Mommy Editionprevious thread: >>43178033Fallout Equestria, a story that bleeds two franchises together to build something magical. On one side, you have death, destruction, decay, and misery - on the other, you have ponies. Doesn't sound like it should mix? You'd be surprised. When the world around you is wasteland, all you're left with is hope, and as we all know, ponies can do spectacular things with just a little hope.Read Fallout Equestria by Kkat to appreciate the setting that many writers have then lent upon after being so captivated by the wonders.The original story which spawned its own fandom can be found here: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119190/These next four stories comprise the rest of what is considered "the big 5", alongside the original. They were biggest hitters early in the fandom, be it for having started before many others, their length, or overall quality.>Project Horizons:https://www.fimfiction.net/story/208056/>Pink Eyes:https://www.fimfiction.net/story/931/>Heroes:https://www.fimfiction.net/story/662/>Murky Number Seven:https://www.fimfiction.net/story/47300/Though, a reminder; just because these are the most well known, that isn't to say that there aren't other stories out there! There are many hidden gems that simply don't get the love they deserve purely because people don't give them the chance. Why not open your heart and try to find a new favorite? Anons are absolutely welcomed and encouraged to return with fic discussion of even the most obscure fics!Fan games:>Fallout Equestria: RemainsA Fallout Equestria Roguelike. It is the best thing to come of the fandom recently. Seriously go play it https://foe-remains.gitlab.io/main_en.html>Balefire BluesA Hearts of Iron IV mod. In it you take control over various FoE factions seeking to conquer the wasteland. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2307988796>Dust TownA derivative of Pony Town, set in the Fallout Equestria universe.Thread Topic: Tell us about your current project, are you making anything or have you found anything interesting in-progress being worked on?
First for hte boy, the myth, the legend, murky murky murky!
>>43284173which story is mommy from?
>>43284270Blackjack (gross!) has a hot mom
>>43284270She's the best mare 99 has to offer.Not that it would save you though.
When does it get good?
>>43284529When you start reading Murky
>>43284529When Blackjack kicks Lancer in the balls.
i've only read the original fo:e but i'm actually having issues finishing Pink Eyes, it's too sad having to read about this depressing little kid.
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>>43284830>Three wings of MutiecornsYeah, they're fucked.
>>43284886They actually are since they just struck a "deal" with the Goddess herself about exploring some stable full of enervation that the alicorns can't approach.
>>43284173>have you found anything interesting in-progress being worked on?Yuphttps://www.fimfiction.net/blog/1140036/what-happens-nextFoEbros we are so FUCKING back
>>43284529It gets good later in the book, then when you go back to reread later it's good from the very start
21 chapters in and Little-pip implying that DJ Pony is closer to her than Calamity or Velvet ticks me off.
>>43285261To be fair to Pip, they did just fuck.
>>43285261Pip and Homage's romance is just the author's self insert wish fulfillment. Don't think too deep about it.
Good afternoon Daisy is best mare
>>43285359An odd spelling of 'Gin Rummy' but I'll accept it.
>>43285369Too good for this worldToo good for any of us
>>43285636I kinda like her. Rummy is a fairly good mare in an unsalvageable situation.
>>43284830This is absolutely fine.No, I'm not biased.
>>43285903She's a good mom
>>43286397how can one pony be this adorable?
>>43284832its peak. holy fuck.
>>43285978Not wrong. Muties are peak.
Finally finished reading the original Fallout Equestria. Now I can join the many, many critics in saying it's not great.Biggest problem is kkat's choice to structure the story like a playthrough of a Bethesda Fallout game. This is a monumentally bad idea which other FoE fics fortunately do not emulate. Most of the story's problems are because of it: the main plot unfolding like a series of disconnected side quests, the pointless descriptions of looting locked containers and hacking terminals, the excessive combat scenes against 'NPC' enemies which don't matter because injuries can be healed immediately, etc. But besides that, there's so many weird, awkward writing choices in FoE. Characters dying suddenly (Monterey Jack, Steelhooves) or right after being introduced (Nightseer). Littlepip's awkward, grating internal thoughts. Some scenes have way too much detail, and others have far too little. Certain world details are repeatedly explained and called out for seemingly no reason. Just so much awkward, awkward, awkward!I don't regret reading it, and it was good for picking up some lore details I didn't know, but it definitely won't stick with me the way something like Murky did. The story really is deserving of a rewrite.
>>43286718Also I'm thoroughly onboard with the whole 'Book of Littlepip is Homage propaganda' idea, solely because of Pip's narration.>I was seething with rage. These ponies were SICK and WRONG, and I was totally justified in killing them.This is exactly the kind of line you'd insert into a story to justify all of Littlepip's actions for the NCR and Twilight Society.
>>43286718>Characters dying right after being introduced>NightseerGenuinely the most confusing decision I've ever seen from a writing perspective. You don't just give a character unique identifiers, particularly when said character is a member of a species known for being a networked collective, and then just off them before you can do anything actually interesting with them beyond 'btw they're wearing Luna's bones' cus that's an easy way to get S1-era horsefags angry.
>>43286718>>43284581>cries and blubbers for another 30k words>achieves a tiny something and then gets set back again far more>is a slave for the 50th time>glimmer makes a sexual commentthe bait lacks finesse nowadaysmurky is the most flanderized boring ass shit ever created
>>43286718>Now I can join the many, many critics in saying it's not great.>
>>43286869>cus that's an easy way to get S1-era horsefags angryIt gets me angry to this very day. I'm glad she croaked on the spot.
>>43286718When I read it I thought it was really good for something from 2011. Most fanfics from back then are really bad compared to today. But yeah, I noticed the prose and character writing seemed simplistic in it compared to Project Horizons, and so was the lore being simplistic.Fallout Equestria seems like it's emulating MLP and Fallout, and the MLP part would be like keeping archetypal characters because that's how they are in the show and having moral lessons baked into the narrative, but Project Horizons is more like humans that are pony shaped. I like Project Horizons approach more, because it feels like there's a lot of stuff going on, like feels living a breathing.This is also why FoE feels Littlepip centric, like the world revolves around the character and the themes.
>>43286971Only one dot? Also what's going on in the room he guards so fiercely?
"She asked for no pickles!"
>>43287218It could be anything, maybe his stash of grenades
>>43286869Why does such a shit mare have to be so hot?
>>43287021there are faster ways to say you stopped 5 chapters in
>>43287387fair, all of that stops by chapter 6?>An entire life of pain with scant little inspiration and reason to keep going. Years of loneliness and neglect. I was whining, failing to remember she had lost her entire life to the wasteland as well, but I didn't care. I wasn't being selfish, I just couldn't stop the outpouring of emotions.>“Now...anypony here know any bucks or mares looking for a good time? It's been almost a week I've been cooped up sick without any 'relief,' y'know? I'm itchin' for a fixin' if’n you get me?”you picked the best one gotta say, lighting the darkness was perhaps one of the most whiny fucking slogfest chapterread a real book for adults
>>43287516ok I admit I used a bit of an hyperbole there, it stops after "killing the salve" but even before that, there is character progression even with glimmer trough her relation with coral
>>43287541have a murkylove you anon
Gettin' ready for crab time. As this campaign has gone on, I've actually become kinda surprised I don't see more starbeast stuff. Star kaiju are rad as fuck, and they've been fun to adapt.
>>43287730>A star crabOh shit. Thalassophobia mode enabled.
>>43287220Worst taste in mares ever
>>43288164Guess he has a masochist mindset.
Up.
Marmalade, my beloved
>>43286869I wish this image would show another mutiecorn in this pose. The perspective and the anatomy are top, but Nightseer ruins it.
>>43287730Don't tell me the lights in the water are also parts of the sea monster.
>>43289174They're mostly small pisces fish, which are endemic to the area and useful for making minor alchemical and magic inks. You can find them pretty much anywhere the waterworks run just because they like the confined spaces and have had two hundred years to infiltrate in from the ocean. The two big lights on the east side of the bridge are my landmark for the cancer's presence. Party's convinced he's chasing them but he's actually pissed at and hunting down the pegasi gang that just set off a 'balefire bomb' further north in the city.
>>43286718I agree with most of this except for steelhooves. I think the way he passes does a decent job at illustrating how sudden death can really be. you dont always get closure. i dunno.
>>43289855Is that part of a story?
>>43289061Second least deranged S99 fag.
>>43289855Brutal.
>>43289597Yeah, there was the obvious moment where he could have died instead, that being him almost dying in Stable 2 immediately after inspiring dozens of other Steel Rangers to splinter off alongside him, but Kkat didn't do this and instead killed him out of nowhere. Sometimes it's just way more realistic to just fucking die in a whimper than in a blaze of glory and I think that's what she was going for ucu
>>43291115Never liked how she just got away with everything, just because she had a traumatic backstory.
>>43291133Killing children is a time-honored Fallout tradition. You can't fault her for that!
>>43291133You mean when she couldn't die, or when she died a lot, or when she actually died?
>>43291366To be fair, that was literally a different personality which was fused with her.
>>43291366>>43291375Ngl, I had a retard moment and confused Rampage with Sickles.
>>43291881Remind me, what did Sickles do? I haven't read her story.
>>43292004Swear, eat ice cream and generally fuck shit up
>>43292250one of the best description of sickle of all time
>>43292250And what exactly makes her so bad now?
Has anyone ever tried crafting power armor for a pony plushie? Would be pretty cool to see
>>43292250So literally me but delightfully swole?
>>43292790And a mare.
>>43289855>>43290174I want to read about a changeling in Fallout Equestria…
>>43293044the crysalis is a nice changeling story
My favorite part about Project Horizons is that they try to make you sympathetic towards Deus
>>43293345He's retarded just like me
>>43293345Started out hating him for obvious reasons, but man did that shift. I felt bad for him after reading the whole story.
>>43293345Not the only rapist you're compelled to sympathize with. Memory's fuzzy on exactly how many nickels I'd have but 2+ is still a weird amount.
Blackjack isn't fatbut given how many ponies comment on her ass we can presume she's pretty bottom-heavy
>>43293886I call her fatjack
>>43293345I would have been more sympathetic towards Deus if the book weren’t constantly bringing up his 40k sized body count. Somber keeps wanting people to sympathize with the villains who all killed countless innocents, and that Blackjack would be Just Like Them for killing em, but then Blackjack is just the only one who feels any semblance of remorse or guilt about her own sins. Damn mare keeps thinking she can fix anyone when she’s the only one that ever stood a chance of being fixed to begin with.
>>43293886No, she isn't overly wide. It's the metal that makes her heavy.
So was Threnody ever confirmed to be a reincarnated Glory or something? I forgot where that whole groomer arc thing in Speak ended up going.
>>43293978>SpeakJust ignore that fic altogether. It warps Blackjack and the whole background far too much.
>>43294007Yeah I gave up on it early on, I just always wondered if it ever went anywhere and randomly remembered it today.
needs more kirin
>>43293905on god i could make her feel love
>>43294434The love of her stomping you to into a pancake, right?
>>43294495Stupid can probably tank it, honestly.
>>43293905It really didn't help Somber's case for most of the angst that Blackjack's slavish, suicidal devotion to waiting until she was attacked first meant she never actually faced any of the moral quandaries that the narrative voice alluded to. With vanishingly few exceptions, Blackjack's romp through the wasteland was dominated by acts of self-defense and defense of others.Ultimately she came across as a character dismayed at causing death for any reason - a sensible trauma, but her feelings of moral confusion didn't strike much of a chord besides a single digit number of incidents.
>>43294288I really need to take a machete to my daily and weekly schedules and clear time for writing. It's got so bad I've got nothing done for months now, despite being full of ideas and plans.
>>43293886Man, this mare is like a drug. You know she's bad for you and a danger to be around for an assload of reasons, but she remains strangely attractive anyway.
>>43294567Could be. Special retard plot protection.
>>43294700Genuinely the worst part of Project Horizons. It's completely unfair for others to blame Blackjack for every single death or mistake in the Wasteland, and for her to internalize that and think she has to save everyone or else she's 'failed.' Every other FoE protagonist has the emotional maturity to take lives when necessary and to accept when things go wrong.
Oh yeah, that other fic
>>43296020Ah yes. The walking nightmare.
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/search/image/0eMA-XXTqFXLjWre1CCYMA/Bit of a longshot but did anyone save this ancient pic of Murky and Protege?
If I dropped the original fic in 2011 is there any point in trying to reread it? If not, which story would you recommend for someone who is still curious about the setting despite not liking the original?
>>43296720>If I dropped the original fic in 2011 is there any point in trying to reread it?Depends on what part of the story made you stop in the first place. What was the issue?
