open Robots and Foal-sitters (Reboot) (SoL, Comedy)

[Scribblegroove 565]

@@Toon Richard, @@Miss Reaper

 

Streamsung was not entirely convinced after what the robot told her, but when the other pony started rapidly speaking to her, she lost it… “W-what… Wait what!” She exclaimed, she didn’t know what to say. “You’re telling me that… what!?” again she didn’t know how to express herself. “I… how… how terrible!? How did that happen! How is that even possible!?” she had so many questions that she nearly felt a headache coming up. “Wow… Sorry, Galatea wasn’t it? I mistook you for a student of mine. If you need help, I could try, but I wouldn’t know how…” She said. She thought of her skills at restoration magic, but she wasn’t sure that would cover RESTORING age… 

[ReverieRiver 526]

@@Toon Richard, @@Scribblegroove,

 

Galatea pressed her hoof against her forehead as she groaned when Shardz told everything at once - and in a single breath, no less. The engineer-turned-filly had intended on telling the tale herself in a short while, but Shardz had beaten her to the punch. Galatea didn't like it; she herself could have explained the situation a little more carefully, perhaps make it somewhat easier to swallow, whereas Shardz had said it all in such a... straightforward manner.

 

"I'm an engineer," she began, explaining. "One of my experiments ended up backfiring on me. And, well... this happened." She gestured at herself and her filly body. She felt as if that was plenty of explanation for what had happened, given her current state as evidence. For a moment, she wondered if her story would be taken for a filly's folly, but she dismissed the thought. She liked to think that she acted and spoke more intelligently than the average filly at her present physical age, and that alone would prove that she still had the mind of a grown mare.

 

"Either way," Galatea continued, "We'll take all the help we can get. Right now, we're heading back to my laboratory to take another look at that experiment I mentioned so that I could maybe figure out what went wrong. If you'd like to come along, you can." She looked up at Streamsung and smiled a little. Her large eyes and childish features, softened further by the smile, made her seem more innocent and cute than she ever intended to come off as, her mind being that of an adult that had long since lost the naive innocence of a foal.

[Toon Richard 534]

"That makes sense to me, Galatea." Shardz said.

Virvidian, tapped on nano's sholder and asked,

"How come are you so awesome? Your design is a-mase-IIINNGg.." Virvidian was impressed by galatea's robot. He knew that there would be even more cool stuff, but he would have to be very careful.

Edited February 7, 2014 by Toon Richard

[Scribblegroove 565]

@@Miss Reaper

 

Streamsung pressed her hoof against her head as well, mimicking the little filles reaction. "Right... your lab... we should move then. Lead the way." She said as she tried to get everything in order in her head. This was all so confusing to her. How did she exactly ended up telling that she would help this filly? She liked to help other's, especially young ones. But wait, this wasn't REALLY a filly. She didn't know what to do, so she just decided to stroll along for a while...

[ReverieRiver 526]

@@Toon Richard, @@Scribblegroove,

 

Nano blinked, turning his head to look at Virvidian. He tilted his head slightly for a moment before he responded. "Er, thank you," he said, somewhat uncertain. The robot wasn't quite used to others admiring his design, for most ponies were typically more focused on the fact that he was, well, a robot. However, the praise stroked Galatea's ego a little, since it was she who designed Nano, after all. She smiled to herself and continued on towards the lab, trotting so that she and her short legs could keep with the normal walking pace of the grown ponies following her; she didn't want to fall behind, especially since she was the one leading the way.

 

After a little while of walking, the group arrived at a building that was supposedly the laboratory. It was a rather nondescript building, with nothing marking it as a lab. There was little about it that would attract any pony's attention - which was, in fact, the point. It was designed to not attract attention, so that there wouldn't be any ponies tempted to snoop around. Galatea was somewhat sensitive about others nosing around her inventions and experiments.

 

Galatea and Nano walked to the locked metal door. After a few moments of staring up at the number keypad next to the door - installed by Galatea personally - Galatea let out a small groan of frustration as she realized that she wasn't able to reach said keypad to enter the passcode. Upon leaving the lab, she hadn't thought about how she'd manage to get back inside. Thankfully, Nano knew the code, and entered it into the keypad. The metal door slid open, allowing entry into the lab. After glancing back at the ponies behind her, Galatea went in, with Nano following behind her.

 

When the others enter, they would notice that the lab was cluttered with evidence of Galatea's work: various mechanical and electrical parts, half-finished projects - either deemed failures or abandoned for the prospect of a better experiment - as well as a number of completed experiments that didn't have much purpose or were created for scientific purposes only (which was pretty much all of them; they typically were left lying about unused after her experiments were finished). Whatever these ponies made of all this, one thing was obvious - Galatea spent a lot of free time on these experiments of hers.

