Fallout: Equestria - Crystal Lane

Crazy he calls me… Sure I’m crazy… Crazy in love, with you, right now…

As I got to the firing range, I pulled up my EFS to see how it worked and I saw a number of friendlies on it, which was good to know considering there shouldn’t be any enemies in Crystal Lane.

“Hey, Luminous!” I heard Clear’s voice sound out. I looked around trying to find her before seeing her at the 100 mark training area. It looked like she was using a .357 with a shorter barrel and more kick.

When I reached her, I saw that the pistol was colored orange and black with the letters DA in orange on the handle. She had placed the gun on the table and she was looking at her shot distribution. “Quite a few headshots, did the thing say something bad about me?” I joked.

Clear smiled before saying, “Fuck off,” whilst slightly laughing.

“Don’t you ever have anything better to say than that?” I asked smiling as well.

“Nope, I don’t need to,” she answered.

I rolled my eyes and took position at the closest range spot to her and I began to practice using Cadenza Lite.

As I woke up, I heard the sound of DJ Shimmering Skies on the radio…

… yet another news piece on the savior of our Goddess. I have gotten information from my sources in the Order of the Crystal Swords that Ms. Luminous Gem and her partner have been reassigned to the Scouting detail. Reasons for the reassignment are unknown, but a representative for her highness has stated that the reassignment is not due to any ill cause. Now, I’m not one to spell crackpot theories out over the airwaves but it seems like something more might be behind this. Most ponies would keep such a member of their Guard as close to them as possible so there’s gotta be something going on that her highness is keeping out of our eyes. Perhaps some misconduct? Strange affair? Super secret spy mission in Yakyakistan? Toaster repair? Whatever it is, we here at Crystal Lane Radio will be looking out for you! Now let’s bring it on down a level with the Inkie Plots’s hit song, “Butcher Beat.”

As the sound of Butcher Beat played on the radio, I wondered about how other ponies might be seeing me now. They originally saw me as this hero pony and now they think that something bigger is happening, which they are totally right about, but that was besides the point. Perhaps accepting this mission was a terrible idea? That idea went away when I thought about the Alicorn and how close she was to killing the Goddess. It was strange to think of her highness as mortal, but it obviously had to be true. The Divine Diarchs Celestia and Luna died with the War, as did the Mares of Harmony, and her highness’s consort had died as well, albeit much later.

When I finally got off the bed, Clear said sleepily, “Luma, please come back to bed, just a couple more hours, please?” I was sorely tempted to return to the bed and Clear’s embrace, but we had a job to do and I needed to get ready.

“Sorry Clear, but we really need to get ready. Her Highness’s enemies don’t oversleep, after all,” I said nudging her.

“Fuck off, Luminous. Anypony with control over those things could afford sleeping longer,” Clear said before turning over and beginning to sleep again.

“Alright then, I guess I’ll go off and have an adventure on my own… In the wild wasteland… Alone… Where I could be cut in half by Goddess knows what… Unloved…” I said trying to get her to react but all I got were snores in answer. I rolled my eyes and went to the kitchen where I grabbed a bowl and then I filled it up with water.

A few minutes later, the greatest line of explicit speech was spoken by Clear Night, and I highly doubted that anypony could swear like she did there. Even here I’d rather not repeat it, but I can say that it involved the use of the horns of the Mares of Harmony, the Goddess, and the Divine Diarchs to rape her bloody whilst a Zebra fucks me in the ass, and many other goodies that involved sexual harm to the both of us. I’m ashamed to say that I was a bit turned on by that bit, actually. Unfortunately, angry sex would have to wait as she stormed out and went into the shower before she could probably maul me to death.

As I got my things ready, I looked towards what I was going to be doing in just a couple of hours. I was going into the Wasteland to investigate the origin of the Alicorns that attacked the Goddess and I had no idea where to start. I hoped that when we met the Goddess at the South Gate, that she might give us an idea of where to start.

