Soma Psychi Mageia

“Okay, the recording has started. Let's go through the basics, shall we?”

“Fire away, Doctor.”

“Could you tell me your name?”

“Rarity.”

“Just Rarity?”

“Just Rarity, one word name.”

“Well one word names are!”

“One word names are what?”

“Aha, never-mind. Just a poor attempt at a joke.”

“Hmhmm, well I'm sure I'll work it out on the way home and get a giggle out of it.”

“Now I know it's rude to ask a lady her age but could I inquire how many years you are?”

“Anything for a such gentlestallion, I'm twenty nine.”

“Mmmhmm, and I can clearly see you are a unicorn. So check that. Err, any history of mental disorders, damage or illnesses that could affect the outcome of this scan?”

“Unless everyday stress counts, none that I'm aware of.”

“Then I'll just fill in my section...and it's done! We're all set to start. If you'll please take a seat.”

“You couldn't afford to have anything fancier than a fold up chair?”

“Heh, we recently had a bit of a cut to our funding I'm afraid, which is why I'm so grateful for volunteers such as yourself!”

“I completely understand and I'm happy to help in any way I can.”

“Fantastic! Now if you can set yourself up as I showed you before...”

“I just place this part onto my horn?”

“That's it! Then just relax and let the program do its thing. Also try not to use any magic during the scan or you could affect the final image.”

“Will it hurt?”

“Not at all, it's just like getting your picture taken. Only instead of a photo we get a map of the connections between your nervous system, brain, and magic reservoirs.”

“Did you know the buffalo believe that cameras can steal your soul?”

“Well lets hope that doesn't happen! Now just close your eyes and hold still while the machine calibrates.”

“Is...is it supposed to be making so much noise, darling?”

“I'm afraid no amount of technology will make this a quiet procedure, unfortunately.”

“...”

“And that's it! The scan's been taken.”

“Oh, well that was certainly much easier than I thought it would be.”

“See, just like I said! Again, thank you so much for this. It really is a huge help to our scientific endeavour. This will be a great hoof step towards the future of computers and pony kind!”

“It's no worry at all, Doctor. I really do enjoy helping the community in any way I can. Now unfortunately I do have an appointment with a client in a half-hour so I do need to get going. Am I right to lea-”

The recording stopped, cutting off the last word. The listener of the recording let out a short sigh.

“Guess I have my way out then,“ the listener said sadly before switching to their second monitor. “I just hope you can forgive me for this.”