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Something New; Meeting new ponies, and possibly making a sale or two
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Topic Started: Sep 2 2012, 02:49 AM (392 Views)
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Megabyte Stream
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Sep 3 2012, 12:41 AM
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Megabyte gave the two stallions a smile once she realized Blast hasn't been scared by her previous excitement. "Alright, just a moment please." She replied, smiling as she opened up her right saddlebag with her wing and held it open so she could carefully display everything she wished to sell out neatly in front of her, various sizes of power cells, a pair of radios, a flashlight and a digital clock among the things that she had set out. "That's correct. I'm in a money bind at the moment, so everything for the next two days is twenty percent off." She said happily in hopes of increasing her odds of getting some more bits in her coin purse.
She looked up from her arranging of the items once Cosmic grabbed her attention again, taking the card and carefully reading the information on it, tucking it away in her left bag for the moment. "Oh! I guess I forgot to properly introduce myself. I'm Megabyte Stream, but you can call me Megabyte. It's very nice to meet you Mister Radiance." She said with a smile stuck on her face, turning back to Blast after. "It's a pleasure to meet you too."
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Blast Box
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Sep 3 2012, 01:36 AM
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"The pleasure is all mine." Blast's attention is now drawn to the items she begins to display. His horn begins to glow with a light orange aura, and a similar aura surrounds the two radios and they hover over in front of Blast for a few moments, while he examines them closely. "What did you say these were again... Err Megabyte Stream was it?" He asks while still quite attentive to the items. His eyes are still able to find time to look back to Cosmic's card before looking back to her, "...A money problem you say? Well, that is unfortunate your products are quite interesting to say the least... Perhaps you won't have the problem long while you stay in Ponyville."
Blast lowers the items a little as he turns back to Cosmic, "So that's a fancy title you wear, and an even fancier one to have out here in Ponyville, visiting friends?" He looks back to Megabyte his expression returning to one of interest as he also spies the digital clock. "My that looks interesting too..." He places the other two items back on display, before picking up the clock examining it in the air again. "What does this do?"
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"When blast puts his hoof down, things blow up."
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Cosmic Radiance
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Sep 3 2012, 04:11 AM
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Given the 20 percent discount on the items with a base price of 30 bits.. would yield a price of 24 bits for the electrical magic cells. That was a very good deal. Cosmic was drooling in his mind at the chance of breaking down her invention to see how it worked. With his theories.. this device could prove to be an avenue of actual practical application of using magic as a source of energy. This was great stroke of luck for him.
"I'd like to purchase one of the cells of yours Miss Megabyte." Cosmic stated in his buisness voice this time.
He was then distracted by the new Grey Unicorn Stallion. "Oh me? I've come to Ponyville off and on investigating the anomalous magical fluctuations that have been happening in various hot spots around Equestria." Cosmic chuckled slightly. "Ponyville is the closet location to Canterlot and one of the most .... varying magical energy fluctuations hot spots to study as well." He looked back at those energy Cells. "These things here though.. I see amazing potential with these energy cells. With a bit of improvement on them I believe they have chance to be mass produced." Cosmic continued to explain. "Being ahead of the curve with such innovated ideas... . Megabyte here has brought us a remarkable piece of technology here."
Megabyte was at the very base of the proverbial step later of Cosmic's dream of utilizing magic as an infinite and completely reusable energy source.
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Megabyte Stream
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Sep 3 2012, 12:26 PM
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Megabyte looked over at Blast when she was asked about the radios, smiling while staying in her spot behind her items. "Those are communication radios that I have designed myself. They're like regular radios you can use to listen to news, but they only communicate with each other. You talk into one, and the pony with the other one can hear you through it. They can also talk to you as well." She explained as best she could, quieting down afterwords so the others could talk without interruption. She soon lit up as she listened to Cosmic, wide happy smile quickly growing onto her face as she reached down to take one of the cells away from the group and offer it to Cosmic. "That will be twenty-four bits please." She said with her same smile.
