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@Maple Bat @MaryxMelody @Techno Universal As she continued through the obstacle course, it became clear to Muddle that she was more competent than she had originally thought. The course was still challenging, but most of the dodging and rough terrain was much easier than she had expected. The only time she would truly fail was when she tried too hard; for example, if there was gap, she would over shoot it and stumble. By the time she was nearing the finish (or half way, depending on what you want to do), Muddle's rear was feeling a little sore. "Ouch, what's with the random difficulty spikes?" In response to her thought, she heard a light snicker. It was barely audible but still there. ~ Her shadow had a good idea about what was going on and it couldn't help but find Muddle making a fool of herself funny. ~ Muddle didn't have time for this. She shrugged of the noise and continued through the course.

@Maple Bat @MaryxMelody @Techno Universal When Woody told her start, Muddle was off. She navigated her way through the first set of obstacles with surprising ease: but before she could celebrate her unlikely success, she was confronted with an area of zero gravity. "?!" After what she had seen with Yang's course, she braced herself and struggled against the zero gravity with everything she had; Ironically, this is what threw her off balance. When she stood up, Muddle knew something was off; but she didn't have time for that now. She continued dashing through the course.

(poor Witty, always late, never early.) While Steelhooves voice blared throughout the bunker, Witty remained fast asleep. This didn't come as a surprise. Because of the loud devices at her workshop, Witty had adapted to sleeping in loud environments; at the time, she thought of this skill as a blessing. However, lately it has become a curse. "..." On a normal day, Witty's parasight would wake her at this time; however, on this particular mourning, Uno was lying on table near Witty's bed. It was absolutely drained after unpacking the mare's belongings and didn't have the energy required to wake her up. Just when it looked like Witty was going to sleep in, a voice started shouting into her ear. "Ah!" She screamed and jumped out her bed, landing on the ground in a less than graceful fashion. After regretting her decision to sleep with that watch so close to her ear, Witty frantically began to look around the room, "Uno!" When she finally found the worn out parasight, she composed herself and apologized for shouting. "Poor thing, must have been up all night..." Witty replaced Uno's power cell and placed the parasight on her bed, "You can have a rest for working so hard." It managed gave her a narrow glare, almost to say 'next time, don't work me that hard!' It still has enough energy to sass her. With Uno taken care of, Witty quickly got ready, shoved her journal into a bag, packed a few other parasights for the day, and rushed out the door. ~ @silvermoon15000 @Maple Bat @OracleOfTwilight @WiiGuy2014 Due to her terrible memory, and not having Uno as a guide, it took Witty a bit longer to reach the classroom; however, she eventually stumbled upon the correct room. Heaving a small sigh, she slowly opened the door and saw everyone already gathered and "Probably waiting for me." As she made her way to an empty seat, she looked at the professor and said, "Reporting mam (or sir if I'm wrong)."

@Techno Universal She had no idea what Techno was talking about, "What's a 3D video or physics logic judge..." The only thing that made sense to her was that things were getting hot and he seemed to be the cause of it. "It's defiantly heated in here." Thankfully, he had decided to get ready for another recording... It was only then that she noticed, "He doesn't have a camera?" She shook her head and brushed it off as magic, she had to concentrate. @Maple Bat Muddle walked up to the start of the course and said, "I'm ready."

@Maple Bat @Techno Universal @MaryxMelody "Well, this ought to be intresti-" Muddle snapped towards Woody, "Wait, did you just say zero gravity?" Before her question had time to be answered, Yang was off. From what she could tell, the mare was doing considerably well. The aforementioned areas of zero gravity caused her a few problems, during the run, "But I assume that's normal for anyone." When ot was all said and done, Yang was still in one piece. She shouted a congratulation from where she was standing and looked over the course. "I suppose it can't be that bad." Her response was simple, "Alright, if you say so."

@MaryxMelody @Techno Universal @Maple Bat In the time that it took for Woody to get back, the three had done little more than exchange names. While she wished to learn more about them, "It was a start." Besides, there would be plenty of time for that later. For the time being, Muddle took a step back, she was content to let Yang have the first shot at whatever Woody had planned. "Well, best of good luck."

