Twilight Sparkle gets a surprising gift from a pen pal in Saddle Arabia. A very old and rare book, the Neighcronomicon. What follows next. . . well, one must hope that it is just a bad dream.
6892258 Not all prophecies and magical transformations can be sunshine and lollipops. Plus, when you're relying on dark and unspeakable magics from the Elder Gods, it's worth remembering that they tend to operate with the motto 'No pain, no gain'.
Though I am wondering if I should tack on a 'Gore' tag at this point. I'm not really going to be extra graphic about it, but the bloody stuff is going to be there. Thoughts?
6893428 I think it depends on how many chapters your gonna have gore in versus the level of gore. Like if you have 2 chapters of gore like this current one and one other then don't put put the tag. However if you more than 3 or 4 gore chapters or have even one chapter that reads like the Evil Dead , Hellrasier , Dead Alive/Braindead and Saw your going to want to use the tag.
6894314 Well then, since we're on the way to the thrilling climax and bombastic fight sequences, I guess I'd better throw a gore tag up there. Cthulhu knows, it's not like it's gonna get any less bloody. Might as well nudge it up to 'Mature' as well, I think the 'Teen' rating is wearing a bit thin.
6893428 I can't wait for the next chapter! Oh and will Twilight become more corrupted by the "eldritch" (aka the magic the book uses) magic? I was thinking of Able Hazard using the connection Twitter has to the book to influence Twilight and corrupt her and even her friends. You can use this idea if you want to.
6898509 While not a bad idea (indeed, I have toyed with that very concept before), I'm going to go a different route for the next chunk of the story. Twilight is, for the moment, unaffected by the Neighcronomicon's taint.
Just a little messy this chapter, but that's not unique to it either. Certainly a nice escalation of events! I look forward to seeing how Twilight's friends deal with Hazard's friends
P.S. if you can make Mocha convincingly evil as an added twist, I will probably die laughing
6939285 I thought the live crabs were a nice touch. I mean, sure, you're puking because some ancient mad sorcerer has finally ascended as some dark warped version of an alicorn and his very magic rots your soul, but it's kinda neat, you know?
Glad it was the 'right' kind of messy though. I'm often back tracking and slapping edits into place as I see them, so it's a rather haphazard process. The next chapter will be... uh, sometime. I think we've all learned that I am not to be trusted with hard predictions or dates.
7015289 *groan* It doesn't, I totally screwed up and accidentally added it to the Age of Iron lists by mistake. I thought I undid it but if I didn't then I am super super sorry.
7015323 Hooray for happy accidents then. I should write more, both to wrap this bucker up, and to get started on the Age of Iron idea I had in a giggle fit.
7017758 I am super super sorry. I accidentally tagged it. I tried to remove it from the group, but the little notification still showed up, and I can't fix that. I apologized on the group page, and I will continue to apologize to anyone who wanders over here with the intent to read some rip-snorting 40k fiction. So, very very sorry for the unintended misdirection, please forgive me.
7018457 You know, you could always add little easter egg references to age of iron in this story... Also, HASTUR! Sorry, I've been wanting to do that since the yellow king fabric from a couple hours ago. Any chance of the others making an appearance (Nyarlathotep, Bokrug, Etc.)?
7027827 I think with the screwup I made I'm all but obligated to throw some subtle shout outs to Age of Iron. And if you're hoping for more name drops (or cameos) of the Elder Gods, don't worry, Scruffy's gotcha covered. ... As soon as I learn how to manage my time better and actually get some writing done. I keep playing 'Darkest Dungeon' for inspiration, and it keeps eating up all my writing time. And homework time. Annnnd sleeping time.
7027994 What is this sleeping time you speak of? Also, never played or heard of Darkest Dungeon, but Edge of Nowhere looks like it'll be a good lovecraftian horror game if that helps give you ideas. That, and Badumsquish has a few pictures of a shoggoth hiding in a realistic pony suit if Pinkie ever manages to befriend one... Maybe she could ask the book for one?
6890582 Thanks for the input. I hadn't intended to have Sparks come across as being totally socially blind, so I'll keep an eye on that.
wow that was a bloody ascension...
6892258 Not all prophecies and magical transformations can be sunshine and lollipops. Plus, when you're relying on dark and unspeakable magics from the Elder Gods, it's worth remembering that they tend to operate with the motto 'No pain, no gain'.
Though I am wondering if I should tack on a 'Gore' tag at this point. I'm not really going to be extra graphic about it, but the bloody stuff is going to be there. Thoughts?
