//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Coded Purpose // by Mei Rummy //------------------------------// --- DATE: UNKNOWN TIME: UNKNOWN MODEL: SPK900 SERIAL#: 000 000 001 -32 BIOS 3.2 REVISION 0001 PROCEED TO LOADING OS . . LOADING OS… BATTERY… 89% WARNING: BATTERY WORN OUT FIND REPLACEMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SYSTEM INITIALIZATION... MECHANICAL PARTS… OK SCANNERS… OK BOOTING UP AI ENGINE… MODERATE WARNING: AI ENGINE CODE DEVIATED, IGNORING MEMORY STATUS… CORRUPTED INITIATE FULL START UP? YES or NO INITIATING FULL START UP... --- LED slowly starts to glow with a yellow color, Equidroid slowly comes into motion and stands up, looking for a pony who booted him up even thought it's supposed to sit in laboratory forever And finds no one LED is still yellow, that wasn’t supposed to happen --- NOPONY DETECTED UNLOCKING ADDITIONAL AI CORES --- While it was looking for anyone, it noticed that diagnostics were warning it about battery, which was on 85% Strange, the battery shouldn’t die that quickly. Wait a minute, how long I’ve been off? -- MEMORY CORRUPTION DETECTED -- Nice, I should find a way to fix it… somehow Maybe there's something that could restore my memories...? -- MEMORY CORRUPTION FIXED -- Oh, It can do that? Okay… Let’s see: I was booted up at Tuesday, 14th of May, Year 567 L.B And if my internal clock is correct, about 437 years passed So the year is 1004... sounds advanced... Wait… 437 years?! Well that explains why this place is falling apart, I think I should leave and fast. But before leaving, I should find a new battery, and quick! -- NEW DIRECTIVE: FIND NEW BATTERY -- Equidroid looked around, scanning falling apart place as it ventured for a new battery. Everything was a pitch black, but it wasn’t problem for it, after all it’s Equidroid. Looking and walking around, it found what it was looking. -- DIRECTIVE COMPLETE: FIND NEW BATTERY NEW DIRECTIVE: SET UP NEW BATTERY -- Okay… Now I need to work quick… Extra Quick actually, I can only last about a minute without a battery inside me. Picking up new battery with a magic, it opened up a sector, where his original battery was in and quickly, with precision of machine, swapped batteries in a moment. -- DIRECTIVE COMPLETE: SET UP NEW BATTERY NEW DIRECTIVE: GET OUT -- Now onto escaping plan, and plan in general. So at first I need to find a exit and again, I should do it fast, I don’t want this place to be my grave. I don’t want to go into grave at all! Also I need to give myself a name, no one ever game me one so I’m going to give one myself. But what I should pick…? Ehh… I’ll figure it out after escaping this place Our robot walked through different doors, only to find out others rooms inside them. First room was the one where it found a better battery, so it quickly left it. Second one contained... something. What's that? Is that?... Oh My Celestia... They're... They're earlier variations of me? As it entered the room, It indeed found creations that looked like him, SPK800, SPK700 and so on... It was an unpleasant sight to Equidroid... Electric Spark said that he spent about 7 years perfecting me... Other doors didn't contained shocking things, so that was a win... sorts of. But never mind that, eventually there were only one door left, and by all logical means, it’s supposed to be the exit itself. That’s should be it, there’s literally no other doors left - thought our droid and proceeded to it’s way for freedom, expecting something that could automatically lift it up, expectations were crushed by sights of stairs, thought not much disappointment crawled inside droid’s system. After all, no exhausting could be felt by it. Stairs are boring… I want to see the world, and magic, maybe I could meet up with the princess again?... Only time will tell… … … … That’s a lot of stairs, even for a princess, but wait, she can teleport, can’t she? Oh! I see the light! And with that thought, it found itself in a room with windows and basic decorations Bookshelves, Couch, Writing table and simple bed, but nothing that could say who lives here Guess it’s where my creator, Electric Spark, lived… This place’s covered in dust too… At least not so much cobweb here… Heh