C1 - Bearings
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Karen opened her eyes.
Well, I’ve got eyes. Means I didn’t die.
Her surroundings had changed quite a bit. No longer was the Undead in a deep chasm in the abyss – she appeared to be in a dark, uninviting forest. Unmoving, she studied her surroundings.
It was a small clearing. Even though trees in this small area were sparse, the height of said trees made it so sunlight only fell through the canopy in small patches. Not twenty feet from her was a Bonfire, already lit.
She attempted to rise, and found that her coordination was completely off. Her entire body felt strange – as if she weren’t herself anymore.
She could, however, raise her head. She looked down to check herself and did a double take.
What?
Karen’s body apparently didn’t resemble a human anymore. She had four appendages that extended from her body and ended in a flat, circular shape.
In fact, that, accompanied by the fact that her body was fairly elongated and she had a tail, she concluded that she was now a horse.
What in the Abyss was that sorcery? How am I going to fix this?
Karen slowly got her feet – hooves – under her and stood unsteadily.
She took a look around her again, and saw that all her gear was clumped up behind her. She took a step toward it and fell flat on her face.
Right. Horse. How do horses walk? Must remember.
It took her a minute to remember. She’d been in Lordran quite a long time and hadn’t seen a single horse there, so had to rely on the time before she had become Undead.
She took a few hesitant steps – Front right, back left, front left, back right. Repeat.
It seemed to work. She made it to her gear, and then suddenly wondered how in the world she was going to put it on with hooves instead of hands.
Frowning, Karen swiped aside the pile. There were her weapons, item pouch, cuirass, and hat, but nothing else. No sign of her leggings or gauntlets.
Weird… the cuirass seems to have been converted to fit this form.
Her cuirass was originally Ornstein’s – bought off of Domhnall for an unreasonable price, but it fit her style. Heavy, but mobile. That was her. Karen scooped it up with one hoof (heavy though it was) and placed it on her back.
She grunted with the weight, but moved it around until it seemed like it would fit well. It had straps, but she had no idea how to tie them. She’d just have to move carefully until she found out how to use them.
Karen grabbed her hat – a simple thing with a feather sticking out(soon as it fell off of that hollow in Darkroot she’d taken a liking to it) – and stuck it on her head.
It felt funny, like her head jutted out a bit, but she ignored it due to it being a horse’s head, unfamiliar in every way.
Her weapons presented another problem. How was she to grab her sword, shield, talisman and bow all at the same time?
She pondered the situation a moment, and then angrily gave up on it.
This is ridiculous! I’m a horse! What happened in that damnable Abyss?
Karen stared at her sword and willed it to get itself up.
As if that’ll-
Her Golden Tracer suddenly flung into the air, a silver aura about its handle. Surprised, Karen fell back onto her backside and let the sword fall to the ground.
I can do sorcery? But I’m untrained!
But its applications would be invaluable. She concentrated again, and was able to pick up the sword with her newfound sorcery.
Still in wonder, she used it to pick up her shield at the same time.
By the Flame, this is amazing! But can I…
She dropped her items and used that same sorcery to tighten the straps on her armor, securing it against herself. Pleased, she hovered her item pouch over and strapped it to her armor. She placed her bow on her back and her talisman around her leg, picked up her remaining items, and walked carefully to the Bonfire.
It was no different than most Bonfires, except that it was fully kindled, which was a surprise. Either there was a happy firekeeper nearby, or the Abyss had fed it.
Regardless, Karen sat in front of it and leaned in, letting the flame warm her face. Even when she felt hot and unpleasant, the Flame from a Bonfire soothed her, healing her wounds and easing her aches.
She reached a hoof out to attempt to warp back to Firelink, but felt a resistance. Apparently this world, like the Painted World or Seath’s jail, was preventing her from using the warp ability she had taken from the Lordvessel.
Then her first order of business would have to be to find a way out of this strange place and back to either Oolacile or Lordran – and get some answers.
Karen rose from the bonfire and picked up her weapons with her strange new sorcery. Somehow, it seemed to work without the use of any catalyst or talisman – some new form of magic. Looking around, she found a path snaking through the dark forest.
Here goes nothing.
CANTERLOT BARRACKS
Shining Armor stared at the giant wall of white. Nothing made sense anymore. He looked around his room, but found no way out except for that wall. It was silky to the touch, and seemed to resist him.
