September 23
When I woke up, I decided that I was going to fly north along the river for a little while to get my morning exercise, so I got my flight gear and filled up my camelback and then when I got out to the boardwalk it was cloudy and felt like it was going to rain, so I went back to our room and got my weather radio, too. And then I ate some hay and got my fishing license just in case I felt like catching some fish.
I should remember to always take that when I was flying.
I went back out to the boardwalk and told Dori where I was flying, and she warned me that it was going to rain, but probably not for a little while, and asked if I was going to be patrolling and I wasn't sure if I could, because of my classes. I would have to decide if it was a really bad storm—I think my professors would understand—but I couldn't just go up in any storm.
So I flew down over the quad and followed the railroad tracks all the way to the river, and then I turned north. I stayed kind of high to begin with, because I knew that I'd be flying over the stinky shit-factory and I didn't want to start my day smelling it.
A thousand feet up was enough that it was barely smellable, especially with the slight wind and the humid, almost-raining air, so when I was a ways past it I dove back down to be closer to the river and I thought about Mister Salvatore wanting to drift down the Mississippi. The Kalamazoo River wasn't as wide, but there weren't any big barges in it either, so maybe he could start here for practice. He'd eventually get to Lake Michigan, although he might have to go around some dams on his way, since there was at least one more downstream.
When I got by the Nature Center, I climbed up a little bit and flew over the pasture there, and looked at the deer all nibbling at the grass. I wonder if some people feed them, too? It would be nice to look out your window in the morning and see deer snacking at your deer feeder.
I flew all the way to a big island at a curve in the river, and then I decided that I would turn around and head back. I could have gone a little bit further and then taken a direct route back to campus, but I wanted to stay above the river.
It felt like I was going faster on the way back, just because I was flying against the current.
If I'd had all morning free, it would have been fun to fly all the way to Plainwell or Allegen, but I didn't have enough time before my class. Maybe I could do it on the weekend.
When I got back to campus, I landed back on the boardwalk and went inside to take off my gear and take a shower. I couldn't exactly feel how soon the rain was gonna come, so when I was done with my shower I turned on my computer and looked at the maps and thought that it would be a few more hours before it got here. But I kept my weather radio on and put the rest of my flight gear into my saddlebags, just in case.
Me and Peggy went to breakfast together and she was kind of yawny but had a couple of cups of coffee with her breakfast and that woke her up. She said that maybe she should try some morning exercise and I said that if she wanted to go trotting around the neighborhood with me I'd be happy to. I knew she could run 'cause she'd run in the race at the Nature Center with me.
So she said maybe we could do that one day a week, and maybe Monday mornings would be the best, because it would motivate her to not stay awake so late on the weekend. And I asked if I could wake her up and she said that I could. Christine told her she was going to regret it, which was probably true.
And Peggy asked if I had any plans for the weekend and I said that I didn't yet. So she told me to not make any for Saturday but wouldn't tell me why which was a little frustrating. I guess it makes people happy to surprise me with things.
I flew across campus to the Dow building and landed a little ways back from the front doors, just so that I wouldn't accidentally crash into a student coming out, then went up and waited until it was time to go into the classroom.
Lisa asked me why I had a radio strapped to my leg, and so I told her it was in case I needed to go stormwatching.
Professor Brown started telling us about thermodynamic cycles, and he showed us equations to get Cv and Cp and that was really neat because instead of a math equation where there was one equal sign and parts of the equation on either side, he could use three equals signs for all the different equations where you changed the volume or the pressure and it would all work out and it took him a lot of writing on the markerboard to prove it but he did. And I heard Crystal whisper to Austin that he could just have showed us the relationship without doing all that but I thought that it was a lot smarter to show how he got it because then we'd understand the principles behind it rather than just be told that was the way it was.
As he took us through the equations, he reminded us to start out by writing everything we knew down because that would always be helpful.
And then after he'd gone through all his equations he asked us if T2 reversible was cooler than T2 irreversible and I remembered that work was smaller if it was irreversible so I thought it would probably be the same but I wasn't sure, and it turned out that I was wrong.
When we came out of class, it was raining and I didn't know if it would get worse so I called Mel and there was a lot of static but he was out at our usual place, and he said that it didn't look like there were going to be any thunderstorms but probably just rain. Well, looking at the pictures wasn't the same as being there and feeling it, so I put on my gear in the lobby and asked for permission to fly, and I told Lisa that we'd have to meet later.
It came down heavy at first and then calmed down and I had a chance to fly back to my dorm and snack on some hay and put my math homework in my bag so that I could keep in the air as long as possible. And I realized that I was going to miss going over it with Sean and I felt bad but we should have gotten together yesterday.
I sent Peggy a telephone telegram to tell her why I was missing lunch and then I saw that I had a telegram from Mister Salvatore, too, but I didn't have time to see what it was, because it sounded like the rain and wind was picking up again, so I galloped down the hallway and glided down the stairs and was flying when I hit the door to the balcony. The little hissing arm on it didn't let it open as fast as I thought it would and I caught the end of my wing on it and broke a primary.
