Re: [GRIMDARK] Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons Discussion

[Meleagridis]

“‘You’re my new best friend,’ the armor chirped, making the zebra mare actually blush.”
Okay, logically I know that it’s a pre-programmed phrase and that’s probably the only positive greeting-type message it has, but... *Sqeeeeeee!*
I am officially shipping Xanthe x Steath Suit now.

Boolackjack now has competition for 'cutest ship evar'.

Is there a word for where you ship two characters... except the ship is intended to sink because one character is either uninterested in or loathes the other, while the first one is not endearingly romantic at all?
If so, I sinking ship CerberusxStealth Suit.
I can see it now. Blackjack is leading up front, Cerberus is hovering closer and closer to the stealth suit (who will be completely unable to properly respond). It will start with some insults. Cerberus will call out the suit as a filthy stripe, a foal-chugging monster. The suit will say nothing. Cerberus will lead in with a clumsy attempt at small talk. The suit will ask who he thinks is better, Warden Hobble or Mr. Shears? Cerberus will say that he can't beat around the bush any longer! He doesn't care if it's forbidden! May Celestia herself cast him to Tartarus! He loves the stealth suit, he loves a sneaking pansy ass suit of armor! He loves a filthy stripe and he doesn't care who knows!
Xanthe will become uncomfortable and ask to be left alone, and for Cerberus to stop hugging her.

And eventually Cerberus will find out that the stealth suit is a guy.

Re: Psycho+Styg:

Stygius will go to Psychoshy if he can deal with any feeling he might have for Blackjack and he sees that Whisper needs protection. That's all he needs. Despite knowing her for longer I can't hazard a guess as to why Psycho would be set... that doesn't bode terrible ill. If she is after Stygius because he's the first viable buck since Sanguine (and is looking for something to ease the pain) then their relationship becomes... less than failproof. If this doesn't work out, she will probably kill him. Whisper is a hair trigger away from losing all right to that name and being Psychoshy forever.

@Feather: (Snips and Snails)

Spoiler:

Although, have to say that logic wise to FoE, I don't recall them being as "gushy" over Rarity as they are in PH.

You don't have to screw someone to love them. Another mother can bear your brother, and the two of you will become inseparable at a later date.
To clarify, they might just be friends willing to risk hell itself for each other.

[tylertoon2]

YES CERBERUS X STEALTH SUIT OTP

[Sindri]

... okay yeah, just spent 5 min making a clopfic in my head of the suit "helping her" to some "stress relief"...

Spoiler:

*whistles innocently*

[Jeremyrush]

... okay yeah, just spent 5 min making a clopfic in my head of the suit "helping her" to some "stress relief"...

Spoiler:

*whistles innocently*

Hell, I'd read it.

Hell, if I could write I'd write it!

[Meleagridis]

zebra Applesnack.

I gotta ask about this. When you bring up the traitor and Applesnack, is it just the circumstance of being Proditor that makes this a comparison to a traitor, or are you drawing comparisons of Applesnack's treachery? I know he screwed up, but is it to the point of betrayal?

[Sindri]

Unless Applesnack's betrayal to form applejack's rangers in the memory of his love is mirrored in Shujaa's betrayal of her tribe/kind to possibly be the one to form the Proditors was inspired by Twist's love.
Would the fact that Proditors are identifiable by their peppermint twist red and white stripes be a hint to that Twist somehow inspired them? I dunno, now that I look at it I think I'd be more willing to chalk that up to coincidence.

If you're referring, instead, to some other betrayal of Applesnack, then I'm not sure I'm following what you're asking. I just see them both as having extreme anger management problems that can and have driven them to kill, though we don't yet have any evidence that Shujaa ever outright murdered anyone in cold blood.

I'm pretty sure the Proditors red stripes were based on that legend of the immortal cursed warrior who wished on the stars and gained great power in exchange for destroying his tribe. In any case, Shujaa was a Proditor since significantly before she met Twist; they were comrades before they were lovers (and falling in love with an opposing soldier is just bad form, even if they switch sides later).

[Sindri]

What chapter was that cursed warrior thing? Because I don't remember that at all o_o

eh... it was one of the relatively early ones, in a story told by Sekashi. It was the first time Blackjack had ever heard of soul jars, and our first real hint as to what Rampage was. I'll start digging if nobody else finds it first.

