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Scruffy


No work ethic, lazy, easily distracted, bizarre sleep habits, terrible posture, caffeine addict, easily distracted, poor memory, wants to be a writer anyway.

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This is all rather interesting.

Chapters could be longer, but I feel that's more an issue of me hungering for more rather than your story lacking :)

5401666 I decided that it'd be better to keep chapters short and delay between chapters low. Really glad to hear you're enjoying it, I'll try not to leave you hanging for too long :D

5409167 I suppose it's a bit out of character for Twilight to swear. But on the other hand, it neatly encapsulates a feeling of terrible realization, and creates a pithy little ending line. Sorry if it offends you though.

Is hatsur aka the king in yellow in this?

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Applejack has a strong kick which she uses to buck apples off her apple trees. Fluttershy couldn't fly through the magically created gale, so she hoped that Applejack could kick her there. After sorting out the language, that happened (hooray!).
Personally, I subscribe to the belief that pegasi magic helps to shield them from injury from sudden impacts or crashes. Exhibit A through Z is Rainbow Dash's borderline immunity to injury despite her frequent crashes. Fluttershy's gonna be rather sore, but she'll be fine (mental scarring from this whole jaunt aside).

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Did not yet have that picture saved, many thanks!:pinkiehappy:

Where did you get the cover art?

Okay, that is an excellent battle scene. Bravo!

Crazy Pinky is Best Pinky.

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I just Googled "My Little Pony Cthulhu". Turns out the picture came from this delightful individual (http://tinyurl.com/oq82e4o). I, uh, didn't post this with their premission, but I'm hoping that the old adage "It's sometimes better to beg forgiveness than ask permission" comes into play here. If there's any objection (by FiM Fiction or Ms. Olsen) I'm fine with taking the picture down. I suppose I should post a link in the story description. . . or just, go ask permission huh?

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Thanks! It means a lot to me to hear that. Mostly cause I always feel like I'm falling apart by the end of a chapter, and so just have to post or risk totally stalling out. And I think Crazy Pinkie Pie is the Best Pinkie Pie because all Pinkie Pies are Crazy Pinkie Pies :pinkiecrazy:

Well, a little progress is better than no progress. Good to see this story isn't dead yet, and that we've reached a main center of action! Look forward to the next chapter, whenever that is.

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I'm really really sorry but it was such an odd moment in the story that I had trouble putting it into words :fluttercry:
Someday I'll probably come back and fix everything up, make a revised edition or something. This next bit should move much faster, I hope to get in done in a week or so.
EDIT: I am such a flipping liar :raritycry:

Huh, wasn't notified this had updated and was by pure chance I finally came across it.

I must admit it's an interesting set of developments. Able is probably the most surprising part, and I hope this picks up again so that we get an explanation of him. To say nothing of the interactions between Twilight and Sparks directly. I think Sparks and RD could have a lot of a fun together.

5861215 When is the next chapter coming out?

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Well, if everything goes according to plan, I'll have the next chapter up this Saturday. Video games continue to be the bane of my writing and self control, but I'm almost done in spite of my many flaws and moral failings, hooray!

You Sir are nothing short of brilliant. You have created a mythos story that has utterly enthralled me. It stays true to every rule that makes for an amazing mythos story, from Twilight's failing sanity to the reactions of purw terror fron her frienda. To have mixed it perfectly with mlp without going into the realm of hentai makes you a great writer in my book. This story is definitely going to my favorites collection. The only thing left to say is :pinkiehappy: more please, I need to know what happens next :pinkiecrazy:

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To have mixed it perfectly with mlp without going into the realm of hentai makes you a great writer in my book. This story is definitely going to my favorites collection.

That really means a lot to me, I'm so glad that people enjoy this and hearing that really inspires me to keep writin-
Hang on a tick.

mixed it perfectly with mlp without going into the realm of hentai

No. . .

realm of hentai

NO

hentai

NOPE NOPE NOPE EEEENOPE:eeyup:

6296501 I love a good cthulhu mythos/horror story and that is what you have done. I try to find as many works like this as can, unfortunately thanks to a heavy influence from anime/manga many mythos stories I run into have just been an excuse for porn. It really ticks me off that it's been done so much that it is considered a norm by the outside viewer instead of the true sense of fear, dread, and the knowledge if being an otherwise inconsequential speck in the cosmos that the genre is supposed to convey. Sorting the jewels from the smut is more than a bit annoying. But when I do find one as good as this I can sit back content and simply enjoy it for what it is.

I like Able so far. Let's see how apt that snake analogy you used proves...

"Fluttershy's not here right now, please leave a message after the eep," mewled Fluttershy.

:rainbowlaugh: good one

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Oh, come on, it's not like anything could go wrong now. :pinkiehappy:

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Thanks! :yay:

"Fluttershy's not here right now, please leave a message after the eep," mewled Fluttershy.

this is to perfect, I name it the second best thing ever said in a fanfic

Yet another amazing chapter. The portrait as the end now has my undivided attention, reminds me of a story in The Taint by Brian Lumley.

Yeah, Sparks totally rules. Absolutely loving her so far. Knew she's get along great with Dash. Gotta feel a little sorry for Mocha at the beginning there, but she seems to be coming around.

Now that we've had comedy, let's return to the cosmic horrors. :twilightsmile:

Now it was Sparks' turn to sneer as the cover of the Neighcronomicon rapidly blurred, becoming an image of the same alicorn waving a white flag.

:rainbowlaugh:

I can see Sparks become annoying sooner or later, if the character isn't reined in a little. She's the kind of person who's loud and obnoxious regardless of situation or context and who tries to dominate every conversation. That kind of thing gets unbearable eventually. It's something to watch out for.

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. :raritywink:

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"?

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. :fluttershysad:

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!!!!:pinkiehappy::heart::raritystarry::twilightsmile::yay: The story

7015323 Hooray for happy accidents then. :yay:
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. :pinkiesad2:

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You know, you could always add little easter egg references to age of iron in this story...
Also, HASTUR!:yay: 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. :derpytongue2:
And if you're hoping for more name drops (or cameos) of the Elder Gods, don't worry, Scruffy's gotcha covered. :raritywink:
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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. :facehoof:

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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!

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