Thread 9: Stories 1-15

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>Shining
“Chrysalis”
‘Cadance’
-42-
{18}
[2]
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>Can we make it past the porridge this time? I think we can make it past the porridge this time. I’m feeling lucky!

{Last time, we summoned a demon from the other realm…}

>Well, yes, but Two managed to distract it with her cuteness long enough for us find a counter-summoning spell.

“How did that even happen is what I’m still wondering! One second, porridge, the next, rampaging demon!”

>Who cares! New day, new try! Now, if we can just-

‘Can someone explain to me why-’

>BECAUSE FAMILY TIME!

-I… I’m family…?-

‘Of course you are, 42, but that’s not what I was going to ask.’

>What is it?

‘Why’s all the food and silverware and placemats spinning through the air like this?’

>…you mean that’s not just one of you trying to stress me out?

‘Nuh-uh.’

[WHEEEEE!]

“Oh cool! Now Two’s floating around!”

>SWEETIE NO!

As all hell broke out over the breakfast table and everyone leapt from their seats to try and reclaim the giggling, floating Two, only 42 remained seated, ignorant to the chaos as she fumbled a fork between her hooves, her tongue poked out to the side.

-Hey… Hey! Hey, look! Everyone look, I think I got it! This is how you hold a fork, right?-

In an instant, all the condiments and food fell neatly back to the table in their proper order and Two dropped safely into Shining’s arms.
Everyone regarded the fork in 42’s grasp with wide, disbelieving eyes, jaws hanging.

>I can’t believe it….

{She did it… she saved us all….}

-Did… am I wrong? Did I mess up?-

“That’s my girl!”

>Praise Celestia!

[Yaaaay, 42!]

‘C’mere you!’

As Cadance snatched her into a hug, 42 could do nothing but blush and smile, not quite sure what had just happened but glad to have helped in some way.

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>SA
"Spike"
'Poindexter'
-18-
[Chrysalis]
{Cadence}
<42>
~Applejack~
~~~~~~~~

>Is this going to be a thing? Are you just going to cycle through ponies you have a crush on and bring them to the game? Can I expect to see the Lotus twins here next time?

"I TOLD YOU THAT IN CONFIDENCE!"

>I told you to ban love enchantments, and you laughed at me and told Chrysalis I like blue lingerie, which I also mentioned to YOU in confidence.

'Oh, okay, I was wondering why you were dressed like that.'

[Feel free to look, nerd, but try to touch and I show you how sharp my fangs are.]

'Not going to lie, that makes me want to try it more. Vampirism is ALSO-'

*SMACK!*

-If I'm going to be forced to sit next to you, you can't be creepy.-

{Says the mare also dressed in blue lingerie.}

-IT'S LAUNDRY DAY!-

<So why not just magic up some clothing?>

-...Wait, SHIT! I can do that! Well, this is embarrassing.-

~Is this a normal game for ya'll?~

>What? No, this is pretty weird. Normally Spike had to at least try his opening narration before every last one of them tries to have graphic sex with my character.

~...Uh huh...~

[Enough talk! 42 looks like she's ready to burst, so Lizado, make it happen!]

"You find yourselves in an inn, tucked away in the small reaches of-"

<I USE ADVANCED INITIATIVE TO->

[Aw yeah!]

<-TO USE MY RED STRING OF FATE, AND MOVE OVER THE SEDUCTION ENCHANTMENT TO CADENCE'S CHARACTER!>

>OH HELL YES!

[WHAT!?]

-WEEEAK!-

{Wait, so what does that mean?}

>Cadence, it means you and I are about to make some sweet, sweet sexy magic! Come here!

[This is so weak!]

-Come on!-

~Is this... is this good?~

"Oh yeah, this is good."

{O-oh... um...}

>...Cadence? You going to act out and roll your D20 so we can get our buffs? You've got to do the things I like.

{Right, uh, things you like...}

[....PFFFFTHAHAHAHAHAH!]

-O-OH MY GAWWWWWD!-

<You can't be serious! I thought I was doing you a favor! I was trying to be nice, damn it!>

~Ah. And that explains the grin.~

"It does."

>Honey? Come on, everyone is waiting.

{I-Uh, erm, ehhh... O-okay, the thing you like is... um...}

>Yeeees?

{... I pass.}

>...You pass.

{Right! I mean, it's my enchantment now, I don't HAVE to use it, right?}

>...

[I-I CAN'T BREATH! I CAN'T BREEEATH!]

-THIS IS AMAZING!-

<Wow... I feel like a jerk now.>

{...I'm sorry.}

>...You know what?

{What?}

In one fluid movement, he leaps away from the table, and walks over to her.

>It doesn't matter what it's like in the game, and you want to know why?

{Why?}

>Because my favorite thing here, in reality, will always, ALWAYS... be you.

{...O-Oh Shinyyy!}

>Come here, beautiful.

She leaps into him, and crashes her lips against his.

"Hey, whoa now, you going to do that right here?"

'Wow. They are really going at it.'

[Well, that took the fun out of it.]

-Yeah.-

<Did... did I do good? Was that good? I don't know if that was good.>

"Hey, hey now! Not on the table! Oh come on, you're in public!"

~Not goin' ta plan?~

"HEY! Don't roll over near me!"

~Heh.~

A magical glow grabs hold of every other member of the room.

~C'mon, ya'll. We best leave before they get ta' the other stuff.~

[I'll be honest with you, I kind of wanted to watch.]

-Me too.-

'Same.'

<...*Cough*...>

"Damn it, Shining Armor! I WAS SUPPOSED TO BASK IN YOUR MISERY!"

As he was dragged off, the furiously engaged couple continued to give him no mind.

"I WAS SUPPOSED TO BAAAAASK!"

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>Crystal Guard
~~~~~~

