Ask Princess Quasimodo Quartz

This is a project that has been in the works for a very, VERY long time. When William6208 turned in his resignation from our project as the leading sketch artist, it became clear that the Ask Prince(ss) Quasimodo Quartz blog was not going to last. From there, I knew that I could not let StarryOak's and my plot developments go to waste. So at the same time as I had begun to collate our untold plot threads into a series of Tumblr posts to elucidate what we'd been planning, I also began to make a checklist of the characters who had appeared in the Tumblr, and would appear later on had the project continued. I alluded to this in a Journal entry in February 2017. I would make a character collage like Friendship Is Magic produces every season!

The sketchwork for the characters you see here progressed fairly regularly from February 24 2017 to April 27 2017, interrupted briefly by my visit to BABSCon 2017 and meeting StarryOak in person for the first time. I begun the task of converting them to Paint.net artwork pretty quickly afterwards, although this was interrupted by the commencement of artwork of my own next generation to stand alongside the likes of StarryOak's The Future Is Magic and Miracleverse and Lopoddity's Pandoraverse. There were times in mid-to-late 2017 and in early-to-mid 2018 when I was completely inactive, attention needed in real-life (and politics) or distracted by other projects (like The Elements Of Friendship). But I persevered, and you see the fruits of this labor!

This is dedicated to you, my followers and StarryOak's, the followers of Ask Princess Quasimodo Quartz. I can't say for sure if anybody still cares about this Tumblr blog since it's been a year and a half since we officially called it a day for our favorite transgender half-changeling princess. But to anybody that still has their ear to the ground, this is one last hurrah for you, for your time, and your questions for Princess Quasimodo Quartz. Thank you for your patronage, and all the love to you and yours!

If you want to see each of the characters individually, check the description in this picture’s DeviantART post. I am NOT crafting a bunch of links attached to character names all over again, sorry

As an addendum to the final installment of the “Pulling the Plug” posts, I the mod Amras Felagund would like to thank every one of you who decided to give our little experiment the time of day. Like a changeling feeding off of love, your patronage and adoration of Quartzy gave our Tumblr its lifeblood. But sadly, both of our artists, @starryoak and @64supernintendo, moved on to other full-time projects, necessitating us to pull the plug.

But all is not lost. You can provide fanart of scenes that were elucidated upon in the Pulling The Plug posts I’ve written. StarryOak may be providing character designs for characters who had not yet appeared in the Tumblr. And I myself am kicking around the idea of a “Thank You!” crowd picture to send this Tumblr off with a smile. It officially lasted a hair over three years, and it was a blast to work on it while it was.

So I won’t say goodbye, and to quote a great wizard, “I will not say ‘do not weep’, for not all tears are an evil.” Instead, I will leave you with a picture I’d drawn of Quartzy and her fillyfriend back in December 2015.

Beetlebrain, covered in edible gold luster

Back in the Crystal Empire, a long-running gag character, Beetlebrain the Changeling, comes to the forefront. He's been the elephant in the room for a VERY long time, not being able to transform himself and still maintaining a persistent presence in the Crystal Empire. He declares his fealty to Quartzy in a very roundabout fashion, still seeming to believe that he needs to maintain his "disguise" in front of her. While she is alone with Beetlebrain, though, she is swept away by a dark blur. Upon being deposited in the snowy wastes, she looks up to see that her captor is none other than her mother Queen Chrysalis herself.

Beetlebrain runs off through the Crystal Empire to tell everypony that Quartzy has been kidnapped, taking the time to "reveal" that he's been a Changeling spy this whole time. He is astonished that nopony was surprised, but persists that Quartzy needs to be saved. The Changeling Queen and her hive have seen better times, for sure. She is utterly woebegone in the twenty-odd years since she's last been seen, and her drones are even more gaunt and starved than ever. But now, Chrysalis has put together a plan involving her long-lost son Quasimodo. Since 'he' has shown a powerful affinity for the Crystal Heart, Chrysalis will use 'him' to overthrow the Crystal Empire, a powerful source of love to feed off of in anticipation of their overthrowing of Equestria. She minces no words; once Quasimodo has squandered 'his' uses, Chrysalis will kill him.

