Twilight, Twilight, Twilight. When are you going to pony up and realize sometimes asking for help isn't the wrong thing to do? Especially when others are in danger.
My speculation...The book is either Celestia's or Luna's or has been being used by one of them. I am sure this may have been said before but I don't have access to past comments right now...
Basic generalization of what Celestia may say: "I may have accidentally put an extremely dangerous, cursed book with the others I gave to you, gimme it back"
Although, I am surprised Dash is dying do infrequently now. I could spot at least twenty opportunities in the last two chapters where she could have died and didn't. Not even injured.
KILL DASH MORE! GIVE US GORE! KILL DASH MORE, GIVE US GORE!
I want to see pinkie and applejack covered in gore and sewage accidentally running into Celestia! It would raise so many questions, and also allow for a huge rise in Trollestia!
Pretty much. She's not actually going to be caught this early on. There would only be two outcomes then.
A: Celestia deals with the problem deus ex machina style. B: Celestia gets Worf'd and stumped/defeated to show the book is de ultimate sooper villyans.
B is just lame, and A makes for a very short story.
Granted, her not finding out until it's over/not assisting is just as cliche these days, since people work hard to avoid A.
2783634 She could take this as an "What an excellent opportunity for Twilight to learn." Scenario and say it is their (AJ, Rainbow, Pinkie and Twilight) sworn duty to stop this threat.
Interestingly enough, I've never read the story (though second hand chatter has given me a decent enough synopsis in my head). If anything, I noticed it's tricky to make any sort of Pinkie/Dash/death joke without it automatically becoming a Cupcakes reference (like it or not). That little fic has cornered the market.
I doubt it. That'd be fine for something like, I don't know... preventing some sort of thing without lasting consequences. But there are already problems. There are dead Rainbow Dashes piling up.... piling...
Dead Daves. Oh my god, Dash is the Knight of Time.
i like this story, and I wouldnt mind reading sequels with other ponies getting this curse, it doesn't have to be a direct sequel, but i need something entertaining to read at 4:40 in the morning
I really hope Twilight doesn't actually just erase their memories as soon as she thinks this has blown over. Memory erasure really rubs me the wrong way.
Having dead bodies popping up everywhere because she "left it up to her student" doesn't speak well of Celestia as a ruler to her people, does it? xD
We already saw the one in the well, bloating up. That well is poisoned now. These are actual, dead, decaying bodies. Blood and guts all over Equestria. Basically, at this point, it'll be some kind of miracle to pull off Celestia's involvement in a way that's not just "Oh whoops, there I go, getting ushered out of the story." or "Swish and flick, problem's solved!"
2788394 Of course she can! Celestia starts working on resolving the corpse influx and related fallout while the others track the source of the problem down. Going by canon, Celestia is assuredly far more adept at surreptitious corpse removal and misinformation campaigns than fighting ancient and/or powerful enemies.
e.e Now that's completely unfair. Going by canon, Discord is ridiculously powerful, and deposed (or disposed of) the two Alicorns who were previously part of Equestria at its founding (the two alicorns on the original Equestrian flag were not Celestia and Luna), and ruled Equestria until Celestia and Luna confronted him and took him out with the Elements. The fact he can snap his fingers and bend the heavens and all reality to his whims kind of puts him out of even terrestial deity levels, which is pretty much what Celestia and Luna are.
Chrysalis? You really think Celestia could open up and go all out on an unexpectedly powerful enemy while in the middle of a hall PACKED with ponies, including the Elements?
And lest we forget, Celestia DID beat Nightmare Moon, even if as is stated by Faust, that Celestia did not want to risk hurting her sister in their conflict and had to resort to the Elements.
2790180 "and deposed (or disposed of) the two Alicorns who were previously part of Equestria at its founding (the two alicorns on the original Equestrian flag were not Celestia and Luna)" That's fanon, not canon. There are no references to any predecessor alicorns in any official material. We know almost nothing about the world before events covered in the show; for all we know Discord created Luna and Celestia out of clay and snot.
