When a mysterious stranger asks Princess Luna for help unraveling a long con being played on innocent ponies, she thinks it's going to be easy.
Bank ledgers, reverse heists, family drama, and Daylight Savings Time, all make it anything but easy.
CW: implied highly inappropriate conduct for a government bureaucrat.
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Originally done for the Quills N' Sofas "Big Heist" speedwriting contest with the added prompt of "Daylight Savings Time". Thanks to Vis-A-Viscera, Publiq, Visharo, and DarkCyan for their comments.
Edited by... well, me. (Know any good editors?) Cover art from the internets.
This is just how Luna says goodbye. She'd tell Celestia to avenge her hypothetical death three times a week before the Nightmare.
A fun heist, though the denouement feels a bit overdone, especially Luna spelling out the prison uniforms. Still some good twists in a great tale of just how Luna's occupying herself post-retirement. Thank you for it.
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Yes! I had just watched that episode (Homer vs. the 18th Amendment) on BerryTube the night before the contest and that just worked too well not to use.
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Meanwhile, I've had a link to that vid bookmarked for ages now, looking for the perfect time to use it in a comment like this, so it all works out for the both of us.