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Transient Curse

By pzeezp
Created: 2024-11-28 02:16:50
Expiry: Never

  1. >It was Halloween, and that meant you could dress up
  2. >And by dress up, you meant taking the form of nightmarish creatures, outside of the realm of human comprehension, instilling a primal fear on the bravest of hearts
  3. >You yourself were dressed up as Princess Anastasia
  4. >Hopefully the BLU heavy brings a different costume
  5. >If not, someone was going to have to change, and it wasn't going to be you
  6. >You were already all dressed up after all
  7. >Some might think it unwise, seeing as you're currently unloading the truck, which will inevitably get your costume dirty
  8. >It'll get dirty in an hour anyways, as it soaks in the blood of your enemies
  9. >Speaking of unloading the truck
  10. >You lower the hefty box you were carrying to the ground, next to the spawn room
  11. >Only about a couple dozen left
  12. >Walking down to the truck for another box, you start thinking to yourself that maybe you could've taken a teammate along with you
  13. >Soldier's help would be greatly appreciated, he may be mentally impaired, but he was physically capable
  14. >But no, they had to stay behind to get the ponies out of the ventilation system
  15. >Apparently, a handful of them had set up a dance floor and were having a lively party inside of it. They couldn't get out afterwards though
  16. >You didn't want to waste too much time, so you offered to go on ahead and drive some supplies to the upcoming battlefield of the night
  17. >Codename: Harvest
  18. >And of course, some ponies had come with you
  19. >These ponies, they insisted on coming along with you on almost every assignment
  20. >Maybe they get bored at the base, who knows, you’ve never asked
  21. >You didn't mind them however, they were an awfully cute sight for sore eyes after all
  22. >And you weren't afraid of their safety either, as both teams had agreed on considering the ponies as "friendlies"
  23. >Which meant both team's engineers did something you don't quite understand to make them immune to... All of your weapons
  24. >You didn't know how it worked
  25. >But it wasn't your job to know, your job was to kill
  26. >And you were the best at it
  27. >You dust off your tutu as you lower yet another box
  28. >Making your way back to the truck, you see one of the boxes already opened
  29. >You don't remember opening any of the boxes, in fact, you very clearly remember checking all of them were nailed shut before leaving
  30. >You check inside the box to see if anything was taken
  31. >Nothing was missing as far as you were aware, stuff was just moved around
  32. >Probably the ponies got curious and started snooping around
  33. >You've told them numerous times to not touch your things without permission
  34. >Sometimes, these little creatures reminded you of children
  35. >Sighing, you go in for another box and-
  36. >"NO! NO! OH DEAR CELESTIA PLEASE NO!"
  37. >A scream of pure terror echoes into the night
  38. >You drop everything
  39. >You hear how heavy metal hits the ground, some parts very audibly break
  40. >You don't care, you sprint towards the source of the screaming
  41. >Without your equipment you were considerably faster
  42. >You arrive at the source of the noise, which seems to be a shed
  43. >From outside, you could hear arguing
  44. >"... Well it wasn't funny! I really thought you were dead!"
  45. >A feminine voice says, it sounds like she's choking back a sob
  46. >"Alright, alright. That was way too mean even for me, I didn’t know you’d get like this Twi, I’m sorry, but look! I’m okay! Nothing bad happened to me"
  47. >Said a second voice, it was a mix of apologetic and defensive
  48. >You decided to stop eavesdropping and step into view
  49. >When you enter the shed, you instantly recognize these ponies
  50. >They were a couple of the pony leaders
  51. >Twilight Sparkle, the mighty mage
  52. >And Rainbow... Something
  53. >They both turn to look at you, the purple mare looks at you with teary red eyes, as if she was just crying
  54. >The other mare however, catches your attention
  55. >She looked dead, a walking corpse
  56. >Her coat and mane looked terribly dirty, greenish gunk made the hair on her mane stick together, and the coat on her body was heavily matted, pressed against her skin
  57. >The whites of her eyes now colored a sickly a puss tinted yellow
  58. >Her right wing is almost entirely bones, what few feathers were left stubbornly holding on to whatever meat remained
  59. >On her back, a chunk of her flesh was missing, as if something had taken a bite out of her exposing her spinal column to the open air
  60. >Her hooves were awfully dirty, looking as if she'd just crawled out of her own grave
  61. >And somehow, she still looked cute, if a bit silly looking
  62. >But you've seen this before
  63. >"Dude, is that a tutu?"
  64. >You ignore her
  65. "You"
  66. >You say, calmly but with a stern voice, pointing to Rainbow
  67. >"M-me?"
  68. >She asks, as if there was any doubt of who you were talking to
  69. "You poked around our stuff"
  70. >You didn't ask it
  71. >You told her, because you knew
  72. >"I-I..."
  73. >Rainbow struggled for something to say
