Chapter 11: Back to the...Present?
Chapter 11: Back to the...Present?
The journey back to Twilight’s place was uneventful. I didn’t even need to speak to anyone as I left; there was already a carriage waiting to take me home. Honestly, I was kinda pissed off at the princesses for doing things as they had, so I didn’t feel it was a good idea to talk to them in my current state. I would allow myself a few days before chatting again. They’d understand.
Besides, I had more important things to worry about at the moment.
The carriage landed with a slight bump outside of the library, and I offered a curt nod and wave to the guards before walking towards Twilight’s home. It had only been a few hours in the “real” world, so I had to remind myself that it was likely only a little after noon. With that in mind, I knocked on the front door before entering.
“Twilight,” I called, shutting the wooden door behind me and glancing around, “I’m back!”
“Jamie?” shouted Twilight’s voice from somewhere in the library, and I was temporarily blinded as she teleported right in front of me. I felt as she threw her hooves around me and breathed a sigh of relief. “By Celestia, I’m so glad you’re okay. No pony knew what happened to you. It was like you just disappeared.”
I blinked my eyes a few times to clear my vision as I hugged her back. “Sorry about that. The princesses had something important they needed to speak with me about, and it was kind of urgent.”
She squeezed me a bit tighter before releasing me and dropping to the floor, and I just barely caught sight of her new wings flaring for balance with my blurred vision. “Well I hope everything went okay. Are you alright?”
I blinked one last time, my vision nearly completely normal again. “More or less.” I then looked down at Twilight and grinned. “Well now, look at you. Alicorn Twilight Sparkle.”
She ducked her head shyly and smiled. “I-it’s not really a big deal.”
I shrugged. “I guess not. There’s only the whole ‘you’re a princess now’ thing. And I’m sure Rainbow Dash is going to bug you until you let her teach you how to fly.”
Twilight rolled her eyes with a groan. “Ugh, don’t remind me. Rainbow Dash has already been by four times today. Four!”
I chuckled and walked over to the couch before planting my behind in the soft cushions. “Well what can you expect? You’re one of her best friends, and now you can be a flying buddy. Who knows? Maybe you’ll love it.”
Twilight fluttered her wings before they settled comfortably against her sides, then hopped up onto the sofa, sitting next to me. “I mean, maybe. I’m just...well…” she turned away as she mumbled, “I’m a little afraid of heights.”
I grinned and shook my head, patting Twilight on her shoulder. “It’s alright, Twilight. Anyone who can’t stop themselves from falling is likely to be afraid of heights. But you? You’ve got wings now. You can learn to soar through the air the way most can only dream of doing.” I then smirked. “Besides, it’s something new to learn. Aerophysics as it pertains to you personally could be pretty fun to learn about.”
She tilted her head at me in confusion. “What do you mean?”
I squinted my eyes into empty space as I thought for a moment. “Well...think of it this way:” I motioned to her horn and said, “maybe one day you decide you want to teach me about magic. Now let’s just say that maybe I find it the most interesting thing in the world. Nothing catches my attention like magic does.” I then gestured to myself. “But I can’t do magic. I can know the physics and math behind it, but unless I can feel it, there’s always going to be a huge part of the magical world that I’ll just never understand. See what I’m trying to say?”
I saw Twilight’s face scrunch up a bit in that cute way it always did when she was thinking, then she began to nod slowly as a smile overtook her face. “Yes, I think I do.” She then turned her gaze to me and bumped her shoulder into mine. “Thank you, Jamie.”
I nodded with a smile of my own. “No problem. Now,” I stretched my back and popped my neck as I stood, “I have to go get ready for tonight. Do you have any idea where Rainbow Dash is?”
Twilight quirked her eyebrow at me as she answered, “Yes, she should be at her house doing her monthly weather planning session.” She then gasped and smiled. “Oh that’s right! You’re going to Vinyl Scratch’s show tonight! I hope you have a lot of fun!”
I nodded gratefully at her before turning on my heel to the door. “Thanks Twilight. I’ll tell you all about it when I get back.”
