My Little Pony: My Little Pony The Martian

AMICITAS Mission Three – Mission Day 8

ARES 3 solar day 12

"Splitfire," Starlight Glimmer lowered his voice, which made the horse's hair stand on end. "If you dare to put me back on the bed again, I will use my last ounce of magic to throw you out of the airlock without even opening the door. That kind!!!”

"Splitfire, please, step back;" Berry stood between the two horses, "Starlight, I understand you are tired, but we can't argue in front of Mark."

After a few words of mediation, Pegasus and Unicorn muttered an apology. Berry breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm not cut out for this kind of job," she thought. "I'm just a spaceship pilot, that's all. I'm not a leader!"

At this time, she wanted to eat cherries again, but she had just eaten one fifteen minutes ago. At present, she has fifty-two pills left, and they will be gone after eating them. Moreover, she has already eaten today's portion, but she still wants to eat one more. To be honest, she would have liked to eat a whole basket to let off the stress of pretending to be the team leader all day, but one was enough to calm her nerves.

This is not an option. In any case, these cherries will eventually either be consumed or spoiled. Without Cheerilee, every day is suffering. Even if you put cherries in a human's "refrigerator", they won't last long, so no matter what, she will have to eat them all in the next week or two. She had to learn to live without Cheerilee.

Life without Cheerilee. What's the point of living then?

cheer up. All the horses here are looking at you, even Mark. Berry, they are waiting for you to speak. "Starlight, what did he just say?"

"He mentioned alfalfa and potatoes," Starlight said. "He said he was growing crops - at least that's what I think he said. He said he had the plant parts and was still fine-tuning them. For some reason he thought it would work. , but the only crops he has found so far are our alfalfa sprouts/seeds and his fresh potatoes.”

"So, is he going to farm today?" Berry asked.

"No. He said he 'needs a plan', so I guess he still has to stay in there today." Starlight frowned as he spoke, "He also said he had a plan to move the spacecraft."

"What!?"

"The ship can't go anywhere!" Spitfire insisted.

"Half the spaceship is buried in the ground!" Fireball added.

"The rear part of the cabin is still damaged. The rear part of the spacecraft may fall off when being transported!" Dingting finally finished her words.

"That's what he said!" Starlight retorted, "And it makes sense. We can no longer run several miles back and forth like this every day, especially considering that we must limit the EVA time to less than eight hours. Just running back and forth, You’ll waste an hour on the road!”

"But it's impossible to do it without magic!" Feihuo still disagreed.

"Then we have to use magic," Starlight said with a grin. "The two emergency magic energy batteries are still usable. The energy of the two batteries has just been charged to 1%. If we do nothing, we will stay here for a long time. Throughout the day, I transfer all the energy collected into a battery..."

"Is there something wrong with your mind!?" Feihuo almost shouted, "Are you looking for death? Every day you use that spell to talk to Mark. Most of the time you only get a bunch of nonsense and even make yourself faint. Go over! For the sake of old man Faust, can’t you just calm down for a while!?”

"Flying Fire," Berry called the lightning pegasus.

"It's okay, let her finish," Starlight replied, "What she said makes sense, but I don't have time to rest." She forced herself to straighten up, pretending not to be as tired as she looked, "Look at the wonders here! Adjustment Machines for our living environment! Video equipment and computers that are years ahead of us! There are also power tools and backup equipment..."

"Yeah," Dragonfly interjected, "The only time he gets angry with me is when I'm rummaging through his tools. I just want to see what I can recognize."

"And what did we bring?" Starlight asked. "A pile of alfalfa seeds, a damaged ship, and magic. Dragon magic, changeling magic, Pegasus magic, earth pony magic, and unicorns Magic. That's all. Spitfire is right, there's not much we can do now, and we might hurt ourselves if we really use magic. But if we really don't do anything, we're dead. That's it. Simple."

Everyone became quiet, so quiet that even Mark left his seat and walked towards them with a confused look on his face.

"Are you done?" Berry asked finally.

"It's over." Starlight said numbly. All the energy she had worked up was gone, causing her to sit down on the ground, "No magic, no pony. To be honest, I think Mark would have a better chance of surviving if we weren't here." She glared at Fei. "We have an obligation to do whatever we can to lessen the burden we place on Mark," Fire said.

Berry tried to keep a cold face, but she was thinking: Sorry, I think I know how she convinced those ponies to give up their cutie marks.

Spitfire looked away, no longer making eye contact with Starlight, but it only lasted for a moment. "My responsibility," she said slowly, "is to ensure the health of the crew of Amicitas."

