Ask Izzy!

[TheInvisiblePony]

Well let's see... If I review the tapes from the privous night, we can clearly see that the person in charge was none other than....

A robot Abraham Lincoln. Huh. What are the odds?

Regardless, I guess I have some good news and some bad news for you:

Good news: As a robot, he doesn't to breathe, so you don't need to stop it

Bad news: Not breathing doesn't affect him in the slightest.

However, if you can make a few calls to the right guy at the electric company, he can cause a localized blackout lasting just long enough to prevent Mr. Robo-Lincoln from recharging his battery, effectively getting the same results. Celestia speed to you.

[Cathalos]

can't i just like pour mountain dew on him or something?

[Cadabra]

What would you do with 100 balloons?

[TheInvisiblePony]

Question 1) Yeah, that'll probably do it. Kinda anticlimactic, though.

Question 2) What else? Buy a DJ, some punch, post some flyers, and throw a PARTY!

[Cathalos]

did i do a good job on my most recent story?

answer without learning anything about it.

[TheInvisiblePony]

Hmmm... I going to say innocent until proven guilty. So, yes, it was absolutely fantastic in just about every sense of the word. Good job!

[Cathalos]

if i put it here and it was terrible, what would you do?

[TheInvisiblePony]

Critique so it could be improved to the point where I'm right, so I wouldn't have to admit I'm wrong. Plus, you'd get an awesome story as a side effect.

[Cathalos]

what do you think is wrong with it?

[TheInvisiblePony]

I haven't seen it yet, so its still fantastic until proven awful.

But if I'm answering this question hypothetically, I would have to say that paragraph where you just had Doctor Whooves show up for no reason at all. Talk about a Deus Ex Machina.

[Cathalos]

there is a doctor in the story, but it's not doctor whooves.

whats a [colour=#282828] Deus Ex Machina.?[/colour]

[TheInvisiblePony]

Something that pops up with no other purpose than too save the day, or provide an answer to the given problem.

For something to classify as Deus Ex Machina, it has too:

1) Completely solve the problem, no half solving it before walking away or anything

2) It must appear as the solution to a priviously unsolvable problem or insurmountable obstacle

3) It must be a completely new element to the problem.

Example: Take the classic logic problem of you, your boat, your wolf, your rabbit, and your lettuce, only add a wolf on both sides of the river. Seems impossible to solve without having the rabbit getting eaten, or having the two wolves fight each other, doesn't it? Now imagine Huckleberry Finn happens to sail by the river in his raft, and he decides to help you out, so between the two of you the entire problem is narrowed down to one trip across the river with nothing left behind. Finn is the Deus Ex Machina in this case, because his entire purpose for this puzzle was for him to help you out.

Wow, that was far too serious. Hoped it helped you out though.

[Cathalos]

are YOU from dimension 14-b?

[TheInvisiblePony]

14-c, actually. Oh wait nonononono... I shouldn't have said that.

Ignore that bit about dimension 14-c, nothing more than a flight of fancy. I am actually from here, as in Earth, and not any dimension 14-b, and especially not 14-c. Yup, good 'ol Earth. Nothing wrong with it at all.

Yes.

[Cathalos]

how about APARTMENT 14-b?

[TheInvisiblePony]

funny story about that... you see, I use too live in 14-b, but then I decided there was this huge mishap involving several elder evils possessing year-old-moldy pudding in my fridge. The resulting battle rendered the place uninhabitable, so I moved.

To apartment 13-a.

[Cathalos]

do you know who currently lives in 14-b?

[TheInvisiblePony]

May I assume you mean besides the evil pudding mold?

If so, I believe this nice newlywed couple moved in a few days ago. Haven't seen them since the initial greeting, so I'm led to believe they were consumed. Or just really quiet.

[Cathalos]

if you recieve a letter that says that you get a million dollars, but it's covered in goop, what do you do with it?

[TheInvisiblePony]

Why, I'd take a hair dryer and dry out the goop, then remove the now non-sticky nor wet goop from the paper. Or, if that's not an option, I'd claim my prize and immediately go buy some hand sanitizer.

[Cathalos]

does your answer change if it was supposed to be delivered to your neighbor, but was accidentally delivered to you?

[TheInvisiblePony]

No, you see, my neighbors were that couple I mentioned, and I doubt their current state of life. Or, you know, their too quite to spend it on anything fun. I'd really hate for such thing as a million dollars to go to waste...

[Cathalos]

what would you do if you saw an english textbook burning on the floor?

[TheInvisiblePony]

Put it out.

WITH THE SHEER POWER OF MY MIND (By which I mean smothering the flames with a blanket or something). Oh, and I'd probably read a little of it.

[Cathalos]

why would you read a little of it?