Reflections

The green horse was surprisingly talkative once I sat down with him. Then again, I was holding one of his severed legs in my hand at the time.

No matter though. He still had like, three of them left.

So the little dude told me all about the place I was in. How the land I was in was called "Equestria", a magical land filled with, you guessed it, unicorns and rainbows. There were also pegasuses too, as well as regular ponies.

And yes, they do call them ponies here.

These "ponies" also have these things called "cutie marks", that appear once they find out their super special talent or whatever.

I swear to God, this guy was not kidding. I even double checked his mind just to see if he was having me on. But nope, the dude was dead serious. And nothing I got from his thoughts indicated that he was mentally ill or his memories had been tampered with.

It all came from the mouth of a green, talking horse. Don't you think that was proof enough?

Hey, for all I know, he could have been a mad scientist experiment or something. You know the type of shit we get into. It wouldn't have been that far off.

...true.

Besides, I would take a mad scientist any day over this bullshit.

I mean, ponies? Actual unicorns and pegasuses and shit? What am I, six? Why in God's name would you actually recomend a place like this?

Hey, you weren't exactly arguing when we went over the vacation plans a few weeks ago.

What do you mean, "I wasn't arguing"?! I was totally arguing! I never wanted to get a vacation, I was fine!

Anon, cut the bullshit. You were not fine, you were going crazy from stress. Again. And we always take a vacation whenever we're stressed out, because you know what happens when you go crazy.

Dude, I'm having a conversation with one of the many voices in my head. I'm already crazy.

You know what I mean smartass.

And you should know that taking a vacation is not a good way to relieve stress. Something always happens whenever we go on vacation.

Well, maybe this time will be different.

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A sigh. Yeah, I don't believe me either.

Actually, I think you might be right this time.

...seriously?

Yeah. Don't get me wrong, this place is fucking horrible---

You've been here all of two minutes.

---but at the same time, it's disgustingly peaceful.

I mean think about it. This world seems to be based on an eight year old girl's dream or something. Talking magical ponies, princesses, the disgustingly large amount of bright colors in peaceful places while all the dark and scary places are dark and full of stereotypical XP monsters. Everything is in a metaphorical black and white world view.

Take a look at the species so far. Everything that looks harsh and scary is obviously evil and bloodthirsty, and you can tell just by looking at 'em. If it is dark, cold, and grey, then it is obviously an evil monster. There is no in-between or compromise; if it looks evil it is evil. And this isn't a racist mind view; this is actually a cold hard fact. In this world, if you look scary, you are cold, cruel person who just wants to make people suffer.

And in contrast, everything that's pretty and colorful are obviously peace loving creatures who don't want to do the slightest bit of harm. And again, there's no compromise on this; if it looks pretty, then it is nice and kind and will want to be your friend.
Hell, the green pony back there was actually a nice guy all around. Even though he was a slaver, he actually treated his slaves nicely, which boggles the fucking mind. Who the hell ever heard of a nice slave seller?

Good thing you put him back together again. Making it seem as if it was all an acid dream was actually a nice touch.

Yep. I got someone off drugs and slave ownership in just a few seconds. Am I awesome or am I awesome?

I'll take a third option.

Ha ha. But seriously, a world like this probably hasn't had a major conflict in thousands of years. Everything is peaceful; there are no major wars or catastropes, everyone who is "good" seems to be happy. The dictator princess actually seems to be a nice person who cares for her subjects. There are no villians, no conflict. This is a calm and collected world; nothing much happens here.

All in all, this might actually be a place were we can loosen up for once. We won't have to worry about crazy ass shit happening while we're minding our own business. We could just kick back and relax.

I'd hate to say it, but this might have actually been a good idea after all. I really needed a break from all the fighting and bloodshed, and this might actually be the type of vacation I need.

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Okay, who are you and what have you done to Anon?

Shut up.

Author's Note

In Which Anon analyses the world around him.

Yeah, so things are a bit slow, but I swear some action is coming up.