Princess Applejack

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Here is full archive of 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?
Check out the previous thread here:https://desustorage.org/mlp/thread/27268873
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

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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 Applepie.

>>27308714
This would have been so much more appropriate back when they teamed up to watch videos.

>>27308606
29 isn't a Momsie Ling, he was on his own for who knows how long before he stumbled across the remains of 56's hive(?) and said asslover in question. Then he picked up 56 and trekked around for a while, until he came across Chrysalis's hive and joined them. We have no idea where he came from, what his hive was, what his hive could do and why he can't mention them.

Annoy else a little worried about how the Spike/Rarity meeting is going to go?

Not in a bad way, in a "oh god what's gonna happen!?" Way.

Can someone give me a quick update on what Flesh Sentry's general situation, goals and current whereabouts are?

>>27308863
Yeah. I liked him being light hearted and humorous a lot. If he goes back to being all ' edgy and adult', I'll flip my shit

>>27308866
Last seen fighting 007 w/Fizzle at 007's notgirlfriend's apartment. I think they were mid combat to boot.....around 8? threads ago.

Goal was to capture 007's booty call because of shit leaked to 007.

>>27308866
Currently fighting 7 alongside Fizzle after being put under orders from PD to go after 7's scientist ladyfriend and make her stop seeing a changeling. They were supposed to just scare her, but Fizzle decided "Screw it" when they both showed up.

>>27308886
>Goal was to capture 007's booty call because of shit leaked to 007.

PD didn't want to capture her, scientist lady works for her, but not on anything illegal that can be used against her, she's a low level mook. She just hated that she was being seen with a changeling, so F/F were being sent to tell her to knock that shit off.

>>27308870
Who cares about Spike? I wanna see how Rar reacts!

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Pinkie Preview Prophecies

>I help Applejack get out of a misunderstanding about Spanish Soy Milk.
>Rarity uses a tiny sword and a string to repair clothes.
>Spike knows to how to jacket off.
>Cloudchaser should stretch those glutes.
>Filthy Rich makes good money with his construction company.
>Luna is asked about nightmares and she gives a thousand yard stare.
>It's kinda bad timing, but the CMC would like a cute-ceañera.
>unzipping fanservice!

>>27308995
>Aj is in detective mode
>Rarity is blasted
>Dash got cold clocked

...
Yeah, kinda bad timing

>>27309007
NIGHTMARE MODE, SUCKA

>>27309007
How many times they gotta save the world before they earn it?

>>27308971
>Who cares about Spike?
Story of his life.

OOCO
>AJ
"Celestia"
~~~~~
>Hey, Tia? Gotta question.

"And I have the souls of the damned screaming in my ear every second. Can you hear the wails, little Apple? Can you hear the cries of pain and agony? They're still less annoying than you."

>Less productive too, seein as ya never get anything done. But on the note of wailin' dead-

"Is that really how you're going to Segway?"

>It is. On that note, do the Yaks actually go to war with anyone?

"Well, that's not a terrible question."

>Ah'm serious, do they ever actually do what they say they're gonna?

"I've not heard of it recently, but they must have. And quite a lot, for how ill tempered they are."

>Really.

"What, do you deny it?"

>Oh, just curious. What're the odds they never actually do it, and just threaten it that way to get free stuff?

".........son of a........"

>>27309189
BUILD WALL

>>27309189
That legit seems like something they would do.

>>27309232
They're like, right next to the Empire, if they built a wall they'd keep Crystal Canada out, and they don't want that.

>>27309329
put the train tracks through the wall, duh!

>>27309336
Then the yaks walk along the tracks.

This plan makes no sense!

>>27309360
and get run over by the train
it's perfect!

>>27309392
I just thought of something... We must never let Massive Pony General EVER know about Chitania. They could steal our Kaiju gig!

>>27308674
OP pic there reminded me of this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pErt1g4BBi4

>>27309561
That's pretty much what happens when she gets really mad, it's an apple family tradition.

>>27309508
If MPG became all about Kaiju fights, I might actually browse more than just \pa/

>>27309633
I agree, that would be cool~!

>>27309583
And yet, none of the others ever use it...

>>27309679
Wait till Granny learns what happened with AB. Or Big Mac.

>>27309731
Oh god.....

>>27309633
Kinda sad the political comedy based series has the best Kaiju action in a series with dragons.

>>27309927
You'd probably do better with a dragon general or something, but we just got a couple Godzilla fans, you know how it goes

Stellaris comes out today, crossing my fingers for a equine-based kind of character portrait so the Morlocks can have a basis in the game.

This will remind me how much I have to kick myself for not having Twi do a silly 4x space thingy to test the boundaries of the Subspace Whatchamacallit before most of the people inclined to do it got sucked down the agony hole.

>>27310143
Do an OOCO if ya' wanna, come on.

>>27310143
Twilight NC Storytime about her running a "simulation." It's more or less you giving us well written updates on your play through along with interesting facts. Like if you lose an agricultural planet or something to the blasted lizard people. Something like that.

>>27308714
>Boy, wasn't that 'special' party cannon fun!?

"Ah'm never gonna sit right again...

>>27309731
Maybe they will get lucky and nobody will ever know.

>>27310873
Welp, now we HAVE to tell em

>>27311124
/pa/, we love to smile.

We don't care how we get there.

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>>27311213
haha ha ha!

>>27311346
Really need to draw a new Ponka Bump, I don't have the original saved on this laptop and I really don't want to download a copy... it would feel cheap somehow.

>>27308886
>>27308896
If someone could resolve that to free up those characters, I'd be infinitive grateful. Not sure where that plot point is supposed to go, so I am not doing it myself.

>>27311728
I've got two words to everyone here, because of all those firearms robots and what not circulating around the place... ready? Here goes...

Militant Breezies

>>27311780
Why? I mean I understand why, but why?

>>27311901
Idk I'm tired and it seemed like an interesting idea. I mean Rambo Breezies hiding in a flower bed... for some reason.

>>27311949
Sounds interesting and funny. Because Breezies literally get beat by a strong breeze.

>>27312103
Fight the Breeze! A constant war against the wind! With new and funnier ways to fight nature. Like fighting fire with promethium.

>>27312191
Oh that is a cute idea, firing little fireworks like 'anti-air' weapons to fight the wind.

>>27312367
Adorbs, need it, Schmoe plz...

>>27312191
>>27312367
Ah, yeah, that does sound like an adorbs idea.

>>27311780
Z>Try to fire gun
>Expected happens

>SA
"Cadence"
~~~~~

>I will not rage... I will not rage... I will not give in to the raaaaggeeee...

"Do you need cuddles?"

>...

"I think you need cuddles.'

>...

"Will single cuddles not be enough? Should I combo cuddle? How many? Work with me here."

>...I could go for some combo cuddles.

"Oh, phew. You stopped. Well, with that solved for now, let's go help out with digging rubble!"

>...Iwillnotraage..

>32

>Well, this is bothersome.

It was gone, all of it.

Well, all of it implied more than just his embassy. No, just his embassy had been reduced to a pile of rubble, the buildings on either side had received minor damage, the ones further away than that had none whatsoever.

And across the street Coltsly Secruity Solutions remained downright pristine.

>I guess this means fate secretly really likes me, if we're going by schoolyard bully logic.

With great care, he traipsed his way through rubble, searching for something to salavage...

He ended up with a small coffee table and a door.

>It'll have to do.

Propping up the door as best be could, he sat it a respectable distance from the coffee table and took as seat behind the latter. Passing ponies looked on with confusion and derision at the changelings efforts.

For his credit, he just smiled.

>Still open, still fielding questions.

Unrelated: He sounds like Giancaro Esposito in my head now

>>27313616
That's dedication right there.

Though, who's going to pay for that to get fixed? If it's an Embassy, technically that falls on Chrysalis, doesn't it? That's why Embassy's are diplomatically immune and can provide amnesty, they're technically a piece of foreign nation.

>>27313616
It's amazing how much one story can elevate my like of a character so much. His dedication right there is crazy awesome.

>Filthy Rich
"??"
~~~~~~

>And thus, my bloating bank account swells a little more.

The stallion smiled to himself as he leaned back in his luxury car heading towards the city, pleased as his coalition with Fawntaine Industries in Construction yet again repaired a city that had been damaged by the Titan, Chitania. And, yet again, he was being paid quite the lavish amount to do so.

>Though I must say, I didn't expect this to be so soon. It's barely been a year! Someone up there must love me.

A chirp from the massive frame beside him knocked him out of his thoughts.

>Or hate me, I suppose. Let's see.

He pressed a single one of the buttons, ignored the 'Fawntaine Futuristics!' symbol on the front, and waited until it was replaced by a smiling face with a crooked nose.

"There you are, Filthy! I've been trying to reach you all day!"

He smiled when he saw his wife, at least a little genuine.

>You know the reception around here.

"Well, we'll have to deal with it some more, I'm going to have to stay a little longer. I've got such a deal to strike with Miss Pennydrop I just can't leave!"

>I understand, again.

"Yes, but this means Diamond Tiara will have to come over as soon as possible."

The smile wavered, and reduced.

>Wouldn't it be better if she had a little rest? This had to be taxing on my poor little buttercup-

"Nonsense, we're talking about her future here, Filthy! You care about her future, don't you?"

>Well of course, but-

"Then the matter is settled. Ciao!"

With that, the screen cut out. After it was gone, he checked and double checked that it was not on, and then let out a grumble.

>Sometimes I wish you'd never started talking to her again...

>>27313702
Why the hell did he marry her?

>Spike
“???”
‘???’
~~~~~~

“Spike… Spike, where are you? Are you… are you okay? Please… Faust, please, please let my little Spikey-Wikey be okay… please… please don’t let him come, keep him away… I started this, I’ll handle this, he’s safe where he is….”

He sat next to her, as close as physically possible without actually sitting on her, those short legs of his dangling over the chairs edge.

The white sheets of her hospital bed were wrapped around her in a manner most snug, ensuring maximum warmth and comfort for the Princess of Diamonds. Not that she felt it, or was even privy to Spike’s close contiguity.

“She’s… she’s not so big, she’s not tough at all! You wish to know tougher? A wayward curl! A mane that won’t obey even the most expensive of conditioners! Those, my dear, are the true things I fear! But not you! Not! You!”

Spike’s bottom lip quivered as he listened to her rant, as he listened to her pitch change depending on whether she was trying to psyche herself up or pray to Faust that he avoided the entire situation.

>Well… looks like you were heard, Rares. It, uh… you were h-heard….

He didn’t mean for his voice to crack at the end there but couldn’t help it. Not that it mattered.

Rarity had been unconscious for quite some time now, her battered, bruised and bandaged form as still as a photograph. Just looking at her was painful… seeing those heavy layers of gauze, the tangle of wires, that mask covering her beatific face that doctors told him was to help with breathing since she… since…

His throat tightened, his jaw firmed.

