"Fluff" in the same way what collects under the sofa is fluff.
This story is a sequel to Home
While the main body of expedition has carried onwards (or downwards) into newer, deeper worlds, co-operation between the locals of this level and humanity continue.
A two-person team (and their assigned governing intelligence) work with the locals on a project in Canterlot. One of the humans absolutely loves getting to work with magical horses in a delightful, wonderful world. The other is a huge wet blanket.
The story is about the wet blanket.
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well he doomed like feeding the ducks now he accepted something from a pony they start coming in droves
Ah, the practical considerations of implausibly large pastries. What does one do with a cupcake the size of one's head? He's not got any utensils or anything, and a cupcake really isn't something you can just break apart piecemeal.
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Inundated with baked goods
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I mean, where is he even supposed to put it?
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Yes, that's another thing. He's overseeing road work, and that means dust if it means anything at all. Dusty cupcakes don't sound particularly appetizing.
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You know, that never even crossed my mind.
How unlike me to overlook a detail!
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What if he cuts the bottom half off and puts it on top of the frosting? Like a big sandwich. But with cake. A cupcake cake.
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That's what I do!
10173794 Says who? I regularly got a toffee and fudge muffin from the butty van that came around mid-morning where I worked, and split it in half, had half as elevenses, and the other half as dessert for lunch.
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Well muffin's ain't exactly cupcakes, and by all accounts this thing's a good bit bigger. I suppose he could share it around though, if he could manage to bum a knife off of someone.
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Unfortunately for him he works with machines and ponies he doesn't talk to. Though that won't stop him trying, as shall be seen...
Another Borer-Culture story! My birthday came a month early.
Yay!
Hot damn, more of this setting. I can't help but notice that ATC seems far sassier than its kin, is that a purposeful difference meant to imply something particular about its nature or just for authorial amusement? I'm assuming the latter but planning to pretend it's the former because it's entertaining to imagine that the setting has more depth than it actually does.
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Surprisingly, it's actually because I figured that since ATC is basically there to look after and help only two people it'd be a bit more relaxed. Also variety.
So basically my amusement, yes, heh.
Also how VERY DARE YOU I'll have you know this is setting is deep, rich, complex...uh...weighty...
Nah I can't keep that up.
You know Corin, he's never going to figure it out if you don't spell it out. He'll probably just decide you're allergic to chocolate or whatever the thing's made of.
On the plus side, it was noticeably non-dusty, so that's good!
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Magic dust.
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I will believe that without reservation or hesitation.
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Good, because otherwise I'd have to break out the magic cupcake excuse, and that's just clutching at straws.
This was the most adorable part of this chapter. I'm smiling.
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I'm super good at writing flies. Nothing else.
Poor guy, having people run at him with all this when he's only just woken up.
Arthur you dense mother
er!
This dude could star in The Stanly Parable easily. Not the most spontaneous of people, is he?
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He has a way of doing things and he does them that way.
You know, I never played the Stanley Parable...
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Really. It honestly seems like exactly your kind of thing.
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That's what I was thinking, from everything I've heard about it.
In my own idiosyncratic way I tend to steer clear of stuff that it would make sense for me to like, out of fear I'll find someone who did something I could have done 1000% better than I ever could have done it. Because that's just depressing.
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Oh I completely understand. I held off on reading Eragon for years, mainly because people kept telling me I'd enjoy it.
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Can't disappoint people!
Never fun to recommend something to someone and have it fall flat. Urgh.
Opinions on stuff? Uuuuuuh 40k is cool
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PS You'd expect, given the enormous formative influence 40k had on me, I'd have written something about it, but not really.
Ah well.
Oh, she's real smooth. And lovely, clever and sweet is a rare combination, quite precious really.
Adorable. :)
Is this an original setting? Or is there some book movie or video game that this is referencing?
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It's a thing I made up that's influenced by, well, stuff I like, really. Mostly the Culture series.
Now there's something to think about...
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I'm a deep and philosophical character.
Once again, I find myself chagrined that I can only give stories but a single thumbs up.
I'd like to see more of this. More of Lyra and James too actually. Double date anyone?
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Just create hundreds of accounts specifically to shower me with praise and thumbs.
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Urgh, why is it every time I write something people want MORE of that something?
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For real though that IS an idea.
My other one was some sort of 'first contact' prequel, but that sounds like a lot of work and also far too serious with too few hugs for my taste.
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Turns out you write pretty interesting stuff. Who knew.
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I'd love to read and learn more about this universe you've built, with or without the colorful horses that have come attached to the two stories in it so far!
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Imma level with you, I ain't built shit - it's all insinuation and implication.
Well, mostly. I wouldn't trust me to build an Ikea dishrack, let alone a world.
Mmm, that was good. Sad it's over, but left me feeling good.
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I have achieved my dark purpose.
ATC is a little off, even for a Governing Intelligence, which are basically military AIs who'd watched War Games and agreed with WOPR that the only winning move was not to play.
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They're a touch more than that. But only a touch.
ATC is limited anyway...
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I was going to say "hastily glued together as you went along" based off comments and authors notes i've read from you but i felt it would be impolite.
I'm going to lose all my teeth to cavities if you keep this up Cackling, that or my face is going to freeze into that of a smile.