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Post by Solar Solstice on May 16, 2013 22:51:11 GMT -5
OOC Date: April 19, 2013
Characters: Discord (and Heart Shooter), Vinyl Scratch, Memoire Musique, Rainbow Dash
Setting: Discord harasses Vinyl through his new pawn who's displaced the old Vinyl/Medley team-up...
((First log missing. Basically was about Vinyl trying to make sense of Medley's mysterious amnesia))
Who is in the mood for a little bit of chaos? It seems that Discord is as he floats merrily along through Ponyville behind the yellow pegasus with the bright red and orange mane that burns with an ethereal glow. Heart Shooter is wearing a pair of sleek black shades over her eyes and a bright, glittering outfit of prismatic colors. Her cutie mark, that of a trio of notes with small hearts at the end of each is prominent upon her flank. "Oh, there is her studio now!" The floating dragon says with a mad cackle in his throat. "Let us pay her a visit shall we? Perhaps the two of you can make sweet chaotic music together!" As he reaches out and grabs the door knob, he gives it a twist to let the new celebrity in as she trots forward. "Oh, Viiiiinyl! Vinyl Scraaaaatch!" There is the sound of nails on a chalkboard as Discord produces one out of thin air to drag his claws upon it. "I come baring gifts!"
Vinyl was strumming a tune out on her acoustic guitar when the piercing sound begins to fill her ears. Folding them against her head, the mare stands up, placing the guitar to one side and trotting to the door. Her eyes fall on the other singer. "Heart Shooter." she murmurs. "Who's your manager, huh? He sure can't play the chalkboard."
Memoire_Musique went along with mommy to her studio... But... BOREDOM! Mommy's working, and has no time for Memmy... Sighing, she waddles out of the studio... "Unncord!" she squeals, galloping on chubby little legs towards the draconequus.
"Aww, you don't like my chalkboard symphony? Why, I wrote it just for you!" Poof. Discord appears on the other side of the room, now with six arms, each one holding up a banjo as they start to play a quick country tune before they all disappear. "Perhaps you would be more fond of the accordion?" Out comes Pinkie Pie's accordion as he starts to play a bit of loud, whining notes that fill the air in crooked and scratchy tones. "Come now my little pony. I thought you were simply /dying/ to have a duet with the greatest singer of all Equestria!" Heart Shooter moves forward slowly without a word as she stands obediently next to Discord.
A swift teleport means Memoire dodges Discord completely and instead is on her mother's back with a small flash of light. "Duet...? I'll pass." Vinyl says quietly. "I only have one female duet partner: Medley."
"Medley? Why, she's yesterday's news! Haven't you heard that nopony has ever heard of her?" Discord asks as he poofs behind Vinyl, cackling against her ear. "Come now, don't you want to be even more famous? Think of it!" There's a flash of light as he is now wearing a business suit, throwing out a paw to the ceiling. "DJ Pon-3 and Heart Shooter! World wide tour! Why, the two of you would be rich! I would be rich! Not that I have a need for money but this will fill in the time between bouts of beautiful chaos!" Cackling, he poofs back to Heart Shooter's side and points a large spotlight upon her. The yellow pegasi continues to stare over at Vinyl Scratch, her eyes shielded by the dark shades. "Why, you have to hear her new song!"
Not too far away, Rainbow Dash is conducting her daily weather patrols. So far, everything is maximal: the clouds are in their proper places, the breezes are just the right intensity, and the big cumulonimbus at the edge of her zone is building up just fine for the upcoming spring shower. Her mind is elsewhere from weather, though: she's still thinking about Medley and her odd amnesia. In fact, she's just had the mind to visit Vinyl Scratch and see if she knows anything. As she flies over to the studio, though, she spots an unwanted sight: Discord! Briskly she lands right next to Vinyl and stares down Discord. "Hey...you're not getting into any trouble, are you?" she questions him.
Vinyl breathes a sigh of relief as Dash arrives. "Rainbow Dash!" she exclaims. "You gotta tell me what's going on. You've seen this dude before, right?" she says, gesturing towards Discord. "I dunno who he is, but I reckon he's responsible for taking the real Medley away."
Memoire_Musique wobbles a little as she winds up on her mothers back. "Momma? Unna 'Cord back!" she says, hopping up and down and pointing excitedly. "Ice Cream? Chocorain?"
"Whaaat? You don't know me? I am Discord! Somepony fire my publicist!" Discord says, trying to appear emotionally harmed by Rainbow Dash's accusations. "What? Meee? Get into trouble? Come now element of loyalty. I am reformed! Your little friend Fluttershy made sure of that. Why, I'm just here to give everypony their dream come true!" With a snap of his fingers, a top hat appears upon his head as he floats around Heart Shooter playfully. "Buuuuut, if you don't /want/ to do a duet with Heart Shooter. I understand. Some ponies are just more comfortable at the bottom of the billboard charts while others enjoy being at the top. Come darling, let's be off! I can tell that we are not wanted." He sniffs, tears of chocolate milk trickling down his cheek as he fills it up with a cup, just to take a sip of it. Heart Shooter starts after him, turning her mirrored shaded eyes to Rainbow Dash and Vinyl only briefly before she continues.
Rainbow_Dash continues to stare down Discord. Fluttershy may have 'reformed' him, but that doesn't make him less of a troublemaker, in Rainbow's eyes. He's like a naughty colt who needs some regular discipline. "Spare me the sentimental act," Rainbow Dash says sourly. "I don't like how you're, uh..." She turns to Vinyl, quizzical. "Er...what was he doing?" She also glances at Heart Shooter, intrigued by the strange pegasus. She's totally unfamiliar...or is she?
"He basically right out told me that the whole world has forgotten Medley! The *real* Medley..." Vinyl thinks it over with an impatient sigh and roll of her eyes as Discord gets all 'upset'. "It's him, Dash. He took Medley's - and everyone else's - memory, somehow. Only her closest friends remember who she was." Adjusting Memoire on her back and quietening her with a pacifier, she adds, "He also can't play the chalkboard."
"I can too play the chalkboard! There are no need for insults! I merely dropped by your studio to introduce you to /my/ new discovered talent! Why, it is not my fault you are jealous and trying to grasp at straws. Preposterous!" Discord takes a bite out of the glass of chocolate milk, giving a crunch on it before swallowing. "I simply wanted to conduct business with you. You ponies are so hard to please." As he floats out the studio with Heart Shooter trotting along behind him, he lets out a long stretch and a yawn.
Memoire_Musique frowns. Mommy isn't happy. And that means somepony's being bad. She struggles down away from her mommy, and chases after Discord on tiny, fluttery wings, yelling at him in incomprehensible foal-speak.
Rainbow_Dash gapes. So /that's/ why Medley's been so weird: it was all part of Discord's game! "You...you...!" she utters at Discord, rearing up in an aggressive pose, full up with incomprehensible frustration and anger. "Wait," she says to Vinyl. "Who's that mare with him?"
Vinyl eeps and runs after her daughter, magically trying to restrain her. "Heart Shooter," she says, turning to Dash. "Equestria's next big thing, apparently. Her songs have been at number one for weeks, yet she works for *that* douche."
"Heart Shooter, it looks like you have a little fan. Give her an autograph will you?" Discord calls out to the yellow and red maned pegasus that trots after him. A small poster appears in front of her and a marker in her mouth as she signs her name: Heart Shooter. <3 Poof! The poster is floating in front of the young foal now. "Language, language! All of these wild accusations! Are you that desperate for attention Vinyl Scratch that you would make such tall tales? Come now Rainbow Dash, would -I- ever do that? But, I can see where we are not wanted. Heart Shooter my dear, let us be off!"
Memoire_Musique, rather than squeeing over the poster, keeps trotting after Discord... She, rather impossibly, sleezes through Vinyl's magical grip... How in the world did she do that?
Rainbow_Dash stares at Heart Shooter, that strange and oddly familiar mare. "Hey, you, Art Shouter, or whatever your name is!" she calls out. "I dunno what's up with you, but I'm letting you know: working with that jerk is a big mistake!"
<OOC> Vinyl_Scratch says, "Art Shouter. XD"
<OOC> Vinyl_Scratch cuddles Dashie. XD
<OOC> Medley snickers.
<OOC> Rainbow_Dash is a winner
Vinyl was distracted in her magic - so that's probably why she lost control of her daughter. Also, she isn't exactly Starswirl the Bearded. "Memmy!" she calls, exasperated. "Come back to Mommy, sweetie! That... thing... is a bad... thing. Whatever he is."
"I am not a bad anything!" Discord says with frustration soon leaking into his voice. "I came over here offering you a duet with Heart Shooter in which you rudely turned me down for and then have verbally attacked me without provocation!" With a snap of his fingers, Heart Shooter finds herself teleported next to him as she drapes an arm about her shoulders. She continues to stare silently back at the other two from behind those mirrored glasses of hers. "Heart Shooter? Have I not gave you what you wanted? Have I made you extremely successful all while giving you your privacy from those vultures that chase you around?" Her head slowly bobs as if it was on a string. "You see? She loves it! Now, why don't you stop trying to cause a scene. It's boring and tedious." He says with a yawn as he gives ad dismissive wave with his paw.
Memoire_Musique gallops over to Heart Shooter. "Sapbobawp!" she says, smacking the other pony across the face... Or she tries... She's too short, even on her hind legs! She flails ineffectually.
"Whoa, Memmy!" Rainbow Dash shouts, rising up into the air and zipping right over to pick up the little foal before she gets into any more trouble. Heart Shooter is giving her a bad vibe, too; she's definitely not behaving normally, but Rainbow can't really put a hoof on why. "Look, Discord, Vinyl doesn't want to play wi you, and that's that, so buzz off!"
The pegasi takes a few steps back as the foal approaches, giving Discord a visible frown upon his face. "Oh, fine. Boo hoo hoo on all of you. Come Heart Shooter, let's go make another chart topping hit! It's obvious these ponies don't appreciate fine music!" As he floats off, Heart Shooter lingers for a moment as her head turns to Rainbow Dash, then turns and follows after the floating and winding dragon.
Memoire_Musique sits down and pulls out a brain muffin, gnawing on it slowly. There! She told them off, now everything will be okay
Vinyl sighs as Discord disappears, turning to Dash with a hopeless look in her eyes. "What do we do now?" she says, slumping. She sits Memoire on the top of the piano for now, where she can eat messily in her favourite spot of the studio in peace.
Seeing that Memoire is out of danger, Rainbow takes the opportunity to bristle at the departing Discord (and accomplice) some more before sighing and settling down on the ground again. "No idea," she admits glumly. "Wait, you really don't know who Discord is? I thought he'd be all over the news!" Then again, Rainbow is not too aware of the censorship regime around here.
