YHaY: Side Note...

Dear Diary, Today I found you in the hands of a human we took in yesterday. Y Jiggy would take in 1 is beyond me, let alone 1 so huge & banged up. I’m just glad it seems docile as a lamb. That’s just Lucky. I think it’s because its Blind but it’s still scary. Haves these injuries all over its face that makes it look like a clown. I hate clowns, sorry. But moving on. I think I’m going to use you to record a few things in here about it. That things Jigsaw’s focus at the moment so I think I should be the same, the it, not as much as her. That’s just stupid to me.

Day1: so yeah, going back a little, we were investigating a crime scene of an old stallion that looked murdered, found a note and everything. That wasn’t the case at all. The guy lived and just up and abandoned his human on us, & for reasons I can’t understand at all, Jiggy decided to take it in. I guess she wants to pick its brain apart but I’m not happy. Nor Ritter but the boss is BOSS -_- But granted, Jiggy actually got the thing to communicate with us. Here’s the thing. Can’t read do to blindness, can’t write, doesn’t know hoof lingo, (I don’t either but still) but able to understand us perfectly. We ultimately resorted to yes and no questions. Well, it doesn’t know much, but I didn’t think so to start with. But now, I’m out. Gotta go clean up the ever-growing mess it’s making. Blindness, sad… but currently annoying.

Day 2: It’s a Pig! No offence to pigs. I just got back putting away the food I had to buy cause it ate Everything in the fridge being as big as it is, guess it can’t help itself but it shouldn’t make it bottomless. Jigsaw better pay me back for all this. That was just this morning. After our lack of breakfast, Jigsaw thought it best to bring the thing along with us. That was a mistake. It got in the way. A lot. 1st, we couldn’t question anypony, to scared of the thing. Then, it’s clumsy, Blindness, I get it, but it still hurts when 500 pounds falls on you, at least it feels like 500 pounds. Later at Joe’s, it picked me up, & of course every pony panicked, well, not Jiggy, (or Joe?) I heard shit like, “Monster” “It’s Feral” & the oh so famous “AAAAAHHHHHHH” but it turns out all it wanted was my Bavarian cream. And there went my lunch, as unhealthy as it was. I let it have the donut, so? However, once it finished, the look that it gave me was odd. Looked disappointed. As if it wanted me to fight back. Didn’t think humans could make a face like that.

Day 3: So, we’re making headway on this case that’s been a major headache for a while now & we solved it today. Ok. So, while eating breakfast we talked about it. The Case: for months now there’s been a series of Rape charges. We think all done by the same stallion. No deaths so far. Everypony claims that the guy was huge & it hurt them… (I don’t think any of these mares will ever have children now. Mental scars are there yes but the physical damage I saw, Not, Pretty…) Right, so after saying that, the big guy just up and left. Ritter stayed behind as we followed. Ok, so this human is scary. He walked away as if it wasn’t blind then after Jigsaw mentioned about the odor left behind on the victims; every now & again he sniffed the air. After a while, he just darted off. The Damn thing’s fast! It was hard to keep up but, when we caught up to it. He was choking a stallion to death, 1 handed, up in the air. Luckily enough he stopped & through the stallion away… Not so lucky was when he went after a mare… Oh yeah. The guy’s daughter was with him at the time.

Day 4: At a Guards station. The stallion was arrested, the human currently in the cell with him, Jigsaw’s idea. Plus no pony could find a big enough cage. We found out today that the guy’s kid was the one doing the deed… with her whole hoof, all while her dad was watching. 1 of the nastiest things I will ever imagine… I care not to know the mind set of these deranged ponies capable of doing such things. The mare did get away yesterday and Jigsaw made that the excuse to get the human back. I don’t know Y she’s so obsessed with this one. She says we need him to catch the girl. Oh well, I just hope to Celestia she knows what she’s doing. She just finished the paperwork to finally get out of here.

Day 5: Yesterday when we got home, we find out Ritter made a pair of Geta’s for the big guy. Y? IDK. Today however, the human attack Ritter, which then Turret retaliated, & the big guy just took it head on & then Spirit came out to play, then. The human started laughing. The one thing I was taught humans will never do. It sounded like Spirits laugh, that high pitch squealing. Doesn’t match the guy’s physique at all. Point is. Chaos soon followed. I’m beat. I’m sore. I’m now in bed. Good night.

