Patching Things Up
Sunset groaned and rubbed her arm as she made her way to her first Field Medicine class. Pris had taken her up on the invitation for a rematch in the gym - repeatedly - and they'd been sparring in every free moment when they weren't working on assignments for their classes. At least Pris had helped Sunset go over the workbooks for Ar-Wing Arwing controls and maintenance, as well as correcting a long-held mistake of how it was written. Not that it was her fault, considering she'd only ever heard it spoken and it sounded like there was a pause there.
She firmly pushed that thought aside. Helping Pris with her other assignments had made her feel less of an idiot in that regard, so at least Pris respected her learning in that regard. Still, she was starting to feel the bruises from their sparring, no matter how tough growing up on Dinosaur Planet and fighting Dinosaurs - and the war against General Scales - had made her, but she refused to use her magic to heal them unless she could do the same for Pris, and she couldn't think of a way to make that offer without making herself or Pris sound weak-
"Yo, Fire-Head!"
Wincing at the volume and the rather heavy blow her left ear flap had taken towards the end of the sparring, Sunset turned with a smile at that call. Pris was running up towards her, towing a Lagomorph - a member of Grandpa Peppy's species - behind her. The poor bunny girl had yellow fur, pink hair, blue eyes, and was trying to hide behind Pris while looking like she would bolt at any moment. She had the same braces on her legs as Pris, showing she had G-Diffusion implants, but rather than full boots she went barefoot...the only part of her other than her head that didn't have some form of armor on her. Between that and the armored pack on her back stuffed with medical supplies, it would be easy to shrug her off as a terrified weakling...until one took a closer look and realized the pack and all its contents had to be five times her weight including the heavy armor she was wearing, which easily had to outweigh her on her own...and it didn't seem to be slowing her down at all.
If she shed all that armor and pack, she might outrun Pris, Sunset thought to herself as the pair approached. "Hey Pris!" she called out. "Who's this?" To her surprise, the bunny seemed to calm and relax the moment Sunset addressed the Avian. Remembering what she'd been told, she continued, "Friend of yours?"
"Yeah, this is Faris," Pris explained, pushing the bunny forward. "She's the reason I haven't spent half my time at the Academy in the medical wing. Figured if you felt anything like I did this morning, you'd want her to take a look at you, too."
"Oh my goodness!" Faris suddenly gasped out as she caught sight of the bruising around Sunset's ear, hopping onto the nearest cabinet to get a better angle as she pulled supplies out of her pack. "Pris, what did you do to her?"
Sunset rolled her eyes. "Hey, I gave as good as I got. I'm sure you saw what Pris looked like after-"
"She looks like that after every weekend, one way or another," Faris countered flatly as she started treatment.
"I won't pull my punches or kicks next match then," Sunset teased, though she didn't have much fire in it. She was too busy trying to figure out how Faris was maintaining her balance without breaking the cabinet she was standing on when more than half the weight of her, her armor, and her pack had to be overbalanced.
"You'd better not, Fire-Head!" Pris countered smugly.
"Why do you keep calling me that?" Sunset asked finally. "I mean, I've got no problems with nicknames, but what's the point of calling me one longer than my real name?"
"Because Fire-Head suits you better!" Pris countered. "It's a real warrior's name! 'Sunset Shimmer' makes me feel like I'm talking to an exotic dancer or something-"
"W-what?" Sunset yelped as her cheeks pinked. Faris' cheeks weren't far behind.
"I mean, not that you don't have the body for it-"
"Pris!" Sunset cried out in an embarrassed squawk - an actual squawk, as she'd picked up that particular sound reaction from the Cloudrunners - as her cheeks burned brightly.
"-but I don't wanna feel like I should be waving credits every time I try to get your attention," Pris finished with a cheeky grin. "Hey, could you make sure Faris actually makes it to her Field Medicine class today? I'm already running late to my other classes, and she's missed three classes without me to get her there already. Later!" With that and a wave, she dashed away.
Sunset groaned, burying her face in her hands. "By the Eclipse..." she groaned, using an oath she'd learned by accident from Tricky's father that she felt was appropriate.
"Pris is always like that," Faris admitted comfortingly. "It wasn't until I got the breastplate for my armor that she stopped making comments like that about me." She tapped the piece in question, drawing attention to both how it protected her and hid any sort of physical definition in terms of her figure.
