesser time, so many more guards up there!

'Which will... help, that is true. The one who is correct is you.'

>Of course! T'was silly to think that a riot, of all things a riot, which might otherwise endanger someone much smaller who is full of quite insane thinking such that he wishes to be a guard of some kind who would most certainly recklessly rush into a stupid situation where he is clearly outclassed but does it anyway, that would be silly! Likely the princess has ensured a land of peace.

"..."

'...'

[....OHHHH! He's talking about Fifty Si-]

Whup

>Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-

"Now look what you did."

'Um, Twenty Nine? Uncurl your spine.'

>Eeeeeeee-

"He's not going anywhere. Good job."

[...And Trixie was doing so well too...]

>eeeeeeeee..
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>>25724495
Ahhh, don't worry 29! Jetset's got him!

And he probably won't kill him... probably.
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>>25717170

Puncess Luna: 'So, in the Super Mare io games, the particular pone in your OP pic is Princess Apple?'
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>>25724951
Wow, hell of a quote miss there buddy.

But Jetset probably won't, it's not like he has a hatred of chang-

Oh....
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>>25725186
Well he's calmed down a lot since trying to be less 'crack a neck, ask later' and more patient.

Should be no problems!....shouldn't be....
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>>25725186
I'm calling it, odd couple road trip time
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>13
"Haymaker"
~~~~~

>...

"...So I've been noticing something this whole time. Whenever she starts to get... antsy, you scream and she stops."

>...

"...Is that mind control/ Are you mind controlling her? Are you mind-whatvering her into not being mad?"

>...

"Please tell me if you are, I will feel so much more safe."

>I'm not using mind magic.

"You sure? I mean, I'm no expert, but... damn."

>...Don't need magic.

"What do you use then?"

>...Something better.

"..."

>...

"..Wait.. seriously?"

>She's still my mom.

"Wow, uh... wow."

>...

"... that's weird."

>Try living it sometime.
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>>25725304
Wait, wouldn't Jet actually be exempt from this whole management thing? Not only has he never interacted with the lings, he outright tried to murder them on several occasions.
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>>25725759
I'm more concerned that this basically shuts down the government for the duration.
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>>25725759
Jet the guy working directly for Celestia and AJ, and is going to walk back into Canterlot with 56 in toe? Not that glitchy is any good at the moment. That other anon had it, there is like three people in the castle that have no implication of changeling involvement and they are all imprisoned in some way.
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>>25725916
So....goverment shutdown chaos when?
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>>25725916
I forget, was Primrose/Red one of those? I see an opportunity for something...
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>>25726017
anon...please...not right now. we've had enough 'opportunities' blowing up for a while. Have mercy...
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>>25726031
THIS
THIS ARC WAS SUPPOSED TO FIX THE CHANGELING ISSUE
INSTEAD RARITY MADE IT WORSE
Also pennydrop put the ENTIRE EQUESTRIAN GOVERNMENT INTO SHUTDOWN
Also GRIFFONS BROKE OFF TRADE RELATIONS WITH THE CRYSTAL EMPIRE
ALSO EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG
LET US FIX IT FIRST, WE CAN PILE ON MORE BROKEN SHIT LATER
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>>25726031
It's a funny opportunity, anon, calm yourself.
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>>25726349
Y'know...you think that. I know you do. But you have to consider what others will do with it. You'll start with the funny, they'll bring the pain.
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>>25726009
>We won everybody! Back pats all around!... Wait, does that mean we don't have a government right now?
"..."
>Whoops.
"Why whoops? Doesn't this mean that literally all of our government was compromised, and now we have a chance to fix it?"
>....Wooo!
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>>25726452
"And while we're fixing it, there's no work orders being issued for public works and infrastructure! Golly I hope no big monsters stomp through!"

'Oh! And don't forget the lack of payroll for guards firefighters and since we have free government healthcare, they won't be getting paid either! Sure hope they actually come to work!'

~Yeah! and who needs libraries or courts! lack of funding due to the shutdown means all of that is on hiatus but I'm sure a total anarchy will be just fine!~

+Mission Accomplished Everyone!+
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>>25726491
...Now, see, that just makes this whole thing sound scary.

And not in the way you meant, in the "If about 8 or so mares got sick or something, the whole damn country stops working."

Like... Celly doesn't have ANY plans? How did the whole city not explode in the 3 days she took off for Partyland? It's not like they're shutting everything down for a month or something.
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>>25726592
No, that's basically exactly what we've established. We JUST had a discussion about how there is no one else at the top of this government. how it ALL gets handled by Aj and Celly.

And it did explode. It got invaded by dolls who curbstomped the guard remember?

And yes, we are basically shipping everyone off for an undetermined period of time while the investigation happens.

Also, apparently the best investigations do not involve any interviews with the relevant parties, but rather just sifting through mountains of nigh indecipherable paperwork.
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>>25726620
>Also, apparently the best investigations do not involve any interviews with the relevant parties

Not when the relevant parties may very well have some form of magical mental control, subtle or otherwise, influencing them. You could interview them all you wanted, it wouldn't matter in the end because they very well could have had their memories altered, or think it was their own idea, or anything like that, and there is no way to tell which is which from an outsider's perspective. When you are dealing with someone who is being influenced mentally, you need solid PROOF of what is what, and anything that would strengthen the low-number changelings forces, such as purchasing safehouses, reallocation of other funding into private accounts, delays or mismanagement with their own forces, sudden and unexplained renovations of the castle, or a host of laws centered around giving changelings an advantage in a legal situation would be the concern.

Remember, they don't know if anything happened to Celestia and co, hell, Pennydrop calmed everyone down with that exact notion, this is looking for PROOF. Something tangible they can point to in order to say "AH HA! T'was the bugs after all!"

They're Canterlot, they want to know if this is going to hurt THEM.
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>>25726620
>We JUST had a discussion about how there is no one else at the top of this government. how it ALL gets handled by Aj and Celly.

Correct, but even the US Government has a set allocation of funds set aside to keep stuff being paid in the event of a shutdown, which happened recently even. Celly would have a rainy day funding to keep all the city works running for, say, a couple weeks in case of an emergency, stuff like payroll for the guards and judges and libraries.

>And it did explode. It got invaded by dolls who curbstomped the guard remember?

1, it didn't explode. 2, you're missing the big point that, you know, those guards were still on duty. Everything was still running. Imagine that.

>And yes, we are basically shipping everyone off for an undetermined period of time while the investigation happens.

So? That just means no new laws can come into play, no new things that would need official signing can be signed, no new anything can be created or bills passed, but you're exactly wrong on all the other stuff. The funding for all of that is mostly autonomous or yearly funding, it would still run just fine. Hell, the guard functioned without a Captain of the Guard for almost a year.

>Also, apparently the best investigations do not involve any interviews with the relevant parties, but rather just sifting through mountains of nigh indecipherable paperwork.

Yeah, no shit. They need concrete evidence to actually make a case, interviewing someone you think was fucking brainwashed isn't going to help.
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>>25726691
Which is why you look for the discrepencies between the stories.

You WANT to interview everyone to find holes, or things one remembers happening that others don't. Sure it's possible the mind magic has just been so perfect as to cover all tracks, but it is also possible it has left a dangling thread.

You'll never know if you don't talk to them.

Also, since they all have mental shields on, it would indicate a much higher level of ill intent if there were such threads, and there is a better chance one got missed or didn't completely take.
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>>25726739
>law in place that uses the cake fund out to pay for a year of government shutdown
I could see it
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>>25726740
>Which is why you look for the discrepencies between the stories.

What stories? They don't know what they're going to call them out on yet. What exactly are these hypotheticals interviewing for? What would be the questions? They don't know which aspects, if any, were compromised yet.

>>25726740
>You WANT to interview everyone to find holes, or things one remembers happening that others don't.

Correct, but you want to find holes in DISCREPANCIES. As in, when something looks off that happened that you need to get to the bottom of. Right now, what the hell would they ask? If anyone was acting funny?

That wouldn't work for anyone getting kicked out, as they were also in contact with the mind controllers. If they were to do any interview, they would interview someone who wasn't potentially altered first and see if they saw anything strange. Like, castle staff or something? If they think the higher ups are compromised, all of them, interviewing them won't help.
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>>25726766
bullshit. not the way she defends that fund,

>>25726787
and the way this investigation has been broken down it's everyone leave you can come back when we're done. not even keeping them on site TO talk to.
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>>25726787
>Series of interviews where everyone has to explain the crazy shit they've done for the last year

...I want this.

>>25726808
>and the way this investigation has been broken down it's everyone leave you can come back when we're done. not even keeping them on site TO talk to.

They banned them from the CASTLE.

The CASTLE only. Where all of the sensitive information is held. They can't detain them, as they have no probable cause of anything prison worthy, only that they're not allowed in while they're looking stuff up.

Presumably they're going to actually try to find something, anything first, and THEN bring them in for an interview before letting them back to the area with the sensitive information, maybe? Like... they're not going to let them back in if they find something, right? They're not done investigating till they're done. That's what an ongoing investigation is.
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>>25726842
>Miss Rarity, about these... expenditures about a year ago...

YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
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>>25726867
Looks like that rarigals in trouble again.

How's she gonna get outta this'n?
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>Chrysalis
~~~~~

>Don't make things worse.

It was a simple thing, a simple request.

>Don't make things worse.

Something most did without even intending to, something most did every day of their lives, the default with which they lived.

>Don't make things worse.

That was all that he had asked. He had given things up for her, things she had witnessed personally, and all he asked in return was that simple little thing. One little request, that was all he had wanted from her.

>Don't make things worse.

A simple request that was as sincere as it was sensible. A simple request he spoke not only out of protecting himself, but so many others. A simple request he had made, from the bottom of his heart.

>Don't make things worse.

It was a simple request.

She would abide it.

She took every precaution, a disguise of general nature, not stealing an identity. A quick teleport far away, not inside the castle for more than a second. No words, no matter what she heard. No movements or retaliations or attempts to explain, no matter what was said.

She watched, as it all went down. She watched from just outside of the castle edges as Celestia spoke to them, and that strange mare spoke with her. As that white stallion took the stage, and it was decided. She watched it all, and knew that things were as terrible as feared.

Then she was gone. As fast as she could.

Gone from Canterlot, in search of someone else.

Gone, as fast as she could fly.

She had a single goal in mind, a simple one. She would achieve it.

... And she would not make it worse.

She had promised that.
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>>25726955
Chryssy?

Hey Chryssy?

Chryssy? Chryssy.

I know it's been said but...

Don't make things worse.
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>>25726424
They do and I will immediately counter it with the most silly bonkers nonsense I can pull out.
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>>25727017
I actually kind of feel bad for her. She like that little kid who was carrying a big old Cup that's filled with soda and she just really does not want to spill it. You can see her wobbling and you just want her to succeed. She's trying so hard.
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>>25727027
Then all I can say is good luck.
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>>25726424
>Bring the pain

They only do that to characters they want to develop, if he uses the side characters he's sitting as pretty as can be.

Unless what he is planning somehow Spurs inspiration that leads to someone thing this character has to become a main thing with their own story, I don't think he has much to worry about.

Seriously, can you name one time anybody actually suffered outside of character development?... Besides shiny I mean.
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>>25727279
32
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>>25727035
That is a strangely adorable image. It would break my heart if she dropped it.
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>>25727279
the concern is not suffering to develop this character so much as using this character to bring suffering to the others. because that is totally a thing.
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>>25727668
Anon, I tell you now, there is a list of things I will not budge on. Number one is Celly's dad being named anything other than Craig, number two is certain characters are just flatout not there for pointless drama. Absurd black comedy yes, but not drama.
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>>25727844
I hear what you're saying. I do. But I am just not optimistic about these things here recently.
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>>25727844
>number two is certain characters are just flatout not there for pointless drama.

So that's

Like 2, Who we are so protective of we said "You know what? Why don't you just sit Cordyceps out. Oh, Variolus is coming? Uhhhh... Hey Two, vacation tiiiiime!"
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>>25728185
Precisely, she's numero uno on that list. Though that's mostly because she's the first character I felt that about. Now granted she's also off the Black Comedy list for me, but I mean, come on, that's a given.
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>>25726842
As with most spy investigations, it's best to give anyone who has possibly have been compromised some time off, but do not arrest them or look like they are being looked at because they might fly.

You want them to feel safe and like they personally are not being targeted, especially in cases like this where they may have been influenced unknowingly. It's only when you have evidence of literally any kind that you make a move and you make it quick, but you do not drag them in because then it might set off anywhere you haven't found yet. Fancy is actually doing the smart thing by just letting them off and making it look like a vacation for a little bit while they sort things out, finding any possible links, and then maybe even implying that they can come right back to work and then pouncing in case you find something. Interviews wouldn't happen at this stage by any measure.
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>>25723320
...how did Caddy get worse at princessing?
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>>25728688
Let's just be grateful she recognized the colors as colors this go around.

Call it a moral victory.
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>>25728706
I can't tell if that was a subtle hint that she was working on that or a clever way to have her say "The nice four foot one?"

It's weird when it's smart both ways.
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>>25728185
Her and Mane-iac, weirdly enough.
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>SP
"41"

>Mmph. (This situation is less than optimal.)

"Mmph hmph." (I concur.)

>Mmph mmph mmmph. (My captain is a tyrant.)

"Mmph." (I concur)

>Mmmph mph mmmhhmmhmph. (And the Titan is of low lineage, descended from grubs.)

"Mmph." (I concur)

>Mmmph hmmph hmph. (I don't think we can actually understand each other)

"Mmph." (I concur)

>Mmph. (Indeed)
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Good night, thread
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>>25729877
Good... Something aon
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Good morning thread.
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>>25730824
Good morning to you too pal
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Non-Canon
>Pinkie
"Applejack"
'???'
[???]
~~~~
>Welcome to Late Night /pa/ with your host Pinkie Pie! It's during this time that content doesn't matter, and I'm giving a behind the scene look. Now it's time for...LIFE IN THE DREAMHOUSE:BACKSTAGE EDITION!!!

AJ walks in on Pinkie who's in the kitchen.
>Oh hey AJ! You're early! So for the skit I'm thinking of having you break a bottle of Applejack Daniels into the pot.

"Can ya get the bottles for me then?"

>Sure! It should be in the liquor cabinet...here you go!
She turns around and gets stomped by a giant foot from a dream eater.
>Ungh!

"Hello there. I'm a big fan of your show by the way."

Pinkie struggles and grunts under his foot.
>Forceful aren't we?

"When you're hungry, tact can be thrown out. I've been dying to know what your shadow taste like."
He takes a big wiff of Pinkie.
"...hm where's your shadow? Can't even smell a hint of it. You don't have any fears or anything?"

>My shadow caused some trouble, so I ate it.

"Wait, you ate your shadow? You didn't slay it, or merged with it? You forced it into you by eating it? ...How odd. Shouldn't the hunger make you..."
He begins to notice the food motif of the Dreamhouse.
"Ha ha...hahaha you're either lucky, or more clever than you look. Oh well, we'd still eat ponies like you anyway. I guess I'll have to skip the best part and have you."
His jaw dislocates and opens wide.

['LUNAR JUSTICE!']
Three spears pierce right through the Dream Eater and black liquid oozes out of it's mouth.
"Blurgh...so the moon rises."
He disappears in a pillar of light. Luna and 2 other night guards step forward.

'Thank goodness we made it in time. Is thou all right?'

>Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little frazzled.

[Your majesty, we must keep moving. She's not the only one.]

>Is something wrong?

'The situation is under control. Continue the show.'

>But-
A door opens.
'Stay out of trouble.'
Luna and the guards walk through and shut it behind them.
>...hmm...I wonder what he meant?
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>>25731247
That either you are totally right, or really wrong. I'm betting on the latter
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OOCO
>AJ
"Celestia"
~~~~

>Hey, Tia? Gotta question.

"And I have..."

>...

"...Huh. I'm surprisingly out of something to use here. I think I've exhausted all of my threats."

>So-

"No! I'm serious! I think I'm totally out of things to threaten you with! Totally bereft of any means of retaliation!"

>Ah-

"I... I feel so vulnerable, so weak! I didn't feel this weak when I was shot! This is a nightmare, this is the worst! Oh dear mother I have nothing left to shoot you with or threaten you with!"

>... the horror?

"I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING! AHHHHHHHHHH!"

*CRASH*

>Uh... wow. Poor gal, never realized Ah was puttin so much strain on-WAIT A DANG MINUTE!

"SUCKERRRRRRRrrrrrrr...."

>... you win this round, Celly.
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OOCO
>SA
"Chrysalis"
'Celestia'
~~~

>Okay, so we're all clear. First one to make it down the slope in one piece is the winner. And no using immortality!

"...how... how do we do that, exactly?"

>If you start rolling, don't be immortal.

'So... so-'

>So fall apart, yes.

"...So in the event that we, during this very fast race down the side of a dangerous mountain, slip or otherwise fall, you wish us to stop being immortal for a set time."

>Yep.

'All so that, when we fall, we will break into a bunch of pieces.'

>Correct.

"...That sounds awful!"

'Yeah, who would want to live in a situation where they couldn't use badass superpowers to easily survive something horrific?'

"Right? This isn't even a concern for us, we're not even going to feel it."

'It might actually be fun, even!'

"Why would we..."

>...

"...Oh..."

'...oh...'

>...

"'...NAHHHHH! READYSETGO!"

>...Sniffle...
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>>25732258
....idon'tgeddit
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>>25732292
What, really?

>Shiny says not to be immortal and cheat to win the competition
>Celly and Chrysalis laugh and imply not being immortal would suck
>#nowings
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>>25732258
>I'LL SHOW THEM!
~~~~~~~

"What did we learn?"

>...

'That you can't answer with a bad concussion?