@Maple Bat @WiiGuy2014 "Both of you have a good day as well..." After their abrupt goodbye, Witty raised a hoof to her mane and tried to reflect on what she had gathered from everyone thus far. "..." She hadn't really learned anything. She wandered back into her room and sighed, "This entire learn more about your teammates thing might be harder than I thought." Her parasight did nothing in response to her comment; it was either indifferent or possibly too engrossed in unpacking Witty's belongings, there was no real way of telling. Regardless, Witty continued to prattle on, "I met all of them and spoke less than two sentences to most of them..." In response to her whining, the parasight beeped six times, which cause Witty to give it an inquisitive stare. The only thing the parasight did was repeat its' beeping noise six more times. At this point, Witty made a list of everyone she had met thus far, "Myself, Woody, Will, Silver, no name... That's right. There's suppose to be six of us here." She smiled and said, "Maybe I should look for our last team member, however..." She started to stretch and loudly yawn, "I've been meaning to get catch some sleep since I got here. I'll save that endeavor for tomorrow." Before getting into her bed, Witty walked over and pet her parasight on its' head. "Thank you for being so attentive Uno... also, try and have everything unpacked by the time I wake up." With that last statement, Witty retired for the day... Of course she would leave Uno with all the grunt work.

@OracleOfTwilight Witty just couldn't wrap her head around the way thing worked around here. Including Silentwing, this was the third time someone said their piece and left. "A shame as well, that mare is clearly suffering..." She wasn't known as the softest shoulder to cry on and she had just met her, but still, Witty felt like there was more she could do than just be silent. "I suppose I'll talk to her later... or find someone better than me to have a word with her." It was only at that moment she realized, that the mare hadn't given her a name. @Maple Bat @WiiGuy2014 When the dragonequus spoke, Witty was pulled away from her thoughts. She shook Woody's paw, happy to receive a normal greeting, and said, "Don't worry about it. The others will warm up eventually." She started to laugh, "Either that or they'll have to learn how to deal with me." She stopped shaking his paw and started to settle down. "As for what I can do... I'm an inventor. That's pales in comparison to magic imbued songs. I've never heard or seen this ability and I'd like to know more." It was at this time Witty noticed the changeling approaching her. She gave him a small wave and said, "Sorry if I didn't see you there for a moment. It's a pleasure to meet you as well." When she heard the changeling's plight, she did her best to put him at ease. "No need to worry, I'm not sure how hard of a time you've been receiving, but I'm a fairly open minded individual."

@silvermoon15000 "Well th-" Before Witty had a chance to speak, Silvermoon had said his piece and was starting to walk away. "Maybe he's just shy?" Whatever the reason, she opened the door and called out to him. "Well, partner, I'll being seeing you around." She gave him a friendly smile and waved goodbye, but was unsure if he had noticed. "Oh well." With that, she shrugged her shoulders and closed the door. "I suppose I'll get back to unpacking... Uno!" Upon hearing Witty call for it, the parasight turned to face her. "Get to unpacking." It responded to this order with a narrow stare. "Fine, help me unpack." That was better. ~ @OracleOfTwilight @Maple Bat Some time had passed and Witty had managed to get a workshop table set up in her room. The decor was still lacking but, "You can't build a city over night... And your not going to listen to me if I tell you too." The parasight beeped in affirmation. "What am I going to do with you?" It was at this time that Witty heard another knock on her door. Curious to see who it was, she stopped what she was doing and walked over to the door. "This time, lets try and be more inviting." With this thought in mind, she opened the door and smiled at the pon- There was a pony on the other side of the door, as well as a creature she had only seen once before. "...Right, there was mention of a dragonequus. This has to be the one. Try and be cool... I guess?" She smiled at the pegasus and dragonequus standing before her and said, "Hey, nice to meet more members of the crew. How are you all doing?"

As Silentwing explained what was going on, Witty found herself with more questions than answers. She didn't want to seem rude and interrupt Silentwing with questions, so for the time being, Witty remained silent. She would ask her when the mare had time. She seemed to be in a rush, which Witty could understand, she was late after all. Eventually, Silentwing finished speaking with her and showed Witty to her room. ~ Now left with an empty bunker, Witty placed her journal on a desk and leaped onto the bed. She stretched, made herself comfortable, and sighed in relief. "It's not the fanciest bed in the world, but I needed this." She then turned her head toward her parasight and said, "Uno, would mind starting the unpacking? I'd like to take a closer look at this wat~" Before she could finish speaking, Witty heard a knock on her door. "Well, there's always later as they say." She wrapped the watch around her hoof and walked over to the door. She opened it, just enough to see who was outside, and said, "Hello?"

