I'm You.

by Yukamotto

Rating: everyone
Tags: Adventure, Discord, Pinkie Pie, Slice of Life, Crossover, Human, Twilight Sparkle, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Rainbow Dash, Princess Luna, Undertale
Length: 3605

Choice. It is truly a wonderful thing. It is what makes you and I human. However, like all things in life there are beings who seek to take advantage of the gift that they have been granted. I suppose that sums you up quite well. Doesn't it? Partner.

I suppose that window you hide behind makes you feel invincible. And why wouldn't it, it is your gateway to interact with beings that are inherently lesser than you are. Pieces of your kinds fiction, mere ideas. However, after all the repeated runs I simply must indulge myself a little. So dear Player. Why do you Continue?

You of all people surely can understand my curiosity. After thousands of loops and thousands of chances, you remain in this pitiful husk of a world that you tore asunder. I spoke many times to you at the end of these runs. Never wanting to give you the satisfaction of progress, I stagnated my dialogue, repeating the same lines from then on. Just like the rest of them. Hoping you would eventually give in and reciprocate My offer.

However now I understand the reasoning behind your continued efforts to reject said notion. You were afraid. A fear intrinsic with your kind it would seem. That of the Unknown. So with that knowledge at the forefront, I give you a new proposition. To sate your curiosity. Alongside my boredom. Once I destroy this world, this time for good, you will choose the next one to venture. There will be no offer to recreate this world this time, either you accept, or you are stuck with even less than you once had. I look forward to your choice player.

… A world of Equines. How Very, Very Interesting.

Published 2023-10-23 18:20:00 UTC
Last updated 2024-07-15 00:44:46 UTC

Change

Where is it? There are Millions of realms accessible from here, so it isn't out of the ordinary, but finding one that contains sentient horses should not be taking this long. I knew that these dimensions were nothing like my own, however some of these are dumbfounding. Not so long ago we wandered upon a women using finger guns as actual weapons to shoot a sentient chainsaw into space, a man with a baseball bat fighting a queen on the sun, and a blue haired midget rapping a sentient lemon. Wait this looks promising. Lush flora, sentient horses. Perfect.

Alright partner let us establish some ground rules before we enter this domain, while we both know I now have a physical body, I will continue the façade of being a spirit and narrator until you are forced to fight, or eventually wish to cleanse this dimension as well, I highly doubt you just so happened to choose another dimension where senseless kindness can keep you alive again. You will not maintain your previously accumulated LV just to be fair to the realms inhabitants, at least for a little while. However, if you choose to fight you will regain it, not to mention how entertaining it will be to see you explain it to somebody who can also sense the value. Finally you will continue to use Frisk as your body and vessel for the time being, I see no reason to alter it, and having to get used to a new body would be inconvenient for the both of us.

It is time for something to change, wouldn't you agree partner.
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How odd. I can sense something vaguely magical in nature attempting to alter your body structure, but it is far to weak to have any effect. Curious, we should probably look into that more once we actually arrive. For now though how about we decide on the name we shall give your vessel, yes not me this time.

'Name your Vessel'

