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A Story Not Unlike Winona
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"Welcome to Marigold's Tea Palace!"
"Heya, Marigold."
"Oh, why, hello there ___________. How are you?"
"I'm great; thank you for asking. I just finished the last of my entries for this month's Write Off. I'm finally grabbing breakfast now that I'm finished."
"A Write Off?"
"Yes, a Write Off. Twilight Sparkle hosts it. Unsurprising really."
"I've been known to pen a story or two in my time. Why haven't I ever heard of this 'Write Off'?"
"Well, I guess it's a tight-knit community. I only found out about it because one of my friends told me of its existence. Pretty funny story about him, actually."
"Oh? Well, seeing how its… just before eleven, so the morning rush is over but the lunch crowd has yet to arrive, the shop's pretty empty, as you can see. So why don't you tell me about this friend of yours and how they convinced you to join the write off event."
"Right, so, Twilight started the Write Off a few years ago after a talk with the book club she's in. Cheerilee runs that, by the way. She noted that there's all these literary events up in Canterlot, but that Ponyville is a bit backwater when it comes to writing original fiction. So she started a contest where writers could all agree on a prompt, and then submit their entries to her mailbox anonymously. She'd post them on the library bulletin board for all to see, and then everypony who entered, and those who didn't too, could vote on which were the best. Pretty cool system, really. Oh, and, uh, I guess I never ordered. Um, Vanilla Hazel Nut Coffee, five creamers, three sugar cubes."
"Goodness, _________, you're going to get diabetes!"
"Yeah, well, I like my coffee sweet."
"Okay, so this friend of yours told you about it?"
"Yeah. The funny thing is, his family name is Changéling. That 'e' has a little accent over it, but other than that, it's exactly what it sounds like. So he's always getting in trouble with the authorities, who think he's well, really bad at keeping his cover."
"So, do you think he's a changeling?"
"I don't know. But I do know one thing. This most recent write off, we both wrote horrible entries."
"Why would you do that?"
"Well, it can be fun to do stupid stuff sometimes. And as long as it's within the word limit, you can write whatever you want, and you can submit multiple entries. Well, he's been known to write [url= http://www.fimfiction.net/story/90127/my-harshwhinnial]purposely bad stuff[/url] here and there in the past, and he said he was going to do so again."
"And you are trying to write one that's even worse?"
"Nope. I want my story to be almost, but not quite as bad his. I hope together we sweep for last place."
"So, let me get this straight. You think your story is going to be almost dead last, correct?"
"Right."
"And you think the only author who submits a worse story is going to be the one who authorities are always confusing with an actual changeling?"
"Yes."
"So you're saying your story is going to be…"
"Just over the Horizon."
"Welcome to Marigold's Tea Palace!"
"Heya, Marigold."
"Oh, why, hello there ___________. How are you?"
"I'm great; thank you for asking. I just finished the last of my entries for this month's Write Off. I'm finally grabbing breakfast now that I'm finished."
"A Write Off?"
"Yes, a Write Off. Twilight Sparkle hosts it. Unsurprising really."
"I've been known to pen a story or two in my time. Why haven't I ever heard of this 'Write Off'?"
"Well, I guess it's a tight-knit community. I only found out about it because one of my friends told me of its existence. Pretty funny story about him, actually."
"Oh? Well, seeing how its… just before eleven, so the morning rush is over but the lunch crowd has yet to arrive, the shop's pretty empty, as you can see. So why don't you tell me about this friend of yours and how they convinced you to join the write off event."
"Right, so, Twilight started the Write Off a few years ago after a talk with the book club she's in. Cheerilee runs that, by the way. She noted that there's all these literary events up in Canterlot, but that Ponyville is a bit backwater when it comes to writing original fiction. So she started a contest where writers could all agree on a prompt, and then submit their entries to her mailbox anonymously. She'd post them on the library bulletin board for all to see, and then everypony who entered, and those who didn't too, could vote on which were the best. Pretty cool system, really. Oh, and, uh, I guess I never ordered. Um, Vanilla Hazel Nut Coffee, five creamers, three sugar cubes."
"Goodness, _________, you're going to get diabetes!"
"Yeah, well, I like my coffee sweet."
"Okay, so this friend of yours told you about it?"
"Yeah. The funny thing is, his family name is Changéling. That 'e' has a little accent over it, but other than that, it's exactly what it sounds like. So he's always getting in trouble with the authorities, who think he's well, really bad at keeping his cover."
"So, do you think he's a changeling?"
"I don't know. But I do know one thing. This most recent write off, we both wrote horrible entries."
"Why would you do that?"
"Well, it can be fun to do stupid stuff sometimes. And as long as it's within the word limit, you can write whatever you want, and you can submit multiple entries. Well, he's been known to write [url= http://www.fimfiction.net/story/90127/my-harshwhinnial]purposely bad stuff[/url] here and there in the past, and he said he was going to do so again."
"And you are trying to write one that's even worse?"
"Nope. I want my story to be almost, but not quite as bad his. I hope together we sweep for last place."
"So, let me get this straight. You think your story is going to be almost dead last, correct?"
"Right."
"And you think the only author who submits a worse story is going to be the one who authorities are always confusing with an actual changeling?"
"Yes."
"So you're saying your story is going to be…"
"Just over the Horizon."