Fine Dining
“Ahh, good evening Mr. President,” Keifer said as Atticus entered his lab.
“Good evening doctor. I’m sure you know why I’m here,” Felix replied.
“You wish to know what progress I’ve made, yes?” He asked, “Well, it’s a good thing that you came as well, because I wanted to ask you for permission on something.”
“Permission? You’re the USU’s head biologist. You already have the highest clearance level available, along with near unlimited resources and the authority to get almost anything done. What could you possibly need permission for that you aren’t able to authorise yourself?” Felix asked.
“Well, I do have the authority to order it done, but I thought it wise to consult you first,” Keifer answered.
“Well, lay it on me then,” said Felix.
“You see, we’ve discovered why the ponies’ magic doesn’t work on us. It’s the same reason that the princess and her friends couldn’t teleport out of Utopia as and when they like,” Keifer explained, “The ponies’ ‘magic’ is easily explained away by science. What they call ‘magic’ is actually Keifer’s radiation, and that same radiation has somehow given them the ability to manipulate said radiation to accomplish a whole plethora of different feats. Now, you might be wondering why their ‘magic’ doesn’t affect us. You see, when their ‘magic’, which is actually radiation, affects someone or something, it reacts with the radiation inside that object, and since we have no radiation for theirs to react with, we are completely impervious to it. An example would be that when they levitate something, they are actually levitating the radiation inside that object. Of course, there are more technical bits, but the full explanation is a bit complicated, and I have simplified it to allow you to understand it better.”
“Doctor, that is an excellent discovery! It’ll no doubt help us in our future endeavours, especially with our research on their ‘magic’, which is scheduled to begin after the election,” Felix complimented. He then remembered the main topic for their discussion. “But you said you needed permission for something, right? What is it?” He asked.
“You know how magic is unable to react against objects without magic? Well, since the air in Utopia doesn’t have any Keifer’s radiation, magic doesn’t work in Utopia either. Which means that we don’t have to worry about the ponies teleporting into Utopia and ambushing us and destroying everything,” Keifer explained, “But it also means that the princess can’t use her magic in here as well, which means she can’t help Eris while she’s in Utopia.”
"Right… so I assume you have a way to rectify that?" Felix asked.
"Yes, and that's what I needed your approval for. I want to take her outside of Utopia, and allow her to freely use her magic. Of course, it will be for the purpose of resuscitating Eris," Keifer answered.
"Go right ahead. Permission granted," Felix said unexpectedly.
"W- what?" Keifer asked, "Just like that?"
"She needs to use her magic in order to come up with a way to help Eris, correct?" Felix asked.
"Yes, that is correct," replied Keifer.
"Then why shouldn't she be allowed to do so?" Felix asked.
"I mean… aren't you afraid that she could escape? That she could teleport away? Or that she'll use her magic to attack people or something?" Keifer questioned.
"Not at all. She wouldn't teleport away, not when we've threatened to kill her friends if she does. And she wouldn't attack anyone either, she knows that there'll be consequences for her actions," Felix said confidently.
"R- right. So, I guess I'll take her outside now then… so we can begin our work," said Keifer.
"No, no need. It's already getting rather late. I think the princess should already be worn out from her four hour long chat with you. Get someone to escort her to her room, I'll be having dinner with the ponies tonight," Felix ordered.
"Yes sir, I'll get her to her room," Keifer replied.
"Dismissed," said the president.
"Twilight!" All her friends cried out all at once as she entered Pinkie’s room, which they were all in. They hadn't seen her for a few hours, ever since the humans had kidnapped them. They weren’t allowed to leave the confines of their rooms either, other than travelling between each others’ rooms.
"Hey gir - " she was cut off as they all tackled her into a hug, piling on top of her.
"Are you okay?" Fluttershy asked with concern.
"They didn't hurt you, did they?" Rarity asked.
"They had better have treated you well! If they so much as scratched you, I'll - " Applejack was cut off as Twilight spoke.
