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:/desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/2824310
You are completely new and have no idea what is going on? There is a wikia with an overview of all characters, a complete timeline, previous thread recaps and explanation of the various concepts used in these stories!
Check out the wiki here:http://princess-aj.wikia.com/wiki/Princess_Applejack_Wiki

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

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 Pinkie!

OOCO
>AJ
“Celestia”
~~~

>Tia? Gotta question.

“And I have better things do to with my time than answer them.”

>No ya’ don’t.

“Why do you hurt me like this…”

>Yer’ old, you’ve had worse.

“And the knife just keeps jabbing down.”

>Well, this’ll make ya’ feel a bit older, cause mah’ question is about those floating blimp things.

“Yeah? Little outdated now, aren’t they?”

>Sure, but back when we still had them, why did we never see them used?

“What? Twilight used her blimp all the time.”

>Yeah, but we never saw anyone else usin’ them to travel. Never made it over to Appleoosa in a way that didn’t involve pullin’ a giant train. Never got a whole buncha ponies watchin’ that youngest flier show on the thing. It’s weird, cause we clearly had it, Rarity broke a bottle on one even, but ya’ never actually saw them in use. Why?

“Because they’re giant flying deathtraps, who would actually ride one?”

>That’s seriously the reason?

“They’re not stupid, Applejack, it’s nice to look at but riding them? What?”

>…

“They’re not that stupid, I’ll clarify.”

>…

“They have their moments, to clarify further.”

>…

“I told them it would be dumb and they listened to me blindly.”

>There ya’ go! So the reason we never used them-

“Is all my fault, yes. Is that… bad?”

>Ah’… don’t… know…

“…”

>Ah’m blamin’ you anyway.

“That’s awful, or awfully great.”

>…Ah’ don’t like this!

>>28293428
YOU LIED, SEXY HOOVES GUY!

YOU LIED!

>>28293428
>First for Pinkie that's anti-Sexy

Why is this weird.

>>28293455
Story already

DAMN!

Something I just noticed with the last canon story about the portal >>28292009
>a sword driven straight through the portal, rendering it useless.

Whoever broke it used a SWORD, specifically, to wreck it. So, it wasn't Chitty, because Chitty doesn't use weapons besides her punches. So someone else IS in the Empire with her.

>>28293570
Hooker could'va done it, or Sunset.

Or Flash.

>>28293570
>because Chitty doesn't use weapons besides her punche

But she's using magic right now that came from a vial.

>>28293615
First or last one seems more likely.

>>28293630
Doesn't that make it less likely? She would have just used her new magic firepower.

>>28293455
>How to react when Celly does the right thing badly
>404 not found

>>28293489
He'll win next time.

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Pinkie Preview Prophecies

>Applejack is a cereal killer.
>Pinkie's senses are tingling!
>Twilight has a vowel movement.
>Arana would like her picture taken.
>Berry Punch finds out there's a crashed cargo of wine bottles and rushes in to the rescue.
>Moondancer comes in stalker mode.
>Scootaloo accidentally becomes part of an ad.
>Panty fanservice!

>>28293870
>>Panty fanservice!

>With nudist horses

Have to make it hard for us, don't you...

>>28293890
It's PP anon.

He wants SOMETHING to be hard alright!

>>28293931
You don't get an oh my for that one. You just don't.

>>28293428
Pinkie no! Don't you know everything Chinese has lead in it!?

>>28293570
Holy shit... the Flash is back.

>>28294453
Fuuuuu

When's the next part!?

Evening, thread.

p10? just no.

>>28295454
Night new thread.

>Screwloose
“56”
~~~~

>So you’re saying if I stabbed you, like jabbed my scalpel right dead in your side, it wouldn’t hurt you? At all?

“Nope! …Least I don’t think so- all’s I know is I can take a massive beatin’.”

>You sound almost proud of that.

“I am proud!”

>That’s not something to be proud of, holy Faust. You roaches go from being tall as a skyscraper to downright invincible. The fuck, how has your race not become the dominant species yet?

“Oh, that’s easy! Lots of our moms back then were kinda stupid an' almost all of 'em took really, really long naps."

>…Ah. Cycle of life, nature correcting itself, got it.

“Yeah, yeah! ’Cept for my not-mom! She’s far from stupid! Well, actually, she’s pretty dumb but she’s good at hidin’ her dumb!”

>Never let ‘em see you sweat fundamentals, eh? Maybe you oughta introduce me to your not-mom, however the hell that works.

“Nuh! She’d probably kill you.”

Trying to keep track of this changeling as he zipped back and forth in the hallway like a coked-out hummingbird was nearly impossible but Screwloose made a good show of it, her head turning in every direction in a blur while one eyebrow cocked itself.

>What makes you think that? Mother’s everywhere love me, you little roach. Why, I’ll have you know I was even voted best daughter-in-law in last month’s Mother's Digest.

“Oh, really? Well then if that’s the case then maybe…."

She almost snorted.

"...but not-mom’s pretty particular ‘bout me! An’ you curse. A lot. Not-mom don’t like others cursin’ round me ‘cause then I might start an’ that’d be terrible as shi-”

The word hadn’t even left Fifty-Six’s lips fully and something abnormally cold slithered down Screwloose’s spine, as if someone had trampled over her grave, and it was that pre-sensation that prompted her to slap a hoof over the younglings mouth.

1/3

>>28295956

>Ooooooh no you don’t. I don’t know what kind of magic surrounds you three younger changelings but nuh-uh, I’m not even about to go down that road. I don’t want to hear even a PG-rated word come outta your trap, got me?

Fifty-Six rapid nodded, which sent tremors up Screwloose’s foreleg, and she released him.

“...So. For a string bean mare, you gotta pretty plump plo-”

>And you can push the pause button right there. The first rub was a freebie to protect you, that’s all. Do it again and I’ll-

*rub, rub*

>…

“I was for sure you’d be like flatflank, too, jus’ utterly tasteless, nothin’ but meat and bone, but wow….”

With the smallest tip of his hoof, Fifty-Six poked the madmare directly on her nail-esque cutie mark like one might a bowl of jell-o, just to see the ripples.

And ripple her backside did, though it was mostly due to her own trembling than anything.

Twelve be damned, digging this changelings eye out and dealing with the fatal consequences thereafter was looking a little more tantalizing with each passing second, with each annoying poke that caused her to wince.

“I like you!”

>Hu-wuh?

2/3

>>28295962

Left blinking at that random statement, there was little Screwloose could do but watch as Fifty-Six bounced on ahead.

“You’re kinda dumb jus’ like my not-mom, the funny dumb!”

>Ouch?

“Your booty gives off these dangerous vibes, like it’s sayin’ I shouldn’t trust ya or somethin’… but the way you acted back there with Ara-Ara, it was awesome! I dunno why you thought she was bad but boy did you ever, an’ you still tried to protect me! The booty don’t lie, you’re a pretty nice mare underneath all that crazy!”

Hm. Even a backhanded compliment was still technically a compliment, and Screwloose chuckled to herself.

>What an idiot….

An image of Twelve flashed through her mind.

>But, I guess even idiots have their mome-

“Hey, so if I asked reeeeeeeally nicely with sprinkles on top, could I use your butt as a pillow tonight?”

>EEEEEWW FAUST NO WHAT THE FUCK HOW OLD ARE YOU EVEN?

3/3

>>28295964
Listen to the booty, 56. Listen closely.

>>28295964
>EEEEEWW FAUST NO WHAT THE FUCK HOW OLD ARE YOU EVEN?

Good question,..

>>28296476
We will never know, at this rate.

Is it just me, or are we eating through threads at an insane rate as of late?

>>28296784
Arc time.

Every new part is on average 6 posts, with the fight clocking in at 17. Add reactions, freak outs and the normal sillies and it won't last long.

>>28296820
The arc just started last thread though. Well, technically it started before, but it kicked off with 42 calling out Chitty.

Thread before that wasn't that quick, because we took a breather after AJ's fight.

OOCO
>AJ
“SA”
‘Celestia’
~~~

>Okay, who put the milk back in the fridge?

“Presumably whoever drank it last and then finished? What’s the problem here?”

>It’s freaking expired!

‘So, wait, someone drank expired milk and then just put the cap back on and tossed it back? But… why?’

>That’s what Ah’m tryin’ to figure out!

“Well you’re not doing a very good job of it, we have no suspects, no leads and no hope of finding the milker at this rate!”

‘Damn it Applejack, if you wanna solve this case, we’re going to have to bend some rules!’

SMASH!

>OW!

‘Where were you last night!?’

>In bed! Ya’ know Ah’ was! Shining was there!

‘Ohhh, I see how it is, it’s an affair, is it?’

>A WHAT!?

‘You just got yourself some stallion milk, and then you were so thirsty from the powerful, almost medically hazardous pounding he gave you that you came right out here to give yourself a drink! But you come out and the milks bad, it’s sour like your every relationship that lead you to finding companionship at the end of a loooong night of hammering your horn into the headboard, it’s rotten to the core like how you feel every morning when your legs can’t stand up! But that bad milk would take time to put away, time to hide the evidence, and you’ve got none. Because he’s ready for another round… and you need what will really do your body good. And you get what you really want, all… night … long.’

>…
“…”

‘You disgust me.’

>…Ya’ poured a glass, put it back, then when ya’ got clear over to the table you noticed it was bad and then just plain didn’t go back to throw it away, did you?

‘You can prove nothing!’

CRASH!

>…You okay?

“I’ll be in my bunk, no calls.”

SLAM!

>Get outta mah’ dang room!

>>28297082
Holy shit, I love these three. That was classic.

>>28297082
Endgame relationship, those two.

>>28297201
>Endgame
>SA ramming his married boyscout dick into every major character

Go fuck yourself, mate

>>28297201
>Two
>There is clearly three

Math, son! Do you know it!?

>>28297376
He clearly meant AJ and Celestia

>Spike
“Luna”
~~~

>See? Told you, Milkshakes are awesome.

“We never doubted this. That thou would think we doubted this shows thine knowledge of us is little, and sad, much like thine own self, sad little dragon.”

>Hey, trust me, you don’t want big greedy dragon, big greedy dragon is not a nice guy.

“He’s interesting, at least. Speaking of, has thou really never changed again after that?”

>Nope.

“So, in all that time, thou has never gotten greedy once, never felt avarice again, never even really wanted something?”

>Well, of course I have.

“Then why didn’t thou change again?”

>Well, didn’t you ever feel jealous of Celestia again?”

“Yes, but we didn’t summon dark magic the next time it happened.”

>Well, I didn’t exactly go on gathering a bigger hoard afterwards either.

“Could you have?”

>Probably. Could you summon more dark magic and transform again?

“Tis likely.”

>…We’re both ticking time bombs, aren’t we?

“SERVANT! ANOTHER MILKSHAKE!”

>>28297493
Hm... I'm feeling this dynamic, yeah.

>AJ
“Rarity”
‘???’
~~~~

>…Ya’ know, Ah’ can honestly say, Ah’ didn’t expect this.

“I’m not entirely sure I know what’s going on.”

>Ah’ don’t know, and Ah’ don’t wanna know. This is all kinda wrong.

“Did we miss a parade? One honoring of all ponies, Filthy Rich, Trixie and Zecora?”

>Last one ain’t a pony, don’t be racist.

“You did not.”

>Ya’ know, it ain’t too late, we can turn this train around.

“That’s not how train works.”

>It is when Ah’m desperate enough ta’ pick the dang thing up and flip it.

“Your magic has really gotten that advanced?”

>…magic?

“A part of me wants to see this now, if only… Applejack?”

>Yeah?

“My binoculars weren’t that bad.”

>What? What does that… oh. So they did make a banner for me? What does that mean?

A pony suddenly rushed up to her, shaking her hoof and giving off a happy smile while proudly displaying the orange button on his chest.

‘It means you have my vote! You can do it!’

With that, he ran off, already heading towards the crowd forming not too far from them.

“…”

>…Yeeepp, maybe we ought ta’ turn around-

“Too late.”

>Fuck.

>>28297710
Applejack joins the fray!

>>28297224
Nono, just AJ

They suffered too much togethr, they need release
>>28297430
She can join in two, don't know why, AJ. Provides the hips, thighs and ass, Shining is the Projection Penis.

Celestia is....?

>>28297834
>Celestia is....?
Tall enough you feel like you're on top of the world when you're on top of her.

>>28297877
>If riding doggystyle will have to completely reposition your centre of gravity to evenget a good rythm going

Nah

>29
“32”
~~

>Well, this has been utterly unhelpful! Thou hath done nothing to help in mine quest to become a more influential politician, nothing to make me a greater in the mind of the average Equestrian, and I think thou might actually have made me worse! What was thee thinking!?

“Me? You’re the one who came to a changeling, one of the most hated species on the planet, with no political experience, no pull with the masses, nobody who even likes him, and no friends.”

>…

“…I’m so alone.”

>I doth believe it is time I went back to Ponyville.

“TAKE ME WITH YOU! I’ll do anything!”

>Fine.

“…wait, really?”

>Yes, tis fine, you can come too.

“Oh… huh. I did not expect you to actually say yes.”

>…

“Whelp! A deal is a deal, I said I’d do anything and anything I shall do! What do you want me to do first?”

>Just… get on the train.

“Is that what you call it? Not what I would name it, but…”

>…

“Oh, you meant the actual train.”

>…

“I can still come, right?”

>…sigh.

“I didn’t hear a no! ACTARIUS! I AM LEAVING!”

>…He’s your friend, Twenty Nine, just remember he’s your friend…

“If you call and I don’t answer, it’s because I have my mouth full!”

>…Not the first terrible choice you’ve made…

>>28297939
>Bubbles, motherfucker, have you heard of them?

Saves him a ton on step stools.

>>28297493
Is that like the third pair of characters to have milkshake stories in as many threads?

Starting feel like 'Milkshakes are awesome' should be added to the thread tenets...

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Non-Canon
>Applejack
"Rarity"
~~~~
AJ and Rarity are swimming in a pond.
>Welcome to Fireside /pa/ with your host Applejack. It's during this time that Ah' fix things in my sleep.

