//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 // Story: A lone Synth (rewrite) // by SOUNDBLASTER_SUPERIOR //------------------------------// It was a few minutes after the portal closed. Mamoru seems like a good friend to have on my side in case things turn sour. I walked over to the chest he gave me and opened it. I took out the contents and brought them upstairs to make for dinner. I was later interrupted of preparing my dinner by a knock at the door. "Now who could that be?" I said to myself. I opened the door and found Applejack. "Can I help you with something?" I asked. "Yes, you can start by explaining why you were hanging upside down in one of my trees and eating my apples" said Applejack. "Oh, right, I just wanted to try somethi--" I said. "Like what, hanging upside down and pretending to be a vampire fruit bat?" Interrupted Applejack. "Yes, now if you wanna join me for dinner you can, and you'll have stay the night as well" I said. "And just why should I do that?" asked Applejack. I went back to the table and sat down and offered her a seat which she took. "Because this is the deepest part of Everfree forest, which is ground zero for all the monsters that live here, this is the most dangerous spot in the forest and it's a very bad idea to go out when its dark out" I said. "You live here, how bad can it be" asked Applejack. I got up and walked to the door and opened it to reveal a black tentacled monster with hundreds of eyes and sharp teeth and it was screeching and gargling and roaring and trying to claw its way in. I then closed the door and walked back to my seat. "Was THAT reason enough to stay inside, if not there are some actually dangerous things out there" I said sitting down. "What was that thing?" asked Applejack looking pale. "I don't know but it keeps coming by my bunker, it's completely harmless though, as long as you aren't made of flesh of course" I said with a fanged grin. "You are all kinds of messed up" said Applejack. "Thank you" I said beginning to eat. "What are you eating?" asked Applejack. "A few rare metals, polymers and alloys" I responded. "How can you eat that?" asked Applejack. I looked at her and removed my arm and put it back, then proceeded to remove my visor and point at what was within, then put it back on and continued to eat. "Heh, heh, Right, robot, I forgot"said Applejack nervously. "I would share with you but you wouldn't be able to digest any of it, I don't have any pony food here either so I can't feed you, all I can offer is water" I said looking sad. "It's alright I can go one night without eatin' anything" said Applejack. "So, she can show a machine empathy" I said jokingly. "Don't ruin the moment" said Applejack. I kept eating my materials and Applejack just watched in curiosity. As soon as I finished I got another bunch of materials and put them on my plate and ate more. Applejack continued to watch. "How are you able to eat" asked Applejack. "I eat the same as any living thing" I said not looking to her and focusing on my meal. "But what do you do with all that" asked Applejack gesturing at my "food". "My body is designed to adapt and upgrade and function as a living organism, the only way for me to do that is to eat these materials so I can have fresh material for my body to use" I said finishing up and proceeding to get another helping. "But why so much?" asked Applejack. "My body is made up of millions of parts, I need to consume mass quantities if I'm to upgrade" I said. "I still don't understand" said Applejack. "I hardly understand it myself, but I didn't design this body, I just know that everything works" I said getting a chuckle out of Applejack. I finished my plate again and went to get the chest. I brought it to the table and sat down and grabbed a few morsels out of it and kept eating. "Aren't you overdoing It a bit" asked Applejack. Suddenly the phone Mamoru gave me began to ring. I answered it. "Hello" I said between bites. "Hey R-E-X, I'm just calling to tell you, that the chest I gave you is bottomless, so you will never run out of materials for upgrades, cool right?" said Mamoru. "Yeah that's pretty cool, thanks" I said. "Ok that was all I wanted to tell you...... oh wait one more thing, when it's time for the gala, give me a call and I'll come over, You know how boring it will be if you don't" said Mamoru. I remembered that the gala was very boring. "Ok now that's it bye" said Mamoru hanging up. "What was that about?" asked Applejack. "The friend who gave me the chest just told me that it won't run out of materials" I said. I looked down at my stomach and I looked to be carrying sextuplets. "Yeah I think I'm done eating, come on it's time for bed" I said getting up. Me and Applejack went down into my room. "You take the bed, we won't both fit" I said plugging in to the wall socket. (Got a hydroelectric wheel mill, by the river a few years ago) "are you sure you don't wanna sleep with me" asked Applejack. "I don't want to fornicate, so no thank you" I said getting on the ground as Applejack blushed. "I meant did you want to be in the bed with me, there should be enough room" said Applejack. I began to curl up like a cat and relax. I looked over to Applejack. "I know you meant that, just a little joke, but I'm fine here thank you" I said putting my head over my arms. "Okay the, good night" said Applejack. "Good night" I said shutting down in order to upgrade, causing all LEDs to turn off. Applejack got into bed and went to sleep. ---The Next Morning--- -POWERING ON- -RUNNING FULL SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS- -DIAGNOSTICS COMPLETE- -NEW ABILITIES- -CONTORTION/ACROBATICS- -PHASING- -CLOAKING/COLOR CHANGE- -VOCAL MANIPULATION- -NEW WEAPONS- -HIDDEN BLADES- -BEGINNING STARTUP PROCEDURES- -STARTUP COMPLETE- "Yawn, mmm" I said waking up. I looked around for Applejack but she wasn't in the bed. I stood up and tested out cloaking. After a few seconds I turned invisible. I turned cloaking off. I brought out my hidden blades. Parts in my arms slid up and a blade popped out in less than a second. I brought them back in. I walked over to a wall to test phasing. I put my arm through the wall and brought it back out. I turned phasing off. I then walked upstairs and saw Applejack sitting on the couch entertaining herself. Then she saw me. "Oh good you're awake, I tried waking you but you wouldn't budge" said Applejack. "When I'm asleep everything shuts down, and I don't wake up until my time requirement is met, but even though I'm asleep, I'm completely aware of my surroundings, I just can't do anything" I explained. "Wait so you were watching me sleep the whole night?" asked Applejack. "Not intentionally, I have no control over what I record" I said and instantly regreting it. "Again not intentional" I said. "Come, I'll escort you home, the weaker monsters are out about now so you should be fine as long as you're with me" I said bringing her outside. Applejack kept quiet the whole time. We walked through the forest and only one monster attacked, but was easily dealt with by my launching a ghidorah gravity beam breath attack. As soon as we arrived at Sweet Apple Acres, we said our farewells. "Alright you can get home on your own from here, goodbye" I said said walking away. "That's it, you walked me all the way here, and you aren't even going to come for breakfast?" said Applejack. "I will join you for lunch if it means that much to you, I can eat normal food" I said. "Alright I'll hold you to it then" said Applejack. "See you later" I said, walking away to begin my trek back to my bunker.