Albert Wesker and the Search for Answers
Author’s Note: Sorry about the massive delay, people, university has kept me very busy I’m afraid. This chapter may seem a bit convoluted or pointless but it’s important to see Wesker’s thought process in action, he thinks very differently from myself and so I need to ‘get under his skin’ as much as I can. Sorry if that sounded a tad pretentious but hey, it’s your fault for encouraging me. :P
Nurse Redheart looked at Wesker’s startled features with a certain degree of confusion, “Did you not know? Those six ponies are quite famous around these parts, stopped Nightmare Moon when she returned last Summer Sun Celebration. They’re not really the type to brag though.” At Wesker’s sceptical counter-stare she relented, “Apart from Rainbow Dash.”
Wesker frowned as he considered the implications of this revelation; did that make his newly met acquaintances superhuman?
Superpony, Al...
Whatever, he was far too busy to contemplate semantics. What exactly was the source of their power? Was it simply the elements of harmony themselves? Could he harness that power for himself? Would he even be capable of utilising these elements? There was only one way to find out more, the very book he was holding. He was so enraptured by his musings that he hadn’t even noticed a slightly unnerved Nurse Redheart leaving the room. He drank in the knowledge contained within the pages of the tome; for the first time since his arrival in this bizarre land, Albert Wesker had a true purpose... he was certainly not going to allow it to elude his grasp.
A couple of hours or so later, Wesker had only a slight increase in his understanding of the Elements of Harmony but he had a potentially crucial puzzle piece in that he vaguely understood what Dark meant when she said she was created by ‘The Discord amongst ponies’. This Discord character was the physical representation of chaos, which would explain Dark’s vested interest in disrupting the harmony of Equestria. Apparently this Discord was defeated by the princesses Celestia and Luna both using the elements of Harmony in tandem to vanquish their foe and create a regime of peace in Equestria until Luna rebelled and was sealed in the moon, again by the fabled elements. It was abundantly clear to Wesker that whatever forms this mystical power took; its potential was incredibly high. Unfortunately, from what he could deduce, it seemed as though one had to represent the elements which comprised harmony itself: Loyalty, Honesty, Generosity, Laughter, Kindness and a mysterious sixth element which apparently only revealed itself once the other five were aligned.
It appears unlikely that one such as you would be worthy of controlling such power, Albert.
Wesker lowered the book with a sour expression on his face. If those were the components of one’s character needed to utilise them then the elements of harmony would no doubt remain beyond his reach for all eternity. He resented having such a tantalising promise of power ripped away by his inherent character. What was the point of bequeathing such a potent weapon to those who probably had no disposition towards using it? He would care to venture that the only time the elements were utilised were in the defeat of those who actually had a little ambition beyond banality, it angered him. What a waste of potential; nothing aggravated Wesker more than wasted potential.
Apart from CHRRISSSSSSSSS!!!
Wesker rolled his eyes whilst examining his book, the reminder of that particular moment of insanity was certainly not appreciated.
Apparently, these elements had been used three times and this book only documented two of the occasions, making him realise that the occurrence which Fluttershy mentioned must have taken place fairly recently.
His confinement in this bland place took on a new level of irritation; he needed to ask his six newly met acquaintances about these elements of harmony as soon as he could. Wesker came to the logical conclusion that he should ask either Twilight Sparkle or Fluttershy first, the former would have the most complete and intelligent summary of what exactly occurred and the latter would be far less likely to react to any pressure he exerted in gleaning facets of the story that he was perhaps not meant to know. It was fairly simple for Wesker to ascertain which ponies corresponded to which elements, in particular the insufferable Rainbow Dash’s Loyalty, and Laughter, which needed no real rumination. He assumed that the meek yellow pegasus represented Kindness, the rough-and-tumble farm pony was indicative of Honesty and that the fashionista was the embodiment of Generosity. This left Miss Sparkle as the bearer of the mystery element, the most powerful and unknown of all six... That certainly aided him in deciding who to visit first.
