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BiE 82: Gift Wrapped.

By Mandroid
Created: 2020-12-19 13:01:09
Expiry: Never

  1. 1.
    =BiE 82=
  2. 2.
     
  3. 3.
    >Year 1486 in Equestria.
  4. 4.
    >It was also Mous's birthday.
  5. 5.
    >You were standing outside on the main deck as the ship slowly sailed through the sky.
  6. 6.
    >The deckhands around you were more than a bit nervous.
  7. 7.
    >You couldn't blame them, The Breach was a fairly un-routine place.
  8. 8.
    >The sound was what did most p0nies in, that faint singing sound echoing in the wind.
  9. 9.
    >Some thought it was sirens, or some sort of magical resonance from The Breach.
  10. 10.
    >It sounded like a church choir to you.
  11. 11.
    >You walked over to the edge of the deck next to a particularly edgy deckhand. "Nervous, son?"
  12. 12.
    >He snaps to attention as he sees you. "Sir! I...guess you could say that."
  13. 13.
    >He looked off the edge of the ship. "You hear the stories about this place, p0nies telling you that you're mad for coming this far...seeing it I start to think they're not far off."
  14. 14.
    >You look over the edge of the ship with him.
  15. 15.
    >The Breach was the place in Equestria where science went to go fuck itself.
  16. 16.
    >Your view was dominated by floating landmasses and continents.
  17. 17.
    >Off in the horizon you could see the pink glow from all of Equestria's leylines coming together a little past your destination.
  18. 18.
    >The water underneath you rippled away from itself from the tear in the world at the sea floor.
  19. 19.
    >You turn back to the deckhand. "Don't worry. The Breach puts on a big show, but I came through here years ago without even a scent of trouble."
  20. 20.
    >He looks a bit more relaxed at your words. "Nothing, huh?"
  21. 21.
    >You shake your head. "Not a damn thing."
  22. 22.
    >He grows a small smile. "Schway."
  23. 23.
    >Your brain cracks a bit at his words. "Schway"?"
  24. 24.
    >The boy smiles. "Yeah, the Logician has been saying it all voyage. I guess it caught on."
  25. 25.
    >He didn't...
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    >"Excuse me, son."
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  28. 28.
    >You stomped down the corridor of your ship and threw open the door to Mous's room.
  29. 29.
    >"Yeah, don't knock or anything. Not like I could be-"
  30. 30.
    >"SCHWAY?"
  31. 31.
    >A devilish grin immediately grows on his face. "Which one was it?"
  32. 32.
    >"ONE OF MY DECKHANDS."
  33. 33.
    >Mous jumps up from his set. "Oh good! I'll have to give him a bit for using it."
  34. 34.
    >"What are you doing?" You ask disbelievingly.
  35. 35.
    >"Making a trend!" He says with a smile. "I figure I can get all of Canterlot saying it within the next five or so years."
  36. 36.
    >You bury your face in your palm. "Mous, this is..."
  37. 37.
    >Stupid.
  38. 38.
    >Inane.
  39. 39.
    >Fetishistic.
  40. 40.
    >"Schway?"
  41. 41.
    >You look up and glare at him. "It's schwarbage."
  42. 42.
    >"It's been a thousand years! About time we got some new slang terms."
  43. 43.
    >"Not from a cartoon."
  44. 44.
    >Mous walks to his chair. "Oh, you're no fun."
  45. 45.
    >"Besides, I don't know what you expected me to do, you've kept me on this boat for a week. Why do we need to go all the fuck the way out here for a birthday present?" He says.
  46. 46.
    >He'd change his tune...
  47. 47.
    >"It only works here." You say.
  48. 48.
    >Mous brings a hand to his chin. "Is it a spaceship?"
  49. 49.
    >"No."
  50. 50.
    >"A robot?"
  51. 51.
    >"No, dude."
  52. 52.
    >"A spaceship robot?"
  53. 53.
    >You give him a deadpan look. "I promise that your gift will be wonderful and excellent and that you won't be able to guess it."
  54. 54.
    >Mous leans back. "Well that's no fun."
  55. 55.
    >"Not for you, anyway."
  56. 56.
    >"How much longer until we get there, anyway?"
  57. 57.
    >You do some math in your head. "At current speed and where I figure we are, I'd say about a half hour."
  58. 58.
    >Mous pouts. "Bet you didn't even wrap it."
  59. 59.
     
