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:
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Curious what happened last time?
Check out the previous thread here:>>29704614

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!
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Check out the 'Princess Applejack: Re-Cut Edition' here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15cv3kqExr_vOM0JkUh4dqnvVKxJ5Z-P1KHwE8Z7aG0k/edit?usp=sharing

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Check out our collection of NSFW stories here:
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And above all else, enjoy your stay at /paj/!

First for it ends this thread.

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First for smallest pink!

>>29740843
Sorry little pink, it seems that you're second once again!

>>29740842
HYPE

5th for Perspective from EVO employees NOW

>>29740866
Meh. Never cared about them. Still don't now.

>>29740882
>He doesn't like civilian perspective on big fights

What a fag

>>29740882
Well it's either we got one now or we're thrust into the finale-finale and we're told "Oh also here's the souls of 1000 ponies or whatever that've been caught up in this mess.... please care about them"

Now or never, really

OOCO
>AJ
“Celestia”
~~~~

>Tia? Gotta question.

“And I have a country. See that? That’s mine, and I can go anywhere in it I want. Anywhere in the land, it’s legal. I could be anywhere else and you’d never know. Your move.”

>Ya’ll can’t run far enough, Ah’m fueled on questions and spite.

“DAMN!”

>Anyway, Mah’ question is, do we have universal dental care too?

“Have you literally ever seen a pony smile and not have it be smooth, pearly white teeth? One time, I ask you, have you ever seen a single pony with a bad tooth. Singular, I want to know if you’ve seen a single pony who just so happened not to have good teeth?”

>Huh. Come to think of it, no?

“There you go.”

>So does that mean you can explain why they’re all perfectly flat? Like, is that an optical illusion, or do we all have a single really long tooth?

“Laziness.”

>That don’t explain-

RUMBLE!

>Wha-

“Don’t mess up the world going further, you won’t like what you find.”

>S-sure.

“For the record, this one’s not my fault.”

>Does that make it better?

“No.”

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>>29740882
>He doesn't care about the common pony
>When literally every character EXCEPT Chitnia cares immensely

>mfw

>>29740910
No because it's just filler to me. Same with introspection monologues.

>>29740973
Betcha like the wacky anime fight scenes, though

>>29740973
>Same with introspection monologues.

>Characters thinking about the issues and developing as they consider their history
>Filler

You do you, but that is not an opinion I share.

>>29740986
Don't you throw my stupid over the top battles under the bus because of that guy's opinion.

Triumvirate have been bringing the action and I adore it.

>Blueblood
“Luna”
~~~~

>AUNTIE! It turns out I’m still a prince, isn’t that wonderful?

“…”

>…

“…”

>…er-

“Never. Ever. Call us that again.”

>…uh-

“Goodbye.”

Vanishes!

>…Okay, not quite at auntie yet. But I’m not giving up-

REAPPEARS!

“Give up now.”

GONE!

>…

….

>…Are you still here?

“Yes.”

>YIPE!

>>29741129
Lulu you troll.

SPOILERSPOILERSPOILER

KeiKaKu, I need a confirmation:
Actual Glass today, or just set-up?

>>29741254
Not today, but not setup. It's just a bit longer than anticipated. It's coming.

>>29741273
Hrm. That's both good (because it gives me a greated time window) and not-good (because I was about to hint at it).

Thank you!

>Celestia
“Luna”
~~

>Root beer floats?

“We have recently discovered them, and we find them quite amazing.”

>Psss. Give me a good old fashioned milkshake any day. Can’t beat the classics.

“Thou does see the irony in that statement, does thee not?”

>Perhaps.

“…So, why did thou never give Applejack another student? T’was not totally her fault one failed.”

>I would have if she’d asked.

“Would thou really? Even after Sunset?”

>I get the feeling you just want to play Discord’s advocate here.

“Perhaps. We are the darker of the pair, it does fit us well.”

>Well then, I’ll answer truthfully and bring out honesty into the light. Yes, I’d rather she’d not have messed up as badly as she did against Sunset, I thought she could do so much better, and I’d hoped her natural nurturing side would prove to be a perfect fit for Sunset’s need for a maternal figure, and Sunset’s need to know and advance would push Applejack into really testing herself and her views for the future. I’d hoped they work so well together. But, sadly, things don’t always go as planned.

“Cannot bat a thousand, I suppose.”

>I’d hoped my streak would end on less heartbreaking terms. Alas, Sunset broke it twice in a row.

“Perhaps the problem is her?”

>Assigning blame never helps.

“We suppose not… who would thou pick for a second student, if Applejack wished one?”

>That is for her to decide.

“And thou art surely not just dodging the question and responsibility.”

>…Ahem.

“Oh, Sister.”

>That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. Much like your story of ‘still believing they’re alive out there’ when I asked the same question.

“…Point made.”

>To the occasional failure, we make?

“We shall toast to that.’

CHINK!

>>29741289
Sorry, and I'm sure people would love it if we started rolling a little faster, but more work now means another story saved later.

>>29741330
Temporary email? Need to doublecheck something with you.

>>29741449
qugdpblx AT sharklasers dot com

>>29741533
Sent.

>>29741304
This puts a lot of stuff that's happening into perspective... and it made for beautiful bonding moment between sisters

>>29741581
Didn't it, though? Brings up an interesting question about AJ's next student, if she takes on one. That's still new terriotory

>>29741304
>and I’d hoped her natural nurturing side would prove to be a perfect fit for Sunset’s need for a maternal figure, and Sunset’s need to know and advance would push Applejack into really testing herself and her views for the future. I’d hoped they work so well together. But, sadly, things don’t always go as planned.

God I really wanna fucking die

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>>29740986
I can always respect and enjoy a well written fight. Don't dis the wacky anime fight scenes just because I don't like long monologues.

I do hate it when a fight becomes too long though.

>>29740999
>Characters thinking about the issues and developing as they consider their history
>Filler

Yeah, key word is they thought about it. They didn't actually do anything. Someone can give me a monologue about their life choices that led up to deciding whether not to get pineapple on their pizza and I'd be the guy going "Sir, are you going to get a damn pizza or what?"

If Spike had to monologue every single time before he shoots someone or if Applejack monologues how something needs to change instead of actually changing something, we'd be here for a while. It's all just bloat to me. Actions are just louder than words. You can talk and think all you want, but nothing will actually matter or stick and unless you do it. However, that's my opinion and I don't expect it to be a popular one.

>>29741677
>God I really wanna fucking die
I feel bad. We all should feel bad...

>>29741693
K new rule

No more fucking neglecting characters for threads on end.

>>29741677
I had such high hopes for Sunset, now she's my biggest disappointment.

>>29741700
Dude... don't blame the character, blame the writer.

But... but... there's still hope for her, for them, right Anon...?

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Pinkie Preview Prophecies

>Applejack discusses the philosophy of apples.
>I'm going to need that back by the way.
>Fluttershy hums a quiet theme.
>Celestia is annoys Luna with sistership.
>Fancy Pants tries on some pants.
>Moogolians mess with Blueblood's clean city walls.
>The Crusaders face demon problems.
>Big Boss Fanservice!

>Jetset
“Blueblood”
‘Arana’
~~~

‘Sure!’

“Wow. The speed at which you agreed to help him was blindingly quick.”

>I truly appreciate it.

‘How could I not help the one who helped you, Bluey?’

>Technically, he and the guardspony Haymaker did the work; I just delivered the paperwork on time.

‘But if you hadn’t, a whooooole fight woulda broken out and blood would have went flying and screams would have echoed through the air and chunks of flesh-HRK…!’

>WHOA NOT IN MY HAIR NOT IN MY HA-

‘Ulp… urrrgh, that… that didn’t taste so good the second time around…’

“Happy thoughts, Ara. Happy. Thoughts.”

>I’m going to need you and your eight legs to climb down off my head now before we have an accident, Ms Arana.

’Nuh… I’m… I’m fine, let’s do this…’

“What exactly is it you plan on doing again? All you did was ask for assistance and she leapt onto your skull….”

>I…need to do something, something urgent to my wellbeing, but I lack the testicular fortitude to actually follow through-it’s a fault I’m trying to work around-so I require some outside help in a way that only this little one here can provide.

‘I am not little!’

“What kind of help?”

‘Not! Little!’

>Nothing dangerous, I assure you, but I’ve seen this younglings power and it can make the impossible possible, where I’m concerned at least.

‘Darn it, I’m not a youngling!’

“Hrrmmm… if you can promise she’ll be okay, I’ll allow it.”

‘I’m gonna blow you guys up!’

>I promise.

“Alright then, when you’re through deliver her back to me, won’t you? I get antsy when she’s out of sight for so long.”

‘I mean it!’

>Of course. Well, shall we be off, Ms Arana?

‘…okay.’

>>29741705
True on both statements, but I'm going to be straight up honest, she's been dead to me for a long time now.

>>29741705
>don't blame the character, blame the writer.

>>29741743
>she's been dead to me for a long time now.
I'm so, so, SO sorry for all that happened.
I really am.
Regrets.
So many regrets....

>42
~~~

The changeling was restless. This should have been obvious to anyone, what with all the resting she wasn’t doing.

>…lying in bed is weird…

She looked left and right, but found nothing waiting on either side.

>Is that what everyone keeps saying they want to do all the time? This is boring. You’re boring.

Her aching legs kicked.

>It’s fluffy though.

Her stinging hooves flicked.

>And warm.

But she could not be comfortable.

>It’s not the worst, but I don’t like it.

She could not find rest.

>I hate it.

She would not sleep.

>…Should I take off my helmet?... Nah, it’s probably fine.

She was doomed.

