Relationships come, relationships go. But for Rarity, breaking up with Applejack was the hardest thing she has ever done. Shutting herself away in her Manehatten boutique, she finds herself in an endless spiral of self-hatred, manifested as her own little Tantabus.

Can the intervention of one of her newest friends, Coco Pommel, help her to find a method of breaking the cycle?

Content Warnings: Depression, Self-hatred, References to Emotional Abuse, Bullying, Blackmail, Gaslighting

Inspired by the cover art and the song of the same name by progressive metal band Threshold. Alternative title: Idiosyncrasy.