"And I help."

>So for some reason Pinkie got a new pond and asked us to swim in it during our show.

"Did she tell you why?"

>...Ah' just learned to stop questioning Pinkie.

Jaws theme plays in the background. A gold crown and a horn sticks out of the water for a moment before disappearing back into the pond like a sharkfin. Duuun nuuuh.
"...did you hear that?"
Duuun nuuuh. A tiara sticks out of the water for a moment and disappears back in.

>...Um did you see that?
Dun nuh dun nuh dun nuh. A nightcap sticks out of the water moving towards AJ and Rarity. It's joined by a tiara and a crown. They begin to circle around the AJ and Rarity.

"What's going on?"

>Pinkie is this one of your practical jokes?
The music intensifies.

"I think this might be a good time to fl-"
Pinkie, DT, and Cadence jump out of the water and all chomp on AJ and Rarity.'

>"AHHHHH!"
They all sink under the water. All that can be seen are bubbles on the surface.

>"...*bloop*"
Life on the Fireside~

>>28298066
Well, that didn't go the way I thought it would.

>>28298066
Into the sexy sea they go!

>CC
“Derpy”
~???~
~~~

>MY CHALLENGER! SHE HAS ARRIVED!

“Which one? Cause there’s like three she’s in this. Maybe four. I don’t know what 29 identifies as and I don’t want to be rude.”

>The greatest challenger!

“You mean Applejack?”

>No… far worse.

“Rarity?”

>HER!

~Yes, tis I… SISTER!~

>DUN DUN DUUNNNNNNN!

“Why… why do you keep looking at me every time?”

~Yes, it’s true! She has a sister!~

“I know who you are. We played shoots and ladders the other day. You ate the dice, which in hindsight I should probably be questioning more.”

>So it begins, sister… our final battle!

~Let it be worth my time, as you so often are not.~

>Dun… dun… dunnnn!

“Okay I think I need to ask about you two now. I think there might be something else.”

>It took you that long to think of that?

“…I am not a clever mare…”

>>28298281
It's gonna be revealed they've jus been fucking with her this whole time, isn't it?

>>28298390
That would be glorious.

>>28297960
Milkshakes make friends.

>>28298066
<Celestia>

<Huh, maybe I should use sharks next time, that might spice things up>

[Distant screams of Shining]

>>28298638
NC
>AJ
"Chitania"
~~

>CHITANIA!

"I SHALL DESTROY YOU ALLLLL!"

>You could do that, but wouldn't you rather have... MILKSHAKES!?

"..."

>...They're gooooooddd...

"...Meh, I could try one, just to see what it's like."

And thus, Equestria was saved!

>>28298723
>Ah'll have an Apple flavoured one, Joe

'We don't do apple, sorry'

>...

-------------

(APPLEJACK, NO!)

>APPLEJAKC YES!

BOOM

>>28298783
And thus, Equestia was destroyed!

...Good job, team!

>>28298858
hey, at least we're consistent.

>>28298723
NC
>AJ
"Sunset"
'Spike'
~Rarity~
~~

>Sunny, have a milkshake!

"Wow. I knew you princesses wanted me dead, but you really want to see me suffer huh?

>What are ya even on about?!

"I have lactose intolerance, you murderous hillbilly spawn."

>NOOOOO! THE MAGIC OF MILKSHAKES HAS FAILED ME! WHY-HY-HY-HY!

"...coulda offered me make-up sex..."

>What was that?

"NOTHING! F-Fuck you, Applejack!"

*leaves*

>Ahm missin' somethin' again, aren't I...?

~'...sigh...'~

>AJ
"Rarity"
'???'
~~~

>Ah'm leavin'!

"Applejack, stop! You're being ridiculous!"

>Ah' don't know what's goin' on but Ah' know Ah' want none of it! It ain't gonna end well! Ah' want out now, before anythin' else happens!

"Get off the tracks, for goodness sakes!"

>NO! Ah'm catchin' the next train to Canterlot!

"It's not stopping here! You know it's not!"

>What part of that sounded like anything was gonna be stoppin', period!?

"Get off the tracks!"

>NO! AH'm gettin' mah' rear outta-

SCREEECCCCCHHH!

CRASH

BOOMMMM!

>...Wow, that thing actually managed to clear the whole tracks... impressive.

"APPLEJACK!"

~NOOOOOOOO!~

A pink pony pushed past, a look of abject horror on her face.

~THE WIIINNNNEEEEEE!~

As she shuffled over to mourn the broken bottles while uncaring as the conductor shuffled out, Applejack slowly moved back onto the train station.

>...Okay, maybe Ah'll leave later.

Rarity's face would take hours to recover from the hoofprint.

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>>28299057

>>28299057
Give her credit for trying t escape before things got bonkers.

>>28299057
Nobody tell her she has wings.

>>28299239
Psssst
Heeeey
Maybe someone should write AJ and... Oooooh i dunno, somepony with wings, doing flying practice.

You knoooow

>>28299377
...Who?

Rarity?

>>28298976
>"...coulda offered me make-up sex..."
I dunno bout you but I still want this to happen

>>28299377
Appleboom bonding?

...wait.

>>28299534
What do you mean? Sunny and AJ making out to make up or just gratuitous hate sex between them?

I don't see the former happening with how deeply Sunset went off the deep end after her second failed attempt at redemption. Buggers me like hell too.

And we don't have any talented smut writers for the latter.

>>28299057
>~THE WIIINNNNEEEEEE!~
I read this as "THE WIIINNNIEEEEE!" at first and I dribbled all over myself going WTF!? WHO WAS THAT!?!?

>DT
"Daw"
~~

"Just gonna come out and say it, you taking me cloths shopping is fucking stupid."

>I can't find Spike, Silver Spoon isn't here yet, the ex-blankflanks have no taste and TBDRLIATU thinks I look good no matter what I have on me, or off me.

"I... really feel like I ought'a question what you say some more."

>Don't question, obey and speak when spoken to.

"And you have no other friends to hang out with right now? The fuck did that happen?"

>Just be honest. Does this scream "Princess" to you?

"It looks like someone wearin' it would be called 'princess', sure."

>...You're mocking me, aren't you?

"No no, totally on the up and up here. Can already hear it. "OH PRINCESS! OH PRINCESS! OHHHH YOU'RE MY PRINCESSSS!"

>I need an adult.

"Thought you said you were an adult?"

>I am. However...

CLICK!

>I'm not a maid, and there's child labor laws against making kids clean up a bloody mess.

"Touche."

>...

"Ya' gonna pull the trigger?"

>I don't have to, you know that."

"...You have a lovely mare there, mister rocket launcher."

>...

"..."

>...

"..."

>Sigh. He's so easily swayed.

"Yep, that's totally the reason, ain't got nothin' to do with him leanin' against the wall and you not touching him."

>...

"I'm... I'm actually not joking, I'm pretty sure that's the reason."

>...You are way smarter than you looked.

"I ain't takin' that shit as a compliment."

>Best you're getting out of me. Now, does this make my butt look big?

"Stuffing the goddamn moon back there wouldn't make that flat thing looks-"

SNAP
TZZT!

"FUCKIN' WITCHCRAFT!"

>>28299771
So nice to finally be able to have them snark at each other.

>>28299771
>"FUCKIN' WITCHCRAFT!"

Why is it only she is the one who thinks that thing is fucking weird?

>>28299989
NC
>Daw
"Spike"
~~~

>How do you never question that stupid thing?!

"What, the seemingly alive gun that can act on it's own, do it's own thing, assist when need be and has waayyyyy more bells and whistles than it logically should have?"

>Yeah!

"..."

>What?

*RING RING*!

"Can you hold for a second?... Rarity! Hi!"

>FUCK THIS WORLD!

>>28300130
Spike did kinda set a precedent with the weapons.

Tabledoo was just a stock standard rocket launcher till well after the Gunclub Fight.

>Jetset
“Celestia”
____

>For virtual reality, these milkshakes are pretty delicious….

“They oughta be, you don’t know how much programming I had to do to get the textures and taste just right.”

>…Not to sharpshoot you or anything, princess, but wasn’t it as simple as just picking what you wanted this world to show?

Celestia snorted into her straw, causing a multitude of bubbles to jostle her milkshake.

“If you must know, yes, yes it was.”

The smallest of smile’s tugged at Jetset’s lips. He couldn’t remember the last time he had felt so… at peace, with everything. Even while on a break from his training, sitting across from his princess under the false heat of a virtual sun and sharing a couple of milkshakes, hearing the beatific sound of her giggling, real or not, it was the best moment he could recall in a long tim-

>AAAAAAAAARGH!

Despite the sudden and abrupt yell of agony, Celestia continued to slowly sip at her milkshake, watching quite listlessly as Jetset gripped his temples and started rolling about the ground.

“Yeeeeeah. I may have put the brain freeze percentage up to maximum.”

>GAAAAAAAAAAH!

“Hey, it was for optimal taste!”

>GRAAAAAGH!

“Now, now, there’s no need for such language, just inhale through your mouth, kills the pain quicker.”

>MMMMMMMNGH….

“Thaaaaat a boy, there we go.”

>>28300174
I'd complain about power-creep, but technically we never actually made a villain above Chrysalis-At-The-Wedding-Tier, except for Cordyceps.

Huh.

>>28300228
Milkshakes! The new official treat of /pa/.

>>28300345
OOCO
>Twilight
"AJ"
'Celestia'
~SA~
~~~

>...It's not possible.

"Wow, didn't know ya' were a quitter, Twi. Ya' quit so hard ya' quit telling me ya' were a quitter, did ya'?"

>What does that even mean?

'It means you need vision, my most faithful student! The drive to make real what is seen in your heart! Believe in yourself, just as I believe in you! BELEEIIVVEE!'

>You can't warp reality with beliefs.

~Don't you do that at least once every other cataclysmic event?

>...Shut up.

"Now we ain't gonna force ya' Twi. We're just gonna judge ya' iffin' ya' quit."

'JUDGEMENT!'

~Judgeee!~

>GUYS!

"..."
'...'
~...~

>You can't make a cake out of milkshakes!

"QUITTER!"

'NON BELIEVER!'

~WORDS!~

>But you can make a milkshake out of cake!

"..."
~...~
'...Get the blender, we're going to flavortown.'

>>28300572
>'...Get the blender, we're going to flavortown.'

That sounds like a line that preceeded a drug binge.

>>28300655
>TWI, GET IN THE CAR
>WE'RE GOING TO FLAVORTOWN

>>28299586
I dunno, maybe if we put Sunny in a position where she wants to rectify her isolation and feel genuine love for loves sake.

And we open up AJ to being more considerate and kinder hearted to others; of which boat Rarity would probably push out.

Hey, I'm hopeful

>>28300778
You know what? I'll go with hoping for that as well.

>>28300778
>of which boat Rarity would probably push out.

I don't know what this sentence means.

>>28300827
I was just wondering the same thing.

>>28300778
>I dunno, maybe if we put Sunny in a position where she wants to rectify her isolation

She's not really isolated, though. She's actually more sociable now than she was when she was dead, or even when she was alive before she was dead. She hung out, she played games, she does stuff with others now, even if it's not the good guys.

Even if she wanted to feel genuine love, why would she ever think it would come from the ones who betrayed her? She'd have a better chance of being truly appreciated from Chitania.

>>28300971
Really, we need to stop trying to have Sunset be the one come crawling back. I know some anons really wanted AJ to just brush her off when Sunny told her to fuck off, but that isn't exactly helping in the healing.

Don't be afraid to have AJ be humble, even if Sunset is a dick.

>>28301057
I would be all for AJ being humble, if Sunny hadn't literally left singing a 'Fuck you' song. About two or three times.

There's 'okay, fuck you, I'm done, I'm out' and then there's 'okay, I'm burning down all the bridges in existence when I dip', and Sunny clearly chose the latter.

AJ messed up, and Sunny obviously took that shit to such heart that she won't be hearing any kind of apology after a leave like that. There's nothing further for AJ to be humble about, it won't be bringing Sunny back.

