A Klugetown Karol

This story is a sequel to Holiday Gig

When interdimensional fugitive Adagio Dazzle escapes on Hearth's Warming Eve, it falls to Captain Spitfire to track her down to the most miserable place known to ponykind: Klugetown.

And then things get worse.

A Jinglemas 2021 story written for forbloodysummer!

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forbloodysummer

forbloodysummer #1 · Dec 25th, 2021 · 2 · ·

Hiya, thanks for the story!

This was an awful lot of fun The descriptions were so witty and you just kept them coming! The idea of a windigo with an accent is definitely something I will need time to process. I'd never have thought of setting a story in Klugetown, but it really suited the tale, and let you give it a fiery ending fitting the situation. Nice foreshadowing with the polymorph glow. I hate to think how Sonata's plan worked out, I think success there might be even more concerning than failure. Presumably Aria's plan for world domination at Christmas was to become CEO of Coca Cola or something along those lines.

I liked how you captured Adagio's superiority in any given situation, that first she's the one in control even when being sent to jail, and at the end she's cool and collected, with a breakdown in the middle solely when she deems it and is happy to wallow in the attention. And I thought you got a great balance of making the OC present enough in the story to function as the villain for the twist, but not so present that they otherwise intrude.

Thanks for writing this, I really enjoyed it

Ri2

Ri2 #2 · Dec 25th, 2021 · 1 · ·

And what was Aria up to?

ShadowLDrago

ShadowLDrago #3 · Dec 26th, 2021 · 1 · ·

This was fun.

FanOfMostEverything

FanOfMostEverything #4 · Dec 26th, 2021 · 2 · ·

and Major Sentry is off on personal leave--

Which will no doubt be interrupted by a herd of windigoes, a roving ice elemental, or some other holiday horror he never asked for.

I have been to literal hellholes before. And New Jersey!

I vaguely resent that.

In any case, delightful tale of a most unusual pair. I do love seeing sirens and windigoes interact. They're tantalizing similar. Thank you for it, and Merry Jinglemas.

howard035

howard035 #5 · Dec 30th, 2021 · · ·

I love Surly!

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Probably she's in Jinglemas 2022.

Bookeater_otaku

Bookeater_otaku #6 · Dec 30th, 2021 · · ·

I liked this story. The sirens coming back to Equs and Kludgetown are two subjects that I like I'm my stories and it was a holidays themed one on top.

Have a like and I hope we will get to see more stories like this from you next year.

Revel Montaro

Revel Montaro #7 · Aug 31st, 2022 · · ·

I forgot this was in my folder. My bad. I enjoyed this, this is not a pair I would have pictured getting along. Cheers!

ScisetShimmerEvan

ScisetShimmerEvan #8 · Dec 3rd, 2022 · 1 · ·

“I said, fine. Arrest me. Take me away. Put me on trial for my many, many misdeeds.” Adagioheld out her front hooves, obligingly awaiting manacles.

Adagio held*

“You know I’m a Siren, right? I’m an ancient creature of unspeakably potent magic-- or I was unspeakably potent –long story. My sisters and I once held entire kingdoms in our thrall! It took the likes of Starswirl the bearded to banish us, and even then it was a close thing! After that, when I wastrapped in that magic-starved ape-dimension, I still came this close to conquering it-- or, uh –a corner of it, And I would’ve gotten away with it, if it wasn’t for that meddling Princess and her little dog, too.”

was trapped*

“My point is, I’m a terrible monster of legend! I’m supposed to face heroes . I was looking forward to one last battle, and they just send … you.”

That still doesn't explain how she's a unicorn, and not a siren.

“Thank you!” The triumphant expression on Adagio Dazzle’s face showed she had no idea that Spitfire had no idea what a Krampus was. “But instead of listening to me, she went off to do it anyway! So now I’m stuck here, in the most miserable city in the most miserable dimension I’ve ever been in-- and I have been to literal hellholes before. And New Jersey! But without my magic amulet, I can’t even harvest all the negative energy.”

But how was she able to return to Equestria?

“Bah. I’m merely disguised as one because I don’t have enough magic to sustain my true form.”

But how was she able to make it is the question?

A chill wind wafted through the dive, and Spitfire narrowed her eyes. As a creeping suspicion snuck up on her, she sized up Surly for the first time since setting hoof in his namesake bar. Surly’s grayish fur and unassuming features allowed him to fade into the background of the dive-- quite literally. But now that Spitfire had the time to really examine the bartender, she found her sudden suspicion confirmed when she saw the faintest shimmer of light at the ends of his long and lank hair.

sized up.*

“Windigo!” Surly said. With a flourish, he jumped up onto the bartop, his form suddenly erupting into freezing blue fire. His polymorphic disguise burned away, revealing a more ethereal and equine appearance. “Ons my great-grandma’s side, at least. Usually I ain’t ‘got ‘nuff magics strong ‘nuff what to throw icebergses around like they did in the old days-- but iffin’ I could get an angry Siren to feed on? Hoo boy, that’s somethin’ else, ain’t it? I could give the entire world some ambiances!”

Well, they're in trouble now!

Behind the windigo, more high proof liquor burst into flame as it dribbled down from the bottles broken by Spitfire’s throw. Surly let out a dismayed yelp and ran from the burgeoning inferno, giving Spitfire enough opportunity to take hold of Adagio Dazzle and bolt for the exit.

You sly dog spitfire!