As an apology to my readers, here's a preview of my (hopefully finished by) Halloween story.

I was going to let this be a surprise to everyone but a few members of my inner circle, but all things considered, you guys deserve a little reward for your patience and understanding.

Password is "sphinx".

Comments

[superfun]

I can't wait for the full story, the preview itself was enjoyable.

[Tatsurou]

This story is going to be amazing, I can already tell.

[Terabyte West]

ALL.

OF.

MY.

YES.

[GenerousGhibli]

Off to a good start. Looking forward to the whole thing.

[Discord Kantus]

I am making the conscious decision not to take a look. I'm sure you understand.

[gamexpert1990]

Okay, this is a pleasant coincidence for me. About a week and a half ago, I told someone "I'd absolutely love to see how the show interprets a Sphinx." Here comes MythrilMoth, providing a potential answer in fanfic form.

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With that decided, brunch proceeded as usual, with the regular amount of eating, small talk, and horseplay.

Oh, that was beautiful.

...That's your choice for the cursed words?!

[MythrilMoth]

3494692 Lionaptra is a place, not a who. It's the Sphinx version of the "City of the Dead" from The Mummy.

[lazyreader19]

Gotta say, it's looking pretty good! And chock full of little fun bits too

[Hidden Scorpius XI]

Oh boy. Let's see...

Intriguing world building? Check.
Clever interpretation of a mythical creature in the MLP universe? Check.
Sillyness ahoy with word-play and feline-shenanigans? Double check.

Yep, this is gonna be an enjoyable read.

Also, Headcanon accepted. Anugypt should be a real thing.

[MythrilMoth]

3494935 I can't take credit for Anugypt. It's from the IDW comics. Everything else (the sphinxes and Rosetta Stone and such) are mine, though.

[Hidden Scorpius XI]

3494972
Oh. That's what I get for not reading the comics... not that I care much about the side-materials to begin with

Thanks for the clarification, though

[HorseWordFan]

Tempting as it is to dive headfirst into another MM story with the offer of an advance peek, I'm going to manfully resist and wait until it's done.

Then I'm going gut it like the literary equivalent of strawberry cheesecake and devour ALL the horsewords !