Paul's Thursday Reviews XXII · 7:06pm Jan 7th, 2016
I am concerned. Weird things are happening with my parents' internet that make no sense considering what we've been doing. According to our status board, we somehow managed to use up 4 gigs yesterday. There's no way in Tartarus we used that much.
I'm starting to suspect a data leak. I don't suppose anyone out there knows of a good way to check and see if someone is riding our broadband coattails? Because this crap needs to stop. At this rate I'm going to lose my internet connection entirely for at least a week because the data's being used up so quickly.
Bah. I'm gonna drown my frustration in some reviews.
Stories for This Week:
The Roles We Play by RaylanKrios
First Meeting by Terrasora
Hearth Swarming Eve by horizon
Edited Details by ILurvTrixie (Re-Read)
The Dusk Guard: Beyond the Borderlands by Viking ZX (Sequel to The Dusk Guard: Rise)
Total Word Count: 382,855
Rating System
Why Haven't You Read These Yet?: 3
Pretty Good: 1
Worth It: 1
Not Bad: 0
None: 0
Shipping has always been one of my ‘things,’ but when I saw this story I came to the realization that I’d never read one in which one of the CMC is romantically interested in another. Appalled at this lack of inclusion on my part, I was obligated to give it a go.
The Roles We Play is told from the perspective of Sweetie Belle, who happens to be smitten with a certain orange pegasus friend of hers. After much fretting and weeks of indecision, she inadvertently reveals her feelings, and Scootaloo – being supportive and curious – agrees to a date.
The first chapter of this story is rough. It’s mostly just exposition, a droning explanation of all that Sweetie’s feeling, without any of the ‘feeling.’ It’s a little frustrating that Sweetie reveals her attraction to Scootaloo during a tirade about how the actors in a play she’s directing aren’t providing enough emotion in their parts when that’s exactly the same problem RaylanKrios suffered from since the beginning of the story.
The good news is that the author bothers to detail for us the actual date, and watching Sweetie get dating advice from her sister beforehand was a treat. The fact that Sweetie failed to make the date super-romantic but still managed to please Scootaloo felt both realistic and a pleasant alternative. In fact, I think my favorite part about this story is how the whole thing did not in fact feel like a strong romance; it struck more like a showing of two teens stumbling through this whole dating thing and trying to figure out how it works. I also enjoyed how we got to know everything Sweetie was feeling but nothing from Scootaloo, because she couldn’t actually read Scoots to determine how the date was going. As such, it felt more… authentic.
But the story still suffers from an excess of exposition and general telly-ness, giving a lot of information that we either don’t need or which came out clumsily. Sweetie’s emotional state was fed to us line-by-line, which made it feel forced. Worst of all, the established background of the story – indeed, the background for which the story is titled – is completely forgotten with the second chapter. I get that the date is its own thing from the play, but if the author thinks it’s important enough to warrant naming the entire story around it, it should probably be a factor from beginning to end.
Ultimately, The Roles We Play could have been better, but I’m okay with it in the overall. A little polishing and a lot less exposition would do wonders for it.
Bookshelf: Worth It
Let me preface this with the fact that there is nothing notably original about this story. Anyone can come up with a ‘how they met’ story, anyone can conceive of a tsundere romance, and if anyone hasn’t at least considered writing an OctaScratch fic… well, either they don’t like the pairing or they aren’t MLP fanfic writers.
None of that matters. Sometimes, things are just done right.
First Meeting begins with a nine-year-old Octavia and her bookish, antisocial sister Harmonia going to Manehattan to visit their grandmother at the same time that seven-year-old Vinyl Scratch and her brother Long Play are heading there to visit their mother. Vinyl is almost immediately interested in Octavia; before the filly utters even one response to her questions, Vinyl concludes that they are going to be great friends.
What follows is two parts tsundere romance between the elder siblings and three parts d’awww material involving a pair of highly entertaining fillies, with just a pinch of familial drama.
I smiled from beginning to end. The tone and pacing of this story were pitch-perfect, the writing was mostly solid, and Vinyl and Octavia were a treat to watch for every second they took center stage. The characters of Harmonia and Long Play were also well conceived, making for an interesting couple one can’t help enjoying. The story plays out perfectly in almost every respect, and I only throw in that ‘almost’ because I’m sure I missed something while gushing over filly Vinyl’s regular insistence of future marriage to Octavia – before their siblings do!