It was always better to be up in the sky before the heavy rain came down, and I wasn't, so it was harder to get up to altitude and of course I couldn't see much of anything, but I could feel it, and the way the air currents were behaving. And I didn't feel a lot of charge in the air, which meant that the storm didn't have much electricity in it and probably wouldn't produce much lightning.
I kept looking at my watch every time I reported to Mel, and I finally told him that I had to go to math, and he said it was okay because it was beginning to clear where he was. And I had to drop pretty low before I could see where I was and I'd drifted off to the east some, but not too much. My watch had helped keep me on station, and I landed on the quad right next to a big mud puddle.
I couldn't shake off the water because it was raining hard enough it wouldn't have done me any good outside and it would be really rude to do it inside, so I pushed my mane back and out of my eyes and then went in and upstairs to my class.
Sean was kind of surprised by how I was soaking wet and dripping all over my chair and he took off his sweatshirt and let me wear it even though I was going to get it wet. And he said that Peggy had told him I was up flying and also that I should turn off my blinking light 'cause it was kind of distracting.
So I put that in my saddlebags and my radios, too, and got out my things for class, which was a little bit harder with his sweatshirt on.
Professor Pampena told us to think of a line as the trajectory of a moving point, which was a parametric equation, which could be used to figure out if a line intersected a plane and where it intersected, and he gave us the equation of a plane and we had to figure out if his Q-line points were on the plane or went through it or never crossed it And since one equation solved as bigger and one solved as smaller, then they must be on opposite sides and go through it, which most people in the class figured out, and then he showed us how to calculate where it passed through the plane.
Then he taught us about cycloids, which were things that moved on circles, but made arches along a graph, and how we could calculate where the point was and he showed us how to find it with vectors.
He told us that we needed to use Taylor approximation to figure out what the point was doing right at the x-axis—which was the road—and I didn't know what that was and nobody else in the class remembered it, either, so he had to explain it, and how it showed that the point moved mostly down and then back up without moving much forward at all, and after we understood that he gave us all our homework.
I hadn't done any of my physics homework and I still had to meet with Lisa, too. I thought that maybe Peggy was getting things ready for my party and I'd be in the way, so we went to Sean's room to do math homework because he said that Christine was probably helping, too. And I gave him back his sweatshirt, and he tossed it into a basket of dirty clothes.
His roommate wasn't using his chair or his desk, so I sat there on a towel and Sean sat at his desk and we did our homework and I finished first and then nipped off my broken primary a little bit shorter, to neaten up the split end. And I had a bunch more feathers that really weren't where they ought to be, either, so I started preening my wings and I guess I got a little bit too focused on that 'cause I suddenly noticed that he was staring at me.
I hadn't quite finished but it was good enough for now, so I got my math homework and pushed my chair over and we went over the problems together, and there were a couple that we hadn't gotten the same answer for so we both re-worked them and I'd gotten one wrong and he'd gotten one wrong.
Even though I probably could have, it didn't seem right to stay in his room and do my thermodynamics homework, and I didn't have it with me anyway, so I went back to our room and Peggy wasn't there. I bet she was down in the lounge but I didn't stick my muzzle in to find out, 'cause I think she wanted to get everything set up before I arrived. And there were some bags on her bed that I was curious about but I didn't look inside; I just got my homework and I went outside and found a bench that was dry enough that I could work on it there.
The bench had gotten warmer from the sun shining on it after the rainstorm, and it got even warmer from me stretching out on it and that was all thermodynamics. If I had been colder than the bench it would have warmed me up.
I had to hold a hoof on my worksheet a couple of times 'cause every now and then a gust of wind would try to take it away.
Since I was close to the front of the dorm, I could see when a pizza car arrived, and the driver brought a bunch of pizzas up to the front door and he must have been new because usually they went in the back. And I saw Peggy open the door for him and I bet that meant she was almost ready for me, so I packed up my homework and flew around to the boardwalk and took off my saddlebags and then noticed that I was still damp under them, and my coat was all matted, so I brushed my coat out.
I thought it would be more fun to go in the front, so I flew around the dorm one more time and came in through the front door, and Peggy and Christine and Rebekka were all there and still hanging up some balloons and streamers on the wall. And there was a big stack of pizzas and a cake and some cupcakes and a brown grocery bag with a bow on the top of it.
So they weren't quite ready yet but they didn't mind that I was there, and I helped hang up some of the streamers since they'd had to stand on a chair to do it.
And then people started showing up, and it was just about all my friends. We ate pizza and talked and they had me open the bag and it was a big album with lots of pictures of everyone including me and Peggy said that humans had a thing called a yearbook that they used to remember school so they made me one and I could show all my friends back in Equestria.
