Woowee, things are getting intense already. So I finally found out who Shujaa is, and it looks like Blackjack now has a title for the zebras... Maiden of the Stars huh? Also fuck that doctor for literally causing a genocide with zebras!

Demoman: Boo!

Yep what he said. I wonder how things will go from here on out now?

Whheeeeeeew lordy lordy BJ... mmm mm mmm... nothing like insanity to make the day better 8'D
HAHAHAHAHA
I'm so sorry.

Nice job!

One of my favorite chapters. Blackjack going berserk is a sight to behold. Incidentally, it was what inspired me to come up with this:

The lavender Flash Filly unicorn levitated a beam rifle at me as she backed away warily.

Twily clone.

I gave a careful shake; oh, ow. Bad movement with a skull fracture.

Would it fracture or bend, being metal and all?

Funny, you’d think a pony would notice a great, big, black plug of stone.

My mind added "butt" somewhere in here.

That Rampage would he here with a snide comment

You mean hilarious

I was sick to death of getting ponies killed.

And she punched Blackjack, hasn't shot her. So we don't know how long Bluebelle will live.

She will be flesh and steel, touched by the stars and chosen as their champion. Where she travels, chaos and strife will follow

Except the stars are good, least according to dead Blackjack's narration.

“Damn…” Bluebelle snickered and leered at the zebra. “I’m getting moist right now just hearing all this.”

No Bluebelle, you are not Rampage's replacement.

“Right. So why are you following us again?” I asked as I started down the stairs.

SHE CAUGHT THE CRAZY!

I rolled down to land on my back in the first floor offices.

Didn't they fall into a basement of corpses?

The clear fluid solidified seconds after it left my throat, freezing to her horrified face in a mask.

Ok, that is pretty funny.

Because your alternative is to join the Harbingers, and they really piss me off!

Too bad Blackjack doesn't remember the death dream. Would make everything so much more clear.

Well, Blackjack is going insane... more insane and becoming more deadly as a result. Though still enough of her is left to let a pony she recognizes live. Listening to a Two Steps from Hell playlist was fun with this chapter.

Blackjack...
What r u doing...
BLACKJACK.
STAHP.

That Rampage would he here with a snide comment, or Scotch would say something that made Glory stammer so cutely.

"would be here with" (spotted from Fourpony's comment)

I really didn’t four others against me, too.

I really didn’t need four others against me, too.

I pressed my head against the cool metal rail, letting a stream of water patter down on my it.

it? / my head?

(Not falling for the abbreviation quotation mark thing again if I can damn well help it moving forward.)

Then, after I did so, I stomped the terminal into electric scrap and threw the mess at to the obnoxious portrait.

at the

No, I wanted the blow the whole camp to the moon.

No, I wanted to blow the whole camp to the moon.

Freckn' hell I am well immersed in the story but the noticed typos and errors here and there drag me right back out to point them out that I spot.

So Blackjack is the Star Maiden huh? A whole lot of foreshadowing going on that I cannot discern from. All those flashbacks and memories resurfacing must be painful. Especially the no touchie one.

BLOODY HALL Blackjack :{

Blackjack at her most violent.
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Somber, I've read the story from start to finish on Google Docs, and I love it all the way. Amazing fic!

However, I have this sillyish question that's been bugging me for a while now, related to the Reapers, and I need to ask you. We know that the Top 1 is Big Daddy, while others such as Psycho, Deus, Rampage, Gorgon, etc, are in the Top 10. But, what I wonder is...what are their exact rankings? Which is Number 2? Number 3? Fourth place? And so on.

Thank you for all the work you've done with Horizons. It was quite a ride, and I wish you luck on all your future works! ^^

On the plus side, Blackjack didn't have alcohol with her this time. I'm pretty sure the Hoof would have exploded if she had.

Slowly I made my way to the door back into medical, then up the stairs. Behind me I could hear the soft hoofsteps of the living and the dead. We were leaving. Celestia help anypony who got in my way. I stepped into the night rain; the lightning blasted overhead and the thunder rolled through my blood as if the elements themselves had finally seen this blight, this sin… and roared against it.

