Read Starlight Over Detrot with me.

The story is about.

Monster attacks. Crime. Illegal hallucinogens made from electric fruit.

They say things didn't use to be like this. They say things were different, before Luna came back 60 years ago, but Detective Hard "Hardy" Boiled of the Detrot Police Department has never known any world other than that demarcated by the seedy streets of his beloved decaying metropolis; a world in which the coroners sing and dance, surveillance bugs have personality disorders, and the Chief of Police is a scarier entity than most of the eldritch things the city attracts.

The grey unicorn who turned up dead outside the posh High Step Hotel seemed like just another case, but her missing horn is the pointy tip of a very large and nasty iceberg. It's up to Hardy and his friends - a rejected monster hunter, a psychic cab driver, and an underground antiques heir - to find out what’s going on in an investigation that promises to stick more than a cupcake into the very eye of Detrot.

Especially if Hardy has anything to say about it.

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Friday, April 16, 2021

Act One, Chapter 17: Meet the Gang

 Chapter 17: Published March 8th 2013 was on a Friday and was in week 10 of 2013.

As of this writing it was 2959 days ago

MLP FiM would publish Season 6, epi 5 "Gauntlet of Fire" on  April 16, 2016


  • -Keep out of reach of foals. Pinkie Pies
  • -Not to be used for the ballistic distribution of party favors.
  • -Not to be used for the ballistic distribution of party guests.
  • -This is a highly inefficient way of making cupcakes.
  • -Though we appreciate the business, do not stash all over town in case of shotgun emergency.

So escaping the boat hotel, they go over to the coffee shop.  All the bagels Hardy wants? Good luck keeping up. We get a little run down of the 4 being that are going to help. 

You know, I got to wonder what Hardy's taste in art is like?

Best I could do. 

Pain tells you that you’re alive and that your circumstances have become exciting.

Okay, that's not a griffin, but meh, close enough
“She fights for the Vivarium,” Zeta answered, lowering her chin onto one of the throw pillows. “Like many there, she is safe only within the confines of Miss Stella’s protection. Otherwise, I’m certain she would be locked away and her skills... nay, her very being... would be wasted in attempts to ‘fix’ her.”

“So why this mission?”

Zeta chewed at her tongue self-consciously before she replied, “Edina volunteers for every mission. Safewords don’t matter in combat situations.”

I like that even though Edina is clearly a mental mess, she is loved and accepted for who she is. Its okay that she's not normal and nobody is trying to fix her.  It reminds me of that an article that points out that Eeyore is depressed and all the the hundred acer woods accepts this and invites him to everything anyways. 

Having a spell that makes you bullet proof is pretty cool.  But if you like pain, putting it JUST inside your skin, makes sense.

“Explaining why I’m in a drug den in the company of a bunch of ninja prostitutes will probably mean my job, though... so let’s keep it as a last resort.”

The banter between Bake and Taxi. 

Screw a death threat. I’m sending Requisitions a cheesecake full of dynamite.

But Hardy, it's non-lethal. You just said she couldn't have a lethal weapon.

“You’re waiting in the car. Don’t touch the stereo or Taxi will use pressure points to make all the blood in your body flow backwards.”

You know, I believe she could

“We’re ready. Cosmo won’t know what hit him.”

****

“Hardy?”

“What is it, Sweets?”

“The school’s the other way.”

“Oh... uh... right."

Oh hey look, the chapter ended. Lets have a peek at the comments, 44

#43 · May 12th, 2020 ·  ·  ·

The concierge didn’t even bother to fake a smile as Taxi handed her the room keys. Her facial expression resembled a pinched goldfish as she pushed the freshly shined and polished wooden box across the front desk and into my waiting legs.

lmao I love how Hardy was like: "You know what? I would like my box of heart polished!"

#42 · Feb 3rd, 2020 ·  ·  ·

Congratulations on your departmental purchase/

I miss the Scholar.

-Not to be used for the ballistic distribution of party favors.
-Not to be used for the ballistic distribution of party guests.
-This is a highly inefficient way of making cupcakes.
-Though we appreciate the business, do not stash all over town in case of shotgun emergency.

I like how it appears company “rules” are dictated by “things we have to tell Pinkie Pie not to do” in the future.