"..y-yes..."
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>AJ
~~~~

They say that there are five stages of grief. A set progression one goes through in a bad situation that explains what they will be feeling and in what way they will be feeling it. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance, if she remembered them right.

Well, she must've gotten them mixed up somehow. Because, after a bit of sitting there on the ground and feeling like the acceptance that the tree was simply not going to help her was right around the corner, something quite different happened.

>...You friggen tree.

Something that made her shoot to her limbs, made her snarl with anger, made her head start to throb with anger.

>You gad dang... backstabbin'...

Something that made her turn her attention away from her thoughts, and back to someone who deserved it more.

Or rather, something.

>Of all the low down dirty no good times fer' you to pull this, you choose now!

Something that was going to listen in silence while she screamed her head off at it. And it would, without saying a word.

Because it was a tree.

>Of all the times ya' could've chosen, ya' pick now ta' up and decide not ta' help us! Was it one too many, ya' friggen tree!? Did ya' just get tired of it? Oh, Ah'm sorry that Ah' actually did the legwork and put mah' life in danger instead of hiding under a castle ta' save the world! So sorry that Ah' actually want to go out there and fix stuff instead of waitin' for something ta' ask me for a bit of the endless power Ah' got inside of me that can solve every problem! Was it too much? Did we save the world one too many times? Was that it? Should we have just let it rot!? Well!

She didn't know what she was doing when she turned around, and she could no longer stop it.

>Ah'mn sorry!

Even as every braincell not drowned by rage screamed at her with the shrieks of a thousand wild animals, she could not stop it.

>That Ah'!

She could not stop it, even as she shifted all of her weight to her forelegs.

>Even tried!

1/2
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>>25732594

She could not stop it, no matter how foolish she knew it to be, no matter how blasphemous or downright unsettling it was, no matter how little sense it made or how much more she could do.

She could not stop it, as she cocked her hind legs back.

Because when a tree was being stubborn, there was only one thing Applejack, not the princess or the Element bearer, Applejack of the farm of Sweet Apple Acres knew what to do. There was only one thing her granny and her parents and her brother taught her to do when some tree was being a right fighter about dropping that last thing she wanted. There was only one thing the farm pony knew how to do.

Because, no matter how fancy, no matter how magical, no matter how strange it looked, when it got right down to it....

It was just a tree.

>BUCK YOU YA' FRIGGEN TREE!

THUCK!

It hit her, after the recoil sting stopped shooting down her legs, just what it was she had done. For a time, she remained there, frozen, almost not comprehending what had just happened, confused like she had been replaced by an alien entity for that short time, and only now had returned.

She waited, in silence, for her brain to fully take hold, and comprehend.

>...Uh...

Pip!

What little brain power she had returned to her went away yet again, fleeting like a cool wind on a hot day, when she heard something drop next to her. When she heard something softly hit the ground just to her side.

Her brain stopped working altogether when she saw an apple next to her.

>W-...what.

An apple had dropped from the tree.

It was a red, bright, shining apple.

No... not shining. An almost angry looking red

Just a hue off, just enough to look wrong.

>...what.

It was a pity, that she could think so little, understand so little, believe so little. She knew time was wasting away, but nothing, seemingly nothing, would bring her back to earth, and reality. Nothing would make her move again.

"Where... are my... changelings."

Except for that.
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>>25732603
....I'm sorry, I don't think I read that right. Let me just read that again.

Oh my, I seem to have misread that again, one second.

Huh! There must be something wrong with me, because for some reason my brain keeps misinterpreting that to say Applejack applebucked the Tree of Harmony!

Oh, brain! You silly thing!
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>>25732603
>Bucking the tree of harmony

That is either the dumbest or most hardcore thing Applejack has ever done.

I'm including catching a motherfucking nuke in space.
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>>25732680
And then chrysalis showed up...so she can make things not worse.

...soda down!

Soda Down!
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>>25732603
NC

>...Oh, Chrysalis?

"Where are they"

>The changelings? Oh, yeah, they're in Ponyville....s'bit tense there, cos...y'know, Chitanias there.

"Why"

>...Y'all remember 13?

"...Yes"

>Weeeeeeeeeeeeeelll...

"Well what?"

>You know here better than ah' do, so y'all can deal with that. Mahself on the other hand-

"What"

>-Have t' figure out what this apple is tryna tell me

Plop

>Tell me your secretssssssssssssssssssss
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>>25732603
>Kick god tree
>Get apple

Seems legit.
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>>25732603
It was all worth it. Nobody, no matter how much we debate, no matter how much we argue, no matter how much we fight, will ever be able to convince me that this whole thing, Aj's inner turmoil and all that included, was not worth it.

Seeing Applejack KICK THE TREE OF HARMONY made this whole trip worth it and so, so, so much more.
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>>25732603
And AJ officially became the rawest pony ever.

She bucked the damn tree of harmony. Yeah, no, she has all the stones.
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>>25732941
...kicking a tree? That's unmitigated awesome to you? Kicking a giant crystal tree?

Seriously?
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>>25732833
>.s'bit tense there, cos...y'know, Chitanias there.

"Oh, that's the only reason?"

>...well the mob probably has somethin' ta' do with it, actually?

"MOB!?"

>Hold up! Ah' got apples to interrogate! Now... are you a red gala or a red delicious? Ah' gotta know!... No it ain't racist!
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>>25732978
I'm sorry, is straight up kicking the single most powerful entity in MLP entirely like it was a common apple tree not awesome to you? Is bucking the thing that has repeatedly curbstomped literally every threat to Equestria it's been put up against with only some of it's power not awesome?

It's not a giant crystal tree, it's the motherfucking Tree of Harmony, it's the thing that makes Discord piss himself because even phenomenal cosmic powers can't prevent him from becoming that things bitch, and she straight up kicked the thing so hard it dropped an apple despite not even being a fruit tree.

No fucking shit it's awesome.
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>>25732978
>just a crystal tree
Dude it's-

>>25733032
Thank you.
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>>25733032
But like, it doesn't DO anything.

It gets used but it doesn't really do stuff itself.

Like a nuke is awesome but plutonium is just, well...plutonium.
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>>25733066
>But like, it doesn't DO anything.

Because no villain, no matter how cocky, is dumb enough to go start some shit with it.

They hide away because they know it's literally so strong it could kill them just by being in the same room.

Unlike Applejack, who was so close she could kick it, and then kicked it.

This isn't plutonium, it's a nuke that makes little nukes you can use to go blow up the badguys with friendship, and AJ just kicked the mama nuke.
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>>25733111
Do any villains even know it exists beyond dizzy?

And it has never taken an aggressive action of any kind. It's been harvested for weapons, it dropped out a super saiyan/insta castle box but it isn't like an ent or something. It just kinda sits there. More a source of power than an actor.

I mean for a crowning moment of awesome 'she got huffy and kicked a tree that showed no signs of response let alone retaliation' just does not really compare with 'she rode the Titan into battle against a horde of zombies to topple the enemy tower an was hurled into the air to catch the fungi nuke which she then plunged down through reentry the full fire and fury of the atmosphere raging around her obliterating her for and saving both this planet and others beyond.'

I guess if this does it for you that's fine, but I just don't see it.

Works great to illustrate her mental/emotional state and provide a mcguffin, but not exactly what I'd call climactic. Now slapping Faust across the face with a bass fish...that'd be a thing.
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>>25733173
Foe. obliterating her foe. Stupid phone.
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>>25733173
More, crowning moment of crazy awesome.

It's awesome BECAUSE it's so fucking crazy and absurd, that I can't help but admire it and even now think it's probably the best moment I've seen in over 10+ threads. It's just so insane that APPLEJACK of all ponies would break down to the point where she would look to what is essentially the source of mega-magic in Equestria, and reach a point where she just straight up kicks the thing, it's awesome.

Your example is most certainly more awesome on a general scale, you'll never hear me argue that one and still to this day remains my fav AJ moment out of the series, but in that she was saving the world, being heroic and doing the right thing. Here? She's not doing the right thing, she's doing the crazy thing. She's doing the thing that is too fucking crazy to even consider on a normal basis. I could see AJ go block that bomb every single day of the week and sunday too, but imagining a scenario where she kicks something that, for all she knows, is going to use those weapons she herself used to wipe out godlike entities on her is another thing entirely.

I don't know if it's climactic, since with Chrysalis there it's obviously not the end of that scene, but it's for sure a scene I never thought I'd see, and is so fucking balls-out crazy it's awesome.
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>Lavan
"32"
'88'
[Acty]
{JJ}
~Daw~
~~~~

>So, you can appear to be anything, at any time?

"If this is going to transition into some kind of disguise control regiment..."

'My body, my choice!'

>I was merely wondering, can you become another gender as well?

"Sadly, no."

'...wait, sadly?'

[I see the appeal.]

'...WHAT!?'

~HA HA!~

[What? I think it would be neat if JJ could become a girl at any moment!]

'...'

{I think that would be pretty cool too, thinking about it. We could do shenanigans}

~...Wait, what? Am I missing something here?~

"But the answer is no."

>Why not?

"Because we can't re-write our internal organs? Can't reattach splits in our skin on a whim?... Other reasons?"

>Oh.

"..."

>But if you could do that-

"I'd rather not. There's only one place I want to be the mare, thank you."

>Where is that?

"..."

'...'

[...Yeah, where?]

{Like...in a pageant?}

~Okay, seriously, are they fucking with us?~

"The thing that function like no mortal being ever could?"

~Meant those two.~

"So did I."

>...I did not receive an answer.

~Trust me, lad, for the best.~

>Oh, okay.

[...This is going to bug me all day.]
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>>25732603
If you were trying to appease me for hijacking Chrysalis's by having AJ do something as stupid awesome as kicking the tree it worked

I'm actually being serious, I wanted to do an AJ/Chrysalis confrontation myself with that, but I'm just happy it's getting done and it ties into the over-arching development plot.
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>>25733600
I was legit worried about that, I really was, and I do apologize for essentially hijacking her thing with the whole "Don't screw it up" section, but it was an opportunity I could not pass up.

I was actually really worried with the gryphon thing back last thread because I was like "oh shit, how am I going to make this work?" but when you had her take off, I had to take it. Like I said, I'm sorry, but I hope the coming parts will show why this had to be Chrysalis, it simply had to. With what's coming next it had to, thematically, character wise and continuity wise, it HAD to be Chrysalis.

Like I said, I am sorry, but I assure you this isn't what was mentioned last thread with a just short nothing in order to prevent the storyline from going down ways I don't want it to and forcing the hard stuff on the people who were writing it, I'm not hijacking it and going to leave a mess in your lap to untangle I promise, it is just a matter of what comes next needs this character, specifically, to get the most impact. She had a reason, I swear it and I will do my best to prove it!

Sorry again, but it's dangerous and my Apple Princess can't go alone, so I need to take this.
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>>25733733
Nahhh, like I said, it's cool! I wanted a Chrysalis/AJ confrontation as well, though I wasn't sure if you were going to broach it yourself.

So long as it's for AJ development and it's clearly as well thought out as that, you hijack away motherfucker.
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>Celestia
"Twilight"
'Rarity'
[Dash]
{Pinkie}
~~~~~

>... and that's essentially it.

Somehow, even long explanation preceding it just plain did not seem to do it justice. They had been there for the better part of an hour recapping exactly what had happened, and yet the four of the once defenders of Equestria felt they knew so very little of what had happened, or why.

Only one thing was clear, regardless.

"So, we're getting kicked out for..."

>A week, maybe? Maybe less? Could only take a couple days.

"And Eqeustria is going to..."

>Still be fine, so long as this doesn't run over two weeks? All the funding and paychecks for this month are already processing. Mind, I am also assuming that the giant butter-turkey from eight hundred years ago does not return, but aside from something like that stomping through everything should be fine.

She said this, of course, but she couldn't help but notice a certain other alicorn in the room looked quite less sure.

'Are you... certain this isn't going to leave an opening for that mare, Celestia?'

>Quite. Fancy is not one to blindly see things in every corner, we should be fine.

It never ceased to unsettle them when they didn't hear absolute certainty in the princess's voice.

"They're not going into my lab, are they?"

>Fortunately no, I managed to convince everyone that the investigation need not be allowed into private information. I merely... failed to specify that this broad term also included changelings and or privately funded lab experiments. They'll have full access to see what you purchased and why when you used Equestrian funds, but until they can confirm anything and have it cleared, they can't access that room.

"Phew. Good."

[Sooo, what, we're just out of a job for a couple days slash weeks?]

>It appears so, yes.

{THE HORROR!}

>...Pinkie, you don't do anything for the crown.

{Sure I do! I throw parties!}

>But not on our dime.

{...}

>...Right?

{...Equestria needs parties, Celly.}

1/2
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>>25734165

'So... what do we do in the meantime?'

>...I dunno.

[Okay, can we all agree that the princess going 'dunno' is weird?]

'Yes.'

"Very."

{I like it!}

>It's not that weird!

The silence said it all.

>HMPRH! Well, fine then! I have no idea what shall we do upon this time wherein we are bereft of our status and funds, empty is my head as I wonder to the thoughts of the days that shall pass free of work as the machinations of a mare take hold, nothing to be done but rising of the sun for the days that shall be, for in this time, we are free.

Slow, respectful applause followed her.

>I thank you.

"But seriously... what are we going to do?"

{...Throw a party?}

Slow, much less respectful looks followed the other.

{I am not a complicated mare...}
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>>25734173
Well? What are we planning?

Beach episode?

...Please beach episode?
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>>25734279
I'm down with it.

Once AJ's thing wraps up just have everyone go on a vacation.
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>>25734347
Wouldn't mind it at all. Just everyone going to the beach being like "Who the fuck cares"

Meanwhile, EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG IN EQUESTRIA!
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>>25734347
Unless shenanigans unveal Tweelot's bug research etc etc

Thant and I'm still unsure what 13's ulterior motives in Ponyville are other than "Stop abusing my hive REEEEEEEEEEE" right now
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>>25734389
>Unless shenanigans unveal Tweelot's bug research etc etc

Leading to Twience run rampant? Oh baby, you know how to get me going.

>Thant and I'm still unsure what 13's ulterior motives in Ponyville are other than "Stop abusing my hive REEEEEEEEEEE" right now

So then what's the problem? That you don't know?
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>>25734532
>So then what's the problem? That you don't know?

Cos as far as I know, 13 has been "Up" to "Something" since she arrived in Ponyville, secretly "Working" on some kind of "Plan" that involves a lot of subtle Mindzotzing. And using Chitania as a bouncer; which is never a sign that what is going on is cool.

If there's a reveal, I hope it's soon
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>>25734592
Uh...does that include her asking Pommel to help Chitty with the paper airplane in the eye?

Because I didn't intend that to be the case, I just didn't think Pommel was the type to do let that continue.

I.E Worse than Hitler
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>>25734388
>Unlikely heroes Flim/Flam and Redbot 2016
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>42
"Spitfire"
~~~~~

>...It's quiet.

"...Yep."

>...too quiet.

"...Yep."

>We need to keep our guard up.

"...Yep"

>Prepare for anything.

"...Yep."

>Well, I'm glad you, as a solider, understand this.

"...Meh, could go either way."

>...

"...Yep."

>You're not even listening to me, are you?

"...Yep."

>Hrm...You want to make out with Eighteen.

"...Yep."

>You want to make out with Cadence.

"...Yep."

>You want to make out with that lamp.

"...Yep."

>You want to make out with Chrysalis.

"...meh, could go either way."

>...W-was... was that a stock answer, or are you serious?

"...Yep."

>Uh... you want to make out with... me?

"...Eh."

>I... I don't want to admit it, but my pride is just a little wounded there.

"...Yep."
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>>25735275
I don't know why, but I found that really cute.
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>>25732833
>.s'bit tense there, cos...y'know, Chitanias there.

"Are... are you sure that's the biggest concern?"

>Well, Ah' also kinda stood by while a mob formed and didn't do nothin' when they arrived, then Ah' screamed a whole bunch and ran off cause Ah' didn't wanna deal with it no more. That probably didn't help.

"..."

>...But pretty sure Ah' can blame this one on 13 and Chitania cause they were there and iffin' Ah' had just waited another hour or so Ah' probably would'a just divined the answer or someone else would'a came to solve it for me.

"..."

>...Probably.

"...'

>...Ah' got an apple.

"APPPPPPLLLLLLLEEEEEEEJJJJJJAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!"

>NOT AGAIN! SAVE ME APPLE!

..

>AH'VE BEEN BETRAYED-GLK!
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OOCO
>Spike
‘Twilight’

Twilight found her assistant after hours in the office of the Apple Princess where he continued filling out, filing, and reviewing basic forms.

>Check box 82B, allocate 300 bits, stamp, check, date, and stamp…

‘Hey spike’

>and into the out pile it goes. Next request, 5000 bits for brass doorknob replacements for the library…5000? Did they say brass or gold!? Denied.

‘Uh…Spike?’

>yet another petition to repeal the blowjob law…Why did we allow that to stick around again? Eh, screw it. Standard procedure is to…..Denied.

‘Spike. Spike the Dragon. Number one Assistant.’

>Oh hey! Request to join one of the harems! And here I thought we’d go a day without. So who’s today’s lucky winner? ….TWO!? Seriously!? I mean she’s not even FROM here! This is completely improperly filed!

‘...’

>Also horrendously illegal and likely to get Shiny arrested for murder. Off to Pommel it goes!

<fwoosh>

‘…wow…’

>And next up is a request for extra funds for hands on research experiments into deviant-

‘SPPPIIIIIKE!!!!’

>AH!

He shot in to the air in surprise scattering papers everywhere.

“Hey Spike!”

To find himself caught in Arana’s web.

>Arana.

“How’ve you been?”

>Good…good. You?

“I mostly just hang around.”

>Ha.

“AHEM!’

> …Twilight!?

‘Hi.’

>…what’s up?

‘Oh…well…you know. I was thinking about that whole ‘cave’ thing…

>the one where that you masterminded and nearly got me killed?

‘Not letting that go are you?’

>Not quickly.

‘Like you never made a mistake Mr. greased chicken rollercoaster!’

>YOU SWORE YOU’D NEVER TELL! IT ALMOST WORKED!

‘No. No it did not.’

>…Sigh. What did you want, exactly?

‘Oh. It’s not about what I want. I just want to ask you a question.’

>Well, looks like I’m stuck up here a while. Ask away.

‘How would you like….to fly?’

>…Arana? Get me down.
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>>25735570
>Turns out she had to eat the apple
>This thought literally never occurred to her.

Tell me you wouldn't believe it.

That said, while I know some of us are hopeful this solves all the problems, am I the only one a little worried? Like, okay, it's MLP, so a macguffin shooting everything okay isn't exactly a strange happening, but I admit I'm a little worried this will actually have some kind of really super useful power and that will fix this whole thing.

That said, I know others are hoping that's exactly what happens, that it really is a magical apple that just makes this all end, and I understand them so maybe I shouldn't complain. Who knows, might not be so bad.
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>>25735972

Sure thing
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>Idris
"???"
'???'
~~~~~

It was the heavy burden of a king.

To know that his choices, even that of not making choices, held weight, held ramifications, held power. By not standing and trying to calm down his wife, he had made a choice that had as much, if not more, power than any other he could make.

It was the heavy weight of a king that-

BANG!

... It was the heavy weight of-

BANG BANG BANG.

...The heavy weight of-

BANGBANGBANGBANGBANG

>The heavy weight of my hawk-damned talon up the ass of whoever is making that noise! On my airship!

He did not so much as open the door on said airship as ripped it clean, pieces falling off every which way.

Pieces, and a certain body.

"OH THANK GOODNESS, FATHER!"

>...Zephyrious!?

Of all the bodies to fall out of that storage closet completely nude and sweaty, his eldest was by far the least expected.

Second was-

'GASSSP! AIR! PRECIOUS AIR!'

>...Hilda?

The pair of siblings frantically started fanning themselves, Hilda even going so far as to cling to the air conditioning unit for dear life.

'THAT WAS THE DUMBEST IDEA, BROTHER!'

>Could... could someone fill me in?

"I didn't know they didn't have the ability to unlock from the inside! Why would anyone build that!? That's stupid!"

'I STILL BLAME YOU!'

>I feel lost.

"And how is it my fault that blasted room get so hot!? WHY WOULD THAT HAPPEN!?

'BLAME!'

>Talk to me, here.

"Uggghhhh!.... Well, at least we're going to be landing in the Empire soon, that should cool us off."

>Left that already.

'So all of that... WAS FOR NOTHING!?'

"Erm-"

'BLAMEBLAMEBLAMEBLAMEBLAME-'

With every word, she punctuated it with a hit.

>...They'll tell me in a second.

"OWOWOWOWOW!'

'BLAMEBLAMEBLAMEBLAME!'

>...Annnnny second now.

"OW!"

'BLAME!'

>... I should've been a turnip farmer.
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>>25736174
>Wait, where's Siegfried? Don't tell me you left him alone!

"Welll..."

Meanwhile...

-Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! STOP DRAGGING ME YOU ASSHOLE!-

~FUCK YOU! YOU GOT ME DRUNK AND I LOST VEKKY AND I'M NOT LETTING YOU GO UNTIL I FIND HER!~
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>>25736174
Don't bother fighting it, Idris.

You will never understand your children.
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>>25736224
>The Gryphon kingdom, ruler bereft again

Oh goddamn it.
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>>25736804
Citizens of the world: Your Governments Are Out To Lunch!

Be Back Next Week
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>>25736804
>Implying Aunt What'sHerFace isn't handling it

Bitch is basically Older Hilda, she knows what's up
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>>25736911
>Bitch-Hilda and Fat-Siegfried are now running the gryphon kingdom.

...they're gonna come back to find it on fire, aren't they?
>>
OOCO
>AJ
"SA"
'Spike'
~~~~

>...

"...Go fish."

>Gahhhhh. Friggen, never get what Ah' need

KNOCK KNOCK!

>Shit!

SHOOM!

'Hey, AJ? Shiny? Twilight wants to know if... oh man, did you guys get any sleep last night?'

"Can't talk, Spike! We're on a roll!"

>Take a backseat loverboy, we're gettin' this paperwork done!

'Well, you guys are working pretty fast... you sure you don't want any help?'

>Nope!

"I've got the fire in me!"

'Oh, okay. I'll tell Twilight you're going to be a bit longer.'

>Thanks, Sugar Cube!

"DOINGITDOINGITDOINGITDOINGITDOINGITDOINGIT... is he gone?'

>He's gone.

"Phew... got any sixes?"

>Ya'll looked when he came in!

"You can never prove that."

>Gaaahhhh... here.

"Woot! I win that round!"

>Fine, fine. Ya' win.

"You know what that meeeannss..."

>Sigh... fine, Ah'll go get the Dorothy costume.

"Ha ha!"

>What happens iffin' he comes back?

"Then you are going to have some explaining to do, aren't you?"

>...This is revenge fer' the stockings, ain't it?

"Chrysalis did not leave me alone for a month."

>Heh... alright, new game!

"You think they'll catch on we finished all the work like three hours ago?"

>Ya' think anyone else sides yer' dang personal paperwork bug is dumb enough ta' look at it fer' too long?

"...Wanna play poker this time?"

>Now yer' talkin'!

"Not strip poker."

>DANG IT!
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>>25737133
And the little sick gryphon kid managed to stowaway with Watchdog and Sig.
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>>25737405
>>Ya'll looked when he came in!

...Aj.
AJ.
Applejack.
Applerooney
Jack-Apple.
App to the Le to the Jack.

Why does that fucking matter.

Do you not know how go fish works.

Applejack stahp.
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>>25737133
>ONLY on fire
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>>25737413
So, in addition to everything going to shit, his overprotective mother is going to freak.
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>>25737486
She was probably lying, and he gave her that "Oh yeah, I got you now" after asking a bunch of times.

AJ cheats like a mofo at cards, you know.
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>>25735972
Nah, I'm not worried.

Guy hasn't skimped yet, he's obviously thought the plot out, he'll handle it.
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>>25737499
>HOW DID CHITANIA GET OVER HERE!?

