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- Well, you did it. You made it to Equestria. The promise land. A utopia. A world without strife.
- And you hate it.
- It finally happens. No matter how strong you are, you are just one man. And you are a man who hit his breaking point. You though it would never come to this, but you see the ultimate sin as the last choice.
- You prepare to commit suicide. Something totally unheard of and unthinkable in Equestria.
- But even that can't go right, as you are happened upon by a pony, who forcefully stops you at the last moment.
- Roll with post numbers.
- >"I don't know about this Scootaloo."
- >Applebloom looks over the structure, her practiced eyes dissecting the flaws, "It looks like it could fall over if you sneezed at it."
- >"Come on, urban exploring would be cool as a cutie mark!"
- >The unicorn shivered loudly behind the other two fillies, made worse by the heavy pack strapped to her back.
- >"W-why did it have to be this creepy place though?"
- >Scootaloo scoffs at Sweetie Belle, pointing a hoof at the top of the hill.
- >"Just look at it! There's bound to be loads of secrets inside. Maybe even treasure!"
- >The decrepitated cottage stood well outside of the town of Ponyville, well away from any potential pedestrians.
- >Rumor was it once was the home of a strange being that had come out of nowhere one day in Ponyville.
- >It had come into town many times yet nopony knew much about him and none ever tried to.
- >It did odd jobs around town then returned to the abandoned cottage, alone.
- >One day it had just stopped showing up, much to the relief of the townponies.
- >Eventually everypony had ceased to speak or think of it, assuming it had just left the area.
- >The Cutie Mark Crusaders had only heard about it during one of Granny Smith's ramblings.
- >Scootaloo had got the bright idea to explore the house as another in a long list of attempts at finding their special talent.
- >Said filly now marched confidently toward the entrance of the building but pauses once she reaches the portal that looms over the three of them.
- >"Whoa, it's huge. It must have been a giant!"
- >Her conclusion seems to excite her even more.
- >"There must be treasure inside! Giants hoard treasure right?"
- >Applebloom just shrugged at the question while Sweetie gulped as she stared up at it.
- >Unperturbed, Scootaloo goes to remove the obstacle.
- >She has to use her feeble wings to get enough lift to reach the doorknob but she succeeds.
- >She lets out a triumphant yell when the door yields to her hooves and opens slightly in reply.
- >After she lands she sticks her head inside to open it the rest of the way.
- >She takes a couple of steps inside, followed by her less than enthusiastic compatriots.
- >From the entranceway, the trio peered at the shapes that were illuminated by the light of the doorway.
- >"Everything's so...big." Sweetie said in a whisper.
- >Scootaloo squints her eyes.
- >"Can barely see anything though. Turn on the flashlight, Sweetie Belle."
- >"Okay."
- >The flashlight lifts from her pack in a shimmer of green light.
- >With a flick of her magic, it turns on to cut through the thick darkness.
- >More details become clearer to the trio as the light is slowly moved over the surroundings.
- >Though the room was spacious, it was sparse.
- >Very little furniture filled the space and the walls were bare of any decorations or photos.
- >Cobwebs lined the walls and a layer of dust covered almost ever inch of the room.
- >No sounds could be heard except the noise of a house in serious disrepair, reaffirming Applebloom's earlier fears of collapse.
- >So distracted by this she almost misses when Sweetie's light catches the edge of something dangling in the air.
- >"Wait Sweetie, go back!"
- >Complying, the beam moves back slightly, shining upon the object Applebloom had seen.
- >Tied to one of the support beams was a single piece of rope that swayed slightly from the wind that snuck through the gaps in the walls.
- >The led into a long knot that ended in a big loop.
- >Applebloom had worked with all kinds of ropes and knots on the farm but she couldn't figure out the function of this one.
- >She took a few steps forward to get a better look at it.
- >"What in blazes-"
- >CRACK!
- >The loud noise causes Applebloom to backpedal away with a yelp.
- >Scootaloo visibly stiffens to the right of her.
- >"WHAT WAS THAT!?"
- >"I DON'T KNOW! I STEPPED ON SOMETHING!"
- >Despite the fright, Applebloom does not run; instead she turns her head to peer through the blinding light of the flashlight.
- >"Sweetie, the light!"
- >It takes her a moment to get herself under control, but Sweetie eventually moves the flashlight's halo toward the spot Applebloom once stood.
- >The first thing that is revealed to them is a crumbling chair, knocked over backwards on the ground.
- >Next the girls find with alarm are the several white, oblong masses spread out in a circle directly under the swaying rope.
- >As the halo of light moved over the pile, the fillies' apprehension grew as they slowly took in steadily familiar objects.
- >Some were short, long, big, and small.
- >And in the middle of it all, with it's cranium crashed in, was the skull of a creature that stared back at them with its dark, hollow eyes.
- >This is the straw that finally breaks any resolve the girls have left.
- >In sync the fillies scream at the top of their tiny lungs, dropping anything not strapped to them and galloping full tilt for the exit.
- >They shove the door out of the way before scrambling down the hill toward the safety of the town and their beds.
- >The door hits the wall with such force that it rebounds and slams shut after them.
- >Once again sealing off the lone occupant from the rest of the world.
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- 0. No one is there to stop you, but your body is found shortly after. What are the results?
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