Episode 24: Invest in Better Security Next Time Starlight
Kichi’s Comment
As you and the others stare at all the glowing shapes in the jars, you all hear chanting coming from off to the side. Looking over, you notice a group of hooded ponies standing in a circle in the dark and chanting.
“Mata es vivir…Mata res vivir,” they say in unison.
“Oi! Keep it down over there with the Mexicoltan chanting, we’re trying to concentrate,” Grandbuggy admonishes which causes the figures to look at your group.
“Um, Fix, perhaps we should go?” Ahuizotl warns. “They were chanting To Kill is to Live.”
Sure enough, as they shuffle to face you guys, you all spy what appears to be a bloody figure of a pony on the floor.
“I BUCKING KNEW IT!” you shriek. “Bucking murderous cultists!”
“Luna de Pesadilla!” one of them shrieks and the group seems to shudder backward from you.
“What’s that they’re saying?” Greta asks.
“I think they think she’s Nightmare Moon,” Ahuizotl answers.
“Oh for buck’s sake!” you huff in annoyance.
Before anything else can happen though, a beam of magic shoots at the figures’ feet.
“Shoo! Shoo! Get out of here! How many times do I have to tell you not to trespass?! Go find your own cult territory, this one is already taken!” comes Starlight Glimmer’s voice as she runs in from the side, covered in mud and leaves and sticks.
“Es la dama del dispositivo trama dominado! Vamonos!” one of the yelps in fear as the whole group run off screaming like little fillies out of the cave.
“And don’t come back again!” Starlight growls before turning back to your group.
“Sorry about that, they come by every other week thinking it’s prime cult worshipping territory, Which it totally isn’t! Heh heh.”
You share a look with your traveling companions before you all look back to the unicorn mare.
“Didn’t you just fall down the cliff side all the way to the bottom?” asks Greta.
“Yes…Yes I did,” she says a bit frustrated as she pulls a stick out of her mane.
“Then how the heck you get back up here so fast without teleporting?” asks Grandbuggy.
“Yeah, I thought all of you guys were equally sucky in doing anything,” you add.
“Uhhhhhhh,” she trails off, her eyes shifting back and forth. “I, uh, took a shortcut? Yeah, a shortcut. Totally didn’t teleport with my vast amounts of mana reserves.”
You all just start are her skeptically.
“Uh-Huh. It’s more like you were using the power of plot convenience chica. That seems to be how Daring always manages to get away.” Ahuizotl says unbelieving.
“She always escapes because you won’t just man up and ask her out ya idjit,” Grandbuggy rolls his eyes.
“Hey!” Ahuizotl reprimands.
“Not to get back on track or anything, but can we get back on track?” asks Greta. “I mean, there’s a freaking dead body over there,” she points to the bundled red sack.
“Oh don’t worry about that, it’s just a scarecrow and red paint,” Starlight hoof waves. “They do this all the time, and who has to clean up? Me, that’s who.”
"Ummm... Are you sure? It looks very realistic,” you say looking at the form.
“It does look like blood,” Greta agrees.
“It’s just red paint, believe me,” Starlight insists.
Tartarus Fire’s Comment
“I don’t know,” Ahuizotl shakes his head. “I’ve seen my fair share of corpses due to…certain circumstances.”
“Oh, you mean when you and Daring Do were in the Temple of the Dead?” you ask curiously, which causes him to shudder and nod.
Letting out a frustrated sigh, Starlight lifts the sack up in her magic and turns it towards you. Sure enough, it’s a straw pony with button eyes, and a stitch smile.
“Happy now?” she grunts before the thing is set ablaze.
“Huh,” Grandbuggy says in surprise. “Well that’s just a waste of a perfectly good scarecrow.”
“Yeah, why would they go through all the trouble?” you ask.
“I don’t know, cultists are weird,” Starlight groans.
“Now that’s the pot calling the kettle black,” Grandbuggy comments. “Now can we see the staff already?”
Grinding her teeth in annoyance, Starlight grunts,
“Fine!” and starts marching towards the pedestal and the wall full of glowing things in jars, and you all follow suit.
Ello Calebero’s Comment
Zapper frost’s Comment
As you reenter the room and get closer to the jars, you notice that many of them appear to be floating.
“Ok, just what the buck are those things?”
“Those are all our former cutie marks once we used the staff of Mage Meadowbrook to remove them,” Starlight answers.
“Ew, that’s gross! Your whole religion is stupid,” you complain.
“It’s not a religion, it’s an ideology,” Starlight Glimmer corrects.
“Whatever!”
“Yeah, gotta agree with the kiddo, this is like keeping your appendix in a mayo jar. Why do you hold onto them?” Grandbuggy asks.
