First Experiment [Video/Action]

[madtwience]

[Video]

...how it works, but I don't--

[A new face appears on the feed, and it's readily apparent that she's only just realized that she's transmitting.]

Oh! Um, hi! S-Sorry, I didn't think this was actually on. Uh, hi! I'm kind of new here, and was just trying to see what this device was capable of. My name is Twilight Sparkle, and, um, it's nice to meet you all. [She definitely seemed rather nervous about introducing herself, but she steadily pulls through.] Given that we're all kidnapped, and I'm guessing that being here for any length of time doesn't seem to affect our time back home, I'm looking for some of my friends. If any of you are here, um, please let me know! Thank you for your time.

[She hurriedly shuts off the feed, keeping her composure up that long, at least.]

--

[Action]

Wandering the streets of Genessia City was a new and likely unfamiliar face, though she seems to share similar colors to a certain pony that's around. She seemed more interested in staring at all the people and the buildings around, taking note of any places she wanted to visit in the future. How strange, the populace looked quite different than what she was used to... but given that this was a different world, she reasons that that should not come as a surprise to her. It's definitely keeping her interested in seeing what this place has to offer!

Comments

[Action]

[lostxleader]

[he saw the video before setting out, and there she was! aaand..jut in time to turn into a wolf again, wWELP!]

Twilight...Sparkle?

You said you're looking for your friends. Perhaps I can be of assistance. Also..what kind of human are you?

[gdi you can't ask what kind of human they are]

[Action]

[madtwience]

[WELL, THERE'S A WOLF. She takes a step back in shock, but if talking ponies were a thing, talking wolves weren't far behind. Wait, didn't her dog talk once?]

U-Um, yes. Twilight Sparkle. I was hoping some of my friends might be here, at least to prove that time passes differently between here and home.

And I'm... human. Are there different kinds of humans? [She's actually aware of what he means, given that the humans here look different, but she isn't aware of different kinds of humans.]

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[lostxleader]

[HE WAS GONNA SAY but closed his mouth at that inner comment. Good boy. He lowered his ears]

..No. Sorry, but ah, what kind of friends? What do they look or smell like?

[great now he was talking like a mutt, he hated thiisss, his tail even flicked with irritance]

[Action]

[shimmer_on]

It's plus five and Sunset is sucking on a ice cream. What? She was a grown mare, she could...

Run right into Twilight, crushing the food across her front. "Hey watch where you're going!" she snapped.

Stare.

"What... the... fuuuuuuuuudge?"

[Action]

[madtwience]

"Aah! I-I'm sorry, I wasn't looking where I was--"

Wait, that voice! She took a second look, and her expression broke into a big smile.

"Sunset!? You have no idea how happy I am to see you here. Well, relatively. It's not good to be kidnapped like this, but I'm still glad to see a friend here. Even though I just saw you back home right before this." Annnnd breathe. "Oh. Er. Sorry about the ice cream. I'll buy you another one?"

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[shimmer_on]

"Friend? I'm not your friend, PRINCESS." Snarled Sunset.

"How did you manage to turn into a human? Last I saw you, you were a alicorn! And yeah you owe me a ice cream."

[Action]

[madtwience]

"Wh--" That definitely caught her off guard. "Princess? No, no, I'm the other Twilight, remember?" She points to the glasses. "You didn't hit your head on something, did you?" Nervous grin is go; she has a bad feeling about this.

"Are you feeling all right?"

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[shimmer_on]

Wait, really?

Sunset looked her over, circled around to get a better angle and smirked for a moment. "Just fine," replied Sunset. "I'm sure we'll get along. So, you know the princess huh?"

[Action]

[madtwience]

"Well, of course we'll get along. We're friends!" ... Right? She's still a little uneasy, but she tells herself it's okay. It's a new situation, Sunset may have been here for a while, or may have appeared when she did. It's unsettling and something that could easily put someone off-balance, so she just needed to give Sunset some time to adjust.

