Author's Note

Contains sex scenes

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“Since we don’t have anything to do until tonight; why don’t we go out after we eat?”

“Where would we go in town?”

“I have to ask before we leave; do you believe in other intelligent life,” Vinyl questioned

“I’ve never believed we can be the only intelligent life in the universe. Why bring this up all of a sudden?”

“Do you want to see something cool?"

“Where are we going?”

“Just trust me.”

Vinyl led them through the casino towards the valet parking. As they passed through; Octavia caught sight of a woman with a mohawk that seemed to disappear before she could process what happened. As Vinyl drove; Octavia noticed they were heading away from the so-called ‘Strip' and through the town towards some of the nearby mountains that surround the city. They passed by a city that had a love for aliens as they continued onward. Now they were driving through a desert that had high cliffs on both sides looking down.

“Something feels wrong.”

“Like what?”

“It feels like someone’s watching us.”

“Looks like it's a good time to test some of your powers out,” Vinyl mused “Close your eyes and see how many heartbeats you can sense.”

Vinyl pulled the car over to the side of the road as Octavia followed her wife’s instructions. The sound of heartbeats could be heard as a few seemed louder than the other; signifying they were closer to them. Trying to picture the beats as musical pitches; she thought she counted at least two dozen.

“There’s at least 24 people nearby.”

"That’s what I counted, too,” Vinyl replied “Do me a favor and grab one of the books in the glovebox for me, please.”

Octavia opened the glovebox and pulled out a book that had various IDs for Luna before grabbing a second for Twilight before finally getting the right one the third try. Flipping through revealed different ID cards for various agencies and licenses.

“What’s with the book?”

“I’ll tell you later,” Vinyl dismissed “Right now; just hand me the ID with an eagle on the front. We’re about to have unexpected company.”

Just as she said that, a series of jeeps and SUVs showed up with their occupants jumping out as a few people approached them with four people in camouflage with rifles drawn and aimed at the car. Octavia felt like she was going to hyperventilate, before Vinyl reached over and squeezed her hand reassuringly.

“Occupants of the car, roll down the windows and exit the vehicle with your hands where we can see them,” a soldier ordered

Without hesitation; Vinyl did as she was told as before the two carefully climbed out.

“What are you doing here,” the soldier demanded “This is a classified area.”

“Here’s my identification,” Vinyl said calmly “I came here to show my friend Project Zephyr.”

“How can I trust that this is real,” the soldier questioned

“There’s no reason not to. That project isn’t public knowledge and it would be impossible for civilians to know about it,” she retorted

“Boss; we’ve got a Zulu-Niner-Alpha,” another soldier said cryptically “Identification reads ‘Level Seven’. Please advise the situation.”

“Let them in,” came the answer

“Apparently; you’re permitted to enter,” the first soldier said in a defeated voice

Hearing that; Octavia slowly made her way back to the car as Vinyl casually jumped in. They continued down the road with a single jeep following behind before they reached a nondescript gate that was opened up for them. A nearby soldier pointed ahead towards an airplane hangar further up the way.

“What’s going on,” Octavia asked in a whisper

“What you see here can’t be repeated to anyone,” Vinyl stated “Technically; I shouldn’t be showing you this anyway.”

Once inside the hanger; the floor started to lower as Octavia was losing track of how far they had dropped. After what seemed to be nearly ten minutes; they saw a new room come into view that had solid steel walls. Countless people in white lab coats were running around as a golf cart waited nearby.

“Your ride to get around the complex,” a scientist said dismissively “Welcome to ‘No-Man’s Land’. Your car will be waiting for you when you’re ready.”

As Octavia started to open her mouth to ask a question, a glance to Vinyl saw her shaking her head as it was dropped. During the drive around the complex, Octavia was secretly glad not to be leading as every hallway had the same steel walls everywhere they went.

“Down here are a few things you might like,” Vinyl said casually

With that; they turned down another hallway as the door at the end automatically opened for them. Two glass tubes were positioned in the middle of the room with multiple scientists examining the contents.

“This is Project Zephyr,” Vinyl announced

“What is it?”

Looking at one tube revealed a creature that seemed to have a snake-like appearance with arms and legs; but resembled an animal jigsaw puzzle.

“What are you?”

“Yes,” the creature answered

“That doesn’t answer my question.”

