The Eye of Insanity

by MaskofLimbo


The Basics part 1 - Signal from the losts

On the Market, they bought 4 1911 pistols, and they also got holster for them as a "first buy bonus". They also received 4 little bags, with some equipment inside in each one, and 3 machetes for the girl, since Jason already had one from Dennis. After getting the stuff, the granny that runs the place told them that if they put radio towers back online she would be able to get new stock from the remote villagers. The only problem to them was to know how they would do that, and also they were wondering why she was asking to them and not for someone more experient.

Leaving the store, they follow Dennis to outside the village and he told them about the radio tower. He said that their we're being using by Vaas, who put something on them to block access, and said that this tower may be usefull for the group. He mentioned that if they climb them all they would "reveal the map". Jason got confuse by this, until he picked up his tablet, from his bag, and try to locate him with the map, but he only saw nothing, so if he wanted to see the map, he was going to need to freed those tower from the pirates, or just use a normal map, instead. Also, he notice that he recieved a menssage from an anonymous person.

Before they start climbing thr tower, they decided to practice their aim with the pistols they bought. Jason was the first one, and he was doing very well "Very impressing, Jason" Dennis praise him "I though you didn't know how to use them"

"Well, my brother was in the army, so he teached me how to use some gun" Jason said to him, and decided to let Applejack try.

"Hmm, I see" Dennis said "Still, I can see talent on you, my friend"

*BANG* "Dang it" Applejack said, as the missed the target and she tries again, but missed as well. Thanks to her strenght, the recoil wasn't the problem "I don't know how you do it, Sugarcube, this thing is hard to use"

"Just relaxe, take a deep breath, focus on the target and pull the trigger. That's what...Grant told me when he was teaching me" Jason simply said, felling a bit of pain in his chest for mentioning his brother.

Trying what he said, Apple take a deep breath, aim in the target, focusing on the middle, and pulls the trigger *BANG* "Ooooee" She said happy. She didn't hit the middle, like Jason, but she hit pretty close. Felling just a bit cocky, she shot more 3 times "Now that's better" She said with a smile and look at Jason "Thanks, pal"

"No worries"

Looking at Fluttershy, who was nervours as Tartarus and just staring to her pistol "Come on, Fluttershy" Applejack said to her and put a hand on her shoulder, giving her smile "You can doing" After a deep breath, Fluttershy decides to try. Follow Jason's instructions, she aim at the target, deep another deep breath, focused, but before pulling the trigget, she close her eyes.....*BANG* "Ahh!" She said scared and drops the gun, holding her hands "It hurts"

"Yeah, if don't have strong hand, this things can be a challenge" Dennis said to her "But don't worry, you get use to it"

"W-well, I think I'm going to skip this, if you don't mind" She said.

"It's ok, my friend" Dennis said, and look at Twilight, who was sitting on the ground, looking directly at her pistol "Twilight, you want to try?"
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"No" She answer, looking away.

"Hey, what's wrong Sugarcube?" Applejack ask her, with Fluttershy on her side "It's okay if it is a bit hard, I can give you a hoof if you..."

"It's not that!" Twilight said "It's that..." She then remember what she did "...the last time I used one of this weapons, I ended up hurting you" She said, hiding her face on her arms.

"Oh" Applejack said, looking at the leg that had a little hole in it So, that was the cause "Hey, don't worry about it" She said, keeling down by her side "It was a accident, and the injured is getting better, so don't fell bad about it. So, please, for me, Fluttershy and for the rest of our friends lost somewhere, don't stop for just trying because of this mistake" She said to her. After some thoughs, Twilight noticed that she was right. If she wanted to help her friends, she need to know how to use this...guns.

Getting up, Twi look at her pistol and sigh. Walking to the front of the target, she take aim, breath deeply, close her eyes and finally pulls the trigger only thinking to herself I'm probably going to miss *BANG* *BANG* *BANG*
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"Wow"

"Nice shooting"

"Holy shit"

"Very impressing"

"Hmm?" She was confuse. Opening her eyes, she see in the middle of the target some holes"I...hit it?"

"You kidding me? You nailed!" Jason said impressed.

"I agreed with him, Twilight" Dennis said with a smile "I didn't have any idea we had such good shooter with us!"

