Today marks day number 7300...I think that’s…. 20 years? I tried keeping track of time by the seconds after the 4th year as a means to pass the time, but it just made it go by slower. But now I know that there’s 31,536,000 seconds in a year! So… that’s handy as a fuck. Anyways, what’s going on with me? Nothing much, thanks for asking! Just, you know. Still FUCKING STUCK AS A STATUE.
Celestia seemed to stop paying me any mind after the first year or so. Luna however seems to visit me every once in a while. She doesn’t really say anything,or even look at me, just sits there. They thought I could read minds -which is why they stoned me to begin with- but I can’t. I only barely manage to keep the info boxes down enough so I can see. Still can’t read any of them. You’d think after 20 years I’d have gotten the hang of them by now eh? Not so much.
Anyways, Luna just kinda glances at me occasionally, thinking things to herself. She seems to find the garden to be a get-away I guess. She nearly smashed some other poor bastards statue at some point. That one doesn’t actually have a person in it, but someone probably paid good money for it. Eh, fuck ‘em. Better their statue than mine. Hm… maybe not. What if just breaking the statue would free me? But on the other hand… it could just kill me. Best not to chance it. Wouldn't have been my choice either way but still.
Sometimes I can hear the two sisters fighting. What’s worse is that I can’t ignore it. There’s nothing else to focus on. Thankfully it’s not a common occurrence, but it’s still annoying. Usually after one of those fights Luna will come down here to vent. To me or to herself, I don’t know. Methinks this girl has some issues. Maybe it’s just peace of mind, thinking you have someone to talk to who listens and takes your side. Talking to yourself is easy enough, but I guess pretending something else is listening can help. Hell if I know, I’m no shrink. Fuck, I’d probably need to see a shrink myself if I ever got out of this place.
To be honest I think it’s Luna’s visits that have been able to keep my sanity intact. Not to say I forgive her or anything, but SOME form of contact, even one sided is nice. If I ever got outta here, I think I’d kill her last. Whoa, speak of the devil and she shall appear.
Luna is out and about again, and boy does she seem pissed. Wonder what happened. Not like its my business; but when all you can do is observe, does it really matter what is and isn’t my business anymore?
“Why is it always her…”
‘Hm? This is new. Jealous of her sister perhaps? Sounds like normal sibling rivalry to me.’
She continues to herself as she nears the bench in front of my statue; which, might I add, was very nice of them. I like that bench. “Why does sister get all the suitors?! Am I not as beautiful or graceful as her? Am I not as deserving of that kind of attention?”
‘Youch…. That's what you’re pissed about? Come on girl, you’re better than that. Who cares if you don’t have guys lining up to date you. Just means your sister is a huge slut.’
She continues to herself, because of course she can’t hear my input. “Why doesn’t anypony pay any attention to me? Is it because I’m younger? Am I just not seen in that light because of my age?”
She starts to break down into a fit of tears, the telltale sound of sniffling and hitching in her breath which leads to the eventual crying. I’d guess she’s past the first two stages of grief and is heading into the bargaining stage.
She looks up at the stars; or rather, what can be seen of them. It’s a pretty cloudy night and sounds like it’s going to rain. “Please… just let somepony love me… I don’t want to be alone. I want to feel the warmth of another… to be told I’m loved…”
‘Fucking called it!’ And as fate would have it, down comes the rain. Ain’t that a pitiful sight. Almost makes me sad. Almost. I still don’t care for these ponies, having done to me what they have and all. My heart does go out to her though, at least in this one instance. Being alone is no fun; I would know. And while she hasn’t endured the loneliness I have, having been through so much of it, I wouldn’t wish it upon anyone. It’s a fate worse than death in my opinion.
At this point shes in a full on crying fit, just crying and wailing to herself in the rain. Jeeze, how old is she to be crying over love? Eh… I mean I guess some care about that stuff. I stopped caring towards the end of middle school. Too many failed attempts of asking out girls.
‘God, is she still at it? Fucking shut up already! Hell, I’d fucking ask ya out just to get you to shut up!’
