I just made that announcement on Patreon and now I'm making it here. I missed putting a new chapter on Triptych in November, so there will be two in December -- and other ongoing stories will see fresh additions. The priority will be plot advancement on extant works, with new one-shots postponed to January unless the mental queue has be cleared just to free up the path.

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Sorry, FOME: it's happening, with credit assigned. But there's something strange happening.

I started out with the following tags: Comedy, Random, and Crossover. I then went for a short walk to clear my head and see what sort of ideas manifested.

I began composition. A few paragraphs into that, I added Dark to the tag group.

I just took off Comedy.

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Thanksgiving is a day of pain.

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Yes, my Black Friday & Cyber Monday have absolutely svcked. Why do you ask?

Difficulty Class 0: The story hasn't been published yet.
DC 3: There's a light scattering of downvotes, but no one's taking direct credit for them. Alondro may or may not make a joke which few people recognize as being such.
DC 5: Someone explains exactly why they don't like your story. Some chance of comment downvotes.
DC 10: At least one person who didn't like the story is now in a debate with someone who did. Chance of memes.

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...today, I'll be writing a story about dealing with birds in your dryer.

As per a suggestion from ChudoJogurt, it'll be set in Ponyville's spa. (I was trying to think of ponies other than Rarity who would truly need a drier, and that brought up Lotus & Aloe.) It'll be a light comedy. Fluttershy will naturally appear, Ratchette may come in for a few seconds, Rarity is mandatory -- but it's mostly just the Spa Sisters, and primarily Lotus at that.

And why?

...

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Let's say you've found a story in which every single character is out for no one except themselves. They have no personal charm, none of the sly winks to the camera which can be found in the best con artists. They relentlessly abuse everyone around them. They would push a terminal cancer patient in front of a bus if it meant they didn't have to wait in line for five minutes. No, that's not quite fair -- they would also push a newborn's stroller in front of the bus, but then you've got to

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Discuss.

Optionally, scream.

Headline: The FDA Has Approved The First Digital Pill

First thought: Great: the FDA approved Todd Starnes.

Allow me to translate from the false apologies:

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