“I am everything and nothing,” it added “Chaos incarnate; Discord.”

“Why did you choose here?”

“You people are more chaotic than anything I’ve ever seen. You keep me in this, but I can leave this tube whenever I want,” it continued

“Where do you come from?”

“Next question,” it stated

“Why don’t you want to answer that?”

“Next. Question,” it demanded

“Why’d you come here?”

“Because I could. That thing’s from the same place I was living at the time."

For whatever reason; a statue of a creature resembling a satyr was in the next tube over. Looking closely; cracks stretched along every inch of it, as well as some kind of sealant to put it back together.

“I’m not a gardener; but that thing’s ugly enough to scare flowers into dying.”

“You shouldn’t insult him, you know. He can hear you from his stone prison,” the creature mused

“Just how long have you been here for?”

“Some fifty-odd years I’d guess,” the creature answered with a shrug “It’s hard to tell the days when there’s nothing to mark the passage of time.”

“I doubt you’ll get much more from our friend, here,” Vinyl mused “It’s answers get confusing after a while. I suppose we should get going.”

“I suppose you’re right. It’s definitely something new to me. Thanks for showing me.”

Later that evening; they decided on hitting the buffet for a quick snack before heading to the theater to pick up their reserved ticket. Looking at a nearby clock revealed the time to be almost 9:30pm. As they made their way inside, a white towel was placed in their hands by an attendant.

“What’s this all about?”

“You’ll see. Have fun and don’t forget to clean up,” the attendant said vaguely

“Let’s take a seat in the back,” Vinyl suggested “In the middle of the row.”

“Wouldn’t that be harder to see?”

“Not really. There aren’t too many bad seats,” Vinyl argued, before whispering “Especially with our vision.”

Once in their seats; the rest of the patrons were filing in and filling up the majority of the theater; leaving seats just in the last few rows for any latecomers. A drum roll signified the start of the show as Trixie appeared from a cloud of smoke. Her current outfit consisted of a white dress shirt, with bowtie and cummerbund topped with a dark blue jacket that ended in a leotard bottom.
“Ladies and gentlemen; welcome to the show,” Trixie announced “I am the Great and Powerful Trixie and this evening’s show does have one rule. No electronic recording of the show will be permitted. You’ll find out why as the night progresses. In the meantime, enjoy yourselves.”
The first few tricks performed were simple slight of hand for warmups to gauge interest.

“For this trick; I’m going to saw my assistant in half,” Trixie announced as Starlight wheeled out the box

The audience watched as Starlight stripped out of her leotard, climbing onto the table bare naked.

“Wow,” Octavia whispered “Didn’t think I’d see that.”

“There’s probably more then that,” Vinyl whispered back “Just guessing.”

A few of the males in the audience used the towels they were given to muffle the sound of them unzipping their pants as they started to masturbates.

“Really,” Octavia mouthed

'Technically; that’s the idea,' Vinyl offered telepathically

Trixie opened the flaps on the box to give another view of her wife’s body to their delight. Following the successful, but temporary dismemberment; Starlight was strapped to a giant dartboard with multiple balloons taped around and one right between her legs. The audience whistled as they watched as Trixie popped the crotch last as the tip unexpectedly penetrated her.

‘Really,’ Starlight asked telepathically ‘Right in the slit!?’

‘Oops. That was an accident.’

“We hope you’ve enjoyed yourselves,” Trixie started as a few quiet grunts emanated from the males “We’re going to have a fifteen minute intermission.”

A collective zipping was heard as the men rushed to close up as they headed towards the bathroom en masse, as a few women had the same idea.

“I honestly wasn’t expecting any of this.”

“It’s the only one like it, from what I’ve read,” a woman chimed in “They are allowed to do whatever they want.”

Once everyone returned; Trixie announced the second half of the show would be a little bit different. Two other women entered the stage wearing flesh-colored bodysuits; one pushing a table with multiple swords on it, while the other had an x-ray screen.

