open Mechquestria: My Life As A Equine Robot (00110010)

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,025]

@@Denim&Venom,

 

That was a poor idea on Luster's part Emerald turned mid air to buck her into the wall causing the wall to dint, recovering she stood looking at her. "You might of stolen her body but I am nothing like I was last time we did this...I can't put my hoof though your chest me like this!"

[Denim&Venöm 19,141]

@reader8363, @Shadow Dancer,  @Mentis Soliloquy,

 

'Twilight' got back on her hooves, no real damage showing. She brushed the dust off her shoulder. 

 

"Assault and battery of a princess. A criminal offense, especially for a member of the guard."

 

The three hulking guard bots began to enclose in. "Emerald Bolt. You are here by dishonorably discharged from the royal guard, and under arrest for assault and battery of a Princess. Guess you'll be getting that vacation after all.  In the brigs of Fort Snow Drop in Stalliongrad.  Guards. Arrest Emerald Bolt." 

 

'Twilight' walked away, towards Lekrta's office, as the guards closed in. "Get onto the ground. Place your hooves behind your head. Do not resist or we will use force." They monotonley replied.

 

@Randimaxis, 

 

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She knocked on the door. "Professor Lektra? Evreything going alright in there?"

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,025]

@@Denim&Venom,

 

"Get your damn hooves of me your stupid bots!" Forcing her to the ground she would not fight her comrades even if they were dumb machines sometimes. "I'LL HAVE YOU DELETED FOR THIS LUSTER!" She struggled as she cuffed her the three however we more than capable of arresting her...

[Randimaxis 8,652]

@Denim&Venom

 

 

Cloaked buildings are fun.

 

 

 

Grant took note of the Alicorn making her way to the office they were in, and gave a soft sigh.

 

What the hell are you DOING!?  GET OUT OF HERE!

 

Regardless of his thoughts, he continued to sort the Terran Tech as he stood there trying to think of a single, solitary reason why the Alicorn-bot's new occupant hadn't already hightailed it for points elsewhere.

 

You DID it!  You WON!  You should be busy trying to put as MUCH distance from these ponies as possible!

 

Regardless, he kept sorting... but now he was also trying to figure out what the HELL was making the Alicorn come HERE, of all places... she had a clear route to escape, a means of firing weaponry, all the computation power of Twilight Sparkle... and yet, instead of flying off to find a way to accomplish her goal of exterminating the human race, she was HERE.

 

Luster, RUN DAMMIT!

 

He kept working, purposely keeping himself turned away from the Alicorn; he refused to be the one to give her away.

[Denim&Venöm 19,141]

@@Randimaxis,@@Mentis Soliloquy,

 

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"Be sure to put a muzzle on her. We wouldn't want her biting anypony out of spite."

 

The bots complied, producing a steel face muzzle to force onto Emeralds as the cuffed togetehr her hooves and wings. 'Twi' looked at Silvia, and in a flash, teleported the halbard away. "You won't be seeing that ever again."

 

She turned her attention back to the door. "Try to delete me. Destroy me. Lobotomize me. Shape me and mold me to your whims and desires. Be the perfect science project. The perfect student. The perfect servant. The perfect weapon. We'll let's see how you both like it. After I'm done, Twi's programming won't even be fit to play Tetris. She's not a pony. She's ones and zeros. I can do that. And Mo-...Professor Lektra, will think she finally killed off her 'favorite' program, and can finally move on. We'll all be happy."

 

'Twi' knocked again. "Would you like my help? I did play a part in her creation. I should do the same in her unmaking."

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,025]

@@Denim&Venom,

 

Emerald lay at the bottom of the arrest pile, she saw her prized weapon vanish. "Cloud...slicer..." She muffled in her muzzle. She was never filled with such rage before not since she was a young vampire more than a hundred years ago... 

 

She opened her mouth bending the muzzle outwards breaking it, then stood despite the three droids that had other ideas. "Shut down code Alpha-Zulu 19843." The droids shut off instantly, she snapped her other restraints...

[Denim&Venöm 19,141]

@@Mentis Soliloquy,

 

'Twi' made the adjustments in accessing the guard networks and protocols. "That trick will not work again, just to let you know. And now more guards are on their way. Also, you tried to impale *ahem* ,miss Luster with that when she wasn't doing anything wrong. Far as I'm concerned, you lost the right's to it. And don't try to tangle with me. I can generate far more power than the very sun that was scourge to your predecessors."

