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Wrong Tie

By Uh-hmmm
Created: 2020-12-21 04:08:12
Expiry: Never

  1. 1.
    > You can't take it anymore.
  2. 2.
    > You nail your tie to the ceiling and jump off your chair.
  3. 3.
    > It's longer than you thought, but you suffocate, no regrets.
  4. 4.
     
  5. 5.
    > You wake up in an attic somewhere, and wonder who thought that was a good place for an insufficiently dead body.
  6. 6.
    > You get to your hooves and don't freak out because you have bigger fish to fry; ie yourself.
  7. 7.
    > You check to see if you still have your neck tie for round two.
  8. 8.
    > The good news is that you do. The bad news is that it is stuck; can't loosen or tighten.
  9. 9.
    > You try to walk down the stairs, and immediately tumble down what feels like an eternity of stairs, but which is probably only one flight, a tight corner, then another flight.
  10. 10.
    > You had been hoping that the stairs would finish the job, but you only feel bruised.
  11. 11.
    > Someone gasps, and you get the feeling there may be a surprise party in your future.
  12. 12.
    > You get to your hooves and see you are behind the counter in Sugarcube Corner.
  13. 13.
    > Everyone is standing still, some in mid bite, and one pony is just sitting there, coffee pouring into his mouth, then dribbling down his chin.
  14. 14.
    > Only Pinkie Pie is moving, and she is having a hard time getting around a clump of ponies at the counter.
  15. 15.
    > You make eye contact with Mrs. Cake, and her face relaxes. She says,
  16. 16.
    "You shouldn't have worn that tie."
  17. 17.
    > That's weird.
  18. 18.
    "I'm not sure the tie was the problem. It held out for longer than I did."
  19. 19.
    > Mrs. Cake takes one unnaturally jerky step towards you.
  20. 20.
    "That tie was a gift."
  21. 21.
    > You start to suspect that you are not talking to Mrs. Cake.
  22. 22.
    > Pinkie Pie heaves you over the counter, and you slide into the legs of someone.
  23. 23.
    > She tosses you onto her back and starts bouncing out of the shop.
  24. 24.
    > Out of the corner of your eye, you see Mrs. Cake return to her former position.
  25. 25.
    > The streets of Ponyville are just as unnaturally still, and you have the presence of mind not to look anyone in the eye.
  26. 26.
    > At the town limits, Pinkie Pie sets you down and shakes her mane.
  27. 27.
    > Space curls around both of you, and you find yourself in a white, padded room with an airlock.
  28. 28.
    > You spend the next few days in mildly unpleasant isolation.
  29. 29.
    > Food and water teleport in, waste products teleport out.
  30. 30.
    > On the fourth day, a voice tells you to leave.
  31. 31.
    > The airlock opens, and you exit.
  32. 32.
    > The halls are bare concrete with white, shining gems set into the walls and ceiling.
  33. 33.
    > There is only one other airlock, and you go through.
  34. 34.
    > It is a nearly identical room to the last one, except for a small plexiglass window in the wall.
  35. 35.
    > The airlock closes behind you.
  36. 36.
    > You step a little closer to see on the other side of the window, there is a nervous looking pony with a short cropped mane and a tag on his ear that reads,
  37. 37.
    "D55847"
  38. 38.
    > He is frozen like the ponies in Ponyville.
  39. 39.
    > You look away, highly nervous yourself.
  40. 40.
    > You hear a voice telling you to look at the other pony.
  41. 41.
    > You shake your head.
  42. 42.
    > The voice tells you that you can go to the other cell if you do.
  43. 43.
    > Reluctantly, you look into the eyes of the frozen pony.
  44. 44.
    > His face relaxes.
  45. 45.
    "You shouldn't have worn that tie."
  46. 46.
    > You shakily answer,
  47. 47.
    "Believe me, I know."
  48. 48.
    > The pony continues, only slightly muffled by the window.
  49. 49.
    "That tie was a gift."
  50. 50.
    > You back away, keeping your eyes on the pony. He continues.
  51. 51.
    "That tie was for me."
  52. 52.
    > The pony lifts his hooves up and places them on the window.
  53. 53.
    "I was supposed to live forever."
  54. 54.
    > You look away, thoroughly spooked.
  55. 55.
    > Out of the corner of your eye, you see the pony get back down, and resume his nervous expression.
  56. 56.
    > You turn to the airlock, and wait.
  57. 57.
    > The voice asks if you would please look one more time.
  58. 58.
    > You shake your head.
  59. 59.
    > Forty five minutes later the airlock opens, and you return to what you now think of as your room.
  60. 60.
    > You curl up in a corner and try not to dream.
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    -The End.

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