"Hey girls, relax. They didn't hurt me, they treated me rather well," Twilight interjected. "How about the rest of you? Are you okay?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah, we're doing just fine. Honestly, this place is amazing! They have trains, underground! Their rooms are super comfy! And they gave us a lot of entertainment too! We got to watch a kind of moving picture that they called a movie! We watched something called Anchorman: the legend of Ron Burgundy! It was hilarious!" Pinkie said excitedly. "It only featured humans though, and we could do with some food though," she said, finally calming down.
"I think what Pinkie means to say is that this place would be amazing, if it wasn't being run by humans," Rainbow Dash corrected.
"Well pinkie, it's a good thing you mentioned food, because I'm pretty hungry myself," Twilight said. "I have both good news and bad news. The good news is that we're gonna be having dinner at the most high class restaurant that Utopia has to offer, with the head chef being someone named Chef Ramsay who is apparently one of the best chefs in existence. The bad news, however, is that…" Twilight hesitated, "We're gonna be dining with their leaders. The humans' leaders, I mean."
"So we're going to have to deal with uncouth barbarians that literally eat with their bare hands?" Rarity asked, forgetting the scene from the movie when they had dinner in a fancy restaurant.
"Yeah, do you have any idea how messy the humans are when they eat?" Rainbow Dash asked, forgetting as well.
"Well, that's the bad news. The ones we’re eating with are basically their equivalent of Celestial, Luna, Cadence, Thorax, and Ember," Twilight explained.
"Well, at least it's something. I'm very very very veeeeery hungry. So when do we leave?" Pinkie asked.
"Well, it's a good thing you asked," a voice came from behind them. They all turned around to see a group of four men in suits entering the room. "Because we're here to take you there now."
"Man… The Golden Plate… you're very lucky to be able to experience Chef Ramsay’s cooking. Well, except the princess because she’s technically a… well, princess," one of the men said, "Did you know only the Utopian leaders and the people who invested at least twenty billion dollars into Utopia's development get to go there? We
“Psst!” one of the men in suits whispered to the other. The sensitivity of the ponies’ ears allowed them to hear what he was saying, however. “I don’t think we’re supposed to talk to the aliens.”
“Relax,” the other whispered back, “I’m sure a little chat wouldn’t hurt anyone.”
“You do know that they enslave humans, right?” The first one whispered.
“Whatever. Fine, I’ll shut up,” the other replied.
“So, ready to go?” One of the men asked them.
“Yeah, we’re ready,” Twilight replied.
“Alrighty then, follow us,” one of the men instructed.
So, the ponies walked through another set of corridors, followed by entering the train, where they rode in the lounge cart alongside their escorts. The train ride itself wasn’t that long, it only lasted five minutes. But during that time, they were all talking about how truly marvellous this place was. It was like something from a fantasy, especially with it being run by humans. Twilight had told them about how Eris was a draconequus, along with telling them about the cryogenics chamber and how she had to spend four hours just answering whatever questions one of the human ‘doctors’ had.
The rest of the ponies told Twilight of the technological marvels they had witnessed. How they saw a movie on a strange black screen that the humans apparently call a ‘TV’. They told her about how they saw what Equs once used to look like when they saw the movie, and how Equs was apparently once populated primarily by Humans, who were the first and only dominant species a long time ago. They talked about how these humans acted a lot differently than the ones they kept as slaves; how these humans actually acted with a degree of… civility. How it seemed that these humans didn’t seem to have a social structure as savage and basic as the slaves’ social structure, where it was a dog eat dog world and the strong could do anything they wanted to the weak, and the weak pretty much functioned as the stronger slaves’ slaves. Here however, it looked like strength didn’t matter since all of them respected each other just the same, especially considering their leaders weren’t strong, muscular people and looked rather average. They also talked about how they had never once seen any of the humans force themselves on another, or sexually assault another, while it was extremely prevalent among the slaves. Their short talk was cut to an end though, as the train came to a stop.
"Attention all first class passengers, you have arrived at The Penthouse, within the Mall Sector. The floor you are currently on is floor three. Wilford industries thanks you for choosing Snowpiercer's one of a kind first class experience. We thank you for your ride and/or stay, and we very much hope to see you back here again soon," The regular announcement came from the speakers, before going silent.
"Well madams, we're here," one of the agents said as the door opened. "Let's get off," he said, and led them out of the train, then out of the train station.
