YHaY: Side Note...

Day 4: Somewhere off in the mountains behind Griffonstone, stood a house made of copper, brass, iron, and other assorted metals. Other then what it was made of, it looked like a small run of the mill cottage. A windmill perched on top of the whole thing. Inside, there sat a one armed, one winged, no legged griffon. The places where limbs should have been were replaced with a brass ring with divot and holes inside it. He had a top hat on, a lit pipe and reading a book. Machines and inventions riddled through his home, all there own shape and size, all looked like they did something different, all of them on, and half lighting up the house. Suddenly he jerked up, his eyes wide, his breath heavy and a little sporadic. He dropped the book and tried to grab his other arm just to remember it wasn’t there. he calmed himself after that. He then glanced at his limbless body and spotted the metal sheet he wore on his right side. Scowling, he through his arm up in protest only to lower it a second later. “Will these phantoms ever stop?” He mumbled to himself.

He then heard the faint sound of flapping wings off in the distance, getting closer. However, not griffon wings, no feathers. The flyer getting closer, the griffon pushed himself up and started hopping to one of the walls of inventions that looked like he treated as trophies. Taking the one currently in front of him, a robotic limb of a pony. It had spikes sticking out of the upper end. The griffon proceeded to smash it in his shoulder where those holes were. He winced in pain as he screwed it up the rest of the way. The flapping outside stopped, followed with a little Thud. “Um? Hello? Toe toe. I mean, Toh, Mak?”

The griffon intrigued to hear a females voice just outside his front door. Intrigued because nothing comes up to bother him, less if was important. Well, Important to whomever. “Be there in a minute madam.” He said as he grab a pair of lion like robot limbs and put them on. Finally standing up he strolled to the door, opened it, to find a dragon at his doorstep.

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Orphan waking up in his usual way and gawked around expecting the rock lands but instead saw what could only be, space. No seriously. Utter darkness only lightened up by balls of burning gas far, far away. There were billions of them. A few galaxies of these fireballs could be seen here and there, however Orphan know what he was looking at, wasn’t space, but maybe a void of some kind. Firstly, he was breathing, second, he was not frozen, and third, there was a purple hew of light pulsating in his peripheral vision. “So, Not an End All type curse then.” He said. Suddenly the whole place started to shake violently. Orphan even felt a push and pull sensation being so strong. On top of that, Orphan was greeted by a thunderously deafening noise all around him. It was loud enough that it could blow the head off any normal ponies head. Luckily, Orphan isn’t normal. After a few seconds he realized the noise was fluctuating. Forming words.

“What?! Who? Who was that?”

Orphan laughed out loud. Twice in two days Orphan was eaten, thee it this time was much more interesting. An entire universe inside of a dragon’s belly. “This is definitely a cooler curse then mine I’ll tell yah.” He said.

The shaking started up again as the thunder bellowed “What?!!!” This time it was loud enough for Orphan’s head to pop into dust and gunk do to the pressure.

Waking up a moment later, he cracked his neck a few times. “We’re going to half to work on that voice of yours miss Darjza.”

That shaking started up once more but the thunder that followed wasn’t so strong this time round. Still a bit deafening but this time, tolerable. “Oh… Umm, sorry? I just never had any other voices in my head talk back to me…” Darjza said. Orphan laughed again. “What?” she asked.

“Nothing miss, just that I was inside another dragon yesterday. He and I had the vary conversation we are. More or less.” Orphan replied.

“Wait a second… you that pony that helped me earlier?” Darjza ask almost blowing Orphan’s head off again.

“Darjza please… you’re a lot louder in here then you realize.” Orphan said rubbing his temples getting a little annoyed. “And yes madam, I am.” He said.

“Oh my lord…” She gasped. “And how are you still…”

“Alive.” Orphan interrupted Darjza. “I’m curse too, same as you.” He said.

“WHAT!” Darjza yelped. The thunder made Orphan’s head pop once more.

Waking up yet again. “You think you can help me find a way out of here?” Orphan asked.

“I don’t know if there is a way out…” She replied. “I mean so far you’re the only thing that lived after being sucked in… I didn’t actually know this was possible, talking like this.”

“Huh… interesting.” Orphan said.

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“And that’s when he suggested that I could help…” Toh Mak said puffing on his pipe sitting on one side of his front door. Darjza on the other side, pacing back and forth. Toh Mak pondering the reasons why a dragoness were to fly all the way to him, even if that pony that ruined his life was inside her head. “Fine.” He said. “I’ll give it a go.”

“Oh thank the ancestors.” Darjza exasperated, hanging her head a little.

“Don’t be so excited just yet.” Toh Mak said standing up. “I said I’ll help… doesn’t mean I can.” He said walking over to a table.

“Of course.” Darjza said. “Just that no one ever survived where I put him.”

“Huh… so then why we trying to help him?” Toh Mak asked as he rummaged through the drawer of the table. “If this place normally kills things then why bother?” he asked taking a little disk looking device with a big red button in claw.

