Unintended Consequences

by Daedalus

Time Travel Trouble

It was another day in Ponyville. Twilight Sparkle had just been visited by a future version of herself who looked like Snake Plisskin, so she went to visit the resident time travel expert (who really wasn't much of an expert) Karkat.
After hearing the situation, Karkat said, "Knowing you, she was warning you not to worry about the future or something like that, just loosen up and everything should be fine."
Then, the world twisted out of place for a second before snapping into its proper place once more. Karkat was unconcerned, telling Twilight that this was the straining of time that he had used to travel into the past in the first place, closing the time loop that was evidently involved. Twilight resolved not to pursue temporal studies until stupid paradoxes like that no longer gave her such bad headaches.
In other news, Aristotle had been traveling Equestria to make setting up future plot points easier by being able to refer to a period of time without much detail to it. He had signed a new singer to the record label he put together for Apple Core named Cheese Sandwich who mysteriously sounded like Weird Al Yankovic. Aristotle chalked it up to weird coincidence and headed to a town he had heard of called Dodge Junction in hopes of becoming the town's sheriff. Spike, meanwhile, was trying to prove that the Cutie Mark Crusaders had cutie marks in stealth that hadn't been noticed because they were invisible cutie marks. He was ultimately unsuccessful, as none of the CMC could be quiet for any substantial period of time. Taking a philosophical attitude, the dragon went bowling.

Author's Note:

Hello again! Not much related to the actual title this time. And yes, I am trying to undermine as many of the character study episodes as is reasonable! Though this one relied on self-deprecatory humor a bit more than I plan to in the later chapters of this story, I just got inspired from watching the new episode is all. Rarity's character study getting undermined should be interesting, and I plan something extra for that one, so watch for me getting around to that one!

Comments

[The Accursed One]

A bit brief, but good nonetheless.

[Daedalus]

3883060 Thanks. I felt this wasn't my best work, to be honest, but hopefully it's not bad enough to apply the Cosmic Retcon.

[The Accursed One]

3885639
Why would I do that?

[Daedalus]

3885769 My own unhappiness with the chapter felt like something other people would share. Must just be me, I guess.