Sooo yeah... · 6:37am Jun 30th, 2014
As those of you who were here for my last blog post may have noticed, I am either a liar, a failure, or both!
Well, that's a little much, but I did quite thoroughly NOT get the chapter completed by the promised 'this weekend', or in the ~two months since.
This can only reasonably be interpreted mean that I do not love you.
My deepest apologies for the changelings out there, not sure what you've been feeding on, but I would probably recommend seeing a doctor in the near future.
HOWEVER! Though I have been held back by a combination of illness, work, socialisation, roguelikes and inherent laziness, I have now COMPLETED the next chapter! It is the longest chapter yet, and is now awaiting only a quick runover by my editor to catch all of my inevitable failures to use the correct pronoun. Stupid gender switches. (I found two whole paragraphs where I'd referred to Butterscotch as "she" every time. I mean, it's not like the character is inherently feminine or anything...)
So, as a general apology (and a scrap of love for the poor changelings) I now provide you with a quick preview!
Should hopefully have the full version up within the next couple days!
The Twilight Sparkle who walked back into town was not quite as flustered and confused as the one who had fled it an hour or so earlier, but she made up for that with an air of simmering frustration. Somehow, this quite failed to make her more approachable to the townsponies.
The fact that the majority of said ponies were stallions improved neither her mood nor her reputation, as she glared at any who came too close, muttering fiercely. The Prince… Princess of Friendship, it seems, was in no mood for friendliness today.
Unfortunately for all involved, she found herself once again unfortunately bereft of direction. Her next item on the checklist wasn’t due for another hour – for all of Applejack’s misdirected attention they had still completed the task within the allotted time, and while she had originally intended to relax at the farmhouse over an Apple family lunch…
Well, that’s probably not likely to happen anytime soon. The slightest edge of guilt threatened to nibble at the edge of her irritation, and she pushed it back down with a grunt.
...So she had an hour with nothing scheduled, and nothing to do but think about stallions and how ridiculously idiotic they were. One blasted thing on their minds, if you could even consider their minds to be what’s behind their eyes rather than between their legs. She snorted as she glared back and forth, seeing the colts all around her staring, averting their eyes quickly as they were noticed.
This version of Equestria is ridiculous. I mean, it’s not like all the stallions have to be like that! Why can’t they be more like my brother? I mean, he’s right over there and hasn’t even… looked…
...What?
She blinked, screeching to a halt again and spinning around, staring at the white-coated unicorn stallion wandering past with a wild shock of electric-blue hair, deep in conversation with a grey earth stallion.
...WHAT?!
Good to see this back in action.
Silly Twilight..... r63 Vinyl is not Shiny. Silly Twilight.
2245209 *gasp* How did you know?! I was so subtle, I didn't think anyone would... you! You must have had access to my documents! When were you on my... comp.. uter... eh-heh... *looks around*
I mean, uh... that's a leap of logic there... it might not be Vinyl... you'll just have to wait and see!
I've always personally loved the idea that Vinyl is Shining's long-lost twin sister, seperated at birth due to a hospital mishap. The switched eye/magic color is pretty close!
I've waited for this. Keep on doing what you're doing.
2245223 Oh, I totally was. Don't worry I cleared your browser history.
hey, have you ever played Risk of Rain
it's a roguelike in a lot of ways, except it's a side-scrolling platformer shooter
it's a neat game, man
2254684 See, guys, this is what I have to deal with - even my editor is trying to hook me on dangerously addictive roguelikes and destroy my productivity.
Which may also explain why the next chapter isn't edited yet!
(I own the game and it's on my list of things to play, but not amazingly high.)
2254965 Hey, hey, I got to it! Taranth just needs to take a look at a couple spots I flagged 'cause I was unsure, and the chapter's getting posted this (Australian) afternoon.