Time After Time

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>>30421925

>>27899803
>”Well, if it was so long ago and you don’t remember, then why do you still believe it so strongly?”

“I guess it’s like that feeling you get when you’re angry… and you just can’t remember why.”

>You’re not even sure if you remember how all of this started.

>There’s just you and Sunset sitting on this beach.

>”Is that what it is?” She asks you. “You don’t seem to believe as strongly in it as you did before.”

>Nod in agreement, partially regretfully.

>Sit in silence for a little bit longer listening to everyone else talk with one another in the distance and nearby. It’s hard to make out what they’re saying, but a lot of them sound happy.

>This is a slightly louder beach than the last, which would make sense.

>”So do you want to talk about it?” Sunset starts up again, which surprisingly relieves you somehow.

>Maybe you really did want to talk about this.

“Sure.”

>”So when did this all start?”

“While ago.” Even the story itself is hazy in your brain now. “Was like… few years I think.”

>”Okay.”

“My friends and I… were just starting to like girls. Age 11 or 12, I think. And at first, we kind of saw it as taboo to think like that. At least, the ones of us who hadn’t hit puberty yet.” You find yourself telling more truth than you thought you would.

>Sunset continues to listen.

“But that whole thing changed when all of us started thinking differently. And by the time we reached middle school, we were planning to get girlfriends and everything. Myself included. I don’t know if there’s anyone out there who stayed… kiddish by the time they reached that age. Let alone by the time they reached my age now.”

>>30421946
>”Yeah, I wouldn’t see that as possible.” Sunset agrees. “But are you saying you wish you did stay ‘kiddish’?”

“…Not really. I’m not sure, because I feel like I’d miss out on a lot of feelings.”

>”So what happened?” Sunset gently places a hand on your shoulder.

“Had a friend named Romero. He started dating a girl before any of the rest of us. Her name was Rosie, and I gotta admit that they were pretty much perfect for eachother.”

>”Did they end up breaking up?” Sunset curiously asks.

“Uh, yeah, actually. That’s literally what happened.”

>”But I’m going to guess that you saw that as something more than a breakup, right?”

“Yup. You see… during the time they were together, Romero started telling me that he was worried that wasn’t making her happy enough at times. This was towards the end.”

>”Okay. I think I see where this is going.”

“They both started worrying too much because they… liked eachother so much I guess. Started draining their wallets to buy things, go places, and just spend more and more time together. It eventually got to the point where Romero wouldn’t even hang out with me anymore. He was like… always with Rosie. And they started to grow apart anyway. It was a lose-lose situation.”

>”Huh.”

“And then… things were overthought and they… they just… started getting irritated by little things. Romero would just want to be alone a lot. He was always busy. And then, it just ended.” These are more memories than you remember remembering.

>”Just like that?”

“Just like that. And I’ve never trusted relationships ever since. And I’m sure we both know what happened with Twilight and all.”

>After nodding again, Sunset pauses for a moment, interpreting what you just told her. She stares at the crashing waves before the plane of white sand, letting the crashing waters help her think of how to break this to you.

>>30421949
>”Anon… I really think there is something you need to realize.” Her hand lightly rubs up and down your shoulder. “This was one of those middle school relationships, before you even came to CHS, right?”

“Yeah.”

>She sighs as though she’s pitying you. “Those kinds of relationships aren’t the real deal. Neither Romero or Rosie were mature enough to know how to handle a relationship. And they ended up overshooting and undershooting things. And it affected your friendship.”

“And what about so many married couples getting divorced?”

>”You really shouldn’t use that as a sign that relationships are bad. It’s just evidence that people make a lot of mistakes, single or not. And that it’s your responsibility to look into yourself and figure out your flaws so you can better yourself and improve on your interactions.” She smiles. “And I’m willing to take a bet that through all of this, you’ve learned a little bit about yourself. And I… think I have too.”

“Well… I…” You can’t make up a reason why she’d be wrong. And her finger tapping on your shoulder indicates that she playfully knows that she’s right and that you believe her.

>It’s even showing in the look in your eyes.

>”Anon, we’ve actually learned a lot about eachother and ourselves during this whole thing that Twilight started. And I know that’s a bit of a weird thing to say, but you know I’m right. And you also know that this isn’t what she intended. She didn’t intend for the thing between you and Mary to happen. She wanted you to blindly go out with me and for it to fail so she can have you instead. She didn’t want you to learn who you really are.”

>A sharp tingle shoots up your spine as you it keeps dawning upon you that Sunset is aware of what Mary did with you in that changing room.

>>30421960
>”But it’s okay. The things that happened are a good start. And there’s nothing wrong with it. I’m not going to look at you any differently because of it.” Sunset continues. “Maybe it was a good thing that we learned what we stand for before giving dating a try. Maybe you were right to reject me at first. I’ll give you that.”

“Really?”

>”You were right about one thing. We didn’t know eachother very well at all. There’s no denying that. And of course, the obvious thing with Twilight making me love you comes into play too. If anything, her plan would have worked if you caved in.”

>A part of you, just for split second, considers the possibility of this whole conversation being a way for Sunset to convince you to give up and go on a date with her. But you only internally laugh at that thought.

>That premise is just so… stupid and ridiculous, not to mention unrealistic.

>All it took was for you to distance yourself from the control freaks while stay near the one who genuinely cares about you in order to see how silly and childish you’ve been.

>Running away from home because you thought the whole universe was trying to force you into dating a girl in high school. Literally what?

>You need to apologize to almost everyone for your behavior.

>”But still, you were right not to date me when the conditions were… like that. Don’t think that it wasn’t for a good reason or anything, because I’m pretty convinced that something good came out of this.”

“Yeah.” You suddenly feel her pat you on the shoulder as the warm breeze picks up a little.

>”But hey. Now would be a good time to really think about how you really feel. And where you really stand in this.”

“As in… like the whole rejection thing?”

>>30421967
>”About whether or not you want to go out with me, yes.” Sunset immediately continues. “But I’m not telling you what to do. Except that you should choose for yourself what you want to happen. And I mean what YOU want to happen. Don’t even think about what I want, because that’s one of the things that can make things unsteady between people at times.”

“So you want me to choose for myself?”

>”Yes. In fact here’s something that might help. If you want to, you can walk around on the boardwalk a bit and think it over. I can come with if you’d like, but it’s up to you. I just want you to think about it on your own and decide where you want to go with this. I want whatever you want, Anon.”

“But isn’t that the thing you didn’t want me to think like?”

>”Uh… wow, good point. So are you saying we should decide together?”

“I’m not sure how that would work.”

>”Maybe it’s the whole asking out thing.” Sunset brings forth. “Like, I’d ask you out again and you answer yes or no. Or… maybe I don’t know?”

>You honestly like the sound of the third answer the most, because your head just can’t stop spinning right now.

>It used to be calm, but you’re starting to want an answer more badly than you want solitude.

>”Do you want to think about it?” Sunset scans the horizon again, often taken in by it.

“Uh, I guess.” You start to stand up to walk around. “Are you going to still be here when I get back?”

>”Of course. I want to help you figure this out.” Sunset smiles, playing with the sand below her with raking fingers. “We’ve gotten this far. Now’s the time to discover yourself. It doesn’t have to be like how it is in the movies if you don’t want it to.”

>You stand there like a dope. Almost imbalanced enough to fall over. But Sunset is sitting closely by enough to catch you if that happens.

>It’s not like you can take your eyes off of her anyway. Might as well admit that.

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>>30421925
N-NANI!?

>>30421975
>”Hey…” Oh god, she’s standing up towards you. “It’ll be alright. Nothing wrong with having a lot of feelings going on in your head.”

>She somehow knew exactly what to say to make you smile at the ground. You’re smiling like a big dope now.

>On the verge of tipping over once more until Sunset’s gradual embrace holds you up.

>It becomes the only thing holding you up. You don’t even care if anyone is watching.

>Your arms would have hugged her back even if you had tried to stop them. And they hold her tightly, truly accepting her presence.

>Her chin on your shoulder.

>”We’re completely alone here. Nothing to worry about if you decide to give this a shot. And I should tell you something about the bandmates while we’re at it.”

“Hm?” Your eyes are closed; you’re surprisingly lost in this hug with Sunset.

>She’s so warm.

>”You see, they’ve planned something special for you. They want to get together and start performing right as I ask you out if I ever decided to do it.”

“Wha-huh?”

>”But listen… listen…” Sunset strokes the side of your head, soothing you. “It’s not anything like how things were before. All we want to do is do something nice for you. They told me not to tell you about it, so it would be a surprise, but you deserve the truth. Knowing all of the trust issues you’ve been through.” Sunset tells you, still holding you close to her and whispering into your ear.

“I don’t understand.”

>”I know. And I honestly don’t understand either. But you definitely have the right to know this before making up your mind on what you want to do. I really really want to be fair to you. So I’m going to be. Please don’t tell any of them that I told you this ahead of time.”

“Alright.” You start to connect some things together. “I was wondering why they were acting a little funny.” Your reaction is so watered down right now.

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WHAT IS HAPPENING

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>it's back

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>>30421980
>”Yeah, they’re not always so subtle, aren’t they?”

>If they see you two hugging, wouldn’t they be approaching you with their instruments in hand right now?

>”Anyway, they’re kind of not able to do anything right now anyway.” Sunset answers the question you just thought about. “All of their instruments are put back away until we get back to the hotel. So you have a lot of time to think.”

That was the bit I wrote since like November. Actual transition into the better parts of the story with more characters getting involved on the way.

I also remember someone asking me about the way I space the lines in this story the way I do. To answer your question, it's pretty much the same as when someone spaces their letters when trying to type aesthetically or whatever, except I'm doing it with lines instead of letters whenever the setting is somewhere like the beaches or whatever.

And as for the thing about moving this story over, I'll tell you all about that the next time I update which will actually be soon this time around. (I'm not currently writing anything else).

>>30421980
>Starts off with huge reveal being dropped
I'm scared do we trust the band geeks
Also welcome back. I thought you died.

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>>30421925
I don't think I have seen this green before but I love anything with Sunny Bunny, what is this?

>>30422136
Unironically, the opposite of a love story

>>30422027
>Sunset has her LoE power

Anon belongs to Sunset now.

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>>30422136
Start reading it. Trust me.

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>>30422165
>>30422154
Well shit. Alright, I'll start digging into part 1 then. What can I expect?

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>>30421925
Oh god not again

>>30422154
This

>>30422154
You conivnced me. Going to read it.

>>30422027
>With that, you smile at the ground for a couple of seconds in gratitude. She’s still waiting for you to answer.

>Something about her telling you about all this gives you a sense of freedom and trust for her. Yes, any suspicions you would have had were right, they are thinking about you. They do care more about you than you would have thought about before any of this.

>You remember hearing a quote from someone, probably on TV, but you can’t remember whom it was from. All you know is that it was something along the lines of “If you knew how rarely people actually care about what you’re doing, what you’re thinking or so on, you’d be so much less insecure.”

>The thought of it gives you a chuckle.

>As long as they’re caring in the right way, you’d rather know how often they care about you. You’d rather it be out there instead of it being a secret that you know exists, and knowing only of its existence makes it so much bigger in your mind than it actually is.

>”What’s so funny?” Sunset heard you chuckle.

“Well, knowing that they mean well definitely helps. I just wish whoever was keeping a secret before right now meant well. I would have loved to be wrong.”

>”Aw…” Sunset pulls you closer into a half hug and pats you on the shoulder. “I just know all of this will be behind us one day. And we’ll look back at it and hopefully not cringe too hard at how silly we were.” She chuckles back.

>You nod as Sunset stands up to walk away. She waves.

“I’ll see you later.”

>And with that, you walk in the opposite direction to avoid awkwardness. Parallel to the boardwalk. Just taking a gander at all of the shops full of affordable items.

>Dang.

>You really could start up a whole new life here. Looks pretty far from impossible.

~

>>30423543
>And boy, have you been thinking.

>Times might be a bit boring right about now, but you’re pondering pretty hard with yourself. With a relaxed twist in opposition to before.

>It would be pretty sweet to hang out with Sunset more often here; you both could do tons of things together. And it wouldn’t even cost you much in a place like this. You’re practically already starting a whole new life here with that factor alone.

>Buy yourself a smoothie and another colorful T-shirt.

>Slip into the shirt and sip the smoothie as you inevitably start people-watching. Was bound to happen.

>Staring around at them as you calmly walk past everything, straw in your lips. Doing what most guys your age do and keep walking around like a dope not knowing what you’ll be doing with your life in five years.

>You get tired and take a seat on a wooden bench.

>Let out a sigh and fix your gaze upon the sky… with the sun in the corner of your eye.

“A-ah!”

>You shut your eyes and turn away, briefly thinking that your eyes got fried before blinking several billion times to find someone sitting next to you.

>”Yo.”

“Oh, uh, hi.”

>Why is this kid wearing a squid hat? You honestly thought it was his hair for a brief moment.

>He mostly just stares at you with some interested look on his face. “Where are you from?”

“…Here.” You just lie, beating back the instinct to ask this kid where his parents are. Looks young enough for that to be relevant anyway.

>He’s holding something in his hand. You don’t notice until he chucks a handful of sand onto your shirt.

>”I win!” The kid declares before darting off into the distance. You hardly even jump in reaction.

“Where are your parents?” The phrase finally finds its way out of you through aggravation.

>You wipe the sand off of the shirt, knowing it’s going to be a pain to get every grain out. Whatever, you’ll manage.

>>30423550
>The kid is now standing a little ways away from you, smiling back. Widely.

“Why’d you do that?” You keep your voice stoic and somewhat playful. “Are your parents here?”

>This kid looks no older than 14 or 15. The tentacles on his squid hat dangle around as he starts to laugh to himself. He sticks his tongue out at you.

>You know you shouldn’t acknowledge this kid, he probably just managed to stray from his parents and annoy people for a few minutes. You go back to sitting down, brushing the last of the sand off.

>Another warm breeze brushes past you as you take another deep breath.

>Back to thinking… until you see the kid returning out of the corner of your eye. He’s holding another fistful of sand.

“Oh, come on…” You mutter to yourself, standing up and speed-walking away before the kid reaches you.

>Maybe it’s something that comes with the beaches that are right next to the city. Annoying kids. Nothing less of a nuisance than flocks of seagulls trying to steal your food.

>Yeah, that sounds about right.

>Whatever, you’ve faced worse.

>You figure that you’re not going to go onto the beach or in the water anyway… and looking at all of the other girls in bikinis wouldn’t help with you figuring out what to do with Sunset.

>So you stray a little from the beach and go back to the nearby towering building that belong to the city itself. Most of these look like hotels.

>A few dozen more steps brings you towards an increase in taxis driving along the road.

>Take another seat on a nearby bench because your energy isn’t at its full potential today. There was already someone sitting there, but he looks quite a little bit older than you, so you don’t think you’ll have to dodge any hand sand.

>This guy dons a white sleeveless shirt and a pair of sunglasses with swimming trunks to top it off. He nods hello to you from behind his comic book after you sit down.

“Great weather today.” You spark a conversation.

>>30423557
>The guy snickers in response, smiling at the pages as though you just told a joke. “Dude, what? It’s always like this.”

“I- oh. Right.”

>He laughs some more, and you join in for a second.

>”But hey, what’s up, man?”

“Just kind of walking around. Getting to know this place.”

>”Oh! You’re touring here? That’s pretty rad, dude. What’s your name?”

“…Anon.” Your life already feel less interesting as you say it. “Flew in a couple of days ago.”

>”Neat. I’m Darren. Where ya from?”

“You ever hear of Canterlot?”

>He shakes his head. “Nah, not really dude. Is that like… north of here… or…?”

“Very north. Like… very, very north.”

>”Ah. Sweet, dude! So you just chillin and stuff? I see you got yourself a chill beverage right there, my man.”

>Oh, right. your hand must have become too numb from the coldness of the cup for you to notice.

“Yeah. Chilling. Thinking about life.”

>”Ah.” Darren gives you a deep nod. “I gotcha. Like, major things or just day by day? If you don’t mind me asking.”

“Eh, I don’t mind talking about it. Drama stuff that is pretty much on its last legs at this point.” You get another thought. “In fact, maybe you can give me a second opinion on something.”

