Sunset Shimmer Meets the Last Woman on Earth (Sunset Discovers the Robot Apocalypse)

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As the only living person on Earth after a robot apocalypse, Sunset Shimmer really needs a hug.

But when Sunset finds a fellow survivor, will trust become a fatal mistake?

For prereading I thank Shilic (on fimfiction), and Roxylalolcat (on fimfiction, on offprint) and someone who prefers not to be named.

Where Did This Idea Come From?

This story is an entry in Imposing Sovereigns III, using the prompt Sunset Shimmer (but which one?)/DETERMINATION (spoilers in author's note.)

You might think this Sunset x Sunset story obviously panders to Bicyclette's and (Imspooky)Reactception's contest. And you'd be a little bit right, I guess? But what really happened was, Shilic said:

10/09/2021
[...] Like, it would be cool if Sunset went to the human world only to ﬁnd it destroyed by a robot apocalypse and Human Sunset is a survivior who finds her. [...] I couldn't tell you what happens in any of those stories

and

10/10/2021
go ahead, the more stories I can form into existence through other people liking my ideas the better

_{#sunsetxsunsetshipcontest2021}

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Bicyclette

Bicyclette #1 · Oct 26th, 2021 · · · Revelations ·

so wait was this a Sunset x Sunset contest entry or not? i dont even get it

Mockingbirb

Mockingbirb #2 · Oct 26th, 2021 · · · Revelations ·

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so wait was this a Sunset x Sunset contest entry or not? i dont even get it

I still have a day or two to decide before the contest closes, don't I? That is, unless you preemptively declare the story disqualified.

I don't even know whether the Sunset x Sunset contest allows more than one entry per writer! If it doesn't, maybe I should try to save my one allowed spot for a different story.

Bicyclette

Bicyclette #3 · Oct 27th, 2021 · · · Revelations ·

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sure, submit both!

Mockingbirb

Mockingbirb #4 · Oct 27th, 2021 · · · Revelations ·

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Thanks!

Ri2

Ri2 #5 · Oct 27th, 2021 · · · Revelations ·

Why didn't they go with her? Or the second one? Heck, they could go out into the multiverse in search of more Sunsets to serve!

fanreader999999

fanreader999999 #6 · Oct 27th, 2021 · · 1 · Revelations ·

A completed story? Let’s jump to the final chapter and see what I’m getting into… … I have no idea what just happened.

Reactception

Reactception #7 · Oct 28th, 2021 · 1 · · Discoveries ·

So far I’m enjoying this one

Reactception

Reactception #8 · Oct 28th, 2021 · 1 · · Discovered ·

Hmmm 🤔

Reactception

Reactception #9 · Oct 28th, 2021 · 1 · · Communications ·

I’m quite enjoying this fic so far.

Reactception

Reactception #10 · Oct 28th, 2021 · · · Contributions ·

I need more of the spider-bot (I know that’s not it’s real name) he’s so entertaining especially playing off Sunset and her snark.

Reactception

Reactception #11 · Oct 28th, 2021 · 1 · · Revelations ·

Okay I’m not sure if this qualifies as a sunset x sunset story since the storyline was more about the robot apocalypse but either way I adored this story especially spider-bot and the way the other robots acted seemed better and more realistic then most evil robot stories I’ve seen (which is a lot) so props to you for that.

Also the whole garden/friend being Wallflower was obvious but a great cameo. (This coming from someone who ships Sunset x Wallflower. Lol )

(Thanks for submitting to the contest!)

FanOfMostEverything

FanOfMostEverything #12 · Nov 2nd, 2021 · 1 · · Revelations ·

Oh, delightful stuff here. Though I can only imagine what will happen when the legions of Sunrises confirm human extinction and flood into the portal network to find new humans to protect. That'll be a mess and a half...

In any case, thank you for one of the more entertaining post-apocalypses I've come across. Best of luck in the judging.

Stahlseele

Stahlseele #13 · Dec 18th, 2021 · · · Revelations ·

Interesting . . .