It was hard to even know where they'd found all the pictures. I guess that a lot of times people were talking pictures and I didn't even know it, 'cause there were a couple of me playing Durak and giving the girl at Val Day a ponyback ride, and some of me snowboarding and wearing all my flight gear and there were also lots of pictures of my friends either with me or doing things on their own, and it was just really amazing to see all of it. They must have gotten some from our helpers, because there was a picture of me flying over Lake Michigan with the skyscratchers in Chicago in front of me, and another picture of me sniffing a draft horse's nose. I was sure it must have been a lot of work to get all the pictures and put them in a book like that, and Peggy promised that they'd make a second one for me at the end of the year, because there was still a lot of time to do things. And she said that there were some pictures she hadn't been able to get either, and told me I should have told her it was my birthday sooner.
Everyone had written in it, too; some of them had signed their names in the back and written under some of the pictures, too, and Peggy said that was also a thing that humans did for their friends. And since there were a lot of people and not everyone had seen all the pictures they all had to look at the book and it was kind of funny how I got questions from my friends about things that they didn't know I'd done, like how I'd had #freethenipple painted on my belly in Colorado Springs (Peggy said that she'd had to copy the picture from the internet).
She also said that we were going to go skydiving tomorrow, in the afternoon, and that was something I was looking forward to.
So after everyone had talked and gotten their chance to see the picture book, Peggy said that human birthday cakes have candles on them and it's usually one for how old they are, but she had run out of candles at sixteen so each one would have to measure more than a year, and I did the math real quick and told her how much time each one represented, and Sean gave me a hoofbump and said that I was a proper nerd.
I had to make a wish and not tell anybody and then if I blew out all the candles maybe my wish would come true, and it was hard to think what the right thing to wish for was, but I finally figured it out and flapped my wings to blow out the candles and Peggy said that wasn't how you were supposed to do it but it probably counted.
The cake was a nice, dark chocolate with a vanilla frosting and it was really good. The frosting was a little too sugary, but since it was my birthday it was okay.
We all stayed in the lounge talking and we weren't supposed to be drinking but we did some anyway. Aric had brought a bunch of cans of beer and also paper cups with lids and bendy straws, and you could put the can inside and stick the straw through the lid and into the can and it looked like you were just drinking a soda (and there was also soda for people who didn't want to break the rules) and I think that probably the RA knew but never bothered us since we didn't get too loud.
Once all the pizza and cake and cupcakes were all eaten, people started to go back to their rooms, and when almost everyone was gone we went up to our room and continued the party there and we didn't have to pretend with the paper cups any more.
When it was getting close to bedtime, though, it got awkward because both Aric and Meghan were there and I couldn't decide who I ought to sleep with, because I couldn't choose both and I didn't want to hurt either of them so I didn't know what I should do, and I could tell both Aric and Meghan were waiting for me to decide and I just couldn't pick, and I finally went to pee to give myself some time to think and Peggy went with me and she said that she could maybe lie and tell them that we were doing something early in the morning so I didn't have to decide but that wasn't fair to them either. And I still hadn't thought of anything when I got back to our room and finally Aric said that he was going to give Angela and David a ride back home and that I was welcome to fly over if I wanted to after I'd said all my goodbyes, so I went out in the hall with him and hugged him and kissed him and I was pretty sure that he knew I wasn't going to be coming over tonight.
Peggy said that it was okay if Meghan stayed in our room but the no sex rule applied when it was a girl, too, but I didn't mind, because I didn't really want to anyway, because it didn't feel right to me.
Meghan had to go back to her room to get her sleeping clothes but promised that she'd be back, and when she'd left Peggy hugged me and said that she should have thought of that when she told people about my party but it wasn't her fault and her and Christine had told me and I hadn't listened to them when I should have, and maybe all three of us needed to have a talk about what we were expecting from each other.
And it was kind of frustrating because there were other things that I did with one person and not another like go to the salon with Meghan or go watch plays with Aric, and even things that I did with other people that nobody got jealous about like stormwatching and math homework and it just wasn't fair. And I should have gone with Aric, 'cause I'd spent most of the summer with Meghan but it wasn't right to ration out the time with your friends like you'd measure out rain, either.
So when Meghan came back in her sleeping clothes I think she could tell that I was kind of tense and she got into bed and I got in next to her and rested my head on her chest and I was still awake when she went to sleep and I didn't think I was going to sleep much at all.
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I've got an unshakable feeling that despite Aric's best intentions, it is part of why he was so distant the past few days.
Anyway, at least Silver's already know what the solution is, she just need not to procrastinate too much again...
My father once had deer feeders in our yard. They were also known as rose bushes.
7748725 Of course every RA ever has been fooled by this.
There was a 1960s song "Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?" by The Lovin' Spoonful someone needs to play it for Silver.
A photo album is a wonderful idea.
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Or Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) by The Monkees.
A primary ruined. I wonder if it hurts at all.