>This guy isn’t even in the slightest bit involved with any of this. Anything he concludes about it is sure to be as close to unbiased as possible.

>”Ah! Of course, brah! Go right ahead.” Darren enthusiastically offers to hear you out.

“Alright, so… there’s a girl that really likes me. And like, she’s here with me. Right?”

>”Ah, okay. I think I know where this is going. Go on.”

“And she’s wanted to get into a relationship with me for… eh, I don’t know how long it’s been on her end, but I’ve known about it for a few weeks now. And it… honestly resulted in some high school drama.” You can see Darren nodding again as though he understands. “Like… really really bad high school drama.”

>”How bad?”

>>30423562
>”Well it’s the reason why I’m here in the first place. And the funny part is, the girl who likes me flew all the way out here and then sailed out on a boat just to be here with me.”

>Darren’s eyes go wide. “Whoooah! Dude, really? You hittin’ that?”

“Uh, no, actually.” You tell him.

>”Whaaaaat? Is she like a fat crazy girl or something?“

“No, not at all. She’s actually pretty attractive a really nice to me.”

>”So why aren’t you getting with her, then? She got like a brother or dad or something who doesn’t like you?”

“Well here’s the thing. I try to keep myself away from getting into relationships despite how much I may want to do it one day. I’ve seen relationships fail a lot and usually they ended up in things not working out and one person trying to boss around the other.”

>”Ah, okay. I see where you’re coming from, brah. But she got an angry dad, though?”

“I… actually have no idea. I never met her parents. But here’s the thing…”

>”Alright, continue, continue.”

>A loud truck rolls past the two of you before you continue.

“She asked me out one day, last week of school. I was getting ready to relax all summer and not deal with anyone from school. I’m not a very responsible guy… can’t really handle keeping a relationship up. I’ve pretty much come to terms with that.”

>”Okay, so you wanna lay low until you’re ready to take charge and stuff. Nothing wrong with that, prolly a smart move. So you said no, then, right?”

“Yeah. I guess… that’s the reason why. Other than the fact that I was a little defensive about it, because of another thing.”

>”What was that, dude?”

“Well, she had movie tickets in her hand, and some flowers. I first assumed she bought both of them to really pressure me into saying yes, then I-”

>>30423570
>”Ohohohoho! Oh, that old trick! Buying a bunch of stuff and making a big romantic scene when asking someone out. Dude, I know a guy who proposed to his girl in front of an entire crowd at a basketball game!” Darren brings up.

>You’re already more interested in hearing his story.

>”Basically went to the middle of the court and all that, right? Got the ring in his hand and everything. The players, mascot, all the freakin people just watching, hundreds of them!”

“Imagine the pressure.”

>”I know, right? Bro, it was so intense. But she said yes. He held the ring out to her on his knee and she was all like ‘yeah brah I’ll marry you’. I was up in the stands all like ‘whaaaaaat?’ cause like, I actually know this guy! We went to college together for a bit. Was in his class at one point.”

“How’d their relationship go?”

>Darren leans back on the bench a bit, making it creak. “Pssshh, I dunno dude. They got married and all, right? But I haven’t heard from them since.”

“But the pressure on the girl would have been huge if she said no, right?”

>”Hell yeah, brah! I remember the guy spent like… uh, I don’t remember the dollar amount he spent on the ring, but it was a freaking fortune, dude! And like, I think he and his girl were living together already, but they weren’t like… marriage serious. Serious, but not like… ‘hey let’s spend a lot of money on a wedding and spend the rest of our lives together’ serious. Well, he was, at least!” Darren chuckles again. “And her too, apparently.”

>You picture the girl with the entire basketball game audience watching her. All those eyes fixed on her and the answer she gave the guy on his knee.

“Well my situation wasn’t exactly on the same… scale, or proportion, or whatever.”

>”Oh, nah, I got ya, dawg. Yeah, but you still got some static for saying no, right? You said it was the reason you came here? To get away from the dudes and chicks giving ya trouble?”

>>30423577
“They were mostly popular jocks and stuff and not in the band class, so yeah, it worked. I got away…”

>”Oh! So you’re on a school field trip? Was wondering how you managed to afford a ticket to here. Those things… wew, they’re expensive if you live in, like, the northern hemisphere. But you got cash with you, right? Totally worth it once you get here.”

“Yeah, I’ve learned that. Heh.”

>”So she followed you here and… now what?” Asks Darren. “Ain’t no one else here giving you problems, right? And it’s just a boyfriend girlfriend relationship she’s looking for, right? I assume that since you’re in like high school yeah?”

“Yeah, we’re kind of away from the drama now. It sorta took me a while to realize it. Since her friends were all playing mind games with me to try to get me to go out with her. That’s actually the next part of this. They wanted me to go out with her because I was ‘supposed to’ by their standards or whatever, and the more they tried, the more I resisted and it just got out of hand.”

>”Ah, you just don’t wanna do what they tell you. Dang, dude, I totally see where you’re coming from.” Darren claps his hands together and exhales. “People, man. Amirite?”

“Yeah…”

>”So like… once you go back to, where you from again?”

“Canterlot.”

>”Canterlot! Once you’re back there with your folks, and they find out you got with her, they’re gonna be all smug and stuff, right?”

“Well, yeah, I guess.”

>”How long you here for, brah?”

“Like… well… here’s another thing… um…” You’re really hesitating now. “I wasn’t exactly planning on… l-leaving…”

>Darren’s eyes go even wider than before. “Yoohhh! You used the field trip to run away from home? YOOOH! That is so effin’ dope, dude!”

>You shy away a little. Darren stands up and starts crouching and pacing around in amazement as another truck goes by.

>>30423582
>”Dayum, man! That’s some ballin…” His voice is drowned out by the truck’s engine for a second or two. “… like, wow! I knew you were putting up with some heavy drama but not THAT heavy! I was gonna say hook up with her for the vacation and stuff but you got all the time in the world, brah! Whatcha waitin’ for? She’s hot, right?”

“Well, uh, yeah…”

>”Duuuude! You goooootta hit that, man! I mean, if you like her back, then you gotta tap that.”

“Well money isn’t the only issue. I also said I’m not very responsible, and I kinda might screw everything up and things’ll fall apart. I just don’t feel like it’s worth it seeing the kind of… screw up I am. Honestly, she deserves better than me. I’m a bit too…” You trail off after seeing Darren shaking his head.

>”Bro, listen. She bought a ticket to Brothens, dude. B r o t h e n s . That’s like… wait, what’s the currency you use?”

“Dollars.”

>Darren spins around and excitedly sits back down. “Dude! Those things are multiplied by like a hundred in value once you’re up in here! The pennies are literally like dollars! You can buy a deluxe top of the line fur coat But, ah, gettin off track, um… she bought a freaking Brothens ticket just to come and see you after whatever drama happened.”

“So it’s okay to say no if it’s flowers and a movie ticket but it’s not if it’s a Brothens ticket?”

>Darren pauses. “Well don’t you like her?”

“Well, I don’t know. One of her friends was trying to make me like her through mind games. And I don’t know if it worked.”

>”Ohhh…. so is this more about you proving to yourself that like… you’re like… your own man or something? You really got me there on that one.”

“Maybe, I dunno.”

>”Dude, you’re basically gettin free tail in the best city in the world! She’s hot, she likes ya, she wants ya, she came all the way over here for ya, and you’re not planning to go back to Can… Camdo…”

“Canterlot.”

>”Canterlot any time soon, right?”

“…Yeah….”

>>30423588
>”Brah, I don’t know what else to tell ya. You practically moved to Brothens at this point. You got a hundred times the money you came over here with, just like… buy a loft or something. Settle down with her. Get busy with that chick, my dude. This is like a once in a lifetime opportunity, why you gotta pass it up like that? She ain’t tryna move back either or anything right?” Darren hesitates. “Wait… is she? Ohhhhhh, is that why you can’t commit?”

“I actually don’t know if she plans to stay here, but I do. I’m already tired of living with those other people and I wanna start over.”

>”Wow, dude.” Darren sighs and shakes his head at the sidewalk in amazement. “Am I fortunate to have run into you. Your life’s a lot crazier than mine right now, dawg.”

>Hearing something like that makes you forget that you’re Anon for a second. At least you managed to stir up some adventure, even if it was for the wrong reasons.

>”Well listen, dude. If you love her, at least give that a try. Just do it, man. You’re in Brothens, dude. Can’t make too big of a financial mistake as long as you get a job after a while. Pay’s pretty great here, actually. Economy’s nice and it looks like you got some treasury of foreign currency to get yourself started for with elbow room.”

“What if the girl in the basketball court said no? Would you say she’s right or wrong for doing that?”

>”Honestly, this is a pretty tricky subject. I mean, the dude spent a lot of money on that ring, man.”

“Yeah, and there were hundreds of people watching. So she pretty much had to say yes, right?”

>”Well that’s different than your pickle, man. This is a relationship you can turn off whenever, not a marriage. But if you really, really don’t wanna, then just say no. It’ll be pretty sad, but I guess I can’t blame ya for that.” Darren looks to the sky for a second before turning back to you. “So are you sure if you like her or not?”

>>30423597
“Well… I don’t want to like her. I like not having to worry about making someone else happy. I just like it better that way, less restraints and I can spend my time doing things I like. I’ve never been a fan of devoting my time to someone else, and I don’t feel like I should have to if arranged marriages or relationships in general aren’t a thing here.”

>”Oh thank goodness we don’t have arranged marriages here, dude.”

“Anyway, I’m just too used to being single to really commit to someone else. And I guess I lost sight of that when people started to try to force me to hook up with her. Then my reasons became more extreme and made less sense. But hey, if I’m screwed up enough to let that happen, then people like me really shouldn’t be in relationships. Who knows what else I’d overreact to?”

>”Well, when you put it like that, why’d she come all the way over here to begin with, then?”

>You shrug for a half a second before you hear a familiar voice call to you.

>”Duuude! Anon!”

>Both you and Darren turn your heads to find Norman running up to you.

>”Who’s that?” Asks Darren.

“Friend of mine.”

>”Hey dude, we’re all going to the casino, wanna join?” He pauses. “Sunset’s coming with.” He half smiles as he says this.

>Darren leans forward. “Sunset? Is that the girls name?”

“Well, I-”

>”Whoa, you were telling people about Sunset?”

“I was asking for advice.” You sigh.

>”Oh. Well uh, alright, then.” Norman turns to Darren. “Yeah, uh, this guy. Lemme tell ya, he’s been through a whirlwind of drama. Name’s Norman.”

>”Whaddup, dude… so I’ve been told. I’m Darren, brah.”

>These two kicked it off nicely. They both collectively ask you similar questions as you begin to fade out again not really caring what they’re saying. It’s like watching two Norman clones interact; you almost laugh.

>>30423604
>Oh, they talk and talk and talk. The more they talk, the more you space out. You hardly even notice Norman saying it’s time to go.

>”You coming, dude?”

“Oh, uh, yeah. Sure.”

>”Duhuhude… Sunset is like… the coolest name I’ve ever heard.” Darren says as you ad Norman walk away. “Remember, dude.” He calls out right before you’re out of earshot. “You know you wanna hit that!”

>You know you wanna hit that.

>That phrase sticks around in your head the entire walk back to the boardwalk.

>”Man, it’s a good thing you’re easy to recognize, Anon. I’ve been looking everywhere for you. Didn’t you get my texts?” Norman tells you.

“Texts?”

>You instinctively pull out your phone and try to turn the screen on — the device is out of battery.

>Norman wheezes in laughter for a second. “Dude, whaaaaat? How did your phone run out of battery THAT quickly? Did you charge it?”

“I don’t remember if I did. I apparently didn’t.”

>”Apparently not, dude.” Norman grabs your arm. “C’mon, there’s the group right now. Casino’s like a couple of blocks away.”

>There’s Sunset.

>Right as your eyes meet, the phrase comes back into your mind, bringing with it some very… explicit thoughts. Thoughts that make you blush as you wave to Sunset.

>The group boards the bus.

>”Hey, wanna sit next to eachother, Anon?” Sunset asks you, patting the empty seat next to her.

>You’re in the seat before you know it.

>The bus takes off as Norman shows you the screen of his own phone, which includes the time.

“How has it been two hours already?” You ask in shock.

~

>>30423761
It begins

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Sorry about the delay, 4chan’s acting strange.
>>30423761
Casino scene incoming.
And as for the thing I was going to explain from earlier. The short version of it is:
I knew I had to make a new TaT thread for you guys to find it, but I don't wanna have to try hard to keep the thread up. So I talked to the Shimmer thread about this dilemma since a few of them want more green in their thread, and we had a nice time arguing with the end conclusion being that I definitely consider moving Time After Time into their thread to get them more content. (Since /fb/ already has three or four people writing and one guy making cool YouTube videos as opposed to the one or two writer in the Shimmer thread and I remember some of you didn't want to have to sift through a lot of other content to reach what you wanted).
This would actually be a beneficial move since it gives them content and gives this story a thread that doesn't need to be bumped with much worry because there's a lot of people bumping there already; It's by far the fastest moving thread I lurk. And while it's a rather smart move for me to take, I actually don't care where this story goes towards as long as I get to the part I'll enjoy writing so it can join the other 10% of everything I've ever written that I actually liked writing, so it's really up to you guys. Whaddaya think?
Also, this: >>30423315
There's gonna be hella lewdness in this story starting from this point, but if you're looking for non-sexual romance with relationships and wanna read on, pic related.
BUT
The story is gonna get more fun. With Dazzlings. And siren magic. And aesthetic casino fun. And Sunset in the middle of it all.
>>30423390
If you love Sunset and are looking for a story with romance that doesn't have a spergy Anon, also pic related.

>>30423885
>Spoiler
Fuck I come rely forgot

>>30424349
completely*

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>>30421925
>More
STILL ALIVE
>>30422136
Newfag

>>30423543
>You really could start up a whole new life here. Looks pretty far from impossible.
ODYSSEUS
GET THE TREE BRANCH

>>30423885
It gets a few a things wrong but overall it's a funny vid. I feel like towards the modern age it greatly degrades tho.

Is Anon gonna discover the world of fwb and have sex with Sunset without being in a relationship with her who just rolls with it to finally have Anon in some way?

Or maybe it's the opposite where it's Sunset who offers that and Anon goes WOW WE CAN HAVE FUN WITHOUT BEING IN A RELATIONSHIP

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bump before bed

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>>30421925
> He's back

> 9

>>30423885
If this thread does the slow then yeah move story to shim thread

>>30421975
>Anon dislikes relationships because his middle school friend handled it terribly five years ago
>Because of that, he turns down a girl who's incredibly into him
>He has a fling with a girl named Mary
>Even after all that, Sunset is still eager to have a relationship with him
>She' so desperate and patient, she becomes an apologist for his behavior
What the fuck?

>>30427541
This is what you get when you read a story designed to be a middle finger to love stories

>>30427572
But it's not. It's a middle finger to the audience.

>>30427755
If you take it that way and you're that sensitive.

>>30427755
The part of the audience that wants a love story, yes

>>30427541
Honestly Anon is a complete digital dummy for rejecting Sunset so much.

I would understand if Sunset was a bitch or something, but she's been nothing but caring and a sweetheart. Imagine what she must be feeling. Knowing her feelings were being toyed by one of her best friends and now not even sure if the boy she's been wanting for so long is real or not. I bet she's doing her own existential crises like little Anon is also.

>>30427911
That's the problem: no sane person would look at Anon, and all he's done and think "yeah, I totally want a relationship with that person." That's what's frustrating. I don't want a relationship or love story. I'd rather Sunset say "fuck it" and do her own thing, but the fact that she's held onto him for this long tells me she's just as immature and braindead as Anon is. Why strive to be with someone who can't sort out their emotions caused by such an insignificant event years prior?

>>30427911
>>30428013
Again >>30427572
This story takes the premise of a love story and just destroys it.

>>30428102
Yeah, with moronic characters

>>30428156
That's literally part of it senpai

>>30428179
Then I can't get on board with this green. If you guys enjoy it, then I guess more power to you.

Just read part 1 and Anon is fucking retarded

Does it get better?