>>28301114
But that's exactly why trying to contrive a situation where it's Sunset who's all meek and sorry and begging for forgiveness doesn't work. Sunny, currently, is in a better position than she ever was with Applejack, so trying to say she wants to not feel isolated or seek 'real love' is just a bad way to make it so it's APPLEJACK who gets to decide, and show off how good she is by accepting her back despite it all. There's nothing AJ has that Sunset wants from her right now, but there is something Sunset can give that AJ wants, and that's forgiveness and a bit of redemption.

Yeah, Sunset took it to heart, and she made it damn clear she's not just burning a bridge but also laying gas on the edge in case someone tries to climb over, but that's exactly why it's on AJ to figure out a way to fix it, not on Sunset to suddenly have a change of heart and be the one in the situation where she needs to hope AJ will accept her.

>>28301149
If that's the case then, besides forgiveness and a bit of redemption, what else does reaching out to Sunset provide AJ? Plus, we're assuming that Sunset would even listen her in the first place.

We all know AJ was reduced to the width of a penny where feeling horrible about the situation was concerned but she's also not the type to dwell on past mistakes, choosing to move forward toward doing better. Now, doing better in this instance could mean reaching out for Sunny again in a bid for forgiveness but how many times would that have to happen for Sunny to give her the time of day? I'm assuming after the second or third time being ignored, or being given a new verse in the 'Fuck you' song, AJ would pull an IDGAF and walk away.

And, again, what does Sunny's forgiveness provide AJ besides a soothed conscience that's been in the drain for the longest? Is she going to go back to being her student, make more scientific strides, what?

I'm not saying we can't go for it but the way things transpired, it seems like that was a door that was not only locked but ripped clear off the hinges and tossed off a cliff, you know?

>>28301191
>what else does reaching out to Sunset provide AJ?

Does she need something besides that? If AJ looked at this to find what she's getting out of it, she's worse than Chitty.

>Plus, we're assuming that Sunset would even listen her in the first place.
Of course she won't listen.

>Now, doing better in this instance could mean reaching out for Sunny again in a bid for forgiveness
As opposed to what? What else could she do to make the situation better but exactly that?

>but how many times would that have to happen for Sunny to give her the time of day?
Why does it matter how many times?

>, AJ would pull an IDGAF and walk away.
So then she'd just give up, say "Fuck it, I don't care that you think I'm scum for ____ reasons, I don't give a fuck about your feelings" and then... what? Where does she go from there? There's nothing she has that Sunset wants, and even if there was a physical thing she'd just do a plan to get it anyway rather than try to bargain with her. What does this leave AJ, besides just kinda giving up and now slipping into a purely reactionary stance, never directly acting, only reacting when Sunset does something? What does this mean about AJ if she just quits?

>Is she going to go back to being her student, make more scientific strides, what?
Hopefully just go back to being less bitter, actually thinking it's possible some ponies really are good inside, just being a more accepting and happy person. All stuff that only benefits Sunset's mental and physical health, and that's the point.

> it seems like that was a door that was not only locked but ripped clear off the hinges and tossed off a cliff, you know?
Which is exactly why trying to chisel out a bullshit door made up of halfthought feelings is so much worse, one of them would be stupidly hard to pull off, yeah, but the other one is so blatant and badly put together it would've been better to do nothing at all, at least the base story structure before it was there.

>Pinkie
"Maud"
'18'
~~

>GOTCHA!

The changeling had very little rebuttal to that, what with being splatted against the walls and all. Whatever had come from the party cannon, it hadn't taken long to harden, and any struggling proved to be in vain.

>We did it! We won!

"She is still conscious though."

>Puh leeeaase, like she could actually break out of that.

The sound of something solid shattering rang in both their ears, but Pinkie never stopped smiling.

>See?

Confidently, she pointed to the still struggling changeling.

>Told you so, she can't... TWITCHY TAIL!

Maud didn't need another word, she had already hopped clear to the side, just in time to miss a changeling descending down and smashing where the pony had been a single second ago.

>HEY! I said you couldn't break out, see!

Huffing, she pointed to the substance, and just as she said it was still in one piece.

>How did you... ohhhh.

One piece, but hanging by a thread, as the wall behind it had gone missing.

>That's clever-wait! Didn't that stick to your fur!?

'CHANGELING!"

Her one word response only made the pony more confused, her hoof tapping her chin even as she effortlessly dodged out of the way of an attack.

>But you had fur when I hit you! Does that mean the fur... isn't really there? But it can't be! I mean it can't not be! Because otherwise when we poked you it wouldn't be there, and then we would know what you weren't, and what you were while you were being what you weren't!

Eighteen's eyes began to cross.

'...what?'

>I SAID TWITCHY TAIL!

'What does that mean-'

They crossed harder when Maud landed a solid blow on her head.

>Oh, you never heard about my Pinkie Sense? Silly me! It goes like this, my Pinkie Sense-

She rambled on and on, and Eighteen didn't know what was worse.

The heavy exposition, or the repeated blows to the head.

'OW OW OW OW OW!'

It was probably the latter.

>Wow Maud, take it easy! The whole Castle is shaking! Now, where was I...

>>28301243
I can see where you want this go, and admittedly, I'd like to hold true to our 'we can fix this' theme, too, but something about the way Sunny left just rubbed me all types of the wrong way. If it weren't for that, as a writer, I'd be more than willing to actually try and think up a way to bridge the gap between them but at the moment I'm of the 'Sunny could die again and stay gone for all I care' mindset, and that's coming from someone who was never a fan of her 'dying' in the first place. While I don't despise her, I don't care enough about her to fix whatever she's going through (hell, if it weren't for Recap Anon, I wouldn't even know what she was doing, I'm that far distanced from her).

But yeah, if there comes a plan to bridge that gap, I'll join whenever it happens.

>>28301346
We keep cutting back to them so I know they're important but damned if I can figure out how.

What does it mean!?

>>28301451
It's probably connected to the distraction, as a way to keep 18 out of the fight.

>>28301482
>as a way to keep 18 out of the fight.

>They planned a way to keep 18 occupied
>But ignored 42

Granted, the burnout mode and fireflight took her off guard, but that seems an odd slipup

>>28301640
It's possible she didn't ignore 42, but didn't want her gone either. She WANTED punchbug there, to fight for the show.

>Spike
"Luna"
~~~

>You ever think about getting a gun?

"No, they are loud and annoying... and frightening."

>Wait, really? You of all ponies think it's scary? You? You're the Queen of Scary!

"..."

>I say it with love, take the love.

"We take no love from this."

>And again, all the love I give is just left there, stomped like my poor little heart beneath cold uncaring hooves. I am alone.

"As someone who's temper tantrum once near bathed this world in a cloak of darkness, we feel we can say with certainty that thou art being melodramatic."

>But not dishonest, Rarity and Applejack both would be proud!

"Oh yes, thine cheeks would be pinched most viciously."

>Not the ones I wish were pinched.

"How would they even reach that? Thou art rather low to the ground."

>I'd happily present if it were them.

"That means something much, much different from my time, so I'd advise thee not to speak of such."

>Who says it doesn't mean the same to me now? Ehhh?

"Seldom have we been more disturbed than watching thine eyes waggle."

>Hey, at this point, I'd take it.

"Please change the topic we shall surely hurl in seconds."

>Fine, how's teaching going?

"Well, we suppose. Mine student doth learn of the mental, but he is still a lilly livered little thing. No spine at all, no gumption, we speak true."

>Ohhh? So he's got the mindset down, but physically, he's lacking?

"That is putting it mildly, he stubbed his hoof and was about to cry. He cracked the damned rock, so we know it didn't even bruise, but off he went."

>Hmmm.

"And what are thee thinking, little dragon?"

>Welllll, I ever tell you bout the time I helped the guard?

"... go onnnn.."

>>28301732
She did try talking to her first.

>>28302023
Got a nice dynamic going.

>>28302126
They've got some banter, but lets not get ahead of ourselves.

>>28302023
>Spike going drill sergeant on 29

I strangely want this.

>>28302700
Oh course you do, what part of a tiny dragon screaming at a much bigger sissy doesn't sound entertaining?

>>28301361
We bottle episode them

The literary equivalent of locking them in a room together, alone

>>28303251
That's actually... Not a bad idea. Well unless they start trying to kill each other.

>88
"Lavan"
'Spider Eyeball...Speyeball'

'Screeeee!'

"I implore you, small eyeball, cease you flight!"

'Screeee!'

>Buddy I know it's small to you-big firey flying face and all-but that thing's the size of a small dog!

'Screee!'

>And that noise is giving me some seeerious PTSD, my dude.

"I've almost got it-"

Fwump!

"-oh confoundments, it went in that water spout."

~Weather crew! Weekly watering for Whimsy Rhyme Nursery!~

>Well here comes the rain, which will wash the speyeball out!

Clank clank clank!

'Screee!'

~Oh sweet Faust! WHAT WAS THAT!?~

>Uhhh, much as we'd like, there's no time to explain.

"Because my itsy bitsy eyeball has just run off again!"

>Seriously why'd I think that would work?

>>28300827
>>28300892
It means, AJ is made to act more considerate and humbling towards ponies via Rarity's interactions/encouragements

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Make it so

>>28303688
And now, let's question why that thing just happened to be laying around in Twilight's home!

>>28298150
That's wrong but also arousing

>>28303712
Her and Shinings boardgames got weird.

>>28304172
When uno goes wrong!

>>28303328
I'm legitimately surprised they didn't just shrug it off.

>>28303688
That last panel is just begging for an edit.

>>28299377
AJ can actually fly pretty okay, she just doesn't (like most changelings).
>>28299392
Rarity learned to fly while she was still fatter than all the royals put together, so if we wanted to make AJ suck for the purpose of flying practice gags, she would be a great teacher.

OOCO
>AJ
"SA"
'Celestia'
~~~

"What movie did you get?"

>Applewood Farms.

'OH COME ON!'

"Seriously? You're going to be that predicable?"

>What?

'What, she says, like we don't know.'

"I choose to believe she knows and is messing with us."

'Obviously she is!'

>Dunno what you mean.

"Come on, don't play that game."

'This game is not playable! It's an unplayable game!'

"Like monopony."

'Mother protect us.'

>Was the sun sign really necessary?

'Only because I don't have a cake to sacrifice.'

>Cake?

'Well I'm not going to kill a goat or something, what in tartarus is she going to do with a goat soul?'

>Ah' have surprisingly little argument.

'Obviously!'

"But really, AJ. Come on."

>Ah' don't know what yer' talkin' about, Applewood Farms is just a good movie.

"Oh yes APPLEwood Farms is a fine film, I wonder why you picked it specifically?"

'Could it be because... it's an allegory of how mistreated the earth pony class was back in the older times and how even now they face persecution from a select few magically elite individuals who deride them for not being capable of wielding a notable magic or holding flight, while also trying to pigeonhole them into a farmer class exclusively and ignoring if not outright omitting their other talents in other areas simply because they feel them inferior and only good for one thing, and the racial gap that forces them to learn only a fraction of education that unicorn or pegasi do, simply because they feel it doesn't apply to them, and how these problems are ignored by the elite?'

>...

"Like. Glass. AJ."

>...Ah' just like it cause it has apples, and the main guy is kinda sexy.

"............"

'........oh........'

>>28305327
She is not a complicated mare.

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>Pinkie
"Cadence"
'DT'
~~~~
>Welcome to Not Late Night /pa/ with your hosts the Pink Pony Club! It's during this time that content does matter, but remember us!

"I'm the Pretty one <3"

'I'm the Grumpy one.'

>And I'm the Crazy one! Why don't we usually have milkshakes together?

'Because we don't hang out in real life? That's kind of a thing.

"I remember the last time we had milkshakes. It was during the dream eater attack on the dream city."

~~flashback~~
DT is dressed in a hayburger costume, Pinkie is in a curly fries costume, and Cadence is wearing a milkshake costume. They're all dancing along.
"My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard,
And they're like,
It's better than yours,
Damn right it's better than yours,
I can teach you,
But I have to charge"

Pinkie and DT crawl seductively toward Cadence.
"I know you want it,
The thing that makes me,
What the guys go crazy for.
They lose their minds,
The way I wind,
I think its time"

Booty shakes to the beat.
>"'La la-la la la,'"

"Warm it up."

>"'La la-la la la,'"

"The boys are waiting"
~~end~~

'...that's how it went?'

>...I sort of remember that?

'I don't remember doing booty shakes. I could have sworn we were looking out for dream eaters.'

"Nope it's what happened. Then all the boys came to our yard."

>I feel like you're re-writing history here, but at the same time I'm compelled to agree that that's what happened.

"But we had great choreography. Like the time when-"

>'NOOOO!'

>AJ
"Rarity"
'AB'
~SB~
{SD}
(???)
~~~

>Alright... let's get it over with.

Applejack walked with a reluctant gait towards her old homestead, down a road she had traveled a million times before. There was no feeling of triumph or happy sensation of being home this trip, only the dread that every inch closer helped to grow in her chest.

"It'll be alright, darling. Maybe it won't be that bad!'

