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I realize this probably isn’t the best time, but I have a story to tell.

Turn the clock back to 2011. I was fresh to the MLP fandom, checking EQD every day to see what new wonderous things bronies made today. In the Nightly Roundups, I started seeing a list of ‘Tumblr pony blogs’. On a whim, I opened it up, and soon every day was accompanied with an EQD visit and a check on each of the blogs to see if they’d updated. This was very early Tumblrpon, before the boom, so there were only a few big players. All I remember were a Pinkie Pie drawblog (that’ll be important later), Ask Surprise and Erthilio’s Ask Octavia. Veeerrrry early.

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Holy crap, dude! You were the Blanks RP blog? That’s wild!

But there were so many other good ones from before that grimdark Pinkie Pie blog severed the community in half. Things were never the same after that.

Oh well. The sun is always setting, but it’s also always rising. There’s still work to do.

Lyra: Oh, say Bon-Bon.

Bon-Bon: Mmhm.

Lyra: Remember that time Rainbow Dash flew in out of nowhere and ruined our souvenir photos while screaming like a mad mare?

Bon-Bon: Well, if I ever manage to forget we have the photos to remember it by.

Alternate dimensions are weird.

beauty-jewty:

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Missed my Tumblrversary again! Last Friday was 5 years!

At least this time I had already started working on something to post. Can’t say when it’ll be done, but I hope soon.

I made you and Bon-Bon in the XCOM 2 character pool.

In case you’re unaware, XCOM 2 has a new feature called the character pool, which lets you create characters in advance so that they can show up randomly throughout the campaign. Depending on how you set them to show up, they can be soldiers, scientists, engineers, and even “anti-VIPs” that you have to capture or assassinate in certain missions. It also lets you save characters you create in the main game so they can show up again in future playthroughs.

So far, you’ve appeared as one of my starting soldiers and became a sharpshooter. I admit I’ve done some savescumming to keep you alive. Bon-Bon has yet to to appear.

Lyra: Cool! I didn’t know you could do that! Can you, like, delete all the default stuff and replace them with all your own characters?

Bon-Bon: Aw, you even got my name. And I like that coat color!

Well, this was the last night. Everypony else has gone home and we head back early tomorrow. Have to be home before school lets out for Liza. We had such a good time though! Got to do so much nerd stuff! We played this super hero card game, some new colony came called Catan, Yoshi game, we even got to see the new Star Wars!

We got to eat at a few places, hang out at a few shops, and just generally wonder around Rainbow Falls without all the fanfare of the Trader’s Exchange.

I wish it hadn’t ended so soon, but I’ll remember this trip fondly and it was a nice way to start the new year! See you all soon!

1) It was definitely something from the party; I don’t know what. But don’t worry about it. Something was probably just too rich for me. I suck like that.

2) If I could manage to throw up I would have, just to get it out of my system. But thanks.

3) Well, I’ve been gifted D4, Fallout Tactics, Fallout: New Vegas, and Saints Row 2. I got near the end of Digital Devil Saga 1, but I got caught up in side quests and never even played the sequel. Then there’s Shadowrun: Hong Kong. XCOM 2, when it releases. If I could afford a better setup I have a friend that plays The Secret World (but the game overheats my computer), and another friend that plays ARK.

I never got to play all the different factions in Endless Legend, and haven’t even tried the expansions (even though I own one of them). I beat Dark Souls 2 twice and own the season pass, but I never tried the expansions there either. When I last played XCOM I had unlocked the stat and ability randomizers and I wanted to do a run (possibly with the Long War mod) where my soldiers were all tumblr followers, but there just never seems to be any time.

As always, if I can find a small Minecraft community I’d love to hop back on that.

1) While I’ve played Shadowrun Returns, I don’t really know much about the P&P game. I assume a lot of the choices were made for optimization reasons.

I’m not really that agile, though. And begging your pardon, but I am always very logical.

2) I know basically nothing about Mad Max, but I’m glad you liked it! Also, this Imperator seems to have some delayed motivational issues.

3) No kidding. As if there isn’t enough going on at any given time. Those yaks were furious when they got their tickets. And they didn’t even have to pay for them!

But Pinkie Pie must have done something Pinkie Pie-ish, because everything seems alright now. So if you’ll excuse me, there’s a party going on outside and I think I see a ball bouncing around!

You hear a bell ring just before the pair lead you into what must be the clinic. There’s a desk, a few chairs and a few of those uncomfortable school beds. The lady at the desk looks up as you enter and stands up right away.

“Goodness! What happened here?!“ Her voice and appearance reminds you of Nurse Redheart back in Ponyville. She points to one of the beds and the pair set you down on it.
“She had a bit of a fall and she can’t walk on her own,“ the boy says.
With a flick of her wrist, the nurse gestures for the two to back away and begins examining your bandage, “What’s her name?“
“Her name’s Tootsie, but she doesn’t go here.” The girl replies, “She said she’s Bon-Bon’s niece.“

The nurse turns her head back to look at the girl, but you could swear you saw her eyes flash in that angry way that adults do when you say something they didn’t want to hear. When she turns back to you, it’s gone, “I’ll handle this in a moment, let’s get you two back to class.“

The three of them step into the hallway. You can’t hear much of what they’re saying, but you definitely pick out, “-can’t be here. Not allowed.“ They’re out there for a while, and only the nurse comes back. She gets some things out of her desk and brings them over to you.