[Sindri]

What chapter was that cursed warrior thing? Because I don't remember that at all o_o

eh... it was one of the relatively early ones, in a story told by Sekashi. It was the first time Blackjack had ever heard of soul jars, and our first real hint as to what Rampage was. I'll start digging if nobody else finds it first.

I think I may vaguely remember that but I believe I interpreted it, at some point, as having been about Rampage herself. Like... it had been made up in the interm 200 years.

Here we go: chapter 20, Orion's story. Might be a little out of date, as my pdf is from several months ago, but I don't recall any big changes being mentioned for this chapter.

Spoiler:

So yeah, there are a few parallels between Orion and Rampage, but I find it highly unlikely they were the same person. This gives the impression of a much older story, I doubt Sekashi or her tribe have encountered Rampage (and even if they had, she's only been active for 20 years, which is hardly time to become this kind of legend), and a lot of the points just don't match up.
However, the red stripes being a symbol of the outcast and the traitor, and thus worn voluntarily by zebras who turned their back on their nation and their race to fight for Equestria, makes sense.

[WavemasterRyx]

By the by, I painted his room to look like a night sky. I'll show pictures sometime.
May he be cursed eternally by the stars <3

Ah, the bedroom in my first house we painted the night sky on the ceiling in glow-in-the-dark paint, it was a lot of fun. Especially the dot that got spilled on the fan, which we called our comet.

Stealth Suit: *scribble scribble*
Xanthe: What's this? "I'm touching your butt forever"?! O///O

*falls off the couch laughing*

@Wave: (Alc fire) Isn't that a 1 square radius thing?

@Sindri+Wave (Suit) ... okay, wow, have to say, not even I went there, but now that I did, it kinda trailed off in my mind...

And hey! I'm the self-proclaimed ruler of this gutter Wave! xD

- Indeed, alchemist fire hits in a 1 square radius, and does terrible damage (yay 1d6).
- Really I was the only one who thought of that? I... kinda feel bad now...
- Oh I would never presume to be ruler, ma'am, merely a resident in good standing.

It's kind of weird being one of the most
normal people in a group. No offense intended I wish I was more weird.

Ah... I will never know how that feels... But it's never too late to be weird. It just takes practice, learning, and getting used to. Or barely sleeping for a few months until something snaps. I wouldn't advocate that method though.

If so, I sinking ship CerberusxStealth Suit.

YES CERBERUS X STEALTH SUIT OTP

Back! Back you fiends! Stay away from my SSXanthe!

... okay
yeah, just spent 5 min making a clopfic in my head of the suit "helping
her" to some "stress relief"...

Spoiler:

*whistles innocently*

Hell, I'd read it.
Hell, if I could write I'd write it!

You guys. You guys. Stop tempting me. I have other drawings I need to be working on.

[SilentCarto]

I can see it now. Blackjack is leading up front, Cerberus is hovering closer and closer to the stealth suit (who will be completely unable to properly respond). It will start with some insults. Cerberus will call out the suit as a filthy stripe, a foal-chugging monster. The suit will say nothing. Cerberus will lead in with a clumsy attempt at small talk. The suit will ask who he thinks is better, Warden Hobble or Mr. Shears? Cerberus will say that he can't beat around the bush any longer! He doesn't care if it's forbidden! May Celestia herself cast him to Tartarus! He loves the stealth suit, he loves a sneaking pansy ass suit of armor! He loves a filthy stripe and he doesn't care who knows!
Xanthe will become uncomfortable and ask to be left alone, and for Cerberus to stop hugging her.

And eventually Cerberus will find out that the stealth suit is a guy.

Wasn't the only instance of snips and snails with Rarity in FoE the memory in which the figurines were being made? I figure the atmosphere of the occasion were dampening their spirits. Cutting a soul into over two dozen pieces is serious business.

I don't recall them being particularly 'gushy' at her -- at least, no more than they were to Trixie in Boast Busters...

When they die, their spirit may linger in its vessel, trapped for all time. But perhaps, some
day, its spirit may be free and reunited with the rest. That is what I can hope.

Oh, my. That sentence takes on new significance in light of Sekashi's back story. Is she hoping on Orion's behalf, or her own? Perhaps this is why she and Majina survived what should have been fatal shots...

