Diary entry number 88
It was a long bumpy ride that took 2 days.
Thankfully I could still move my legs even if it caused me great pain to do so. So It is technically possible for me to recover without medical treatment. It will just take a few long painful weeks.
Though I no longer feel the sense of urgency inside my gut I don't really feel like spending the next half a month in bed.
I spent the entire trip thinking about how to talk to a Christian Nazi.
and if it was even possible to talk my way through this instead of just shooting everybody.
Talking about shooting people I forgot to note down during the 3 years I learned that Equestria's magic has taken effect to my gun.
so I effectively have infinite ammo unless it's for comedic or dramatic timing.
though I also noticed my aim has gotten significantly worse no matter how much I practice.
I'm blaming that shot to the preacher of nightmares on pure f****** luck I was expecting to have to let off a few dozen rounds in his Direction.
After I'd finished thinking about all that I finally got around to just watching the scenery pass by.
I got to see the river winding through the Hills and some distance storm off to the north.
Now when you imagine rolling Countryside you're probably imagining a bunch of very cleanly cut grass.
This is not the case. most times the grass would reach up to my knees. and you can very clearly see that something has been walking through it by the way it's pressed to the sides.
I didn't get to see how the pegasi actually deal with the weather though.
They don't just go around kicking the clouds and jumping on them Like Ponyville does. The more Industrial weather teams work together and push massive clouds into place.
And they're not small clouds either.
these are the massive clouds that you would see on Earth.
And they work together to keep that thing in some sort of shape And no it doesn't have to be a recognizable shape I'm just saying whenever a tendril starts reaching out trying to split the cloud they work together to put it back in.
I do sit there in idle and wonder how the actual land masses in Cloudsdale float above the ground.
I suppose if gemstones could be magical there's probably a large chunk of quartz or something Inside that particular landmass and it eventually just got so charged with energy that it… you know? now that I'm thinking about it. there might actually be some science behind this.
Scientists have already discovered that quartz holds energy and if put under pressure the stuff will actually start glowing.
And Equestria seems to be littered with gemstones and it would make sense that the larger pieces of quartz could potentially get charge from all the magical energy in the atmosphere and act like a magnet.
You know, when you try to push two positive ends of a magnet together and it just won't work because the same type of energy is pushing against itself?
I mean think about it. It makes perfect sense. Back on SOL 3 ”Earth” The planet was a Dynamo because of the constant shifting of the Earth's crust Acted like a massive generator and created electricity.
And perhaps all the magic energy on a quest is just because this Dynamo just happens to be moving faster giving excess electricity to everything that walks here.
but that begs the question.
If magic is nothing more than an abundance of electricity In the atmosphere. Then why does it avoid me?
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Either way we do eventually make it to the Church of the sun goddess.
And there's a long line of people waiting in queue to be healed.
People from all over the place coming to the church with their worries. With injuries that will never heal properly without Medical Aid and people with weak immune systems that will die of sickness without some miracle.
There's also a queue of people leaving the church and half of them don't look any better off.
I'm laying here listening to the gossip that Sundrop is listening to and apparently The Storm King that tried to raid Canterlot and steal the Alicorn Magic is back from the dead, burning down villages, slaughtering generals and marching armies of the Dead on Outposts on the borders of Equestria.
It took another day for us to be seen by the church.
Luckily the person that came to see me was one of the younger recruits. She looked to be 15. Of course I'm still not used to seeing Pony faces so I could be wrong. Gladly she didn't have whatever religion there was beaten into them yet. Just enough to know about the religion but not enough to be convicted into it for life like some of the older ponies.
So as I lay there on my belly as they examine my back I talked to them and tell the child
That as powerful as Celestia is she still has the mind of a pony
They interject by pointing out that they have knowledge that they have gathered over 1,000 Years of life.
I pointed out the loophole that a librarian is technically the same thing
They pointed out that Celestia and Luna were immortal.
I told her that immortality was a curse.
Me: I mean just think about it. living for hundreds of years as you watch everyone you love and know die around you.
And that's just longevity.