7748725 Ladies and gentlemen, behold the reason for "no outside food or drink" policies! Not just greed.
Looks like Silvers got to learn to do some balancing in her life, both between storm watching and lectures and between aric and Meghan. Ultimately I think Megan's going to Winn for nothing more than the fact she lives closer and is currently more integrated into Silvers life, I hope there isn't to much heartbreak involved though and no one does anything stupid (although given they're all teenagers that's unlikely)
Hopefully there isn't a storm during when Silver is scheduled to return to Equestria. I imagine her being hauled to the portal by multiple people while ranting about how she needs to be out there.
Also known as vegetable gardens. Or berry bushes. Or decorative plants. Or, in rare cases, the garage.
This made my heart hurt a little.
I'm now wondering how pegusai would fish.
So many options.
Pelicans dive-bombing for fish (with a mouth-held net?)
Skimming along the wavetops. (perhaps with a hooked pole held in the rear hooves)
Or just grabbing it in a hoof, like an Osprey.
Of course 'conventional' fishing works too - either from shore, or not. No need to use a rod to drag a lure through the water if you can tow it.
Small nets of various sorts would also be excellent - perhaps also used in combat in earlier times.
Working the shoreline for shellfish is going to be a lot easier and often safer to get to if you can fly and not worry about getting washed away if the tide rises, slippery rocks on the way to your destination or similar.
Hunting seabirds is a whole nother topic.
Aric, don't look at this as a bad thing. Look at it as an opportunity. Got to be a million "somebody done somebody wrong song" out there. BUT, how many of them got dumped by a two timing pony?
You could call it A Pony Played Me For A Horse's Ass & start with
"She had an angel's wings
And the devil's soul..."
With any luck you could top the country/western charts
¿Why did not Silver Glow just have sex with both Meghan and Aric? I am sure that Aric would not mind having sex with 2 different females.*
* 1 of my best memories is having sex to orgasm twice with 2 women over the course of 2 hours. If I ever need to summon a Patronus, I shall use that memory.
¿Does the Rule "¡No Sex!" of peggy apply to masurbation too? So many women never learn how to achieve orgasm and then blame the man when they do not achieve orgasm during sex.
Still so cute how she still lives in the old world thinking thanks to Equestria.
So the way to think about teh thermodynamics thing, is Adiabatic is the true Isolated system, no external energy flow, where Isothermal isnt isolated, or is called isolated if sperated far enouygh from anything else in an infinite behaving superconducting bath?
I thin the last time I used parametric created lines, I was drawing curve in Deluxe Paint. not the Bezier things used generally.
Just as long as Silver doesnt take her high quality haybale with her when she is flying to th Nature Centre, she doesnt want the ine to be so deer.
This party is a long time arriving, and when it does its with pizza, and beer, but the hookers ran off.
I can see why Silver is feeling conflicted. She wants to go to classes yet she also wants to do her weather duty, and also hang out with all her friends. Obviously she can't be everywhere at once, and scheduling time with her friends makes her feel like she merely objectifying them. Sure that is a sour feeling, but that is how things are. She has to learn to schedule time with her friends and personal things she does for herself. I'm sure her friends are understanding of her situation. She just needs to communicate more like she said towards the end.
if it
Aw, that chapter ended on a sad note. *angsty horse noises*
Silver should just talk them both into a cuddle-pile.
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*Gasp* It is made of cheese!
7750166 I think it could be. I think passing a speed threshold interacts with her magic for a speed boost. I've even seen a presentation where someone did the math based on what we see in the show.
In any case, I have an idea that could satisfy both our headcanons: attempting to measure Dash's speed in regards to the rainboom has thus far proven impossible, as the shockwave of magical energy released by the rainboom screws with any measurement devices either on her person or on the ground. Wind speed indicators, high-speed cameras, radio triangulation, stopwatches-- you name it, they've tried it. There's no way of knowing whether she actually is supersonic or not.
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I like the idea of Pegasus with crossbows which they reload by peddling a crank with the back legs. Otherwise a pony might use a front leg peddle crank to reload but they'd have to put down the bow to load it unless they work in a pair.
7750524 Yes. A Train station!
7750516 Yeah, sounds like my trip across the border. Eventually (TM)
For non USA residents. There are 50 states in the USA. Each one sets its own standards for admissions, what is needed to graduate, etc. (I know from personal experience that in Texas you've got to pass Texas history for example) AFAIK there is no national standard (There wasn't 40 years ago, they might have changed it.). People who are legal residents of the state get a break on the cost of tuition but not the other expenses. (The state government subsidizes all state colleges) Most students live in dormitories because it's cheaper in $ but it means living in a building with 100+ 18-22 year olds. Some colleges require freshmen to live on campus, some do not.
Most students borrow 10s of thousands of dollars to go to school. IMO, one of the big changes over the course of my lifetime is that it is no longer possible for most people to work their way through school with a part time job. +A college degree no longer guarantees a job that enables you to pay back your student loans (still your best shot, but it depends on your major)
And then I ate some hay and got my fishing license just in case I felt like catching some fish.
I should remember to always take that when I was flying.
Silver Glow scoffs at your puny "Catch-and-release" concept!
