don't know
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well don't stop there you read i pack
that's the deal i'm sorry rainbow dash i
just keep thinking about how much fun
you're gonna have at the daring do
convention i wish princess celestia
didn't need my help with the friendship
summit in griffinstone don't worry
i'll make sure ak yearling signs your
book i can't believe she's gonna be
there she never goes to conventions
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which i guess will be cool for all those
other fan ponies but since you and i
know ak yearling personally
and we know that she's secretly daring
to herself
it's no big deal this convention will be
fun but it's nothing to get too excited
about so excited
my little pony my little pony
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faithful and strong sharing kindness
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[Applause]
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you look like a pony who'd be up for an
all-inclusive one-of-a-kind adventure
where you get to live the daring do
experience no thanks did that already
ah
this is the awesomest thing ever
now this is something that only a true
fan can appreciate they even put the
tiles in the right order
good catch oh i'm quibble pants nice to
meet you rainbow dash
nice costume you too thanks the hard
part was figuring out the right number
of arrow holes
because on page 84 of sapphire stone it
describes her dodging a quote score of
arrows sh**ting forth from holes in the
very walls unquote but then on page 107
daring do says she quote barely made it
past the traps barrage of arrows unquote
but clearly daryn dew is embellishing
and the correct number of arrows is 20.
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i am so glad i ran into you even though
i knew the convention would be totally
awesome it's more fun when you're with
someone who really knows daring do i
know what you mean it's so hard to find
a pony who really gets
it
that's weird we've only done stuff from
the first trilogy after lunch we should
probably start working our way back
through the other books well whoa whoa
there are no
other books
of course there are caring doing the
trek of the terrifying towers daring
doing the many faces uh please please
don't
just don't even mention the titles
i'm not saying those books don't exist
i'm saying
that i refuse to acknowledge them
why
because they're horrible i mean there
isn't a single thing after ring of
destiny that is even remotely in the
realm of the possible what i know for a
fact that everything and every one of
those books is 100 possible uh and how
could you possibly know that
i just do
well that's a compelling argument why
would you even come to this convention
if you hate daring do so much i don't
hate daring do the first series was
smart and cool and an amazing nod to
old-time serialized adventure books that
somehow manages to be self-reflexive and
ironic while at the same time
celebrating the art form without a hint
of cynicism which is why i came here to
ask ak yearling muzzle to muzzle why she
sold out and dumbed down the rest of her
books and ended just a series of
impossible action sequences okay now i
know you're crazy aka yearling is
awesome and every daring do book that
comes out is better than the last
wow okay yeah i'm sorry but i could
never be friends with somepony who's
willing to believe impossible stuff is
possible as long as daring do does it
that's okay because i could never be
friends with somepony who's so focused
on things being possible that he's
willing to turn his back on the coolest
hero of all time fine fine
look just tell ak earlings that rainbow
dash is here and i need her help to
convince a know-it-all pony that
everything daring do's ever done
actually happened
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rainbow dash
okay i've gotta talk to you it's an
emergency
not here
now tell me what's going on is it
cavalier did you see him what no but
there is a pony downstairs who thinks
everything you've written after the
first trilogy is totally unrealistic and
terrible and i need you to help me prove
to him that it's all totally possible
i've got bigger problems on my hoofs
than dissatisfied fan ponies
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the amulet of coolicon and caballeron
wants it
but the amulet's only a key
the real treasure is hidden in a lost
temple the seven-sided chest of chico
mos talk caballeron wants to sell it to
the highest bidder of course which is
why i need to find it first yes sounds
like another awesome daring do adventure
but
what are you doing here since i haven't
found the temple yet it's the safest
place for me in the amulet it's crawling
with security and if i get into trouble
i can just blend in with all the daring
do cosplayers
how can i help just keep your eyes out
for anything suspicious
got it
does a pony who only likes your first
trilogy qualify as suspicious
just checking
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i find all this fanfare on my arch enemy
disturbing
i mean where is the booth for caballero
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i do not see there like this
ah let us find daring doing the amulet
