Flash Sentry, a new student at Canterlot High School, must adjust to life in a new town and school, make new friends, battle evil creatures that threaten mankind, and solve the mystery lurking within Canterlot's social media network.
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A good summary of how fucked up Fluttershy's actions have become, here, and how unacceptable self-righteousness on the part of Fluttershy is.
It's gonna be a long walk back up out of this.
... Should I be spoilering basically this entire comment? It's a pretty big twist, especially for someone just starting out.
Huh. Even after all of the hints, I was hoping this wasn't the case. When is it ever the obvious answer?
Well, at the very least, there's a lot to think about on all sides here. What comes of this remains to be seen, but the status quo has been well and truly disrupted.
Alright, the cat's out of the bag. And now the long road to "why" begins.
Welll theeeeennnnnnnnnn..........
Dang, this was one plot twisting chapter. And on top of that sunset has a persona she can use in and out of the other world. The gang's got alot on there plate to deal with.
Jesus...
FINALLY! She's dropped so many freaking hints!
Well, shit just hit the fan, and the fan was on, and it spreaded shit everywhere, in a room full of turned on fans. That's how bad shit just hit the fan. Excuse me while I change my pants
5947205 Nobody said that she can use it in the real world, mate. She's dangerous in both the real world and in Zodiac. The reason she's dangerous in the real world was also explained, being the failsafe she'd use in the case Canterbook was plugged out.
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Oh wait your right, I zoned out on that one.
Edit: now that I think about it, how come fluttershy could use Eris with out a phone?
Heheh...so the mystery was never WHO those two were, but HOW they got to this point. But whoo boy, I wanna find out how they acquired all that power and that major failsafe.
Warning: the following contains major spoilers for new readers.
I WILL BITE YOU! I MEAN IT! AND I DIDN'T BRUSH MY TEETH LAST NIGHT SO YOU'LL GET A REALLY NASTY INFECTION!
"It's cruise control for cool, Pinkie. You should know that!"
Luckily I equipped my Persona Orobas before coming over, so I'm no stranger to the equine mind.
I feel an odd kinship with them, and for some reason I'm reminded of Twilight...
I'm taken aback by the smell and grisly look of chum in that bucket; Big Mac doesn't really allay my fears when he confesses that it's for the flesh-eating mares he just imported from Greece.
So oblivious to the bucket of pig's blood hanging over her head...
"You, you... You'll have a BRUSH with DEATH!"
I wince, but I'm already equipping Kuma and he brushes off the pun harmlessly.
"Don't get snippy with me! I'm already bristling with anger at your betrayal!"
"That does it! I'm going to get you out of my hair once and for all!"
"Hello! This is Domino's, may I take your order?"
"Oh, no! I opened the wrong app!"
"Wait, Domino's delivers to Zodiac?"
"You have no idea how many evil forces dwell within Zodiac."
"How the hell did you get so strong?!"
"I do yoga every other day at six! You never notice because you're off with your little harem!"
"It's NOT a harem!"
"Tell that to the belly dancer in Pinkie's head!"
"Ow! You punched me with your boob! Prepare to die, obviously!"
"Can't... sleep... Flutter will eat me..."
Oh man, I hate it when the instakill hits the two people with resurrection skills!
"OW! That felt like deja vu for some reason..."
"You know, we should have been tipped off by the fluffy pinky bunny phone case with the kitty stickers."
She's been level-grinding as much as we have...
But I'm too terrified to try to grab her boob again. Not because of that fear-inducing spell, but because all the girls are watching this time.
"...Vice-Principal Luna?"
"Oh, sorry! Wrong continuity!"
"And... oh my! Is that velvet? I MUST know who does your drapes!"
"Wait! Just a second, please!"
"What is it?"
"Excuse me... Zecora, is it? What is that beautiful, huge book you're holding?"
"It is the Persona Compendium you see, a listing of many possible people Flash can be."
"Com... Compendium... you mean..."
"Twilight..."
"And it has all of Flash's personalities... the friend, the musician, the boyfriend, the leader, the jerk--"
"Hey!"
"And they're all itemized... in a categorized list... with in-depth information, profiles, stats, and detailed illustrations and fusion diagrams? All bound in a leather hardback with a gold clasp?"
"Twilight, your voice is getting higher and higher."