PS: If you think a deer feeder is fun, try setting a salt-lick block in your back yard while an elk herd is in the area...
Waaaat?!!?! I clearly wasn't paying attention, how did the fact that SGs birthday was on September 23 sneak up on me? I mean, since it's also my birthday you'd think I'd have noticed.
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Leonard Cohen - Ballad of the Absent Mare
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At least Silver Glow is starting to figure out how human relationships work. Maybe when she gets back to Equestria she can write a dating guidebook.
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Gardens tend to attract deer, too. For some reason, I don't tend to get them in my backyard, and I'm not sure why. Or else they're stealthy enough that I've never seen them.
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When I was in college and confident that I was smarter than anyone, I assumed that they didn't notice things like this. Now that I'm older and wiser, I suspect that they usually did know, and basically decided each time if it was worth busting someone.
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(Silver Glow's got big blue eyes and hair down to here . . .)
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Isn't it? Something that she can take back with her and show all her friends, plus all the memories of things she's done and places she's been. . . .
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Heh, so many good songs to choose from. Silver Glow might be surprised about how many songs there are about love and loss.
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If pony feathers are like bird feathers (and I assume they are), it wouldn't unless you pulled it out--after they grow, they die, much like hair, so if it gets broken or cut or whatever, it won't hurt.
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You'd be amazed how much you can carry in when you've got a trenchcoat. Well, you wouldn't, but most people would be.
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Storm-watching and lectures she can manage to do at the same time, although she probably should tell her professors if it's really bad she's going to be up in the air, not in class. (Obviously, at a pegasus school this would be common, and probably the professor would be right there with them anyways.) As for the relationships, the key is communication.
Yeah, the hope that college students don't do anything stupid is a fool's hope. I certainly did my share of dumb things when I was in college.
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Oh, that would be perfect.
"Where's Silver Glow?"
"She went out to fight that snowstorm."
"We're not letting any more pegasi in the exchange program. Do you know how much paperwork I'm going to have to do?"
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I don't know about if deer will do this, but one of our customers had her horses chew some of the paint off the fender of her truck, and then her mare broke the mirror off it when she used it as a butt-scratcher.
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In one story I had them dive and grab fish in shallow water with their mouths. Hard to do without accidentally choking on the water, though; I'm sure that the birds who do have some way to keep the water out.
Diving and grabbing with hooves would probably work reasonably well, at least for medium-sized fish. It's possible that they've invented some kind of hoof-boot to help them hold on, because fish are slippery and wiggly. If they're fishing out of streams or rivers, they might be able to grab it and toss it to shore before it can get away.
IRL, some horses have learned to fish by stomping on the fish then eating them (and I've seen a video of a horse hunting baby birds the same way).
They could also potentially zap the fish with lightning--I'm not sure how effective that would be, but in a shallow pool it might stun them all and then you could just pick them up off the top of the water to your heart's content.
Silver Glow's village also fishes in more conventional ways--with nets from boats or from shore (dragging a net behind horses in shallow water is a traditional fishing method in some countries), along with crab pots and the like. Some pegasi probably also fish from cloud platforms, or troll by towing a fishing line behind themselves (and when they get a bite, just fly up).
Then there are the sand crabs she was catching--the easiest way to get them is to scrape at the sand, and when you turn one over, either stomp on it or pick it up with your mouth really quick.
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Some of the best songs, poems, and short stories come from loss and heartbreak, it's true. Also, two-timing pony is a wonderful phrase.
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Telephone telegram is one of my favorite Silverisms, and I really need to start calling text messages that.
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I think that adiabatic is the completely isolated system. Of course IRL it's not perfectly isolated, but it's close enough for testing purposes.
"Hey, that's my haybale! Buy your own, you dumb deer!"
The last thing that Silver Glow needs at her birthday party is hookers.
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While I admit to not being an expert, I believe in order to have a successful threesome you need all three people involved to want to have sex with both of the other two.
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That's exactly it. There are too many people that she wants to see, especially now that it's getting closer and closer to the end of the year for her, and working out a schedule for who you're going to see when takes all the fun and spontaneity out of it.
Most of them are in the same situation themselves (well, except for the polyamory ). And as the year goes on and there are plays and concerts and mid-terms and so forth, it just gets more chaotic for everyone, and the best way to deal with it is be open and honest.
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Correction made; thank you!
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Poor Silver Glow.
She should try and get one going. Have everyone bring down pillows into one of the lounges, and make a big cuddle-pile. That's a great experience, incidentally, even if nobody gets all that much sleep.
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Wouldn't it be amazing if that were true. If the astronauts brought back hundreds of pounds of legitimate moon-cheese. . . .
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That's kind of what I think, too, sort of in the same vein as Twilight's eyes going white or her lifting off the ground when she goes Super Saiyan with her magic. There's some kind of magical threshold that she can push beyond, and the rainboom is one of the visible side effects of it.
That's not a bad idea--I think it would work better in a comedy than a serious story, though.
