8-Bit Pony

by Dawn Flower


4.

“Like I was saying, this is a multi-dimensional cube.” Fighter said.

“Please stop saying that.” Black Mage said with an irritated look on his face.

Fighter just continued speaking, completely unaware of Black Mage’s hostile attitude. “According to the old man that I got it from, all you have to do is throw it, and then it will create a portal to anywhere in this dimension, or any other dimension, that leads to whatever you want most in the world.”

“Uh, huh,” Black Mage said. If you could see his face, then before being driven insane, you would see that he looked sceptical. “And… what? You just throw that cube…” He spoke the last word with an inflection to voice his disdain. “… and it will create a magic portal that will somehow lead us to the thing that we want more than anything in the world?" He then paused for a moment before continuing. “And that seems reasonable to you?”

Fighter suddenly raised his arms and his voice as he spoke. “Well what do you think is going to happen? We go through the portal and instead of leading us to the Armor of Invincibility, we instead end up in a completely different world, because deep down in my heart, what I really want more than anything, instead of the Armor of Invincibility, is the friendship between you and me, that I cherish and secretly know that you despise, and want you to learn the true meaning of friendship so that we can grow closer? That’s just absurd.”

“Well obviously.” Black Mage agreed. “Even a moron like you can see that. Now hurry up and throw the ball.”

“Multi-dimensional cube.” Fighter corrected.

“Right, multi-dimensional cube.” Black Mage said, rubbing the back of his head again.