“Allow me to introduce ourselves. I am Sweetie Drops and this is my partner Lyra. Do not attempt what I’m about to do. This is extremely dangerous,” Sweetie Drops cautioned

A sword was lifted of the table and positioned by her mouth as members of the audience gasped in shock. She stepped behind the screen to show her body as the sword was slid down her esophagus. Lyra handed over another as it was swallowed; followed by a dozen more. Once the fourteen swords were removed, she took a bow to thunderous applause. Not to be outdone; the table of swords was wheeled to the back as a smaller bull’s-eye was wheeled along with a bow and quiver of arrows on a new table. Lyra proceeded to reach towards the crotch of her leotard and unsnapped it; before getting into a handstand. Sweetie grabbed the quiver off the table and proceeded to insert the bottom into her friend’s vagina like a dildo. Using just her toes, Lyra grabbed the arrow and proceeded to not only load it into the bow; but shoot a bull’s-eye as well.

“Nice aim,” Octavia mused

“That’s not all that’s nice,” Vinyl muttered “I wouldn’t mind trying my luck with them.”

“Really? In front of your wife,” Octavia accused, lightly shoving her

“You could join in as well.”

“I think it’s my turn to try sword swallowing,” Trixie decided, carrying a chair, as the girls returned to the back “I’m going to need an assistant from the audience. Raise your hand if you’d like to help.”

With that comment; almost every male shot a hand in the air; while a few males were pointing to one with blue hair; in the hopes of him getting picked. A lone spotlight was making its way around the room before stopping on the blue-haired male. As he stood up to make his way to the stage, his companions were cheering.

“Way to go, birthday boy!”

“What’s your name; birthday boy,” Trixie asked

“Flash Sentry,” he said, trying not to act nervous

“How old are you today?”

“Twenty-one.”

“Well, allow me to give you a birthday gift you’ll never forget,” Trixie offered

“I’m a virgin,” Flash said quietly

“Don’t worry; I’ll be gentle.”

Trixie knelt down and eased his zipper down as he sat down on the chair before performing oral sex on him as the audience cheered in support. Sensing his eminent ejaculation; she eased off and moved the crotch of her leotard aside before sitting down on his lap as he penetrated her. Once he’d shot his load inside, she rose off and returned the crotch in place, trapping his semen.

“Happy birthday, Flash,” she added, kissing him on the cheek

“Thank you,” he muttered “Best birthday ever.”

“Ladies and gentlemen; it’s time for the grand finale,” Trixie decided “I am going to be buried alive.”

Starlight, Lyra and Sweetie Drops were wheeling a massive reinforced glass box while a couple stagehands brought a wooden coffin. To show there was no lock picks hidden on her; Trixie stripped nude, before a straight jacket was secured around her.

“I have a feeling I can figure this out,” Octavia whispered

“You’d be surprised,’ Vinyl answered telepathically

“Well; I hope this doesn’t really need repeating, but this is extremely recommended to not attempt this trick,” Starlight warned “Trixie will be buried under sand and will have to escape or risk suffocation.”

Following the straight jacket, Trixie was chained into the coffin before it was raised up and positioned into the glass chamber by a special crane positioned behind the curtain. Once in the box; the crane lifted multiple containers of sand and poured them inside, completely filling the box.
The audience seemed to wait for what felt like hours as they continued to masturbate or have sex to pass the time. Inside the box; Trixie managed to slip out of the straight jacket and chains easily; only to be temporarily halted due to the lid.

‘Starlight; remind me never to try this again.’

‘Why?’

‘I have sand in places I shouldn’t and I’m still not all the way through.’

‘Do you need help?’

‘No, I got it. Besides; some of the audience seem to be preoccupied. Almost got my…’

“Tada,” Trixie announced “I have escaped a trip to the grave. On behalf of everyone here; we hope you enjoyed yourselves.”

As the curtain started to close; the audience seemed to be in a rush to finish wiping their mess before funneling towards the door. Those first noticed multiple bins to deposit the towels inside for decontamination and cleaning later.

“Shouldn’t we be leaving?”

“Let’s wait until the crowd lightens up,” Vinyl argued “Besides; there’s something I wanted to check.”

Vinyl glanced over towards a large group heading out and saw a female with purple hair pass by before disappearing; leaving only the two of them left. Once out of the theater; Vinyl led them wordlessly to the elevator and to their temporary room.

“What happened?”

I think I know what you were talking about with that bad feeling about someone,” Vinyl said with a sigh “There was some chick with purple hair there that I have sworn wasn’t there when we entered.”

“I know what you mean. I’m sure I’ve seen her once in the casino and when we were in the mall."

"Obsessed fan, maybe?”

“I don’t know. Whoever she is; we’ll just have to keep an eye out,” Vinyl decided “On a different subject; what did you think of the show?”