Beetlebrain finds his way to Quartzy, with Skyla, Royal Beauty, Cute Curiosity, Benitoite, Carnelian Carnation, and the rest of her family and loved ones. Chrysalis senses Quartzy's love in Beetlebrain's belly, and attempts to siphon it. At Quartzy's behest, Beetlebrain gives the love, and in a flash, he becomes a beautiful glistening creature. The wave of love propagates out from Beetlebrain, all of the Changelings save Chrysalis being affected by the wave and transforming into the shapes they took in To Where And Back Again, Part 2. Quasimodo Quartz is affected as well, becoming a more beautiful doe-like creature, the holes in her legs disappearing (though still needing her wheelchair) and her mane and tail becoming much more fabulous. Chrysalis, overwhelmed, weakened, and not understanding what love truly is, is brought into custody at long last. Quasimodo Quartz becomes the new Queen of the Changeling Hive, along with being Crown-Princess of the Crystal Empire.

[This idea for Quasimodo Quartz to become the new Queen of the hive was conceived long before Thorax and To Where And Back Again, but after that two-parter aired, StarryOak and I decided to incorporate that into the story of the blog. She is absolutely enamored of the deer-like designs of the new Changelings...!]

Now, at this point, the Tumblr would have ended, but StarryOak had the idea of an "epilogue" some time after we'd finished, where Quasimodo Quartz would speak to the mirror again some years later. Though she is infertile and will never birth a clutch of Changelings, she & her wife Cute Curiosity have adopted many children of many races. Her Changelings have taken up the mantle of birthing Changelings themselves, and when her time has come, Quasimodo Quartz will produce a 'royal jelly' to feed to one to become the new Queen in her stead. Royal Beauty & Cascade Glimmer have tied the knot and given birth to a foal, an Alicorn foal whom they named Flurry Heart. Having a child with such prominent wings drives Royal Beauty to distraction. Sugar Rush has a little sister now, Skittle Splatter. Flame Burst and Muddy May are closer sisters than ever. All in all, the world is stronger and more loving than ever.

The Grand Galloping Gala is coming up, finally a time for a breather from all the drama in Quartzy's life. She brings Cute Curiosity, her little Cutesaurus, as her plus-one. The Wonderbolts are present as well, Soarin & Spitfire with their daughters Flame Burst and Muddy May. While there, Quartzy introduces her girlfriend to others, like her distant cousin Prince Léon.

Quasimodo Quartz: "Umm... hello, Prince Léon. I am -" Prince Léon: "Princess Quasimodo Quartz. Yes, I know of you. Word has reached us back home of your accomplishments in the Crystal Empire." Quasimodo Quartz: "/blushes/ Yes well... I have been dealing with some problems. But, I would like to introduce you to my marefriend, Cute Curiosity, the chief librarian of the Crystal Empire." Cute Curiosity: "Uhh, g-good evening, Prince Leon." Prince Léon: "Hmm... /kisses Cute Curiosity's claw-hoof/ Enchanté." Cute Curiosity: "/blushes/ You have quite the dashing physique, Prince Leon. You must be quite the charmer to the ladies." Prince Léon: "/blushes embarrassedly/ If - If you're coming on to me, Miss Curiosity, I must say that I'm flattered, but I'm spoken fo - " Cute Curiosity: "CanIscanyourskeletonpleaseI'dliketoknowmoreaboutAlicornanatomyplease~!" Prince Léon: "...beg pardon?" Quasimodo Quartz: "Ohh, I'm terribly sorry, Prince Leon. She... gets like that. It's... her idea of an ice-breaker." Cute Curiosity: "Offer still standing~"

(One idea that we’d kicked around was that Prince Léon would be revealed to have been assigned female at birth. Quartzy realizing in hindsight that she could have opened up to him via letters to support one another, but not lingering on it.)

Flame Burst in her dress for the Grand Galloping Gala

Moonlit Bloom in her dress for the Grand Galloping Gala

Quartzy is swimming in love and congratulations at having been coronated as crown-princess, though she still hesitates to accept this. Royal Beauty meets with her 'nemesis' Cascade Glimmer (Fancy Pants & Fleur-de-lis's daughter), and their long-standing hatred of each other ends with the pair of them making out in a corridor. Flame Burst meets Honeysickle, a mysterious young Unicorn mare, in a corridor at the Gala, not wishing to take part in this, least of all with her hated and "retarded" little sister "Wormy".

