//------------------------------// // 4 Now Let us Explain // Story: The Royal Librarian // by Dimensional Librarian //------------------------------// The bipedal had taken Booksalot to a small room with a single door a table and a mirror in one wall. The man's weapon had disappeared during the short walk to this room and he was now sitting in a chair on one side of the table and gestured to the other chair "Go ahead and take a seat and we'll get started." He said in a tone that said he was slightly full of himself. Booksalot rolled his eyes as he went over to the other chair and sat it in staring at the sentient being across from him as they hear the lock on the door slide into place. "Thinks he's better than everything else and locked us in a room together.... I really don't like this guy" Booksalot thought as he kept a deadpanned expression on his face. The man then leaned forward and said "Now, Booksalot, we do have some matters to discuss involving the Library and Princess Sun Butt up in Canterlot." Booksalot's jaw dropped not only had this thing known his name but it referred to Princess Celestia in a way that only Discord ever had. The man chuckled seeing the look upon Booksalot's face and said "My name is Joe Dimtec, and you my fine Unicorn friend have just found the Equestrian Headquarters of Dimensional Technologies." Joe then stood up and headed for the door opening it outwards as he started speaking once more "Now you see most call us Dimtec for short... " Booksalot then scrambled to his hooves and quickly followed so he wouldn't be left out of the tale. "Now as our name implies we deal with dimensions and technologies that are related to them. But we are more of watch service now than anything." They then entered a large room filled with computers, large monitors, ponies of every species, as well as more bipedals like Joe. Upon the screens were many different realities of Equestria. Taking a quick glace around Booksalot noticed a war happening against King Sombra, to a Zompony Apocalypse in quite a few of them ranging from typical Equine like Booksalot was used to, to the bipedals which he now remembered the term "Human" fit the description of them from an old theory book. Booksalot's mouth hung open as he looked at Joe with wide eyes muttering "This can't be real. There is no way this could all be happening right now." "Multiverse Theory ever heard of it?" Joe asks with a grin continuing after getting a nod from Booksalot "well that's what's happening right here right now is happening in hundreds of versions of Equestria as well as other dimensions." Joe then turned to leave this room expecting Booksalot to follow when an alarm started blaring causing all heads to turn toward a very youthful looking pegasus mare. "What's going on Woman?" Joe asks. "Sir we have multiple Deception signals sprouting up near Equestria in the Hub Dimension." says the mare after giving her console a look over "I am dispatching Anti-Con Troops right now." "Good" Joe says with a smile "keep me updated so I know if I will have to go in myself. So as you see Booksalot we do quite a bit but I want to show you the Library." Then turning to leave once more as things settled down. Booksalot followed him eyes wide in wonder. "So why are some of you human and the others ponies?" Books asks "Because not everyone likes walking around on all fours all the time." "So you came from another world?" "Yup and we're here to stay." Joe then stops next to a door and flicks his fingers in front of him at things only he could see. "Now I think your friend Discord has finally calmed down you can see him." he then walks into the room next to him and looked through the glass at the adjacent room which held the Lord of Chaos. Booksalot followed Joe and stared at Discord curiously as he only sat in a room with a depressed look on his face. "What did you do to him?" Booksalot asks "We did nothing but lock him in that room. The room syphiens magical energies and whatnot to rinder powerful suspects powerless." "So what do you plan on doing with him?" "We'll give him a memory wipe and let him go in a bit. Actually no we won't. We'll just let him come and go as he pleases" Joe says as two unicorns come into the room with Discord and undo his cuffs and explain that Dimtec was letting him go. Joe then lead Booksalot back into the hallway. Upon seeing the elderly unicorn Discord picks up Booksalot and starts getting over dramatic. "Oh Booksie, These ponies are just monsters. They kept me locked away and th..." Discord gets cut off short as Booksalot slaps him with his right hoof. "Whatever was that for?" "To shut you up you idiot now put me down. Gently" Booksalot sighs at Discord complies then takes a look around and realized they were all now standing in a well furnished living room with the Everfree forest outside the windows. "How did we get here?" "Science, I don't have to explain s*BEEP*" Joe says then looks down the hallway further into the home at the sound of the beep calling out "A little late on that one Jimmy. One more time and your fired." "Okay then" Booksalot says unsurely "come on Discord we need to tell Celestia that theirs nothing to worry about from this hut" "Sir yes Sir" Discord says suddenly being in a Class A Navy Uniform and standing on a small sail boat "Race you Booksie!!" He then sails out the door cackling the whole way. "Its Booksalot you over grown Omnipotent Goat." Booksalot calls after as he follows Discord. Joe chuckles as he watches them leave before turning to look directly at you the reader. "Okay, look I know this story isn't what you expected and that I'm currently breaking the 4th wall. So what this author is doing a ton of crappy build up and descriptions I'm already bugging him about it now why don't you guys say something in the comments section everyone at Dimensional Technologies will appreciate it if you do. Also before I change into my pony form and go beat up Decepticons we have access to everything and the author and well me can only make use of it if we know about it. Because trust me our super computer is a stubborn piece of *BEEP*. Thank you Jimmy. That doesn't like to tell us information until seconds before it happens because it doesn't want us to interfere to much." Joe makes mocking air quotes with his fingers before shrugging. "Any who just so we are all on the same page here the author and me would really appreciate help on story and funny references to make." Joe then turns and pulls a needle out of seemingly no where injecting himself in the arm he turns into a brown unicorn wearing the same jacket he was previously and a cutie mark matching the one on his jacket. After shaking his pony body loose Flutterbat and Timberjack walk into the room "Hello Ladies. Nice weather where you just came from?" Flutterbat nods and softly says "Why yes it was. And I also like that I didn't have to harm anypony, well at least anypony that wasn't good." Timberjack chuckles and nods as well "It sure is nice to actually have a better meaning in life for these abilities of ours." "Good, now I do believe that if you two head to the Library and hang out their the new Librarian will be arriving shortly." The two supernatural mares nod and then head down the hall deep into the facility starting to chat away.