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Lil Penpusher


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For well over a thousand years, now, they had been cast out, forced into a depressing life of solitude among only one another... which, given everything, did not make circumstances any more bearable, for them, most times.

No. No, they weren't cast out. Banished! They were imprisoned! Sealed away by that accursed Wizard and his lackies of five doing his bidding, as always! Their symphony had been perfect, a melody so harmonic and soothing it made only sense to keep listening. Their triumphant crescendo was upon Equestria, the final act in their grand serenade.

But that finale never came. Their final act... it was not to be. Or, so they thought.

Mortals were a curious bunch, in the end. Useless, petty and pathetic as one may call them, but they got a lot done in what little time they had for themselves. A new world, as it were, far different from the one the three of them had last seen, before the light of day was taken away from them in exchange for a dark prison so deep beneath the waves.

But one thing they all knew, to varying degrees: mortals were curious. And curiosity, be it as it were, would be the only thing they needed for their curtain call. The setting of the stage for a new, second act.

The Abyss calls.


This Story takes place in the Alternate Universe of Equestria at War. EaW uses a custom world map including 3 separate continents, and a 'modern' world setting equal to World War 2 (in most places). Consider trying out the mod for Hearts of Iron IV yourself, or check out the Fimfiction group and check out more stories about it.

For the purpose of this story, it's noteworthy that the Sirens were NOT banished to the EQG universe when Starswirl banished them, but were instead sealed away deep under the ocean.

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Damn it Skystar. You have one job!:twilightangry2:

Incidentally, I find it hilarious that Violet Facade is totally right about there being danger, just not the kind she assumes.:ajsmug:

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As fate would have it, Skystar isn't quite down for the count just yet :moustache:

"Welcome to the Show, Hippogriffs," Adagio triumphantly proclaimed, letting out a victorious laughter.

Corny, but very in character. Gamer time!

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Hey, when you're locked away for over a thousand years by some self-important, self-pronounced gigachad of a Wizard, you can afford some tropey, evil laughter, right? :pinkiecrazy:

Sonata is just too precious.
Hug the tacofishe.

That's not how it was now, though. It was just her and her alone, against the world, with half the world abandoning her and the other half against her.

She still has the Harmonists and Royalists – not exactly the biggest improvement, but it is something. Hopefully Nukefishe and High on Crack figure something out.

There's no death tag, so I assume they won't completely destroy each other similar to this movie clip but it's surprising the sirens ability to make others kill each other is so under utilized in fics.

He could hardly explain it, but, since his team and he returned from the Mareiana Trench two weeks ago, he'd realised a fair few things. It was like someone had flipped a switch on the back of his mind, shifting it back into gear..

Is there a term for this? This concept seems familiar but I don't know what's it called. Sounds horrifying for their family members though, who for all they know their kind, gentle stallion got his brain swapped with a violent nut.

"But... that's all the way at the bottom of the Trench, Coldbeak. And the Trench isn't exactly an afternoon trip for fun either. How are we going to get ponies to follow us along?"

The trench is an Equestrian extremist factory.

How long before they stab each other in the back?

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There's a valid and easy explanation for why the stories that depict the sirens rarely involve them making ponies kill each other while under their spell:

It's completely contradictory to what the sirens actually want and need.

The sirens feed off of negativity, such as outright hate. Their spell, besides allowing them to control the actions of ponies to a degree, also has the side effect of subconsciously making said victims irrationally angry and annoyed at everyone and everything. This is deliberate because it's effectively how the sirens "hunt and feed" if you want to read this as a national documentary on the sirens as a species. They sing, they cause hate and strife, and they feed off of that negativity they cause.

Dead people, on the other hand, can't really hate others. They can't feel annoyed and they can't annoy others either (once buried anyway, I guess the body might start stinking?). If anything the sirens actively try to make their victims SURVIVE, because dying is a net loss for them and gains them nothing in return.

"She makes a valid point," Coral Fin remarked for his part. He cleared his throat, and looked up towards his Queen. "I find it unlikely, no, dare I say, impossible that anypony could change so drastically in such short time through natural causes. I find myself leaning in favour of the notion that something vile is at work, your majesty."

I bet it's rather nice to live in her world without social media.

How were they going to rule, exactly? What was going to be their first move? What even did the world look like? And... wait. A thought crossed their mind, then. If they really had been locked up, banished to isolated oblivion for over a thousand years then... were the pillars even alive?

