//------------------------------// // Session #6 // Story: Lucid // by Rutilus.Luna //------------------------------// Recording - 14:12 "So she didn't show up after I left?" "Seriously Shield, will you stop asking me? I already said that she didn't. Besides, you were the last one to leave. Two hours after everyone else left." "It just bugs me. She said that she would come." "I know." "Doesn't it bug you?" "Not really, no. I didn't expect her to show." "Why?" "She is to obsessed with her work. She doesn't really interact with anypony here unless it's work related." "Yeah, I guess." *Door opens* "Nightshade, Shield, how are you both this afternoon?" "We are doing alright. Your patient is eagerly waiting for you today. Not a single snarky comment from her the entire time." "Honestly, I'm not surprised. Let me know if anything comes up." *Door closes* "She didn't even mention not coming, much less apologize." "Just drop it Shield, it's not worth it." "Are you sure?" "Yeah." "Fine." "Thanks, no need to make an issue out of it." "Good afternoon Mane-iac." "..." "You seem contemplative." "I've been thinking over the past few days." "Really? Would you like to share?" "Later, but not now. Did you find out what I asked? "..." "Nurse?" "I did. And I'm sorry. Your sister wasn't being malicious. I brought you his obituary. They had some very kind words to say about him." "Heh. They did, didn't they?" "Would you like a moment?" "What would be the point? My father isn't going to burst out of the obituary if I stop to ponder his passing." "It's unhealthy to ignore your stresses." "It's not a matter of ignoring them. It is choosing to grieve on my own time. I don't exactly get a lot of times to interact with another pony that doesn't wish me ill." "I see. If that is the case, I did contact your case worker on your behalf." "You did what?" "In regards to your sister's assault. With the recording, it should be a pretty simple case to get a conviction." "..." "I haven't officially submitted the paperwork yet though, I wanted you to make the choice." "You went and did this on your own?" "Sort-of, like I said, I haven't officially gotten the authorities involved as of yet." "And you won't." "What?" "You will not get them involved." "Why not? What she did is illegal, and she deserves to be punished." "And you think that the 'authorities' here will do a damn thing? Most will look at her as a hero. In case you forgot, I'm pretty universally hated." "The evidence is irrefutable." "And evidence is an item, and items do have a tendency to get lost." "You're being paranoid Mane-iac." "And you are being delusional. Besides, if you are asking for my input, there it is plain as day. No." "Mane-iac." "Nurse, I will address my family issues myself." "How?" "That is what I was going to talk about later, but you seem intent on bringing it up, even if unwittingly." "...Sorry." "Consider yourself forgiven, I have no desire for there to be bad blood between us at the end of it all." "At the end of it all?" "I suppose I should tell you what I am planning on doing to fix my family issues then?" "Mane-iac, what did you mean?" *Cracking, followed by a loud ripping sound* "Mane-iac!" "That feels a lot better. I wasn't kidding about that itch all that time ago, I'll have you know." "What are you planning on doing?" "Calm down, I'm going to get to that part. I just need to have a nice stretch first. It's been a while." "..." "SO, the plan. I'm sure you have seen my criminal record?" "I have, robbery, extortion, assault, conspiracy, to name a few." "All true, and all good times, but there is one crime that I have never committed. Never had a reason to, never felt the urge to do. Care to hazard a guess?" "..." "I'm waiting." "Murder." "Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!" "Why now?" "Well I thought. About my sister, my past, my future, about a lot of things; and what occurred to me is that the way things are, my sister simply needs to be punished. By the ones that she has wronged, by yours truly. And what better answer for her crimes then her own life?" "Mane-iac, I'm asking you to please rethink this. If you do this, all of our work will have been for nothing." "I value your opinion Nurse, I do. Your the first pony to treat me with true respect since my rebirth. It's something that I hold dear to me." "So you'll rethink this?" "By Celestia no! HAHAHA!!" "Then what are you going to do?" "Other then what I have planned, I decided that I need to test myself." "Test yourself?" "See, I've never committed a crime of this caliber on anypony, much less one of my own flesh and blood." "Mane-iac, what are you doing with your mane? Mane-iac, let go!" "So I need to prove I can do it to somepony else. Somepony I have less connection to, but still a solid connection. It was a simple choice really, only one eligible candidate." "HOGWASH! HOGWASH!" "Hogwash? On the contrary, I'm being quite serious, almost enough to be, deadly so. HAHAHA!" "Please don't do this. Please!" "I do love to hear you beg for it. You have such a pretty voice, I'm going to miss it." "I can help you, we can make things right together, but you have to put me down. Please. I can't breathe." "Nurse, Nurse, Nurse. I think that you have forgotten something. See, what you have failed to realize in your final moments is just where you are. In the grip of a criminal in a home for the criminally insane. You can plead all you want, I like to listen to it, personally; but, at the end of it all, what you need to realize is that I am here for a reason, I can't be reasoned with. Reason doesn't occur to me. You may have forgotten, but the rest of Maretropolis hasn't, I haven't, the rest of the staff here hasn't. As much as I have opened up to you, I am still the Mane-iac. MWAHAHA!!" "HOGWASH! HOGWASH!" "Hogwash? What is she going on about Shield?" "Oh no. That's the safety word. This is Security Chief Shield, Over. We have a code purple in the interview room, I need all available security personnel here asap, over." "What is going on?" "Doc is in danger. Hogwash was her safety word in case the Mane-iac tried something, when she tried something." "Can I do anything?" "Stay out of the way." *Door opens, slams shut* "-HAHA!" *Door crashes open* "STAND DOWN MANE-IAC! WE HAVE YOU OUTNUMBERED!" "What?!" *Snap, thump* "Buck! Somepony get her to the ER!" *Crash* "As fun as it has been gentlecolts, some of us actually have important errands to take care off. Ta-ta for now! BWHAHAHA!" "Follow her!" *Hoofsteps running away, crashes, and laughter* "Hey! Is the Doc going to be alright?" "She is in bad shape sir, the Mane-iac snapped her neck. She was breathing, but only just barely." "Buck. Alright, thank you. Go back to your post. We can't all be chasing that lunatic all over." *Door opens* "Shield!" "Nightshade, you safe?" "Yes, she never came to this room. What happened?" "Mane-iac escaped, and she hurt Doc pretty badly. You should probably go see if they need her put under, I imagine that if they don't, she will want to be anyway." "Okay..." "I'm going to shut this off and figure out what happened. Make sure my men are alright." "..." *Door closes* "Buck." Stop - 15:27