1) Close enough for me!

2) That… That can’t be right…

3) Hello, obvious joke name. Is this going anywhere?

4) I don’t follow. Do you mean like a button you press or a coat button?

5) Pretty sure I’m not related to the Apple family.

6) That’s just a superstition.

7) Does it sound any good?

Thank you both!

This is neat!

PhoenixSwift (fawkes24@hotmail.com) submitted:

I drew this up as a thanks for being awesome and all that. It’s not great but, well, I hope you like it anyways.

http://fav.me/d4lkeyc

Hee hee hee~! I always get so giddy when I get gifts! But gifts with Deus Ex? Double giddy!

You only sent the link, though! But I fixed that! You can see it in higher resolution at the source!

Gonna go get me a GEP Gun.

Well, thank you! This is my first one!

Heard some commotion in the marketplace a few minutes ago. From the sounds of things, the Apple family’s Zap-Apple harvest is coming in this weekend.

1) I don’t like this character. Do a different one.

Edit: Also, you left the ‘L’ in troubles.

2) [Snort]

Okay, that was pretty funny there at the end.

3) I think everypony does now and again. Sometimes we just feel vulnerable.

Most of the time I don’t think he lets the negativity get to him.

I’ve… Uh… Never asked for one.

1) … Are you completely out of your mind?

2) We can pretend anything we want; if it’s not legally recognized we don’t get any tax breaks. If either of us are incapacitated we can be prohibited from making decisions for the other. If we ever wanted to adopt somepony, the process is downright insurmountable. The list goes on.

Society does not favor a couple that isn’t married.

Rarity has a last name, so it’s not her problem. Anypony with knowledge on the subject would immediately point that out and crush her opinion as being irrelevant. That might discredit her overall voice in the long run.

I wouldn’t want a long shot to most likely end up hurting her in the process.

Have you been to Canterlot? That trick might work on the everymare, but the upper crust really doesn’t care.

They don’t care much about anything or anypony that isn’t them.

Also, sorry, but I have to say it.

Yeah…

I might be well enough to see you this weekend sometime.

I don’t know.

Look, I just don’t want you getting sick too. We’ll be fine. I think the worst of it is over anyway.

Uh… That’d be fine. But I don’t want you coming over here and getting sick too.

1) You were fine. I don’t blame you.

2) Okay.

3) I liked watching others play, but I was never very good myself.

4) It is pretty dang awesome. In fact, I’ve touched upon it some time ago. And that wasn’t the only time.

5) I don’t appreciate ponies pushing against me to see what they can get away with.

6) I suppose we could. Thanks. That’s a nice idea.

7 & 8) I never yelled at you. I just asked you to stop. Don’t try and play the victim with me.

9) I can understand that position. In a lot of ways it’s a matter of the shear amount of effort you put in giving you a greater invested reward. When you spend a long, long time on something, don’t you feel really good when it’s finished to a level you feel satisfied with (homework and work-work not withstanding)? That’s the fundamental idea behind it versus an alternate multiplayer game. But a good MMO has to offer something that makes the experience not so tedious. That’s where story and innovative gameplay come in. The game needs to either be able to immerse you, or just be really, really fun.

Star Wars: The Old Republic has a really good story to keep you interested when you aren’t playing heavily with others. But to be honest, I don’t really favor how it plays. It’s very WoW-ish, which is extremely boring with a whole bunch of moves you don’t even need.

City of Ponies lets you heavily customize how your character looks and plays while (and this is key) remaining balanced. Champions Online fails in this by forgetting to remain balanced despite being even more customizable than City of Ponies.

But MMOs aren’t for everypony, and I won’t pretend they are.

In a carriage next to a storefront.

And if you can find them, go right the [omitted] ahead.

You want to know the truth? I can’t let go. I can’t ignore it. I can’t tell myself enough that I’m never going to find them. I’ve spent years talking to contacts, spending money I don’t have, trying to find something, anything that might tell me-…

…

But there’s always that stupid spark in the back of my head. That yearning that it was… justified somehow. That one day they’ll find me and explain everything and they’ll love me and support me and help me get a real job and I won’t have to constantly owe others and…

…

[Sniff]

…

I… I hate it. I hate them…

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