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Experiment gone Astray?
Topic Started: Aug 12 2012, 02:35 AM (618 Views)
Cosmic Radiance
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It had been a quiet month for Cosmic Radiance. Besides of few business meetings here and there, with an occasional stop in by students, nothing really had been going on. Therefor there was plenty of time to research.. the more finite aspects of magical energy and how certain, non animal based life forms exhibited interactions with this magical energy. Cosmic had acquired a sample of a fairly potent magical plant from the Everfree Forest. Poison Joke as it were. This plant was known to create peculiar but non life threatening conditions to ponies that would accidentally come in contact with it..with out the proper protection. The cure was fairly easy though. So there was not much regulation in regards to the transportation and experimentation of its use.

So here Cosmic was.. dissecting one of the samples that he was given. With his Thaumometer near by, he observed how the magical energy became warped near the plant. IT was rather interesting.. from a science point. The energy readings as far as intensity's go did not change really. But how the waves were warped and turned were fascinating indeed. "Interesting.." He stated. "But what causes the plant to do this?" He asked himself. "Just what physical properties allows it to interact with magic that way?"

He proceeded to start dissecting one of the samples. Perhaps it was some chemical that the plant naturally produced. That when touched or come in contact with that the plant excreted, that caused such effects. The plant did have to be fresh to cause such issues. A wilted one did indeed have no effect on the magical energy field.

After a few hours of testing and poking around with the plant. Cosmic had come up with a so called poison joke extract. Pretty much a super concentrated liquid form of the chemical that the plant excreted. "Perfect sample." Cosmic stated holding the bottle up in the light. "With such a high concentration ... the effects of the plant would surely be amplified." He chuckled.

The problem was... to what effect such a dose of the plant would actually cause. The exact effects of poison joke were never the same from pony to pony. But how to test the effects of this could be tricky. Cosmic Radiance had made a fairly large amount of the concentrate as well. Deciding to take a break Cosmic decided to take a walk outside around Canterlot for a bit. Of course he would bring his serum with him.

"Only a month to go till the next semester starts." Cosmic muttered to himself as he walked the streets. It was already busy with various ponies moving about going about their daily routines. Cosmic rarely spent his time meandering around town. But he needed to get out from the school labs from time to time. He walked toward the part of Canterlot that gave the best view of the land below. Canterlot was build on the side of a mountain.. which gave it one of best views for miles around. He walked over to a rail and looked over. He took a deep breath before taking out his serum observing it. He was unsure what he would do with this honestly. It was sort of a something he decided to do because he could. As it were he sort of lost himself in his own thoughts as he stood there. So .. he was not expecting somepony to come up to him.

That's exactly what caused the next set of unfortunate events. Cosmic Radiance was startled when some pony had come up to him from behind.. causing him to jump and loose his grip on his serum. After a rather comedic attempt at trying to save his bottle... it hit the rail shattering instantly. What happened next could be what one could call the ultimate joke of all. Apparently the sudden stimulation of the concentrated liquid.. with sudden rise in temperature when exposed to sun.. was enough to instantly cause it to explode on contact into a purple fog. Apparently transitioning from liquid to gas almost instantaneously. The purple fog expanded quickly... covering the immediate area. Some of it got exposed to the water that flowed down from the mountain as well toward the surrounding villages. The fog itself quickly covered Canterlot in a about an hour. Though Cosmic would not know that till later. The effects of the Poison Joke concentrate were nearly instantaneous.

"This is not good." Cosmic stated... with a much more feminine voice than he had expected. "Huh..?" He stated in surprised as he looked to whoever had startled him. .. He was going to have to wait for the fog to lift though to see who had startled him.
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Why was he awake this 'late'? He should be at home, sleeping at this time of day. For whatever reason though, Nova couldn't sleep to save his life. He was lucky that he was off duty tomorrow, otherwise he might fall asleep on the job, and that wouldn't end well, he was sure of it. Of course, being out during the day didn't fare much better for him. The light hurt his eyes, he kept getting strange looks from citizens who had rarely seen a night guard, even at night. Not to mention the temperature difference, it was much hotter during the day. At least there was a breeze.

He came across a busy area around one of the major safety rails and spotted a pony observing a small vial. Of course, his paranoia would take advantage of this, bringing to his memory several accounts of attempts at bio-terrorism that he'd heard of in the past. He shook his head, what a ridiculous thought... Still better safe than sorry. He trotted towards the pony and uttered a soft but firm "Excuse me."

