Part 8- Decisions!? Oh so NOW you want me to make choices!?
A week had passed since the power demonstration, and Cole wasn’t too pleased to find out that the test was tomorrow. It was quite aggravating, seeing as how most of the things slipped his mind over the month he had to prepare. Even though he was acting rather pessimistic about the next day, he forced himself to stay optimistic. ‘Least the weather’s nice,’ Cole thought, trying to find a damn silver lining in this place.
Nothing had truly changed- although, Ponyville and its inhabitants were beginning to get used to Cole. Which pleased him, but he knew fear when he saw it. While the people went about their daily lives, Cole could feel the deep paranoia irradiating from the citizens. That alone drove him to worry, but it was the least of his concerns at the time. While yes, it did bother him, it wasn’t what was important.
What was important, was getting some of the knowledge he lost back to him. Now, Cole didn’t mean by studying his poor ass off. No. He was just gonna look at the essentials. But how could he know what the essentials were if he didn’t even remember the test that he was given initially? He needed help- big time.
That’s why a trip heading to the Golden Oaks was in order, to find out what he wanted to know, rather, needed to know. He could’ve stormed the Mayor’s office and grabbed a copy for himself, but he’d likely be held accounted for- behind bars, which he’d break. And, he didn’t quite want the potential trouble, so he just stuck with his plan. The nerd unicorn just had to have genius ideas or something. She was an egghead, after all.
Cole snickered, ‘Heh, egghead...’
Cole knocked on the door once, with a double-tap.
“Twilight!”
Twice.
“Twilight...”
Then thrice.
“Twilight.” He waited for the unicorn to come out. Unfortunately though, she didn’t. “Dammit,” Cole sighed. Placing his hands into his pockets, he turned around to face the town a bit. “Where did-”
Whack!
And then he got a door to the head. Cole yelped, reflexively getting into a combat pose, as unstable as a drunkard with vertigo as he turned around. “Whoa whoa WHOA! Don’t shoot, Cole! Friendly!” Said a nearly-fried Rainbow Dash.
Immediately, Cole swore under his breath. Almost killed a pony there. When he could see, the conduit noticed the Daring-Do book in her left hoof. “Damn… Didn’t you hear me knocking!?” Cole scolded angrily, holding the back of his head as he looked to the pegasus.
“No, uh... I was… doing things. Awesome things, not something that an egghead like Twilight would do, y’know, like… read…” She then hid the book behind her back. Too bad the red cover stood out against her cyan coat like a sore thumb.
“Look, I don’t care if you read or not. Is Twilight home?” Cole demanded.
“Yeah, yeah, she’s home. Downstairs. Nice talking to ‘ya Cole, but, I gotta fly!” Rainbow took off with a streak of diligence.
“Nice BOOK behind your ass, egghead!” Cole yelled behind her, with a chuckle. Slammed a door on him will she? Damned pegasus, should know better than that. Just to mess with her, he should find Rarity and make her spread the word. Either way, Cole had pent up aggression to release as he strode through the door. “Hey T-... wait… heheh.” The conduit decided to have a little fun as a devious smile cracked across his face. He cleared his throat as quietly as he could, and yelled out, “Miss Sparkle! The Equestrian Library Association is here to claim your books AND JOB! You are a terrible librarian!” with a vicious, cold tone. Didn’t sound like Cole, so he was hoping that it’d pay off. “You don’t read to kids, you stocked the shelves with nothing but magic books, and the library attendance is terrible!”
“WHAT!?!?!” Twilight screamed. Bad idea, Cole thought, since he heard multiple crashes as the unicorn came thundering up the stairs. “TERRIBLE!?!” She got to the top of the stairs, only to find Cole laughing his ass off. His face was red, and he was hunched over, holding his sides. It took him a while to calm down.
“No, seriously Twilight. All I ever see you do is read. Spike is a better librarian than you, I see him more on the floor than you.” Cole managed to stand straight and sigh in satisfaction. “I see almost no books on humans. Shame on you.” he said jokingly.
“Finally! Recognition!” Spike yelled out triumphantly from the kitchen.
Twilight’s blood was on the brink of boiling, so she didn’t quite comprehend just what the blipping hell was going on. She was focused a lot more on the joke that Cole decided to play on her, and eventually she came to the realization that it was just that. Deciding to get him back, she said, “Well, at least I didn’t miss anything on my schedule, Mister Studious.”
“I knocked, you never answered the door...”
“What? Spike!”