The doorway of the train station opened onto the second floor of a large hall of some kind, in front of a balcony overlooking the ground floor, and two sets of stairs leading downwards. The first floor had a kind of pattern that was made from the tiles. At the very middle of the first floor, right in front of the staircases, laid a kind of reception area, with two humans; one male and one female, manning the counter, which was surrounded by four trees that nearly reached the ceiling. There were several high class restaurants of different cuisines, lounges, hotels, and high class bars built into the sides of the structure, wrapping all around it. The second floor looked like it was pretty much all balcony, and overlooked the first floor. The balcony itself was made up of both metal railings and glass panes. The outskirts of the second floor was lined with the same grand looking restaurants, lounges, and other things as well. Along with this, there was a small area above the second floor as well, which was lined with grills that contained air conditioning devices within them. The ceiling of the 'hall' was made completely out of a sunroof, which stretched the entire length of the hall they were in. The sunroof baffled them, seeing as they were so far underground, and that there should've only been dirt above the bunker. The only other exit besides the train station was another doorway at the end of the long hallway, leading to the rest of the mall.
"Welcome…" one of the agents said, pausing for dramatic effect, "To The Penthouse!"
The area was bustling with activity, with humans in suits walking all around, some emerging from the other doorway, and some exiting through it.
"How do these humans seem to have an unlimited amount of suits? Do you have any idea how expensive suits are?" Rarity whispered to the rest of the group.
"It's expensive for us because it's really hard to make one. With their technology, it might be much easier," Twilight explained.
"This is where you find the most exclusive bars, restaurants, hotels, and lounges. There's even a nightclub over here, but it's not open yet," he explained. "Well, let's head to The Golden Plate. Better not keep them waiting," One of the agents said, followed by leading them towards one of the staircases. To the ponies' surprise, it turned out that the staircase was actually moving downwards by itself.
The two agents that were escorting the ponies from the front causally got on the escalator, and began descending. The ponies however, hesitated, not knowing what to do.
"Is there a reason we've stopped?" One of the two agents escorting them from behind asked, "Is something wrong?"
"What are we supposed to do?" Twilight asked, looking at the moving escalator.
The agent sighed in frustration. "Just pick a step and walk," the agent then went to 'demonstrate' how to get on an escalator. "Just walk like how you normally do. It's not that hard," he said, and the ponies were able to follow suit without much difficulty.
"First underground trains that travel a few kilometers at most, and now moving staircases?" Rainbow Dash asked in disbelief as they got off the escalator and walked towards the restaurant. "These humans have actually reached the peak of laziness. They can't even walk down some stairs! What's next? Moving chairs?" Rainbow said sarcastically.
"Well, I highly doubt moving chair - " Rarity was cut off as a woman in a moving chair on wheels rolled by. "Well, I stand corrected," she said in disbelief.
"I wouldn't mind getting one of those! Pinkie remarked excitedly.
They walked towards one of the expensive looking restaurants, one with the sign ‘The Golden Plate’ plastered above it. The front and only entrance was made up of two open doors, which revealed a grand, high class setting within the restaurant. The first thing inside the restaurant, right through the door, was a formally dressed female attendant at a podium with what looked like a menu on it. Outside the restaurant, four large men in suits stood at attention; the restaurant’s security guards. You do need some form of security if you’re going to be hosting the world’s most important people. Other than the security guards standing outside the restaurant, there were several small groups of formally dressed humans conversing with each other; those who had just finished eating and were saying their final goodbyes to their associates or just chatting. The agents walked up to the podium, and were greeted by the attendant.
“Good evening sirs, how may I help you? Do you have a reservation?” The woman asked.
“No, but they do,” one of the agents replied, pointing at the ponies.
“O- oh! I didn’t even notice them, how silly of me. Princess Twilight and company, you have a reservation with the world leaders themselves, correct?” She asked.
“World… leaders..?” Twilight asked. She was confused by their title, seeing as they apparently rule over just one small city.
“Yes, they do,” the agent replied.
“Very well then. The rest of you will have to wait outside though,” she gestured at the four agents who were escorting them.
“That won’t be a problem,” the agent replied.
“Excellent! Now for the rest of you,” she turned to face Twilight and her friends. “Right this way please,” she said, and began leading them deeper into the restaurant.