That was when things seemed to go all the wrong directions. The mysterious pony jumped in surprise and fumbled around with the vial. Nova reached out a hoof in panic as if he was trying to catch it, but it was in vein as it broke on the railing and released a thick cloud of fog. Nova coughed and tried to wave the fog away from himself frantically. He had no idea what had just happened, but he knew it couldn't have been anything good. He was able to use his wings to clear the fog from his immediate vacinity and gaze at the pony in question. "What was that?!" he shouted in question. His voice felt different, he cleared his throat to try and make it better. Come to think of it, his whole body felt different somehow. He boiled it down to the sudden adrenaline rush that came with this sudden surprise.
"Maybe... It's time to forget..."
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As the fog slowly lifted and moved away from the area, the figure that had startled him came into better view. As well as himself.. well herself? "Well.. this is rather interesting.." He stated out loud. The pony then shouted out a question ...one that he would probably have to answer himself.

"Uh...that was a sample of concentrated poison joke...." Cosmic stated as fact. " And who are you?" He asked. Cosmic did not seemed to be too phased at his own appearance and voice over change. This was, from a Science stand point, most intriguing. Besides.. not like it had done too much harm.

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"Poison-What?!" He cleared his throat again. "What were you-" Once again, he touched a hoof to his throat. It was then that he realized, he looked much more slender than usual. His fur felt different too. "Doing... With..." There was nothing wrong with his voice. Well, there was, but it was much different from what he'd thought it was. He looked around as the fog began to clear and saw a cart with a flat metal surface, he ran to it and stared at... "A MARE?!" He shouted. This was impossible! How could he be a mare? Unless...

"You!" Nova went back to the pony that started all of this. "Change me back right now!" He, er, she? shouted, pointing a hoof right his his/her face.
"Maybe... It's time to forget..."
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"Poison Joke." Cosmic Answered the other pony. Though they seemed to be too busy getting over the fact their voice had changed. The other pony ... was not taking kindly to their change in appearance. Said person had ran over to a metal surface to see their own reflection to even verify the change.

Cosmic tilted his ..or her head in mild curiosity. The pony then came back to him ... not pleased at all and promptly shouted at his or her face, demanding to get changed back at this instance.

Cosmic reached up and lowered Nova's hoof out of his/her face. "Now now.. there is no reason to get so upset here." Cosmic tried to calm the situation down. "Besides .. isn't this interesting?" Cosmic asked. "Poison joke normally has random effects on those that come in contact with it. But it seems this version has the same effect on everyone?" Cosmic stated exciting.. almost squealing. Cosmic surprised himself and coughed to clear his/her throat.

"It's harmless... and the effect will most likely be cured the same way normal poison joke is cured... in theory at least." Cosmic stated. He neglected the fact that he .. did not have those ingredients on him though. "So no need to get our mane all tied up now over this!"
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It was a normal day. Walk around the streets, right wrongs, and then back to the castle to train with some other guards.

This was all shattered when this gas swept up past him and quite literally attacked his pride.
"Wha-" She put a hoof up to her mouth as her was voice dramatically changed.

She looked down at herself and noticed her MUCH more slender figure and noticed a slight increase to the tone of his muscles. Then the screaming started.

She galloped full speed through the streets and skidded to a stop just about when Cosmic began explaining. "So, You caused this?"
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Cosmic turned to the new comer after he/she had finished the explanation. Oh bother... seems the effects are spreading pretty fast... Cosmic said to himself. Though this pony with the bright white coast and yellow mane was none other than Blade.... in mare form now. He was pretty well known so his appearance was pretty recognizable even in this form.

"Yes you can say that if you must. But it was honestly an simple accident with an slight miscalculation of the effects of outside thermal radiation and sudden and violent stirring of the said contents of the vial." Cosmic said in self defense. "Honestly given its components...the cure is easy... but stopping the spread .. might not be so much" Cosmic smiled innocently as his current form could do.

"Honestly Blade.. its not life threatening at all!" Cosmic explained.
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Stronghoof trotted through the streets of Canterlot, intent on seeing if either the Solar or Lunar Guard were currently recruiting. As he made it up to a scenic overlook, he stood near a blue unicorn, took a deep breath and closed his eyes, wishing upon the currently nonvisible stars that he'd be accepted into some form of the military here in the capitol city of Equestria. His physical talents were...mostly wasted, being a simple mover of furniture down in Ponyville. Before he had time to think further, there was the sound of fumbling, and then a shattering of glass.

He opened his eyes just in time to see a billowing cloud of something heading right for him. Before he had time to stop breathing the cloud overtook him. It didn't burn his throat, and his lungs didn't feel like they were bursting, so it was unlikely that it was some sort of poison. As he contemplated some more within the smokescreen, his body started to feel...different, almost as though it were lighter. Could he have been hit with some sort of shrinking poison? That would be troublesome on a day like today.

