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2017

Fallout: Equestria Reviews: Chapter 6 · 5:44pm Oct 31st, 2017

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We're back fillies and gentlecolts!

Yeah I know its been awhile since I posted one of these reviews, but here we are. Plus today is the 1st anniversary of when I started writing these reviews, so yay!

I promise I'll try and get back on these, I have something I'll be doing for reviews for the next few weeks, but we'll get to that at the end of the review.

As I said, this is the 1st year anniversary, so we're going to actually go back to where I started and review the next chapter of the original fanfic. Enjoy!

---Chapter 6: The Truth of the Matter---

“Hello!

“My name is Scootaloo. You probably know me (since I am pretty famous) for my awesome performances at events like last year’s GALLoPS, or maybe just as the founder of Red Racer.

“...

“None of which means a damn anymore, of course. If you’re hearing this, that means Omega-Level Threat Protocols have been enacted and you are... are now... aww, dammit!!

“Sorry.

“Okay... right now, I’m talking to you as vice-president of Stable-Tec. You have been appointed as Overmare (or, in the case of Stable Twenty-Four, Overstallion) of a Stable-Tec life-preserving Stable. You have been chosen for your sense of loyalty and duty, both to the ponies around you and to this company. And while the Stable-Tec HQ might be... probably is... nothing but blasted rubble now, our ideals live on.

“Your Stable has been selected to participate in a vital social project. The first goal of your Stable, like all others, is to save the lives of the ponies inside. But you also have a higher purpose beyond saving the lives of individual ponies. We here at Stable-Tec understand that it doesn’t do ponykind any good to save ourselves now only to annihilate each other later. We must figure out where we went wrong. We must find a better way. And we must be ready to implement it as soon as possible once the Stable doors open. ...And survive what our current leaders have managed to do to Equestria...

“...dammit! I-I really hope no pony ever has to h-hear this. Can’t this all just be for nothing? They’re really going to destroy us all, aren’t they?...

“...I’m sorry. Again, I’m totally off script. Where was I? Oh, yeah. In short, Stable-Tec is working to ensure a more... a more Stable society for future generations.

“Inside the safe in your office, you will find a set of special instructions and objectives, as well as details on how your specific Stable has been fitted to carry out your part. If at any point, you believe that your part in the project is threatening the safety and security of the ponies in your charge... as a whole... you are to cease participation and take any necessary steps to rectify the situation. In any other circumstances, however, it is crucial that you keep to the directives provided, and keep Stable-Tec appraised of all results as per your sealed instructions.

“Thank you. From all of us. From all of Equestria...

“...

“Thank you, and may somepony up there have pity on us all.”

Yeah, we start out with some dialogue from Scootaloo from the stuff that LittlePip found last chapter, I don't think Pip was expecting that either. What I find interesting is that if you look at it she mentions that they're supposed to keep Stable-Tec appraised of all results, I wonder exactly how that was supposed to work.

But you guys all know my thoughts on Scootaloo so I'll just keep going, I'll discuss her more in later chapters.

So LittlePip and Calamity are at the Turnpike Tavern where the bartender Apple Whiskey is creating drinks out of apples with a lot of flourish. Then LittlePip makes this comment:

“Dunno why I was surprised,” I half-whispered, leaning near Calamity. “Your leader is a stallion, after all.”

I hoofwaved. “I heard him. Over the sprite-bot. When it wasn’t being Watcher.”

Calamity looked at me with deeper confusion. And then broke into a too-riotous laugh. “What? Red Eye?” He turned to the rest of the bar. “Hey, everypony. LilPip here thought Red Eye was our leader!”

Video belongs to Bethesda.

No, not that Redeye, this one is much cooler.

Well, we finally get a name to go with the voice and everypony gets a good laugh out of this. Clearly, Red Eye is not exactly liked in New Appleloosa and I don't really blame them, promises of a brighter future and making Equestria great again aren't worth a whole lot if you don't do anything to back them up.

Please don't make a political argument out of that, I'm simply stating a fact here.

But more about Red Eye later, I seem to be saying that a lot don't I? Trust me I like Red Eye as a villain and I want to give him my full attention once he's more prevalent in the fanfic.

