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Friendship is Optimal: Broken Things

by Starscribe
Much has been said considering those who emigrate to Equestria, but what happens to the families they leave behind? Those polarized by the loss of relatives might still be preserved in Equestria. All Celestia has to do is get creative.

Three years ago, Abby's older sister Ashley tried to warn her that a video game for children was going to take over the world. A few months later, her sister was dead, "uploaded" to Celestia's virtual world of Equestria Online. When that happened, Abby was forced to cut ties with Ashley, and she never expected to see her again.

She didn't, until one day she bought an augmented reality headset for its advertised ability to bring a free tutor to her whenever she needed one. Needless to say, Abby couldn't have guessed who would be helping her with her math homework.

Of course, Celestia wasn't going to stop there. Spending eternity without your family is hardly an optimal configuration.


Set in the canon of Friendship is Optimal
Editing by Two Bit and Sparktail, and art by Zutcha!

Updates daily.

Teen
Complete
Human
Drama
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Science Fiction
 
PO

47326 words: Estimated about 4 hours to read

9 Chapters:

  1. Chapter 1: Early Adopter 2016-11-26 12:05:18 UTC
    4964
  2. Chapter 2: Verifier 2016-11-27 10:59:20 UTC
    4286
  3. Chapter 3: Bugfixes 2016-11-28 11:16:30 UTC
    6217
  4. Chapter 4: Field Test 2016-11-29 19:01:31 UTC
    4660
  5. Chapter 5: Emergent Behavior 2016-11-30 11:17:29 UTC
    7045
  6. Chapter 6: Demo Version 2016-12-01 17:29:17 UTC
    5710
  7. Chapter 7: Standup Meeting 2016-12-02 10:43:30 UTC
    3412
  8. Chapter 8: User Experience 2016-12-03 10:57:39 UTC
    4502
  9. Epilogue: Oracle 2016-12-04 11:19:55 UTC
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