Prisoner of Technology...

We got to the town, and went different ways… Sadly, soon after I came to meet Trixie, a washed up magician… She was displaying what so ever she could do… Fuck, I wish I had the sniper rifle...

 “Watch in awe! The Great and Powerful Trixie has returned, better than ever!” She yelled, trying to get audience… Unfortunately,she got my attention, so I made my way to her stage. “Yes! Yes! Come one, come all! Whoever can show Trixie something she can’t do wins a grand prize! Anypony?” I slowly raised my left hand in response. “Yes? Rare friend of ours? Do you have something?” She wondered.

“Bet your horn I do…” I replied, and walked up to the stage next to her.

“Well then, don’t hold back, show Trixie what you got…” I licked my both elbows, then looked at her. “Why, that’s it? Piece of cake… Watch…” She replied, and tried to replicate my trick… She couldn’t, since ponies have no elbows, then again, I’m a security clerk, what do I know, right? “Well done, here’s your reward…” She replied on a depressed tone, levitating a small bag into my hands. I just walked off without a damn word, that bag was filled with local currency, so I came away before she would change her mind… On my way to wherever I would end up next, I heard a few pairs of hooves hunning my way, probably for the bag…

I slowed down, he caught up, bit the bag and tried to run on, while I casually took aim and shot off his hind legs… It wasn’t a pretty sight, nor did it sound good… I just patiently walked up to him and took my money back, then, tried to walk away. “Hey! Wh-What the heck?! At least finish what you’ve sta-” *Bang*

Now to find Ryan… I thought to myself, then began whistling one of my favorite songs, until I got hungry anyway, and began looking for a place to eat.”Sugarcube Corner, open on weekdays from 6.am to 7.pm...Seems legit…” I muttered, and went in… I should’ve thought about it tho. As I stepped in, everyone stared at me like I did something wrong...Except for killing that dude… “Uhm… Hello?”

“Hi! Welcome to Sugarcube Co-” Said a pink mare before she was silenced by a purple dragon.

“Don’t… Move… It can smell your fear…” He whispered.

I just rolled my eyes, and sent a bullet flying by his ear as a greeting. “I can’t smell it, but cause it… Now, where’s the reception?” I asked, soon the pink mare pointed at the counter, which I approached, and saw a blue coated, pink maned mare.

“Hello, what can I get you?”

“Hi, 2 cupcakes and a loaf of bread please.” I replied, and soon the bread was in a paper bag, cupcakes on the counter.

“That’s 30 bits.” She exclaimed.

“I bet she won’t have enough, or won’t know what it is…” A colt whispered to another one.

I let the rifle hang by the belt, running around behind my back, and pulled the night stick. “Don’t make me come over there man.” I warned him, then put it away, and paid for said merchandise. “Is that enough?”

“Exact amount, thank you and come again!” She replied with a grin, then turned to the stallion next to her. “Call the guards…” She whispered.

“What did I do? Seriously?” I wondered.

“Nothing, and we’ll make sure you won’t…” Someone replied from behind.

“Who the heck are you? Hell, why do I care?” I asked, and made my way to the entrance, where the stallion stood.  “Would you move?” I inquired.

“Make me.” He replied.

“Gladly…” I replied, and whacked him across the face with the stick, leaving a nasty bruise. “Move.”

“Never.”

“I don’t have time for this…” I muttered, and kicked him in the ribs, knocking him off balance, making way for me to the door. “Was that necessary?” I asked, hand on the doorknob, waiting for the answer, but none came. “Never mind.” I exclaimed and left, eating the cupcakes while doing so, until I came across a lavender Alicorn, having lunch at a nearby table. I was going to ask her if the seat next to her was occupied or not, when suddenly something pulled me back.

“Hey now, who the hay are you?” Asked a cyan Pegasus.

“What’s it to you?”

“Oh, you wanna do this the hard way?”

“If you insist…” I was already reaching for the stick to use against that flying fucker.

“Clever...Come on, cough it up!” She replied.

“Hey! Rainbow! What in the name of Celestia are you doing over there?” Asked the mare.

“Hey, Twi! Come here for a second!” She replied, and said mare came over.

“Yeah?”

While Umar and I were crossing the desert, we were attacked…

Antlions? No, bandits… Bandits with crossbows “Well, fuck…” I exclaimed.

“Any ideas?” He asked.

“Come on! Let’s see what you have of value!”

