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Princess Luna thread Anonymous 12/15/2021 (Wed) 12:46:30 No. 5939
Let us bask in her gentle moonlight.
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What are the best fanfics with Luna you've read, Anon?
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>>5942 My Little Alicorn was a particularly good one.
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>>6004 I hate magnaluna
>>6020 Meh. Most artists are pretty awful people. But they draw a cute Luna. That's all I care about. Or do you mean you have a problem with the style?
>>6021 I'd like to know too. For example, I fucking HATE Silfoe. Wonderful talent wasted on LGBTWTFBBQ garbage.
>>6021 >>6022 I haven't been keeping with the drama, I simply hate his style. It reeks of furfag and resembles anything but equine form.
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>>6027 Is that a pony LSD?
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>>6030 She is so beautiful!
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It's her special day today! Happy winter solstice, moonfriends.
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I did a thing.
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>>7273 "Holy crap, it's Princess Luna from My Little Pony!"
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I love moon horse! I want to stay up late at night and do astronomy with her. I imagine she must have her own personal observatory staffed by astronomer ponies.
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>>12955 I too love moonhorse. I think that she, as the mistress of the night sky, knows every star so she needs observatory not for herself but to teach willing ponies about the treasures of her night.
>>12965 I think both ideas are wonderful. 1. Luna has immense knowledge of the heavens and uses an observatory to teach ponys. 2. Luna is immensely curious about the heavens and builds an observatory to study it and commission research. Either way, I like the association of Luna not only with the moon, but with stars too. I imagine her offices in Canterlot full of star charts, and other astronomical instruments as well.
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Breathe in breathe out
Let's post some fascinating facts about Princess Luna. Every poster add a new and interesting fact. I'll start: 1. Princess Luna looks fabulous in yellow.
>>15764 2. Princess Luna has a pet opossum.
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>>15771 3. She can magically vanish into shadows and reappear from other shadows. Like, shadow teleportation. Maybe there's even a shadow realm she can move through; she's very mysterious that way.>>15771
>>15898 4. Princess Luna can split a mountain and make it collapse
>>15899 5. Owls, wolves, bats, raccoons, and other nocturnal creatures revere Luna. When she is in the forest at night they greet her, play games with her, and protect her. Also, ravens like her because of her association with the dream/shadow realm.
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I just really like this.
>>15972 It's a lovely picture, Anon. Did you make it? >>15933 6. Though she can enter any dream she desires, she chooses only to enter the dreams of those that legitimately need her help and care. She also enters the dreams of the enemies of Equestria in order to perform espionage and inception.
>>15985 7. Luna prefers donuts to cake.
>>15972 lovely use of color. I would love to see more creative uses of color like this in Luna's illustrations
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Luna is sexiest pony! Anyone who says otherwise is a damned liar! >>16059 8. Despite being socially awkward, Luna is, ironically, a master of seduction.
>>16084 >being socially awkward >a master of seduction That's like saying what,person with poor motor skill is a good weapon shooter,this incompatible things.
Dark Queen Luna
>>16142 How is Dark Queen Luna different than Nightmare Moon? >>16129 I think she can be socially awkward in large groups, where there is a lot going on. However, she can be a master of seduction with the stallion (or Anon)she wants when in a one-on-one situation where there are no other distractions.
>>16146 That's a really good question. I guess the rose colored energy must be different than the dark corrupting energy that turned her into Nightmare Moon. You can see by her expression that it hasn't corrupted her internally.
>>16084 9. Princess Luna is a horse, not a pony.
>>16151 Does that mean that Celestia is also a horse? >>15771 I remember this. What was the opossum's name?
>>16159 >Does that mean that Celestia is also a horse? Yes, Cadence too. Never Twilight though. >I remember this. What was the opossum's name? Tiberius
>>16148 Maybe it's something like dark energy is Luna's strength (in opposition to Celestia being light). It's not evil in an of itself, it is just the opposite of light. So, Dark Queen Luna is not evil or corrupted. She is just representing the fullness of her dark power. Kinda like how being nocturnal does not make a wolf or an owl evil. It just makes them different and mysterious. They just operate in different ways. Luna just operates differently than Celestia.
>>16256 Luna's face when all out of donuts and bananas. >>15764 10. When Luna wears jewelry it emits a cool (like, temperature cool) ethereal glow.
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moonposting until morale improves
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>>16714 What's happened with the morale?
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>>16715 It's sinking. Captain Luna has to get the crew in order!
>>16719 Better break out the rum then.
>>16257 >>16719 >>16726 11. Rum is Princess Luna's alcoholic beverage of choice.
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>>16728 I'm a fan of rum so she's the Princess for me.
>>16728 What sort of rum would she like the most?
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>>16735 'Navy Rum' since it is the best for improving the morale on ships and a favorite of scruffy sailor ponies. Plus, it probably tastes good. Downside is that it is apparently expensive and rare. However, since she's a princess she can probably afford it.
>>16714 That's an amazing pic. I love it.
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goodnight moonfags
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>>17128 Goodnight!
>>16728 12. Princess Luna can fall asleep in any position.
>>16740 I have some navy rum but to be honest I think I prefer spiced rum. I'm drinking Lamb's rum, I've had both navy and spiced versions. They come in nice hexagonal bottles. I don't think navy rum is rare, at least it isn't in my country, unless navy rum is something different to what lamb's says it is.
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>>17394 How in Equestria did Princess Luna end up riding a giant fishie?
>>17276 Do you think she is prone to somnambulism?
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wake up moonfags we have eternal night to bring
>>17562 Do you think she could tell her sister to turn down the sun?
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>>17563 no, it is too late to ask for permission
>>17562 I'm tired of that damned sun giving me headaches, how do we get started?
>>17276 13. As Princess of the Night, Luna is the foremost expert in navigation by the stars. As such, she is the head governmental authority regarding sea and land navigation at Equestria's military academies.
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She is so beautiful
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>>17577 step one hide away from the sun step two swear your allegiance to the moon step three praise the moon every night step four await for instructions in your dreams
>>17641 I've been doing the first step most of my life, this shouldn't be too hard.
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>>17562 Yes. Embrace the night! Love the stars! Glory in the moon! Dance under the atomic fire of the galaxies!
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Dream guardian
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>>17998 Just posting best princess, Moona.
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>>18005 Oh fuck Is this AI?
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warrior princess
>>18017 Is she on the moon? Who is she battling there?
>>18019 Dunno, it seems more like Everfree
>>18019 >>18017 >>18021 She's probably fighting moon goblins wielding impractical swords; like in Gloryhammer.
A couple of motion studies, "Princess Lunaaa, Make Up!"
>>18389 I like how she's glowing purple. Makes it have a sort of ghostly feel.
Is her moon really made of cheese?
>>18412 It is. If you ask nicely she'll pull a slice down for you.
>>18415 What kind of cheese is it?
>>18444 Very sharp mare milk cheese.
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>>18412 >>18415 >>18444 >>18450 These guys show up on the moon in a rocket and whimsically sample the moon cheese while being terribly British, but also without knowing that all the moon cheese is belong to Luna/NMM. What happens?
>>18457 Isn't there a fanfic about this? I guess it would depend on how all the cheese got up there.
>>18507 If there is, I'd love to read it. Hopefully, it's along the same sort of comedy style.
>>18555 https://www.fimfiction.net/story/134222/a-grand-day-out Found it. A rewriting of A Grand Day Out.
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Luna watches over all my little horsies.
>>18565 Ooh, nice pocket-watch and big brain books.
>>18569 Thanks! It's actually a compass It points me in the direction of Luna.
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>>18565 JACKPOT! A GENUINE COMPASS! in all serious though thats fucking awesome
>>18572 Oooh, a compass is pretty cool too.
