My Little Pony: My Little Pony The Martian

AMICITAS Mission Three – Mission Day 261

ARES 3 solar day 258

Transcript – Hydraulic Telegraph Switch – ESA Maltimore Center ＜-＞ ESA spacecraft AMICITAS

AMICITAS: Amicitas calls Maltimore, uses the starlight space suit to reply, completed.

ESA: Maltimore calls Amicitas, over.

AMICITAS: Twilight Sparkle and Queen Chrysalis need to be there immediately. Mark's side requested direct communication. Long message attached, completed.

ESA: Twilight was there. Cocoon is located in Houston and can be reached within two hours. You can now send the message, done.

AMICITAS: The message begins. We need to discuss a serious issue with you regarding team morale. Recently, the Martian survivors have had a series of brushes with disasters, making them so uneasy that they began to attack each other. They reported symptoms of depression, anonymous anger, and a general inability to get along within the team. The only collective activity that remains is the daily work on the cave farm, providing magic and love to the cocoons of dragonflies. End of this paragraph.

AMICITAS: We believe that the core of the problem is that the team's original personality conflicts are further exacerbated by mental fatigue. These conflicts had previously been resolved under Tingting's guidance, and her presence was missed by all the team members. With this in mind, we're requesting that Awakening Dragonfly be made a priority in the hopes of improving team morale. The message ends. complete.

ESA: Twilight - Cocoon has already said that the changelings in that kind of cocoon cannot be forced to awaken, otherwise it will be very dangerous. complete.

AMICITAS: It'll be a while before Mark's people answer. Any message sent will take approximately an hour to receive a reply. To simplify the process, we translate all conversations for them before transmitting them. complete.

ESA: Twilight – we really didn’t know what to do to get her out. We don't even know if it's safe to let her out right now. complete.

AMICITAS: Starlight - I would like to add that we are deeply embarrassed and ashamed that our friendship issues have deteriorated to such an extent that it required Mark and his friends to engage in such an intensive effort. We should never have ended up like this. complete.

ESA: Twilight - the difficulties you are going through right now are extraordinary. As friends, we can understand these things. Cocoon is coming soon, please stand by, over.

AMICITAS: Standby, over.

ESA: Cocoon—let me ask first. Does unreasonable anger mean getting angry at each other for no apparent reason? complete.

AMICITAS: Yes, done.

ESA: Does depression mean not wanting to do things, or feeling sad? complete.

AMICITAS: Both. complete.

ESA: And you go visit Dragonfly together every day, right? How long each time? complete.

AMICITAS: Excluding the round trip, it will take about one to two hours to take care of the cave and magic field projection. It’s done.

ESA: Cocoon – Got it. Please stand by and prepare to receive the steps to wake up the dragonfly. complete.

AMICITAS: I just received new news from Mark and his friends. They expressed disappointment with the answer that they could not wake up the dragonfly. Is there anything we can do to speed up her recovery process? On standby, finished.

ESA: Cocoon Cocoon – Here are the steps to awaken a dragonfly. Take a stick. Hit the side of the cocoon hard and shout the following sentence: Get up quickly, lazy creature. Gluttony is not advisable in dreams. I wonder if the larvae in Malitania are still starving? Repeat the above steps as many times as necessary to achieve desired results. complete.

AMICITAS: Please confirm, dragonflies feed on emotions during sleep? complete.

ESA: Cocoon – that’s what I said. So what are you going to do? Do not refuse to answer. complete.

AMICITAS: Mark just came back from a solo trip around the cave. The collective vote was unanimous: get a stick. complete.

ESA: Cocoon Cocoon: OK, OK, don’t really do this. If Dragonfly was really sucking your emotions in her sleep, you would have either outright dismissed the possibility or been irritated by my proposed stick approach. Please do not use sticks to violently treat my people, at least not more than once or twice, over.

AMICITAS: Once or twice? complete.

ESA: Cocoon - I want to see her come back intact and with the same brain as before she left. It’s not necessary that she has missing arms and legs, but she deserves a beating. It's time for the slacker to come out.

AMICITAS: Starlight - So if the dragonfly wasn't the cause, what could it be? complete.

ESA: Cocoon: Cabin Fever. Neurotic. Personality conflict. It's possible. Maybe the dragonflies have some influence too - there's nothing wrong with bugs being greedy and wanting snacks. As for your situation, my guess is that you both have a lot of dissatisfaction with the current situation, and even if you resist subjectively, you can't restrain yourself from venting your emotions to each other.

AMICITAS: So what do we do? We can't survive outside the habitat, but living like this forever isn't an option either.

ESA: Cocoon - Negative emotions beget negative emotions, positive emotions beget more positive emotions. Let’s do something new together that you both enjoy. complete.

AMICITAS: Any specific advice? complete.

ESA: Cocoon—Who do you think I am, a mind-reading witch doctor? Twilight - I think the first thing you should remember is that we are all friends. Friends may sometimes be angry with each other, but true friends learn to forgive each other. complete.

AMICITAS: Spitfire—I still choose the stick.

AMICITAS: Starlight - we try to follow your advice. Please stand by to receive further news from Mark and the others. complete.

ESA: On standby, over.

AMICITAS: Here's the news: We haven't considered the possibility that dormant dragonflies can affect mood. Glad to hear this doesn't seem to be a major problem. But we still need advice on how to arouse her. End of this paragraph.

AMICITAS: As for group activities, our psychologists have some ideas in this area that we can implement. Why doesn't your space program have a psychologist on staff? The message is over, over.

ESA: Cocoon - If we had psychologists, at least half of us would be hospitalized within a week. Speaking of dragonflies, the last report we received described a phenomenon where the absorption of magic was strong enough to produce dark-light. So what's the situation now? complete.

AMICITAS: That's still true, but the cocoon just looks dimmer, not invisible, over.

ESA: Cocoon - as long as you can still see the difference in appearance between her and other things, it means that her physical condition does not allow her to leave. Give her more magic, I don't care where it comes from. Twilight - I still care about this, you should be careful.

AMICITAS: Got it. Do you have any other news, or any questions you would like to communicate with Mark and his people? complete.

ESA: If the beacon we requested earlier has started broadcasting signals as required, no further news. Starlight, the next time you're going to cast a big spell, let us know in advance so we can try to perfect our tracking techniques. Maltimore Newsletter ended.