Rewrite: Chapter 2
(Later the next day)
Ryan POV
Emily opened the pod and waited for me to adjust. My eyes still closed, I got into a sitting position with my legs crossed and rested my head on my hand.
"Something up?" I asked, tired. "We usually have that on a timer."
"I just thought you'd like to know that the natives are attempting to gain entry." Emily answered.
"This place is locked up tighter than Fort Knoxx if it were to have a few dozen layers of- what was Wolverine's skeleton coated with? Not important, and which natives do you mean?"
"The ponies. Specifically two of each race, all females."
"They're yours to deal with." I told her.
"Don't you think it's time to at least try to rejoin society? You've been down here long enough."
"If neither have been found, then I'm not interested. Now that I'm awake, I'm getting more alcohol, maybe grab something to eat." I started walking to the door.
"Your last meal was days ago, I'm surprised you didn't get any sooner." She commented.
"Nothing has any flavor anymore." I thought out loud, not loud enough for her to hear me.
"Now about our guests?"
"They're yours to deal with." I repeated myself.
"You know as well as I do that neither would want you to waste away like this. Please?" Emily is right, but it still hurts.
"I'm not repeating myself again." I left the room to go to the mess hall, if you can even call it that.
Emily POV
Try as I might, I can't get through to him. Misty was all he had after "human nature" finally ran it's course. Well, he said our guests were mine to deal with, so I'll surprise him. He tries to be very specific in his choice of words, but even he slips up every now and then. And I'm going to "milk this for all it's worth" as people said back then.
Those dogs tried for a while, but they couldn't even scratch the doors with mining tools, much less claws and fangs. Though they did get a shock when they tried to force their way in. After Ryan helped add it to my systems, I punished their attempts with the sound of a dog whistle through the speakers. That won't be necessary, or useful this time. I viewed them through the retinal scanner and saw "Twilight" taking notes as she examined the door.
"C'mon, Twi! Haven't you found out how to open this?" Rainbow said, impatiently.
"This is more com-"
"Have you tried pushing the green button to the side of the door? The one under the lens with the red light?" I asked her, startling all of them. It wouldn't work anyway, but that's only because they aren't authorized.
"Who said that?!" Applejack asked.
"I am the A.I. in control of the systems in this bunker, you may call me Emily. You are attempting to gain access to the- shall we say, home of the last humans on Earth."
"A.I.?" Rarity repeated.
"Artificial Intelligence, not that your civilization would know anything about that. In the simplest terms, think of a pony that was created and operates, depending on if it's a smart one or dumb one, solely on logic and calculations. In my case, I am a smart A.I., designed to be like a human with all the advantages of a computer. Now back to business! He said "you were all mine to deal with", so I'm going to surprise him!"
"'Last humans'? But they're extinct! Since long before the Princesses- the unification of the tribes! How is that possible?" Twilight questioned the validity of what I just said.
"... 'Extinct' is a very broad term at this point, especially since without humans and what he would refer to as 'their desire to play God', there would be no you. But enough questions. I'm unlocking the door, but keeping all except where the inhabitant of this bunker is locked as I guide you to him."
"You're letting us inside?" Twilight asked excitedly.
"Yes. Fair warning; he's incredibly unsocial, kind of a dick, and a smart ass. He likely won't be aggressive so much as he will be depressed for personal reasons and trying to drink away his problems even though he can't get drunk anymore. He does however know how to defend himself if he needs to. Keep your hands to yourselves and you should be able to leave unscathed." I warned them.
"What's wrong with him?" Fluttershy asked out of what sounded like genuine concern.
"... That's a long list, let's leave it at that."
Ryan POV
"Why is the rum always gone?" I asked no one. Looking to my right, I saw the answer. "Oh! That's why." Nothing but empty bottles over there, anyone else would have died to alcohol poisoning by now, but yet I'm still here. Still I can't decide if that's a good thing.
I left the room and wandered around with no particular destination in mind. For what was for all intents and purposes a bomb shelter, it really did not need several of the rooms it has. I can somewhat understand a library, but Emily should have immediate access to most, if not all of what's there. The armory became kind of redundant when it was found out I could use magic like out of a book or RPG, had that dismantled not long after. We don't need a hot tub. None of us necessarily had a problem with it, but we didn't need a game room either.
"Everything we could need, but not the one thing we want." I thought to myself.
"You have visitors." Emily informed me again.
