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                                            Originally published JAN 4TH, 2016
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                                            >You are Anon and you are on your off day.
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                                            >It's not like 'independent contractors' (fix-it colts, as mares say) had days-off,
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                                            >but, aside from emergencies, nobody wanted to schedule repairs for the weekend.
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                                            >In a place with no vidya or [spoiler]reddit[/spoiler], this left you with plenty of free time.
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                                            >Back home, getting out to a park with a good book was a rare event, but here,
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                                            >in a small town in the middle of nowhere, you were practically living in a park.
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                                            >Outdoors study became your weekly ritual. Gotta stay educated in a hostile world.
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                                            >A month ago it was modern horse history, last week you brushed up on
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                                            >wilderness survival and poisonous plants, today it was time for a bit of sociology.
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                                            >But now the day was coming to an end. You finished reading by sunset,
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                                            >but the second best study hill was just too good to leave immediately.
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                                            >Staying the night outside wasn't an option, however.
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                                            >It was time to go home.
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                                            >Unlike the sleepless cities, both the ones back home and the larger ones here,
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                                            >the town of Ponyville liked to sleep a lot. It slept in late in the morning,
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                                            >took a nap in the afternoon, and then settled for an early bedtime in the early evening.
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                                            >By the time you decided to drag your lazy ass back home,
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                                            >the only place showing any signs of activity was the local bar.
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                                            >The streets were empty and lifeless.
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                                            >...
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                                            >As if it mattered.
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                                            >At least it would allow you to get home faster,
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                                            >no small night-blind horses bumping into your knees all the time.
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                                            >And so you walk on through, humming a merry tune
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                                            >[spoiler]"We slept in rocket silos and we can't wait any more - Whoa![/spoiler]
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                                            >Not even noticing the three mares that were following you.
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                                            >Surprisingly, hooves on dirt can be pretty quiet.
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                                            >Even the strike that hit you in your hip and made you tumble into a back-alley was pretty quiet, all things considered.
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                                            >You try to get up
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                                            "Fuck"
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                                            >That fucking hurt.
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                                            >Still, the leg isn't bent or something, so nothing's broken, probably?
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                                            "Hey, what the fuck just happened? Don't you ever watch where you're going?"
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                                            >"I know exactly where I'm going, ape"
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                                            >Oh shit. The voice... that's her.
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                                            >Pile Driver
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                                            >It was obvious that the hit wasn't an accident, but why did she have to snap first?..
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                                            >The rush of adrenaline gets you back on your feet like magic.
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                                            >"Oh, you don't need to get up for my sake, it would be easier to have our talk eye to eye."
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                                            >Flanking her are two other mares. One of them, Monkey Wrench, is a plumber who you've been putting out of a job.
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                                            >The other one you are seeing for the first time .
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                                            "I -ow- prefer the term 'monkey' myself. It sounds like something cute, small, nimble and playful."
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                                            >the plumber explodes in anger
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                                            > "You fucking dick, you think you can just walk in! and fuck everything up! and then you mock me?
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                                            > I've done been fixing the fucking shit in this town for fifteen years, and now I'm supposed to fuck of without a single thanks?"
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                                            "Ponies wouldn't be calling me to fix your shoddy work if you deserved anything."
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                                            >Oh shit, you done goofed, she is gonna charge
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                                            >The third one steps in: "Come on Mon, you won't do any good by kicking his ribs in. We gotta educate him!"
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                                            >And the head-bitch: "Yes. Like he educated my naive little brother."
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                                            > "You know, I was going to let much slide, I don't care if you play around with everything that has a cunt,
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                                            > I didn't care what job you did, but now you tried to ruin my brother's life with your filth.
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                                            > You shouldn't have touched Auger. You shouldn't have fed him lies. Now you're gonna regret it. "
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                                            "Is that your penis envy speaking, 'Pile' Driver?"
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                                            >...
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                                            >...shouldn't have said that.
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                                            >You are Anon in FuckedUpQuestria
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                                            >Behind you is a wall, to the both sides are shops, closed down for the night.
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                                            >In your mouth you've got a very loose tongue (blame the adrenaline from the hit).
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                                            >In front of you are three very angry earth pony mares
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                                            >It's their turn, and the most pissed-off mare of the three is trotting towards you.
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                                            >She has reared up...
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                                            >Now, there is this deal with ponies, especially earthies.
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                                            >They are not very fast, and dodging their hoofy-kicks and bucks is easy.
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                                            >But behind each strike that Wrench throws you can feel a wrongness, as if the physics of this world creak and groan.
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                                            >Watching them at work is one thing, but feeling the air tug on your body as her hoof sails past...
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                                            >As if a truck zipped by. Fuck this shit. You need to end this.
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                                            >"Oh just sit down so we can have a chat!"
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                                            >Pile flanked you. Dodging her buck almost had you back on your ass.
