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[2008-11-17 22:49:37 +0000 UTC]
"Morgan"
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You have to run. They're on their way now and I can't stop them. I'm sorry I told them about you, but if I didn't they'd just expand with abandon. Please, the window's closing.
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What's this about a window?
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You know, like a "window of opportunity". UGH! We don't have TIME for metaphors! look, you just HAVE to trust me this time. Go, get out. Somewhere far away. Manehatton, Las Pegasus, ANYWHERE! just go, and lay low. Don't draw attention to yourself. Hurry! They've already identified you! Oh Celestia, and I helped them!
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Who, this new hybrid strain of changelings?
Meh. Could be worse. Could be Cybermen.
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Yes them. Wait, what do you mean "Could be worse?" You intend to just let them take you? You'd truly let go and join them?
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Is there a reason not to that I should be made aware of?
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Well... tch *hesitates* It's just that, it's a hive-mind with every part acting as one. How can you be sure you'll still be "you" and not just some facsimile? Look, if you wanna find out, then I won't stop yo- er, them. Just know, you have the choice, and not long to make it. Some people... don't even get that option. *beep beep. beep beep* Dammit. I have to leave before they see me with you. The only thing keeping them from coming after me is that I'm an asset as is. I know that's hard to swallow, but trust me, it's better this way. See you around, maybe.
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Isn't it an empathetic connection instead of an intellectual one?
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I wouldn't know, I don't interact with them any more than I have to.
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>fast forward
All things considered, being a changeling is like that time I took shrooms.
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*spits coffee over screen and leaps across room* What in Tartarus are you doing here?! I had explicit assurances from your queen that I wouldn't be bothered without prior notice! I'm fulfilling my end of the deal so what do you changelings want now?
Waitaminit, I remember you. Yeah, you're the potential from last week. *grabs towel and starts wiping off screen* So, why are you here? Come to tell me it ain't so bad?
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Just checking on an acquaintance.
Seriously, I can see everyling's feelings dancing all around me. Popping and locking, mostly.
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*deadpan* And what, pray tell, are ya gettin' offa me?
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Whatever it is, it's doing the Worm.
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Fluctuations, indecisiveness, confusion, and adrenaline. All natural reactions to having a creature that might use you as food walk into your office. No offense*sits back down in my chair*
So tell me, did you find your answer? Heh, not that it'll matter. If you're still the same inside, you'll say so. If the hive-mind has indeed taken full control and you're just one of the Queens drones, you'll say the same thing. *thinks for a moment*
So the real question I need to be asking, is how do you intend to prove your findings?
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... Voight-Klopff test?
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It's your birthday. Somepony gives you a calfskin wallet. How do you react?
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Was it from one of the talking cows? If so, I alert the authorities. If it was from a non-talking cow, I accept the wallet and put it in a dark corner of my desk never again to see the light of day.
Assuming, of course, I know it's calfskin in the first place.
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Youβve got a little boy. He shows you his butterfly collection plus the killing jar. What do you do?
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Compliment his collection while internally contemplating whether he'll become a serial killer.
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Youβre watching television. Suddenly you realize thereβs a wasp crawling on your arm.
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Aren't we RPing the tiny horses here?
I stay perfectly still and pray it leaves.
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Youβre in a desert trotting along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it canβt, not without your help. But youβre not helping. Why is that?
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The reason I'm not helping is because I would never flip a tortoise over in the first place.
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Last question. Describe in single words, only the good things that come into your mind.
About your mother.
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Supportive, nurturing, kind, polite, calm, educated, intelligent.
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.....wow.
I, need to think about this. Everything we know: our reports, our records, even magitapes made in the heart of Chrysalis' own hive pointed to changelings being little more than malevolent bees, intelligence-wise. Yet, you're still, well you! This does explain some things, but at the same time...
Tell me everything.
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Chrysalis and her progeny died a month or two ago, remember?
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Yes, but until then they were the only example of the species we had to go on. It was generally accepted that they were a typical example. They might still be, if Queen Sparkle's history and your input are the anomaly. If I wasn't bound to this secrecy, I'd send these findings to Celestia herself for scrutiny. They may even have been admitted to the Canterlot archives. Damn.
No matter, I can still learn. Tell me what happened that day. The day I left you and you made the choice.
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I went to bed, 'cause it was late, and next morning I (as I explained to you) was pretty much on shrooms.
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How... merciful? Were in the same bed, only changed? Or did they move you?
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Same bed, but kinda sticky. And smelling faintly of a cheese.
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Sticky? They must have done it there.
Tell me, was there a cocoon in the room, or evidence of one?
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My stomach felt really full, if that's any help.
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It is. Now what then. After you woke up, what happened?
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I disguised myself as myself and did everything I planned to do that day.
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Like the rest of the town that's been taken. It's time for the classic psychology cliche. How does it feel. I understand that you can sense others' emotions, but what of the hive. What is the feeling of it?
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I HAVE SUCH SIGHTS TO SHOW YOU... Just kidding.
It's how I always thought it felt, just now I know what that would look like.
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Don't joke about that! I may not look like much but I AM a unicorn and capable of handling myself.
Describe the connection. I need details. if it isn't a true hive-mind anymore, then what is it?
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I'm guessing it never was a true collective. They came out of nowhere, tore up the city... things that feel each other's emotions wouldn't capture how terrifying they were, is why I'm guessing the whole "hive mind" belief started.
It's like I told you, I see how erryone feels. Hard to explain with words.
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Hmmm. How many of you are there? I'm only allowed to know the important ones, Like the Queen and the other elements.
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Everyone. Except two, Time Turner and Minuette. They aren't ponies, but when I told them that they look just like ponies they told me that their species came first and, if anything, ponies look just like them.
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Well then. That IS some news. *stands* I certainly hope you're happy with your new life. *gallops around the room, gathering clothes, trinkets, stacks of books and papers. Proceeds to pack them into a large upright trunk* However, my time is now over. I'm sure she has anticipated this, but please inform your queen that our business is done. *tosses a hat on and pulls a ticket out of the brim* It's time I used this. I don't know where I'll end up, but I have nothing left to keep my here.
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