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- >Day just-got-a-raise on Earth.
- >Be Anon.
- >After finally convincing your boss to give you a little extra cash in your check, you decide to put it to good use.
- >And what better use than to buy yourself a new toy?
- >You drive straight to the hobby shop after work and browse around.
- >Model cars?
- >Lame.
- >Pokemon cards?
- >No one collects those anymore.
- >After several minutes of looking, something very odd catches your eye.
- >The store clerk follows your gaze behind him to the top shelf.
- >"It's a drone," he answers to the question you were thinking.
- >Reaching up, he takes it down and places it on the counter before you.
- >"This thing can go over fourty miles-an-hour and turns on a dime," continues the clerk. "It's a fantastic piece of machinery."
- "I'll say," you tell him.
- >Looking up at its place on the shelf, a price tag sits just below it.
- "A thousand dollars!" you exclaim. "That's insane!"
- >"Hey, this little piece of drone technology is totally worth it, though," says the salesman. "That number is actually cheaper than it should be. Check this out."
- >He points to a lens on the front of the copter and pulls some goggles from under the shelf to hand to you.
- >Putting them on, the clerk activates the camera and points it at yourself.
- "That's cool," you tell him.
- >The clerk moves the copter around, causing you to sub-conciously lean to the side.
- >You catch yourself doing so as the clerk laughs.
- >Suddenly a devious idea pops into your head.
- "I'll take it!" you tell the clerk.
- >Rolling up to your house, you take your new toy out of the back seat and head inside.
- "Aero!" you call out as you kick the door open.
- >"What?" calls a voice from the other room.
- "Check this shit out!" you answer.
- >Your roommate walks in as you're throwing large batteries into the copter and remote.
- >"What the heck is that?" she asks.
- >On queue, you flip the power switch and jam both joysticks forward.
- >The copter jumps up and arcs forward before crashing upside down onto the coffee table.
- "Whoops."
- >"You called me in here to watch you destroy our coffee table?" asked Aero.
- "No, the copter," you reply as you go to pick it up and show it to her. "Cool, isn't it?"
- >Aero looks it over top to bottom.
- >"How does this thing even fly?" she asks.
- "Magic. I don't know. It gets better, though."
- >You fetch the goggles and toss them to her.
- "Throw those on."
- >Aero straps the goggles over her face and looks around.
- >"I can't see a thing," she says.
- >You reach over and flick the power switch on the goggles.
- >As they boot up, Aero lets out an audible, "Oooh~".
- "It's like a first-person flight view of the drone. Cool, right?"
- >"Yeah it is!" squealed Aero.
- >You tilt the drone and move it around while observing Aero's body.
- >She lightly tilts and turns with it.
- >Perfect.
- >"How much did this thing cost?"she asked
- >You look at the box on the floor.
- >The price tag was taped to the corner.
- >You swiftly kick it under the couch.
- >It gets stuck because it's too large.
- >Another hard kick wedges it underneath.
- "Not important," you finally answer.
- >"We gotta take this thing out for a spin!" suggested Aero.
- "I don't know. The maiden voyage lasted all of two seconds," you say, referencing the crash a minute earlier.
- >"Pleeeease!" she begged, pulling the goggles off so you can stare into her big eyes.
- >After a moment of deliberation, you give her a shrug.
- "Eh. Sure."
- >"Eeeeee~!" Aero squealed before she ran out the front door.
- >You grab the drone and controller before heading outside.
- >Now you just need a course.
- >You head to the door, but Aero rushes passed you to go inside again.
- >"I'll be right back!" she calls.
- >Shrugging, you continue outside and look around.
- >Placing the drone on the ground, you decide to give it an easy test flight before doing anything crazy.
- >Hearing metal drag across the wooden floor of your house causes you to look at the door.
- >Aero, now wearing a cape, was pushing a large metal fan outside with her.
- "You're scratching the floor!" you shout as you drop the controller and clutch your hands to your head.
- >Aero looks behind her to check the damage.
- >"Whoops. Sorry about that, Anon."
- >Racing over, you grab one end of it and help her haul it out.
- >Setting it down on the grass, you walk over and pick the controller up again.
- "Okay so what's this all about?" you finally ask.
- >Aero flips the goggles down upon her eyes.
