Princess Applejack

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

Curious what happened last time?
Check out the previous thread here:>>30699465

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

Confused about when a character first showed up or who they are? Want to know when an arc started? Check out character notes and details here :
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Check out the 'Princess Applejack: Re-Cut Edition' here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15cv3kqExr_vOM0JkUh4dqnvVKxJ5Z-P1KHwE8Z7aG0k/edit?usp=sharing

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Check out our collection of NSFW stories here:
http://pastebin.com/u/NSFT_NotSafeForTwo_

And above all else, enjoy your stay at /paj/!

FIRST
FOR
CHRYSALIS

HAIL BEST QUEEN

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First for Pinkie to hang on!

>>30743256
>>30743257
I DID IT!

I DID IIIIITTTTT!

The thread ghosts have chosen me!

>>30743256
>>30743257
What sorcery is this!?

>>30743256
>>30743257
The fuck

>>30743256
>>30743257
>The Exact Same Second

You can't make this shit up folks!

>>30743256
>>30743257
>Same
>Exact
>Second

*GASP!*

>>30743256
>>30743257
This is some next level wizard shit and I want no part of it!

... but I'm still proud of you, Buglover.

>>30743256
>>30743257
Oh great, we split the timeline again.

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>>30743256
>>30743257

>MEEEEEE!

"NO MEEEEEE!"

">MEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

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Pinkie Preview Prophecies

>Applejack will do anything for family and I mean ANYTHING.
>Pinkie toots her own horn!
>Granny Smith talks about a war that nopony is sure happened.
>March Gustysnows thinks it's too gosh darn cold.
>Stay away from Lyra's Bon Bons.
>Derpy says oh no and summons the Kool-aid mare!
>The Crusaders earn some lute.
>3D fanservice!

>>30743344
And now it's perfect.

OOCO
>AJ
"Celestia"
~~~

>Tia? Got another question.

"And I have a serious case of the munchies. Are you feeling munchies? I'm feeling munchies. Let's go get tacos.

>Ah' thought-

"That I was going to say cakes? Am I really so one note to you, Applejack!?"

>Well, uh.

"I don't have to stand here and be insulted by this!"

>Yes you do, or Ah'll start slashin' certain budgets again. Ah' will start with yer' bath, do not see how far Ah' will go.

"Darn it. Have you no pity for me?"

>Oh, Ah' pity you.

"Aww, I guess-wait."

>Anyway, Mah' question is, since timetravel is an option, why don't we use it to solve more problems?

"Who says we don't?"

>Come again?

"Did you know that every single solitary time a threat popped up, if the stars didn't align just right or one of you didn't show up, usually the world ends in terror and death?"

>Ah' did not know that.

"And did you know we're currently living in a stable time loop?"

>Ah' actually did know that, Twilight went back in time and caused herself to go back in time.

"Very good. Now, if this were on a larger scale, how would you know anything changed? Wouldn't it appear as it should and always did?"

>Uh, well, Ah', Ah' mean Ah'm not so sure-

"Applejack?"

>Yeah?

"How much do you want to know."

>How much?

"Yes."

>How's about how much those tacos cost.

"Very smart mare, you get to live in bliss."

>Ah' don't think Ah'm gonna with your track record.

"At least when it all comes down, you'll know it's all my fault.

>>30743344
Joe? I say this without hyperbole, you are a treasure.

>>30743344
>Chrysalis is just barely breaking the fourth wall

And now it's perfect.

>>30743344
You've put my wiki skills to the test, now one more before I go to rest.

INTO THE WIKI IT GOES!

>>30743256
>>30743257
>Crazy Post Shenanigans

>>30743344
>Art of shenanigans

>>30743383
>And that classic question asking

This thread is still magical.

>>30743383
>"And did you know we're currently living in a stable time loop?"

*Flinch*

>Ah' actually did know that, Twilight went back in time and caused herself to go back in time.

*Relax*

I panicked there for a moment... thought someone knew... wait... shit now you know.

>>30743406
Not going to lie, I thought he was trying to make you go insane.

>>30743571
I have a very fluid sleeping schedule, imagine what he's gonna find in the morning if I get a second wind.

>>30743344
Got I love the little things

Night Thread

>>30744228
Night Spool

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>...

"Ummm... AJ?"

>...

"How are you doing that?"

>...

"You're not even flapping your wings, they're just spread out..."

>...Ah don't like it... Not one bit..."

>>30744736
PPPPRFHHHTHAHAHAHA

>>30744736
Yes. Alll yes. Yes hoes in all fields YES

>>30744736
Zero fucks given.

>>30744736
>That was the last time Dash ever badtalked "Earth Pony flying"

>>30744736
I awaken.

And, I act.

INTO THE WIKI IT GOES

>>30744736
They told her she couldn't fly by stubbornness alone.

She told them to get out of her way.

>>30744736
Jokes on everyone reading, it's actually Dash who's upside down, but it won't be revealed till the right moment.

>>30744736
Are you using a program or pen and paper for this one?

>>30744736
>They see me flyin', they lyin, denyin' that they all tryin', to catch me flyin', dirty!

>>30746196
MediBang Paint Pro with a Pen Tablet.

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as promised
OOCO
>Two
“Arana”
~~~

>DA NA NAAAAA!

“T-Two?”

>DA NA NAAAAAA!

“Two you’re heavy.”

>DA NA!

“I’m really happy you wanted my help, but this is hurting my hoofsies. If you keep wiggling, we’ll set off the laser grid!”

>Bum bum DA NA.

“Shhh! The guards are gonna hear if you keep doing that!”

>BAM BAM Dun nuh nuh nuh!

“Steady… s-steeaddyyyyyy…”

>Do wo wooooo, do wo woooo, do do…

“…”

>BAHM BAHM DAN NUN DEDEDEDEDEEEEEEEEEEE… NABBED! Ah’ got mah’ malleys!

“Phew! Thank goodness! Now lets get out of here before the guards show up.”

>There ain’t no guards.

“..huh?”

>Yeah, this ain’t very secure.

“But… the laser grid!”

>Those’re laser lights, and they ain’t very good iffin’ ya’ think about it! Ah’ mean, motion sensey stuff has existed since forever! Why make yer’ alarms go off when someone touches a line instead’a just any motion, ain’t like someone’s s’posed to be in there anyway! This whole thing wouldn’t catch nobody!

“Then… why do it?”

>Cause Shiny said Ah’ need ta’ exercise ta’ burn off malley callies.

“…”

>Ya’ did a pretty good workout yer’seellllfff.

“…does this mean-“

>Oh, ya’ get the malleys… ya’ get the malleys.

“Worth it.”

>>30746884
Nice.

OOCO
>42
“Two”
~~~~

>…

“…Can ya’ teach me how to dance?”

>The dance I do is the dance of death.

“Ya’ danced with Shiny at the Gala.”

>That was the dance of death in slow motion.

“…huh?”

>We’re all going to die, Two.

“Whooaaa….”

>…

“…can ya’ teach me to tapdance?”

>I… I was hoping you’d run off.

“Nah, Ah’ had a thing about that.”

>…

“Tap daannncee?”

>…Fine.

“YAY!”

>If you tell anyone about this-

“Ah’mma tell everyone.”

>…shoot.

>>30746884
>Cause Shiny said Ah’ need ta’ exercise ta’ burn off malley callies.

Best
Parent

>Rekulk
“Sebjek”
~~~

>HUZZAH! Sebjek is returning from place above, yes yes yes! Trip was good, yes? Muchly fixing of the sun-demon shield?

“Yes.”

>HUZZAH!

“Also, the Dragon of Spikes is sick.”

>GASP! Rekulk shall give him gift to hurry healing, at once! No trade, just give big gift!... Medium sized gift!... Gift that he likes!... Gift that Rekulk will give.

“Okay.”

>Did you also draw the outside of the city of white?

“Yes.”

The morlock reaches down, and pulls up a one to one replica sketch of Canterlot Castle, right down to a guard currently in mid-sneeze on one of the windows.

>…Did the Twience Princess ever tell Sebjek whatfor is wrong with brain to make him this way?

“No.”

>We shall ask her when gift is given!

“Okay.”

>HUZZAH!

“…”

>…Is that pony in bushes-

“He did not see me there.”

>Rekulk… shall smudge that part a bit, it is fine.

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>>30747275
>Best.
>Parent.
>EVER.

ftfy

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>>30747508
KRRRRRGH!

>>30747508
He's here to kill us all.

>>30747508
Is he sliding or flying?

>>30747508
Is nobody going to mention the background?

>>30747508
>>30747664
>Implying anyone could look away.

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>>30747508
>>30747664
>I WARNED YOU!
>I WARNED YOU ALL AND NOBODY LISTENED!

>>30747657
It's the legendary flying shield!

A stangely helpful mare with some interesting literature taught him how.

>>30744736
Fuuuuuck me, my sides are flying right beside her.

>>30747710
10/10

>>30747508
They see me slidin', they dyin', cryin' as they try to catch me ridin' malley

>>30747508
OOCO
>SA
"Two"
~~~

>Plllplplplppllppppp.

"Told ya, Shiny! Iffin' ya' make the noises, flyin' is simple! That's all ya' gotta do!"

>Pbbbababbblllll!

"We can fly we can fly!"

>PLPLPLPPLP!

"Ain't it the best? Way too good ta' mess up by a room that's under attack!"

>...plplnb?

"Just enjoy the flyin'!"

>...plbbb.

"And try not ta' make them mad, they're big."

>PBLBB!?

>>30747508
INTO THE WIKI IT GOES!

>>30747508
>>30747829
I love this place.

>>30747664
Little details.

>Celestia
“Luna”
‘Changeling’
~~~~

>So I have questions.

“We very much doubt answers shall be found.”