>>18565 fancy
test
>>17582 15. Luna is the only pony, except maybe also Celestia, that can survive and thrive in the vacuum of space without the need for a space suit.
>>18637 I was thinking maybe alicorns might have the ability. Then I was also thinking that a unicorn pony can probably us their magic and with the right spell create a field around their body that acts like the fabric of a space suit.
>>18642 I reckon so. I just figured that Luna and Celestia could because they are powerful immortals (or semi-immortals) and have powers associated with objects in the heavens. After all, Luna survived on the moon for 1000 years in the vacuum of space with no food or water.
>>18656 I guess the question is whether that's an alicorn thing, a moon princess thing, or an Elements of Harmony banishing but not killing thing.
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It's very unusual to see my 4 year old thread still being up. Peculiarities of small imageboards
>>18457 They have a delightful picnic together
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Moon my beloved.
>>19716 That is one nice plot.
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>>20000 20k checked
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>>20000 Checked
It's been a few hours now. How many refugees from /moon/ do we have?
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>>20119 /moon/ represent.
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>>20119 >>20169 >1 reply
>>20119 /moon/ refugee here. Was really hoping for a continuation of the astral projection discussion that was going on in the thread, before shit hit the fan. It's fascinating to read about. Any anons with astral projection experiences here?
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>>20468 Closest I've had was a weird vision when I was meditating of an old dragon OC of mine laughing and saying "I's gonna ruin your enlightenment" and then I was back.Not sure if that was astral projection, a hallucination or a dream.
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>>20119 moon...
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>>20468 No astral projection experience, but I often have dreams of ponies and a lot of Luna. How does one start with astral projection? Do you start with intense meditation and then visualize yourself in a different place/time? >>20169 Representing! Though, I've been here a long time already. Glad to see more activity here. I hope all you moonfrens visit often, even when /mlp/ comes back. >>20550 No more sadness, only moon! Cheer up! Luna is always with you!
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>>20558 And I'll always love her
I'm usually a Littlepipfag but for the past few weeks I've been crushing big time on S1 Luna
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>>20119 Here. I need a place to look at and post moon pone.
>>20119 hi >>20558 I thought about making a dream/AP/mystic shit thread which may work here since the board is slower and won't be bumped off, but IDK, maybe there aren't enough anons for it
>>20994 >Dream/mystic thread I would suggest using the pony dreams and tulpa threads that already exist on the board. They've been here a while and there have been some pretty good discussions in them.
>>21112 totally didn't notice that lmao. just focused at dreams though, which is fine i guess.
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>>21777 This, unironically, is how I visualize the lunar wing of Canterlot palace (except for the weird guy, of course). The only difference is that in my fantasy of it, the hallway would also be lined with mirrods facing each other, creating an infinity effect everywhere.
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>>21982 >not knowing who gondola is
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>>22341 Hey this voice model sounds pretty good. What did you use to make this?
>>22347 It is the actual VA, lol. Not generated.
>>22354 Oh shit. That explains it. Does Tabitha do stuff like this regularly? I heard the clip of her doing the Rarity voice talking about Sneed's Feed and Seed, but I figured that was like a one-off thing for her.
>>22384 >I heard the clip of her doing the Rarity voice talking about Sneed's Feed and Seed Lmao link?
>>22416 I'll do you one better. I guess someone animated it. https://files.catbox.moe/xwjarc.mp4
>>22354 Was this done at a convention, or was it one of those "pay your fav VA and they'll say the stuff you want in a voice you want" auction/charity thing?
>>22723 Someone posted it on /moon/ quite a while ago, I just saved it. I think he didn't pay anything? Can't remember. IIRC it has another part the original poster didn't make public.
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>>16714 >moonposting until morale improves >posts a picture of Celestia What did Anon mean by this?
>>23376 It's either Celestia being angry at us for not paying enpugh attention to her sister, or it is Luna in some sort of crazed berserker mode. That's my interpretation, anyway.
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Is this the refugee /moon/ thread?
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My beautiful princess
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>>20468 I've been to other universes, yeah. >>20547 It's brain garbage- but it's relevant brain garbage! It's basically your subconscious impulses going " btfo normalfag". >>20558 I don't use the term for alot of reasons, but if you wanna go to a different universe- just do what the guidebook says. I'm willing to field questions from anyone interested.
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>>24152 sigilanon is that you? or elderanon?
>>24154 It's elderanon, good job spotting me.
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>>20994 Not a bad idea, but I'm fine being here in this thread if everyone else is. Personally I've thought about making a small website on neocities for people interested in visiting other places. If we ever got enough people going around universes, I thought it might be neat to host the Travelogues there.
>>24160 Man it's been a LONG time since I've seen you posting around, hope stuff's going well. Kind of a shame those threads back in /mlp/ didn't last that long since I find these topics very interesting. Still want to get into meditation, however my brain seems to avoid allocating willpower for it. I'll sort it out eventually I'm sure...
>>24181 >Man it's been a LONG time since I've seen you posting around, hope stuff's going well. I appreciate it, thank you! Yeah I took a bit of a break. I think I'm gonna maybe try bumming it for a month or two in an equestria. As far as for how I'm doing? Let's just say karma is a son of a bitch. >Kind of a shame those threads back in /mlp/ didn't last that long since I find these topics very interesting. I know how you feel, it's hard to get people talking about it though. Lot of materialism bias, amongst other things. >Still want to get into meditation, however my brain seems to avoid allocating willpower for it. I'll sort it out eventually I'm sure... Haha oh man, classic pitfall. If you wanna get into it, stop whatever you're doing and just go do it right now. Especially if you feel alot of aversion to it. Willpower won't help you out here. There's need for effort, but willpower itself is "over-efforting". It'll actually keep you from getting anywhere. When you sit, your brain is likely to go apeshit with all sorts of nonsense at first. Let it, it'll stop on its own.
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>>23689 glad you made your way here anon
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>>24187 Taking time to respond to this...not even sure if they're here. https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/42077594/#q42141771 >god i fucking love reading about this so much its unreal anon can you ramble about your experiences with AP? I wanna try it some time once my break hits Such a vague question, I'm not sure I know how to answer. If you were here, I'd ask what experiences you're interested in. Not being here, I'll just ramble the ones off the top of my head. My first time ever bringing on an NDE, i saw...a pink duck. I landed around in the ever free forest sometime late at night. The grass was a dark green, bit wet. There was a pond in front of me and right there...a pink duck. Completely realistic looking, but very strange. The sky was beautiful, all those Stars and the deep purples and black-blue sky. But the duck really got my attention the most. No clue if it even saw me, it was just doing duck things. A few times in my early travels I was just rocketing through space. Which is a bizarre experience, all these stars and such look like they're flying past you because you're moving so fast. Somehow it seems slow too, I imagine maybe that's what it's like to fall off a building or get shot out of a Canon or something. Everything moving fast but feeling slow. I just kept moving, moving, moving. Eventually I land- again in the ever free, but this time just on the edge of ponyville. The buildings were like cob houses- all the ones I can remember being various shades of beige, often with straw tatched roofs.
