The Rift

by Colors

#8 Sigma

I

A trillion miles above Equestria, there is a rift on the surface of a large crystal sphere.

In the center of Equestria, seven hundred yards from Canterlot, there is a rift on the ground. Sigma stood at its edge, her long mane blowing in the soft wind, the only part of her body that was moving.

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She was wearing two large saddle bags on her back, brown and nondescript. For over two minutes, she stood still. Eventually – perhaps she had come to a decision? – a steady stream of purple erupted from her horn, forming a web around her entire body. As time passed it grew lighter in color, until it was almost invisible.

She took a deep breath. Then she took several steps backwards. Then she ran towards the rift. Then she jumped, even though at the last moment, it seemed as if she had changed her mind. But it was too late. Or was it? She had passed over the edge, but momentarily she cast a different spell, one which caught her in mid-air. Breathing heavily, she directed it to float her back to the edge. On shaky hooves, she stepped back onto solid ground.

She sighed.

II

Forty minutes later, Sigma closed the door of her apartment building in Canterlot.

Many ponies talk to themselves when they’re alone. It’s more common than most think, because many who do are too embarrassed to admit it. If Sigma had been among them, perhaps now she would have said something informative. But she didn’t. She only dropped her saddlebags, shuffled to her fridge, poured herself a glass of wine, and sat down onto a couch. Not a single word that would explain what had just happened.

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Comments

[alarajrogers]

This would probably have more comments if the thematic connections were clearer. I liked Lynn's second piece because for the first time we could clearly see that you have plans to pull things together, but if you were planning on introducing a bunch of new segments before coming back around to the continuation of older characters, I might re-order that to prioritize coming back around to some of the older ones first before re-introducing the new ones. I gotta say I was a little disappointed by Sigma, not because there's anything wrong with it, but because when Lynn 2 came out I started thinking oh, yeah, we're finally gonna get more information about these disparate ponies and what's going on with them, and then boom, new pony with new issue.

Also, I think it's kind of weird that Discord's section was the least bizarre of all of them. Well, okay, Fluttershy's section was also fairly normal, but Discord's section isn't even about him, it's about Princess Celestia. If there was anyone in a place to notice that control and order are seeping out of the universe, I'd think it would be Discord, but he spends his section mocking Princess Celestia about a religion ponies have based on her.

[Colors]

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Did you upvote this and then retreat your upvote without downvoting? I’ve never seen that happen before!

Truth is, you’re giving me too much credit. This story is an experiment of pre-committing myself to writing on something every day. I want to develop the ability of producing something weird but entertaining at a regular schedule, not just occasionally when I happen to be inspired (this is why there will be a new chapter every day else I failed. It’s also why the concept is so broad). None of this was planned. Everything is made-up on the fly. Pure, (almost) unhinged creativity.

Fortunately, I am starting to naturally get ideas of how to weave some of this stuff together, so it will actually converge. Next chapter is about Twilight&Fluttershy (I currently keep a buffer size of 1).

[alarajrogers]

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I did, accidentally. Didn't even know that was possible. My monitor wasn't clearly showing the green, so I thought I hadn't clicked on it. I re-clicked the upvote for you.

[Colors]

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Aw, I’m almost a bit disappointed that you didn’t do it on purpose. Being so thoughtful with upvotes would be amazing.

It’s only been possible since the site redesign, I believe.