It's a beautiful spring day in Ponyville, the kind of day where the clouds look like fluffy sheep (and the sheep look like ground-clouds), the kind of day for a pony to be out and about. It's not the kind of day to come upon a grisly murder scene, but that's how Rarity's day is going so far.
Who could have done such a thing?
Trigger Warning: No pre-readers. Are you sure you want to read this? Are you really sure?
Additional Characters (subject to change): Chell, Sparkler, Dinky Hooves, Kit Kat, Rarity, Twilight Sparkle
Chapters (8)
First comment, first view, first everything. I am simply the first. Do what you want with that information, but I am not backing away.
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Huzzah, you win today's prize! One free internet!
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Okay, I won't lie, the rambling tangents about a pegusus who just wants to herd sheep was honestly fun and worked with the Wall of Texts you set up.
I also appreciated Rarity putting off her fainting spell until she had an audience.
Huh. This has a very different feel from your usual stuff, but what the hell, I'm in. (And appreciate that author's note, even if you're just giving comfort to the victim of your hurt.)
YES.
Why not get some, then?
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Cute pone. So her name is Internet? When’s that story gonna be released?
PRIORITIES.
What?
Added to
Admiral Biscuit's Fleet
Humans In Equestria folder
Even though no Humans have yet showed up & I suspect it's headed for the Cracfic Folder.
Based on a reply from Admiral Biscuit, I changed this to the Cracfic Folder. I'll point out this was first posted on April 1, 2023.
And a special thank you from TIME ACTION GLORY CHALLENGE for the first fic to feature Torch Song!
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All I can say is that it isn't a perfect system, but at least Merino finally got to live her dream.
Funnily enough, although I was only thinking about this after I posted, I knew a guy who was a pilot for his whole professional career, and when he retired he was able to pursue his dream of becoming a farmer.
What's the point of dramatically fainting if there's nopony there to see it?
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You do know what day it is, right? It's gonna be a wild ride.
I always feel for the background characters. They don't get enough love
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Oh boy, you're in for a treat
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Nobody would sign up for this madness, not for the amount of bits I'm willing to pay.
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For those who don't know, she's Bit Rate, the mascot of PonyFest Online. I legit don't know her backstory, but do know that she was one good thing to come out of the circumstances of 2020.
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Rarity has her priorities right, and we all know it.
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Oh boy are you gonna be in for a treat. Hold on to your horn, things are gonna get weird.
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Correct on both counts
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As far as I could tell, she's the only pony with a tag who's never been tagged in a story.
Weirdly, there are some that underreport the number of stories; for example, it also says that there are no stories tagged with Tom (or it did, before I published), but there is in fact one that comes up when you click on the character tag. Wonky coding, I'm sure.
What a wonderful story about a pegasus bravely finding a way to pursue her dreams in the face of uncaring adversity. Truly inspiring, and very, very fluffy.
And also Rarity found a body, but details.
I for one hope to hear more about Merino someday.
I liked Chell in this one, her presence were really telling
And characterization of Rarity, too
Wait, it isn't finished fic, nvm
How... Pratchett-esque. And amusing.
There are proper places for fainting, and there's everywhere else.
That mark does look a little like a sheep.
Merino (the name of a breed of sheep) became a slaver. Equestria is just like AnimalFarm:
Just... peak Rarity.
Heh, fun, except of course for the murder victim. Are pre-readers really real? Like really real?
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Those are the stories we really care about.
I'm sure it's not her first
Maybe you will. You got an author's note, which wasn't planned ('cause I couldn't just leave it like that), but of course there's more to her story than the brief outline I could provide.
Also--and this is 100% legit--I did know a guy who was a pilot, spent his career flying for the Air Force and then airlines, and when he retired he pursued his dream of owning a farm. I always knew him as a farmer; it wasn't until I read his obituary that I learned he'd been a pilot.
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Now there's a second chapter that actually has Chell (and Torch Song).
Who knows what the third chapter will bring? There's certainly tags that have gone unused thus far. . . .
Peak Rarity if you ask me. Not gonna waste a faint when there's nopony to see it; how can you dramatically swoon, overcome by emotion, without witnesses?
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Thank you! It's gonna get weirder; I don't know if that's more Pratchett-esque or not. We'll all have to wait and see
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Right? No sense in wasting a proper ladylike swoon when there's nobody to see and where you'd wind up on the ground. Much better to hold off until there's an audience and at least a proper floor--or ideally, a couch--to faint upon.
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It totally is, and everypony who doesn't see it is just wrong. Harsh, but that's the truth.
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Canon suggests that Applejack isn't the best when it comes to keeping sheep, but she might be the exception (she certainly doesn't have a sheep cutie mark, no matter how hard you squint at it).
I guess the real question is what's the line between slavery and exploitation, and mutualistic relationships?
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Every moment with Rarity is peak Rarity if we're being honest.
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Rarity is a proper lady, a silk hiding steel. Love it
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Unless it is a cutiemark of a sheep transformed into apple by some - let's not point fingers, not that we could because humans are banned in Equestria anyway - unicorn, hmm? or maybe even
... alicorn?
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She probably keeps them around for the fertilizing manure.
Commence? Commence?!? That was going on my fourth or fifth! And I never did find out what 豊水 meant!
*checks* yup, Crossover tag is on the story, good to continue.
Is that one of those
onlinepost only universities, because all the others threw Twilight out, Princess Patron notwithstanding?If Rarity would cut out the theatrics, she could solve the crime.
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It's a type of pear: Hosui pears Pyrus pyrifolia subsp culta), also called 'russet pears' or russet apple pears. Developed in 1972 in Japan, suitable for cider, cooking, and eating.
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It might be . . . or one that's hoping for royal funding. Like the university board is sitting around trying to figure out ways to raise money, realize that Twilight has wings, is a princess, and just founded a school.
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Maybe, or maybe the crime was committed by a type of 'magic' she has no knowledge of: science!
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She is. She tries he best to hide her true nature under the trappings of fashion and such, but really when it comes down to it, she's always ready to fight.
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Hmmm.....
<puts on tinfoil hat>
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Yean, not everypony is having a good time. Things may get better or worse as the story goes on.
I've had them before and they seemed to be.
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And the wool, and keeping the grass cropped short around the farm.