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  3. W The Trotting Dead episode 4: thread 3 OP 05/26/13(Sun)13:03 No.10869694
  4. Replies: >>10869898 >>10869900
  5.  
  6.     Your ragged band of Ponyville survivors and crystal pony rebels are marched through the streets of the Empire. It's still night, every window is dark and door barred. The pegasi soldiers that flank you keep the column silent and huddling in fear. They shoot you threatening looks and base growls.
  7.  
  8.     The clink of manacles accompanies you as you march. The chains between your hooves make walking awkward, and you see others stumble frequently. Twilight, just ahead of you, hangs her head low, but you can still see the blocking circlet they fastened to her horn. Applejack, just behind, mutters curses as loud as she dares.
  9.  
  10.     Once you approach the palace, you see a line of crystal pony soldiers approach. You recognize commander Spearpoint in the lead, who nods to captain Bracken. “These the prisoners?”
  11.  
  12.     “My, you're perceptive,” Bracken sneers. “Find some nice, dark cells for them while we hunt down the last of their friends. Oh,” he pauses and turns back toward you. “And see to it that the Elements are separated from the rest. Give them your best and strongest containment – if you can manage it, of course.”
  13.  
  14.     When the pegasi depart, Spearpoint spits into the dirt. “Bastard. Okay people, move it out.”
  15.  
  16.     >Why do you let them boss you around?
  17.     >What happened to Princess Cadance to make her so cruel?
  18.     >[Bluff]You'll want me in those deep cells too
  19.     >...
  20.  
  21. >>
  22. OP 05/26/13(Sun)13:08 No.10869762
  23.  
  24.     Almost forgot:
  25.  
  26.     Thread 1: http://pastebin.com/1DWz7GJS (episode 1 and the first half of 2)
  27.     Thread 2: http://pastebin.com/G0UhSD47 (rest of episode 2)
  28.     Thread 3: http://pastebin.com/mHnSbUSx (First half-ish of episode 3)
  29.     Thread 4: http://pastebin.com/F0V0wPqW (Rest of episode 3)
  30.     Thread 5: http://pastebin.com/KgX0bGTZ (start of episode 4)
  31.     Thread 6: http://pastebin.com/z2PhtAGn (Middle of episode 4)
  32.     Opener: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5699W4WnlUo
  33.     Thread playlist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLsvyiLmAz0&list=PLrgRyHeHYtlfr3TKFP1qLKbvGXC3-i4hd
  34.  
  35. >>
  36. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)13:17 No.10869896
  37.  
  38.     We zombies now!
  39.  
  40.     Option 2.
  41.  
  42. >>
  43. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)13:17 No.10869898
  44. Replies: >>10869986
  45.  
  46.     >>10869694 (OP)
  47.     Torn between 2 and 3
  48.     Option 2
  49.     Also, are we still going for first response, or are we doing some else? I like the idea of going for a general "feel" from the responses.
  50.  
  51. >>
  52. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)13:17 No.10869900
  53.  
  54.     >>10869694 (OP)
  55.     1
  56.  
  57. >>
  58. OP 05/26/13(Sun)13:21 No.10869968
  59. Replies: >>10869995
  60.  
  61.     You sidle up alongside Spearpoint. "We just saw Princess Cadance blast a pony to bits and order a mass execution. What *happened* to her?"
  62.  
  63.     Spearpoint tries to ignore you, but you sense his own discomfort at the question. "She... the Princess is under a lot of stress. It's her responsibility to protect the Crystal Empire while the rest of Equestria burns. Without her, we'd be overrun, just like everywhere else. What she does is... necessary."
  64.  
  65.     You reach the palace, but your guards turn you away from the front doors to a fortified postern gate. More guards are waiting and join your group as you slip inside. It's dark within, perhaps even darker than outside.
  66.  
  67.     You feel Sombra stirring. “This is my dungeon. My slaves dug it during my reign and buried it when I was deposed. Interesting, to see they have reopened it.”
  68.  
  69.     >Why didn't you help before?
  70.     >What can we expect?
  71.     >Are there any escape routes?
  72.     >...
  73.  
  74. >>
  75. OP 05/26/13(Sun)13:22 No.10869986
  76. Replies: >>10873990
  77.  
  78.     >>10869898
  79.     Important decisions will be given a clearly marked ten minute discussion followed by two minute vote. Otherwise I'll keep things as they were to keep up a fast pace.
  80.  
  81. >>
  82. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)13:23 No.10869995
  83.  
  84.     >>10869968
  85.     might as well try our luck with 3
  86.  
  87. >>
  88. OP 05/26/13(Sun)13:25 No.10870022
  89. Replies: >>10870069
  90.  
  91.     "Any chance there's an escape tunnel?"
  92.  
  93.     "No. Although a thousand years is a long time - weaknesses may have formed. We must be vigilant."
  94.  
  95.     “Right, we're splitting up here,” Spearpoint announces as you reach the bottom of the stairs. Dark tunnels of rock shoot off in several directions. “Lieutenant, take the civilians and the rebels to block B, I'll take the Elements to block Q.”
  96.  
  97.     You hear a clinking of chains and turn to see Rarity and Applejack holding on tightly to their sisters. Sweetie Belle is crying, while Applebloom seems off in her own world. “Please,” you hear Rarity beg. “If there's a gentleman buried in that cold, crystal heart, don't separate us from our sisters. They need us.”
  98.  
  99.     “I've been ordered to take you to the deep cells,” Spearpoint replies, unhappily. “Believe me. You don't want them down there.”
  100.  
  101.     You didn't think Rarity could pale, but there it is. Sweetie Belle tries to hold on, but Rarity gently nudges her away. Applejack lets go of Applebloom and looks her in the eye. “You be good now, ya hear? Sunny's gonna look after ya.”
  102.  
  103.     Applebloom just shrugs. Her distant detachment seems to affect Applejack, and she lets her sister go with a heavy heart. Spearpoint taps his hoof on the ground to signal it's time to go.
  104.  
  105.     >Don't worry! We'll get out of here!
  106.     >I'll look after them
  107.     >Stay calm and cooperate
  108.     >...
  109.  
  110. >>
  111. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)13:27 No.10870069
  112.  
  113.     >>10870022 (You)
  114.     2.
  115.  
  116. >>
  117. OP 05/26/13(Sun)13:35 No.10870179
  118. Replies: >>10870244 >>10870257
  119.  
  120.     "Don't wory," you call out, as the Elements of Harmony are lead away. "I'll take care of them!"
  121.  
  122.     "Don't worry, Sweetie!" Rarity shouts back as she disappears down a dark and winding hall. "Everything's going to be fine, I promise!"
  123.  
  124.     Sweetie Belle lets out an anguished sob and you have to stop her from running off after her. Applebloom hardly seems to notice.
  125.  
  126.     "Come on," grumbles the Crystal Pony lieutenant. "Your accommodations are this way."
  127.  
  128.     You and the survivors are lead to several large pens dug into the rock. The only illumination comes from crystals embedded in the walls, which glow just barely enough to see by. A barred door is opened and the guards hustle you and the other Ponyvillers through. The surviving rebels are taken deeper into the cave, but the lieutenant pauses long enough to say "You'll be taken before the Princess tomorrow morning. If any of you feel like praying, now's the time." He slams the barred door shut.
  129.  
  130.     You look around.
  131.  
  132.     A few dozen wretched, miserable ponies in a large stone cave, a few crystals above providing some illumination. The only way out is a barred and locked door, through which you can see nothing but the dimness of the stone hallway beyond. No one has anything to say, nor any will to act. They lie down where they stand or huddle together in groups.
  133.  
  134.     Sombra rasps with frustration in your mind. "These ponies are slaves, barely worthy of consideration. They will be no use to us in our escape."
  135.  
  136.     >What do you suggest, then?
  137.     >I just need to rally them, that's all
  138.     >They're right. It's hopeless
  139.     >Tell me more about your dungeon
  140.     >[Check on Sweetie Belle and Applebloom]
  141.  
  142. >>
  143. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)13:41 No.10870244
  144. Replies: >>10870271
  145.  
  146.     >>10870179 (You)
  147.     4. Because im sure OP is going till kill off one of the maine 6 if were still around to see cadence
  148.  
  149. >>
  150. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)13:42 No.10870257
  151.  
  152.     >>10870179 (You)
  153.     5
  154.     Sunny loves the kids
  155.  
  156. >>
  157. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)13:44 No.10870271
  158. Replies: >>10870339
  159.  
  160.     >>10870244
  161.     I hope its not Rarity, but that talk in a previous thread about watching Sweetie if something happened to her sure fucking felt like a death flag.
  162.  
  163. >>
  164. OP 05/26/13(Sun)13:46 No.10870299
  165. Replies: >>10870339
  166.  
  167.     "What about the dungeon. You said a thousand years might weaken it, did you see anything we could use?"
  168.  
  169.     Sombra grumbles. "No, no obvious weaknesses. I had the dungeon built into the old crystal mines, if we could escape the holding cells we might escape through the tunnels. A slave would be lost down there, but I recall the way to freedom."
  170.  
  171.     "That still means getting through the door and past the guards, though..."
  172.  
  173.     >What do you suggest, then?
  174.     >I need to talk to the survivors
  175.     >Forget it, we're never escaping
  176.     >[Check on Sweetie Belle and Applebloom]
  177.  
  178. >>
  179. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)13:48 No.10870339
  180.  
  181.     >>10870271
  182.     yeah, i still feel bad about that. Maybe saying that we'll watch sweaty bell now will make up for it though...
  183.     >>10870299 (You)
  184.     1 first. After we figure out how to get out of here we'll talk to ponies an' shit
  185.  
  186. >>
  187. OP 05/26/13(Sun)13:55 No.10870452
  188. Replies: >>10870488 >>10870532
  189.  
  190.     "How do we get out of this cell and past the guards?"
  191.  
  192.     "If I had more power..." Sombra mutters. "My spirit is still weak. Were I stronger, I could manifest and destroy that door as well as the fools beyond. Many things fuel my power - blood, crystals, corruption. Perhaps we might find something here to give me strength."
  193.  
  194.     >I'm not giving you any more power, Sombra
  195.     >Uh... whose blood exactly?
  196.     >What about these crystals in the walls?
  197.     >What do you mean by corruption?
  198.     >Let's not discuss this just yet
  199.  
  200. >>
  201. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)13:58 No.10870488
  202.  
  203.     >>10870452
  204.     3. It's not like giving him more power could come around full circle and end up ruining something for us right?
  205.  
  206. >>
  207. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:00 No.10870532
  208.  
  209.     >>10870452
  210.     >powering up Sombra
  211.     >What could possibly go wrong?
  212.  
  213. >>
  214. OP 05/26/13(Sun)14:02 No.10870556
  215. Replies: >>10870588
  216.  
  217.     "Well, what about these crystals in the wall?"
  218.  
  219.     Sombra grunts disapprovingly. "Worthless fragments. I had my slaves ignore them, their power is too meek to be worth mining. I require something more... significant. Let me use the nose."
  220.  
  221.     It's an odd request, but you grant it. He takes a hearty sniff of the air and you get a blast of dankness and despair. "Hm... perhaps... I smell something close at hand. Give me time to follow the scent. It may serve us."
  222.  
  223.     >Let's try talking to the survivors
  224.     >Forgot it, we're never escaping
  225.     >[Check on Sweetie Belle and Applebloom]
  226.  
  227. >>
  228. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:04 No.10870588
  229.  
  230.     >>10870556 (You)
  231.     lets go option 3
  232.  
  233. >>
  234. OP 05/26/13(Sun)14:06 No.10870622
  235. Replies: >>10870647
  236.  
  237.     You find Sweetie Belle and Applebloom with their teacher, Miss Cheerilee. She and a group of her students are curled up in a corner of the cell. Sweetie Belle lifts her head up to stare at you with sad, tear-streaming eyes as you approach.
  238.  
  239.     "T-they said they're going to hang us!" she squeaks. "They going to hang everybody, all my friends and my sister and you and everybody!"
  240.  
  241.     "Please, Sweetie," Cheerilee coos. "Stay calm. It's going to be okay."
  242.  
  243.     "No it ain't," Applebloom murmurs. Her gaze is fixed straight ahead, at nothing in particular. "We're done for. It's over."
  244.  
  245.     "These children are less than worthless," Sombra grumbles. "We have little time before dawn. You must look to survival."
  246.  
  247.     >You know your sisters are coming for you
  248.     >You can still believe in each other.
  249.     >You have to rely on yourselves now
  250.     >There are no easy answers. I'm sorry.
  251.     >[Leave]
  252.  
  253. >>
  254. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:09 No.10870647
  255.  
  256.     >>10870622 (You)
  257.     2. It feels really cheesy but you cant go option 1 and lie to these kids
  258.  
  259. >>
  260. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:25 No.10870862
  261.  
  262.     is OP still here?
  263.  
  264. >>
  265. OP 05/26/13(Sun)14:26 No.10870876
  266. Replies: >>10870894 >>10870950
  267.  
  268.     "Look. I know things look bad now, but you can't give up."
  269.  
  270.     Sweetie Belle stops sniffling and looks up. "Why not? We're trapped and alone and-"
  271.  
  272.     "You're not alone," you affirm. "You still have each other. You need to believe in each other to get out of here, do you understand? You're only alone when you give up hope, so don't."
  273.  
  274.     Neither Sweetie Belle nor Applebloom speak for a time, until finally one of Cheerilee's other students speaks up. "I believe in you girls," says a grey filly with frazzled hair.
  275.  
  276.     The two turn in surprise to look at the one who spoke up. "Silver Spoon?" says Sweetie Belle, disbelieving. "What're you talking about?"
  277.  
  278.     The filly has a drawn face, but a surprising degree of resolve. "I know we haven't always been friends... actually pretty much the opposite. I liked acting better than you girls because you didn't have cutie marks yet, it made me feel better, thinking I was better than you. But... how can I act like that matters anymore? The whole world's gone crazy and we're prisoners in a scary cave... and all I want is to believe we could be friends before... before the end."
  279.  
  280.     As soon as she finishes, another filly with a pink coat stands up. "I... think I want to believe that too."
  281.  
  282.     Two oddly-misshapen unicorn colts rise to their own hooves. "Yeah, us too!" says the short one. "Us too, too!" says the tall one.
  283.  
  284.     You turn to Applebloom, who appears to blink awake as if hearing the others for the first time. She turns to face them. "Y'all really mean it?"
  285.  
  286.     When the grey filly nods, Applebloom finally smiles. "Thanks, y'all," she murmurs, nuzzling up to her new friends.
  287.  
  288.     Cheerilee wraps herself around her students for another hug, tears welling in her eyes. "You see, everyone? We can get through this if we stick together."
  289.  
  290.     "A nauseating display," Sombra groans in your head. "Please, are we finished with these children now? Can we return to our escape?"
  291.  
  292.     >Let's try talking to the survivors
  293.     >What about that "scent"?
  294.     >Forgot it, we're never escaping
  295.  
  296. >>
  297. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:27 No.10870894
  298. Replies: >>10870960
  299.  
  300.     >>10870876 (You)
  301.     Option one. Got to pick up all that flavour text.
  302.  
  303. >>
  304. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:31 No.10870950
  305.  
  306.     >>10870876 (You)
  307.     number 2
  308.  
  309. >>
  310. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:31 No.10870960
  311. Replies: >>10871029
  312.  
  313.     >>10870894
  314.     got to get tha fuck out of here before everyone dies
  315.  
  316. >>
  317. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:36 No.10871029
  318. Replies: >>10871062
  319. File: 1369593376839.gif-(391 KB, 508x498, Tapdancingpinks.gif)
  320. 391 KB
  321.  
  322.     >mfw The Trotting Dead
  323.  
  324.     I've been waiting for this.
  325.  
  326.     >>10870960
  327.     That's true. But we've got at least a whole night before the people in our cell start getting executed. And if the elements are getting bad things done to them, sad to say but there's not much we could usefully do.
  328.  
  329. >>
  330. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:38 No.10871044
  331.  
  332.     >we fill everyone with hope
  333.     >no one left with despair or darkness in the cell
  334.     >can't boost Sombra
  335.     >no escape
  336.  
  337. >>
  338. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:38 No.10871062
  339. Replies: >>10871077
  340.  
  341.     >>10871029
  342.     if sombra becomes more powerfull we could wreck anybodys shit
  343.  
  344. >>
  345. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:40 No.10871077
  346. Replies: >>10871284
  347.  
  348.     >>10871062
  349.     Sombra should be an absolute last resort.
  350.  
  351.     We haven't exhausted our other options yet.
  352.  
  353. >>
  354. OP 05/26/13(Sun)14:40 No.10871082
  355. Replies: >>10871123 >>10871149 >>10871893
  356.  
  357.     You walk amongst the survivors. They're a depressed and miserable lot, many looking hungry, sore and exhausted. You recognize one from earlier - Aloe, you think? - with a pink coat and little collar (now stained and torn).
  358.  
  359.     "'Allo, Sunee," she mopes, barely lifting her head. "Wee are doomed, yes? There ees no escape thees time. To come so far, only to fail... eet would have been merciful to perish with Ponyville."
  360.  
  361.     An older stallion with what was once a well-kept grey-flecked mane approaches, looking irritated. "Well? What're you planning to get us out of this mess? You and those Elements of Harmony are responsible, we've only been following your lead! Can't you tell the Princess that working with those rebels wasn't our idea?"
  362.  
  363.     "Hey, you were happy to let everyone else sit back and make the decisions before, Filthy!" snaps a blue stallion with a music note mark. "Don't go trying to cut them loose now just because we're in a tight spot!"
  364.  
  365.     "Hey, they took charge, that means they're responsible for what happens to us! If Cadance is going to charge us with treason, they should be the ones who get punished!"
  366.  
  367.     Another brown-coated stallion with some sort of sofa mark gets up. "Always the first one to shift blame, huh? You were happy to talk up those rebels when they were protecting us from the crystal empire, but soon as they hit trouble you call them traitors."
  368.  
  369.     "Who cares about politics!?" screams a red-maned pony with a rose mark. "If we don't do something tomorrow they'll kill us all! Even the children! The horror
  370.  
  371.     "I can't take it anymore!" screams Berry Punch as she leaps in the air. "I want out of this goddamn cell! I want out of this world!"
  372.  
  373.     Without saying anything yourself, the despair quickly begins to turn to bickering. Ponies leap to their hooves to lay blame and hurl invectives. Some scream and cry, others stomp and snort, a few appear close to blows.
  374.  
  375.     >Everybody, SHUT UP!
  376.     >Forget them. Sombra, have you found that crystal?
  377.     >[Stay out of the way]
  378.  
  379. >>
  380. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:42 No.10871123
  381.  
  382.     >>10871082 (You)
  383.     Option one.
  384.  
  385.     Err'body gotta' calm their tits.
  386.  
  387. >>
  388. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:44 No.10871149
  389.  
  390.     >>10871082 (You)
  391.     >Everybody, SHUT UP!
  392.  
  393. >>
  394. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:51 No.10871284
  395.  
  396.     >>10871077
  397.     you mean the option to do nothing?
  398.  
  399. >>
  400. OP 05/26/13(Sun)14:51 No.10871290
  401. Replies: >>10871321 >>10871351 >>10871358
  402.  
  403.     "Cut it out!" you yell, but your yell is one among dozens. You hiss in frustration. "Sombra, I could use a little extra juice."
  404.  
  405.     You jump to the middle of the room. You blink, and your eyes take on a green and purple haze. "SILENCE!" you bark, barring fangs you didn't have a moment ago. When the effect fades, everyone is frozen in place, silent and still.
  406.  
  407.     Still enough to hear a sound.
  408.  
  409.     A song.
  410.  
  411.     A song comes up from below, vibrating along the crystals. Someone far beneath your hooves sends their voice skyward.
  412.  
  413.     If there are words, you can't make them out, but the spirit of the song is clear. It is mournful and lonely, but beautiful. Everyone in the cell lifts an ear to the tune as it calms their hearts and raises their spirits.
  414.  
  415.     The ponies who once argued now sit down with one another, their anger and sadness draining away. None speak, none wanting to interrupt.
  416.  
  417.     At least, not until Sweetie Belle speaks up. "Where's the song coming from?"
  418.  
  419.     "Could there be a hole in the floor?" asks Filthy Rich.
  420.  
  421.     "Everyone spread out!" Noteworthy suggests, getting back up. "Listen for the song! See if you can find where it's coming from!"
  422.  
  423.     "What folly." Sombra mocks. "While they chase silly songs, I have detected the scent of a crystal strong enough to empower me. We might escape."
  424.  
  425.     >Tell me about this crystal
  426.     >I'm going to look for where the song's coming from
  427.     >Let's see how this plays out
  428.  
  429. >>
  430. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:53 No.10871321
  431. Replies: >>10871351
  432.  
  433.     >>10871290 (You)
  434.     3 seems like the only way to keep all options on the table so...3
  435.  
  436. >>
  437. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:54 No.10871351
  438.  
  439.     >>10871290 (You)
  440.     >>10871321
  441.     We can let them look for the hole or whatever while he tells us about the crystal.
  442.  
  443. >>
  444. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:54 No.10871358
  445. Replies: >>10871432
  446.  
  447.     >>10871290 (You)
  448.     Inb4 it's the real cadence.
  449.  
  450. >>
  451. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)14:59 No.10871432
  452.  
  453.     >>10871358
  454.     FUCK HER SHIT FOR GETTING KIDNAPPED TWICE.
  455.  
  456. >>
  457. OP 05/26/13(Sun)15:00 No.10871442
  458. Replies: >>10871482 >>10871497
  459.  
  460.     "Hold on," you murmur. "I want to see where they go with this."
  461.  
  462.     "Nowhere," Sombra mutters. "You waste our time... but I relent."
  463.  
  464.     "I found eet!" exclaims Aloe. "There ees a hole! Look!"
  465.  
  466.     A veritable stampede of ponies rush to one of the corners of the cave, crowding around a narrow gap. It disappears into craggy darkness below, where the lilting voice can be heard.
  467.  
  468.     "It's too small," Filthy Rich mutters in frustration. "Not even a foal could fit through there."
  469.  
  470.     "I could!" Sweetie Belle exclaims. "It's not too small!"
  471.  
  472.     "Yes it is!" Applebloom snaps. "You're not even the smallest one here! That's probably... uh..." she suddenly looks embarrassed. "Is Featherweight still alive?"
  473.  
  474.     You see an exceedingly skinny pegasus colt hop up and down from behind the press of children.
  475.  
  476.     Cheerilee shakes her head. "Oh no, we're not sending a little colt down there. We don't even know where it goes!"
  477.  
  478.     "We know what'll happen if we stay here," says Filthy. "Anything's better than waiting to die!"
  479.  
  480.     >Sombra, tell me about your crystal
  481.     >Sombra, could you use your power to get us through that hole?
  482.     >Featherweight, do you think you could fit in there?
  483.  
  484. >>
  485. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:02 No.10871482
  486. Replies: >>10871512 >>10871530
  487.  
  488.     >>10871442 (You)
  489.     >Featherweight, do you think you could fit in there?
  490.  
  491.     Still say we should check everything we can.
  492.  
  493. >>
  494. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:03 No.10871497
  495.  
  496.     >>10871442 (You)
  497.     3. featherweight it not an asset, probs just fluttershy down their too
  498.  
  499. >>
  500. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:04 No.10871512
  501.  
  502.     >>10871482
  503.     While Featherweight searches we may get more info.
  504.  
  505. >>
  506. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:05 No.10871530
  507. Replies: >>10871556
  508.  
  509.     >>10871482
  510.     it just better to stay as far away from any option giving sombre power as possible
  511.  
  512. >>
  513. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:06 No.10871556
  514. Replies: >>10871603 >>10871631
  515.  
  516.     >>10871530
  517.     I want to like Sombra, though.
  518.  
  519. >>
  520. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:09 No.10871603
  521. Replies: >>10871631
  522.  
  523.     >>10871556
  524.     same
  525.  
  526. >>
  527. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:10 No.10871618
  528. Replies: >>10871654 >>10871662 >>10871678 >>10871692 >>10871893 >>10871901
  529.  
  530.     You eyeball Featherweight. The kid's skinny, but he has a big head. Still, maybe he could fit down there? "What do you think, kid? Could you fit?"
  531.  
  532.     The survivors watch keenly as Featherweight approaches the hole and gives it a stern appraisal. After a few moments he gives an awkward shrug. "Featherweight can't talk," Applebloom explains. "He thinks he can fit, though. Ah think he's probably crazy, but... if it's all we've got.."
  533.  
  534.     "This is a foolish waste!" Sombra snaps. "I smell a crystal of great power nearby... you need only allow me to manifest for a moment and I could tap it to fuel our escape!"
  535.  
  536.     You wonder if Sombra could use his powers to get you through the hole to follow the voice. "...Yes, I could do that without the power of the crystal," he mutters. "There would be pain, but we would become shadow, slip through the cracks and crevices. But why waste your time thusly when we could destroy our enemies with raw power?"
  537.  
  538.     NOTABLE DECISION TIME
  539.     Ten minute discussion phase, followed by two minute vote.
  540.     >Okay Featherweight, head down there.
  541.     >Stand back everyone, I'm heading down there
  542.     >No need. I have the power to get us out of here.
  543.  
  544. >>
  545. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:11 No.10871631
  546.  
  547.     >>10871556
  548.     >>10871603
  549.     Sombra is going to try and take control of sunny's body at some point so its best not to give him the power to do so
  550.  
  551. >>
  552. OP 05/26/13(Sun)15:12 No.10871654
  553.  
  554.     >>10871618 (You)
  555.     Whoops, cleared the name field by mistake.
  556.  
  557. >>
  558. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:12 No.10871662
  559. Replies: >>10871678 >>10871679
  560.  
  561.     >>10871618 (You)
  562.     well shit, why didnt he say so earlier lets get the fuck down their
  563.  
  564. >>
  565. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:13 No.10871678
  566.  
  567.     >>10871618 (You)
  568.     >>10871662
  569.     Yeah I agree. Going down ourselves would be infinitely preferable to sending a kid.
  570.  
  571. >>
  572. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:14 No.10871679
  573. Replies: >>10871759
  574.  
  575.     >>10871662
  576.     Except people are gonna wonder how an earth pony turned intoa shadow.
  577.  
  578. >>
  579. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:15 No.10871692
  580. Replies: >>10871759
  581.  
  582.     >>10871618 (You)
  583.     AH FUCK. Alright guys, let's discuss.
  584.     Sombra is being pushy as fuck, not sure if that means he's trying to weasel us into his plan, or he's fed up with all our friendship bullshit.
  585.  
  586.     I'd really not like Featherweight to die, but I'm not sure leaving the cell is the best thing. If the guards come looking for us during this, the whole cell of prisoners might get fucked.
  587.  
  588. >>
  589. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:17 No.10871737
  590. Replies: >>10871778
  591.  
  592.     Option 1 let's us keep Sombra a secret, but we don't get the juice from the crystal.
  593.  
  594.     Option 2 and 3 seem to let the cat out of the bag.
  595.     2 keeps Sombra in check, but still leaves us with less strength than we could have.
  596.     3 gets us stronger, but also makes Sombra stronger, and if he turns on us, puts us in a bad position.
  597.  
  598.     I really wanna believe Sombra isn't gonna stab us in the back, that he's rolling Lawful Evil, and will keep his word.
  599.  
  600. >>
  601. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:18 No.10871759
  602. Replies: >>10871791
  603.  
  604.     >>10871679
  605.     Well they KNOW sombra is inside sunny's head and they have seen his horn so this shit wouldnt be all that new to them
  606.     >>10871692
  607.     if guards come its sombra crystal power up time and then we just fuck shit up
  608.  
  609. >>
  610. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:19 No.10871778
  611. Replies: >>10871796
  612.  
  613.     >>10871737
  614.     The thing is, all the guards aren't evil and we shouldn't kill them.
  615.     Besides, if Cadance is a charismatic master, she might turn everyone against us if we start mowing down guards.
  616.  
  617. >>
  618. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:20 No.10871791
  619. Replies: >>10871887
  620.  
  621.     >>10871759
  622.     I must have missed or forgotten something then, I don't remember them seeing the horn or anything.
  623.  
  624. >>
  625. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:20 No.10871796
  626.  
  627.     >>10871778
  628.     this
  629.  
  630. >>
  631. OP 05/26/13(Sun)15:21 No.10871820
  632. Replies: >>10871844 >>10871896 >>10871907
  633.  
  634.     That's it for discussion - two minutes of vote and then back on with the show!
  635.  
  636. >>
  637. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:22 No.10871844
  638. Replies: >>10871862
  639.  
  640.     >>10871820 (You)
  641.     >two minutes of vote
  642.  
  643.     I vote, uh... option 2?
  644.  
  645. >>
  646. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:23 No.10871862
  647.  
  648.     >>10871844
  649.     might as well.
  650.  
  651. >>
  652. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:25 No.10871887
  653.  
  654.     >>10871791
  655.     all the ponys saw sunny blast a hole through the empires force field and he confessed in front of everyone to having sombra in his head.
  656.  
  657. >>
  658. OP 05/26/13(Sun)15:25 No.10871889
  659. Replies: >>10871905 >>10871923
  660.  
  661.     "You don't need to send Featherweight down there," you say. "I'll go."
  662.  
  663.     >[CONTINUE]
  664.  
  665. >>
  666. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:25 No.10871893
  667. File: 1369596317722.gif-(338 KB, 330x186, 36624__safe_animated_berr(...).gif)
  668. 338 KB
  669.  
  670.     >>10871082 (You)
  671.     >Berry Punch is still alive
  672.  
  673.     Feels good man. Best background horse
  674.  
  675.     >>10871618 (You)
  676.     2. We can explain later, this is in everyone's best interest. We avoid sending a kid and go ourselves, and we presumably can avoid empowering Sombra further. Works for me
  677.  
  678. >>
  679. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:25 No.10871896
  680.  
  681.     >>10871820 (You)
  682.     I wish we could get the crystal, juice up, but not kill everyone. just have the power for a "rainy day".
  683.  
  684.     I guess I'll vote for 2 then.
  685.  
  686. >>
  687. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:25 No.10871901
  688.  
  689.     >>10871618 (You)
  690.     option 2
  691.  
  692. >>
  693. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:25 No.10871905
  694.  
  695.     >>10871889 (You)
  696.     >[CONTINUE]
  697.  
  698. >>
  699. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:26 No.10871907
  700. Replies: >>10871923 >>10871949
  701.  
  702.     >>10871820 (You)
  703.     FUCK.
  704.     If featherweight does and dies, we fuck up.
  705.     If we go and they come looking for us, then the prisoners get fucked up.
  706.  
  707.     I vote for.... Option... 1
  708.  
  709. >>
  710. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:27 No.10871923
  711.  
  712.     >>10871907
  713.     too late.
  714.     >>10871889 (You)
  715.  
  716. >>
  717. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:28 No.10871949
  718.  
  719.     >>10871907
  720.     All of the options have potential for bad shit to happen really
  721.  
  722.     This singing makes me think, Sweetie Belle can sing, right? Maybe some time we could convince her to. Might be good for morale
  723.  
  724. >>
  725. OP 05/26/13(Sun)15:31 No.10872005
  726. Replies: >>10872046
  727.  
  728.     The others seem surprised. "Er, beggin' yer pardon Sunny," says Applebloom. "But you're a lot bigger'n Featherweight."
  729.  
  730.     "That won't be a problem," you say. "Okay Sombra. Do it."
  731.  
  732.     He growls in irritation, but relents. "As you command." You feel the glamour hiding the blood-red horn on your head disappear, and it alights with purple, shadowy energy.
  733.  
  734.     The ponies around you take hurried steps back in fear as the power builds. You suddenly feel a sharp pain. Everywhere. Your body folds up like origami, disappearing into its own shadow. "I know how to move in this form," Sombra explains. "Relax. You will most likely survive."