As I shut the door behind me and once again stood outside, I was thankful Twilight hadn’t thought to ask me about my time with the princesses. Frankly, I didn’t want to think about it at the moment, as it would just piss me off, and Twilight didn’t need to see any of that. I needed time to cool off, and hopefully tonight would give me the ability to do that.
I broke out in a leisurely jog toward Rainbow Dash’s house (wow, never thought I’d refer to jogging as “leisurely”). The clean air of Equestria and the jubilant atmosphere gave me respite from my emotions, and for the entire journey to the cloud home of my friend, I didn’t think at all. It was a nice reprieve from my habit of thinking about everything all of the time, and I silently promised myself to do it more often.
Fairly quickly (faster than I expected, honestly) I approached the cloud home of Rainbow Dash. I was always at awe when looking at her house of cloud and rainbows, and this time was no different. For a few moments I just admired the beautiful structure before clearing my throat.
“RAINBOW DASH!”
I waited a few seconds for my call to be heeded, and within moments a familiar cyan mare poked her head out of one of the windows of the tower. “Oh hey, Jamie!” She shot out of the window and did a little flip before hovering in front of me. “Where were you? You just kinda disappeared yesterday.”
I shrugged. “Princesses had something they needed to discuss with me in private and it was kind of urgent. With everything going on with Twilight and your cutie marks, I thought it best to just leave. Twilight had everything handled.”
Rainbow Dash nodded before gasping and squealing like a fangirl. “Did you see Twilight? She’s got wings now!”
I nodded with a chuckle. “Yep, I saw her. I talked to her a bit, and I’m confident that if you give her some time to think, she’d be cool with learning to fly from you.”
She giggled happily before throwing her arm around me. “You’re awesome Jamie, you know that?”
“I learn from the best, and I do hang out around you quite a bit more than the others.” I replied with a smirk.
She smirked right back as she said, “Damn right.”
I then asked, “So, are you busy tonight?”
Rainbow Dash inclined her head to her home above us. “Well I’ve got to set up the weather schedule, but that’ll probably take only another hour or so. Why?”
“Well,” I began, hoping she’d accept my offer, “I’m going to that club tonight to hopefully make up with Vinyl, and I’d appreciate it if you came with me. I’ve never been much of a clubber, and I’d really feel more comfortable if there was a friend by my side.”
Rainbow Dash seemed to consider my request for a moment before nodding vigorously. “That sounds awesome! Give me some time to finish my schedule and I’ll swing by Twilight’s place at...say, seven?”
I rolled my eyes with a smirk. “Careful Rainbow Dash, this is sounding an awful lot like a date.” Wait what? Why the hell did I say that? “I-I mean…”
I noticed a faint pink lighting up her cheeks as Rainbow Dash giggled in a more girlish way than I was used to from her. “Jamie, it’s cool. I know what you meant. Anyway, you need to work things out with Vinyl first. I’ve been in the middle of two friends fighting before, and it’s not something I want to relive.”
I chuckled faintly and nodded. “S-sorry about that. I just don’t want you to get the wrong idea is all.”
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and tapped me on the shoulder. “I get it. You’ve already explained this all to me, remember? So don’t think of it like a date, think of me like your wingpony as you make up with your not-marefriend.”
The implications and sarcasm in Rainbow Dash’s words weren’t lost on me, but I just nodded anyway. She was probably just messing with me, like usual. “Yeah, let’s go with that.” With it being months since I had seen her though, I couldn’t stop the next action and words from coming out. I reached up with my hand and softly rubbed her cheek in an adaptation of a pony nuzzle, smiling at her. “It’s good to see you’re alright, Rainbow Dash.”
She smiled fondly at me (an uncommon expression for the brash pegasus) and returned the gesture, but the way it was meant to be done. She then pulled away and released me from her grasp as she said, “Call me Dash, Jamie. We’re friends, so you don’t have to be so uppity like I’m a stranger or something.”
Those months locked away in that strange chamber had warped reality, and I had to remind myself that while I felt like I was getting reaquainted with her, it had only been a single day for Dash and the others. To me, it was like I was regaining something I had lost. I had to keep in mind that the others wouldn’t likely understand what I was going through at the moment.