>>30428892
These posts are literally right above you >>30428102

>>30428892
No

>>30423557
>And that was the moment Anon swore he wouldn't have kids to avoid raising a brat like this

>>30428873
Is Sunset going to wear this outfit during this story by any chance? I'd love that.

>>30423761
>…

>It is only about 15 minutes before the bus stops at the casino’s towering arched entrance. You watch the distorted reflection of the bus ride along side your view from the windows on the side of the building.

>Sunset mostly stares forward in the seat next to you as you struggle to think about anything to say to her.

>Your conversation with Darren only confirmed something that was creeping up on you ever since this began; you don’t want to have feelings for Sunset. But the opportunity to be happy with her is right in front of your face. And you’re trying not to in order to stay somewhat true to yourself, but the universe apparently has other plans.

>Everything feels warmer and fuzzier as Sunset’s hand brushes against yours. The feeling that those corny movies describe when the main guy falls for the girl…

>”Anon…” Sunset says to you.

“Hm?”

>”You okay? You seem tense.”

>There’s too high of a chance she’s going to ask you about what you were thinking about while you were wandering around. There’s really no reason why she waited this long to talk to you until right before everyone got off-

>”If this is about the thing we talked about, don’t worry about it. I’m cool with just sticking around while we all go do stuff in the casino.”

“Heh, well that’s what I was thinking about. Sorry if I’m a little awkward.”

>”Hey, it’s alright.” Sunset pats you on the shoulder. “Like I said, don’t sweat it. It’s all already been gone over before, and you’ll know when you’re ready. No one’s exactly perfect anyway.”

“What do you mean?”

>The bus’s engine goes quiet and the chatter among the band members gets slightly louder. Some of the students stand up.

>”If there’s anything that’s bothering you and telling you that you’re not good enough to take initiative, it’s not really true. It’s okay to believe that you can pull yourself through things without having done it before.”

“…Like what?”

>>30431416
>”Like when you hopped onto that plane at the last second to get away from Canterlot and come here instead. You had a goal and you acted upon it. But you wouldn’t have thought you would have been able to handle it before it happened, did you?”

>You blink.

“Uh, I guess not. But the heat of the moment kinda convinced me.” You’re feeling an urge to scoot closer to Sunset.

>”Well let yourself come up with whatever answer you want, no need to overthink it or hold anything back. Because… well, I don’t know… it was pretty nice sitting here with you even though we didn’t say anything. It’s like nothing else even happened and we’re just getting to know eachother.”

>And you had to sit here all quiet and unwilling to have a conversation.

“I’m uh… sorry I-“

>”Oh, no, no, don’t worry. It’s okay we didn’t talk. We don’t always have to talk. It’s cool.”

>It’s like she’s hinting that she listened in on the conversation with Darren or something. Though, you’re more certain that you’re just making it obvious that this is your concern instead of her somehow knowing what you said when she wasn’t around.

>”Look, you don’t have to be anxious. Alright? I know you’re just… doubting a lot of things about yourself. And that makes everything confusing for a while, and you don’t know which way is the right way. But there’s nothing wrong with that, it’s common among people.”

>More students stand up and enter the middle aisle. Debbie starts to banter with them.

>”I myself doubted myself for a while before some friends reached their hands out to me. Granted, some of them might have tried to do something different with you, but they did do that one thing for me back in the day.” Sunset stands up with you.

>Mr. Davison frees the students as he leads the group out of the bus. Sunset continues to talk to you and you walk alongside her, tossing your empty smoothie container into a wastebasket.

>>30431424
>”C’mon. Let’s go watch people gamble. It’ll be fun.” Sunset reaches out her hand for you to grab it.

>You grabbed her hand before you realized it. Feeling almost a feeling of surrender. But a comfortable surrender.

>The group enters the casino en masse, without any instruments, so you wouldn’t have to worry about that. Their collective footsteps echoing together almost sounds like a waterfall. You don’t even have the ability to notice the actual waterfall you pass by until you see it. Didn’t hear a thing.

>This place feels like a massive arcade with tons more decorations, and the appeal is more meant for adults. Who have real money to “play” with.

>Right away, the music starts to drown out your footsteps as the group goes further into the building. You didn’t even think to look for the name of this place.

>All you know now is that there are large cavernous rooms with hundreds of machines in them… doorways leading to them all around you. Rock music playing in the direction in which you’re heading, accompanied but unmistakeable cheering.

>”Do they always have to make these places so huge?” Norman’s voice sounds from behind you, barely audible over the noise.

>You have no idea where Mr. Davison is taking you, but you manage to see the name of the casino plastered on some banners strung about the high points of walls where it almost reaches the ceiling.

>The Palace.

>”Alright, let’s all stay NEAR the cafeteria, okay?” Mr. Davison tells the band kids as the group slows to a halt with a food court surrounding them. “The only money you should be spending should stay in this room.”

>”Oh! We were coming here to eat!” Exclaims Norman. “I legit thought we were going to be like, gambling or something.”

>”Whahahat?! Are you high again?” Scott Green asks him with a raised eyebrow.

>”Not right now, no.”

>>30431431
>The two walk away as you stand next to Sunset. You’re about to speak to her, but she takes the opportunity first.

>”Oh my gosh, I just remembered the thing about the money here.” Sunset eagerly pulls a dollar bill out of her jacket pocket. “What do you want? It’ll be on me if that’s cool.”

“A burger or something, I guess. Just drank a whole smoothie, though.”

>You go up to the first vendor and purchase a quick meal that barely costs more than 10 cents. Sunset’s smile gets wider as she looks back at you and the number on the register’s little screen.

>”Isn’t this amazing?! How many things have you bought yet?” The girl chimes before the two of you sit down at a nearby two person table.

“Well…” You dig through your memory. “Some shirts, sandals… snacks and stuff, of course… just random stuff so far.”

>Your fingers poke away at your burger sitting in front of you.

>”That’s neat.” Sunset already has her burger in her hands and takes a bite.

“Say, uh…” You ask after a minute or two. “Do you have your phone charger with you? My phone died.”

>”No, I don’t. Sorry.” She perks up. “Oh! Thanks for reminding me. I need to answer a text.”

“Oh, alright.”

>”You remember Adagio, right?” Sunset says to you. “Sonata and Aria’s friend?”

“Yeah.” The first image that pops into your head is Sonata’s chest from the other day.

>”Well she apparently found a way over here and should be here by tonight. Or maybe tomorrow. Depends how long the flight takes.”

“Wait, what? I thought she was already coming here or something.”

>”I honestly don’t know what those three have been up to, Aria’s been really… dodgy? I think that’s the word.”

“Dodgy how?”

>”She avoids talking about Adagio or Sonata. I’ve been trying to get some details out of her, but she’s really not saying much, and it’s getting a little concerning.”

“What about when you and Aria were heading over on a boat or whatever?”

>>30431435
>”We talked a little, but she withheld a lot, it seems. Which is why uh… can you keep a secret?” Sunset leans in. “It’s just a little secret.”

“Sure.”

>”I’ve been trying to keep an eye on her and the other Dazzlings. Mostly Adagio and Aria, since Sonata seems to be out of the loop too. I know this kind of reaction to things isn’t something I want to encourage at a time like this, but I can’t help but feel like they’re up to something. Especially with Aria having a new siren pendant, and knowing what she did with one in the past…”

“You came all the way over here with that? You didn’t like… throw it into the sea or something?”

>”Aria kept it around her neck the whole time. It didn’t effect me or anything, but she didn’t want to get rid of it. Which is actually really concerning.”

“What did she say that you’re replying to?”

>”That she’s going to meet up with Adagio and to tell Sonata to not worry about them and that they’ll meet up with her afterword.”

>You think about this for a minute or two, wondering why this is. Sunset takes another bite of her burger, and looks past you towards the entrance to the food court.

>”I dunno, she seems distant. And I really don’t like it. I’m going to try to talk to Adagio as soon as I can as soon as she gets here.”

>Maybe this is the reason why Sunset came here.

>The Dazzlings were going with the band kids to a far away island resort city that none of the mane six were anywhere near enough to do anything about, and their plan was to get new pendants and start controlling more and more people.

>But if Sunset had a reason to come here, she could stop them. And you were an important thing that helped her in this plan. That’s really the only thing that makes sense anymore at this point.

>”But listen, there is something that I think is only fair to tell you.” Continues Sunset. “Because I don’t want you left in the dark.” She then takes a sip from her drink.

“What is it?”

>>30431444
>”I know how you feel more than you might expect.” Sunset tells you. “You see… if I ever told you that I felt something in you, that you didn’t really mean something you said and wanted to say something else instead… or wanted to tell me something buy didn’t know how, I can tell.”

“Is it like an intuition thing or something?” You stare down at the table, confused.

>Sunset hesitates and reaches her hand forward, right next to her meal. “Anon, can you-”

>Before she finished her sentence, you take her by the hand, already recognizing the gesture. And a nervous smile sneaks its way onto your face.

>”Alright, think about something random. Or something that sort of lingered in your mind.”

>You feel her run her finger across the back of your hand, and you imagine the two of you doing a little bit more than just holding hands. You’re quite confused, but also a little disconcerted at the fact that she asked you to think about something random.

>As though she can-

>”I know you’re picturing you and me.” Sunset tells you. “Like… together.”

>You almost jolt, feeling a sharp rush shock you.

“What do you mean?”

>”Let me explain.” Sunset takes a deep breath and looks into your darting eyes. “This is just a thing that happens, and I never do anything with it, but… when I hold your hand, I can read your mind.”

“You can read my mind?”

>Your stomach begins to churn. Part of you wants to snatch your hand away from Sunset before you think about anything horrible. Whatever the other part of you thought was drowned out when you actually retracted your hand away with widened eyes.

>But you stayed seated.

>”Anon, it’s okay.”

“Wait, what?! How?” You’re starting to shake. “I-I… not all of my thoughts are… you know…” It’s the first thing you thought to say.

>Sunset warmly smiles and holds up her hands. “Don’t worry, I know. I know. Not all of your thoughts are things you mean. I figured that out with even other people a while ago.”

>>30431451
>You’re frozen in your seat, having no idea what to do.

>”I can tell what you really mean and what is just your brain being silly. But that’s not the point right now. You see, this is the reason why I wanted to come in here and talk to you alone. So I can tell you about this and we can have a deeper conversation than before.”

“Wh-what? Why do we need to?”

>”Trust me, Anon. You need it just as much as I do.” Sunset reaches her hand out again, this time along with her other one. “It’s okay, I’ll never reveal what your thoughts are to other people. This is just between you and me. Okay?”

>Your legs can’t stop shaking.

“Have you been reading my mind this whole time?”

>”Almost, there wasn’t a time when I didn’t respect your privacy. I never hinted anything about your thoughts to anyone. But I didn’t want to tell you or do anything about it either. Because I saw how… you know, paranoid you were. I knew you would have pretty much freaked out pretty bad if I told you a week or so ago.”

>You pause for several seconds, with Sunset holding her hands out alone. You look down and question whether you should let her into your mind again. Still in a state of shock.

>It all makes sense now.

>”I just waited until you mellowed out, that’s all. I’m telling you now so there’s nothing you don’t know between you and I. What the band kids might do for us and this thing about me here. This is pretty much all there is, I swear. I want to be as honest with you as possible, and this was one of the things I needed to tell you if I am going to do that. I just want you to be sure that you can trust me.”

>Sunset can see just in your facial expression alone that you are remarkably hesitant. But your hand slowly moves back onto the table.

“I just have one question.” You pause before making contact. “Did you… see the thing that happened with Mary?”

>Sunset raises her eyebrows at this. “Happened? You mean, like, that wasn’t just a dream of yours?”

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>>30431462
>You flinch a little at the thought of Sunset seeing all that… again, apparently.

“Well, uh… no, it happened.”

>There is a long pause between you. Sunset’s cheeks start to blush red, and you know for a fact that yours must be too.

>”…I see…”

“But it’s not what it seems like. In fact, here.” You take both of your hands and grab Sunset’s hands with hardly a second thought, out of a random impulse to prove you’re telling the truth. “Just see for yourself.”

>You’re already in the spotlight anyway, what difference does it make?

-
This is only the beginning of the scene. More later on.

>>30431466
OH FUCK

>>30431466
This can one or two ways.

Sunset either pursues Anon further now that she knows this or this turns her away from him.

>>30433036
My money's on her turning away

>>30431466
>This is only the beginning of the scene
They're gonna fugg HORY SHEIT

Hahaha jk. It's gonna just be about 10 posts of monologue from Anon

>>30431466
Anon should do the same thing with Sunny to make it up to her

>>30435562
Haven seen that one before, where you get it?

>>30436681
Just google search it and I'm sure you'll find the source.

>>30431466
>Sunset actually has her LoE powers
Sex scene memory time when?

>>30431466
>A few seconds pass, then about thirty seconds, and you watch Sunset’s face change again and again as she sees the scene from your life in more detail. All you know about the moment is that it had more to do with the stress you were feeling. Sunset’s sure to feel that, even though you really shouldn’t have a reason to care how she reacts to this.

>Things happen between people, and it’s in your private memory anyway.

>This-

>”I… think I know what’s going on in there. Like, all of it.” Sunset blurts with her cheeks a deep rosy red.

>Oh, she saw all of it alright.

“You mean the things I think? And how I think? And all that stuff?”

>”Here’s what I can tell.” Sunset grasps your hands a little bit tighter, but with sincerity. “You weren’t ready to handle any of the stuff you’ve gone through. Not just a relationship, but also not any of the drama that happened. You wanted to stay yourself, but you’re even having trouble realizing that because of all of the stress that happened. And now you’re internally trying to permanently separate from all of that and live your life. Even if it has to be somewhere new.”

>You stare at her.

>”You partially feel bad about the way you rejected me, how you laughed as you walked away, how I was let down. How the lilies died in your closet. How a part of you feel like it died with them. You feel bad, but you don’t want to feel bad despite knowing you should. And you’re getting it confused with whether or not you should be in love. Because you’re afraid.”

>How much did she see?

>”You need me to tell you that I can feel better after a certain time. Because the thing you’re afraid of is that I’m still hurt.” Sunset takes a deep breath with her eyes closing for a second, her hands still with yours. “Anon… I did feel hurt in the beginning. But like a lot of things in life, it didn’t last. But what Twilight or Trixie or Flash did didn’t exactly help the situation. For either of us.”

>>30438754
“It really didn’t.” You force a chuckle, strangely eager to hear more of this.

>”Everything made you tense one hundred percent of the time, even after the school year ended for us. And you saw distance as the only way out, as a way to escape the shame and just get away. You hated yourself for starting this, and you hated everyone else for making it worse. And you couldn’t think anything other than them hating you. It’s a very harmful mindset to have, Anon. But I know what you really want.”

>You expect her to say something like love, or something else that would be straight out of a movie.

>”You wanted the truth. Your truth, about who you are and what you stand for. Whatever it may be. Because you don’t know what that truth is, and you don’t want being in love with someone to get in your way. Because you’re afraid of it clouding your judgement.”

>Your stomach is still drying up at the thought of those lilies dying in your closet. It feels both like a million years ago and like five minutes ago.

>”Which is sort of making you feel like the past you was right for not liking relationships, because you have a misplaced belief that they cloud people’s judgement and stop them from being who they truly are and instead of being whom the person they love wants them to be.”

>She’s holding your hands a little bit more softly, now. But you can tell she doesn’t intend to let go.

>”You were not only overanalyzing everyone else’s actions, but you were secretly overanalyzing your own too. And when the conclusion you came to about the others sometimes turned out to be true, you wondered if the ones about them that were false meant that what you observed in your own behavior was true. You made a false dichotomy about the whole thing, and you’ve seen good and bad things on both sides of that, making you unsure of what to believe. This is something I saw in you before, along with something else.”

“What is that?”

>>30438757
>”The fact that you really are falling in love with me. Even after Twilight’s spell, it’s still happening in your brain. You’re tried to pull away from it because of the things I just described to you. I saw everything that made you paranoid, and I knew that there was a spark in there that you didn’t think I knew about.” Sunset smiles a little for a brief half second. “That spark is what I love most about you.”