>>43296720You can read the ABCs for a bunch of very short stories about a variety of Wasteland settingshttps://www.fimfiction.net/story/188516/the-abcs-of-fallout-equestria
Finished Book 5 of Project Horizons. In retrospect, reading a whole bunch of spoilers and waiting half a year to finish the story wasn't the best idea. Still teared up at a few parts.I can see why people don't like the ending. The stakes and power levels grow almost exponentially from the previous four books. Velvet and Calamity lampshade how ridiculously dark and violent Hoofington is compared to their own story. I did like the big final battle and the way it was told via different character vigniettes. Maybe it helps that I don't watch a lot of anime, so I didn't catch any of the references. BJ being preggers and body/soul swapping a bunch of times was excessive.But no, the real thing tainting PH's ending is what's been there all along - the setting unjustly making Blackjack suffer, other ponies blaming her for everything that goes wrong, and her internalizing this guilt and failure and losing her shit until just enough sex or therapy is administered to get her going again. Book 5 turns up the angst to an unreasonable degree. And now it's not just BJ; every other character starts angsting over their failures too. No character progression is allowed. Blackjack breaking down in the penultimate chapter over all those who have died only to get forgiven by fucking PSALM is absolutely unforgiveable. The final battle with the Eater of Souls is pointlessly interrupted by several dreams just so BJ can experience more failure. And of course her ultimate fate in the epilogue is needlessly sad and spiteful. This is perhaps the most frustrating story I've ever read. Because there are scenes in every chapter that are fun, or poignant, or joyous. But they are entertwined with a red thread of cruelty and suffering that inevitably becomes grating. I definitely don't agree with those who say you should 'stop reading' at a particular chapter. If I stopped at 33 I'd have missed the fun of the Hightower arc, or the satisfaction of the Society chapters. I guess the only choice with Project Horizons is to avoid it entirely, or read the whole thing and suffer. Which is fitting, in a way.
>>43297670>This is perhaps the most frustrating story I've ever read. Because there are scenes in every chapter that are fun, or poignant, or joyous. But they are entertwined with a red thread of cruelty and suffering that inevitably becomes grating. I definitely don't agree with those who say you should 'stop reading' at a particular chapter. If I stopped at 33 I'd have missed the fun of the Hightower arc, or the satisfaction of the Society chapters. I guess the only choice with Project Horizons is to avoid it entirely, or read the whole thing and suffer. Which is fitting, in a way.perfectly said.
>>43297670>read the whole thing and sufferThis is the only true way.
>>43297670>Which is fitting, in a way.Somber is going for the ultimate meta. He created a story about suffering with a lot of suffering, and also causes a lot of suffering in the reader.
I think Project Horizons is the closest piece of media I've ever seen to the Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comic. It's maximalist and long and has a ton of fighting and explosions, and dramatic moments. And high stakes. What makes it unusual is the animal characters the both focuses on, and I've always liked animals in fiction.
I need a good complete audiobook of Project Horizons. Finished with crazedramblings and cant find one that compares
>>43296839I'm pretty sure I stopped after Pip hooked up with the DJ, I was just kinda not clicking with that part. I think FoE is also the origin of me absolutely hating rpg stat blocks as a literary device (though I would also say that FoE is not worst when it comes to this). Really, it's hard to get much more specific since I haven't touched the fic since I dropped it.>>43296975Read through the first three stories, and I'm enjoying it so far! Apathy kinda hit the nail for what I'm looking for. Thanks, anon.
>>43296020I wish its vocabulary wouldn't so highly dated. It kind of tilts the tone of the story in some places.
Some kind of '/FoE/ Abridged' short story would be nice. Just so new fans could experience the setting without slogging through a 15-year-old fanfic.
>>43298497No, good, let them get filtered.
>>43297914pony and wolf productions is the only one that is complete as far as I can tell. The music added a lot to the story in my opinion.
>>43298497FoE remake with inclusion of the later seasons lore and updated modern terms
>>43298540So nothing because everything would be frozen over by Windigoes?
>>43298544Nuclear eternal winter wasteland sounds cozy
>>43298544>>43298585Wasn't that the plan for the sequel?
Is there any place to get Fallout Equestria lore in one central place including side stories, that isn't a story?
>>43298606I mean is there a lore encyclopedia that's easier to use than the wiki and covers everything
>>43298540>with inclusion of the later seasons lore and updated modern termsOh fuck no. That would be a trash fire.
>>43298753
>>43298606>>43298614Nope. FoE is a clusterfuck of lore with literally thousands of side stories, most of which contradict each other and aren't very good.Your best bet is reading the original, finding some sidefics you like and creating your own 'canon' out of it.
>>43298753>>43298756Someone has an obsession with S99, as it seems.
>>43299176Easy. Just teleport the ammo into the gun via magic.
>>43298939depending on the time of month the two are not mutually exclusive
I just started, I'm on chapter 2. Totally wish I got into this back in the day but I ignored it becausd I didn't know anything about Fallout. Littlepip is cute and crushworthy and I'm trying to pretend I don't already know she's gonna turn out to be lesbian.
>>43298497I'm new and I want the slog. Full immersion, maximum comfy.
>>43299842>Littlepip is cute and crushworthyThe jury is still out on that.
>>43299981Don't care. I love girlfailures
>>43299309Who could blame him?
>>43287145Ignore the troll Sweetieking. And use your logic. Why would he finish it if he didn't like it?Also this is a repost. And he fails to say what's bad about any of the "problems" he brings up.
>>43300158Anyone who isn't into getting sex enslaved.
>>43299842>already know she's gonna turn out to be lesbianWdym? She's already a losbian in the Stable.>>43299843That's the spirit we want to see. I hope you're going to enjoy it!!!!!!!!!!!!>>43300264Ah... I see now................
>>43300158Stable 99 is scary.
>>43298753It's her! The best mare! And two other wierdos
>>43300560It's the endgame of RGREOne day a mare's holding the door for you, the next you're being rented out for breeding
>>43300672Thank God I'm not into RGRE.
>>43300375Well, I assumed she was bisexual from the crush she mentioned. Until I saw the spoiler.
>>43301112he chillin'
>>43298538Man...how much would it cost to get the guy who did the wasteland echoes to do more?
ZESTY and SASSY
>>43301563For me, it's Air Raid instead.
r63 littlepip is so fucking hot
>>43301625Would he be gay in turn then?
>>43301931R63!Littlepip would mean he's gay, meaning he's not interested in Velvet, meaning he doesn't leave the stable to chase a girl with a deathwish and probably ends up the same as the rest of Stable 2.But IF he does go out for whatever reason, he'd be desperate for Calamity. And that alone improves the story by a lot
>>43302206Now that's a boring conclusion, Calamity is objectively alright (no homo). But is dudePip thirsty enough to try to fix Red Eye?
>>43302206>he doesn't leave the stableBut wouldn't Stable 2 have been invaded from the outside regardless of Pip leaving the Stable or not?
>If an assault were launched on this building right now -- if the windows came crashing down and the whole world descended upon you -- this mare would hurl herself in death's way to save you. You are sure of this -- but why?
>>43302357No, because the Steelrangers believe that it is not valuable and may not even be functional anymore. Littlepip leaving shows it is still running and has tech that works.
>>43302643That's the duality of Blackjack. She tries to save, but more often than not, the ones around her end up dead anyway.
>>43302922Maybe if BJ put more points into Volition and Composure she wouldn't have been such a mess
Would you?
>>43303630Would I do what? Try to befriend and rehabilitate her, only to get killed horribly the moment I let my guard down? Yeah, yeah I guess I would.
>>43302996Literally not possible. Winning at the expense of her friends is baked into her fate. She can't flee from it.
>>43303630She looks like she has a fat ass, so maybe.
>>43303630Better than nothing I guess. But I wouldn't be surprised if I end up with getting my balls stomped.
>>43302922She is cursed/blessed by the Outer Gods.
>>43303652>>43304120That part of the story is lame. Having a knack for winning games is one thing. 'Winning' at everything only to have everyone around you die horribly is just awful.
>>43304189I think that's pretty unique. I like it.
Wheres a good place to download the different fallout equestria audiobooks besides just doing youtube
>>43304189>is just awfulI think that's the point of it.
>>43304210Fimfiction.net will convert it to ebooks. You can also check the wiki for links, but last time I checked they were all dead.
>>43304210Sorry I'm illiterate. This is the only active AUDIOBOOK download I could find. Not sure if it's complete https://foeaudiobook.itch.io/littlepip I can also upload my personal youtube rip (mp3) later if you really need that
If anyone wants my accessibility edits of Dead Tree Studio's FoE PnP books, I'll list them here.Wasteland Survival Guide: https://u.pone.rs/gzlalxoj.pdfThe Locked Safe: https://u.pone.rs/srjydxie.pdfThe Overmare - A Game Master's Guide: https://u.pone.rs/hrnzzfjb.pdf
>>43303630Cue the 'Just say no to raider waifus' post.
>>43304366Ive got FoE wasteland echoes. Its all the rest ive been having issues with
>>43304855Wasteland Echoes is just a subtitle for the particular audiobook project. The actual content being read is still just the original Fallout Equestria.
>>43304915Oh I know. I mean like project horizons and stuff. I like wasteland echoes version of FoE
>>43284173Hello, mommy department? I'd like to file a claim.
>>43305168I know she's the best mare that 99 has to offer, but do you really want to go that far?
>>43305201ILL RISK IT ALL
>>43303630A better question is how would I. They don't give you too many chances unless you're in their gang or a necrophiliac. Or content with keeping them chained in your basement for the rest of their lives, basically necrophilia with extra steps.
>>43305485>Raider waifu press gangs you into her clubCongrats, you're now one of them. Problem solved.
I'm going to do a pic very similar to these: >>43304702>>43303150but of a Wastelander magazine cover featuring a mutie.But.I'm having trouble coming up with a pose and an outfit. What would be fitting for an alicorn? And perhaps more importantly, what color should she be? Go ahead and suggest whatever you'd like to see. She can pose with an item, but should be alone and also it has to be sfw enough to be posted here.If you're wondering, it'll be a few months, maybe a year or so, after the day of sunshine and rainbows so post Unity as they're doing their best to fit into society, each one in the way she thinks best. The headline will be something about looking for love. I'll see if I can come up with a play of words.
>>43305797>a Wastelander magazine cover featuring a mutieHoly based.>What would be fitting for an alicorn?I've always been a great fan of Lacunae and her heavy weapons minigun style. So a purple mutiecorn posing with a minigun and wearing a lot of extra ammo on belts (or straps) would be my vote.
>>43306131>Blackjack after I call her a pretty mare
>>43305855How about a blue one with a huge rifle?I already did a purple one a while back.But I'm still not sure if I should give her socks or something, and how to cover up the lewd bits.
>>43306530>How about a blue one with a huge rifle?Sounds good too.Or really going in on the heavy weapons part and have her lounge on a rocket (launcher)
>>43306530Socks are kinda tricky in the wasteland theme. Perhaps she can have some kind of boots instead.>and how to cover up the lewd bitsScant metal or leather like armor, Mad Max style.
>>43305404She won't be able to save you.
I would like Littlepip more if she was more of a support role in combat and less of an OP murdermare. Let Calamity and Steelhooves handle the heavy fighting so she can focus on hacking, lockpicking and telekinesis.
>>43307339I remember someone being annoyed by her first confrontation with the raiders and Monterey. He said she would've been killed right then and there because of her ineptitude and even wrote an alternative start of FoE where exactly that happened.
>>43307339Scotch Tape in PH is pretty much this, it would've been cool to have Pip usually being incompetent in a fight, until she unlocks her absolutely overpowered telekinesis.It's probably a left over from the "Fallout playthrough" aspect that was the first half of the book. If she was just a pipbuck tech, she probably would've gone in that first gunfight like how >>43307481 is talking about.
>>43307339>"Is that my virtue? Just being a support for my way better and way more competent friends...?">"LITTLEPIP, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? HAVE YOU SPENT ALL OUR CAPS ON BOOZE AGAIN?! WHY CAN'T YOU EVER JUST ONCE LISTEN!">"Sorry, alphamare Remedy-sama, I will repent..."
>>43307620He said support character, Anon. Not doormat.
>>43307664Where is le difference?
>>43307620>>43307690Don't change her personality. Just make her less proficient with firearms so she has to rely on her friends and isn't blasting raiders and alicorns all the time.
I know it's retarded, but I decided that if I'm going to read a half million and some change fan-fiction, I'm going to go big or go home. So I bought a physical copy of Fo:E fer like 280. I hope I didn't throw my money down the drain.
Good enough, I guess. Enjoy.
>>43308177Always breed muties.
>>43308177Cheers for that.It turned out fine.
>>43307260Are you sure? I could save her though.
>>43308177She's a beauty. Nothing in the wastes can compare to muties.
>>43308153Absolute madladEnjoy your Homage propaganda
>>43308700Good luck with that.
>>43302643>Blackjack is a pony slavThat would make so much sense.
Pranking a big mare
>>43309545Who are those?
>>43309569I think it's the daisyfag
>>43309545Too clean, too happy. Couldn't be Stable 99.
>>43310027
I think if I was the one making OG FoE I would've made Pip more exaggerated and larger than life. So her being good at combat or not i would take that into consideration. I wouldn't consider themes or all that writerly stuff though.
>>43310121We already have a protagonist like that tho
>>43310027>too happyI think the point is that the character is too dumb to notice the problems of the Stable.
>>43310528That's an absolutely horrifying waste of whisky.
>>43310722you can still drink it, you just have to lick it off of her
>>43311018Whisky + maresweat
Littlepip never got drunk, did she?
>>43311421I don't believe so, but that's one cute murderhobo.Breedable shape.
>>43311421Isn't that Pip's mother?
>>43311492https://derpibooru.org/images/663158Nope it's her
>>43311683Oh, okay.
Miss me yet?
>>43312423No, I don't. And I never will.