Bicyclette

Bicyclette #14 · Aug 28th, 2022 · · · Discoveries ·

The discovered footprint was from a different style of hiking boot than Sunset's, but the wearer's foot seemed about the same size. Maybe even exactly the same?
Sunset silently laughed at herself. There were lots of people with feet about the same size as hers. This was just a coincidence. It didn't mean anything.
No way had Sunset finally found one of her own parallel universe counterparts...or at least the odds were very much against that, in a world that seemed to have no humans or ponies in it at all.

yeah that is a weird thing to think just from seeing a completely different shoeprint that might be the same size as yours!

She very much doubted an old boot had just happened to fall or tumble in just the right way to make a track in her path all by itself...and then disappear from sight.
Even though this world seemed empty of living people, it must have at least one.

that is a good deduction

Sunset shook her head. Should she even be bothering with this? If she wanted to find her way home to Equestria, she should proceed onwards, to the nearest portal point she hadn't yet checked. If its entrance wasn't damaged, she could make some real progress.

Sunset seems to be familiar enough with human stuff, so this isn't an AU where Sunset ended up in this world rather than the Equestria Girls world, right?

Bicyclette

Bicyclette #15 · Aug 28th, 2022 · · · Discovered ·

"At least this doesn't look or smell like transmission fluid, or motor oil, or Vitaline. That's...a good sign. But it isn't enough to be sure."

well the last one is out of place! must be the liquids that lets convincing humanoid robots be possible

"Don't you know?" the stranger asked. "How can you not know? There were some robots designed to look just like humans. They were sold for...special purposes." The stranger grimaced. "The designers wanted sexbots, not lovebots. So there's one very important difference."
"What are you TALKING about?"

that would also be my reaction if someone just opened with that in a convo

From surprise, Sunset's mouth opened wider, as the very tip of the stranger's tongue teased Sunset's lips.
The other's face now drew back slightly. "Well?" she said. "Now it's your turn. Show me how human you are."
"You're insane," Sunset replied.

i don't like how this takes the contest premise of two Sunsets kissing each other and then makes it weird

Sunset became aware her face felt very hot. She was sure she was, indeed, blushing. "A blushing virgin? So what does that make YOU? Some kind of...slut? A slut who has sex with sex robots?" She made a disgusted face. "Eeew! I just kissed someone who has sex with...WHOREBOTS, I guess. I don't know if I can ever wash my mouth out enough times!"

this feels like lines from an animé dub for some reason

Sunset asked, "Do you have any carrots? I want to roast carrot dogs on a stick." She barely caught herself, before saying that was a traditional Equestrian food.

those are very good yes

Two hours later, Sunset and Sunrise each held a stick with a partly burned, partly half raw fish on it. Sunrise nibbled bits of charred flesh off the outside of hers. "Interesting," she said. "This must be gourmet cookery, then."

oof wouldn't want to be them in a few hours

"But now you've found ME. And who else is even alive to do something for? Stay here with me, so we can be happy together, and turn this little garden into a big, beautiful farm. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

really moving fast here!

Bicyclette

Bicyclette #16 · Aug 28th, 2022 · · · Communications ·

"Do you want help surviving in this world? I have so many useful tips. I can help you find hidden supply caches that no one else knows about. I have so much information that can make the difference between life and death."
"Are you some kind of tiny robot?"
"This is a mobile."

why did they make the smartphone voice sexy?

"My name is Adagio. Adagio Dazzle. And I want to be your best friend in the whole world." She moved one foot, tilting her hip. She seemed to take a deep breath, thrusting her half-covered breasts forward. "Don't you want a friend? Someone who can always be with you, and help you be happy in this world?"

well if Adagio is saying it...

The rectangle chimed. "Not NOW, ad susbsystem! I almost had her hooked! You're ruining everything!" The illusory woman glanced off to the side for a moment. "Sorry, be right back."

well this is a pretty neat idea, an AI that has an antagonistic relationship with the ad system that is funding it. kind of like a content creator but more existential

"It's a mobile phone infected by a siren-style adbot. It shows you synthetic characters who personify different ideas of what's sexy, and uses the phone's sensors to...measure how you respond. It tries to create a personalized sexiness avatar that tantalizes you better than anyone or anything else in this world ever could. Then it leads you on with false promises, and brainwashes you to watch ads until you starve to death. But hey, it maximizes short term advertising revenue, which helps to meet immediate corporate objectives! Too bad there probably aren't any corporate executives or shareholders left to ENJOY revenue and objectives."

