The huge warning about sexual content really makes it a shock when the only chapter so far is just a fantastic non-explicit one, heh.

Who's Twilight paired up with?

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Yup, hence the incomplete tag. Gotta read on!

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Twi and the Mane 6 will appear in this story, but the explicit activity will involve the royal sisters.

Celestia's plan is really stupid. I wonder how long until the Drought and famine sets in?

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That's exactly what she's trying to avoid!

READER NOTE

The cover art for this story has been changed, as the artist of the previous image declined permission to have their work featured here. Sorry for any confusion.

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I thought so. Can I have a link to the original tho? Or, just tell me the derpibooru item number.

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It's an sfw image, I can't see there being any harm in just linking you to it:

https://derpibooru.org/1398968

And the original artist wasn't upset or anything. They appreciated that I like their work, they just didn't want it associated with a story where NMM will likely engage in sex. Not because they have a problem with sex, but because they already have a headcanon/story for that pic they created. And I can respect that.

“There are no other ways, my sister,”

No other ways? NO OTHER WAYS??? What about population controls, or researching better farming practices?? Even if this worked exactly as you think it will, it'll only help until the population surpasses the food production again, and then what will you do?

And, if we're going to be clear here, this is not going to work. For many reasons, some of which I will list here:

• Sure, ponies might only need 8 hours of sleep now, but increasing working hours will increase fatigue and therefore increase the amount of sleep they need.
• Some plants, such as tomatoes and some varieties of potato, can actually be damaged by excessive sunlight.
• Many flowering plants are photoperiodic, meaning that the sense specific day/night lengths to trigger flowering. This means that farming such plants will become much more difficult, if not outright impossible.
• Increasing the number of day hours will raise the temperature, causing droughts and other natural disasters, as well as possibly pushing it beyond the temperature that some plants will grow at.
• Most animals rely on day length for timekeeping, and their biology links it to everything from the color of fur or feathers for camouflage to reproductive cycles. Altering the length of the day would cause severe damage to the local ecology.

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Right, Luna makes some of those points too.