>>43312750Kiss
One of the rarest possible encounters in the Wasteland: Queen Aurelia of the United Tribes.This old (by Wasteland standards anyways) zebra looked positively loaded in every way and was the perfect target for a shoot n' grab. Not only was she clean, but the dress she wore was new – and that didn't mean newly looted but rather actually new, sewn from cloth woven within the last decade. She'd had a bath in the past few days and the scent of exotic perfume of some flower you couldn’t recognize filed your nostrils. Her saddlebags sat heavy on her back and you couldn't help but notice she had a little bit of a belly on her. All that, and she’d also bothered braiding both her overtly long mane and tail.Everything pointed at her being both swimming in caps and not belonging out in the Wastes. How could someone like her still be alive out here?Her lips curled into a friendly smile as you reached down for your weapon. Instead of reaching for hers that she had to have hidden in her bag, she raised a hoof to... wave at you.>"Hello, friend! What brings you here today?"Her words bore a mild accent and her voice was both deep and full of confidence.The instinct that'd kept you alive this far in the Wastes kicked in. She saw you reach for your gun. Her reaction to it was all wrong. And she was that old.No, there was definitely more to her than met the eye."Hello. That depends on who you are."Her raised hoof zipped to cover her mouth as she let out a warm chuckle.>"Why, aren't you a cheery one! I am Aurelia. Here to... scavenge and gather herbs. And you, my friend?">Her pretty purple eyes lost focus for half a second while she trailed off before continuing.>You took half a step back, on instinct.>Not a straight lie, but an omission; half truth.You will:[] Shoot her. Good loot.[] Tell her you're not her friend and leave.[] Tell the truth. You're searching for the Queen of Sun and Rain.I'm very sleep deprived and this is a bad idea, but whatever, already wrote it. Now call it the garbage it is.
>>43312886Cute zeeb.>[] Tell the truth. You're searching for the Queen of Sun and Rain.
>>43311421I think she did very early on in new appleoosa, once when she woke up the morning after she met calamity, and around the same time when she was at the bar and learned about dj pon-3? maybe i'm misremembering though.
>>43312886Either shoot her or leave her. Trust your instincts. She's a bait.
>>43312886Tell her the truth. She's looks kind so far.
>>43313030Holy shit Jingle!!?
>>43313060No... but I wish he never left.
>>43312886We're in danger, but of what kind? Keep a fair distance, watch out for signs of her possible accomplices, and for everything that's holy don't provoke her. Tell her we're looking for somebody, omit the specifics like she did. How's her scavenging going?>this is a bad ideaThe fuck? It's exactly what this board was missing.
>>43313060>JingleWho?
oh boy is it time to talk about the /FoE/ oldfags and how dead they are
>>43313505Kip died of AIDS he got at an anime convention
>>43313689Worse, he caught 3dpd.
>>43313505Or to turn it around, how many are still left?
>>43312423The Grox??
>>43313505We must make our own new oldfagsThe old oldfags are gone
>>43314093>Book of fetishesIs that a real FoE story or just an inside joke?
>>43314156/foe/ was fulla horny bastards.Still is, to an extent. Like the time some dickhead decided to flip a bit in the universe's code and turn Chainlink Shackles into a mare.
>>43312939>>43313037[x] Tell the truth. You're searching for the Queen of Sun and Rain.“I’m on a quest to find the Queen of Sun and Rain who will bring sunshine and rainbows back to Equestria.”>The zebra, Aurelia, drew a breath as her lips parted – but remained quiet.>She studied you with her pretty purple eyes for a few seconds, her gaze zipping from hoof to mane and everything in between.>”I cannot say I have heard of any queens of either sun or rain, friend. But, I do know of a queen who would very much like to see sunshine return to this Wasteland.”>You froze in place as you stared at her.>Could it be?>...no, it couldn’t.>Had to be just another raider boss who fancied herself something.>They were the only kind one could find in Equestria.>You shook your head and snorted.“No thanks. I’ve seen enough ‘queens’ of looting and pillaging.”>You were about to turn around to leave when you could’ve sworn you saw her eyes sparkle and heard a weird ‘ching’ sound.>But, as you spent a split second thinking about it, you were certain it was just your imagination.>”Why would I even bother mentioning a raider queen? They’re hardly worth the bullet they deserve.”>She reached up to swipe a strand of mane off her face before taking a step towards you.>”I’m talking about an entirely another kind of a queen.”>Her walk was slow and she swayed her shapely hips more than she had to as she approached.>A part of you wanted to turn around and get away, but…>”The ruler of an entire nation: The United Tribes of Maregascar.”>…she was in fantastic shape for her age and you hadn’t been with a mare for ages and her perfume mixing with her natural scent made your head spin.“Can’t say I’ve ever heard of it.”>Aurelia let out an adorable chuckle.>”Few in Equestria have. It’s an island nation off the coast of Zenibar, all the way across North Luna Ocean.”>She got just within your reach of you when she raised a hoof for one more step, before setting that hoof back down right where it was.>You realized, now, that she was too close for you to shoot her now before she could use whatever zebra martial art with odd name she knew on you.“Okay so what do you want out of me?”>The zebra rolled her eyes.>”Of course, friend. No free lunches in the Wasteland.”>She stuck a hoof into her saddlebag and rummaged around for a little bit before pulling out a glass jar full of some kind of green stalks with seeds on them.>They looked a little bit like green, tiny, very long cobs of corn.>”These are plantain seeds. They have mild anti-rad and restorative properties. Could you gather enough to fill this jar for me, friend? I’ll go prepare lunch for us while you do.”>The corners of her mouth curled into a hopeful smile.Will you accept the quest?[] Yes[] Give me caps (speech check: difficulty 20, roll a d100)[] Yes, but sarcastic[] No, but still yesYou have to roll over the difficulty to pass a check. I'll pick one of your rolls at random.
>>43314372Making her look consistent in the pics is too much effort, in case you're wondering. So she's going to look a bit different in each image. Please understandu, I have only so much time each day after work.>>43313185It's a bad idea because I just went for it without a proper plan about what I'm going to do with the story and where it's going. I had an existing plan for something a bit different so I'll have to modify it on the fly and come up with new stuff as needed.
>>43314372Fallout 4 ass choices. Still, I vote we help the pretty zeeb free of charge.>[] Yes, but sarcastic
>>43314372And she brainwashed us. So much for all this frendship talk.[] No[] Fuck no[] No I'm not getting bribed either[] Basically see how much we can resist
>>43314577>And she brainwashed ushot desu
>>43314372Eh, collecting some greenery doesn't sound so bad. So I don't see why not.
>>43314577>>43314690>brainwashedShe just passed her speech check.
>>43315113When it comes down to it, the differences between the two are not very huge.
Hmmm
>>43315411R63 Glory looks terrible to be honest.
>>43314372Let's go with caps. I would ask for the caps.
>>43314372I vote the caps. Last two digits of my get is my skill check because I never learned how to do the fancy roll thing. Or rather, I think I did, once, but my memory is shit, so so much for that.
Rolled 45 (1d100)>>43315583Spoonfeeding but... I think it's "dice+1d100" for example. If it works, you'll see it on this post. If it didn't work, I am confirmed for retarded. Give me a break I haven't done it in a while.Side note: fuck this fucking gay ass fucking shapes fucking captcha fucking bullshit FUCK
Rolled 32 (1d100)>>43315589Oh cool. Then hey >>43314372 use this post's roll I guess.
>>43314381>>43314822[Choice between helping for free and asking for caps tied. Resolved with a dice toss in favor of asking for caps.]>>43315449>>43315583[x] Give me caps (speech check: pass)>You stared at her for a second, then shook your head.>And once again heard – rather, imagined you heard – a weird ‘ching’ sound.“You said it yourself. No free lunches in the Wasteland.”>Sticking a hoof out towards her, you gave her a smug smile.>Aurelia offered a deadpan stare in return before she rolled her eyes.>”All right. You got me there, friend. Walked straight into that one.”>She then let out a bright giggle.>”You’ll have your caps, sellsword. But since I’m paying, you better be fast! I won’t wait with lunch and you won’t like it overcooked!”>Setting the jar in your outstretched hoof, she flashed a smile and batted her eyelashes at you.>You found yourself staring at her shapely, dress-covered behind rock back and forth as she headed towards a mostly intact house on a small hill a bit separate from the rest of the ruined village you were in.>You told yourself to compliment her dress later for complementing both her eyes and her figure.>Swiping sweat off your forehead, you flicked your forehoof to sprinkle the worst of it on the ground.>Finding the knee high seed stalks in a sea of chest height grass was neither light nor easy.>You set the rusty sickle you’d found in a shed on the ground next to you and reached into your saddlebag for a drink.>Everything grew tall and strong, compared to most of the Wasteland, here in what used to be the backwoods of northeastern Equestria.>Right now, you were probably further from the closest megaspell crater than you’d ever been since you got your quest from the village Elder and arrived in the Equestrian Wastes.>And that meant little to no radiation.>Which the plants liked well enough that even the permanent cloud cover didn’t prevent them from overgrowing everything.>It also meant that whatever ponies once lived in the hamlet of a village very likely survived the war, only to die of starvation or infighting over what little food was left a bit later.>Maybe a few of the smartest even survived the whole thing and like a quarter of all ponies now alive could trace their ancestry here.>Who knew, who cared.>You took a sip out of your water bottle, screwed the top back on, and stuck it back in your bag before picking up the sickle again.
>>43315954>You were green all over and covered in insect bites and nettle stings as you pushed open the front door of the house on the small hill.>Aurelia sat next to a bubbling pot in the middle of what was left of the living room.>You cast her a dirty glance.“You knew, didn’t you?”>She looked up at the pot and at you, all innocent.>”That the day is warm and what once grew on lawns is long since overgrown? Or course, my friend. That is why I’m paying you. No free lunches, remember?”>She let go of the ladle she was stirring the pot with and stood up as you approached.>”Now, let me see.”“Just don’t make me do it again.”>Shoving the now full jar into her hooves, you sniffed at the air as she inspected the contents.>Whatever she was cooking smelled delicious.>”These are great! Thank you, my friend!”>You twitched as a hoof landed on your withers and you were pulled into a hug.>”Mwah!”>She was remarkably soft as she pressed into you to plant a kiss on your cheek.>You took a step back as she pulled back, watching her stuff the jar in her pack and dig out a hoofful of caps.>You could not make heads or tails of this mare.>”Here. As promised.”>She shoved the pile of caps at you.>You counted 19 and made sure to store them securely in your purse, more than doubling its contents.>”Now. Have a seat, friend. There are no free lunches but I believe you have worked plenty for this one.”>Pulling a cup out of her bags, she scurried to the pot and ladled the cup full before offering it to you.>”All yours, my friend. And feel free to have seconds. It is a stew of wild plants and berries, with a few herbs for flavor.”>It was a green-ish slurry of boiled leaves, roots, and berries.>While it did look delicious, your mind filled with all the warnings about zebra brews and their tendency to have undesired effects you’d heard during your travels.[] (mostly) Free lunch? Sign me up![] You still have food in your pack. Play it safe and eat that instead.Additional, optional choice:[] Pick any topic to talk about and/or ask any questions while eatingDon't read much at all into the pictures. They're quick rush jobs with a lot of the details wrong. But, I do hope you like them.Also infodumping, yay. Or nay. Mostly nay.
>>43315958>cute zeeb>plush>gave us a smoochaguys we need this to escalate into sexo
>>43296377nvm I found it on tumblr
>>43315958Can we skip the food stuff and leave her? She may be cute and willing, but aren't we a seasoned wastelander who was willing to rob her? Shomething makes sounds, we intinctively feel like causing her harm will backfire. Maybe we should ask about it, or simply fuck off to do what we were meant to do.
>>43315958Let's get a taste of that brew. I don't think she'd create anything that's outright dangerous.>talking topicAsk her, politely, about her home. She might reveal a few more details as to what she's doing in this part of the world.
>>43315958>[] You still have food in your pack. Play it safe and eat that instead.>ask about that thing where her eyes sparkle and we hear chinging sounds
>>43314183>Still is, to an extent.Yep. But now the main fetishes of the thread are Stable 99, Stable 99's Daisy, and Murky.
>>43316093>tumblrThis place still exists?
>>43316566Murky is not a fetish! He is a precious cinnamon roll who must be hugged and protected.
>>43316813He's one of the least interesting main characters around. And that's saying something when Littlepip is the main point of comparison.
>>43316566>>43316813Murky is family. Family may be a fetish, and it may be other things too.
>>43316566Maybe if you talked about what you liked it would be part of the collective consciousness of the thread too
>>43316904Dunno what you're smoking, there are far less interesting protagonists than him.Like everyone from The Chrysalis, for example
>>43317105That whole fic is so forgettable I forgot it even exists.I got like five chapters in or so and dropped it since exactly one interesting thing had happened so far and it didn't look like it was getting any better, on the contrary..
>>43315960>>43316138>>43316279>>43316294[Four conflicting choices so I picked this time with a bit of a combination.]>You stared at the stew for a second.“Ehh… Sorry, but I think I’d best not. I’ve heard some things about zebra brews.”>Aurelia cocked her head and stared at you while blinking for a few seconds.>She then let out a warm giggle.>”Does this look like an alchemy station, my friend?”>Her lips curled into an amused smile as she nodded back at the simple pot on an open flame.>Once again you thought you heard a faint ‘ching’ as it looked like something sparkled in her eyes.>”No, my friend. The temperature is uncontrollable. I have no tools to keep the active ingredients separate. Nothing for precise measurements to ensure proper ratios. And most of all, no way to purify or even distill anything out of what I’ve gathered.”>She shook her head.>”No, my friend. This is food and nothing more.”>You had to admit most of what she said sailed over your head, but while she hadn’t always told the whole truth, she also hadn’t flat out lied before.>And food wasn’t free.>Especially the kind you had with you that was lightweight, edible on the go, and wouldn’t go bad.“...fine. Can’t really afford to say no anyways.”>She beamed a smile as you snagged the cup and strutted over to sit on what was left of the couch.
