Result of Human Research
Chapter 3, Part 2: This is pretty cozy if you ask me.
Previous ChapterNext ChapterI took these last few hours of the day to find another place to stay. After fighting one of her best friends, I highly doubt Fluttershy would let me stay at her cottage. I got my answer when she went on a whole rant about how it's wrong to use violence to solve a problem. My reply was how I found it fun, and she looked at me like I was insane. She then said that she could change me, which I denied and went on my way. If I can't be myself in the place I stay, then I'd rather not stay there.
I went to the center of town and noticed that ponies were avoiding me. I thought about it for a second and then completely ignored it all together. I walked up to the entrance of the inn and opened the door. The door being made for a pony, I had to duck to get inside. As I walked in, ponies looked up and immediately went silent from any conversations they were having. I did what I did to the other ponies and shrugged it off, my mind really focused on sleep. I walked up to the counter and the pony manning it was shivering beyond relief.
"H-H-How can I h-help you sir?" He said. I took a moment to look at his name tag.
'Dark Snow... sounds weird.' I then looked at him in the eye with a soft smile.
"I would like a room, please." I said, looking into my wallet. I wonder if I could bluff about the rates of foreign currency. He shakily handed me a quill and some ink, and gestured toward the signature. I quickly wrote it down and he practically threw the key at me. "You act like I just randomly fight ponies." I realized that I say ponies and people. I guess hearing it a lot really puts a damper on your speech.
"We saw the fight in town square, and now we don't know what to think!" I think I made him a little angry at the fact that I shrug off most violence.
"Your princess wants me detained, so all I did was defend myself." I gave a neutral expression. Most of the ponies inside were at tables with each other talking about the event we were putting on. I looked at them and they all looked away.
"If the princess wants you detained, then you must be dangerous!" He basically yelled. I add basically because I don't think he knows how loud he is. I shrugged and went up the stairs. "Where are you going!"
"To the room you gave me, thanks by the way!" I smiled at him before continuing my walk up. Since he didn't run up here and stop me, this must be a free room. No complaining here, of course. I went up to the room number and paused in front of the door when I noticed something.
'I know damn well that the outside view of this place was not this high up.' That crossed my mind. I would have to look into it a later time. I walked inside of the room and found it to be better than I expected it to be. There was a very nice and comfortable looking bed on the other side of the room, and to its left there was another quill and some more ink on top of a wooden desk. Honestly, it looked like those inns from any medieval RPG game ever.
Without a second thought, I stripped down to my boxers and hopped in the bed. Being made for a pony, my feet were hanging off the bed.
'I could fix that.' I pulled up [VTabs] and created a spell named [Remodeling]. This spell would remodel anything, as long as no additional variety of materials are named. I got up from the bed and used the spell. I watched as the bed glowed and gave off a humming sound. It momentarily grew in length, and as the glowing faded, I saw that it looked like a longer version of the previous bed I laid on. The sheets also changed from a snow white to a navy blue for added effect. I hopped into the bed momentarily and got comfortable. I wonder what Twilight Sparkle will have up her sleeves in two days.
I woke up the next morning feeling more refreshed than I should've been.
'Must be because of the energy I get from mana.' I found it weird to not be tired at all. I went to the bathroom of the comfortable-sized room and saw it to be significantly smaller than a bathroom back on earth. It was made for ponies, so I didn't really complain too much. I bent down a little to enter the door... that was also accommodated for ponies. Now that I think about it, how many races in this world are sapient? I will have to look into that later. Anyways, I looked into the mirror and made myself presentable with objects that I made through [Remodeling]. Since I care about my hair, it took around 30 minutes to get it looking straight. I don't get why people care about anything but the hair. It isn't like it's the only thing ladies ever look at nowadays. Satisfied with my work, I walked out of the bathroom and toward the now human-sized bed. I pulled out [VTabs] and looked at the time.
'1:30 PM, too early..' I never wake up at this time, so I am surprised that I'm so energetic. Choosing to blame the reason on magic, I make my way out of the door into the main hallway. The ponies that were in the hallway looked at me with gazes either curious or fearful as I walked down the hallway. Ignoring them, I made my way up toward the desk and dropped the key onto it. Dark Snow turned around to look at me.
"H-How was your stay?" He asked. I guess he was still a little afraid of me.
