#including the rest of the main 6 and other mlp characters but as soon as someone makes them black/poc all hell breaks loose and suddenly

[toasty-self-shipping]

“Why did this artist made pinkie pie black and cubby” oh I don’t know probably because everyone is tired seeing human designs of pinkie pie where she white and skinny

[estellardreams]

Estelle [Arthmesia] Info Page

Name: Estelle

Gender: Female She/Her

Species: Humanoid (Corrupted)

Universe: UTAU

Personality: Quiet, Intelligent, Secretive, Caring

History: Created due to an accidental negative apple seed lodged in the side of her throat, Estelle was granted much more enhanced magic compared to her previous incarnate by 15%. She used to be a watcher over negative energy with her positive counterpart Nova until a glitch swept the world. She had managed to escape, and after encountering some new beings once she was back in the normal multiverse, headed into the In Between, a space outside of the multiverse's vast universes but still inside the Megaverse bubble, and formed a brand new reality with the cost of locking them inside, just to fix the rest of the world. After a few months, Estelle realized that she could just leave since she eventually gained back her old abilities and managed to break out, soon finding Angeli yet again and teaming up with her to guard the multiverse. During this time, she ventured into some new realities and created the final two members of the Main 6 known as Estellar Dreams and Star.

Hobbies: Drawing, Writing, Training, Exploring

Powers: Tainted absorption magic, with all added abilities from before plus some new ones from other worlds, Multiverse Travel, Immortality

Feats: Has fought off deities and Kaiju monsters, brought an entire universe together to fight an enemy and take them down, survived death numerous times, managed to control ten different abilities at once using her hair and hands (hair can shift into a goop state and transform into tentacles, those of which can form hands on the ends), has won tournaments she had participated in, saved many different universes numerous times

Orientation: Polyromantic/Ace

MBTI: INTP

Enneagram: 9w1

Zodiac: Gemini

Height: 6'1''

Favorite Food/Drink: Chocolate Lava Cake, Coffee

Worlds Visited: 7,864 (excluding Angeli, Acolyte, and Amaia's count)

Alternates Count: 502

Some noteworthy ones include Star (StH), Estellar Dreams (MLP), Iolite (SU), and Ayla/Silencer (MHA)

Estelle's hair will often shift into tentacles for easy mobility and use

Estelle is actually really friendly to enemies, having much higher empathetic energy than the rest of the six. Still, Estellar is a close second to that trait.

Estellar is really clever whenever it comes to figuring out how people tick. The moment she does, that information becomes really useful when she either needs to pull someone to her side or just control someone who she's an enemy towards

Estelle does sometimes fuse with other characters, one of the most notable variants that she has managed to accomplish is Stevelle, a fusion between herself and Steven (SU). The result was a very magenta non-binary entity with a pink and purple diamond crushed together, blended with a hint of corruption magic and the fusion was... surprisingly stable. Oftentimes, corruption can break a fusion really quickly, but instead it just influenced a lot of negative energy on the entity.

Estelle's magic had been tweaked numerous times in different realities, the most major changes being Star and Ayla, who both possess corruption but in varying formats.

Despite having the absorption ability, Estelle rarely uses it. Besides, it often strains her body whenever she takes on too much so she prefers to keep her distance.

[ask-de-writer]

FRIEND AND THE IMPERIAL EGGS : Part 6 of 7 : MLP Fan Fiction

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FRIEND AND THE IMPERIAL EGGS

A Daring Do tale

Part 6 of 7

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De Writer (Glen Ten-Eyck)  

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Skraatch shook her head at the orders that her editor had just given her.  There was a picture to assist with identification and a wealth of other information.  Part of the package carried the seal of the Throne itself.  That part was simply bizarre.

The infamous Baron Yoksonu was not only in the Empire, he was right here in the Imperial Aerie! She looked about the busy press room where the many reporters of Aerie After Dark, the most notorious scandal rag of the Empire were busy with their stories.

She carefully read through the assignment again.  To herself, crest held carefully neutral, she muttered, “Scoop!”

She gathered up her own camera and a few other things, including some photos that she had taken at the banquet where Daring Do had been poisoned.  Her byline on THAT story made her career!  This could be even bigger!

She cruised the tourist area of the Imperial Aerie for almost an hour before spotting her prey, er target.  She chose an empty table close to him and began to lay out her pictures and notes for bait.