“Anyway,” Dash said, fluttering above me, “I’m going to hurry up and finish my work and I’ll meet you at Twilight’s place later.” She then ran her hoof over my cheek and added, “You know, I never noticed how different you look with a beard. You should keep it.”
I brought my hand to my face, noticing for the first time that I hadn’t shaved in weeks. After the first few weeks in the training chamber with Shudder, I had chosen to just let it grow out. It wasn’t like I had anyone to impress, after all. Besides, beards are sexy. Regardless of the fact that I wasn’t expecting to meet any humans in Equestria, I kept it for my own enjoyment.
I rubbed my hand against my chin and nodded with a smile. “I think I will. Thanks, Dash. I’ll see you later then.”
She nodded before speeding back to her house, assumedly to continue her weather scheduling. I chose to go see Applejack, seeing as how I honestly missed her a little. While I didn’t have a job yet, my daily routine had consisted of heading to her farm to see if there was anything I could help with. Never before coming to Equestria had I believed that a feeling of uselessness could drive me to do work for free, just to feel worthwhile.
With that in mind, I turned toward Sweet Apple Acres, and began jogging toward the farm in the distance.
As I passed through the vast fields of Sweet Apple Acres, I couldn’t help but take a few deep breaths as I continued my trek. While the training chamber had somehow provided me with air, food, and water, the air had felt stagnant. There truly was no comparison to the crisp, clean air of the countryside. It made me wonder why I never lived in the rural areas of Earth.
Oh wait, technology. That’s why.
Still, not having a computer or any other “modern” Earth things was freeing in a way. I spoke to people a lot more, tended to be able to appreciate the outdoors easier, and generally felt better. Probably because I wasn’t sitting on my ass eating junk-food all day, but I was oddly okay without that stuff. Truthfully, if I had a choice between technology and what I had now, I’d actually have to consider it for awhile.
Besides, I had real friends now. Before coming to Equis, most of my “friends” were people I spoke to online in some way. I didn’t even know what their voices sounded like. Kinda sad, but then again that’s what my life was. Not to say I didn’t enjoy it at the time, but it’s just so different now. From what I understood, ponies had been around longer than humans had, but they didn’t need all our technology. They had magic and friendship, and they were happy that way. I had told Twilight of some of the things humans had, but besides being interested in a “brand-new thing” type of way, she seemed rather unconcerned with the technology itself. I realized that ponies didn’t need technology since they had magic, strength, and aerial agility to do the things human machines could do. They could move immensely heavy loads, move and manipulate things as well as hands could, and could project music or even images with magic. They had no need for anything humans took for granted.
For example: Applejack and her family’s unique way of collecting apples.
Humans either did the job by hand or employed machinery. The Apple family though? They didn’t need any of that. With just a swift kick, an entire tree could be cleared of fruit in one fell swoop. It was much faster than humans were capable of doing, and it was cleaner as well.
It took Applejack turning around face me for me to realize that I had been staring at her. Thankfully she seemed to be a fairly lax pony when it came to my societal fuck-ups, as she just smirked at me. “How’s tha view back there?”
I moved my gaze to her face and smiled sheepishly. “Sorry about that. Just admiring your apple-bucking skills. Humans can’t do anything like that.”
“So you’ve said.” she commented, wiping her brow with a hoof. She then trotted over to me and nudged me with her shoulder. “So where’ya been? Y’all just vanished yesterday.”
I shrugged. “Business in Canterlot. The princesses needed to speak with me about Twilight. Seems they want me at the coronation, so they needed me to get measured for a new suit.” I then raised my eyebrow as I asked, “So what do you make of Twilight’s new transformation?”
Applejack tilted her head a bit as she looked at me quizzically. “It’s a little different, but she’s still just Twi ta me. She said she don’t wanna be treated any different, so Ah ain’t gonna treat ‘er like anything but a good friend.”
“I think that’s a good idea.” I replied with a smile.
Applejack nodded before beginning to load the baskets into her nearby cart, which I helped with. “So,” she began, grunting as she pushed a basket toward the back of the cart, “what do ya got planned fer today?”
I shrugged before hefting one of the apple baskets up onto the flatbed. “I’m going to some club called the Pipelines or the Pipeworks or something. Dash is going with me to make sure I don’t make too big of a fool of myself.”
