A small device beside her bed rose and fell in unison with her chest. Her mane looked expertly groomed and her hooves were folded across her chest. As you approach her cautiously, you notice she doesn’t move, and in fact, doesn’t seem to acknowledge your presence at all. She stares blankly into the dark ceiling above. Several surgical tables seem to float aimlessly around the bed; their tools were as pristine and clean as they would ever be. One table had a small note attached to it and it read, “Dear Miss Rainbow Dash, we have made some progress in reviving her, but she will never move or speak again. The electricity from the liquid thunder fried her nervous system. We are however, very certain that she can hear and see. How much good this will do, we don’t know. But, at the least, you can have some closure with her before we let her go. We’re not going to keep her here without a purpose. We hope you’ll understand. Sincerely,….” The name was scratched out multiple times and had words written by hoof underneath it. “LIAR, SHE CAN STILL BE SAVED.”
You place the note back on the table. Why is she prolonging her life? You move onward to some of the farther off tables. Many notes were scattered about the surface. You pick one at random and read it. It was a little crumpled, “Dear Miss Dash, Me and my co-scientists have been looking for more efficient ways to extract our resource from our host bodies when we accidentally discovered something absolutely magnificent. We have learned of a process that can extract our resources from the host body without killing it! This sparks many different possibilities for future renovations. With this knowledge in hoof, I hope you will take deep consideration in what we further expand upon in the future of our great facility.”
Well that wasn’t in history class. If what this note says is true, then the entire “killing all the flight test failures in Cloudsdale” thing could have been avoided had they done a little more research! Still, this doesn’t explain why this wasn’t brought up in history class though. Glancing about the table you notice what appears to be a diary entry, but it was not of Dash’s handwriting. “Due to our most recent employee’s stature and importance to the citizens of Equestria, I have assumed the duty to record important events that occur while she is present in the factory.
Day 1, she cried a lot more that I thought she would. Of course, once she understands our purpose, I’m sure she will see things our way.
Day 5, had to break up a couple of workers who were attacking Rainbow Dash. They have been disciplined. I understand why they resent her so much. I too, in a way, despise her ability to come and go as she pleases. I am however, the one who gave her such a privilege.
Day 22, we had her handle the device for a few minutes and she displayed the common first reaction.
Day 56, I called her into my office today to personally check up on her, she has been holding out her full support until today. I do believe that she has alternative motives. After I pressed her into talking, she threw a… ‘temper tantrum?’ Yes, that would be the best way to describe it. She wrecked my office in a matter of seconds, being as small as it really was. I believe her seeing me, waiting for her to finish, only enraged her more. I got her to sit down after a few minutes and tried to coerce her into telling me about her current living conditions. She casually brushed off anything I asked her until I told her something that I believe to be an utter fact of life. ‘Loyalties can change.’ She remained silent for the rest of the meeting. I dismissed her and suggested she go to one of our mental therapy sessions.
Day 77, still holds out on our cause. If I’m going to have her succeed me, I need her to have some experience running the factory before I pass. I don’t feel like I’m going to die anytime soon, it’s just, accidents happen, and ponies can be killed by these ‘accidents.’ I need to have a backup plan should something happen to me, and Rainbow Dash displays many qualities that would make her an excellent candidate for replacing me in the future. At its current progression rate however, I believe it will take many years for her to be fully on board with this facility. However, I have devised a way to help nudge her in our direction using her extremely high ego. If it works, we can bypass the large chunks of time it would take to break her psyche so she can truly accept her place among us in the factory.
Day 102, held another conference with Rainbow Dash. I placed a few hidden cameras within my office to record our conversation. I will analyze the tapes later to ensure the proper message was received. Meeting went fairly well with little interruption from Ms. Dash.
Day 103, seems to be reluctantly conforming to the factories beliefs. My message must have done what I intended it to do. She still isn’t completely supporting us according to her diary. Only time will tell if she truly adopts our beliefs.
Day 110, questionable material found within Dash’s diary has been removed by faculty. She was very unhappy to discover that not even her diary was safe from our eyes. On another note, she has been seen talking to herself recently. We’ve seen it before but it was not worth recognition until now. It concerns me deeply; she may be losing her mind completely. If this is indeed what is happening, she will be reduced to a blubbering mess, rendering her useless to us. I greatly hope that this is not the case.