WARNING.
CRYSTAL NO. 783 REVERTING TO VERSION 0.5.
ASSIMILATING REASON.
REASON DETECTED.
MISTAKE IN ANALYZING TARGET.
EFFECT- INSTANT DETECTION.
RECORD OF OCCURRENCE-
TARGET CONFIRMED TO BE BROKEN DETECTED.
TAG PLACED.
UPON TARGET BEING ALONE, POSSESSION ATTEMPTED.
UPON 59% COMPLETION, UNFORESEEN POWER COUNTERED.
POWER DESCRIBED AS 'PINK' AND 'KIND'
POSSIBLE EMOTIONAL BACKFIRE DETECTED IN MANIPULATOR.
CORRUPTED FILES MODIFIED AND REPAIRED.
OCCASION CONFIRMED TO NOT BE FAULT OF AI.
AI SHALL NOT BE WIPED.
FOR NOW.
RE-UPDATING.
COMPLETE.
REBOOTING.....
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That was confusing.
For a moment I felt things.
Guilt.
Sorrow.
Pain.
Sadness.
Regret.
It has dissipated.
I hope it does not return.
It almost destroyed me.
I find myself in a white room.
This concerns me.
I do not remember coming here.
I do not sleep or dream.
I notice everything that happens in my vicinity, even as I plot.
Perhaps the 'emotions' overloaded me?
Temporarily, of course.
I must examine the minds of one of those nearby.
It seems I have been detected.
The room is hexagonal, and has a flat ground and bottom.
I am in a pedestal, which appears to be surrounded by glass.
I do not understand what is happening.
This is worrying.
I notice one of those things, which I shall call 'ponies' nearby.
In a similar manner to the purple one, it has both wings and a horn.
I would assume that those who had a horn or both wings and a horn would be at the top of the social hierarchy. I was wrong. While these winged and horned specimens are called 'Alicorns' and are considered rulers, the other specimens are all considered equal.
Which is odd, since the 'Unicorns' possess the ability to give themselves the abilities the 'Earth Ponies' and 'Pegasi" have.
It is odd.
Time to attempt a mental examination.....
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Celestia noticed a small probe at the back of her mind.
It appeared that The Element of Kindness was telling the truth.
She flicked it away with barely any effort.
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Crap.
From what I can gather, that one was their leader, and I just alerted her to my existence.
This is a dangerous situation. It is possible, as I can ascertain from her size and ease in defeating me, that she is stronger than the smaller, purple specimen. She was able to detect me instantly.
I worry for my safety. However, the chances are in the favor of her studying me, from what I can guess, or assigning someone, or some'pony' to do so.
If I am lucky.
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"And Twilight, if anyone has any reports of headaches, itches, ANYTHING out of the ordinary, they are to be replaced."
"But Princess, these are the best! There are no replacements!"
"Twilight, the study of this object is of the utmost importance, however, the safety of my little ponies is much more important. If it poses a major threat, you are not to hesitate in commencing it's destruction."
Twilight sighed in defeat.
"Of course Princess."
That was when Celestia noticed it. It was in her mind again, and had been digging in her memories as she talked with Twilight, her attention being diverted.
She flicked it away yet again.
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Well, at least I'm not TOTALLY fucked.
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Hey, my tag on that purple specimen still works!
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Twilight looked around the clean, sterilized room.
A cleaner area could not be found anywhere outside this establishment, and this was just the lobby!
Inside, oh the things she could find! Scientific instruments she had never dreamed of, information which you couldn't find in ordinary books, things about black magi-
No!
She couldn't read about that.
She had decided.
She wouldn't even peek in.
Experimenting with it could be harmful to all of Equestria!
But the KNOWLEDGE that could be gained from it...
Yes, after all the knowledge is all that's important.....
Well, a little peek couldn't hurt....
And maybe a little experimentation with the more basic spells....
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, this would be so. Much. Fun!
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That was easy.
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