Unfortunately for me, my bitching and moaning affects nothing. She continues to cry for what I would guess to be the better half of an hour. Surprising nobody else has heard her or come by to console her. No guards have been around, not even a bird has flown by. At this moment, she’s truly and utterly alone. God I think I actually feel bad for her. Wait… what is she doing now?
Her crying seems to have at least died down now, but it’s kinda hard to tell; rain and all that. But that’s not the weird part. The weird part is that she seems to be looking at me.
‘The hell you looking at me for? I can’t help you. And I doubt a one way relationship with a statue is healthy either.’
“You… probably can’t hear me... “ she looks away, “This is stupid… I’M stupid… Why am I talking to a statue? It’s not like it’ll change anything…” she looks back up at me. “You’re no god, you don’t represent anything! You’re not even alive! You’re just like them, you don’t even care!”
She then picks me up with her magic and brings me face to face with her. ‘Whoa! Easy now, this is the most movement I’ve had in years! Take it easy or I’ll get motion sickness!’ I don’t even know if I CAN get motion sickness but that’s how my mind responded to the stimuli.
“I’ll still be alone… you were never there for me, it was all just a trick of the mind… I don’t know why I even come out here... I could destroy you and it wouldn’t make a difference! You are nothing!” she says as she lifts me up and starts to slam me down.
‘No no no no no NO NO NO STOP!’
Almost as if she heard me, I stop mere centimeters from the ground. ‘I nearly fucking died there… or I could have been freed but once again, the risk or not worth chancing. Wait a minute… why the fuck do I care?! Either way is a win win! If I die, I’m free from this hellhole, if I’m released, then I can be free again!’
Whop, there we go I’m moving again. This time she sets me back down on my pedestal. I’m somewhat angled to where I’m looking downwards and can actually look directly at her now. She’s staring at me, tears and rain streaking down her face.
“No… you don’t deserve that… you didn’t do anything wrong… you’re just a statue…” she turns away from me for a moment. “This is so silly… I’m talking to a statue...” she says, then turns back to face me again. “Please… just… help me… I don’t wanna be alone anymore…”
‘The hell you asking me for? I’m a statue, I can’t do anything for ya.’ putting on a fake friendly voice in my head I say ‘oh sure, lemme just set you up with a couple’a dates! I know a couple of buddies who would just LOVE to meet you!’ dropping the voice, I focus my attention back on her. ‘Sorry kiddo, nothing I can do for ya.’
Once again, she isn’t even aware I actually exist. She has no idea of the one act play that’s goin’ on inside of my skull! Instead, she just gives me a brief smile and utters two words that confused me for the rest of that night.
“Thank you…”
She then gets up, and leaves, opting to fly to her tower.
… ‘You’re welcome?’
my question is what does the statue look like, is it a pawn form a chess board or something else. like a single eye that is open as if it looking at something with bunch of tentacle hold it up or come out of the back of it and hold it up
No dislikes, 13 likes. You're good.
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The statue in the story is of the human mc himself. Like how discord was a statue of his own. The pawn imagine for the story is kinda just there, but if your wanna look deep into it I suppose it would represent how insignificant a pawn is by itself, similar to how this mc (currently a statue) is. Along with the design and the cracks, shows the test of time and mental degredation from said time. Or im looking too deep into it and it's just a pawn. ;P (the image that is). The human mc does have a look and such but the focus of the story isn't on that yet.
9293104
You had to jinx it.... Lol, on a serious note, thanks for the compliment. It certainly helps my motivation
9293293
ahh ok, was not sure would been creepy if it was just eye with lots of tentacle come out of it and hold it up,
You have my interest with this story. I can't say I've seen this type of thing been done before either. I eagerly await more of this. Keep up the good work.
9293447
Thank you! I was thinking the same thing when I was thinking about the concept for this story. I always try to think, "has this been done before" when I'm writing. Some things can't be avoided, but eh.
9293296
At least you had 20 likes when you replied, now it's at 22. That's gotta say something.
9285836
Why do I see you everywhere? Are you following me? Am I following you!?