[Toon Richard 534]

"Your welcome!" Virvidian said.

Shardz was astonished! She has never seen this much tech.

"Woah." Her mouth dropped in surprise! She was impressed with galatea's tech. "Hecka impressive!" Shardz said.

She tripped, and fell, and something unsuspected happened!

[Pat.Rio.T. 305]

@@Miss Reaper, ((OOC: IIIIIIIIIIIIII'M BAAAACK!!!!!))

 

After getting something to eat, Patterson and River had almost caught up with the group, and appeared in the open doorway, a little bit after the last pony had walked inside.

 

*bang bang bang*

 

Pat: "Hey Galatea, Nano, it's me."

 

He says while knocking on the open doorway.

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Streamsung followed the group, not really understanding how she ended up helping them. She walked along with them and struggled not to laugh at Galatea's awkward way of acting. She couldn't help it, even though she knew it waas terrible what happened to her.

 

When she entered the laboratory, all she could say was: "right, engineer." She sId as she looked at all the machinery in the room. "Do you have any Idea on how I can be of use?" She said.

[ReverieRiver 526]

@@Toon Richard, @@Pat.Rio.T., @@Scribblegroove,

 

(( OOC: Wow, much to respond to! I'll just take this in the most logical order possible, okay, let's go! ))

 

"Well, I'm just going to be taking another look at the experiment that turned me into a filly," Galatea replied to Streamsung as she walked towards her worktable. "If you're good with machinery or could repair this thing somehow, that... that would be helpful. Otherwise..." She trailed off, muttering to herself as she looked up at the worktable, again finding herself far too short as it was well out of her reach. She was probably going to have to ask Nano to help her up there, and-

 

Bang, bang, bang!

 

The sound of Pat's hoof knocking against the metal door caught Galatea off guard; in fact, she startled so badly that her hooves left the ground for a few moments as she let out an embarrassingly squeaky, high-pitched yelp. She then cleared her throat, trying to act as if she hadn't just jumped about a foot into the air as she turned to look at Pat. Nano followed suit, calmly turning his head to look. "Oh, hey there," she said by way of greeting, putting on a little smile. Nano nodded and said, "Greetings."

 

"Alright, then!" Galatea then said, brushing off her own awkwardness as well as she could. "Let's get to work! Nano, if you would be so kind as to-"

 

She was interrupted by the sound of somepony falling. Turning around, she saw that Shardz had taken a fall, presumably after tripping on some of the mechanical clutter she had the tendency to leave lying around. When Nano saw, he gave a brief chastising look to Galatea as he said, "I told you that you should clean the laboratory more often."

 

"Well, it's not like I expect company all that often," Galatea retorted. "Now, go see that she's okay!"

 

Nano nodded and walked to Shardz, fixing his gaze on the mare. He paused for a little while, as his processor loaded the sensor protocols for a scan:

 

> Preparing for physical scan. Loading protocols...

> Protocols loaded.

> Commencing scan.

> Scanning...

> Scan complete.

> Scan results: Minor trauma detected in frontal cranial region.

 

"A mild concussion..." the robot muttered to himself, seeming a little concerned. He gingerly nudged Shardz with his hoof. "Are you alright, miss?"

Edited February 10, 2014 by Miss Reaper

[Toon Richard 534]

"Oof.." She said, and scrambled to her hooves. 

"Yeah, im alright, Nano." She says, and rubs her head with her hoof. "That was painful... Atleast i had a small trip.."

Virvidian chucled, and snorted. "HAHAHAAHAHAHA!!" He laughed, and shardz quickly whacked him in the head with her hoof.

"Not funny."

[Pat.Rio.T. 305]

@Miss Reaper, 

 

Patterson stepped inside the cluttered laboratory.

 

Pat: "Sorry for leaving Galatea, there was just so many ponies, it was too much for me. I just didn't think I would be of much help in that situation."

 

River tried to navigate her wheelchair around the parts and whatnot strewn all over the floor, occasionally lifting things out of her way with her telekinesis.

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(Count how many times shardz whacks virvidian upside the head..)

"Hmm.." She says, and looks around the lab. She examines the issue of Galatea not being able to reach the table.

"Mind if i can help you?" She asks with a smile on her face. "I have something that can help!"

[ReverieRiver 526]

@@Pat.Rio.T., @@Toon Richard, @@Scribblegroove,

 

Nano relaxed, seeing that Shardz was mostly fine aside from a bad headache, while Galatea just bemusedly examined some of the clutter lying around on the floor. It wasn't that she didn't care or wasn't concerned for the other pony's well-being - she simply wasn't in the mood to be bothered. Besides, Shardz was alright. Nothing to worry about.

