For his hard work to the Crown, the Royal Engineer of Equestria has been honored with a retinue of VIP bodyguards who protect him everywhere he goes. Their ordinary, everyday adventures together wind up being anything but ordinary.
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I like this chapter. The determination and honor of this Anon show him to be an impressive person. I'm eager to see what unfolds from here.
Mature enough to fuck but not mature enough to accept the reality of what she's attempting to do, unless she covers it with a glittery lens.
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Yeah that's pretty accurate.
Let’s hope Equestria doesn’t get too industrialized, lest it lose its natural beauty.
I am very eager to see what triggers the romantic/sexual element to this wonderful story! If that's planned at all for this story, at least.
Love it so far, by the by, keep up the good work!
Oh boy, time to go do some work. This should be good.
O yeah! That a man! Sharp mind, strong heart and a will unbending. Time to kick greedy ponys ass.
Great chapter Brilliant idea. Everyday day by day. Yet with human Anon every day is something to behold.
This anon's pretty manly, ngl
At least the Guards are reconciling.
Statistical analysis? Material science?
Me Grandad was a miner and a spec. I hope this guy tells his Guard just how dangerous the cheap shots have been so they can have the shields running hot. He doesnt have the resources to have a Tunnel Boring Mech., and so far fanon seems to have agreed that dropping a mountain on a dragon squishes them. Maybe they live too long for squish proof dragons to become standard? Though it would be a pity if none at all existed.
I mean, silver mine bad enough, with th toxic metals, dust, shards, water etc. But they start doing this with coal? Maybe he should descibe carefully what happens when desperate families send their young in to help with the ventilation, and the gas builds up, and ignites.
Man, I live for these daily chapters. These pones are life. <3
Do I smell danger?
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I enjoyed this chapter, glad to see Artemis and Lilly not only makeup but move forward as friends as well. Very keen on seeing how Celestia will react to Anon's requests. (demands?)
This has just been great! Got some refief from the last chapter and Anon is more than a pencil pusher!
I'm deeply enjoying this story, I'll be waiting fervently for future chapters, I know you literally put three out today but good fanfiction is like drugs it's an addiction.
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ambitious?
He's gonna need all 3 of them with this. He's about to fuck with Someponies money. Someone powerful enough with a lot of money tend to not take kindly to someone fucking with their money.
All... three? Aren't there four?
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Not yet.
Cpl Bound, Spc. Glamerspear, Spc. Sparkshower are the Royal Engineer's guards.
Lt. Violetta is the administrator; she doesn't participate in actually guarding him.
The fourth bodyguard shows up later in the story.
I wonder if Equestria has a HR department, because if they do. Anon could suggest the miners to make a union. Fill the proper papers, and show Bismount that if he skimp on security again he will not only will lose the triple he intended to save. He will be facing a serious law suit, and maybe time in jail by safety and human…ah pony rights violations. Seriously, for what I heard a miner job is already dangerous enough already for cheap escapes make it a literal dead trap.
This Anon is a member of the Get Shit Done Club. Really nice to see a serious version with this one's attitude for a change. Almost certainly going to piss off the ones who are raking in bits from all that but I do wonder if Celestia or Luna were ever informed of the mining accidents or seen the papers reporting it. Might have had some of the servants paid to keep that sort of news out of their views. If so.... their goose might be literally cooked when Tia finds out.
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That being said, it's an imaginary military made up of cutesy ponies with their serious warface on. You can literally have them do the hokey pokey when a superior officer enters the room, it's your story.
Wonderful! A spot of intrigue! Do continue, please. I find myself quite enamored with this story.
Nothing PO's a structural engineer like the big bosses shaving costs by cutting corners.
nice chapter and action starts happening. i am impresst how frequent you dump out good and decent sised chapters, ceep going you are awesome :)
Does anyone else dislike the character anonymous? why not just give the human a name?
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Yeah it brings back memories of far less well written stories. I would want a story this well planned and executed to have real names for all the characters.
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This story is originally a greentext on 4chan’s /mlp/ board where in any story, any human character in Equestria is inevitably named some variation of Anonymous, after the default user name when posting.
I could have given the character a proper name but a) it would have been out of place there b) despite having some specific character attributes and background (more of which is revealed later), he is still something of an everyman self-insert (note how he’s almost cropped out of Neuro’s excellent cover pic) and c) the idea hopefully is that the reader eventually comes to think of him as “the Royal Engineer” more than a name.
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Definitely not the case in the army, at ease is exclusively for NCOs and attention is exclusively for officers. But also neither of these are really ever used while in your unit.
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Ok but where’s a picture of the Lt?
