Ask Lyra

Sep 11

krastosthegluemaker-blog asked: Okay, see you then.

Okay!

On a related note, I’ll be unavailable in about three hours while out to dinner.

Anonymous asked: Have you ever saved some pony's life?

Maybe… Indirectly, maybe my actions have stopped somepony from dying…

Have I ever stood over somepony hanging from the brink and pulled them back to safety? No… I was always either too late…

Sorry, this isn’t a subject I’m fond of… I think that’s it from me for tonight.

Anonymous asked: What is your opinion of cheese?

I love cheese!

Cheesy tortillas are the bomb!

dreamofhircine asked: If that's some convoluted logic you're trying to pull to get everypony to refer to you as a person from now on I don't think it's working.

Uh… No.

dreamofhircine asked: What's even worse about that gag is that it operates on an additional, mocking level, in which they subtly bring up the allegations of you wishing to be a person.

“Person” and “people” are just terms denoting any sentient creature.

Ponies just tend to call everypony a pony as slang. I mean, most of the time that’s who you’re talking to.

theblackstrawberry asked: would you like to hang out tomorrow?

Well… That’s sort of up in the air.

I need to hear back from a bear.

Anonymous asked: *ding dong* dear lyra, you are a wonderful person. inclosed in this letter is a check for 200 bits. you deserve a new bed you great pony. - anon.

That’s all it says.

Granted it has “*ding dong*” wrote out too, but no envelope, no money, no nothing.

What an elaborate, yet minimalistic gag.

Sep 10

theblackstrawberry asked: That sounds bad... better call your ponynet provider. I'm trying to play Deus Ex... even with everything turned down to a minimum, it still lags... im so sad...

Sorry dude. I got it on the Xcolt so I wouldn’t have to worry about that.

krastosthegluemaker-blog asked: Are you sure you don't want me to give you that extra bed I have?

I’m sure.

But… I did want to talk to you about something you said not long ago.

Anonymous asked: Hey Lyra, would you like some assistance looking for a new bed at a reasonable price? There are so many helpful ponies on tumblr, I'm sure it wouldn't take too long to find one in your price range!

I’ve already picked one out. I even have the money to buy it right now. But I need to know I have the income to cover it.

jmg1234-deactivated20140425 asked: why am i hinting a touch of frustration when i read that?

Because I’ve seriously said it at least ten times.

If you meant the bed thing, because it really is fine! But no pony seems to want to believe me.

jmg1234-deactivated20140425 asked: new bed? new job? do tell

I’ve only mentioned that I’m going to be a substitute teacher’s aid about ten times now.

We have three beds in the house. One for Bon-Bon, one for Tootsie, and one for me. But I gave Sweetie my bed when she moved in. I can’t get comfortable on the couch, so I’ve been sleeping on the floor in the office; A.K.A, my recording room.

It’s not that bad though! I’m sleeping on a blanket!

ask-sweetie-belle asked: Lyra, did you count how many bits were in that jar? And how much does a bed cost?

You had quite a chunk in change! All together it came out to roughly 8 bits!

Unfortunately, even without a frame to set it on, the bed will cost a little over two hundred…

I was a very sweet gesture, Sweetie. If you want, you can have the money back and you can spend it on something for yourself. You earned it after all.

It just warms my heart that you’d go through so much trouble for me! If it makes you feel any better, I can sleep on Tootsie’s bed tonight and tomorrow night, while she isn’t here.

I’ll get a bed soon, I promise. I just need to make sure this new job works out.

image

askgildagriffon replied to your post: Choose wisely: The Wings of Time with laser beams, a nuclear flying DeLorean,
What About Bill And Teds Telephone Booth

I didn’t think about that one.

But they only had it for the day, right? They had to return it. So, there must be some kind of hand-off stipulation where you only have it for so long for it to remain balanced up against the other choices.

Anonymous asked: would you get angry if ponies fell asleep on you?

I don’t think so. But it might not stop me from getting up, even if it would wake them.