Game of Reality
Chapter 5: Chapter 4: Bad memories
Previous Chapter Next ChapterHaha.. I am a pony and my name is Blind White? Who am i kidding, that must have been some sort of dream.. I must have died at some point and now i am stuck in this odd place, where everything i can do is think. Maybe my mind was desperate for answers and it made up the silly scenario with the Cockatrice. The fact that i am able to think proves, that i am not a stone statue. This is not how it should work!
I miss many things, but there are many things i no longer have to worry about. Since i have no body, i have no "needs". Now that i think about it, i did not have one kind of need as i were a pony either. As in.. i had no genitalia. Well, they clearly had no such things in the TV-show, but that should not mean, that they do not have them here, right? This is different.. No wait, i already decided, that it was just a dream or something! Also what difference does it make if ponies have no.. Uh, what ever. I also have some issues with opinions i used to have, because i am losing something valuable. Emotions. I still have some sheds of emotion left, but it feels fake and it is drawn from my memory. Of course i still get bored and this is my main problem here.
Right now i am "playing a game". Every 5 seconds i think "give", unless seconds reset. Every 10 seconds i think "me", unless seconds reset. Every time seconds reset, i think "i". Every minute i think "the", unless minutes reset. Every 5 minutes i think "next", unless minutes reset. Every 10 minutes i think "number", unless minutes reset. Every time minutes reset, i think "really". Every hour i think "already,", unless hours reset. Every 12 hours i think "you", unless hours reset. Every time hours reset, i think "hate". Every day i think "stupid,", unless days reset. Every 15 days i think "yet", unless days reset. Every time days reset, i think "myself". Every month i think "entertaining", unless months reset. Every 6 months i think "clock", unless months reset. Every time months reset, i think "so". Every year i think "much".
1 Year, 0 months, 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds.
I really hate myself so much.
Ah, i finished the sentence. I do not want to do this anymore.. I wish i had something else to- eh? -THUMP- That hurt. Where is the time? Where are my numbers? What are these flashing images? Do not take away my numbers! I changed my mind! "Aaaaah!!" My own scream scares me. I can't take this! I hear voices around me. I close my eyes to get rid of the flashing image before me and i am moving my.. body? I do not remember how to move and it hurts, but suddenly.. i pass out..
"Your mind is corrupted. Removing.. Loading safe backup.. Completed."
"Aaah!", i scream as i wake up from a.. nightmare? Wait, where am i? Looks like a guest room in a castle. I close my eyes and see a new window. It is titled "Memory storage". I can select files and then choose to load, delete or check properties. I can also read a guide. Really, what am i, a computer? I check the guide.
"Incase of mind corruption, corrupted memories are removed from your mind and are stored here. You should NOT download all of the files at the same time or right after corruption. Deleting them might be the best course of action"
I open my eyes again and try to think about the last thing i remember.. I entered a forest and then.. Then what? I close my eyes again and check the amount of files. 48 and the file size for each is.. 7D? What does that even mean? I select the first file and check properties. D stands for.. a day?! I now check the time from another window. 1 Year?! What happened to me?!
Suddenly door opened. I am now looking at Rainbow Dash and she is looking right back at me. We keep staring each other for about 5 seconds, untill Rainbow Dash loses the staring contest and leaves, closing the door again. If this really was a staring contest, that is. What an awkward first meeting. Actually i do not even know for sure if this was the first time we met. Ah, stupid memories! I am so frustrated! I lose my patience and load the first memory. I pass out.
Unknown amount of time has passed as i wake up, but i am not opening my eyes because i hear talking.. I am also trying to remember how i got here.. Oh, that is right. 7 days ago i loaded 7 days worth of memories, so that explains why i was.. No wait, i think it was 7 days ago because i loaded 7 days of memories, but.. Ah!
Twilight: "You said he was awake!"
Dash: "He was last time i checked!"
Twilight: "Fine, i guess you have no reason to lie about it, but he seems to be sleeping again.. I want to ask him some questions. I do not understand what is wrong with him or why he is all white."
Dash: "That is what really creeps me out, Twi! His eyes are white as well!"
Twilight: "I know, as i was there when the statue was fixed. Celestia and Luna also confirmed the white eyes."
"You know, i can hear you", i said as i sat up. The two ponies were startled by my voice. I would be lying if i said, that meeting those two is not somewhat.. joyful experience. But how real is this world really? I guess, i am never content with what i get. I need to stop thinking about the problems.
Twilight: "Oh.. ehehe.. Hi! My name is Twilight Sparkle and this is my friend Rainbow Dash."
Dash: "You should remember my name. I am going to be famous one day."
White: "Oh really? What if i told you, that i know all about your Sonic Rainboom."
Dash: "Really?! Are you my fan?"
White: "I.. My name is Blind White."
