"... The ominous tower appeared overnight in the middle of downtown, occupying the nine city block area previously occupied by the abandoned skyscrapers. Early attempts at assaulting it have proven ineffectual, as it demonstrated an ability to immediately repair itself from the impacts of even tank shells. No doors or windows have been located on the surface, giving the massive obelisk an alien appearance. The top of the building, shown here, appears to be made of glass or a glass like substance, dozens of meters thick, with what appears to be some kind of rotating mirror within its depths. Scientists can only speculate as to its function, perhaps as some kind of 'eye', while local videogame enthusiast, Kevin Jackson, declared 'Oh my God, it's a [bleep]ing Obelisk of Light!' Electronic Arts could not be reached for comment regarding the possibility of a copyright infringement lawsuit against the tower's creators, presumed to be the same individuals who orchestrated the recent so-called bank heist."
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"... known as the 'Flim Flam brothers' are still at large. Police say that eyewitness accounts claiming the brothers to be a pair of 'unicorns' are currently being reconsidered as 'possibly true' based on other recent events. These 'unicorns' are said to have some kind of strange, some would say 'magical', ability to deceive the senses. In particular, anyone not aware of the existence of unicorns seems to be unable to recognize them as such, and takes them to be perfectly normal people. So, I know I never thought I would say this on any newscast other than the first of April but, please be on the lookout for a pair of white unicorns, male, possibly wearing striped shirts and straw hats. Again, they are wanted in connection with the recent distribution of the potentially dangerous 'pirin' tablets..."
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"... Junior High School just welcomed its newest and most unusual student: a winged, talking, green pony. This little filly, known as 'Thunder Peal', is being entered into their English as a Second Language program, along with a little boy who apparently serves as her translator. Both are living at the home of a local foster family, who took the boy in after his mother's recent mysterious disappearance. While the filly is believed to be an alien from the same world as the more dangerous unicorns, she is currently considered to be nonthreatening, and some hope this gesture of goodwill will ultimately help establish a more peaceful relationship with the mysterious equine invaders. Here's Thunder Peal, giving her first public interview to comment on the situation:"
"Hi. My name is Thunder Peal. Thank you for welcoming me to your school. I hope we can all be friends."
"What are your thoughts on the unicorn invasion?"
"Most unicorns are nice. Bad ponies should be punished, but not good ponies."
"Are there more ponies coming? How many should we expect? Thousands? Billions?"
"I do not know. Probably not many? Why would a lot of ponies want to come here?"
"Why indeed? Why did you want to come here?"
"True love!"
*bell rings loudly*
"... and.. there you have it folks. The cutest invasion in history, spurred on by true love?"
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"... I for one welcome our new pony overlords. As you can see from my shirt here..." *takes off shirt, revealing a white shirt with Celestia's cutie mark emblazoned on it..* "I'm already ready to show my loyalty. Clearly, sun-butt is best pony. Although, you can't see it, of course, but on my underwear you can see I have Princess Luna's mark in the appropriate place as well, in case I needed to, you know, 'moon' someone. So.. pony invasion... great alien invasion, or greatest alien invasion?"
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"... debating already the President's nominee for diplomat to the Equestrians. Since the only ongoing contact between their world and ours appears to be a singular internet terminal on their world, and no further transit between the worlds is anticipated, it is unclear how significant such a posting will be in practice. However, the possibility that our worlds could, someday, achieve stable interplanetary transportation between them makes this a job that could very rapidly rise in significance, practically overnight."
Finally, the creature wearing Eliza's form turned the TV off, and got off the couch. Little Frank was looking ready for a nap, and then it would be time to retrieve his mother, and begin the next act.