True immortality means you'll outlive the entire universe. You'll sit there and watch as civilizations rise and fall watch the mountains move and as nature reclaims what's rightfully hers.
You watch forests turn into oceans and oceans turn into deserts. And eventually this rock that you're standing in floating in the middle of space will be consumed by the Sun.
Nun pony: BLASPHEMY!
Luckily by this point my back healed enough I was capable of sitting up by myself.
Nun pony: BLASPHEMY! CELESTIA WILL NEVER CONSUME THE WORLD IN FIRE!
Oops. Perhaps I said a little bit too much.
Me: Now did I say Celestia was going to consume the world? Before you answer no I didn't. I said the Sun. the ball of fire that's in the sky constantly. Celestia is the Goddess that controls it, perhaps the one reason why it hasn't already consumed us.
This got her to pause and think for a moment. I point out the window before speaking again, taking advantage Of the fact that she has a gap in her mental defenses.
Me: That thing out there? Is nothing more than a massive Chemical reaction called plasma which is just a fancy word for saying really hot fire. And I'm willing to bet Celestia keeps that massive ball of fire from shooting flames out in our Direction.
As well as keeping it from expanding into a larger Sun.
So don't go calling me a heretic because I didn't get to finish my sentence.
I seem to be slowly gathering the attention of everyone within listening distance. Which is basically the entire church.
Me: I was just saying true immortality is a bad thing because you'll eventually outlive everything. The mountains, the rivers, the Skies, and even the Stars themselves. until there's nothing left. nothing except the Darkness.
But of course who knows…
Head priest: HERETIC! HE WORSHIPS THE DARKNESS! HE KEEP WORSHIPS THE NIGHTMARE! IT CARRIES THE THING WITH AN HIS VERY BODY!
Me: Now if you listen to what I'm saying…
Head priest: BLASPHEMY! HE TRIES TO CORRUPT OUR MINDS! HE'S TRYING TO LEAD US AWAY FROM CELESTIA'S GLORIOUS LIGHT!
Me: I said no such…
Head priest: I WILL NOT FALL FOR YOUR TRICKS WORSHIPER OF THE NIGHT! I WILL NOT LET YOU LEAD MY PONIES INTO DARKNESS!
Me: Are you saying that Luna is a bad person?
Head priest: BEGONE FROM THIS HOLY GROUND FOUL DEMON!
Infuriated by the man that's getting the audience to ignore me by simply speaking louder than me and interrupting me I raised my voice to match his tone.
Me: NOW LISTEN HERE! I COME HERE TO BE HEALED JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!
I VALUE THE SUN JUST AS MUCH AS EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE.
AND YET YOU COME OVER HERE AND TRY TO CONVICTED ME OF SIN SIMPLY BECAUSE I TRIED TO GET SOMEONE TO VIEW THE WORLD FROM CELESTIA'S POINT OF VIEW!
TRIED TO GET ONE OF YOU PEE MINDED INSECTS TO SEE CELESTIA AS A PERSON INSTEAD OF A STATUE ON AN EVER-RISING PEDESTAL TO BE WORSHIPED!
Head priest: I WILL NOT LISTEN TO ANY MORE OF YOUR LIES! BEGONE FROM THIS HOLY GROUND! BEFORE I CALL UPON YOU THE WRATH OF THE SUN!
With a sigh I stand up from my bed, my back still in pain, I begin to leave. Before sarcastically saying
Me: Well excuse me for trying to talk some common sense into you.
And then I walk out the doors, Sundrop following in my footsteps.
I can hear the head priest shouting one more time as I exit the main doors.
head priest: SEE? SEE? HE'S EVEN GOT A BEAST OF SIN FOLLOWING HIM!
Knowing that I have already said all I could to convince the people who were listening I back outside to where the farmer was waiting with the cart.
And then Sundrop tripped and fell onto a Puddle of Mud. Letting out the shorts girly Screech that was cut off short When her face impacted with the mud. Lifting up her head only the bottom half of her face was covered in mud which made it funnier here for some reason.