08 - Making Mistakes

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Act II

Whispers in the Dark

After Sunset returned, she had expected Twilight would be too busy planning her wedding to get too involved with their plans to bring human technology to Equestria, but the alicorn proved highly capable of multitasking

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After Sunset returned, she had expected Twilight would be too busy planning her wedding to get too involved with their plans to bring human technology to Equestria, but the alicorn proved highly capable of multitasking. Within days they had made some plans for what they might need, and before the week was over they had already begun to work.

The most logical idea seemed to be to bring over electronics from the human world to reverse engineer them, but it proved to be impossible. Whenever they tried to return to Equestria with anything electronic, it simply wouldn't work. Sunset's first thought was that the transfer was just draining the batteries on anything that held a charge, but they'd been working on it for weeks and they were sure that their electrical network should be compatible with anything they brought over. They designed outlets that would fit plugs on human devices, but nothing reacted. Twilight theorized it was the mirror itself keeping a level of balance maintained, but Sunset doubted that. The crown worked in the human world, and that used Equestrian magic. Why would the mirror allow magic to go through but not technology?

Setting that option aside for a time, they gritted their teeth and began to work from the ground up. Sunset found she was barely able to keep up with Twilight. She had a much better understanding of how to use complicated electronics, but building them was another matter entirely. On the other hoof, Twilight may have focused more on magical studies, but she had still built several electronic devices herself, and knew better what could and couldn't be done with Equestrian technology.

They were lucky that the castle was much larger than any of its four residents needed, giving them ample space to set up a workroom. In the end, they settled on using one of the basement rooms since it was out of the way. It seemed to be intended as a dungeon, something Twilight was positive she'd never need to use. Not to mention that their work was occasionally loud, and they wouldn't bother Fluttershy or Spike with the noise down there.

Or at least, that was the idea. However, there were exceptions, such as the ear-shattering screech that was coming from their equipment.

Both Sunset and Twilight were trying to keep their ears pressed against their heads while looking for what had caused the sound, to no avail. "Should we just blast it!?" Sunset shouted.

"What?" Twilight asked. Or at least, Sunset was pretty sure that was what she said.

Taking that as a yes, Sunset sighed and channelled her magic, shooting it as a beam at their speaker. Even as the noise died, Sunset could hear it ringing in her ears.

"Back to square one," Twilight said.

"Sorry, it was all I could think to do." Sunset looked at the remains of a month's hard work.

"No, it's okay. I didn't know what else to do either." Twilight smiled, but she was clearly just as disappointed as Sunset was. "Here, hold still." She walked over and pulled a spare bit of debris out of Sunset's mane.

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