>This sucks.

~~~~~~

Roaring flames, licking out of charred windows! Explosions that knocked the air out of one's lungs from hundreds of feet away! Destruction on a scale that would be deemed an act of war or grand-scale terrorism by any sensible land-ruler! The heat of a battle, forces clashing, destinies being decided and strings of fate abruptly cut off into a frayed, loose end by the shears within the bony hands of Grandfather Death himself!

Far removed from the slowly crumbling building of EVO Corp., and out of detection range of the silently hovering air force of Fawntaine Industries awaiting nearby, was a tiny speck of colorful, thoughtful, reflective Chaos. He, who watched the scenery being chewed and the surroundings being wrecked with a pensive look, curled one hand inwards beneath his muzzle and propped it up in the universal pose of the eloquent thinker.

Despite the danger, both for himself and others, he didn't seem to be in any hurry. Hastiness was far from his thoughts. Intervention was on his mind, but his doubt weighted heavily. Thus, since the very moment he had arrived at this spot, Discord watched... and pondered.

>A Soliloquy then, if you would, dear Sirs and Madam.

His multi-colored form shimmered, twisted and split apart into three individuals. All three were smaller, in power and stature, than his whole self. All three represented different aspects of his Self. All three were ready to present their points and thoughts, as to reach a jointly acceptable solution to the conundrum Discord Prime faced.

The youngest-looking, wide-eyed and idealistic, of his selves spoke first. His scales were smooth and shiny, his fur still silky and fuzzy, his smile uncertain.

“Looks like a pretty serious conflict. Maybe I should intervene before someone gets hurt? It would make me look pretty terrible if I pretended like nothing happened, even though I am sensitive to chaos unfolding like this. Maybe I will even regain some brownie points with Celestia.”


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>>29741874

The most wizened one was swift to respond. His beard was so large it covered his entire face, only two sharp, mismatched eyes the color of purest silver gazing out with a look that belied centuries of experience. With it came a hardened heart from years of neglect.

'Nonsense. No one would be the wiser if I didn't make a show. And I shouldn't stick my nose into the affairs of the short-lived ponies too much. Nothing good can come out divine intervention. SHE knew that, and acted on it without a second thought! I would be better off just watching and stepping in at the last possible moment, if that's even necessary at all.'

The soft-spoken, empathetic one picked up the slack as the Young One curled inwards, grimacing in annoyance and shame at being called out so easily. Her features were soft, her expression gentle, her smile coy and mysterious. Sugar and Spice, all in one.

-What about getting someone to help? Just dart over to Canterlot, alert or bring the princesses and the merry Rainbow Laser Squad to defeat the villain of the day. I would look good, I would hardly have to do anything to help and I could feel good about myself without any direct intervention.-

The Old One barked at the Soft One, his voice sharp and rebuking.

'NO. It would just look like I was up to no good. In the worst case scenario, someone would suspect I was involved. Even worse, I would have to explain myself and argue with the Ladies High and Might. By the time I would be back, it might be far too late and I would get partial blame!'

A sullen silence settled over the trio. The distant sound of an entire section of the massive building falling and crumbling after impacting upon the ground below caused nearby trees to shake and leaves to flutter in the wind.

“It's a trap.”

'It sure is.'

-Yep, no doubt about that.-

All three nodded, solemnly.


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>>29741886

The Old One plucked out his eyeballs, breathed onto them, buffed and shined them, before setting them back inside. No change. All he saw was a musky, indistinct fogginess covering the whole area. It was as if he was trying to look through a sanded glass window meant to shield the look of the random passerby.

Only this one was specifically meant to hide something from him, and him alone.

'I can think of only one pony who would have the means, moxie and meanness to actually pull that off.'

All three grimaced, in pain, regret and annoyance.

“Sunset Shimmer.”

-And she's no friend of mine.-

The Old One clapped his claws together sharply.

'At best, she is prepared for me making an appearance and will spring her little trap the second I arrive on the scene.'

The Young One crossed his arms and glared aside at nothing in particular.

“Ugh. At worst, she has specifically caused this scenario to get my attention and is setting me up by poking at my inquisitiveness.”

Only the Soft One remained quite. She looked confused, elegantly arched eyebrows knitting together.

-Wait...-

Both the Young and Old One turned their heads, gazing at the feminine dracoequus between them.

-...how did I notice this sort of chaos and mayhem, if I can barely make it out anything at all? Even though I am right in front of it?-

Together, they three of them turned their heads. They all looked a little different from before now. Their joints had become those of a doll, their limbs lacquered wood, their jaws jittering up and down in the mockery of actual speech. The old one shivered, the gleaming, see-through strings in the air moving his limbs.

'I didn't. This isn't what I have been called for. Not by her, at least.'

The Soft One's dull, lifeless expression remained stoic as she lowered her head, a large, scaled body moving behind her.

-This isn't what has gotten my attention at all. It should have, but whatever is at work to keep me away is still functional.-


3 / 5

>>29741896

One after another, the three of them slowly evaporated into black mist, their wooden bodies charring, their colorful paintjobs melting. The young one, the one who had seen the world in its infancy and its wonders, lasted the longest.

“It wasn't the Fight. It wasn't that at all. It was...”

The black mist of all three puppets gathered in the cupped hands of the original, of Discord himself, who dropped the wooden crosses of a puppeteer without a thought. Together, they and the mist became a set of black, thin welding glasses. The Trickster God donned the glasses which, to his splintered, insane mind, allowed him to see the world in a way only an immortal could. He gazed into the sky... and stared, slack-jawed in awe.

Two pairs of majestic wings, so unfathomably gigantic they could enveloped the entirety of Canterlot Mountain, were jutting up into the sky, shimmering and burning brightly with the power of a divine being beyond even his own immense power. The tip of the plumes radiated rippling waves of darkness that distorted the world all around them. Distorted it so much he had been able to sense it in the vast expanse of his own, private realm as time passed.

>...a call...

His mesmerized gaze followed the wings, all the way down below, where they emerged from the undamaged ground of Hoofington itself. Even as he watched, they fluttered anxiously... and grew, just a little, threatening to tear the veil between the material world and Great beyond asunder.

>A call to... us. From below?

The glasses disappeared. The ancient deity shivered, his entire being seemingly aging centuries within the spans of seconds. His yellowish eyes became bloodshot and lidded with exhaustion, his face wrinkled with age and worry lines. His scales became dull and what little hair or feathers he had fell away, drifting in the wind.

>What have you done?


4 / 5

>>29741904

He croaked these words out and stared into the distance, lost to memory, lost in thought. He had been called. Not only him, but others as well. He knew they would not respond. They could not. Not yet. Not for at least another few millennia. But the call had been made, and someone needed to answer lest...

>...lest...

The effect reversed again, leaving him the way he actually was and has been known to be for centuries. Reaching up, he plucked a single scale from his back, then tossed it into the air. The glorious cry of rebirth resounded. A flaming, bird-like creature emerged from the scale. It hovered nearby with silent beats of his wings, to fulfill its duty.

It waited while Discord reached into his ear and pulled forth a single, glowing thread of purest light. It watched silently as the thread was tied around its ankle. And it listened closely as it was told its destination. The recipient of this message, which was to arrive upon both a Dusk and a Dawn.

>To my dearest Fluttershy... just in case.

The phoenix warbled mournfully, then burst into flames again, disappearing from the Material Realm. Discord hesitated for but a moment, then gazed down at the earth.

SNAP!

With another whip-crack, Discord disappeared. No colors. No fanfare. No great show. The Mad God had no mind for games. He wasn't omniscient nor omnipotent in this place. He transported himself into what laid below Hoofington, to see with his own eyes what measure of intervention would be needed.

His disappearance was so timely, he entirely missed an explosion that rocked all of Hoofington Valley. A discharge so powerful, it flattened countless buildings and sent a rippling shockwave into the surrounding land and into the sky. Visible far and wide.

Discord neither noticed, nor cared. He was about to become privy to something the world wasn't ready for yet. He didn't know, but he was to become witness to something that shouldn't be.

The birth and death of a God.

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>>29740822
>Mud horse getting horn and wings
I get tired of having to hide this

>>29741919
Give it a try. You might actually find yourself enjoying the experience.

>>29741918
.... so you pretty much just went ahead and fucked over the entire storyline like he said it would.

BullSHIT would that bird wait to deliver the message, that makes ZERO SENSE when he can send it right there. Why not? He has all the information you can give them a detailed report, and he can be in their hands RIGHT NOW. They can be ready and THERE RIGHT NOW!

This is so stupid!

>>29741918
So Discord didn't just teleport everyone there... why?

>>29741918
Okay, KKA? I know he talked to you about it before hand. What gives? This is a massive story breaking plot hole. You can't explain this away. Discord knew there was something massive happening that could only be helped by the others being there, he pledged to try to do better after Fluttershy, and then fuck, tiny bird and talking and zero sense.

What the hell man!?

>>29742053
>>29742059
>>29742078
Maybe Discord doesn't want them there?

... though yeah he still could have insta-given alllll the information and everything is fine. I try to see the best here but this one is just plain pure plot hole that he was there and didn't call/tell anyone, sorry man.

Maybe another pass?

>>29741918
Always a challenge with characters of this level of power, isn't it?
Chin up buddy, give it another go and we'll keep on ya', you know we do it out of love.

>>29742183
>Always a challenge with characters of this level of power, isn't it?
This is why people keep AJ and princesses out of the loop or exclude them from some stories. They are portrayed as the end all solution everyone would instantly get the moment anything even remotely problematic happens.

>>29742214
Discord is worse, since he could literally be
>Explosions? Ho shoot.
SNAP!
POOF!
"What in Tarantino!?"
>Apupup!
Chains!
>No rushing! Now, here's a rundown.
SNAP!
>Everyone got that?
"Alright, got it. You handle that god thing, we got the tower explosion!"
>Bingo bango!

DONE

>>29742053
>>29742059
>>29742078
W-

What are you getting from this?

>>29742272
THIS IS WHY THE SEASON 6 FINALE JUST SLAPPED DOWN A GIANT "FUCK OFF MAGIC" STONE IN THE CENTRAL LOCATION SO THE CHARCTERS WEREN'T ABLE TO CHEESE THE FINAL BOSS

TO PREVENT THIS AUTISTIC POWERLEVEL SHIT FLINGING FROM HAPPENING

>>29742276
I am getting from their ranting, raving and frothing that it's really unfun to write anything that's longer than a single-post funny for them. But hey.

>>29742289
RIght, exactly, because otherwise it would make no sense.

This isn't complicated.

Jesus H Fucking Begorrah

You people have any idea how much shit KKA would have to trawl through if he went with the "Gondor calls for aid" move immediately in the thread.

You'd have fucking all the Princesses, Shining Armour, Chrysalis, B-Team, who the fuck knows else

And when he'd inevitably have to cut it down mid-combat to focus on the ones that matter, you'd REEEE hard on him that THIS character should be able to do THIS to get a spot in the finale-finale-finale spotlight.

We are an autistic fanfiction thread run by unverified anonymous writers throwing out whatever the fuck onto a Tibetan Crockery Analysis imageboard.

We have fucking LIMITS to what we can do.

And that limit is gonna be carefully balancing out EVERY fucking powerlevel in the cast.

People are made at Discord not using his full powerlevel, just imagine the screaming if someone insists Oh so Dear Chrysalis has been jobbed.

>>29742276
>Discord comes up, sees building exploding and shit going down
>Decides not to just call because they might blame him(the fuck)
>Realizies it's a trap for him and obviously nobody else can figure out how to break those.
>Sees a god entity in addition to exploding
>Writes a letter to Fluttershy instead of instantly going over there and telling her and everyone and then bringing them there to witness/ help because this was not thought through at all.
>Leaves to handle the god thing and presumably ignore the giant death thing going off above because pffft, that's probably not important.

Come on

Right. So. Discussions were had. Two Options:

A) Rewrite.
Might take a day. Can't gurantee anything. it's always something that sets people off these days. I espcially love those wanting it all to end as fast as possible.

B) Abadon
Forget 'BLUU' ever existed, let the Triumvriate finish the whole Team Sunset vs A Team arc and hope that either, all problems are magically solved or the bodycount is so high it doesn't even matter.

Either is only a minor annoyance, really. Until we get to the point one has to re-write five times. Like that time Spike Vs Pommel happened. Whee. That was pure, condensed joy for the writters involved, I bet.

THIS ARC WAS A MISTAKE

>>29742372
>Tibetan Crockery Analysis imageboard.
Holy shit, I laugh whenever these things are made up

>>29742383
Character and story development was a mistake, apparently. Shoulda stuck to one-off funnies, bro.

>>29742383
No arc is a mistake. Even if veers off the rails, it's nothing to get it running again as we've done countless times.

>>29742390
>>29742394
HAS THERE BEEN ANYOTHER ARC WITH THIS HIGH STAKES SMACK INTO THE WALL OVER AND OVER

>>29742398
Granted, that's mostly me. It's a running theme with my stories.

>>29742375
>Calls for aid
>Everyone shows up
>Triumvirate commits roman suicide realising their workload got 5 times bigger

F A M

>>29742415
>Triumvirate commits roman suicide
Stress-related institutionalization already happened. Wouldn't be a far stretch.

>>29742378
I DON'T KNOW

THE CONCERNS ABOUT POWERLEVELS DON'T REALLY CONCERN ME COS AT THIS POINT I JUST WANT SHIT TO MOVE ON WITHOUT ANY MORE DELAYS AS IS

BUT I GOT A FEELING IF IT DOES THEN NO-ONES GONNA FORGIVE THE WRITERS FOR IT

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>Pinkie
"Cadence"
'DT'
[Fluttershy]
~~~~
>Welcome to Not Late Night /pa/ with your hosts the Pink Pony Club! It's during this time that content does matter, but we need to check on a good friend!

