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Guardian_Gryphon


Call me Gryph for short, if you like. In-case the avatar, the name, and the themes of my stories didn't make it apparent; big Gryphon fan here.

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  • 25 weeks
    What Comes Next?

    Whew! A half-million word novel is no joke folks... Especially when it isn't even your first extremely-long-form-got-away-from-me-Gryphons-rarely-do-anything-small escapade.

    They say no plan ever fully survives first contact with the real world, but to fail to plan is to plan to fail. Plans are clay to work with as the situation evolves.

    So here is mine, currently:

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  • 25 weeks
    Advocate: Cutting Room Floor Achievements

    Here, in no particularly organized fashion, are all the achievements (the vast majority by Generic Friendship) which sadly didn't make it into The Advocate for story/brevity/etc reasons.


    • Out of the Cold, Around the Fire - Go camping with a party of individuals. - “All right, all set. I’ll go set up the bear traps…”

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  • 44 weeks
    The Advocate: Progress Update

    Just to relieve anyone who still is keeping an eye out; I am working hard on The Advocate!

    I have been trying to get away from the practice of tossing out a few chapters, vanishing for a month, then repeat. So I am presently building up a backlog.

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  • 64 weeks
    Just a Quick Update

    For the interested: I'm still focused on getting The Advocate completed.

    I had planned to make some progress this week, and still might depending how the weekend falls out, but it is becoming clear it won't be as much progress as I'd hoped, if any.

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  • 102 weeks
    State of Stories

    Yes - I am still writing daily on RO, and hoping to finish this year.

    With that out of the way; It's been a busy few months. Lots of good projects at work, and lots of family issues, medical and more positive ( a couple killer DnD sessions, among other things).

    As a result, It's been radio silence for a bit.

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Oct
31st
2023

Advocate: Cutting Room Floor Achievements · 2:59pm Oct 31st, 2023

Here, in no particularly organized fashion, are all the achievements (the vast majority by Generic Friendship) which sadly didn't make it into The Advocate for story/brevity/etc reasons.