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                                            >Time to employ the most advanced self-defense tactic you know...
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                                            >...strike, run away and get help.
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                                            >Your heart is thumping like an over-revved engine.
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                                            >So you kick the head bitch in the face.
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                                            >Your boot impacts it with a satisfying pomf.
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                                            >Slap Monkey Wrench on the ear.
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                                            >She recoils in pain.
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                                            >Now would be the time to run away, but 'gentle educator' is blocking your way in a narrow spot.
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                                            >She is standing next to a closed garbage container, thinking that you will have to go through her.
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                                            >The container is low enough for ponies to throw trash inside.
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                                            >You just vault over the thing and bail
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                                            >No matter how inept they were, fighting with someone who can shatter your spine in a blink of an eye is a stupid idea.
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                                            >And so you run on through the town. You desperately needed a friend right now.
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                                            >...what was that?
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                                            >Bon-Bon and Lyra's house!
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                                            >You know for a fact that Lyra is an auxiliary guard.
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                                            >Safe. You're safe.
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                                            >You raise your fist to pound on the door as you yell:
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                                            "Lyra! Bon! Help me!"
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                                            >...your fist connects and the door swings open.
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                                            >It wasn't even locked.
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                                            >You rush in, close it behind you, and collapse to the floor.
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                                            >A moment later you see Bon-Bon going quietly down the stairs,
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                                            >as casual as if she is about to open shop for the day.
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                                            >"Anonymous? Is this you?"
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                                            "Bon, I was going home, and there were these three mares, they"
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                                            >"You're limping. Did they hit you?"
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                                            "--they attacked me, so I hit back, and then I just--"
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                                            >...and you feel hooves gently placed on your shoulders.
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                                            >"You did everything right. It's ok, you're safe now. We'll handle things from here."
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                                            >...the hard keratin feels soft as a pillow.
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                                            >Some more magic fuckery, you bet.
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                                            >As the rush dies down, the reality of what happened starts to settle in
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                                            >You just got into a three on one fight, goaded your opponents to strike,
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                                            >kicked in some faces and escaped unscathed. Some hits were close though.
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                                            >"Bonnie? What's the commotion? Oh, hello Anon!"
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                                            >Lyra comes down the stairs, groggy and half-asleep.
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                                            >"Good morning sleepyhead. Anon got jumped, and ran to us for safety."
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                                            >And just like that, she is at attention
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                                            >"Where did it happen? Anon, do you know who it was?"
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                                            "Calm down--"
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                                            > "You will have to forgive Lyra and her guard training, Anon. You know what they say about guards.
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                                            > Give them a fulcrum and they fall asleep! Sleep through anything, too! I'm surprised she even got up!"
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                                            >"Bon-Bon, stop it! We've got to go and handle this!"
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                                            >"No we don't. There is nopony there to handle. They probably fled as soon as Anon got here."
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                                            >Bon-bon looks closely at your boots.
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                                            >"By the way, thanks to Anon, identifying them won't be that hard..."
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                                            >Blood.
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                                            >These bitches ruined your boots.
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                                            >"...but we should move out and look at the place, just in case. Anon, will you show us where it happened?"
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                                            >When you fled, you felt like you arrived at Lyra's house within seconds.
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                                            >Actually, you were at least two blocks away.
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                                            >As you round the last corner, you notice that there are quite a lot of ponies standing where the fight took place.
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                                            >Turns out everypony heard it, and seconds after you ran, people began gathering around.
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                                            >"Do you remember anyone, Anon?"
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                                            "I know two of them. It was Monkey Wrench and Pile Driver. Also some other pony that I didn't see around here.
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                                            Green-yellow coat. Key-lime poofy mane. Didn't notice her mark"
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                                            >"Are you sure about the first two? Can you remember something about them? Mane color?"
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                                            "I know what I saw, Minty. One of them lashed out at me because I was ruining her business.
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                                            The other told me not to mess with her brother Auger. I'm sure"
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                                            >The third pony from tonight is still there. She is yelling at the crowd, something about an attack.
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                                            "And there she is, the green one. Talking to the crowd. Same colors, recognize the voice."
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                                            >"...and then that ape just ran up and bucked her, without any warning!"
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                                            "HEY, CUT THE CRAP! THREW ME INTO A CORNER TO BEAT ME UP AND YOU KNOW IT!"
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                                            >All eyes are on you. There are at least 20 ponies gathered.
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                                            >Wrench here too, sitting in the corner... crying?
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                                            >Nurse Redheart here. Not in uniform. Next to her, a pony is lying on the ground.
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                                            >It's Pile Driver.
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                                            >She isn't moving.
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                                            >The kick, the feel of it..
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                                            >You didn't kick her in the face. Too soft. You kicked her in the throat.
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                                            >You kicked her in the throat and crushed her windpipe.
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                                            >She suffocated while you ran away.