>Ice cream is cream and ice, specifically.

“Correct.”

>An ice cream shop is a place that sells said ice cream.

“As one logically would, the thong isle would be a poor choice for such. Or not, Fifty Six was very confusing on that matter.”

>This is an ice cream shop.

“That’s a correct guess, yes.”

>Inside of the Hive.

“Our location is established! Huzzah!”

>Now, the ice, I can see where they’d get that.

“Tis a bit of it falling through the roof on occasion, thine supply is well stocked.”

>But where did the changelings get the milk?

“…”

>…

“…hrm.”

‘Hey, princesses, did you guys want some of my ‘cheer up and don’t tell Chrysalis’ ice cream?’

>”WE DO NOT!”

‘More for me then!’

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>That was mah last Mally...

"..."

>...Ya done ate it all up...

"..."

>That was... MY LAST MALLY!

"..."

>I WILL RAIN FIRE AND DAMNATION UPON YOU! I WILL SMITE YOU DOWN AND EVERYTHING YOU LOVE!

"..."

"YOU'RE ENTIRE HIVE WILL 'BURN' FOR THIS!"

[... I am so proud right now, I'm not even going to tell Shiny about this.]

>BUUUUUUUUUUURN!

[I'm going to buy you a bag- NO! Three bags of Mallys.]

>REEEEEEEEEE-eally!?

[Mhm.]

>YAY! Best! Not-Mom! Ever!

>>30747999
Wow... Satan did a fucking flip seeing this. I win at everything today.

>>30747999
Per.
Fect.
Tion.

>>30747999
>The rare Two Rage
Gasp

>>30747999
>Two
>Angry

IT CAN'T BE!

>>30747999
>Still some Malley left

HE HAS NOT WON YET

>>30747999
INTO THE WIKI IT GOES!

>>30747999
>>YAY! Best! Not-Mom! Ever!

Rewarding smite-talk?

Chrysalis no! You don't know the road you're going down!

She had nothing.

Two incomprehensible /things/ clamoured towards her, frail, empty, vulnerable form.

The jaws crashed and belched sulfur and acrid smoke, talons reaking horrid burns in the darkness that left shimmering smoldering scars in nothigness. The Claws reached further, the teeth leared and glared closer to her. Nasal, mocking voices rang out from the sightless creature.

A whirl and gush of grease spurted forth as the Machine rumbled ceasely towards her, meshing teeth bent outwards, each one crashed a dolorous sound as they collided, pushed, ground and drove itself on. Intricate brass gears and pinions whirled as pistons were shot out from complex pulleys and drivers. A voice, unnatural, all hateful, cranked out it's scorn to her.

She had nothing.

The monsters were coming back to her. She could only wait for the end to finally come.

She felt... herself... reach?

Something felt like it was being held, that was... no, she was holding... somethi-

Clouds, brilliant heavenly clouds erupted into the darkness, stark and glimmering white and silver, roaring heroically from her... her...

"...I still have you"

The clouds rocketed into the forms of the monsters, the Claws flailed and brayed as the clouds crashed into them like geysers given fury and purpose, pure white blasting out from the impact, the Machine whirled and spun, gears screeching and groaning as it's advance was beaten back by brilliant blast upon deafening thunder.

She was facing the monsters again.

She would always face the monsters again.

She would fight them

She would fight them forever.

>>30748106
I'm this certain it's DT now.

>>30748106
>>30748120
It's DT for sure.

>>30747999
>"YOU'RE ENTIRE HIVE WILL 'BURN' FOR THIS!"

She literally broke grammar! Her power is unstoppable!

>>30748194
Yikes I seriously messed up that line.

>>30748106
>She was facing the monsters again.
>She would always face the monsters again.
>She would fight them
>She would fight them forever.

Laying it on a bit too thickly, buddy. You are reaching critical edge mass. We're talking somewhere 'Die, monster, you do not belong in this world!' and 'I can't love you! I am my own monster!' levels of trying too hard here.

You should lay off the shonen manga for a while and try to think about how a normal person would think, react and see the world from moment to moment.

>>30748293
>You should lay off the shonen manga for a while
Not everything is manga/animu inspired, there is plenty of other fiction out there that is just as bad.

>>30748329
> plenty of other fiction out there that is just as bad.

True. But it made for a handy scapegoat to illustrate the point that not every weirdfever dream has to be prophetic and most people would react with 'Wow that was fucked up am I glad am I glad I am awake now' followed by some idle wondering why your mind comes up with shit lile that of you are prone to self reflection.

>>30748352
>True. But it made for a handy scapegoat to illustrate the point
Yeah but you're coming off as an ignorant 'That Guy'. With only that one thing you'll compare everything too to criticize with. Please, for your sake and my sanity, find something else to compare people's writing too.

>not every weirdfever dream has to be prophetic and most people would react with 'Wow that was fucked up am I glad am I glad I am awake now' followed by some idle wondering why your mind comes up with shit lile that of you are prone to self reflection.

Where were you when Spike was having them? That shit went on for waaaaay too long, in my opinion and was more 'Manga' than this.

>>30748384
>Yeah but you're coming off as an ignorant 'That Guy'.
I am not the guy wanting to write Dare you enter my magical Realm? class fetish fiction of lolis with rocket launchers. People keep on saying it's annoying, but someone just had to keep on writinf her doing it. More of a THAT GUY if you ask me.

With only that one thing you'll compare everything too to criticize with.
I'd bother with more and better arguments, but that story set the bar really low, you know? Bssic argument: if she wakes up and goes 'NO PRINCESS I MUST FIGHT THE DEMONS', it's going to be as ugly as a Harry Potter self-insert fic.

> in my opinion and was more 'Manga' than this.
Something having less shit smeared on it still qualifies as making it shitty.

Hey. I get it. Stretching those writer's wings, trying out new stuff and making your mark. All cool. Just don't expect people not to make fun of it if it doesn't fit. Plus, you can see where this is going from a mile away.
ROCKET LAUNCHER IS EVERYTHING MUST FIGHT EVIL IF YOU TAKE MY STUFF I HATE YOU I AM ALWAYS RIGHT HAHAHA I WANT TO OTHERD TO TAKE ME AS SERIOUSLY AD AN ADULT EVEN THOUGH I AM A BIGGER BITCH THAN MY OWN MOM TO PEOPLE I DO NOT SPECIFICALLY LIKE BOOM

>>30748455
>that spoiler

Well I can tell you this much: assuming I can into writing good, it won't be that in any way shape or form

cough whens luhna cough

>>30748455
>People keep on saying it's annoying, but someone just had to keep on writinf her doing it.

You. You mean you do. I know you're technically 'people' but come on.

>I'd bother with more and better arguments,

No you wouldn't.

>Something having less shit smeared on it still qualifies as making it shitty.

I feel like you didn't think this one though or misread something.

>ROCKET LAUNCHER IS EVERYTHING MUST FIGHT EVIL IF YOU TAKE MY STUFF I HATE YOU I AM ALWAYS RIGHT HAHAHA I WANT TO OTHERD TO TAKE ME AS SERIOUSLY AD AN ADULT EVEN THOUGH I AM A BIGGER BITCH THAN MY OWN MOM TO PEOPLE I DO NOT SPECIFICALLY LIKE BOOM

Why do you do this to yourself, man. It never works.

>>30748455
>. Plus, you can see where this is going from a mile away.

God I wish I didn't but holy shit man, your hateboner for 'child soldiers' has officially gotten worrying. You're not even arguing anymore, there's no more cohesive thought before the vague and unheeded slapping of 'it's shit' 'fanfic' 'ANIME' get thrown about like throwing stars in a naruto fan's room, leaving nothing to improve upon aside from a 'do what I want with DT, which is make her not do the thing people write'. That offers no refinement or chance for growth, only declarations of what you personally prefer, and it's laced with language that implies that others wish for it to stop when it's provably not true from every reaction to every story! The writers love their chances to get better at their craft, but there's nothing there. Your comments are coming out an empty wasteland of critiquing tropes and nothing else, meaningless in the context.

You're very much THAT GUY, and it's gotten to the point where there's just nothing left to take from this. Help the writers improve with actual critique, or at least have a single point to any of this aside from complaints about the direction that came up last thread only to be brushed aside. This?

>I'd bother with more and better arguments, but that story set the bar really low, you know?

You've so far referenced a meme, lolis, implied that anyone besides you complained about the DT stories when that's very easy to prove, said a meme, referenced a fanfic, and then after a nonesensical response to a question you went on an all caps lock triade.

You've set the bar so low, why would anyone bother using any of this for direction on writing?

>>30748120
>>30748157
>>30748293
>>30748329
>>30748352
>>30748384
>>30748455
>>30748484
>>30748488
>>30748559

>ITT: /pa/ls who used to hate Chrysalis react to a DT fanfic
https://youtu.be/IEGo41443iI

>>30748559
I appreciate the thought put into that but you're putting too much effort into critiquing the same old song and dance from him again.