>>24776 Now, the natives of these worlds are very odd looking. That might draw the ire of a few people- but it's simply the truth. I don't think the human mind is or ever was "meant" to see something like this. The mind seems uncomfortable with the fact it's seeing something you recognize from a cartoon that's also "real". Some of these natives have been so bizarre looking to be completely hideous. Others have their charm. But there's something to appreciate about any of them, theyre all very interesting. In the world's where they weren't mindless animals, the cultures have tended towards a distinctly "pagan" tone. Very loud seasonal festivals, lots of music and ritualized actions.... The buildings in ponyvilles tend to look like cob or mud houses. A good chunk of the twilights encountered have been, rather sad figures. But no two equestria are exactly the same- if they have the "mane six", them all having the same background or even being the same race is not a given. Especially when you're new to travelling. No place is exactly like the show- they can come close- but they're never completely spot on. My guess is because these are real worlds, and real life isn't a show. There was one world where the pony ville, all the locals there spoke a language that was like Slavic. Their pony ville had been called "petra". Only learned afterwards that this was a real word meaning "rock". There was one time where the manifestation happened in the middle of a swamp-lake. This turned out to be located in the crystal empire. Every single inhabitant of the empire was dead. It was completely empty except for plant and wildlife. But the wildlife was very sparse. Now, no corpses were seen- just the ghosts here and there. Couldn't see us at all...just sort of mindlessly repeating whatever. Going in and out of that world. Most of the time you didn't even see them- just an empty kingdom. The castle was lifeless, not a single thing could be found there. A few ghosts came by the heart before vanishing. To this day I have no clue what happened there. It's possible there could have been a war, but I really wouldn't know. Didn't stick around long enough to find out.
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A few worlds, have had a "tyrantlestia" situation. Thankfully in all of them, the locals (the few that could see me or the others I worked with) were completely ignorant on magic. If they weren't, it's possible some sort of trouble could have happened- thankfully none did. In worlds where this was common, speaking about Celestia to non-equines was highly taboo. They were exceedingly uncomfortable with it. A hippogriff flutters was the first experience had with this- she was extremely uncomfortable when we asked about Celestia. It became clear during the conversation why- alluded to a kind of tyrannical-fascist tendency. In another world that had this situation, I'm fairly certain the twilight of that world had been raped. I suspect it was by her celestia- but no concrete evidence to support that. Twilight had been completely ignorant on how to do magic. she understood basic concepts like "needing a name", but not how to compel the traveler to give it to her. She understood needing to know the origin of where they came from- but not how to demand an intelligible answer. She tried to read the mind of the traveler, had some minor success in determining some areas of pain (such as that this traveler had an appendicitis wound), but nothing of any real danger or effect. She was baffled. This encounter unfortunately ended poorly, and may have resulted in the death of either that twilight or her Celestia. But it's not the travelers fault, things seem to have just happened the way they did. Either way, that Celestia was extremely angry and attempted for quite a while after pulling out of that world to find us. She did not.
>>24850 You make it sound like 'travelling' can be dangerous. Could the Celestia of that world have harmed you if she were able to find you? What are your chances of encountering an entity that is hostile or dangerous? Do you take any precautions?
>>25052 >You make it sound like 'travelling' can be dangerous. Everything can be dangerous, even the most basic things like sleeping and eating. There's danger just leaving your house. I'd say there's some danger, but this mostly comes from doing stupid stuff IMHO. >Could the Celestia of that world have harmed you if she were able to find you? Theoretically it's possible, but I didn't want to find out- so I didn't. >What are your chances of encountering an entity that is hostile or dangerous? There are ALOT of hostile entities just on earth here with us alone. I'm not even talking about spirits necessarily- you go to a jungle in Thailand and a tiger might try to get you. What are the chances? Pretty decent. But whether or not they're dangerous depends mostly on you. The lucky thing is that as long as you aren't doing anything stupid- not harming anything on purpose or getting too weird- you're technically a higher life form than the locals. This includes even the ones that can see you. This lasts for as long as you're approaching the whole thing mindfully. Beginners will be jettisoned out of the experience the moment they start clinging or grasping. Experienced travelers have enough concentration to stay inside. The danger starts kicking in if said practitioner is doing stupid shit. Be mindful, keep your manners, everything stays fine. >Do you take any precautions? I'll throw on a protective amulet or say a prayer sometimes before hand. But again, the danger really comes from doing stupid shit. It's possible to have a nasty customer follow you back- so don't go telling them where you're from. It's possible to get "bound", don't tell them your private information. If you're staying in that "mindful" space, they can poke and prod all they want and try to curse you but nothing will happen. By all accounts, you're a higher life form for as long as you stay in that state. Your biggest issues at that point are; 1. they follow you home and they take the initiative to strike when you're not in that space anymore, or go fucking around with others. 2. you willingly give them enough information to hold you captive. Basically don't be stupid and keep your head in the game.
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>"How long has it been, Anonymous?" >You let the question hang in the air for a moment, savouring the way the Princess' dulcet voice falls on your ears almost as much as you savour the cool, perfumed evening air wafting through Canterlot's garden. >In truth, you don't know how to answer. >It had been too long since you'd spent time with the Princess, and the long count of days had turned to weeks, to months, and before you knew it, well over a year had gone by without spending time with her. >At the same time, not a day had gone by that you hadn't held her in your thoughts. >Not a night had gone by that you hadn't felt her in your dreams. "I should have come back here long ago. I don't know why I didn't." >The moon hung bright and low in the sky, swathed in dusty starlight. >Out of the corner of your eye, you catch the swathe of stellar, silvery mane waver in an unseen breeze. >Princess Luna is at your side, her withers warm beneath your touch and coat soft against your hand. >She moves lightly against you, leaning comfortably into your arm as you stargaze together. >"I understand." >You turn to her, searching her eyes for that understanding, barely daring to hope that she would forgive you your absence from her life. >You still weren't sure that you could forgive yourself for her absence from yours. >Her gaze, ancient and wise, pierces the heavens as she continues her thoughtful stargazing. >She meets your eyes for a moment and smiles, before returning her watch to the star-set sky. >"When I was young, waiting for anything at all felt like an eternity. Before I'd walked Equestria for even a hundred moons, I could feel each passing phase go by with agonizing slowness." >"Celestia always found that funny. The sun never changes - it's constant, keeping its course over eternity." >She chuckles softly to herself. >"She was always the patient one." >"As the long years passed me by, I came to realize that some things, fixed firmly in the soul, never really leave us. They just change." >"The stars may alter their course in the sky - you may travel far, look away from the heavens long, and realize they are completely different without you ever having taken notice. The moon changes form - sometimes full, sometimes a bare shadow, imperceptible even to those who look." >She turns, now, to look at you directly, searching your soul with those piercing azure eyes. >Though clouded with age, they still fix you with their keen intensity. >"These things, though, never truly change. The stars, the moon - though our perception may change, they always remain where they are ordained to be." "You knew I'd come back." >"I never had any doubt. I've had a very long time to learn the lesson of patience." >Keeping your hand resting on her withers, you move your other to caress her cheek. >She leans into your touch, closing her eyes and sighing softly. >"You could have come back sooner, though." >You lean in closer to her, sharing breath for a moment as the space between you shrinks to nothing, lips parting in expectation as they meet. >The kiss is soft, tender - the longing shared between you manifesting as the gentle brush of contact. >It wasn't a kiss of unrestrained passion, greedy for sensation as only new lovers can be. >Holding Luna felt as natural as breathing, kissing her felt like home. >Pulling back to lose yourself in her eyes again, you run a hand through her ethereal mane delicately. "Next time, I will."
>>25349 I realize it's been forever since I've done anything with Moonlight Veiled. I've had it churning around in the back of my mind for a while now, and I feel that I'd just been delaying getting back to finishing it for no good reason. The 4channening made me realize that I'd taken lurking /moon/ and /mlp/ for granted, and that I could lose that part of my life at any moment. I want to complete MV. I was thinking of reformatting it for FIMFiction and resuming it here once I'd caught up to where I'd left it. I don't know if NHNB goes by the same standard of green being welcome in general threads, or if I should stick to a writefag thread or something. Either way, I'm happy that this board exists. Any port in a storm is welcome. Missed you, /moon/.
