Post by Rarity on Nov 24, 2011 18:45:40 GMT -5
Pinkie_Pie has arrived.
Dipsy provides harmonic accompaniment with his trusty ozark harp. twang twang twang.
Pinkie_Pie breaks out the accordian.
Fluttershy whistles to summon her songbird chorus!
Pinkie_Pie says, "A one-a, a two-a!"
Firefly glides in over a house or three and drops to a walking trot, flexing her wings and looking around.
Firefly trots up to the gathering, pausing, flaring her wings. "What the hay....Okay, somepony got some spalinin' ta do."
it's a beautiful night, cool, cold, crisp and clean- the perfect night with a clear sky and a good number of ponies already set up around the square where Mixtape is just putting the finishing touches on her stand. There are already a few bursts of multiple colors that flash and shoot from the Pony's booth, lighting up the night with a fresh abundence of color- but that's hardly the display the ponies in the square want to see- oh, know, they're in for something much more amazing! When the little DJ gets behind a microphone, something kicks in- something takes over and it's like there's an entirely different pony standing in her spot! "Fillies and Gentlecolts, I hope you're all having a good night tonight, because it is about to get 20 percent cooler! Tonight, it is my utmost honor, to present a filly known far and wide as a pony of pop, a singer non stop, and a songstress WAAAAAY to hard to top, the one, and the only, POWER, BALL~AD! Now please stomp the ground for a round of sound while we ROCK this little town!!" The Little DJ announces, her horn glowing with a powerful burst of energy and the music begins to flood the town!!
Dipsy reclines in the grass, glassy walleyed gaze transfixed on the lightshow. Srrrrp!, as he inhales the contents of a balloon. "It's, like, so, like, colorful."
Firefly flies up over most ponies, glued to a color light flash. "oooooooooooohhhhhh....coooooooool" like a moth to a flame.
Derpy stomps the ground once enough other ponies are doing so, for the sheer joy of the cooperative effort. She has no idea what they're clomping for.
( Once Mixtape finishes her introduction, the stage is practically set fire with explosions that fire upwards into the sky to shower the darkening heavens with a paint of color. Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom! The bass echoes through the speakers as Power Ballad steps out onto the stage from behind a shower of smoke and sparks. Dressed in one of Rarity's finest, the filly practically glows with a number of diamonds, sapphires, and rubies that are tied into her multi-colored mane. There is only a quick smile as she takes in the deep breath of cold air before it is show time! It only takes a few seconds for her powerful and familiar voice to fill the air as she starts to dance in a bit of a playful trot, swinging her head. "I had a way then losing it all on my own! I had a heart then but the Queen has been overthrown! And I'm not sleeping now the dark is too hard to beat, and I'm not keeping now the strength I need to push me!" With another impressive move upon the stage, she steps up to the mic once more )
Fluttershy glances around, hanging back at the edge of the crowd. She rears up to peek over the gathering sea of ponies and see who's on stage, but not too much - she mustn't draw too much attention here!
( swaying with a powerful swagger of her frame, her eyes practically glowing with an intense shine as the sparks explode behind her. "Yo show the lights that stop me turn to stone! You shine it when I'm alooo-ooo-ne! And so I tell myself that I'll be strong, and dreaming when they're gone!" )
( "Because they're calling - calling - calling - calling me home! You show the lights that stop me turn to stone, you shine it when I'm alone!" The voice of Power Ballad is brilliant as she moves along the stage, flanked by a pair of stallion back up dancers that circle and sway along with each of her steps. The music rumbles ahead as Mix Tape overpowers the senses with the pure brilliance of energy, bass, and theatrics as more and more fireworks fill the sky to illuminate the dark horizon. )
Firefly bolts upwards, chasing a particular flare, spinning with a laugh at the booms they were making, darting about and dancing with the lights and rockets explosions, having as much fun with the fireworks as a thunderstorm.
( Having caught sight of the colors in the air, Rainbow Dash of course is on the scene! She zips her way into the square with a wide eyed expression on her face, yelling out in a joyous manner. "Yo! This is -awesome!- This is /so/ cool! Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh it's.. it's POWER BALLAD!" She calls out as she joins Firefly in the sky, swirling around her in a few circles. "Fluttershy! It's Power Ballad!" It seems that the squealing element of loyalty is a fan. )
Firefly shoots up to Dash, pausing. "Look! It's BLUE!" just as the spinning firework she was holding in her hooves explodes between them in a blast of sparkles. "Hahahah!" she laughs, coughing some soot. "I like the blue ones!" and peels off to catch another one. "MINE@!"