OOCO
>DT
"Pennydrop"
'Silver Spoon'
~~~

>NO TOUCHEEE!

"Gah!"

'Warned you. You brought this on yourself.'

>I SAID NO TOUCH!

"I wasn't gonna touch him!"

>Good.

'Wait for it.'

"...I was going to admire his-"

>NO MA'AM!

'There it is.'

"I let you touch Metal Deer!"

>That's because Metal Deer could not compare to TBDRLIATU. You might as well complain I won't let you touch my fine tea set because you gave me a sippy cup.

"HEY!"

'To be fair those things get ripped apart every time they fight Chitania, while Tbumbuballoo-'

>TBDRLIATU!

'-only got broke once, when it exploded her.'

>You are forgiven!

"Mine are the size of buildings!"

>And I can level buildings. Put the math together.

"You're being selfish!"

'Welcome to Diamond Tiara.'

>Look, you wouldn't know what to do with him.

"Yuh huh!"

>Oh yeah? What's that?

"...Blow stuff up?"

>So naive.

"...I'm going to make something even better-"

>AHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHH!

"I could!"

>AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"

'Now you've done it, this'll take all week before she stops.'

>AAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHHHAHAAHAHAH!

"...Soon."

'Did... did your voice just go low?'

"Soon.. and only I shall be able to ride it."

'Trust me, you don't want to ride him after all she's added to him. He's... dangerous.'
BOOM!
'Like that.'

"HOLY SHIT MY WALL!"

>Sorry, my hooves went to his weak spot. He's... got a trigger.

"'...'"

>It's right there specifically, the trigger, you pull it and it shoots stuff.

"...Soon."

>AHHHHAHAHAHAHAH!

'I see now why even Applebloom has two friends her age and you've just me.'

>HEY!...thanks! I do have you!

"..."

'Don't say it, just let her have this.'

>>30748106
Anyone calling this anime is full of it. I love me some dream imagery.

>>30747999
This just made me realize we need more Chrysalis Two moments.

>>30748714
>Chrysalis Two

...Hrm...

>>30747508
Thank you, so much. I've wanted more Two/Shiny for years, and scenes like this deliver. The background details add to it to make a wonderful scene.

Thank you.

>>30748768
NC
>SA
"Chrysalis"
~~

>You are not naming our child "Chrysalis 2".

"OH COME ON! Applejack gets one!"

>Kids are not bartering chips.

"HAH! Jokes on you, I've already won three this morning!"

>...

"...wait."

*WAYHHHHHH!*

"I've made a terrible mistake.

Four panels down... five to go...


>>30748768
Well, it's more back to roots than anything.

>>30748796
You are most welcome.

>>30748934
Oh boy! Can't wait!

>>30748646
The only reason this works is because DT is so oblivious.

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First Specifically Non-Canon Image! And it's a comic no less! Yay!

NC

>AJ
"AUJ"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>Ah'm this close to callin in your bullshit and just straight up labeling ya evil.

"For the last time, ah'm NOT evil!"

>Oh really!? What was your last song about? Huh!?

"..."

*Flash Back To Pic Related*

"..."

>Well!?

"...m'not evil..."

>>30749223
Pffffttthahahahahaha!

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>>30749223
Jesus Christ...

>>30749223
AUJ is not evil!

She was a good girl, gonna turn her life around!

>>30749223
And a reference for our deprived and uncultured /pa/ls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnfwBeVFlbU

>>30749223
Love. This.

You hear me, you glorious bastard? Love. It.

>>30749223
10/10
The effort shows

>>30749223
This might be the most glorious comic you've ever posted.

>>30749223
>What was that signin' about then!?

"Pinkie started a song!"

>... forgiven.

>>30749223
>>30749255
Anyone who doesn't know that by heart does not deserve a place in this world

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>>30749223
>The poses
>The Apple Tank
>Those song lyrics

PERFECTION, YOU WIN.

>>30749223
>Non-Canon Image
>Implying

>>30749223
Easily one of your best pics so far, and with such life and movement! It's a huge improvement over the previous work, and I'm glad we were here to see your progress so far

>>30749300
Stating a fact, I can actually do those since she's mine. She's just on lease... wait... that didn't sound nearly aggressive enough.. eh hem... I AM THE LAW!!! There we go.

>>30749344
>IM
>FUCKING
>PLYING

THE PONY MUST DANCE

>>30749362
I'll do a different musical next time.

>>30749223
Yes yes yes yes yes yes

>>30749223
This is the funniest one of theses I've ever done.

INTO THE WIKI IT GOES!

>>30749223
She is riding that tank super hard.

Guess that's everybody for right now, I want to say that making that was worth every bit of effort! I love you guys! Can't wait till [Redacted] when we finally see [Redacted] and [_-_-Redacted-_-_] I'll have a surprise for you all then too! Night guys, I'm off to unwind with some bun, lets home this pseudo therapy keeps paying off.

>>30749602
>home
...How?

*hope*

>>30749602
Keep it up, my man! It's making wonders!

>Twilight
~~~

>Get your head in the game, Twilight.

It wasn't often that she honestly thought herself truly mad, no matter what some of her oddest creations would imply, yet the niggling reminder of that old saying about talking to ones self simply would not let her be in this case.

>You can do this.

With her samples, her information and whatever devices she'd scrounged up in tow, she made her way towards the gleaming City on the Mountain once more, already filling her mind with a dozen hypothesis and guesses as to what this strange thing could be doing, what it could truly be beneath that shining light, what it was capable and what it would do if the worst should happen.

Or at least, she was very much trying to do that.

>Focus! Okay, you know Discord was able to hold it back, but lets be honest here. No matter what Discord may tout all the time, he's not omnipotent, he's not all powerful, and he's not beyond matching or even surpassing. We've beaten him enough to know that no matter what he says, his power is limited, if he was able to hold it back, if Sunset...

And failing.

>If another pony could figure out a way to seal it up, hold it there, you can too. She's smart, but she's not smarter than you. She just had a little more... time than you did. A couple months more time... because...

Again and again and again.

>...Diamond Tiara should be ready to wake up-NO!

1/2

>>30749859

A swift hoof rapped just beneath the base of her horn, as scolding as an offended mother to a spoiled child.

>No no no! We have to focus! She's... we can handle this, we have to handle this, it won't mean a thing if she wakes up to a world completely devoured by an unholy monstrosity! You have to fix this, you're the only one who can! Then... then you can fix her.

A hoof that shook when it fell back down, and went limp.

>...you can save this one.

Even as it dangled there, it could not slow the powerful beat of her wings, or the determined focus that carried her on the winds of Equestria towards her final goal.

>At least this one... you can save.

A single look back was spared. Though she knew it impossible, she would forever swear the faintest line of that ominous light could still be seen shining in the distance.

>...you can save everyone else first.

She looked back.

Somehow, the distance before her still seemed as bright.

>You won't mess up this time.

>>30749867
FOCUS TWI

>>30749867
>>...you can save this one.

HAH

>>30749602
Can't argue with the results, keep at it.

>>30749859
>Okay, you know Discord was able to hold it back, but lets be honest here. No matter what Discord may tout all the time, he's not omnipotent, he's not all powerful, and he's not beyond matching or even surpassing. We've beaten him enough to know that no matter what he says, his power is limited, if he was able to hold it back, if Sunset...

That's actually a good point, for all the hype this thing is getting, it was still defeated by somebody who is pointedly not all-powerful. They should be able to handle it.

>>30749922
She's trying damn it!

>>30749255
>remake
Neck thyself

>>30750915
I couldn't find that scene from the original on youtube you maroon! If you can find it post it.

Night Thread.

>>30751398
Nite bud

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Are you ready for her to reveal her wicked, evil ways, /pa/ls?

>>30751866
... are whips involved?

>>30751866
I just noticed that is not a new picture, it's a close up of panel four.

NC
>FS
“Dash”
~~~

>And welcome everyone to another episode of Fantastically Fixing Friendships, Featuring Fluttershy, it’s during this time that content doesn’t matter-

“FOCUS!”

>But rudeness does, strange pony! This is a very bad first impression!

“AIRSHIP!”

>Don’t be silly, I turned off the guns! It’s not dangerous. It’s perfectly safe!

“Oh yeah, well in that case I guess there’s no problem of that accidentally going wrong except for maybe possibly that eeny weeny teeny tiny barely even there wondering whating of WHO’S FUCKING FLYING IT!?”

>Rude! That language is not allowed!

“…”

>But yes we should probably go steer it. Not a problem, though! It’s still flying just fine! And no guns anymore, see?

“…why does an off switch have numbers on it?”

>Um, maybe to know how many guns it turned off?

“Why are those numbers going down?”

>Is turning off, to be more grammatically correct?

“Why is it beeping?”

>To… let you know it’s turning them off super good?

“...why would the airship guns control be next to the escape hatch?”

>Because… um… it’s…

“…”

>Ifeellikethere’sabigboomhappeningabouttohappenandmaybe0

“FLUTTERSHY!”

>Stay kind.

“AHHHHHHH!”

>>30752283
>She turned on the self destruct

DT NO

>>30752529
>Dying it a dream
>Fighting monsters in canon dream

This is a bad time for pinks

>Guard
“Guard 2”
~~~

>…

“…”

>…Nothing’s really happening now.

“I noticed that.”

>Huh.

“Yeah, huh.”

>…

“…We’re boring when we don’t have anything to comment on?”

>How’s that different from normal?

“…ouch.”

>BB
“PJ”
‘Haymaker’
~~~

>…Are… are you serious?

“…”

‘Really?’

“…”

>I mean… actually?

“…”

‘We heard you, right? You didn’t drop a number?’

“…”

>I think you dropped a number.

“…Ididn’tdropanumber.”

‘W-what?’

“I… didn’t drop a number.”

>…

‘…’

“Yeah… I want to invite… Seven to poker night.”

>…

‘…Not-‘

“Not Seventy Seven!”

>Wow.

‘Wooowww..’

“He literally made sure I didn’t die, and I didn’t give shit back!”

>…still though.

“We’re inviting him!”

‘…Are you sure you didn’t have a stroke-‘

“INVITING HIM!”

>>30749223
Ugh... Now that I'm fully awake, I see all the spelling errors... MUST FIX! I need to stop pulling these 18 hour days...

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Fixed.

Into-The-Wiki Anon, correct my shame!

>>30753170
NC
>7
“PJ’
~~~

>Hey! Thanks for inviting me, what kinda poker is this anyway?

“Strip poker.”

