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.

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[Action]

[kungfublackfrog]

[Shit.]

We have time.

[Action]

[morphitudinous]

All right. It's been years since I was last in Angel Grove, and things aren't the same anymore.

[Which is why he think he looks as tired as Adam does. This'll definitely make things awkward---they probably haven't come from the same place.]

There were beetle-like creatures known as the Ohm invading countless worlds and destroying all life they encountered. Our world died---but there was a rescue ark called Stacy, and she saved a few lives from every world, placing them in stasis.

Later, a few of the refugees were awakened from stasis. Then a few more, and a few more. I was in an early group---but we were treated as prisoners at first. We were forced on dangerous missions with unknown objectives, and somehow I ended up running an engineering department and building the crew's weapons.

Eventually, you were awakened too. We were fighting together for a while, but then you were returned to stasis. Kimberly appeared briefly as well---but I never saw anyone else from our group after she left, so I had no idea if the others were ever saved. There was one other Ranger, though---Dustin, a Yellow Ranger with ninja powers.

We were in a war to save the universe. We saw friends die, we killed. There were good times too, but it sure wasn't easy. Eventually, our numbers shrank---people died, more were being pulled back into stasis for reasons unknown. There weren't many of us left by the time we finally battled over the device that would've destroyed the universe, but we gave it our all.

[He lowers his head, suddenly looking like a huge weight dropped on him.]

We lost. We all died---but the remnants of our souls were brought to kneel before the enemy. We clung on to spite him, like vengeful ghosts, and the soul of our ship responded. She was bursting with love for us. And somehow, she used that love to unleash an energy that saved us all.

[He chuckles weakly]

It's ridiculous, but that's honestly the best explanation I have. We were all resurrected with our memories intact, and our worlds were safe too. We were all set to finally return home when...this happened.

[He shakes his head, then flashes a very tentative smile]

I'm not happy about all this, but I'm glad I found you again.