To the waiter, she simply ordered, “A tea, please.  A Rom Black, if you have any.”

Sipping her tea, she “accidentally” let fall a photo showing the little changeling named Friend standing astride the fallen Doctor Daring Do, her magic already pulling some conspirators from their places.   The Traitor Arrokk was airborne but was already beginning to burst into shreds.

This was the main image, along with the rest showing the context, that made her into a now famous reporter and tripled the readership of Aerie After Dark.

The Baron’s well known civility, that contrasted so horribly with his vile hobby, led him to pick up the picture and return it.  “Here, miss.  You dropped this.  What is happening here?  It looks pretty awful.”

Her crest up in agreement, Skraatch affirmed, “It was.  We are carnivores and many are active hunters.  It sickened them too.  That pony who is down with the changeling standing over her, is Doctor Daring Do.  First Creationists of the Manifest Destiny Party poisoned her.  They were trying to kill the whole Throne of Empire too but they failed.”

Seeing the array of other pictures and notes, the Baron introduced himself.  “Pardon for not asking sooner, but what is your name?  I am Esquire Willworthy, a roving reporter for the Celebripony News.  I came here trying to get us an exclusive of some sort on the Imperial Clutch.  They announced that it would happen through us, you know.”

Holding her churning stomach at the blatancy with which the monstrous egg murderer announced his target, she forced her crest to show an interested smile as she responded, “You are in luck, Esquire Willworthy!  My name is Skraatch.  

“My coverage of the Daring Do poisoning and detailed pictures of her finds just landed me an Imperial book commission!  I just finished my interviews with the Throne of Empire.

“I got an Imperial clearance to interview Doctor Do and Friend.  That is the changeling’s name. Friend is both working on healing Doctor Do and tending the Imperial Egg clutch.  I was just going over everything to prepare my questions. I only get one try at this pair of interviews.”

The Baron smiled his most winningly as he responded, “You are willing to let me come along at all, Skraatch?  What Celebripony News needs is pictures.  I will be quiet and let you do your interviews.  Perhaps we should pool it.  I could take pictures while you do the interviews.  Sort of a team?”

Forcing her crest to show interest, Skraatch agreed, “That would be the best for us both!”

The Baron held out his hoof.

She nearly lost it as she took his hoof on the deal.  She excused herself and went to the restroom.  There, she washed her claw repeatedly.  It did not help the emotional stain of touching the egg killer, though. She gave it up and returned to framing her interview questions.

Whether the Baron made her ill or not, she had a shot at a serious scoop and she was not going to fluff it!  While she worked on her questions, the Baron excused himself.

“Your pardon, Skraatch.  I must get my camera and equipment from my rooms.  I will return presently.”

True to his word, he returned soon, sporting both his expensive camera and the gadget saddlebag.

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The MLP comics are fine (and so is the extended universe)

I will talk about the comics and the extended lore the rest of the medias provide us with more world building. For those who haven’t read the comics, there will be major spoilers, so read at your own risks. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!

Of course, there are Bronies who still consider the comics as non canon. Just like there are Bronies who consider the Equestria Girls as non canon. And same thing with the chapter books.

Others call all that the “extended universe”.

Me? I like Equestria Girls, I like the comics, and the chapter books too. OF COURSE THERE ARE INCONSISTENCIES (< that’s the main reason people don’t like the comics/chapter books/etc, which I think is stupid), the authors don’t have the time to check everything with the show, but they do their best (and especially vice-versa). The show writers don’t follow the comics (and the rest...) because they simply don’t have the time. The comic writers make sometimes references or even sequel to some episodes because they watch the show (show writers don’t read comics and chapter books).

So I consider the “extanded universe” as canon. I don’t care about plot holes, DC comics and Marvel comics have lots of those, and a ton of alternate universes too (reboots, earth-two shenanigans, etc). So why being so hard on the MLP comics ? I really don’t get it. If the reason the comics crush people’s headcanons, I’m sorry, but that’s a lame excuse.

I can understand that the whole “I can’t keep up with all of that” thing, but using it as an excuse for hating the comics (and others medias) is kinda dumb.

And because Hasbro said  “anything that is said in the cartoon, it is primairy canon above any others medias“ is the source of many arguments inside the fandom. That and if they use comic books characters in the show and no one read the thing before, viewers would be confused by what’s going on.