"Huh," Sunset murmured thoughtfully. "I'd look into getting one for myself, but I've already been in the news wearing less than this...Krazoa droppings, if Pris sees one of those pics..." She buried her face in both hands.
"Oh, it can't be that bad-" Faris began, only for Sunset to call up one of the images in question - of her mid-combat in her focus outfit - on her wrist unit. Her eyes widened in shock. "Oh...my..."
"On the one hand, more teasing along the lines of just now if she sees pictures like this," Sunset groaned to herself. "On the other hand, she might actually call me by my real name, and I'm not sure that would be an improvement...how do you put up with all that?"
"Because she's worth it," Faris replied readily as she hopped off the cabinet, checking Sunset over for other injuries. "Sure, she's a bit crass and doesn't really have a filter, but there's no meanness or cruelty in her when she does, it's just how she was raised."
"Yeah, I'll believe that," Sunset muttered, remembering just how often 'Uncle Birdy' had almost forgotten to censor his speech around her.
"Because of that she doesn't have many friends, but she's one of the best friends you could hope to have," Faris continued calmly. "I know that for sure. A military Academy isn't...exactly a friendly place for an avowed pacifist..."
"Had some problems with that, I take it?" Sunset asked softly.
"Not since Pris put five students four years older than me who thought they'd have some 'fun' with me in the ICU while disrupting an Assembly in the process," Faris continued with a soft smile. "While it was amazing for her to stand up for me like that...I don't think it was good for the Headmaster's heart based on the shade of purple he turned..."
Sunset managed a snicker. "Wish I'd seen that. Don't suppose it wound up on Starvid?"
"Look it up under the heading 'Rainbow Smash' later," Faris explained with a giggle.
Sunset smiled widely as she gave Faris another look. She was certainly calm and relaxed when acting as a Medic, but it did raise the question of why someone who was an avowed Pacifist would enroll in a Military Academy to begin with. Then again, Grandpa Peppy had talked a bit about his family... "How much of your family's in the military?" she asked pointedly.
Faris let out a startled yelp, jumping a bit...though her hands didn't shift from the medicine she was applying. "...that obvious?" she asked quietly.
"Grandpa Peppy told me a bit about his family, and the expectations in Lagomorph culture," Sunset explained calmly.
Sighing, Faris nodded. "Becoming a Medic was the only way I could get military service like the rest of my family without hurting anyone," she explained as she stood upright, brushing her hands off. "How's that?"
Sunset blinked in surprise. She'd been so involved in the conversation that she'd lost track of the work Faris was doing. She shifted her limbs a bit, surprised to not even have any lingering soreness. "Wow!" she declared in amazement. "Even the healing magic I've learned isn't this effective! You've got to teach me a few things."
"Oh, I'm not that good-" Faris began.
"Nonsense!" Sunset insisted, throwing an arm companionably around Faris' shoulders. "You've got a real talent here, and I'm not seeing it squandered under false modesty! I'm going to pump you for every trick I can apply to my magic...and then I'm gonna teach you the magic I know so you can apply it to medicine!"
"O...okay," Faris offered nervously, though her smile was relaxed. "Umm, my class is-"
"I know, I've got it too," Sunset replied as she guided Faris towards the Field Medicine class.
"You do?" Faris gasped in surprise. "But...if you're in Arwing piloting-"
"The only five accelerated courses that don't have schedule conflicts," Sunset interrupted with a smirk, "making it one of the only courses the Academy has left to teach me."
Faris stared at her for a time...then burst into giggles.
Faris has joined Team Shimmer
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Well, that doesn’t exactly surprise me. Makes me wonder, though, if Team Shimmer’s going to have a toad too.
Nice new chapter
How unsurprising, lol.
...So the whole fic, the misspelling of Arwing was on purpose? Also, is her weight of 120 lbs with or without all her gear? I'm assuming without, but just to be sure. Lastly, when Team Shimmer gets to Equestria, Angel is going to be very confused about Faris.
Faris is Team Shimmer Peppy/fluttershy of the group
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Without.
so we have this universe version of Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, I wonder if the rest of the mane 6 will show up and what form they will take.
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Damn, that must all be muscle under that armor.... And it must be some sight.... Kinda makes me want to have Sunset see Faris without her armor.
Sunset letting out a Cloudrunner squawk...
I shouldn't be laughing at that, but it's just too damn adorable!
Aww, Flutterbunny.