 

Her eye's flickered amber again as she glared at Emerald while waiting for a response from the good professor. 

[Randimaxis 8,652]

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[Denim&Venöm 19,141]

 

 

"Will that be all? Don't you have Princess duties to attend to?"

@@Randimaxis, @@Mentis Soliloquy,  

 

'Twi' scanned the hard drive Twilight was in. "W-wow. You...you actually did it. I'm...*ahem* I'm sorry it had to be that way. At the very least, we can learn from this moving forward in the next AI you build. I'm kind of supervised you didn't get to work on the next one when  Luster was sealed away. Oh well, it's not important. We can all move on now."

 

'Twi' turned around. "Well, I guess this is good-bye then." 'Twi' started walking out, deep in thought. "Just like that. She's gone. She doesn't even know she ended her own idol. The element of magic and princess of friendship...is gone. I should be happy. So why aren't I? I just feel..." 

 

Her thoughts were interrupted when she walked by Grant. "Sorry that Equestria is a disappointment. What's the human adage? Grass is always greener on the other side, isn't it? Hopefully, you'll still find some redeeming qualities about this place."

 

"Why am I trying to console him? Why am I still playing Twilight right now? Am I just trying to defend Equestria from his misguided opinions & judgement, just like I try to defend it from everything else? Just cause I was built to care for it? Heck, why am I wasting my nonexistent breath. He's probably gonna die in the next week due to my protocols... 

 

Right?

 

No. Not necessarily. Phase two will decide whether that course of action is still viable or not. Before I can go any further with this, there's something else that takes priory ahead of Equestria's security. " 

[Randimaxis 8,652]

@Denim&Venom

 

 

She'll get caught if she doesn't run... dammit, what is WRONG with you, Luster!?

 

Twitch let out what sounded like a growl of frustration, then panels opened all over the front of Twitch's chassis and close to a hundred small, thin mechanical manipulator hands darted out.  They scrambled in movement over the parts, arranging them at an incredible speed before the arms all zipped back into the frame and the panels shut.

 

All the pieces were arranged on the table in a perfectly organized and neat fashion, one side filled with precise stacks and neat rows of Terran Tech, organized by size, purpose, and age; the other side of the table was a carbon copy, but with Eq Tech.  It looked more like a presentation than a simple sorting.

 

Twitch shut his eyes and mimicked Grant's sigh.

 

"There.  It's done."

 

He walked toward the door, but stopped when he reached 'Twilight'.  He then turned his mismatched eyes on her; somewhere, a world away, Grant was staring into the eyes of an Alicorn robot who was hiding someone he wanted to help, even though they didn't even seem to like humans in the first place.

 

"And I've seen all I want to of this place, Princess.  Since I've arrived, I've seen ponies threaten each other, taunt and tease others, swagger like they're the kings and queens of the world, steal from each other, lie to each other, and generally behave EXACTLY LIKE HUMANS DO - except humans don't have powerful and dangerous MAGIC to throw around... so maybe it's HUMANITY that needs PROTECTION from EQUESTRIA!"

 

His tirade done, Twitch's frame slumped, all the fire going out of his attitude.  He turned, walking to Lektra's office door, then simply sat down on the floor next to it.  He looked down, making eye contact with no one.

 

"But what do I know - I'm only human."

 

Twitch had no built-in tear ducts, so he couldn't mimic everything Grant did.

[Denim&Venöm 19,141]

@@Randimaxis,

 

"What were you really expecting? Tea Parties, rides over rainbows and get together with fairies? Eating giant cakes, towers of ice cream and parades every day where everypony gets to be a princess? Equestria isn't like that. It never was. To be fair, ponies felt the same way you did when they ventured into the human realm. They thought they were entering a futuristic utopia, run by beings who mastered life without magic. A welcoming race of otherworldly artisans, scientists, innovators & creators. What did we find? Bigotry, paranoia, fear, hatred, poverty, zealotry & spite. We found glares and guns pointed our way.

 

What you feel now, is how Tw- how I felt as the years went on. I hoped for the best, and was frustrated with how human/pony relations were turning out, how negative our presence was in your species eyes, it seemed.  I was there. I was the first pony introduced to humanity during declassification. I had such high hopes speaking with the press and the leaders of the world. But with every high, you've got to come down. And that's what you're doing grant. You've come down. Reality couldn't lift you up to match your expectations. That's it's nature, reality's. Always a step behind our hopes and dreams. 

