Colors... shapes... smells...
There are simply far too many for my brain to contemplate... which is made even more alarming now that I get the distinct impression that my brain—my skull is a lot larger than it's supposed to be...
Before I know it, a pair of doors have creaked open and shut. I blink—the world around me no longer a blur. I see that I am inside a large supply room of sorts. It's filled to the brim with soccer balls, stacked gym mats, and all manner of sports equipment.
"Okay... we should be fine in here," Twilight's voice says from behind us. "At least for a while. There isn't a P.E. class until next period."
P.E. class...?
Is she for real?
"This should give us time. Time for me to fill you in on what's going on and time for you to adjust to—" Twilight spins around, and her eyes blink. "Oh! Hey! You're standing already!"
I am?
I look down, and the floor is a million miles away.
Oh Celestia...
The floor flies up to my face.
"Gah!" Twilight jerks forward, her forelimbs catching me by the super-bendy waist. I dangle like a mess of hair and noodles in her grip. "M-my bad! Uhm... I know! Maybe if you sat down..."
I wince as she ushers me over to a folding chair.
"Easy... easy... just let gravity take hold..."
At last, I plop down, rocking slightly. It's the weirdest sensation in a world. My body is bent at ninety degrees... and yet it feels fine. Natural, even. Just what the heck am I?
"Okay... try and... erm... feel around." She stands back a few meters, and I find it hard to look at her with a straight muzz-er... face. It's still the Princess, but in place of lavender fur Twilight has... lavender skin?
No, she has hair. I can see that now. Even on my own limbs, I can feel some strands of fur... only they're super thin and super long. What kind of a creature would stand to be this naked? I mean, besides mole rats...
"Just breathe easy. Your lungs aren't exactly in the same place. Also, your ribs are positioned towards the front of your torso instead of towards the side. Your spine is arranged for bipedal movement and you haven't got a tail—"
"...!!!" I spin, gawking at my flank. I feel around the folds of my jacket. Sure enough, there's no hole situated around my posterior.
"It's okay! It's okay, Vinyl!" Twilight places the ends of her limbs on my shoulders. "It's not permanent, alright?! It's only for when you're over here! The first moment you return to Equestria, you'll become a pony again. Okay?"
I shudder, calming slightly.
"That make you feel better?"
I gulp and nod. I adjust my shades and stare at her.
"Okay. Now... uh... look at me and I'll show you the basics." She stands again at a slight distance and wriggles the appendages at the ends of her limbs. "These? These are fingers. You have five of them for each hand? See?" She takes turns pointing with each body part in question. "Just like Spike's got. Only they're made of mammalian skin instead of draconian scales. Also, there are fingernails instead of claws. This is the palm... and this is the back of the hand. Careful, the fingers only bend so far back... see?"
I'm looking at my own hands. I bend each finger, one after another. I feel the bile rising up in the back of my throat from the alien sensation, and my face grimaces severely.
"Yeah. I know. A little scary at first, but they're perfectly natural." Twilight lifts one of her rear legs and points at an article covering the end of it. "This is a foot. It's a lot like a hand, only it's made specifically for standing on. On this side of the mirror, you only walk on two of your limbs. The foot has five digits too, just like fingers, only made for standing and walking. They're inside your shoe—which people here use for protection, cuz feet aren't as tough as hooves. You can move the toes... erm... the digits at the end of your feet almost as much as your fingers, but not quite so much. Go on ahead and give them a wriggle."
I fidget nervously. I stretch one leg out... then flex the muscles inside. I feel a bunch of tiny things squirming around inside one shoe, like beetles crawling all over my hoof. I shudder, but eventually nod.
"Now... a person's body has a different center of gravity than a pony's. Long ago, their physiology evolved so that they could stand upright. I know it might seem impossible, but you've got the ability to stand upright. That's how human beings go about their daily lives." Quietly, Twilight approaches me, both hooves... I mean hands outstretched. "Try it. Just... bend your knees... and lift your body with your legs. You can use your hand against the back of your chair to steady yourself if you need to."
I hesitate, but Twilight insists. At last, taking a deep breath, I throw myself forward. My skull flies towards the floor of the supply room again, but she catches me in the nick of time. Then, with her assistance, I bend my body upwards until my head raises to the ceiling. I feel the world spinning beneath me, and a sudden fear of heights that I never knew I had haunts me from all angles. I teeter, nearly topple, but—miraculously enough—I found a magical sweet spot where I'm... okay.
The resulting blink is so intense that it nearly pops my shades off. I stretch my arms out, feeling as Twilight slowly lessens her grip. At last, she lets go of me altogether, and I'm actually standing on my own.
And it's absolutely crazy. What kind of creature would want to do this to itself? Hell, even giraffes have the good sense to walk on four limbs.
Why the blood isn't draining from my skull is beyond me...
"See? It's perfectly natural!" Twilight squee's. It's so horselike that it instantly puts me at ease. "Look around from that vantage point. You should be able to see the room better."
I look to the left and to the right. Twilight makes a good point. I can see better now.
I wonder if I can see my feet. I look down, but they elude me. I can't even see my shoes, for there's a whole bunch of me in the way. Is my jacket straight? I tug on the thing, but the lumps refuse to move. So I try pushing them both in—only to wince in mixed pain and surprise. The Hell are these things?
