Chrysalis sat at Twilight’s desk, staring at the strange box that stood on the wooden surface. It hadn’t been made from natural resources, that much was clear to the changeling. It looked to be made out of hard plastic with a glass front to it, with long cables leading down into a tall tower under the desktop. She glanced sideways to her workerfriend, who looked back at her with excited, glittering eyes.
“So, what’s this “internet” thing you were telling me about, Twilight?” Chrysalis looked at the home screen of the contraption – computer, if she remembered correctly – and the dozens of icons that seemed to open to different files on the computer, such as Ponysoft Text and some odd looking game called Mineblock. Twilight leaned across to cup a small boxlike device in the crook of her hoof. As she moved the… mouse?… Yeah, mouse, across the desk, the small white arrow on the computer screen seemed to follow, which confused the queen, because the mouse wasn’t even connected to the computer in any way.
“This,” Twilight started, clicking an icon of a blue “E”, which opened a software window, displaying the homepage; “Derp Search”. “Is the internet.” The purple Alicorn smiled broadly as she clicked through a few random web pages she had bookmarked, whatever that meant. “Here’s the website I wanted you to see, Chrys,” she giggled as she brought up a page that showed a picture of Chrysalis and Twilight, Chrysalis looking down at Twilight with a speech bubble saying “We should be lovers”, with an unimpressed looking Twilight looking up at her with a speech bubble stating “We can’t do that”. The changeling leaned forward to read the title above the picture.
“Tainted Love: A Twysalis prompt tag Collab,” she read. Twilight nodded, eagerly.
“Yep. Looks like a group of ponies have decided to write stories about us.” The two mares blushed as they considered the thought of ponies writing tales about their love life. It felt weird; it was flattering but, in a sense, it felt so creepy.
“Shall we have a read?” Chrysalis suggested, finding the silence too awkward to bear. Twilight blushed and nodded, clicking open a few pages for them to read through.
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Chrysalis almost fell out of her chair in fits of giggles as she read the comments on a chapter written by somepony called ‘Opera Phantom’, calling Twilight a ‘neurovore’.
“It’s SO true!” She guffawed, holding her sides as her breath grew shallower and shallower. Twilight continued to shrink into her seat, her whole coat turning crimson in embarrassment.
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“Aww,” Twilight cooed, wiping away a tear, as she finished reading the chapter called ‘diplomacy’. “That’s so sweet.” Chrysalis wrapped a hoof around Twilight’s withers and pulled her close as they clicked the next tab.
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Both mares stared blankly at the screen as they read, re-read, and re-re-read the last line of a chapter, just to try and understand what they had just read.
The two of them thanked her for not being mad at them. Meanwhile outside, Ponyville was enduring a rampage by a giant, walking pie that cocooned its prey.
“Well,” Twilight stuttered, after the longest, most heavily pregnant pause imaginable. “That was… that was… certainly a thing… that-that happened.”
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Chrysalis shushed her weeping workerfriend, whispering reassurances into her ear, after having read the most disturbing of chapters thus far in the story collection.
“You… you wouldn’t actually,” Sniff, “DO that to me, would you Chryssy?” Twilight asked, fearfully. Tears brimmed in her eyes, making the changeling’s heart sink like a lead balloon.
“Of course not, petal,” she smiled, kissing Twilight on the nose sweetly, “I’d never allow my drones to harm you like that.” Twilight smiled meekly and Chrysalis turned to face the computer screen once more. “I believe I’ve learned something today,” She announced.
“What’s that?” Twilight wiped her eyes on the backs of her hooves and looked up into her workerfriend’s eyes as she brought her attention back to the Alicorn.
“I don’t think I like the internet very much.” Twilight nodded with a sniffle.
“Agreed.”