“What do you think, assbag?” I wondered.”Do we look like we have anything?”

“How about that sword of yours? Seems expensive…” I swapped glances with Umar, he nodded.

“If that’s what you want…” I replied, and slowly took hold of it, and slowly approached him, and handed it over, and stood back next to Umar. “Should they shoot, play dead..” I whispered.

“No whispering!”

“I was coughing, dickwad!”

“Close enough, kill them both…” He replied, and we each took an arrow to the back.

A we heard the strings hit the backs of the bolts, he prepared for what was to come, and soon were shot… I will never forget the sound and feeling, when the cold metal bolt tore through my skin, flesh, fractured my spine, punctured my lung, and almost came out the other end, my ribs being the only thing to stop it halfway. We dropped to our knees, then fell to our sides, holding back our breaths… What was supposed to be my last breath, tasted a lot like blood, mints, and the taste you get from licking a metal rod… Hey, don’t ask how I know that, ok?

Of course, then came another popup window…

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[Yes] ←- Tho I waited a while to actually Click it.

[Yes] ←-

[No]

I stood up when they were gone. “Umar, come on, are you allright?” No response. “Bad joke, come on…” No response “Come on! It wasn’t even your lung, or anything vital!” No response. “Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck no no no no no…. Shit now I’m going to be framed with killing him…” I muttered, and left him behind, following our attackers, when some text poppe dup at the bottom of my field of view.

Okay then… I looked at my hands, I saw them.

Cool… I followed them close, Etarr must have watched over me, because just as I caught up, a sandstorm came by, covering their screams.

“Buckle up!” Their boss yelled, three followed behind… I carefully approached the last one, and began whispering into his ears.

“Soon…” He rocked his head backward.

“Who was that?!” He asked, nobody in sight tho. “Probably just the wind…” He muttered, and walked on… So did I…

“I bet you taste like bacon too…”

“The fuck was that?” He yelled, startling the others

“What is it?” The boss asked.

“I heard something whispering…”

“Yeah right, too much and in your face…” They brushed it off, and went on.

“When’s the last time you showered?” I whispered, he rolled his eyes and began to ignore me.

[Yes] ←-

[No]

[Yes] ←-

[No]

I felt a tingling sensation, then heard a female voice say. [Exoskeleton Activated.]

I quickly pulled him away from the rest, and covered his mouth with my left hand. “Is that a dagger in your pants, or are you happy to see me?” I asked, just to go overboard with the bullshit, then. *Crack* *Grunt* *Crunch* Broke his neck, first to the left, then to the right… Look at that, he did have a dagger… Thank fuck… I took said weapon, and carefully followed the rest, since the dagger wasn’t invisible, if only the storm wouldn’t have stopped… I chucked the dagger into another bandit’s forehead, leaving only three.

“What the?! Who’s there!?” Asked the boss.

I remained quiet and took hold of the sword, a huge smirk on my face. Oh, this will be fun…

Back in Ponyville…

“So Cinthya, is it?”

“Yep.”

“Uuuhuh, what brings you around Ponyville?”

“Oh let me tell you, it’s a long story…” I replied.

“Well, I wish I had time to listen, but I’m on cloud duty this week so… Yeah.”R.D exclaimed. “See you two around tho.”

“Later Dash.”

“See ya.” We replied.

“Well, I have time tho so…” Twi replied,

“Sure… Let me start at the beginning…” I exclaimed while cracking my fingers and neck. “Wait, actually, all you want to know i how I got here so, yay, shorter story…” All of the sudden things lost color, and my head began to hurt like a stun gun hit it… “Ugh, hand on… I’m not feeling well…”

“Do you want to go see a doctor?” Twilight offered,

“Lead the way…” I replied, and ran after her, but I didn’t last long, not because of the weight I was carrying or my condition for sure, because I used to go running every day... What the heck? Did Zecora feed me something while I was out? What’s going on? I accidentally tripped in a rock, but scrambled back up with  twisted ankle, and shuffled after. “Hang on!” I yelled, then fell flat on my face… I tried getting up, but I couldn’t move finger, or even my tongue… Okay, what the fuck?

“Cinthya? Cinthya!” Twi yelled clueless what was going on… Not that I knew any more than her…

Well, good, now what? I began to feel warmth come over my body, like a bad fever… Or… The time one of the engineers nearly made bacon out of my face with a blowtorch, I was even sweating.

“Stay here! I’ll get help!” She exclaimed, and probably flew off.