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                                            [spoiler]You feel your sins crawling on your back[/spoiler]
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                                            >Lyra approaches the crowd.
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                                            >"Okay listen up! I'm with the guard and I will need statements from everypony here!
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                                            > Let's keep calm, do this quick and without incidents, and most of you will be free to go"
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                                            >"Yeah, let's do this quick. I'll do this monster in quick! I'll do him in as quick as he did in Pile!"
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                                            >Wrench charges at you in fury.
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                                            >Before you can react, Bon-bon jumps in between the two of you.
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                                            >She takes the first blow. It sends her flying to the side.
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                                            >Holy shit. Can't run now. You need to take the madmare out.
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                                            >Before you can react, however, Wrench tumbles down, her front legs twisted at unnatural angles,
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                                            >hooves glued to the ground with the green glow of Lyra's aura.
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                                            "Bon-Bon, are you alr--"
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                                            >Bon-Bon is already up, completely unfazed by the blow.
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                                            >Lyra lifts your attakcer in the air
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                                            > "Does anypony else want to start a fight with the guard here? No?
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                                            > Then let's get this started"
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                                            >As soon as the medics arrive, you are sent off to the hospital to get your injuries looked at.
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                                            >Lyra said that somepony will collect your statement later, if it's necessary.
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                                            >Surprisingly, some of the blows that couldn't have connected left some nice bruises.
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                                            >Thanks to bullshit earth pony magic and your pale, thin skin.
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                                            >Right hip looks like a dadaist painting, with splotches of red, purple, yellow and black.
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                                            >You could have sworn Nurse Tenderheart became whiter when she saw it,
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                                            >Every bruise and scratch is meticulously documented for the guard.
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                                            >And you look like hell.
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                                            >As the nurse was finishing up the report, somepony knocks on the door
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                                            >"This is officer Heartstrings, may I come in?"
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                                            >"No, you mustn't--
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                                            "Come in, Lyra. I'm naked though, and you might not like what you see though."
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                                            >"What do you mean- Oh, sweet Celestia!"
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                                            >You can see her wince as if she was kicked in the stomach.
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                                            "I hope you can bring me some good news"
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                                            > "... Monkey Wrench told us everything. Apparently, Pile Driver and her were lovers, so... she snapped.
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                                            > She also told us that Apple Honey was with them. The third mare. She is from out of town..
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                                            > You're in the right, Anon. There will be no charges. Nopony will dare prosecute you."
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                                            >Lyra drops her gaze
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                                            > " Apple honey tried to deny everything, but a stallion recognized her voice... as she threatened to ..educate you.
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                                            > Anon, I'm so sorry. It is my failure. I knew what Pile and Wrench were capable of. I should have
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                                            > brought them in before this happened, I could have thought of something.."
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                                            "Everything is fine. Now just let me get dressed."
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                                            >"But you're hurt!"
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                                            "No fractures, so I think I'm pretty fine."
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                                            >As you exit the emergency room, you notice Bon-Bon sitting on one of the couches.
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                                            >You walk up and sit next to her
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                                            "Were you waiting for me here?"
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                                            >Bon-Bon turns to you and smiles.
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                                            >"I was. Did you show Lyra your hot alien body?"
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                                            "I did, but she didn't seem to like it. You know, because of all the injuries"
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                                            >"I read the report. You shouldn't have denied hospitalization, you know? You're in no state to work now."
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                                            "I've had worse. I saw you fight though, you even got to fly a little. When are you checking in?"
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                                            >Her smile gets just a little bit wider.
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                                            > "It doesn't pay to stoically stop punches with your face. When you roll with the punches and really sell it..
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                                            > that can be helpful. An overconfident opponent is an easy target. Wins the crowd's sympathies, too."
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                                            >"You seem to be taking it all in stride."
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                                            "I've had worse. You seem to be taking it in stride, too. Unlike everyone else."
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                                            >"I've seen worse. Ponies like to pretend stuff like murders doesn't happen, but..."
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                                            >... you can feel your boot plunging into her flesh.. with a little crunch.
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                                            >"Oh. Anon. Anon, stop! You did nothing wrong."
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                                            >Are you a murderer? You could have prevented this.
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                                            "I insulted them. I goaded them to attack--"
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                                            >"They decided to attack you before any of you said a word. Speaking from experience. You couldn't have swayed them."
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                                            "I didn't know you were a guard"
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                                            >"I'm not"
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                                            >She leans on you a little
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                                            >"You know, after what happened, you can expect Lyra to be looking after you a lot more."
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                                            "Won't you be looking after me too?"
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                                            >Bon turns to you and looks you in the eyes.
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                                            >"Oh Anon, I know I don't need to look after you. You're a big colt!"
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                                            "For you"
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                                            >She laughs
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                                            >"No, you're just my size. But please be kind to Lyra. She can be loopy, but she's a sweet girl."
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                                            >"And.. drop by if you ever need something"
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