“I’m making cake! I can’t multitask very good, so I just asked Rainbow to get the door! She was leaving anyways!” The tiny dragon peeked his head around the corner of the kitchen wall, wearing a tiny little pink apron and a chef’s hat.
‘Damn, that’s almost adorable,” Cole thought. “Yeah, what’s your excuse for not answering the door to your own home and place of employment, huh?” he asked, crossing his arms. He was smiling, struggling not to laugh even harder than before.
“Nevermind! I was just reading about how to become a better librari-” And that was when Cole nearly experienced the feeling of vomiting up your insides from laughter. “Cole?” Twilight asked, lifting her eyebrows. “You-”
Cole almost heaved from the laughter, leaning over a bit. Knowing what was coming, he immediately rushed outside, and came back a couple minutes later, coughing. “Alright, I’m done,” Cole’s voice was slightly haggard and crackly, the kind of voice one would have after throwing up. “Okay… okay… alright.” He cleared his throat. “Sorry. It’s just a joke. Citizenship test’s tomorrow, I need a hand.”
“... What? Are you implying that you didn’t study at all?!” Twilight scolded as Spike waddled back into the kitchen.
“No, I implied you're a bad libraria-” he stopped himself before he started laughing again, hunching over. Twilight glared at him. “I studied, I just forgot a lot of the stuff.”
“How? It’s been only a few days!” Twilight said in shock. Even fillies and colts had better memory than him.
“Look, humans are different than you ponies. All work and no play makes Cole go crazy!” he snapped. “Anyway. I need something to jog my memory, and I’d have to call myself an idiot if I hit the books. Got any ideas, Einstein?” he teased.
“My name is Twilight Sparkle, not Einstein… whoever that is. But, yes! I think I have something in mind…”
“I’m not dating a pony.”
“I don’t mean that, Cole… Let me do my work, I’ll get a copy of the test. We can focus on the important parts.”
Two Hours Later...
As fate would have it, the genius lived up to her title, and also did what she said she’d do. Returning to the library about an hour and a half later with a book, which was familiar to Cole. It was the Citizenship Test. They spent another half hour going over it, before they started to get down to the questions.
There was a series of multiple choice questions, like an eighth grade mathematics evaluation test. Twilight was asking him orally, so he could remember them. “Now, what is the legal age of alcohol consumption? Is it A- eighteen. B- when you gain your cutie mark. Or C- twenty one.”
“Uh... wait. There’s alcohol here?”
“That’s not important, Cole, answer the question.”
Cole shook his head with a sigh, and decided on an answer. “Um… C?”
“Correct- twenty one. Eighteen is the established age of adulthood, and when you gain your cutie mark just signifies your talent in life.” She went onto the next question. “Now… which of the rules here is true? A- Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire. B- You can be arrested for vagrancy, but only on Sundays. C- It is illegal to give dogs whiskey.”
“What the... A, right? Pinkie Pie?”
“Pinkie Pie. She roasted marshmallows one day, and… kinda went crazy.”
“There was a law made just for Pinkie...” Cole raised a hand to cover both eyes. “There’s more than one for Pinkie, isn’t there?”
“Yes, but not in the Citizenship Test.” Twilight replied. “Now, your answer?”
“You joking? A. You gave it away.”
“... Right…”
And so, the questions continued with the mock test, and they included many things, like;
“The legal age for sexual consent is...?”
“How must you bow to royalty?”
“Who has the right of way while driving a carriage?”
“Can you sell homemade wares or products without a license or permit?”
“Stallions are gelded when they...”
Fuck that law to hell, but he best remember it, ‘lest he wants his balls cut off.
An Hour Later...
After the mock test was finished, all of the important stuff that was worth fifty percent (that Cole didn’t remember) was given back to him. Twilight even filled it out as they went with the correct answers, so if Cole really wanted to, he could just score a hundred percent on the test. He just had to remember what Pinkie would do, and he’d be golden. Just don’t do what she does.
Quickly after, Cole walked back to Lyra’s place for a little nap. But to his dismay, the door was locked. “Piss,” the conduit cussed, rattling the handle. He wasn’t about to go sleep on the roof, it was getting nippy out here. “Lyr-... ooh, what’s this?” A sock on the doorknob? Did she have someone over? That bitch! Did she smoke his weed? Oh she better not have!
And so, Cole decided to cut the visit short, by scaling the wall to his room’s window. He always left it unlocked. But this time, Lyra had locked it. “Dammit… Well, guess it wouldn’t hurt,” The prime conduit then performed a simple alpha blast, to shatter the window. He came crashing through the glass, and time seemed to slow down for a mere second.