You ever feel like you just knew that this day was going to suck? That today was going to be the day you looked back on, and said to yourself "Man, that day was awful." Like the day you stepped on a nail, or missed an important train, or forgot someones birthday.

Or the day a horde of robots descended upon your home, and started banging against the massive shield erected around it.

This day was probably going to suck.

Or, maybe, just maybe...

>Come on you piles of scrap.

Just maybe this is the day you're going to get to say, "I fought a robot army with a rocket launcher."

>Let's see what you've got.

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>Cheese Sandwich
"77"
'???'
[???]

>-take one down pass 'em around, ten mugs of cider on the wall, nine mugs of cider on the wall, nine mugs of cider~

77 squinted at the map as he and Cheese kept walking along in the desert, they had been walking for what felt like hours, the sun beating down on them. Cheese didn't seem to mind, it appeared he was almost giddy to be nearing the completion of his little song.

"By all accounts we should be nearing this encampment, or our dear Braeburn is quite a lackluster cartographer."

>Don't worry about it, Dusty, I'm sure we'll find this camp right around the bend!

"...this place is quite open, Mr. Sandwich."

>Eh, expressions, what are you gonna do-whoa!

Mid-sentence Cheese trips and falls on his face, clutching his snout between his hooves.

>Ow! Bi dose!

"What did you trip on?"

>I dohn know!

77 looks down at the ground, squinting, he catches a glint of metal and methodically digs it out, soon finding himself face to face with a disembodied robot head.

"What the..."

'ALERT-bzzt!-OPTICAL FEED RESUMED-bzzt!'

"Bollocks."

'INITIATING DISTRESS SIGNAL!'

The head begins to emit a loud whistling noise, 77 drops it and holds his ears, trying to find something to smash the thing with.

Suddenly a blur of motion knocked him back, rearing up and slamming two hooves down onto the robot's head, crushing it.

>Ow...first the nose, then my ears...it's that party in Manehattan all over again...

"Thank you, whoever you are."

77 blinked as the figure came into focus, a slimly built female buffalo glowered at him with the sun behind her.

[Do not thank me, pony, you two are now the prisoners of my tribe!]

>"Wait what!?"

Before the two can ask for an explanation, a wave of hairy giant buffalos appeared from the sands and surrounded them. They are marched away in short order with the female at the front.

...the head meanwhile sparks and jolts on the ground.

'BZZT! DiSTreSs...cAll...aBOrTEd...HoMINg...bEAcon...pLANTed...BZZT!'