He had nothing with him. His armor was gone, as well as his fighting pole. He was hesitant to go into that whiteness with nothing to protect him, but it seemed like it was the only way out.
So? Nothing to do but the deed itself. He pushed himself through the dense fog, shuddering at its silkiness hovering just away from his coat. On the other side now, he looked around. He found himself in a large chapel-looking building.
Well, this isn’t my barracks.
UNDEAD BARRACKS
He looked around and found a door in the back. However, smack-dab in the middle of the room, he found a sword in a pile of ashes. Curious, he approached it.
Upon closer inspection, he found that the ashes were really ashes from bones – but why were they ashes? He put his hoof out
and the pile of ashes suddenly burst into flame. Surprised, he fell back.
Did I do that?
Feeling a little braver, he approached the ashes (Fire, he corrected himself). As he grew closer, he found that the fire gave off a pleasant feeling – not warm, but pleasant. As if the fire wasn’t truly fire. Regardless, he found it comforting, so he sat a moment by it, basking in the pleasant feeling.
But he had to move on. Something was happening here, and sitting in one place was going to solve nothing.
He moved towards the large door at the other end of the room. He hesitantly put his hoof against it.
The door was tough to push open, but he did it. On the other side of the door was another large room, but this time the ceiling was lower. The room had several holes in the side.
Before he had time to do anything, a giant snake suddenly slid through one of the said holes.
“Gah!” Shining cried, backing away from it. It oriented on him, and before he knew it, it was lashing at him. Shining barely managed to jump to the side and run away from the thing.
He ignored the world when he saw an opening in the side of the room. He dove through it, and the gate held up suddenly crashed down behind him. Following that, he heard another crash – turning around revealed that the giant snake had smashed its head into the bars, bending them slightly.
“What. The. Hay.”
Shining Armor stared a moment, then turned and walked through the new hallway. Sitting around gaping wouldn’t get him to learn anything. Somepony had to still be around, and would explain this. Maybe one of the princesses could tell him. Hopefully he would be able to find his wife in-
Shining Armor fell through a hole in the ground, and began to yell incoherently as he sped uncontrollably toward the forest below.
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1184029
Could not agree more. I'm going to read this, and damnit I'm going to love it. I'll notify you of errors I find, if any.
Put on my read later list but on another note, does anyone have trouble with blight town because it has made me cry
1206809
5fpstown makes everypony cry the first time around.
Surprisingly, I don't notice a drop in FPS on my PC(any more than normal - you get used to the slight framerate drop through the entire game, it's slightly worse than console)
1206809
Just skip Blighttown? Back entrance FTW!
1206826
Hay no. If you've never done the entirety of the Depths and Blighttown before, you're missing out on the true Dark Souls experience!
Of course, that means you never have to do it again.
NEVER.
1206886
Hey now, I didn't use the shortcut the first few times. After the fifth character or so, though, Blighttown wasn't any longer worth the effort it expends. So, now, I'll just farm people in Dark Anor Londo to make up for the souls I lose by skipping pretty much half of the game.
1206901
lol
Karen scooped it up with one hoof(heavy thought it was) <- You missed a space there, and it's supposed to be "heavy though it was." I make that typo all the time, as well.
You missed a closing tag for italics. Again, something I've done in the past. Twice, even.
(soon as it fell off of that hollow in Darkroot she’d taken a liking to it) <- The rest of your writing is so... near-flawless that you're making me doubt that the space before brackets is even necessary. Nevertheless, if I'm not sure, I'll tell you.
Shining armor <- Armor is a part of his name as well, you know.
ashes(fire!) <- Think you missed something when revising.
so he sat a moment by it, relishing in the feeling. <- This just needs a completely rephrasing.
It oriented on him, <- ?
walked this new direction <- Should be obvious.
That is all, for now.
1206961
Thank ya kindly, sir.
By oriented I mean that it turned towards him. That is an accepted use of the word, but thank you nonetheless!
1206998
Upon posting the comment, I noticed that it could actually work. Still, if it bothered me, it might bother others. Sometimes, you just have to look further than whether or not a phrase is technically POSSIBLE.
