Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion

[Kippershy]

edit: though I was (and still am) totally considering ordering a blackjack plushie from the person who made one.

Ya' know...I kinda am, too...Of course, I'd have to answer to my parents if they found it...(/stillhaven'ttoldthem)

It's times like this that it's nice to have a history of being eccentric/crazy. I randomly make noises (sometimes animal, sometimes mineral), begin singing or dancing when no music is playing, babble, talk about how amazing random little things or details are that I hadn't previously noticed. I sneak up on people, I randomly laugh or stare into space. I draw symbols and faces and hang them around my cube, then never talk about them.
So, when I go around showing everyone I can my awesome new keychain pony they just go "oh." and walk away.

Apart from extremely minor variations, you and me are two peas in a pod.
I practically do all the same stuff, with slight variations.
remove the hanging stuff up, but keep pretty much the rest (including random noises when bored as all fuck and no-one nearby), add telling stories to myself with make-it-up-asa-you-go plotlines with different voices for different characters...

yeah.



we really are. LOL

[Kippershy]

I like to start off the conversation about my keychain pony with:
"Look at my horse, my horse is amazing! Give it a lick; it tastes just like raisins!"

No one ever gets my references, though :P

Lick its mane and it turns into an aeroplane!

...and to turn it back again just tug on its winkie

OOH THAT'S DIRTY?

do you think so? well I better no tell you where we get the lemonade, mmm sweet lemonade.

[RoboRed]

It's times like this that it's nice to have a history of being eccentric/crazy. I randomly make noises (sometimes animal, sometimes mineral), begin singing or dancing when no music is playing, babble, talk about how amazing random little things or details are that I hadn't previously noticed. I sneak up on people, I randomly laugh or stare into space. I draw symbols and faces and hang them around my cube, then never talk about them.
So, when I go around showing everyone I can my awesome new keychain pony they just go "oh." and walk away.

Pretty much the norm at my household, though. We're all bloody weird.

I like to start off the conversation about my keychain pony with:
"Look at my horse, my horse is amazing! Give it a lick; it tastes just like raisins!"

No one ever gets my references, though :P

*Brohoof*

[Stringtheory]

@robo
Then why worry about telling them you love ponies?
Just run into a room they are in, scream it at the top of your lungs, then run out again. Problem solved.

or do what I did and start dropping increasingly obvious hints, (like making your computer icons ponies, have a obvious pony folder on your desktop, or if you want them to know with out telling them, just make your background a pony one) it took a couple of weeks but they eventually caught on

[WavemasterRyx]

...Stuff like that is child's play to me. so my friends on steam were able to convince me to buy the plushies.
don't regret at all, though I do hate that I got mugged off with the whole customs bullshit.

Oh - and if you don't end up reading it, it's fine.

Well, it isn't like we're broke, my mom is actually very good with managing money even though we live on a fixed income, so we don't really have any trouble (and as I'm constantly saying, she always goes out of her way to buy me stuff, even when I tell her not to). It's just since I don't have any income right now, I have to save what I've got left in case of emergency.
But yeah, international shipping loves ripping people off...

I will read Broken Bonds eventually! It's on my list so I have to read it! I'm just not sure when that will be... right now the top of my to-do list is finishing the commentary for PH, then I've got 4 high priority pictures to work on... which usually by the time I finish those, either I have more pictures that have gone up in priority, or a new chapter of PH comes out...
It's such a hard life being an artist heh. Not to mention people keep trying to encourage me to open commissions, which would take up even more time...

[RoboRed]

@robo
Then why worry about telling them you love ponies?
Just run into a room they are in, scream it at the top of your lungs, then run out again. Problem solved.

...because I'm still really REALLY bloody self-conscious...

Heh...I can actually see that happening, though. I could just run upstairs right now, scream it at the top of my lungs, then full-speed up to my room before anyone could say anything. Then they'd be like, "...wtf?" and be all confused until my sister says something about it.

or do what I did and start dropping increasingly obvious hints, (like making your computer icons ponies, have a obvious pony folder on your desktop, or if you want them to know with out telling them, just make your background a pony one) it took a couple of weeks but they eventually caught on

Yeah...it's kinda approaching that point and more along the lines of that. Once my laptop came with a terminal case of "my-hard-drive-is-dying-stop-using-me-and-replace-it" about half a month ago, I had to move downstairs to the desktop. I kinda don't really bother to close the browser or leave it on another tab when I walk away, and they aren't really nosy. Plus, my sister had already found out about my bronydom by accident, so...that got out of the way.