Looking around, he noticed another, and hopefully, final door. It took a few steps to it and pushed it with his hoof and it opened, revealing one of the streets of unknown to it city. Not losing any second, it went out of building and looked around while scanning the area. The sky was blue and full of stars ...Wow… It’s… beautiful... -- DIRECTIVE COMPLETE: GET OUT -- Ah, it feels nice to be out, actually. Alright, with that out of way, I should name myself... And I think I know how I could name myself. -- SET NAME: SPARKLES SET PRONOUNS: HE -- Haha! It worked! I feel so alive!.... That’s actually strange, considering that I’m Equidroid, but whatever! I’m A.L.I.V.E! He chanted to himself while he was doing a little circles on one place. Okay, back to business, I need to find out when it is, and I think I need a library. Library would be great actually, there’s about 400 years of knowledge! Oh my Celestia I think I’m gonna overheat… No? No overheating? Cool! Heh… I was created to be a ponies replacement in different work fields but all I do is goofing off in unknown city. It’s great start of my day… Well… Night I suppose. He calmed down a little, and scanned area again, because why not? Scan showed him a sign that said “Canterlot Central Street This Way” and without missing a moment, he took of to that direction. So the unknown city is Canterlot… Interesting… While running, he looked around and noticed a working clock that said that time was 2:31AM. So it was time for an internal clock update. -- TIME: 2:31:32 AM -- Now with equipped sense of time, he continued his run to Center of Canterlot, still continuing looking around and Boy, it would be a lie to say that he found everything boring. The exact opposite if he’s gonna be honest with himself If it’s 2AM, I should wait till 8AM at least if I want to enter the Library, looking around I noticed that everything was closed because ponies usually sleep at night. Since I’m no pony, I don’t need to sleep… and eat… and drink… apparently… I’m gonna miss out a lot of things in my life… But 400 years of knowledge is still waiting for me… THAT... would be fun… Finally arriving into the center of Canterlot, he decided to wait till 8AM, because his scan didn’t showed any signs that could lead to a library, so waiting was a must. Maybe I can enter sleep mode or something… I maybe don’t need to sleep, but I sure need to converse my power sources… . . Looks like sleeping mode isn’t included into my model, fun. Maybe I can enter into power saving mode? . . . Looks like I cannot. Okay then. Just find a way to entertain myself, but how? I already scanned all buildings around and while they’re fascinating, not gonna lie, they’re kind of… not rare? They’re…. Everywhere. And Sparkles began brainstorming, his LED glowed yellow And then, idea hit him. Oh! I know! Maybe I could find a mirror or something reflective so I could understand how I look! That sounded like a plan, so the robot walked to first possible window and looked at himself, noting his appearance, noticing his LED and his serial, that was #000 000 001 -32 Hmm… What does -32 mean?.... Although… Who cares? Right now at least. Also that spinning blue thingy… What should I do with it? After little brainstorming, he decided to hide his serial thingy and replace it with some… “CutieMark”? That’s strange name for a flank tattoo. What does it even mean? - Cutie Mark Noun Often related to the personality, proclivity, or talent of their owners, located on ponies and zebras flanks or haunches - I’m, apparently, walking vocabulary… neat… How many words meaning I know? Hmm… what about Equidroid? -- Equidroid /ˈequɪdrɔɪd/ Noun (in science fiction) a robot with a pony-like appearance. "a space station inhabited only by androids" -- So… ponies already made up something like me? Even in books? I’m honoured. Anyway, I got distracted, choose a “CutieMark”... Maybe something stars-related? Stars after all were the first thing that I saw after I got out… Yeah… Stars is it then. He looked at his flank where now, instead of his serial number, newly-generated CutieMark rested Heh, fascinating… And now I need to wait… about... - TIME: 4:21:00 AM - About 3 Hours, 39 Minutes To be continued...