Burn it Down
Aria Blaze attempted to massage the crick out of her hand, but it was to no avail. Something about operating the desktop computer just wouldn’t let her hand know peace. She sighed and focused back on the monitor when a familiar reflection caused a sneer to form from her lips.
“Sonata, go away,” she said as she focused on her work, slight cringes intermittently appearing on her face as she typed, “I’m really not in the mood to talk right now.”
“You seem to be having some hand trouble there, Ari.” Sonata clucked her tongue.
“What of it?” Aria asked, the staccato rhythm of the keyboard accompanying her words.
Her sister hummed plastically. “I’d suggest you check out a dating website if your hand is cramping up that much.”
Aria growled as she hit the return key and continued typing. “It’s not that, you psychotic pervert.”
She felt a hand on her shoulder and a slight chuckle originate from behind her. “I wouldn’t call burning down an animal shelter so that you end up in heaven with a bunch of puppies psychotic.”
“I would.” Aria shrugged the hand off and winced. “Especially when you chain yourself to a radiator after starting the blaze.”
“Look,” Sonata said, “you wouldn’t know this first-hand because you haven’t tried to immolate yourself several times, but fire hurts and I didn’t want to risk reflexively putting myself out.”
“And where did that get you?” Aria asked as her fingers expertly tapped on the keys. “Naked and surrounded by dead puppies.” She grunted as she operated the mouse and clicked it. Aria then swiveled her chair around to face her sister, who wore an artificial smile. “Now that I sent that off to my editor, why are you bothering me?”
Sonata winked and wiggled her hand. “I actually was watching you writhe in pain, at first envious of your ability to feel anything, and then,” she said as she eased Aria out of the way of the desk in order to examine it, “and then I thought that maybe I could put those design classes you signed me up for to good use.”
“Don’t get melo―” Aria started, before her jaw relaxed and her eyes widened. “You’re actually going to those?” She gnarred before rolling her eyes. “At least you’re better than Adagio, going off to random exotic places and seducing the locals.”
“Now, now,” Sonata said as she visually perused Aria’s workspace, “we don’t know exactly what Dagi’s doing in Marejorca. She could be―okay, I see―she could be visiting local landmarks and historical sites.”
Aria snorted and looked to the side. “I doubt that, knowing her. She’s probably swallowing―”
“Her pride through addictive physical sensations, just as I’ve descended into a space where I experience no emotions at all and can only resist attempting to kill myself when I remind myself of all the previous times that it didn’t work.” Sonata sighed and gripped the edges of the desk. “Okay, I can see why your hand is cramping up. The ergonomics of your workspace is all wrong.”
Aria blinked, then raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean, the ergonomics are all wrong? This is literally how everyone in the world sits at a desk.”
“Well, obviously,” Sonata said as she clasped her hands together, “it’s not working for you. Now who are you going to trust? Those random yahoos in stock photos, or your sister who developed suicidal ideations after losing her ability to feed on hatred who’s specifically going to school for this sort of thing?”
“You drive such a hard bargain,” Aria said before she rolled her eyes again.
Sonata smiled widely. “Seriously, though, I’ll have this fixed up in a jiffy.”
Sonata and Aria watched as Crystal Preparatory High School engulfed itself in flames.
Aria stared at the conflagration, her eyes as wide as saucers.
Sonata opened her mouth, then closed it. She then raised a finger.
“I have no clue how we arrived at this juncture,” Sonata said.
Aria growled. “I might have a clue―Sonata, no,” she said as she grabbed Sonata’s ponytail. “Don’t jump into the fire. You’ll just end up naked and talking to the police like all the other times.”
Sonata blushed and let out a weak chuckle. “R-right. Fire bad.”
“I had a paper to hand in today.”
Sonata and Aria’s heads turned to face the source of the voice, who was a relatively young woman with orange glasses and flowing white twintails. She stared at the blaze with a stone-faced expression, then turned her gaze to the two sisters who looked like the cat who ate the canary. “Did you burn down the school?”
“I was trying to create an ergonomically advantageous workspace for my sister!”
Aria buried her face in her hands as Sonata glared at the young girl with balled-up fists, her breaths shallow.