of kula khan i don't want to spend any
more time in this place than i have to
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well if it isn't the pony who knows
impossible things can happen because she
just does oh sorry quibble i've got more
important things to do than argue with a
pony who thinks awesome means
unrealistic
no wait i want to hear more about how
you're 100 sure that in curse of the
jungle queen darren duke could survive a
60-story drop from the top of a
waterfall after sustaining a broken wing
in a category 6 rapid ugh
obviously her wing wasn't broken
see now that's a great character solid
backstory good motivations no no no
cavalryn is right there
of course he is he's also over there
over there oh oh over there
and over there
where are you going
and we're out here because
daring dude told me that cavallaron came
to this convention to steal the amulet
of cool g*n and i just saw him and his
hedge ponies come this way
okay i'm gonna head back inside there's
just a little too much crazy out here
for the both of us
i do not know what daddy do is playing
at but if she told you two fan ponies of
my plan to steal the amulet
you must work for her
cavalry
what do you have to say now a quibble
this was your plan to prove the daring
do books are realistic you bought a
daring do experience adventure
really
what no look around us pinch ponies
cavalier on the jungle it took forever
to get to this is the real deal right
we're actually being held c*ptive by
caballeron please this guy's accent is
all over the place
no offense hey so what's the setup here
you've kidnapped us and taken us to the
middle of nowhere because
the temple of chico mustache is
somewhere in this jungle when i find it
this seven-sided chest is as good as
mine
i just need the amulet of kula khan to
unlock it uh-huh and daring do has the
amulet so you came up with this
over-complicated plot to lure her into
the jungle and exchange it for us
i wouldn't call it overcomplicated but
yes okay we're done here great work
seriously very believable
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listen pal you can keep her money but
i'm not going anywhere you may not
approve of my plan but i'm the
mastermind here debatable
and i say you will remain here until
daring do comes to rescue you and if she
wants you back in one piece she will
give me the amulet tying them up
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the griffin's lock
you know of it further proof that you
are an agent of daring do or an avid
reader
and now i will continue my search for
the temple
don't go anywhere
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listen if i pretend to believe this
nonsense is real will you call off the
hench pony repertory theater over there
they're not gonna listen to me they
abducted us both oh wow so you're gonna
stick with that script oh okay fine
we're we're in a daring do adventure
what was that
daring do thank goodness we're over here
fan out we can't let darren do rescue
these two
all four
i mean shouldn't at least one of them
stay behind to guard us oh oh wait the
no because then it wouldn't be a
terrible daring do adventure
it doesn't matter we'll never stop the
grip and flock before they get back
okay that was pretty good quick we've
got to get out of here and warn
darrington
no way just point me to the hotel and
you can play fan pony and hunt treasure
out here all day long
fine let's just say this is a daring do
adventurcation the only way to get back
to the convention is to go through it so
just follow me and i'll lead you out
deal
oh fine
maybe if i just leave you in the jungle
it'll convince you
which would make darren do left hook
which we know is false and that is
everything that's wrong with daring do
and the truck to the terrifying tower
now the problems with the next book are
even
oh right what daring do adventure would
be complete without the precarious rope
bridge
look i'm all for making things feel as
real as possible but are these advention
ponies sure this thing is safe is it too
realistic for you wouldn't want that on
a daring new adventure would we if this
were really a dare and do adventure i'm
sure i'd step on the wrong plank at
exactly the wrong
good thing this is all just a pretend
adventure as we know all this struggling
won't make the bridge fall apart
you need to get your money back
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[Applause]
how's that for not possible that was
awesome i i i thought we and then you
began the flying well and i was like
where are you going and and then you
swerved and i was i was i was on the
water in the and the rocks that wasn't
wow yeah if you read that in a book you
might even think it was unrealistic
okay i'll give you that one i mean we
could have been done for
we could have been done for what what
kind of education is this i mean that's
that's just bad business but what are
these ponies thinking right now
we are thinking that we should thank you
for escaping
for you have led us directly to the lost
temple of chico mustaf
[Laughter]
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make sure they are secure this time we
can't have them escaping
again you'll never get away with this
won't i you've led me to the temple and
