Lyra: Nothing?

Bon-Bon: … I wish… Somepony answered, but it wasn’t who it should have been.

Lyra: Do they know that we-?
Bon-Bon: No. I mean, they might be suspicious but I gave no indication. What about you?
Lyra: B won’t answer no matter what I do. Usually I barely breathe and he’s there.
Bon-Bon: Okay. Not panicking. The Elements of Harmony, and possibly the entirety of Equestria’s security forces, have been compromised. We are the only two we know of that aren’t Changelings-
Lyra: Or worse…

Bon-Bon: What could possibly be worse?
Lyra: They could still be themselves but mind controlled?

Bon-Bon: … Yeah, I guess they could be… Darn. That is a lot worse. Any ideas?
Lyra: Cry?

Bon-Bon: Maybe something you aren’t already doing?
Lyra: Cry harder?
Bon-Bon: Lyra-
Lyra: Bon-Bon I’m really scared!
Bon-Bon: So am I! But if they replaced everypony in Equestria they wouldn’t have left us. This has got to be some kind of stealth insurgency plot; turn Equestria into a puppet state. That means most ponies should still be themselves. We have numbers. We’ve just got to find a way to rally them without being discovered…

Bon-Bon: Lyra, did you notice Fluttershy and Rarity acting strange today?

Lyra: No, but Twilight and Applejack seemed… off somehow. Like, distant maybe?

Bon-Bon: I wonder if its some kind of Harmony crisis.

Lyra: Maybe they’re just stressed. Or, ha! Maybe its Changelings!

Bon-Bon: Hahaha! Yeah, that’ll be the day!

[Pause]

Bon-Bon: Maybe I should contact-?

Lyra: Yeah… Yeah you do that.

askfuselight:

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“Why not just do it?”

That phrase right there is one of the reasons I started this whole blog. A friend of mine whom I still have the pleasure of knowing today told me something very similar a long time ago when it came to drawing and art. And here we are, nearly five years later. I started this blog as a means of practice, because I had never really even drawn before. And if anything, it helps show that practice will help your skills. And that with a bit of effort, anything is possible. Comparing the first post to this one, it’s easy to see how well that works.

I want to thank everyone for reading! From anyone who has followed me recently, to the ones who have been there from the very beginning. For showing me support, even if it was a little push of the like button. Or something more! I greatly appreciate that you enjoyed my work on here. I hope it has been a pleasure to read about greybutt here as much as it has been a pleasure to create it.

Where do I go from here though? This story is all wrapped up, and that means I think it’s time I give myself a bit of a break. And to put this page to rest in an archive mode. That doesn’t mean this dork won’t be around though, and I always have lots of other things on my project list if you like the work I do.

There will be a text post coming after this one that will have some information about what’s going to happen involving me and my other blogs. Stay tuned if you want to know what’s gonna happen. Gotta make a few changes.

Also please note that the ask and submit boxes are now closed.

Again, thanks to everyone who’s been here to read this. I made a whopping 190 of update posts throughout this thing! And I hope you enjoyed it!

Until next time, folks. Adios!

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The ponies above were a callback to the previous story arcs or otherwise important faces. I couldn’t include everyone but there’s some characters in there that had a huge impact on the story or on me personally. Some of which are no longer active but still just as respected for what they’ve done for me. Their blogs in no particular order:

@ask-flitter-and-cloudchaser @asksandypony @asklyra @kappathekirin @ask-mack-ponyville-blacksmith @askgadgetsteelmare @ask-jade-shine 
(And honourable mention to @ask-lovely-pages because I totally intended for her to be in there too and somehow forgot…? I’m so sorry!)

Bon-Bon: Fuse really should come around more often. She’s so much more well-behaved than most of your friends.

Lyra: … Fuselight’s a guy.

Bon-Bon: … What?

Lyra: That griffin was incredible! I bet if she was pitching too they’d have had to enact mercy rules!

Bon-Bon: She was something else, alright! I’m glad Golden Harvest invited us.

Lyra: I’m glad she invited you to join her Buckball team! Raindrops and I might be trash, but you really do deserve that spot.

Bon-Bon: I’m not sure how often I’ll be needed, but I’ll stay in practice for sure. [Pause] And I’m proud of you, Lyra.

Lyra: Me?

Bon-Bon: That score you made against GH’s team. I didn’t want it to come off the wrong way; like I wouldn’t have been proud if you hadn’t caught any goals. But that you worked so hard and improved so much. You tried Lyra. I’m so proud of you for trying.

Lyra: I only give up on something if I feel it’s a waste. But since it was to help you, I knew it wasn’t.