  735.  
  736.     All at once you are hurled forward and into the shaft, following the sound of the singing voice. You bounce around through cracks and crevices, often a tight squeeze, always in pain and barely in control of yourself.
  737.  
  738.     "We near the singer," Sombra declares. "Prepare for disappointment. Hopefully the crystal is still near enough to draw power from."
  739.  
  740.     You want to think up some sort of coherent response, but you can barely focus. Instead, you feel a strong disorientation as you are ejected forcefully through a crack and into a dark cave. Another burst of agony accompanies you folding back out into a plain earth pony, and another when you crash into the ground below.
  741.  
  742.     The singing stops with a gasp.
  743.  
  744.     You can't tell where you are. There isn't even the faintest light down here.
  745.  
  746.     A familiar voice whispers to you. "Hello?"
  747.  
  748.     Pinkie Pie?
  749.  
  750.     >[CONTINUE]
  751.  
  752. >>
  753. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:34 No.10872046
  754.  
  755.     >>10872005 (You)
  756.     >>[CONTINUE]
  757.     and light that shit up with your horn
  758.  
  759. >>
  760. OP 05/26/13(Sun)15:36 No.10872095
  761. Replies: >>10872132 >>10872142
  762.  
  763.     You groan and struggle to your hooves. "Pinkie? It's-"
  764.  
  765.     You're immediately knocked back off of them by Pinkie Pie colliding with you. "OhmigodSunny! Found you found you found youuuuu!" Her laughter rolls easily and echoes in the huge, dark cavern you're in. "I mean I can't see you but I can hear you and I can definitely feel you and that's definitely Sunny!" How did you get down here? Oooh! Did you use magic? Did you use a secret passage? Did you steal the key when the guard was asleep? Did you... um. Okay maybe we should escape first, then you can tell me how you did it!"
  766.  
  767.     "This darkness is a trifle for me, but might cause your colleagues difficulty," says Sombra. "I shall provide some light.
  768.  
  769.     The horn on your head flashes hot for a second and a red glow illuminates the cavern. Pinkie looks at it, surprised. "Wowee, now that's a party trick!"
  770.  
  771.     >We need to find the others
  772.     >Sombra helped me get down here
  773.     >What's happened since we split up?
  774.  
  775. >>
  776. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:38 No.10872132
  777.  
  778.     >>10872095 (You)
  779.     >10872095
  780.     op for 3 .
  781.  
  782. >>
  783. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:38 No.10872142
  784. Replies: >>10872184 >>10872186
  785.  
  786.     >>10872095 (You)
  787.     Goin with 2. If we're gonna be straight with anybody it may as well be the elements, right?
  788.  
  789. >>
  790. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:39 No.10872184
  791. Replies: >>10872227
  792.  
  793.     >>10872142
  794.     >If we're gonna be straight with anybody
  795.     I mean...you just turned into shadow in front of everyone so i dont think it would be dishonest or honest to mention how you got down their
  796.  
  797. >>
  798. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:40 No.10872186
  799. Replies: >>10872262
  800.  
  801.     >>10872142
  802.     Except this isn't an element.
  803.  
  804.     It's a changeling.
  805.  
  806. >>
  807. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:41 No.10872227
  808.  
  809.     >>10872184
  810.     Well, all the secondaries saw it, but it's dark in Pinkie's cell, so she didn't
  811.  
  812. >>
  813. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:43 No.10872262
  814.  
  815.     >>10872186
  816.  
  817.     She seems upbeat and childlike enough to be Panka. Either this Changeling's done his homework, or it's best pony.
  818.  
  819. >>
  820. OP 05/26/13(Sun)15:44 No.10872269
  821. Replies: >>10872305 >>10872309 >>10872312
  822.  
  823.     "Focus, Pinkie. What's happened since we split up?"
  824.  
  825.     "Spearpoint took us down here to the deepest, darkest, d-terriblest part of the whole dungeon. I thought it'd be really, really little cells but instead they're really, really big ones!"
  826.  
  827.     "Mining tunnels," Sombra explains. "Dead ends. Each of them goes nowhere, and there is no light to see by. They give false hope to the prisoners who believe they can follow them to their freedom. A cruel fate."
  828.  
  829.     "Twilight said we should split up to explore more tunnels faster! But then it was so dark and so hard to get around that we all got lost and now I haven't seen any of them since we got here! So I tried to remember what you'd do and I remembered you told me I should try singing, so I did!" She gives you a wide grin, teeth glinting in the red light. "And it worked! Good job, Sunny!"
  830.  
  831.     >We need to look for the others
  832.     >Keep singing, maybe they'll come to us
  833.     >We should explore the tunnel for an exit
  834.     >Let's go back to the start
  835.  
  836. >>
  837. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:46 No.10872305
  838. Replies: >>10872327
  839.  
  840.     >>10872269 (You)
  841.     >>We need to look for the others
  842.     but she should also continue to sing
  843.  
  844. >>
  845. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:46 No.10872309
  846.  
  847.     >>10872269 (You)
  848.     2 I want more singing Pinkie
  849.  
  850. >>
  851. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:46 No.10872312
  852. Replies: >>10872327
  853.  
  854.     >>10872269 (You)
  855.     Find the others, before they go too far into the tunnels. be mindful of time though.
  856.  
  857. >>
  858. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:47 No.10872327
  859. Replies: >>10872362 >>10872388
  860.  
  861.     >>10872305
  862.     >>10872312
  863.     Don't yall know the first rule of being lost? Stay put
  864.  
  865. >>
  866. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:50 No.10872362
  867.  
  868.     >>10872327
  869.     aint nobody got time fa dat. Also sombra probably knows these tunnels
  870.  
  871. >>
  872. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:51 No.10872388
  873.  
  874.     >>10872327
  875.     Mark it then, use sombra's horn, make marks along the way.
  876.  
  877. >>
  878. OP 05/26/13(Sun)15:52 No.10872411
  879. Replies: >>10872444 >>10872454 >>10872474 >>10872480
  880.  
  881.     "We can't wait around for the others. We need to head out and find them - any ideas?"
  882.  
  883.     "Well we've got your glow-in-the-dark horn, now! That should help a whole lot! How about we go back the way I came and see if the girls are still in the other tunnels?"
  884.  
  885.     "Sounds like a plan."
  886.  
  887.     The two of you fall into step as Pinkie leads you back down the mining shaft. The way is long and treacherous, but with your red light you're just about able to manage. "Before we split up... the girls started arguing," Pinkie confides. "Applejack and Twilight tried to be friends so hard, but they're so mad at each other! Applejack thinks Twilight wants to ditch us and Twilight thinks Applejack got us all caught because she wanted to join the rebels." Pinkie lets out a sad sigh. "Rainbow Dash still isn't talking and Fluttershy's scared and Rarity... um. Still can't figure out Rarity." She brightens at this. "Hey! Maybe Rarity's okay?"
  888.  
  889.     >We can sort out our personal baggage later
  890.     >Everryone has something on their minds at the moment
  891.     >Applejack and Twilight need to stop fighting over leadership
  892.     >We. Must. Assume. Control.
  893.  
  894. >>
  895. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:53 No.10872444
  896.  
  897.     >>10872411 (You)
  898.     2.
  899.  
  900. >>
  901. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:54 No.10872454
  902.  
  903.     >>10872411 (You)
  904.     option 2.
  905.  
  906. >>
  907. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:55 No.10872474
  908. Replies: >>10872498
  909.  
  910.     >>10872411 (You)
  911.     Option 4, we're the hero equestria needs
  912.  
  913. >>
  914. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:55 No.10872480
  915. File: 1369598126546.jpg-(79 KB, 743x600, q098436976.jpg)
  916. 79 KB
  917.  
  918.     >>10872411 (You)
  919.     I'm so curious what would happen if we just let Sombra take control sometimes.
  920.  
  921.     >mfw his first action here would be to slay Pinkie Pie on the spot
  922.  
  923. >>
  924. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:56 No.10872498
  925. Replies: >>10872521
  926.  
  927.     >>10872474
  928.     We need to listen to Sombra at least once sometime, or he's going to get pissed more than he is. I'd rather not have a battle of minds.
  929.  
  930. >>
  931. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:57 No.10872521
  932. Replies: >>10872536
  933.  
  934.     >>10872498
  935.     he has no power over sombra. So fuck him, hes our bitch at the moment
  936.  
  937. >>
  938. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:57 No.10872536
  939.  
  940.     >>10872521
  941.     *sunny
  942.  
  943. >>
  944. OP 05/26/13(Sun)15:59 No.10872561
  945. Replies: >>10872581 >>10872598 >>10872613
  946.  
  947.     "Rarity's probably worrying about her sister right now." You shake your head. "Everyone has good reason to be upset. We'll do what we can to keep them friends, but these are serious issues."
  948.  
  949.     "You don't need to tell me, believe me," Pinkie mumbles. "It just hurts to see them that way, y'know?"
  950.  
  951.     "I know."
  952.  
  953.     The two of you walk along the tunnel a while longer, Pinkie's odd three-legged hobbling echoing through the dark.
  954.  
  955.     You finally reach where the tunnels branch off, the light slowly creeping along the cave walls to reveal a half-dozen openings. You start wondering which one to go down first when you hear Pinkie gasp. "Dashie! What're you doing here?"
  956.  
  957.     Rainbow Dash is curled up in the middle of the floor. She rolls over to look at you and Pinkie, before grunting and rolling back. "Go away."
  958.  
  959.     >Damn it, Rainbow Dash! Snap out of it already.
  960.     >We could really use your help right now
  961.     >Did you at least see where the others went?
  962.     >Leave her, Pinkie. She wants to be alone.
  963.  
  964. >>
  965. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)15:59 No.10872581
  966. Replies: >>10872618 >>10872629
  967.  
  968.     >>10872561 (You)
  969.     1
  970.     Fuck her mopey bullshit
  971.  
  972. >>
  973. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:00 No.10872598
  974. Replies: >>10872618
  975.  
  976.     >>10872561 (You)
  977.     >>Damn it, Rainbow Dash! Snap out of it already.
  978.     im getting sick of her shit
  979.  
  980. >>
  981. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:01 No.10872613
  982.  
  983.     >>10872561 (You)
  984.     Option 4, time is of the essence
  985.     At least you know where she is now
  986.  
  987. >>
  988. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:01 No.10872618
  989. Replies: >>10872649 >>10872684
  990.  
  991.     >>10872581
  992.     >>10872598
  993.     Yeah, other people have lost WAY more. She needs to gear the fuck up. Even Pinkie has a leg missing.
  994.  
  995. >>
  996. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:02 No.10872629
  997. Replies: >>10872684 >>10872710
  998.  
  999.     >>10872581
  1000.     >Fuck her mopey bullshit
  1001.  
  1002.     Yeah, what a bitch! She's only been horrifically maimed, lost a surrogate daughter and practically everyone she ever knew, and had her life-long dream shattered and her childhood home destroyed in the space of a week.
  1003.  
  1004.     She should suck it up already.
  1005.  
  1006. >>
  1007. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:03 No.10872649
  1008.  
  1009.     >>10872618
  1010.     >loses a wing; still fully functional but cant get over it
  1011.     >Pinkie loses a leg; happy all the time and optimistic
  1012.     She definitely does
  1013.  
  1014. >>
  1015. OP 05/26/13(Sun)16:03 No.10872664
  1016. Replies: >>10872691 >>10872692 >>10872693 >>10872708
  1017.  
  1018.     You stomp your hooves. "Damn it Rainbow Dash, we're trying to break out of here and save the others. Will you cut it out already and help us?"
  1019.  
  1020.     She rolls back and gives you a look of burning resentment. Her one wing stretches out. "Remember the last time I helped you? How well that turned out? Go find the others yourself. You don't need a broken pegasus to do that."
  1021.  
  1022.     >You have to stop blaming other people for what happened to you
  1023.     >Fluttershy's out there, alone and scared
  1024.     >We're trying to save all of ponydom here
  1025.     >Pinkie, try talking sense into her
  1026.     >Forget you then, we don't need you
  1027.  
  1028. >>
  1029. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:04 No.10872684
  1030.  
  1031.     >>10872629
  1032.     see >>10872618
  1033.  
  1034.     She needs to remember the things she does still have. Everybody needs her help, she needs to snap out of it.
  1035.  
  1036. >>
  1037. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:05 No.10872691
  1038. Replies: >>10872708 >>10872711 >>10872730 >>10879916
  1039.  
  1040.     >>10872664 (You)
  1041.     5
  1042.  
  1043. >>
  1044. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:05 No.10872692
  1045.  
  1046.     >>10872664 (You)
  1047.     >>Fluttershy's out there, alone and scared
  1048.     its not about you anymore
  1049.  
  1050. >>
  1051. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:05 No.10872693
  1052.  
  1053.     >>10872664 (You)
  1054.     1. This needs to be dealt with now.
  1055.  
  1056. >>
  1057. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:06 No.10872708
  1058. Replies: >>10872762
  1059.  
  1060.     >>10872664 (You)
  1061.     2. Play to her soft side. Dash is way more sentimental then she tries to let on sometimes
  1062.  
  1063.     >>10872691
  1064.     Oh god damn it
  1065.  
  1066. >>
  1067. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:06 No.10872710
  1068.  
  1069.     >>10872629
  1070.     Pinkie only watched the cakes get killed, lost a leg, almost died, and yet still manages to be more use than Rainbow. Seriously, she's not the worst maimed.
  1071.  
  1072. >>
  1073. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:06 No.10872711
  1074. Replies: >>10872762
  1075.  
  1076.     >>10872691
  1077.     fuck you, we do need rainbow dash
  1078.  
  1079. >>
  1080. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:06 No.10872730
  1081. Replies: >>10872762
  1082.  
  1083.     >>10872691
  1084.     You, get out.
  1085.  
  1086. >>
  1087. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:08 No.10872762
  1088. Replies: >>10872801 >>10872838 >>10872863
  1089.  
  1090.     >>10872708
  1091.     >>10872711
  1092.     >>10872730
  1093.     holy fuck why are you guys so hostile all i did was pick an option
  1094.  
  1095. >>
  1096. OP 05/26/13(Sun)16:08 No.10872766
  1097. Replies: >>10872789 >>10872811 >>10872814 >>10872828
  1098.  
  1099.     You're about to say something, but you think better of it. "You know what? Forget it. Come on, Pinkie."
  1100.  
  1101.     Pinkie seems to hesitate, looking back between Dash and yourself. "Pinkie, come on. Tell me which way the others went."
  1102.  
  1103.     She hops after you and starts studying the tunnels. "Applejack went through the one at the top there, and Twilight took the bottom. Oooh, and Fluttershy took the one on the left but she was too scared to go alone so Rarity went with her-"
  1104.  
  1105.     "Hey!" Dash shouts. The two of you look back. "That's it? You're just leaving?"
  1106.  
  1107.     "Yup," you curtly reply.
  1108.  
  1109.     Dash looks confused, glancing between you and Pinkie. "Fine," she mutters, rolling back over. "I don't need you anyway."
  1110.  
  1111.     >Go through the top tunnel
  1112.     >Go through the bottom tunnel
  1113.     >Go through the side tunnel
  1114.  
  1115. >>
  1116. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:09 No.10872789
  1117. Replies: >>10872859
  1118.  
  1119.     >>10872766 (You)
  1120.     2 Middle option master race
  1121.  
  1122. >>
  1123. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:09 No.10872801
  1124. Replies: >>10872826 >>10872860 >>10872863
  1125.  
  1126.     >>10872762
  1127.     >all i did was pick a morally despotic option, why am i getting backlash for my shortsighted choices?
  1128.  
  1129. >>
  1130. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:10 No.10872811
  1131.  
  1132.     >>10872766 (You)
  1133.     Side
  1134.  
  1135. >>
  1136. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:10 No.10872814
  1137.  
  1138.     >>10872766 (You)
  1139.     side
  1140.  
  1141. >>
  1142. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:11 No.10872826
  1143. Replies: >>10872851
  1144.  
  1145.     >>10872801
  1146.     Inb4 not dealing with Dash's bullshit fixed her.
  1147.  
  1148. >>
  1149. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:11 No.10872828
  1150.  
  1151.     >>10872766 (You)
  1152.     2. and what the fuck op? we had the most votes for option 2
  1153.  
  1154. >>
  1155. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:11 No.10872838
  1156.  
  1157.     >>10872762
  1158.     Because Dash is distancing herself from everybody else, and that option is guaranteed to make it worse. At best we're going to have less backup when shit goes bad. At worst, we'll succeed without her, further proving to Dash that she's useless now and we don't need her, and vice versa.
  1159.  
  1160. >>
  1161. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:12 No.10872851
  1162. Replies: >>10872871
  1163.  
  1164.     >>10872826
  1165.     >Fine," she mutters, rolling back over. "I don't need you anyway."
  1166.     thats not fixing the problem; it making it worse. This situation is worse than when we told rarity "no promises" when she asked us to look after sweety bell
  1167.  
  1168. >>
  1169. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:12 No.10872859
  1170.  
  1171.     >>10872789
  1172.     Twilight first.
  1173.  
  1174. >>
  1175. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:12 No.10872860
  1176.  
  1177.     >>10872801
  1178.     shes in her own little world of self-pity, anything we would have said would have been like talking to a brick wall
  1179.  
  1180. >>
  1181. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:13 No.10872863
  1182. Replies: >>10872876 >>10872890
  1183.  
  1184.     >>10872762
  1185.     >>10872801
  1186.     At first I sided with the people mad about this choice, but thinking on it, you might have been an alright choice. Perhaps not the best, but Rainbow needs to grow up. We've been nice, we've been supportive, and that hasn't exactly panned out, so a little tough love, and ignoring her "oh woe is me" attitude is probably a good choice.
  1187.  
  1188. >>
  1189. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:13 No.10872871
  1190. Replies: >>10872917
  1191.  
  1192.     >>10872851
  1193.     I'm just saying, what if it works. I don't support the choice, but damn, that would be hella lucky if it worked.
  1194.  
  1195. >>
  1196. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:13 No.10872876
  1197.  
  1198.     >>10872863
  1199.     We'll see what happens I guess, no going back now. The die has been cast
  1200.  
  1201. >>
  1202. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:14 No.10872890
  1203.  
  1204.     >>10872863
  1205.     I understand you're point, but I just hope we meet back up with her. I don't want to lose one on the 6.
  1206.  
  1207. >>
  1208. OP 05/26/13(Sun)16:14 No.10872900
  1209. Replies: >>10872920 >>10872926 >>10872937 >>10872942 >>10872943 >>10872951
  1210.  
  1211.     "Let's find Twilight," you say. "Hopefully she hasn't gone far."
  1212.  
  1213.     "A wise choice," Sombra agrees. "Her power is considerable, and of more use than the broken creature here."
  1214.  
  1215.     The two of you descend into the lower tunnel. The red light recedes with you until Rainbow Dash disappears entirely.
  1216.  
  1217.     The tunnel twists and turns deep into the rock. You see crystals, these ones darker in hue - many opaque and jagged. In your mind you hear Sombra hiss, his interest aroused, but you tamp him down for now.
  1218.  
  1219.     Pinkie doesn't seem to have much to say, and begins to fall behind a bit. You might even see traces of fear, but she giggles compulsively to herself to stifle them. "Sure is getting... pointy down here," she says, eying the broken spars of rock and splintered mining supports.
  1220.  
  1221.     "Wait," Sombra whispers. "Listen."
  1222.  
  1223.     You stop, and you do.
  1224.  
  1225.     Voices. Plural. One of them is Twilight's. But who is the other one?
  1226.  
  1227.     >[Wait and listen]
  1228.     >[Creep up]
  1229.     >[Approach directly]
  1230.  
  1231. >>
  1232. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:15 No.10872917
  1233. File: 1369599343916.jpg-(42 KB, 800x600, harrison-ford-open-to-ret(...).jpg)
  1234. 42 KB
  1235.  
  1236.     >>10872871
  1237.     luck ain't got nothing to do with it kid.
  1238.  
  1239. >>
  1240. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:15 No.10872920
  1241. Replies: >>10872943
  1242.  
  1243.     >>10872900 (You)
  1244.     approach. unless someone under me has a better idea.
  1245.  
  1246. >>
  1247. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:16 No.10872926
  1248.  
  1249.     >>10872900 (You)
  1250.     Option 1 maste r
  1251.  
  1252. >>
  1253. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:16 No.10872937
  1254.  
  1255.     >>10872900 (You)
  1256.     >>[Creep up]
  1257.  
  1258. >>
  1259. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:17 No.10872942
  1260.  
  1261.     >>10872900 (You)
  1262.     approach directly
  1263.  
  1264. >>
  1265. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:17 No.10872943
  1266.  
  1267.     >>10872920
  1268.     >>10872900 (You)
  1269.  
  1270.     >[Creep up]
  1271.     better part of valor and all that
  1272.  
  1273. >>
  1274. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:17 No.10872951
  1275.  
  1276.     >>10872900 (You)
  1277.     1. Listen to Sombra.
  1278.  
  1279. >>
  1280. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:17 No.10872952
  1281.  
  1282.     I'd really rather have given Dash a pep-talk, but we can cover this later after we get all and sundry together.
  1283.  
  1284.     Also: we need to throw Sombra a bone. He's been really helpful, we want to encourage that attitude. Strongly encourage. At least acknowledge that we appreciate it, that we keeping it in mind for the future.
  1285.  
  1286.     Wait and listen.
  1287.  
  1288. >>
  1289. OP 05/26/13(Sun)16:21 No.10873027
  1290. Replies: >>10873048 >>10873056 >>10873057
  1291.  
  1292.     "It's Twilight!" you say to Pinkie. "Come on!"
  1293.  
  1294.     The two of you hurry forward. Your red light falls upon a dead end, in a very literal sense. Ancient bones litter the ground and the walls are covered with the mark of desperate hooves clawing at them.
  1295.  
  1296.     Along the very back wall, where the refuse is thickest, you see Twilight. She's standing over a pegasus whose strength has waned but who still bears the body of a soldier. He looks haggard and recently blooded - the blood on Twilight's forehooves attest to this.
  1297.  
  1298.     "What else do you know?!" She snaps at the pegasus, who cowers and curls closer to the ground. Her horn sparks and struggles against its magical constraint, but at the sound of your approach it goes out and she turns. She looks stunned to see you. "M-Mortimer? Pinkie? What are you doing here?"
  1299.  
  1300.     >What are YOU doing?
  1301.     >We thought you could use backup
  1302.     >Learn anything useful from your friend?
  1303.     >Nevermind that, come on, we're getting out of here
  1304.  
  1305. >>
  1306. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:22 No.10873048
  1307.  
  1308.     >>10873027 (You)
  1309.     option 4
  1310.  
  1311. >>
  1312. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:23 No.10873056
  1313.  
  1314.     >>10873027 (You)
  1315.     Option 3, no need to argue
  1316.  
  1317. >>
  1318. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:23 No.10873057
  1319.  
  1320.     >>10873027 (You)
  1321.     3
  1322.  
  1323. >>
  1324. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:23 No.10873068
  1325.  
  1326.     We're in a hurry here, but a little more info is always good.
  1327.  
  1328.     Learn anything useful from your friend?
  1329.  
  1330. >>
  1331. OP 05/26/13(Sun)16:26 No.10873111
  1332. Replies: >>10873127 >>10873133 >>10873135 >>10873136
  1333.  
  1334.     "Forget that, follow us. We're getting out of here."
  1335.  
  1336.     "Y-yeah, of course," says Twilight, who hurriedly tries to scuff the blood off her hooves. "Let's go."
  1337.  
  1338.     "Wait!" says Pinkie, looking more than a little freaked out. "Who's that guy?! What happened to him?! Ohmigod Twilight is that blood?!"
  1339.  
  1340.     "What, this? Haha! H-he hit his head on the wall, of course! Let's go now!"
  1341.  
  1342.     "Please, leave me," the pegasus on the ground mewls. "Go away. Don't hurt me again."
  1343.  
  1344.     "See!" exclaims Twilight. "Sounds like it's time to go!"
  1345.  
  1346.     >(Psst Pinkie, this isn't the time. We need to get her away from there)
  1347.     >We're bringing your friend with us
  1348.     >Come on, let's go
  1349.     >Do. Not. Waste. This. Opportunity. Give. Me. Control.
  1350.  
  1351. >>
  1352. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:27 No.10873127
  1353.  
  1354.     >>10873111 (You)
  1355.     2nd
  1356.  
  1357. >>
  1358. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:27 No.10873133
  1359.  
  1360.     >>10873111 (You)
  1361.     1. We could use a hostage
  1362.  
  1363. >>
  1364. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:27 No.10873135
  1365.  
  1366.     >>10873111 (You)
  1367.     2
  1368.  
  1369. >>
  1370. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:27 No.10873136
  1371. Replies: >>10873161
  1372.  
  1373.     >>10873111 (You)
  1374.     option 2 is option 4 sombre?
  1375.  
  1376. >>
  1377. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:28 No.10873161
  1378. Replies: >>10873198
  1379.  
  1380.     >>10873136
  1381.     Those slow one word sentence options are Sombra. Odds are handing over control is a bad idea, though I wouldn't be too surprised if there were a couple moments where it'd be beneficial, just to throw us for a loop
  1382.  
  1383. >>
  1384. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:30 No.10873198
  1385. Replies: >>10873336
  1386.  
  1387.     >>10873161
  1388.     but if we don't do it now, couldn't sombre resent us more even later?
  1389.  
  1390. >>
  1391. OP 05/26/13(Sun)16:31 No.10873230
  1392. Replies: >>10873251 >>10873254 >>10873256 >>10873257 >>10873303 >>10873304 >>10873322 >>10873337
  1393.  
  1394.     "Be sure to bring your new friend with us," you say to Twilight as you turn around. "Now come on, let's find the others."
  1395.  
  1396.     Twilight says nothing and Pinkie can't seem to process what's going on, so the two of them fall into step behind you. The only sound is the pleading protests of the pegasus as Twilight drags him along by his tail.
  1397.  
  1398.     You reach the tunnel meeting point again, only something's changed. "Where's Dashie?" Pinkie exclaims, nervously. "She was here just a minute ago!"
  1399.  
  1400.     "Didn't she say she was going to check that tunnel on the right?" says Twilight with a hint of irritation. "Typical Dash, slacking off." The pegasus under her hooves tries to mewl something but Twilight presses a hoof down on him.
  1401.  
  1402.     >Let's look around for her
  1403.     >Let's search the top tunnel for Applejack
  1404.     >Let's search the side tunnel for Rarity and Fluttershy
  1405.     >Tell us about your prisoner already, Twilight.
  1406.  
  1407. >>
  1408. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:32 No.10873251
  1409.  
  1410.     >>10873230 (You)
  1411.     4
  1412.  
  1413. >>
  1414. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:32 No.10873254
  1415.  
  1416.     >>10873230 (You)
  1417.     option 3
  1418.  
  1419. >>
  1420. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:32 No.10873256
  1421.  
  1422.     >>10873230 (You)
  1423.     1st, lets do this
  1424.  
  1425. >>
  1426. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:32 No.10873257
  1427.  
  1428.     >>10873230 (You)
  1429.     1.
  1430.  
  1431. >>
  1432. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:34 No.10873303
  1433.  
  1434.     >>10873230 (You)
  1435.     Option 1
  1436.  
  1437. >>
  1438. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:34 No.10873304
  1439.  
  1440.     >>10873230 (You)
  1441.     Option 3
  1442.  
  1443. >>
  1444. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:35 No.10873322
  1445.  
  1446.     >>10873230 (You)
  1447.     4
  1448.  
  1449. >>
  1450. OP 05/26/13(Sun)16:36 No.10873332
  1451. Replies: >>10873345 >>10873346 >>10873360
  1452.  
  1453.     You turn to Twilight. "So are you going to tell us who your prisoner is already?"
  1454.  
  1455.     Twilight looks around awkwardly. "M-maybe we should look for Rainbow Dash first..."
  1456.  
  1457.     "Just tell us already, this is getting a little ridiculous."
  1458.  
  1459.     She sighs. "He's one of the soldiers from the regiment that defected to Cadance. He tried to jump me in that tunnel. I was trying to get him to tell me why they put him down here when you... found me."
  1460.  
  1461.     >Don't you think you were a little harsh
  1462.     >Anything to say for yourself, soldier?
  1463.     >We should find Dash
  1464.     >Let's look for Applejack
  1465.     >Let's look for Rarity and Fluttershy
  1466.     >I. Can. Find. The. Truth.
  1467.  
  1468. >>
  1469. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:36 No.10873336
  1470.  
  1471.     >>10873198
  1472.     Giving Sombra control means giving him an opportunity to get more power. Getting more power means he might gain the strength to possess us, and that'd mean a Bad End for sure. For the time being, he doesn't seem able to cause too much trouble
  1473.  
  1474. >>
  1475. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:36 No.10873337
  1476.  
  1477.     >>10873230 (You)
  1478.     Shouldn't we confront Twilight on this, guys?
  1479.  
  1480. >>
  1481. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:37 No.10873345
  1482. Replies: >>10873367
  1483.  
  1484.     >>10873332 (You)
  1485.     1
  1486.  
  1487. >>
  1488. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:37 No.10873346
  1489.  
  1490.     >>10873332 (You)
  1491.     fuck you sombre
  1492.     option 5
  1493.  
  1494. >>
  1495. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:37 No.10873360
  1496.  
  1497.     >>10873332 (You)
  1498.     Option 2
  1499.  
  1500. >>
  1501. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:37 No.10873367
  1502.  
  1503.     >>10873345
  1504.     Thank you.
  1505.  
  1506. >>
  1507. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:39 No.10873386
  1508.  
  1509.     Whenever I see "The Trotting Dead" I think about season four being full of zombies with leaky anuses.
  1510.  
  1511. >>
  1512. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:40 No.10873399
  1513.  
  1514.     >>10873382
  1515.     >trusting Sombra to relinquish control and not try to betray you
  1516.  
  1517.     All of my no
  1518.  
  1519. >>
  1520. OP 05/26/13(Sun)16:41 No.10873431
  1521. Replies: >>10873441
  1522.  
  1523.     "Don't you think you overdid it a bit?"
  1524.  
  1525.     Twilight sets her teeth. "Oh yeah? When he jumped out at me he screamed 'fresh meat'." She gives him a kick in the back, eliciting another round of mewling. "I'm not used to being without my magic. Self-defence is perfectly justified."
  1526.  
  1527.     Pinkie pulls a face. "Maybe they put him down here for being a big old pony-eating monster?"
  1528.  
  1529.     "Still," you continue. "You were getting pretty intense down there when we found you."
  1530.  
  1531.     "I had to maintain control of the situation." Twilight seems defensive. "I wasn't going to... do anything rash."
  1532.  
  1533.     >Anything to say for yourself, soldier?
  1534.     >We should find Dash
  1535.     >Let's look for Applejack
  1536.     >Let's look for Rarity and Fluttershy
  1537.     >I. Can. Find. The. Truth.
  1538.  
  1539. >>
  1540. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:41 No.10873441
  1541.  
  1542.     >>10873431 (You)
  1543.     option 1
  1544.  
  1545. >>
  1546. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:42 No.10873449
  1547. Replies: >>10873456
  1548.  
  1549.     Find rainbow dash
  1550.  
  1551. >>
  1552. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:43 No.10873456
  1553. Replies: >>10873475
  1554.  
  1555.     >>10873449
  1556.     Next
  1557.  
  1558. >>
  1559. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:43 No.10873475
  1560. Replies: >>10873487
  1561.  
  1562.     >>10873456
  1563.     Idgaf what that soldier did we need to find tainbow pone
  1564.  
  1565. >>
  1566. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:44 No.10873487
  1567. Replies: >>10873519
  1568.  
  1569.     >>10873475
  1570.     keep your priorities in check
  1571.  