While I wouldn't expect Celestia to "go all-out", she was quite clearly overpowered. It wasn't even a sucker-punch, she was just flat-out beaten.
Considering the power of the elements have shown, it's REALLY silly to claim "Celestia+Elements>NMM, therefore Celestia>NMM"
2785559 Oh, that'd be glorious. 2743762 More like organs. Think of what she could do on that front. Or maybe as an experimental body for medicine students.
Interesting premise. Started out a little slow. But you had my attention when she brought Twilight to the first crash site. But when she 'Reached for the Stars', I was hooked! When the dragon scene came, I knew exactly how it was going to go and you did NOT disappoint! My ribs hurt from laughing so much! Favorited immediately! Funniest stuff I've read in a long time! (BTW, this fic deserves a Comedy tag.)
2826477 ((OOC: Canon characteristic of all Jeffs based on Jeff vs Jane. Jeff came back to life in the morgue after Jane had killed him, based off of the fact that the writer said that Jeff's eyes focused on one of the doctors.))
I got less and less pleased by Twilight. As an intellectual myself, I totally understand the intellectual's URGE to solve puzzles under artificial constraints. That's what all recreational mathematics is about! However, she completely overlooked the possibility that Princess Celestia might be an essential (though not sufficient) condition for the solution of the puzzle. Her actions thus appeared more and more idiotic and bigoted as the story went on.
Also, I couldn't for the world get over the fact that none of them gave any proper treatment to that book. Surely, it appeared kind of strange, but as Twilight said, it wasn't evil. Plus, the book really just wanted to talk, yet everypony just lashed out at him without any good reason!
2848660 I have been feeling the same way. They would not be in this mess if they had just conducted themselves calm and rationally. Though I suppose if they had we would not have any plot progression so I can forgive them. Twilight's fears about going to Celestia seem a bit unbased too. Even though it is her magic that powered the curse it was not intentional and Celestia probably should be told about this book anyways. Besides the fact that she may be essential to solving this problem. But again it moves the plot so ill forgive it
3140468 There are even butcher shops that already specialize in equine meat products! It wouldn't be that hard to transfer from beef to pony. All we would have to do is get the general populace over the stupid crap about horse meat and voila!
Also, there are so many lines by Pinkie that remind me of Cupcakes, which is both really neat and mildly sickening for me. And it just scares me how Pinkie has no respect for Rainbow Dash's life (or lives?) anymore. That, and the numbness would help Pinkie do exactly the same thing in Cupcakes with absolutely no guilt! God I have a fucked up mind.
Did she find a couple Dash bodies?
Just keep calm, Twilight. Wouldn't want you to...
*equip shades*
...lose your head.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEA--*is shot*
I laugh.
Also, shit's gonna go down now...
Well, Twilight's busted.
Also, you must REALLY be enjoying killing RD.
Not a complaint mind you.
~Skeeter The Lurker
Twilight, Twilight, Twilight.
When are you going to pony up and realize sometimes asking for help isn't the wrong thing to do? Especially when others are in danger.
Twilight, for a smart pony you're surprisingly stupid.
She's probably found Dash's kebab body....
My speculation...The book is either Celestia's or Luna's or has been being used by one of them. I am sure this may have been said before but I don't have access to past comments right now...
I like cause there's GORE HEHEHEHEH
Basic generalization of what Celestia may say: "I may have accidentally put an extremely dangerous, cursed book with the others I gave to you, gimme it back"
Twilight's idiocy is overdone.
Other than that, brilliant.
oh boy, celestia and twilight are going to have *the talk*
2781529 Probably noticed the corpse meteor shower this morning.
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Huh.
Although, I am surprised Dash is dying do infrequently now. I could spot at least twenty opportunities in the last two chapters where she could have died and didn't. Not even injured.
KILL DASH MORE! GIVE US GORE! KILL DASH MORE, GIVE US GORE!