Memoire_Musique totters over to Rainbow dash... She's still dragging the plushie of the radical weather pony around with her wherever she goes.
Vinyl lets Memmy roam for now with her plushie, and the DJ mare runs a hoof through her mane. "I don't really read the newspaper all that often," she admits. "I mean, I knew *of* the chaos guy, and I kinda figured... but I haven't had all that face-to-face stuff you guys had with him."
"He's big trouble no matter what," says Rainbow Dash, resolute in her judgment. "I gotta get back to work, but we definitely need to figure this out: it's a friend of ours who's in trouble!" With that, she leaps up into the air and continues her previous flight path, immensely anxious about Medley but, at least, having new determination now that she has a plan to work with.
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Post by Solar Solstice on May 16, 2013 23:08:39 GMT -5
OOC Date: May 6, 2013
Characters: "Heart Shooter", Discord, Rainbow Dash
Setting: Rainbow learns the terrible secret of Equestria's newest pop star!
As Medley retreats from the stage, Discord awaits on a wall nearby, miniaturized within a vanity mirror's reflection. The draconequus lounges casually in the pane's curve, and claps his applause. "Listen to the neigh of that crowd! A brilliant performance, Heart Shooter. Bravo!" He throws a bouquet, which shimmers as it passes through the mirror and into Medley's waiting hooves, leaving the glass fractured. A jagged-like jumble of Discord's face peers out. "But I think next time we'll need more holograms. And bigger amplifiers; -much- bigger."
As Heart Shooter catches the bouquet, the gold and red pony gives a slow nod of her head. The mirrored shades settle over her eyes and her mane is a gout of fire that ripples behind her. "Yes, we need bigger amplifiers. More holograms." She says in a soft, agreeable voice. She can hear the crowd calling her name, begging for an encore, but after three, the show is finally over. She settles down in front of the mirror to her dressing room, staring at her reflection that is not her own, unknowing who the real pony is behind the glass. One of the down falls of leading a double life is once the show is over, there is nothing but confusion when she wakes up in the morning. It's all a weird dream.
Discord nods along with her. "And about the wardrobe for that new herd of backup prancers, I think parachute pants are apt to make a comeback, don't you agree? We don't want to be late to that party!"
Rainbow_Dash is all a mission of grave importance: trying to uncover Discord's concert racket! She flies over the stadium, peering down at the jubilant crowd, scowling at the results of the draconequus's hoofiwork. Mind-wipe her friend, will he! She circles and circles, glaring daggers downward at the stadium's bowl, but soon impatience and boredom start to crowd out her anger. You know...maybe she should've attended the concert to make for a smart, stealthy investigation? Uhh.. "Maybe if I sneak into the dressing room..." She banks right and dives down towards the side of the main stage, looking about for an entrance. Hopefully she won't have to, er, negotiate with whatever goons guard the back.
It seems that whatever guards would be there aren't as everything is a facade of Discord's magic. Heart Shooter perks her ears upwards and slowly nods her head as well as she turns her attention to Discord once more. Picking up a brush, she runs it through her mane a few times, then places it down. Slowly she heads to her closet to change out of her shiny sequenced clothing, her body a bit jerky as if they were on puppet strings.
Luckily, the security detail consists of Snips and Snails, who fail to notice Rainbow Dash's trespass while the latter sneaks shy peeks out at the dispersing crowd, and the former helps himself to the catering table.
Discord flicks his claw to ping a few loose shards of glass out from within the mirror's frame. Once it's clear, the draconequus slides through, gliding easily into the room - a room big and empty of everything but reminders of Heart Shooter's chart-topping status, in the form of various press clippings, awards statuettes and trophies, and multitudes of gaudy merchandise. Discord giggles and spins. "Look at what we've started here! And best of all, nobody bothers you anymore. Isn't it everything you ever wanted? And just wait until your crowning achievement - a concert at Canterlot Castle!"
Rainbow_Dash has kinda stopped wondering why those two colts end up getting involved with the bad crowds. She sneak-hovers past them into the backstage area, glancing about and looking for the main dressing room. They have big stars on the door, right? Sure enough, she finds that very room at the most inward portions, a sturdy mahogany door with a big star between her and her goal. "Here goes..." she states, taking a deep breath and puffing up her chest in preparation. With that, she bursts through the unlocked door and stares at Heart Shooter and Discord. "Just as I thought!" she declares, who really only thought of this a few minutes ago. "You two are up to no goowhauhtuhwha?" She gawks at the mirror, at the image of /Medley/ who is certainly not in the room...or is she? "...Oh Celestia, you're /Medley/!?"
As Heart Shooter turns around to face Rainbow Dash, she peers through the large mirrored shades on her face. "Would you like an autograph?" She asks in a neutral voice as she takes a picture out and slaps her hoof to it to reveal her mark. She pushes the picture forward. "Thank you for coming to my concert. See you next time!" It's almost like a script.
Discord wipes the nearby mirror with a waggle of his shaggy tailtip, and once it's passed across, that mirror has become an enormous publicity poster of Heart Shooter. Maybe it was just Rainbow's imagination! "Ahh, Heart Shooter - this pony's a special friend of mine. Let's give her the VIP treatment: a /personalized/ autograph!" Discord squints at the pen while it wiggles, and the message in cursive reads, "To Rainbow Dash, My MOST LOYAL Fan!" The chaotic draconequus moves to shoo Rainbow out the door, nudging her along with a green, glowing force. "Great to see you, Rainbow! I'll get you on the list for front-row tickets! Don't forget to buy some t-shirts for the Crusaders!"
It's a bit late: Rainbow /knows/ what she's seen and is determined not to let Discord's obfuscations get in the way. She quickly zips over to Heart Shooter and shakes her by the shoulders. "Medley! It's me...Rainbow Dash, remember?" When Discord speaks up her face contorts into anger, flying hard against Discord's magic towards him, ostensibly to knock him down and teach him a lesson. "You won't get away with this, Discord!" she yells.
As she is shaken back and forth, Heart Shooter addles for a moment, her mouth giving an 'O' like shape. When Discord tries to usher her away with his magic, she gives a quick tilt of her head, then settles back upon her haunches obediently as she takes in a deep breath. "Please come back to my show next week. I hope to see you again! I love you so much."
Discord hovers in the air, reclining as if on an invisible floating couch. Theatrically, he stifles a wide yawn, then glances over his lion claws idly. "Now, now, Rainbow Dash - don't delay Miss Heart Shooter. She has to start rehearsals for her next concert. You wouldn't want anything but the best for your famous friend, now would you?" Discord's green magic weighs like an unassailable inertia against the strain of Rainbow Dash's insistent flight; eventually, she'll have to tucker out, or try a different tactic.
"Let me go!" demands Rainbow Dash, flying/swimming against Discord's magic field without much avail. "Let /her/ go!" She flies against the field with all her strength, pushing against the resistance with incredible force, blood rushing to the very front of her head. After several moments she tires out, breathing heavily. With limp defiance she throws her hoof forward against the field. "You...you...!"
As she trots over to Discord's side, Heart Shooter stares back at Rainbow Dash with a small smile on her face. "Discord, if she is my biggest fan can she have free VIP seats? She should bring all her friends." She leans in against him almost lovingly as she softly sighs. "Maybe she and her friends can have dinner with me after the next show. It must be nice to have friends."
Discord's magic flickers out of existence for as long as the blue pegasus maintains her distance. He lowers his guard, turning to smirk at the diva and slide a single eagle talon up her cheek with the glissando of a detuned violin. "An excellent idea! The VIP treatment, and all gratis. How's that for being 'free to go', hmm Rainbow Dash? Honestly, what's a thrill-seeking pegasus like yourself got to complain about?"
"But you /are/ my friend, Medley!" Rainbow Dash shouts concernedly, waving her forelegs about. When Discord speaks, however, she scowls again and glares at him. "You big jerk! You really think that act will work? You're not gonna use me to drag in all my friends into-" She stops and blinks, then blinks again. Hey, wait a minute... "...Sure thing, Discord," Rainbow says carefully. "How about I bring some of my friends to Heart Shooter's next concert?"
Even behind the shades it seems that Heart Shooter has a look of confusion. Who is Medley? The gold and red colored pony looks up at Discord, then back towards the cyan colored pony with a smile on her face. "Does your friends want autographs also?" Her voice comes out softly as she trots back over to the large stack of pictures at her mirror, then starts to stamp them again with her hoof as it is dipped into the ink.
Discord snickers and wheels once. "Ah!, eager to enjoy a friend's newfound fame?" With an abrupt reversal of mood, he flips about in mid-air, turning his back to Rainbow, folding his mismatched arms and hoisting his fang-tipped snout into the air. "Well, after your bad manners, I -really- shouldn't. But - if you /promise/ to be on your best behavior, and all keep your seats until after the concert, I'll be happy to make arrangements for you and five of your closest friends."
Rainbow_Dash awkwardly accepts 'Heart Shooter's' posters. "Sure...thanks..." she says, glancing aside. To Discord, she displays the usual disdain. "I'm looking...forward to it," she says through gritted teeth.
Medley gives a bright smile to Rainbow Dash as she hands the pictures over. The cyan colored pony can see her reflection within those mirrored shades of hers that hide her eyes. "Great! I'll make sure that when I sing my top hit, that I'm singing it for you, my greatest fan."
Discord grins and zips through the air with an instantaneous flash, reappearing to loom above Rainbow. "Now that's dedication! Truly, Heart Shooter is a star who appreciates her fans. And I can tell you must appreciate everything she's doing for you, too, Rainbow - just look at how big you're smiling. Now, if there's nothing else...?"
"Yeah," says Rainbow Dash sadly, "your biggest fan." She looks up at Discord with ultimate hatred. "...Nothing. I'll...I'll see you at the concert." She turns about and hovers onward and out before she lets her impulses get the better of her. Now, she's gotta round up the others to take on Discord again!
Lifting a hoof up to wave to Rainbow Dash's retreat, Heart Shooter's body slumps forward a bit as if the puppet had let go of her strings. She simply stares at the door with a hunched over expression upon her face.
Discord watches her go, waving goodbye. "Farewell! Auf Wiedersehen! Sayonara! Arrivederci!" Once the pegasus departs, Discord chuckles darkly to himself, and reaches into the air above Medley to take hold of an invisible string. He hoists Medley up like a marionette and swings her about, manipulating her limbs to mirror his own waltzing. "You know, Heart Shooter, I think you're onto something about having her in mind when you sing your heart out. In fact, I think you should dedicate your next big hit to her, and all her friends too..."
