Jax sat by his dinner table with parchment in front of him and a pen in his hand. They had eaten an early dinner not long ago, made by Pinkie Pie. He would have to remember to buy more groceries, but that could wait. Right now he needed to write this apology.
“Can’t you just write ‘I’m sorry’ and get it over with? Come on, I’m sure Twi is already up.” Rainbow’s input was as helpful as ever.
Pinkie bounced around the table. “Yeah! We’ve already spent so much time apologizing to ponies, we’ll barely have time to apologize to them again after we prank them!”
“Well, I want to get this right. Just… help me out here. I got ‘Dear Celestia’ so far. Does that sound too formal?” He scratched his head. Why was it so hard for him to write letters?
“What? No. Twilight writes ‘Dear Celestia’ at the beginning of every letter. Every letter to Celestia at least.” Rainbow said.
Alright, so he was on the right track at least. Here goes.
***
“Add a drawing!” Pinkie shoved him aside to draw something with crayons. Where did she get the crayons from? Who knew.
“Pinkie, I hardly think… ah whatever.” He started drawing as well. It would give it a more personal feeling when he wasn’t going to apologize muzzle to muzzle. Eh, face to face. Face to muzzle? Whatever.
“Hey! Let me in on the action.” Rainbow shouldered her way in between them and started drawing a rainbow over the landscape.
Jax snorted. “Well if that’s what we’re going for…” he started drawing ponies.
In the end he added a moon on the other side of sun Pinkie had drawn, just for good measure. It didn’t have the right silver colour, but crayons can only do so much. “Alright, let’s send it.”
Trusty, who had mostly looked on passively until then, made a face. “You can’t send that to Princess Celestia!”
“I beg to… the… differ. Damn how did that go.” Jax looked at his companions as he folded the letter.
“I beg to differ.” Shot answered. “But I agree with Trust Worthy for once. Sending… that… is unacceptable.” He said ‘that’ with something close to disgust.
“Heey!” Pinkie sounded offended. “This will be the best letter she has received in years! It’s personalized and everything, much better than those boooring letters Twilight usually sends!”
Trusty turned to Shot. “What say you, True Shot? Isn’t sending this letter something Sombra could do?”
Shot looked back with his stony face. “We have no evidence against it… better safe than sorry.”
That was all the warning Jax got before the two guards jumped at him, pinning him down. Of all the times for them to agree on something….
It was amazing they were willing to go so far, but really, this was too much. He couldn’t see what the problem was, the letter was okay. The drawing made up for the lack of words. ”Pinkie!” He managed to throw it, well as well as one could throw anything with a hoof on one’s arm, before the letter they had worked so hard on could be snatched.
“Got it!” Pinkie cheered as she swooped the letter up and avoided the guards that chased after her. “Catch Dashie!”
Jax hurridly got up to write a quick explanation to Luna but the letter landed right in front of him, and with it two guards. Two very determined guards.
***
“Throw it here!” Rainbow shouted.
“Divide and conquer!” Trusty shouted over the noise.
Jax tried furtively to string together words to form a sentence explaining the situation to Luna but….
“For fucks sake!” He managed to shout before Trusty collided with him.
***
“His leg! Pull his leg!” Pinkie shouted to Rainbow.
“Pinkie! Not my leg!” Jax shouted when he felt himself being pulled further from the dragonfire that was so close to him.
“Oops, sorry!”
***
“For Equestria! For Princess Celestia!” True Shot declared as he held up the letters in his hoof. Big mistake.
“Hah!” Rainbow laughed mockingly as she flew by, swipping the letters from him. “For awesomeness and glory!” Her eyes widened as she got tackled mid-air by Trusty. “You better get it this time Jax!” She shouted as she threw everything over to him.
“Oh don’t worry… I will.” He said with grim determination. Shot was already charging him… but he could do this. Nay, he MUST do this!
“Ahhhh!” He screamed as he charged the jar of green fire.
***
Luna was slowly waking up, but not by her own will. Somepony was poking her, and that somepony was about to learn what it meant to poke a sleeping Princess.