Day 6: Joker is Dangerous! We started calling him Joker because we found out he was branded by 2 different ponies. One was joker-cards so, yeah… No, so Joker is Bucking with us! We know he’s smarter then normal for humans but no pony didn’t realize he’s been playing a game of chess with us. Till this afternoon. The mourning he started messing with Jigsaw. It started with him just walking around the main room passing by her door with a different face every time. Harmless enough & it was funny seeing Jiggy getting a little rattled. But then, jumping all around, running in place, banging on all the walls randomly, screaming at the top of his lungs. It was getting ridiculous. We tried stopping him but he only did so when Jigsaw came out. However when she went back in her room, he started the process all over again. It was 3 times of that before Jigsaw had enough. Then we found out just how Bucked up strong the bastard was. Jigsaw went all out trying to hold Joker down with magic and even with Ritter & me helping, we just managed to slow him from getting to Jigsaw, once in front of her, he upped & kissed her, right on her snout. Needless to say, we were all pissing ourselves for realizing something. If Joker were to ever go feral for real. It’ll take an army to stop him.

Day 7: Joker’s being vary helpful today & I don’t know what to think about it. I mean he’s doing it to make up for yesterday I would think, but IDK if this too is an act. & Jigsaw was avoiding him at all cost but he help Ritter with all his stuff today, & help me with my chores, he did as much as he could at least. I also noticed he’s not bumping into things as often has he did. Sure every blind pony will remember where things are eventually, but Joker here, it’s like he’s mapping everything out. Jigsaw & Joker are currently downstairs staring each other down. It’s actually pretty intense…

“Hay there?” Pep-On Jerked back a little as Ritter startled him, throwing his quill upwards and almost knocking over the inkbottle. “What you writing about?” he asked.

“None of your business Spirit.” Pep-On said picking up and putting the quill back on the table in front of him. “What does Jigsaw want?”

“I O no,” Ritter replied. “Just that she figured it out.” Chuckling at the end. “Wonder if she’s going to give up soon?”

“Doubt it” Pep-On replied as he walk up to Ritter, then the both of them went down stairs to find Jigsaw and Evaelk still staring at each other.

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“I wonder if she thinks I’m not really blind?” I asked sitting there in the middle of the room.

“Miss Jigsaw does seem to be much more of a thinker then I thought before.” Orphan said. I currently don’t know where he is.

“And that Knight fellow seems to have a extreme case of Bipolar…. It hurts a lot.” I said inadvertently growling a little. I heard Jigsaw growl back. Oops…

“Sir Ritter? It’s more like a multi-personality disorder.” Orphan said. “What you tell me of it anyways. It could vary well be something else like more then one soul inside that body, but I’ll figure that out later. He’s the one that seems to be the most useful out of the trio.”

“And Pep-On?” I asked.

“We don’t need a push-over.” Orphan said bluntly.

I then hear a pair of ponies walking down some stairs. “So Jiggy, what you want?” Pep-On said. Ritter chuckled a little at that.

“That might be a problem Orphan.” I said. “These three seem closer then we thought before.” I said turning my head in the direction of the noise.

“Yes” Jigsaw started. “I think I figured Joker out.”

That make me chuckle under my breath. “What?” Orphan asked.

“That’s twice now that ponies started calling me Joker.” I said. “But on Peps, the other two I believe won’t help you if he’s left out.”

“And pray tell, that would be?” Pep-On asked as I heard the pair stop behind me.

“Terrific” Orphan said annoyed.

“Joker’s crazy as buck.” She said which made Ritter and I laugh.

“Huh?” Orphan commented.

Jigsaw continued. “Or, he’s being ordered around, even now.”

“Well, she got you there.” I said to Orphan smiling which then I heard three gasps all around me. Before Orphan asked anything. “Jigsaw just figured out we have a connection.”

“Interesting?” Orphan said. “I wonder how she figured this out but not the case about that Rapist?”

“I’d imagine you were right in calling her sociopathic.” I answered. “Rape is boring to her.” I heard that our talk was being mirrored outside my head.

“So um, how you figure this out but it took us forever to catch a Rapist? Pep-On asked.

“Because, Rape is boring.” Jigsaw said coldly. “ It happens pretty much daily.” I heard Pep-On sneer at her. “But this…” She said putting a hoof on my shoulder. “Is a one of a kind thing.”

“So Orphan. Are we done here?” I asked him, pushing Jigsaw forward and the other two walked to be side by side of her.

“No, not quite yet my friend.” Orphan said. “I’m actually on my way back to Canterlot. I have a new friend, and a um, old, friend, with me. They’ll be helping out too.”

“If that’s the case. How you think he’s communicating with whoever?” Ritter asked.

“And how you figure that out to begin with?” Pep-On added.

“I’d love to know that too miss puzzler.” I thought.