"...That's actually a good question. Wasn't I in Ponyville a second ago?... OH GODDAMN IT NOT AGAIN!"
>>
>>25738713
Huh. You know, Faustmom missed a really easy way to fuck with Chitty by sending her into some place she's still barred from.
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>>25737405
These two work well together, I like their moments.
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>>25739327
They do really work as two fellows who are just frequently forced to do stuff just to keep the place running. If she were still earth pony, they would be a perfect pair
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>>25739109
Doesn't work unless you stopped thinking about it and become aimless
>>
Morning, thread
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>>25741052
Morning anon
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>tfw no new episode to make one shots with.
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>56
“Jetset”
~~~~

>So then my ‘cuz is all like “doth thine daftness know no bounds?” and then I go “I bound over booty all the time!” which totally causes him to do this flinch thing he always does when I get ‘im real nice—like he goes like this, see? Saw that? I’ll do it again even tho’ it hurts ‘cause it’s really hard to do and looks like he broke somethin’ upstairs but I make ‘im do it all the time especially this one time when I told ‘im how I wondered into this one place with lotsa fancy dressed mares who thought I was cool an’ stuff an’ started givin’ me all kindsa kisses an’—

Listening to this bug ramble on and on about his cousin, another bug for whom Jetset had already garnered a great amount of dislike towards by proxxy, wouldn’t have been so terrible had he not glitched himself into a tree and was currently at the mercy of the younger bug to cut him out.

Using a rock with sharp edges.

>-think he should jus’ go ahead and settle down with Ziggs already ‘cause ya know it’s gonna happen so he should jus’ quit playin’ games an’ put a ring on that booty ‘fore some other guy comes along and does it ‘cause I tell ya there ain’t no worse feelin’ than bein’ booty-swiped and jus’ between you and me Ziggs has one heckuva plot like it’s not as big as not-moms or applebutt’s but it’s far more exotic—

1/2
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>>25741900

“Faust? Faust please… if you are indeed up there and watching and listening, then please please please render this child mute.”

Shockingly, his prayer went unheeded and Fifty-Six continued without an apparent need for breath.

That is, until the driest of branches snapped under the weight of a carefully trodding hoof and both stallion and bug glanced back.

>Huh...? Oh! Hey there! How ya’ doin’?

“Who is it? I can’t see. Is it someone come to kill us? Can they stab me in the eardrums first?”

>Hahaha, don’t mind this guy stuck in the tree, miss new lady mare, he’s jus’ bein’ silly.

‘Oh, don't worry, dear, I’m fully aware of just how silly—or rather, how unprofessional—this boy can be.’

>Fffffffuuuuuuuu-
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>>25741908
Ha!

These two work really well as a pair.
>>
>>25741908
Are you there god?

It's me, agent murderboner. Please help?

<things get worse>

...yeah. This makes sense. Lots and lots of sense
>>
>Idris
"Zephyrious"
'Hilda'
~~~~

>I cannot believe you two!

"Yes you can."

'This is quite behavior of us.'

"I cannot count how many times we've snuck into something to join you in your foreign visits."

'Mostly because when we started, we literally couldn't count.'

>Do you not understand the political turmoil we're in!?

"Actually, we do."

'And we literally just had the speaker for our gods go "Hail Gryphonia".'

"We're sitting rather pretty."

>Who's running the kingdom!?

"Siegfried I suppose for the... few hours?"

'Or rather, our dear aunt.'

"She knows a thing or two about running a kingdom."

>...Stop being sensible!

"Gabbldygoo."

'Labbulululu.'

"'Habberdashhherfingfangfoom."'

>...

"..."

'...'

>...Heh.

"Distraction successful."

'Power of teamwork.'

BRO-CLAW.
>>
OOCO
>SA
"AJ"
~~~~~

>I want full power to the forward cannons, now! That devil in the hat may have gotten a shot in or two, but she's not taking another scrap of our fort from us!

"Now, Ah' know yer' scared, Ah' know, it seems hopeless, that dang bubblehorse just blocks everything we do and he comes right back at us just as hard. But we're apples, gaddang it! When the goin' gets tough, we buck harder! We're gonna break down that wall, iffin' its the last thing we do!"

>Stallions, it has been a pleasure working with you.

"Ah' love you all... charrrrge!"


>They're at the gates! Forward batteries, fire! Pew pew pew pew!

"NOOO! Sargent Appletree! Ah'll avenge you! Fire the catapults! SHOOM!"

>Hit the deck! Ahhhh!.... Is everyone alr- no... no! Captain paperclip! Not captain paperclip! Nooooooo!

"Their moral is weakened, go for it!'

>On the contrary! I have one final trick!

"What in tarnation is... GREAT TARNATION HE'S GOTTA BOMB!"

FIZZZ

POP!

"Ahhhh! Oh dear lord, the limbs are everywhere! No! Nooooo! Ah' lead them to their dooms!"

>Sooo, Princess Applemeister! You thought you could defeat me, did you? Claim my land for your own? Well, instead I take you as my prisoner!

"Ah'... Ah' admit defeat."

>Ha ha! Get into the dungeon!

"...Shiny, Ah'm not gonna fit in yer' paperwork fort with you."

>Wait till the afternoon rush, we could damn near restructure my entire office by then.

"Well, Ah'm loose till then."

>...laser tag?

PEW

"YER IT!"

>SON OF A-
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>>25742471
...Fuck that's cute.
>>
>>25742471
Damn it, heart, you come back online right now!
>>
>Applejack
"Chrysalis"
~~~~~

Every syllable was like a blade across a leather swath as it sharpened it.

"Where... are my... changelings."

Her tongue practically dripped venom from it's tip, a sickly green color as unsettling as her unnatural flame.

"Where... are my... changelings."

Every step was heavy, every step was strong.

Every step struck something deeper and deeper within her.

>Ah... Ah'...

"You... what."

It was not a question.

>....Ah'm sorry.

She watched, saw every second of it, and she understood not a moment.

She saw it bubbling underneath her face, the very thing she expected to see. The rage, the hate, the anger, the disgust, so many emotions warring and threatening to spill out like and explosion that would consume everything.

She watched, and she did not understand, for she saw the Queen of all things seemed to be fighting it. She watched, and she did not understand, why the changeling did not simply snap as she had done before and rush over to strangle her, choke the life out of her as she had in a time still fresh in her memory. She watched, and she did not understand. Not an instant of it.

Not when her snarl twisted until it looked downright abhorrent, yet she did not move. Not when her eyes filled up with sickly, unnatural looking veins within them. Not when her whole body was wracked with shakes that vibrated so powerfully even the stream of spittle running down the side of her mouth vibrated.

She watched, and she did not understand a second of it.

Or, later, a word of it.

"Don't make it worse... don't make it worse... don't make it worse..."

She did not understand any of it.

But that did not mean she did not see an opening when she was given one.

>Chrysalis, look, Ah'm... Ah'm sorry, okay? Ah'm sorry... you were right, okay? You were right, and Ah' couldn't do anything, and-

"I believed you."

Three words, each one blacker than the hide of the one who spoke it.

Three little words filled with so much hate.

1/3
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>>25743081

"I actually believed you when you said you would look after them... I actually believed you... "

She punctuated every letter, like a knife stabbing in deep.

"I..."

Whatever was holding her back seemed to be breaking. There was power, quite a lot of it, distorting the air around her, making it look warped and unnatural as it took on a terrible hue. The tips of her hair curled upwards, seemingly ready to rise at any moment, dancing with barely contained magic. Magic quite powerful, that she knew from experience she simply could not match.

"I actually..."

Eyes that had clenched shut snapped back open, and looked to the pony with more hate then she had ever seen in her entire life.

>Chrysalis... Chrysalis stop...

Instead, the Queen took one long, powerful step forwards.

She shuffled back, feeling fear, real fear, for the first time in as long as she could remember. She instinctively moved back to the tree, seeking it's warmth, seeking it's protection. It granted nothing, remaining as stationary as it had before in her desperate time. It would not use it's power, it would not use it's magic, nothing as the Queen advanced another stride.

And another, and another.

>C-Chrysalis, calm down, listen, Ah'...

And another and another and another and another each stepping faster and faster.

>Chrysalis stop! Come on... calm down now, this ain't, Ah' mean it ain't like they're just...

Those eyes of red stayed on her, never leaving, never wavering, honed in a like a bull striding to an end point he would soon gore.

"I believed you."

>Chrysalis! Ah'm sorry! Okay! Just go take yer' changelings! Ah' won't bother you again! Ah'm sorry!

Soon, all too soon, the Queen was close.

"I BELIEVED YOU!"

Soon, all too soon, the obsidian thing was directly over her.

>Calm down, please! Maybe this can all go away!

Soon, all too soon, that hoof, raised up, to do what she could only guess.

"YOU LIED TO ME!"

>It ain't that bad!

Soon... nothing came.

"...Okay."

2/3
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>>25743092

Soon, her world came crashing down.

>W-w... what?

Her eyes, previously clenched shut in expectations of being struck, ever so slowly cracked open. Slowly, just enough for the luminous light of the tree to sting when her muscles painfully pulled her eyelid away, and showed her a sight she thought she would never see.

Chrysalis, her face completely blank.

Not emotionless, as had been on many, many an occasion, no. Blank.

Completely blank.

>...What did you say?

"I said okay."

She swore she could see the flicks of light all around her move, so slow was her world that even the concept of luminosity itself had slowed down as her mind raced at unnatural speeds to try and process what she had seen. Was still seeing now.

Nothing, no matter how long she looked at it, made even a scrap of sense.

"Are the changelings okay?"

>...Yes?

She, of course, had absolutely no way of knowing this. She admitted that, to herself. She fully admitted that just as likely as them peacefully walking away, it was likely that someone had started a fight that had ended with one or more of them hurt. If anything, her exit might've been what set it off.

"Okay."

But the blank faced, soundless changeling did not argue in the least. That one word was all she said, and that one word was all she would give.

>...What... what...

She felt it, before she saw it. A hum, a tingle on her hooves, a strange feeling all along the hairs on her legs.

It took everything she had, every scrap of willpower, every drop of her earth pony strength, to tilt her head down. She was rewarded for her effort, as she had been in the past.

For in her hooves, she could see that apple that had fallen, that thing she had knocked from the Tree in her anger. That apple, in her hooves.

Glowing, in an unnatural, almost angry looking red.

>...Huh. Ah' was just gonna eat you.
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>>25743103
So it's a... mind control apple?

Or does it make everything she says true?

HOW DO YOU WORK, MAGIC APPLE THAT WAS KICKED OUT OF A NOT-FRUIT TREE!?
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>>25743103
>Chrysalis once again on the cusp of murderizing Applejack

And ya wander why I never liked her
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>>25743166
>So it's a... mind control apple?

Maybe it's a warped aspect of the EOHonesty, and it makes her obey dishonesty or something?

>>25743218
Oh come on. She was feeling utterly betrayed by someone she FINALLY put her trust in, and now her changelings are who knows where and in who knows what shape. Not just one of them this time, but over a dozen! Of course she's super pissed.

This one is actually way more justified than 12, as this time it was Applejack directly causing it by hauling ass, not negligence.
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>>25743166
>inb4 Nightmare Eris

...it's the only real Apple-related bad thing I could think of.
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>>25743246
>and now her changelings are who knows where and in who knows what shape. Not just one of them this time, but over a dozen! Of course she's super pissed.

So why didn't she show up in Ponyville first to see if they weren't in several discombobulated pieces?

Why'd she TP right conveniently to where AJ was?
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>>25743246
Much as I hate to admit it because this is going to annihilate whatever burgeoning...not friendship exactly, civility? Mutual respect? You get the idea, they had...this guy has a point. She beat feet when she was supposed to watch them.

Choo-choo. There are no breaks on this rape train.
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>>25743270
The magic of narrative convenience is a thing. Some days you just have to roll with it.
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>>25743270
>So why didn't she show up in Ponyville first to see if they weren't in several discombobulated pieces?

She doesn't know they're in Ponyville, AJ just arrived there the day all this happened.

>Why'd she TP right conveniently to where AJ was?

Because she's clearly got a way to find AJ? Why else would she fly into Everfree?

She was looking for her lings when she took off, and landed right with Applejack. So, she's got some kind of tracker on AJ or something, and thus spotted her sans lings.
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>>25743368
Awww man, that actually makes me feel worse. She was probably like "Well I'll be damned, AJ did get them somewhere safe after all! HAH!" when she found out AJ was near the TOH.

And it makes me feel extra worse because this means she just looked for AJ, and didn't even bother checking to make sure all the lings were there with her(No doubt she has a way to find them too), just saw AJ was in a fortified place and went right there.

Wow, this got worse somehow.
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>>25743081
"Where... are my... changelings."

>THERE IN PONYVILLE!

"...Why...."

>COS...cos... Ah' thought they'd come t' like them...

"...What happened to them..."

>Ah...Ah' dunno

"WHY DON'T YOU KNOW!"

>COS AH' RAN AWAY! AH' DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!

"RAAAAAAAAAAGH"

>WAIT!...Did...Did you not check on them? Why'd y'all come to me?

"..."

>You...you didn't even try an' see them?

"...No, you're responsible."

>..But... They're yours an'...

"...Uuuh"

>Uuuuuh

"..."

>...

CRACK
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>>25743446
>Why'd y'all come to me?

"BECAUSE I'M A MORON WHO THOUGHT YOU WOULD STILL HAVE ALL OF THEM! GEE! IMAGINE THAT!"

>...Okay, point. Kinda makes me look like the jackass here.

"No no, I'm clearly the jackass for believing in you. Clearly, I should have assumed that during times of danger you would abandon them. Got too optimistic when I saw you in the single safest place in Eqestria, silly me to think you'd bring them with you here!"

>...Sooo-

"So the minute I finish strangling you and I calm down enough to stop being mad, I'm probably going to go and like... save them."

>Ya' know, yer' wastin' valuable time here.

"TOTALLY WORTH IT!"

>SAVE ME APPLE!

~Kay!~

"Okay."

>...WOO! Apples solve everything!
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>>25743166
A magic sounds ingeniously awesome. Fuck, why didn't I think of something like that earlier?

>>25743334
>>25743407
Yeah, don't kid yourselves. We're going to make AJ and Bugbutt continue to be like cats and dogs until the series ends with their inevitable friendship. That's when that'll happen. Up until that point, everything else concerning their relationship will merely be considered stepping stones that fall apart only for the cycle to be repeated.

We'll make them get close, then sever the bond, rinse, repeat (as this right here would be either the second or third time). Makes for good humor and tension, I guess.
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>>25743488
>"I'M A MORON WHO THOUGHT YOU WOULD STILL HAVE ALL OF THEM!"

>YEAH ABOUT THAT! GUESS WHO DECIDED TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE AND KEEP THE HIVE ON A LOCKDOWN!

"WHO?"

>CHITANIA! AND 13!

"GODDAMNIT"

>I KNOW RIGHT!

"WHAT THE FUCK DO THEY WANT!"

>LIKE DOGFUCK DO I KNOW! BUT THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL AH' CAN MAKE 'EM CHANGE THERE MIND

"FUCK!"

>DO AH' WANNA GET STOMPED ON?! OR DO AH' WANNA GET MINDFUCKED?! OR MAYBE AH' CAN HAVE BOTH!

"FUCK EVERYTHING! AND FUCK YOU ESPECIALLY!"

>FUCK YOU!

"FUCK YOU!"

>AH'M SO FUCKING DUMB

"AAAAH"

Thoom
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>>25743536
>a magic sounds
>a magic APPLE sounds
Stupid coffee-less fingers....
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>>25743541
>>YEAH ABOUT THAT! GUESS WHO DECIDED TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE AND KEEP THE HIVE ON A LOCKDOWN!

"...Wait, lockdown? Like, they wouldn't let them leave?"

>No! They wanted to make them leave and take 'em back to you!

"..."

>...It's worse then how Ah'm sayin' it.
>>
>SA
"18"
~~

>Sooooo-

"So we essentially just messed up our banana trade."

>...Are bananas hard to make?

"Only grow in remote locations, Shiny."

>Ah. And the alternative-

"Clear on the other side of the continent."

>...Well, at least Chrysalis will be down one visual aide!

"..."

>I'm trying to look on the bright side here.

"At least our chances of someone being bitten by a banana spider dropped?"

>Do those actually live on bananas?

"..."

>Right, taking the win, sorry.
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>Celestia
"???"
'???'
[???]
~~~~

It was the worst thing she had ever seen.

>Oh my... my land is all bunched up now! Oh no, this will take days to fix! Oh... it looked so pretty too, now it's all mashed and deformed. This is the worst thing that could have happened!... Why is there a shadow- OH SHOOT!

Her expectations, and herself, were blown away by something massive landing in front of her.

"Told you the potato would work!"

'...HOW!? Just... science does not work that way!'

[I'm starting to think she's secretly a unicorn.]

"I'm magic, all right!"

'HOW!?'

>...Ahem.

"Princess! We're here to help with the mob!"

>...

"...Where's the mob? Did I scare them off already?"

>...

'...Uh, Princess Celestia, you okay?'

>...

[...Oh wow, that's a big crater.]

"Well, yeah, how else am I supposed to-"

BOOM!

"AHHH!.. MY NEW POWER ARMOR! I JUST GOT THAT!"

>I needed that.

[...thank you.]

'You are a wonderful pony.'

"WHYYYY!?"
>>
So... is the Apple actually a mind controlly dooly?

Or is Bugbutt being... her oddly bipolar self as usual?
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>>25744434
That is the question of the day.

Though even Chrysalis normally isn't THIS bipolar, so I'm leaning towards the former.
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>>25743103
....Did AJ just mindfuck Chrysalis?

HAH! There's something legitimately poetic about that.
>>
>Chitania
"Pommel"
'Haymaker'
~~~~

>...

"..."

'...Hey-'

"Did you learn nothing from me? Have I taught you nothing?"

'I know, I know, but I've got to ask.'

>Your funeral.

"Sigh."

'Look, can you... um...'

>...

'...Can you shrink?'

>...What?

'Shrinking, can you do that?'

>I do it every time I lose my Titan form.

'So then, you can shrink now. Like... smaller?'

>I can take the form of a normal pony, yes.

'I meant like, go tiny.'

>...

"...."

'...'

>...Huh...

'...'

>...I... I don't know...

"...That never occurred to you?"

>Never once.

"...Really?"

>.............

'I think I broke her.'
>>
See, all we needed to do was subtlety shift over to fucking with Bugbut and everything is all better.
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>>25745338
>All better
>Not possibly way worse

No yeah, I'm sure that "Angry red" glow and frequent mentions that it looks "Off" can only mean this apple she only obtained out of frustration and demands will be 100 percent happy times.
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>>25745431
Not story wise, thread wise. Story is stil spiraling.
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>>25744434
Dear god Applejack's going to become the Purplemare!