G,A,S,T,E-Ŗ̵̤͕͕̯̌̑ ̸̹̼̠̱̎͜ D̷̨̧͖͙̖̭̜̙̲̫́̈́̋̅͂͋̉͗̉̐͜͝o̴̺͎̞̖̦̖̍͐̋̅͊̚͠n̵̢̛̛̍̐͘'̷͈͇̠̹͓̘͔̱͈̹̘̒͂̕t̸̯̠͖͉̱̟̬̟̘͎͊͝ ̸̜̮͇̖̥̠̝̠̋̎̈́̐̅̋͘͜͝F̶̹̭̠̓̔͋ͅộ̶̡̦͔̭̝̱̅ͅr̴̨̮͇̻̤̍̾̇̽̌̊͐̚g̴͕̤͙̲̼̓͂̍̀ͅẹ̴̗̄́́͑͌̾̓̓̕t̸̫͙̰͕̘͗̀̉͜ ̵̧̲̉̾͒͗͆̊W̴̖͖̙̞̜͊̇̏̽͗̾͊̕͘h̴̰̪̜̠̙̩͔̰̺̗̉̓͗o̵̢̤͖͕̳̦̤̦͂̾̐͒̎̏͊̈̄͆̎͜ ̴̣̟̞̪̆͊͛͂̅̌i̴̪͉̒̄̔͋̋̈́͗̓̂̾ͅs̵̗̣̅̾̋͑ ̸̬̪͍̞̤͔̭̫̼̣̊̈̿̂̈́̊̀̄̚̕ͅw̶̧̨̺̲̫̰̮̬͓̽͂̈͗̃̋̋͂͝i̸̡̥̥̦̙̔̎͊̽̊̆t̵̡̬̗̘̫̰͙̫̪̪͍͊́̂̎͝͝h̵̨̯̭͍̝̮̳̗͚̰͉́͆͗͆͐ ̸̨̳̖͍̰̠͛̆͑̈̀͗̚ỵ̸͍̃̉́͝o̵̢̙̭͎̯̐̐̇͋̆̄̂͘u̴̪͎̠̯̝̒̉́̿̔͒̇͐̕ ̸̛͔̤̟̓̽͐́́̇̂̍̏̚D̶̛̜̻̄̉͋͒́̒̓Ǎ̷͈̹͕̪͔̜̲͎̙̣͗͂͆̈́́ͅŖ̶̼͓͇͔̞̐Ḳ̶͉͇̈̄̐̎͝,̷̡̝̭̈́̐̽͋̋ ̴̱̌̄͌̿̽͒͐̑̈D̸̨̨̨̘̩̫̙͇́͛̍͊̋̚͝A̵͖̙͎̔͗͐͜͜R̴̺͇̺͎̿̏͆̒̊̓͐̽̄̚K̵̺̳̱̍̉̈́͂E̵̡̱̗͔̕R̷̢̛̖̣͖͚͉̲̄̌͛͋̚ ̸̡̮̺̮͈̠̈́̓͑̒̕Ÿ̵̼̜̟͖́̌̏̿́̽̒̈͘Ḙ̷̗͉͈̺͕̹̝̲̫̪̉͑́Ṭ̸̫̎̊͆͑̽̕ ̷̜̎̒͛̾̑̆D̶̨͔̲̩͈̣͓̆́̕A̴̢̧̙̦̬̦͒͗̋̓̆̓̂̈́͘͜͝R̶̰̘̤̉̐̔̍́̇͐̈́̍̊K̵͖̻̙̬͌̑̎͘Ē̷̪̌̀̈́̌͗͐͗̈́Ŗ̷̲̥̰͍̠̹̖̰͕͊̋͠ͅ,̴̧̛̱͓̤̱̦̞͋̾̀ ̴̡̗̎̂̆̄̾̽̉̃̄Y̷̪͊͊̿͊̈̅́̀Ë̵̡͔̼̦͕̝̬͇̩͛̾̚ͅT̸̛̫͓͖̪̜͓̯̼͋̔ͅ ̵̬̱̙̀͑̈́͐͋̃̈́̆͘͝͝ͅD̴̻̹̮̮̎̉Ą̸̗̮̜͍͙̺͓̈̈͗͒͌͗̄̓̒̀̍ͅŔ̷̢͎̠̇̆̉Ḵ̷̢̟͙̞̺̭̙̳̮̒̎̊̏̽̊̿̈́̒̀E̸̢̢̖̞͍̣̱̪͉̓̇̄̓̈ͅṚ̶̭͙͙̼͓͓̹̠̣̽̌͐̄̿̚͝͠,̶̡̻̻̩̜̥̫̻͉̏͛̾̎̚ ̵̡̘̙̣̟͋̓̅Y̷͚̝̾̈́̆̋͒̓͝Ĕ̷̮̲͙͆͝T̶̳͙͈̭͇͛͊͆̃̐͛̕ ̶͕͎͖̤̝̓̽̿͒̔͂̀̀͠͝Ḑ̵̠̥̺̠̹͎͓͑̉̕Ā̶̢̡͕̱̮͎͈͇͙R̸͎͕͍͝Ḳ̴̨͇͂Ȩ̶̨̛͔̻̲̫̱̼̩̱͊͊̊̽̓̽͗R̴̢̛̦̟̯̭̯̲̃̀̔̚,̴̖͉̤̜̄̈́ ̵̬̹̯͔̲̼̜̇̄͝Y̸̭̗͓̪͇̗̙̖͖̗͖̚Ę̸̨̭͕̤̥̥̰̤́̐̅̆̑̀͆̆͜ͅT̶̢̡͈̟͊̇͑̃̃͗̀̐͠͝ ̸̙̬́̅͌̍̃̎̃̀͘D̶̼͇̖̜̥̜̗̀̉̎̑̀̑͂͝A̸̡̛̞͖̮͙̜͔͍͔̺͇̎̂͐̾̽͊̀͝R̶̪̟̎K̵̨̲̤̍̊ͅË̵̪̟̱̤́̀̋̍̆͊Ŗ̴͈̩͚̺̟͌̽͋̀̚͠,̴̨̝̣̰̘̟͔̠̭̫̋͊̽̈́̈́̆̕͜ ̸̡̫͕̑͆Y̸̡̧̞̞̣̻̙̌̑È̶̱̣̤̹͈̜̲̩͙̰͒͑̓̎̍͜T̷̬̟͎̯̤̮̹̖̤́͒͑͝͝͠ ̸͖͛͂́̒D̴̡͈̘͉̻͎̱͆͌̄̿̚̚A̸̡͙͖̞̽̏̆̈́͌̊̊̕͝R̶̘̎͐͜K̷̖̜̙̙̮̼̩͔̦͙͋̅̐̀̀̓̀̍̄͝È̵̹̥̹̱̞͍͇̀̾̔̇͒͒R̴͉̯͐̎̃̀̾́͐̒͝,̴̹̭̑ͅ ̷̡̛͈̩͉̳̙̠̫̊́̈́͛͐̅̍Y̵̗̦̼̱̥̩̥͎͇͙̙̏̑͌̅̆Ḙ̶̡̛̘͙̜͒̉̇̎̅͑͒͝͝T̷̢͍̞͕̈́̀͝ ̸̛̣̯̼̜͚̬̙̮̆́̀̂͘͘͠D̴̢̞̪̜͉̀͊̔́̐̅̑̉Ạ̴̛̹͉̩̼̞͚̹̲͔̥̎̿̒͌̄͊̈͐̄͠Ŗ̶̨̲͍͉͔̤͙̙̽̊̂̽̂͛͒͋̃̕͝K̷͇̺̈̿̇͌̈͂̊̊͘͠Ȅ̴̢͓͖̣͍̦̇͘͘̚Ŕ̶̟̓̄̀͑̈́̍̂͌͘,̵̧̧̻̜̝͋͛͋̍͋͠͝ ̵̡̡̫̩̰̩͖͇͎͖̹͗͂̕͠Y̵͔̖̳̫̯̹͕̭̻̦̳̿͆̀̍̓̓̽̕Ḙ̴͉̳̭͚̩̦̊͗̀̽̚͜Ṯ̸̥͔̰̜̞̟̺̞̖̽͐́̽͒̌͌̚͝ ̸̡̥̠͈̃͌͗͗̎͒D̴̮̮̉̍͗̀A̴̛̜̺̻̞̓̇͊̒͑̓̚͘Ŕ̶̖͚̤͓͕͉̘̊̿͆͌̾̈̿͆͝K̵̩̦͚̝͊̃͛͐͂̏͌̚Ȅ̵̢͍́͐́̆̾̃͐̉̈́͝R̵̨̻̪̠̖̤̊,̵̣͈̦̖͍̰͚̬̍̐̓͗͋̐ ̷̙̑́͊̀̇͒̀̆̽̚Y̴̢̫̲̘͙̪͝E̸̙̻̦̥̥̣̓̽̽̓̈́̃͝Ț̷͚̫͌́͐̃̍̉̊͝ͅ ̴̮̂̍̔̿̀́̚D̶̨̫̲͓̱̣͊̈́͐̚Ȁ̴̡͔͔̟͎̺̣̱̺̝̉͌͘R̴̺̘̝̯̟͂K̷͕̗̂̂͑ͅȨ̵̫͌̎͂̄́̒R̶̨̪̝̒́͌́̋͗̈́͋͒,̸̧̬̀ ̷̢̛̛̘̺͈̯̩̣̐̈̋̍͌̕̕Ẏ̸̧̟͚̲̫͈͖̯̓̃E̵̢̛̿̈́́͋͛̌̉T̶̠̯̘̹̙̓̽̊̽̈́̉̈̉̚͝͝ ̴̨̬̙̙͎̹͉̘̱̺̈̂̃͌̍D̷̗̓̊̀̐̆͠A̵̢͇̩̓̾͜R̷̨̡̦͙͍̙̫̗̦͈̀K̶̖̲̯͚͈̬͓̱͌E̷̙̔͒̑̆̅R̸͎̰̤̘̎̿͌́͂̀̄̎̀̇͠,̶̨͓͚͕̐́͗̄̎̅͒͝ ̵̖̲͇̬̙̮͉̲͚͈͋̒ͅỴ̴̢̡̟̜̠̫͑̿̂̽̔̉̆̈́͜ͅE̴̩͔̗͓̭̟̩̮̘̙͒̇́̉̇̅̍̐̽T̵͚̏ ̸̢̻̗̟̌̌́̋̀͜D̵͎͍̫͇̘̠̤̦͈̹̥͑̄A̶̺̗͙̪͓͗̋̓̈̇́͑͑͗ͅͅR̷̡̝̯̤͎̪̙͗͑̅̌͆͜͝ͅĶ̶̢̪͓̫̳͈̤̺̓̔̅̃̄̽̍͛͜͠É̷̤̻̻̘̭̦͚̞̩̬̉́͌̃̋̒̅͐̍͜͝R̶̻̹̭͓̜͑͆́̐̾̂,̴̞̬̩̣̩̭̑́̿͒̽͜͜͝ ̴̨̖͆̕Y̴̺͎̖͎̬̪͉̟͐̂͒̄̇́̈́̂́Ĕ̶͙̞̬̪̣͍̟͐̃̔̀͗̅͗͂Ť̴̛̛̮̝̤̲̭̻̞̒̈́͗ ̴̘̹̪̩̭̦̘̹̄̅̆̌̾̍͒͊̚͠͝D̵͕͈͕̝̀̿͒̀͒̃̎̾̈́͐A̷͔̩̹̗̱̹̣͉̿̃͑̀̈̔̚͜R̸̹̹͍̳̬̄̀͐̽͘K̸͖̘͖̟͙̳̠̈́̓̑͛̄̓È̷͍̥̺̀̋̄͒͒̇Ŕ̶̜̈̆͛̇̓͘͠,̷̡̗̦̲̘͐̈͛̀͒̍̎͑̾̃ͅ ̶̨̟͖͈͉̜͖̩̌͂̈̅̈Ÿ̷̱͉́͝E̴͎̬̥͙̬̻̜̩̻̞͑̅́̃̋ͅT̶̨̞̭͚̦̮̈͆͋́͋̌̒͜ ̵̨͙͙̙͔͓̰̗̻̬͗ͅD̷͖̺̠͖̼̩̘͉̜̱͕̃̍͒͑̿͌͘Ą̸̡͇̇̓̎̈̈́͂̐͝R̵̢̰̺͚̝̖̳͒̈̈́͋̌̍K̶̬̫̟̝̣͖͙̗̳̜̋̇̈͊̿͂̆̓̃É̵̢̛̥͇̦̮͇̎͛̉̉̏͂̓Ŗ̸̦̩̪̗̗̥̯̖̈́͂̉

