This Story Did Not Explode

by PseudoBob Delightus

Chapter 1

Author's Note:

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Somehow, some way, they had all found themselves on the same hill. To watch it end.

"You know, now that I look at it," Rarity said, "there's a kind of beauty in it."

"At least it gave us some time to prepare," Fluttershy said. "To say goodbye."

Rainbow Dash crossed her hooves. "I still think we could have hit it with something else."

"Come on, now," Applejack chided. "We did our worst. We did enough."

"This is exciting!" Pinkie Pie cheered as she bounced up and down.

Twilight looked up at the title. This was it. Despite all her ideas, the countdown continued unabated.

"You know..."

Her friends all looked at her, and she looked back at them.

"Spending our last moments together? This isn't so bad."

Spike added, "I am also here!"

"I still have no idea where you keep going," Twilight told him, "but I'm glad you're here too."

As the time ticked down, they watched.

Comments

[Lulululu]

just in time to see the fireworks

[Sudrian Engineer]

Well... here we go... 1:00

[StarshotSophia]

See y'all on the other side...

0:59

[Shekhshoukh]

The dawn of the final hour

[Tape Deck]

I really hope this story doesn't actually go away. This has been some of the most fun I have had commenting on things in the short time I've held an actual account here. 0:59

[Meteor_Mirage]

I'm glad Spike, too, is here.
Even if the narrative may forget about him, I never will.

[FanOfMostEverything]

[guang]

I'm with pinkie, this is exciting.

[DisplacedWriter]

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It'll most likely end up on Fimfetch if it does get deleted.

[Tape Deck]

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Da-da-da da, da-da-da da-da

[Chicago Ted]

Put me in the screencap!

[Scyphi]

Whelp...time to find out whether or not the story actually will explode or not.

(Do I need to back away from my device? Will the blast translate through it like that? Eh, questions for later)

One thing's for sure, though--this story's already "exploded" in terms of popularity.

[zoeygraiden]

Just one hour left. It's been a pleasure y'all.
Time: 00:55

[Born-From-Black-Lightnin]

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IT’S THE FINALE COUNT DOWN!!!!

[sirenc0re]

somepony can still eat the bomb before its too late...

[Sudrian Engineer]

I can't help but think of the intro to Best Day Ever in the Spongebob Musical

[Born-From-Black-Lightnin]

Less than an hour left. To either greatness or tragedy.

00:53

[EileenSaysHi]

[ROBCakeran53]

I'm so sad I only noticed this story, this must have been a wild trip for so many people.

[Okie Brony]

S̾om̯̆͢eo̙̹ͧ̅̆͠n̷̙̘̮̩̘̈́ęͧ̇̒ b̝͛̈́̈́̉͠è͎̼ͩͦ͟a̸̦̟̯͎͂͑t́̋̆͒͜ m̋e̹̤ͦͧ̉͡ t̘̬̔o̧̱̯͙̲ͭ t͖͠ḧ̞̲͢͝iͥś̴͞ j̢̩̠̑͊ok̙ͮ̉̈͑ͮ̒e̱̽̊ͧ̂̚,̔͡ b̧̬͂͆͘ͅut͕͈̳͂ͪ̔ͧ I d̳̅̂̿̍͆̔ońͭ'̨ͤ͆t̵̵̠̕ c̦ͨ̔ͧͦ͝ͅḁ̬r̸͕̗͠ĕ̤̒.̋͗

I͚͒̊ͧͥ̿t́̿͜'̯ͥ̓ͩs͆͟ t͈ḩ̨̥̝̤̈́̕ḝ̯̆͘ͅ_͉́ f̙̻͔͉ͫͯͯ̾͟iͧͮͤͅņ̴̳͉̠͛̒͒̔͟͢a̸ͬ͌ͥ͋́͊͡ļ̤̫͈͆̀̇͌ c̦͂̈̆ó͔͆u̴̡ͪ́̂ͫ̽͒̽n̝͆t̳̝ͪ͒ͮ̂͢͟͡d͙o_ẅ̨̩̲́ͣ̒̀̅̈́͠ń̵͖͈ͦ̀̐̌!̌ D̵̛̖̕͟͡o͉̪͚̖̍ͪ͢o̺̠̤ͩ̚d̶̸̨̡̮̝͠͝l̷͔̝͕͓̏ͧ̿̓̚e̤ͦͅ dȏ̠͖̝̬̠͊͡͡o̳͆ṭ̷͍̗̗ͤ̈́̿̚-͍̟d̽oo͍̾ͨ̆̈̈́ͭ͜͞.̠̓͂.̷̡̟̳ͧͤ́͟.͔̣̮̱̺̓ͨ̕