I still think the MLP lore is well developped with the addition of the comics.

Let’s make a recap for what we have in the MLP medias (except the toy line):

The show;

The comics;

The chapter books;

Equestria Girls franchise.

Now, let’s see what kind of comics we have :

The main serie (Friendship is Magic, ongoing)

The Micro serie (10 issues)

Friends Forever (38 issues, replaced Micro Serie)

FIENDship is Magic (5 issues, released at the same time of Friends Forever in April 2015)

Legends of Magic (12 issues, replaced Friends Forever)

Ponyville Mysteries, “sequel” to the eponymous chapter book serie (5 issues, replaced Legends of Magic)

Nightmare Knights (5 issues, replaced Ponyville Mysteries)

The movie prequel (4 issues, released before the movie)

Annuals (somehow ongoing, you may never know *shrugs*).

Now, the list of the chapter books :

The “main serie”, featuring one character;

The Equestria Girls ones (even tho most of them are just book version of the EG movies and specials);

The Princess Collection;

Ponyville Mysteries;

Beyond Equestria, books that features one of the main characters with characters from the Movie.

Yup, that’s a lot.

With all of this, it is certain that the lore of Friendship is Magic was expanded. But alternate worlds in the comics are not the first alternate worlds the franchise has.

There are alternate universes mentioned in the show.

Remember the season 5 finale? There are SIX different timelines :

Sombra war (King Sombra wins);

Everlasting Night (Nightmare Moon wins);

Changeling Invasion (Chrysalis wins);

Total Chaos (Discord wins);

Ultimate Destruction (Tirek wins);

Industrialization (Flim-Flam win).

Each being actually CANON. They are just not the timeline the show is following. That makes them ALTERNATE UNIVERSE, in a sense (just like Flashpoint).

I know that an universe and a timeline is not quite the same, but it still parallel worlds.

So why rejecting the alternate universe that appear in the comics? If we consider everything canon, we have :

1. The Main Equestria (pun not intended)

I’ll call it Equestria 1, from the show and which has 6 different timelines. In a way, the timelines still exist as parallel worlds. So if using the right magic/spell, it may be possible to visit the alt timelines. I’m not going to arg about it like in The Flash, because science isn’t really used in Friendship is Magic, so yeah, don’t start the science talk about alt timelines in a cartoon with magical horses.

2. The Equestria Girls world

From Equestria Girls duh where everyone looks like humans. Sunset Shimmer, who is from Equestria 1, stays there because Hasbro don’t want to mix her with the main show (fight me, this is the real reason why she’s not back to Equestria).

3. The Mirror-verse (comics)

I know that TECHNICALLY every alternate universes are “mirror-verses” because the portals to every alt worlds are mirrors, but I call this one Mirror-verse because every characters are the total opposite from Equestria 1. All the good guys are evil, and all the evil guys are good.

In Reflection (main serie, issue 17-20), the two alternate worlds became so “close” that the merge between them could have destroy them both. The King Sombra from this world stored all the evil of the Mirror-verse inside of him to restore the balance.

Also, this King Sombra is in love with Princess Celestia from Equestria 1. Mmmh... Maybe that’s why people don’t like the comics : their waifu is actually taken (well, not anymore after Reflection). We haven’t heard of this alternate universe since then.

4. The Shadow-verse (comics)

Alternate universe that appears in Legends of Magic and the Annual 2018 (that is a complement to Legends of Magic). This is also the world the serie Nightmare Knights is taking place (see more below).

This is also a personal fan-made name for this universe : this is the one where an alternate Pony of Shadows (aka alternate Stygian) is superpowerful. He defeated his version of Starswirl the Bearded. But as a real power hungry villain, he wanted more. He tried to corrupted the Celestia and the Luna from his world but his Starswirl stopped him from doing so.

But between this moment in the past and in the present day, Green Pony of Shadows (yes, that’s how I’ll call him, because he has green fire/shadows) contacted his counterpart through his dreams: apparently, he succeded to corrupt his Celestia (his Luna seemed to be too weak to resist corruption). So of course, Princess Luna and Stygian from Equestria 1 decided to rescue Celestia of Shadow-verse. But soon they realise that Green Pony of Shadows is not in charge in this universe anymore. It is Eris (Discord’s cousin) who rules the place with the staff of Sacanas (staff used by the Storm King in the Movie). We don’t know yet which world/universe Eris is from. I assume for now she’s from the Shadow-verse.

