Former Gifted Kid syndrome hits hard. Harden when you couple it with Former Monster syndrome especially if it's probably not quite entirely former.

I appreciate twilight already piecing things together on her own. I also find it hilarious that despite them being aware they might die soon, they're still going about their routine 🤣If I was Twilight rn I'd be climbing Sunset like a tree like c'mon were all gonna die, might as well mack on each other

Good chapter nonetheless! Fun to see human Starlight lovin life. I like that theres other characters that might have discovered magic nonsense on their own terms!

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Not all of the girls are going about daily life the same. They're just off screen (for now) panicking in their own ways.

And Twilight would love nothing more than to be all over Sunset at this point in the story, but there are a handful of factors that prevent that. Ones that will become apparent very soon.

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Oh for sure! I imagine everyone's not having a good time. very interesting things are coming I'm sure

"its the end of the world as we know it and I feel BAD"

On the top left corner was a multicolored logo made out of three letters.

“TMU?” Twilight muttered aloud to herself. For a moment, she thought this might have been the invite to join Starlight’s multilevel marketing company, but it looked too subtle for that. Whatever it was, Twilight didn’t have much time to dwell on it, slipping the card into her pocket and standing up from the table.

Fifty bucks that this is some variant of the SCP Foundation, maybe still in its early stages, and that is some subtle invitation to join

I felt for Twilight so much this chapter, many of her thoughts I find myself mirroring:

Even knowing how messed up she was, Twilight’s high expectations never adjusted to her lower functioning capacity. Instead, they saddled her with a nagging, overhanging, unshakable sense of urgency.

The constant struggle and catch-22 of wanting more, knowing you can do more, but just not having the energy to follow through for one reason or another, oftentimes it being those same expectations that are just beating you down constantly and leaving you in a state of paralysis.

Uh oh, bang-haired Starlight showing out of nowhere with a big smile plastered on her face? Probably nothing to worry about, surely. She knows more than she's letting on, but I do think she was genuinely confused about Twilight mentioning the portal. In any case, Starlight has played her hand, and Twilight seems very likely to take up her offer and lead to giving up what she knows, unknowingly or otherwise, which will further serve Starlight's ambitions and will, in all likelihood, screw over everyone.

Now, I'm curious to see, like the person mentioned above, if Starlight is the lead of an organization that's all about containing magic, or if she's looking to figure out how to control it for her own ends, or something else entirely. But yeah, TMU? Definitely seems like the title card of the story.

I'm very excited and looking forward to more!