The wrench chronicles (bioshock)
Chapter 2
Previous ChapterNext ChapterOk so I got Monday off so I'm writing today as well consider it a bonus chapter :P
and a quick note I can't do applejacks accent so I hope all your imaginative juices are flowing.
Jack:
Once I left the bathroom I went to my bedroom and got back into my dirty clothes, to think have worn this outfit for over 2 weeks.
As I walked down the stairs I could hear Jass giggling away, she really was really giggly when she was happy. If I had to take a guess, I would guess that Twilight and Jass are getting along like the best of friends. I looked into the kitchen to see Jass looking directly at an apple, eyes wide in wonderment; of course she probably has never seen an apple. As Twilight cut up the apple with her magic, Jass was hugging Twilight's leg
"I see, you two are best of friends now" Twilight levitated the plate down to Jass.
"Here you go" Jass instantly started to eat the apple pieces; she really seemed to enjoy them.
"Err Twilight I don't suppose you have anything I can eat do you?"
"Well of course I do, what do you want? We have salad, apple, apple pie and daisy sandwiches." she looked round the fridge door, directly at me.
"Err I guess I will have some salad please." she grinned and a bowl of salad was floating out of the fridge towards me. "Thanks Twilight."
As I started to eat my food, I saw Jass run over to Twilight "thank you Twi" Twilight's jaw dropped at this sudden show of affection, I snickered Twilight had obviously heard me, because she just smiled at me.
"That’s alright, is there anything else you want?" I found it surprising that the small girl could be so trouble free after all she had been through.
"No thank you." she turned round and skipped back up the stairs. Twilight then came over to me and started to scrutinise my every movement, seems like she doesn't trust me fully yet.
"Something on your mind Twilight?" I looked at her; she seemed to be troubled about something so I might as well ask.
"Yes, but only a few things. Are you her real father?" what! How does she know?
"*sigh* you’re a smart one Twilight. But no I'm not her father, but I'm the only thing she has." Twilight didn’t seem to be to be troubled at this statement; maybe it was the only logical answer.
"How old is she and how old are you? I can safely assume you are the older one."
"Well I believe she is 4 and I, well I am also only 4 year’s old." that one got a reaction her jaw was trailing on the floor at this point. "Whether I am the older one depends on her birthday and mine. How old are you?"
"Well I'm 19 years old, but how can you be so young? Does your race suddenly mature?" she was starting to get flustered, I'm guessing from the massive mind bomb I just dropped on her head.
"Well I was given the body of a 19 year old when I was only 1 year old, it was the magic of our world." she looked at me in awe.
"The magic from your world is that powerful?" aha I had stumbled across the subject that she was the most interested in ... Magic.
"Well yes but the use of this magic destroyed them, they used it for everything and their world crumbled underneath them." I just remembered something I needed to ask Twilight "Twi before we go on' I think me and Jass need some new clothes. I don't suppose you know where we can get some?"
"Yes, of course, do you want to go now?" I nodded my head "ok then we shall go over to Rarity's shop now."
"Ok then" I called up the stairs "Jass we are going out" I heard the small patter of feet, he he so cute. When I saw what she was holding my mind exploded with ideas, it was my research camera. All I needed to do was take picture of Twilight to find out exactly what she is, Jass put the camera into my hand "hey Twi wanna picture?"
"err what is that?" she looked at the camera, maybe this place only has paintings.
"It’s a camera, it takes pictures" she looked at me as though I was stupid.
"Yeah I know what a camera is, this one is a really old model" oh well I'm taking the picture, the camera flashed. I looked at the readout; it told me everything I needed to know her age her species and her species type. She was 19, already new that, pony and she was a unicorn.
The picture came out; it was of a good quality for once. I guess not fighting something at the same time as taking a picture made a difference; I gave the photo to Twilight. "oh thank you"
As we set off towards Rarity's shop, I realised that loads of ponies were looking at me "err Twi I'm getting some weird looks, everyone here is err ... Friendly" I picked up Jass and put her on my shoulders, as I walked she giggled it seemed she was only shy when talking to strangers the rest of the time she was a normal 4 year old girl.
"Yes they are friendly, but I imagine that you will have many a story circulating about you and her" *sigh* I guess I will cross that bridge when I get to it.
"Is this it?" we were approaching a tower-like building.
"Yes this is Rarity's place" she went up towards the door and knocked on it, this might not be the best way to meet but whatever. I stood perfectly still and just waited.
