Binary's Experiments

"So... What happened?" Twilight enquired in an inquisitive fashion.

"I'll be honest, I'm not quite sure" Binary replied with uncertainty filling his voice.

"And also, where in Equestria are we?" Twilight glanced around, suddenly realising they were not where they just were, which is usually a very distressing thing for sentient beings.

"If I knew the answers to any of these questions, I assure you I would explain. Unfortunately for us, I don't, so stop asking!" He looked up "Hey, what's that over there?"

Binary ran into the white void that surrounded him, seeing some kind of black monolith. He approached it, circled it, then sat on what was probably the floor.

Twilight caught up with him "Wha-What is it?"

"Are they..."

"Huh?"

"There are multiple objects..."

Twilight noticed this "So there are..."

"Wait!" Binary bolted upright "Those are words!"

"Are they?"

"Yes! Look, that one says 'Twilight', is that you?" Binary sat down again, with some kind of expression on his face.

Silence.

Then Twilight broke the silence with an almighty "Wha-buh?"

"Wha-buh indeed, Twilight..." Binary muttered "Wha-buh indeed..."

"Why do you have to be so weird?"

"Excuse me?"

"Nothing."

"No! You said something, tell me what you said!" Binary hated when people did this to him.

"I-I didn't say anything."

"You did!"

"Didn't"

"Did!"

"Didn't"

"Why are we acting like 7-year olds!?" Binary yelled into the white beyond.

"You started it."

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"AAGGHH!" Binary flailed his arms around, blatantly showing his irritation. Unfortunately this is not easy for ponies, they tend to need all four of their limbs on the floor at all times to keep balance, and flailing doesn't help with that either.

Binary picked his face up off the floor, not in the literal sense, I'm just mocking him.

"Ow..." Binary rubbed his nose "Hey, what's that down there!?"

Binary looked down, past the floor which looked like everything else around him, except all of the gigantic text looming over him in a completely non-malevolent way, as text tends to do.

"There's more text down there!"

"What does it say?" Twilight inquired inquiringly.

"It says '"What does it say?" Twilight inquired inquiringly.'"

"That's what I just said."

"Yeah, thanks for pointing that out, I didn't know that, thanks for the information," Binary used as much sarcasm in the words as possible, just as Twilight used as much force as possible in her punch. Binary spent the next few seconds on the floor, cradling his mouth.

After a few minutes he stood up "Ugh, why is my face getting so injured today..."

"That's not important, what's important is that we find out where we are."

"H-Hey, what's that?"

Binary pointed in a direction often considered as you, unless, of course, you're reading this story from behind your computer screen, in which case I don't know which direction he's pointing, sorry.

Twilight looked at where Binary was pointing "I think it's a person..."

"Why is he staring this way?"

"Maybe he's reading the words?"

Binary sat down again, it seemed to be a recurring theme for him today.

Several minutes of sitting and staring happened until a portal opened and a pink pony pulled both Binary and Twilight through it.