The restaurant itself was mostly done in the same white theme as the rest of Utopia, but rather than the ‘futuristic’ vibe the rest of the bunker gave, this one gave more of a vibe of relaxation and class. There were tables and chairs placed strategically throughout the restaurant, most of them seating formally dressed men and women. From the ceiling, dangled lines upon lines of mini chandeliers which were made up of strings lined with crystals. At the very middle of the restaurant, stood an elevated circular platform with railings all around it, featuring a flat, curved ramp that led up to it. That’s what the attendant was leading them towards.
"How can humans even be this… fancy? And why aren't they messily using their hands to eat?" Rarity asked as they walked.
"Don't you remember the film?" Fluttershy reminded, "Their society used to be very much like ours."
They all walked up the ramp, and upon reaching the platform, it revealed all of the suited humans that were present for their landing earlier. They were all seated next to each other at an eleven seater table, where the humans took up seven spots of the table, while the remaining six were left for the ponies. They were immediately noticed upon their arrival.
“Ah, the purple horsey princess that I’ve heard so much about,” Aladeen said immediately upon seeing them. “I have a spot saved for you right here,” he tapped the empty seat on his right.
"Aladeen, what are you doing?" PM Jack asked. He was the only other person who had an empty seat to his left.
"Oh, I'm showing these aliens my hospitality, of course," Aladeen replied.
"I really think that the princess should sit next to me. You have a tendency to be… overly hospitable," Jack replied.
"Nonsense, I'm just treating a foreign dignitary well," said Aladeen.
"Well, you're definitely gonna try to treat her very well, and that's what I'm afraid of," Jack said.
"What are you implying?" Aladeen asked, taking a sip of wine, knowing full well Jack wouldn't spell it out in front of all these people. Unfortunately for him, someone else would.
"What he's saying is that some of your recent Google searches were 'Why is purple such a sexy colour' and 'Is it bestiality to have sex with an animal if the animal is extremely cute and of above average intelligence'," Felix said outright, eliciting snickers from all the other leaders present, while Aladeen spat out his wine, "And your last Google search before coming here was 'How long do horses last during sexual intercourse'. Do I have to continue?"
"No!" He impulsively shouted, before immediately correcting himself. "I mean… no, that will not be necessary."
"Good," Jack said. "Now princess, come over here and take a seat," he told Twilight, and she did so as her friends found their own seats as well.
"So, shall we get started on the main course?" King Osas asked.
"Yes, we shall," PM Mateo confirmed, followed by pressing a button on the table labeled 'call'.
"So, Princess Sparkle, I believe we still have some things to clear up," President Alexi addressed her. "Why is it that when the ex USU president, Atticus, sent a diplomat to enlist your aid, you attacked him and his escort?" He asked. His voice was calm, but his Russian accent made him sound menacing.
"Well, we thought they were slave rebels," Twilight answered.
"Ah yes, while we're on the topic of slavery, why is it that you practice slavery in the first place? And how did humanity apparently become your main source of slaves?" Xi Mingzhe asked.
And so Twilight explained the war to them as they ate. She told them of how all creatures once used to live in harmony, and how war was once a completely foreign thought to all the creatures of Equs. She then explained how one day, the humans just decided to take over everything out of the blue, and randomly started massacring entire cities. She then told them how through the power of friendship, they were able to defeat and subdue the humans.
"And… how long exactly have you been enslaving all of humanity?" Bjorn asked.
Twilight hesitated. "A… thousand years," she said, eliciting gasps from everyone at the table.
"You mean to tell me… that you've reduced our great species to nothing but slaves, and kept them in chains for a thousand years?" PM Mateo asked with venom in his voice.
"You can't just forget about what your 'great species' did," Applejack said mockingly.
"Your kind killed so many! We gave you mercy by enslaving you rather than wiping you out!" Rainbow Dash said.
"So because of what they did literally a millennia ago, you've kept them enslaved until now?!" Felix retorted.
"We have to keep them subdued! They killed people. They killed millions. They were monsters. If we let your kind go you'll just go back to your savage ways
What would you have done?" Twilight asked. "Surely you would've done something similar?" Twilight asked, trying to regain the moral high ground.