Since she was having trouble on her own…

He blinked rapidly, fighting back that ever-growing moisture and forcing himself to look elsewhere, like at the cooling blue of the ceiling.

“I’ll be fine… really, I will. As long as he’s not here to see… I’ll be fine…”

1/?

>>27313773

The voice that sounded so strikingly like Rarity’s had not come from her, but from Charity. And only now, after arriving at the very end, was Spike able to put it all together.

His gaze fell from the ceiling, darted quickly to the left to avoid the near-dead white mare on the bed, and landed on the weapon in his clutch. There was blood on it, his blood, from squeezing it so tightly.

>Ouch….

All along, since the very first thrum, she was gone to the world, only able to call out from the darkest part of her mind.

Call out to him.

If Spike had ever wondered whether it was possible to be so fueled with rage and hate that you simply bypassed both and crash-landed straight into a state of numbness, he now had an answer.

The gun had been vibrating so much due to speaking Rarity’s unconscious thoughts for so long that, truth be told, his right hand was literally numb, but he didn’t let go. This… sad as it was, this was the only way he could communicate with him, whether she knew it or not.

>…Bitch.

Normally, such an insult, especially when aimed at the Titan herself, came out with a bitter anger, but not this time. The anger was absent, leaving only bitterness. He couldn’t connect with anger right now, because every time he tried he remembered the brutal words of the stallion who very nearly killed him with a single rifle slug.

‘…you, are far below her level… a sniveling little dragon….’

The truth was harsh… which consequently explained why Applejack was the way she was half the time, annoyed and pissed off… no one wanted to hear truth when it wasn’t in their favor, and especially not right now. He wished someone would swoop in with a lie so grand that it would ease his heartache and lift him up. He wished someone would tell him that he was already strong enough, that he had this, that next time he’d show that Titan what he could do!

2/?

>>27313780

‘…it’s not enough to be strong, not against her…’

He twitched.

‘…you’ve got to unlock yourself…’

Brazenly, he turned to Rarity’s limp form, frowning.

>But… how? How do I do that?

The desperation was hard to miss, but Spike didn’t care. He slid from his chair and got close enough to run a gentle claw through her ruined mane, knowing she would have a fit if she saw the current state of it.

>Tell me… please? I… Rares, I really need some help here…

Charity, left behind on the chair, was silent, still for the first time that day.

And then…

“You’ve got to come to terms with it, darling. Make your peace…”

Had he reacted any faster, Spike would have snapped his own neck. As it stood, he only received a minor case of whiplash when he turned to stare at his weapon.

>Peace…?

He scrambled over to it, gingerly hefting it to his ear.

>How? With what? Rares…? C-can you hear me? Are you okay?

When he received no answer to any of his inquiries, when only haunting silence settled in, the most heinous burning overtook his eyes and he had to squeeze them shut, grit his teeth. It was all he could do to keep from roaring and possibly breathing a fire to bring down the entire-

“Protecting the ones you care about… it’s not something you can do while shouldering a never-ending burden….”

The instant Charity vibrated and he heard that voice, his eyes snapped open, a few wayward tears escaping.

“You have to make your peace with it. There can be no regrets about what you do… every single time, over every single action… You will make mistakes, and you will fail, numerous times. Accept it. Swallow it and move on. The time you waste crying, shutting yourself in, blaming yourself, in hiding… that helps no one, dear.”

When the snot came, Spike grabbed a clawful of Rarity’s bed linen and vigorously wiped his nose.

3/?

>>27313785

“You are indeed a protector, and a very good one. Never doubt that, darling. You, yourself, just need to believe it again. Now, show me the true strength you have… show me a smile.”

Celestia above, smiling was the very last thing Spike felt like doing, or felt like he would ever be able to do again… and it was only in that moment, when he realized he didn’t want to, was when he also realized that he could, that he had to. For both her and himself.

And so he did.

It was perhaps the most painful moment of his short life, a pain that trumped any past physical pain, when he turned around, nearly tripping over his own tail, and felt his mouth turn up in a smile waterier than anything.

He wasn’t surprised to see her smiling back at him. Somehow, thanks to a little part of his brain now kicked back to life in the best way, he knew that’s what would greet him, her small, graceful smile, clearly visible through the breathing mask.

Even unconscious, she was beautiful and strong.

“Have fun, darling….”

The gun fell silent and still, and again, Spike somehow knew it would not speak again.

And that was fine.

It had said all he needed to hear.

4/5

>>27313793

He took it in a trembling hand, his grip far lighter, less weighed down, and crossed over to Rarity’s bed. He chuckled softly. A part of him wanted to call the nurse to change that very obvious snot stain so she wouldn’t see it before she awoke. But he didn’t. He wanted her to see it. Because then she would know he had been there.

He brushed a stray tuft of mane aside and laid a kiss on her forehead.

>I… I know it’s not cool, to leave you with some snot-covered sheets after you just helped me but… I’mma do it. You hear me, Rares? I am. I’m gonna go have fun, enjoy protecting. I’m gonna stop agonizing over everything, I’m gonna stop second-guessing myself… I’m gonna smile more.

And his smile was indeed genuine, more real than he could recall from the past.

>So yeah… you rest. You take it easy and get better. And when you wake up? Try not to relapse back into unconsciousness when you look at yourself in the mirror, okay?

He almost laughed. Almost, but kept it in purely out of respect for other patients.

>I’ve got a lotta things to work on, a lotta steps to take if I want to get stronger… but you just helped me take the biggest one, Rares. So I’ll thank you properly when you’re up and about, maybe a dinner or something? I dunno, all I’ve been about for the longest is moping and shooting anything that I didn’t like. Just… gimme some time, okay? A bit of patience… ‘cause there’s a lot I’ve gotta rewire, heh…

Another chuckle.

Damn that felt good, to laugh again, even if he was crying a little.

After spending a few extra minutes merely observing his first heartthrob, Spike pushed himself away, heading towards the door, pausing only for a second to knock twice on the doorframe.

>Watch me smile, Rares. Watch me go.

5/5

>>27313801
>No angsting
Yay!
>Rarity chooses to cheer him up instead of telling him what happened.
More worrying...

>>27313801
I'm down with him wanting to get stronger, though Rarity's talk makes it sound like this is all in his head. Which would be a hilarious twist, let's not lie.

>>27313838
>>Rarity chooses to cheer him up instead of telling him what happened.

I admit, I was hoping to see her react in some way to that, but it was nice just to have a bit of a Spike moment.

>>27313648
Chryssy isn't paying that d-bag a cent, are you joking?

>>27313838
I'm getting the impression she's not going to be completely honest about her fuckup.

>>27313903
She wouldn't be paying him, she'd essentially be buying a 'fuckoff, this is Changeling territory" chunk of Canterlot.

>>27313931
Well there's a conversations

>I need money to rebuild my house.

"HAHAHAHAHA-"

>That is also the first sovereign piece of land our species has owned in...ever.

"..."

>Yeah I didn't even realize that until now? High five?

"..."

>No high five. Money?

CHA-CHING!

>Woo!

>>27313909
That was the only real flaw in the story I could find, otherwise it was pretty good on the whole and nice bit of character stuff for Spike. Again, the only real thing I have is that it was all about Spike, and nothing for Rarities character right now. She's the one with the biggest mix up so it was a little sad to see her kind of get relegated to just a cheerleader for him... again.

That happens a lot whenever he gets development for some reason.

>>27314062
Basic heroes journey stuff, so I won't count it as a flaw. He needs someone to tell him to do the thing, it just fell on her because she fit the story. She's going to have her own thing going on anyway, not a big deal.

>>27314128
Author here, and yeah, pretty much this. My main goal was to give Spike a restart, like I've been saying I would for threads now, and Rarity was the best one to do that, to make it seem natural.

That said, whoever wants to handle Rarity's portion, her own thing, have at, I've done what I said I would and hopefully left her at a point where someone else can easily come in if they want.

LAST THREAD RECAP, MARE ON THE RUN EDITION!
>Treehugger has missed some things
>Acty and JJ join in the party.
>Lavan talks with 88 and decides he wants to help. The reality warper does this by taking a little broom and dustpan and sweeping up.
>Trixie arrives, and has several questions. When she finds 29 and co partying and learns she was too late and couldn't have helped anyway, she punches the prissy bug and stomps off, leaving 29 confused.
>Pinkie tries to cheer up her hurt friends, but Doctor Debbie Downer wants them to have some rest. That's seriously her name.
>Aj suggest farming out the load of paperwork to 18. She does so, and nearly crushes her.
>13 is bitter about what happened, cursing the ponies as she walks to the castle and mockingly telling them to cheer, because her mother will come back someday and destroy them all for this. AJ catches her just before she reaches the portal and tries to talk to her, but 13, still thinking that the Princesses are out to kill her mother, blows her off and uses her mind control to make AJ forget she even saw her and leave. She lets a guard see her go through the portal so he can tell everyone she's gone, and she heads back to the Empire.
>Where, coincidentally, she finds Chrysalis thinking everything is going good. Poor girl
>Shiny, Twilight and Cadence go through the portal because the latter 2 think Shining needs to see his mother right now. What they find does not help Shining's condition at all.
>LD breaths in her success.
>AJ insists to Celestia that something isn't right, even as Celly brushes off the idea and is more content with how happy her citizens are, and that they feel like heroes because for once they got to join in and not just rely on the 'chosen heroes'.
>Despite Celly's words, Aj decides she's going to try to find the truth anyway.
>Speaking of, Lucky Strike and the others are feeling pretty pumped.
1/3

>>27314281
>When Shining learns it was Chitty who wrecked the city and Sunset Shimmer was helping her, he gets a little mouthfoamy.
>PJ rants that Blueblood kept her out of the fight, while Haymaker points out while that was a good idea.
>AB and the CMC finally make it back to the castle just in time! AB says to just pretend like they were camping, but Scootaloo points out that's stupid, and with how long they've been gone AJ must have turned Equestria inside out looking for her, and they should just come clean. AB shuts her up and plays it cool.
>And, surprisingly, it works! Aj didn't know they were gone, and just thinks they hid in the castle during the attack. She even brushes off Vekir's presence, and doesn't notice Sweetie Doll's at all! She apologized to AB that she hasn't been around much and for cancelling their trip, and promises AB that she's going to do better this time after she's done with her investigation.
>Winona tries to be honest, but it fails. Because dog.
>AJ leaves, and the CMC finally can rest.
>Outside, Aj thinks something was different, but can't put her hoof on what...
>Only one guy in Canterlot is noticing everything is awful while Canterlot parties.
>Fuzzy and the Buzz chime in.
>42 goes to assist Spitfire, and encounters child logic.
>Twilight asks Celestia how this happened. Celestia replies she knows how Canterlot can be.
>42 asks 10 if their reputation is going to take a hit from this. She says it won't go lower than the bottom, and 42 needs crying corner time.
>55 gets panicky without gas.
>A dark presence finds a book in the bottom of the catacombs.
>Honeyheart, Jetset's nurse friend, can't make it to Canterlot.
>Chitania finally wakes up and finds Sunset waiting for her. Said changeling is so beaten she can't move, but when she realizes Sunset saved her she implies they're even. Sunset rebukes that, saying that she is far too indebted to Chitania to let that happen. She says she owes Chitty too much, and they're in this together
2/3