>>25350 >Horsa Immediately reminded me of the quote: >When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth. I guess we're living in the end times then lol But on a more serious note - good to see you've made it. Hope everyone else also finds their way here. And thank you for fresh green. It wasn't necessary, but it's always welcome.
>>25350 >I don't know if NHNB goes by the same standard of green being welcome in general threads, You can post it if you want, or just put it on ponepaste and link it if you are worried about taking up too much of a thread. Same as usual. Vaguely related, does anyone know if that Moonlit CYOA is going to get continued and if we'll have to wait for if /mlp/ comes back to see it continue? I was getting kinda invested in it even if it was a little weirdly horny. I want to know how things will shake out with NMM and see if she was sincere at all or just using him.
>>25645 >does anyone know if that Moonlit CYOA is going to get continued Sadly I have no idea. Was it even still running when the site died? Last time I saw it was in the CYOA general, but then the thread itself died out a few months ago (unless I missed it's return).
>>25350 So good to see you Horsa
>>25704 It got an update on the 13th in the Anonstallion thread.
>>25350 I'm happy to see you're still around, Horsa. I love MV, I only wish there was more of it to read. If you do end up reformatting it for FIMFic, please drop a link so I can add it to the archive.
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>>20119 I completely forgot about these bunkers until I visited the front page of ponepaste during lunch at work today. I'm glad we have a place.
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>>25349 >>25350 Thank you for moon words, anon. I'm really happy to see you back, your way of putting moon pony into greentext somehow felt closest to how I perceive her myself. I hope you'll post updates in the threads, whether here or on /mlp/ - some more creativity in the thread itself can't hurt. >I'd taken lurking /moon/ and /mlp/ for granted, and that I could lose that part of my life at any moment. Agreed. On the other hoof, seeing as this board is currently slower than /mlp/ and the threads aren't at risk of being archived so quickly, made my "relationship" with pony a bit different, like there's no need to post a bump every day. But then, it makes me come here less often than /mlp/. Not sure if this is for the better or worse, having to take care of thread made me at least try to come up with a few "creative" lines of moonbutt greentext every other day or so. Is this how she felt on the moon? Suddenly distant from everypony she knew?
>>25805 Thanks for the info. Why was it even posted in such seemingly random thread? How were we supposed to know and follow it there? What the fuck, Mirta?!
when can I have my Luna flag?????
Do you think it would be a good idea to put a link in our thread's Ponypaste that informs people that we're taking a refuge in this thread? Would Anons even look there? Also, speaking of which, is our MoonArchiver even here? PS. Judging by the threads on the last page, right now it takes 9 days for a thread to fall off the catalog. You lazy fucks better not think about only posting once every 9 days or so help me god Im gonna slap you. I'm already having moonbutt withdrawal and you're not helping.
>>27747 >You lazy fucks better not think about only posting once every 9 days or so help me god Im gonna slap you. I'm already having moonbutt withdrawal and you're not helping. Sure, let me finsh up M3.5 >You pass from the land claimed by the Crystal Empire into that of Equestria when you sense the cloaked phantom >More accurately, you sense the disturbance in magic from the phantom's passing >It certainly sees you, a black cloud at full throttle against the wind, as it banks into an intercept course >It has to be Shal piloting, for only he is brazen enough to change course just to say hello to you >The donated alien dropship does not attempt to bank back to fly parallel with you >You don't avoid it either, but allow it to merge into your cloud >Only then does it resume a southerly course with you surrounding it >You accept the implicit invitation and seep through the metal of the ship >Though this form acts like smog, a void-rated hull cannot keep you out, and you'd rather not compromise Shal's active camouflage >You coalesce inside the cockpit and open your eyes >The Sangheili ranger, in his white composite void suit, strains his long neck to look back at you from his pilot seat >From the single source of light that is the large external view panel covering the whole front of the cockpit, you catch a rare glimpse of Shal's head under his reflective blue helmet >You can barely see an upper jaw pull back in the Elite equivalent of a grin >"A pleasant surprise, Nightmare Moon." >You mirror his grin "Likewise, Ranger." >You look over at his copilot, >A bat pony, she keeps her eyes on the screen and her hooves hovering over the invisible control panel "I see you have allowed her to practice." >Shal waves a four-fingered hand in dismissal, >"She has been flying for all of today." >Your eyebrows rise in surprise, "I admit, I thought Shal was flying." >She does not look back when she replies, >"Thank you, ma'am." >On the screen, you see the landmarks of northern Equestria slip by >At this speed, you will be at Ponyville in only a few minutes "I must ask, why were you in the north?" >Shal does not hesitate, >"Ah! After we dropped off Miss Cap in Manehatten, we returned to our ship's landing field in Ponyville, and none other than Princess Cadence was waiting there. She had a request for us, and we are not a crew to turn down a princess." >He points to the portal to the main hold behind you >"She asked us to go to her palace—covertly—and pick up a parcel prepared by her husband." >A covert delivery >Interesting "Did she tell you what it is for?" >Shal shrugs, >"Only that it may be useful to us." >You hum >A wisp of your hair rubs the underside of your chin >What does Princess Cadence have that could be of use to us? >The Crystal Heart? >Too important to take away from the empire >Some other important artifact? >You cannot think of any >The copilot takes you out of your thoughts, >"Ponyville in five." >And the boys are waiting for you in Canterlot >You smile and give a small bow "I will leave you to it, pilots." >Shal gives you devil horns, which looks odd despite his hand's symmetry >You disappear into your black cloud and slip back out of the phantom, separating and flying southwest towards the mountainside city >In the fragmented memories shared between you and Luna, you remember there being dozens of airships flying in Canterlot's airspace at any moment >You can only see one on your approach >A personnel transport that survived the Prophet's attack due only to being across the ocean >It seems to have completed another trip, for you see a retinue of griffons disembark >You observe that they didn't fly here and are letting orderlies offload their luggage >Celestia is going to be busy all day >You and Sean ambushing her in the evening and telling her his theory won't help her mental state >But she still needs to know >You will have to discuss this with Sean, whenever you have the time >Speaking of Sean, you spot him with Aden on the northern-most platfo
>>27997 >Speaking of Sean, you spot him with Aden on the northern-most platform, along with- >Twilight Sparkle? >As you flow down to them, the ponies walking up and down the adjacent street stop and stare at you >You coalesce back into your true form, walking right up to your little Spartan >Now that he is outside of his armor, you pick up his scent immediately underneath the soap he used this morning >Pines and wet earth >You glance over at the head mage of Equestria, who's wearing Sean's backpack >She's doing a good job at staying calm while staring up at you "We were going to come to you, Miss Sparkle." >Now some red escapes through her cheeks, >"I may have gotten impatient," >She shakes her head, >"But both Princess Cadence and Speaker want to talk to you two and they’re all on tight schedules." >Ah "Very well. Let us be off." >You turn and walk to the edge of the landing pad >Sean follows you, closely followed by Aden >Miss Sparkle lags behind, thinking out loud, >"I-I could teleport all four of us, but it might be a little tricky." >You smile and turn back to her "There is no need to risk teleportation. I will carry you all to the university." >Now Aden steps away, towards Miss Sparkle, his expression forcefully neutral >"All three of us?" "Not on my back, of course." >You dissipate into a black cloud, spreading out along the stone ground >You check over the edge and it's clear underneath >Sean turns to the others and extends an arm down at you >"Okay, hop on." >Aden gives Sean a look, but steps up onto your cloud, ignoring the sudden onset of goose flesh on his skin >You keep each of his steps stable so he doesn't stumble >Twilight is not as trusting and hesitates for a long while before climbing onto you >You start drifting over the edge, and both of them turn rigid >Twilight looks back, >"Hey, wait! We're leaving Sean!" >Sean merely smiles as he stands with his toes over the edge watching you descend down a story, two stories >Then he turns around on a heel and leans back >Far back >You see his upside-down grin as he free-falls down to you >Twilight gasps and her horn lights up >A purple membrane encases Sean and stops him at an arm's length above you >Flipping onto his back, he smiles wanly at her, >"Thanks, Twilight, but Nightmare had me." >Twilight ignores that comment, indignant >"What was that for?" >He shrugs, >"Something I wanted to try when I first got here. Never had a chance to do it until now." >Her anger turns into incredulity and she drops him onto you >"Falling off the side of Canterlot?" >He works his jaw for a moment, then looks over at Aden >He's been passively observing this whole time as you accelerate and turn towards Ponyville >"You remember Jack?" >He only has to remember for a second, >"From team Hotel?" >"Yeah. I was thinking of him, all of a sudden." >Sean turns back to Twilight, raising his voice over the wind >"When we were training for aerial insertions, most of us took some time to work up our nerves before jumping out of the back of a Pelican for the first few times. There were a few who didn't hesitate." >He smiles >"But Jack? He cut to the front of the line and had to be held back by the instructors." >Twilight sat down beside him, her hair now a black comet >"He wanted to jump that badly?" >Sean nods, >"That badly. I swear, that kid existed just to be in the air. If he was born here, he'd be a pegasus without question." >There is a long moment before you sense him talk below the noise of the wind, >"I hope he's doing okay." >The rest of the flight to Ponyville is silent >In the flat fields south of the town the corvette sits with a flurry of activity flowing around it, both in the air and on the ground >There are a few neat lines of ponies walking between the town and the ship >On the opposite side of the town sits Twilight Sparkle's university >Simply called the University of Friendship and Magic
>>28000 >Twilight directs you to land at the back of a tight collection of buildings labeled the “Research and Development Complex” >She steps off of you and runs over to what looks like a concrete shed with a single steel slab of a door >She inputs a certain sequence into a keypad next to it and opens it up to reveal a staircase lit by hard white lights >You all follow Twilight down several flights >A nexus of color-coded navigation lines come and go between each floor >You stop at the seventh sublevel labeled by a pink line that says: Artifacts >Twilight opens up the door and leads you down a single long hallway flanked by dozens of rooms >Each of the rooms' single door is flanked by a keypad and a locked file holder >One of Sean's dream-memories flash through your mind >The same memory shows on his face as he asks, >"These aren't holding cells, are they?" >Twilight looks over her shoulder at him >"What? No. These are climate-controlled chambers. Some of these pieces are very delicate.” >At the very end of the hallway is a double-door with its own key card, but no file holder >Twilight sets Sean’s backpack aside before strolling into a very large laboratory >There is very little floor space, for there is humming machinery of all kinds scattered about >In the middle of the room, you spot Princess Cadence and an earth pony examining a large square mirror >It is framed in machinery, with a network of wires connecting from all around the frame into a small console off to the side >Princess Cadence is focused on something in the console, while the earth pony is the first to greet the party >When he speaks, his voice is the same as the last time you met him >It is deep, smooth, and with a relaxed cadence that a stereotypical diplomat would murder for >”Welcome back, Miss Sparkle.” >He looks to the rest of you, >”And congratulations on a successful mission, Nightmare Moon, Sean, and-” >He looks Aden up and down very quickly, looking extremely interested >You catch him snatching a look at the space in between Sean and Aden >"And another Spartan. Good. We will need more in the coming days." >He bows, >"I am Speaker." >"Aden." >"Aden, Beta…?" >"One zero three." >Speaker softly repeats the numbers, as if they answer every question for him >"One zero three." >You note Aden’s questioning stare at Speaker, so you decide to ask him, “Speaker, why do you still wear that disguise?” >He looks down at himself, >“Oh, I forgot I was wearing it. My apologies.” >In a quick flash, he reverts back to his changeling form >It is similar to all of the other changelings, such as his dark carapace, paper-thin wings, and horn, but with many enhancements >The biggest difference is his eyes >Instead of homogeneously compound eyes, he has sclera, irises, and pupils >The irises are green, like his Queen’s, but they still have a compound texture >When they catch the light just right, they glow >His face is handsome and his body is larger than the average stallion >His carapace lacks any cracks and dry spots >No holes >The only flaw in the Queen's born-and-bred envoy is his expressions >The smile he is beaming at you is that of a well-practiced sociopath
>>28002 >You join Twilight and Cadence at the console >They are deep in shop talk, but you understand that their biggest concern is the behavior of the link between the crystal and the mirror when activated >In the center of the brass housing and analog dials sits a sliver of crystal slotted into a cut dome >You reach out with your own magic and immediately recognize where that sliver is from >Astonished, you look at Cadence "The Crystal Heart?" >She nods, smiling >"Twilight came up with the idea." >You take a closer look at the sliver >The magic contained within and its connections to the mirror certainly do not appear to be degraded >Still, you have to ask "What about Sombra?" >Cadence's smile doesn't waver, >"A carefully-extracted shard won't disrupt the Crystal Heart's magic enough to weaken it." >She concedes a shrug, >"Now, extracting over a dozen shards of the Heart would be too much, so we cannot duplicate this setup even if we had more mirrors." >Sean, having completed his slow walk around the mirror, asks, >"I remember this mirror being down in Canterlot’s catacombs among other things. What properties does it have?" >Twilight answers instantly, >"It acts as a portal to another universe that's similar to this one, or that's at least what Princess Celestia told me." >Her horn lights up as she preforms another scan on the machinery framing the mirror >"For it to function normally it would need a number of magical ley lines to intersect with the mirror at the center, which only occurs naturally on certain dates in a specific spot underneath Canterlot." >She checks the strands of cables leading from the mirror to the crystal's console and other machinery throughout the room >"Even then, it takes a large expenditure of magic to actually open the portal. Hopefully with a part of the Crystal Heart to focus it and these capacitors to give it magic," >She gestures to a bank of large bronze cylinders that dominate an entire wall of the lab >"We may be be able to activate the mirror now and chose a destination of our own. Maybe." >Each of the capacitors are laced with crystals laid out in series that spiral up each silo >You don't even need to sense with your magic that they're at maximum capacity, for every crystal is glowing steadily with an oily rainbow of colors >Sean looks to the console, then back to Twilight, >"How do we choose the destination?" >"We theorized that if one interacts with the crystal shard, the philotic connections between them and anypony who is lost will be relayed through the mirror." >Aden mouths the word 'philotic,' but Sean stares up at the ceiling and chuckles >"Scott-Card really has you hooked on that concept, doesn't he?" >"It's the closest analogy I have to what we're looking for: a connection between aiúa that can exist beyond our universe." >Sean puts his hands up in defense, >"I'm not arguing against it, Twilight, it's all we've got. This is at least a better setup than Nightmare Moon jury-rigging herself to the corvette's already modified slip space drive."