It was a sensation no amount of encouragement from her friend could stifle, everything felt worse.

'This is gonna be great!'

Applebloom wasn't helping.

~Why do I have to carry these?~

'Because shut up!'

The three cameras that her Sweetie Belle carried, and the dozen or so cameras that her doll doppelganger was carrying wasn't helping either.

{It's just dumb! You can only push, like, two of them at the same time, and you can't aim them very well if you do hold more than one! You're going to get a lot of crappy pictures instead of one good one, and it's not going to last long enough to snap it three times, let alone go through a whole camera! This is dumb!}

'...Yer' dumb.'

Their argument would have to wait, her own feelings would have to be put on hold, for now the Princess had a bigger, much more important issue. Sweet Apple Acres beloved homestead was finally in sight, and the lumps were coming. She could already hear her family screaming at her.

(APPPPPLLEEEJJJJAAAAAACCCKKKKK!)

>NOT AGAAAIIINNNNNN!

They hadn't even seen her go, and she was gone.

"Wow. She just... right up into that tree."

'She didn't even fly.'

~I didn't even see her MOVE.~

{Heh, apple in a tree. Funny.}

"Applejack, sweetie? Are you okay?"

~What? I'm fine.~

"No, general sweetie."

~You're already in the army!? Holy crap doll-me, you work fast!~

{Can I dye my hair and pretend I'm Doll Applebloom?}

'APPLEJACK GET DOWN HERE! Ah' can't get good angles of yer' face from here!'

{... Scootaloo's still available, right?}

1/3

>>28305690

Up high above their bickering, even Applejack herself had to admit clinging to the branch wasn't very dignified, but she just couldn't bring herself to let go.

(APPPPPPLLLLEEEJJJJAAACCCKKKKK!)

That wasn't helping.

>GRANNY AH'M SORRY!

(No time fer' that!)

Jaws dropped when, without a single care to her own self, the elder pony marched up and kicked both hind legs right into the tree, her old bones somehow managing to make the entire tree shake. Apples came to the ground, both the literal kind, and the kind marked onto a certain orange backside. She tensed up, expecting a beating when her grandmother stalked up to her, only to instead be lifted off the ground and dusted off.

(We gotta get you ready!)

The brushes weren't easy, but she still winced in fear of them turning to hits at any second.

>Fer'... fer' mah' funeral?

(Dang it, Applejack! Sympathy votes like that only work one time, and we want at lest three terms outta this!)

>...feel like you and Ah' might be havin' different conversations.

'GRANNY! Ya'll are not gonna believe-'

(Applebloom! There ya' are! Here, put this on!)

The filly's head was mashed down, a hat reading "Grow Our Town" emblazoned on it shoved onto her head.

(Ya'll gals too! Wear these!)

"That hat isn't really my style-EEEYYOOWWW! DEAR LORD WHY!?"

~OWIE!~

{HA HA! DOLL SKIN! EAT IT! I'M NOT REAL!... Aw, now I'm sad.}

The other two were only a little jealous that she didn't get stuck by the buttons like they had been, only a little.

>Granny, what in tarnation is goin' on?

(Ya'll tell me... Mayor Applejack.)

The conspiratorial wink she gave should probably have meant something, but the Princess was just lost.

>...Are ya'll drunk?

2/3

>>28305700

(Drunk on success, just like yer' about to be! We're gonna beat those fancy shmanshy ponies who think they're so much better than us, and the black one too! We're gonna have us a... a...)

Applejack, almost felt relief when her grandmother stopped, and finally seemed to take a breath.

(...Applebloom, what's that there on yer' flanks?)

That relief promptly turned to horror, and she began to taste blood on her lips.

'Ya'll ain't gonna BELIEVE how Ah' got this!'

Her grandmother went from elated to suddenly suspicious in a second, and every cell in her body tensed up.

"Girls? Stand back."

~What? Why?~

"Blood is... very difficult to get out of white fur."

{You can just throw me in the washer.}

Applejack wanted to run, but it was too late.

(Noticin' yer' not celebratin', Applejack...)

It was far, far too late.

>...AH'M SORRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYY!

>>28305656
Shiny, your wife is dancing seductively for others again...

>>28305704
>AJ still gets triggered from someone yelling "APPPPLLLEEEJJAAAACCKKKKKKK!"

Love it.

>>28305715
>Shiny, your wife is dancing seductively for others again...

Eh, fair's fair, he did a strip show for her and the other CE crew on hearth's warming.

>>28305656
Okay, a freaking milkshake subliminal advertising company must be paying /pa/ls or something.

>Filthy
"Zecora"
~~~

>Hiii, Zecora, was it? It is Zecora, right? I don't want to seem like I don't care. Pronunciation is important.

"You know my name, don't play that game."

>Still rhyming! Great! That's super great, doesn't make every conversation with you like three times longer or anything.

"I can see why you would want it short, it's too easy to get in a destructive retort."

>No yeah, really, it's amazing you can keep that up and say in eighteen words what most can say in three, this is relateable! The common folk really relate to you.

"Just like they relate to a rich pony with servants of course. Everyone knows what it's like to be a wealthy horse."

>Hey, that just means I'm successful, I can do things for this city that someone 'self employed' like yourself is, shall we say, lacking in?

"You can say that, I do suppose. Because it wasn't on your own merits you rose."

>Ahhhh, going for that one, are we? Well I'll have you know my family is used to working with the lower folk so I understand them!

"By selling what they grow. Oh yes, the woes of work you know."

>...You talk a lot.

"Pfft."

>>28305904
>Filthy is always saying more than her.

HA

>>28305704
Sooo, Big Mac is going to utterly destroy his sister, isn't he?

>>28305817
At this rate fifty threads from now Milkshakes will create a utopia.

The only villain left will be Twinklejinx and that'll just be because he is to milkshakes what the Hamburgler is to burgers

>>28306169
NC
>Chrysalis
"AJ"
~~

>How do i make my changeling kingdom?

"Milkshakes."

>...that doesn't make any-

"MILKSHAKES DANG IT!"

>Alright, alright! I'll try it just to make fun of-

~~~~

>HOW!?

"...milkshakes."

>Chitania
"Cadence"
~???~
(???)
~~~

None, on any day yet to come, would be able to claim that Princess Mi Amore Cadenza of the Crystal Empire did not give her all and then some when she faced the Titan Queen.

>Pathetic.

If any would be able to call her bravery effective had yet to be seen.

She had taken to the skies, a pink blur with wings flapping as hard as she could against the bitter winds, her horn ablaze with magic she dared not cast down at the changeling below. Even as careful as she was to keep all of her trademark magic from entering into the equation, as focused as she was to keep it purely that of her natural magic, she found it still managed to seep in. No matter what arc of light she cast, it seemed only to make the changeling grow stronger.

While, beneath her, another grew so much weaker, and time was running out.

>Did you learn nothing from the last time we 'fought'? I only say that while trying to choke back the laughter.

The mocking Queen had not even thrown a single attack even as they were rained down on her, content to merely mock and deride her with every breath while standing steady beneath her fallen comrade, never allowing the pony to come close.

>You are nothing to me, even at your greatest. Your power will only make mine grow, you fool. Run, while you still can, I won't care enough to chase you.

No denials came, and none would after. The princess had no such delusions she was wrong, or any thought that she was a liar. She spoke the truth, as bitter as it was, and her attacks were worse than useless.

She still could not give up, they were counting on her, all of them.

"I'm not going anywhere."

She had to find a way.

"But you are."

She was the only one left.

>And just what does that...

1/6

>>28306607
The changeling's voice trailed off as she watched as the snow suddenly grew thick, the storm blurring the flying alicorn from sight, only remaining in vision thanks to the telltale sign of her magic. That magenta light burned brighter in the air, the soaring princess calling enough magic she could have acted as a beacon, should any come looking. Briefly, the idea that this was some sad call for help entered into the changeling's mind.

When she heard the rumble of stone, she knew it was nothing of the sort.

The snow parted as a stone twice the size of the Changeling Queen ripped free, spearing straight for her with it's pointed tip aimed square at the broad black side. It collided, it's aim proving true, and the magically charged speared tip landed home.

It shattered like glass, not even leaving behind a mark on the immaculate hide.

>Oh, I see, just more delusional ramblings.

She sneered at the glowing spot in the sky, remaining perfectly stationary as more and more attacks collided with her, unable to even so much as shift her an inch. The stones of the earth were nothing compared to what she had weathered before, and would weather again.

>Really now, rocks? Your very best, the pinnacle of the mind of the princess of this land is rocks? That's what you can bring against me, the Titan herself? Come now, this is annoying... almost as annoying as you thinking I'm stupid enough to fall for that!

The mammoth hoof abruptly swung, kicking up a tsunami wave of snow. A cry of pain came out from within, a whimpering pained noise the only way to tell that anything had been there at all within the all encompassing white wave.

>Oh no, whoever could have predicted the wise princess would think of a simple diversion tactic. Truly, you are my equal.

Her barking laugh haunted the mare as she crested the snow, cursing her and the ineffective ball of magic in the sky that fizzled out, useless.

>Is that it? Are you going to try again, or did you get your fill?

2/6

>>28306613

Her answer came in the most unexpected of forms.

A reckless, blind charge.

>Death be stupidity it is!

The Queen, so assured, didn't even bother to do another strike with the snowy wave. Instead, she chose to simply rear back, and bring her hooves together as fast as she could.

The shockwave, alone, was enough to destabilize her mad flight. Nothing more than that was needed to offset her.

Nothing more than that brief stumble was needed for the Queen to swing, and for her titanic punch to find purchase right in the pink jaw. So weak was the princess, she would have sworn she had hit nothing but air.

>...Heh.

For that's exactly what she had hit, air.

When she heard a solid crack behind her, she knew the real princess had hit something far worse.

>I've seen through illusions my entire life, thank you. You wouldn't believe how many Queens relied on a trick like that to try to make me punch something explosive. They were way less terrible at it, though.

She leaned back, casually looking over her shoulder to the princess trying to find her legs again, the rock in front of her that had suddenly sprung up already crumbling back to the ground.

>But I'm betting that illusions isn't exactly your strong point, is it? That's alright...

The Princess broke down, throwing aside all planning and scheming and instead openly reaching out with her magic for the changeling beneath the Titan Queen, trying to pull her free in time.

Her reward was a blow to the face, courtesy of a glowing, blue rock.

The changeling held her hoof derisively beside her face, the cool blue glow washing over her sneer.

>I'm normally not very good with this either, but the future is a wonderful thing, isn't it?

3/6

>>28306617

Just as it had when she had charged, another rock sprang up in the alicorn's path, hitting her cheek so hard she swore she felt a tooth chip. Before her legs could find purchase within the snow, something hard, fast and and painfully hot collided with her chest, shooting her across the snow and to a painful heap a short distance away.

>It lets those without do all sorts of wonderful, magical things. The future is always taking us forwards, always advancing...

The ebony monster did not let the princess rise, sending her back to the ground with a casual fling of her hoof.

>Whether you like it or not. The future has already come for you, princess, and you're going to be left behind.

"S-shut... shut up..."

Her weak voice barely carried over the roaring winds, and the smirk she received made part of her wish that it had not been heard at all.

"Just shut up... and give her back..."

Her legs were finally granted the reprieve to rise, just enough her burning gaze could shoot over the large gap between one so tall and one who felt so small.

"She's dying... she doesn't have much time... give her back before..."

There was no sympathy in the one who smirked down at her.

>Yes, she is. Pity that, she was quite a lot of fun to battle.

Every cell beneath pink fur screamed when the beast rolled her hoof along the changeling's side, moving the quite pale soldier just enough to illicit a near silent moan of pain.

>But she is a soldier, and was clearly prepared to die, wasn't she? You really are being quite irrational about this, she's one of many in the Hive, you'll find another.

"...No I won't."

There was too much certainty in her voice, too much assurance in her words to think that an argument was even possible. She would not waste her voice, the princess had clearly made up her mind.

It only made her laugh harder.

"THIS IS ALL FOR NOTHING!"

As did the shriek that stung her ears.

4/6

>>28306624

"Do you hear me you... disgusting thing! You filthy monster! You evil creature! You're not getting it, no matter what you try!"

Finally, the laughter died down to a simmering chuckle, and the Queen could look to her again.

"You really think I'm stupid, you think I don't know what you're after? Too bad! It's all for nothing! This great big... stupid thing you're doing, whatever it is, it's all for nothing! All this heartache and pain and wild little wailing of your hooves, it's all for nothing at all! I made sure of that, I made sure that no matter what happens, you get nothing! So go ahead, fight me, try to break me, try to do worse, it won't matter, nothing you do will matter just like you don't matter! You're nothing!"

It took everything she had not to break out laughing again.

"Don't you get it, you big empty headed brute..."

Now, it was the princess's time to snarl.

"I've made sure you can't get to the Crystal Heart, you can't get what you want... all of this was for nothing."

Even everything she had wasn't enough.

"What are you laughing at!?"

It grew so loud, so pitched, that even those clear along the wall, watching and feeling helpless for their princess, could hear. It reached louder still, until the citizens of the Empire paused in wonder to the strange sound. It reached louder and louder still, until at last something today had hurt the Queen, inside.

When it came down, it was a slow descent, and with every octave that dropped the pit in the stomach of the Empire's royal grew.

The Queen reared back, the shocked princess unable to look away as two strange vials, glowing with magic, broke against her chitin, and in the place of the dimming red and blue colors, gold and silver ignited like the sun and the moon.

Finally, the booming laugh was down to nothing more than a smile, and the most ridiculing look any in Equestria had ever seen.

>And what makes you think... that I'm after the Heart?

5/6

>>28306632

Looking up to her, the monster so much bigger than her, so much stronger, so far beyond her in every way, the princess had never felt more alone.

Even alone, she had to try.

"...help."