Through the door, in the hallway, he could see a pony glance his way. He couldn’t see a face, but he knew it was a stallion just by the way he stood. He rolled to his feet. “HEY!” He then charged out towards the stallion, who ran down the hallway which was to the right. It was a dead end. “Nowhere to run now, asshole!”
The stallion raised his head and made his horn glow, not even a second before Cole reached him. Using a flash spell, the stallion blinded our hero. Cole shot off a pincer bolt, which shattered the glass- he obviously missed his target. Time seemed to slow yet again, as he was no longer blinded. Cole saw the stallion salute him, before teleporting to God-knows-where. “Damn…” Cole shook his head, rubbing his eyes from the residual pain.
He looked around the home, but nothing was missing in the immediate vicinity. “Lyra!” He called out, looking for the unicorn. Cole was starting to get a bit worried- what the bloody hell happened? Where did that guy even come from?!
Better yet, where the hell was Lyra? Was she alright?
“Cole...” Said a blood-curdling voice, coming from behind him. It had cold and anger spread all over its feminine tone.
And when Cole looked to see who it was, he just frowned. “Ah… shit…” There, behind him, stood an extremely pissed-off Lyra. Who had just gotten home from the market.
“Tell me… why you broke… two windows.” She tried to keep calm, but was progressively getting closer and closer to him, obviously on thin ice.
“A guy breaks into your house, likely stealing some of your shit, and you care about windows?!” Damn. Lyra in pissed mode.
Kinda hot.
“I didn’t see any guy.” Her face scrunched-up a bit, her rear raised up as she lowered her head to get her horn ready.
“Well I did!” Cole replied, raising his voice.
“And I am NOT paying for the damages! As soon as you get your citizenship, every bit you earn belongs to ME, until I can afford to fix this place! Got that!?”
“I’ll let you touch my hands.”
“Nuh-uh. No... wait. Hands? Really?” Lyra lost her anger a second. She bit her lower lip, eyes moving to stare at his hands. “Charged with power?” She then shook her head, snapping herself out of it. “I’m not playing your games, Cole! Do you understand me!?!” Lyra asked- rather, demanded.
“Y’know what?!” Cole decided that it was about time to stand up for himself. He’d dealt with quite the bit of shit over the month, and now it was just all about to come down. He missed Zeke. Studying over a test left him stressed. Ponies looked at him like a freak, just like humans. He just defended their home. Work was not fun, and it felt like he was trapped. “Fine! But I’m moving out!” Then, he jumped out of the window, leaving Lyra alone in the house.
Later, in the Everfree Forest...
Cole decided to take a walk and get much needed air. No longer did he want to tolerate the bullshit- it was almost three times as much as there was back on Earth. It was like middle school drama, all over again. Weren’t these ponies adults? I mean, come on! Where was the love?
The conduit kicked a rock out of his path. He didn’t quite know where he was going, his form radiating anger and intolerance. His fists were clenched, Amp at his back, crackling with tiny zig-zags of electricity. He needed a place to find his zen- to cool the hell down.
After what felt like hours of walking, Cole believed he found such a place. It was some kind of ruins, of what looked to be an overgrown castle. “Whoa…the hell is this place…” he asked nobody in particular as he walked into the ruins.
“... Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters? Huh.” Cole read a time-worn sign, next to the mossy arch that allowed his entry. The conduit found himself walking through the roofless complex. There were stained glass murals instead of windows, that depicted two alicorns defeating some freak of nature. Wait… were they Princess Whitebutt and Bluebutt?
“Weird… feels like I just walked back in time.” Cole thought aloud, before trekking further into the castle. He came to a place which looked very strange, as if it was fought in recently. No small-scale fight, either, this must’ve been something big. There were shattered stones on the floor, about eh, a few months fresh?
They were spherical, from what Cole could tell. One of them was almost wholly intact, it seemed to have an etching of a star on it. The conduit picked it up, studying it. “The hell is this thing…?” he asked himself, before throwing it away. It cracked against the floor. “Eh… just a stone…”
Cole pressed on, going to the end of the room. There was an indent in the floor, about the size of Celestia from end to end. The stone was eroded, whether by time or force, Cole couldn’t tell. He looked up, and saw that there was no roof, and no foliage covering the place around the indent. So it was more than likely by some force.