D̞̦͕͆̾̽̉͒̆͛̏̌͊͢o̺͔̫͇̰̾ͩ̑̅ͩ̋͐̒̉̌͘͢͠_o̯͖͚̘͙̮ͤͭ̍͑̍ͮ͑̾͠͡d̛̯̗̀ͬ̔̑̊͘͝l̠̩̹͋̉̿̎ͬͧͭͭ_̷̵̷̪͇̹̭͍͎̏ͦ̃͌̋ͤ̒͛͂͡ȩ̤̱͎̿ͩ̐͡_̡͎̺͈̼̖̠̐ͮ͋̃ͨͤͬ́ͨ͋̀ͧͧ͢͡ d̜̮̈́̂̆̇ͩ̚̚o͛̌ͮo̪̳͊̅̾̎ͮ̔̐̇̒̿͂ͨ̉ͩ̕̚͘͜tͫ-̸̟̪͈͓̅́͜d͔͖͍̞̭̫̲͚̘̈̀͂ͥͫ̍̾̃͐ͧ̃͊͑ͮ̌͛͒͝͡ǫ̱̙͍̺̹̖̜̗̑͊ͩͦͦ͗͗̏͛͜͞ǒ̷̵̶̢̡̡̹̘͙̭͇͙̯͇͖̺̅͋ͨ͐̇̾̂͑͊͘͟͝͝t̲̫̞̿͛ͧ ḑ̖͍͖̟͚̪̤̥̦͕͇̫ͥ͋̾̃̐ͣ͋̂̇ͤ͆͘͜͟͟ͅͅo̵̢̡̮̥͇̭͉̲̽̽̋͛͆́͒͡ơ̦̭̖͉̬̺̺̑ͧͬ̆̇̋̄̂̉̆͑̿͗ͩ̚͢͠ͅ!̵̴̷̢̝̫͔̗̩̳̜̠̘͇͉̪͚̞̭̥͙̌̿ͬ̓ͯ̔̍ͧ̌ͅ!̖̠̏!̵̶̨̩̯̃͗̊̂̀ͯ͘ͅͅ

[Krixwell]

🫡

[Tape Deck]

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We should run, before Zalgo consumes us all.

[Hobbestc]

0:50
hmmmm

[AvoidingFever17]

47 mins remain

[Parallel Black]

This has been a lot of fun to follow!

[Lulamoon-Crystal]

I’m from the future. It’s a very big kaboom!

I apologise in advance if this joke is not expected or appropriate. I am working on trying to stop making offensive or harmful jokes

[MathBrony173]

I wonder if we'll be getting a Chapter 0 or the story will simply cease to exist -- our memories the only proof that it was real.

[BlueYoshi]

Well, here it is. The final countdown. Only 40 minutes left before the story blows up.

[nameundetermined]

Gentleponies, It's been a privilege watching this unfold with you tonight.

Godspeed, all.

[Sudrian Engineer]

No matter if this story really explodes or not, THIS is how you do an April Fools day thing, VERY FUN

[Hannah Nelson]

Goodbye 😢

[Comet_Chaser]

I wonder how many people have downloaded the story and pictures in case the story actually gets deleted lol

00:38

[Sol Nemesis]

It has been an honor and a privilege.

[Kernel]

Here for the end!

0:36

[AvoidingFever17]

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Indeed
Didnt forgalorga do this concept?

[Dashie04]

Honestly this is one of the coolest experiments I’ve ever seen done in FiMFiction.

Let’s all wait for the end.

[TheAncientPolitzanian]

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Best Day Ever

I've hardly even touched SpongeBob in, like, 15 years and that song still gets stuck in my head from time to time.

As an in-too-deep Beach Boys fan, I am now legally obligated to trivia-dump that Brian Wilson's frequent collaborator Andy Paley was tapped to co-write that song, and that quite a few of the "Wrecking Crew" session musicians Wilson enlisted extensively in the '60s provided their services on its backing track. This has absolutely nothing to do with this story, but eh, call it a self-distraction from our impending, 0:34-away doom.

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Last I checked, there are at least two Wayback Machine archives, and that was an entire half-day ago.

[gapty]

The thought of the story exploding metaphorically on fimfic is not fitting, as it already did before, so I assume that the story gets actually deleted once the timer counts down.

In that case: Props to the ultimate April Fool's fic

[Scotishbro]

FOMOment

I wanted to be here, and so I am!

[Sudrian Engineer]

0:30...

We are close to the end...

[ThePeer]

30 MINUTES!!!

[Electrix]

I get on here a lot, but i had some stuff to do, and never noticed this before, i started reading today and the "GA-A-AY" part was the best in my opinion

Can't tell if that's biased or not, but, oh well!

0:32

[anonymous browser]

Well, this was a neat little experimental fic and a good choice for April Fools'.

Intrigued to see what happens at 00.00.
Would be amusing if it does just delete itself.

[Dr Bomb Doge]

Hey how's it g-... oh.
0:26

[Forcalor]

Gotta pull Celestia and go to sleep. Whatever it is, Twilight will deal with it.

[guang]

I was lucky enough to catch this in the first two hours and followed it the whole way each hour(minus sleep of course), I had a wonderful time today because of this story. Thank you for the experience, a fantastic concept well executed.

[Tape Deck]

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Thanks.

[Tape Deck]

Tick, tick, Boom
about~0:23 left

[crossed]

and one day, for no particular reason at all, forces far beyond their comprehension decided that their world must simply cease to be

in this way we are more alike them than not