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Ruirik


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Yesterday you were born.
Tomorrow, you will die.
When the river of life promises to sweep you away
All you have left is to live for today.


Editing provided by The24thPegasus and Loyal Liar
Written for Everfree Northwest's Iron Author competition

Chapters (1)
Comments ( 14 )

A new Ruirik fic?? It's not christmas, is it?

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I ain't dead yet!

Hm. Good stuff, all around, and more than a little melancholy. I like it.

Loved it, was very well written. Good on you Rui. The cover art is very good too.

:duck: He wasn't the only one living each day. . .
:twilightoops: You didn't?!
:raritywink: I did, I do'd who do you think will run the Boutique when I'm gone?
:moustache: You don't live to be a wise five hundred year old without being a little young and wild :facehoof:

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sweet celestia that was super bittersweet. congrats on 3rd. who got 2nd or first do you know?

I greatly enjoyed this story. Congrats :pinkiehappy:

Well done. Very well done.

By Celestia's beard, Rurik! You live! Praise the Gods!
Seriously though, good to see you venture back into the realm of pony literature :pinkiehappy:

This is an interesting one. Left me feeling rather pensive. Nice work :twilightsmile:

Ever have one of those days where you remember something vividly enough that it seemed like it was yesterday? Childhood memories are sometimes fun that way. Sometimes sad.

His eyes caught sight of a leaf as it drifted down the current. How he wished in that moment he could be that leaf, so blissfully unaware of his existence.

Existential dilemma? Feels like a to be or not to be moment to me.

This was good in the competition and it's good here. I'm still not a big fan of the concept, as tired as it is in this fandom, but your execution of it was flawless. Damn fine job, man.

You get a thumbs up, but for a different reason.

Execution was decent. Calling the subject beating a dead horse would be an understatement: there’s nothing left of the horse by now. But I like the mention of a different approach. Granted, “living in the now” message has been repeated into oblivion, but it sparked some interesting thoughts for me.

For one, what would “living in the now” entail for us, were we immortal? Would we forget our loved ones, given time? Should we forget? Who would we be if we ever became mentally adapted to such a life? Perhaps there was a way it could’ve been good for us to be immortal.

That’s what I thank you for. Not for the quality of the story itself, but for the questions it made me ask myself.

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I got second with Trade Negotiations, and redsquirrel456 took first place with Take Notice.

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Very, very good, immortal(ish) angst done right. :)

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