Of course, if one of them does happen to get close, I still flip over to something else...

[O. Hinds]

@OAC:
Thank you as always for the error spotting.

[tylertoon2]

Sorry wrong thread.

[Cptadder]

It's times like this that it's nice to have a history of being eccentric/crazy. I randomly make noises (sometimes animal, sometimes mineral), begin singing or dancing when no music is playing,

I think your problem is you got a need for a dance number but no one ever joins in at the right time. Have you ever gone to work or travelled with a top hat and cane "just in case" and not know why?

Not to mention people keep trying to encourage me to open commissions, which would take up even more time...

Open the commissions you get the money, get the money, get the money and acquire something to make yourself more interesting. You might have been missing out on that wicked model train set you always wanted in the back of your mind, or materials to make your own set piece you've always wanted to do, or maybe you've always been ready to have a crippling drug... alcohol or gambling addition and you've just never had the funds to get that going in style.

You never know where you'll end up until you try and typically not until you try to make money off whatever it is you like doing.

[OneMoreDaySK]

Rereading ... Again

Question: P-21 says there were three nice mares in 99. So Duct Tape, BlackJack, and...?

Also, sorry somber, I can't do reviews, just snippets of commentary.

[tylertoon2]

I think your problem is you got a need for a dance number but no one ever joins in at the right time. Have you ever gone to work or travelled with a top hat and cane "just in case" and not know why?

Err... no. I'm not that type of dancer :mybad:

Ahh I get it, you are that kind of dancer

I'll get my cash.

[Jeremyrush]

I think your problem is you got a need for a dance number but no one ever joins in at the right time. Have you ever gone to work or travelled with a top hat and cane "just in case" and not know why?

Err... no. I'm not that type of dancer :mybad:

Do you give private sessions?

[Meleagridis]

Total time to read Project Horizons, catch up on the comments thread, reply to comments, leave my own, and in general appreciate what I have just read? 8 hours and counting. And I've been at a standing desk for most of it. This is why I leave the new chapters for my days off!

Personal opinions and some chapter stuff, thrown into a box because this post is already too long:

Low Points

Most of the points you raise, I just respectfully disagree. Not much to say. I gotta mention that BJ brought up a few trips at the beginning of the tunnels, mentioning the thought of stopping by Chapel. It was a sign that they had taken appropriate precautions and spent a good deal of time getting ready, also suggested by the addition of a team member with an identity concealed by the narrative. (Silver Spoon)

The soul de-suckers have already been discussed and I'll get to the Infiltration Meeting when I edit some review in, but on the topic of Hightower: regardless of what it started out as, would this be easier to swallow if you thought of Hightower as a development facility for Project Eternity with some jail thrown in? With the right kind of clout, it seems like a good place to hide such a sinister design.

Chapter soundtrack is up here.

DAMMIT! I plumb forgot about this! Now I have to read the whole thing all over again!
...

Seriously, though you should get a separate thread for these. A dedicated thread to check. (Although I am disappointed in the lack of infiltration planning music when the team is planning the break-in. Something like this.)

Other than the fact that Xanthe is a zebra, is there any difference between her and Glory?
...
Maybe even for her to form a reluctant crush on Blackjack down the line when she gets to know her better.

Conviction and integrity. That's what Glory had. Xanthe has fear and something more. She is not good- she saves fillies only for the fear of being haunted by a vengeful spirit. She is as good and as evil as the craftsmen from whom she hails. There are always... what was it? Propoli? Those who simply create and let others worry about morality or the consequence of progress. And her exile came in wrathful swiftness- Glory wasn't violated such until after some development. Xanthe begins her second life away from the hope of returning. Even her spiritual beliefs fail her. I don't know much about zebra life after death, but it doesn't seem like something to get much of a reprieve from Star curses. Glory can still die. Xanthe waits to be fed to the sta-
Wait, she doesn't have that crush already?

