CYOA #72
You return to the doorway that leads into the boxed canyon. The shadow is still there and it doesn’t look like it’s going to give up and go away anytime soon. Being that it’s staring at the doorway, there’s absolutely no way to sneak past. Stupid giant stallion and his stupid… muscular body… Suddenly the shadows on its body seem to almost ripple with intense force. You place a hoof to your face and feel it getting warm. You steal a glance from inside the doorway at the shadow’s face and catch its vortex-like eyes. Instantly your vision darkens to an almost complete black before you pull your head back inside and gasp in fear, waiting for your vision to return.
Nope nope nope nope nope. What were you thinking?! Not gonna happen. Ever. Never ever ever.
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This is a puzzle-type situation. Eventually the shadow will give up and go away, but quite a bit of time will pass before then. Players can either continue to try and figure out how to proceed faster (or any number of other things), or vote to wait it out.
1) Could check into a rehab clinic.
2) See, there’s this thing called business…
3) Allow me to clarify.
Never mention this again.
4) All of it? The hay-all did you get me?
I’ll go over there tomorrow.
5) Please. A human would be too weak to even carry a pony on their back.
Plus you bipeds are slow as molasses. A domestic house cat could out run you.
No offense.
6) I bet news like that would have a massive effect on some.
1) I couldn’t decide if I wanted to link to a picture of Katt from Breath of Fire 2, or a clip of Katt Williams standup.
I choose neither.
2) One. Now never ask this again.
3) Let me take this time to remind you that once upon a time their marketing division okay-ed the following lyrics for an advert that I swear aired for years.
“If you really want to smile, put one in your mouth a while.”
4) And you’ll be my favorite anon if you pass me my drink.
Hi Lyra, I finished my glue order. You still up for dinner tonight?
Certainly! I’ll be right over!
Sure has been slow lately on my page. Dizziness is gone, though. Will try to have something to upload when I get a chance.
the thought counts
This makes me sad.
I see them plenty, but I’ve never fought an Enderman in Minecraft.
I enjoyed tonight. Do you think you could come over again on Sunday?
Absolutely!
Hopefully by then I’ll be well enough to do more than just sit around.
1) Can’t press charges against the deceased, silly pony.
2) Okay, sure, whatever.
3) You go to court, they don’t believe you because you’d never manage to get the proper report on the subsequent mental evaluation being that you’re full of crap, and you go to prison for a long, long time.
4) Quite a bit, yes.
5) Don’t like the sounds of that.
6) His name was Marty and he was a time traveler. Not a hundred percent on how he got here, but we spoke a few times in person. He was a little troubled, but a nice boy overall.
Was really more of Gilda’s friend, though.
Lyra, do you think you might be up to coming over for dinner tonight?
Yeah. I’m well enough for that.
Sorry everypony else, answers later.
1) That’s not a secret; everypony knows that. The secret is that he isn’t interested in music anymore. He’d been trying to join the UFC for years but couldn’t catch a break. Last I heard he was working as a security software programmer.
2) It’s called dissociative identity disorder.
3) Been about the same for the last few days. Still get world-spinny dizzy if I position my head wrong.
Functioning, but not completely better.
4) Oh, all the time, even in public! I wouldn’t consider that at all demeaning!
1) Oh, would you look at the time, It’s “I can’t discuss that”-o'clock!
2) I imagine so.
Yes, definitely. Even if you don’t count artisans that use magic for their craft, electricity in Equestria is magically powered. That magic comes from unicorns.
To go a little further on that subject, unicorn criminals can be brought in to help power the system if they’re offense isn’t too terrible. Takes time off their sentence. Earth and pegasus convicts can be brought in for similar government projects, but I don’t know the details offhoof.
Only reason I know about the unicorn thing is because I’ve done it before. It’s not so bad. The regular workers that get paid are all fairly powerful at magic and are all pretty smart. There’s a lot of down time resting where you can just sit around and talk to them. If you’re ever imprisoned and have the chance, I recommend taking it!
3) Of what?
4) Of this? Oh! I think it’s that time again!
And when I say I can’t talk about it, I mean it. Doing so would be considered an act of treason.