Rainbow_Dash flies out of the area with clear purpose and clearer anger. She'll figure out a way to break Discord's spell, somehow! Now...the question is /how/ exactly she's gonna do that...
As she dances with Discord, Heart Shooter wraps her forelegs about his neck and sways with him in time to the invisible music in the air. After a quick twirl, she starts to sing in her beautiful voice, "You know we can get away - because I'm calling your name. Every day I feel this .. paa-aain. But you just turn and walk away. Oh, No-oh-oh.. I just can't keep hanging on.. to you and me!" As she twirls with him and drops into a curtsy, her voice rises up stronger. "Touch me and then turn away. Put your heart into the flame. Tell me if you feel this pain. Cause' I don't want a ball and chain - Oh, no-oh-oh.. I just can't keep hanging on.. to you and me!" Closing her eyes, she leans back on her hind legs, throwing her forelegs and wings out to steady her as she absorbs the rush of the invisible crowd and their applause.
Medley pages, "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saoOByAFy90" to Discord and you.
Discord, after a long and whirling dance, pauses to support Heart Shooter's lean with the end of his rust-colored serpentine tail. "Ah, but you can always hang on to fame, Heart Shooter! Just so long as I'm your manager, that is. You don't ever have to lose your stardom. Why - this is just the beginning!" He cackles with glee, then bounces her into a somersault on his tail, onto the tip of which she falls back, standing steadily on a single hoof. "It was so polite of you to pretend not to notice how jealous Rainbow Dash was of you. I'm sure she'll realize how wrong she was to try to discourage you, when you sing your heart out for her."
Backflipping and landing on her hoof, Heart Shooter takes a sweeping bow forward with her wings outstretched. She does not say anything in return, as always. Her posture once more slumps back into a sitting position upon her rump, her head dangling off to one side in wait for the next command.
Discord sets her down, pinches his nose, and leaps - shrinking as he falls through the air - into a large shard of broken mirror, which ripples like water as he enters it. He resurfaces, wearing shades and Heart Shooter-branded water wings. "You did good work today, superstar. Take five!" He snaps!, and the accursed sunshades sparkle in the midst of a glow, rising off the mare's muzzle and then settling gently on the nearby dresser. "Ta-ta!", cries Discord with one last laugh, before diving back into the jagged fragment of the vanity, disappearing.
When the shades disappear, Heart Shooter's illusion dissipates in a flash, leaving behind the emerald colored pegasus alone in the dressing room. The rest of the illusion melts away, leaving behind her bedroom as she gives a gentle shake of her head. She looks at the mirror with confusion, staring at her own reflection before letting out a soft yawn. ".. mmff.. freaking double shifts pushing clouds." She says with another yawn as she ambles over to her bed and flops down into it, face down as she wraps her hooves about her pillow, hugging it.
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Post by Solar Solstice on May 16, 2013 23:09:07 GMT -5
OOC Date: May 7, 2013
Characters: Rainbow Dash, Medley
Setting: RD invites Medley to her alter-ego's own concert in a fit of rare cleverness; they plan for a trip
Another day, another weather pattern wrapped up for Team Rainbow Dash, the principal member of which glides leisurely above the cloudy streets of Cloudsdale. She pitches downward, making to hover close to the road, but when she spots Medley chillin' out Rainbow immedietely switches direction and lands right next to the bench. "Hey Medley!" she greets, suppressing the feelings of woe that surge up inside her.
Medley perks her ears upwards and gives Dash a smile. "Hey BFF!" She calls out with a wave of her hoof, followed by a yawn. "Man, I'm wiped. I could barely stay awake during my shift today. I'd cut back on the hours but I really need the money." She rubs at her eyes again with her hoof. "Didn't get the promotion by the way. Got passed up for Starry Skies."
"Aw, that totally sucks!" Rainbow Dash replies. "I thought for sure you'd get it this time!" she makes a show of sighing aloud, exaggerating to force herself to not think about certain dark realities. Too bad it doesn't work. "You /definitely/ look wiped. What, did you stay out late last night?" Rainbow knew, of course, exactly /why/ Medley was tired, but maybe...maybe Medley had some /inkling/...?
"Just a double shift of pushing clouds. Open to close. Got in late and passed right out." Medley says with a yawn. "Was back at work early." She slumps against the arm of the bench. "But I have tomorrow off! Maybe we can hang out and get lunch?" She offers in a drowsy tone. "I've missed you. Been forever since I've seen you."
Rainbow_Dash is certain that, should she choose to investigate, that Medley's work record would show no such shifts. "...Yeah, lunch sounds good," says Rainbow, having seen Medley more often than she knows. "Hey, you, uh...you hear about this new singer, Heart Shooter? She's kind of a big deal, apparently."
"Yeah, I heard of her. I like some of her music. You got her new album?" Medley yawns again as she twirls a hoof in the air. "Vinyl really hates her." She says as she sprawls out on the bench as best she can to get comfortable. "I think she's -- yawn -- super jelly or something. Don't know why."
Rainbow_Dash glances aside. "Gee, I, uh, wonder why," she says, making a barely passable attempt at hiding her own discomfort. Suddenly, a strange fancy seizes her, leading her along a path of risk and daring that, despite earleir impressions, she was not wont to take of her own initiative. Yet, despite this, she finds herself walking it, and so in wake of her internal journey she produces one of the tickets she obtained from Discord and presents it to Medley. "I love her music too! Here, I got a ticket for her next concert if you wanna come."
"Oh, really?" Medley takes the ticket and looks at it, then nearly sputters out. "It's VIP! Front Row! I can't afford this." She woes quietly as she gives it back. "I bet Merryweather can. Not sure if she likes the music but I bet she'd have fun and get into some crazy stuff." Giggling at the idea of her at a concert, her ears perk upwards followed by another yawn. "Can you get me a T Shirt at least?"
"Hey, it's a free gift!" Rainbow Dash insists, trying to hoof the ticket back to Medley. "Merry, heh, maybe! I dunno if she needs to be any more excited, if you know what I mean. Anyway...yeah, I'll try to get you something, but maybe you should get it yourself!"
"But this costs soooo much money! I can't take a free gift like that from you Rainbow Dash. You're supposed to be the loyal one, not the generous one. The generous one is the super hot one with the fancy dresses, right?" Medley rubs at her nose a bit. "I mean I'll go.. I just.. I'll feel so incredibly guilty."
<OOC> You say, "Super hot one? X3"
<OOC> Medley laughs.
"The whole point of gifts is that they're free, Medley," Rainbow Dash says, smirking a bit. "Anyway, take it or leave it, your choice, but either way I'm hoping to see you again at that concert." In a rather dark way that's perfectly true. "/I/ got them for free, so it's not like it's costing me anything."
"Whaaaat? How'd you get 'em for free?! Did you save another kitten from a tree or something?" Medley asks with wide eyes. "How many tickets you get? How come you aren't inviting you know.. the other.. five friends of yours?" She suddenly feels quite honored! She got invited to Heart Shooter's concert, front row, VIP, by Rainbow Dash! Reaching out to grab her, she pulls her into a firm hug.
"I'm gonna try to invite them too!" Rainbow Dash says. "But...I wanted to invite you, too." Sure, she'll be short one ticket but she has enough money to buy herself one extra. Before she can say anything else Medley grabs her and embraces her tight. "Whoa, hey!" she says, but she quickly returns the gesture. "I wouldn't forget a friend like you!"
Leaning back after letting her go, Medley has a goofy but tired smile on her face. "Thank you so much Dash. Oh, I can't wait to go! Just don't tell Vinyl cuz she'll get really mad." She giggles softly as she finishes off her coffee, then lobs it into the trash can next to the bench. "Does this mean we can go backstage and meet her also? That's /so/ cool."
"We just might," says Rainbow Dash, feeling her heart grow heavily even as a light smile appears on her face. Sometimes she really hated how easy it was to lie. "Anyway, it's a couple of weeks before the concert so we'll have plenty of time to fan-filly later. You up for anything?"
"Up for whatever. I'm down. I'm a bit tired but got a few hours in me." Medley says with a smile as she gives a flutter of her wings. "Got a second wind in me now thanks to you! I'm so excited. I haven't been to a concert in forever." As she hops to her hooves, she gives a long stretch of her body.
"We can just grab a smoothie or something," says Rainbow Dash. "C'mon, I know a place!" She lands on the road (yeah, she's been hovering all this time!) and tries to lead Medley on, if she's not too tired, that is.
"Sure, we can get a smoothie." Medley says as she flutters after her friend as she takes the air, giving a few twirls. "I'll pay since you're hooking me up with this awesome ticket! So, you give anymore thought to our vacation to the beach? I was hoping to go in many two months."
Rainbow_Dash resumes hovering to keep up with Medley. "Oh, Celestia, that's slipped my mind lately! There's been... a bunch of stuff going on." Yeah, about that. "I'm still go for it, though; just waitin' on you to decide on the place!"
"Let's go to Califoalnia! We can go up and down the coast and hit up the boardwalk." Medley says as she figure eights around her friend in a lazy pattern, then flips onto her back to float upside down with a giggle. "I bet there'll be so much that we can do!"
Rainbow_Dash is happy to just float along; gotta save up energy for the big challenges. "Califoalnia sounds awesome! I totally wanna try out surfing, too. Didn't you say you wanted to surf, too?"
"Ha! I bet you'll be great at surfing. You're pretty much good at everything athletic." Medley says as she lands in front of the smoothie shop, then trots in through the open door. "Yup! I want to give it a try. Gonna get myself a pretty awesome swim suit for it."
Rainbow_Dash chuckles. "Aw, c'mon, I already said you were better than me at the strong-stuff!" She reaches around and tries to ruffle Medley's mane playfully before she follows after her inside. "Swim suit? I dunno, those things seem really unnecessary if y'ask me."
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Post by Solar Solstice on May 16, 2013 23:16:53 GMT -5
OOC Date: May 10, 2013
Characters: Vinyl Scratch, Marble Memory, Rainbow Dash
Setting: A standard Memory family snogging session is interrupted for an urgent call-to-arms by Rainbow
((First part is missing, but it's not important X3 ))
"Don't worry, honey," smiles Vinyl sympathetically, Wingwub ruffling his feathers on her shoulder. "You can still clean. I'll just... supervise. That sound okay?" She doesn't really want any more of her vases broken.
Marble grumbles and flops on the couch. "No, I don't want to clean anymore." His entire day and mood are ruined because of a little thing like destroying the house. Really! He sighs. "I want a bran muffin."
