Date: Day 192 of Year 203, Time: Early Morning, Location: Middle of Nowhere

How? (I’m running out of starter words. Brilliant.) Pip, Velvet (Listened to them talking, also gave her a marker), and Calamity just fought off a horde of zombies. Sadly they didn’t have any plants on them. (Note to self: Stop making references to other universes you’ve seen.) Anyway, they did what any sane pony would do in that situation. They ran like hell. So did I actually, despite the fact that I can’t die, zombies gnawing on your bones still hurt. That actually doesn’t make sense now that I think about it. I’m literally just bones. I have no nerves, how can I still feel things? Ah well. Probably another of the Universe’s cruel punishments. Really, all I did was meddling in things I wasn’t supposed to, is eternal life and pain really fair? Anyway, Pip did a thing. She reprogrammed a turret to shoot the zombies. I must say, she is very quick on her hooves. They kept going after that, making up a song, before encountering another of Pinkie’s gigantic billboards. Poor, poor Pinkie. Most thought she just went mad. I know what really happened. I’m one of the only two, other than Pinkie herself, who do, and the other one doesn’t really count. Still, that’s a story for another day.

Date: Day 192 of Year 203, Time: Late Morning, Location: Middle of Nowhere

NO.
Pip and her friends came across a barn. There was another in there, a filly I think, but I did notice something. The extremely dangerous something, known as a balefire bomb. And apparently she wanted to use it… for Faust-damned fireworks. Anyway, I didn’t catch everything that happened, I think the filly was obsessed with Pinkie or something, but that’s all I know. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go do whatever the skeleton equivalent of pulling your mane out is because a filly who has no idea what it is was in possession of one of the most dangerous things on Equus.

Date: Day 193 of Year 203, Time: Early Afternoon, Location: Middle of Nowhere

Well, they did the right thing. Sent the filly off to New Appleoosa. Headed off towards Manehattan. Only been there once, after the Apocalypse. Not before though. All I know is that there was a small business that started there. Didn’t get all that far, but it was one of those “Absolutely Everything!” places, kinda like Ditzy’s but this place had a lot more guns. Very “Get into a fight” place. Think it was called Mane Co. or something like that. Anyway, Pip and her friends came across some raiders. Took them out pretty well. Calamity used a wagon to pull them through the air so they could shoot down. Good tactic. Until Calamity got shot. Not so good. Anyway, they crashed, Pip and Calamity went down into the building, shot it up, and yeah. Otherwise they just looted. See you later.

Date: Day 193 of Year 203, Time: Afternoon, Location: Middle of Nowhere

Nice job, Pip! You got caught by the Talons! I was rather surprised Gawd didn’t just kill them immediately. Though now I see that she gave them a job. Gonna tail them, see what they’re up to. Velvet stayed behind though. Makes sense for Gawd to keep one of them behind to make sure they do it. She’s clever like that.

Date: Day 193 of Year 203, Time: Approaching Evening, Location: Shattered Hoof

Pip and Calamity just broke into the Visitor’s Center. Nice going. She read a terminal, then worked on opening a safe. Now, something odd: I recently discovered that the Wallhack Scope has a feature where it can track magic. (Which should eat power like mad. Thing is, the Scope never runs out of power. Maybe Null did something to it. Anyway, I accidentally switched the Scope over to magic watching. Of course, Calamity and Pip showed up, being natural magical beings, but the really odd thing is what was in the safe. It looked like a little figurine, of Rarity I think. Anyway, it was glowing like mad! And when Pip picked it up, the blue glow (Just like mine and Rarity’s magic color) passed into her a bit too. An orange glow, displaying an Applejack figure, was in Pip’s saddlebag, and I noticed the orange glow swirling around in her as well. Now that is interesting. I’ll have to look into that, if I get the chance.

Date: Day 193 of Year 203, Time: Evening, Location: Shattered Hoof

It’s dark, darker, yet darker… I mean, seriously, it’s like vantablack! Thank Faust almighty that the Wallhack Scope and Nightsight spells exist. Pip and Calamity ventured into the main building and explored a bit. They got to Deadeyes, Pip sent Calamity off to a room a little way down the hall, and just waltzed right in. They had a discussion, Deadeyes gave her something, and she left again. I really wish the Scope could do something about audio. I’ll have to test later. Anyway, a couple came out, escorted her, Calamity followed, stuff happened, I got kind of bored just waiting, Calamity picked up Pip, and flew off. I followed them. I’ll make another log once I figure out where they’re going.