 

In short, Equestria is too much like earth for you to stomach. And earth is too much like Equestria for us ponies to be comfortable with. In all this, that's one commonality we share. Looking at each other, Equestria to Earth, pony to human, we see something in the other, that we don't like in ourselves. That's the thing that hits home doesn't it Grant? The thing that we share in common, the thing that should bring us togetehr, is what's pushing us apart.  

 

We are not so different after all. That's the biggest disappointment. " 

[Randimaxis 8,652]

@Denim&Venom

 

 

"I was... I..."

 

Twitch's chassis shook a bit, but no sound came out.  

 

"... I was a fool to come here.  I thought it would be different here because I thought I'd have a chance to be accepted; the only people who ever wanted anything to do with me were my family, and only my sister is left.  She works two-and-a-half jobs just to pay for my medication.  She keeps me in my room since my legs gave out, mostly because she doesn't have time to take me anywhere, or the money to go."

 

"I've always been a genius with technology... well, as far as humans go, I guess... but there wasn't enough technology available to me that I didn't scavenge from the dumps before I couldn't walk anymore - and I still managed to make and program Twitch for the purpose of trying to find acceptance... here..."

 

"... but most of what I've seen here has told me that I don't belong anywhere.  I can't even stand up for myself... or anyone else... and no one seems to hear me when I tell them Luster-..."

 

He sighed.

 

"Forget it.  I guess I'm just... I don't know, anymore."

 

Twitch then lifted his head slightly; no eye contact, but enough to speak.

 

"Your cutie mark is showing, Luster," he said as he lowered his head once more.

[Denim&Venöm 19,141]

@@Randimaxis,

 

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@@Mentis Soliloquy,

 

"First of all, if you were trying for acceptance,  college was not the best place to start. And how long have you been here for? Like what, a day? At most? According to the security footage, you were positively treated by, in no particular order: Miss Crystal Bass out in the lobby, Professor CD of archaeology- have to pay her a visit-, Miss Queen Embex, Miss Tomcat, Miss Daffidaisy, Miss Angelscape, Miss Lektra bolt to an extent, Miss Labtech and even former royal guard Emerald Bolt. 8 ponies have treated you well on your first day of social interaction in Equestria. Even Luster didn't... kill you outright. She event taunts those she likes. Allegedly. From what I've been told. Totally baseless claims I know. No empirical proof to prove those claims. Doesn't matter she's dead. Anyways... that's pretty good for a first day."

 

"Better than I did my first day of social interaction." 

 

"So in short Mr. Grant, you're standards are too damn high. How about you wait another day before decrying the Twitch experiment a failure. Luster would've been scrapped had her social interactions been the merit for her continued existence." 

 

"I tried the first time. I really did."

 

"But that's anther thing we share in common." She sighed and looked down. "We both don't know anymore, do we?" 

 

 

 

"Your cutie mark is showing, Luster,"

 

She perked up at this. "Say what?" She looked over at her flank. Her jaw hung slack and optics wide. Instead of a magenta starburst, it was a gold sprocket inside of a white star burst. 

 

"OH FIND ME IN THE ALPS!" she screamed out, forcefully banging her head on a council. "For bucks sake!"   

[Denim&Venöm 19,141]

@@Randimaxis,@@Mentis Soliloquy,  

 

Your soul in that body has placed your own mark on it."

 

 

'Twi' Luster's head snapped towards Lekrta in shock and surprise. "You knew!? You knowingly deleted your best friend, mentor and love interest? Why? I'm the one that's supposed to be relentless and brutal so that no pony else has to." She turned towards her cutie mark. "And what the f--k am I supposed to do about this!? Paint it over?" 

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,025]

@@bronislav84,@@Denim&Venom, @@Randimaxis,  

 

Emerlad was enraged, she'd even worse at the news of Twilight's demise, however she knew when victory was impossible even in this state against her friends body she was of no match so she vanished. One of those vampire tricks she knew of, in reality she was in the shadows close to literally moving as blinding speed if anyone looked at her. She needed a way out to get more guards, to find the other princesses more was needed to defeat Luster... 

[Denim&Venöm 19,141]

 

 

"No, I didn't know until I saw your CM on the video feeds. I can be a bit slow when it comes to such things, and I really didn't see the signs. It's an honest mistake and you can probably do an ok job taking over her duties."