She charged her horn as she rose fast enough to cause the pokster to shriek and retire backwards. “You dare poke a Pr-!” She almost made it through the drawled sentence when she realized just how tangled in blankets she was. “Uff.” Luckily she landed on the bed.
“I-I-I’m so sorry Princess! It’s just that I-I’ve been trying to wake you for the better part of a quarter, a-a-and you have that appointment…” Moondancer stopped at Luna’s raised hoof. It was too early….
She unwrapped herself from the blanket-trap with magic and then looked around. Her room looked the same as always, except her desk was overflowing with papers from last night, which she had dropped the moment the news of her Jax had reached her. She would have to get back to that… later. For now she remembered why she had had Moondancer wake her earlier than usual. She needed to meet with Slow Healing, the psychologist from Ponyville who had helped Jax let go of Luna when he could not, before she closed.
Actually there was something different in her room. There were two pieces of parchment on her bed that were not there when she went to sleep. She took them in her aura and instantly smiled as she realized they were from Jax. Then she started reading and her muzzle scrunched in confusion. Some of it seemed to be written in crayon, and all of it looked rushed.
Hello dear Luna
I hop yore wel (I hope you’re well? Some of the letters looked like smudges)
Im goo Since you used meas postoune (I’m good. Since you used me as post once - at least that is what she thought it said.)
Make sur tis get to CeleTia (Make sure this gets to Celestia? Now he was skipping letters entirely?)
A peculiar letter… it did not look like he needed help or he would probably ask for it and it was not the ‘vibe’ she felt from the letter but… she would have to stop by Jax’ house before she returned to the castle.
She looked at the remaining folded piece of parchment. It was singed at the corners, and she could not help to be a little curius.
“Moondancer.” Moondancer, who had been looking at her curiously, straightened up. “Where is my sister?”
“Oh… uhm… I think she should be in her study. She doesn’t eat dinner until you wake up and open court has been over for a while.”
“Alright. We have to see her before we depart. The train does not leave for a little while, right?”
“Yes Princess. I think we can make it, if it doesn’t take too long.”
***
Luna opened the door to Celestia’s study. For a moment she wondered why she did not have a study of her own, but then discarded the thought. Having a desk in her room was more than adequate for now, considering she did not have any books or documents to fill a study with. Maybe someday.
“Sister. I bring news from my chosen mate. He wishes you to have this letter.” She smiled as Celestia raised a brow from behind her desk. The study was large, in a spacious way, with bookshelves by the circular walls. Luna was not entirely sure why her sister had chosen to make a round room in the middle of the castle, but it reminded her of her own study back in the Castle of the Two Sisters. The reason hers had been circular was because it was in a tower, which this was definitely not.
“Good m… afternoon Luna. You’re up early I see. What’s the occasion?” Celestia greeted as she accepted the slightly burned parchment.
“I am going to Ponyville to meet with Slow Healing. I am setting up an appointment.”
Celestia paused with opening the folded letter. “Slow Healing is… a psychologist, as far as I recall? I seem to remember Jax using her facilities.”
Luna nodded, though her sister’s eyes were still on the letter. “Your memory is as remarkable as always, Tia. Yes, I have decided to finally follow your advice and try a couple of sessions.”
When Celestia raised her eyes to Luna, it was with a smile so honest and full of feeling that Luna was momentarily taken aback. Celestia laughed, but her eyes looked tearful. “That’s amazing Luna!” Celestia said as she got up and went around the desk, the letter all but forgotten. “Let me guess, Jax had something to do with it?” She did not waste any time to pull Luna into a heartfelt hug.
“Should… should I come back later?” Moondancer asked from the side-line, clearly uncomfortable.
“Oh… I do not know how much Jax had to do with it. I thought about it while searching for him in the Everfree, and decided that it was the right thing to do….” She left out what kind of thoughts had led her to that conclusion. “It cannot hurt to give it a chance.” She added with a slight smile.
