Hoofstuck Year II (5/6.......)

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Explanation for those new to Hoofstuck:

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Hoofstuck is a forum adventure about ponies playing a game called SBALE, and all the places, characters, and subplots attendant thereunto.

• What's a forum adventure? A forum adventure is roughly a cross between a webcomic, in that it has a plot, and an ask tumblr, in that many of the events of said plot rely on suggestions from the adventure's readers.
• Who are these ponies? The vast majority of characters in this adventure are characters from the TV show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Some of these characters are real main characters from the show; others are background ponies that appear in the show but may not have received any consistent canonical name or characterization. In general, the names and characterizations for these characters are based on popular held beliefs about them within the show's fandom. It is suggested that you have watched the show before reading Hoofstuck, but you're welcome to try either way.
• What's "SBALE"? Since Hoofstuck is very much about the ponies learning the answers to that very question, I won't go into much detail. However, it's worth mentioning that Hoofstuck is a crossover between My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and the webcomic Homestuck. Reading Homestuck is not a prerequisite for reading Hoofstuck, since important concepts will get explained in the adventure itself. However, it is generally assumed in discussion in this thread that you have read Homestuck, so be warned.
• How can I participate? First, you should read Hoofstuck from the beginning to the latest page. At that point, you can return to this thread and (assuming you have an account on these forums) post suggestions for things for the characters to do in response to their current situations. If a great number of people support the same suggestion, that heightens its chances of getting used in the adventure; otherwise, preference tends to be given towards whatever seems like it'll best move the plot forward, or allow for the best exposition, or be the most humorous, or other such considerations. In any case, posting a suggestion here does not guarantee it'll get used for the next update, but if it doesn't, try, try again!

All updates to Hoofstuck will be posted both here and on the mirror site. Note that the version on the mirror site is more likely to be updated to fix typos and such, and certain panels, such as those containing complex animations, will be represented on this thread only in link form. However, reading the adventure here allows you to read and participate in discussion of the adventure with other readers. It's up to you!

Adventure content begins here:



>Pinkie Pie

Hi! Did you decide to keep right on being me without taking a break to read about Applejack or Fluttershy or Rarity instead? Wow! I'm super-duper flattered! Or if you were following one or more of them first and then just got to me afterwards, that's cool too! I mean, the important thing is that we get to hang out together, right? A little wait more or less isn't a big deal.

Huh? Oh, yeah, us hanging out is what I came out here to talk about! See... I shouldn't really be here right now. This is something called "breaking the fourth wall," and some people think I'm really really good at it! Like, half the time when I'm in some story or other -- I know, there are whole stories about me, isn't that so amazing?! -- there'll be a moment where I mention you readers or something, and everypony else gets really confused. That's really fun and all, but it kind of breaks the immersiveness. That's a word Rarity taught me, in the desert! It means that if you're reading stuff about me and suddenly I break out of the story and talk to you, like I'm doing right now, it makes you remember that you're just reading a story!

So I guess what I'm doing here is saying goodbye. I don't want to break the immersiveness, so I'm going to stop breaking the fourth wall and be part of the story like everypony else. No, no, don't worry, you can still "be" me whenever you want, just like with Dashie and Twilight and all the rest, and I'll love it every time you do! I just won't talk to you. It'll be all "you are Pinkie Pie" this and "you decide to throw a party" that and so on and so forth. Okay? I'll still be me, I'll just be on my own side of your monitor!

Aww, don't make that face! Look, I'll tell you what. If this whole story goes really really well and we save the day and everypony lives happily ever after and stuff, I'll throw a big huge giant ENORMOUS party and everyone will be invited, even you! Especially you! So even if you do make a sad mopey frowny face all the time, at the end we'll get to have a party, and everyone smiles at a Pinkie Pie party. And that's a Pinkie Promise.

Besides! It's not like you'll be totally alone. In a while you'll meet another pony who wants to talk to you and is going to help you understand everything that's going on. And I guess Lyra seems to know that you're there too? I dunno! Lyra's pretty strange, even by my standards. For now, though, I'm going back behind your monitor. Goodbye! Enjoy our adventure! Make sure it ends happily!


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Wow, you kind of spaced out there for a second. And now the Cakes' taffy machine is rolling away, and Dashie and Scootaloo are stuck inside of it! Sometimes your Pinkie Sense can be so unhelpful. All day long tail twitch, tail twitch, tail twitch, nothing at all about taffy machines. And as Sugarcube Corner's new heiress, you're preeeeeetty sure that taffy machine was your responsibility. Whoops!

"Wow!" says Sweetie Belle behind you. "My magic worked!"

"It did?" asks Apple Bloom. She's got the same kind of voice that Twilight uses when you explain something to her that you thought she really should have known already, and she asks 'Oh, really?' and you tell her yes. "You were tryin' to cast a spell to send that taffy machine right through the wall, so now we can't just go on over and turn it off?"

"Uh," says Sweetie Belle. "Well, not exactly. But at least it passed through the wall without breaking it! That's something, right?"