"I'm the pretty one <3"

'I'm the grumpy one.'

>And I'm the crazy one!

>"'Now for our main guest...FLUTTERSHY!!!'"

[Yay.]

>What have you been up to these nights?

"No hard feelings about making you leave right?"

'She's probably scarred from shows because of us.'

[...Actually I have my own show.]

>"'WHAT!?!'"

>Whoa! Congratulations! We need to have a party!

"When did this happen?"

'How come I wasn't invited to be a guest?'

[You weren't having any friendship problems.]

>Oh! So you're fixing friendship problems? That's awesome! We should crossover some time!

[Sure. YouCanShowUsHowCloseYou'veAllReallyGotten.]

"'What?'"

>That's all the time we have now, but we'll see you all next time!

>"'[Byyyyyye!]'"

>>29742378
Rewrite, I'd rather get it right than rush it for the "it's taking too lookonnng" guy.

>>29742441
PP sempai noticed me!

>>29742378
Rewrite!

And maybe we don't be so mad next time.

>>29741874
>>29741886
>>29741896
>>29741904
>>29741918

Officially NC'd by the writer.

>>29742456
>>29742466
Rewrites will happen. It'll take a day.

>>29742053
>>29742059
>>29742078
>>29742383
Or, hey, YOU... yes, YOU could rewrite it! Unhappy how the story progresses? Always have somethign to nitpick? Then try your hand at writing TODAY! And feel the agonizing experience of being mangled by a live audience of readers...

Fucking hell, I thought it worked great!

ANd it was clear why he just didn't zap everyone other, this time it's something BEYOND him, that's why he cannot get them all involved. So fucking beyond him.

>>29742470

I can't rewrite that, including him at all only leads to one direction, and we just said we didn't want to stretch it out with an all out attack.

>>29742481
Oh hey. You actually followed Discord's train of thought and internal warring instead seeing the blatantly obvious being described. Bravo!

>>29742495
>including him at all only leads to one direction
Creativity called. It's says the child you were supposed to have together was stillborn.

>>29742053
>>29742059
>>29742078
Aight

Fine

KKA can break his back to rewrite just for you

But when he teleports everyone over for the final conrontation.

The writing and whatnot of all those characters will be handled by..............

YOU

THAT'S RIGHT

(YOU)

You get the pleasure of writing down all those characters and fucking COMMIT to something in this thread.

YOU get to balance every powerlevel and character motivation, internal and externa.

YOU get to figure out how the course of this arc is concluded

Those characters who don't know DICK about what's going on? Well YOU get to write them

Cos god DAMN does the Triumvirate have enough on it's plate as is.

So be a /pal/, and help 'em out by taking some of the load off their shoulders

Make sure you don't step on someones toes while doing it!

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WE WERE ON TRACK TO FINISH THIS ARC OFF SATISFYINGLY

HIGH STAKES SURE, BUT CERTAIN IT WOULD BE A SATISFYING CONCLUSION

BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SIT THROUGH CHARACTER BLOAT HELL

I HOPE YOU ASSHOLES ARE HAPPY

COS IT'S GONNA BE A LONG HARD SHIT FROM HERE ON OUT

Jaysus fuck. Why can't anyone just have faith and let it continue on, quit bitching every step of the way its fine. Honestly its the AJ must be in everything relavent or else its shit camp that's whining the loudest. You all need to calm down count your toes backwards and just trust in your fellow /pa/ls.

>>29742579
>IT'S GONNA BE A LONG HARD SHIT
I know you are trying really hard to be upset and get others riles up too, but dammit, the mental image of the muffled screams of an audience locked into a cinema with that one guy having explosive diarrhea all over the place I had after reading this was just too hilarious

We are not NCing this we are not rewriting this we are not going to finnangle more than we need to anymore

KKA, stick to your guns and keep writing

I have faith in you

>>29742518
Okay buddy, I'm on your side, but it seriously looks like you're saying "yes, I made a huge mess, but either shut up about it or I'm going to make you deal with it. Accept my contradictions, blatant disregard of power set and abilities and character(he literally creates a part of himself that says they would blame him, come the fuck on) or you have to write a lot!"

If he doesn't fit or will break the story, don't put him in! He wasn't until this point.

>>29742629
T-that's not me...

>>29742645
Then I apologize and praise you for giving it another go instead of getting upset. You know the problems, and you know how to fix them, and I believe.

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>>29742460
Just want to make sure you don't run into the same problem I did and run low on material to work with.

ALSO YELLING IN CAPS LOCK SO I CAN FEEL INCLUDED TOO!

>>29742624
>KKA

Guys?

It's fine.

It's fiiinnnneee.

I know, it looks like someone just jumped in and gave the impression it was going to either OOC or crazy town with the story and I was going to roll with it. I have that impression, didn't I? Not my best moment.

And I know what I said last thread about stretching it out. I get you.

But it's fiiiine.

There was a very slight misstep here, but that's why we have you all! What, you think I'm never going to make a mistake I have to fix? I'd rewrite a 30 poster from scratch, no joke.

That's why it's fiiiiine.

So A character wasn't totally believeable. We'll fix it.

And it'll be fiiiiiine.

We are still ending this thread, and you all hopefully are going to love every moment... most moments.

At least three.

It's fiiiine.

>>29742739
Alright, but don't feel like you HAVE to include everything. We know you're working hard, and we know that you like to just accept everything and make it work, but some things you have to just be like "this probably won't fit, can we leave out ____?"

But if you say you have it, I guess we are just along for the ride after all.

>>29742739
>I know, it looks like someone just jumped in and gave the impression it was going to either OOC or crazy town with the story and I was going to roll with it.

It super did, especially after we knew the bluuu wasn't even originally there. We know you made that work, but there's limits. Still, your story, let's see the end.

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>Sunset
"Chitania"
'???'
~~~~

>Good evening and welcome to Dark Side /pa/ with your hosts, the Bad Girls! It's at this time that tempers flare, but we bring the cold! I am the smart one.

"I'm the angry one."

'And I am the CA-RAAAAAZY OOOONEHAHAHAHA!.'

>And for our first segment tonight... who the hell are YOU?!

'Future villain.'

>Ooooooooh...

'I ocassionally voice-over one of you in the Omakes, when you need to sound like a really ludicrously, over-the-top monologueing villain.'

"No way. There's no way you could that great a range of voices unless you were a Changeling."

'Oh really? How about... this.'

SLAM!

'>AHAHAHAHAAAA! NOW THAT I HAVE ATTAINED THE POWER OF A GOD, YOU WILL HAVE TO WATCH AS I BURN EQUESTRIA TO THE GROUND, CELESTIA! AND FROM THE ASHES, A NEW EMPIRE WILL RISE, THE EMPIRE OF DUSK! TOO BAD YOU WON'T BE THERE TO SEE IT. IT IS TIME FOR THE SUN... TO SET!'

BANG!

>Holy shit!

"...that's so stu-"

>That sounded exactly like me! Heck, that's what I would say if I had all the cards in my hand! ... well, and if I've had completely lost my marbles.

"You have issues. Or a tumor putting pressure on the part of your brain that males you not-stupid."

'Seeeeeee? It's not like the audience can tell. Lost Omake are voice-acted only. I especially enjoyed doing Applejack. Well, before she did her own Alternate Universe Self herself.'

>And that's sadly all the time we have for today.

"Thank Fuck."

>Tune in next time, when we reveal our mystery villains' favorite canon character!

'Spoilers: she hasn't made an appearance yet!'

"Much like you. With the major difference that no one cares about you."

>Until then, we hope you enjoy tearing each other apart while we point and laugh from the sidelines!

>"'GOOD NIGHT!'"

>>29742838
... I could dig this.

>>29742739
You're way, waaaaay too nice. Like, where do you take all that serenity and patience from? We should start calling you FluttershyAnon instead.

>>29742904
I like to think that at some point, he just started imagining us as characters and giving us inner monologues.

>>29742904
Don't call me that!

Aj might take it the wrong way.

>>29742937
Pretty sure something inside him snapped at some point and he's been that way since whatever traumatic event in this thread changed him. He's like Bob Ross. Constantly mumbling about fluffy little ponies and happy mistakes while he makes something amazing outta nothing.

>>29742904
>FluttershyAnon
But we already have one that's Fantastically Fixing Friendships

I am making Spes Pones!

Its not related to the thread at all but, its a good distraction! Mass Effect Andy has me making concepts for Sci-Fi Space Pones.

>>29742966
Awesome!

>>29742966
>Mass Effect Andy
Pfffht! Spess Marine Ponies, or just mares with hideously bloated faces?

>>29742970
Glad you think so!

>>29742984
Why bloated faces?

>>29742904
He screams INNER PEACE! At the top of his lungs every day.

>Lightning Dust
“Soarin’
‘Fleetfoot’
~~~~

They perched high above the airship, eyes narrow as hawks as they glared down at their prey. The massive metal creation of the Griffon Airship and all the uncertainty and terror it brought with it. Three brave souls, courageous, kind and smart all stood ready and willing to engage it should anything happen. Surely, they were Equestria’s finest, and lead by only the finest-

“Just had to slip that in, huh?”

>SHUT IT! I was internally monologuing!

‘Externally. We could hear you. Obviously.’

>It was so powerful a speech it spoke to you, even when it wasn’t speaking!

“Or you just got so caught up in mentally jerking yourself off you didn’t realize you were speaking it.”

>…it’s the first thing-

‘Bullshit!’

>You’re bullshit!

“Look, this isn’t very stealthy.”

‘We’re bright blue with yellow streaks, stealth was not on the menu.’

>Why did I bring you two!?

‘Everyone else tries to backstab you.’

>They do not!

“…”

‘…’

>…My doctor says I’m not supposed to listen when you say stuff like that, it makes my paranoia worse.

“’GOOD.’”

>>29742861
Right? That's a strangely funny idea...

>>29743234
>LD growing paranoid as she slowly slips into desperation

Poor worstpone

>>29743762
I love that she's still worst pony while you sympathize

>>29743234
>Gain entire seat of power through nothing but backstabbing
>complain because everyone is trying to backstab you

What the fuck did you think was going to happen

>AJ
"Gwen"
'Zeph'

'...You two have been getting nowhere for... how long has it been?'

"Don't know"

>Don't care

'This is taking way too longer than it needs to'

>Ah'm not leavin' till Ah' get wha's right

"I'm going to sit here until she manages to listen to our demands"

'You've been staring at eachother moving so damn slowly, you've barely made any progress'

"You just don't know how Diplomacy works"

>Takes time an' effort, gotta hammer out every lil' bit

'But we've gotten nowhere! We're crawling at a snails pace!'

"I need my patent rights"

>Don't you mention those words to mah face again

'Again?! You two have laboured over that point for what feels like days now!'

"Because it's important"

>Do y'all wanna leave this meetin' on a down note? Then shut up an' let us work this out

"*glare*"

>*glare*

'...How much longer is this going to take?'