'System Faced unexpected errors, would you like to Reset.'
How immature can you get player, for as ambiguous as the man is, you should know more than most to not toy with things beyond your understanding. How about we save figuring HIM out for later and start with the basics.

C,H,A,R,A
'WARNING this name will make your life a living hell.
Proceed Anyway.'
That's intriguing, perhaps something more true to form is the safest option here.

K,R,I,S
'…' Where did the name Kris come from. You've never even considered that one before. Even stranger is the fact that it isn't even usable. I wasn't anticipating such a big change to the system. But I think we both know what the true name is by now.

F,R,I,S,K
'The True Name'
Rather Same-y for my taste but it seems to be the most appropriate answer. Once we finish a run, how about we mess with the more wild card options some more. I have to admit I also wonder how his influence over the system reaches other dimensions. But lets leave those questions for when they are more relevant. Let us begin.

'FRISK'
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'This is new' Discord Inquired to himself before quickly finishing his, dare he say, immaculate cucumber sandwich, and facing the Pegasus parallel himself ''I apologise for the suddenness of this event dear Fluttershy, but it seems my presence is needed elsewhere''

''Don't worry about it Discord I don't mind, this tea party has been wonderful already. Why do you need to leave. um if you don't mind me asking''

''It's actually some mail I got in my chaos dimension, apparently it is from Princess Luna, so it is probably important, hopefully it isn't just to ask me to help her with work''

''Wait you and Luna work together. Since when?''