Ahhh. Okay, I didn't really remember Rampage only being active for 20 years,

Yeah, the ghouls sold her to the first slavers at Paradise, so it's within Usury's lifetime.

Stealth Suit: *scribble scribble*
Xanthe: What's this? "I'm touching your butt forever"?! O///O

*falls off the couch laughing*

At least I didn't say 'I want you inside of me'.

You guys. You guys. Stop tempting me. I have other drawings I need to be working on.

No.

[OneMoreDaySK]

So would a possible death scenario for Rampage be:
1) Vaporize so the healing talisman is visible.
2) Cut it with EoSword.
3) Send sword to the moon.

[Sindri]

You guys. You guys. Stop tempting me.

Never!

Perhaps this is why she and Majina survived what should have been fatal shots...

Never thought of that. Seems unlikely though; neither of them seems to heal at an accelerated rate (Majina required major surgery and weeks of recovery, Sekashi is still horribly scarred and deafened), and she has her own story of a foolish deal with the Stars.

So would a possible death scenario for Rampage be:
1) Vaporize so the healing talisman is visible.
2) Cut it with EoSword.
3) Send sword to the moon.

Seems legit.

[NoodleNugget]

So would a possible death scenario for Rampage be:
1) Vaporize so the healing talisman is visible.
2) Cut it with EoSword.
3) Send sword to the moon.

that or while they are dealing with the megaspell in the prison something goes wrong and they have to eject the warp core- I mean remove it manually. which Rampage then does a heroic self sacrifice thing telling everyone to gtfo and everything goes zapple dapple doom.

[O. Hinds]

So would a possible death scenario for Rampage be:
1) Vaporize so the healing talisman is visible.
2) Cut it with EoSword.
3) Send sword to the moon.

that or while they are dealing with the megaspell in the prison something goes wrong and they have to eject the warp core- I mean remove it manually. which Rampage then does a heroic self sacrifice thing telling everyone to gtfo and everything goes zapple dapple doom.

And then, from the bottom of the crater shrouded in radioactive smoke, a little filly's voice shouts, "Oh come on!"

[WavemasterRyx]

Stealth Suit: *scribble scribble*
Xanthe: What's this? "I'm touching your butt forever"?! O///O

*falls off the couch laughing*

At least I didn't say 'I want you inside of me'.

*holds up a lily from where he's lying on the ground, still laughing*

You guys. You guys. Stop tempting me. I have other drawings I need to be working on.

No.

Never!

Damn, two "no"s... Okay, well you guys asked for it...

[Meleagridis]

If so, I sinking ship CerberusxStealth Suit.

YES CERBERUS X STEALTH SUIT OTP

Back! Back you fiends! Stay away from my SSXanthe!

Hell, if I could write I'd write it![/size]

You guys. You guys. Stop tempting me. I have other drawings I need to be working on.

Okay. Won't tempt you to do Xanthe Suit.

Do Awkward Pick-Up Line Cerberus instead.

Cerberus downloads a book of pickup lines:

So all the rest of the parallels are coincidental?

I don't believe that the parallels of Sekashi's stories are coincidences. She's already shown willingness to withhold some information she doesn't see as 'vital,' such as the whole 'I was a Remnant' thing.

So would a possible death scenario for Rampage be:
1) Vaporize so the healing talisman is visible.
2) Cut it with EoSword.
3) Send sword to the moon.

Rampage hasn't been cut with that thing, yes? I do not think it all farfetched that it could butcher her. Perhaps one day they will unknowingly slice her head clean off...

[Guest]

Rampage hasn't been cut with that thing, yes? I do not think it all farfetched that it could butcher her. Perhaps one day they will unknowingly slice her head clean off...

Actually, P-21 stabbed her with it, in the low thirties if memory serves. "Killed" her to save Blackjack, I believe, from the AoD. And the AoD did not go away after that, unfortunately.

[MrMagma]

Rampage hasn't been cut with that thing, yes? I do not think it all farfetched that it could butcher her. Perhaps one day they will unknowingly slice her head clean off...

Actually, P-21 stabbed her with it, in the low thirties if memory serves. "Killed" her to save Blackjack, I believe, from the AoD. And the AoD did not go away after that, unfortunately.

Chapter 32, I believe. No-one's actually tried stabbing the talisman directly, though.