  60. 60.
    -Mous PoV-
  61. 61.
    >You and Anon disembarked the ship alone.
  62. 62.
    >He had said you wouldn't need the deckhands.
  63. 63.
    >The two of you stood in a rather unassuming field of grass.
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    >Apart from the fact that this continent was at the literal edge of the world and a stone's throw away from the source of all magic, it looked pretty normal.
  65. 65.
    >"Where are we?"
  66. 66.
    >Anon looks around with a smile. "Eden: The Original Landmass. Hidden up at the tip of the world and spawning every other landmass on the planet from its fertile shores."
  67. 67.
    >You looked around. Pretty normal trees, normal mountains, normal lake way off in the distance.
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    >"It looks like Montana."
  69. 69.
    >You turn to Anon.
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    >"So, why drag me all the way out here for my fifteen hundredth and third?"
  71. 71.
    >Anon smiled and produced a small pulsating crystal from his pocket. "I've been working on something for a while...talking to some colleagues, working out the details, figuring out just what to do to make this work."
  72. 72.
    >He smiles at you, that warm smile that was probably responsible for his last four spouses. "Well, I finished it. And I can't think of someone I would rather give it to then you."
  73. 73.
    >"Anon...what the fuck are you talking about?"
  74. 74.
    >Anon smirks and tosses the crystal past you.
  75. 75.
    >An explosion of bring light and a wall of sound rushes past you as the crystal releases it's magics.
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    >In the direction of the light, you can hear the sound of hooves clopping towards you.
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    >"...Mous?"
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  80. 80.
    >No way...
  81. 81.
    >That voice...
  82. 82.
    >You look towards the light, more gentle and benevolent now then when it first came into being.
  83. 83.
    >You dropped to your knees at the sight.
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    >Same hair...same coat...just as you remembered...
  85. 85.
    >She trots up to you and nuzzles your face with hers. "Hey, you..."
  86. 86.
    >You wrap your arms around her.
  87. 87.
    >"H-hey pretty pony..."
  88. 88.
    >You can feel tears welling up in your eyes.
  89. 89.
    >She was back. Lotus was back.
  90. 90.
    >"Oh my god, oh my god..."
  91. 91.
    >You kiss her neck as the tears fall down your face.
  92. 92.
    >"H-how are you here?"
  93. 93.
    >She rests her head on your shoulder, just like she used to. "I was told someone wanted to see me..."
  94. 94.
    >She was...how-
  95. 95.
    >You turn back to Anon.
  96. 96.
    >"How long?"
  97. 97.
    >Anon smiles at you. "Few minutes?"
  98. 98.
    >You turn back and embrace Lotus again. It would do.
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    >"I missed you."
  100. 100.
    >"I missed you too."
  101. 101.
    >This was...
  102. 102.
    >"What's it like up there?" You ask.
  103. 103.
    >Lotus rocks in your arms a bit. "Big, happy. You have a lot of old friends up there..."
  104. 104.
    >You look down at the bracelet you were wearing.
  105. 105.
    >"Your dad mad at me for taking so long?"
  106. 106.
    >Lotus pulls away from you and smiles, she was still wearing her necklace.
  107. 107.
    >"How could he be mad at his favorite son-in-law?" She says before giving you a peck on the lips.
  108. 108.
    >That wasn't enough. You pulled Lotus back to your lips and let her embrace take away all the heartache you had in you once again.
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  110. 110.
    >Lotus pulls away from you and places her forehead against yours. "I think our time together is almost up again..."
  111. 111.
    >"That's fine..."
  112. 112.
    >She sniffs. "I wish I could see you again."
  113. 113.
    >"You will."
  114. 114.
    >Lotus looks into your eyes in confusion.
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    >"Take a message to your boss, landlord, whatever. Tell them that when I eventually...go, that I'm gonna want in. No Pearly Gate's gonna stop me."
  116. 116.
    >Lotus lets loose a small laugh through her own tears. "You'd break into Elysium on your own?"
  117. 117.
    >You smirk.
  118. 118.
    >"Of course. Who the hell do you think I am?"
  119. 119.
    >Lotus laughs harder this time and wraps her hooves around your neck. "You're my completely mad husband...and I love you."
  120. 120.
    >You bring your lips together one last time.
  121. 121.
    >"I love you too."
  122. 122.
    >Lotus turns back the way she came in response to some voice only she can hear.
  123. 123.
    >She turns back to you with a tearful smile. "See you again?"
  124. 124.
    >You reluctantly release her from your arms.
  125. 125.
    >"Count on it, pretty pony."
  126. 126.
    >Lotus smiles and trots back to the portal.
  127. 127.
    >She stops at its edge and sends one more wave to the two of you.
  128. 128.
    >This was...good.
  129. 129.
    >You knew you would see her again.
  130. 130.
    >You promised.
  131. 131.
    >As Lotus finished waving, she stepped through the portal just in time for it to swallow itself.
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  133. 133.
    -Anon PoV-
  134. 134.
    >Mous got off his knees as the portal shut itself.
  135. 135.
    >He begins to walk over to you with his head down. "So, did you enj-"
  136. 136.
    >"Shut the fuck up, Anon." He says as he wraps his arms around you.
  137. 137.
    >This was...new.
  138. 138.
    >Very new.
  139. 139.
    >"Thank you...I don't know how you did it and I don't know how I could repay you, but thank you." He says.
  140. 140.
    >You pat him on the back. "Don't thank me man, it was your birthday. What else was I supposed to do?"
  141. 141.
    >He pulls away from you, his arms still on your shoulders. "Use it yourself? You have just as much use for it as me..."
  142. 142.
    >You had considered that for a moment.
  143. 143.
    >You shake your head. "This trick only works once, dude. I guess I could have seen Rainbow, or Thunder..."
  144. 144.
    >His head droops a bit. "But I finished this and thought. "Who do I know that could use a visit from an old flame?", I really couldn't see myself using it any other way."
  145. 145.
    >Mous chuckles. "You're a real bastard, ya know?"
  146. 146.
    >He looks up at you. "Here I am trying to be the best friend ever and you go on and blow me out of the water like this."
  147. 147.
    >You grin at him. "You do pretty well, yourself."
  148. 148.
    >Mous lets go of you with the biggest genuine smile you've seen from him in a while. "Thanks man...for everything."
  149. 149.
    >You give him a slap on the shoulder. "Any time."
  150. 150.
    >The Delphinus floats in the air a ways away. "Ready to head back home?"
  151. 151.
    >Mous wipes his eye and looks out with that smile. "Yeah, let's go."
  152. 152.
    >"I have to get to work on the statue of you I have to make now, anyway." He says.

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