Cute, fun, but also possessing a very real and interesting story for the elder siblings, this story thoroughly pleases. I can think of no reason not to put it on my highest bookshelf. This time the ratings don’t lie.
Bookshelf: Why Haven’t You Read These Yet?
I’m on record as having stated that Rarity is the most interesting of the Mane Six. Different writers can take her character in different directions and make many of those approaches seem perfectly legitimate to her show-given character. This, however, is the first time I’ve seen her play to the strengths that I directly associate with her. For this reason alone, this story makes me happy; finally, the marshmallow pony gets her due.
Hearth Swarming Eve has Chrysalis invade Ponyville the night before Hearths Warming Eve, but rather than going on a direct attack, she merely surrounds the town. It turns out that Chrysalis is not actively invading, but seeking to discuss diplomacy and reparations for her defeat at Canterlot. While all of her friends begin to fret, it is Rarity who recognizes the ruse and begins bringing order to Princess Twilight’s response.
What follows is a clever range of mind games as Rarity works behind the scenes of the negotiations to determine exactly what Chrysalis is after. In the process, she finds herself in the position of deceiving both her enemies and her friends.
I loved all of this. The story weaved an entertaining and legitimately mysterious web of deceit, with Rarity playing the role of diplomacy-detective like a seasoned pro. Watching her work never ceased to entertain me, even when her plans were sometimes foiled by her more upfront and naïve friends. Her getting the chance to teach Twilight a lesson in the harsh realities of rule was just the icing on the cake.
Yet I also must give props to horizon for an intricate web of deception. Most writers have difficulty with crafting mysteries, which more often than not leads to me figuring out some of the truth – if not all of it – ahead of the characters themselves. This one, however, had me completely fooled from beginning to end. horizon even planted a little something in there that I’m sure will throw almost anyone who reads it completely off the proper trail, and when I realized the trick I was nothing short of thrilled.
Hearth Swarming Eve is many things: a lesson in mystery writing; a pleasant story with a warm ending; a sad revelation; spot-on character interpretation; clever use of comedy as a weapon via the CMC; and above all else, a shining example of Rarity’s character. About my only complaint is that the ending feels a little rushed, but I’m more than willing to forgive that in light of the sheer amount of ‘yes’ that is this story.
Bookshelf: Why Haven’t You Read These Yet?
Edited Details
ILurvTrixie provided no cover art. Point and laugh.
Re-Read
Memories are funny things. When I saw this story was coming up, I felt a notable sense of distaste, for my recollection of the story in general was bad. Why, then, was it in my ‘pretty good’ bookshelf? Had I simply decided to be generous to the author at that time, or was my memory… off?
Edited Details was an entry into a romance contest for the now defunct Random Romance group, of which I was a moderator for some time. It placed first, beating out my own entry (much to my shock at the time). The goal of the contest – indeed, the goal of every contest the group put out – was to ship two highly unlikely or unusual characters. In this instance, those characters were Fluttershy and Daring Do.
In this story, A.K. Yearling has just returned home from a most unsatisfying adventure; the artifact she was after disappeared the moment she touched it. Empty-hooved and thinking her next book is doomed, she is startled to discover that her old typewriter has been cursed and is finishing the story for her. As a direct result, the Daring Do character in her book is pulled out of the pages and ends up in Ponyville, where she is discovered and taken in by Fluttershy. As Daring Do comes to grips with her new existence – and engages in a heated relationship with her ‘angel’ – A.K. Yearling heads to Ponyville to see if the words on her now-magical typewriter are as real as they seem.
I’m starting to remember why this story rated so highly, and question why my recollection was so poor. Probably had to do with bitterness over losing. Anyway, there’s a ton of things to like about this tale, which demonstrated creativity, a bit of self-mockery and some choice criticism of stories in general. I even noticed a few things in this read-through that I completely missed the first time, which only makes me enjoy this story even more. Yet even as those positives shine through, there’s also a number of stumbles that left me cringing.
Let us begin with the characters. For the most part, ILurvTrixie did a solid job portraying all involved, from Twilight’s determined eggheaded explanations to Rainbow Dash’s brash aggression. Not all characters get equal treatment – Pinkie and Applejack are little more than along for the ride near the end, and Spike’s contribution amounts to little more than a few lines – but when they are present, they are easily identifiable by their behavior and mannerisms.
