Page 551 – Jury of Fears

Personally, I can’t stand zombies. Well, that’s not quite true – there’s enough of them in action games nowadays that you either deal with it or miss out on a lot of unique play. But I’ve still never been a fan of any horror-genre depiction of a zombie apocalypse; I just can’t handle it.

And before anyone points out one of the players I’m currently DMing is a necromancer: That’s different. In… some way I haven’t thought of yet.

(beat)

Princess Luna: …That should do it. I hope. Against all odds, we pulled it off.

Twilight Sparkle: Let’s hope so. I can’t believe we botched the first Arcana check – twice – before we actually succeeded…

Rainbow Dash: The timing on the spiders could’ve been a LITTLE better.

Twilight Sparkle: And while I think the zombie metaphor in your speech was thematically appropriate for tonight… It might’ve been the wrong audience for it.

Princess Luna: How was I to know there were so many ponies in zombie costumes?! Bah, no matter. We scared the children. Time to see if our counter-intuitive ploy works.

Pinkie Pie: It’s intuitive if you think about it!

DM: Something tugs at the end of Luna’s ethereal mane. It seems one of the foals doubled back to speak to her.

Princess Luna: Oh, a verdict already? Very well, let’s hear it. …Also, that is not a toy.