- you dont know how you got here, and you dont know what "here" is, but apparently "here" is full of talking magical ponies.
- you got here on one of your normal missions that wasnt so normal. you were fighting a new type of metal gear IP and it opens a portal and sucks you in.
- well here i am.
- alone with talking equestrian beings that have magical tendencies, and convey friendship on a daily basis.
- applejack: hey jack, mind helping me with this here apple tree.
- >i said to call me raiden.
- applejack: if we both have jack in our name, why not use it?
- >because my name reminds me of a very bad past.
- applejack: well shoot, you are in a new place partner, and that past has nothing to do with your future here.
- >*sigh* just call me raiden for now on.
- you slice some apples off the trees and they fall perfectly into the barrels.
- applejack: whoooweee. i still dont understand what all that technological thingamabobs do to you, but they sure are precise.
- >they amplify physical and mental capbilities.
- apple jack: well thats mighty neat.
- soon you come to hear a roar in the air.
- must be-
- rainbow dash: the dash is coming through!
- rainbow dash...
- rainbow dash: gees raiden, youre still here in the orchards? i thought you would be hunting down bad guys and beating them up.
- >i dont "beat them up". i kill them.
- the two fall silent. equestrians dont seem to have much of a stomach for death.
- >and besides, there hasnt been any "bad guys" to show up since i got here apparently.
- rainbow dash: yyyeaaaah... i guess they are all scared of you raiden. heh...
- she is still taken back by what you said about killing your enemies. these ponies would not fair well on the battlefield.
- *beep beep*
- >shit...
- applejack: whats wrong partner?
- >i need another recharge. this damn body runs out of energy too quickly. i need a constant recharge. i used to be able to get it by just taking my enemies electrolytes by extracting them through physical trauma and absorbing it through my nano tube muscle fiber.
- they both just stare at you.
- >i tore them open and stole thier spins, squashed them in my hand, and got their energy.
- they fall silent again.
- >i dont want to go see twilight again though. every time i ask for a recharge, she asks me like a billion questions about humans or technology. and i cant see rarity for it because she will make me pose for her to make "less gruesome attire" for me. is my body really that scary?
- rainbow dash: raiden, your jaw is all exposed and stuff, and you got blades on your shoulders, you got claws too.
- >... i see what you mean.
- applejack: was there any other way you could get energy?
- >well i could eat, but that will only sustain my physical being to the minimal. i could walk and talk and stuff, but i would be useless on the battlefield. if i were to eat something with high electrolytes though... maybe.
- rainbow dash: what what has a lot of electrowhatits?
- >well first off meat...
- they once again fall silent.
- >but im not allowed to eat that here am i?
- they both nod "no".
- >then there are certain fruits and vegetables. but they lack HIGH amounts of electrolytes. id have to eat like, a whole forest to gain the amount of energy i need.
- rainbow dash: ugh, this is pointless. just stop with the science mumbo jumbo and hit up twilight.
- >but-
- applejack: i thinks its your only option sugarcube.
- >ugh... fine.
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- so here you are... in front of a giant tree house. literally. its a house made from a tree. apparently its a library but you never see anyone but the girls come in.
- >uh, twilight...
- twilight: need a recharge huh? i knew you would be coming back sooner or later.
- >its only this or eat meat, and i cant have the second option here in this world.
- twilight: right. so about our last conversation on.... artificial intelligence.
- >*sigh* they are not alive in the fact that they dont have a soul, but they are alive in the fact that they are an adaptive being. like a human.
- twilight: and so these artificial intelligence-
- >just say AI. its quicker.
- twilight: AI, of course. what were they used for?
- >many things.
- twilight: name some.
- >ugh. teaching, parenting, low level work.... war.
- twilight stopped feeding in energy.
- >what? is every pony going to freak out every time something dark comes in to play? pathetic.
- twilight: we dont see much dark in these times, so yes, we will "freak out" when it is mentioned. why are you so accustomed to it raiden?
- >i was a child soldier. i grew up on the battlefield. it teaches you young that killing people feels good. really good.
- twilight: but you are a hero raiden. how do you feel pleasure in killing something?
- >because, "one sword can keep another in its sheath". i killed those that preyed on the defenseless. im no hero, im just a protector.
- twilight: thats the same thing in my book.
- *beep*
- >*sigh* thanks twilight... but we need to stop talking about earth... it reminds me that im not with my wife or kid.
- twilight: sorry raiden. its just that you are so new and amazing and advanced and-
- >enough with the run on sentence twilight.
- twilight: run on sentence... oh, that reminds me. the princess has invited us all for a run on ball.
- >... a what?
- twilight: a ball that lasts 24 hours.
- >more like a marathon really. why would anyone go to that?
- twilight: many reasons.
- >name some.
- twilight: a sense of irony? hold still my heart.
- >im not dating a pony.
- twilight: im only playing around raiden.
- >i sure hope so.
- twilight: oh just get out of here, rarity wanted to see you anyway.
- >oh joy.
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- you are really going to regret this, but-
- rarity: oh finally. you have kept me waiting for a whole week. have you been avoiding me?
- >yes.
- rarity: well i never...
- >rarity, im not some kind of test subject.... anymore i mean.
- rarity: raiden, i must say i thought you would look higher upon someone who is in the fashion business.
- >im not all that into fashion.
- rarity: indeed.
- >nice try at a witty comeback. what did you want?
- rarity: i made you a suit you can wear when you dont have those spikes on your shoulder, or those claws on your feet.
- >is this for that run on ball thing twilight was telling me about? im not going.
- rarity: yes you are. i slaved over this all week matching your sizes raiden, and i will see you wear it at that ball.
- >and i said. im. not. going.
- rarity: and i said. you. are. going.
- rarity was never one to be scared of anything that was a refusal to her fashion.
- >*sigh*
- rarity: now go try it on in the bathroom, and make sure you put on the tie.
- >im not wearing the tie if nothing special is happening right no-
- she gives you the look.
- >*worse than rose...*
- rarity: what was that?
- >nothing.
- rarity: thats what i thought.
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- the suit fit well. it looked nice on you.... if you didnt notice the jaw. or the eye patch.
- are you ever going to get back home? youve only been here for a month, but it feels like its been more.
- you come out of the dressing room to see rarity marvel at it.
- rarity: my you look handsome.
- >your not noticing the jaw.
- rarity: oh pish posh. it gives you charm.
- *knock knock*
- rarity: oh that must be pinkie pie and fluttershy.
- >oh man, im out of her-
- pinkie: RAIDEN!~
- you are tackled to the ground by a pink pony.
- rarity: get off him this instant. i worked very hard on that suit and i will not see it get dirty.
- pinkie: oops. sorry. i didnt hold back.
- this pony may be even stronger than you, and you are able to lift a metal gear with the weight of a sky scraper.
- fluttershy: oh my, raiden you look nice.
- >i still think the jaw is a good give away that im not normal though.
- fluttershy: oh no. i think it gives you charm.
- rarity gives you a look of "i told you so"
- pinkie: the others said they would be here by now.
- rainbow dash: we just got here, applejack had to go get her stand so she could sell stuff at the ball.
- twilight: well then, i guess we are all ready then.
- >wait, we are going right now? why didnt anyone tell me?
- rarity: i gave you huge hints raiden. im suprised you didnt catch on.
- >why didnt anyone TELL me?
- rarity: you just need to know when a woman is giving you hints raiden.
- correction... way worse that rose.