I want to see pinkie and applejack covered in gore and sewage accidentally running into Celestia! It would raise so many questions, and also allow for a huge rise in Trollestia!
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Pretty much. She's not actually going to be caught this early on. There would only be two outcomes then.
A: Celestia deals with the problem deus ex machina style.
B: Celestia gets Worf'd and stumped/defeated to show the book is de ultimate sooper villyans.
B is just lame, and A makes for a very short story.
Granted, her not finding out until it's over/not assisting is just as cliche these days, since people work hard to avoid A.
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I'd have to say, the entire time I read this, I was waiting for a Deus Ex Machina.
Also, I was thinking Baron Munchausen the entire time.
"And that was just one of the many ways that I died." - Baron Munchausen, from 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
2783634 She could take this as an "What an excellent opportunity for Twilight to learn." Scenario and say it is their (AJ, Rainbow, Pinkie and Twilight) sworn duty to stop this threat.
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Well, the curse only made her chances of death go up exponentially. It;s not running 100% or anything.
Still, I'll be to ramping things up soon
As for the rest of you, I can only hope my plans for the finale of this story meet expectations.
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Interestingly enough, I've never read the story (though second hand chatter has given me a decent enough synopsis in my head). If anything, I noticed it's tricky to make any sort of Pinkie/Dash/death joke without it automatically becoming a Cupcakes reference (like it or not). That little fic has cornered the market.
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I doubt it. That'd be fine for something like, I don't know... preventing some sort of thing without lasting consequences. But there are already problems. There are dead Rainbow Dashes piling up.... piling...
Dead Daves. Oh my god, Dash is the Knight of Time.
i like this story, and I wouldnt mind reading sequels with other ponies getting this curse, it doesn't have to be a direct sequel, but i need something entertaining to read at 4:40 in the morning
I really hope Twilight doesn't actually just erase their memories as soon as she thinks this has blown over. Memory erasure really rubs me the wrong way.
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Right. There is one death I will request that you work in somewhere.
Dash MUST be impaled on either Celestia's or Luna's horn.
If you can, make it so she doesn't die immediately and says something like "Oh, hi, Princess!" Before dying. The reactions would be priceless.
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Did Rainbow Dash lose a hoof to Applejack's incredibly sharp hatchet, explode in the library, and burn up as a meteor?
did twilight call in advance that she was coming, I can't remember, because if she didn't how did celestia know she was there
yes the plot is moving again! And what an ending. If you could please kill Dash in front of Celestia, my fantasies will be complete.
2786267yes yes she did
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C: "Well, if you think you can handle it on your own..."
Best option, and it doesn't rely on Celestial being oblivious.
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Having dead bodies popping up everywhere because she "left it up to her student" doesn't speak well of Celestia as a ruler to her people, does it? xD
We already saw the one in the well, bloating up. That well is poisoned now. These are actual, dead, decaying bodies. Blood and guts all over Equestria. Basically, at this point, it'll be some kind of miracle to pull off Celestia's involvement in a way that's not just "Oh whoops, there I go, getting ushered out of the story." or "Swish and flick, problem's solved!"
2788394
Of course she can!
Celestia starts working on resolving the corpse influx and related fallout while the others track the source of the problem down.
Going by canon, Celestia is assuredly far more adept at surreptitious corpse removal and misinformation campaigns than fighting ancient and/or powerful enemies.
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e.e Now that's completely unfair. Going by canon, Discord is ridiculously powerful, and deposed (or disposed of) the two Alicorns who were previously part of Equestria at its founding (the two alicorns on the original Equestrian flag were not Celestia and Luna), and ruled Equestria until Celestia and Luna confronted him and took him out with the Elements. The fact he can snap his fingers and bend the heavens and all reality to his whims kind of puts him out of even terrestial deity levels, which is pretty much what Celestia and Luna are.
Chrysalis? You really think Celestia could open up and go all out on an unexpectedly powerful enemy while in the middle of a hall PACKED with ponies, including the Elements?