[SilentCarto]

Never thought of that. Seems unlikely though; neither of them seems to heal at an accelerated rate (Majina required major surgery and weeks of recovery, Sekashi is still horribly scarred and deafened), and she has her own story of a foolish deal with the Stars.

Well, we don't really know the effect of having a stone for a heart if it's not also a super-infused healing talisman. Perhaps it just gives a modest healing factor that isn't enough to stop scarring, or it only repairs enough to keep you alive, or just keeps you alive when your injuries really should have killed you. And Majina's not necessarily soul jarred herself; she was hurt much worse despite her smaller size and being a secondary target.

I dunno, just thinking.

And then, from the bottom of the crater shrouded in radioactive smoke, a little filly's voice shouts, "Oh come on!"

That made me giggle. And Glory's like, "Well, we can either feed you two metric tons of Rad-Away, or I can disintegrate you again."

Chapter 32, I believe. No-one's actually tried stabbing the talisman directly, though.

I'll bet it would work, too. Sort of. Since it's star metal, it would suck up her soul(s) until destroyed, then release them to go hover in the Necropolis. So they really need to destroy the EoS before any of this is worth doing.

And let's just hope they get enough info to work that out before Rampage realizes this should kill her.

[SilentCarto]

I'm pretty sure the Proditors red stripes were based on that legend of the immortal cursed warrior who wished on the stars and gained great power in exchange for destroying his tribe. In any case, Shujaa was a Proditor since significantly before she met Twist; they were comrades before they were lovers (and falling in love with an opposing soldier is just bad form, even if they switch sides later).

You know, it occurs to me that the stripes aren't merely cosmetic. They appeared on Twist's body through Shujaa, which indicates they're something that's stamped on her very soul. Yikes.

[Kattlarv]

@Noodle: (Post) It's chill, and mostly since I slacked off so much due to irl being draining, so I had to answer many in a row due to it. And eh... I just have my PoV's. And cervix. Thing at the end of the vagina. For most it hurts like [Buy some apples] to get hit there. (some are numb to it though and may even like it) So it's a term I use instead of ex: "Sucks ass." Since it's not inherently a "dirty word", and not everyone "can" be offended by it. And if wondering how much it hurts:

Spoiler:

@Tyler: (Psygious, xP) It is yeah. But like BJ told him from the start: She is already taken, what they did was a one time thing. Wouldn't stop him from having infatuation for her though. Psy just seems a tad bit odd imo. But eh. And I don't think Styg is "that" stupid, he just seems to be very dumb in certain subjects, along with naive. I'm sure he knows how to do other things with quite the grace. As said, he's shown quite good talents elsewhere. I think...he's not just semi-brawn and no brain. He seems to have some brain heh, even if his reasoning can be questioned at times.
As for the spoiler thing: Well... all my stuff (or well, almost) is up on FiMfiction, just go to my page. (Known as Satch there) But as said well... I got much.. *cough* kind of content... and I suck at writing info about the stories, but try to read them at least if/before reading the story xD

@Mele: (Cerb) Does "he" even have defined a gender identity for himself, and if so, can he even "love"? xP

(Psygius) Seeing how the "first impression" of Styg seems to thankfully not be as accurate any more, he wouldn't fawn over her if she just bent over, and while I doubt it'd be in her personality to do so... you never know, this is PH, many characters have very odd quirks that seems to go against their personality at times. Anyhow, I'll keep calling her Psycho until she says otherwise, with a good reason. Since she can't call herself Fluttershy, as she is pretty far from near her, she's only possibly related heritage wise. Whisper seems to be what Golden wanted to name her, and it doesn't fit her much at all, plus, it was given to her by Golden as said, someone she has no reason to care about. (unless he turns out to be a ghoul or brain in a jar, and becomes a major influence in her life) Unless she'd for some unnatural reason would feel like "honouring" her parents. Which doesn't seem like something she'd just randomly do. She currently seem to have to find herself more.

Spoiler:

(Snips/Snails) That they can, but from what I could understand of what he wrote, I took it as they hinted that they were lovers.
And "Kattlarv" was my schools unofficial mascot, at least my class's. It's a cat-larva hybrid. In english it'd be "Catlarva". So, yeah... that's it.

@Sindri/Jermy: (Suit) ... you want me to write this? Since I'll do it xD I swear! I'm not joking! xD Don't think I could get her accent or personality right though, haven't read her enough...

