I swear this place once was alive

[the_mechanic]

Who: Tony, Nepeta, Ziva
What: Two totally well-meaning ladies discover Tony has yet to step hoof into Equestria. This will end well for sure.
Where: Twilight Town --> Ponyville
When: Sometime when there's light out. (hahahah)
Warnings: Tony. The Pony. With Wings.



"A whole new world has opened up," they said. "It'll be fun," they said. "Friendship and magic and sunshine and fluff await," they promised. But no one seemed to take him seriously when he matter-of-factly explained he wanted absolutely nothing to do with that shit. He had work to do. He had a home to get back to. Metaphorically. He had responsibilities and a suit that was not up to par and needed upgrades. He needed to wake the hell up.

And frankly, being quadrupedal did not sound like a step in the right direction. At all.

That didn't seem to dissuade the two ladies who had all but barged their way into his garage and told him in no uncertain terms that he needed to get out and smell the roses, as it were. So, in compromise, he put on the suit, because hell if he was entering another world without it, no matter what he was told. He'd been on the network. He'd seen the madness. He was not going in unarmed.

So, he may be a little over-dressed for the occasion, complete with komory bat perched on his forehead and thunderaffe on his heels, but he followed Nepeta and Ziva's lead to the newest portal.

"Ladies first."

Comments

[whoseesbynight]

Of course he had work to do. But even if Tony wasn't Equius there was still a time and place for everything, and the upgrades could wait. There wasn't anything going on in Ponyville that needed a significant amount of firepower anyway. Not that she'd been able to talk Tony out of wearing the armor, but she supposed there wasn't any harm in it either.

(She might have been curious to see what Tony looked like as pony and whether or not the armor would have any effect, but that was something that she wasn't about to mention.)

"Are you sure you aren't just saying that so that you don't have to follow us in?"

[4letters4ninja]

Ziva stood off to the side for a moment, looking between the portal, Nepeta, and Tony. She had a good point, Tony could just let them walk in, and then bail, heading back to the garage and (attempting to) lock himself inside.

"I do not buy that 'ladies first' business. I will take the rear." If only because Tony might need a little kick push to finally get him into the world. And possibly help with balance when he had four legs instead of two.

[the_mechanic]

"So distrusting, already, I should be hurt," he clasps a hand to his heart in mock distress, but rolls his eyes and snaps down the faceplate. He absolutely was intending to bolt if they had given him the chance. But he's getting the impression that bodily harm is on the menu if he attempts escape. Damn.

He looks between the two and sighs, then allows the voice modulator to put him through. "Alright, let's just get this over with."

[whoseesbynight]

Nepeta might not have been inclined to bodily harm, but like many cats, she has her ways of being terribly inconvenient when people are doing things she doesn't entirely approve. So it's just as well that Tony agrees to come on through to the next world (even if Nepeta is still of the opinion that he's overreacting).

She doesn't mention it though. Instead, she nods, and heads on through the portal without the slightest blink of concern. Anyone following her through will find that she is a slightly odd-looking pony even by the standards of the world, not so much for the fact that she's very distinctly green but because she's still got her horns.

[4letters4ninja]

"Have you not heard? I trust few." Ziva stood behind Tony, waiting for him to go in, taking the moment to clean her nails with one of the knives she's carrying. (Bodily harm? Thy last name is David.)

"It is not as bad as you think." She would wait for him to go in, and follow, probably falling on her face when she did so, considering the transition from two legs to four still got her.

[the_mechanic]

Tony levels a look at Ziva and she will just have to use her imagination as to what exactly it entails, face-plate being down and all, but what his face is saying is I've dated scarier chicks than you. But in the interest of self preservation he merely lets out a dramatic sigh and follows Nepeta through the portal without another word.

That is, until he finds himself on his face, legs everywhere, wings at odd angles, and still armored to boot.

Then there are lots of clever, colorful words. And flailing. Oh the flailing.

You're gonna have to give him a minute, ladies. Though once he figures out proper flight, he'll be giving up walking entirely.

"I better not find this on You Tube later."

[whoseesbynight]

Nepeta is more than willing to give him the moment he needs, although there's a very distinct feeling she's trying her very best to not laugh at him (and only partially succeeding). Still, what little mirth does make it out is fairly obviously not meant in anything other than good-natured amusement. It would take another troll entirely to actually offer cruelty in the laughter.

(And it's just as well for everyone's sake that the trolls who would be inclined to aren't here.)

"I don't think the mewgles even have GrubTube."

[4letters4ninja]

Ziva managed to walk through the portal and not fall on her face, snickering as Tony fell into his pony form. She'd had the same problem before, and was just lucky it hadn't happened this time around. Fluffy and Ducky followed behind her, Fluffy going to take a look at Tony, because hey! he could fly too!

"I do not think YouTube is an option here. It does not exist."

[the_mechanic]

"Well, that's something, at least. I get to keep the shredded remains of my questionable dignity a little longer."

He experiments with moving his legs, all four of them, and his wings, until he's able to get back on his feet. He waves a hoof at Fluffy, who as far as he can tell is mocking his plight, and Dingbat and Nimrod follow close behind, but are smart enough to keep a safe distance. They've seen him fly in the suit.

Once he gets his feet under him, he takes a few extremely cautious steps, moving very slowly.

"Wonderful." He lets out a huff of air, and almost of their own accord his wings stretch and beat down in unison, taking Tony off the ground for a few adrenaline-fueled seconds.

Until he forgets about his landing gear and awkwardly hits the ground again.

"...okay, that was awesome, how did that..."

[BRB, LEARNING TO FLY.]

[whoseesbynight]

Well, there's always the potential of gossip, but that is perhaps less immediately embarrassing than images might have been, and not even Nepeta can manage any sort of illusionry or mental sharing. Those are talents of a psionic and Nepeta has never been - and never will be - psionic. But that's okay. She doesn't think she wants to be anyway.

Still, she doesn't mind waiting while he gets used to his new limbs. There's nothing else that really needs to happen and this is already significantly more interesting than anything else that might have been going on elsewhere.

"You're purrobably going to have to figure that out on your own." She doesn't have wings, after all.