>HA! Cause we’re naked.

“…”

>…what?

“You have so much to learn.”

>…I don’t wanna play anymore-

“TOO LATE!”

>>30753222
Check the Third panel, left-bttom side.

>>30753475
You mean right side. The second Heil.

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>>30753475
Oh, thanks, I hadn't noticed that I left that. More Shame!

>>30753507
INTO THE WIKI I UPDATE

BUT THE SHAME LIVES

>SA
~~~

>…so I’m not dead, right?

He looks left, he looks right.

>I mean other me probably isn’t dead.

He talks to no one, he hopes someone will hear.

>If I was dead, that would be pretty messed up. I mean, what if it’s cancer, again? What if Twilight didn’t cancer punch me in the other universe? What if I have pony flu!? Did other me have a genetic fault that could be easily repaired and is totally avoidable if she just mentions it to me, but she’s letting me stew in a worry of death to see me squirm!? Was I wrong?! She seemed so nice! She was a nice pony who said nice things! Why would she turn around and want me dead!? Unless… did I blow myself up!? Oh dear faust what if I blew myself up and she’s treating me like the special colt in school!? What if I’m just another moron on the list!? What if I was an idiot this whole time and nobody told me!? What if I’m the worst!?

He ranted.

>…or maybe I’m just the guy that constantly rants about nothing to her and she only is nice because I didn’t rant at her.

Nobody cared.

>I’m worst pony.

So we can safely assume that our writers went over-budget with the special effects and now are waiting for studio grants before they can continue with 13vs42/LightHell/ScrewloosevsAbomination/AJvsAUJ/ShinyvsBlue ?

I'd write a short NC funny about that, but I suck at spontaneous comedy...

>>30753679
Actually the 13 thing needs a certain character who's tied up, have to wait on that one and it's why I've been mostly doing the other guys at the landing point like AJ and AUJ.

Kuddler should finish up his setup soon, then I can resume. Sorry for the wait, but we'll make it worth it!

>>30753679
NC
>AJ
"SA"
~~~

>WHAT'DYA MEAN WE'RE OUTTA BUDGET!

"Well, why'd you think we made the Pennydrop thing non-confrontational? Shooting on location is expensive, Applejack! We just did a massive shooting location across Equestria for the fight with Chitania! CGI is expensive, and that Mecha-Chitania stuff doesn't come cheap! Do you have any idea how hard it is to do a giant CGI tree!? Why do you think we haven't seen Chitania in like ten threads now, she's expensive! We're BROKE!"

>Oh...

"..."

>...We could probably just cut the crafts table-

"Celestia has said she will quit and she fucking means it."

>Potsticker
“56”
‘NG’
~~~~

>…so yeah, I’ve got a couple questions if you don’t mind.

“Hey’ya, boss!”

>Hey… what’s all this, then?

“Uh…”

‘MY LEEGGGGGG!’

“Silver Spoon might’a had a bit of a reaction to us goin’ on high alert. She ain’t come down yet.”

>Ahhhh…

‘SHE’S! SO! STRONG!’

>…I wonder if she’s open to recruitment-NONONOI’MSORRYIWASWRONG-

~RRAWWRRRGG!~

“Oohhhh, that’s not good.”

‘Freedom… let me die.’

“I’m pretty sure I’m not allowed to do that.”

‘…you’re not… the boss.. of me…’

>AHHHHHHHHH!

‘Tell’em… boss…’

>>30753170
>Spending time with 7

... can't you just fuck him and call it even?

>AJ
"AUJ"
~~~

"Is that what you think?"

No shock, no insult, not even so much as a single hint of anger crossed her face. No matter how damning and how straight it had been aimed right to the heart of the matter, it bounced off without so much as a flinch across her immaculate orange face.

The mare of another world held nothing in her eyes but pity, and a touch of scorn.

"You really are desperate for a win, aren't you?"

With a calm and a grace that seemed almost unnatural, she came down from her stony perch and casually trotted over to the mare who was her mirror.

"If you really needed something so bad, Ah'd have been more than happy to give it to you. Here, let me prove it..."

That casual stride never broke until she came so tellingly close to the other mare, close enough the princess could see the full crisp view of her own eyes reflected off pristine spectacles.

"You did a much better job not getting injured against that there monster than Ah' did."

The only thing more insulting than the smooth way she spoke every word was the utter and complete lack of any sarcasm or wit.

The sincerity and honesty had become a weapon, wielded with all the skill she had shown in grand magical feats.

"Feel better?"

>...ya' gonna keep tryin' ta' change the subject, or are we gonna get down to the real matters we need ta' talk about.

The easy smile never faltered, nor did the annoyance or scorn it tried to hide in vain.

>Because from where Ah'm standin', it doesn't look good. Both places Ah'm standin', if you get mah' drift. Somethin' happened, and Ah' need to know about it.

"And why is that?"

>Because this...

A stern, stiff hoof reached up. Just as stiffly, it flicked the emblem of the Apple on the other's chest.

>Could'a come in real handy iffin' Ah' knew it was there. That surprise didn't help any of us. Ah' could'a warned you, iffin' Ah' would've known.

"And Ah' wouldn't have listened to a word of it."

1/4

>>30754364

No splits between the universe, vast or small, could have changed the one constant of reality.

This mare was stubborn.

>Would'a been useful anyway.

"To you, maybe. Not so much ta' me, and seein' as this here is mah' power and that's all that matters..."

>Your power, is it?

"Yes."

One word, and with it she may as well have signed it into the very law of the fabric of reality for all the force she put behind it.

>You really want to go down this path?

"Ah' already went down it long before Ah' knew about your messed up world, thank you very much. Ah've been there, done that, and unlike you Ah' dealt with the consequences instead of letting it get out of control."

>Is that right?

Eyes, and the gap between them, narrowed.

"That's. Right."

>Well then, guessin' you wouldn't mind too much iffin' Ah' told Shining about his wife's cutie mark inside that there locket? He's pretty cavalier about your side, honestly, ain't even really brought it up seriously. Wonder how fast that'd change iffin' he knew what you got tucked away in yer' little shiny doodad.

In a single instant both widened back so much more just as quickly.

"You wouldn't."

>Ah' absolutely would.

"You know that'd set him off."

>Ah' do, actually. Question is, what do you think that means?"

The last traces of that easy stance and that smile were gone.

The only thing left was a deathly quiet serious.

"It means you and Ah' both know he's got his... problems. He isn't going to just take what you said lyin' down, he's gonna tear off tryin' ta' find answers until he gets them, and we both know what that's gonna mean when he finds out that Cadence is sittin' around depressed like a sad puppy, sans title, sans cutie mark, and sans..."

No matter how sure the mind beneath the stetson hat was when the discussion had begun, even the most stubborn mind in Equestria wavered and doubted when she felt the chill roll off her doppelganger.

2/4

>>30754371

"Be thankful your Shining and Cadence are fine, and you stop that digging right now before you unearth something you wanted to stay buried, even if you didn't know it."

When the princess sighed in exasperation, it was almost bitter.

>...ya' know this isn't helpin' me feel like this ain't terrible.

It was certainly tired, if nothing else.

"Of course it was terrible! Everythin' about that time was terrible! But it got better, on the whole. Maybe not for some, but for the rest of the world things got better, and they got better because Ah' took the reigns and made it better, Ah'm the whole reason everything is finally looking up!"

>And that's why they want you to stay gone.

The close proximity at last made perfect sense.

When the blow came across her orange jaw, the princess of that world only wished she'd seen it coming sooner.

"THEY DON'T WANT ME GONE!"

The one on the ground never even gotten a chance to roll off the particularly painful rock digging into her spine before two front hooves slammed hard down on her chest and forced her still, leaving her no room for freedom when a rage filled face closed in on her own.

"You hear me!? You shut up with that pile of Yak shit right now! They do not want me gone! They want me home, they need me home! Ah'm the only one who knows how most of that works! Ah'm the only one who keeps that whole place running! They want me there!"

>Doesn't seem like it, seems ta' me like yer' friends... or maybe Ah' should say former-

For a being so cool and collected most days, her right hook could be surprisingly spontaneous when there was a face worth breaking in front of her.

3/4

>>30754380

"Don't you even dare. Don't you even... we had a lot of arguments and you better believe we disagreed on some things. Maybe some of them got mad at me for... things Ah' did, things Ah' didn't stop, things Ah' wanted to happen, and things Ah' let happen, they might've been mad a time or two, but don't ya' dare... don't ya' dare imply they aren't still the most important ponies in the world ta' me, and that they ain't mah' friends, and that Ah' wouldn't give anythin' for them."

She hadn't returned the blow, no matter how much her hoof itched to give the other mare a taste of her own medicine, and make her hurt.

The pony knew she didn't need to.

>...do they know that?

Simple words did more than enough.

"Y-y... yes... of course they do, you moron. They're mah' friends, of course they know what they mean to me. We fight sometimes, we argue, we even... but they know. All of them know..."

Those words were all that was needed to force her off, force her back and force her to look away, no matter how she tried to disguise it as ignoring the prone mare on the ground.

"Of course they do... they know. They have to..."

Even with her back turned, it could not hide the way the slightly wavering hoof came up to touch the emblem of power on her chest.

"They know... Ah'm sure of it."

>Are you?

The silence was her answer.

>When's the last time you had fun with them?... whens the last time you saw them, outside of business?

"...it wasn't that long ago."

A head tilted back, looking for something among the dusky sky.

"...was it?"

4/5sorry!

>>30754387

>Do ya' even know?

Whatever she sought, she didn't find it.

"...Ah' don't wanna be here anymore..."

She found something else in the ground instead.

>Worried you got left behind, aren't you?

"...no... Ah'm..."