"Exactly what we did with the fucking Nazis! Sanctions on their military, keeping them subdued through the threat of overwhelming force should they act, arresting and trying their leaders in court! We didn't fucking enslave them, and they killed tens of millions!" Felix shouted back. The whole restaurant was now staring at them.
"Felix, I think you sound calm down," King Osas tried to get him to stand down, "These creatures are primitive in their mindset. They're not as intelligent as we are."
"Excuse me?!" Rainbow Dash shouted, "We are more intelligent than you! You're the primitive, barbaric, uncivilized savages! How dare - "
She was cut off as a human soldier, a Russian, rushed up the ramp and into their eating area. He was panting heavily, and immediately addressed them the moment he saw them. "World leaders, why on earth aren't any of you answering your phones?" He asked in between pants.
"It is rude to pick up a phone call at the dinner table, so we all most likely left our phones on silent, and I didn't pick it up when it vibrated," PM Jack said.
"Yes, I did feel my phone vibrating as well," King Osas stated, followed by the other leaders all saying the same thing.
"Well, what is it? What's the matter? Why's it so urgent?" Alexi asked his soldier.
"It's the ponies, sir. Our surveillance drones have detected a large amount of the pony forces, as well as several other creatures, gathering at the town known as Ponyville," he explained, "All of Utopia's generals are currently preparing a large defensive force as we speak."
All of the world leaders quickly got up one by one. "Sorry, but we have to cut this dinner short," PM Mateo said.
"Finish your food and head out, my agents will escort you all back to your rooms. We have other matters to attend to," Felix said, before they all left in a hurry, without uttering another word.
"Twilight, what are we going to do? We can't let these humans harm all those innocent ponies," Fluttershy said, as caring as usual.
"I… don't know," Twilight replied.
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Then prepare the place first
Don't do it just in a random place.
They should build walls around the spot to prevent her to even think about running.
Those two are either retarded or have a tumor inside their brains at this point
This is a universal argument why no one should talk to them when they don't have to
I think this is a justified moment for a guard to interject and say that that woman was paralyzed and couldn't walk
I have to ask why the guy from a movie is in the story of real humans?
I mean Ramsay is mentioned here but he is real.
Bitch please Germany in WW2 killed alone, in just from Holocaust 17 million.
That's not counting how many soldiers and civilains they killed in normal way.
And that's just Germany.
He is right, they are too stupid to thought of this plan so they did the easiest thing
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Well, he's not the Aladeen from the movie. I just took it as inspiration for his character, and took the names as well. Just think of it as more of a cameo/reference to another film, it's not a crossover thing.
It’s hard for them to let go of the perception they have of humans, because it’s a major way the justify how they treat them. Seeing Utopia makes these beliefs invalid but also a threat to everything, it wouldn’t surprise me if human slaves actually out numbered them. Now imagine if in a generation or two they were “civilized” by the old humans? They are just beginning to scratch the surface of how advanced these humans are… and it terrifies them! They would have a super power they wouldn’t be able to compete with, that in terms of nation state time tables, came into being “overnight”.
Rainbow and the girls psychologically can’t handle the concept of civilized humans, likely for ego reasons. Although I could see Rainbow trying to hide her fear with dismissive and even hostile feelings, as she’s never one to admit to it. Rarity might even see them as a threat to everything she’s ever built, if humans can manufacture stylish clothes so easily, she’s sunk. She might continue to get niche work, but it’s definitely going to hurt her bottom line. AJ sees them as a threat to her livelihood as well, as she might not see any other way to maintain her farm, at least at its current level without them. Pinkie might be a bit more open to them, but it’s hard to know what exactly she’s thinking. Fluttershy is understandably nervous as like anyone else she’s heard plenty of stories about them. I do hope the leader is open to having Twilight talk to those ponies into standing down (remotely presumably). I’d rather not have a massive blood bath, without first offering the olive branch.
But I doubt Celestia would listen, brushing it off as them using her pupil to try and hide their “small numbers”. It might take Celestia having a breakdown in the middle of a massacre of her finest to be willing to hear them out. At the same time, she might not be able to accept the humans who hurt her and her ponies were just a small group…. I mean imagine finding out your grand victory soaked in the blood of patriots… was against the noise bleeds/short bus kids?… I swear there is a trope name for this, but I can’t think of it at the moment.