Date: Day 193 of Year 203, Time: Night, Location: Middle of Nowhere

They came across a group of Red Eye’s slavers. Surprisingly, they didn’t start shooting immediately. In fact, they just kept going. The Scope appears to have a medical feature too (if I didn’t know better, I’d say it was a convenient deus ex machina!), and hoo boy, Calamity isn’t doing well. Got a big hole in his wing. He can still fly, but it’s obviously causing him pain. (Doctor’s not just an honorary title for me. Unlike Whooves. What kind of name even is that?) Anyhow, they went back to Deadeyes. Pip went in again, talked with the guy, he went away, she picked the safe, and got something out. I think she used a StealthBuck too. At least, Deadeyes and his friends didn’t notice her when they came back in. She did a balancing act, then another pony burst through the door and she dashed out. She got to Calamity, and they flew off. Got to Gawd’s Camp, talked with the griffin herself, and went to sleep. I’ll recon in a bit.

Date: Day 194 of Year 203, Time: Morning, Location: Gawd’s Camp

Now she’s having breakfast. As in meat. Well, a pony’s gotta do what a pony’s gotta do. Yes, I am watching a relative stranger eat her breakfast. That could be classified as something being wrong with me, apart from everything else… Meh. It’s in the name of curiosity. Anyway, Gawd walked in, they had a chat, and went out to talk with Velvet. They had an argument. Eventually seemed to come to an agreement, and Pip set out once again. I’ve been wanting to see Deadeyes and Mister Topaz brought to justice. Brace yourself, Pip…

Date: Day 194 of Year 203, Time: Just before Noon, Location: Shattered Hoof

She’s been looking around for a small while. Expect she’s been looking for the door. Took the time to think of a name for the Wallhack Scope. That name fits, but doesn’t feel right to me. Finally thought of one: Ong’a’klea.* It’s an old, dead language. Translates to ‘The Observer’. Very fitting.

Date: Day 194 of Year 203, Time: Noon, Location: Shattered Hoof

She’s gone to talk with Deadeyes. Apparently made a plan. This is going to be good…

Date: Day 194 of Year 203, Time: Early Afternoon, Location: Gawd’s Camp

Gone back to the campsite. Velvet panicked. Pip gave her a dress. Normal things.

Date: Day 194 of Year 203, Time: Evening, Location: Shattered Hoof

Dear Faust, Velvet’s good. Incredible songs, both of them. I wish I could remember which ones they were… Anyway, Pip shot the table, Deadeyes (More fitting than ever now) and pushed Velvet off the highly volatile stage. Where did they even get that much nitroglycerine? But yes, I recognized that telekinetic glow. She dashed off. I wonder what she’s doing now…

Date: Day 194 of Year 203, Time: Evening, Location: Shattered Hoof

Wow. That was… something. This warrants a long entry. So, first she dashed backstage to check on Velvet. Luckily, the songmare was fine. Then, Calamity dashes in. They talked for a bit, before heading towards the gate. I expect there were turrets there, since they stopped short. She popped another StealthBuck, before going up to the terminal and deactivating the turrets. They went down to the underground area, and met Mister Topaz. There you go, Pip and Co. He’s a dragon. Not the biggest I’ve seen though. I’ve always found dragons interesting. Not just their rather aggressive culture, but their biology as well. I’m still not sure as to how they breathe fire. They were never as advanced as ponies, but by no means was that because they’re stupid. More because the Dragonlands have barely any resources. Anyway, Pip and her friends ran. Smart. They eventually managed to lead him into the turrets, which opened fire. At least, I assume they did. I managed to get out when Red Eye’s slavers attacked, and I’m currently sitting just outside. Was watching with Ong’a’klea. Anyway, he let loose with fire. Most of the ponies in the hall are now dead. Pip and Co. fell out into the yard as Topaz moved around underneath, getting to the cargo elevator. Velvet gave Pip some Buck (I was able to see them visibly), before the little mare went inside again. She met a pony, and headbutted her. Her horn may be on the small side, but it’s still deadly. I feel sorry for the other poor mare. She continued on her way, getting down to the vault. She went inside… And met Mister Topaz. I assume he heard her or something, and abandoned the elevator. They talked, and then Calamity shot the dragon with a plasma cannon. Those have enough magic in them to show up on the scope, yet it still wasn’t enough. Shot him again, then flew off as Topaz followed. I could see them again, having come up the cargo elevator. Pip dropped half a dozen grenades down the monster’s throat. Needless to say, there was a bang. …Wow. I wrote a good amount there. I’ll see what they do in the morning.

Author's Note

This took a while. A very long while. Also, Null is going to be referenced later. Anyway, have more immortal skeleton scientist adventure! And I've noticed, despite him being a scientist and not a wizard, there's a whole lot of magic and not a lot of tech. I'll explain this in later chapters.