>>27314288
>When asked how long it'll take her to get back on her hooves, Sunset gives two options. Dripfeed until Chitty is better natually, which will take months and not work perfect, or Chitty gives her some changeling magic despite how much it hurts, and she gets her back in no time. Chitty picks the latter.
>Sunset leaves, promising she'll come back, while Chitty can't move and can only lament that they're going to regret not killing her when they had the chance.
>32 finds JJ and acty dancing, and makes implications. Said implications go unnoticed.
>Spike finds Blueblood returning his gun to the Gunclub room, and is bitter that even Blueblood got to help out, while he didn't. Blueblood points out he didn't help, all he did was keep a friend from joining in, and then brings up that Spike was better off not helping. He says Chitania is just too far beyond them, pointing out that Spike knows he's weak, while she has no such illusions, and worst case scenario he would have gotten in the way.
>He says if Spike wants to challenge her, he's going to have to 'unlock' himself, whatever that means.
>Quicksilver lost another bet, and the changelings are assholes.
>The morlocks are learning
>While staying still, Chitania talks with her daughter. If it's a hallucination or not, she does not know.
>Arana remembers her mother.
>Daw is trying not to think about what happened while Pommel reassures her
>PD, DT and Gwen celebrate and share drinks, and talk of the future
>Applejack wonders if she's doing the right thing, since the truth might take away from what Canterlot feels, but eventually reassures herself that she has to.

>AJ
"Doctor"
~~~

>How is she?

The other pony's lips pursed a bit, a clicking noise of discomfort just barely audible over the hum she tried to use to drown it out. She made a show of flipping though the prone pony's papers, scanning meticulously over a clipboard filled with information she herself had written, all to keep from having to look at the princess, or patient on the bed.

"Well, the good news is, the concussion is rather light all things considered. She shouldn't have to fear any brain damage or debilitating injury, and her future as a Wonderbolt should remain unaltered. She will make a full recovery and be back on her hooves in no time."

>But?

"But... well, she just got this terrible injury a scant few hours ago. I don't mean to be rude, but expecting her to get back up so soon is a little, well, idealistic? It's better off if you leave her be for a few days."

>Ah' need ta' talk to her, now.

"And I understand that, really! I get it, she's your best friend and all. But... she's just not in a good state to talk to right now. The princess, and don't take this as a judgement as I know it was completely necessary, clipped her bad. Just let her rest for a little bit longer."

>...Ah' suppose.

It was a bitter pill to swallow, but she took her medicine as she had to. Gently, she brushed some of the ragged rainbow mane from the pegai's eyes, and let out a sad sigh.

>Ah'm sorry, Dash... Ah'll talk ta' ya' when yer' feelin' better.

Resigned that she would get nothing now, no matter how much she needed it, Applejack followed the doctor as she left.

"She'll be alright, princess, just give her time."

The light was switched off, and the room left in silence, and darkness, leaving the pegasus all alone to rest.

~...Damn it, Rarity.~

If only she actually could.

~You better have a good explanation for all this.~

>>27314418
ELEMENT OF LOYALTY

>>27314418
>~You better have a good explanation for all this.~

AKA, "I'm not answering this shit for you, you figure out what you're gonna do.'

with the two stories above, we have confirmed that the easy way to the truth is shut off, so let's have aj give up and do something else that will actually matter in the long run.

>>27314670
>so let's have aj give up

Pffthahaha.

>AH'M GONNA FIND THE TRUTH, Ah' know it's hard, and Ah' know it's gonna take away from Canterlot's self worth, but it's the right thing ta' do!
*Tries to talk to one pony who got shot in the head but she's pretending to be asleep*
>Well, Ah' tried. Off Ah' go!

>>27314710
*cue standing ovation from all but 4 members of the cast*

>>27314670
Ignoring the whole "The easy way to the truth is shut off, so lets have AJ give up" line, what is this "Something else that will actually matter" you're suggesting?

>>27314751
she can go kick some trees for all I care, this search for the truth won't matter because Chitty is going to smash the city again and make it moot.

>>27308674
What's the best princess AJ story?

>>27314813
This one.

To clarify, this is one long ass story, it's not a prompt thread, this has multiple authors working on the same shared universe that spawned from AJ becoming a princess sometime around season 4's Rainbow Falls. If you're interested, check out page one of the Pastebin and see if you like it.

To clarify, there is no Anon, and no smut save what's in the AfterDark pastebin up there, which is like three stories.

>>27314810
Fuck you, seriously, fuuuuck you.

Fuck your goddamn godzilla bug.

Fuck your 'Boot stomping a face for all eternity' approach to character development.

A happy ending where things finally come together and there's a goddamned bit of understanding between characters is not a bad ending?

Y'know what's a bad ending?

"And then everyone died except the ones I, the author, cared about."

>Chrysalis
"13"
~~~~~~

CRACK, CRACK, CRACK

She was going to have to pay for that wall later.

"Majesty, I don't want to tell you how to live, but-"

>Just let me have this.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

"It just looks like it hurts."

>It is a good hurt. It is the hurt that reminds me that I am not in the dark corners of the Hivemind to be tortured for all time, and that this is really happening.

"I... I don't see how that proves anything?"

>Do not question my logic.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

"...Are you done-"

CRACK!

"One more, okay."

>>27314953
...Oh, shit, 13's gonna tell her the truth, isn't she? Or she already has, whichever. She has no reason to lie to Chrysalis, and Chrysalis would need to know if they were making a move on changelings.

Shit.

>>27315057
You do remember Chrysalis and AJ are actually on decent terms now, right?

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>>27315170
>13 tells Chrysalis her POC
>Chrysalis asks AJ why the fuck the princesses thought it'd be a cool idea to attack Chitania while she just wanted to eat with her daughter.
>AJ goes WTF on Celestia's earlier attitude, Rarity LONE GUN bullshit and Canterlot's elite being douchebags.
>AJ thanks Chrysalis for being best bugbitch
>Chrysalis Goes 'No prob, Bob. See you next Friday to plan how to talk Chitania and Sunset out of killing us all, k?' because they are both the only sane characters in this universe
>We take it from there.

Tadah. I am fucking magic, ain't I?

>>27315300
Auto correct is tumblr-enhanced. It changed POV to POC.

Fuck that.

>>27315300
That's actually pretty reasonable, and only capable due to Character Development. Admittedly, Chrysalis would be all "I don't know if I can trust you assholes" to Rarity and Dash, cause they still treat her like dirt, but now that they've developed she'd at least go up to Aj and tell her to slap some shit into them.

>>27315300
>because they are both the only sane characters in this universe

>Chrysalis is one of the two sane characters in the universe

Burn it down. Burn it all down, we can't save it.

I hate that I have to clarify that's a joke.

>>27315300
Oh my god it's perfect
The thread Ghosts have planned this out well.
Anyone else think there's something way up high that's planning this shit in advnce? Because this is some scary levels of plot coherence

>>27315439
I have a little papercraft shrine I made to the Thread Ghost, to guide me in my writing, I'm not bullshitting I actually have one. If I had a working camera I'd show you.

>>27314670
>>27314810
>with the two stories above, we have confirmed that the easy way to the truth is shut off, so let's have aj give up and do something else that will actually matter in the long run.
>she can go kick some trees for all I care

You should know who I am and the look on my face right now. I've reached a level of emotion so high that I need to take a walk, seriously.

>>27315505
It does seem like a backslap to the face Farm-Anon, but come on, none of us are actually gonna do that. Oh god guys please don't do that, I'm pretty sure we're going to be saying "He's dead Jim" if we do.

>Chitania
~~~~~~

She was once the mightiest of changelings, more powerful, physically at least, than any other. She could crush mountains, destroy valleys, even break the very stones that held up the world themselves, or so she claimed. There was little question that once upon a time, there was not a single changeling who could compare to her in might.

>...Oh dear hivemind my nose itches.

She would trade it all away to be able to move her legs.

>Make it stop.

This was her life now.

>Help.

>>27315589
HA

>AJ
"Guard"
~~~~~

>ARE YOU KIDDIN' ME!?

The nurse winced, trying not to stare as the princess repeatedly smashed her own hoof to her face.

"Is there something wrong, princess?"

>No, everythin' is just hunky dory, just right as the big ol' summer rain, that's how Ah'm feelin' right now. This here? This is the best day ever!

"...Are you being sarcastic?"

She was pretty sure she would go to bed that night still chanting 'If you hit them they can sue you' in her head.

>How the fuck did Sweet Note get like this!? She looks like she got ran over by-

A sudden, chilling thought stopped her, and made her look over the prone mare with a slow terror.

>...wait, did... did Chitania hit her? Did she do this? Did she just...

"According to the report?... No, ma'am, she was hit by a civilian after engaging in a fight with the captain-SWEET CELESTIA!"

He stepped back, horrified at the crunching noise.

"Did you just put your head through the wall!?"

With a jerk and a fair bit of crumbling drywall, her forehead reemerged.

>What in tarnation did they hit her with!? A building!... Ah' hate that this is a legitimate question.

"No ma'am, magic bolt. Apparently it was an accident? She overcompensated for the attack in a panic, according to the captains report."

>Great, just great, so not only is Chitania out runnin' loose, she ain't even got her food source with her ta' get better.

"...good? Maybe she'll starve, and problem solved."

Her hoof twitched.

>Or, and here's a thought... she'll go feed on someone who ain't okay with it, cause if she don't she'll die?

"Huh. I didn't even think about that."

Said hoof smacked her face once again.

>Why didn't Pommel just arrest her?

"Apparently he tried and... this. This is what happened."

The groan shook the walls.

>And now, Ah' ain't even got a dang lead on where she might go, cause ain't no buckin' way she's gonna talk.

1/2

>>27315777

"Well, I'll interrogate her soon enough. If you want, I can really pry some infor out if I can use some less kind methods-"

>Stop. Just stop. Yer' gonna make me hit somethin'.

"Ma'am?"

>Can today get any worse? Ah'm seriously askin', can it?

"I guess she could come back, or the city's structural damage could finally give way, or we could all get taken over by a plague of some kind, or another villain could attack while we're weak."

Slowly, she looked up, and stared right at him.

"Was that a rhetorical question?"

The look could have melted steel.

"I'll be quiet now."

>>27315784
Behold! The world's most oblivious guard!