daring you is too noble to let harm
befall her companions so the amulet is
as good as mine
what no witty remarks this time about
how silly my plan is
this isn't the official daring to
experience adventure is it finally it's
some cheap knockoff run by a bunch of
incompetent ponies that have no idea how
to execute this adventure with any level
of safety
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what was that with the bridge we were in
serious danger i i'm reporting you all
to well i don't know who i'm reporting
you to but it's gonna be somepony
important oh and this cut-rate excuse
for an experience hasn't proved anything
except that i'm right it has all the
hallmarks of a lame daring do adventure
no i'm talking generic jungle locations
check
overly complicated villain plot check
random coincidences that conveniently
get us to the next big set piece check
what for you i'm stepping you for listen
buddy i don't take orders from some
second-rate performer who learned acting
from the super villain school of bad
accents the only thing this mess is
missing is some giant owie zodo wannabe
monster and i have a feeling that would
be a bit too much for you bargain
basement adventurers to pull off
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um you're real
this is real
this is real
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i told you to warn me of anything
suspicious
not run off on an adventure without me
whoa whoa you're real
you're you're friends with her
uh we'll have to do introductions later
right now we have to get out of here yet
thank you
actually no
what
we can't leave without the treasure and
we should probably get to it before our
friend gets any higher
whoa
seven doors seven locks
one of them leads to the treasure i'd
rather not think about what the others
lead to yeah yeah the classic pony and
the tiger bed all you have to do is um
maybe you should let daring do figure it
out oh excuse me
not that one
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is he always like this
yeah but
he is usually right
which lock do you think it is oh finally
look each door has another door that
matches these two both have earth ponies
fighting serpents
these two have pegasi fighting griffins
these two have unicorns fighting bears
but this one
has an alicorn on it it's the only one
without a match
how did i miss that i've been asking
myself that ever since book four
the seven-sided chest of chico mos talk
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uh guys
seriously do you ever not escape out of
the top of a temple
we'll have to carry mr adventure critic
out with us we won't be fast enough
we'll never make it guys
i think rainbow dash and i have this
covered
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around you can't go over him
go over him are you crazy
if quibble says go over him we go over
him
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you two are insane you said go over him
i said go around him and i said be quiet
this way i heard
okay i got it let's create a fake
treasure out of mud and rocks give that
to caballeron and then
every daring do plan has to be super
complicated
ah
i swear i heard them
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not particularly original or inspired
but it worked
who are you again he's a fan
uh-huh
there's some stairs on the other side of
the temple that lead out of the ravine i
suggest you two take them and head west
what about you i've got to get this to a
museum
thanks for your help i couldn't have
done it without you
both of you
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so
so
maybe the later books are slightly more
realistic than i gave them credit for
still don't like them what how can you
wait hold on before we get in another
fight i i think i finally figured it out
i love the daring do that solves puzzles
and uses her brain to get out of tough
situations and she did way more of that
in the original trilogy you
love the daring do that is brave and
awesome and comes out on top no matter
what the odds
okay
and that's okay
we might never agree on what makes
daring do cool but you are definitely
cool
i mean the way you saved me on the
bridge
wow and escaping from the temple
you
rainbow dash are awesome
well
i'm not the one who can locate a
treasure in half the time daring do can
you may have terrible taste in books but
you're pretty awesome yourself
in a brainy egghead puzzle-solving kind
of way
i guess we don't have to agree on
everything to get along
friends
definitely friends
do you think ak yearling would consider
letting me write the next book i mean i
think i can make things way clearer i
mean for instance in the second
adventure there's a side character i
don't want to kind of name it right now
because it's sort of this thing that
i've already written a lot of fan
fiction on i don't want you know not
that i'm saying you would steal it but i
am saying that this would totally go
along my whole thing about puzzle
solving except what if each puzzle that
was solved uh unlocked a new karate move
think of it that way right i mean i'm
kind of a year light myself so i'm sure
she'd be open to uh quibble sorry
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