SuperGiantRobot, you cease to fail me.

I have read this story before, or at least one that was nearly identical

>>18364211836421

That was probably mine - I decided to expand on the story. Check my Da link.

>>18364391836439

Aha! Good, good, always happy to see expanded stories

(I was wondering why there was no link in my document)

I like the premise. Never thought of this idea before and I'm embarrassed for it. Good job.

>>18364571836457

There are a couple along this line now, but I may have been the first one to do a Zecora/Mac story, taking into account that the original was written about a year and half ago.

Don't quote me on that, though.

Haven't I read this before here? I swear this is not the first time I've seen Zecora head to Manehatten. Still good start.

>>18365891836589

Not Manehattan, now that we know that's it's a good distance away - this is a sort of sister city: 'not the same as the original, but a close copy.'

I found something, well... two somethings really.

Twilight turned back to the zebra. “Sorry about her, Zecora. Sometimes she has a tendency to say what’s thinking before she thinks about what she’s saying.”

The sight of him had stirred something more in her, especially now that she though of him,

>>18366071836607

Ah... I stand corrected, and you are right Manehatten would be too far though seeing Zecora on a train would be interesting.

>>18366531836653

Thanks; a bit tricky to edit on a PS3 with only a thumbpad...

>>18364211836421

>>18364571836457

>>18363211836321

Wait'll you see what Ihave planned for poor Macintosh...

Hmm, I'm not really a big fan of ZecoraMac, but so far, these seems interesting. Proceed.

oh good was beggining to think you missed the part about cutie pox episode lol good story will be favved

Their is just one thing that bothers me a bit about this fic. That is the opening line, I don't know why. But other than that I really like this story!

What kind of language did you use for zecora?

>>18371871837187

Swahili. That's a direct translation.

>>18371861837186

'It was mid-morning when the zebra mare trotted into Ponyville' perhaps?

>>18372471837247

Could be, Not to sure could just be the mid-day part.

I like this, it's quite interesting so far.

Even if I do want to curb-stomp the pompous, rich ponies.

Image: http://cdn.derpiboo.ru/media/BAhbB1sHOgZmSSIBhzIwMTIvMTIvMTYvMThfNDBfMThfMjk4XzE4NDU2NF9fVU5PUFRfX3NhZmVfYW5pbWF0ZWRfc2Nvb3RhbG9vX3N3ZWV0aWVfYmVsbGVfZGVycGlib29ydV9yb2Jvc2hpX2Zhdm9yaXRlX3Nleml1cmVfd2FybmluZ19mYXZlX2Zhdm91cml0ZQY6BkVUWwg6BnA6D3Jlc2l6ZV9naWZJIgwyNTB4MjUwBjsGVA/184564__safe_animated_scootaloo_sweetie-belle_derpibooru_seizure-warning_roboshi_favorite_fave_favourite.gif

You have engaged my interests. Just tell, where it is this will be going?

But please, do so continue.

i like the idea of big mac and zecora together its diferent but good

OOOOOOOO! I've never seen a ZecoraMac before!!!

This looks really good...Definite read later!

It would have been funny if he turned into a filly haha but anywho I would like my moar comrade soon

Say what! This just got more interestin.

interesting

Well the good news is that Granny likes her, bad news he faced Toxicodendron philogelos or more commonly known as Poison Joke. Well at least he is heading towards his lady love who is skilled at curing it.

Ah Poison joke.

Have I read this story before?  It seems familiar yet different.

There's not enough Macora.

"Ewe mungu wangu.... They must feed him foals..."

I’m sorry, Macintosh, I didn’t mean to stare

I was simply caught unaware

I’ve not seen the like, nopony your size

Your appearance came to me as quite a surprise!

Psst! you forgot to put quotations around this!

Dat ending..... Oh sh*t

hi hi

Would you look at that, its the picture I drew a while back.  Fancy seeing that here.

>>19697211969721

Oh, was it you? Cool, I'll credit. I generally do if I know who did it.

Ah ha! So this is what that Zecora stuff before was about. *starts reading*

oh wow i cant wait to see how mac gets out of this one

Oh Macintosh... Didn't your sisters tell you about Poison Joke?

>>19699121969912

Well that's what he gets for refusing help...

An interesting ship, you have my curiosity.

Edit: Pretty good I'll look forward to more of this

Yeah, I too feel as if I have read this before. Reupload?

>>19700731970073

Sorta. Not just a re-upload, I've expanded the hell out of ot.

>>19700871970087

Allrighty. Lets see what's new then.

I can honestly say this is the first time I've seen a shipfic that has actually triggered anything even remotely fan-boyish inside me .

>>19708361970836

Cool. One day I just thought to myself: "Hey, this has never been done. And the two places are kinda close. Let's do this."

This is actually a re-write. The original was written a year ago and is a lot smaller, hence the author's note.

>>19708791970879

Well, I look forward to reading it in its entirety

>>19708841970884

it ain't getting any better for Mac, let's put it this way.

In the summary, Twilight is missing an "L" and an "I"

Reading now...

>>19709221970922

Sorry 'bout that.

Ewe mungu wangu.... They must feed him foals...

it was at this point i hit the favorite button

>>19710221971022

posion joke?

>>19710511971051

Poison joke.

>>19699121969912

I bet AJ would have preferred not to talk about it had her poison joke affliction not been so obvious... so I would say it is understandable that a repressed memory might not be the first thing that comes to mind.