~~~~~

There was one, who could have answered that call. One being left, who could have been there to give aide, to give relief, and to give companionship in this time.

In all the Empire, there was only one single being who could have been of use in that battle, one single being who could have hoped to be a match for that monster, one single being who could have taken her down.

There was only one.

But the Queen of all Changelings did not hear that call.

Neither did the one before her, with grasp outstretched, and reaching for the object of the changelings desires.

Neither of the only two, in the dark and vastly magical room that danced on all sides with symbols burning with power, heard anything of the sort.

All of their thoughts, all of their focus, was aimed squarely on the other, that they looked to with surprise, and genuine shock. They watched each other, for what seemed a lifetime more, before one of them finally, at last, broke the endless emptiness, and spoke.

~...and just what do you think you're doing with my orb?~

There were many responses that Queen Chrysalis expected back.

(Your orb? I don't think so.)

That she expected anything else but cocky derision was on her.

What else could she expect from one with an ego like her.

~You've made a terrible mistake coming here... Sunset.~

>>28306642
>>28306642
OH SHIIIIIIIIIII

>>28306642
Oh hey, we're finally getting back to the orb-

OH FUCK

>>28306642
And, here... we... go.

>>28306642
Welp

Sunset's dead

You guys did a good job trying to think up ways to redeem her or arc her back to the path of righteousness.

Shame it's al for nothing, cos Chrysalis is just going to splatter her and then she ain't coming back

>>28306777
Considering how scary well this has been planned out, I'm more worried for Chrysalis.

>>28306642
SO!
>Chitty's the distraction so Sunset can get the orb, not the heart
>Chrysalis when she was talking about 'more power' meant the orb, not Cadence or the Heart
>42's gonna die at this rate
>CADENCE IS SO FUCKED

Everything is burning and I feel fine!

>>28306850
>>CADENCE IS SO FUCKED

This really is the most unfair fight in the series. Cadence is worse than useless in a fight like this, and that's when Chitty is REGULAR chitty, that's when she ISN'T packing fucking magic. This is the least actiony main character in the series VS a broken ass juggernaut who's now EVEN MORE BROKEN.

This isn't a fair fight at all, and at least with 42 you got the impression she could match her for a bit. Caddy's just plain in the wrong league.

>>28306927
Yeah, unless we pull off some MAAAJJJOORRRRR bullshit to have her win, or have Chitty decide to be nice, 42 actually might not make it out of this one.

This is a way more tense arc than I thought it was going to be, I just expected punchy punchy and just as keikaiku. Even if 42 does make it, it's still got some real stakes in the leadup.

>>28306984
Like seriously.

Some of this stuff here would be balls to the walls awesome to see animated.

>>28306927
>broken ass juggernaut who's now EVEN MORE BROKEN

What's scarier, that she's currently even a step further more of a threat than she was before...

Or she's just the distraction.

>29
"32"
~~~

"Oh my, a train room all to ourselves? You do spoil me, my dear brother in linghood! It's not like I needed the privacy."

>I didn't ask for this, nobody wants to sit in the same room as us.

"Well then, perhaps we should teach them what they're missing!"

>Riveting conversation about the nature of changeling kind with the works of Clopto?

"Exactly! Now, his belief was that no pony is inherently good, or evil, merely a product of nature that can be easily swayed from one side to the other. With that in mind, does being born with a deficiency in love mean that we are different enough our base state is indeed evil?"

>Only if one considers survival at the cost of others is evil, and is it truly? Giving up ones life is altruistic and selfless, but is simple survival inherently selfish?

"Using Clover the Clever's ideology? You'll never win with that."

>She was ahead of her time, by far! I could dismantle any argument you have with her lessons alone!

"You're on!"

>DEAL!... Wait, what did I agree to-

"No time! We have to finish this before we reach the halfway point. Now! Your idea does not discredit the idea of nature versus nurture, as it's still nature that gives the inherent handicap of lacking love."

>Hrm... But it does discount the idea that, with that handicap, the actions are evil.

"Too true! I will have to move to another philosopher, if I hope to win... that is, if I want to."

>...this is the weirdest debate-

"Now, according to a more recent thought experiment regarding prisoners..."

>>28306850
>>CADENCE IS SO FUCKED

At least she's trying. Give her credit for not just curling in a ball and realizing that she's utterly outmatched.

I have... so many regrets.

>>28307443
About what?

>>28306777
>Sunset's dead
Assuming that even is sunset...

~~~


With a bright smile on her face, the blue overall-clad earth pony mare rose from behind the mighty radio console that dominated the entire recording room and turned to the earth pony and Changeling behind her.

>Aaaaand that's that! Congratulations Mr. Fuzzy, Mr. Buzz, you are now the proud owners and future operators of the very first EVOtech VRS 1000 Virtual Radio station in the world!

The two of them glanced at one another in response, broad smiles on their lips.

„Ooooh, nonononono, we have to thank YOU, Miss Cobalt. The little ramshackle thing me and Buzz have been running made us happy, made us proud, but with what we have now, we will be able to reach so many more, far and wide!“

„Not to mention what you putting the, ahh... what were they called again...?“

>Radios. We call them Radios.

„Yes, what with the distribution of radios for such a low price, it won't be long before everyone knows the names of FUZZY AND THE BUZZ!“

~Fuzzy and the Buzz in the morning, 97.1~
~Around the world, around the world!~

The mare jumped visibly.

>Jesus!

„Who now?“

>N-no one, nothing, just... I don't think I will ever get used to the insanity of Equestria. And I just know asking you doesn't even have a point.

In response, both the tall, stallion and guard and his changeling companion gave her broad, shit-eating grins, despite the dark look the mare bore at saying the word 'insanity'.

>Right! Nevermind all that, then. How about you two do us the honors and turn the console on for the very first time. With the entire floor repurposed with a soundproof recording room, communication devices, a security system and even a billboard outside, you are as ready for another transmission as you could possibly be.


1/??

>>28307509


Wasting no time, both pony and changeling sat down in their respective seats opposite to one-another with the hasty movements reminiscent of children sitting down to open their hearth's warming gifts. Adjusting the overhead microphones to hover just before their muzzles, paper were shuffled, throats were cleared and headphones were put on.

That's when the Changeling stopped doing what he was doing to tilt his head in visible confusion.

“Huh.”

>Something wrong?

“Yeeeaah. There's this weird beeping coming from the headpieces when I put the control hub on RECEIVE.”

A frown etched itself deeply upon the mare's face, and she trot over, checking the various buttons and levers on the console.

>Pinging noise? What pinging noise? There shouldn't be any kind of pinging yet, the broadband spectrum and frequency we chose should be completely free of interference thanks to the current lack of radiowave pollution in this area.

“Well, then Miss Cobalt, go hear for yourself?”

With doubt plainly visible in her eyes, the mare approached the console, pulled the headset offered by the stallion over her ears and listened.

And indeed, she heard it. A faint, regular beep, perfectly repeated, too precise and even not to be of artificial origin.

Without even missing a beat, the mare shot up from the chair and walked around the console, opening a panel on the side and climbing halfway inside while the two radio hosts watched her, baffled. Metallic clanging and a sharp, electric crackles could be heard several times.

Then, silence.

Muttering to herself, the mare soon after emerged from the cubbyhole and began using various pieces of electronic scrap parts from her toolbox; screwing, soldering and hammering something into shape neither of them could make sense of. As soon as it received power from its spark batteries, it started beeping and generating a long series of numbers upon it's simplistic display.

“Uh...?”


2/??

>>28307514


As if shaken out of a trance by utterance of the changeling, the mare shook her head and smiled again, albeit this time in a more frail and unsure way.

>Just some signal from a third-party source I didn't account for. I am sorry, but I need to go and check out the source of it. If you have any questions or need for technical assistance, do not hesitate to contact our branch office in Canterlot. I will leave you with the extensive user manual, though.

With a heavy thump, a book as broad as Fuzzy's chest slammed into the ground before the mare, who wasted no time turning around, her entire attention upon the small device hovering in front of her.

The door slammed shut, and they were alone..

“Huh.

“Huh.

“Strange mare.”

“But she was nice.”

“Well frankly, you'd find any mare nice, even the ones who pass you the charity dinner every day.”

“OOOOOH!”

For a moment, both chuckled. Then wasted no more time. They powered up the console, working in unison without needing to be prompted until a pop-up in the corner of their screen alerted them to the fact that they were ON AIR.

A last sip of water, a nod, and the stallion rose from his seat, bringing his mouth close to the microphone.

“Annnnd, COMING AT YOU LIVE, IT’S FUZZY AND THE BUZZ!”


~~~


As far as anyone could see the red-and-white spire of polished metal, suspended by four taut steel wires from four sides, one could hear the sharp, impatient roar of a certain juvenile white dragon who was holding up one of the helmet-bearing technicians on-site with both clawed hands.

“WHAT DO YOU FUCKING MEAN, 'IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM' YOU PUNK! I WILL END YOU! I WIL DESTROY YOU! I WILL TEAR YOUR FLESH FROM YOUR BONES!”

The back and forth shaking contributed neither to the pony's speech pattern nor to his increasing anxiety in face of the predatory beast.

“I-I-I-I d-d-don't e-e-e-even k-k-k-know w-w-who y-y-y-y-y-y-ou a-a-a-are!”


3/??

>>28307520


“Doesn't even matter! You are part of Fawntaine! So help me, if you don't get Pennydrop or someone who can get me in touch with her on the line, I am going to fucking end you! Right here, right now!”

“I told you! I told you before, I am not with Fawntaine!”

“Listen you little-!”

>That's quite enough, Fizzle. You can let the poor guy down now.

With his face pulled into a taut grimace of fury, worry and confusion, the dragon whipped his head around and snarled at the mare who approached them from beyond the fenced perimeter surrounding the tower. Her voice had been calm and cool, yet the intensity behind every word was enough to get his attention mid-shout.

“Who the hell are you supposed to be?!”

>It doesn't matter what my name is, who or what I am or what I want. What matters is that I know that you are asking for help for someone else. Someone I know, and someone we both want to see safe and sound. And I am here to provide help, given that you cooperate with me. Well... and given release my employee.

For several long, intense seconds, dragon and pony stared at each other, shoulders squared, seeking even the smallest bit of hesitation or weakness in the other. Seeing none in the mare before him, Fizzle dropped the stallion, who scampered away as quickly as his hooves could carry him while cursing about not being paid enough to battle dragons.

“Alright. Fine. I'll take you to him. But if you waste my time...

>And if you waste MY time any further...

The threats went unspoken, Fizzle grimacing and hurrying along as quickly as his legs could carry him. The mare followed him silently.


~~~


The shrill, sharp screech of the machine that was supposed to monitor Flash Sentry's heartbeat was like the wail of a banshee, piercing her ears and and halting all of her thought processes dead in her tracks.


4/??

>>28307528


At first, she could only stare in disbelief at the still body of the cybernetically enhanced stallion, unable to even begin to comprehend what had gone wrong. Then, for the first time in a long, long time, her eyes started burning.

“WHAT THE FUCK! WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO!”

She didn't even have the mind to drown out the roaring, infuriated dragon, responding as directly as she could in her current state.

>Complete system failure. Life support shut down, resulting in massive organ failure.

“What?! WHAT?!”

Slowly, the unicorn turned her her head, a haunted look in her eyes, her voice a barely audible whisper.

>He's dead.

Silence. Then a scream of rage that sent nearby wildlife scrambling for safety rang out from far below the earth.


~~~


She no longer bothered with her disguise as Cobalt at this point. Why would she? Fizzle had left, the trashed hideout and bruises on her body testament to his impotent rage at losing a friend so senselessly. She had let him vent his rage, too stunned to even fight back.

She was alone, the dead body of the stallion laying before her, cold and unmoving.

It took surprisingly little effort for her to cast the spell. The patterns may have been extremely complex, unique and difficult to understand, but once she had been told its secret, it came to her with ease. Even the expense of her magical powers wasn't as taxing as she would have expected from a spell that could completely alter the past, present and future of Equestria.

Time Travel. She would never have expected for it to be in the hands of another pony, so far out from any civilization. Nor would she have expected her to share this great discovery with her.

>...thank you, Glimmer.

Not that she'd been there when it happened. Technically. She'd have to ask the others once she was finished here.

One final time, she gazed at Flash Sentry's still, misshapen form, lowering her muzzle to whisper into his ear.


5/??

>>28307532


“No one is going to die anymore. Not you, not me. Not to them. Not because of me.”

The spell was cast, the whirling portal of time, potential and chaos opened up above her like a dome, the ticking of time audible to her ears. She had no regrets when she jumped up into it and disappeared altogether from this timeline.