“The spell’s not perfect OK?!” the frustrated mare shouts, her mane going frizzy in some places.
“Hmmm, fascinating,” Ahuizotl mutters as he studies one of the jars. “A whole pony’s potential trapped inside a thin layer of glass.”
“That’s kind of bucked up if you think about it,” Greta says as she starts looking at the marks. “Imagine not being able to fly just by removing a-WHAT THE BUCK HAPPENED TO MY FACE!!!!” she cries with something akin to the RCV mixed with an eagle squawk.
You all look to see she has finally found Mangle’s artistic streak thanks to the reflection of the glass. You, Ahuizotl, Grandbuggy and Mangle all share a look before you all just break out laughing.
“You jerks! I look like an idiot!” she grumbles and starts rubbing the black ink off.
“Despite the laughter, Starlight does not look amused.
“OK, here’s the staff you all wanted to see so much,” she growls and holds up the stick that had been sitting on a pedestal.
“Oh goody, let me take a look at that,” Grandbuggy says as he rudely snatches it out of her hooves, to which she glowers it.
As Grandbuggy inspects it, you Ahuizotl, and Greta all look at the stick, and wonder about the powers it could possibly wield, but then…
“What the buck is this?” Grandbuggy says with a glare to Starlight. Taken aback the mare stammers,
“Wh-What do you mean?”
“I mean, what the buck is this?” he demands a little heatedly.
“That’s the staff of Mage Me-“
“Bullspit it is!” he growls. “That Mare put her initials on everything she owned and sold, and this don’t have any of her markings on it at all.”
“Well uh-“
“And don’t go saying Beardo gave this to her, this thing would stink of his magic, but it don’t,” he grunts.
“What are you saying Grandbuggy?” you ask.
“This thing is just a stick, there ain’t anything magical about it!”
Starlight’s eyes go wide at that.
“What do you mean, of course it’s magical it-“
“Don’t bullspit a bullspitter sweetheart, I knew the danged mare, don’t go saying this piece of junk is hers.
And while Starlight begins to sweat bullets, your rage boils over.
“A TOOTHPICK?!” you shout, causing all eyes to turn to you and your glowing white eyes. “YOU TIED ME UP AND DRAGGED ME THROUGH THIS TARTARUS HOLE OF A TOWN THAT'S A BUCKING CULT FOR A TOOTHPICK?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Now, now Shade, I’m frustrated too, but don’t fly off the ha-“
“You’re Frustrated?! We just wasted days of traveling when we could have been getting actual artifacts to help Mommy!”
“Huh?” Greta asks.
“We’ll tell you later,” Ahuizotl says quickly.
“Yeah, I know honey, but-“
“Buck You Old Bug! SHORYUKEN!!!” you shout as you try to take your frustrations out on the geezer’s chin. Grandbuggy, being the best specialist the Hive ever had evades your blow, the staff however isn’t so lucky. It flies straight into the wall of cutie mark jars, breaking them all free.
“WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!” Starlight screams in anguish as the marks all start rushing out the cave.
“Ummm…Oops?” you venture and she turns to you, her neck veins bulging in rage.
“Oops?! OOPS?! Is that all you have to say?!”
“Hey now, it was an accident lady,” Grandbuggy reprimands, standing in between you two.
“I DON’T CARE! Do You Know How Long It’s Going to Take To Remove Each and Every Mark and Store Them Again?! DO YOU?!”
“Nope,” he answers simply.
“Exactly! This whole thing is going to drain me for days!” she snarls.
“Aha! So you admit the stick isn’t magic!”
“No Spit Sherlock!” she growls as her horn glows and all four of you are caught in a green glow.
“Hey!” you all voice your displeasure.
Kersey 475’s Comment
"YOU IDIOTS COME INTO MY TOWN, SPEAK ILL OF OUR CORE BELIEFS, HIT ME IN THE EYE WITH A PASTRY, BURN DOWN HALF THE TOWN, LEAVE ME AT THE BOTTOM OF A CLIFF WITHOUT CHECKING TO SEE IF I'M OKAY, AND NOW YOU’VE SET THOSE ACCURSED THINGS FREE!!! I DON'T CARE THAT YOU'RE KERSEY'S FAMILY! IT'S TIME FOR YOU ALL TO BE EQUALIZED!!!"
She then presses her horn against Grandbuggy’s flank and it grows brighter.
“Quit touching Grandbuggy’s Butt!” you shout as you flail in the magical grasp.
WARGAMES’s Comment
At the peak of the glow, the mark on Grandbuggy’s flank peels off, only to dissolve in midair and return.