  74. "You got cursed"
  75. >Rainbow's eyes turns into pin pricks
  76. >She responds, her voice barely a whisper
  77. >"Cursed?"
  78. >Did she not know what she did?
  79. "Heavy told you not to touch his stuff, you touched the pile of curses, so now you are cursed"
  80. >"I-I didn't know! I thought this was a cool Halloween costume or something!"
  81. >She says, exasperated, as if trying to justify herself
  82. >She looks a little scared
  83. >Maybe you can use this opportunity to teach her a lesson
  84. >You get down on one knee to be at her level
  85. >It doesn't work, you're still towering over her, but you think she recognizes the sentiment
  86. "Heavy sees you do not understand what you did, here's explanation"
  87. >Putting your hand over her back, careful to not dig inside of her wound, you continue speaking
  88. >"The powder you touched, it is remains of a great powerful wizard my team has killed. Your flesh, it is changed, and mostly gone"
  89. You pat her back for emphasis
  90. "Is result of evil curse he placed on his remains when he died”
  91. >”And you kept it?!”
  92. >”Дa. Most of us were lucky we didn’t touch any, most of us except scout. He got a tiny amount on him, but it was enough, his muscles disappeared, leaving baby arms in their place, his body shrunk into one of a weak, frail, puny man, and his face deformed, giving him a permanent, punchable, smug grin. We were not able to reverse the curse, so he stayed as he is now, forever”
  93. Rainbow gasps, horrified
  94. “We do not remind him of it, he is sensitive”
  95. >"I-I don't want to stay like this! I only wanted to prank ponies!"
  96. "There is way to destroy curse, if pony does one thousand backflips in an hour, curse will vanish little pony will not suffer her fate"
  97. >You say while you raise your finger, twirling it around as if to teach her the motion
  98. >"Hah! Easy!"
  99. >She says as she starts doing the flips
  100. >Twilight, who had stayed mostly silent up to this point, decided to speak up
  101. >"That's not how curses wo-"
  102. >You place your hand over the purple's mare mouth before she can unravel your wave of lies
  103. "Arg! Other mare must leave! The curse, it can spread! Rainbow pony stay here and does her flips. Heavy will be back"
  104. >Rainbow ignores you as she concentrates on her aerobatics
  105. >You leave her alone in the shed as you take Twilight outside with you
  106. >You hold her mouth shut to stop her from speaking, she kicks and hits her hooves against your hand while you walk away from the shed, you barely feel it
  107. >When you feel you walked a good distance away, you let go
  108. >Twilight plops into the ground, rump first, taking long breaths of fresh air
  109. >Ah, probably shouldn't have blocked both her nose and mouth
  110. >No matter, she's fine now
  111. >After taking a few seconds to compose herself, she starts making her way back to her friend
  112. >You stopped twilight, your hand of almost half her size blocking her path
  113. "Where is little pony going?"
  114. >She points at you with her hoof as she angrily responds
  115. >"That's not how curses work! You lied and I'm going to find out why, I’m going back and helping Dash dispel the curse!”
  116. >You stop her by picking her up by the scruff, she lets you and only gives you a sour look in return
  117. >Chuckling you give her a smile
  118. "Twilight pony, the curse was not born from malice, it was made by heavy and his team. It involved an old boot, a bag of quicklime, a novelty bass..."
  119. >You stop upon looking at her, her annoyance giving way to confusion
  120. "It does not matter, what heavy is trying to say is she is not in danger, the curse will be gone by the end of the night"
  121. >Twilight points a hoof at you
  122. >“So you did lie!”
  123. "Yes, and heavy is sorry for lying, but tiny ponies must learn. Let her believe she is in danger, do not tell her otherwise. Curse is temporary, very weak, lasts no longer than a night. Harmless"
  124. >Your face turns a little more serious
  125. “But there was no mischief in heavy’s heart, there was reason. Is not first time rainbow pony has taken from our stuff. So far she has only found what we consider toys, entertainment, but luck runs out quickly. Heavy would not want to see pony hurt”
  126. >Twilight huffs, but her face softens after a moment
  127. >“Yeah, I’ve told her to be careful, I know your weapons aren’t toys but she never listens! Maybe this little scare will help, maybe it really is for her own good”
  128. >You smile at Twilight, trusting she no longer had any intention of running towards her friend, you set her down, she sits on her haunches and stays were she is
  129. >Returning to the truck, you continue unloading the equipment, picking up the box you’d dropped before
  130. >”You know, this isn’t the first time we’ve had to give rainbow a bit of tough love”
  131. You raise an eyebrow, slightly interested. You continue unloading the boxes as you speak
  132. “Twilight pony has lied to rainbow before?”
  133. >”Okay, maybe it won’t sound good when I start telling the story, but you’re gonna have to let me give you the full context. It all started when rainbow rescued a filly from a well…”

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