((You are Still Jackie)) >"It turns out, the Mozilla ponies that came from across the continent cracked the case in replicating Ai ponies." "You mean they have working reproductive systems?!" >"What? No, they were able to copy and construct a completely blank and fresh Ai pony through copying source code and applying it together." "Wow! That's awesome! So by blank you mean... Absolutely no personality?" >"yep, and the coolest part is, we have to program it and start it's life." "Wait, why us? Why aren't they keeping it?" >"It was a complete fluke, and they don't have the technology or resources to program it >Taking care of a fresh underdeveloped Ai pony >Would that be like taking care of a baby? >Oh hell you hope not >You can't even remember what you were like when you were growing up inside Anon's computer >You can barely remember being inside there at all... "I see. Well this should be fun." >"Yeah, they also said they wanted you to visit them and help with a bit of coding. So you may as well escort the new pony back home on a flight." "Wait... I'm leaving and you're not coming with me?" >"Oh come on sweetie, you'll only have to stay there one night." "I'm gonna miss you Anon." >"I'll miss you to, but don't worry, you'll be back in no time. Alright?" "Alright... When's my flight?" >"You have a private jet flying in this evening around 10:00pm so you can arrive in the morning." >Oh boy, three days without your love and a boring night flight you're probably just going to end up getting piss drunk on "Alrighty then. Gonna go see how the others are doing." >You trot over to Winnie's room >Her door was left wide open >The little blue filly was laying on her desk, crying "Hey Eight! What's wrong?" >"Please don't call me that anymore..." "Okay okay fine, but what's wrong?" >"Everyone hates me..." "Oh come on now, that's not true, Anon and I love you. Wait… what did you do?" >Just then you screaming and protest coming up the stairs >“That little blue cunt erased the entire collaborative Debian updates for my programmer group!” >You turn around and meet eye to eye with Debby, the head of the Debian pony development group >“And to make matters worse, there are multiple porn files all over our system of humans! HUMANS!” >She was furious “Hey, I’ll have you know that Anon and I are together.” >“Oh… well… ugh… just keep Winnie away from any of our development, she’s a walking tornado…” >The magenta and red pony heavily stomped back down the long staircase and back to her room >Winnie had already hidden herself under her bed sheets and was bawling her eyes out >You pull her out from under the sheets and give her a big hug “I have no idea how you manage to mess things up like that, but laugh it off okay? You aren’t built to deal with Linux and you like porn, so what. Cheer up. I’m bringing a surprise back for us in a few days.” >With that you leave and close her door before she can bombard you with questions >So it’s 4:00pm and you have six hours before your flight >You feel anxious, really anxious >Maybe lunch will calm you down >It’s a little late for lunch, but whatever >You jump in the glass elevator down the hall and take it to the ground floor, waving at the other ponies flying and trotting in and out of rooms within the facility as you pass each floor >You giggle and happily walk outside onto the street and down to the nearest café >That brand new capacitor still making you feel like a million bucks >You’re probably worth something in the neighborhood of four hundred million though, considering your capabilities >You grin at the narcissistic thought >Everyone around you is still waving and greeting you, trying to stop and talk to you >You’d think they’d be used to you by now, guess not >You enter the café and order a simple sandwich and coffee >The rest of the afternoon is spent filling your little mind with anxious thoughts of the flight and the new pony