I can't believe this! How dare they forget who they're dealing with! I'm the very Element of Generosity! But to ask me to share my suite with the likes of... her? It's inconceivable, preposterous, ludicrous! They seriously think I, Rarity, fashion designer extraordinaire would be willing to share even a suite with such an... uncouth beast! Unfortunately, the Canterlot Ritz—and every other hotel—is booked solid, so it is either this or nothing. I suppose as long as I keep to myself, I will survive the week. Right?
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Insta-RiL'd. Hopefully I'll be able to read it before 2016.
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And then they teamed up and fought crime.
Well this should be interesting, onward to the next!
Eeeeeeee! Love Gilda.
I kind of wish you made her a little less crappy at her job, though. She can be crass and rude without being inept.
Still, liking this so far.
2980929 oh, there will be crime fighting, just probably not in the way you're imagining.
2980921 more story, there is to come.
2981031 I'd say she's moderate at her job. her ego lets her think she's better than she is, but by the end of the story, her competence will no longer be a question.
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Aaah, I see. So they team up and cause crime.
When reading the title, this was the first thing to come to my mind:
Rarity seems a bit racist here.
2981308 in what way?
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Couple of lines here and there.
Really, Rarity? Wow!
So Gilda's akin to a dog now? Yikes!
So Gilda's not even a griffon. She is a creature.
This isn't too surprising. Rarity was part of the whole 'let's hate on Zebra's episode'. And she got really offended when called a mule by the Diamond Dogs. Though that could have just been acting.
2981376 ah, yes that's true. But, she and gilda will not end this fic the same way they started it.
Not sure if you intended Rarity to be wrong here, but they were Rainbow Dash's pranks.
I think this has great potential to be a really good story. Writing is good, and the grammar is spotless as far as I noticed (or didn't, rather). Keep it up!
Hmm... Rarity doesn't seem TOO concerned beyond a few passing thoughts about Hoity-Toity being shot with a crossbow right next to her. I mean, that's some pretty intense shit. I figured she'd be a bit more... scarred.
That cover art.
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Along with the rest of the story.
Absolutely loving this story.
Huh.
I started writing a fic with pretty much the exact same premise as this last year. Gilda as a bodyguard for Rarity, engaged in full on passive-aggressive warfare, except it was set in Las Pegasus, not Canterlot. I Never finished it though. Still, this looks pretty good so far. Looking forward to seeing where this is going.
I like this.
2982384 she has no time to be scared, darling! This is her week, the week her eye for fashion gets discovered!
all kidding aside, she'll realize the true extent of her peril soon enough.
Wait, you made it sound like Hoity Toity was the one shot, and Rarity asked who would want to shoot him, so my response to that is: WHO WOULDNT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Noooooooo
Already love Gilda and hate Rarity... seems like the right story for me
Huh. And here I thought the name for it was Eagleland.
My headcanon says otherwise. :3
2983540 Gilda's holding out for some rainbow-colored booty anyway.
2984477 I wasn't sure if there was already a name for where she's from, so I just made one up.
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At this rate I'd be surprised if she doesn't leave her in a box for those who want her, all tied up with a pretty bow.
Y'know, if Rarity has a bodyguard because of royal decree then technically Gilda could do almost anything she wants in the name of her 'safety'. Which after this attack could be anything up to and including dragging her kicking and screaming from anything Gilda decides poses a threat. Or preventing her entering certain threat-risk locations. Or, y'know, damn near anything provided she can justify it.
Which is why you don't mess with your security, because they can either make your life incredibly hard or they can leave you completely vulnerable.
Oh hell yeah, this is just great so far.
...I thought the general fanon name for the griffon homeland was Griffonia or something of the like.
Damn no shipping.....that was the only reason I read this story. I have never seen Gilda and Rarity shipped together and thought this may be interesting but if your not shipping then I will take my business elsewhere. Good Day Sir
You lost me at Gryphladia. Sorry, no.
2988789 you mean Griflandia.
2988789 seriously though, that's where I lost you? The completely arbitrary name of Gilda's homeland which is in no way relevant to the story itself?
Great!
But what was Gilda doing before she visited Rainbow? Because you made it sound like she's a jobless bum.
Got it. I'll make the popcorn.
HAH!!! YEAH!!! FUCK YOU HOITY TIGHTY!!!! IT'S ABOUT TIME SOME PUT A BOLT IN THAT POMPOUS STUCK-UP ASS OF YOURS!!!
2988433 I always figured she was from Cloudsdale.
On the official map it was just 'yonder to griffons --->' though.
And so after a week of terrible ordeals making them learn to depend on and care about each other, the story ends with Rarity jumping in front of a crossbow for Gilda. Then as Gilda weeps over her, with her dying breath, Rarity utters out, "Why didn't I just catch it with my magic?"
Pretty entertaining so far. They both seem believably prejudiced against each other, so it's a good balance that doesn't make one seem completely innocent while the other's a total jerk. I'll be curious to find out how the violence makes sense, though. Someone really doesn't like fashion week, I guess. Eventual romance could've been amusing, but yeah, probably wouldn't have made a ton of sense.
"I need this job. I need this job."
I seriously love that line. It adds personality.
This is great and I am particularly happy that you decided this will not, in fact, be a shipping story and simply two beings becoming friends with each other. At first when I read the description I thought she was talking about Applejack, or Rainbow dash, then I saw the character tags and understood.
2981376
It still seems more overly racist than what I would peg for Rarity. Strongly disliking/hating Gilda specifically? Sure, but those race cracks have an underlying viciousness that seem strongly out of character for her.
I am torn between disliking Rarity's characterization in this, and being REALLY curious about the plot here. (I am assuming Rarity was the intended target, and the bolt just missed and got poor Hoity Toity instead. Which, btw, poor bastard.
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3015344 Some of Rarity's comments are harsh toward griffons, but we're pretty much past that point in the story now. The events have begun to unfold that will lead to the not-racist ending.
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Oddly, I am now fixated on Hoity Toity evidently getting offed. Not in a UNFAVORITE kind of way, but rather in a "omg somepony died
Unless annoying arrows applies here.