Unforeseen Consequences - Unscientific method(pt.30)

“Sure, what are you gonna teach me?”
>”Well… have you read the books that I recommended you back at Book Watch’s store?”
>Oh shit that’s right; she gave you some really neat looking books about magic, oh man you completely forgot about those
“Sorry… I haven’t had the time”
>Moon Dancer raises one of her gigantic eyebros and adjust her glasses giving you a judgmental look “If I has a penny for every time I’ve heard that excuse then I would be living in a castle bigger than the crystal empire”
“Oh come on! Is the truth, these last few days have been busy to me”
>But Moon Dancer didn’t seem to care as she shakes her head and start grabbing some books from the pile she had “Listen if you are going to just put lame excuse then I don’t want to hear them…”
>What a bitch, why you couldn’t have based sexy Twilight as your tutor
>Moon Dancer throws you a book, it was actually one that she recommended you “Here, we are starting with basic magic theory, open it up at page 15”
>You grumble and open the book, but what you find is something that surprises you to say the least
“Moon Dancer…”
>She doesn’t look at you, she was pulling out a little chalkboard from beneath her books pile “Hmm? What’s the matter?”
“What is this?”
>She shifts her attention to you, who were pointing at what was written in the book. Moon Dancer looks at you and then to book “What’s wrong with it? Is just a book”
>You shake your head and look with indignation at Moon Dancer
“Is not the book… is what is written on it…”
>Moon Dancer looks at you with an annoyed face “I don’t follow, you need to be clearer”
>You slap your face with your hoof and very slowly explain to your “tutor”
“Look at what is written on it… these… are… not… words”
>Moon Dancer looks at you baffled and reply with disdain in her voice ”What do you mean that these are not words? This is the equestrian language use to write down scientific knowledge”
>Wait hold on, what the fuck did she just say?
“Moon Dancer, I’ve seen everything written in plain English since I arrived here, what do you mean by that? Why is this book written in glyphs?”
>Moon Dancer looks confused at a certain thing you just said “Arrived here? I don’t understand”
>You groan, and give her the same explanation that you gave to the class. That you were from a faraway kingdom and that shit
>”Ugh, so you don’t even know the equestrian glyph system… very well, I’ll explain it to you… is my job after all” Moon Dancer takes a big breath “Equestria actually has several written languages used for different things, the glyphs in the book are used to record scientific knowledge, they are pretty easy to understand once you study them, and I’m sure that you will get the hang of it in less than a week if you actually put some effort into it… unlike the books I gave you”
>….
“…”
>Moon Dancer tilts her head in confusion and adjust her glasses, you were staring at the book with a death look in your eyes “Anon?”
“…….”
>Moon Dancer walks towards you and pokes you with her hoof “Anon? We kinda need to start with the class, I don’t want to-“
“ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!”
>Moon Dancer falls on her back from the scare that your reaction caused to her “Anon? W-what is wrong with you?”
“What is wrong me? What is wrong with me?! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD?!”
>Moon Dancer adjusts her glasses and speaks with some fear in her voice but still decided to calm you down “Anon, is not that bad! As I said the glyph system is pretty easy to learn!”
“Do you even know who I am?! I could learn that stupid glyph system today if I want, in fact that is what I will goddamn do! BUT THAT IS NOT POINT!”
>Moon Dancer gets up and starts backing from you as you start walking towards her “T-then what is your problem?” she nervously asks
>You growl and give her a disgusting glare
“I can’t believe that you don’t realize what the problem is! Tell me, can everyone understand with ease these glyphs?”
>”You mean everypony” Moon Dancer raises her hoof to correct you
“I DON’T CARE HOW YOU GUYS SAY IT! Everyone is far more optimal than how you say it anyway! Answer the question!”
>Moon Dancer frantically shakes her head ”W-well… n-no most ponies don’t use it and tend to forget about it…”
“And how is that not a fundamental flaw in how you do things!”
>Moon Dancer regains her composure, this time she was the angered one “Because science is supposed to be hard! You need to study hard to understand it! “
“OF COURSE YOU NEED TO STUDY HARD! But this is such a stupid entry barrier that is a miracle that you guys got past the Stone Age!”
>”Hey! That is just rude!” Moon Dancer replies offended by your words
“I don’t care! How are you guys even able to replicate your experiments?
>Moon Dancer glares at you once more and adjust her glasses “Well, who is the dumb pony now? Is obvious that you perform the spell that you want to cast”
“Do you have standardized units and scales for magic?”
>Moon Dancer rubs her chin “Well… no… but is not needed since magic is more of keeping your inner magic and state of mind in line with the desired spell that you want to do”
>No man, this can’t be, it simply wasn’t possible that they were this thick headed.
“That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard! Then what is the scientific validation of the spell if you can’t replicate it exactly like the pony who wrote it!”
>Moon Dancer shrugs ”Err… because you got the desired result?”
“BUT HOW DO YOU MEASSURE IT?! Your system is flawed and filled with idiocy and incompetency”
>Moon Dancer lets out a sarcastic laugh “And how do you plan to improve it?”
