Flash Mob!
Funny story: I used to play Guild Wars, and one of my favorite parts of the game was that, in the lobbies, you could just start doing stuff like playing air-guitar or drums, or start dancing, and people would just join in. I once started a group by playing air guitar that eventually grew to involve twenty people, including three guitarists, a drummer, and sixteen dancers. It's good to know that Guild Wars isn't the only game where spontaneous dance parties can occur.
Shadowfax: Still waiting for stuff to grow. How is it going for you guys?
X-Treme-inator: You missed a hilarious micro-raid boss, or maybe a mini-boss. Came right into town, and we whooped it in less than a minute!
Yolo720NoScope: It was hilarious. A Bugbear: Half bee, half panda bear. The pun was strong with that one.
ScionOfTorgue: I'd send you a screenshot, but that function isn't working, for some reason...
Shadowfax: Sorry I missed it. Still, the day is young, and there is much more in store, I'm sure. The plants seem to be taking longer than normal. I wonder if I accidentally planted them in an enemy zone?
NaughtySexyGothGirl: Yeah, one big drawback to this prank is that it is hard to tell where the enemy zones are, and they do double the growth time for plants. That, and the fast travel option isn't working right now, so if you're wanting to go anywhere, you're hoofin' it, pardon the pun.
RiderOnTheStorm: GOTHY! Where are you? I thought you'd be in the beginner area like we were?
NaughtySexyGothGirl: I planned to be, but my sister dragged me into a late night run through the Cave Of Endless Despair with her guild, that aggravating level 50-60 dungeon. Her buddies are, at most, level 50, so they wanted a level 80 to hold their hands, in case things got rough. They did: Half the guild suddenly ditched in the middle of the raid boss. I ended up doing a lot of the heavy lifting, and the fight went on into the wee hours of the morning. As soon as we returned to the main hub, I logged off, and only got up about five minutes ago. They renamed the hub city 'Canterlot', just so you'll know. Sorry for not being there with you guys. If I can find a way out of town, I'll join up as soon as I can, but it'll be a long walk through hostile territory with fast travel out. I'm hoping I can use my mount once I'm out of town, but I can't make any promises.
RiderOnTheStorm: I'll forgive you this time, but if anything else happens today, I'll pin you and tickle you tomorrow night...
NaughtySexyGothGirl: Ooooh, promises, promises. You're lucky I'm into that kind of thing, sweetie.
Shadowfax: Yes, yes, we all know you two are going at it like march hares. Keep it to the private chat, please. The admins come down hard on that kind of talk, remember?
NaughtySexyGothGirl: Fine, fine, spoil all our fun. So, how's the dance party?
RiderOnTheStorm: Hilarious. And get this: Some of the NPC's are joining in!
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One hour earlier...
The last thing that Applejack had expected to see when she reached Ponyville was scores of dancing ponies similar to the one she saw at Sweet Apple Acres...
She had to admit, though, these odd ponies definitely had some moves. Unlike the gardening stallion she'd seen, their moves were incredibly fluid, almost supernaturally so. Strangely, they were all dancing in place, rather than moving around like most ponies would.
And naturally, because there were ponies dancing, Pinkie Pie was right there in the middle of it, mimicking the moves of the strange ponies, or 'Strangers' as they were currently being called. According to Rainbow Dash, the ponies had somehow arranged themselves so that their dancing bodies formed a somewhat crude design of a pony in mid-gallop when seen from the air. With no one having heard the Strangers speak, that had intrigued Twilight Sparkle, since it suggested communication in a form that the ponies couldn't understand or perceive...
What was truly bizarre was the names of some of the Strangers: There was a unicorn with an tan coat and a brown mane, with the name 'ScionOfTorgue', dancing next to another unicorn, this one bright green with a shockingly bright purple mane, named 'YOLO720NOSCOPE'. She honestly had no idea who this 'Torgue' was, and as for the other, she wasn't even sure if those were actual words, or a random collection of letters and numbers...
...And she wasn't even going to start on' ButtStallion4Eva!', or 'GiganticCockatiel'. Who in their right mind would name their child that? And if it wasn't their birth name, then why in the world would they chose... those for names?
"And you've got one doing some gardening back at Sweet Apple Acres?"
Applejack looked over at Twilight and nodded in response to her friend's question, then added, "Yup. He looked a bit off, so I thought I'd call you over and check it out. I didn't reckon on you having a situation like this."
Twilight, looking surprisingly calm considering the weirdness of what was going on, nodded, and said, "There's ponies like this all over Equestria, according to Celestia and Luna. They sent me a letter just a few minutes ago, describing it. Not all of the 'Strangers' are dancing like these are, or gardening, but they've proven to be completely harmless... unless you attack them, like the Bugbear learned today."
