Domination of Equestria - T-14 days.
“I have more here Master.”
“More!? Seriously, how much did she write about the damn thing?!”
“Seems this was a long term research project Master. There are many papers here.”
“Damn you, even now you vex me Twilight Sparkle.”
Now, where was I? Ah yes, page 304: Interlacing of the the spell drainage matrix.
It is essential that the interlacing is done in a concentric manner. Failure to do so properly will result in extensive feedback. For further information on the effects of anti-magic feedback, refer to page 211 of Appendix A.
Feedback huh?
“Servitor, where is Appendix A?”
“Just here master. Do you require Appendix B through D as well?”
“Not at the moment, just keep them there for now.”
Page 211...211...211, here.
Feedback inside of an anti-magic field is a very real risk. Any creature with sensitive magical conduits, such as most ponies, can feel discomfort ranging from itching to disabling agony depending on the strength of the pony's magical field and how badly interlaced the field has been setup. Below is a chart detailing interlace deviation to measured discomfort response in Ponies. For ethical reasons the tests do not go further than a ‘mild pain’ response in subjects, although higher responses have been observed by the testing team during interlacing malfunctions.
Disabling agony eh? Sounds positively delicious. Now, what’s the best way to make use of this little ‘feature’. Back to page 304 it seems.
Concentric interlacing allows for safe dissipation of the magical field. Feedback occurs when the magic is forced back into the magical conduits of a creature. This can be observed most strongly with spiral interlacing. No tests have been conducted with spiral interlacing for ethical reasons. Further hypothesis on spiral interlacing can be found on page 432 of Appendix F.
Appendix F?
“Servitor, do we have Appendix F?”
“No, I’m very sorry my Master, we have yet to find such an Appendix. I have A to D, and Appendix Q, but no others as yet.”
“Q?”
“I’m afraid so Master. Shall I prepare more tea?”
“Please do. And more lighting. I expect I’ll be here for a while longer.”
Overlord Rule No:57 Before employing any captured artifacts or machinery, I will carefully read the owner's manual.
Technical writers: now there is true evil.
If I remember correctly there's also a rule about READING the instruction manual yourself. If so this also covers that one
In this case, it doesn't even appear that Twilight Sparkle knew she had an unstoppable superweapon.
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Bollocks.
You saw nothing.
Remember children, always read the instruction manuals and the things you sign.
~Leonzilla
Has it been revealed what happened to Twilight Sparkle yet? I know most of them (the exception being Pinkie Pie, she's up in the air(or out of it, teehee)) have been captured, but I don't remember what happened to the Overlords least favorite pony.
I suppose we'll find out, or I could read it all again...
6508217 Oi! I helped make that manual damn it!
6508219 Anything Twilight writes requires help in reading.
One of my favorite rules. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
Now it simply needs to refer to page 404 which happens to have been conveniently left blank
or set up in the manual so it reads as such
pg. 399, pg. 400, pg. 401, pg. 402, pg. 403, pg. 405, and finally pg. 406.
This rule is only applicable if the owner of said artifact/machinery had written a manual and did not encrypt it. But that's Twilight we're talking about, after all...
What in the world was Twilight doing?
Quick correction:
*Appendices
6508337 Get your OC out of here.