Pain. Pain was all that I could feel. It coursed through my body with the pain of a thousand suns. It was almost unbearable, but there was nothing I could do about it. I was held in an invisible grip, unable to move. I couldn't even scream in agony, for my mouth was held shut by the same grip. I thought I was experiencing death, but not my own. The deaths of all those who I saw. Then, there was nothing. No pain, no invisible grip, no death. Nothing but a small little voice. A small little voice that asked, "Are you alright?" It repeated the phrase for a while, then the voice stopped, saying in a hushed voice, "Oh my gosh..." I fluttered my eyes open, and before me I saw an impossible creature; a unicorn. What more, it was purple, and even more crazy was that it talked. As it held out a hoof to me, I realized two things: one, I was a pony, and two, this was somehow all wrong. Something deep in my brain told me that talking horses with horns weren't real. Then, a thought came to me, which said, "Well, neither are dead things attacking you." As I questioned my mind's statement, it was assaulted with horrid memories of another world. Creatures attacking a man in a suit, latching onto him like a parasite. A giant tentacle-like creature pulling the man in the suit down a twisting corridor. The face of a woman, eyes and mouth replaced with a bright glow. I must had have screamed, for the purple unicorn asked, "What is it? What's wrong?" I stared at her for a second and asked, "Who am I?" I had no idea what my name was, no clue of my past, and no recollection of why I was here. All I knew was that I was a pony, and I wasn't supposed to be one.
"Well, I don't know. Your cutie mark should probably relate to your name, but the problem is that I see two." I shook my head and said, "What's a cutie mark?" The unicorn pointed to my flank and said, "It's something that displays your special talent. For instance, my special talent is magic." She turned around to show me her cutie mark, which was a pink and white star burst. I looked at both of mine. One was a wrench, the other was a series of three dots lined up. I looked back at the pony and said, "Well, maybe I have two talents. I'm sure that's happened before." The pony shook her head and said, "No, it hasn't. Once you have a cutie mark, there's no changing it. I can see from one of them that one of your special talents must be fixing things. What's the other one for?" I looked back at the three dots, and for a second time that day, my mind was assaulted with memories. This time, the man in the suit was coming out of an elevator. On a table was a large gun, which he picked up along with some boxes. One of the horrible creatures from before came out of an air vent. The man pushed a button on the gun, turning the front sideways. He then fired at the creature, taking its limbs off. It faded back into my mind as I said, "Maybe... maybe it hast to do with cutting things?" The pony shook her head again and said, "I don't know, it doesn't seem very relevant... anyways, we should give you a name. Based on your talent on fixing things, how about-"
I cut her off, saying, "Well, based on my talent of cutting things, or, at least, my presumed talent, what about Cutter?" She sighed and said, "That... um... seems nice... I'm Twilight, by the way. Twilight Sparkle." I gave a warm smile and said, "Hey, Twilight, there's one more thing..." She looked at me and said, "Yes?" I gave a small nudge towards her horn and said, "Are you the only unicorn? I've honestly never met one before." She chuckled and said, "How can I be the only unicorn if you're one too?" I patted my head and felt something hard hitting my hoof, my horn. I was a unicorn as well. I never thought I would be in this kind of situation.
Offhandedly, Twilight said, "Do you know anything about giant, twisting statues? Some of the other ponies found one in the desert a ways away from here." Yet again, my mind was flooded with memories. This time, the man was somehow moving a large, twisting statue that ended in two points on a dusty and windy planet. As it connected to a sort of base for it, a bright light flashed from it.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Twilight said, and I replied, "Every time I see, hear, or think something, I get these flashes, l-like something from someone else's memory. First, I had this sort of thought of dead things attacking me, and these memories of someone getting attacked by these horrible monstrosities. Then, when I saw the three dots, I saw the same someone pick up a sort of tool and take off the limbs of one of those creatures. The three dots were light sights. A-and the statue... I saw a statue like the one you described... i-it was red... I-I don't know who I am, or what's going on... I need help..."
"Well, maybe I could help you." Twilight replied. "Memory spells take a lot of work to perform, but I might be able to do it in a few days. I've exhausted myself already by trying to calm an Ursa Minor, but I'll be able to do it soon." I looked at her and asked, "Why would you help me, a complete stranger?" She looked at me and said, "Because you need help, and I've learned in my studies that you should always help somepony, no matter how small the problem."
I know Issac is an engineer but he hasn't fixed shit in either of the games
Make a new Paragraph each time a new pony talks
it will be easier for the readers
OHHHH THIS IS BAD. a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/e/heavyisastonished.png?1
Not the fic; just that there's a Marker in Equestria. And that everything's gonna go downhill.
But good overall.
Yeah. The paragraph for every new speaker is helpful.
Interesting...I'll watch it to see where this goes. It certainly has potential.
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well he did fix a few doors i think... oh wait ripping wires out of control panels doesn't count as fixing right
but seriously he did a shit load of fixing in deadspace like fixing the tram and the mainframe oh yeah he also protected the ship from asteroids with the turret while the ship was being fixed by other characters whos names escapes me
Saw the pic with the unitoligy alphabet and jizzed mahself! yes DS fic!