The room, by Cole’s perspective, seemed very sacred. As if it had a meaning. Well, now that he thought about it, all rooms had some purpose. But this one felt different, as if it carried some form of burden. He couldn’t put a finger on it, but then, for some reason he looked back to the stone he threw away. The one with the six-point star.
He picked it up once more, and brushed it off. There was a form of structure above his head, connected to a piece of unbroken roof that must’ve survived time and its ever-tightening grip. The structure seemed strong, relieved- as if it were Atlas, only, without the world on his back.
The stone seemed lifeless, as Cole looked down to it in his hands. Had this stone once bore a relic? He couldn’t figure it out. But it wasn’t important- he came here to cool down, not to investigate the past.
Cole finally laid down, looking at the evening sky. He put his hands behind his head, and just waited until everything seeped out of his system. It took what felt like a few hours, but his hotheaded attitude finally calmed down.
Suddenly, something brushed up against his side. Cole’s eyes jumped open and he sat up. Looking beside him, he saw the stone. It must’ve rolled over to him. The damn thing had to be attracted to him or some crap. He picked it up, and held it in his hands. He stared at the star in the center of the sphere of stone, concentrating on it.
Without warning, he saw shadowy apparitions appear before him, and also entering the room. There were six in total, and they were all silent. The room looked different, too- as if everything had been tidied up. Cole stood up, and watched the five figures stand back as the sixth began to monologue. He didn’t know what it was saying- it was all mute, and colorless.
And then, he saw six stones in the holder above his head fall down, and float around the six mare-like figures, who were now in the air, in a formation. The sixth one’s eyes opened up, and a blinding light came out of them. Only now had Cole noticed the larger alicorn who was covering her eyes with her hoof.
Just as he observed the situation, a large rainbow shot out from the six apparitions, curving up slowly and slamming down onto the alicorn. It made no sound, and Cole only saw it. It was strange.
Then, the apparitions disappeared. Cole’s hands started to hurt, so he looked at them. Smoke rose from the stone, which was now on the floor- and smoke rose from his hands. He wasn’t sure why his hands were hurting, so he made a fist and stretched them out. “These are burn marks…” he thought aloud. This was weird, really weird. He clenched his hands once again, and inspected them further.
He looked down to the stone- that must’ve been what caused him the pain. But how? Cole assumed one thing. He could have channeled some of his energy through it unknowingly, and through the time that he saw the apparitions, the heat from the electricity must’ve burned his hands. But that wasn’t really sound, as pure stone didn’t conduct electricity of any form. Some form of magic was at work here.
But there was one question that Cole left hanging in his head.
‘What the hell happened here…?’
Bonus Number One!
“Ok Cole! It’s time for a girl’s ni-”
“Fuck you, I’m a dude.”
“Oh, sorry! Guys! Let me get the girls-”
“Fuck that. It’s ‘guys’ for a reason. Wait...”
“What is it Cole?”
“I don’t know any guys... Shit. Dunno if there are even single guys...”
“Mr. Cake?”
“Mr. Twins? Any reason to escape, but his kids need him more than I do.”
“Uh, Davenport?”
“You don’t know many guys, do you Twi...”
“Uh, no...”
“And you’re studying friendship? Sexist.”
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Well look at this...isn't this interesting...*Read Later* I shall return...
HI.
haha twilight's sexist
3528450 ... Oookay then.
3528556 Do you not understand... the concept... of a joke. Well I'll explain it to you in my own words. A joke is a sequence, mostly of words, used for the sole purpose of making a listener/reader laugh. Whether or not the joke is funny is entirely dependent on the viewer's sense of humor.
You obviously didn't find it funny, and I'm not about to go back and change it.
Good day.
I just wanted to tell you that the new season of my little pony friendship is out now!
3528777 I know that silly, I watched the first two episodes on a stream.
3528766 If you think it's funny so far, wait until some of the later chapters... I had a hard time writing them without laughing my ass off. Well, it was more the ends of them- but still.
3528871 Your bows are moving on their own?
This is the best thing since sliced bread.
3528892 Sooo. How're you liking it?
3528902 Very much so! :D Best inFamous crossover I've read!
lol Nice update.^^
Oh, Cole, I miss you
I looked through the chapter for you, but don't think it's perfect, I don't edit or anything for anyone and have no experience on the matter, mistakes may still exist. In fact, I might have spelling mistakes in this post! (I'm on a tablet, so please excuse them if they appear, typing is hard on this thing.) So, take this with a grain of salt and look up if I'm correct. If I'm not, please tell me so I don't spread misinformation! BTW, I found very little mistakes and the ones here, I would call half of them nit picky. You made me get nit picky so I didn't feel I was wasting my time. xD Anyway, lets begin:
Something is off here... what could it be?