This is the plot of Nightmare Knights. We already saw easter eggs to previous villains (including Grogar). There is a King Sombra who looks like King Sombra from Mirror-verse. Is he the same Sombra who travel to Shadow-verse or is he the Sombra from Shadow-verse and he just looks like Sombra Mirror-verse post corruption ? I know this is just a reference, but there are TWO Rarities : Nightmare Rarity and Rarity corrupted by dark waters. So did they come from Shadow-verse or alternate worlds where one is corrupted by the Nightmare Forces and the other one by the dark waters ?

Also, what happened to Green Pony of Shadows ? Should I keep calling this the Shadow-verse since Eris is in charge now? I don’t know, we’ll see.

5. Unknown Atlernate universe (TCG)

Yes, even the trading card game proposes an alternate unviverse in which Solar Flare/Nightmare Star (a corrupted version of Celestia) rules her world with an iron hoof. An alternate universe so horrifying that Starswirl from Equestria 1 had to destroy the portal so that no one will know about it (also, he probably didn’t want to see Solar Flare coming in Equestria 1).

I personally prefer Solar Flare over Daybreaker. I really thought that Celestia’s evil counterpart would be it but noooooooo, Hasbro don’t know everything in their own merchandises. They are the one creating inconsistencies. 

The comics created a few controversies

1. Nightmare Forces controversy

The oldest question : which princess is the best ? Back then, we can only choose between Celestia and Luna. And of course, most people choose Luna for her tragic backstory.

In the second arc in the main serie (issues 5-8) Nightmare Rarity, the story is kinda the same as in episode 4, season 2 Luna eclipsed.

It’s about her acceptance of her past and stuff like that. What the comic brings and it’s what most Bronies are not happy with is the Nightmare Forces. So, according to the story, it would be an outside force that corrupts Princess Luna into Nightmare Moon. Yeah, no : using that excuse to glorified the character is lame. Making her a slave to something wasn’t well recieved within the fandom.

The arc is supposed to happen after the episode, that’s why it is a little confusing.

But the comic never stated WHERE the Nightmare Forces come from. And I think people have tendecies to forget who Luna is : an Alicorn. What’s the connection, you ask? Well in episode 13, season 5 Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?, Luna created the Tantabus, a creature for the sole purpose of punishing herself for her past mistakes. What IS the connection, you ask? SHE IS A FREAKING ALICORN, that means she has a magic more powerful than anypony in Equestria. If she was able to create the Tantabus out of guilt, it is possible she created the Nightmare Forces out of envy and anger. It’s like her magic and feelings created another personality, Nightmare Moon and when she was defeated by the Mane 6 and the Elements of Harmony, her evil personality and its magic (the Nightmare Forces) were simply rejected from her body/mind and went to the moon waiting to come back. That’s what happens in the comic. The Nightmare Forces took over Rarity because being a bearer of an Element, that makes the rest of them useless.

There is a rest of Luna’s magic in the Forces and they started to act as a whole new entity after their separation.

Of course, this is only a headcanon, but it is the best explaination I can come up with to keep the Nightmare Forces and Luna being the only responsible for her actions (instead of putting the blame on something exterior).

2. Deers controversy

In the show, there are deers who appear to be non sentient. They look like they are being enslaved by the ponies.

In The Root of the Problem (comic main serie, issue 27-28), the story introduce us to a race of sentient deers who lived in the Everfree Forest (they are kinda the elves of Equestria) with their king, Aspen, being the ruler of their civilisation. 

Since the show writers can’t add characters from the comics because it would confuse everyone, we will probably never see King Aspen in the show. Not everyone follows the comics, and not everone follows every comics.

3. Seaponies controversy

See this for more details.

I may be the only one to think about it, but I don’t care.

The Umbrum and the Pony of Shadows

I won’t hide it, King Sombra is my favorite villain of G4.

So much potential and awesome look. I was a little disapointed with his lack of screentime.

So of course I started to have headcanons about him. I learned to not go too far with them because when the canon backstory has to be revealed, it will crush my headcanons. So I waited a little to know more about King Sombra. And I was blessed with FIENDship is Magic issue 1 !