"I give it 5 stars, even though it was more for a pony than me." We made eye contact. "I'll be sure to visit again if I ever need the space. By the way, I changed the size of the bed if it's okay with you. Don't worry, it's only temporary." I gave him a smile. "I must be making my way towards anywhere I can find food now, good day!" He seemed to ease up and take the key. Satisfied, I made my way toward the door. As I put my hand onto the knob, it made me think.
'I though ponies didn't have fucking hands.' I mean think about it. Why the fuck would a door-knob be like this if ponies have hooves? I can't be the only person who fucking thought about this! I have a bunch of research to do about this place. Anyway, I opened the door and saw that it was partly cloudy...... and saw fucking pegasi moving the clouds. When I say this, I mean they were physically moving clouds. I'm just not going to question how the fuck they can move condensed fucking water like it was solid. You may be thinking; what should I eat for breakfast? I answer that question with one of my own. How bullshit can magic be? It's not like [Nutrient-Reserve] and [Water-Reserve] don't do their job. Now I ironically use energy to go without food and water for longer. Now food and water allow me to heal faster instead of just satisfy my hunger and thirst. Okay, enough about this. A plan just popped into my head for today.
'Why not build my own house since I have no money?' I found this to not be a bad plan and went to work. I started my journey to the Everfree Forest on foot because I must reserve as much energy as I can for the monsters in the forest. As I walked through town, everyone in the market made way for me, some wide-eyed and some scared. Mothers called their foals back, and others barricaded themselves inside their shops or other ponies shops. At least I don't have to slow down. I wonder what details I should add to my house. Maybe a magic training camp? Or maybe a sword/gun collection? My thoughts were interrupted as I heard a zooming sound through the air.... and it was coming straight towards me. I knew what it was before it got louder. I cocked my head back, waiting for the sound to get a little louder. Now confident that it was close enough, I rammed my head forward and it bumped heads with a familiar blue pegasus. She fell on the ground, grunting in pain and holding her head. I saw her pupils spin in circles and I raised an eyebrow in amusement.
'I don't know if this world can get any more cartoon-like.' I'm surprised that she wasn't out cold from that, considering that she was flying at that speed. After regaining her senses, she glared at me.
"What was that for?!" She asked, obviously furious.
"You would think flying at me with a fist at mach 5 would answer your question." I deadpanned. If her face glared any harder, she would've popped a vain.
"You deserve it for messing with Twilight!" She pointed a hoof at me. I guess you must call bullshit out when it comes, eh?
"She could've opted out at anytime during that fight, but she chose to fight me for my detainment." I facepalmed, smiling.
"And how do you think that I would believe that she actually accepted that fight?!" She asked, furiously but quizzically.
"Ask her yourself. It isn't like you two aren't friends or anything." I walked past her and continued my trip toward the forest. She zoomed past me and blocked my way.
"If I'm going there, then you're going too!" She demanded. I looked at her with little amusement now.
"And why would I?" I asked, not all too happy about her stubbornness.
"Ever since that fight, she hasn't came out of the library! Spike tells us that she is actually learning off- offen-"
"Offensive?" I finished for her.
"Yeah! Those type of spells!" Her struggle for the word must mean that she isn't too bright.
"What do you want me to do about it?" I asked. She paused and thought for a moment.
"I want you to march in there and apologize!" I looked at her like she was fucking dumb.
"For what?" Another pause. I don't think she thought all of this through.
"Fighting her instead of turning yourself in!" She somehow said with determination. Now amused at what the fuss is about, I turn around and walk in the direction of the library. If you think I'm there to apologize, then stick a finger in your ass. Although I am curious about the spells she is coming up with to prepare against me, so minus well take a look. Rainbow Dash caught up with me and flew above my head, making sure I actually go to the library.
'She must think she is stronger than Twilight, but then again Fluttershy's knowledge tells me that she was basically a egotistical prick.' I looked up and saw her staring at me. As I caught her gaze she was startled for a second and gave me her best glare before looking straight ahead. I chuckled and did the same, the entire trip being done in silence.
We got to the library in short order. As soon as it was in sight, I noticed 4 other ponies looking into the window. When we got close, they turned around and immediately looked at me with a glare. Rainbow flew ahead of me and pointed in my direction.
