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Nicknack


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This story is a sequel to Evening Flames


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August fifteenth.

One day. Two summer nights.

Six separate lives, intertwined.


This collection of vignettes is meant to be a followup to my main stories, Summer Days and Evening Flames. If you have not read these stories, I can't guarantee that these will make any sense. Feel free to read anyway, but don't say you weren't warned.

Chapters (6)
Comments ( 67 )

Huh. I didn't think you'd expand on Evening Flames. Not that I'm complaining :) I hope I have time to read this tomorrow.

Hmm... I used up my author's note on this chapter, trying to dissuade people from reading it if they haven't read the pre-requisites.

It's just as well; I have almost nothing to say about this story. It's easily my favorite of the lot, it actually gives me a chance to somewhat explore the griffin culture I made (though all is quiet on the Elpithasus / Erntving front), and it's got its own soundtrack. (If this were 2011, I still wouldn't have done the "put a link in the text"; I always found that kind of lame).

Will there be ever resolve to Gildas banishment?

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Here's hoping you enjoy


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Yeah... October... February... same thing, right?


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I could go philosophical and ask, "Does there need to be?" I mean, she's setting down roots in the Farrington community, she's undoing a lot of the psychological damage and learning to live with the rest... isn't that a conclusion on its own?

I could go literal and say I know the basic story outline of what happens when and if she gets a chance to return home.

I think I'll be honest and say I still can't commit to writing that. I'm finishing up a lot of projects, and for the first time in a few years, I'm starting to see what it's like to not like to have a story in front of me that I've committed to finishing. Right now, I definitely want to take a break more than I want to write a novel-length story.

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oh my gosh

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I think I am already used to expect things to work in Valve time, so I honestly do not mind.

“Oh, so that’s supposed to be a hammer…”

The silliness of this really made me laugh way more than it should have. :rainbowlaugh:

“Meine” was all she whispered.

mm, maybe there was a misunderstanding, but „Meine“ is not possible here. It would be either plural („Meine Kinder“~“my children”) or singular female („Meine Frau“~“my wife”). Possible are „Mein“ oder „Meiner“ while I prefer the former. :twilightsmile: Thanks for the publishing :-)

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Heh... just like old times.

I thought I ran these past you at one point, though? :rainbowhuh:


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:pinkiecrazy:

I toned down the wonton sexiness of these quite a bit during revision, but that one had to stay.

He hit a reflexive nerve in my nex

What is a “nex”?

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I... I don't even know.

August fifteenth is my birthday...

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I can't wait to start troping. I just had 3 of my favorite authors cancel/go on hiatus/ quit entirely, so this comes as a ray of shining light that I'm totally gonna humpdash towards at blinding speeds.

Well, I like it, but... this kind of came out of left field. Maybe I didn't read deeply enough, but I don't think there was any indication of Memo's crush in the series. Did I just miss it, or was this a cool thing you just had to write in because it wouldn't go away?

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It came up twice in Evening Flames. Chapter 2, Starfall mentions she sent him flowers that he threw away to keep the peace with his wife. Then, in the epilogue (Iron's perspective):

Across the table, Gilda made a motion like zipping her beak shut; I shrugged and changed the topic to something I’d just remembered: “Speaking of birthdays, isn’t yours coming up?”

“Yeah, next week.” He mock-frowned. “Nice of you to remember.”

I smiled back. “Maybe I’ll have Memo schedule me a reminder—”

He shook his head. “Oh no. Seven years, and she’s never figured that one out. Don’t you dare.”

Gilda’s eyebrow shot up again. “You... and the secretary?”

“Not... me. Her. I keep telling her to stop.”

“Oh...” She chuckled. “What happened to your usual tactical assholery?”

He shrugged. “She... she doesn’t deserve that.”

Wow, a little over one thousands words and that last chapter was still one of the best shipfics I read. I'd fave this story for that alone, not to mention all that other awesome stuff.

“I told you I don’t mind, except for that I get thirsty.”

Yet tonight, in the middle of the August two years after we’d first met, I felt that subterfuge helped calm my nerves.

not really necessary, recommend omitting.

And nice to see Gilda and Iron again. I had missed seeing these two.

I see you're fond of the Breach & Clear segments.
Interesting to see Gilda being part of what is essentially Farrington's SWAT team.