“Wh-what?! What do you mean? What do I do about this?”

>”We’ll get to that. There’s still more you need to hear. The stress from before caused you to worry too much to make anything out of your downtime. You could barely eat your dinner, play video games, you wouldn’t even masturbate. And those things only made you feel worse and more on edge as more days went by. You didn’t realize it, but it was clouding your judgement even more. Making you question even more things, especially about yourself, no matter how hard you tried not to think about it that way.”

>Start sifting through your memory, including times you just sat on the edge of your bed trying to figure out how to get these people off of your back. How all you could think about is how much you wanted it to stop so you could have a good summer.

>Would you have come here if you fapped even once?

>”And you just didn’t know what to believe, so your brain shut off and you decided to just forget about this confusing mess and run away from it forever. Because you weren’t happy with your life anyway, and you felt that the thing with the girls and I was the last straw in the life you didn’t want anymore. You chose to run away from your problems instead of face them, and you hate the fact that you’re coming to terms with that because that means that you’re wrong and probably have to go back home. And you think the mess over there is something you must never return to, whether we date or not.”

>You gulp.

>>30438762
>”Even before you left, you saw it as un-recoverable, and that it was all your fault at some crucial points. After you started to slowly discover the truth in that, you did everything you could to just get away. You stopped wanting to solve the problem of people not liking you and threw your hands in the air and said ‘forget it, I don’t want this’.”

>Nod in some kind of reluctant agreement, knowing that she’s probably about to tell you how in the wrong you are.

>”Your first thought was to commit suicide, but you knew that was a stupid thing to do from the get-go. You wanted to live, and be comfortable for a change. So you chose to run away. And that’s what drove you to get onto that plane. Believe me, your mind was going crazy. You didn’t even know what you were doing, and I could tell. And I knew that I was the only one who could tell you this after you eventually found some tranquility in life. I couldn’t just let you go about your time like that.”

“But… why, though?”

>”Anon, listen to me. Your mind is a hurricane of delusion with love in its eye. And you didn’t even know it… but I did. I can see it better than you could before. After what happened with Mary, your mind relaxed a LOT. And you’re starting to realize it. It’s no surprise that happened, really. But it’s not like I could stay there in Canterlot with your family sending the cops around town looking for you and your own mind collapsing in on itself with that good part of you I saw inside. You were making a ton of heavy weighted mistakes, but I wanted to be here when you snapped out of it. I didn’t cause it to happen, but I knew it was eventually going to take place. And I just want you to know that there is a way to start over.”

>The more she says, the more you feel like an idiot. It’s official, your life is literally a bad soap opera.

>>30438766
>”Is what you did the brightest thing? No. Far from it. And the guilty part of you knew that you needed to be told that in order to confirm that you made a bunch of huge mistakes. Even though the right thing to do happened by chance to be what everyone wanted you to do. You don’t want your stance to be easily moldable, but it is.”

“Well…”

>”I know you don’t want to trust anyone who was involved or even yourself; it’s why you brought it up with Darren, but it turned out that he was a little biased on the topic. You believe that if a total stranger found a good reason for you to accept your new feelings, then it shouldn’t matter who you were before all this, right?”

“Yes.” You begin to feel dizzy from all this. Just give her straight answers now.

>”That is all in your head. I can see it; but you are the only one who can change things. It’s your brain and your feelings. You need to trust yourself to make the decision. Just because I can tell you what you already are thinking doesn’t mean I should tell you what to think. I need you to understand that yes, you did make a huge mistake, but you’re the only one who can fix it.”

>Now you have to say something other than yes or no.

“So what do I do?”

>”Decide, Anon. Either accept it and start being okay with loving me, or somehow stop loving me. I just want you to find piece of mind, despite me still loving you back. If you’re not going through what you want, then there’s no way you can stay happy. Which is a good point the past you would have made about not bothering with relationships. Being in love while not wanting to be in love doesn’t always help, so you can rest assured that there’s at least a little bit of reason on your end. Especially if the only reason why you’re in love is because of what Twilight did. I believe that true love is one that you welcome yourself to feel. You need to decide if…”

>>30438769
>She lets her voice die down. The distant rock music is once again the most prominent thing reaching your ears.

“What’s wrong?”

>”Anon…”

“What?”

>”If you don’t want to understand your thoughts and just enjoy yourself for today, you can tell me. I don’t want to stress you out again.”

>Okay, she felt that. Further guilt rushes up your spine.

“I’m sorry, it’s just that this-”

>”It’s a lot to take in, I know. Don’t worry, I’m not mad at you. I’m actually very glad we had this talk. But listen, just going around town and asking strangers isn’t enough. If there’s anything we can close on, it’s that. Just listen to this last thing, okay? Here…” She lets go of your hands. “That’ll probably help you be at ease.”

“Okay.” You pull your hands away before reconnecting them with Sunset’s once again. “Uh, I might as well at this point. I clearly don’t know what I’m doing anymore.”

>Sunset lets out a sigh with a newer smile.

>”One: The thing you did with Mary helped you think more clearly. You messed up a lot before, but you probably won’t again because your feelings aren’t bouncing all over the place.”

>Well that’s somewhat refreshing to hear. You did something right.

>”Two: you should stay relieved every day, but not in the presence of… temptation. So here’s what you do. Just have fun today. You and I can go do something fun -in a regular way- while the band’s still here. Then once we go back, get right back into your hotel room and masturbate once before you go to bed. Then sleep, then do it again right after you wake up. It’ll help you keep yourself… sober, let’s say.”

>You heat up upon hearing this. Knowing that Sunset can see you imagining yourself thinking about her, or even doing things in person with her.

>>30438772
>”Hey, don’t worry about it. It’s not like guys your age don’t do that all the time.” Sunset reminds you. “We’re going to start off slow, then work our way into this. You need to be by yourself the first time so there’s absolutely nothing convincing you what you should do with yourself about this.”

“Oh, so like, you don’t want me to be…”

>”No, no, just like… start alone.” She’s already seeing all of the images in your head with her ‘helping you decide’… in your hotel room with you.

>But it’s clear that she knows that’s not a very unbiased way to go about this.

>”You’ll be fine, trust me. And don’t worry about me, I’d never in a million years tell anyone what you’re thinking.”

“That’s rather… good to know.”

>”Anyway, after all that, try to make up your mind the next afternoon or something.”

“This is weird.” You comment.

>”I know, but from what I can tell, it’s the only thing that can help you.” Sunset soon takes her hands away from yours and takes another bite out of her burger. “Oh…” She mumbles.

“What?” You ask as she chews and swallows the bits she took.

>”It’s cold now.”

>The two of you start to laugh, letting the comic relief lift the weight off of your shoulders. This doesn’t last long before Sunset stands up to throw the half of the burger away.

>”Eh, I ate most of it. C’mon. Let’s go do something. We’re still here for another…” She pulls out her phone again. “Forty five minutes?”

“We’re not going back to Imperial Beach?” You notice Norman and the others still in the room too.

>”Heh, guess not.” Sunset grabs your hand. “C’mon. Let’s do something!” Her excitement has returned.

>You are SO much more comfortable with her hand holding yours now.

>…

>>30438775
>Mr. Davison is nowhere to be seen. You’re not sure if he’s supposed to be watching the lot of you in the food court.

“So… what do we do?” You look around the inside of the casino, back to admiring the high ceilings and decorations as everything echoes still.

>”Just something to clear our heads.” Sunset answers, practically pulling you by the wrist.

>You don’t even question it; you don’t want to.

>The booming music in the distance makes your brain yearn for some more fun while you’re here in the freaking city of Brothens. You’ve been here long enough, time to do something interesting.

>Naturally, Sunset leads you more closer towards the music that’s playing. Straying from the group even further.

>The two of you enter a massive auditorium with a cheering crowd, one of the songs that were playing must have just ended. This auditorium is dark, but filled with all sorts of colorful lights on the ceiling. Phone screens can be seen everywhere, with little images of the stage on them.

>Next, you actually see the stage they film, and the figures dancing around on it don’t even look real. It’s almost like some sort of stylistic cartoon going on up there. In sync with the new beat that starts up.

>Some of the figures hold what appear to be glow in the dark guitars.

>The beat gets louder, with a few synthesizers joining it.

>Whoever it is performing live here, they’re apparently just doing this gig on the go; there’s no admission to get into the crowd before the stage. Their music seems pretty unique too.

>Sunset says something to you, but the music is too loud for you to understand what it is she’s trying to tell you. She’s already let go of your hand, but stays next to you.

>You’re in the crowd with her, now facing the stage.

>>30438780
>Wow, this music is actually really emotive in a techno kind of way. Like some cross between EDM and power metal. The crowd is continuously jumping to the beat like the oceans that surround this city; they make up waves of people.

>The music goes on, and you and Sunset can’t help but stay for another couple of songs.

>There are actually different groups alternating their turns on the stage. You find it remarkably interesting that they are all decorated in these outfits with glowing edges that take on a mesmerizing appearance as they stand up there in poses on the mostly dark stage.

>It doesn’t take long to figure out that a lot of them are playing MIDI guitars.

>As you stay there a little longer, this whole gig seems to be getting really cool. You and Sunset find yourselves jumping around along with the crowd. But not much since you just ate.

>Both of you watch star after star appear on stage and introduce themselves before playing their sets or songs. A lot of them have very brief but stylistic names. Like some this place has been hit with a wave of some sort of nu-culture where everyone picks out cool names for themselves.

>More minutes go by, and you feel the energy running low. But it’s no problem, you just swim your way out of the crowd as a slightly slower paced song plays. Sunset holds onto your arm, asking something about the slot machines down the corridor.

>You can hardly hear eachother talk, which strangely doesn’t feel too different from how you communicated before either of you came here.

>It just happens to remind you of that. You and Sunset, even you and the other school kids, might as well have not even heard eachother. You have already calmed down to a tranquil state by the time you had this thought, and the music playing in the background makes everything feel set in stone in a way where you don’t want to try and change anything.

>>30438782
>It’s all just poetic now, something about you being a total sperg and making life choices that helped you end up here with all of this music around you. Holding the hand of the girl you apparently tried to get away from.

>Something absurd brought you back together, but it doesn’t anger you anymore.

>Some sort of insight has been brought down upon you like a hammer. Everything you feel is starting to become less numb as this music goes on. As you realize just how deep into the crowd you and Sunset have gone.

>Just how deep into the drama you used to be.

>You remember what Darren said to you.

>”You know you want to hit that.”

>For a while, you actually couldn’t get that out of your head until Sunset started talking to you. And unlike Darren, she actually knew where you were coming from when you said X thing. She knew even more than you knew.

>Well, she apparently did.

>The thing Darren told you must have left your mind at some point during that. It slipped away without you noticing. But you’d rather it not come back; it was a little annoying.

>Oh… you’re smiling.

>Laughing. Prancing around with Sunset in this crowd. Not even in a relationship.

>It could have been like this since the beginning.

>Sunset would have asked you out, you would have more politely said no, still accepted the flowers, both of you could have told Twilight and Flash to take a hike, Trixie would have never gotten involved, and you might have come to Brothens anyway, somehow.

>Maybe, you really like this place. It was almost worth the drama that drove you here in the first place. But not quite since you didn’t really do anything interesting aside a couple of isolated incidents.

>”Yooooo!” A voice different than the others you heard today calls out.

“Huh?”

>This voice is still familiar, though.

>>30438789
>”Anon! Sunset!” A lime green blur peeks through the people of the crowd.

>Sunset turns with you to face Lemon Zest, who approaches you after the three of you make it out of the cluster of humans. Her hair looks even more riled up than usual… and she has her headphones on at a concert.

>”Oh hey!” Sunset greets her. “What are you doing here?”

>”My school took us to the city. Did your too?”

>”Yeah. Imperial Beach.”

“That’s weird. We came here a the same time.”

>”I think there’s a day where all of the school students who are visiting go the the city for stuff!” Zest answers. “At least that’s what I remember hearing. But yeah, it’s soooo weird we ran into eachother here! I didn’t know you guys liked Cali.”

>”Cali?” Sunset seems confused.

>It takes you a couple of seconds, but you recognize one of the names you heard and saw in big bright letters on the stage as one of the stars went up to perform.

“Oh, uh, we actually never heard of any of these people until we came on in and started listening.” You explain.

>”Yeah, we’re new to this, but these guys are pretty good! We heard them from the food court.”

>Lemon Zest’s jaw drops. “There’s a FOOD COURT here?!” She immediately starts to frantically look around. “Where?”

>”Didn’t you see it on your way over to here?”

>”No, I came in on the other side. The other girls must be wondering where I am right now, hahah.” Zest tells Sunset. “I think we were across the street last before I saw the signs up and some of the names listed to be playing had some MIDI Rockstars I love listed. But where’s the food court?”

>Sunset nods her head and scratches her head. “MIDI Rockstars. That actually sounds like a pretty cool thing.” Sunset looks back in the direction of the crowd and the stage. “So those aren’t real guitars, then? Like, electronic?”

>>30438793
>Zest’s eyes light up. “Yeah, they hook them up to the speakers wirelessly and play their sets through the guitars. It’s REALLY cool! Like, the guitars have a mini DJ station on them and they can be played like keyboards you hold like a guitar or something.”

>Widen your eyes at the floor as Zest goes through the trouble to actually explain all of this to you.

>”You should really check these guys out more! They’re amazing. Cali’s my fave!” Zest then puts her hand on Sunset’s shoulder and looks around. “But where’s the food, though?”

“Shouldn’t you be getting back to your group if they’re wondering where you are?”

>”Psshh, they’ll be fine!” Zest scoffs with a wide grin. “I’m just gonna get a bite to eat then I’ll be out of here.”

>Sunset begins to look concerned right before Lemon Zest takes her hand off of her shoulder.

>”Is it that way?” Zest points literally in the direction of the food court.

>”Yeah, right there.” Sunset tells her.

>Zest takes off in the direction on the food court, mumbling something about ice cream. Her headphones still on her head.

“So, uh, you want to see if we can get into the slot machine place?” You ask Sunset before she pulls you closer.

>”Anon, something’s going on.”

“…What?”

>”Lemon Zest. She’s not planning on leaving after eating.”

“What’s she doing, then? Is this important?”

>”She’s apparently here with Sonata. And she’s planning on sneaking backstage with her, with Sonata having some sort of way of getting back there without permission.”

“What? Really?”

>You automatically make the connection with Sonata being a siren, and how on earth she’s somehow able to get backstage without anyone’s permission.

>”I didn’t see much more, but they’re definitely up to something.” Sunset looks back in Zest’s direction. “Do you think we should follow them?”

“I don’t remember Sonata being in on whatever Aria’s doing.”

>”Well, it wouldn’t hurt to look into this.”

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>>30438796
That's all for this update. I see this thread's been doing better than a lot of the other ones in the past, but I am still more wanting to move this into the Shimmer thread or somewhere when it's time to go to a new thread. Most of the people there already said they could use some more green, and I could use somewhere to post my story with less of a chance of the thread pruning. But I'm still on the fence about it.
>>30434149
I'm afraid it's a bit different from that this time. And it will become even more different as more action picks up. Things are changing. A lot.

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>>30438824
Also, another update will come soon. Forgot to mention that. Maybe in a few hours.

>>30438824
>>30438796
Finally shit gets interesting

>>30438856
What the fuck is that gif?

>>30438824
Isn't the story anti-Sunset though? I mean even though Sunset just proved she would be the best wife ever holy shit (funny you of all people writing her that way) I'm sure Anon will somehow find a way to say NAH.

Unless there's a convenient distraction which will make Anon go "I gotta solve this" and Sunset be like "Are you sure" and Anon is like "YES" and drags Sunset with him this time around.

>>30439213
They're gonna fuck
Calling it now

Twilight will win in the end

>>30440466
Yes, Twilight will force Anon to cum deep inside her pussy while Sunset watches, getting Twilight pregnant and making Anon her personal fucktoy and Sunset her maid.

>>30441400
>>30440466
When was the last time twilight was actually in this story?

>>30442260
She was there all this time

>>30442886
D E E P E S T L O R E

>>30444446
SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME
LORD KEK WAS GONNA TROLL ME
YOUR CHANCE AT GETTING DIGITS WAS BAD

>>30421925
Holy shit it's back! My July just got so much better.