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>>27315784
>27315784

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Non-Canon
>Pinkie
"Cadence"
'Kids'
~~~~
>Welcome to Not Late Night /pa/ with your hosts the Pink Pony Club! It's during this time that content does matter, but this needs to continue!
A door opens and kids pour out. When the crowd clears, Pinkie and Cadence are facedown on the ground.

"Owwww..."

>Yup, definitely ow.

"Do you think DT was in that crowd?"

>Maybe, that was a lot of kids.
They both look up and see a massive carnival.

>"Whoa"

'Weee I'm having so much fun on the spinning tea cups!'

'I'm getting licked by a bear at the petting zoo!'

'My brain is made of cotton candy!'

A filly walks up to the kid.
'Oh my gosh it is!'
She starts eating his cotton candy brain.
'It's delicious!'

Another filly can be seen eating her own intestines.
'My laffy taffy tastes delicious too!'

'Hey you silly goose! I got your eyes!'

'Hahaha c'mon I need those!'

'It's not like we need them here silly.'
More sounds of laughing children.

>...Okay, I'm kinda scared. I really hope DT's not here.

"Why? This place looks fun."

>...slightly more scared now.

>>27315903
Well, this got creepy.

>>27315300
Can we do this? I want this. I want this bad. It's really really great, for both ends.

>>27316097
The alternative is Chrysalis falling back to her scheming self to get Chitania, the only Changeling to constantly ruin her species' reputation, and Sunset, who her love Shining Armor despises, killed off without seeming like a jerk.

That's the more complex, suspenseful but also annoying alternative.

Because, seriously, when was the last time everyone talked straight and honest with each other despite AJ being an Alicorn princess now? Few if any, that's who.

It's ironic how Sunset takes the complete disregard to secret plots and scheming to an extreme. Everyone can go fuck themselves, and she's not shy to tell people that openly.

>007
"Flash"
'Fizzle'
(Scientist)
~???~
~~~~~~

>Had enough yet?

His bravado would have held a little more weight to it, had he not been held up by nothing by a stand he had shoved under his chest and a single wobbly foreleg. The twin of that limb shook like a leaf in front of him, the cracked remains of a knife crumbling in his grasp and leaving little more than a slick toothpick left to fight.

"I'm gonna say yes."

'Pussy.'

Thankfully, it was all he needed. The two invaders were currently on the ground, neither one in any real condition to move. One of the pony's fake limbs had been broken into pieces and reduced to sparking metal, useless in it's current form. The others, though in tact, were only in slightly better shape. The dragon beside him, though he scoffed, was in only slightly better shape. His arm was laid splayed on the ground, bent in an angle that was painful to look, and the bruises on his face marred the arrogant glare.

>Good. I hope you learned your lesson.

The mare who had been sitting and watching the ordeal finally paused from her vain attempts to clean up and salvage what she could, giving the barely conscious changeling a look.

(Wait, what lesson was that?)

'That you're a cheap ass piece of shiii-AHHHH!'

His companion winced as bones began to crack once again.

"What he means is we learned a valuable lesson about teamwork. Teamwork is important and cool."

>I'll take it.

With a nod, the cracking ended.

'Piece of shiiiiittt.'

>Now, what are you going to tell your boss?

"That we totally scared miss whoever that is and she promised not to ever see the changeling again and you ran away screaming."

>Excellent!

'Flash? You're a pussy. We need to tell her to come back and bomb this pl-'

The next crack was especially painful.

'FUCK YOUUU!'

"Don't pay any attention to him, he gets cranky when his arms get broken. And then broken again."

>I understand.

'FUCK YOU TOO!'

1/4

>>27316427

The mare stopped sweeping, giving up on her task and tossing her tools aside.

(I don't even know what your bosses problem is. Why send a cyborg and a dragon after me?)

>Probably some kind of pony racial purist who hired some thugs, nothing more.

"We did not nor will we ever ask why he hired us, only that he paid handsomely to dissuade her from being seen with you. We do not know, nor care, who it was, all we know is this job is not near worth the pay, and we will be leaving and not taking up anymore offers regarding changelings.."

'We can totally take them-AHHHHHHHMYWIIIIIIING!'

He would not be flying in the near future, if the sound was any indication.

"Him included."

>Well, glad we could clear all that up. And, to be fair to you two, I will make sure I'm much better hidden the next time I swing by.

(He says, assuming I'm going to let him back into my house.)

>You know you are.

(Well yeah, I'm just saying don't assume.)

"Can we please go now? We've given you literally all of our information here."

(Tell me again why we're not just arresting them? This is all super arrest worthy.)

The changeling nodded, leaning on the nearest couch he could find.

>I agree, but if we do that, then their employer will know they failed, and likely just keep harassing you. I can't be around all the time to fight off everyone, you know.

(Well, you could, then I wouldn't have to ring you up whenever I wanted a good-)

"Can we please go now!?"

>Oh, I suppose. Leave, and never forget what happens when you mess with a changeling...

He smiled, and flashed his blade.

'...Are you saying they'll get their asses beat for a solid two hours before a pony comes in anddEEEEEEE!'

The pony winced, accepting he was going to have to drag his friend out after he heard a leg bone snap. He felt relief a second later when the limb went right back into place, looking good as new.

>I meant that, actually. And for the record, while I maintain I had it, thank you, Fluttershy!

2/4

>>27316440

The pony modestly nodded, accepting the praise without comment.

~Oh, it wasn't that hard, really. I'm just glad your friend found me before he burned off the rest of your wing.~

"Please don't take this the wrong way and make my legs attack me again, but this is cheap. I'm glad you're not permanently breaking anything, but breaking backs and then putting them back is bad enough, I would have just felt better if you had used your magic."

~Oh, I understand.~

(So, yeah, on this note, you seriously didn't tell me you knew one of the Elements of Harmony. You kept that from me, really?)

>Slipped my mind.

Though she felt bad, Fluttershy found herself laughing at the sour look the mare gave the changeling.

~Oh, I'm nothing special, really.~

(You turned my carpet into a lavaproof monster.)

'Cheap ass fuckin' bi-EEEE!'

~It was nothing.~

(Well, thanks for helping, though I know that's what you guys... like, do. Can I get you anything?)

~Oh no, thank you but I really have to take these two away, we've been talking to them-~

'INTERROGATING!'

~-for hours now, someone will notice they are gone eventually.~

>Good thinking. Would you mind looking in on the others while you're out? It's been so long, they must be getting worried.

~Of course!~

>Thank you, I'd do it myself, but-

~I think you should stay and... recover.~

The mare who could change reality on a whim timidly blushed, kneading her hooves together and trying not to think of exactly what that meant.

~I'll see you later, but I really have to check in on my friends. Everything was fine with Canterlot when I left, but you never know with them. Oh! And you have a lovely house.~

The mare stared for a second before looking around the ruined, burned, scarred and broken abode. It took her a second to realize the alicorn wasn't being sarcastic.

~Goodbye, Seven!~

"Okay, so is this going to be a teleport, or-

Time and space folded in on itself, and the pair found themselves being sucked in.

3/4

>>27316448

'THIS HURTS THIS IS AWFUL AHHHH!-'

"AHHH-{ERRORERRORPAINLEVELSEXCEEDINGMAXIUMUM}-AHHHHHH"

Their screams were silenced and she was gone. Without her presence, the changeling dropped all pretenses, shambled over to the one remaining mostly intact piece of furniture, and flopped down hard on his back in the armchair.

(Hey! How rude, that's the only thing to sit on in this whole damn house now! Because of you, I should point out!)

His eye cracked open, and he gave her a look.

(I mean, sure, you wrecked the sofa pushing me out of the way of a fireball, but that doesn't change anything!)

Had he not known her, he might have taken offense. Instead, he found himself smiling, and reclining back.

>There is still one seat, you know.

She shared a conspiratorial look, glancing at the many holes in the wall.

(Welll-)

>What are they going to do, send a dragon after you?

(...Point. I guess you did save me, despite getting beat to tartarus and back-)

>I had it!

(-so, I guess you deserve a victory lap.)

She winked as she walked up to him, delicately climbing on top of the couch so as not to agitate his burns or wounds.

She looked down on him, and he could already feel the love.

(So, you going to find out what those liars were actually here for?)

The changeling smiled, and his attention was drawn to a particular hole in his hooves, a hole much heavier than any of the others, and the pony mixed with machine that was going home a bit lighter than he should. His attention did not stay on that hoof for long. Other, much more interesting things took that sight away.

>I do need some medical treatment.

(Well, I'm a magical biologist, not a medical doctor, but I guess I could try my hoof at playing... nurse.)

His worries, and his wounds, began to leave him, and would do so for the rest of the night.

>>27314710
I feel bad because of context, but I laughed at this.

>>27316448
wait

when the FUCK did Fluttershy show up?

I call dogshit

>>27316471
In the several hours this has been going on? The battle started BEFORE THE CHITANIA RAMPAGE

Actually, this closes the plothole of "Where the fuck was Fluttershy while Chitty was stomping the damn city?"

In case you forgot, 7's scientist lady friend does not live in Canterlot, I think it's Manehatten.

>>27316471
>He didn't even notice FS wasn't there when Chitty went nuts

Kinda says something there.

>>27316568
Yes I noticed it but I figured she was off doing things

Getting booty called by 7 was the last thing I expected and still do not understand how and why this happened

Nigger

>>27316586
Not paying attention man.

>>27316586
>Getting booty called by 7 was the last thing I expected and still do not understand how and why this happened

Wait, seriously?

>7 has his animal summons that is connected to his mind
>He is friends with FS, who is the only one who knows about his little village of the intelligent animals
>Is getting his ass kicked clear across Equestria just before Chitty cuts loose
>For some reason, FS is totally absent.
>We cut back to the fight we haven't seen since before the attack
>FS is there
What's missing?

I mean, she outright says
> I'm just glad your friend found me before he burned off the rest of your wing.~

It fits the timeline(Battle started before Rarity made her move) it fits the characters(FS is the only one he would call), and it explains something that needed explaining.

Come on man, it ain't tough.

>>27316458
It's so weird that 7 is doing so well. He was worst ling not long ago.

>>27316736
He got roughened up pretty badly by Flash and Fizzle, a cyborg pegasus and infusion doused dragon hothead, arguably ones of the most incompetent mercs that exist.

I liked F&F chemistry in this one tho, Flash trying to mitigate further damage after loss and Fizzle getting pain for being a loudmouth that he is.

>>27316736
That is, and always will be, 32

>>27316813
>He got roughened up pretty badly by Flash and Fizzle, a cyborg pegasus and infusion doused dragon hothead, arguably ones of the most incompetent mercs that exist.

That's not hard in his current state, he's perpetually half-dead and drained. Pretty sure AB could take him so long as she had a ranged weapon.

>>27317171
You know what?
You're right.
I completely forgot about his project.

>>27317186
Not hard, hasn't been mentioned in a while.

>>27317186
Not to mention this has all happened in the same day,

>>27317624
God our timeline is weird.

