You arrive at the local “Carousel Boutique” and are greeted by a gorgeous white unicorn with three diamonds on her flank.
“How may I help you two?”
“I need a body suit like this made for my friend here.”
You 'lightly' set down your 150 pound body suit on the floor.
Regardless of how light you put it down you always manage to make a loud thud as the suit lands on the floor.
“Oh…well what on EARTH is this thing made out of? Iron?”
“Actually it’s a titanium and lead alloy with asbestos fabric on the inside to allow for proper fire proofing.”
The pony simply stares at you in confusion.
“I honestly don’t think you know what I do, I’m not a scientist I’m a seamstress.”
“All I need you to do is to make a close-fitting bodysuit for my friend here so I can give this to the lab bo…I mean…so I can make her one of these.”
“Okay…I think I could do that.”
3 hours of joyful sewing and singing later...
“Well, that was nice, how does it fit?”
Lyra tries on the suit, it’s made out of cotton.
“It fits like a glove, thanks!”
“So, where’s my payment?”
You plunk down a 50 dollar bill on the counter.
“What kind of funny money is this?”
You quickly realize your mistake and put the money back in your Armboy’s wallet.
Lyra smiles and gives ten bits to Rarity. Lyra whispers to you “One thing I’ve learned is that you need to ditch your money early so you don’t do what you just did.”
“What is that thing on your arm anyway? Some kind of bracelet?” asks Rarity
“It’s an arm mounted telekin…I mean, yes it’s a bracelet. It’s made in Japa…I mean…I forgot.”
“Well, that’s rather interesting” says Rarity.
That night you return home to Atlanta and give the scientists the bodysuit (which, fortunately, became a human bodysuit in the process of being transferred).
Three weeks later
You return to Lyra, who you’ve become quite the friend of while the new body suit was being made.
“It’s time.” you say to her.
She nods and follows you to the field where you always arrive.
She puts on her (newly made) body suit and gets on her teleportation disc.
“I’ll see you on the other side.”
She presses the button and disappears in a brilliant flash of light.
You do the same and return to your world.
When you arrive in your world, you're greeted by Lyra, now Barbra.
She walks up to you and gives you a hug.
"I'm so glad to see you again!" she says.
"That was one heck of a journey." you say to her. "Now let's get you to your grandmother."
You drive her to your local FutureTECH time travel outlet and wave her goodbye.
You drive home in the rain.
However, you remember was the last day of the Gateway program. It'll be over 10 years before this program's results can go public, with commercialized versions coming at least another decade after that.
You'll miss your friends, but hopefully you'll one day return to see them once more.
The End