Dipsy and other 'corns in the audience sway to the beat, all glowing their horntips like a sea of lighters.
Derpy is content to stay where she is, leaping up with a burst of fluttering now and then to see the stage more clearly. She isn't familiar with Power Ballad...but likes the sudden energy here. This isn't the Ponyville she's familiar with, and that makes it fun and different!
Fluttershy ducks down quickly as she hears someone screaming her name. Then, she raises her head up again when she realizes it's a *happy* scream, and even more when she recognizes it as her friend over the music and crowd noise. "Oh. Yay! It's pretty cool, Dashie!" She isn't being insincere, either...in spite of having not really known who Power Ballad was before this performance.
Pinkie_Pie boogies down! She cartwheels through the crowd in front of the stage gleefully.
( "It's better than cool, it's at least thirty percent cooler!" Rainbow Dash calls out as she spins about with her friend, Fluttershy, grabbing her hoofs to give her a twirl in the air. "I wonder if she will sign my poster! I have ten!" Her rainbow mane sprawls out about her as she whizzes about, zipping left and right as her wings beat the sky. )
Mixtape Is beaming brightly. This is really happening. She's really on stage with Power Ballad! THEY Power Ballad! One of the biggest stars in music history and she's sharing a stage!! What does a pony do when all of their dreams come true? Still she's not finished the concert yet, and her head bobs along with the music. After all, She's draining every bit of her magical energy to control the light show- the blasts of illusion and color and at the same time mix, and remix the songs that Power Ballad is singing! In front of her, two records dazzle with a bright crimson and spin and rip to the music in the evening. Little Mixtape is a lot more magically applicable than she gives herself credit for...
Firefly 's path makes a U-turn and she races straight down to Fluttershy, airbraking with a swoosh of wing flaps, "Here, I got one for you Fluttershy!' and drops it on the ground while it was still spinning. "Gottacatchthebrightredonenow!" blasting back off with who knew how many seconds before the yellow firework went off.
Pinkie_Pie waggles her tushie, and bucks enthusiastically.
Dipsy hee-awws, "Freeburro!"
Fluttershy 's mouth gapes as the firework plops down on the ground beside her! With a shriek, she dives on the ground and covers her head...but then opens one eye again when it doesn't blast her to bits right away, and 'ooohs' at the little sparks sprinkling on the street.
( As one song ends and blurs into another, Power Ballad continues to dance with a stallion, though this time the tone is more sassy, more edgy as she powers through one of her classics. Bringing back the oldies while her unicorn companion makes it sound fresh. It sounds completely different, with that right amount of energy. Another explosion and her voice carries over. "And we will be invincible! Ble! Ble! Ble! Ble!" With a quick trot, her eyes glare at the stallion before her, all part of the act. "We can't afford to be innocent! Stand up and face the enemy! It's a Do-Or-Die situation, we will be invincible!" With a toss of her mane, she is bathed in a quick burst of strobe light that causes her body to appear to be jerking in slow motion. "What are we waiting for?! I can't hear you Ponyville!" She calls out as she rears up on her hind legs, coming down with a powerful 'stomp!' onto the stage. "This shattered dream you can't justify! We're going to scream until we're satisfied! What are runnin )
( What are running for?! We've got the right to be angry! What are we running for when there is no where we can run to anymore! We can't afford to be innocent, stand up and face the enemy! We will be /invincible!/" A song of inspiration, a call to arms, a beckon to overcome adversity. Stand up! Stomp your hooves! Get the blood rolling! )
( Singing along with the filly on stage, Rainbow Dash appears to be overjoyed as she pumps a hoof in the air, does a quick loop-de-loop, then arches out to try and snatch an exploding firework that showers near by her. "C'mon Flutter, get up here and dance!!" She calls out with a laugh. )
Firefly steaks straight up in front of Dash, shooting skywards, about six fireworks twisted together behind her in a whirlwind trailing Firefly. "Heads up Dash!"
Luna has arrived.
Derpy curiously wanders over to the firework Firefly left for Fluttershy. She sniffs at it, and then carefully picks it up sideways in her mouth. She's sparkling!!
Dipsy leans in close to Derpy with the sound of a slidewhistle, and scrutinizes with his oddways walleyed stare the explosive in her maw. "Hmm. No sugars. Safe for teeth!"
Fluttershy blushes and sinks behind the corwd again, shaking her head vigorously from behind her mane. "Oh, no, no, I-I couldn't. It'd be too embarrassing..."
