Yes Yes Yes
All that he knew was that he was moving.
His ears twitched to the sound of grinding, squeaking wheels as a warm breeze fluttered through his thick mane. He woke up as if from a long hibernation, and his every joint ached.
"Unnngh..."
Pilate stirred, his forelimbs uncurling, swishing through a sea of tightly packed straw. He was lying in a pile of hay, and from the touch of wooden beams framing his position...
"A wagon?"
He sat up, and his muscles instantly screamed as if a thousand needles were ripping through him.
"Augh! By the Sp-Spark!" he sputtered.
"Striped boomer doesn't move so soon," rasped a voice from ahead of Pilate and the wagon he was in. "Lies down and waits for the glimmer glimmer to leave his body, he does. There's a good boomer. Yes yes yesssss."
"Nnngh... Huh?" Pilate tilted his head around. His brow furrowed. "Hello? Is somepony there?"
"The sky has no reason to keep boomer, but Floydien isn't cruel. Catches the boomer, he does. Now Nancy Jane waits for two instead of one instead of none. Yes yessss."
"Fl-Floydien? Nancy Jane?" Pilate coughed and lurched forward, still wincing. "Sir, I-I'm blind. Please help me out here. Who are you? Where are we? And how did I... Wait..." He made a face. "You caught me? H-how?! Are you a unicorn?"
"Always is mistaken for a stabby stabby horse, poor Floydien. No feelings does Floydien have to bleed, only glimmer glimmer. Glimmer glimmer waits for Nancy Jane, as does the heart. The boomer doesn't know and Floydien forgives him. Yessssss. Hmmmm... there is much help the shiny boomer gift has for Nancy Jane..."
"Sir, thank you for... erm... saving me..." Pilate stirred again, but exhaustedly fell back into the wagon. "Unngh... but... b-but you have to understand! My beloved... my mate Bellesmith is in trouble! An entire armada of diabolical Ledomaritans have her held captive and... and..." He shuddered and stifled a shuddering breath. "They're dragging her north to be shoved into those machines again. Oh beloved..." His clear eyes teared up at the edges. "What are they doing to you as we speak...?"
"Boomer has a Nancy Jane just like Floydien. Too small a world, yes yessss—but it glimmers no more and no less. All is in the boomer's shiny gift, thinks Floydien, and is a good thing for Floydien heads north too."
"Wait... we're..." Pilate felt the jostling motions of the wagon as his hairs stood on end. "We're heading north?"
"Yes yes yesssss... to free Nancy Jane. A most beautiful maiden. They steal her, the stabby stabby horses. Think to do with her what they did to Floydien's antlers; is bad bad glimmer. Boomer helps Floydien free love of his life before they make glimmer of her as they make glimmer of Floydien's antlers."
"H-huh? Sir, I don't know who or what you think I am, but all I want to do is find my beloved and—" Pilate gasped, feeling his barren choker with two hooves. "The sphere! O.A.S.I.S.! It..." His muzzle grimaced. "Spark's fury... it must have broken when I fell." He moaned and covered his face with a pair of hooves. "Bellesmith, help me, I've never felt so blind..."
"Boomer sees, Floydien thinks. Sees with his mind as he smells with his heart. Yes yes yes. Fell to Floydien's glimmer glimmer for a reason, Floydien thinks. Would love to introduce to Nancy Jane. Would also love to make stabby stabby heads explode in string of firecracker farts."
"Wh-what?!"
"North brings us much glimmer glimmer and Nancy Jane. Striped boomer rests until popping skulls."
"Hey! Look... I thank you for taking care of me and all, but I-I don't like the sound of what you're..."
"Shhhhh..." The voice took on a whispery tone as a static energy filled the air above the wagon. "Sleepy is the boomer of stripes and wisdom. The double dark calls to fitful mind to be sharp once more. Yes yes yessss?"
"I'm not sleepy! I have to get off this wagon and find my beloved! I have... have..." Pilate fell under intense drowsiness. "Oh Belle, I am so sorry. So..." His striped head fell to the hay. "So exhausted...."