Soon enough, Clear exited the shower before finding me bent over looking for a saddle bag that might have been under the bed. She promptly mounted me like a stallion mounts a mare and she leaned into my ear, whispering, “I hope you enjoy this, because your punishment begins now,” menacingly. I took a second to wonder about what she was talking about before her hooves started to tease me down below.

“C-come on Clear, not now, please?” I stammered hoping to get her to stop, as I was in a position of no control and sexual pleasure tends to drive out all resistance in a changeling.

“Oh don’t you worry, Luma. I’m merely giving you your just deserts considering you knew the penalty for pulling that water bullshit on me again,” she said with a menacing growl. It was at this point that I knew that I had fucked up.

After a few minutes of torturous teasing by Clear and her hooves, I was so very close to climax when suddenly she stopped. “P-please Clear, ju-just let me, I’m s-so close!” I said out of breath.

“Hmm… nope,” she said before getting off of my back, leaving me to collapse, “Now, I’m going to get myself something to eat, and I’d suggest that you finish up here before following me, unless you’d prefer to be horny all day.”

My response was to continue to just lay there on the ground while vengeful thoughts were intermingled with hot and bothering fantasies. It took me a short while to regain my breath but when I did I decided that revenge could wait and so instead I slipped my hooves down below and soon enough I found my sheath, while the other hoof found my sweet spot…

Later on, we were walking through the Southern Park to get through to the South Gate. I was certainly scared quite a bit, but also a bit excited. It’s not at all often that one could travel outside of Crystal Lane, and here we were about to go further south than any other Crystal Lane pony out there, outside of her highness’s sources down south.

As we neared the gate, I saw the Goddess and Queen Crystalline conversing about something before the Queen nodded and flew off back towards the Crystal Palace. Before I could turn my head back around to the Goddess, I heard a voice in my head say, “Good luck to you, little one. Represent your hive and home honorably, and I will reward you heavily. Remember to keep your partner near you at all times, and only feed on her excess emotions to keep your effect on her energy levels as small as possible. Be safe, child of my hive.” I looked around in confusion before, suddenly; the Goddess appeared in front of me.

After I screamed loudly in fear, I could hear the Goddess lightly chuckle underneath Clear’s laughter. “I apologize, my little savior, that voice you heard was Queen Crystalline’s,” she said.

“I wondered why that voice sounded so familiar,” I stated, whilst trying to get my breathing back in check.

“What exactly is the plan, your highness? All I know is that we are going down south,” Clear said bringing the conversation to the plan at hoof.

“I finally got into contact with my main source down south, and she has found a terrific place to meet with you guys. She has found a terrific window of opportunity in Pronto, and has recommended that you meet her there, once you speak to her, report back to me,” the Goddess answered.

“How will we get there, your highness?” I asked as we continued our walk to the South Gate.

“I have arranged transport from Canter’s Berry Commons, it’s a short hour away but I’ve arranged a Sky Carriage to transport you to there. Once at Canter’s Berry Commons, you will meet Cherry Blossom at the train station where she will give you your tickets on the E-C line train,” She responded, “It’s one of the few trains still running, and is only running due to Crystal Lane caps and tech. Once you are on the train, you will ride to Pronto. You’ll have a few days to rest before you meet her, so I’d recommend doing exactly that.”

“Why do we need to meet with her, your highness? Surely she could just send a message to you the same way she has gotten information to you beforehoof?” I asked confused.

The Goddess responded, “She stated that she thinks it safer to give this information to you in pony, but if I’m to be perfectly honest I think she wishes to see the young Crystal Swords whom I’ve sent on this mission to determine the origin of the Alicorns.”

As I listened I began to wonder about this source of the Goddess’s and how exactly we’d be able to meet her in this far-off town to the south. I thought about this for a short moment before I heard Clear ask, “Your highness, how exactly would we know when we see her? Is she going to be hiding in some dark alley somewhere?”

The Goddess smiled before replying, “No need to, she just said to tell you guys that she will be waiting for you at the Mare’s Den, a bar/brothel. A little melodramatic in my opinion, but she always had a penchant for such mannerisms. Besides, she’s a master at disguise.”