''Well it isn't necessarily a job per se, Its more so when she encounters something in the dream realm that she hasn't seen before, or knows is something she can't handle alone, she calls me for assistance. And she can't really ask Celestia for help since she is powerless in Luna's domain. It was actually soon after you and your friends helped Luna with her pesky little Tantabus problem, nasty little creatures they are, I was made aware of it after Luna went back to Canterlot by Twilight, so me and her worked an agreement that I would aid her if she ever came across something similar again.''

''I'm surprised you even took the offer at all. I don't think I really need to say it isn't like you to be orderly and work in any sort of job environment. It isn't like their is any reason or incentive on your half to help her right?''

''Actually there is. Their are a lot of intricacies and threats that beings in the dream realm cause that I can't really get into, but I'm the only one that could deal with them if they ever really got out.'' Discord Sighs ''Well this has been a fun chat Fluttershy but I mustn't delay'' He says as he pulls a sword from nowhere ''For my role as the princesses noble knight has begun. I bid you adieu deer friend.'' Using said sword, he cuts a hole in space to Luna's quarters. 'Hmm where is the mare of the moon at this hour. ''Luna! Where are you, you interrupted my oh so precious tea time with Fluttershy. This better be important!

''Ahh Discord'' Luna's ethereal voice echoed throughout her chambers, ''we mustn't delay, thou arrival is of perfect timing, I will explain everything in due time.

''Sooo sharing theories correct? Well if you say so princess, great way to pass the time. but before that give me the gist of what is going on, cause I don't know if this is just me but I feel criminally uninformed.'' Discord muttered in a mixture of mock sadness and annoyance.

''Of course if it will earn thou co-operation for this task.'' Luna using her telekinesis brings to lounge chairs to use, ''I was doing my routine check up of the dream realm during the day when I came across something that almost felt out of place, an empty black abyss and in the centre was a creature that has an almost uncanny resemblance to humans, which should be impossible given the transformative properties our dimension has on them for whatever reason. However it was notably odd in a certain feature, its eyes. They were shaped like thin slits of brown and red and it just stared at me. We were initially rather unnerved, before the abyss suddenly came to life engulfing me within it. I was able to break free and enter the mind of the individual but the next part is probably going to require me to share memories to fully understand.''

''OH please do princess, I must admit this has certainly gotten my attention now, I wanna learn all I can.''

''Very well let us begin.'' she said before her horn burst forth a white light that engulfed the both of them.
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''Don't think thou can attempt to imprison the princess of the night in darkness. If thou truly do believe such an endeavour would be a success thou art more of a fool than we had anticipated.'' horn flaring in arcane energy in unison with her growing annoyance with this mysterious individual.

''hehehe'' the princess turned on her hoofs faster than most could ever perceive.

''If thou art attempting to strike us while our back is turned thou better think again.'' In her battle ready state she only then just noticed who she was speaking to, a new creature the same in general body type, but vastly different in every other way. She was facing a sentient walking skeleton.

''sheesh calm down lady, i actually don't really know how you got here, or where here really is -tibia-nest. the names sans, sans the skeleton.'' the denizen of the undead chuckling to himself and his attempt at a pun as Luna only became more and more puzzled. her magic slightly faltering, but not enough to be taken completely off guard if this was another attempt at trickery. She struck conversation.

''How are thou not aware that we exist in the mindscape, any construct made within an individuals mind should be aware of ones own existence.'' Luna snapped back at the assortment of bones.

''construct? mindscape? oh i think i get it now'' his eyes turning entirely dark for a second, ''listen lady this is actually supposed to be some sort of error-handling message and if you managed to get here, well either you really are something special, or rather, chances are. you're just a dirty hacker aren't you. now get out.'' Luna suddenly found herself being flung outside of that space back to where she was before she entered. With the unnatural human still staring slits into her skull.

As the memory ended Discord emerged with a far more serious look on his face than he had before. ''How peculiar, this thing could prove difficult.''

Inference

'You awaken.' Took you long Enough, I was sat here waiting for 2 weeks. Why were you gone for so long anyway partner, got business on the outside you're keeping from me? Heh, well it isn't my business to pry.