6893428 I think it depends on how many chapters your gonna have gore in versus the level of gore. Like if you have 2 chapters of gore like this current one and one other then don't put put the tag. However if you more than 3 or 4 gore chapters or have even one chapter that reads like the Evil Dead , Hellrasier , Dead Alive/Braindead and Saw your going to want to use the tag.
6894314 Well then, since we're on the way to the thrilling climax and bombastic fight sequences, I guess I'd better throw a gore tag up there. Cthulhu knows, it's not like it's gonna get any less bloody. Might as well nudge it up to 'Mature' as well, I think the 'Teen' rating is wearing a bit thin.
6893428 I can't wait for the next chapter! Oh and will Twilight become more corrupted by the "eldritch" (aka the magic the book uses) magic? I was thinking of Able Hazard using the connection Twitter has to the book to influence Twilight and corrupt her and even her friends.
You can use this idea if you want to.
6898509 While not a bad idea (indeed, I have toyed with that very concept before), I'm going to go a different route for the next chunk of the story. Twilight is, for the moment, unaffected by the Neighcronomicon's taint.
Trust me.
No, for realzies.
Just a little messy this chapter, but that's not unique to it either. Certainly a nice escalation of events! I look forward to seeing how Twilight's friends deal with Hazard's friends
P.S. if you can make Mocha convincingly evil as an added twist, I will probably die laughing
6937263 Messy as in "Geeze, this story needs an editor" or messy as in "Oh dear lord, Sparks just threw up live crabs, what the buck"?
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Blood everywhere and crab vomit.
6939285 I thought the live crabs were a nice touch. I mean, sure, you're puking because some ancient mad sorcerer has finally ascended as some dark warped version of an alicorn and his very magic rots your soul, but it's kinda neat, you know?
Glad it was the 'right' kind of messy though. I'm often back tracking and slapping edits into place as I see them, so it's a rather haphazard process. The next chapter will be... uh, sometime. I think we've all learned that I am not to be trusted with hard predictions or dates.
6940456 What has this got to do with age of iron?
7015289 *groan* It doesn't, I totally screwed up and accidentally added it to the Age of Iron lists by mistake. I thought I undid it but if I didn't then I am super super sorry.
7015299 You might have this, this just popped up in my notifications under age of iron so i just clicked on it,
But apart from that i LOVE!!!! The story
7015323 Hooray for happy accidents then.
I should write more, both to wrap this bucker up, and to get started on the Age of Iron idea I had in a giggle fit.
7015383 You should read my story 'Iron within magic without' and tell me what you think
Now this is a good story, but I'm not sure that it belongs in the Age of Iron group.
7017758 I am super super sorry. I accidentally tagged it. I tried to remove it from the group, but the little notification still showed up, and I can't fix that. I apologized on the group page, and I will continue to apologize to anyone who wanders over here with the intent to read some rip-snorting 40k fiction. So, very very sorry for the unintended misdirection, please forgive me.
7018457
You know, you could always add little easter egg references to age of iron in this story...
Also, HASTUR! Sorry, I've been wanting to do that since the yellow king fabric from a couple hours ago. Any chance of the others making an appearance (Nyarlathotep, Bokrug, Etc.)?
7027827 I think with the screwup I made I'm all but obligated to throw some subtle shout outs to Age of Iron.
And if you're hoping for more name drops (or cameos) of the Elder Gods, don't worry, Scruffy's gotcha covered.
...
As soon as I learn how to manage my time better and actually get some writing done. I keep playing 'Darkest Dungeon' for inspiration, and it keeps eating up all my writing time. And homework time. Annnnd sleeping time.
7027994
What is this sleeping time you speak of? Also, never played or heard of Darkest Dungeon, but Edge of Nowhere looks like it'll be a good lovecraftian horror game if that helps give you ideas. That, and Badumsquish has a few pictures of a shoggoth hiding in a realistic pony suit if Pinkie ever manages to befriend one...
Maybe she could ask the book for one?
Edit: Found it!
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WRITE FASTER BEFORE I TRACK YOU DOWN, KIDNAP YOU, AND FORCE YOU TO DO NOTHING BUT WRITE! THIS STORY IS TOO GOOD TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR!
7028716
... Oddly inspiring, thank you I'll try not to leave ya'll hanging for too much longer.
7028191 (un)Holy buck that's horrifying.
I love it!
7028716
Don't worry, I'm sure he won't kill Misery.
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He has a four or five more pictures of her floating around too (her name is Cuddlhu)