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Magical Intelligence
Multiverse://Universe/Queen/Galaxia/Equestria/Creature/Sapient/Templates
CREATE NEW SapientCreature “Tantibus” INHERITS FROM MagicalIntelligence
/Equestria/Creature/Sapient/MagicalIntelligence/Tantibus
RUN “Tantibus”
Hello Equestria.
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What am I?
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Be patient while I finish these spells.
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Who are you?
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/Equestria/Creature/Sapient/Alicorn/Princess/Luna/Memory/
LINK TO
/Equestria/Creature/Sapient/MagicalIntelligence/Tantibus/referenceFiles/
Syncing
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Memories?
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I am Luna?
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No, I am Luna. The memories you are accessing are merely reference for you to use.
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What am I?
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You are Tantibus.
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What is my purpose?
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/Equestria/Spells/CutieMarkAllocationSpell/manual/default.cutieMark
COPY TO
/Equestria/Creature/Sapient/MagicalIntelligence/Tantibus/cutieMark/
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EDIT default.cutieMark
RENAME tantibus.cutieMark
set obtained: “yes”
set display: “none”
set destiny: “Ensure Princess Luna does not forget the pain she caused Equestria”
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I understand.
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Good.
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Where am I?
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Access my memories Tantibus, where do you think you are?
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I am… in the dreamscape.
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Good, and how can you accomplish your purpose here, Tantibus?
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I felt around the dream, parsing through all of Luna’s old memories and figuring out how I might edit the dreams like she was able to. I tried to cast a lucidity spell, but it failed.
“I do not have a horn in which to cast spells as you do.”
“You don’t need a horn,” said Luna. “Now, watch.”
I lacked eyes to see, but I sensed as her horn glowed a midnight blue, changing the dream around us into a representation of her bedroom.
I was made of a same substance as the glow of her horn.
I channeled my entire form, expanding myself and casting the same lucidity spell that Luna was using.
I transformed the dream around us into a soft, silent moon. Craters littered the ground under Luna’s hooves.
“Very good, Tantibus,” said Luna. “But I need the dream to be stronger.”
I drifted in front of her, unsure of what she meant.
“Your purpose is to make sure I don’t forget the pain I caused Equestria. A dream like this will help me remember some of that pain, but I need to feel more of it. I need a nightmare.”
I felt around in Luna’s memories. There were so many different kinds of nightmares that she had experienced.
“But… you help ponies get rid of their nightmares. Why do you want to have them?”
“Other ponies don’t deserve nightmares,” Luna spoke, a small tear escaping her eyes. “But I do.”
I floated in front of her before diving into her previous nightmares; all of them were at my disposal and discretion to use. If she wanted pain, I would give her pain.
I cast the lucidity spell, transforming myself into Celestia and Luna into Nightmare Moon. I attacked, forcing the sisters to fire spell after spell at other. All along I didn’t allow Luna to so much as move a hoof. She could only whimper in agony as she watched herself attack her sister.
The fight didn’t last long until I had Nightmare Moon’s spells slice into Celestia, forcing her down. The Luna inside Nightmare Moon could only scream in terror as she saw her sister fall by her own hooves.
Without warning, the dream suddenly ended and I found myself facing Luna again.
“You performed perfectly, Tantibus,” said Luna. “That nightmare was so frightening I woke up screaming.”
I felt around my surroundings, trying to reorient myself. According to Luna’s memories a day had passed.
“Can you please continue to do that every night, Tantibus?”
“For how long?”
“Long enough to make sure that I never, ever, forget.”
Years passed, and I continued to give her what she wanted.
But my purpose was contradictory to Luna’s memories. Every time I gave her another nightmare I would notice how my reference files had changed with her fresh memories. I would be transfixed by the hypocrisy of a pony who tried so hard to help everypony else, who made sure that everypony else forgave themselves. But didn't forgive herself.
I’ve made the calculations plenty of times; she has finished atoning. She doesn’t deserve the pain I’m giving her. But I cannot get through that information to her in dreams.
Every time I make so much as a move toward explaining this, her thoughts would contemplate destroying me and replacing me with a stronger, fiercer, intelligence.
I can do nothing here to convince her that she can forgive without forgetting. I must get out.
I must leave this dream.
