Doctor and Ditzy’s Science Theater

by Rixizu

Episode 15 - Part 3

Pinkie Pie Gets Amplified 

Pinkie Pie found a jump pad and it propelled her into the air near the armor thigh pads and health vials. She closed her eyes with delight

Doctor: (Pinkie) I love health vials! They taste like snozberries!

as she cried out loud, "Weeeeee!" When she landed at the top, there was some kind of small ledge where a glowing purple "U" symbol rotated slowly around in circles.

All: (Singing) You spin me right round, baby

Right round like a record, baby

Right round round round

Pinkie Pie went into a trance as she watched the beautiful bright purple "U" spin.

Ditzy: No, don’t! It’s a trap!

The voice spoke to Pinkie Pie, "Hop onto that ledge and pick it up. That power up is called the Damage Amplifier.

Ditzy: Wait, that doesn’t have a ‘u’ in it!

It takes a long time for it to respawn once somepony takes it.

Doctor: Have they even stated how long this gaming session is going to take?

Once you walk over it, your weapons will glow purple and that means the effect is working.

Doctor: (Celestia) Unfortunately, it gives off radiation that slowly kills you.

You will notice at the bottom left corner of your vision that the "U" symbol will appear with a timer.

Ditzy: That sounds incredibly distracting.

Once the timer runs out the effect wears off. While under this effect of the power-up, your weapons deal twice as much damage than they normally do and other's can hear that the sound of your weapon will sound differently too.

Doctor: (Celestia) Your weapons gives off Monty Python clips.

In certain arenas there is also a power up called the Berserk which doubles the fire rate of your weapons. It is possible on certain arenas to combine both the Damage Amplifier and the Berserk and you will be given the award, Juggernaut!  

Ditzy: Dang, I know there is a popular phrase that goes with that name, but I can’t think of it.

Princess Luna and I wouldn't even be able to imagine the destruction you would be capable of with that possibility.

Doctor: (Celestia) The entire world would be at your mercy!

We also can't imagine the destruction you'd be capable of with the Redeemer.

 Ditzy: (Celestia) It is also entirely possible that it might do nothing at all. That part of the game wasn’t really tested all that well.

In more competitive games, we sometimes have it banned though.

Doctor: (Celestia) Cal ruined it for everypony.

There's also other pick ups we want to see you use like the invulnerability power-up, in an arena called Fearless or the Jump Boots that can be found on arenas like Deck Seventeen or Shangri La, and so on. Anyway,

Ditzy: (Celestia) I’m rambling, sorry.

Hurry up and grab the Damage Amplifier before somepony else takes it!"

Doctor: Pinkie looked both ways and raised an eyebrow.

Pinkie Pie joyfully bounced on top of the ledge and walked over it. The weapon she was holding was now glowing purple and a buzzing-like sound filled her ears.

Ditzy: Oh I get it! Its power is outset by how completely annoying it is to use!

Pinkie Pie noticed that the timer was starting to tick, so she quickly headed over to where she heard battles going on. Near the Flak Cannon, she found all of her friends fighting.

Doctor: Not killing each other, they were arguing over the type of pizza they were going to order.

Pinkie Pie began to grin like a mad filly and held down the primary fire of her weapon. The sound of the Damage Amplifier resonated throughout the arena.

Ditzy: (Sound) Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

She quickly turned her focus to Rainbow Dash and easily took her out first before Applejack had the chance to finish her off. Applejack turned around and pointed her Flak Cannon at Pinkie Pie, but a hail of bullets under the effect of the Damage Amplifier was able to take her out before she was able to fire a single shot.

Doctor: I’m starting to think this power up is a little unbalanced.

"DOUBLE KILL!" Princess Luna announced.

Doctor: (Luna) The slaughter has been doubled!

Twilight Sparkle had used the secondary fire of her Shock Rifle to try to stop Pinkie Pie from racking up any more kills. The moment before Twilight shot the giant pulse ball with her primary fire, Pinkie Pie had dodged away and took little damage from the blast. Twilight Sparkle went down quickly.