>>43317473>The stew was far better than it looked.>It had a tart taste to it, but the sweetness of berries cut it just enough to make it pleasant.>You’d already gulped down half of your cup when Aurelia sat down next to you – closer than she had to, you noticed.>Not quite close enough for her hip to to touch yours, but close enough you felt the warmth radiating from her and so the scents of her and her perfume filled your nostrils.>She had a faint smile on her lips as she swiped a strand of mane off her face.“So. You said you’re from across the ocean. What’s it like back home?”>She sipped at her stew and chewed on it for a while before gulping it down as she stared up at the ceiling.>”In the capital of the Tribes? Glorious.”>Pausing for a while, a mellow smile spread onto her lips.>”Would you believe some parts of it are already almost 150 years old? And there’s a sharp divide between the old town that predates planning and the rest of it? And all of it is clean and maintained?”>There was a twinge of pride in her voice.>”There’s shops of all kinds with carpenters, seamstresses, weavers, butchers, smiths – even shipwrights working their crafts. I have sound reason to believe it is the largest, most advanced city in the world. I wish you could see it, my friend!”>She turned to face you, excitement clear as day on her face.>”I could show you the harbor, and the farmlands around it, and the quiet worker’s homes, and even the palace. Would you believe how beautiful the courtyards are in the morning sun when the light shimmers off the dew on the flowers and leaves?”>The excitement seeped into her voice as well as she made a sweeping gesture with her free hoof.>Then she shook her head and her smile melted into a face of disguts.>”I was hoping to find a similar beacon of hope and prosperity here, but no. Without sunlight, the ponies of this land cannot thrive. Civilization cannot survive without agriculture, and the crops of this land grow too slow and too weak without the sun. The farmers barely feed themselves.”>Staring at the floor for a while in silence, she shook her head again before taking another sip.[] 2nd and last chance to pick a topic to talk over lunch or ask any questions.(no pic this time)
>>43317239I really liked some of its worldbuilding, but the characters were so bland and forgettable. Aside from Sickle of course.
>>43317476Not sure if she outright stated to be a Queen, but she definitely implied it to us. And even if she were not a royal, she's clearly of higher society or noble standing, judging from her looks alone. I'd ask her what a pony (or zebra in this case) like her is doing all alone in a dangerous foreign country. Would someone like her not travel with an entourage at the very least?
>>43315411This just gave me the idea for the worst R63 pony ever. A sex swapped Nightseer.
>>43318559Breed until pregnant. Turn this bitch into a WeLost drawing.
>>43318573Nah, Wicked a shit.
>>43318592Yeah, and that's why I want to ruin and humiliate her.
Leave the crazy bitch be
>>43319059In the ditch, yeah.
>>43317476I heard some ponies grow mushrooms without any sunlight.
>>43317105Why does the Unicorn wear the buck as a necklace?
>>43319877If I remember correctly, it's a family heirloom but she lacks the tools to unlock and wear it.
>>43320181Uh... can't she just Idk, put her hoof through it? Is she like stupid?
>>43320185You need special tools to remove a pipbuck. I guess you need them to put one on too?
>>43317829[x] 2nd and last chance to pick a topic to talk over lunch or ask any questions. -What is she doing all alone in here?>You turned to study her.>Fancy, embroidered dress. Perfume. Done-up mane. A hint of softness all around her, though she wasn’t out of shape by any means. Plus the crow’s feet round her eyes and the strands of gray in her mane.>”Why, am I really that good looking?”>A hint of red rose to her cheeks as she lifted a hoof to poke at her mane.>”My daughters would be more up your alley, my friend. Though, Titania is already married and has the cutest little colt of her own.”>...now that you thought about it like that, she was indeed rather comely.>You shook your head.“What are you doing here all on your own? You’re from the capital and know the insides of the palace. Shouldn’t you have an entourage to keep you safe?”>Aurelia paused to stare at you with her mouth hanging open for a split second.>Her lips curled into a wide smile.>”It seems you have at least half a brain in that pretty head of yours, my friend.”>She drew a deep breath and leaned back on the couch.>”You are correct. I am none other than the Queen herself. Why I’m here is a more complex question, but the core of the answer is that I believe I have fulfilled my duty to my people and can finally have the excitement and adventure I’ve always desired.”>Questions raced in your mind as you felt your lips part and jaw drop open.>”As for what I’m doing? The answer is simple. I’m here to establish diplomatic relations with the factions of the Equestrian Wasteland. Chiefly, the Grand Pegasus Enclave and also the Steel Rangers. The latter should prove easy as they have a chapter nearby in the city of Vanhoover.”>She paused for a while to have another gulp of stew.>”The Enclave, though? I am not sure where to begin. But, as for your other concern. I am not alone, my friend. My companion should return shortly before nightfall. She is fetching something necessary from a nearby village of my kind.”“Why aren’t you with her?”>Aurelia let out a short giggle.>”She is of a quite rare kind. Much like you, my friend. You will understand when she returns.”>The couch bobbed as she shifted her weight around to face you.>”But. That does bring me to the reason I decided to meet you, my friend. I was hoping you would help me survive these lands. You bring with you many of the virtues lost to the ponies of this land and you are familiar enough with it to be of great help. What say you, my friend? Will you travel with me?”>You kept staring at her with your mouth hanging open.[] Yes[] NoWas busy yesterday.No pic again. I think you've seen enough solo shots of her to know what she looks like.
>>43320438I'd say go for it. It certainly is a task that could do some good. The Steel Ranger part, at least. The Enclave is a pretty lost cause.But the companion should be treated with care for now since she doesn't know annything about this encounter yet. She could think that the Queen is in danger and might act accordingly.
>>43320438Wasteland factions, also known as the spectrum of generic sci-fi villainy. At least she doesn't want to befriend the Goddess yet.Anyway, it's fun, but our original task comes first. We may only tag along as long as there are no clear threads to follow, and we will ditch Aurelia with no prior notice the moment we learn our Queen of Sun and Rain can be found elsewhere. If this is acceptable, she got herself a deal.
Heya fags, what are you doingi might try to draw one (1) request involving griffons, so give ideas
>>43321041>i might try to draw one (1) requestOoh->involving griffons-never mind. I got nothing.
I still have these guys somewhere in my room, along with other paper miniatures
>>43321041You should draw Paharita, in honor of Pacce returning from the dead to finish Anywhere But Here
>>43321130Nice.
So, reading Project Horizons. After the Seahorse, does it get good? So far kinda seems to be going down hill...
>>43321443>So far kinda seems to be going down hill...If you think that was downhill, you're in for a surprise.
>>43321443The chapters after 33 are some of the worst. But it does get better once you get to Meatlocker/Hightower.
>>43321443utter trash. just drop that shit
>>43321640Horizons > Original FOE
>>43321443There are definitely a lot of good moments, but it becomes quite a slog past that point. Get ready for memory orb and flashback hell.
>>43320797>>43320854[x] Yes>You got the hunch that there was far more at play than simply agreeing to travel with her.>But, if she really was who she claimed to be – and everything did point at her being just that – then she could be of enormous help in your search with her knowledge and connections.“I’ll do it. But my search for the Queen of Sun and Rain comes first. I’ll be off to follow any clues we find.”>The corners of Aurelia’s mouth curled into a wide smile as she set down her cup.>”You will?”>You nodded.>”Yes!”>Giddy clip-clops filled the room as she clapped and let out a bright giggle.>”You made an excellent choice, my friend! I will make it worth your while. Speaking of!”>She pointed towards the rest of the village.>”I found something in there earlier I didn’t dare open alone: a sealed basement. We’ll go take a look at it once we’re done eating. But please have seconds, my friend!”>Your hooves thudded and crunched on dry rotted wood as Aurelia led you into a collapsed house.>”There. Down those stairs.”>She pointed at a pile of wooden beams covering a hatch.>She’d managed to clear just enough space to open it and squeeze into the darkness below.>”I’ll get in first and hold a light for you.”>With the dress back at ‘base’ on the house up on a hill, she had quite a different look to her as she dropped her saddlebags and dug out a lamp.>Not that you minded as she stuck her front half through and then wiggled and squirmed to get her rear to fit through the hole between the beams.>Not bad, not bad at all.
>>43321846>After a few grunts and groans, she was in and flicked the lamp on.>”Right there. Do you know how to open that?”>At the end of a short tunnel was a metal door that may once have been white, but the paint had long since flaked off as the door had rusted.“Can you get the light a bit closer? I can’t see what kind of a lock it has. Electronic or conventional?”>”It’s a normal lock.”>She did just as you asked and took a step closer to shine the light on the handle and lock.>It was indeed just a keyhole.“Not really my area of expertise. Cheap electronic ones, on the other hoof? Could open those in my sleep.”>The key to those was that you could hotwire the servo motor controlling the latch and force it open.>As long as you had a spark battery, a way to open the lock, and some wire, that is.>Of course it didn’t work with the actual decent locks that were far more rare and quite a bit more expensive.“I can give it a shot anyways. Looks cheap and easy to pick, but no promises. Or we can look for a key somewhere in this mess. Or, for another way in. I think that’s an emergency bunker. A very cheap one, but one nevertheless, so it should have air vents somewhere.”What do you want to do?[] Try to pick the lock. (Lockpicking check, difficulty 30. Roll a d100)[] Search for a key. (Perception check, difficulty 40. Roll a d100 and add 20 for high skill)[] Search for another way in.[] Fuck this. Forget the basement, wait for her companion, and get a move on.You have been recruited as a companion!
Rolled 99 + 20 (1d100 + 20)>>43321850It's under the doormat.
>>43322048>Rolled 99Kek. I guess that settles it.
>>43321739both are garbage
>>43320350Probably, yes.
>Waiting for a sidefic you like to update
>>43322919This is why I only read completed stories. It sucks when the author goes AWOL or the story gets cancelled.
>>43323104Looks fucked up with the completely flat color no details pony and the much more detailed rusty armor.Bonus points for wonky ass star and missing wing.7/10 on the AI scale. Probably not fully, but assisted at some point. Tho it's hard to tell between "advanced" brushes and image editor features and full blown image generation nowdays, with the two being mostly the same.
>>43323104Breed that green.
>>43322048It's not under the doormat.[x] Search for a key. (Perception check: pass)>You stared at each other for a second, her arching a brow and drawing breath, only to hold it in.“Just hold there for a moment. I’ll go search for a key. There should be one in here somewhere.”>Looking up from the tunnel, you took a moment to study what was left of the house.>”I suppose it is not so bad down here, my friend.”>You froze for a second, then glanced back down at her.>And let out a chuckle at her pout and puffed-up cheeks.“Sorry! I promise I’ll be quick.”>You scanned the ruin around you as you stepped over what was once a kitchen table.>Where would a pre-war pony hide a key to his emergency shel->A ‘ching’ so faint you were sure it was just your imagination played in your ears.>There.>Where the upstairs bedroom had collapsed into the living room, in the intact but on its side dresser next to remains of a double bed.>With some careful steps over and on splintered, rotten wood of a collapsed wall that crunched under your hooves, you made your way to it.>A quick tug at one of the knobs… left you holding the knob with the drawer still closed.>The wood was so thoroughly eaten by dry rot and swollen by moisture it had become one solid block.>After a few taps, you shrugged, turned around, and reared for a buck.>”Is everything okay, friend?”>The crunch of your hooves punching holes in the drawer was rather satisfying, but falling over as they got stuck in it was not.“I’m fine. Just-”>You yanked one hoof free with a hollow crunch.>The hoof that was still stuck hit something small and metallic.“-might have got a bit stuck but this wood is so rotten I can just tear it apart. And also I found the key.”“See, here it is!”>You presented the large and mostly rust free key to her.>She beamed a smile at you as she looked up from the tunnel.>”Well done, my friend! Now come on! I’m excited to find out what’s in there!”>She did a cute little twirl as you tossed the key to her before sticking your upper half through the same hole she got stuck in.>You had an easier time getting through, though even your hips had a bit of a squeeze to get in.>As you rolled onto your hooves and dusted yourself off, she’d already snatched the key and dashed to the door.>The key fit and the lock clicked open as she turned it.>But, she then stopped and looked back at you without pulling the door open.>”Do you want the honors, my friend?”[] Go first.[] Let her go first.No pic because I'm tired. Monday.I know it's early but I'm assuming, form the lack of complaints, that nothing I've introduced is too far fetched and that it's been interesting enough so far to get at least some of you hooked.
>>43323114Meds. Now.
>>43323307Let her go first. Just like the last time, she can take the light to shine the way.
>>43323307Whatever. Just be careful, there could be an ancient security system inside.I know it's not a helpful answer, but I have no standards whatsoever when it comes to horse adventures. Let's gooo
>>43323374Pip is about to get a beatdown by a filly, isn't she.
>>43324255Man, the pun hurts.
>>43324972Who's that?Yes I can read the sign. Doesn't ring a bell though.
>>43325081Cute mart manager mare from Horizons.
>>43325220Oh, was that the mare who had a money jar for 'stupid Blackjack questions'?
>>43325081>>43325220Not to be confused with the background pony from FiM.
>>43325628Cutie.
>>43323114Look man, My job is just posting muties. I don't who created them and how.
>>43326015You're doing Unity's work. Don't let me stop you, Anon.