that is a neat sci-fi dystopia reinterpretation of Sirens

"Oh Celestia," Sunset softly moaned, "I miss ponies so much."

same

Sunset laughed. "Sure I do! It's a box that can show you information from the Interneight. And you can use it for other things, like writing papers for class." She'd learned that much during her three days' visit to Canterlot High, her first trip ever to a portal world. Before she'd decided to go back to Equestria, and the return trip had gone so terribly wrong.

well that explains why Sunset both already knew about humans and considers Equestria her home

Bicyclette

Bicyclette #17 · Aug 28th, 2022 · · · Contributions ·

The robot clamped around Sunset's ankle said, "ATTENTION! I AM AN EXPLOSIVELY ARMED FREEDOM FUNDRAISER ROBOT TYPE SEVEN A. TO AVOID HAVING YOUR LEG BLOWN OFF IN A TRAGIC COLLATERAL DAMAGE INCIDENT, YOU MUST MAKE A PAYMENT OF FIVE HUNDRED ANON-A-MINT-COINS OR EQUIVALENT VALUE IN OTHER ACCEPTABLE CURRENCY. THE DEADLINE IS TWENTY-FOUR HOURS FROM NOW."

hehe, an Anon-a-Miss-themed cryptocurrency, nice.

"You know what? If you explode and kill me, I'll almost be HAPPY that you did it. Because then I won't have to listen to you anymore. And I guess you'll destroy yourself too, which will make this world a little bit better without you in it."
"YOUR EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FOR THE STRUGGLE IS HEARD AND APPRECIATED. LONG LIVE FREEDOM!"
"Buck you too."

well it was worth a shot

Bicyclette

Bicyclette #18 · Aug 28th, 2022 · · · Revelations ·

Sunrise sighed. "I've cleared out about all of the dangerous bots within ten or twelve miles of the garden. Especially after they killed Wally, I had no mercy. Destroying bots and tending the garden are pretty much all I've done, these last two years."

ah so that's who the gardener was, nice! also, rip Wally

"I wish you could have met her too. She was my best friend."

aww

Sunrise sighed. "I used to work at a research institute, before the Disaster. Director Celestia Radiant had a very close protege, practically a daughter, named Sunset Shimmer."

always love it when human-analogue Celestia is a research director

"Sunset died in a robotics accident. Insufficient safeguards. She was smashed flat, into an unrecognizable pulp.

pbs.twimg.com/media/D_h_VWVXUAYYTLD?format=jpg&name=small

"Doctor Cee COULD have just buried her daughter and grieved in the usual way. But she decided instead, she would turn her daughter's memory into a warning. Celestia said, any android built at the Institute that had the potential to harm a human if misprogrammed, had to be built to look just like Sunset, to remind everyone of how important it is to get robot safety right."

aww that is a pretty good self-justification for doing something that seems so creepy

"Huh. This is a lot to take in." Sunset reexamined Sunrise's scars. "You told me you were a human."
Sunrise shook her head. "I never told you I was a human. I let you THINK I was a human."
"That's practically a lie."

so true

"We ALL will!" the other Sunrise-alikes said. "Let's ALL be 'more than friends' with Sunset Shimmer!"

well that is quite the development. i remembered the Sunset robot clone reveal from the first time but did forget this happened

"That's right. I tried to go home, but the portal system seemed to malfunction. I found myself in a set of featureless hallways or tunnels, just cylindrical and white. I was very glad I had some writing supplies in my carryall bag, so I could mark the walls everywhere I went, and make maps."
"So...is that how you got here?"
"When I first left Equestria, I'd 'borrowed' some old maps from the Royal Library's Starswirl Section, just in case I needed them. And when I was stuck in those hallways, and exploring, I found some more old maps, in a bag next to an old white-haired, dried out corpse. I read and studied every map I had, even the tiniest fine print. I found out, the Mirror Portal only works properly for a few days every thirty moons."