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>SA
"Chrysalis"
~~~~~

It was chaos. Guards racing, staff hiding, preparations being made in ever single inch of the palace, madness. But you'd never know that if you focused only on the pair racing through it's halls.

>Not now, Chrysalis!

"Really, just saying. No mines? No perimeter cannons? Nothing? Come on, this is just poor planning."

>Says the mare who STILL won't tell me how she knew they were coming!

"Hey now, I deserve a thank you for that. You got your little shield up, didn't you? They would already be here if I didn't. I'm a hero."

>It also means we CAN'T EVACUATE!

"Eh, we saw that coming. Not like they were going to let the trains pass by anyway, and it's nothing but snow everywhere. They'd be dead if they tried to run. Or canter. I guess any sort of movement and snow is probably a problem."

>Can you PLEASE take this seriously?

"Nope, delegated that to 42. I'm not worried, I'm an immortal Changeling Queen, I'll be fine."

>Well, glad to know you're so fucking flippant about it!

"Hey, if I had known it would make you happy, would have said it sooner."

They finally skidded to a halt just outside of the castle, able to survey the situation.

"Wow, talk about a panic."

>Yeah, well, these guys kind of have a problem with the idea of invasion. Can't imagine why!

"Seriously."

>Just stay here, and if worst comes to worst get everyone inside the castle and lock the doors.

"And you are going to...?"

>My army is gathering on the edges where they're most focused. My shield won't last forever, so when it goes down...

"..."

>If you find any of them, lock them away in the castle right away. Most likely, they'll fight you, but it's better in there than outside fighting the robots.

"Peh, I'm not a babysitter."

>Chrysalis... whatever happens, I want you to know... I forgive you.

And off he went, the knight in shining armor off to slay the evil invading his kingdom.

"...Poor brave knight."

A wicked smile curled on her lips.

"So naive."

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>Cadence
"Robots"
[???]
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If there was a worse time to go play in the snow outside of the Empire's boarders, Cadence honestly didn't want to know about it.

Because as she stood in said snow, surrounded on all sides and with dozens of robots blocking her path to the Empire, she was pretty sure this was near the top of the list.

>...Now you might be thinking to yourselves, should I shoot her? And the answer may surprise you.

"BZZZZT! SCAN-ING SCAN-ING! ORGANIC FORM DETECTED!"

>The answer is, no! No you should not. You should pat her on the head and give her cake. I know, it's a surprising answer, but it's in the rule book I swear.

"BEGINNING TERMINATION PROTOCOL!"

>...Fuuuuu-

"ERROR! TERMINATION PROTOCOL HALTED! LOWER WEAPONS!"

>-uuuantastic!... whyyy?

"PRINCESS CADENZA MI AMOUR DETECTED... SUBROUTINE SIX ACTIVE... PLAYING MESSAGE 123"

[Is this thing on? No, we're not doing it again! We've done it a hundred times already! No, literally, that little number is in the triple digits... dating profile? Why would you need a recording for the- is that thing still on!?...Fine, whatever, we'll use this one. Just crop out everything I just said, don't forget!...]

"..."

>...Uh, is that all of-

[A-HEM!... alright... Cadenza... my dear, dear co-... wait, shit, hidden identity... my... NOT cousin, how are you? You may be wondering just what it is that all of this is about. Oh, it's nothing personal, not directly, but you see I just can't overlook your mixing with those ghastly little creatures, and your shaming of dear Aunt... NOT Auntie Celestia. We just can't have you flying too high, it upsets the status quo! So, regrettably, I must knock you down a few pegs, and slaughter those horrifying creatures invading your home. Oh, of all of them, I'm sure you understand the most. You are like me, wishing for the time when that horribly little mud pony would just go back to her little hole in the ground, and leave the important matters to those with royal blood! The flights of fancy we have should not be challenged just because some little inbred hick was given a pretty dress and a horn!]

>...Blueblood?

[And I know your husband forced those things onto you, I understand! His need to sate his desires with such disgusting creatures must offend you as much as me. So, instead, I will handle this for you. I will try to only cripple your soldiers, mostly, and I won't cause too much collateral damage with your citizens, really! This is not genocide, just enough to bring you back down to where you NEED to be. There will be some... regrettable casualties, but never you worry. You won't be harmed, I promise you that. But your husband... well, we'll have to see if he's willing to get back in line, won't we? Stay out of the line of fire, Cadenza, just because they won't directly fire upon you doesn't mean they won't defend themselves, and I can't be held accountable for what you do. Run away, or fall like the rest. Your call.... Now, turn it off.. I said turn it off!... It's not off, the little red light is blinking! No, that means it's recording! IT DOES SO! DOES SO DOES SO DOES SO-]

>...

"BZZZT, AVOIDING CADENZA, RE-INITIATING ATTACK PROTOCOL ON SHIELD....FIRE!"

You would think the hail-fire of bullets rocketing above her would be the loudest thing ringing through her head at the moment, that she would have nothing more important on her mind than the screaming metal death above her.

You would be wrong.

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>Rainbow Dash
"Gilda"
[Soarin]
-Bulk Biceps-
~Spitfire~
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Rainbow Dash paces before the assembled Wonderbolts, trainees included.

>As of this afternoon, we lost contact with the Crystal Empire not long before Shining Armor sent out a distress signal. Assume the worst: assume the robots have attacked, and with the A-team gone, we are the alpha Strike against the machine armies.

[We're with ya the whole way, captain! What's the plan of attack?]

>We grab a crapton of bombs, fly to the empire, and if Princess Pretty in Pink just fell into the toilet, we does some explosive plumbing as retaliation.

"And if it's not."

>Death from above. We use every trick we have. The bombs, swoop and drop tactics, call in tornadoes and storms. I pulled a few favors from various weather teams to be on standby, they're just waiting for the signal around Neighra Falls. WHO'S READY TO FLY?!

-YEEEEEAAAAH!-

>Let's move out, people! Double time! Done in five seconds flat! Spitfire, suit up.

~Wait, wha-?~

>You want to prove you're still 'Bolt material like I know you are? here's you chance.

~... THANK YOU!~

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>42
"Various Crystal Guards"
~~~~~

