1st Zenith - Visual

[tsunpony]

[There's a wicked cracking sound over the scrolls as a timberwolf goes flying into the sky and then is punted down by a yellow blur.]

And stay down! Honestly, get back home and there's some kind of monster trying to eat me.

[The scroll floats down to reveal a pretty teenage mare with orange hair in an elaborate dress which shimmers and burst off. Before anyone can state "augh naked", Ako hairflips and replaces her glasses.]

Oh good, there's my scroll.

[And she rolls it back up.]

Comments

[magicalrealist]

Yeah...I'm glad to see you're back.

It's...been a very long four months. For me, at least. How've you been?

[tsunpony]

It's been a very long three years, so I'm doing okay.

I see I've grown even here. Being home was interesting.

[magicalrealist]

How did it go?

[tsunpony]

It was enlightening. I spent about a half a year acting like a selfish brat until I wised up. And then I broke my upgraded Cure Driver and Blue the God of the Earth repaired it for me. It's back to being a Cure Module again but it's melded with a PreChan Mirror.

[magicalrealist]

Sounds like you had a rough time adjusting. I can at least tell you I had the same problem, when I first came here.

[tsunpony]

It was pretty rough, yeah. I guess I should have looked into some kind of maturity before it took a normal girls wish to make me see I was being selfish.

[magicalrealist]

That sort of thing takes time to learn. It's not always the span of time we'd like, but once you reach that point in your life, you'll know.

Has anyone caught you up on what's happened here yet?

[tsunpony]

That's true. And it helped when I finally focused on what was important.

,,, Yeah, some of it at least. I spoke to Nozomi and Mako but I'd like to know exactly what I missed.

[magicalrealist]

I'll explain the most recent event, then.

(She sighs.)

The Pale Pony finally showed herself. After the Equestria Games, she appeared. I wasn't there at the time, but from what I heard, others were frozen in fear, others tried to defy her through song...and someone died, too. The exact cause of it is unknown, but reports say it's from severe brain hemorrhaging. It was recently discovered that all who died or disappeared are taken into the Pale Pony herself...that girl's death proved it. Her light burst into mist and the Pale Pony consumed it. If nothing else, it proved that discovery.

She then sent a visual to every active scroll, showing herself...and she spoke to me. Directly. She told me her name is Cálice. She told me she's aiming to gain all the knowledge in existence and store everything in herself. Part of it may involve The Corruption, which is exactly what it sounds like...but part of it may be her trying to find her true identity. She let it slip that she doesn't know who she really is...rather, who she was before she became the Pale Pony.

She's using the Elements of Harmony from the future to bring everyone here. She's studying all of us for reasons I'm not exactly sure of. She noted interesting subjects, but also mentioned a particular interest in us Mayfielders...especially me.

[tsunpony]

Hmm... so not exactly Zemekis, though there's a little bit of the Mayfieldian focus on here. That bears interest. It may be the same reason why I was returned so suddenly. She might have a renewed interest, especially since if what you're saying is true and I was inside the Pale Pony for all this time, then part of my memories might be tampering, or at least some kind of extra-dimensional siphon into another world and using it to alter my memories and body.

[Surprisingly Ako is actually dealing with this calmly.] And if that is true, then Ellen and Tsubomi and Yayoi and all of those other people from the broken mirror incident might not have returned home either. What's to say they got hoovered up like a giant cosmic vacuum, as potentially bad as that could sound.

Even more reason to find out everything. I'm not agreeing with everyone's decision to kill it, there's always another way and I know this. I befriended my most hated enemy after all.

[magicalrealist]

That's why I'm not rushing to kill her, either. I forgave Zemekis for everything he did, so maybe I could do the same for her. There's more to her than what she wants us to believe; I know there is. It's just going to take some time before I can learn what that is.

I'm not willing to give up on her, Ako. Despite everything she's done, I'm not willing to give up on her.

[tsunpony]

I keep Noise as a pet in my house. He likes cat kibble. He was a Elder-God Level Eldrich Abomination.

I think we've got this. I'm not willing to give up, friendship finds away. We just have to think of one thing in this time: What Would Gentarou Kisaragi Do?

[magicalrealist]

...He would fight with all of his heart. Not once would he give up on Cálice. And even if she knocked him down, he'd stand back up until he befriended her.

[tsunpony]

Yeah I mean look what he's done!

What would Gentarou Kisaragi Do if he was here right now?
He'd make a promise and follow it through, cause that's what Gentarou Kisaragi would do!

When Gentarou Kisaragi was in high school he fought his best friend there! He struck her heart and made a spark and brought her out of despair!

[magicalrealist]

When Gentarou Kisaragi chased war machines and fought them near the moon! He beat them down and befriended XVII and told him he'd see him soon!

[tsunpony]

So what would Gentarou Kisaragi do if he was here right now? He'd cheer us up and turn around and befriend the nearest town!

[magicalrealist]

I want us all to be happy...everyone including the Pale Pony...

[tsunpony]

And I just want the world to stop fighting everyone...

[magicalrealist]

Then we'll stop the fighting and befriend them, too
'Cuz that's what Gentarou Kisaragi would do!

[tsunpony]

And what would Gentarou Kisaragi do when we need him right now?
He'd crash on down and proclaim kitaa, because that's what Gentarou Kisaragi would do!

[strawberryredgrave]

Did someone say my name?

[tsunpony]

No we didn't we were talking about Gentarou!

[magicalrealist]

Yeah, we're actually talking about Gentarou.

Sorry, Dante.

[strawberryredgrave]

Oh.

(A halfhearted shrug.)

Alright. Later.

(He rolls up his scroll.)

[tsunpony]

When Gentarou went and rescued kids because he was also there,
He made a trip through time you see saved the children fair!