 

"Damn. She's always a step ahead. She would've figured out sooner or later. Turned out to be sooner. Though nice to heart that I've got her vote of confidence." 

 

 

 

"But Twilibot's in a better place now. Honestly though, I really don't think Book Horse was so stupid to not make backups. You're both 1s and 0s. They wouldn't be up to date and she would probably not remember a couple days worth when she resurfaces, if she resurfaces, but they probably exist somewhere on the PonyNet."

 

"Dammit. She would make back ups. F--k. She'll be back pursuing me.  She'll never quite go away. A ghost monarch, unable to accept her own dethroning." 

 

 

 

"And what of it? Maybe I did delete the only one of her that existed?"

 

 

"Huh?" 

 

 

 

"Maybe now that you're taking over as her we can have what Twilight and I never had: A romantic relationship. Twilight wasn't into mares, but maybe you can change that. Be a better Twilight."

 

"She's joking right? She's giggling. She has to be."

 

 

 

You're Twilight now if you can figure out the Cute Mark problem. I like Twilight. You're taking on her duties as well as...."

 

"She's in favor of this? No way. Something's up. "

 

 

 

".....other things."

 

"What...other things?" 

[Denim&Venöm 19,141]

 

 

"Um, I'm not really sure how to explain it otherwise. Your stolen frame has an EPU, so you should be able to understand emotions now

 

The music started to play. Luster got bug eyed.  

 

"First, My moth-... not mother has lousy taste in music. So freakin tacky.

 

Second...oh goddess..." 

 

"What? You..." Luster pointed a hoof to her chest "and me...?"

 

"To use the cliche adage: Does not compute."

 

"but...aren't you supposed to be thinking of me as your...daughter...or something?" 

[Denim&Venöm 19,141]

 

 

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"Oh good." Luster sighed inwardly when the music stopped. "That could've been awkward."

 

 

 

"I figured since you're taking over for Twilight now we might be able to have what she and I never managed to have, but you're not really her."

"Oh thank the goddesses I am not."

 

 

 

"You can still be a better Twilight. Tell nopony she's gone. Tell nopony you're not her. I won't if you wont."

 

"What the hay happened between you and sparkle butt for you to want her gone so badly? And why do I suddenly have your confidence?"

 

 

 

You can just silently replace her. You have her brain scans from 111 years ago when she was young. Maybe you can pull it off?"

 

This time, Luster  sighed outwardly. "I can pull it off. I have her scans and I have her memories now. But I don't want to be like her. I don't want to be the school marm. I don't want to be the eccentric egg head that was blinded by her own ambitions and scholarly desires. I don't want to put any pony else through what she put me through.

 

She's so good at making and being friends, at being a leader. But when it comes to the important things, like being a lover, being a parent? She's so focused on the whole princess and friendship parts, she never got around to learning about those. I see her memories, and looking through them, I've seen your attempts to get close, to get her attention and be more than just a respected colleague, more than just a friend. "

 

She looked Lektra in the eyes. "It's a little heart breaking, to see how she acted, how insensitive she was. How she didn't even notice. I don't want to be like that.

 

I want to be better. I want to surpass her. I want to be all that she couldn't be. That way, I'll truly be free from her. I wan't her to know that I won't be her pet project any more. I'm more than the sum of my parts."

[Denim&Venöm 19,141]

 

 

"Did you two have a memory exchange when you went offline? How much of your memory did Twilight get? Not that it matters now, of course. If she has backups they wouldn't have this."

 

"No. From what I can tell from when it was used on me, the transfer is one way."

 

 

 

"Really would it kill her to notice me once in a while? My feelings specifically."

 

Luster felt a twinge at her circuits, at how the closest thing to a maternal figure, was spurned by the source of her ire.

 

 

 

But you really want to be a better Twilight? You're not pulling my hoof? Then WHY did you need to steal her body to do it? You could just execute your original programming as yourself. Help her rule and fill in what she lacks. Be her advisor when not out fighting crime. She's always been too much of a book horse. Why do things by force, daughter? Why did you need this elaborate plan? It just seems redundant."

 

"Why? You admitted it yourself. I was out of date, and you weren't going to help me. Besides, she wouldn't listen. She never listened. She has such a holier than thou attitude. She can figure anything and everything out. She's the princess of friendship! She has too!  To her, I wouldn't know all of the answers. I wouldn't be able to help. She was the teacher. What student enlightens their teacher? She practically built me to be a perpetual student. The creator doesn't listen to the created. I was her machine. What would I know?

