These days, it's not especially unusual to see somepony emerge from the woods. Although they're usually not quite this colorless. Or sporting such a cruel grin ( Read more... )

We hope you didn't need that large table in the middle of the floor, because it's currently occupied. At one end there sits a green-skinned, rag-clad fellow far too big for his chair; at the other there stands a small purple unicorn. The middle of the table features... well, quite a lot of brightly colored cards, really. Uno cards, as it happens. ( Read more... )

The Running of the Leaves is fast approaching, in which the citizens of Ponyville race through the surrounding forests in order to shake the autumn leaves off the trees. Twilight has been doing some practice running around the outskirts of town in the hopes of beating her record from last year ( Read more... )

[Out of Milliways: Protecting The Water Way with special guest star not_his_pa. Spoilers for Fallout 3 Broken Steel.]The back door opens outward on a comparatively chilly day in the Capital Wasteland, offering a vista of cracked concrete, ancient outdoor furniture, and the radioactive remains of the Potomac River. "Okay," says Ellen, poking her head through ( Read more... )

Fawkes has been doing some thinking, since his presence in Springvale would have caused problems during the investigation into the cult that had stolen Megaton's water shipments. It has been thinking primarily of the unpleasant, but necessary, variety. Just at the moment, he's looking for other people's thoughts on the subject ( Read more... )

We all have that one friend who pulls out a camera and takes pictures like mad at every social gathering, right? In Twilight's circle of friends, it's Spike. You wouldn't know it, but the baby dragon is quite the little shutterbug. He's not quite so diligent about getting the film developed, though; some of the pictures he just brought back from ( Read more... )

One day, Fawkes is going to come through the door at the same time as Ellen. Today is just not that day. Fortunately, there's no real problem with the separation- just a moment's confused looking-around before the mutant shrugs and heads for the bar.

There's a package waiting for him. And a note, which he reads."I must remember to thank Ben when ( Read more... )

It's been awhile since Red's been around these parts, and he's quite thrilled to have the Bar show up as he's walking into Manning's empty office ( Read more... )

Sometime prior to this thread, Alyx Vance enters Milliways and makes a beeline for the Bar. "Give me something substantial that I haven't had before," she says as she clambers up onto a stool. "I'm in one of those moods."

The plate that materializes in front of Alyx looks something like this, only larger and more varied. Alyx beams, grabs a piece ( Read more... )

The Bar produced an odd note today when Fawkes came up to return his latest book. He peered at it a while, then shrugged and made his way behind the bar. After some thought the specials sign went up:

Special Tonight:

Discuss philosophy, morality, or ethics with the Bartender
for five minutes
and your order is 50% off.After a bit he added one more ( Read more... )