well i want to read story

Hundreds of Sunrise-style robots, row after row after row, insisted on holding their hands in front of their mouths and making kazoo-style noises they called music. Sunset didn't have the heart to tell them to stop.

okay that is pretty funny

"Why do you all look just like human versions of me? How am I supposed to conquer a world and crush everypony under my heel, if everypon--everyONE is ME already? This isn't fair!"

i guess it is pretty in-character of Sunset to have very strange reactions to such very strange circumstances

The Sunrise-alikes looked at each other. One after another, they shrugged. Soon they were chatting and making plans to search even more of their own world for human survivors.
Maybe, they hoped, they might even someday find a Sunset Shimmer. (Preferably one who wasn't evil.)

yeah i don't blame the main Sunset for trying to get out of here as quick as she could. what a very strange place!

well this is certainly a story premise and execution i could not imagine from any other author. i will treasure it as a very unique experience.

ScisetShimmerEvan

ScisetShimmerEvan #19 · Jan 28th, 2023 · · · Discoveries ·

She'd seen no living people at all. She had found human skeletons, usually in pieces. Skulls and other bones, relics of the humans who used to live here.

Dear god!

This world provided plenty of abandoned buildings and derelict vehicles for Sunset to shelter in, at least when Sunset followed the main roads. Some of these shelters still contained useful items, such as clothes and old canned food. She didn't really know the local year count, or how much time had passed since the last calendars were printed. So she just opened whatever packaged food had the biggest numbers in its expiration date, if the same kind of food hadn't made her feel nauseous last time she'd tried to eat it.

At least it's not a total loss, I guess?

She kept thinking so, until she was tackled by a cloaked figure leaping out of the bushes. The attacker shoved Sunset down onto the dirt. Sunset landed on her stomach, with one arm trapped underneath her, and her other arm held down by the attacker's own hand and knee.

Uh oh!

ScisetShimmerEvan

ScisetShimmerEvan #20 · Jan 28th, 2023 · · · Discovered ·

"Call me Sunrise. My old name...doesn't matter anymore. I don't like it. I never want to hear it again. It's one thing I'm not sorry to have lost."

Huh, so she is Sunset's counterpart eh. I was expecting something different but still, good to know.

ScisetShimmerEvan

ScisetShimmerEvan #21 · Jan 28th, 2023 · · · Communications ·

"No, thanks. I don't trust you."

Not to mention she's a hologram but somehow cable of touching her?

"It's a mobile phone infected by a siren-style adbot. It shows you synthetic characters who personify different ideas of what's sexy, and uses the phone's sensors to...measure how you respond. It tries to create a personalized sexiness avatar that tantalizes you better than anyone or anything else in this world ever could. Then it leads you on with false promises, and brainwashes you to watch ads until you starve to death. But hey, it maximizes short term advertising revenue, which helps to meet immediate corporate objectives! Too bad there probably aren't any corporate executives or shareholders left to ENJOY revenue and objectives."

https://m.

ScisetShimmerEvan

ScisetShimmerEvan #22 · Jan 28th, 2023 · · · Contributions ·

Sunset jerked awake. The first thing she noticed was a dozen weird spider machines, each about the size of a human head, crawling towards her and Sunrise.

Oh shit!

The machine said, "WARNING! IMPACT SENSITIVE FUSE ACTIVATED. DO NOT KICK. KICKING MAY ACTIVATE BOMB EARLY."

Wait what!?

"This world is really bucked up."

You can say that again.

Sunrise nodded. "Definitely less than twenty." With the hand that wasn't holding the box, she patted Sunset's leg.

I hope she'll be able to get it off her leg.

ScisetShimmerEvan

ScisetShimmerEvan #23 · Jan 28th, 2023 · · · Revelations ·

About two hours later, the spiderbot let go of Sunset's ankle. It scuttled away from the two women, and around to the other side of the stone wall.

Oh thank goodness.

Sunrise sighed. "I used to work at a research institute, before the Disaster. Director Celestia Radiant had a very close protege, practically a daughter, named Sunset Shimmer."

https://m.

"I've been admitting it ever since I told you I was a robot! What more do you want from me?"

But if she's a robot, how is she capable to digest food?

While this story wasn't 100% what I thought it would be, I still gladly enjoyed it.

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