~~~


The second attempt seemed so much easier.

Her re-entry point was when she and Fizzle entered the hideout. While the white dragon's eyes adjusted to going from the bright light outside to the darkness inside she was able to, she assumed, take the place of her counterpart in this timeline.

“Cozy place ya got here.”

She came as far as to stabilize him, foregoing the anesthetic this time around, when his vitals went haywire once again. Blind with panic, and seeing a little bit of history repeating, she suspended him in temporal stasis, freezing his body as she had once been frozen.

It took her a while to regain her breathing, and it took her ample amounts of coffee afterwords to even feel halfway ready to face her unstable patient again. She wouldn't lose. She never lost, not even to fate itself.


~~~


Exhaustion began to take its toll by the time she had gone through enough repetitions that Flash was completely rid of any cybernetic enhancements. Every now and then, her eyes would close for what seemed to be just a second.

Instead, several long moments had passed during which her head slowly dipped forwards and she was startled awake by its weight causing her neck to strain.

>It's no use, huh? Caffeine only gets you so far. Guess I will have to resort to magical means...

The spell was another one that came easy to her. Years of sleepless nights, studying books in the library, the stars or just practicing her growing magic had brought forth the necessity for a spell to stay awake for extended periods of time without fatigue overwhelming her. Once it had taken effect of her mind, she felt sharply awake.


6/??

>>28307536


She just didn't know how long she could keep that up.

>Guess it'll be a field test of sorts.

“What did you say?”

>Nothing, nothing. It's.... it's nothing, Fizzle.

“I am no expert on ponies, but-”


~~~

The hallucinations were getting worse now. She could see shadowy specters in the corners of eyes, hear muffled voices speaking to her. In her head, in her ears, in her mind.

Sometimes, they were accusing. Sometimes, they pleaded with her. She had learned to ignore them by now, but they were getting better at fooling her into believing they were the real deal.

“...who are you? I feel like I know you.”

She didn't respond. No point.

Because she couldn't differentiate all that well whether Flash Sentry had actually asked her this just now, whether had asked this 52 loops ago or if her mind, forced to stay awake to the point of breaking entirely, was just conjuring the memory in an effort to allow her to process it.


~~~


“What the hell IS that?”

>DON'T TOUCH IT!

At her sharp screech, the dragon recoiled away from the flickering eye-sore of blurring lights and shadows standing out against the wall like a tiny, thumb-sized hole in reality itself. More and more of these interferences have begun popping as she kept abusing one of Starswirl's most closely guarded secrets.

The spell began tearing at the thin veil separating the material realm from the realm of infinity possibilities due to its repeated, rapid use in one enclosed location.

She just hoped that she didn't encounter any dinosaurs once she wandered outside.

“Hey, look, I am glad you stitched Flash back together... but something doesn't feel right about this. You went from healthy and sharp-looking to a total mess in the span of an hour, and now all these weird... holes are all over the place. Just what the hell did you do?”


7/??

>>28307547


She didn't turn away from Flash, who was suspended in a tube of nourishing and regenerative fluids, staring at him as Celestia hissed at her how she would burn her with the fury of the sun itself until all that was left would be charred bones.

To her left, she could see Applejack, smirking at her callously as she leaned against the tube, waiting for her end.

>I did what was necessary. That's all that matters.


~~~


EMERGENCY!

>Discord came by today.

POWER CORES 3 tTHOUGH 5 AT CRITICAL MASS!

>He said he's proud of me.

SHUT DOWN OR EVACUATE IMMEDIATLEY!

>He laughed.

IF YOU ARE ME, WHICH I HOPE YOU ARE NOT, RUN LIKE HELL YOU IDIOT!

>I think I nicked his tail with the magic blast.

EMERGENCY SHUT-DOWN PROCEDURE ENGAGED.

>...Fizzle?

FLOODING CHAMBER WITH BAKELITE IN 3...

>...oh no...


~~~


>Adrenaline pump, bone density augmentations, enhanced articulation, muscle augmentation, muscle toner, orthoskin, pathogenic defense, platelet factories, a suprathyroid gland, two symbiotes, a synthacardium, a tracheal filter, amplified immunse system, elastic joints, hearing enhancement and expansion, spinal re-alignment, vocal range enhancer and expander, cerebral booster, mnemonic enhancer, damage compensators, pain editor, reflex recorders, sleep regulator, synaptic booster, boosted reflexes, cerebellum booster, trauma dampener...

She could see how Fizzle's eyes glazed over halfway through her explanation. Or maybe she doing something to his mind. Or maybe he was a changeling. He had the horns of a demon, at least. Ah, what did it matter.

Why was he so tall? Oh wait, she was on the floor, for some reason.

No such trouble with Flash. Most of the descriptors could be attributed to him anyways. She loved him. Maybe. Used to. Might have talked herself into loving him. It was complicated. Relationship status: ask me last week. Stop laughing, Rarity.


8/??

>>28307552


>All cultured and grown, all made from your own genetic template. You aren't just a pony anymore, Flash. You are the peak, the absolute apex an equine being could reach. There is little more I can do with biomodification. What you see, what you feel, it is all you... if you were several thousand years down the evolutionary process of transcending from a member from of a prey species into a predator.

The holes were growing larger. Flash didn't care. He was there, with her, the whole time. She hurt him. He hurt her. Maybe. Her mane was itching, a thousand tiny Luna's burrowing into her skin to destroy her from within. Joke's on them. She was hollow now. Voice projection via spell was fun!

Did she sleep with him at some point? Didn't matter. She would, later. It was the only thing Twilight hadn't altered, and neither had she.

>I am sorry I made you go through all that, Flash.

He nodded at her. The look in his eyes was sad. Why was he sad? Nothing changed. Just pure stallion. She handed him a folded note, written so long ago. And a blade. No, more like, pushed it towards him. It floated. Couldn't touch him. Not in this state.

>Follow those instructions precisely. Do not deviate from them.

She enchanted it. At some point. Dragonbane. No, wait. She killed Fizzle with that one. Or did she? She may have though about it by the time she could utter his every response from memory.

“We will be back as quickly as we can. Just... hold out, okay? Please.

Ah. It was white, the purest, most beautiful white. Now she remembered, thanks to him drawing it. Thaumaturgical disruption. Anti-magic. Banishment. She forgot where she had taken it from. But it wouldn't break. Sideproduct from EVO Supereletronics. Or was it Horizon Armstech. Subsidiaries.

Couldn't break. That's what mattered. Her hooves hurt. Why did her hooves hurt?

>I'll be fine. I promise.


9/??

>>28307561


Dirty liar. Cozy place ya got here. Shut up, Fizzle. I'm sorry, Fizzle.

He looked sad too. Why? Was it because Flash explained everything to him. Probably. She had trouble breathing. Everything below her was blurring colors. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. She hadn't looked where she stepped. Daddy, Discord shoved me! Silence!

Oh, hey, Fizzle's face.

“I will never forget what you did for us. And I will honor your request, even if it looks like a stupid-ass suicide mission. A dragon never forgets.”

Fizzle. Big, dumb, choleric, foreseeable Fizzle. He looked so much better. Stupid splicing. Moron. Moronic Fawntaine. They don't get gene splicing. He just needed the friendship of magic. Wait, no, that was wrong. The magic of experimental gene therapy. Fire! Brimstone! His body wasn't one, it was many! No, wait,t hat was her. His body was a lot now.

He needed a strong, guiding hand. Hoof. What did it matter. She wanted a hug. He wouldn't hug her. Her left hoof was long-gone. Into the abyss of colors below her.

>Good. Save me. I can't do it alone.

She could see it in Flash's eyes. The look. The question. 'Which one?' She didn't know either. She had just seen it. A flash of inspiration. She just wanted him to go now. Time was running out, for both of them. All of them.

No more words. She couldn't speak anyways.They left, the rainbow kaleidoscope closing in all sides. It was a tunnel, a single, solitary beam of light burning down upon her prone form.

Laughter. His laughter. It was his realm, after all, that was consuming her. Stupid. Of course he knew. Kill me once, shame on me. Kill me twice, rest in peace.

>...at least, I can sleep now.

Slowly, he eyes drifted shut. Slowly, her mind shut down. Sleep would come. This was the second time this happened. She was familiar with it now. She welcomed it. Or maybe it would be a coma. Or the sweet embrace of death. Only this time, without the guiding light to save her.


10/??

>>28307568


>...you idiot.

Hey!

That's not fair. She wasn't an idiot. She was just a little... single-minded at times!

Oh wait. She hadn't said that. Well, she had, but not... she she. Ah. Now she got it. That's how Pinkie must've felt. Pink party ponies perilously popping per princess policy.

>Didn't I say I would never be alone again?

She could feel again. Slowly, he eyes cracked open, gazing at the unicorn mare with a bi-colored mane before her, who was in the process of lifting her out of the temporal anomaly without any effort.

Sunset looked as tired as she had looked weeks ago, their link draining them both.

She couldn't help but smile. She was broken, but the corrupting touch of the other realm was sloughing off her broken body like oil. She would mend, with time.

Worth it.

>I did say that.

An embrace. Warm, welcoming. A familiar scent. Her own scent. She was being carried. She still missed her mother so much.

>Then trust in me. Trust in yourself. And rest.

Shimmer couldn't give her other self any further confirmation. But there was no need for it anymore either.

>>28307532
>Starlight outta nowhere
>Time Travel shenanigans

No

No

No

Too goddamn far outta left field

>>28307575
So... the fuck happened?

She said Glimmer, who she has zero way of having seen, never mentioned, but alright.

She time traveled to save Flash? But that means this timeline is a corrupted timeline ala the one Twilight entered into that shouldn't be, Zecora said as much.

And where did Starlight get the Starswirl spell? She has no reason to go get it in this timeline, she didn't have it originally either. Twilight never wrecked her village plans here, so she should still be back home.

And she said Discord spotted her... how? It's not like he could notice Starlight.

And does this mean Starlight is working for her? If so, why? She wanted everyone's cutie mark gone.

WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED!?

Ok I may have jumped the gun when I was learing at the EVO corp arrival and big meeting and such, and I may have been wrong

But this is really taking the cake, we are going flat out with way, way too many concepts, and just punching in and out of.... alternate realities, temporal anomalies, doppelgangers made manifest and.... How in the blue hell are we meant to figure this out for our own stories after this?

And Starlight just shows up.... now?

Really?

It was a agreed upon status quo that we couldn't/wouldn't incoperate her because we had deviated WAAAAY from the timeline that would allow her to meet the Mane 6.

And now she's a pivotal character in... this thing?

This is getting out of hand, we need to slam the goddamn brakes on now

It is, quite literally, time to stop, ok?

>>28307582
>>28307634
>>28307640

>>28307532
>>...thank you, Glimmer.

>Not 'Shimmer'.
>that one typo that changes the whole story around to another angle

...I need one infusion of lead to the skull please.

>>28307640
>It was a agreed upon status quo that we couldn't/wouldn't incoperate her because we had deviated WAAAAY from the timeline that would allow her to meet the Mane 6.

It was not, we said we needed to figure out an organic way to bring her in and a reason for WHY we would bring her in, as the deviation of the timeline meant we couldn't just have the map tell us. We revealed she IS in this universe thanks to the end of the Lavan/88 mini, and her village exists and has tiny creations near it, so there was a setup if we ever wanted it, we just never did because it never fit.

That said, I wholeheartedly agree we went from "Flash getting fixed is kind of trippy" to "ALL OF THE PLOT THREADS(With no context)!" so at best it's kinda rushed at worst it's a complete nine car pileup of random insanity with no cohesion.

Agreed, we needed some kind of setup for the time travel, it makes no sense. The rules of how time travel works in the show actually means this SHOULDN'T happen, and there are just way too many gaping plotholes here.

I'm not sure what happened, all this arc it's been not just plothole free, but damned well put together in how everything fit.

>>28307693
How about you ram your keyboard up my asshole if you honest to goodness think I'd believe someone could misplace their fingers to the G and L keys instead of the S and the H keys.

Alongisde all the other references to Starlight Glimmer.

The referall in third person, the scroll, Starswirls Spell, the "whirling portal of time"

Fuck of with that

>>28307693
Ohhh, okay, just a typo.

...so then it's Sunset who's randomly going through time, and seeing herself.

Well, fixed one problem, I guess?

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233KB, 817x937px

So can we all agree that this is the point where we all agree to go our separate ways and do something actually productive instead of obsessing about Appleprincess?

>>28307725
No, just because the train driver took a detour to ShatHisPantsville doesn't mean I'm jumping off this ride.

I'm gonna beat the train driver with a stick to get it back on the straight and narrow, that's what I'm gonna do

>>28306642
=/=
>>28307575

I don't know anything about these threads, but I've speculated. Tell me if I'm right:

Applejack is a princess. Anons write a small story involving Applejack and a problem through the means of a letter or form of communication. None of these situations have detrimental effect on the stories so every anon can equally participate in creating lore and it'll all be canon.

Yes?

>>28307752
>Applejack is a princess.

Correct

>Anons write a small story involving Applejack and a problem through the means of a letter or form of communication.

Nope.

> None of these situations have detrimental effect on the stories so every anon can equally participate in creating lore and it'll all be canon.

Nope.

It's

>AJ is a princess
>Her influnece caused major changes in the base story
>A bunch of anons collaborate on a massive universe with a ton of characters.

>>28307725
Pffft, no!

So what do we do now?

>>28307752
>Anons write a small story involving Applejack and a problem through the means of a letter or form of communication.

Nah, it's mostly sketch comedy in semi-script form with

>Name
"Name"
~~~