"You can't give up just because you... broke a couple things." says Vinyl, sitting down beside her husband. "Go ahead and clean, I'll be right here." Moving in a little closer, the DJ's attitude changes. "Or, if you're *really* not up for cleaning, we could... you know... since the kids are out..." Noticing her parrot just... staring, she brushes him off her shoulder and out of the room before leaning forward to kiss her husband tenderly.
Marble doesn't move. His mood's still in 'cleaning didn't go my way' mode. "Stupid curtains." He says. Though after a moment he does reach up a hoof to... prod his wife.
Vinyl deepens her kiss a little, giggling at his anti-curtain comment but pushing him down on the sofa so he doesn't have any choice but to return her affections. She stirs a little at the prod, but doesn't take much notice of it.
After a moment, Marble wraps his hooves about his wife and returns the affections, kissing her intimately. He's a good husband, even when he's upset that the house doesn't want to get cleaned.
He's also a good kisser, which is why Vinyl runs her hooves through Marble's mane as they cuddle together, taking control and entwining her tail with her husband's. "Mmmm..." she murmurs, horn alighting just once to make sure all the doors are shut. Well, at least she thinks they are.
Of course, it's at that moment that a rainbow-coloured blur zooms right through the closed front door, slamming it open, the source of the blur in a state of some agitation. "Vinyl! VINYL! You've gotta- whoa whoa whoa." Rainbow Dash screeches to a halt mere feet away from the snogging couple, gawking at them awkwardly. "Uh...did I come at a bad time?"
Marble flails and shrieks in surprise as suddenly a pegasus bursts into his front door. Just when he was relaxing. He shrieks again, bolting upright and standing on the back of the couch, flailpointing at Rainbow Dash.
"AAAAAAAAARGH!" Vinyl squeals, tumbling off the couch and onto the floor. Looking up and realising who it is, she gets up hastily, turning a lovely shade of red in her cheeks and cough-laughing nervously. "Uh... sorry about that, Dash. We were just..." There's probably no point in her trying to explain. >.> "Sorry. What was it you wanted to say to me?"
"Just...don't say anything," says Rainbow Dash, her ears bright red and having burst into a rather intimate moment. "Anyway...I need your help! That mare who's bumped Medley off the charts /is/ Medley! It's a big switcharoo magic tricky whatever thingy!" She flails her forelegs wildly, attempting to somehow relate her excited state through panicked gestures.
Marble is returning panicked gestures at Rainbow Dash. This filly just burst into his home after all. He's sputtering and speechless, unable to articulate. "I... y... wh... s.... y... i..."
Vinyl stares at Dash, the cogs in her mind almost visibly turning to piece this together. "Medley... wha... wait... I don't... but..." Looking to stammering Marble, then back to Dash, she tilts her head. "Heart Shooter is Medley? But... I mean... Meddles is great! Superstar material! And Heart Shooter has the personality of a brick. Not even a good brick." The DJ is certainly baffled. "They *can't* be the same pony." )
"But they are!" Rainbow Dash exclaims, and so she explains the whole sordid deal: how Discord is using Medley as his hypnotized puppet to get into the music scene. "He's got her under this spell...and we gotta get Medley out of it somehow!"
Marble finally brings himself to calm down and hops off the couch. He hasn't heard anything about Medley or losing her place in the charts. "... O... O-Oh dear..."
"Wha..." Vinyl stands agape as Dash explains, before slowly closing her mouth as it begins to make sense. "That's why she can remember anything," she says quietly. "But... nopony else can remember anything either. Marble only knows Medley because she's my friend, same with the kids... and everyone else I've spoken to. It seems... Discord's picking on *us* with this, not her. It's like... we're the only ponies in the world with recollection of her fame."
Rainbow_Dash growls as Vinyl brings up Discord and his plans. She's so /angry/ at Discord, but she doesn't want to give in and outright hate him because that's what he likes! "That big lizard-faced freak is gonna get it once I'm done with...with...whatever I'm working on!" She takes a few deep breathes. "OK...OK, I think I have something." She reaches around and plucks a small piece of paper from between her wing feathers: a ticket to Heart Shooter's next concert. "I managed to snag some of these. We should all show up and teach Discord a lesson!"
Marble sputters and takes a step to get off the couch, only to flail and fall facefirst onto the floor in an epic faceplant because he didn't place his hoof right.
Vinyl's magic leaves her horn in a glowing blue trail to wrap itself around Marble and gently help him up. Looking over the tickets, her frown breaks into a smug grin. "You're a genius, Dash!" she exclaims. "That'll do perfectly. But uh... how do you exactly expect to 'teach him a lesson'? He is, like, the King of Chaos, after all." That being said, Vinyl does trust Dash. The element of Loyalty won't let her or Medley down!
Rainbow_Dash puffs her chest up. "Easy! I'm gonna...gonna....err..." She scratches her head. "I have no idea, but I'm sure I'll think of something along the way!"
After taking a moment to straighten up a bit (And rub his nose.) Marble holds up a hoof. "Wait just a hot second! We're not about to do something that reflects poorly on my town, are we?"
<OOC> Rainbow_Dash throttles Marbs for being political :u
"No, Marble," replies Vinyl, kissing her husband's cheek in a tender, just-leave-it-to-me way. "We're going to save our friend from an evil draconequs who sucks big time." Turning to Dash, she hmms. "We need a plan," she explains. "We can't just stroll in there unprepared. He'll think we're some kinda joke. Do you have any idea what kinda spell he's using to control Medley? Maybe we should go ask somepony who's good at magic. Twilight! Would Twilight know?"
<OOC> Marble_Memory always worries about his career when his wife gets a plan. XD
Rainbow_Dash gazes weirdly at Marble. Is he always so obsessed with- actually, maybe she shouldn't ask. "Yeah, Twilight would /definitely/ know! She's been real busy lately, though, so I dunno...but I think Fluttershy can help us, too!" After all, isn't Fluttershy Discord's only real friend? She ought to have /some/ pull over him! "We can't just rely on magic though; we gotta be ready to smash things up if we have to!" She smacks her hooves together to emphasize.
Marble flails his hooves. "Nnnnnno!" Marble says, worried about the repercussions of smashing things. No no no no! "Nnnnnnnnoooooooooo!"
<OOC> Medley says, "I should so knock on the door. XD"
Vinyl eyerolls, cuddling Marble a bit more. "We won't smash anything up, darling, honest." she assures him. "Especially not in your town. But we have to protect our friend." Turning to Dash, the DJ lets out a soft hrmm. "We'll try Fluttershy. And... Comet told me about this girl she met who's studying magic in Canterlot, like proper old magic... Nightshade, I think her name was. We'll try her."
"Dude, take a chill pill!" Rainbow Dash counsels Marble, holding up a foreleg to act as a shield from his manic flailing. "Uh...right, this Nightshade sounds like a good lead. Heck, I'll see if I can hook up with Merry and Barnstormer. They're her friends too!"
"I know Nightshade. She became my boss back in Canterlot." Marble says calmly, trying to remain calm and not panic or anything, which is a constant struggle for the chancellor. "Nnngh."
((Incomplete, but you get the picture))
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Post by Solar Solstice on Jun 4, 2013 22:12:42 GMT -5
OOC Date: May 16, 2013
Characters: Rainbow Dash, Skyheart, Fluttershy, Cherry Blossom, Maplewing
Setting: At Cherry Blossom's Teahouse, Rainbow let's Fluttershy in on what Discord has been up to lately.
A bright spring afternoon like this ought to be a relaxing time, but now for Rainbow Dash. She's on an important mission: to gather her friends for a big showdown! Fluttershy, she figures, is the key, given her close relationship with Rainbow's present enemy, so she hovers about the teahouse near the edge of town, searching for her. Flutters hung out hear sometimes, right? )
Skyheart is already at the teahouse. He's rather lethargic, if a bit more uplifted than he had been. Orpheus is strangely not with him has he tries to distract himself with some papers. Sadly, nothing is coming to him and he finds his attention wandering to Rainbow Dash, who is pacing rather aimlessly. "You can sit down, you know." He quips.
Lucky for Rainbow Dash and the groove she's certain to wear in the floor, Fluttershy *does* hang out here sometimes, and 'sometimes' just happens to be now, if the soft singing voice growing steadily outside the door is who is sounds like. o/~ Dakara hi hi hi... o/~ But she stops when she reaches the door, peeking inside.
<OOC> Rainbow_Dash kinda said that RD is hovering about, but eh n.n
<OOC> You say, "Is Flutters singing the Japanese MLP theme? X3"
<OOC> Fluttershy says, "You have a really strong slipstream? o.o;"
<OOC> Fluttershy says, "Yes."
<OOC> Fluttershy says, "Last time it was the Italian theme."
<OOC> You say, "Heheh"
<OOC> Fluttershy says, "Before that it was MLP Tales. n.n"
<OOC> You say, "Tales D:"
Rainbow_Dash peers at Skyheart. "Just waiting on somepony, you know?" she answers tersely. Sure enough, Fluttershy arrives, and Rainbow immedietely zips up to her face. "Flutters, you're here! I gotta...I mean, uh, let's talk and stuff." *Guiltygrin*
Skyheart gives a light nod to Rainbow Dash. When Fluttershy enters, he gives a tense and weak smile from his seat. Likely he won't even be seen. For now, he just pretends to try and work. The tea isn't making him any more relaxed, sadly.
"Oh! ...oh?" Fluttershy tilts her head, peering back at Rainbow Dash. "Um...a-about what? Is something bothering you?" Her eyes drift over to Skyheart, and suddenly she feels even less not awkward.
"Maybe. Probably." Rainbow Dash glances left and right. "Definitely. Can't say right now...let's find a quiet spot." She glances at Skyheart a bit regretfully, but it can't be helped. This is important hero business!
Skyheart can't help but notice eyes on him. He winces and shrinks down a bit. As if he didn't have enough to worry about right now. HOpefully the two would get to their business so he can try and relax. Right now it's not happening.
Fluttershy seems to sense that Skyheart needs his alone time. The yellow filly gives him a small, nervous smile and turns back to Rainbow Dash. "Um...o-okay." She starts to walk toward the corner. "What's going on?"
Rainbow_Dash looks around again before settling in a seat. "So, uh...when was the last time you talked to Discord?"
"Discord?" Fluttershy flutter blinks. "A...couple of months, I guess? I-I mean, he goes on a lot of long trips, I guess..." For some reason, er eyes drift instinctively back to Skyheart.