Once the smoke cleared, and his surroundings appeared to remain the same size, his fears were alleviated. The ponies around him, mostly the blue unicorn, started talking. It seemed to be a harmless bout of smoke, only changing...his...gender...

The Earth Pony looked down at his body. Surely enough, his masculine body frame had shrunk a fair bit. He wasn't even sure how that was possible, but hey, unicorns and their magic had done stranger. Still, the blue unicorn seemed a bit too excited at the prospects of what had just happened. Stronghoof walked a bit closer to the trio.

"Excuse me, si-..." He thought for a moment. "...ma'ams. You said that there was a cure, yes? How long would that take to administer? I had high hopes of joining the Guard today, but I'm...not sure quite what the physical limitations of this body are."
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Bladeborn looked to the newest pony to show up and sighed. "I'd assume the cure would be...In a book somewhere, I certainly don't know it...I'll never get used to this voice" The Earth Pony mentioned something about joining the guard and Bladeborn perked up.

"I don't feel too different so physical limitations may be the same" Shee looked over herself "My armor probably wont fit anymore." At that last part she shook her head refocusing "Cosmic...Do you know what we need to create a cure?"
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"Well yes there is a cure, but no I do not have .. one made up right now." Cosmic explained. "But sense this was a concentrated form of poison joke.. plus it seems to have caused a... universal reaction. We might need to get a more... pure form of the cure." Cosmic explained.

He addressed all the ponies there. "Though.. most common medicine can not .. cure it per say. More herbal healing provided by the knowledge of the Zebra tribes Doctors do have a cure for this condition. Though its only theory that it should work on this .. altered version that has happened." She explained. "It would be most interesting, but necessary risk to take to see if the basic cure would still work." Cosmic smiled happily at that prospect of testing the limits of this concentrate he had created.

"So unless yall know of a more local Zebra versed in the positions and herbal remedies line..." Cosmic tilted her head. "It might be a long trip....plus it's probably best for them to create the combinations of necessary ingredients to do so." The crowd ... looked at him.. with growing displeasure. At least it felt like it. This news was probably not what they wanted to hear.
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Nova facehoofed. He/She knew that He/She was going to be staying like this for a while. "I can't go to work like this!" he said "What will my superiors think?! I'm probably the ONLY night guard in the whole city that's out this late because the rest of them are most likely at home sleeping... Where I should have been... Damn his brain for keeping him up like this! "How long are we talking for a cure?"
"Maybe... It's time to forget..."
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A local zebra doctor? Stronghoof knew somepony that was half zebra, and a doctor. Maybe they'd be able to help. He...rather, she, raised her hoof at the group.

"I may know somepony like that, actually. My housemate in Ponyville is a doctor very well-versed in Zebrican medicine. If you'd like, we can see if he'd be able to help. He's usually fairly agreeable, and hasn't even charged me once."

Come to think of it, Stronghoof hadn't ever seen Doctor Therapy charge any of his patients. The doctor usually made housecalls out to the ponies that were ailing, and the ones that actually came to him in the manor never seemed to pay a single bit. It was a wonder the good doctor could afford rent every month.
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Cosmic rubbed his head in thought. "Well that's up to the group here to decide." Though Cosmic looked around. "We might need uh.. a large quantity to if this will be given out person to person... or some manner in which this can effect a lot at once." Cosmic stated as he/she started pacing around.

"Need to see how far it has spread.. test the water supply sense it might mix in via fall out and settling.. as well as potential weather implications and air currents as to where the cloud dispersed to." Cosmic started listing out his assumptions and notes to consider. "Yes the effects should lessen and there for potential not cause the same reactions we had to it... unless .. my concentration created some mutation which only alters ponies in one kind of way. STILL not sure at what dose it causes a pony to do a complete gender swamp." Cosmic was now just voicing his own thoughts to the group. He was going to need someone to stop her as she kept pacing around talking aloud about his thought process on the subject.
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"Cosmic, focus." Bladeborn said curtly as she looked between the other ponies. "So far, it seems we only have one choice." She looked to Stronghoof "Your doctor housemate seems to be our best bet...Or the five of us could search through piles upon piles of books to find what the cure would be for this."

She looked over the group again "Lets hope we can fix this before our Lunar Guardspony has to report for duty...I heard you guys were quite the quipy bunch"
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Nova sighed. He didn't feel like going all the way down to Ponyville. He didn't have too much faith in this "doctor" they were talking about. He'd rather stay in Canterlot... At home... Where nopony could see him... He rolled his eyes at the white unicorn's remark. "That's one word for it." He said. "I'll just... Stay here and see what I can dig up..."
"Maybe... It's time to forget..."
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