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 going to have at the Daring Do convention.
I wish Princess Celestia didn't need my help
with the friendship summit in Griffonstone.
Don't worry,
I'll make sure A. K. Yearling signs your book.
I can't believe she's gonna be there!
She never goes to conventions!
Which, I guess, will be cool for all those other fanponies.
But since you and I know A. K. Yearling personally,
and that we know she's secretly Daring Do herself,
it's no big deal.
This convention will be fun,
but it's nothing to get too excited about.
So excited!
You look like a pony who'd be up
for an exclusive one-of-a-kind adventu-cation,
where you can get to live the Daring Do experience!
No thanks. Did that already.
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!
Huh. 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.
B-B-B-Because on page 84 of Sapphire Stone,
i-it describes her dodging a, quote,
score of arrows shooting 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, Daring Do is embellishing
and the correct number of arrows is...
Twenty!
I am so glad I ran into you.
And even though I knew the convention would be totally awesome,
it's more fun if 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.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. There are no 'other books'.
Of course there are. Daring Do and the Trek to the Terrifying Tower,
there's Daring Do and the Many Faces-
Please, please don't? Just don't even mention the titles?
I, 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 every thing
in every one of those books is one hundred per cent possible!
Uh, and how could you possibly know that?
Gyuh, uh, 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 serialized adventure books,
that somehow manages to be self-reflective
and ironic while at the same time celebrating
the artform without a hint of cynicism!
Which is why I came here, to ask A. K.
Yearling muzzle to muzzle why she sold out
and dumbed down the rest of her books,
leaving just a series of impossible action sequences!
Okay, now I know you're crazy.
A.K Yearling is awesome, and every Daring Do book
that comes out is better than the last!
Wow. Okay, yeah, I, I, 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!
Look, just tell A. K. Yearling
that Rainbow Dash is here,
and I need her help to convince a know-it-all pony
that everything that Daring Do ever does actually happened!
Rainbow Dash?
A. K.! I gotta talk to you.
It's an emergency!
Not here!
Now tell me, what's going on? Is it Caballeron?
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 hooves
than dissatisfied fanponies.
Whoa!
The Amulet of Culiacan, and Caballeron wants it.
But the amulet's only a key.
The real treasure is hidden in a temple.
The seven-sided chest of Chicomoztoc.
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 and 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?
Heh, just checking.
I find all this fanfare of my arch-enemy... disturbing!
Tell me, where is the booth for Caballeron?
I do not see the likeness.
Come.
Let us find Daring Do and the Amulet of Culiacan.
I don't want to spend any more
time in this place than I have to!
Well, if it isn't the pony who thinks impossible
things can happen because 'she just does'!
Ugh! 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 one hundred per cent sure
that in Curse of the Jungle Queen,
Daring Do could survive a sixty storey
drop from the top of a waterfall after
sustaining a broken wing in a category six rapid!
Ugh, obviously wasn't broke- Caballeron!
See, now that's a great character.
Solid backstory, good motivations...
Nononono! Caballeron is right there!
Of course he is. He's also over there,
over there, ooh, ooh, over there,
and and over there.
Where are you going?
And we're out here because...?
Daring Do told me that Caballeron came
to this convention to steal the Amulet of Culiacan!
And I just saw him and his henchponies 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 Daring Do is playing at,
but if she told you two fanponies of my plan
to steal the amulet, you must work for her.
Caballeron, hah! What do you have to say now, Quibble?
This was your plan to prove
the Daring Do books are realistic?
You bought a Daring Do Experience Adventucation, really?
What?! No! Look around us! Henchponies,
Caballeron, big jungle it took forever to get to?
This is the real deal!
Right, we're actually being held captive by Caballeron.
Please, this guy's accent is all over the place!
No offense.
I...
So what's the setup here, you've...
kidnapped us, and taken us to
the middle of nowhere because...?
The temple of Chicomoztoc is somewhere in this jungle.
When I find it,
the seven-sided chest is as good as mine!
I just need the amulet of Culiacan to unlock it.
Uh-huh, and Daring Do has the amulet so you came up
with this overcomplicated 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, good work, seriously, very believable.
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!
Tie them up!
The Griffon'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.
So, if I pretend to believe this nonsense is real,
will you call off the henchpony...
repertory theatre over there?