This makes the nods to the show all the more annoying, especially when they make less sense than they did in canon. For example, when Rainbow Dash is asked to take a close look at Daring Do, she quickly realizes that the pony before her isn’t A.K. Yearling at all. Her immediate response: “Are you a spy?! Who sent you?” Insert facepalm here; as Daring promptly points out, this was a stupid reaction, especially considering that Daring herself asked for the closer inspection. Even accepting the moment of self-criticism, this was a bad decision on the author’s part; fan-pandering at its worst.
And this isn’t the only instance. We don’t need Derpy saying “I just don’t know what went wrong.” It’s not cute, it’s not charming, and it most certainly isn’t funny. At best, it’s groan-inducing. For all the creativity the author shows with the rest of the story, these pointless call-backs are a severe disappointment.
Then we have the romance itself. Now, I’ve always stated that I don’t like the whole ‘love at first sight trope.’ I’ve always been of the opinion that the counter to that phrase should be ‘divorce in first year.’ Yet, to ILurvTrixie’s credit, the romance between Fluttershy and Daring Do is fluid and decently arranged. Even if I hesitate to call it legitimate love, at least the whirlwind of sudden attraction over a scant two or three days felt realistic in its delivery. It’s also a credit to the author’s characterization of Fluttershy; still shy on the topic, but willing to move forward with the right encouragement.
Moving on: the story’s random tag. It is well earned at times, especially in the character of Discord. I’ve always been self-critical when it comes to my portrayal of the draconequus, so watching someone handle his character so effectively is a treat. He’s ever-witty, constantly playful, but serious when the time calls for it. His manner as both a supportive friend and never-ending prankster is well devised and I wholeheartedly approve – especially regarding the way he bemoans nopony looking at him as a villain anymore.
But the silliness also took some bad turns. The worst case was when Fluttershy and Daring went on a date at Rarity’s insistence, which ended with the elite eating establishment destroyed in a fiery explosion that the duo wasn’t even responsible for. Even accepting this as ILurvTrixie’s prefered writing style and depiction of Equestria, I was not amused.
One particular scene, however, earns mixed interest; Jumangi. Yes, ILurvTrixie had Discord whip up the game of Jumangi, turning Fluttershy’s cottage into a jungle as he, Angel, Daring and Fluttershy play along. On the one hand, I don’t like when authors resort to using material outside of the bounds of My Little Pony, even if the source of that action is Discord. At the same time, I realize that what ILurvTrixie did here was both foreshadowing and creating a parallel to the ultimate conclusion of the story, and I must admit it’s pretty clever.
Which leads me to the story’s villain. I wouldn’t blame anyone for wanting to steal him, because he’s well-conceived and makes for an interesting dynamic. I won’t spoil it for anyone, but I’m a little surprised I’d never seen the idea used before. It makes for something so potentially powerful as to end Equestria as we know it. Even the princesses would have to submit, and Discord himself was powerless against it – believably so.
There are a few issues related to said villain, though. First off, because his special technique is so good, it makes him instantly OP, although his blatant character flaws (namely overconfidence and inability to adapt) balance this out a bit. The major issue is that there’s no background – oh, we find out who he is and a little about his past, but the question of how he came to have his phenomenal power is not even touched upon, leaving open the door of skepticism.
But the worst part about this villain is how quickly he comes and goes. We get ten chapters of Daring and Fluttershy meeting and developing a fast relationship, and only three of the bad guy. That’s right, the villain made himself known and was summarily defeated in the span of three chapters. In ILurvTrixie’s defense, the issue is itself mocked by Pinkie, and from the things seen throughout the story I suspect the unusualness of the situation is the whole point.
The only other major issue I had is that the narrative could have been stronger in the department of emotion. It gets to be a little telly at times, although I wouldn’t say glaringly so. Moments that should be emotional are instead whipped by in a frenzy of dialogue. In this area, ILurvTrixie could use a bit of practice.
All in all, this story feels like one big meta-joke, both towards My Little Pony and literature in general. It’s fun, creative, silly in both good and bad ways, and occasionally self-mocking, but at all times lighthearted. I’m happy I got to read it again, taking an opportunity to dispel my own doubts.
Bookshelf: Pretty Good
Darn these authors and their really long stories that I want to read! My schedule is all kinds of messed up thanks to these things.
