Subject Cygnus X-1: Jack

by XanaDurian


The Waking World

"Uh... Princess Twilight?" asked Nurse Redheart.

"Yes?"

"I don't know how to work with this..."

Nurse Redheart had arrived at the castle a few minutes after you had knocked out, coming as fast as she could under the assumption that she could be effective with the, as Rainbow Dash had put it, "THE SCIENCEY ALIEN WHATEVER" emergency. Being the fine nurse that she is, this wouldn't be beyond the realm of possibility... if she weren't being asked to treat a big... thingy from another dimension.

Nurse Redheart had examined it up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, and start, and she still couldn't quite be sure what to do about you. In fact, all she really did was look for where your pulse was. Luckily, she found it before Twilight had a slight psychotic break over your "Post-Dimensional Travel" Shock. As good a sign as that was, however, Twilight still feared that something might still be wrong with you, and with no evidence either way, she was somewhat worried.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes"

"Are you sure you're sure?"

"Yes"

"What abou-"

"Yes"

"But-!"

"Twilight, I don't know a thing about this creature or its body. Actually, I'm not even sure why you sent for me, since a vet would probably be more useful. All I can do is look for a pulse, Twilight. Just calm down!"

And with that, a shifting in the blankets alerted the ponies to the strange waking creature in the bed.


You wake up to the sound of people talking in a strange unknown language. Remembering where you had fainted, you decide it best to just lay as still as physically possible and to try to keep your breathing steady. Wouldn't want to alert the potentially dangerous Penicorn, now would you?

"Til oonka selkaR?"

"Rral."

"Til oonka selkaR oonka til selkaR?"

"Rral."

But now you have to pee.

"Whola varral-"

"Rral."

You have to pee really bad.

"Blok-!"

"Talli, hi doe'lt nokiel vae theil varralka er pirr'z bolka. ARlak, hi ak ilt evela selkaR whakal oonka stenk ifal hi, sinkal vae ankila-pon whal prroka ba krroR ukela. Loe hi kat doe e lonk ifal vae poke, Talli. Kaldoka!"

Okay, in the interest of your bladder, you decide to just get up and try to ask for the bathroom. It would probably be worse for you if you pissed in the Penicorn's bed anyways. They'd probably lock you in cage and put you on display like some fucked up zoo animal. Aaaand you're gonna stop thinking about that before you piss yourself.

As you start to get up, you notice a new pony staring at you. This pony is white with pink hair and blue eyes. She's got a nurse outfit on and a red cross on her ass, so you assume she's a nurse of some sort. The fact that the Penicorn called for a nurse whilst you were fainted brings you some level of comfort.

Some.

"Uh... excuse me, do you guys know where I can find a bathroom?" you say as you try to make gestures with your hands to speed the process along.

"Whola?" asks the nurse pony.

Realizing that you probably won't be getting very far trying to communicate with words and gestures, you decide to mime out the act of taking a piss. All things considered, it's probably better then trying to teach them bathroom in English.

As you make your gestures for the bathroom, understanding slowly dawns on the purple Penicorn's face. It seems to beckon you towards a door you honestly hadn't noticed before, and you cautiously follow it into a huge hallway.

As you walk through a giant crystalline hallway, you decide to reflect on your situation...


Jack had been having a hard time lately.

He had just gotten off work, and he was going to visit his girlfriend Dalila. He hadn't been getting the gigs that he had hoped he would, and his friends were all away on various vacations and such. Aside from that, people were getting laid off left and right at his work, and he had a sneaking suspicion that he would be next. With his not so stellar mood, he decided a visit to his girlfriend would probably cheer him up.

As Jack kept on driving through one of the neighborhoods, passing an apartment complex, he noticed a stray raincloud looming over the road ahead. It wasn't unheard of in Ventura, but what really got Jack about it was the fact that it was purple. It looked very static-y to boot, and then just doesn't bode well with a man of superstition like Jack.

The cloud gravitated towards his car, looking ready to burst as Jack started driving a bit faster to hopefully get away from it.

And then there was white...


And now that you're in this strange world, you start to feel the wait of what you've been taken away from start to weigh on your shoulders. Luckily enough, you still have some hope of this just being a small visit of sorts; otherwise, you'd have been crushed.

All the while that you had been contemplating your situation, the Penicorn had been making one sided small talk with you in that strange language of hers. You couldn't really understand any of it, but at least she made the effort to communicate.

You start to realize how expansive this crystal area you're in actually is. You have been walking for about five minutes, and it isn't doing your bladder any favours.

Guess you're in for the long haul.