Have you ever heard? War never changes. It's just gunfire and murder.
Even for the happiest of places, it will go down sometime. You wouldn't believe how such a happy and jolly place could turn into a world where death can come at any point. Luckily for a fellow pony, death didn't come, but a coma did.
Toto Jakito. He used to be a steel ranger before rocks came onto him during a fight bringing a 12-year coma along.
The other Steel Rangers would come to check on him. It started from being monthly, then to yearly, and then to nothing. He was never dead though. Life just waited for the perfect time, and when it hit, he woke up.
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The wind whistles in the dusty land. A mountain of rocks sat. The dead bodies of other ponies became fossils in the ground.
A rock would get pushed off, and the other rocks on top would fall to fill its space.
There lied a unicorn. They had a white coat and a black mane. Steel armor covered their body which had an engraving of words on the piece that’d surround the neck. It’d read Property of Steel Rangers.
The pony that lied there had a name. Toto Jakito. He was a Steel Ranger before the coma.
Toto would get up after all the rocks had fallen. His body rose from the dirt that covered the land.
He'd take a brief look at what surrounded him. It appeared as the Wastelands got healthier. The sky was tan, the ground was dirt brown, and you could breathe well. The first wastelands you could die from anything.
Not only did the Wastelands age well, but Toto did. He noticed that he had a full hair beard.
Toto saw a pile of dirt. He'd try to do a quick wind spell to blow it off.
All he heard was some sparking. Then he realized. The rocks broke his horn.
He'd sigh in disappointment.
Toto just swiped the dirt off. There lied a metal box that was 1.5 feet long.
Luckily, it wasn't locked, so he'd open it. A shotgun lied inside. There were also some barrels under it's spot once you picked it up.
He'd take the contents
Toto remembered seeing a park being built. He told himself that he'd want to check it out when it was finished at the time. It probably was finished, giving the fact that time has passed. He'd walk around to find the park.
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There was a sanctuary in which there was an awesome Batpony. Lali Exposito. He's the average that isn't average.
He loved hanging out with his friends while also loving being by himself. He'd make music in his freetime.
He somehow got a lot of ponies to like him. One liked him more than a normal person, and that'd be his partner Bloonie. It's kind of the same situation with Bloonie, except she's more horny.
That led to Miltiod. The offspring that got obsessed with robot advancements. He's more brave, confident, and outgoing more than Lali.
One time, Lali wanted to try something out. He wanted to find an idea for a song to play from his surroundings. It could help expand his creative mind.
The sanctuary wouldn't cut it though. Maybe something more outside... oh, Glimmer Park.
Glimmer Park was the park that Lali's Faction, known as the Yellow Rebellion, would go to for patrols and wait at for Game Day, so that'd be a good place to start.
He'd head off with his guitar to go to Glimmer Park and try his idea.
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There was a mare that went to the Rusthooves daily. Sharie Asombrosa. She was a rockstar, and was really down to do anything.
She didn't really care what others thought, but only what she thought.
After a long day of being wild, Sharie wanted to calm down a bit, so she went where she normally went to calm down: Glimmer Park.
She'd only go there went the random group of ponies wasn't there. They'd wear armor, and it appeared as somepony would sort them into benches. Then that somepony would tell the benches something, and they'd hold a chemlight that was either gold, red, lime, or lavender.
Sharie sat by the fountain. It was peaceful here.
She'd lie down and rest. While she loved being wild, she also loved to just relax sometimes.
She saw a pony walking in the distance, but she didn't care. There was also a Batpony that was talking to a pegasus, but it was on the other side.
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Britlit Har was a peacemaker. You just couldn't get mad with him. The way he talks is just so nice and delicate. He wanted to try to make some new friends, and he thought Glimmer Park was the best option.
Following his own orders, he'd go to Glimmer Park. When he arrived there was a Batpony playing music.
He'd sit by him. “Nice guitar skills.”
The Batpony would look up at him. “Oh, thanks.”
“How long have you've been playing for?”
“If I count my years as a child, about 6 years."
“Nice. I used to play the violin when I was in Stable 402. I stopped playing because, well, I don't have it anymore.”
“Ah, the stables and their numbers. I've never been in a stable. I came from a family of raiders, and I ran away at 11.”
“That does have it's pros and cons.”
“Well, lucky me lived in the time where the drinks from the Rusthooves were free.”
“Wait, you drank as a child?”
“No, though honestly there's nothing against it.”
“Except your body.”
They'd continue to talk as Sharie approached the park for her rest at the fountain.
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Toto had found the fountain and was walking towards it. He saw a poster on his right though.
He'd look at it. It read Be a team and unite! Join the Steel Rangers today!
Toto would chuckle. “The Steel Rangers are just ponies with a fetish for tech; all they do is hunt and fight. and where's the unity in that?”
He took a thought though. A team. The Wastelands might've gotten healthier, but only the land and water mostly. If he had a team, he and his team could do things to make the Wastelands better.
He'd take a glance at Glimmer Park. Some people were there.
Toto would continue walking to the park.
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Toto would sit on the bench beside the bench Lali and Britlit were on.
“That's an interesting way to get into mating,” Toto overheard from Britlit.
“Whatcha guys talkin' about?” Toto asked the 2 ponies.
Britlit would face Toto. “We're talking about how this Batpony I'm talking to got a child. It's a bit of a funny story.”
“Neat." Toto sat in silence as the other two kept talking. He got an idea from thinking of that poster. "Hey, could I tell you an idea?
"What would that be?"
"I have an idea to get a team to do random shit with for absolutely no reason but to do it."
Lali would speak up. “I'd be interested?”
“If I had anyone, then I would," Toto responded.
“Well you could try us?” Britlit said.
Toto took a thought. “Well, maybe more than just 3.”
“Who says you don't?” Britlit pointed out that someone was lying by the fountain.
Why is this working?! Toto thought.
“Hey, who said I wanted to join?” Sharie got up. “I mean, if I get to kill people then yeah.”
“...Well uhh... y'know, why not?”
“What would we do first?” Britlit asked.
“Maybe find a place for our shit I guess,” Toto responded.
The newfound squad would talk as they'd exit Glimmer Park. When those ponies became a squad, they had no idea what they'd become.
