What do you do when the world is against you? Do you fight back, refuse to bow to the masses, soldier on through the darkest of times? Or do you cower in fear of every little thing, convincing yourself that nothing and no one can or will help you; that you're just another statistic waiting to fall beneath the unforgiving axe of fate?
Goldengrape cowers under the shadow of the blade. Every day it inches closer, and every day he hides from it in vain. But his time is coming, and he cannot run forever. It would take a miracle to save him now.
A continuation/remake of this prompt-a-day short.
Cover art by the amazingly talented Crowne Prince (You probably know her from YouTube). Click on all the links! Click them!
(P.S. Goldengrape really needs a character tag! If.. if that's alright with you...)
Interesting beginning.
I'm certainly curious why Goldengrape is sending messages to a dog, who apparently also has access to a computer. Hmm. Let's see where this goes.
Huh, okay. Where are you planning on going with this? I'd be interested in knowing.
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Ah-ah-ah! Spoilers!
4292032 I ask simply to know if I should track this or not, I read it because I saw CP's art not because I found it.
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Crowne Prince has been very kind and supportive, and she was actually involved in the initial idea base for this story, which is why I had her design the cover art. If you really want to know, I can tell you the general idea, but it's not very fun if you know the story before you read it!
4292433 Okay, I'll wait. See how the next few chapters go and then should I feel unsure of the direction I will ask again. See you soon.
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Okay, I read the prequel and now I know about Winona.
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Ya, is clever, no?
It's not really a 'prequel' though. It's more like... a less-developed version of the same story. Much less developed.
I'm curious as to how Goldengrape has a last name like Gigabyte...
Man, I remember messing around with a computer whose hard drive was measured in kilobytes! I'm not far from where it used to be, in fact...
Royal Guard Lyra has been cropping up more frequently in stories I've been reading... is it based off some fan theory that Lyra shadows Twilight around on Celestia's behalf?
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Well, Lyra does have a tendency to show up in rather convenient places, but she isn't the only pony to do so. In this instance, Lyra being a member of the guard is mostly based off of my own love of her, both in general, and as a malleable character. It was also somewhat inspired by our mutual friend's similar decision for her role. Also, badass Lyra is awesome.