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// Absence and a vote. 
// Story: I guess it could be worse... 
// by Mekapix 
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Right, subject 1, sorry for being away for so long but university has been keeping me busy. Felt a bit guilty that I've not posted up the next chapter in a while but I got a lot to do and not a lot of time to do it.

Subject 3, I do currently have the next chapter in the works but due to how busy I've been, I've not worked on it much and whenever I do... well, writer's block can be a real bitch.

Subject Q, you won't have amazingly long to wait. I finish a lot of my projects for university soon and will get straight onto my fic as soon as they're done.

Subject Zalpha, I might also be working on a new fic soon but I only want to work on two stories at the same time at max. So, though it's rather unorthadox, I'm going to let you guys decide which you'd rather have, the ideas are thusly (warning, they are very, VERY brief summaries) :

Story 1: HiE, Romance(?), Action/Adventure, Comedy. A human is adopted by Discord as his new student (Celestia gets one, Luna can have one easily, he probably would feel left out). The student will have to learn about his new chaotic abilities while abiding by the laws that Discord sets him, all while trying to figure out his true origins.

Story 2: HiE, Romance, Action/Adventure. You, a human archaeology student, are transported to Equestria via a magic gate in a strange temple. At the same time, Daring Do is also investigating a newly discovered temple to learn of an old civilisation where she meets you. You and Daring then try to get you back home and discover the true meaning of these temples while trying to escape everyone after you, because of Daring. (Protaganists, always getting the innocent hunted down for barely understandable reasons)

Story 3: Romance, Comedy, Alternate Universe. In Ponyville High (original, huh?), various students mingle around and everypony has their own group of friends. The one group that everypony fears are the black feathers(?) lead by none other than Rainbow Dash. Her and her group practically, and literally, fought their way to the top of the school and while everyone thinks that they always get what they want, there's one thing that Rainbow Dash wants most of all, the smartest boy in most of her classes, Clockwork. How will she be able to get what she wants while maintaining her tough as nails image? (Find out next time, on Pony Ball Z!)

Story 4: Romance, Comedy. A stallion, bred to be a Canterlot noble, has been raised by his parents to be a great artist, however for most of his life, he has had strange voices echo in his mind. At his first exhibition, where his art will be shown to the other nobles, he is challenged by an art critic that states his art is just another brick in the wall of boring, repetitive work. To prove himself, much to his parents dismay, the stallion travels down to Ponyville to try and find out what true art is within six months. Though the interaction of the strange locals, as well as the voices in his mind, make it much more difficult than he ever expected.

That's all folks, I understand that a few of them might sound odd but I do have good ideas for them. Saying that, everything with a (?) may be subject to change. Though just so you're aware, this message will be taken down when I write the next chapter of this fic, so vote quickish.

P.S. Sorry for the really shitty puns.