"Well, actually" She look directly at her pistol I never used one of this thing "This is the first time I used one of this" She said, also confused.

"Well, than it's no doubt that you have borned with a natural talent" Dennis said "One more sign that you deserve the Tatau" He said, but Twilight was still confuse "Now, to the radio tower" He said and pointed to a station up on the mountain "Cilmb and free it from the pirates's power. I'm going to wait here for you're next step" He said, and so the group start walking to the top of the radio tower.

As they we're walking to the top, they decided to talk a little bit "So, how did you get here, Jason?" Applejack ask "That is, if you are ok talking about this"

"Sure, no problem" Jason start talking "Me, my brothers Grand and Riley, my friends Keith, Oliver, Daisy and Vincent, and my girlfriend Liza were partying in a nightclub in Thailand, Bangok. There, the Dj from the place, Doug, I think, told us about a island where we're we could do anything"

"This island" Twilight said.

"Yyyup" Jason said, making Applejack remember from her brother "We were fucking hyped about, and where came here by sky diving. Our first moments here were awesome, the rest had gone bad shit crazy. Were were captured and separated, and as far as I know, only one of us died. Vincent. The rest you girls can figured by yourselfs, I think"

"I see" Twilight said, kinda understanding his situation.

"Jesus, I just want to get the fuck out of here with them and never fucking returns" Jason said

"Hmm, mister Jason, can I ask for a favor" Fluttershy ask.

"Sure, what's up?"

"Can you, you want, stop cursing so much? Please"

"Ohh, sure, sure. Sorry"

"Thanks" Fluttershy said with a smile. As they get to the top, they saw the very old radio tower, and by the looks of it, it was very, very fragile.

"Ok, let's...hold up" Jason said, stoping the girls "Snake" He points to where onthe snake, and they see it close tp the stair to climb the tower. Jason pick up his gun and point to the reptile, until Fluttershy go to hes front, raising her arms.

"Wait!" She said "You don't need to killed it. Let me talk to him"

"Wait, what?" Jason saie confused, and Applejack put her amr on his gun, putting away with a smile.

"It's ok, Sugarcube" She said and look at Fluttershy "Go on, Flutter" Fluttershy give a smile and go talk to the snake.

"Sooo, she can talk with snakes?" Jason ask, looking at Applejack

"No" Twilight answer "She can talk with all animals"

"Ok, you girls are weird" Jason said, and look at Fluttershy, who was crouching and about to talk with the snake.

After "talking" woth the snake, Fluttershy, turn to the other with a smile "It's okay, now" She said "Her name is Jimaya, and she isn't going to hurt us" Hearing this, the others procced to walk at her, and Jason as very confused by this girls, principally by "AAAHHHHHH"

"Fluttershy!" Twilight said, and they run at them. Fluttershy was on the ground, in pain, since thr snake was now bitting her leg with force "Let her go!" Twilight said, pushing the snake away from her friend.

"She said" Applejack said, holding the snake "Let. GO!" With a big push, she lauch the snake out of Fluttershy's leg.

"AHH" Fluttershy said in pain, and was now holding her bited leg. The snake was still close, and was aproucjing fromt he group, but Jason go to the animal and smash it's head with his foot.

"Asshole" He said. Going to Fluttershy, he crounch and check on her "Are you okay?"

"I-I think" She said "She said she wasn't going to hurt us. She said she was going to be our friend. Why did she did that? Why?" She said in tears.

Jason, felling kinda bad for her, look at Applejack "Go with her back to the camp. Me and Twilight are going to the care of this radio tower" Applejack nod in answer, and raise Fluttershy and started to walk with her back to the village. Looking at Twilight, Jason ask "Let's go?" And she nod.

After a bit of climbing, they were almost at the top "Don't look down" Jason said, most to himself than to Twilight.

"Wasn't thinking about it" Twilight said and decided to finally tell him something "Ok, since we are going to work together I think I need to tell you something"

"What is it?" Jason said, stopping and looking back at her.

"Well..." Twilight was thinking in how to explain this to him "You see, me and my friend are not from around"

"Me neither. I'm from California" Jason said.

