The Stars Revolt: Trap · 1:43am Jul 1st, 2020
Dash: "I bet you that you can't catch Twilight with a book."
Shepherd: "I... Why?"
Dash: "Because it would be funny."
Shepherd: "And the stakes?"
Dash: "... Twenty bits."
Shepherd: "You're on."
And so...
Shepherd: "Hmmm... I need to be really diabolical about this..."
He puts a book entitled "DON'T READ THIS BOOK" under a box held up by a stick
And hides
And waits
Dash: Hiding with him "She won't fall for it."
Shepherd: "If you're so confident, why did you make the bet?"
Dash: "I dunno, I just do things and then think about them later."
Shepherd: "Or never."
Dash: "Hey! Anyway, it won't work because a box held up by a stick is stupid!"
Shepherd: "Works for Bugs Bunny."
Dash: "At least put some effort into this stupid-!"
A bell rings. The box is down. Shepherd and Dash walk over to the box, and lift it up
Twilight: "..."
Shepherd: "..."
Dash: "... SERIOUSLY?!"
Twilight: “DON'T JUDGE ME!”
Spike: “Celestia told him about the time she used it on Twi.”
Twilight: "How could I resist?!"
Dash: "You could have noticed the FREAKING BOX!"
Twilight: “I just kind of ignored it?”
Dash: “You know the worst part of all this? I’M OUT TWENTY BITS!”
Bookhorse gonna book, Dash. I don't know what to tell you.
The cruelest part of the whole setup is that when she flips it open, it’s just an empty journal of blank pages...
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Or worse, its just a prop and cannot be opened at all
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Worse, it's a logical paradox: "But, how do I know not to read the book without reading the title? That's reading the book! This book makes no sense!"
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"I did warn you not to read it."
At least what happened to Papyrus in this Undertale animation didn’t happen to Shepherd (watch at the 2:57 mark):
This is a reference to a story on the frontpage, How to Catch a Twilight, isn't it?
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