That'd be a crazy good inversion of her element, come to think of it.
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>>25745727
>the Purplemare!
the what now
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>>25745741
Look up 'The Purpleman'. He's a supervillain where everything he says is mind control.
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>AB
"SB"
'SL'
~Winona~
[???]
~~~

>Okay! Ah' think Ah' got the answer ta' the problems!

~Doing the opposite of whatever it is you're thinking? Do that, and get to safety! This is a good plan!~

>Accordin' ta' this here tablet, iffin' a sacrifice is made, then the battle will end!

~...And by end, you for sure mean it'll... blow up or something, right? There's a little picture of a thing blowing up?~

"OH THANK GOODNESS!"

'Finally! We can end this!'

~With it being dead? We know this, right?~

>Now... where are we gonna get a sacrifice...

'...'

"...Why are you both looking at me? Oh! Am I supposed to pick?"

>... she does keep abandoning us.

'Not very loyal, no, Rainbow Dash wouldn't approve.'

"Uh... wow, that's some heavy thinking. Lots of things to consider and ramifications to be thought over. Because if we do this wrong, we shift from well intention laden heroes to villains on the moral scale."

>Maybe iffin' we just pushed her and said she slipped?

'It's better than us dying. I don't want to die. I have a ton to live for!'

>Wait, ya' do?

'...'

>Sorry.

"Hmmm... well, maybe we should look for someone really old? Oh... but then that still doesn't fit the moral quandaries, as all things deserve life. But is one life more inherently valuable than the other? Are we, younger ponies with more life to them, worth more intrinsically than someone who has lived? But doesn't that imply that living is in itself something that determines you are of lesser value? That more living means you are worth less, and yet the potential to live more is of value?"

>On three...

"And that's not even getting into family or medical stuff!"

'One...'

"...Hmmm..."

>Two...

"...OH! I've got it!"

>'Th-'

"YOU! DOWN THERE!"

Down below the beast, an alpaca warrior froze.

[Yeah?]

"Don't stand still and dodge!"

[...wha-}

Just before one of the massive limbs smacked down where he had been.

>'...'

1/2
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>>25745843

"There you go! I did the morally right thing, asking him to move so he could survive, but his non-movement provided us with something we required to survive, putting all of the moral ramifications on him, and not us! That way, I can morally state that I told him the best course of action that would ensure his survival, but that he did not follow it is of his own accord, and the paradox of free will is resolved!"

>...

'...W-what...'

~What a load of pony shit.~

"You said it, Winona! Good girl for agreeing with me! Who's a good girl? YOU ARE!"

~I am sworn to not stab the apple. You are not an apple. Tread lightly.~

"YOUSAGOODGIRL!"

>...So, did we win?

Her question was answered, though not in the way she wanted, when massive horns sprouted from the head of the titanic golem, and their already insane height became even worse as the thing grew, and grew, and grew.

'...I think we read that wrong.'

The halo of power floating over the now massive being said 'yes.'

~I TOLD YOU SO!~

The incoherent barking was less so.

"...Bad dog! Why didn't you say something? That was a terrible-OW!"

~I WILL CHEW ON YOUR SKULL AND PUT WHATEVER MAKES THOSE FUN JINGLE SOUNDS IN IT LIKE MAGIC BECAUSE THOSE ARE AMAZING AND FUN AND wow I want one anyone know where we can get a squeaky toy at this hour?~

>"'..."'

~No?... well, that sucks.~

Those down below agreed.

More because of the giant monster pulling out what looked like a gun, but hey, at least they all agreed.

That sucked.
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>>25745431
I'm seriously a little hyped over this, what exactly is that apple? How does it relate to her power?

It can't be truly evil, can it? It came from the TOH. You'd think it just downright doesn't have the capability to make something honestly evilHeh so what is that thing?

Damn it, the short format makes it easier to read but I am so damn hyped for more!
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>>25745860
I do love how even during the craziest of drama, the CMC just have a fun old comedy adventure.

This and LNPP are damn fine works.
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>>25746129
I've a theory...

It's exactly what she asked for, a handy dandy way to just make everything all better...in a way that would make her a monster. Sure, she can make everyone chill the fuck out, she can make the changelings and ponies just have a big old free love orgy just by using this little toy and they'd have no idea she was mind raping them into it.

But she'd know.

So either she buckles down and finds a way to do this...or takes the easy way out and force herself to live the biggest lie possible, the very antithesis of her morals.


...or y'know, the tree just wanted her to stop hitting it so it gave her an apple, it heard she likes those.
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>>25746345
>...or y'know, the tree just wanted her to stop hitting it so it gave her an apple, it heard she likes those.

>everyone thinks there's some big plan here
>Reality is actually
>"JESUS FUCK SHE KICKED ME! Here! Here take it! Just leave me alone!"
>It turns out the apple is just his wallet, and Chrysalis had a stroke right there.
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>>25745727
Is that really an inversion? That's not so much as telling a lie as... like, making you do something
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>>25745753
Oh

Thought you meant the old flavour of the Month game purple man
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>>25745338
No. No it is not. This is not a situation where slapping around chrysalis does any good meta or otherwise. Things were going well and now they've been burnt all the way back down.
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>>25747460
Dude, this thing has gone in so many crazy twists and situations I don't even know what the fuck is going to happen anymore. We somehow started with "Applejack is exposed for keeping up a lie of omission" and ended up with "Aj kicked a mind controlling apple out of the Tree of Harmony." We went so far off the rails we've somehow turned into a boat.

Sure, somebody might be thinking all doom and gloom, but until I actually see us hit that wall I'm just going to hang on for the ride.
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>>25747542
>a boat

OH SWEET MOTHER OF GOD NOT AGAIN!

MAYDAY! ABORT! END IT!
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>>25747574
Ha ha!

Berserk references.
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>>25747574
>another arc involving a boat that goes on for 30something threads
>only with applejack character development like Pommel got
YES
YES
ALL OF THE YES
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>>25747846
except, unlike Pommel who could be off on his merry way for threads on end because his presence wasn't needed (when he left he was just that prison guard who hung out with 32 but was so unnoticeable Coco accidentally replaced him), AJ is kinda required for any other major Canterlot based activities. If only because of her main character status and not wanting others to solve problems *coughchangelingscough*.

We can stall and just start timeskipping since it should take Fancy a while to sort through the shit

Although if she does goes on a journey who does she take with her?
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>>25747995
who do you think?
we wanted a beach episode right?
they're all on government break, let's make them have some fun
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Non-Canon
>Pinkie
"Applejack"

~~~~
>Welcome to Not Late Night /pa/ with your host Pinkie Pie! It's during this time that content does matter, but the show must go on! Now it's time for our main guest...APPLEJACK!
Upbeat music

"You okay, sugarcube? You canceled our sketch."

>Uh yeah, something came up.

"You have some black stuff on ya."

Pinkie wipes some black liquid off her chest and sniffs it.
>Hm...
She licks it off her hoof.
>Huh...that's...not bad.

"Ew...what is it?"

>Um molasses...Don't worry about it. Hey, have you ever had a kitchen accident while cooking?

"Funny you should mention that. This one time, me and mah cousin Peach were using the fryer for the first time. She gets it in her head to try and fry peaches to see what it's like. At some point she accidentally gets her tail in the fryer and magically sets it on fire. In the panic, she threw water to put it out which also went into the fryer which ALSO happened to be on fire. The resulting fireball blew up the kitchen with us in it. Thankfully, Ah got out with minor burns, but cousin Peach managed to burn over 75% of her body. On the bright side, her crush was really into mummies.

>And we're waaay over time, but thanks for joining us everypony and see you all next time!
AJ wakes up.

"...That didn't smell like molasses."
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>>25748205
I already have...an idea...

It's just Sombra making a lifesize Sandcastle for Two, calm your tits.
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>>25748289
>fills it with sand "monsters" for playfighting
>Two goes full Frisk
>Chooses to mercy every single one of them
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>>25748205
Well, Canterlot is. The Empire is still up and running so >>25748289 make sure to give an excuse for the royal threeway to leave on a train first (since they can't enter the portal built into Canterlot castle).
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>>25748330
Maybe they just let Two go on a vacation?

...I mean, Somby would have to promise not to cause ANOTHER invasion, but they'd probably let him go with.
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>>25748361
I don't see that happening since she needs to go by train instead of poofing to physical caretakers (remember Sombra was staying with Twilight's parents when he accidentally an invasion and other than that only oversees her in the castle) but I'm sure we can handwave sending 42 as a guardian.
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>>25748433
And Chrysalis because she won't trust AJ with the apple she is holding let alone 2 &42 even with the others.
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>>25748594
Er, serious question, would anyone trust AJ with that apple?

Like... I figure most would be like "Uh, maybe we should put that right here... in this bottomless pit."
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>>25748874
She's going to do something to prove that you can "trust" the mare of "honesty". Obviously.
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>SA
"Spitfire"
~~~~~

>No talks of overthrowing the government and installing a new form of establishment in it's place, right?

"...Hi! Nice to see you too! Great weather we're having, isn't it? It's damn fine out there. Brisk and warm like a sexy stallion, leaves all the tingles! You know?"

>I uh... I actually don't. Not knocking those with stallion-leaning inclinations, only that I do not share them.

"Awww, not planning to have Eighteen fwoosh a special thing for you on your birthday?"

>Wow. No. Just... wow, noooo... wow... no.

"..."

>...but she could turn into another...

"...You okay?"

>NOTHING!

"..."

>...So! Revolution, not happening?

"If it is, I'll run for mayor. Or whatever they call it."

>Emperor?

"You most certainly do not run for those."

>Well, be it, whatever it is.

"Don't worry, I will, and then you can come and live with me."

>Neat!

"I'll only make you wear the maid outfit on occasion."

>...

"Kidding."

>You damn well better be.

"Nahhh, I'd just add you to my harem."

>Oh, thank goodness.

"...'

>Hey, one thing I've learned here is that apparently if you have a harem, you don't actually get laid... or actually have a harem.

"Point."

>...

"It's fine, stop worrying."

>Phew. Thanks, glad you're on top of things.

"Yep. Good thing you brought me on, eh?"

>Heh, yeah.

"And come on, I'd never make you wear that degrading thing."

>Ahhh, I know.

"I'd make you wear a thong."

>..

"..."

>...You think I'd look good in a thong? I didn't think I could pull it off.

"See, this is the kind of shit that makes me glad I quit, stuff like this? One in a lifetime."
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>>25748999
>AJ with mind controlling powers

...why is that so scary?
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>SA
"Sombra"

>So-

"Don't do anything I did pre-Two."

>Got it.
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>>25749580
No scarier than any of the changelings with that ability, to be honest.

Shit, it'd probably be hilarious mind control ponies into doing their work. Even though that would have terrible consequences. Good for NC shorts, though.
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>Idris
"Gwen"
[Zep]
{Hilda}
~~~~~

>Yes, stowaways, of course. You handle this one since you're seemingly so good at that.

"..."

>...Ahem.

"I'm very disappointed in you both."

[And I think you're stupid for screwing over our biggest trade partner who donated what I recall to be a, using the legal term here, shitload of aide after Chitania wrecked out city, and then even more, again strictly being of legal tongue, fuckplosive more aiding when fungi zombies ravaged the countryside. Zephyrious? Your thoughts?]

The other gryphon held up but a single digit, and ran a talon across the top of it, clicking "Tsk Tsk" all the way.

[His ways with words remain unmatched.]

>...You ever feel like we should have separated these two when they were younger?

"I miss it when you tried to kill him."

[I do that occasionally, still. Have to keep him on his toes!]

{I was in the bathroom for six hours after she poisoned me last time.}

[And, of course, he chooses to focus on that part, not the part where he missed being poisoned.]

>...She has a point.

{I don't see mother making attempts on your life to teach you lessons.}

"That's because I would only have to try once."

>I sleep holding my sword.

"..."

[...]

{...Do you all ever wonder if normal families are like that?}

"The moron I just left alone with the love sapping bug monster who pretended to be his wife adopted the spawn of all evil incarnate and is now a familial unit consisting of what amounts to a pony minor deity, the harbinger of all that is dark in this world, and a regular pony. We are nowhere near the odd scale on this."

>...Still, honey? You still fear that tiny one?

"SHE WILL DESTROY US ALL!"

[...]
{...}

"DESTROY US ALL!"

>...Okay, when I make the appointment for the therapist again, don't threaten him with beheading this time.

"DESTROY US ALL!"
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>>25748214
...So the punchline is Peach is dead, has been dead for a while, and AJ has just been going on trips with a skeleton, right?
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>>25750086
Cousin Peach got better when they grafted new skin on her...but that's another story.
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>>25750056
I'm the only one who found that pretty cute right?
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>>25750712
Nah, I thought so too but that whole group is actually pretty funny
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Good night, thread
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Non-Canon
>Pinkie
~~~~
>Welcome to Late Night /pa/ with your host Pinkie Pie! It's during this time that content doesn't matter, and you're not suppose to see this!
Pinkie stares at the black puddle left over from the Dream Eater on the kitchen floor.
>...
She bites her lip.
>It tasted good...like really good...what is this stuff?
Takes out Fernando the straw.
>Oh Fernando, I need you to do something dirty with me.
Throws her voice.
>"But Pinkie, maybe we shouldn't. I shouldn't soil your lovely pink lips."

>I need you Fernando. This is something only you can do.

>"If it's what you want, Pinkie. I will be more than happy to do it for you...now give those lips to me."
She uses Fernando to suck up the black puddle.
>Mmmm...tasty!

Some time passes with nothing but silence and Pinkie sitting on the floor.
>I wish I had more of this black stuff...
Slowly licks the floor to see if she can get any more.
>...huh...I'm feeling kinda hungry...weird...
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>>25752274
OH GOD NO

JOT YOU TOO,
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>>25752274
Well, that was unexpected.

... okay, little Telegraphed, but still
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>>25750056
>Dat ending

Amazing throwback
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>>25753440
Agreed. Made me chuckle.
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>>25752957
I get worried that people might not catch stuff, especially when writing at 4am, so I figure it's better to lay it thick.

On the bright side, I managed to fit Fernando in, so I'm quite happy with that.
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OOCO
>SA
"AJ"
~~~~~

>Oh dear Faust what have we done.

"Made an abomination, Shiny, we made us an abomination."

>This isn't natural.

"This right here? This is a nightmare."

>This never should have been.

"We're monsters, that's what we are."

>We just got so... carried away.

"So much... of everything."

>...I'm still going to eat it.

"Well duh, we said we wanted to make the worlds craziest sundae, and it would be weird if we never actually tasted it."

>Who know? It might be good.

"Never know till ya' try!"

~~~~~~Two minutes later~~~~

>OH DEAR FAUST THAT WAS SO DUMB!

"IT'S MELTIN' MAH INSIDES!"

>THE JALAPENOS WERE A BAD IDEA!

"SO WAS THE DANG SOUR GUMMY WORM EXTRACT!"

>THIS JUST SEEMS LIKE A BAD IDEA IN GENERAL!

"IT BURRNNNNNNNSSSS!"

~~~~~Six hours later~~~~~~~~

>...

"..."

>...One more bite?

"Don't want it to go to waste."

~~~~~~~~~Ten seconds later~~~~~

>AHHHHHHH

"AHHHHHHH!"
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OOCO
>Luna
"AJ"
~~

SLAM!

>PRINCESS OF APPLES! We have an inquiry!

"...Please don't let that be mah real title, please please pllleeeease don't let that be mah real title."

>It is!

"DANG IT!"

>But of our inquiry, we wish to know why thou are in this room?

"...Paperwork. Ah'm... Ah'm doin' paperwork."

>But there is snow to be had outside!

"...Wha-"

SPLAT!

"Did... did you just hit me with a snowballl?"

>Hee hee!

"Oookay, you goin' hee hee ain't is pretty unsettlin'."

>Thou are it, Princess of Apples! Ahahhhahaha!

ZOOOM!

"...wait a minute... that smell... OH CRAP! TIA! TIIAAAA! AH' THINK LUNA FOUND THAT ONE BAKERY BEHIND THE GROCERY STORE!... YOU KNOW, THE ONE IN THE ALLEY!... THE ONE AH' MOST CERTAINLY HAVE NEVER BEEN TO!... STOP LAUGHIN' AND HELP ME!"
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NC

B A D E N D

It was dark

Not too dark, the sun had only just touched the horizon.

Atop the hill with the tree, an ethereal red light shone atop a craggly, wooden horn. Red light that played across small, fragile leaves that softly poked through the horns' wood

The red light faltered and wavered as the sun sullenly descended beyond the horizon and onwards. If a living soul was there, they would here a broken and tired sigh.

The light shone again in the darkness, and with that light, came the moon across the far flung horizon, slowly, unsurely.

Just as it had been for...

Just however long it had been.

The red light faded, and died

Wings of leaves and branches stirred softly, another being was coming up the hill.

No

It already was there

"Princess"

Dark, emerald eyes looked through the dark

Would things have been different if she never took that name?

"I'm afraid to report that there is an air of discontent within..."

The figure faltered

"Where"

A red light came to, this one, however, bled. It bled through the jagged edges of rock that encased it's source. A source she loathed to keep so close to her, but she had to.

"Apploosa, Princess. They wish to see change. They hate you. They think you-"

The red light receded, until all was darkness again.

"I understand"

And silence

"Carry on"

And the figure was no more

Unawares, the dark, red light hummed once more

Dark, emerald eyes drifted down to it, this source. No, this weapon she had fashioned together stared back at her.

Dark, angry red, just a magic gem encased in a rock, of which was fastened onto a twisting staff, the red crystal was barely visible, it's true shape concealed between it's fixings

This was all it took, her final solution to helping Equestria, it helped. It fixed, mended, commanded, conjoined all.

But maybe...

No

No time to dwell on this.

There was work to be done


"Everything will be right as rain, don't y'all worry none. I'll take care of it"
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>>25754445
That's pretty damn awesome, I'll admit.

And I'll also admit that AJ having wings crafted of leaves like in the pic was something that always intrigued me.
>>
So...I'm considering doing something very good for a character, but it doesn't involve them going through a shit ton of pain first.

Is that ok?
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>>25754684
You do realize the "Shit ton of pain" is just because of the circumstances of the storyline wherein a character is challenged, right?

Fluttershy deciding to help 7 didn't involve any pain at all, because the imperitus of that storyline was the moral debate as to the nature of giving intelligence and possibly throwing off an ecosystem, it didn't involve anyone actually suffering save Fluttershy feeling unsure for a bit. Pain is not something that has to happen so long as it's good.

Now, if by this you mean "I'm having a character just spontaneously figure out the answers", you're still probably fine unless someone did something better already.
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>>25754750
It involves...Lavan rewarding 32 for allowing him to stay around for a while.

Giving 88 her sight back.
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>>25754684
>Is that ok?

If the story's good, yep!

If the story is rubbish, nope!

Though I'm going to be honest, if the story isn't very good no amount of pain will help.
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>>25754804
Just snaps and gives it back?... I dunno, that sounds way too easy for her emotional journey to see again, is there a way to make it so she has to fulfill some ridiculous comedic circumstances first? Give some weight to this subplot's resolution? Doesn't have to be anything bad at all, in fact being funny would be the perfect way to cap off her mostly dour journey that got her to this point, but just having Lavan snap and give it back makes it feel really, really damn cheap. Like, this whole thing with her learning to live with her disability amounted to 'oh and then a giant fire thing said okay'.

Like the idea of using Lavan for this as it makes it practically limitless as to what this can entail, utterly hate the idea that he just goes "Thank you! POOF! Here's that thing you've been struggling with back!"
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>>25754849
>in fact being funny would be the perfect way to cap off her mostly dour journey that got her to this point,

I'm going to second this aspect, as thematically it would be the best way to go about it. The blind aspect was tied into her 'learning to see the world again', and realizing that no matter how bad it got, it was worth living in. Actually? A painful, sad resolution would probably feel less triumphant, as learning that things can be wonderful again no matter how long she's spent in darkness and 'opening her eyes' makes a much, much bigger impact. You want a character who's suffered like that to smile again, that's the whole point, so make it funny and make it heartwarming so when she opens her eyes you just plain feel GOOD. You know?

I agree, go for it, just don't have Lavan make it all better with a snap, do something funny with it.
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>>25754849
>comedic circumstances

Like a trial of some kind?
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>>25755036
Trial, race around the world, scavenger hunt, whatever. Just something funny, you know? Something so over the top and crazy she can't help but think "Hey, the world IS kind of awesome! Sure, there was a lot of darkness leading up to it, but there IS a light at the end of the tunnel after all!"

You know? Have fun with it. Go nuts!
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>>25754337
So...Luna is high right now and AJ occasionally gets high on brownies?

Just making sure I am understanding this correctly. I am in no way against either of those things.
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>>25755081
Going around the world seems a bit too much like it'd be doing what Vekky is.

How about Lavan induces a pseudo-coma in her, putting her in her own head like 32's fever dream except more lighthearted, perhaps even a direct parody? Leading to her confronting the last vestiges of being Cordyceps' puppet...and setting it on fire mid-villanous monologue.
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>>25755154
I'm feeling it. Something like that or sending her to a Discord-esq world would let you go full crazy with it. But if, you do go that route with all that crazy shit around her, can I suggest something? Keep her blind the whole time. She doesn't see a single bit of that stupid awesome insanity until the ending, where she gets to enjoy all of it.
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>>25755195
Heh, that just makes me think it'd end up like this.

"Finally I can see, I can see every-HOLY SHIT! THIS IS WHERE I WAS!?"

'Yes, now you have cleansed yourself of what laid you low, you can return to the waking world hale and hearty.'

"..."

'...well?'

"Can I kinda run around here for a little bit first? Place is cool."

'...fifteen minutes.'

"WOOHOO!"
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>AJ
"Chrysalis"
~~~~~

"Okay."

It was strange, how four little letters could bring the whole world to such a crashing, destructive halt that she felt she would be flung free and into space at any moment. Yet she did not, she remained there, beneath the utterly blank faced changeling Queen, completely prone and vulnerable.

She still felt it, as she looked to that face, that tingle in her hooves. She felt it, even if she did not understand it. It did not take much to know that this was the doing of the strange apple she had been provided, even she as simple as she could be sometimes could put that together.

But what, exactly, it had done remained a mystery to her.

>...Okay?

"Okay."

Repeated back to her with all the enthusiasm of a child being told that they would have to sweep the floors again, because they had missed a spot.

>Ya' ain't... mad anymore?

"No, I'm still really mad, so mad I want to hit you again and again and maybe do worse, but you said it's not that bad, so it's okay."

It never ceased to amaze her how being honest could sometimes be the most unsettling thing in the world.

Somehow the changeling Queen stepping back and leaving her some space, never once looking away from her with that empty glance, was every bit as unsettling as when she had prepared to take her head off. Perhaps, in a way, even more so.

>It's just... okay to you?

"You said it wasn't that bad."

>Yeah, but...

"But what?"

She was not a scientist. She left that to her friend to do the fancy mathematics and such. But just this once, she was willing to step out of her comfort zone. She didn't know what, exactly, she had been given, and she had to know now, before things got any worse.

Or, if she dared to hope... got better.

>Why aren't you mad?

"I am mad."

>Right, right ya' said that... but why ain't you attacking me?

"Because you said it isn't that bad."

>And?

"And it's the truth."

1/4
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>>25755513

Her heart lifted as she made her very first discovery. Finally, something she could latch on to, and go from there.

>Yer' sure it's the truth?

"Yes."

Now came the hard part. She knew that the tree's powers were limitless, or at least as close to it as she could ever fathom herself, so she didn't know what exactly that response had entailed.

Did she really mean it was the truth, or... Had she made it the truth?

There was only one way to know for sure.

>The sky outside is tangerine with polkadots.

"GAHHHHHHH!"