Because you just want to know more, right Al?
A cruel smirk tickled the corners of Wesker’s mouth.
Right, Al??
It wasn’t unreasonable to say that the former S.T.A.R.S. captain simply wanted to know more, he merely wished to use that knowledge at a later date, for his own purposes; the prospect of having the power to rise above his ludicrous current position was tempting to say the least. Perhaps he had been brought to Equestria for a purpose, attaining these elements would certainly raise him to a position rivalling what he had hoped to achieve before his demise.
Ever heard of hubris, Al?
Wesker sneered; his death was not the result of poetic justice or ‘karma’, he had not perished because he had overreached his limits. His death was the simple result of carelessness and his own megalomania, a mistake he would not repeat. Furthermore, the power he could glean from the elements seemed infinitely more immaculate than what his ascension to would-be godhood promised; perhaps these elements were what made Celestia immortal? Perhaps that same attribute would be bestowed upon him once he obtained them for himself.
If you can, Albert. It seems it would be wise to develop your loyalty and honesty.
Very unlikely... there was a route around that issue, he was sure of it, this world was so bland and its denizens so inherently kind-hearted that he could easily run his machinations without fear of interruption, it would be effortless compared to the non-stop suspicion he faced whilst working at Umbrella. All his covert operations would be meaningless, however, unless he found out exactly what it was he needed to do to gain the power which lurked tantalisingly close and that in turn involved leaving this accursed hospital! He lowered his book once more, confident that he had gleaned all he could without further illumination from certain Ponyville citizens. He glanced up at the clock which ticked so slowly that Wesker almost interpreted it as insolent, did it not realise that he had vital things to do and important places to be? It was around half past eleven and his blood test results had still not returned, the only way he would deem that acceptable is if Rainbow had had some sort of accident and was being attended to in lieu of him. Sadly, it appeared the universe to oblivious to his continuing wishes for ill health on the pegasus’ part and so he scowled as he leaned back in his hospital bed before a thought struck him... what if his blood tests revealed that he was not meant to be in this land? What if some anomaly showed up and revealed him for what he was? Even the best case scenario would involve Nurse Redheart wanting to keep him around for further tests to try and ascertain what made him different from other ponies; he doubted that the truth would be taken well. Torches and pitchforks came to mind... he was an alien essentially.
How is that different to what you were before you died, Al?
That did nothing to assuage his fears, when someone found out his true nature before he came to Equestria they either dealt with it or he killed them, an option which was sadly lacking in this world... or was it?
Al...
Yes it was, he lacked the astronomical abilities he possessed before, he would probably get tired after he’d got into double figures of pony corpses. Weight of numbers had him undone.
Sheesh Al, I thought we’d gotten past this whole psychopath thing.
He preferred the term ‘ruthlessly efficient’ but society liked to hit the panic button and label things that didn’t conform to what it demanded. Regardless, he had a problem, these tests could curtail his time in Equestria or, at the very least, make it incredibly difficult. This was the reason that Wesker tensed violently as Nurse Redheart suddenly appeared in the doorway. She looked at the former S.T.A.R.S captain with a mixture of confusion and concern.
“Are you all right, Mr Wesker?”
Wesker cracked the joints in his neck, mildly embarrassed to have reacted so strongly, “Indeed, you merely startled me. I assume you have the results of my blood test?”
She nodded once, “Indeed I do, Mr Wesker.”
To be continued...
I can already imagine him recreating the T- virus or Ouroborus during his time in Equestria. Or just simply duping folks into getting what he wants
you tease
And she is either going to say the results were normal, or they found some unknown virus in it...... go t-virus......
You updated?
Great chapter as always, you do great in characterizing Wesker and getting into his head and thought process, but curse you and your cliffhanger! I want to know if Wesker was being reasonable in his fear of the results or just being paranoid. Hopefully the next update doesn't take as long, eh?