When she finally looked back, there was something in her eyes the princess had never seen before, something behind the normally stoic orbs so shocking that for that single moment she could not breath, could not think, could not process anything else besides the image that conflicted with all she knew and thought she knew of the mare from a universe beyond, something so out of place it seemed as though it were an image taped on from some other point in time by mistake.

What lie behind those glasses made her heart stop.

"...Ah'm afraid somethin' is stoppin' them."

Honest fear.

>>30754395
Aw
Fuck

>>30754395
The happenings just keep happening!

>>30754395
Jesus she went through every fucking stage of grief there!

>>30754395
WOW this implies so many terrible things! So many horrible things!

Sweet merciful fuck!

>>30754387
>"They know... Ah'm sure of it."
TUMBLING
TUMBLING
TUMBLING DOWN

>>30754371
>"It means you and Ah' both know he's got his... problems.

OKAY WORRIED NOW
I'M WORRIED
VERY WORRIED
THIS IS GOING TO BAD PLACES

>>30754467
>>30754531
YOU WANTED KNOWLEDGE
WHY DID YOU DEMAND KNOWLEDGE FROM THE ELDER GOD WRITERS
NOW WE SHALL RECIEVE KNOWLEDGE WE NEVER WANTED
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

>>30754395
email

>>30754539
I DIDN'T KNOW
I DIDN'T KNOW

KUKUKUF'THAGAN!

>>30754395
Not so perfect after all!

>>30754539
The lesson kids, never learn.

>>30754395
NC
~~~

>...wait what can be stoppin' them?

"Clowns."

>...

"..."

>...

"...Racist clowns."

>...the legends were true...

~~~


The Crystal Empire outpost closest to what everyone had unofficially begun calling the Hoofington Disaster Zone was a makeshift effort to establish military presence in the area... and bustling with activity now that the Prince himself was giving the order.

Ponies were running back and forth, carrying supplies or running off, carts loaded with them hooked to leather harnesses around their bodies. As the hour grew later, it was becoming increasingly difficult to see the dark shapes of pegasi shooting off into the air into all directions every half an hour. The number of available ponies of the Crystal Guard and Airforce was dwindling due to every one of them having received clear orders and directions for both their new shifts, assigned posts and supply lines for an undetermined timespan in the future from the prince himself.

By the time a cold breeze started whistling down the broken hills and the sun had dipped low enough that the sky was ablaze with a beautiful backdrop of gold, orange and red, only Shining Armor and a solitary pegasus mare remained.

>Once you have double-checked that every officially sanctioned force of the Empire currently present in the area has received these, round up whoever you can find without a post of their own and see if our Equestrian allies need assistance as well. Following that, report back to your commanding officer as soon as possible.

The attentive crystal pegasus nodded, then gave a sharp salute to Shining Armor in response. The exchange was sharp, precise and militaristic.

'Yes, Sir!'

The kind he hadn't been able nor required to do in quite a long time. It made him feel stiff and and just a little angry, like he had gone back to being someone he precisely never wanted to be.

>Dismissed.

After watching the pegasus he'd just instructed leave with several powerful beats of her wings, he heaved a sigh and gave the abandoned camp a once-over.

>That took longer than I wanted it to.


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>>30754875


Nothing remained but countless hoofmarks sunken into the muddy ground, some stray feathers, wooden logs and a forgotten linen sheets here and there. With nothing else to do but await the impeding nightfall for his rendezvous with the Apple Princess times two, Shining Armor opted to do one last round along the outer perimeter of the ruined city to shake off his mounting melancholy.

He didn't even walk for twenty minutes, trying to whistle cheerful, before his thoughts caught up to him. With no one to talk to and nothing to do but occasionally reach out with his magic to probe the shields, he was left with talking to himself like a loon, he felt.

>This day just won't eeeeend... haaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...

There it was. The self doubt. The inner reflection. That part of him that had been growing around the same time he started taking his responsibilities and marriage seriously once again.

It wasn't like being the stern, commanding officer and ruler his military force and country occasionally needed him to be was something he felt ill-fitted for. He enjoyed working with his citizens and he dearly missed the daily in and outs of being in the military since he left his duties as Celestia's Captain of the Guard. It came just about as naturally to him as did being a loving husband. Oh, sure. Something about the leisurely life of a prince may have changed him way back when Chrysalis, 18, 42 and Two stepped into his life, but in the end, he came out a better stallion for it.

>A better stallion. For them. For everyone.

Glancing sideways at the multi-hued, shimmering shields separating him from what he was certain was nothing less than pure evil, the stallion's eyebrows furrowed in thought. It had been a constant, on-going battle against mounting danger, worsening odds and greater things at stake since then. Perhaps he and those around him had grown in response to the adversity?

What a daring way of thinking about it, wasn't it?


2 / 3

>>30754884


Would he have been the same stallion Princess Celestia had regarded with disdain and contempt due to his careless acts and mindless behavior if everything hadn't turned out the way it did after Applejack ascended? Was he supposed to be grateful for the adversity and difficulties?

>No.

That particular train of thought was crushed so swiftly and brutally, it never saw oblivion coming. The bubbling anger, of him even subconsciously insinuating that everyone's pain and losses were necessary for them to grow, made bile burn in the back of his throat.

>Yeah... everyone would have been off better without Sunset. Without Chitania. Without... with... out..

Unbidden thoughts of potential futures and paths not treaded in the past began to open up before Shining Armor's inner eye. What if the Alternate Applejack's Shining Armor had made the kind of choices that ultimately ended in disaster? Was it so horrible, so painful, she couldn't bear to talk about it? Had his other self done something to hurt her, to hurt others?

His gut was churning with a poisonous mixture of concern and trepidation when something he would never have expected to see around here appearing in the landscape ahead of him prompted him to go from leisurely trot to a full stop.

There, in a field of broken rock and concrete that had been flung across the ground so far the trenches reached all the way from the sunken city ahead of him, sat a lonely figure. Alone and far from any other soul but him, something about the billowing, hooded cloak they wore while seemingly waiting directly in his randomly chosen path put him on edge.

He was just about to open his mouth to ask who they were and what they were doing here, when they turned their head, the hood concealing their face barely clinging onto the top of their horn.

“Prince Shining Armor.”

This far out, only the two of them could hear the crystalline sound of his shield magic being summoned an instant later.

>>30754892
... pony of shadows?

>>30754892
...Sunset!?

>>30754924
>Sunsets ghost rises to fight Shiny/drive him bonkers

I am so ready

>>30754892
>AUJ's implications
>That line of questioning

Awwwww fuck.

>>30754892
>What if the Alternate Applejack's Shining Armor had made the kind of choices that ultimately ended in disaster

OH FUCK

WHAT IF IT WASN'T AUJ THAT KILLED CHRYSALIS!?

>>30754892
So. Many. Questions.

>>30754924
I want this.

Blue fucking with Shiny by showing him images of Sunset.

MAKE US WHOLE

>>30754892
I'm legit hyped after today.

AUJ VS AJ, Shining Dealing with his Demons, it's grand.

>>30754884
>nothing to do but occasionally reach out with his magic to probe the shields
THIS IS WHERE YOU FUCKED UP SON

>>30755036
>He reaches out
>Starts thinking about his problems and how Sunset deserved to die
>A hooded unicorn just happens to show up

HAPPENING

KKA, Mail Call

Kuddler! Mail call!

>>30755316
NO BELAY THAT MAIL CALL! BELAY!

>>30754892
NC
>SA
"??"
~~~

>GAH HOLY SHIT WHO ARE YOU!?

"Iiiii am the ghost of Sunset Shimmmmeerrr!"

>Really!!?

"Yes, I'm here to punish you for your siiiinnnnnnsss!"

>Oh, fair enough... which sins?

"Yoooou lead to my demiiiiseeeee!"

>...

"Oooooo~"

>You... don't know much about sunset, do you?

"..."

>Yyeeahhh, I haven't... seen her, in months. Last time I saw her was literally when I was giving her a second chance after she lovesapped my wife.

"...ah."

>I mean, I hate her, but still. Not a whole lot of contact here.

"Ahhhh."

>...soooo-

"Fuck it."

BOOM!

>HOLY SHIT A GIANT WHITE PONY-

"NOM!"

>FELLOW WHITEY NO!

>>30755436
>FELLOW WHITEY NO!
>Fausticorn, giver of all lfie as we know it ... is a whitey too

>>30755138
>>30755316
Christ. Last time we had this much exchange was during our Triumvirate run... this can only bode well.

Anyways. You got your answer. Now live with it~

>>30755527
>Implying we didn't know that

I have replied... to the best of my abilities.

>>30755893
I can't tell if you are exhausted, shell-shocked or disappointed.

Buuut... I like your version a lot more than mine. Even if writing it would be a smidgen cliche.

>>30755979
Let me try again in a more descriptive manner.

~~~

Gasping for breath, Schmoe Joe the resident Drawfriend of the /pa/ threads, slumps in his chair.

'I have replied' He types, his fingers feeling heavy and numbs as he slams them down on the keys of his laptop. '...to the best of my abilities.'

The captcha doesn't need to be entered this time around, a small and insignificant consolation to his heart and mind. The text that had been read just moments before have taken their toll and their contents weigh heavily.

"I must... draw Buns..." He thinks to himself before noticing a reply to his own post. Which ever /pa/l had replied doesn't seem able to decipher the feelings behind his words. So he tries again, with greater detail, hopefully this time his thoughts and feelings will be understood.

So before leaving to slum it up and draw Buns, in the /ztg/ in /trash, he begins to type...

'Gasping for breath, Schmoe Joe the resident Drawfriend of the /pa/ threads'...

Better?

>>30756087
Artsy. I like it. Do write more in the future.

