Bon-Bon: Did… Did you have a strange dream with Princess Celestia in it?
Lyra: … Not really… Why?
Bon-Bon: I was baking and suddenly Princess Celestia shows up looking really haggard. And she was like, “Don’t be afraid, everything’s going to be okay.“ In this completely drained voice and I’m just like, “So should I use less cinnamon? More?“
Tootsie: I had a dream I was running in a race and Princess Celestia showed up and said “You don’t have to run.“ I and said “But I want to win.“ And she said “It’s okay to lose. Failure is a natural part of life.“ And I was just… it’s a game?
Lyra: Weird.
Bon-Bon: What did you dream about?
Lyra: Falling into the sun. And don’t worry, the metaphor isn’t lost on me. But it’s been reoccurring again lately so I don’t think it’s related.
Bon-Bon: Do you ever have a good night sleep?
Lyra: Sometimes. [Pause] Once in a while.
Just completely finished Nier: Automata.
… Sorry Emil.
Bon-Bon: So, which was your favorite?
Lyra: Overall, I liked Inky Rose’s designs. But my favorite was one of Starstreak’s. The one with the pants and the long coat. You?
Bon-Bon: I liked Lily Lace’s third ballroom gown. The one with the feathered hat. I also liked the hoodie.
Lyra: Inky’s hoodie? The one with the spiderweb pattern on it?
Bon-Bon: Well, I didn’t care for the holes in the shirt. Otherwise, sure!
Lyra: Wow! I didn’t expect that.
Bon-Bon: I bet Liza would have liked the yellow one.
Lyra: That one was pretty too! Reminded me of Belle’s gown. Though, I guess any canary yellow gala dress would.
@asklyra requested I draw Kirby! Well, here he is! I used a color palette from google images. (x)
Reminds me of the SNES! Thanks!
asklyra asked: Hey Mod Dog! You obviously like dog (because Winona is dog). But what other animals do you like?
Lyra: I’ve never heard of coatis before, they’re cute!
Bon-Bon: You like timber wolves? My, that’s… interesting…
Tootsie: Rats?! E~w!
Bon-Bon: Liza, that’s not a very adult response.
Tootsie: Sorry Ms. Mod Dog…
Simple: Borf.
[video]
Lyra: Wait wait wait wait. Wait. Back up. You were living in Cloudsdale long enough to spectate on Rainbow Dash’s entire competitive career?
Raindrops: Yes?
Lyra: How? I thought you grew up in Canterlot, like me.
Raindrops: I did.
Lyra: That’s impossible! You can’t be in two places at once!
Raindrops: I… wasn’t? We lived in Lower Canterlot till I was fifteen, then we moved to Cloudsdale to live with my grandmother.
Lyra: You were fifteen at Rainbow Dash’s first race?
Raindrops: Well, like eighteen by then.
Lyra: H… H-how old are you?
Raindrops: Thirty.
Lyra: You’re older than me?!
Raindrops: Nine.
[Pause]
Lyra: Y… You’re almost forty?! But… but you look like you’re twenty!
Raindrops: Oh, well thank you.
[video]
Tootsie: What’s Sweetie Belle’s problem?
Aura: Huh? Oh. Iunno.
Ruby: Cats in the cradle.
Aura: Oh yeah! … Big sister syndrome.
Tootsie: Wha?
Aura: Oh that’s right, you don’t have a big sister.
Ruby: When you’re younger you want to spend time with your big sister, but she doesn’t have time for you. Then, when you get older, your big sister wants to spend time with you. But now you’re the one that’s busy, so she gets on your nerves.
Tootsie: Oh… That sounds sad… Wait, what if she just doesn’t want to watch puppets?
Aura: Tch-eah right! Who wouldn’t want to watch puppets?
Bon-Bon: So… what is this called again?
Lyra: Fluttershy calls it an “Animal Sanctuary“.
Bon-Bon: It’s… kinda just one big zoo enclosure. Only without the enclosure. Wouldn’t the animals just, you know, eat each other?
Lyra: I think that’s the point?
Bon-Bon: There aren’t any dangerous animals here, like a hippopotamus, are there?
Lyra: I don’t aim to find out.
Bon-Bon: Good call, let’s get out of here.
Yeah, a plot point I’ve been tinkering with for a while. I have the idea that if Princess Twilight got Spike from an educational standpoint, wouldn’t it make sense if SciTwi went through something similar? So I came up with this. She had pretty bad anxiety growing up to the point where getting a therapy dog would help her get through life, so that’s how she wound up with Spike.
Hey! Sorry for the delayed response- Oh look you’re wearing pants this time. They just appear to have… fallen a little… Let me just, ah… There!
Anyway, how’s it going?
Bon-Bon: Come on, Lyra.
Lyra: Nope.
Bon-Bon: Lyra.
Lyra: Nope.
Bon-Bon: Lyra, be reasonable!
Lyra: You didn’t see that look in Pinkie Pie’s eyes, Bon-Bon! She’s a desperate mare driven to the brink! I ain’t goin’ out there!
Bon-Bon: Oh for pony’s sake… I’m going out with or without you.
Lyra: Just gonna sit here. Completely still in case Pinkie looks in the window.
[Pause]
Lyra: Hey Simple, how’s it going? No, boy, this is a bad time for face lickums. Not in the nose! NOOOOO~!
Bon-Bon: I can’t believe you didn’t want to go to the art exhibition.
Lyra: I can’t believe Princess Flurry Heart buried herself in a mound of stuffed animals. You’d think the future heir to the Crystal Empire would have guards with her, like, 24/7.
Bon-Bon: Don’t change the subject, I thought you loved art!
Lyra: Come to think of it, does Cadance need an heir? She’s a pegasus-turned-alicorn. Is she immortal? I always just kinda assumed Twilight isn’t.
Bon-Bon: Lyra!
Lyra: Whaaat? The exhibit? It’s just a bunch of minimalist post-modern crap anyway. Art is all up to interpretation, but it still has to have substance. It’s nothing more than a bunch of hacks trying to get famous.
Bon-Bon: Well that’s rude. I had a good time.
Lyra: They serve food there?
Bon-Bon: No.
Lyra: Garbage!
asklyra asked: You don't have to answer this today, seems like you've done a lot. But what is it about prime numbers that require a set of rules that 1 has to be excluded for?
I think if I try to draw an answer to this one my hand will fall off. Besides, Braeburn is twirling his lasso again. So text it is!
One reason that comes up more often than you might think is the following theorem, sometimes called the ‘Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic” by people who like to give things over-dramatic names.
Theorem. Every positive whole number can be written as a product of prime numbers in a unique way.
So for instance 42 = 2x3x7 and there’s no other way to write this as a product of primes. That simply isn’t true if you allow 1 to be a prime- 42= 1x2x3x7=1x1x2x3x7….
That’s just one example, but as I say it crops up a lot.
Thanks! That actually sounds familiar! I think I heard that before but had never committed it to memory.