Something like this, I could see Sunbutt losing it like the general.
At this point, I wonder if there can be any sort of peace between humanity and the rest of the world. The trauma of seeing your own people enslaved for so long would have to be astounding and far-reaching, and the mental machinations the rest of the world would have to pull to justify it all would be deeply-rooted. I do still prefer an ending like this, but is it even possible all things considered?
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Why?
That would be stupid
Humans don't have to do that even if they could send her.They aren't desperate ,they can kill them and want to do that efficiently and coldly as possible
Also, they wouldn't let her because it would be easy for her to scape or give her any stupid ideas
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Rather not.
The only peaceful ending possible is if humans created a big wall, both psychical and magical, that would completely separate them.
They would also need to move/deport ponies and other creatures far away.Like the other continent.
Humans wouldn't leave for sure, they are too entrenched to just leave Utopia.
Just prepare artillery first ,so while they will travel days to even be close enough to see Utopia they will be constantly bombarded , their morale will die and will run away,especially when there is less than 1/3 of the army left
I'm noticing that each chapter seems more rushed than the last and you do mention being short on time in your note. Maybe you should have it so that you will post on Saturdays only and give yourself a whole week (minus your off day) to write each chapter? Maybe bump the chapters to 4000 or so words to compensate? Kinda like this:
Mon - Fri: write the chapter
Sat: Proof read and release
Sun: Off day
I just don't want you to burn out on writing this.
Cant wait to see humanity dominate them. Wait wheres my popcorn..?
Concerning the potential interrogation chapter. I don't know about everyone else, but I personally would prefer a lighthearted chapter were the pony is hyped up on truth syrum and giving the interrogator way more than he asked for, rather than a darker version were the pony is tortured. Your call though.
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Yeah, I was thinking of doing that. I'm gonna change up my schedule after writing the major battle. And don't worry about the battle being rushed, I plan on making it a 3 chapter ark, maybe more if it's necessary, so I have a lot of space to work with.
Also, they still have that pony guard, and he/she is interrogated, right?
They must already have knowledge of how the Equestria military works,etc.
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Finally someone else who gets it! Truth Serums can be pretty useful as a comedy device, sure you got everything you needed for the battle but there’s a lot of stuff you really “didn’t” need to know!
“-And when I was 14 I accidentally ended up in the closet with my sister at a Nightmare Night party!”
“Wait you mean yo-“
“Make him stop! I don’t wanna hear anymore!”
“Then one time I walked into my teacher and some zebra in the woods and they looked at me while they- Mmmmf mmmf”
“Get more duck tape! We don’t need this!”
I swear if ur a brony I'm done with ur story I want to see humanity fucking kill these slavers
I see no difference
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I have to disagree with you. Letting twilight speak with ponies is a good idea.
If the world leaders let Twilight speak to them, then she and her friends may see it as an attempt to end the conflict peacefully, which will only increase her doubts about humans and put her worldview to the test.
It will also be a kind of ultimatum to the Equestrian army like "we give you mercy and the chance to leave or face the consequences." It might not be that important to their army, but it comes down to a spark of doubt. If there are survivors from the massacre (and they will be), they will not remember "they attacked without warning and without a drop of regret", but "they gave us a chance to leave."
The spark strikes mistrust, mistrust can lead to rethinking, and rethinking can become a strike/rebellion.
And don't tell me that their way of life is ingrained and impossible to get rid of. Everything changes, you just need to give a reason to doubt and think.
Sorry if it was a bit a bit agressive.
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Did you not read this chapter and how they behave?
Maybe after a year of therapy but for sure not now.
Mane 6 don't care, they want humans defeated/enslaved and not for it to end peacefully .
Ok you clearly didn't read the chapter and how and why the scouts were killed by drones then.
They gave them the chance too and didn't take it.
At this point "they attacked without warning and without a drop of regret" doesn't matter.
They are soldiers, not the police that you can use that trick on every time.
Because only defeated survivors will think about it, but still won't blame themselves.
Humans,president and general know that these scouts meant war
This is war, send ponies, Celestia, Luna know that. They want this to be one battle war.
