I'm still at it.

Hey, all.

I've been making more progress on chapter 4 of Expanding Relations. Lately, I've been working late nights by myself with nothing to do but watch an empty building. To keep myself awake, I've been writing on my phone.

Here's a little snippet of what I've been working on:

Ember’s stomach growled again, but much louder this time. Her claws gripped the underside of her overflowing belly and lifted it up before letting it plop down upon her lap causing the orb of blubber to jiggle about hypnotizingly. “This Pinkie Pie better get here soon, I’m starving.”

“Already here! And you certainly don’t look like you’re starving, miss dragon.” Suddenly Pinkie Pie was there, prodding Ember’s belly with a hoof. The pink appendage sunk into the dragon’s squishy gut by a considerable amount. When she removed her hoof from the soft embrace of Ember's belly, the pink pony giggled as the soft flesh rebounded.

Somehow Pinkie Pie had approached the group unnoticed as if she had merely poofed into existence just outside everyone's field of vision. What's more, the baffling pony had towed a cart overflowing with pastries, cakes, pies, and gallon jugs of what looked like heavy cream. It was a task that should have made more than a little noise, but Rainbow Dash hadn't heard so much as a squeaky wheel.

Ember had a bewildered expression, but the others, including Dash, paid the situation little mind. They were used to Pinkie’s mystifying and inexplicable feats that had once driven Twilight into a complete mental breakdown trying to explain that which could not be explained.

Pinkie didn't give Ember even a moment to fathom what had just happened. “Hi, there! Ember, right?” The dragon opened her mouth to respond, but Pinkie didn't pause long enough to allow that. “Silly question, of course, you're Ember. There's only been the talk of one new dragon in town, and her name is Ember. So you must be Ember. I’m Pinkie Pie, and I’m so thrilled to meet you finally. I hope we become bestest of friends.”

Ember opened her mouth again in an attempt to get a word in, but Pinkie shoved a cupcake into her gaping maw. Her slitted pupils widened to big black circles as she began masticating the sudden sugary interruption.

Pinkie continued talking, “I would've met you sooner, but the writer was too lazy to write me in until now, even though I’m supposed to meet every new arrival in town as soon as possible. I mean come on, everyone knows that. And why does he take so long to release new material? And what kind of name is Dirty Ape? That's a silly name. He doesn't even like apes. All they do is masturbate and throw poo at things. And they're dangerous too. Like when that one lady got her face ripped off by her pet chimpanzee. Did you know she was having sex with it? That's crazy, but not as crazy as me not showing up until now.” Ember swallowed the contents of her mouth only for Pinkie to shove another cupcake in. “Did you know Mr. Dirty Ape wrote this part at work on his smartphone with a stylus he accidentally stole from Walmart? I mean how do you accidentally steal something? Even after, when he was in the parking lot and realized that he, while shopping, had put the stylus in his pocket and forgot about it, he didn't even go back in and pay for it.” Mouth momentarily void of food, Ember attempted to speak again only to be shut up with yet another cupcake. “I mean what kind of person does that? Karma is going to come back and bite him. Maybe a rampaging ape will rip his face off. Wouldn't that be justice?" Yet another cupcake was shoved into Ember's maw. “You know, you're a good listener, Ember.”

Comments

[Shanenator]

Ok normally I'm pretty leery of over-the-top fourth-wall breaking, but this was just too damn funny.

The fact that she's force-feeding her cupcakes all the while is the icing on top.

Can't wait to read, thanks for the update!