"He's been on a bit of a trip, all right!" And with that Rainbow Dash explains the whole story: Discord's hypnosis of Medley, the rise of 'Heart Shooter', the conflict with Vinyl, everything. She speaks softly but rapidly, gestulating wildly and taking nary a pause. Regularly she glances around to make sure nopony is eavesdropping, but thankfully it's a slow day today. "...so we gotta show up at the concert to show him what's what!" Rainbow Dash concludes, taking a deep breath. That was a mouthful!
Skyheart sighs. So he wasn't the only one. He thought he was done with that business. Granted /he/ is and for a while he was better off for it. He listens for now. It's difficult to fix this sort of thing without a will to do so if outside intervention isn't a thing.
Skyheart, is there something you'd like to share with the class? Fluttershy blinks and turns back to face Rainbow Dash again, staring evenly through the rest of her story. That stare slowly melts away into shock, and that shock meets an icebreaker and splinters into raw fury, and those splinters of fury embed themselves in the bitter, bitter hoof of firey disappointment. "DiscoooOOOOrd!" she breathes, leaning her forehooves on the table. "We had a deal. What is he *thinking*?"
Rainbow_Dash reels back, her eyes wide open. She rarely ever saw Fluttershy really angry, but she knew that she could be really, really scary when she was, like right now. "Uh..." she utters, not wanting to trigger Fluttershy, "I dunno what he's up to, but we gotta stop him! And I know just the thing..." She reaches back and plucks something she's tucked into her feathers: a shiny concert ticket. "This'll get us premium seats," she explains. "After the show's over, we're gonna bust into the dressing room and...and teach Discord a lesson!"
There's a flash of papers as Skyheart ducks under his table after Fluttershy unleashes the fury of Tartarus itself. He hides for the time being, hoping not to be noticed anymore. It was too much right now.
Puff. Puff. Puff. There are little jets of steam coming out of Fluttershy's nose; her chest is heaving as she leans over the table, staring right through Rainbow Dash and into the middle distance. It takes a moment for Rainbow's words to get through to her...but slowly, her heart stops pumping so fast and she sighs, slumping back. "I'm just so...disappointed. This is a betrayal of my trust!"
<OOC> Fluttershy says, "Hello, Starlight. Welcome to Fluttershy."
<OOC> Starlight says, "Hiya. Welcome *to* Fluttershy?"
<OOC> Rainbow_Dash nodnods. About right.
<OOC> Starlight says, "... Okey... dokey... lokey..."
Rainbow_Dash can't help but frown, too. She had thought that Discord being friends with Fluttershy would help him along to being less of a jerk, but then things happened. At least he's not making it rain chocolate anymore. "Look, I...I dunno what's up with him, and really, I don't wanna know, but...I know this really affects you in a bad way, and...I'm sorry 'bout that." Rainbow swallows nervously; being heartfelt and candid isn't something she's used to, but in this case she deems it necessary that she try. "We'll definitely have to sort thiout after, but...but before that we gotta rescue my friend!"
-THUMP!- -THUMP!- -THUMP!- comes the sound of something upstairs landing upon the floor repeatedly, then a horrible grunting and whimpering. Followed by the thumping once more. It sounds like somepony is having some trouble. A few moments later a very disheveled looking tea mare starts down the stairs, hindquarters first. Pausing midway down the stairwell her backside gives a little shimmy and it seems as if she is trying to cinch up on something she has a grip on before her downward progress begins again. Cherry clearly doesn't know that there are ponies in her teahouse at the moment.
Skyheart isn't sure if he should provide testimony or not. Then again... This sounds serious. "I ah... um...." he speaks up weakly, however. There's a chance they're not going to bother. Then again, if he's not forced to be involved that might be for the best.
"You're right," declares Fluttershy with fluttery determination. "Um...so, w-when *is* this concert? Maybe I should talk to--" Her head whips around as Skyheart decides to make himself known again. And then up at the thump-thump-thump--are they under attack?!
"It's in a week or so, actua-" Rainbow darts her head up as Cherry Blossom crashes down the stairs, barely hearing Skyheart as a result. "Whoa, whoa!" she cries out, zipping over to the mare-proprietor. "Yo, you still together?" she asks, peering at Cherry with concern.
Cherry_Blossom lands on her flank on the ground floor, in her forehooves is a truly massive paper sign....a paper sign tacked to an even more massive inch thick wooden backer. For now Cherry pants and leans her head against her burden while resting on her cutiemark, "Y-yes...*pant* ...thank you...*wheeze*...s-sorry...I'll. *huff* B-be right with....*puff* ...you." The sign is nearly as big as Cherry herself is, if it weren't for the fact that she was an earth pony she probably wouldn't have even made it this far.
Skyheart also watches Cherry for a moment, forgetting his own concerns for the moment. He darts out from under the table and moves to help Dash air lift the sign up. "Come on. We got this," he says, apparently premptively offering Dash's services, "Where do you want it?"
Maple's morning had been quite splendid, sales were excellent in the market with lots of compliments on this years batch of syrup. Nothing could make the day better than to see his special somepony. It's been a nice casual trot-glide-fly trip up to the tea house, his distraction with which mode of transport he prefers at any given at any moment hinting at his good mood as he makes his way to the tea house. With a jingle of the door, Maple presses through, though is stopped by the thumping, heard from outside, only to find Cherry on her rump and looking worn out with Dash and Skyheart moving to help. "Hi..err everything okay?" he asks, looking a touch concerned.
Fluttershy claps her hooves over her mouth. She takes wing and flutters across the floor, reaching down to help poor Cherry stand upright again. "What's wrong?"(Fluttershy is obligated to ask, even if the giant sign is in plain view.)
Rainbow_Dash simply stares at Cherry, dumbfounded, but thankfully Skyheart spares her the trouble of trying to figure out what's going on. "Uh...good on you," she utters lamely, terribly distracted by her thoughts about the crisis with Discord.
Cherry_Blossom blinks in slight surprise, then an extremely grateful smile spreads cross her muzzle as her three customers come to her rescue. Her smile only widens when she sees her special somepony arrive. She takes a moment to catch her breath before bowing slightly, "Oh thank you all so much. If you could put the sign out front just to the left of the door please? I shouldn't have tried to carry it by myself. That was silly of me, I was just so excited about it I got carried away with myself." She turns to look at Maplewing then at Fluttershy, "Oh I am fine, Thank you. I'm just trying to get everything ready for the viewing of the cherry blossoms. They are falling soon." She suddenly realized that her friends had just witnessed her own fall and smiled shyly, "Um...the petals are falling soon...not me."
Skyheart does as instructed and starts to lead the sign out to where it was instructed. With or without the help around, he'd need something to do to try and take his mind off of recent issues.
Maplewing's look of concern doesn't fade, at least not entirely as Cherry is helped up before he can reach her, though he immediately slides in next to her and helps support the mare, wing draped lightly and almost protectively across her back as he gives her a concerned little nosing. "You /sure/ you're alright?" he asks, not seeming completely convinced, but smiles as he finally gets a chance to notice the sign. "I told you to call on me if you needed /any/ help with that." he chuckles affectionately, tipping his head to everypony appreciatively. "Thank you all for helping my dear cherry." he says a bit sheepishly, feeling almost as if he should have been there more promptly for her. "Ah, ih, you need a hand moving that?" he asks skyheart and Dash, though clearly uneasy about leaving Cherry's side for the moment.
"Oh, um...a-all right." Fluttershy fluts back and lets herself land. Clip-clop. "If you're sure you don't need anything...I-I mean, maybe I could make you some tea?" Beat here for irony.
Rainbow_Dash sees that it's getting quite crowded in here; it might be best if she skips out for now. Carefully, she hovers close to Fluttershy and whispers, "We'll talk later. Don't forget the concert!" She looks about, all suspicious and like, and then hovers out of the teahouse, putting another check on her mental checklist. Just a bit more!
((Had to leave here; more stuff happened after n.n ))
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Post by Solar Solstice on Jun 4, 2013 23:21:25 GMT -5
OOC Date: May 25/29, 2013
Characters: Dynamite Rave, Rainbow Dash
Setting: Rainbow recruits Dynamite into the cause of Discord-whomping
It is a beautiful spring night in Canterlot and Dynamite Rave has just returned to his dorm room after a night of magic combat training. Covered in sweat, his red pelt glistens, his black mane clinging to his neck and shoulders. Dumping his armor on the ground in a heap, he gives a long stretch of his body, then blows out a soft breath. As always, his room is as hot as an oven with a thick humidity. He is the element of fire after all.
Rainbow_Dash is feeling rather tense as of late. As the appointed hour of Heart Shooter's concert approaches, she feels herself getting more and more anxious. Sure, she's done aal she could to prepare: she's spent extra time practicing her flight moves, regulated her diet to start building stamina, and even started reading books from the mystery section (well, sorta: she's kinda dropped about 5 books after trying to get past the first 20 pages). There's only so much you can do in a day, though, so she's take a breather and doing some leisure flights around Canterlot. Her flight path takes her right by Dynamite Rave's window, and she has to bank a bit thanks to the sudden blast of heat. Whoa, what's /in/ that place?
There is a flash of light from Dynamite's window as well as the young pony's magic charges up within his horn, casting a rune circle on the floor that he trots into the middle of. As he starts to float in mid air, his four legs spread out a bit as he hovers. A book circles around and opens in front of him as he starts to flip through the pages of it with a frown upon his face.
Rainbow_Dash reels back at the sudden force that emanates from the window. "Hey, whoa!" she exclaims, turning around mid-flight and hovering right by that room. OK, she's definitely intrigued and she's gotta find out what's going on. Slowly, she draws closer and presses her face against Dynamite's window. "Yo! Are you trying to cook a volcano in there?"
The window opens inwards to allow Dash to tumble into the room. As he continues to float and turn pages in the book, Dynamite Rave glances upwards to her. His bod is scarred along one shoulder, and another across his chest. His room is painted black with a single bed against the wall, a pile of military clothes on the floor, and there are stacks of books everywhere. Dash should recognize him as Twilight Sparkle's personal body guard. The youngest ever promoted in Equestria history. "Hello element of loyalty." He says as he turns another page. "It's actually quite cold in here."
Rainbow_Dash emits an 'oomfh!' sound as she topples through the now-open window and into the room. She knows of Dynamite Rave, to be sure, but apart from certain public details she does'nt know him very well. She /does/ know that his room is really weird and that he's probably even weirder given how he's talking like an adult. "Col- yikes!" she exclaims, feeling her face burn from contact with the hot floor. Lifting up to a hover at once, she peers at Dynamite incredulously. "Wow, so you really /are/ a, uh, fiery kind of colt, aren't ya?"