"GIMME!"
"Ch-child! Unhand this arcane tome you must, ere Flash's brain is scrambled for the worst! UNHAND IT, I SAY! LEGGO!"
"..."
"You... you really ARE very loud, Twilight. You burned out three sets of my favorite brand of headphones."
"EweTube remixes."
"What?"
"Gasps and moans make excellent electronica remixes!"
"Even the ones in Flash's bedroom?"
"No, we can keep those."
We all stare at Twilight, even Pinkie.
"I saw a tunnel with a light at the end and Granny Whoopie Pie! That makes twice! That's not very effin' FUN!"
"She's a very conscientious PC user. She makes backups every two weeks."
"...oh, right. The stables. It's really, REALLY full of horse poop in here."
"So, are we done? Or can I go back to brushing my little pony's mane?"
My hurt heads like a BITCH. That's the last time I have half a dozen people stomp around in my subconscious.
"...and the concentric circle motif was so elegant! It matched the golden brooches so nicely!"
"Make mine a two piece! A mini and a blouse!"
"Mine's gotta have pants. Skirts ain't good for running and kicking."
"I liked the design, but maybe something in royal purple instead of blue?"
"Darlings, please! You'll all be getting your matching uniforms as soon as I can find one of those adorable little elevator attendant caps for myself!"
"It's killing me inside that I was right about her after all..."
"She DID kill you on the outside too."
"...waaaaaaaaaah!"
"FLASH! Stop it!"
"Stop calling Fluttershy mean things!"
"But I didn't... I wasn't..."
It doesn't help that every time I begin to doze off I see a very displeased Zecora bouncing her book in her hand...
So, Shy is a Reversed Priestess. Interesting chapter, all around. I am looking forward to explanations of when and how Shy discovered Zodiac and got her Persona, when and where she got her physical abilities and fighting skill (although it seems like her Persona might be responsible for that), and her unique abilities. There's also the question of the nature of the blackmail that's being held over her.
well, fluttershy is eris, and sunset is most likely mephistopheles.
sunset is really shaping up to be the adachi to flash's yu. A la Persona 4
I just have a question:
if zodiac is some how based on the system that was installed before canterbook, how did she find out about it?
maybe this is the most obvious answer but juan/discord could be the man behind the man in this case.
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You used the spoiler tags, yet you missed the one about Persona 4.
5947348 Please spoiler-tag comments about the games. Not everyone has played them yet and the entire mystery of the plot can be ruined for them.
5947419
Seriously, people like him really grind my gears.
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sorry the review has since had the proper spoiler tag added
5947144 Someone just starting out should have the common sense to NOT look at the comments from the chapter select page. I think you're good.
5947274 I'm guessing she's a robot or cyborg. Some kind of augmentation at least.
Either that, or she's been training long enough and is in perfect sync with her Persona.
Anyways, the reveal we've been waiting forever for! Now we just need to figure out why.
5947432 Thank you, but please refer to this quick guide:
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/221052/persona-eg#comment/5849029
Otherwise people won't know if the spoiler belongs to the fic or the games.
Thanks!
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noted and will do.
Wow, how unexpected, I never would have guessed that it was so
Sorry, but it;s painful reading a chapter of a secret identity when there was no buildup or grand reveal, several chapters before it was already suggested and said, and the grand reveal happened at a point that Flash's whole team was suspicious of Fluttershy.
I'm also not going to try and understand how Flash tapped into his inner doorman and somehow got them all into the Velvet room, a lot of impossible things are happening in this story so I might as well not complain
It's not as weird as Flash not being bashed at all, hardly see that in the fandom.
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"Do not reproduce. "
What excatly is that supposed to mean?
5947518 What do you mean?
I've never said that. I might have thought about it, but I didn't type it down.
In any case, I'm sorry.
Finally, the reveal of the masterminds! Sunset must have some kind of blackmail material on Fluttershy which would push her to do what she's doing. However, now her identity is revealed and she has lost their trust completely. I kind of feel bad for her. While some may think her behaviour is OOC, Fluttershy is capable of being mean and also capable of displaying anger before in MLP. One was caused by Discord, the other was bcoz of Iron Will's motivational speech.
Now, what will they do with the information they have? And Sunset has a powerful Persona? Is it more powerful than Flash's Ultimate Personae?
