A short, but necessary preface


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                                                If you know what the deal is with this Ride, this paste isn't for you. This is, instead, for the people who potentially stumble onto this old dream with little to no knowledge.

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                                                Hey, fuckers, welcome to the PonePaste for My Little Persona Quest: Social Links Are Magic. This was a CYOA, created by the writefag Igor, that took place from October of 2014 to around September/October of 2015, and it was filled to the brim with ponies, Persona, stupid choices, and great moments. Unfortunately for you, the primo way to access this story was to truly be in the threads, arguing, speculating, and making choices with a bunch of Anons desperate for the best possible ending. You can somewhat experience this with the help of DesuArchive, but I have no idea how long it'll last before the site fails like Moe.

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                                                In addition, the original Pastebins that had Parts 1-7, which was archived by Mojochan, were hit hard by Pastebin's freakout over adult and political content in like 2020. With the exception of Parts 3, 5, and 7, all of the other Parts were locked away, and without any way to contact Mojochan, this CYOA became partial lost media. As one of the faggots who took part in the Ride, I hated that, but I couldn't get myself to bother archiving other sources of the Ride, both because I'm lazy, and this CYOA is fucking huge. Maybe it was fate, I told myself, that a dream got lost forever after the dreamer woke up.

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                                                But then I saw someone actually posted a SLAM thread in the year of Our Lord 2025, and while it was shit and empty, since we stopped doing anniversary threads back in 2020-2021, it lit a fire in me. People actually still remembered the dream a bunch of faggots created over a decade ago, enough to make threads. And those people, potentially including people who never properly enjoyed the Ride in the first place, had no easy way to enjoy the original CYOA. And so, for the entirety of a lonely 4th of July, I set about scouring the old threads that DesuArchive still had, copying and pasting each of the posts Igor originally posted into Notepad. It was a pain in the ass, and thanks to Parts 1 and 2 both being lost, I'd have to jury-rig a natural split that wasn't too awkward, but, hey, I have a summer free enough to do this.

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                                                Turns out it was mostly a waste of time: the Wayback Machine had snapshots of all of the missing pastebins, so I used those along with the remaining ones to repost the original 7 parts Mojochan made back in the day. However, the final part they finally put together almost 2-3 years after the Ride ended, Part 8, has no snapshot, so I had to manually create it. But ultimately, 99.7% of the original My Little Persona Quest: Social Links Are Magic CYOA is in this PonePaste account. This includes the Ride, the multiple canon clops written by Igor, and the official DLC Igor wrote during our first reunion in 2016. There is a section of Part 8 that is completely lost to time. However, I've included context for Part 8 that properly conveys what happened during the missing part. If that isn't enough, then tough shit, I guess.

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                                                THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PASTE, AND I SWEAR TO GOD, IF ANY OF Y'ALL MOTHERFUCKERS FORGET THIS, OR IGNORE THIS, I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASSES. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, that is posted in this account's pastes, with the sole exceptions of this paste and a specific section of Part 8, was written by the writefag Igor. I AM NOT IGOR, AND I DO NOT CLAIM TO BE IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM. Yes, I'm a complete fucking dumbass for naming this account DA instead of Igor or WF-Igor. Hindsight is 20/20, and I can't be assed to make a brand new account. This entire account is meant for me to hold onto what remains of an old dream that shaped my life, and I do not, and will never claim credit for ANY of Igor's work.

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                                                Finally, here are links to the DesuArchive list of threads the Ride was originally on, as well as the Pastebins for Mojochan and WF-Igor. They're wildly incomplete from their original content back in the day, thanks to the purge, but credit must be given where it's due:

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                                                DesuArchive List: https://desuarchive.org/mlp/search/subject/My%20Little%20Persona/page/5/

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                                                Mojochan's Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/u/mojochan

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                                                WF-Igor's Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/u/WF-Igor

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                                                And remember: We only ask that you accept full responsibility for the choices you make. For ye chooseth this fate of your own free will.