"Hmmmm... A bristled stone, boomer is," the voice murmured as the wagon rolled faster. "Happy is Floydien not to rip stripes off and wear them for camouflage. Nancy Jane wouldn't approve, would she? Hmmm-hmmm-hmmm..."
With an awkward melody, the voice hummed, carrying Pilate's twitching ears into darkness.
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Definitely shaping up to be good.
my reaction seeing a new early chapter: yes yes...yes...?
My precious???
Reminds me of Luke's first encounter with Yoda.
Darmoc... and Jilad.... at Tanagra.
If you get that, you win at nerd.
I have to wonder how long Pilate has had OASIS. He mentions, "never feeling this blind." I also assume that the kind of implant he has had to have been done at a very early age. Curiouser and curiouser.
Twenty-five four-count flutter kicks. Knock 'em out!
should i be reading Floydian like jar jar or golum?
so pilates headin north.
2248750 I'm glad I wasn't the only one reading this in Yoda's voice.
Fantastic.
2248778 I was reading it in Gollum's voice
I chose to read him as jar-jar
Fun stuff. I wonder if Pilate will learn to utilise the kind of Zebra-magic that was evident in Magic Duel as something of a replacement for his blindness. . .
2248764
I am shooting for nerd here- That Star Trek episode when they have a lot of trouble figuring out the language?
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I see more people thought of Gollum
Yeah, I was another person who read his dialogue in a Gollum voice. Glad that Pilate is still alive, but being blind is going to make life difficult for him (and by blind I mean missing Oasis, because he really is blind). Nice to see such an early update too; it helps make my morning a little bit brighter.
Oasis is BROKEN... Shaka when the walls fell.
Something tells me that if Pilate could see, he might not be taking this as well.
This can only end well.
I couldn't make sense of most of what he said, but I guess that would be explained in due time.
I don't know what exactly this means, but I want to see that happen.
2248764 Shaka, when the walls fell.
The ball is once again rolling, yes yes yea.
2248788
So, Glimmer Glimmer means magic, I think. Nancy Jane seems to be the equivalent of the whole "beloved" system. Stabby Stabby means Unicorn, and perhaps Boomer just means pony? Or anything that isn't whatever Floydien is? Something with antlers, that's for sure.
I dunno. Pilate, you're the expert on everything ever, here, what do you think?
Why do i get the feeling that Pilate is getting in even more danger?
I'm going to go ahead and say that Floydien is a crouching moron, hidden badass. Something about the childlike innocence he has while talking about butchering enforcers, while still knowing what he's talking about, strikes me as very unsettling. And Pilate's stuck with the guy.
2249483
reminds me of gollum... with some psychic abilities
...what just happened?
2249447
Seems close enough. "Glimmer" seems to represent something perhaps a little weightier than simply magic, though. It also seems that Ledo has a keen interest in acquiring and/or experimenting with it.
This Floydien guy is weird. It doesn't help that he almost talks like a diamond dog and we don't know what he looks like.
You just can't kill ponies like you used to.
2249755 dude you may be on to something!
It could be any being that can talk... I expect a big surprise when someone with eyes comes along... Probably a very unlikely companion.
Hahaha. Pilate, you are so screwed.
I'm pretty damn sure Floydien is secretly a super badass psychopathic killer, but when Pilate can't even see the guy, is completely at his mercy, and has no idea what he's saying... heh. Fun times are ahead.
2249745
"Glimmer" could mean crystal, which we've already seen Ledomaritan interest in. Anyone else think Floydien is a Diamond Dog (Killa, possibly)?
2248764
Drill Sergeant, my legs are getting tiiiiiiired. Can we just go to chow early?
2249755>>2249980>>2250140>>2249483 I can't wait to see how this plays out.
2250140
Yeah, sure, private. Just let me go tell the First Sergeant that we need to hold up training so you can get a hot meal. While I'm at it, I think I'll go snort some anthrax and tongue fuck a light socket.
