Derpy Counsel · 2:36am Feb 18th, 2016
One Day I Found a Multiverse in My Pajamas is nearing completion. It should be out by this weekend at the latest, and hopefully I didn't just shoot myself in the foot. (Edit from the future: Nope, through the queue on Friday afternoon and now live.) However, it turns out that I can't fit in the cut snippet of Oversaturation that inspired this story in the first place. As such, here's a sort of thematic preview. Bear in mind that some of the details have shifted since this was composed. (Also, a bit of familiarity with the IDW comics will help. And the appropriateness of Twilight's dialogue in the link is entirely coincidental.)
Bright Eyes sighed and adjusted her glasses as she looked over the latest stack of royal decrees. Managing Equestria had never been easy, and Good King Sombra's sacrifice hadn't made it any easier. The alicorn sisters were helping, but while Celestia's inner darkness had been purged, she still hadn't grasped the finer points of non-evil national policy. That was what the Bearers of Virtue were for, and in the case of Wisdom, that meant teaching the sun mare that there were alternatives to decimation when settling a labor dispute. The late hour meant that Celestia had long since retired to her chambers, but Bright kept working, claiming the royal library for her own use.
She became aware of a high-pitched keening on the edge of hearing. It grew in volume as a silver sphere grew out of nowhere right in front of her. Bright Eyes took to the air, careful to direct her downdraft away from her paperwork.
The sphere burst with an audible pop revealing a creature Bright Eyes had never seen before. Her first thought was a winged minotaur calf. However, the lack of horns and vestigial digits on the lower extremities suggested simian ancestry, though the ponylike ears put that hypothesis into question. The garments, a pair of pantaloons that didn't even reach the creature's knees and a short-sleeved tunic, suggested civilization. That the tunic bore Bright Eye's own cutie mark...
"Hi there." The creature's voice broke Bright Eyes out of her reverie. The high pitch, combined with the way the tunic fell on her, suggested this being was female. She hovered next to Bright, wobbling a little, and extended a hand. "I'm Ditzy Doo. Human." She glanced at her wings. "Mostly."
Bright Eyes offered her hoof, and they shook. "Bright Eyes. Pegasus, entirely, and Bearer of the Element of Wisdom."
"Really? I don't suppose you're wise to a parallel universe full of my species?"
"I have had some experience with parallel universes recently, but none that contain creatures like you."
"Of course not." Ditzy threw up her hands. "Do you have any idea how frustrating it is to be set adrift in space and time with nothing but your pajamas?"
Bright Eyes contemplated her guest for a moment. "I take it you can't digest hay?"
"No! No I cannot! And you are only the third person to realize that without my having to explain it!"
"I can see how that would be frustrating."
"No kidding!" Ditzy took a deep breath. "Fortunately, magic seems to work at least a little like how card games taught me it does, so I'm able to ping-pong about the local multiverse."
"You seem to be taking this rather calmly. Is this normal for your species?"
"Oh, not in the least." Ditzy gave a rather manic grin. "The snark is basically the only thing that's keeping me from collapsing into a gibbering mess."
And for the twist ending, Ditzy Doo is the multiverse.
And Derpy will say, "How the multiverse got in my pajamas I shall never know!"
I wonder if there's any Chitty Chitty Bang Bang pony out there.
and somewhere, carrot top is wondering why there's a whole universe in her fridge.
Snark is love. Snark is life.
OMG, I'm already in love
And I agree with the snark comment :D
This is wonderful. I'm glad you chose to work on something like this.
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Somebody adapt the Universe song from Monty Python's Meaning of Life for Carrot Top and Derpy/Ditzy/Muffin/Bright Eyes/You-Know-Who!
Oh, my. I wonder how Bright Eyes will react to Ditzy Doo, pegasus, planeswalker.
Awww, yeah! It's gotta be fblthp!
That works too i guess.
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The process had been long and arduous. Carrot Top had assumed multiple shell identities, formed countless layers of deception to acquire the item. Her heart had been her throat as she'd transported it back to Ponyville. The next day, she'd barely been able to focus on her chores as it sat in her fridge, silently condemning her.
Finally, sunset came. Carrot barred her door and shuttered her windows. Though it would shame her ancestors, the time had come at last. She opened her fridge.
A vast starscape greeted her, glittering with all the beauty of the night. Stars and galaxies twinkled, nigh-indistinguishable from her perspective. Great clouds of dust and gas glowed like delicate veils on a Saddle Arabian concubine. The majesty of an entire universe unfolded before her.
Carrot groaned. "This is the third time this month!"
She never did find the parsnip.
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It certainly is for Ditzy right now.
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An interesting thought. The two of them could probably have a fascinating conversation about polycosmic mechanics and the close parallels of motherhood and advising newly reformed royalty.
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Sorry, no homunculi in this story. The Fblthp/Oglor buddy comedy has been indefinitely delayed.
Love the preview, even if it is for the story as it exists in some other universe
looking forward to the similar but not identical story that will exist in this one.