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Story the Second · 10:55am

Well!  It's been quite a while, hasn't it?  Longer than I had intended, in fact, and for that you all have my apologies.  Even the loneliest river wends its weary way at last to the sea, though, and the thinnest crescent Moon will wax to fullness in time (full Moon tonight, by the by.  I think, odd as it sounds, I'll be trying to tie future story updates to the lunar cycle; the Moon makes a very obvious, regular timekeeper, and unlike the arbitrary days of the week it offers a clear, tangible sense of the passage of time).  Before another twenty-four hours have passed, I'll be posting the first chapter of my next story.  The promised epilogue to Mendacity will be arriving not long afterwards, by the time the Moon is new, and chapter 2 of this new story will be coming either then or at the next full Moon.  As to the story itself...well, I feel I owe y'all something of an apology.  I asked, after posting the final chapter of Mendacity, whether you'd prefer me to write a sort-of sequel or a new story with Lovecraftian elements, and most voted sequel.  I tried to get something satisfactory down for that, but for now at least the ideas aren't quite flowing as they like, and I'm not sure how to tell the stories I have in mind.  So, instead, we'll be exploring the lives of a different set of characters, some time before the beginning of Mendacity--before, in fact, Discord's return to Equestria, though not long before.  There won't be any romance this time, but there may be shoggoths, ghouls, and mi-go, and while they're not quite the same thing as True Love I hope they'll prove to be an acceptable substitute.

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Mendacity

Bon Bon's voice is funny, and that's about all that anypony who meets her notices, as her marefriend Lyra soon steals the spotlight with her explosive personality, strange obsessions, and curious beliefs. And why not? Bon Bon is, after all, a perfectly ordinary, boring pony in every way but two: her voice, and the carefully kept secret that she isn't really a pony.

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#414758 · 6w, 2d ago · · ·
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>>414564

Ooooooh :D.I see the resemblance there.And Hmm..I should give that book a reading :3!

#414564 · 6w, 2d ago · · ·
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>>409257

Not quite; both I and the musician are referencing the same thing, as it happens.  Tír na nÓg is one of the Otherworlds of Irish mythology, and the adopted homeland of the Tuatha Dé Danann after they left Ireland in its mythological past.  I first read of the place in Joan Balfour Payne's wonderful children's book Pangur Ban, and it's actually as an homage to that story that I chose to go with the spelling "Shee," which Payne uses to refer to the Fae, rather than the more correct "Aes Sidhe."

#409257 · 6w, 5d ago · · ·
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Hey,I really enjoyed your story Mendacity, but I'm wondering:

The place known as 'Tir na Nog'..is that a reference to this:

?

#348634 · 11w, 6d ago · · ·
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>>332396

I am indeed--and that eftsoon, too.  I planned to post the epilogue to Mendacity (as well as edits for the final chapter, along with possibly some alterations to chapter 6) at the same time I posted the first chapter of my next story.  Until recently, the latter has only existed in a nebulous sort of planning stage, but it's now beginning to take concrete form.  No ETA other than "soon" right now, I'm afraid, but take comfort in the fact that "soon" is now a matter of days/weeks, not months.  As a wholly arbitrary and kind of silly deadline, let's just say that you can expect Mendacity's epilogue, and the first chapter of my next story, by the next time that the Moon is full.

#332396 · 13w, 2d ago · · ·
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So... are you going to continue with the story, or not?  :3

#287981 · 17w, 2d ago · · ·
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Okay, so, apparently I wasn't following you before (Or maybe I was and I'm just buggin out) but I have taken steps to remedy this.

I also may have repeatedly unfollowed just so I could press the follow again. Do not mind this.

#265568 · 19w, 3d ago · · ·
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Many apologies to the both of you for having taken so long to respond; things have been rather busy lately, not that that's much of an excuse.

>>255937

Ooh, I like the idea of weaving together a quasi-collaborative background mythos for the non-pony critters.  Many thanks for bringing this to my notice, Wanderer D!

>>247171

Thankee!  I'm afraid I'm going to have to pass on tagging someone else; I'm not familiar with many FiMfiction authors, and even if I were I'd feel a bit too awkward about tossing a questionnaire at them out of the blue.  I am, however, happy to answer the questions, so expect a post responding to that instanter.

#255937 · 20w, 3d ago · · ·
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You should join The World-Building Alliance! :pinkiehappy:

#247171 · 21w, 3d ago · · ·
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You have been tagged. I'd be interested in your response. :scootangel:

#231776 · 22w, 5d ago · · ·
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>>231724

That's perfectly fine, take your time. Suuuper looking forward to that chronological sequel too! :pinkiehappy:

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