Humans were thought to be a myth in Equestria, but Twilight knows that they do exist, if not in her own world, then in the one on the other side of that mirror--and perhaps others.
In the aftermath of Tirek's assault and the establishment of her own Kingdom, the opening of the chest brings to threatens to bring to light a shadow that has unknowingly cast its pall over the land for for many centuries. As Twilight's dreams are plagued by music and death, might the chest have been was better left unopened?
Where did the Tree of Harmony come from?
How was the Crystal Mirror made?
Is there a connection between the many threats that have plagued the land?
Who is the imprisoned maiden whom sings among fire and blood?
All of Equestria may find that Pandora's Box was better left unopened.
Crossover with the Ar Tonelico video game series.
Nice to see this. It seems so far that my worries about similarity are totally unfounded.
Hmm...
4665905 *Le gasp* Have I earned my first coveted Fim Fiction mustache! Huzzah!
4666424 Well, in light of getting me interested despite knowing absolutely nothing about Ar Tonelico -- to the point of never even hearing of it before -- I'd say it warrants it.
Also, I'll continue to watch.
If it keeps my interest, I might even look at that Let's Play you linked to.
4667546 This was my goal for this story. I believe that it is a criminally underrated RPG series, that gets a lot of flak for admittedly blatant fan service and innuendo that is sprinkled amongst the dialogue and gameplay of the trilogy. Plus the similar themes and number of parallels that exist between MlP:FiM and the Ar Tonelico series are far too numerous and spot-on to not write a cross over.
Plus, I'm pumping chapters out after being motivated by the news that the series prequel, Ar no Surge, is being released in the States on September 23rd.
Also, there exists one other Ar Tonelico story on this site: Harmony Consultant
I suggest you also give that a read.
Huh, I hadn't heard of the Ar Nosurge announcement for NA. I'm hoping it'll be a return to form after Qoga.
4669127 Same battle system as Ar Tonelico 2, only enhanced. All the sweet music we've come to love, and more.
Here's the offical American site. Ar No Surge
And here's a link to the sweet, sweet music in it: Ar no Surge OST
Enjoy my fellow,Ar Tonelico fan! Enjoy!
Also, any status on the next chapter of your wonderful story, friend?
That's good to hear. I've sent the next chapter off for prereading, I'm trying to get them done a little faster now so I've also started work on the chapter after that before I post it.
First Blood!
4682751 Yes, boys and girls, there's going to be whole lot less rainbows and cupcakes from herein out . . . except, you know, whenever there will be cupcakes, with Pinkie Pie and whatnot . . . and Rainbow Dash is one of the main characters and she is, well, . . . her name . . . and. . . and . . .
Ah, you know what I mean!
*Quietly goes off to work on next chapter.*
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It technically would be considered a flawless victory, as well
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And considering what did it, if my guess is correct, expectable. Now MORE!
4683717 Writing as we speak. Give me about a half hour and I should have the next part of chapter 1 done.
*Sigh* My fans . . . so demanding!
4683748 In that case.
4683810 There, I have posted the new chapter.
This means that I get to keep my limbs, right? I mean, I kind of need my fingers to type these chapters, after all. . .
Please spare me . . .
Ah, that was a surprise.
Didn't expect Him to be the Alpha.
4684317 Yes yes, fingers are important to a writer
Legs on the other hand
4684504 Are you referring to his true identity or the pony-like form he inhabits? Because the similarities between the sprite of that boss and the changelings was too spot-on to pass up.
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I might need an adult . . . Other than myself, I mean.
Would the scene with Tirek constitute the need for a gore tag? I have no problem with adding it, but the purpose of this story is to entertain people while exposing them to the Ar Tonelico series, and a gore tag would add an extra level of filter.
>> Basic13 Yea, I remember that boss but yes i was referring to His true identity.
4684777 *Quietly plots*
4684837 The more the better
Pretty sure ELMA-DS and Ayatane are separate entities.
4706358 There is a plot reason for this.
For some reason FIMFiction didn't notify me of this update. It was great!
Well, THIS is going to be interesting. I'm probably not going to use Interdemind for anything, although I might possibly do so in the future for a different story.
5132226 Yeah, I can now make self-insert cannon thanks to the revelations Ar noSurge dropped. Not that I am or ever plan to, but it has given me a plausible way to introduce the overarching threat without it seeming to be an ass-pull later on. Interdemind is wonderful in that it allows me to introduce a completely (to pony's perspective) eldritch being of foreign motives and morality, out of nowhere for just about any reason imaginable.
Currently, it is to just use Earthes as a plot device. And space robots are cool.
That being said, I take it you played Ar noSurge, then, my fellow Ar Tonelico fan?
If so, thoughts?
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So far I've really enjoyed it, although I haven't finished it yet. I'm pretty close though (if you can PM me a spoiler-free guide to getting the True ending, I could use one).
The Interdimend stuff was really clever, although there were a few places where I think it made things worse, most notably the places where I could only get a thought gem by being a total perv. A couple times it gave me a choice between two options, both of which were rather pervy. Things like that kind of took me out of the "I am actually the guy on the other end" deal.
The gameplay is a solid step up from Qoga, since one of my big complaints, lack of variety, is dead. Each heroine has 10 songs with DLC, which is equal to the TOTAL number of song magics in Qoga. Also getting to select them at the start of the fight helped too.
The plot is pretty good, although there seems to be a plot hole related to the whole "sun gonna explode" thing.
It's no Ar Tonelico 2 but I'll give it second place.
5133050 I respect it for the world building it put into to the Tonelico series. Not sure where you are, but getting some questions answered and plot points explained really raised my overall enjoyment of the series as a whole.
Yes, it does lay on thick with the "Oh, Japan, you wacky perverts!" attitudes, especially as Earthes, but once I stopped being bothered by them and instead shrugged my shoulders and jumped onto the crazy train with gleeful abandon, as the game wanted me to, I found myself chuckling.
Overall, I would rate it Artonelico II, then I, followed by Surge, then III.
Sadly, the beginning of the game is, quite frankly, piss easy if you don't up the difficulty to hard, I feel that may turn some casual gamers off, who aren't playing the game initially for the story and lore of the series. Of course, it does suffer from being a direct sequel to Ar noCiel, and that hasn't been localized. However, while it it did a good job of partitioning and explaining things, I feel that you get much more out of the story and more invested in its characters if you have read the excellent fan translation of Ciel.
P.S.: I know I'm not one to really talk after a month of absence on this story, but can we expect anything from your Ar Tonelico story sometime in the near future?
5133965 Funny story I was going to put up CH4 today but my SSD got hit by a bug and I need to restore everything.
5135381 Why! Why must the fates be so cruel!
Why is this on hiatus?
5135381 Chapter four of what?
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Harmony Consultant. By pure coincidence, I started a crossover story of my own with the same second universe as this.
Chapter 4 of has been posted since I made that comment. I hope to have chapter 5 up soon-ish.
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And I hope to have the next chapter up soon as well. I have all the events plotted out, it's just stringing them together in my head. But since I haven't touched it in a few months, I figured I should put it on Hiatus, for propriteries sake.
Hmm...
Alpha Changling:
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ZGMF-X88S Gaia Gundam (Mobile Armour form)
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Coincidence?
I THINK NOT!
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