  1572. >>
  1573. OP 05/26/13(Sun)16:45 No.10873501
  1574. Replies: >>10873512 >>10873514 >>10873520 >>10873537
  1575.  
  1576.     "And what do you have to say for yourself?" you ask to the soldier curled on the ground. He winces merely at your voice.
  1577.  
  1578.     "Don't hurt me..." he mumbles. "So hungry... pain... leave me alone..."
  1579.  
  1580.     "He's useless," Twilight mutters. "I tried all the interrogation techniques I'd read about and got nothing."
  1581.  
  1582.     "That doesn't mean we have to hurt him," says Pinkie, reproachfully. "So long as he behaves, right Mr. Soldier Stallion?" He doesn't reply.
  1583.  
  1584.     >We should find Dash
  1585.     >Let's look for Applejack
  1586.     >Let's look for Rarity and Fluttershy
  1587.     >I. Can. Find. The. Truth.
  1588.  
  1589. >>
  1590. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:45 No.10873512
  1591. Replies: >>10873528 >>10873553
  1592.  
  1593.     >>10873501 (You)
  1594.     option 3
  1595.  
  1596. >>
  1597. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:45 No.10873514
  1598.  
  1599.     >>10873501 (You)
  1600.     1
  1601.  
  1602. >>
  1603. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:46 No.10873519
  1604.  
  1605.     >>10873487
  1606.     Info doesnt take priority over one of the mane six
  1607.  
  1608. >>
  1609. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:46 No.10873520
  1610. Replies: >>10873553
  1611.  
  1612.     >>10873501 (You)
  1613.     4
  1614.  
  1615. >>
  1616. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:46 No.10873528
  1617. Replies: >>10873539
  1618.  
  1619.     >>10873512
  1620.     really?
  1621.  
  1622. >>
  1623. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:47 No.10873537
  1624.  
  1625.     >>10873501 (You)
  1626.     1
  1627.  
  1628. >>
  1629. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:47 No.10873539
  1630. Replies: >>10873560 >>10873599
  1631.  
  1632.     >>10873528
  1633.     why not?
  1634.  
  1635. >>
  1636. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:47 No.10873553
  1637. Replies: >>10873581
  1638.  
  1639.     >>10873512
  1640.     >>10873520
  1641.     No
  1642.  
  1643. >>
  1644. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:48 No.10873560
  1645. Replies: >>10873581
  1646.  
  1647.     >>10873539
  1648.     We were trying to find dash first. But whatever
  1649.  
  1650. >>
  1651. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:49 No.10873581
  1652. Replies: >>10873599
  1653.  
  1654.     >>10873560
  1655.     >>10873553
  1656.     rainbow isn't the only fuck lost in these caverns, we gotta think about the whole group, not the individual
  1657.  
  1658. >>
  1659. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:50 No.10873599
  1660. Replies: >>10873618
  1661.  
  1662.     >>10873539
  1663.     Find the fuc>>10873581
  1664.     shes the only one we emotionally destroyed
  1665.  
  1666. >>
  1667. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:51 No.10873618
  1668. Replies: >>10873629
  1669.  
  1670.     >>10873599
  1671.     fine, we'll do that after we go after flutters and rarara
  1672.  
  1673. >>
  1674. OP 05/26/13(Sun)16:51 No.10873622
  1675. Replies: >>10873641 >>10873651 >>10873664
  1676.  
  1677.     "Come on," you say. "Let's go get Fluttershy and Rarity."
  1678.  
  1679.     "I guess I'll just drag this guy behind us, then?" says Twilight. "Great."
  1680.  
  1681.     "I could have solved that problem," Sombra remarks reproachfully. "But it is your decision."
  1682.  
  1683.     The three of you (plus one) head down the side tunnel. This one is relatively easy going, and rather short. It leads into a small chamber where a waterfall pours in from a hole in the ceiling. Fluttershy sits by the edge but rushes over when you approach.
  1684.  
  1685.     "Thank goodness you're here- oh." She skitters to a halt when she sees your red horn and Twilight's prisoner. "I-is everything okay?"
  1686.  
  1687.     "It's fine," Twilight grunts. "Where's Rarity?"
  1688.  
  1689.     Fluttershy glances to the waterfall. "Sh-she wanted to check if there was a way out in the water. She told me to wait for her and dived in, but... that was more than two minutes ago."
  1690.  
  1691.     "There isn't," Sombra warns. "They're all dead ends. Quite literally, in some cases."
  1692.  
  1693.     >I need to get down there after her
  1694.     >She might not be coming back up...
  1695.     >Sombra, is there any chance she's still alive?
  1696.  
  1697. >>
  1698. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:52 No.10873629
  1699.  
  1700.     >>10873618
  1701.     She could have an hero'd by then
  1702.  
  1703. >>
  1704. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:52 No.10873631
  1705.  
  1706.     1st, please
  1707.  
  1708. >>
  1709. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:52 No.10873641
  1710.  
  1711.     >>10873622 (You)
  1712.     option 1
  1713.  
  1714. >>
  1715. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:53 No.10873651
  1716.  
  1717.     >>10873622 (You)
  1718.     >>I need to get down there after her
  1719.  
  1720. >>
  1721. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:53 No.10873664
  1722.  
  1723.     >>10873622 (You)
  1724.     1
  1725.  
  1726. >>
  1727. OP 05/26/13(Sun)16:58 No.10873746
  1728. Replies: >>10873757 >>10873771 >>10873879
  1729.  
  1730.     "I'm going down there," you say, heading over to the pool.
  1731.  
  1732.     "Unwise..." Sombra says, but even he sounds uncertain. "It is difficult to recall the exact layout. You risk much..."
  1733.  
  1734.     "Please bring her back!" squeaks Fluttershy. "I don't know how long she has!"
  1735.  
  1736.     You hear Twilight begin to say something, but you've already jumped. You hit the water and slice through into a tight dive - were you a diver in your past life? You don't know, but you swim with grace and skill.
  1737.  
  1738.     The red light of your horn illuminates the basin. Innumerable tunnels stretch out before you. "Some simply end," Sombra warns. "Others lead to currents and flows impossible to escape. I... do not recall which. Or if they have changed. Are you fortunate, my host?"
  1739.  
  1740.     You really, really hope you are.
  1741.  
  1742.     >[Try the nearest one]
  1743.     >[Try the one at the very bottom, extending into darkness]
  1744.     >[Try the one that angles upward into an elbow]
  1745.  
  1746.     [For added nervous fun, I'll be picking the third reply!]
  1747.  
  1748. >>
  1749. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:59 No.10873757
  1750. Replies: >>10873787
  1751.  
  1752.     >>10873746 (You)
  1753.     option 2
  1754.  
  1755. >>
  1756. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)16:59 No.10873766
  1757.  
  1758.     3
  1759.  
  1760. >>
  1761. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:00 No.10873771
  1762. Replies: >>10873775
  1763.  
  1764.     >>10873746 (You)
  1765.     2nd
  1766.  
  1767. >>
  1768. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:00 No.10873775
  1769. Replies: >>10873819
  1770.  
  1771.     >>10873771
  1772.     fuck i hope we're right
  1773.  
  1774. >>
  1775. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:00 No.10873787
  1776.  
  1777.     >>10873757
  1778.     Why would she go into darkness?
  1779.  
  1780. >>
  1781. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:02 No.10873819
  1782.  
  1783.     >>10873775
  1784.     But of course.
  1785.  
  1786. >>
  1787. OP 05/26/13(Sun)17:06 No.10873871
  1788. Replies: >>10873888 >>10873895 >>10873925 >>10873935
  1789.  
  1790.     You swim downward, and deep. At the bottom of the basin is a tunnel that extends downward. As you approach it, you feel a sudden tug. "The current!" Sombra hisses. "Quick, swim away before it's too late!"
  1791.  
  1792.     It's too late.
  1793.  
  1794.     You get sucked deeper and deeper, swallowed up by an inky blackness that smothers the light of your horn. Something unfamiliar and terrible, unnatural, washes over you. Sombra screams in your ear but you can't hear him anymore.
  1795.  
  1796.     You are weightless, tossed about in an infinite void. You can't breath. You can't see.
  1797.  
  1798.     And then all at once, you can.
  1799.  
  1800.     When you open your eyes again, you're in your room. Mortimer's room. There's your desk. Here's your bed. Your books. The picture of your parents. The unfinished jigsaw puzzle you were working on. Your calendar.
  1801.  
  1802.     There's no voice in your head. There's no pounding water. There's no band of survivors, no power-mad princesses, no trotting dead.
  1803.  
  1804.     The sun is rising and light is creeping through your window. It will be a sunny day in the Everfree Forest.
  1805.  
  1806.     >Check your calendar
  1807.     >Read your notes
  1808.     >Look at the picture of your parents.
  1809.     >Head down for breakfast
  1810.  
  1811. >>
  1812. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:06 No.10873879
  1813.  
  1814.     >>10873746 (You)
  1815.     Feeling lucky, punk?
  1816.  
  1817. >>
  1818. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:07 No.10873886
  1819.  
  1820.     The first one. Sigh.
  1821.  
  1822. >>
  1823. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:07 No.10873888
  1824.  
  1825.     >>10873871 (You)
  1826.     Shit.
  1827.     Check the date,
  1828.  
  1829. >>
  1830. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:07 No.10873895
  1831.  
  1832.     >>10873871 (You)
  1833.     Calendar.
  1834.  
  1835. >>
  1836. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:09 No.10873925
  1837. Replies: >>10873956 >>10873962 >>10873990
  1838.  
  1839.     >>10873871 (You)
  1840.  
  1841.     2. And op, how are you deciding these choices? I thought we all voted, it looks like its whoever posts first, and thats led to some terrible fucking desicions
  1842.  
  1843. >>
  1844. OP 05/26/13(Sun)17:09 No.10873929
  1845. Replies: >>10873944 >>10873948 >>10873957 >>10875661
  1846.  
  1847.     You look at the calendar. It's the day of the demonstration. You'd been trying not to think about it, but here it is. It's not that you're afraid that your experiment won't work and you'll look like a fool in front of the princess - you're starting to worry that it WILL work.
  1848.  
  1849.     "Morty!" a muffled voice from downstairs calls. "Come on, hurry up! We have to do the pre-startup sequencing in twenty minutes!"
  1850.  
  1851.     >Read your notes
  1852.     >Look at the picture of your parents.
  1853.     >Head down for breakfast
  1854.  
  1855. >>
  1856. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:10 No.10873935
  1857. File: 1369602600879.jpg-(33 KB, 424x800, metal-gear-solid-3-snake-(...).jpg)
  1858. 33 KB
  1859.  
  1860.     >>10873871 (You)
  1861.     >inb4 The Sorrow
  1862.  
  1863. >>
  1864. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:10 No.10873944
  1865.  
  1866.     >>10873929 (You)
  1867.     option 1
  1868.  
  1869. >>
  1870. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:10 No.10873948
  1871.  
  1872.     >>10873929 (You)
  1873.     2.
  1874.  
  1875. >>
  1876. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:11 No.10873956
  1877. Replies: >>10873988
  1878.  
  1879.     >>10873925
  1880.     I've only seen one post today that was bad(leaving rainbow dash). He chooses the first one unless he says otherwise.
  1881.  
  1882. >>
  1883. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:11 No.10873957
  1884.  
  1885.     >>10873929 (You)
  1886.     Picture of the parents.
  1887.  
  1888. >>
  1889. OP 05/26/13(Sun)17:11 No.10873962
  1890.  
  1891.     >>10873925
  1892.     I go with first most of the time to keep the pace quick. Ten minutes of discussion plus vote is just for especially key decisions. It kind of spoils the surprise for what's a key decision or not, but the alternatives of going by first-decisions for everything or stopping to take a vote for everything both had a lot of downsides.
  1893.  
  1894. >>
  1895. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:12 No.10873988
  1896.  
  1897.     >>10873956
  1898.     hey I didn't think he'd choose the first post, i assumed he'd do it by majority...
  1899.  
  1900. >>
  1901. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:12 No.10873990
  1902.  
  1903.     >>10873925
  1904.     With the exception of IMPORTANT choices, its first post. See
  1905.     >>10869986 (You)
  1906.  
  1907. >>
  1908. OP 05/26/13(Sun)17:13 No.10874010
  1909. Replies: >>10874024
  1910.  
  1911.     You turn to your desk. It's covered in papers, a lot of them copies from the book Celestia gave you. Mechanical replication of magic has been your life's work, but you've never tackled a project this big before. Even now, as you look at your equations, you have to admit you don't know for sure what all of them mean.
  1912.  
  1913.     "Mortimer, come on! Sandy, go up there and get him, will you?"
  1914.  
  1915.     >Look at the picture of your parents.
  1916.     >Head down for breakfast
  1917.  
  1918. >>
  1919. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:14 No.10874024
  1920.  
  1921.     >>10874010 (You)
  1922.     1
  1923.  
  1924. >>
  1925. OP 05/26/13(Sun)17:18 No.10874087
  1926. Replies: >>10874102 >>10874110 >>10874117
  1927.  
  1928.     You turn to look at the picture of your parents. You miss them every day. They worked hard and saved up every bit to send you to that academy in Canterlot, the first pony in your family to do so and the first earth pony to get a degree in magical research.
  1929.  
  1930.     There they are, just days before the accident, smiling and posing in front of the Canterlot palace. You sometimes wonder what they'd think of your work. They wouldn't understand it, but would they approve?
  1931.  
  1932.     Your door opens, and a bloodied corpse steps inside.
  1933.  
  1934.     No wait, your door opens and Sandy steps inside. She has thick, sand-coloured bangs, a pair of horn-rimmed glasses, and twice as many degrees as you. She frowns, but only mockingly. "Doctor Mortimer? Our esteemed colleague Professor Neighly wants to convene over breakfast."
  1935.  
  1936.     >Sorry, I got a little distracted
  1937.     >Are you sure you don't want to get breakfast somewhere private?
  1938.     >What's going on? This isn't real!
  1939.  
  1940. >>
  1941. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:18 No.10874102
  1942.  
  1943.     >>10874087 (You)
  1944.     option 3 i think
  1945.  
  1946. >>
  1947. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:19 No.10874110
  1948.  
  1949.     >>10874087 (You)
  1950.     Option 1, play along.
  1951.  
  1952. >>
  1953. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:19 No.10874117
  1954.  
  1955.     >>10874087 (You)
  1956.     2
  1957.  
  1958. >>
  1959. OP 05/26/13(Sun)17:22 No.10874205
  1960. Replies: >>10874221 >>10874223 >>10874226
  1961.  
  1962.     "Get away from me!" you shout. "None of this is real!"
  1963.  
  1964.     She looks puzzled. "What're you talking about? Have you been hitting the cider again?" A ripple passes over her and for a split second you see where the test subject sunk its teeth into her throat.
  1965.  
  1966.     Things flicker and return. You're at breakfast. There's Neighly's severed head - no, there's Neighly. And Sucrose, and Bunsen. "About time you joined us," the old, stuffy unicorn grumbles. "And here I thought you might sleep through the big day! If your machine works, Celestia's gonna want to slap a medal on you in person."
  1967.  
  1968.     "When the machine works," Sandy insists. "It passed all the trials."
  1969.  
  1970.     "All the simulations," Neighly returns. "But I'm not the project director. I'm sure Mortimer knows best."
  1971.  
  1972.     >Ah yes, the project. What are we building again?
  1973.     >When is Celestia expected?
  1974.     >I need to find Rarity! I know she's in here somewhere.
  1975.  
  1976. >>
  1977. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:23 No.10874221
  1978.  
  1979.     >>10874205 (You)
  1980.     option 3
  1981.  
  1982. >>
  1983. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:23 No.10874223
  1984.  
  1985.     >>10874205 (You)
  1986.     1
  1987.  
  1988. >>
  1989. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:23 No.10874226
  1990.  
  1991.     >>10874205 (You)
  1992.     1st
  1993.  
  1994. >>
  1995. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:26 No.10874282
  1996.  
  1997.     I'm not sure if freaking out is best or playing with.
  1998.  
  1999.     But I want to see the experiment!
  2000.  
  2001. >>
  2002. OP 05/26/13(Sun)17:28 No.10874338
  2003. Replies: >>10874349 >>10874362
  2004.  
  2005.     "Have you seen a white unicorn around here?" you plead, casting around. "She's got a purple mane, diamonds in her mark. I need to find her before-"
  2006.  
  2007.     The ponies around the table give you confused looks before a ripple passes over them. They disappear. The windows in the mess hall are smashed in and blood smears the table. You see one of the guards in his face-concealing armor stagger, bleeding, for the door.
  2008.  
  2009.     Then it's gone and the conversation continues as though nothing happened.
  2010.  
  2011.     "Starswirl's final spell was too complex to be completed by the most powerful and famous unicorn sorcerer of all time," Neighly goes on. "I know we're all very impressed with your... replications, but there's a critical pony element in magic that I think can't be done by a machine."
  2012.  
  2013.     "Ah yes," Bunsen pips in, waggling his eyebrows. "The 'power of friendship'! A totally real thing and not at all a superstition perpetuated by the state to reinforce loyalty to princess Celestia."
  2014.  
  2015.     "Oh no," groans Sucrose. "Look what you've started. He's gonna be going like this all day now."
  2016.  
  2017.     Sandy giggles. "Just don't make a scene when Celestia arrives, will you?"
  2018.  
  2019.     There's a tickling in your ear. As though someone very near is trying to talk to you, yet you hear nothing.
  2020.  
  2021.     >Friendship isn't a force of the universe, just a superstition
  2022.     >What would happen if I'm wrong?
  2023.     >[Listen to the voice]
  2024.  
  2025. >>
  2026. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:29 No.10874349
  2027.  
  2028.     >>10874338 (You)
  2029.     option 3
  2030.  
  2031. >>
  2032. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:30 No.10874362
  2033.  
  2034.     >>10874338 (You)
  2035.     >[Listen to the voice]
  2036.  
  2037. >>
  2038. OP 05/26/13(Sun)17:34 No.10874446
  2039. Replies: >>10874455 >>10874456 >>10874505
  2040.  
  2041.     The others chatter amongst themselves while you listen. Yes, there's a voice there.
  2042.  
  2043.     "Do not believe these illusions," it whispers. Sombra. "You have fallen into my mirror. Cadance cast it into the deepest hole she could find, but it remains powerful. Your fear approaches. Overcome it, and you will escape. Fall to it, and you will die here."
  2044.  
  2045.     You look back to your former colleagues as they joke and chat. You remember now. This is the day everything went wrong. These ponies were your team, before the experiment. They didn't make it out alive. It's coming, you know it's coming, and this time you know what will happen, but still you can't stop it.
  2046.  
  2047.     "Come on," says Neighly as he gets to his hooves. "We need to fire that baby up already. At least we can show the princess a very expensive light show when she gets here."
  2048.  
  2049.     >Don't do it! Don't turn it on!
  2050.     >I'll go greet the princess
  2051.     >Let me start the machine
  2052.  
  2053. >>
  2054. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:34 No.10874455
  2055. Replies: >>10874505
  2056.  
  2057.     >>10874446 (You)
  2058.     option1
  2059.  
  2060. >>
  2061. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:34 No.10874456
  2062. Replies: >>10874505
  2063.  
  2064.     >>10874446 (You)
  2065.     1st
  2066.  
  2067. >>
  2068. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:37 No.10874505
  2069. Replies: >>10874521
  2070.  
  2071.     >>10874446 (You)
  2072.     >Your fear approaches. Overcome it, and you will escape. Fall to it, and you will die here.
  2073.  
  2074.     >>10874455
  2075.     >>10874456
  2076.     >Picking the option that makes Sunny sound most frantic is obviously what we should do.
  2077.  
  2078. >>
  2079. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:38 No.10874521
  2080.  
  2081.     >>10874505
  2082.     Every fucking time, man. Every fucking time.
  2083.  
  2084. >>
  2085. OP 05/26/13(Sun)17:39 No.10874543
  2086. Replies: >>10874553 >>10874554 >>10874564 >>10874582
  2087.  
  2088.     "Don't!" you shout, leaping up. "If you turn on that gate, it's like throwing open the gates to tartarus! It kills us all!"
  2089.  
  2090.     You feel a wave of pain and you convulse as the dream changes. Time shifts, and you're thrown forward. "Fool!" Sombra hisses. "You must overcome your fear, or we will be destroyed!"
  2091.  
  2092.     When the dream stabilizes, you find you're in the test chamber. Five advanced pieces of electronic equipment ring a circular room, with a central pillar rigged up between them. Cables snake everywhere. You're on the ground, looking up at the observation platform - it's mirrored, so you can't see inside, but you know who's watching you work.
  2093.  
  2094.     Sandy is next to you. "It's almost time," she says, smiling. "Are you nervous?"
  2095.  
  2096.     >Not while you're here
  2097.     >What could go wrong?
  2098.     >Sandy! I was wrong! Please listen!
  2099.  
  2100. >>
  2101. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:39 No.10874553
  2102. Replies: >>10874602
  2103.  
  2104.     >>10874543 (You)
  2105.     1.
  2106.  
  2107. >>
  2108. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:39 No.10874554
  2109.  
  2110.     >>10874543 (You)
  2111.     2nd
  2112.  
  2113. >>
  2114. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:40 No.10874564
  2115.  
  2116.     >>10874543 (You)
  2117.     >>What could go wrong?
  2118.  
  2119. >>
  2120. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:41 No.10874582
  2121.  
  2122.     >>10874543 (You)
  2123.     option 2
  2124.  
  2125. >>
  2126. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:42 No.10874602
  2127.  
  2128.     >>10874553
  2129.     Not going for option 2. We finally have a funny option and you don't choose it.
  2130.  
  2131. >>
  2132. OP 05/26/13(Sun)17:44 No.10874641
  2133. Replies: >>10874650 >>10874651 >>10874687 >>10874774
  2134.  
  2135.     "How can I be nervous?" you say with a smile. "I have the smartest and probably prettiest assistant on hoof to help me out."
  2136.  
  2137.     "Assistant?" says Sandy, with a giggle. "I'm at LEAST a co-author. Who did all the heavy lifting on devising the equations?"
  2138.  
  2139.     You have to give her that much. "Okay, time to clear the chamber. Let Celestia know we're about to start."
  2140.  
  2141.     Sandy leans forward and gives you a peck on the cheek. "For luck."
  2142.  
  2143.     She disappears - literally, fades away - and you turn back to the pillar. Now you're wearing the heavy equipment meant to protect you from the radiation your machine throws off. A voice comes in over the P.A. system. "You take a great leap forward for pony-kind today, Doctor," says Celestia, her words dripping with honey. "Please, throw the switch. Begin the demonstration."
  2144.  
  2145.     >Throw the switch
  2146.     >No. You didn't throw the switch
  2147.  
  2148. >>
  2149. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:45 No.10874650
  2150.  
  2151.     >>10874641 (You)
  2152.     1. I guess.
  2153.  
  2154. >>
  2155. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:45 No.10874651
  2156.  
  2157.     >>10874641 (You)
  2158.     1
  2159.  
  2160. >>
  2161. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:46 No.10874687
  2162.  
  2163.     >>10874641 (You)
  2164.     >Sandy leans forward and gives you a peck on the cheek. "For luck."
  2165.     Is this foreshadowing AppleJack?
  2166.  
  2167. >>
  2168. OP 05/26/13(Sun)17:51 No.10874774
  2169. Replies: >>10874799
  2170.  
  2171.     >>10874641 (You)
  2172.     You reach out for the switch.
  2173.  
  2174.     PAIN
  2175.  
  2176.     THE PAIN
  2177.  
  2178.     "You lie to yourself!" Sombra howls. "Weak! Coward! This is what you want to believe! Face the truth, or else be destroyed by it!"
  2179.  
  2180.     The dream shatters into fragments like jagged glass, reassembling around you.
  2181.  
  2182.     You're not in the test chamber.
  2183.  
  2184.     You're on the observation deck, next to Celestia.
  2185.  
  2186.     You were afraid you were wrong, but you were afraid to *be* wrong.
  2187.  
  2188.     You asked Sandy to take your place.
  2189.  
  2190.     You gave her a peck on the cheek. For luck.
  2191.  
  2192.     She's down there now, wearing the suit, next to the switch.
  2193.  
  2194.     Celestia is seated beside you. Except when you see her from the corner of your eye, all you see are greasy black strands woven together in the shape of the princess.
  2195.  
  2196.     "You take a great leap forward for pony-kind today, Doctor," says Celestia, her words dripping with honey. "Please, ask your assistant to throw the switch. Begin the demonstration."
  2197.  
  2198.     >Kill Sandy, Neighly, Sucros, Bunsen, Granny Smith, Big Macintosh, Angel Bunny, Lotus Blossom, Lucky, Luna Caramel, Time Turner, Red Dawn, the old, the young, soldiers, civilians, civilizations, worlds
  2199.     >Die
  2200.  
  2201. >>
  2202. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)17:52 No.10874799
  2203.  
  2204.     >>10874774 (You)
  2205.     FUCK YOU, MAN, FUCK YOU.
  2206.  
  2207.     1.
  2208.  
  2209. >>
  2210. OP 05/26/13(Sun)18:00 No.10874943
  2211.  
  2212.     You lean over to the P.A. system. "Sandy, flip the switch."
  2213.  
  2214.     "Roger that, sir!" she says. She reaches over and flips the switch beside her. There's a rumble as the test chamber comes alive.
  2215.  
  2216.     The five electronic elements around the edges of the room light up. Power builds in their capacitors. "Power charging, thirty percent." Neighly reports from his control console. "Forty, fifty."
  2217.  
  2218.     "You have done everything I asked of you," Celestia says, her voice mouldering in your ears into a death rattle. "You have never failed me. You are my most faithful student."
  2219.  
  2220.     "Eighty, ninety," says Neighly. "Brace for trans-dimensional breaching."
  2221.  
  2222.     The five elements fire on the central pillar, their beams of desaturated colour mixing into a faint rainbow. From this sphere, a portal begins to open. Beyond you see stars, galaxies, all creation. The cosmos unfolds before your eyes.
  2223.  
  2224.     Celestia rises into the air. "It's beautiful..."
  2225.  
  2226.     The mirrored glass of the observation deck cracks and blows outward as the princess flies into the test chamber. You're screaming to her that it's not ready, but she's ignoring you. Sandy, below, is transfixed. You try to tell her to switch off the power, but she ignores you too. Everyone, even Neighly, is mesmerized.
  2227.  
  2228.     Then when Celestia gets too close, the portal changes.
  2229.  
  2230.     Black threads emerge. The space beyond goes from limitless cosmos to an inky black void. They grapple the terrified princess, pulling her in.
  2231.  
  2232.     From there, events spiral out of control. You ran. They all ran. The walls exploded as long-buried dead clawed their way into the facility. Every entryway swarmed with rising corpses. Your test subject level came alive, devouring everything in their path. The "special unit" of guardsmen started the lockdown protocol and killed everything that moved.
  2233.  
  2234.     They all died. Everyone except you.
  2235.  
  2236.     You ran, and you hit the glass. And you broke through.
  2237.  
  2238.     And you're out of the mirror, gasping for air in a grotto deep underwater.
  2239.  
  2240.     >[CONTINUE]
  2241.  
  2242. >>
  2243. OP 05/26/13(Sun)18:03 No.10875001
  2244. Replies: >>10875012 >>10875055
  2245.  
  2246.     Your horn comes to life with red light, illuminating the chamber. "Very... revealing," Sombra whispers. "How much of that did you keep locked up inside? You are a more interesting host than I could have imagined."
  2247.  
  2248.     You gasp and wheeze for breath, looking around the dimly-lit grotto. At first you see nothing, but as your eyes adjust to spot a still heap in the shadows.
  2249.  
  2250.     It's Rarity! But she's not moving.
  2251.  
  2252.     >CPR!
  2253.     >We. Came. All. This. Way. For. Her. Let. Me. Help.
  2254.  
  2255. >>
  2256. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:04 No.10875012
  2257. Replies: >>10875064 >>10875065
  2258.  
  2259.     >>10875001 (You)
  2260.     Oh shit. I'm not voting.
  2261.     2.
  2262.  
  2263. >>
  2264. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:04 No.10875013
  2265.  
  2266.     Fuck, these memories are giving me feels
  2267.  
  2268. >>
  2269. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:05 No.10875048
  2270.  
  2271.     1, we don't want sombre to get his way just yet
  2272.  
  2273. >>
  2274. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:06 No.10875055
  2275.  
  2276.     >>10875001 (You)
  2277.     1
  2278.  
  2279. >>
  2280. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:06 No.10875064
  2281.  
  2282.     >>10875012
  2283.     >your not voting.
  2284.     >vote 2
  2285.  
  2286. >>
  2287. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:06 No.10875065
  2288. Replies: >>10875083
  2289.  
  2290.     >>10875012
  2291.     He said he's not voting! Option 1 option 1
  2292.  
  2293. >>
  2294. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:07 No.10875083
  2295.  
  2296.     >>10875065
  2297.     Inb4 CPR doesn't work/
  2298.  
  2299. >>
  2300. OP 05/26/13(Sun)18:08 No.10875118
  2301. Replies: >>10875134
  2302.  
  2303.     You close your eyes and let Sombra take control. If he has a plan for saving Rarity, now's the time.
  2304.  
  2305.     Sombra opens them, and the world takes on his purple-green filter. He lunges to Rarity's side and rolls the unconscious pony on to her back. His horn pulses with shadowy energy that rolls down into your body and your lungs. A smoky breath takes root in you, and just when you think you might break down in a coughing fit he exhales it into Rarity's mouth.
  2306.  
  2307.     She starts to choke and cough, sputtering water. When her eyes open, you see the same greenish haze, but she quickly blinks it out. "Sunny!" she shouts, but when she sees your face with Sombra behind it she recoils.
  2308.  
  2309.     "Have. No. Fear." Sombra says through you. "Your. Life. Is. Spared."
  2310.  
  2311.     Rarity pushes back hard against your chest and sends you rolling along the grotto. "I'm warning you, Sombra! Don't get any clever ideas!"
  2312.  
  2313.     "Some. Gratitude." He growls out. "But. Impressed. You. Escaped. Mirror. When. Few. Do."
  2314.  
  2315.     "I should have known this was some trick of yours," she growls, taking on an aggressive stance. "What have you done to Sunny and the others?"
  2316.  
  2317.     >[Let Sombra try and explain]
  2318.     >[Reassert control]
  2319.  
  2320. >>
  2321. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:09 No.10875134
  2322.  
  2323.     >>10875118 (You)
  2324.     2
  2325.  
  2326. >>
  2327. OP 05/26/13(Sun)18:13 No.10875201
  2328. Replies: >>10875228 >>10875262 >>10875317
  2329.  
  2330.     You effortlessly retake control, which Sombra relinquishes without incident. "Sorry," you say, now yourself again. "Sombra said he could help. I wasn't sure how long you'd been unconscious down here."
  2331.  
  2332.     Rarity is wary at first, but relents. "Well... so long as you're still in control, I suppose I can forgive the rude awakening. I must say I'm a little disappointed you didn't try mouth to mouth, though." She smiles. Clearly Rarity's holding up.
  2333.  
  2334.     "Normally I'd be curious how you found me, but for the moment I'd much rather be gone from here. Shall we return to the surface?"
  2335.  
  2336.     >Yes. Lets
  2337.     >What did you see in the mirror?
  2338.     >Did you find anything down here
  2339.     >Ask. About. Mouth. To. Mouth
  2340.  
  2341. >>
  2342. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:14 No.10875228
  2343.  
  2344.     >>10875201 (You)
  2345.     2
  2346.  
  2347. >>
  2348. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:15 No.10875262
  2349. Replies: >>10875322
  2350.  
  2351.     >>10875201 (You)
  2352.     >chance for mouth to mouth with best pony
  2353.     >let Sombra do it
  2354.     Son of a bitch
  2355.  
