Aurora Gleam

Banned for banning in reference to Derpy!

It's no problem. I'm always happy to help

I'd just recommend working on using commas to separate clauses. Other than that, it seems good . Oh, and try to keep separate paragraphs for different speakers.

Welcome Yumiko, everypony here is excited and happy to have a new friend

She smirked at Scarlett's grumbling. " Once we get out of the area, I'll show you one of the vulnerabilities I built into their sensors; as a sign of good faith." I think I'm going to get along with this pony quite well, assuming we live long enough to build some trust She sighed and turned her IFF beacon back on and stepped out the door. Looking back to Scarlett she started, "I'm turning on my beacon so they will identify me as machine, you should..." Seeing neither hide nor hair of the aforementioned pony, she just chuckled and shook her head. "Someday you're going to have to let me take a look at that tech" she chuckled and began to walk.

Aurora manages to avoid jumping when Scarlett decloaked so suddenly. "I don't think that would be a good solution right now." She pauses to think for a moment and something clicks in her mind. "Hawks have magic detection sensors. Any active uses of magic within their range would alert them to the presence of a pony in the area. They are also particularly resilient to most methods of illusion magic." She looks away, seeming ashamed as she says this. She shakes her head to clear her thoughts. " If you still have gaps in your local knowledge, let me know later. As for now, lets get out of here quietly. Once we're out of their sensor range, I'm more than happy to let you tether so we can fly some of the way there. Sound good to you?" She finishes, looking to Scarlett.

Aurora woke to a quiet alert on her display. Oh no, Hawks! She looked around quickly, seeing that it was just before dawn. She moved about halfway across the room towards where Scarlett had cloaked. "Scarlett, Hawks are incoming. Now would be a great time to get going. Hopefully we can get out of here before we're noticed." She began her pre-flight checks in order to activate her advanced-flight systems. Looking back to the corner that she assumed still held the cloaked figure. "I'm planning on flying out of here, that is unless you can't fly, in which case we walk... quickly."

Auto-Pilot: Disabled; Aurora Shook herself slightly. She always felt a little stiff after letting the machine 'take over'. After a moment she turns to Scarlett. "Once we get to a secure... ish, location, we can trade specifications. Until then, I would rather not stay in the open." She turns and walks into the nearest building. Once inside she turns back to Scarlett, "Allright. We both want some answers, especially about our tech. Perhaps we could start by trading questions." she says, sounding eager. Rather than sitting or lying down, she just stops moving and maintains a standing position. "I'll start by answering your question. I charge by using a magic-conversion matrix of my own design. Now, regarding your suit..." The questions and answers go on for several hours, leading into the night. Finally getting to a point of satisfaction, Aurora nods and declares, "Perhaps it would be best to rest here for the night. We can proceed to our destination in the morning."

Aurora stepped back into the sunlit streets of Ponyville, mentally preparing herself for the standard procedures she used when approaching Enforcers. She noticed that Scarlett was no longer showing up on her sensors, but didn't look back to see where she was; if this went downhill, she didn't want to accidentally show the enemy where her newest acquaintance was hiding. Activate auto-pilot: Standard Enforcer approach; Confirmed. Her movements immediately took on a mechanical quality, the auto-pilot unable to completely emulate the natural motions of a pony. Aurora turned towards where her sensors were displaying several Enforcers. It was looking like a standard search and sweep pattern. Unfortunately, they were to the west, between her... them, and Manehattan. Authentication Request Received sounded the message she'd grown too used to. At least it appeared the Enforcers hadn't received any kind of protocol upgrades since she'd last checked. Confirm Encrypted Authentication Protocol: Confirmed. Her auto-pilot hid any hesitations or fear that she may have felt. She approached the nearest Enforcer as it went through the processes of decrypting her authentication, and confirming that against her IFF signal. While this was taking place, she had approached and stopped in front of one of the Enforcers, standing still as only a machine could. Authentication Accepted She immediately began sending the data from her search of Ponyville, minus the anomalous signature that had lead her to Scarlett. The Enforcers stopped for a moment while processing through the data, before immediately traveling east, through the town. "I'm just going to assume you're still here. About twenty minutes should put them far out of sensor range. If you can hold out that long, I'd like to stay here the night. I prefer to have everything fully charged before leaving" Aurora seemed to say to herself.

Pausing a moment to look at her scanner, she sighed inwardly. She could tell that this pony would be an ideal companion, if all things checked out. Was it really worth the risk though? Even if said pony seemed focused on practicality, there was an inherently greater risk of traveling in numbers, especially considering how Aurora sought to blend in instead of just hiding. She shook her head again, clearing the extra thoughts for the moment; there were more immediate things to deal with. "I'll deal with them. Can you hide yourself again? Just because my sensors may pick you up doesn't mean theirs will and I'd prefer to get out of here without a fight, if possible" She trotted over to the door, not really waiting for a response. "Oh, call me Aurora." She said as she was preparing to exit the building.

Deliberately keeping her back to the other pony, she responded "Now... we take a moment to determine if we can establish a trust." Glancing back for just a moment. "I've already cleared this building, so we should have at least a little while where nopony... or anything else, should find us." Looking around the room one last time she sighs and thinks to herself 'This is such a mess. Who is this stranger, what's going on with that signal...' She finally turns around, facing the scarlet pony, and stands completely still. "Who are you, what are you doing here, and how did you avoid my sensors?"

Staring at the black-clad scarlet pony for a couple of seconds, surprised to actually be seeing another pony. She ran every scan she could manage on the frazzled-looking pony in front of her; meanwhile talking to the pony in the hopes of eliciting any information she could. "We should get inside" She said, making a point to look around. "It would be far to easy to visually detect either of us right now" Her scanners returning no information of any value regarding this strange pony, and even less regarding her equipment. Shaking her head to her self, she turned and started making her way inside, careful to keep her passive targeting system ready to lock onto this stranger in case of any hostility.

The dark matte-grey armored-pony stepped further into the street; the only distinctive marking showing being the "Prototype AURORA" on the flank. Looking around, red lenses of eyes seeming to penetrate everything they gaze at, pass over a certain pony's hiding spot, hesitating for just a moment. Anomalous Signature Id... Signal Lost Aurora shook her head in frustration. This was ridiculous. Her sensors had to be malfunctioning, there was no way anything could... Lifeform confirmed. She stared at the screen in shock, head turning back to the place her scanners were indicating a faint life reading. "He-Hello?" Her voice cracked over the external communications, sounding raspy due to lack of use. "Is anypony there?"

Signal Dete... Signal Lost. Aurora stared, confused for a moment. As far as she knew, there was almost nothing that could avoid her sensors like that. This could only be some new enforcer technology; or worse... an error in her systems! Activating her IFF system for a short burst, she turned and went back out into the street, towards the signal he sensors had picked up for less than a second. Activate All Active Sensors - Confirmed Looked like she might be in Ponyville a little longer than expected.

About half-way through her flight, she noticed that she was approaching a small town. After checking her energy levels, she decided that it would be best to go ahead and recharge. Being closer to the signal source, she might even be able to catch and analyze the whole message. After a cursory scan of the area came up 'clean', she decided to perform a visual search of the area. Enable Stealth-Flight: Confirmed Enhance Passive Sensors: Confirmed She felt the rumble of her hoof-boosters cease as the silent flight mode engaged. She lowered her altitude and allowed her speed to slow to prevent the advanced technology from draining her energy too quickly. She picked a building out the outskirts of the town, mentally preparing herself for potential ambushes. Activate Lazers: Confirmed She cautiously entered the structure, scanning for threats.