The Inventor's game

"Is it ready?"  The Inventor  said.

"Almost."

"How  close?"

"Very."

"Good."

"Do  you  really  think  they'll  make  it  this  time  around?"

"I  hope  so."

"I  hope  so  to."

"When did you arrive?"

"Just now."

"I think all four of us hope so, but do you think so?"

"I do, and by the way, where is the fourth member of our group?"

"I don't know, and even if I did, I wouldn't say. I think we're being watched."

"Really? And who would want to watch us?"

"You never know. It might be the C-"

"Don't say his name. Not here. Not now."

"Do you really think he would be able to hear us here?"

"I don't know. And I'd rather not find out."

"I understand."

"How many of the seven have been chosen?"

"Four."

"Really? Last time it took twice this long just to find one."

"You think we're getting better at this?"

"Or worse."

"Ha. Might be true enough."

"Be serious. Has the other team chosen their Champions?"

"Last time I checked."

"That was fast."

"Who are they?"

"I don't know. The only question they answered was yes or no."

"They're becoming less open. Do you think they're planning something?"

"Probably."

"Think. What do they have that we don't?"

"Almost infinite knowledge."

"Ancient treasures of immense magical power."

"We have those things too."

"We have half their knowledge."

"And only seven treasures of immense magical power."

"Maybe so, but we make the battleground. And we're not the ones doing the fighting."

"You think the chosen will be better prepared than us?"

"Yes. They are the chosen."

"Come on, we need to find the other chosen."

"What if the chosen are too good?"

"You mean 'what if they destroy the world?'"

"Yes."

"The Game won't even be in Equestria. They're going to be in a different dimension. One that should be a big enough playground."

"Have you chosen the forms?"

"Yes. They're that of a creature from a planet called Humana."

"Humana?"

"It's in a different dimension. The beings who live there call it Earth."

"That's the place where Twilight Sparkle went to retrieve her stolen crown, and to stop the sirens?"

"Yes."

"Wouldn't that give her an advantage?"

"Exactly."

"Come on. We're on  a schedule. We have work to do."