Day 40
Maybe I should count myself lucky that I ended up a Unicorn after all. At least I have this 'magic' to make up for the lack of hands.
If you've never had hands, you have no idea how practical those things are. At least as versatile as a unicorn's telekinesis and much more automatic.
Though I admit that it's possible the instinctual use of it will come in time. Right now I have to focus rather hard to even use this pen. But it is getting easier... as embarrassing as it is to join three year old children in their training classes, they do seem to be helping.
But it could be worse. I could have ended up as an 'Earth Pony'. They are stuck with hooves and mouths only. They are tougher and stronger than the other species though... not that that makes up for the handicap in my mind. Then again, all 'subspecies' can somehow manipulate things with their hooves? At least as far as picking stuff up and so on. Don't ask me how it works, but it feels somewhat like using this telekinesis thing.
I guess a pegasus would not have been that bad either. They have wings that they can fly with... quite fast too from what I have seen. I have even spotted some that use their wings as some kind of large and clumsy hands. The feathers seem to be slightly prehensile.
Not sure it would actually make up for the lack of magic horn thingy sticking out of my forehead... not that it's brilliant though. I keep getting it stuck in my bedcovers during the night.
Anyway, I figured I might as well update this thing now that I actually have my own place.
...Maybe I should have lead with that? Hmh.
Still, I now have my own place. Not much, basically a hole in the wall with a bed, small kitchen area, some shelves, a table and a chair. It's actually not that bad, not run down or anything. But then again, this 'is' the capital.
But it's in my budget, I'm getting a small stipend from the government to live on as I don't have an occupation yet.
Speaking of the government... they have royals! Well... a Royal. But why they call Princess Celestia a Princess when she is clearly some kind of Queen if not outright Goddess, I have no idea.
She is... strange. Completely different to everyone else. She has both horn and wings and is much larger than anyone else. She is twice my height and I am of average size... her hairMane and tail are some sort of pale rainbow color and kind of... float around in a wind nobody else notices.
That stupid rumor that she is controlling the sun and the moon is clearly superstition, but she just radiates power and calm.
Even I can tell she is beautiful in a kind of... does elfish ethereal even apply to non humanoids?... way.
I actually met her. Fuck meeting her, I spent a couple of hours talking to her! I understand she wanted to make sure I was not a threat to her subjects and... I'm not. But I was surprised she wanted to see me personally, yet alone Alone.
Then again, at the time I couldn't even lift this stupid pen.... fuck I miss computers. She could likely throw me half way across town or something if she wanted to. Or turn me into a tulip. This magic thing is not just for lifting stuff.
I was really surprised when they let me out of the hospital and set me up with money every month. But.. according to them there was no reason to keep me locked up and they even looked surprised when I asked about it. They just want me to meet with some researchers a couple of times a week to hear more about my world and make sure I'm still healthy.
Well, they are right. I'm not a danger to anyone. It's just... such a very strange thing of doing things. If the hooves and tail didn't tip me off that I was on another world, that sure as hell would have.
Page, Signing off.
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Letting out a sigh I put the pen back down on the table and raised my right hoof to rub at my horn as soon as I let go of the 'spell'.
Stupid thing was aching a bit, but much better than last week. Putting my hoof back onto the floor, I moved over to check my icebox.
Refrigerator. It don't feel right to call it either really as it was powered by... fuck if I know. It wasn't electricity anyway.
But it kept stuff I put in it cool and that's all that mattered at this point... or rather it would if I had any actual stuff in it.
Sighing I closed it again and shook my head before making my way over to pick out the small money pouch and putting it onto the table before starting to count it out. One months rent of this place was about a hundred bits.
I would receive about two hundred bits a month in total. From the food I ran out and got last night, the remaining hundred bits 'would' be enough for me to live on, especially as clothes wasn't really a thing here people needed. Especially if I kept to cheaper items and didn't eat out any, then I might even be able to save up some emergency money.
But it was just that... just enough to live on and not any more. I needed to find a job... at least when I finally learn not to get a horrible ache in my horn if I use it for more than twenty minutes at a time. As long as that goes on, I won't even be able to get a job as a waiter or something.
Shaking my head I used my right hoof to scoop most of it back into the pouch and hid it beneath my mattress before focusing on my magic, using it to pick up my cheap cloth satchel and putting the strap over my neck so I could carry it adjusting it over my right shoulder. The six or so bits I left on the table went into the satchel and then I headed for the door.
Time to pick up some food and locate the library. If I'm not working and only have classes during the morning so other than meeting with a couple of interested researchers from time to time, I have nothing better to do.
So I might as well research this place.
Nice intro so far, good work.
If Apple Bloom (The Cutie Pox) the Mane-iac ( Power Ponies) Pinkie Pie and Applejack (a few times in Bats!) Are any indication, maybe not.
Hmmm...
I understand she wanted to make sure I was not a threat to her subjects and... I'm not.
I hate Sun Butt! I like how auto detect already had "Sun" and "butt" as an option
They just want me to meet with some researchers a couple of times a week to hear more about my world and make sure I'm still healthy.
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tip me off that I was on another world, that sure as hell would have.
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even be able to get a job as a waiter or something.
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7390557 Literally, what are you mad about? A small conversation, educating natives, and not being locked away for the truth is making you mad? I don't understand...
