Lyra: That Maud Pie sure was… somethin’ else! I mean, Pinkie had said so much about her “humor”, but it really… uh… pales in comparis-
Bon-Bon: Are we seriously going to trot around how incredibly uncomfortable that was?
Lyra: Oh thank Celestia you said it instead of me. You are an Earth Pony, so I didn’t-
Bon-Bon: No, that was weird.
Lyra: Okay good! What the heck?! Was the joke supposed to be that it wasn’t funny? ‘Cause it wasn’t funny!
Bon-Bon: I mean, it’s not like I have wings or magic to lift things with. Of course I have to walk everywhere and use my mouth. There’s no other timely way to accomplish day-to-day tasks.
Lyra: Right? And it must taste awful too. It’d be impossible to never touch anything with your tongue.
[Pause]
Bon-Bon: This is not an open forum to discuss-
Lyra: Yes! NO! I’m so sorry! I-I’m just trying to be sensitive and-and-
Bon-Bon: Well stop it! Earth Ponies are a proud race and we’ve never needed extra consideration. Our Equestrian society may have developed in a direction that doesn’t glorify the use of Earth Pony magic, but it’s still there! I use it everyday!
Lyra: Yes! I’m sorry! I-
Bon-Bon: Stop! Being! Sorry!
[Pause]
Lyra: Okay…
[Long Pause]
Lyra: The rock jokes were funny though, right?
Bon-Bon: Oh yes! That was hilarious!
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Choo Choo! All aboard the Swery train!
Lyra: Well that blew chucks.
Bon-Bon: Yes. Being held captive for 3 days isn’t what I would call “fun“.
Lyra: It’s a good thing for them that Twilight and her friends came back. ‘Cause I was about to give each and every one of those ogres a left… and a right!
Bon-Bon: Right…
Lyra: And a left.
Bon-Bon: Fantasies aside, that might have been the worst things have ever gotten.
Lyra: Nah. Discord was still out there, so even Tirek had him beat. And Chrysalis 2: Electric Boogaloo actually managed to capture all 4 princess and get away. It took Emo Backstory and The B Cast to save the day that time, with a little help from us. I’d rate Storm Drain right around a Nightmare Moon; lot of flash, not a lot of substance.
Bon-Bon: … You are so full of crap it’s dripping out of your ears.
Lyra: Heh.
Bon-Bon: I am starting to get a little worried though. I mean, these attacks seem to be happening more and more frequently. Where are we now? Bi-yearly plots to overthrow Equestria?
Lyra: Well, among those that manage to get off the ground.
Bon-Bon: That makes it even worse.
Bon-Bon: You’re… not looking so hot.
Lyra: Mmm.
Bon-Bon: More nightmares?
Lyra: Yee.
Bon-Bon: Reoccurring nightmares?
Lyra: Uh-uh.
Bon-Bon: You… sometimes make Tumblr posts about new ones. Did you-?
Lyra: No.
Bon-Bon: That bad?
Lyra: And graphic.
Bon-Bon: Yeesh.
Lyra: Why am I like this? I never hear anypony else having nightmares all the time. Isn’t Luna supposed to be watching over the dreamscape or something? Are my nightmares not bad enough? Is it just me? Am I overreacting?
Bon-Bon: You’ve talked to her one-on-one half a dozen times. Why haven’t you ever asked?
Lyra: “Oh hey, Princess Luna! I wake up multiple times every night weeping from the ghastly visions my broken mind won’t stop producing. What, may I ask, the [omitted], your majesty?“
Bon-Bon: I’m sure you could think of a better way to word that.
rhyzen asked: @Aaron/Friday So I'm kind of curious, what is it about Rin that you guys like? Like why do you still hangout with them? Rin never seems too interested in any activities you do with them and always seems kind of annoyed with you in there presence. So why do you still stick around them?
Okay, so in this nightmare I’m a news anchor. Or I work on the show or something. Anyway this other news anchor died. Never explained who he was or how he died. I was upset, but the rest of the news team was trying to turn it into some big publicized thing. And I was angry. I wanted to take control of the news story and change how it was presented. And I did. But I lost traction or something and they got control back.
