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I like writing about the worst day of a character's life; it lets us see the mettle inside. (Pronouns: RB/20 )

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The ending two lines are superb.

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Damaged #2 · January 1st · · 1 ·

I was sure that it would be the Tesla that burned the place down. Nice one, Sock!

As a kirin fan, I loved this story. As a lawyer... well, I'm not sure the insurance would want to pay out IRL so quickly.

Now I need a kirin version of this.

When Janet arrived and entered the utility closet under the house, she could hear water sluicing down the drain pipe. She touched the drain pipe and found it warm. Not just warm, but hot. She pulled her hand back.

With a kirin, every tub is a hot tub (although cold water apparently makes men last longer, which explains why Autumn was so chill).

I really enjoyed your story a lot and loved how every time Janet tried to get Autumn upset enough failed until the very end. lol

This was a nice, fun read. Up until the end I was certain the story was going to have a Producers vibe.

This was great! :rainbowlaugh:

I honestly thought the thing to set Autumn off was going to be her stepping on a Lego. :derpytongue2:

An AmEx burn (no pun intended) was not how I was expecting this story to end. Hell of a twist right there.

♪ Burn, baby, burn ♪
♪ Kirin inferno ♪
♪ Burn, baby, burn ♪
♪ Burn that beach house down... ♪

You would expect the fact she only took Visa to be part of the listing.

I'm not sure if meth-mice are a good thing or a bad thing for mane-care technician hippogriffs, but they do sound tasty.

Bluey is indeed awesome.

11788833 Probably going to make Terramar a lot more vigorous, when dealing with Autumn's mane.

Dan

Bluey is indeed awesome and deserves all it's accolades for appealing equally to kids and adults.

Considering the somewhat widespread perception that Chilli uses her airport security job to help her husband illegally sneak looted artifacts into the country, I'm sure Autumn will appreciate the insurance chicanery.
https://www.reddit.com/r/bluey/comments/w5klqi/debunking_chilli_and_bandit_and_criminals/

She also heard a very quiet, very rhythmic thump thump thump thump sound from the shower directly above her.

I'm sure they were just dancing in the shower or something, that's a normal thing to do right...?

Huzzah! A huge success, in the end!

Also - hot older (relatively speaking) kirin mare with a young hippogriff? Nice. Don't think I've seen anyone pairing Autumn with Terramar, even for a joke. When she goes nirik, does that mean she's a raguoc?

"I wonder what a pet store says if a hippogriff wants to buy a dozen mice...?"

A lot of pet stores often sell what are called "feeder mice," which are for the explicit purpose of being fed to another mouse-eating animal. So if anything, they'd just direct said hippogriff over to those and try to strike up a deal. :rainbowlaugh:

"This show is awesome, I'm glad we found it. Just called to say 'Thanks.'"

Yeah, that scans. Not just because it really is a great show, but also because that'd totally be something nearly any Equestria-originating creature would probably enjoy (the dragons will deny it, but it's no less true for them too :trollestia:).

She readied their invoice with "resort fees" and "kitchen restocking fees" and "hidden fee reveal fees" and "sales tax tax" and everything else she could think of.

I'd argue about how I'm pretty most of those are not at all legal...but then absolutely nothing about this fic has been, so...this is just living up to the trend, I guess.

Of course it was the thing she didn't actually plan for that does it.

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I mean, pissing off someone enough to burn down your house does seem like it would be covered by the law? Which makes it even more important that the only successful attempt was an accident.

Dan

If she found out about Disney's ridiculous censorship bullshit of Bluey episodes, that would certainly trigger a niriking.

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Fuckin LOLOLOLOLOL

I sympathise with Autumn, that is just the worst.

Added to
Admiral Biscuit's Fleet (group)
Signal Boosters (folder)

:pinkiehappy:

It's rare for a "comedy" tag to coax an audible snicker out of me. This one generated several. :rainbowlaugh:

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Thanks! And yeah, much of Fimfic New Column struggles with the LOLs. I've been reading lots of comedy-writing theory lately to improve my game, so I appreciate the feedback.

Naturally, this led to insurers across the country installing "unless there's a kirin" exceptions. But hey, first across the finish line still gets there.

Ridiculous fun. Thank you for it. (And clearly Janet couldn't just ask Autumn to burn the place down; she's seen how that doe handles the concept of discretion.)

I loved this.

Excellent crackfic, we need more of such.

Hey, if Amex PonEx didn't want people to ignore them then they'd stop charging outrageous fees to use them.
I was talking with office staff a few years back and discovered Amex charges more to businesses per month than we would make in transactions with them.

Good story!
I enjoyed reading it.


Here is an alternative solution on how to solve the house problem using ponies:

"This is South Carolina," Janet replied, holding the keys out, "so age of consent is certainly no issue.

I don't know why, but this is my favorite line in the whole story.

Janet had neither the money nor the credit to refurbish the house, much less to tear it down and build something new. That's what got her: she knew that an ultra-modern beach house, right on the ocean and convenient to Myrtle Beach airport, could be a tremendous cash cow once she got it listed and New Yorkers with more money than taste, yet who still had just enough taste to avoid Florida, started renting it from her.

:rainbowlaugh:

This was fun read! Terramar could find a fulfilling career in pest control.

Dan

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Autumn was working on a stage adaptation of Fanny Hill for the Kirin community theater.

Since her previous musical version of The Crucible had been such a hit.

Terramar wanted to audition for Equus, but Autumn dissuaded him.

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I'd argue about how I'm pretty most of those are not at all legal...but then absolutely nothing about this fic has been, so...this is just living up to the trend, I guess.

It is, however, legal to charge outrageous cleaning fees and then demand that guests do all the cleaning themselves. Though that has to be included in the listing itself.

Funny how in the end she didn’t even commit fraud.

That was a funny story thanks writing this story. You think the authorities would think that people would try to use Kiri to burn stuff down.

I would think insurance won't cover splosions if random Niriks and extreme cases of Celestia's indigestion

And that's how Janet's uncle's beach house burned down.

Well then!

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Yeah
Just call echo (or storm!)
Both work!

"....thump, thump, thump, thump..."

Oookay, then...

TOTALLY platonic...

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