Blackjack in a nutshell: I AM OP AS FUCK, BUT NO ONE CARES BECAUSE MY LIFE SUCKS!!!

Caps lock is necessary, here.

~ Chapter: 13

7237499 Well physically he can't kill her but as a compelling character she's dead by like chapter 50, so... eh. Close enough.

Holy balls, what a nutcruncher... I had a question, but I forgot about halfway through. Took me all day to read this XD
Goddamn its hot here. Fuck!

Anyway, awesome chapter well done! And I was about to say Aww, I love Boo...
then I saw Discord and... well... I feel sad now, very... very sad...
urf.

Anywho, good damn show! I fucking loved it Somber, and once again... you have spurred me to try and finish my own Fallout: Equestria story Mayhaps it'll even top yours with its length~

Haha!
Doubt it.

Keep it up!

and he finally he went limp.

and he finally went limp.

What the fuuuu..It would not surprise me with the foreshadowing that BJ's wings would or better yet, could get some one killed. What the hell was Rampage talking to Steel Rain about.. Rampage is sympathetic and devoted after being informed BJ is pregnant? Discord is in Boo's body? Played 'em like a damn fiddle? The Legate just disregarding Blackjack as the assumed Maiden of the Stars? She is pregnant now and she wonders about the 'special' spell like Marigold did before? What a twisted sense of deja vu. And how the hell does the Legate survive the Core where it turns normal ponies unarmored and unprotected into goop? Well I was certainly leaning towards being on the fence to continue but damn this is great.

Are you fucking with me !!!?!?!??!!?!!?!!!

huh i did wonder what happened whit discord all this time so aparently he just disgused him shelf as an clone? huh well playd

Well..... i didn't expect Discord to become the cutest most beloved character in the entire story..... Now that is a fucking twist!

Well. I did not see that coming. Boo is Discord? Interesting.

Well... things have taken a really weird turn. I guess that explains Boo's more recent and absolutely ridiculous luck, but it doesn't take away how awesome she was when we first met her. I do wonder though... for how long was Discord actually "Boo" and all that? He took her over after he fought that Ultra, probably, but... eh, that's a big conversation to have. I just want to know how the Legate knew! Really, that's nuts.

~SolidFire

Aaaa I've been wondering where Discord has been this whole time! I thought it was a flaw with the story that he never re-appeared, but it was actually just clever subterfuge!

If I wasn't so deep into the story, this would be my quitting point, I think. You effectively killed Boo. Yeah, I'm lashing out because I really liked her. And Discord killed what could have been.

8095464 my thoughts exactly

Go back to Star Trek, you immortal incarnation of ludicrous magic

“Blackjack’s been dead for a quarter of a year. 

They thought the same thing when the Celestia sunk.

Glory thought the Same thing when her soul left her.

And now here you are...talking about the most unkillable pony to ever exist and think she's dead.

I guess 3 strikes you out could probably count, but I prefer the 9 lives theory.

Through the sodden tatters that might have once been a dress, a candle could be seen upon her flank.

Okay, now I wish Matpat were here.
Okay...so...black dress?
Lacunoid
Candle?
That's definitely Psalmish.

Purple?
Lacunae again.

Caution?

“This doesn’t count as a bad place?” Crumpets muttered.

Good question. Anypony got an answer for captain obvious here?
Psalm.

Which one is it!?

 “No!  No… I’m not her.  She was me, but I wasn’t her,” she stammered, rubbing her face with her drenched wings.  “I’m not supposed to be here.  I’m… I’m supposed to be in a bad place.  Because I did bad things.  But… but now I’m not.  I’m here.”

Definitely more Psalm then Lacunae...

“What is your name?”

She froze, her purple eyes haunted a moment, and then she whispered, barely above the rain, “Psalm.  My name is Psalm.”

Bingo! Totally called it, boi!