>>29744646
As long as I need to buddy

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>Sunset
"Chitania"
'???'
~~~

>Good morning and welcome to Dark Side /pa/ with your hosts, the Bad Girls! It's at this time that nobody care, so we can get away with whatever we want.

"I'm the angry one."

'I am the mysterious one.'

>And I am the smart one! And for our first segment to- wait, weren't you the CRAZY one last night?

'I am a very versatile villain.'

"Or you might have the atention-span of a goldfish."

>Huh. Guess you can still flip-flop while we haven't revealed your name yet. Anyways! Your favorite canon-character; who and why?

'Thorax.'

"...that weird failure of a Changeling who had to go through more cosmetic surgery than Michael Jackson, ujust so he could look like a damn butterfly?"

'Slander and gossip, but yes! He's been quite a showstopper, changing the perceptiont he wider audience had of Changelings while simultaneously annoying the hell out of purist bronies.'

>And we all know those are the worst brand of fans.

>"'Mmmmh hmmm."'

>But, seriously, that guy? I would've thought you'd pick a villain like Tirek or somesuch!

'Tut Tu. Nonesense. No villain has accomplished shaking up the status quo, changing the world and a species plus annoying so many people at the same time without being launched off screen. He is, by far, the most succeesful antagonist the series has seen so far!'

"..."

>...

"I need a drink."

STOMP STOMP Stomp stomp...

>I need some ice cream.. and my diary.

Tap tap tap tap...

'..mwahahahaha... I sow despair, wherever I go. Well, I guess that concludes the morning episode. Tune in next time when we reveal Discord's sexual preference! GOOD NIGHT!'

>>29745197
>Tune in next time when we reveal Discord's sexual preference!
All and None

That's it

NC
>FS
“???”
‘???’
~~~~

>And welcome back again for another episode of Fantastically Fixing Friendships, featuring Fluttershy. It’s during this time that content doesn’t matter, but encouragement from friends always will. And on that note, we have two very close friends who need some encouragement right now. Please welcome Emerald Green and Rainbow Swoop.

“He has a drinking problem.”

‘I do not!’

“It’s getting to be a serious issue.”

‘It is not!’

>Now, mister Swoop, we’re not here to judge-

‘It sure sounds judgey!’

>-well then, let’s fix that. Mister Green? Why do you think he has a problem?

“He spilled cider on the ground and shoved the dirt into his mouth to get some back!”

‘It was good cider!’

“IT WAS DIRT! Can you believe a pony would actually do that!?”

>Um, easier than you would think.

“He waits every day in line for hours for more cider and goes into hysterics when Applejack is sold out! Who does that!?”

‘It’s good cider!

>…Is there an alcohol dependency gene associated with rainbow cutie marks? I might need to get Twilight on this one.

“Tell him to stop!”

>Is he just acting oddly about it?

“No! Tell her what you did!”

‘I don’t think I should-“

“Tell her!”

‘Fine. I might have offered to, er, do stuff to a guy for his cider once.’

>Oh my. And how did you find out?

“THAT GUY WAS ME!”

>Did you say yes?

“NO!”

>Aw.

“What!?”

>I said aw, that’s very considerate of you.

“Oh.”

>But yes, it sounds like you have a serious problem.

‘Why’s it any of your business!?’

>Because friends look out for each other.

‘I-fine, I guess I’ll go get counseling or something.’

“I’m here for you, dude. You don’t have to do it alone.”

‘I…I guess not. Thanks… you’re better than I deserve.’

>Awwww…nowshowhimsomethingelsehecanchugtofeelgood-

“What?”

>I said that’s all the time we have today. As always, stay kind.

>>29745220
She's back baby!

>Rarity
“Fluttershy”
~~~~

>Are Dash and Pinkie still gone?

“What do you mean? It’s only been a few hours.”

>That feels like forever with them.

“It does, doesn’t it?”

>Honestly I’d be more worried if nobody noticed they were gone.

“Or us.”

>P’shaw, Fluttershy! Of course they’d never forget us. Why, with our being such unique alicorns to the mix, they’d be harder pressed to have us be forgotten for a minute instead!

“We are pretty weird. I think I’d be too dangerous to forget about for a little bit.”

>Of course! We’re important.

“…”

>…So what have you got going on today, darling?

“Oh, nothing much. You?”

>Same!

“Want to go to the spa?”

>I would be delighted!

>>29745220
>Rainbow CM ponies drink themselves to death

...This makes... sense?

>Pommel
"Lucky Strikes"
'SG'
(HM)
~~~~

>...

"..."

'...'

(...So how long are they gonna take?)

>As long as they need to, soldier!

"Until the sun sets on their diplomacy, we stand!"

'EQUESTRIA'S FINEST!'

(Okay, fine...)

>...

"..."

'...'

(...Are your legs also-)

>"'YES AND IT HURTS SO MUCH!"'

(Checking.)

>>29745989
>Guard
“Guard 2”
~~~~

>…

“…So do you know any of those guys-“

>No.

“Right? And that so bothers me, I feel like they’re way more important than us somehow.”

>You’re imagining things.”

>Yeah, probably.

>>29746111
That last one is either a funny mistake or brilliant.

>>29745989
>Checking
>>29746111

THREAD GHHHOOOOOOSSSTTTTSSS

>>29744646
NC
>AJ
“Gwen”
~~

>…Ah’ feel like Ah’ missing something-

“DISTRACTED! SHE’S DISTRACTED! I WIN!”

>Nah, this is probably more important. Someone else will pick up on it incase there’s something wrong.

>>29746287
NC
>Twilight
~~~~

>…Mmm, my tan is going to look siiiiiiicck! And they said ponies can’t tan. Yeah, this is going to be the best day to laze about and do nothing.

>>29746339
NC
>AUJ
~~~~

>WHERE THE FUCK IS EVERYTHING!?... Is that a damn milkshake place!? IN THE CASTLE!? THIS WORLD IS FUCKING STUPID!... Yes Ah’ll have one… no no, big gulp… Ah’ thankee… SO STUPIIIIDDD!

>>29746444
NC
>Sunset
~~~~

>STOP HUMMING AND SAY SOMETHING ALREADY

>>29746464
NC
>7
~~~~

~CRAP! She's looking at us! Say something!~

>....Verrrryyyyyy welllllllllll....

~NAILED IT!~

>>29746482
NC
>Shining Armour
~~~~

>...HERE I GO KILLING AGAIN

>SA
“Two”
~~~

>…Two, what did I say about art projects in the house?

“Ah’ can’t use live animals.”

>And?

“And Ah’ can’t use anythin’ that catches on fire.”

>And?

“And Ah’ can’t punch nobody.”

>And?

“And Ah’ can’t do anythin’ with balloons.”

>And?

“And Ah’ can’t summon nothin’ from no realms., period. Good or bad.”

>And?

“And Ah’ can’t use indus… entrust… Ah’ can’t use the constublin ponies stuff.”

>And?

“And Ah’ can’t use a good cake, cause Auntielestia will cry.”

>And?

“And none of miss Rarity’s dresses.”

>And?

“And none of the flyin’ machines.”

>And?

“And no giant robots.”

>And?

“And no usin’ yer’ good Hyperspae Hyperwars figures.”

>And?

“And Ah’m gonna cut loose, hoofloose, kick off mah’ big black shoes.”

>And?

“Annnnndd… OH! Ya’ DID tell me Ah’ couldn’t use caramel no more, that’s right!”

>That’s right.

“And Ah’ did.”

>You did.

“How long till it hardens?”

>Five minutes since you put it on.

“…whoops.”

>Get the scraper.

KKA here, is the Discord revision dropping today?

I need to know for... reasons.

>>29746776
Wait, you didn't write the Discord thing?

>>29746791
Let me clarify, I'm Keikaiku.

I'm asking Kid Kuddler.

NC
>AJ
~~~~

>...Ah' wish Ah' wasn't a princess...

>...

>...Ah' wish Ah' was a samurai pony instead

WATCHA

>>29746874
OK, no cool wolf pet is worth a crap he went through.

>>29746776
I'm... trying.

>>29747043
Ayyyy, no rush, gives me more time to put a bit more polish on the glass that's dropping today. Need help? You know I'm here to help, /pa/l o' mine.

>>29747069
>Need help?

I'll letcha know when its ready in a lil while so you can look it over via mail. God, I'm tired.

>>29747092
Kay! beivhfwi at sharklasers com

Don't overexert yourself, it's important to pace to have a good idea of how everything is flowing together. That and it keeps it from being a chore, it's fun!

>>29747092
>>29747109
>Revised Discord story
>BIG mainline story apparently

Are you trying to give me a heart attack!?

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>post yfw the revised story gets shouted down again

>>29747249
I'll take a /pa/l pledge.

In the name of our Best Princess, lord of her apples, I swear I will keep all critique wholly constructive, measured, and lenient. Shall I break this promise, our Best Princess may buck me right in the family apples until my lineage ends with me, so help me apples.

>>29747264
AMEN!

Pledge it!

>>29747249
We won't.

Pinkie promise.

But no kuddling kids! I know she is right there, but no!

We are trying to wean Ladykiller off too, it's not just about you!

>>29747109
Sent.

>>29747494
Sent back, and loving it.

Blow 'em away.

Minor developer's notes: this was supposed to come after the last one I posted.

>>29747589
I didn't get a second one.

