An engineer transplanted from Earth tries to take his work with him to Equestria, but it's a mare's world here, and he's not taken seriously. Teaming up with a purple alicorn gives him a shot at making his dreams a reality.
Raven Inkwell; Chief Archivist, High Secretary, Princesses’ Right Wing, and foremost servant of Equestria. And now it seems, between encouraging Anon’s helping Celestia and this, Royal Matchmaker.
She looks up at you for a long time. You channel your inner predator to make a staring contest out of it. Prey blinks first. Luna turns away. “We apologize. We are so used to ponies being fearful of us, so we simply assumed.”
Humanity, hell ya.
”It’s just a little embarrassing to talk to him about things like eye contact, certain elements of personal space, and uh…”
“Socks.”
”Socks.”
If only they understood. From a humans perspective, pony eyes are some of the cutest things ever, and YOU try not to pet something so precious.
... Socks are just comfy AF, no need to explain that one.
I like the idea that in Equestria, impure gemstones are highly valued to display status while pure gemstones are priced more as commodities for spellcasting or to dazzle up outfits and decorations.
10170420 You know, with the synthetic jewel trade starting up, that's actually the way it is in our world as well. You can actually get raw synthetic rubies and sapphires dirt cheap, for about 0.03 USD/carat. Natural jewels, especially diamonds, would also be pretty cheap without the De Beers monopoly.
10170420 I'm not an expert, but I was led to believe that gemstones were valuable BECAUSE of its impurities. Isn't the only difference between a Ruby and an emerald the type of mineral mixed in to give it's color?
10296360 I know this comment is a couple years old, but it's ruby and sapphire that are the same crystal. In its purest form it's called corundum. Chromium deposits in the corundum gives it the distinctive red color of a ruby. All other colors are sapphires. Emeralds are a completely different crystal called beryl. Specifically green beryl.
But yes, gems are valuable because of their impurities. Well, not directly, but because they're only impure when found in nature. It means that supplies are limited, and said supply comes from massive amounts of labor. Another way of looking at it is that artificial gemstones are too perfect. Either way, they aren't worth trying to sell. Instead, various crystals are made artificially to make use of their useful physical properties. Artificial diamonds are called cubic zirconium for example, and are used in situations that call for the hardness of diamond.
I like this so far.
Ya this is amazingly good
If she thought 'She Blinded Me With Science' was bad, he should have had her listen to 'Bad Touch.'
> Tear the phone apart to get the battery out
Didn't expect Anon to be an Apple fan.
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Same with new samsung phones. stupid glass backplates...
I love how you carry yourself, Raven.
10016262 Psssh, easy. Little heat and a playing card or 2. The glue tabs on iphone batteries are far more annoying...
Humanity, hell ya.
If only they understood. From a humans perspective, pony eyes are some of the cutest things ever, and YOU try not to pet something so precious.
... Socks are just comfy AF, no need to explain that one.
I like the idea that in Equestria, impure gemstones are highly valued to display status while pure gemstones are priced more as commodities for spellcasting or to dazzle up outfits and decorations.
10170420
You know, with the synthetic jewel trade starting up, that's actually the way it is in our world as well. You can actually get raw synthetic rubies and sapphires dirt cheap, for about 0.03 USD/carat. Natural jewels, especially diamonds, would also be pretty cheap without the De Beers monopoly.
10170420
I'm not an expert, but I was led to believe that gemstones were valuable BECAUSE of its impurities. Isn't the only difference between a Ruby and an emerald the type of mineral mixed in to give it's color?
10296360
I know this comment is a couple years old, but it's ruby and sapphire that are the same crystal. In its purest form it's called corundum. Chromium deposits in the corundum gives it the distinctive red color of a ruby. All other colors are sapphires. Emeralds are a completely different crystal called beryl. Specifically green beryl.
But yes, gems are valuable because of their impurities. Well, not directly, but because they're only impure when found in nature. It means that supplies are limited, and said supply comes from massive amounts of labor. Another way of looking at it is that artificial gemstones are too perfect. Either way, they aren't worth trying to sell. Instead, various crystals are made artificially to make use of their useful physical properties. Artificial diamonds are called cubic zirconium for example, and are used in situations that call for the hardness of diamond.
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