(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXstck3A4ko) What has been seen, cannot be unseen. Though the streets of a dead Ponyville are past him now, the memories of it will linger with Nar for the rest of his life.  The Astral Highway System offers no comfort to a weary soul, such as his. It's unfathomable expanses, and those that lurk within offer no solace. Only confusing routes, vast emptiness, crushing loneliness, and an unhealthy dose of paranoia. Nar set out into the AHS in search of a way h...

Spoils the post a bit, but I want to give fair warning for the people who aren't comfortable with these kinds of topics. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xca0tutOOU)  The lifeless streets of Ponyville slowly fade over the horizon. The road ahead is barren, save for the occasional abandoned, or damaged vehicle. Along the road into the countryside of Ponyville, a lone stallion treads. Alone, on edge, and unsure of just where he really is, Nar scans his surroundings constantly while making his w...

Sunlight peers through the bedroom window at just the right angle. Nar's eyes register the sunlight through his closed eyelids, causing his brain to send signals to the rest of the body to wake up. With a grunt of effort, Nar slowly manages to roll himself over to dangle his legs over the edge of his bed. Even before he opens his eyes, Nar can tell he's overslept again. He reaches his arms up to rub the sleep from his eyes. They feel heavy. As though they'd somehow become solid stone overnight. ...

(https://youtu.be/-5R9CrRkELo) Up before the sun begins to peek over the horizon, Nar prepares himself for another early day at his restaurant. He's as careful as can be when getting ready. He doesn't want to wake Amy, or Kishi up early. Shower, brush teeth, clothing, breakfast. An everyday routine by now. Nar's been working the 4 AM shift for over a year now. After his father was diagnosed over a year ago, he wanted to make sure his son would be able to take on all the duties of the restaurant...

Following a filling breakfast, and a little bit of quality time with his son, Kishi, Nar exits his house for his skate to work for the day.  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d_gB3HbcGw) The warm, spring sun rests high in the sky, informing Nar that he's at least 4 hours, if not more, late for opening like he's supposed to be. After all, he's the owner of Yakushisoba now, and he has a duty to uphold his late father's legacy of hard work, and dedication! Wait... No... He doesn't own the res...

Filming has wrapped up for the day at studio 12. As the sun sets, the film crew packs up to retire to their lodgings for the night. Silver Stone sits in his trailer, enjoying a nice meal whipped up by his personal chef as he winds down for the night. He takes a bite of the chicken cordon bleu masterfully crafted by Chef Gustav, and is brought back to a night from last week. Sat across from him is a cute, pink mare with long, blonde hair. She's dressed to the nines in a cutesy gothic dress, compl...

With both Ruby, and Roy having been knocked out of the celebrity beef, as well as the majority of Silver's film crew, the beef has slowed down quite considerably. Nar, and Juno don't want to risk another attack on the film studio, and Silver hasn't even been seen in public since the last one. There is that strange fake Nar running around somewhere, but it hasn't been seen since it knocked Roy out of the beef. At this point, Nar is wondering if Silver wants to end the beef in a draw, but just isn...

Summer, 2007, Lake Evertide Campgrounds, Ponyville.  (https://youtu.be/kQ1IuVQ81KU) The call of a bugle signals the start of a new day for Colt Scout troop 10. In their shared tent scouts Nar, and Juno rouse from their slumber. Both nine year olds slip out of their sleeping bags, and do their best to neatly roll them up before exiting the tent. Once out of their tent, the best friends meet up with the rest of their troop for breakfast. Among the large group of 7-10 year olds are a handful ...

The fight through the movie studio has been a grueling one. Despite being heavily outnumbered, Nar, and his friends have managed to make good headway. Though, with the amount of enemies they're going up against, attrition is taking it's toll. After the four manage to clear the film set, Roy is forced to retreat, as he's pretty beat up. Juno decides to go with him, just in case any of the film crew are lying in wait for them. That leaves Nar, and Ruby to push forward to Silver's trailer. Pushing ...

Tonight, Nar is having his friends, and family over for dinner. He's done all the necessary prep to ensure everything goes smoothly. However, as he takes stock of the ingredients he's going to need, he realizes that he's running low on a few of the vegetables he needs to make the broth for his soup! Looks like he's gonna have to do some shopping!  After dropping Cookie off at his parents house, Nar dons his skates, pulls his goggles over his eyes, and peels out down the street. Thankfully, th...

Four (somewhat) young adults sit in the living room of Nar's Ponyville home. Juno, Ruby, and Roy listen to Nar as he goes off about his meeting with the school about Cookie's bully. Turns out, the bully's mother is a complete karen who thinks her little angel can do no wrong. The father didn't pay an ounce of attention during the meeting, and the representative from the school wasn't a help at ALL. In the end, Nar told both the school, and the bully's parents that if the bullying didn't stop, he...

Ever since Silver Stone started shooting a movie in Ponyville, things have changed for the town. In some ways, worse than others. For starters, entire streets would shut down for days while filming was being done on them. Nar was already hearing his mother complaining about her commute to her office nearly doubling because of it. It would have more affect on Nar, were it not for the Astral Highway doors scattered across the town. Film crew blocking the route to school for Cookie? There's an Astr...

