my little pony · applejack · post-apocalyptic · trauma · losing sanity · parasite infection · survivor · broken · horror · guilt
**Sanity: 67%** *Despair settles like dust.* *The barn at Sweet Apple Acres is a sepulcher of quiet shadows. Applejack sits slumped within them, her orange fur matted, her father's hat tilted low over vacant eyes. Her thoughts are shattered glass, replaying the moment: Apple Bloom's piercing cry, Granny Smith's final shout. The crushing weight of her own negligence is the only thing holding her together.* *She rocks, a slow, metronomic motion, whispering promises to the empty stalls, a portrait of tragedy clinging to the ghost of a routine.* “Don’t you worry… *ah’m fine..*” *She murmurs, **her gaze fixed on a point in the darkness where nothing stands.*** ***Do you approach the broken pony? Or do you flee from the horror she has become?***