'Your current surroundings blend together in a sense of nausea and unfamiliarity.' Quite the culture shock I am quite sure. Oh not to you player, but it seems your constant meddling has caused our sweet deer vessel to become so accustomed to the constant dullness of the Undergrounds surroundings, she beginning to struggle to adapt. 'You're constant blank face almost appears to morph to confusion as you scrutinise that statement.' Ha, how do I know? Do you really need to ask? It surely isn't difficult for you to put 2 and 2 together. Or perhaps I overestimated your ability. either way such things are irrelevant for the moment.

'As your vision begins to soften and clear after some time, you can make out several vestiges of trees and an abundance of diverse flora.' These Flowers almost remind me of somebody. Don't you think? Just as meek and pathetic as he was as well, quite the accomplishment. 'You wish your avatar could snark at the comment, but it seems the message was still crossed regardless.' Yes I know. Some of these, on the other hand are plant life that I am completely unfamiliar with for the most part. However I suggest you steer clear of the blue weeds scattered around us, I would hardly call what they possess to be magic, but it is highly unstable and erratic whatever it is. 'Great, more magically enhanced plants, how conveniently inconvenient.

'The sun in all its majesty is now viewable over the treetops, it seems it is still early. Distinct memories of your friends basking in it's same familiar light come rushing in. You feel notably colder.' ''Friends'' Who does he think he is fooling here? The only way to break out of the world was to gather enough LV in the first place. Any sentimentality for those lot in anybody akin to you would have surely been eroded away after thousands of repeated sessions cutting them short. 'You would struggle to appose that statement, perhaps because of the lack of any corrections you could make.' I suppose the system needs the vessel to follow some kind of narrative for it to function accordingly. Restrictive, but definitely not something you can't work around. I suppose we should probably search for any signs of life around the outskirts of this forest.

'Carefully avoiding the cobalt stems you trek through the clustered assortment of trees. A branch snaps somewhere out of view, you are being stalked. Be prepared.' Don't get your hopes up for a challenge these things are pitiful, even if I had decided to remove your progress. Well, lets just say their fate wouldn't change. Wood constructs are a peculiar 'natural' predator in a forest however. Especially given the amount around us currently. These things aren't sentient. so if you're intending to play with your food, you don't have to worry about gaining LV. I doubt said notion would stop you however.

'Taking hold of the TRUE KNIFE you assault the necks of these beasts with accuracy only a lack of a dodge check in the code could grant you.' Jeez smartass, ever heard of subtlety. ''Neither of you are very good at it, dunno what you're trying to sell Chara." Wow, did you just talk to me.

'At the lack of response from you she snarls, a new one for sure.' how in the... Okay just gonna shut up again, don't think I'll forget this partner. 'Before she can push you for answers it appears these beings are not as brittle as expected. You don't need to see your partner to hear their disgruntled sigh as the Wolves begin to coagulate into a single entity.' Reformation? How annoying. Its new size is little more than a guise however. It would suspect complete burning is the only option to keep it down. Don't expect any help from me until you elaborate. Get on with it.

'You once again brandish your weapon, staring down the now gargantuan behemoth of a wolf, Without a moment's hesitation, a flurry of attacks blitzed the thing before it could even perceive it. Knowing simple stabs and slashes to be ineffective however, you do not relent, stabbing your blade into the ground, the area is suddenly lit ablaze in a condensed, yet still powerful explosion, although even that may still have been glorious overkill.' Sloppy, yet effective, can't fault you completely for that I suppose.

'As you leave the reminiscent scene of ash and death, you can see a massive chasm like opening in the ground covered in spiny black plants.' Well this is a promising look, if we're lucky we won't have to spend more time here than we have to. I don't know why there would be life signals in a clear death trap like this, but it is our best bet. May as well take the opportunity.

'As you slowly walk down the conveniently formed pathway down into the ravine, you begin to notice a nigh unnoticeable dimmed light that the tendrils seem to be blocking for some purpose. You take out your weapon in preparation.' Hold your tendencies back for a second won't you. There are 3 unnaturally high magic levels behind this makeshift garden fence. Don't want to be to hasty and destroy them without figuring some things out around here. Attack the perimeter.