934849 He hacks a LOT if you haven't realized and he had to fix a shitload of stuff like the solar arrays so unless you're being sarcastic "wow really did you even play ? lawl jk"
Awwww yea DIS GON B GUD
934909 didnt he just push shit around, hit some buttons, twist some more shit, and place shit in other places besides ripping off wires...
My only recommendation, put spaces between paragraphs so it dosnt look like a wall of text
I see good potential with this fic.
umm.. i would like to point out that isaac is indeed an engineer the job title doesn't strictly mean he fixes things. if i was to give a very broad overview of what an engineer does its more along the lines of making sure things will work. take into account all the different types of engineers threre are. anyway story caught my intrest so ima read it now kay.
Oh boy, answering time.
934849 Excuse me, sir, have you EVER played Dead Space?
934884 The White Marker is actually in reference to the Marker that Vandal sees in Dead Space iOS. But yes, things are gonna get ugly.
934907 Thanks!
934920 I love the Unitology script. The guy who made the pic can be found here.
935189 Thanks!
935590
Need an editor/proof reader? I'd be willing to help.
935599 Sure! Now do I just copy and paste what I've done already to you, or is there some special way. I've never had an editor/proofreader before.
934990
yeah so
he fucked with some terminals and shit cool story brah
935590
D: why u know answer my comment ;_;
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935661 Because you had made your point. There was really nothing to say.
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Send an email sooner rather than later mate.
935688 To be honest, all that confused me. So basically, I copy and paste the story in the e-mail and send it to you?
935697
Sorry lad.
You can copy and paste it and send it to me.
I would PREFER you to send it in a document form.
935697
Sorry lad.
You can copy and paste it and send it to me.
I would PREFER you to send it in a document form.
935703 Alright. I'd just have to get started on the next chapter.
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You can always send me what you have now.
935721 I've got nothing done for Chapter 2.
935590 .... no i have never played dead space i also have no clue what a plasma cutter is and the three dots witch are the targeting cross hairs , ya that part just went way over my head.
Yes i have played dead space.
And no i not counting fixing something in a puzzle as engineering
What i count as engineering is actual engineering. Like building an engine instead of fixing it ect ect
934909 He didn't do anything to fix the tram car he pushed one button and blasted something with status. Most of the stuff being fixed was done by the other two in number one i will give him that he fixed the air filters but o no he just killed something for that to
934920 Hacking isn't engineering by a fucking long shot And to my memory all the "Fixing" he did was pushing buttons in a correct order.
Im not just talking out of my ass here people if you were dropped into that situation and told its a video game all of you would be able to solve those puzzles there fucking child's play Now if you will excuse me im going to go and actually play dead space
935937 Isn't that a way of fixing things? Like if your xbox gets an unwanted save an a game, you to go memory and delete it. all fixed! :D
And wow. dis gon b gud. shits gonna hit the fan.
936132 Yes that is fixing but its not Engineering
Engineering is the science, skill, and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and also build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes.
dose Issac do any of this?
934909
Speaking of which those asteroids are a butt fuck!
935137
Been there done that
935590
Me too never have I seen a language not just MADE for a franchise but USED like that I mean they even made free give-aways for a weapon with that!
935937
That's BUILDING we're talkin' 'bout FIXING Isaac fixes a BUTTLOAD of things he freaking patched up GRAVITY TETHERS I think he even fixed the whole damn ishimura
936482 honestly i dont care
i said my do and now
im out
936611
I'm just saying he's fixed a lot period end of story world moves on earth keeps spinnin'
936611 I don't think the necrmorphs would give him enough time and space for actual engineer work but enough for repair jobs. Just think about before dead space and his regular life well that was probably repair jobs to.
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I realized we're all wrong. Engineers have only one job.
Building sentries.
937967 Hah.. thats actually quite an argument stopper.
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WELL.FUCK
934849
Uhhhh just from Dead Space 1
Chapter 1: Fixes tram to regroup with kendra and hammond
Chapter 2: Creates a thermite bomb to get into the medical lab
Chapter 3: Fixes the engine and centrifuge
Chapter 4: Fixes the ADS cannons, manually uses them to shoot asteroids
Chapter 5: Creates poison to kill the Leviathan in hydroponics
Chapter 7: makes homing beacon, attaches it to asteroid, launches it out to space.
Do I really need to go on?
An engineer is also someone who has the technical knowledge of how something works in order to make necessary repairs should it be required. Engineers in sci-fi have always been the equivalent of IT.
938945 You, sir, deserve this.
936447
Rage fist brah i failed that mission so many times i swear to god
938945
All hail Dexter the Smart! xD
939925
Mostly from mouse lag still haven't beaten it haven't even played in months in fact I'm waiting til I finish moving to reinstall on my new desktop and hope "cross my heart and hope to fly/die, stick a needle/cupcake in my eye!"
939280 POOTIS!
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I didnt understand how the needle machine worked on my first attempt when i failed i nearly had a heart attack it was funny because i hardly showed emotion throughout normal gameplay
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Yup. I like the thrill of the end of DS2 cuz you're just runnin to the end I acctually just played Dead Space yesterday and I'm in chapter 10
94144
Cool story brah needs more Dismemberment
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Cool comment bro needs to know the amount of ownage first hand tho (at chapter 7 sart i said "fuggit it's been fun- EASY BUTTON TIME!" *gets hand cannon)
[Don't you mean;
"Fine story old chap but it requires more dismemberment"?]