>COME ON YOU BASTARDS! IS THAT REALLY ALL YOU HAVE!?

Impossibly, her voice carried over the rippling explosions going off every second as her soldiers unleashed hell in the form of a salvo of every missile they could find, and several they assembled on the fly too. Anyone would call her fucking insane for charging out into the sea of machines, tearing them apart with hoof and fang while the soldiers tore them to scrap with fire and bombs.

They would be right.

"Commander 42! We're running low on ammo!"

>Then you fire what you have and get ready! Spears and swords will have to work, and if not we damn well better be ready to MAKE them work! UNDERSTOOD?

"YES, COMMANDER!"

>Good! Now stand back, I have hooves of steel and I've lost every fuck I can give, NOT ONE MACHINE GETS THROUGH!

"NOT ONE!"

Behind her, the shield flickered with every attack the machines launched against it, and she could see the strain on it's magic clear from here. It wouldn't last too much longer.

She would have to do what she could before then.

>FOR MY HIVE, AND THE EMPIRE!

She just hoped it would be enough.

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Spitfire's heart had never been lighter, she was practically crying as she went to the locker room, threw open her old locker and began to change into her flight suit, she never heard the heavy footfalls of metal hooves until it was right ontop of her.

"Holy shi-!" She immediately bucked the machine to pieces, but the eyes remained blinking.

"*BZZT!* WONDERBOLT CAPTAIN SPITFIRE IDENTIFIED INITIATING SALUTE PROTOCOL 404 ERROR: RIGHT FORELEG NOT FOUND INITIATNG MESSAGE *BZZT!*"

Spitfire cautiously approached. Was this a threat on Canterlot? She had to listen to the new and familiar voice.

"Hello, Spitfire, The TRUE captain of the Wonderbolts, it is I, Prince Blueblood."

Spitfire blinked in confusion.

"I won't bother hiding my identity for two reasons: you and I are kindred souls, we both lost something very dear because of the mud princess. We lost our lives."

Spitfire cast a glance back at the discarded maid uniform. Captain, he called her captain... She missed that.

"The reason number two: knowing Rainbow Crash, she would not believe you anyway, nor would the others anymore, or worst, instantly assume we were in league. What I propose is this: help me, help you. Help me reinstate the old order, the status quo! Turn your bombs on the Jackdaw Empire! Join me and the true Equestria. It's a big decision, no need to answer now, just think about it."

The eyes went dead and Spitfire felt herself shaking and torn.

"SPITFIRE! Move your ass!" She heard Rainbow Dash shout from outside the lockers and snapping Spitfire out of her daze while the robot's eyes suddenly lit up again.