"Psst Twi make sure she won't freak out and then I will come out." she looked over to where I was but she couldn't see me or Jass, who surprisingly was being really quiet.
I saw the door open and a White unicorn walked out, I turned the flash off on my camera and took a picture. The display told me that she was the same age as Twi.
"Hello Rarity"
"hello darling" oh god she was a posh one, I shuddered, I don't get along with posh people.
"Rarity I would like you to meet someone, but you must promise not to ... Well freak out"
"why would I freak out, are they committing a crime to fashion?" gah she likes
fashion as well, so stereotypical.
"No they just aren't ponies and, well they might be I'm not sure" This was the height of fashion for the 1960's, wait I wonder what year it is here?
"Well ok I promise not to freak out it wouldn't be lady-like." Twi turned towards where she last saw me and shouted.
"You can come out" ouch why did she shout?
"You don't have to shout and I didn't go anywhere" Twi was more shocked than Rarity was, I took a step forward and both Twi and Rarity. As I appeared they both took a step back, "hello Rarity my name is Jack, and this one" I picked "is called Jass"
"why hello Jass, would you like to come inside?" Jass nodded her head, it seemed the longer she was around these ponies the less scared of them she became. As I walked inside I realised how unclean and ... Well nasty. She truly must care about clothing; this place has dresses and suits everywhere.
As I walked into Rarity's workshop, I saw her measuring Jass and of course she wasn't co-operating. "Jass you have to stand still darling, only for a short time" after I had said this she calmed down and stood still.
I looked over to the stairs and saw 3 small ponies looking over at us, I waved at them. I saw them all bolt up the stairs at the same time "don't worry about them they are about the same age as you are" she started laughing at this.
"Yea that's right get it all outta your system now" Rarity was giving me the most weird look and I just couldn't figure out ... Oh right the age thing.
"So Jack just how old are you" she already had an idea, she just wanted to hear it from ... The ponies mouth. I'm glad I didn’t say that one out loud, dear me that's an awful pun.
"Well I'm actually only, well, I'm 4 years old. But my birthday is coming up in the next few weeks" I put on my best grin and rubbed the back of my neck. This was awkward, I'm about to receive tonnes of questions about how or why I am so mature for my age sent I?
"He is the same age as Jass but he has been magically matured to look and act likes a 19 year old." Thank you Twi, you have saved me a lot of explaining, ah she is done measuring Jass I'm guessing it's my turn.
"Alright Jass you’re done, now Jack would you kindly come up here." I stood rock still the urge to go bounding up there was intense, I may no longer be bound by those words, but they still have some power over me. "What's the matter? Was it something I said?"
"Well yes and no, just please don't say, would you kindly, again I don't like the saying at all" I calmly walked up to Rarity and she started to measure me, I assumed this was for new clothes. But then again had anyone mentioned that I wanted new clothes, oh well.
"Twi I don't suppose you could go introduce Jass to the other young girls could you; I think she needs some friends her own age here." I got a look from her which said, you’re her age. "I'm not exactly her age now am I?"
"yes I know, I'm just messing with you. I hope you realise, I'm not going to let up on these jokes about your age" gah why did I even mention how old I was, I could have lied but ohhh nooo I had to say I'm 4 years old.
When Twi and Jass had left the room Rarity turned to me, “what have you two been through for your clothes to be such a state?" I was getting bored of the monotonous questions, but this one was a new one. To tell you the truth I thought Twi would be the one to notice, I think I got rarity wrong at first. I expected her to be a snuck up snob, but she seemed kind and genuinely worried about us.
"We have been through a lot; our world was not in the best condition. Well at least the part I came from, the people there where not the most pleasant people." she stopped measuring me to look me in the eyes, bit weird but ok.
"You poor thing" it was at that point she pulled me into a hug; Twi came down the stairs at that point and snickered. Rarity went back to measuring me "almost done" Twi had pulled a book from somewhere and was reading it, from what I could see of the title it was some sort of romance book. "Ok we are done, you can sit down darling" eh I still don't like it when she says that. "If you two want to, you can go explore the rest of the town if you like. I will look after Jass while you're gone."
"That sounds like a good idea doesn't it Twi" I looked directly at her and she nodded, well that's settled "where are we going now then."
"well I think we should wait till you get some new clothes before you meet my friends. Maybe we should meet the mayor, you could do with a job." wait, what, a job, well I guess it's a good idea. I need money; I wonder what currency they use here.