  • Out of the Cold, Around the Fire - Go camping with a party of individuals. - “All right, all set. I’ll go set up the bear traps…”
  • Your Plus One - Have Roger recognize Malacandra as a member of your party. - “I could write the book on being the third wheel.”
  • You Gotta Shoot ‘Em In The Head - Awarded for three or more consecutive non-lethal hits below the torso with a ranged weapon in a five second timespan. - "It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps."
  • Hey, Hey Apple! - Perform an action that Celestia finds to be the textbook definition of annoying. - Special Achievement - “I’m not annoying, I’m an orange Gryphon.”
  • Micromanaged - Force Celestia to specifically override your current methods of performing an action and provide a better solution. - “Now get back to work, or you’re FIRED!”
  • A Short Leash - Force Celestia’s hoof in order to keep close tabs on you. - “You’re under my supervision now, and what I say, goes.”
  • Zephyr Zapped - Come to terms with Celestia’s intervention. - “Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”
  • The Outsider - Have Roger half-heartedly accept Zephyr Zap as a member of your party. - “Okay; I’ll do it! But I won’t like it.”
  • My Friends are My Power - Learn the true Magic of Friendship. - “True friends, never apart, maybe in distance, never in heart.”
  • Trips are Better with Friends - Be accompanied by any human friend during your journey. - “Buckle up, we’ve got a long road ahead of us.”
  • Doomsday Clock - Achieved when the doomsday clock starts counting down. - “Only a hundred seconds left.”
  • 100-Seconds Survivor - Be alive when the doomsday clock reaches midnight. - “For whom the bell tolls.”
  • The End of all Things - Experience the end. - “Any society that derives its power and authority from the will of man alone lives apart from God Celestia and will crumble in the end.”
  • Welcome to Equestria! - Emigrate to Equestria. - “We know that here in Equestria, all the little ponies will find their values satisfied.”
  • How far could a raft take us? - Visit another shard. - “I wanna see it too, along with any other worlds out there. I wanna see ‘em all.”
  • Boast With Conviction - Have the rare distinction of convincing a near-inconvincible individual of their previous alignment. - “But if you look at it from *this* perspective…”
  • The Advocates - Successfully advocate your point, and receive what you desire because it is optimal. - Unique Achievement - “In a world filled with misery and uncertainty, it is a great comfort to know, that in the end, there is a light in the darkness.”
  • One World For The Next - Leave your homeworld (on a technical basis). - “Adventure is out there!”
  • Our Big Green Style - Make use of excessive force in an armored vehicle weighing equal to or more than twenty tons. - "Thanks for the tank.  *He* never gets me anything nice."
  • The Gravel Under Your Wheels - Drive more than 60 miles per hour in any police or military vehicle, whilst causing property damage. - “This is just like that scene from that one movie I saw!”
  • Rules of the Autobahn - Drive more than 60 miles per hour in any automobile while being pursued. - “You made me nervous, I drive fast when I’m nervous.”
  • Mental Breakdown - Self-explanatory. - “I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!”
  • Combustion Engine-ered - Detonate an explosive with a weight (in trinitrotoluene) of no less than 190 grams. - “One crossed wire, one wayward pinch of potassium chloride, one errant twitch… and kablooie!”
  • The Creator - Introduce yourself, or be introduced to, the actual Princess Luna. - “I am prepared to meet the Maker. Whether the Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”
  • Assemble The Team - Gather all of your companions together. - Special Achievement - “Cause if we can’t protect the Earth, you can be damn sure we’ll avenge it.”
  • Ragged Band of Misfits - Ride a vehicle with all of your friends. - “Get in loser, we’re going to advocate for Gryphons.”
  • Run Away - Sprint for a distance of more than 300 meters while being pursued. - “Smell of fear, sweat and tears…”
  • Fast & Furious - Either inadvertently or intentionally destroy a vehicle used to escape from any pursuit. - “I live my life a quarter mile at a time.”
  • Rerouting… - Receive unhelpful information from an artificial intelligence whilst being pursued. - “Sir, the probability of successfully escaping a police chase is approximately 550 to 1.”
    (Note: or different numbers depending on area. 550 to 1 is police percentage of successful chase escapes in the LA area)
  • To Err Is Human, To Forgive Divine - Make a mistake that will cost you dearly. - “We learn from failure, not success.”
  • Equine Divinity - Meet Princess Celestia, also known commonly as CelestA.I.
    (There is deliberately no end quote here)
  • Shady Sands - See the breakdown of order and the rise of chaos in what remains of human society. - “Your bones are scraped clean by the desolate wind…”
  • Journey’s End - See your achievements made on your journey. - Special Achievement - “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.”
  • Getting Your Claws In - Experience your new body. - “Hold steady!”
  • The Lands Of Other Countries - Visit a nation outside of the United States. - “Papers, please.”
  • Luna The Younger - Meet the imprisoned goddess-replica of Arrow 14: a younger rendition of my sister. - “They say when you meet somebody who looks just like you, you die.”
  • One Pony’s Torment - Come face-to-face with the current suffering of ponies apprehended by Arrow 14. - “...The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
  • Bullseye - Infiltrate Arrow 14 successfully. - “Many men had tried to take him, and that many men were dead…”
  • Ego From Isolation - Experience, in no short order, equine racism in its most blatant form. - “Humans, the dominant species of planet earth…”
  • In Another Castle  - Be captured by opposing forces. - “Hahahaha! We got Freeman!”
  • I Know Why The Caged Mares Sing - Learn of how Arrow 14 apprehended ponies against their will to be used for their purposes. - “Oh I wouldn’t say freed… more like… ‘under new management.’”
  • Tripartite Navigation - Use all modes of travel on your journey. - “We fight our country’s battles in the air, on land, and sea…”
  • The Main Six - With your six comrades-in-arms-and-hooves, face a goddess. - “Friendship Is Magic!”
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