"*BZZT!* SELF DESTRUCT ACTIVATED!"

BOOM!

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>AJ 2
"Sombra"
~~~~~

It was dark in this room.

She had already been panicking when Not-Mom had walked up to her and grabbed her as if she were a sack of potatoes. Much to the irritation of her guardian wisp. Without much of a care, she had been tossed into this strange dark room she didn't recognize, the doors slammed shut the instant Somby had followed her in. Thick walls surrounding her, meaning she could barely even hear the noise that was going on outside, but she knew what was happening. She knew the robots that had hurt Shiny were back, and he had to fight them again. A part of her wanted to help, to fight right there with him and smash those meanies into bits of broken stupid pieces and step on them hard and jump on them and step on them again and and and...

But she knew Shiny didn't want her out there. Or Caddy, or 18, or 42, or Not-mom. They wanted her away from them. She just...

"It will be alright, he will handle it."

>...I want Shiny.

He couldn't give her an answer that would help her, he knew. So he had to let the silence do the talking for him. Escaping this place was beyond his capabilities, he knew, so he would have to protect her if the time came. If he and her were all that remained. He might not have been at the level of his peak, but he would fight all the same.

It was all he could do.

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>Cadence
"???"
*Robots*
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>Stupid stupid stupid stupid!

Moving though the sea of machines may as well have been moving through a rock maze filled with thorns. She couldn't fly, lest she be shot down, and their stomping left very little room to maneuver. So close, but she just couldn't quite squeeze through the line and get back behind the shield, back to safety...

*BZZZT! ORGANIC LIFE FORM DETECTED!*

>I know you stupid pieces of-

*LETHAL WEAPONRY ENGAGED!*

>...What!? NO! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO-

At once, they fired, dozens of them unloading everything they had, rivers upon rivers of red hot metal flowing from their guns as if the storm of hell rained from them.

Every shot ricocheted off their target, and before long only one machine was left standing.

"Well, shit. Hoped this disguise would work, but what clever little assholes you are."

>...CHRYSALIS!?

In a flash of green fire, the Changeling Queen was revealed.

"Queen Bitch of the Universe the second herself, yes."

>But, how did you find me!?

"Oh, don't you worry about that..."

Cadence could feel her spine going rigid as Chrysalis smirked, and began to advance on her.

>C-Chrysalis, what are you doing?

"Ohhh, you know. I just had the most... WONDERFUL idea. See, here you are, in the middle of a giant sea of machines, all alone. Surely, someone saw you come over here. To play? To scout for trouble? Who knows. Point is, you are here, there are robots with guns there, and nobody knows I'M here. Are you putting it together?"

>...C-Chrysalis, what are you...

"It's SO EASY to do it right now. And how lucky I am! A once in a lifetime opportunity, one in a million! Defenseless and alone, and nobody will ever blame me. You are at your weakest, while I have been feeding for MONTHS! One little shot, and your Alicorn immortality might as well be a pile of tissue paper next to a wildfire."

>Y-you don't have to do this!

"No, I think I do. I'll never get another chance, Cadence. And if there was one thing Mother taught me well, you never give up a chance like this."

>CHRYSALIS NO!

Her eyes ignited, emerald fire bleeding outward and glowing against the stained snow.

"Long live the Queen."

A flash of green went unnoticed in the sea of blinking lights coming from the machines, just as intended.

Just as intended, it only flashed once.

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>SA
"42"
~~~~~

This is the stuff epic tapestries were made of.

The Prince and the warrior, back to back in an ever moving wash of opponents, tearing apart impossible odds and never once faltering in fear. No matter how many charged them, they fought on, together as one.

But it wasn't enough.

>They just keep coming!

"Damn it, don't waver on me now!"

>Me? You're the one who's having trouble dodging!

"I'm just trying not to show you up, that's all!"

>Well, you're doing a bad job of it!

With a swing of his head, he brought down a magical shield molded after a hammer, crushing a whirring, beeping contraption beneath it. Taking his cue, the Changeling jumped atop it, and used it as a springboard to rocket through another wave, steel and iron no match for her chitin.

But it wasn't enough.

She slipped under him, hooking a foreleg under his chest, and with a magically powered heave she chucked him right into the fray. A shield covered him, spiking outward like a drill to pierce the heavens themselves. They were but tin beneath the attack.

