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Shadowscythe


That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?" — John Keating (Robin Williams), Dead Poets Society.

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Damnit, I can't take the mature tag seriously when you use pony swear words!

5103094 Again I do not like using the "F" bomb in my stories. It just does not seem to sit well for me for some reason. However, I am sure the slurry of other "colorful" words more than make up for that fact. :raritywink:

5103112 It's jarring to see a story (your other one) where you are fine with having a scene where your main character brutally murders someone, snapping their arm to the point of being able to stab them with their own arm, but then refuse to use the word fuck. It boggles the mind.

5103118 Well we all have your quirks I suppose. You may also have noticed that I do not use contractions in my regular speech/text. Either way I do apologize if my wording does not sit well with you.

Interesting start so far. I'm loving the narrative, Dark Net sounds a lot like my own inner monolouge. i look forward to seeing more.

5103180 I am glad that you enjoyed it. The amusing part is my own internal monologue often shifts depending on my mood. As you can obviously tell Dark Net would represent one of the more darker variety. In addition to answer your question, there will be more of Dark Net's tale sooner or later.

Feels kind of like a Noire film to me...I like it

5103413 You know it is amusing that you say that. When proofreading it out loud I was actually using a gravely voice for some reason. Well at least that solves that mystery(No pun intended...maybe) :raritywink:

5104166 It is still sort of set in the same universe more or less(set in Manehatten). Just more of the underground of ponykind was what I was shooting for hmmm. I will have to think about it. :unsuresweetie:

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What is there to think about? Canon MLP doesn't have an internet, or hackers, or what we would call cars, or a number of the other elements that you have in your story. It's obviously an alternate universe.

5104960 Put an Alternate Universe tag. Listen to Elric.

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Fair enough, the "Alternate Universe" tag has been added.

Excuse me, but I've read this story, and found nothing pertaining to the reasons behind the mature-tagging, as well as the romance. Would you remedy this? :applejackconfused:

5113449 This story is going to be a three-parter. So I placed those two there as placeholders for the next chapter and the final last one. I hope this clears some things up. :twilightsmile:

5115737 But still, I don't really see any romance and whatnot. Hell, we're not even told about what the vampiric factions did. Could you elaborate on that first chapter or second chapter sometime, please? :twilightoops:

Hello all,

It had become obvious that this little experimental story of mine has not gone to plan. Admittedly, while this story was not one of my best works, it was never going to be. It was merely setup as a testing ground to test some literary methods and elements I was thinking about. As such I had some fun in generating a character that was an exaggerated version of my brother’s loner personality type with a few bits of mine thrown in for balance.

I knew full well as the character was going to be jaded and rude, they would come off initially as unpleasant(this changes later on). This in turn meant that people would probably “dislike” the story on those grounds alone. Now I am not bothered by this fact as people are free to “like” and “dislike” whatever they choose. However I please ask you, do not add my story to unpleasant groups without my permission. Thank you. I wish you all well and have a good night.

5115747 The second chapter will explain a bit more, while the final third one will roll everything all up. This story is just a test "slice of life" type for me and I am attempting to not get too deep into it for simplicity sake. On a side note in relation to your question the second chapter should be up most likely by tomorrow. I will try and write the third and final one shortly after that.

Hello all,

I just wanted to note that Chapter 2 will be out tomorrow(Friday) instead of today. Being as this story did not have a great reception from the start I took a hard and long look and I wanted rework a few things about the plot and character design. So I ended up rewriting chapter 2 from scratch again(might even rework chapter 1). In turn I am expanding the story a bit more in an effort to improve it. As such I removed the "slice of life" tag and the second and last chapter will be longer than I originally planned(but I, and hopefully you all, will be more satisfied with). See you tomorrow. :pinkiehappy:

Alright, chapter 2 has been posted. Also I went through chapter 1 and "mellowed" out Dark Net's personality a bit to where he was not so harsh. I hope every enjoys the improved version of Byte Nights more than the old one. Have a good night. :twilightsmile:

It's a shame this story has so many downvotes, it's pretty good sans the clop which i just skimmed over. i look forward to more.

5126347 Yes, the downvotes are unfortunate. I had attempted to try a few things and go out of my comfort zone a bit in making Dark Net's personality type and story. In my reasoning I figured he was going to be just sarcastic and jaded. However, he did not turn out that way and he came across harsher than I intended(I do not role-play impolite people well even in video games as I just feel dirty doing so). :applejackunsure:

As a result, while the story did need some work, it somehow got placed in some rather unpleasant groups(that I cannot remove it from) which probably only served to escalate the issue(E.G. One of the groups was created to find the "Worst" story on FIMFiction.) :facehoof: So in turn it is just a lesson learned that I should really just stick to what I know. Either way I am glad that a few people enjoy the story and I will be finishing the final third chapter for it as soon as I am able. Until then I wish you all the best.

Have god damn consistency! If your going to use the stupid pony swear words, don't suddenly switch to asshole when the word "Plothole" was used about 4 paragraphs ago!

5145203 Hmm? Well it appears I must have missed that one. You really dislike pony swear words hahahaha. :rainbowlaugh: Also on a side note I am currently working on Chapter Three(final one) as I type this.

Update: Erm I used the word "dumbass" not "asshole". However, I will keep a closer eyes on my word usage to stay more consistent.

Hello All,

Just wanted to note that I am in the process of working on the final chapter of Byte Nights. Now being that I reeaaallly want to end this thing on a good note I am attempting to take my time in writing it(and editing it). As such I will try to get it out as soon as I can as opposed to giving an ETA(I am shooting for this weekend, but I make no promises unfortunately). Until then have a good weekend. :pinkiehappy:

Just here to give an update. I am still working on the final third chapter. It is taking a bit long because it is most likely going to be well over five thousand words(probably closer to six thousand) and the editing process will delay it some too. I will try and get it out as soon as I can. Until then I will see you all later. :twilightsheepish:

Okay, The final chapter three has finally been posted. It seems my estimate for six thousand words was a taaaad undershooting it(it was almost eight thousand words). However it was totally worth it in the end. I hope everyone enjoyed Byte Nights. :pinkiehappy:

P.S. While I have been editing this thing quite a bit, if anyone sees a mistake please either leave a comment or PM me. Thank you.

Awesome story and it has a nice ending. the vlog journal bit was a nice touch. Five outta five moustaches :moustache::moustache::moustache::moustache::moustache:

5184588 I am very happy that you enjoyed the story. While it had a rocky start, I am pleased with how it turned out in the end. I am actually a little sad that it is over. :fluttershysad:

So... is there actually clop in this or is the sexual content just minor details?

7813848 Said "clop" is more of the minor details. However as there is indeed some of such in this story I added the tag to represent its presence. Just note this would not really be listed as a "Clop fic" per say if that is what you were searching for. Side note if you are indeed attempting to locate Vampire/Vampony clop I believe there may be some in the Vamponies (and other supernatural creatures) group.

7815224 That is actually what I was hoping to hear. I am personally not a big fan of clopfics. I am however a fan of vampony fics and the use of a hacker within a story involving vamponies sounds very interesting.

7816078 Ahh I see. Well I hope you find my story entertaining.

I enjoyed the story. The sex scene was a bit too descriptive for my taste but other than that I enjoyed it.:pinkiesmile:

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