Those Distant Sisters CH17

Ch17:

Standing in the shadow of Canterlot's historic Lunar Observation Tower, Sonority observed his new scientist 'friend' and his assistants at work. The scrawny white colt had told him about Equestria's experiments with radio communication, but they hadn't keyed into the idea that size and power were both important to transmission range. With his guidance, the science team had begun the relatively simple transformation from massive metallic tower to radio transmitter. The tower had been designed by Luna herself before her banishment, and included many devices and intricate yet ultimately useless pieces of metal left over from her own scientific experiments. All this made work very simple for those involved, although regrettably no pegasus ponies were involved for work higher up on the tower.

"Mind lending a hoof with this generator? It's a tad out of my… physical ability." The scientist stuck his horned head out of the tower's front door, beckoning Sonority. Figures somepony like him would be more trained in fine motions then strong ones, Sonority thought to himself as he walked into the tower. With a quick twist of his neck, Sonority lifted the generator and began walking alongside the much smaller scientist, taking care not to knock into any of the scaffolding support that his two assistants ran back and forth across.

"Anypony in particular you'd like to be at the receiving end of this call, Sonority? Previously we've only been able to communicate within Canterlot." The scientist spoke casually, but Sonority took the question very seriously. After a moment, he responded.

"Covenant Truth." The scientist gave him a quizzical look. "He's an officer in Hearth's Core. As a soldier it's my duty to report in as soon as possible whenever I'm off the radar. Coming here, I am definitely off the radar."

"Do you think we can reach that far? However far that is?" The scientist asked, more interested in the spirit of scientific inquiry than Sonority's military standing. The pair reached the base of the metallic spike in the tower's center where Sonority laid the generator on a smooth patch of ground.

"It took me less than a day to reach here flying in a straight line. Granted I was flying one of the fastest ships in Hearth, it should put us well within range of a transmitter this big." Sonority and the scientist continued to work in various parts of the tower through the day. He occasionally caught sight of Resonance and Evanescence strolling the streets or napping in a corner of the tower.

"Ya know…" Sonority said to nopony in particular, "…I don't think I've ever seen Evanescence without my wife with her. I know they're twins but you'd think they could spend more time apart."

"Why would they ever want to be apart?" Sonority jumped at the sound of the scientist's voice. "Those two seem to be the best of friends - and, if the recent history of Equestria is any indication, friendship is a very, very important thing."

Before Sonority could respond, another call rang out from the scaffolding above.

"Hey guys!" An earth pony colt called down, hanging on a thick rope of wires, "It's ready." Sonority began to fiddle with the frequency knob as the scientist levitated a small microphone over to him.

"Let's give this a go, shall we?"