They're not gonna listen to me.
They abducted us both.
Oh, wow, you're gonna stick with that script. O, 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 Daring 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 solve the Griffon's Lock before they get back.
Okay, that was pretty good.
Quick, we've gotta get out of here and warn Daring Do!
No way, just point me to the hotel
and you can play fan pony and hunt treasure all day long.
Fine. Let's just say this is a Daring Do Adventucation.
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?
I- Fine.
Maybe if I just leave you in the jungle it'll convince you.
...which would make Daring Do left-hoofed,
which we know is false,
and that is everything that's wrong
with Daring Do and the Trek to the Terrifying Tower.
Now, the problems with the next book are even-
Oh, right. No 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 Adventucation ponies
sure this thing is safe?
Is it too 'realistic' for you?
Wouldn't want that on a Daring Do adventure, would we?
If this were really a real Daring Do adventure
I'm sure I'd step on a wrong plank
at exactly the wrong whoa!
Well, thank goodness this is all just a pretend adventure.
Least we know all of this certainly
won't make the bridge fall apart.
You need to get your money back.
Hah! How's that for not possible?
That was... awesome, I, I, I thought we...
and then you and the flying,
while there I was like 'Where are you going?'
and, and then, then you swerved, and I was, I was, I was,
I was in the water, and then Wow!
Yeah. If you read it 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 kind of Adventucation is this?!
I mean, that's just, 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 Chicomoztoc!
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 Do is too noble
to let harm befall her companions,
so the amulet is as good as mine. What?
No whiffy remarks this time about how silly my plan is?
This isn't the official Daring Do Experience Adventucation, 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!
Ugh!
What was up with the bridge?!
We were in serious danger!
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!
Uh... Quibble?
No, I'm talking! An arid jungle location, check.
Overly complicated villain plot, check.
Random coincidences that conveniently
get us to the next big set piece?
Check!
Watch where you are stepping, you fool!
Listen, buddy, I don't take orders from some second-rate
performer who learned acting from
the Supervillain School of Bad Accents!
The only thing this mess is missing
is some giant Ahuizotl wannabe monster,
and I have a feeling that would be too much
for you bargain-basement adventurers to pull off!
Huh?
Um... you're real. This is real?
This is real!
I told you to warn me of anything suspicious,
not run off on an adventure without me!
Wha- whoa, whoa, y-you're real!
You-you-you're friends with her?
Uh, we'll have to do introductions later?
Right now we have to-
Get out of here, yes!
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 in the tiger pit.
All you have to do is-
Um, maybe you should let Daring Do figure it out?
Oh, 'scuse me.
Not that one.
Ehhhhh...
Is he always like this?
Yeah. But... he is usually right.
Which lock do you think it is?
Ugh, finally. Look, each door has another door that matches.
These two both have earth ponies fighting serpents.
These two have pegasi fighting griffons.
These two, 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 Chicomoztoc!
Uh, guys...
The way out is totally covered!
How are we gonna get out of here?!
There!
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.
No, go round! You can't go over him!
Go over him, are you crazy?!
If Quibble says go over him, we go over him!
You two are insane!
You said go over him!
I said go around him!
And I said be quiet!
This way! I heard them!
Okay, I got it. Let's create
a fake treasure out of mud and rocks,
give that to Caballeron, and then we'll-
Not every Daring Do plan has to be super-complicated.
Rrrgh! I swear I heard them!
I'll get you, Daring Dooooo!
Meh, not particularly original, or inspired, but it worked.
Who were 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 gotta get this to a museum. Thanks for your help,
I couldn't have done it without you.
Both of you.
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 into 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- I mean the way you saved me on the bridge,
like, wow. And escaping from the temple...
you, Rainbow Dash, are awesome.
Well... I, 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, heh.
I guess we don't have to agree on everything to get along.
Friends?
Definitely friends.
Mmmh... do you think A. K. Yearling
would consider letting me write the next book?
I think I can make things way cooler,
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 a lot of fanfiction on,
I don't want you to, not that I'm saying that you would steal it!
But I am saying this would totally
go along my whole thing about puzzle solving,
except, what if each puzzle that
was solved unlocked a new karate move,
think of it that way, right?
And I mean I'm kind of a myself,
so I'm sure she'd be open to-
Uh... Quibble?
Sorry!
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