>>30756100
I would... IF SOMEONE HAD LET ME USE TWILIGHT FOR ONE QUICK STORY BEFORE THEY LEFT CANTERLOT!!! ... but we need to wait.

>>30756109
Gah! Should've said something! We had a reason for Twi to go over to the lab and everything!

>>30756120
Everyone said, wait till next thread so I waited and then they left with me doing anything. I could be writing the Spike stories now dang it!

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>>30756087
well that's one way to prove you can write.

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Is Chrysalis the sort of person that can dish out the 'aggressive, thirsty casanova' but can't take it when someone does it to her? Are there some stories where she gets thirsted on?

>>30756348
Pretty sure Shining turned the tables on her once and she was to surprised to do anything but runaway. But that was ages ago in a thread that I can't recall from the top of my head.

>>30756348
>Are there some stories where she gets thirsted on?

A fucking TON of early stories, including one where she thought Spike was doing it(he wasn't) she blew them off and laughed a lot. There was one guard who was so thirsty he outright admitted he'd cheat on his wife for her(She was wearing Lingerie and he claimed he'd just need to hold up a picture and done) and loudly proclaimed he'd go for her since Shiny wasn't biting, she just kind of blew him off with no fucks given. Literally! Then there was the literal line at the Gala she laughed off.

She's very confident in what she does, the only one who can actually get her flustered is Shiny because she genuinely wants the guy. Even then, she's not a wall flower, she'd go for it if she thought it wasn't a conspiracy to turn the tables on her and make her look stupid. She did that like three times, she never believed it early thread and he stopped later.

TLDR no, she can take it just fine, but she'd just blow them off because she only wants Shiny.

>>30756348
Like that guy mentioned it happened plenty before, but then we stopped doing it completely sometime around Cordy. I wonder why?

>>30756390
The well ran dry, maybe? I mean, if she's only going to care about Shining then... *shoulder shrug*

>>30756390
Cordy was that moment that her feelings which on-off were mostly jokes were solidified in such a way that it was impossible to write her being like that with someone else, or thinking he'd pull that on her. The Chrysalis-Breakdown is still one her most powerful and emotionally charged scenes, period. When she genuinely proved that what she felt for him was real.

After that, where do you go with that humor? Someone hits on her and we know how she's going to react, if he goes "Well I'm so into you now", she trusts him enough she'd ride him into the sunset. Cordyceps ending was a game changer in a lot of ways.

>>30756378
>She's very confident in what she does,

She's confident but naive, in the way a guy who had sex with a prostitute who wasn't into it would be. Like, she's had sex, she knows what it is, but that's the extent of it, and she'll brag up and down about how good she is at it despite knowing very little.

Goodnight thread

>>30756402
Yeah, I just gave up after awhile, on that aspect and her. Used to write a shit-ton of Bugs Buggy stories back in the day, too, but now she just seems so stuck in her ways to me: Shiny! Evil laugh! Menacing-but-not-menacing actions! Repeat!

Still enjoy her on the whole, though.

no dream stuff yet. sorry for lack yesterday
i know what's gonna come next.
just need to write it and that's the hard bit

>>30757622
I sincerely hope you do not change your plans just because of that previous comment.

>>30757284
She was way more Daffy than bugs.

Morning!

NC
>Spike
"Twi"
~~~~

>....you don't have to say it.

"Well, at least the others were good-"

>IT HURTS

NC
>Ember
~~~~
>Look, sorry, but you ponies all look pretty much alike. Like you're just, I dunno, palette swaps or something?

NC
>Ember
"Thorax"
~~~~

>WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING!?

"Don't worry, you won't have to meet me in this series."

>THE FUCK!?

NC
>Ember
"Spike"
~~~~

>....so do you have a head injury, or-

"You know what honestly that would make too much sense."

What happened with this episode? Spike stuff was going so well!

>>30760638
Well, at least he didn't order the glassing of a building and try to commit murder.

>>30760669
That was preferable because at least then he knew that someone was opening a portal with an evil changeling mind attached to it.

This was just nonsensical and made no sense in regards to how he acted in either Thoraxs or Ember's episodes!

NC
>Spike
~~

>WHELP, Thorax and Ember had way more potential shipping stuff than me this episode... yep... my love life continues to dwindle.

NC
>Spike
"Thorax"
'Ember'
~~~

>So, I haven't met you guys in this series, and you already like each other more than me.

"Yep."

'Totally do!'

>...fuck.

>Siegfried
"Delight"
~~~~

>Well?

The pony lets out a shudder as he sets his glass down, a trickle of wine still left within it.

"Not bad... A little strong... but it tastes alright..."

His words come out slow and deliberate, like he's resisting the sweet release of drunkenness.

>In that case...

Siegfried pours more wine into the glass, topping it off a little over halfway.

>Have a little more.

"..."

The pony stares into his glass, his attention moving to the prince before flicking to the bottle held in his boney talons for a moment.

"I appreciate the generosity... Prince Siegfried... But, I can't help wondering where this is all leading..."

>Probably a gutter. Or a bathtub down at the hen house.

The pony makes a noise, something akin to a soft laugh.

"Still... I can't help but feel there's something you're aiming to get out of this..."

>...Alright.

The prince's grip on the bottle grows tighter, the pony imagines. Siegfried takes a swig from the bottle.

>Ok. Might as well get it over with.

"..."

>You. And my mother. What's up with that?

"...What...?"

>I heard she... brought you here. Because she... she...

He takes another swig.

>She...

Then another.

>......

And another.

"...Oh... You heard about that...?"

Siegfried nods as he continues downing the rest of the bottle.
1/2

>>30761158
>Feeh... So!

Taking that as his cue to speak, the pony gives Siegfried a shrug.

"Well... I had earned Her Majesty's ire following some... things I did and said when I first met her and King Zephyrious..."

>Not surprising. Hair trigger and all that. What's surprising is that you look -ah, there's the buzz- uninjured.

"Mm. I guess you could say I got lucky."

Siegfried chokes back a slight wretch. The pony raises a brow.

"...Anyways... She eventually demanded I apologize and make amends... I did and before I knew it... ... she mounted me right then and there..."

>Wh-what?

"Mm... She mounted me in the dining room..."

>In public?!

"Yes... Once we were done there... she rode me in the city proper..."

>U-uh.

"It was a little embarassing... what with it being my first time and all...-"

>Ug... ug...

"-...But she was surprisingly gentle... especially when stroked my-"

>Lotte! I need a drink!

'One Amnesia Anvil coming up.'

The drink was already done by the time he finished his sentence, an exchange of it and a clawful of bits from Siegfried following soon after.

"I don't see why you're so riled up over this..."

>Mmmgrruumm.

(?) Siegfried will remember that-

"... I haven't even mentioned the fuzzy hoofcuffs and riding crop yet..."

>MMMMRRRRGGG!

(?) -for the rest of his days.

>>30761169
HA!

Okay, that was good.

Though I now see Siegfried trying to have him subtly assassinated.

>>30761169
>Friendship ended

>>30761169
How long was that drink!?

>>30761194
>But sire, why? He seemed amicable, it's not like he was serious-

"BECAUSE I SEE IT NOW. FOR ALL OF TIME WHEN I LOOK AT HIM I SEE IT. I SEEE ITTTTT.

