Dump File

"Those that did not die during the Old War died afterwards." I said as I calmly looked at the pink princess of love.

"What do you mean?" Cadance said, completely oblivious to what has been placed before her.

"It is so very simple and obvious Cadance." I hinted, this shouldn't be that hard to figure out.

"No...you don't mean." the pink mare started to realize what I was implicating, it was perfectly clear too.

"Yes, we killed them. All of them."

"How could you?"

"It was simple, we defeated the Sentients at the cost of our lives and our bodies and our minds, we have been corrupted with an evil so unspeakable that even we tried to burn it out within our bodies when we had the chance. They toyed with our lives, manipulated it in their favor, they took us when we were children, tossed into a realm that even they didn't understand and when we came back stronger then them they encased us in a suit to control us so we don't turn against them. When we won the war for them, our cold and golden emperors, they bathed us in savior's silk, they gave us a ceremony to remember the day that the war is now over. A royal salute to the honored, ten beats from the ceremonial drum to mark the end of their suffering with ten solemn beats. The low guardians watched us from a distance, and with each beat we waited, patient, stoic, silent, we were poised to strike. And as soon as the ninth beat rung loud and true did a torrent of blood fall, blood spilt by Tenno blades. And in that moment the drums, the empire, everything, fell silent forever. We are Tenno, we are free, and we will never be subjugated ever again."

The silence in the room is clear, I guess they were expecting that they just died out because of the war or that their birth rate was extremely low, no, they just found out that my people essentially killed them.

"You murdered your own people...for creating you?"

"Yes we did, and what would you have us do instead? Ask them politely to release us from their control? To ask them to stop sending children into that hellish plane of existence nicely? It wouldn't work, we begged, pleaded, and even fought back but it was all in vain, we were forced onto those ships and sent off hoping to come back as the weapons they needed to stave off extinction."

"We would of-"

"Done nothing and ask your goddesses to save you all. We don't have gods to come to our rescue by sending a message on paper, we only had ourselves."

"Have you experienced pain beyond mere normal comprehension, the feeling of your body tearing itself apart just to purge the toxin within? Have you seen what happened to those children, those that became Ember's, they were burning, they had to control the fire within them and those that couldn't were burned alive. The Mag's had to control their magnetic powers lest they cause the metal walls and floors around them to implode around them, forming a metal twisted coffin. Or the Loki's and Nyx's, if they couldn't control their mental powers they would be stricken with an insanity that only they could cure but they can't because they can't tell what is real and what isn't. The Ash's and Excalibur's had to control their bloodlust and those that failed killed those that were trying to control themselves. The Rhino's, me, we were rendered into savage beasts with the strength that is beyond anything anyone has ever seen, we tore apart everything we can get our hands on. Volt's couldn't who couldn't control their electrical powers often fried others or themselves when they tried to absorb an energy field great then themselves and the Trinities, they were the only ones who were for the most part were unaffected by the changes, they tried to heal everyone but were often the victims of the others because they were an easy target. We were forced into what we are, and you dare think that we are monsters?"

"I didn't mean to offend you, its just that-" Cadance started but I cut her short, I wasn't in the mood for someone who so easily dismissed our pain.

"Not everything around here is sunshine and rainbows princess. Beyond the threshold lies my home and it is crumbling, we might be living in better conditions and in a sheltered home but those outside of it, those that support and depend on us, they are not safe, they are under the constant threat from the Grineer and Corpus and even the Infested when an outbreak occurs. We are the last line of defense for what little civilization is left in the Origin System, none of us wanted to be what we are but given that most of us didn't have a choice in the matter we decided to use the cards we are dealt with to the fullest extent.