- >"Realism. Duh," she answers with such confidence.
- >Of course.
- >How silly of you.
- "Alright. You ready?"
- >"As I'll ever be," said Aero as she crouched in prep for takeoff.
- >You flip on the power switch, illuminating the lights and bringing Aero's goggles online.
- >When her view comes in, she looks around but forgets the view is a camera feed from the quadcopter.
- >Taking a step back, you prepare for liftoff.
- "Five. Four. Three. Two. One..."
- >Aero bites her lip in anticipation.
- >You gently apply the joysticks so the quadcopter spins up.
- >A little more pressure and it's slowly rising.
- "Whoa!" exclaims Aero.
- >You watch her out of the corner of your eye.
- >As the copter lifted, she slowly rose from a prone position to standing with her staring blanky into the sky through her goggles.
- >This brought a smile to your face.
- "Here we go!" you shout as you throw the throttle into full gear.
- >The quadcopter zooms forward, Aero leaning into it as well.
- >You shoot up and back, flying inverted and causing Aero to stand on her hind legs and bend back.
- >Rotating back upright, Aero rotates herself as well to face the other way.
- >All the while the large fan is blowing wind at her and flowing her cape around.
- >"Whoa!" she shouts at the maneuver, wearing a huge smile on her face.
- >You dip and corkscrew back around, easing up on the throttle.
- >The quadcopter weaves in and out of the trees lining the road.
- >Aero loosely tilts her head back and forth as it does so.
- >Her body follows slightly.
- >"Whoooaaa..." she mumbled, almost hypnotized by the swaying of the copter.
- >As the copter came back, you slow it down and stop it by yourself.
- >You look into the camera and wave.
- >"Hi, Anon!" greeted the excited filly.
- >You fly the copter slowly over you, doing the Matrix as it does.
- >Standing back upright, your shenanigans resume.
- >As you zip through the air, your stunts start to become more daring.
- >Aero crouches in a low-ready stance as the quadcopter comes screaming out of the sky.
- >Mere feet from hitting the pavement of the road, you pull up.
- >A passing car has a near miss with the drone, slamming its brakes and laying on the horn.
- "Sorry!" you shout with an apologetic hand gesture.
- >Aero had jumped onto her hind legs and threw her forelegs high above her head as she let out an excitied "Woo!" as the copter missed the car.
- >"Death from above!" she cried.
- "Okay, that's enough of that," you mutter to yourself after hearing Aero's shout.
- >You go through a designated course involving vertical corkscrews, weaving through the trees, wide turns, and steeps dives.
- >As you got used to each round, you got faster and faster.
- >Aero was having the time of her life.
- >She was laughing, jumping, and spinning to keep up with the movements of the quadcopter.
- >You were also having a fun time just flying this thing and watching Aero every now and then as she moved with it.
- >Finally, it hit the point where she was starting to get motion sickness.
- >"Ugh... Anon?" called Aero.
- >You knew what she wanted.
- >But you were too busy waiting to see what would happen.
- >The copter was nearing top speed as you shot around the house in a large, winding corkscrew.
- >"Anon!" called Aero, still moving with the copter.
- >She seems to have forgotten she could just take the goggles off.
- >Up, up, and up!
- >Dive, dive, dive!
- >The copter comes screaming out of the sky and Aero along with it.
- >Quickly pulling up and weaving through the trees has the filly following it with her body.
- >"Anon! Anon stop!" she cried.
- >Finally breaking the slalom, you go for one fast, long left turn.
- >Unfortunately, you misjudged the position of a telephone pole from where you were standing.
- >One of the rotors clipped the pole and sent it spinning out of control and into the ground.
- >Aero screamed as she followed suit, stumbling over herself and rolling across the grass.
- >You were about to have a laugh at her expense, until a sickening crack caught your ears.
- >Quickly looking over your shoulder, you spy Aero resting next to the pavestones lining the flowerbed in front of your house; her hooves holding her head.
- "Oh shit!" you shout, dropping the quadcopter controller to the gound and rushing over to your friend.
- >You trip on the cord to the fan as you pass and stumble to the ground.
- >Crawling on your hands and knees, you reach Aero and roll her onto her back.
- "Aero!" you shout, ripping off the goggles and lightly slapping her cheek to try to get her to come to.