When the letter had arrived, Witty could contain her excitement. Not only did the princess recognize her work, but she offered her the chance to put her skills to the test and help others as part of a group. "This is everything I could have ever dreamed of!" She threw the letter in the air, where a creature that resembled a parasprite caught it. After jolting down what materials and belongings she would be packing inside her journal, Witty turned towards the creature and said, "Uno be sure to wake me an hour before the first train leaves the station tomorrow and..." She tore a page from her book and placed it on a workshop table, where Uno could read it. "I want you and the other parasight's to pack these items for me. I have a few repairs to finish before tomorrow, and then I will need plenty of sleep..." The creature she called a parasight rolled it eyes, because it already had an idea of what would happen. In response, Witty glared and said, "I don't need your sass Uno. I'll have the repairs done in record time and then I will be fully rested for tomorrow." ~ Witty had stayed up all night working on her repair orders. She could have cancelled the orders or told her clients that the repair couldn't be done at this time, but her pride wouldn't let that come to pass. When mourning came, Uno exhausted every tools it had to wake her, but Witty remained fast asleep. All the parasprite contraption could do was wait... When Witty finally woke up, there was screaming and panic inside her workshop. It ended with her rushing to the train station and shouting an order to her parasights, "Deliver those devices to where they need to be. Uno, you're coming with me. Love you all bye!" As she ran off, Uno flying close behind her, she looked at the parasight and said, "Not a word..." It gave her a beep and looked rather smug. ~ @silvermoon15000 Witty crested the hill, out of breath and sweating heavily. When she saw Silentwing sitting down, supposedly waiting for her, she stopped and tried to make herself look more presentable. Then she approached her, with possibly the most awkward smile she could give, "I'm sorry for my being tardy, I'm Witty Thought."

Woody was right, with how much time they would be spending together from now on, it would be best learn a little more about each other. With this in mind, Muddle turned to face@MaryxMelody and @Techno Universal. She gave them a friendly smile and said, "Well, I'm Muddle, pleasure to meet you-... Uh?" Her friendly smile turned into an awkward chuckle as she realized, "I have no idea what their names are. I know Woody said one of them a moment ago, but... Aw, I forgot!" Well, this was awkward.

@MaryxMelody @Maple Bat @Techno Universal Having been so deep in thought, Muddle never realized that Woody entered the room. When he started to speak, she jumped and turned to the voice that had addressed... "Wait, you two? Never mind that..." She couldn't help but scowl at the thought of a physical, "On top of that, what about me is unique?" It took a moment, but Muddle accepted that Woody was right. She knew what she was getting herself into and would need to learn how to defend herself. As for entertainment... Muddle gave Woody a nervous nod, "I-I'll try my best..." It had been forever since she performed. When Woody finished addressing her, Muddle followed his gaze towards the stage. As he mentioned before, there was someone else here with them. She cursed her absent mindedness, and wondered how many other slipped by her, before giving @MaryxMelody an embarrassed smile and wave. As usual, there were still many questions to be asked; however, Muddle was content. She turned towards the other pony Woody had addressed, seeing if they had something to say. ~ Muddle, wearing a confused expression, looked in the direction of the voice and said, "Um... thank you? I'd rather not though..."

Witty still had many questions, but at least some were answered. She let out a relieved sigh, looked up at Molotov, and tried to be positive. "Well, if know your uncle, he's resourceful." She smiled and added, "I'm sure the eggheads at this Center Zero are just as smart. Whatever happened, I'm sure they'll be alright." With that said, Witty threw a curious glance towards Blitz. "She had her memory wiped? Outwardly, she seems fine... Oh my sweet mother of-" ~ Uno flew around Blitz's head in quick little circles, before flying towards Witty's backroom. It had knowledge on most of Witty's past inventions, and it wanted to find something for the pony that was so kind to it. The pony seemed to like its' design, so... Uno returned moments later with a small spherical device. It was holding the sphere by two tendrils, that used to be its' nubby legs, and hovered mere inches away from Blitz's face. After taking a moment to give Blitz another happy chirp, Uno offered her the device. ~ "...What kind of AI did Sound give me to work with here! When I get my hooves on him, I'm going to destr-" Before she could finish her thought, Molotov started speaking again. She drew her attention away from Blitz and Uno and focused on Molotov, not wanting to seem rude. She would just have to do her best to stay calm, "Besides, what are the chances she'll figure out how to turn it on." Witty wanted to say, "Trouble seems like an understatement." Instead, she made a gesture with her hoof and said, "Well, there's always an odd problem with the AI every now and again, but I'm not the one who usually deals with their programming." She raised a hoof to her head and started to blush, "I'm actually quite terrible at programming, still learning even, so I usually have my brother take care of it." She chuckled nervously and cast a sideways glance towards the object in Uno's grasp, "I really don't want to mention the last thing I tried to program on my own..." Witty lowered her hoof and added, "As for that one, Uno as I'm calling him, my brother said that this AI was special." She cast her eyes downward and raised her hoof under her chin in thought, "I'm not sure if it's standardized or self-learning, but Sound said he designed it as the perfect companion for a close friend of his." She shrugged and said, "Then he said I should try it out and laughed... leaving me with little to go on... as usual." (salt) Realizing that she was rambling, Witty looked up at Molotov and gave another embarrassed smile. "Either way, I just finished him today, so I'm not sure I can tell you much about what this AI in particular is about."