Hold up, my mail might've expired, change the name to yicunble before the AT

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Let's go!

~~~

Darkness.

Perfect, pitch-black darkness. Not the darkness one would find out in the open world, where even on the most dreary, gloomy of nights, one might squint to see a speck of light in the distance, or the glow of the stars and the moon overhead. A darkness so complete, it could only exist in an enclosed space that left not a single spot of luminescence or sound to exist.

Furthermore, this darkness was accompanied by silence. And this silence, unlike the silence in the living, pulsating, thriving network of tunnels below the earth, was perfect. Both the absence of light and sound were unnatural, something that shouldn't be. Something no one should be subjected to for extended periods of time.

SNAP!

A sharp sound cut through the silence, followed by a murmuring, distraught voice.

>Should've asked for help.

SNAP!

A dim light blossomed, barely illuminating anything around itself.

>Should've thought about it first.

SNAP!

The same glow, barely brighter and unable highlighting its surroundings, sprang up and flickered out of existence again.

>Couldn't have seen it coming, could I?

SNAP!

A light, fickle and flickering, unable to provide from the horrid darkness around it.

>Hrmph. No one expects the rules to be changed without warning.

Silence. Oppressing, all-consuming silence. The world, this place, was like a tomb. And he was caught in the midst of it all. He wanted out of it, from the moment he had been able to formulate a thought.

>>WANT<<

>AAAAAAAAAAH!

So much for conscious, cohesive thought.

>>MOTHER<<


1 / 6

>>29747623


This place, it wasn't silent all the time. Not to him, at least. He was still able to differentiate a certain nuance. He could hear them. Others likely could not. Were unable to resist it's destructive cry of pain. He suffered through this, where others would just break.

>>WANT<<

The voices, they found him again. They had found him when he had first entered this wretched place. They had confused, dazed and overwhelmed him. They had nearly blinded him with the mind-numbing cacophony of thousands of voices crying out simultaneously. They had robbed him of something vital, something he'd never feared losing. They had weakened him, then left him gasping and twitching on the floor.

>>HOME<<

The world shuddered, losing all semblance coherence and sense. To him, it was a whole new experience, an agony he'd never known before. It was like gravity had been amplified a thousand times. The crushing, sheer presence of something beyond even his own deep grasp of the forces that were and would forever be drilled into him. It threatened to smother him, to choke him...

>>WANT<<

...to kill him.

This was what death felt like, he realized. Non-existence, purified, slamming into him. It was the raw, condensed anathema to his own being that tried to snuff out everything he was. It cried out for him, for anyone. But only he understood its intent, its helplessness. At least, for as long as it cried out.


2 / 6

>>29747628


>>Release...<<

Understanding left him the moments the voices did as well. He didn't grasp what it was that tore at him, that left him this way. Only one thing mattered now. Whatever it had been, whatever it was, wherever it was, it stopped. Maybe it had exhausted itself. Maybe it tired of screaming while nobody came. Most importantly though, it left him alone. He could sort his thoughts. He could re-assert his Self...

Several motes of light drifted up from him, luminescent blue in coloration. He didn't even think or question them as he saw them. With a sharp snap of his jaw, he caught them, and swallowed them. They had drifted up from his arm, several of his scales disappearing the moment they appeared. He wasn't entirely sure why he did what he did anymore, but he felt that if he let those parts of himself escape, there would be no coming back.

He had to stop falling apart.

>>...want...<<

And oh, it was still there. Powerful, nearing omnipotence. All-seeing, all hearing. Singing a song of countless voices. But so very, very helpless. A blind, trashing child, mewling for its mother.

SNAP!

The glow brightened, took form and finally, asserted itself fully. It was just a meager, pale imitation of what he had been once able to do. But it sufficed. It would serve him well. The wizened, distorted amalgam of many things finally was able to see. Discord saw smooth, polished metal floors, ceiling and walls all around him. Intersected, perfectly aligned plates that had been stuck together to form a hallway.


3 / 6

>>29747636

Scorch-marks lined the entire length he was in. Further down, he saw perfectly round holes, punched about ten inches deep and lining the ceiling across a width of several hundred feet. A fight had transpired, but there were no bodies. Only discarded weapons of all types, forgotten by their previous users in their haste to...

...what, survive?

He didn't know. He knew nothing. He was unknowing. He didn't know why his body was aching so terribly when he stood up. He didn't know why the world seemed so heavy, his body so incredibly burdensome. His thoughts weighted him down.

Was this what mortals felt like, every day? If so, he almost felt like laying back down and just letting the Being claim him.

>>...protect...<<

No.

No, he had a purpose. A mission. A responsibility. He needed to find someone, anyone. Celestia, Luna, Twilight, even the meddlesome apple farmer. It didn't matter who, as long as they stopped what was happening here! He realized that now! He was...!

>AAAA-

...cold.

>-CHOO!

Wrinkling his nose with a loud, snorting sniff, Discord started walking, only the faint, barely sustainable luminescence at the tip of his finger providing him guidance and a means to see. He had no way of knowing where to go, for he was in unknown territory. He had no way of guessing what was happening, and where exactly he was, because he no longer felt the wonderful, pleasant tingle of raw creation at his fingertips. He was cut off from what he had called reality since the day he had first formulated conscious thought.


4 / 6

>>29747642


He was...

KICK!

… a clumsy fool.

CLATTERClaterclatter...!

He stopped, glanced down and frowned, a tired smile on his lips, his fang poking out a little.

>Oh, excuse me. I am terribly sorry for walking into you, but I am not used to walking around like a commoner, you see.

The enormous, shoulder-mounted weapon that had been in his way didn't respond. Nor did it stare balefully at him through its glass optics, like he wanted it to. For once, the world was unresponsive to his whims and random thoughts. All he had was his mind, his wit, and his humor. And fear. Oh sweet, merciful creator, he was afraid like he'd never been before...!

>But, I will be on my way. To save the world. You will see. They will all see! Discord, the savior, they will call me!

He was rambling.

He knew he was, but he couldn't stop it. He felt helpless. He felt disarmed. He felt like a fish out of water, gasping, struggling to survive in a hostile environment. His paws pid-padded across the ground, a hum on his lips keeping him company. He tried not to think about it too much. All he had to do was leave. Reach somewhere outside, with open skies.

And then...

>And then...

And then... he would have to jump over his own shadow, and ask for help. Beg for it, kneel down and cry for it, if needed be. He didn't care anymore at this point.

>What a pitiful fool I am... all these lessons about friendship, companionship and the value of asking someone else for help. For naught. Wasted, on me.

He had to ask for help... and hope they would listen.


5 / 6

>>29747652


He hadn't known! He hadn't wanted to be this way! He hadn't desired helplessness! He hadn't considered the possibility that he would be trapped upon arrival, a baleful screech that tore at him robbing him of thought and all means for him to even exist the very way he had for over thousand years. He never wanted to be the Fool! It was the role he been created for!

All he wanted, all he had craved to do, was take a look. A single, inquisitive look. Out of worry. Out of fear. Out of concern. From his abode within the world attuned to the chaotic energies of creation itself, into the material realm. To see what tried to get his attention.

...to maybe, just maybe, if Faust still loved him, redeem himself...

>Serves me right, doesn't it?

The dented fire extinguisher on the floor in front of him had no wise reply, no words of consolation for him. Discord gazed upon it wistfully, imagining a vivid conversation on the aspects of morality and religious belief with himself. It distracted him, for many precious seconds, before he was able to tear himself out of his reverie and walk on.

Down darkened hallways, past signs of struggle, signs of resistance... and signs of an entirely one-sided battle. All he could hope for was that he would find no bodies. Every dark lump in the distance startled him, ever faint sound echoing down from a darkened, abandoned room startled him. Above all else, even above not wanting to find what had stripped him of his powers, he didn't want to find a lifeless body.

>Please let there be no victims to this yet...

Because he'd never forgive himself if his selfishness had caused another death.


~

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>>29740916
Man it feels good to be right

>>29747664
Holy SHIT that was creepy.

Wayyyyyy better call to have him rush straight down and lose his powers there.

Jesus fuck this is a scary thing.

>>29747664
Okay, so in this version, Discord tried to IMMEDIATELY go after the thing, and when he hit his powers got zapped, right? This thing shorted them out? If I'm reading that right, this fits a fuckton better. Discord charging in without thinking is exactly something he would do, that's damn perfect character. I loved how he still tried to joke once or twice too, damn fine. Totally redeemed in my eyes.

>>29747671
But you're wrong, the focus isn't on the souls, it's on DISCORD and the looming threat coming out of this thing and Sunset's lack of realization she even let it out.

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Don't worry, guys, Shining Armor's got this!

>>29747664
Way way way way wayyyyy better in all shapes and forms, wish this had been the start. That tension, that eerie foreboding feeling, and this shitload of stuff literally going on right beneath their noses just like Sunset did beneath The Royals, that's damn fine.

Fucking delivered.

Sorry for the previous fuck up. Sorry for getting some of you upset. Sorry for making this darg on a bit more.

Thank you all for your patience. Thank you for your support. Thank you, KKA-sama.

And Goodnight. Still love you all~

>>29747731
>>the focus isn't on the souls
>They had nearly blinded him with the mind-numbing cacophony of thousands of voices crying out simultaneously
>>isn't on the souls
>Singing a song of countless voices. But so very, very helpless. A blind, trashing child, mewling for its mother.
>>isn't the souls
>thousands of voices
>so very, very helpless

So that kinda nixes any chance of this >>29740866 happening

>>29747664
>Discords powers fizzing out

And this is when I really felt this was all planned.

It would have made zero sense if we hadn't established this came from Faust, but because it did, we know it's made of harmony, or something like it, right? Just guessing.

>>29747761
Honestly the reaction was a little bit much and we should definitely work on that, but since you gave us something like this I'm not complaining.

Rest and kuddle any kid you want to, you earned it.

>>29747664
>Discord weak, helpless, and still trudging on to prove himself a hero to Fluttershy after the whole Choas Battle thing

THAT is what I wanted to see! He still fucked up hard, but you know what? I feel this. Anyone who says Discord wouldn't fuck up like this is plain wrong.

>>29747765
We could still find the last pocket of them left and see it from their perspective, but honestly? I kinda like this.

Last time we saw, everyone was going beneath the city with giant TRUST IN EVO up above, thinking all would be well.

Cutting back to them all gone is like something out of a horror movie.

>>29747761
Rest easy, writefag, you pulled it off and then some there.

>>29747761
Might not want to go to bed just yet.

Few minutes, something biiiiig is coming...

>>29747814
>We could still find the last pocket of them left and see it from their perspective
Very unlikely by this point

And that pretty much dissapoints me, the Normal Pony is the motivating force behind these threads for me, not having any input or stake of what THEY'RE thinking/experiencing only makes our main characters more detached and aloof from their wellbeing than anything.

They're not fighting for the people, they're fighting for their own grudges.

>>29747839
Eeeeeeee!

>>29747841
>Very unlikely by this point

I'd actually argue it's more likely since Discord is wandering about, hasn't been grabbed yet and is currently looking for ponies.

In that case, I do agree with you, I hope Discord finds the last of them fighting for survival inside of the area. Establishing everything was wonderful, but I'll agree that fingers crossed we get to see the normal pony at the height of all this. We don't need to see them attacked to prevent from the reveal of what happened to them, but I really want to see the confusion and terror as they realize topside is a warzone and bottom side is a damn horror show.

>Sunset
"007"
~~~

"Alright."

Her heart fluttered like never before when she heard his words.

>Alright?

When she saw him trot out from behind the portal, face scrunched up in a mixture of determination and distaste, the final pieces that had held her so low to the ground floated away on a sea of relief.

The world made sense again, everything was back to as it should be.

"...Alright."

She had won, and she saw it in him when his sad sigh eventually shifted to a smirk tinged with excitement, and the sudden jerk of his shrug betrayed a flush of giddiness hidden just beneath the surface. His attempt at a stone face when he stared at the wonder of her creation was little more than a failed gesture of necessity, rather than need.

His tapping hooves said more than any of his words ever could.

"Alright, I suppose I'll accept your offer, and gain all the power to create a vast new kingdom of my own in exchange for my deference from your actions. You've successfully swayed my opinion to your side, and you didn't even have to sleep with me to do it. A rare feat, you should be proud."

She chose not to ruin a good thing and give a derisive word or two to his bravado and flare, and instead chose to simply move on before she could interpret what that waggling eyebrow was meant to imply.

>Very well. You may have the full access to the resources, technology and magic granted to you during our departure, as agreed. Once we're done, it's all yours.

A simple spell conjured codes, location, data spread far and wide from blueprints to technology schematics and beyond. All of them floated above her in a sea of endless numbers and figures, only a scant few of which he truly understood. With her final move, she brought them all back, drew them in with a single wave of her horn into a unified form before her.

A crystal, small enough to easily be held in her hoof, was all that remained.

1/??

>>29747905

>This is how everything works, where it is, and what it does. I'll leave it to you to figure it out. You're smart, you can handle it.

He held out an expectant hoof, only to have it left barren and alone when she would not grant it to him.

>Not yet. The moment everything is open, it's all yours.

"You're not helping my trust issues."

She shrugged, uncaring and unsympathetic.

>If you want to go back to the stalemate and ruin your chances of creation of a new land over a petty matter, fine. Otherwise, just believe me when I say that everything connected to this company is a complete non-entity to us when this is all over.

"I suppose I don't have much of a choice, do I?"

>No, you most certainly do not.

"However..."

Her ease and relief wavered at the tone that flowed through her ears. It still held the same excitement, it still held the ease and lack of tension to warn of an attack, yet something still very worrying lied inside of it.

"Since you're so willing to share, could you grace me with just one more piece of information before you go?"

>I don't have time for this-

"Yes or no answer then, if you would. That won't take long at all, will it?"

Something very worrying indeed.

"Just tell me... with the orb, are you going to..."

He let it lie after that.

Not a look, not a single word, she couldn't even hear him breath. He let the implications and the unspoken words do all the talking for him. He could have meant anything, or he could have meant nothing.

The thought of simply answering in either fashion just to appease him, and cutting him off should he persist, was a tempting one. The knowledge that could all possibly be a part of his plans was all that kept her from it.

If he laid a trap so obvious, it surely meant something.

2/??

