Assault- and Apeppa-Tron
Assaultr-on, Assaultr-off.
Load Full StoryNext ChapterI was so exited. Finally, a convention nearby that I didn't have to pick from any other games or shows. Finally I can Fallout Fangirl so hard.
Currently she was driving there with her Assaultron cosplay on. She had made a really good suit, with the bits and pieces fitted hopefully perfect. I didn't have time (or stuff) to make the head and was hoping I could get one there.
I also had a satchel of mini Fusion Cores and Robot Repair Kits, hopefully so I can use them to trade for stuff. As I pulled up to the con center, struggling to find a parking spot, I couldn't help but squeal in excitement. I quickly checked my budget.
$50 for entry, $50 for food, $1400 in misc/spending. $1500 total. Got that. Another squeal escaped from my mouth. After about half an hour of waiting in the queue, she finally got in. With my backpack on, satchel by my side, I set out into the con.
After buying some trinkets and trading five fusion cores and $500 for Assaultron gloves that have that eggbeater-like extension, I made her way to a stall with a guy dressed up as the Merchant from one Resident Evil or another.
This guy had heaps of things, though the only one to catch my eye was an Assaultron helmet.
"Excuse me?" She said to the man. "Is this wearable?" She asked, pointing to the head.
He looked at it and nodded. "How much?" She asked. He scratched his chin thoughtfully.
"$100. Though you can get one that acts like a VR headset and shows you a display of Assaultron sight for $500." He said. I checked how much I had. If I bought this, then I would have just enough for food and an overdue parking ticket. Perfect.
"I'll take the VR one, thanks." I decided, pulling out 5 $100 bills. "Here ya go!"
He grunted and passed the head while taking the money. "Have a nice time!" he said.
"Thanks. Now, lets try this on. I wanna see how I'll look." I mumbled as I made my way to the bathroom, head in hand. As I stood in front of the mirror and donned the helmet, I looked for how to turn it on.
Before I had properly searched the face plate, I heard a chirping in my ears, then an Assaultron voice played from speakers in the helmet.
"Host detected. Activating interface." An interface of health, power, sensor data, and laser charge came up. then a box of stuff came up and began to scroll as the AI ticked them off. "Sensors, online. Laser, online. Health, full. Charge, full." Then the Merchants voice began to play. "Have a nice time!" It happily said as the world turned black.
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A faint flapping jolted me back to consciences. I quickly went to take my helmet off. then i saw my arms. They looked exactly like an Assaultron's eggbeaters. I did a once over of my body. I looked exactly like an Assaultron.
"Oh god. I...don't know how to feel about this. Dream come true but also worst nightmare. This is so weird." I said, looking around. "Let's see. I'm in a forest, on a beaten trail, as an Assaultron. People are going to be weirded out by me, so best to stay here."
The sound of flapping grabbed my attention. "That flapping again." I murmured to myself before realizing that my voice had changed as well. it was now that of an average Assaultron. I shook of that thought for later and decided to investigate the flapping. as i looked up I saw what looks like a pastel colored pegasus flying around lopsided on account of one wing being bigger than the other. As I watched she crashed into a tree and I quickly ran to her. As I got closer I got a better look at her. Blood orange coat and green mane and tail with some sort of tattoo on her butt that looked like a cartoon cloud being blown by wind. I quickly activated my medical scanners, hoping they would work. They did. The AI reported nothing, not even bruises, had been inflicted by that fall.
"Oh thank god." I sighed. the words roused the pony and she looked at me, and screamed. I quickly tried to shut off the audio feed, but found I couldn't, so i tried to comfort her. "Its alright, I'm not going to hurt you." I consoled her. Hearing me talk, she started to scream even louder, until i stuffed one of my eggbeaters into her mouth. That shut her up real quick.
"Alright, now. You gonna scream some more when i take this out or are you gonna talk like a civilized pe-um, pony?" I say. she nod and mumbles something along the lines of 'civilized pony'. "Good. now, I'm gonna take this out now so no screaming. Got it? Alright." I remove the eggbeater. She takes a deep breath.
"Who are you? I'm Cloudy Skies." She says as she wriggles into a sitting position.
"Well, I'm Peppa. But, now I'm a robot I'm thinking PE.P.A. Kinda like KL.E.O but Peppa." I answer as I sat down. She looks at me weirdly. "What?" I ask.
"So, you were not always like this?" She asked.
"Yup. I used to be a human, and this thing that I had been turned into was a piece of fiction from a video game I really liked. I went to a convention and bought a helmet that looks like one of these." I tapped my head. "And then I tried it on and it transported me here. Oh, and by the way, where am I and what is going on?" I asked, getting up. She also got up.
"You are currently in Equestria, and the world is in chaos by a being who calls himself Discord. Also, whats a 'video game' and whats a 'convention'?" She asked.
"Later." I replied. "Now, lets see if this works." T say, tapping the things that make the lasers. I faced a tree and thought of zapping it with a large bolt. A red glow circled my vision and the charge meter started to fill. As it peaked I thought of letting that energy go, and I was momentary blinded by a bed light circling a white blob in the middle of my vision. Skies gasped as the tree disintegrated into a pile of ash and embers. I smiled, though I couldn't show it. i turned to her. "Lets zap ourselves a Discord."
Author's Note
Well, there we are. Done and (not) done. By the way, I just made this story because I really like Displaced stories, so this does not at all tie in with the universe i am currently writing as well. Well, that's sorted, see ya next chapter
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