Not since long, long, long ago when Chrysalis had still been afraid of biscuit tins popping of all things had she seen the Queen jump. She found herself nostalgic for it, wishing she hadn't gotten over that fear, when she saw that same Queen now flip like a trap had been sprung beneath her, her head rocking back and forth with reckless abandon as she looked to the sky with utter confusion.

A sky that had, thankfully, not changed a single hue with her words.

"WHAT THE FUCK!?... Did it change back!?"

It was strange, seeing her go from utterly emotionless to lively and livid again. Like a doll that had come to life, was her only comparison.

She remained still as she watched the Queen that kept looking, kept searching the skies for her answers. She could see it in those wild eyes, that even though she had the proof right in front of her, the thought still remained.

Chrysalis was looking to a sky that she was sure, without any doubt, had been filled with polka dots a second before. Never once had the alternative even entered her mind, no matter how long she looked to that endless sky.

She had not changed the world, no. Which means she had changed Chrysalis.

But to what extent, is what she had to know.

>Chrysalis? Hit yerself in the face.

"What!?"

The Queen whirled to face her, kicking up dirt in her rush to lock her glare on to her target.

"Fuck you! You fucking hit yourself in the face! What kind of dumbass are you?"

2/4
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>>25755530

There it was, some of that fire that had left before, some of that anger. She could not focus on any of it, too locked on to the fact that, despite her earlier thinking, she could not directly control her as she had thought. She did not obey.

So, this must mean something else...

>You want to hit yer'self in the face.

"...But I'm not going to do that! Why would I do that!?"

She saw it, despite the denials, the Queen's hoof had twitched. It had reacted, like it wanted to move, like it wanted to obey. The thoughts beneath her hat were unsure once again, losing what little grip she held on thew knowledge of these powers.

>Because you'll live longer.

"Oh... Why didn't you say so?"

Her jaw very nearly hit the ground and burrowed through to the other side when, true to her words, the Queen lifted her hoof, and struck herself right across the face. So hard, she left a bruise, and a small trickle of blood ran down the side.

>Why'd you do that!?

"You said I'd live longer... speaking of, is this cumulative? Do I get longer lifespans per hit, or is it just a one and done?"

She panicked when she saw the Queen raise a hoof again, her words leaping to her throat so fast it hurt.

>Just one! Just one! It doesn't work if you do it twice!

"Oh. Phew!"

And that, seemingly, was it. The Queen just nodded, satisfied in her work, and relaxed.

She was sure she had a grasp on it now, sure she knew what exactly was the power she held in her hooves, but there was one final test to be made.

If this worked, if this succeeded, she would know, for sure.

>Chrysalis?

"What?"

She could only hope it was worth it.

>...yer' not the best Queen in the world.

The answer came to her differently than it did the Queen. To her, it did not come with magic, it did not come with power. To her, it came when she saw feelings, ones she had never seen, never thought she would ever see, on the Queen's face.

When they came, and they destroyed her.

3/4
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>>25755537

When she saw regret, remorse, anguish and desperation all cross Chrysalis's face so rapidly it took her own breath away. When she watched the changeling become unsteady, seemingly struggling to stand anymore. When she saw the face collapse like a rockslide, breath rumbling out in ragged jolts just like a wave of stone and dirt.

When she looked to the Queen's face and saw for the very first time, real, genuine pain and a sense of failure so palpable she could taste it, she knew.

When she saw the fanged maw flap uselessly as it tried to form words of any kind to ease the blow to her chest, she knew.

When she saw Chrysalis like this, raw and real, she knew.

She knew what power she held in her hooves.

>...you believe me.

There it was.

That was the answer.

No matter what she spoke, no matter what she said, the one listening... believed her. To them, it was the truth immutable, undeniable. To even someone with the protection of mind and pride so strong it could move the sun, it was the truth, and there was never any question for it.

>Ah' can solve everything.

It hit her, as powerfully as the truth had hit Chrysalis just a second ago. The tree had done exactly as she asked.

She had been given the means to save the day, at last.

>...Ah' can make them believe me...

She could save Equestria.
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>>25755554
I KNEW IT!
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>>25755554
OH MY GOD!

It is a fucking warped EOHonesty!
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>>25755554
HEREEEEE WE GO
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>>25755554
This is the Genocide route, Applejack
THIS IS THE GENOCIDE ROUTE
STOP
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A BAD TIME
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>>25755594
Holy shit, it is.

It's like... nega Element of Honesty, since it's the ultimate tool of the liar. Because the important part with a lie isn't the lie itself, it's making them believe it. With this, no matter how wrong, she can make anybody believe a lie, or the truth, or whatever.

Holy fucking shit, imagine if this thing fell into Pennydrop's hooves, or Discords, or fuck, Applebloom even! Any one of them would fuck the world over!

In a world with giant firespitting flying godzilla bug monsters, somehow the most dangerous weapon in the world is a fucking apple.
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>>25755657
Get this meme shit outta my thread
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>>25755554
Huh. This DID have to be Chrysalis, didn't it? Nobody else would have worked thematically as well for this mind-control portion.

Interesting...

Goddamn it, I am so hyped! Why do these installments have to be so short!?
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Oh god.

What if her family comes to her and she uses it in desperation, doesn't want to come to them a failure for the third time now
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>>25755659
>In B4 Chrysalis grabs it
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>>25755554
...Holy fuck, you know what I just realized?

Is... is Applejack the most interesting character in the thread right now?
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>>25755981
>inb4 all these damn artifacts of doom necessitate forming pic related
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>>25755530
Wait, wait, pump the brakes there screw. When did she get over biscuit tins?

Look I've come to accept that she is ridiculously powerful to the point that writing her in any kind of action scene is problematic because she should be able to curb stomp nearly anything, but taking away one of her comedy bits?

Saying she just 'got over it' no. I call foul. I haven't even read the rest of this yet, and I don't want to call for NC on it, but no. You cannot just rip out a comedy bit like that.

Nyet! Nein! Nicht! Red card! Foul! No!
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>>25755554
Ok. Now I've read the rest of.

Holy shit.

Look either that thing needs to be destroyed immediately or...this does need to go NC.

I hate to say that I really do but this is too powerful. It will literally resolve every conflict immediately.

PD: nothing bad happened and you no longer want to topple the monarchy

'Ok'

Fancy: there was no wrongdoing of any kind
'Ok'

Changelings: you all want to integrate into society and live peacefully
'Ok'

Society:changelings should be treated no different from anyone else
'Ok'

And so on. It's a cool idea, but it kinda destroys the thread.
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>>25756143
Or, y'know, you could have faith in the writer not to be a gibbering mental patient like you think he is and see the story unfold before you demand it be stricken from the record.
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>>25756143
Ain't that the point?

AJ's been struggling to make any fuck all progress, so now she has a Game Genie with all the answers.

The real conflict is does she go the whole hog of her deeply-flawed "I have to fix everything myself my way and consequences be damned" a la next to all her good conflict episodes fuck you Derpy . Orrrrrrrr, she doesn't resort to her Anti-Element of honesty?
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>>25756081
>When did she get over biscuit tins?

That came up forever ago, she outright said they didn't bother her any more in fucking Partyland(I don't remember which day, think it was the first... or maybe second.)

It's not ripping out a comedy bit if it hasn't been used for SEVENTY THREADS
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>>25756143
I don't think you understand.
That's the point, this is literally the one ring of the series right fucking here.
This is supposed to be an all powerful artifact, the real conflict at this point is "what kind of mare would Applejack be if she used this?" And I assume the writer is going to use it to fix the changeling issue, and then Applejack is going to realize what she's done, and destroy it, maybe tell the real truth to her citizens and grow as a character.
That's the point of this, that's the point of the forbidden fruit. Making Applejack finally grow as a character. Finally be interesting and not just the straight mare.
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>>25756012
She's the one I'm like "OH GOD JUST GIVE ME THE NEXT STORY WITH HER ALREADY' for, so I'd say so.

Despite this being Cadence's reveal, she's got the conflict, she's got the interesting dilemma, and she's making the jawdropping and shocking choices. I mean... she literally just DESTROYED CHRYSALIS'S WHOLE WORLD right there. She just ripped out her fucking heart worse than her not-yet-born-kid ever could. And now she has the scariest fucking artifact in this thread bar none and she THINKS IT WILL SAVE EVERYONE.

Yes, little anon, there is a santa clause, and he brought AJ some fucking character.
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>>25756328
>Despite this being Cadence's reveal, she's got the conflict, she's got the interesting dilemma, and she's making the jawdropping and shocking choices.

Revenge!

REVENGE!

R E V E N G E !
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>>25756328
Hey, remember that one omake at the start of this?

You know the one.

...Doesn't that omake just seem really, really funny now?
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OOCO
>SA
"Celestia"
~~~

>So, how's she taking it?

"Hard."

>Hard?

"Just... so hard."

>Ooof, that's rough.

"Yeah, but what are you going to do?"

>Not much you can do, really.

"No, sadly not. Only be there, when she needs us to."

>Yeah.... it's all we can do.

"..."

>...So how long until Applejack stops trying to hang herself at the very least?

"Shiny, she had to cancel the Apple Bobbing festival due to budgetary problems."

>Sooo-

"So probably next year, when we can actually pull it off."

>Awwww.
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>>25756208
...Holy shit, when did she last actually use that gag?

It's deader than 17.
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>>25757316
...17's the guy on top of the mountain, isn't he?

Also I remember it being offhandedly mentioned as a countermeasure from keeping her crashing Pommel's 'funeral'
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>>25757345
Pommels funeral was thread 18.

And no, mountain guy is 48. 17 is the one who used to keep blaming everyone for whatever he did and getting them 'executed'.
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Part 2
OOCO
‘Spike’
“Twilight”
[Dash]

On a quiet green hillside, three figures gathered, one with a canvas wrapped package.

‘Ok so…why’s dash here?’

“Well, I figure when it comes to flying she’s the top expert so it’d be useful to have her input.”

[Of course it is! Why wouldn’t you want me here!?]

‘You stole my crossbow?’

[No, I commandeered a weapon from an armorer for the good of equestira.]

‘The uptick in ‘unexplaned’ cases of arson I’ve had to process begs to differ.’

{I un…I have no idea what you’re talking about}

‘…just don’t use it near wood or star rooves? Or while flying?’

[Well what’s the point then!?]

“CHILDREN! Can we get back to why we’re here?”

The two looked sheepish.

[So….how’re we gonna get him in the air? You whip up some mechanical wings?]

“Not exactly. Spike, If you’d step over here?”

He moved to her side and she pulled the canvas off of a dragon sized backpack like object.

“Ok put this on…and here’s the helmet…right now press that button.”

<Fwoomp!>

A pair of swept wing extended from the pack.

“Mares and gentledrakes, may I present: the Dragonpack flight system 9000!”

‘Nice’

[Eh…It’s shiny I guess, but those wings look stiff. You need flexible wings to REALLY fly. …How’s generate thrust?]

“…reconsidering using you as my consultant.”

‘Ok, so…now what?’

‘Right! You see that button on the cord?”

‘Yeah?’

“Whenever you’re ready, press it and then to steer-“

<Click>

With a roar the engine whirred to life rocketing the dragon into the air and off toward the horizon.

‘WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE---’

“Spike! Wait!”

With a hair pin turn he flipped around and began rocketing back

‘EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE—‘

“I need to tell you-“

[Hey Dragon! Let’s Race!]

The blue Pegasus took off after him.

“Dash no! If he doesn’t throttle down-‘

(1/2)
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>>25757501
[I’m gonna catch you!]

“You really don’t want to-“

[Hah! Gotcha! Try and catch-]

<BANG!>

‘AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!’

[Nononononononno!]

<Whump>
The heat from the jet, pushed to it’s limit, finally melted through to one of the fuel tanks, and sent him spinning out of control and colliding with Pegasus sending them both going down…down…down…

[‘AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH’]

<Wha-Boom!>

Later in the lab’s medical section…

“So….what did we learn?”

[Absolutely nothing.]

‘You don’t actually ‘Gotta go fast’?’

[Third degree burns can be healed by magic?]

‘Never trust purple mares bearing gifts?’

“LISTEN TO INSTRUCTION! UGH!”

She walked over to the wreckage of the jetpack.

“Hmm….I think this idea is pretty well shot. Don’t worry though, I have another!”
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>>25756195
I actually didn't call for it to be stricken. I said the artifact needed to be destroyed OR the story be stricken.

It's probably not an issue.

>>25756238 is probably right.
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>>25757509
Damn it, Twi, even DT got this right.

... Admittedly, she can't actually fly with hers and just shoots herself forwards most times, but on the whole she's beating you.
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>>25757878
in my head this is taking place prior to the current arc so DT doesn't have that yet.
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>>25757899
DT's had jump-jets since Partyland. She used them in the crazytown fight.

Hell, she nailed Chitania mid-air in the Fillydelphia rumble.
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>>25756952
"...That reminds me"

>Left the cake in the oven

"No, no, I was just telling the folks we might hit the beach while this investigation goes on, is all"

>Oh lovely, I've always wanted to take Cadence sunbathing... now may not be the best time

"Oh well.. it's just that.. hmmm"

>...You wanna...?

"The ocean is like a bath... a really big body of water..."

>For you

"Of course"

>I'll pack my goggles
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>>25757912
Whoops!
Sorry, thought you meant the power armor.
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Sooo... We have TWO corrupted Elements of Harmony running around now?

Sunset and Applejack?
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>>25758047
Does Sunset really count?
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>>25758355
This. I'd think not.
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>>25758355
>>25758384
Iunno about that. Sunset in demon mode was a pretty big thing. Didn't she say that thing kept her company since she took the element of magic and twisted it to her needs?

Isn't the Red Apple pretty much that to Applejack? An Element not born from cooperation and friendship, but desperation and need to suceed?

The Elements of Harmony certainly aren't the Elements of Niceness if they banish or petrified someone.
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>>25757923
Oh god...

We're just using the beach episode to drown Celly and Shiny.

We're monsters.
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>Idris
"Gwen"
[Zep]
{Hilda}
~~~~
>You cannot be serious.

"Neither of you shall leave this cabin until we return home, and that is the end of it!"

>You cannot.

[Is she seriously trying to ground us, Hilda?]

{It seems she is.}

"And no ignoring me!"

[I fear we've ruffled her feathers too much with this one.]

{It was bound to happen sooner or later.}

{[Oh what a day.}]

"Stop it with the weird synchronized talk!"

>Yes, please stop, that is so weird.

[{Have no idea what you mean, loving parents.]}

"They get that from you."

>Me!?

"I've seen you and your sister do that before!"

>You never actually see my sister!

"Oh, here we go."

>I'm just saying, would it kill you to go visit my family sometimes? I visit your grandfather plenty!

"You see him to unload the troublemaker instead of dealing with him yourself, you mean."

>Oh, here we go!

"You coddle him! Just admit it!"

>I do not! I treat him like I treat the others!

[{Lies.]}

>You're taking her side with this!?

{[You're both wrong.}]

"That's not better!"

[{Plplplplpl.]}

>HOW DID YOU SYNCHRONIZE THAT!?

"Don't get ruffled, they're trying to get into our heads!"

>It's working! How do you match up exactly when a tongue is going to make a sound like that!? How!? Did you practice!?

"You're losing your cool! Stay focused! We're stronger than this!"

[Hilda?]

{Zephyrious?}

{[Secret Talon Shake.}]

>What does that even mean....

"...their... their claws..."

>They move so fast, so intricate...

"They're not even looking, they just keep... staring at us."

>It's so... fast... they don't stop...

[{Would you like to see more?]}

"...LOCK THE DOOR!"

>GAHHHH!
SHOOM!
"..."

>...We did not just scream in terror because our children did a secret talon shake in front of us.

"Most certainly not. We asserted our authority.... Stop looking at your claw, you can't do it."

>You don't know! Just need to... maybe they... just twist it here?...

"..."

>WITCHCRAFT!
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>>25755554
SHIT IS GOING DOWN.

But seriously, Applejack is slayin it right now.
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>>25759053
...I don't know what just happened, but it was brilliant.
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>>25759304
>But seriously, Applejack is slayin it right now.

Yeah, almost like she's the main character or something.
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>>25759053
I don't know if I get a "Creepy Twins from the Shining" vibe here or "Creepy Twins who came out of GOTverse".

Either one is equally unsettling.
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>>25758047
>Sunset
>Element
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>>25760212
she's got a fucking stone instead of a heart keeping her alive, if that's not a corrupted edition of the element of magic I don't know what is.
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>>25760238
It's not, it's chaos magic, the antithesis of an EOH that's keeping her alive. It's Changeling Magic boosted to unnatural levels by the power of Discord.

The Red Apple is just an extreme form of her element, honesty that can be controlled, the stone is of Chaos, not the very fabric of magic.
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>>25760278
thematically speaking, it is the corrupt version of the Element of Magic:
>created by normal magic
>enhanced by changeling magic
>corrupted by chaos magic
>used in the pursuit of more magic/knowledge
...is there any other magic we know of?
pony magic, chaos magic, and changeling seems to wrap it up, but I can't be sure.
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>>25760344
Dark magic is one, but the more important missing magic I guess Harmony magic, as in the actual magic that the Tree works off, and is far more powerful than all the others combined? It's the only kind that nobody else can replicate or stop.

It's literally everything BUT a corrupted element. It's more an inverted version, everything but the actual Element of Magic.
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This series provokes some of the most interesting yet civil debates I've seen on this board. And I've been here since day one.

Never a dull day in /pa/.
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NC
> AJ
"Chrysalis"
~~~~~

>...

"... what?"

>...Hmmm...

"What!?"

>... This sentence is a lie.

"..."

>...

"...I believe that to be true."

>Huh.

"Also-"

BLAM!

>HO FUCK!... well, guess that's one way to solve all Mah problems.
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>>25760852
I want to imagine this was her head exploding. No guns. Just....logical fallacy??? SPLAT!!
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>>25717170
Ok then. I'm just going to back away now.
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>>25760852
NC
>AJ
"Chrysalis"
~~~

>Uh... yer' still alive?

"GLLGGLGLGLG!"

