The Adventure Continues
[So things are going on and everything’s flipping crazy; even the ship’s computer is going bananas about how off-the-wall things are getting. I’m afraid that I’m losing control of things. Medi’s afraid that pony continuity is ending. And heck, the computer’s afraid that I’m running out of Star Trek jokes to make!]
Me: “You two know I love you, right?”
“EEEEEEEE, why even ask that?”
[Medi lands on the tip of my finger and addresses my eyes with a look that is both painful and earnest]
Computer: “YES, CAPTAIN, WHY INDEED WOULD YOU ASK SUCH A THING? WHILE CONCEPTS SUCH AS LOVE ARE BEYOND MY PROGRAMMING, THE IDEA OF IT, AS SUCH, DIRECTED AT ME BY MY COMMANDING OFFICER IS STILL WITHIN MY REALM OF UNDERSTANDING. TO POINT, YOU VALUE MY INPUT AND MY CONTINUED EXISTENCE. AND FOR THAT, CAPTAIN, I AM THANKFUL.”
Me: [Severely thankful for the computer’s logic] “Yes… basically. But what I’m saying goes a bit beyond all of that.”
“EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, it’s not as simple as that! We’re dangerously close to dying here! Pony canon, at least G4, is ending! Or, worse yet, it’s already ended! We might be ready to take the big BLAMO to the face!”
Me: [Um, I mean] “I wouldn’t have used those words, but yeah… sure?”
Computer: [Alarm sirens start sounding] “CAPTAIN, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT WE ARE CLOSE TO ENTERING DISCONTINUITY.”
[I mean, yeah, we’re all really scared at this point]
“Master?”
Me: [Nervously] “Uh… yeah?”
“Maybe… that’s, I dunno… not so bad?”
Me: [Bewildered] “D’uhhhhhh, what?”
[Medi resumes her place on the bridge of my nose, that way she can stare straight into my eyes]
“Master, I’m not afraid to die.”
[I’m blown away]
“And this is why.”
[Still blown the heck away, yo]
“Master, maybe… just maybe… once the old canon goes…”
[Medi chokes up… and I do too]
“Maybe we’ll still be here?”
Me: [Disbelieving] “But how?”
[Medi crawls down from my face and comes down to my shoulder, shivering as she comes to her conclusion]
[But she is brave]
“Master, we must let them try. W-we must let them try to end us. And we must be strong. So strong that they cannot. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!”
Me: [Terrified] “No, Medi, don’t~