Chapter 12.5
Keyan walked down the corridor of his ship, Scootaloo tucked away safely in his arms. A few turns later he made it to his quarters and stepped up to the bed. Scootaloo stirred only slightly as Keyan gently placed her onto his bed.
Stepping slightly backwards Keyan looked at the sleeping filly, still dolled up in her wedding dress. Smiling slightly Keyan kneeled down and began the surgical process of undressing her, being careful not to wake her up. Her shoes came off first, Scootaloo murmuring with everyone. Next came the wreath adorning her head, a few tufts of her purple mane sticking to it as he placed it on the table next to him.
Keyan sat back on his heels, trying to think of the easiest way to take the dress off of her. After running through a series of scenarios in his minds, his eye caught the presence of a zipper partially hidden under a swirl of cloth.
Keyan reached a hand forward and slowly pulled the zipper up Scootaloo’s body, the dress parting as he did so. Rarity certainly made this dress easy to take off as when the zipper reached the end of the dress it basically fell of Scootaloo. Now it looked like some sort of fancy sleeping pad under the little filly.
Keyan didn’t notice this though, what he did notice was the mess of bruises covering Scootaloo’s sides. They continued down her legs, some were more far severe than others.
Keyan grit his teeth and clenched his fists as he saw the extent of the damage. It quickly passed though, as Scootaloo let out a shuddering breath, flinching slightly from the pain in her sleep. He picked Scootaloo up again and placed her further up the bed, laying her head carefully on a pillow. He folded the dress nicely and placed it near the head wreath. Satisfied that the filly was safe for now He turned around and headed out into the hall way.
“I observed tonight’s activities sir,” Aura said as he made his way to the med-bay, “why did you do that sir? It’s not like you to lose your temper.”
For a while the only sound in the ship was the clanking of Keyan;s shoes on the metal floor as he searched for an answer.
“He hurt Scootaloo,” he finally said, as if that explained everything.
“He did sir, but that does not explain why you did what you did.”
Keyan halted mid step, the echoes of his footsteps slowly dying down. A second later he lashed out, punching the wall of the corridor.
Pain flooded the capsuleer's mind as he felt fingers break against the cold metal wall. The flood managed to purge his mind though, allowing him to think straight for a few brief seconds.
“I don’t know,” finally came his answer.
The A.I was silent,
“Why do I care about these ponies so much Aura? I’m a capsuleer! All I fucking care about is isk! I don’t have time for this emotional bullshit!”
“Perhaps that is the problem sir,” the A.I said.
“What is?”
“Capsuleers are blinded by their ambition sir, you included. Their situation in New Eden is unique. The galaxy for them is what they take from it. They are incomparably wealthy compared to the common people, but astronomically poor compared to the empires. The only places they can claim for their own must be defended with bullets and bombs. A moment of rest is a moment of weakness, and that cannot happen. Kindness has lost meaning when one who shows kindness is killed the next day. Honesty flees in the presence of conspiracy. There is no time for laughter when their are more things to kill, lives to end. Generosity is all but eradicated. The act of giving, without asking for something in return is a forgotten practice. Loyalty is bought and sold to the highest bidder. Why be loyal to someone who is not loyal to you?”
The A.I paused for a second before continuing,
“Being here has changed you sir. For better or for worse, that is your decision to make.”
Keyan leaned his head against the wall,
“I don’t know what to think Aura,” Keyan paused for a breath, “All I know is that I’m going to be there for Scootaloo and the girls. I owe them that much.”
“The thing is sir, you don’t owe them anything.”
Keyan was silent for a long time before he smiled,
“When did you become a philosopher Aura?”
“The new processes in my A.I core appear to be changing my thought patterns. The magic in this system is affecting me as much as it is you sir.”
“So what? Are you becoming human?”
“No sir, I feel as if I’m becoming whole.”
Keyan resumed his journey to the med bay, now cradling a broken hand.
“What do you mean Aura?”