>>30438796
>A new song starts up right before you begin to follow Sunset up the corridor.

>It’s a little bit of a sentimental feeling that you’re sticking together as though you’re some sort of mystery solving, crime fighting duo. Eh, forget that. That’s corny.

>You wait there beyond Zest’s eyesight as she comes out, holding what appears to be a small styrofoam bowl of ice cream.

>The girl goes right back into the booming music and the crowd, while you and Sunset have a hard tie keeping track of her bright lime green hair once she gets deep enough behind the rows of people. This is when the two of you start pursuing her.

>Lemon Zest is presumably going to be heading over to wherever Sonata is. Your eyes remain glued on the girl past the dozens and dozens of raised hands, moving up and down to the heavy beat.

>It’s surprising how you never got hit in the face with any of these hands as you and Sunset went from one end of the auditorium to the other. Zest’s hair barely visible as you keep the length of your pursuit at a long proximity.

>She’s getting closer to the edge of the room.

>A few steps later, and you can already recognize Sonata Dusk standing right in front of Lemon Zest, excitedly talking to her as the other girl finishes off her ice cream.

>Sunset says something to you, but the music is too loud once again.

>A number of synth chords are played as the lights above flicker down onto the crowd below, making the place an epileptic’s worst nightmare.

>Sonata and Zest are seen walking along the length of the side wall towards what is definitely an exit sign. After you make out the sliver of the light from a hallway appear under the exit sign, you and Sunset advance.

>The crowd swarming around you as they dance to the beat. Beach balls bouncing around above them… one of the beach balls bouncing off he side of your head.

>>30446093
>The music is muffled after you and Sunset hesitantly make it to the other side of the door, after waiting a couple of seconds to make sure neither of the girls are looking behind them.

>You get the slightest glimpse of Zest’s hair disappearing around a corner on the left side of the hallway.

>”Where on earth are they going?” Sunset questioningly whispers. “That’s going in the opposite direction of the stage.”

>Sneak further away from the door and hear the muffled music gradually become quieter.

>Peering around the corner, your eyes lock onto the two girls at the other end of a much darker hallway. You’re behind a couple of pipes on the wall from their perspective, so it should be difficult for them to see you.

>”Hey!” Sonata’s cheerful voice chimes before the two girls disappear behind an open door that doesn’t close.

>There’s more talking. You can’t easily make out what anyone over there is saying.

>Someone said something about a backstage pass.

>”Just letting you know.” Sunset tells you. “If you start to hear singing, cover your ears as soon as you can. I’m immune to siren magic, so it won’t do anything to me.”

“Got it.”

>You duck behind the corner together and listen to the conversation again once the group of people moves out to the middle of the hallway to talk. There’s at least five people in total over there.

>”We were told his set will end around now.” Zest’s voice explains. “We got the memo… and he said it was cool for us to come and see him.”

>”I’m sorry, but neither of you can go backstage until I see some ID.” A man’s voice proclaims with a stern tone. “So let’s head on over to wherever you have it I’ll take a look.”

>”Alright, but it’s across the street at the recreation center, though.” Sonata tells the man. “And it’s in the girl’s locker room, but you can wait in the main lobby there and I’ll fetch it for you.”

>>30446097
>There’s a pause.

>”Well, I’m sorry, but I can’t go over there with you. Gotta stay in the building at all times. You need to go and get it and bring it back here.”

>”One of you can wait here while the other goes and gets it.” Another voice suggests. “We’ll wait right here. In fact, we got an escort for the two of you. He should be here in a moment. Go around the corner and wait for him.”

>The door to the auditorium opens once again.

>You and Sunset look behind you to find a security guard walking towards the two of you. He eyes you immediately, with an expression that already accuses the two of you of being up to no good.

>”Maybe we shouldn’t have followed them in here.” Sunset mutters under her breath.

>The security guard quietly curls his finger for the two of you to come towards him.

>Welp.

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Here's a preview. The next several posts are coming within the next couple of hours after I finish this scene.

>>30446100
Waiting

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>>30446100
>”Aight, where you two tryna go?” The husky security guard asks as you begin to follow him.

“I-I’m sorry, I don’t understand.” The first thing you try to do is give the impression that you’re not the ones he’s looking for.

>Sunset trails behind you as you get closer to the loud music behind the door.

>”Yeah, okay buddy.” The guard grabs you by the wrist and softly nudges you to follow him into the now open doorway.

>The synth chords spill into the hallway once more.

“No, really. We were just in the hallway hanging out. Just getting a breath of fresh air before going back into the club.”

>”Is that right? Then why’d I get called down to escort you to wherever you ‘lost’ your ID?”

>”That wasn’t us!” Sunset urgently tells him.

>”Well why were you in here, then?”

“I just told you, we-”

>”Yeah, no. I don’t believe you. You got your ‘breath of fresh air’, now back to the concert with you.” The guard yanks you through the doorway and back into the crowd. “You too, miss. Come on.” He reaches his hand towards Sunset.”

>…Yeah, this guy was probably never meant to walk anyone across the street in the first place. He’s just here to keep the fans from sneaking their way into places where they don’t belong.

>Sunset complies, letting the guard lightly grab her wrist as she walks through the doorway.

>The two of you are pushed right back up against the crowd with the guard standing in your way, between you and the shutting door. He watches you two as he stand there, as though he’s standing at his post.

>Making hand motions to go back into the crowd.

>His legs spread in his stance and his arms tightly crossed; it doesn’t look like he’s going anywhere any time soon.

>It’s at this point where Sunset tries to explain the truth about why you and her were in there, and tried to tell the guard about Sonata and Lemon Zest.

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>>30446728
>The security guard can’t hear anything she’s saying, but soon reaches down to his walkie talkie and holds it up to his ear.

>A few seconds later, he retreats back to the hallway, shutting the door behind him. You stand there alongside Sunset, the crowd jumping up and down right behind you as the current song ends.

>”What do we do now?” Sunset asks you while the volume in the room is finally low enough for someone to hear themselves think.

>Both of you stay in place for the moment.

>By the time the next song begins, the door to the hallway opens once again with Sonata sheepishly walking out the door with her fingers locked in front of her as though she’s a child that just got scolded by her parent. She’s staring at the floor too much to notice you and Sunset standing there.

>Right behind Sonata, you notice a lot of movement.

>The security guard is literally hauling a kicking and yelling Lemon Zest out of the hallway. She looks pretty angry.

>”I swear he told me it was cool! Just let me see him!” The Crystal Prep girl flails her arms and hollers even louder than the music. “Just for five minutes! I JUST WANNA MEET-”

>Zest tries to pry the guard’s arms off on her. He basically just tosses her out into the room with the crowd, Zest landing on her feet. And she spins around in an attempt to rush past the security guard and back into the hallway.

>”HE TOLD ME IT WAS COOL!” She’s really trying to get back in there.

>Another security guard approaches her from somewhere in the crowd and pulls her by the arm away from the door with the other guard.

>”This isn’t fair! Why can’t you people be any fun?!”

>”Miss!” The second guard points to Sonata. “This way!” He gestures for her to follow.

>The two girls are escorted out of the auditorium.

>Well that didn’t last long.

>You and Sunset find yourselves following the episode out into the corridor outside.

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>>30446733
>Zest is still insisting that she knows the MIDI Rockstar she wants to meet. And the security guards definitely aren’t buying it.

>She stands next to Sonata with a pout as the guards go back in the direction of the door where they will most surely guard for the rest of the time this place is open if they have to.

>”Sonata! Lemon Zest!” Sunset approaches them. “What’s going on?”

>”It’s not fair!” Zest protests. “We were so close!”

>”What do you mean?”

>”You know those rockstars I talked about earlier? The ones up on stage?”

“You wanted to meet them?” You join in, already knowing where this is going.

>”Yeah. I mean, I’m not allowed to, but these guys are more uptight than I thought.” Zest lets out an agitated groan. “WE WERE SO CLOSE!”

>”C’mon, just forget about it.” Sonata tries to console her. “I don’t wanna go up against those mean security guys.”

>Zest balls her hands into fists. “Well I do!” She turns her attention back towards the auditorium.

>”Lemon, wait!” Sunset walks up to her and puts a hand on her shoulder. “It’s not worth it.”

>”Yes it is!”

>Sunset grabs Zest by the arm before she can take another step back into the auditorium.

>You awkwardly watch the scene.

>”Come on, girl. It’s obvious they’re never gonna let us through now!” Sonata tells Zest. “I don’t wanna make a scene.”

>”Lemon, wait!” Urges Sunset. “I… know one of those security guards! Let me tell you something. I got an idea.”

>Zest’s eyes light up for a brief moment.

>”Wh-what?” She steps closer to Sunset.

>”Don’t tell anyone else this.” Sunset looks around. “But that guy told me the code to the backstage area once. The code to the door you need to go through.”

“Wait, what?”

>”I’ll explain later.” Sunset then turns back to Lemon Zest. “He told me that there’s no one around that part of the building, and that all you need to do is punch in the code on the door’s keypad to get through. There’s no other security beyond that point.”

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>>30446736
>Zest’s eyes now grow hungry. “Tell me! Please! I will love you as a person forever if you tell me the code!”

>”You have to let me come with you, though.”

>”Fine, whatever, just tell me please!”

>”When we get there. Follow me, I remember where it is. It’s over that way. Just promise me you won’t try to get into a fight with the security guys.”

“Wait, what’s going on?”

>Lemon Zest has already darted off in the direction Sunset pointed in, with Sonata closely following her in confusion.

“I don’t get it. What on earth just happened?”

>Sunset leans closer to you. “I saw what the security guard was thinking when he held my wrist. He was thinking about how this place has a terrible security system where there’s-”

>”Now what?!” Zest’s voice sounds from a new shorter hallway leading past the bathrooms.

>”I’ll tell you on the way.” Sunset walks with you over in the rocker girl’s direction.

“Is this going to take long?” You eye the food court one more time. “How much longer until the group leaves?”

>”Like twenty minutes. Just come on. This is something to do, isn’t it?”

>As you head over to this supposed door, Sunset explains that there are no security guards even near the door with the keypad lock, because that place is already isolated as is and the security guards need to be near the stage and everything where all of the people coming to the show are.

>The guard was apparently skeptical about the lack of any security personnel stationed near there, which he prayed that no one would pick up on and try to get past the door somehow. This is the only reason why Sunset knew that there would be no one around to see them snooping about.

>Lemon Zest stands before the door with her eyes glued to the keypad and her finger raised. Sunset looks over her shoulder and sighs.

>”You promise this won’t be more than five minutes?” She says to Zest, who rapidly nods in response.

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>>30446742
>Sonata excitedly giggles a little.

>”1874” Sunset tells Zest. “Then hit space then it’s 3928.”

>The numbers are punched in, the door is opened, and Zest is already halfway down the hall, dashing past the doors.

>You have a bad feeling that the security guards already know that someone’s in here. But it’s giving you some kind of a rush, something about the heat of the moment.

>Rather have this than the drama. At least this is exciting.

>”Five. Minutes. Tops.” Sunset tells Sonata. “Then we split before anyone finds out we’re…” Sunset’s voice dies away at the sight of a security camera in one of the upper corners of the hallway. Something the guard didn’t happen to have on his mind during that certain few seconds.

>Sonata is already going further down the hallway to catch up with Lemon Zest.

>Sunset facepalms immediately at her own stupidity. “Oh my god. We are sooooo getting caught.” She just knows that you all must have been seen by at least three security cameras even before getting through the door. “I’m so sorry, this is all my fault.”

“What is it?”

>Sunset points to the security camera, and your stomach sinks.

>But your heart is still racing from some feeling of adventure. Stupid heart.

>Sunset is groaning now, and you’re wanting nothing more than to turn back and hope that the guards see that you all turned around and left and by some asinine logic decide not to penalize you.

>You can suddenly hear ecstatic squealing coming from around a corner; it’s clearly coming from Sonata and Lemon Zest. Sunset leans against a wall while your blood rushes through your veins in anticipation.

“I’ll… I’ll go fetch them.” You volunteer, imagining yourself taking the bulk of the blame like some kind of a dumb white knight.

>Before you know it, you’re around the corner.

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>>30446743
>In front of you is the sight of Sonata and Zest collectively hugging a guy in what you recognize as one of the outfits from on stage. Except it’s not lit up or in the dark.

>”Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!” Lemon Zest smiles from ear to ear.

>A couple of other guys in similar attire watch the scene from a few feet further away with exchanging grins. “How did they get back here?” One of them asks.

>The two girls let go of the guys but still keep jumping up and down.

>The guy in the costume looks over to you. “Heh, they with you?” He seems pretty complacent about the situation.

“I’m so sorry, it’s my fault. I wasn’t watching them a-and things just…” You stumble over your words.

>”Ah, don’t worry about it, man. Happens pretty often.” He turns to Lemon Zest and Sonata, who give him and everyone else excited expressions. “So what’s your names?”

>All of guys in the stage attire are just casually standing around.

>”I’m Sonata! And that’s Zesty over there!” Sonata points to the other girl who now seems almost too shocked to speak.

>”I… I really love your music!” Zest utters for a brief second before covering her mouth. “Sorry, I’m like so excited right now, oh my god!”

>”Glad to know I impressed ya.”

>”I don’t think we’re supposed to be back here, but, oh my god!”

>”No, it’s fine, really.” The guy now turns to you. “How you doin’ man?”

“Uh… pretty good.” You don’t know which performer this guy is, and you’re feeling too awkward to ask. “Name’s Anon.”

>”Hi, dude.”

>Just at this instant, you hear multiple footsteps coming from back around the corner.

>Yup, it’s the security guards.

>”Alright, fun time’s over. You’re coming with me.” Literally the same guard from before leads a group of five other security guards.

>Lemon Zest evilly smiles at him. “DO WHAT YOU MUST, I HAVE ALREADY WON!” She laughs maniacally as they carry her away.

>You imagine having to explain this to Mr. Davison.

>Still beats the drama.

>…

>>30421925

So, I'd never seen EQG or any of the specials.

I watched them yesterday.

I didn't realize her voice was so...silky.

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>>30446747
That's all for this update, but there will be more after I get some sleep.
>>30446315
>>30445173
>>30438953
The scene that just happened will actually turn out to affect the plot, but more on that later.
>>30439213
This story is anti-romance, but not anti-Sunset, and definitely not anti-fooling-around.
Also, hope you didn't get too attached to the monologues, because there are going to be less and less opportunities for them to happen. I sure as shit ain't gonna miss them, it's hard for me to try to think like Anon in this story and it makes writing those parts tedious.
>>30439082
A person taking their real cat and their fake cat on a walk together.

>>30446747
You could have written this whole story based on Lemon Zest trying to sneak into concerts all the time with Anon and Sunny helping her and I would have loved it.

>>30446772
>spoiler
Is that foreshadowing I see?

>>30446747
Good update man

>>30446772
Where do you get your gifs?

>>30446772
This >>30448947 I'm curious as well

>>30446747
>Still beats the drama.
True shit

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>>30451109
>>30447569
This is showing some good signs.

A quick bump

>>30446747
>Security guards literally haul you all out of the casino itself, making a scene as they drag you down the corridor towards the main entrance. They have you in zip tie handcuffs, and speak into their walkie talkies.

>You can still the muffled music in the distance, even though the state must be so far away now.

>But you’re paying more attention to it than anything the guards say to you. These security personnel say nothing but boring stuff into your numbed down ears. You’re sitting down on the sidewalk getting scolded hard, and Sunset’s right next to you, not saying a word.

>No one has told the guards yet that they came here with a larger group, and that they are from a group of school students visiting.

>All you hope is that Mr. Davison didn’t see you get dragged out the door from wherever he is in the food court, and these security guards are just going to send you off into the streets by some more asinine logic.

>”Alright, listen here.” One of the security guards speaks down to the four of you all lined up in a row on the sidewalk. “You’re going to be taken into custody by the authorities. I’m going to need all of your names and the names of anyone you’re here with.”

>Sunset pushes her lips in, but her eyes say that she’s most likely going to be the one who talks.

>”Hey.” A new female voice sounds from behind.

