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Matt "MrBackpack" Martinez has finally gotten his life on track; he's got a job that he loves, a good enough home, a beautiful fiance, and a dog. Little does he know that all of that hard work is about to be threatened by the presence of a very confused and very naked young woman appearing in his fudge-smelling Texas backyard.
Part of the PonyFall Collaboration series
Hurray. Now get to work on chapter one.
>>1116748 Interesting. Care to explain what's wrong with Pinkie and Fluttershy, since I'm writing for them?
Simply the mix of the characters; the writing was fine, I just typically forgot that one was there when the other was speaking, Pinkie and Flutters just clash, but would potenially be the greatest one if you somehow made them different stories.
The fact that the guy just believed Rainbow was Rainbow.
>>1118383 Fair enough. I originally had just Pinkie, but I took Fluttershy as well since nobody wanted her at the time.
I admit that, especially in the latest chapters, dealing with multiple characters in the same place at the same time is getting challenging. You'll notice I often send one or more away temporarily so I can focus on one or two at a time. It's something I'm aware of and working on finding better ways to do it.
Oof, usually when I find a story that I decide is worth tracking there's already multiple chapters up for me to check the dates on to get a rough ETA for the next one, or failing that using a different story by the same author to the same effect. No dice here, though; somehow the complete failure of my normal methods for figuring out when the next chapter will come out is more suspenseful than the question of how the second to last sentence is going to play out in that chapter, and that's pretty damn suspenseful! 
So if it's not obvious, I really like your writing, and have high hopes for the story as it gets underway. Good luck and god speed.
>>1118606 "Pony Asylum Collaboration"....There might just be something in that, actually.
(Not enough crazy in RD, Rarity and Twi emoticons.) Anyway, just have them all detailing their descent into, and adventures in, insanity. Pretty much like the dream sequence in the Discord Ponyfall.
>>1121143 And so it begins, the collab that brought about the destruction of *Is poked by an advisor*
Oh, right, sorry. And so it begins, the collab that may bring about a total ban on any further collaborations on multiple accounts on this website.
Eh, maybe not. Still...How is it going to be a collab, unless maybe...Hmm...TO THE THINKING CAVE! *Closes laptop and phases through onto the bed above to sleep and dream of it*
Awesome work, Backpack! Now hurry up and finish your first chapter so I can proofread it!
>>1116748 Oh, I love it when people criticize the writers like this. It certainly is entertaining to see them get "motivated"! 
Seriously, though. Please don't say mean things about their writing, because that just makes me seem like a bad editor!
Oh, wait. I am a bad editor! Heheh!
Hmmmm... I was under the impression that the Twilight fic for the ponyfall collab had already been started. Of course, the one I remember was pretty damn bad, and this one seems to be off to a pretty solid start, so I guess that's a plus.
I'll keep an eye on this one I guess.
I'm actually the fourth writer that we've had for Twilight. Two of the previous writers had prologues, one never got past editing phase of his prologue.
Chapter one should be out in a couple of days.
Thanks everyone for reading and enjoying this as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Twilight Sparkle's in my back yard?
Get my gun.
Haha, Silly Mr.Backpack. You think drivers in Austin are bad? The ones in Tunisia... Good God I swear I'll probably die before I get back to the states. People in cars, construction vehicles, donkey carts, herds of barn animals coming at you from every which way... One has not experienced true bad driving until one finds a car going the wrong way down an exit ramp onto the wrong side of the highway 
.... It's a mess discord would be proud of 
Pinkie is the Master of Smile Smile Smiles! epic combo right there 
Seems like it will be a good addition to the ponyfall, best of luck! 
So much unnecessary power and weight (although good for scaring people off). Berretta 92fs or an FN Five seven.
In other news, I like how this has started out. I saw fiance and immediately thought of another fic i read where the fiance gets jealous of Fluttershy (she wasnt there when Flutters came into the picture). Glad to see that's not immediately going to happen.
I don't own a Desert Eagle, they're finicky, large, and stupidly expensive guns. I do, however, own a Glock 30SF, a perfectly practical .45 ACP concealed carry handgun.
We've had issues with people in my backyard who don't need to be there.
To everyone else: I am a pretty average Texan gun owner in addition to being a brony. No, this will not turn into another "Devil's Due," but my firearms are a very large part of my life, expect them to play a role consistently throughout the entire fic. I am not going to be exaggerating my gun collection, the guns that I actually own are going to be the guns that I portray in-fic.
Thanks
>>1161299 Pinkie is the Master of Puppetsmiles! If you've ever read Pink Eyes, then that little detail might be familiar to you~
(Yes, the main character of Pink Eyes is named Puppysmiles, and when she suddenly goes catatonic, the author, in his narration, calls her 'puppet'smiles, instead of 'puppy'smiles.)