>NO YER' NOT NO YER NOT OH DEAR FAUST THAT WAS SOMEHOW WORSE!"
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>>25756734
It kinda does, if only because I can see AJ holding a Monkeys Paw right now and kicking herself.
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>>25760852
NC
~~~

>...Yer' not in love with Shining Armor.

"..."

>...

BLAM!

>HOLY SHIT!... MAH APPLE EXPLODED!

"HAH!"

>Why!?

"...."

>Don't.

"..."

>Don't you dare.

"...dun dun."

>Ah' swear ta' faust-

"THAT'S THE POWAH OF LOVE!"

>SON OF A BITCH!
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>Applejack gets magical apple tailored mysteriously to her element
Well. If that didn't just open up at least another five hundred threads worth of content, ha.
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>>25762418
If it sticks around, that is. I'll have to wait and see if that one stays.

Who even knows what's going to happen at this point besides the guy running it obviously. This shit has gotten crazy
>>
Good night, threaded.
>>
Good morning AJ, what a lovely evil artifact you have there.
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>>25763900
>CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT! IT'S CALLED CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT! AND IT'S ALL MINE! MIIIINE! AAAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHA!
>>
I'm glad that we are accepting this for what this is, an AJ heel turn in order to unfuck ourselves narratively and reset the tracks to four threads ago. Now if the other shoe falls (because we can easily just let her keep the power) it will hurt much more than what just happened (unless we decide that her saying sorry and having a 'we forgive you' party is enough and we just might)

Now what I like on top of that is the fact that we also forced Chrysalis full babyface in order to do it. Seriously, all her bravado and bitchiness was wrapped up in the idea that she was the Bret Hart of Changeling Queens. By making her humble (with a tactic that when she did it to others received the standard "that's why no one likes you") we destroyed everything about her, sans species, that made her "the bad guy" to anons, namely her self confidence and ability to take things in stride.

I think we should keep things as they are for a bit. A Chrysalis with nothing to live for and a possibly soon to be mad with power AJ is the kind of shot in the arm the thread needs.


Also on 88, why don't we have her mission be "make up with that which took the most from you." On whom though, is up for debate because there are a few candidates.
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>>25764179
That's a fundamental misunderstanding of where the dislike of changelings in general and queens specifically comes from.

Changelings in general are op compared to other characters making them a nuisance to write around.

The queens in particular are not frustrating due to their confidence or their ability to walk things off, but rather the shitty way they treat others a lot of the time, and how ridiculously op they are in most any situation making them troublesome to write around and frustrating to read when they start throwing their weight around with impunity.

It is there actions more than their attitudes which cause annoyance and how they edge out other characters much of the time.

As far as resting to 4 threads ago, let's wait and see if the author takes this that far.
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>>25764225
You missed the part where I said "sans species". Ie, Things other than that she is a Changeling and a Queen Changeling. I know the general hate of Changelings, That's why I made a point to exclude what she is and focused entirely on who she is.
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>>25764245
Fine, but again that is more defined by her actions than her attitudes.
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>>25764311
Actions she takes because...?
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>>25764322
Because she's a nigger
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>>25764480
Meh, I'll take the win of AJ being the evil mind controlling entity this time.
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>>25764179
At no point did it ever cross my mind, this was going to be reset. I know, may, believe it won't be. We're going to do something new here right but I don't think it's going to be that
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>>25764179
>a few candidates

Mind listing them?
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>>25765102
>Chrysalis (Because all bad things lead back to her but this is retread ground we've hit 2 and a half times)
>Changeling 50 (Squad leader and since dead could also allow the parody coma to come in)
>Morlocks (any of them would suffice)
>If we really want to go deep in absurdity the remains of Cordy (and probably not the kind in the robot)
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>>25764179
....wow, what? No, you could not be more wrong about that first line.

I accept this as the perfect way for AJ to grow. Granting to her a thing of seemingly unlimited less power and see how she reacts to it as a character. This is very much about her, not wanting a reset. Not all of us care so much about the status quo, and we just want to see AJ grow.
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>>25765250
>>25764972
Okay, I see. Well, she knows what it does now. If she uses after this point, she is temporary being evil. Since apparently playing stop hitting yourself and breaking Chrysalis doesn't count.

After the backlash I've gotten over it I kinda think now she gets rid of the thing in her next part and does a "I don't need no fancy mind magic, I can fix it myself". In character and it gets her out of her slump.
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>>25764179
You knkw, actually? It's hitting me that we were never once fucked narratively, it was just some anons freaking out, guy clearly has a plan, and is pretty dedicated to it.

Thus isn't about resetting, this is clearly about story, exactly how it should be,

>>25764225
Bullshit, I call Bullshit about literally all of that. Chrysalis has by far the most stories out of everybody, the most development and the most comedy even. The only people who consider her a nuisance are the people who can't seem to write her without fucking up so bad everybody calls them out on it, and then complain to us that WE don't understand her, even though she has hundreds of stories with lots of different stuff happening and that doesn't happen.

They're only a nuisance if you are desperate to put them down, but are not good enough as a writer to actually make it believable
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>>25765292
Yeah, I'm gonna say no to such a quick departure from her artifact. There are plenty of ways to use that without being evil, just takes imagination and good writing.

>>25765298
>The only people who consider her a nuisance are the people who can't seem to write her without fucking up so bad everybody calls them out on it
And I, too, call bullshit. Mostly 'cause I was one of Chrysalis' biggest writers back in the day and she comes off as annoyingly arrogant to me now as much as she did then. She was just fun to hurt as payment for her fucked up, never-ceasing 'I'm greater than you' attitude.
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>>25765298
what? Our call bullshit on all of that but only harp on the writing bit?

Dude, the majority of that is about how they are frustrating to READ.

Writin wise it'd only apply to action scenes.
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>>25765366
How is she going to not be evil with it. The only non evil thing mind control has done is undrunk a mare. By virtue of it being a non consensual forcing of someone else to act makes it near impossible.
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>>25765298
I never asked for Chrysalis, I never wanted Chrysalis, and I will never write for Chrysalis unless I absolutely have to.

You sir, are a tool.
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>>25765366
>Mostly 'cause I was one of Chrysalis' biggest writers back in the day and she comes off as annoyingly arrogant to me now as much as she did then.

So then either she wasn't a nuisance, or you only wrote stuff when she didn't actually have any power level/character, and it was easy.

Now it's not so much.

>>25765367
>Dude, the majority of that is about how they are frustrating to READ.

Literally one line is about that, the rest is 'Frustrating to write around'.

That and "How they edge out characters", which has nothing to do with how much of a nuisance you find them, in fact proving the opposite to the writers.

>>25765407
Kay?
>>
OOCO
>AJ
"SA"
'Celly'
~~~~

>Ah'm not even kiddin', this big! THIS BIG!

"Wow. Seriously?"

'And then what did you do?'

>Well... Ah' kinda... put it in mah' mouth.

"GASP!"

'Whoa, WHAT!?'

>Well it's not like Ah' just went all on it! Ah' prepared it a bit! Ya' know, got it ready.

"Applejack!'

>Ah' just wanted ta' know what it tasted like! But then the thing almost didn't fit, and Ah' had ta' keep wigglin' it or mah' teeth were gonna hit it, then we were gonna have a problem. Ah' got it pretty far in, couldn't even breath none, but Ah' just kept goin'.

'Oh myyyy.'

>...Friggen shot off down mah' throat.

"WHAT!?"

>That happened! Didn't get no warnin', Ah' bout near choked!

'Well, that's what you get for putting it in your mouth, what did you think was going to happen?'

>Ah' don't know!

'...I did it once.'

>Ah hah!

'I did! Shiny, tell her!'

"She did. Made this weird face too, like...MMMG!'

>Pffff!

'It tasted weird!'

>Yeah, it did... Shiny?

"Never tried it."

>SISSY!

"Says the one who got a bunch of ink shot down their throat, and not the guy who decided not to eat the squid."

'...He's got a point.'

>Bahhh, yer' just chicken.

"..."

'...'

>Why'd that guard run outta the room a second ago?

"Who even knows, probably had to use the bathroom."
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>>25765398
>is undrunk a mare
There are many situations just like that where it can be useful. Unless the object becomes sentient and starts doing things by itself, it's only evil if AJ uses it as such, and unless we make her go full Monty on everything, that won't ever happen outside of NC.
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>Celestia
"Luna"
~~

>...

"...Did we underpack?"

>...Luna, we're only leaving the castle for a couple days at most.

"Soooo... yes?"

>We're not even leaving Canterlot, we're leaving the castle so they can ensure no vital information was compromised.

"We are hearing an affirmative."

>We could be right in a suite over there if we wanted, I can see it from this window.

"Verily! We hear thee, sister!"

>Luna...

"...'

>...Put the bed down.

"WE NEED IT!"
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>>25765570
Okay, but how will it work? is it AoE or targeted? how far is the range? It is clearly passive but does AJ need to be equipped for it to work or just in the area? Is there a chance it bonded with her and now she has a low grade Voicify? How many times is someone really going to walk up to AJ to have her lie to them to make things better? That undrunk thing has happened two three times total. How is this not going to be abused for trade purposes? Or any of the shit she deals with where "agree with me" would make life very simple? What's wrong if our main character has a little powertrip, Spike, Rarity, Twilight, Sunset, Starlight, Trixie, Luna and Fluttershy all did.

>>25765609
I agree Luna. best bed is almost always your own.
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>>25765639
>Okay, but how will it work?
Well, like most new things that get introduced to this series, we won't know until it's written. It just got introduced, let's give it time to marinate, brainstorm different ideas. Because that's half the fun right there, tossing something at the wall and seeing what sticks.
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>>25758845
NOTHING CHANGES

THEY WILL ALWAYS SEEK DEATH
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>>25765756
Its not about seeking death.
Its about having a very intimate, secret activity you can't share with anyone else.
When you look at it like that, its almost sweet and adorable.
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>>25757923
>Alright, Cadence forget trying to better yourself. The thing you started yesterday and refused to be present for the one part of your job you are actually good at to be doing. I need to go play with Celestia at the beach, so drop everything.
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>>25765897
Which is why they are going to do it at a beach with everyone around them. Super secret those two.
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>>25765942
"Bu-"

>No, you're not allowed to join in, this is a "Us" thing.
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>>25765429
I...just...what?

I wrote the thing you're nothing about. Maybe I didn't get it across very well but when I wrote it literally one line was about how they are to WRITE. All the rest? My perspective as a reader, no as a writer.

And yes as far as edging out other characters that absolutely is a nuisance if you want to tea the other characters and as far as writing goes yes it is a nuisance to deal with them when you are trying to write the characters they are edging out but you have to find a way around them!

Most of all though you do understand I am arguing AGAINST another pointless beating of Chrysalis by pointin out what people find frustrating about her? That I am trying to protect her from senseless violence which will achieve nothing?

You clearly like the character a lot so why are you taking issue? Because what I see I. Her is different than you? Because my opinion is different than yours?

Dammit man! I'm trying to PREVENT your waifu from being stomped AGAIN. My opinion an experience differs from yours. Deal with it.
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>AJ
"Chrysalis"
~~~

It had been so long since Applejack felt real happiness.

That wasn't entirely true, she had only been in this state for what had to be a few hours at most, she had even woken up this morning thinking that this was the easiest her life had been in who knew how long. She realized now that she had been tempting fate with that, but the naivety born of a good nights sleep remained only matched by the wide eyed wonder of a child.

None of that mattered now, as her gaze very much like that child looked to the object in her hoof with all the wonder of a filly who had found her very favorite toy, one she had thought lost to time and returned to her.

>Ah' can do it...

She could save Equestria, as easily as speaking the words. Now, without question, they would believe her when she told that Eighteen had been a boon, and no invasion or secret infiltration had ever happened at all. She could at last be honest with them, and they would understand, they would see things for what they really were.

They could know the truth at last.

All of them could know the truth.

She could prove everything. She could do more than save the changelings reputation, she could prove to the whole world in one fell swoop that they merely wanted to live like anyone else! Why, she could impart on the lings all the wisdom she herself had been trying to drill into their heads for such a time to no avail! Anything said, and they would know it was true. She could teach them how to be civilized with one small talk, no need to fight, no need for repeated lessons, they could understand so quickly and move on in a day!

And the ponies, all of them could know. She could make all of them understand with one simple speech. Her 'field trip' boiled down to little more than stopping by a town, speaking a few lines and done. She wouldn't have to struggle anymore, wouldn't have to fight, and at last she could rest easy, knowing a truth of her own.

They couldn't take it from her this time.

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>>25765989
This time, they couldn't wash away all her hard work like a sandcastle on a beach, for what she was speaking was the undeniable truth. At last, the ponies and the changelings and maybe even the griffons and who knows who else, all of them would know the truth!

She could at last speak.

She could at last be heard.

She could, at last, win, and make it so that win could never, ever be taken from her. One time, that was all she needed to win, one time, and she's done, one time, and the world is saved.

She could save Equestria.

She could save everywhere.

It was all thanks to this wonderful, wonderful little thing.

She knew Apples were going to save the world someday.

>Chrysalis! This is... oh, right.

Her heart sank just a bit when she looked back to the Queen, to the heartbroken thing she had created with but a few simple words. The simple declaration that she was not the greatest queen and having it be known as truth was enough to take the fight out of her.

It was truthfully told, a little nice to see her bereft of bravado for just a second, even if she felt terrible she had been forced to go so far to merely prove a theory.

"What did I do wrong..."

The hairs on her neck bristled at the voice, the ragged, almost furious voice. Haunting like a wounded animal that still wished to fight.

"There must be something... what didn't I do right?... I was the greatest, I was, when did that change? I need to do something, what..."

>Chrysalis...

As nice as the fleeting thought was, she couldn't help but feel pity for the thing. She looked like her whole world had been taken from her, ripped away and leaving her with nothing. The look of a mare who watched her house burn to the ground, and could do nothing to put out the flames.

She looked to the apple again, her wonderful gift from above, and found herself wondering. She had taken this from the Queen, it had served it's purpose, perhaps it would be best to give it back.

>Maybe...

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>>25766001

She did not move, her mind a buzz as she wondered what this could mean. So many of her problems would be solved if the Queen were just a little less headstrong, a little less overconfident. Maybe it would be good to live this way, for a little while. Maybe this would be-

"OH!"

Those same hairs very nearly leapt from her neck when the Queen jolted up, alive and fire in her eyes again.

"Of course!"

There was a fire again, seemingly impossible to snuff out, driven like snow and charged like her horn ready to unleash a hellfire of blasts.

"Chitania, of course!"

The way she said it, like it was the most obvious thing in the world, made it so that no response could ever do it justice.

>W-what?

She didn't even bother trying.

"Chitania! I lost to her, I lost that battle, and I never reclaimed it since then! I never got my rematch, I never proved that I was truly the superior Queen in all ways, of course I can't be the Greatest Queen yet! Even my mother could defeat that brute in combat! Yesss... I must convince her, force her to fight me again, and this time... I shall win."

If her heart had sunken in before, it was downright drowning now.

>Wait! Beating Chitania won't make you the greatest Queen either!

Down that fire went again, snuffed out in a second with the undeniable truth forced into her.

It did not even stay down for a second this time.

"No... no of course combat wouldn't help, we're Changelings, we are already unbeatable in combat, what would that matter? No... what I need, is the most powerful army! Yes! A Queen is only as powerful as her minions! I need to make them into an army of-"

>It ain't that either!

Whatever had gotten into her, it was long since passed the point of simmering back down into that cold wash it had been before, it would not be stopped.

She did not even dim for a moment.

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>>25766006

"No, no why would a Queen need to rely on her subjects to be proven strong? The greatest Queen would need to be so strong, that even an army could not stand to her... my mind magic! Of course! There must be ways to make it even more powerful! Oh, how could I not see it before? I need to make my mental magics the greatest not in the world, but through all of time!/.. and I know exactly how to get to it."

Her voice rose up just a few uncomfortable octaves when she saw the Queen's eyes narrow into slits.

>Dang it Chrysalis, that ain't gonna make you the best Queen!

"No... no of course not... damn it all, what will!?"

What will?

Those two words rang in her mind.

What will?

They made her hooves tingle, made them jittery as they held the gift a little tighter.

What will?

Like a spark, like a flame, her mind was like fire. What will make her the greatest Queen?

She could say anything, right now, and Chrysalis would do it, following it to the very end as immutable truth, seeking it out until fulfilled. She would never stop, never, until she proved to all the world that she was truly the greatest Queen to ever live.

Anything that she could think of, she would do. Care for all the orphans of Equestria, rebuild houses for the poor, plant entire acres of farmland for the hungry, she could make her do anything at all, and she would follow it. Anything she wanted, and that Queen's unquenchable fire would drive her to never falter until it is done.

She could even tell the Queen, right now, that the only way to prove she was the greatest Queen was to give up her crown, and put the changelings under Equestrian rule.

She could even make her a hero.

She could do anything.

She could make her be anything.

Anything at all, and it was the truth.

"Applejack?"

Anything at all.

She just had to say it.

>Iffin' ya' want to be the greatest Queen, you need to...
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>>25766012
...You need to what?

YOU NEED TO WHAT!?

WHAT THE FUCK WHAT DOES SHE NEED TO DO!?

YOU CAN'T JUST END IT THERE!
WHY
I CAN'T
SO MUCH
WHAT?!
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>>25766012
AJ no! Don't do it! Do you really not get that you're doing exactly what Chrysalis does!? You're mindfucking her right now! That's some straight up mind control shit!

...Also, am I the only one that finds it kind of funny that you can literally destroy Chrysalis's world, and she just goes "Well then I need to make a new world! By fighting giant monsters!" I love that crazy ling.
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>>25766072
>...Also, am I the only one that finds it kind of funny that you can literally destroy Chrysalis's world, and she just goes "Well then I need to make a new world! By fighting giant monsters!" I love that crazy ling.

Actually? Thinking on it? That might be the most brilliant part of that whole story.
She could make Chrysalis BELIEVE anything, but she can't change who Chrysalis IS.
The Apple merely makes any word into truth to who they hear, but how they interpret truth is always up to the listener, not to the one giving it to them. This merely removes the skepticism from the argument, turning anything said into literal interpretations.
But that's just what they are, interpretations.
Chrysalis hears she's not the Greatest Queen Alive™, but all that meant to her is that she wasn't the Greatest Queen Alive™ YET. Her whole worldview, how she sees herself, never changed. She's still Chrysalis, even if the Apple makes her believe something else.

It's fascinating.
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>>25766012
>take a nap for the rest of the day and ten wake up not remembering any of this encounter an once again believing in yourself as the greatest queen ever.

In other words:

Abort! Abort! It's all gone pear shaped!
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>>25766143
>but all that meant to her is that she wasn't the Greatest Queen Alive™ YET


>Alright, Chrysalis, yer never gonna be the greatest Queen ever, Ah'm sorry, but that's the truth

Bonus points since that really is the truth, it's just now she's got no reason not to believe it
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>>25766012
Feels like I'm reading a damn manga here! You're stringing me along man!
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>>25766143
Oh my god, and either consciously or subconsciously, AJ knew this and immediately figured out how to *use this against her*!

She immediately figured out you can't *Stop* her, but you can use her.

DAMN.

>>25766223
But then Chrysalis would just go

>HAH! You're right! I can't be the greatest Queen... because I'm going to surpass it, and become the greatest EMPRESS OF ALL TIME! I shall leave behind those pitiful 'queens' in the dust!

That's the point, you can't ever convince Chrysalis that she will never be the best, she'll just twist your words until she makes it work.
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>>25766223
Unless Ponies start naming queens or Gwen gets her shit together, she gets the title by default.
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>>25766267
>OH FER-! Alright.... alriight.....

>There will... always be...... other people.... who are better than you..... and y'all should.... accept that you cannot out perform...or beat.... every......one....?

>Pleaseworkpleaseworkpleaseworkpleasework
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>>25766267
>Oh my god, and either consciously or subconsciously, AJ knew this and immediately figured out how to *use this against her*!
>She immediately figured out you can't *Stop* her, but you can use her.
>DAMN.

So, in other words, she's turning into Chrysalis.
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>>25766284
>There will... always be...... other people.... who are better than you

"...So I need to become a god? Stop being among the 'people' and just become something else? Huh. Seems legit, I knew that one anyway."

> accept that you cannot out perform...or beat.... every......one....?

"Well not individually, no. I figured it would just kinda be a blanket thing where it's just implied I'm better, and don't need to beat them personally."

...

"Why are you mumbling to yourself?"
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>>25766267
You could say she'll never surpass the level of a drone wearing a fancy crown. She could say she's the best at that but at that point, it doesn't matter. Be the best crown wearing drone ever, Chrysalis.

>>25766286
Sounds more like politics to me, like you can't stop a particular bill from being passed so you figure out a way to use it in your favor.
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>>25766302
>Y'ALL. HAVE ALWAYS. BEEN. PRETENDING. YOU CAN. BUT. YOU CAN'T. Y'ALL. NEVER. BUCKIN'. WILL!

"Hmmmm... So that means-"

>GAH FUCK IT! USELESS CROCK OF SHIT APPLE!
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>>25766316
>You could say she'll never surpass the level of a drone wearing a fancy crown.

"So a drone wearing a fancy crown is better than all of the ponies and giffons and gods?... Huh, this is new information to me, but apparently it's true. Neat! I can make 42 more powerful than Celestia! AWESOME!!
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>>25766348
That part is true. If you get 42 up to burnout levels of love she could beat celly. If she could do it quickly.
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I was actually looking forward to Chrysalis taking the "Yer not the best thing ever" as a decent way to grow her character into something much more bearable and (fuck my ass) developed. But now even with this she still keeps trying to bound back.

Dangit
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>>25766316
>>25766348
Or alternatively
>"So, there is a crown out there that can make a changeling so powerful, it actually makes the gap between Queen and Drone completely moot? There is a way to become so grand, so utterly amazing, that even the massive gulf between myself and someone like Jugglejack outright ceases to be?... I MUST MAKE THIS CROWN!
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>>25766389
"No"

>THEN HOW DO I BECOME THE GREATEST!

"You can't"
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>>25766384
It was funnier to have her keep scheming than sit in sorrow, what can I say?
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>>25766457
EH, the whole Rita Repulsa gig gets well tiring
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>>25766384
Well, shit. People keep clamoring for development and they miss the chance to give Chrysalis of all characters some.

Wow.

And I'd love to see that.

>>25766457
Or, ya know, try to better herself. Like that one story where she was actually trying to learn vocab.
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>>25766012
So am I the only one just done trying to predict where this crazy -coaster is going? I guess it's a testament to the writing, but I have not managed to predict a single thing in this. Every time I expect something, all I get is something else way crazier.

But that cliffhanger can just finish jumping off that cliff now.
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>>25766530
Meh, if she got any development that wasn't a permanent attitude adjustment, it wouldn't be good enough. Plus it would add to the pile of complaints about her overshadowing others if she gets some in the middle of AJ's moment..

>>25766530
You mean stop being a bitch. we'll get right on it. right after we get DT to stop being a spoiled brat with a increasing sexual implications with her slowly becoming sentient rocket launcher
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>>25766384
But it's not real.

It's just the apple making her think that, it's not actually true. It's forcing something into her brain to make her think differently than she normally does. Any growth she learned from this would have just instantly snapped back when she figured out what the apple did anyway. What could she gain from this? Its not development, it's just something AJ put in her head to test a theory.

If anything, this did develop her more, as we finally get to see her react to an immutable truth.
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>>25766581
Oh hell no, I am far too damn hype right now.

>>25766589
That's the other far end of the spectrum, and impossible. It's not to stop being a bitch. It's to open the gateway towards less acting like a bitch. Big difference there.

Because, honestly, constantly carrying the attitude of a bitch gets annoying and stale after awhile.
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>7
"???"
~~~

>You put the mind in the coconut and you mix it all up, yes the mind in the coconut and mix it all up!

"Ahem."

The voice from the shadows was crisp, short and poised, and certainly not what he had expected.

At least, not so soon.

>...Blossom? What on earth are you doing back so soon? Oh, dear, you aren't hurt, are you? Let me see.

Instead of stepping into the light to show what he asked, instead a piece of paper was thrown in front of him.

>...oh. I see.

A newspaper.

