Ribbon: Alright, alright. Go grab your things. I’ll carry your horticulture marvel. I’m sure your father will be delighted to see your work! Look Bonnie!
Bon-Bon: I’ve been watching her take care of that flower for the last few months, Ribbon.
Ribbon: But just look here! Where the leaves change color? The book says that’s very hard to do!
Bon-Bon: And that’s wonderful, Ribbon! I’m happy for Liza.
Ribbon: Oh you shush. I’m a mother and I’m proud of my daughter’s work. Nothing more.
Bon-Bon: Right… Can you hurry up and get that thing out of here? Lyra’s been sneezing like mad ever since it bloomed.
1) It was definitely something from the party; I don’t know what. But don’t worry about it. Something was probably just too rich for me. I suck like that.
2) If I could manage to throw up I would have, just to get it out of my system. But thanks.
I never got to play all the different factions in Endless Legend, and haven’t even tried the expansions (even though I own one of them). I beat Dark Souls 2twice and own the season pass, but I never tried the expansions there either. When I last played XCOM I had unlocked the stat and ability randomizers and I wanted to do a run (possibly with the Long War mod) where my soldiers were all tumblr followers, but there just never seems to be any time.
As always, if I can find a small Minecraft community I’d love to hop back on that.
Oct 31
Guess who got sick from something she ate yesterday and had to go to work anyway, on Nightmare Night no less?
I’ll give you a hint-kill me.
Oct 28
1) I’m off all day Friday so why not? Sounds like fun! It’s a daaaaay of the week.
4) Nah. Folks just express themselves in different ways.
And there are so many games I want to play/replay. But I just keep playing Warframe…
5) Never a bother, friend.
Oct 25
asklyra asked: Your time has come! I will finally have my revenge! You dare you attack me in cold blood?! Keylime! You popped me in the snoot with a rolled up paper and I found it uncomfortable and mildly startling!
1) This is Lyra the Pony with a reminder that only YOU can prevent forced memes!
2) What if I’m not a decker? jk, chummer, im tots a decker
3) Speaking of memes, where did this gem even come from? Do you want her to say it while singing, crying or singing while crying?
4) Are you calling me stupid or weak?
Oct 21
[video]
Seems we have some conflicting views here.
For what it’s worth, my online buddy (who I’ve mentioned a few times) told me extensively about the game days before all the fan art and screenshots blew up all over tumblr. So it was already ruined for me.
Oct 18
[video]
Princess Cadance is having a foal! A royal baby! I’m so excited! This hasn’t happened in… ever? Has this ever happened? Who is Prince Blueblood related to anyway?
This has probably never happened! Isn’t that exciting?!
Gee, I wonder what you’d call the foal of a princess….
Oct 14
1) Wow. Well I’m glad you’re okay now! Don’t suppose you know how this happened or how to prevent it from happening again, do you? It’s okay if you can’t tell me.
2) Eh. I mean, I’ve heard it’s hilarious, ingenious, thought provoking, challenging, and with a morality system that makes your actions feel like they truly have weight. Basically brilliant on every developmental level.
But I have absolutely no interest in it. Whenever a game has pass/fail objectives that alter the ending, possibly without you even knowing it, I feel overwhelmed. Like I have to study what to do, where, and when, before even starting, or else I’ll mess something up.
Lyra: I’m happy for them. Ecstatic even! Sweetie Belle and her friends worked really hard and they deserve their cutie marks.
B: Sure.
Lyra: It’s just… No. I’m happy for them. Nothing else. That’s it.
[Pause]
B: This has never happened before.
Lyra: No it hasn’t… In all of recorded pony history there has never been such a thing as a shared cutie mark.
B: Unique cutie marks are rare as is. Even a pony like Twilight doesn’t have one.
Lyra: I know. Rainbow Dash’s tri-colored lighting cloud is unusual enough. But three unique cutie marks, all bearing an obvious connection?
B: More than strange. But compared to the last thousand years there’s been more reality shaping events than ever before. The Nightmare, Discord, Tirek. Magic and Cutie Marks being stripped away and restored. Dimensions crossing. Harmony being disrupted. The unseen forces that guide us may be reacting to it all.
Lyra: But why this? What does it all mean?
B: Our world is in flux. Magic is changing.
Oct 11
Dear Diary,
Sorry I haven’t wrote anything in you in like… 2 years. Lyra says that days turn to weeks and weeks turn to months and before you know it years have past and you don’t know what you’re doing with your life anymore. That might be an exaggeration. I’m honestly not sure.
I just wanted to write down my feelings before all of this just becomes normal. I spent more time than I would have liked with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. Silver Spoon seemed kind of stuck up and proud, but Diamond Tiara was just this mean, controlling thing. I haven’t forgotten the ring of secrets she held over us, but it seems like such a long time ago.
After we came back from… our trip… They were a little nicer to me, but it was still all about being the best to them. Diamond Tiara, more than Silver Spoon, would do anything in her power to manipulate and blackmail others into getting what she wanted. Then this election thing happened. And suddenly everypony was ready to finally stand up as one against them. Against her.
Pipsqueak was the start, but it was the Cutie Mark Crusaders that rallied everypony together. Despite her threats and taunts, or maybe even in spite of them, Diamond Tiara lost. And not just a small contest, but something big. She lost her control. And she lost her friend. Perhaps it was wrong of me, but I immediately took the opportunity to hang out with Silver Spoon in her place. She was always so much more approachable when Diamond Tiara wasn’t around. We had fun. We played. I thought this was some huge change.
But then, Diamond Tiara. She told off her mother. Told her off in front of everypony. Just like I did… In that moment I felt like maybe she and I weren’t so different. As I watched it all unfold I felt like the entire world must have been changing. Diamond Tiara and the CMC as friends? They were the two biggest causes for conflict in the school! If they weren’t at each others’ throats anymore… Nothing would be the same! No more fighting! No more picking sides!
Maybe it won’t last. Maybe this is just a phase and everything will go back to how it was. But I hope it doesn’t. I feel… free. Like I can breathe again. Like I’m allowed to be a kid again.
~ Liza “Tootsie Flute“ Doolots
P.S.: The new playground is really cool! And so are the CMC’s cutie marks! I wish I had a shared cutie mark.
2) Barriers work by diffusing a force, magic or otherwise, over a solid surface other than the self. They don’t nullify magic. As such levitation can grab and lift the barrier, contents and all. That’s why barriers are usually big and partially submerged to anchor them down.
I wouldn’t be able to unfasten the claws, but I could still grab, drag, lift, and push them around. Which would making hitting me very hard.
3) This is probably the most likely of the three. And that’s very sad.
