Page 1373 - Mine Field
5th May 2020, 6:00 AM

Author: GreatDinn

Guest Author’s Note: “So, this is it! The climax of the arc. This is actually the moment that has been in my head since I started thinking about this project…uh, three years ago? Four? I’m not great with time. It’s gone through some changes, but the core of it is still there. (The “They aren’t your friends…” line was literally the first line I ever wrote for this whole comic.)

I mean, look at it! It was perfect! Sunset goes through so many emotions in these scenes, and they mapped really, really well on someone who cares a lot for something realizing that they’ve hurt it in some way.

I hope that it comes across as well in comic form as it did in my imagination, because…well, MD isn’t the only one whose been stuck in their head about things, and subsequently having a not so pleasant reaction to things not quite working out like they anticipated. Screen-cap comics have some truly unique problems that I was not prepared for.

There’s just three pages left to go from here. For those of you who have enjoyed the comic: I sincerely and truly thank you from the bottom of my heart. And for those of you who haven’t: I sincerely and truly thank you for your patience.”

Newbiespud’s Note: And speaking of climaxes and endings, we had what’s going to be our last Stars Without Number session this weekend, ending on a heist and earning one’s freedom to explore the galaxy.
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Twilight Sparkle: We need to stop.
MD: Then you forfeit your turn. Sunset lunges at you and takes the crown. Anyone else? Thought not. The crown begins to glow as magical power surges through Sunset. You hear her voice through a pillar of light.
MD: “Just couldn’t let things be, could you? Had to ruin all of my hard work.” The energy in the crown swells, and Sunset morphs into a demonic entity.
FS: Are you…crying?
MD: Is this more your speed, Twilight? A big, world-ending villain that a whole campaign could be built around…provided you don’t ruin it in a single night?
Twilight Sparkle: I think we all need to calm down and talk this out.
MD: Why? Because you know what’s best for all of us? Because you’re the “expert” in this crowd? Because you know how to trick a bunch of first timers into making you the star?
Twilight Sparkle: No. I just don’t want anyone to say something they regr-
MD: SHUT UP! THESE AREN’T YOUR FRIENDS, AND THIS ISN’T YOUR GAME. IT’S MINE.
RD: Hey DM?
MD: What!?
RD: It’s our game. And you sure aren’t acting like our friend.
MD: W-what? O-oh no…No…I…I didn’t mean…What am I doing? What have I done? I…I…
Twilight Sparkle: TIME OUT!