Luna drifts down out of the night sky, wings spread like a hawk, hooves reaching downward until her silver horseshoes touch the dirt. Then she folds her wings and stands there looking around in bafflement. It's as quiet and anonymous an entrance as can be pulled off by an alicorn princess a head taller than everyone else.
Firefly spirals higher and higher, then doubles back in a jack-knife snap of wind and races headfirst straight into the swirling trail of fireworks she gathered, laughing as they start exploding all around her, sparkles swirling in her wake as she bears back towards the ground in a rapidly growing spin. covered in sparkling bits as she airbrakes right in front of Fluttershy with a swoosh of air and dirt, landing, wings out ina pose, her entire outline sparkling and soot covered in many colors. "But its FUN!"
Derpy gasps at the sight of Dipsy, her beloved as-of-yet secret boyfriend. She grins, bending the firework so that it releases curved sparkles. Apparently Fluttershy doesn't mind her having taken it. She leans in until she and Dipsy are supporting each others' weight, listening together.
( Swooping after her friend once she dodges Firefly, Rainbow Dash pours on the speed and dips down to grab Fluttershy by the hooves, looking to bring her back to the sky. "OH c'mon, we're dancing! You can't just hide behind ponies when Power Ballad is putting on a show! C'mon Fluttershy, show your stuff!" )
Fluttershy 's mane gets even more obscuring, wrapping all the way around her head in the wake of Firefly's landing! "Mm mmp mphh-" she takes a second to free her mouth - "But I, I - EEP!" Now she can't help but join in, as her hair flies free on its own and her tail flows behind her above the crowd, out in plain view of everyone. "Oh, um, uh - w-w-what should I do?"
Mixtape lives for this sort of thing. She just -lives- for it! The beat of the city, ponies jazzed to her music and the flood of sound from over worked stereo equipment...there is absolutely nothing like it. There's no call of daybreak that can stop her; no dawn to deny her and the raising sun will just have to wait- tonight is her night! Surely she'll wind up face down, blurred and frazzled come Monday, but for now there's no pony that loves this more than she does! She throws her hooves up, effortlessly controlling bursts of magic while the records swap on their own- shifting away from the needle momentarily only to return for the next part of Power Ballad's ballad. She tussles and dances her ruby red mane and loses herself to the sway of the song. If she could, she'd get her cutie mark all over again doing this...
( "You dance of course! Just like how you showed me the other day, except you put your hips into it." Dash calls out as she rolls her forehooves about, swaying her rump side to side in the sky as she throws her head back with a laugh. )
Pinkie_Pie heheehhes, flopping on her back and watching the ponies fly, bright lights popping and sparkling everywhere. She hugs herself gleefully.
( Stallions, and one dragon boy, stare enraptured at Dash's swinging rump. "Best night /ever/..." one mumbles. )
Pinkie_Pie beams, and dive-hugs Seven. "Isn't it wonderful? Isn't it wonderful?"" she says breathlessly.
Bardigan has arrived.
Fluttershy ums, eyes fixed on her own hips. "B-but I've never done it in front of a whole crowd of strangers before..." Her hips start jerking back and forth a little at a time, awkwardly, but roughly to the beat, making her tail flow with them on each sway.
( Somewhere at the edge of the crowd, Scootaloo declares, "Time to get our cutie marks in dancing!" She grabs Sweetie Bell, twirls her, and then falls off the packing crate they were using to see over the crowd. One second later, Sweetie Bell falls on top of her. One second after that, Apple Bloom falls on top of both of them. )
( The high energy of the music slowly drifts down into a soft, but beautiful piano melody with a hint of base in the background. Still stomping in time with the music, Power Ballad and her male companion on stage begin to sway side to side together, staring into each other's eyes. The lights seem to dim a bit, giving just a playful glow. Her voice now becomes more soulful as she leans into the microphone, allowing the audience to really hear the range of her voice. "I'll pick you up when you are down. Be there when no one's around. When you're in unfamiliar places, count on me through life's changes. I'm in tune with how you feel. Everything about this is -real-. When you're in unfamiliar places, count on me through life's changes." Turning away from the stallion on stage, she puts a hoof to her chest, belting out the lyrics in a long, powerful tenor. "Craaaaa-aaaash into me! Aaaaaat fuuuuuullll speeeeeeeed! We can coooolliiiiide! We can cooooolliiiiiide!" )
Firefly says, "Now ya gots it!" and grins to Fluttershy, then does a wing snap and blasts skywards again, chasing a rather large red firework up into the sky. "YeeehA!"
