At the bottom of Stable 10, the great generator that has kept its residents alive for centuries is beginning to fail. As solutions are sought within, one pegasus sets her sights on the very ponies who built - and possibly sabotaged - her home.
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Good news for you, then! Chapter 39 just popped and it's got some gravity in 'er! ^_^ I'm glad you enjoy the toggling between the A and B stories, especially given the amount of time I've had to spend making sure the backstory paces evenly with the main! I'm really proud of how things have gone even if they're not always perfect. If I would have told myself this story could have had this much going on without me losing track of the progress, I'd think I was lying!
Oooh shit shit shit shit!
Rainbow no!!!
EPIC CHAPTER. Best one so far and I loved every minute of it! A HUUGE chapter too! I praise your hard work and diligence. You craft a master piece and I will be there to read every page!
Also awww Fiona!!! *hopes best birb cat is okies*
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^_^ It's good to finally be able to write with all the cards on the table! We know who pushed the button, Aurora and Ginger are safe and sound, Roach and Julip are on their way to getting stuck together inside that power armor, it's all uphill from here! Well, except for the folks in Blinder's Bluff. That might get messy. >:)
* Fixed some glaring typos as I reread the first half this morning, holy butts I had a laugh when I realized I called Thunderlane a she!
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well fiona can get messy ^^
If that knife is not called Desperate Measures I'll be sorely disappointed in you, El.
Wait, is Ginger’s name a reference to gingering? Funny if true.
Nice update
You know, for some reason I was just assuming "One Size Fits Most" was a bit of non-canon fun. Does this mean it's canon now? I'm happy if so. They're super cute together. Overall great chapter though and looking forward to more!
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Oh, you know it has to be ;)
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Dear god, hahaha! It's not, but I suppose given the things Enclave society is willing to do... I guess it's not outside the realm of possibility. XD
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It's canon, oh yes indeed. ;) Not exactly critical to the story, but cmahn, who among us hasn't had a casual fling with a friend while trapped together inside a pre-apocalypse suit of power armor?
AND HERE WE GO AGAIN, I wouldn't be able to love this story any more if I tried!
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Aaa! Thank you so much, that's awesome to hear! <3
And with that im caught up. What a cliffhanger to leave on. Not just what might happen between Blue and Ginger, but what Primrose might do, since she knows that blue is inside, and that her dirty little secret is out of the bag.
Loved the story, characters that its easy to like, I espesially love Roach, and characters that you love to hate.
Exited for whatever comes next^^
I don't know how you did this, but I just read the longest chapter (so far) and it left me wanting more.
Well done on this chapter, Elbow! Hopefully Blue doesn't do too much damage while Rainbow is away.
First of all…
Amazing chapter, took me 2 days to sit down and read it. Is 10/10
But second of all…
there is a critical lack of firearm related violence going on in this chapter! Do I have to repeat how critical gun is? Do you not understand?!?! 2/10
9/10 needs gun
In which Dear Leader Cozy comes to the realisation that strict, totalitarian regimes bring obedience, not loyalty, and what the differences between the two are...
I certainly hope Clover makes it to safety...
Stable 25 felt really dark, much more so than all the other previously mentioned Stable-Tec experiments. Much more personal. Fortunately not first-hand personal, but I have some soupçon of an inkling of the hell that must have been like all locked up and sealed underground together. Fair play to the overstallion (and the residents) for cleaning up their act. I would not be surprised if crisis gave them a "come to Celestia" moment, and they all collectively pulled their heads out of their respective bottles, and pulled an "Audie Murphy" and all quit cold turkey.
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I'm glad you're excited! Writing Renewal has been a highlight of my adult life and I hope to do it proper justice by the end.
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I briefly considered cutting it down but boy I'm happy I didn't. Writing this chapter was an organizational struggle that wound up being worth it, and I'm relieved you and everyone else enjoyed it despite the density!
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;) I'm still trying to convince Deputy Chase that Blue doesn't attack, she just gives love bites.
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Didn't you know this is a pacifist playthrough? xD Ah well, I'm *sure* I can find a paragraph or two for more boomsticks. Glad you're enjoying the ride, bulletflingers or not!
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I'm rooting for Clover, too. He seems like a decent guy... yaknow, for a member of the Enclave.
I was tempted to go into more detail on Stable 25 but the more I played with it, more I realized I was pulling the pacing off the rails. I don't usually trust myself enough to be deliberately vague like I was with the fate of 25 so I'm happy it clicked for you. In truly unreliable narrator fashion, I'll leave it up to you all to theorize how their Stable fared in the end and whether it's still in operation today. ^_^
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Pacifist runs are for losers, violence is always the answer :p
Bigger gun = Better gun
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Granted the bar is not set very high, but at least he is not actively trying to tunnel underneath it.
I fear everypony in '25 is long dead. It seems Stable-Tec in your universe is less "Cave Johnson" and more "Josef Mengele" what with their deliberate, measured application of cruelty to study the pony condition and all the myriad of ways it can break down.
Stable-Tec solving for the "Time" variable? I would give them 30 years (assuming no gross alcohol-catalysed society breakdown beforehand) as the next generation grows up mentally damaged from foetal alcohol syndrome. Institutional knowledge on repairing and maintaining stable 25's life-support is lost and the residents are left to suffocate fetlock-deep in their own filth as critical systems start failing.
