What happens if you’re just another salespony in postapocalyptia, a blacksmith by and large focused on running your store day by day? Other ponies can fight and die in the "good fight," but for you, trade caravans come and go, random repair work around town keeps food on the table, and every so often you make enough at once to treat yourself. And in the stillness and privacy of the night, the ghost of a smile graces your muzzle as you work at your forge, making your mark on the Wasteland in small ways.
But... you've gotten a bit complacent with this safe life in the Bayou. And all at once, that security drops out from under you. The debt of a pony's life rests on your hooves, and all you've got are the skills that let you earn a living fixing a pistol to pay it off.
Edited by Pipistrelle, Mondo, and Promptanon. Title card artwork by PencilGuy.
17 Chapters:
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Prologue - Business Model [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 1st, 2016
3,751
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Chapter 1 - Customer Service [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 19th, 2015
5,641
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Chapter 2 - Debits to the Left, Credits to the Right [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jul 18th, 2016
8,684
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Chapter 3 - Limited Liability [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jun 13th, 2014
6,916
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Chapter 4 - Partnership [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Sep 14th, 2014
12,536
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Chapter 5 - Supply and Demand [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Aug 27th, 2014
9,890
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Chapter 6 - Market Expansion [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Oct 18th, 2014
10,271
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Chapter 7 - Elasticity [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Dec 30th, 2014
7,599
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Chapter 8 - Insourcing [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 3rd, 2015
4,410
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Chapter 9 - Hostile Takeover [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 20th, 2015
6,963
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Chapter 10 - Return on Investment [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jul 16th, 2015
11,997
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Chapter 11 - Bankruptcy [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Oct 2nd, 2015
7,243
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Chapter 12 - Sales Pitch [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Dec 28th, 2015
7,173
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Chapter 13 - Goodwill [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Mar 16th, 2016
6,974
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Chapter 14 - Bear Market [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jul 18th, 2016
13,487
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Chapter 15 - Investment [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Jan 19th, 2017
10,338
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Chapter 16 - Securities [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
Oct 16th, 2017
10,212