"BJ, why aren't you using the pointy stick made out of soul-eating metal" the whole fight.

She knows it is weird, I do not think she knows how weird. As in, soul sucking weird.

Where is Shears? He's at the bottom with them, then he's at the top, but no one took him there.
Unless it's to be assumed that after he started sitting on Cerberus' head to get across the walkway above the goop monster he just never got off, even after going through a door.

Older, ghoulified, but still Snips. I could easily see him trembling on the robot with an iron grip, even if it was a mistake. All the more reason for Cerberus' thruster failure.
Or Whisper and Stygius could do it. Oh well.

Ghouls and their fake names, right? Any bets on whether Ahuizotl

Happy Bottle.
His old name was totally Happy Bottle. He ran pony Cheers and everypony loved him and he kissed children on the forehead and gave money to cripples.

I think your problem is you got a need for a dance number but no one ever joins in at the right time. Have you ever gone to work or travelled with a top hat and cane "just in case" and not know why?

If you could ever find a damn cane that's built for style instead of function. Not that I'm bitter or anything that the only decent crooked cane in the whole city seems like it was built for a seven year old.

[WavemasterRyx]

Well, after an entire day of distractions, time to get back to work on my commentary... Will I finish it before 4:30?
That's four and a half hours... Doubtful... *sighs*

Not to mention people keep trying to encourage me to open commissions, which would take up even more time...

Open the commissions you get the money, get the money, get the money and acquire something to make yourself more interesting. You might have been missing out on that wicked model train set you always wanted in the back of your mind, or materials to make your own set piece you've always wanted to do, or maybe you've always been ready to have a crippling drug... alcohol or gambling addition and you've just never had the funds to get that going in style.

You never know where you'll end up until you try and typically not until you try to make money off whatever it is you like doing.

Heh, ah actually I could name on one pony's hooves what I would spend my money on if I had any. Not that I feel I'm really missing out, I just don't want for much. Though I do have a crippling addiction, so I'm set as far as that goes.

[Ametros]

Apologies if this has been raised, but wasn't this chapter the first time Blackjack's used 'magic bullets' since 'Black'? I looked through the past few chapters and couldn't find any instance of them being used outside of the Happyhorn simulation.

As for the rest of the chapter, Blackjack really has the wasteland give her a tough time, doesn't it? The Smooze is somewhat terrifying in its unrelenting nature...

[WavemasterRyx]

HAH 4:28!

... I'm so lame...

Anyways, my deepest thanks again to Somber, Hinds, Snipe, and Bronode, as always, for the huge amount of effort you all put into this story. Thank you. *hugs*

Chapter 46:

I have no idea what I'm going to do for PH's birthday... Panic. Panic sounds good.

[Cptadder]

Ghouls and their fake names, right? Any bets on whether Ahuizotl

Happy Bottle.
His old name was totally Happy Bottle. He ran pony Cheers and everypony loved him and he kissed children on the forehead and gave money to cripples.

I always struggle coming up with names while DMing for non human characters and pony names are doubly hard since most are (Emotion/Feeling/Action then object/emotion/Feeling/Action) I tried forever for example to find a pony name starting in or ending in "Gates" before giving up. But Happy Bottle, that's a pony name and I nominate it for Ahuizotl for being Happy Bottle.

Heh, ah actually I could name on one pony's hooves what I would spend my money on if I had any. Not that I feel I'm really missing out, I just don't want for much. Though I do have a crippling addiction, so I'm set as far as that goes.

Horray! Your well on your way then to be a poorly adjusted member of society like the rest of us. If you ever get bored think about taking up a second crippling addition, after all if one is fun, two is better!

[Cptadder]

Water Gates!
Ahuuzotl: "I am not a crook!"

:what:

Why is this so easy for you!

[Kippershy]

Thanks a ton for the reviews. I know a lot of people
read, at least I hope they do, but it's the reviews and feedback that
really keep everything going.

I'm working on it, sir! Really...

