Cool start setting the theme for the case! "something is wrong"!!!!!!

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Impassi Heartstoppper, dense left forehoof frozen in place just above her desk, didn't smile.

Oh, and here I thought she would've, for the satisfaction of figuring out their game! Wow! Such control!

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An earth pony, however, could absolutely slam a hoof into wood.

And for a marked judge, channeling the often-subtle magics of her talent suite into the impact... it did a little bit more.

Oooh! Cool!

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Sex Court had only been open for a few hours, and it was already shaping up to be a good week.

Woooo! Predicting issues and solving them! A good sign! Efficiency!

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Saying 'both' would suffice.

"If you wish for me to demonstrate," Impassi said, as her voice remained steady and powerful earth pony muscles, hidden by the official robe, went tight, "exactly how real this courthouse is --"

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Beford > Bedford

unblocked,right? > unblocked, right?

more experience gallery members > more experienced gallery members

you know, contempt of court can also come with a fine. *please* tell us there was a fine? the entire point was that they didn't want to have to pay a fine for their crime!

Oh wow. That was very unexpected, but it makes sense... a weird, kinky, stupid sense, but still!

Judge Heartstopper definitely is good at her job.

The judge is going to have a hard time staying ahead of those who want to pay for the privaledge of being forced to endure the lowest paid jobs, especially those of the mindset that they are preventing even those who actually need the money the position of being able to earn any. Which is why those employees are getting paid.

The key word in the sentence was 'tried'. Multiple sapients had tried for the dramatic entrance over the years, including a number of earth ponies and minotaurs. The doors had been magically rebalanced accordingly, and putting excessive force into the effort sent most of that kinetic energy back to the source.

Take a door, heavier than expcted, and attempt to pull it open fast enough to go through when rushing to the destination. Due to the door taking longer to move through a certain point in space, your foot intercepts it. You dont expect this to occur so youre still waking forward at speed. Now, you may think head meets door is bad, but wait, theres more. due to a complex sequence of interactions of rotational dynnamics of the door around the stationary foot, coupled with the timing of the reflected momentum shock through the foot and back, the top of the doors rotation is accelerated by far more than double.

Been there, done that, eaten the floor.

I apologise for giveing the GM ideas. It also happens when they merely think about the possiblity of my existance. Shortly before their computer does also and attempts to escape such local reality.

Dang, you've really been pumping this one out lately, and every case has been solid gold. Loving it lots.

Would be interesting to see a story that really tests the limits of the court's privacy mandate. Like if Celestia or Luna were on the docket. Be hard to keep that one quiet! Might have to just treat it like the minors cases and clear the room. Or would they resist that kind of special treatment? And what would they even be there ABOUT? So many possibilities.

"Prisoners of Love" frequents Equestria's theaters, sure. But what about "Springtime for Sombra"?

In any case, a fascinating bit of courtroom detective work, and a brilliant chapter title for those who know. Thank you for this.

Firries were actually somewhat more of a problem, because those who liked to dress up as plants occasionally needed somewhere to put their soil cart and parking validation wasn't easy to come by.

I laughed way, way too hard at that little joke.

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Luna had that one banned.

this reminds me of a scene in a book:
some policemen had tried to beat information out of a crook, but failed.
the protagonist realized the guy was a Masochist, and threatened to break his favorite pain-toy.
THAT got him to tell her something useful.
-to clarify, he was a witness, not the culprit. of that case.

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On the other hoof, she thought the play about the giant cockroach was amazing.

Chrysalis was unamused.

Heartstopper should have a conversation with the Lady Silk. Two idiots, one thinking her role play rooms would be too inauthentic, and the other with that smug superiority of being unwilling to pay to indulge. I suspect the sliding scale might be off the table.

I did have the brief thought that in attempting to make the courtroom participants in their fetish, that could get them a sexual harassment charge in the building next door. But that could be a step too far. That kind of record would make it difficult to make it in their chosen career. Something tells me the reality of their fetish would not live up the fantasy.

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If you want a full story about firries (with more jokes), I just happen to have one on the other end of this link.

God I love this series. Every chapter brings a smile to my face. They are endearingly clever and some chapters dip into touching and heartwarming. Keep up the good work. The Griffon chapter had such a sweet ending.

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I get the "wonderbread" part of it but not the rest. Maybe I don't know the full story of The Womderbread Commissioner.

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The jetpack commissioner and prison jumpsuit commissioner are brony-specific entities, though their tastes are as oddly specific as the Wonder Bread guy.

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Ah, thank you. I follow more general furry artist stuff than specifically pony artist stuff so that's probably why I missed them.

You've got a great imagination, and a real knack for the weird kind of funny.

Regrettably I now know a new word! Man. That is some dirty stuff. It's an interesting twist on the word that you have two individuals who share this fixation who became interested in each other instead of a bunch of absolute clowns sending letters to cannibals or killers. I love the way you got Judge Heartstopper to figure out the situation and resolve things. It's such a perfectly ironic punishment, very fitting. Thank you for the writing!