Flitter kick your stupid ass until you die or I get tired, whichever comes first!
2250140
Emphasis added. This description parallels Belle's insofar as experimentation goes, and Ledo's obsession with breaking magic conduits in order to access something more "pure" or "innate" mana-wise. Also, antlers. This is all presuming 'Nancy Jane' is a living creature, of course. Regardless, magic and mana are still at the heart of this.
The way Floyd talks seems to imply that they're either trying to "make mana" out of "Nancy Jane," or he is using the term as a broader euphemism to mean that he's trying to save her before they destroy her, just like they destroyed his antlers (and Belle's horn). That he uses "glimmer" to describe the act of saving another would support that idea.
Oh god...it can't be her...not her...it must be someone like her...yes, that's it...
2250140
If what I've read of Skirt's writing elsewhere is any indication, it is definitely not a Diamond Dog. The speech pattern and the use of "boomer" strongly reminds me of another character I've seen.
2250613
I assume Floyd is talking about waiting for healing magic to wear off, but something a lot more sinister could easily be at play. Wits about one's self, indeed.
I like this guy already. Pilate, you may be in trouble, but we will all have a good time watching.
2250588
Wow, I read the chapter really well, didn't I? I blame it on 2250486 making me do so many flutter kicks.
I thought most of the characters were going to die at the end of Eljunbyro. Instead, only Zenith died and new characters are being added and side characters are getting more important roles. Innavedr is something else alright. So far I already like it more than Eljunbyro
Let me see if I got this right.
New character, kinda cuckoo for cocoa puffs
Pilate
Bellesmith
Enforcers
Not sure what "glimmer glimmer" is, though.
2248764 I remember it being said a few times that Bellesmith created OASIS for him. Who knows how long ago that was, though.
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Never forget Lime Tech...
Aaaaaaand...
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...CURRENT at last! Now begins the glorious agony of waiting!
2248776
Za'thras.
2254125
"Very damaged. Za'thras can never have anything nice."
IIIIIt's Dashie's evaluation time!
This...I like this. Glisten is a VERY interesting character already. Obviously, he has adopted a strange dialect, but I'll try to make sense of it as best I can - first off, he refers to Pilate as "boomer." Floyd's beloved, Nancy Jane, was stolen away by the Ledomaritans. The Ledomaritans are going to make "glimmer glimmer" out of her. After seeing those crystal ponies, I'm going to assume that Floyd and Nancy are crystal creatures with magical properties. Ledomare would want their magic, and thus kidnap Nancy and make Floyd's antlers into glimmer glimmer too. Something that I really like here and that really shines is this - Pilate is blind, so we don't actually get a physical description of Floyd. However, Imploding is still able to give him a personality. This shows us again how Imploding is an amazing writer and how he continues to awe us with each coming chapter. These are my thoughts so far.
-MASH
My mind is really being an ass for this chapter -"Boomer" instantly conjures up Left 4 Dead images - make it stahp!
This Floydian guy is getting a Gollum voice - my brain has already decided that too, apparently (this I'm totally ok with). Poor Pilate, lost and blinder than ever. Now its just Belle that we have to check in on, but if she's faring as well as everyone else remains to be seen...
That's one heck of a strange-talking gazelle...?
I like him.
aaaaaaaand another person gets a reference. Honeytiger is still waiting. But Honeytiger hasn't caught up yet!
2248776 That's funny because I was shifting in between Diamond Dog, Dragon, Skritt from Guild Wars 2 and Skaven while reading this.
With the mention of Antlers, my current bid is on him being an Antelope. The word 'glimmer' had me thinking of Stephen King's 'glammer' which is something shamanistic, so now I'm reading his parts in the voice of some Indian medicine man.
I am so absolutely certain that I got it wrong.
Well this is great. Rainbow Dash and Roarke are heading south, Pilate North, Eagle Eye and Josho are stuck with some oppressive Diamond Dogs... So much for not splitting up...
More star wars references, AWSOME.
I think of yoda when ever he talks