Crazy Theory: Nurse Graves' Secret Mission

That... actually doesn't sound all that crazy... It would actually make a lot of sense, especially with the support she's getting from Windclop.
I wasn't suspicious of them at all originally but now I totally am, lol...

In no way at all in the slightest related to horizons... but they just arrived.
And they're too damn cute to hide.

Sure it's related to PH, it's a Glory doll, right? Derpy is related to everything.
So expensive though man, but definitely cute.

It took all this time, but I finally realised what you meant by Glory doll =P

haha, suppose it is!

[RoboRed]

Chapter soundtrack is up here.

DAMMIT! I plumb forgot about this! Now I have to read the whole thing all over again!
...

Seriously, though you should get a separate thread for these. A dedicated thread to check. (Although I am disappointed in the lack of infiltration planning music when the team is planning the break-in. Something like this.)

Yeah...kinda didn't do any searching at all for music for the past week. I've been trying this entire time to NOT reuse songs, but I've pretty much reached the end of my library. I'll try and do better next time.

It took all this time, but I finally realised what you meant by Glory doll =P

haha, suppose it is!

I wonder if anyone has made a Glory doll...

[Cptadder]

Water Gates!
Ahuuzotl: "I am not a crook!"

:what:

Why is this so easy for you!

Twist voice: It'th my thuper thpecial talent!

Cutie mark acquired!

[Kippershy]

It took all this time, but I finally realised what you meant by Glory doll =P

haha, suppose it is!

I wonder if anyone has made a Glory doll...

Yes, same person who made the blackjack one made one. I'm sure of it.

[SilentCarto]

And we finally have a name for the Angel, Nurse Candy, and all the guesses that she was a MoP nurse were absolutely right

Which brings up an interesting question. Was Nurse Candy's cutie mark a skull? If so, that's kind of a creepy destiny. If not, that's got some potentially even creepier ramifications. Did the skull replace her mark (creepier) when she got bound to Rampage? Or did it change (extra creepy) when she snapped? Why doesn't her original cutie mark manifest, in either case?

"So, that's me, Lacunae, Rampage, Psychoshy, Stygius, Mr. Shears, Nurse Graves, Cerberus, Xanthe..." - And Carrion. A party of 10 (11) going into the "most dangerous" building in Hoofington trips a huge death flag for me. Having so many characters gathered together in one place makes it seem almost certain that not all of them are going to make it out alive. It's the "Rule of Ninja", I believe, anyways, I'm quite terrified to see just who it is that'll end up taking the fall for the team...

The Law of Inverse Ninjas, yes. I have the same feeling. Way too many expendables. And given the flying screwdriver, I'm terribly concerned about Cerb's combat inhibitor.

Eat fresh! *gets a truck thrown at him*

You don't know how many times I've mentally sung, "Zombway... eat flesh!"

The fight with the zombies is one of your standard well-done fight scenes. I don't have really much to say about it except that, for it being the single thing they actually accurately planned for, they took far more damage than can possibly be good.

Well, they hadn't exactly planned for how quick, strong, and smart the ferals here are. It's like learning to fight zombies in Night of the Living Dead, then walking straight into 28 Days Later. Everything you know is wrong.

From the second Rarity recording... Petunia seems like a pony that we should know, but I just can't place her name. I may have to go back and check on that later, to see if I can find anything.

Petunia was also the name of Daisy's mother. No relation.

[Meleagridis]

I don't know whether to start singing the Blob theme song, or to tell Rampage to "stop being a creepy bastard!"

More attention must be given to this.


It creeps, and leaps...

[RoboRed]

Alright, I took Aon's offhand picture idea and went with it. So, I present to you, the PH commentariat: Aonee's OC - Crystalane, comforting our grey goddess - Somber, in her time of sorrow. (I just wish some of the limitations of the pony creator hadn't gotten in the way...)

Enjoy.

[Cptadder]

@RoboRed's picture
Well there's your problem, okay gang we need to chip in some more money so Somber can afford a broom, some primer to fix that chipping and don't even get me started on that insulation.
Also somber needs a kitten

Low maintenance high dawwwww ratings.

