Stories set in the Oversaturated World, some silly, some less so.
Starting at a new school was always a bit scary, but the CHS class of 2020 had the advantage of both a faculty dedicated to easing the transition and seven seniors who were literally the embodiments of Harmony and its Elements.
Two girls had an added edge: Each other. Theirs was hardly the only friendship carrying over from middle school. They weren't even the only freshmen who had found their icons together. But when one of those icons was a human skull and a bone and the other was a skull and two bones, they didn't exactly have the widest social circle beyond one another.
It also explained why they were digging along the trees behind the school. The blue-on-blue earth aspect switched between brush, trowel, and shovel as the situation called for it. The brick red, black-haired unicorn aspect focused charcoal magic into her eyes, pointing out where to look. And when it came time to examine their findings—
"Ahem."
Both looked up to see Vice Principal Luna looming over them, glaring down like judgement from on high.
"Uh..." Thestra swallowed against the sudden lump in her throat, her magic dissipating with her concentration.
"This isn't what it looks like?" tried Petunia Paleo.
The squirrel skeleton they'd spent the last hour assembling chose that time to scurry up Petunia's shoulder and look up at Luna like it was trying to bat the eyelashes it no longer had.
Luna remained unswayed by the cuteness from beyond the grave. "While there is no rule against reanimating rodents on school grounds-for now-there is definitely one regarding excavating the area without permission."
"Oh." Thestra bit her lip. "Um, sorry?"
"We'll put it back," said Petunia. "We won't even go after that dire wolf femur a few yards down!" She was already on her knees, so she just had to clasp her hands together before she started pleading. "Please don't tell my parents! They still think I'm going to be a serial killer and they're trying to be supportive about it!"
"I am willing to commute your detention into something that will take as long. And is arguably worse."
Petunia nodded fast enough that her ponytail nearly whipped her in the face. Thestra hesitated and said "What?"
Luna's grin barely revealed her teeth, like a thin crescent moon and just as dark.
"Welcome, new members!" cried Spot.
"Geology Club is best club!" added Rover.
"We show you all best digging spots around school." Fido chuckled and slapped Thestra on the back. "Or maybe you show us!"
"Um, yeah." Petunia plastered on a smile as she helped Thestra back to her feet. "Great."
"We are never getting on Miss Luna's bad side again," Thestra whispered.
Petunia considered the three boys with forearms like Porthole the Sailor Man and the hygiene of pigs, and nodded in agreement. "We are recruiting more members. First. Thing."
Bonechip just chattered his incisors.
Unsurprisingly, the squirrel made of bones was very popular among the diamond dog aspects. Thestra is from one of the IDW comics; her special talent appears to be magical X-rays, though it may extend to more general osteomancy.
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A paleontologist and an osteomancer walk into a bar...
...Trying to be supportive. Now that's disturbing.
And now I'm imagining crossing over the Dirk Gently tv series, and the Holistic Assassin. Sure Sunset wouldn't want to create a role like that, but sometimes the universe needs a delete key...
(I kid, Sunset would not actually do this. Probably. But it's interesting to think about.)
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The universe might need a delete key, but anyone who thinks they have the right to be the one pushing the button is deluding themselvess.
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But then who does push it?
So who else will show up from comics? cosmos?
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Sure. The quirk with the Holistic Assassin was that she was empowered by the Fundamental Interconnectedness of Things (so Harmony) and to do that
(not really spoilers but to be safe)
She couldn't be hurt, being protected by 'coincidences' to the point that putting a loaded gun to her head and pulling the trigger would make it misfire. And anyone she decided to kill, which she did seemingly at random, would turn out to have been guilty of something horrible. So like waving at a person to distract them as they crossed the street and getting them hit by a car? They'd turn out to have been keeping abducted people imprisoned in their house.
Like I said, way too dark for this setting and Sunset wouldn't do that. But it's another, much more morally ambiguous way that the power of Harmony can manifest. So it's interesting to think about. Especially if it comes up in a conflict with another universe where the embodiment of Harmony isn't nearly as nice and forgiving as Sunset and Sparkalon are.
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Ideally, nobody. Leave that up to God or whatever.
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So, Sunset?
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Were the people she killed always secretly evil, or did they retroactively become evil because she killed them?
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...I never even considered that possibility and it's quite creepy. In the show they were already evil and would have otherwise gotten away with it, but there's a good horror story in the alternative.
I clicked on the link and saw the most adorable-est unicorn filly ever
And yes, I'm aware of the skeletal stuff, but considering that context is the least scariest thing I've seen, I stand by my analysis above :3
I don't like Luna in this chapter, hope this comes back to bite her in the ass.
This makes me wonder about the limits of osteomancy. Did Thestra actually reanimate the skeleton, or did she just move it like a puppet?
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Combustible lemons certainly have...
... (Wait for it...)
... Appeal!
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Harmony is created through the balance of chaos and order
In essence harmony is the yin yang
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She found students excavating school grounds without permission and decided to punish them by showing them a club relevant to their interests. What's the problem?
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Yeah but with the Diamond dogs? And the way they seem to be looking at the squirrel, she pick the one group that ruin their love of their cutie marks.
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squeals in glee
Boss noticed me!
But seriously, the Pvz plants would be a botanical nightmare.....