Singularity & Multiplicity

Chapter III: Planning & Action

Dear Diary,

It`s time.

I decided to try & go after Citrus Shield when her team leaves. I have a pretty rock solid plan.

The team leaves in exactly four hours. Im going to find a way to sneak into or somewhere near the Overmares office so that I can listen to her telling the teams leader the Stables exit code. After that, all I have to do is get prepared, then get to the door & unlock it right after the team leaves. Its easier said than done, though. The Stable door is blocked by two armed guards at all times, & they wont let anyone near the door unless they have a legitimate reason to. I`ll have to figure something out in less than five hours.

Below this is my goodbye note to my family & friends, if I have any that will want to read this.

Everyone,

Im leaving the Stable to go after the Wasteland exploration team. If you want to know why, yesterday I met someone. A mare who I believe I am in love with. I wont tell you her name for fear of her suffering your wrath, but I will tell you that Ive taken some supplies from my parents. I know its not worth much, but...

Goodbye.

-Rayzor

I tore the page`s bottom half from my diary & placed it in the pocket of the modified Stable barding I commonly wore. Heading back out the door, I picked up my pair of saddlebags that my father had given me as a birthday present a couple years ago. I opened a junk drawer in the kitchen & picked up a package of twenty bobby pins & a screwdriver.

The perfect lockpicking equipment.

Inside my desk was a book that nobody knew even existed: Lockpicking For Beginners, Earth Pony Style.

Lets take that. Anything else Ill need?

There were quite a few things I still needed: money, weapons if I could find any, & the specially made PipBuck I had been given four years ago. Inside the locked cabinet in my fathers bedroom was a set of what would end up being useful weapons. Obviously, I had to open it, but Id have to wait until he left.

The time was now. My parents had left, & the team was leaving in two hours. I stepped into my fathers bedroom, book & lockpicking equipment in claw. After fifteen grueling minutes, the cabinet popped open, revealing my fathers old war equipment from before the Megaspell attacks.

Let`s see. An assault rifle, a shotgun, two pistols, a metric shit-ton of ammo, two combat knives, some advanced lockpicking equipment, a medical box, &... a water talisman? Ooh, a box of bottle caps!

I took everything, & headed towards the Overmare`s office. I looked through the window & saw a yellow unicorn stallion conversing with the Overmare. I pressed my ear to the door & started to listen.

"So, make sure you write this down, Sun Flare." The Overmare told him.

"Alright." I pulled out a pen & paper of my own.

"The Stable door code is XY15.79-12.45. The coordinates for your first expedition are Y: 19.45, X: 23.44, Z: 0.85. The code for the terminal you`ll find here is BaBsEEd. Got it?"

"Door code is XY15.79-12.45. Coordinates are Y: 19.45, X: 23.44, & Z: 0.85. The terminal code is BaBsEEd."

"Good."

I had everything written down, so I needed to leave before either Sun Flare, or Goddesses forbid, the Overmare caught me. I immediately began to run, then broke into a brisk flight until I reached the Stable commons. There, I waited.

Sun Flare, Citrus Shield, & two others I had never seen before walked by. Sun Flare entered the code, & the group left. I pulled out one of my father`s pistols & fired two rounds at the opposite wall. The two guards went running, & I took the chance to make a break for the door, which had just closed. My claw flew across the panel, entering the code.

The door began to make an unholy grinding noise.

Finally it opened.

"What the hell?" One of the guards turned & started firing his pistol at me. The shots missed as I ran through the door. It closed behind me, & I realized that I couldn`t come back.

I was on my own in the Wasteland until I could find the team again.