5947559 It could go beyond blackmail. Sunset has probably threatened to burn down Applewood and/or the animal shelter.
Considering how most people act differently online, compared to real life, I suspect Fluttershy's behavior is just her built up anger and frustration venting out through Eris, her Zodiac alias. I also suspect the Persona Eris is somehow influencing Fluttershy's behavior, considering the red eyes. Red eyes could only mean a few things. Evil, Vampire, or Possession.
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5947548 Guuuuuys... *juggles a beehive*
Yeah, even with all the hints pointing to this being the case, I'm still very sad. (Stupid, stupid bias...)
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If someone were to start reading this storytoday,(if they have the comment settings to show newest, anyway)the comments onthe title pagewill be the most recent comments, which happen to be the comments from this chapter. Just saying.EDIT: Nevermind, I read that quote wrong for a minute. I wasn't thinking that the title page was the chapter select page.5947605
Or a bag of weed as big as Hulk.
*long sigh*
The moment I was waiting for...
I knew it the moment after Pinkie Pie's birthday... yet still...
Something about all of this just doesn't add up... Getting the confirmation just made me feel... sick...
I'll be in my office if you all need me... *walks into office and slams door shut* damn it Fluttershy...
So... now that we have a bit more information, I was considering something about Snails.
Since Sunset had Fluttershy as a crony all this time, and FS was willing to install cameras in sensitive places... the idea that Snails was trying to do something on Sunset's orders falls flat.
So... there are three possibilities I can think of:
1. Snails is a pervert and that's all there is to it.
2. Snails, as Snips and Snails were wont to earlier, was trying to prove himself to Sunset by doing something he didn't have to on his own, and failed.
3. Snails is afraid of Sunset and at least had rudimentary knowledge of what Sunset could do to people who had Canterbook access. So he got himself expelled to get off of the system. Snips did not and was eventually exterminated.
3 is the real interesting one to me. It's been previously established that I want to like Snips and Snails, though.
And... also... with Fluttershy... I think what she did is depressingly in character for her. If you consider that Fluttershy is already easily bullied, then having Sunset ask her to do things that are over the line, and slowly go further over the line, letting the threat of FS's blackmail allow FS, especially once she's wound up with bitterness, to basically actively try to kill the strangers and eventually her "friends" (not that they can be really called friends at this moment) she's living with... It's sorta... an attitude that is oozing with Fluttershy's weak side.
I find myself slightly in disbelief over her hyper competency, though. She's apparently a martial arts expert, as well as something between a competent and superb hacker, liar, and overall sneaky person... and, to boot, she's got a persona that's more powerful than everyone else's, despite lacking the normal need of personal strength fueling the power of persona, since... I see her actions as weakness.
I think in time the persona thing is going to be either explained as her having it for longer, something implied about her reversed arcana (like it feeds on her anger and bitterness, instead of her personal strength, and she's got bitterness in spades), or that Sunset did something to her persona because of her admin status in Zodiac.
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my apologies but it was in the text of the comment when I received the notice on my email of the reply. see the PM I just sent.
however apology accepted.
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you can throw the bee hive away everything's settled, at least on my end.
Nice chapter. Not surprised at anything reveled, and I knew that Sunset was that big a bitch.
Now I can't shake the feeling that Fluttershy is making a mistake, and a rather big one.
Igor really should be more familiar with this. it's not the first time he's seen a situation like this. He's needed to remove a possessed human's false persona multiple times back in Persona 2: Eternal Punishment. Of course, back then Personas were an open secret and Contracts seemed to be a dime a dozen.
Speaking of which, considering the hints we've seen (Red summoning rather than blue, the aura of wrongness), I strongly believe Eris is not a true persona at all. Rather, it may be a demonic force which has decided to act like a persona, replacing it's host's natural abilities with it's own. This would support the phone being unnecessary - such an entity would have additional vectors to work through.
Well, now there isn't a secret left to find in the dorm. Upside, now they can work on countering Sunset without worrying about secrets being slipped to her, downside, apparently Sunset has a pair of aces on hand.
5948044 We still don't know about Fluttershy's loyalty though. All it would take is a threat from Sunset to make Eris talk. I'm guessing Fluttershy will join the team permanently after her birthday. At that point, she'll be attacked and realize she's no longer considered useful to Sunset.