Right, that had been another big surprise: The bugbear had apparently broken out of Tartarus and come back, looking for revenge. These strangers, the moment the beast had appeared, had banded together and subdued the beast in seconds. It was currently sitting nearby, bound and gagged, waiting for the royal guard to come and pick it up for transport back where it belonged.
It had taken Applejack, Twilight Sparkle, and their friends most of a day to stop the Bugbear last time: The idea that a group of seemingly ordinary ponies could overwhelm a beast that had proven a challenge even to professional monster hunters was a little scary. If even a few of them were to suddenly turn hostile...
Tapping her hoof against her chin, she seemed to think for a moment, then came to a decision. "I'm almost certain it's a prank from Discord for Trickster Day, and were it anything else, I'd be tempted to try a banishment spell to send these ponies back where they come from. Since it is a prank, and Discord promised that he'd undo anything he did at the end of the day, I'm willing to be patient." She paused, then added, "Still, for my peace of mind, once, I've finished taking a few measurements, I'd like to check on the pony at Sweet Apple Acres, just to be safe. None of the other strangers seemed to be doing any sort of work, or really anything constructive at all, so it might be worth investigating..."
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...An hour later...
"...From now, until the end of my life, I am yours, and yours alone."
Twilight Sparkle's mouth was hanging open in surprise, she knew, but she couldn't help it. She and Applejack had arrived just in time to see the end of the battle, and the changeling's vow of loyalty to the Stranger. This was an unprecedented level of interaction between a Stranger and another living creature: While the entities were definitely not hostile, they seemed to treat ponies less like living creatures and more like a sort of living furniture. The fact that this one had directly intervened to save the life of a living creature from hostile predators, and then gave the rescued changeling a healing potion, suggested a far greater level of intelligence and compassion than the Strangers had demonstrated before. But the question remained, did this stranger understand what had just happened? Did it even understand the words that the changeling had spoken.
After a brief pause, the Stranger nodded.
There was a sudden flash of light around the changeling, and suddenly, she was wearing a cloak, green in color, with the image of a white horse in mid-gallop upon her back, with a sun blazing in the corner, all bound about her throat with a clasp of gold.
Before Twilight could say anything, a tree suddenly shot out of the ground, going from a tiny seedling to full-grown in a heartbeat. This was repeated six times more, each tree a different shape and size, and each bearing a different fruit, none of them could be identified by the well-read alicorn...
"Wonders upon wonders," the changeling said, breathlessly, looking up at the trees in awe. Twilight couldn't argue with her: There was a great deal more going on here than the princess had imagined possible.
Fruits began to fall from the trees, all of which was quickly collected by the stallion with an efficiency that made even an expert apple farmer like Applejack look like a rank amateur. As soon as all of his goods were harvested, the trees suddenly withered and died, and the stallion, strangely enough, pulled two vials out from nowhere, and seemed to be moving a fluid from one to another. After a few seconds, it suddenly rained scores of potion bottles, all of them identical to one another: A gold and glass creation with the letters 'EXP', followed by a plus sign. The stranger quickly picked the potions up, and promptly began walking away. The changeling, after a moment's hesitation, followed after him, nodding to Applejack and Twilight as she passed.
Curious, Twilight turned to follow the two, but paused. After a brief discussion, she told Applejack to follow, and that she would catch up. She walked over to where the trees were standing only a minute ago, and studied the ground: It was completely unmarked, as if the planting and the miracle trees had not been there at all...
Curiouser and curiouser...
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SURPRISE CHAPTER UP!
Thanks for the surprise chapter.
6280689 S'more please sir?
6280689 Thank heck I was up this time of night, or I would have missed this!
6280689 So START PULLING OFF THE SAL BIT!
6280689. I'm loving this story!! I never felt like that reading a story before...
You know, I tried to picture what it would be like if a bunch of people were suddenly MMO PCs... I'm still chuckling about it.
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Funnier idea, imagine a bunch of MMO PC's appearing in real life. Just the thought of some guy in heavy armor running down the streets, and jumping ten to fifteen feet in the air for no apparent reason while people stare at him, with a 'Dafuq?' expression on their faces. Makes me laugh every time.
Starbound and Lord of the Rings Online both have instruments as well- and I have done spontaneous dance parties in both. Tis always fun! Especially love pulling out Dancing Mad just to see how long people last.
I had a dream, I hesitantly tell you, about this story...
Instead of me spontaneously appearing inside the story, I was dreaming about reading a new chapter. On my phone. Like, IRL.
...
As far as I could remember it, Rainbow Dash was saying that the 'Strangers' had "'Straight-up murdered' somepony, immediately sheathed their weapons, and started a spontaneous conga line."
Then "Discord, Lvl: 1337" appeared...........
DARN IT BUCKING NONSENSE, GET OUTTA MY DREAMS!!!!
Hahaha this is fricking awesome. I am loving this so far. Adding it to my tracking list, I definitely wanna see where this is going XD
Now I'm wondering if you've ever read Mogworld.