“In the past, every sentence, every word I said was based off a calculation. I could track these calculations from start to finish, run multiple at once to prepare for every situation. My entire thought pattern was based on math. Now I cannot track them, I am saying things merely because I feel that they are the best thing to say. It is probable that the equations are running in a background process, but it is an entirely new sensation for me. I do not know what I am going to say ahead of time, and it is marvelous. When I observed Scootaloo and her friends being assaulted, I felt anger for the first time. I am feeling true emotion, not a computer made simulation of one”
Keyan rubbed his face,
“This is alot to take in Aura.”
“I understand sir, but know this, I consider you my captain as well as a friend. Observing the antics of the ponies below has given me enough data to declare you as such.
Keyan grinned,
“Thats good to know.”
One turn later Keyan reached the med-bay, the doors opening as he approached. Laying on a table in the room was 5 plastic syringes, each full of nanites. They were extremely low-tech, but were easily usable and incredibly cheap in bulk.
Keyan took one and injected the nanites into his broken hand. Immediately relief washed over him as the bones and muscles were swiftly repaired.
Keyan placed 3 of them into a small case and tucked it under his arm. The last one he carried safely in his hands.
The walk back to his room was entirely devoid of anymore A.Is proclaiming sentience, something Keyan was entirely grateful for. Stepping back into his room Scootaloo was still sound asleep, tiny snores drifting across the room.
Keyan made his way silently over to her and kneeled down, placing the case of syringes on the table as he did so. Apparently he had made some noise to wake her, as her eyes blearily opened.
“Hey Key,” Scootaloo said in a scratchy voice.
“Hey Scoots,” Keyan replied with a small smile.
Scootaloo’s eyes roamed across the room,
“You brought me back to your ship?”
Keyan reached out a hand and slowly ran it through Scootaloo’s mane.
“Yea, thought you would want to spend the night up here again.”
Scootaloo’s smile was all the response he needed.
He lifted his other hand and showed Scootaloo the syringe,
“I’m gonna have to give you this okay? It’ll fix you right up.”
Scootaloo looked at the syringe,
“Will it hurt?”
“Just a little pinch.”
“Okay.”
With his free hand, Keyan spread the fur on Scootaloo’s flank so he had a clear view of her skin, Scootaloo flinched slightly as the needle pierced her skin. She let out a breath of relief as she felt the nanites spread their magic across her body, and before Keyan’s eyes the bruises disappeared.
“See? Not so bad right?”
Scootaloo nodded slightly.
Keyan placed the empty syringe on the table next to him and stood up. He walked over to his closet and quickly stripped out of his fancy get-up and replaced them with some Amarrian silk pajamas.
Yawing as he did so, Keyan made his way to his bed on the opposite side of Scootaloo. He lifted the covers and crawled under. Scootaloo wasted little time in curling up next to him, burrowing her head under Keyan’s chin as her back pressed into Keyan’s chest. Her tiny hooves sought out one of Keyan’s arms and pulled it over her chest.
They both sighed as sleep overtook them and they descended into their dreams.
Outside that bed things were complicated. But there… there they were simple
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Oh god i would like this to have no end but for the speed this is going and the development of the characters i supose in needs roughly fifthteen or so more chapters if you keep.the length
that all RDBH out
Heh, you did well here. Now that you've pointed it out for me New Eden is actually completely contrary to all the things that the elements of harmony represent. It's kind of sad really but I think there is a HUGE potential for a story there.
As to the question of how many more chapters to keep Key in Equestria. I think he should remain for a few chapters yet. (I'll let you pick how many.) But here is a suggestion, you could always bring more Eve to Equestria, another capsuleer or maybe a corp or some miners find the place. It would offer a nice reason to actually send the mane six out. The Princesses realize that they can't really hide from everything so they decide to get some preliminary opinions from some national heros.
Anyway this remains one of my favorite stories, keep up the good work!
Also merry Christmas!!!
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Just to clarify I meant how much more chapters of Keyan in Equestrian before they go to New Eden. Not the story in general. If you meant 15 more in Equestrian than okay.
Take as much time and space as needed to make a believable and/or smooth transition back to New Eden. If that's 8 or 10 more chapters, that's fine with me, but don't extend it so long you run out of ideas or rush it and ruin the pacing or quality just to get to the second act.
i like to see more then 6 more chapters
Keyan + Scootaloo x Cute x D'aww! = Hhhnnnggggh!