  2356. >>
  2357. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:18 No.10875317
  2358.  
  2359.     >>10875201 (You)
  2360.     3
  2361.  
  2362. >>
  2363. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:18 No.10875322
  2364. Replies: >>10875399 >>10875409
  2365.  
  2366.     >>10875262
  2367.     Well we were talking about showing Sombra we appreciate his co-operation.
  2368.  
  2369.     And we know he likes Rarity.
  2370.  
  2371.     Is this the start of a Rom Com where two stallions sharing the same body date two different mares?
  2372.  
  2373.     No.
  2374.  
  2375. >>
  2376. OP 05/26/13(Sun)18:19 No.10875337
  2377. Replies: >>10875361 >>10875382
  2378.  
  2379.     "While I was in there," you begin, glancing down into the inky black water. "I saw... my worst fear, and my greatest shame. What did you see?"
  2380.  
  2381.     Rarity's poise cracks somewhat as she looks away. "Please, Sunny... don't ask me that." She scrapes a hoof on the ground. "It's not anything you can help with. I wish you could, but..." she looks back to you. "We have so many responsibilities already. I can't expect any more from you."
  2382.  
  2383.     >I'm sorry I can't be more for you
  2384.     >If you're sure you can handle it, we should get going
  2385.     >Whatever it is, you overcame it to escape the mirror
  2386.  
  2387. >>
  2388. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:20 No.10875361
  2389.  
  2390.     >>10875337 (You)
  2391.     3
  2392.  
  2393. >>
  2394. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:21 No.10875382
  2395.  
  2396.     >>10875337 (You)
  2397.     1
  2398.  
  2399. >>
  2400. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:21 No.10875399
  2401.  
  2402.     >>10875322
  2403.     Staring Hugh Grant.
  2404.  
  2405.     I'd watch it.
  2406.  
  2407. >>
  2408. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:22 No.10875409
  2409. Replies: >>10875712
  2410.  
  2411.     >>10875322
  2412.     I'm throwing money at the screen but nothing's happening!
  2413.  
  2414. >>
  2415. OP 05/26/13(Sun)18:27 No.10875509
  2416. Replies: >>10875543
  2417.  
  2418.     "Whatever your fears, you overcame them." You pat her gently on the back with your hoof. "That's what the mirror tried to destroy you with, but you faced them down. You can take solace from that."
  2419.  
  2420.     This seems to strengthen Rarity's resolve. "You're right, Sunny. I can't let my fears hold me back. I need to be strong, for my sister and my friends. Come, let's leave this dreadful place and save the day, shall we?"
  2421.  
  2422.     She gracefully dives back into the water, and so do you. In the darkness below you see the mirror, malevolently humming where it lies lodged in rock, but the two of you pay it no mind and swim past. It has no hold on you now.
  2423.  
  2424.     When you breach the surface and take a lungful of air you hear the relieved cheering of the other Elements. Pinkie jumps in and hugs Rarity, an awkward feat but one she manages nonetheless. Twilight and Fluttershy pull the two of them up, and then you when you reach the edge.
  2425.  
  2426.     "You were down there a long time," says Twilight, visibly relieved. "We started to suspect the worst."
  2427.  
  2428.     "Nothing to worry about, dear," says Rarity, smiling. "Only a temporary setback. No way out down there, I'm afraid. Have any of you had more success?"
  2429.  
  2430.     "Nope!" exclaims Pinkie, excitedly. "That means Applejack or Rainbow Dash must be doing better!"
  2431.  
  2432.     "Well then, why don't we go see for ourselves?"
  2433.  
  2434.     Your group returns to the crossroads and looks at the remaining unexplored tunnel. "We should really consider looking for Rainbow Dash, too," says Twilight, nervously. "I hope she didn't go down one of the tunnels we've already checked. I hate backtracking."
  2435.  
  2436.     >Look for Rainbow Dash
  2437.     >Go through top tunnel toward Applejack
  2438.  
  2439. >>
  2440. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:29 No.10875543
  2441.  
  2442.     >>10875509 (You)
  2443.     >Look for Rainbow Dash
  2444.     We did sort of crush her. It's only fair to have a look.
  2445.  
  2446. >>
  2447. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:36 No.10875661
  2448.  
  2449.     >>10873929 (You)
  2450.     You cannot salvage a situation like that
  2451.  
  2452. >>
  2453. OP 05/26/13(Sun)18:36 No.10875673
  2454. Replies: >>10875694 >>10875729
  2455.  
  2456.     "Let's fan out and look for Rainbow Dash," you say.
  2457.  
  2458.     "No point," grumbles a voice from off in the darkness. Applejack steps into your red light. "She's gone and run off, left us all behind."
  2459.  
  2460.     "Applejack!" Twilight exclaims. "Are you okay?"
  2461.  
  2462.     "Fine," she grunts. "T'weren't nothin' down my tunnel, so I came back and had a proper look around. Try glancin' out the bars'a that door."
  2463.  
  2464.     The rest of you crowd around the locked cell door and peer through the bars. On the other side, you see two dead crystal pony soldiers and a bloody trail leading up the stairs and away. You see feathers mixed in with the blood. It's hard to tell in the red light, but you think they might be blue.
  2465.  
  2466.     "M-maybe she went to get help?" whispers Fluttershy.
  2467.  
  2468.     "From who?!" Applejack snaps. "That no-good, low-down varmint filth ditched us!"
  2469.  
  2470.     "How did she even get past the door?" says Twilight, mystified.
  2471.  
  2472.     "These guards are no true soldiers," Sombra mutters. "Not difficult to fool."
  2473.  
  2474.     >If she got out this way, maybe we can too
  2475.     >Are you sure your tunnel was empty, Applejack?
  2476.     >Does anyone else have any ideas?
  2477.  
  2478. >>
  2479. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:37 No.10875694
  2480.  
  2481.     >>10875673 (You)
  2482.     3
  2483.  
  2484. >>
  2485. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:38 No.10875712
  2486.  
  2487.     >>10875409
  2488.     I'm having difficulty coming up with a name for our pon-rom-com.
  2489.  
  2490.     so far I ony have Pony Actually.
  2491.  
  2492. >>
  2493. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:39 No.10875729
  2494.  
  2495.     >>10875673 (You)
  2496.     1
  2497.  
  2498. >>
  2499. OP 05/26/13(Sun)18:41 No.10875788
  2500. Replies: >>10875801
  2501.  
  2502.     "Well, I'm out of ideas," you admit. "Anyone else?"
  2503.  
  2504.     There's silence as the Elements of harmony look at each other and shrug. You sigh. "Well... feel free to speak up if you think of anything."
  2505.  
  2506.     "Dash'll come back for us," Fluttershy murmurs, barely audible.
  2507.  
  2508.     "What with the pegasus?" Asks Applejack as she looks at Twi's prisoner.
  2509.  
  2510.     "I was going to ask the same thing, actually," adds Rarity.
  2511.  
  2512.     As Twilight tells them his story, you tune them out and settle in for a think. "I could always try scouring his mind," offers Sombra. "But that is child's play. You have found your companions. If it is time to escape... I can sense a crystal nearby."
  2513.  
  2514.     >Tell me about this crystal
  2515.     >Scour his mind, huh?
  2516.     >Nope. We're sitting tight for the minute.
  2517.  
  2518. >>
  2519. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:42 No.10875801
  2520.  
  2521.     >>10875788 (You)
  2522.     2
  2523.  
  2524. >>
  2525. OP 05/26/13(Sun)18:44 No.10875849
  2526. Replies: >>10875875 >>10875900
  2527.  
  2528.     "When you say 'scour his mind'..."
  2529.  
  2530.     "Let me taste his blood. With it, I can dominate his broken mind and draw out his secrets. He is too broken for common interrogation."
  2531.  
  2532.     >Sure, let's give it a shot
  2533.     >On the other hand, what about this crystal?
  2534.     >I'd rather wait and see what we think up on our own
  2535.  
  2536. >>
  2537. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:45 No.10875875
  2538.  
  2539.     >>10875849 (You)
  2540.     3 all of my nope
  2541.  
  2542. >>
  2543. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:47 No.10875900
  2544.  
  2545.     >>10875849 (You)
  2546.     1
  2547.  
  2548. >>
  2549. OP 05/26/13(Sun)18:53 No.10876009
  2550. Replies: >>10876049 >>10876053
  2551.  
  2552.     "No," you say. "We don't need that sort of... help. Give us time. We'll come up with an answer on our own."
  2553.  
  2554.     Sombra growls restively. "Fine! But you fritter away what little time you have left. How soon is dawn, do you wonder?"
  2555.  
  2556.     You ignore him and take a few moments to rest. The others are talking, whispering, hoping, cursing. You let time pass. Your companions, while desperate, are too drained to act, and soon they too fall silent.
  2557.  
  2558.     Your ear twitches as you hear something new. Hooves approaching, from the other side of the door.
  2559.  
  2560.     "Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy whispers, hopefully.
  2561.  
  2562.     A robed figure appears at the door.
  2563.  
  2564.     "No," mutters Trixie. "Only Trixie the Traitor..."
  2565.  
  2566.     Applejack throws herself at the barred door, smashing into it. "Ah'll kill ya!" she howls, slamming her hooves into it. "Y'all murdered us, ya murdered mah family, ya've destroyed everythin'!"
  2567.  
  2568.     "Back off, Applejack," Twilight growls, shouldering her out of the way. "What do you want, Trixie? Here to gloat you finally got to beat me?"
  2569.  
  2570.     Trixie shakes her head. "They promised you would be spared. That we would all be spared, if you but laid down your arms."
  2571.  
  2572.     "And you believed them?" says Rarity, an eyebrow arched. "Oh dear. And we used to think you were so clever."
  2573.  
  2574.     Trixie looks toward her hooves, where the blood of the crystal pony guards soak in. "This is my fault. I know I can't be forgiven for what I did, but... I want to help."
  2575.  
  2576.     >She's our only hope.
  2577.     >I don't like working with traitors and cowards
  2578.     >We have another way out
  2579.     >Let. Me. Taste. Her. Blood.
  2580.  
  2581. >>
  2582. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:54 No.10876049
  2583.  
  2584.     >>10876009 (You)
  2585.     1 She can help.
  2586.  
  2587. >>
  2588. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)18:55 No.10876053
  2589.  
  2590.     >>10876009 (You)
  2591.     4
  2592.  
  2593. >>
  2594. OP 05/26/13(Sun)19:04 No.10876249
  2595. Replies: >>10876279 >>10876286 >>10876297 >>10876671 >>10876673
  2596.  
  2597.     "Unless you girls know a way out," you say, "we might want to listen to her."
  2598.  
  2599.     Trixie gives a weak smile. "Thank you. They spared me for my cooperation, but I know not how long their patience will last. With my illusions, however, I was able to... acquire the key to your cell. Stand back."
  2600.  
  2601.     There's a rustling in her robe and the door opens. "There, now you-"
  2602.  
  2603.     Applejack rockets out of the cell and slams Trixie into the wall. A vicious cross-kick to the face draws blood. "Y'think y'can wash the blood offa yer hooves that easy?' she says, while Trixie coughs up blood on the ground. "Ah oughta snap yer neck."
  2604.  
  2605.     Twilight reaches down for the discarded keyring. Calmly and cooly she picks them up and unlocks the restraint on her horn. Immediately, it lights up with purple fire. "Allow me."
  2606.  
  2607.     Trixie tries to say something, but a purple bolt grips her by the throat and holds her aloft.
  2608.  
  2609.     "Stop it!" Fluttershy screams. "You're hurting her!"
  2610.  
  2611.     "That's the idea," Twilight replies. "You went too far this time, Trixie. You endangered all of Equestria, and you turned Cadance against me. I can't let that happen again."
  2612.  
  2613.     Rarity, looking worried, comes up beside Twilight "I-think you're taking this whole thing a little too far, dear," she stammers. "I understand your feeling, but-"
  2614.  
  2615.     "Rarity, shut up," says Applejack. "T'ain't the time."
  2616.  
  2617.     >Look at yourselves! At what you're doing!
  2618.     >This has to be done
  2619.     >[Hit Twilight]
  2620.     >Allow. Me.
  2621.     >...
  2622.  
  2623. >>
  2624. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:05 No.10876279
  2625. Replies: >>10876373
  2626.  
  2627.     >>10876249 (You)
  2628.     >[Hit Twilight]
  2629.  
  2630. >>
  2631. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:06 No.10876285
  2632.  
  2633.     roleplaying faggots
  2634.  
  2635. >>
  2636. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:06 No.10876286
  2637. Replies: >>10876373
  2638.  
  2639.     >>10876249 (You)
  2640.     >Look at yourselves! At what you're doing!
  2641.  
  2642. >>
  2643. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:06 No.10876297
  2644.  
  2645.     >>10876249 (You)
  2646.     Break this up, Mortimer.
  2647.  
  2648. >>
  2649. OP 05/26/13(Sun)19:07 No.10876304
  2650. Replies: >>10876353
  2651.  
  2652.     Shit, forgot, this is one of the MAJOR DECISIONS
  2653.     10 minutes discussion (starting now)
  2654.     4 minutes voting (not counting votes already)
  2655.     Whoops!
  2656.  
  2657. >>
  2658. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:09 No.10876353
  2659. Replies: >>10876386
  2660.  
  2661.     >>10876304 (You)
  2662.     Is Allow.Me going to let Sombra break this up, or just join in on the torturing.
  2663.  
  2664. >>
  2665. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:10 No.10876373
  2666.  
  2667.     >>10876279
  2668.     >>10876286
  2669.  
  2670.     With this guys. 3, then 1 if needed.
  2671.  
  2672. >>
  2673. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:10 No.10876386
  2674.  
  2675.     >>10876353
  2676.     We don't know. It's Sombra.
  2677.  
  2678. >>
  2679. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:11 No.10876394
  2680.  
  2681.     I vote hit twilight
  2682.  
  2683. >>
  2684. OP 05/26/13(Sun)19:11 No.10876406
  2685. Replies: >>10876439
  2686.  
  2687.     Get in on the action
  2688.  
  2689. >>
  2690. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:12 No.10876416
  2691.  
  2692.     sombra is cool
  2693.     he stops we gain trixie
  2694.     he kills her seth cries win win
  2695.  
  2696. >>
  2697. OP 05/26/13(Sun)19:12 No.10876439
  2698.  
  2699.     >>10876406 (You)
  2700.     I mean to say that that's what it means if Sombra is given power
  2701.  
  2702. >>
  2703. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:13 No.10876445
  2704. Replies: >>10876468 >>10876499
  2705.  
  2706.     Frankly I think it pretty much has to be 3. Hitting Twilight, though satisfying, will not help us in the long run. If they kill Trixie, we can't use her illusions to help us escape, but we've also been trying (roughly) to keep the elements together and as innocent as possible. Great job with Rainbow Dash by the way guys, Great job.
  2707.  
  2708. >>
  2709. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:14 No.10876468
  2710. Replies: >>10876499
  2711. File: 1369610042076.gif-(772 KB, 758x540, Bucking.gif)
  2712. 772 KB
  2713.  
  2714.     >>10876445
  2715.     >mfw 3 isn't even next to 1.
  2716.  
  2717. >>
  2718. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:14 No.10876499
  2719. Replies: >>10876523
  2720.  
  2721.     >>10876445
  2722.     >>10876468
  2723.  
  2724.     But what if the words don't snap her out of it.
  2725.  
  2726. >>
  2727. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:16 No.10876523
  2728. Replies: >>10876545
  2729.  
  2730.     >>10876499
  2731.     Well then we can get physical. But the point is we shouldn't rush into getting violent with people much more powerful than us.
  2732.  
  2733. >>
  2734. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:16 No.10876527
  2735.  
  2736.     5
  2737.     silence
  2738.  
  2739. >>
  2740. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:17 No.10876545
  2741.  
  2742.     >>10876523
  2743.     Alright, fuck it, I'll vote 1 with you.
  2744.  
  2745. >>
  2746. OP 05/26/13(Sun)19:18 No.10876574
  2747. Replies: >>10876601
  2748.  
  2749.     Aaaand discussion's over. Now vote! 4 mins.
  2750.  
  2751. >>
  2752. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:19 No.10876601
  2753. Replies: >>10876634
  2754.  
  2755.     >>10876574 (You)
  2756.     Paranoid Anon voting 1.
  2757.  
  2758. >>
  2759. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:20 No.10876626
  2760.  
  2761.     voting 4 prove u can hurt peopke and lead with fear
  2762.  
  2763. >>
  2764. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:21 No.10876634
  2765.  
  2766.     >>10876601
  2767.     Supporting paranoid anon with 1. Supplementing 3 if no critical effect.
  2768.  
  2769. >>
  2770. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:22 No.10876650
  2771.  
  2772.     voting 3
  2773.  
  2774. >>
  2775. OP 05/26/13(Sun)19:22 No.10876660
  2776. Replies: >>10876684
  2777.  
  2778.     "Look at what you're doing!" you yell. "Look at yourselves, and tell me what you see!"
  2779.  
  2780.     >[CONTINUE]
  2781.  
  2782. >>
  2783. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:23 No.10876671
  2784.  
  2785.     >>10876249 (You)
  2786.     Fuck her
  2787.     voting 3
  2788.  
  2789. >>
  2790. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:23 No.10876673
  2791.  
  2792.     >>10876249 (You)
  2793.     noo we've had time to be rational about this one, what a shame.
  2794.  
  2795.     1
  2796.  
  2797. >>
  2798. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:23 No.10876684
  2799.  
  2800.     >>10876660 (You)
  2801.     Continue.
  2802.  
  2803. >>
  2804. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:27 No.10876761
  2805. File: 1369610845291.png-(190 KB, 951x841, DiscordLaughing.png)
  2806. 190 KB
  2807.  
  2808.     >mfw the person calling for reason is the one who made a pact with the devil and had a foreign intelligence grafted into his mind.
  2809.  
  2810. >>
  2811. OP 05/26/13(Sun)19:29 No.10876788
  2812. Replies: >>10876839 >>10876843
  2813.  
  2814.     "I'm protecting Equestria." Twilight's voice is terribly level. "Trixie almost had us all killed. Without us, Equestria is destroyed. Everything we sacrificed would be in vain."
  2815.  
  2816.     Applejack, on the other hand, looks shaken. "Ah... my parents didn't raise a murderer. Even if she did wrong, Trixie ain't a threat to nobody anymore. Let'er go, Twi."
  2817.  
  2818.     Trixie hangs there, struggling to breath. Twilight doesn't react.
  2819.  
  2820.     "Twi. Ah said let her go."
  2821.  
  2822.     The group watches in mounting fear as Trixie slowly turns a darker shade of blue.
  2823.  
  2824.     "Twilight Sparkle-"
  2825.  
  2826.     Purple shadows explode outward from her eyes, which turn green. Twilight turns a furious glare upon Applejack and lets Trixie drop to the ground. "I've had enough of your second-guessing!" she roars, Applejack awed. "What I do I do for all Equestria!"
  2827.  
  2828.     "Amazing!" Sombra exclaims. "Would that I were in that body, what I might do..."
  2829.  
  2830.     "Twilight..." Applejack whispers, looking terrified. "What's happened t'ya?"
  2831.  
  2832.     The rolling fire and smoke blows out like a candle in a gale.Twilight takes a jittery step back and tries to blink her eyes clear. "I..." she murmurs. "I don't... I don't know what happened."
  2833.  
  2834.     A wheezing Trixie struggles to her hooves, and turns to the others, then to Twilight. She says nothing. Twilight falls on to her rear and gazes at the ground. "Oh Celestia... I've lost control."
  2835.  
  2836.     >Take it easy, Twilight. You're among friends.
  2837.     >We need to know what's going on up there, Trixie
  2838.     >Let's get away from this place, we can talk about this later
  2839.  
  2840. >>
  2841. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:31 No.10876839
  2842.  
  2843.     >>10876788 (You)
  2844.     >>Take it easy, Twilight. You're among friends.
  2845.  
  2846. >>
  2847. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:31 No.10876843
  2848.  
  2849.     >>10876788 (You)
  2850.     2,1. OR 1,2?
  2851.     DECISIONS.
  2852.  
  2853. >>
  2854. OP 05/26/13(Sun)19:38 No.10876968
  2855. Replies: >>10877002
  2856.  
  2857.     You go to Twilight's side. "It's okay," you say. "Stay calm. Your friends are with you."
  2858.  
  2859.     Twilight curls up. The others approach, cautiously. Even Trixie. Twilight lets out a shuddering gasp. "It's just... it's all fallen on me. Luna's gone. Celestia's gone. Cadance is... gone. If I fail... if WE fail... Equestria will die. Everyone we ever cared about will die."
  2860.  
  2861.     You stay huddled close for a moment, until Trixie finally speaks. "It's not... so desperate as all that. The rebels... the other cells, when they heard Rebel Yell would be executed, they rose up. The population rises with them. There's battle in the streets. Trixie knows not if Cadance's reign shall last the day."
  2862.  
  2863.     Applejack shoots upright. "Are ya serious? Complete and true, no foolin' this time?"
  2864.  
  2865.     "Yes," she wheezes. "The revolution has come to the Crystal Empire."
  2866.  
  2867.     "This is bad," whispers Rarity.
  2868.  
  2869.     "Bad?" says Applejack, confused. "It's our chance t'save the empire!"
  2870.  
  2871.     "Have you gotten so wound up in politics you've forgotten what we were running from?" Rarity snaps. "Uncontrolled bloodshed in the streets? What do you think will happen to all those bodies? Or to the shield, if Cadance and Shining Armor are lynched by an angry mob?"
  2872.  
  2873.     Twilight sits up again. "Cadance! Shining Armor! I have to find them!"
  2874.  
  2875.     >Our first priority is getting the other prisoners freed
  2876.     >We can help with the revolution
  2877.     >This is our chance to find Cadance and figure out just what's going on
  2878.     >...
  2879.  
  2880. >>
  2881. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:40 No.10877002
  2882.  
  2883.     >>10876968 (You)
  2884.     >Our first priority is getting the other prisoners freed
  2885.  
  2886. >>
  2887. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:41 No.10877032
  2888.  
  2889.     2
  2890.     zambies are dumber than ponies
  2891.  
  2892. >>
  2893. OP 05/26/13(Sun)19:45 No.10877110
  2894. Replies: >>10877167 >>10877173
  2895.  
  2896.     "We need to find the other prisoners and get them to safety," you urge. "The city isn't a safe hiding place anymore."
  2897.  
  2898.     "We need a plan," says Rarity. "Do you have one, by any chance?"
  2899.  
  2900.     You think for a moment. Perhaps you do. "Trixie, what did they do with our train?"
  2901.  
  2902.     "There's a station at the palace. It's there, under guard... although the guards have likely fled to deal with the uprising."
  2903.  
  2904.     "We need to spring our people and take control of the train. That way, if things go wrong we can get them out alive."
  2905.  
  2906.     "Ah don't wanna run," Applejack insists. "The Crystal Empire's got everythin' we need. With the right ponies in charge, it's much safer'n anythin' else we could find out there."
  2907.  
  2908.     "And I can't leave my brother behind... or leave before finding out what happened to Cadance."
  2909.  
  2910.     >We can split up and achieve all our goals at once
  2911.     >It's too risky, we should focus on escape
  2912.     >What do the rest of you think? We should make a group decision
  2913.  
  2914. >>
  2915. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:48 No.10877167
  2916.  
  2917.     >>10877110 (You)
  2918.     3
  2919.  
  2920. >>
  2921. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:49 No.10877173
  2922.  
  2923.     >>10877110 (You)
  2924.     1?
  2925.  
  2926. >>
  2927. OP 05/26/13(Sun)19:56 No.10877312
  2928. Replies: >>10877331 >>10877332
  2929.  
  2930.     "Everyone deserves a chance to share their opinion on this one."
  2931.  
  2932.     "Well," says Trixie. "I think-"
  2933.  
  2934.     "Except you," Applejack grunts.
  2935.  
  2936.     "I-I just want everyone to be safe," Fluttershy murmurs. "But... I'd also like to stop running. And I want to hear Cadance tell the truth too..."
  2937.  
  2938.     "It seems really simple to me!" exclaims Pinkie. "Capture Cadance and Shining, revolution wins and you can talk to them and find out what's going on! If the revolution wins then everyone'll be safe and everything'll be fine!"
  2939.  
  2940.     "A tad simplistic, darling," says Rarity. "But not entirely without merit. Applejack, Twilight, Sunny, if the three of you confronted Cadance and Shining Armor, the rest of us could free the other survivors and get them to the train."
  2941.  
  2942.     "But..." Fluttershy begins, looking uncomfortable. "Who'll find Rainbow Dash?"
  2943.  
  2944.     Everyone looks away, ashamed to admit they'd forgotten. "She knows where t'find us," Applejack mutters, darkly.
  2945.  
  2946.     "Their plan is strategically sound," muses Sombra. "You must be prepared to kill to achieve it, however."
  2947.  
  2948.     >It's a plan
  2949.     >Fluttershy, you should go after Rainbow Dash
  2950.     >I'd rather go with the prison-break team...
  2951.  
  2952. >>
  2953. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:57 No.10877331
  2954.  
  2955.     >>10877312 (You)
  2956.     1.
  2957.  
  2958. >>
  2959. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)19:57 No.10877332
  2960.  
  2961.     >>10877312 (You)
  2962.     2
  2963.  
  2964. >>
  2965. OP 05/26/13(Sun)20:02 No.10877446
  2966. Replies: >>10877473
  2967.  
  2968.     "It's not perfect, but it's the best plan we've got," you declare. The others nod. "Trixie, which way do we go to get out of here?"
  2969.  
  2970.     "Just up the stairs," she says. "Be warned, the palace is full of pegasus guards. They will fight to the death."
  2971.  
  2972.     Applejack picks up a spear from one of the dead guards. "Good. Ah could use a chance t'vent some steam."
  2973.  
  2974.     Your group mounts the stairs. Two guards at the top of the landing turn, shocked to see you, but Twilight lets off two stunning blasts that knock them flying. "The other prisons are this way," says Trixie. "The rest of you are on your own."
  2975.  
  2976.     "Good luck, dears," says Rarity, as she leads Fluttershy and Pinkie after Trixie. "See you at the station!"
  2977.  
  2978.     You, Applejack and Twilight hunker down by the door to the outside. "Don't know what's waitin' fer us," Applejack warns.
  2979.  
  2980.     "I don't know if I trust myself anymore," adds Twilight. "But this is our only choice."
  2981.  
  2982.     The two girls nod at you and you throw open the postern gate.
  2983.  
  2984.     You are greeted by a city at war.
  2985.  
  2986.     >[CONTINUE]
  2987.  
  2988. >>
  2989. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:03 No.10877473
  2990.  
  2991.     >>10877446 (You)
  2992.     >[CONTINUE]
  2993.  
  2994. >>
  2995. OP 05/26/13(Sun)20:05 No.10877531
  2996. Replies: >>10877595 >>10877627 >>10877649 >>10877810 >>10877936
  2997.  
  2998.     You a scaffold has been arranged before the fortress gates, with barricades in front of it manned by crystal pony soldiers. They battle with an angry, armed mob entrenched in the city all around. Arrows, rocks, bolts of magic, even hurled bombs fly back and forth.
  2999.  
  3000.     You see commander Spearpoint standing on the scaffold, Fancy Pants AKA Rebel Yell to one side. Spearpoint is trying to say something above the din of the mob, but nothing gets through.
  3001.  
  3002.     "This is our chance!" Applejack yells. "Let's take 'im out and loose Rebel Yell!"
  3003.  
  3004.     "No!" hisses Twilight. "We need to find Cadance and Shining! Fancy Pants is just an opportunist."
  3005.  
  3006.     MAJOR DECISION TIME
  3007.     >Let's free him!
  3008.     >We need to keep moving
  3009.     Ten minutes discussion, four minutes voting
  3010.  
  3011. >>
  3012. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:08 No.10877595
  3013. Replies: >>10877649
  3014.  
  3015.     >>10877531 (You)
  3016.     Isn't Spearpoint a decent pone?
  3017.  
  3018. >>
  3019. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:10 No.10877627
  3020. Replies: >>10877649 >>10877663
  3021.  
  3022.     >>10877531 (You)
  3023.     Can I ask in what manner is Fancy there? Is he all tied up, at spearpoint, or just standing there?
  3024.  
  3025. >>
  3026. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:11 No.10877649
  3027. Replies: >>10877698 >>10877722
  3028.  
  3029.     >>10877531 (You)
  3030.     ... Fancy Pants knows a lot. But frankly too much in my opinion.
  3031.  
  3032.     Maybe we should just keep moving and let things take their course.
  3033.  
  3034.     >>10877595
  3035.     >>10877627
  3036.     Okay yeah. OP you know I love you, but this is the first part that i've really not been sure what's going on.
  3037.  
  3038. >>
  3039. OP 05/26/13(Sun)20:11 No.10877663
  3040.  
  3041.     >>10877627
  3042.     To clarify, he's just standing there tied up. At the moment there's nowhere to run to with the commander right next to him.
  3043.  
  3044. >>
  3045. OP 05/26/13(Sun)20:14 No.10877698
  3046. Replies: >>10877761
  3047.  
  3048.     >>10877649
  3049.     Is there anything in particular confusing you?
  3050.  
  3051. >>
  3052. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:15 No.10877722
  3053. Replies: >>10877761
  3054.  
  3055.     >>10877649
  3056.     Thing is, maybe Fancy Pants can lead the rebellion before they get beat down by the guards for not having a leader or direction.
  3057.  
  3058.     But Spearpoint is one of the pones who still seems to have his head about him, and I find it hard to believe he would do anything that might kill Fancy.
  3059.  
  3060. >>
  3061. OP 05/26/13(Sun)20:16 No.10877755
  3062.  
  3063.     And now, the voting. Just four minutes!
  3064.  
  3065. >>
  3066. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:16 No.10877761
  3067.  
  3068.     >>10877698 (You)
  3069.     It's not entirely clear who has the upper hand between Spearpoint and Fancy.
  3070.  
  3071.     It could have been the mob about to lynch Spearpoint, or Spearpoint trying to use Fancy as leverage to make the rebels give up and go home.
  3072.  
  3073.     >>10877722
  3074.     Hard to say which would be better. I might end up abstaining.
  3075.  
  3076. >>
  3077. OP 05/26/13(Sun)20:17 No.10877787
  3078.  
  3079.     Ah, I see. It's the latter.
  3080.  
  3081. >>
  3082. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:18 No.10877810
  3083.  
  3084.     >>10877531 (You)
  3085.     I gotta agree with Twi, FP seems like an opportunist, and it really isn't worth the effort to save him. However, if our actions could somehow get Spearpoint and his men to stand down, or if we're lucky, get them to help fight the Pegasus guards, that would actually be worth the effort. Seems a waste to just let them butcher each other.
  3086.  
  3087. >>
  3088. OP 05/26/13(Sun)20:22 No.10877912
  3089.  
  3090.     Or the first vote. That works too
  3091.  
  3092. >>
  3093. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:23 No.10877936
  3094. Replies: >>10877988
  3095.  
  3096.     >>10877531 (You)
  3097.     I really can't decide on what might be the best choice, so I'm banking on us being able to talk Spearpoint and his men down peacefully. So gonna vote
  3098.     >Let's free him!
  3099.  
  3100. >>
  3101. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:26 No.10877988
  3102.  
  3103.     >>10877936
  3104.     Yeah, why not. Maybe he'll draw more guards away from Cadance.
  3105.  
  3106. >>
  3107. OP 05/26/13(Sun)20:31 No.10878083
  3108. Replies: >>10878118 >>10878145
  3109.  
  3110.     "We need his help to get this revolution going," you urge. "Come on!"
  3111.  
