255s were born of random IRC conversation. These are collections of stories with a minimum word count of 255, and a Max of 500. They're all, as a qualification, complete stories.

After the fatal fusion of Earth's and Equestria's dimensions, after the resulting Veil began its slow and magic spread over the planet, after the Conversion Bureaus were set up along with a whole slew of relief efforts and programs from Equus to help humans out in this crisis....

In the midst of this rising turmoil, Sam Henry travels to Los Angeles to volunteer at the closest bureau. On the surface, it's merely and purely an act of goodwill—airplane tickets are wildly fluctuating as panic starts to settle in. However, he knows that, in less than five years, his hometown would be changed into a magical place. There'd be no humans left back there.

As he helps out in the bureau, Sam's mind wanders into the realm of what to do before the Veil gets to him.

^{Set in the world of Alex Warlorn's The Conversion Bureau: Not Just Ponies.}

^{Disclaimer: The photo used and modified in the cover, "Los Angeles", was done and is copyrighted by Danielle de Leon under the CC-BY-2.0 license. Access the original photo here.}

Aegis Exemplar and his fiance are expecting their first foal very soon, but complications arise when she goes into labor early.

Best read in conjunction with Never Forget, by Cloudhammer, though it isn't necessary for comprehension.

Cover Art by Myself, vectored by Silvertie.

A very special thanks to Cloudhammer, for once more letting me play in the Cloudyverse.

It has been twelve years since Equestria began its inter-dimensional collision with earth. Two years later, a way for the people of earth to survive the cataclysmic event was presented, conversion into ponies. With any great challenge and need to adapt, groups have arisen for and against conversion. While the world is in a tumult over what to do, some choose to do all they can to save the legacy and collective culture of mankind.

When Sergeant Willard Radrim's delivery mission is attacked by the PER, he is converted to a pony. Follow Willard and others as they go through the conversion bureau and beyond as they each struggle with events not fully in their control and ask themselves: "What is a human without choice?"

Times are changing.

A Conversion Bureau fiction set in Guardian_Gryphon's "Option Gamma" Universe. Written with permission and assistance of said author.

Park Eun-sook has lost everything dear to her. Her home, her family, the life she'd always wanted. Now she is embittered, alone, and far too old to start again.

She's also too damn stubborn to die.

The road to Equestria is not always an easy one. There are obstacles, deterrents, strangers determined to stop anyone who dares choose Conversion. There are even those who would rather see you dead.

Park Eun-sook has always loved a challenge. But her greatest challenge may be to her deepest resolve, one she made when she lost everything.

Love no one.

Everyone who walks into a Conversion Bureau clinic has different reasons for wanting to go pony. Some want a new life. Some want to escape the dying Earth.

Ana just wants to dance. An ability, a calling, that was forever taken away from her.

Bitter, in pain, and alone, she wants no one's help. No compassion. No friendship. No love.

Is she ever going to the wrong place.

Conversion can heal her battered body. Can it mend her shattered heart?

Trev has lived all his young life within the Sikh community, sheltered from the harsher realities of the dying world, with the hope of a more joyful existence hereafter. But now decades of projected survival for humanity have become a handful of years, and there is only one way to escape extinction. How can Trev embrace a new life without estranging his devoted family?

Nona is a bright young woman who is limited in her ability to interact with those around her. She's seen as feebleminded or crazy, but she is neither. Only her father can see her potential...but even he can't seem to find the key to unlock the cage that holds her truest self. It takes the greatest act of courage for Nona to reach out and find her own way to a new world--one where she can become who she really is.

In the face of the advancing Barrier, the Conversion Bureaus are operating at peak efficiency. Their goal? To convert every human they can, to spare as many lives as they can. But scientists have long struggled on how to extend the chance for life to all thinking minds. To date, no one has ever tried to ponify an AI.

This is the first attempt.

When Equestria emerged from the ocean, our world was forever tainted by its presence. In response, our reality pushed back, forming the Barrier around us as far out as the Moon. Before the first year was out, the last day the Earth had was calculated. Measures were taken, the Bureaus were built, and billions were saved through the process of Conversion. Even mankind's genetic legacy was preserved. But now, the clock has almost reached its end. Just seven days remain, and seven individuals who influenced history must stop, and consider their role in shaping a planet's destiny.