“My suspicions started the moment the old guy was talking to Joker here.” Jigsaw said. I don’t know how the other two reacted. “I could go in a long winded speech on how I figured it out but I’m trying to be nicer so, day 1. It understands us, perfectly, day 2. He tested you Peps, Day 3. He’s smart enough to go on his own and haves enough common scents to not kill any pony, day 4. Way to much patience for any human to bare, day 5. Tested Ritter’s resolves for, I don’t know just yet, day 6. Tested me, my magic maybe, my soul I think. And day 7. He’s making up for all the crap he pulled.”

“Oh I wish you could hear all this Papa.” I said.

“Hum?” Orphan questioned.

“Jiggy here seems to love to pick away at ponies brains… I think she rather enjoys it actually.” I replied.

“That explains her cutie mark.” He said. “A brain being pulled apart like a jigsaw puzzle.”

“Ok, so what do you think we should do Jigsaw?” Ritter asked.

“I don’t know at the moment.” She replied. “You’re talking to him right now? Aren’t you?” I jerked my head up at that. “Thought so.” The other two gasped.

“And we just been caught.” I said.

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“Orphan? What’s the word?” a griffon said to the pony in frond of him, both currently riding a dragon, just a little over midd-sized. Onyx colored scales, thick horns starting at the top of it’s forehead, going straight back to hook upwards at the tips, pretty well built but more top heavy. As for the griffon. Average looking it not for the steampunk right arm, hoof like in appearance, then the pair of steampunk legs, lion-like, the left was just half while the right was the whole thing, a sheet of metal covered one third of his body, mainly on the right side, and finally his right wing was gone, a mechanical one resting below his side. The three were currently passing over Apple Loosa.

Orphan looked over his shoulder at the griffon. “The word, Toh Mak, is there maybe two to three more coming on board.” He said.

“Huh!” the dragon chimed in. “Meaning I’m going to carry more of you?” She asked.

“Oh goodness no.” Orphan replied. “You have nothing to worry about Darjza, Apologies for making you think that.”

“Nah, I think I could manage it, if it were just a few more.” She said. “And sir,” she started timidly. “I’m sorry for, well, killing you when we met.” Orphan just chuckled at that. “It still baffles me that you’re still here, ya know?”

“Darjza please.” Orphan said patting her back. “If you did kill me, I’d be the most grateful pony ever.”

“Wait?” Toh Mak gasped a little. “You let her kill you?” Darjza stiffened up at hearing that, causing a little turbulence.

“Sure.” Orphan replied. “I kinda wanted to see what her curse was made of.” Toh Mak laughed at that.

But Darjza… “Damn it old man! You know just how much stress you gave me with that stunt!?”

“WAIT!” Toh Mak yelled. Causing more turbulence. “You’re actually a cursed dragon?”

“Toh Mak…” Orphan said sternly.

“Oh Please. Feelings can wait.” Toh Mak said. “Rare as Buck to find any curse anything and here we have a living specimen!”

“Toh Mak!” Orphan repeated.

“It’s ok.” Darjza started. “If he really wants to be killed by my Gift, I’ll be happy to let him.”

Toh Mak frowned. “No you wont. You got upset killing the Immortal here, no way you’ll have the guts to purposefully do it to one that can’t come back.” Toh culmed himself. “However, I was being insensitive, I’d still love to know what it is… At some point.”

“Ok…” Darjza said, feeling defeated for some reason.

By this point the trio was way past Apple Loosa and heading straight to Canterlot. “So,” Toh Mak started. “You’re still trying to die. Why then, you want us for?”

“Dying isn’t going to happen to my knowledge.” Orphan said. “So I’m going to focus on other things for now. Like regaining my memories.”

“And you need us for that?” Darjza asked.

“Oh no…” Orphan said. “No, you two are here for a utterly different reasons.” The other two just looked at him. “No, I believe Jigsaw can help me with my memory problem.”

“And Jigsaw is?” Toh Mak asked.

“One of the ponies Evaelk is with.” Orphan replied.

“Ah, That monster of yours.” Toh Mak remarked flinching his wing.

“Oh…” Darjza commented. “Sounds like you had a horrible past too.” Toh Mak glared at Darjza’s head. “Maybe talk of yours then I talk of mine.” She said. “Agreed?”

“Like you, maybe later.” Toh Replied. Orphan chuckled at him. “What? It was your freak of nature that tore me apart!”

“Wasn’t all his fault though.” Orphan retaliated. “You did try to eat him.” Orphan said smiling, Toh Mak shrugged and Darjza just baffled at the direction of the conversation.

The rest of their trip from that point… Dead silence.

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Day 8: So, Guess whose back! & He wants to hire us? 1 could only fathom.