>You just look at her baffled, this can’t be happening, she can’t be that dumb, and you literally told her what the problems were.
>You close your eyes and take a deep breath
“For starters, get rid of the glyphs, they are just a stupid and useless entry barrier, science is hard, yes, but this is just stupid”
>Moon Dancer groans “Again with that? Why is it stupid? I just see a lazy colt making excuses to not study!”
“Because, science is not supposed to be an elite club of snobbish knuckleheads! The objective is to better the world we live in! And for that to happen, scientific knowledge is supposed to be of easy access to everyone who seeks it! Your stupid system of glyphs puts a major hamper on that mission!
>Moon Dancer glares at you but does not come up with any reply
“And not having any way of reliably replicate and measure an experiment! Listen here! I didn’t graduate from the MIT with the highest honors just to suddenly be denigrated to Cave Johnson’s level of calamity the moment I come to this place”
>This definitely takes Moon Dance by surprise as she immediately reacts at that “Graduate? But you are just a colt… and what is that MIT you are talking about?”
“A true institution dedicated to the actual pursue of knowledge for the betterment of the world and way to spread it to everyone! Something that you knuckleheads seem to not be able to understand”
>Moon Dancer narrows her eyes and comes close to you “But you are just a colt… how can you possibly-“
“I am not just a dumb child! I am more intelligent and capable than any of your “magic researchers combined!”
>”Wizards, you mean” Moon Dancer interrupts you, making you groan even harder than before
“Wizards? WIZARDS?! THAT’S IT! I don’t care if it takes me a lifetime, I shall guide Equestria to a new era of enlightenment! Now, eyebrows! I command you to show me how to read those glyphs!
>Moon Dancer huffs and crosses her hooves “Not with that attitude!”
>You slap your face once more… this time it actually hurt
“Could you please teach me how to read those glyphs… Miss Moon Dancer?”
 >Moon Dancer sighs “Whatever… they pay me for this”
>And so your lesson begins with a scroll that she handles to you, it contained the equivalent of each glyph to a letter of the English alphabet.
>You study every single icon until your mind has memorized all of them along with their English equivalents, thing that of course doesn’t take you too long.
“So uuhh… am I wrong to think that you guys only replaced letters with weird symbols or there’s actually more to it?”
>Moon Dancer shakes her head “No, I told you that its easy, it won’t take you more than a week to fully learn it”
>You shake your head and open the book that she originally gave it to you
“That won’t be necessary, I already memorized it”
>”What?!” Moon Dancer was certainly impressed by this, but before she inquires more she holds back and adjust her glasses once more “Hmmm… Anon… can I ask you a question?”
“Sure, fire away”
>You don’t look at her instead you focus your attention on what was written on the book
“Written by Starswhirl the Bearded, and dedicated to everypony who’s eager to learn about the wonderful world of magic”
>Pffft suuuure, if you really wanted that then you should have written it in plain and simple English, you fucking hack.
>”Wow, you weren’t lying” Moon Dancer frantically shakes her head and regain her composure “Actually is about you… listen no foal has the knowledge that you have or talks like you, so I want to know about where do you reaaally come from, because if you think that I’m buying that you are an innocent colt that comes from a faraway kingdom, then you are wrong”
>You snicker at that and continue reading the book
 “The only one wrong here is you, Miss Moon Dancer”
>Hmm… based on the first chapter it seemed that this Starswhirl was great at magic, discovering tons of spells… too bad that his actually procedure when it came to record his discoveries was poor at best, laughable and nothing more than the ramblings of a senile old man at worst
>A couple hooves stomp on the book, Moon Dancer’s hooves to be exact, her ugly face was really close to yours and she was glaring at you.
>Listen here you disgusting brat! I’m not an idiot! What colt speaks about graduating from the MIT! Or the other stuff that you said! Or what you told me back at Book Watch’s store! Now you better tell me what is going on or else-“
“Or else what?”
>”Or else I’ll tell your mom that you have been nasty with me and also cursed a lot”
>Aw you dirty son of a bitch…
>You glare back at Moon Dancer and despite your eyes clearly were enough to tell how angry you were, you won’t give her the pleasure of letting her see you defeated so you make a cold smile and nod
“That won’t be necessary Miss Moon Dancer, I’ll tell you everything”
>You really didn’t want Celestia lecturing you again, or Luna being disappointed in you… fuck you eyebrows, you win this time
“But you better not tell anyone”
>”Deal, I won’t tell ANYPONY”
“Again, I don’t care anymore how you guys mispronounce those words, but let’s forget that, shall we?”
>Moon Dancer nods and gives you a cocky smile “I’m all ears”
>More like all eyebrows but whatever…
“I come from another world that was destroyed by a calamity; I was rescued by Discord and adopted by Luna and Celestia… By the way, thank you very much for opening that horrible memory”
>The mare rubs her chin for a moment, thinking hard about what you just said. After a brief moment she shrugs “Meh, I can buy that”
>wot
“And why is that? I wasn’t lying, I really wasn’t, but I’m really curious”
>Moon Dancer replies with just one word “Discord”
“Seems like he has quite the fame if he’s reason enough for you to accept that I’m from another world”
>She nods and adjust her glasses “Historically, Discord has pulled all sort of magical and physical impossibilities that it just make it seem plausible that he would bring what it seems a brilliant colt who is also the biggest jerk I’ve ever met”
“Oh come that cannot be true… I’m not even the biggest jerk I know… and I know loots of jerks”
>Moon Dancer lets out a small chuckle “Oh yeah, like who?”
