Flashbulb sighed. He was sitting on the edge of his bed in his bedroom, staring down at his rear hooves. His phone made a quiet pinging sound, and his wing scooped it up, holding it out in front of him.

The screen showed a small dialogue box, reading MalO ver1.0.0 successfully installed! He tapped "Open" with a hoof, but nothing happened. His phone simply swapped to the main screen, and he sighed as he rolled his eyes. He reopened his phone's appstore, but when the app refreshed, it simply went back to the main page. Flash groaned, and he searched for the app once more, but it was gone.

"Fine, whatever" he growled, tossing his phone onto the nightstand. He collapsed back into his bed, and he wrapped himself up in a blanket. His phone quietly pinged with an incoming text, but all it got in response was a quiet "mmrf", followed by the pegasus' snoring.

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"So, did you take care of it? Do we need to go kidnap anyone?" Growled a soft, gravelly voice.

A much younger voice came back, saying, "It was only up for a minute, sir, there's no way anyone managed to download it!" In response, all they got was a frown from the first pony, but it was followed by a gentle nod of acceptance.

"Nobody's awake at this time of night, I'll chalk this one up as contained" He said, leaving the room. The other stallion nodded, then he sighed softly as he looked back down at his computer.

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The lid of a dumpster flew open, scattering some snow through the alleyway. Merely ten seconds ago, it had been completely empty. From inside the container, a creature emerged. She wore no clothes, so it was clear that it was a female due to her very gifted proportions. She resembled a wolf, with paws for feet and a long, fluffy tail. Her fur was a dark, smooth black, and she held an oddly shaped phone in one hand, which glowed with a soft white light.

She snapped a picture of the alleyway, then she dove off into the shadows of the forest behind the houses, giggling as she went. Now, in any other circumstance, it could be assumed that she was merely one of the bipedal creatures living in Kludgetown and beyond. A few of them were well-known in Equestria, like the cat named Capper.

Thing is, this creature wore a stark white skull on her face. And instead of eyes, she had two white glowing orbs that shone softly onto whatever she was looking at.

And nobody in kludgetown looked like that.

Author's Note

hehe