@Swicked: (Snips&Snails) Yeah it was from what I recall. But I just don't see why they'd keep their childish fanboy manors after years of war, and after being adult.

@Wave: I thought it was only 1 square, overall. That it's not a "splash" weapon.
And don't feel bad, I've been the only one to think of plenty of things xD
And I was about to say something to reply to that, but I'd just trail off in a bad direction
(Suit) I think I'd be the girl for the job, if I'd just figure out what view to write it in, along with how exactly she would "think/speak". (plus, I dunno if you guys would understand my "personal" style of clopfic haha.)


Also, if anyone has tried to send me a private message, my inbox has been full, so I likely didn't get it.

[RandomBlank]

Still reading, but just to point mistakes spotted so far:
Sheers

He glanced at the infiltration suit

Shears' name only appears later in the paragraph.

[NoodleNugget]

@Noodle: So it's a term I use instead of ex: "Sucks ass." Since it's not inherently a "dirty word", and not everyone "can" be offended by it.

It just caught me offguard is all. when I saw it I had to reread it. and reread it again. and then try to remember the definitions of all three words. and then put them together in a sentence. and then figure out why I still wasn't able to comprehend it. and then the buffering bar in my brain "oh yeah!"

And if wondering how much it hurts:

Spoiler:

Good to know. I just dont want to know why you know that.

[Guest]

@Noodle: So it's a term I use instead of ex: "Sucks ass." Since it's not inherently a "dirty word", and not everyone "can" be offended by it.

It just caught me offguard is all. when I saw it I had to reread it. and reread it again. and then try to remember the definitions of all three words. and then put them together in a sentence. and then figure out why I still wasn't able to comprehend it. and then the buffering bar in my brain "oh yeah!"

And if wondering how much it hurts:

Spoiler:

Good to know. I just dont want to know why you know that.

Spoiler:

@Wavey
To be honest, the thought did occur to me as well. =P But lots of things occur to me, in my defense! My brain just likes going to weird places sometimes!

@The Chapter
I remembered another thing I appreciated: in the beginning bit, when Tulip's death wasn't blamed on Blackjack, it was another instance of BJ thinking that everything must be about her, just because. While I'd not yet discount the possibility that Tulip's death was actually somehow about BJ, I do find it entertaining that this little quirk of hers is one we often (as readers) share - everything's gotta be about Blackjack. =P

[Cptadder]

Random Question
Would Killing Joke work on a Ghoul?

[NoodleNugget]

Random Question
Would Killing Joke work on a Ghoul?

I don't see why it wouldn't

[Cptadder]

I don't see why it wouldn't

There was a question elsewhere about what would happen if a Ghoul herded zombieponies into a patch of Killing Joke if the Ghoul or the Zombieponies would be in any danger from the Killing Joke as it would make one heck of a defense if they were immune.

[NoodleNugget]

I don't see why it wouldn't

There was a question elsewhere about what would happen if a Ghoul herded zombieponies into a patch of Killing Joke if the Ghoul or the Zombieponies would be in any danger from the Killing Joke as it would make one heck of a defense if they were immune.

Well killing joke likes to... kill... with jokes... Usually from a comment or thought of the victim that it plays on. For example if a Ghoul said he was 'an ol' bag of bones' killing joke would more than likely turn him into a literal bag of bones.

Feral ghouls are, well, feral. they have lost themselves so they more than likely can't use any vocabulary and probably don't have any thought processes besides 'EAT' and 'EAT MORE'. there, they have an immunity because they are sub-equine to the point that the joke wouldn't even be able to perform a joke having no material.

[Sindri]

And if wondering how much it hurts:

Spoiler:

Good to know. I just dont want to know why you know that.

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

Feral ghouls are, well, feral. they have lost themselves so they more than likely can't use any vocabulary and probably don't have any thought processes besides 'EAT' and 'EAT MORE'. there, they have an immunity because they are sub-equine to the point that the joke wouldn't even be able to perform a joke having no material.

Sudden mental image of a bunch of feral ghouls running through the blue vines... and turning into zombies!

"Seriously, what did you expect? You're given me nothing to work with here!" -K.J.

[Sindri]

There have been no new posts for five hours: something is wrong here.

Soo... now accepting wagers on who will and will not survive the prison!

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