[*Sigh*]

Oh god an entire page full of Pinkie Pie. My mind just keeps going WAT

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> SB: Go evaluate how much damage your magic caused

@Triangle Man: Nyaaaah :þ

[Triangle Man]

I CALL THIRD POST IN THREAD!!!

...Now that that's over, um...

> TURN OFF THE DAMN TAFFY MACHINE!!!

Edit - CURSE YOU GINGERALE! CURSE YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! !!!!!!!!!!

[orderboundChaotic]

Pinkie + 2/3 CMC: Persue that Taffy Machine

[gingerale]

Pinkie + 2/3 CMC: Persue that Taffy Machine

Oh, that reminds me.

> Taffy Machine: Level up

[DarkFlame]

You're going to make my cry with Rarity, aren't you?!

[Zarhon]

Oh god an entire page full of Pinkie Pie. My mind just keeps going WAT

Look at her arms on the mirror site for extra WATs.

> Pinkie Pie: Inspect alledgedly unbroken wall. Check it's stability by poking it gently drawing a nose on it and boop-ing it gently.

> Pinkie Pie: Oh no! That scoop-collecting pony / Film Reel is collecting scoops and/or henious evidence against you! She must be stopped!

> Pinkie Pie: Enter panic mode as RELIABLE pony kicks in.

> 2/3 CMC: Realize there are witnesses to your taffy crime. Destroy! Destroy!

> 2/3 CMC: Ask Pinkie Pie to recount the legend of Curly's Gold.

> 2/3 CMC: Interrogate Film Reel. Use good crusader-bad crusader tactics.

[ultraluigi]

Pinkie: Burst out into song at some point before we switch away from you :3

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> Pinkie Pie: Oh no! That scoop-collecting pony / Film Reel is collecting scoops and/or henious evidence against you! She must be stopped!

oh lord now I'm shipping Film Reel with Sweetcream Scoops. this is the danger of making shots livelier using background ponies, it leads to shipping.

Look at her arms on the mirror site for extra WATs.

It's a good-looking page, if I may say so. The contrast between her literally breaking out of the webpage, and then trapped behind the glass and waving while pushing her face up against it to stay as close as possible, is quite lovely and just a little sad.

You're going to make my cry with Rarity, aren't you?!

Whine, rather. But yeah this is a good reminder that Rarity got a little shortchanged discussionwise her last couple updates, due to space issues, but it's perfectly legal to talk about her again.

[Togeyosh]

Hey, I noticed that >Rarity: Sing was redone! And it sounds much better than before! Good work, and tell Lauren she was impressive too! I'm really impressed and happy! So thanks to you both for going the extra mile and fixing things up to make a great song flash!

R-right, um, taffy machine.

Pinkie, do YOU think it tipped outta Sugarcube Corner cause of Sweetie's magic?

[OnBackorder]

Sweetie has wild magic. Time to throw a wild magic party.

Pinkie: You must either destroy all evidence of the twice trapped taffy trinket, or you must throw a party so amazing that no-one will remember this tomorrow.

[Zarhon]

Whine, rather. But yeah this is a good reminder that Rarity got a little shortchanged discussion-wise her last couple updates, due to space issues, but it's perfectly legal to talk about her again.

Speaking of shortchanged, the word "Spike" is mentioned a grand total of two times so far.

(Checked with CTRL+F, possibly missed a few from the images / animations)

> Spike: Be the most important pony dragon in Hoofstuck.

[forkinyoureye]

Need to come up with a first post in a thread? Why not Zoidberg?

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yaaaay pinkie

[jongyon7192p]

Well... hmm...

Film Reel: Become relevant.

[Armok]

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Also: New audio for [S] Rarity: Sing has been applied, cached files willing.

I didn't really like the original one at all and refrained from saying anything out of politeness. This new version however: WOW!

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>PP: Throw a party so amazing that no-one will remember this tomorrow.

Serving alcohol to minors is ILLEGAL.

[Armok]

> Surely you know... less conventional methods.

[jongyon7192p]

This is best panel! (well, not literally. Ya got other best panels, too.) XD

[Nyremore]

Pinkie: Use party cannon to launch self (hopefully) ahead of the spinning machine and find a way to stop it.

[Violet CLM]

>PP: Surely you know... less conventional methods.

Huh? Like... oh. Oh! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

That could work. You do know a gal at the zoo who owes you a favor! But where would you get all those roller skates from on such short notice? Also you don't know if sugar's meant to be used that way, though that one's never stopped you before!

Wouldn't that mean abandoning Dashie, though? And little Scootaloo, and this SBALE console that just finally got delivered to you?

[diagonalHat]

> Wait .. Where did these consoles come from, again?

[forkinyoureye]

> Wait .. Where did these consoles come from, again?

Pinkie. That's all that needs to be said.

[kd7sov]

It's a good-looking page, if I may say so. The contrast between her literally breaking out of the webpage, and then trapped behind the glass and waving while pushing her face up against it to stay as close as possible, is quite lovely and just a little sad.

...Um? I see nothing breaky on that page. Should I be using something other than Chrome?

> PP: Wouldn't using the console itself work, and be unconventional?

[KingTwelveSixteen]

>Speaking of SBALE consoles, you should probably get around to using yours pretty soon.