Fluorescence's mom helps run the pony side of the portal between Equestria and Earth. Taylor's mom does a similar job on the human side. So Fluor has known Taylor for, like, ever, and they share a fascination with the portal and how it works. This fascination only occasionally leads to interdimensional disasters.
A magical universe and a science-based universe may sit uneasily side by side, but friendship knows no boundaries.
This is an entry in the Science Fiction Contest III.
Neat concept, So magic is essentially ionizing radiation to humans then?
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The two phenomena have very similar effects...
Mike
Why are we doing Lorentz transformations
Oh my god i love this, all of this
Ooh, that was excellent! Good luck with the contest.
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I personally find that Lorenz transformations make for good morning calisthenics...
Mike
Fascinating stuff throughout. I admit, magic being a force of reliably irreproducible results makes me start wondering about patterns too complex to calculate. In other words, chaos. Clearly Discord's ruining it for everyone.
In any case, fantastic demonstration of kids being kids... up to and including putting themselves in mortal peril when they didn't think about the consequences. Thanks for a great read and best of luck in the judging.
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Sounds like Magic is just a probability field run amok.
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Just before everything starts exploding in the story, I wanted to have the narrative say, "And then all Hell broke loose." But since we're in Fluor's pony POV, that wouldn't work. So instead, it says, "And then all Discord broke loose." So yeah, there's clearly some of that going on...
Mike
So our physics turns ponies to stone? Not quite as bad as that other story where it makes them melt...
Let's hope some other fictional worlds are not the result of the author getting entangled (say, the Cthulhu mythos).
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Is dangerous stuff--like barbecue sauce in its own way, I suppose...
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I think that's the first time I've seen petrification as a consequence of magical deprivation. Nasty way to go.
Also, great idea using quantum entanglement as the explanation for the show's accuracies.
That was a fantastic read!
Hey, this is good! Aww! It's "complete"! I could stand more stories set in this interesting universe!
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I'll take any excuse to have a unicorn discussing physics, but I don't have any plans to continue this, I'm afraid.
Mike
Wholesome, sweet, delightful. Thank you for writing this -- reading it brought me joy.
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That's pretty much what this one was supposed to be and do.
Mike