“No. No it can’t.” Celestia let go of her, and went back to her seat. “I keep being amazed at the changes he brings out in you. I have never been happier that he landed in our dimension….” She finally opened the letter and smiled joyously a moment after. “Oh Jax…”
Luna curiously took the letter from her. Unlike her own letter, it as neatly as Jax’ could write, with a constant black ink. This was then undermined by the drawing that served as a background, sometimes even making it hard to discern the letters. In one corner was a sun, in the other her moon, or at least she assumed it was her moon. On a green field different ponies were… well they seemed to be partying. It was clear that different ponies had helped draw it, since some of the ponies looked mostly like stick figures, and others looked fairly decent, or at least not as bad. One of the stick ponies seemed to be the dj, and the rest either danced, drank, or enjoyed some game. Over it all, Rainbow Dash left her rainbow trail.
Dear Celestia
I would like to inform you that I have apologized for my outburst last night to most of the present ponies.
I would like to extend that apology to you. You, like all the other ponies there, did not deserve to see me lose it like that, and you personally didn’t warrant the focus of my wrath.
I’m sorry. I have an abundance of excuses, but I think I’ll save them. I think you understand in any case, that I wasn’t at my best.
Kind regards
Your sister’s boy-toy
Luna could not help but smile while she shook her head. He just could not resist the allure of a joke, could he? Despite the words being misleading, as far as she knew, she could not help but finding it endearing.
“He is not my… boy-toy.” She made sure to clear up, but looking at Celestia’s mischievous smile, that might have been a mistake.
“Oh? I don’t mind if he is, dear sister of mine, as long as you use the advice I gave you-“
A shiver ran through her body as she grabbed a confused Moondancer and made it out of the study in a dash. It was bad enough she could not look at bananas the same way again, she did not need another demonstration. It was better to disappear before Celestia had any weird ideas. At least she had confirmed Luna’s understanding of the word ‘boy-toy.’
Now… why had she decided to go with train instead of using her very own chariot that she almost never used? Ah… well last time had been fine. Maybe this time would be as well.
***
Jax finally made it back to the tree-castle of friendship, walking the walk of a triumphant man, greeting everyone on his path with a large smile, wave, and greeting. It was amazing how his mood had improved from wrestling over a letter with his own guards. He had been victorious, and that was all that mattered. Beside him Rainbow seemed to share his sentiment and good mood, and Pinkie was of course always in a good mood as far as he knew. Behind him, his guards walked the walk of shame, as they should. Trying to keep that perfectly fine letter out of Celestia’s hooves… shame on them!
“Hey Derpy! Be careful with that mailbox!” He cheerfully greeted a gray Pegasus that looked like she was stuffing a bit too many letters in there. “Hey Lyra and Bon Bon! We should hang out more!” They waved back with slightly confused smiles. “Hello mares that sell flowers! I might just buy some of those later!” The mares by the flower stand who’s names escaped him at the moment, but was probably something flower related, looked at each other and then back at him in a kind of ‘wtf is going on’ kind of way, which was amusing and only helped to better his mood.
Inside of him Sombra groaned as he entered the crystal establishment. ‘You were three on two, there is hardly any reason to be this proud over your small victory.’
‘Don’t be jealous just because you’ve experienced nothing but loses since… I guess since you somehow managed to become king. How did that happen again?’ He inquired with a light ‘tone’ despite his growing curiosity.
Sombra only snorted in reply, probably offended or something. Rude, but much easier to deal with than the mess he started as, or after he apparently got out of his negative magic high where he pretended to be Jax in order to make him doubt himself and keeping him up. This was so much better than being kept up at night and not knowing whether your thoughts were your own… ‘How come you can hear my thoughts all the time but I can’t hear yours except when you… speak?’ The question entered his mind out of nowhere, but now that it was at the forefront of his mind it did seem like it was true. Sombra seemed to pick up on things he was thinking about even when he wasn’t trying to ‘speak,’ while he himself only heard Sombra when he wanted to be heard. Then there was the whole ‘giving memories without using magic’ thing, which was just weird. At least he assumed that his body still reacted badly to magic, even when cast from inside of him.
He walked inside the numerous crystal halls while thinking. He didn’t think Sombra was going to answer but then: ‘Information is precious. It has a price.’