( Somewhere, Discord's petrified statuette *clinks* faintly as it tips, just slightly and just once, to the rhythm. )
<OOC> Derpy says, "Thirteen characters, awake one place! Rip that record??"
( "You got it Fluttershy! You're dancing!" Rainbow Dash calls out as she continues to sway and circle about her friend in the sky, beating her wings as she gives another toss of her colorful mane, singing along with the songstress on the stage. )
<OOC> Power_Ballad says, "MY MILKSHAKE BRINGS ALL THE
PONIES TO THE YARD."
<OOC> Bardigan watches the record book faint.
( A soft squeak can just barely be heard as Firefly's backdraft makes Fluttershy go spinning wildly in place, hips rocking looser than ever before! )
Luna 's horn flickers. Halfway into her ascent, blue light wraps itself around Firefly like a gentle fist, pulling her back down out of the sky to Luna.
Seven_Seas isn't a Huge Crowds sort of guy, but he can appreciate good music, and that was enough to stir him out of his sour state of mind and into the square. Just don't be expecting him to rock it out. One can barely hear his yelp of startlement as he's leap-tackles by Pinkie Pie and his ears splay, "Ya, it's good." He remarks over the din, though his mind seems a bit elsewhere.
Applejack has connected.
Pumpkin_Seed has connected.
( No friend of Pinkie's is going to get away with not rocking out! She spiiiiins Seven gleefully. "We haven't had a party this big since - since the last time I threw one! It. Is. WONDERFIL!" )
Firefly blinks. "Wha? Ohhhhh....." laughing and letting the blue light guide her. She smiles and bows. "Welcome to Ponyville my Princess Luna. They seem to he having a rocking fun concert tonight."
( The music cresendos, the fireworks and light show dancing to the beat of Power's song, in perfect sync and rhythmic timing- only something magic could accomplish. The little DJ pony bobs her head, eyes closed so she can concentrating on seeing what's happening in her minds eye, while controlling both magic, pyrokinetics AND the music that swirls around the crowd in an almost hypnotic beat. Quite the party- and with one last fire work, that explodes into a shower of multiple sparkles, the song finally comes to dwindling echoing end and the night is quiet for a brief, heart stopping moment- before the town explodes into stomps and stamps of applause! )
Derpy 's firework suddenly erupts in violent sparkles! She gasps but doesn't quite let go...and finds herself being dragged along around the periphery of the crowd, a yellow sizzling trail being left behind her! "EEEep!"
( "What is all this commotion?!" Bardigan shouts haplessly when he enters the square and his jaw drops. He'd just gotten through penning a masterful set of verses so he can sleep, and now... oh dear. He slowly removes his hat as if out of respect for the sight in front of him, and the music that pounds clearly into his ears. "Goodness," he whispers. )
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxAJqvslV7M )
<OOC> Derpy says, "15 characters in one place rocking! Stuff that in your Hearth Night Stocking!"
Firefly 's razzled fur and feathers are sorted out slightly as she shakes off, colored soot all over her and plenty of still glowing embers of various colors are among her feathers and fur. She smiles apologetically to Luna. "I was....enjoying it a little."
Fluttershy glances at herself in wonder, and experimentally keeps dancing just like she was, twirling gracefully in the middle of Dash's circles - it's just like she would if she were alone, but now there are other ponies watching.
Luna holds Firefly upside down just above the crowd so that she can speak to her minion face to face. "We thank thee. Please, what..." She pauses, eyebrows pressed together, and looks from side to side. "...is going on here? We are not aware of any festival. We were not aware ponies enjoyed themselves so vigorously in these times."
Seven_Seas is spun around in a dizzying blur of lights, colors, and a mass of ponies flying by his gaze in a rush. "Whooa-hey! Too close to the ground to be doing barrel rolls!" Protests the brown-coated pegasus to Pinkie Pie as his wings flare out to try and slow the momentum. It might be a feat to hoist a stallion, but one never questions Pinkie's Power of Enthusiasm.