I personally don't like the implications of her going supersonic in a serious story--which is why I don't think she does--but I'm not going to rage-quit when I come across a story where she does. It certainly could be a magical effect and no less likely than Twilight being able to teleport.
One idea I toyed with, actually, was that Rainbow was able to catch everypony falling from the Cloudiseum because she believed she could and so did everypony who was watching and that was what made the magic happen. If she had doubted herself, or if everyone in the audience had thought that she couldn't do it, she wouldn't have. (Also, I have to confess that is one of my absolute favorite moments of the show.)
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Correction made; thank you!
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They could actually even use a rope tied between their legs, too. Crossbow strapped to a foreleg, and a rope run to a hind leg, so when they stretch the two out, it cocks the bow.
Thinking on more ridiculous pony tech, in one episode of the mythbusters they made a crossbow gatling gun which I believe was crank activated. The earth ponies could have a version of it where a pony treadmill cocked and fired it.
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Well, that's more than my hometown has. No shipwrecks and no train station or tracks. Although we used to have the train station and train tracks.
We should just find a way to meet up in Windsor or something on a long weekend.
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I got out with $24,000 in debt, and I got an unexpected windfall that helped me pay them back, otherwise I'd probably still be making student loans. And I have never had a paying job in my field or expertise.
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Where's the fun in catching a fish if you're not going to eat it right then and there?
If an elk showed up in my backyard, I'd freak out, since as far as I know there aren't any elk living in this part of Michigan. I don't think there are any south of the Mackinac Bridge.
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She never specifically mentioned the date, that's probably how it sneaked up on you. Anyway, happy birthday!
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This is the best thing ever.
Also, rest in peace, Leonard Cohen.
No one ever remembers Taylor Expansion. Ever.
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I guess she hasn't been to a Pinkie Pie party.
You won't believe how many times I've met people that just turned out to be talking pictures, mhm.
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No, she probably hasn't.
Too sugary to a pony might be hardly sugary to a human, as well.
Silver Glow ought to expect it--when you're a cute, flying pony, lots of people are going to take pictures of what you do.
Crystal's name is already Crystal Dawn, which is pretty much a pony name on its own.
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The americans probably eat more sugar than most of the rest of the word (combined) to be honest.
Huh. I didn't know that. I distinctly remember it being mentioned earlier in thenfic now that you mention it.
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Yes she does, they make such great pillows.
She's just obsessed with that bar because people keep telling her no, and Pony wants to do what Pony wants to do damnit!
She's learning, the bible just repeats the same thing over and over.
Silver, by now, you should learn anytime adolescents around you start giggling, it's because they found a way to link what you said to sex.
Plus, everyone on campus has already seen your 'haybox'
"Peggy, Pony is hungry! Make her a Burrito and Taco!" "Male servant! Make your pony a bigger, better burrito!" "Good job servant, you shall be my personal burrito maker in the coming new regime!"
Also, it was tasty is good enough reason to eat the whole thing.
And now begins pony bio-weapon attack testing. Where's an MCU-2P when you need it?
Pega Perks, getting stuff passed to you through higher story windows. Hmm, could she just like, hang her butt out the window?
Serious pony is serious, you do your homework young lady!
Pony makes best study buddy!
And even more D'aaaaww at her nearly falling asleep outside just feeling so safe with Meghan.
Meghan knows what's what. Time spent sleeping is time spent not knowing you are basking in the presence of Pony. Also a good point for why so much less drama with Meghan, she is just utterly whipped and simply wants to spend time with Pony no matter what. Also the two are just so much more adorable together.
Bigger cows makes sense, been bred to be larger and larger for more meat and all that.
Also cows give little fucks. Granted, if they do find something to give a fuck about, hope you have somewhere high to hide out till that's over.
Very practical pony. 'Eh it'll dry if I just hang it up.'
Silly pony, you'd think by now she'd learn to take anything those three say as them just trolling her.
Well, with Pluto, it wasn't just the size, but also one of the changed criteria was it had to have swept all other objects of any appreciable mass out of it's orbit, which Pluto hasn't done.
Of course the pegasus wants to try flying through Jupiter. You know RD would freaking love to dive through a hurricane the size of Equestria that is older then Celestia.
And so Pluto bounces back and forth between planet and not a planet every few decades, until the Borg do everyone a favor and just eat the damn thing.
Oort cloud, I can never not hear that as being ominous thanks to Pern.
Yeah you do kind of know who God is now. A dick. Now time to see the cool version with old JC. For all Tia is just, better all around then OT God, her and Jesus would really get along well. Can see ponies pretty much having the same view as Gandhi. "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians, they are so unlike your Christ."
Yay nuzzles! Always yay the nuzzles!
She does have an interesting take on God just, not really getting how to deal with people well, it.. kind of fits and is the sort of thing only someone from the outside of things that hasn't had God is infallible and Omni-Everything (Except the Omni that matters most, and Tia hold, Omnibenvolant) beaten into their heads would consider.