He's sixteen! He's a teen! Hardly a colt. Ask Twilight (rimshot). Oh, the rumors. The rumors. Dynamite Rave looks amused as he blows a lock of black mane away from his eyes. "But, I've been told I'm hot by a mare or two. You aren't too bad yourself rainbow." He turns another page in his book and grins.
Rainbow_Dash stares at Dynamite with a rough gaze. "Whoa whoa, you should /probably/ stick to mares in your league, kid," she advises. C'mon, he's way younger than she is! "But...yeah, so this is where you live, huh? It's...it fits, heh." Her expression softening, she slowly lowers herself to the ground, tentatively poking the floor with her hind hoof to see if there's any actually-cool spots. Whoa, not there! Wait, that sport seems OK. She comes down all the way, standing awkwardly due to the heat she can feel through her hooves.
There is a look of amusement upon Dynamite's face. "You're right, you aren't in my league." He says as he lifts a hoof up to inspect it as he floats down to land on the floor. "And I ain't no kid. Not after all I've been through." He was the one trapped in the box for four days, locked away by the Bloom Doll. Changeling war? Yeah, survived it. Turned two into green jelly. Evil Clown Ponies? He blew up their headquarters when they captured his friends. He's sixteen going on forty. "Yeah, this is where I live when I'm not staying the night with Twilight. It's not much but it beats the orphanage."
Rainbow_Dash accepts Dynamite's admission, apparently not aware of the possible double meaning. She doesn't seem to react to
Dynamite staying with Twilight, either. I mean, they're probably just close friends, right? "Does it have to be so...black?" she asks, gazing at the dark walls with unease.
Dynamite_Rave looks about the dark room for a moment before looking back to her. "I don't see anything wrong with black walls. It's comforting at night I suppose." He rubs at his cheek gently. "I guess it just makes me feel secure." Ears twitching forward, he asks, 'So what's up?"
Rainbow_Dash is going to stay far away from whatever psychological issues Dynamite might have and just grin and bear it. "Me? Oh, uh...just, you know, routine stuff. Practicing my moves, checking out the cool places, that kinda stuff." She wonders how much Dynamite would know about the Discord situation, being a special-forces guard and all, but he doesn't seem to be aware. Good. "You, you're, uh...practicing your magic and stuff?" The rune on the floor was kind of a dead giveaway.
"Just doing some light reading before bed. Twilight has me working on some shield building spells. Says that I will find value in not only offensive but defensive spell casting."
Dynamite chuckles softly as he closes the book and floats it back over to his pile. "So, rumor is you went toe to toe with Discord and got bounced at Heart Shooter's last concert. What's up with that? How come you're picking a bone with him?"
"WHAT!" Rainbow Dash shouts suddenly. "Where did you hear that! How did you...did /Nightshade/ talk to you?" She better not have, or Rainbow will...do something rough!
Dynamite_Rave looks amused for a moment. "That's classified information." He says with a teasing lift in his voice. "So, what's going on? Anything I need to know or is this something you can handle yourself?"
Rainbow_Dash makes a funny face, jutting her lower lip upward in indignation. One day she'll find out who keeps leaking this sensitive information about various things, and when she does...! "I think I can handle it; this is kinda something that needs, uh... close friends, yeah. Plus, I think you'd get, like, orders and stuff if you actually had to help. Anyway..." She hovers around, taking in the room and its strange blackness before coming back and peering at the spellbook. "So...this is, like, fire magic stuff right?"
"Actually, seeing how I'm a Personal Guard of an element of harmony, you and your friends fall under my jurisdiction and thus I kinda make my own rules. If you need me then I'm an asset you can utilize." Dynamite Rave says as he follows after her with a grin on his face. "I'm just saying that if you need me to pop in, beat his ass and pop back out I'm yours to serve." The heat of his body practically pulses in the room. "Oh, no. I am fire magic so I get to learn other things though it is far more difficult. Every unicorn has a trick to them, a specialty and learning outside of it is hard. Unless you're Twiley and your trick 'is' magic."
Rainbow_Dash blinks. "What you mean, 'I am fire magic'?" she asks, baffled by such apparent esotericism. "Tricks huh? Well, everypony knows /my/ trick!" She grins and stretches out her wings a little. "So what /can/ you do with fire, anyway? Can you, like...make it go backwards or something?"
Chuckling, Dynamite Rave turns to her as his eyes sparkle a bit. With a bit of concentration, his horn glows and out pops a burst of fire that takes shape into a heart, pulsing and beating before them. With a shift, it turns into a small pegasus as it spreads it's wings, then takes off across the room. Chuckling, he watches it turn into a puff of smoke. "I can control it. Shape it. Blow things up. I'm pretty dangerous. It's tied to my emotions so when I get upset or really riled up it tends to be more destructive. Twiley has been teaching me to reign it in."
Rainbow_Dash gapes as the fire takes on a life she never knew it could have, soaring and surging upward before meeting a smoky end. "Whoa," she utters. "That's pretty cool! Guess that stuff comes in real hoofy if you're facing down big jerks like Dis- uh, I mean, yeah!" She grins guiltily; almost gave things away there! "Actually, I kinda wondering what kind of action you've seen lately, I mean, if you're allowed to talk about it."
Dynamite_Rave furrows his brows slightly in thought. "Well.. Celestia used me for search and rescue missions. I've tracked down missing ponies and brought them home. Sometimes due to their own stupidity, other times because they were captured. I was on the front lines for the Changeling battle that happened recently and I was gave the order to not hold back." He will just leave it at that. "Not sure if you remember that whack job that kidnapped all of those foals. Mister Chuckles or something. The pony that Scope blew up. I had a hoof in that as well and went toe to toe with him and his henchmen."
"I barely know anything about that clown pony!" Rainbow Dash says, though apparently she at least knows something. "Everypony who knows something and I've asked were real hush-hush about it, so I figured it's gotta be really serious. The Changeling battle...yeah, I totally remember that one." She was kinda detained at training camp because of it! "You know, I /might/ be able to use you for this thing I've got planned, if you're available. It's on..." And she drops the date, but not the details.
"Mister Chuckles was an insane earth pony who had a pair of henchmen with him. They kidnapped a trio of young ponies, couple of them were good friends of mine. He attempted to brain wash them into having them help him steal from the Canterlot Bank and rob them blind. Scope and I tracked down their headquarters and I leveled it to the ground. Sadly at the time they escaped. We tracked them down again where we took them on and Scope blew up the clown faced pony. Splat. Straight up jelly time." Dynamite Rave says as he grins at her. "So you got this thing, huh? And what do you want me to do?"
Rainbow_Dash listens carefully to Dyna's story. Wow, that's some creepy adventure! "Ah, well, I dunno what's gonna happen betwee now and then, so I don't wanna tell too many folks. It's for...let's say I might need some hard magic skill for this... protection. Let's call it protection. Anyway, I'll tell you all the details when we get there, or maybe after. Depends."
"It would be better if you tell me now so that I can plan accordingly. A good soldier always has an entrance and exit strategy." Dynamite Rave says as he settles back upon his haunches. "But also know what you're getting into. They only bring me out when something needs to get resolved. Permeantly." A grin worms upon his muzzle. "Look, if you're getting into something deep, come out with it. I know you're always charging head first into things without thinking first and you think you're a real bad ass and that's cool and all. I believe it, don't get me wrong. But, you're also way too impulsive to do things cleanly. So, if you're actually growing the stones to ask me for help then things gotta be pretty messed up. So, out with it. Let's work on this together before we do something dumb and get our flanks handed to us."
Rainbow_Dash bites her lip. This kid is /way/ too far ahead on these things! "...Fine, I'll tell you." And so for the nth time she relates the entire story about Heart Shooter, Discord, and Medley as well as her plan to subvert Discord's intentions with Fluttershy's help. "I dunno how much fire's gonna affect Discord but what else do I got?"
"Wow.. going up against Discord." Dynamite breathes out almost 'too excitedly'. That's straight up A-List material right there. That's the type of fight you can put on your tombstone: Got murdered by Discord, went out like a bad ass. "So. Discord is using his powers to mind whack Medley into thinking she's Heart Shooter so he can.. what? Become a entertainment manager?" He softly laughs. "I mean and that's really a terrible thing? He's making her rich on the D.L. and .. he's not destroying things? I mean what's really the harm? Besides the whole.. you know.. manipulating her without her knowing thing?"
"That's kinda /why/ I gotta show him what's what!" Rainbow Dash declares, gesticulating excitedly with her forelegs. "He can't just...mess with my friend's head and get away with it, that lowlife!" She grits her teeth, feeling the rage boil up again, but she forces herself to calm. Can't lose her cool before the big fight. "Anyway, like I said, I dunno if something more important will pop up for ya, but if you can show up I'd really appreciate it."
"Sure, if anything I can see if I can disrupt any of his spells and catch him off guard for you to do his thing before he over powers me. Twilight has told me all about your fight against him and I've read most of the classified information that has came my way on it. There's no way I can take him toe to toe but I can at least provide a distraction." Dynamite Rave says, "But if he turns me into a pretzel or something, you gotta tell everyone that I'm pretty much the most awesome dude you've met at my funeral." He winks at her.
Rainbow_Dash smirks. "C'mon, you gotta have a /bit/ more confidence than /that/!" she quips. "Anyway, I really, /really/ hope I won't actually have to fight him, but...yeah, I dunno." In moments like this when heranger has abated she has to wonder: what does Discord have to gain? Why would risk his friendship with Fluttershy? "Uh...anyway," she continues, the heavy thoughts making her head hurt, "Do you, like...do anything for fun?"
"Do I do things for fun?" Dynamite asks with a grin. "I go dancing. I'm actually pretty good at mixing music. If you're into heavy bass tracks and screaming guitars." He tips a wink to her. "I write music. I work out.. a lot. Like.. a /lot/. Gotta keep this world class athlete body in check you know." He gives a flex of his chest. "But seriously, there is no way I can take on Discord in a fight. The guy is uber powerful. But for you and the elements I'd give it a shot."
Rainbow_Dash chuckles as Dynamite describes his many interests. "I like my guitars to /weep/, personally, if you know what I mean." She gives Dynamite a curious gaze. "Yeah you definitely look like somepony who works out, all right! But yeah, like I said, you don't /have/ to come with us, but hey, you insist."
"You like your guitars to weep?" Dynamite grins. "Like country music? Is AJ rubbing off on you?" With a poke to her shoulder, he says, "How 'bout you go dancing with me next weekend? Not a date or anything, but just to cut loose and jam out? I could use a partner that can keep up with me for a change."
