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I am not contained between my hat and my boots.

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Four ponies escape from The Canterlot Institute For The Mentally Disturbed and head for the airship docks. Hilarity may or may not ensue as they embark upon a daring mission to overthrow society.

All original character cast, save for a few brief appearances by canon ponies.

Cover image by yours truly. ^.^
Many thanks to Metaright for proofreading, the good folks at MLP forums and Bronyville forums for pre-reading and feedback.

Chapters (7)
Comments ( 58 )

Geez, published for three minutes, and already a downvote.

Is it really so bad that you can know to downvote it within 3 minutes?

I'm not entirely sure what I just read... but I think it was funny.

Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Metallica

I think the one downvote was because you misspelled "Sanitarium", and turned it into somewhere unpleasant involving Santorum.

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No, I spelled it exactly how I intended to.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanatorium
--In the slightly archaic sense of it meaning a home for the mentally ill.

Looks interesting enough that I think I shall enjoy it.

This is acceptable and I endorse it wholeheartedly.

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should i really have expected that a person into heavy metal wouldn't think that 'sanatorium' was a misspelling

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'acceptable' huh?
Well... not the greatest praise I've ever gotten... :pinkiesad2: but I'll take it! :pinkiehappy:

Poor Cabbage Pony! Maybe she should team up with Mouth-Frothing Twilight Sparkle Fanfilly. :trixieshiftleft::trixieshiftright:

Haha! This is definition of crazy so far.

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^.^ I take it reference = gotten!

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That's the idea! :pinkiecrazy:

I find this story really fun to read, a group of interesting characters including one that could get on Celestia's nerve even if is just barely.

I'm waiting for more after "The End?" Note the question mark :rainbowlaugh:

-Morfonious; FIMFIction's deaf resident.

Fantastic so far, I'm totally loving these characters :derpytongue2:

Also.. Eyepatch emergencies-- Pinky, this is all your fault? :pinkiecrazy:

The preacher fellow reminds me of a character in Sanitarium, which is a kinda-old video game, now that I think about it.

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I find this story really fun to read, a group of interesting characters including one that could get on Celestia's nerve even if is just barely.

He could get on anybody's nerves. ^.^

I'm waiting for more after "The End?" Note the question mark :rainbowlaugh:

Oh yes, I've already got plans for a sequel. Hence the question mark.
(In the sequel, Celestia will assign Twilight and her friends to track down and capture the pirates. More hilarity will ensue. ^.^)

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Yep, all pinkie's fault.

And yeah, I loved making these characters. They're so much fun to write for.

There goes another barn.. NOT THE RUM! :ajbemused:

Just finished, and yes, this was awesome. It has.. Da magicks! :coolphoto:

Eh, considering how long it would've taken someone to actually read even a chapter, it was probably some morons who think it's fun and appropriate to thumbs-down anything that doesn't interest them, without actually reading it.

I remember seeing one guy comment on a story "I hate this pairing, so you're lucky I didn't thumbs-down it on sight!" Seriously, it was like he was expecting gratitude. I don't walk up to people in the street saying 'Hey, I've never liked that hair-style, you're lucky I didn't punch you on sight."

Sorry, I got derailed there. Tl;Dr: Story good, sequel would be lovely. Love your writing. :twilightsheepish:

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Well, today I learned something. I've always seen in spelled sanitarium.

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Yep, another barn destroyed. No wonder AJ's so angry. :ajbemused:
And I see you got the reference there. ^.^

Just finished, and yes, this was awesome. It has.. Da magicks! :coolphoto:

Thanks! :twilightsmile:

Eh, considering how long it would've taken someone to actually read even a chapter, it was probably some morons who think it's fun and appropriate to thumbs-down anything that doesn't interest them, without actually reading it.

I suppose so... I've gotten that on every fic I've written so far. The first vote is always a down-vote... and always within minutes of posting it.

I remember seeing one guy comment on a story "I hate this pairing, so you're lucky I didn't thumbs-down it on sight!" Seriously, it was like he was expecting gratitude. I don't walk up to people in the street saying 'Hey, I've never liked that hair-style, you're lucky I didn't punch you on sight."

