Twilight stopped off at an apple stand to buy a carrot, but they were all out. Although she was disappointed, she decided to make the best of a bad job and purchase an apple. As she tossed a bit to Applejack,
Hold it.
"Applejack, when did the Author ever say you were the one selling apples? Right up there, up there it says 'an apple stand,' not 'Applejack's apple stand'. There's just no way anypony could kno--"
"Twilight, you ever hear of a monopoly?"
#Leshrug
She's got a point, you know...
The unicorn smacked herself in the face with both forehooves, pulling down her eyelids and allowing them to snap back into position.
"Don't you think this has gone off the rails enough for one chapter?" she said pleadingly. Hearing no response, she physically dragged the story back to the original plotlines and told it to sit, stay, and good plotline, if you please. Satisfied with her work, she melted into her character once more. Clearing her throat, she began to explain her dilemma to the farm pony.
"Now you see, Applejack, it's like this. My mane... is not symmetrical. In fact, it is asymmetrical. What, you may ask,
Wait, what? Did part of the chapter get deleted?
Two hundred words. That's what you said.
Well, I didn't mean EXACTLY two hundred, I just meant that as a general idea.
Well, NEWS FLASH, Squiddy! Two hundred (200.0) now means two hundred (200.0)! From now on, ALL of the chapters of this story will be no more and no less than two hundred words. So you'd better. Be. Clever. If you want to avoid awkward cutoffs like this.
But... but why? Is this some sort of writing exercise? Is this to help me write definite lengths?
That! Is an excellent idea. But no. No, this is just Fun.
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[sir_squidfish has disconnected]
Um. Bye guys.