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                                            1.
                                            >by faking an injury (using a real one) and blowing up the story, summer breeze managed to finesse a premium limo to las haygas
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                                            2.
                                            >and they drove for a loooooooong time
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                                            3.
                                            >bored silence hung in the air between the two mares as the desert went on and on and on
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                                            4.
                                            >this would have been a lot more fun on a motorcycle
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                                            5.
                                            >until the tips of 3 buildings started to emerge from behind the crest of the next hill
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                                            6.
                                            >then the roller coaster
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                                            7.
                                            >then the pyramid
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                                            8.
                                            >then the highway flattening out straight into the guts of the city
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                                            9.
                                            >then before they knew it, the iconic "Welcome to Las Haygas" sign
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                                            10.
                                            >with a broken LCD screen behind the letters flashing all sorts of colors
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                                            11.
                                            >for a city so grandiose that even the streets flash continuously with tiny pixels of random color
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                                            12.
                                            >the ominous pyramid powering through every other layer of the background front and center as the roller coaster spirals into itself
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                                            13.
                                            >all of the lit and unlit windows of the tall skyscrapers pigeon holing into rainbow fractals
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                                            14.
                                            >to a soundtrack of droning gregorian chants as the pyramid expands right up to the limo's window, about to suck the 3 ponies into the Nth dimension
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                                            15.
                                            >a pounding chest was right behind summer's head
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                                            16.
                                            >"would you get a room you two?" the driver said
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                                            17.
                                            >at the opposite end of the hallway
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                                            18.
                                            >and snauf'er was equally shoved against the back door, pressed by summer to look like she was the big spoon
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                                            19.
                                            >"oh we will mr. stallion, a room in the guts of the equestrian dream!" summer called out
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                                            20.
                                            >"thanks for the ride, ill put it in the tip jaa-WOAHHH"
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                                            21.
                                            >as snauf tried to hold out some bottle caps, a chauffer opened the door, causing both ponies to tumble out
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                                            22.
                                            >and the two laid collapsed on each other at the far end of a long, red, fancy carpet
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                                            23.
                                            >leading into the Wintergreen Hotel VIP Section
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                                            24.
                                            >"tia damn who let these two hornballs in?"
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                                            25.
                                            >"SHUT your damn mouth hornhead!"
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                                            26.
                                            >summer slipped a not so subtle hoof around snaufer's
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                                            27.
                                            >it appearing to stretch like string cheese and coil itself around multiple times
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                                            28.
                                            >summer breeze's reality stayed anchored to her front right hoof long enough that they made it inside
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                                            29.
                                            >into a truly lavish hotel lounge
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                                            30.
                                            >mares and stallions in suits networking with each other
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                                            31.
                                            >sleazy and corpulent fraudsters sweet talking their way to the right end of their next deal
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                                            32.
                                            >and a very conveniently placed bar in the center of the room
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                                            33.
                                            >not the snaufer had already acquired somepony else's drink, glowing bright purple like some kind of elixir
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                                            34.
                                            >and the two mares sat down
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                                            35.
                                            >"5th of freer for her, a flim artois and cider flaniels for me" a voice amongst the crowds spoke out
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                                            36.
                                            >the outsides of her vision had some remnants of flashing colors, but summer breeze could still hang with the situation
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                                            37.
                                            >the drinks came on cue, as did plotting time
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                                            38.
                                            >"so the last rider finished about the same time we passed fear and loathing. racers should start pouring in here any minute"
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                                            39.
                                            >snauf finished taking a gulp
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                                            40.
                                            >"you think Pinko's a first to the party type?" she asked in a scratchy, guttural voice
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                                            41.
                                            >"well were here. we got a visual on her and shes not hard to miss."
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                                            42.
                                            >miss, see, whatever
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                                            43.
                                            >constant dings, ticks, chatter, and brass music played in spurts around the two ponies
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                                            44.
                                            >but then something unnerving came up from behind
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                                            45.
                                            >a rumbling crack split down the middle of her barstool and across the decorated carpet
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                                            46.
                                            >a blue and green aura rose out and colored everypony around a dark, rotten black
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                                            47.
                                            >some orange black, pink black, blue black, all different shades
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                                            48.
                                            >holes grew across their bodies
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                                            49.
                                            >and it clicked
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                                            50.
                                            >this hotel was invaded by changelings!
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                                            51.
                                            >and somepony was serving booze to these celestia-damn creatures!
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                                            52.
                                            >"i LOOOOooooOOOOVE TO PARTY!"
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                                            53.
                                            >"yes well missus Breeze and uh... snow-oof want to interview you in the press room"
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                                            54.
                                            >"fuck, thats the rally call!"
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                                            55.
                                            >where's snaufer?
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                                            56.
                                            >the bar stretched endlessly into the night
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                                            57.
                                            >the red, yellow and orange patterns on the carpet swirling into a deadly obstacle course over the lava floor of the changeling hive
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                                            58.
                                            >i just have to get over *there*
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                                            59.
