This story is a sequel to Sick Little Ponies (And One Dragon)
Everypony gets sick sometimes. A number will try to ignore it. Some fight through it, even when they shouldn't. Others make sure they succumb as quickly as possible, and that everypony around them knows it. One or two might refuse to admit anything's wrong at all. But eventually, everypony will fall ill.
Alicorns. Activists. Ordinary citizens. And possibly a minotaur.
It's time to bring in some new patients.
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(While this is listed as a sequel, the main connection to the original is in theme. No knowledge of the earlier stories is required.)
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When one of the Sisters sneeze, the rest of the world panics about the world dying as the celestial bodies stop moving.
Luna has heard THAT before
The Element of Elements
Chapter 2 "The Old Problem"
This experience does not inspire confidence
I swear, you write the best Luna.
Yep, this is going to bite Luna in the flank.
Luna, you little brat!
Keep up the good work. I wanna see where this goes.
Frankly, the position is long overdue.
In any case, brilliant look at the world’s oldest bratty little sister, even if she’d strongly object to such a label. I half-expected the other luncheon attendees to crowd around her in the hopes of catching a nasty case of Nightmares. Looking forward to further installments.
... Luna, honey, you're a politician too.
I liked it. Thank you for taking the time to write despite the way the month went.
I guess Sick Little Pony III should be about a kidney stone.
oh, something about this reminded me of an old "Green Lantern Corps" comic book:
this planet was a genuine democracy, every dispute was handed by voting.
when the planet was invaded, and a green lantern dropped his ring and lantern, they voted on whether or not to use it.
they were standing in line to vote while the invaders were dropping bombs on them!
they actually said no, because it would "make one person too special"!
BUT, one person defied that ruling, and put on the ring, and said the classic oath. (he had trouble saying the "beware MY power" part)
he defeated the invaders, BUT wound up as ruler, so ANYONE who had ANY problem asked HIM.
the story ends with a married couple asking him to help then decide what color wallpaper their house should have.
Luna trying to avoid the Luncheon reminds me of one of my old favorite stories, "anything but the Gala", where Celestia keeps trying to get Luna to take her place at the Grand Galloping Gala, and Luna keeps coming up with excuses...
one excuse was that she "needed to calibrate the moon"!
Huh.
Luna as Typhoid Taylor.
At least in the end she listened to the doctor.
In a lot of ways, VB spent his entire residency training to be Luna's doctor.
There's a filly in everyone. Even Luna. (Whose inner filly is a little more headstrong than others...)
This was a good chapter. Looking forward to seeing more.
Most sneezes can be directed. An alicorn's sneeze is addressed "To Whom It May Concern"
So. How big of a part in the motivation for writing this chapter was to make "a ruler sneezes and the stock markets crash" literal? Which brings up the sequitur; who convinced ponies - a herd species - that stock markets are a good idea?
I swear Luna is always up to being no good in the best possible way.
With Luna's attempt to avoid the doctor by running from him, perhaps she has accidentally spread some novel variant of equufluenza around, this creating a common thread for this story?
ailicorn! Ooh! Used inside! Cool!
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awww! Great friendship from all the visitors! And character growth! ... through another's adversity!
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I was thinking that everyone would get sick from visiting her, but apparently not! Yay!
Heh. Bathrooms bookends.
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Typo:
I'll be right here" > I'll be right here."
Not to be confused with her twin sister Seethia, who, funny enough, teaches anger management classes.
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And the less said about Maldia, the better
"We have a better writer! You don't have to be idiots!"
"Sorry, force of habit."
And the irony is that Misty's proving impressively adept at making poisons. Opaline might almost be proud of her enterprising little assassin. Almost.
Great installment of the collection and a fascinating meditation on the unique horror of a friend who's done the unprecedented going in a less than pleasant direction. Thank you for it.
Well I think sooner or later she will have her revenge. Probably nothing more then something silly.
When did Hitch and Sunny date?
How ... how do you attach leeches to an exposed, indestructible, bone?!
Well, at least they were all trying to help -- in their own ways.
The irritating thing is that getting used to how things should have been all along is that the herd expects the one being shunned to do the heavy lifting reconciliation-wise.
Should be either "had woken up," or "woke up."
Missing a period here.
Interesting and humorous story all around.