“What the Tartarus?” Starlight says in puzzlement before she concentrates again. Once again, his cutie mark is removed, only to disappear and show up again on his flank.
Gritting her teeth, she doubles down on her concentration and keeps doing this several more times.
“Do you think she’s ever going to take the hint?” Greta says amused.
“Give it a few more,” you deadpan.
“You do have to admire her determination,” Ahuizotl comments.
“Why isn’t this working?!” Starlight yells as she tries once more and fails. Panting she looks up at Grandbuggy in confusion. Grandbuggy just has a bemused face on and his forelegs are crossed.
“You done?”
“How? How come I can’t take it?” she blubbers and Grandbuggy smirks.
“Well for starter’s sweetheart,” he dissolves his disguise in a flash of green flame, “You’re barking up the wrong tree.”
“EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!” Starlight screams in fright and falls to the floor, dropping you all from her grasp.
“CHANGELINGS!!!” she yells and scrambles to the exit as if the Hounds of Tartarus were nipping at her tail.
“WHOWOWOAH!!! Ouch! Oof! Son of a-! Ack!”
You all stick your heads out of the cave and see that Starlight is falling down the same cliff from before, one painful roll at a time.
The four of you stare in silence as her screams grow fainter before you all look at each other.
“That just happened right?” Greta asks.
“Yeah, I mean, she had the power to hold all of us and yet she flipped out when she saw your true form?” you observe. “The griffons didn’t mind.”
“Typical ponies. Some folks just can’t handle true beauty,” Grandbuggy grumbles.
“Or pure ugliness amigo,” Ahuizotl jests.
“As if you’re one to talk ya dang crime against nature!” he counters before looking back to you with a guilty look and sighing.
“OK kid, I’m sorry I dragged us here. It was a wild goose chase after all and I should have listened to you.”
“Yes, you should have,” you harrumph and he wilts his ears.
Tartarus Fire’s Comment
"Seriously, why were you so gung ho about it?” you insinuate.
"Well when magical artifacts are becoming more and more scarce...Yeah,” he rubs the back of his neck. “Every time one gets found, bought, or destroyed, another two seem to pop up."
"I have to agree with your granddaughter, you did seem a bit hung up on something that wasn’t on the list Quick," Ahuizotl points.
Grandbuggy pauses for a moment before he lets out a sigh, "Alright yeah I got a bit obsessed reliving my youth. But in my defense when you get to be my age you have to start planning as far ahead as possible."
“Oh don’t go talking like that old bug, you’ll outlive all of us,” you chide. “Now can we please get out of this place?”
“Yeah, might as well,” he submits and you all start exiting the cave, as you do, the Mexicoltan Cultists Wanabes tip toe their way back inside.
As you walk back through Our Town, you all politely ignore the chaos that is ensuing, where everypony is screaming their heads off after having their cutie marks restored.
“Take it off! Take it off!”
“The Horror! The Horror!”
“I feel alive and full of color again! It’s terrible!”
“It’s alright everypony! Just hold still!” Starlight Glimmer shouts in frustration as she tries to calm her citizens, and is slowly but surely removing their marks again one by one.
“Ugh!” she groans. “The next time an alicorn comes through town, I’m going to be a lot more careful!” As she says that she looks up and sees your group and stops in fear seeing Grandbuggy’s form.
“So long Glim Glam, good luck with all this,” he salutes and lets out a creepy changeling tongue hiss.
“EEEEEEPPP!!!” Starlight yelps and throws the now Equalized pony at your hooves and runs.
“Not a very good leader. I’d have at least put spiders on my lackey,” Ahuizotl shakes his head.
“So long Our Town, YOU ALL SUCK!” you yell with the RCV as you all make the trek back to the train.
“So with that massive waste of time done, where are we going next?” you ask.
“Well,” Grandbuggy whips out his list of artifacts, “We got several options. Either go to the Rock Farm Lands for petrified dragon eggs, the Rainbow Falls Swap Meet, the Dragon Lands for a piece of the Bloodstone Scepter, the list goes on and on.”
“Ugh. Well as long as we get back on the train I’ll be-“ you are interrupted as Greta speaks up.
"Uh guys? I think that pony over there is following us,” she points behind you all. “He's been trailing us for awhile now."
You peer over to see the white stallion gleefully smiling, and walking at a steady pace.
“Oh what the buck is this?” Grandbuggy grumbles. “Go away, we don’t want any!”
The stallion continues to smile and walk towards you guys.
“Didn’t you hear us mate? We said buck off!” you yell, but he is unperturbed.
Puzzling Frost’s Comment
Kichi’s Comment
“Alright, you know what? Enough of this!” you growl as you fly to meet the stallion halfway. “We tried to warn you buddy! Falcon Kick!”