I'm curious as well. If everyone is angry and irrational, seems very easy to accidentally trigger some magical nuclear war of some sort. Especially in a world where literal gods exist.

Instead, the trio was baffled to find only more concrete jungle. Concrete buildings rising from the ground like square sticks reaching into the sky, whilst lights flickered from oh so many windows below, some flashy and colourful, for advertisements. The old, muddy roads of old were gone, too. Back then the best you could get was paved stone, which was usually far from a smooth ride, but now even that had changed. That was not even to mention cars, air planes, and all the other modern equipment and utensils they had spotted, so far.

Someone is going to do something stupid with those modern equipment in rage and cause a full blown war that even the sirens fail to control.

Also this scenario sounds sadly believable even without magic given certain events.

The second hooded griff revealed herself to be none other than Posada, the red-feathered leader of the Communist Party in Hippogriffia. Few times had the radical leftist imagined he would ever be side-by-side with the leader of the nationalists, whom to him were Fascists, though his party Aris First would never call themselves as much.

Now kiss. :twilightsmile:

Sonata gathered intelligence from prisoners and locals. She'd repeatedly asked to be allowed to, that she was 'good at talking to creatures', and Aria had acquiesced, primarily to get some peace of mind and focus on her own issues.

Forming her own army in plain sight.

"According to a radio broadcast, the sirens hit Crack and Aris First's resistance. Maybe Raft really was a spy, I don't know, but they're effectively wiped out."

Completely expected.

"Silverstream. I beg of you. Please, you have to get to Equestria. Find the Elements... anypony that would help us. Give them this and plead for help. The future of our people and... probably me, too, will depend on it."

I'm surprised it took them this long.

I was joking, but holy shit Sonata is trying to be Supreme leader.

Also I just imagine her playing with her tiny little subjects like a doll house.

This concludes the story of Secondo! I hope you enjoyed, and further hope that you'll stick around through a follow, because a sequel is planned as I expand on this as a series.

The sirens, or this verse? 🤔

Are there any Equestria At War stories that use the Equestria Girls universe?

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I don't think any Equestria at War story actively uses the Equestria Girls universe currently, i.e. uses mirror to go back and forth or something like that. There are stories that use Equestria Girls characters though, including the Shadowbolts and Sunset. Have a look around our group and maybe you'll find what you're looking for.

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I wonder what happened to Sunset in this verse then.

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EqG does still happen, just bar Rainbow Rocks.
Sunset does come back when Equestria goes to war (ha-ha, badum-tss) or as a general for Daybreaker if that ends up happening

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They apparently removed Sunset from Daybreaker's general staff because "No, Sunset doesnt join the funny solar empire megalomaniac just because she has a sun theme going on with name and hair".

Cringe...

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Agreed. That's so fucking cringe I don't even know how to describe it. The obvious retcon to make is "it's movie 1 sunset" and it would be completely in character. Hey, at least Pax Solaris fixes the devs' mistakes in nerfing SOL because Luna must be superior to Celestia in every way.

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Devs on their way to say Sunset's canonically reformed and good. Meanwhile, Celestia and Luna have a battle royale as their evil tyrannical alter egos.

Ayup.

I’m sure you know this by now- or it was a typo- but Posada is a she :)

Sandy Breeze spoke up before her superior could: "Members of what we suspect to be... well, we don't know what they stand for exactly. They're certainly an organised group that is looking for members, but pinpointing exactly what they want is much harder to say. Members seem to be drawn from... well, nowhere in particular, seemingly. Anyone from minimum wage labourer to higher-class CEOs are apart of them from what we suspect or have confirmed. Even members of the Royal Guard are apart - including the very ponies originally sent to the Mareiana Trench weeks ago, as you may recall."

"Apart"s here should be "a part", apart means complete opposite of that.

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I know but my brain always defaults to male for some reason. Probably because the name 'Posada' doesn't sound anything like a girl's name to me. Thanks for the pointer though.


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Must have overlooked that, cheers.

That's even more morbid.

And now the show has begun.

You know, I can never really tell what goes on in Sonata's mind.

Sending Sonata was the smartest thing Adagio ever did.

I feel bad for Sonata.

Transformation central!

I can safely say that I respect Sonata and Aria.

It's Equestria at wars..... oh:fluttercry:

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