  3112.     Twilight lets out an exasperated yell as you and Applejack rush the scaffold. Spearpoint doesn't see you coming until Applejack's already sweeping the legs out from under him. "Arrest MY family, will ya?" she snaps, giving him a quick spear-butt to the head. "That'll learn ya."
  3113.  
  3114.     You pull the ropes off of Rebel Yell, who spits out his gag. "Mortimer, excellent timing! I knew I could rely on you."
  3115.  
  3116.     You pull off his horn constrainer and he takes a position at the front of the scaffold. "People of the Crystal Empire!" he bellows well above the noise. "The time has come to tear down your corrupt government! To me, and to freedom!"
  3117.  
  3118.     Several guards turn and realize their prisoner has broken loose. They hurl javelins, but Rebel Yell's horn alights and he swats them from the air. The rebels, revitalized, rush forward heedless of army attacks. Some fall and are trampled, but many more scale the barricades and put the Imperial army to flight.
  3119.  
  3120.     "Leave this to me," declares Rebel Yell, as he pulls dazed Spearpoint toward him. "We have a lot of ground to secure before we can take on the princess in the heart of her power."
  3121.  
  3122.     "We'll be confronting her ourselves, actually," Twilight insists, giving Rebel Yell a suspicious look.
  3123.  
  3124.     He eyes the three of you before nodding. "Very well. We shall cut off her escape routes. Be careful, she is easily the most dangerous opponent you might ever face. For the revolution!"
  3125.  
  3126.     "Yee haw!" Applejack yells, waving her spear in the air. The rebels, now flowing into the palace courtyard, take up the cry as crystal pony soldiers flee before them.
  3127.  
  3128.     "If we're quite finished," Twilight acidly interjects.
  3129.  
  3130.     >[CONTINUE]
  3131.  
  3132. >>
  3133. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:32 No.10878118
  3134.  
  3135.     >>10878083 (You)
  3136.     >[CONTINUE]
  3137.  
  3138. >>
  3139. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:33 No.10878145
  3140. Replies: >>10878210
  3141.  
  3142.     >>10878083 (You)
  3143.     Poor Spearie.
  3144.     Inb4 we fucked up.
  3145.  
  3146. >>
  3147. OP 05/26/13(Sun)20:36 No.10878209
  3148. Replies: >>10878234
  3149.  
  3150.     The three of you rush up the steps to the gate. It's barred, naturally. "This, I can handle," says Twilight, as her unfettered horn glows purple. "Stand back."
  3151.  
  3152.     You do, and lightning arcs from the tip of her horn to the door. It glows brightly under the strain before blowing inward in a mighty explosion. "Come on!" she yells, jumping into the breach.
  3153.  
  3154.     You and AJ follow. Inside, you find a complement of pegasus soldiers. Their lieutenant roars "Bring them down!" and the air fills with javelins. Like Rebel Yell, Twilight charges headlong into them, her magic swatting them from the air.
  3155.  
  3156.     You grab one off the ground as you run toward the soldiers. Applejack is at your side and you hear her give a wordless roar of anger as she thrusts the spear into the first startled guard she encounters.
  3157.  
  3158.     He bursts into green fire, and a changeling - one that was very much alive a moment ago - falls over dead. "Ah knew it!" she yells. "Ah mean, kinda."
  3159.  
  3160.     You bat a spear out of your face and thrust the javelin into another guard. This time, you get blood, and a familiar death-scream as the pegasus dies in front of you. "Interesting," whispers Sombra. "And an admirable kill. You show no hesitation. Have you done this before?"
  3161.  
  3162.     You can't decide if you have, or if you've fought so many dead ones at this point that lives ones make no difference.
  3163.  
  3164.     Twilight is scything through them like a purple fireball, scattering pegasi before her - some die spilling blood, others erupting into Changelings. "Come on!" she howls, terrible in her fury. "The stairs! Hurry!"
  3165.  
  3166.     >[CONTINUE]
  3167.  
  3168. >>
  3169. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:36 No.10878210
  3170.  
  3171.     >>10878145
  3172.     >Inb4 we fucked up.
  3173.     Bit late for that. Mortimer/Sunny fucked up pretty bad before the story even got started.
  3174.  
  3175. >>
  3176. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:37 No.10878234
  3177.  
  3178.     >>10878209 (You)
  3179.     >[CONTINUE]
  3180.  
  3181. >>
  3182. OP 05/26/13(Sun)20:41 No.10878312
  3183. Replies: >>10878340 >>10878358
  3184.  
  3185.     You charge up the stairs. Pegasi guards try to hold their ground before you, but Twilight's magic makes a mockery of their resistance. You've not seen a display from her even when confronted with armies of the dead. You and AJ struggle to keep up.
  3186.  
  3187.     When you reach a landing, Twilight stops to glance out a window. "Sweet Celestia..." she murmurs, and the two of you stop alongside her.
  3188.  
  3189.     The shield above is holding, and through it you can still see the changelings crashing against the barrier, but now the city burns as badly as Canterlot or Ponyville. Riots fill the street, rebels and soldiers battle, common ponies fight for both sides. Bodies are piling up.
  3190.  
  3191.     Applejack gulps. "Even if the rebels win... we might lose the city from the inside."
  3192.  
  3193.     "We have to end this quickly," says Twilight. "The longer this goes on, the worse it will be for us all." She turns to look at a large pair of double doors ahead. "Cadance's throne room is through here."
  3194.  
  3195.     Sombra's whispers reach you again. "Send your mate away. What we do here... she may not wish to see, and she has no protection against the forces at play."
  3196.  
  3197.     >Applejack... go back and check on the others
  3198.     >We're ready. Let's finish this!
  3199.  
  3200. >>
  3201. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:42 No.10878340
  3202.  
  3203.     >>10878312 (You)
  3204.     >Applejack... go back and check on the others
  3205.  
  3206. >>
  3207. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:43 No.10878358
  3208.  
  3209.     >>10878312 (You)
  3210.     >Applejack... go back and check on the others
  3211.  
  3212.     Sombra's advice has been solid so far. Don't want to risk AJ.
  3213.  
  3214. >>
  3215. OP 05/26/13(Sun)20:49 No.10878492
  3216. Replies: >>10878512 >>10878536
  3217.  
  3218.     You pause at the doors and turn back to Applejack. "Applejack, you need to head back and check on the others. This is too dangerous for you."
  3219.  
  3220.     "The hell it is!" she shouts, looking surprised. "What, y'think I'm afraid'a Chrysalis? She's pulled this trick once before and we beat her silly."
  3221.  
  3222.     Twilight seems to catch her breath and nod. "He's right, Applejack. I have my magic, and Mortimer's protected by King Sombra, but if Chrysalis IS in here... she could kill you with a single spell."
  3223.  
  3224.     Applejack rasps in frustration and slams her spear against the ground. "Y'can't mean that! We came all this way t'gether and now you're sendin' me away?"
  3225.  
  3226.     "Please, Applejack," you plead. "Let me do this. Trust me."
  3227.  
  3228.     She looks at you sideways for a moment, weighing your words. "It's been hard, trustin' you at times, Sunny. But..." she sighs. "Ah do. Just come back alive, and not with some crazy new thing stickin' outta yer head."
  3229.  
  3230.     "Promise," you say, relieved. Mentally, you thank Sombra for this forethought.
  3231.  
  3232.     "I serve, as we agreed."
  3233.  
  3234.     Applejack leans forward and gives you a kiss. "For luck," she says, smiling. You feel something cold spin in the pit of your stomach, and then she's gone back down the steps.
  3235.  
  3236.     "That was the right decision," says Twilight, her horn beginning to glow. "I don't fully trust myself at the moment, but Applejack might've done something rash." She turns to the doors. "Now let's finish this."
  3237.  
  3238.     A charged burst flies out of her horn and blows the doors clean off their hinges.
  3239.  
  3240. >>
  3241. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:50 No.10878512
  3242.  
  3243.     >>10878492 (You)
  3244.     >[CONTINUE]
  3245.  
  3246. >>
  3247. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:51 No.10878536
  3248. Replies: >>10878605
  3249.  
  3250.     >>10878492 (You)
  3251.     >"For luck,"
  3252.     We done fucked up
  3253.  
  3254. >>
  3255. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)20:54 No.10878605
  3256.  
  3257.     >>10878536
  3258.     >"For luck,"
  3259.     We done fucked up.
  3260.  
  3261.     Don't say it, don't say it, don't say it. Just focus on what we're going to do to Chrysalis. She has to pay.
  3262.  
  3263. >>
  3264. OP 05/26/13(Sun)20:58 No.10878732
  3265. Replies: >>10878784 >>10878800
  3266.  
  3267.     Inside, you see the throne room. Or, most of it. A large curtain has been arranged in front of the back third, and a new council table installed in the middle of the room. Elder crystal ponies sit at this table, while from vaunted windows the battle below might be observed.
  3268.  
  3269.     At the head of the table sits Cadance. "Twilight," she says, her voice dripping with disappointment. "Why do you bring ruin upon the Empire?"
  3270.  
  3271.     "Give it up, Chrysalis!" shouts Twilight. "We know the truth!"
  3272.  
  3273.     "You do?" says Cadance, with a wry smile, and in a moment she melts away in green fire, revealing the Queen of the Changelings. "You know some, true, but do you know the whole truth? I think not."
  3274.  
  3275.     "The truth is," one of the councillors explains "we invited Chrysalis in. The Princess Cadance became grief-striken after tragedy befell her husband. We feared that without her, the panic and chaos that destroyed Equestria would destroy us as well."
  3276.  
  3277.     Commander Bracken sits at the table and stands to his hooves. "You've seen my soldiers, killed some I expect. We're a real brigade of Equestria's finest, originally dispatched to hunt Changelings, but when all this started? Well, we're not stupid. This is how we've survived."
  3278.  
  3279.     Twilight seems stunned, but something stands out. "Wait, m-my brother! What have you done to Shining Armor?"
  3280.  
  3281.     "Nothing!" says Chrysalis. "WE did nothing. But he's gone, child. No more. His wife has locked herself away to grieve, but she maintains the shield that protects us from my wayward children."
  3282.  
  3283.     Chrysalis takes to the air and lands gently on the carpet before you. "I did tell you if you had only cooperated, I would have spared you, told you everything. This was the truth. You are powerful, little Sparkle. Together we could secure the Empire."
  3284.  
  3285.     "I understand," says Chrysalis. "Come, take a seat at our table. Let us discuss this, like civilized creatures."
  3286.  
  3287.     >No dice, Chrysalis!
  3288.     >What's your offer?
  3289.  
  3290. >>
  3291. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:01 No.10878784
  3292.  
  3293.     >>10878732 (You)
  3294.     2
  3295.  
  3296. >>
  3297. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:01 No.10878800
  3298.  
  3299.     >>10878732 (You)
  3300.     I want to hear the offer so I can throw it in her face.
  3301.  
  3302. >>
  3303. OP 05/26/13(Sun)21:09 No.10878976
  3304. Replies: >>10879019 >>10879119
  3305.  
  3306.     "Okay," you murmur, approaching the council table. "We're listening. What's your offer?"
  3307.  
  3308.     Twilight, still dazed, sits next to you. Chrysalis almost seems surprised to hear you speak. "The famous Mortimer! Or is it Sunny? I have worn many names as well, but not so well as you. My offer's simple. Help us put down this rebellion and clean my streets of filth. We will absolve you and your people. You may stay here, under our protection."
  3309.  
  3310.     "You kill ponies seeking refuge," Twilight murmurs, slowly returning to her senses. "You're a tyrant, a monster."
  3311.  
  3312.     "Both true," says Chrysalis, with a bow. "And in these terrible times, what do we need more than tyrants and monsters? Why do so many fight for me, knowing what I am? Your petty morals mean nothing now, only what we do to survive counts, and Changelings are bred to survive and adapt."
  3313.  
  3314.     "She is fooling you!" Sombra hisses in your ear. "She will use you, then discard you as a threat to her power! It's what I would do in her place!"
  3315.  
  3316.     Chrysalis turns back to you. "Your case in particular interests me. Celestia's chief scientist... you were there at the beginning of the madness! Think what secrets we might unlock in your mind. Perhaps even the means of ending this curse? It is possible. With order, we will have the power and security to resolve this crisis. Save the world... isn't that the job of the Elements of Harmony?"
  3317.  
  3318.     Twilight's eyes search the room, the gears in her head spinning wildly. "I can't trust myself," she whispers. "I don't know what to do! If the princesses are gone... she might be the only one powerful enough to stop this crisis. To save Equestria..."
  3319.  
  3320.     >What guarantees do we have that you'll keep up your end of the bargain?
  3321.     >How much do you know about me?
  3322.     >What would you need from us?
  3323.     >We'll never serve monsters or tyrants
  3324.  
  3325. >>
  3326. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:10 No.10879019
  3327.  
  3328.     >>10878976 (You)
  3329.     2.
  3330.  
  3331. >>
  3332. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:14 No.10879119
  3333.  
  3334.     >>10878976 (You)
  3335.     1. We should pursue 2 but later, 1 is more important.
  3336.  
  3337. >>
  3338. OP 05/26/13(Sun)21:19 No.10879261
  3339. Replies: >>10879304 >>10879321 >>10879323 >>10879381
  3340.  
  3341.     "How do you know so much about me?" you ask.
  3342.  
  3343.     Chrysalis clucks. "Changelings are always watching. My agents are in every plot, every scheme. I knew of your experiment - finishing Starswirl's work? Bold, and reaching, even for her. Celestia grasped for more power than even she could control, and you were her willing implement."
  3344.  
  3345.     Twilight stomps both her front hooves on the table. "Somebody speak sense already and tell me what the buck is going on!"
  3346.  
  3347.     Chrysalis giggles. "Such passion! Very well, Twilight. As a sign of good faith. Celestia has been seeking a protege capable of completing Starswirl's great spell for a thousand years. Even I don't know what it does, but I do know that it held the power of gods and goddesses. When you 'saved' the Crystal Empire - or rather, your pet lizard did - Celestia came to think you had failed your test, and turned to Mortimer to finish the spell instead."
  3348.  
  3349.     She turns back to you. "You developed a machine, one to replicate the Elements of Harmony and complete Starswirl's spell, but in your hubris you didn't even know what it did. Oh, we all have theories, but no one knew. I wonder, did his spell succeed? Is this chaos Starswirl's final gift to the world? Or did you simply fail, and give rise to this all on your own?" She laughs. "And now even you don't remember."
  3350.  
  3351.     "Did Celestia escape the Everfree forest?" says Twilight, desperation in her voice.
  3352.  
  3353.     "A hundred ponies went down into her 'secret base'... one emerged." Chrysalis nods toward you. "Alive. Although... you were not a complete fool. You build an incredible vault underneath the base. one built to withstand years of isolation. Perhaps she has locked herself inside, intent to wait until we all die and the dead rot away?"
  3354.  
  3355.     >What guarantees do we have that you'll keep up your end of the bargain?
  3356.     >What would you need from us?
  3357.     >We'll never serve monsters or tyrants
  3358.     >Sombra, what do you make of all this?
  3359.  
  3360. >>
  3361. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:20 No.10879304
  3362. Replies: >>10879406
  3363.  
  3364.     >>10879261 (You)
  3365.     4.
  3366.  
  3367. >>
  3368. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:21 No.10879321
  3369. Replies: >>10879406
  3370.  
  3371.     >>10879261 (You)
  3372.     Sombro.
  3373.  
  3374. >>
  3375. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:21 No.10879323
  3376.  
  3377.     >>10879261 (You)
  3378.     1
  3379.  
  3380. >>
  3381. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:23 No.10879381
  3382.  
  3383.     >>10879261 (You)
  3384.     1
  3385.  
  3386. >>
  3387. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:24 No.10879406
  3388. Replies: >>10879456
  3389.  
  3390.     >>10879304
  3391.     >>10879321
  3392.     I would have rather heard more before asking for Sombra's input. Maybe he would have had a different, more insightful response
  3393.  
  3394. >>
  3395. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:26 No.10879456
  3396.  
  3397.     >>10879406
  3398.     Unless she's trying to stall us by talking. I'm thinking we kick shit into fight mode.
  3399.  
  3400. >>
  3401. OP 05/26/13(Sun)21:26 No.10879463
  3402. Replies: >>10879500
  3403.  
  3404.     You wonder to Sombra if she's telling the truth.
  3405.  
  3406.     "...Yes, here and there," he concedes. "I know of this spell, and I knew Starswirl... but more than this I do not wish to share."
  3407.  
  3408.     You're surprised by his reticence. "If it's counsel you want, I can offer it. Destroy Chrysalis! Seize her empire for your own! Bow to no one and use your own power to make the empire your safe haven, but above all else do not trust the Changeling. Duplicity is their very flesh."
  3409.  
  3410.     Chrysalis appears to grow impatient. "Time is precious. Speak now, if you would."
  3411.  
  3412.     >What guarantees do we have that you'll keep up your end of the bargain?
  3413.     >What would you need from us?
  3414.     >We'll never serve monsters or tyrants
  3415.  
  3416. >>
  3417. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:28 No.10879500
  3418.  
  3419.     >>10879463 (You)
  3420.     1
  3421.  
  3422. >>
  3423. OP 05/26/13(Sun)21:31 No.10879595
  3424. Replies: >>10879628 >>10879640 >>10879752 >>10879756
  3425.  
  3426.     "How do we know you won't just kill us once you defeat the rebels?"
  3427.  
  3428.     Chrysalis shrugs. "Because you're useful. That's why you're still alive now. You, Mortimer, are the missing link to ending this crisis. You, Twilight, have incredible magic power second only to the departed princesses. Your friends and family are both the price you ask in return for voluntary service and the hostages that keep you from turning on me. Mutually beneficial, you see?"
  3429.  
  3430.     "She will deal fairly with you," urges one of the Crystal councillors. "Please, agree to her terms and end this madness before more need to die!"
  3431.  
  3432.     >Okay, say we accept. What would you need from us?
  3433.     >We'll never serve monsters or tyrants
  3434.  
  3435. >>
  3436. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:32 No.10879628
  3437. Replies: >>10879663
  3438.  
  3439.     >>10879595 (You)
  3440.     2.
  3441.  
  3442. >>
  3443. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:33 No.10879640
  3444.  
  3445.     >>10879595 (You)
  3446.     Option 1
  3447.  
  3448. >>
  3449. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:34 No.10879663
  3450. Replies: >>10879704
  3451.  
  3452.     >>10879628
  3453.     Changing to 1.
  3454.  
  3455. >>
  3456. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:35 No.10879704
  3457. Replies: >>10879746
  3458.  
  3459.     >>10879663
  3460.     Changing to projectile vomiting on Chrysalis
  3461.  
  3462. >>
  3463. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:37 No.10879746
  3464.  
  3465.     >>10879704
  3466.     Changing to never causing Rainbow to lose a wing back when we were looking for Twi.
  3467.  
  3468. >>
  3469. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:37 No.10879752
  3470.  
  3471.     >>10879595 (You)
  3472.     1
  3473.  
  3474. >>
  3475. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:37 No.10879756
  3476.  
  3477.     >>10879595 (You)
  3478.     1
  3479.  
  3480. >>
  3481. OP 05/26/13(Sun)21:40 No.10879812
  3482. Replies: >>10879849 >>10879860 >>10879886 >>10879931
  3483.  
  3484.     "We won't serve monsters or tyrants," you growl, getting to your feet. "Better to die on our hooves. You've killed too many to get away with this, Chrysalis!"
  3485.  
  3486.     "And you haven't?" she says, remaining relaxed. "You killed soldiers in your escape, soldiers sworn to protect the only remaining bastion of order in all the world. But this is justified, in the name of your greater good. The rebels raise armies and lead them to the slaughter - your Red Dawn, if you recall? - but they are absolved for doing it in the name of the greater good. Or Fancy Pants' ambitions."
  3487.  
  3488.     She leans forward, crossing her forehooves on the table. "Are you telling me you haven't had to sacrifice others to survive this long? Have you never killed the innocent? Oh, when you *had no choice*, perhaps. We have no choice now. Do not hold yourself above me. We all do what we must to survive.
  3489.  
  3490.     "Go from here. Kill 'Rebel Yell', scatter his followers. Tell your merry band to kneel before me so that I might spare them. Restore order, and the Crystal Empire will persevere."
  3491.  
  3492.     Twilight is frozen, her mind has stopped. Sombra, in your head, growls.
  3493.  
  3494.     You realize this might be the single most important decision you are ever asked to make. Choose wrongly and you might never leave this room alive. Choose wrongly and you might have to kill people you consider friends. Choose wrongly and the nightmare that has taken Equestria might never end.
  3495.  
  3496.     MAJOR DECISION TIME
  3497.     >Accept the deal
  3498.     >Reject the deal
  3499.     Fifteen minutes discussion, ten minutes vote.
  3500.     We're almost finished the episode
  3501.     I wonder what happens next!
  3502.  
  3503. >>
  3504. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:41 No.10879849
  3505.  
  3506.     >>10879812 (You)
  3507.     Umm.. fuck. Anon, what do?
  3508.  
  3509. >>
  3510. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:41 No.10879860
  3511. Replies: >>10879885 >>10879886
  3512.  
  3513.     >>10879812 (You)
  3514.     Alright, guys, what next. I'm still thinking reject.
  3515.  
  3516. >>
  3517. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:42 No.10879885
  3518.  
  3519.     >>10879860
  3520.     Same, while Sombra's a pretty cool guy, Chrysalis is just a bitch.
  3521.  
  3522. >>
  3523. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:42 No.10879886
  3524. Replies: >>10879946
  3525.  
  3526.     >>10879812 (You)
  3527.     >>10879860
  3528.     Epecially since she "might" spare out friends. Fuck her, we've got this in our hands, and she's trying to snake her way out.
  3529.  
  3530.     No fucking deal.
  3531.  
  3532. >>
  3533. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:44 No.10879916
  3534. Replies: >>10879984
  3535.  
  3536.     I'm still pissed with>>10872691
  3537.     I want Dash back.
  3538.  
  3539. >>
  3540. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:45 No.10879931
  3541. Replies: >>10880084
  3542. File: 1369619101110.jpg-(54 KB, 702x846, 1342645618191.jpg)
  3543. 54 KB
  3544.  
  3545.     >>10879812 (You)
  3546.     Chrysalis has had innocent civilians killed in the streets. We've at least killed only out of necessity. Fuck her, she's full of shit
  3547.  
  3548. >>
  3549. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:45 No.10879940
  3550.  
  3551.     I say reject.
  3552.  
  3553.     Do you really want to live forever?
  3554.  
  3555. >>
  3556. OP 05/26/13(Sun)21:45 No.10879946
  3557.  
  3558.     >>10879886
  3559.     >Epecially since she "might" spare out friends
  3560.     Point of clarification, "that I might spare them" is just a theatric way of saying she'd spare them.
  3561.  
  3562. >>
  3563. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:46 No.10879984
  3564. Replies: >>10880123
  3565. File: 1369619194502.gif-(1.04 MB, 960x540, 240800__UNOPT__safe_rainb(...).gif)
  3566. 1.04 MB
  3567.  
  3568.     >>10879916
  3569.     The story will end with Dash missing and we'll never find out what became of her. Calling it now
  3570.  
  3571. >>
  3572. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:47 No.10880006
  3573. Replies: >>10880089
  3574.  
  3575.     I... actually am inclined to accept the deal. She has the military on her side after all, whereas the rebels only have a militia.
  3576.  
  3577.     But as you all say, and Sombra has pointed out, we can't trust changelings.
  3578.  
  3579.     But then again, Chrysalis has been proven to be more powerful than Celestia in ideal circumstances...
  3580.  
  3581.     Ah to hell with it. If we had a safe place 'survival horror' would lose its meaning, wouldn't it?
  3582.  
  3583. >>
  3584. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:49 No.10880084
  3585.  
  3586.     >>10879931
  3587.     The street killings is really the only thing that bothers me about her actions. Putting up a barrier to keep everyone out? Good call. Arrest anyone on sight who passes the barrier? Fine choice since they could be potentially dangerous/infected. Putting down rebels to keep the peace? Tough calls gotta be made. Killing people in the street? I see absolutely no reason for that.
  3588.  
  3589. >>
  3590. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:49 No.10880089
  3591.  
  3592.     >>10880006
  3593.     Implying she won't paste our ass the minute we do what she asks. If we'e to have super powerful villain on our side, let it be Sombro
  3594.  
  3595. >>
  3596. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:50 No.10880123
  3597. Replies: >>10880175
  3598.  
  3599.     >>10879984
  3600.     >Fallout Equestria.
  3601.  
  3602. >>
  3603. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:52 No.10880175
  3604. Replies: >>10880266
  3605.  
  3606.     >>10880123
  3607.     Yeah? Does that actually happen in FoE? I must be psychic; never read a single word of it. The sheer size of it puts me off from giving it a shot
  3608.  
  3609. >>
  3610. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:54 No.10880266
  3611. Replies: >>10880440
  3612.  
  3613.     >>10880175
  3614.     Yep, you never learn what happens to Dash. All that buildup for NAWTHING.
  3615.  
  3616. >>
  3617. OP 05/26/13(Sun)21:55 No.10880302
  3618. Replies: >>10880317 >>10880358 >>10880373 >>10880385
  3619.  
  3620.     Discussion is finished. On to voting! Ten minutes! (even if the argument is currently quite one-sided, no harm in making it official).
  3621.  
  3622. >>
  3623. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:56 No.10880317
  3624. Replies: >>10880348
  3625.  
  3626.     >>10880302
  3627.     >Reject the deal
  3628.     >Reject the deal
  3629.  
  3630. >>
  3631. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:57 No.10880348
  3632.  
  3633.     >>10880317
  3634.     2nd.
  3635.  
  3636. >>
  3637. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:57 No.10880358
  3638. File: 1369619854876.png-(992 KB, 813x1183, 1351630540012.png)
  3639. 992 KB
  3640.  
  3641.     >>10880302
  3642.     Reject. I don't trust her, no matter how adorable some of her artwork is. I'd sooner trust Sombra than her, and that's saying a lot
  3643.  
  3644. >>
  3645. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:57 No.10880373
  3646. Replies: >>10880469
  3647.  
  3648.     >>10880302
  3649.     Well then Reject Dial. Even more powerful then the impact dial.
  3650.  
  3651. >>
  3652. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)21:58 No.10880385
  3653. Replies: >>10880445
  3654.  
  3655.     >>10880302
  3656.     I'm going to vote accept just because i'm curious and it's unlikely to get chosen if I just abstain again.
  3657.  
  3658. >>
  3659. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:00 No.10880440
  3660.  
  3661.     >>10880266
  3662.     Well I dunno if it was handled badly in FoE, but I think it can be an interesting thing in a survival horror story, which is why I said it. It leaves you unsatisfied, lends strength to the feeling of "lack of control", and leaves it to the reader to wonder what the character's gruesome fate may (or may not have) been
  3663.  
  3664. >>
  3665. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:00 No.10880445
  3666. Replies: >>10880495 >>10880540
  3667.  
  3668.     >>10880385
  3669.     Sometimes, just sometimes, I want to pick all the crappy choices and see how bad we can fuck up.
  3670.  
  3671. >>
  3672. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:00 No.10880464
  3673.  
  3674.     accept, lots of innocent will die otherwise, we aren't the only ones affected here.
  3675.  
  3676. >>
  3677. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:01 No.10880469
  3678. Replies: >>10880503
  3679. File: 1369620065846.jpg-(8 KB, 320x180, luffy angry.jpg)
  3680. 8 KB
  3681.  
  3682.     >>10880373
  3683.     Make a reference again. I dare you.
  3684.  
  3685. >>
  3686. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:02 No.10880495
  3687. Replies: >>10880570
  3688.  
  3689.     >>10880445
  3690.     Me too. Call it morbid curiosity; I know there were a couple clear cut choices that would have got Pinkie and Dash killed. I wonder how different things would be if we made it this far, sans a few element of harmony.
  3691.     I also wonder what would have happened if we had just rushed up to Pinkie when we first found her
  3692.  
  3693. >>
  3694. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:02 No.10880503
  3695.  
  3696.     >>10880469
  3697.     Also reject
  3698.  
  3699. >>
  3700. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:02 No.10880511
  3701. Replies: >>10881464
  3702.  
  3703.     It just hit me, but I feel like I'm playing Spec Ops: The Line. We enter the city, shit is bad, but ponies are alive. However, by the time we're done, everyone will be dead. All we're missing is the white phosphorous scene.
  3704.  
  3705. >>
  3706. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:03 No.10880529
  3707.  
  3708.     I'm afraid of what will happen if we go with Chrysalis. Reject the offer
  3709.  
  3710. >>
  3711. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:03 No.10880540
  3712.  
  3713.     >>10880445
  3714.     I'm pretty sure if we were trying to fuck up all the mane 6 could be dead by now.
  3715.  
  3716. >>
  3717. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:04 No.10880560
  3718. Replies: >>10880579 >>10880590
  3719.  
  3720.     With Twilight already showing signs of cracking, I wonder what would have happened if we let her take Sombra in instead of us? 2spooky4me
  3721.  
  3722. >>
  3723. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:04 No.10880570
  3724. Replies: >>10880662 >>10880690
  3725.  
  3726.     >>10880495
  3727.     Imagine if OP publishes the entire thing as a CYOA with every choice arced out.
  3728.  
  3729.     Holleee fuuuuuck.
  3730.  
  3731. >>
  3732. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:05 No.10880579
  3733.  
  3734.     >>10880560
  3735.     He'd probably have unrivaled control.
  3736.  
  3737. >>
  3738. OP 05/26/13(Sun)22:05 No.10880588
  3739. Replies: >>10880619 >>10880638 >>10880660 >>10880708
  3740.  
  3741.     "No deal, Chrysalis!" you shout, taking an aggressive posture. "You're nothing like us. We've killed when we've had to, but we've done everything we can to save lives and protect others from monsters like you. Handing the world over to you would be as bad as killing it!"
  3742.  
  3743.     "And you'd know," Chrysalis growls, as her wings fan out. "Having killed our world! Cast aside the paper shield of 'Sunny' - you are Mortimer, the Doom of Equestria!"
  3744.  
  3745.     A bolt of green energy flies straight for you, but Sombra's horn flares red once again and the bolt is absorbed. Chrysalis is stunned as the glamour disappears. "Or perhaps you are a far older monster... oh King Sombra, to have fallen so low. You would make a fine Changeling, the way you change your stripes!" Another bolt lets fly.
  3746.  
  3747.     This time, the shield that blocks it is purple. Twilight stands before you. "I was confused before, but not anymore. Now I know who I am - I'm Twilight Sparkle, student of Celestia and protector of Equestria. ALL of Equestria! And I protect it from monsters like YOU!" She returns fire, and a bolt of purple energy narrowly misses cutting off Chrysalis's head.
  3748.  
  3749.     "Foals!" she hisses, energy coursing around her. "You doom the whole world with your arrogance, like your teacher before you! The world will burn in the fires of Celestia's hubris!"
  3750.  
  3751.     "Don't you speak her name!" Twilight screams. A light-show of magical fire erupts as the two of them engage.
  3752.  
  3753.     "Quickly," Sombra hisses. "Destroy her general!"
  3754.  
  3755.     The councillors are scattering, but Bracken draws his spear and closes toward you. "I've been waiting for this," he growls. "For the Empire!"
  3756.  
  3757.     He thrusts and stabs with experienced skill, but you duck and dodge equally. "Pretty good," he grunts.
  3758.  
  3759.     A flash of pain. Military days. You served to help raise money for school. Mortimer knew how to fight.
  3760.  
  3761.     You put your spear through his calf, and he drops screaming. He knew how to kill, too.
  3762.  
  3763.     >Through the head
  3764.     >Spare him
  3765.  
  3766. >>
  3767. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:05 No.10880590
  3768.  
  3769.     >>10880560
  3770.     Dat scury purple smart magik.
  3771.  