7409960 to be honest the only thing I was not sure about how I would think of it, was that they wanted him to meet the others a couple of time`s in one week, which would probably take up much of his free time.
For once he is now in a Human body.
The second thing is, mabe this is for once a Human that isn't an expert in technologie or everything that his world has to offer, which maybe would bring a quick end to his visits.
3. I think since he is a Pony now, he would only need to go to the doctor, to make sure his body doesn't act different since he was a Human before, otherwise Celestias people wouldn't need to keep an eye on him either. (sorry but I don't exactly want to look for the right job words right now, so I just use something else)
However I can understand that they try to learn from him, since they probably don't want to give him the money for nothing, even if he needs a bit help right now.
Cant wait if he talks about the internet or stuff
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Twilight asks him about Earth and he mentionts the internet. While he talks she then starts drooling and bombards him with questions on how to build such a thing...
At least that would be a likely reaction with her.
So far so good.
Lead/Led is a fairly common mess up. Lead is only pronounced like led when it's the metallic kind. :P
Time to shatter his mind
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He is not prepared
Human in Equestria is always more healthy than someone on Earth
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I mean it makes sense. Suddenly being removed from the pressures of life on earth. I know if I could buck the shackles of my own depression and malaise I'd be massively successful
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Depends on which Equestria you end up in, and as what. YourhumanVerse would be pretty hostile to humans, in a way... same with the HowmanyVerse... And don't even get me started on the Conversion Bureau...
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I'm personally of the belief that if you don't change, it doesn't much matter if you're on Earth or in Equestria. Why should life suddenly change just because you're living in a different place? I've managed to shake this thinking off, you know? My problems aren't environmental, they're inside my head. You can turn your life around if you try, assuming you have some help. You don't have to go to Equestria.
Conversely, just going to Equestria would probably do very little. And I'm pretty sure going to Pastel Pony Land would come with its own set of pressures and difficulties, some of which would probably be much more immediate than whatever you're dealing with right now. Medicine, for instance - nobody knows what you are, so they have no clue what they can use (or what might outright kill you), or how to fix anything... Food? Ponies eat stuff you can't process, and most meat sources talk back - and yes, you do need meat to stay healthy unless you know exactly what you need to eat to substitute (and then good luck figuring out what's the nearest analogue). That's assuming the plants they have there actually have analogues that won't poison you outright. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Fun thing about depression is that you can't just "shake it off", it's coded in neural pathways you keep reinforcing. Getting out of it would take a lot of work, regardless where it happens. It might be easier in Equestria (assuming you end up in the canon one, and not one of the darker - or even outright hostile - AUs), but you'd have to get through many issues first. I mean, it's a nice place, but even there things won't just fall into your lap.
I guess I have a problem with the idea that "going to Equestria" is somehow panaceum for your life's worries. I'm sorry if someone feels irked by the idea, but that's just wishful thinking and you know it.
And this isn't even touching upon the idea of being miserable, since that might actually be much more related to your brain's chemistry (neurotransmitter balance) than anything else - meaning you might soon be back to your "old self" regardless of objective levels of happiness. There's research that shows that eating healthy and leading an active lifestyle actually helps in that regard, but you'd need to get through at least the issues outlined above before getting there, since this goal tends to be much more long-term... And let's not even go into the issues associated with motivation required for this to work...
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Oh look, not even 3 minutes and a downvote already. Cool. Wouldn't mind a reply, so that I know what was so disagreeable in my comment, though.
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So, this is several years late. but for the benefit of anyone reading this. There is a critical flaw in this idea of "problems arn't environmental" in that one must change themselves to deal with problems.
Frankly, it''s a rather privileged position that can look at it and find it philosophically sound. There a great number of black American philosophers who hold that the "I think therfore I am" position is an inversion of nature. Because reality hits *hard* for people which are disadvantaged by the system itself. and the reality around you *will* shape how you *can* think about the world, your environment limits both your physical and mental choices.
there is some truth to the idea that the road to dealing with personal issues requires some amount of personal adaptability but that's not because overcoming adversity is a virtue, it because it's a systemic fact of life that some people have more obstacles placed in their path.
So please, when giving life advise, even if your acknowledging the biological reality of nurotransmiters, make sure your advice doesn't boil down to "pull yourself up by your bootstraps". Because the world only works that way for a small minority, and then only because we have deliberately created a system to funnel resources and opportunities to that minority by systematically depriving everyone else.
the reason most fictional Equestria's are viewed as a better place to live is because ponies are a *herd* species, and thus perceived to be much more communal and helpful to their neighbors. *that's* the part people wish for when they wish to go.
The solution then is to bring equestira here, go out and participate in your community. Organize, participate in mutual aid, support your local unions, help your neighbors. That will help people who's lives are miserable far more than telling them not to idealize equestria.
Petpeeve of mine but you can use magic! Why are you not looking up to learn as mucj as you can about magic?! That should be your first and foremost worry, even more than eating, and not be a bother like you make ir up to be!
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because surival and convincing the Sun Goddess that you are much better off not extra crispy and would certainly never hurt her little ponies is a much larger priority than 'Oo neat Prestidigitation'
So is he set up for life if he stays cheap?
We in Germany can do it in theory, we would only be fucked in old age if we lifed this way.