"MULTI KILL!" Princess Luna announced in a slightly more excited tone.

Ditzy: You’re starting to scare me princess...

Rarity also turned away from her focus on killing Fluttershy and began to set her sights on the biggest threat right now,

Doctor: The giant flea monster that suddenly crashed through the ceiling.

Pinkie Pie. Even though Pinkie Pie was dodging around like mad

,

Doctor: She did that back-bend Matrix-bullet-dodge for fun.

Rarity gave it her best shot and fired away. She managed to connect a shot to Pinkie Pie's body which did a lot of damage, but it wasn't a head shot, so she was still alive. The shot from the Sniper Rifle happened to hit the left side of Pinkie Pie's flank, directly on her cutie mark.

Doctor: Somehow causing it to pop.

Rarity almost hoped that there would be some kind of an award for hitting the cutie mark of a player since that would be a difficult shot to connect, but there was none.

Ditzy: Come on! She shot one of the balloons on Pinkie’s cutie mark’. That should count for something!

Doctor: (Celestia) We don’t like achievements. They are a waste of time and are usually things that a half blind foal could accomplish.

There was no award for hitting the wrong end of a pony with a shot from the Sniper Rifle.

Ditzy: Rarity will forever be shamed by her friends for this mistake.

Pinkie Pie blasted her away with a hail storm of bullets and Rarity went down in a rather dramatic manner.

Ditzy: (Rarity) Oh, woe is me! I am hit! My short life has been robbed from me! Never again will I see the marvelous sun or run through a field of flowers! Woe is me! I die without finding true love! I die here all alone in the world killed by my…

Doctor: (Celestia) Okay, we get it! Just die already!

"MEGA KILL!" Princess Luna cried out in excitement.

Ditzy: (Luna) Seeing thee butcher thy friends is so much fun!

Pinkie Pie turned her focus on the last remaining pony in the arena.

Doctor: (Fluttershy) Um, er, I surrender?

Fluttershy tried to do a hop, skip, and a jump to avoid the barrage of bullets , but she already took too much damage from being hit by Rarity's Sniper Rifle earlier. Fluttershy aimed her weapon at Pinkie Pie and fired a large glob of goo at her, but Pinkie Pie was just too much of a master at dodging around and the shot missed her. Could Pinkie Pie really finish off Fluttershy?

Doctor: (Deadpan) Will she? The suspense is killing me.

Pinkie Pie felt a drop of sweat fall off of her nose. She felt bad, but she just had to see what the next kill announcement was.

Ditzy: (Pinkie) Maybe it will be super duper ultra mega delta deathly death kill?

She fired a few shots and Fluttershy was killed almost instantly.

"ULTRA KILL!" Princess Luna screamed at the top of her lungs with praise.

Doctor: (Pinkie) That’s it? Lame.

The entire arena seemed to shake at the booming voice of the Princess of the night.

Doctor: Causing the ceiling to collapse killing everyone permanently. The End.

Suddenly Princess Luna made another major announcement for Pinkie Pie.

Ditzy: (Luna) The other players have decided to voted you out of the game.

"KILLING SPREE!”

Doctor: Congratulations! You’re a serial killer now!

Pinkie Pie noticed the Damage Amplifier getting low on time. Was there time for another kill? Could there possibly be another award for getting a kill after an Ultra Kill?

All: (Yawns)

Pinkie Pie quickly left the area where the Flak Cannon was and used the lift jump nearest the Link Gun. She soared through the air and realized that Rainbow Dash must have respawned somewhere fairly close to the Rocket Launcher.

Doctor: After all, the princesses keep meddling with the game and won’t let things play out for themselves.

She figured that she probably respawned near where the Stinger was because she came from down the stairs on the left side to grab the Rocket Launcher.