>>27317667
THREE MONTHS
FOR THREE DAYS
PARTYLAND

>>27317675
It was three moths for two days, last day was a week at most,

>>27316458
>Fluttershy not only overcame her crippling fear of dragons
>She's also at the point where she's fine with inflicting massive pain and agony on others because 'it'll heal I an instant anyways'

Yeah. I guess completely fucking with a protagonist's characterization just to prove how unbeatable her new powers are isn't anything new in this thread.

I'll take it, since it frees up the characters as I asked, but I am unsure whether to be sour Fluttershy basically lost any right to be KINDNESS due to writer bias or because Discord managed to fuck over yet another mare's life.

If it's the latter, he seriously needs to die.

>>27317727
That's better?

>>27317837
>Fluttershy not only overcame her crippling fear of dragons

She got over that a loooong time ago in thread, sometime after she punked them by standing there menacingly and she was more worried she was going to hurt them then viceverse, so that one is just character development, not messing with her characterization. When she lost the fear it was a character moment during Cordycep when she realized she was scarier than they were, and she could do more damage than them. In fact, it was the first time she ever used her powers to directly attack some one, this was CordySpike.

The other one is actually a sign against her powers being unbeatable, and is staying consistent with her previous scenes with Chrysalis. In those, she accidentally keeps hurting Chrysalis whenever she swears or freaks her out, and has to fix it. With all the previous ones, she never meant to actually do it that bad, but her Chaos is not something to Discord's level where she can just snap away her problems. That it happened only after he swore or threatened someone and when she was trying to teleport is staying aligned with her previous times she lost control and had to backpeddle it.

TLDR, not fucking with characters, it's story consistency due to new developments.

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>>27313744
Non-Canon
>Filthy Rich
"Rich's Dad"
~~~~
>Father, she seems like a nice girl and she's into education.

"Richie...you're thinking with your dick."

>No I'm not. I just think that-

"Richie, put your dick away."

>She's a caring and interesting girl and-

"Richie...Richieee...that's your dick talking...

>But-

"I know she seems charming now, but I'm telling you...she's a gold digger. Don't let your dick make the decisions."

~Present~
>*sighs* I guess that's what I get for letting my dick make the decisions...
He opens up a wallet and takes out a picture of him letting Diamond Tiara ride his back on Hearth's Warming. They're both laughing and having a good time giving gifts.
>...I still don't regret it.

>>27318002
>she realized she was scarier than they were, and she could do more damage than them. In >new developments.

The problem I see is that her realization that thanks to her reality-warping powers she'll always be the bad dear motherhumper in the room plus the casual ease at which she just used it to, and don't deny it, torture living beings to her ends, no matter how justified... is the road to a fall from Grace to being Flutterbitch.

I guess what I am getting at is that she's showing traits of an at best antihero, and I am not sure that'll end well, eve if it is fully consistent.

>>27318062
The fact that Chrysalis, someone who oly has empathy for herself and those she likes, is the one easing her into this only serves to makes this look even worse

>>27318025
Daaaawwwww, thats nice.

>>27318002
...Huh. That is pretty consistent, I guess?

Oh, fuck. And of course, it only ever lashed out at the dragon whenever he made threatening gestures at her, because of course she never fully got over her dragon fear even after the Cordyzilla event, just like she never got over it in the show. But of course, she instantly fixes it, because she's still FS.

Kinda says something this only happened when Chrysalis wasn't around to Zotz her enough to chill out, doesn't it?

Good job with the consistency, I guess.

>>27318062
Yeah, no. She's realizing she's got the mojo, but that terrifies the shit out of her, and I doubt she would have even used her magic if he hadn't called for help. She's not an anti-hero, she's a mare who got all the power in the world that only ever makes her hurt them, and all she wants is to make them better.

She's not even torturing him to her ends, it only reacts whenever a dragon is swearing or threatening someone, and then she puts it back. The only time we see her consciously use it is at the end, when she's teleporting and it accidentally hurts them.

The only argument is she's getting used to it happening, but that's literally the whole point of her time with Chrysalis, to not be afraid and accidentally cause another Partyland.

>>27318062
>she just used it to, and don't deny it, torture living beings to her ends,

I will deny it, she's obviously not trying to torture him, or even pay attention to it. Seriously, read it, she never once does it intentionally, or even looks at him while she does it. In fact, she changes the subject and tries not to notice whenever he screams after lashing out at her.

Calling her Flutterbitch when she's never once shown actually wanting to hurt him, when she's shown multiple times in the past this happens and she can't stop it even when it's to a friend, and she instantly fixes her every mistake as soon as possible while timidly trying to downplay what she did as even a big deal is a massive leap to get to "She thinks she's a bad dear motherhumper"

I deny it, good sir. The evidence does not support your theory.

NC

>AJ
"???"

~~~

>...

WOOOOOOSH-OW-WOW-OW

"APPLEJACK!"

>WHAT IN TARNATION!?

"APPLEJACK, APPLEJACK LISTEN TO MEEEEE! ROTTEN APPLES!"

>What!?

"ROTTEN APPLES EVERYWHERE!!!"

OW-WOW-OW-WOW-Ssssshhhopp

>... WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!?

>>27318521
I'm with AJ on this one, the fuck was that?

>>27318521
...wut

>>27318521
Is it..... Applelox?

>>27318521
Is this a foreshadowing of some kind of plague?

>>27318536
>>27318633
>>27318777
>>27319080
It means whatever you want it to mean, its just a reference to me, but that is all up to you!!!

>Fucking drizzle screws up the wifi enough to make dl'ing Stellaris impossible

No space morlocks yet, /pa/ls, though if someone has it, does it have an Equine-looking species option?

>>27319273
I haven't see it... you might have to make an pseudo EQG version... I wouldn't hold it against you if you did.

>>27319284
Curse this game for avoiding the 'Similar to humans but not quite' alien trope but not having the type of weird animal thing I wanted!

Aw well, I'll just pic something super ugly that's close enough and have them be Morlocks in spirit.

>>27319305
Well, you could get a picture of the morlocks online and put it into the portraits folder, it might be enough to give you the option to pic it as a picture.

>>27319345
This. It could work, I used to do the same thing in other games. If you have the option you should try it.

>>27318103
>The only argument is she's getting used to it happening, but that's literally the whole point of her time with Chrysalis, to not be afraid and accidentally cause another Partyland.

Huh. That's an interesting thought, I hadn't considered that. She might acting as chill as normal as she can despite the situation simply because that's what she's been trained to do. She's literally been working with others this whole time just to get into not freaking out with her powers do, because that will make it worse. Whenever she tried to say sorry or panic before it only made it worse, it's a very good sign that she's reached the point where she can undo her mistakes without going crazy about hurting someone.

She still messing up, but little by little he's getting a handle on it, and all of her emotions. Character development!

>>27317837
Oh yeah, because we mess with characterization all the time just to show off our characters new power. That happens all the time.

Face it, she's not going grimdark, Let It Go.

Good night, friend.

>>27319863
Night /pa/ls

>>27320057
You mean morning.

>>27319461
Kind of sucks because any yell could set it off,

>>27320647
Well I do. Mr. Correction.

>Honeyheart
“???”
____

“Lady, you pacing back and forth isn’t going to build those tracks none the faster.”

>I know, I know, it’s just… tick tock, tick tock! Time limit, Mister! I have one and… and you’re absolutely sure there’s no other way up there? Positively positive?

“Well, I mean, that hip-rubbing thing is still a viable-”

>Ooooookay. Well, shoot… I really, really, REALLY didn’t wanna have to do this….

“Oh don’t worry, I’ll be gentle.”

>Not that!

From her patched saddlebag, she pulled out a small something wrapped in a precious-looking satin gold fabric.

>This.

This, happened to be a thin vial of some sort of magically sloshing silver liquid.

>I think… I think I can get there with this.

“What in the blue hay is that? Some sorta slippy juice?”

>No. It’s a promise.

“Looks like slippy juice. Fact is, pretty sure it’s slippy juice. Hey, if you’re lookin’ to get flipped, all you gotta do is ask, lady.”

Honeyheart couldn’t remember exactly what she was supposed to do to make this work, make the vial do what it was supposed to do… so she just sent a mental prayer to the skies and let it drop.

“Ah! What’re you doing? That’s a waste of perfectly good slippy juice!”

The vial burst against the cement, the liquid spilled out.

‘Am I to assume this fellow here needs to be taken care of?’

And the voice that flowed over her shoulder caused not only her to jump, but the ticket salespony.

“FAUST ALIVE HOW THE WHO THE WHERE’D YOU COME FROM?”

Jetset stood a good bit taller than Honeyheart, and very close at that, his chin hovering just over her head, the glint of his shades, somehow ominously narrowed, aimed directly at the stallion across from her.

She swallowed, grinning weakly.

>W-well… that was fast.

Working on our Space Morlocks

How's this look?

Trying to figure out what their government should be.

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>>27321501
Whoops, forgot the pic

>>27321505
Perfect and what are the options? Actually what ethics did you pic?

>>27321555
Ah, the ethics are actually part of the issues. Xenophile's a lock but I'm wondering where to go from there. Trade makes Materialist look good, and 32 diiiid dissuade them from their previous practices of 'Calling everything bigger than them a god' so Spiritualist would be out, but I'm stumped as to how they'd actually rule themselves in a post-Head of Metal state.

(Fun Fact, homeboy here is named Rekulk XVI)

>>27321563
Put down the options you have

>Twilight
"Pinkie"
~~~

>What do you mean, you missed it!?

"Yep. Missed the whoooole thing."

>How?! How could you possibly miss that!? How could you miss a damn dinosaur changeling going hogwild on the city!?

"Because your lab is completely sealed off from the world and has no 'the city is getting buggered' alarm. Get it?"

>PINKIE!

"Laughter is the best medicine, Twilight."

>No it isn't, medicine is the best medicine! That's why it's medicine!

"Don't you start too."

>PINKIE!

"What do you want from me? I didn't mean to miss it, and I'm mad I missed it, but we were going though your computer at the time and your lab is impractical!"

>...what did you just say.

"I said it's-"

>You went through my computer!?

"Oh... yeah, we did that."

>What did you see!?

"Your porn. All of your porn. Just... soooo much porn."

>...

"Ha ha! Just kidding, there wasn't a lot of it."

ZAP!

"Learn to laugh, Twi! LEARN TO LAUGH!"

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>>27321649
Right, so we've got 3 points and a kind of wheel shape. There are eight Ethos' the race can have, each having an opposite that cannot coexist with the one chosen. Each Ethos costs a point, but they all also have 'Fanatical' version that costs 2 points but gives more pronounced bonuses.

Our Options are:
Xenophile (Lore-Friendly, opposed to Xenophobic)
Collectivist (Opposed to Individualist)
Spiritulaist (Opposed to Materialist)
Militaristic (Opposed to Pacifistic)
Xenophobic (Non Lore-Friendly, Opposed to Xenophilic)
Individualistic (Opposed to Collectivistic)
Materialistic (Opposed to Spiritual)
And Pacificistic (Opposed to Militaristic)

Depending on our Ethos choices, that will determine our government options.

>>27321698
1x Xenophile, 1x Materialistic, and 1x Militiristic maybe?

It's hard to see if they'd be Individualistic or Collectivist, since they were definitely the former before 32, but may have transitioned tot he latter afterwards, but I can still see them holding on to some individualism, so I'd say not to go with either.

Xenophile is mostly from those Morlocks we've seen above ground who seem really interested in experiencing other cultures, but it's hard to tell if they're the norm or the exception. Materialistic definitely, seeing as how the Head of Metal is really trying to get them into trade. And no way would they be Pacifistic - these are the Morlocks we're talking about, after all.

>Canterlot Pony
"???"
~~~

>Oohhhh, I should not have had triple shots. You done did it again, me. You done did what made her leave you, and you gave into the drinky song... meh, not like one more is going to make my life worse!