  3772. >>
  3773. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:06 No.10880619
  3774. Replies: >>10880708 >>10880782
  3775.  
  3776.     >>10880588
  3777.     Spare him
  3778.  
  3779. >>
  3780. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:07 No.10880638
  3781.  
  3782.     >>10880588
  3783.     The time for mercy is over.
  3784.  
  3785. >>
  3786. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:07 No.10880660
  3787.  
  3788.     >>10880588
  3789.     Kill that motherfucker
  3790.  
  3791. >>
  3792. OP 05/26/13(Sun)22:07 No.10880662
  3793. Replies: >>10880690 >>10880691 >>10880725
  3794.  
  3795.     >>10880570
  3796.     I might do something like this eventually (very eventually), but I write the trees for every episode based only on what the previous episode made possible, and even then I really only skeleton out the decision branches (and mostly just the big ones). Filling in each decision with written text is effectively off-the-cuff.
  3797.  
  3798.     When I'm done I'll probably go back and explain all the big branches and what might've happened, though. Maybe I'll even finish all the trees someday.
  3799.  
  3800. >>
  3801. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:08 No.10880690
  3802. File: 1369620524522.png-(18 KB, 284x200, Turned on.png)
  3803. 18 KB
  3804.  
  3805.     >>10880570
  3806.     >>10880662 (You)
  3807.  
  3808. >>
  3809. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:08 No.10880691
  3810.  
  3811.     >>10880662 (You)
  3812.     You'd be doing God's work son.
  3813.  
  3814. >>
  3815. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:09 No.10880708
  3816. Replies: >>10880757
  3817.  
  3818.     >>10880588
  3819.     >>10880619
  3820.     This guy's gonna pull a Pimli Prentiss and kill one of us when we're distracted.
  3821.  
  3822. >>
  3823. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:09 No.10880725
  3824. Replies: >>10880753 >>10880767
  3825.  
  3826.     >>10880662 (You)
  3827.     am i too late for the thread
  3828.     also are we after the part when we find out trixie betrayed us
  3829.  
  3830. >>
  3831. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:10 No.10880753
  3832. Replies: >>10880805
  3833.  
  3834.     >>10880725
  3835.     >are we after the part when we find out trixie betrayed us
  3836.  
  3837.     Wasn't that last thread?
  3838.  
  3839. >>
  3840. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:10 No.10880757
  3841. Replies: >>10880804
  3842.  
  3843.     >>10880708
  3844.     It would have been a major decision, if it came to that, right?
  3845.  
  3846. >>
  3847. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:11 No.10880767
  3848.  
  3849.     >>10880725
  3850.     You're late to the point where they just in all likelihood doomed the city.
  3851.  
  3852. >>
  3853. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:11 No.10880782
  3854. Replies: >>10880829
  3855.  
  3856.     >>10880619
  3857.     You fucked us. You fucked all of us.
  3858.     Right in my virgin butthole.
  3859.  
  3860. >>
  3861. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:12 No.10880804
  3862.  
  3863.     >>10880757
  3864.     Naw, that'd spoil the surprise. People would figure out something is up
  3865.  
  3866. >>
  3867. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:12 No.10880805
  3868.  
  3869.     >>10880753
  3870.     i dont know how to work friends computer
  3871.  
  3872. >>
  3873. OP 05/26/13(Sun)22:12 No.10880806
  3874. Replies: >>10880832 >>10880844 >>10880850 >>10880854 >>10880954 >>10881034
  3875.  
  3876.     You restrain yourself from finishing off Bracken, who lies bleeding and groaning on the ground. Instead, you turn to the titanic battle between Twilight and Chrysalis. Twilight has the upper hand, and with one more burst of power sends Chrysalis rolling through the air and into the curtain behind her.
  3877.  
  3878.     The curtain tears down and Chrysalis goes skidding up to the throne.
  3879.  
  3880.     And on the throne, you see Shining Armor.
  3881.  
  3882.     The former royal captain is frozen in a block of crystal. His eyes are dead, but even frozen in place he tries to move. The infection has taken him.
  3883.  
  3884.     Perched mournfully on top of the crystal is Princes Cadance, the real Princess Cadance. She rests her cheek up against the crystal, holding it protectively. A thin beam of pink light extends up from her horn and into the sky, pulsing into the shield which protects the Empire.
  3885.  
  3886.     "Wait!" screams Chrysalis. "Wait! Don't!-"
  3887.  
  3888.     But Twilight is burning with fury, a purple fire raging at the tip of her horn while her eyes flash with power. She prepares to fire.
  3889.  
  3890.     >Twilight, don't!
  3891.     >Let. Me. Stop. Her!
  3892.  
  3893. >>
  3894. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:13 No.10880829
  3895.  
  3896.     >>10880782
  3897.     I've participated in all of these threads, and none of mine led us somewhere bad. Let's hope my luck doesn't end here.
  3898.  
  3899. >>
  3900. ristle 05/26/13(Sun)22:13 No.10880832
  3901.  
  3902.     >>10880806 (You)
  3903.     let me catch up op
  3904.  
  3905. >>
  3906. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:14 No.10880844
  3907. Replies: >>10880893
  3908.  
  3909.     >>10880806 (You)
  3910.     1st
  3911.  
  3912. >>
  3913. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:14 No.10880850
  3914.  
  3915.     >>10880806 (You)
  3916.     >Let. Me. Stop. Her!
  3917.  
  3918. >>
  3919. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:14 No.10880854
  3920.  
  3921.     >>10880806 (You)
  3922.     2
  3923.  
  3924. >>
  3925. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:15 No.10880893
  3926.  
  3927.     >>10880844
  3928.     Fuck I really hope words can get to Twilight at this point. I really think we needed Sombra for this
  3929.  
  3930. >>
  3931. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:18 No.10880954
  3932.  
  3933.     >>10880806 (You)
  3934.     2, this is too important to risk not using sombra.
  3935.  
  3936. >>
  3937. OP 05/26/13(Sun)22:20 No.10881018
  3938. Replies: >>10881039 >>10881041 >>10881150
  3939.  
  3940.     "Wait!" you scream. "You're going to-"
  3941.  
  3942.     A blast of dark energy fires off of Twilight's horn, engulfing Chrysalis in flames. She screams as she burns, flailing and struggling to stand.
  3943.  
  3944.     Cadance, seemingly catatonic, suddenly seems to wake. "What have you done?" she says, as dark smoke wreathes her and her dead lover. "You brought corruption into my hall! You brought evil!"
  3945.  
  3946.     Twilight's power disappears in a moment as she switches to fear. "No, Cadance! I was just trying to protect-"
  3947.  
  3948.     "He doesn't need anyone else to protect him!" Cadance screams, hugging the frozen Shining Armor tightly. Chrysalis dies horribly at her feet, the noxious fires of her passing engulfing the two in black clouds. "My love shields him from everything! Nothing can touch him now - nothing but the corruption I see in you now, you... monster!"
  3949.  
  3950.     Suddenly you notice something. Shining Armor is wearing a necklace, at the end of which is a key. But not just any key.
  3951.  
  3952.     You feel a stab of pain as the memory returns. "This vault is the safest place in Equestria," Celestia assured you. "And only my most loyal knight shall carry the key."
  3953.  
  3954.     >Twilight, we need the key from Shining Armor!
  3955.     >Let's get out of here!
  3956.     >Cadance, forgive us, we're sorry we disturbed you.
  3957.     >We. Must. Strike. First!
  3958.  
  3959. >>
  3960. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:21 No.10881034
  3961. Replies: >>10881103
  3962.  
  3963.     >>10880806 (You)
  3964.     Shield goes down, zombies pour in.
  3965.     That's no even including if she doesn't paste Chrysalis, Cadance AND Shining.
  3966.  
  3967.     Fuckity shit, let Sombra deal with it.
  3968.  
  3969. >>
  3970. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:21 No.10881039
  3971.  
  3972.     >>10881018 (You)
  3973.     1
  3974.  
  3975. >>
  3976. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:21 No.10881041
  3977.  
  3978.     >>10881018 (You)
  3979.     I don't know first
  3980.  
  3981. >>
  3982. the truth has a way if coming out y 05/26/13(Sun)22:22 No.10881062
  3983.  
  3984.     Barrett this is lame start talking
  3985.  
  3986. >>
  3987. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:24 No.10881103
  3988. Replies: >>10881140 >>10881150
  3989. File: 1369621448441.jpg-(280 KB, 2200x1700, 127459 - artist darth-fra(...).jpg)
  3990. 280 KB
  3991.  
  3992.     >>10881034
  3993.     Oh fuck, and here's a time when I think we DON'T need Sombra. Pray you're right, or I will find you
  3994.  
  3995. >>
  3996. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:25 No.10881140
  3997.  
  3998.     >>10881103
  3999.     Wow, that reply was meant for the last set of options. Holeeee fuck, internet. OP, ignore that.
  4000.  
  4001. >>
  4002. OP 05/26/13(Sun)22:25 No.10881148
  4003. Replies: >>10881170 >>10881215 >>10881224 >>10881267
  4004.  
  4005.     "Twilight, the key!" you hiss.
  4006.  
  4007.     "Huh?"
  4008.  
  4009.     "Shining Armor has a key! We need it to-"
  4010.  
  4011.     Suddenly Twilight sees what's happened to Shining Armor. "Cadance... what have you done to my brother?!"
  4012.  
  4013.     "Nothing!" she shrieks. "He's fine! I'm keeping him safe! It's too dangerous out there for my dear husband, he needs me to protect him."
  4014.  
  4015.     Already, you see energy coursing along Twilight's body, her horn running hot from use. "Cadance... Get. AWAY. From. HIM!"
  4016.  
  4017.     She only clings tighter. "You're trying to steal him from me! You were always trying to get between us, even as a child! Now you show the corruption inside you, I smell it on the air!"
  4018.  
  4019.     >Twilight! Stop it! She's all that stands between the city and the swarm!
  4020.     >If you're gonna do something, Twilight, do it now
  4021.     >Cadance please, your Empire's under attack, you have to let Shining Armor go!
  4022.     >Let. Me. Destroy. The. Princess!
  4023.  
  4024. >>
  4025. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:25 No.10881150
  4026.  
  4027.     >>10881103
  4028.  
  4029.     He wasn't replying to >>10881018 (You)
  4030.  
  4031. >>
  4032. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:26 No.10881170
  4033.  
  4034.     >>10881148 (You)
  4035.     Uh....3
  4036.  
  4037. >>
  4038. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:28 No.10881215
  4039.  
  4040.     >>10881148 (You)
  4041.     1. 1.1.1.1.11.11.111.11.
  4042.  
  4043. >>
  4044. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:28 No.10881224
  4045. Replies: >>10881246
  4046.  
  4047.     >>10881148 (You)
  4048.     1 AND 3
  4049.  
  4050. >>
  4051. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:29 No.10881246
  4052. Replies: >>10881260
  4053.  
  4054.     >>10881224
  4055.     reroll
  4056.  
  4057. >>
  4058. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:30 No.10881260
  4059.  
  4060.     >>10881246
  4061.     PFFFFFT
  4062.  
  4063. >>
  4064. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:30 No.10881267
  4065.  
  4066.     >>10881148 (You)
  4067.     ONE.
  4068.  
  4069. >>
  4070. OP 05/26/13(Sun)22:30 No.10881270
  4071. Replies: >>10881279 >>10881397
  4072.  
  4073.     "Cadance!" you yell over the mounting din. "Shining Armor is dead! You have to let him go! Would he want to see you like this?"
  4074.  
  4075.     "He's not dead!" She screams, taking to the air. Her wings spread wide and power flows up her horn. "I can save him! My love will save him, you'll see!"
  4076.  
  4077.     She fires a bolt of golden fire, catching you unawares. Sombra is ready for it, however, and his horn glows hot as you pop a shield to protect yourselves. The bolt reflects off of you...
  4078.  
  4079.     ...And into Shining Armor's crystal, which shatters.
  4080.  
  4081.     His corpse flops to the ground.
  4082.  
  4083.     "NO!" Cadance screams, diving to his body.
  4084.  
  4085.     >[Grab the key]
  4086.     >Twilight, get her away from there!
  4087.     >Now. Let. Me. Finish. This!
  4088.  
  4089. >>
  4090. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:30 No.10881279
  4091.  
  4092.     >>10881270 (You)
  4093.     1
  4094.  
  4095. >>
  4096. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:35 No.10881397
  4097.  
  4098.     >>10881270 (You)
  4099.     3
  4100.  
  4101. >>
  4102. OP 05/26/13(Sun)22:35 No.10881409
  4103. Replies: >>10881428 >>10881440 >>10881447 >>10881464 >>10881467 >>10881532
  4104.  
  4105.     You slide toward the two of them. Cadance is too distracted, hugging Shining's body and weeping, to notice you yank the key from around his neck.
  4106.  
  4107.     But as you pull your hoof away, Shining's own reaches out and paws at you.
  4108.  
  4109.     "Uh oh," you whisper.
  4110.  
  4111.     Twilight switches gears from rage to panic in a second. "Cadance! No!"
  4112.  
  4113.     Shining Armor lifts his head from his wife's shoulder to look her in the eyes. She weeps heavy streams of tears, but a smile spreads across her face. "I knew you'd recognize me, my love." She presses her lips to his in a kiss.
  4114.  
  4115.     He bites down hard on her face. She screams.
  4116.  
  4117.     "No! No no no!" screams Twilight as she comes to a skittering halt beside you.
  4118.  
  4119.     Cadance's eyes roll back. The thread of pink light emitting from her horn turns a noxious shade of green.
  4120.  
  4121.     "No..." Twilight whispers as she watches the green pulse make its way to the shield. '...RUN!"
  4122.  
  4123.     Sombra is screaming in your head. "Fool! If we had destroyed them, WE could have held the shield! Now the infection spreads to the whole city!"
  4124.  
  4125.     >God
  4126.     >DAMNIT
  4127.  
  4128. >>
  4129. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:36 No.10881428
  4130.  
  4131.     >>10881409 (You)
  4132.     I'll pick God
  4133.  
  4134. >>
  4135. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:37 No.10881440
  4136.  
  4137.     >>10881409 (You)
  4138.     Dammit
  4139.  
  4140. >>
  4141. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:37 No.10881447
  4142.  
  4143.     >>10881409 (You)
  4144.     2. I'm more of a cursing man myself
  4145.  
  4146.     Also Cadance's face just saved us from being infected I think
  4147.  
  4148. >>
  4149. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:38 No.10881464
  4150.  
  4151.     >>10881409 (You)
  4152.     >>10880511
  4153.  
  4154.     Is this the white phosphorous scene, or the part where all the trucks with water crash?
  4155.  
  4156. >>
  4157. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:38 No.10881467
  4158.  
  4159.     >>10881409 (You)
  4160.     I knew things were fucked since the offer was rejected, but it's like a fuckin' train wreck i can't stop watching.
  4161.  
  4162. >>
  4163. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:39 No.10881501
  4164.  
  4165.     We have one more place to go.
  4166.     The same place we started. The Vault.
  4167.  
  4168.     But guys, I want fucking Rainbow Dash back.
  4169.  
  4170. >>
  4171. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:39 No.10881512
  4172.  
  4173.     shit just got real
  4174.  
  4175. >>
  4176. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:40 No.10881532
  4177.  
  4178.     >>10881409 (You)
  4179.     THANKS FOR LETTING US KNOW BEFORE HAND, SOMBRA. SERIOUSLY, THANKS.
  4180.  
  4181.     FUCKER.
  4182.  
  4183. >>
  4184. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:40 No.10881539
  4185.  
  4186.     can sombra blast the shield in time>?
  4187.  
  4188. >>
  4189. OP 05/26/13(Sun)22:41 No.10881548
  4190. Replies: >>10881582 >>10881590 >>10881596 >>10881618 >>10881625 >>10881653 >>10881658
  4191.  
  4192.     You curse. Loudly, and frequently. "Come on!" Twilight yells, turning around and running full tilt down the throne room. You follow.
  4193.  
  4194.     The window at the far end of the hall was blown out in the fighting. Through it, you can see the city, and watch as the shield turns a terrible shade of green. It takes on the consistency of a terrible acid rain and begins to fall on the city below.
  4195.  
  4196.     Twilight skitters over to the window and looks out. She gasps. You join her. You gasp too.
  4197.  
  4198.     The infection rains on the city below. Wherever a corpse lies from the fighting, it rises immediately to its feet. In the courtyard, you see rebels and crystal ponies suddenly turn back to back in order to fight their own dead comrades. Amidst the chaos, you see Rebel Yell and Spearpoint, surrounded, fighting valiantly. Fighting hopelessly.
  4199.  
  4200.     From above, the dead swarm of a dead queen descends. The Crystal Empire is falling.
  4201.  
  4202.     You hear a train's whistle cut the air.
  4203.  
  4204.     "They're leaving!" Twilight exclaims. She points, and far below you see the train next to the palace. "We'll never make it there in time."
  4205.  
  4206.     >Only one thing to do... jump!
  4207.     >We have to try. Let's run!
  4208.     >Maybe we can still fix this! Sombra, tell me we can still fix this
  4209.     >We. Do. Have. One. Possibility.
  4210.  
  4211. >>
  4212. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:42 No.10881582
  4213. Replies: >>10881634
  4214.  
  4215.     >>10881548 (You)
  4216.     Fuck, Sombra, bro. Take the wheel.
  4217.  
  4218. >>
  4219. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:42 No.10881590
  4220. Replies: >>10881634
  4221.  
  4222.     >>10881548 (You)
  4223.     4!
  4224.  
  4225. >>
  4226. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:42 No.10881596
  4227. Replies: >>10881634
  4228.  
  4229.     >>10881548 (You)
  4230.     Sombra. Now or never. Number 4.
  4231.  
  4232. >>
  4233. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:42 No.10881597
  4234.  
  4235.     4!
  4236.  
  4237.     GODDAMNIT 4!
  4238.  
  4239. >>
  4240. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:43 No.10881618
  4241.  
  4242.     >>10881548 (You)
  4243.     4
  4244.  
  4245. >>
  4246. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:43 No.10881625
  4247.  
  4248.     >>10881548 (You)
  4249.     Sombro be our guide!
  4250.  
  4251. >>
  4252. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:43 No.10881634
  4253. Replies: >>10881658 >>10881676
  4254.  
  4255.     >>10881582
  4256.     >>10881590
  4257.     >>10881596
  4258.     Inb4 trap. Fuck, man. fuck.
  4259.  
  4260. >>
  4261. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:44 No.10881653
  4262.  
  4263.     >>10881548 (You)
  4264.     Rainbow, better be on that train.
  4265.  
  4266.     Also, Sombro, I put my full faith into you.
  4267.  
  4268. >>
  4269. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:44 No.10881658
  4270.  
  4271.     >>10881548 (You)
  4272.     >3
  4273.     Hah. I grinned at that. Not my choice, but I'm so curious.
  4274.  
  4275.     >>10881634
  4276.     Shit's bad. If we die, Sombra dies with us. At least we got that goin' for us
  4277.  
  4278. >>
  4279. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:45 No.10881676
  4280.  
  4281.     >>10881634
  4282.     Last time we chose to just run, Rainbow loss her wings.
  4283.  
  4284. >>
  4285. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:48 No.10881750
  4286. Replies: >>10882483
  4287.  
  4288.     When this is over OP, tell us how bad we fucked up. I don't need details, I just wanna know how much of this shit could've been avoided, or if all roads inevitably led to Rome.
  4289.  
  4290. >>
  4291. OP 05/26/13(Sun)22:49 No.10881758
  4292. Replies: >>10881804 >>10881821 >>10881826 >>10881989
  4293.  
  4294.     You tell Sombra you'll give anything, just save the Crystal Empire.
  4295.  
  4296.     He starts to laugh. "Anything?"
  4297.  
  4298.     A dark power rolls up from your hooves. "Very well. I will do what I can. As we agreed."
  4299.  
  4300.     The horn on your head burns hot. There is a great rumbling from below. Twilight, shocked, jumps away from you. "What are you doing?"
  4301.  
  4302.     You want to tell her, but Sombra disagrees. "Concentrate!" he yells. "This would be easier if you had agreed to find the crystal before!"
  4303.  
  4304.     Something is smashing its way through the floors beneath you, forcing up through the palace. "Mortimer, I'm scared! Don't do this to me! I need you!"
  4305.  
  4306.     "We won't need her, soon," Sombra says, smugly. "Here is all the power we need."
  4307.  
  4308.     The floor before you erupts, and out of it comes the Crystal Heart. "Ahhhhhh." Sombra says with your mouth. "A. Thousand. Years. Of. Exile. And. At. Last. Mine."
  4309.  
  4310.     You can still see, through the haze of Sombra's power. You can see your own face reflected on the crystal, twisted into Sombra's own sneer. But you see more. Inside you see a roiling energy, the stuff of the shield that protected the Empire before Cadance's corruption. "With. This. Power. I. Shall. Restore. The. Shield."
  4311.  
  4312.     His horn pulses, and shadows envelop the heart, which begins to crack.
  4313.  
  4314.     "Mortimer! Sunny! Whoever you are!" screams Twilight. "Let me know you're still in there! Let me know this is what you want!"
  4315.  
  4316.     >It is, Twilight! He's our only hope
  4317.     >It isn't! Make it stop!
  4318.     >Do. You. See. I. Let. You. Dissent?
  4319.     >I. Will. Keep. Our. Deal.
  4320.     >Trust. Me.
  4321.  
  4322. >>
  4323. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:50 No.10881798
  4324.  
  4325.     1?
  4326.  
  4327. >>
  4328. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:50 No.10881804
  4329.  
  4330.     >>10881758 (You)
  4331.     Oh shit, oh shit oh shit. I uh... damn.
  4332.     1
  4333.  
  4334. >>
  4335. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:51 No.10881816
  4336.  
  4337.     1.
  4338.  
  4339. >>
  4340. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:51 No.10881821
  4341.  
  4342.     >>10881758 (You)
  4343.     FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK
  4344.  
  4345.     Now shit's gettin' especially interestin'
  4346.  
  4347. >>
  4348. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:51 No.10881826
  4349.  
  4350.     >>10881758 (You)
  4351.     Come on, Sombro. Don't fuck us, yet.
  4352.  
  4353. >>
  4354. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)22:59 No.10881989
  4355.  
  4356.     >>10881758 (You)
  4357.     1
  4358.  
  4359. >>
  4360. OP 05/26/13(Sun)22:59 No.10882000
  4361. Replies: >>10882051 >>10882077 >>10882133
  4362.  
  4363.     "It's okay, Twilight!" you yell, reasserting control. "I trust him! He's our only chance at saving the Empire!"
  4364.  
  4365.     Twilight looks torn, but she nods. "I trust you, Mortimer! I... I think I..." She stops herself. "Please don't be wrong!"
  4366.  
  4367.     "Concentrate," says Sombra, as he reasserts control. "Two wills become one. Two minds unite. Crack open the heart, drawn out the energy."
  4368.  
  4369.     The heart cracks. As you gaze into it, you see yourself change. Your hair becomes a nest of shadows. A steel gorget appears around your neck. A red cape blooms and falls to the floor. Your teeth lengthen into fangs.
  4370.  
  4371.     The heart shatters, and a flood of energy fills the room. All the power of the Crystal Empire, all their love, all their faith and hope, their belief, all of it, flows into you.
  4372.  
  4373.     And into Sombra, into his black, black heart. "And now!" He howls, and a ray of shadow sprouts from his horn and shatters the ceiling. Rock rains down on you, bouncing away from the ray you emit while Twilight dodges and jumps.
  4374.  
  4375.     A shadow-shield, like the pall of night, begins to fall over the Crystal Empire. The swarm is cut in half, with the ones outside unable to enter.
  4376.  
  4377.     "My Empire!" Sombra declares, his voice at last returned to normal. "Our empire! Together we shall rule! We shall cast out the dead and make our people bow to our might. We are all that stands between the people and death! We are the master of creation!"
  4378.  
  4379.     "No!" shouts Twilight, jumping in front of you. "I stopped Chrysalis, I can stop you!"
  4380.  
  4381.     "And look at the death you wrought," says Sombra, laughing. "Your defiance was costly. To defy twice? Suicide. You have no plan. You have no hope. Kneel to us, and live."
  4382.  
  4383.     This is what we wanted, no? We wanted to save our... friends. Our people. They will be saved. We will keep them safe from the dead here, in our Empire.
  4384.  
  4385.     Stop struggling against your destiny. You were marked for greatness. Together we will finish Starswirl's research, claim godhood, undo dearth, recreate the world in our image!
  4386.  
  4387. >>
  4388. OP 05/26/13(Sun)23:00 No.10882042
  4389. Replies: >>10882061 >>10882066 >>10882178
  4390.  
  4391.     >Where. Are. The. Options?
  4392.     >Hm? You still need those? I thought we were of one mind.
  4393.     >I. Deserve. A. Choice.
  4394.     >Oh, very well. Here, allow me.
  4395.  
  4396.     >Decision Time!
  4397.     >You have ten pitiful minutes to discuss
  4398.     >And then I will select the winning argument.
  4399.     >Accept our offer
  4400.     >Or betray our agreement?
  4401.  
  4402. >>
  4403. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:01 No.10882051
  4404.  
  4405.     >>10882000 (You)
  4406.     Anons.. maybe I'm getting too into this, but isn't it tempting? Just a little?
  4407.  
  4408. >>
  4409. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:01 No.10882052
  4410.  
  4411.     uhh... oh shit guys... bad end? or can we still shove sombra in his place.
  4412.  
  4413. >>
  4414. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:01 No.10882061
  4415.  
  4416.     >>10882042 (You)
  4417.     et tu sombra?
  4418.  
  4419. >>
  4420. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:02 No.10882066
  4421. Replies: >>10882117
  4422.  
  4423.     >>10882042 (You)
  4424.     What was our original deal OP? I forget the exact specifications
  4425.  
  4426. >>
  4427. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:02 No.10882077
  4428.  
  4429.     >>10882000 (You)
  4430.     Only two options?
  4431.  
  4432. >>
  4433. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:02 No.10882078
  4434.  
  4435.     3!
  4436.  
  4437. >>
  4438. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:03 No.10882108
  4439.  
  4440.     what was the deal?
  4441.  
  4442. >>
  4443. OP 05/26/13(Sun)23:03 No.10882117
  4444. Replies: >>10882190 >>10882197 >>10882227
  4445.  
  4446.     >>10882066
  4447.     >Pitiful
  4448.     >I agreed to advise and empower, and in return, I would respect your will
  4449.     >I have done these things
  4450.     >You asked me to save the Crystal Empire, even after you broke it against my advice
  4451.     >Now I simply offer you my solution
  4452.     >The alternative is death for all
  4453.     >Do not be a fool
  4454.  
  4455. >>
  4456. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:04 No.10882133
  4457.  
  4458.     >>10882000 (You)
  4459.     So, ugh, we, we, we going to at least try to stop this?
  4460.  
  4461.     Because, you know, fuck.
  4462.  
  4463. >>
  4464. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:04 No.10882137
  4465.  
  4466.     TWILLIGHT! SAVE US!
  4467.  
  4468. >>
  4469. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:06 No.10882178
  4470.  
  4471.     >>10882042 (You)
  4472.     We still have one episode left. My mind is drawing a blank. We promised to get the ponyvilians to safety and then we promised sombra something. Guys, help. I don't like to break promises but I refuse to rule over our friends.
  4473.  
  4474. >>
  4475. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:07 No.10882190
  4476.  
  4477.     >>10882117 (You)
  4478.     Dammit, are there any other options? Can Twilight still use the heart's power if It is released?
  4479.  
  4480. >>
  4481. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:07 No.10882192
  4482.  
  4483.     I don't like either of these options. I don't want to break our deal with Sombra when he's proven helpful, AND saved our asses more than once.. but he's an evil fuck and I knew he'd make a move eventually. We can't let him enslave everyone
  4484.  
  4485.     Sorry Sombra, no dice.
  4486.  
  4487. >>
  4488. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:07 No.10882197
  4489.  
  4490.     >>10882117 (You)
  4491.  
  4492.     sombra is trying to take over our mind guys!
  4493.  
  4494. >>
  4495. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:08 No.10882227
  4496.  
  4497.     >>10882117 (You)
  4498.     >Turn the power of the heart to Twilight?
  4499.     >Retake control?
  4500.     >Ask nicely?
  4501.  
  4502. >>
  4503. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:11 No.10882269
  4504. Replies: >>10882296
  4505.  
  4506.     Sombra can't be allowed to do this. Tell him so, respectfully.
  4507.  
  4508.     "You know I won't let you do this Sombra. I'm sorry, I don't wish to break our deal but the alternative is too deplorable. Our deal is broken."
  4509.  
  4510. >>
  4511. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:11 No.10882282
  4512.  
  4513.     We've pretty much ruined everything we've laid our hands on since coming here, might as ride the rails all the way home. Keep your word, so when we go to Tartarus, we can say "Well, at least I wasn't a lier and an oath-breaker."
  4514.  
  4515. >>
  4516. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:11 No.10882283
  4517.  
  4518.     Voting time, OP.
  4519.     Ponyville comes first. Sorry, Sombro.
  4520.  
  4521. >>
  4522. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:12 No.10882296
  4523. Replies: >>10882318 >>10882328 >>10882332
  4524.  
  4525.     >>10882269
  4526.     What prevents him from simply tearing our conscious out of existence?
  4527.  
  4528. >>
  4529. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:13 No.10882318
  4530. Replies: >>10882361
  4531.  
  4532.     >>10882296
  4533.     Inb4 Celestia comes out of nowhere and hlps us.
  4534.  
  4535. >>
  4536. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:13 No.10882328
  4537. Replies: >>10882372
  4538.  
  4539.     >>10882296
  4540.     He agreed to respect our will. As I recall, we are still of one body.
  4541.  
  4542. >>
  4543. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:13 No.10882332
  4544. Replies: >>10882372
  4545. File: 1369624428281.gif-(935 KB, 500x235, 230507324.gif)
  4546. 935 KB
  4547.  
  4548.     >>10882296
  4549.     Who knows? At least we can die trying to do the right thing
  4550.  
  4551. >>
  4552. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:14 No.10882361
  4553.  
  4554.     >>10882318
  4555.     She's busy getting frisky with the black tendrils of every reality and universe.
  4556.  
  4557. >>
  4558. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:15 No.10882370
  4559.  
  4560.     dammit guys!
  4561.  
  4562.     TWILLIGHT! HELP US!
  4563.  
  4564.     ...please?
  4565.  
  4566. >>
  4567. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:15 No.10882372
  4568.  
  4569.     >>10882328
  4570.     >>10882332
  4571.     Alright, at least we can try to regain control.
  4572.  
  4573. >>
  4574. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:15 No.10882376
  4575. Replies: >>10882413 >>10882427
  4576.  
  4577.     To be quite frank this is an ideal solution, so long as we still have a say in what gets done.
  4578.  
  4579.     We can moderate Sombra's brutality, and everyone lives sort of happily ever after.
  4580.  
  4581.     I say accept.
  4582.  
  4583. >>
  4584. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:17 No.10882413
  4585.  
  4586.     >>10882376
  4587.     I say refuse, because.....of reasons.
  4588.  
  4589.     What will the next episode consist of guys?
  4590.  
  4591. >>
  4592. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:17 No.10882427
  4593.  
  4594.     >>10882376
  4595.     Maybe we can even keep the cape.
  4596.  
  4597. >>
  4598. OP 05/26/13(Sun)23:17 No.10882429
  4599. Replies: >>10882483 >>10882486 >>10882499 >>10882506
  4600.  
  4601.     Pitiful. You stand at the precipice of greatness, and you dither. I offer you everything! What is your complaint - that we would rule? And what do you do now amongst your friends, if not that? Do not cloak one word with another.
  4602.  
