14: Quantumn Engineering
Engineer lay back with a soft smile, gently stroking the filly sleeping peacefully in his lap. He'd spent the better part of the day wearing her out so she'd sleep peacefully now. There was something he needed to check, needed to be sure of. He was already 90% sure, but he needed to do one last thing to confirm. But to do so, he needed to have Fluttershy with him, he needed to otherwise be alone...and he needed her to be asleep. What he was going to do, he couldn't risk it having an effect on Fluttershy. It wouldn't be fair to her, or anyone else...but this was the only way to be sure. Once he was certain she was fast asleep, he pressed a button on a remote control.
A panel slid aside on the wall, revealing a device he had shown to no one else. The main aspect of the construct was a dispenser. However, a teleporter appeared to be riveted to the back of it. A television had been built into the top of the front, and what looked like the device that had been built for the Mann brothers to keep them alive was wrapped around the outside. Projecting from it were various other technical components that were too complex to interpret, even without some of their parts fading in and out of reality. He had even managed to scrounge some octiron out of the Luggage of a passing Wizzard for these, which appeared pitch black except through his special goggles - and to Pyro naturally for some reason - where it glowed with a light of an unknown color.
This was his pass-time machine. It's primary function was to work as a TV, which allowed him to watch any TV show that would ever be made, although he only watched the best ones. It had other functions as well, one of which he was going to make use of today. Tuning the device to do so and donning his special goggles, he tuned into the show he was looking for.
As he watched, he saw the energy that the device gave off...and saw the same energy emanating from Fluttershy, at the same frequency. This confirmed his suspicion: Fluttershy was the character from this show, as an infant somehow.
This didn't unduly surprise him. It wasn't the first time he'd came across the idea of stories having more reality than fantasy to them. This very device had, amongst its functions, the capacity to tap into other universes to track and retrieve various items, although it couldn't do so with living things. Once you came across the idea of alternate universes, it wasn't that big a leap to assume that every conceivable universe existed somewhere out there in reality. It only made sense that there was one out there that matched the story of this show. Actually meeting Fluttershy - and confirming that she was from an alternate universe this way - his main question that would likely never be answered was if there was some analogue to their world in Equestria. Probably not a TV show, but a game perhaps? He discarded the inquiry, as it was irrelevant to the current situation.
What he had discovered had revealed certain other facts to him, ones that were unpleasant to contemplate. However, he couldn't think of them in silence, he needed to voice them. Sighing, he turned off the pass-time, knowing he would likely not turn it back on for many years to come. He then turned to the still sleeping filly in his lap, gently stroking her mane as she breathed, her quiet sleeping noises sounding almost like a purr.
"So you're from another dimension," he said quietly. "Not surprising. I've been picking up that weird energy since we got here. Soldier's probably more right than he knows that our mission here is to protect you. It's not you we're here to protect, but whatever it is that allowed you to come through here...and you're the key to that. Someone wants to make use of it, whatever it is. Make use of you. But we won't let them. We'll protect you, no matter who we have to fight to do it.
"But someday it will all be in vain." Frowning, he pulled her gently into a cuddle, managing not to disturb her slumber. "We'll want to hold onto you for as long as we can, because you've become our baby. None of us could bring ourselves to let you go...but someday we'll have to, for your own good. You aren't of our world, and you're the only one of your kind here. We'll do all we can to make sure you grow up healthy...but you will grow up.
"You'll mature, become a teenager, and eventually an adult. And when that happens, you will have to return to your own world, wherever it may be. Whether because of some unknown dimensional phenomena or biological imperative, you won't be able to live a full life without others of your kind. Like the man raised by wolves, one day you will have to return to your own kind.
"And when you do..." His voice trailed off. He thought about how wrapped up in this little filly they had all become over the course of less than a month. He wondered how much deeper they would fall in love with this tiny angel over the course of years. There was only one conclusion he could draw from this. "And when you do...it will destroy us." He stroked her mane again as she slumbered. "We won't want to let you go, we'll care so much for you. We are nutcases, the lot of us, each with an insanity that preys on us, so easily turning us into monsters if we let it. But you heal us, make us whole...make us family. When the time comes, and you ask us to help you find a way back to where you came from...we will help, we will weep, we will say goodbye...and we will let you go.
"And we will die inside, knowing we'll never see you again. We will become our monsters without you. And yet, even if we all knew this, we would still send you away with a smile, a hug, and well wishes for your future, even as ours returns to the dreadful madness and slaughter that will one day consume our sanity."
Engineer continued to stroke her mane as she slept through his soliloquy. "But if in your sleep some bit of this remains in your mind, don't blame yourself for any of it. We have always been monsters inside, enjoying the daily slaughter of our lives, barely clinging to our last shreds of humanity. We were doomed to fall into the mad abyss eventually. Even all together, there was never any escape. Your presence has given us a slice of heaven before we fall to hell. And not one of us will have any regrets when the day comes when we have to say goodbye.
"Our greatest epithet, the greatest tribute and honor we could ever receive...is knowing that someday, when you have children of your own, you will tell them of us...and we will be remembered with love. That is all we could ask for, and more than we would have hoped for less than a month ago."
He lay back against the wall, gently cradling the beloved filly in his arms. "But you don't need to know all that yet. All you need to know now is to be a child, and that we all love you...so very much."