"Hallo!"

>...There is a point where I needed to stop drinking and I have clearly crossed it, but I am contemplating going further to see what happens.

"Huzzah! Rekulk can see you have beaten the Earth Shaker, and he gives you praise, pony friend! Good job!"

>Sure, talking... thing. You sure are correct and a thing.

"Rekulk also wishes to share he finally understands something ponies do!"

>Is it drinking? I figured that was universal.

"No, silly pony! Bubblewater is bad, Head of Metal says. But Rekulk very muchly understands the need to be cheering and celebrating and mating behind metal cans of sickly food!"

>I feel like I should either report or watch that, and I'm not drunk or sober enough to decide which. I'm at an impasse.

"For you see, Rekulk also spends muchly time worrying of great cold and still sleep, and every day he defeats a thing which wishes to lay it's children in him to spawn a new hatchling is a day of cheering! Scream loudly, pony friend! Another day you are not a smearing thing that must be scraped up to put back in the ground. Until the day you are caught, cheer!"

>...yeeep, going to need another drink after this one.

"May Rekulk join you? He shall trade you for great deal for a drink!"

>I thought you said it was bad.

"Head of Metal also says boofas are for washing, not chewing. Head of Metal has been wrong before!"

>... there's a point where I needed to run, and I have clearly passed it, so I'mma keep going and see what happens.

"HUZZAH!"

>>27321809
If there's anyone who appreciates not being dead, it's a morlock.

>SA
"Velvet"
'Nightlight'
~~~

>Mom? I require hugs.

"DONE!"

'Er, son? You know we're both okay, right? I'm sure you were worried, but-'

"You be quiet! My baby wants hugs and that is the end of it!"

'I think he was just-'

"You're going to be thinking of long lonely nights on the couch if you don't zip it!"

'I'll be good.'

"Good! Because if there's one thing that puts me out of the mood it's-"

>Hugging time is over.

>>27322060
That is way funnier than it should be for something so short.

>>27321340
>Cue Jetset abusing his powers

>>27322230
Among other things.

Like that stallion's ass.

>DT
"PD"
'Gwen'
~~~

>...

"Diamond Tiara, whatever is the matter? You've been staring at us for so long now, is something... amiss?"

'She seems to be noticing something, but I cannot for the life of me tell what it is.'

"Speak to us, we're your friends. Go on, tell us what ails you."

'We'll be happy to help.'

"You can trust us..."

>....is... is that sparkly pink hoof polish?

"...DID WE HAVE THIS THE WHOLE TIME!?"

'...Oh, fuck.'

>>27322343
I love gags like that, where we realize they were wearing something totally weird during serious moments

Like when AJ was still wearing her plant Armor.

>Cantie
“Cantie2”
~~~

>You know, I just thought of something.

“Oh yeah? What’s that?”

>Why don’t we just move?

“…”

>That’s an option, right? Moving? Can we just… move away? From here, I mean. Canterlot. The place that keeps getting wrecked.

“…”

>We can move.

“To where?”

>Somewhere that hasn’t been attacked?

“And that would be?”

>…

“…”

>…Somewhere that hasn’t been attacked this year?

“Which is?”

>…

“…”

>…we live in a terrible world.

“Kind of gets lost in all the bright colors and musicals, doesn’t it?”

>>27322584
The only same ponies are straight up buzzkills.

>>27321791
Sure, we'll go with those. Pretty sure that'll open up the "Military Republic/Junta/Dictatorship" options, I forget which other ones that would open up.

>55
“Braeburn”
~~~

SLAM!

“Howdy, partner! What’cha got for me?”

>Breaburn, I need to get cloned!

“.........Now, Ah’m not sure what yer’ missy’s been suggestin’, but it ain’t none of mah’ business and Ah’d rather not-“

>But I need to, how else can I be up at Canterlot at the same time!?

“Ah. Ah’ see now… what’re we talkin’ about?”

>Look!

“…TARNATION! That dang monster done did it again!”

>Right?! She wrecked the city again! This is the worst! And then I was like “I need to be up there to watch them too and drive her away like I did here!”

“Ya’ almost died doin’ that.”

>But the town was okay!

“…Not questionin’ that, so ya’ figure you’ll just get cloned and go up there?”

>Yeah!

“But which one of you goes, you or the clone?”

>…Wouldn’t my clone be the same changeling?

“Yeah, but there’s one of you up in Canterlot, and one of you down here. Which gets to be down here?”

>… Huh. Wait, if it’s me, then I’ll want to be down here, but if it’s the clone that says it, HE’LL be the one who wants to be down here because he’s me, and then …GASP! He’ll try to be the one giving Ingrid flowers! NO! NOOOOOOO

“So…”

>I have to defeat me!

BOOM!

“…He’ll figure it out before he fights a mirror or somethin’ right?”

CRASH!

“Nevermind.”

>I WIN!

>>27323177
Oh, 55.

Never change.

>>27323002
Dude, I took a look, go for a Plutocratic Oligarchy.

This is a plutocratic form of oligarchy, ruled by a wealthy elite. A citizen's personal wealth translates directly into political power.

Personal (See: Familial) wealth accumulated over the centuries from trading with Rekulk's family being the most wealthy cause his family has been trading the longest and with some of the most exclusive! It works!

>>27323316
>Implying he could spell change, let alone do it.

>Twilight
“Cadence”
~~

>I feel like I’ve fallen behind, technology wise.

“What makes you say that?”

The other princess stared, before slowly looking to the flying metal moth in the sky.

“…Has that been there the whole time?”

>For the sake of you being my sister in law, I’m ignoring that. But with all these advancements, I feel like I’m actually getting left in the dust of the revolution I created.

“Well, when was the last time you made something?”

>…I made the OnO room bigger?

“Besides that?”

>Fixed the highwind?

“Before that?”

>Huh...Oh wow.

“It sounds like you haven’t really been in the game.”

>I guess not?

“Sooo… make a bigger moth!”

>…

“No? Maybe a big butterfly then? OH! OH! LADYBUG! Then we can do the…”

>…

“Well excuse me for trying to help.”

>>27323680
I'm just saying this now, if you have Twilight make Mecha Chitty, while it would be appropriate in terms of Canterlot having its own giant SDF robot... Do you really REALLY want Twilight to be responsible for ANOTHER Chitty? Even a Mecha version?

>>27323750
>Hmm... how do I protect my home from the monster that I unleashed... That giant robo moth is pretty neat... hmmm... I GOT IT! I'll DO IT BY MAKING MY OWN ROBOT IN THE SHAME OF SAID MONSTER! IT'S GENIUS SPIKE! GENIUS! MAHAHAHAHAHahaha... ha ha...

...

>This is usually where I would get warned about my desires FOR SCIENCE!...

...

>...I miss Spike.

>>27323890
Oh yeah, because he did greeeat with that last time.

>>27324078
He helped out later. Kinda,

Almost started a war, but he helped out.

>Chrysalis
“13’
‘???’
~~~~

“Majesty?”

Changeling number Thirteen had seen her mother, the monster in chitinous form, look down on her with anger, and a desire to strike. She could still feel the sting on her side from when she had been struck, and the fear in her heart when she had seen that hoof begin to fly. She had known terror, true terror, like very few ever had in their lives.

Somehow, her Queen made her even more worried.

“Where are we going?”

Her Majesty did not say a single audible word, all of it lost in a sea of grumbling and snarling, leaving the smaller changeling in her grasp to wiggle as best she could in vain, unable to escape the luminous green magic that carried both of them down the hallway of the Empire’s grand castle.

When she seemingly reached her destination, and it wasn’t an unmarked grave as punishment for allowing her mother to go on a rampage, she felt at least a little relieved.

>BAGGASLAMMA!

Followed by a profound feeling of confusion when she slammed the door open, and the sole occupant did not so much as twitch.

‘Chrysalis, what… I mean, do you have need of my assistance, Your Highness?’

Thirteen would have questioned the informality, had she not been distracted by suddenly being hurled at their army’s finest warrior. To her credit, Forty Two caught her with a grace unmatched and was as gentle as a mother.

>Watch her and don’t let anyone come near her sans me! Anyone, you hear me!?

‘While I would never question you, my Queen, may I know the particulars so that in the event that one of the ones in the broad strokes of ‘anyone’ comes by, I am properly prepared?’

>Chitania smashed the damn city again!

1/3

>>27324511
The changeling lost her professional stare for a brief moment, blinking in abject shock as her grip around the weaker changeling tightened.

‘…Ah. Yes, I could see why that would make her an issue. But why would she-‘

>Because idiots are bad at planning!

Thirteen could feel herself growing older as the time ticked away, and soldier and Queen kept staring at each other.

‘Majesty? May I be at ease for a second?’

>Whatever!

‘Good. Now, while what you just said makes perfect sense to you, I’m not denying it, to me there are certain gaps. There is a gap there. There is a gap in logic between “Chitania smashed a city” and “Because idiots.” Can you close that gap for me?’

>Just watch her!

‘That’s a no then.’

>I’m serious, Forty Two! Go into full on badass mode for this. If someone, ANYONE, tries to come at her, come near her, or take her, you punch their fucking face in. If Celestia herself comes down and says she wants to see Thirteen, you punch her right in the face.

The solider began blinking rapidly again, her hoof coming up in tandem with her mouth dropping open. Slowly, they returned to their previous states, only to be snapped back in a repeating pattern over and over. Finally, her hoof began rubbing the bridge of her nose beneath the curvature of her helmet, and she sighed.

‘Before I say this next part, I wish to clarify I will absolutely do as you asked. I have no qualms with and certainly will strike down any being, be they princess or otherwise, who comes for my fellow ling. That said… you do realize Celestia could probably just shoot me with a laser and I’d die, right? I am powerful, but I have limits.’

The Queen dramatically rolled her eyes, blowing out a long raspberry in response.

2/3

>>27324523
>She’s not going to kill you, Forty Two. I’m telling you to do that so she gets how serious this is. If it’s you, she’ll at least back off and think about it. Come the fuck on, you have literally been used as a pillow for her once. You slept in the same damn bed and made her breakfast. Why would she kill you?

The warrior did not argue that, and remained silent.

“…I have several questions.”

Both of them remained silent to the inquiry of the stunned changeling as well.

‘As you wish, majesty.’

>Good. Now, if you don’t mind, I’ve got some yelling to do. Thirteen? Stay here, she’ll look after you.

Her green magic was called, and she was gone away in a flash.

“…So about that bed thing-“

‘I am afraid I cannot converse with those I am assigned to protect, it will make it easier on you in case I am assassinated in the process.’

“She said Celestia wouldn’t kill you.”

‘I have to maintain consistency between my protectees, you can’t get special treatment.’

“Is this so you don’t have to explain any of that?”

‘…No comment.’

She sighed, and settled in, accepting it was going to be a long wait,

“Do you have any games?”

‘I have cards laid out for solitaire over there.’

“You just have those ready?”

‘Further questioning loses solitaire privileges.’

“Do you have anything else?”

‘Hrm. What are your opinions on Candyland?’

“…I fucking love Candyland.”

‘…I shall call the little one…’

>>27324530
>42 just has solitaire ready.

That is both adorable and sad.

>>27324530
I can't believe I'm saying this but... Go Chrysalis.

Go save the day you crazy big bug.

>>27324570
>She plays with herself alone

Appropriate

>>27324820
Heyoooooooo!

>>27324820
Goodnight everybody!

>>27324710
This is what all the suffering is for. So when we need it... Things can be better,

>2
"Spitfire"
'Mane-Iac'
(Poindexter)
~~~

