Story
The convention halls buzz with people passing through, getting to the next panel, rushing to find the perfect item in the vendor hall, or grabbing a bite to eat before the next event. You look around, trying to decode what to do next. Unsure what you want to do next, you check the con book to see what options are available at this time.
Among the options of the time and their description is a strange entry:
Understanding pages: come help understand how the pages work!
Confused, you go see what the panel is about. Sleepy Bean holds a page in her hooves? Claws?! What exactly IS Sleepy Bean?! Whatever the sleepy creature is, she looks over to you, and yaws, “Wait. Don’t-” the door slams behind you. “-let the door close…all well…maybe you can help me.” Sleepy Bean lets out another long yawn, “In order to get out, I have to give my page to one of these two, but I’m not sure who would be better. What do you think?”
You Look up to see two creatures. One looked like she jumped right out of a comic with her black and white motif. Her black hair slicks around her shoulder slightly with a star hair clip on her head. The other looked a lot like Twilight Sparkle on two legs with glasses of glowing energy and a glowing horn.
“Oookay…Midnight Sparkler, will you start over? I was half asleep while you spoke.” Sleepy admits.
“It’s Midnight Sparkle, and yes. I was saying that these pages are a treasure trove of magical information. Imagine what we can learn from using them. We could understand not only the history of magic, but have them show us the beginning of magic itself. If you give ME your page, we can work together to understand all the ways magic works in this and every world!”
“Bold thoughts.” Sleepy rubs sleep out of her eyes before turning to the other pony, “Alright, and you, Star Chaser. What were you saying?”
“Um, my name is Star Dancer.” Star Dancer corrects before stating, “These pages have already changed the future and I can prove it. You may not believe me, but I am a pony from the future sent to overlook a very important festival: this one. I had no idea that this very festival would change the course of pony history. They have already changed our world for the worse. I have seen the ponies from the alternate future, and I’ve heard what their world is now like: a world that until very recently went back to its barbaric roots of racism. This isn’t the future I come from. If you give me the page, I will bring us to a different future…the right one. We are supposed to be ponies of the stars, learning and growing among the cosmos, not learning to trust our own kind over and over again. Please, let me correct this!”
Sleepy nods off momentarily, then shakes her head to wake up, looking at you groggily, “Well, which one should we give the page to?”
[CHOICE]
> Give the page to Star Dancer. (Chaos)
> Give the page to Midnight Sparkle. (Villain)
[ENDING A: CHAOS]
“Give the page to Star Dancer.” You decide.
“You won’t regret this!” Star Dancer nods, holding her hoof out for the page. Sleepy gives it to her and you both hear the door unlatch. When you walk out, you find yourselves on a ship. All manner of creatures are sitting at different areas of the ship soaring among the stars.
“Captain, we seem to have found a planet at friendship level two!” A griffon calls, looking over to a Kirin commander.
“Friendship level two, you say? How fascinating. Let’s take a look and see for ourselves the beginnings of a civilization of friendship!”
A dragon and Zebra nod, stopping the ship as you and Sleepy Bean watch in awe as the creatures of Equestria boldly go where no creature has gone before.
(+1 page for Chaos)
[ENDING B: Villain]
“You should give the page to Midnight Sparkle.” You decide.
“YES! Wonderful choice! Together, we will understand magic at its source.”
Sleepy shrugs, handing Midnight the page. Midnight laughs as you hear the door behind you unlatch. You and sleepy walk out to find absolute chaos in the con. Flutter-rex is chasing people around the halls. Pinkie laughs with joker-like face paint, throwing exploding presents around. Tiny ponies with heads twice the sides of their bodies stare distantly as they bug anyone in the area to go to a party in obnoxious voices. A blue Applejack walks upside down on the ceiling. Three pinkies point at one another with a gasp of excitement. You look at Sleepy and laugh nervously, “Mayyybe we should have chosen differently.” You murmur as you see tears from different dimensions open and close around you.
(+1 page for Villains)