Stable 25 did manage to recover (that must have been the mother of all interventions), but not-Cozy was aware of their existence, and given her access to all the stables' systems, likely finished what Stable-Tec started. A few *clickety-clicks* on a keyboard and 'hey, presto!' the environmental system is starting to pump out nitrogen gas (if she was feeling merciful) or hydrogen sulfide (if she was not).
Either way, I fear stable 25 is a tomb at this point.
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Oh! You're starting from the start! ^_^ Aurora is something of the unabashed nudist in her Stable, no doubt about it. And Selenophile did a fantastic job portraying that! XD
"Dr. Able never went to far as to credit it directly"
"Dr. Able never went so far as to credit it directly"?
"he may as well be inhaling the filter"
"he might as well have been inhaling the filter"?
"He never smoked before, at least not"
"He'd never smoked before, at least not"?
"you’ve barely taken that Pip-Buck in two centuries"
"you’ve barely taken that Pip-Buck off in two centuries"?
"appeared to be in much of a hurry to do so as their counterparts"
"appeared to be in as much of a hurry to do so as their counterparts"?
"to the long-dead Element on Kindness despite her"
"to the long-dead Element of Kindness despite her"?
...Also, so far I've spotted Counselor Aeol-something's name spelled I think at least three different ways in this chapter, and/or her with at least three different but similar names?
"Aurora let Desperate Times lay slackly against her side"
"Aurora let Desperate Times lie slackly against her side"?
"from the mattress to shoved it the rest"
"from the mattress to shove it the rest"?
"Each and every pegasi here, whether"
"Each and every pegasus here, whether"?
"for his fellow pegasi that may have otherwise stayed shut"
"for his fellow pegasi that might have otherwise stayed shut"?
"species she didn’t remember the names grew in the corners"
"species she didn’t remember the names of grew in the corners"?
"but more importantly were the secret dossiers "
"but more important were the secret dossiers "?
And I guess those drinks before weren't alcoholic, then.
"finding her during one of expeditions into the wasteland"
"finding her during one of his expeditions into the wasteland"?
"an uncontaminated pegasi Stable"
"an uncontaminated pegasus Stable"?
"across his jaw with the end of the wing, prompting"
"across his jaw with the end of a wing, prompting"?
"and eventually skid to a stop in a cloud"
"and eventually skidded to a stop in a cloud"?
"Roach was already on her way toward the abandoned P-45"
"Roach was already on his way toward the abandoned P-45"?
"toward the saddlebags laying on the dirt a few"
"toward the saddlebags lying on the dirt a few"?
"This may come to a shock to you, Julip"
"This may come as a shock to you, Julip"?
"food or water for two day’s travel"
"food or water for two days' travel"?
"what the Ranger and Enclave are doing to each other"
"what the Rangers and Enclave are doing to each other"?
"She swallowed. She made it back."
"She swallowed. She'd made it back."?
"the foot of the Foal Mountain, she began"
"the foot of Foal Mountain, she began"?
"Colonel Weathers is on his way to greet us."
"Colonel Weathers is on her way to greet us."?
"a bemused look as asking"
"a bemused look as if asking"?
"unusually darkened antechamber at the top the ramp"
"unusually darkened antechamber at the top of the ramp"?
"tended not to have much less body mass left for brains"
"tended not to have much body mass left for brains"?
"that she was the first non-pegasi to step hoof into Stable 10"
"that she was the first non-pegasus to step hoof into Stable 10"?
"Ginger and came this fucking close to"
"Ginger and I came this fucking close to"?
"grateful no one was out loitering the hallways"
"grateful no one was out loitering in the hallways"?
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Hey there, would it be possible for you to send future typo corrections directly to my inbox rather than the comments? It'd be easier for me to keep track of them, and it'd free up room in the comments for conversation.
Thanks kindly!
And finished the chapter! Just one left to catch up, now! ...Aaaand an entire other story, of course, but at least that one's only a bit less than ten kilowords. :D
Anyway, I continue to enjoy the story; thanks for writing. :)
So Ginger didn't tell neither Applebloom nor Rainbow that the other is alive.
I hope Roach doesn't forget them too since AB could need some company.
Alright, I'm saying it. I'm gonna say it.
She's gonna set one up to either balefire them, or overload the generator intentionally. I don't TRUST it.
Edit: YEAH SHE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD KNOW WHAT THE TALISMANS ARE.
...Don't ask me why, but this number has me sus for some reason. Maybe I'm paranoid.
She's going to make this a balefire bomb, and Ginger's gonna have to teleport it out. Or, hopefully, she recognizes the balefire and how it feels from the dream, and she doesn't activate it. That would make the Enclave sus that it doesn't explode, though, and either way provides issues, but one way doesn't end in Ginger or Aurora dying.
Or her dad. Oh god. If Ginger or Aurora's Dad die I'm going to CRY.
Oh. Oooohhh!!!!!!! Awwwwwwww!!!! This completely caught me off guard and, wow!! What a twist! This was so nice. This entire chapter, free from conflict, has been so cathartic. Especially after the last couple weeks of action, I'm really liking how this is winding down. Feathers crossed it doesn't go south
It's so nice to see aurora being a silly bean <3