“A bit hard to focus when the males around us were playing with themselves; rather loudly, I might add.”

“That’s the point of that show is for people to fuck in the audience. I’ll admit I was there once some years ago to relax; but this was the first time with you that I was there to enjoy the show.”

“She had to have escaped by a secret door, right?”

“Nope. Trixie did it the hard way in her escape,” Vinyl corrected

“You mean she actually…”

Vinyl nodded and finished “Crawled through the dirt. There’s a reason most magicians shy away from that trick. It’s literally one wrong move away from that being their last. I’d highly doubt Trixie will attempt that again.”

“Considering how late it is, I’m going to get some sleep. We can head home in the morning.”

“Sounds good. I want to let mom know about that as soon as possible. Before we leave town; we’ll take a picture or two in front of the sign.”

The next morning; they immediately went to valet and headed down to the sign. Vinyl took one photo with Octavia by the sign before having another tourist take one with them together. Despite their arrival being at night; Vinyl had to drive under the speed limit due to traffic.

“In regards to the creature you showed me; what’s its story?”

“First things first. In order to answer that; you need to understand we have taken roles over the years to help out; hence the various IDs you saw. We were working when a literal tear in space showed up before Discord emerged,” Vinyl started

“That’s the thing’s name,” Octavia asked in disbelief “I thought that was just an explanation of what it was.”

“Anyway; he thought he was safe and showed up a series of images. A few images consisted of pony versions of Twilight, Luna and myself that were remarkably accurate. The last one was barren; although we couldn’t tell what happened. Any attempt to question him about that resulted in him shutting down. Somehow; he disappeared from confinement and returned with that statue you saw. He instructed us how to put him back together exactly and revealed the creature’s name to be ‘Storm King'.”

“The same as the card,” Octavia realized

“That’s why I asked if you believe in other intelligent life.”

“It’s hard to believe that other versions of ourselves could exist in another world. I’m still trying to wrap my head around that.”

Atlas Nova casino

“Milord; my scouting mission is complete,” the purple haired woman said in a call

“Do they suspect you,” came a reply

“I don’t think so. With any luck, they thought I was a tourist.”

“Return as soon as you can.”

“As you command.”

Octavia & Vinyl

They arrived later that evening as Vinyl had to force herself to drive much slower under the speed limit to avoid any unnecessary attention from police. Octavia was the first to exit and opened the trunk to retrieve the stuffed animals and DVD.

“Giuseppe; go ahead and take that stuff off of her hands,” Vinyl said

“Yes ma’am,” he replied with a bow “Allow me, miss Melody.”

Without hesitation; Octavia handed over the items before Vinyl scooped her up in a traditional bridal carry and headed through the door. Instead of setting her down in the living room; Octavia was carried through the house to the bedroom.

“I think we’ve cleared the tradition,” Octavia joked

“If it wasn’t for what we have to do; I’d probably be ripping off your clothes,” Vinyl answered “Let’s go back.”

“So; have fun you two,” Luna asked

“We did.”

“There was someone we both had a bad feeling about,” Vinyl chimed in “That’s why we came home so early.”

“The same thing as the previous mention,” Luna asked

“I believe it was similar. It’s just hard to describe.”

“I saw a woman with a purple mohawk and by the time I blinked; she was gone,” Vinyl replied “Even with the crowd, it’s impossible to disappear that fast. "I saw her at least twice and couldn’t find rid of the feeling I had."

“I have to agree. I kind of hacked into the casino cameras and watched you,” Twilight added sheepishly, rubbing her arm “I did see a woman appear and disappear in a split second. Those cameras aren’t malfunctioning, so something was going on.”

“You believe your mystery woman is a vampire,” Luna questioned

“I don’t know whether or not she is; but I felt it’s worth looking into,” Vinyl offered

“We’ll keep an eye out for anything suspicious. For now; we need to just carry on like normal and see if your suspicions are correct,” Luna decided

“Fair enough. Tomorrow; if you don’t mind, we’ll have my parents over to watch the video of our wedding,” Octavia asked

“Of course. Just relax in the meantime,” Luna decided

“I’ll probably go and practice,” Octavia commented “There’s a concert coming tomorrow night I completely forgot about.”

“You’ll do fine,” Vinyl offered reassuringly “Don’t worry too much about it."