In principle, Mac is now supposed to turn around as he promised to AJ. If he does, it would be funny if he ran into Apple Bloom... "(GASP) Big Macintosh? Does this mean the filly you were going to meet was Zecora?"

Oh no... not Poison Joke!!!

This is a new ship.

...You have my attention.

The weird shipper within me is pleased, continue.

Image: http://dashie.mylittlefacewhen.com/media/f/img/mlfw1820-inappropriate_spike.gif

nice -- never heard a zecoramac before... very interesting.....

And then Mac gets eaten by a manticore, which is then turned to stone by a cockatrice and smashed into rubble by a roving hydra, then the pieces are frozen by windigoes, and to thaw them (for some reason which I'll explain later.. maybe... if I feel like it) Garble and the other teen dragons throw the pieces into lava where they melt and then there is no way all the Princesses ponies to put Big Macintosh together again.

Cuz he's dead.

Eh, still don't feel like explaining it.  

Argh, my guess was so close! When he walked through the poison joke I thought he would turn into a mare... maybe that could be your next story?

Typo.

"Wait, no...that kind of party is for something else entirely..."

>>19792161979216

Well you have to take into account that this is Pinkie you're talking about...

Ah, so it's "something entirely different," but Pinkie switched gears. Gotcha! Disregard my previous statement!

damn poison joke op there it is

So...how are you going to play off the accelerated effects of poison joke? My headcanon says that you need to sleep for it to activate.

>>19803621980362

There's nothing saying poison joke takes a set amount of time to kick in - the effect was just a lot faster in Mac's case. Think of it as you would an allergic reation to pollen - some people have much worse symptoms than others.  For instance: I have allergy to pollen, but it just makes my eyes itch a bit. Someone else with the same allergy might get a stuffed-up nose or even a rash. In this case the 'allergy' was an accelerated response-time to the effects.

Anyway, we don't actually know when the effects kicked in for the Six, only that they were asleep when it happened.

That ending made me laugh, can't wait for chapter 3 huehue.

Hu? Just got a notif for a new chapter.

Err... where the new chapter?

I'm sorry -I accidentally hit 'publish' instead of 'edit'.

My bad.

It's just the two buttons are right beside each other and I misclicked. Took me five seconds to realise my mistake, but by then...

Won't happen again - I promise.

I love this story,  I hope the next update is a real one.

Moar please!

What's with the red stars?

>>20439862043986

To differentiate between Macintosh and the cheocú.

I suppose I should make a note to that respect.

>>20440302044030 Normally I would say that's a bad idea since it ruins the story. However since Author's Notes only ever end up on the bottom, it shouldn't do any harm.

Edit: Never mind. Look forward to reading the chapter tomorrow.

>>20440402044040   Actually, what if I made the whole text that color?

>>20440642044064 Hmmmm, an interesting idea. I say give it a try and see what the readers say about it.

>>20439862043986 Changing points of view

>>20441462044146

I'm fixing that now. In retrospect it's better this way

>>20440302044030

One hardly has to be intelligent to figure out that's what you were going for. Don't worry about notes.

>>20441582044158

It does look cooler, though.

Toldja. Not getting any better for the poor lug...

I wonder how Zecora would figure out what exactly is ailing Big Mac, those poisoned berries I mean.

Keep up the good work!

I've been meaning to ask, is the cheocú a real monster, or one you made up yourself? Because he's pretty darn cool.

>>20562482056248

Just made up - I wanted a neat name, but some not overly long. I knew what I wanted, but it was a question of finding the right language. I found what I was looking for in Irish: the translation is 'Fog hound', I just combined both words. I was trying to go with 'smoke wolf', but it was too long in Irish and wouldn't have looked right.

I made it a creature of the fey so that Macintosh's horseshoes would be the deciding factor in the confrontation - his strength (or lack thereof) wouldn't really matter: iron is to faeries what silver is to werewolves.

A good story, and an interesting pairing. I like!

One thing I'd like to point out though:

Zecora nodded Zecora nodded. “It’s true they were worried,

all in all, a well written story, good sir! Cheers!

Ah, it takes me back to how this story was first made. It's really nice to see it stretch out like this with more eloquent detail

>>21521842152184

Shit. Sorry 'bout that. Thought I'd done a proper sweep.

Awesome chapter, my heart stopped when I thought Big Mac actually have died but didn't...whew

And then he died.

Um. I'm only halfway through the chapter, so...?

From behind her came a wail.

Oh. That's alright then. I'm going to choose to believe that this delayed reaction to the cure was the Poison Joke in his system using the poison to play a prank on Zecora.

In fact, I now choose to think that Poison Joke is the ultimate curative, for no other reason than because the plant refuses to let its victim die while it's playing its prank.

>>21536622153662

Heeheehee...

If it were close to April, I'd have released just the first part as the entire chapter.

Once the screams and death-threats ended, I'd continue.

*Alondro the biologist noms on the tasty driftaway berries*  Mmmm, love these things.  I can sometimes eat a quart of them in one sitting!  *Alondro is immune to the poison due to the power of SCIENCE!!*  

The "And then he died" line literally almost made me leave.

You should word that better, I nearly rage-quit the story

>>21551692155169

?

>>21552062155206

   A few seconds later, Macintosh let out a tiny, pained whine.

   ...please...

   And then he died.

This is what I was talking about