And we also see her own issues with being unable to see a difference between 'lawful' and 'good'. Which is not really a 'pony' thing, as we've seen more then enough Chaotic aligned ponies who are quite willing to say buck the rules, most extreme is Pinkie, who doesn't even believe in basic rules of reality. I can see that thing being more prevalent among them, but hardly intrinsic. Part of it is Silver just, having an all around simple outlook on things that she doens't question things she feels she knows already.
Also yes, having a mobile front and being able to trade land for time is a very viable strategy if you can use it.
And yes, she wants to, people want to spoil the pony, let them!
Always might want a fishy snack, even though she never really does.
And the ATC's know their weatherpony habits. So, any future Pegasi get sent to K just cause all the locals are trained on how to deal with them?
And d'awww so helpful and serious about things she doens't get people don't mean, like the raft drifting idea.
She is starting to turn into Fluttershy, wanting all the animals outside her window.
Yeah, Peggy is going to regret this.
People love to surprise the pony because surprised pony is so adorable!
Very true, foster understanding of the underlying basics, rather then just rout memorization of the data.
Storm Pony gotta Fly! Everyone better get out of her way!
A bit too eager, stupid not fast enough door. Still better then crashing through a plate glass door in your rush.
Yay, it's still a good Pega finder watch!
Wet pony is wet, and going to get so many looks. Just, randomly trotting back into class, soaking wet after flying a storm like it's nothing. She may by cute, and kind of naive about some things, and have a very simple outlook, but she's a stone cold badass too.
Waaaaaiiit, something isn't right here.. Sean is at least a Junior, if not a Senior, what guy by that point actually has a BASKET for dirty clothes?
Gotta watch the cute birdy pone being cute birdy pone.
Also good pony is good and not looking in the party bags.
Never mind having pony around!
And of course, who'd miss a pony birthday party? Even without the threat of waking up the next day to a pissed off Pinkie standing over your bed with an invitation to the 'Sorry you missed the Birthday Party' Party.
D'awwww such a sweet gift, and rather perfect for her.
Also,Peggy has some connections, and moves really damn fast. Thing that Silver hasn't realized, and story has only shown obliquely, Peggy is going to be in contact with her handlers as part of the 'pony roommate' package.
WHOOOOOOOOOO! Not quite flying buddy, but at least a "Falling down from really high buddy'
Yes Silver, you are a nerd, and so cute about it.
Built in super candle snuffers #pegaperks
You can tell Silver did not grow up near Pinkie given her aversion to overly sweet things.
Yes, the RA's aren't going to spoil pony fun time, they are smarter then that,
And then everything takes a turn for the awkward and teen drama-y. Even with Peggy being great buddy and offering to run interference, still an issue Silver knows she can't avoid.
And that goodbye to Aric, just... ouch. I know I don't really see them as anything serious, but still... ouch.
And yeah, at least she knows she needs to talk to them both about this.
And nooooo, no sad, upset worried pony! NOOOOO!!!!!! Pony no supposed to be sad! Meghan cuddle sad pony, make her feel better!
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Boob pillows are best pillows.
Yes, that’s very true. Of course, she could just go there on her own, but it’s not as much fun as with friends.
It does to that.
Both true facts.
Silver Glow knows how to get what she wants. She’s a smart pony, and all will serve her.
Yes, it is. Regrets are future Silver Glow’s problem. Well, and anyone around her.
Will that actually stop pegasus bio-weapons?
You know if they ever build a Taco Bell in Equestria, there’ll be one ground level trot-through window for the mudponies and one on a tower for the pegasuses.
And yes, she could just hang her butt out the window if she wanted to. Depending on how the wind’s blowing, that might not be an improvement.
Especially for math classes. I know I’d be motivated to do homework if a pony was cheering me on.
Ponies always prefer sleeping with other ponies or people they trust.
Meghan loves Silver Glow for far more than just sex, and would still willingly spend as much time with Silver Glow as she could, even if they stop having sex.
Very much so.
Cows bow down to the superiority of horses, though. Which I find quite amusing.
I am your leader now.
She’s not wrong.
Cedric and Leon are the type where you’re never quite sure if they’re making it up or if it’s actually true.
That’s a silly requirement. Give Pluto a chance to smash things--if it does it right, it’ll get bigger, too.
Obviously, even with proper breathing apparatus, odds are that attempting to fly through Jupiter’s atmosphere would probably be fatal, even for a pony like RD. Having said that, it would be about the most epic way to go.
Or grab a few more planetoids from the Kuiper Belt and stick them on Pluto so it’s big enough to qualify.
That’s a reference I don’t get. Dragonriders of Pern, I assume? Never did read those books.
I think theologians prefer the word ‘vengeful.’
I wonder if anybody’s written that? While generally mixing religion and ponies is a terrible idea, there’s a story called Fluttershy Has Tea with Jesus that’s really chill and goes exactly like I’d imagine Fluttershy having tea with Jesus would go.
I don’t disagree with that at all. There are plenty of good Christians, of course, the ones that actually do what Jesus said to do . . . but they’re sure offset by a lot of bad ones.