The girl turned back to face the blaze. “No, it’s fine. I couldn’t finish it in time, so I was going to ask for an extension. You just arranged that for me.”
Aria and Sonata relaxed their postures and exchanged glances, then looked back at the increasingly strange girl.
“Sugarcoat,” she said, “and thank you. I hate asking for extensions. Makes me look irresponsible.”
Sonata pursed her lips while Aria sighed disapprovingly. Sonata then walked up to Sugarcoat and offered her hand, a charming grin on her face. “Hi! I’m Sonata.” She chuckled. “I like lighting myself on fire.” Aria audibly groaned.
Sugarcoat licked her teeth, then tentatively grasped Sonata’s hand and gave it a firm shake. “Um, I like burgers.”
Sonata looked back at Aria who shook her head vigorously, then faced Sugarcoat again. “Okay, let’s do your thing before the fire department shows up and starts asking questions.”
“Fine by me,” Sugarcoat said with a shrug. “Follow me. I know this great burger joint.”
“Okey-dokey!” Sonata said as she followed Sugarcoat away from the vicious blaze. Aria followed as well, clenching a fist before it cramped up again, causing her to swear before massaging it.
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Dammit, Syeekoh.
8131704 It’s always nice when this is the first comment.
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You know when your kid first curses. You know you should be ashamed, but you're just grinning?
That feeling is Majin Syeekoh.
8131721 I should put that on my wall.
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Do it mate. It'd be an honor
I have several questions, the most prominent of which being: what the fuck, Syeekoh?
Good shit, as usual.
8131725 what the fuck is starting to come up more recently, yeah.
And thanks.
Some sirens just want to see the world burn.
8131756 I couldn’t have said it better myself.
I'm just left with one question...
why is it so common for the sirens to end up at crystal prep after rainbow rocks? seriously, I've seen a bunch of fan fics where it happens, and I can't figure a reason for it. There's no inherent humor, or cool factor.
unless they meet sci twi before friendship games and mold her into their ally in order to regain their magic... Someone please write that.
8131822 My guess is that it’s the only other school available after they got booed out of Canterlot High. You could say it’s a way to get a fresh start.
Although I’d hardly say they’re going to Crystal Prep here, hehe.
What makes it all the stranger for me is that it was Crystal Prep. If it had been their home -- be it a house or apartment building -- I could figure it out. If it had been a store -- like an office supply store -- I could figure it out. But to have it be a school they were not at and had in fact never even attended...
It's... funny, but in a... It's all so over the top and weird, that I have to find it funny because I'm not sure how to react kind of way.
...which is a statement I never thought I would be making.
Really not sure how I feel about this.
8131845 Yeah, I was kind of going for the sheer WTF of it being Crystal Prep of all places.
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I want you to know I spent time making that instead of actually reading this fic.
8131869 Oh my god I just busted a gut from that.
Thank you so much.
Okay, NOW I've actually read it.
8131873 You read enough to fool me into thinking you read the story.
That’s fine with me.
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And people have said I'M mean to Sonata in my stories.
8131893 People tend to notice that I’m really mean to EqG characters.
It’s just because I love them so much.
do you think god stays in heaven because he, too, lives in fear of his creation?
8131977 I am in physical pain from laughing with your comment because the answer is most likely yes.
Some of us are mean to the ones we love. It's the way we show we care. If she was real (which she isn't, lucky for me), I would owe Sunset Shimmer one hell of an apology for all the shit I put her through. Same for the Dazzlings.
If it makes you feel any better, Posh recently warped my brain for a story as well.
8131869 - That is f-ing beautiful.
So, I was taking a break from homework when I read this. Cue everyone in the entire computer lab turning to stare at me as I try to control my hysterical laughter.
Then, I'm reading it a few hours later and, like, actually reading the words. And, in an effort to control my laughter, I walk out of my dorm room with a half-full bottle of decarbinated Sprite (the soda), walk down the hall drinking it like it's alcohol and then come back up to the common room to explain to my friends, while wheezing with repressed hysterics, why I think I need to read more fanfiction. I got so many laughs out of Sonata's line about no longer having emotion that one of my friends actually came into my room to also read the fic and fell on the floor laughing.