Love this story you've been posting chapters daily as well it's awesome,love the elaborating concept of anon actually having a role in equestria and seeing more how canterlots society works is very interesting! Keep it up I've been reading em as they come!
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There's a smattering of art for the main characters, but none of the story's side characters (which the lieutenant is but one of many) have been drawn yet.
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Again, it's not my intention to argue what is admittedly a minor point on military protocol, especially in regards to a made up military. I have no complaints as to the quality of the writing in any way, admittedly Anon stories annoy me, but the thing that annoys me about them is "anon" is usually a blank surface to reflect the reader into the story, essentially, a bland neutral reader avatar. That is not the case here, Anon is a better developed character in that regard, just by virtue of his personality, though we get scant personal details about him. In any case, I think this is probably an example of the difference between how the army does shit vs how the Navy does... my advice comes from 10 years of personal experience in the Navy, these things get ingrained into reflex and muscle memory in a way that I can't really express except to say that seeing it done differently is jarring like a tooth that aches and you can't stop tonguing it even though it hurts, but admittedly that's Navy experience, not army, so I may in fact be in the wrong here. That said, it's still going to bother me every time I see it.
Dang tooth.
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I don't like how prim and proper he is. But that can be summed up to him being in Equestria longer than usual anon/oc stories. Also his manner of speech makes me think his nationality is English, or something European.
Well, I started this story on a whim and read through all ten chapter before I knew it. Definitely want to see where this all goes. I love the brain on Anon and the variety in his guards. Even on topics that normally make me wince, you cruised through smoothly without lingering too long but still went through them at a depth that was very satisfying. I eagerly look forward to more of this story.
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Of the supporting cast (which includes Lt. Violetta), only one has been drawn so far: Whiskey did a great rendition of a character who has not yet appeared in the chapters posted here on FIMFiction, but will be showing up very soon. https://derpibooru.org/images/1914959?q=fanfic%3Aeveryday+life+with+guardsmares
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Oh if only the sgt's did that, my mos is a pog one but due to the fact that we can do the job of radio operator's as well as provide on site repairs we get deployed fairly often. Sadly most the sgt's in my unit don't get the whole learn from your peer's shit and assume they can do everything perfectly
10499376 It's more likely a way of speaking he's had to adopt, as is hinted earlier, so that he does not offend the elites of Canterlot. Back in the days of nobles, talking like we do now is considered boorish and crude to the nobles of the halcyon days of Europe. Thus, it makes sense to say that Anon had to learn to adopt the manner of speech that nobles have.
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Also, Anon is a legitimate name. I've known and met a couple people named Anon over the years.
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Yeah, it's a non-English name. The one that pops to mind is a West African name, can't remember which language specifically.
However, in this sense it's short for Anonymous which isn't even English technically, but Latin. I highly doubt you're going to get many English natives naming their child Anon/ Anonymous.
Edit: There are many obscure uses of Anon. A few of these are: A diminutive from old-norse Anundr likely from Anu (ancestor) and -winduR (winner/victor). An Anglicization of the biblical figure Onan. As well as an old-english (see pre 11th Century) acknowledgement meaning something akin to "forthwith", which all but fell out of usage by the 16th century - though this was NEVER used as a name.
I'm glad to see things turned out fine.
First two days, a nice introduction. The third and fourth days? Better prepare to see some action...
Because this VIP does some actual work.
Another great chapter. I can't stop reading.
Well I'll be damned. The girl I was ready to write off as a shallow gold digger has more depth and nuance than I thought possible. By Bast, even Anon has depth and admirable goals? What kind of Fimfic Twilight Zone is this?
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Twilight Zone...
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The best kind apparently!
Ominous...
Nice! RE Anonymous is on top of things like a heckin' BOSS
As the brother to a mechanical engineer and the brother in-law to a structural engineer, I completely understand where he is coming from. After he said that one mine accounted for half the collapses in the past years, it was clear as day.
My respect meter for this version of Anon has risen to greater heights, also question, the attitude and manners of this Anon makes me think that this form of work he does is familiar to him, did he do something like this back on Earth prior to arriving to Equestria?
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People wanna enter the Twilight Zone
Good guy anon is the best type of anon.
Forgot about Vi...
Anon: "What is the life of a Pony worth?"
Bismark: "It's priceless!"
Mine Worker: "But Sir... You said only half the recommend Timber supports as usual, because they are not worth more..."
Bismark:
Anon:
Celestia:
Mine Worker:
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The use of “Anonymous” as a stand-in for a character name is an old one by internet terms. Considering how /mlp/ was the original source of the Brony fandom, it’s in bad taste to complain about it.