//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 // Story: A lone Synth (rewrite) // by Rob_Rhapsody //------------------------------// It was later in the day, and it was almost time for lunch. "Alright time to go to Sweet Apple Acres for lunch" I said. I got out of my seat and walked out of my bunker. I began my trek through the Everfree forest. I passed by Zecora's hut, gave her a wave, she just ran into her house. 'Racist, really wish I had a middle finger right about now, I just have a thumb and two fingers on each hand..... I'll upgrade with another finger later..... along with upgrading my feet to be more like a normal therapod foot' I kept walking until I reached the border between the Everfree and the Apple orchard. I continued walking until I arrived at Applejack's family's house. I saw Applejack waiting for me on the front porch. I waved hello. “Hey, hope I'm not late, or early or anything” I said. “Naw, you're right on time Sugarcube” said Applejack. We walked in and were greeted by Big Macintosh and Granny Smith. “Applejack what is that thing? I thought you were bringing somepony over for lunch” said Granny. I turned off my eye motifs. ‘Ok that's hurtful, hmm, oh I know what to do’ “Hello, I am Robotic Evolutionary Xenoform, or R-E-X for short, I was invited to join you in the afternoon consumption of mass quantities” I said in my best Baymax-Beldar impersonations. They all stared at me. “Come again?” asked Granny. “I'm here for lunch, and my name is REX” I said normally. “Well why didn'tcha say so, come on, have a seat an’ dig in” said Granny. We all sat at the table. Big Macintosh kept staring at me. I looked over to him as I ate an apple fritter. ‘What is his problem?’ We continued eating until everypony was full. Except for me and Big Macintosh, we kept eating. My robotic metabolism allowed me to continue eating food, because it broke it down rapidly. Apparently, Big Macintosh saw my continued eating as a challenge and began eating faster. I kept to my same pace as he made a pig of himself. We went on like that until there was just one more piece of apple pie left. We took a glance at the pie. Big Macintosh looked at his stomach and back to the pie. He began turning green and just sat back as I took the pie and put it in front of him. “Come now Big Mac, surely you could have one more bite” I said looking down at him. “Can’t eat any more, too full” he said. “Well in that case, anypony else want this last slice?” I asked. “I’ll have it -burp- no I won’t” said Applebloom passing out. “Well then, I guess that just means more for me” I said eating the last slice. Big Macintosh passed out as he saw that. ‘Never challenge a Synth, you will always lose’ After a while, everypony got up and I said I had to go. “The food was delicious, I hope we can do this again sometime” I said making Big Mac throw up in his mouth a bit. We said our goodbyes and I went back to my bunker and slept off the extra energy I acquired by consuming all that food.