Your flaming hoof strikes the stallion true in the nards…but he does not collapse. He just tilts his head at you with that same creepy smile. Only one other stallion ever resisted your signature move, and he was a weightlifting muscle head, this stallion should have gone down.
“Uhhhh…” you trail off as you look the stallion in the eye…and for a brief moment, his visage changes.
His already pale coat goes even paler, he is suddenly wearing a dark suit and tie, and he has no face.
“AAAIIII!!!” you shout in surprise and horror as you speed back towards your group.
“What the buck is that?!” you shriek.
“Either a unique or a guy with balls of steel,” Greta says.
“Yeah, that hurt just watching and he didn’t even flinch,” Ahuizotl agrees.
Mangle lets out a sound clip of bowling pins being struck from Grandbuggy’s back.
“Not that part! His face disappeared!”
“What are you talking about?” asks Greta.
“What do you mean, can’t you…” turning back towards the stallion, you see he has halted, but he sports that creepy smiling face again.
“Wait kid, did you say his face disappeared?” asks Grandbuggy with wide eyes.
“Yes,” you nod.
“Alright everyone, double time it, let’s go!” he yelps as he starts galloping towards the train.
“What? What is it Fix?” asks Ahuizotl as he jogs up beside Grandbuggy.
“It’s Slendermane! I owe him 20 bits, and I haven’t repaid him in 175 years! I can’t believe the bucker’s found me!”
“Uh, then why don’t you repay him?” asks Greta.
“Because he tricked me on that bet Gorramit! It’s the principle of the matter.”
“Is he dangerous?” you ask as you glance over your shoulder to see the stallion walking slowly again.
“Not really, he just likes to stare at you from a distance menacingly, never saying a word. It’s really uncomfortable!”
And as you all run from the slowly walking creature, you let out a groan.
“Great, now we got a stalker.”
THE HUMAN WORLD
POV CHANGE: BUGZE
“I have a rendezvous with death…”
Your eyes widen as you hear that sentence and you look around you in dread. Looking over to the used game store, you spy a video monitor showing an old trailer for some game with humans wielding guns with chainsaws on them.
Bugze, what is it? Your blood pressure just spiked? Selena asks in concern.
N-Nothing, just…just felt a bit unnerved there for a second, you answer as you turn back around to your doppelganger. You both are in the food court of the mall, and he is chowing down on a taco that has meat in it instead of oats. Normally you’d be put out, but the smell does smell heavenly to your human nose.
“Why did we have to come back to this forsaken place where small children frame me for petty theft?” you ask with crossed arms as you attempt to deny the temptation of meat.
“Because *Gulp* If that jackass attempts to make a scene, he can’t just call the cops on me, we’ll both get taken away,” he answers and wipes his chin with a napkin.
The filthy humans walk about the place as usual, but thankfully there is no sign of Human Filthy Rich and family.
“Ooookkkkaaaayyyy. Is there really that much bad blood between you guys?”
“Heh, you tell me. Freaking stoner cuts tail and runs when everything went to Hell, wouldn’t help me out years later either,” he spits in disgust. “Besides, even with all that, he’s probably gonna be pissed when he realizes I tricked him here to meet.”
“You tricked him to get here? How?”
“I left a note under his door claiming to be his Ex wanting to meet up,” he says nonchalantly as he takes a sip of his soda.
“…Yeah, maybe he will start something if my Sombra’s anything to go by,” you shudder.
Fwah! As if. I have no ex lover to be scorned by, Sombra harrumphs before he goes quiet. Unless he means…
“So yeah, seeing another me might push him over the edge, so stick close by but don’t say anything at first.”
“Is that why I’m wearing the Smokey Joe disguise again?” you complain, looking down at the rain slicker and feeling at the smelly do rag against your scalp. The glasses are a used in place of a face covering since people in a mall might get the wrong impression.
“That, and it might make him flashback to his college years if he sees you,” B2 chuckles.
Rolling your eyes you look around yourself at the other surrounding tables. Most are taken by human teens and the like, but a few only have one person sitting at them.
“So should I sit close by or something?”
“Yeah, don’t want you missing the fireworks after all. Speaking of which, here he comes,” he points down the hall.
Approaching at a steady pace…
Ello Calebero’s Comment
Kersey475’s Comment
You spy a dark skinned human with a shaved head, a dark goatee, and a hat. His eyes are red behind his spectacles, and a scowl seems to be permanently etched on his brow. Despite the rather plain looking clothes, there’s no mistaking who he is.
Is that me? Real Sombra asks in shock. What in Tartarus happened to my Humsona’s mane?!