*snickers* Poor confused ponies. Discord must be having a field day.
Freaking ninja'd me less than an hour after I go to bed?! Not cool, man! Not. Cool.
(Though IRL, extra chapters are always nice. X3)
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I purchased the blu-rays and rewatched it with the English dub with my cousin but have yet to check out the subs there (I did watch it on the original run on Crunchyroll, though).
I like the flavor of this idea. So much fun.
6280875 But the appearance would separate him from a regular person. Imagine a regular guy guy running around, jumping fifteen feet in the air randomly as they walk down the street, standing around shouting to people to join a group, or just standing there staring blankly from atop a bicycle (because mount). If he was in armor, then he already stands out as weird and the rest can be ignored.
Another enjoyable chapter. Great job.
They have come out with a entertaining looking anime here recently called Overlord. A VERY popular dive-MMO game has been tops for about 12ish years and is finally ending. The anime follows this one guy who had no life outside of the game decides to ride out the final minutes of the game. As the clock hit 12, it keeps on counting. The guy is now stuck logged into the world the game has become, while being basically a God level individual while also commanding the remanents of a end game guild stronghold that might as well have been a FINAL boss dungeon raid that was never conquered. Only just got to episode 5
Next one wont be put out until next Tuesday
6280828 For something close to it, Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw (of Zero Punctuation fame) wrote a book called Mogworld. Read it myself, and it's actually pretty interesting.
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I've been reading the manga. It's great, and has some funny moments... like the Virtuous King Of The Forest, Hamsuke. She has to be seen to be believed
I'm sort of hoping something happens to help Shadowfax.
6284240 Since returning everything back to normal would have him end up dying I REALLY doubt Discord would send him back , what with his aversion to death
I'm getting a SAO vibe from this but... I'll read it before I give it a yea or a neigh
This is fantastic!
6284682 yet one does not simply just expect ponies
when I first saw the title I thought it said The Rohan Catholics, and I was confused.
Ohhh, a story by bucking nonsense with a surprising amount of tragedy hidden behind a wall of comedy.
Commence the tracking.
This is highly amousing. XD
Cept for Shadows disease of course.
6283874 Wait, Hamsuke's a girl?
Also, this is cool, can't wait to see what you come up with, hope Rohan becomes okay...
Also, when do the pranks start coming in from the local ponies?
... *emphatic applause*
This is good. I mean, REALLY good. You're doing a great job of assigning a narrator and a voice, the story is interesting, and the prose is entertaining, albeit a bit bizarre at points. I HAVE to see where this goes. Marking this as something to track.
By the way, I am a selective prereader. Basically, I find stories I really like but that might need a bit of proofreading and offer my services. PM me if you're interested.
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I actually think there is an Internet rule for ponies now
6286424 true dat man, true.
I think this i my humor, to see how people or different characters reacto to this sort of things.
I nearly didn´t readed it, but i am glad i did, i actually have the feeling that we have two different worlds right there, i mean you managed to do what you wanted to do with this story, i don´t have better words for it right now.
However, alone to save Shadowfax, i think the only way would be to somehow actually give him the body of his Character in the end.
As long as the chat isn´t going to be to much, and either at the start, or the end of a chapter, then i think it is a pretty nice thing too.
What i mean is, i just think the chat has a nice length right now.
....well not sure if i wait for a few chapters, or if i read every little bit, and try to add my own ideas if i should get some, but it was a pretty nice read.
This is awesome! I been looking forward to a story about playing a game, then ending up in Equestria, you did it marvelously cant wait to see where you lead this to.
6286988 Actually, there is more stuff which make me want to throw the towel, but the following chapters are better. Unfortunately, only good enough that I'll track its progress, but not to make it a favorite.
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It is actually possible to balance a game to where no build is truly superior: Look at Dark Souls 2. In the first one, it had a dozen builds (Like the notorious Giant Dad) which were so easy to obtain and so perfectly optimized that once you had them, you didn't need to improve unless you decide to go for New Game Plus. In the sequel, there has not been an example of an uber-build that pwns all others. The balance was perfected. It is, in fact, possible, to set things up to where every build's strength if balanced by a weakness.
6288985 Were you watching fansubs or the official ones? Mine were the official ones and they had many spelling errors and a few timing errors along with a strong aversion to the letter T in next and everything.
Although I'll agree that that's better than a big black guy voice for Nyanta, he should have the swaggiest voice possible!
Really loving this story :) I want moar!
still waiting for leeroy jenkins
Well, this is going to be good
Was this based of Sword art online?
Oh god this is amazing
Justin Bee Bear got what he deserved.
6314758 HEY!
That's an insult to Bugbears dude.
6287910 Midas Touch dude, every thing you touch turns golden. I'm in for the long haul. Should change your name to Bucking Awesome.