‘Uuh… interesting. What do you want?’ He couldn’t help but be intrigued while simultaneously being apprehensive.
‘I want a victory.’ He simply stated.
‘I am not killing any-‘ Jax started, already not liking where this was going.
‘I know that you weak-minded fool. I know how painfully ‘good’ you are. No, it does not have to be a big victory. It does not even have to hurt anypony. Just…’ his ‘voice’ faded out and didn’t return. Maybe he had trouble putting into words exactly what he wanted… but that victory remark Jax made must have hurt more than he realized.
He looked over at Pinkie. He looked over at Rainbow. They both smiled back at him. A plan was forming in the back of his mind that would hopefully be good enough for Sombra.
He smiled excitedly.
***
His good mood faded somewhat as they kept walking around the halls and rooms, making way for anxiety. He didn’t actually think Twilight would have a problem forgiving him - he did forgive her for setting him on fire after all - but the longer they took to find her, the more nervous he became.
She wasn’t in the library, the throne room (or meeting room or whatever it was), random room 1-27, or any or the hallways they went through. This place was bigger than he thought it was. He didn’t seem to have these problems when he lived here.
They finally stumbled upon Spike in one of the rooms, trying to scare his mirror image. “Oh… uhm… hey guys. What’s up?” He asked, trying to play it off like he wasn’t just making faces.
“Hey Spike!” Pinkie burst out. “Where’s Twilight?”
“Oh, she’s in the kitchen. When I told her you were looking for her she hurried out and returned with a… actually, come see for yourselves.” He smiled as he jumped off the stool he had been standing on. Spike led them to the kitchens, where a familiar scent met Jax’ nose. ‘She didn’t…’ he thought in disbelief as he recognized it for what it was.
As they entered the kitchen, he was proven right. Twilight looked very closely at a prepared fish cooking on a pan. She looked a bit green and… pained. His heart instantly went out to the purple alicorn.
“Can you guys give us some privacy?” His friends nodded and left, but the guards stayed. “Also you, Trusty and Shot.” He added, looking back at them.
They looked at each other in a silent conversation. In the end Trusty nodded and Shot saluted. They closed the door behind themselves.
“It’s almost done.” Twilight said from the stove. She used her magic to flip the fish.
He slowly walked over to her and put a hand on her head. “Twilight-“
“I heard…” she interrupted him, “that the best way to apologize is to show that you mean it.” She finally looked up at him. She had dark circles under her eyes. “I’m sorry… for saying those things. Please don’t leave for the Everfree.”
He was confused for a second before he remembered. ‘Maybe I’ll go back to the Everfree, where I can be the monster you won’t accept!’ He had foolishly said. As if he would ever willingly go back there if he had a choice.
“Shh you silly pony… come here.” He pulled her into a hug. He put the fish aside so it wouldn’t burn as well. “I was a bit upset, but I won’t be going anywhere. Don’t worry about it.” He started stroking her mane, hopefully calming the mare. “Listen, I can understand why you were upset with me eating meat. Things are different here, where everypony is a herbivore. And I’m glad that you are trying, but really Twilight, you don’t have to go so far for me when it makes you uncomfortable. Where did you get it from anyway?”
“I was going to catch it myself… but I couldn’t do it. So I got it from Fluttershy.” Her voice was low, but she wasn’t crying. He wasn’t sure what to do, so for a while they just sat there, with Twilight in his arms.
“I forgive you, if it wasn’t obvious. Thank you for the fish.” She pulled back, and he was happy to see a small smile on her muzzle. “And I would like to take the time to apologize as well. I said some stupid stuff back then… and then again last night. I’m sorry… I brought you a present though.” He took out a box and presented it to her. She seemed to recognize it immediately.
“I already have five of those Jax.” She smiled at him.
“Yes, alright, should have foreseen that. But this one is special because you got it from me as a sign of our continued friendship.” He was feeling a bit corny but… Ah well. She accepted the pen with a smile.
“Thank you.”
With that they shared one last hug. “Hey can you summon Discord while I eat this?” He asked with a smile. Things were going to go crazy now that he was finally done with all the apologizing.
