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// Unknown Whereabouts 
// Story: Think in Ponies 
// by Silver Arctic Wolf 
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Elsewhere, a long while ago, two ponies emerged from the Aperhoof Emergency Arctic Escape Tunnel into a bunker placed in the middle of an arctic desert. A snowstorm raged all around, and snow leaked into the building. The two ponies were wrapped head-to-hoof in winter apparel, including scarves, coats, boots, and hats. But they were very stylish coats.
“Good thing we got out of there before it got crazy!” declared the pink pony with cotton candy hair. Director Pinkamena, or Pinkie Pie, wore a big grin and was bouncing up and down.
“Well, I don’t know, darling,” said the other pony, a white unicorn with a purple mane. Her name was Rarity. She was busy checking some scanning and monitoring equipment. “It seems plenty crazy out here too… And don’t you feel bad, leaving everypony behind with that crazy AI?”
Pinkie Pie snorted and laughed. She waved her hoof dismissively. “They’ll be fine, silly! Besides, that’s what I’m paying them for!”
“I see…” Rarity raised an eyebrow. 
“What about you, Dr. Rarity?” Pinkie asked as she bounced closer to her friend and got in her face. “I thought you went mad with grief after you lost your sister and started doing really crazy experiments by making robot Sweetie Belles!”
“Pfft!” Rarity turned her head and waved her hoof. “Oh, darling, I didn’t go mad with grief, nor did I lose my sister! I had her frozen in cryostasis, and I made all those robots so I could test cybernetic parts for her. All so I could save the dear. Which I did. See, I brought her here with us.” Rarity stepped aside, revealing a cybernetically enhanced Sweetie Belle. She looked a bit like a Sweeitebot, but she was made mostly of flesh and blood, with only one glowing yellow eye and two robot limbs. The filly wore a small frown. Having only been awoken from cryosleep, Sweetie Belle was disoriented and a little confused about what was going on. Smiling widely, Rarity gave her sister a big hug. “Ohhh! Isn’t it wonderful? I can’t wait to show her little friends that she’s alright!”
“That is amazing!” Pinkie Pie agreed. “And I sure hope we can find her friends! But you’re right, it does look crazy out there, according to all these blips and beeps on this radar. Like, maybe the world ended or something. Huh. Good thing we’re stuck here until this blizzard dies down!”
“Oh, Sweetie Belle…” Rarity gave Sweetie Belle a worried look. “You aren’t cold, are you, darling? Here, let me get you one of my fabulous trench coats! These frills are all the rage these days!”
Pinkie laughed. “That’s our Dr. Rarity for ya! She got her science degree in fashion!”
Rarity chuckled. “Well, that’s one way to put it… Actually, I just did a dual major in arts and biomedical science. Father did always say learning different subjects is just the thing to help generate new ideas in-”
“Hey! I just realized I left all my sisters in cryosleep down there!” Pinkie looked horrified for a moment, but the moment passed and she shrugged. “Oh well. I’m sure all the robots will take good care of them!”
Rarity, donning a look of concern, pulled Sweetie Belle closer to her. “Um… Yes, quite… Say, are you sure we’ll be alright? What with everything going up here… We ought to check our supplies and see how long we can hold out. I’d hate for Sweetie Belle not to get proper nutritional meals.”
“Don’t worry, silly! This place is packed full of cake, streamers, confetti, and everything else we could possibly need for nonstop parties! Yep! We can survive here for a looooong time!”
“Yes, I was afraid you’d say something like that…” Rarity let out a long, end-of-the-world sigh, and braced herself for the months, or perhaps years, to come that she’d have to spend trapped in the bunker as they waited for the calamity out there to end.