Fluttershy slept on in peace and contentment, wrapped in his love as much as his arms.
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Literally the second I finish reading Chapter 13, this goes up. The progress is fast with this one.
Owiiiiiiiiiiiieeeee...! Why must you make me (us) feel like this?
Deep. Really deep.
I love it
so... beautiful
Man, let me just tell you something. It takes alot to make me cry, not totsay that i don't have fellings i just don't feel saddness very well. The only story on here to every bring me to tears was My Little Dashie and surprisingly, this mad my eyes water a bit. Very well written, I did not expect something like this out of this story.
THE FEELS!
And like that you sucker punch my heart with a fist full of FEELS, and now it is laying on its side wheeping like the little emotional bitch it is
I tip my hat to you good sir.
Omg!!!;; why did you do that!!!!?????
I hope they just escape to Equestria with her.
Wow. the only complaint I have about this chapter is you could have put a little bit of his accent, however subdued into his voice. Or changed the phrasing a little.
Otherwise, I loved this chapter. well done. I was worried Engie would be some hardcore brony and that it would ruin the fic. I am glad you didn't play it that way.
I need to get a heart replacement because god damn it that was sad.
Well that dampened my mood.
4707431 Here you go.
Disclaimer: This heart may or may not work in everyday circumstances and may or may not be a figment of your imagination
The feels are strong with this one.
And knowing how the original My Little Dashie ended makes this even feelsier.
Crap.. The engineer can be VERY oppressive when he wants to! Damn Engie, you scaaaary!
*Turns on laptop at 12:15AM and sees a new chapter*
My god!
*Takes off sunglasses*
So it begins...
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Love the chapter by the way...
"Fellas, someday we gotta get dat filly back t'her home. It ain't fair to her, growin' with a buncha mixed nuts."
)
"Da. Just a second."
* heavy picks up Fluttershy, walks up to a door with a plaque saying "Inventory", knocks three times and enters - then comes out without the pony *
"She is home now. Maybe, if we later want, we visit."
(Just a little joke... Heavy COULD, using the Inventory as a dimensional gateway, get Fluttershy home, but that would ruin the story's mood real fast, innit?
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It sums up the majority of this chapter
*crosses fingers for a 3DS game*
Huh.
Well, everything good has to end once.
On an other note: 'Make us whole.'
Goddamnit, all I can think about are the necromorphs and the misadventures of Isaac Clarke...
Well... what will happen next?
-Zeph
That cover photo tho...
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Revved into story-mode.
Fluff has been replaced by utter insanity.
I haven't read My Little Dashie yet, So I don't know if this is how that ended; but my guess is that when Fluttershy gets "sent back" she'll end up in Cloudsdale, where she'll eventually meet Rainbow Dash... and thus the show begins (chronologically anyway, since that technically happened before episode 1).
Wait, if that IS how MLD ended (more or less), maybe you could add a bonus chapter when this is over, of Fluttershy and Dash swapping stories about their "parents".
out of the Luggage of a passing Wizzard for these
1. Wait... I don't think that's how it's spelt.
Welp... he watches TV programs from the future using a device that's something akin to Schrodinger's cat. In a sense. That was kinda out of the park.
Why do I never think of these normal ideas?!
I hope this isn't just another My Little Dashie.
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It's a reference.
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Notice the glorious hat!
I had no real emotional reaction to this chapter. C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAER!!!!!!
'm a monster...
But seriously...
4708516 Welp, this just shows how out dorked I was on references. Obviously not enough TV in my life
Eyup, this story has officially melted my black heart. So. Much. FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELS!
4708073 i seem to remember that scout identified her on sight...
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haha the "afterburn" would be lethal diabetus
Too cute. I died. You killed me with Engineer's talking. His motivationalness... that's a word.
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It is a "My Little Dashie" style story...but don't worry. I've never been one to stick to the mold.
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I'm glad someone caught it.
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No, Engineer recognized her on sight. Scout made a comment of how her name "sounded like a character from a little girl's TV show".
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So would this mean scout somewhat recognized her or that he is just making an observation?
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Observation. He was lampshading the fact that pony character names are somewhat absurd outside the continuity of the show.
Thus, amongst other reasons, why the Author's Note on that chapter said that Scout would get a lampshade hat.
4709751 Now if only some other ponies came in and he pointed out that some ponies names sound like pornstars.
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So perfect...
The
Feels!
I love where this is going!
4707209 Your avatar really fits your comment.
Stupid death-causing feels.
Wow. Engineer just described the My Little Dashie story perfectly. But, seeing the random shizzazz that these guys go through, it ain't happening to them. Enjy will somehow wire the teleporters to Equestria, Soldier will teleport bread for three days, and Scout will fall in love with Luna. The game says it all. Great work!
4707682 Ever imagined the Necromorphs coming to Equestria? I have, it ain't pretty. I also imagined the Necromorphs infecting the Flood, and then THAT invading Equestria. Someone should do that as a fanfic!
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That'd piss off the big-haired announcer-lady!
Don't fucking pull a My Little Dashie on me.
4711205 But that's what we would always like to see, right?
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I think all of these were done already. You just have to search for them.
imagine what would happen when or if Fluttershy starts dating?