Equestria is experiencing a long age of prosperity. The entire world blossoms in a new spring of rapid connection and growth. Things could not be better.
But something beyond the stars has finally noticed all of this warm, beautiful life. Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie must race against time to stop the emissaries of a hideous strength from destroying everything they cherish.
Oooooooooooooooooo.
I am almost sad that Pinkie is off having visions, because a Pinkie Pie new pony party welcome for this stranger would be kind awesome.
I look forward to the rest of this!
Oh dear. I wonder when NICE will show up?
Ah. There it is!
This certainly is an interesting take on (sort of) HiE...
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Judging by the references in this chapter, that would be a very, very bad idea...
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I’ve strongly considered doing a crossover of sorts
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Your Southern Gothic style would certainly make for an interesting crossover to be sure
Nice start!
slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
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ponyville but
yes
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Surely some revelation is at hand
Are we humans in it?
This is amazing. You have me well and truly hooked. Eagerly looking forward to more. This promises to be a truly fascinating culture clash.
C.S. Lewis would have had a lot to say about the faceless cyberpunk megacorporations, especially ones ruled by vast, cool and unsympathetic posthuman intelligences.
I'm glad to see that Equestria is not being caught unaware!
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The shadow of that
hideous
strength
six miles high its
length
Not really my kind of read, but I'll bite.
Beyond being curious to see what happens next, I love how you displayed Twilight entering "Princess mode", for lack of a better term. Not to mention your creepy take on Agents/Men in Black, and a slightly more nuanced Pinkie.
For a moment, I thought it was going to go full Gray Goo, but there wouldn't be quite as much narrative potential.