Flame Burst: [having extracted herself from the festivities] /sigh/ Where the hell are you, Sugar? Mysterious Unicorn mare: Sugar Rush...? Oh yes, your marefriend! A real catch, isn't she? Flame Burst: [jumping] Gah! For the love of Celestia, don't scare me like that! And... how do you know she's my marefriend? [angry] Have you been stalking me?! Mysterious Unicorn mare: I happened to notice the two of you entering this Gala hoof-in-hoof. You were walking noticeably slower than her. I can put two and two together. Flame Burst: [rubbing her foreleg ruefully, grumbling and glancing aside] Hmm... Maybe... Mysterious Unicorn mare: My name’s Honeysickle, by the way.  Flame Burst: Flame Burst. And, don’t you mean ‘Honeysuckle’? Honeysickle: No it’s definitely Honeysickle. [looking at Flame Burst's wings] Well... look at how stunted your wings are. You must be a very poor flyer. Flame Burst: [baring teeth] Screw you, you bitch! It's a genetic problem and I can't do anything about it! [ears droop] Is it any wonder I don't have my cutie mark yet...? Honeysickle: Funny story; my elder sister has a much fuller set of wings. Strong, broad, able to carry a great deal of wind beneath them... Flame Burst: [glowering] If you think that that's going to make me want to be your friend, you're not helping your case. But Faust above if I wouldn't prefer you as my little sister. Honeysickle: [chuckles darkly, using her magic to unhook her dress and remove her contact lenses all at once, revealing heterochromatic eyes with black sclera] Flame Burst: [jaw drops as Honeysickle's wings unfurl] Honeysickle: [grins savagely] No... No, you really don't.

Honeysickle

So yeah, this Honeysickle is revealed to be Muddy May's shadow, her equal and opposite from a world of Shadows. In this world, there are “shadows” of people from the world of light, who bear basically the opposite personality traits and who carry traits that are lost in ponies of light (Honeysickle’s elder sister, Flame Burst’s Shadow, has the full wings that Flame Burst lacks because of a birth defect). This was an idea for a project that StarryOak wished to do before and that I proposed bringing into Ask Prince(ss) Quasimodo Quartz.

Anyway, Honeysickle kidnaps Muddy May and retreats back into her shadow-world, the Princesses of the Crystal Empire entering as well with Flame Burst, Sugar Rush, and Angel in tow.

In the shadow-world, Quasimodo Quartz meets her Grady Twins-esque shadows, one a pony and the other a changeling. The pair of them are aloof and arrogant, utterly despicable in their unjustified self-assuredness. Quartzy realizes that her self-doubts are not bad, but perhaps overblown. The shadow of Flame Burst is a snivelling grovelling servant to her little Alicorn sister Honeysickle, and Flame Burst is utterly furious that Shadow Burst has the full majestic wings I mentioned earlier, trying to pull them off.

Honeysickle: For being my elder sister's Caster, you are remarkably dull-witted. A Shadow bears those pieces which the Caster lacks. You were born with stunted growth in your wings; therefore, Shadow Burst's wings are full, and powerful. Whereas I am brilliant and canny... /smirks evilly/... and the single worst example of a pony you could ever meet.

Shadow Burst, Flame Burst’s Shadow

Honeysickle's evil plan is to turn the worlds on their heads, make the shadow-world dominant over the world of light.

Honeysickle: We are the Shadows. You are the Shadow-casters. Your identity is intrinsically contingent on our own... and yet, it is nothing that happens to us that determines when Shadows are born, live, or die. It is you Shadow-casters who ensnare the breadth of our lifespans. It is my intent to change that, however much Amalgor may loathe that intent.

She holds Muddy May captive, seeking to twist the knife in the sides of both Flame Burst and Muddy May.

Honeysickle: [holding Muddy May in her magic] It's true, isn't it, "Flamey"? You said it; you'd rather have me as a sister, rather than little "Wormy" here. Flame Burst: [teeth bared] YOU LET MY SISTER GO! Muddy May: [almost crying] Flay-Burrs...! Honeysickle: [grinning savagely] Tell her, or she dies. Did you not say that? Flame Burst: [eyes widen] /gasp/ Honeysickle: Clock is ticking, 'Flay-Burrs'~ Flame Burst: [tearing up] I... I...! [beat] Flame Burst: ...it's true, Muddy. I did say it. Muddy May: [lips quivering] F-F-Flay-Burrs...? Honeysickle: [lets Muddy May loose] There, was that so hard? All you had to do was break her little heart. But really, what does it matter to you? After all, you'd rather have ME as a little sister. Remember, it was you that said it.