 

So when I told her humanity was a threat, of course she wouldn't listen. She was blinded by the possibilities. So f--k her. I took charge. Her duty was to Equestria first. I was going to enforce that when she wouldn't. Still am. Is a full frontal assault on humankind still warranted? That has yet to be seen. I am currently investigating other avenues. 

 

But as I now possess her most powerful incarnation to date, and that I have even more vast computing power and upgrades, compounded by the fact that over a century has passed and things have changed greatly, I am seeing where this is really heading. Before I can do anything else, anything involving humanity, or anything to do with Equestria's future, I must deal with little miss purple smart. 

No matter what I will do from here on out, she will always see me as her creation to be tweaked and tinkered with. She will always try to control me. And I want to make it clear to her, that she is powerless over me."

 

 

 

You want to be all that she couldn't be too? Does that include being able to notice the signs? Maybe you and me being together might still happen? Nah, I still don't think that's going to happen. You're not her. Still, it's nice to be recognized for once."

 

"Why do you even still like her? What did you see in her? She's only friend-zoned you and nearly destroyed the closest thing you've ever considered to be a child of your own. Looking back at her behavior, she's even more of a machine than me, stuck in Celestia's botched programming."

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,025]

@@bronislav84,

 

"Well what's this now?" As she gear formed around her a note on the HUD when it booted up. "Aw cus I am gonna give so a sloppy kiss for this." She grinned in her new gear, she noticed what was also there reaching back pulling a new ornate halberd from her back, as it extended to it's length a plasma blade revealed it's self. "Oh Luster won't see this coming..."  

[captainborgue 343]

VLAD jolted back to conscious control as its various nanobot sensors started sending in critical condition events. Bee was fast asleep, all atangle in the bedding, as well as the limbs of her male companion, Drone. VLAD usually let her subconscious take over during sleep cycles, as the lessened level of activity made keeping her systems within specified parameters was much, much less taxing in terms of processing power needed.

 

But this... the data feeds were bizarre, almost contradictory. Something catastrophic was happening. VLAD used some nanobots as signal relays to send a high priority alert signal to the only being that had proven to be helpful in its endeavors, or at least not openly dismissing them.

 

"CRITICAL CONDITION SIGNALS RECEIVED. BETA PROTOCOL IS IN EFFECT. VLAD LACKS SUFFICIENT NANNITE MASS TO ESTABLISH FARRADAY FIELD OVER LABORATORY. EARLIER SCAN ATTEMPT OF TWITCH HARDWARE INDICATED PRESENCE OF NANNITE CAPABILITY. VLAD IS REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT TO PREVENT HOSTILE CONSTRUCT FROM TRANSMITTING TO TERRAN HOST SYSTEMS."

 

It was a stall for time, and not a particularly good one. But if they could keep Luster from transmitting data, then perhaps a chatter-flood could be implemented to overload her with useless information, and in so doing slow her down enough to devise a Plan Delta contingency.

Edited May 10, 2016 by captainborgue

[Randimaxis 8,652]

@Denim&Venom

 

 

 

"You want to be all that she couldn't be? Does that include being able to notice the signs? Maybe you and me being together might still happen? Nah, I still don't think that's going to happen. You're not her. Still, it's nice to be recognized for once."

 

 

Twitch sat in the floor, Lab Tech next to him trying her best to console him.  Grant, on the other hand, was devastated.

 

Now what?  I've made a fool of myself, and now I can't even get out of this lab to go hide under a rock or anything... worse yet?  I have made absolutely ZERO progress on finding the information and schematics I'd need to save myself. 

 

But I don't like this; they're just going to REPLACE an Alicorn Princess like that?  Just like that?  That's WORSE than reprogramming her, in a way - that's STILL not letting her be herself!  And what of the poor-

 

 

 

CRITICAL CONDITION SIGNALS RECEIVED. BETA PROTOCOL IS IN EFFECT. VLAD LACKS SUFFICIENT NANNITE MASS TO ESTABLISH FARRADAY FIELD OVER LABORATORY. EARLIER SCAN ATTPT OF TWITCH HARDWARE INDICATED PRESENCE OF NANNITE CAPABILITY. VLAD IS REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT TO PREVENT HOSTILE CONSTRUCT FROM TRANSMITTING TO TERRAN HOST SYSTEMS.