“So...” I fought to shove new facts into the puzzle I was building in my head. The drinks were great for forgetting, but not so great for thinking. “...the not-Watcher voice on the sprite-bot is Red Eye, and he’s not your leader...”

Well, nice to see LittlePip finally gets it. But the other ponies are a bit confused about who Watcher is, one mare even says that they can't be used as cameras, but given that LittlePip has seen Watcher do that, its clearly not true. Which probably just means Red Eye doesn't have access to its full capabilities.

Now we get to something more important, the first use of DJ Pon3's radio broadcasts featuring a mare's voice singing when it starts at least.

Video belongs to Bethesda.

When LittlePip asks about DJ Pon3 she doesn't get a lot of straight answers since nopony knows for sure who they are. What we do learn is that there is always a DJ Pon3 ever since the bombs fell, one suggestion is that they are Vinyl Scratch's nephew or something, so at least that's something.

Finally, we get the voice of the DJ himself:

The music died away. And a voice came over the radio. “This is DJ Pon3, and that was Sweetie Belle, singing about that one great truth of the wasteland: every pony has done something they regret. And now, my little ponies, it’s time for the news! Now you ponies remember when I told you ‘bout those two ponies who crawled themselves out of Stable Two? Well, I’ve been gettin’ reports that one of those little ponies took out the raider nest in the heart of Ponyville, and saved several pony captives -- including the beloved author of The Wasteland Survival Guide, Ditzy Doo! Hey kid, thanks! From all of us! And now the weather: cloudy everywhere, with a chance of rain, gunfire and bloody dismemberment...”

I didn’t really hear the rest. I was too stunned. I was on the radio. DJ Pon3 was talking about me. My heart mixed with pride and panic, the latter quickly swallowing the former. I’d been outside less than a week, and I already had a reputation that was spreading across all of the Equestrian Wasteland... a reputation that built me up into somepony far more heroic and capable than I actually was.

“…one last thing, the other Stable Dweller was last seen out near Appleloosa. My prayers go out t’ that one. And that’s the truth of the matter. Now back to the music. Here’s Sapphire Shores singing how the sun can’t hide forever. From your lips to Celestia’s ears, Sapphire!”

LittlePip seems a bit confused by the mention of Appleloosa since, well that's where she is, but Calamity informs her that the DJ meant Old Appleloosa, which is a slaver town, fun! As it turns out though New Appleloosa trades with Old Appleloosa and they're sending a train that way the next day.

LittlePip is of course not exactly thrilled about that given that, you know, they're Slavers and I don't really blame her for that one. This is also why Calamity doesn't actually live in New Appleloosa and I don't particularly blame him.

The next morning its raining and LittlePip is looking at the train, apparently now she's going to get on the train because she wants to free the slaves being held by the Slavers. Calamity agrees to go with her since he's always wanted to take a shot at that place so that's something.

LittlePip has the obvious concern over what they're going to do with the ponies that they rescued from the Slavers. While Calamity goes to work something out she learns a bit more about the train and the Caboose in particular. We also learn that they can't use the train's engine because of a lack of coal.

Arrugh. “Okay… then why don’t you have any coal? Where’s the coal?”

The train pony rolled his eyes at me, “Oh, their ain’t any coal in Equestria.” I felt something in my head snapping. “All the coal’s in a far, far away land.”

“Then… how… was the coal… supposed to get here?”

“By train, o’ course!”

Arrugh!! That was it. I needed to stop learning about trains. They hurt my brain. This conversation had made the pounding in my head much worse!

Splashing through puddles, Calamity trotted back. After the train pony had gone back to his work, Calamity reared up and waved his forehooves around, making a mock-spooky face. “Oooooh! All the coal’s in strange far-away lands… full of zebras! oooOOOoooh!”

Anyway, Calamity has come back with a solution to LittlePip's problem, and we've got... well, if you know Fallout: Equestria you know exactly what it is.

“Those what are in there are called Party-Time Mint-als. Brewed up using Mint-als an’… well, some other stuff. Guarenteed to make ya the life o’ the party. Those things ‘ll clear up yer hangover, clear up yer head, an’ make you the smoothest-talkin’ pony in all the wasteland.”

Yeah, remember this for later of course, but for now its at least going to help with the situation.