>>30761305
Longer than a horse named Rich. Which is short for Richard. Which is long for Dick.

~~~

“Prince Shining Armor.”

Whoever the pony Shining Armor had run across was, their complete motionlessness up to that point had caused him to walk far closer to them than he felt comfortable with. To his passing gaze they might just as well have been one of the many, strewn-about rock-formations around the ruined city up until that point.

He knew for certain that no one should have been able to come this close to Hoofington without any of the Guards he had stationed on the ground or in the air noticing, so the presence of some unknown element immediately put him on edge as is.

>Don't move!

The instant they uttered his name, he had all four of his legs squarely placed apart into a conditioned spell caster's combat stance, a spark of royal blue light already shimmering on his horn.

“Prfht...”

Something strange happened in that instant. Instead of of looking alarmed or ready to take him on, the pony started laughing.

“Haha.”

From a wealth of combat experience and run-ins with dangerous individuals all on his own, Shining Armor knew that the friendly, smiling face of a mare and laughter - no matter his melodious and pleasant it was - shouldn't disarm him as much as it did.

“Hahahahahah.”

But there he was, watching her shake in seemingly genuine levity like a rookie. In hindsight he would both be puzzled and troubled by his behavior in that moment. It wasn't often Shining Armor felt cowed by something simple as someone's mirthfully ringing laughter.

“Ahahahahahaha!”

But the way she regarded him with her twinkling eyes that reflected the radiant blue all around them while maintaining the possibly most calm posture one could in such a situation made him feel gut-churningly reminiscent of when he had first met Celestia in person.

All of the awe, all of the trepidation, all of the fears he had associated with her, suddenly met with so much companionable humor he didn't know what to think anymore.

“Haaah~”


1 / ??

>>30761755


The prince of the Crystal Empire found himself relaxing just a little more when the mare raised her hooves up above her head, the hood of her cloak slipping back to finally reveal her face. Revealing that it...

...it wasn't her. Not the one who he had been expecting.

“Am I under arrest now, my prince?”

The stranger he beheld was a young unicorn mare he was certain he had never met. The utter serenity she seemed to radiate made him feel strangely guilty for having disturbed her, to the point he voluntarily snuffed out the shield spell he had been abut to cast onto her head.

>No. Not yet, you aren't.

The reality of the situation sunk back in soon enough, thankfully. A glamour or Changeling magic could have changed her appearance or the pony before him could be part of the grander scheme without him realizing it. He was still on guard.

>But how we continue this really depends on your answers from here on out. You said my name just now. Do I know you?

He found himself bluntly asking the first thing he felt was appropriate when confronted by a stranger who knew his name. Unaware or undeterred by him standing so stiff he may as well have been paralyzed, the mare lifted a single hoof and waved it dismissively, as if the motion alone could swipe away such a silly question, without stopping to regard him with her placid smile.

“That's a valid question when someone you do not recognize says your name, isn't it? But... no, this is actually the first time you've met me. That doesn't mean I do not know you, your Highness.”

Countless questions, one more pressing than the other he felt, were trying to race their way from his mind to his mouth.

Who was she?
Why was she here?
Wasn't she aware that there was danger?
How did she get past the Guards?


2 / ??

>>30761765

Plenty of reasonable questions the young prince should be asking at this moment, and yet, only the lamest statement that randomly occurred to him made its way out of his mouth when he realized that given his status as a prince, anyone up to date would recognize him on sight.

>Look... I don't know where you came from or how you got here. You shouldn't even be here. All of Hoofington is now restricted area. You are trespassing, thus potentially endangering yourself and others.

At this point, he should've been looking for any of the flying Guards, he should've sent out a signal with his horn, he should've been more wary of her just standing there and looking at him in her strangely tranquil way. He was already internally berating himself for his sloth-like reaction time to this unforeseen event. Instead of acting, he watched her arched eyebrows slowly knit together in the most delicate, telling way.

“I am terribly sorry... I wasn't even aware Hoofington has been declared off-limits.”

That statement, at last, caused some manner of sense to seep into his consciousness. His eyes flicked left to the radiant shaft of light shooting up into the sky, then back to the mare. A small, budding seed of indignation blossomed in his chest as he gave her the most wilting look of disapproval he could manage.

>Miss, there clearly has been an incident. The way I see it, you must've walked across a desolate wasteland of broken mountains and shattered earth on your way here, while dodging patrolling Guards and ignoring the massive, unnatural beam of light. And you are trying to tell me you just HAPPENED upon this?

If anything, his annoyed tone and what he hoped was a no-nonsense glare didn't seem to faze her enough to make her even frown. All she did was smile and shake her head, her cloak rustling quietly, her hooves still up in the air.


3 / ?

>>30761772


“I was aware something monumental must have happened nearby. Not that this was the first incident in recent months, mind you. But... I am certain you will understand that I, someone who is responsible for the lives of many other little ponies just like you, couldn't ignore the newest landmark making itself apparent to the Valley I live in like this.”

The edge crept back to his consciousness at the implication that she was a local. It felt like his hooves were stuck in dense molasses, but he regardless managed to move forwards, his mind numbly trying to remember the first shield spell that came to mind.

>You... you were part of this city?

It didn't matter who this mare was and what she came here to do anymore. If she had been part of Hoofington, of EVO, of Chitania's and Sunset's group, he had to detain her above all else. If she resisted. If she did something unexpected. If she kept making his danger-sense tingle any further.

If...

If...

If she would just stop making him feel so inadequate with her non-judgmental smile.

“Oh stars above, no... My village actually predates Hoofington's latest surge of growth. One of our own even went down to partake in their song and dance about a revolutionary change and a bright future... only to never return.”

Her charming smile disarmed him. The warmth in her blue eyes fixated him. And her explanation? It made sense. No matter how long they all have been searching since the incident, it seemed as if all but third-parties and minor players that didn't live in the city itself had returned to Hoofington long before even the first shot had been fired. If this mare hailed from one of the countless surrounding hamlets, farms and villages, it wouldn't be too far-fetched to think that all she did was approach to make sure they weren't in any danger. Long-distance communication and distributed news didn't cover all of Equestria just yet.

>I... I see.


4 / ?

>>30761777


Shining Armor didn't feel the need to protest when she lowered her hooves back to the ground all on her own after a few more moments of silence. He felt just a bit horrible for having planned bubbling the mare's head to disable her, now.

“It's beautiful, isn't it?”

While he had been busy feeling bad about himself, the mare's eyes had wandered over to the ruined, shield-covered blight upon the landscape.

>It?

“Yes... It. The light.”

He followed her gaze, but found himself unable to maintain his calm and collected facade he so meticulously maintained in the face of that travesty. Something about begin this close to the destruction that reminded him of the psychopathic mare he'd let go despite his better judgment had been irritating him from the start.

His guts clenched together and he barely managed to sound polite.

>If you are seriously asking me that, then no.

He started talking, and not just pleasantries and superficial statements he knew were expected of him, but how he really felt. He vented, he released the building pressure in his chest just for a moment. Did she deserve him raising his voice, him almost shouting at this point? No.

>No, it's definitively not.

He still spoke his mind, feeling fatigued from almost having injured a harmless villager while he had been busy brooding over mistake of his own and those of others. Annoyed with her apparently enjoying the sight of this abnormal monument of self-indulgence.

>That... THING is what happens if you let the wrong people do as they like, freely and without supervision! What happened to Hoofington and its residents is a tragedy, orchestrated by two insane, violent mares in their need for... whatever it is they wanted! Just looking at it makes me feel sick!


5 / ?

>>30761784


It just kept on tumbling out. His words and feelings, shoved out into the open in front of this complete stranger listening to him without judgment in her radiant, blue eyes. He felt exposed, he felt vulnerable.. and relieved in the knowledge that one isolated pony wouldn't be able to tell that many others of his true self, his darker thoughts. She didn't know him, she didn't factor into his life... so he cut loose.

His feelings. they needed to be out, for just a brief moment, or they would eat him up.

>Now they are gone, everyone who worked with them is gone and everything they have built up from the ground is gone. Razed, burned and destroyed until nothing was left. It was horrible, pointless, selfish... and it's what they deserved.

Shining Armor hadn't even realized how infuriated he had become in this brief tirade that had been burning on his mind since the moment he had heard of this incident. He heard himself gasping for breath, his eyes burning and his chest aching. He had vented at someone who would hopefully never tell, someone who would likely never share his private view on this matter...

...and, and sweet Faust above, it felt GOOD.

It had felt good to raise his voice, gesture roughly and spit out the venom poisoning his mind. It felt oh-so addictively good. What he expected to come next was a look of horror, of shock, of dismay. Maybe some reproachful words. He was ready for them. He NEEDED THEM. He needed her to be upset. He had let go, released that inner fury he always struggled to contain for others. A small part inside of him yearned for his just punishment.

“Do you wish to know what I see?”

So when she just shook her head - ever smiling, always smiling- while looking at him emphatically, he didn't know what to feel anymore. He just nodded numbly, bereft of the punishment for sins only he could see.

“I see a symbol.”


6 / ?

>>30761801


Tilting her head back, her long mane tumbling over her shoulder and back, the mare gazed upon the radiant light invading this world with something akin to wide-eyed wonder.

“A blazing torchlight of countless hopes and dreams manifested, for all of the world far and near to behold. Through the means of unity without prejudice, without borders, Hoofington has reached for the sky and beyond. Their actions has struck a resonating chord within history that will change something fundamental in Equestria... in due time. No matter the ideologies and intentions behinds it creation, this is a beacon. A symbol of Harmony, such as we haven't seen it from the Elements in a long time. And I believe many ponies in Equestria have been waiting for just that.”

Following that, he stared at he mare for a couple of moments, expecting a maniac giggle or a witch-like cackle before she would start throwing fire at him while calling him a fool for being so trusting. And much like his dreams of a Hyperspace Hyperwars movie ever coming out, she crushed those hopes by just being her insufferably kindly self.

It was starting to grate on his already quite frayed nerves, in all honesty.

>Forgive me for not really seeing any harmony in the loss of so many lives, the destruction of so much of the surrounding nature and the pain of loss of everyone who has to live with this after the fact.

“Mmmh, perhaps calling if a dark reflection of harmony would be more appropriate? What is vital to understand here is that everyone in that city had been working together, voluntarily!, to create something lasting the likes of which hasn't been sin quite a while in our dysfunctional land. It is the kind of team effort that I personally haven't seen since the disappearance of the Elements of Harmony.”

The stallion frowned. Was this mare delusional...?


7 / ?

>>30761807


>Disappearance? I don't know what kind of news reach all the way out to your village, but Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends are doing well as ever. I can tell you as someone who sees them from day to day that none of them are gone, and they still do their utmost to protect Equestria.

His frown was met by a quizzical looking and a slight tilt of the head.

“Oh, I am certain they do... but I am afraid that has little to do with the actual Elements, now does it?”

At this rate, his worry lines would become permanently etched onto his face as if chiseled into stone.

>...I don't follow.

“That's fine. Maybe we are just talking at cross purposes.”

And that was that.

>Hmm.

The conversation had reached a inconclusive dead-end.

Whatever the strange unicorn had meant to imply was lost on him, and she clearly didn't intend to elaborate. On the bright side: with his mind free of the negativity he had felt due to him letting it all out for once, he was finally able to focus on what he should be doing, should be saying.

>Listen... I am going to escort you out of the immediate disaster zone now. If you would point me into the direction where you live, I will accompany you some ways before I have to return to my duties. Alright?

He diplomatically left out the fact that he wanted to make sure she really did leave the area.

>Oh, very well then.

It was with a strangely cat-like grace that the mare stood up onto all fours, cast one final look at the radiant light that left no shadows upon the ground around them, and then pointed towards the northeastern mountain range.


8 / 9

>>30761816


“There wasn't that much of a road between my home and Hoofington to begin with, I am afraid. And while I am grateful for you being so understanding and considerat,e Prince Shining Armor, I can't help but wonder if it's really alright for someone as important as you to take the time of their day to be gentlecoltly for a simple rural villager? Surely, someone must be waiting for you already somewhere.”

The ruler of the Crystal Empire shook his head with a rueful smile, still perplexed how this mare could maintain her completely calm and pleasant airs even after he had basically shouted at her in annoyance moments earlier.

Truth to be told, he felt a little envious. What kind of secret studies did it take to become that even-tempered?

>Just don't blow it too much out of proportion. I prefer for ponies to think of me as regular guy like everyone else who just happened to be lucky enough to be chosen to decide the fate of a nation. And don't mention it, Miss... ah...

As they started walking the way she had indicated, it occurred to him that while she had been using his name and title from the very beginning, he still didn't know what the mystery mare was called. But despite his apparently bluster, she gave him a candid smile, flicked her the hood of her cloak over her head and introduce herself at last.

“Starlight. Starlight Glimmer.“


~~~

>>30761828
Well, I dunno about you guys, but that mare didn't sound, talk or act like Starlight Glimmer in any way shape or form I know of.