Karma most likely, you jest and Selena chuckles. And NEVER use that word again!
“Oh God, he’s rocking the Heisenberg look,” B2 shakes his head. “I forgot how dorky he was. Judging from his red eyes, he’s already blazed one, so hopefully he’ll be a little chiller than usual.”
“That scowl says otherwise,” you mutter.
“I said hopefully, now scatter and jump in in case he tries to strangle me with my food tray like he did back in Detrot.”
“Wait, what?”
“I broke his slinkie on the tour bus and he went loco,” he says in remembrance. “But never mind that, skedaddle!”
He then ushers you to sit further away, and you do so, sitting at a nearby table with some human girl with a tray of food.
“Um, what are you doing?” she asks you as you turn to face B2’s table.
“Shush humie, I’m running reconnaissance for a meeting,” you explain without looking at her as you see the grumpy looking Sombra walk up to B2’s table.
The two humans stare at each other with squinted eyes for what seems like minutes.
“@#$%^” Human Sombra says in monotone, using your real name.
“Sombra,” B2 replies in kind.
“…Hope’s not here is she?” he asks with a bit of heat.
Hope? Pony Sombra says in surprise from within your mind. She's...she's alive in this world?
“No, no she’s not…” B2 confirms.
Sombra glares even more intently at your doppelganger.
“I thought it was too good to be true,” he sighs. “What do you want you worthless sack of S#!%?”
“Just to talk you backstabbing bastard,” B2 says tensely.
Again the two continue to stare each other down.
“Oooh, is there going to be a fight?” the girl asks behind you sounding eager.
“Hopefully not,” you answer as you intently watch the two humans in their stare down.
“Just a talk huh?” Sombra narrows his eyes.
“Yeah, just like old times…Why don’t you take a seat? I’ve got extra tacos…”
After glaring for a few more moments, the Human Sombra sits down across from B2.
“Alright fine. Let’s talk,” he demands as he snatches a taco.
“Gladly,” B2 nods. “Now, before we begin, let me just point out that some stuff I may ask may sound bonkers and insane, but I am completely, 100% sober.”
“Heh. That makes two of us,” Hu-Sombra actually smirks and takes a bite of his food.
“They seem intense, what’s their beef?” asks the girl.
“They used to be in a band together,” you say still not looking at her.
“Ohhh,” she nods in understanding. “I get that, my sisters and I used to be in one…kind of.”
“That’s nice,” you say not really listening.
“Yeah, they kind of dropped me off here while they went to go investigate some camp in the woods. They said it’s so I don’t get in the way,” she continues sounding a bit upset.
“Listen kid, I don’t want to hear your life’s story, now hush, I have to hear if that washout over there has a magic mirror or not.”
“Really? Awesome! I’d heard rumors from a little girl in a Tiara that there was a magic mirror in this mall, but my sisters didn’t believe it.”
“Yeah yeah whatever,” you hand wave before your body locks up momentarily. “Wait! What did you just say?”
You whirl around to face the smiling human girl. She is light blue with a two toned blue mane done up in a ponytail.
“I said my sisters didn’t believe it, mostly because that girl’s dad is a real jerk with a butt chin, but you never know.”
“No not that, I meant the thing about the magic mirror.”
“Oh right,” she perks up. “My sisters and I are always on the lookout for magicy things to hunt down. Looks like you and your friends are too, Neato!”
Ah, she must be in one of those human fake sciencey groups. What’s it called again?
Crypto zoology? Selena guesses.
Yeah, that’s it. Zoomba, keep an eye on the other you and me’s conversation.
Why does human me’s gut protrude so far?! He whimpers further in your mind.
I think he’s already got that taken care of, Selena mentions.
Nodding, you say to the human girl,
“So, you’re a cryptozoologist then huh? Looking for magic things, hunting down Yetis and the like?”
“Oooh, is that what we’re called? I like it,” she smiles brighter.
“Alright, but yeah, what’s the deal, you heard there was a magic mirror here?”
“Yuppers, I was actually going to start looking for it soon, because there are A LOT of windows and mirrors here. It’d probably go quicker if my sisters were here to help, but they wanted to go to the woods for some reason. When I said ‘What if it’s true and there is a magic mirror here?’ they were like, ‘Shut up you idiot’ and, ‘We have grown up work to do, if you want to get lost in a stupid mall go for it, we’ll pick you up in a few days,’ and then they left,” she says matter of factly as she takes a bite of a taco.
“…Yeesh,” you say sympathetically at her casual familial abandonment.
“But yeah, if your friends over there have any leads, that’d be super helpful.”
“I hope so too,” you nod as you turn back to look at Human Sombra and you, who appear less tense. “If not then I’ll certainly help you look for it.”
