"Let's just say you can find it yourself if you visit Canterlot. She's quite amiable." Hippogriff pauses for a moment. "Calculating leg movements is not going to be easy, especially on unstable terrain, but... have you met Epsilon already? May be she will give you an advice. Just... don't bring her here."
“Aaalright” He looks to the machine again “Eh, you tell me, it took me quite a while to program one leg to move pony-like on normal terrain. I really just hope that adding center of mass calculation will do it easier. And, no, I didn’t meet anyone like that so far.”
"Well, I find it unlikely for Sisters or Nightmare to show you something like that without demanding secrecy. And Lumina doesn't seem like a person who likes to explore underwater caves." Vindicar pauses for a moment, looking at machine's leg. "Can it maintain balance on its own?"
“You do have a point there. And… Lumina? Who’s that?” Pewny then looks at the machine and moves the lever up and down, the leg moving accordingly. “It can’t, yet. Right now there is a support build on the other side of it, holding it upright. But I do have plans for that, calculation of the mass center and shifting other legs accordingly.”
"Alicorn?" Vindicar seems to be confused for a moment. "Do you mean Relena?"
He chuckles “I probably should just say the name outright. Yes, I meant Relena.”
"That's very interesting! I have heard about magic absorbing material, but your crystals seem to be something completely different. Mythic will certainly want to hear about it." Hippogriff pauses, tapping his beak. "Where did you find those?"
“Ha, he probably would like to hear about them, yes. As for where I found them, well, a certain Alicorn you may know, shown me a certain underwater cave in Everfree where there was a lot of those crystals.”
"Hmmmm, a walking chassis... Do those crystals disrupt magic?"
“Yes, thanks to walking it should be able to cross any terrain, I hope at least. As for the crystals - not quite. I’m no unicorn so I can’t show you, but those crystals don’t disrupt magic. They absorb it. As far as I know that magic is not beig output anywhere, which is rather odd, but from what I saw, they should be able to block all incoming magic assaults from a LOT of unicorns.”
"Ehh... it looks like... I dunno, a golem of sorts..."
“Well, I wouldn’t call it a golem, it’s not going to ‘live’ by itself” Pewny then approaches some control panel and moves a lever, causing one of the legs of the machine to raise up and a bit forward, in the same fashion as a living pony would “In concept it’s supposed to be a magic-proof all-terrain walker transport.”
"Well, how do you think they prevent unicorn criminals from escaping? But don't jump to conclusions, Pewny. May be your project has advantages over existing designs... too bad I've never studied this area in particular." ((Awww, how I can relate to that...))
He facehooves hard “Riiiiight, I completely forgot about that. As for that, well, see for yourself” The two finally reach downstairs, into a very spacious room under his house. In the middle of it is a rather large construct, big like 5 ponies… in all directions. The thing itself kinda resembles a pony’s skeleton. In a few places Vindicar can notice that it has mounted some red crystals.
"Really? Did you install a magic supressor? But why?"
He seems to frown suddenly “Magic supressor? Something like that exists? Well, seems my project is pretty useless now…”
"It's unlikely, as Mythic seems to rarely leave Moon City area." Vindicar says as he follows his friend downstairs, keeping head low.
“I figured as much” He nods “If anything he would send a clone of his. Problem is, if I am correct that he is using his magic to create them, a clone would simply disappear upon approaching the door.”
"Same here, buddy, same here. Sorry for intruding like that, but I got worried when I saw the door open and felt the smell." Hippogriff shuffles his hooves, seemigly uncomfortable with the enviroment. "But I probably shouldn't distract you, you seem to be busy..."
He shakes his head “It’s fine Vindicar, it’s fine. In fact I was hoping you or Mythic” he stops for a moment “Well, real Mythic that is… Anyways, I was hoping either of you may show up here” He takes a few steps back, wanting the Hippogriff to come with him downstairs.
“Because I can totally recognise a voice after all that work” his voice is getting louder each moment, until you see him… donning a grey safety suit and a welding mask “Ah! Vindicar, good to see you my friend!”
Whatever is happening there, it keeps owner busy. So Vindicar just tries the door.
The door open without problems, but do quite some noise, hines must be rusty. The noise gets attention of the Pegasus, Vindicar can barely hear his voice “I knew I heard something” louder “Yes, how can I help?!”
As Vindicar approaches, smell gets heavier. He waits for a pause in hissing and occasional metallic clanking and knocks the door.
A second after knocking you can hear a short hiss followed by silence.
Hippogriff sniffs the air and snorts. He's not used to that smell, so he decides to check if there is fire. Vindicar enters and tries to follow the smell. Weird noise makes his ears perk, but it appears to be coming from below, so it doesn't really help.
There is no signs of fire in the workshop, however it is noticable that whenever the smell gets stronger, so the noise is getting more audible. At some point Vindicar may notice a closed door under which light can be seen.
Surprised, Vindicar peeks in, barely stepping into the workshop. "Pewny? Are you here?" If there will be no responce, he will have to take a closer look...
As expected there is no response whatsoever. Workshop seems empty, however the hipppogriff can feel HEAVY smell of welding and some noise from… below?
(Note: Highly crappy internet connection, responses WILL be slow)