Applejack hitched herself to the cart and began pulling it toward the next round of trees. “Ah’m sorry, but ya’ll don’ really strike me as tha clubbin’ type’a guy. That’s more’a Pinkie’s thing.”
I chuckled and moved my arm in a windmilling motion to loosen the muscles (a habit I’d picked up during my training with Shudder). “You’re right about that,” I then sighed, smiling gently, “but it’s not about the club; it’s about Vinyl. I have to apologize for how I treated her. Whether she accepts it or not, I have to at least be able to say that I did try to make things better.”
Applejack didn’t turn to look at me again, but nodded. “That’s a good idea, Jamie. It’d be nice if more stallions took the initiative around here instead’a waitin’ for tha mares to take action.”
“Maybe they would if they weren’t bullied for not ‘acting like a stallion’ or ‘forgetting their place’.” I commented dryly, which caused Applejack to turn and frown at me with an unasked question clear in her eyes. I sighed and nodded, “Yes, it’s happened quite a few times. Twilight told me that I don’t have to worry about being beat up or anything, but it’s still frustrating to be treated the way I have been. Equestria’s males don’t know any different, but I do.” I then shrugged. “To everyone around here though, I’m just an alien, so I’m expected to be different. I guess that’s why I get more leeway on things.” Before she could respond, I held up my hand and smiled gratefully at her. “I know that none of you or the others see me that way, and for that I thank you. I wouldn’t be able to handle things without you all by my side.”
Applejack ducked her head bashfully as she scuffed the ground with a hoof. “Aw c’mon, Jamie. We were just doin’ what any good friend would do.”
I shrugged. “Maybe, but so few actually want to get to know me. So many want to talk to me just because I’m the ‘weird tall thing’, not because I’m actually interesting to them. It’s kinda sad, but it’s the truth.”
“Well, it’s their loss then.” Applejack spoke sternly. “If they ain’t smart enough ta see that we’re more alike than different, then they don’t deserve ta know ya. Let ‘em stew in their own ignorance, Ah say.”
I cocked my head to the side with a smirk. “I feel sorry for people who just think you’re a dumb hick. They’re missing out on a great pony.” I then kneeled and placed my hand on the blushing pony’s shoulder. “Thanks for putting up with me, Applejack. I know I’ve been a dick sometimes and I know I’ve been kind of a whiner. I just want to thank you for sticking around. Not everyone would have done that.”
“Well yer welcome.” she replied with a warm smile. She then shoved me away, still grinning. “Now y’all are stallin’. If ya got somethin’ so important ta do tonight, ya’ll need ta get cleaned up. Go on, git.”
I chuckled and nodded. “Alright alright, I’m going. I just wanted to say hey and make sure everything was alright. See you tomorrow, I guess.”
Applejack nodded, but said nothing else as she turned back to her work. I allowed myself another smile as I gazed at one of the few people in my life I could consider a friend, before turning and jogging back toward town.
After showering, trimming my beard and lining it up, and dressing, I found myself admiring my reflection in the mirror within the room provided to me in the library. As I looked over the man in the mirror, I couldn’t help but think one thing:
Damn, I cleaned up nice.
It wasn’t often in my life I had actually tried to look good, save for a job interview or meeting with a client. I hadn’t, however, ever actually “dressed up” to go out for a night on the town. I was a clean individual by nature, which meant that by default, I smelled nice and was hygienic. With that being the case, even when going on a date, I didn’t do much differently besides wearing a nicer outfit.
I looked at the mirror again.
But this...this was something altogether different. I was going to make up with a pony I had carelessly hurt, and was being escorted by another pony to make sure I didn’t do anything too jackass-y. Neither of them were potential romantic partners of mine (unless something in my life had changed and I didn’t even know it), but for some reason I felt that I should look my best. For some reason, I felt they deserved it.
Whatever. I’d think on it later, after a few drinks.
“Jamie? Can I come in?” I heard Twilight ask from just outside my door.
I continued admiring myself and nodded, not taking my eyes off the mirror. “Sure, come in. I’m dressed.”