At this point, humans should treat this as a war too and fight like it was one, not a border dispute.
Oh yeas after 1000 years of slavery?
At this point it's clear that ponies don't like change.
Mane 6,Celestia,Luna and other ponies, don't care that it happened so long ago.
They are ponies, not humans. That part of the comment doesn't even make sense.
The conversation between the world leaders felt a little short, but that isn't much of a big deal
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...where do you think we are?
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While a peaceful solution would be ideal for Utopia's leadership in the long run, it is too late for that now. Twilight knows classified info, and she hasn't been there long enough to build enough rapport with the humans to be trusted. While they are letting her outside, it is only under escort in order to let her perform the job she was brought in for. At this point, the only thing that can avert conflict is if the legion of doom does something extreme that the equestrian army must be recalled, but as the previous chapter stated they are going after Utopia too.
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Well, have to agree with most of the things.
But I still think it's a good idea to let Twilight try to persuade their army to retreat. It will not work and then it will be like "Well, we tried" and open fire. What is the problem?
About 1000 years of slavery. Well, i kinda get it that they don't like changes and probably they won't accept it. But did something global happened to Equestria in 1000 years that changes everything? Except a few things like Crystal empire, not really. I think war with Utopia can break this status qoe. War can either unite the nation or divide it (which I think will be most likely for Equestria ). When they get tired of the war, they HAVE to look for alternatives.
This is my opinion and i respect yours. I just wanted to say it
You should make where the human wipe the floor with the other races in the first battle
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I know it. I am not saying that conflict can be prevented. I will say more, this war is necessary. I know this is inappropriate now, but as Kyuubi325 said, "rather not have a massive blood bath, without first offering the olive branch."
The only thing that might save Equestria is the Mane 6 convincing the Princesses that humans aren't actually bad and advises them to back down and talk on the negotiation table. Pinkie, Fluttershy, Rarity and Twilight seems to have a somewhat positive outlook on humans after they witnessed Utopia's living condition albeit unfriendly but not entirely hostile and can see reason at the moment unlike the Princesses who advocated for war and eradication of the First Humans(there's some bumps here and there but only on the subject of the treatment of native humans that might change if Twilight learns how we treated the Nazis). Applejack and Rainbow however, still have their 'this is nice and all, but not if it's used by humans' mentality. If both of them manage to get past these egoistic belief(Rarity seems to have gotten past that 'humans are uncouth and barbaric' spiel when she saw the large amount of humans wearing expensive and high quality clothes and using cutlery like 'civilised' people)
Perhaps after curing Eris maybe they would return to Equestria, Equestria might have a chance to avoid their inevitable defeat if the everyone in the Mane 6 wholeheartedly say that humans aren't slaves and they don't kill if not provoked and Utopia and the rest of the world can coexist(well, it hadn't reach that point yet where the Mane 6 think that Utopia can coexist with other nations but it had reach the point that the Mane 6 would see that 'Utopia isn't the underdog and can annihilate the nations of Equus within a month and fighting them would be calling Death itself so please don't go to war with them').
Unless, if the Princesses are 'too blind' to see the truth and they attack anyway which would cause the inevitable collapse of pony dominance in Equus.
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Nah, don't need to waste time building walls. Just let Twilight do her job alone with Eris outside. The Mane 5 would be kept inside of Utopia and be held at gunpoint until she's done. Give her explicit instructions that the moment that she teleports away, each of her friends is immediately gonna have a bullet in their head. She wouldn't risk those things happening to them, that's what I think.
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you do realize what site you're on right?
there nothing they can do and she knows it. Maybe if there magic could work on the humans they could bridge the gap of the humans technology. Lets face it even if they could the gap is still to big. No the best Twlight can do is Diplomacy.
Bruh that was exactly what I was thinking
Is the story cover from passengers?
Either she's overweight or has a disability. If it's the latter than.... that's ableist *ding*.
Not even a full day and the image#1 is already broken xP
Ohhh, the sudden immense satisfaction for this line. I foresee myself coming back here in the future.
I think there was another typo somewhere, but damnit I already forgot about it.
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Well,not all the endings are peacefull or happy.