And I know that Paladin Stronghoof would like to--”

“No!” she blurted again, then bit her lip and shrank back.  “I…  No.  Please.  I want to see him… but I don’t deserve to see him… but I… I…” 

Wow. When a crush transcends death and metamorphosis, you know that match was meant to be.

Bravo, Stromghoof. Your charms that have been passed down by generations have finally caught onto something other then bramble.

“One who put a landmine under your butt,” P-21 replied casually.  “So, how are you going to disarm it?  Do you have the time to get off the pillow, move it, and levitate the mine away?  Can you move fast enough to get out of the three-meter blast radius?  Oh, I know some ponies who could, but are you one of them?”  As the rest of the class started to lean away, he added, “She’s not the only one.  I’d think really hard before running.”

What the fuck bro? Teaching through demonstration?
Your gonna run out if class at this rate! Lol

Be aware that sometimes sneaky bastards like to hide them under trash, empty cans, or pillows.

Like you, P-21?

“That would be part of the lesson,”

In which failure does not get a re-do

“Absolutely,” he replied, keeping his voice low.  “With real detonators, real talismans, real disarm tabs, real timers... and something special in place of most of the charge, courtesy of Sekashi.”  Chuckling, he looked up the hill.  “The wall done?”

My gosh, he really is insane.
Fake bombs are still bombs, P-21!

“Some say north.  Some say south.  All say he’s long gone.”

Long, looong gone.
He met Pip, what did you expect?

That leaves us with the Sleet, the Cyclone, and the Rampage,

So the pirate raptor lives...huzzah.

Even the massive airship, wedged vertically between two skyscrapers with its nose suspended mere feet from the cracked asphalt, seemed as if it'd plunged here centuries rather than months ago.  The slow trickle of red dripping from its ports and breaches was the only evidence to the contrary.

YESH!

dang...isn't Majina adorable?
Did you know Majin by itself means genie?
More appropriately a demon but a genie none the less.
It's quite interesting, actually.

 “Fascinating.  Even covered, it continues to draw attention.”

What kind of doctor are you!?

At least give me credit for remembering it.

I suppose I should also give you credit for remembering the light bulb.
And the nuclear reacter.
And the trash bin...

The grin multiplied in the air behind her as a crowd of shadow ponies began to appear, all smiling at me.  One had darker stripes.  Another a choker of barbed wire.  A third dripped blood.  There were dozens more behind her, some distinct, others vague.

“Purple…” I muttered weakly.  “It tastes horizontally purple in the perpendicular…”  My eyes drifted over to Boo.  Her strings glistened as they were tugged.  From above, the shadowy thing manipulating the puppeteer’s crossbars peered back at me and raised a finger to its lips.  “Rambleberry in the haircut, two cups please.”  The walls melted around us to reveal the bones and flesh behind the paint.

Echo stood by, small and translucent, head hung in shame, a collar of thorns hung about his neck.  But why should that… that shouldn’t mean anything to me…  Six tiny Rarities goggled at each other, one normal and the other five with the palettes of her friends.

Oh cool! So Discord has been manipulating Boo the whole time...hmm...the Moonstone must give her Pinkie sight or something, cause this is some true vision stuff right here.

 ‘Barnyard Bangin’’, and a box marked ‘condoms, XL’ lay near my head, giving a hint about the previous occupant of this office.

Sounds like Filthy Rich started taking after the former then the latter.

and had nothing with her but a bottle of wine and some pills that smelled bitterly of almonds. 

Arsenic

Or give me EC-1101, and I’ll trot out and beat Cogs till she turns off Horizons.  Then I’ll take it back from her, and beat her some more.”

And dat right dere is where you fucked up, Rampage.
Attacking your freinds in her most vulnerable state to get EC-1101. For shame!

“Oh, what’s the fun in that, Lego?  Doing what’s expected is so dreadfully boring,” Boo said as she stood, giving a dismissive wave of her hoof.  “What’s wrong with me spicing things up a bit?”

Yeah. That's totally Discord.