"No, no. Not THIS exactly" Twilight said "We...how can I put it" She think from a bit, and then decide to said bluntly "We are from another universe.

Jason simply stayed in silence, looking at her with a confused look, until finally say "What?"

After sighning, Twilight decide to explain "In are universe, we lived in a place called Equestria. And, in this universe, me and my friend are ponies"

"Ponies?" Jason ask.

"Yeah, but not only ponies exist there. Exist dragons, minotaurs, etc" Twilight said "Also, there exist various types os ponies. For example. There, Fluttershy is actually a pegasus while Applejack is a normal pony, a earth pony"

"I...see" Jason said.

"Yeah, you probably think I'm crazy, right?" Twilight said, looking away ashamed.

"Hey hey, it's not like this" Jason said, outting a hsnd on her shoulder "I mean, yeah, this is kinda...crazy. But, I don't think you are crazy, ok?" He said with a smile.

"Ok" Twilight said, smilling a bit "Now, how about we fix this radio tower, huh?"

"Yeah, sure" Jason said, and continued their way to the top. Getting to the top, they see the control box, closed "Okay, let's see is this is the problem" They aprouch the box, but...

"Darn it, it's locked" Twilight said, seeing thr box lockef by a lock. She holds the lock and push it, but, it was too strong "I'm not strong enought. But, looks like it's fragile"

"Wait, hold on" Jason said and pick up his machete. With the back of is machete, he begins to beat at the lock, and he break it "Awesome!" Opening, they see a thing stuck in it "This must be the scramble"

"Well, then we just need to remove it" Twiligth said, and removed it "Okay, so what now?"

"Let me try something" Jason said and use some buttons inside "Aaaand...done" He said, done with it "This should do it, I think" He said, snd suddenlly, he received a messange from his cellphone, and it was from the old lady of the general store, saying that he did a good job turning on the radio tower and that she got a deal on 6P9 pistols and STG-90 machine guns "How the hell did she got this number" Jason ask looking at Twilight, who simply shrugged.

"Let's just go down" Twilight said, and start making her way bsck down.

"Wait" Jason said, opening his bag.

"What?" Twilight ask, and go back to his side, seeing what he was looking for. He then pick up a rope with kinda a hook on it "What is this for?"

"Zipline" Jason simply answer and walked to one of the cables that lead to the ground "Come one, I do things like this with my friend a lot" Putting the zipline rope on the cable and the other side on his belt, he descend to the ground, with a cheerfull scream, where Applejack and Fluttershy were waiting for them

Twiligth pick up the zipline rope from her bag, and put it on her belt and on the cable, like Jason "Well, here goes nothing" After a deep breath, she start descending "Wooooo..." She was kinda scare, since it was a rope that wasn't letting her fall, but soon the fear turned into joy "Uuhuuuu!" She said with a smile. When she was close to the floor, she unstuck the zipline rope from the cable, making her fall on the ground.

"Wow, Twilight" Applejack said, helping her get up "Are you ok?"

"Of course" She said with a smile "That was soo cool" She then remember something important "How is Fluttershy?" She ask worry.

"She's ok" Appleajck said, pointing to Fluttershy, who was sitting on thr floor "The snake wasn't poisonous, she is just still a bit down by what happen, but she is fine"

"Well, that good to now" Twilight said, still a bit worry for her. Suddenly, they see Dennis aprouching, now with a gun on his back.

"Nice ride, huh?" Dennis said with a smile, and she and Jason walk to her.

"It's done" Jason said.

"Good" Dennis said, and look at Jason "Show us your map" Jason than picks up his tablet, and Twilight and Applejack joined to see the map. Fluttershy was still sitting on the ground, hesring what they were saying. Opening up the map app, Jason see that now a part of the island was visible "You see? Everything you need to know has been revealed by the radio tower" Dennis explained to them "Shops, adventures, the island call for you all, my friends. And, like you four, the shopkeepers are from outside. They will use the radio tower to do bussines and reward you fou with weapons for every tower you free"

"Ohh, thats cool" Jason said.

"Also. A true warrior must hunt" This caught Fluttershy attention.

"Hunt?" Fluttershy ask "Like, animals?"

"Of course" Dennis said "After all, from what exactly you all would get skin and meat to..."

"WHAT?!"