Witty raised a hoof underneath her chin, as she thought about the particular items Molotov was asking for. "Well, I have clock wires by the number; however, I believe I'm out of C grade titanium. A lot of it went into..." She cast a narrow glance at Uno and muttered, " 'Other' projects." Uno gave Witty an agitated beep and stared back at her. It felt like Witty was accusing it of something. Afterwards, Witty turned towards Molotov with a wide grin, "However, I do have something in stock." She ducked underneath the front desk and started to search for something. "I do have a small amount of titanium somewhere here, although, I believe it's one grade higher than you're asking for." She couldn't help but laugh, before continuing, "It's kind of weird that I even have this in stock, now that I think about it. Normally, I have a regular that buys up my stock of higher grade titanium." After a moment, Witty emerged with a small box of titanium rods. She placed them on the front desk, next to the set of papers that weren't there before, and said, "Really nice stallion, you'd probably love him. His name was..." At first, Witty was happy when Molotov spoke about Napalm. She had no idea she was speaking to his nephew or that Napalm thought so highly of her work. It was only when Molotov mentioned 'his wishes' that her expression started to grow somber. "N-no... When did this happen, center zero? I-I..." The look she gave Molotov was filled with both sadness and confusion. This was a lot for her to take in. ~ Witty seemed too distraught to notice or respond to Blitz's questions; however, that did not stop the parasprite contraption from flying over to Blitz and starring at her curiously. After a moment, it made a small beeping noise and did its' equivalent of grinning. It was happy that SOMEONE finally appreciated it.

Male?

(btw, assume anything italicized is a whisper or thought. I normally clarify in the text though.) By the time that Woody and Techno had finished speaking, Muddle had made no real progress in her exploration of the base. As expected, some of the ponies around the base were on alert after the attack; because of this, when she tried to look around, Muddle was often meet with glares from busy individuals. Seeing as she was just getting in their way, Muddle decided to head back towards the stage, take a seat, and think about some of the day's events. "What to do now?"

I like to play dungeons and dragons.

Bored out of my mind.

*psh* Of course I am... not...

@SONICchaos ... I want a refund on the last five minutes of my life! Or least to forget it happened.

When the changeling attack occurred, Muddle was quick to take cover, seeing as not ready for or wanting any direct conflict. However, just as she was preparing to hunker down, the attack seemed to over. "Did they fend them off that quickly?" As she thought about how the changelings were defeated so easily, her mind wandered back to her conversation with Maple and that anti-element of harmony. "You don't think?...!" Muddle started to hastily run through the base, in search of Maple. The search wasn't long. After only a few minutes, Muddle ran into Woody and was alarmed to see Maple slung over his shoulder. In her mind, Maple could have been unconscious or worse. She gasped and looked on in silent horror. It was at this time that Woody started to speak to her. "... I-u-uh..." Before she had a chance to form a coherent sentence, and odd pony walked up to Wood and started talking about going inside of her head and waking Maple up. While the implications scared her, Muddle sighed in relief, knowing that Maple hadn't died and those two would be taking care of her. She smiled, and started to look up at Woody and the pony that was speaking to him; however, when she went to look up, no one was there. The two had already gone ahead. Now that Muddle knew Maple was safe, she decided to check on her later and wander the base for a bit. After all, she needed sometime to think about Woody's offer to stay.