“Well actually, he scared me…” She said sitting down as she saw Toh Mak coming back to the door.

“ah, so, accident.” Toh Mak said disappointed. “Just throw this down whatever trap he’s in and make him push the button in the middle here.” He said handing the device to the dragon.

“And this will save him? Darjza asked taking it from Toh Mak.

“Unfortunately.” Toh Mak said as he walked up to his chair.

“You have something against Orphan?” Darjza asked absentmindedly as she popped the device in her mouth without Toh Mak seeing it.

“Oh yes.” Toh Mak said sitting back down, with clear annoyance in his voice. That pony’s the one that did this to me.” He said gesturing to himself, taking a puff a second later.

“And um, where’s he going to end up?” Darjza asked a little more cautiously.

“Right over there.” Toh Mak said pointing over to the other side of his house. There stood a bigger disk with a light in the middle, on the floor surrounded by bookshelves. And speak of the devil a flash of light came from the disk. Orphan stood there, looking around. Darjza freaked a little, just barely seeing him with the angle of sight she had.

“You’ve been busy.” Orphan said, still looking around. Suddenly he blew up, blood and guts splattered everywhere.

“I had time to kill.” Toh Mak said suddenly holding up a device with a small dish on the front, smaller nicknaks riddled all over the thing and a glass ball that held electricity bouncing all over the inside.

“Why you do that?!” Darjza yelp as she poked her head through the door.

“Don’t threat.” Toh Mak barked back annoyed, knowing just what Orphan is. Well, Toh Mak thinks he’s a monster, maybe even a demon. The pair of them stared at the gore all over Toh’s small library just to see it vanish in a blink of an eye, and there laid Orphan. After a moment of nothing, Orphan suddenly took a deep breath in, spooking Darjza, making her hit her head on the top of Toh Mak’s door frame. Bending it a little in the process.

“Feel better?” Orphan asked, getting to his hooves then swaying a little.

“No…” Toh Mak said bluntly, a look of anger and trepidation on his face.

“Miss Darjza.” Orphan blurted out snapping his head to the door. “I must apologies to you.” He said trotting up to her.

“For what?” She asked. Rubbing the top of her head.

“Because he haves a proposition for me.” Toh Mak interrupted. “And judging by his tone, he wants my help.” He said standing back up.

“He’s right.” Orphan continued. “And it may take a day or two.” He said looking over to Toh Mak for a few seconds. “You’re the reason why I went to dragon’s country to began with Darjza.” He said looking back at her. “But now that I’m here, I think he’ll be useful for us.” Toh Mak in turn just harrumphed. “However, if you think I’m wasting time here, we can leave.”

“Honestly…” Darjza started, hesitating for a moment. “You saved my life. If you think whatever this is… is worth it, I can wait.” She said sitting up and smiling at Orphan.

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For the next two days Orphan and Toh Mak stayed inside that house as Darjza coming and going as she pleased, periodically checking up on the pair. For the pair inside, Orphan made a deal with Toh Mak. If he were to keep Orphan dead with whatever Toh Mak can think of then that was that. However if Orphan won this bet, Toh Mak were to forever work with Orphan, for the rest of their lives. With that Orphan did sweeten the deal with an ultimatum. Orphan gave his permission for Toh Mak to keep trying to kill him, whenever he wants, so long it wouldn’t harm anyone in turn. As for Darjza, she flew around the mountain of Griffonstone, enjoying her freedom. Before that she did wait for Orphan. She got bored after a while so that was that. As she flew she came to notice that other creatures that saw her, was afraid of her. At first she did think it was because of her curse but after a few hours she came to lament the thought to her being a big scary dragon. That is, in till she came across a pair of griffons. The pair were hunting at the time. Darjza in turn tried to talk to them only for the griffons to attack her. Then started to chase her, talking among themselves about a bet the two of them just made. Who’d nab it first?

A few minutes of them chasing Darjza, with a few narrow escapes from time to time. She got fed up with it quickly. So she opened up her mouth in front of them. The pair expected fire. What they got terrified them. The black hole sucked them close enough for Darjza to catch them by the throats. “Leave me alone.” Was the only thing Darjza said before letting go. The griffons fell a little, still in shock, but snapped out of it soon after then flew off as fast as they could. “At least I know that my curse isn’t the reason why everything fears me…” she said sighing.

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Day 7: the morning… “AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! FINE!” Darjza woke up by Toh Mak screaming behind the door of his house, which then slammed open causing Darjza to wince. Toh Mak then stomped out cursing up a storm. Orphan soon followed with a look that screamed “Finally”

“Morning miss Darjza.” Orphan said, sighing in the process.

“I’m not done yet.” Toh Mak argued. “But for now, I’ll abide by our deal.” He said storming back inside.

Orphan took a breath then flopped on the ground. “Damn it that took to long.” He said out loud as Toh Mak slammed the door behind him.

