3. A Tale of Two Historians

[fourthgenerationprincess]

[ Twilight Sparkle and Nico Robin are sitting in the library, next to an enormous book. Residents of Luceti may have noticed Robin doesn't leave the house without Twilight these days. That's right, she has her own seeing-eye pony. Twilight waves to the camera. ]

Hi, everypony! So, Robin and I had an idea recently…

[ Robin seems faintly amused at the enthusiastic pony, keeping a hand on her neck. Though whether for support or comfort it's hard to say. ]

Though the stories of the past are chronicled here, there is very little in the way of important stories of memories made in Luceti. To that end, we've decided to collect and archive them so that they will be available to those unfortunates in the future who may need inspiration of their own.

[ Twilight nods. ] It'll be sort of like Luceti's own history book! We've started writing down our own stories and those of people we know, but there's a lot of history missing, so we're going to need all the help we can get. We'll be around the village for the next few days gathering your stories. You can tell us anything that's happened to you -- however interesting or mundane, we'll find a place for it!

We also accept the macabre. Since every history has a dose of unrelenting horror. [ She smiles. ]

That's right. And you can come down to the library, too - we'll be here frequently, and we'll set up a submission box if you'd rather give us your stories anonymously. We'll see you around!


[ Twilight and Robin may be found around the village this week, knocking on doors of various households and finding people on the street. You may also find them at the library, or donate anonymous stories to the submission box. ]

Comments

[i_speak_softly]

[Don skips the "friends" answer and goes directly to something else.]

What I learned about what happens to me at home.

[toujoursfluer]

You wish for a chance to change the future? [that was a prospect she hadn't considered]

should we continue during Twilight's hiatus?

[i_speak_softly]

[He nods. He feels strongly about this, but the details are hard to talk about.]

sure! (though it's been a while orz)

[toujoursfluer]

It's a dangerous wish, I think. It could be a change for the better or the much worse. Like the tales of the wishing stone or monkeys paw. Have you heard them?

[i_speak_softly]

I don't think so.

[toujoursfluer]

Essentially, you wish for something and it's granted. But, however innocuous these wishes might be, there are terrible consequences. For example, a young man wishes for fortune and he gets it in the will of some relative who dies in an unfortunate tragedy.

[i_speak_softly]

Oh...

Knowing what's going to happen to me, I don't think I could make it worse.

[Then again, Turtle Luck.]

[toujoursfluer]

I couldn't say. [and she's not going to pry into the details. It's his own tragedy, whatever it is] Still I hope things work out for the best.

[i_speak_softly]

Thanks. [He blinks, coming fully back to reality.] Did I answer your questions?

Writing a reason for her being quiet during all this, YEP

[fourthgenerationprincess]

Hold on. [ Twilight had gotten distracted by taking notes and by looking something up in a nearby book, but now she points to Donatello. ] Telling yourself what happens in the future isn't always a good idea. I did it once and not only did I make everything worse, but I created the situation whereby I needed to tell myself what happened in the first place!