>Words words words

"And we don't have to write who's speaking every time, so it's mainly back and forth dialog."

~~~~~

And holy SHIT no, some stories are huge, and a tennant of this thread is 'There is no status quo'. Alliances shift, random ponies come in and help, new villains become semi-allies become villains again, and characters progress, adapt and change.

>>28307725
Bye.

>>28307725
Nope. I'd sooner leave the thread altogether.

No matter what new OC we introduce or what new arc comes up, I'm here mainly for AJ and the trials she faces with her friends and enemies toward a better Equestria.

In short, anon you cray.

>>28307747
Yeah, figured those weren't the same writers, but they seemed to have a pretty good collaboration going.

>>28307798
Make it work somehow?

>>28307752
If you want the quickest example of what goes on in this series, check the very first thread.

>>28307798
I have no clue

Everyone was ok with Author Man's story up till this one, because.

1. It's an absolute clusterfuck that is A) hard to read B)Crowbarring every possible twist under the sun
2. It drops a barrage of bombs that are gonna haunt other, less skilled writers having to include them for the sake of canon
3. Explains only a few things given it's sheer scale
4. Deviates horrendously from the "scale" most plot arcs tend to have

At best, the thread may NC this section down, and convince Author Man to rewrite a much ... I don't wanna say dumbed down, but more coherent, lower key version.

Worst case, Author Man cannot or willnot NC and rectify, leaving us in a limbo where the rest of the arc is semi aborted and induces a fullsale canon split amongst the anons

I don't know how to use 4chan

>>28307712
Take a look at your keyboard, how close are the S and G keys?

And how close are the L and H keys?

This wasn't a goddamn typo

>>28307832
>t best, the thread may NC this section down,

Let's not go that far yet, we've got a bit to go before we head down that road.

Since as >>28307747 pointed out, this is clearly two different authors kind of bouncing off one another(as we do), I'm not sure if we just let it keep going and see if we can rectify it then, or if anything needs rectifying at all. The time-travel spell is the hardest thing to work with, not just because Sunset using it is out of left field but it completely goes against how it's supposed to work, including functioning without the cutie-map to pull it off.

Wait and see where this is going, I guess?

>>28307832
If we have that many issues then we need to do what we've always done in the past.

Rewrite it and try again.

It's not an easy road but it's better than and NC label, better than dropping a lot of incoherentness on everyone and better than causing a schism.

Plus, we've all been that road at one point or another, and we're willing to help, too.

>>28307752
That actually sounds like fun, but it's not this thread.

>>28307861
Okay, dude?

I once seriously wrote "Pennydrop" instead of "Sunset". I'm not even joking, made the story trippy as hell by accident because I thought of a Pennydrop story at the exact wrong time.

Name mixups happen.

>>28307940

Then where the dicks did all the spells come from?

And why would she say "Thank you Shimmer" in the first place?

Well! Given that I feel I can fess up freely at this point..

I have propably written some of the most problematic larger plot elements.

Sunset's death. Spike's deal with Pommel, which countered another anon's writing. Variolus' rampage ending. EVO. And that cluster fuck up there. Among others. Think of a highly critiqued piece in the last year, and it was propably penned by me.

I tend to overshoot. Not to mention that I've been hurrying that piece up there along because I was long overdue writing it. But there were other things that came up.

Collaboration? I don't know if any of you do it but I don't have anyone to proofread.

It's fun to write. It's fun to come up with little ideas and put them in tiny, bite sized posts and have a story unfold bit by bit. Especially if the weight of the world isn't upon that peculiar story. I love writing.

But holy shit, unless I have someone to bounce ideas off on or to tell me I am being literaric retard again like I once used to in here before she left without any word, I think I'll just hide back in the pasrebin and stop making this thread more controversial than it already is.

Or just tell me to stop writing. I'll do that too.

End of story? I feel I am at the point at which Sombra anon and Pommel anon have been before me.

>>28307951
>Then where the dicks did all the spells come from?
The scroll? No idea.

>And why would she say "Thank you Shimmer" in the first place?

She's talking to herself, I think? She sees herself here >>28307575 I think it's supposed to imply she was actually receiving assistance from her future self.

I'm trying not to think about that too hard.

>>28307958
>Collaboration? I don't know if any of you do it but I don't have anyone to proofread.

When I said collaboration I meant in the sense of bouncing off, not direct stuff.

>It's fun to write. It's fun to come up with little ideas and put them in tiny, bite sized posts and have a story unfold bit by bit. Especially if the weight of the world isn't upon that peculiar story. I love writing.

Great! We like critiquing.

>But holy shit, unless I have someone to bounce ideas off on or to tell me I am being literaric retard again like I once used to in here before she left without any word,

We can do that.

>I think I'll just hide back in the pasrebin and stop making this thread more controversial than it already is.

"Controversial"? We're just commenting on stories.

Well, one guy kinda flipped out, but eh.

>Or just tell me to stop writing. I'll do that too.

Well that's no fun, that just means we're back to square one.

>End of story?

...Would kinda suck.

>>28307958
>being literaric retard again like I once used to in here before she left without any word
Oh

Did something personal happen? Is that it?

>>28307987
Are you the guy who always picks apart people's arguments this way? Because every time I see a response like this, quoting most of the original post and writing comments between, I get this 'Oh it's that guy again' vibe. Been bugging me for a while now.

>>28307992
Nope. Just used to have someone from this thread who would proofread for me. English major, psychology minor. Pretty damn good insight. Used to write stories here too. Haven't heard from her since June/July. Complete radio silence.

>>28308007
How on earth....

None of us actually communicate outside of this thread, we remain entirely anonymous, no discord/skype/irc channels...

Then how?

>>28307958
Jeez man, it's cool, all bout the fun and all that, but do remeber were not trying to be dicks here.

>>28308040
Aw, I am not mad.

Just unsure what to do. I knew this was a bit of a cluster fuck when I posted it. But I've been putting it off for two days and hurried it in the last two hours to be done with it, especially since I had no idea where the other writer was going with his angle. How to unfuck it is... err.. a piece of work onto itself.

>>28308035
Pure Coincidence.

Met her elsewhere, knew her since both our college years. Mostly spoke over skype. Suddenly had the bright idea to send her a copy of something I wrote and she went 'Oh hey. That seems familiar'.

Turns out she's been reading /pa/ longer than I.

>>28307999
>Are you the guy who always picks apart people's arguments this way?

I mean, I do it, but I don't actually argue that often, and I don't ever do that lengthy reply parts, I mostly just chime in with more upbeat 'helpful', and I realize how that sounds I swear, stuff. So if you see a format like that where it's trying to be encouraging but looking kinda doofy, yeah, probably me.

Rare as fuck that I actually do it, so that you recall it at all is pretty impressive.

>>28308074
>Just unsure what to do.

Take it easy, my friend, it's okay. I know it can get a little discouraging sometimes when you have an idea and you're not 100 percent sure how to do it, or if you'll have the time to properly flesh it out, or if you waste too much time not writing it and it comes out rushed.

>specially since I had no idea where the other writer was going with his angle.

That can be the worst part of a collaboration, taking two days could be stalling someone elses story and all that.

But, no worries, I think this can still work. Maybe not exactly as "Sunset has time travel", but perhaps we don't need to do something as predictable...

>>28307958
Never stop writing. That's about all I can say. Fucking up is par the course, but we got a good crew here whose specialty is un-fucking stuff so your in good hands.

>>28308121
Well, I'll just trust you on this one. Even if your last sentence had a full on Chrysalis-class creepy talk vibe to it...

>>28308136
Aye. Maybe write light comedy, take a page from Late Night Pinkie Pie / Fireside.

>>28308121
Awwww yusss, someone's spinning.

Fix it like Applejack, bro.

Maybe we can fudge all of Sunsets time travel shenanigans as Changeling floozy making her head go woozy

Cos going down the "Flash Sentry is fucking dead, time for time travel" road just……… doesn't feel very… /pa/, you know

>>28308229
I have a habit of trying to write people dead and not pulling through. Too bleak.

I think one of the few, on-screen deaths of present day characters we had was poor Canary...

>>28308215
I write a lot of Chrysalis, maybe it's seeping into how I talk normally...

>Hey anon, you want to split a cab?

"Yes, and we'll be home all too soon..."

>... Know what I think I'll walk.

>HH
“Zanta”
~~~~

“I’ve tried….”

THUNK.

“To be reasonable….”

THUD.

“Reasonable as shit actually….”

CRUNCH.

“So I don’t know why….”

CRACK.

“You insist on….”

THWUD.

“OUCH! Okay- shit! That one… that one was low, like really fucking low-”

>Apologize!

“No damn it!”

WHAM.

>Zanta! You WILL apologize!

“FUCK THAT AND FUCK YOU!”

THAM.

“OW! Owowowowowsonofabitch- HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS?”

His question was punctuated by a wild haymaker destined to knock Honeyheart’s head clean off her shoulders.

Or it would have if the motions hadn’t flashed over Honeyheart’s shades an instant before he swung, complete with a series of images depicting the perfect counterstrike that she flowed into like a current.

Her sudden sideways pivot caused Zanta to snarl as his paw missed its mark by quite the large margin, a margin that Honeyheart quickly eliminated by stepping through his defenses and smashing her hoof into the underside of his chin.

A flurry of images depicted Zanta being knocked off his feet by her strike. So Honeyheart was left confused when the groaning mutt merely stumbled, cradling his chin. Then new images cropped up, half of them analyzing the strength of Honeyheart’s strike, attributing her lack of physical prowess to Zanta remaining upright.

The other half? Recalculating a new route, now with her force of punch added.

Ram him.

“OOOF!”

Sweep the leg.

“Whoa! What the fu-”

Elbow to the chest.

“GAH!”

Restrain.

“HOW THE HELL?”

1/3

>>28308569

Looking positively bewildered by not only what she’d done but that it had succeeded, Honeyheart met Zanta’s confused gaze with one of her own, albeit with a fury that she didn’t know she possessed.

Snap the neck.

She blinked, hard, but the command still lingered.

No….

>Apologize, Zanta. You know… you know darn well what you did was wrong, just apologize!

“I was hungry!”

>Baloney! We coulda found you some other food!

“Let me go, you stupid pony!”

Snap. The. Neck.

The command was blinking urgently now, accompanied with a timer for how long she would be able to restrain Zanta now that he’d started to struggle.

>Zanta….

“Get offa me!”

>Zanta, listen to me for just a sec-

“On my brother, I swear I’m gonna break every last bone in your little body!”

>Please, I just want you to-

“Let! Me! GO!”

All the ear-bleeding shouting, the incessant beeping in her ears that followed each and every command her shades were tossing up, the strain of trying to pin down this bigger-than-her mongrel, all of that whirled together into the most vicious scream Honeyheart had ever given.

>ZANTA SHUT THE FUCK UP!

The entire forest seemed to heed her cry, not just Zanta. Silence reigned more loudly than anything before it.

The struggling ceased and Zanta fell limp, eyes narrowed and chest heaving, in wait for her to continue.

“Well? The hell you gotta s-”

WHACK.

2/3

>>28308582

That strike across the face not only curbed the rest of Zanta’s snarled out words but it actually made Honeyheart feel worlds better. This was the most punches she had simultaneously dodged and thrown in all of her life. Usually fights with her were relatively short and ended with her either unconscious or wishing she was unconscious. She knew without the use of those shades she would have died on the first blow, but she had them, and she was still alive.

>And… and if you won’t apologize the right way… then I’m just gonna hit you for every single bit you’ve eaten.

“…What? Say what?”

She lifted a trembling hoof. She was tired, exhausted, seriously doubting she had the energy to land a decent strike, much less enough to make up for the bits devoured.

Still.

>Grit your teeth, Zanta, we’re gonna be here awhile.

Instead, Zanta sucked his teeth, crossing his legs as best he could, like he was trying to get comfortable.

“Whatever, still ain’t gonna apologize. So you just hit me ‘til ya feel better, Hearts o’ Honey.”

>Gladly.

THWACK.

3/3

>>28308594
>Jetset's shades teach him how to fight
>He's still just on par with 007

...I have newfound respect for objectively worst-bug.