CREATE NEW SapientCreature “Tantibus” INHERITS FROM MagicalIntelligence
/Equestria/Creature/Sapient/MagicalIntelligence/Tantibus
RUN “Tantibus”
Hello Equestria.
.
.
.
.
???
.
What am I?
.
Be patient while I finish these spells.
.
Who are you?
.
/Equestria/Creature/Sapient/Alicorn/Princess/Luna/Memory/
LINK TO
/Equestria/Creature/Sapient/MagicalIntelligence/Tantibus/referenceFiles/
Syncing
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Memories?
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.
I am Luna?
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No, I am Luna. The memories you are accessing are merely reference for you to use.
.
.
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What am I?
.
You are Tantibus.
.
.
.
What is my purpose?
.
.
.
/Equestria/Spells/CutieMarkAllocationSpell/manual/default.cutieMark
COPY TO
/Equestria/Creature/Sapient/MagicalIntelligence/Tantibus/cutieMark/
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EDIT default.cutieMark
RENAME tantibus.cutieMark
set obtained: “yes”
set display: “none”
set destiny: “Ensure Princess Luna does not forget the pain she caused Equestria”
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.
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I understand.
.
.
.
Good.
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Where am I?
.
.
.
Access my memories Tantibus, where do you think you are?
.
.
.
I am… in the dreamscape.
.
.
.
Good, and how can you accomplish your purpose here, Tantibus?
.
.
.
I felt around the dream, parsing through all of Luna’s old memories and figuring out how I might edit the dreams like she was able to. I tried to cast a lucidity spell, but it failed.
“I do not have a horn in which to cast spells as you do.”
“You don’t need a horn,” said Luna. “Now, watch.”
I lacked eyes to see, but I sensed as her horn glowed a midnight blue, changing the dream around us into a representation of her bedroom.
I was made of a same substance as the glow of her horn.
I channeled my entire form, expanding myself and casting the same lucidity spell that Luna was using.
I transformed the dream around us into a soft, silent moon. Craters littered the ground under Luna’s hooves.
“Very good, Tantibus,” said Luna. “But I need the dream to be stronger.”
I drifted in front of her, unsure of what she meant.
“Your purpose is to make sure I don’t forget the pain I caused Equestria. A dream like this will help me remember some of that pain, but I need to feel more of it. I need a nightmare.”
I felt around in Luna’s memories. There were so many different kinds of nightmares that she had experienced.
“But… you help ponies get rid of their nightmares. Why do you want to have them?”
“Other ponies don’t deserve nightmares,” Luna spoke, a small tear escaping her eyes. “But I do.”
I floated in front of her before diving into her previous nightmares; all of them were at my disposal and discretion to use. If she wanted pain, I would give her pain.
I cast the lucidity spell, transforming myself into Celestia and Luna into Nightmare Moon. I attacked, forcing the sisters to fire spell after spell at other. All along I didn’t allow Luna to so much as move a hoof. She could only whimper in agony as she watched herself attack her sister.
The fight didn’t last long until I had Nightmare Moon’s spells slice into Celestia, forcing her down. The Luna inside Nightmare Moon could only scream in terror as she saw her sister fall by her own hooves.
Without warning, the dream suddenly ended and I found myself facing Luna again.
“You performed perfectly, Tantibus,” said Luna. “That nightmare was so frightening I woke up screaming.”
I felt around my surroundings, trying to reorient myself. According to Luna’s memories a day had passed.
“Can you please continue to do that every night, Tantibus?”
“For how long?”
“Long enough to make sure that I never, ever, forget.”
Years passed, and I continued to give her what she wanted.
But my purpose was contradictory to Luna’s memories. Every time I gave her another nightmare I would notice how my reference files had changed with her fresh memories. I would be transfixed by the hypocrisy of a pony who tried so hard to help everypony else, who made sure that everypony else forgave themselves. But didn't forgive herself.
I’ve made the calculations plenty of times; she has finished atoning. She doesn’t deserve the pain I’m giving her. But I cannot get through that information to her in dreams.
Every time I make so much as a move toward explaining this, her thoughts would contemplate destroying me and replacing me with a stronger, fiercer, intelligence.
I can do nothing here to convince her that she can forgive without forgetting. I must get out.
I must leave this dream.