Darjza just watched the scene play out before walking up to Orphan. “So, what we doing now?” She asked.

“Well actually, now that I have a moment.” Orphan said sitting up. “I wish for you to come with me, of a quest of mine?” He smiled at her for a second before frowning a little. “I know that’s a bit selfish. So I wouldn’t hold…”

“Ok, why not?” Darjza interrupted.

“Huh…? That was easier then I thought.” Orphan said smiling again. “I mean, I was going to go through this whole speech about the reasons why I needed you and all but…” Darjza started to chuckle a little. “I mean, that un to itself would be hard to explained but still.”

“Orphan…” Darjza said, which in turn made Orphan snap out of his rut. “What do you mean hard to explain?”

“Because I’m sad to say…” He stopped for a moment. “I don’t remember.”

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Inside Toh Mak was scrambling around, pushing, throwing, and dropping things, he was looking for something. As he searched, he contemplated little things but most the questions he asked himself were about, “Why am I doing this?” Orphan clearly isn’t his friend. Toh Mak was agreeing to be dragged all over Equestria for his vengeance, and it’s not like Orphan wants to live, not to mention that he would be able to invent new and better stuff then the “Shit” he had surrounding him at the moment. “Found it.” He said to himself. Currently standing on his kitchen table. Using it as a stepstool, reaching at the fan above. The four wings on the fan where all different, one of which was a wing for flight. He popped it off and hopped down. Looking at the mess he just made and just shrugged it off for later.

Opening the door he came out to Orphan saying, “I don’t remember.”

“Remember what?” Toh Mak asked shutting the door, carrying a metal wing. The pair gawked at Toh Mak. “What?” he asked.

“Nothing…” Orphan said looking down at the wing, frowning after so. “That was just a bit faster then I thought.”

“True… but I don’t need much when it comes to you Orphan.” Toh Mak replied walking up to Darjza. “And he can’t remember what?”

“The reason why he wants my help.” Darjza said.

“Ahh. Yes.” Toh Mak grimmest. “However I wouldn’t worry about something like that when it comes to him.” He said smirking. “I don’t think he even remembers the reason why he thought I could help him out now.” Orphan smiled sheepishly at that. “See.” He said. Darjza in turn just nodded.

“So then, shall we be off?” Orphan asked the pair.

“First things first.” Toh Mak said. “Dragon?” he said looking at Darjza.

“Darjza…” She said tilting her head. “What is it griffon?”

“Fair enough.” Toh Mak said. “I’m warning you here and now.” Darjza lowered her head to meet with Toh’s “you need to watch yourself around this pony.” He said softly. The pair looked towards Orphan, he seemingly spacing out. “He’s a master manipulator.”

“Why?” Darjza asked plainly.

“He’s the one that made me into this.” Toh Mak said gesturing to his limbs. Darjza went wide-eyed for a moment as Orphan smiled at her.

She took a breath. “Right.” She then perked up. “I’m ready. Orphan, where to?” she asked.

“Canterlot.” Orphan said as he walked up to the pair.

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Day 8: “Show me the bits or no deal.” Jigsaw said through an open door, Orphan on the other side, a cyborg griffon on his left and a dragon in the back. Ritter on Jigsaw’s right and Pep-On walking down the stairs. And Evaelk, dancing in the background, in the Electric swing, for no real reason in the slightest.

“Why should we take the job anyways?” Pep-On asked stepping to the left of Jigsaw. “Dumping your human on us in a senile rage like that.”

“He got you their Orphan.” Toh Mak blurted out.

“What does he want anyways?” Pep-On asked.

“He wants help finding his memories.” Ritter replied.

“Yes, he does in fact know, just how that sounds.” Jigsaw chimed in. “Before I agree to anything I want to ask something first.”

“Ok” Orphan said as everyone started glancing at each other before fixing their eyes on Jigsaw, say for Evaelk whose still dancing.

“What’s with the Note?” Jigsaw said before a flash of light revealed a piece of parchment floating in her magic.

“Huh…” Orphan said looking at it. “I totally forgot about that.” He said snatching it away from Jigsaw. He looked it over for a bit, leaving everyone else wondering.

“Sooo?” Darjza spoke up, making the three ponies on the inside gasp. “Is it anything important?” she asked slowly moving up to Orphan. Ritter cringed, Peps moved back a little.

And Jigsaw, intrigued with all of this pony’s friends. First a human much more then the monster he looks like, a griffon with metallic limbs, and a dragoness that’s not destroying anything, in fact she’s way to polite to be a dragon. Then we got the pony himself, Immortal, and not an Alicorn. “All right.” She said, causing everyone to gawk at her. “I’ll find your memories for you.” She said, Ritter and Pep-On gasping, Evaelk laughed, still dancing, and the rest didn’t do a thing. “I still expect to be paid however.”

“Understood.” Orphan replied nodding.