  4603.     "We will be merciful," Sombra declares. "We will be just. We have power enough now to afford these things. Behold." His horn lights up, and you feel as bolts of shadow rain down on the city below. With incredible precision, he turns the trotting dead to dust. "Let all who would live come to me and swear fealty."
  4604.  
  4605.     "Mortimer!" Twilight screams, tears in her eyes. "Don't make me do this! If you won't listen to me... what if Applejack were here? She loves you, Mortimer!"
  4606.  
  4607.     She will forgive. We protect her family, now. She will respect a powerful mate.
  4608.  
  4609.     I offer you everything. Do not throw it away.
  4610.  
  4611.     "I am warning you, Twilight Sparkle," Sombra rumbles. "You cannot win. And even if you did, you would destroy what you seek to save. Kneel."
  4612.  
  4613.     "I..." Twilight goes weak in the knees. "I thought you..." She bows her head. One knee goes down. "Just... don't hurt them."
  4614.  
  4615.     Sombra smiles. "We won't."
  4616.  
  4617.     >[It is now the end of the fourth episode]
  4618.  
  4619. >>
  4620. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:19 No.10882483
  4621.  
  4622.     >>10882429 (You)
  4623.     >>10881750
  4624.     Reasking this OP.
  4625.  
  4626. >>
  4627. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:19 No.10882486
  4628.  
  4629.     >>10882429 (You)
  4630.     >It is now the end of the fourth episode]
  4631.     Can we have our reset now?
  4632.  
  4633.     How did we fuck the last dozen or so decisions.
  4634.  
  4635. >>
  4636. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:20 No.10882499
  4637.  
  4638.     >>10882429 (You)
  4639.     Oh, you.
  4640.     So, we'll have options for fixing this next episode, cool.
  4641.  
  4642.  
  4643.     Thank you OP.
  4644.  
  4645. >>
  4646. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:20 No.10882506
  4647.  
  4648.     >>10882429 (You)
  4649.     Shit nigger, when's the next one? I need the time down to the millisecond. Seriously, good stuff. I need more and I need it yesterday
  4650.  
  4651. >>
  4652. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:23 No.10882573
  4653. File: 1369624980119.gif-(249 KB, 500x500, mlfw9232-tumblr_mi3dekLUs(...).gif)
  4654. 249 KB
  4655.  
  4656.     SHIT GETS REAL EVERY MOTHAFUCKIN' SECOND...
  4657.  
  4658.     (pic is the only thing related I could find about this)
  4659.  
  4660. >>
  4661. OP 05/26/13(Sun)23:23 No.10882583
  4662. Replies: >>10882605 >>10882655 >>10882658
  4663.  
  4664.     >On our next episode.
  4665.  
  4666.     >The apple pony bows to us. "Master, you are the strongest and wisest. I love you, now and forever."
  4667.  
  4668.     >We smile. "This is good, for you shall rule beside me forever! Cast aside your old name, you will be my Queen-Consort!"
  4669.  
  4670.     >***
  4671.  
  4672.     >"Please," begs the weak, aristocratic upstart. "I didn't realize my mistake! I would never have gone against one so mighty as you, King Sombra!"
  4673.  
  4674.     >"Your pleading bores me," we mutter. "Take him to the dungeon, but keep him alive. We rule fairly now."
  4675.  
  4676.     >"Thank you, your worship!" the obsequius toad says as our guards drag him away.
  4677.  
  4678.     >***
  4679.  
  4680.     >"Progress report, mistress of magic"
  4681.  
  4682.     >Twilight bows to us. "You command and I obey. The research on Starswirl's final spell is almost complete."
  4683.  
  4684.     >"Then the time of our ascension is nigh" we smile, and bare our fangs. "We shall retake our world.
  4685.  
  4686.     >***
  4687.  
  4688.     >"I never should have trusted you!" Celestia howls in her dead voice, as a thousand bleeding strands of unreality seek to consume us.
  4689.  
  4690.     >"Your blind trust is all that saved the world from yourself!" We declare, as we send a pulse of shadow into her withered heart. "Now the world is ours to remake!"
  4691.  
  4692.     >***
  4693.  
  4694.     >"You're good," say the Pink one, wnking.
  4695.  
  4696.     "But also really, really bad!"
  4697.  
  4698.     >Wait, what?
  4699.  
  4700.     "Sunny! Heyyyyy Sunny! Over here!"
  4701.  
  4702. >>
  4703. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:24 No.10882605
  4704. Replies: >>10882690
  4705.  
  4706.     >>10882583 (You)
  4707.     ... Man, why do you have to do this to us.
  4708.  
  4709. >>
  4710. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:26 No.10882655
  4711.  
  4712.     >>10882583 (You)
  4713.     I can see how this is going to go down. OP you're mind is beautiful. I have but one request, give me RD back.
  4714.  
  4715. >>
  4716. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:26 No.10882658
  4717.  
  4718.     >>10882583 (You)
  4719.     When? WHENWHENWHENWHENWHEN I need to know. If you don't have a solid time, can you at least tell me when you usually put the date on your pastebin? I really don't wanna miss it
  4720.  
  4721. >>
  4722. ristle 05/26/13(Sun)23:27 No.10882690
  4723. Replies: >>10882717
  4724.  
  4725.     >>10882605
  4726.     WHAT THE HELL
  4727.     i miss one thread and you guys ruin the whole fuking thing
  4728.     GOD DAMMIT
  4729.  
  4730. >>
  4731. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:28 No.10882717
  4732. Replies: >>10882776
  4733.  
  4734.     >>10882690
  4735.     It started with us being a dick to Dash, and all went downhill from there.
  4736.  
  4737.     Note to self for next playthrough: Be as nice to Dash as possible
  4738.  
  4739. >>
  4740. OP 05/26/13(Sun)23:29 No.10882730
  4741. Replies: >>10882798 >>10882802 >>10882829 >>10882873 >>10882881 >>10882903 >>10883239
  4742.  
  4743.     Where are we?
  4744.  
  4745.     "You started doing 4th wall stuff! I looooove 4th wall stuff!"
  4746.  
  4747.     Can we not do this? This is supposed to be a serious Walking Dead crossover.
  4748.  
  4749.     "Yeah, yeah, with My Little Pony. Reeeeaal clever."
  4750.  
  4751.     You're not helping!
  4752.  
  4753.     "Well neither are you! How are the players supposed to get out of this one?"
  4754.  
  4755.     They're not. They kinda screwed up. This is basically a Bad End unless you really love being an evil overlord.
  4756.  
  4757.     "Awww, phooey. That's no fun!"
  4758.  
  4759.     Well, them's the breaks.
  4760.  
  4761.     "Okay, but hear me out - saving me waaaay back in episode one, and then again in two. That was super hard, right?"
  4762.  
  4763.     Mostly failure routes there, yeah.
  4764.  
  4765.     "Soooo, shouldn't they get a super-special bonus for doing all that hard work? Liiiiike maybe a cheat code to get them outta a really super-bad situation?"
  4766.  
  4767.     Ugh. Okay. But just this once. You are trampling our credibility here.
  4768.  
  4769.     "Yaaay! Thanks! Okay everypo- uh, everybody, here's Pinkie's Special Super Secret Options. They're a secret to everyone!"
  4770.  
  4771.     >You know what, Sombra, We can handle this on our own
  4772.     >The same as above except also Twilight is wearing a clown nose!
  4773.     >The same as above except also Pinkie's now the love-interest!
  4774.     Don't push it, Pinkie.
  4775.     "Ugh, okay. Just the first two. Discuss or vote or something!"
  4776.  
  4777. >>
  4778. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:29 No.10882749
  4779.  
  4780.     dammit man, I barely visit /mlp/ now i'm hooked.
  4781.  
  4782. >>
  4783. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:30 No.10882776
  4784.  
  4785.     >>10882717
  4786.     That was one asshole that started an entire fuckload of shitty decisions.
  4787.  
  4788. >>
  4789. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:31 No.10882781
  4790.  
  4791.     1.
  4792.  
  4793. >>
  4794. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:31 No.10882798
  4795.  
  4796.     >>10882730 (You)
  4797.     3.
  4798.  
  4799. >>
  4800. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:31 No.10882802
  4801. Replies: >>10882830
  4802.  
  4803.     >>10882730 (You)
  4804.     >The same as above except also Pinkie's now the love-interest!
  4805.     >Don't push it, Pinkie.
  4806.  
  4807.     But... Panka...
  4808.  
  4809. >>
  4810. ristle 05/26/13(Sun)23:32 No.10882829
  4811.  
  4812.     >>10882730 (You)
  4813.     what?
  4814.     im so confused
  4815.  
  4816. >>
  4817. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:32 No.10882830
  4818.  
  4819.     >>10882802
  4820.     3 is the only answer.
  4821.  
  4822. >>
  4823. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:33 No.10882849
  4824.  
  4825.     1. dammit!
  4826.  
  4827. >>
  4828. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:34 No.10882873
  4829.  
  4830.     >>10882730 (You)
  4831.     OP, I thought most of us agreed to betray him anyways. I counted. Whatever, you got me laughing, so number 1.
  4832.  
  4833. >>
  4834. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:34 No.10882881
  4835.  
  4836.     >>10882730 (You)
  4837.     Panka love interest. WITH APPLEJACK?
  4838.     As it this is even a choice.
  4839.     Three-way.
  4840.  
  4841. >>
  4842. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:34 No.10882903
  4843.  
  4844.     >>10882730 (You)
  4845.     >unless you really love being an evil overlord
  4846.  
  4847.     That-
  4848.  
  4849.     Well damn it, OP, you discovered my fetish. There's a reason I play so much grand strategy.
  4850.  
  4851. >>
  4852. OP 05/26/13(Sun)23:35 No.10882909
  4853. Replies: >>10882947 >>10882956 >>10882959 >>10882970
  4854.  
  4855.     His horn pulses, and shadows envelop the heart, which begins to crack.
  4856.  
  4857.     "Mortimer! Sunny! Whoever you are!" screams Twilight. "Let me know you're still in there! Let me know this is what you want!"
  4858.  
  4859.     You force Sombra back down in the hole, staggering on your feet as he screams in anger and frustration. "No!" You shout, shrugging off the dark magic that flows over you. "This is what I want!"
  4860.  
  4861.     Twilight looks puzzled. "What just happened?"
  4862.  
  4863.     You're not entirely sure, but Sombra is screaming bad enough to give you a headache. "If we let Sombra have the power in the Crystal heart, I think we'd live to regret it.
  4864.  
  4865.     "No arguments here. But..." she turns to the Empire with a sad expression. "That means we can't save them. I can't use the Crystal Heart, I'm not a princess. Our only choice... or only hope now is to escape, and the train's already pulling away."
  4866.  
  4867.     >We'll have to jump
  4868.     >Let's run, then!
  4869.  
  4870. >>
  4871. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:36 No.10882947
  4872.  
  4873.     >>10882909 (You)
  4874.     1.
  4875.  
  4876. >>
  4877. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:37 No.10882956
  4878.  
  4879.     >>10882909 (You)
  4880.     >We'll have to jump
  4881.  
  4882.     I'm getting flashbacks to Omid's leg, so i'm going to have to go with 2.
  4883.  
  4884. >>
  4885. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:37 No.10882959
  4886.  
  4887.     >>10882909 (You)
  4888.     They got their rebellion. Lets get out of here.
  4889.  
  4890.     Make sure you say a snappy one liner before you go.[/spoiler
  4891.  
  4892. >>
  4893. ristle 05/26/13(Sun)23:37 No.10882970
  4894.  
  4895.     >>10882909 (You)
  4896.     jump? what the fuck is jump
  4897.     >Lets run, then!
  4898.  
  4899. >>
  4900. OP 05/26/13(Sun)23:40 No.10883043
  4901. Replies: >>10883085 >>10883109 >>10883111 >>10883113 >>10883128
  4902.  
  4903.     "Nothing else for it!" you shout. "Jump!"
  4904.  
  4905.     "What?!" shouts Twilight as you leap. Fortunately, the structure of the Crystal palace is amenable to sliding down, letting you glide along a curved crystal toward the ground.
  4906.  
  4907.     Unfortunately, Twilight didn't get that that's what you meant, and jumped into the open air. You hear her scream as she passes.
  4908.  
  4909.     >Ahhhhh!
  4910.     >Sombra, do something
  4911.     >Oh. So. NOW. You. Want. My. Help. Huh?
  4912.  
  4913. >>
  4914. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:41 No.10883085
  4915.  
  4916.     >>10883043 (You)
  4917.     2 because fuck 1
  4918.  
  4919. >>
  4920. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:42 No.10883109
  4921.  
  4922.     >>10883043 (You)
  4923.     >You hear her scream as she passes.
  4924.     IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN
  4925.  
  4926.     OH GOD WHY
  4927.  
  4928. >>
  4929. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:42 No.10883111
  4930.  
  4931.     >>10883043 (You)
  4932.     She can teleport. Remind her of that.
  4933.  
  4934. >>
  4935. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:42 No.10883113
  4936. Replies: >>10883144 >>10883150
  4937.  
  4938.     >>10883043 (You)
  4939.     Come on, Twilight can teleport herself. Or at least slowfall.
  4940.  
  4941. >>
  4942. ristle 05/26/13(Sun)23:43 No.10883128
  4943.  
  4944.     >>10883043 (You)
  4945.     teleport bitch
  4946.  
  4947. >>
  4948. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:43 No.10883144
  4949.  
  4950.     >>10883113
  4951.     Even pinkie can slowfall.
  4952.  
  4953. >>
  4954. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:44 No.10883150
  4955.  
  4956.     >>10883113
  4957.     holy....wow, my whole day has gone bye. Thanks, OP.
  4958.  
  4959. >>
  4960. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:47 No.10883239
  4961. Replies: >>10883268
  4962.  
  4963.     >>10882730 (You)
  4964.     God damn it I go away for ten minutes and you fuckers don't even pick option 3 master race
  4965.  
  4966. >>
  4967. OP 05/26/13(Sun)23:48 No.10883252
  4968. Replies: >>10883291 >>10883302
  4969.  
  4970.     Reluctantly, Sombra retakes control. You feel something prickle on your back. "This will hurt," he growls.
  4971.  
  4972.     You scream as two bony tendrils shoot from your back. The spaces between them fill with shadows and take an experimental flap. You lift off of the palace and fall toward the ground.
  4973.  
  4974.     Another heavy flap and you close toward the screaming Twilight, whose horn sparks madly as she tries to focus on some sort of spell.
  4975.  
  4976.     You catch her, but of course, now you're both about to hit the cobbles.
  4977.  
  4978.     Another flap of your wings, and you're flying. Up. up, into the sky.
  4979.  
  4980.     The sky full of undead changlings.
  4981.  
  4982.     Twlight keeps screaming as Sombra guides you through them, ducking and weaving as the swarm tries to engulf you.
  4983.  
  4984.     Up ahead you can see the train. "We're aiming for that, yes?" says Sombra. "Just to be sure." Of course you are!
  4985.  
  4986.     It's pulling away from the palace slowly. Which is good, since a fair number of your survivors are still clambering onboard. Some disaster has ravaged the last carriage, forcing survivors to race up to the second one.
  4987.  
  4988.     You and Twilight fall unceremoniously on to the third carriage. The wings disintegrate into bursts of shadow, causing more pain. "I warned you."
  4989.  
  4990.     You try to get to your hooves, but you realize Twilight fainted after cracking her head on the carriage. This just keeps getting better.
  4991.  
  4992.     And just as you think that, you see a wave of dead changlings begin falling toward you.
  4993.  
  4994.     >Get Twilight inside the carriage
  4995.     >Get ready to fight
  4996.     >Just run further up the train!
  4997.  
  4998. >>
  4999. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:48 No.10883268
  5000.  
  5001.     >>10883239
  5002.     I tried... I really tried.
  5003.  
  5004. >>
  5005. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:49 No.10883291
  5006.  
  5007.     >>10883252 (You)
  5008.     1.
  5009.  
  5010. >>
  5011. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:49 No.10883302
  5012.  
  5013.     >>10883252 (You)
  5014.     Save Twilight, then fight.
  5015.  
  5016. >>
  5017. OP 05/26/13(Sun)23:52 No.10883400
  5018. Replies: >>10883495
  5019.  
  5020.     You push the unconscious Twilight through a hole in the carriage roof. As soon as you finish that, you look up and come face to face with the drooling maw of a dead Changling about to bite your face off.
  5021.  
  5022.     "Nice doggy..." you try, for want of a better line.
  5023.  
  5024.     But before it can lunge, a spear comes down and splits its head open like a ripe melon. The blade pops up. You struggle back up to your hooves.
  5025.  
  5026.     "What is that now," says Rainbow Dash, hefting a crystal empire spear. "Three times? Four? Are you ever gonna get tired of me saving you?"
  5027.  
  5028.     >Not ever, I think!
  5029.     >About time you showed up!
  5030.     >What happened here? It's a mess!
  5031.  
  5032. >>
  5033. ristle 05/26/13(Sun)23:53 No.10883409
  5034.  
  5035.     1
  5036.  
  5037. >>
  5038. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:56 No.10883495
  5039.  
  5040.     >>10883400 (You)
  5041.     RAINBOW!!
  5042.  
  5043. >>
  5044. Anonymous 05/26/13(Sun)23:56 No.10883497
  5045.  
  5046.     1.
  5047.  
  5048. >>
  5049. OP 05/27/13(Mon)00:00 No.10883628
  5050. Replies: >>10883673 >>10883685 >>10883703 >>10883724 >>10883732
  5051.  
  5052.     "I haven't gotten tired of it yet," you say, grinning. "Keep it up!"
  5053.  
  5054.     Dead changlings drop down all around you. Rainbow Dash passes you a spear. "Looks like I'll have plenty of chances. C'mon, Sunny!"
  5055.  
  5056.     The two of you fight back to back, using the spears to knock the Changlings hard off the train. You spear one out of the sky which slides down toward you, but Rainbow Dash has the courtesy to stab it in the head before it gets that close. "These chumps are easy," she boasts.
  5057.  
  5058.     It only takes one glance up to the green, hazy sky to confirm this is but the tip of the iceberg. The whole swarm is about to descend on the Crystal Empire. You look back down the track and see just a few survivors pulling themselves up. "We better pick up steam," you say. "The Crystal Empire's done for."
  5059.  
  5060.     "Sounds good to me!" says Rainbow Dash, who jumps down the hole after Twilight. "I'll get her to safety. Keep a lookout up there!"
  5061.  
  5062.     For a moment, everything seems fine. But then you hear a familiar voice scream. "Sunny!"
  5063.  
  5064.     You crack your head around.and see Rarity and Sweetie Belle, running pell-mell toward the train. How did they even fall so far behind? "Sunny!" Rarity screams again. "Help!"
  5065.  
  5066.     >What happened to you?!
  5067.     >Keep running, you're almost here!
  5068.     >Rainbow Dash! Rainbow Dash, come back!
  5069.     >[Jump down to help them]
  5070.  
  5071. >>
  5072. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:02 No.10883673
  5073. Replies: >>10883783
  5074.  
  5075.     >>10883628 (You)
  5076.     4
  5077.  
  5078. >>
  5079. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:02 No.10883685
  5080.  
  5081.     >>10883628 (You)
  5082.     She would jump to save us.
  5083.  
  5084. >>
  5085. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:02 No.10883692
  5086.  
  5087.     3.
  5088.  
  5089. >>
  5090. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:03 No.10883703
  5091.  
  5092.     >>10883628 (You)
  5093.     Fuck you, I see where this is going.
  5094.  
  5095. >>
  5096. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:04 No.10883724
  5097.  
  5098.     >>10883628 (You)
  5099.     4 for the love of all that is rarara
  5100.  
  5101. >>
  5102. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:04 No.10883732
  5103.  
  5104.     >>10883628 (You)
  5105.     Don't do this to me OP, I beg you, don't do this to me!
  5106.  
  5107. >>
  5108. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:06 No.10883783
  5109.  
  5110.     >>10883673
  5111.     Damn this thread, I need to go to bed and rest for school tomorrow.
  5112.     >inb4 underage b&
  5113.     But I can't, fictional cartoon horses are in danger on the internet
  5114.  
  5115. >>
  5116. OP 05/27/13(Mon)00:06 No.10883788
  5117. Replies: >>10883846 >>10883851 >>10883856 >>10883857 >>10883869 >>10883878 >>10883889 >>10883901 >>10884072
  5118.  
  5119.     Without thinking, you jump off the train.
  5120.  
  5121.     "Are you insane!?" screams Rarity as she and her sister close toward you. "Why didn't you pull us up?!"
  5122.  
  5123.     Changlings suddenly land between them and you. They coil to lunge, but a reflexive crack of your hoof knocks one into the other. You grab Rarity and pull her along, who grabs Sweetie Belle. "That's why!" you bark.
  5124.  
  5125.     The three of you are running after the train, but just as you said, it's picking up speed. "You'll never make it with the child," Sombra mutters darkly. "Leave her. Rarity is an Element of Harmony. Her power is greater, and more useful."
  5126.  
  5127.     "We'll never make it!" shrieks Rarity as you run, Changlings falling all around. Her voice drops low. "Please, Sunny... I know you didn't promise, but... take Sweetie. Leave me."
  5128.  
  5129.     Sweetie Belle overhears this. "No!" she shrieks, her voice cracking as tears pour. "We can make it! We CAN make it!"
  5130.  
  5131.     FINAL DECISION OF THE NIGHT
  5132.     >Leave Sweetie Belle
  5133.     >Leave Rarity
  5134.     >Take them both, damn it!
  5135.  
  5136.     Ten discuss, five vote, and that's it.
  5137.  
  5138. >>
  5139. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:08 No.10883846
  5140.  
  5141.     >>10883788 (You)
  5142.     >>Take them both, damn it!
  5143.     Rolling for a miracle!
  5144.  
  5145. >>
  5146. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:09 No.10883851
  5147.  
  5148.     >>10883788 (You)
  5149.     No, discussion is needed OP, even if we get bitten in the process we're saving both of them with our sheer will power.
  5150.  
  5151. >>
  5152. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:09 No.10883856
  5153.  
  5154.     >>10883788 (You)
  5155.     >Take them both, damn it!
  5156.  
  5157.     Not much to discuss.
  5158.  
  5159. >>
  5160. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:09 No.10883857
  5161.  
  5162.     >>10883788 (You)
  5163.     Are you fucking kidding me. Get Rarity and Sweetie, using Sombra. He has to know that if Sweetie ties, Rarity is going to be in no use for her element.
  5164.  
  5165. >>
  5166. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:09 No.10883868
  5167. File: 1369627786922.jpg-(121 KB, 662x807, 1369101984328.jpg)
  5168. 121 KB
  5169.  
  5170.     WHAT DO WE DO~
  5171.  
  5172. >>
  5173. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:09 No.10883869
  5174.  
  5175.     >>10883788 (You)
  5176.     TAKE BOTH TAKE BOTH TAKE BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTH!
  5177.  
  5178. >>
  5179. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:09 No.10883878
  5180.  
  5181.     >>10883788 (You)
  5182.     3. No more sacrifices, were Savin them!
  5183.  
  5184. >>
  5185. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:10 No.10883889
  5186.  
  5187.     >>10883788 (You)
  5188.     Take. Them. Both.
  5189.  
  5190. >>
  5191. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:10 No.10883901
  5192. Replies: >>10883976
  5193.  
  5194.     >>10883788 (You)
  5195.     Fuuuck, the softy in me wants to save them both? Can we? What's the worst that could happen?
  5196.  
  5197.     I don't wanna leave Rara, she's my 3rd favorite, I love the broad
  5198.  
  5199. >>
  5200. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:11 No.10883928
  5201.  
  5202.     Well actually, if we can make it i'd think Rarity could, so we could take Sweetie and just hope-
  5203.  
  5204.     Oh god damn it.
  5205.  
  5206. >>
  5207. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:12 No.10883976
  5208.  
  5209.     >>10883901
  5210.     >What's the worst that could happen?
  5211.     They'll both die. Save Squeaky Smalls.
  5212.  
  5213. >>
  5214. OP 05/27/13(Mon)00:15 No.10884047
  5215. Replies: >>10884077 >>10884157 >>10884337
  5216.  
  5217.     Time to vote. Whose word shall you take? A tyrant? A lady? A child?
  5218.  
  5219. >>
  5220. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:15 No.10884049
  5221.  
  5222.     if we choose 3. please let it work!
  5223.  
  5224. >>
  5225. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:16 No.10884072
  5226. Replies: >>10884264
  5227. File: 1369628170155.jpg-(92 KB, 600x600, feeling bad.jpg)
  5228. 92 KB
  5229.  
  5230.     >>10883788 (You)
  5231.     fuck it, I'm out. i can't deal the feels.
  5232.  
  5233. >>
  5234. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:16 No.10884077
  5235. Replies: >>10884134 >>10884139
  5236.  
  5237.     >>10884047 (You)
  5238.     Save them both. Too many errors today. This will not be one of them.
  5239.  
  5240. >>
  5241. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:18 No.10884134
  5242.  
  5243.     >>10884077
  5244.     All or nothing.
  5245.  
  5246. >>
  5247. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:18 No.10884139
  5248. Replies: >>10884175
  5249.  
  5250.     >>10884077
  5251.     I fear it will be the worst.
  5252.     >"He who hunts two hares loses both."
  5253.  
  5254. >>
  5255. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:19 No.10884157
  5256.  
  5257.     >>10884047 (You)
  5258.     save. them. both.
  5259.     puh-lees ;_;
  5260.  
  5261. >>
  5262. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:20 No.10884175
  5263.  
  5264.     >>10884139
  5265.  
  5266.     This, is what I think will happen unfortunately.
  5267.  
  5268. >>
  5269. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:20 No.10884181
  5270. Replies: >>10884264
  5271.  
  5272.     Despite my better judgment, save them both. My heart will not allow otherwise. Fuck, this is why I wouldn't last in a zombie outbreak. I'd die tryin to help someone, or someone would prey on my kindness
  5273.  
  5274. >>
  5275. Bob !!9uPZO9vlf0d 05/27/13(Mon)00:21 No.10884221
  5276. Replies: >>10884283
  5277. File: 1369628500714.gif-(1.4 MB, 540x300, 1368153143422.gif)
  5278. 1.4 MB
  5279.  
  5280.     SAVE EM BOTH
  5281.  
  5282. >>
  5283. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:23 No.10884264
  5284.  
  5285.     >>10884072
  5286.     Man I wanna join this guy, but I gotsta know. I wouldn't be able to sleep if I just walked away now.
  5287.  
  5288.     >>10884181
  5289.     Same.
  5290.  
  5291. >>
  5292. ristle 05/27/13(Mon)00:24 No.10884283
  5293.  
  5294.     >>10884221
  5295.     OP you cruel bastard save both ans have sombra do something
  5296.  
  5297. >>
  5298. OP 05/27/13(Mon)00:24 No.10884310
  5299. Replies: >>10884339 >>10884351 >>10884353 >>10884355 >>10884368 >>10884399 >>10884443 >>10884487
  5300.  
  5301.     "We can make it!" you agree, blocking out Sombra's rage. "We're almost there. Stay together!"
  5302.  
  5303.     A changling drops right in front of you and you headbutt it out of the way. Another two drop to your left and you swat at them with your spear, bowling them back. Sweetie screams and you whirl round to impale one as it scurries up from behind. Another drops down right on top of you and you yank Rarity out of the way.
  5304.  
  5305.     But there's so many... and the train's getting faster, and further away. More keep falling in front of you, and you grow tired from fighting. Sombra, sulking, is silent and you don't have the presence of mind to ask for his help, if he even has any more power to give.
  5306.  
  5307.     Applejack bursts into the ravaged third carriage, toting a shotgun. "Look out!" She seems to point it right at you.
  5308.  
  5309.     The shot takes out one of the changlings right on your tail.
  5310.  
  5311.     Fluttershy appears from above and grabs Sweetie Belle, lifting her through the air toward safety. Rarity picks up the pace. You're going to make it.
  5312.  
  5313.     One last changing on the ground reaches up as you pass
  5314.  
  5315.     You trip and fall.
  5316.  
  5317.     No no no no no no no-
  5318.  
  5319.     You feel teeth sink into your leg.
  5320.  
  5321.     You scream in pain as you launch yourself back on to your hooves. Rarity's being pulled up. You see Applejack level her shotgun at you again.
  5322.  
  5323.     The shot misses you by a hair, and you're not sure it hit anything behind you.
  5324.  
  5325.     You leap and grab on to the end of the carriage. Rainbow Dash lunges forward to pull you up as the train finally outpaces the changlings. From your position on the floor you look back and see the Crystal Empire disappear behind you, as the snow and the dead descend to reclaim it.
  5326.  
  5327.     When you look up, you see the barrel of Applejack's gun.
  5328.  
  5329.     "Ah saw," she croaks. "Ah know."
  5330.  
  5331.     >...Then do it.
  5332.     >Hold on, let's talk about this.
  5333.     >Is everyone okay? Did we get everyone to safety?
  5334.  
  5335. >>
  5336. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:26 No.10884337
  5337.  
  5338.     >>10884047 (You)
  5339.     sacrifice sombre, save both marshmallow and bell
  5340.  
  5341. >>
  5342. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:26 No.10884339
  5343. Replies: >>10884379 >>10884444
  5344.  
  5345.     >>10884310 (You)
  5346.     >...Then do it.
  5347.  
  5348. >>
  5349. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:26 No.10884346
  5350.  
  5351.     2
  5352.  
  5353. >>
  5354. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:26 No.10884351
  5355.  
  5356.     >>10884310 (You)
  5357.     >Is everyone okay? Did we get everyone to safety?
  5358.  
  5359. >>
  5360. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:26 No.10884353
  5361.  
  5362.     >>10884310 (You)
  5363.     3
  5364.  
  5365. >>
  5366. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:27 No.10884355
  5367.  
  5368.     >>10884310 (You)
  5369.     ...Do it
  5370.  
  5371. >>
  5372. ristle 05/27/13(Mon)00:27 No.10884363
  5373.  
  5374.     3 ask if everyone is ok
  5375.  
  5376. >>
  5377. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:27 No.10884368
  5378.  
  5379.     >>10884310 (You)
  5380.  
  5381.     >What's stopping you Applejack?
  5382.  
  5383. >>
  5384. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:27 No.10884379
  5385. Replies: >>10884416
  5386.  
  5387.     >>10884339
  5388.     God damn it Anon
  5389.  
  5390. >>
  5391. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:28 No.10884399
  5392.  
  5393.     >>10884310 (You)
  5394.     Fuckfuckfuck unhh can we amputate the leg?
  5395.  
  5396. >>
  5397. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:29 No.10884416
  5398.  
  5399.     >>10884379
  5400.     You know we can't hang around if we're tainted.
  5401.  
  5402. >>
  5403. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:29 No.10884443
  5404.  
  5405.     >>10884310 (You)
  5406.     So that's the drawback huh? We save them both but get ourselves bit in the process. Didn't see it coming tbh, kinda figured Sunny was the pony version of Stephen Seagal
  5407.  
  5408. >>
  5409. Bob !!9uPZO9vlf0d 05/27/13(Mon)00:29 No.10884444
  5410. Replies: >>10884465 >>10884507 >>10884508
  5411.  
  5412.     >>10884339
  5413.     >Die
  5414.     >Go back
  5415.     >Save Rarara and self
  5416.     Unfortunately I think this is the best option.
  5417.  
  5418. >>
  5419. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:30 No.10884465
  5420.  
  5421.     >>10884444
  5422.     Any option that isn't "Save both" is a bad option.
  5423.  
  5424. >>
  5425. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:31 No.10884487
  5426.  
  5427.     >>10884310 (You)
  5428.     chop yo leg off nigga, do it the pink pone way
  5429.  
  5430. >>
  5431. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:32 No.10884507
  5432. Replies: >>10884571
  5433.  