Wait...Discord?....Oh F, the prank wars are starting...
Oh man let it begin let it begin.
Pinkie Promise?
7559120 Heh well I promise to do my best XD
Ooh, this story is alive! I somehow missed the previous chapter and got to read two chapters at once, awesome!
So, I wake up this morning, check my email before I head out to work, and what do I see? One of my favorite stories has updated! XD Unfortunately, it was so crazy at work that I forgot about it on mt lunch break, which meant I had to wait even longer to read it. But, 'twas good nonetheless.
The bit with the letter was pretty funny, and then you hit the feels at the end there. I did kunda wish the cuddles were longer, but can't really think of a good way you could have done it. The "boy-toy" bit was great.
"shoved" Not gonna lie, that one took me a minute.
"Woops" or "Oops"
"letter, it was as"
I think "I can't hear yours except when you" would be best. Except could also be replaced with "until".
As much as I like things to be centered and symmetrical, this just ain't quite the place for it. ;P
Okay, so I might get some odd pleasure out of fixing stuff. I'm a mechanic, what can I say? ;) I'd make a longer comment, but I feel like this is sufficient to rid me of any guilt before I go read the new chapter of Bad Mondays. :P
Edit: Oh, and one more thing. You totally used the crayons just so you could play eith colored text, didn't you?
7559447 'Tis indeed alive, for as long I live it shall live with me (untill I finish it at least) xD
Yeah, fimfiction bugs out sometimes, I've had the same happen ^^
7560090 hehe well at least you got to it eventually XD
Oh don't worry, there is definitely going to be more cuddles XD and I'm glad you liked it :b
lol so much though some of these are pretty small XD I fixed all of them :b Thanks as always ;)
Can't blame you, Bad Mondays is really good right now... I'll go do the same XD
Hehe actually no :b They don't even have that many colors XD I just liked the idea of him using anything near him to write the letter while trying to avoid guards and making sure the other letter wasn't burned XD
7560836 That I did.
Yay!
Yeah, minor stuff. I read the first chapter of a story the last week. Man, that was bad. The guy used commas, but he used them where he should have used semi-colons or periods. There were whole paragraphs that he had as one sentence. I felt bad about it, but I had to comment to ask if it got any better later on. Not sure I could've made it through 100k+ word story with it that bad.
'Twas an amazing chapter. That story is one of my favorites, even including published books. I just love the world he's built, and how all of the characters have depth. Things still happen, even if the main characters is not there. Thanks again for directing me to it.
Lol, got'ya. It was funny. Just had to ask. Do they use BBB code (think that's what it's called. The tags in brackets) in stories like they do in the comments, or do they have a different system for formatting?
7561678 Ah, I get it man XD If a chapter has too many grammatical errors I just cringe and I can't read it anymore XD If the story is really good I can forgive some minor things as long as you understand what was meant ^^
Hehe I like where it's going, but I think last chapter was better or the chapter where he threw Rainbow in jail XD that was funny ^^
Hehe yeah but sometimes it's just too much and I forget which character did what when... XD
Well, you are welcome ^^ I just love spreading some good stories around :b
It's the same system as in comments, same colours as well (not a lot of choice) ^^ I don't like BBB code (if that's what it's called)... it's not good design XD it annoys me XD
7561722 Same.
I will say, reading it a second time was definately worth it. It took a while, and I didn't get any sleep for two weeks, but I picked up so many things I missed before. It does take me a minute to remember some of the side characters, like Cloud and Midnight though. I would recommend rereading if you have the time, but that thing has become quite long. The Rainbow part was pretty funny. I love how Handy uses political things like that to his advantage.
Yeah. I think a lot use it because it's simpler and safer than html, but it's definately limited. I was administrator on a forum for a while that used Nabble, which uses html instead of BBB. It took a little longer to learn, and is slightly less forgiving, but it has a lot more power. Although, html can make a mess for admins, like people being able to put a black box over the whole page. You have to have some restrictions in place.
