How Confusing!
A library stands hush-hush and taciturn. Amidst an accumulation of mislaid books, a unicorn stands at a loss, panting and lacking in vigor, magical aura slowly dimming away down to nothing. What a calamity. Luck had stood, not as an ally, but as an antagonist, bringing forth a baffling twist. “How could my posits turn out so wrong?” Twilight groans.
Rarity turns up in a rush, full of worry. Such a companion’s arrival pulls Twilight’s sight to a familiar door which had, until now, stood shut. “That was a most unusual bit of magic you cast, Twilight. It shook our town all around, my shop most particularly. Why, it had Opal in a nasty fit!”
Instantly, a crash of burst glass sounds amidst a shout. "Twilight! What in Tartarus was that?! A tornado? A storm? Normal wind couldn’t do this!" Rainbow Dash panics. “Did a burglar attack you? Just ask, and I’ll kick that pony’s flank!”
“Now, now, hold on,” Twilight comforts both companions. “It’s okay. I’m not hurt. I had an inclination for trying an unknown charm, and it didn’t pan out. I don’t think anything is wrong, though I can’t grasp what it did. Did you find anything odd on your way?”
Rarity had not, nor had Rainbow Dash. Both fashionista and stuntpony disaffirm any odd sights.
Obviously not, Twilight thinks. As always, I could not avoid facing such a conundrum.
“Thankfully,” Twilight says, “I know how to fix such a mix-up. I can undo that magic without difficulty, but I wish I could find just what it did, first.”
“Don’t you worry, Twilight,” Rainbow Dash boasts, “I’ll fly off and look for any odd sights!” and absconds, ignoring both Twilight and Rarity’ calls.
“I’ll study that charm’s scroll again until Dash is back,” Twilight sighs, boiling a pot of milk chai upon its hot stand. “Do you want a cup too?”
“Thanks but no thanks; I will go and ask around town,” Rarity nods, prior to adding, “Gossip and talk may bring us a fact or two.”
“Good thinking. Try to bring Rainbow Dash back in two hours, okay?” Twilight asks. “A quick comparison of our findings, and I’ll undo it all.”
On a farm not too far, a lasso-twirling farmfilly stands still, puzzling out just what is amiss.
“Hold on, pardon,” Rarity calls out to a mint unicorn so oddly sitting. “Lyra, is it?”
Stopping mid-song, Lyra nods. “That’s right. What’s up?”
“I am so sorry to halt your music, but I am asking around town about a particularly thorny situation. You know Twilight, our librarian, I posit?”
“I had class with Twilight in magic school, in fact,” Lyra points out.
“Ah, good. I am trying to assist Twilight with finding out any unusual products of a charm, and was hoping you could call back any odd sights as of this morning.”
“Hmm...” Lyra thinks out loud, “odd sights, is it?” As soft music twangs out from a magically strung harp, a quick shrug shuts down Rarity’s optimism. “I’m sorry, I don’t think anything particular caught my sights.”
“Ah, thank you still.” Rarity sighs.. “Do say “Hi” to Bon Bon from my part, if you may.”
“Will do. Good day to you,” Lyra says without missing a strum.
Rabbits, birds and many such animals stood as a flock around a pony.
Who was it I was bringing food to?
“Nothing this way...” Rainbow Dash thinks aloud, turning away from south of town and aiming north. A rainbow contrail forms along Dash’s flight path, tracing an obvious ray through a bright noon sky. Against all luck and caution notwithstanding, no anomalous commotions look to occur in town.
No part of town is anything but at its most standard.
“Ugh!” Rainbow Dash groans. “Why can’t I find it! I’m usually good at spotting odd stuff! What did Twilight do!”
Broad wings flap strongly as Dash scans a park from curb to curb, finding it frustratingly normal.
“Isn’t anything odd in this town!? … Anything not normally odd?”
Amidst balloons and bright ribbons, a party making pony is unusually dumbstruck in front of a colorful cannon. “What was I loading my cannon with, again?“
“Conjuration? I’m not hungry, so that’s not a possibility.” Twilight chucks a copy of “Canny Conjuration” away not noticing as a faithful draconic assistant quickly springs forth to catch it.
“A full library! I scan a full library, and not a hint! How can books fail us?” Twilight asks in frustration.
“I think you should just undo it.” Snark, from a stack of books hiding a dragon. “It’s not as if you can know it all. I think you should just stop. You know magic can do just about anything.”
Twilight sighs, at a loss. “I wish I could find it, although what you said is probably right. I’ll wait for Rarity and Rainbow Dash. If I’m lucky, that’ll bring us a tip or two.”
As if by fortuitous planning, Rainbow Dash alights by Twilight and Rarity trots in.
“I’m sorry, Darling,” Rarity says, “but nopony has any insights. Our town is as calm as usual.”
“What Rarity said,” Dash nods. “I couldn’t find anything.”
“I’ll just undo it,” Twilight sighs. “It’s too bad I couldn’t classify that charm, though.”
With a flash of Twilight’s horn, all is brought back to normal.
“It’s too bad you guys couldn’t figure it out,” Pinkie Pie says. “I bet it was something really weird if even Twilight gave up.”
“Yeah,” Rainbow Dash agrees. “If we couldn’t find it in Ponyville, then it probably was something really, really out there.”
“Y'know, Twilight, I reckon maybe Princess Celestia or Princess Luna might remember it if they saw it,” Applejack suggests. "Might be something we couldn't see but someone who thinks on a higher level could."
