Midnight

Midnight is a bootleg alicorn from the self-titled green. She was created by AutoPony and introduced to the bootleg general on August 28th, 2021.

## About

### Coat

Extremely dark blue w/ lavender mottling, violet feathers

## Origins

Midnight was discovered by chance in a vintage automobile junkyard owned by Anonymous, where she had been residing for some time in secrecy. Having originated from a facility specializing in the manufacture of pony bots, her true origins are initially left rather ambiguous, in addition to the reasons that led to her arrival in the salvage yard. What she does reveal to Anonymous is that her existence puts her in danger - she has no identification or serial number as a production bot would have, meaning any sort of RFID scanner would out her as an illegal bot, and subject to seizure and destruction.

## Personality

Midnight proves herself to be difficult and unruly in the beginning. Her arrogant attitude and sarcasm-laden interactions combined with a quick temper make her a powder keg, at best. First discussions reveal she thinks highly of herself as a pony far superior to all others - though her sharp wit and intellect lend some credence to her boasts.  A voracious appetite for learning has led to a collection of automotive literature from junk cars throughout the yard, and makes her an asset to Anon's day-to-day operations. As a result, he agrees to tolerate her residence in return for her help in his junkyard, particularly after she demonstrates an ability to levitate metal objects.

But underneath the volatile exterior, Midnight has deep-seated issues with her identity, both regarding who and what she is. This issue is shown early, even having named herself in a spur of the moment as Anon tries to come up with a name. Furthermore, events preceding her arrival to Anon's junkyard are implied to have left her aversive to social and physical interaction. As a result of these issues, she has built an emotional wall around herself to cope with what life has dealt her, which begins to be revealed later in the story

## Midnight's Physiological Attributes \*\* Warning - Spoilers from Part 2 \*\*

While leaving her true nature a secret for some time, Midnight is in reality a biological pony. She was part of a genetic engineering project to create real ponies for the consumer market, something that is forbidden under current government laws. Originally born as a unicorn meant to be modelled after Princess Luna, wings were unable to be achieved with then-current techniques. That omission combined with an incorrect color scheme led to her being considered a failure - though as an experiment, the disposition of a 'success' is questionable. While not the only experimental biological pony in this particular facility, it is unknown aproximately how many exist, as proceeding events have left Midnight's memories of this time hazy, at best.

As a result of her label as a failure, Midnight ended up subject to several ensuing experiments, beginning with the augmentation of her brain with the implantation of circuits and computer chips meant for Luna and Twilight Sparkle bots - a procedure that was accepted as a potentially fatal prognosis. Instead, Midnight was imbued with intelligence beyond current biological pony iterations - which Midnight alludes to being capable of human speech, but little else in terms of cognitive abilities. In addition, it is implied through further events that these cybernetic implants have had at least some effect on her personality, sharing traits from both Twilight and Luna bots.

Further experiments were conducted upon Midnight, including the grafting and integration of wings from a Princess Twilight Sparkle model dyed to be closer to her color palette and the implementation of a prototype electromagnetic mechanism that grants her levitation of ferrous items via her horn.

Finally, in order to complete her new "look" and further push the limits of science, Midnight was subject to the replacement of her eyes with implants that not only allowed her to see in the dark, but emit their own light. This quirk is not noticeable at a glance, but becomes increasingly evident the more she exerts her electromagnetic abilities or when emotionally upset. Final touches also resulted in a shift in her diet from herbivore to carnivorous in an effort to make her more 'efficient' - a feat that required not only the replacement of her teeth, but modifications to her digestive tract.

Such drastic use as a test subject left Midnight to distrust virtually anyone that approaches her, as well as isolate herself physically, socially, and emotionally. Even despite her abilities, Midnight has come to loathe what she is - considering herself a freak that has no place in the world, a mash-up between biological origin and test parts. At some point, fearing that her time as a useful test subject was expiring, she escaped from the facility by unknown means, eventually finding her way into a truck full of robotic scrap that was dumped in Anon's scrapyard.

## Writing

Note: Each part has the ensuing installment linked at the bottom of the paste, but will be cataloged here for tracking purposes.

Midnight

Part 2

Part 3 (current WIP)