>>43323746>>43323794>>43323746>>43323794[x] Let her go first.>You shook your head and did half a bow at her while pointing at the door.“You’re the one with the light so you get the first look.”>An excited grin spread onto her face as she reached for the handle.>”Sealed since the war and the final day. No pony knows what lies within. Until now!”>She gave the door a yank, only for it to not budge in the slightest.>Taking a wider stance, she leaned back and drew a deep breath before straining her whole body to pull.>At first it was a quiet hissing sound of equalizing pressure.>Then a ripping crack as the rubber seal around the door, turned rock solid by the years, shattered and fell off in chunks.>A wave of stale air stinking of dust wafted past you.>Aurelia pinned the door to the wall with her shoulder and shone the light in.>The first thing you saw was a bed with three skeletons on it.>One adult sized, one of maybe a 6 or 7 year old, and one of a two year old.>They were grouped up in one big hug.>”My. What a… what a sad place. I can feel their spirits.”>Her voice was barely above a whisper as she stepped over the doorstep into the bunker proper.>”They are still trapped here. I wonde-”>A dry, shuffling step and a low growl from her left cut her off an instant before something brown slammed into her side and sent her tumbling.“Aurelia!”>You pulled out your trusty 10mm and dashed into the room.>What greeted you was not what you expected.>The zebra was already back on her hooves while the ghoul, a male earth pony, was still on its face on the floor.>You didn’t wait to waste the opportunity and pointed your pistol at the feral’s head.>You pu->”Hold, my friend. Violence is not the solution here. I can help them all. But.”>Turning to face you, she had a determined look on her.>“You must promise to never speak of what you are about to see. Ponies are superstitious and will never understand.”>She was already pulling pouches of something from her saddlebags.>You rolled your eyes and kept your sights on the ghoul.>”Hold him still for me.”>Ferals were beyond any help, except the mercy of a swift death.[] The only good feral is a dead feral. Pull the trigger.[] Do as she asks.
>>43326151>Dom mutie in fishnetsHoly shit, Anon. This is weapons grade lewd.
>>43326403>>Ferals were beyond any help, except the mercy of a swift death.Murky has taught me otherwise.>[] Do as she asks.>>43326151>slaver mutieanon stop my penis can only get so erect
>>43326403Let's do what she says. If she has a way to mend feral ghouls, that would be a blessing. Even if it's one you have to keep for yourself.
>>43323426I always knew Pip is a big swallower.
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Muties should be shot on sight. No exceptions.
>>43327519>t. gay
>>43327917The desire to post a batscribe getting smushed under the ass of a mutie conflicts with the instinct of not wanting to get vacay'd.
>>43326518>>43326562[x] Do as she asks.>You stuck your Stable-Tec standard back in its holster.“Fine, but this better be worth it.”>The feral was just scampering back onto its hooves and tried to swipe at you as you strode to it.>But, as it was a nearly brainless thing, even you saw it coming a mile away and took a step back before it hit.>And then planted your hoof on its desiccated, squishy side and shoved it off balance again.>It fell over with a thump and a confused growl.“So what exactly are you going to do?”>As it tried getting up again, you swiped its hooves from under it to keep it down.>It was weak and slow for a feral.>No doubt thanks to the low radiation environment.>You wondered, for a moment, how it’d survived this long without anywhere to soak up rads.>”I will help them move on.”>Faint crunching sounds caught your ear.>Aurelia was crushing some dried herbs in a bowl with her hoof.>”Won’t be but a minute, friend. It is a fairly simple spell.”>She pulled out a potion of something green, popped it open, and poured in a few drop’s worth.>A cloud of red mist erupted from the bowl with a faint poof.>You shoved the ghoul once more as she dipped her hoof in what was now a paste and drew streaks on her cheeks.>”It will free him from his prison of a body and open the door. Beyond that, it is up to them.”>Shrugging, you focused on the feral as she zipped around the room to draw weird symbols on the floor.>”All done, my friend! Now just stay calm. You may see and hear some things, but worry not. The spell only affects those who are past their due in this world.”>Tripping up the undead earth pony once more, you froze in place as your brain processed the words.>Exactly what was she about to do?>You spun around to see her sitting in the middle of a double circle of weird esoteric symbols with a hoofful of powder in front her face.>She blew at the pile.>It somehow filled the entire room with a greenish mist.>Then she began singing.>Chanting?>Something between the two in some language you could not understand a word of.>Her voice was far deeper than usual and the rhythm made something deep in your chest feel like it vibrated with it.
>>43328013>Something white zipped past your head.>It was soon followed by another.>They were the size and shape of a six year old and a two year old, but extremely faint and only visible thanks to the green fog.>You hopped away from the ghoul, only to see it now laid still on the floor – but there was another faint white shape floating over it.>That of an adult stallion.>The small shapes circled around the larger one until the adult scooped up the little ones into a hug.>Your ears perked up as they whispered something, but it was just a tiny bit too quiet for you to make out anything.>The tone was happy, though.>A fourth shape, this one moving slower and with the gait of a mare, passed you.>It leaned in to kiss what came out of the ghoul.>”Honored ones. It is time. The way is open.”>Aurelia’s voice was hoarse and deep.>She’d dug out another hoofful of dust and once again blew into it.>This time, it formed thin wisp of whiteness that then gathered and turned into a doorway next to you.>The mare figure said something to the stallion, who hung his head in shame.>Then she covered her mouth with a hoof before pointing at the door.>The three others, in unison, gathered around the former ghoul.>And headed for the way.>The doorway flashed as each one of them passed through.>Aurelia collapsed onto the floor as soon as the last one of them was gone.>”I need… a moment, my friend.”>Her voice was still hoarse, but now back to its usual tone.>She had her eyes closed and was drawing heavy breaths.>”Mother… made it look easy.”>She let out a quiet, tired chuckle.>Figuring she’s in no immediate danger, you scanned the shelter.>The green fog had vanished and the glowing door with it.>It was a small place.>There was the bed with skeletons on it, a desk with an open book next to a quill and a bottle of ink, a cabinet almost full of canned foods, a tiny and very cramped cooking space with a tap next to it, and a floor safe in the corner.[] Free choice. Do anything you want to do in any order.I'll be gone for a couple of days. I know an open choice is no good and leads to paralysis since there's no obvious way forward, but at least you have time to think about it.
>>43328017Two things in logical order. First check what of the foodstuff and the other material still can be used plus scan the room for other useful things. And later, when Aurelia is somewhat back in shape, ask her what exactly happened just now. I can kind of understand that she led them into an afterlife of some sort, but how exactly does that work? Were they only held back because one of them was still 'alive' as a ghoul?
>>43286718Nightseer and Steelhooves dying were some of the best part of the series. Nightseer was good, because it was realistic. Hype up a villain and then have them die. It makes the story unpredictable, instead of the same evil villain big fight slop that is basically every modern piece of fiction. Same goes for Steehooves. A member of the good guy squad dying gives the story some actual stakes, and him dying in a sudden manner, after the climax had already happened breaks tropes and conventions in a very good
>>43328186>and him dying in a sudden manner, after the climax had already happened breaks tropes and conventions in a very goodSuddenly ending the post after the climax is also very
>>43328017Look for a choco bar or, even better, some choco milk to speed up Lia's recovery. Then try to crack open the safe. She really should have asked the dead about the combination for it if she's such a big bad necromancer, huh.
>>43328789>necromancerNot sure about that. She didn't raise any dead. Quite the opposite, even. I'd rather think she's some kind of shaman or medium.
>>43328186>>43328456Is Candlejack loose in the Wasteland or someth
>>43327953You can always post links, you know.
>>43329079I might be retarded.>https://derpibooru.org/images/3830414
>>43329433A bit too hyper for my tastes.
Not FoE related but I finished reading Space Horse RPG and most of the side stories associated with ithttps://www.fimfiction.net/story/449467/home-in-the-blackPretty good sci fi adventure. The session summary writeup was very well put together.I don't play TTRPGs, is it customary for the characters to constantly be suffering life-threatening injuries?
>>43329491>is it customary for the characters to constantly be suffering life-threatening injuries?Yes. Suffering builds character.
>>43329491Entirely depends on the campaign and the rule system being used. Some TTRPGs are incredibly lethal, others give the player characters lots of potential outs or don't even account for the possibility of character death at all, and everything in between. You'd need to be more specific.Space Horse was a multi-year campaign and the PCs only suffered life-threatening wounds a handful of times. Some would consider it fairly soft by that standard.
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>>43329736>https://u.pone.rs/giwuhpwl.pngBet.
>>43329761Excellent.
>>43329768Mutie behemoths are neat and disappointingly underused in postnuke horse stories. Probably cus they get mentioned exactly once in the main story and the only story to actually use them again as a concept was Commonwealth, and despite Commonwealth's author having quality taste in horse I'm not going to read Halo: The Flood but for Fallout 4.
>>43329712Makes sense. I guess I was just surprised to see multiple characters coming so close to death for such a long campaign.I imagine it would really suck if you're like two years in and one of the main characters bites the dust.
>>43329822She's bigger than an adolescent dragon.
Does Project Horizons zebra lore humanize the zebra faction beyond the original? Something I don't like looking through internal logic instead of themes, is faction variety in FoE.Red Eye the Enclave and the Zebras are all totalitarian. I think Project Horizons is better on this front as the Zebras seem more nuanced (and had actual validation of their way of life as equal to ponies cause of stars), and the GPE is in his story less fascist more military with a corrupt democracy connected to it.
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>>43330183>Does Project Horizons zebra lore humanize the zebra faction beyond the original?They're still mostly retarded. But I guess that applies to the majority of the other factions as well.
>>43330183PH zebra lore is interesting and gives a better reason for the great war happening then just "they were stupid." PH Enclave was okay.No fic has ever done Red Eye properly IMO.
>>43330586>No fic has ever done Red Eye properly IMO.That's because Red Eye sucks.
>>43330586He's a fanatic trying to rebuild the world into communism. The Soviet kind, too, where some are more equal than others. What is there to expand on? He's nuts and his plan is doomed to fail.
>>43331163You forget his plans to turn himself into a god too.
>>43331759That only became a thing in the second half of the story, when Kkat ran out of material to crib from Eden and Ashur.
Is this epic or nah?
>>43332117>Violent lesbian>R63 slavemaster>Psycho security mareThat's epic masochism alright. Kind of based in its own right though.
>>43330183>>43330586>Red EyeFor something less mystical than the original concept of corrupt generosity, there's Murky where they act like your average mafia. Every slaver has his own things going on. Slit and Protege seem to be lowkey treated as dorks by their peers for giving any thought to Red Eye's delusions.>the ZebrasIn my eyes it's the other way around: they only became authoritarian in the PH. Originally it seemed to be a coalition loosely held together by the war, greed and, later, fear of extinction. As for the latter, the retaliatory genocide proved their concern justified in the end, Stars or not.The situation with the stars is not clear either. They were onto something at the very least, otherwise Rarity's Necronomicon wouldn't be real. Xenith isn't by any means an initiated scholar of the dark arts, so her subjective religious deprogramming can't invalidate their teachings as long as there is any esoteric/exoteric split or even just basic depth to them. I would also point out that the war did, in fact, swiftly fizzle out after Luna's death, but it may be a coincidence.>the EnclaveTheme: cowards in denial, loyalty perverted or given up on entirely. Implementation: nazis, which is what you get by taking a corrupt democracy and doubling down on corruption by replacing what little sincere conversation survived with condescending Sorelian bullshitting. I don't think Somber changed this formula.
>>43332117Epic, now make them fight each other for your attention.
>>43332516>war ended after Luna's deathIt ended because there was nobody left alive to continue it.
>>43331163The OG fic is weirdly sympathetic to Red Eye. Littlepip helps him acquire a balefire bomb, and she keeps thinking "maybe this guy is right" right up until she shoots him in the head. And the NCR uses his technology in the epilogue to rapidly rebuild once the Enclave is defeated.MN7 goes in the opposite direction, basically saying "all of Fillydelphia is terrible, none of this is worth it." Murky and his pals just want to be free. Which is fine, except escaping to an isolated corner of the Wasteland is exactly what Glimmerlight and Coral Eve did, and they ended up overrun and enslaved by raiders because they were isolated and weak. The only reason it works out at the end is because of Littlepip and the NCR. Protege is the only one with a positive vision of the future, and his dream is deliberately destroyed in favor of Murky's.
>>43332706In fairness to MN7, the wider politics of the wasteland and questions of long term survival aren't really within its scope. It's about Murky escaping from slavery and growing his proverbial balls along the way. The events of the main fic simply exist to frame things and give him and the others an opportunity.FoE's approach to the bigger questions essentially reduces to "The world will be better once you slaughter all the bad people and seize absolute power; collateral damage is fine if you're sorry," which (irony aside) isn't something your average fic is going to take the time to address directly or in detail. Much easier to simply accept its broad-strokes outcomes as part of the world.
>>43332706>right up until she shoots him in the headThat's not how he died though. He overdosed on IMP.
>>43332516What do you think of my theory?Fallout Equestria is a pony fable with Fallout aspect elements. That's why the characters are written the way they are and the themes are made like that.Project Horizons is an anime/comic book because it focuses more in internal logic literalism, while Fallout Equestria focuses more on thematics and metaphorical fable things.
>>43332725And that's why Red Eye is interesting as a foil to Littlepip. He is a villain, but his crime is expediency. There's no reason why he couldn't purge the real sadists from his ranks, or stop sending ponies to die needlessly in the Pit. There's no reason why Filldelphia's factories can't have safety railings. It only makes sense if Red Eye is trying to steamroll ahead as fast as possible, because Saving Equestria is all that matters and the ends justify the means. Which is exactly what Pip thinks, and could have been a powerful lesson if the OG fic was better thought out.And Murky is fine as it is, I just wish Protege and his allies had survived. Because he represents the 10% of good that came out of Filly, and the hope moving beyond simple survival towards actually reviving Equestria.
