"My highness, the coup will happen sooner than expected!" Said a Royal Officer, running into the throne room of Neo-Canterlot. A lot has changed 1000 after the crowning of Twilight Sparkle. The cities were filled with skyscrapers, with hover taxis bringing ponies from one place to another, along with many advances in technology. One thing remained however, the Equestrians loyalty to the royals. "Then we must take action at once. Inform the ones you told me about post-haste." Celestia said. "Yes, your highness." The guard set, trotting off to retrieve a list of names. It read, going top to bottom, "Swipes, Nova Blue, Digital Gear, Silent Volley, Creo Unguis, Shermane Vickers." He scanned the list on a futuristic looking-communicator, then selected, "Call all names." Swipes had just got back from a job. Her task was to infiltrate the Ponyville Historical Museum steal a rare mint of bits, and replace them with counterfeits. She had just walked out of the drop off location for her employer, when she got a call on her holo-communicater. A pony wearing armor that looked a lot like Royal Guard uniform was projected from the communicator. "Hello? Who is this?" Swipes asked. "We can't talk now. They're listening. We need you at the Canterlot Royal Library immediately." "Wait, what?" Swipes asked, before the stallion hung up. "Huh... maybe it's a new task?" Swipes thought to herself, deciding to take the next train to Neo-Canterlot. (The rest of you get the same call.)
Shermane was in his apartment near downtown Manehatten, waiting for some sorta call of work. At the present, the need for his services has dropped disturbingly, as if the world had no need for ousted soldier. He began to slump over in his chair as he received a sudden call on his communicator. "Vickers Security Services, how may I help you?" he answered in joyous tone, happy to finally have someone call. "We can't talk now. They're listening. We need you at the Canterlot Royal Library immediately." the voice on the line said before hanging up. His ears drooped as the caller hung up before perking up again. Prank or not, he did something that could get him payed. He grabbed his sword and holoprojector before heading to catch the train.
Nova Blue was sitting in a cafe drinking coffee. He had his ear buds in listening to his small music system. "Excuse me Nova, is there anything else you want?" The waitress asked. NB couldn't hear her, but could read her lips, "The usual, and hey can get me a Sprite, to go cup?" "Yes sir, it'll be ready in five!" The mare said, and as she took off Nb looked at her plot and then looked up at the ceiling. As his food came out, Nova Blue got a call on his holo phone and answered. "This had better be good, or i'll tear your throat out later," nova had said talking to the holographic guard. "We cannot talk in this area, they are listening. You need to get to the Royal Library immediate-" "Whoa Whoa whoa, let me stop ya there, I under stand if you boys wanna fight again, but in the Library?" "We are not looking for a fight, we need you at the Loyal Library NOW!." The holograph disappeared, and Nb was now irritated, "Um, do you need this to go?" The waitress asked. "Yes please." Nova said putting a leather bag of bits on the table. "I hope you have a safe day!" the waitress said. "I hope you have one too." Nb hung up the phone and entered the train to Neo-Canterlot, "This is the last time i'm going into that death hole."
As Swipes boarded the train, she saw a large police escort surrounding an important looking Griffon, who she assumed was the Griffon Ambassador to Equestria. However, she was unaware of a mysterious pony disabling the safety locks and directional beacons on the maglev train, in an attempt to kill the ambassador and pin the blame on Equestria.
Creo would be sitting, claws moving rapidly, bits and pieces falling off some object rapidly. With Silent sleeping on the couch after a recent job, they were just relaxing before another call! Of course, then she got the call! "Hello? Creo and Silent armed Services. How can we help you?" She piped, putting the nasty alarm clock back together, "Hmm.... okay~ Library! Will do!" She nods aster the call had ended, she did not pay too much attention to the background speaking, a job was a job! And it was the pay that mattered right?! Of course, she would have prodded Silent until she woke up, informed her of where and when! And then they would have moved off, Creo grabbing a bag filled with rattling things and big lumps, and following Silent off towards the Train! What was in the bag? Well you would be amazed to note that was whatever weapon they could ever want! Well not really, but most! Creo's deft claws and a bag full of parts for weapons, how could she not make weaponry! And then on the train to the Royal Library they went!
Nb was finally at the train station, and he had his lunch in a plastic bag. Mb walked through the station, and had finally found the ticket booth. After what seemed like 55 minutes passed by, Nb had finally got his ticket and paid for it, "Great, back to the hole."
Digital gear was on the final legs of finishing up her job. Withdrawing 4.8 million bits from the account of a company named New Dawn enterprises CEO and transferring it into the CEO of Mark Co's account. She pasted a realistic digisig (digital signature) onto the online form then clicked complete. One of her highest paying jobs complete and all from the comfort of her living room sofa. That's when the message came, she listened closely and after the location was said Digital put on her 8th edition Digital Opertation's Network Utility Tool better known as the D.O.N.U.T glove. She also grabbed a light brown leather jacket and bag before rushing out the door and hopping on her hover scooter. Grabbing the handlebars quickly began pushing it before jumping on it and Scooted the four streets separating her house and the Library.