"I found him!" She said, like it wasn't obvious already. Their glares got sharper.
"Hello to you too?" I said, as if they were being rude. Applejack was the first to speak.
"You don deserve a hello from nobody!" She said. What a famous introduction from you. I walked past them and looked into the window, not really paying attention to this nonsense. I saw Twilight in the middle of the.... actually, what do you call it? Now that I think about it, how the fuck is the inside that big? I swear to god that it wasn't that big before, but now it looked almost identical, albeit a little smaller, than the cube arena we fought in. I'll just label it as bullshit magic and move on. So anyway, Twilight was in the middle of her mini-arena. On the other side of the arena was what looked to be a training dummy that was meant to mimic what my body looked like. I'm not going to lie, it looked like a very impressive representation of what I looked like. She was charging a spell that took quite a few moments, and as she released the spell on the dummy, there were sparks coming from it.
'It must be some sort of stun spell.' I surmised. I took another look at Twilight and noticed somethings that were different about her. She had bags under her eyes and her mane looked a mess. Her movements were also unnatural and her eyes had a weird look to them. I used my [Enhanced Hearing] to listen in, as she was also talking to herself.
"Not good enough, he would've moved in for the win already.." She said, kicking the ground in frustration. Her voice also sounded angered and dead inside, amusing me all the more. My thoughts and observations were interrupted by somepony tapping me on the shoulder. I looked behind me to see a familiar blue pegasus glaring at me.
"You need something?" I asked, tilting my head to the side. She didn't seem too pleased at my question.
"Go inside and apologize already!" I laughed at her joke.
"Why would I do that and expose myself to the enemy." That wasn't a question. The others looked at me with glares sharper than before, aside Fluttershy of course, who looked at me with a surprised expression.
"Okay...," Fluttershy closed her eyes, "You asked for it!" She said in her yelling-not-yelling scream. I raised a brow.
"What do you plan to do?" I asked, noticing that everyone was getting behind Fluttershy.
"You're not gonna like this." Applejack commented. Now confused, I took the time to think about the situation, and there were a few things that bothered me. First was that these ponies seem to think I'm the bad guy even though the people I fought either provoked me in some way or chose to. I wonder if everypony's racism runs that deep. The second think that I took notice to was that Fluttershy's memories told me that Pinkie Pie was extremely talkative, and that her hair was puffy. What I was seeing now was a Pinkie with flat hair drooping down and not talking at all. The third thing that got me was a big one.
'Where the hell is Spike?' That little drake was the best one in this group. I really wish he was here to make this a little more bearable, not that it was terrible anyway. My thoughts were interrupted as my heart felt a little heavy. It wasn't bad, but it was there nonetheless. I looked back at Fluttershy and saw her staring at me with the 'Mom Lookâ˘'. I smiled at her, amused.
"What is that?" I asked out of pure curiosity. She didn't seem to be responding and just continued staring.
"It's the Stare," Rainbow Dash answered, "She uses it to calm animals like you down!" She gave a triumphant smile. Even if it did work, you would be the Tails of every 'Sonic the Hedgehog' game ever. If it worked, you wouldn't have done shit. After a long silence, I looked back at them.
"Minus well show you how it's done." I said finally. Fluttershy still went unwavering, but the others looked at me. Now having their attention, I gave Fluttershy the darkest glare that I could muster. After year and years of gamer rage, I could pull off a very mean face. It seemed to have worked because the others started to get seriously uncomfortable and Fluttershy snapped out of what it is she was in. She looked at me and started back-tracking herself until she was against the tree, shaking with a terrified look on her face.
"W-Wha-" Rainbow was at a loss for words on what to say.
"I assume that I had the best stare between the two of us then?" I smiled at them.
"It wasn't that scary." Rainbow Dash said confidently. I gave her a dark glare again, and she looked to be in panic for a moment. "Okay, maybe a little.." She gave me a sheepish smile.
"Now that we have that little battle under control, I'm going to go finish creating a place to live. Tell me if she has something up her sleeve, will you?" I turned around and walked off, and nopony stopped me. I must have scared them more than I realized.
As I got to the forest entrance, I looked up and noticed that the sun was starting to set.