>>29747913

Yet, there was the possibility that was a sign it wasn't a trap at all. He was a curious sort, she had come to terms with. He was intelligent beyond what he appeared, she'd little doubt of that. It was possible, however faint, that he'd already put it all together, and merely wished to know if she would lie at such a crucial juncture.

>...Yes.

She would give him what he wanted.

Nothing about it mattered now.

"I see..."

She waited for another question, another inquiry to come, but none ever did. He lied content and silent as he watched her, and waited.

>Is that all?

Even in her brilliant mind she couldn't put together why that bothered her so much.

"I suppose it is. If you're planning to do something so very... dangerous, surely you have the means and the power of dealing with it, no? After all, you wouldn't be so foolish to allow Armageddon to be unleashed like that without some sort of plan, surely."

His trot was careful as he circled the portal, eyes lidded and searching as he examined every rune and spell woven into the all powerful frame.

"You have a plan for what's likely to come next, don't you? Because if a single thing went wrong, if a single misstep was made, you understand what might happen to everyone, right? Not just to us, but to my hive, my home, my world, all of it. I do not want a speech, I will not take up your time, I just want you to answer yes or no once more. With all the risks you're taking, what's going to follow when you open that door, are you certain you can handle it?"

>...Yes.

He suddenly stopped, locked in place just at the final turn, standing still on the other side of the mirror perfectly opposite of her. She could not see him, yet with perfect clarity she could feel him in place of where her own reflection stared back on her. She had little doubt on the other side he too locked into his own changeling eyes, and somehow witnessed her staring back at him.

"I'm sorry."

3/??

>>29747922

She didn't even hear him move, didn't hear a single sound before he was suddenly above her, high above the mirror, a green blade slipped into the hole in his hoof. It moved so fast, she couldn't even follow the blur, it was simply a flash of green there one moment and gone the next, vanishing only to reappear down far lower.

Buried to the hilt in the sparking remains of the machine directly in front of her. Her console sputtered out a few last gasps of life, and then it was gone.

"I know you think you're telling the truth."

The shock didn't even have time to register and take hold of her body before something else did far, far quicker.

>YOU SON OF A-

She never got a chance to draw on a single drop of the vast power surrounding her before that invisible hold hurled her into the air, making her drop all she'd been holding and all the magic she'd been gathering in retaliation, only to stop halfway as if gravity abruptly chose to not exist any longer. She was suspended above her power, neither close enough to drain from the ceiling or floor, and not quick enough for a single act before his hooves landed sternly on the ground, and she knew it would all be a waste of magic.

She focused every drop of her anger, every inch of rage, every fiber of her being focused into a glare of pure and utter hate for the changeling standing on his hind legs on the ground, sapping far too much of her power, one hoof held to keep her aloft and useless.

>I PROMISED YOU EVERYTHING!

His look hesitated for a moment, yet it was only for a moment.

"You did, and just so you know...I believed you."

His hoof curled ever so slightly when her horn sparked on nothing but instinct, snuffing out her magic with nothing more than that gesture alone.

4/??

She's going to what with the orb?

>>29747929

"But my goal is liberation, freedom for my race from the shackles of our dependency, not shifting the holders of our fate from one pony to the next. You offer a lot of power, hollow power. I could sap the entire world bit by bit, but when the truth came out, when the last pony fell, my race would still be the same. I'm not seeking a new pony to drain, Sunset Shimmer. I want freedom."

Her strongest blast, her greatest power, and he never even shook.

"You offer me power in newer, shinier chains, nothing more."

>You asslicking piece of shit! How dare you! How can you be content to serve her, that incompetent piece of garbage QUEEN!? How can you live your life under her rule like that?! How!? Are you so spineless you'd bow to her because of a title and some magic, that's it!? How could you!? How could you!?

His hoof wavered.

"...I don't know if I can."

But it never broke.

"That is for another day. For now, I'm bringing you in. You don't need to worry about me harming you, there's no need for that, and I'll make sure none of your companions need to fall either. That's the only comfort I can grant you. The rest, these crimes, these actions... you'll have to answer for them to another. Personally? I don't care. But this is my duty... and I'll see it through to the end. This end, Sunset Shimmer."

He would never let it break.

"You've lost, and I'm taking you back."

>WE WILL NOT DIE TO THOSE MONSTERS!

Again, his hoof wavered, only barely holding strong against the sudden burst of her magical wave as she battered about against his hold, desperate to crack, to crumble, to break it in some way, only to be denied.

"I very much doubt they're planning to kill you. They could always-"

5/??

>>29747948

>Bullshit! Bullshit you blind and gutless piece of filth! Even if they just want to brainwash me like all their other servants, even if they just want me to follow them and hold me until I play by their rules, even if they only want to break me before they discard me again, that's nothing but a lie! Because we both know, we know...

She couldn't bring herself to say it.

>They won't give her that.

It was with regretful eyes that he followed her gaze.

The crystal was there, same as it had ever been. Buried in the floor, still as a tree without a breeze, it remained.

And the one inside it remained as well.

>They won't let it happen again... they proved that.

His hoof was shaking when the image of her, lying on the ground, choking out her last breaths returned. He considered himself a strong changeling, one of integrity and stern stomach, but even that had twisted in his chest as he watched her gag out that horrid and disgusting substance, every breath proving more and more painful than before.

He couldn't bring himself to deny her.

"...perhaps my Queen-'

>Would be the first to strike.

He'd just as few arguments against that as well.

He'd just as few answers after that.

>You might not be able to but they can. And they will, you know it. This time, I won't pull her away at the last minute. This time when they fire...

He struggled.

Against every possible outcome, he struggled to find a solution, an answer of any kind that would put her at east and relieve her of such a terrible thought. He truly did think, and truly did put his mind to the test.

"...perhaps... we could-"

>I won't let you.

"Of course, but maybe I can-"

>And neither will she.

He'd only had a single second to break his thoughts.

6/??

>>29747960

His mind fluttered far, far back. Years away, to when he'd faced another. To when a single strike had taken him off guard, and only a second of thought had separated the path of life and death he would take. Only one second between a fast thought, and a broken neck.

He'd been given just as little when he launched himself into the air, spinning around with perfect motions out of the reach of the massive hoof that shattered the floor he'd been standing on as easily as Styrofoam. That one second had been all he'd been granted, and all he'd needed before he could dance away on swift hooves out of the reach of the mammoth black limbs that swung with careful precision towards him.

Only when he finally skidded to a stop did he realize something had gone terribly wrong.

"...Well, that's not good."

His hooves tapped up and down, he concentrated, but the results were the same.

A sheen of magic now covered the floor beneath him, and he could no longer draw from the immense and immeasurable power beneath.

"Thaaat's..."

One jerk had been all that was needed for the pony to be pulled down from the sky, and carefully placed back on the ground completely sans any magic surrounding her.

"That's not..."

Both unicorn and Titan smirked at him. The latter still had that faint sheen of black goo around her mouth, her stance was still not steady and strong, her eyes were still so very unfocused and colored with a misty sheen but she was there.

"...that's not good."

His eyes cut over to the crystal, still there, still showing the faint outline of the Queen inside of it for only a moment before it suddenly faded away, vanished like it had never been there at all. His chest sank when he realized he hadn't stopped her magic as he'd thought, and that spell had been cast all the same.

He'd never stop kicking himself after it sank in he'd fallen for the most basic, most simple of illusions, when he'd been all too aware of what she could do.

"That's not good!"

7/??

>>29747973

He didn't even get a chance to blink before a body so large it cast a shadow on his terrified face appeared behind him in a wash of green fire, and even less time before he danced away from her swipes again. He'd still held the power he'd sapped before, he was still at his peak.

It wasn't enough.

"THAT'S NOT GOOD!"

When a massive stone wall stopped him dead and curled around his every exit point, he could do little more than block before the titanic hoof crashed into him and punched him through that stone as easily as if it had been paper. Every bounce made him hope he would feel a tingle of magic waiting for him, and every time he was denied.

He was not denied another flash of fire, another blow to his side, and far more pain as he smacked into the ceiling before pathetically falling to the ground.

His struggled to rise proved to be in vain when the massive hoof pressed down on the side of his head, and began to push.

"D-damn it... damn it..."

His magic pushed back with all he had, but it wasn't enough.

"Not like this. N-not like..."

Nothing could stop her as she kept pressing down.

>CHITANIA!

Nothing save the voice that called out, and at last the pressure released.

~What?~

The chilling flippancy of the Queen's tone was easily the most terrifying thing he'd heard all day, and that was truly saying something.

>No.

As was the honest confusion from the tilt of the Titan's head.

~No?~

>No. Not... not like this. We're not...

She pointed at her, hoof stern and without argument.

>I don't care if you slaughter every damn one of the princesses, I don't even care if you squash those assholes that tried to kill us, or their entire army or all of their brainwashed little playthings, but I will not... I will not be worse than them. I will not be someone who sees them as... disposable. I will not be someone who...

She scoffed, looking away with disgust.

8/??

>>29747985

>He's a pawn in it like I was, like they were, like you were and you know it, and I will not stand here and let you kill a pawn who would not do the same to us. He could have, everyone will tell him he should have, but he made a choice, and we need to acknowledge that. We're better than that. You're better than that.

~He'll be a problem later. He knows too much.~

>...It's worth it. Just hold him, it's almost over. He won't be able to do anything in a minute.

Slowly, the crushing pressure lifted.

~...Very well-~

The lifting stopped at the sound that cut her off.

The whooshing sound, scraping sound, the sparking sound, the sound of something hitting metal with a powerful intensity.

The sound of the console in front of the portal being shredded away from the last vestiges of use it could have possibly done, and crumbling into nothingness.

Both sets of eyes turned their honestly surprised gaze to the changeling pinned on the ground, hoof outstretched, eyes sparkling with determination.

"I don't regret it."

~Can I kill him now?~

She started pressing again, and he swore he felt the chitin on his head start to crack.

>No, no you cannot.

He'd almost wished it had, if only so that he didn't have to hear the slightly amused tone from the pony.

>I want to see the look on his face when he realizes that was just a monitoring console, and didn't do anything.

He'd certainly wished it had when he she cockily smirked at him, and his chest sank in despair.

>No... he's not going to die. He doesn't deserve that. He fought well, he did well, and he fought honorably. He almost understood. Almost, so very close, and now we can show him the rest.

Her horn sparked with magic.

>Now we can show him the truth!

The building shook with power.

>Now we can show him what we can truly do!

The love all around them converged, came together in a single pulsating point beneath the portals.

>Now we can show you the true face of our creations!

Everything changed.

9/??

>>29747996

Without losing their might or their durability, without losing a single sign of what they truly were, the walls, the floor, the ceiling, all of it became brighter than anything he'd ever seen. So bright, so blinding, he'd nearly thought himself struck completely sightless when it all suddenly shifted.

It took some time, a great many thoughts, and a lot of pondering before it came to the sudden and horrifying realization his sight had not changed.

The building had.

"What is this..."

The floor, the walls, both of them lost their color and their intensity in a single instant. All of it their light, and with it everything that could ever be considered solid in them, had been stripped away.

At last he could look out over the city in all it's full sight. At last he could see every building and every plain surrounding him. At last he could see it all.

At last he could see the building beneath it, with parts crumbling away.

"What is this!? What are you doing!?"

Piece by little piece, huge sections were pushed aside, blasted off, removed with precision so careful it could not have been anything but deliberate.

The smile of mad joy on the unicorns face made it clear, it was nothing but.

>This... this is the real face of my creation. This is what I truly built this place for.

The sections of building down below glowed, remaining solid unlike the now transparent ones he stared down into. It let him appreciate it, let him take it all in, as his mind carved out the curves he saw form. He traced it as best he could in his mind, trying to make sense of the shape from a top down perspective, and little by little he forged just that thought.

