TEST DRIVE MEME!

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TEST DRIVE MEME

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[wastelandkindness]

Huh. If any of the Ministry Mares would give you the time of day it would be the Minister of Peace. You aren't lying.

[Don't act so surprised. There's also the fact that Q's special effects are very impressive. She KNOWS that's a lot of power to casually throw around. Wasteful. Disquieting.]

...You are lucky you're dealing with me instead of literally anyone else in Little Pip's merry little band.

Alright. No tears. Lead me to Fluttershy.

...Please.

[This HURTS her to say.]

[discorderly]

The more the merrier, I say. Especially in bands.

[Fingersnap, light, he's dressed in a mariachi outfit instead.]

Since you asked so nicely, vamanos! A Fluttershy!

[And off he goes, playing his mariachi tune. Because really Fluttershy's house isn't all that far away.]

paging SN fluttershy to the white courtesy thread

[wastelandkindness]

[He doesn't have a radio - or PipBuck - on him. That's more casual magic use. What the hell has she gotten herself into?

...There's always the Anaesthetic spell. Hopefully. And Pyrelight, who falls in above them.]

[kind_to_all]

[ ... there's only so many ponies or draconequui Shy knows that would play a mariachi band at this time of day. Fluttershy opens the door with a cautious smile as they come up the walk. ]

Oh! Hello, Discord. Are you... showing a new pony around Ponyville? That's awfully gracious of you... [ She eyes the new pony warily. ]

[wastelandkindness]

[Oh gods. OH DAWNBRINGER AND DUSKCALLER. She recognizes that voice. SHE HEARD HERSELF USING THAT VOICE IN THE MEMORY ORB.]

She does the only thing she can do.

Bow. On her knees and, uh, her other knees.

It's... It's a pleasure to meet you. Fluttershy. One I never hoped to know.

[kind_to_all]

I... um...

[ She's speechless for a moment. Who even is this pony? ] Oh my goodness, um... are you sure you have the right pony?

[wastelandkindness]

Are you not the bearer of Kindness and the Minister for Peace?

[kind_to_all]

I'm... a bearer of the Element of Kindness... yes.

[ Why is she still bowing? ] Would you... like to come in? ... You don't have to bow.

[wastelandkindness]

I -

[She rises to her feet and walks in, followed by a a phoenix that glows an unhealthy shade of neon green.

Perfectly harmless, at moderator request, but Velvet doesn't know that]

Yes. Of course. I - I didn't mean any -

I mean. Of course.

Wait, a bearer?

[kind_to_all]

There's... more than one of me. Oh, hello! [ She notices the phoenix. ] Aren't you pretty...

[ Completely engaged in interacting with the animal now, she walks around him, gazing. Finally she shakes her head. ] I'm so sorrry... can I help you?

[discorderly]

[Discord leans over to whisper rather loudly to Fluttershy:]

She's a little bit sensitive. Also I think she has a crush on Applejack~

[wastelandkindness]

No, actually, it's that I lived outside of what used to be Sweet Apple Acres, before the war. Before MY WORLD'S war.

And from the sound of things, Applejack and Fluttershy were the only sane Ministers in the entire Equestrian government.

My barn door doesn't swing that way, but thank you for your interest.

[wastelandkindness]

I - wouldn't touch, if I were you. That's a bale-phoenix. It...

...You have no idea what 'radioactive' would even mean, do you? And you didn't answer when I asked if you were the Minister of Peace. And 'there are many...'

...This is before the wars. Any of the wars. Isn't it.

[More to herself, than to Fluttershy.]

[kind_to_all]

No, I'm not... that's, um, why I wasn't sure if you had the right pony. Maybe one of the other Fluttershys is who you're looking for?

[ She stops her upraised hoof from touching the phoenix, but keeps gazing at it nonetheless. ] What does he eat?

[wastelandkindness]

Rodents. Radroaches and other insects. Thankfully, irridiated pray actually makes him stronger.

[If she had the equipment to tell, Fluttershy and Velvet would realize that appearance aside, Pyrelight is no longer radioactive.]

You... you say there are others. Taken from their worlds? Like me?

[kind_to_all]

Well, yes. ... I hadn't heard of a ... war in Equestria. That sounds just awful...

[ She trots back into her cottage, and finds a bag of dried insects which she keeps for the critters that need them. ] And I definitely haven't heard of a Ministry of Peace...

Can I get you anything? Some tea? You've probably had a hard journey here... [ She offers the insects to the phoenix. ]

[wastelandkindness]

Tea. Oh. Celestia's Warmth. Tea would be.

I.

Mostly the culture shock, I think. Tea would be lovely.

[Meanwhile, Pyrelight makes a happy little chirp and takes the bugs from Fluttershy's bare hoof. The warmth of his body is tangible even at this safe distance.]

[kind_to_all]

Of course. I was a little surprised to find somepony already living in my cottage when I got here. [ Fluttershy puts a kettle on. She smiles at the phoenix. ] You were just hungry too, weren't you?

[ She takes out a couple of mugs and some leaves to begin brewing, hesitant to ask the question that she wants to. ] What do you... um... know about... the other me, Miss, um... [ Oh, horsefeathers. She doesn't know the other pony's name. ]

[wastelandkindness]

[Pyrelight trills an affirmative response, then half hops - half flies to Velvet's side and alights on her armored shoulder.]

Velvet. Velvet Remedy. Stable 02.

[She sighs.]

The first thing you have to understand is the Ministries. Six government agencies, founded to aid Luna in running the civilian and military government. I - I think you can guess who founded them easily enough.

[kind_to_all]

[ She frowns. ] I ... guess that I could. In... our future? So soon? [ Fluttershy's ears droop. The last thing she wants - ever - is violence in the place she calls home. ]

[wastelandkindness]

I... hope not. I wouldn't wish my world on anyone.

[She chuckles.]

Yours - or rather, my Fluttershy's - was the Ministry of Peace. It was in charge of diplomatic operations, feeding the hungry, caring for the sick. Applejack was in charge of the Ministry of Technology - the Ministry of Wartime Technology, but she never called it that and despised the arms dealers that hid under her aegis.

There is a reason I thought of the two of them - of your... counterpart? - As the only sane Ministers.

[kind_to_all]

Are... are all of my other friends okay, too? [ The kettle hisses, Fluttershy gets up to fix the tea. She's a little afraid to hear the answer. ]

[wastelandkindness]

Not back home. No.

Fluttershy, I'm from... I don't even know how many generations removed from the Ministries and the war. Their age was long past.

[kind_to_all]

Oh. [ Fluttershy brewed the tea and brought back the cups, not looking at the other pony. ]

I'm sorry.

[wastelandkindness]

Of all of the people to apologize for the war...

[She takes an orb from her saddlebags, a crystal sphere]

Your counterpart recorded this. Memory orb. When everything was falling apart, she urged diplomacy with the Zebra. I don't know if you can read it, it's tied to Unicorn magic, but...

Here.