The Dusk Guard: Beyond the Borderlands picks up right where its predecessor left off, but it takes an unexpected turn. Rather than continuing the story of Steel Song and his cohorts in the Dusk Guard, this story focuses entirely on the anti-hero, Blade Sunchaser, who has been tasked with finding and recovering a lost key from those who stole it from Equestria’s national museum. What was originally meant to be an easy job turns into the fight of her life as she has to contend with insane, Sombra-worshipping unicorn supremacists, engage in a literal naval war and, ultimately, go claw-to-blade with an ancient immortal.
At least she has friends to help out.
All the way to the very end, I questioned the wisdom of Viking ZX’s decision to call this a sequel when it involves the previous characters in only the most remote way possible. Still, there’s no questioning that this story was a fun and wild ride from beginning to end. Blade and her crew wreak havoc across three different nations, leaving behind a trail of bodies, wreckage and massive debts… and yet somehow still come out as the good guys. It’s a completely different tone from The Dusk Guard: Rise, and I wholeheartedly approve.
It’s hard to focus on any one thing for this story – despite its length, everything goes by quickly and it can be tricky to pick apart the plot. I will say, however, that the characters were by far my favorite part. Just like in the previous story, Viking ZX proves to have a solid grasp of how to make characters interesting. Unlike the previous story, that attention was divided almost equally among all of the team. From Frost’s cool anger to Alchemy’s friendly acceptance, each character has something in them that makes them different and interesting.
This feeling is mixed with the villains. Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of them. They were fun to watch, easy to dislike – well, no, I actually liked the main bad guy – and seeing them defeated time and again was savory. They were great threats that really put the (anti-)heroes to the test. And yet I feel obligated to mention that they are – for the most part – one dimensional. One goal, one reason, little depth. Oh, they had complicated schemes and great attributes as villains, but in the end that’s all they are: villains. “Look at me, I’m evil! Tremble as I cackle evilly!”
So yeah, as much fun as I had – and I did indeed have a lot of it – I think it’s only fair to give people that warning. Basically, the heroes have depth; the villains do not. But that’s okay. Trust me, you won’t mind one bit.
In terms of writing, I found that Viking ZX got a little telly, but it was handled in a way that I barely noticed most of the time. A few parts did glare out at me, but I usually skipped past them because I was too interested in what was going on. More distressing to me is that the narrative is rife with repetition. In pretty much every chapter, you’ll find a few lines where the same words and phrases are used in extremely short proximity of one another. While it’s a small thing in general, it shows up so often that it proved a distraction.
Then there is the worldbuilding, which is far superior to what we got to see in the previous story. We get a whole arctic world with its own way of life and political situation, a slew of international political info, hints and images of the distant past, and a gaping window into Griffon culture. Viking ZX does an exemplary job here, making a universe both interesting and realistic in its depiction.
Next is the action. I know from experience that weaving a good action scene is a tricky balance of description, generalization and timing. Does Viking ZX have it down? Well, no… but he’s pretty close. You’ll see every slice, thrust and parry, hear every boom of canonfire. We get an entire aerial naval engagement – that’s right, an airship war – along with magic duels and more than a little brawling. It’s certainly exciting, and I found myself paying close attention in most of these scenarios.
My only complaint is that these scenarios sometimes got a little too detailed, dragging on the fights to the point that you begin to wonder if they’re going to end sometime soon. While I appreciate the author’s desire to demonstrate an epic challenge, Viking ZX threatened to stretch the limits just a little too much. Even so, he kept the balance well enough for much of the story that I’m willing to forgive the few times where the fights began to be tiring. There’s enough legitimate epicness for me to let it slide.
The Dusk Guard: Beyond the Borderlands is an exhilarating romp that leaves you guessing half the time and keeps you thrilled throughout. The action rarely stops, the characters are interesting and the background is detailed. This is one of the few stories that measures up well against its predecessor, and I am thoroughly looking forward to the next entry in the series.
Bookshelf: Why Haven’t You Read These Yet?