Dash: "Don't change the subject! Admit it!"
Twilight: "Calm down Rainbow. Nice to meet you.. Blind White? Where are you from?"
White: "Another world.."
Dash: "If you want to impress me, tell some less obvious lies."
White: "Where am i?"
Twilight: "Canterlot. Why are you.. all white?"
White: "I just am. Got a problem with that?"
Twilight: "No, i was just worried, that we did something wrong. You did not react well, when you got your body back. We even thought you were in pain and blind."
White: "Well, i was stuck being a stone statue for a year.. It had an effect on me, but i think i am ok now."
Twilight: "Wait, you remember everything while you were petrified? Also how could you keep track of the time?"
White: "It is complicated.. Can i speak with Princess Celestia?"
Dash: "She is busy."
White: "Oh, then what about Princess Luna?"
Dash: "She is busy, napping."
Twilight: "You will get a chance to talk to them later. Can you tell me more about where you are from?"
I take a deep breath as i start thinking. How exactly could i explain something like that, without revealing what i used to be. I am not really looking forward to explaining everything. After a minute of silence, i gave it a shot, "Imagine a world, where they build your life for you. Where they have certain expectations, but at the same time you have some sort of freedom to share your opinion in a place, where most can see it. You can also listen to music, read stories and watch entertaining shows at the same place. You can also aim to be someone, that some consider more unique, but in reality it is not unique if so many want to do it. There are many who do not want to see things they do not like and instead they wish all that stuff would just.. disappear, while some actually do not mind having a world full of different people with different tastes. There are many rules to follow, but sometimes it feels like the rules are protecting the wrong side. The most annoying part is how you are judged as something you are not, just because you do something specific". As i ended my view on Earth, i noticed Twilight writing down everything i just said.
Dash: "That sounds stupid."
White: "It was stupid, yet it was amazing how it somehow worked. Every day there was a risk, that a wrong move ruins it all."
Twilight: "Was?"
White: "Wrong move was made.. Just not the type of move i expected.."
Dash: "Don't tell me you really believe him, Twi!"
Twilight: "At least it is interesting.. Can you really not explain it in a more precise way?"
White: "Tall buildings, that reach the sky, a lot of machines, no magic, buildings that produce a lot of smoke and harm nature. You ignore the problems others have and do what ever it is, that you enjoy doing."
Twilight: "That.. sounds horrible."
White: "But if that was the only world you know, could you really say that? If most do it, how can you face them and tell them it is wrong, when there is a chance, that you alone share that opinion. To begin with, the majority decides what is right and what is wrong."
Celestia: "A world should not be ruled by those, who have no common interest as a goal"
Princess Celestia seems to have been listening to our talk. She looks a bit worried. I have no idea what to say as i am worried, that her knowledge and visions far exceed mine.
Celestia: "You are not the only one, who has mentioned another world. I am curious to know, if you know something about humans."
White: "I guess it can not be helped.. I used to be a human."
Celestia: "I was convinced to believe, that only one human survived if you do not count the humans of this world."
Twilight: "Wait, what are you two talking about?"
Dash: "Yea, tell us what is going on!"
White: "Well, he is right. I did not survive it as a human. It seems i had to change in order to make it here, but i think in this case he believes i am dead."
Twilight: "Somepony, please explain.."
White: "Fine, but i will skip to the creation of this world."
Dash: "How is that skipping? That is the beginning!"
White: "Just let me explain.."
I then started telling about a machine, that was created in my old world and what i believed to be just a game. Then i told what happened when i finally got to test it. I told about VoKeR and what he told me. I still remember well what he said. I was interrupted by Twilight in many occasions, but i convinced her to not ask about the details, as it was either not important or too complicated for me to explain. As i finished, Rainbow Dash was the first pony to open her mouth.
Dash: "How is that a game? Game is something like air ball or racing!"
Twilight: "You did not understand a word, did you?"
Dash: "No, i got it! Um, he went somewhere and he became faster and stuff.. so he could cheat in a race?"
White: "Uh.."
Celestia: "If i combine the two stories i have heard, i get a good picture of what we are dealing with, even if it makes no sense to me, how exactly this was possible."
White: "I am all ears."
Celestia: "The human game testers that did not survive are now part of this world. Their imagination and magic was takes from them to create and maintain this world."
White: "Wait, humans have magic?"
Celestia: "VoKeR, or as i call him, Black Plague mentioned secrets not yet revealed in human mind. I believe one of those things is magic. Even earth ponies and pegasi have some magic, but no way to use it. Black Plague, not realizing what exactly it is, still managed to use it."
White: "So you really met VoKeR.. Why do you call him Black Plague?"
I was little nervous about the answer, as i remembered the note where i was named White Plague. "You two might want to sit down.", Celestia said, looking at Twilight and Rainbow as she explained, "This will be a long story."
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