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Give him his superhuman powers back I liked them
You know, the news coming from RE6 is saying that wesker has a son. That's gonna be fun to explain. Keep goin and stay golden^^
to be honest I'm expecting him to have that modified Progenitor virus lying dormant in his blood, his trip to equestia changing it to be more stable.
457410 also he never injected himself with the t-virus. just a modified form of the original Progenitor virus that was found in those flowers
458291 Still it would be a virus....
458319
but not the 't', which would result in a pandemic, but wesker's super virus, which is noncommunicable.
458526 Unless the ponies have some mad scientist like pony admist them that is good in genetics and such.........
458528
please the advanced technology they got is 50's era vacuum tubes not the transistors needed for the really powerful supercomputers designed and intended for genetic research. i doubt there's a pony out there who special talent is magically working with D.N.A.
458553 They also have magic... Which can be used to supplement various amounts of technology... And why not, its not like they likely don't have some lone scientist working over DNA and what not.
458564
that requires a clear line of sight and big ol' target for effective use.
when's the last time you saw chromosomes with your bare eyes while staring at your skin?
458576 Who says they can't use magic to supplement their eyesight for use when experimenting?
458584
only if their heads are bolted down to something other wise the shaking would throw them off a lot.
458613 Who says they can't magically steady their heads and magnify their vision?
458669
lets see: enhanced vision, steadied head, telekinetic manipulation of a object that's like what... 1 nanometer big, where the slightest scare could potentially doom ponykind.
i doubt twilight could focus that much.
it'll be a huge drain on their magic reserves and lets not forget it took tons of supercomputer to even develop the 't', 'g', 't-Veronica' and uroboros. and a grand total of 20 to 30 years from discovery to wesker's death.
458724 Whose to say, during the time that wesker was still in his reality, that pony scientists weren't dabbling and studying in that field of science for awhile?
458734
they would still be nowhere near the level Albert needs for the reconstruction of any virus. besides the most they got to be doing is crossbreeding plants, not mapping out chromosomes and definitely not engineering super-viruses
458750 Who says they don't have some secret section in their science field based on genetic manipulation and what not?
458756
because i doubt Celestia would fund that.
also if ponies think free moving clouds is a crime against nature, the only one i can see who would no problems with that is wesker.
458775 Who says the ponies are as innocent/naive as they seem to be most of the time? They could have a facade of being nice but in reality be vicious sociopaths.... In which case they would be doing the crimes against nature in secret to keep up the facade....
458782
i like the way you think. but still insanity is not a marker of psychopathy.
lets assume the ponies do have teams of crazy scientists ready willing and able to pull off a stunt like this.
where would they start? poison joke? cutie pox? some random event?
458810 Ironically they could likely mutate poison joke, as it seems to have the ability to distort the physical mass of creatures, among with other various effects. Instead of the flower that the reality Wesker came from were using, what if equestrian scientists were using poison joke?
458877
next step: the virus it self
the virus encased within stairway to the sun had the potential to kill outright, and gave those who ate it and lived superhuman strength.
Oswell E. Spencer saw the potental in it, and with his three friends, crafted it into the semi-reliable 'T-virus' form. the 'T-virus' can and will spread throughout the population causing much un-death.
poison joke not so much. there is no virus inside of it its just got magical pollen. even if the scientists could turn it into a 't-virus' type flower, the effects would be unpredictable and defeated by a simple herb bath. not to mention the effects of poison joke(harmless little pranks) don't spread.
special mention: the 'T-virus' destroys the brain of the infected causing those to come back as feral zombies.
458976 Who says the magical pollen of poison joke can't be mutated in a way that makes its effect permanent? That and also causing its effects to turn from semi-harmless pranks to more harmful and likely lethal ones. Basically think of poison joke as having the potential to be a magical version of the stairway to the sun flower.....