Yes blackjack let the rage consume you.

and as for the other ponies i know candle wick didn't have power armor but did anyone else imagine him with flame painted t-60 armor and bluebelle as a big mac sized mad muckin

Phoof. o.o What a chapter this was. a ride from start to finish, probably the best one yet. Which means it's time for disembodied unicorn head rape!

So yeah, this "blame vs. responsibility" conversation is one of the better ones that've been in this story. It's honestly not a concept I've seen explored before. I don't know how much sense it makes on the outside, but internally, seeing BJ start applying it, it works.

I was just thinking that having her friends go off and recuperate was actually a really good idea. One unkillable pony is enough per story, kthx. She's really going nuts, though, and it seems like being mostly inorganic is taking a toll on her state of mind besides.

It's also great because we get tons of new characters. :D I liked all the gangers she teams up with, and the fact that she teams up with them at all. I like how Dazzle gets what she went through in that scene where she's trying to kill Candlewick. I liked Busted Heart's heroic sacrifice and the fact that they'll be singing songs about him, for lack of a better phrase. I really like Bluebell. (BoomBell OTP you'd better not kill them off you fucker) And getting to learn more about Rampage was good, too. Nothing I didn't like here. :)

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Getting and keeping her shit together isn't her strong suit, no doubt about that. But what did she learn wrong from Arbu, and what should she have learned instead?

Re Psychoshy, it might be that it's been a while since the heavy referencing/show quoting with her. More character, and a more serious tone. Granted, it's not exactly hard to empathize with not seeing much point in one long term when they're pretty lost themselves. Maybe she just instinctively knows she belongs in "Blackjack's deadly Wasteland therapy group." :V

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Blame vs. responsibility is a fine follow-up to thinking about Arbu.

You really sure there's only one of those in this story? :V

One of the side effects of having set up all the different themed gangs (and having visited at least the Flashers already) is that it shortcuts the process with new characters: the Flasher, the Halfheart, the Burner Boy, those mean something and setting up someone as one of them gets you a not-insignificant amount of background right there. Gotta say, BoomBell was never something I was looking out for; still though, found this chapter had characters where ships got built.

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I take her reaction to Arbu as "Littlepip is killin' dudes, so I should too! :D" Of course she has no way to know what actually happened there, but I think a sobering reflection that even heroes like LP can fall might have been a more reasonable response. Not that BJ's one for sobering reflection. :B

6645679 sorry for the late comment. The third mark is there as an abbrevation ("Of course -> "'Course) and as such is not an error !

i was already wondering when BJ would spit her bit and go bat-shit crazy.. her sanity held on longer than i imagined

Blackjack has lost any semblance of sanity that she may have had. On the other hand though, she's beyond terrifying in a fight if she gets like that. Overall damned good chapter, with the Harbingers attacking and BJ learning a bit about the gangs in the Hoof. Very nice. That's not even mentioning the expanding backstory on good ol' Rampage. Shujaa's past is more known, so that's awesome.

~SolidFire

Maiden of the Stars and a Reaper. you know, that discription actually fits Blackjack quite well. and i dont doubt she's a reaper. her mom shoulda just named her Grim. cuz dang she one deadly pony

CELERY!

Anyone else getting the distinct feeling that that sword corrupts its weilder?
And dang...what a beat down. I've never seen her go so off the hinge.
And to think its all Lighthooves' fault.
It's not, however, his fault that she almost killed Glory's sister.

Holy Shit, when Blackjack gets pissed off, i doubt anypony (even Littlepip) could stop her.

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90% that sword is singing the song of death.
I actually ran a game with a similar theme to the stars. Wishing on a star often gives you what you request, but rarely what you want.

Slowly, I made my way along the stone span, which had clearly been molded with unicorn magic; the whole thing was virtually seamless.

Rereading again. It couldn't be solid. Bridges have expansion points so they don't break in changing weather conditions.

A little late to the party, but so far I am in love with this story, and can't stop reading it. One little line that a lot of people may not get the reference to I had to chuckle at. Blackjack was entering the Highlands, where the Highlanders live... and there was an even that caused the Quickening.... Obvious Highlander film reference!

One of blackjack most brutal moments, and once again a chapter that did a bit of everything and all of it well.

At first I was like 'Whoooooa look out or you'll cut someone with all that edge', then I was like 'oh shit -I'm- getting cut now gad damn!'