>>43332519What if they learn to work together?
>>43332879>I just wish Protege and his allies had survived.He can't be dead. He's too hot to die.
>>43332813Probably mixed him up with Autumn Leaf who actually dindu nuffin.
>>43332818Dunno about that, but there may be some protagonistic subjectivity leaking into worldbuilding in play. Littlepip is an autistically abstractising and somewhat flat-affected gal, Murk is hands-on, craves connection and is basically Equestrian (insert your favorite action comic book artist here), stuff like that. And PH, PH seems to be a bit special. What's really going on in it clashes with Blackjack's personality and mode of perception too much. Maybe Psalm was the real protagonist all along.
>>43332962You'd never survive that.
>>43332879>I just wish Protege and his allies had survivedSo true. Poor Murky is stuck with some irrellevant thot because his soulmate isn't around to teach him how to read anymore.
>>43333659Brimstone Blitz was right there, ready to be sacrificed to make up for his life of raiding and slavingBut no, we had to kill off best unicorn master instead
>>43332706>The OG fic is weirdly sympathetic to Red Eye.Honestly that's just the story staying in line with the character he's based on. Ashur's whole thing in FO3 is that he's given up on doing things 'the right way.' He's taking what he can get, whatever he can get, and he's going to make it work. He's going to bootstrap Pittsburgh into a functional settlement no matter what it costs. In the future the water will be clean, the people will be whole, and the city will be safe, but right now he needs steel and meat and guns and he's going to fucking get them no matter what, because without them nothing else will happen. And of course in FO3, even if you overthrow him there are hints that the freshly free slaves are just going to fall into his old habits, because the Pitt can't feed itself so they still need steel and meat and guns and Werhner's a fuckhead who just wants to be in charge so who knows what he'll actually get up to - IIRC it's left to player interpretation whether or not this is ultimately an improvement in their condition or if it's just the classic 'the king is dead, long live the king' cycle. >MN7 goes in the opposite direction, basically saying "all of Fillydelphia is terrible, none of this is worth it."Of course Murky would have that perspective. Being a slave in Filly/the Pitt would actually just be Hell and you'd have to have an INCREDIBLY deeply engrained sense of self-sacrifice and be privy to a lot of high level goings-on to not want to get the fuck out of there.
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>>43333968Jesus, I haven't played The Pitt or thought about his kid in a very long time.
>>43334028I happened to have blitzed The Pitt like two hours ago, lmao. I've spent too much time fucking around in TTW so I know most of the dialog and ingot locations by heart now. Doesn't hurt the Pitt is my main inspiration for my tabletop game I guess. Although my version of Asher is a little better at rooting out his bad apples, and there are some tangible benefits to being in his org, like not starving to death.
>>43333778>but which one of them is gayThat's easy to figure out.Because Murky is checking out Protege's sheath.
>>43333968>It sucks because it's based on FO3 which also sucksThanks Bethesda, very cool
Obscure channel kino just dropped https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8bY1WI4kOk
>>43334300I mean I think that's pretty reductive. The Pitt's writing is one of the few things FO3 really has going for it. The actual quest design of the DLC not so much, but the dichotomy between Wehrner and Ashur is set up well and Ashur's characterization is straightforward as long as you talked to the BoS NPCs earlier and have an idea of what was happening in the Pitt when he was left for dead during the Scourging. It's been long enough that I don't recall what Red Eye's backstory was or if it was established but the Pitt itself is a pretty good example of choosing between the ends justifying the means or doing The Right Thing in the name of a questionable cause.
>>43334464Yep, that's fitting.
>>43334475The Pitt is the best writing in Fallout 3, I'll give you that, but that's not saying much.That's the funny thing about FoE. It cribs so much dumb shit from FO3, but ends up making it work better than the Bethesda games do.
>>43334973Eh, that's questionable. In a lot of cases it takes Fo3's writing issues and magnifies them.Example: in Fo3 your mission is to give the wasteland a source of fresh drinking water. But aside from the occasional infinitely-thirsty beggar, there's no indication that the Capital Wasteland is suffering from a water shortage. Nobody's struggling with dehydration or famine from bad harvests. Megaton has a functional water purification plant built entirely of scrap. You're expected to accept that the problem you're solving - water scarcity - exists purely in the abstract.in FoE, the exact same problem exists but in a much greater scope. Equestria's water AND soil are explicitly so poisonous that edible food doesn't grow, which is why the pegasi farm on clouds, the Gardens of Equestria need to be activated, and Red Eye wants to burn down the Everfree for farmland. And yet there's a functional ecosystem of large predators and not a single pony struggles with malnutrition or famine. The fundamental problem that the protagonist needs to solve - the impossibility of agriculture - is still just as abstract, but twice as big.The Capital Wasteland could feasibly have scraped by on a scarce, dirty supply of water. Realistically, an Equestria with no food would have been completely dead within 2 years, let alone 200.
[x] Free choice. Do anything you want to do in any order.- Search the place for Choccy Milk!>You stared at the floor safe.>Those things were definitely worth opening, but you weren’t sure you could and it also could wait for a bit.>There were other things to loot first.>You took the two steps that separated you from the cabinet of cans.>Pulling out a few, you noticed they looked pristine and had production dates less than a year before the war.>Unopened, each and every one of them.>And there were enough of them to feed a pony for half a year – or the family of four for two months, assuming the two little ones ate one adult’s worth between them.>And only about a quarter of them were open and stuffed under the cooking corner counter.>You glanced back at the bed and the skeletons on it.>Then at the now dead ghoul.>Only, there was no ghoul.>Just another skeleton.>You stared at.“Let me find you something to get you back on your hooves. Maybe some juice.”>The longer you looked at it, the more questions it raised.>”Most kind of you, my friend.”>She had a faint, tired smile on her lips as you glanced at her.>”Such kindness is rare in these lands. I am glad I did not misjudge you.”“...Thanks?”>To think you considered shooting her just to get her stuff.
>>43335180“Ah, here we go!”>You pulled out a bottle of Sparkle-Cola from a shelf hidden behind the cans.>Popping it open and stashing the cap in your purse, you offered the bottle to Aurelia.>She snagged it and chugged down half of it in one go.>”Haa! What vile concoction, but I cannot deny that caffeine isn’t an effective stimulant.”>You cocked your head and arched a brow.>Aurelia took another sip before letting out a chuckle.>”Apologies, my friend. I’ve spent my life with my kind and tend to forget others aren’t as versed in the ways of alchemy as we are.”>Whatever it was, it was effective as she pushed herself off her side and up to a sitting position.>”The code for the safe is 210786. There’s a gift wrapped teddy bear in there we should leave with Branch. And a bottle of whiskey that should fetch quite the few caps.”>Turning around, you strode to the safe.>Before stopping in place as your ears perked up.>Looking back, you watched the zebra sip more Sparkle-Cola.“How do you know the code and what’s in here?”>She stared back at you with her pretty purple eyes for a second before shrugging.>”Birch Sap told me before leaving. She was very thankful we freed her husband.”>You rolled your eyes and turned to focus on the combination lock.>It really did unlock on the first try with the code.>And there really was a wrapped present and a bottle of whiskey in there.>You pulled out the bottle first to marvel at the fancy, gilded text on it and its amber color as it sloshed around.>Fancy stuff, and in perfect condition.>Stuffing it in your bags, you then took a look at the present.>It was simple, plain brown wrapping paper that had ‘Branch’ written on it in red marker.>You then looked back at the bed and the tiny skeleton of a filly on it.>Branch.>Or what was left of her.>You felt like there was something stuck in your throat.>It was weird.>They were just long dead ponies who didn’t need anything they once had.>You didn’t need to care about them.>But…>It didn’t feel right just leaving them there.[] Let the dead lie. Keep looting.[] They deserve a burial.[] The book on the table looks like a diary. Read it.No pic again because I just want to get something out fast now that I'm back.
>>43335181Bury them. The wastelands has way too many openly lying bones already.
>>43333968Honestly, I can't see either society suddenly morphing into decent people later. It's some weirdass non sequitur pipe dream they're making up to feel better about their sins. Both Ashur and Red Eye, if their plans were to bear any fruit, were basically going to create an exceptionally well-off, logistically robust and dangerous raider faction for somebody else to defeat later. However, Ashur also has Marie. Who can tell if mother nature, that bitch, will ever grant anybody a second chance to develop a cure for the trog condition if the rebellion isn't postponed? I still wouldn't go as far as to classify helping him as a legitimate ends justifying the means kinda decision because most of his ends still seem to be worse than his means, but Marie's immunity introduces some ambiguity. Red Eye has nothing of the kind. He's just dumb and useless and stupid. Big stupid dumb dumb, that's him.
>>43335181Diary, then bury.
>>43335232I doubt there's anything 'sudden' about the Pitt's eventual (hopeful) transformation if Ashur stays, but the Pitt was legitimately even worse before he came to power... maybe there's a chance? I think the real choice between Ashur and Wernher's regimes come down to how you view the importance of a leader vs their underlings. Ashur has noble goals and grand designs but his main core of power are raiders and wasteland warriors he's trying to rehabilitate/wrangle to his purpose. He treats people like cogs in a machine; they serve their purpose until they break or they prove to be defective, but it doesn't matter as long as the machine runs and the plan progresses, because eventually it'll all be worth it. Wehrner is short-sighted, selfish, and outwardly cruel. He doesn't really give a shit about the Pitt as a settlement, he just wants to be on top. He's also more of a traditional manipulator; the player only matters if they're on board with his plan, and those in his circle like Midea are dropped as soon as he doesn't need them anymore. At the same time, his power base has been united in a righteous purpose and the bonds forged in their shared suffering and revolution have to count for something even if their 'leader' isn't involved like he should be. I don't even think the devs really expect you to be that on board with Ashur in any case; the good karma dialog option you get when you finally meet him is just opening the conversation with 'I'm here to kill you.' I'm just surprised they managed to make him relatively compelling considering their more recent offerings. >Red Eye It's been so long since I read the original fic... I don't remember a single thing about him besides his collaboration with the Unity. I guess I'll get to experience it all over again when I get there on my current reread.
>>43335603>I think the real choice between Ashur and Wernher's regimes come down to how you view the importance of a leader vs their underlingsMaybe that's the thing, yeah. When I think about interactions between leadership and morals, my mind defaults to asking how leaders influence their underlings. The underlings, intuitively, are where the importance is confined. The leaders are auxiliary and, if we're still talking about Ashur, fleeting. In this framework what you describe as the worse Pitt before Ashur was a struggle against nature that was going to kill you if you have no food and shelter, and what they traded it for is a struggle against the bossman who would kill you if you're inconvenient or if he feels like it. As long as nothing but conductance of the structure to ethical behavior is considered, struggle against nature is easier to navigate. The only rule is you can't share what you don't have. Shut up and get some stuff. Struggle against the bossman, especially with somebody as insincere and confusing to senses as Ashur, would, on the other hand, put them in a strange mimetic mindspace. What daddy values, using people, having stuff and scheming? It's the opposite of rehabilitation. It mass-produces Wernhers. You're left with a whole bunch of well-armed Wernhers once Ashur loses control or dies for any reason. Off to a great start.The idea that internal beliefs of the leaders matter even if their actions corrupt underlings' souls, I don't really know how to approach it. Is the implication here that Ashur would make all the decisions for them, every single one? It may be the case with Red Eye, but that's because he's a cheap knock-off of the Goddess. Ashur, as far as I remember, had no such technology and didn't seem interested in obtaining it.>recent offeringsF4? Still gotta try it some day. Any week now.
>>43335232>>43335770FO3 doesn't answer your question because nothing changes regardless of who you leave in charge. All the slaves just go back to work and everyone is still suffering or an asshole.Red Eye has good ponies like Protege and List Seeker working for him, and enough industry for a small population of foals and servants to live clean and healthy lives. But on the other hand, he's got assholes like Shackles and Grindstone in charge. If Red Eye purged the latter, while protecting and cultivating the former, he could have succeeded. But instead he fucked off to become an alicorn and died, and Fillydelphia was basically destroyed. If The Pitt was more like Murky you'd have a 'good' slaver as a counterpoint to Wernher to side with, and if you did things might actually get better for people (or the slaves could escape, or something).
>>43335770>F4? Still gotta try it some day.Really no need to unless you care for the mechanics of the game. The main story is a flop.
>>43335770I think it's a mistake to think of Ashur as insincere. The DLC is definitely set up to make him look like a two-faced tyrant but when you get to uptown and talk to the Soldier class it becomes pretty clear their situation isn't a lot better than the slaves/'workers'. They have more personal freedom but their job is also to go out into the wastes and get shot at so they can bring enough people and material back to keep the place functioning. They're more directly in harm's way and are just as sick and fucked up as the underclass, and most of them know it. There's also no evidence Ashur is fronting since his espoused values stay consistent no matter who he's talking to, including the player or his lieutenants. I think it also helps to understand the 'evolution' of the Pitt when looking at Ashur's situation. >Pitt exists as a complete ratfuck of gangs, slaves, pollution, and trogs all competing to be king fuck of gore mountain >the Brotherhood rolls up looking for tech and Lyons is so appalled by what he sees they just start shooting at everything that moves >salvage a couple dozen kids as squires, rip out what they think is useful, leave>Ashur is left behind as the chapter's only casualty after being buried alive under a building and presumed dead>rises from the proverbial grave>decides he's done waiting for the world to start itself up again; he's got a steel mill here. He's going to start it up himself.>seizes power in the vacuum left in the Brotherhood's wake>slowly consolidates or conquers whichever gangs are left and starts trying to whip the Pitt into shape for real >Pitt DLC preamble happens and player shows upThe big irony of the Pitt is that Ashur never made it that way, it started way worse and Ashur's been trying to progressively un-fuck it. Of course you can still call him delusional - he's certainly choosing the most masochistic form of nation building he could have - but I would say his fixations are built out of trauma and crushed ideals before I would call him a liar. >F4? Still gotta try it some day. Any week nowAye, and 76 although I dont know that one as well. I can gripe about 4 plenty if you're interested. I can't reccomend FO4 as anything other than a curiosity unfortunately; the shooting and movement are better but the RPG elements are basically worse than any previous title and the story is arguably worse than FO3.