>>28009 >He looks back at the capacitors >"But if this is the first time you're firing this up, shouldn't we activate this remotely?" >Twilight preforms another check of the wiring and shakes her head, >"No need. Everything's as secure as can be, and I have several hard disconnects installed here, here, and here." >She uses her magic to highlight three junction boxes with large red switches placed at certain spots along the cables >"The mirror is simply a portal. It cannot function without constant feeding from an external source. If anything goes wrong, we can cut the feed and the mirror would cease functioning immediately." >Sean still looks concerned, >"I’m talking about what we might encounter at the other end. Two out of the three ponies we rescued so far were held against their will. What contingency do you have for a hostile entity who’s holding our targets captive?" >Twilight stares ahead for a long moment, then shrugs, >”We’ve got two alicorns and two Spartans here. That should be enough.” >Sean sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose before waving his hand away, >”Alright. How are we going to test this, then?” >Twilight looks to all of you, >"Does anypony volunteer?" >You see Sean stop himself from taking a step back, then take a tentative step forward >Speaker muses out loud, >"Perhaps a device as carefully devised as this can work even with a changeling’s magic?" >Twilight gestures to the console >"You're welcome to try. Sean, Aden, can you stand by those two switches? I'll get the last one. Princess Cadence, Nightmare Moon, can you observe the connections and warn us if anything starts to fail?" >Her lab, her rules indeed >But if this means more ponies can be saved, then so be it >You take a seat on the opposite side of the mirror from the console with Cadence >As everyone else takes up their stations and Twilight does a last minute check, Cadence whispers to you, >"Are you okay, Moon?" >You glance at her, "What do you mean?" >"You look like you haven't slept well." >You stare at her for a moment, then lean over and look at yourself in the mirror >Immediately, you spot bags under each eye >Your irises have red around them >And somehow your nebulous mane has several frazzled strands poking out >The mere sight of yourself makes your head lull forward >A hanging weight pulls at your chest >Your eyelids suddenly become heavy >You snap back up, back straight, eyes wide open >How? >You shape shift, why do you look like this? >In front of everyone >Your cheeks turn hot immediately "How long have I looked like this?" >Cadence, her smile sympathetic, tells you, >"My guess is as long as Sean has been looking like that." >What? >You look in the mirror at Sean behind you, standing by Aden >Both of them, in fact, have the same look of fatigue as you do >Why haven't you noticed these things? >You're losing your edge, idiot, start paying attention >Or perhaps you noticed, but did not act- >No, that's not an excuse >You restrain yourself from sighing and instead ask Cadence, "You don't happen to have a free slot for a day spa, do you?" >Before Cadence can answer, Twilight announces, >"Okay, we're set. Sean, Aden, throw those switches." >The two Spartans do so, keeping hold of the handles, and you sense the magic flowing through the tough cabling stretched across the floor >Twilight turns on the last junction box >The mirror's frame and the console hum at a low frequency as the stores of magic connect with the artifacts >"Alright, Speaker. Now place your hoof on the crystal and concentrate on your Queen." >After a moment of uncharacteristic hesitation, the changeling covers the shard of the Crystal Heart with his hoof and closes his eyes
>>28012 >It takes several moments before you spot changes in the mirror's image >The room and all of you in it distort, as if the mirror is being warped and bent >The pitch of the humming changes with the distortion, yet the connections and the magic source remain stable >You hear Cadence, her eyes closed, utter a surprised, "Oh," >Then something behind the mirror pulls on the center of the image, stretching it back into infinity >You lose the image in a wave of colors, then a reversed wave >The image reverts to a normal perspective, but it is not the lab >It is a dark corridor of bare metal >There are no rivets or signs, but there is a line of low-tech metal cages attached to it >Laying on her side inside one too small for her to stand is a changeling bigger than Speaker >Her ragged green mane and tail are spread around the floor of the cage >Her long thin legs are folded up to her stomach, unable to stretch out >Her whole body, covered with holes and iridescent green scale armor, is shivering >Sean, Luna, and yourself have never met her, but this is without a doubt Queen Chrysalis >But she is in a bad state >And the perspective is too narrow for you to determine where this corridor is >Or who has her in a cage >Speaker opens his eyes and you watch him fall into a trance instantly >"My Queen." >The humming becomes louder and much more magic surges into the frame >A white light encroaches on the edges of the mirror's image >The corridor itself shines with the light >It becomes bright enough that you can see figures stirring in the other cages >Humans of all ages and races >Most are in rags, but some are wearing dirty form-fitting clothing >One man has a patch on his shoulder denoting a planet between two pillars >One of the prisoners is most definitely not human with blue skin >All of their rags and hair flap in a sudden air exchange >Stale dry air blows out of the mirror in a chilling breeze >Sean walks past you and Cadence to peer into the mirror >He stares at the alien >Twilight joins him >"Do you know where this is, Sean?" >His fist hovers over the mirror's glowing surface, preparing to reach into it >He starts to utter an affirmation when something humanoid with four black eyes walks around its side of the mirror and steps into view a half-meter from Sean's face >You see the silhouette of a bulky handgun in one hand aimed from the hip and react with your magic >Both you and Sean punch through the mirror >You hear two meaty hits an instant before a supersonic crack >The portal disappears with a percussive whoosh of displaced air that you feel more than hear >You see Twilight step back and raise a foreleg >In the reflection you can see her wide eyes looking at her hoof >Her bloody hoof >She sits back, then falls onto her side >Aden and Cadence rushing past you snaps you out of your observations >Sean, his fist covered in dark blood, breaks out of his own trance and looks down at Twilight cradling her hoof >Cadence, Aden, and Sean crowd around her while you look to the medkit mounted next to the doorway >You grab it with your magic and zip it across the room >Sean is reaching for it already when you turn around and you notice that his mouth is moving >Only now do you realize that all you hear is ringing >When Sean grabs the white plastic box out of your magic, you cast a small healing spell on your eardrums >You’re greeted with Twilight hyperventilating and Sean telling her as he produces a small canister of Equestrian-made biofoam, >”This is gonna sting.” >He holds Twilight’s foreleg firmly and sprays the foam into the missing chunk of flesh just above her hoof >Twilight seizes up and clenches her teeth as she half exhales, half screams >Sean keeps applying until the wound is sealed, then wraps up the whole area in gauze >”Nightmare-” “I’ll take her.” >You dissolve into twinkling smoke and lift Twilight as gently as you can
>>28014 ()()() >You are Spartan B094 >You stand in the doorway and watch everyone disappear up the stairs >Soon you stop hearing Twilight’s frantic breathing and Cadence’s assurances >You take a shaky breath as the post-adrenaline chill hits you >Turning around, you walk back to the medkit and take out the small bottle of alcohol and gauze >You clean off your bloodied hand, wincing when you rub clean the cuts in your knuckles >That punch connected with hard cartilage >You spray a little dip of biofoam and rub it into your cuts >As you take the magical substitute for a sterile field generator and begin cleaning up the bloody mess, your mind begins to work at all of the information you just gained in the past few minutes >Not good >You glance up at the magical silos >Only the bottom-most crystals have any light to them >You noted that most of that energy was pulled into the mirror during the last few seconds, when air was being exchanged >So it takes not as much energy to simply look as it does to make a two-way portal >And it can become one when the one touching the crystal gets, what? >Emotional? >You’ll need more tests, but not now >Not until Twilight heals up >Then she’ll redo this setup >If she listens to your suggestions then she’ll move it to a location more secure than under her university next to Ponyville >Such a precaution will take precious time, but it will be worth it >Had Nightmare not thrown her own magic punch, Twilight could have taken a metal slug the size of a grain of sand in a fatal spot >And that would be one more element bearer to find >You pause in your cleaning as you automatically game out the reactions >Applejack and her family would keep working, only to grieve briefly in privacy >Rainbow would ditch marine training and force you to take her with you on your next rescue mission >Fluttershy would isolate herself even more than she already is, only helping out the animals who could get to her cottage >Celestia >Even though you can bring Twilight back, would that crack the old girl open? >You finish cleaning and stand up >No >It would bring her ever-so-closer, but not that >You look to the mirror, then the silo, then the console >You stand there, thinking, weighing the risk >For the risk is