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Peni Parker


Konnichiwa, nakama no sakka! Ganbarou!

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This story is a sequel to No Longer Living In A Van Down By The River


When the Dazzlings came across their old van once again parked down the river, they discovered that Kiwi Lollipop (K-Lo) and Supernova Zap (Su-Z) of PostCrush were living inside of it. Feeling bad for the downtrodden girls, they offered them a spare bedroom in their house and jobs working on their emu farm to help them get back on their feet. Kiwi and Su-Z were quick to accept the offer.

But can the two former popstars survive taking care of a bunch of emu? And more importantly, can they survive living with the Dazzlings?

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“Don’t worry, that shouldn’t happen,” Aria assured her. “Emu are fairly peaceful animals and don’t get violent unless they’re provoked. So as long as you don’t get aggressive with them you’ll be fine.”

Not sure what emus you've ever worked with, but they are nasty SOBs. They will happily shred (those toe-claws combined with sharp, downward kicking) anything that offends their sensibility—which is anything shorter than their eye level.

10415086 We won that war on attrition. Army handed out something like half a million rounds of .303 and hunters killed hundreds of thousands of the buggers for bounties.

“Don’t worry, that shouldn’t happen,” Aria assured her. “Emu are fairly peaceful animals and don’t get violent unless they’re provoked. So as long as you don’t get aggressive with them you’ll be fine.”

I can't wait to see what happens in the later chapters :twilightsmile:

I know why the emus didn't want to get close to Kiwi.
They don't like the smell of her perfume.

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The county agricultural school is in my hometown. It's one of the things they mention at the little educational fair / open house they have every year about why the cows and other critters might try to stay away from you.

I see the phrase Van, Down by the river, and i can't help but think of Chris Farley. so, I'm going to have to read this, and the prequel. Thank you for that.

“You know, in hindsight we probably should’ve just asked Fluttershy for help with the emu from the very beginning,” Sonata randomly said as she leaned over to her. “I mean, since she can talk to animals and stuff she probably could’ve solved our problem with the emu in like, a minute or two, don’t you think?”

Hey hand! Meet Face!:rainbowlaugh:

I'm a big cinephile too, and I do agree with Kiwi in regards to both King of the Monsters and Watchmen.

With that said, Adagio being a huge Kaiju fan is plain awesome.

I've been really liking this series, but one thing has been bugging me. When referring to the emu's claws, you have "tow" in place of "toe" every time. "Tow" means to pull something behind you, "toes"are what are the ends of your feet.

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Well I feel stupid for making such an obvious mistake. :ajbemused:

Thanks for catching that! :twilightsmile:

Dan

By King of the Monsters, you mean the edited hackjob of the original Gojira?

Bleh.

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No, the King of the Monsters mentioned here is the 2019 MonsterVerse movie.

But I couldn't agree more with you in regards to the American version of the original 1954 Gojira. That was just plain awful.

Dan

Aside from the illegality, mixing medications and alcohol is a big no-no. Just ask Prince and Michael Jackson.

Ri2

Wait a second, was that Lucifer?!

Bringing together two groups of former singers is pretty genius.

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I've been focusing on other projects. I'm hoping to get back to this soon.

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Ok thanks for responding and take all the time you need:pinkiehappy:

Dan

"Gaming chairs" with neon trim and stylish holes at the top of the back and cup holders are a waste of money. Just get a good quality office chair with fully adjustable arm rests (raising, lowering, rotating, and sliding forward and back) and an independently moving lumbar cushion.

Also, Ronald Reagan was a friggin idiot. Reaganomics were destined to always work about as well as his Star Wars project. Of course, the faithful swear he's a genius; The money will start trickling down into Deliverance-ville any day now, and he knew the satellite lasers would never work, but he went ahead with it anyway, so the USSR would bankrupt themselves by responding to it with their own pew pew laser research projects. A brilliant stratagem!

Can emus consciously control how quickly they drop eggs and feathers? I suspect Fluttershy would get some rude replies if she asked them to step it up.

Princess Thunder Guts is the best!

I wonder what's eating Sunset, that even Adagio can't help but feel concern.


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Agreed. Reagan is possibly the most overrated American President.

It's understandable why he was elected twice: the economy boomed at he was a damn good speaker. But his policies hurt more people than they helped.

Gerald Ford said it best: Reagan had a lot of flair, but was not technically competent.

Dan

Oh, crap.

I hope Sunset's bed sores aren't too severe when this newest magical crisis is past and she's up and about. And I hope Ray her pet is okay.

PRINCESS LUNA! SUNSET NEEDS YOU, ON THE TRIPLE!

Damn, you came up with a really compelling villain: the villain who turned her children into other villains.