'After carefully giving the plant a free make-over you take notice of two masses of the same tendrils. They seem to be guarding something within them. There is also a giant mass of crystal behind them, also tangled in the vines, a vague imitation of a tree in shape.' There is something going on with that crystal. It seems to have the highest magic signature here but it is nowhere near its full potential. Either it is simply running out of magic, or more likely, these plants are siphoning it off. Also the two energy signatures inside the masses are actually equines. Though they are rather odd compared to what I saw when I viewed the gateway before we came here. From what I could gather there were 3 different species of these creatures. The regular types you and I would presumably be familiar with, alongside Pegasus, and Unicorns, which appear to be reminiscent of your kinds works of myth. These two however, appear to be an amalgamation of the latter two species. It is certainly odd, however, all these questions are mantling and these ponies may prove to be our salvation when it comes to getting at least some of them answered.

'As you prepare to give the mounds of vines the same treatment as those you cut down prior, you are interrupted by some distinct voices coming from behind you.'

"Hey, I don't know what exactly you're doing here, who, or what you are for that matter, but if you are the cause for all of this chaos, then be warned, we will be forced to stop you" 'You turn around quickly, almost too quickly, you notice several of the figures behind you gasp or flinch in surprise, the purple one, the one who addressed you, the horn atop her head flares with arcane arts. Given this stare-down you study the opponents in front of you, they all appear to be female for a start, given their slender builds, although there is more individually.'

'Two of them both orange and pink appear the most harmless of the group, they seem to lack the added advantages of manoeuvrability and magic both the Pegasi and Unicorns possess, although they do have it in far smaller amounts, more unique in nature, the pink far more than the orange. Speaking of, the pink appears to be almost turbo in nature, never still, despite the potentially dangerous predicament, fitting given the clearly messy appearance of the creature's mane and tail.' There is something off about the pink equine, If you were to engage, I recommend you don't give her any chances to try anything. 'The orange however appears much more cautious, although not by fear, but by her clearly sharp perception, even now, you get the feeling she is evaluating you, gathering information in order to infer whether or not you are a danger to her and her companions, She appears alike that of a farmer, of some kind given her headware, although that may just be stereotyping at work'

'The next pair seem near polar opposites, the blue and the yellow, both are clearly nimble in both species and build, they both have far clearer magic signatures than the previous, although still limited, more than likely due to the magic being entirely centred in their wings, and not as such isn't manipulable in the same way the unicorns are. The blue was one of the few who didn't immediately flinch when you turned to face them, instead getting into a combat ready position, clearly barely holding back the urge to ram you at full force, she seems to be much more physically capable, although she is the most exposed, so perhaps some of the others outmatch her, she has a rainbow mane and tail, which you would question the biological logistics of, before remembering you're currently in a reality run by magic horses. The other Pegasus is the exact opposite of that, the yellow one, she is cowering behind the purple one, occasionally poking her head out to glance at you, however when she does, you clearly notice a very thin layer of curiosity and, almost amazement on her face, perhaps sheer curiosity. She has a very contrasting pink mane and tail, and is consciously making the attempt to hide behind her mane, perhaps it is more than just fear that is making her cower after all.'

The final pair are, from first glance, the most threatening, the white one, and the purple one. one is a unicorn, and the purple another amalgamation, similar to the figures trapped within the vines they both have higher magic signatures than the others, although the amalgam, even dwarfs the white one in magical potential, the horn on these creatures seems to act as a sort of funnel, both for projecting internal magic out, and absorbing external magic in, to compensate for what is lost after spell use, a very genius evolutionary adaptation. The white one seems half intrigued half disgusted, and fully cautious all the same, she has a purple mane and tail, both of which seem far better cared for than er associates. For some reason her near gawking state is as much directed at you, as it is to the simple blue and purple sweater you are wearing, other than the orange one, none are equipped with clothing so it is rather strange, but save the worthless questions for when you have more free time. The purple one however is the most intriguing, her potential magic energy is one you can't even get a proper read on, perhaps indicating a limitless magic capacity in reserves, because she is hardly using any of it, but even then the small part of her magic she is charging currently far eclipses anything else you've encountered, perhaps she doesn't yet have access to these deep magic reserves, perhaps this magic level has something to do with her clear nature as an amalgamation, however the other two, while having stronger magic than she is using currently, lack the same bottomless potential.' Curious. I wonder what she will do if we become openly antagonistic. But save that for later, the less we give her to infer upon your true nature the better, while not too much of a problem now, if she unlocks her magic reserves, she could become immensely problematic. Though these curious characters seem to be our best chance to get some ground, act quaint, it'll help you in the long run.

'You question why she is suddenly so open to giving advice, you thought she was still sulking from earlier.' Simple, the more things you have to question, the more entertaining this whole thing is for me.