>Miss Spitfire? Will ya' calm down please?

"OF FREAKING COURSE!"

>Oh, good!... Wait, was she talkin' ta' me?

'She wasn't looking at you.'

>Lotsa ponies don't look when they talk ta' me, Ah'm short.

'AHAHAHHAHA! They look at my legs, because my hair makes me tall!'

>What we need ta' do is like... combine! Then we'll be the right height!

'BRILLLLIANT!'

(You see what you're doing, Spitfire? This is on you.)

"Of course he would just run off to a disaster zone and leave me here! What good could the best flier in Equestria bring to the table, huh!?"

(Modest!)

"But nooo, I've got to babysit a changeling who's capable of taking way more bullets than me and an invincible comic book character who's supposed to be an adult!"

(She is an adult.)

'AHHHHHAHAHAH! NOW! OUR HEIGHT IS PERRRRRFFFEECCCTT!'

(... A certain kind of adult, admittedly, but an adult.)

"DARN YOU SHINYYYYY!"

(Darn you, really?)

"He knows when I swear around her."

(...)

"He just knows."

>Maney, Ah' think we messed up, the ceilin' fan is getting-

WHACK!

"..."

>Get the super glue.

"...this is my life now..."

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>>27325167
Fresh Memes!

>>27325621
>fresh

It's more 'Bag of chips left open all day but not quite stale yet' level at this point

>>27325663
Some chips are better like that though, Oreoritos!

>>27325710
>Oreoritos

...it...it says a lot about me that I have to question whether or not that's a real product at this point.

>>27325789
It sounds like you're eating Oreos and Fritos together.

>>27325799
My mind went to 'Dorito Flavored Cheese between two Oreo cookies'

>>27326046

I thought cookies n' creme flavored Doritos.

Ok, so Stellaris' Morlocks are a-go. One last thing I want to ask about...

I had this idea of doing a framing device for little silly posts from the game. The device would be Twilight having a geopolitical simulation of Equestria going on in her lab system that she forgot about with all the events happening in real life. She and AJ randomly stumble across the weird Morlock-dominated Equestria (or Ekeshtia as they call it) and try putting it in the simulator to understand how it happened.

Cue black comedy where the world literally goes up in flames, apparently in a massive war of every single major player in the world...over the last slice of cake.

Twilight sheepishly admits she may have oversimplified certain personalities. AJ is unamused.

This left the Morlocks to inherit the now rocky arid planet, slowly adapting and building up their society while fighting off the horrors that followed them up from the underground until they finally go off into space.

I'd make intermittent post of characters observing the virtual Morlocks expanding into the wider galaxy, sometimes intervening with mixed results.

Sound like it has potential or nah?

>>27326192
Sounds like it could be funny, go for it.

>>27326192
If it's just in the simulator, I say go nuts with it and have fun.

>>27326192
Yes, do it! An in universe lets play for /pa/! We get more content, a unique kind of content for a thread, do et and show us the glory of Ekeshtia!

... but on a side note, leave Two out of the simulation... The implications are... heart breaking.

>>27326232
>>27326275
>>27326503
Alrighty, just gimme a while to get accustomed to how the game works.

>>27326554
Coolio.

Goodnight, theead

>>27327612
Don't you mean good morning?/

>>27327928
Morning

>>27326554
You know this might be fun.

>Chitty
"????"
~~~~

>You know, at some point, I genuinely ask myself when my life went wrong. Then my life answers back "which time?"

"Ha ha!"

>I'm serious, it kicks my face in so often that whenever fate goes shoe shopping, they bring me along to double check the size.

"Ho Hoo!"

>My face is so fucked up, a responder to a cart crash tried to use the jaws of life on me.

"Haaaa!"

>You want to know how messed up I am? I'm pretending a rock is laughing at my jokes.

"..."

>That last one was a little less funny, I admit.

>>27328840
Thus begins her life of a standup comedian.

It goes as well as everything else.

>Cloudchaser
“Derpy”
~~~

>Alright, this is our time to shine, Ponyville! With Canterlot needing all hooves on deck, they need us to pick up the slack. And guess what? We’re gonna pick up that slack! We’re gonna be awesome! Now stretch!

“Hey, boss who was never actually promoted, can I ask something?”

>Can you stretch? Cause we need to stretch for this.

“Right, about that, I’ve been reading up on it and apparently that’s bad for you-“

>You see these glutes? Does this look bad?

“Well, no, but-“

>Then I need to get stretching, don’t I? Annnd you need toooo-

“I’m just saying you have us stretch a lot, and keep staring.”

>I have to make sure you’re doing it right!

“Then why do you mostly watch Blossomforth?”

>To make extra sure.

“But she’s a contortionist.”

>That… she… is.

“…”

>Hey! Don’t give me that, I’m looking at Thunderlane too… to check out his stretching, I mean!

“…”

>And he looks like he can stretch… looong ways.

“…I think I need to call someone, but our system is so bad, I don’t know who.”

>STRETCH GREY MARE STRETCH!

>>27328947
>Derpy
“Cloudchaser”
‘???’
~~~

>Hey, CC? I’ve always wondered… why do they call you cloud chaser?

“…..”

~~~

“I’MMA GET IT I’MMA GET IT I’MMA GET IT!”

‘HONEY NO! THAT’S A STORM CLOUD! THAT’S A-‘

~~~

“…I’m just good at catching clouds! Can chase them down anywhere, yep!”

>Why did your eyes start twitching when you said that?

“You’re asking me about eyes?”

>Yeah, why?

“…”

>What?

“I’ve got nothing.”

>You’re a weird pony, CC.

>>27328840
Lul
>>27328947
Idk, she seems like she'd do smashingly well! Hey-yo!

>>27329344
>>27329447
Never would have thought to have these two in story, but it works like fuck.

>Celestia
“???”
~~~

>Oh my, what a day...

“So, how’d it go?”

The princess froze, her fur sticking out in fear.

>Oh no.

“Is Sunset okay? Did you talk to her?”

Slowly, she looked over to her desk, where perched and staring right at her was none other than a tiny, plush version of her own head, sans body.

“Everything go well?”

>Uh…

“I knew I could do it!”

>Actually…

“Good job, me! So, when can I talk to her?”

>About that…

“Did you tell that mean monster to go away too?”

>Well, the good news is she left…

“Hurray! All’s well that ends well!”

>…Doll me, personal question, can you drink?

“Why, what a silly question! I’m just a head, where would it go? No no, save the success Champaign for yourself and little Sunset.”

>Er…

“So, where is she?”

>…

“…Jumped the gun a little, did I?”

>A little.

“I do that, so… did it at least not get worse?”

>…

“Shoot.”

>>27329770
Remarkably reserved reaction, considering.

>>27329914
When you are a disembodied head doll version of a thousands years old ruler, extreme reactions/emotions start to come few and far between.

>Acty
“JJ”
~~~~

>…So do I go sit with him? I’m lost on what I’m supposed to do here.

“He’s giving off serial killer vibes, I’m telling you. Look at that ling, that is a ling who is well versed in the art of stabbing.”

>You’re being melodramatic.

“I’m telling you, just by looking at him I can tell he knows so much about something stabbing into someone he could write a book on it! Spears, pointy things, I bet he could take a pool stick and tell you exactly how to stick someone with it.”

>You’ve thought way too much about it.

“That ling has seen something slide into someone’s body, I grantee it. If you’re not careful… you’ll be next.”

>Pfft, JJ? Look at that face. That is not the face of someone who is going to stab into anypony near him, that is the look of someone who is desperate for someone to stab him.

“Really?”

>I can see it in his eyes, he’s looking at everyone that passes and is thinking ‘wow, I wish one of these guys would just stick me and end my misery’.

“…You know, I get that vibe too, you win.”

>Told you so.

“For the record, if I ever got like that, only you can stab me. I’m exclusive in who I will let shove things into me.”

>Awww.

~OH COME ON!~

>See? He is begging for it now

~YOU ARE DOING THIS ON PURPOSE!~

>I never have any idea what he means.

~GAAAAHHHHHH!~

>>27330210
They know.

Lets face it, they know, they have to know.

They know!

>>27330333
Be honest, of you worked with him, wouldn't you fuck with the guy too?

>>27330333
Trips confirm They know

>>27330442
>>27330442
He should be grateful, it's the only kind of fucking he gets.

>>27330717
Heyooooo!

>Pinkie
“AJ”
~~~~

>How’s the investigation coming?

“Iffin’ Ah’ was lookin’ for nothin’ at all, Ah’ found it a dozen times over.”

>Good job!

“…”

>I’m not taking it back, you keep that praise cause you earned it, you’re a good pony.

“Uh… Sure. Okay. Ah’m just wishin’ there was some evidence, Ah’m comin’ up dry no matter where Ah’ look. Ah’ve been all up and down the point of attack, but all Ah’ found in the remains is some weird splatter from soy milk.”

>That’s just milk, actually.

“It says soy milk on the bottle.”

>It’s introducing itself, it’s Spanish.

“…”

>Soy means-

“Ah’ get it.”

