My Little Pony: My Little Pony The Martian

Mission Log – Solar Day 261

The Pathfinder dialogue is still not available online. Communication bandwidth has degraded to a pitiful 400 bits per second. Note that this is not bytes, but bits. In other words, Pathfinder can now transmit one kilobyte of information every twenty-one seconds. Therefore, the data that NASA sends to us for downloading during the twelve hours every day does not require much and will be blocked in the queue for several days.

But I feel they should all be quite important materials. After all, NASA isn't going to take up all the bandwidth of our primary means of communication for days on end just to send me a video of a kitten. (But to be honest, it would be great to be able to watch some online cat movies for me now, and I’m pretty sure that Xiao Ma and the others will happily take this opportunity to have a feast.)

(The last digression may have triggered some strange associations in my mind. Now that I have read it again, I still feel something is wrong, but I am pretty sure that four of the five residents in the current cabin will not think of cats. As food. However, even so, I am hesitant to mention to Fireball that there are millions of kitten videos on the earth that are collected voluntarily by the public. He may think that this means someone taking photos of the dishes while eating. .)

If nothing else, we are now able to communicate with each other again and the mobile home project is back on track. We have now advanced all the way to sub-item D of stage 4 (I have temporarily skipped 1, not only to avoid duplication of work, but also because we are not in the mood to sort bolts and nuts by size and do such a boring job) . The pressurized section of Rover has been removed and is now placed next to the habitation module.

Tomorrow I will borrow some wiring harnesses in the cabin to directly connect the remaining on-board systems of rover No. 1 to the residential power grid, so that we can get the on-board computers back online as soon as possible before rover No. 2 can be put back into use. (As a reminder, because the Pathfinder cannot communicate directly with the equipment in the habitation module, at least one rover must always be located near the habitation area to serve as a signal relay with the Pathfinder.)

The black crystals I pulled out from the soil in front of the Cave Farm yesterday turned into powder overnight. Starlight told me that this is because the environmental magic energy that they can absorb here is simply not enough to maintain their existence, and not even a grain of dust will be left by tomorrow. Of course, she made this explanation only after she scolded me so much, because...how should I put it...

Terry Gilliam, the animator in Monty Python, directed many art films after Monty Python became famous. Among them, my favorite has always been The Last Man, because Robin Williams played an unnamed role in it; but I have watched all of his works, including the one that established him. The film that made him famous as a director - Time Bandits. Time Bandits ends with a blackened mess of what they call "condensed evil" that somehow makes its way from the throne room of the Supreme Being into a toaster oven. The protagonist's parents touch it and it explodes, and the whole film ends here.

The plot of this movie is quite outrageous, but since the director’s name is Gilliam, it doesn’t matter whether it’s positive (The Ultimate), negative (Wonderful), or repeatedly jumping between positive and negative (Time Bandits) It's unexpected. But the reason I mention the movie here is this: According to Starlight, those ugly crystals are truly "condensed evil."

Then again, obviously I didn't explode on the spot, but maybe that's because I was wearing a space suit and never touched the thing directly. But those crystals were a sign of dark magic, and dark magic was apparently a very serious matter in Pony's place.

Black magic feeds on evil thoughts - anger, fear, greed, you name it. In the short term, using this kind of magic consumes much less magic energy, so it is very easy to cast once you learn the method. Sound familiar, huh? But the point is, using black magic comes at the cost of devouring the user. Once you take the first step, it becomes extremely difficult to stop; the more you use it, the more you will want to continue.

Even better, black magic has its own consciousness. It wants to be unleashed. It wants to be in control. Starlight also says that its whispers can trick the mind, so even the best ponies are sometimes tempted to use it for noble purposes.

It will be interesting to see Starlight's reaction to The Fellowship of the Ring Chapter 3 in a week or so.

Let’s get back to the point. Those crystals look a bit like, how should I put it, I think they look a bit like impacted quartz, or maybe they are glass stones. They are a by-product of using black magic - or any magic filled with negative emotions. Whenever you cast dark magic, this crystal is likely to appear somewhere nearby. Generally, whenever you see this kind of thing, you should run away quickly and find a powerful righteous wizard to clean up those things (and deal with the bad wizard who caused the trouble by the way).

Here's the problem: Starlight is the only wizard here, and she herself has admitted that she is not actually a good wizard, but a "former bad wizard" who has committed crimes and still has a long way to go to reform through labor.

(Imagination: Imagine Voldemort, or what it would be like if Sauron was doing community service during his probation period, helping to repair the old granny's house. 'Mrs. Maitland, is it too cold? In this case, why don't I give Just open a crater in your basement! You can save hundreds on the heater oil alone! As for the rats, you don't have to worry about them, my colleague Mr. Riddle will take care of them. But, uh, you might have to shut them down first. Eyes for a while, because his pet is... shy, yes, let's put it that way.')

Starlight felt embarrassed and uneasy about the amount of angry magic she had unleashed on herself, and she was also concerned that their presence might distort all spells cast in the surrounding area, thereby generating more dark magic. They also have the ability to suppress positive emotions and enhance negative ones - a method some very bad pony once used to enslave an entire kingdom a long time ago.

I know my explanation isn't very good, but I can't understand what Starlight is trying to tell me. Anyway, she warned me not to mess with those things again, they were dangerous.

So of course I'm going to put myself at risk again, because NASA will always read this log, and then they'll blame me for not doing a geological survey of that material. But I couldn't go to the cave today because Rover 2 had to stay in place until Rover 1 was converted into a radio parts warehouse. When Berry and Spitfire came back, they told me that all the crystals on the hillside had been shattered.

I can only apologize to NASA, but I still missed the opportunity to conduct scientific research on magic radioactive materials. I understand that you are all very disappointed in me, but I still want to plead with you that this mistake was excusable because...because...well...

Dear Teacher Kurt, please understand that Mark cannot study the evil magic stone. He's allergic to this stuff. This certificate, parent: Epstein’s mother.