- >She groans in response.
- "Oh shit, I'm so sorry!" you tell her.
- >She just rolls onto her side and curls into a ball, still holding her head.
- >You run inside to grab a bag of ice and a wash cloth.
- >Coming back outside, you scoop her into your arms and put her in the back seat of your car.
- >She manages to hold the ice to her head on her own.
- >Driving to the hospital, you swear up and down at yourself.
- >Smacking the steering wheel, you wish you'd have just stopped when she asked.
- "Fuck!"
- >Pulling up to the hospital, you carry Aero inside and explain the situation.
- >A pair of nurses come and take her to a room as you sit outside.
- >And now you wait.
- >About thirty minutes later, the doctor returns to you.
- >"Anon?" he asked.
- "Yeah? How is she?" you reply.
- >"Well... Not good," he answered, checking his clipboard. "She has a pretty severe concussion."
- >Your heart dropped.
- >"In fact, she might suffer from memory loss."
- >And if you thought it couldn't get worse, it just did.
- >"How exactly did this happen?" asked the doctor.
- "I..." you start. "I flew a remote-controlled copter by her and she tripped."
- >"Wow..." said the doctor. "You're kind of an asshole."
- >Not what you'd expect from a doctor, but he isn't wrong.
- "Yeah..." you reply.
- >"Well the good news is that she won't have to stay in the hospital," continued the doctor.
- >As he said this, Aero was led out into the waiting room by a nurse.
- >She was looking all around as if seeing this for the first time.
- >Actually, come to think of it, this really is the first time she's been in the hospital.
- >Weird how out of all the stunts she's pulled, it's yours that put her here.
- >Also strapped to her head with medical gauze was an colling pack.
- >She even still had her cape on.
- >"Just make sure she doesn't throw up and die in her sleep. Can you do that at least?" chastised the doctor.
- >God damn, what bizarro world did you enter?
- "Will do," you answer.
- >The nurse led Aero to you.
- >"Here you go," she said to the pony.
- >Aero looked up at you for a moment.
- >"You're not my real dad," she said.
- >What.
- "Eh... No, I'm Anon," you tell her.
- >"Who?" asked Aero.
- >Oh God, the doctor was right.
- >As you look up to him for help, he was already leaving with the nurse.
- >Shit.
- >Looking back down at Aero, she was now gone as well.
- "What-!" you blurt as you start to panic.
- >Oh wait, she's just taken a few steps to the side.
- >Aero was looking at the candy machine and trying to knock some Skittles free.
- >You walk over to her as she kicks the machine.
- "Did it steal you change?" you ask.
- >"My what now?" replied Aero to you.
- >Oh sweet baby Jesus this is gonna suck.
- >It's your fault so now you must deal with it.
- >... But how will you tell her mother?
- >"I'm hungry," said the filly at your feet.
- "Do you even know where we are?" you asked.
- >"The hospital," she answered. "The lady said so. She also said you're responsible for me. Now bring food to my face, please."
- >The two of you share in a stare for about a minute before you give a sigh.
- "Alright, lets go."
- >You lead her out to your car, opening the door for her and buckling her in to the front seat.
- >Hopping into the driver's seat, you head on down the road towards home.
- >Reaching into the back seat, you grab a can of cola and hand it to the pony next to you.
- >You grab one for yourself as well.
- >Popping the top, you take a sip of the warm cola.
- >"So are we lovers or something?" asked Aero.
- >You spit cola onto your steering wheel and windshield.
- >It also bubbles up through your nose and throat.
- >You almost throw the car into oncoming traffic during your coughing fit.
- "No," you manage to wheeze out.
- >"Oh," replied Aero, apparently satisfied with the answer.
- >She takes a sip of cola for herself.
- >She looks out the window.
- >In this moment, a jet takes off from the nearby airport and soars overhead.
- >"Whoa!" she cries, staring at the white and silver plane. "What is that!"
- >You peek up towards the sound before directing your attention back to the road.
- "Airplane. They fly people and ponies around."
- >She also noticed some low-flying pegasi as you were leaving the designated 'No-Fly Zone' around the airport.
- >"That looks so cool," she commented with stars in her eyes.
- >'Oh God, it's happening again!' is all you could think.