But it wasn't enough.

They converged, swarming, firing, stomping, swinging, rocketing, claws of steel, hooves of titanium, horns of iron, every one of them hungering for the pair's blood. They fought hard, harder they ever had at the very peak of their lives.

But it wasn't enough.

A single blow to the wrong place, a swing not dodged fast enough, a whip of a cord like tail not seen coming, and they were barely standing. Desperate, she grabbed him, and they fled behind the shield to his Empire. Barely standing, they could only watch as the waves continued on, ramming against the magic that protected them. Worried, they could not see the end of the assault. Tired, they could only hope the shield remained.

But it would not be enough.

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>Spitfire
"Rainbow Dash"
~~~~~
Spitfire stands alone in the wrecked locker room just as Rainbow Dash enters

"Spits, what the hell just happened?"

>Blueblood... he's behind this.

"What? why? And how? He's not the brightest bulb in the box!"

>I guess he stole your friend's designs. As for why, because he feels betrayed I guess.

"Are you okay? Did that thing hurt you?"

>No, it tried to make me an offer. It self destructed before I could answer.

Paragon +2

"... To join him?"

>Yeah... I couldn't tell him 'go to hell' so I guess I'm going to have to give directions personally.

"You know, even now you're still my hero. Now let's get out there and kick some ass!"

>right behind ya, kid.

What Dash doesn't see is Spitfire grabbined a few extra bombs and strap them to herself than put them in a bag and juryrig a 'quick pull' cord for 'just in case' and then conceals it all with a jacket

Spitfire mutters when Dash is out of earshot

>I've made a lot of mistakes, and I hate how I've had to pay for them... But I'm not going to make a mistake here...

She then rushed off at double time to get into formation with the rest of the Wonderbolts.

Paragon +100

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"Achoo!"

>You okay there 42? Dont tell me you're coming down with something just before we get to Appaloosa.

"Even if i was i could still kick your scaly ass into next week."

>Hah hah, take a lozenge or something just in case. Twilight said we'll be there in about 20 minutes.

"Yeah yeah, whatever."

Polishing his loaned bazooka, AJ07 mentally went over his mannerisms one more time.

It wouldn't pay to be found out half way through the mission, although that well timed sneeze should allow him to bluff his way past any mistakes by pleading illness

Of course, making mistakes as a changeling infiltrator is not something one makes a habit of if they wish to have a large life expectancy.

This is the first time he can recall infiltrating an ally though, so it was only prudent to plan for anything.
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>DT
"42"
~~~~

>Do you know what love is, Bug Monster? THIS IS LOVE!

Another salvo exploded from TBDRLIATU, and another batch of them fell.

"Just-"

*CLANG!*

"-keep them-*

*CLANG!*

"-OFF ME!*

*CLANG!*

"This room has got to be the main computer, if we shut it down we shut down the damned robots!"

The pink earth pony pouted, causally reloading and shredding her opponents before they could even get their weapons up.

>Aww, I kind of like this! You know, I'm starting to think you bug monsters aren't so terrible after all!

"Really?"

>No, I still think you're gross and will one day kill you all, but I'm pretending to be nicer, isn't that better?

*CLANG!*

>Do you want me to use a rocket on that?

"What? NO! You might rupture this and send yourself screaming to your doom."

>You mean our doom?

"What? Don't be silly, I can fly."

>...Jerk.

*CLANGTHUMP!*

>FINALLY!

"Damn! It's just a backup server! It's not even..."

Diamond Tiara didn't know what the Changeling was looking at on the monitor, but from the way she started to shake, it wasn't good.

"M-M-my... They're deployed."

>What? Who's depl-

The filly felt the wall meet her back as she was roughly shoved aside, 42 already racing in a breakneck pace towards the exit.

>Where the hell are you going!? The enemy is that way!

"They're in danger, I have to go!"

>YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE!

Her attempts to stop the changeling might as well have been her trying to stop a rolling ball of fire. At least, until she leveled her rocket launcher at the Changeling.

>If you try to abandon us now...

She couldn't look back.

"My home, Diamond Tiara... they'll destroy it all."

A long, tense moment.

And she lowered the weapon.

She didn't even look as 42 took off, towards the empire.

>...Stupid bug monster. Knew I couldn't trust you.

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