>This is what my majesty truly is! THIS! IS!

The last piece fell away, and the answer came to him.

10/??

>>29748006

Those who could see the building, few in number that they were, could at last drink in the sight.

With the last section gone, the very building itself had formed a symbol, a shape that said so very many things with only a single piece of the puzzle.

With the last section gone, all could now behold the true face of EVO CORP.

The mystical symbol, the very rune itself to describe a single word.

>POWER!

The brilliance before was put to shame.

Those a thousand miles away would only see it as a strangely bright horizon, nothing more than that. Those even closer would wonder why the day was so very bright over there when the sun was perched far away.

Those directly close could only see the luminosity unmatched in the world as the building itself became a conduit to amplify the power within, a forged rune more massive than any of it's kind had ever been created before. It's shape, it's magic, amplified all within it a hundred fold, transforming the gathering of mystical might unto a level that had never been seen before.

With this rune that reached the sky, this power, she channeled everything into her portal.

>WITNESS IT!

She cried with glee, tears streaming from her eyes as she stared into the majesty she created.

>WITNESS THE GREATEST CREATION OF THIS WORLD!

All near, far, wide and in between that could not hear her, felt her.

>WITNESS AS WE WALK INTO HEAVEN, AND TAKE THEIR KINGDOM!

A tsunami of power, crashing with all the force of the entire ocean brought to a point, slammed into the portal's frame, nearly ripping it straight from the floor. All magic, all power, focused in on a single point of it. All power reached one spot, opposite the side of the dreamstone.

>AND WE SHALL TAKE THAT...

With one final spell, the Orb of Variolus charged with power untold in all of Equestria, and a single eye burned inside the depths of it's unholy fire.

>WITH THE VERY POWER OF THOSE YOU CANNOT HOLD!

11/??

>>29748015

From the orb, a wicked green flame burned downwards, an unnatural and sickly magic reaching down into the very depths of the portal's core. A swirling vortex, no bigger than a single bit formed in it's very center point, and like the eye of a deadly storm it began to grow.

>WE SHALL OPEN THE GATES OF THE HIVEMIND, AND WITH THEIR POWER...

A pulse of magic rocked out from the rune of power and reached across the world to herald in the opening of the gates of the afterlife, and all it would bring.

Though the changeling struggled, though he fought in his wonder, he knew.

It was too late.

>WE SHALL TAKE DOWN THE HEAVENS THEMSELVES! THE GODS! WILL FALLLL-

A sound.

That was all it took to bring the world to a halt.

A single sound so very quiet in comparison to the vast power that had surrounded it a second before, a single sound that should have been missed, forgotten and ignored in the creation of the portal to the world beyond.

A single sound that should have been ignored made the whole world stop, and take notice.

>...no...

The sound of a gunshot, and a bullet hitting the side of the orb, and the power vanishing.

>No way.

It took her some time to tear her vision away from the grandeur, the spectacle she had created, and follow the curve of the orb, walking forwards with her head down until she nearly reached the edge of her invisible wall to trace it back from the angle it had rolled to where the shot had come from.

With the walls as they were, it was all too easy to find the first source. A single point, a single line that drew here exactly to where she had needed it to be. A perfect path to follow that had not been there when the walls had gone away, so obvious now that she searched for it, but so easily missed before.

Even without it, she very much doubted she would have had a problem finding the source.

>No!

12/??

>>29748023

The massive hole, the very one she had created when she'd fired upon Seven during their battle, would have made them very visible if the walls had been as opaque as before. Even then, even as she saw it with such clarity, she couldn't quite believe it.

(H-holy shit.)

She couldn't believe her eyes as they laid upon the shaking claw holding tightly to the blood stained, red covered gun aimed square at her creation.

(I...I can't believe I actually did it.)

The angle, the distance, the line of sight, it all should have been impossible.

There, down below, was the only thing that told her it was real.

The bloodied and twisted purple face she was sure she'd never have to see again, smiling.

Smiling despite his claws clenched tightly to a split wound in his chest.

Smiling despite the one eye completely swollen shut and covered in red to keep it from opening despite that.

Smiling despite the limp legs, tails, and gaze as he was held tightly by a single chitinous limb around his chest, just above his wound, the only thing from falling away, much the same how the owner of those limbs had only their single cord and gear around her legs to keep from falling to the ground. Her other hoof, her left hind leg, both were too badly burned, too broken to do anything but hang loosely as she struggled to keep her one good eye open.

{O-one in a million, kiddo...}

(I... I actually...)

With his one in a million, one in a billion shot finished, his claw went limp at his side, gun dangling on the edge of his claws tips.

(I did it... I stopped her... I...)

She couldn't believe it.

(I'm a hero...)

No matter how long she looked, she couldn't believe it.

She couldn't comprehend how it could have happened.

How they'd survived, how they'd even stayed conscious, any of it.

>...it doesn't matter.

She brushed it off, unwilling to wait and look for answers.

>You only slowed me down.

13/14

>>29748023
>The sound of a gunshot,
no fuck off

>>29748032

With a single shift of her horn, she sealed that gap, much to the dismay of the dragon and changeling down below. She didn't even give them a single courtesy of a glance before she turned back to her orb, cracked and damaged as it was, and called her magic.

>You can't stop me.

Little by little, it began to fix. Slowly, but surely, the orb was returning to the state it once was.

>Nothing can stop me now.

The claw gave all it had, the wounded dragon truly tried, but he couldn't manage.

He could not raise his arm the rest of the way to aim for her, as useless as it would be. It couldn't make it any higher than halfway, no further that the side of his head, no closer to aim to make another one in a million shot.

The wounds were too much, he couldn't pull it off again.

>...thought so.

She smirked as little by little, all the damage he'd done was undone once more.

Changeling and dragon, so very different, shared something in the moment when they looked to each other.

(She can't win.)

{Y-yeah...}

Both so wounded, so damaged, neither could rise back up anymore, even her limp hoof could not move to turn on her gear and bring them closer.

(...I'm glad you're here with me.)

{You... scared?}

(Yeah... you?)

{...yeah.}

They couldn't look at each other after that.

{...do it.}

His arm had never moved, even if it had wavered so many times. His thumb snaked around, and somehow found in it the strength to press down on a single, hidden button within it.

(Pennydrop? Can you hear me?)

A chime, that was all they were given in affirmative, all they had to know someone, somewhere, could finally hear them, and was listening.

Someone heard it.

(To any that can hear this... it's been an honor fighting with you all. We... we have to stop her, we have to save everyone... we have to be heroes. Pennydrop?)

The last words he was sure he would ever speak.

(Glass the building.)

>>29748032
oh fuck off

>>29748042
HO!
LEE!
SHIIIIIIII

>Actually he didn't die

FUCKING

HACK

>>29748042
>Spike's alive!

I'll actually accept that if you explain how the fuck PJ caught him.

>>29748042
>Spikes not dead

I have no idea why I'm focusing on this as much as I am considering SUNSET IS OPENING A GATE TO FUCKING HELLL

>>29748042
>Sunset moment
>We finally know why the building is tearing everything apart
>CHITANIA OUT OF NOWHERE
>SUNSET IS OPENING THE HIVEMIND
>SPIKE
>PJ
>TELLING PENNYDROP TO OPEN FIRE

SO MUCH HAPPENING

>>29748042
>Spike

Yeah okay, I'll roll with it but why?

>>29748061
Don't worry, there's an explanation, and no it's not "PJ divined his location and caught him mid air." That would be a little much. In fact, PJ herself not falling is part of it, and it's also not "PJ caught herself mid-explosion." Just couldn't reveal what it is this story without a blatant infodump.

Every detail matters, including stuff that seemed to have zero meaning in the beginning.

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>>29748042
Well Pennydrop better have an Orbital Cannon ready to fire because anything less than that is going make me seriously doubt it'll save the day at this point!

HOLY SHIT EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE AND APPLEJACK IS TOO BUSY SCRATCHING HER ASS WITH GRIFFIN BEAKS TO BE THERE

>>29748098
Being one of the three that knows what's coming up...

I am rock hard.

So I have no idea what the building is meant to look like. ALL I got out of it is "big rune thingy" with no visual reference

Also does this mean SS, DT, Flash, Fizzle and Sweet Note kinda just got..... I DUNNO?!?!

>>29748042
>glass the building

Annnnd, cue everyone else calling him out on that.

Way to be a team player, Spike!

>>29748096

You mean you couldn't do it without cutting off your nice little cliffhanger. It's all right man. Understand. You need to leave us blue balled.

>>29748098
>HOLY SHIT EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE AND APPLEJACK IS TOO BUSY SCRATCHING HER ASS WITH GRIFFIN BEAKS TO BE THERE
This is gonna be a pain to rectify

Like real bad

>>29748111
HOOOOOOW

How for the sweet love of God are they going to stop Changeling Hell, Godslayer Chitty, Sunset 'KIRA LIVES' Shimmer and Faust's bloodcrazed spawn from an ally wrecking the whole world!


You guys are nuts! You're going to destroy everything aren't you! You are trying to top Cordyceps near destruction of all sentient life!

>>29748042
>Spike is alive
Ah, but of course. Next time, aim for the throat and throw him out of the airlock.

>>29748123
I think he either didn't want to describe it with his flowery language or wanted us to imagine it as a giant curving thing like the show uses. I mean I get it, more "instead of desciribing squiggles that mean something I'm just going to tell you what it is." Than the alternative, but still.

I get it, it's a funny letter.

>>29748143
And we thought KidKuddler was the crazy one...

No. Nooo. No no. No. I'm calm. I'm sorry for yelling. You know what you arw doing. Okay. This is fine. I trust you guys. Though I have no idea how you are going to wrap this up in just ONE thread....

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>>29748123
>>29748157
According to Uncle Google, the rune for DIVINE POWER looks like this.

Make of that whatever you will.

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Woooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

>>29748157
>And we thought KidKuddler was the crazy one...
I am! The tried to make me take prescription-only pills... but I didn't listen! I didn't listen!

I need OOC to make funny of these developments, STAT!

>>29748173
That's from a book series called ShadowHunters. It's not a real symbol.

Googling it gives a fuckload of different ones...

>>29748192
NC
>Spike
"PJ"
~~~~

>...glass the building.

"...hm?"

>I told her to-

"I'm sorry, what?"

>You know... blow it up.

"Ah."

>...

"...that, uh, that wasn't what I thought you meant."

>Do you have a problem?

"Here's my response."

She lets go

>YOU COULD HAVE JUST SAID YEEEEEeeeeeesssssss....

pip!

"Come back from that you gloryhogging asshole."

>still alive!

"WHAT THE FUCK!?

>>29748192
>Fizzle
~~~

>MY KILLSCORE! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

>>29748123
Why would the scoobies be effected? They were in the not-fall-apart zone.

Ohhhhhhh, is this what SS saw?

>>29748042
Re-reading everything and going over Sunset's less controlled and instinctual responses is rather eye-opening concerning her actions:

No matter how angry, annoyed or panicked she is, she really doesn't want to harm anyone unnecessarily in any way... unless she thinks they tried to hurt her or someone someone else callously. Then all bets and any semblance of kinship are off.

She has a high respect for the life of every individual. But of someone tramples on others for their own gain, she is willing to see them get killed...

>>29748015
>Those a thousand miles away would only see it as a strangely bright horizon, nothing more than that. Those even closer would wonder why the day was so very bright over there when the sun was perched far away.
>Those directly close could only see the luminosity unmatched in the world

Okay. Thousand miles? Even the Minotaurs, Camels and Zebras will show up at this point. APPLEJACK GET YOUR FOCKIN ASS IN GEAR

>>29748237
>Ohhhhhhh, is this what SS saw?