"or rather, needed." Nit picky, but it rolls better off the tongue.
2 words, not one.
"as a smile spread across his face." Make it sound a little better but still nit picky.
An example, see the "snapped" explaination below.
"No, I implied you're/you are a bad libraria-"
(This made me laugh hard, see why below.)
After a quote, you should not begin with a capital otherwise it gets a new meaning as it's a new sentence (unless it's a noun). You did this a lot, but I'm not going to point them all out, just keep it in mind in the future. The first example I noticed was the quote above directing to this one, and I saw others as I continued.
An example (explaining the joke makes it unfunny but it must be done.):
"All work and no play makes Cole go crazy!” he snapped."
It's all one sentence (He snapped saying all work and no play makes him go crazy.) [This is what you meant.]
"All work and no play makes Cole go crazy!” He snapped."
It's two sentences, the second beginning after the quote. (Cole said all work and no play makes him go crazy. He then mentally snapped, going crazy.) [This is what you said...]
Admittedly the authors note made me have a moment of "Uh-oh",But it seems that moment was a faulty intuition,Because honestly this is quite good....little bit nitpicky here,but if this is good Cole,Does he have Karmic overload or the energy blades?(I know the blades are all karma's)Because i can see Karmic Overload being pretty damn useful in a few situations
3535186 Karmic Overload? Energy blades? The hell? Either I forgot them or haven't heard of them. I played Infamous 2, but not 1.
3531954 Thank you for pointing those out, I believe I fixed them all.
You have my respect, as one of the few to criticize and point out grammatical flaws in my story. I appreciate and hold your nitpicking in high regard.
3537244 both were from infamous 1,Karmic overload basically was a 20 second period of infinite power and i think increased damage,At the cost of taking some of your karma,but it could only be used at max good karma anyways,so it just made it balanced,And the energy blades were a move that just made your melee punches kill in one or two shots,and cost like two-three orbs of energy to use,and wore off after a minute or two
3538784 No, I'm 14- remember? School? Work? Getting in the way and shit? I understand though.
3538253 I'll definitely consider using it if the need arises.
3543295 Basically the E-blades are a go to weapon if the amp is gone for melee,And karmic overload is the last stand "oh fuck,Im outta power" Move,quite frankly karmic overload is prettymuch just your get out of a situation free card,Seeing as how you can then just spam the everloving crap out of your preferred high damage move.Another thing that might just be a bit of a game exploit,Is that the basic energy zap doesnt take up orbs,But DOES recharge metal objects,Meaning you can spam zap a object,then drain it to refill your power
3545960 Once again, thanks for the information. I haven't played InFamous 1 so this is pretty valuable to me.
3546095 Id reccomend watching a Walkthrough or a Lets play of it then,to let you get a feel for the first game without having to go get it
what the fuck is this shit
jk
wat
Honestly, it does bother me that Cole is portrayed so poorly in this story as to what he really is in the games. He behaves more like the Infamous Cole than the Hero Cole at nearly every turn, and his personality is nothing like whatever is shown here. But at the same time, I doubt this is meant to be taken seriously anyway..
3551761 That'll change, trust me. He's currently still a little bit shaken from stress (and to be honest he doesn't exactly like it there), but if he passes the test he'll simmer down.
Thank you very much for the feedback though.
You didn't stop writing, right? Right? RIGHT?!
4182494 No, I'm caught up with other things.
4239169 That's good to hear…
4239207 I suppose. I know I ain't updating the stories, but I've been checking in for the most part.
4239216 Don't worry I can wait… for now… >:(
4239299 I can't make everyone happy-happy-happy.
4239324 true true -.-'
4849228 I must correct my last statement: He regenerates health from other sources, but he regenerates energy (the electric energy bar you use for attacks, etc) in like 5 seconds of no energy attacks, which means that his need to "regain" energy is probably a plot point making Cole less OP (not that he was even OP in the first place
: 1 grenade+ 2 shots = dead Cole. He's Cole the Conduit, not Cole the Evolved and Conduit 
...wait... 
).
At this point, wouldn't be reasonable to put this story "On Hiatus"?
Hah, lyras creepy hand fetish struck again!
5567066 Apologies for the late reply, but 'around' the Everfree implies the area around the forest, not inside of it.
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Pretty sure that any weather that originated from the Everfree is uncontrollable. Regardless of location.