>>43336570This is why I always side with Ashur. He is simply the lesser evil. No, he isn't perfect (not even acceptable, really) but he is better than any of the alternatives.FUCK Wernher.>FO4/F76Just tried starting up F76. I got kinda mind-scrambled by all of the SaaS-like pop-ups so I didn't last beyond the first half-hour. But I'll try it again this weekend, I think.
>>43336700>I didn't last beyond the first half-hour.I't not going to get much better though.
>>43335197>>43335257[x] They deserve a burial.[x] The book on the table looks like a diary. Read it.“How’d he turn into a skeleton, by the way?”>You pointed at what was a fleshy ghoul just five minutes ago.>“His soul was the only thing holding him together. As soon as that left, the decay it was holding back happened all at once.”>Aurelia was two thirds done with the bottle as she sat and watched you.“What exactly did you do there? I figured you helped them into the Great Beyond somehow, but how does that work? Were they only here because one of them was stuck as a ghoul?”>You picked up the present and tossed it onto the bed next to Branch’s mortal remains.>As you did that, you happened to notice the book on the desk.>It looked like a diary.>”Your kind would call it spiritism. Ponies would call it dark or black magic. We call it soulweaving and pass the knowledge strictly from one matriarch to the next. It has the potential to cause great harm, as proven by the War, or great good if used correctly.”>You strode across the room, for all the three steps it took, to the desk as she drew breath.>”That is all I can tell you without breaking the oath I swore to my mother. I hope it helps you understand why you mustn’t tell anypony of what you saw. They would burn you at a stake. Not that that’d to much.”>You entertained the idea of ponies trying to burn you alive for a second before leafing the diary to its first page.>The first entry had the same date as the War.‘Well, it happened. I only bought this thing to calm Birch down but now it’s going to save our lives. It’s cramped and the kids are already bored, but it’ll keep us alive for the two months it takes for the radiation levels to fall enough for us to survive outside. -Wood Stock’>The next entry was dated two days later.‘I fucked up. I fucked up big time. The air filters are leaking. Not much, but the radiation levels outside are insane. We only have enough Rad-Away for a week at this rate. Why did I have to buy the cheapest model? -Wood Stock’>You flipped to the next one.‘I mixed Rad-Away into the food. I think Birch noticed. I haven’t told her yet. How could I!?! -Wood Stock’>Skimming a bit, you found one dated a little over two weeks after the first one.‘We’re out of Rad-Away. The radiation levels outside are dropping at the expected rate, but they’re still way too high for us to leave. In here, we’ll die within a week. And it won’t be pretty or painless. Birch and the kids deserve better. -Wood Stock’>You glanced back at the lone skeleton in the corner.>Then at the three huddled together in bed.
>>43337388>You found the explanation for one of them, but not the other.>So, you flipped to the next page.‘I’ve decided. I’m going to mix sedatives into the food tomorrow. There’s enough for a deadly dose for all of us. We’ll all sleep away without feeling a thing. -Wood Stock’>The next entry was the last.‘I’m a coward. I said I was feeling sick and didn’t eat. They did. -Wood Stock’>Looking up from the book and at the skeletons left you feeling melancholic.“A sad way to go. I think you deserve better.”>Turning around, you headed out of the bunker.“I’ll go find a shovel and dig them a grave. We can loot this place later.”>Aurelia’s lips curled into a warm smile as you left.>Finding a rusty but still serviceable shovel took only a few minutes of rummaging in a run down garden shed.>Finding a good spot under a tall birch tree – fitting considering the mare’s name, you felt – took another few minutes.>Digging a hole large enough for the four wasn’t as fast.>You were sweating and swearing by the time Aurelia, with her saddlebags bulging, was back on her hooves and out of the bunker.>She simply nodded at you as she passed by on her way to the house on the hill.>The shadows had got deeper and longer and one side of the sky darker by the time you were done.>You let the shovel clatter onto the ground next to the hole you dug.“Why did I think this was a good idea?”>Crows cawed in the distance and an eagle or vulture circled high above as you headed back towards the collapsed house and the bunker under it to get the skeletons out.>You got a sudden feeling that something wasn’t right.Perception check. Roll a d100 and add 20 for high skill.[] Optional free choice of action.
The mare protection instinct for when their tiny retarded husband lays an egg
Rolled 56 + 20 (1d100 + 20)>>43337389Aurelia's companion is hiding under the doormat.
>>43337389>Optional free choice of action.Quietly ask Aurelia if she feels the same thing.
>>43337560>when their tiny retarded husband lays an eggHow is that supposed to work?
>>43335854I still hate Redeye.
>>43338182But how do you feel about Chainlink Shackles?
>>43338733Completely indifferent because I haven't read Murky.
>>43338733What about Mare Shackles?
>>43338821Evil>>43338781You should read Murky anon
>>43339022>You should read Murky anonNTA but I'm trying but it's just sooooo long winded and takes forever to get anywhere.
>>43339022>You should read Murky anonNever found the time. I don't have much of that nowadays.
Anyone wants lifesize bj plush? It's got mayo residue on the back of it's thigh but it's unnoticeable (size of a teardrop)I've removed all the stuffing to minimize the overseas shipping cost so you'd have to buy pillow stuffing or something to stuff it and stitch the opening yourself.But I recommend wash it before stuffing it if you don't like to know how my body smells every time you cuddle the plush. it's got sph(perfect fit for DIT Cheval, which is not included with this giveaway) so you can give this mare a sloppy second to be my tunnel buddy.
>>43339121Do the world a favor and get the mayo off and also preferably wash it yourself before selling it.
>>43339121What country is it coming from?
>>43337645>>43337790Perception check; pass.[x] Quietly ask Aurelia if she feels the same thing.>You hopped on a pile of rubble and scanned the horizon.>Plenty of birds all around, but nothing on the ground.>That you could see.>The decaying houses of the village limited your vision.>You hopped off the pile and landed in the long grass with four soft thumps.>The house on the hill where Aurelia held camp was the highest spot around and->Something clicked in your head just as you heard the faintest ‘ching’.>Once glance back at the horizon sent you galloping uphill.>One of them wasn’t a bird.>And it was coming straight at you.>You dashed through the open door into the house on the hill, your hooves skidding on the wooden floor as you came to a stop in front of the couch.>Aurelia lounged on it with the diary from the bunker open in front of her.>She cocked her head as she looked up at you.“We’ve got incoming. It’s the pegasi. At least one.”>You slung your rifle off your back and scanned the room for positions.>You knew how to shoot better than almost any pony and well placed shots from your high-caliber rifle could punch through power armor.>If it was just one or two and you got the jump on them, you could knock them out before they could even return fire.>Paper rustled as Aurelia flipped pages.>”Oh. That’s just Star. Why don’t you go out to say hi?”>You dropped the magazine of armor piercing rounds you were about to load as you turned to look at the zebra.“What?”>She spared you a single glance before returning to reading.>”She’s the one I’ve been traveling with, my friend. Star Seeker. A mare of many virtues. Just, watch for the landing. She still needs some practice.”>You realized your mouth was hanging open as you reached down to pick up the magazine.“Your companion is a pegasus?”>Aurelia’s lips curled into an amused smile.>”Yes. That she is.”>Bu- Wha- How?>She let out a chuckle as you realized you failed to vocalize your thoughts.>”She is not with the Enclave, my friend. Worry not.”>You->You’d seen the occasional groundborn pegasus out in the Wasteland, but they all did their best to hide their wings.>Despite pony races sometimes skipping multiple generations so a pegasus could be born to earth pony or unicorn parents every once in a while, the Enclave claimed such things were impossible as they were the only pegasi in Equestria – and of pure blood.>What they did to the earth ponies and unicorns born in the clouds, you did not know.>But, the groundborn pegasi who got discovered by them had a tendency to disappear.>”You can stand there staring as well if you’d like. She’ll be here any second.”
>>43339275>You only had just enough time to stow away your only magazine of AP ammo back in your pack and slam in a normal one when you heard it.>Heavy wing beats and air whistling past feathers.>Followed by->”EEP!”>A very short silence and a loud thud.>”Nailed it!”>It was the voice of a young mare.>Aurelia rolled her eyes.>She drew a deep breath.>”Did you hurt yourself, my dear?”>And shouted out to who had to be Star Seeker.>”We have a new friend with us. He’s coming to say hi!”>Nodding at you, she pointed at the door.>Leaving your rifle behind, you headed out.>And saw her as soon as you stepped outside.>She sat on the grassy slope in a small crater, apparently unharmed and getting the worst of the dirt off herself.>She had a faint purple coat, yellow mane, and blue eyes.>And a stable suit, a pip-buck, and full to the brim pair of saddlebags on her.>And a pair of wings on her back.“Hello? You OK there?”>Her eyes lit up with joy as she looked up from her now mostly clean self and at you.>”Hi new friend!”>She was on her hooves and zipping towards you before you could even react.>She leaped at you with her front legs spread wide for a hug.[] Roll out of the way. Friendship is earned, not freely given.[] Just let it happen and introduce yourself.Optionally:[] Ask her anything.We're getting there. You'll have more freedom and action very soon. Perhaps not the best start of a fic I've ever done.
>>43337389Did we fuck up?
>>43339277I'd say we let it happen. She's clearly not hostile and Aurelia vouched for her. That's good enough in my book.>Ask her anything.Since she wears Stable equipment, it might be interesting to make an off-hand comment about it. Like, saying that we've never heard of any Stable denizens who happened to be Pegasi or something. Maybe she'll reveal a bit about herself then without it being too blunt to ask.
>>43339140I’m not selling it anon. And it’s not that bad actually.
>>43339171It’d be from far east but don’t you worry, the shipping cost will be covered by me. I just don’t want this perfectly fine lifesize plush iof a mare to be end up in the garbage pile.
>>43339030Fuzzy's writing style is pretty wordy. I admit I skipped over some of the slower parts. But the story was worth it in the end.
>>43337835He's strong.
>>43339277Use it to check her pockets. Don't take anything, just find out what she has. How well is she armed? Is her landing problem caused by poor wing control or poor eyesight?If she wasn't followed, we still have a grave to close.
>>43339882Why do you have to let go of it in the first place though?
Pipjamas
>>43339121im not going to say no to a free plushiecontact me here iwantfreepony.wooing951@simplelogin.com
Probably won't surprise anyone in this thread but FO76 is fucking garbage. Fucking buggy piece of shit fomo garbage.
>>43340772Yep. It was trash right from day one. And it never got any better.
>>43340900>>43340772It released 8 years ago and they left all the bugs from Fallout 3 in. Bethesda fucked it all up, what could've been their redemption title was yet more bullshit.Also Rampage is better than Blackjack.
>>43339650>>43340104[x] Just let it happen and introduce yourself.Optionally:[x] Ask her anything.- Since she wears Stable equipment, it might be interesting to make an off-hand comment about it.>You stood still and let her wrap her hooves around you and press her soft and warm, if a touch dirty, cheek against yours.>”Mm! So fluffy! I thought it’s illegal to have this much floof.”>She stuck a hoof in you mane behind your horn and ruffled it before pulling back and letting go.“And I thought there’s no pegasi in stables.”>On a second look, you noticed she has a Stable-Tec standard 10mm holstered on her leg, and that there was something off with her coat and eyes.>Something about how the light reflected off them gave you the feeling that you were looking at polished crystal.>She also had the letter B on her rear instead of a number like you thought all stables had.>”Ooh, but there are at the one I’m from! It’s not too far from here and it’s-”>She raised a hoof and was about to point somewhere when she suddenly froze.>”-uh, Aurelia said I shouldn’t tell anyone where it is. But it’s a very nice stable, let me tell you!”>She flashed an awkward grin at you as she rubbed the back of her neck.>You had just enough time to blink before she already beamed a smile and stuck a hoof out at you.>”Hi! I’m Star Seeker! Pegasus pony extraordinaire, here to help Queen Aurelia to clear the skies so I can see the stars!”>Meeting her hoof with yours, you produced a clop.“Stream Song. Mercenary. I’m here to find the Queen of Sun and Rain.”>Star cocked her head as she nodded and strutted around to study you from all sides.>”Oo, the Queen of Sun and Rain? What’s she like? How do you know when you’ve found her? Are there other’s like you? Are you a mare or a stallion?”>You rolled your eyes, flicked your tail, and let out a sigh.”The Elder said I’d know when I see her. There’s about twenty of us around the Wasteland looking for her, the rest stayed with the tribe. And the proper word is buck as we are not exactly ponies.”>Aurelia, at least, had the decency to not drown you with questions when you met.>”Buck? So you are a stallion? That’s so cute!”>Thunk.>She lunged to hug you.>”That armor really doesn’t suit you at all. We should get you out of it and into a nice dress. Maybe Aurelia has one that’d fit you?”>...it was just light armor, enough to stop the bullets from whatever rickety guns most raiders had.>And you’d picked the one you liked!