"That's exactly what I thought," Starlight was about to continue, but Berry patted her shoulder with her hoof. There is no point in continuing to argue like this.

"That's all that needs to be said," the pink earth pony said, "Spike, if any of us show signs of running out of mana, just let us rest. But we still have to follow Starlight's instructions. Plan coming." Okay, you're done. Berry turned to Starlight again, "Can you tell me your plan?"

"Living bodies can produce magic fields," Starlight said. "The more living bodies, the stronger the magic. Growing plants also mean more living bodies, which can bring more magic. We have to make good use of this to help Mark."

"But how can he grow anything in this situation?" Fireball pointed at the airlock with his claws, "This is not the middle of Kalinoi!"

"I don't know," Starlight admitted, "I'll ask him when I get the chance. But he needs a lot of compost for this." As he said that, Starlight looked at Berry and leaned forward slightly.

"Why are you looking at me?" Berry asked.

"Earth pony magic," Starlight replied.

"What? That's..." She seemed to understand something, "Oh, no. No. No, no, no, no, no, no..."

"You are an Earth pony. You have a unique connection with the soil."

"Growing cherries is not my special ability! Eating cherries is! This is why I left the family farm!"

“But you can still grow something, right?”

"Well... you can say that," Berry admitted, "but it's not as good as other ponies!"

"Compared with us?"

Berry looked around and found that she had no escape, so she jumped anxiously, "But I hate fertilizer!" She said in an almost pleading tone.

"Twilight told me you had this kind of job," Starlight said. "It must have been one of the weird part-time jobs you had around Ponyville."

"But I was chasing my dream at that time!" Berry retorted, "My dream of being a pilot!"

"Okay, then we are also chasing a dream now," Starlight replied, "a dream that does not require a leash. Now put on the saddle and start working."

"You did say just now," Fireball interjected in a joking tone, "We have to follow Starlight's plan."

"My day... Xie Te," Berry Berry almost fainted with anger.

"It'll be there in a minute." Tingting's last hit amused everyone present (even Berry).

"But there must be at least two horses guarding here," Starlight said. "I will bring a battery with Mark. As long as the battery can be charged to 20%, I can move the spacecraft out of the hole. But The other battery has to be left here to charge at the same time, so the more ponies left here, the better.”

"I don't agree," Dragonfly said immediately.

"+1," Fireball said.

"You have to rely on me to lower the landing gear," Tingting continued. "If it breaks, you have to let me fix it."

"I'm the strongest here," Fireball said. "At least I can help dig the ship out of the ground."

Starlight looked at the two of them, and then at Spitfire, "Splitfire, follow me," she finally agreed, "She's right, this is very risky. And you know... I'm not very good at judgment. risk."

The Lightning Pegasus thought for a while and shook her head. "What they said is correct," she pointed at Dragonfly and Fireball and said, "They have to be responsible for moving the spaceship. I will deal with some key people." She smiled. Laughing, he added, "Generally speaking, I am responsible for formulating the details of the punishment, not doing the work."

Berry breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness this crisis resolved itself. If only other things could be this simple. She always explodes with rage when conflict pops up in her way. If she were in any aircraft, she would know what to do. Otherwise...otherwise it would be okay if a princess showed up, or even Cocoon, so that all the horses would know what to do.

Look at Spitfire. She has always given in to avoid conflict, taking responsibility for every situation. She had been a leader for many years and knew how to deal with those thorns. Of course, her impatience is indeed a problem, and she doesn't have the patience to talk to civilians... And the other four here are either civilians or changelings...

Or Star Glimmer! She always knows what needs to be done and can convince other horses to do the work! So one time like this, she convinced a whole village of horses to give up the independent horses and became their supreme leader... and she thought magic could solve all problems, like that time she exchanged the cutie marks of the two princesses That...same thing as brainwashing Twilight's friends, almost destroying time and space, stuff like that...it doesn't seem like that...

What about the fireball? Tall...strong...and loud...always had a bad temper...well, forget it.

What about the dragonfly? Smart, experienced, tough... erratic, death-defying, and always self-centered, it's a wonder her inflated ego doesn't factor into orbit calculations.

Oh my gosh, it looks like I have to take the blame, right? !

"That's it if we agree," she said. "I'm going to get a marker and draw Mark what we're going to do."

"Don't forget to tell him about the landing gear!" Tingting said hurriedly, "We have never released them. The outer surface of the engine room is also designed to prevent heat during re-entry, so they may still be usable. !”

Now we are in big trouble, Berry thought. What should I draw to tell him that maybe our ship didn't have a flat tire?