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Rubik's Cube Woes

Jun 4th, 2014
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  1. >"GAH!"
  2. >Twilight twists one side, only to ruin the perfectly straight green side of the cube.
  3. >"Okay, maybe this way..."
  4. >This makes the orange side line up, but the remainder is a disorganized mess.
  5. >Twilight's face flushes in frustration.
  6. >Of all the things you had to bring with you from Earth, it was a Rubik's Cube.
  7. >You were giggling silently to yourself as the mare grew more frustrated over time.
  8. >She had roughly a dozen books open around her, all of them about solving puzzles.
  9. >Brain-Busters for Fillies, Puzzles 101, Advanced Riddles and Quizzes...
  10. >"Grrrr...Anon!"
  11. >You looked at her, grinning like a fool.
  12. "Yes?"
  13. >"No fair giving me an unsolvable puzzle!"
  14. >You shook your head, hand out.
  15. >Twilight nearly threw it at you, the cube coming to rest in your hand with quite a bit of force.
  16. >You looked at it, turned a few times...then showed her your handiwork.
  17. >A perfectly level cube, colors all on their correct sides.
  18. >"Wh...but, how!?" Twilight demanded, looking the cube over for signs of tampering.
  19. >You merely grinned as you mixed it back up.
  20. "My only hint: Any Rubik's Cube can be solved in 20 moves or less, from any combination."
  21. >You gave it back to the unicorn, and you could have sworn she was about to cry.
  22. >You then sat back into your chair and continued to watch the show.
  23. >The mare sat there all night, twisting the puzzle cube left and right.
  24. >She almost had it once or twice, before twisting it the wrong way and wrecking it again.
  25. >"CELESTIA DANG IT!" The mare roared, waking you up.
  26. "Twi, seriously, c'mon now." You said with a yawn.
  27. >"No, I have to get this!" She said, ignoring the growl her stomach just made.
  28. "Eat something first?"
  29. >"No." She replied, twisting it again.
  30. >One side solved, five more utterly ruined.
  31. >The concept of 'breaking' one side to fix them all hadn't occurred to her at any point throughout her puzzle solving.
  32. >The mare growled in anger, throwing the cube at you.
  33. >"To Tartarus with it, you win Anon!"
  34. >You sighed.
  35. "Twilight, watch."
  36. >She glared at you, then the cube.
  37. >You turned it twice to the left, three times up, once to the right, three more to the left...
  38. >And were left with a solved cube.
  39. "Twenty turns or *less*, Twi."
  40. >The mare burst into literal flames.
  41. >"HOW DID YOU DO THAT!?"
  42. >You leapt backwards, keeping the very-flammable chair between you and the mare.
  43. "I solved it?" You replied, confused. "You were thinking too much about it!"
  44. >She extinguished just as quickly, stomping down the stairs for a late night snack.
  45. >Twilight came back upstairs, sandwich in her magic aura.
  46. >She was pointedly ignoring both you and the cube.
  47. >"...mix it up again."
  48. "...what?"
  49. >"Mix it up again." She replied simply. "I'm going to solve this bucking thing."
  50. >You sighed, hiding it behind your back and randomly mixing it up.
  51. >You then gave the mare the randomized cube, which she took.
  52. >She scarfed down the sandwich, and put the cube on her nightstand.
  53. >"Later."
  54. >You sighed in relief, going down the stairs to your room.
  55. >"I still think you cheated, Anonymous!"
  56. >You simply laughed, settling in for bed.
  57. >You could hear her turning and twisting the cube all throughout the night.
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