Legendary Emerald

Serah felt warm; a pleasant change from waking up chilled to the bone in a dirty alleyway. But just because the morning had decided to treat her with some semblance of good will didn't make her want to greet it any time soon. She was tired, and needed whatever rest she could get. But soon, more feelings came to her. Grass tickled her nose, and the ground was much too soft for concrete. And the heat was far too intense, seeming to come from inside of her as well as out. Now fully alert, Serah's eyes shot open. A thick mass of the most vibrant grass imaginable clouded her vision, and only ended where the rich blue horizon began. She tried to push herself up off of the ground, but her movements were sluggish and uncoordinated, and she ended up flopped over on her side. “Drugged?” she mumbled to herself, leaning her head over to look up. There was no one around; just the grass, some scattered trees, and a tan horse that was talking to itself. “A horse talking to itself.” Serah ran that last part by herself again. She sighed, laying her head back down. “Definitely drugged...” She lay still as she tried to process this new information, and kept per ears pierced for the sound of approaching footsteps. The only noises to be heard came from the horse, but that didn't put her at ease. “Can't trust surroundings. Clearly suffering from an altered mind state; explains the fire in my gut, too.” Serah thought to herself. “Whoever drugged me hasn't noticed I'm awake yet, it seems. Have to strike fast.” Unfortunately, moving fast was something her body did not want to do at the moment. Her limbs bicycled aimlessly, and she tried shifting her weight over. After a few moments she managed to right herself, more out of luck than anything else, and was able to get a better look at the small but talkative horse. “Not just a talking horse; a talking unicorn pony.” she mused. “I wonder...” Serah managed to maneuver her hand up to her forehead. Her eyes betrayed no emotion as a red hoof appeared where her hand and arm should have been, and she felt a long, hard protrusion coming from her head. “Insane. If they can make this drug, why not sell it instead of using it as a knockout?” she wondered. “Unless these aren't just any assholes I'm dealing with...” Knowing now that the body she felt herself in was not her own, Serah made the mental adjustments necessary to get all four of her limbs placed firmly on the soil, and lifted herself up to her full height. The other unicorn still seemed to be talking to herself, and hadn't noticed Serah yet. Serah saw that they weren't as alone as she thought; many other ponies, some of the pegasus and unicorn variety, littered the field. Another one of them woke up, this one of the lime green variety, and with a controller of some sorts adorning his flanks. Serah decided to check her own rear, and saw a twisted flame symbol resting upon her flank. At the same time, she noticed a shocking pink ponytail, clearly connected to her head and serving as her mane. A similar pink tail trailed behind her. “The more things change, the more they stay the same...” "Just what the hell am I...? And what is going on?" the tan pony asked aloud, the first words Serah had bothered to pay attention to. “She doesn't know either?” Serah thought. “Could be a trick; can't let my guard down.”

My mother used to be a big gamer. I still have her old NES, SNES, and N64 in working condition. And I remember watching her play through Final Fantasy VII in its entirety when I was in second grade. Nowadays with her work schedule, she doesn't have much time to play games, and when she does it's usually of the arcade variety.

*Shrugs* I don't know. I was thinking of starting this up this idea again myself, with slightly different rules so as to make sure only people who would actually participate could apply, but I've got a lot on my plate right now.

Wow, I thought this thread was going to be about something completely different. I'm embarrassed.

When are people going to realize that "original" does not always equal "good", and "unoriginal" does not always equal "bad"? Something could definitely be said against a band that clearly does not know how to play instruments on their recordings, but musical taste is all a matter of preference. All this study does is give people with a personal vendetta against a certain genre fake "justification" for their taste. I don't listen to modern pop music, outside of what is produced by the brony music community, but it's not because I feel it is "bad" music. It's just that the lyrics typically don't appeal to me, and the singers have voices that tend to annoy me. But that's just me; I don't begrudge anyone who could enjoy those types of songs, because they don't hear and perceive things the way I do. tl;dr: Opinions, people. Yours aren't better than anyone else's in the matter.

Totally lost it there. I've had tons of weird conversations just like this. I post them on my tumblr sometimes.

Sorry if I sounded rude, but if you're going to try and go the extra mile and add flavor text, you should make it easy to read. Just follow standard writing rules and conventions in the future: for example, no more than one character should talk in a single paragraph, and dialogue shouldn't appear mid-paragraph.

Jeeze, this isn't like any mafia game I've played before. I have no clue what is going on. Aren't we supposed to know who died during the night? Or did no one die? The story text is formatted so poorly that I can barely read it.

I'd very much appreciate it. I've ran myself ragged looking for download links that haven't gone down, and found absolutely nothing.

I'm playing "Touhouvania" right now and I'm really enjoying it, especially the music. I can't find any download links to the other games in the series, though. Does anyone have working links of any of the games from 6 and onwards, bullet-hell or otherwise? Update: Beat "Touhouvania". Really great game, though the level layouts were a bit repetitive. But the addition of new enemy types ever level kept it feeling fresh, and I always looked forward to the next interesting boss fight. Speaking of, DAMN! That final fight was dramatic as hell, and equally as hard. Luckily you have 20 lives at the start of each continue, and you start right at the phase of the boss battle that you died at. Update 2: Downloaded, patched, and installed english language for Touhouvania 2. I haven't even entered the first level yet, and already this game is lookin' fiiiiine. UPDATE AGAIN: Played and beat Touhouvania 2 twice; once on easy mode, once on normal. As much as I liked the original, the sequel absolutely puts it to shame. This is possibly one of my all-time favorite games, now. Fantastic music, great graphics, amazing control and gameplay... the only negative is the nonsensical plot. Installing the English language patch was not worth it.

I dislike this "mayor" concept. To me, it makes no sense to elect someone as mayor when no one here knows anything about anyone else. It's a total crapshoot, and I don't want to risk giving godlike powers to a frickin' murderer. In the long run, electing a mayor may help us, but for now, I'd rather wait until one of us has been cleared of most, if not all, suspicion. But I'm not about to stop you all from making this potentially lethal decision. Just don't expect me to be part of this particular democratic process. Vote for mayor: No one

Welcome to the site Jeffhooooo I mean Jeffcolt. Dang, it's going to take me awhile to get used to that.

Well I don't know anything about Doctor Who, so I can't help too much. But you have an OC as one of the main characters, you say? There's quite a bit I can say about that. First of all, you should feel free to write what you want to write. But you should also be aware of reader's prejudices against OC characters and common traits they might have. You have to know how to introduce a good OC character so that readers don't automatically click away as soon as they hear a name they are unfamiliar with. Luckily for you, I happen to have written an article on the subject. It's lengthy though, so you might want to get a drink. Also, it doesn't cover everything when it comes to OCs, because it was originally written specifically for another fanfiction author who was dealing with a lot of hate against her OC. Included in spoiler tags so as not to drown this thread in unskippable text. Hope I was of some help.

Not sure; Crona didn't do anything either, and he runs this thing.