Ask Digi-Dash!

I do wanna say while some anonmagic or whatever you wanna call it might be allowed, some others might not. Also don't be afraid to send in casual asks for the characters once things are back up and running, unlike Necessity, this au hopefully will be more of a mixture of chill stuff n comedy along w some drama and horror :]

You made it! A personal program, nobody but you and a handful of friends you showed in the past know about it, and they probably don't even remember it anymore.

Now its just you and them again!

You made it!

You liked certain things.

Their adventures happened, most of them, the bigger ones at least. A lot of it was more like a life simulation, just without a lot of direct input aside from smaller things, like characters VERY RARELY asking for you to choose what they should do sometimes, or chatting occasionally with you, like you were simply a watching presence. Normal for them, since it was made for you. Like a show that generates itself as you watch for you.

But it was not broadcasted for humans to see. No, your connection was far more personal.

It was for you, they were all for you.

They were a show for a singular viewer. But there is no show without an audience, is there?

A lot of the issue is from me being very mentally overworked as of late. Ironically, the planned story does have more of an encompassing idea that has already come up before in earlier posts.

I don't have a concrete answer, but it was likely over 10 years. There's more nuance to certain things, but I can't say those things just yet, spoilers and all ;]

Of course! Things just happened while you were away!

Let's just say Rainbow's loyalty made her one of, if not the only, pony who truly held on. Not everypony takes abandonment well, after all. Not everypony copes the same.

A mixture. For the most part it is stylistic, but in the context of the program it is truly how they look. They do register when things get more detailed and have more color, often used in cutscenes or for important characters. So for Pinkie, Dash registers her as a Pink haired mare with a pink coat, so subconsciously she knows that, but for the most part she doesn't see Pinkie with a pink coat most of the time.