Title:           Circles and other strange tales #1
Author:          lifeandmusic
Pastebin link:   http://pastebin.com/EajvWKhK
First Edit:      Sunday 30th of September 2012 12:44:24 PM CDT
Last Edit:       Sunday 30th of September 2012 12:44:24 PM CDT

>Consciousness flutters back to you, bringing with it a number of odd sounds
>You swear the temperature just dropped a few degrees
>You slowly raise your head
>There is a hollow, dull ache wrapped over your entire body, but at least you can feel the nanobots doing their thing
>Your eyes creak open
>You see half a dozen multicoloured equines
>You close your eyes
>You open your eyes
>You see half a dozen multicoloured equines
>...
>Interesting
>A purple one moves closer. You could almost describe it as a pony except its got a horn protruding out of its forehead
>"hello there, do you understand me?"
>All of your what
>Well this just won the weirdest day ever award
>You would think on this more but your head feels like it has been dragged across the surface of the sun
"Naturally"
>The equines take a step back at your answer, shock clear in their eyes
>Well this might be fun
>Protocol first though
"You don't happen to have a level 8 clearance ship nearby?"
>"A what?"
>Somewhat primitive life it seems
>You bring your head up further and look around the.... room?
>The walls appear to be made of wood
>Wood? Scratch that last thought, very primitive life
>And the entire room is stacked with old paper books
>Judging by the shape and the adjoining rooms, it seems this house was modelled as if it were inside a huge tree
>You chuckle, What a silly thought
"Sorry, I was just checking. Which sector is this?"
>The purple one takes a step forward, seemingly even more curious now
>"Sector? Well this is ponyville an-"
>Suddenly a pink 'pony' (?) bounces in front of her and starts half shouting at a ridiculous pace
>"And we're very happytoseeyou anyway mynameispinkie and I'm everyone's friend here in ponyville and ohmygosh I can't wait until we can become friends it's going to be so much fun and-"
>You tune out
>Friends?
>"What's 'friends'?"
>The 6 equines stare at you in horror
>Uh oh, already rustled some jimmies with a taboo subject? Good going jac-
"Erm anyway I'm anonymous, 5th knight of the round and celestial over-study to 4 of the sectors in the known parameters of-"
>Their faces, lighting up as you introduced yourself started to decline back into confusion
>nevermind.
>You're not really ready for a barrage of questions anyway
>The purple one steps forward again
>"Nice to meet you Anonymous, I am twilight sparkle and this is applejack, rarity, rainbow dash, pinkie pie and fluttershy"
>She gestures to each one as she names them, they are all smiling, except fluttershy who is hidden behind a wall of pink hair
>Suddenly your own name doesn't seem as embarrassing
>"And if you don't know what friendship is then you've definitely come to the right place!"
>You came here? Or was that just a poor choice of words?
>This seemed a bit far-fetched even for your imagination. But you're unsure of what other explanation there could possibly be
>"But what -are- you?"
The white equine Rarity stepped forward, eyeing you up and down with a look caught halfway between astonishment and inquisition
"I am a homo sapien, or human. And may I extend the same question to you"
>Something about your tone pleases her. Must be one of those old-human types. Except she isn't human. She's-
>"why, we are ponies of course!"
"I see. But you must understand that talking multicolour ponies with horns and wings are kinda completely unheard of where I come from"
>There's that clichéd shock look from them all again
>From what you've heard so far, they aren't feigning it
>This was getting old already>"You... you mean you've never seen an Equestrian pony before" Twilight stammers
"Nope"
>equestrian pony was an odd choice of words. Was it a joke?
>meh
>"Well then there is only one thing for it!" Twilight exclaims, as her horn starts to glow with a light pink light
>You've run out of surprise energy by now
>Should brain.exe run a system reboot?
>y/[n]
>Various books coated in pink light come flying from the shelves as an ink well(?) and some paper come flying in from another room
>heh, flying objects. Almost as if she's using telekinesis
>....
>"Right anonymous, this is a brief history of Equestria and these contain most of the basic information about ponies" Twilight looks... excited now
>The books are hovering in front of you
>"Spike - take a letter!"
>Woah, you hadn't noticed the small dragon(?) hiding behind applejack
>And her solution to this entire situation was to present you with a load of books?
>She turns to look at you as you are still slumped in the corner
>"Anonymous, can't you read?"
"yes, however I have broken both of my hands and it will be at least 2 hours before I can walk again
>"Hands?"
>Seems like they really had never seen a human before either then
>You raise your arm, revealing 5 glorious digits, one of them opposable
>The armour made it harder to make them out, and the blood was clotting some of the joints, but they got a good idea anyway
>The ponies gasp
>"Ohmygosh what is THAT?" The cyan pony Rainbow dash finally spoke up
"A hand"
"It looks like a hoof that's been split loads of times... can you fly with those?"
>Whut
"No, I-"
>She starts to hover and then looks away, suddenly disinterested
>"Well then... hands suck"
>Notsureifserious.jpg
"hands have their advantages... trust me" you give a devious smile
>Looks like spike had finished writing the letter
>He blows fire on it and it disappears
>wut
>Your brain starts to protest and warning lights fill your eyes
>Your thoughts start to become light and wispy again, sweet unconsciousness is beaconing
>You hear panicked voices as you collapse once again