459007
i guess they could make the effects permanent but still.
Oswell E. Spencer took the original virus and refined its effects it in to a bio weapon.
if the poison joke gets refined then it'll still be less lethal then a feather and will not be useful.
but a sample of the Progenitor virus infecting a poison joke plant would suffice greatly in any bioweapons plans wesker has
459039 I still think the poison joke could be refined into having the same potential, if only easier being that well most of the effects of the plant are caused by the magical effects of the pollen, and unicorns are all about magic... that or zebras could likely help with it too......
Progenitor virus + poison joke = well a magical virus of sorts would likely be able to provide a larger variety of effects that could likely have more potential do to the semi-reality warping qualities poison joke has.....
459058
if he could get his mitts on such a sample.
the modified Progenitor virus he had/has would not help at all, giving the effects it had on him as a human.
another thing: the poison joke just plays jokes, any lasting mutagen effect wouldn't affect the mind because then it wouldn't be a joke.
459100 Who says if you mutate the poison joke, that it stays playing jokes?
459114
i'm been checkmated.
then again the Progenitor virus was mutated and it gave those infected by it the enhanced strength the legends claimed it could give.
it would still be a joke, but twisted 'child play' type jokes
459136 Depends on how twisted it makes them if it can still be considered childs play.... I would assume if the poison joke normally could make a mare turn into a little 2in tall pony... I would assume a more twisted and less jokey version of it could likely create eldritch like abominations. Seeing as how the virus in Weskers world is limited to well set laws of sorts, I would assume the magic of poison joke would open up for more insane/lethal mutations.
459168
not really no. if you read the wiki on how some of the B.O.W.'s were made(the tyrants being made from the brains of teens who was being operated on, consciously. making them literately pure fear) i have my doubt the poison joke could match the horrors created by the 'T-virus'. also there would be no zombified foot soldiers to prey on the unfortunate, just creatures changed by the poison joke who still have full control of their mind walking around. hardly worth the effort.
459215 Yes, Yes. Thats assuming the poison joke can't be mutated to be like the t-virus.....
459219
well not to same extent as the 'T'.
it'll be a less lethal more funny mutation.
not worth the effort he'll no doubt put in to creating a weapon that does nothing more then permanent plastic surgery
459254 Who says it wouldn't have the same effect or more of a effect after it has been mutated and change a bit? Since the pollen is magical, and who says it has to follow natural laws in how it horribly mutates its victims?
459266
even magic has to follow some laws. besides you can't turn it into a weapon creating plant it has no ability to control the mind.
and you are forgetting the obvious point: the effects poison joke can't spread since it's not using a virus.
take bridle gossip: many on the main 6 went home to building that contained other creatures (siblings, family, animals) but only those who were in the patch were effected.
459297 Who says you need it to spread like a virus, when it seems just coming in contact with the pollen or what not of the plant causes the effects. In effect you would just need to saturate an area with pollen to some degree. Via air, water supply, or what have you.
Also... do you think the author will be made when they log on and find like 20 or more notifications just because of us?
459320
yes i think he will.
The plot thickens. I wonder if she found remnants of the t-Virus in his blood...
Excellent chapter, as always.
459320
Haha, I found all the notifications pretty funny. And I thought the discussion was really interesting, made me proud of the fandom too, cos I reckon any other fandom would have degenerated to petty name calling after 34 stages of such a discussion.
I love how you manage to keep Wesker in character, and I love where this is heading. Can't wait for more.
I'm liking the new cover art!
472548
You should be thanking xBubba1995x for that. The very fact that anyone has taken time out from their lives to draw fanart for my story blows my mind.
473656 You're a lucky man indeed
Keep up the good work
dis gon be good
Nurse Redheart: Yes, the tests have returned, and...I dont know how to explain this....but....YOUR PREGNANT!
Wesker:...........wut?
1226493 LOL
Nice nice niceness!
1226493 Plot twist!