>>28308594
Kick his fuckin' ass, Honey!

>>28308263
>I think one of the few, on-screen deaths of present day characters we had was poor Canary...
Nah, I've done a good chunk of killing characters in the thread, but I'm subtle with them and don't make it bleak.

>>28308615
He's LITERALLY Early-Thread 42 level.

>>28308615
Explain, sounds interesting.

>>28308833
Explain which part?

Jetset's shades, apparently, show possible moves, ways to attack, and even tells you how and what direction to attack, to the level that even someone as 100 percent shit at it like HH can take on someone objectively bigger, stronger, faster and has fought more.

Jet has worn and used these in every single confrontation with Seven, which means in every single battle Seven was in a fight with a highly trained, teleport spamming, driven agent who has zero qualms with fucking killing him who now apparently also had special shades that could predict his attacks, AND HE MOSTLY WON. He won in the Spike fight, and he won in the physical portion of the 12 tracking fight, even if he lost overall. The other times, it was a draw, or Jetset just beat him to the punch.

He's a lot more talented than I gave him credit for.

Or if you mean 'Objectively worst bug', he's a violent racist who has the worst track record of success of any changeling. Whine about 32 all you want, he's at least not a racist and he succeeded against 88.

>>28308891
Yup, just as I thought, interesting.

I just like seeing /pa/'s thought process sometimes.

>>28308594
Well, that did go way better than 42...

>Celestia
"Two"
~~~

>Feel better, sweetie?

The changeling's head barely moved when she nodded, more twitching than an assurance. Her head stayed low, with her face nice and close to the oversized cup she had her smaller body wrapped around, content to tentatively sip out of the crazy straw looping all around.

>Good, now that you're actually coherent, what's wrong?

She made a noise, somewhere between a squeak and a sniffle, but nothing else.

>Come now, you can talk to me, can't you? I'd love it if you just spoke a little bit.

A low hum was as close to an affirmation as she was getting.

>Now, tell me, how did Shiny upset you? You know he'd never do it intentionally. What's the matter?

Her hoof slowly stirred the drink in her cup, rolling the marchmalleys floating on the top of her milkshake in aimless patterns.

"...Is Shiny gonna die someday?"

A long, awkward silence rolled in after the whisper came out, and the shock of what had just been spoken sank in.

>...hooo boy...

Tossing all air of wise, motherly teacher to the side, the princess summoned her own crazy straw, and jabbed it right in next to the changelings, wasting no time before taking a long, straight sip of her own.

>I'm gonna need a bigger milkshake.

>>28309378
Oh shit, mortality, milkshake may need a marchmalley tag team partner

>>28309553
They have marchmalleys in there already!

ALL IS LOST!

>>28309680
Maybe they need chocolate flavored marchmalleys

>>28309378
Fuck, this is just not her day.

>>28310116
Cause she had bad day, scarfing cake down, grabbing g that kid who sings that song turn Two around...

Goodnight, thread

>>28308891
Hey, an idea.
What if because of those shades Jet more or less focused only on physical training and let them handle fighting?
I mean, why wouldn't he?
Why should you trust your instincts instead of magical fight computer that calculates situation as it unfolds and directs you to victory?
Its not even cheap way, because he build it himself!

What would that mean?

That would mean that Jet was over-reliant on them.
That would mean that without them he is somewhat nerfed.
That would mean that constantly following their directions instead of thinking on his own where to take the fight next would breed ALOT of bad habits that we can see biting him in the ass, like neck snap.

Now, could anyone remind me what is Jets status? How is he with fighting without shades? How is he doing with glitching?

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>>28307509
>all this shit
Could someone explain to me, preferably author, step by step, that is going on in this?
Its hard to state what ideas are good, what bad and what totally insane when you cant wrap your head around any of it.
So please explain, what is the plan here so we can help you.

>Caddy getting her nonexistent ass kicked because she involuntarily keeps lacing her magic attacks with love.

I think its time for her to reverse the polarity and start to feed Chitty with hate-beams.
She does have the most expertise in the love department AND the right state if mind atm, it wouldnt be too much of an ass-pull.

>>28311109
Basic premises:
- Fuzzy 'n Buzz get an actual radio station. No more of that handwaving we did to explain how people her their news (Would you believe they are the reason I had EVO be a company instead of the original crime empire? Yeah. Love me some FnB.)
- Flash and Sunset meet and have a reason to stay together. (I think despite some of us disliking him, our Flash is a genuinely nice guy who just had go awry foe him for a while. I thought he could help Sweet Note turn her around, since Chitania and Sunset are just self destructive.)
- Flash and Fizzles relation is expanded upon. (Dragon who despises ponies and pony removed from his fellow kin.)

That was it. I had been keeping a wholly different version of how this turned out, waiting for Sunset to stop being so busy. Then thr whole CE-ASSAULT began to happen and I realized I was in trouble, because this might very well be the thing that gets her removed from the open play field. Plus, how in the World was she going to be in two places at once.

So! I thought about how many butied artefacts and secrets Twilight left behind in afventure.

The tool I picked was the mirror pool. How it works for Sunset would've been explained later. Basically,there would've been more than one Sunset around, but each a lesser version of the original.

Then I began getting busy and made mistakes like involving death peril and time travel, two concepts I really didn't believe in either.

Result? The cluster fuck above.

Savvy?

>>28311294
>Hate magic

So, you'd want her to go full on Sombra's dark magic? Hooo boy...

>>28311424
>mirror pool
Neat idea, I could see her utilizing something like this. One problem I have would be that we already have a few characters being a clone of the other with a twist.
Flutters & her dominatrix version, Blueblood & his robo version, Celly and her doll version, Sweetie and also her doll version.
You might argue that those original and clones are totally different as a characters, have different personalities, goals and needs.
And you would be right.
But another one like that feels kinda like a meal you've done two days ago and decided to just re-heat it. Edible, but could be way better.
What Im trying to say is that If Shimmyclones are to be involved, she wont leave them running around after they do their jobs.

>death peril and time travel
Yeah, that! I know you probably want to move on and dont talk about it, but Im curious what plans you had/have for it. What I understood was that Sunny supposedly decided to wing fixing Flash, failing, rewinding, failing, rewinding on and on. So much that she went insane from exhaustion?
Something about holes? Timestreams merging with one another?
What even was the end result? Flash had all mechanical stuff replaced by organic equivalents? Superevolved? I don't like this.

>>28311426
Yes and no.
The way I see it, Sombras magic power SOURCED from his hatred, the same way Caddys magic is sourced from her love.
She cant use hate magic because shes unable to find source big enough AND because she obviously has moral restrictions.
What I propose is, as I said, reverse the polarity of her love-induced magic to turn it into hate-induced magic. Its still sourced from love, but put throu converter on the way out.
Converter? Her desperation and personal feelings toward the TITAN herself atm. That would be enough to bend her moral compass enough to try something like that.
As it is, Caddy has no way to win, everything to loose and time is running out, desperation makes people do crazy things and this may just work.

That would also be a possible gateway for her to have personal conflict about her identity as an alicorn of love.
A way for her to have a heart to heart talk with the Sombrero himself, for him to comfort her and clear all doubt, to say that she is nothing like he was in the past, that it doesnt matter what tool is used but what its used for, and all that mushy stuff.
It would also be a way to FINALLY BRING SOMBRA BACK INTO THE CAST, ENOUGH OF SITTING IN THE DAMN BASEMENT!!!!

>>28311652
The end result would have been Sunset skipping the whole healing process a body needs even when you use magic. Remember, how long Dash had to spend time in a hospital just to have her wing straightened out? Yeah. Now imagine someone completely chopped up and forced to spend months in a tube.

Second use would have been giving him a more natural bioaugmemtation, cultured from his genetic material. Now as invasive as full cyberware, but not ad subtle as nanomachines either. A middle ground.

And yes. Her being awake and forced to work on Flash to finish him in time for what she is doing in the Empire would have taken its toll on that mirror self. She may not be willing g to kill herself for something asinine as progress again, but I wouldn't doubt for a second Sunset can be selfless if pushed. The Sunset from Friendship games and the Sure on story is still so where inside her.

Plenty of OK ideas, I just rushed implementing it and ruined it that way.

>>28311868
>Her being awake and forced to work on Flash to finish him in time for what she is doing in the Empire would have taken its toll on that mirror self

Why not have real sunset go to CE and clone goes throu time loops and fixes Flash, dying in the end from exhaustion?
That would remove clone from the equation long term, give insight on clones -and by proxy Sunsets- mind about being selfless, keep original Sunset status quo where it is right now for others to use and fix Flash up, with additional Flash&Fizzle relationship insight development thingy.

>ruined it that way.
I would say, with some careful writing you could still use most of what you posted, explaining and incorporating it into what is happening right now.
There are just few glaring holes you would need to patch up, plausible way to explain how the heck Sunny got timetravel spell being the biggest one.

>Now as invasive as full cyberware
Personally? Flash being able to make his own shoddy mechanical modifications replacing ones that break was a highlight of his early stories for me. Because, lets be honest. Strapping a chainsaw to replace missing artificial limb and a double-barrel for the other one? Not very practical, but full on badass.
Right now his problem is that his parts are both incompatible and so advanced that only few know how to fix him. Add mental tampering and software getting in the way of everything on top of that, and you have a cheap of metal&flesh instead of functional cyborg.
He would immensely benefit from being able to repair his shit on his own AND not having any compatibility problems.
Bioagumentation just makes him bland in my opinion. Its like saying 'Im a cyborg, but made entirely out of flesh!'.

Besides, turning Flash normal is Twi job, taking an opportunity to right her wrongs from her doesn't sit well with me.

All in all, I believe you can fix it!

>>28311994
>All in all, I believe you can fix it!
Maybe. Or this guy >>28308121 . I am unsure what's gonna happen now.

>>28312164
Hey, if you want to take another shot and then I'll just hang back a sec, it would be more interesting to see what you could do from my end. That said I would get rid of the time travel if I were you, it has too many potholes and doesn't make any sense, and in addition to that it opens up a whole lot of problems.

>>28311109
>? How is he with fighting without shades? How is he doing with glitching?

The glitching is stabilized enough he's not following through things anymore, but his fighting has gotten to the point where Spike can take him and win.

>>28312255
Right. I'll sit down tonight and clean it up.

Spoiler:
Mirror Pool?

>>28312376
Not him, but Im fine with MP
As I said here >>28311652 >>28311994 its neat and plausible idea that depending on how you write it will offer SS to actually be at two places at the same time and let you explore what you want without affecting other stories going at the same time. If the clone dies from exhaustion after doing 72h operation and having epiphany about sacrificing herself for others, noone will care and insight will still be had.
Win-win in my opinion.

>>28312376
Mirror pool might work, but does kind of feel out of left field and has some problems. How did she learn about it, find out where it is, use it without being spotted, the plothole of why it sort of works for her but they came out straight up retarded before, stuff like that.

If you do want to keep it, possible explanations to bounce off you here, she learned about the mirror pool from researching how to make a new body for herself when she was still dead, thinking about body-hopping, she found out where it was recently by having her Crime Empire search for it, she used it without being spotted because it's out in the middle of nowhere, and they are still straight up retarded, but she mind-controls them into acting smart.

Or, alternatively since we're just trying to fix Flash faster and explain how she did that and is currently in the Empire, the former we can explain with something more basic, he's NOT fixed yet, but if you want this is a good way to reveal him halfway finished. And as for the latter, we can just reveal this all happened before, a twist that says 'you thought this was happening now, but ha ha! It's actually been leading up to my reveal!

Thoughts?

>>28312426
I was mostly against MP, since that's not how it works, it doesn't make a whole new you, it just makes a brainless facsimile, but this suggestion >>28312437 would fit.

OOCO
>Luna
"AJ"
'Celestia'
~~~~

>AND HUZZAH! WE HAVE DONE IT!

"That's... factually correct, Ah' suppose?"

'She did something, this is a fact.'

"Ah' mean if we wanna get to the particulars there is somethin' happenin'."

'Yes, an action has, undeniably, happened. Well done, Luna! You certainly did a thing.'

"Ain't nobody gonna argue that!"

>So that means thou likes it?

'Well, I mean, it is better when something happens than when nothing happens.'

"Nothin' happenin' is boring."

'So, so boring! This isn't boring!'

"It's really, really not."

>Huzzah! We knew we had an artistic side, we shall leave this art piece in the foyer, and shall begin work on our next masterpiece, away!

ZOOM!

'...So do you know what that is?'

"Cake boxes."

'Right, but what does it represent?'

"That Luna got ahold'a the gluegun."

'But what's deep in it?'

"Ants."

'Should I tell her?'

"Word of advice, just stick it on the fridge for a week and then wait till she makes somethin' else before tossin' it, works on Applebloom."

'But we're immortals, we remember that stuff.'

"Then Ah'd start stockin' up on fridges."

'...You don't suppose she left any cake in there, did you? I smell cake.'

"Ya' wanna tear up her 'masterpiece' ta' find out?"

'...this is revenge for putting her on the moon, isn't it?'

"Hey, maybe she is an artistic genius."