#prompt 353

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Prompt #353

You're at your university class reunion and it turns out that of all the people who got their PhD you're the only one who didn't become a supervillain.

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Prompt #353

“Put. The chopsticks. Down.”

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Prompt #353

That thing she is feeling is wonderful and sinful and perfect and a complete and utter disaster.

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We only have no entries for for prompt 352, so we're extending it until Friday March 25th @ midnight EST! Not only that, I'll be extending March's prompt an extra day too . Even though we have enough entries for the March prompt, I want to post the votes for both prompts at the same time, so for…

We have no entries for for prompt 353, so we're extending it until Friday March 25th @ midnight EST! Not only that, I'll be extending March's prompt an extra day too. Even though we have enough entries for the March prompt, I want to post the votes for both prompts at the same time, so for those that want to do March's prompt you still have some time.

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Prompt #353: "Tenacious Dash" by Esle Ynopemos

“Sharks.” Twilight leveled an incredulous expression at Rainbow Dash.

“Yeah, sharks!” Rainbow waved her forehooves open and closed in imitation of a pair of enormous jaws.

Twilight raised an eyebrow. “But you said she was a mile in the air.”

“She was,” Rainbow said. “These were flying sharks.”

“Flying sharks,” Twilight repeated.

“I know, isn't it awesome?” Rainbow grinned wide. “They're just as dangerous as regular sharks, but they can fly!”

“Uh huh.” Twilight tapped her hoof on the desk.

Rainbow dug under a pile of papers. “I forget how she gets out of that one, but she does, and it's really awesome. Where did I put it?”

“Yeah yeah.” Rainbow waved her hoof. Her head was completely buried in her desk as she dug for the missing document. “I don't have time for any of that stuff when I'm 'in the zone.' I get that burst of inspiration, you know, and I just gotta write it out. I can't be wasting time putting it all in neat stacks!”

“No, clearly this is a much better way to do it,” Twilight said, rolling her eyes.

“Aha!” Dash stood up, a stack of papers clenched between her teeth. “Pfound itbh.” She dropped the manuscript on the desk in front of Twilight, who began reading.

“Spitfire let out a long, languid moan as the sure, steady hoof traced a circle around her heaving...”

Rainbow snatched the paper away. “Oops, that's the wrong one!” she said, a faint touch of red rising to her cheeks. “I mean, that one's awesome, too. Of course it is, I wrote it, but it's uh... it's not ready yet.” She pulled open a drawer and shoved the manuscript inside.

Twilight cleared her throat. “Well, maybe it might help you find it if you said what the title was?” She highly doubted the stacks of wrinkled, ink-smeared papers were arranged alphabetically, but who knows, right?

“Oh, yeah!” Rainbow Dash grinned. “It's called 'Daring Do and Commander Hurricane and the Fountain of Eternal Awesomeness.' Guest-starring Captain Badflank.”

“Captain who?”

“Captain Badflank,” Rainbow said again. “She's my own original character. Nopony can tell her real identity underneath her Wonderbolt uniform.”

Twilight resolved to try and refrain from rolling her eyes so much. She was getting tendonitis in her eye sockets.

Rainbow went back to digging through the reams of paper. “You're gonna love it when I find it, Twi!” she promised. “It's my masterpiece. The best fan-fic ever!”

Krizak Comments!

More stories need to start with the word "sharks." What I loved about this is that we never actually see Rainbow Dash's "masterpiece;" we only get various descriptions of it, allowing it to build up to something far more terrible in our heads. I liked the description of Twilight's growing exasperation as well, both concerning the story and the attempt to find said story. Dash's little Spitfire clopfic was a funny little moment that helped glue everything together.

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Prompt #353: "To Share an Apple" by Shutaro

The potion dripped into the little plastic cup. Three ounces of the concoction that would change his life. Thomas looked around the chamber a last time. The metal top of the table was uncomfortably cold against his naked backside, the hospital gown only covered the front.

“You can still go back, if you want,” the pure white stallion reminded him. “It is a free choice, nobody will judge you if you decide to quit, even now.”

The smile on the ponies muzzle seemed genuine to Thomas. His human assistant, however, was stealing a look at the clock, he noticed. Then a stomach rumbled. “Sorry doc Whitecoat, sorry Thomas. I missed breakfast today. I can’t wait till lunch.”

Two weeks ago Thomas would have simply ignored him or he might even have gotten a bit angry that his "conversion experience" was dimmed by this unprofessional assistant nurse. But now, with his life as a human coming to an end, he felt oddly serene. He smiled at the nurse. “I’ll try to make it quick Jules. I’ll share my first apple with you” he joked. He wiggled his toes, flexed his fingers one last time. “I still think I’m gonna miss those.”

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Krizak Comments!

I'll be honest, I was never a fan of The Conversion Bureau. Too much self-indulgent wish fulfillment for my tastes. Having said that, this was an amusing little look at the transformation process. I like how they touch on things like missing fingers and how much ponies can actually do with their hooves. The deal involving the apples is also a nice touch.

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Prompt #353 Played It Loud!

I can't really tie this into the narrative I set up in the warnings. I just wanted to use this image.

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Prompt #353 Rises Like the Phoenix!

All of a sudden, there shined a shiny draconequus in the middle of the road. And he said, "Write the best fanfic in the world, or I'll eat your souls."

(The prompt is in one hour, at 12:00pm PDT, 3:00pm EDT, and 7:00pm GMT.)