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Darknight Moonwing wears no uniform. White button-down shirts look quite official, and stand out in the darkness, whereas her shadow-colored fur does not. Her authority and her duty are not summed up by a neat white shirt nor a shiny badge, not in her opinion. She’d been hired to guard, a duty she would fulfill to the best of her abilities. Everything else was secondary to that.
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Proper blog post coming Monday!
Am feeling so called out right now.
A lot of effort for only $1000 or so a TON.
Then again, most criminals are opportunitists and dont have to be genii?
Here in the USA, she’s likely to get her ass sued off
That line sold me on this. Well done.
I think I'm in love!
That was the way a bat pony ought to be written! And the picture really does saw so much.
Well done!
All of the stories in the Similar box are also by Admiral Biscuit.
Methinks someone writes a few too many Human/Slice of Life fics.
Meanwhile, the plant manager sleeps easily after a hard day's work of embezzling from the company and violating environmental regulations. Criminals come in many forms, after all.
Sounds like this strikes close to home - looking forward to the blog post.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TapOnTheHead
She wasn't issued a taser or something?
Or maybe something like https://satwcomic.com/armed-to-immobilize
9809267
Sued for what? That VHS tape is old and has been recorded on over and over again in lousy black and white. It was all a bad dream. It never happened at all. She is the Night.
9809388
Dude, this is the USA.
Somebody just sued Popeye’s for running out of chicken
Somebody sued Satan for “thwarting God’s will”
People brought a class action lawsuit against Macdonald’s for charging more for items sold in store
9809448
I would embed a certain Weird Al song here, but it would be too easy.
I really expected...
"Hey?" He looked around, which was foolish because you didn't have to look very hard to see it, if it had still been there. "Where's the car? Don't tell me while we were nicking the bars, some little bastard made off with our car!"
I’m sure it’s a great story because you are a great writer and batponies are intrinsically intrinsically great, but “Darknight Moonwing” is literally the most batpony OC-ish name possible. Unless you were purposely doing that for comedic effect. Or to annoy 9809252. Either reason is valid.
Any chance this got inspiration from the Harry Chapin song "A Better Place to Be"? The story doesn't follow the song at all, but the song is about a night watchman at Miller's Tool and Die.
I was expecting some like "she didn't call the police because here hooves can't operate a rotary file" what with the phone being a Western Electric model and all.
She is Batmare.
Unprepared idiots. You never know when a pair of dykes would be useful. It’s not like it’s hard to find some in Equestria.
9809448
My favorite bit of legal shenanigan was the the time a guy sued Satan for screwing with his life and the courts rejected it both because he wasn't a reasonable section of humanity and because he failed to tell them how a bailiff could contact Satan to serve summons.
Unrelatedly, this batpone amuses me. I hope they keep their job.
9809840
The case I’m thinking of was dismissed because “As Satan is not a legal resident of the USA, this court lacks jurisdiction”
He’d have to sue in federal court
9809252
As well you should
9809263
Yeah, but then metal yards are often not as well guarded as banks, so you’ve got a lower payoff but also lower risk.
This is also true.
9809267
Maybe. Batponies might have good lawyers, you never know. I’ve heard good things about bird lawyers.
9809270
Thank you!
9809276
Thank you!
I really liked that. I had a couple images in mind, and while that was the simplest, it spoke volumes. Krash42 actually has a really great art style.
9809291
Yes, they are. And a couple of them are tightly thematically connected (Sunbeam and Peterbilt Glider).
Methinks other authors don’t write enough. Imma try and fix that; stay tuned.
9809327
Well, yeah, that is a possibility. Can’t deny it. However ... if Darknight Moonwing reads up on various laws, and if she catches the plant manager committing crimes which put the plant at risk--the plant is is her duty to protect--she might deal with the problem herself.
9809333
It does, although probably not for the reasons you’re thinking. The next one in the mini-series is going to be a lot more autobiographical.
9809342
Probably not; her training manual suggests she’s supposed to hide and call the police.
9809388
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9809448
To be fair, though, the legal system is supposed to be accessible to anyone (i.e., there’s not supposed to be a steep bar to entry), and many of those frivolous lawsuits get thrown out long before ever reaching court.
Obviously, it’s not a perfect system.
9809459
I did consider her stealing their car (or relocating it, which technically isn’t theft), but I think she’d concern herself with what’s inside the fence and not worry about what’s outside.
Of course, that doesn’t mean some other opportunist couldn’t come along, see an apparently abandoned vehicle in the alleyway--possibly with the keys still in it--and take advantage of the circumstances. But that’s not Darknight’s concern.
9809496
According to Present Perfect, "All bat pony names include the words 'dark', 'moon', 'night' and/or 'wing'. [She] lucked out and got all four!"
9809607
I think a rotary phone would actually be easier to hoof-operate than some pushbutton phones; all you’ve got to do is turn the dial the right number of clicks and you’re good. You don’t have to put your fingers in the finger holes, after all.
Western Electric did make pusbutton phones; the model 1500 and model 2500 were produced from 1963-1984. I’ve got a beige model 2500 that ROBCakeran gave me recently.
9809707
She is the night.
9809603
That’s a tough question to properly answer. :P Obviously, you know the song, and I know the song--I love the song. Thematically, Turnpike is far more inspired by “A Better Place to Be” (and I think you’d enjoy that story, if you haven’t read it). But the fact that she’s working as a night watchman at Miller’s Tool and Die is very much a reference to that song.
9809830
I know, right?
9809840
Of course she will. As 9809388 observed, the tape is old, and it never happened at all.
9809873 9809840
According to Wikipedia, in 1970 a lawyer filed suit against God and won by default, as God did not turn up in court.
A different suit, in 2008, was ultimately thrown out in part because God did not have a fixed address, and thus could not be served notice by the court.
9810198
It also turns out that the number of bad lawsuits is exaggerated:
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/12/16/13971482/mcdonalds-coffee-lawsuit-stella-liebeck
https://priceonomics.com/how-a-lawsuit-over-hot-coffee-helped-erode-the-7th/
For example, the "hot coffee" lawsuit actually had a very valid reason behind it, but some corporations wanting to avoid liability for big mistakes they made used PR to spin it into "lawsuits gone wild!" to help push through laws making it harder for legitimate lawsuits to go through.
"“The last several decades, large corporations afraid of being sued for making unsafe products created front groups like Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse to turn public opinion against lawsuits,” University of Washington professor Michael McCann told Conover. But “the best social science evidence shows that the number of personal injury lawsuits in recent decades has declined, and the median payout is only $55,000.”"
That doesn't mean some lawsuits aren't ridiculous- they are. But most of them get easily tossed out of court.
9810204
If Mr. Ed can dial a rotary phone, I surely don't see a problem for a bat pony. ;)
9810922
I watched that show when it was on Network TV in prime time. He used to use a mouth held pencil to call the operator & have them complete the call (told them that he was blind)
Very noir. I can picture this on grainy high-ISO film stock. Muted jazz sax played in minor keys for the soundtrack...
9811149
He sure did!
Very thrilling the fight scene. A predator catching its prey. Maybe she should work in Freddy Fazbears Pizzeria. There would be an epic fight for sure.
The Miller's Tool and Die is cast...
This is a charming little story.
So... Darknight Moonwing.
I'm sure there was an incidental background mare skillfully watching from a window to the lower left in an unpretentious building.
A batpony being present has a strong impact on the narrative voice. Being the night has it's burdens, and your every action being saturated with melodrama is one of them :p