>>30761846
Yeeaahh, something is super off now.

I'd like to call it OOC, but that opening with Shining looking on in awe makes me think something happened to her. She DOES have a huge head start unlike the show...

>>30761846
She's way too calm, show-Glimmer is a raging bitchsicle who freaks at the drop of a hat. Something's fucked up here...

>>30761828
>Starlight. Starlight Glimmer.“

>She finally shows up

Legit I thought we were just going to ignore her.

>>30761828
FUUUUUU

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>>30761828

Something about how she just tturned up when Shining Armor is at his weakest makes my skin crawl... What's her purpose, here?

>>30761891
>>30761902
She's too...

Calm and collected
Too plotting and devious
Like she's automatically got three different plots and plans up her back
Too smug and coy about her position too
VERY fucking purple prosey like good LORD.
And wings into that Ara~Ara~ villian that was...
Well, she's pretty much a fascimile of what Sunset Shimmer talked and acted to the Good Guys before she got bonked off

>>30761926
>Well, she's pretty much a fascimile of what Sunset Shimmer talked and acted to the Good Guys before she got bonked off

What? You mean in the show? Ours was a loud bonkers nutjob who attacked changelings broke into labs and made fun of others/thought they were scheming to destroy them all. She was crazy as fuck!

>>30761921
Shining armor being at his weakest at all is sending off warning bells for me. What is making him so quick to anger when he was so relived before?

Kinda feels like Blue isn't as sealed as she looks.

>>30761945
>what Sunset Shimmer talked and acted to the Good Guys before she got bonked off

key point here, this cool, calm, "i have all the cards, but i'm not gonna show em to you, and i'll pretend like I don't have anything planned at all teehee"

That was Sunset at her "height" before Spike collateral'd her ass

>>30761945
>She was crazy as fuck!
This. Sunset always struck me as a mare that kept on breaking and patching herself back together. Reading stories with her in them unsettled me, because I could never tell what she was going to do next. She was just as likely to havw forseen your arrival as she was to punch you in the face for interrupting her. She was a maniac.

Starlight here comes across as someone who knows exactly what is happening, and is so smug about it she acts all friendly, when reality she is propably sneering at Shiny's good heartedness on the inside.

>>30761926
>VERY fucking purple prosey like good LORD.
It actually reminded me of someone mocking the way some people trying to sound eloquent sound. Like she was trying to talk down to him in such a miniscule backhanded manner only she would notice.

>>30761989
To be fair he didn't really come across all that good hearted, he was mostly short and angry with her.

>>30762037
Yeah but WHY is she doing that? Why is she doing this? What reason does she have for all of this to happen?

Or, more importantly, why is KKA introducing a major canon character like this? When her character beats are not hammered out by the thread's gestalt of writers, but by a strict and very opaque cloud of Plot?

This is going to hamstring her development and flexibility and what we can do with her. Cos KKA very clearly put her on an initial flight path with a very obvious antagonist trajectory.

>>30762094
ooooh i get it
you mean none of us but those onto the plot can write for her effectively making her plot relevance stories only character
and that for gods know how long

>>30762094
>why is KKA i

Wait I thought Kuddler was the one who wanted Shining and twi and that's why KKA gave him the foursome?

>>30762139
Kuddler wanted Shining but the format fits KKA too. That said it has more spelling errors than KKA usually has.

I think it's Kuddler? It's too long and prose filled to be Lady Killer and doesn't have enough comedy for Griffinstones, Delights writer already dropped today, Schmoe is waiting for Twi for Spike and 29 anon is trying to get Sombra done.

...Jesus fuck we have a lot of writers.

>>30762094
Something clearly happened with her, she's waayyyy too OOC for normal. I guess we'll have to wait and see where the plot with her goes.

How long had it been already? She didn't know, she didn't even really dwell on that question. She had monsters to fight, and she had the means to do it properly.

The Machine whirled as it's pinions and pillars struck out against the soaring clouds, gleaming brass coated in sickly fascimile of grease tumbled as punch after punch intercepted the soaring clouds.

The Claws sailed and tumbled as they swung in the darkness, rolling flames cascading off each swing at the erupting streams of her Weapon,

Each blow they exacted in defense was one to one on each blow they tried to swing at her. But the Weapon she held was much more than they expected. Just as the Claws made a desperate burning lunge as it opened in a furious roar, she sailed into the blackness, propelled by those same cloud streaks out of the monsters grasp.

As she soared, she felt... strength, familiar and comforting to her. The whirligig of the Machine jolted and spun after her, gears clacking away in a speedy but unhurried pace after her. She twisted, felt the Weapons familiar hum as a trio of cloud trails spiraled out and crashed into the Machine, and pivoted to what she felt must've been the ground.

"Still good..."

Was all she said until the Claws reached out at horrendous speeds and closed around her.

The burning, searing pain was there for a split second before she felt a taunting numbness surround her. Above, the Machine split and opened, gears upon gears glared down with endlessly spinning axles as a great brass beam shone in the blackness and descended onto her.

Then the rumbling sounded.

A sonorous depth charge was unleased as her Weapon bid her call and blasted away once at the Machine, again at the Claws, the brass beast tumbling from the shock, crashing into the fiery maelstrom that held her.

She gasped, painfully as she fell away from the bewildered monsters, but thankful that her Weapon, her skill, had bested them again.

Relief hardened, when she saw the Monsters change.

>>30762390
I'm digging this imagery, I really am, and wonder where it's going with it...

>>30762390
I have no idea what the fuck is going on or why but damn is it pretty.

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I just finished the most amazing pancakes ever and I suddenly felt the need to get this done finally...

BEHOLD! THE IMAGERY IS CEMENTED FOREVER NOW!

>>30762544
FUCKING
AMAZING

>>30762544
>>30762544
Yes. Yes

Yes

Yes

>>30762544
BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>30762544
Oh great, now nothing KKA actually is will live up to the hype!

KKA! At least grow a beard!

>>30762544
The little smile makes it.

>>30762544
WHY

>>30762678
Cause a running thread joke needed to be completed!

>>30762544
I am... complete.

>>30762544
Joe? Working with you has been a trip.

Thanks man.

>>30762544
By far this is my favorite time I've done this.

INTO THE WIKI IT GOES!

>>30762544
>No tiny Applejack and Sa+Chrys heart behind him

DROPPED

OOCO
>SA
“42”
~~

>Do you want me to help you?

“Shining, I recognize the base instinct to help that is so admirable about you beneath your words, and because of this I must be completely honest with you. If you actually helped me with this, I will consider letting a pillow fall on my face and whatever will happen will happen.”

>...wow.

“That’s the level I’m at right now.”

>Uh… huh?

“I’m not a funny mare, you know I’m not joking.”

>I disagree! You can make me laugh all the time.

“Your attempts to dissuade the day of the pillow are transparent.”

>But are they ineffective?

“…Do not help me.”

>Alright, if you say so.

“…”

>…

“…gnnnn…”

>…

“NNNGGG.”

>…

“NNNGGHHHHHAHHHHHHHH!”

POP!

>You did it! Best lid opener, right here!

“Phew. That… was a challenge.”

>…Can I have some milk now?

“Give me a minute.”

>Take your time.

“... this is still humiliating.”

>Say it again and I will be your pillow from now on, don’t test me.

“…”

>…You’re thinking about it, aren’t-

“I’m sorry.”

>>30762544
>He writes with two fingers

Well now we can explain all those delays!

>Pennydrop
~~~

>It’s almost beautiful.

She hadn’t much time to admire it before she’d been whisked away. The thrill of battle had taken hold of her the instant the first blow had been struck. The lavish need to know those cheers were for her in her hour of victory, the hunger to be heard by those who had once thought themselves her better, all of it had made the light show that insect had used trifling, if not downright forgettable. Duty had called before the shield could be risen, and only now could she finally take in the wonder and splendor before her. The colors and lights and beautiful shapes were truly something to be admired. The seemingly endless magic within was nearly impossible to follow, making her head ache as technology tried to comprehend the information it was never designed to behold. The power lying within, apparent even to her, was truly special.

>I wonder if I’ll have to kill it?

She had already found the center of the energy, the point where all the magic seemed it’s most potent and strong. She’d already traced back the last vestiges of the Chaos power, and it was with a bit of remorse she realized she’d never get the chance to use her means of attack on the one who had left that power behind. She’d worked hard to ensure that Discord could never strike her down, it was almost a pity she’d never get a chance to prove it to the world as well.

>Oh well… this more than makes up for it.

Pennydrop knew she should be on the lookout for the attack that was no doubt coming. She knew that at any moment, her most hated enemy could strike. She didn’t care for any of it. No doubt the beast was still licking her wounds like the dog she was, and when the day came she would win once more. There was so much more to Mecha Chitania she’d not yet shown. Such a surprise awaited her, and this thing, whatever it may be.

>Hurry up, you damn things… the future is waiting.

As long as it would take, she would wait.

>And I'll lead it.