You mean DT. Before Fizzle and Flash tried playing skip rope with her lower intestines. But yes, I do believe that is what her almost pull the trigger on Flash.

>>29748264
I think its special with 7. She knows he's just a servant to a Queen, like she was, and she knows he was no doubt ordered to kill her, but didn't. I think between that, his aspirations, and his intellect, she sees a lot of herself in him, she sees a part of her that used to be under the Princesses control and she wanted to break him of that. After Spike, she knew what the stakes were and how far they would go, and she didn't want to put herself on the level of those she despised.

She's really a fascinating character.

>>29748287
>will show up.

...its described as just a weirdly colored light in the distance unless you're right. Next to it, and it'a daytime. Even Canterlot's worst would be 'Huh, that spot of blue is a little brighter than others. Oh sky, you so silly."

>>29748313
No, I mean SS.

>>29740426
>
(What's happening...)

Only one could see as the magic in the blue walls suddenly glowed brighter than ever before and began to pulse.

(No...What happened?)

Something had changed.

Whatever it was, they were too late.

(What happened?)

They couldn't stop it now.

>>29748042
Today is the day of happening'

>>29748264
She's not EVIL evil, just... misguided.

>>29747905
>"You've successfully swayed my opinion to your side, and you didn't even have to sleep with me to do it."

>>29748497
She's also one of the most innuendo-heavy characters. Guess she had a bit of a Femme Fatale air about her to Changelings? Didn't she try to laser them all when she first showed up...?

>>29748536
>Didn't she try to laser them all when she first showed up...?

Yes, yes she did.

But I think that line is 007 referring to his past.

>AUJ
~~~~

Miles and miles and miles away, there was a scream.

A silent, hollow, whisper scream that was lost through the halls of the luxurious, wondrous castle of Canterlot.

A journey had come to an end most abruptly, a search stopped suddenly, with a scream that brought it's bearer to her knees. One that would not be heard no matter how it crushed her lungs, one that could not be felt no matter how it shook her bones, it was a torture and a pain meant for one soul, only one soul, that it brought low.

Her hooves had slammed hard into her ears to block out the sound only she could hear, and to no avail at that. Her breathless scream carried her face down into the floor, where she thrashed about in agony as her every limb twisted in response to the pain. Every limb, every single hair on her body felt as if it were being burned, ripped into a thousand pieces over and over and over, and she could do nothing to stop it.

Alone in that hallway, she fell, she screamed, she tried and failed to call for aide while she clawed at her raw throat in desperation at the apple insignia around her neck. She begged and pleaded silently for any spell or means or change in this world to make it end, anyone at all to find her and take the pain away by whatever means they could, anything at all to make it stop, anything that would take away the pain.

After an eternity for all she could tell, exactly that happened.

After time had finally returned to her, it cut away in a single instant.

The pain, the agony, the unspeakable anguish, it cut off and left her, as if it had never been.

Her dry, cracked throat rasped for air as she lay there, trying her best to recover, trying her best to bring whatever magic could dispell the lingering aches that had stuck around long after their welcome had been worn, and silently she recovered.

>...F-ffiiinddd...

1/2

>>29748847

Her deathly croak rang out through the empty halls as her shaking legs pushed down. With a glacial pace, she rose, red eyes staring off into the void.

>Fiiiindd...

Hobbling shakey legs pushed her forwards with a newfound determination as she stared off to a wall.

Through it, to a sight only she could see.

>...S-something... something...c-call...

With the walk of the dead, she lumbered forwards, hitting the wall at first when her sightless eyes did not realize it lay in front of her. She brushed it off, turned down the correct path, and all previous journey was forgotten.

There was a new direction she must take, and towards it she would walk.

Towards the target she was drawn to.

The call that could not be ignored.

>Fiiiinndd...

A call she would answer, no matter how far she would fly.

>Ah'm coming...

And she would make them pay.

>>29748853
FINALLYYYYY!

>>29748853
>AUJ goes
>AJ gets left behind

I'd die laughing

>>29748853
This is the first sign the main characters ever got something is wrong.

Wow.

>>29748878
>We're half a thread away from the end

Aw nuts

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>AJ
"Rarity"
~~~~
AJ and Rarity relax in front of the fireplace.
>Welcome to Fireside /pa/ with your hosts Applejack.

"And Rarity~"

>What do you have for us?

"It's our 1 year anniversary! That's right, our show managed to last an entire year!"

>...whoa.

"We've done so much together."

>Yeah, remember the toilet paper shortage?

"Yeah, you never lifted the ban on that chipotle place."

>And as delicious as that place was Ah'm still not.

"There was the broken water heater and then the time when we had the ant problem, so to save money you decided to do it yourself."

>Oh yeah, our room still smells a little funny from that.

"...yeah."

>There was that time you were complaining Ah' was using your toothbrush and the time when I lost your brooch.

Rarity's eye twitch.
"...yeah."

>And-and Ah' gave you the hoof made brooch as an apology?

"Oh yeah...you did. I still have and wear it. Remember the Filly Scouts?"

>Ah'd...rather not remember that one. Remember the hoedown? We had good jabs on each other.

"Remember when we had, Celestia, our very first guest? We helped Celestia and Luna's relationship and even played mahjong."

>Aha and we even got our second guest, Fluttershy.

"We gave her counseling about her time with the Pink Pony Club, so that counts as helping."

>And then there was that damn smoke alarm. Ah' still some times think Ah' hear a beep.

"It's really amazing how much can happen in a year. Of course, I'll never forget the moment when you let me be your co-host."

AJ brings Rarity close for an affectionate hug.
>...And it was the best decision Ah' could make for this show. Ah' hope we can make another year together.

Rarity smiles.
"Together?"

AJ winks.
>Together.

AJ brings up a bottle of Applejack Daniel's and Rarity raises a glass of wine.
>That's all the time we have now, but we'll see you next time on...
*Glass klink*

>"The Fireside."

>>29749448
SImply beautiful.

>>29749448
Has it really been a year?

How time flies...

>>29749448
>Fireside was made sometime when I said I wanted to do more Rarijack
>We're a year later
>No progress

There is no fireplace comfy enough

>>29749448
Been a trip, this spinoff

Hope for many more in the future

THERE IS LITERALLY NO REASON FOR APPLEJACK NOT TO BE INVOLVED NOW SHE WILL HAVE JEARD/FELT AUJ GET FUCKED UP AND INVESTIGATE OK JUST PUT THE GRIFFON THING ON PAUSE FOR NOW AAAAAAAAAH

>>29748042
This is why you go for the HEAD, Flash.

Also not kicking him out of the building would have helped.

>>29749872
>JEARD/FELT AUJ GET FUCKED UP

>Guy uses eight hundred words to describe "she's not making a sound while she's in pain"
>Apparently AJ could still hear it somehow

Why do you hurt me

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>>29749598
On the bright side, I made plenty of progress on Rarijack in my own stories even if I have to keep it soft and more or less stick not-subtle symbolism.

>>29748912
I'd kill myself!

>>29749963
NO

IT MUST BE EXPLICIT

LET THE RARIJACK TAKE OVER THE THREAD

>>29750136
Nuu

>>29750374
HOW ELSE WILL APPLEJACKS CHARACTER DEVELOP?

Boop?

>>29751241
BOOPS WON'T DEVELOP APPLEJACK'S CHARACTER

NC
>SA
“Chrysalis”
~Audience~
~~~~

>Well slap that meat and call it salami, we’re back again for another episode of “You know what’s awful?”

~YEAH! WHAT’S AWFUL!~

“That sense of freedom you have just seconds before it’s taken away. You did this.”

>You know what’s awful? Not being dead. I mean, come on! Be dead or don’t! Isn’t that awful?

~YEAH! THAT’S AWFUL!~

“Much like your wife said on your wedding night, this fakeout is a disappointment.”

>You know what’s awful? Opening gates to the underworld. Like, who thought that wasn’t going to backfire!? Isn’t that awful!?

“But Shiny, if we open the gates to death itself, maybe we can find your sex life!”

~OOOOOOO!~

>Hey, my sex life may be dead, but you know what I have in spades?

“Messy napkins?”

~OOOOOOOO!~

>Nope. Snuggles.

“Awww, really? Wussing out this early?”

>I am. Judge me and be denied, accept me and be hugged. It is your choice.

“Mmmm… I suppose a hug couldn’t hurt.”

>That’s a changeling. I’m sure we’ll have a lot more to complain about later, but for now? Parting, isn’t it awful?

~YEAH! IT’S AWFUL!~

>Goodnight!

>>29750042
...that would be the worlds most embarrassing suicide note.

>Why is "Keikaiku" written on the back?
"It means just as planned, chief."
>Shit. We might be dealing with a death note here. Bring in the creepy nerd who thinks way too much about connections.
~JUST AS PLANNED!~
>Real go getter, that kid.

>>29747934
You are like the cranky grandpa who keeps talking during movies.

>>29751534
Gold.

>>29750548
By actually doing things story wise? Being serious instead of silly? Something like that, but you rather keep her in a nerf covered room where nothing bad will happen to her. Your fault not mine.

>>29748912
>>29749872
>>29750548
>>29751274
>>29751734

Don't worry. Have faith.

>Two
“Blueblood”
~~~~

“…”

>…

“…”

>…soooo?

“Is… is this supposed to make me feel bad?”

>What!? NO! Marchmalley give ya’ the bright shiny happy good feelin’ inside, they ain’t never gonna make nobody feel bad!... unless ya’ eat six bags… in two minutes… then things get messy and ya’ gotta call Shiny. Don’t wanna make a mess of yer’ present!

“…”

>It’s why Ah’ only gave ya’ five, Ah’ feel like that’s a good number, and Shiny ain’t gotta clean up after ya’. Don’t wanna mess up after ya’ just ta’ walk around, Auntielestia said ta’ take it easy on ya’!

“…”

>…Did ya’ want six? If ya’ wanna roll a gamble, ain’t nobody gonna blame ya!

“Five’s fine.”

>Kay! Enjoy walkin’ around mister Blueblood, and you be good now!

With a smile and a wink, the little changeling lifted into the air, and buzzed off.

“…I-I will be….*sniff*.”

He didn’t bother hiding his tears as he shoved the marchmalley into his mouth.

“I will…”

>Changeling
“Changeling”
~~~~

>…Majesty?

The ‘throne room’ echoed back at him, empty and hollow.

>Majesty? Uh… I uh… I-

“Messed up the diplomacy thing, right?”

>GAH!

He hadn’t even noticed the changeling in the corner. For once, he could finally blame everything on everyone being black and not be called out by ponies with strange haircuts.

“Who’d you mess up?”

>…Diamond Dogs.

“Ah.”

>You?

“Timber Wolves.”

>Those are a race?

“One very talkative tall one skewed my perception.”

>Ohhhh… so where’s the Queen?

“Probably thinking of ways to kill us. Or she just got tired of getting hit in the head.”

>Hit in the head? Who would be dumb enough to -

CRACK came the response as a chunk of ceiling came loose.

>Ow… I see what you did there.

“She might’ve also gotten a real pain in the rear.”

>Ohhh, if you know what I’m saying?

He waggled his eyebrows. It felt far less genuine after her ‘throne’ cracked and fell to the side.

“I do but I’m not sure you do.”

>…do we suck at this?

“I’ve been in the crying corner for ten minutes now.”

>That’s not very long.

“It’s my third corner.”

>…so that’s a yes.

“Want to join me?”

>…I do.

It was going to be a long day.

CRACK!

Unless the building collapsed.