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// Experiments 
// Story: Canterlot High Days 
// by James Pwyll 
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"Twilight?" Sunset asked while gently knocking on the door of her girlfriend's room. After waiting a few moments, she sighed, knocking again. "Twilight, I know you're in there. If you're too engrossed in your research to be able to make proper human sounds, tap once on your desk." Putting her hear to the door, it wasn't long before that aforementioned tap could be heard, leading to an eye-roll on Sunset's part. Knowing Twilight well by now, Sunset opened the door, and on the other side was a sight that, to anyone else, would have been a worrying experience. A setup not unlike that of a stereotypical mad scientist from a thousand black-and-white movies, with beeping lights, glowing tubes and all manner of other things. For Sunset though, this was all old hat, and as he entered she looked on at Twilight, garbed in her white lab-coat and her face barely an inch from the scribbles she was making in her notes. Approaching her from behind, Sunset folded her arms. "So, dare I ask what miraculous discoveries or inventions you've been making this time?"

Finally acknowledging her partner's presence, Twilight looked to her, a wide and somewhat manic smile plastered all over her face. "Sunset! You wouldn't believe it! Did you know that the possibility exists that there's a parallels reality where Equines have gained the ability to verbally communicate and form complex, monarchist societies?!"

Blinking slowly, Sunset soon smirked. "Okay, now I know you've been working too much."

Twilight adjusted her glasses, looking a bit disappointed that Sunset wasn't as wowed about the revelation as she was, but then took on a look of realisation as she glanced over to her clock. "Oh dear, I got a bit too involved in my work again, didn't I?"

Sunset shrugged. "Just a bit."

Taking her glasses off slightly, Twilight rubbed her eyes for what had to be the first time in ages. "How long have I been in here?"

Sunset gestured to the door behind her. "Long enough for Spike to get worried. He figured I'd have better luck getting you to come out and eat something than he would."

Twilight, upon hearing that, giggled nervously. "My brother means well, but I really am working on important stuff here, Sunset. I'll come and eat, but I just need to finish my current notes." Seeing the disapproving look the other girl gave her, Twilight raised a finger. "One minute, that's all I'm asking!"

Realising that it was about as good as she could hope for, Sunset sighed, relenting. "Fine. But I'll be timing you, okay?"

Twilight smiled, clasping her hands together in thanks before zipping around and getting back to her furious scribbling. This gave Sunset time to glance around, her expression a mix of both curiosity and incredulity over the unfathomable science stuff around her. "You know, I really hope you're not doing anything illegal in here, Twilight. You know, crimes against nature sorts of stuff?"

Twilight waved her off, never taking her eyes off her notes. "Not at all. There's plenty of stuff I do here that's perfectly acceptable."

Sunset arched an eyebrow. "By your standards, or others?"

Twilight stayed silent for a bit, then answered quietly. "Oh, here and there."

Sunset shook her head to that. "Such as...?"

Leaning back into her chair, Twilight tapped her chin as she considered that. "Well, they probably wouldn't approve of that artificially-grown human I made. But hey, it's not hurting anyone, right?"

As before, Sunset blinked slowly, but rather than reply to that out-of-nowhere declaration, she turned around to look into the one corner of the room she hadn't actually paid attention to yet. As she'd suspected, there was indeed a large, person-sized tube filled with a bright green liquid. Inside the object, suspended and asleep, was what appeared to be a human male, roughly their age. After staring at him for a while, Sunset eventually turned back to Twilight, her voice about as calm as one could muster under the circumstances. "Okay, first of all, the minute is up. And second of all..." She then pointed to Twilight's creation behind her. "WHAT?!?!"

Getting up from her chair, Twilight shrugged. "Well, since most modern fields of human genetics don't really seem that interested in the possibility of actually going ahead and creating a complete lifeform, I figured it might be worth a go myself."

Sunset took a deep breath, keeping herself as restrained in her tone as she could. "Twilight, there's probably good reason why they don't do that."

Twilight scratched the back of her head as she glanced over to the boy in the tube. "Oh, yes, I suppose morality is probably a bit of a concern in this matter."

"Ya think?!" Sunset countered.

Frowning, Twilight walked past her. "Okay, if it makes you feel any better, I'll introduce you." She ignored the clearly-troubled look Sunset had on her face, then went over to a massive metal lever besides the enormous tube. Pulling on it, she stepped back to watch as the green liquid inside began to drain out, giving a better look to the boy within, who could now be seen sporting a short, blue haircut. Once all the liquid was gone, the tube opened, letting out the usual amount of steam for a situation like this. 

The girls watched, then stepped back as the boy opened his eyes, taking a single step out of the tube. He took a moment to look at the two of them, then smiled. "Hello. My name is Flash Sentry. Thank you for making me, well, alive."

Twilight smiled back. "You are very welcome, Flash." She smirked over to Sunset. "See? He's happy about this."

Sunset gave herself a facepalm, then breathed in and out very loudly before finally speaking to her girlfriend. "Twilight...I think now would be a good time to go downstairs and get that lunch I came here to get you for. We can discuss this matter later."

Twilight, who had taken to giving her glasses a quick wipe, gave her a nod. "Alright, I suppose lunch does sound good right about now."

Sunset watched her turn to leave, then grabbed her by the arm to stop her. "Before we go..." She glanced back to Flash, who of course kept that smile of his, before allowing her eyes to drift down slightly. Instantly, a blush crept onto her cheeks and she averted her gaze, looking instead to Twilight. "Can we...just give him some pants first?!"

Twilight thought on that, similarly looking back to Flash, then returned her attention to Sunset, maintaining that same smirk from earlier. "Sure...after lunch."