Stories for Next Week:
Sleepy Time by Twi-Fi
The Last Curtain Call by The Princess Rarity
The Dragon's Riddle by horizon
Just Like Her by Bad_Seed_72 (Re-Read)
An Affliction of the Heart: Volume Four by Anonymous Pegasus (Sequel to An Affliction of the Heart Volume Three: Hybrid)
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Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked Beyond the Borderlands and had such a fun time reading it! And thanks for pointing out a few areas where I can brush up my prose and pacing a little, that gives me a few hints as to where to put my focus when I start working on Shadow of an Empire or Hunter/Hunted. It's always satisfying to find something new to adjust ever so slightly to make the impact that much more impressive.
Also, thank you for mentioning the Airship battles. You're actually the first reviewer to give them anything other than a word in passing—which I'm not complaining about; all the other reviews have definitely had plenty to focus on. You're just the first one to dedicate more than a line or two to the existence of those massive aerial engagements. Again, not complaining; those other reviewers had plenty great to say about other elements of the story like the Griffon Empire, but it was nice to finally see a reviewer talk a bit about the airship combat.
Also, I'm glad you enjoyed the worldbuilding I had a lot of fun figuring all that stuff out and putting it together. Glad to see you found it so engrossing (personally, I'd sign up for a Sheerwater tourism trip in a heartbeat)!
Anyway, thanks for reading, enjoying, and reviewing Beyond the Borderlands!
As I said, I'm glad you liked it.
EDIT: Also, I must say I loved this bit:
With that, I can safely say that the tone of this story came out exactly as I'd hoped!
A lot of good looking stories here.
I'll have to add most of these to my RIL.
The first most likely culprit is bad software on some machine connected to your router - spyware, a covert (or overt) torrent, or even just a tab open on a web browser with a JavaScript that stupidly keeps continually refreshing an image or something could all be responsible. You can try to narrow it down by looking at your router's software or at the local operating system's connection statistics for each device to see how many bytes of data each device has sent and received during its current uptime. If one of them is excessive, and/or continually climbing without a good reason, that's probably the troublemaker. Go through the software it's running with a fine tooth comb and see if you can narrow it down to a single responsible application or process.
Or if it's not any of your devices that you can clearly identify and you think there's someone hitchhiking the internet on your dime:
Log in to your router and look for something like a list of all DHCP clients. If you have more of those than the number of devices you're pretty sure should be using your network, someone's leeching. If there appears to be the right number, then try to get a list of all the MAC addresses for all the devices connected, then go look at all the authorized devices locally and compare their MAC addresses to what the router says. If you find a MAC address connected to your router that doesn't match any device you think is authorized, odds are it's a leech.
If your router supports it, you could set up a white list of allowed MAC addresses and deny access to everything else. It's sort of a pain to add new devices because you have to find their MACs and add them to the whitelist, but it keeps most of the unsophisticated leeches off your internet.
For more advanced intruders (the ones who know how to change their invading device's MAC - relatively uncommon but could still happen), you can try turning off your devices one by one while monitoring your router's list of connected devices. If you find a DHCP client / MAC address that persists in being listed as connected even though the legitimate device is disconnected and turned off, someone's spoofing one of your devices.
And, to put the most common sense suggestion last (of course
), make sure that wireless on your router is secured with WPA and change your password to something strong, and make sure that everyone knows NOT to share it and not to write it down anywhere. That'd be the #1 way by far that networks get leeched or accessed by unauthorized people, despite being totally preventable. 
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And thank you for giving me something long to read that was actually worth my while. I look forward to the rest of the stories in this universe, including the shorts I'm still working on.
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Thanks for the input! I'll take a look at some of this and see what I can glean, although I'll have to do some research; I honestly don't understand half the things you've talked about. But at least I know where to start.
Thank you for the review, and I'm glad you enjoyed it so much!
It's really interesting to hear you praise the Rarity-and-Twilight aspect of the ending, because that's what came in for the most detailed criticism in story comments, and I do agree with them that Twilight's (and Celestia's) part in the ending was mishandled. It's not that it's not solid as written, but it's not square with the themes I was hoping for the story to communicate; I think it ended up a little too un-pony in its cynicism about the tradeoffs of the non-friendship-based solution.
At any rate, it'll be interesting to see what you think of the upcoming story as well.