“Really? That’s great!” she cheers. “Thanks Mister.”
“No problem. I’m Bugze by the way,” you introduce to the girl who might have just helped you find the way back home.
“I’m Sonata, nice to meet you,” she smiles.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
Yup. Best Fish-Horse has appeared earlier than expected. Told ya plot points would appear 
Hey Hive Mind,
Writing after working countless overnight shifts is a strange and hollow process that I don’t really recommend, but I hope the product came out to your liking.
Now going forward, remember three things.
1. Sonata is by herself for a few days while her sisters are out of town.
2. Neither Bugze, Selena, nor Sombra knew the names of the Sirens.
3. Bugze and Crew think the Sirens are dead and gone from over a thousand years ago, and that any human with magic is their hybrid descendants. While from the Siren’s side of things, they’ve only been in Human Land for a little over a year (Wonky Time Portal Magi-Science).
With all that in mind, have fun with the coming shenanigans. There actually is a Magic Mirror in this mall after all.
Till Next Time,
Brown Dog.
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Make friends and .. I dunno like when you test our ne mirror you hand cathces on something and you pull Out a Axolotl and Bacon hair
We should find the mirror without the sirens knowing and use it as a some sort of save point. Using it somehow to temporarily jump back into Equestria. (Maybe can only be used a limited amount of times. You never know if it could be useful.)
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By the way, the mirror that's being referred to is the hand mirror from the Mirror Magic special, but Bugze doesn't know that
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"I should had to have been kinder with Hope, and now she is gone" Say Human Sombra looking sad
"Ask them what happened" Shout Sombra inside Bugzee head
"It was after the band separated... With only the two of us the band could not survive. Nightmare, or Luna as she name herself returned with her sister and I was with Hope for a time. Without the band I was forced to find a job in a shop selling stairs and began to take crystals..." Began to say human Sombra when Bugzee interrupted.
"What is wrong with crystals? I have a voice in my head obsessed with crystals" Comment Bugzee confused.
"I'm not obsessed" Groan Sombra
"Yeah... Here, crystals are a type of drug, you pulverize them and then force your nose to take it" Explain B2 to his companion, making him shiver
"Yeah... It was a bad moment... I was very angry every time and I payed it with Hope... In the end, one day she give me a warning, or I stopped with the crystal or she was going to go and talk with my parents, they live in 'Umbrum City' and if you think the Crystal Academy and Canterlot have problems, you didn't see how fanatical they are... I don't even know what they have against it, but let's say that Umbrum City is not a nice place to grow up. Of course Hope didn't know that, as my parents make sure to show only the best things and be very sweet with her, if only she knew the true side of the city... It was a couple of days later that I received a message that she was killed, they didn't even told me how, and it was too late..." Finished Human Sombra as he looked down.
"Hope... I wonder what happened to you" Muttered Sombra
In a strange gray dimension
A hooded figure was following what seemed to be a smokey butterfly pony in a gray world.
"Atchum... Is someone talking about me?" Asked the hooded figure looking around.
"Are you okay Hope?" Asked one of the smokey butterfly ponies
"Don't worry Rabia, it's nothing, did you discover anything new about Sombra?" Asked Hope
"Nothing for now, I can feel it's alive somewhere but it's very weak and since a little time ago, the connection is even more weak" Answered Rabia
"Wherever he is, let's pray to the princesses he is okay" Commented Hope
"Uhhh... Yeah, let's pray to them, sure..." Answered a little insecure Rabia looking to another side
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The only think I could think, some backstory for Sombra, if there is a problem I put something else.
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Well that sucks. XD
"I don't like you, you don't like me, but hopefully we can get this over with quickly before something else crazy happens today, knock on wood." B2 moves to knock on the table, but Sombra grabs his wrist.
"I am the one who knocks." Sombra growls before he knocks on the table as B2 rolls his eyes
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"This is exactly why Selena and Chrysalis left y-"
Before you could even blink, B2 has leaned forward across the table with his arm around Sombra pressing a toothpick against the back of his neck.
"You mention her name or that traitorous bitch again, I'll demonstrate the technique Grandpappy taught me that will make all the blood in your body pool up in your head and spill out of every available hole there. Got it?" he threatens in a low angry tone.
"That's just a movie." Sombra scoffs.
"I know, Grandpappy was an adviser on that movie while undercover on one of his black ops missions. Where do you think they got the technique from?" B2 growls as he presses the toothpick tighter while staring down Sombra right in the eyes.
"Okay, okay! I won't mention them again!" Sombra says hurriedly. B2 then slumps back in his chair and tosses the toothpick behind him landing perfectly in a trash can on the opposite side of the food court.