 

She looked over at Pat when he spoke, her ears perking. Then she lowered her gaze, lightly pawing the floor with one of her little hooves. "It's alright... I can understand that, actually," she muttered. She didn't want to be in the situation she was in, even if she had brought it upon herself, let alone be stuck in a position where several other ponies saw her in this small form. If she'd had the choice, she, too, would have bolted.

 

When Shardz mentioned helping, Galatea shook her head. "It's fine. I'll just get Nano to lift me up." She then looked up at the robot pony in question. "So, um, Nano, would you...?"

 

Nano nodded, gently taking hold of her and lifting her little filly body before placing her directly on the table's surface. Galatea knew, this would have to do; here, she would have the best working angle, considering her size.

 

So she walked on, past some more of her experiments, before stopping in front of one in particular. It was a considerably sized device, more than twice the length of Galatea herself at her current size. It was also a complex device, as evidenced by the advanced circuitry and wiring which was visible due to the circuitry panel having already been exposed from the last time she examined it. Galatea furrowed her brow as she now focused on the device, examining and studying it to try and figure out what went wrong, what mistake she made that caused this entire mess to happen in the first place.

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"Careful! A fall like that could cause memory loss!" Shardz warns Galatea.

"I really hate seeing my friends hurt.." She says, and smiles sweetly. 

Virvidian, who was looking at the machine, was looking all around it. He was astonished!

"This tech is amazing!" He whispered to himself.

[ReverieRiver 526]

@@Toon Richard, @@Scribblegroove, @@Pat.Rio.T.,
 

"Yeah, yeah," Galatea muttered, shrugging off the notion brought up by Shardz as she kept her focus mostly on the device. In the back of her mind, she did recognize that a fall from this height at this size could be bad - but she wasn't planning on falling. She would be careful, just as she always was. Just as she was careful when she had somehow accidentally activated the trigger mechanism of the device that turned her into a filly in the first place. Yeah. Careful.

 

"Everything seems to be in place," Galatea continued muttering, more to herself now as she examined the device. "The trigger mechanism looks fine... Perhaps I wired it wrong, though...?" The engineer was now in deep thought as she analyzed what she saw, trying to deduce the problem.

 

She decided to walk around to the other side, to see if she could get a better view of the wires inside. She skirted the edge of the table to get around the large device, and - as if karma were out to get her - one of her hooves slid off the edge. The moment that happened, it was inevitable. She lost balance, and she fell from the table altogether, landing hard on the floor and hitting her head in the process.

 

"Galatea!" Nano cried in alarm, rushing to her side at once. "Galatea? Galatea, are you alright?" She only responded with a groan, her eyes spinning dizzily as she laid there on her back.

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"OMIGOSH!" Shardz said, and quickly went to nano's side.

"Are you alright, galatea?" She said, and did it sweetly. Virvidian also was looking at her.

"I hope she's okay.." Virvidian muttered. 

"GIVE HER SOME ROOM!" Shardz yelled, and concentrated her healing magic.

She noticed a bump on her head, and began to focus on that.

[Pat.Rio.T. 305]

River let out a small scream when Galatea hit the floor, and Patterson ran over, but was blocked by Shardz, Virvidian, and Nano. He leaned over trying to see, wanting to ask if she was okay, but it seemed that everypony else already had that part covered.

[ReverieRiver 526]

@@Toon Richard, @@Pat.Rio.T., @@Scribblegroove,

 

Galatea gradually regained focus as she started to recover from the shock of the fall. She looked up at the ponies surrounding her, her eyes taking a few moments to register what she was seeing. Her eyes then suddenly popped open as she let out a startled shriek. Nano pulled back, equally startled by the shrill sound. He then looked at the little red pony, somewhat confused. Then he tried to disregard her response just now, crediting it to the fact that many ponies would likely be startled waking up to a bunch of ponies surrounding them - especially when said ponies seemed that much larger from the vantage point on the floor.

 

But that reasoning was quickly defeated as Galatea suddenly got up and bolted to hide somewhere. The filly then peeked out from her hiding spot, and Nano could immediately spot the difference in her demeanor. This wasn't a grown mare trapped in a filly's body anymore. Her ears were flattened, she was trembling, and her large golden brown eyes were wide with fear as tears began welling up. She looked at each of the ponies there as if she had never seen them before - including Nano.

[Toon Richard 534]

"Oh crap."