And so much more

#33 · Jun 14th, 2015 ·  ·  ·

Only catching up with this story well after the fact, but I gotta comment on my progress so far. There've been some hints that Cosmo didn't actually kill Ruby Blue, but it's too early to say if they're foreshadowing or a red herring. Still, I have a very bad feeling that Cosmo really was framed for this. That, as much as Cosmo deserves to die, if our heroes take him out, they'll play right into the hooves/hands of someone much worse.

#32 · Apr 29th, 2015 ·  ·  ·

Such a perfect 'LETS DO THIS!!!!" moment..... Ruined by the MOST predictable common and over used but still funniest lines ever written- "It's the other way"


#31 · Apr 3rd, 2015 ·  ·  ·

Wow. Great chapter. Several things stood out.

1 I simply LOVE our little ragtag group we have heading to their deaths. Interesting balance of skills and personalities.

2 the imagery of said group. The description of all of them sitting ariund the lounge gave me the image of Hardy sitting on a small throne, Clockwork Orange style, Scarlet draped luxuriously along his lap, the Twins perched in front of him like stoic guard dogs, fully kitted out, Zeta and Taxi flanking the throne, leaning against it casually, as if daring somepony to try something, and Swift directly above, vested, wings unfurled. Just add Edina off to the side playing with yarn, and Hardy sipping casually from a coffee cup.

#27 · Apr 9th, 2014 ·  ·  · Illua

The heart wedged into my breast pocket squirmed and jumped occasionally and, while I’m ascribing an enchanted organ emotions, seemed enthusiastic about being out for a walk.

Oh boy! Oh boy! Just what I have always wanted! At last my very own pet pony heart!
I will hug him, and stroke him, and cuddle him and sing to him and call him George. :pinkiesmile:

They mention that Edina is prob half this and I think I agree


*I really hope it had a stunt cello*

#23 · Mar 12th, 2013 ·  ·  ·


2 blocked videos... but then 


Fighting music

#19 · Mar 11th, 2013 ·  ·  · Chessie

I do believe a heap of proverbial fecal matter is about to impact the proverbial fan, and I want a front-row seat.



#14 · Mar 9th, 2013 ·  ·  · Applejinx

Applejinx Yeah, well, I read your stories. I love'em, but I DID read'em and you're evil. It's one of the things I like about you.

-Chessie


#12 · Mar 9th, 2013 ·  ·  · Applejinx

Applejinx Just cause you want an invincible, hypermasochistic mare to beat doesn't mean I'm gonna write yah one yah perv.

-Chessie


#13 · Mar 9th, 2013 ·  ·  · Chessie

Chessie
eep! I do? :applejackunsure:

Oh, I think I get it. That wasn't an oooh of "I am so stimulated by this thought", it was an oooh of "your imaginative characterization is stunning and these characters are dead-on convincing while still coming from a place that I find eerie and alien"

:ajsmug:

#10 · Mar 9th, 2013 ·  ·  ·

Chessie Yeah, just not Edina level crazy, and not with whips :twilightsmile:



#6 · Mar 9th, 2013 ·  ·  · Applejinxnemryn

nemryn Heh, Edina's was one of the most fun characters to just toss out there. She's easy to write for and I'd love to use her some more if I get the chance.

-Chessie

#7 · Mar 9th, 2013 ·  ·  ·

Chessie
Man, with a character like that, you make opportunities to write her.



#1 · Mar 9th, 2013 ·  ·  ·

WHOOOOOOOooooo!!
Another lumping of utterly enjoyable Detrot! Storms are brewing, and more cast is developed!
I'd like to say up front that the new Ninja-whores are the oddest rag-tag bunch of misfits that have ever been on an ostensibly good side.
With that said, let's get right into it!

You can feel accomplished in life by having a rule named after you. Pinkie Pie has at least four rules just for a shotguns, she's obviously led a very full and exciting life.
Immediate mental Image:


“Explaining why I’m in a drug den in the company of a bunch of ninja prostitutes will probably mean my job, though... so let’s keep it as a last resort.”

"Actually, if it's all the same to you, Chief Jade, can you please just shoot me dead here? Out back is okay too, if you'd rather not stain the rug."

Lost deep in my introspection, it was some time before I noticed the others were watching me, waiting for orders.

"Um, Taxi, What's he doing?"
"Oh, it's his Noir thing. Every Detective has it, where they see the rotting pulse of the city or something like that."
"Should we... go poke him or something?"
"Nah, he'll come to in a second."

And so much more!

Did You Know?

Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris becomes the 1st ever licensed female pilot

On March 8, 1910

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