"And yeah! She ran into us by accident right after the whole incident at the end of the Friendship Games." It didn't even occur to her that Sunset might not be from the same time she is, despite realizing time just might pass differently between their worlds.

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[shimmer_on]

"Huh, I see." said Sunset, tilting her head. Best to feign ignorance, if only for the fact that she could use a Twilight. "Well, sorry, I don't remember. My mind's fuzzy right now."

video

[ubiquitously]

Nice to meet you... Ms Sparkle?

[That sounds like a weird surname, but also... his name is Uai, so he can't judge.]

If you check the contacts list on your device, you should be able to see the names of who is here. [He says this calmly, like he knows what he's talking about. This is the person who skipped the hologram and just ran wild on the town like an idiot.]

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[madtwience]

Y-Yep! [Sure, it's weird, but there's weirder even back home!]

Oh, really? That helps a lot! [She appears to be fumbling with the device a bit more, as if looking for the thing he's talking about.] Are there a lot of people here?

[ubiquitously]

Unfortunately so. Even if no one that you know already is here, I'm sure you'll have no trouble making new friends.

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[trollkeru]

It's what we get told that being here doesn't really affect what goes on back home.

[He isn't sure how the people know exactly. So he just likes to believe that things aren't possibly getting worse back home.]

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[madtwience]

O-Oh! Well, that's good to know, then. [A small pause.] I guess that means this is a universe or dimension that's separate from everyone else's worlds and universes, if that's true.

[It's just science, to her. Though her saying so initially may have well been more to reassure herself than anything.]

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[trollkeru]

...I guess. I mean there time is either frozen or just going extremely slowly maybe.

[Much like it was when he first went to the Digital world. Months would past and only like five minutes had gone by.]

Video

[im_pancake]

Twilight? Twilight, it’s me, Twilight! The other one! Where are you?

[She’ll deal with the logistics of two near-identicals later!]

Video

[madtwience]

[The other one? She looks at the video, and notices a pony that looks a lot like her... and has her voice... wait, didn't they accidentally meet at the end of the Midnight Sparkle incident? She's definitely not dreaming, so hopefully she'll be safe running with the assumption that this is that same Twilight.]

Er, I'm in the central city.... I think. [Pause.] Near the path to one of the outer locations. [A rustling of a map.] 'Attleton'?

[Video] -> [Action]

[im_pancake]

Attleton? Okay, I think I got that. Give me a second!

[And Twilight disappears from the video, and reappears in front of the other Twilight, live and in... pony?]

[Action]

[madtwience]

[Well, at least she knew what to expect after seeing the pony Twilight on the feed. But this is very strange for her, as it probably is for the other as well.]

Oh, hey! That was fast. Did you teleport?

[Video]

[tempus_fixit]

Being here doesn't affect the passage of time back home?

Are... are you sure?

[Yes hello Twilight Sparkle. Have a fellow nerd with a vested interest in the flow of time around here.]

[Video]

[madtwience]

W-Well, I can't be entirely sure, but it seems the most logical thing to think. A couple of my friends are here, and I saw them not too long ago at home. Others have said that there are people from the same world at different time periods, so putting aside the butterfly effect, it's better to try and consider that we'll be put right back in our original times no matter how long we're here.

[tempus_fixit]

--Wait! You're talking about eradicating paradoxes out of the system, aren't you? Of course! We have to assume there are no possibilities for paradox, because the timestream implies infinite opportunities for them to appear, and their damaging effect would mean that there would BE no time if there were paradoxes! And the only way to ensure THAT, is to assume that we never travel at a temporal differential! [She's beaming now.] I-in other words, we have to stop in time in one world to go on another, or else time collapses! Am I close?

[Video]

[part_timer]

I'm still looking for some of my friends but if I meet any of yours, I'll pass it on.

I'm Sadou Maou, and if you're looking for a meal to bring to your friends, might I suggest the Geraldi Pizzaria? We've got our lunch special going on right now.