 “Well then.  If you insist...”  She lowered herself onto all four hooves, grinning back at the striped stallion with her lone fang gleaming.  “Ante up.”

Plaigerism! Discord is plaigerizing Blackjack’s quotes!

I've been wondering why our favorite god of chaos never came back up.
didn't think his form died though, just thought he was floating around.
now I can imagine Boo sitting down chewing popcorn while she watched "Life of Blackjack, the reality show" with 5* ratings.

Wait...I think I might have accidently reposted parts from the last chapter.
I don't feel like correcting that much post, but just a heads up.

8095464 It was sorta spoiled for me already when I searched up "Project Horzions Boo" on Google Images and instantly found an image of her with the fang and yellow eyes... and that was before the whole mess with the Enclave.

Augh. I'm so disappointed right now. D: That reveal makes sense given her origins, but zero sense in regards to everything that's happened since she joined the party. I'm sure there will be a lengthy explanation later, but right now all I can think about is how much I didn't like the first Discord scene, and I'm not relishing the prospect of another.

That said, I was once loathing the idea that Goldenblood might be redeemed, but now I may be more okay with it, considering Horse took over for him and is completely irredeemable.

8181176 Pride is the deadliest sin in Horizons. Ego dooms more people in this story than anything else.

Boo is Discord and Rampage is Blackjacks pregnancy support. Also, I can't wait till P heard he is going to be a dad... again. It has to be him right, the other option is Stygy and that happened a while back. Honestly it's both more amusing and adorible to think it's P's.

And my brain has brisen down.....greeeat....someone get me a fucking oil can with some oil and shit...I need to get this thing working again

Rampage be like:
https://youtu.be/48PTT9-TPGI?t=1m32s

There's something about the innocent and adorable Boo suddenly talking with big words and what I imagine to be John Man deLancie's voice that I find bloody hilarious

She hadn’t quite lost the little leer, though. When I met her look, she asked, “So, anypony I know that’s particularly saucy?”

“You are a foal,” I muttered, not deterring her in the least. “Let’s just say Scotch Tape and I need to have a heart to heart about fillies, colts, and some of her tools.”

“I knew it,” Rampage said with a laugh and snicker. “She always seemed a little too fond of that screwdriver with the rubber handle.”

wow. and here i was thinking that Boo had something like "Pinkie sense".

Haha haha, yes as I was hoping that boo was discord when she kept finding exactly what was needed for the narrative. (I would have accepted a pseudo daughter of discord, since she is basically made from straight up chaos magic)

I was wondering if ng when he'd show up again.

I was wondering how Boo could be so lucky all the tine as well.

What I don't get is how Discord could have the patience to ppreten, or even shut up, for three months.
I guess two centuries of getting your blood harvested in a metal cocoon will give you a new perspective.

I'm not really sure how I feel about the end reveal. It makes sense, and it explains a bit about Boo; but it just seems so... something. I can't wait to see the explanation for this one, and to finally see Cognitum. Also... Horse is a bit of a... (I'll settle on) jerk -- I will be a little upset if he is redeemed, unless it is done well...

7514797
Actually, it was Doof that was fucking Twist. That's why he was sent to prison...

Reading alongside someone else... again. Which makes this more awesome.

“So… what’s it taste like?” Rampage asked with a grin. The grin multiplied in the air behind her as a crowd of shadow ponies began to appear, all smiling at me. One had darker stripes. Another a choker of barbed wire. A third dripped blood. There were dozens more behind her, some distinct, others vague.

That's super creepy 😨

I... bahwa??? Why...? B-boo... this is the most shocking revelation ever 🥺

Discord... Was Boo... This whole time??????

HUBUHZAWHAAAAAAA?!?!?!

well played Discord. Well played.

I KNEW IT. God I was thinking Discord had to have been helping Blackjack and Boo was just acting so strange. Never put two and two together. Thought maybe it was the soul of her baby? Maybe Discord has been sending all of those lewd thoughts into Blackjack?

Really dark chapter. Loved it!