Nickname remains, as always, best griffmin.

Starfall is one of my favourite characters from your fics as well. Nice to see a glimpse of their every day life a bit further on.

I've wanted to see more of this 'verse for a while now, and this is a promising start. Let's see if the rest is as good as I think it'll be.:raritywink:

Yep. Just as good as I'd hoped.:twilightsmile:

I only truly hated the worst ones, like how I no longer had a little audience waiting for me at the hospital.

It's amazing how much sad you packed into this one line. :fluttercry:

“I know, right?” I shrugged. “And with a knife? Who does that?”

Who indeed? :facehoof:

Man, never be ashamed of the first cod mw, that was an epic game. The second was great for non pc guys, too.

“I don’t want to rush things. I like what we’ve got.”
“I don’t!”

Still my favorite part :-)

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Yes we talked about it last year. I’m pretty sure that I recommented „Mein“, but my brain may be wrong. No harm done anyway :-).

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Mm. And I might have had some bullshit reasoning that I forget now that it's been five months since these were written.

Glad you liked them, and sill liked Maxie's bit. :P

Awe, Starfall ain't no villain, he's an antagonist. He's an asshole, but a good asshole, and for reasons. He's a really great character because he's so legit.

I might’ve sauntered a in a more pronounced manner as I led him through the apartment building’s entrance and up the staircase,

extra word

Anyway, nice slices of life for the characters of Farrington. I was wondering whether there'd be anything on Sherry in these small tidbits, but can't complain.

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Well, Sherry was sort of in this:

There was more than shopping going on that afternoon: A reliable, if anonymous, source had tipped the Guard off on an illicit gemcrafting operation that was taking place.

And... there's also a seventh vignette that I didn't post in with the Valentine's Day stuff (since it's even less related to romance than Gilda's was).

As of now, it's got a lot of re-tooling that's needed for something that's close to 2.4k words, and I'm not sure what I want to do with it. It's still in "rough draft" phase, so I don't want to release it publicly...

These little slices of life were quite charming as a means of tying up the loose ends. Even though this is one of the only series' that I wish had no end to it, I feel you rounded it off pleasantly.

Also, Jerry managed to stick with Stephen in a clandestine relationship for, what, 8 years? Not bad. Though in a way, I think it's a shame that they believe Gilda perished at flight camp, and that it would only cause more problems if they got wind of where she really ended up (At least Gilda would certainly reckon so). So long as the characters are happy however, it's an ideal place to end things.

And I hope you can get that seventh vignette sorted out at some point. :twilightsmile:

Writing way out of your class here you dirtbag. I find the detritus in a dog's vomit to be a touch more appealing than this sorry attempt at characterization.

Your distended neuroses are both pathological and awkward. You can't possibly cover up the disgusting inferences here-in with outdated references like, "B-but... but Frued!!" It's quite embarrassing really, and overall... an abortion of morality. You should be kicked off this site.

Yuck. So gay.

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D'aw that was short, but sweet! Well guess now I have no choice but to read all of these other vignettes as well!

Wow, he really buys that weakass story about Gilda? Also, I'm pulling for you guys. Gerard, I think Stephen's plan is the best your are going to get.

I would have liked to see Gilda's reconciliation with Ponyville. Are you going to write that, or just hope that they do it in the show?

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If they do it in the show, I am certain they're going to completely render my story non-canon*. That's their right with their IP, after all. Leaving it up to the show would be irresponsible of me as an author, if I were worried about stuff like that.

At the same time, I have no plans to ever write her reconciliation. If I do progress with a sequel, it will be several years after these vignettes, and it will only focus on plot-relevant characters. That would basically be Twilight and Dash, two of whom it's fairly simple to say, "We got to hang out more after I apologized for being a bitch that day" and move on with the plot.

So, I suppose, the answer is 'neither.'

*You know. As canon as all my violence, death, and hate crimes can get.

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That's too bad. I like a good reconciliation story, but if you don't feel you have anything to write about it, then I understand. In the meantime, I'll just imagine it went something like this:

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I am somewhat of a fan of the first two Call of Duty: Modern Warfare games.

Because the other ones weren't good.
(Ghosts is basically MW4)

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Author Interviewer

ew, interspecies D:

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Author Interviewer

Ohh, I didn't realize this was going to be part of this thing. :D

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