Your shit is always the best shit, my friend.
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Nonsympathetic portrayals of the sirens are surprisingly rare to find, so I always appreciate them when I come across them. This is especially nice, since I can see each of them coping with their disempowerment in these specific ways. And I do have a soft spot for batshit crazy Sonata.
Thank you for this.
I like this. Still wondering how getting suicidal made Sonata so much smarter, but maybe that's what our education systems are lacking today. I really liked the cut to Crystal Prep, that was a good way to show that some thinking had gone on there that we weren't privy to, and decisions were taken which retrospectively seem hard to follow. Also, Sonata's line about the dating site was amazing.
8133062 I wasn't particularly complaining, or saying that writing her differently would have made the story better, if it helps? I do tend to see her as more stupid than that, but that probably made the story all the funnier, and I don't think it would have worked as well had she been a bit dim.
I have to take issue on some of the things you're highlighting in your response, though, with regards to canon - I'd say some things about Sonata's canon portrayal firmly suggest she isn't too bright:
She doesn't seem to get sarcasm, when Adagio says that she loves it in the EG world, and she takes metaphors very literally, with the 'she didn't push them, she pulled the lever' line. But no, those don't necessarily say that she's stupid. The one that sells it for me is how she almost gives the game away to Sunset outside the cafeteria. The getting distracted by lunch thing I can see being cloudcuckoolanderism, but I think only stupidity explains her telling their enemy about their special powers.
I guess it could be just being incredibly ditzy, but I find stupidity more convincing as an explanation. And past a certain point, I lose track of the distinction between ditziness and lack of intelligence.
Also, Adagio at least is shown to be very quick-witted and perceptive in the movie, probably moreso than just about any other MLP character, which I think suggests she at least wouldn't be dealing with the heroin addict thing (though again, it could be true for Sonata and maybe Aria).
My comment was meant to be more a comment on the story than a criticism of it, I agree with everything you've said about it being an MS story, and I think Syeekoh's approach offers (as well as being very funny) a lot of unique perspectives with surprisingly far-reaching possibilities (I'm thinking Ave Sonata, Time-Out Tuesday, Sonata's Best Night Ever and Adagio Is, in particular); that's one of the reasons I really appreciate his stories
Such a heart warming tale of sisterly bonding!
Or is that bondage?
I dunno.
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8133400 It’s a tale of something, that’s for sure.
"Naked and surrounded by dead puppies"
Well, I know how I want to be shuffled off this mortal coil.
8133566 That does sound tempting...
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Sugarcoat does. :3
Goddamnit, Syeekoh.
...I don't know what I was expecting.
Dammit Syeekoh.
I'm not sure why this works, but it works. The jump cut should throw me, but it doesn't. It's all so random... how are you making it so funny?!
NOTICETEACH MESENPAISYEEKOH!8133400
I think I read that story.
out of *her hand
... how do you hum plastically?
Was this during Pledge Week?
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Is she trying to land one of them for a date?
8151780 Thanks for the catch!
Its always interesting to see a portrayak of the sirens post depowering that has them be actually altered by having a fundamental part of themselves destroyed.
8160674 Yes, I've toyed with the idea myself. Did you know there's an actual condition called amusia where brain damage causes someone to lose the ability to hear music as such?
This was way, way more enjoyable than I thought it would be.
The sirens are so much fun, Sonata especially so. They're the right kind of crazy.
A happy ending for all, it seems. Except for Cadance and Shining Armour who died in the flame
Dears, you're repeating yourselves.
Sonata having nerve damage and not being able to physically feel anything is an interesting concept I hope to see you use more of it in the future.
Okay, wait, what
9489923
What, indeed.
9489923
You're probably going to be saying that a lot on your journey.
9489923
prequel. only tangentially connected, mainly to set up the characterization of the non-adagio sirens.
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Definitely not the question that was on my mind.
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In fact, I'm reasonably certain it wasn't originally Beanis, but got folded into canon later. It's not even the only one of Majin's fics that that's happened for, either.
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Do people just stalk this story's comments regularly or what