Luna has a problem. She's spent all of her royal allowance, and she wants to go shopping! What's a mare to do? Ask her older sister of course! But when she is shot down for her own idea, Celestia decides that if Luna's going to get some extra bits, she's gotta earn it.
And so, Luna's going to have to clean out a vault filled to the brim with a thousand years worth of tributary gifts. Gifts she didn't ask for, or know she had, or even want! What will she do? Well, when you need bits, you do as the ponies do. Roll up your figurative sleeves and get to work!
(Based on a dream I had. Yeah, I'm a strange one.)
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There is only one word that can describe this.
And that word is: Adorable.
It's a bit rough around the edges, but cute all the same.
I up voted this story and it jumped from 2 to 9 thumbs up.....
That's a lot of likes in a short amount of time!!
The magnificence...
HAS DOUBLED!!!!!!
Two things:
1.) When addressing a character, always precede or follow the name of a character with a comma.
2.) When addressing a character by a title, the title is always capitalized.
Examples:
Princess Luna, there's a sentient race inside your mane!
There's a sentient race inside your mane, Princess Luna!
Other than that, I found this quite silly and rather enjoyable.
This story is adorable, I love it!
this is kinda cool. the start is kinda rough, and i initially thought that luna had found a pay-to-view telescope, which she would not need the other then
I love how it was cute, a lesson and hilarious all at the same time <3
find
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it shall be chosen.
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D'awwwww! This fic was adorable. Well done.
4047372 Uhg, don't bother editing without reading the context?
You accidentally a word.
*their
Amusing.
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Regardless of context that was the inappropriate form of the word. You cannot found new countries. You find new countries. Find is future tense. Found is past tense. If something new was found then one wouldn't need to find it.
Thus my edit was correct.
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To found a new city, meaning to lay the foundation of a new town.
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Ah. Not the same word, and not the same synonym. Yes it's proper to say when a city has been settled in, and civilization settled that it was "founded [date]", but until it has been settled it would yet have been founded, yet they'd still have to find the place to settle down. It's still to be created, founded, or settled. So they'd still be finding a place to live.
That picture looks awfully familiar...
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Shhh....
you saw nothing...
4048955 Okay, I'll just avert my pretty gaze this way.
And that's how the entire palace was flooded with nothing but socks, scarves, and sunglasses
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Dear Celestia, I can almost see it now...
So, is this Ink Well any relation to the character from the Celestia micro comic?
4048398 Whether or not a city is still in the processes of being built, if you have a settlement there, then the correct term is found. One does not simply find a city without there ever being one present in the first place.
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Yes ... BUT A NEW CITY! That has yet to be found. Is still find. They weren't looking for settlements that existed. They weren't relocating them to some village / hamlet that was currently in existance.
They say in the actual dialog. New, as in something that hasn't yet been discovered or formed. And as I said to the Author. A city can be founded. But if it has yet to be created then the proper word is find. Since you have to find something new in order for it to be found.
4053263 What you 'find' is the location for the city you are going to 'found'. Hopefully that sentence clears up a good bit of confusion.
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Surprisingly, No!
See, I had created the character Ink Well for my story, Only Shadows of the Past and the scene with her in this story, is from that story, only slightly edited as my writing style has changed.
I must admit that I was overjoyed when there was a pony named Ink Well in the comic, and she looked similar to how I imagined her (when she was younger, before she was injured in the war in the comic)
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Yes but you still need to find it [location, site, ect.]. All this was getting into was that until a city is founded, you need to find a suitable location. You don't found all new something. You find all new something. And I'm not even argueing that a city is founded [by a certain date]. But until it's settled, and a pony finds a place to settle. Then it's still being searched for [wich is what he was talking about doing. Looking for all new places to settle down in [where he had no idea where that'd be.]].
4053733 I see your point. I also agree that 'you don't found new something'. 'You found a new something' is the proper grammatical terminology. There will always be an 'a' after 'found' unless the word is being applied as a verb with the subject before the verb, with the object of the verb after the verb, and I'm saying verb a lot, so I don't verbing know anymore!!!
4053442 ......................................................................................................Touch...
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That's all I was trying to say here
. And with that reply you made I'm leaving it at that that.
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Anyways I leaving what Terminal said descerning proper find / found verb usage and I'm dropping it so it doesn't flood your page. I'm leaving while re-iterating this last thing [that I originally posted].
This was an adorable fic. I greatly enjoyed reading it. Thanks for posting this.
I had a dream I was a rainbow yak who lives in a fish tank and drank ink. Your argument is invalid.
This story is Derpy approved
I always liked these kind of stories, i do wish to see some more of this kind from you!
Curious notion. I'm not sure why anything would actually be intact after all those years as you've described it. Funny bit about all that coinage, makes you wonder how much there really is... Instead of 1/20/1011, maybe you could say: "20th of January, 1011". It's a little more realistic and feels less of a break from the story. You could spell out the year as "One Thousand and Eleven" as well if you wanted.
I'm a bit of a stickler for grammar(even if I'm not perfect at it) so don't feel too offended when I point this out.
I think "knew she had, or even wanted!" might be more appropriate.
I love the story, even if the thought of a single person holding a vast amount of money that they'll probably just spend on frivolities annoying beyond belief...
Luna probably hold an amount comparable to a small nations GDP right now...
This was adorably touching, but it doesn't make much sense. For one thing, the ponies had forgotten about Luna being Nightmare Moon, if something like this existed, they wouldn't have. For another thing, hoarding that much money then suddenly releasing it is about the same as just printing a whole lot of new money, it would destroy the economy.
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Well, I never planned on this much attention to come to my
idioticlittle story.Like the description says, I had a dream about it, and I'm fairly certain that Luna would be slightly smarter than to literally spend it all at once.
As far as the tribute goes, I kinda figured that most things came from Celestia herself, but I'm sure that in a world where most had forgotten who Luna was, or even who Nightmare Moon really was, there would always be one or two a generation that would remember.
4059813 Yes, but look at it this way.
"Gifts she didn't ask for, or know she had, or even want!"
You wouldn't say; 'gifts she didn't knew she had.'
It might be just me but when I see a 'comma or' In that sort of context I make the link that they're alternate endings to the sentence.
Hence my explanation.
Just want to say that I might be wrong but that's my knowledge on the subject.
Also they should add a Discord face to the comments box!
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Perhaps, but not enough where Flim and Flam could be making a living from it. However I do like the appropriateness of writing a Luna story based on a dream, very nice.
4061151 Meh.
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Pretty much this. Awkward in places, strangely repetitive use of expressions, grammatical errors, not the most sensible concept in the world...but it is a cute story and it did make me smile.
The next day : Luna causes the great sock shortage
This is hilarious. Also, heartwarming that some Ponies still remembered Luna.
Dawwww! That went from funny to heartwarming! Well done!
You could weaponize this literary feels cannon.
That’s... huh...
How thoughtful of Celestia to save all those bits for Luna. Now she can finally buy all the socks and sunglasses she needs!