there >But if you’re right, then she needs to know even if it brings her closer to cracking >And you would need more than an unshielded corvette and a damaged battlecruiser to rescue Luna >You move to the junction boxes and switch them on >The humming returns and you walk to the console, but don’t touch the crystal >You first think about Luna, well before she sent Nightmare to you >All of those dreams you shared for all of those years >Then before that when you and Jane were first dumped into Canterlot >So many memories with her >You place your hand on the crystal and look into the mirror >As your image disappears into an oily rainbow you keep thinking about Luna >Your heart starts to ache, but you clamp down on your feelings >You need to know if she’s okay >If she’s not, then only you need to see >The mirror’s image unstretches to reveal the middle of a dark war-torn street boxed in by overhanging buildings >No lights and thick sheets of rain >Dark enough that it’s tough to see details even with your augmented eyes >Lightning strikes light up the scene and bad memories begin to surface >But then you notice extreme battle damage to all of the surrounding skyscrapers >Entire floors are blasted out >No power >As the thunderstorm continue on you scan the street and note that all of the vehicles are blackened husks >Some aren’t wheeled, but crashed vtol air cars >The models look dreadfully familiar >More bad memories >Hot flashes pulse over your body >Your breathing gets heavier >Movement to the side of the mirror makes you tense up >A human figure, hooded in dark clothing and holding a bulky rifle, dashes to an air car husk >More humans follow him
>>28015 >Some are holding rifles, but others have large packs on their backs and are carrying equipment you can’t make out >You observe their crossing of the street for a few seconds and label them as scavengers >Armed scavengers with several veterans, but escorting people who’s body language screams that their out of their depths >As the first few exit your view you spot something not human in the middle of the next group >Hooded and obscured by equipment strapped to her body, but you see four hooves and a horn >A small child is riding on her back, holding onto a makeshift saddle >After another dash, the alicorn turns to check if they’re still holding on >Even in the dark, you can see her blue-green eyes >Your relief mixes with the dread of your worst fear being realized >That fear is cemented when a pink beam snaps into existence, lighting up the entire street >It connects the end of the street to someone out of your view, but you know it was aimed at the leading veterans >Luna immediately turns and, before the beam dies away, launches a bolt of her own bright blue magic at its origin >Just fast enough to hit its target, even if you don’t see it >You know what it is >One of Luna’s bolt would damage, but not stop it >Everyone runs while the veterans open fire >Luna keeps to the middle of her group, still looking down the street >Both you and her see it charging fast at her >There is a pinprick of pink >She lets off another bolt, and in a flash of lightning you see an arm and an energy rifle spinning away into the air >Luna backs away and charges another bolt as the thing leaps over a car hood and lunges at her >Another flash of lightning >The humming cuts out >The mirror snaps back to normal >You’re left staring at your own wide eyes >The last image is burned into your head >Luna, rearing back, child hanging onto her neck >Her bolt of magic piercing directly into the cyborg’s chest, where the corrupted heart controls the subject >That shot would end the man’s suffering >For it was a man, naked and networked with wiring >Overdeveloped muscles in some places, metal skeleton in others >You back away from the console and try to calm yourself >You lower yourself onto the floor and sit, taking in as deep and long breaths as you can >You cover your face with your shaking hands, pressing the meat of your palms into your eyes >You still see the hint of an inverted pentagram >She killed that one certainly >Those units are almost always lone wolfs >And if the city is without power and there are scavengers about, then that means the war against machines wasn’t a one-way slaughter like what that damned computer told you in his taunting >She’ll be fine >She’ll be fine >You stand back up and shut off the junction boxes >More deep breaths, and you don’t dare look at yourself in the mirror >In a whisper you say out loud, “Please hold on, Luna. Please hold on. When we get there, I’ll end that war for good. Then we’ll bring you home.” >You leave the lab and make your way out towards the hospital ()()() https://ponepaste.org/10747 Since M4 isn't appropriate for /moon/, I'll just post links when I'm done which will hopefully be in a reasonable timespan if I develop enough discipline in writing.
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>>28020 is this a repost or is this some fresh green?
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>>24776 >>24837 >>24850 I'm here anon... Thaanks a million for responding, almost went to desuarchive to see if that post got a reply but here you are! sorry for not responding for so long, my break finally hit, exams went really good, this is day one and i blew it sitting on my ass watching youtube all day also it's fucking insanely hot and humid all of a sudden sry for blog posting, thanks for how in depth you went but how come you don't have any control over what version of equestria you get into? it seems like you went to multiple bad versions of equestria, considering the pattern do you think you actually had some sort of influence on this? oh, and can you go more in depth about their appearance, did ponies look any different between the versions you were in? >If you were here, I'd ask what experiences you're interested in. sorry for not being there to specify, I honestly loved hearing everything about it from what you already posted, but i am interested more and more about your interactions with ponies, were those stated experiences the only ones you had or simply the only AP-2-equestria experiences you could think of in detail off the top of your head? again, thanks for responding even when you weren't sure i was gonna read it, means alot to me
>>28023 Somewhat. I just wrote up the last few posts last night.
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>>27747 >Do you think it would be a good idea to put a link in our thread's Ponypaste that informs people that we're taking a refuge in this thread? MoonArchiver here. This is a good suggestion, hadn't considered it before. I went ahead and added a link to this thread to the archive. Also, I was torn on whether or not to take Moonlight, Veiled out of the "dead" category. Horsa expressed desire to continue working on it, (with a lovely short green which has been archived) but I'm just not sure if it's exactly "ongoing" again yet. If horsa asks me to, I'll place the story in ongoing now. Otherwise, I'll wait until he either reformats it for FIMFiction or posts a new update. >>28020 Huzzah! I was hoping we'd get an update to this kino soon. Thanks Durr, this brightened my day.
>>28020 Thanks man, greatly appreciate it! Luna lives and is kicking ass, fuck yes! Hey, when I asked to post more, I didn't mean you had to deliver fresh green, let alone write an entire new chapter of your story. >Since M4 isn't appropriate for /moon/ Why? Since they now have a mirror, I'm guessing it's because they're visiting >nohoovesland? >>28102 I'm not Horsa but I'm not sure if MV should ever be in the "Dead" category since it's return. Yes, it was dead for years, but then Horsa returned to it a few years back and IIRC this time he announced he's taking an undefined amount of time off but he will be back to finish it. So it was more like an extended hiatus than "dead".
>>28198 >I'm not sure if MV should ever be in the "Dead" category since it's return. I didn't know he announced a hiatus back then. Moving it to "dead" was an ignorant move on my part. I'll fix it. Sorry, horsa.
>>28300 I mean, I'm not Horsa so take everything I say with a grain of salt. The only source of information you should base your decision of where to put the story is the post he made himself >>25350 Thank you for maintaining our paste btw. It might not be as prestigious task as writefagging, but it's very important if we want to have a healthy thread in the long term. I appreciate the commitment.
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>>28198 To be fair, I wrote most of 3.5 well over a month ago. I got stuck on a couple of dialogues that I'm going to save for sometime later. [spoiler]>nohoovesland? Besides the ponies tagging along to help rescue the lost ponies, yes. Honestly this green belongs in a crossover thread for most of the events I have planned, except for a few points that happen in Equestria that I hope I can make just the right amount of fucked-up.[/spoiler]
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>>28102 >>28198 >>28300 >>28337 Honestly, my hiatus stretched on long enough that moving MV to the dead pile was perfectly understandable. I think I made a post stating intent to resume shortly after picrel was posted, but never ended up making good on that. Anyways, I got my FimFiction set up and started the rewriting process, with the prologue submitted for review. I won't post updates in threads for chapter uploads, but once I've caught up to the end of the posted green on Ponepaste I'll keep posting green in /moon/ threads as is tradition, archiving them in Ponepaste, and eventually translalating them to prose for FimFic. I'll probably post green in 4chan (unless it goes down again), but I'll still post here from time to time. I kind of like it better here, honestly.
