Ask Lyra

Dec 09

Anonymous asked: You should have gotten Boscov a shaving kit. He really needs to shave, otherwise he's gonna keep on looking like he's a grizzly bear.

Har har.

At least this one was creative.

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soundoflonesomeness replied to your post: Two out of nine pages down.
Are you doing the Death Waltz?

No, it’s something jazzy for Boscov.

Yeah, it’s supposed to be a secret. But you know I’m going to play something for you, Boscov. Not much else I can do.

Hopefully the quality of it will still surprise you!

Two out of nine pages down.

Crud this piece is hard…

This’ll be the longest piece I’ve ever done.

jennie-lynne:
“ Also, Lyra. Your drawing is almost done.
I found it just the other day. Give me a bit, forgot how to use my tablet.
Once I get back into the swing of things I’ll be sure to finish it, it’s an Apple Jack promise.
”
I was going to wait...

jennie-lynne:

Also, Lyra. Your drawing is almost done.

I found it just the other day. Give me a bit, forgot how to use my tablet.

Once I get back into the swing of things I’ll be sure to finish it, it’s an Apple Jack promise. 

I was going to wait until it was done first, but forget that! I’m just going to reblog it now and then do it again when it’s done!

This is awesome, Applejack! Not that the cute pictures aren’t great too, but it’s nice to see something a little more serious.

(Source: squashmongler)

Anonymous asked: Be sure to bring ear plugs with you when you go with Boscov to Manehatten. Bears snore loudly.

We’ve slept in the same room before.

He’s fine.

diamondmint asked: No need to explain, hugs are always available for anyone who needs them. :3

Thanks.

I shouldn’t need them, though…

diamondmint asked: *hugs deployed* I think you can use some.

Thanks, Mint.

It’s like some kind of emotional yo-yo or something. Some incredible things will happen, and then…

Thanks, though.

nobodysuspicious-blog asked: lyra dont listen to that guy hes stupid

Whatever. I don’t care anymore.

Anonymous asked: you should try repressing painful memories. it really helps me, why i dont even remember the time that my fath....

When you’re me, then you can tell me how to deal with the things I’ve lived through.

imlyingtoyou asked: I'm not a monster I'm like eighty percent water. This isn't rocket surgery.

You’re about the last pon… Whatever you’re supposed to be that I wanted to hear from during my lunch break.

Just leave me alone.

imlyingtoyou asked: Hey Lyra! Lyra! Lyra! Hey, Lyra! You remember that story about that guard... what was it he did... oh yah he like saved you but he died... that story, you remember that? I was just wondering, do you know if his family ever found out? Did he have a wife? ... a husband? Did he have kids? Did they wonder why daddy didnt come home? I wonder if they ever found out why he died too... Do they know he died protecting some young girl they didn't know? Some little street rat?

You… You’re a monster…

I’m glad I already wrote this game update, so at least I can just post it and go do something else.

CYOA #47

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You feel bad about all of this, but there’s no way you could have known, right?

You try to persuade Princess and Amy that Twist will be a great help, but with no real direction you just can’t seem to find the right words to say. Even you wouldn’t be convinced by what you said.

Twist looks upset.

The four of you head back inside and you distribute some of the things you brought. You pass a Blanket to Princess and Amy while keeping one for yourself; Twist brought her own. Food and Water are also distributed. You packed enough food for a few days. With all the snow on the ground you didn’t feel the need to pack too much water. Either way hunger and thirst should be no concern.

Princess’ bag contains fragile equipment, so Amy takes the Spade, Lighter, and you give her the Scarf as well since flying will leave her the most vulnerable to the cold. This leaves one of your saddlebags empty.

When you regain your Clawed Gauntlet, Bow, plus 20 Arrows, Twist offers to carry both of your bags as well as her own. This would leave you light on your feet and with a notable advantage even if sneaked up on, but would leave her encumbered. Alternately, she could carry her bag and only one of yours. Of course, you don’t necessarily have to carry all of this stuff around with you either. Maybe this room is safe and nothing would happen to it if left alone. Maybe.

At present, you can’t possibly carry everything you have and have access to it at the same time. If you carry the Bow and Quiver, you can only carry one bag.

Bag 1: Smithing Tools+Multitool+Binoculars/Blanket+Towel+Half Empty.

Bag 2: Food+Water/Rope.

You hadn’t noticed it until now, but you’re both hungry and pretty tired. You haven’t ate since before all of this began, and haven’t rested since then either. You’re a strong, hardy earth pony, but even you have your limits.

Dec 08

Anonymous asked: I GOT IITT!

Glad to hear it!

vintage-bubblegum-grunge asked: How do you figure all these anons are doing all these assorted actions without anyone actually being able to identify their physical form as anything more than anonymous? If they have no identity to go by... Doesn't that mean that they have no actual power to do anything but pose possibilities, positive or not? Oh, wait, ow, my brain is starting to get too meta and now it hurts.

It’s not that cut-and-dry.

An “anon” is just a message I get on my page from a hidden source. But if an anon does something and then sends a message about it. I can’t stop that.

Considering the beauty certainly deficites through compression

carrotcake-replies submitted:

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Here’s the raw frame of what I used for the last update, drawn by the very talented artfulkur. While we needed a Krastos frame anyway since somebody commanded Carrot to pester him, I told her actually you’re on our music team, and very passionate about making your own music for our animations, so she put a mindblowing effort into this. And she had fun too she said!

So all thanks go to her, I can’t really summarize what a piece of awesome this is, neither can I really take any credit here.

Enjoy!

I had to get up and walk away, and sit back down, and get up again, and wipe some tears from my eyes, and try really hard to stop grinning like an idiot.

Oh my Celestia, you guys. You don’t know what this means to me. Especially after having just received a gift picture not twenty-four hours ago with Boscov, Sweetie, and I.

It’s such an incredible feeling and I thank you so much artfulkur I can’t even think right now.

Also, it’s true. I’m trying my hardest to actually create original music for the Sugarcube Chronicles page. I’ve only done one, short track so far, and I don’t think it was very good, but I’m trying my best!

Thank you again! I had to type this out because I can’t even speak right now.