"Attention passengers, this is the MagLev Train conductor speaking for the ride from Ponyville to Neo-Canterlot. Time of arrival is about thirty minutes. Have a safe trip and thank you for choosing Equestria MagLev." The conductor said, as the tracks emitted a magnetic field, lifting the train one or two feet of the ground, as it started to accelerate at a steady pace. About 22 minutes into the trip, one of the directional beacons guiding the train was disabled, causing the vehicle to go into free fall. Swipes' head banged against the ceiling. "What in the name of Celestia?!" She yelled among the panicking. The emergency landing thrusters activated just in time to cushion the fall. Police were soon at the scene, evacuating the passengers. After being questioned by the authorities, she was free to go. Even though she was a bit shaken by the incident, she went right for the Canterlot Royal Library. She walked up to the front desk, and said, "I got a call on my communicator to meet someone here..." The receptionist looked up. "Oh, you must be one of designers we hired." "Designer? This must have been a mistake." The receptionist looks both ways and whispers in Swipes' ear, "We know you're a mercenary. I'm a Royal Guard, Princess Celestia ordered us to call you desginers, so the public won't freak out. To get the meeting area, go to the shelf way in the back, and pull out the book titled, "A history of currency, then say, "Designer here." Got it?" "Got it." Said Swipes, not sure why the Royal Guard would be desperate enough to higher low-life mercenaries like herself. She went to the back shelf, and pulled out the requested book and stated, "Designer here." As soon as she did, the floor panel opened up, and she slid down a sharp incline. "GAH! What kind of incline is this?!" she asked, bewildered as she hit the bottom.
Nova Blue had finally made it to the "Royal Library." Checking his luggage, Nova Blue had brought a few pistols just in case. He was then met at the front by the receptionist, who had told him to look for a book in the far back. Nb did exactly as she told him, and then, a panel from below opened. Nova fell down the incline, feeling very stupid and agitated, "How did this happen!"
Swipes heard a thump, followed by somepony yelling, "How did this happen?!" She looked back to see Nova. "Yeah. That got me too. Don't feel bad. You here for the job the Royal Guards posted?" She asked, while thinking to herself, "I wasn't informed I'd have a partner..."
"Yeah," Nova said getting up, "Same here." He looked around. 'I wander where I could be.' "Do you have any idea where we are?"
Already living in Canterlot Digital made it before the other two. So from the shadows she decided to mess with the lights and play a soundtrack which consisted of squeaky floorboards, a creepy voice saying "leave now" and "serve me f you chose to stay" and footsteps. The only thing stopping her from not being discovered waas the quiet s******ing and the light green glow from her D.O.N.U.T. She then waited to see their reactions.
Nova stood there, waiting for something to actually happen while the whole scene played. He was not scared at all, and was smarter to fall for some trick. He waited for somepony to reveal themselves, so that he can find out where he was.
knowing her trick failed she sent out a burst of electricity then revealed herself. "Name's Digital Gear. Member of the now illegal splicer group the rising tide. Though personally I prefer the term hacktavist. So where did you guys travel from. I only live a few streets from here. So I got here quite a while ago."
"I'm Swipes. I was born in the Crystal Empire, but my parents live in Ponyville, which is where I currently live. I'm an Analyst, or somepony who gathers data or evidence for other groups. And that's a fancy looking glove you have there, Digital." (SWTOR Guild Raids are starting, won't be on until 10-ish...)
As Shermane's train reached the station in Neo-Canterlot, he stepped off and looked around, taking in the sounds and smells. "Ahh, brings back memories." he signed, slinging his blade over his shoulder as he made his way to the library.
"Thanks, its a tool used by pretty much every hacker, programmer, electrician and any other job related to machines. You can get quite a few different variants such as wired or wireless ones. Each in a variety of colours. This here is the 8th edition D.O.N.U.T with wired and wireless capabilities. Though I hardly need to use the wires to hack as EVERYTHING is wireless these days." Digital then removed her hood and fixed up her mane. Before turning the lights back on so her entire body wasnt covered by shadows like it was before (See CS for appearance).
Nova didn't expect to be the tallest one, and the quietest. So, he decided to break his own silence, "Yeah, do you know why we're here? Or do you have no clue either?"
Creo and Silent would have eventually disembarked from the train and headed to the required destination, looking around, marveling! They rarely got jobs in a city as grand as this! Canterlot would not have been an often candidate for mercenary jobs, and as such, the pair of griffons were more used to the less civilized Manehattan, and other large cities such as that! Though they would have quickly moved to the Royal Library, give or take the few times they had to ask for directions! Creo of course, sat and knocked several times on the door! Mostly out of politeness, she didn't want to appear rude to her employers! Not at all! And yeah, Silent just stood behind Creo! Seemed that she was in duty for carrying the bag of parts at the moment!
"Not sure either. That receptionist had a royal guard badge though, so maybe we were summoned by one of the princesses?" Swipes asked. "...No... That's ridiculous, I doubt they'd need a low life mercenary like me..." Swipes thought. She had a look of disdain on her face. She never was great at hiding her emotions, but she tried to cover it up with a smile.