>>28024 >but how come you don't have any control over what version of equestria you get into? It's not that you don't have control which one you get into.... Actually, you can direct yourself to what version you want to go to- but initially there's a kind of "randomization" process. This happens really due to poor concentration in the beginner- so you wind up getting pushed to various equestrias which are in accordance to your karma so to speak. What you absolutely cannot control, however, are the contents inside of those equestria. This is an important distinction, because if you can somehow control what's happening there, it's not real - its a dream. Again a major problem with trying to teach anons (among some others) has been them getting too horny for wish fulfillment and falling asleep instead. >it seems like you went to multiple bad versions of equestria, considering the pattern do you think you actually had some sort of influence on this? These are mostly early reports (a few of them being from test-subjects), so the answer is yes. There's alot more I'm leaving out, if I'm being honest. >oh, and can you go more in depth about their appearance, did ponies look any different between the versions you were in? Yes! Ponies could look wildly different, between no two equestrias were the locals ever exactly alike. Even ones which may be fairly similar to the other, the natives had some sort of difference between one another. There's a couple common "traits" shared however, but I don't want to get into it for the same single reason I'm holding back alot of other information even now. People online like to larp, and if I say too much, larpers will ruin this for the public. >sorry for not being there to specify, I honestly loved hearing everything about it from what you already posted, No worries, I'm also glad you're interested. Why not try it out yourself? If you've got an hour, give it a whirl on your own time. We can talk about your experiences after and see what went right or wrong. On that note, I'll be making a neocities page for anyone interested in contributing to research on these worlds. > but i am interested more and more about your interactions with ponies, were those stated experiences the only ones you had or simply the only AP-2-equestria experiences you could think of in detail off the top of your head? Definitely had more than this, both experiences from myself and various test subjects from the early days of my research. These are the more interesting ones I could remember from the top of my head, you can find more detailed accounts of a few of these in the archives. >again, thanks for responding even when you weren't sure i was gonna read it, means alot to me Honestly no problem! Glad it meant alot to you. I was glad to see more people taking an honest interest in this. I'm hoping to see anons go traveling successfully someday.
>>28553 One more thing to note... While you can direct yourself, generally, into what "version" you want yo go to, it is never 100% exact. What this means is the same thing as before- you can't control the contents of what is happening inside there. Something will always be different, because these are real worlds.
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>>28553 Have you had interactions with her majesty? I imagine if anypony would be adept at perceiving travelers it would be her. (if you believe in her dream powers) Do these worlds standalone on their own or are they a collective phenomena of human minds? Separation of delusion from objective agreement is my personal challenge, as is procrastination of practice.
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>>28631 >Have you had interactions with her majesty? Nothing notable yet. Likely due to timing, location and arrival. >I imagine if anypony would be adept at perceiving travelers it would be her. Honestly it really depends on alot of factors whether or not any of them can see you. But it's reasonable to suspect that "alicorns" in these worlds generally have a higher likelihood for seeing. Same thing with unicorns (to lesser extent). >Do these worlds standalone on their own or are they a collective phenomena of human minds? Standalone. These are separate worlds from our own. The natives as such also have their own ghosts, gods, heavens, hells, etc. >Separation of delusion from objective agreement is my personal challenge, as is procrastination of practice. For procrastination, The big thing is to just set down and *let go*. You can find endless reasons to procrastinate- just sit down and let go into it. Enjoy it! If youre green around the horns, start off with 15 minutes. A week of meditation (lasting 45 minutes for a single session each day) has been consistently the bare minimum for most beginners to start traveling. Five to three days is more common for people who have a baseline level of morality, are sober and aren't crazy. WRT your issues with delusion, that'll clear up if you let go of whatever you're holding onto.the document goes over this a bit- during the initial meditation you're taught to observe phenomenon that arise and pass away and note them with an immediate and simple label. If you find alot of delusional fantasies arising, you note it with something like "fantasy...fantasy" then return back to the breath gently. This will help put an almost immediate kaibosh on delusional tendencies early on and learn to recognize them (and other distractions) right away. Once you switch from the meditation to the ejection phase, that training kicks in VERY QUICKLY. Hope to see you travel, anon.
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>>5939 Season 1 Luna should come back in the reboot.
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spoiler for IDW comic part 78 fun fact, luna had a rock garden on the moon
Good night, Luna. Mau I see you in my dreams.
>>28855 I like the idea of Luna making rock gardens on the moon. I also like the idea that the Equestrian moon is actually not lifeless; it would be covered with plants having a kind of silvery sheen to them. However, I don't like the spitefulness between the sisters that those images imply.
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>>28553 >>28755 >>28554 >can direct yourself into which version you want to go to this concept is a little overwhelming to me, in games like CSGO and TF2 you can look through a server browser and see the title along with what map it's on and other information about that server, to enter it you simply click on that server and join how does this process work? with these two games i convey what server i want by using a search function and narrowing my search down until i find a singular server to click on and join that i think i'll like, how is this process conveyed in the astral without a visual display like that? >can't control the contents inside those versions of equestria >if you can somehow control what's happening there, it's not real - its a dream. while i understand that actively changing the setting and other features while inside of it would mean its a lucid dream as opposed to a real astral travel to a version of equestria, I'm assuming what you meant by "can't control the contents inside of those [versions] of equestria" you meant actively while inside of them rather than an inability to choose what version you go to before entering said version of equestria (sorry if that was really wordy, let me know if that was unclear) >Randomization process/poor beginner concentration/karma I’m assuming this topic implies that those who are too hyped up to go to equestria rather than taking the time to select a specific version with a degree of calm concentration, will be automatically shot into the most “compatible” version for them, which considering your usage of the word “karma” I’m assuming you mean this in more ways than just good karma vs bad karma (unless i’m horrifically incorrect) >I don't want to get into it for the same single reason I'm holding back alot of other information even now. >People online like to larp, and if I say too much, larpers will ruin this for the public. With this in mind I’m going to assume some of my questions in this post will be unanswered, that is okay because i completely 100% respect your wishes and want to thank for answering where you can, again, only answer what you’re comfortable answering, I’m already incredibly grateful for what you’ve posted so far My biggest question though, wouldn’t more concrete information be of use to propagate AP to wider use? Even with people fucking around using the information for LARP posts, couldn’t having more information actively fuel more real AP travels and thus exponentially generate more and more solid guides, tutorials, and easy access to AP? I hope this doesn’t come across as pressing for answers, you’ve been at this far longer than i even knew about this stuff, I’m sure your reasoning comes with experience to back it up, hence why even without fully understanding, i respect your wishes completely >I'll be making a neocities page I’m incredibly interested in reading such a thing. Once it gets made is it possible to read over what gets posted even if I'm a non-contributor? >While you can direct yourself, generally, into what "version" you want yo go to, it is never 100% exact >Something will always be different, because these are real worlds. This kind of answers one of my first questions, but also brings up another… Does this imply repeat visits to the same “version” of equestria are impossible, without the ability to direct yourself to a 100% exact version in the first place, does that mean that, considering the sheer number of “versions” of equestria, that returning to a “version” you’ve been to before would be extremely difficult or nearly impossible? >the document Are you talking about the “going to other realities” google doc or the “astral projection guide” with the IRC link and the trips of ‘codifier’ ‘floyd’ and ‘van’ or is it the “equestria project” pastebin link on 4chan /moon/day threads? Were you one of the guys who wrote/made one of these 3 documents? Out of word count tysm anon glhf in the astral

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