Chapter 10.5: What's Babs Seed up to?
Babs Seed sighed as she trotted into her room. Her math teacher was a cruel, cruel mare. She had so much homework already, and it was only the third day of the school year!
As she tossed aside her saddlebags, she noticed a letter on her desk. When she saw that it was from her cousin, she quickly opened it.
Dear Babs Seed,
How’s it going cousin? It’s been pretty quiet around here. Well, more quiet than usual at least. We only had one monster attack this month, the barn only collapsed twice, and the only pony that went to the hospital turned out to just have a bit of a gas problem.
Anyway, just sending this letter because we haven’t seen each other for awhile now, and I was wondering what you’ve been up to lately. I mean, I have no idea what it’s like living in a big city, but I bet it must be pretty exciting.
Probably far more exciting than what me and the girls have been up to. Crusading has proven as unsuccessful as ever, and I think we’re starting to run out of ideas. We actually resorted to fishing the other day. Fishing! Can you imagine how boring it was to just sit there in a boat and wait for something to happen? None of us had fun with it.
We also learned that Scootaloo’s a lousy swimmer. On the bright side though, we learned that Sweetie Belle can swim just fine despite, you know, that. And it turns out that because of my… condition, I can hold my breath for a really, really, really long time. Just wish that swimming didn’t make me smell so bad. Neither of my friends wanted to be near me after that.
That reminds me, do you think you could stop by for another visit sometime? We had a lot of fun with you that week, and it would be nice to spend some more time with you. Oh, and word’s got out about your pinball skills and a few colts around town would like to see you in action.
By the way, have you been having any dreams lately? I had a really silly one the other night where there was no such thing as a normal pony. Big Mac was a werewolf, Applejack was part plant, and I think you were a giant spider. Crazy right?
Well, I’m running out of paper, so I guess I’ll end this letter here. Take care of yourself cousin.
-Apple Bloom.
With a shake of her head, Babs pulled out ink, paper, and quill to start writing a reply.
Dear Apple Bloom,
The most exciting thing to happen to me since we last saw each other was that time I went roller skating last week. I don’t mind reading about what you've been up to, but next time you send a letter, can you please remember where you live? My big sis still thinks I turned into a vampire and I’m just hiding it from her, and I don’t want her to start getting ideas.
I haven’t had much luck crusading either. I tried my hoof at cooking the other day and… well, I didn’t burn juice or anything like that, but it still wasn’t very good. By the way, fishing really isn’t that bad. If you find yourself watching paint dry for a cutie mark or something, that’s when you’ve run out of ideas.
And sure, I’d be happy to visit again. It probably won't be for awhile though. School’s already started for me, and my mom wouldn’t let me leave the house, let alone take a train, if I have homework to do. And yeah, I have a lot already.
Babs paused to think for a moment. She really did want to see her cousin again, but she knew better than to argue with her mom about school. Then she had an idea.
That said, I think I might be able to stop by next holiday break though. Maybe I can come around Nightmare Night? I admit I’m kind of curious about how a small town celebrates it.
Anyway, glad to hear from you cousin. Good luck with the whole… you know what.
-Babs Seed
Babs looked down at her letter.
“Hm… Should Ah mention the dream Ah had where everypony was part snake? She’d probably find it amusin’,” she asked herself.
She thought about it for a minute or two.
“Nah. It’d probably turn inta a self-fulfillin’ prophecy or somethin’. And if Ah ever have tah turn inta somethin’, Ah’d rather it not be a snake,” she decided as she folded the letter.
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Aaaaaannnnddddd, Murphy's Law.
:)
a moment of silence
A little interlude on Babs... not bad.
She was mentioned in Season 5 in the episode Bloom & Gloom were we learn she has her Cutie Mark and she make a brief appearance in Made in Manehattan, but otherwise yeah she isn't that much present anymore on the show.
However she's been a little more focus in the comics series.
Ahhh, ponyville.
Ah, the smell of wet ghoul.
And then Babs was a lamia.
Later on after Snake-ageddon...
Babs: Snakes... m.popkey.co/5e315f/0mkdz.gif
Babs isn't gonna start up a CMC Branch? Or that's gonna happen later? Or not at all?
Dreams... Self-Fulfilling Prophecies! ... So many tropes... I've too much on my plate to start a page, though...
Nice letter! Ponyville is weirdness capital of Equestria! :lol:
8052751 more like the chaos capitol
#NagaBabs
Make it occur.
this was a cute chapter. good work
spider-ban spider-ban does whatever a spider can
it had to be done
Ponyville, a place which will help you develop high tolerance to ... almost anything.
