First, a bit of good news: ToxicThunderCloud's "Fallout Equestria Trailer 2013" is back up again. (Has been for a few days.)

Next, I have a little treat for my wonderful followers.

As most of you know, I started writing Fallout: Equestria in early April 2011, when the first season was airing its final episodes. Most of the story was written during the summer lull, so I had no way of predicting what would be in the coming seasons. Obviously, my story wouldn't remain canon-compliant forever. Alicorn Twilight might be the most obvious divergence, but personally I view Read It and Weep as the point of departure. While a minor thing, that is the episode where all of the clocks in Equestria mysteriously changed from 8-hour clocks to 12-hour clocks.

That said, a lot of what came in the second and third seasons have been wonderful for Fallout: Equestria and it's growing universe of side stories, art and more. For example: Luna Eclipsed was amazing, effectively confirming alchemy and introducing batwinged ponies not long after I had written Chapter Thirty-Six with Xenith's bloodwing talisman. And the Little Pip/Pipsqueak bit was pure serendipity.

Then, of course, there was the pink shield over Canterlot in the second season finale.

I have been occasionally asked by fans if and how I would integrate elements of episodes which aired post-FoE. Things like the Crystal Empire and the changlings open up a lot of fun possibilities. (I have even developed my own post-completion headcanon for these.) Rarely has a post-FoE episode introduced something that would have been troublesome to integrate into the Fallout: Equestria world -- the map being perhaps the most significant. And there have been even fewer which outright conflicted, as alicorn Twilight did. And many things introduced make me wish that the episodes had aired earlier so that I could have used them.

For example: The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000. Now, I do have a few issues with the episode, but those are easily set aside for the huge gift the episode brings: the prototype for the motorwagon! Wow, do I wish I had been able to draw on that. The aesthetic of parking lots and highways in Equestria are greatly enhanced if you picture them filled not just with wagons and carriages, but with many makes and models of that thing, some running on magic while others run on steam -- the cider makers replaced by coal-dependent boilers.

It is with that in mind that I wrote the following memory orb.

The memory orb below was written for the Stalliongrad-based Fallout: Equestria RPG that I have been running, playtesting the system I talked about a few weeks ago. As a result, it is written in second person. Please note that this is, at most, headcanon. It should not be considered canon, so nobody writing stories in that area needs to worry about conflict.

Enjoy.