FoE: Do Robot Ponies Dream of Electronic Bunnies

Chapter XXII-A: The One In Which I Notice Something

"What to do/What to do?" - Rainbow Dash

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Unit Status: Active
Location: The Backlot at TWInc.
Satellite Signal Status: GPS active.
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Date: 01/12/2012
It was just another day after a long and exhausting week of filming my own life story in the future. I was at rest next to my mansion's tenth fireplace, fez resting comfortably on my head, monocle in my eye, cognac glass customarily half-full, and Charles Buckins novel in hoof. I had just turned to a new chapter when a knock came from the door. It was the servant's day off (lord knows, Night Rose works hard for me, she deserves a break now and again), so I rose and answered. As the door opened I was struck upon the nose by a flying number. I'd been assaulted by a flying 2,287, one of the most dangerous and desperate creatures wandering the back lots of the TWInc. (trademark) Film Sudios.

Fearing for my mortal self, I ran screaming like a colt who had his bits caught in a room full of turning gears, sprinting for the saferoom I had built just for this occasion. I heard the heavy breathing of the number on my fetlocks, and briefly entertained the idea that I would not make the journey. Fortunately, I gained some distance on a sharp turn, and made it with inches to spare. The door slammed closed, locking the horror out and me in. I breathed a sigh of relief, but was dismayed to find that my saferoom had been infested with several other numbers. I fought for my life, swinging my hooves this way and that and crying "I'm too beautiful to die!" Alas, I felt myself succumb to the flood and fell into darkness...

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"And there I laid forever more," he finished, bowing to the group of colts and fillies gathered around him. They all looked up at him in awe.

"But," one small voice called out from the back. "If you fell there and died, how are you here?"

Every eye fell upon the filly who'd called out their story teller, then turned back to himself. Verse's eyes squinted in annoyance. The port on his side popped opened and out came his sniper rifle. In less than a second, he took aim at the offending filly and put a round through her small body, turning it into a pulpy mess.

"Any other questions," he asked, looking around impassively. A great cheer rose from the crowd, and the android found himself smothered in children laughing and hugging him. He smiled and winked. "Works every time."

A/N: This was written when I decided to check my pageview count on my DA page. It's just some silliness I decided on a whim to do. I don't really care if it's well received. I was having a random moment.