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Kotatsu Neko


Mostly crossovers. WARNING: Not A Fast Writer

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I'm sorry, friendship is what now? How... quaint. Well, we don't believe in magic here. We believe in science. Delicious, magical science!

Twilight Sparkle is (by sheer coincidence to her name) a Spark: someone who is able to use questionable science to create miraculous devices that defy the laws of reality. She's still learning, though, and can't quite get out of a slump that endangers her career. Soon, however, a quintet of mysterious beings will cross her path, throwing her into a battle against an otherworldly foe. Her only hope is to push her talents to their limits, discover what lies beyond the enigmatic Intertwined Gate, and show them... show them ALL!

(This fic is based on the excellent webcomic Girl Genius, taking place several decades after the current time of the story.)

Chapters (3)
Comments ( 17 )

This sounds interesting. I think a bit more backstory as to why four of the mane characters are located in vats right now, though.

They're piloting remote drones of some sort, then? But how did that happen, and why can't they go around in their actual bodies? Injured or too weak?

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That's going to be one of the mysteries of this fic. All will be revealed in time, though I will say that these are alternate versions of them, not the Equestrian standard models.

ok I so going to be follow this one, I am a huge fan of the webcomic Girl Genius,
have twilight in that world or any of the mane 6 or even crossover of the two worlds meet up some how.....
and also twilight always was a spark, just her spark been more long line of magic,

...Why did he refer to them as "little pony people"? I was under the impression this was a world of Humans. I can only assume, that they knew a different version of Twilight, and the one from the long description is either an alternate reality version of the one they knew, which would open a dangerously big can of worms, or she is a reincarnation.

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My best guess is that they use a portal or something to get the original version OR the alt version is in the unpronounceable town.

Samarkand had a really fun crossover of these two (Mare Genius), but it's dead-ish now. There were updates on the spacebattles forums, but those are now 8 months old, too.

As a long-time Girl Genius fan -- and an even-longer-time fan of Phil Foglio -- I'm putting this in my queue.

I was right to follow this. It keeps getting better. A robotic Spike somehow makes so much sense, and Sparks are just about as much fun as Discord going full Chaotic Good (he does tend to redefine that a bit, though) on someone. (Read the glorious Magical Mystery Oops if you want to experience that. Especially the later chapters.)

The Gate is also interesting. I guess it makes sense that it would match the clockpunk scenery, but that IS a cool description.

So, the universe with the Sparks is the anthro (EG) universe, and the one with the people needing to kidnap a Spark is Equestria proper? Or vice versa? I can't quite tell, since Spike is there, and yet so are the people from EG.

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It's the Girl Genius world, which happens to include alternate universe versions of Equestria/EqG characters. For the purposes of this fic, there's no such thing as Ponyworld or High School Ponygirlworld.

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Ah. So much for trying to rationalize or guess at it. I'll just have to see as I read along.
Anyway, it's sounding fun so far.

Let me guess, she gets kidnapped just before the bar crawl, and they think she tried to escape again? Or do they ALL get grabbed?

Still here? I look forward to the next chapter, if you plan to keep writing.

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I'm still around. It's just that, for various reasons, I'm not always able to get a whole lot of writing done. In fact, what I've written here is more than I've been able to do for a long time. Chapter 2 is in the works, though.

Still working on this? Maybe a like would motivate you, because I'm giving you one. Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of SunLight, but I'll let the implication slide.

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P-please sir, I want some more? Can we expect Twilight to exact revenge on Sunset for the "Hygiene Cannon"? Glorious, mad scienc-y revenge?

So this is actually in the same universe as Girl Genius, just so long past the events of it that Agatha's adventures have become the stuff of legends? Nice!

Have I mentioned that I love this story? If not recently, I may need to do so again.

It's so much fun trying to figure out what's going on (though confusing on occasion), and the little things (or not-so-little) like the just-similar-enough names or the battle of the streetlights are so whimsical and unusual that I can't help but look on in awe. And you've really captured the personalities and reactions of the Sparky mindset.

WOOHOOOOOO!!! I'm tempted to quote Dr. Frankenstein here. 'Cause it's... It's good to see an update! Please keep'em coming Neko!:raritystarry:

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I hope it's not too confusing. I'm holding my cards close to my vest on certain things, but I'm trying to provide enough information where I can. Of course, it makes sense to me since I know what's going on, but...

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