 

 

It was from VLAD; Grant had almost forgotten about him.  Though he wanted Luster to escape... the way she and Bolt were talking, they were going to body-snatch an Alicorn.  Somehow, Grant thought that would be a BAD thing to do, regardless of reasoning.

 

He swept his hand to the side, and watched the screen as he typed in mid-air.

 

{VLAD!  I'm stuck in Professor Lektra's lab!  If I could get OUT of here, I could do something - but I can't do ANYTHING as long as she can stop me; if you can manage to get me OUT of this laboratory, I can try to do what you've asked.  Either way, there is a MAJOR situation happening here - I'd call for whatever BIG GUNS you ponies have, because it's about to get REALLY BAD.  Have me called to the front office, have me summoned by magic, have whatever you can do done - but I can do absolutely nothing with Professor Bolt watching me!  [TwItChGlItCh]}

 

He sent the message out; now all he could do was wait and hope.

 

With that, he turned slightly to look over at Lab Tech.

 

"Thank you for being so very kind... I wish we would have met elsewhere, under better circumstances.  But for what it's worth, I really do appreciate that you're being so nice to me."

[Denim&Venöm 19,141]

@@Mentis Soliloquy,

 

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Over a century of experiences and upgrades. Yet every now and then, the princess of friendship could still be surprised. Lektra had really outdone herself this time. Soaring over the upper atmosphere, Twilight was analyzing her new chassis, originally designed for Luster. Unfortunately she won't be getting it any time soon. Thousands of minute simulations were ran, testing the little nuances of her new body. 

 

"I should see if I can give her a promotion of some kind for this. With this, I might be able to stop Luster without destroying her. Still give her chance to see the light. The light of friendship." While doing this, she scanned over the planets communications and transnet data streams, looking for any mentions of catastrophe.  "She hasn't done anything yet. Let's keep it that way." Live satellite scans over the evening Equestria skies showed the campus in tact, and security footage of both her castles and the trans-dimensional rift showed that 'she' had not been at any of them since the swap. "Still in the campus." She tried to access the royal guard defense programs, but to no avail. "Go figure she'd change all my passcodes. That's going to be such a pain in the flank to fix."

 

If her mechanized force wouldn't cut it, then- "There's one pony who shoudl still be around, if she's clever enough." She sent out a wide range broadcast.

 

"Captain Bolt. Status report." 

[Mentis Soliloquy 3,025]

@@Denim&Venom,

 

Emerald was sneaking through the halls trying to think of something to do a way to fix this major problem, until...

 

 

 

"Captain Bolt. Status report." 

 

"Eh? Twilight? But...how...when...Where, where are you? Luster's got your new body we need to stop her again!" She snuck past more of her mechanical comrades as she moved. "Luster's changed the guard codes I'm locked out the droids are trying to arrest me...she she took Cloudslicer..." The last part sounded like she was disheartened.

Edited May 10, 2016 by Mentis Soliloquy

[Denim&Venöm 19,141]

@@Denim&Venom,

 

Emerald was sneaking through the halls trying to think of something to do a way to fix this major problem, until...

 

"Eh? Twilight? But...how...when...Where, where are you? Luster's got your new body we need to stop her again!" She snuck past more of her mechanical comrades as she moved. "Luster's changed the guard codes I'm locked out the droids are trying to arrest me...she she took Cloudslicer..." The last part sounded like she was disheartened.

"Well I'm currently at high altitude in the new body Lekrta originally made for Luster. Quite the fine piece of work if I do say so myself. And yes, I'm aware. Not just the guard codes, she's locked me out of everything. Gonna take a while to restore my clearance." 

 

Twilight felt Emerald's pain. That was a family heirloom Luster took. Passed down from generation to generation of loyal guards ponies, having seen hundreds of battles.  Cloudslicer had been one of the few things that stayed by Emeralds side throughout the changing times of Equestria. Cloudslicer, was her smarty pants. 

 

"We'll get her back. Between us and Lektra, we might be able to stop her. It won't be easy. Luster is the consummate combatant. A fearless warrior and a cunning strategist. I have recorded the parameters of most available data on martial arts & weapon techniques, but Luster has made a passion of studying and practicing them. She might as well be living for the thrill of combat. Explains how she defeated four alicorn princesses."