"Uhhhh... no. No no..." She grabs my hands and lowers them to my sides. "You don't wanna do that. Trust me."
I frown at her.
"Yeah. I know." She sighs, leaning back. "I'm not a big fan of them either."
I reach my hands up. Fidgeting, I rub the top my head. These "fingers" are super sensitive, and for the first time in my life I feel pain from the prick of my spiked mane. Still, I feel around, in search of my ears. To my horror, I have to drag my hands down... until I find these super fragile, paper-thin things sticking out the sides of my skull. Ugh... I hear through these?
"Here..." Twilight walks up with a pen in one hand and a pad of paper in the other. "This might help in communication for a bit. I know you must have a ton of questions." She places the pen between two of my fingers, then holds the pad up. "Give it a try."
I stare at the pen dangling between two of my digits. I tilt my head up, glaring at her.
"Oh... erm..." Twilight blushes. She plucks the pen from my hand, twirls it around, and holds it nervously at chin level.
I instantly lean in, clamp the item between my teeth, and write as neatly as I can across the sheet of paper.
"You can ask anything," Twilight says, smiling sympathetically. "Anything you want."
I finish writing, then wave my forelimbs at her.
She turns the paper around, blinks, then reads the words out loud: "'Why... is... your skirt so... frigging short?'" She glances down at her legs, then at me.
I fold my arms and squint at her.
"Hooo boy..." She fans herself with the pad of paper. "This is gonna take longer than I thought..."
"Ya think?
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Oh my god, this next set of chapters is gonna be priceless...
Well, that was my first question seeing human Twilight too.
Und like zat, ze var begins!
Well, technically...
6561565 Mine, too
If the movies are any indication, neither of them will face anything more than marginal inconvenience.
... ... ...
Yeah, I got nothin'.
Imagine if Octy had to deal with this. She'd be a gibbering wreck.
Sees the author's name.
Oh crap my editor says you're the very best on this site and frequently talks about how awesome your fics were.
I guess I need to read this now.
Hang on... Her synthesia was connected to her magic due to the mishap with the mana wire and speaking became a nauseating experience. But as a human, would she have the same problem since her magic isn't there?
LOL, that bitnear the end, lumps
Lawdy lawdy, that was great.
These next chapters are going to be hysterical.
Scratch up in here attacking people? It's a good thing she only drop kicked Twilight in the face, someone could have been hurt!
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The Album Cover, of course.
Also, just leaving this here.
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I love this Vinyl. Also, I hope she remains a mute in the show. That's so awesome to have a crosseyed pony, a mute, a disabled pegasus. So many ponies with some sort of problem and yet they go about living each day being treated like any pony else. Adaptive and creative types the lot of them. It sends a nice message to the kids who not only have these assumed weaknesses handled to them, but shows the ones who would make fun of them or look down on those not seen as normal that they are human too and that there is more than one way to get things done.
I see only awesome ahead of us. To the Bass Mobile! Er, I mean, the CAFETERIA!
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Some of the... well, situations/status/whatever of the counterparts seems to be the same. Maybe it happened a different way, but in this Human!Vinyl should be mute, as well, and also dealing with synthesia.
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She's not mute though, they've said as much in the interview at SDCC, just doesn't like to talk (if you disregard the comics where she spoke). Neither is EQG Vinyl, you can see her sing along with the song in the first movie and shout with the crowd in Friendship games during the rally song.
But you have a good point besides that. Its part of the world, no sense in hiding it or anything.
6562153 The human world actually speaks as noted in the end of Friendship Games when she speaks to Lemon Zest. She doesn't have a voice since she's in the background but she CAN speak.
Did Vinyl miss Iron Will or something?
I've been waiting for this clip to show up on top of one of the chapters for months now.
"You are now standing manually."
Getting right to the most important questions first.
No! My beautiful Tail! It's the best part of me! How will I ever get Octy to notice me now!
"Music to my ears", of course
Oh that was clever.
This keeps on getting better and better, I can't wait for the next chapter
Well, we don't call you Short Skirts for nothing
Seriously, Vinyl, of all the things that you could ask, the only thing to pop into your head is to question why Star Swirl the Bearded was a letch?
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I haven't SEEN Friendship Games yet. I've been trying to avoid all information like the plague until I get around to it. Thanks a lot. >:|
6562824 ... Sorry? I'm not gonna reveal more than that. Hope that's enough.
I think the Vinyl here didn't know yet if she is mute, won't talk, or still fainting whenever she speaks.
6562161 Whelp, until she speaks on the show, she's as canonically mute as mute can get I suppose. And even if she speaks? She'll always be My Little Mute DJ, even the humanized Vinyl. ;3
Can't have mutes on a kids show! We toss those into the burners or lock up in the basement for the shame they bring to society. (sorry, I always have to include these points of views when show staff get lazy and wish to avoid casting someone for a voice because they'll get boo'd for not having fandom favorite headcanon voices to their fav ponies.)
Love the descriptions of Vinyl experiencing her new form!
I wonder how Twilight learned about the other Vinyl's need for help and just what the problem is. If it was the other mane 5, you'd think they would have been at the portal to greet Twilight.
I can't wait until we're out of here.
Very well played end to this chapter.
Interesting that, out of all the things that Vinyl struggles to adapt to in the human world, it's human nudity taboos she gets a handle on the fastest.