@@Pripyat Pony, @@Sarge Sixteenbit, @@pennni, @@Lord Bradley
*Fast forward 30 minutes*
Sheepious woke up, eyelids fluttering, to see ponies standing above him, looking down at him with concern. They said something, but he didn't hear. He muttered an incomprehensible sentence and slowly got up, his body aching. He grunted as he recalled his capture by the Sheeplord, and then fell once again to experience a flashback.
*Flashback - The Far East, 3 years ago*
Sheepious, then Song Wei Yin, was brought in chains before the Sheeplord. He dismissed the guards who had brought him there with a simple wave of his hand and a "you have done well.". A long discussion ensued between Sheepious and the Sheeplord, a lot of which he did not remember. After the discussion, the Sheeplord stood up and branded him with a searing hot knife. Sheepious could feel the pain as if he were in real life. His mind drifted back to the real world.
*Present Day*
Sheepious tried to get up, failing. He heard the ponies standing above him whispering. After trying multiple times, he lied down on the floor again with a sigh, and then pushed himself up.
"Uhh......", he said.
The ponies were staring at him.
"Greetings, I guess?"
They were still staring. One of them blinked.
"OK, OK... Look, let's settle down and talk about this... situation. Let's introduce ourselves while we talk, shall we? I am Sheepious, hailing from the far east of Equestria. I was on the road to Equestria as the ambassador from the Sheeplord, when I... got into this mess. And somehow dragged you people into it too."
This was awkward.