1207006
Actually, it's quite commonly used among the things I read, but I didn't want to accidentally insult you by saying it was "common" (I really don't want to sound all high-nosed, I'm so sorry if it comes across like that)
And if someone is going to turn down my writing because of a single phrase, I don't think I care about whether or not that person likes my writing.
1207019
Eh, you're not insulting me by saying it's common. If I'm wrong, I've learned something new. If you're wrong, the story improves. Win-win, no? Recognizing something as "common" would require me to do a lot of reading on this site, though, which is something I definitely don't do. I'm going to go ahead and stop bothering you with replies now, but only so you can hurry up and write the next chapter.
1207032
Don't worry about "bothering me" - I'm reading a book right now. I also enjoy discourse like this with my readers.
My writing comes and goes with my inspiration - I think I'll probably write later, but no more chapters for any of my stories tonight.
Wait, Spoilers? Dark Souls has a story? Would explain why I am just randomly walking places for the hell of it. Why would someone go to Blighttown exactly?
Wait, YOU ALREADY BEAT THE DLC :O
HOW
just saying, i would love to see shining armor fight ornstein and smough and to see someone INVADE shining armor, i would love it.
1208157
I may do some side chapters if my mind wills it, but I hadn't planned on bringing them here. This character has done everything in Dark Souls except defeat Gwyn.
1207416
Time. I did my usual DEX/END/FTH build and worked my way through. Beat the DLC at level 72. It sucked. I recommend going in at no lower than 90 if you want a nice time of it.
1208331 I mean because Dark Souls hasn't been on PC THAT long. You must do late nighters. Still, I was massivly held back by the fucking bell gargoyles, those guys are complete assholes, and the hardest boss for a long time. With me at Blighttown now, no boss has been nearly as hard, except for the bridge dragon, which I chose to just skip. Especcially the fucking gaping dragon (AKA the vagina demon) which I beat on my 2nd try (first try I went in with half curse health and no estus flasks, and I almost won, second time I was on full cursed health and 3 estus flasks, so easy fight) and the Moonlight Butterfly (Butterfree) was nothing for a decent player.
1208404
Actually, I was only about thirty hours in when I beat the DLC. I've done a lot of playthroughs, so I know the little shortcuts and little things that make the game easier. I hopped through the Parish pretty easy (Hint - always use a 100% physical block shield, it makes the gargoyles a cinch, not to mention summoning Solaire) and skipped the Depths after rescuing Laurentius and getting the ember.(I've only ever fought the Gaping Dragon twice in my many playthroughs) and ran though 5fpstown pretty easily after summoning a Sunbro and Maneater Mildred.
It's all a matter of knowing what to do. You need help somewhere, just PM me.
1208489 I couldn't summon solaire, despite having talked to him all the way through and being human, and I DO have a shield that prevents all physical damage, the real trouble was fighting the gargoyles while the other essentially protects the other with a wall of fire. I had to level my short sword up to 5+ so I could kill the first gargoyle before the second could arrive. Those gargoyles set me back 7 hours to beat. With all other areas combined adding up to 6 hours.
BTW, why is the longsword such a useless piece of shit even when upgraded, short sword is better in every respect, including damage and speed.
EDIT: wtf is 5fps town? I heard Blighttown has the worst FPS, and I'm getting 20 fps at the worst on it.
On the console, Blighttown often falls to incredibly low FPS when you look at the busiest part of it. A common name for it is "5fpstown" because it drops SO MUCH.
I've noticed that they fixed it on the PC version.
You want to continue this convo, please do it in messages
. What's your build?
Wow, either that is incredibly stupid, or a very bad idea. fighting blind,,,
And then he was stuck in that room with the snake, dying until our friend finally found him.
I was hoping this was good, but then I saw the Dark Souls going pony thing... Fuck this. Don't know why, I just hate that. Humans are above equines, sentient or not. It's like a downgrade in life itself. I mean, how the hell is a giant dad going to wield his damn lightning zweihander +5 with hooves huh? How? The legend never dies. If this happens, it it now officially dead. THAT CAN'T HAPPEN! IT'S A PARADOX! I'm okay with the pony in Dark Souls thing, because it's their original form. You don't just take that from someone. I shall read on only because I can't wait to see Shining fucking die for the first time. It'll be like Kenny accept he'll actually care.