Also, with html, you can really slow people's computers down by using iframes to put the page in the page, which leads to a bit of an endless loop. Looks really cool, though.
7565065 Yeah the thing about that is that I don't have time for it XD Not right now at least... I plan on rereading my own story and I haven't even gotten to that XD
I still don't remember who they are. I was like: Oh, I guess they are together now... good for them. And who was the pony who had to move from the inn or whatever that part was about... the one who talked to graves ^^
hahah sounds like fun XD Infinite loops are a programmers best friend... when it doesn't fuck everything up XD I don't know html, but it's on my list of stuff I want to learn along with c++ XD
7566247 Yeah, because authors always put in tags for everything that happens in the story, rather than just the ones the story focuses on. Go take a look at the story 'Misunderstandings' if you want an example of what I'm talking about. It's got romance, it's got great buildup, it's got dark moments, it's got feels out the wazoo, it's over two-hundred thousand words long, and the like/dislike ratio is currently >3000/<100. And yet, it only has the 'Adventure' and 'Human' tags.
Regardless, while I wouldn't personally object to such content in the story, that particular comment was meant to be humorous rather than legitimate.
This story is just too good. Also, every time Jax interacts with Twilight I realize I haven't read enough Twilight x Human stories. I don't know if it's just me, but they're a bit difficult to find.
7565898 I get that. It does take a long time to read. I think part of the problem is that it is a huge story, that has been spead over a lot of time. Even though some stuff would get missed normally just because of how long it is, having a big time gap between when you read the early chapters and the recent ones makes it worse.
Bad Mondays spoilers:
Midnight and Cloud, if I recall correctly, are the Night and Day Guards (respectively) that comfronted Handy when he first got on the train with Johan, before the failed raid that turned him into a vampire-like thing. I believe they are also the paur that was having a discussion about Stellar Elcipse biting Handy, where the mentioned that Cloud lets Midnight take blood from him.
The guy at the grave (cna't remember his name) is the son of Welcome Sight back from the mine arc. Welcome aight was the keeper of the Inn at the town where the diamond dogs took over the mine. His son was trapped in the mine, along with a mare he came to like called Happy Hour. After rescuing everyone, they stayed at the Inn for a while were Handy worked as a Bar Tender. Unless the bartender part was before, can't remember for sure. I believe the son and Happy Hour ended up getting married. The grave is for Welcome Sight, who it would seem has died, probably from old age. It sounds like the other grave was his mother, who was already dead when we met them.
Yeah, problem is, they usually do break things. That was something I learned when I took a class on MS Visual Basic. I don't really know it, but I'm familiar with it. I'd have to look up most of the tags, and I barely scratched the surface on CSS and HTML5, but I knew enough of the formatting to use in a forum. Thing with it though, is if you don't use closing tags on something like bold text, it will just do it to everything after the opening tag. Definately worth getting familiar with, though.
I'd say my knowledge of it is basically like being able to read a language, but not really knowing what most of the words mean. I wouldn't mind learning C++. I just don't have much of a reason to, or anywhere that I would use it. Maybe one day, though.
7566952 *Looks through favorites* Seems like you're right XD I'm more of a fan of Luna x Human though ^^ I seem to have some Twi x Human in my 'read later' list, maybe, but I don't recommend stories I haven't read XD
I'm glad you think my story is good though :)
7567558 Yeah that's true... at least I can trust that it updates though, unlike some other stories which have been in my favorites for ages XD Maybe some day I'll do as you recommend and re-read it ^^
Oh right... those guys. So they weren't together before? Seemed like it to me XD
Right... right... that guy. Wow. Did not expect for him to appear in the story XD Maybe that's why I forgot everything about him (that and it's been forever since those chapters) XD
Well you have to do it properly of course, then it won't break? XD Of course I don't know it, so don't know how hard or easy it is to break stuff compared XD
well no, I don't think c++ can be used for much outside the gaming industry. I mean, you can use Java and C# for most things, and they are easier to learn since they clean up after themselves, as opposed to c++ where you have to clean up after yourself (or so I've heard) XD
7568498 Lol, yeah, tell me about it.
I think it is ine of those where everyone else realizes they like each other, but they were like, "No, we're just good friends." Until the moment where he realizes that, even though she bugs him sometimes, there is no one he would rather be with. Yeah, it was a while back. Makes me wonder if he's going to come up again on Handy's future travels. My thought when I realized who it was was, "aw, Welcome died?".