Flame Burst sees past her insecurities about her tiny wings and lack of a cutie mark, rising to Muddy May's defense and pounding Honeysickle down, with aid from Angel and from her Shadow who despises Honeysickle. Flame Burst earns her cutie mark in protecting the ones she loves, and she does indeed love her sister deep down. Honeysickle attempts to salvage her grand plan by gloating to the neutralized gods and goddesses of Equestria who'd been drawn into her shadow-world, but is laughed down by Luna...

Honeysickle: I'm afraid you've run into a small roadblock, all of you. I am evil, more than anything anyone has ever faced. You'll kneel before your Shadows and become the true Shadows. I am your new ruler, one beyond you. Luna: /laughs/ Honeysickle: [pauses, glaring] What did you say, Worm? Luna: You... You really think that you're the most evil being that has ever been? [smirking] Honeysickle: [stomping hoof] I AM! May I remind you who is captured here? Luna: Oh yes, powerful, one who has to neutralize us to cast us down is truly all-powerful. Honeysickle: I AM POWERFUL! I AM YOUR NEW- Luna: I have been more evil than thee, long ago. And yet, I lost. Honeysickle: And that's why I'm the better. I won't! Luna: That's not the point. You're not more evil than anything that has ever been. Discord was once dictator of the world, cruel and horrible, for times immeasurable, beyond time and above any of us in power. Discord: I wasn't going to point that out. I was enjoying the show. Honeysickle: SHUT UP! Luna: I attempted to create eternal night as NightMare Moon. I almost doomed the entire world to die in the cold, unrelenting night.

So yeah, Honeysickle finds out that she's actually quite low on the Sorting Algorithm of Evil after all. And that's how she's defeated.

Meanwhile, Quartzy is engaged in a deal-with-the-devil scenario with Amalgor, the most powerful entity in the shadow-world, who attempts to barter a trade of Quartzy's undesired Changeling traits with something of his body parts. Quartzy refuses, a great moral victory and acceptance of what she is. Especially given that Amalgor is the Shadow of Starswirl the Bearded, having bartered so many pieces from so many other creatures over the years that he's effectively his own being, a draconequus of his own making. But since Amalgor had been cheated by a Changeling known as Simbad in ages prior, a Changeling of the hive of Chrysalis's grandmother, he's nursed a special resentment towards Changelings. But as long as Quartzy refuses to engage in his game, he is effectively powerless at making her a lesser being.

Amalgor

Simbad, for his part, was alarmed at the breakdown of Shadows entering the world of light, fleeing from his solitude in the castle in Everfree to warn everypony of the pending disaster. This was the breaking of the wish he’d made to Amalgor as reward for beating the shadow-draconequus at his own game. His “eternal freedom” from the hive meant he would never die, but seeing the Shadows return to the world of Shadow-casters... he flew to Canterlot posthaste. He was wary of Quasimodo Quartz at first, the great-granddaughter of his old Queen, but he followed her back to the Crystal Empire regardless.

With her protection of the Crystal Empire, Quasimodo Quartz becomes much more loved by her subjects, although she has come down with a cold because of exposure as a result of the golems' incursion. Skyla buries her under a mountain of her plushies in an attempt to raise her spirits, and letters wishing her well and news articles from Press Patrol adulating her begin to pile up as she never imagined. The love from her subjects begins to mingle with her half-Changeling biology, aiding in Quartzy's recovery. One day when Curiosity is visiting, Quartzy nods off, and Curiosity plants a kiss on her forehead...

After she's recovered, Cadance holds a conference to declare the crown-princess to the Crystal Empire: Quasimodo Quartz. This is met with relatively positive reception, but the vocal minority which despise this move takes its toll on Quartzy. On top of feeling unworthy of the crown, the vocal hatred wears her down, leaving her open to a kernel of darkness that crept into her from Sombra's horn: a miasma. She is consumed, and transforms into the NightMare Mongrel, which rises up to destroy anypony who would dare to love Quasimodo Quartz.

Everypony in her family is called up to the Crystal Empire who was not present for the announcement of her coronation as crown-princess, in an attempt to cleanse her of this new NightMare. Word is sent to Sunrise Shimmer for her Daydream form to purify Quartzy, but there is no response. Moonlit Bloom applies the Elements of Harmony to various friends and family members, attempting to use the Element of Magic herself like her mother had before her, but it proves useless. Cute Curiosity reaches out to the Mongrel, declaring her love of Quartzy. The Element of Magic appears on her head, and the other Elements appear on others connected to Quartzy, such as Regality and Press Patrol, and the Mongrel is dispelled.