What else could I do? My vision became blurry, since I couldn’t move my eyelashes either, allowing water to build up. This can’t get any worse… Just as I thought of it, I was unable to see too, was it temporary or permanent I didn’t know… What I did know, was Twilight will get help, hopefully… It was like bad dream, a nightmare even, only awake. At least I think I was, I still don’t know… Well, they say you have full control over your dreams if you practice enough… Let’s see if mine was enough…

“I’ve never heard of that statement before…” Replied a voice.

“Oh fuck, don’t tell me I’m having a nightmare I can’t wake up from…” I muttered, now assured I was dreaming.

“That depends on what you make out of it.”

“Show yourself, come say hi, will you?”

“Is it better?” She asked,

I blinked a few times, brushed my eyes, turned around, and slowly began walking away. “Nope! Fuck that shit, I’m out…” I replied, waving a bar of Snickers in my left hand.

She let me walk a few meters, then used her magic to lift me up from the ground and bring back to face her. “Now, listen closely.” She exclaimed.

“Why would I? You’re just a screamer, a jumpscare, a part of my damn imagination…” I replied.

“Or am I?” She replied, and slowly faded away.

Soon I found myself lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to the E.C.G, slowly beeping away. Was it a dream, a nightmare, or was she real?

“Hey, good to see you’re awake miss… Cinthya…” The nurse greeted me.

“Ugh, where am I?”

“Ponyville Hospital, you had a cardiac arrest and a stroke…”

“How come I didn’t feel them? Was I already out by then?”

“Ask a doctor, they should know.”She replied and left, I flipped her off.

Time passed by on a snail’s pace, minutes felt like hours… Until a doctor came in to check on me. “Good afternoon ma’am, feeling anything?”

“Hey doc, nothing I’m not meant to.” I replied.

He walked over to the foot of my bed, and inspected a clipboard. “According to our information, you had a stroke and cardiac arrest… Correct?”

“I can’t remember those…”

“What happened?”

“Suddenly things lost color, so I tried to get here, but tripped on the way and hit my arm… I stood up, but when I was going to take another step I fell flat on my face, and couldn’t move… Not even my tongue or eyelashes…”

“This is interesting… Hold on.” He replied, and like a retina scanner, he scanned me with his horn… “Aham, let’s see.” He muttered, and projected a picture of me into the air.

“What is it?” I wondered.

“It seems your temporary paralysis was because of your magic circuit being repaired…”

“What now?”

“Allow me to explain…” He replied.

Back in the sandbox…

2 down, only one remain…

“You won’t get me!” He yelled, and fired again… In the wrong direction… I made a grunting sound, then crept up behind him. “Ha! Got ya fucker!”

I grinned, then went around him. I was an inch away from his face, but he didn’t know still… I grabbed him by the throat and lifted him mid air. “Nope…” I muttered, and punched through his chest, grabbed whatever I could, and tore his guts out into the burning sand… “This one’s for Umar…” I exclaimed, and began stuffing his open wound with sand, as much as I could… Oh man the screams he made, just like in a horror movie… Wait… No! Shit! It can’t be! What I had just realized may have been a warning, or just my stupidity, you name it… I looked up at the sky, became visible again, closed my eyes, and took a deep breath… No! This isn’t who I am! I’m not a murderer!

[Sedatives Administered…]

Well, little better… I pulled myself together and walked on, soon arriving to a small town named Appleloosa. Oh boy, sure hope they have something to travel with… Damn right they did, but it was expensive as all hell, 50 bits, so I decided to hang on to the bottom of one of the carts, and hold out until the next stop, Ponyville. *Wrrrrrr* *Wrrrrrr* *Wrrrrrrrr* Oh yeah, my phone… I’ll get back to it later… I shit you not, when I finally let go of the train I couldn’t feel my fingers…

<1 Missed Call>

[View] ←-

[Dismiss]

[Caller: Cinthya]

[3 pm.]

Huh, there’s signal? I called back, soon she picked up.

“Ryan? Shit, this is insane…”

“Yeah, it’s me. What’s up?” I asked.

“Need I say a damn word? Where are you?”

“Just got off the train to Ponyville…” I replied.

“What a coincidence, guess where I am.”

“Uhm, close?”

“Yeah, I guess that’s an adequate answer… Hey, meet me at Lucky Clover Café.”

“Sure, see you there.” I replied and hung up. Where the fuck is that?

[End of Chapter 3-B]