Truancy - Chapter Twelve - Extended Author's Notes · 8:00am August 16th
We had two 'cutaway gags' in this chapter. I am still working out the best way to transition from narrative to gag back to narrative more smoothly. I apologize if the hiccup in one's inner voice's narration is distracting. It will be a while before Zephyr Breeze makes it into the narrative, but I did post a draft of a scene with Zephyr in a Blog Post a while back. I think it will be pretty funny when that part of the story comes around.
Of pertaining to Rainbow Dash's brief appearance: a fun but disgusting fact - many animals sniff and taste voiding materials of others, because such involves scent glands into the process which specifically identifies the producer. Diet, stress, fertility, and gender are also a part of the information conveyed amongst such substances. Further, these are dense sources of pheromones; therefore, mares on Equus -of equine and several other species- need to be very cognizant about where they set that stuff, 'out to pasture,' as one might say. Permitting a gourmet to evaluate the palate or bouquet likely will send the connoisseur into a tizzy. yes, that's right: a tizzy.
I must apologize to Silentwoodfire and PrincePegacornV. I tried to draw that commode from my imagination designed for equine use as previously portrayed in Chapter Six and discussed in the corresponding Blog Post and ready for this chapter, but I am just not good enough with a pencil.
So, Cup, do you remember when I recommended we redo that scene with the Post Office; and you said you haven't had attention like that in a while and that it felt good? So, I relented with protest saying that your stallion will be there soon to give you attention. You remember that? Well, now Full Package is a character. She wasn't even supposed to be a character. But we're here now. This is all on you, and I have no idea what is going to happen with that. I wash my hands of this.
I am not going to tell the tale of how I escaped from Spitfire that time.
Full Flanks is nice mare. She is also related -a few degrees apart- to Wombo, Mondo, Thrombo, and Hondo Flanks. Hondo, as we all know, sires the Sisters Belle.
When in short supply of stallions, a herdstallion may be required or requested to provide his hersdmares' relatives with studding privileges. These may be referred to as auxiliary herds.
Pardon was too uncoordinated to get up and arrest the teddy bear. Detective Truth Seeker, I love how absolutely hardboiled ridiculous you are. Don't worry. You always get your mare... well, except for Apple Sauce.
Some Equish Phrases and Vocabulary
Chzk-k is an exclamation of exasperation that could be translated as, "Oh no," or, "D@mnit."
Rhek'm is an irregular way to conjugate the present tense verb, "to buck." Eh is an ending particle referring the subject of the sentence to oneself roughly translating to "buck me" in the colloquial sense: rhek'm-eh.
Floof'el is a combination of words that make "feather." As a colloquial phrase, "pony feathers," floof'el-poel is the more polite variation; whereas, the less polite version has a harder derivation for the word "pony," floof'el-poek. Both are generally impolite because they drop the implication of individual agency or potential from the word "pony" when the royal particle is left out.
English - Equish
Fruit - Pum
Silvanus / Sylvan - Non-ynus
Silly - Non-y
Colt's full name - H'arnon-ynus (From an English perspective, it looks a little like a mix between 'Harmony' and 'Anonymous.' Translation to come next chapter.)
There were very good names suggested, but the one I settled on that matched the most literary avenues for the colt comes special thanks to Cold Philosophy. Now, the MC can have both the name Silvanus and Anonymous depending on whether I translate the name or not. (Most of the time it will be translated to Silvanus or Silly for your reading pleasure.) And then there is the fun nickname, Silly (or Non-y if you use the Equish). The first name Tzee-dur and the colt's full name with Clan modifiers, H'arnon-ynus, should come up when they go to the library.
Next chapter begins 001 Summer, CC. Yay~
Thank you all for enjoing my Silly story so far! Eh? See what I did there?
Noice
Ah you used that suggestion! Awesome!
Surprised the nickname isn't Silvy, but Silly probably fits him better
Really enjoying the Equish language stuff you're dropping, hopefully that trend continues.
Just like Cold Philosophy, says, I found it awesome that you took my suggestion and at least tried to make it work. Don't be too sad that you could not illustrate it; I'm no better at anything artistic like that. I let others do the drawing. But describing it in prose is often the best method, as it allows the reader to visualize things in their head. True, somethings become clearer in an illustration, but let's be honest here. Pony toilets are actually best left to the reader's imagination, especially when it comes to stallions. It should naturally be understood that ponies do need to go and leave it at that.
Here's a mental exercise: try to describe what Pinkie Pie feels carrying around her party cannon behind her head and in her mane, along with all of the crap she carries there. (On the other hoof, don't bother. Pinkie doesn't need to make sense; she just is)
And if you are knowledgeable of mythology, I can only assume you do understand who Silvanus was. Essentially, he was the Roman equivalent of Bacchus, the Greek god of wine and excess. Silvanus was often describes as a pudgy older mane with a red bulbous nose riding a donkey and acting in a state of constantly being tipsy, and on the verge of falling off from the donkey.
Non-y: Nonny. Yeah, a perfect term to describe a Human n Equestria. Silly and ungainly.
Cheers!
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Oh yes. Silly’s domain has already had some subtle, unintended effects. Fun will be had.
If I can figure out a way to make a toilet plot relevant…
But I do have some plans for just in case he meets Pinkie… That will be fun, too.