She quickly got distracted once again once she was asked about another gadget, looking at the clock held by Blast's magic. "Oh! That's my latest invention, a clock. I designed the screen on it myself. The time it shows on the front is displayed in the form of how you'd write the time out on paper instead of using a face and arms like the clocks we have now." She replied, stepping a bit closer and switching it on for the unicorn to show him what it looked like. "It needs to be changed to the correct time after being turned off, but that's about it. It uses my energy cells, so you'll have to turn it back on about a week, but I throw in the cell for free."
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Blast Box
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Sep 3 2012, 04:12 PM
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He turns back to Cosmic, "Yes so you're here to look at strange magic? Are these changes a new thing, then... Or perhaps they're not -that- new if I've seen a pony similar to you wandering about on occasion." He nods as Cosmic goes into his statement over Megabyte's items. "I happen to agree with you, there is so much potential in this technology. I hope to find out a little more about how these things work myself, I'm no scientist but I do love finding out how things work."
He continues to examine the clock and nods, "Very well, I'll take the clock and these radios..." He pauses as he nods at her explanation of the radios. "So they can send signals signals over long distances?" Then he can only smile wide as she finishes explaining the clock. "Can it be set to send a signal of energy at a specifically set time? You know... Like an some kind of alarm?" He pauses awaiting an answer, then continues, "What a pleasant coincidence finding you here. I do love newcomers with new and interesting items..." As he speaks the similar orange aura of his flips open his saddlebags, a metallic jingling comes with a train of bits flowing from one. "Now, how much for these fine goods, Miss Megabyte?"
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"When blast puts his hoof down, things blow up."
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Cosmic Radiance
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Sep 3 2012, 06:51 PM
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The other Devices that Megabyte had developed to use her technology were not necessarily new per say. Through his years of time spent in Scientific community has heard countless presentations in regards to theories behind sending electrical signals over long distances through various means. None had yet to put into actual working usage yet as this pony had though. Technology was finally putting the theories to real life as it were. Progress, beautiful progress.
"Here you go Miss Megabyte." Cosmic pulled out the bits for the cell. "May this be the beginning of a great business and pioneering journey for you." With a bow and the new piece of technology in hand he then turned to the Blast Box.
It was not often you see such forward thinking citizens as these two were. Here Blast Box was, a simple, but very needed work pony as it were, thinking of practical work applications of Megabyte's inventions. "Those are some very interesting questions your asking there sir." Feedback on potential features by customers was always valuable in determining potential sale points. These were areas of potential advancements in this technology field. Unless they already had the function of being able to do the things he is asking.
"I hope you get the desired answers that you are looking for from this inventor here." He stated to Blast box before nodding his head at him and making his exit. "Well I'll see you around then." Cosmic stated to both of them before leaving with them with their negotiations. Cosmic got what he wanted, the technology that was needed to power the devices. Once he got it back to Canterlot, he was going to study the device with great interest.
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Megabyte Stream
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Sep 3 2012, 07:17 PM
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"Thank you very much Cosmic, I'll be in town for a while if you ever wish to talk again!" Megabyte said, waving a hoof to bid the stallion goodbye, unaware of the possible chain reaction she might have just caused for the better. She turned back to Blast Box after Cosmic had gone to start their negotiations. "That one doesn't have something like that, but that sounds great for a future project as an upgrade for the next ones I make. Hope you don't mind me taking that idea of yours." She replied before falling silent for a few moments as she looked at the items that the unicorn had picked out for himself.
"The clock is normally seventy bits with the power cell included, but with my new to town discount, that comes to fifty-six. The radios are forty for the pair, thirty-two with the discount. Those are cheaper due to their size in they use these smaller size of cell. They need to be recharged after less overall use, but they're lighter, and due to the radios' purpose, they'll need less charges overall than the clock." She explained, her polite smile never leaving her face once during it. "I'm open to negotiation though. So don't be afraid to haggle if you think it's too much."