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we are killing these ponies off as they will prove to be a obstacle in humanity path to greatness
i just read this chapter and i advocate for genocide even more that rainbow fucktard wanted to wipe us all out and they enslaved us for 1000 years we should kill them all off
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nope they have enslaved for 1000 years we have to kill them off
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I want to see Eris realise she can use her chaos magic like Discord and proceed to make his brief stint of ruling Equestria look like paradise. Give ponies the Bill Cipher treatment.
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Yeah
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He has more power because of how long he lives so far.
But it will be only a matter of time until she has the same amount of power or even more. Especially if scientists will boost it.
Also considering that Eris has more knowledge, material to copy, learn from, like games and shows, like Bill Cipher and horror games.
Discord is repetitive and uses old tricks.
I just now know what happened to the Nazis I guess you'll learn something new everyday
Is that the beginning sign of actual progress I see sprouting within the Mane 6?
It seems as though they are actually beginning to understand the reality of the situation, albeit slowly. I think they will come to their senses if the Utopians continue pointing out the flawed logic and immorality of their actions against the humans, as well as the absurdity of punishing modern humans for the misdeeds of their ancient ancestors. Furthermore, for the time being, they should be kept out of contact with the outside world, especially Celestia and the other national leaders, lest the girls' progress be derailed by the misanthropic poison that the non-humans tend to spew.
There is also the issue of the ponies' apparent lack of common sense. I can only speculate as to why they seem so clueless about the situation they find themselves in, what with the very existence of Utopia proving without a shadow of a doubt that humans have the most advanced civilization that has ever existed, and yet Rarity still expected Utopia's leaders to be
and Rainbow Dash believes that
However, more importantly, I wonder if they can be taught to use common sense. That would be good for both sides.
Moving on to speculation about the impending battle...
I expect any general with even the slightest bit of sense NOT to launch a frontal assault with nary a single flanking maneuver nor coercion technique on a superior and alerted foe that is entrenched with an unknown amount of manpower, but it would not surprise me if Celestia and her lackeys throw all of their remaining brain cells to the wind and press this attack with absolutely no plan whatsoever other than "overwhelm with numbers. I'm sure it'll work" given their track record in decision-making thus far. Realistically, when the "fighting" actually starts, a significant portion of the army's ground forces will be wiped out by artillery before they get close. Any survivors will probably be too demoralized to continue pressing the attack and simply flee, but if there are any brave souls who continue on, they will be effortlessly mopped up by the infantry. Airborne troops will fare no better against human anti-aircraft weaponry. The battle will ultimately conclude with a decisive Utopian victory and Celestia will know she done fucked up.
I must say, I am kinda sad we missed the opportunity for the dining situation with rarity to be turned on its head. The cutlery in utopia doesn't have any magic in them so she cant lift them with magic, and would be forced to eat her food without. All while the humans use cutlery.
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god damn im not like this and I play Stellaris
Reminds me of this: (0:53 - 1:11)
Speaking of: How would a pony use a Segway? Does he balance on one or will he use two?
To be fair, your sister-in-law is ruling over a single city and also has the title of a princess.
Did Aladeen got the answer to his Google searches?
Maybe try to speak with them?
You are a princess, and you are just in front of their leaders.
You won't get a better chance to talk to them and deescalate the situation.
Also, the link of the first picture seems to be broken.
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thank you xenonion
Will we see any naval combat in this story?, I know Utopia dosent have any ships so im assuming we'll see Utopian jets destroying equestrian ships or Griffin vessels at sea or in harbour at vital port cities such as Manehattan.
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I don't know, that depends if the author decides to make the Hippogriffs decided to join the war or not. But all the ships of the non-First Humans are gonna get picked off like the US ships at Pearl Harbor. The only challenger in the sea is the Hippogriffs.
Seaquestria is gonna be hard to attack, with it being underwater and the Hippogriffs would have a massive home advantage. If they do Utopia is either gonna send Navy SEALs and Frogmen from other nations to deal with Seaquestria or just drop a crap load of depth charges and fish bombs into the water and it'll be like Dresden in 1945(or a rather radical decision, a nuke test). Mount Aris will be easier to deal with since it isn't underwater.
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i mostly commit genocide