The Elements of Chaos: Entry to Modern Warfare

Living Quarters - Ponyville Warehouse
May 9th - 2:25 P.M.
Phoenix

I found my new caretaker. From what I've heard from eavesdropping, his name's Nitro. He's chill, and I already like him. He kinda reminds me of some caretaker before him. Can't remember his name for the life of me, however. Eh, whatever. It doesn't matter that much.

We make it to his house at the north end of town. To the north, a large expansion of grass and flat lands for plenty of flying. The south east has some giant sparkly thing. Hurts my eyes so much I can't bear to look at it. I couldn't care less of the other landmarks.

"Welcome home, Phoenix, I guess." Nitro says as we walk onto the property. "I live alone. I just use this place as storage. That building over there is where I sleep."

'Huh. Looks nice enough.'

"I know it isn't much, I mean, it's just a set of fucking warehouses, but it was what I can get without being suspicious."

'Yeah, and buying an entire abandoned warehouse location isn't suspicious enough.'

"Yeah, I know." I look at him with confusion. "I can tell from your body language."

'Huh.'

"Well, now you know where I live. If you'd like, you can stay here and do whatever you'd like. Or, if you'd like, you can follow me to Rarity's. Fly off to the warehouse for stay, stay on my shoulder for the next 5 seconds to come with." I stayed on his shoulder. "Neat. Let's go, Phoenix!" I fly up and follow him to this 'Rarity'.

Carousel Boutique
May 9th - 2:42 P.M.
Nitro

As Phoenix and I enter the Boutique, we hear the rushing of a fashionista who hears of a customer. She comes rushing in from the back of the boutique.

"Welcome to the Carousel Boutique, where everythin- YOU!" Rarity's happy-go-lucky attitude went to hell the moment she saw me.

"H-Hi, Rarity." I sigh. "You know who I am, don't you?"

She starts to walk up to me, menacingly. At least as much as a fucking marshmallow pony can. "Listen, I-" I was walking up closer to her, 'cause I knew where this was going.

"Lemme stop you riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight there, lassie." I interrupt her and cover her mouth. "I punched her because she was threatening me and I reacted the only way I knew how. Calmate, mujer. I already apologized to her, anyways. So you needn't worry." I remove the hoof from her mouth.

"But what you did was-"

"Understandably rude of me, yes. I know. But in the heat of the moment, when your primal senses kick in, what else can you do? I can't fight it, though." She sighs, an resigns to the facts.

"I wanted to restart on the right fo- er... hoof, Rarity. So let me introduce myself properly. My name's Nitro Heart."

"Nitro Heart, eh? I like the name. As you know, I'm Rarity. I'm certain you know of my sister?"

"Sweetie Belle? Yeah, she's cool. I mean, if you think I got a thing for her, yeeeeeeeah no." Rarity releases a breath neither of us knew she was holding.

"Okay, good. No offence, darling, but I don't want her near somepony who may go injuring her."

"Understandable. Say... Do you mind if I tell you a little secret?"

She cocked an eyebrow. "...I promise not to tell. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." As she says this, she does the motion. "I'm all ears."

"Okay." I sigh before continuing. "Have you had any... strange dreams recently?"

She seems confused, but... "Now that you mention it, some of my dreams have been more... intimate than normal."

I sigh. "That's what I thought. I've been having the same dreams."

And, at the same time, we state "And it's with you."

We then look into each other's eyes with fear. "Okay, this isn't normal," I started, "You're like... How old are you?"

"28."

"Thanks. You're 28, I'm 13, this isn't normal, I now yearn for death even more, what is our lives at this point."

"Calm down, Nitro. It's just a few dreams. Honestly, I don't know why they're happening, though..."

I sigh again. "Neither do I. To be honest, I've had the same set of dreams once before, only with a different lass. When I asked her about it, she said it has something to do with someone who mastered their Eagle Vision and the one that helped them master it... Wait." I concentrated, and Eagle Vision began. (If ya don't know what that is, look it the fuck up) On the wall behind her, there's some scribbling of someone gone absolutely insane.

She looks around, and gasps quickly. "I didn't notice this was here until now!"

"It isn't." Eagle Vision ended, and the wall didn't have the scribbling on it. "The only way you can see that is if you have high concentrations of FCDNA. Which means either you are lucky, or..." I look to her directly. "...your ancestors may have been assassins."

"My family would never be heartless murderers!"

"Are you sure? Have you seen your family history? Isn't there, like, a few whose jobs are way too strange for their time period?"

"...Now that you mention it, there was one. A thousand years ago, one of my ancestors was designated a "sniper", even though the term wouldn't exist until 253 years later... haven't really questioned it until now, though..."

'So the Order had ponies here long ago, eh?' I thought.

'Wait! Assassins have been around for a long time?!' Bloody hell Pinkie.

'Pinkie, focus on your mission.' "So, where did your ancestor live?

"He lived in Manehatten. Some ancient barracks some 12 miles west or so."

"Looks like we're goin' on a road trip, lass. We're gonna discover your history, and see what you'll do with your lineage. Tomorrow, though. I have to do something for the Princess." I look down on my watch. "Holy fuck! It's 3:22 already?!" I didn't realize we sat down to talk on her couch, but I naturally stand up. "If you wanna prolong this, you can."

"No, I want to know what my family has hidden from me for many centuries."

"Okay. See you tomorrow, Mademoiselle Rarity."

"See you, Nitro." And with that, we leave. I accidentally bump into Phoenix, and Rarity giggles a bit. I continue out the door.

'So, about those dreams, Nitro...'

"Don't even think about it, Phoenix." We then widen our eyes, until realization kicked in. "Oh, yeah. Mind Link. I'll tell you about it on the way home."

Written Journal #6
Rarity and I made amends, I'm working for the Princess, and I now have a pet. A peregrine falcon named Phoenix.
My mind wandered a little bit, remembering my name. "Nitro Heart." I then remembered where I got the name from. And from there, I located a pony in the military with the last name of "Spade", "Clover", and "Diamond". The 4 suits of playing cards. Neat.
I'm way too tired to continue, and not much has happened.
Goodnight
-Nitro

QUEST COMPLETE
MAKE AMENDS WITH THE 6
+25 EXP
JOB UNLOCKED: TWILIGHT'S GUARD
ALLY GET: PHOENIX THE FALCON

NEW QUEST
ALLY WITH THE TOWN
DESCRIPTION: Make allies of the town. Do some side quests given by them. Complete at least 6 to gain enough bits to support you and your team for a while.

REWARD: +10 EXP
REWARD: BITS (UNKNOWN QUANTITY)
REWARD: POSITIVE REPUTATION

COMPLETE BEFORE: FRIDAY