Rainbow_Dash gives Dynamite a weird look. "C'mon, you never listen to the Sliding Rocks, or the Crickets? Foals these days." When Dynamite gives his strange request the pegamare chortles. "Me, go dancing? That kinda needs me to, like, move around on the ground a lot, and I'm not so good with...that stuff." She grins, but it's not entirely from humour. "I'll give it a try, though. I mean, how hard can it be?"
"Seeing how I've checked out your moves in the sky, I'm sure dancing will come second nature." Dynamite says as he gives a bit of a groove for her, dancing back and forth with a bob of his head, a sway of his hips, going 'wub wub wub' under his breath, chuckling. "Rainbow Dash. Wub Wub Wub. Dancing Dancing!" He gives a quick cross over, a turn, then pounds a hoof to the sky.
Rainbow_Dash chuckles aloud as Dynamite Rave demonstrates. "Hey, you're not bad! Hopefully I can, uh, put the moves on and stuff. Anyway..." She checks her pasternwatch, the very same one that Time Turner gave her many months ago. "I gotta jet for...practice and stuff. See you around?"
"Hey, you aren't bailing cuz' of my dope moves are you?" Dynamite says with a laugh as his ears perk up. "But, yeah I'll catch you later. You know where I'll be. Scratching Twi's back and reading books at the library."
"I hope you don't mean that literally," quips Rainbow Dash. "I'm pretty sure Twi already has professional back-scratchers. Anyway, I'll see you around! And...I hope things turn out well when the time comes." For a second or so her face assumes great seriousness, but soon she's by the window and, finally, zipping through the blue. So, there's another pony in her plan, maybe another friend if things develop. Her thoughts wander as her feelings muddle together, leading her onward...
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Post by Solar Solstice on Jun 4, 2013 23:26:35 GMT -5
OOC Date: May 29, 2013 Characters: Vinyl Scratch, Medley, Rainbow Dash Setting: Fragment of one really awkward conversation in the Square "That's awesome of you," commends Vinyl with a grin. "There's been... a lot of mishaps down there these past few days. Poor Marble, there's only so much he can take before going into meltdown. Luckily we visit him every day, and he seems to be doing better. Did you see what somepony did to him and Skyheart?" Her voice drops, almost conspiratorially. "Spiked the medicine with Poison Joke." Medley blinks her eyes a few times. "Huh? No! I have not heard. I just found out that some pony blew up the tavern and that they were in it. I did not hear about this poison joke thing. That's /terrible/. Who did that?" "A changeling," murmurs Vinyl, voice still low. "She'd had enough of being branded a monster, so to get revenge she's going to *act* like a monster. Told me there and then it wasn't the end, either..." The DJ sighs, running a hoof through her cobalt mane. "Truth be told, I don't think she's capable of much mess. She was always... soft. She was my friend." Medley rolls her eyes. "What an idiot. I think I know who you're talking about. Well, in my opinion it was only time until she showed her true colors." She says with a dismissive motion of her wing. "From what I understood she was treated pretty good here despite what her kind did during their attack. She needs to grow thicker skin, or at least become a pony that has thicker skin." "I thought she was, at least," defends Vinyl with a grave nod. "I mean, sure, some ponies got scared, but for the most part, we tried to be nice. I know Comet and I were nice, and Marble, and our kids loved her, too..." "Well, poisoning ponies even with Joke is still a crime in my opinion. Now she's most likely going to find herself on the run or in jail. All she had to do was take a deep breath and talk about it with some of her friends." Medley says as she shifts her groceries to the other hip. "Well, enough of that.. how's the music thing going? You pick up Heart Shooter's new album yet? I love it." Vinyl blinks. "Heart Shooter? You listen to her?" Awkward. But it almost makes sense, in a way - some ponies like the sound of their own voice. "I... don't really listen to her stuff, you know? Seems a bit... copied. Like it... belongs to somepony else." Her hints will be useless in this context, but at least she knows the truth. "Yeah, I like some of her stuff. It's kinda dancey and playful." Medley says as she lifts her hoof up to rub at her nose. "You think it's copied? You'd know better than me since you have an ear for it. I just figured I'd pick it up since some of the tracks were neat." Clicking her tongue, she taps her own headphones that lay about her neck. "Have you heard her song called Come Undone?" Clouds in the distance part a bit as something bright and colourful zooms across the sky. Rainbow Dash is having her end-of-work leisurely flight across her sector, checking things out and stretching her wings. Her flightpath takes her right over the Square where she easily spots Medley and the neon-maned Vinyl. "Yo guys!" she shouts, banking downward and landing right by them in a puff of air. Dash's arrival is almost ironic! "Hey, Dash!" calls Vinyl, beckoning the multicoloured pegasus over, "Medley and I were just talking about *Heart Shooter*," she says, with a meaningful glance towards Dash. "I wonder what you think of her tracks? Do you have her new album?" "Yeah, Vinyl really hates her." Medley says with a laugh as she reaches down to her music player and taps it off. "Hey Dash! How'd everything go today? I had the morning shift and was partnered with Dizzy this morning. I had to triple check her work." A grin falls upon her face as she gives her cyan colored best friend a playful bump to the shoulder. <OOC> Vinyl_Scratch HAS REASON TO HATE HER ASDSFDGFFDDgrrrrr <OOC> Merryweather hates ASDSF with the burning passion of a thousand feisty and conga-dancing suns! Rainbow_Dash blinks. Oh, /right/. "Uh...I listened to her on the radio a bunch of times; she's good, I guess." She guilty-grins, hoping that her non-committal statement satisfies both parties. Soon, Medley! "Yeah, I definitely know what you mean, Medley. Kinda had to help your boss with her, too, before." She bumps back, smirking a bit. "I don't *hate* her," vainly protests Vinyl, "I just know a lot about music." Shrugging, the mare checks idly over her grocery list as the other two begin to talk about weather shifts. She still finds it weird that Medley is just a run-of-the-mill pegasus now. Not for long, she hopes. "Well, she's new so I can't really get upset at her. She'll get the hang of it I'm sure." Medley says as she gives Vinyl a grin. "I also have /your/ stuff by the way so don't be too jealous." Another wink. "And I like your stuff better if it means anything." Rainbow_Dash just sort of gawks at Medley while she's talking, finding the surreality of the situation most discomfiting. "Uh...well..." she utters, "I guess...Vinyl here just really...gets into her work?" That sounds stupid even for her. Vinyl shuffles awkwardly, nodding at Dash. "Yeah... that. And hey, I'm not jealous," she says, glancing skyward, "I just... have my reasons. It took me years to get to the top and yet she strolls in without so much as a 'how'd you do' and she's #1 on every chart." Clearing her throat, the DJ blushes a little. "Sorry. I don't mean to rant." "I mean, what's so bad about it?" Medley asks as she rubs at her ear a bit with her hoof. "There's always a new number one every so often you know? Sapphire Shores? You? Heart Shooter. Who knows, maybe Dash will break out with some awesome heavy metal track and it'll go straight to the top." <OOC> Vinyl_Scratch says, "Medley doesn't know what she's doing to the other two. X3" <OOC> Medley says, "XD" <OOC> Rainbow_Dash pokes Medley  "I'm not really into the /playing/ of music, really," Rainbow Dash blurts out. "I just...listen...a lot?" Gee, she sure is more awkward than usual! Vinyl reassuringly wraps a hoof around Dash. Change of subject, methinks! "So Meddles, where are you off to? Anywhere cool? Or just on a break from work?" "Was gonna hit up the hospital to make dinner for the injured but hearing about the poison joke maybe I should just.. drop off a care package instead." Medley says with a soft sigh as she flattens her ears back. "How about the three of us hang out for a bit?" "Hanging out is good!" Rainbow Dash blurts again. "How about...well...uh...you guys pick." Vinyl looks between the other two. "I guess we could... drop some stuff off at the hospital together, then go hang out?" she suggests. "Best of both worlds?" Medley side glances to Rainbow Dash and raises a brow upwards. "You okay there? You seem kinda jumpy today." She says with a weak smile as she wraps a wing about her. Leaning in, she gives her a bit of a squeeze, then motions with her head. "Sure, let's head to the hospital, then maybe go to Tobiano for some smoothies? It's the weather for it!" "I'm not jumpy!" Rainbow Dash says, jumping a little. She takes the gesture stiffly, returning an awkward winghug herself. "Yeah, hospital, smoothies, sounds good," is all she replies. |
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Post by Solar Solstice on Jul 10, 2013 23:05:32 GMT -5
OOC Date: March 25, 2013
Characters: Medley, Vinyl Scratch, Rainbow Dash
Setting: Medley doesn't seem to remember her musical collaboration with Vinyl
((Set before the first post. By now Rainbow knows about Medley's 'amnesia'))
Ponyville Music Studios
This is the music studio where dreams are made of, where the fast-paced imaginations of fame become a sudden reality and you are whirled away to a life of stardom and-- Okay, not quite. But this *is* the very beloved studio of Vinyl Scratch, AKA DJ PON-3, and it's quite a cosy place at that. A small wooden hut, filled with instruments of every musical kind, in the Ponyville countryside so close to Vinyl's heart.
[ Exits: <O>ut to Hilly Country ]
[ Players: Medley, Vinyl_Scratch, Sky_Blue ]
[ Sleepers: Big_Mac ]
Vinyl_Scratch sighs, strumming another few chords as she waits for Medley to arrive. "C'mon..." she murmurs into the open air, looking over at the clock on the wall. She should have been here almost ten minutes ago!
Cloud Pushing. Cloud Pushing. Clouds are awesome. Medley hums to herself as she shoves another one into place, then gives it a kick to get a bit of moisture out. There we go! "Alright Shimmer Shine! That should be the last of them!" Her voice rings out as she calls to her partner.
Vinyl_Scratch taps her hoof still. Where are ya, Medley? Sighing, the unicorn mare puts down the guitar and trots over to the door.
As the two pegasi give a high five to each other in the sky, Medley looks over towards the Music Studio as she sees the door open. Waving her hoof, she calls over, "Good afternoon DJ Scratch!" That's an interesting way of saying hello. In fact, it's so casual it would be hard pressed to tell if they even know each other.
"Good afternoon, Little Miss Timekeeping," teases Vinyl up to her friend, looking at the skies and the two pegasi. "Are you jammin' today or not? C'mon, these instruments don't play themselves!"
Landing on the ground, Medley gives a stretch of her body. "Huh? Am I jamming?" She asks with a laugh, ears flushed a bit as she looks up at Shimmer. ".. are you asking me to play with you? I.. um.. why? I mean.. I'm flattered but.. err - I mean.. really?"