"Ok then, to the town hall!" As we left Rarity's I looked up at the window to see the girls playing, *sigh* I hope she can grow up here and have a normal life.
Scootaloo:
We sat on the stairs talking to each other; we were talking about the homework Cherie had set us that day. A creature walked in through the front door he had to be as tall as Celestia, it was only then that I noticed Apple Bloom and Sweetiebell were completely silent. We sat there for a few seconds before the giant thing saw us and waved, Apple Bloom and Sweetiebell ran up the stairs and I quickly followed suit.
We ran into Sweetiebell's room "what do you think that was?" Apple Bloom had a slight tremor in her voice, teehee what a scaredy pony.
"I don't know but it seemed friendly" this didn't seem to calm the other two down; they looked at me as though I was crazy.
"Look at him he is too big to be friendly" sigh it seemed Sweetiebell was just as scared as Apple Bloom. It is my goal to become friends with that creature. The other two had started to gossip about what this creature could do. I slowly slipped out of the open window, I had to see that creature again, I couldn't fly yet but I could glide just fine. I landed on the ground just outside the window overlooking Rarity's workshop. As I peered in I could see that Twilight and the strange creature were looking at another creature, only this one was smaller than the other creature. The two creatures looked to be the same species but one is a lot younger, maybe this is the child of the other creature.
I saw the smaller creature jump down from the pedestal she had been stood on and run over to Twilight, as the bigger creature got up Twilight and the smaller creature walked towards the stairs. Oh dear I need to get back into Sweetiebell's bedroom now, I looked around the garden and saw a trampoline. Maybe if I can jump high enough I can glide into the bedroom, well it's the best chance I have. I jumped as high as I could on the trampoline and glided towards the bedroom window, I slipped through without touching the window frame and landed on the carpet next to the other two filly's, they were still gossiping and I don't think they noticed that I was gone. The door to the bedroom opened and Twilight walked in with the small girl clutching at her back leg, she seemed frightened of us.
"Hi girls I have some-one here I would like you to meet. “Her name is Jass and she is the same age as you, I'm sure you will be the best of friends." Twilight gave us all a stare; it was as if she knew the other two had been gossiping. The other two seemed nervous and wouldn't go over to see Jass.
I walked up to her "hi there my names Scootaloo and it's great to meet you" Jass was only a couple of centimetres taller than me but she seemed to become less afraid after I said that.
"Hi Scootaloo, I like your wings they are really pretty." well she seemed nice enough and she said my fur was pretty, I heard Sweetiebell tut in the background. I'm guessing she knows I'm going to be on my high horse about this now.
"hi my name is Apple Bloom and this is Sweetiebell"
"hiya" he he no compliments for you, I looked over and saw that they both looked a little put out, it was at this point that Twilight left the room with a wave. We then decided we could play some games together for a while, the fact she wasn't a pony just made it cooler to play with her, she could do all sorts of things that we can't do.
Jack:
We walked through the streets, I was following Twi she didn't seem to mind the fact that everyone was avoiding us, well me.
After a bit of walking we are stood outside a big building with a clock tower on top, as we entered I saw the secretary duck down behind the desk, I saw her try to sneak away behind the cover of the desk. If she wasn't hiding from me that would be so funny.
Twi strolled past the hiding pony and we entered a room where a single grey pony was sat at the other end of the room, she looked the part, she had glasses on and she was sat on a big leather computer chair. The only thing that was amiss was the fact she was spinning on the chair, "err hello mayor I need to look at the job vacancies"
"go right ahead you know where they are" wow really she didn't even stop spinning to look at me, oh well it might be for the best.
Twi went over to a filing cabinet and pulled out a very thin file, that doesn't bode well. "ok Jack there seem to be three jobs available, you can either work on my friend Applejacks farm" hmm tempting I know a lot about farming I did grow up on a farm, oh wait no I just thought I did god damn it. "Or you can work as part of the police force" meh I do have experience with combat I guess. "Or you can work as a plumber" oh my god.
Ok so I will be doing a Q.A sometime in the near future, if you would like to have your question included please leave it in the comments.
Also as a side note I would like your opinion (yes you specifically John, no I’m just messing with all the Johns out there ;P) on whether Jass should go to school, I can’t actually decide on whether she should or not and its buggin me, so let me see your opinion on the matter.
and can you guess which job Jack will take?
Final thing, has my comma use improved Author notes not really included, I think I was just spamming commas and now I have toned it down, but if it isn’t better then I guess it’s back to Google :P.