Nice to know even this idiot copy of yours has some steel in him. Selena comments
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Say something well-meaning that makes Sonata blush.
When Sonata leaves she's noticeably giggling.
Great, you've added another strumpet to your harem. Selena snarks.
Okay, so you and Sonata are in the middle of conversation when suddenly there's a loud slam coming from B2's table. You hear both Sombra and Selena facehoof as Selena says,
Well that lasted longer then I expected it to.
Getting curious you turn your attention back to B2's table and see that Sombra was the one to slam his hands down on the table. He's also now angrily standing up as B2 just gives him a deadpanned look.
"I'm not doing this Sombra, this wasn't funny the first time."
Hu-Sombra just ignores B2 as he growls out,
"Shut up, you know exactly who I am."
B2's deadpanned stare doesn't leave his face as he says,
"Yes, your my ex-band mate whose got a thing for crystals. Now can you please-"
"That's right, and I'm the man whose had the most productive life after our falling out."
B2's blank face falters slightly as his eye twitches in annoyance before he says,
"No Sombra...just no. Seriously man enough your drawing a crowd. Just sit down already will ya."
Hu-Sombra doesn't falter however as he simply growls out,
"Say my name....and maybe I will."
B2 just sighs before he grumbles out,
"Your Sombra, King of the Crystals and a pain in my ass!"
Hu-Sombra smirks before he finally sits down and smugly says,
"Your god damn right...now what were we talking about?"
You and Sonata just stare at the scene in confusion before she says,
"So...what was that about?"
"I...I honestly have no idea."
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Not my best work, but what can ya do? Honestly I just couldn't shake the image of Hu-Sombra doing that every time he meets someone, considering how he's a bit of a dork in this universe.
Anyway I'll hopefully have time to add more stuff later, preferably some Bugze and Sonata conversations. Till then I'll leave things here, feel free to add on to the comment if ya like through fellow commenters!
Okay, so bugze and sonata start chatting about the mirror all nice like and agree to work together to find it. While B2 and Sombra look for their magic mirror and Sombra and sonata keeps asking b2 and bugze about why he wants the mirror so bad. And they both do the thing where they dodge the question consecutively through changing subjects, action sequences, and overall insanity. until they both do that thing where they tell the truth like it's a lie, but WHAT A TWIST! They both believe bugze and b2's story because sonata's a siren and Sombra's a stoner with beef with some dark magic users from the Mexican drug cartels. Sonata then pulls a pinkie pie and exposition dumps the siren's story onto bugze and the voices. Sonata asks bugze for help getting them back home. Sombra says he'll help on the condition that you knock some skulls. Sonata and Sombra both proceed to ask about the bug's other half. They go to meet each other to join forces and defeat the warlock drug lord's
"IN TRUE ANIME PROTAGONIST STYLE!!!!"
Shut it, Octavio.
only to be betrayed at the last moment by Sombra who never really believed you and was just all a trick so he could take over the cartel and become the STONER DRUGLORD HE WAS MENT TO BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He then orders the goons to seize you only for bugze to surprise absolutely everyone and uses his boomstick to take them out leaving Sombra shocked that magic was F*****G real and almost got a piece of that S**T.
sonata was surprised that you had magic the whole time. B2 was wondering how exactly did this other him become so F*****G Bad**S
After which he says a oneliner and companions in tow walks off into the misty night.
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On with the show!
While you're other self is talking with Human Sombra you decide to make idle conversation with Sonata.
"So what are your sister's like?" You ask Sonata.
"Oh well Adagio, my older sister, kinda leads the three of us. It's cause of her smarts that we've been able to get past some really tough times this last year. Aria may be younger then me, but she is the most protective and aggressive out of the three of us. I'm amazed she got a black belt in Karate and Taekwondo in under a year!" Sonata said while munching on her taco. You eyes widened at that, this Aria girl seems like someone not to be messed with.
"Yikes, I pity whoever crosses her." You think.
"Why do I get this sudden sense of dread, and multiple beings are laughing at us right now. " Selena deadpans.
"Would you two be quiet I'm trying to listen to them over there!" Sombra growls, causing you and Selena to sweatdrop. You look over to see things are heating up a little over with your counterpart.
"Wait wait wait, your telling me that another you, from another world. A PONY WORLD. Has come over here to look for some descendants of some banished sirens from possibly over a thousand years ago, who were also from Pony Land. AND you're helping because it will give your pony self the ability to remove and give bodies too the pony equivalent of me and Nightmare?? Did I get that right??!!??" Sombra says looking at B2 like he had sprouted a second head, that was on fire....and screaming...and had a mustache.
