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Soufriere


Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space, because there's bugger-all down here on Earth.

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This story is a sequel to Octavia Melody Rejects A Burrito


After what feels like five years, Sonata Dusk finally feels like she has the means, financially and psychologically, to buy Sunset Shimmer a burrito as penance for the one she stole. But before she can do that, she discovers living in the nexus isn't always pleasant.

Cover art (for now?) by Light262

Final Planned Entry in the Burritoverse. Dedicated to MythrilMoth (RIP)

Chapters (1)
Comments ( 7 )

stop it, the title makes me hungry...

plus burritos are my favorite.

So is Orangeglow after Sunset or seeking post grave revenge on Aria?

Heh. A nice coda to the series. I hope you still write some MLP (Equestria Girls or otherwise) occasionally.

"What’s beyond the impassible mountains to the north, east, and south?"

Wait, what? Isn't there anything on the internet or in the library on the subject? [1] I sort of assumed the Equestria girls world was essentially our Earth only Doug-colored, but it's it's in fact Weird Secondary World with Alien Geography?

[1] And how would the mountains be impassable if they have mostly modern technology? Have they no planes? No rockets?

"approached Farthing, an tall"

Small typo here.

Farthing's dialogue with Sonata feels a little forced, like you're setting up a scene rather than having them genuinely speak.

He chuckled. “Know her? She’s a highly valued customer here. Also she offered to tutor my daughter. Sweet girl, if a bit neurotic.”

Cute. I forgot about most of this.

Overall the dialogue feels like I'm being given information rather than shown, and I can't quite place why that is. It's not bad though, I like the worldbuilding.

As she sat down on the side of her cot, a sensation not unlike lightning shot through her brain. All of a sudden her visual cortex was overwhelmed with images. Mostly of Sunset Shimmer. However, Sonata was seeing events with Sunset she had never been party to, along with some that could have not possibly happened in the world she knew, like the one where the two of them had never met and Sunset had befriended a young red-haired girl, or the ones where Sunset was in a serious sexual relationship with her alabaster friend Rarity. Interspersed were images of Sonata’s sister Adagio speaking with a bespectacled purple girl who looked vaguely familiar, and this girl in turn or maybe before that Sonata could clearly see giving a file of documents and photographs to an evil-looking orange man Sonata knew to be dead yet seemed more alive to her than when he was actually alive. She had seen many of these images and scenes before, but never so vivid that she felt like she could touch anything within them.

This paragraph's a little complex and confusing but I think I got the gist of it.

Once the onslaught stopped and Sonata came to her senses, she realized she was doubled over but had never moved. Her mouth was wide open as she breathed heavily, a trail of drool spilling out onto her bare legs, her blue hair tangled slightly from her involuntary thrashing.

Pretty good description.

Sunday was unbearably muggy, somehow worse than Saturday. With the spike in summer temperatures, being outside felt like walking through soup. It was the very beginning of cicada season, the massive bugs making their “year-dee” chirps from trees or fences or any surface they could find.

"like walking through soup" is my favorite descriptor here. The cicadas stuff is my second favorite.

“I’m sorry, Sunset, here and everywhere. I hope we can become friends in all the timelines coming through this shop and into my head.”

This almost made me laugh. It must be so confusing to Sunset. Also the conversation between Sonata and Sunset felt much more natural. Still awkward, but in a good, natural way.

Overall the chapter was really good! A nice end. :)

I am one of those... melodramatic fools... :pinkiehappy:

And so we come to a sweet coda for an unconventional series! I'm glad for the brief brush with the bigger multiverse that's shown here, and that friendship seems to win in the end. :pinkiesmile:

A shame this storyline must end. It was a enjoyable one. I had really hoped for Rarity and Subset to get together. For Sonata and her sisters to reunite.

All good things must come to an end, it seems.

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