So, flexing these gloves experimentally, it seems good. The fabric is soft as velvet, the gloves are comfortable - as proper gloves should be, and it looks accurate...meaning it's kinda squarish, which makes the quality of these gloves look even better in hindsight. I look at the guy selling me these. Did he know what he was selling?!? I mean, I could probably sell this on E-Bay for $50, maybe even $100 if I really wanted to annoy people, but this guy was just selling me these for five bucks. Five. Bucks. Either this guy was generous, gullible, stupid, I was lucky, or some combination of those had resulted in this. And I am totally going for it. Not that I'm going to let the guy know, of course. Just gotta do one more thing, and then I'll buy it.

Raising my hand in the air, flicking it down - noticing some sound effects, too; can't even tell that was there before - and now, my best Dimentio impression.

"Ciao!"

Snapping my fingers, and...wow, that kinda feels awesome. Heck, even the Merchant is grinning, albeit a creepy grin, but still grinning. It's almost as if I was Dimentio myself...the concept makes me laugh...wait, was that white frame always there? And why is it surrounding me? You know, it kinda reminds me of...Dimentio's...boxes...

Oh, f-

Author's Note

I LIVE!

So, you're probably wondering, what the heck was that all about? Well, besides me being an idiot (no, really; I have no excuse for taking this long), there's one other reason this took so long to get out that relates to how this chapter went. Specifically, the plan is that after three chapters of the main story (not counting crossover chapters), I'll post a chapter that's either a look into Dimentio's past or looking at something not currently related to the main story that might have an effect later on; these chapters are called Flashbacks and Intermissions, respectively. This chapter went through a lot of changes, but I eventually ended on this. What you see above is a teaser for the first flashback chapter, showing how Dimentio got into Equestria. Of course, I'm going to make you wait four chapters for that because I'm an evil little troll.

In other news, the next chapter is going to be the first CROSSOVER chapter! Yeah, I'm now open for crossovers! Private message me, and we can work something out.