There are six pony virtues. Six. And fortunately for the pickup artists, confidence stallions, and desperate of the world, there's also a lot of sapients who can't count that high. Princess Luna's Return produced a few side effects, and one of the more consistently annoying is a never-ending parade of those who claim to be the hitherto-unknown virtue of This Is Worth Some Free Drinks. Others take it further.
Division Seven is an international, multispecies effort, created in an attempt to find and discipline those charlatans. And ideally, to do so before something... happens.
The planet has strange ways of reacting to the presence of true Bearers.
Imagine how it might deal with some of the fakes...
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There actually is a Seventh Virtue. It just doesn't have a bearer, because the crushing burden of Putting Up With Your Friend's Shit is shared between the other six Virtues.
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Cassandra feels pity for all those who think they're the real Seventh Element of Harmony.
Him
Of course Eeyours goes for concrete brutalist architecture. It’s sturdy and depressing. Perfect!
"Eeyorus." Well played, A.A. Milne...well played...
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That one is Spike's.
Liking the thumbnail. 1st Armored Division but slightly different.
I just finished reading this and couldn't help but chuckle from beginning to end. For me in particular the behavior of the ponies of Drayton reminded me oh so close in spirit to certain people I know outside of the pages of fiction. Which made it all the funnier.
I shall be watching this with great interest as the premise alone practically invites fun and interesting stories.
"Millacre." I see what you did there.
Kek
"They ain't from here..." #Maine
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Damn right. And I don't get paid enough to deal with their shit.
I ain't country 'nuff for half o' this hogwash.
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Yes.
Let's just hope the necklace doesn't have to be removed as... explosively as the inspiration's ring was.
Still, always warms my heart to see a good Sir Pterry reference.
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The element of
snarkpatience.Hey!
I know My element is weird and all but faust had it and The tree gave it to me after i replanted it!
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That and also empathy/forgiveness is sunset's and the tree didn't give her one
I honestly never even thought of this benign a problem, but now that there is a story about it, it makes so much sense! I really can’t wait to see where this goes
For the repeat offenders, I wonder if the DV7 has pointed out that claiming to be a "seventh bearer" can attract attention form the Bearers enemies ... like Chrysalis, and from their "friends" ... like Discord?
Oh, this is going to be glorious. Looking forward to further disasterpieces from this world's most unfortunate OCs.
(And after seeing Drayton, I wonder how they would react if they ever learned that Fleur claimed to be from there.)
"We must declare war on Equestria."
"But we can never win such a war!"
"Of course not, but we could win the peace. I've given this a lot of thought gentlestallions and I'm perfectly positive that I am right. You must remember, Equestrians are very strange ponies. Whereas other countries rarely forgive anything, Equestrians forgive anything. There isn't a more profitable undertaking for any country than to declare war on Equestria and to be defeated."
Oh my, if Carmina's not scared straight by this, well, she'd have to believe it first, and she might.
Dang, the irony, or something. Wander just wanted to not be hurt, but then his lie got him very, very hurt.
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Minor error: he said ‘anyone’.
Love the idea! It’s like Jury Duty, a cute little story that can keep on giving.
This is such an enjoyable read so far! Looking forward to future chapters :)
Someone has a GRUDGE against small towns, and I feel it's for entirely good reasons.
11788219 "But what if we win anyway?"
"Oh, that could never happen."
There actually is a Seventh Element. It's Humility. Nopony has ever been able to find her (or him) because if asked, the ones who say no obviously aren't it, and the ones that say yes are obviously not it. Which is perfectly fine with Humility.