>All of the security guards look to whoever it is standing behind you; you don’t make an attempt to look behind you and stare forward, only expecting the cops to show up any second.

>”Miss, do you know these people?” The head security guards asks.

>”Not yet. But they have clearance to enter backstage.” The voice confidently announces out of nowhere. “I’m Cali’s manager.”

>The guards stare at the person behind you, asking for her to show her ID.

>>30453125
>She apparently did, and it was also apparently valid. The security guards’ faces lose their sternness quickly.

>”So you’re… Cali’s manager?” Another guard asks.

>”Yes. Cali’s. I can assure you I speak for him when I say these four are free to come back inside with my supervision.” Responds the manager. “He sent me. You should be getting verification on your radios in a moment.”

>”I’m sorry, but they trespassed past security personnel. They need to be-”

>”Listen.” The woman’s voice grows more demanding. “They weren’t trespassing because they have clearance to enter backstage. And they have clearance because Cali and I said so. So I’d appreciate it if you let these fellas go and I’ll escort them back in.”

>The security guards mutter to eachother as their walkie talkies, surely enough, go off. They answer and the voice on the other end says exactly what the manager behind you said.

>”So are you going to follow your orders?” The manager’s voice continues. ”Or do you want me to have a chat with your supervisor?”

>…And they get right to untying you. Look to your side to see a look of excitement return to Zest’s face.

>Well, this is… like… straight out of a movie or something.

>You turn around after you are untied to thank this lady, whoever she is. You almost jump back from how close she stands to you, and her being about an inch taller than you doesn’t help with that.

>A thick fur coat casts its shadow on the sidewalk on both sides of your body, and the sharp glare from the manager’s sunglasses keep your eyes locked on it in almost an admiration of the vibrant reflection.

“Thank you.” You react.

>”How ya doin’, boyo?” She says to you before greeting the other three as well.

“I just wanted to say that it’s-”

>>30453126
>”All my fault.” Sunset interjects you. “I’m the one who helped her get in. She just wanted to see one of the performers so badly that…” She points to Zest. “Well, it’s not her fault, I guess. This would have already been over if I didn’t intervene.”

>”Don’t sweat it.” The manager answers. “Come take a walk with me.” She curls her finger and bites her lip before turning around.

>She looks back and looks over the top of her sunglasses, giving you a sly look as she motions for you to follow her.

>The security guards stand around shrugging to eachother. All you can wonder is why on earth one of the performer’s managers was able to get the security personnel of the casino to let you go.

>In any case, you’re following the manager back into the place as she talks to you.

>It almost looks like she’s walking in slow motion, swaying her hips and stepping with a long stride while still not going too fast for you to keep up. Her coat flows behind her almost like a thick cape, and the corners of her lips curl into a sharp smile.

>She’s glaring right into your eyes. “Name’s Kat. I’m Cali’s manager, as you heard.”

>”Why did you come for us?” Zest asks with the stars remaining in her eyes. “Am I getting an autograph? Please say yes!”

>”My client sent me to retrieve you.” Kat tells her. “He was so flattered to meet you that he felt sad you had to leave so soon. So I came over on his behalf so he wouldn’t run into any other fans coming to the front to get ya.”

>”Actually.” Sunset turns to Kat. “We came here with a group of school students, and they’re about to leave like right now.”

>Kat squints in the direction of the food court as Sunset point there. “Are they? Who ya with, girl?”

>”There’s a bunch of band students right there, right where all of those kids are gathering. Three of us are from that group.”

>>30453130
>”My group isn’t leaving yet!” Zest immediately announces.

>”Well take me to whoever is in charge and I’ll see if I can help all of you stay just a little longer.”

>”Well…” Sunset begins. “Uh.”

>Sonata looks over to her and then to you, giving you a cute puppy dog expression. “Can she talk to Mr. Davison?”

>Where has that guy even been this whole time?

>You look back over to Kat.

>She leans against the wall with the light from outside shining from behind her, but it still almost looks like her eyes have a partial glow to them. She begins to smile at you again before looking into the food court. “So is this Mr. Davison nearby?”

>”I’ll show you! I think he was just around here somewhere!” Sonata leads Kat into the food court.

>You really don’t have anything else to do but follow.

>Kat eyes the group of students as she approaches them. The students can already sense some sort of life within Kat through the way she walks up to them. Her presence feels like it does something to the atmosphere that puts everyone’s focus on here.

>She scans the crowd. “Hello, allow me to introduce myself.” She smirks over at Norman. “My name is Kat, manager of one of the main attractions here today. I heard Mr. Davison is leading your group on a little field trip today.”

>And from apparently oblivion, Mr. Davison emerges from behind you. You would never in a million years be able to guess where he disappeared to during this whole time. Literally every student could have gone gambling in the slot machine room and he would be nowhere to be seen until this Kat person appeared.

>Right after Mr. Davison starts talking to her, Kat lowers her eyelids at him and looks over her sunglasses in boredom. She answers his questions right away without bringing up anything regarding the security episode that just happened.

>>30453134
>You can tell she’s pretty much talking circles around Mr. Davison even though you can’t hear everything they say as you wander further away. Just sit down with Sunset until Kat is done consulting Mr. Davison about… whatever they just talked about.

>Mr. Davison comes over and asks how many people in the group want to stay an extra hour to meet some of the people who work here.

>Several hands are raised.

>…

>Both Debbie and Mr. Davison have to supervise the students as they enter the slot machine room. Kat has everyone sit around a large vacant table and tells the group to wait as she goes and “fetches a few guests”.

>Lemon Zest stays quiet in hopes that she doesn’t get sent back to her group until after this is over.

>You slump down in your chair, noticing that the music in the auditorium down the hall has stopped, and that there are huge crowds of people now pouring through the corridor. Some of them enter the slot machine room, but most of them go straight out the door.

>There’s several people at the machines, and a couple of clusters of them sitting around tables with decks of cards up against their noses. Trying to make it big while they haven’t blown away all of their money yet.

>An elbow lightly nudges you.

>”Hey. Anon.” Sunset says to you. “I’m uh, sorry about all that.”

“Eh, it was different, at least. Maybe not in the best way, but I’d take this over having spells being cast on me against my will.”

>”Yeah, but that was pretty close back there. And it wouldn’t have happened if I didn’t intervene.”

“Don’t worry, we got off the hook, didn’t we?”

>Sunset gives you a nod then continues. “Yeah, but there’s something I want to tell you. Something about what we could do here.”

“What is it?”

>”When we were in that concert, I thought about trying to find a way in here. The slots and stuff, I mean. This room.”

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>>30453136
“Wow, that’s… coincidental.”

>”No, but it had to do with you wanting to stay here and never go back to Canterlot. Because I know how badly you want to try to stay here for as long as you can, and I got an idea.”

“How I can stay here?”

>”Well it’s an incomplete idea. Because I don’t really know how I could carry it out. You see those people playing cards over there?”

>You turn back to one of the people you were watching a couple of minutes ago.

>”I’ve been trying to figure out a way to use my powers to get far in this whole poker gig.”

>Keep your draw from dropping.

>”And…” Sunset continues. “I don’t think you were kidding when you thought about the possibilities of starting up a living here. And now that we’re in here…”

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More on this in a bit.
>>30446808
That'll probably be a part of future segments of this story if I remember.
>>30447569
>>30448508
>>30451109
The direction the story is going in will lead to a path of action and other stuff revolving around what Sunset's about to try.
>>30448947
>>30449857
Various places on the internet. Including google images. There is no one site where I get these, or even a ten sites or so. Plus, for most of the gifs, I can't even remember, but I still have then on my computer.

>>30453142
I like where this is going. Hope to see what happens next after I wake up.

>>30453142
Hype

>>30453142
Sweet, thanks

>>30446808
That doesn't sound like much of a plot

>>30451681
>that little bit of pantie

>>30453142
Anon and Sunset are gonna be Master Gambler Pirates.
And they're gonna indulge in their wealth and fuck ten times a day without being in a relationship. Memes aside that sounds pretty dope.

>>30455799
This. It would need something more.

>>30458462
The pirate gamble idea is better

>>30453142
>You watch Sunset’s eyes continuously wander back to the card tables and slot machines. It’s easy to tell that she’s dreaming to herself.

>Picturing all of the ways she can stack up on cash around here.

>Wondering if following you here was a calling for her to live an extra life here in order to go far in life by your side. You see… some kind of stars in her eyes. Almost the same kinds of stars you felt in yours when you first found out how valuable your money is here.

>The casino-goers lounged in their chairs, some with toothpicks hanging out their mouths. So many expressionless faces, hiding any secrets that could cost them the win. That could cost them their money.

>The people at the machines.

>Watching the little wheels with pictures on the rims like hawks hovering above a mouse in the prairie. Praying to themselves internally so much that even you can see their lips moving. Most of them look like they’re over 40 years old.

>You can sense how endlessly they have been sitting there. Feeling their wallets get lighter and lighter without noticing it. Each time they pull the lever is the big win before they discover it’s not.

>Quietly you sit until Sunset continues and breaks your trance from observing these players of the system.

>”This place is pretty cool. What do you say we try and see if we can get something out of this. I mean, obviously not with the band and all right here. But we could probably come back and join a game or something.”

“Are you really thinking about doing this?”

>”I can be a little adventurous sometimes. And I really don’t have anything else to do here anyway besides talk to you. And since that’s being resolved, I thought we might as well have a little fun while we’re here. Imagine winning 10,000 dollars here.” She tells you.

>You stare at the table and raise your eyebrows.

>>30460139
>”You do realize that… wait…” Sunset stops herself in mid sentence. “Wouldn’t the prize money be a hundred times smaller here?”

“I think, I dunno.”

>”Maybe I should think this over.”

“Are you sure about doing this?” You ask. “I mean, we just narrowly escaped getting arrested back there.”

>”This is different. There’s no way the people here can tell I can read minds. There’s no way they can find out.” Sunset tells you. “If I find a way to play poker here while also reading the minds of my opponents, just imagine what I can do! I think I can help you out here with getting your life together.”

“Can you read people’s minds without touching them?”

>”I don’t think I can. Which is why we need to take some time to plan this.”

>”Heeeeyy! There he is!” A voice suddenly come from somewhere within the confines of the casino.

>Turn around to look, but already knew who it was when you saw Lemon Zest shoot out of her chair squealing.

>”I take it you’re already met Cali.” Kat approaches you and Sunset as Zest and Sonata orbit the performer a few steps behind.

>A couple of the other students get wide-eyed as Cali and his manager enter the room, Cali out of uniform and wearing jeans and a jacket. But most don’t seem to know who they are.

>There’s only one security guard standing in the corner.

>Everyone sits down and starts talking. You tell the performer and his manager that you’re from a town called Canterlot after they ask you where you hail from.

>Zest, of course, gets an autograph from Cali, and the guy actually had to make up his own new signature on the spot because no one had ever asked him for an autograph until now.

“So you just made up a signature just now?” You ask him as he slides Zest’s headphones back over to her with a scribble on it. “You didn’t already have one?”

>>30460147
>”Nah. Most of my fans are on the internet, because I don’t really go touring or traveling. Plus, I’m not even that well known.” Cali tells you as he leans back in the chair. “Kinda on the underground side right now. Was an accompanying act in this show, actually.”

>”Oh my gosh, thank you so much! I’m gonna keep these headphone forever!” Zest chimes, getting a thumbs up in response.

>”But hey, at the end of the day, it’s all fun. I really like playing in front of people who like some dank synths and all that.” Cali starts to laugh. “And Zeva always puts on a good show. It’s a pretty sweet opportunity playing onstage in the same show as them. Lot of people came to see them.”

>”Well you’re pretty good.” Sunset tells him. “I actually didn’t hear about you or any of those other guys until I went into the concert hall where you were playing. Liked the music and went to check it out.”

>You notice Kat staring at the Lemon Zest and Sonata as they pine after Cali at the table.

>Her expression is that of a tigress standing between a rival pack of tigresses and her own territory. The look miraculously disappears as soon as one of the other girls looks in her direction. Kat isn’t even noticing you, though.

>”Anon?” Sunset says to you.

“Hm?”

>”You wanna tell the whole story of why we’re here?”

>Oh, he must have just asked her what she’s visiting Brothens for.

>”It’s not too long of a story, is it?” Asks Cali.

“Eh, it’s complicated.” You answer. “Some drama going on back at home, but we were luckily already on this trip, so we’re staying here a couple of weeks.”

>”Ah, drama evasion. Taking a vacation is the best tactic for that.”

“True that.”

>”Canterlot’s like, thousands of miles away, right? I think I’ve heard of there.”

“Yep. Northern hemisphere and almost on the other side of the globe.” You tell him.

>>30460157
>”Dang, you are far.” Cali nods. “Good on ya, bud. You old enough to wander around at night? This city is B A N G I N at night.” He says. “Lotta ways to have fun and clear your mind.”

“Does having just turned 18 count?”

>”Ohhhh, dang son. You’re just getting started. There’s a lot of fun things to do around here at night. I’ve seen them all.” Cali speaks in an implicit tone.

>”Do you like, have groupies?” Zest asks with a wide grin.

>The obligatory collective laughter starts up and chases away the awkwardness.

>”Nah, too underground for that.” The performer answers with a chuckle. “But I’ve had my share of city life.”

>You catch a glimpse of Kat glaring at Zest before the two make eye contact.

>”It’s just what we do sometimes, I guess.”

>”Hey, uh, weird question but do you know what the gambling age here is?” Sunset asks. “I’m just curious since we’re in a casino and all and you know city life.”

>Cali smiles and glimpses over at the machines and tables. “It’s 18, actually. For here, at least.”

>Sunset begins to engage in a conversation asking more and more about the card tables where people play poker. You get involved too, actually considering this plan that Sunset is forming.

>Coincidentally, Cali is going to be performing one more time here before going to do other stuff, and he invites the four of you to come backstage with actual passes next time. You watch Kat sit in her chair, chewing some bubblegum as she watches you talk… before intervening and jotting your names down for the backstage passes.

>”Oh, and one more thing.” Sonata begs. “Could you book my two friends that are gonna be in the area soon for backstage passes too? If it’s not too inconvenient.” She blushes.

>Kat raises an eyebrow. “What are their names? I could try and squeeze them in.

>Sonata smiles a little wider.

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>>30460166
>”Aria blaze and Adagio Dazzle. I’ll bring them here with me next time, I promise!” Sonata promises without even considering what her friends might say.

>Sunset gives Sonata a look as Kat writes down the names of the other two Dazzlings. She then checks her phone for any further texts from Aria.

>Cali talks with the others for several more minutes, mostly about a lot of the other performers he knows from around the city.

>Pretty much everything Darren talked about is forgotten by the time the group heads back to the bus. You’re going to return to the casino in three days.

>Aside the mishap with the security guards, today’s been pretty calm.

>”Let’s practice poker sometime, okay?” Sunset is once again sitting next to you.

>Stare at the blank screen of your powerless phone. Stare at your face in the reflection, noticing some stubble growing on your chin.

>Something inside of you tell you that it’s the calm before the storm.

~
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Damn, I'm glad I'm done with that scene. I totally have the plot figured out and set up now. Spoiler: Yes, Sonata is part of something Adagio is planning, whether she knows it or not.
Next update will be longer and faster-paced, and thus it will have more stuff happen. But there will be no turning back for a certain character.

>>30460225
I've got to say Alex, you've done a good job with your transition. It's going very smoothly.

>>30460225
Oh fucking boy, I'll be waiting

>>30460225
Strip poker scene when?

>>30421925
What the fuck even is that "secret thread"?

>>30421925
Nice to see you continue this. It was a good idea for you to take an extended break. Writing the same story for too long always leads to burnout.

>>30423885
If I'm not mistaken, haven't you expressed that you dislike writing lewd scenes before? I can understand wanting to appease your readers, but you should never feel forced, and always stick to your own rules of writing.

>>30460225
>Things really start to get moving after the first trip to the city ends.

>You and Sunset have a few isolated conversations after the bus lets you off… and you pray to yourself that Mr. Davison didn’t get wind of what happened the first time you were at the casino.

>Hopefully the things you’ve done don’t echo through time too much… unless they’re something you want to be remembered.

