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Amethyst_Dawn


A good story displays a moral, the best ones attach you to the characters who display them.

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Big Macintosh has always been a quiet one, but no one knows the full reason why. But when he finally starts opening up to his friends, something horrible happens.

She's in danger, and he needs to protect her, but can he get there in time?

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Sequel. Now. Please. I need Mac to find her!

8105482
In time, my friend, in time... :raritywink:

Well, that's a problem....
And good job on the suspense.

8105495
See comment below. :twilightsmile:

8105501
Thank you. :pinkiesmile:

If I may ask, is this based on Annie96 is Typing?! Because if it is, INSTANT FAVE!

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I don't remember what the name of it was, but I think that might be it. :twilightsmile:

I have to say it was getting a little bit distracting that you used so many colons. 34, in fact, and while I'm actually not 100% clear on the rules for them since I almost never use them, I'm pretty sure you could replace most of them.

Here, for example:

Hell, the last time he saw her this nervous was when she was dared to hug Principal Celestia for five bucks: which was quite the interesting display to watch, as he was in the office at the time.

If you replaced the colon with a comma and took out the comma after "watch," you would have: "Hell, the last time he saw her this nervous was when she was dared to hug Principal Celestia for five bucks, which was quite the interesting display to watch as he was in the office at the time." To me, that looks like a perfectly fine sentence that doesn't necessarily need a colon.

There were a few that I'm pretty sure you used correctly, but you definitely made me start scrutinizing the punctuation once I realized there were so many colons. I'm actually somewhat glad because it made me try thinking about stuff I usually don't think about, but that's probably not the effect you want your punctuation to have.

Also, there were these two passages:

When his turn came, he ended up having to race against Rainbow herself, and since she hated it when her opponents took it easy on her: he proceeded to leave her overglorified paint job with wheels in his dust. Her jaw dropped so low it might as well have hit the floor before she silently glared at him.

The last time he was invited to hang out with the girls, they had their own little racing tournament on one of Pinkie’s favourite games: Nightmare Guild III. It ended up with the final round being a match between him and RD, and since she hated it when people went easy on her, he unceremoniously left her glorified paint job with wheels in his dust.

It seems to me that you referenced the same event twice. I don't know if that was intentional or not, but if it was, the fact that you used very similar language the second time made it seem jarring.

There was also this:

mac its in my room i dont know if it sees me through the doors or not

Which wasn't in blue text like the rest of the text replies.

On the topic of the texts, I did really like how the psycho spectre-monster-thingy was considerate enough to use proper grammar. Nice and subtle :twilightsmile:

Like I said, the colons made it hard for me to really get into the story, so I can't honestly say it left much of an impact on me. I think it was quite difficult to properly convey the tension since Big Mac was not directly witnessing the action, but with that in mind I think you did a pretty good job. I thought it was pretty obvious that bad stuff was going down once Rainbow Dash saw a person outside, but there was at least a sliver of hope up until the end, which I really liked. I think it would be better if you streamlined the punctuation, but that's my biggest complaint.

8106476
Thank you for pointing that out, I use the colon way too much. :facehoof:
And... wow, I think I forgot that I had already but that in there, or I thought I deleted the first time I mentioned it. :applejackconfused::facehoof:
I'll fix those ASAP. :twilightsmile:

Anyways, thank you for reading! I'm glad you liked it. :twilightsmile:

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I'll be watching closely for a sequel. This is very well written. Are you sure you're not a professional horror author?

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Thank you. :twilightsmile:
And no, I am not. :twilightblush:

Short, sweet and thrilling. I really enjoyed reading this. The pace worked really well and the tension built perfectly. A definite favourite. :twilightsmile:

Uh-huh. "Inspired". Almost all of the conversation was directly plagiarised from "Annie96 is Typing". Right down to the sequence of events, the ending of the conversation, and even the exact words in a few places. It's fine to get inspiration from something. It isn't fine to steal it. Disliked for plagiarism.

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Really? Damn, looks like some rewrites are in order. :facehoof: Not going to redo the whole thing, of course, but would you mind pointing out which lines were direct copies? :twilightblush:

Thanks for pointing that out. :twilightsmile:

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PLEASE LET THERE BE A SEQUEL?

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In time, if all goes according to plan.
I still have a lot to catch up with. :twilightsmile:

Jeez, the whole third act sent so many chills down my spine. At least there is hope in the end.

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Just wait until I can start on the sequel: the chills found here will seem like ~fluffy little clouds~ in comparison. :pinkiecrazy:

does the word pills mean antyhing to you? because pinkie kept asking your sister to say pills, and nobody knows why

applepills reference :pinkiehappy: if that was a rookie try then you're a natural because i was on the edge of my seat so awesome :rainbowkiss:

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I was wondering when someone would spot that. :ajsmug:

And thanks! :twilightsmile:

8163687 thanks. i love the elements of insanity

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:pinkiegasp: no 555? You're living dangerous, aren't you? :derpytongue2:

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555 is the number they use in place of the middle of a phone number in movies/games/shows so they don't accidentally use someone's real number.

8249010
That certainly would explain all those calls I keep getting...:trixieshiftleft:

In all seriousness, the number stands for something. Like PIXAR and A113. :twilightsmile:

OH MY GOD IT'S SO MUCH LIKE ANNIE96 IS TYPING!

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