8052641
No no no, none of that now. You might set off a Llama Incident or at least a pistachio shortage!
It would be ironic if instead of becoming a monster of some sort, she got a cutie mark for cryptozoology, or whatever.
8052912 Just saying, she invoked it by saying it might happen.
8052957
Ooh that might be cool. Babs Seed as Milo Murphy, a normal filly who just seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
8052966
8040997
That would be awesome. Sad, but awesome none the less. Anything she says or thinks might happen if she mentions it, happens. How's that for a curse?
Babs Seed, spectator to the insanity of Ponyville. I can't say I envy her.
Not too much, anyway.
8052973
Ouch! No, not the Cassandra curse.
Murphy curse is funny, ends in a lot of property damage, but usually not deadly.
Cassandra said things would happen, people didn't believe her, and blamed her when it did happen, plus it was always deadly.
I stillsay she should wind up a were timberwolf
8052935
Lyra says squee.
Babs is gonna have a snake tail by the end of this, isn't she?
Either fourth or eighth grade I assume if her homework is that bad. I remember those times. Worst amount of homework in my life. Had less of a workload in college than during those two years. Almost hurt my back in fourth grade with the amount of books I had to lug back home every night in order to do the work. I feel for you Babs. Good thing you are a quadruped at least so the carrying part hopefully is easier for you.
Hehe, When she was reading about Apple Bloom's dream, I half-expected her to suddenly panic and say, "How'd she know I'm a giant spider?"
Clever girl.
I really don't want to see a naga-babs. I hate snakes. Also, don't naga have that whole Medusa "stone gaze" thing? That would be a
littlelotta too much.8053631 Of course, the mention of a "self-fulfilling prophecy" already is in effect when she mentioned her sister thinking she was a vampire. So, are we gonna see Babs turned into a vampire on Nightmare Night? She may be a clever girl, but not quite clever enough.
8053114 Actually, I would like to see her as a were timberwolf too. However, even though she thought to not mention the dream about everyone being half snake, she already wrote in the letter that her sister thinks she's a vampire. So it's probably more likely that she'll become a vampire (if Murphy's Law has anything to say about it).
8053776 There's already an undead though. There's also a construct and a aberation..... Maybe Scoots is magical beast. Spikes the Dragon. We need either a proper magical beast, a monstrous humanoid(ponyoid) , extra planer, or plant monster.
Least that's what D&D tells me.
I don't really watch show that much anymore either.
8053671 that's more of a gorgon, lamias/nagas are just half snake, but some of them can have some kind of power.
So it looks like something will happen to Babs in the future. But the question is, how will she acquire a new form, if she ever gets one? Will she get bitten by a snake? Or will she get hit by some sort of magic spell? I would love to see her reaction when something strange happens to her.
I got it, I got it! I got the joke!
8053784 The problem with the term "undead" is that it's such a broad term. A zombie and a vampire may both be undead. But they are far from the same thing. It's like saying a cat and a walrus are both mammals. But considering that bat ponies are a thing in the show, Babs could be made into a bat pony and still be considered as a magical beast. She'd have traits like a vampire, but technically not be undead. In fact, if she were turned into a bat pony, that could potentially be classified as a lykanthrope.
8055342 True. Even D&D has mixed terms hence how undead aberrations exist. And if it's a flutterbat situation that would be a form of lycanthropy.
We'll just have to see what you write.
8054801 Oh, right, gorgons. I forgot Medusa was a gorgon. Thanks for the correction.
I still don't like snakes though.
8055447 No problem, and personal I love snakes.
Yay! Babs is back!
>not wishing to be the snekfilly
8052641 Don't you mean... Murphy Law?
8059297 Nope. Murphy's law dictates that when you say something that indicates that something bad can happen, it shall happen. Like, "what's the worst that could happen?" or "I'll be right back, just wait here." or my favorite, wearing the red shirt.
8059425
*Is a red shirt doesn't die
"I wore the mauve shirt today sir."
8059819 Ha!
8056125 To each, their own.
8060494 Hahahahahaha!
Spider-Babs, Spider-Babs
Gets around by Manehattan cabs
Dreams a dream of pony-snakes
Won't say more or tempt that fate
Look out! - Here comes the Spider-Babs!
Spider-Babs, Spider-Babs
Fights her nemesis: basic math
Genre-savvy; has clarity
(Face it, this is a parody)
Hey yeah, there goes the Spider-Babs!
8053776
Murphy Law, the pegasus from the earlier chapters, he's probably the villain. That's my bet.
8067698 Damn that Murphy.