Or that, perhaps.
'Dwnvoted bcuz its not a clopfic!!1! I want moar clop!'
:facehoof:
Until someone says otherwise, I'm assuming such downvotes are because of that exact sentiment. :rainbowwild:

Sorry, I got derailed there. Tl;Dr: Story good, sequel would be lovely. Love your writing. :twilightsheepish:

Thanks! :twilightsmile: And yes, the sequel is already being planned out. These ponies are too much fun to write.


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Any time. :ajsmug:

“My Cabbages!”, I know somewhere in another universe a certain cabbage seller is sneezing :rainbowlaugh: Awesome have a Fluttershy. :yay:

Bravo Good sir my interest is officaly gained. Epic story so far :twilightsmile: cant wait to see how twilight deals with several ponies more bonkers then perhaps pinkie pie :pinkiecrazy: also didnt they forget somepony on that Spiraling downward ship who was tied up? :fluttershysad:

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Oh, they did forget somepony on the ship.

Don't worry, Stern Breeze will be back in the sequel. She'll be put in charge of piloting Twilight's ship, of course.

33 views on the first day?
:applejackunsure:

After the response from my last fic, I was expecting to be disappointed by comparison... but not that disappointed. :fluttershysad:

...And honestly, to think I thought this one was better than the clothes make the mare. :facehoof:

Oh well. You win some, you lose some.
Maybe people just aren't interested in OC stories... or perhaps the cover image is off-putting.

Time to raise this barn again:ajsleepy:

That ending is cruel. Please tell me there's more.

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But I'll probably sequel my more popular fics first... and I've got a lot of nice original ideas I want to do.

Very random thing, but funny :)

Quit mocking God. "Do not be fooled, God is not mocked. For whatsoever a man sows, that also shall he reap."

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:rainbowlaugh:
Bring it on, God!

:rainbowdetermined2:
I can take him. It's easy to beat an old geezer who doesn't exist.

As for you,
Exodus 14:14 (ESV)
The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.

(I wouldn't recommend taking on a minister in a religious debate, anyway.)

I'm just going to say that I read every line from Golden Word in the voice of the preacher for Talos in Whiterun (apparently he annoys everyone just the same). Although to be fair everypony in this fic is far more awesome than their referential counterparts.

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Ah, so did I at least do a better job on characters in this one?

3652955 I will inform you once I check out the other one, but for a short-ish comedy I thought it was pretty good. Each character had their own individual arc where you could see exactly what made them tick, well maybe Bluebeard got a little shafted in his development (but he is a freaking pink priate what else do you need). I have a feeling that if we had more time in the story to explore each character then it would feel a little bit more immersive.

But as far as I am concerned the story and narrative are good. I'm guessing what happened is that because you posted all of the chapters at once the fic just never got any exposure. So it goes right?

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Yeah... back then, I didn't know better.

I think the all-OC nature and the cover image are also to blame.

Still, at least I accomplished my goal of writing an all-OC story.

I think this was put in the wrong folder in the group Pirates of Equus, it should be in the PoE extras folder, not the Main Story folder.:twilightblush:

:trollestia:

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Oh, sorry. I think I got confused about what the folders are for. :rainbowhuh:

2063147 Raze this barn, raze this barn... :applejackunsure:

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:ajsmug:

Wow, somebody actually read this old thing! :rainbowkiss:

What? You just let the terrorists heroically escape?
What kind of kid movie is that?

Just going through your stuff when I found this and I'm not very good at this words so will just put it like this. I freaking loved this story! I Laughed so much at the over all antics of the hero's/villain's? antics and picturing this in my head and it was just so fun!

Don't know why this story doe's not have more love. It deserves more then it has now. Anyway love this and all your other stories, Thank you and have a nice {insert time of reader here} day good Sir or Miss.

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Don't know why this story doe's not have more love.

Eh, it's an all-OC story written early on in my career.
I'm not surprised.

I believe this is the best response to this chapter:


:facehoof:

:trixieshiftright:
The Great and Powerful Trixie ....is confused.

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