So if she is Fluttershy's counterpart, what is Angel then?
over 600 lbs of weight and she's still fast?
oh how i have been waiting for this to update again and as always am not dissapointed . keep up the great work at your own pace of course
That description of Faris... could it be...
It's still a mirror world, isn't it?
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Our Fluttershy analog for the day, everybody.
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A minigun
120 lbs at 6' is a bit severe. For that to work, gravity for where her weight was taken would be considerably lower compared to Earth.
Plus, if she really is effortlessly carrying somewhere around 600lbs of gear and an excess of 120lbs of armor, she'd have to have some pretty dense muscle tissue which just pumps her weight up even more. I'd imagine she'd, at a minimum, weigh in at 170lbs which is the high end of her healthy weight. Probably would be closer to 190lbs on account of the inhuman amount of muscles required to carry such an insane amount of gear.
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I am looking forward to how you plan her first meeting with Pinkie Pies counter part. That'll defiantly be a hoot to read.
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Probably a mini robot that helps her out... And says the things Angle would if he could speak to ponies other that Fluttershy.
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Wonder if Faris comes along to any of those regular weekend outings with Pris, might be easier to patch her up on site rather than waiting for her to limp into the door after the fact
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First, six feet including the ears, which are longer than they appear in the picture.
Second, the G-Diffusion implants are designed to alter how the body's cells react to G-Forces.
...I always forget that's how you spell "Arwing". I grew up on Star Wars, so if I hear a two syllable name ending with "wing", I assume there's a hyphen in there.
Are her ears like 2 feet long?
Since Sunset couldn't use healing magic on Pris seems she wanted to make sure Faris fair.
Pretty sure Faris had quite a few comments on her plate before this.
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Well she did go trough the mirror.
I was wrong, Fluttershy was next not Pinkie. I’m guessing AJ is up next.
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Eh, not really... my weight of 174 is supposed to be right on the heavy side of "healthy" for the same height, so 120 could just be mildly underweight... going by BMI that is.
Then again, that assumes Lagomorphs have the same BMI ranges as humans, which itself isn't confirmed, so she may be a model example of her race's health.
Starting to wonder what the rest of the main 6 are gonna be. Dash's a falcon, Shy's a lagomorph. AJ as a canine? Can imagine her as a pig if I'm honest. No idea about the others though.
Good chapter, as always, looking forward to the next one.
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Also, rabbits are stronger than a lot of people give them credit for. Speaking from experience, rabbit kick fucking HURT!
Oh hey, Flutterbunny.
9159074 Don't forget that those furry beasts have claws
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based on my projections last chapter...i was told that i got three of my predictions correct, though not which ones, and none of them included a toad...i was right about Flutters though...
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i did some projections last chapter on possible forms for the Star Seven, i was told that three of my predictions were correct by Tats, this was one of them...
Faris a cute. Didn't expect her to be related to Peppy.
Lemme smash. Please.
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So you did, guess I didn't read the last chapter's comments properly.
On another note, I reckon there's gonna be a reptilian reace somewhere. Maybe even a frog. The ones you listed are all mammals, so probability says there's gonna be others. And I want to know if Twilight will be related to Equestria in some way. I'm still stunned there has been next to no relation to it yet. Kinda starting to annoy me.
'Course there doesn't have to be more magical ponies, but it still feels like the author's made a character called Sunset Shimmer, and made her Fox's daughter, and left it at that.
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my selections were based on character personality traits, and none of the Mane Six personalities match reptilian traits. im also thinking about In Universe rules, not a lot of of critters outside of mammals in Starfox, Leon and Slippy being the only exceptions to my knowledge that r cannon. lets take a look at my list of predictions and break them down with my reasoning:
Pinkie: i matched Pinkie up with a Ferret or and Otter form for a couple of reasons, primarily, both creatures r known to be fun loving bundles of energy that never run down if they can help it. since they both come from the same family of creatures this is understandable, however, owners of Ferrets in particular love their pets to death, yet at the same time often want to kill them for the crazy shenanigans they get up to in and around the house.
Rarity: i matched Rarity with a Feline, a Cat, due to that form often being associated with grace, class and beauty more often than not. something that Rarity herself attempts to keep at some standard to her manner and bearing. this form also matches Rarity better as every cat has its hidden claws, and Rarity is no exception to that rule...
