The Wheel and the Butterfly
A Dan X Pinkie Pie saga
Part 6 Pinkie & Dan Vs. Camping
Bonus (Dan’s & Pinkie’s Solution List)
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Solutions list (with annotations by Dan)
A. Assault (usually shot down by Pinkie) >:(
B. Bees: Requires having bees, and bee keeper suits on hand
C. Cat: Throw Mr. Mumbles at problem (usually ends with Mr. Mumbles clawing my face! Why, Mr. Mumbles, why?!)
D. Dogs: Angry attack dog(s) (requires angry attack dog or dogs).
E. Explosives. (yes!)
F. Friendship (wanted “fire”, but Pinkie won the coin toss)
G. Grapes of Wrath (throw grapes and/or one or more copies of The Grapes of Wrath)
H. Hide: (and hope problem goes away!)
I. Ignite (still managed to get fire on the list)
J. Joust: Challenge problem to a knightly jousting match. (I knew going to all those ren fairs would pay off)
K. Kumquat (don’t ask.)
L. (Combustible) Lemons, courtesy of one of our friendly Casa Paradisio mad scientist in apartment 5.
M. Montage! (works with surprisingly frequency, especially if Pinkie sings.)
N. Nap: Sleep on it and see if either of us still cares afterwards.
O. Opossum (Pinkie just thought the word was funny; requires Opossum or Opossums to throw)
P. Pickle Barrel (seriously, don’t ask)
Q. Quartet: Distract target with Barbershop Quartet routine (requires Chris and Elise or two homeless people who can hit the low notes)
R. RAMPAGE! (let’s just brake stuff and see if that solves things)
S. Shark (requires shark and shark tank)
T. Tabasco Sauce (a squirt gun full of hot sauce works wonders!)
U. Understanding: Attempt to see things from the problems perspective and work towards a resolution with them (Damnit, Pinkie!)
V. Voltage: Tasers are legal in most places, conveniently enough.
W. Why?! (question the cosmos and/or the powers that be that the first 22 plans were dismissed or didn’t work)
X. Xussar Iryston: Capture problem and mail it to Xussar Iryston (convenient, as almost no one knows where or even what this is)
Y. Yellow: Beat problem with phone books (finally, they’re good for something again!)
Z. Zeitgeist: Burn everything & get the %&*! out of town (Word chosen because it sounds awesome and it’s hecka hard to find something that begins with Z)