
Friendship is Optimal: A Watchful Eye
An elderly non-brony joins Equestria Online for practical reasons
This story is a followup to Friendship is Optimal, set not long after the initial commercial release of Equestria Online. We follow an non-brony emeritus professor living in a retirement community.
Beta-read by LordBucket. Many thanks, man.


42743 words: Estimated about 4 hours to read
20 Chapters:
- Chapter 1: News 2013-01-10 14:43:43 UTC1255
- Chapter 2: Lost Time 2013-01-16 01:42:09 UTC1688
- Chapter 3: Nursing 2013-02-19 13:52:04 UTC1918
- Chapter 4: Insecurity 2013-04-02 12:58:27 UTC2502
- Chapter 5: Citation Needed 2013-05-10 00:19:01 UTC2040
- Chapter 6: Rocks Fall, No One Dies 2013-09-20 03:57:45 UTC2007
- Chapter 7: Memory Lane 2013-09-30 12:50:31 UTC2611
- Chapter 8: Not Yet Time 2013-10-18 04:14:17 UTC1727
- Chapter 9: All Systems Go 2013-10-22 17:39:06 UTC2765
- Chapter 10: Awakening 2013-11-25 03:42:34 UTC2626
- Chapter 11: Friction 2013-12-23 13:58:31 UTC2173
- Chapter 12: Interview 2014-02-04 02:24:21 UTC2185
- Chapter 13: Intention 2014-07-11 11:00:16 UTC2169
- Chapter 14: Lighter than a Feather 2014-10-05 03:30:25 UTC2446
- Chapter 15: IFF 2014-10-28 12:45:39 UTC5142
- Chapter 16: Masquerade 2016-04-10 02:38:49 UTC2475
- Chapter 17: Cube 2016-06-16 23:54:03 UTC1102
- Chapter 18: Getting to Know You 2016-06-22 12:10:20 UTC961
- Chapter 19: Social Adjustments 2017-12-27 14:08:31 UTC2951
- Chapter 20: Moving On 2017-10-20 01:58:29 UTC