.
“We… We should go,” I abruptly decided. I began to fiddle with the switches, and on my third try found the ones that detached us from the cradle with a lurch.
“We have to wait for him!” Minnow exclaimed. “We can’t just leave!”
“We’ll pull him along with us,” I countered. The line kept spinning as it reeled in. I focused on getting us ready to head away. Minnow leapt on my back trying in vain to keep me from pushing the lever to move forward.
Then a pale, eyeless figure darted out of the darkness. As it swam past, undulating unnaturally, I could see sharp teeth in a gaping hole of a mouth. Minnow froze, and then hugged me tightly.
More of the creatures appeared on all sides, racing us as we fled back upwards towards the city. I lost count of how many there must have been. The line abruptly went taut, having entirely retracted. But we couldn’t open the airlock while we were moving. I just hoped that Crankshaft understood.
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I knew you'd be back. *straightens tie*
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I'm flattered that you'd even remember me. No promises about further work; I'm mainly back because Horizon's challenge caught my eye and I got this idea in my head. I'm terribly far behind on watching the canon show, and unlikely to write much ponyfic because of that.
Haha,
Well, I'll be damned. I didn't think I would see you around again.
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I'm asking the following out of principle. There's no malice or ill intentions or passive agressiveness in this question:
You do know that "80 Days Around the World" by Julius Verne was before that game, right?
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Of course. But this story is very definitely based on the game, drawing on its vaguely steampunk milieu, Passepartout as point of view character, and nonlinear narrative structure. It's based on Verne insofar as the basic premise is his, but I'm drawing a lot more from the 2014 interactive fiction work than the 1873 novel.
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Okay, fair enough.
I've (finally) reviewed this on my blog as part of my 80 Days crossover roundup! Thank you for an entertaining read.
Really well done. I like that no one path reveals everything about the fate of the Sharkponies, so re-reads of the story give new insights into scenes observed in previous read-throughs.
Well, that was fun. :D
My favorite part was when Porter was gay for the shark.
There were lots of good parts of this, but I feel like there were also way too many places where all the choices resulted in the same information or same narrative just dressed different, and then immediately squished themselves back together into one plotline.
It was fun to explore, though! Lots of very interesting little pieces of world-building.