Years have passed since Equestria emerged in the Pacific, bringing with it the magic of another reality. Since that day, a doom counter has been hovering over the world and humanity that build upon it. As the time ticked away, the impetus to do or die remains, no matter how much some my feel about it.
The Eastern and Central Ontario Branch-Grant Conversion Bureau, colloquially called the Eco Office, easily the largest Bureau in the province, celebrates it's eight year anniversary with the largest batch of conversions since it's doors opened. Among them is Troy Shaw, finally taking the conversion, his best friend at his side.
All is not as it seems, however. As events begin to escalate, the actions of a few just might have far greater impact than they realize.
[A Conversion Bureau Story, set in the Cloudyverse][image source: various google vectors]
yay, It passed the mods
Interesting, what made you want to do a Conversion Bureau story?
An aside, you should probably include a link to the Cloudyverse in the description.
A very interesting start. And I really enjoyed the dynamic between Troy and Kirk, it served as a solid central point to revolve the story around
Having actually read it I'm interested in where you are going with this. Wouldn't be much of a story if everything went right, since Troy is planning on just returning to his house which he has free, clear and ponified; He already has a job that he'll almost certainly continue; He already has had a pony room mate for a long time too so no sudden pony hatred that I can foresee.
If his thoughts about Kirk are true, that's pretty loyal for him to stay with his non-pony friend for over a decade. Especially keeping his old name to keep the connection.
Frankly, I think Troy is kind of a jerk for making his best friend wait that long since it was something that was going to happen eventually anyway.
5795231 I stumbled across Cloudy's First Year in November/December last year. His was the... fourth or so Conversion Bureau fic I found. And it exemplified the ideas that drew me to the concept. An unfortunate and cruel twist of fate that inadvertently spells the doom for humanity as we know it, with the only solution being something that borders on abhorrent? Very intriguing. Cloudy's verse also lacks the personally off-putting brainwashing factor a lot of CB fics have, as well as avoiding the 'ponies are perfect' factor while introducing a lot more options.
I've been working on the seeds of this story, plot and chapter, since January. Hopefully it comes out on the side of the better examples of the CB setting.
5795796 You're right about Troy on both counts. He's spend most of his adult life working to this moment, and more recently put a lot into ensuring everything goes smoothly, so I don't plan on the conflict being the conversion process going wrong. That being said, even though his experience itself might technically go fine, there are other ways fate can kick him in the nads.
On the other count; he kinda is something of a jerk. Both his parents and closest friends are ponies. He's one of the few humans in that personal sphere of relationships. But, he's also make compromises in his life in the face of Kirk's loyalty. For instance; his continued friendship with Kirk was one of the reasons he put all that effort into becoming fluent in Equestrian when he was younger. More on those will come up later in the story though.
Welcome to the Cloudyverse!
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Well you did include the line
I doubt Troy's ability to temp fate will allow him a free pass.
Speaking as a TCB writer in my own right, a pre-reader for Equestria Daily, and one of Cloudy's best friends... I can't wait until you update! I love where this has started, and I eagerly await more!
I'd like to read more of this story, the first chapter was an excellent pull =(
Hope to see this come off hiatus soon
Update?