>>43340967>”Star, my dear. Give him a break.”>Both of you glanced back at the house to see Aurelia standing at the door with an amused smile on her lips.>The smile stayed as she looked straight at you.>”Forgive her, my friend. She’s been out for less than two months and is yet to learn the ways of the Wasteland. But!”>She made a sweeping motion towards the house.>”We have important matters to discuss. Star, Stream. If you would?”>The Queen pursed her lips and looked up at the darkening sky as you and Star glanced at each other and headed in.>”Star Stream.”>Aurelia nodded.>”I’ll have to suggest that as a name to the next foal born in the village.”>”Right. Star. Did you get the information I requested?”>You and Star sat on the couch as Aurelia paced back and forth in front of you.>Star nodded.>”Yep-a-doodle! Sure did! Your scouts have found signs Enclave activity in the village of Hockvale. And, the slaver town of Linen Hill is growing increasingly unstable. Trigger is holding on to power for now, but for how long is anypony’s guess.”>Aurelia pulled out a notebook from her pack and sat down to scribble in it for half a minute before nodding.>”Right. And then there’s Vanhoover. The local Steel Rangers chapter is holding on to power there, but as of late they’ve only been seen in low numbers. We haven’t been able to figure out why. Or what the pegasi want in this region. Stream.”>She pointed a hoof at you.>”You’ve been wandering the Wastes longer than either of us. Where do you think we should head in the morning? To make contact with the Enclave, to strike a trade deal with the Rangers, or to remind the slavers that slavery is illegal in rightful territory of the United Tribes?”[] Vanhoover[] Linen Hill[] HockvaleParty's together and tutorial is done. World's open! Go where you want! Do what you want!
>>43340969>in rightful territory of the United TribesAs in they snatched somebody from her island, or she's planning to steal the entire town of Linen Hill like that?There's not enough info to make a sensible decision. Picking one randomly, let's start with the Rangers.
>>43341104Where you go first purely a matter of preference. There's no right or wrong choices, this time.
>>43340760Email’s been sent, anon.
>>43340492A circumstance which i must persevere. I hope the ballbusting whiskey queen mare would approve. I really wish she at least understands that I’m not ditching her.
>>43341179received it, sent one back
>>43341301Went to post office to send out the plush. Not it’s officially a MARE TRAFFICKINGI paid freaking double of what I should’ve paid because I was too lazy to find a smaller box. Shipping cost and additional fees are so fucked up in these times.
>>43341327thank you so so much anon, i cant really express my gratitude enough, but i'll make sure to take good care of her and feed her enough whiskey to last for days
>>43340967>gave you the feeling that you were looking at polished crystalOh, so she's a Crystal Pegasus Pony. Now that's a rare breed for sure. Interesting that the place doesn't have a serial number though.Also I wonder how much she knows about the flowers and the bees, considering she can't determine the sex of the pony in front of her. Because equine anatomy isn't very subtle and most ponies don't cover their undersides with armor. You usually see who has a dong and who hasn't.>>43340969Going with what the other Anon said. Storming a slaver base immediately sounds like a bad idea, and mingling with the Enclave is not very likely to work either. So Rangers it is.
>>43341337>enough whiskey to last for days>Not providing stockpiles that last for a month at leastYou forget it's Blackjack we're talking about.
Can't have a /FoE/ thread without perfection.
>>43341950whomst
>>43342040a gayfag pegawhich doesn't narrow things down all that much now that I think of it
what did she see?
>>43339275>At least one.”Where there's one, there's more.>You knew how to shoot better than almost any pony and well placed shots from your high-caliber rifle could punch through power armor.A-Ok! We're getting somewhere.>>43339277>”EEP!”>A very short silence and a loud thud.>”Nailed it!”Huh.>She leaped at you with her front legs spread wide for a hug.Nani?!>>43340967>”Mm! So fluffy! I thought it’s illegal to have this much floof.”Are we a roof kirin?>”-uh, Aurelia said I shouldn’t tell anyone where it is. But it’s a very nice stable, let me tell you!”Easily concievable.>Stream SongayeAre we a deer?I feel like whatever choice we make, the other two will get worse over the time we spent there.I would vote for the slavers, but this kid, Star Seeker seems unlike to accept the world for what it is. Enclave will nuke us on sight. Steel Rangers won't talk with a zebra. Though all of these groups may want to make bussiness with us, especially if we have a name to ourselves. Damn. I would go to see the Rangers. Worst comes to worst, we can anti-armor their asses off.
>>43342351>enclave mareShe saw straight ponies for the first time.
I'm going to crap all over stupid lies and propaganda people say about FoE being the best. It's not. Straight up.
>>43284173I'm a couple chapters into Project Horizons and I'm not liking the bait and switch re: Blackjack's... personality? psyche? post-Fluttershy Medical arc.When does she get over herself and stop being all "traumatized" and Littlepippy? Being a rape victim is P-21's job
>>43342351The moons of Yuggoth.>sometimes high-altitude scouts begin to experience pseudohallucinations of a second sky whenever they look up>more often than not it's coupled with a mild religious psychosis where they think of this second sky as a divine retribution for stealing the regular sky from everybody else>the official medical science believes it happens because of isolation, nutritional deficits and cosmic radiation>either way, it's pretty
>>43343526Never. Well, she gets over it for a little while, but then gets traumatized by something else and starts crying and angsting all over again.It's the biggest problem with Project Horizons. Ironically P-21 is the one who gets over it and has the most character growth.
>>43343710But that's kind of what makes Blackjack so noteworthy. She's a complete clusterfuck from start to end.
>>43343726Everyone likes drunk silly shooty Blackjack. No one likes whiny angsty crying Blackjack. It's tolerable in moderation, but the setting constantly contorting new ways to make her suffer and angst is shit. Books 2 and 5 were particularly bad at that.
>>43343820>but the setting constantly contorting new ways to make her sufferIt's literally her talent though. That's what she's best at.
>>43344185Fuck you Somber, that's utterly stupid and didn't need to be in the fic
>>43344612I wanna hug that nutcracker.
>>43341104>>43341353>>43342420[x] Vanhoover“We’ll head to Vanhoover. The Rangers aren’t exactly friendly, but they do prefer talking it out to shooting. Especially if there’s something that can bust their tin cans.”>You patted your rifle.>Aurelia stared at you and then your gun for a second.>”You sound like you’re speaking from experience.”>Shrugging, you leaned back on the couch.“I was hired by a merchant to escort him and some stable loot he bought from scavengers into the next settlement. A Steel Rangers patrol decided the tech belonged to them. That’s fine and all, but they refused to pay.”>There’d been four of them – a paladin and three knights – against five of you: the merchant, you, and three other hired guards.“I fired the first shot. Hit the paladin in the hip joint. Pretty sure he survived, but probably won’t ever walk again. I also fired the second shot. The poor knight had just enough time to look my way before my sights found his visor. Wasn’t pretty when they pulled the helmet off, I’ll tell you that much.”>You felt queasy just remembering it.>Red and gray goop with bone and glass shards everywhere.“The last two decided that their lives are worth more than the tech and surrendered. Good thing, too, ‘cause they definitely could’ve killed me before the other guards got them.”>The following silence was broken by Star.>”Did you really have to kill them for that?”>Her voice was quiet and shaky.>You responded with a nod.“I was hired to make sure the merch makes it to the destination. It was either shooting them or betraying my contract. And I’m no betrayer. Besides, the Steel Rangers are not short on caps. They could have just bought what they want. I’ve got no idea why that particular paladin chose to do what he did.”>The pegasus drew breath and opened her mouth, but kept quiet.
>>43345301>”They have indeed gathered a lot of wealth and material over the decades. That is why opening a trade route with them is so important.”>Aurelia stomped a hoof to get your attention.>”Star! Did you bring what I requested?”>Star looked up from the floor and at the zebra as her pout turned into a smile in an instant.>”Sure did!”>She hopped off the couch with a flap of her wings and scurried to her bags.>”Not sure why you wanted four, but I brought four. Arcanomesh flappy… Uh, Anti-SATS talismans.”>After a bit of rummaging, she pulled out four necklaces.>Each looked like a silvery X with tiny runes all over.>Aurelia’s lips curled into a smile as she saw them.>”Excellent. I’ll have to arrange something for master Driftwood for making these on such short notice.”>The zebra waited for Star to pass them over before tossing one over to you.>”These are arcanomythical frequency shifters that modify how our internal bioalchemical spell matrix signatures look to others. Anti-SATS, for short. I figured they’d be useful since we’ll be running into both Steel Rangers and the Enclave who both make extensive use of the scanning spell.”>You caught yours and found it surprisingly light.>It was just a piece of carved wood on a string.>Looking at it and its runes close made you feel dizzy so you just slung it on.“I’ve heard of these but I’ve never seen one before. How’d you get your hooves on four so easily?”>Aurelia chuckled.>”I’ll just say that master Driftwood earned his rank. He lives in the village I sent Star to.”
>>43345306>You sensed a presence next to you.>You’d found a bed with an intact mattress on the second floor to sleep on and pushed yourself off it top get up – only to realize you weren’t on a bed at all.>Nor lying down.>Instead, you stood on what felt like a grassy hill, surrounded on all sides by a sky impossibly full of stars.>”She needs your help.”>A female voice.>Turning to face it, you saw a hole in the stars.>It was the shape of a tall and elegant pony, larger than you but not quite as tall as your Elder.“Who and where?”>”Stream! Wake up already!”>A spiderweb of cracks leaking in blinding light spread across the sky.>”In the city. Free her.”>”It’s morning! We need to get going!”>With a sound of smashing glass and shards of dream flying everywhere, you jolted awake.>”Good morning, sleepyhead!”>Star stood next to your bed and had a hoof on your shoulder.>She beamed a smile at you.>”Come downstairs. Breakfast’s done!”>You stifled a yawn.“The Spirit had a message. Couldn’t you have waited five minutes?”>The pegasus giggled and pet your head.>”It was a dream, silly. Besides, you’ve had more than five minutes already. We need to get going towards Vanhoover if we want to make it today.”>With a groan, you rolled out of bed and onto your hooves.“Fine.”Roll a d10.Also, optionally[] Do or ask anything quick after breakfast.Quick and dirty because I want to get back to Palworld.
Rolled 10 (1d10)>>43345310Interesting, it looks like something is brewing at or near the Ranger outpost. The vision did not pop up without reason after all.
>>43345310Shouldn't we test the talismans against Star's pip-buck? Can she even use hers while a talisman is with her?Inform Lia about the side quest the spirit gave us: we should free somebody in some city. It doesn't narrow it down as much as the spirit seems to think. Hopefully it's not Linen Hill, freeing everybody out there would be quite a chore.
>>43345301Then let's hope they don't know it were us.>I’ve got no idea why that particular paladin chose to do what he did.Because he's a Paladin of the Steel Ranger's chapter who isn't willing to pay for what's righteous his.>>43345306>”These are arcanomythical frequency shifters that modify how our internal bioalchemical spell matrix signatures look to others. Anti-SATS, for short. I figured they’d be useful since we’ll be running into both Steel Rangers and the Enclave who both make extensive use of the scanning spell.”Oh, that's fancy. So, we're, what? Undetectable to all long-range scanners, or short-range ones too?>>43345310>You’d found a bed with an intact mattress Plap?>only to realize you weren’t on a bed at all.Betrayed.>“The Spirit had a message. Couldn’t you have waited five minutes?”What? So, we're some kind of a spiritual kirin? We just have these and we aren't bothered by them randomly showing up and guiding us? Or bothered by their existence at all? What?!
>>43345961>Shouldn't we test the talismans against Star's pip-buck?That's a good idea. A function test to see what it can and cannot do might help a lot.
>>43342040As the other Anon said. His name is Air Raid.
>>43346307Does Air Raid even do anything in the original draft of Outlaw? He gets like one line in the rewrite and then nothing
>>43346427>filenameWhat? Did it cause some kind of drama?
>>43346571https://derpibooru.org/images/984447I dunno man, you tell me
>>43340724Sockjack
>>43284823faggot ass nigga f1 glimmy nigga 1>rape
>>43346765>Moderator's note: If you don't like it, filter itNormally I'd fully agree with this stance, but this coming from a Derpi mod is more than hilarious.
>>43347434Oof, that's a keeper right there.
>>43347434Basedjack. Puns are magic.
>>43341616The only good Glimmer in MLP
>>43348733Isn't she a nymphomaniac?
>>43348809No, she simply enjoys sex. And there's nothing wrong with that.
>>43348829I guess that depends on the mindset around it. And on how many partners she has.
>>43349084if I remember right she bangs at least 3 separate horses, one in a memory and two over the course of the fic properflirts with a TON of ponies for funsies though
>>43348809Technically, most ponies are to some degree monomaniacs of their cutie mark themes. Glimmerlight in particular is something of a hoarder.
>ph
>>43349126This does sound a bit slutty though. It doesn't make her a bad mare, but with that background it's hard to say that she's 'pure'. Pure in sexual terms at least.
>>43349198>Glimmerlight in particular is something of a hoarder.A hoarder of dicks amirite?
>>43349287Cumtainer
>>43349126So the moniker slut with a heart of gold is probably the most fitting one.
Anyway, we're at the limit.Fun thread, see you in the next one.
Some last words before the archive comes?
>>43350103I want to come inside glimmerlight
