Title: Nightlight Author: Hugboxfag Pastebin link: http://pastebin.com/KAJ198YC First Edit: Thursday 2nd of May 2013 04:47:55 PM CDT Last Edit: Thursday 2nd of May 2013 04:47:55 PM CDT Nightlight   >you are Nightlight >mommy says you have very pretty blue fluff and a pretty green mane >and you’re trying your best to take sleepies >but it’s not easy >there’s a great big monster in your safe room >your safe room has become a monster room >and while you can’t quite see the monster, you know he’s there >he made a sound not long ago >it was a loud baby noise, kind of >it hurt your ears, since it sounded like a fluffy baby crying >that’s usually enough to hurt any fluffy’s ears, but this was like a really big crying fluffy baby >anyway, you’re curled up in your bed, waiting for the monster to appear >you’re supposed to be taking sleepies, so you can’t let mommy know about the monster >she’d save you, of course, but then she’d be mad >and making mommy mad would be something that a bad fluffy would do >so you stand your ground >or, rather, you curl of in your little fluffy bed, hiding under a big blanket >it’s very soft, and warm >no monster can get through that! >as long as you stay under the blanket, you’re safe >but, sadly, your curiosity gets the better of you >you poke your head out from under the blanket to see if the monster’s still there >he is! >you can see him just in front of you! >you shout, scream and cry, before running to the door of the safe room >banging on it with your little hoofsies doesn’t make it open >why won’t it open?! >if it doesn’t open, the monster will get you >so you pound and pound and pound, when suddenly the door flies open >and right in front of you is mommy! >”Nightlight? What’s with all the noise?” >through your tears, you tell her all about the monster >mommy listens to your story very carefully, and nods her head a few times >”Well then, I guess I’ll have to do something about the monster.” >mommy goes over to right where the monster was! >before you can warn her, yell, try to stop her, or anything else, she’s already next to the monster! >she reaches down, her arm just out of your view >she rummages around… >and grabs the monster! >mommy pulls the monster up off the floor, and holds it up in the air >the monster has eight very long arms, huge eyes, and even some silly fluff >wait, silly fluff? >you take another look >why, it’s just Mr. Wiggles, your favorite toy! >”Oh, Nightlight. It’s just your plush octopus. Not a monster.” >mommy puts Mr. Wiggles in your bed, and you crawl in with him, giving a tiny sniffle as your scared saddie water goes away >”Mummah? Nigh’wite sowwy.” >”That’s alright, sweetie. I understand. Do you want the Monster-Go-Away Glow?” >you nod, as fast as you can >the monster-go-away glow makes the monsters go away >mommy pulls the little buzzy thing from her pocket, and rubs it all over you >you feel a little tingly, and soon enough, you see the monster-go-away glow >you thank mommy profusely, and she gives you a little kiss on your sniffer >she leaves, and closes the door behind her >you give Mr. Wiggles huggies, and start to fall asleep, glad that no monsters can get you now >”Buh-bye, munstahs…” >and, with that, you take sleepies   -----------------------------------------   >you are Dr. Carolyn Monroe, a prolific scientist in your community >ever since fluffy ponies came out, they’ve been your main focus of experimentation >you’d usually pick them up from a shelter, or get them off the street, but Nightlight is the first fluffy you’ve had since birth >she’s a successful attempt at fluffies with hollow fluff >much like a polar bear, this breed of fluffies has hollow hairs, allowing for more aerodynamic traits >you’ve observed a 0.12 mile per hour increase in fluffy pony racers >not much, but enough to quantify a grant and further research >anyway, like you were saying, Nightlight has hollow fluff >she also suffers from a little phenomenon called nocturnal hallucinations >basically, at night, she sees things that aren’t there >that, or she sees things that are there, and mistakes them for monsters >since she’s just a little fluffy pony, she doesn’t quite understand that what she sees in the dark aren’t real, nor are they monsters >so, you decided to try something a little different >without going too far into detail, what you basically did was fill the spaces in her hollow fluff with a variant of neon, and capped the hairs through a process known as “pinching them shut” >seriously, it was as easy as that >furthermore, when you connected a small electrical source, such as a battery, you could make the fluff glow a bright blue hue >you had to make sure not to use anything more potent than a cell battery, as a higher voltage might end up re-opening the seals or potentially singeing Nightlight >so, she glows, not unlike a night light >where else would she have gotten the name? >the tiny amounts of neon, paired with the low voltage battery, only let the fluff glow for about five to ten minutes at the most >but if it can manage to give Nightlight a little cone of vision to take away the hallucinations and give her peace of mind before she falls asleep, then your experiment is a success >you plop down at your desk, typing up a short idea for a new test >Experiment #528: Giving a sea fluffy an anglerfish lightbulb.