So we’re at the last segment and I was there in the back and they said something that really got under my skin and I walked out there and I mean I’m ready to deck a fool. But as I’m holding the guy’s chair back and about to lay one into his face, I realize that I wasn’t the only one who missed him and he wouldn’t have wanted this.
And it hits me just how much it hurts. It just hurts so much that he’s gone. And-and I stumble off set weeping and I just curl up in front of a door and cry and cry. And when I wake up… it still hurts. And it’s stupid. It wasn’t real, but I couldn’t make it stop hurting. So all I could do is lay there, struggling to hold back tears, just so I can go back to sleep.
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CYBER CUPID CRUSADERS GO
they fight for love with a giant horse robot for the celestial star mare
Pilots: Frau, Lightking, Heartstrings, Pac, Rhythmpixel
Mascot: PWmoddy
Celestial Star Mare: Wavemaster
Happy Hearts and Hooves Day~
All displays green! Who’s ready to have an epic space opera with drama and feels disguised as robot-fighting action?!
Cyber Cupid Crusaders! Love to fight a~nd-!
FIGHT!
FOR!
LOVE!
Heartstrings: Well, looks like Pac and I have gotten into another argument.
Lightking: Shocking.
Heartstrings: And at first I thought Frau was on my side, but then I overheard her agreeing with Pac! I don’t know what to believe! But there’s no time to worry about that now!
PWmoddy: Wee-woo! Wee-woo!
Rhythmpixel: We’re under attack!
Heartstrings: Oh no! I hope I can still focus on the battle! All that and more, next time on…
Everybody: Cyber Cupid Crusaders GO!
Heartstrings: Two Steps Frauward, One Step Pac! You don’t wanna miss this one!
Hi, friend! The SMT main series does have connections, but fortunately those connections are explained in the third game, which is Nocturne! So Nocturne is actually the best game to start with, and it’s a self-contained narrative!
There are so many things I could say about Nocturne (I’ve already deleted two and a half full paragraphs), but I’ll try to be brief.
The game has two modes- normal and hard. Normal is hard. Hard is r̤͎͎u̠͇̬̝̲ṱ͖̮̪͍͎ͅh̝͉l̞͞e͏̫s̶̭͍s̸̺̗͎̝͖͚̖. Play on normal. Hard is for after you’ve already won once.
Save often, heal between fights, load if something stupid happens (like a demon just replaced Debilitate with Bufu).
Status effects will become useless eventually. They’re super good for like half of the game, even against some bosses (just not Fiends).
Once your Demi-Fiend removes a skill, you can’t get it back. Be careful what you replace. To that end (and this is kinda build specific), if you want your Demi-Fiend to be a mage, hold on to Tornado/Force Boost. If you lose those, your magic damage will be a lot less all the way until you can get Almighty spells.
Mana Drain is super strong. All enemies have Mp, and their skills cost Mp. If they run out, they can’t cast. Only two notable bosses can ignore this mechanic, and one of them is the final boss of the True Demon ending.
You’ll always get the best result from opening a Mythical Chest on a FULL phase. Highly recommend walking around to force the passage of time. Same goes for Ticket turn-ins.
Buffs and debuffs are super good, but some bosses can remove one or the other. Make sure your team has both!
If you want the True Demon Ending, you have to complete the Fifth Kalpa before you enter the end-of-the-game tower (you’ll know when you get there, the world map music changes). If you want any of the other endings, skip the Fifth Kalpa entirely (it’s… not fun).
If you want Dante, you have to reach the Forth Kalpa before you enter the tower. Once you enter the tower, no new Kalpas will open.
All of the regular battle tracks are like 10 minutes long. Multiple looping sections, but with variation. Take a moment and dig those crazy solos, yo!
CYBER CUPID CRUSADERS GO
they fight for love with a giant horse robot for the celestial star mare
Pilots: Frau, Lightking, Heartstrings, Pac, Rhythmpixel
Mascot: PWmoddy
Celestial Star Mare: Wavemaster
Happy Hearts and Hooves Day~
All displays green! Who’s ready to have an epic space opera with drama and feels disguised as robot-fighting action?!
Cyber Cupid Crusaders! Love to fight a~nd-!
FIGHT!
FOR!
LOVE!
A Night in the Woods valentine.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Thanks! Hold on! I found a really good one last night! I gotta reblog it instead of submitting it because I don’t want to separate it from the artist that drew it.
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