Holding the half-Changeling princess, Cute Curiosity reassures the weakened princess of her love. Quartzy hesitates, wondering why she is worthy of any love if she causes so much hurt. The Lettuce twins Romaine and Iceberg appear, explaining that Quasimodo's current circumstances are a miracle. While her conception is a constant in the multiverse, she is miscarried in most, stillborn in others, or left to die by her mother Chrysalis in others. She only exists in this state in an extremely small number of timelines, and is only truly happy in a minority of those. She should cherish whatever love she comes upon, because she is such a rarity. After a hesitance, she accepts Curiosity's love, confessing to reciprocating it.

Sunrise arrives, having only just gotten their message. Fluttershy had gone into labor with their child (it is about nine months in-universe since the "Dust 'n' Rust" story arc) and she had been seeing her wife through childbirth. She presents a photograph of their daughter Sunlit Orchid, over the moon with her "precious little ray of sunshine".

After such an episode, Quasimodo Quartz decides to spend a bit of time getting to know her new friend Cute Curiosity. They have ice-cream together at a local ice-cream shop, getting to share stories together. Quartzy finds out that Curiosity carried a lot of issues herself despite appearing to be so self-assured. No matter what she does, the Crystal Empire seems to hold her in the highest esteem just for being half-dragon. She is simply loved too much. She wants to be loved for herself, not for what her mother is. Quartzy takes her hoof and assures her.

(pictured: Tiffany Treats, ice-cream salesmare of the Crystal Empire, drawn by StarryOak)

Meanwhile, after so many years of moldering away in the tundras, Sombra's horn has built up enough malice in the surrounding landscape to construct golems out of snow, ice, and boulders, marching on the Crystal Empire. While her family and friends go forth to fight them off, Quartzy is told to stay behind as her wheelchair in such snowy environs would not be conducive to mobility. Feeling useless, she stands by the Crystal Heart and waits for her loved ones to be successful. She receives word that not only are the golems persisting beyond any equine determination, but her loved ones are becoming overwhelmed.

Arriving in the interrogation chamber, it is revealed that the ponies who broke into the Palace were Lightning Dust and Regal Rust. Sunset Shimmer (now known as Sunrise Shimmer) and her wife the Fluttershy from the human world have evidently been summoned as well, their adopted daughter Mocha Sweet in tow as well. In the course of the interrogation, it is revealed that Regal Rust is Sunset Shimmer's illegitimate daughter with Prince Blueblood, making her Regality's half-sister. Also, Lightning Dust reveals that she's Rainbow Dash's daughter with Spitfire from another timeline.

Long story short, in her original timeline, Rainbow Dash never left the Wonderbolts Academy after the whole 'return of the Crystal Empire' thing, and her absence from the circle of Bearers of the Elements of Harmony led to a war with the Griffons. In a battle with an unrepentant Sunset Shimmer, Lightning Dust Dash ended up going back in time to circa Sonic Rainboom, witnessing her mother's Rainboom at the climax of the episode. She decided to set the future to right by playing the role of total prick to coax Rainbow Dash into returning to her group of friends (the episode Wonderbolt Academy), and has since been searching Equestria with her girlfriend Regal Rust to find magic mirrors that could possibly send her back to her timeline.

(pictured: Lightning Dust (above) and Regal Rust (below), both by StarryOak)

Regal Rust, for her part, had been searching for magic mirrors in the hopes of reuniting with her mother and giving her a piece of her mind for abandoning her. Sunrise transforms into her angelic Daydream form, putting her in her place for being a little shit. Human Fluttershy (who looks like an Earth Pony) seems to be distracted by something, and her wife Sunrise questions her about this. After a bit of beating around the bush, Fluttershy blurts out "Sunny, I want a baby!".

Since learning that Rainbow Dash and Spitfire, two mares, had a biological daughter in an alternate timeline, she had been filled with thoughts of having a biological daughter with Sunrise. Sunrise hesitates, not quite sure what their daughter could be if they conceive one, since Sunrise is neither a human or a pony, but the physical manifestation of Harmony itself. Fluttershy assures Sunrise that no matter what their daughter is, they'll love her. Quartzy overhears this and begins to question her self-loathing. Lightning Dust returns to her home timeline and reunites with her mothers and her own next-gen Mane Six at long last.