It's been a while since Nar, and his two best friends have gotten to just hang out. Sure, they've gotten to meet up at restaurants, and done some band practice. However, there's always been others present during those meetings. It's just not the same as Nar, Asuka, and Juno hanging out by themselves. This afternoon, the trio is on a walk down to Ponyville's shopping district to look at a local entertainment store. "I'm just glad you're doing better, man. Finding out you ended up in the psych...

With Ponyville High School's hockey team winning their first round playoff game, they've advanced to the quarterfinals. The last time the team managed to do so was 7 years ago. As such, it's becoming a pretty popular topic around the town. Which Nar may, or may not have a hand in perpetuating. Local newspapers are posting stories about the team. From their rocky start as 2 schools merged together, to their recent playoff win, and even speaking of rumors that the school board intends to cut the t...

Shelf upon shelf of trophies line the walls of the hallway leading to Ponyville High School's front office. Many are for football, many more for baseball, some for cheerleading, basketball, and even some for lacrosse, gymnastics, track and field, and even cross country. Notably, of the many shelves of trophies, there is only one, tiny shelf featuring a handful of trophies for hockey. The most recent being the 'runner-up' trophy from 2016, when Nar, and Juno helped the team make it to the champio...

(https://youtu.be/ND-4SmGaGyU?si=nzM76Y-H2KpG8BJN) Asahi Yakushi cruises through the streets of Ponyville in his 1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z. Inside, Asahi bobs his head along to one of the songs he produced. An 80's inspired synthwave piece with a very "Lunar Bay" feel. He drums his fingers on the cover of his steering wheel, very much happy to not be in Baltimare traffic for once. It's not often that he comes back to his hometown, and he really wishes he could visit more. Unfortunately, hi...

Ponyville Rec Center Ice Hockey Rink, 3rd Quarter, 3 Minutes left in the game. (Actually did my research on high school hockey for once.) The score is 2-2. The rec center is the most crowded it's been all season. Every seat in the bleachers, and many areas around the rink are full of students, and fans from both Ponyville High, and West Manehatten High. This is a huge game for both teams. It's the last game of the regular season, and both teams need a win in order to make it to the playoffs. Ju...

After two days in the Psychiatric ward, Nar has been cleared for release. As per the suggestion of his family, Nar, and Cookie will be staying with Betty, and Kisho for the foreseeable future. At least, until Nar feels he's ready to live on his own again. Cookie is excited to get to spend so much time with her grandparents, and Nar is relieved to know they'll be there to look after her if he-... If he needs them to. Dinner has just finished up. After everyone helps clean the table, and the di...

Things have... Not been going well as of late. When Nar was first diagnosed with Schizophrenia, he did exactly what the psychiatrist told him to. He'd taken his medication every day, gotten himself a service dog, and kept close contact with his friends, and family. If he had any particularly bad hallucinations, he'd told his therapist, and worked through ways to cope with them. That all stopped when Autumn was involved in a horrible accident. It's been almost a week now, and the hospital staff ...

9:35 P.M, Ponyville Rec Center Ice Hockey Rink. 4th Quarter, 1 minute on the clock. The score is 3-3. Glint Goldensnaps glides up to the central face off circle. His teammates at his sides, and back. The cheering of the crowd is nearly deafening in his ears. Of the 3 home games the team has played since their season started, he's never seen the stands full like this before. Up until this game, Ponyville High School hasn't really given two craps about their hockey team. It makes sense though. ...

Rusty sits within the garage of his mechanic's shop. Around him, 10 other stallions sit, or stand while engaged in a fairly heated conversation. After weeks of laying low, they set back out to putting up posters, and spraying graffiti around town last week. Sure enough, two days ago, someone took down all the posters they put up   "Is that 'Woke Warrior' such a no-life that he's just looking for our work every night?!" Copper Coil, a local electrician rants, throwing his hands into the air. "Or...

Rusty's Fix-er-Up is a reputable mechanic shop in Ponyville. Owned, and operated by an older gentleman who customers only know as "Rusty", the shop is considered one of the best in town. Rusty is knowledgeable, quick, earnest, and all around, a great guy! He'll fix your car up quick, and only do what needs to be done! None of that snake oil crap about needing a new alignment screw, or stuff like that! He's an honest, fair, and kind business owner, who really cares about his customers! At least, ...

One good thing about Cookie being in school now was that Nar could run boring errands without having to bore her to death by bringing her with him. Today's errand was a shopping run to grab everything he needs to make dinner for the next few nights. With only 10 minutes before school lets out, he glides into his driveway atop his rollerblades, and hurries to the front door. He can barely hold his excitement as he fumbles for his keys to unlock the door. He's going to make omurice tonight! It's o...

Well, that was a lot easier than Nar had thought it would be. When his old teammate, Red, told him that Ponyvillle High was looking for a new hockey coach, he had expected there to be some sort of test or something. Instead, when Nar walked into the office of the administrator in charge of appointing a new coach, he got a short interview, and was asked a few questions. At the end he was told “You’re the only applicant who’s even played hockey before. When can you start?” Turns out, there was ...