Yeah.... Fortunately, I don't think you can crash a computer very easily with html like you can with other coding languages. :P
Yeah, Java would probably be the most useful for me. I think some form of Java is what car computers tend to use. Even still, I really don't need to know any programming code. Though VB is useful since Excel uses a modified version of it.
7569230 well I gotta say I don't care about neither them nor Welcome... it's just been too much time man XD I barely remember them :b
I dunno man, I haven't crashed any computers yet XD I crashed a browser when I was learning to code in codeacademy, but that's because they have you coding in a browser XD
They do? I didn't know... XD Well I like being able to program, but im also going to use it XD
7569428 Haha, see, this is why you need that reread. ;) That is just a hard part about reading stories as they are written. Even if they are updated regularly, it takes a lot loner to read than they would if you picked it up as a book. Then you add in the confusion from reading several stories at the same time. I have a hard time with Journey for that reason. I've got a few I'll probably go back and read once they are completed.
Yours is a lot easier to keep strait, since there is a lot less happening on the side; however, I'm sure there is stuff I've missed in it too.
Lol, yeah. I think the first time I froze one up was as a kid when I highlighted all the icons on the desktop and pressed enter. XD
I'm guessing, but I'm not sure. I know the software we use to program and update modules is very picky about which version of Java you have installed. I can't rmember which release, but it's Java 6, which means you have to be careful not to let it update. Otherwise, you get to have a bunch of fun and excitement figuring out why it won't work, then trying to find the right version when you do.
7568453
The thing is Luna x Human is easier to find, and since I've read so much of it I just need a little Twilight x Human in my life.
Well, other than your fic of course. I can never get enough of Lunax.
7570224 Yeah true XD at some point maybe.... There's just so much to do XD Maybe when it's done... :b
I have trouble with Journey as well unfortunately. It's become, understandably, much slower since they caught up with the German version. It's sad, and I'm not a big fan of this arc XD One of the things I hate is fighting over a misunderstandings XD
Hehe I have a hard time remembering all the stuff in mine as well. Sometimes I re-read something and I'm like 'oh yeah, have to remember that' XD I've started taking more notes though... it's because it became so long. That's why I want to re-read all of it. I also want to change how long Luna was back before Jax came, cause 5 months pose a time problem I didn't realize until much later XD
Well... I've never done that :b that was silly of you XD
Hmmm... sounds fun XD but weird that it can only use that one version XD
7570761 yeah, there's just something about Luna being with a human... XD
Lunax XD I'm glad my characters have a ship-name XD
ok I can say this story is rather good and I will be keeping a close eye on it for up dates.
I was going to say that you are dragging out the Sombra thing a bit much but over the last 3 chapters I can say it is working out for the good.
keep up the good righting.
7571441 I will try to keep up the good writing, thank you :)
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I was going to call it Juna, but I just think Lunax sounds better.
7571300 Yeah, time is definately the issue.
Yeah, I haven't been as into the Earth part in general. Though, it is, imo, better than the Earth part in Nightmare. I just hope it has a happier ending.
I can see that. It's a lot to keep track of, even you you came up with it all. I imagine the notes would help a lot.
Yeah, it was. But, stuff like that is how I learned a lot of what I know about computers. My parents always let me mess around on the computer. I broke/messed up a lot of things, so I had to learn how to fix them. Made me a lot more comfortable on computers.
Yeah, I wouldn't strain yourself thinking about that one. Engineers don't always make sense.
7572738 Heheh XD yeah I agree :)
7573120 I haven't read nightmare, and at this point I just kinda gave up on it before I even began XD
Hehe I did as well but I didn't mess up the computer XD I played doom... never finished it though XD
True, but a good engineer wouldn't leave it at only working on java 6 XD
7573809 Honestly, I wouldn't recommend it for you. It's starts off pretty good. But if you are having a hard time with the Earth parts in Journey, you probably won't like Nightmare at all. It's generally a lot darker, and the ending is far from happy.