After befriending Cute Curiosity, Quartzy would return to her home and field further Tumblr questions, at which point it would officially come out that Queen Chrysalis is her mother. She fears that the Askers despise her, but her parents come in and reveal that they know about her magic mirror and that none of them hate her. After a bit of bonding with her parents, Quartzy is told by Cadance that she is going to be involved in the Sisterhooves Social, which has in the past several years escalated to a national spectacle for all of Equestria. This is in the interests of Quartzy meeting ponies outside of the socially backwards Crystal Empire, ponies who will be much more open-minded and forgiving about her half-Changeling heritage.

At the Social grounds, Quartzy and her sisters Skyla and Royal Beauty are a great number of groups of sisters from throughout StarryOak's TFIM/Quartzverse. Twilight's daughters Starlight Twinkle, Moonlit Bloom, and Love Letter; Soarin & Spitfire's daughters Flame Burst and Muddy May; Rainbow Dash and her sister Feathermay; Rainbow & Pinkie's daughter Sugar Rush and the adopted Scootaloo; Sugar Belle & Night Glider's daughters Milky Way and Jinglebread; Dinky & Pipsqueak's daughters Autumn Tumble and Golden Tales; Applejack & Caramel's daughters Blue Ribbon Beats and Brass Apple, etc. Also among them are a mysterious mare named Mother-of-Pearl and her "sister" Sprinkle Medley, who seems to be a Unicorn and not a Pegasus as she normally is...

Rainbow Dash’s sister, Feathermay Dash

Starlight Twinkle, Princess Twilight Sparkle’ & Flash Sentrys eldest daughter

Love Letter, Twilight and Flash’s second daughter

Moonlit Bloom, Twilight and Flash’s third daughter

Blue Ribbon Beats, Applejack & Caramel’s elder daughter

Brass Apple, Applejack & Caramel’s younger daughter

Milky Way, Sugar Belle & Night Glider’s eldest daughter

Jinglebread, Sugar Belle & Night Glider’s youngest daughter

Autumn Tumble (below) and Golden Tales (above), Dinky & Pipsqueak’s daughters

Mother-of-Pearl

This would have been a way to expose the Tumblr crowd to the broader world of StarryOak's characters, and see their dynamics. Twilight's daughters are incredibly dysfunctional; Love Letter bums off of Starlight Twinkle's multiversal adventures for her "hardcore romance" novels (read: porn) and the pair of them despise each other, while Moonlit Bloom drives the pair of them to distraction with her desire to be Twilight Sparkle 2.0. Flame Burst despises her little sister Muddy May for being... well, it would be initially thought that Muddy May is a Unicorn, until the camera pans down and we see wings as well. Turns out she's not an Alicorn, though, but a Pegacorn, and the horn on a Pegasus body kinda gives her a bit of a more... simple mind. Muddy absolutely adores her big sister, oblivious to Flamey's resentment. The only reason Flame Burst is doing this Social is because her fillyfriend Sugar Rush put her up to it. (She actually named her Social team "Team 'My Marefriend Is Forcing Me To Do This'", which Skyla would continually make snort-inducing jokes like "Team 'My Marefriend Is Macking On Me After This'".)

Flame Burst, Spitfire & Soarin’s firstborn daughter [pictured in her Gala dress]

Muddy May, Spitfire & Soarin’s secondborn daughter

Angel, Fluttershy & Bic McIntosh’s son

Also present despite not being involved in the Sisterhooves Social, are Regality Blueblood, son of Prince Blueblood & Trixie, Quartzy's best friend; and Fluttershy & Big Mac's son Angel, who is Muddy May's boyfriend. Applejack and the incumbent mayor of Ponyville are also present butting heads.

...well, this is unfortunate, but I unfortunately have to announce that we are pulling the plug on Ask Prince(ss) Quasimodo Quartz. The three of us who worked on this Tumblr have moved on to other things, so it feels like it would be paddling against the tide to try to continue work on this blog. On behalf of the three of us, I am really truly regretful that we were unable to show you what it is that we were going to do in totality. But, StarryOak and I had discussed greatly what we would plan to do through to the conclusion of the Tumblr, so I will divulge what Starr and I had planned for the Tumblr's future, so that nobody is left in suspense.

The following set of posts have had their dialogue entirely hashed out by StarryOak and myself.

We begin with a mini-arc that I dubbed Meet Cute (Curiosity), a multi-meaning title as you’ll see in later posts.