9294006
True true. Again thanks tho. It means allot
Tracking!
the main character is trapped in stone, literally cannot move. why is this so god damned captivating...
take a fave!
9294909
I dunno why it's so captivating... Seriously why do people like this? Lol, seriously tho, glad you enjoy it.
I'm really liking this so far, just because its different. Normally the sort of displaced style types stories go like this:
Human goes to equestria.
Human might do something in equestria, or simply wander.
Gets turned to stone by the princesses.
Time skip to whenever the show is set, not a second before, and break out.
And they do stuff. Great.
This ISN'T that. This, I suppose, is somewhat realistic. I dunno if the guy'll ever be released (does he have a name, btw?), but his powers still work and perfectly work with the scenario.
That being said, just try to to time skip too much. You've got roughly 365000 days (excluding leap years, of course), so don't worry too much about skipping 7000 days, but still. Try not to just slip and go straight to the show. Because this is actually original for once, a rarity these days, and I'd like it to stay that way.
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yes of course he has a name lol. everyone has a name. as for the story's premise, yes. i was thinking on the toilet, as most do, what if this happened. as for the power, its honestly just an excuse to get him to equestria, which will link up to other reasons later down the line. it still works because its purely vision based.
as for the time skips... you might be a lil upset because i plan to skip over quite a bit; in the sense of time wise. there will still hopefully be a decent amount of chapters, but i don't plan to drag this out year by year or day by day. some skips will be longer than others, some will be shorter. as for roughly 365000 days? we'll see about that :P
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going mad is not nessisarily a full change in mindset. moreso, its just a bunch of tweaks overtime that is so gradual, its hardly noticable. people who are insane don't know it, nor are they all screaming eternally. even if he did go that far insane, after a while, you'd get used to it. people think once you go insane theres no coming back, but after a while you would just regain all you're faculties and be the same you, just with a slightly different mindset. as a sentient slab of stone, does his mind really follow the rules of mental deterioration? :P
and yes, he is human. how he got there? i thought it was pretty clear how. the artifact. the power the artifact gives him is entirely its own thing, not meant to derive from anything (this is not a displaced story and will not feature tokens or any of that).
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Eh, it's your story. You do what you want with it. I'll still end up reading it either way.
What I meant by the name thing is what is the guy's name, if you've got one.
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Yes, he has a name. It just hasn't been revealed yet. Hence why in the notes it says "yet to be named". Don't worry, it'll crop up soon enough. Also, glad you're that confident in the story that you'd still read it lol.
9293293
Am I the only one that thinks the story image looks like a Ponman?
I hope this doesint turn into another one of those he quickly forgives kinda stories. They always pissed me off! No one would forgive and forget 1000 trapped in stone fully aware of everyday.
Can only hope we get to see some revenge.
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Statement: I could see him forgiving luna. Maybe?
*31556926 seconds. You're 20,926 off. Nearly 6 hours' difference. Gotta remember leap year extra.
Just stumbled across this story and the apparent sequel. Seems good so far. Have only seen this concept like once and that was with Discord so it’s not the same exactly anyway. ANYWAY, I like it so far. Going to read the rest now.
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I think... he can be forgiven, try and count seconds for a year and ONLY be 6 hours off. Plus the extra leap year doesn't change how many seconds there are in a year, maybe a calendar year but not a earth rotation around the sun year!
Well this is... Uh... Interesting?
A little juvenile, but interesting nonetheless.
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Have you ever tried counting the seconds on an hour without a clock? No, forget that, the seconds in two minutes? Try it. You will be in the vast minority of people if you can get within 5 seconds of real time. So 6 hours out of a year is a perfectly acceptable error rate.
I slashed a weird looking 'a'.
I'm not fixing any more of these. They're too obvious.
Locked away for 1000 years in a statue. I think it would have been more humane(equine?) to have been locked away inside an oubliette, at least you would die after a few weeks.
10608170
Yeah, but at least they weren’t turned into trees or trapped within the shadow realm.
This sort of constant contact would probably help his psyche a lot, even if it just makes him mad, that is some form if stimulation.