By now, Rainbow Dash has become well-acquainted with the fine art of delegation (i.e. getting other ponies to do work for you), giving her time to investigate something that's been bothering her lately. She gently glides across the top of a breeze that ruffles the shop signs below, making her way towards Vinyl's home. Maybe she has some answers for Medley's strange behaviour last week...
Vinyl_Scratch blinks. What. "Uhhh, dude, are you trippin'?" she asks rather crudely, giving the pegasus a nudge. "We always jam! You, me, the instruments. Singing, you know! Number one hits, you and I!"
Medley blinks her eyes a few times slowly, chewing on her bottom lip for a moment before she cough softly. ".. Um.. no?" Her voice trails off a bit as she rubs the back of her neck almost bashfully. "I mean.. I .. you sure you aren't thinking of Melody? Everypony gets us mixed up for some reason." She laughs softly. "But she's kinda hot pink." Oh, and there is - "Hi Dash! I just got sector twelve done, ready to move on to thirteen."
Rainbow_Dash spots Vinyl and Medley quickly, slowlu descending and coming to a hover in between them. "Yo Medley!" she greets. "Looks like work's going along pretty well! You gonna jam with Vinyl right after?"
Vinyl_Scratch is still highly confused by the time Dash approaches, but she hoofs the other pegasus and pulls her in to whisper something in her ear. "Uh.. yeah, we were gonna. Though I think Medley got the wrong day... but hey, no worries."
"Uh, nope? I don't jam guys. Eesh." Medley laughs in amusement as she gives a quick leap in the air, followed by a flare of the wings as she gives a quick turn about. "But, I'm a huge fan of yours Vinyl. If it means anything. Got your poster on the wall, right next to the one of Spitfire and Bardigan."
Rainbow_Dash high-hoofs Vinyl, too. She's only an acquaintance, but she's kinda cool and hip, plus she's one of the few ponies who can make club music that RD actually likes. As Medley speaks, she doesn't say anything, merely listening both to the minty pegasus and the DJ unicorn. "Uh..." she mouths, but quickly shuts up. Awkward..
Glancing over to Dash for a moment, Medley looks just as confused and awkward. She rubs the back of her neck.
Rainbow_Dash gives a light wave as Vinyl goes back inside for something. She faces Medley, a little awkward. "Euh...so, spring's doing ya nicely I guess?"
"I guess? I mean, no worse than usual right? I'm just glad the snow is gone." Medley says as she tracks Vinyl heading back in to the studio for a moment before looking back to Dash with a sheepish grin. "Eesh, why does everyone think I'm rocking out with Vinyl for? I have a clone or something?"
"Beats me," says Rainbow, in an obvious lie. "Might be some weird fad. Anyway...you talked about going on another trip after Winter Wrap-Up, right?" She looks at Medley expectantly; hopefully she still remembers /that/!
"Yeah! Hit the beach! Now that the sun is out. I wanna get cooked." Medley crows out with a big grin on her face as she gives a twirl of her body in the air as she leaps. "You're still down right?"
Rainbow_Dash sighs in relief; looks like she's not totally lost it! Still, what kind of condition leads somepony to forget about their music career? "Uh...yeah, sure! We bringing Merryweather again?" She'd bought a pega-foals' parenting lease just in case.
"Yup. If she wants to go. I was hoping we can take Stormer also. I heard she and Merry are best friends. I didn't know that." Medley says as she leans in to bump shoulders against Rainbow Dash. "I'm just glad I got my bestie with me, won't feel like a third wing." She winks. "Anyways, you up for lunch?"
Rainbow_Dash glances down at her watch. "Actually, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be missed in a few. Some other day maybe?"
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Post by Solar Solstice on Jul 10, 2013 23:12:04 GMT -5
OOC Date: March 25, 2013 Characters: Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash Setting: Pinkie visits Rainbow and they try to make sense of Medley's missing memory ((Just a fragment, but it had Pinkie so I had to post it  )) A large balloon gently breaks the clouds near Dash's lovely home. As it rises, it becomes clear it is not carrying a basket underneath, but a single pony, dangling from the ropes: Pinkiamena Diane Pie herself! She makes swimming motions in the air with her four legs, moving slowly closer. Rainbow_Dash is busy doing her least favourite activity: sitting at her desk reviewing paperwork. Being a Weather Patrol captain is gruelling, boring work sometimes, but being able to call the shots was well worth enduring the boredom of administration for. "Lessee, she's already done a bunch of cloud circuits, maybe she what she can do on the wind? Maybe the Pinkie team...Pinkie!?" She peers out her window and spots something pink floating up on balloons. That could only be one pony. "Yo, Pinkie Pie!" she shouts, jumping off her chair and trotting to her balcony, giving her friend a wave. "Hey! What's up!" Pinkie_Pie snerks, flapping her forelegs faster, rising up by the balcony. "I'm up, silly! I've been looking all over the clouds for you! You're hardly EVER home, but here you are, homing! It's great to see you!" Rainbow_Dash smirks, leaning over to help Pinkie onto solid ground, so to speak. "Yeah, I get to work from home today. Sooo fun," she says sardonically. "You know, you /could/ have just rented a balloon to come here." Pinkie_Pie waggles a forehoof in the air dismissively. She bobs gently, occasionally nudging below the 'floor', then slightly above it, since the cloud surface is somewhat less solid for her. "Yeah, but that would have been so much less fun! Besides, all my bits are tied up in investments right now." Rainbow_Dash's floor is made of pure lightning-limestone and therefore perfectly suited for earth pony use. "Uh...investments?" Rainbow Dash asks, gently guiding Pinkie to the floor to show her that, yes, she can walk on it. "Shouldn't you have, like, money left over for...stuff?" Rainbow's own financial advisor suggests at least a thousand bits spare for discretionary expenses! Pinkie_Pie oohs, gently tapping the floor with her hoof. "Solid floors! What a brilliant idea!" she exclaims, delighted. "Oh, it's okay. I already have plenty of Stuff!" she assures her marefriend. "And this investment's a sure winner! When have Flim and Flam ever steered me wrong?" Rainbow_Dash peers at Pinkie like she's sprouted a leaf or two. "Wait, you're investing with /those/ jerks?" she declares. "What are you...do you now what you're /doing/?" Pinkie_Pie beaaaaams. "Do you THINK I know what I'm doing?" she says cheerfully. She attempts to walk off the balcony into the house, and promptly gets stuck because she still has Twilight's enormous balloon tied to her back. Rainbow_Dash eyerolls and decides not to ask why Pinkie dispensed with the basket for Twi's balloon. "Look, you remember what those stallions were like; they're bad news!" she says, helping Pinkie by untying the balloon and securing it to the balcony. "Well, you'll probably make some money, but it'll probably be something sleazy, like selling salt cubes with food colouring." Pinkie_Pie ooohs. "Colored salt cubes! That's genius!" she squeaks, rearing up and pawing her forehooves at the air enthusiastically. "I should totally be investing in Rainbow Inc instead! Wait... wait... I'm getting a brilliant idea, too! Maybe we could also color SUGAR cubes!" Rainbow_Dash lets her forehead settle onto her hoof, shaking her head a little. Oh brother. "Look, at I'm saying is: you gotta be careful with those guys. They're on everypony's financial blacklist for a reason. Anyway...you want a snack?" She steps back to let Pinkie into her bedroom, which is richly decorated with posters and other paraphernalia (except the one corner which is reserved for boring adult stuff). <OOC> You say, "There's a fuller description of Rainbow's house here: equestriamuck.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=logs&action=display&thread=444" Pinkie_Pie ooohs, adult stuff... "I was just gonna offer you a snack! What a conincidence!" she says, producing a cainnmon bun. That seems to have been her specialty ever since she got back from the Crystal Kingdom. Where do they all come from? For Rainbow Dash, 'adult stuff' refers to perfectly staid things like desks and forms and work that involves writing and reading. "Uh...thanks, Pinkie!" she says, taking the cinnamon bun and chowing down. "Mppphf," she utters, before swallowing and speaking again. "Delicious as I thought it would be! You have one for yourself?" Of course she would; she's Pinkie Pie! Pinkie_Pie holds up her other hoof. "One bun... two bun!" she says proudly. "Bun bun bun bun bun." She glomfs the treat happily, and says something completely incomprehensible with her mouth full of the sticky deliciousness. Rainbow_Dash can't understand her, of course. "Say what?" she queries, in between bites of her own bun. Pinkie_Pie clarifies, "Hmmmf mmmf mmmfl hnnnnn!" enthusiastically. She swallows, and finishes, "- and that's how Equestria was made! And how has your day been, Dashie?" Without waiting for an answer, she starts nosing around curiously, as if she has never seen the inside of your house before. Rainbow_Dash is fine with Pinkie Pie checking out her room as long as she doesn't go into her closet. "Oh! Well, day's been fine, so far. Winter Wrap-Up's done, so there's not as much Weather Patrol work. A friend of mine is acting really weird...it's not important though." Pinkie_Pie flicks up an ear, and darts instantly back over to your side. She leans in, eyes bugging out at you. "Oh, no! Is something wrong with your friend? A friend of yours is a friend of mine, and we gotta help friends!" she declares. Rainbow_Dash's eyes widen a bit as Pinkie is suddenly in her face. "Whoa, slow down!" she declares, backing up until she nudges her bed. After a while, she calms enough to sigh and reflect upon the problem. "You know my friend, Medley, right? My old flight school buddy? She's been really weird lately, like really weird. Like, she doesn't remember anything about hitting it big in the music scene, or working with Vinyl, or /anything/ about that. Thing is, she remembers everything else...it's /really/ freaky." She waggles her hoofs in a menacing manner to illustrate. /Really/ freaky. Pinkie_Pie ooohs, eyes widening. "That's really weird AND freaky! Gosh, something magic must have happened. As an expert I can tell she didn't get hit on the head with something heavy, because then she'd have total amnesia and forget her name too." She strokes her moustache thoughtfully, thinking. Wait, moustache? Momentarily Rainbow Dash wonders if Pinkie has one of her emergency stashes somewhere in her own house. It wouldn't be too surprising, to be honest. "Uh...well, yeah, I don't think it's amnesia, either. You're right; it's gotta be magical or something! Who do we talk to, though? Twi is busy nowadays...Zecora, maybe? But nopony's seen her around either! Rrgggh this is so frustrating!" She clasps her head with her hooves before flopping backward onto her bed, grumbling. |
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Post by Solar Solstice on Jul 10, 2013 23:24:41 GMT -5
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