Shardz said, and used her magic to teleport her back.

"Why are you hiding, Galatea?" Shardz asked. "Don't you know us? Your friends?"

She said, then realised. 

"She has trauma based Amnesia." 

"What?" 

Virvidian said, confused.

"She lost her memory, with that fall."

Shardz clarified.

[ReverieRiver 526]

@@Toon Richard, @@Pat.Rio.T., @@Scribblegroove,

 

Galatea yelped in surprise as Shardz's magic teleported her back to where she was. The filly again dashed away in fright; however, disoriented by the teleportation and running blindly to get away, she didn't see where she was going and crashed into the side of River's wheelchair - not enough to disturb the mare too much, but it ended up hurting Galatea. The small filly cried out in pain, stumbling back a few steps before she tried to regain her bearings.

 

She looked around, seeing if there was somewhere else she could hide from the strange ponies. But, there was nothing in the immediate vicinity, and so she cowered where she was as she looked fearfully at each of the ponies, on the brink of breaking down in tears. "W-Who are you ponies?" she asked, her voice soft and timid. "And wh-where's my mommy and daddy? I-I want my mommy and daddy!"

 

Nano looked at her, and spoke cautiously. "Galatea, it's alright. We are all friends here. We will not hurt you." He stepped towards her, only for her to shrink away.

 

"S-Stay away from me! You're scary-looking!" she whimpered, failing to even recognize the fact that he was a robot - only that he looked strange, which translated to scary in the mind of the young filly.

 

Nano slowly moved back, his ears folding down. He seemed hurt; to hear such a thing from the pony who was his very own creator! One could only imagine how he felt in that moment, realizing that she had completely forgotten him. And she could not see his pain, knowing only her own fear and confusion.

[Toon Richard 534]

Shardz approaches nano.

"Now would be the time to use the cupcake, dontcha think?" She said, and tries to confort galatea.

"Its okay, he wont hurt you." Shardz spoke softly. "He's actually a friendly robot who cares about you."

Shardz tried to reassure her. "Its okay." 

She said, in a pleasing tone.

[Pat.Rio.T. 305]

@Miss Reaper,

 

River's chair shook a little when Galatea suddenly bumped into it. She watched as the frightened filly trembled. She reminded her of...

River's eyes watered a little, and she picked up Galatea with her magic(again). She began stroking her, and speaking to her softly saying,

 

River: "It's alright, we don't want to hurt you...We are going to help you find your parents." 'Or at least her memories of them.'

[ReverieRiver 526]

@@Toon Richard, @@Pat.Rio.T., @@Scribblegroove,

 

Nano looked at Shardz, and then back at Galatea, who was now whimpering and sniffling. He had forgotten about the cupcake that was given early, which he'd stowed away in his storage compartment. Now he brought it out, figuring that it wouldn't hurt to at least try. Anything to try and comfort the scared filly.

 

He carefully approached one step at a time, doing his best to not scare Galatea any more than he already had. Then he slowly extended the hoof that held the cupcake, offering it to her. "Here... This may help you feel better," he said, somewhat uncertainly.

 

Galatea turned her gaze to him, and then the cupcake. After a moment, she swatted the cupcake out of his hoof, letting it fall onto the floor with a splat. "I want my mommy and daddy, right now!!" she screeched, her voice reaching piercingly high pitches. Nano pulled back almost immediately, cringing as those higher pitches assaulted his delicate sensors. There was nothing he could do to help here; she'd sooner blow out his audio sensors than he'd be able to calm her down.

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"Its okay, galatea.." Shardz said, still trying to confort her. "We're just friends, and you took a fall. Im a nurse. I am just trying to help. " She said, in a relaxing tone. "If you let me heal you, i will get you a treat." She said, To hopefully calm her down.

Shardz smiled.

[Contrast 292]

(my attempt at a return XD)

 

"Ugh..." Lost thought slowly started to sit up. She couldn't recall where she was or when she had passed out, but she was certain that a high pitch screaming was slowly starting to break her eardrums. "Right... first things first." she pulled out some cotton and used her malleable wrench as a band. It was cold steal and cotton, but they were earmuffs.

 

"Alright, now that I can hear myself think, where was I?" She pulled out a small checklist and started to read.

• build a new weapons system
• 'try' to get Sound Thought to accept your alive
• make or find a better AI system

"Oh right! the scientist that turned herself into a filly... Hel~"

• ​AVOID ROYAL DETECTION! 

​She slowly started to piece this together, and when she did, Lost Thought screamed. "...So Celestia thinks she can just knock ponies out whenever she wants? Tyrant!"

Edited February 18, 2014 by Dreamless