The Mint-als makes her super focused and she goes on to convince the ponies to let her on the train which is making its way towards Old Appleloosa. Of course there was a crash once the drug wore off and Calamity grabbed the tin away so that she didn't try taking more of it, smart stallion that Calamity.

At this point LittlePip has also had her barding upgraded so that's something at least, and we actually get this pretty good bit of dialogue about Ditzy.

Raiders, slavers… she’d suffered at the hooves of both of them. Actually seen things that horrified me to contemplate. And as if that wasn’t enough, as a ghoul pony, it was as if she had a magical sword hanging over her brain, waiting to drop. It was amazing that she wasn’t a broken wreck of a pony. I remembered her smile, wondering how she could be happy…

And then I got it.

Calamity asked, “What’s got ya smilin’ like that alla a sudden?”

A chuckled at myself, shaking my head. “Laughter is a virtue.”

“What now?”

I smiled, holding back a laugh of my own. “Maybe not giggle-giggle laughter, and definitely not bwah-ha-ha laughter… but the kind of inside laughter that allows a pony to take everything this world throws at her and not lose… joy.” Maybe it was a little stretch to call that laughter. But it was definitely a virtue!

Yeah, that's actually a really good assessment of Ditzy, she's always smiling and willing to help her customers. She never lets the Wasteland get her down and that really makes her one of my favorite pre-war characters in this fanfic, though as I said in a previous review I'm not as much a fan of her in the show.

For a brief moment she swore she saw a giant head of a pony in the distance, its not clear at this time exactly what it was but it appeared to be pink. Great, Pinkie Pie is still watching from beyond the grave.

Anyway, as they near Old Appleloosa Calamity flies LittlePip off the train and the two of them wind up in the mud. They scout out Old Appleloosa and LittlePip tells Calamity to stay back while she enters the town and tells him to serve as her cover and quick exit, which makes sense.

Since of course its not ever going to be easy, once she reaches the town she finds that the cages are surrounded by mines. She starts to get closer but she gets spotted so she has to hide and finds herself in a shack where there are two slaver ponies upstairs who are... well, lets just move on.

LittlePip searches the boxes and takes what she can find, and one thing is important:

With screwdriver and booby pin, I didn’t even spare the lockbox I found in the next room. Sitting inside, I found something… unique. A little totem. A statuette of an orange pony with yellow mane and tail, poised in mid-buck. What struck me was the three apple cutie mark, identical to the mark on Little Macintosh. I floated it close to read the inscription on the base (Be Strong!) and felt a surge of magical energy.

Yep, we've got a statuette of Applejack, that's something that'll be very important later, but we don't have long to dwell on that because she gets caught. Thankfully LittlePip takes them out quickly, but she's soon visited by the two ponies from above that are not happy about being interrupted. While they're taken out, this doesn't exactly do well for stealth.

Once outside however, a Slaver fires at her with a flamethrower... I wonder if his name is Mac.

Video goes to its owners.

Okay, jokes aside LittlePip is in a fight with the guy using a Combat Shotgun. She takes him out and starts working around the area once more until she finally reaches one of the buildings.

A door towards the far end opened onto a balcony. From there I could see the manticore’s share of the room was a wide open saloon, packed with ponies who were drinking, gambling and watching the performance on a stage directly below me. The balcony ringed the saloon, and there were guard ponies walking around it in a pattern. They were focusing on the chaos below and hadn’t spotted me. Yet.

Wait! I… I recognized that voice! Crouching flat on the balcony floor, I poked my head over the edge to see the singer.

Velvet Remedy!

---Final Thoughts---

Well as usual we have a really good chapter, we get a bit more information about post-apocalyptic Equestria and what happened to Appleloosa. We also get the first mention of Party Time Mint-als and LittlePip has found the pony she was looking for.

Well, at least she's gotten closer now, there's still a long way to go however and the Wasteland is unforgiving. There's still a lot to cover in this fanfic and I hope you all enjoy it.

Chapter 6 gets a score of 5/5.

Read it here.

Next week, hopefully Sunday but I may switch to Tuesdays, I'm taking an extended break from Fallout: Equestria stories to wrap up some reviews I started a long time ago. Look forward to that, I hope to see you then.

Video made by Me.

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