This issue tells us his origin story : he is from a tribe/kind of ponies made of shadow and darkness called the Umbrum/Umbra (I actually don’t know the plural), the shadow ponies. These ponies represent hate and fear, they are the perfect opposite of the Crystal ponies, them representing love and hope. There is a need of balance : day and night, light and darkness, fear and hope, love and hate.

Now, while I was super excited to read the arc Siege of the Crystal Empire (main serie, issue 34-37), I have to admit that despite the good premises, the writing and setting were UNFORTUNATELY lacking of quality. The so called villainous league of second rate antagonists that serves NOTHING to the story, Radiant Hope’s character (the worst Mary-Sue I have ever seen), the part where Cadance (the princess of LOVE, btw) was able to use HATE magic without getting a headache (while when Twilight did it, it was hurting a little) AND IT WAS NEVER TOUCHED UPON IN THE LAST ISSUE !!!! Just like King Sombra’s character in the season 3 premiere, a big disapointement because of the wasted potential...

Despite all that, the issue expands more about the shadow ponies (I’m trying to cope with what I can, ok?). We see their true form: 

Nightmare fuel

We know they attacked the Crystal Empire, leaving nothing but despair until Princess Amore created/found the Crystal Heart (Journal of the Two Sister) : the only weapon/artefact fueled with love and hope, the total opposite of what the Shadow ponies are, full of hate and fear. Since then, the Umbrum are trapped inside a prison, the Crystal Heart needs to be “refilled” with love every year (the purpose of the Crystal Fair) in order to keep the Empire safe and sounds from them.

A lot of stuff happened 1000 years ago, huh ? The Umbrum left nothing but DESPAIR. Keep that in mind, it’s going to be important.

The Umbrum were also mentioned in The Movie Prequel issue 4, they are well known outside of Equestria. I wanted to see this sign so bad in the Movie, because that meant the Umbrum were canon to the show, meaning the comics too. Alas, no such sign in the Movie :(

But that doesn’t explain where they come from, and you’re going to ask : “Okay, but what’s the connection with the Pony of Shadows? Because it is the title of this paragraph.”. I’m coming about it.

I think that the powers of Stygian, aka the Pony of Shadows, and the Umbrum magic ARE THE SAME/COME FROM THE SAME SOURCE.

Think about it. The Umbrum are the shadow ponies, and Stygian became the Pony of Shadows. Except the similar names, something hit me while watching Shadow Play, part 2 (episode 26, season 7) :

Pony of Shadows: [laughing maniacally] Welcome to the Well of Shade! When you turned your backs on me, I discovered this place. The darkness spoke to me of a power beyond any I could imagine, and I listened. The shadow and I became one. Soon, all of the realm will be the same. Then all ponies will feel the despair I did when you cast me out!

What if the Hollow Shades (the town where they are in this episode) was the home of the Umbrum ? They would have just travelled to the Crystal Empire for conquest or something like that (it failed, since they were trapped after they attacked), leaving the Hollow Shades empty. When Stygian was rejected by the Pillars, he was full of resentment : he tried to do something good but the Pillars thought he was just being jealous of their powers/status. So somehow, Stygian found the Well of Shade, and well, his quote says it all. It is possible that the place still had a few of the Umbrum magic and he was so resentful and full of hate for his former friends that he was able to channel the shadow ponies’ magic. It is even possible that the Umbrum looked more like Stygian in shadow form, and their famelic looking faces are just side effect of a curse/their fight against Princess Amore and the magic of the Crystal ponies. 

So if we consider the comics as canon, many things can be connected and explained more in detail than the show wants to tell us. The lore just got bigger and deeper.

And it would be a shame to just stick to one media just because it could crush your own fantasies. If you don’t have the time, it’s okay: if one day you are bored, I recommand to read the comics : it’s worth it.

I spend my whole night writing this thing.

[hothoovesgaming]

Developer Update #3

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Wow! April has come and gone in a big way, and I can hardly believe that May is already here. The best part of all this is that classes are over for me and my next semester doesn’t kick in for another few months. Things have been moving particular slowly this month due to class projects and exams, but I’m hoping that May, June and July will be big productive months for our My Little Pony Visual Novel project. Moving on into the update, let’s go! ^_^

Let’s put a number on the project’s progress bar:  8%

Script

We had mentioned that during March, we would be progressing with the story lines for Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack. In a rather unfortunate way, this has proven to be a very slow process due to the complexity of the first arc we began tackling: Rarity’s romance arc.