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Blast Box
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Sep 3 2012, 08:59 PM
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Blast nods at Cosmic, "A pleasure to meet you, then Cosmic Radiance. Perhaps I should visit you at the university, I would think we have similar ends with such interesting inventions. Do travel safe." His attention is turned back to Megabyte. "Yes, in fact here..." The clock hovers back over to her. "If you're staying in town for a bit and have the time to work on it... I'd be more than happy to buy, at full price, a modified clock with that feature. What do you say? Surely a brilliant mare such as yourself can pull off the feat for a paying customer?" He offers a reassuring smile. The amount of forty bits falls onto her display as the clock gently joins next to them. The radios lift back up and deposit themselves into his left saddlebag. "That reminds me, where are you staying while in Ponyville?"
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"When blast puts his hoof down, things blow up."
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Megabyte Stream
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Sep 3 2012, 09:07 PM
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"I think that sounds like a deal to me. It shouldn't be too difficult to fit a nice alarm system into it." Megabyte replied with her usual smile as she began to carefully tuck the bits she had made that night into her coin purse, stowing the jingling sack away in her left saddlebag. She looked up at Blast after he had finished speaking. "I just arrived her not too long ago, so I don't have a room at any inn yet myself. I was actually going to be camping out on the outskirts until you and Cosmic came along." She replied truthfully before starting to carefully pack her wares away in her right bag. "But now thanks to you two, I think I'll be staying at the Hay and Stay inn that I saw on my map, it looked lovely."
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Blast Box
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Sep 3 2012, 09:52 PM
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"Excellent then, it's a deal!" He exclaims as he nods excitedly at her. "Do you have an estimated time of when I may see you again for the finished product?" The latch on his saddlebag clicks to lock as he prepares to trot back to his home, eager to begin finding more about these radios. "Oh, and again it was a pleasure meeting you Miss Megabyte, the name was Blast Box too." He tells her, not sure if she had heard earlier. "I am glad you'll be able to sleep somewhere nice. Did you require someone to show the way, or can you find your own way there safely?"
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"When blast puts his hoof down, things blow up."
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Megabyte Stream
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Sep 3 2012, 10:05 PM
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"I'm not quite sure yet right now since I'll be just settling in and getting used to how things work around here, but if you'd be kind enough to mark where your house is on my map, I can deliver it to you." Megabyte replied once she was finished tucking all of her things away, snapping the belt closed. She opened up her left bag again and carefully pulled out her map, along with a smaller paper. "No need to trouble you, I should be able to find it easily with a quick flyover." She smiled, unrolling her map for Blast. "And this smaller paper here are the instructions on how to use those radios. My hoofwriting isn't the best, so I hope you can read them."
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Blast Box
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Sep 3 2012, 11:29 PM
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Blast seems hesitant at first, but soon nods. "Alright, let's see...." He starts mumbling about going down which lane, turning where. A pen hovers from his left saddlebag and begins scribbling on the map while it too levitates before him. "And this may seem like a strange request; But when you bring the finished clock bring this map too... I can give you another when you do." His expression returns to normal as he levitates the map back to her and the instructions to him and glances at them. "No worries about your hoofwriting, I've had to deal with architects' hoofwriting." The instructions roll themselves up and drop into his saddlebag. "Again, very lovely to meet you Megabyte. I'm sure we'll be seeing each other again in the near future. But for now if you don't require assistance to the Inn for tonight, I should be getting back home... So much work to do." He smiles with a small bow and begins to trot slowly back down the road.
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Megabyte Stream
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Sep 3 2012, 11:37 PM
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Megabyte didn't blink when she heard the request, already figuring out that Blast probably didn't want a pony he had just met having the information on where he lived for too long. "Alright, can do. See you tomorrow or the next thing then. Thanks for your buy." She smiled, opening up her bag and tucking away the map before snapping the buckle closed. "It was very nice meet you too Blast." With another smile she quickly took to the sky to find the inn of her choosing, staying close to the roofs of the homes to see her destination easier.
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