Worlds Apart: The Chosen of the Prognosticus

by GMBlackjack

A New Minion Mission

O’Chunks stumbled back into the central hall of Castle Bleck, resting his hands upon one of the pillar’s bases to give himself a breather. He knew the Count and Nastasia were up there, waiting for his “report.” For once, he wasn’t looking forward to it. Sure, the Count likely wouldn’t do much to him besides the usual “I’m disappointed” look, but Nastasia… That woman was as cruel as ice.

Those glasses of hers…

With a sigh, he jumped. Instead of landing on top of the pillar like he intended, his weakened legs only carried him most of the way, smashing his face right into the pillar’s side. He peeled off and flopped back down to the ground, groaning in pain.

A purple vortex surrounded him, teleporting him gently on top of the pillar.

“There you are, O’Chunks,” the Count said, dissipating the Void power. “Welcome back.”

“So…” Nastasia adjusted her cufflinks. “I guess the hero went ahead and stomped you and sent you back here?”

O’Chunks lowered his head to the ground, letting out a pained cry. “Yeh gotta forgive me, Count! I’ve failed yeh! I’ve never felt less chunky in me life!”

The Count put a hand to his chin. “Bleheheheheheheheh… So our hero is real… Yes… And a force to be reckoned with…”

“There were three o’ ‘em!” O’Chunks called. “A rock-throwin’ warrior girl Doff, a flappy Pixl butterfly, and some purple horse thing.”

“Hmmm…” Bleck narrowed his eyes. “Princess Twilight Sparkle… I suppose my attack immobilized her, mused Count Bleck.”

“Ehwat?”

“Nothing to concern yourself with, O’Chunks, merely a name for your purple horse: Twilight.”

“Aight! Twilit and Doff, I’ll remember ‘em!”

“You will…” Count Bleck pressed his hands together. “Now, it is likely they have the Pure Heart from that universe and will be heading to the next one shortly. Nastasia, send in the girls to lay a devious trap and bring these interlopers to their very knees! BLEH HEH HEH BLECK!”

Nastasia nodded. “Yeah, I already sent them out for that exact purpose.”

The Count’s menacing grin widened even further. “This pleases Count Bleck. Excellent work, Nastasia. This hero—or heroes, it appears—will be helpless before them.” He spread his cape aside like wings, laughing all the while. “I depart! Alert Count Bleck when these ‘heroes’ are no more! BLEH HEH HEH HEH HEH! BLECK!” He vanished in a swirl of purple energy.

Nastasia wrung her hands tighter. “Yeah, I’ll fire off a memo on that… but for now, we have another item on the agenda. O’Chunks, ya got a sec?”

Oh no, here it comes! She’ll ask me to shave the beard this time! I just know it!

“Yeah, so, some of the ponies from the Crystal Empire are still resisting assimilation. So I’m heading out to squash the resistance. And while I’m gone, I want you to stay here. Yeah… you just sit tight and think about your recent job performance, k?”

And then she just walked off the pillar down to the floor below and walked away.

O’Chunks suddenly felt the oppressive nature of the massive, empty room all around him. Not a soul to talk to. Nothing to do but sit and do as Nastasia said: think.

Thinking was somewhere on the lower end of O’Chunks “list of things to do” on most days, and today it was near rock bottom.

“Gah, this really tweaks me chin hairs!”

Comments

[Spellflame]

1, there are more heroes because friendship ex makina.
2, so is it thorax, oc, rarity, mane 6, or starlight?

[hamster wizard]

That was pretty quick! I'm sure the rest of this adventure will be smooth sailing and nothing bad will happen.

[Shilic]

“Hmmm…” Bleck narrowed his eyes. “Princess Twilight Sparkle… I suppose my attack immobilized her, mused Count Bleck.”

I do enjoy Bleck saying his own dialogue tags out loud.

O’Chunks suddenly felt the oppressive nature of the massive, empty room all around him. Not a soul to talk to. Nothing to do but sit and do as Nastasia said: think.

Thinking was somewhere on the lower end of O’Chunks “list of things to do” on most days, and today it was near rock bottom.

“Gah, this really tweaks me chin hairs!”

Poor O'Chunks. You really feel bad for the guy. It's not his fault he's not nearly skilled enough to take on legendary heroes, despite his amazing strength. I just want to give him a hug...

Another check-in with the minions, which only deviates slightly from established events. I'm sure these will begin to shift more and more as things change, but for now I'm fine with just the ones from the game with minor deviances. I enjoyed them then and I enjoy them now.

[FanOfMostEverything]

Welp, two down. It'll certainly be interesting to see how Toph's abilities translate between worlds. And "resisting assimilation" sounds several kind of nasty... Much going on our heroes don't know about. This won't be easy or pleasant.

[PsychicKid]

Assimilation? Uhoh