I am excited to see where this is going.

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For a number of reasons, the biggest being that I just don't have the time for it anymore.

I'm sorry you're canceling this.

You've made Madrigal into one of the most conniving and evil villains I've ever encountered.

I hope you return to this someday.

Dan

“But then next movie night when we watched The Little Mermaid she watched it with us,” Kiwi interjected. “So I think it’s safe to say that whatever it is she’s alarmed about now it’s no big deal.

I'm guessing she never read the original H.C. Andersen story. Pocahontas is hardly the worst example of "disneyfication."

Though I love that the newer musical of Hunchback stayed closer to the book, complete with everyone dies at the end.

Glad this story is back.

Only in the EG world can Sonata accidentally summon a demon from hell.

Dan

Now I'm imagining a crossover of Mormon Gold Plates and Death Note.

Man, Justice is remarkably open for a demon.

Glad this story is back!

Dan

If Daimakaicho causes more trouble, they should just call Celestia for help.
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I wonder if Luna and Loona would get along.
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Well, that was quite an adventure!

“ No, everything is not all right !” Adagio said. “ You and Su-Z almost burned the whole damn house down !”

Yep, just as I feared. They did leave the oven on. :facehoof:

Gotta say, I would've freaking lost it if Spitfire mentioned she was going to be babysitting for the night.

It would've been so cool to see her going up against the version of Michael Myers from this universe.

“Well, Spitfire, if that’s what you believe then I have to say: I think you have a promising career as a psychiatrist ahead of you,” The poofy-haired girl said in an amiably sarcastic manner as she got up from the bench.

Adagio was a counselor, so she is kind of qualified to make that judgement.

I have a really strong urge to start singing "Mother Knows Best" from Tangled right now.

“Trust me, I know my own daughter,” Madrigal replied. “And I know what you’re thinking; ‘But Madrigal, you just said that Adagio has changed so much from when she was younger.’ Well while that may be true, I’d be willing to bet she hasn’t changed that much.”

Madrigal is turning out to be one sinister and manipulative being.

Wonder what she's got planned?

“I mean, we’ve won $446 so far this week,” The Dazzling corrected herself.

A couple of happy-sounding yips came from Princess Thunder Guts immediately after Aria’s emendation.

“Uh-huh,” Adagio then uttered, sounding less-than-impressed. “And how much did you bet to win that $446?”

“Uh, w-well…” Aria replied tentatively. “I think we’d bet somewhere around…$430?”

“$430, huh?” Adagio said. “So if my math is accurate, then in actuality you’ve only won $16 this week, correct?”

This describes a lot of side hustles in a nutshell. Making thousands of dollars in passive income is the exception, not the rule.

Aria better be careful: that kind of cash always comes with some hefty strings.

As Lucrezia rambled on boastfully whilst looking out the window, Aria couldn’t help but give a small, dejected sigh and sink a bit into her seat. The Dazzling had never cared for this kind of boastful monologuing, not even back when she and her sisters had been so power-hungry - and not just because Adagio had never let her do any of it. To her, monologuing was nothing more than an exercise in egotistical idiocy, given how often it led to their downfall because it provided the person or persons being monologued to a chance to come up with a plan to stop them.

Adagio learned and took notes from the Incredibles School of Proper Villainous Ettiquette.

Good to see Aria and Justice overcome Lucrezia.

You succeeded in making Su-Z into such a well-rounded character than the writers for EG did.

Kudos to you!

“Oh, right,” Sonata more quietly responded in embarrassment before turning to address Kiwi and Su-Z. “We’re, um, having pizza tonight. Surprise.”

Well is ruined now that you mentioned it. :ajbemused:

Unable to help herself, Aria gave a facepalm that was so loud it echoed throughout the room for a second.

I feel ya Aria. :fluttershysad:

But things went exactly the same with Blake as they did with Cole. As did they with Tom, Pat, Drew, and every other emu Kiwi tried to get close to. Every single one wouldn’t allow her to get within five feet of them, and by the time lunch rolled around it was really starting to get to her.

Damn, guess emo dint like her for some reason. :unsuresweetie:

“MY NAME IS KIWI,” The girl yelled at the top of her lungs as she swiftly swung her left arm across the table, sending her lasagna and the bottle of Jim Beam flying.

Thx a lot Aria, you made it worse. :duck:

“I just miss my old life,” She continued, reburying her head in her legs. “I just…wish I could go back to it.”

Change is hard for all of us, but that's all part of life. :ajsleepy:

“My point is; don’t dwell too much on what used to be,” Aria continued. “Because if you do you’ll miss out on all the interesting things life still has in store for you.”

Exactly. :twilightsmile:

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