OAN, I rented a attic apartment from a couple a few years back in a 1930s house, worse mistake of my life. Sure it was great in the Winter (Nice, snug and warm) but come summer if it was 87*F(30C) outside it would be 95*F (35*F) inside that apartment. Even if I was only paying about 310$ a month for over a thousand square feet it was no worth it the day the temperatures in Kentucky hit records at 99*F (37C) it was per my temperature gauge over 110*F (43C) one or two things I swear melted slightly and I had no choice but to make myself scares on my one day off and stay out all day and literally go old fashion and buy a cooler and pack it full of ice to stick in my room.

[O. Hinds]

Blackjack cameo spotted!

[WavemasterRyx]

I always struggle coming up with names while DMing for non human characters and pony names are doubly hard since most are (Emotion/Feeling/Action then object/emotion/Feeling/Action) I tried forever for example to find a pony name starting in or ending in "Gates" before giving up. But Happy Bottle, that's a pony name and I nominate it for Ahuizotl for being Happy Bottle.

Horray! Your well on your way then to be a poorly adjusted member of society like the rest of us. If you ever get bored think about taking up a second crippling addition, after all if one is fun, two is better!

- Coming up with names is the hardest part of making a character for me, I feel your pain... It's like, in a PnP group last week, the GM couldn't think of a name for a foal-killer, and one of the players was all "Call him 'Sweet Dreams'". Oh how I wish I could come up with such fitting names so quickly.
- Oh, I've never fit in anywhere heh... I don't fit in with my "friends" I play D&D with, I don't fit in with other anime fans, I don't fit in with anywhere in real life, heck I don't even fit in with people who share my crippling addiction. That's why on multiple occasions I've kinda freaked out about not even fitting in with the PH community...

Water Gates!
Ahuuzotl: "I am not a crook!"

Edit: wait, when is PH's birthday?

- *busts up laughing*
- It is July 2nd, and I have no idea what I'm going to do.

It took all this time, but I finally realised what you meant by Glory doll =P
haha, suppose it is!

Yay! Heh, did I ever mention I have a terrible sense of humor?

Spoiler:

It creeps, and leaps...

It is the greatest, most inappropriately cheerful horror movie opening ever. XD

Actually it's from the smooze song. It's sort
of upbeat like the seapony song, only the villains are the ones singing
it as it consumes and destroys everything and everyone.

Yeah, I figured there was an actual smooze song heh - but as I said, I haven't seen any of the older generation.

Alright, I took Aon's offhand picture idea and
went with it. So, I present to you, the PH commentariat: Aonee's OC -
Crystalane, comforting our grey goddess - Somber, in her time of
sorrow.

It still looks nice, especially considering you have to work through limitations, and you tried your best, that's all anyone could ask. <3

Blackjack cameo spotted!

Oh wow, it is Blackjack isn't it? I guess I didn't look closely enough the first time I saw that. Sweet.

[Kippershy]

It took all this time, but I finally realised what you meant by Glory doll =P
haha, suppose it is!

Yay! Heh, did I ever mention I have a terrible sense of humor?

Don't be silly. you're fine.

[SilentCarto]

That is a very interesting question... I sincerely doubt the skull was her original cutie mark. Although the most creepy option, I don't think it would have changed when she snapped, for the simple reason of it would have given her away as being the Angel. Which means it most likely changed when she became part of Softheart/Rampage. Yeah, it's all very creepy and mysterious.

Well, it would be kind of interesting to find out she suddenly started wearing long skirts to work or something... but ultimately, I agree, it's most likely that the change occurred within Rampage. Still, like the Pink Cloud filly in Canterlot, it suggests a deep-seated warping of her most fundamental essence. It's not just a psychosis; her very soul has been corrupted.

Ah, Law of Inverse Ninjas, well I was close. I mean, I suppose the Law is a bit less effective in MLP since it's based on harmony and working together, which requires groups, but still it's very worrying. I didn't even think about the screwdriver and the combat inhibitor... If it had taken it out though, Cerberus would have reacted immediately, wouldn't he? It's certainly another huge sword dangling over the group though, isn't it...

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if it managed to take loose a couple of the bolts holding the inhibitor on. Or maybe, at this very moment, it's working on dismantling each door between it and the party...

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