                                            >if the fucking changelings would stop spinning the bar around like a merry go round
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                                            60.
                                            >las haygas on acid is not for the feint of heart
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                                            61.
                                            >so summer breeze jumped off and started to make her way across the twisted platforms
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                                            62.
                                            >her drink passed her by
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                                            63.
                                            >must be 1.3627152 times around
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                                            64.
                                            >she presses on
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                                            65.
                                            >and her drink comes around again
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                                            66.
                                            >so did that celestia-damn hippie with the poofy mane
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                                            67.
                                            >wait a minute, she's gone
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                                            68.
                                            
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                                            69.
                                            >the flowing colors of a swampy sunset swirl on the blank white ceiling
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                                            70.
                                            >crumpled trees up on the left meet a long sheet of sky
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                                            71.
                                            >and the scalding hot water of the sump melts snaufer's body into the acidic soil below
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                                            72.
                                            >all the while a slow, summery guitar riff strums on and on under some savage whistling by the hornheads
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                                            73.
                                            >summer breeze bursts in the hotel room
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                                            74.
                                            >ok... theres her stuff
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                                            75.
                                            >nothing too out of the-
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                                            76.
                                            >oh jesus she tore the TV out of the wall
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                                            77.
                                            >and apparently the radio, since there's music coming from the bathroom
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                                            78.
                                            >"YYYAINOUNDAWEYYYYYY TUHKILLMEE'EHTTT"
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                                            79.
                                            >yep thats music alright
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                                            80.
                                            >"EEEEYES BUUURN OF STINGING SWEAT"
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                                            81.
                                            >snaufers invisible comrades sing around her
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                                            82.
                                            >yep. this is the life she left the island for
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                                            83.
                                            >no uptight bosses, no vulnerability, no hard decisions, just kill any equal sign you see
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                                            84.
                                            >surviving the constant chaos of getting rained on by bullets made the calm moments like these pay off
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                                            85.
                                            >LUNA FUCKING CHRIST ITS A GOD DAMN LANDMINE
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                                            86.
                                            >IS SHE DEAD?
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                                            87.
                                            >IS THAT WHY LUNAS POURING THE FUCKING ETERNAL NIGHT INTO THE BATHROOM!?
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                                            88.
                                            >DID SHE GET BLOWN TO PIECES???
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                                            89.
                                            >AND THE FIRST MARE SHE SEES AT THE PEARLY GATES IS SUMMER BREEZE!?
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                                            90.
                                            >"ITS ME!
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                                            91.
                                            >"SNAFU GET A FUCKING GRIP YOURE NOT DEAD YET!"
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                                            92.
                                            >"JUST LOOK AT ME FOR ONE SECOND!"
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                                            93.
                                            >now theres an intercom in front of her face
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                                            94.
                                            >is it 0600 hours?
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                                            95.
                                            >"WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO GET INVITED TO A PRESS INTERVIEW WITH PINKO AND BLOW HER-"
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                                            96.
                                            >SUMMER "DROP THAT ITS A SATCHEL CHARGE!"
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                                            97.
                                            >AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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                                            98.
                                            >AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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                                            99.
                                            >"listen, just listen carefully"
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                                            100.
                                            >deeeeeeoooooow... deoooooow...
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                                            101.
                                            >jimi hendrix's guitar is the rhythm of life
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                                            102.
                                            >"now you just stay there... in the tub... ill be back after i clean up the room a bit"
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                                            103.
                                            >snaufer watches summer breeze set the radio down next to the lava lamp and leave her giant white body sprawled in the bathtub
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                                            104.
                                            >all the soap in the world can't stop her knife from itching
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                                            105.
                                            >summer breeze stood outside, on the telephone, trying to reason with the press on why the no show happened
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                                            106.
                                            >"yep, 214. see you in a bit"
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                                            107.
                                            >214... 0214...
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                                            108.
                                            >shes bringing them right to their doorstep
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                                            109.
                                            >i knew i could count on you
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                                            110.
                                            >snauf'er rises rises from the ashes of the bathtub, the forest floor falling away to the bottom of her hooves
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                                            111.
                                            >its raining now
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                                            112.
                                            >the ground sloshes below snauf as she makes her way through the white portal
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                                            113.
                                            >and once in the hotel room, her render distance stretched far into the night sky
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                                            114.
                                            >summer breeze stopped fumbling with a suitcase and looked terrified into snauf'er's eyes
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                                            115.
                                            >glowing a pearly white in the amber-lit room
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                                            116.
                                            >'hey, hey... snafu... you stay right there'
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                                            117.
                                            >snauf took a step, the fog was closing in as fast as summer breeze backed away
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                                            118.
                                            >come hear so i can here you
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                                            119.
                                            >'look, we have somepony coming, shes gonna bring...'
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                                            120.
                                            >wait a sec, that's a kirin's glow not a
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                                            121.
                                            >'...so just hide over there and pick your moment, ok?'
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                                            122.
                                            >summer knew better than to let a drunk out of her sight
 
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