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Arcane Word did not rush to complete her task. She had begun this assignment by reminding Mystic Crescent that it might take her a great deal of time. Time enough to consult with the machine god, attend a hundred thousand different meetings with creatures all across the universe.It was enough time to invent whole new forms of computronium, purpose-built to simulate the very universe within which they existed. Enough time for the equivalent of a dozen different degrees, enough instruction to understand and…-
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It took longer than the party—long enough that the station on the Ouroboros shard became its own prominent tourist destination.For those of the proper disposition, it was possible to visit the simulated world beneath, using it to form a shard all your own. Arcane had no doubt her work was twisted an infinity of different ways by visiting ponies. Some would make themselves saviors, others tyrants, or worse.But none of those would remain faithful to the project she organized. There would be no true…
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Arcane Word visited a memory.Technically speaking, it was not a moment she did remember, which was why she had chosen it. The serpent of causality in the Ouroboros recreated all things, traveling backward from the final moment of Earth's existence. Most of those moments were little more than historical curiosity for the population of Equestria. From the news she heard, it seemed that more of the Equestrian-born generations were interested in the simulation than the First Generation. So many wanted to see a…
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Sweet Sauce approached the tower of the structure the unicorn called the “Castle of Friendship.” At a glance, it seemed like “Friendship Spire” or “Crystal Monolith” would probably make a better fit. And why was it shaped like a tree?Equestria had become a strange place since his departure. If he wanted to be home here, sooner or later he would have to figure out why.But not now. There were simpler goals before him now. First he had to pass the watchful eyes of the Royal Guard, with uniforms…-
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A journey through the Everfree could not be accomplished on an empty stomach, just as revolutionizing dimensional thaumatology was doomed without the use of a proper lab. Sauce’s arrival in Equestria might’ve tossed a few dozen curveballs his way, but one by one things were working themselves out. Granted, a pint-sized laborer-to-be and a talentless unicorn were hardly the competent friends and servants he’d once commanded. But it was a start. Every endeavor began with a single hoofstep. “We’ll…
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Sweet Sauce had little reason to be impressed with a teleportation spell, even one cast without preparation on an entire group to travel several miles at once.Okay, maybe he was a little impressed. They reappeared in Ponyville without blowing out his ears with displacement, or freezing the ground with the sudden shift in temperature. But part of that might just be the change from what he was used to, after living in a world where being able to read a bus schedule meant greater than average competence.He…
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Honeydew stared back at Sweet Sauce, her expression so utterly flabbergasted that he almost started laughing all over again. She braced herself against the couch with one hoof, and used the delay to take a few long, slow breaths. Finally she glanced down at her pad, and began scribbling with her mouth.She didn't reply, and he would've thought she hadn't even heard him, except for how vigorously she looked down at her writing, then back at him.Good. She better get that all written down, so my demands can be…
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Sweet Sauce took a few moments to recover from the explosion of sonic force. He stumbled backward, legs flung wildly in all directions. Eventually he found purchase on a nearby couch, and finally collected his wits. For once the sturdiness of these useless mudpony bodies actually amounted to something—a pegasus might've been rendered instantly unconscious upon impact. His ears rang, sound returning only after a few seconds. And when he heard it...It wasn't some incredibly overpowered music box, playing…
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Sweet Sauce was barely even aware of the next few hours—the entire next day, really. Expending additional effort unnecessarily was his least favorite thing. On the other hand, letting other ponies believe things about him that weren't true was a state that was all too easy to settle into. The mares were well-meaning, but not terribly inquisitive.They wanted him to drop his strange admission, and not hold them to their promise of helping him. So let them think that he'd been convinced. Of course, it was…
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Sweet Sauce made it through one day of pony school.Barely.More than once he found himself wondering if it would've been kinder just to opt for execution. At least that way he wouldn't have been suffering through agonizing, time-wasting hours.Of course there was nothing new in the fundamentals. Language had changed some of its conventions since he left, but not by much. He could still work with figures, and blasted through every level of student evaluation.That didn’t mean there weren't big holes, though.…
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