Nuzzles are always good. There is no wrong time for a nuzzle.
That’s what I think makes her understanding interesting, since it’s from an outside perspective most people don’t have, and to an extent based on her knowledge of a god-like pony, which she can equate Him to and compare and contrast Him with. I can’t help but wonder if back in Ye Olde Times you’d have theological arguments between Romans and Vikings or something like that. “Oh, well Zeus is pretty cool, but Thor would totally kick his butt in a fight.” Etc.
I don’t know if I’d say that ponies break the rules per se; more that they have different rules than we do, and perhaps a different concept of rules. As a sorta mundane example, I’ve heard that legally in the US, if it’s not specifically forbidden, it’s permitted; whereas in French law, it’s illegal unless it’s specifically permitted.
Maybe it’s part of their herd mentality, but I think that help other ponies out (the “good” part of the alignment) might tend to hold sway over practically everything else. Obviously not to say that all ponies are good, but even Discord’s pranks tend to be mostly harmless.
And I think that another thing to consider regarding Silver’s lack of questioning things that a modern Westerner would--Celestia is good and wants her ponies to be happy, therefore if Celestia says it it’s a good thing even if it doesn’t seem obvious why. That’s the level of thinking that a lot of ponies probably have. In our own history, we can of course draw parallels to more religious times--the Pope says that God wants children to go take the Holy Land, so that’s what parents send their children off to do, because the Pope wouldn’t say it if it wasn’t true.
Obviously, while this type of thinking is fine when you have a good ruler, it’s not beneficial when you don’t.
That’s always the best strategy if you can accomplish it. Then wait for winter, supply lines to collapse, and mop up in the springtime.
There is nothing wrong with spoiling the pony.
With all the food available at the dining hall and fish conveniently in cans, she really doesn’t have to do that much fishing on her own. Pony is getting lazy.
That would be a decent idea, for sure. Or at least training ground for pegasi who are going to spend more time on Earth, and for flight controllers who will be watching over pegasi in other places. If K’s the only college in Kalamazoo accepting ponies, that could be very limiting depending on what kind of degree a pony is going for.
Well, who’s to say he doesn’t mean it? Maybe when he retires he’ll build himself a little raft and drift down the Mississippi. Maybe he’s always on the lookout for a pony who is also interested in that kind of thing, and it could be just the two of them drifting downriver, with Miss Cherilyn following along on shore.
I’ve got to imagine that there’s a much lower density of fun animals around K’s campus than there are in Equestria.
The surprise? Why would she regret it?
Very true. Although let’s be honest, Silver Glow is adorable 24/7.
That’s the only way to learn. In part why I suck at learning foreign languages; I don’t really know the underlying basics of how English works. I just know what looks right and what doesn’t. Any language I wanted to learn, I’d either have to learn the same way, or else buckle down and actually gain proper understanding of things like direct objects and past participles and so forth.
Everybody’s really missing out not equipping her with a couple of strobe lights on her legs for emergency weather patrol launches.
Theoretically, if it’s tempered glass she’s probably light enough she’d bounce off it rather than break through. But probably best to not find out.
Smart watch is smart.
Yeah, and all her classmates had better appreciate that. Even if she’s having little to no effects on the storm, both flying up into it and still getting to class . . . what’s everyone else’s excuse?
Hey, I have a basket for dirty clothes. I had one in college, too.
Good pony knows not to spoil the surprise for herself.
Like, seriously, of all the parties that you could attend in college, pony birthday party is probably about the best. That’s an excuse for not getting homework done if ever there was one.
Things like that are the best kind of gift. That’s something my Grandpa did for years, and looking through them never gets old.
Obviously it helps that Mr. Salvatore would move heaven and earth for his little pegasus, but yeah, there are a lot of things that Peggy can get on rather short notice by just calling Mr. Salvatore and asking for him to make it happen.
Not everybody’s friend would jump out of an airplane with them, that’s for sure. I don’t think I would do it, honestly.
She totally is.
At least she knows enough about cakes to not have decided to put out the candles with a raincloud. Although that would have been a great picture for her yearbook.
Yeah, I think that Ponyville’s obsession with sugary goodness is maybe just due to Pinkie. Probably most ponies don’t eat as many sweets as Ponyvillians. Although I suppose cakes are probably popular in Canterlot, too.
And if they do make trouble, Peggy can sic the feds on them.
Yeah, and that’s something that Silver should have thought of sooner. It’s not like Peggy and Christine haven’t been telling her repeatedly that this is the kind of thing that will blow up in her face sooner or later.
Yeah . . . sad boyfriend is sad.
What really should have happened much earlier in the year is Christine should have beaten Silver Glow with a baguette every day until she actually talked with Aric and Meghan and got things worked out. Maybe the three of them could have had a duel with baguettes like proper adults.
Honestly, Meghan’s gonna be the one to be able to do it more than Aric, I think, since the two of them are better connected emotionally.
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