Techie's SPICY Smokin' Toasted Self-Roasted Reviews #42: [The Day The World Exploded]! · 3:25am Dec 2nd, 2019
Oh, neat. We've got a canceled story focusing on a pair of OCs that were reused from the canceled sequel to another story.
Also, long delay between posts is long. I'm feeling moderately annoyed by stuff going on at the moment so let's keep this short.
"Jewel?" I yawned, wiping my face with a towel hanging by the garage door as I entered the house. "You feel like eating out somewhere, or should I heat up yesterday's leftovers?"
And then they get food poisoning.
I turned back to Jewel. She'd already dispelled the shield and was at the moment packing her books into a saddlebag. "We need to go." She began, her back still turned to me. "It's becoming too dangerous to live here."
*Gestures to planet Earth*
Coughing from the dust, we continued onward. A few other ponies around us had shields of their own. Some were magical constructs, like Jewels
Ya got a typo there, buddy.
“Can we get this thing to move any faster?” A voice behind me asked, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”
Hmmmm... lemme look at the title of this story. HMMMMM...
“Can’t help them.” Jewel deadpanned, cutting me off. “I’m best at defensive spells. You’ve seen my levitation skills, remember?” She turned away. “And besides, they’re too far from us.”
And just like that, countless ponies died.
“Deploy the parachutes!” The Captain ordered, turning away from us. “Let’s show these ponies what a real landing looks like, eh?”
And then they all comedically fall into a truck filled to the brim with pillows.
Another shockwave ripped past the airship, further shredding the flapping remnants of both the main balloon and the parachutes. With a lurch, the ship’s descent accelerated. The ship’s passengers grew quiet, their eyes fixated on the rapidly-approaching ground below.
Wheeeeeeeeee~
Jewel cut me off. “Forget about the Captain, Rusty,” she began, pausing for a moment to stare into the darkening sky, “he’s not gonna make it in time to escape the ash.”
I'm pretty sure just the first few chapters of this story alone has killed off more ponies than all of my other stories combined. Maybe save for Equestria Forever, that is.
"Don't worry, he's just a guy I know around town."
🤔
Without another word, Jewel lit her horn. A faint aura materialized the crumbled remains of the tower, gently pulsating as she added more power to the spell. Slowly, small pieces began to fling off to the side, sending a shower of dust and pebbles in every direction as Jewel grunted, her horn growing ever brighter.
But what if it went... supernova?
"Just open it up, quick!"
*chip bag opening noises*
"Probably more rubble," Jewel dismissed, continuing onward. "Or some poor sap who just got blasted."
Time to add another entry into the list of dead characters in this story!
"Alright, alright," Jewel began, breaking our silence after nearly a minute, "if we want to survive, we're gonna want to check around the place. We're in an underground bunker during a volcanic eruption, so there's a good chance that there's some toxic gas or another seeping into our shelter this very instant."
Carbom Monoxide? Radon? Who knows? The possibilities are endless!
"There is nothing else for us to do," she responded, "So we wait."
Y'all gonna be waiting for quite some time since you'll never see the end of the story. :P
What? An update? For this story?!
>This is on the last chapter to be posted before the story was shelved for good.
>Nice.
I scrunched my muzzle. "So... what do you want to do with it though?" I began, stepping closer to the exposed metal peeking from underneath the rubble, "It's not like we have any functioning railways anymore, y'know."
*menacing Thomas the Tank Engine noises*
"Rusty, stop it with the facade. Don't you understand our situation right now?" she scolded, "Now is not the time to try impressing me, or anypony else for that matter.
Oh snap.
Oh. It's this guy.
*wink wink elbow elbow jab jab punch punch knee knee yeet yeet*
So... are we not counting What if in that list?
Also, you got a typo in the tags for this blog post
5163161
o ok
5163181
But seriously, are we not counting What if, because the universe exploding is the norm in that fic
5163199
Nope. Not counting What if either.
5163242
Ok, then it checks out