Author's Note

For this Chapter, to save your eyes and to keep the mod happy, just pretend that Seico is chanting numbers in the first part of the Cell scene.
Also NARRATION!!!!!

The Magic Math Master

"Hello Captain, pleasure to meet you."

Celestia sat ontop of her throne, cirious as to why the captian of the Tartarus Guard would need to speak with her at such an odd hour.

"Same to you Princess Celestia."

"I was told you have a problem."

"Of sorts. You see, Private Red Stand and I were guarding Seico Bass' Cell. And well...."

"Is there an issue?"

"None that you should be worried about. You see, he started... talking."

"...Talking?"

"Yes."

"He always talks."

"No he means actual Equestrian." Red Stand explained to the left of the Captain.

"What?!?"

"Told you she would want to hear about it." Red Stand mumbled to Captain Steel.

"Did you check his cell."

"Yes, he is still secured in the Ironmare. He seems to communicating in the same way he communicates the numbers."

"He only said two words. 'Root' and 'square'. I suggested 'square root' and finding the square root of the 32 digit number he keeps chanting."

"I....I see." Celestia stated, Completely confused.

"We are mentally incapable of computing that large of a number, se we need to ask someone who can. I suggested Princess Twilight."

"You have an excellent judge of ponies. I can arrange a meeting with her for you but unfortunately she doesn't know about Seico."

"Would you care to tell her about him?"

"She should know anyway, I suppose."

"Thank you princess."

"Any time Captain."

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"Hello, Captain Steel."

"Good day Princess Twilight Sparkle."

"So, what seems to be the issue?"

"Well I'm assuming Celestia told you of Seico."

"Yes she did, in general."

"Good. Did she tell you about the numbers?"

"Yes she did, she said that he has been repeating the numbers for the past nine-hundred years."

"Indeed. well it seems that he has 'spoken', per say, using the spell he uses to communicate the numbers."

"Well technically its not a spell."

"I-I'm sorry?"

"Oh er, its just that he cant cast spells in the Ironmare he's caged in. Its an absolute mystery but we cant exactly open up the Ironmare and see how he does it."

"... When you said she told you generally what's going on, I didn't think she told you everything."

"She said she told me only what I needed to know."

"Well... back to the problem. He actually communicated two words for the first time in ninhundred years. 'Root' and 'Square'.

"Square root?"

"That's exactly what Red Stand thought of. We thought of calculating the square root of the thirty-two digit number."

"Good idea! Do you have the number?"

"Yea I have It wrote down..... here."

"Okay.... lets see....."

"Are you going to calculate it now?"

"Of course."

"....okay."

"Pass the paper and a feather."

"Here you go."

"Thank you, now..... its approximately this."

5080056673023233.14496100708644932

"I.....You...... Wow...... That was incredibly fast."

"Thank you, I guess."

"The number doesn't seem to mean much does it."

"No not really... maybe if I square it."

"Go ahead."

"...... well look at that."

"What is it."

"This number isn't a thirty-two digit number. it's a decimal."

"How do you know?"

"Because. Its the square root of six-hundred and sixty-six!"

"..... You best be joking me. He was right."

"Who was?"

"Red Stand, he timed the delay between each time Seico said the numbers. It came to a total of six-hundred and sixty-six seconds. He said it was all important but I said it wasn't. he was right."

"We still don't know what it means actually."

"No, but it is more progress made in last two days than it that last nine-hundred years."

"I would assume that it is his escape call, how many years until he escapes. Many criminals have done that."

"But that's all we can do... assume."

"Precisely... well I must be going, I'm going to be late."

"Farwell Captain."

"Thank you very much Princess."

"Please, just call me Twilight."

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In the Tartarus dungeon

This sucks...

This really sucks...

I have to sit here listening to this maniac all alone because the other two guards are off duty and Captain Steel isn't back yet.

This sucks....

"hey"

"GAH!!!!!!"

"WHO WAS THAT!"

"Hey red boy over here."

"WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE ARE YOU!!"

"Would you stop yelling."

"Who are you."

"It's me! you know, the "maniac" in the cell."

"You..... how..... your talking!"

"wow your a slow one aren't you."

"HEY!"

"Yes im talking now shut up before someone hears."

"Hehehe im... im insane... yea that's it im crazy from listening to that mad pony and his numbers."

"you not insane... at least not yet. I need you to listen to me."

"Your a voice in my head why should I listen?"

"Although technically I am currently a voice inside your head, you're not insane; I'm quite real."

"Prove it."

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"Princess Celestia!"

"Ah Captain, any luck?"

"Yes it turns out that Red was right about something but all we know id a three digit number that is seen twice in Seico's numbers."

"That number is?"

"666."

"hmmm."

"Unless It means anything to you ill be off. Red Stand is at his post alone and I don't have a good feeling about it."

"Okay Captain your free to go."

He's getting too concerned in this. I don't want to lie to my own captain but I must. For Equestria.