Bon-Bon: Aww! Lyra, that’s so- Wait a minute. You gave up on cooking.

Lyra: Ah… Uh….

Bon-Bon: Cooking is not a waste, Lyra!
Lyra: Gee, is the sun setting already? I still have a few errands I need to run!
Bon-Bon: Cooking is an art form! A discipline! It’s an essential life skill!
Lyra: I’ll catch you later, Bon-Bon! Don’t wait up!
Bon-Bon: Lyra! LYRA! I CAN RUN FASTER THAN YOU!

Lyra: Are you alright, Bon-Bon? What’s wrong?

Bon-Bon: Minuette is stuck in Canterlot, some issue with the trains. Vinyl can’t leave Manehatten. And while we have Raindrops here to fill in for Blossomforth after she sprained her wing- we have no unicorn!

Golden Harvest: Oh no! I’m so sorry, Bon-Bon! Should we reschedule again?

Bon-Bon: No… I’ve already held your team up. I don’t want to make you three have to keep pushing matches back because of me.

Golden Harvest: What if we let you borrow a player?

Bon-Bon: It wouldn’t be the same… Besides, we practiced plays and maneuvers-
Golden Harvest: I understand, Bon-Bon.

Lyra: [Sigh] I’ll do it.

Bon-Bon: I appreciate that, Lyra, but-
Lyra: I know the game, I know the team’s strategies. I know I’m terrible and I know there’s no way we’ll win. But I also know you love playing this game. And the only reason I ever agreed to play is because I saw how excited you were. I wanted to help you do what you love. Now, would you rather try as hard as you can and still lose or lose by default?

Bon-Bon: You know what, GH? We’ll at least give your team some real practice before you take this show on the road!

Golden Harvest: I’ll let the girls know, but we won’t go easy on you!

Bon-Bon: You’d better not! [Pause] Thanks, Lyra.

Lyra: Of course. Ready to lose, Raindrops?
Raindrops: Heehee! Wouldn’t be the first time, won’t be the last!

Bon-Bon: That was good practice! I feel great!
Lyra: Uh huh…

Bon-Bon: I feel prepared for my first game tomorrow!
Lyra: Good for you…

Bon-Bon: Speaking of which… you’re… off the team.

Lyra: … Fine…

Bon-Bon: I mean, you never wanted to play anyway, right?

Lyra: Not want to play sports? Me? Whatever gave you that idea? I love getting hit in the face with a dodgeball, tripping over a basket and falling in the mud every fifteen minutes. Nevermind all the sighing and shaking heads everypony else-
Bon-Bon: Alright, I get it. Sorry I even asked you to play.

Lyra: … So, who is replacing me?

Bon-Bon: Minuette.
Lyra: Minuette? She barely had time to practice. What happened to Pon3?

Bon-Bon: Her schedule is just too unstable. One minute she’s fine and the next she’s booked for a week. She’s fine as a reserve, but we can’t depend on her.

Lyra: So you, Blossomforth, and Minuette vs. Golden Harvest, Amethyst Star, and…?
Bon-Bon: Muffins, unfortunately. Turns out she’s a natural when she’s not hamstringed as an earth pony. Bad call on my part for letting her go.

Lyra: Well good luck to you. I’m gonna go pass out on the floor, because I’m too dirty to climb into bed.

Bon-Bon: Lyra! Blossomforth is all over you! Move!

Lyra: [Panting] Blossomforth… Can SEE DEEZ NUTS!

Blossomforth: Ugh! Rude!
Bon-Bon: Blossomforth can’t see anything if she’s standing on them. Come on! It doesn’t matter how much I have the ball if you give me nothing to work with!

Raindrops: I think you’re doing great, Lyra!

Lyra: … Thanks, Raindrops.

Octavia: Good evening, Vinyl. You look well-rested, which I would consider to be odd given we stand upon a sports field. I take it practice is a little one-sided?

Lyra: H-hey Octavia!

Octavia: Good evening, Lyra. Bonnie.
Bon-Bon: Octavia.

Octavia: Now Vinyl, you’ll recall that patron in Manehattan that canceled on you? … Well, they uncanceled. I came to see you as a formality, thinking you’d be too exhausted to perform. However-

Bon-Bon: It’s alright, Vinyl, you go ahead. I don’t think you’ll be getting much practice like this anyway. You and Raindrops can go too, Muffins. And thanks for filling in for our earth pony today!

Muffins: Sure! Happy to help! Although I’m not really sure I did anything…?

Bon-Bon: We’ll keep practicing, if you’re up to it Blossomforth.

Blossomforth: You bet!

