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// Violence is a perfectly valid solution 
// Story: Theory of nothing 
// by Elidjz 
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"If shooting it doesn't work, then just headbutt it."





So there I stood, in front of multiple steel murder machines, that move through I don't know what kind of magic, trying to kill me. And also some six or seven dozen aberrations pointing their weapons at me. Also while my armor was back, my mace wasn't.

I did have Cosmo's blood, which he had disgustingly sneezed on me, stuck on my fur and the amulet. 

I then ran to the left where an exit from the courtyard was situated. All the aberrations and their machines started firing instantly. What they didn't know was that they were shooting at an illusion. It had saved my life once already, so why not use it again. Using a copy of myself and using another ilusion to hide myself from them while running to the other side.

What I hadn't taken into account, or couldn't have really known, is that those big metal things fired much bigger projectiles. Said projectile did not hit me, but it hit the Illusions near me. Which caused a big explosion, left a big hole in the ground and threw me in the air. Which also caused me to drop the illusion. 

They all noticed it and turned their weapons towards me. Using some levitation I managed to push myself out of the way
as they started firing. I could feel some of the tinier projectiles bounce off my armor. Motivated by fear and using some more levitation I managed to jump over a fence out of the courtyard leaving all of the aberration behind. Their confusion didn't last long as all of the moving metal boxes rod through the fence, crushing it underneath their steel wheels.

Those things were surprisingly fast as they quickly catched up to me. I started running faster and jumped over a pile of barrels. They simply smashed through it, sending splinters flying everywhere. Some of which tore into my flesh. I tried to shoot a spell at the metal machines following me, but it simply bounced off it.

I tried to find smaller streets through which they wouldn't be able to follow me, but I found none. At one point I crossed paths with multiple creatures. I jumped over them, confusing them. They failed to notice the metal boxes with wheels heading towards them in time. I didn't see it, but the very loud crunch and a few screeches of pain told me enough. 

I found a big stone staircase and quickly went up. The metal boxes reached the bottom of the stairs and started firing at me. Out of sheer luck all of their shots. The one in front then started riding up the stairs. The inclination of the stairs slowed it down by a lot. I might lose them like that.

This hope was quickly dashed as once I reached the top I saw another one of those machines standing there. It wasn't as wide as the ones that had been following me. It also lacked the big turret that the others had. And to my fortune, it and a whole bunch of aberrations were too occupied with fighting the creatures that were pouring through the streets. I used this opportunity to leave unnoticed.

I quickly entered a building with it's door smashed open. Had I not been in such a hurry, then I might have noticed the massive amount of sounds coming out of it.

I was trapped inside when the entrance was set on fire. An aberration was carrying a gun that fired large flames, setting a dozen creatures on fire. They noticed me and turned their weapon towards me. I quickly dashed up the stairs before They could use their weapon.

It was actually worse up there. A bunch of aberrations and creatures were tearing into each other using knives and claws. An aberration face was half torn off after a claw swipe, another aberration was using it's long and thick tail to strangle another creatures. I felt sick seeing blood, guts and limbs lying around.

I picked at the smell. One of the creatures leapt at me while I was busy puking. It's claws broke as it hit my helmet. It simply stared at it's now broken claws in disbelief. I suckerhooved it, before heading towards the nearest window. An aberration was busy throwing explosives through it. So I went for the second nearest window. A dead body lay there, so I went for the third nearest window.

This one was simply closed. I opened it and looked through it and saw a big bush beneath it. This would soften my fall. I jumped out the window. I landed on top of it with a loud and painful thud. Then there was a loud bang and the entire bush shook violently. The entire thing then started rumbling. It also felt very cold for a bush.

Also it was now moving, which bushes did not do. Normally.

I stared at my hooves and felt around. The branches and leaves simply fell of as I moved my hooves around. This wasn't a bush. It actually was one of those metal boxes covered in leaves and branches. I had to admit it's camouflage was very well done. And I was an expert at camouflaging and disguising myself, due to how often it was necessary for me to do it.

It was then hit by a massive bolt of magic which melted most of the front of. I was thrown off, with multiple burns on my fur.  More creatures then poured into the streets. Half of them then blew up as aberrations hidden into buildings then started firing out of the windows onto the streets.

I used the remains of the half melted vehicle as the fighting escalated once again. I tried to flee but my way was blocked by multiple bolts of magic and acidic spit. So I went  back to cover. An aberration then joined me behind cover. "Wait..." They said.  "You're that blue thing that we're supposed to shoot on sight." He then started rubbing my remaining ear. "It really is soft." They cooed in delight.

I aimed for their stomach and fired a small stun spell. However they noticed that and tried to dodge. This caused my spell to hit them in between the legs. They groaned in pain, closed their four legs and put their hands in between them. Tears could be seen streaming out of it's eyes and down it's face. "UUuunghg, y-you don't h-hit a man there." They then crumbled onto the grumb whimpering in pain.

I had been hit in between my legs many times and I've never reacted like that. But maybe the difference in our anatomy and biology would explain why they reacted like such a cry-baby after having been hit with such a weak spell.

Ignoring the very easy to defeat aberration laying beside me, I focused on trying to get out of this exposed position. More and more creatures poured into the street slowly pushing the aberrations back. I needed to create a big distraction for me to flee. I thought about it and one thing came to mind.

Suddenly a Pick pony appeared in the middle of the road. everyone stopped fighting to stare at the singing pony. "Smile, smile, smileee..." I used this distraction to sneak in an small side street. The pink pony disappeared as she was bombarded by projectiles and magic.





Rinse and repeat.

Every building I entered.

Every street I crossed.

Every park I passed by.

All were filled with brutal fighting. There was nowhere to hide. Both the aberrations and creatures tried to kill me on sight. Buildings were falling apart and crumbling on themselves. The thick smell of blood and smoke made me feel sicker by the second.

I saw one of the big metal vehicles fly through the air, a tank I think I heard an aberration call it, and land inside a five story building. The aberrations fired a rocket back, blowing up a few dozen creatures.

I simply sat there, hidden behind a pile of rubble, crying.

"Why do you look so sad? Well better than being bored I guess." And there he was. Cosmo was back again, but I was too busy crying to be angry at him.

"Hey..." He said. "You crying is boring to me."  This caused me to stop crying and glare at him in anger. "I've got your attention. Good. Like I've told you that I'm bored. Because of that I've decided to give you a detailed explanation on how you got here."

That got me to stop glaring at him. An actual cohesive explanation? "An actual cohesive explanation?" I said and thought at the same time. "Yes. Exposition would be an accurate description of what I'm going to do."

I knew this wasn't going to end well. But I was going to listen.