She talks to you while she re-bandages your cut, “Tootsie is your name, and you’re Bon-Bon’s niece. You got chased all the way here? Where are you staying?“
Uh…
“Where are your parents? What’s their cell number?“
Um…
“Can’t tell me that either, huh?“ She finishes with a sigh and walks over to a separation curtain, “Well, don’t worry about it right now. I need to check something; I might be a few minutes. You just relax and try to get some rest. Everything will be alright.“

While you sit in silence waiting, something starts to dig uncomfortably into your back. You reach your hand up and realize that the straps on your shoulder aren’t part of your outfit and slide right off. Evidently you were wearing some sort of hiking pack. You push it into the floor next to you, but can’t seem to get your fingers to cooperate and pick it up.

Silver Spoon sees what you’re doing and, with some difficulty, picks up the pack and puts it on the table. Water immediately pools around where it was placed. You must all be soaked.

She opens the bag up and shouts, “A towel!“ She shakes the belt off of it and pushes it over to you. At first you don’t know what to do with it, but she picks it back up and puts it in your hand, “Put it on your head!“

She must mean the cut. You turn your wrist up, still gripping the towel, and place it where the throbbing is. This sends a shiver of pain shooting across your whole body! Good night- does that ever sting!

While you fight against your body to keep still from the rolling pain, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon pull everything out of your pack. Three more wash cloths, the four belts, the knife and holder, and the water bottles. And they’re all bone dry. You had no idea your saddlebag was so water resistant! Or, maybe it’s only water resistant in this world? Wait, did your saddlebag really turn into a hiking pack? That’s ridiculous. You wonder if it’ll turn back when you leave.

You wonder if you’ll turn back when you leave.

Lyra: -ied to me! Lied to my face!

Bon-Bon: I know! I’m-!

Lyra: It’s a breech of trust!

Bon-Bon: I’m sorry!

Lyra: Sorry about what, Bon-Bon?! There’s so much! Sorry about what?! You lied! You withheld information-! All that wasted effort trying to act civil to that polished turd! The next time I see your sister I’m going to tell her exactly where where she can shove it!

Bon-Bon: Lyra no!

Lyra: You told the whole [omitted] internet-!

Bon-Bon: I’m sorry!

Lyra: -Told in confidence! Taken out of context!

Bon-Bon: I didn’t mean to!

Lyra: And then-! And then you tried to cover it up by hacking my XKit blocker! You blocked one of my own tags! Then you blocked somepony else’s! Were they trying to tell me the truth, Bon-Bon?! Huh?!

Bon-Bon: I was just-!

Lyra: How many times did somepony send a message and you intercepted it before I could see?!

Bon-Bon: I-

Lyra: What’s wrong?! Nothing to say?! You just couldn’t stop yourself before!

Bon-Bon: Why don’t you just come out and say it?! You mentioned everything else! Why don’t you just say what you’re really so upset about?!

Lyra: What?

Bon-Bon: You don’t like me! You can’t stand that I still have feelings for you!

Lyra: That has nothing to-!

Bon-Bon: Yes it does! You said you’d date Gilda! You know what that means?! [Sniff] It means you’re not into older guys! You’re not into guys at all! You just don’t like me!

Lyra: That’s because you’re like-!

Bon-Bon: I don’t want to be like a sister to you! [Sob] I never wanted to be your sister! Why can’t you just love me?! What’s wrong with me?! … [Sniff] You went out of your way-… Out of your way to never give me a chance! [Sob] And now it’s too late! [Sobbing]

Lyra: … Bon-Bon, I-…

Bon-Bon: Don’t touch me! Keep your stupid website!

Lyra: Bon-Bon, wait!

[BLAM!]

Lyra: Bon-Bon!

[Rushed door opening] [Fading hoofsteps]

Hey! Uh, I have news! I’ve sort of been holding it back because… Well because I’ve been waiting for something to go wrong.

I have a new job!

I work at Ponyville’s train station! I started this week! I sell tickets and give information! It’s not great, but I’m getting money! More money then I’ve gotten in a long time!

Anyway, that’s why I’ve been so busy. So I’m not ready to answer the Tell messages yet. But I should be able to get to them tomorrow! Thanks!

In particular I’d never heard The District Sleeps Alone Tonight, and it was great!

2) Sure. You don’t need this much time, but I’m gonna be kind of busy for a few days (I’ll explain later, it’s kinda late). So I’ll post the answer on the twenty-second. You have a week. I’ll reblog the rules after this.

3) Yes I did! He was nice! Why, did you know him?