This is arguably going to be one of the longest set ups in the game, as far as the romance arcs are concerned. You see, the way that the romance arcs work is that they are fan fictions within the game that advance the plot in one way or another. I wasn’t satisfied with saying, “This is going to be the romance arc for _______. The focus of this story is going to be choosing correct dialogue options that will eventually win the heart of the fair pony by the end of the arc, and they’ll have hearts in their eyes the rest of the story from that point on.”

LAME. And without proper context. So it’s easy to make the main character a lovable dork who gains the interest of all the girls simply because he’s the new colt, or because he is the one who will save the world. Or maybe he’s the main character of the visual novel and he’s supposed to get the girl, right? Well... technically he is. It’s built into the plot that after spending time getting to know the mane six - hey it would make sense to feel impassioned about one of them right?

But what about the mane six? As far as I know, they are not ones to embrace feelings of love toward another colt - in the romantic sort of way. The build for the girls in the visual novel is going to be slow and subtle, to the point that it should feel more natural for the girls to accept that they’ve fallen for the main character who wasn’t just saying the right things all the time, but who was interacting with them constantly and helping them with internal and external issues. “Dusk” tags along with the girls so he can get to know them, and as things spring up as a result of the Crystal Crisis, the girls find that having Dusk around is a much bigger deal than simply having Twilight, or Applejack as their companion when they set off on a trip.

What does this mean for Rarity’s romance arc? I mean to say that it’s going to be much more in depth than a simple scenario where Dusk and Rarity chat for a while and eventually return to Ponyville having grown a little closer after spending quality time together. There’s going to be more to it than that. Mystery. Intrigue. A change of clothes to fit the situation and the genre for the specific situation. It’s something we’re hoping ya’ll will be able to enjoy as a side story within the main campaign of the game. 

It all culminates in the main campaign when Dusk has interacted with everyone and he has forged wonderful bonds that will sustain him for the rest of the story. Oops... at least... that’s what we want you to think anyway. >_o

Cliffnotes: Rarity’s story is still being scripted, so we’ll be working on that immediately! XD XD

Art

Art actually took a lot of attention during the month of April, thanks in part to some advice that we received from a follower on Tumblr. The gist of the conversation was spearheaded by the notion that we needed to get our artist and his respective works “out there”. Credibility, reputation, a following - these are very important factors that could make or break HHG if not handled sooner rather than later.

So during April, we released our Spring Heat Art Pack which featured six fan art pieces for MLP characters enjoying themselves in the warm Spring season. It was a great bit of practice for us, and a challenge to complete a couple of pictures a day during our Spring Break week.

We have also been working on sketch bases for characters who will be appearing in the visual novel including, Shinning Armor, Vinyl Scratch, and Octavia. 

Working on other pieces of fan art, some of which will soon be featured in a future post has also lead to a great deal of practice and increased morale among the group. Some healthy, petting to our collective ego to let us know that we are not the only ones who think that our art is improving as time goes on, and that in the context of the full visual novel - many will be able to appreciate the final product when it finally manifests. ^_^

Programming

Not too much time has gone into programming or planning anymore parts of the visual novel game. We’ve already done a fair bit of experimenting using Tyranno Builder as our visual novel engine. We feel that the prototype menus are a great start to something that could become a little more sophisticated in the future.

However, we are still focused on the scripting phase of our pre-planning process in order to better understand what the game will end up looking like at the end of the production process. By doing more research into the way that other visual novels present themselves, we’re hoping we can come up with an aesthetically pleasing way of presenting our game. When the script is finished, it will be much easier to build the game according to the dialogue and narrative content.

Our main focus for this month is going to be completing the romance arcs for all of our characters in the story. That is, to finish the stories beyond the half way point that we have set up for each of the Mane 6. Twilight, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie have half of their arcs complete - next up will be the first half of Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Applejack. After ward, Dusk will take a full day to complete the rest of the romance arcs for all of the girls.

The main campaign will then continue with a very exciting revelation that will turn our main character’s world upside down. O_O

That’s going to wrap up this month’s Developer Update for the month of April (in May) XD. Class made things a bit slow for the month of April, but with May on the horizon, we hope to finish a lot of content in order to move the project ahead.