  5434.     >>10884444
  5435.     Nice quads. Regardless of who we save... the other will just be a former shell of themself.
  5436.  
  5437. >>
  5438. Bob !!9uPZO9vlf0d 05/27/13(Mon)00:32 No.10884508
  5439.  
  5440.     >>10884444
  5441.     >Quads
  5442.     Welp, rollangods are with me on this one.
  5443.  
  5444. >>
  5445. OP 05/27/13(Mon)00:32 No.10884517
  5446. Replies: >>10884554 >>10884565 >>10884567 >>10884595 >>10884603
  5447.  
  5448.     You look her in the eye and nod. The gun starts to shake.
  5449.  
  5450.     And then it drops. "Ah can't!" she cries. "Just can't. Not you, not like this!"
  5451.  
  5452.     Behind her, Rarity and Sweetie Belle look on in shock, unable to parse what's before their eyes. Rainbow Dash is beside you. "We can cut it off!" she says, desperate. "It's just a leg! Pinkie gets by fine with three!"
  5453.  
  5454.     Twilight and Pinkie burst in from the second carriage, looking stunned. "What happened?" Twilight demands.
  5455.  
  5456.     "Sunny got bit," Applejack drones. "On the leg. Reckon maybe we cut it off."
  5457.  
  5458.     "Well then stop standing around!" Twilight snaps, whipping around. "Get the surgical tools and get him in here!"
  5459.  
  5460.     You're pulled up to your hooves and look Applejack in the eye, but she looks away. "Don't die," she pleads. "Not now. Not after all this."
  5461.  
  5462.     As you pass Sweetie Belle and Rarity, Sweetie tries to step forward to hug you, but Rarity holds her back. She's crying, and trying to speak, but nothing comes.
  5463.  
  5464.     Twilight and Rainbow Dash lead you through the carriages to the front, where you see the survivors all accounted for. Filthy Rich, Noteworthy, Aloe, Berry Punch, all the rest look on with shock as you hobble on your bloodied leg.
  5465.  
  5466.     When you reach the front, Twilight's already setting up the table. "We're tighter on space now, of course," she explains. "Try not to bleed on anyone."
  5467.  
  5468.     "Sunny!" Applebloom exclaims when she sees you, but she comes up short. "What happened?"
  5469.  
  5470.     >Just a little bite, nothing to worry about
  5471.     >We uh... destroyed the Crystal Empire
  5472.     >Ask your sister. Later. And look away.
  5473.     >...
  5474.  
  5475. >>
  5476. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:33 No.10884554
  5477.  
  5478.     >>10884517 (You)
  5479.     >Just a little bite, nothing to worry about
  5480.  
  5481. >>
  5482. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:34 No.10884565
  5483.  
  5484.     >>10884517 (You)
  5485.     2.
  5486.  
  5487. >>
  5488. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:34 No.10884567
  5489.  
  5490.     >>10884517 (You)
  5491.     1
  5492.  
  5493. >>
  5494. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:34 No.10884568
  5495.  
  5496.     3.
  5497.  
  5498. >>
  5499. Bob !!9uPZO9vlf0d 05/27/13(Mon)00:34 No.10884571
  5500. Replies: >>10884624
  5501.  
  5502.     >>10884507
  5503.     Yeah but we could either still have a morally-acceptable backup waifu or be Mondo.
  5504.     Let's not be Mondo.
  5505.  
  5506. >>
  5507. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:35 No.10884595
  5508.  
  5509.     >>10884517 (You)
  5510.     >Berry Punch STILL alive
  5511.     fuck yeah
  5512.  
  5513. >>
  5514. Bob !!9uPZO9vlf0d 05/27/13(Mon)00:35 No.10884603
  5515.  
  5516.     >>10884517 (You)
  5517.     Just a minor flesh wound
  5518.  
  5519. >>
  5520. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:36 No.10884624
  5521.  
  5522.     >>10884571
  5523.     >mfw you think age matters in the zombie apocalypse
  5524.     >mfw I have no face
  5525.  
  5526.     As a wise man once said: "You gotta consider her a living person. That's it. You're either living or you're not. You ain't little, you ain't a girl, you ain't a boy, you ain't strong or smart. You're alive."
  5527.  
  5528. >>
  5529. OP 05/27/13(Mon)00:37 No.10884633
  5530. Replies: >>10884651 >>10884654 >>10884661 >>10884663 >>10884672 >>10884702 >>10884715 >>10884718
  5531.  
  5532.     "Just a little bite, nothing to worry about," you assure her, although your voice betrays you.
  5533.  
  5534.     Applebloom shakes her head. "Knew we shoulda sent Featherweight. Ya had t'go be a hero, huh?"
  5535.  
  5536.     You want to reply, but the sentiment is too absurd. You chuckle, instead.
  5537.  
  5538.     "Pinkie, hold him down," says Twilight, as she sharpens the bone saw. "We do this quick and steady, or not at all."
  5539.  
  5540.     "Uh, maybe Rainbow should hold him down," says Pinkie, who waves her one front hoof.
  5541.  
  5542.     "Yeah, I got him," says Dash, who brusquely pins you in place. "Welcome to the club, Sunny."
  5543.  
  5544.     >I'll do whatever it takes, take the leg
  5545.     >Wait. Where we're going, I'm going to need all my limbs
  5546.     >And. Where. Are. We. Going?
  5547.  
  5548. >>
  5549. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:38 No.10884651
  5550. Replies: >>10884671
  5551.  
  5552.     >>10884633 (You)
  5553.     >I'll do whatever it takes, take the leg
  5554.  
  5555. >>
  5556. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:38 No.10884654
  5557.  
  5558.     >>10884633 (You)
  5559.     1.
  5560.  
  5561. >>
  5562. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:38 No.10884661
  5563. Replies: >>10884715 >>10884742
  5564.  
  5565.     >>10884633 (You)
  5566.     Fuck, we should just do this entire chapter over again.
  5567.  
  5568. >>
  5569. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:38 No.10884663
  5570.  
  5571.     >>10884633 (You)
  5572.     1
  5573.  
  5574. >>
  5575. rustle 05/27/13(Mon)00:39 No.10884671
  5576.  
  5577.     >>10884651
  5578.     this
  5579.  
  5580. >>
  5581. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:39 No.10884672
  5582.  
  5583.     >>10884633 (You)
  5584.     >mfw featherweight could've of prevented all of this.
  5585.  
  5586. >>
  5587. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:40 No.10884702
  5588. Replies: >>10884725
  5589.  
  5590.     >>10884633 (You)
  5591.     Can Sombra produce a leg like with the wings?
  5592.  
  5593. >>
  5594. OP 05/27/13(Mon)00:40 No.10884712
  5595. Replies: >>10884731 >>10884737 >>10884738 >>10884740 >>10884743
  5596.  
  5597.     "I'm not becoming one of those... things," you say with a shudder. "Go ahead. Take the leg."
  5598.  
  5599.     Twilight looks to Rainbow Dash, who nods. They stretch out your left hind leg. Twilight sets the saw. "I wish I had a spell for the pain," she confides. "Put something in his mouth."
  5600.  
  5601.     "This, I can handle," Sombra says, stirring at last. "I suppose I should at least be of some use to you."
  5602.  
  5603.     >Let Sombra take the pain
  5604.     >Take the pain yourself
  5605.  
  5606. >>
  5607. Bob !!9uPZO9vlf0d 05/27/13(Mon)00:41 No.10884715
  5608.  
  5609.     >>10884661
  5610.     All the more reason to pressure OP into making this a full-fledged VN.
  5611.     >>10884633 (You)
  5612.     WE CRIPPLE NOW
  5613.  
  5614. >>
  5615. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:41 No.10884718
  5616.  
  5617.     >>10884633 (You)
  5618.     Inject a little extra fear in Sunny. Guys gotta show some (understandable as fuck) weakness sometimes, right?
  5619.  
  5620. >>
  5621. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:41 No.10884725
  5622. Replies: >>10884787
  5623.  
  5624.     >>10884702
  5625.     It would hurt.
  5626.  
  5627. >>
  5628. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:41 No.10884731
  5629.  
  5630.     >>10884712 (You)
  5631.     2
  5632.  
  5633. >>
  5634. Bob !!9uPZO9vlf0d 05/27/13(Mon)00:41 No.10884737
  5635.  
  5636.     >>10884712 (You)
  5637.     Take the pain like a champ
  5638.  
  5639. >>
  5640. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:42 No.10884738
  5641.  
  5642.     >>10884712 (You)
  5643.     Thanks sombro
  5644.  
  5645. >>
  5646. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:42 No.10884740
  5647.  
  5648.     >>10884712 (You)
  5649.     >Take the pain yourself
  5650.  
  5651. >>
  5652. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:42 No.10884742
  5653. Replies: >>10884767 >>10884772 >>10884773 >>10884793
  5654.  
  5655.     >>10884661
  5656.     >up till this thread
  5657.     >do pretty good
  5658.     >mane 6 still alive
  5659.     >few ponies dead
  5660.     >things are going fairly well
  5661.     >then this thread...
  5662.  
  5663. >>
  5664. rustle 05/27/13(Mon)00:42 No.10884743
  5665.  
  5666.     >>10884712 (You)
  5667.     take the pain
  5668.  
  5669. >>
  5670. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:43 No.10884767
  5671.  
  5672.     >>10884742
  5673.     I know right. But we're all still alive, and that's all that matters.
  5674.  
  5675. >>
  5676. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:43 No.10884772
  5677.  
  5678.     >>10884742
  5679.     WE fucked up big time.
  5680.  
  5681. >>
  5682. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:43 No.10884773
  5683. Replies: >>10884794
  5684.  
  5685.     >>10884742
  5686.     I still don't see what was so bad about the 'We Sombra now' ending.
  5687.  
  5688. >>
  5689. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:44 No.10884787
  5690.  
  5691.     >>10884725
  5692.     Pain for performance? I'm fine with that
  5693.  
  5694. >>
  5695. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:44 No.10884793
  5696.  
  5697.     >>10884742
  5698.     Well we are nearing the end. If shit's gonna get real bad, now's a good time
  5699.  
  5700. >>
  5701. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:44 No.10884794
  5702. Replies: >>10884819 >>10884832
  5703.  
  5704.     >>10884773
  5705.     Because no waifu.
  5706.  
  5707. >>
  5708. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:45 No.10884819
  5709.  
  5710.     >>10884794
  5711.     >No waifu
  5712.     >Receives harem
  5713.  
  5714. >>
  5715. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:45 No.10884832
  5716. Replies: >>10885006
  5717.  
  5718.     >>10884794
  5719.     We could've had all the waifus we wanted.
  5720.  
  5721. >>
  5722. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:50 No.10884927
  5723.  
  5724.     Dawn of the Seventh Page
  5725.     -3 Pages Remain-
  5726.  
  5727. >>
  5728. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:52 No.10884969
  5729. Replies: >>10885021
  5730.  
  5731.     I just realized I have been in this thread all day and have done nothing else except read a few AIE stories.
  5732.  
  5733. >>
  5734. Bob !!9uPZO9vlf0d 05/27/13(Mon)00:53 No.10885006
  5735. Replies: >>10885038
  5736.  
  5737.     >>10884832
  5738.     >Not understanding the term Waifu
  5739.     As long as we die with either Applejack or Rarara at our side I'm okay.
  5740.  
  5741. >>
  5742. OP 05/27/13(Mon)00:53 No.10885015
  5743. Replies: >>10885120 >>10885149 >>10885158
  5744.  
  5745.     You're about to lose a whole leg. You gulp, and wordlessly concede to Sombra. "Pain and I are brothers," he remarks wryly. "Sleep well."
  5746.  
  5747.     By the time Twilight makes the first stroke, you're already fading into darkness. Dreamless and complete.
  5748.  
  5749.     When you wake, you try to sit up, and almost fall off the table.
  5750.  
  5751.     You look down where you felt your leg should be, and see only a massive amount of bandaging. "The sleeper returns," Sombra groggily announces. "You missed an exquisite experience. Twilight showed her controlling side."
  5752.  
  5753.     "Nruh", you mumble, trying to think through searing pain. "What's going on?"
  5754.  
  5755.     Fluttershy's at your side. She turns back down the carriage. "He's waking up!"
  5756.  
  5757.     The rest of the Elements quickly crowd around you, along with Applebloom and Sweetie Belle.
  5758.  
  5759.     "Well?" says Twilight. "Are you... okay?"
  5760.  
  5761.     You can't tell. Everything hurts, but then again, everything has cause to hurt. You shrug.
  5762.  
  5763.     Applejack nestles up next to you. "Good enough."
  5764.  
  5765.     "I hate to ruin the moment," says Dash "Buuuut, the Crystal Empire's toast. Where's there left to run to?"
  5766.  
  5767.     "Just one place," says Twilight. "We're heading back to Ponyville and the Everfree forest."
  5768.  
  5769.     "What?!" exclaims Rarity, who you notice is hugging Sweetie Belle close enough to make her burst. "That's the beating heart of this nightmare! You want to go back?!"
  5770.  
  5771.     "The lab where Celestia and Mortimer started all this is there," says Twilight, looking resolved. "It also has the only vault capable of withstanding the apocalypse currently ravaging Equestria."
  5772.  
  5773.     "B-but how will we even find it?" says Fluttershy, already shivering at the idea. "The forest is too dangerous to wander at the BEST of times!"
  5774.  
  5775.     "With this!" says Twilight, triumphantly holding forward a map. "I snagged it during the fight with Chrysalis."
  5776.  
  5777.     "Wait," says Rainbow Dash. "When did you fight Chrysalis?"
  5778.  
  5779.     "We can sort out th'details on the road," says Applejack, somewhat forcefully. "Sunny needs some rest, and it's a long way home."
  5780.  
  5781.     >[CONTINUE]
  5782.  
  5783. >>
  5784. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:54 No.10885021
  5785. Replies: >>10885050 >>10885055
  5786.  
  5787.     >>10884969
  5788.     >tfw you live for The Trotting Dead and the anons really dropped the ball this time.
  5789.  
  5790. >>
  5791. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:54 No.10885038
  5792.  
  5793.     >>10885006
  5794.     >Not wanting Panka romance.
  5795.  
  5796. >>
  5797. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:55 No.10885050
  5798.  
  5799.     >>10885021
  5800.     We had to leave and got bitten. That's not too bad.
  5801.  
  5802. >>
  5803. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:55 No.10885055
  5804.  
  5805.     >>10885021
  5806.     Everyone needs to lose a family member/limb by the end.
  5807.  
  5808. >>
  5809. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:57 No.10885120
  5810.  
  5811.     >>10885015 (You)
  5812.     >[CONTINUE]
  5813.  
  5814. >>
  5815. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:58 No.10885149
  5816.  
  5817.     >>10885015 (You)
  5818.     So we're going to the spooky lab where this all started? Awww shit, we Resident Evil now. Should be good
  5819.  
  5820. >>
  5821. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)00:59 No.10885158
  5822. Replies: >>10885185
  5823.  
  5824.     >>10885015 (You)
  5825.     Back to the beginning? Perfect. And that spoiler for episode 5 we got earlier proved Celestia is in fact alive.
  5826.  
  5827. >>
  5828. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:00 No.10885185
  5829. Replies: >>10885239
  5830.  
  5831.     >>10885158
  5832.     >Celestia is in fact alive.
  5833.     You and I read that teaser very differently.
  5834.  
  5835. >>
  5836. OP 05/27/13(Mon)01:00 No.10885197
  5837. Replies: >>10885260 >>10885261 >>10885314
  5838.  
  5839.     The others look to each other and start splitting up. "I'm on the engine," says Pinkie, who pauses by your bed and flutters her eyelashes at you. "Sweet dreams, Sunny."
  5840.  
  5841.     You raise a confused eyebrow. She stares at you for a few moments, studying your expression, before frowning. "Aw nuts." She heads for the engine.
  5842.  
  5843.     "I'll pull first watch, says Rainbow Dash, opening the side door and climbing toward the roof. She pauses before leaving to say "Oh, and good work today. I can't believe we're all still in one pi- uh, all still alive!"
  5844.  
  5845.     Rarity stands next to you for a moment. She's cried out her tears, but she can't seem to find anything to say, She turns, and ushers Sweetie Belle away with her.
  5846.  
  5847.     Twilight inspects your stump one last time. "It'll heal," she says. "Whether that'll stop the infection... I'll go check my notes."
  5848.  
  5849.     Fluttershy simply gives you a polite nod, before glancing at Applejack curled up next to you and giggling. She retreats further down the carriage.
  5850.  
  5851.     Now it's just you and Applejack. And Applebloom, who crawls on to your stomach. And all the other ponies in the carriage, trying to catch some sleep.
  5852.  
  5853.     Applejack's eyes are closed, but she whispers to you. "Sunny?"
  5854.  
  5855.     "Mhm?"
  5856.  
  5857.     "That ever happens to us... you leave me, and you get Applebloom t'safety."
  5858.  
  5859.     You open one eye to glance down at your missing leg. "I think you'll be doing most of the running from now on."
  5860.  
  5861.     She smiles. "Fair enough. Now go t'sleep. Talk in the mornin'."
  5862.  
  5863.     You can't argue with that.
  5864.  
  5865.     You sleep.
  5866.  
  5867.     >[END EPISODE 4]
  5868.     "For real, this time!"
  5869.  
  5870. >>
  5871. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:02 No.10885239
  5872.  
  5873.     >>10885185
  5874.     >in her DEAD voice
  5875.     missed that part
  5876.  
  5877. >>
  5878. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:03 No.10885260
  5879. Replies: >>10885272 >>10885517
  5880.  
  5881.     >>10885197 (You)
  5882.     I gotta ask again OP, how bad did we fuck up? Real bad, or were we ultimately gonna end somewhere along these lines?
  5883.  
  5884. >>
  5885. Bob !!9uPZO9vlf0d 05/27/13(Mon)01:03 No.10885261
  5886. Replies: >>10885272 >>10885279
  5887.  
  5888.     >>10885197 (You)
  5889.     So... care to review our decisions? What we did good and what we dun goof'd?
  5890.  
  5891. >>
  5892. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:04 No.10885272
  5893. Replies: >>10885326 >>10885396 >>10885447
  5894.  
  5895.     >>10885260
  5896.     >>10885261
  5897.     >"So OP, did we do badly?"
  5898.  
  5899.     Ha!
  5900.  
  5901.     Hahahaha!
  5902.  
  5903. >>
  5904. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:04 No.10885277
  5905.  
  5906.     I know you don't like to give away what could have been OP, but please?
  5907.  
  5908. >>
  5909. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:04 No.10885279
  5910.  
  5911.     >>10885261
  5912.     I think everything that wasn't "Save both" was a goof. That seems like the only thing we did right, and we still lost a leg for it.
  5913.  
  5914. >>
  5915. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:06 No.10885314
  5916.  
  5917.     >>10885197 (You)
  5918.     >those first two paragraphs
  5919.     What you did there, I see it. I hate you so, so much. b-baka!
  5920.  
  5921. >>
  5922. Bob !!9uPZO9vlf0d 05/27/13(Mon)01:06 No.10885326
  5923. Replies: >>10885389 >>10885414
  5924.  
  5925.     >>10885272
  5926.     Well, besides the leg all things considered we did pretty well. Waifu is saved, backup waifu and reserve waifus are alive and well, kids are safe andSombra is okay for now. Even that RD debacle worked out.
  5927.  
  5928. >>
  5929. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:08 No.10885389
  5930.  
  5931.     >>10885326
  5932.     Yeah but honestly, I think losing Rarity/Sweetie Bell/our leg was the price of Pinkie Pie-ing our way out of Sombra ending
  5933.  
  5934. >>
  5935. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:09 No.10885396
  5936. Replies: >>10885447
  5937.  
  5938.     >>10885272
  5939.     We fucked everything.
  5940.  
  5941. >>
  5942. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:09 No.10885414
  5943. Replies: >>10885434
  5944.  
  5945.     >>10885326
  5946.     I uh.
  5947.  
  5948.     Think you might've missed the part where by not taking control of the situation, we caused the empire's shield to drop and introduced the zombie plague to all the dead in the streets that wouldn't've animated otherwise.
  5949.  
  5950. >>
  5951. OP 05/27/13(Mon)01:09 No.10885417
  5952. Replies: >>10885480 >>10885500 >>10885509
  5953.  
  5954.     NEXT TIME, ON THE TROTTING DEAD
  5955.  
  5956.     "How do we get in?" asks Fluttershy, as she hovers above.
  5957.  
  5958.     "There was a secret door. A hidden door." You rub your head. "It's nearby."
  5959.  
  5960.     There's a growling from the underbrush. "Uh, how near, exactly?" says Rainbow Dash.
  5961.  
  5962.     ***
  5963.  
  5964.     "If you don't power up these trams soon a lotta good ponies are gonna die!" the voice on the walkie talkie screams.
  5965.  
  5966.     You struggle to lift yourself up on to the platform, but your one leg just isn't cutting it. "Oh my," says Sombra, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "Who could have foreseen this?"
  5967.  
  5968.     ***
  5969.  
  5970.     "Y'know," says Pinkie, waving her stump. "Thinking back, I probably shoulda given an option where I magically grow my leg back. Oooh! Or one where Sunny never destroyed the world in the first place! Or one where he never destroyed the world but he wore a clown nose!"
  5971.  
  5972.     "Um, Pinkie?" asks Fluttershy. "What are you talking about?"
  5973.  
  5974.     ***
  5975.     "Oh, delightful!" a merry voice declares. "We have guests!"
  5976.  
  5977.     "Who's there?!" you ask, whipping around.
  5978.  
  5979.     "Why, who else is left?" the voice replies. You gaze into the containment sphere until a zipper opens up in reality. Out of it pours the one and only god of mischief. "Or did you think I was never going to make an appearance?"
  5980.  
  5981.     ***
  5982.  
  5983.     You try to swim through the void, but your limbs flail uselessly. You try to breath, but there's no air. You try to see, but there's no light.
  5984.  
  5985.     But there are eyes, and they see you.
  5986.  
  5987.     A voice as old as stars rumbles from every direction. "You should not have come back, Mortimer."
  5988.  
  5989. >>
  5990. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:10 No.10885434
  5991. Replies: >>10885451
  5992.  
  5993.     >>10885414
  5994.     We would of had to leave the empire sooner or later, anyways.
  5995.  
  5996. >>
  5997. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:11 No.10885447
  5998.  
  5999.     >>10885396
  6000.     >>10885272
  6001.  
  6002.     The mane 6 are still all tickin'. I'd say that's pretty good despite any mistakes we may have made
  6003.  
  6004. >>
  6005. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:11 No.10885451
  6006.  
  6007.     >>10885434
  6008.     Not denying it.
  6009.  
  6010.     But we could've left in a lot more organised fashion.
  6011.  
  6012. >>
  6013. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:13 No.10885480
  6014.  
  6015.     >>10885417 (You)
  6016.     So Celestia isn't dead?
  6017.  
  6018.     Um-hm, okay, alright, that's just fine.
  6019.  
  6020. >>
  6021. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:13 No.10885500
  6022. Replies: >>10885703
  6023.  
  6024.     >>10885417 (You)
  6025.     Oh fuck niggers, Discord.
  6026.  
  6027.     ...next thread when?
  6028.  
  6029. >>
  6030. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:14 No.10885509
  6031.  
  6032.     >>10885417 (You)
  6033.     NEXT TIME, ON THE TROTTING DEAD
  6034.     >Fuckin' Legs
  6035.     >4th wall shenanigans
  6036.     >Discord
  6037.     >Celestia
  6038.  
  6039.     Fuckin' A.
  6040.  
  6041. >>
  6042. OP 05/27/13(Mon)01:14 No.10885517
  6043. Replies: >>10885575 >>10885604 >>10885652 >>10885659 >>10885769
  6044.  
  6045.     >>10885260
  6046.     Now that I'm done, I can tell you that you may have "fucked up" here and there, but a lot of options are sidegrades. Choosing to abandon Rarity or Sweetie Belle, choosing to keep your leg and the infection but be more mobile in the finale, even the weird stuff like sending Featherweight wasn't really "better" just "different".
  6047.  
  6048.     I won't say there were no happy endings in the Crystal Empire, since several outcomes might have been acceptable to some people, but pretty much always with some "ends justify the means" compromises and a few deaths.
  6049.  
  6050.     Beyond that, a lot of interpersonal consequences have yet to fire so I don't want to go into them too deeply. Your choices from previous episodes did come through for you several times, though - There was an ending where Applejack blows your head off, an ending where Twilight kills you rather than let Sombra take you over, an ending where Sombra takes over Twilight and he kills you...
  6051.  
  6052.     Oh, and Pinkie was always to be a 4th-wall one-time use ace in the hole for one bad end, since she's pretty tough to save.
  6053.  
  6054. >>
  6055. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:16 No.10885575
  6056. Replies: >>10885617
  6057.  
  6058.     >>10885517 (You)
  6059.     This was our Walking Dead episode 3.
  6060.  
  6061. >>
  6062. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:17 No.10885604
  6063.  
  6064.     >>10885517 (You)
  6065.     >Oh, and Pinkie was always to be a 4th-wall one-time use ace in the hole for one bad end, since she's pretty tough to save.
  6066.  
  6067.     Wow, thanks.
  6068.  
  6069.     And yeah, looking back at it, we didn't to too bad, but I have to ask was their a way to save Cadance?
  6070.  
  6071. >>
  6072. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:18 No.10885617
  6073.  
  6074.     >>10885575
  6075.     It reminded me more of 4/the start of 5 for some reason.
  6076.  
  6077.     No prizes for guessing why, sorry.
  6078.  
  6079.     Thanks as always OP.
  6080.  
  6081. >>
  6082. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:19 No.10885652
  6083.  
  6084.     >>10885517 (You)
  6085.     Good old Pinkie. I knew she was my favorite for a reason.
  6086.  
  6087.     OP new thread when? I have to know, I should be a couple hours into sleep by now
  6088.  
  6089.     Also good job with this story. Been a fuckton of fun
  6090.  
  6091. >>
  6092. Bob !!9uPZO9vlf0d 05/27/13(Mon)01:20 No.10885659
  6093. Replies: >>10885679 >>10885771
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  6096.  
  6097.     >>10885517 (You)
  6098.     But OP. HOW WILL YOU IMPLEMENT PINKIE PIE'S 4TH WALL IN THE VN VERSION WHICH WILL BE THE KATAWA SHOUJO OF /mlp/?
  6099.  
  6100. >>
  6101. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:21 No.10885679
  6102. Replies: >>10885855
  6103.  
  6104.     >>10885659
  6105.     >VN?
  6106.  
  6107. >>
  6108. OP 05/27/13(Mon)01:22 No.10885703
  6109.  
  6110.     >>10885500
  6111.     I'm always limited by my schedule, so I'll put up the next thread in the pastebin as soon as I know when it can be. Maybe as early as next friday.
  6112.  
  6113. >>
  6114. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:24 No.10885769
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  6117.  
  6118.     >>10885517 (You)
  6119.     Well thanks for the time and effort OP. 'Dun goof's and all. I monitor this board heavily for these threads alone.
  6120.  
  6121. >>
  6122. OP 05/27/13(Mon)01:24 No.10885771
  6123. Replies: >>10885914
  6124.  
  6125.     >>10885659
  6126.     Well, mechanically, that'd just be like an event that would fire during any bad end after saving Pinkie. I'd write one Pinkie Saves The Day scenario for every bad end from episode 3 on, and only fire it if one hasn't fired before. You could always save scum to see them all, but that's always been true.
  6127.  
  6128.     I'm a computer scientist by profession so this is pretty rudimentary.
  6129.  
  6130. >>
  6131. Bob !!9uPZO9vlf0d 05/27/13(Mon)01:27 No.10885855
  6132. Replies: >>10885924
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  6135.  
  6136.     >>10885679
  6137.     >Multiple branches
  6138.     >Menu giving you stats like inventory, party list, character information and their opinion of you
  6139.     >Achievements for silly things like dying at the first possible opportunity or being saved by Pinkie Pie
  6140.     We need to strike while tha Zambambo iron is hot, anon.
  6141.     >yfw drawfags illustrate the entirety of the adventure
  6142.     >yfw optional NSFW scenes with every single Element of Harmony
  6143.  
  6144. >>
  6145. Bob !!9uPZO9vlf0d 05/27/13(Mon)01:30 No.10885914
  6146. Replies: >>10885979
  6147.  
  6148.     >>10885771 (You)
  6149.     That's pretty fuckin neato OP. Would you be interested in getting a group together Do or Deer style and make a completely illustrated CYOA based on this?
  6150.  
  6151. >>
  6152. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:30 No.10885924
  6153.  
  6154.     >>10885855
  6155.     I'd play it.
  6156.  
  6157. >>
  6158. OP 05/27/13(Mon)01:31 No.10885926
  6159.  
  6160.     For the curious, the biggest individual, avoidable "fuck ups" I can think this thread were that it was possible to get out of the Crystal Empire without raining down the apocalypse, although it'd still be a ruined state. Cadance couldn't survive without accepting Chrysalis's deal, once you meet her she's just too damn crazy. Chrysalis's deal was also an alternate end, although yeesh, probably worse than the Sombra end. You could've kept Rainbow Dash around earlier, although no comment on what outcome is better for her development, and if you'd gone down Applejack's tunnel earlier you might have seen what she REALLY found down there (SHE WAS REPLACED BY A CHANGLING (okay not really)).
  6161.  
  6162.     Episode-wide, there were better ways to get your ponies off of that train and into the cave, but that was mostly a guessing game. You could've gotten more info out of Rebel Yell when you met him, but you got most of the details when you picked the right tunnel while saving Rarity and then later with Chrysalis.
  6163.  
  6164.     Also you guys were really quick to trust Sombra! Just because he doesn't lie or cheat doesn't mean he's a nice guy!
  6165.  
  6166. >>
  6167. OP 05/27/13(Mon)01:33 No.10885979
  6168.  
  6169.     >>10885914
  6170.     >That's pretty fuckin neato OP. Would you be interested in getting a group together Do or Deer style and make a completely illustrated CYOA based on this?
  6171.     Sorry, this is fun and all, but truly mountains of planing and writing for what turns out to be just a small subset of the branches. That's part of the fun of doing things live, I have a lot of freedom to write the flavor text as I go instead of studding it with variables.
  6172.  
  6173.     If I do work on this as a standalone after it's finished, it'll be as a fun side project in my spare time. Maybe if I ever finish detailing all the routes (the really intensive part) I'll get serious about turning it into a game.
  6174.  
  6175. >>
  6176. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:33 No.10885983
  6177.  
  6178.     >>10885926 (You)
  6179.     >Just because he doesn't lie or cheat doesn't mean he's a nice guy!
  6180.     Seems like a pretty top gent to me.
  6181.  
  6182. >>
  6183. Rustle 05/27/13(Mon)01:33 No.10885987
  6184.  
  6185.     >>10885924
  6186.     i would hel make it
  6187.  
  6188. >>
  6189. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:34 No.10886013
  6190. Replies: >>10886109
  6191.  
  6192.     So by the way, which pastebin do I check for the next episode?
  6193.  
  6194. >>
  6195. OP 05/27/13(Mon)01:38 No.10886109
  6196. Replies: >>10886176 >>10886250
  6197.  
  6198.     >>10886013
  6199.     Check my page. This was thread seven, so when there's a paste for thread eight, that means I have a time worked out.
  6200.  
  6201. >>
  6202. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:41 No.10886176
  6203.  
  6204.     >>10886109 (You)
  6205.     Thanks for the thread OP. Because of you, I have done nothing productive all day, and spent my time worrying and fearing for the well being of fictional cartoon ponies, and I wouldn't change it for anything.
  6206.  
  6207. >>
  6208. Anonymous 05/27/13(Mon)01:44 No.10886250
  6209.  
  6210.     >>10886109 (You)
  6211.     Oh ok, cool. Thanks again OP
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