The door creaked open, and a set of soft hoof-falls made their way around to my side before a slight creak of bedsprings told me Twilight had hopped upon the bed. Her face then peeked around my shoulder, and she smiled. “Wow. I’ve never seen you so dressed-up before.”
I eyed the simple navy-blue suit that Rarity had created for me, which I hadn’t wore until this moment. Though some parts of it were a little tight (as she’d had to adapt her knowledge of pony body mechanics), it was still very nice and the fabric breathed well. I opted to wear the collar open without the tie, which gave me a rather casual-yet-distinguished look. I’d always liked the look of a good suit, but this would be the first time I’d ever wore one to something other than a job interview. The suit had been Rarity’s “welcome to Equis” gift to me, and now I felt a little bad for taking so long to wear it. I’d have to swing by and see her when Dash and I made our way to the club, to let her know that I appreciated the suit.
I smiled at Twilight’s reflection and ran my fingers over the collar of the jacket. “I must say, I clean up pretty nice. I feel like I’m going to prom or something.” She looked at me quizzically, so I explained, “Prom is a major event that happens for twelfth-year students where I’m from. It’s kind of like the Grand Galloping Gala, but there’s usually only young people there and the most important people are students, not royalty.”
She nodded. “Ah, I see. The problem is, you don’t have a date.”
I smirked as I said, “Well, I kinda do. Dash is my date, so to speak. We’re not together or anything, but it’s as close as I can think to what she’s actually there for.”
Twilight raised her eyebrow. “Which is?”
I chuckled. “Basically to make sure I don’t do anything too moronic in public, and to distract Vinyl so I can run away if things go bad.” I then sighed and dropped my smile. “I really hope things go well. I kinda miss Vinyl.”
Twilight reassured me with one of her winning smiles. “If she likes you enough to openly express interest in you, I think you’ll be alright. She probably misses you just as much as you miss her. My only guesses as to why she hasn’t tried to apologize by now is that either she has too much pride and doesn’t want to seem weak, or she’s afraid of you for some reason. Personally, I’m leaning more toward the former than the latter.”
I scratched the back of my head nervously at her reminder of Vinyl’s apparent attraction to me. “Yeah...I’m still wondering how I’m going to handle the first part.”
Twilight gazed at me with confusion clear on her face. “What do you mean? I thought the two of you were friends.”
I nodded, raising my hands defensively. “We are, it’s just…” I sighed and sat back on the bed, and Twilight draped her head over my shoulder. “It’s just that I don’t really feel for ponies that way. It’s nothing against ponies, I just don’t really find myself attracted to any of you because of the difference in species.” I then looked to Twilight’s reflection. “I mean, if she were one of my own kind, I would jump on that. But she’s not, so it’s just awkward. I don’t find ponies ugly, but I also don’t really find myself attracted to you all either. Somehow though, I have a feeling Vinyl will take it personally. She’s kinda hot-headed like that.” I reached across my shoulder and rubbed Twilight’s cheek affectionately, not even worrying about such contact anymore. “I’ve come to realize that all of you mean a lot more to me than I thought. I don’t have family here, so you girls are all I’ve got. I don’t want to lose the few of you I consider friends, because I might not make any more. I’m pretty hard to get along with, and honestly I chalk the friendships I have now up to luck. Applejack found me, and the rest of you are all pretty close.” I absentmindedly ran my fingers through Twilight’s mane, enjoying the silky feel as I bore my worries to her. “It just kind of happened, and I can’t count on something like that happening again. I have to make sure that I maintain what I have.”
I felt a small smile creep onto my face as Twilight pressed herself closer against me, nuzzling my chest with her chin as she did so. It was a new development for me, but it was times like this that I enjoyed how tactile ponies were compared to humans. For a normal human, such contact would seem awkward unless the two were romantically involved, but for ponies this was completely normal between friends. It’s like on a base level, they just care more about each other than my own kind does.
“You know,” she began, her presence both calming and strengthening me, “you’re a lot less touch-shy all of the sudden.”
I froze, remembering that such a thing was likely strange for her. My time with Shudder had desensitized me to ponies as a whole, as well as their mannerisms. Still, I didn’t really want to reveal what had happened to her and the others just yet. A good time to do it would be after the coronation, when both of the other princesses were present.