>>1161065 If Twilight appeared in my backyard, I'd be a little bemused, as my house is literally hunkered down on the edge of the hillside it was built on. Seeing as how we have 12 acres consisting of steep hillside and wetland, I'm not sure which would be worse for her: Drowning in a puddle, or getting a broken neck from rolling all the way down the hill. (Shudders) I DID fall down the hill once, right after a big storm had ripped out a couple of the more middle growth trees. (80 mph winds?! Eh, I've seen worse~)
Texas: The state where everyone looks at you funny if you're NOT carrying a gun.
I think that Austin is the capital of Texan bad driving, just like Tunisia is the country of horrible traffic, so you both have a good point, just like I do. Here in Guadalajara (Mexico) we have to deal with Godly rains that tend to last a couple of minutes, but still manage to flood most of our important streets, also, the winds cut the power out of my house, leaving us without power until sunrise (Usually, although we once spent a week without electricity). But wait, there's more!
We also have drug-dealer blockades (narcobloqueos) where these guys burn empty buses just to screw with the government, and us while they are at it because we can't go outside, cops are fighting. Also, the worst drivers tend to be women in their thirties, and drive expensive (Audi, BMW, you get the idea) vans, not giving a buck about who is near them, because everyone else drives bucked-up cars while they drive expensive stuff, so others should give these women preference 
Or it is young girls and teens driving pickup trucks and other fancy vehicles (no joke). Those that drive used cars also tend to drive horribly cutting you off., and let's not get started on taxis and buses or armored trucks(They are d-bags).
So bottom line, we all know that ONE place where we are sure that traffic sucks, but someone else will say that you are lucky because you don't live in their city. just remember, it could be worse, like standing on a gridlock like the Doctor Who episode of the same name, where advancing a couple of centimeters is a blessing
Great chapter, good to see someone who's sensible in their reaction. My first reaction would probably also be arming myself. (Not with a gun, it's Australia and we all know how crazy our laws are. Maybe a kitchen knife, because I don't keep it specifically to deal with intruders.)
>>1165070 All of the Australian state of Victoria is that place with the horrible drivers I know of.
>>1165070 jeez, seems like you have it bad. The worst we have here is the occasional garbagemen striking over something relatively unimportant or your general "America is bad/hurray for radical Islamic govt!" riot. Although those are usually few and far between and usually don't affect my traffic/life much cause they're mostly in the countryside/downtown Tunis. 
Plus the Internet goes out daily for no apparent reason at about 8 pm for a few hours (that's my usual pony time! 
) (nothing to do with traffic though, but still... Right in the pony ! )
Yeah, didn't mean to say Austin wasn't bad with traffic, I'm sure it is. Just sharing similar horror stories of the road
And to be honest, the traffic and overall driving (lack of) quality in Beijing, China is far worse than in Tunis, in my opinion. They were truly ruthless.
Stereotypical? Maybe. True? At least in the city, without a doubt. 
Well it could be worse for me, considering that Northern Mexico has shootouts every other night. When you live here it becomes comedy of sorts.
MrBackpack, great story, This is the first Ponyfall I have read (Comments suggest there are more) and it looks really interesting
>>1183459 Indeed there are. Have a gander at these: PonyFall Stories
Seriously, go read TheSlorg's Ponyfall, it's awesome
She isn't going to be pleased when she tries to use telekinesis...
A Twilight Sparkle update? And with bacon???
Man, I'm really glad to see this up and going again. The prose continues to be nice and enjoyable, and the way the scenes mostly played out in a way that both you and Twilight could have wildly different interpretations of what was going on without the other knowing was amusing. I particularly enjoyed your interactions with Michelle; they hit "natural and easy-going" right on the head.
However, I feel you botched the vegetarian scene: The explanation you chose to give about why you eat meat makes no sense! I don't mean that it's inaccurate or hard to understand, but because it doesn't make sense as a response to another human hassling you about not being vegetarian. Why would you think that Twilight didn't know there was nutrition specific to meat? Talking about that may be a good explanation to give to a pony, but that's the problem... you don't yet know that she's a pony, and simply mentioning that you thought better of saying something snarky isn't adequate for explaining why you gave a response that sounds like it was thought out in advance with an extraterrestrial in mind.
Now on to the typos:
With a guilty smileI poured her a cup of coffee
It would serve her right for dropper herself right into my perfectly normal life.
The chapter ended with a nice, understated cliffhanger. I hope I won't have to wait as long as last time to see its resolution, though!
>>1450475 meat brother i have found the perfect meat:
The last line for me was followed by this Rainbow Dash in my head going:
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