Something I forgot to mention before,
Not really a smart move considering the others could be anywhere. For all we know, Twilight could be in the middle of talking to her brother, or Pinkie to Sonata. Shining's been very patient with all the madness, but even he has a breaking point. It's probably just past seeing his sister suddenly vanish for a second time.
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We sorted things out... I did talk out of my butt, but there's no need for the beehive anymore.
Also, I'll take the chance to add another observation on the chapter:
When Igor refered to Fluttershy as the "Reverse Priestess", Flash instantly connected the dots and figured that he could stablish a S.Link with her. How did he came to that conclusion by only learning what Arcana does she represent? I mean, If I were in his shoes, my first thought would be that That's Eris' (the Persona) Arcana, before even thinking that she'd be a S.Link.
In Persona 3 none of the members of Strega are avaible to form a S.Link with.
I'm just curious to know where that Genre Savyness of Flash's comes from.
I like this story don't get me wrong. However I just can't help but feel a bad taste in my mouth about how easily Flash and his team are getting their butts handed to them. Yes I know it makes things more dramatic but I tend to read this as if I was playing the game and I would have imagined that by the midpoint they all should have been strong enough to be able to at least have a winnable chance against Eris. Oh and the whole FS not needing her phone to control her Persona is a bit of a cheep shot that had no prior knowledge of that being possible. As I said I like this story and look forward to the next chapter but come on author can you at least have a boss fight where they go in with a plan and actually defeat without having some unexpected plot device being used and instead they do so on their own skills. That is really all I ask for.
5948372 Because his only direct experience with people being connected to the Major Arcana IS the formation of Social Links.
5948735 I don't think you quite read the fight in this chapter correctly, so let me break it down for you:
The party BEAT Fluttershy. Flash KILLED HER. Remember how he punched her, then Agidyned her into oblivion? She died. Everything that happened after that was a cutscene, if this were an actual game. You know, sorta like those annoying cutscenes where you just overpowered the enemy, and yet after the battle, the party is overwhelmed by the foe they just defeated?
Well, I wasn't expecting Flutters to completely flip her shit like that in the Climax Boss fight...
I wasn't really expecting the Climax Boss fight to start with.
I'm not entirely sure what to think of this. Even though I was expecting these particular identities, the way this panned out was a LOT for me... almost too much.
I really hope Flash can let Fluttershy into his heart and guide her down the path she is supposed to take now... The one that lets her atone for her actions. She did kill Pinkie and Rarity today, after all.
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Yeah you are right. I guess that whole part after her defeat where she just got revived and kicked their butts left a bad taste in my mouth. Thanks for clearing that up.
And now that all this is out in the open...
A while back, I mentioned that there was a clue in the LTE version as to the identities of the story's villains. To date, nobody has (to my knowledge) caught it, though some of you have been trying really hard.
If you want to keep looking for it yourselves, don't read the following spoiler. If, however, you're stumped and want to know what it is:
Look at the profile images of the characters within the story text, ignoring the Canterbook interface thumbnail of Flash. Pay attention to which direction they're facing.
5949038 And my own personal clues:
Eris's coattails, "feet", and elongated "beak"/proboscis are butterfly-themed.
Also, yep, that's a butterfly, or rather, Flutter's Cutie Mark represented as the butterfly on Eris' navel. You guys caught onto that one very quickly.
The most prominent Canterbook screens in Eris' halo are Sunset Shimmer's, Flash's, and Fluttershy's --admittedly, only Moth and I would have even known that was a clue, because we deliberately obscured the profile pic in that last one :p It was more of a personal injoke than anything.
5948804 Notice the difference in her demeanor and approach before and after her "defeat". That is not an ordinary event.
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Twilight: "OH FOR GOD'S SAKE SENTRY I WAS IN THE BATHROOM!"
MythrilMoth, this question edges on spoiler territory, so I'll understand if you don't want to answer it. Have you given consideration to having the cut-away part of a chapter in the LTE version from Fluttershy's (first-person) perspective? I ask because I think it would be interesting to get into her head at some point. Sorry if this comes across as pushy; that's certainly not my intent.
5949186 It's likely to happen within the next 30 days in-story.
5949201 Thanks for the response. So, Shy's birthday, or something prior to that...