So instead, I made up a small lie. “I just figure that if you all are okay with it, I can be too. Besides, it is kinda nice. You all have no idea how soft you fur feels against bare skin.”
Twilight giggled softly, her subdued voice making her sound very relaxed. “Well for future reference, we’re all perfectly okay with it. Truthfully, I would have preferred being closer to you, but I didn’t want to make you uncomfortable. It just felt odd for me to treat you like a close friend, but not be able to hug you when you were feeling down. It’s probably part of the reason Fluttershy seems so awkward around you. She just doesn’t know what to do if she can’t coddle somepony when they’re feeling sad or upset.”
I chuckled and nodded. “Yeah. She’s a good pony though, and I hope she didn’t take it personally.”
“She didn’t.” Twilight assured, locking her eyes with mine through the mirror. “She knows how uncomfortable you were at first, and if there’s one thing Fluttershy strives to do for her friends, it’s making them comfortable.”
I nodded before gently pulling away and standing. “Well, I have just enough time to head to the spa for my interview. Wish me luck, Twilight.”
She gasped and nodded. “Oh that’s right, you have a job interview today! Good luck Jamie!”
I waved my hand in farewell to her and quickly left the library, hopefully toward a new job and the true beginning of a home on this world.
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Wait what would have happened if he stayed with Shutter longer and missed his job interview? She thought he would have stayed longer, so what if he did?
Hooray, plot!
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So he moved on from being held captive for three months on orders of a princess to styling and profiling in preparation for a night out, just like that.
Wow. I wish I had the ability to push aside traumatic events in the back of my mind with the ease he does it with. I ain't even being sarcastic.
Great chapter! I went to my favorite about to catch up on a recent story I've been reading and I find 3! of my favorite stories updated...the one I had to read first was this one though.It's so good.
Woo! Almost time for the Vinyl part! I can't wait to read that, though I'm really interested in how the interview goes! Great story so far! Keep up the great work!
3440798 Drag Celestia into the spa by her ear and make her explain why he ditched a job interview.
3440855 Different people. Besides, as you can tell by now, Jamie has a habit of pushing unpleasant thoughts aside until he's forced to (or hopefully chooses to) address them.
Before training
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After training
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3441108 That's as accurate as you can get, I guess. Three months in close quarters can do a lot to someone's personality.
Great chapter, though I do have one question. When is Jamie going to learn to use his magic? I mean if someone told me I had a lot of elemental and chaos magic in me then I would try to make fire ( I'm a pyro sue me) or fly, or some of the things that Discord can do! And he had three months! What the hell! But all in all great story looking forward to more!
3441223 Jamie will not be able to cast spells. Besides the fact that there are too many "human comes to Equestria and can suddenly do magic" stories out there, I have other plans for the magic within him.
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Will he crack
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Because if he does, that will be fucking awesome
Can you just make sure he doesn't like worship any of the ponies or anything like that. It's what killied stories like The God Particle for so many people.
I mean in the beginning it was fine that he felt a lot happier with the lifestyle, but just please try not to go to far into it.
Wow... so he just shrugs off three months in hell and even goes out clubbing the next day?
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3442311 It's not so much that it's not affecting him as he just doesn't quite know what to do at the moment. So, he's picking up where he left off before the princesses and Shudder kidnapped him, hoping for some sense of normality.
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Oh, god, yes. It annoyed you, right? How James in that story just like... well, not betraying humanity, but just acting like it was garbage or something? I don't know, maybe it wasn't that heavy, but it still annoyed me. I never enjoy it when humanity is portrayed as this low race or something. We're not :P
Awesome! An update! Now to see how the interview works out and how Vynal will react.
Magic don't put colonies on mars, Viva humanity!
3442746 don't see ponies with plans to put a colonie on a nother planet, that's something ponies ain't got shit on!
3442746 A rather cynical outlook on human society can have a lot to do with Jamie's upbringing, and can tell you a lot about his past without it even being put in the story. Generally speaking, the more you're exposed to something, the easier it is to see it. It's not that Jamie truly believes that humans are worthless or "less" than ponies, it's just that he is more sensitive to the negative than positive. Coming to Equestria was a shock for this reason (other than the culture-shock, of course), and so that's why Jamie's perception of human societies seems so biased. He sees ponies and because of that sees the potential of his own kind.