Fluttershy: yes, this is a confirmed form, but i wanted to go over my reasoning anyway. i matched Flutters with a Lapin form, due to her joy at being near bunnies and other such creatures. yet, just like with Cats, Lapins hold inner strength that not many know about, Angel Bunny is a perfect example. rabbits r vicious little rodents at times, and much stronger than they look. more than capable of taking out at least three knights in plate mail under the right conditions...(and if u get that ref, congrats!)
Applejack: AJ is a farm filly, and dogs have worked on farms for generations, proving themselves to be exceptionally hard workers. Canines have the endurance, staying power, and sheer stubbornness that matching a herder breed with AJ was a no brainer. alternatively, an Ursa, a Bear, is exceptionally strong...and we all know just how strong AJ is, so i felt that was also a good match.
Twilight: lets face it, Twi has the booksmarts and the theory part covered to the nines. the practical? not so much...her intelligence is what ultimately prompted me to match her with a Simian as, lets face it, Monkeys and Apes r all very clever little critters. the same is true of Vulpines, Foxes, and that cleverness is what drew me to those forms for Twi. now, i was asked as to y i did not select an Owl form for her, since Owls, at least in popular culture, r also seen as brainy critters. the answer to that is twofold: one, theres already a natural flier on the team with Rainbows analog, and two, Owls r more likely to be considered wise in pop culture. Twi is a very smart filly, but not often particularly wise...
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Fair enough, fair enough, I can't deny that kind of thinking. But still, the in-universe races don't always match the real life stuff. Case in point: Tricky. he is Triceratops like, who were typically percieved to be plodding creatures that jsut went around eating leaves. Though, since he is a child, he could be considered an exception.
Also, about Twilight being an simian: you have to remember that most apes and monkies have either been aligned with Andross or related to him. I'm not saying that rules her species out, but possiblity for her role in the future?
Looking back at it, I reckon Rarity and AJ have the correct predicted species. Twilight's still up there as a simian, but I have my doubts. And Pinkie... well... I retain my beliefs that Pinkie can and will be anything. Though I've managed to get it into my head that she's probably a reptile now.
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Love the reference.
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Actually, it never stated she was related to Peppy (though I'm not ruling it out).
What was stated was that Peppy told Sunset about his family, and from that Sunset deduced that Faris was at a military Academy despite being a Pacifist because her family is heavily military.
The implication was meant to be that lagomorph families tend to be large and clannish, in that only really strong personalities tended to break from "This is what our family has always done, so this is what our family will always do" mentality (kinda like the Hopps' in Zootopia). Fluttershy's a Pacifist, but except when acting as medic isn't a strong personality, so she felt compelled to follow the family tradition of military service, but chose one where she didn't have to fight.
Now, it's not a family compulsion, nor does the family shun those who break the 'tradition', but when the entire family is talking happily about their military careers with pride and how the children will do great in it, it takes a lot of chutzpah for the kids to say "but I wanna be a civilian".
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I know... never pick up the Rabbits if it's your first day volunteering at a pet store for the summer.
9159425 Oh, I'm well-aware of the vastness of lagomorph families, I just jumped the gun at the assumption of Faris thinking she actually was related.
But yeah, props to Faris for not only being the black sheep of the family (Or one of them, if I'm making brash assumptions), but appealing to them while doing so.
I got my oh so very delicious bone.
Or turkey, whatever dog to snack analogy tem I used.
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i admit, placing or predicting Pinkie...well, i supposed id have a better chance of finding an iota of actual intelligence in Donald Trump, possibly by looking on alternate Tuesday leap years in a parallel dimension with a cardboard cutout of Twilight...still, reptiles r not known for being party animals in any universe, more commonly, they act as cool headed, logical killers, and thats not Pinkie. as for Tricky, hes an alien dino, on a world saturated with magic...the usual rules get blown out the airlock at Sonic Rainboom speeds...
So a birb rd and a bunny fluttershy... I can see a trend here is pinkie pie gonna be a gatorblood?and applejack a dog/wolfblood? If she is i wonder how that would make fox feel especially if she is related to starwolf
Flutterbunny is- So. Cute~
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Well Wolf could always be the hated member of the family so if a "wolfblood" AJ is related to him they might just be preaching to the choir if either of them started bitching, I'm wondering who is going to end up as a frog/toad
Whole s
t it's Fluttershy in bunny form. Yes yes I know she is a Lagomorph but the point still stands. And Rainbow dash as a falcon. Can anyone say rainbow falcon punch . Or taste the rainbow mother f
ker.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KzVpwJZYQ-A Sorry still trying to get use to the new system of fimfiction.