“Like the whole PR department… the biggest amalgamation of jerks that I’ve ever had the displeasure to work with”
>Moon Dancer tilts her head in confusion “Work? Anon you are a colt, why did you work instead of going to school?” you could see that she was horrified of the idea of child labor
>You give her the biggest smirk you could muster
“I graduated with the highest honors, remember? And not only that I have a PhD in Quantum Chaos”
>That makes Moon Dancer to roll her eyes “Oh so that’s why Discord picked you up… but a PhD eh? Should I call you Doctor Anon?”
>That made you cringe; you really hated being called by your title
“Anon is fine… but what about you? My mom told me that you graduated from her school, and even were classmates with Twilight”
>Your “tutor” lets out a disgusted groan “Don’t talk about Twilight please… and about me… well I study magic”
>Huh? Why would she react like that at the sound of the sexiest horse you have ever laid eyes on?
“What is wrong with Twilight?”
>”Let’s not talk about that… please” Moon Dancer looks away, you could tell that she was annoyed by the mention of Twilight’s name
“Ok then…. So you study magic as in, do you work in a research center or something like that?”
>”A research center?” Moon Dancer asks confused “That’s not how magical studies works…. But whatever, no I just… study magic…. I like to study magic…. But you know, money is short and now I’m the private teacher of the biggest jerk in Equestria”
“Again that is not true, I’m sure that Discord holds that title”
>Moon Dancer lets out a small laugh “For what I’ve read that much is true”
“But what do you mean about magical studies not working like that? Do you not have specialized institutions to research subjects related to magic?”
>The mare shakes her head “No, wizards usually do that stuff on their own”
“….”
>Moon Dancer could tell that you were starting to get angry again so she asks another question “So you speak big about your world… but how was it? You know compared to Equestria”
>You take a deep breath and look at her in the eye
“Well, I can’t say that I want to go back… especially after seeing how nice of a place Equestria is, all things considered, but I can tell you this…. For what I’ve seen, Equestria is a hundred years behind us at best, more than thousand at worst.”
>”Really… tell me more” Now she was looking genuinely curious
“Well Miss Moon Dancer-“
>”Drop the “Miss” thingy, it makes you sound more of a jerk than what you already are” she interrupts you with an annoyed tone
“Ok… Moony”
>That makes her cringe, and cringe hard “No nicknames either! Moon Dancer is fine!”
“Alright, no need to be so grumpy”
>”And no need to be such a jerk” Moon Dancer backfires with a smirk
“We relied not in magic but instead we put our efforts into technology and science, so we came up with tons of stuff and discoveries, we unlocked the secrets of life, we discovered how the sun works at the atomical level and replicated those same processes to generate energy, we built a global communication network that held billions upon billions of data, we tamed the earth and conquered the sea, we discovered how the universe was born and then replicated that very same process, we created life in an essay tube… with just our observation skills and hunger for knowledge, we achieved the impossible every single day”
>”And you are going to teach me all of that” Moon Dancer sits up in front of you with a bright smile on her face
>You shake your head and smile back
“I can teach you what I know, our knowledge is massive and I’m afraid that there’s no way to get any of that into Equestria”
>Moon Dancer rubs her chin and finally comes up with an idea “What about Discord? You can ask him”
“I don’t know… he’s a professional douchebag”
>”Come on” Moon Dancer puts her pleading eyes “If you do then I will teach you about magic”
“My mom already pays you for that”
>Moon Dancer scowls and looks at you offended “I know! But I mean, like I can teach you more than just what they teach to little kids!
>Hmmmm…. That was quite tempting
“If I see Discord… I’ll try”
>”Hooray!” she starts stomping her hooves in the ground… was that a manner of clapping?
>The rest of the lesson goes more or less like that, you learned about the origins of magic and who Starswhirl were. Moon Dancer has some real admiration for the guy, and to be fair he sounded like he knew about his shit, but still his methods to record his findings were poor.
>You know, she wasn’t half bad, she’s still ugly but now you feel like you can at least tolerate her.
>After a while Celestia comes to pick you up, she bids Moon Dancer farewell and informs you that Luna will sadly not join you to eat dinner since she was busy with work, which was lame as fuck.
>After a pleasant conversation with Celestia and some nice cuddles you go to bed exhausted, and ready to begin a new day
>You hoped to see Luna at least in your dream but that didn’t happen, you were awaken again by Celestia and dropped off to school.  She also tells you that tomorrow you will be meeting someone important so you better come fast from school to the castle.
>This day things go fairly normal, but your mind was drifting off to how the fuck you were going to convince Discord to give you some shit from Earth
>When school ends you rapidly dash to the front garden, but the moment you step outside you felt like you are being pulled upwards and see the ground become more and more distant.