Raindrops: I’ll just stick around and cheer everypony on then! Hehe, I don’t really have anything else to do.

Bon-Bon: Alright, Lyra. Get up.

Lyra: … Like I haven’t got embarrassed enough today…

Lyra: That as pretty fun! And Snails was amazing! He looked like a professional out there!

Bon-Bon: He certainly did. I had no idea he was so gifted.

Lyra: I wonder if that game will become more popular.

Bon-Bon: Maybe. Buckball looks like a fun game, but…

Lyra: But what?

Bon-Bon: Why were the unicorns just standing there? It made it far too easy for the pegasus to block. Appleloosa’s pegasus was terrible. The only reason she blocked as many shots as she did was through physical presence. That’s not very athletic.

Lyra: It was probably in the rules. A moving goalpost is already pretty intense.

Bon-Bon: I wonder if I couldn’t change a few rules to make it better…

Lyra: Why does that sound sinister?

Lyra: Bon-Bon! Bonnie!

Bon-Bon: What? What’s wrong?

Lyra: Nothing! Have you heard about this Buckball thing?

Bon-Bon: Oh. Yeah.

Lyra: So you’re not interested?

Bon-Bon: It sounded alright, but I only heard about it in passing.

Lyra: The match is taking place in Appleloosa. They’re shuttling fans over for free!

Bon-Bon: Free? Well alright Buckball! Let’s go Team Ponyville!

Lyra: Yeah! Daycation! Woo!

sweetiedropsdaily:

The love for the zza transcend all physics, if BonBon’s little hoofies are the only means of delivery the saucy goodness then so be it.

Bon-Bon: You’re one to talk, Miss Hoofshake McNomagic.

Lyra: I am powered by my apathy for showoffs!

1) Does it trap me in Ponyville too? I’ve never read the fanfic (because that’d be weird) so I only knew about the part where everypony forgets about me.

I do own a black hoodie though! Very comfortable! Great for travel!

2) Bon-Bon: Is the first book much different than the movie? I didn’t even know it was based on a book series until Lyra looked it up.

Hello, and congratulations for being on Tumblr for five years and still going strong. I loved your blog ever since I found it so this is why I feel like I should give you this as a token of my appreciation, thanks for everything and keep on blogging.

Also if you ever want to request me to do something either with my normal artwork or with flash puppets then please do not hesitate, thanks and hope you have an enjoyable party!

Lyra: Hey thanks! I don’t know about going strong, but I’m not done here yet!

Tootsie: Can I dye my hooves like that?!

Bon-Bon: No.

Lyra: Look, all I’m trying to say is that Hamtaro was the best cartoon ever made-I’m not trying to turn this into some big debate. Mostly because it’s not debatable.
Blossomforth: How can you even say that in a universe where Cowboy Bebop exists?!
Lyra: Nothing wrong with the show, it just wasn’t Hamtaro. Not every show can reach that kind of potential.
Blossomforth: This is absurd! We Bare Bears is better than Hamtaro!
Lyra: Now now, let’s not say things we can’t take back.

Blossomforth: Ugh… Raindrops, bring us back to earth here.

Raindrops: Heh heh. Well, I really liked uh… KND?
Blossomforth: Are you kidding me?!
Lyra: Hmm. You liked how it’s world was much deeper than it appeared at first.

Raindrops: Yeah! Like My Little Human and Steven Universe!
Blossomforth: But it was just made up as they went along; you could tell that in season 1! At least Steven Universe did it right!
Lyra: Steven Universe did the same thing. Over half of the first season was just monster-of-the-week villain chasing. It’s a simple concept to get you started and acquainted with the characters before things get complicated.
Blossomforth: But the creators had things in motion even back then!
Lyra: But they weren’t realized until later in order to create self-contained episodes. Kids Next Door might not have done that as well, but it wasn’t supposed to. It was primarily comedy/action. Steven Universe is comedy/action/drama. If it was anything less than what it was it’d be terrible.

Bon-Bon: Swords down, fillies. I brought cookies. Still having your nerd-debate?

Lyra: What was your favorite cartoon, Bon-Bon?

Bon-Bon: Secret of NIHM.

Lyra: Ah… That’s a good one.
Blossomforth: That IS a good one.
Raindrops: I’ve never heard of it.

sweetiedropsdaily:

Enjoy your sandwich miss.

(I don’t actually know what S.M.I.L.E. is, but I hope this is fine.)

Bon-Bon: I don’t know what S.M.I.L.E. is either. Do you, Lyra?

Lyra: I know what a smile is, but that’s about it.

Lyra: I don’t remember it going down like that.

Bon-Bon: You’re right. No pony mentioned a shock collar.