>... That's unfortunate.
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>>25766704
So something that's been bugging me here because (mea culpa) I haven't paid enough attention to this:

Did 7 singlehandedly uplift a bunch of animals?
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>>25766822
7's animals are one part from the everfree around him and one part stealing from the place his booty call works for.
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>>25766852
Ok...so we agree we shouldn't let 42 near these things at all right?

She'd go Frank Horrigan meeting Talking Deathclaws on their asses...
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>>25766864
Only if 7 isn't there to explain.

>NO! WAIT! THEY'RE TO MAKE US STRONGER! Serving the Queen!

"Then I can dig it!"
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>Spike
"DT"
'SS'
~???~
~~~

>HRGG!

SCRAAPPPPE

>HRGG!

SCRAAAPPPEEE!

"Hurry it up, will you!?"

>Don't see you carrying a huge ass tanker of glue.

"I'm too busy working on the important things! You can handle the simple but time consuming tasks!"

>Story of my life, actually...

'Why are you using that much glue anyway? What, are you seriously planning to superglue the thing back together?'

"What? No! Regular superglue wouldn't work!"

>... so what's in this one? Is... this isn't, like, toxic, right? I'm not going to get quicksilver poisoning? Quicksilver is still deadly to dragons, you know.

"Meh, you ate bad cupcakes, you're fine."

>That just means the stomach that normally digests rocks can digest... worse than rocks, I guess?

"Meh."

>Seriously, what is this made of? Because if it's radioactive and I get another limb, I'm beating you with it.

"It's just super glue!"

'So my original question, you do know that you can't glue steel back together, right?'

"A-DUUHHHHHH!... I just need to glue this little component! Ding!"

>...You used a drop.

"Yep!"

>Just a drop.

"All I need, baby! Done in one!"

>I... I dragged over this massive, gigantic, SUPER FUCKING SIZED THING FOR A DROP!

"No, silly!"

>...

"You did it because I told you to."

>...G-gg...g-gggg-....GGRRAAAAGGHHHHHH!

'HOLY SHIT, HE'S GONNA BLOW!'

Wasting no time, the silver filly heroically threw a rope around the spasaming dragon, and strapped it to her back. She ran off full tilt, and prepared to throw him over the nearest balcony, only...

~WAHHHHH!~

'Crap! Sorry mister baby!'

~Wah!~

'Misses! Sorry! Damn... HNNGGGH!'

1/2
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>>25767031

She ran off again, preparing to throw him into the nearest dumpster, only...

~Chirp!~

'Sorry mister racoon!'

The nearest pond.

~Quack!~

'Shoot!'

The nearest bakery.

~Hello, deary!~

'Why did I think that would be empty!?'

The nearest mailbox.

~Hiya!~

'WHY ARE YOU IN THERE!?'

All the while the dragon on her back grew hotter, started spitting out fire, and felt like he was going to blow at any second!

'Huh... somedays you just can't get rid of a dragon- AH HAH!'

Heroically, nay, triumphantly! She spun on her hooves, and hurled him with all her might!

"OH SHIT SILVER SPOON NO NO NO YOU JUST WENT IN A CIRCLE HE'S COMING RIGHT BACK-'

>GRAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

BOOOOOM!

The fire could be seen from space.

"...*Kafff*... Sexy?"

Her rocket launcher flew over her, dousing her in a soothing white, foamy substance.

"Ahhhhh... oh, I love it when you do tha-OH NO! DANG IT SILVER SPOON! Of all the times to mess up! My mechsuit is ruined! All that repair work for nothing! Why didn't you look before you threw him!?"

She didn't say anything.

She just... smiled.
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>>25767041

>'Huh... somedays you just can't get rid of a dragon- AH HAH!'

You have no idea how hyped I was to go through the build up and getting to that line. Major thumbs up.
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>>25766581
I'm still trying to figure out the direction. It's fun, even if crazy shit does get a bit too crazy to follow occasionally.
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>>25766704
...I can't remember when we made Blossom so fucking stealthy
wouldn't that require a signifigant amount of brainpower? like, enough to know what love is?
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>>25767718
>...I can't remember when we made Blossom so fucking stealthy

She literally never appeared before that first time last thread when he talked to her, she was always so well hidden even BUTTECUP doesn't know shit about her. She's been the mysterious one since she was first mentioned over a dozen threads ago. She's his 'backup plan'.

>wouldn't that require a significant amount of brainpower?

Yes, but Blossom was the smart Powerpuff girl.

>like, enough to know what love is?

Being smart doesn't tell you what love is, that's his whole issue. There's something that isn't 'clicking' in there, despite the fact that they're all smart enough they SHOULD at least know the basics of what love is.
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>>25767762
So...they wanna know what love iiiiiis~
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>>25766852
Technically, he steals them from rivals to his booty call. He mentioned that because he was thinking of bragging to her about making her life easier/getting her promoted better, but decided against it.

Because 7 is like the weirdest schoolyard crush ever, and shows his affection in fucked up ways.
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>AJ
"Chrysalis"
~~~

>If ya' want to be the greatest Queen, you need to...

She had to think about this one. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity, a chance that would never come any other time, on any other day.

>You have to...

She could do such amazing things here. For all her faults, the Queen was driven, she was motivated, and she could get things done if the need arrived.

Not only that, she was powerful, outstripping even an Alicorn in sheer magical might, she could handle literally any task, no matter how dangerous. She could do things that would risk pony lives before, and do them easily.

Or maybe she could focus on her hold over the changelings, that might work. They followed her without question, without hesitation, if she wanted to break them free at last, make them their own beings at long last free of the worship of the Queen, she could do it right now. She could save all of them from the fate of dependence.

Or perhaps she could tell her to give up her power, freeing Eqeustria from the fear of a being beyond them. Or maybe just enough to reduce it beneath an Alicorn in power, that would be fair. She could remain stronger than the average ling, but always just low enough that she or any of the others could handle her if she ever decided to snap. She herself could rest easy knowing that the Queen was no more a threat to her ever again, and she could no longer throw around her weight in times of strife. She could be stopped, at any point, and Equestria would rest easier, maybe even the Changeling would calm down and not be so brash if she knew any one of them could easily defeat her if the time came. Maybe she would learn something.

So many choices, all of them good, all of them would be nothing short of a boon to Equestria as a whole. The only debate in her mind was which one, which would bring the most prosperity, the most security, the most to Eqeustria?

Which problem could she use the Queen to solve, which one could she fix?

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>>25768323

There were so many choice, so many she couldn't even think straight. She dared not risk them all, already unsure just how far she could push this until the Queen noticed something was up. That she hadn't by now could only be the work of the magic of Harmony, a magic that no other force in this world or any other seemed able to face, or defeat. Thus far, she had seen no limits to its power, nothing that could stop it, but it was always used for a single thing.

Good.

If she had been given this, it must be to save Equestria. That was the only explanation, that she had been right, that she had been just in her demands, and now Equestria needed saving.

She could save the Lings from the fear this reveal had brought on.

She could save countless others as she spoke the truth to them, and they believed her.

She could help them understand.

It felt heavy in her hooves, like an apple of lead more than of fruit and soft vegetative flesh. There was weight here, power, she had to use it right, use it correctly so all of this could be swept up and fixed, and not just that, but stay fixed. Never again challenged or denied, never again. The work she would do would stay, it would matter, it would have an impact at long, long last.

All because everyone believed her again. She could save the world with words alone.

All she had to do was say it.

>You have to... d-

"I wasn't seriously asking you, moron. I was just thinking out loud. Let me think!"

The Queen cut her off with a flippant scoff, her eyes back to being unfocused and wild in no time at all. Thinking, pondering her every next move in order to reclaim the status that had been 'lost' from her without her knowing. Even the declaration to be known a truth undeniable had not stopped her, if anything, it had spurred her on. It had made her worse, more wild and unfocused, ready to cause even more problems on her never ending quest that would no doubt consume her, and anyone else in her way.

That was enough.

2/3
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>>25768338

Of all of them, Chrysalis had by far caused the most of her problems. She had been the one to start the most fights, caused near wars, and been just a pain to deal with every second of her life up to this point. She had fought her, dragged out what should have been a quick and easy dispersion into the populace, clung to her crown when everything would just be better if she stepped down, and never once cared a lick for any of the weight on her shoulders.

Nothing ever phased her, nothing ever brought her down, nothing ever stopped her or slowed her or even made her pause. No, she could just roll with anything, any event, any reveal, any pain, she could brush it off. The changeling didn't feel it, not like she herself did, she didn't feel that weight of knowing how much was riding on everything, she didn't feel that power pressing down, she didn't feel any of it.

And she knew why.

Because no matter how bad it got, no matter how terrible things became, no matter how many events that should have knocked some sense into her, she always had someone to run back to, she always had somewhere to hide, someone to tell her it was okay even as everything burned down.

She had said it once, she had said it a million times, someone who kept her from learning like she should, thinking like she should, and let her keep acting like she shouldn't. She had someone to keep the hard stuff away.

She had an enabler.

>...Chrysalis?

"Yeah, what?"

She didn't even bother looking in her direction, but she would hear this one.

She would feel this one.

>If you want to be the greatest you could ever possibly be... you have to move your entire hive out of the Crystal Empire, and until you're out on your own, you never will be the greatest Queen.

Every word, she took as truth.

She knew it, she felt it, in the gaze that finally turned to her.

Of all the responses, denials or otherwise she expected to hear from that...

"...Fuck you."

That was by far the last one.
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>>25768356
Oh
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>>25768356
>idea she was literally already having
>couldn't follow through because she loves the CE
>applejack told her it would make her the greatest queen
>"fuck you"
...what? is this a "you have to give up your family to become the hero" thing?
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>>25768356
So...either....this apple has it's limits, rather arbitrary limits... or Chrysalis stupid fucking bug brain is so hooked onto Crystal Welfare not even Harmony magic can change her
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>>25768423
>>idea she was literally already having
>>couldn't follow through because she loves the CE

OHHHHHHH, I get it!

>>25768425
>this apple has it's limits, rather arbitrary limit

Or, she already knew that truth, and the Apple didn't do anything because there was nothing to change.

Fucking clever.
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>>25768425
>>25768425
no no, it makes her accept that "to be the greatest queen you need to move out" but it doesn't change who she is. She still doesn't want to do it. She may really, really want to be the greatest queen, but she loves the CE more
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Oh holy shit, that makes sense.

Chrysalis already knew that in order to be the greatest Queen ever, she has to form her own city and it has to be the tits, but she didn't want to go.

Applejack THOUGHT she was imparting some kind of profound truth on her, but in reality she just said out loud what Chrysalis has known for a while. The Apple has nothing to force into her brain, it's already there!

Truth bomb just backfired.
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Oh god now I'm scared this whole thing is going to divebomb and be cut short.

Goddamnit noooooooo.

This is the first time AJ gets some bona fide character development and conflict we stupidly imparted onto the supporting cast more than her.

I don't want this to go down in flames man, I was so pumped.
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>>25768521
Dude, the guy's process is LITERALLY

>Take ONE train of thought, examine it fully, flesh it out and then resolve it in that story.

I don't think he's gonna skimp on the big choices.
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>>25768541
I hope so, cos if he wanted a nerve wracking cliffhanger he damn well did it.

Though I think he intended, WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?! and less IS CHRYSALIS GOING TO DERAIL APPLEJACK'S MOMENT?!.....AGAIN?!
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>>25768521
Patience anon, patience. Writefriends work in mysterious ways.

>>25765224
>The remains of Cordy

"Okay, so yeah, I know you're a dumbass plant that can only think-"

'SPREAD'

"Yeah, that. And you kiiiiinda made me almost destroy the world by starting a nutso zombie plague-"

'SPREAD'

-It does that a lot.-

"-yeah, I know."

-This pleases me.-

'SPREAD'

"Blahblahblah I forgive you. Can I see now?"

-Sure!-

Poof

"Fiiiiinally."
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>>25768554

The man has written a shitload of internal Applejack monologues, carefully crafted her response and choices, and done nothing but examine every little facet of that shining apple diamond, and you think he's just gonna skip out for Chrysalis? Chrysalis. Just... out of the blue.
Guy writes, what, 30 posts worth of internal AJ dialog since she ran off and got bored and decided to go with Bugbutt?
The man outright said what came next wouldn't have worked as good thematically, continuity wise and character wise for Applejack without her, dude has thought this out.
But, jut in case somehow, some way, you are still worried he's going to jump on the bug train, I'm going to quote him real quick.(Paraphrased of course)

>Even if we decided to go in a wildly different direction, I would happily slap an NC on the top of every story after this one and keep on keeping on.
>Because Applejack is worth it.

I'm not knocking you, I'm just trying to make it so you're not worried about that, because it is "HOLY SHIT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT!?", it's very much that and I am super fucking hype. I wanna see how AJ reacts to this, and I want to see what this does for their relationship.
Join me, anon. Join me.
Because Applejack is worth it.
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>>25768521
>Oh god now I'm scared this whole thing is going to divebomb and be cut short.

Writefag in question here, and you know I'm going to break the non-story silence I've had since I apologized for hijacking Chrysalis(I keep worrying that if I come out and say "Don't worry about ___!" it'll ruin these twists) because that was actually something I was worried about.

Anybody feel like I've dragged it out too much? I know someone was asking for it to get wrapped up last thread, but I had just too much Aj-thoughts and debate I wanted to get into, not to mention the obvious big thing to even consider wrapping it up last thread.

Buuuut now that we're dropping close to the ending of this thread, you guys feel like I'm eating up too much time? Haven't stopped the AJ funnies, I can see, those still outnumber me and I'm thankful for it, but is this too much, and you want me to try to wrap it up end-of-this-thread/Early next thread? It would be rushed, yes, and I would have to cut out some stuff I wanted to examine, mostly AJ internal debate and a couple more big choices, but it's probably doable. Not tonight, unfortunately, but if I rushed I could pull it off.

So, what do ya' say, did I do too much and need to stop the train already?
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>>25768885
no, keep going you glorious bastard
GIVE HER MORE
MORE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
MAXIMUM CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
>>
>>25768885
NO

Dear God man, we've finally hit the Character Development well for AJ, DON'T STOP NOW MAN, DON'T CUT IT SHORT
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>>25768885
honestly, I could use a little more time to work on what I want to write for the beach episode bit so if you want to delay....
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>>25768885
I realize that speaking for all of /pa/ would be a little presumptuous, but I feel no shame in doing exactly that.

No.

No no.

No, fuck you, no.

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

This is the most exciting the thread has been since number 100.

And now, with AJ getting so much goddamn character, making so many choices, fuck it, just being SO FUCKING INTERESTING NOW, you want to know if we feel like you're dragging it out?

Fuck that, I wake up now wondering "God I wonder what AJ's going to do today."

I give you props for asking this, because that's a thing that can be worrysome, that a storyline has just gone on too long and needs to die. Especially in a thread like this. Some stories need to be cut short.

This is not that story.

If you cut out ONE internal monologue or big choice for non-story reasons, it was the wrong choice.

Please, sir, can I have more Aj?

CHOO CHOO MOTHERFUCKER
>>
OOCO
CD
>Twilight
‘Spike’
“Dash”

We join our trio on the parapets of Canterlot castle. A large covered device before them.

‘Ok, so what have you got for us today?’

>Well…

With a flourish, the canvas was ripped away to reveal…a mishmash.

[Uh…Twilight? Are you sure this is the right tower?]

‘Not..not feelin confident on this one…’

>Oh you two…look, I combined the ballista bolt with a hang glider! If it works as intended, and why wouldn’t it, the glider will separate at the apex of your flight allowing you to flit away free as a bird!

“I…I don’t think that’s even remotely how that works.”

‘Yeah… twi? Gonna pass on this one..’

>Spike. Do you trust me?

‘Well I mean…normally but-‘

>Do you trust me?

‘Look, I’m not saying no it’s just-‘

>Do. You. Trust. Me?

‘…yes’

>Then get in the glider.

The dragon swallowed hard.

‘Ok…’

And got into the glider.

“I’d like to reiterate: this is a terrible idea!”

>Hush. You ready spike?

‘As I’m ever gonna be…’

>Alright! Prepare for launch in 3…2…1! Launch!

She pulled the lever hurling the bolt into the sky.

‘Oh Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-‘

Up, up, up it went.

>And it should separate annnny second now.

It reached the apex of it’s flight.

>Annny second.

It began to amgle down.

>Right now. It’ll happen right now.

It did not. Instead the bolt plunged back to earth, unwilling dragon along for the ride.

‘AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-‘

<thud.>

“Spike!”

The blue Pegasus blasted away to help, in such a hurry she did not notice the small smile on the purple mare’s lips.

>Don’t trust my gifts huh? I worked hard on that jetpack!
>>
>>25768977
TWI
VENGENCE
>>
NCOMAKE cos Imma bed now

"Shining"
>???
"....Uuuuh....Oooouuuuh...where....wha-"

CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK

>Mmmf, yeah, more... moooore

"Wah...Apple...jack?"

CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK

>Huh...weird... swore y'all past out fer good a minute ago

"Wha...are you..."

CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK

>Nnngh... Oh mah stars... ah' dont care anymore... ah' need this.... ah' need every gal danged drop of this

"But... I can't..feel...."

>Bah.... said that.... las' time... y'all started hollerin' soon after... th' good kind too

CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK

"Guauuh.... How long... has....

>Been at it fer... mmmmmmm.... dunno since when.... but, 'ah' haven't stopped since.... and ah'm not gonna till...ooooh... till your Princess is satisfied.... with herself.... y'hear

CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK

"I....I...."

>"Y'all"...."y'all"... are gonna keep yer...oogh, lil' soldier goin'. Cos Kicks and Buck ain't stoppin' fer nothing now

CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK

"...Uuuggghhhooooooooo"

>Mmmmgmmmm, yeah... that;s what ah' wanna hear....

CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK

>...Fuck all dem... pseudo.. OC's and....Mmmmghah... elevated.... side characters.... this shit,,,aaaah.... this shoulda...been mine from th' beggin'

CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK CRK
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>>25769141
>Persistent assertive femdom Applejack

BOI

Omakes weren't meant to give me a tent but goddamn, man. Ease off
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>>25768977
She's just fucking with him now.
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>>25769141
Wow, it is way too early for omakes.
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>>25769383
>60 posts left
>early for OMAKE
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>>25768910
>>25768920
>>25768966
>>25768972
Well, hope that answers his question.
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>>25769407
60 posts does seem a lot just for omakes
>SA
"18"
~~

>...

"...Whaaaat?"

>...I don't want her to fuck it up.

"She's probably going to."

>...I don't want her to fuck it up.

"Don't hope. Hope is for the weak."

>...I don't want her to fuck it up.

"...She won't."

>Thank you.

"Best I can do."

>...

"...She's probably gonna-"

>I know.
>>
>>25769968
>So what happened?

'Chrysalis was mostly fine, Aj fucked it up'

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iAYhQsQhSY
>>
Non-Canon
>Pinkie
"Applejack"
'???'
~~~~
>Welcome to Not Late Night /pa/ with your host Pinkie Pie! It's during this time that content does matter, but laughter's a good thing! Now it's time for our main guest...APPLEJACK!

"Howdilly diddly do."

>Do you ever have weird cravings?

"Hmm...well there was that time when Ah wanted to try that M&M coated banana after visiting the Banana family."

>...then maybe you should try out my chocolate bananaaaaa...fun holes and totally not glory holes!

"...is this a sex thing or do you mean something else because-"
AJ's expression goes gloomy.
"...why even try?"

>...Wait what?

"The efforts Ah put in to fix things? Why do Ah even try? It all goes wrong inevitably. Ah can't ever make things right. Ah don't even remember the last time Ah did the right thing."
A dark aura with green eyes appear behind AJ.

>Wha? But why now? AJ snap out of it!
Slaps AJ.

"Ow why did ya do that for?"

The aura becomes more solid.
'Oh you're such a silly pony. Why can't you be honest with yourself?'

"Who the hay are you?"

'You know the truth. Ah'm you. The you who has already accepted the reality. Ah can't fix anything. Ah only know how to break things and live a lie.'

"Stop talking in mah voice.

>Applejack wait!

"You're not me! You don't know me at all!"

The aura forms a black coated Applejack and gives a toothy grin.
'Ah am you. Ah am a shadow. THE TRUE SELF!'

>...*CENSORED!*
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>>25770263
Oh no, not AGAIN! Damn you, Neighpon!
>>
>>25770263
AWWWW SHIIIIIIIIIIII
>>
>>25770321
...Oh hey, we've got dream eaters now.

Guys! Dindin is on!
>>
>>25770695
Huh. With PP's new tricks, she might be able to handle this.
>>
>Idris
"Gwen"
[???]
{???}
~~~

>Well that sure showed them.

"We asserted our authority."

>We ran off in terror.

"We are not afraid of them!"

>Oh yeah?

"Nothing, absolutely nothing they could do would ever make me fear!"

>...

"What!?"

[{La la la la laaaaaa~]}

"SCREEEE!"

>...

"...Shut up."

>...

"That was a battle cry, that was not a scream."

>...

"And I am grabbing your arm because I am planning to throw you at them."

>...

"Shut up."

