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Introductions
"Right then. I can definitely say I wasn't really expecting that."
"Yeah, well I've been sitting here for the past six hours knowing about this, and I'm still not sure how I feel."
Jack and Zane had a quick exchange before they got down to business.
"So how long is this thing going to be out for?"
"Vital scans show that everything is present and functioning, so I'd give an estimate of a minute or two. Not very long." Zane typed in a few commands, and the mechanical arms gently lowered the unicorn down to the ground, the unconscious body staying limp and still. "And now we wait."
The group stood silently behind the one-way window as they waited for the unicorn to wake up. After a short period of silence, it started stirring. They leaned forward in curiosity.
The purple unicorn slowly stood up, and looked around. It was clear that the surroundings were very alien and unfamiliar, but it's composure was still steady, and had done no erratic movements. The humans continued to look on, until it spoke.
"Hello?" Despite being told beforehand that it would be intelligent, the humans in the control room looked at each other with some surprise.
Allison bent down and tapped a button on the console, turning on the microphone. "Hello there. You are not in any danger, and we mean no harm. Please stay calm. We're coming in to see you, okay?"
It looked slightly startled, but otherwise mostly calm. "O-okay..."
The four inside the control room looked amongst each other. Jack put forward a plan.
"Okay, uh, me and Allie will deal with it, Zane, Kevin, you guys stay here."
Zane looked at the tablet he now held in his hand. "Sounds good to me."
The other two nodded in agreement.
"Alright then. Let's go." Jack and Allison walked to the door that accessed the AOP room. "I'm not sure how I feel about talking to a purple unicorn."
"Kevin did say it was highly intelligent-"
"Yeah. Smarter than me," Jack replied in a disgruntled manner.
"- So just act like you're talking to a normal person."
"Why do I feel like this is a better job for Taggart?" he wondered out loud, referring to Global Dynamic's resident special animals expert.
The doors opened, and for the first time, the two species saw each other face to face. As the two humans took steps forward, the unicorn took a couple steps back, and it's horn... glowed?
Jack stopped. "Whoa. Is that unicorn's horn glowing?" he quietly asked Allison.
"Yeah... I guess so. Be cautious."
Before they went any further, Jack thought it would be best to begin introductions with the frightened creature. He instinctively held his hands up to show that he meant no harm, hoping that it was at least understood that gesture.
"Uh... hi there." He took more steps forward, and it inched away yet again. "It's all fine... alright? Not going to hurt you."
All this time, the sheriff was worried about that glowing horn. It did not give him good vibes, and he did not want to find out if it could get worse than just bad feelings. Once he was only a short distance away after closing the gap with slow, deliberate steps, he slowly knelt down to one knee, with his chest at the same level as the unicorn's head..
"Hi... I'm Jack Carter. Sheriff Jack Carter. Back over there," he said as he pointed towards Allison, "... is Allison. Do you have a name?"
There was a short period of uncertainty, then the horn's glow dissipated. "H-hi... I'm... Twilight Sparkle." She still appeared uneasy.
"Nice to meet you Twilight." Jack held out his hand, in the hopes that she might understand. Twilight slowly walked up and shook it with her hoof, visibly relaxing a bit. She put it back on the ground, and spoke again with a little more confidence in her voice.
"What... are you?"
By this time, Allison had gone next to Jack, and knelt down as well. "We're humans. Nice to meet you, Twilight Sparkle. I'm Doctor Allison Carter."
"Then... where am I? The last thing I remember is going to sleep."
"You're within the facilities of Global Dynamics, in the small town of Eureka, which is home to the smartest people on Earth."
"How did I get here then?"
Jack and Allison looked at each other. It was time to drop the existentialist answer. Allison seemed moderately hesitant to answer.
"We created you-"
"What?! H-how?!"
"See that machine?" Allison pointed off behind and to her side at the multitude of devices behind her, with the three vertical rotating arms, now stopped, at the center. "That machine created your body, just a couple minutes ago."
"I don't understand. I still have my memories. If you created me, how do I have memories?"
"We implanted information into your mind using a piece of advanced technology. To what extent your memories are, we'll have to find out."
"I think I'm about to have an existential crisis," Twilight whimpered.
"Awww, don't look too sad," Jack comforted her. "We'll help you figure it out, okay?"
The two humans stood up. Allison turned to face the doorway, then smiled at the unicorn.
"Look, we'll help you get over the existential crisis. But how about we take this somewhere else? This place probably isn't the best place to stay." The two turned around.
"Where are we taking Twilight over there?" Jack whispered.
"Anywhere but here. She's a perfectly sentient life-form, so there's many labs to use. I've still got to run complete tests to see if everything about her checks out. She's a bio-printed entity, which means she should be stable, but just to safe. Also, there's more tests to run about how well the computer calculated placement of bones and organs. After all that, I should probably check how high her intelligence is, exactly."
"She seems plenty smart so far. But what about that horn thingy? It was glowing, and it did not feel like it would turn out good if I pissed her off."
"I'll check into it. She seems cooperative so far. While I deal with Twilight, how about you go with Kevin and get what information about her you can."
"Sounds good to me." Jack turned back to the unicorn. "You ready to go?"
Twilight snapped out of her thoughts. "I guess so."
"Alright," said Allison. "Let's go then. And try to avoid asking questions about things you see. We'll get to all that later. Right now, I've got to run you through some tests to see if everything about your body is functioning properly."
"Okay, I guess. I'll try to hold off questions?"
The two humans took the lead, with one purple unicorn in tow.