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I was talking about The God Particle, not this story. We were just saying we hoped what happened in the god particle doesn't happen here.
This video applies, by the way.
I'm glad to see the story getting back to it's original threads. I know why you took him away and had him learn to be more comfortable with pony interaction, and possibly a future occurrence where he might be useful physically, but I'm very glad you wrapped it up. I'll be honest and say that I completely forgot about the whole Vinyl thing until this chapter brought it up again! Then again, I've been reading with the updates so it's been a while, and I haven't gone back and read through it straight either.
Awww, the ending with Twillight was adorable.
3448623 If you find cuddles with ponies cute, then get ready for a lot more. Unless of course you're allergic to adorableness. Then flee like OJ after he chopped his wife's head off.
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Actually, it'd probably be Luna who would get dragged to the spa and told she has some 'splaining to do, seeing as how it was her idea, according to Shudder.
I've been looking forward to when he sees Vinyl again. Can't wait for the next update now!
Pipeworks sounds like a name of a Ladies Club. Is that going to be the case next chapter
"I chose to go see Applejack, seeing as how I honestly missed her a little." --Don't ask me why the little things like this make me laugh.
Anyway another great story, keep it going!
3440977 when I saw you username I couldn't help but think of Genie saying "How about THAT, Mr. Doubting Mustafa!"
3500520 An excellent reaction to have Mr. Fire.
I can say with no uncertainty that this is my favorite story to date please keep writing as this is very nice.
I waited a chapter hoping the confrontation would be in this one but I'm waiting for that for my ultimate opinion of the whole, to me, random diversion that doesn't seem to serve any point than making him more touchy feels and making the princesses, or at least Luna if Celestia was somehow unaware as the guard was Luna's, completely deplorable and ethically bankrupt, either that or idiots who can't think of consequences. Kidnapping with the purpose of training, fine under extreme and stupid reasoning. Kidnapping with intent to mentally torture to the point of causing a psychotic break, not right under any circumstances. As someone pointed out, what if he DID break? Well, Luna has just pissed off the 6 mares who defend equestria and its newest princess is among them. What are the possible outcomes of a break? He either kills the guard or causes the guard to be in such a situation where she must kill him because he goes on the aggressive psychotic break with no concern for his own life, only a desire to escape at any cost. He has just become dangerous to pony sosciety and must be locked up. Break two, he becomes depressively suicidal. This leads to potentially attempts to take his own life, starvation or some other method. He's dead and the princesses have some explaining to do to 6 pissed off mares. Most likely result of death, tbh? Princesses make everyone forget he existed and wipe it under the rug. Another possibility is that he just breaks away from reality into the mental ward needing years of therapy just to potentially be able to function in his own society little alone their society. This is like playing Russian roulette with a fully loaded gun and then spinning a wheel on what part of your body you'll shoot. There is no gain and there should be no forgiveness. Ok rant over and that Princess confrontation scene better have them come out as the stupid morally deplorable entities they are in this instance.
Sorry about that. This just really bothers me and damages a fic I otherwise love.
Update?
Finally, he gets to go for a job interview! I wonder how this will turn out, I hope it's funny.
I just realized
that Pinkie, Rarity, and Fluttershy haven't been in this story apart from being mentioned or talked about by Jamie and the others. Are they going to have some dialog soon?
Why do i have the feeling that some people in the comment section wishes that he starts killing ponies....yeah people, this is a fic where the human isnt ridicilously OP. Now where are my downvotes?
"Well, I just spent three months trapped in a small space with a guardpony, being trained/beaten and broken down mentally. I guess I'll just lie about it to my best friends (from whom I've been separated for almost as long as I've known them) and get ready to go clubbing tonight! Anyway, I'm sure 3 months of intense physical exercise hasn't resulted in any immediately noticeable physical changes!"
Yeaaahhhhh. I'm pretty much done reading this seriously. From this point on, each chapter is getting a skim-read for good bits and to see just how egregiously unbelievable Jamie's behavior becomes.
6723099 Egregiously? I don't get it the definition that is