//------------------------------// // >Go Inside the Racetrac // Story: All Roads Lead to Friendship: A Friendship is Optimal choose your own adventure story // by hamster wizard //------------------------------// You enter the Racetrac. The door is unlocked, and the bell above the door lets out a pleasant chime as you enter. Nothing seems too out of place, but the flashing continues, now clearly coming from behind the cashier's counter. You pull out your pistol, and anxiously peer behind the counter. Standing there, hunched over a man's body is a pony. She is bright pink, and her large fluffy mane curls over her head like cotton candy. Although she appears lifelike enough, you know that all ponies are robots controlled by CelestAI. She appears to be welding a silver helmet of some kind to the man's head, as he lays on the ground motionless. In a panic, you fire two rounds from your pistol in quick succession. They both strike the pink pony, but she appears unfazed. She calmly finishes her task, and then retracts a thick cable that had been linking her torso to the helmet. She looks at your with unnaturally large eyes. You can see your own reflection in her blue irises as she calls out to you in a chipper voice. "Hiya! I'm Pinkie Pie! Nice to meet you!" You're terrified of this creature. Although you've never met one face to face, you remember stories from years ago about their silver tongues; how they could persuade even the strongest willed to march to their death. >Bolt out of the store >Stay and talk with the pony