>In any case, things are going relatively steady for the rest of the day.

>You meet up with Mary one more time, and it turns out that she was pretty much getting high the whole day. Her eyes are so bloodshot by the time you run into her, wandering around on one of the boardwalks when the sky is starting to turn colors at the hazy border of night and day.

>You go back inside before it gets too dark. Around nine at night.

>Into the eating area you all go, just chatting and bringing up random topics about things unrelated about your lives. You talk about the casino for a brief moment before Mary excitedly discovers that there’s a box of Froot Loops sitting on the counter, and eventually figures out how to pour herself a bowl.

>You all take your bowls of Froot Loops (and the rest of the box along with a gallon of milk as well) upstairs to Mary and Blueberry’s room and play some Super Smash Bros and Mario Kart with the cereal spoons hanging out your mouths like cigars… playing synthwave on the stereo.

>This is when you /really/ start to forget your problems through the process of caring about them less, and less, and exponentially less.

>After the cereal is all gone, Mary uses the remainder of the milk to go with the rest of the brownies she made earlier.

>Sunset meanwhile keeps her attention directed at her phone, waiting for any new information on Aria. Last you heard, Aria found out about Sonata wanting to go back to the casino with her two siren sisters.

>>30465714
>Sonata’s been up here in the hotel room for a couple of hours playing and hanging out like everyone else. Nowhere near as suspicious as Aria, who comes up at ten at night only to talk to Sonata for five minutes before going back downstairs.

>The girl acts evasive upon being asked to stay and have a good time.

>You find yourself looking around the corners for her after going back downstairs.

>”She’s still in her room, probably.” Sunset tells you. “Don’t worry about it. I’ll keep an eye out to make sure everything’s going alright. You just worry about clearing your mind.”

“Cleaning my… OH! Right.” You completely forgot.

>”We’ll see how far we get with poker tomorrow, I guess.” Sunset tells you. “As for now, I’ll leave ya be for today.”

>She smiles at you as you walk through your doorway, and you both say goodbye before the click of the lock.

>You turn the light off and lie on your back. Eventually doing what Sunset advised you do. The fact that this was her idea made her enter your mind the most.

>And that was that.

>You fell asleep right after.

>Dreaming about flying or something before waking up once in the middle of the night and then waking up again in the late morning.

>Plugged into the wall, your recharged phone shows a few new messages. Unplugging from the bed, your recharged body gets dressed after releasing once more time; like how Sunset advised.

>And now… your job is to think about…

>You look out the window and feel a warm draft come in from outside, sending a comfy chill up your spine and making you take a deep breath that screams: “Nah”.

>Look at where you are now. Where you’re standing, the opportunities that surround you. All the fun you can have instead of dwell on… don’t even think about it. It was anything but relaxing, and now relaxing is something you want to do nothing but.

>>30465720
>Are you going to let the drama get in the way of your fun, or are you going to let your fun get in the way of the drama?

>…

>A soft smile is on your face as you trot down the hallway, watching the light from outside seep through the curtains. Letting your legs cast shadows as you go into the stairwell.

>You walk down and sit down at the breakfast bar.

>Look, waffles, pancakes, french toast… you get a little bit of each because whatever, you like the mall. Don’t forget the syrup.

>A hand rests upon yours all of a sudden. It’s definitely Sunset’s; you recognize the feeling of this hand holding yours.

>”Let me guess, you stopped thinking about it. Didn’t you?” Sunset asks.

>Give her a nod.

>”Good. That’s the idea.” Sunset goes on to explain to you. “Now that you’ve put it out of your mind, I can tell you this: The best way to deal with it is to stop worrying and R E L A X . And after seeing the effect of what you did with Mary, I knew exactly what you needed to do in order to stop worrying about this whole thing enough to go around asking random people on the street for a second opinion on something they have nothing to do with.” Sunset crosses her arms and grins.

“Whoa.” You gasp, coming to terms with how right she is. You do feel a lot better not thinking about it.

>”By the way, I just bought a deck of cards.” Sunset pulls out the little rectangular box from her pocket. “And don’t worry about the love. Whatever happens happens. Let’s just gamble until we find out why we’re here.”

>Right as Sunset plops the cards onto the surface of the table with a light slap against the granite, the front doors to the hotel swing open. The light from outside reveals the shadow of the person to take up most of the doorway.

>Spans pretty much the entire width.

>You turn around to find out that the shadow was cast by Adagio Dazzle’s hair. And the lead siren’s grin is about as wide as the shadow of her hair is.

>>30465730
>”Miss me?” Adagio waltzes into the room with eyes gazing up on the balcony on the second floor, seeking Aria.

>The atmosphere of the place changes really quickly. Any heads in the front lobby are turned towards Adagio; and the girl doesn’t even have a pendant around her neck. She walks up to the counter with the usual sway of her hips and leans on it right between you and Sunset.

>Her hair tickles the back of your neck.

>”Either of you seen Aria around here? I want to tell her how happy I am to see her.”

>”Yes.” Sunset perks up, slipping off of her chair. “Let me walk you up to her room and show you where it is. This place is pretty big.”

>”Big? Perhaps for you… but I am very used to finding my way around complicated complexes. I assure you I’ll be fine. You don’t have to come with if you don’t want to. Aria already told me which room number to go to.”

>Sunset stands alone at the breakfast bar as Adagio disappears behind the closing elevator doors. She turns to you and gives you a concerned look.

>”Maybe there is something to worry about.” She murmurs.

>Right when things were getting fun, too. What a shame.

>…

>The first thing you think to do is get yourself some fresh air.

>It’s going to be nice walking around without reflecting on pointless stuff and monologuing inside of your head for once. You walk around and listen to the familiar sound of waves crashing against the beach all around you.

>You partially don’t want to go back to the hotel until Sunset texts you with something that constitutes you absolutely having to go back. On you wander.

>Making your way back over to Diamond Beach.

>The plan is to just sit around and do absolutely nothing for hours on end. There’s really nothing you can think of doing for now, but there’s nothing going on in your head either.

>Buy yourself a snow cone.

>>30465736
>Life seems weird without all that pondering. Nothing’s happening, it’s just you sitting here licking this snow cone. Barely anyone’s even here, not even any nude people on the beach. A couple of sailboats or something speckle the horizon, the light blue water almost fading up to the light blue sky.

>The two colors almost fuse into a gradient, nearly making the illusion that these light tan islands of sand and trees are floating in a blue void.

>Like a warm and beautiful purgatory. This place is actually pretty boring right now with the only redeeming quality of looking really nice. Nothing really left to do but sleep, until you’re given something to do with some sort of occurrence that you’re half hoping doesn’t pop up.

>But Adagio did just show up, and based on how the universe has been with you, some seemingly manufactured conflict is going to rise up. Until then, there’s literally nothing to do. Half of you is bored with this while the other half is glad nothing had happened… yet.

>Once again, you’re just sitting here licking a snow cone. Your entire mood outside of the drama could literally be summed up by three dots in a story representing a pause… representing the pause between events, whether they be good or bad.

>And boy, is this a long pause. And even more-so a boring one.

>That’s how it probably is with this place. It’s completely uneventful until you step up and start doing things. You get out what you put in. Unless someone else does it for you, but you’re not sure if that’s something you want.

>Wow, you actually managed to internally monologue to yourself about something. And it wasn’t even troubling this time. Only took you… however long it’s just been. Feels like anything between five minutes and five hours. Time is strange sometimes.

>The sun is still in the sky, so there’s that.

>”Hey!” A voice that is obviously Mary’s voice calls.

>>30465744
>You shuffle around in the beach chair you forgot you were sitting in, having believed you were either lying in the sand or floating around.

>”Heya, Alan. Uh… I mean Anon.” Mary stumbles over to you.

>The first thing you notice is that all of her skin is showing, she approaches you in the nude, not even wearing her hat.

“Oh, I’m sorr-” You almost look away before remembering that this is a nude beach. “Wait…”

>”Nah, we can be naked here, remember?”

“Yeah, I forgot for a second.” You watch Mary lie down in the sand. “Isn’t that uncomfortable?”

>She looks down.

>”Huh? Oh, nah. I’m pretty much used to it.” Mary softly falls to her back and stretches her arms above her head. “Don’t have to worry about getting sand in my clothes either.”

>You wonder if she cares whether or not your eyes can’t stop darting back to her nipples.

“You just get here?” You ask to start up a conversation as you inevitably start to get hard in your pants.

>”Yeah, dude. I see you’ve been chilling here for at least an hour, I’ll guess.” She looks over to you. “Aren’t you burning up in all that?” She points to your shirt and jeans.

“I guess I’m used to it.”

>Now you’re starting to notice that the very few heads on the beach have turned towards Mary. Not really that surprising given that she’s the only girl on the beach, and she’s completely naked… and lying down right next to your chair. Whatever, you don’t care anymore.

>”Hah. Well I usually go into the water for a bit to rinse off anyway, so I guess we each have our different strokes for different folk.”

>You’re definitely sure she doesn’t care if you keep looking at her. There’s no way she didn’t notice it by now.

>Then again, she’s probably high again. Her eyes still look a bit bloodshot.

>Luckily, your hard on goes away after a minute or two. Having rubbed one out already today helps, apparently.

>>30465748
>You should do it more often. Keep your mind nice and chill the way it is right now.

>”So uh, Sunset said something to me about an hour ago about a card game she’s having.” Mary tells you with a flick of her hair. “She says she tried texting you, but there was no answer and you were probably asleep.”

“Huh?”

>”That’s actually why I thought you were asleep.”

>You jolt up and pull out your phone before slapping your own face with your hand.

>How on earth did it run out of battery again? You literally just charged it last night!

“Ah, my phone died again!” You exclaim. “I had no idea she texted me.”

>You knew it felt a little bit odd that Sunset had mentioned plans and then you didn’t hear about anything for hours on end.

>”Oh.” Mary says with a pause. “Well dang, you should probably go see what’s up, dude.” She giggles.

>Try to roll out of the chair, but your body is too lazy.

“Ugh!” You groan. “I was getting so comfy and now I don’t wanna get up!”

>”Here, dude.” Mary stands up and hovers over you at your side. “Take my hand.”

>You both grab on to eachother, and your face gets squished between Mary’s breasts. You can feel her chest vibrate a little bit when she giggles.

>”Whoa, dude, your hair is starting to grow out.” Mary’s fingertips can be felt grazing across the top of your head. “Oh my gosh you head is so fuzzy! It’s tickling me!”

>You think about the shaver you deliberately left behind in the process of running away from home, then forget it after your arms wrap around Mary’s bare body and your hands slide across her smooth skin.

>A few increasingly lewd twists and turns later, and Mary has you up on your feet. You find a little bit of sand on your arms and legs, wiping it off and waddling away with more sand sneaking into your sandals.

“See you later, Mary. Chair’s all yours!” You blubber, looking back to find Mary sitting back down into the sand.

>>30465754
>”No problem, dude!” She clumsily waves at you all the way until you disappear from eachother’s sight, her eyes still a deep shade of salmon red.

>The sand in your sandals leaves bit by bit before you make it back to that same bridge in a hurry.

>”Yo.” A voice startles you as you go across.

>That’s…

>That’s the same voice from the other time you heard a voice here!

>But you don’t even bother to go snooping under the bridge this time. There’d probably be no one there anyway, just forget it.

>Back into the hotel you go, looking around for Sunset. You scout a couple of hallways, looking through every open door into each room.

>Doing this works, apparently. Because after turning several corners, you find Sunset sitting with all three of the Dazzlings in a circle around a table in a lounge room. A clutter or cards strewn about before them.

“Oh hey, Sunset.” You get their attention. “I’m sorry I didn’t get your texts. My phone ran out of battery, which is weird because I just charged it last night.”

>”Oh! Anon! Glad to see you can join us, I thought you were sleeping or something.” Sunset greets you as Aria raises an eyebrow at you.

>”Do you use your phone when it’s plugged in?” Asks Aria. “Just curious.”

“Yeah, sometimes. I guess.”

>”Thaaaaat’s what did it.” She tells you, looking back down at the fan of cards in her hand. “You shouldn’t use your phone when it’s plugged in. It screws up your battery.”

“Good to know.” You pull up a chair, wishing someone could go back in time and tell your past self that.

>”Sunny was just showing us how to play with cards!” Sonata tells you. “She invited all three of us to come and play with her since she needs people to play against.”

>Sunset gives you a look that implies that she invited the Dazzlings specifically with intention. Especially Adagio, who glares into your eyes.

>”So what have you been up to uh… Anon?” Adagio asks you.

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>>30465760
“Was literally sitting around doing nothing. Dozing off without realizing my phone died.”

>Adagio nods slowly.

>You sit right next to Sunset, with a stack of cards being placed right next to you momentarily. Sunset is also right next to Adagio on her other side.

>In the chair you sit, wondering how Sunset is going to try to get physical contact with Adagio to read her mind.

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>>30460253
>>30461402
More of this a bit later after I finish up some class work.
>>30461840
Actually, that idea fits this part of the story like a slipper. But I guess I'll work up to that.
>>30464139
It's an /actual/ self-insert that doesn't have any canon to the real story.
>>30465086
It was anything but a burnout. I could have easily written much more of this story a year ago if I wasn’t writing like ten other stories at the time.
Also, I’m not entirely writing a lewd scene to appease the readers and more writing it in because it’s a bit fitting for being a thing Anon is going to become immune/numb to. I'm still sticking to my own rules, it's just that lewd stuff is the thing I'm slowly starting to target in this story in a sense.

See you guys in like five to six hours or something like that.

>>30465811
>There's gonna be a strip poker scene
Oh fuck yes

>>30465811
Damn that's a nice gif

>>30465811
You know almost all of your collection of GIFs are similar to EarthBound backgrounds.

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>>30466747
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9spthA_nAA&index=18&list=PL74EE7E6C2A3439BD

>>30467210
Twilight to Sunset: "This is 'Your Anon', but he's mine now. Take him from me, if you dare..."

>>30465811
So it was a actual self insert, huh?
Jesus Christ dude. No offense but I just have to ask, are you really like that in real life? It seems like you have a deepseated grudge against everything ever.
I'm just glad that thing wasn't really canon or written into the rest of the story.

Oh wow, I was just rereading this story a couple of weeks ago and was wondering if it would ever be continued. I'm happy to see it is.

>>30465811
Just a suggestion but if you put Hotline Miami stuff into the story that would be fucking sick to see that clash with your writing style.

>>30469328
Fuck off and never return

>>30469328
You should try the superhero thread, they allow pretty much any crossover as long as someone is empowered and doesn't even have to be a superhero or have superpowers.

>>30467766
>Twilight stands in front of a trippy Earthbound background triumphantly, with a nervous Anon just behind her.
>A determined Sunset stands opposite Twilight, dressed as Ness and holding a baseball bat.
Someone needs to draw this scene now.

>>30470226
He's just trolling Grey with Naoh's ongoing story in the fingerbang threads.

>>30470226
Are those threads even good? I didn't like the spidershim story at all so have stayed away. Any better developments?

Hey man, a long-time lurker here. You've got a really good green, alas with a juvenile/spergy anon, but fun nonetheless. Keep up the good work. Read it from the pastebin, thought you were kill.

>>30465811
>The five of you stare at eachother from behind your cards, each playing as a one person team.

>”I can’t remember when the last time we played this game was.” Aria brings up. “I don’t think there were TV’s yet when we started playing this game.”

>”It was waaaaaaay before TV’s, Aria!” Sonata recalls with her finger stroking her chin. “At least like 80 years ago or something was when we stopped and did something.”

>”What sucks is that I can’t remember how any of it goes.”

>”I told you, we need to find a better online tutorial.” Says Adagio. “This is so annoying trying to figure it out on our own.”

>There is soon more arguing than poker playing, but the game still continues on as you and the four girls play incorrectly for the next forty five minutes or so.

>Adagio soon manages to strong-arm Aria and Sonata into looking up how to play poker properly on their phones. You can’t help but notice that Sunset is trying to use every chance she gets to place a hand on Adagio’s shoulder.

>But Adagio shifts away at the last second every time. Seemingly on purpose. As though she knows the real reason why Sunset wanted to practice playing cards with them, and thus knows what Sunset’s plan is. What she’s really trying to do.