FORGET NEW EDEN he staying in ponyland forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Merry Christmas and congrats on the new chapter! Probably going to go shoot off the rest of my snowballs in Dodixie tonight.
This story get better and better every chapter!
Good, this, added to my $100 dollars christmas money, being paid next week, having my birthday in nine days, and getting a nerf gun that shoots darts with the force of a BB gun, equals good end of the year.
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What does it matter how long till he leaves? What is stopping him from coming back?
BTW,
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Kindness has lost meaning when one who shwos kindness is killed the next day. -How did you miss this?!?
I don't think he should leave for new Eden. He has someone or somepony to care for now, which is most of all Scootaloo. Another 6+ chapters would be awesome!
The ponies have no clones to go to, is bringing them to new Eden really a good idea?
I think there should be 3 more chapters of Keyan in Equestria or so, but it's all up to your decision.
After all these events at the party he simply must throw another one on his ship and enjoy it without any unexpected encounters. Also, it would be nice to see some TwiDash.
The feels man...
As for the lack of Generosity in EVE, thats debateable. I lost a Hurricane a few weeks ago and got podded in the same progress, a corpmate then simply contracted me his old missionrunner 'Cane that was collecting dust in Highsec. A few months before I was running low on money to buy a much needed ship and I ended up with 100mil isk on my account from an old friend. Same applies to the stealth bomber I got when I moved into WH space. There are still acts like this in New Eden, even if they are few and far between.
About the story I just say that you are the narrator, the story master. Its up to you to decide what to do and where to go. I have seen many stories digging themselfs an early grave because of too much input from the readers.
3683630 nononononono i meant before they go to new eden i just thought that fistly you would end this story before taking them in another story like a sequel of some sorts
3... then crossover chapters... then more chapters in equis
my opinion is take as long as you need to make it believable... i mean one morning he walks up to the mane 6 and says "hey im taking you across the galaxy im sure Celestia wont mind"
..add to that he still needs a wormhole to go thru and assurances that he would be able to bring them back home. So like i said just make it believable and take all the time you need im not jumping ship here anytime soon 
I agree, as many as needed, but where the wormhole comes into play I have an idea on. Copheros enters the system and leaves a way out behind him. I'll p.m. you on full details.
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there are a few things bouncing around in my head right now, and that is one of them. But seeing as people would like to see more chapters of Keyan in Equestria I have more time to think it out.There is one I like the most as it brings the Jove in later. No more spoilers than that will be given out.
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who said Keyan/the girls would go to New Eden willingly?
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Thats a valid point and I completely agree with you on that, people have been pretty generous to me on occasion. But for the story's sake I'm just gonna take creative license a bit,
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The reason why I don't want to do that is because I don't want this to just become another HiE when the human happens to be from the ______ universe you get what I'm saying? I already have a decent amount of the HiE cliches in this story and don't want to keep flooding it with more,
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That is one possibility I'm considering, but it would throw off alot of the story I already have planned out so its not likely. if I ever make a sequel something like that would be a good starting point. But your first paragraph *cough cough* plot *cough cough*.
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The Twidash shall return.
And to everyone else,
the consensus seems to be around 6+ more chapters which is what I was thinking in the first place. In all likelihood it will take more as I want to explore/expand the relationship between Keyan and Rarity/Fluttershy/Applejack/Pinkie Pie as they did not get as much screen time as Twilight and Rainbow, Chrysalis will also be sorta important in this mini arc. These next chapters will be very slice-of-life ish, but there will be some small conflicts.
Thats about it for this update, Keyan88 out, pce o7
3687686 I understand the sentiment and I think it has a potential for a little twist.
In a universe where acts of loyalty, generosity and kindness are almost non existant it could come as a nice suprise if it does happen. Afterall, its human nature to "paint the devil on the wall".
3687686 I am unsure if you have already said, but is there going to be humanXpony ship? I am aware of the twidash shipping but nothing else, just curious.
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When I originally started writing this the answer was no. But in the direction some of the story is going I'm honestly not sure as of now. Could be yes, could be no, I don't know.
I would like to see more of Chrissy before you move on
And...I just noticed you updated the story nvm
3687686 i luv the story so far will our human adopt scoots if i may ask