See ya’ll in the next update. And remember -

A crisis is coming...

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FRIEND AND THE IMPERIAL EGGS

A Daring Do tale

by De Writer (Glen Ten-Eyck)

Part 6 of 7

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All rights reserved.  This document may not be copied or distributed on or to any medium or placed in any mass storage system except by the express written consent of the author.

This is a Fan Fiction based on My Little Pony.  Canterlot, Princess Luna and the name Daring Do are owned by Hasboro Inc.

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FRIEND AND THE IMPERIAL EGGS

This story is a direct sequel to

DARING DO and the GRYPHON’S QUEST which begins here.

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Skraatch shook her head at the orders that her editor had just given her.  There was a picture to assist with identification and a wealth of other information.  Part of the package carried the seal of the Throne itself.  That part was simply bizarre.

The infamous Baron Yoksonu was not only in the Empire, he was right here in the Imperial Aerie! She looked about the busy press room where the many reporters of Aerie After Dark, the most notorious scandal rag of the Empire were busy with their stories.

She carefully read through the assignment again.  To herself, crest held carefully neutral, she muttered, “Scoop!”

She gathered up her own camera and a few other things, including some photos that she had taken at the banquet where Daring Do had been poisoned.  Her byline on THAT story made her career!  This could be even bigger!

She cruised the tourist area of the Imperial Aerie for almost an hour before spotting her prey, er target.  She chose an empty table close to him and began to lay out her pictures and notes for bait.

To the waiter, she simply ordered, “A tea, please.  A Rom Black, if you have any.”

Sipping her tea, she “accidentally” let fall a photo showing the little changeling named Friend standing astride the fallen Doctor Daring Do, her magic already pulling some conspirators from their places.   The Traitor Arrokk was airborne but was already beginning to burst into shreds.

This was the main image, along with the rest showing the context, that made her into a now famous reporter and tripled the readership of Aerie After Dark.

The Baron’s well known civility, that contrasted so horribly with his vile hobby, led him to pick up the picture and return it.  “Here, miss.  You dropped this.  What is happening here?  It looks pretty awful.”

Her crest up in agreement, Skraatch affirmed, “It was.  We are carnivores and many are active hunters.  It sickened them too.  That pony who is down with the changeling standing over her, is Doctor Daring Do.  First Creationists of the Manifest Destiny Party poisoned her.  They were trying to kill the whole Throne of Empire too but they failed.”

Seeing the array of other pictures and notes, the Baron introduced himself.  “Pardon for not asking sooner, but what is your name?  I am Esquire Willworthy, a roving reporter for the Celebripony News.  I came here trying to get us an exclusive of some sort on the Imperial Clutch.  They announced that it would happen through us, you know.”

Holding her churning stomach at the blatancy with which the monstrous egg murderer announced his target, she forced her crest to show an interested smile as she responded, “You are in luck, Esquire Willworthy!  My name is Skraatch.  

“My coverage of the Daring Do poisoning and detailed pictures of her finds just landed me an Imperial book commission!  I just finished my interviews with the Throne of Empire.

“I got an Imperial clearance to interview Doctor Do and Friend.  That is the changeling’s name. Friend is both working on healing Doctor Do and tending the Imperial Egg clutch.  I was just going over everything to prepare my questions. I only get one try at this pair of interviews.”

The Baron smiled his most winningly as he responded, “You are willing to let me come along at all, Skraatch?  What Celebripony News needs is pictures.  I will be quiet and let you do your interviews.  Perhaps we should pool it.  I could take pictures while you do the interviews.  Sort of a team?”

Forcing her crest to show interest, Skraatch agreed, “That would be the best for us both!”

The Baron held out his hoof.

She nearly lost it as she took his hoof on the deal.  She excused herself and went to the restroom.  There, she washed her claw repeatedly.  It did not help the emotional stain of touching the egg killer, though. She gave it up and returned to framing her interview questions.

Whether the Baron made her ill or not, she had a shot at a serious scoop and she was not going to fluff it!  While she worked on her questions, the Baron excused himself.

“Your pardon, Skraatch.  I must get my camera and equipment from my rooms.  I will return presently.”

True to his word, he returned soon, sporting both his expensive camera and the gadget saddlebag.

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