Look at the router-logs. The router almost certainly allows one to TelNet into it or has a web-interface. For learning how, search the name on of your router on the Internet. This is my log:
Jan/1/2000 00:00:02 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Discover
Jan/1/2000 00:00:05 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Release
Jan/1/2000 00:00:05 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Discover
Jan/1/2000 00:00:10 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Discover
Jan/1/2000 00:00:21 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Discover
Jan/1/2000 00:00:40 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Discover
Jan/1/2000 00:01:14 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Release
Jan/1/2000 00:01:14 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Discover
Jan/1/2000 00:01:14 WAN DHCP client receive DHCP Offer
Jan/1/2000 00:01:14 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Request
Jan/1/2000 00:01:15 WAN DHCP client receive DHCP Ack
Jan/1/2000 00:01:15 WAN DHCP client get IP 10.0.0.5
Jan/1/2000 00:01:46 WAN DHCP client receive DHCP Ack
Jan/1/2000 00:01:46 WAN DHCP client get IP 10.0.0.5
Jan/1/2000 00:02:14 join multicast group 224.0.0.252
Jan/1/2000 00:02:22 c4:54:44:3f:29:2a(android-61e6a13) get IP 192.168.2.3
Jan/1/2000 00:02:33 00:1d:09:95:e7:2a(Cathy-PC) get IP 192.168.2.2
Jan/1/2000 00:02:33 join multicast group 239.255.255.250
Jan/1/2000 00:23:32 00:1c:b3:78:4a:41(Ualabio) get IP 192.168.2.4
Jan/1/2000 00:25:11 00:1c:b3:78:4a:41(Ualabio) get IP 192.168.2.4
Jan/1/2000 02:08:25 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Release
Jan/1/2000 02:08:25 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Discover
Jan/1/2000 02:08:25 WAN DHCP client receive DHCP Offer
Jan/1/2000 02:08:25 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Request
Jan/1/2000 02:08:26 WAN DHCP client receive DHCP Ack
Jan/1/2000 02:08:26 WAN DHCP client get IP 10.0.0.5
Jan/1/2000 02:16:44 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Release
Jan/1/2000 02:16:45 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Discover
Jan/1/2000 02:16:45 WAN DHCP client receive DHCP Offer
Jan/1/2000 02:16:45 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Request
Jan/1/2000 02:16:46 WAN DHCP client receive DHCP Ack
Jan/1/2000 02:16:46 WAN DHCP client get IP 10.0.0.5
Jan/1/2000 02:38:11 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Release
Jan/1/2000 02:38:12 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Discover
Jan/1/2000 02:38:12 WAN DHCP client receive DHCP Offer
Jan/1/2000 02:38:12 WAN DHCP client send DHCP Request
Jan/1/2000 02:38:13 WAN DHCP client receive DHCP Ack
Jan/1/2000 02:38:13 WAN DHCP client get IP 10.0.0.5
Jan/1/2000 04:03:29 join multicast group 224.0.0.252
Jan/1/2000 04:03:29 00:1d:09:95:e7:2a(Cathy-PC) get IP 192.168.2.2
Jan/1/2000 04:03:29 00:1d:09:95:e7:2a(Cathy-PC) get IP 192.168.2.2
Jan/1/2000 04:03:30 join multicast group 239.255.255.250
Jan/1/2000 05:31:10 c4:54:44:3f:29:2a(android-61e6a13) get IP 192.168.2.3
Jan/1/2000 07:07:30 00:1c:b3:78:4a:41(Ualabio) get IP 192.168.2.4
Jan/1/2000 07:07:31 join multicast group 224.0.0.251
Jan/1/2000 08:15:54 c4:54:44:3f:29:2a(android-61e6a13) get IP 192.168.2.3
Jan/1/2000 08:16:41 5c:8d:4e:a8:8e:90(Zamenhof) get IP 192.168.2.5
Jan/1/2000 08:16:43 join multicast group 224.0.0.251
Jan/1/2000 08:17:56 c4:54:44:3f:29:2a(android-61e6a13) get IP 192.168.2.3
Jan/1/2000 08:21:24 join multicast group 224.0.0.251
Jan/1/2000 08:35:35 00:1c:b3:78:4a:41(Ualabio) get IP 192.168.2.4
Jan/1/2000 08:35:37 00:1c:b3:78:4a:41(Ualabio) get IP 192.168.2.4
Jan/1/2000 08:36:30 00:1c:b3:78:4a:41(Ualabio) get IP 192.168.2.4
Jan/1/2000 08:37:05 192.168.2.4(Ualabio) login
Well shit. Any story where Rarity isn't a useless priss is one I have to check out.
...eventually