And lest we forget, Celestia DID beat Nightmare Moon, even if as is stated by Faust, that Celestia did not want to risk hurting her sister in their conflict and had to resort to the Elements.
2790180
"and deposed (or disposed of) the two Alicorns who were previously part of Equestria at its founding (the two alicorns on the original Equestrian flag were not Celestia and Luna)"
That's fanon, not canon. There are no references to any predecessor alicorns in any official material.
We know almost nothing about the world before events covered in the show; for all we know Discord created Luna and Celestia out of clay and snot.
While I wouldn't expect Celestia to "go all-out", she was quite clearly overpowered. It wasn't even a sucker-punch, she was just flat-out beaten.
Considering the power of the elements have shown, it's REALLY silly to claim "Celestia+Elements>NMM, therefore Celestia>NMM"
HA HA HA
mah fav gore fic returns
I'm trying to figure out where rarity in this. great chapter btw. I probable must have missed a part or something o well.
Okay, calling it.
Dash flies in, and impales herself on Celestia's horn. I'm talking "pig on a spit" style, through the mouth and out the flank.
2785559 Oh, that'd be glorious.
2743762 More like organs. Think of what she could do on that front. Or maybe as an experimental body for medicine students.
2743762
We could sell it as 'Rainbow Meat.' The kids would love it. Now I'm hungry. Off to get hamburgers!
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AUTHOR, THIS BETTER HAPPEN, YOU HEAR?
I still like this story when's the next part even though I shouldn't be reading this it will make my psychosis worse
2800319 As far as I know she´s not in the story
2815804 Oh I would love that to happen and laugh in the floor
Interesting premise. Started out a little slow.
But you had my attention when she brought Twilight to the first crash site. But when she 'Reached for the Stars', I was hooked! When the dragon scene came, I knew exactly how it was going to go and you did NOT disappoint! My ribs hurt from laughing so much! Favorited immediately! Funniest stuff I've read in a long time!
(BTW, this fic deserves a Comedy tag.)
2826477
((OOC: Canon characteristic of all Jeffs based on Jeff vs Jane. Jeff came back to life in the morgue after Jane had killed him, based off of the fact that the writer said that Jeff's eyes focused on one of the doctors.))
I got less and less pleased by Twilight. As an intellectual myself, I totally understand the intellectual's URGE to solve puzzles under artificial constraints. That's what all recreational mathematics is about! However, she completely overlooked the possibility that Princess Celestia might be an essential (though not sufficient) condition for the solution of the puzzle. Her actions thus appeared more and more idiotic and bigoted as the story went on.
Also, I couldn't for the world get over the fact that none of them gave any proper treatment to that book. Surely, it appeared kind of strange, but as Twilight said, it wasn't evil. Plus, the book really just wanted to talk, yet everypony just lashed out at him without any good reason!
2848660
I have been feeling the same way. They would not be in this mess if they had just conducted themselves calm and rationally. Though I suppose if they had we would not have any plot progression so I can forgive them. Twilight's fears about going to Celestia seem a bit unbased too. Even though it is her magic that powered the curse it was not intentional and Celestia probably should be told about this book anyways. Besides the fact that she may be essential to solving this problem. But again it moves the plot so ill forgive it
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It would solve world hunger... or at least our world hunger.
3140468
There are even butcher shops that already specialize in equine meat products! It wouldn't be that hard to transfer from beef to pony. All we would have to do is get the general populace over the stupid crap about horse meat and voila!
Also, there are so many lines by Pinkie that remind me of Cupcakes, which is both really neat and mildly sickening for me. And it just scares me how Pinkie has no respect for Rainbow Dash's life (or lives?) anymore. That, and the numbness would help Pinkie do exactly the same thing in Cupcakes with absolutely no guilt! God I have a fucked up mind.
I have decided, based on this line, that you, as the author, have no idea where this story is going.
*slow clap*
I think that the finale of this story will be the goriest yet! I CAN FEEL IT! GRRRRAAAAAH MEEEEAT!!