dazed and confused

[morphitudinous]

[Hello, scroll network! Here we have a bespectacled blue unicorn colt with a messy blond mane, sporting a classic wrench for a cutie mark.]

I'm assuming that shine means it's active? All right. I'll assume it is. Ah...hello, residents of Ponyville. I'm Billy, and from what I'm hearing I'm one among many unfortunate victims of a mass kidnapping and transformation.

[He's clearly frustrated by this, judging by the way his eyes roll.]

I'm guessing we have a lot of work to do to stop the latest threat and escape from here. So I'd like to offer my services---I'm a decent inventor and mechanic. Or at least I'd like to think I am. I'm still working on manipulating objects with this...form, but I've made progress!

[He precariously balances a wrench on his hoof, and a pile of odds and ends sits beside him. He never thinks to use that there horn.]

And while I'm here...if you have experience with interstellar travel, I'd like to talk to you. It's a personal matter.

Comments

[morphitudinous]

...wow. Well, keep doing what you're doing. It's really good.

[He smiles, wipes his mouth, then wipes his hoof.]

Anyway, it's very nice to meet you, miss.

[forwantofapartycannon]

Pinkie Pie. None of that miss. Miss gets me looking over my shoulder for Pinkamina Diane as my mom would call me. And I get enough of that from home.

And yeah, my figure is pretty good huh? [She's not pudgy, but she's a little bit more rounded for a pony. But yet she looks like she's in incredible shape with all the activity she gets.]

[morphitudinous]

Okay. Pinkie it is.

And I'm Billy. I admit I'm no expert on equine health, but I'm sure it's all right.

[forwantofapartycannon]

I'm actually a human girl, but with magic pony powers. [She 'wiggled' her hooves in a magic like manner as she grinned.]

[morphitudinous]

I'm human as well...or at least, I was.

And I'm not so sure about this pony magic.

[forwantofapartycannon]

Pony magic is easy. It just doesn't make sense!

[morphitudinous]

Then how do you use it, if it doesn't make sense?

Surely you have to understand a principle to apply it.

[He glances up at his horn uneasily. Not good.]

[forwantofapartycannon]

Oh sure there's book learning of course, and practiced magic. But on a whole this world doesn't make sense. Who needs continuity?!

[morphitudinous]

I do?

I just feel off-balance when I'm using things I don't understand. But I guess I'll have to get used to that.

[forwantofapartycannon]

It's for the best. This place is nonsense on a stick.

[morphitudinous]

...yeah. I might need some time to deal with that.

[forwantofapartycannon]

You might need to. This place has its own rules, all of it nonsense.

[morphitudinous]

I'm dreading it already.

[His expression isn't as negative as the words sound.]

Anyway, thanks for all the advice.