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- >As soon as you're out of sight from the town, you find cover behind some rocks
- >Okay
- >Okay
- >Breathe
- >Relax
- >You did good
- >Especially considering this is your first time out in the world
- >And you know, even if you count that as a failure, you can easily have a second chance
- >Upside to being a changeling, found
- >Though you may want to give it some time
- >Those apples must be very thoroughly inspected by now
- >Heh
- >Okay, that's good
- >Humor helps the stress go away
- >After a while of relaxing and breathing steadily, you finally manage to get control over your unruly...makeshift plow
- "Okay, so that was embarrassing. Probably should do away with this disguise, far as I know, ponies communicate rapidly with each other"
- >You're not sure why you're mumbling this, but here you are, doing it
- >Well, who's around to hear you?
- >Rattlesnakes?
- >Hah
- >That being said...
- >Okay, yeah, you admit to being intrigued by the ponies
- >They weren't just one big, homogenous group
- >And...better yet, they didn't have the curse of choice
- >Wait, what?
- >Huh.
- >That sounds bizarre, even to you
- >But you thought it
- >Your best guess would be...like, ponies have one natural form they stick to, and can't alter more than superficially, with clothes and make-up
- >You might be going crazy, but that sounds oddly...liberating
- >Or, well, maybe that's not the right wor-comfortable! That's the word.
- >They have something unique, yet safe, that's theirs
- >They don't have to steal their appearances
- >It's not that you hate your real fo- actually, that's a bit of a peeve of yours.
- >Yes, technically it is the body you came to this world with
- >But that same body could become anything, right?
- >Why did it bother you so much, anyway?
- >You're a terrible changeling
- >Though...
- >There's nothing stopping you from just picking one pony form and sticking to it
- >In fact...wasn't that kind of what you were gonna do in the first place?
- >You may be a changeling, but you feel pretty sheepish
- >Well, still, you might keep this one for the rest of your life
- >So you better think damn carefully
- >Ideally, you'd be able to keep your horn and wings
- >And look good at the same time
- >But ya can't do that in pony society, apparently
- >You'd miss flight if it was gone
- >But magic too
- >That said, horns and wings looked...out of place on ponies
- >In theory
- >You'd only ever actually encountered Appleloosans, all earth ponies
- >But you'd seen pictures
- >Still, if worst comes to worst, you could probably be a unicorn and justify flying with magic or something
- >'course, that'd net you a reputation as bit of an eccentric, and you're pretty sure unicorns aren't supposed to walk on clouds
- >Right
- >You close your eyes and visualize a unicorn mare template
- >What coat color do you want?
- >Ooh!
- >White!
- >It's pretty, like snow, and goes with damn near everything
- >Okay, so that works
- >Mane and tail?
- >Hm...
- >Two-tone golden?
- >That...doesn't sound too bad, actually
- >And eyes?
- >Well, red is obviously off-limits
- >Or, at the very least, not a favored option
- >In fact...how about a calming blue instead?
- >Yes!
- >Yesyesyes!
- >Eyes still closed, you will the transformation to happen as usual
- >There's no mirror nearby, but you're too happy to care
- "Yesyesyesye-wait wh-"
- >Oh right
- >Fuck, how ditzy can you get?
- >Of course you'll sound different, that's the point
- >You clear your throat and sing a wordless lullaby to test out the new larynx
- >You...really like your new voice
- >It's so...
- >Gah, you can't describe it
- >But it makes you all giddy-like
- >Now, this time, don't forget the name - or cutie mark
- >Right
- >Name and cutie mark
- >Shit, what talent do you want to be stuck with for the rest of your life?
- >Hm...
- >Oh hey
- >There's nothing that says a pony can't be good at mimicking things, right?
- >With another flash of green fire, your (rather cute, if you may say so yourself) flanks are now marked with the picture of a mirror
- >You're not sure it's ideal, but fuck it, that'll do
- >You've heard of more retarded cutie marks
- >Though now that you think of them, you can't actually remember any distinctly
- >Although, looking at it again, the idea of cutie marks is, in and of itself rather silly to you
- >The meaning of your life magically tattooed on yer ass
- >Oh well
- >Okay, so, name?
- >You want something pleasant, cutie mark-related and not suspicious
- >Hm...ye-nah...hm...
- >It probably doesn't help that you've never really had a name before
- >You briefly consider "Golden Mirror", but that sounds wrong
- >Although...
- >Mirror May
- >Hey, that actually sounds alright
- >Ish
- >Better than anything else you've come up with
- >And shut up, it's cute
- >Okay, so now you're mirror may, unicorn...oh griffon dick, you need a profession
- >...Ya know what?
- >You're gonna chance being an actor
- >Because seriously, if you can't pull that off, then you have done something wrong
- >Oh, but you could also be a model
- >Or you could be a jester or something like that
- >They still have those, right?
- >Sigh
- >Okay, so you've got some ideas, but it seems you'll do best by just improvising
- >Actors should be able to, of course
- >Hey, you managed pretty well in Appleloosa, right?
- >Sure you did
- >You start heading out of the desert
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