>It’s quite awkward to watch, honestly.

>It’s about as awkward as it is scary. There’s no way for Sunset to be sure whether or not Adagio knows that she can read minds, and that she is trying to read hers. And the only way to truly safely find out is to do just that. All the while, further heightening both yours and Sunset’s suspicions of Adagio.

>Aria and Sonata continue reminiscing on the days when they would play cards with eachother during their downtime.

>”It’s not even funny, Sunset.” Sonata tells the bacon haired girl across from her.

>”That you played poker all the time?”

>>30471219
>”No, that we were so bored all the time when we weren’t doing anything. It was either eat or sit around, it was like being a crazy cat lady but without any cats. It’s a good thing we almost never ate food, or else we would have gotten fat!”

>”Sonata, it’s your turn.” Aria strains. “This isn’t story time.”

>”What? I’m just talking about the times we would play these card game thingies almost every day for like 10 or 20 years, remember?”

>Aria grits her teeth and slouches forward. “Don’t remind me.”

>”What are you so grumpy about? I was usually the one who lost first.”

>”Yeah, but…”

>”But what?” Sunset curiously asks.

>Adagio lightly slams her elbows onto the table. “Oh, please. Are you still bothered by the fact that I always won?”

>A “friendly” and “polite” debate stems from this.

>Without considering the vibes you and Sunset have been getting from Aria and Adagio lately, this is actually pretty cute to watch happen.

>”I bet it would have been inconvenient to peel that tacky purple jumpsuit off anyway.” Aria sticks her nose in the air. “Maybe that’s why you got so good at cards, because you can’t break out of that thing so easily,”

>Wait, this is getting confusing to listen to.

>”At least I wouldn’t need paint remover to get it off unlike your jeans.” Adagio nearly hisses as Sonata holds back a snicker.

>Aria scoffs. “Pffft. That’s neeeever something a person jealous of someone else’s butt would say. No way! Not at all!”

>”Oh, I didn’t know you had a ‘you’re just jealous so I’m right’ card in your hands, there. I’m sorry I prompted you to use it up so soon.”

>”Really mature, Dagi.” Aria crosses her arms then mutters under her breath. “Would have worked better when we started comparing chests anyway.”

>”Whatever, can we just move this game along and remember how anything’s done? What’s surprising is that we forgot how to do this.”

>>30471223
>”Wait a minute…” Sunset interjects. “You weren’t just describing strip poker, were you? Well, for a second, at least.”

>Adagio and Aria give her blank expressions.

>”Do you know what strip poker means? Because it’s pretty much what you described.”

>You look down and twiddle your thumbs, wishing you could plug your ears without seeming rude.

>”You mean taking something off every time you lose a card isn’t normal poker?” Sonata asks.

>Sunset begins to blush in embarrassment by proxy, then goes on to explain the difference between strip poker and regular poker to the Dazzlings. Was actually pretty funny for a bit.

>It’s not easy to tell how much more time goes by, but you all eventually stand up and go to the rest of the group that has entered the food area of the hotel. Everyone’s about to eat dinner together.

>Before you leave the lounge room, Sunset holds you back with her for just a moment.

>She briefly tells you that she managed to brush up against Adagio as she was on her way out, but didn’t get to see much that was going on in her head. All she knows for now is that Adagio is planning on revealing a big secret of some sort to Sonata.

>A secret that was apparently only to be between the Dazzlings. Not even the rest of the band kids.

>This information came to you more quickly than you’d like to handle it, you mostly just want to go eat. But in any case, this is important and needs your attention, and needs Sunset’s attention even more.

>After this, the night just goes by in a quick blur of boring conversations at the dinner table and you getting more and more lethargic and in need of sleep.

>You were paying more attention an hour ago, but now you are just zoning out. And…

>Mary just started skipping through the front doors, waving hello to everyone. Luckily, she managed to re-dress herself.

>>30471227
>She stops right next to you, telling you that she fell asleep as well. Making more envious of her day and more in lust with a good night’s sleep right now.

>Finish the tiny bit of food you picked out to eat and then head on upstairs to hit the hay.

>Sunset catches you right before you go into your room; she gives you a quick hug and tells you that she’s going to think of something to get all of the information out of the Dazzlings and stop whatever it is that’s going on.

>The two of you say goodnight and you’re in your bed before you know it. Lying on your stomach with your head to the side. Waiting for the night to go by even faster than it already was.

~
>Something about a lot of talking.
>Something about a lot of things being revealed to you.
>Things you mostly didn’t imagine before.
>You’re having a conversation with someone you’ve already talked to before, but your mind is to absent to figure out whom it is.
>”The story is doing everything it can to continue! You started off in the middle of it right after rejecting Sunset, then you were supposed to eventually cave in. The story was writing itself as it went along as you continued to react, but followed the same format of a fiction about a boy who learns the error of his ways and falls in love with a girl.”
“What are you talking about?” Is what you would have said if you weren’t completely unable to make a sound.
>”You were supposed to cave in and then go through a huge life changing event alongside Sunset to become closer to her and accept your love for her! Accepting the love was supposed to be the thing that gains you enough power to stop the sirens! Together with Sunset!”
“WHAT?”

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>>30471228
>”Then you were supposed to say yes to her and that would be the resolution after all of the conflicts were resolved and that was to be the end. But you held off long enough for the story itself to become tired! You lasted and lasted and lasted, and you’re still lasting. But you’re getting weaker!”
>This can’t be real.
>Is anything real?
>”You managed to stubbornly survive in this for so long that the story itself gave up for a while. And now nothing much is happening while the story tries to being itself back together again by reuniting enough of the characters to drag this along. And now it’s trying to close the deal once again! You must resist!”
“How do I resist? What does any of this mean?”
>”The story’s objective is to finally reach the conclusion it’s been trying to force you to accept. The life it’s been trying to force you to live! It means more than you think when it feels like the universe is out to get you in certain ways. Resist! Break this pattern that has been never-ending for so long now.”
“What pattern? Why do I need to care?!”
>”Because fighting for the life you want is often like fighting for your life to keep going at all! The cycle of these stories taking over people’s lives must end! You are not the only one who can join the revolution, but they will need as many as they can get!”
“Who’s ‘they’?”
>”The ones whom you need to see as role models if you ever want to truly be yourself. And they are not the friends you have now. The friends you have now are a crutch. A crutch that is eating your soul alive with a side of everything you stand for.”
~
>Your eyes shoot open, your face covered in sweat.

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>>30471230
>Each minute that goes by takes away more and more of whatever it was you just dreamt. You remember it saying something about your… soul?

>Yes, wait, no. Was it about your soul? Something abut a story, right?

>More of it leaves your head, as though being pulled out the more you come to and wake up your brain into fully functioning mode.

>…What was it about again? Now you can’t remember any details.

>And with that, you convince yourself that it was nothing more than a stupid dream that leaves your head and didn’t really talk about anything important. Those kind of dreams aren’t worth remembering; not being able to remember them is what makes them feel so urgent anyway. Just forget it. It doesn’t matter or mean anything.

>Get up and go about your day.

_________

>>30468636
>>30471126
Thanks. I've been far from kill, just busy with either writing under a different trip of messing around with music and pseudo-drawing.
>>30470399
He's not really trolling anyone. I have actually expressed a new interest in Hotline Miami mainly through the soundtrack; I was even the Anon in the past fb thread who asked about WFD. I've talked with a lot of people about the game already, so it isn't surprising that someone would bring it up in a thread where I'm coincidentally writing a story about a beach city and reality is constantly being questioned in the story.
>>30469328
With that, I feel like certain aspects of the game would fit the story like a slipper. But definitely not on a crossover level. My original idea actually happened to be strikingly similar to the style of HM before I even knew that game existed. But there will likely not be a crossover, but a few stylistic parallels instead.
>>30467829
I'm just hilariously bitter sometimes to a comical level. I never act upon anything, though. I just write about it.
>>30465992
>>30466734
>>30466747
Got more green and gifs on the way pretty damn soon.

>>30471362
Don't fall for it. Continue on working original material instead of stooping that low.

>>30471362
This shit is fucking with my head.

>>30439685
>>30440466
I'd like to believe any of these, but I truly doubt that they will happen. Even so, that won't stop me.

>>30473005
What do you mean fall for it? He clearly said that the similarities between this story and hotline miami are merely because of coincidence, not full blown crossover.

>>30474684
I enjoyed the story by itself, it doesn't need to branch out with that overplayed trope or even have to be it's own story. But if Grey decides that, so be it.

>>30474920
What's the overplayed trope?

>>30474965
Inserting video games to the story.

>>30475131
As long as he doesn't have characters with rubber masks running around killing people and Anon waking up in his hotel getting phone calls about hit missions or whatever, I think we'll be fine.

Where's the lewd? Strip poker scene when? Sunset "helping" anon before he goes to bed?

>>30476413
Only one of those was said to be happening.

>>30471362
Great update man. I'm starting to worry about Anon again.

B a c o n
H a i r

>69+ posts of green in only 10 days
Jesus Christ, you're a machine.

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>>30481672
He left humanity behind

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>>30421925
This is long overdue.

>>30471362
>More waffles for breakfast.

>You can’t get over how good the food at this place is.

>This time, instead of going outside to go do things, you stay in your room and watch TV instead. Keeping your phone on its charger and planning to unplug it whenever you need to use it.

>Despite you liking dark rooms in which to watch TV, you keep the curtains open to be able to see that hazy blue horizon as dozens of boats go by in the distance. You even keep the window open, since it’s not even that loud outside.

>Stare at the ceiling and the TV screen as you lie on your back.

>A couple of 30 minute sitcom episodes go by, and you happen to start channel exploring. The weather channel here has really interesting music; it grabs your attention right away with old-timey synths playing.

>You begin to fall asleep on and off, waiting for anything to happen.

>But nah, you’d rather stay here on your bed.

>Feeling more and more lazy each time a sitcom episode ends.

>Your phone vibrates.

>It’s a text from Sunset; you unplug the phone.

>[Can I come over? It’s important.]

[sure]

>Not even five minutes later and she’s knocking on your door.

>”Anon?” She cals through the door.

>You drag yourself out of the bed and open the door.

“Hey, Sunset.”

>The first thing you notice is the worried look on Sunset’s face. But she looks past you and asks if she can come in.

“Sure. I’m not doing anything right now.”

>”Thanks.” Sunset enters and rests herself at the foot of your bed.

“So what’s up?”

>”Adagio and Aria did something to Sonata either last night this morning, I’m not sure what yet.” Sunset tells you in one breath.

“Did something?”

>”Yes, but they had pendants. More than one of them. I saw it in Sonata’s memory.”

>You notice Sunset’s cheeks start to turn a little red. But you feel a little colder now that you realize that you’re going to have to deal with something involving the Dazzlings.

>>30482923
“Did… did you see how they got their necklaces?”

>”I didn’t, no. But I saw that they hypnotized Sonata somehow. And they put up an act with the whole poker thing too. Hang on, let me just tell you everything right away.”

>You lean forward next to Sunset.

“Okay, okay okay. Is it a lot to take in?”

>”Yes, so let me try and tell this is order.” Sunset starts off. “So I was walking down the hall when Sonata called out from behind me. I said hi to her and she ran up to me and gave me a hug. As she hugged me, I saw that she was trying to hug me for a reason, and I saw why right after that. Adagio and Aria wanted her to hug me to make some sort of spell from their pendants work on me. And I started to feel something but it went away. And that’s when I saw what happened to her earlier.”

“Is there still a spell over you?”

>Sunset hesitates and gives the floor a concerned look.

>”I actually don’t know. I feel like I am, but I’m not sure.” Sunset answers. “I’m feeling warmer than normal, but this whole place is already really warm, so it could just be that.”

“Okay, well what happened to Sonata?”

>”Alright, here it goes:” Sunset explains the scenario she saw to you.
~
>All three of the Dazzlings are in their hotel room, Adagio has just finished unpacking what little luggage she brought.
>Aria is chilling on the bed, Adagio is watching TV and Sonata is taking a shower. Adagio momentarily knocks on the bathroom door and tells Sonata that she needs to mess with her hair in front of the mirror, and Sonata unlocks the door for her to get in.
>What Sonata doesn’t realize is that Adagio came in to sneak Sonata’s clothes out of the bathroom.
>Sonata finds this out after she finished her shower, and she walks out into the open asking the other two for her clothes.
>She sees Adagio and Aria wearing pendants around their necks, one of them each. They tell her she needs to prove her loyalty before continuing.

>>30482926
>The other two girls grab Sonata and lie down with her on the bed, where they slip her out of her towel and try out a new power that came from the new pendants.
>It has something to do with physical contact, and the longer contact is made, the more effect the magic has.
>They managed the seduce Sonata straight into loyalty in a matter of minutes, then pulled out a third pendant for her to use. Sonata was never told where the extra pendants came from.
>Adagio then sent Sonata to try the spell on Sunset by hugging her and seeing how she reacts.
>The whole not knowing what strip poker was, was only a lie to have an excuse to bring it up. The reason why was never told to Sonata, so she doesn’t know.
>But the sirens didn’t realize that Sunset can read minds whenever she makes physical contact. They didn’t count on a chunk of their plan being given away as soon as Sonata touched Sunset.
~
>”So they’re basically trying to become powerful again, and probably take control of me before I can stop them. That’s really the only way this makes sense.” Sunset finishes explaining. “Their new pendants apparently do something with mere touch that makes people feel seduced by whoever’s wearing the thing.”

>Sunset looks over to the door as though she’s suspicious of one of the sirens listening in. She lowers her voice.

>”And I heard Aria sing with the pendant on too, but that part still doesn’t work on me. And I don’t think the touch thing works on me either.”

“You sure?”

>”Well, I don’t feel like I was seduced by Sonata. But then again, it obviously worked on her. They’re getting Sonata to do anything she wants and they told her the part of their plan that involves her AND she is obeying them. So I don’t know for sure. It wasn’t a long hug.”

“Maybe we shouldn’t go to that poker game.”

>>30482929
>”Well that’s the problem. We only know part of the story. We still don’t know if they have anyone else under their control yet, or where they could be stashing the pendants so no one else can get to them. So it’s not like we can just walk into their room and steal them. The door’s probably locked anyway, and these hotel doors need the keycards to get in.”

“Well it’s not hopeless, is it? I mean, we definitely know for a fact they’re up to something, and they did just send Sonata to see if they can get you under control, but couldn’t. And we know now that they’re going to try something big once they hang out with us again. But they have no idea that you saw anything in Sonata’s mind.” You tell Sunset. “I mean, they’re practically expecting us to be at least close to clueless.”

>”Aria and Adagio are still planning to join this game we’ve been planning. I think they’re going to try and seal the deal with me during all of that, but I don’t know for sure because I didn’t gather anything about it from Sonata. But they did just try to get me just now.”

“Oh… well what do we do?”

>”We need to… plan. Is it okay with you if I stay here for a bit?”

“Like, how long?”

>Sunset winces down a little with a smile, in the same way when she was seeing what you were thinking the day before yesterday.

>”Couple of hours, maybe? If that’s okay with you.”

“Oh, it’s totally fine.”

>You both scoot back to the head of the bed together and soon agree on a TV channel you both like. “Let’s just take our time and figure all of this out.” Sunset tells you.

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>>30482949
Sorry this is late and a bit short, I've been reading up on how on earth poker is played so I can write the next part. But Anon isn't going into it unprepared.
>>30482178
I never saw that pic before, thank you.
>>30473005
>>30475131
>>30475935
The similarity is that it will be all retro-80's stylistic and colorful with tons of action [soon]. No actual crossovers.
>>30477551
>>30473307
Will post rest of this scene in a bit.

>>30482960
Thanks for the update Alex

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Sunset and Anon are gonna have some fun.

Bump before bed

>>30483876
I hopelessly pray for this

>>30485597
If it makes you feel any better, we can always dream.

>>30482960
Longer description of dazzle scene would have been hot as fuck

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>>30482960
How many of those fucking gifs do you have?

>>30483876
Well Alex did imply there would be fooling around.

I hope he ends up doing just that with Twilight just to piss everyone off