{[Come play with us.}]

"SHUT UPPPPPPPPP!"
>>
Goodnight thread
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>>25771280
Come on, you two, get it together. Powerbomb the little twerps.
>>
>>25771280
>Creepy twins
>But not twins

Wat
>>
OOCO
>AJ
“Shiny”
‘???’
~~~~

>…So? Whatta ya’ think?

“Well, first off, let me pre-phrase this by saying that, AJ? Paper pony? You’ve come a long, long way.”

>Hawh, thanks, ‘Tia. Now really, whatta ya’ think?

“I… and you did this by yourself? From beginning to end--all you?”

>C’mon, Shinin’, mare o’ honesty here. ‘Sides, what would Ah’ gain from havin’ others do this? It’s all me.

“Okay, alright then. Let’s see what you’ve got….”

>An’ be honest now.

“When am I not?”

Tension caused AJ’s tail to wind itself around the leg of the chair she sat on. Nervously she bit into her lip, watching as Shining Armor surveyed what she’d brought to their latest meeting.

She’d been working on this draft for the past two weeks now and finally figured she had something to show.

>…

“…”

>...

“…Hrrm…”

>…W-well?

Shining Armor sat back with a drawn out sigh.

“It’s good. Great even, but….”

His gaze hardened.

AJ’s heart leapt.

1/2
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>>25772503

“The apple glaze you chose to slather this upside-down cider cake in was too sugary, it overpowered the natural sweetness of the fruit used! It’s a vast step-up from the last version, no doubt, but this subtle oversight is what kills the whole dish! The filling is fluffy, the coloring and plating--all superb, but it’s the icing, arguably the most important part of a cake, it’s very lifeblood, that’s out of proportion! In a cake based around apple cider, you should expect to taste exactly that, not just a mouthful of sugar! The apple needs to be the center here, the base that grabs most and lasts throughout each chew!”

Pen and notepad in hoof, AJ nodded quickly and frantically.

>Ah’ see, Ah’ see, yes…

“Your last attempt I gave a seven. This one? Seven point six. I expect at least an eight next time!”

>Ah’ll bring a nine!

“That’s exactly what I wanted to he-”

KNOCK KNOCK

‘Hey! Hey, you guys done with the paperwork yet? It’s me, Spike! Something smells real fucking good in there, what’re you eating? Can I have some?’

>Shit, it’s him! He can’t see this yet, not when it’s so poorly executed! Hurry, stash it, stash it!

Shining Armor snatched up his fork.

“Oh, I’ll stash it alright… in my stomach!”
>>
>>25771970
That's what makes it extra creepy
>>
I'm can't seem to decide if I should give AJ a dream weapon or not and if I did I can't seem to settle on what weapon to give her.

Nightmare Rarity's interpretation of applejack would give her a shotgun. I also had another fight where AJ used super powered kicks, but don't know if I should stick to that style of fighting for her or give her something else.
>>
>>25772886
Flip a coin, anon. When it's up in the air, you'll know which you want.
>>
>>25772886
Hate to say it, but he's right, you are normally quite random enough that either one will work
>>
>Lavan
"32"
'88'
-JJ-
~Acty~
=Daw=

"Camptown ponies sing this song!"

-Doo dah! Doo dah!-

"Camptown racetrack five miles long!"

=Oh th' doo dah day!=

~Gonna run all niiiight!~

"Gonna run all daaaay!"

-Bet my money on the bobtail nag!-

"Somepony bet on the Bay! Hey!"

'...you guys are idiots.'

>Late night filler, this pleases me.
>>
>>25772954
You're a man after my own heart.
>>
>>25773596
That was more entertaining to picture than it should have been.
>>
>>25772515
Someone's been reading shokugeki haven't they?
>>
Morning, thred.
>>
>>25775100
Morning, Ani . Hopefully more AJ saga awaits
>>
>>25774599
Yuuuup, guilty as charged.
>>
OOCO
>SA
"AJ"
~~

>...

"...Ya' missed a spot."

>FAUST DAMN IT!

"Ah'm sorry, but element o' honest and all that."

>I did three passes!

"Still missed it."

>Uggghhhh...

"You know what that meeeeans."

>...I'm a little tea pot, short and stout. Here is my handle, here is my spout. When you see the steam that I let out, Applejack is the best and Shiny is a lout.

"HEE HEE HEE!"

>Keep laughing, polishing armor is hard!

"It's in yer' dang name!"

>Like to see you try it!

"FINE!"

~~~~~

"Ah'm a little tea pot... is the outfit necessary? Ah' didn't make you wear one!"

>So then, you wouldn't have if you had thought of it?

"...Here is mah' handle, here is my spout."

>That's what I thought.
>>
>>25776122
...my mind almost took that to a place it wasn't meant to. Dang.
>>
>29
"MM"
'Zecora'
[Trixie]
~???~
~~~~

>....

"..."

'...'

[...Trixie does not like this.]

~Yeah, well, it's the only way to keep you from being spotted.~

>A shack, specifically? It had to be this shack.

~It was nearby.~

"Couldn't we have just gone in a house?"

~No.~

'And why is that? It would be much more fat.'

~Because.~

>...

~Because reasons.~

"..."

~Good ones~

'...'

~Yep.~

[...Trixie calls Bullshit.]

~Go on and get out, then.~

>...

~What I thought.~

"How much longer do we have?"

~Half an hour.~

>And... then?

~...Applejack will show up.~

>'"[...]'"

~She will.. because of reasons.

>''[...]'"

~Good ones.~
>>
>Dash
"Twilight"
~~~~

>So you don't think they're gonna, uh, look too closely at hoofwriting, right?

"I mean, they probably will, yeah?"

>...Okay, but it's like, not super close, like they couldn't tell if it was someone pretending to be someone else.

"I... have no idea how they would guess that?"

>Yeah, I mean, that seems impossible, right?

"..."

>That's impossible.

"..."

>You can't do that-

WHUCK!

>MUH NOSH!

"See, this is why you pay attention when you fly. You're the one who insists on flying instead of just walking, but you can't even pay attention?"

>FUH YOU!

"Now, hold on, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you mad."

>YER A BIH!

"That's just uncalled for, I said I was sorry."

>THIFH IF ALL YER SHTUPHID SHISHTER IN LAWSH FAULHT!

"... Oh dear, your nose is bleeding."

>Ya' fhink!?

"Let me help you with that."

>Dun need ih!

"No no, it's fine. I insist."

>Fine, how ya' gonnah-

POW!

>SON OF A BITCH! Holy shit that hurts!

"Nose stopped bleeding."

>It feels like you shot fire up my nose! With punches!

"Allllll better."

>I can smell Tartarus!

"...callmysisterinlawstupidI'llshowyou..."
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>Applejack
"Chrysalis"
~~~~~

"Fuck you."

It was amazing how much the Queen could get to her sometimes, how simple words from the changelings mouth could get under her skin in ways nobody else ever could. Without even trying, Chrysalis could make her so angry, so quickly.

But it was far rarer that she felt worried when said Queen spoke.

Already, her mind was aflame with questions. Had she pushed her gift to it's limit? Had she gone just a step too far? Was there a number, a set amount of how many times it will work, before it outright ceases to work anymore?

She had to know, she had to know the limits. If she was going to use this to save Equestria, then she had to know how many times her truth would be absolute before it wore off. She had to know, anything less put it all at risk.

"Does it look like I want your advice? Does it look like I care about what you have to say on the matter?"

So caught up in her own need to know, she barely even acknowledged when the monolith of chitin advanced on her.

"I'm sure you have such... wonderful opinions, but after all of this I'd rather not deal with them, thank you. I've been dealing with a lot lately."

So caught up in trying to mentally count every single 'truth' she told to the Queen, intentional or otherwise, she didn't even notice when the fiery emerald eyes were poised right above her.

"Are you even listening to me? Really? You say something like that, and now you're not even paying attention?"

She wasn't, all she could think about was what this meant to all she needed to do, that it meant her plan had been put in jeopardy. Had she used up it's power already? Had she wasted it, all of it, on Chrysalis alone?

Had she doomed Equestria, again?

"Answer me!"

She could not, she could not see anything but the red, glowing apple in her hooves, focused on nothing but the tingle up her spine, let the whole world pass her by, if she could look to it just a bit more.

"What are you even looking at!?"

1/2
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>>25777029

The second the hoof came into her vision, it all crumbled down.

The second the hoof edged its way towards her gift, her sole means of reversing this terrible situation, of possibly snatching away her answers once more, she reacted, and she did not react lightly.

This had happened before, this had all happened before. Victory in her grasp, literally held in her hooves, and then snatched away by the callous actions of another. All her work, all her suffering, all her need to fix this whole mess and free the changelings to live as they would at last broken and laid bare.

This had all happened before.

She could not let it happen again.

>GET AWAY FROM IT!

This was the second time she had struck the face of a Changeling Queen today.

This time, it had been fueled by fear, by desperation, a need more powerful than ever she had felt it giving her strength she had never held before this moment. This time, there was not a single inhibition left to hold her back, the fate of her whole world and all her work to make it whole again ripping away all mental barriers. This time when she struck the Queen, it was not the same as before.

This time, she took the Queen right off her hooves, and sent her to the ground on her back some distance away.

This time, she had made her point.

This time...

"...That was very stupid."

This time she got results.

>...Horseapples.

And they were going to cost her.
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>>25777037
OH GODDAMN IT
>>
>>25777037
WHAT IS GOING ON

IS APPLE KILL?

But can we not end this with some kind of Chrysalis-support-brigade cavalry thing?
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>>25777037
It's just not an emotional moment for Applejack unless Chrysalis some how ends up getting punched.

>>25777112
>IS APPLE KILL?
If you mean "Did the apple stop working", pretty sure no. AJ just THINKS it stopped working because that one didn't work, but she only thinks that because she doesn't know that Chrysalis ALREADY knew that and was dealing with it, so it didn't do anything.

AJ thinks the Apple was broken, but it still do like it do.
>>
>>25777132
>It's just not an emotional moment for Applejack unless Chrysalis some how ends up getting punched.

You know, I feel her in this case though. Think about it, she just had literally all her work with the changelings ripped away from her, metaphorically. Everything she did amounted to shit all, from her point of view. And then she gets a do-over spell, and Chrysalis tries to grab it. While she's in emotional turmoil because she doesn't even know if her fix-it thing is still working.

I'd punch the bitch too.
>>
>>25777037
FUCKING CLIFFHANGERS!
... Are the perfect time for
OMAKES!
>Chitania
"Pommel"
~???~
~~~~~

>You know, on second thought, why am I waiting? I could just go stomp over there and find him. I can play the violin! I'm not going to hurt him.

"BUT YOU SHOULDN'T!"

>And why is that?

"Uh.... uhhhhhhh... because of that!"

>Because of...

~Heeeeeeere we are! Born to be kings!~

~We're the princes of the Univeeeerrrseeeee!~

>...When did that stage get here?

"Do you care?"

>...No.

~Here we beloooong!~

~Fighting to survive in a war with the darkest powweeerrrssss!~

>How long do their concerts last?

"The exact amount, Chitty... the exact amount."
>>
>>25777132
>It's just not an emotional moment for Applejack unless Chrysalis some how ends up getting punched.

>Step one, have debate
>Step 2, do a thing
>Step three Chrysalis gets hurt.

...Checks out.
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>>25777179
Be fair, you'd punch chrysalis if you could get away with it, with Little provocation.
>>
>>25777112
>But can we not end this with some kind of Chrysalis-support-brigade cavalry thing?
OMAKE!
>Chrysalis
"AJ"
'???'
~~~

>OW! YOU BITCH! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!

"Not if Ah' have MAH FRIENDS!"

PUNCH!

"OW!... The fuck, guys!?"

'We know who we hit.'

"But why me!?"

'Because you just kinda punched her for no reason?'

"AH' HAD REASONS!"

'...'

"They ain't exactly good ones, but reasons!'
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>>25777283
Yep. Not to bring /wwe/ back into this but it checks out as classic baby face logic.
>heel saying things you don't like
>punch them in the face like a man

Although AJ's normal solution is shout your point louder until the other party stops talking.
>>
>>25777283
>>25777495
We just, just can't get anything down with you guys, huh?
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>>25777495
Hey, in all fairness, babyface logic took a new leap in fuckery last night.

>heel's SHAKE YOUR HAND for giving it your all
>attack them when they turn around to celebrate

So y'know, AJ isn't as bad as a bunch of Samoans and Mexicans
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>>25777571
I'm >>25777571
I like the whole "my precious" thing AJ is got there. I just like pointing out parallels sometimes.
>>
>>25777623
Loving new day right now
But the logic there is they were butt hurt Xavier got involved in a no dq match for a title he technically defendes via freebird rules.
>>
>>25777273
... fuck, I'm gotta go watch highlander now.
>>
OMAKE!
>29
"MM"
'Zecora'
[Trixie]
~Sunset~
~~~

>....Sooooo...

~...~

>Thirty Minutes?

~About.~

>...I can do thirty minutes.

"DIBS!"

'SHARE!'

~If he turns into a human, *I* am the one who gets dibs!~

[Trixie wants out of the shed now.]
>>
>>25777571
I was making a joke...
>>
>>25778259
Trixie, you are in OMAKE
You need to jump 29's bones just as much as the rest of the harem, don't deny it.
>>
OMAKE!
>Idris
"Gwen"
~~~~

>...Sooo... we uh... we got our stories.

"Yep... call comedy too! Just like you wanted."

>That is what I wanted, and I got way more than I thought.

"Three times what you asked for, even."

>Yep.

"Told you the threesome idea would work."

>And it was more than double like you said it would be too!

"Yeah! We got so much comedy!"

>Even the princess of the Empire didn't get that much comedy this go round.

"Yep. We totally got one over on him."

>Totally took him to the cleaners.

"..."

>...were the collars with the little tag saying 'SA's bitch' really necessary?

"That is what you asked him to make you a bit ago."

>I got caught up in the moment!

"Uh huh."

>I was selling it!

"Sure."

>...least I didn't ask him to breed me.

"..."

>And mean it, I meant!

"..."

>So about when does the lower half stop aching enough to walk?

"It will be a while."

>...what do you suppose are the odds he's going to walk in here and make it last longer?

"..."

>...dibs.

"HELL NO!"
>>
OMAKE!
>AJ
"Chrysalis"
~~~

>...HUH.

"Huh."

>Ah'... Ah' got so much...

"Yep."

>Big choices! Adventure! Debate! Internal struggles! RISING CONFLICT! NEW DEVELOPMENTS! SO MUCH! SO MUCH! SO MUCH SO MUCH SO MUCH SO MUUUUUCCHHHHH!

"..."

>AH'M INTERESTING NOW!

"...Fine, I'm happy for you."

>EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
>>
Before anyone has to ask this time-


>Somepony throws off my groove.
That someone? EVIL APPLEJACK!... DREAM... THING... it's complicated>>25770263
>Twilight punches somepony to stop them from bleeding and it works.
She would've preferred the bleeding.>>25776741
>Deus ex Machina from the Queenlings.
They're the PRINCES OF THE UNIVEEERRSEE!>>25777273
>Spike brings in a barrel of super glue and wonders what glue is made of.
>Silver Spoon recreates the batmare running with a bomb scene by strapping a fake bomb to her back.
D-D-DOUBLE DONE when Spike drops a bomb!>>25767031
>DT jury rigs a potato for power.
Celly is not amused.>>25744188
>The Cutie Mark Crusader sacrifice an alpaca.
And face no moral repercussions! >>25745843
>Stabby fanservice!
DONE AT THE START!? Witchcraft! WITCHCRAFT!>>25718363

Achievement unlocked!
>>
>>25778764
Huh. It's rare a PP get solved by a LNPP, I noticed.
>>
OMAKE!
>SA
"AJ"
~

>So, how are you liking the spotlight?

"It's been mostly me just going over how much Ah' suck and things going wrong."

>...soo-

"SO IT'S FUCKIN' AWESOME!"

>...Yep.
>>
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Mhm back, enjoy.
>>
>>25779145
HOLY SHIT, is that who I think it is?

Dude! You're back just in time, AJ's got a cool ass thing going on. Perfect timing.
>>
>>25779145
you forgot her wings, but other than that pretty good!
>>
>>25779145
Welcome back, buddy. Hope you've been keeping up, AJ's taken the reigns and it's gotten crazy.
>>
>>25779154
Yep and glad to be back, you wouldn't believe the last few months I've had, I mean literally been busy almost all the damn time had to take a second job, thank god its all over.

>>25779158
Didn't forget, just didn't fit in with the arm positioning otherwise it would have looked a little awkward

>>25779186
I'm behind! Don't tell me nuffin!
>>
>>25779145
INTO THE MOTHERFUCKING WIKI IT GOES!

Been a while since I got to put one in from you.

Missed it.
>>
>>25779214
Glad to be back, has S-Anon finally showed up or is he still with Liam?
>>
>>25779145
Now there's a 'face' I missed!

Nice to see you back

>>25779230
Think he and Liam got full on hitched and are now in paris somewhere.

Yes, Liam is punching people, that's just a given.
>>
>>25779145
And now I'm trying to decide if we should use that for the next OP or save it, because the thread normally lasts a week at most(been way less with all the discussion/reactions to AJ's story.) and this seems like the perfect Christmas thing.
>>
>>25779272
I say save it and then post it for an OP that'll still be up by Christmas time.

Also, dis is bump.
>>
>>25779259
Thanks! and damn... that's the one arc I've been dying for, I practiced drawing Sombra for days when it looked like he was gonna finish it all up just so I could have something nice to give him when he was done.

>>25779272
Saaaaaaaaaave it ha ha, christmas thread for the win!
>>
>>25779145
>Aj's storyline is so damn hype
>All this cool twists and powers
>All this debate
>All these funnies
>CLASSIC ARTBRO RETURN

Christmas time is heeeere!

>>25779307
>that's the one arc I've been dying for

I'm sure someone will pick it up when this current arc dies down, but AJ's kind of stolen all the spotlight(And isn't that weird to say?) and Equestria is in panic mode.

Keep up the skills, it'll happen I'm sure.
>>
>>25779295
>Also, dis is bump.

OH SHIT!

Someone go wake up PP anon!

DAMN IT PINKIE GET IN HIS DREAMS AND DO YOUR JOB!
>>
>>25779328
>but AJ's kind of stolen all the spotlight

HERES

BY

RIGHT
>>
>>25779307
Saving it is is!

But in the meantime, NEW THREEEEEEAD! >>25779356

Nows your chance, sexy hooves guy!
>>
>>25779328
I do wonder if anyone would be willing to take up his sword so to speak. That thread's been hanging for a while now.
>>
>>25779328
>AJ stole the spotlight
>stole
IT'S HERS
HER SPOTLIGHT
EVERYONE ELSE HAS BEEN STEALING
SHE JUST GOT IT BACK
AND IT IS THE BEST FUCKING THING EVER
>>
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>>25778764
http://www.myinstants.com/instant/achievement-unlocked/

I'm not going to lie guys, I couldn't find the heart to read the thread this time around. The situation is stressing me out too much, so I can't even sum up the thread in one sentence. Has things gotten any better?
>>
>>25779458
>I'm not going to lie guys, I couldn't find the heart to read the thread this time around. The situation is stressing me out too much, so I can't even sum up the thread in one sentence. Has things gotten any better?

OH DEAR GOD LNPP ANON NO!

GO READ IT!

Twists! Turns! Debate(character, not us)! Cool toys! Strange powers! AJ doing stuff!

AJ IS GETTING ALL THE BEST CHARACTER SHIT GO READ THAT SHIT
>>
>>25779458
You are missing the hypist shit.

All that suffering last thread? TOTALLY worth it, AJ's the most interesting character in the thread bar none. I'm going to repeat that, AJ is, by far, no question, the most interesting character in the thread right now, so much shit is happening.

Is it purely comedy? No. There's some funny in there, but it's mostly serious, but the important part is it's good! SO GOOD. This is the shit AJ has needed since thread 1. If you love you some AJ, you're not doing any favors not reading this thread, this is THE thread.

Read it and get hype with the rest of us.
>>
>>25779458
>Applejack goes to the tree of Harmony, and after kicking it in her frustration gets quite the surprise! Does the apple hold the key to Equestria being saved?
>>
>>25779458
Dude. Dude. Dude. LNPP anon. PP anon. Dude. Buddy. Friend. Pal. Mien kin.

It was worth it. It was all worth it. All the bad stuff last thread with her feeling bad? All worth it. That was all setup that she needed to go through to get her here, in this situation, where everything is exciting and cool. Get reading, and hang on.
>>
>>25779478
>>25779525
>>25779657
I want to believe.

>>25779591
Thanks.
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>Pinkie
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>Applejack goes to the tree of Harmony, and after kicking it in her frustration gets quite the surprise!
>AJ can give some mean apple related advice and I jumped a shark! Derpy tries to sneak the jury duty summons to Chitania via paper airplane. 2 needs to watch out for Hefflumps and woozles or they'll steal her marchmally. Watch out for sharknados! Babs Seed wishes she was with the Crusaders. The Crusaders discover Zonkeys are a thing. Find out what happens next in thread 113: The Apple of Harmony...and of course encouraging fanservice!
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