>Do you, really? I didn’t know you spoke mexicolt! And everyone says you’re racist.

“Who says Ah’m racist!?”

>Everyone who heard you call Zecora an enchantress.

“THAT WAS YOU!”

>Details, details.

“…So did ya’ come ta’ help, or-“

>The Doctor is going to stab me if I try to go back into the room.

“Ah.”

>Pinkie
“AJ”
~~~~

>How’s the investigation coming?

“Iffin’ Ah’ was lookin’ for nothin’ at all, Ah’ found it a dozen times over.”

>Good job!

“…”

>I’m not taking it back, you keep that praise cause you earned it, you’re a good pony.

“Uh… Sure. Okay. Ah’m just wishin’ there was some evidence, Ah’m comin’ up dry no matter where Ah’ look. Ah’ve been all up and down the point of attack, but all Ah’ found in the remains is some weird splatter from soy milk.”

>That’s just milk, actually.

“It says soy milk on the bottle.”

>It’s introducing itself, it’s Spanish.

“…”

>Soy means-

“Ah’ get it.”

>Do you, really? I didn’t know you spoke mexicolt! And everyone says you’re racist.

“Who says Ah’m racist!?”

>Everyone who heard you call Zecora an enchantress.

“THAT WAS YOU!”

>Details, details.

“…So did ya’ come ta’ help, or-“

>The Doctor is going to stab me if I try to go back into the room.

“Ah.”

>>27330877
>>27330922
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxKCPjcvbys

>>27330922
Why... Why did it post twice? And after such a huge gap too! And why can't I delete it!?

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Non-Canon
>Pinkie
"Cadence"
'Kids'
[???]
~~~~
>Welcome to Not Late Night /pa/ with your hosts the Pink Pony Club! It's during this time that content does matter, but I'm here to be your distraction!

"...wait a minute...*GASP* I don't think they're eating candy!"

>...wow you're really air headed tonight.

"Hey look some Air Head candy!"

'Eeth my tongue.'

"...oh."

'They're so delicious. I could eat his tongues all day!'

"...Pinkie...they're not all kids."

'What? I'm totally a kid. These are my rad kid friends.'
An orange squid waves a tentacle.

>That's a kid now?

'Want to take a closer look?'

"Don't! She's a Dream Eater!"

Creepy laughter can be heard all around them.
'My friends don't think so.'
More kids move in and appear.

'Heeheehee Hehehehee'

'C'mon Pinkie, laugh with us.'
The volume of kids and laughter increase.

'Heeheehee Teeheeheehee'

>I think I missed the joke, but hahahaha!
Pinkie slowly backs herself and Cadence away.

'Where are you going? Play with us.'

>We're busy looking for a friend though. Did you happen to see a pink filly wearing a diamond tiara?

A grey filly with braids and glasses appear.
[Diamond Tiara? I saw her with her mom by the park.]

>...Silver Spoon?

Silver Spoon smiles.
[Yup, it's me...]
All kids start emitting a dark menacing aura.
[...now play with us.]

>>27331073
Creepy levels consistent.

>>27331073
Well, some little grey filly is mad she doesn't get screentime.

>Spitfire
“2”
~Poindexter~
~~~

“Now Ah’ know what’cha thinkin-“

>Stop.

“…”

>Just stop.

“…”

>Just… just stop, and get him down.

“Well, Ah’ would, but we gots a problem there.”

>…

~HHEeeeeEELLlllllPPpppppPPP!~

“For the record, the ceiling fan is back together. I think we can all agree that was the important part.”

>How much of the bottle did you use?

“I’mma answer your question with another question… how much is in the bottle?”

>…

“Cause it’s that much. I dunno how much that is, still workin’ on my multipliples, but it’s that.”

>…Sigh.

~AT LEAST turn the DANG THING OFF!~

>No. Suffer with me… SUFFER.

~THIS is WHY I stopped VISITING!~

>>27331800
Is it bad I think this is cute, even though I know she's probably just doing it for attention?

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So, I've noticed that Sleuth-Anon hasn't posted anything, not a story or an update on his progress as far as I know. I was a big fan of S-Anon and want to see his vision completed. That being said, I drew this in the hopes of getting his attention and sparking some interest in the story again.

So I present to you, Orange Blossom, Sombra's long ago love interest whose final fate is questionable and might be important from what I remember being written about her.

Sleuth Anon, buddy plz, give us something to look forward too!

>AB
“SB”
‘SL’
(Vekir)
{SD}
~Winona~
~~~~

>Ya’ll can’t be serious.

“Hey! Diamond Tiara got one!”

‘Everyone gets one! Mostly! If they can afford them!’

>And just how in tarnation are we gonna ask for a Cutiecencera if nobody even knows we got these dang things!

“So then we tell them? Problem solved!”

>And what’re we supposed to tell them when they ask how we got them!?

“Same way we’re going to explain the me doll.”

{How are you going to explain me?}

“Shut up, that’s how!”

(But how can Sweetie of Belles be explaining if she is shutting up?)

“Double shut up, that’s how!”

(Of course! If both of the Sweetie and the other pony are doing the shutting up, none speak and there is no explaining because there is no questions! Sweetie of the Belles is brilliant!)

"See? She gets me."

‘We really should ask how we’re going to explain all of this. I’m pretty sure at some point someone is going to notice, at the very least Diamond Tiara is going to so she can insult us again.'

"Which she can't anymore, BOOM!"

>We can't tell them anything! What're we supposed to say!?

~Be honest, little apple! For honesty is your sister's power, and It will show you the light!~

>See? Even Winona agrees!

"Well, we could just stay quiet and see how long it takes them to notice."

'Pfft, are you stupid? They'll notice right... away...'

>...
"..."
'...'
{...}
~...~
(...)

>So, go with that plan?

"Plan wait and see it is! Then they'll look like the fools!"

{Oh yeah, because just sitting and waiting is totally-}

"Shut up, dollme. I don't even know what you are."

{I can explain if-}

"WAIT AND SEE."

'...but I really wanted a-'

"Were you going to get one anyway?"

'...S-shut up.'

>>27332156
Orange Blossom looks like she could pass for Sunsets mother.

>>27332186
Dude no... NOOOOO... Dude. DO YOU REALIZE THE DOOR YOU MIGHT HAVE JUST OPENED!?

>>27332156
I will wait with you, as I scream INTO THE WIKI IT GOES!

I am a loud waiter.

>>27332198
I know what you're thinking, as soon as I read >>27332186, I thought it. That would be a fucking twist of fate man.

>>27332209
Ok, ok I know I'm over reacting, but what are the chances it could be pulled off smoothly?

>>27332156
She's a cutie, and I join you in waiting and hoping.

>>27332156
I misread that as "Orchard Blossom" for a second, and weird thoughts happened.

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>>27332186
...Linking Sunset's fate to Sombra, huh...? Huuuuuuh... the whole 'returning from a near death state' thing now sounds oddly similar, doesn't it?

And the whole crystal thing she's got going...


Guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

>>27332341
no
nooooooo
you don't understand the forces you're meddling with!

>>27332156
>>27332341
Shmoe, what have you unleashed?!

>>27332348
>>27332198
>>27332348
Don't be silly. What's supposed to happen? Crystal Canada was gone for over a THOUSAND years. How in the world would Blossom and Sunset even be related?

I mean, it'd be really interesting and deep if that came to pass, but the implications... brrr...

>>27332378
...Remember how the portal was in Crystal Canada?

>>27332378
Descendant?

>>27332385
Ooooh. Ooooh no... nono... nooo... nooooononono... this. Is bad.

>>27332385
...

>>27332186
WHAT CAN OF WORMS HAVE YOU UNLEASHED!?!?!?

>>27332385
It wasn't, it was in Equestria Castle first then moved over there, it didn't originate there.

Remember? Sunset left BEFORE the Empire returned, by years.

Welp. I guess we have a pretty damn good reason for Sombra's resurrection and even a tie-in for current problems. Plus, I want to see Sombra redeem his own, offly evil-inclimed, bloodline

Plus... imagine Sunset/Sombra father-daughter bonding moments... eeeeeeeee...

>>27332378
Wouldn't OB be a Crystal Pony anyway?

>>27332436
Also this, the portal wasn't in the Empire till they moved it there, Sunset was gone looooooong before it ever came back.

I'm not getting it, how would that work? Did she leave, while pregnant, and then over a thousand years there might be some connection(Which at a thousand years would be so vague it's just as likely that Twilight and her are closer in relation) or... well, no, I guess that's the only way, as if Orange Blossom was alive when Sombra came into power, she'd be alive NOW.

>>27332482
>inb4 yet another crazy unicorn messing with time

>>27332482
>or... well, no, I guess that's the only way, as if Orange Blossom was alive when Sombra came into power, she'd be alive NOW.

Huh. Didn't think about that, but yeah. Due to Sunset being alive before the Resurrection of the Empire, she couldn't have been born in the interim, but I guess descendant is still possible. Admittedly, that's not really much, it's just
>You're a descendant of mine!
"How far?"
>...Great great great great great great great grea-
"Stop."
>I'm actually still a ways-
"Just stop. I have less of your DNA in me than I do a pony who died seven hundred years ago. I'm as much related to a damn buffalo."
>Killjoy.

Uhhhh, guys. Original non-resurrection Sombra anon there.

And this is whole thing is luuuuudicrously impossible.

Sombra and Orange Blossom met in a Pre-Celly/Luna Canterlot that was only beginning to start and the two were separated from each other on account of her family not wanting her to associate with him.

I mean I'd accept her being related to him in an ancestor kinda way if you want to say he knocked Orange Blossom up in a secret tryst but the timeline would have to be fudged in a ridiculous way for him to be her father...

Sleuth-Anon here, I'm just being thorough, there are story elements that need me to back track to stories written by other Anons about Sombra to make sure that everything is straight.

And... well... you are not gonna believe this but there is actually a potential tie in for this shit. I could tell you, it would spoil the hell out of things, but I could rework it to make this happen.

I'm being serious here, it could work, but it would require me to make a sacrifice of sorts.

>>27332545
That's really fuckin gay man

>>27332545
And believe me, I know the origins I referenced diverge from the comics but the comis hadn't even started on that topic back then so I had no way to know that dumb as fuck origin.

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>>27332550
... Go on.

>>27332550
Now when you say spoil, do you mean it would spoil the ENTIRE story or an element of it?

>>27332527

"Did Applejack put you up to this?"

>What?

"You heard me. And what the hell is this supposed to teach me? That I was BORN to be bad? That my father was a slave and I should be apologetic all my life? What's the moral here?!"

>...I know cool crystal magic.

"I infused myself with two types of magic I should be incapable of using through ritual self-sacrifice, resurrected myself and bow am on the verge of becoming a vessel for every type of magic known. What's your latest accomplishment, Smokey the Horse?"

>I see why everyone wants you dead.

"And I can see why you still ARE."