Nick and Penny have been together for fifteen years, and for fifteen years they have been proving that if you try really hard, Equestria can be an unwelcome place for you. They have done shady deals, they got half lynched after Nightmare Moon returned, they got fired from the Royal Guard, they took a bank when Discord reigned. The law would probably hesitate to put much of a price under their mugs on the posters. There are many variables about their misadventures, but two constants are the same - things will get bad, and they will always be at each other's side.

They are exactly the type to end up in Pierce Heaven, and Pierce Heaven is not merciful, either. It will eat you up. And it will not spit you out. It will not care about your constants.

So Penny is going to have to pull Nick out by force, it seems.

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Proofreading and minor assistance by Dark Avenger.

Part of a prequel one-shot series to a much bigger fic, currently in the works. Rated Teen for excessive swearing by noir thug protagonist and gore for scenes of violence against highly aggressive creatures.

Same series as VIS_016.evi, Vermillion, Vis-a-Vis and Styx Enterprises.