As we finally arrived at the South Gate, the big door to the Wasteland made of Crystal and Magic, I felt that apprehension. I took a look at Clear, clad in her leather barding and that special .357 pistol of her’s named Daring-Air after some famous adventurer pony that her Highness had gotten it from. She really looked sexy in it, to be honest, although apparently nothing like the absolute seductiveness that I had clad in my Changeling Light Barding, according to Clear.

After we passed through the Gate, the Goddess showed us to the Sky Carriage and wished us luck. Once we said our goodbyes, the Sky Carriage took off and we were in the air. It was a bit freaky to be in the air without my wings buzzing through the air but I got used it pretty quickly. Clear, meanwhile, needed me to hug her (her exact words were “Fucking hold me or I’m going to throw the both of us off of this motherfucker!”).

Soon enough we reached Canter’s Berry Commons and we exited the Sky Carriage. “Finally, I was scared that I was going to shoot somepony up there,” Clear said smiling.

“Come on now, Clear, surely it wasn’t that scary?” I asked.

“You might be used to flying, but I’m a Crystal Pony, we usually don’t have wings,” she replied.

“Whatever, let’s go to the train station and find this Cherry Blossom character,” I then said hoping to continue on.

After a short walk and a minute or so of searching, we finally found the crimson mare named Cherry Blossom. She gave us our train tickets and told me, “Miss Gem, I fully recommend using your disguising abilities down south. The ponies down south have only known two kinds of changeling: Non-mutated followers of the Chrysalinum and the feral ghoul-changelings.”

“Ghoul-Changelings?” I asked afterwards.

Cherry Blossom answered, “Ghouls are the poor saps who take a fatal dose of radiation but are unlucky enough to have their brains survive. There are a few who stay strong for a long time, I’ve even heard of some from before the War, but the majority of them have lost their minds and are basically zomponies. I wouldn’t recommend shooting any ghouls on sight, but always be on alert until you can be sure that they still have functional brains.”

I nodded in partial understanding, it was still weird to think of a walking corpse but if they still had brains then… Anyways, I still wanted to know about the Chrysalinum and when I asked Cherry Blossom she answered that it is a secretive organization that some of the changelings down south follow. Something about some old Changeling Queen that invaded Canterlot some time before the War. Not a lot of information but it was enough to make me consider actually donning a disguised form.

Not more than an hour later, we were finally on the train and on our way to Pronto. As Clear and I got to our compartment, I finally relaxed. It would take about a day to get to Pronto and so by the time we get there it’d be pretty early in the morning so I began to inspect the weapons that I brought with me (the 10mm, the Crystal Rifle, my Crystal Sword, and Cadenza Lite) and at the same time I kept looking at my Pipbuck map and seeing my icon, as well as Clear’s, move south towards the Crystal Range.

The next day was gonna be our first day in the Wasteland…

Quest completed: On the road

Level up!

Perk gained: Hive Strength: Your renewed connection to the hive has increased your combat and stealth abilities. It has also strengthened your ability to shape-shift and decreased your dependence on emotional energy.

Inventory update:
• Food: Various pieces of food that should last a week or so.
• Water Canteens: Canteens that can hold a week’s worth of water when full.
• Magical Bandages: Magically enhanced, cloth bandages used to heal minor flesh wounds.
Companion inventory update: Clear Skies
• Daring-Air: .357mm pistol given to the Goddess by a friend of a friend.
• 10mm pistol: Standard pistol found in much of Equestria
• Modified Pipbuck 3000 Mk. IV: Special version of the Pipbuck 3000 made for the ponies of Stable 111. Never used due to the Stable never going into service. This Pipbuck has been modified to send rather than receive radio signals.
• Restorative potions and Rad-Away: Medical aids given to heal and neutralize radiation exposure.
• Pristine Leather Barding: Armor made of leather from cattle. Pristine in quality and moderate in damage resistance.