- "You actually hate flying," you quickly blurt out.
- >"Oh?" asked Aero.
- "Yeah, that's how you got sent to the hospital. Remember?"
- >Aero sits in quiet for a moment.
- >"No..."
- >Then she stays silent the rest of the ride home, staring at her hooves the whole way.
- >Coming up to the house, you see your front door is still wide-open, the fan had been knocked down, and it seems that the neighbor who's lawn the quadcopter was crashed onto had thrown it back onto your grass.
- >The goggles were also laying where Aero had fallen.
- >Hopefully no one stole anything out of your house.
- "Well, this is home," you said as you got out.
- >Aero was fumbling with the buckled before finally getting free.
- >Having a bit of trouble with the door, she gets out of that too.
- >Walking up beside you, she stares at the house.
- >"Our house?" she asked.
- "Yeah."
- >"I thought you said we weren't lovers?"
- "We're not," you reiterate. "Just friends. Roommates."
- >"So not even fuck buddies, eh?" she asked. "You're missin' out, dude."
- >You watched as she walked inside.
- >What the hell has gotten into her?
- >Has losing her memory turned her into a bitch?
- >If this is seriously how it's gonna be, you'd prefer the happy-go-lucky, flight-obsessed Aero.
- >"Anon!" she called from the kitchen. "I am incapable of reaching the cereal in the cupboards!"
- "Damn it..." you mutter.
- >Minutes later, after you make her a bowl of cereal, you sit across from her and watch her as she eats.
- >Aero also stares back as she slowly raises the spoon to her mouth, bites, chews slowly, and lowers it back to the bowl.
- "So what do you remember?" you finally ask.
- >"I remember that Frosted Flakes didn't have a kangaroo on the bag," she said, poking at her bowl with the spoon.
- "I mean us. And yourself. Anything?"
- >"What? Like sex?"
- "We didn't fuck!" you shout and bang your fist on the table.
- >"Well you certainly seem frustrated so that makes sense," replied Aero as she took another bite.
- "I'm serious. You don't remember anything at all? We've been best friends since childhood."
- >Aero put a hoof to her chin for a moment as she thought about it.
- >Then she shrugged.
- >"Nope."
- "Oh..."
- >"In fact, I'm thinking of leaving here. This place is lame."
- "What?!" you blurt out.
- >"Yeah," confirmed Aero. "Gone. Outta here. Sayonara."
- "Why!" you demand, feeling betrayed. "It's not like you're a different pony. We can still be best friends!"
- >"Well, I don't think I can live with someone who deliberately tries to scare me with a speeding quadcopter," said Aero.
- "I'm sorry! I didn't know you'd hit your head! I thought it would be- Hold the fuck on!"
- >Aero is now having a laughing fit at the table.
- >You stare at her for a moment with a twitchy eyelid.
- "What..." you mutter.
- >"You should have seen your face!" laughed the filly.
- "What!" you shout. "Are you kidding me!"
- >Aero manages to calm down a bit, wiping a tear from her eye with one hoof and clutching her sides with the other.
- >"Yeah," she finally says. "It took a bit but I was onto you after I tripped."
- "But what about your head?"
- >"Hoof on stone," she said as she held it up.
- "Your concussion? The doctor and nurse?"
- >"Nah, they were in on it. I told them what was up. That doctor was pretty funny."
- >He was okay at best.
- >"The hospital bill is real, by the way. You should be expecting it in the mail in a couple weeks."
- >Well that's just fan-fucking-tastic...
- "Well shit. Aren't I the asshole, huh?"
- >"You got that right, bud," answered Aero as she hopped off the chair.
- >She looked back at you as she walked away.
- >"And you totally missed out on this," she said.
- >Licking a hoof and putting it to her rump, a sizzling sound escaped her lips.
- >You shook your head and rolled your eyes.
- >"Now show me how to fly this thing," Aero called as she walked out the front door.
- >Following her out, you find her fiddling with the busted quadcopter with the goggles sitting beside her.
- "I think it's screwed," you tell her.
- >"Did you buy the warranty?" she asked.
- >Another twitch comes to your eye.
- "N-no..." you shamefully admit.
- >"Of course..." sighs Aero as she tosses the quadcopter to the side.
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