"Clearly you didn't hear me-"
"I did, and I decided to let them in."
"... God? If you're there, I'm sorry for whatever I did to deserve everything that's going to happen in the near future." I looked up as I said this. "If you're there, please make them leave!"
"HI!!!" Something pink just appeared right in front of me without warning.
"JES-"
That's all I remember before falling back and hitting my head on the floor.
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This is a good reboot so far. I'll wait to see more of this when you are in the mood.
Fuck this, reset the AI
This is an unreliable and useless one and working against you.
When you create for example AI to take care of a nuclear generator, you don't let it do shut like this and if any small prblens happens , immediate reset
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To be fair, she is designed to be human-like, she was basically designed with this in mind.
Edit: Not so much unreliable and useless as the MC is stubborn in his current state.
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AI's human nature should be a bonus and not something that will change or make its decisions,especially when directly told something.
AI core fuctions should be more important,it is made to listen and do what is told without a problem.
Not so SMART after all,especially when that function is unreliable
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Relax, as slow as progress is, the story is being re-written.
Glad to see this is still going after so long a break
Hehehehe I see a little Jack Sparrow in there!
It be a merical
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That is actually a good question.
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I am not even surprised that this happened, once again. Because, this is a very old, common, and overused cliche done to death on so many MLP stories, from many different FIMfiction authors/writers and their own styles I have ever read for so many years in here.
It is quite a rarity ( No pun intended ) to see the royal guards/solar guards in MLP stories in here, NOT to act super racist/xenophobic against the OP human/alien/non-pony protagonist in these types of stories.
And it's also rare for the protagonist themselves to actually want to train the guards by themselves.
Or from a request from the princesses themselves to "hire" the protagonist to be the pony guards own "special" training instructor.
( Just so the guards themselves will FINALLY stop being the worst military force ever, and stop acting like that overused "dirty guard/cop" trope, nor being racist/xenophobic pricks that they might highly likely start a FRICKIN international incident/WAR from a foreign country/nation/kingdom/empire!!!!
Just because those same racist/xenophobic guards treat the foreign ambassador/prince/princess/queen/king/emperor/tyrant/dictator/president/ruler/leader like f****** garbage! )
That COULD realistically happened in this types of stories in here. I'm actually surprised that most authors in here didn't figure this out too? When they keep making the pony guards/solar guards into racist/xenophobic jerks all day??!! Just so those very same authors have a excuse for their "badass" protagonists to beat up the pony guards as "new" punching bags/cardboard targets.
It's best for the solar guards/royal guards themselves ( And especially Ponykind's own sake ) that the OP Protagonists themselves actually "whip them all shape" ( If you know what I mean. 😈 ). To finally get rid of their prejudice, and start acting as a REAL military force/royal guards like in our world.
Just before those very same pony guards makes a VERY SEVERE dumbass mistake to piss off a person that not only is unforgiving/merciless, but they can also BLOW UP THE ENTIRE COUNTRY/CONTINENT/MOON/PLANET/SUN/SOLAR SYSTEM if they have wanted!!!!! ( Like a Dragon Ball Series/Dc Comics/Marvel character for example. )
Or piss off a very powerful foreign ruler that owns/rules a OP Civilization/Country/Nation/Kingdom/Empire/Continent/etc.. That can easily One-Shot Equestria itself if they went to war against each other! ( Like that Civilization Game Series Meme with Nuclear Gandhi!!!!!!! Or a very OP Outer Space Civilization/Empire if we want to add "Aliens", or a OP fictional and futuristic humanity in here? ).
P.S. The Princesses will also get the blame as well in this too ( Mainly Celestia ). Just because they didn't properly train the guards right; Didn't stop the guards quickly to say anything stupid before it's too late ( And that's being called a LAZY RULER! ); And didn't have a tight leash on the guards themselves, nor have the proper respect on the guards themselves to follow your orders to the letter.
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With all of that said. I might actually use those as a idea for a couple of future stories. Just so I can make a proper deconstruction/criticism on that overused "Solar Guard always being racist/xenophobic, and being very terrible guards/military" trope.
And that in a realistic situation, pissing off the WRONG overpowered person or a "foreign/alien" ruler should have everlasting consequences and huge karma on the guards themselves, the princesses for not stopping it/nor train the guards properly, the pony nobles too for being prejudice bastards, and pony kind as a whole.