Lol, if you don't break it, how do you learn to fix it? :P
I imagine they have their reasons. It may change as wireless updates become more common, but right now, they would have to make sure to write it in such a way that it was compatible with everything back through 1996. A few of the manufacturers have started using two programs, one for older, one for newer. I think that's probably the way it will end up going. But, part of it is probably the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
7575321 hehe I prefer happy endings anyway XD
Hah, true XD You fix other people's stuff I guess? XD
Hmm true... I generally don't like to work with stuff other than computers XD When you don't have a system to take care of stuff for you, things become more complicated ^^
7576640 Happy is nice. :)
Lol! Well, you got me there. Though, I was pretty young at the time. Not sure how many people want 10 year olds fixing their computers.
The tough part is figuring out what the person who made the system had in mind.
7581641 Hehe I agree :3 my gf likes sad stuff but I don't get it XD
Hehe not me that's for sure XD so when did you go from fixing computers to fixing cars?
7582259 Well, I never did a lot with computers. Mostly, I had a few old desktops with Windows 98 I'd play around with. Swap drives, stuff like that. I'd help friends and family where I could, but I liked the hardware better. I'd take apart just about anything I could to see how it worked. Had a toy vacuum when I was little that I took apart and put together a couple dozen times. In my sophmore year of high school, I started taking some college classes. Going into junior year, the school paying for my classes wanted me to pick a program for college. I was deciding between computer hardware and automotive service. Cars seemed more interesting, so I went with that. Ince my dad saw I had an interest in cars, we started doing some of the repairs and maintenance on our family cars.
Gor my first car when I shortly before I got my license. My dad had an 88 Subaru that I had done some stuff on. Seemed fairly easy to work on and always treated us well, so I looked for one like that. Ended up finding an 87 Subaru GL Couple. It was carburated with a 3-speed automatic and push-button 4wd. About a year later, the transmission went out. After doing some research, I figured out I could convert it to a manual transmission. Found one at a salvage yard, and started on my first major project.
7583356 Heh well I guess they are similar in some ways, computers and cars XD I'm just more interested in computer software :b Though I didn't figure out I liked programming until I dropped out of an english course in university and had to find something else. Of course I liking writing too, but I'm not going to stake my career on it XD
So you're one of the few americans who can drive a Manuel? XD Over here it's standard that you learn it XD
7583467 Lol, that they are. Coding is kinda fun, but I never much liked dealing with what other people coded. :P If I had only known at the time how many computers are on a modern car... well, I would've made the same choice. Still, over a hundred on many cars, of varying complexity.
Funny how you find some of the things you like, isn't it? And how close we come to it never happening.
Yeah, yeah. You'd be amazed how difficult it can be to even find manual transmission vehicles over here. I imagine with CVT and Sequential transmissions continuing to advance, you guys will soon be joining us as the automakers strive to achieve some of the crazy efficiency standards. Seriously though, I really think everyone's first car, except in the case of physical limitations, should be a manual. They teach you how to better feel the car. In an automatic, it can be very easy to develope a disconnect between you and the largest and most complex piece of heavy machinery most people will ever operate in their lives.
But yes, I actually prefer manuals in most cases. Even learned heel-toe breaking and clutchless shifting. Granted, it was because I had a ehile where my car wouldn't idle and two times when the clutch cable snapped, but hey. Though I must say, sitting in stop and go traffic, and on days when my left knee is acting up, it is nice to have an auto.
7584624 Hehe yes, other peoples code can be a pain if they write it in a complicated way XD
True, true, no cutie mark for us to see our destiny XD have to do it the hard way.
Lol I've never even tried driving an auto XD Though I can imagine that you're right, cause manuals can be rather tiring sometimes XD I'm glad I learned it, but I think I'd prefer my future car to be automatic XD
Sounds dangerous :b You're better than me then, but that's not surprising... I rarely drive ^^
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