*RECORD SCRATCH*
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Pinkie:Really Frosty? A mustache?
Me: What? It was the only other thing I could think of! Plus mustaches are cool and funny!
Pinkamena: Can we get back to the story? This little fourth wall break is making this scene longer then Brown Dog needs it to be.
Brown Dog: GET ON WITH IT!
Me: FINE, FINE, whatever.
*Now back to your regularly scheduled insanity*
"Well?!?" Human Sombra asked.
"Yeah that's pretty much it." B2 says with a shrug.
"I'm not high enough for this s***t." Sombra deadpans.
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"Alright, alright, alright. Even if I was to believe you about all of this, what do you need me for?" Sombra asks pointing accusingly at B2.
"Because I know, that you have connections everywhere. For as much of a crackhead as you are, your connection network reaches far and with it we can find the things were looking for faster. Plus you still owe me a favor from the whole Dr. Sombrero incident." B2 smirks. You turn your attention to Human Sombra who has a look of terror in his eyes and somehow hear a guitar playing. You also hear your Sombra gasp in fright.
"You/He wouldn't dare!" Both Sombra's say at once.
"Try me." B2 says with a cheeky grin.
"Dr. Sombrero? Um, care to elaborate Som?" Selena asks with smirk only to be silenced by Sombra's deadly glare.
"Say one more word, and I'll show you why I am the King of Fear!" Sombra sneers.
And that's all I got. I love the whole Hiensenberg angle you went with Human Sombra! It totally fits!
And yes I'm going with my head cannon that Aria is the youngest of the three. Keep up the good work guys!
I think it'd be funny if from here on out sombra gets more and more hateful of the human world. Nothing like a little reality to kill a fantasy.
"Well Sonata it was nice talking to you, but me and my twin brother need to get going."
"Wait! Here's my number." She as she whips out her Little Star Trek looking device. "That way if we find anything related to the mirror we can call each other."
You hand here your phone and she types her number. You still have no idea how this Marvel works. "Thanks Sonata" You take your phone back and it says Meermin12 as username with a picture of what you can only assume is Sonata doing a duck lip with the camera held high. Your not one to question randomness, so you move on.
You know... I really like her necklace. of course it reminds me of the elements of harmony, but still it's gorgeous. your Selena comment sounding impressed. 'Hu, never took you for the flashy type.' A mare can appreciate fine craftsmanship, I'm nowhere near that rag makers obsession. 'fare point'
"Meermin" is the Dutch word for mermaid. Aside from that, I've got nothing that is relevant to this situation
"We should be careful." Selena states. "Once we get a hold of more magical objects, like the Siren Stones, the magical artifacts could possibly be used to concentrate our sleeping Nightmare magic. Because we aren't in Equestria and you don't have your horn, our magic is just simply there doing nothing. But with the artifacts, I could guess that our immense power could come out and we could hurt the ponies- er... people here."
"Yeah, but at least now we have Sombra to make it better, at least if we don't get to eight tails or anything I think. Besides, he wouldn't want to hurt the humies."
"That's correct! They have done nothing but entertain me."
So Bugze is looking for any and anything that has a connection with the sirens right? What if he hears about mysterious sightings on a certain Blackwood mountain. Which so happens to be where the human 7 are going to spend the holiday with the human cmc? Eh? Eh?
Hint: Until Dawn x anon a miss incident
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Oh my god...you are evil man...and I love it!
Oh all the terrible things I could do....hehehehehe....
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Thanks I try.
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wouldn't the humane 7 not exist yet because it's before the friendship games and pony twilight isn't there because rainbow rocks haven't happened yet? so it would only be the six....
CURSE YOU CONTINUITY!!!!
P.S. in case browndog already started writing using this comment as a base.... sorry
So I can't really write any dialogue at the moment (curse you no-privacy aspect of dorm life!) but I do have a idea for a convo between Sonata and Bugze.
Basically the two hit it off immediately as they both are looking for artifacts right? So Bugze brings up what school she goes to after saying how he's a janitor, and Sonata just looks confused.
So after explaining what a school is Sonata (adorably) says she isn't in one, which Bugze misunderstands as her parents just not having enough money to let her go. So he gives her a bunch of cash, and doesn't realize Sonata has no clue what money is but she still accepts it.
Also at some point reveals her air-headness somehow, and when she mentions how her clumsiness always makers her sisters angry Bugze cheers her up with a prank story (either from the Hive or Ponyville) He then says how the air head is the most important part of a group, as they make for the best distractions.
And thus, that's how Sonata ended up getting a few tips from Bugze on how to use her clumsiness to her advantage...which inadvertedly causes more mayhem for her sisters