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AlwaysDressesInStyle


No way of knowing, where we'll be going, our adventures never end.

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Snowcatcher sleeps off a teleportation migraine.

My entry into the Ponyville CiderFest 2023's Iron Author contest using the prompts: the space between, injury, journal, legacy.

Characters: Snowcatcher, Dewdrop Dazzle

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Comments ( 14 )

Oh, the Wonderbolts branched out into automobile racing?

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Not quite, it's a parody of the Daytona 500. A long distance endurance race for the best flyers in Equestria.

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Now I want to read about that! (The Baytona 500). Did you already cover it in one of your other pieces? :rainbowderp:

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Actually, yes! :pinkiehappy: One of the characters in my long-running story 16 goes to the Baytona 500 on a yearly basis, so you can read about her experiences here: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/457671/5/16/act-i-diamond-rose

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Thank you! I previously read the prequel to 16 but had not gotten to the main story before! :pinkiehappy:

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Oh, was "driver" here a typo, then?
"Dewdrop held up the newspaper confirming her favorite driver had set the pace in time trials."
I'd thought that its position in the last line was deliberate as part of a twist, that we were meant to think it was a flight event until then when it was actually a ground-based motorsport.

I do prefer it being a flight event, I think, but you know my feelings on cars. :D

Dan

We might not know how close Whinnyapolis is to Minneapolis, but no Minnesota native would be quite at ease in the god-awful climate down there, and close to salt water. Salt water is easy mode. Any idiot can stay afloat with the cheating extra buoyancy, and the difference is... disconcerting. I'm sure she knows this better than most, as she groks water in the purest sense.

Funny, I was just watching the documentary short about Valve's founding and Half-Life's development, and after development was completed, the team took a Mexico vacation, and one guy drunkenly walked over a sea wall and fell asleep on the spot.

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Yes, that's definitely a typo. Fixed, thank you!

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Snowcatcher isn't particularly fond of Baytona's climate, but at least they're there in winter, which makes it slightly more tolerable (at the expense of missing her favorite time of the year back home). Dewdrop also prefers the chill of a Whinnyapolis winter, but the call of the ocean is strong for her. While the Land of Lakes will always be her home, the ocean has its own appeal as well.

Wonderful introspective slice of life :twilightsmile::ajsmug:

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Ah! Well, glad I commented on it instead of just quietly assuming, then. :)

The stronger your magic, the shorter the recovery times. For Snowy, it was roughly two hours, but she was a powerful unicorn, in the top 7% of all unicorns in Equestria. For most unicorns, it was much longer.

And then there's Twilight Sparkle, who teleports around constantly and without care. :twilightsheepish:

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It's nice to be in that top .0000000001% :raritywink:

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