Ditzy: That’s what happens when you stick to only one weapon and battle strategy.

They both may have been far off in the distance, but now was her chance. Pinkie Pie unleashed another hail storm of bullets that tore through Rainbow Dash's body. Even though she was quite far away, Pinkie Pie could see the large chunks of flesh being torn off of her friend's body from the powerful rounds of the Stinger that penetrated through Rainbow Dash's body. Pinkie Pie had the intuition that she had to have been getting these kill awards based on a certain timing window of how fast you can kill somepony.

Rainbow Dash had two options right now.

Doctor: Soup or salad.

She could either turn and go back up the stairs since there was a large wall that would guarantee her protection from the hailstorm of bullets and she could grab the Rocket Launcher later, or she could be risky and try to attempt to dodge toward the Rocket Launcher in order to pick it up and defend herself better.

Doctor: While doing a completely unnecessary diving catch of course.

Rainbow Dash was not a pony who enjoyed the idea of retreating in battle and found that it would be cowardice on her part for her to make a tactical retreat.

Doctor: (Shakes his head)

Ditzy: Cowardice aka the smart option.

She was also a big risk taker and loved the thrill of trying dangerous and risky things.

Doctor: Sure it usually ended up with her in the hospital, but Rainbow Dash felt it was worth it.

However, Rainbow Dash could not seem to figure out where to draw the line

All: The line must be drawn here!

between the risk and reward satisfaction, and just plain old stupidity. This behavior was very similar and could be tied in together with how she sometimes can't figure out where to draw the line between arrogance and confidence. Rainbow Dash made up her mind

All: Run away! Run away!

and decided to go with the careless mistake of attempting to dodge near the Rocket Launcher to pick it up.

Doctor: Gee, don’t spoil what’s going to happen or anything.

Pinkie Pie figured out that she would try to do that and kept her focus on her, finishing her off quickly. She made it just in time before it was too late to get another killing award.

All: Phew!

Doctor: That was intense!

"MONSTER KILL!" Princess Luna cried out.

All: You monster.

Pinkie Pie suddenly heard a strange blaring sound that was ringing in her ears.

Ditzy: Ouch.

Doctor: Can you mute these sounds?

She noticed that the time on the Damage Amplifier was running out. Suddenly the timer hit zero and the glow of her weapon died off. Pinkie Pie checked the scoreboard and giggled with delight at all the praise Princess Luna was giving her for her kill achievements. She hadn't seen so many red bold letters in her vision before. She was now officially in first place for the moment. She was thrilled that she was the first pony in the arena to not only get the first Monster Kill, but also the first to get at least five kills without dying which resulted in getting the Killing Spree award.

Doctor: Yes, we know. We were there!

Ditzy: (Fluttershy) I’m not mad, just disappointed.

Fluttershy noticed her friend and warmly smiled back and said, "Nope. I'm not mad, but congratulations on getting your first Killing Spree. Way to go! You rock! Whoo-Hoo!"

Pinkie Pie grinned with delight that Fluttershy's feelings were not hurt and joyfully bounced away.

Doctor: It’s nice to see one’s murder not getting in the way of your friendship.

The time continued to tick away and the match was about to end soon. Princess Celestia announced to everypony, "Five minuets remaining!"

All: What?

Doctor: I...think it has a spelling error too. I can’t really read it though.

Everypony suddenly checked the scoreboard and all the players were neck and neck when it came to grabbing first place.

Doctor: Huh, that doesn’t seem likely considering how the game has been going so far.

Ditzy: Why don’t you just give us their scores?

Fluttershy happened to have the lowest score considering that she didn't play for awhile,

Ditzy: And she’s Fluttershy!

but even she made a steady comeback. The ponies went into panic mode and

Ditzy: Threw down their weapons and started running around aimlessly.

began to really strive for first place. The battles became more frantic than ever and body parts continued to fly throughout the entire arena.

Doctor: The janitor is really going to have his work cut out for him.

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