'Gotta hurry quickly.' I thought, activating [Environmental Awareness]. This spell made it easier to make out the different territories and paths of the forest. Originally, I made this spell to hopefully stay away from the more dangerous territories, but now it has a new use. I searched around and found the timberwolf territory, and ran right inside of it. Running far enough, I found a clearing, split in half by a deep trench with a river flowing inside of it. The river ran very deep inside of the forest, making it perfect to keep any unwanted visitors away from my new home. It is timberwolf territory after all, and one of them is bound to find me eventually. Taking a moment to catch my breath, I got to work. I used [Remodeling] on some of the trees for some lumber. Using [VTabs], I rode one of the swords so I can attach 2 super long logs on each side of the trench.
'Rope would work better, but this will have to do.' I've got to find some rope later. Satisfied with the makeshift foundation, I placed each plank one by one and used [Mending] to mend it with the bottom two logs. As I finished up the bridge, even though that it looked more like a wooden floor than anything else, I tested its sturdiness. No matter how many times I jumped on it from any or any part of the bridge-floor, it was almost like jumping on land. Satisfying me to no end, I walked across and got to work on the house. I used various stones around the forest and mended them together to create the floor. Actually, the floor was so big that I minus well say that it's going to be a mansion.
'Nothing better than a rich house without even having any money." Now that I think about it, I can probably earn a bunch of money by crafting it. I know it's probably illegal, but no one will tell the difference. I'll see if I can steal a bit later. Anyway, I came up with the layout in my head, trying my best to make the house just like in my Minecraft world. If you weren't aware, I was more on the environmental and decorative side of Minecraft then the autofarm-crazy side. Buildings looked hella nice if you built it right, and it made some good money building for some servers. I got done with the outside of the house and looked up to see that it was exactly like the picture I had in my head. It looked really nice and I wondered if I was dreaming all of this. If I was, then this would be a nightmare, as I would probably go back to sleep crying from the cruel dream. I went inside and marked off each room for what it is meant to be. This checklist had quite a few places on it, but some of the main places that I wanted to make sure of were the living room because it isn't a house without it, the experimentation room for experiments in technology, the magic control room to test out spells I come up with, and my personal study for things I researched. Satisfied, I created a bed from the mana in the air, which gave me the worst headache I've ever had.
'It must cost a lot of energy to do such a thing.' I guess doing anything that could be explained by 'just magic' takes a punch, but it should get better in time. I had to hold my head from how bad it is. I probably will just buy the rest of the furniture instead of do that again. My thoughts were interrupted by something knocking against the door. I went towards the door to see who it is, but stopped when I heard that it wasn't actual knocking. It was more like someone scratching against the door. Against my better judgement, I open the door anyway, to find one of those timberwolves I saw with [Search] before. It was actually pretty huge, almost the size of a horse back on earth. It growled at me, threatening to bite my head off. Since I was having none of it, I pulled out [VTabs] and stabbed the ground around it, but leaving one of the swords to impale the timberwolf in the side of its rib-cage. It grunted in pain and tried to run away, but the sword that impaled him was also stuck in the ground below, warding off any escape routes.
'I'm surprised you didn't die from that, buddy..' I wonder if I can tame it. I walk over to the now trapped timberwolf and it starts to whimper and shiver all over its body. I reach my hand out to it and it closes its eyes and recoils. If they are anything like the wolves in our world, aren't they suppose to scavenge and hunt in packs? I wonder what happened to this one. I put my hand on its head and started petting him. He seemed confused for a second before easing into my hand.
"Can you understand me?" I asked. I've seen ponies, donkeys, and dragons speak. If this one can't think or understand then this world must be selective of what is sentient and sapient. Imagine my surprise when it nodded its head. I looked in his eyes and I could tell from how it looked that it appeared lost. "Would you like to live with me?" Saying with a smile. Having a wolf as a pet sounds like an advantage in the fight tomorrow. It nodded and I stepped to the side, taking my sword out of his rib-cage and patching up the hole. Welcoming him inside, we go to what is now our study and I make him a bed using the mana in the air, causing me to fall onto my bed. My eyes threatened to close and the last thing I saw was my new companion get comfy on his new resting place. I smiled and went to sleep, feeling good about my odds the next day.
Author's Note
Longer to release, but lower word count!?!? This will not due, and I am disappointed that this happened!
Have a nice day!
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