“Oh! That’s a great idea! Spike, do you think you could send a copy of that scroll to the princesses? I’ll write a letter to explain what happened.”
“Sure, Twilight. Say, where did that scroll come from, anyway?”
“I think Pinkie found it earlier, when she was looking for a recipe book. Is that right, Pinkie?” Twilight questions.
“Yep!” Pinkie confirmed.
“Where did you find it, if I may inquire?" Rarity ponders.
“It was under ‘E’!” Pinkie giggles, leaving her friends quite confused.
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wut.
There was no build up, no story. It hurt my eyes to read.
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Don't think you figured out the puzzle then. Pinkie's last line has a big hint in it.
And that's how Equestria was made.
GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.
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I think what you meant is "And that is how this amazing land was born."
2282570 That's just what they want you to think. Can't believe the Man, maaaann.
Heh, I liked it. I thought the characters and description sounded funny, but I couldn't put my finger on it. That clue was all I needed, though. Nicely done.
... I don't get it.
Ohhhhhhhhhh........
Hilarious. Gadsby.
Ah yes, I recall reading the first part of this when it was a WiP. Nice to see it's completed.
A good story, most truly.
Actually, a fantastic production, if you hold in mind its unusual limitation!
I feel like an idiot for not understanding.
What did I miss?
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Glad you guys found it to your liking.
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I PMed you the answer. Don't feel too bad, it is somewhat subtle. ;)
I saw what you did. How many of your hours did this occupy?
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A hoofful, I would think, about four to six, but not in a row.
Weird little bug here:
Also, jeez. What a pain in the ass writing this must've been!
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Whoops! Thanks.
Also: Oh, it was!
I got it from abundant "posits". I had a hunch a thing was going on, but it took until that to link it to similar past conundrums.
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It's fun that you and many individuals post in this odd fashion to stay with this fic's fun.
no letter "e" i assume?
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That is right.
It took til Pinkie's clue and then reading the comment to confirm what I had theorized and I admit I'm rather pleased with myself n_n
Truly excellent writing, I am now off to dive into your other works and be in awe of how i'm not
stalkingI mean following you.You may have already but just in case, have you considered submitting this to EQD? Even if it wasn't accepted I think the pre-readers would get a kick out of it.
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I'm pretty sure they wouldn't take it due to the length. I've thought about it, though.
I was a bit too tired to examine everything here, so I didn't get it. I noticed "posit", and had no idea what it could mean, or, even now, after learning the answer, where the "e's" would go.
*yawn*.
Must conserve remaining energy so as to be able to write my own fic later.
Fun little story, though!
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Glad you liked it. ^^
2305516 It must have been insane, trying to write this without that little letter E. I salute you for your diligence.
I don't get it. Don't know if that's coz I'm stupid or because I'm just about to fall asleep (not the story's fault, I quite like it, but it is 11:36pm over here.)
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Up until Twilight undoes her spell, the fic has no "E"s in it.
2306660 Ohhhh! And that's why fluttershy, applejack and pinkie pie were confused and also not mentioned by name! Woah, good job on not using any E's! That must have been hard!
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Quite, yes. Had to use the thesaurus a lot.
Oh wow. Dude. I thought it was just some sort of "purple prose" spell or something meta like that. And, well, I was on the right track, but I had to read the comments to find out. :D I liked this.
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Hehe, glad you liked it.
It was one heck of a pain to write.
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Any structured writing will be. :)
This... I can't even imagine how long this took to plan. Making any lipogram is hard but one with the letter E... that's the big time. I noticed you had to tweak the tense indicators and make heavy use of the thesaurus. Good show, good fellow.
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At first, I thought it to be a spell that caused sesquipedalian loquaciousness. Then, I thought it was a spell that made everything normal.
And now I know.
Also, I was going to try making this a lipogram lacking 'e', but I realized by the seventh word that I was stuck. I couldn't even change the lipogram letter to another vowel, because I had used them all by that point.
Bravo, good sir. Bravo.
HOLY FLAMING HYENAS.
How long did that take you?
BRAVO!
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Took me several hours and a thesaurus.
2752526 Good job, sir. I applaud you.
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I'll try it; how about this?
At first, I thought it an obvious incantation of cryptic vocabulary and loquacity run rampant. Or, upon additional musing, mayhap Twilight wrought a charm of sound and fury, signifying naught but normality.
And now I know.
Also, I was going to try making this a lipogram similarly lacking that symbol, but I had to abandon that shortly past word six; nor could I switch lipogram symbols, for I had no non-consonant outstanding to swap in.
Bravo, good sir. Bravo.
A pox on thy lack of conviction, for this adaptation took nothing flat! On top of that, a bonus goal: authoring this post about what was grammatically past (as yours did), not what is, though a past action word typically wants that symbol as half its standard suffix, along with 'd'. - ff_rror
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...Woooooow.
I try to do lipograms, get about ten words in, find I managed to use all five vowels, and then summarily give up.
Of course, I also attempt to do them off the top of my head, without referencing a thesaurus.
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My two biggest friends here were a thesaurus and the ctrl-f search function.
Brava, Autumn Wind. Such a constraint must bring much difficulty to writing this story, and you accomplish it grandly, in a way that I can only wish that I could truly mimic.
City of Doors turned this guy onto this. cool story!
Huh. And I thought my history was full of all story possibility. Your writing shall assay my mind.
Greatly enjoyed the effort expended
It was a major trial to grasp what you did with this story.
You can has review!