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// Plot - Fuzzyfurvert 
// Story: Dark Paradise: the TwiLuna Group Collab 
// by Habanc 
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Written by: Fuzzyfurvert



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Luna dropped her quill in frustration.  She resigned herself to the fact that they weren’t going to get any more decent observations of the M82-UO001 anomaly for another few nights until Equestria’s rotation brought the Ultra High Altitude Geo-Stable Observatory Cloud into line of delineation again.  Twilight had given up hours ago with a huff and turned to her newest pastime; writing original science fiction.

Luna closed her notebook and glanced at her partner across the room, sitting at her own writing desk, back hunched and horn aglow as Twilight’s quill scribbled furiously.  Luna smiled as she recalled a conversation that Twilight’s latest work had sparked.

“Plot is an incredibly important aspect of a story, Luna.  A good plot is all about organizing ideas in a way that is appealing to the readers. It is also, and more importantly, the guideline that helps the author make sure she doesn't get lost on all of the ideas and characters that start to come up whilst the book is written.”  Twilight had smiled at her and levitated a scroll over to where the two were relaxing in their shared quarters.

“Look.  I even made a list of what makes a good plot!”

Of course her Twilight had made a list.  Luna stifled a chuckle as she remembered Twilight going over her seventeen steps to a good plotting in gory detail.  She’d failed to hold in her giggles originally, whenever Twilight said the word ‘plot’.   Her crash course in modern slang terminology never failed to make spoken Equestrian a great deal more humorous.

Luna stood and stretched as best their cramped room allowed before coming up behind Twilight and nibbling on one of her ears playfully.  The younger alicorn squirmed a little and grunted contentedly, her focus remaining on the paper in front of her.  Luna smirked and nibbled down the ear from tip to base before resting her chin on Twilight’s shoulder.
“Working on another alien invasion masterpiece?”

“No…”  Twilight murmured quietly.  She moved slightly so Luna could see what she was working on.

Luna looked down at the manuscript in front of Twilight and raised her eyebrow as she realized that it was a diagram and not a short story.  Her other eyebrow shot up as she registered just what it was a diagram of.  Her dark cheeks flushed as Luan read over the device’s specs.

“I was thinking of calling it the ‘Plot Destroyer’.”  Twilight grinned wickedly.  Luna gulped.

"We could craft a prototype out of cloud stuff."

"Um... I-I, um..."  Luna blinked rapidly, her blush flaring up to co-mingle with her eyebrows.

"My favorite feature?"  Twilight licked her lips and leaned into Luna, her voice lowering to a bare whisper.  "It's a two-seater."