( As the last note hangs in the air, Power Ballad slowly lowers her head, panting loudly as her multicolored mane is plastered to her face, soaked in sweat. With the night growing quieter, she steps forward on the stage, one last song, one without the heavy beat and the loud noise of pyrotechnics. She wants to do this clean, to show off her powerful vocals. "Rewind back to the time when you held me. The air is calm, the stars are bright. Nothing in this world can take you from me! Now stop, think of the pain that I'm feeling. I really want to feel your touch, but now I feel helpless, so helpless, baby." She breaks into the chorus, pouring out her heart into the lyrics. "Since you went away, I feel that some days still conceal it from me! I'll be free and better off alone. It's hard to believe that one day you're here - the next you were gone - it's just not that clear for me to see why you had to leave!" Another pause, then she belts out. "I was strong but now I'm broken! Many words been left u )
Firefly holds her wings out to the sides, grinning at Luna upside down. "I am not sure your Highness, I came into town for a cupcake and this was happening....apparantly the one on stage, Power Ballad, is a famous singer. And Mixtape's awesome music you remember from Nightmare Night." nodding, sending small embers and soot out of her mane.
( I'm broken! Many words been left unspoken! I just can't conceive, why'd you have to /leave/." With a sweeping bow of her body, the pop starlet calls out in a raspy tone. "Thank you Ponyville! Give it up for the master of mashups, Mix Tape!" She throws a hoof over towards the red maned unicorn in the booth. "My muse." )
Pinkie_Pie whistles and hoofstomps on the ground! "Mixiiiiie! We love yooooou!" She flankbumps Seven, beaming, then impulsively kisses him.
( Sweeping down towards Bardigan, Dash gathers her in her arms as she gives him a playful twirl upwards into the air, followed by a knowing grin as she hooks her arms about his neck, swaying with him slowly. "Can you believe it. Power Ballad is here! We /have/ to meet her and get her autograph!" )
Dipsy hugs with empty air for a few moments before slowly realizing that something is amiss, once, he's fallen over, then frantically scrambles to his hooves and blinkblinks his peepers up at the clouds. "Derp up?"
Luna answers awkwardly, "Ah." It's not really an answer. She peers over the crowd, which is *very easy* for her, and then tells Firefly, "Music has changed much in a thousand years. Changed and reverted. We pounded beats like these to celebrate that we lived despite all the chaos Discord could rain upon us. Thou are having... fun?"
( Climbing back up onto the soap box awkwardly, Apple Bloom declares, "Did you hear that? Power Ballad is handing out autographs! We should go backstage and get our cutie marks as roadies!" "Didn't we try that?" asks Scootaloo, pulling herself up much more slowly because Sweetie Bell is sitting on her head. "This is different! ...slightly. Cutie marks care about that kind of thing!" Apple Bloom insists. )
Derpy cries back to Dipsy, still clenching the firework: "Help help help help help!!" So far it's just shoving her around the crowd at a frightening pace. She starts to be turned into the crowd, though...and her eyes go wide. The firework is about half gone.
Firefly nods to Luna. "This is a fun thing, yes." smiling. "They shoot forework things that explode in the air! I've caught dozens of them, but they all exploded." snerking. "There is no festival. This is a concert. No reason other than having fun and dancing." waving a hoof at the crowd below. "And they were doing that quite steadily."
( "So I see! And hear!" Bardigan laughs as Rainbow Dash heaves him up into the sky with some help from his wings. "I didn't even *know!* I'm glad I arrived when I did!" He spins them both around playfully. "Let's go get-OUT OF THE WAY!" He grabs Rainbow Dash and pushes her to the side as Derpy zooms by. "Derpy let go!!!" )
Seven_Seas 's gaze goes from a multitude of colors to a domination of nigh-neon pink as he comes face to face with Pinkie - ahem, quite literally. "Mmrf!" He blurts out at being kisses, no doubt taken off guards, though it does serve to get a laugh out of the pegasus. "Alright, alright... I'll dance. A little. I really have no coordination for this kind of stuff. I jump off mountains, not ... boogie!"
Mixtape Blushes heavily at the sudden praise from Power Ballad herself. Muse?! Her?! No way!! "AHEM F, Fillies and gentlecolts! Please put your hooves to the ground, for another round of sound, for miss Power Ballad herself! And do my eyes deceive me! Ponies of Ponyville, we have a VERY special guest this evening, our own Princess Luna!! Thats right, we have rocked out ALL the way to the moon and back! All of Equestria digs you Power Ballad, thank you for coming out tonight, but I talk like the parties over!" She shouts and another fire work sputters into the air, exploding in a dazzling display that illuminates all the ponies below. "I am your DJ, Miss Mixx-Tap3, And we're just gettin' warmed up!" She announced. Another song begins to play, but this one isn't so intense- something to give Power a little break. A mashup of an older song, but it seems like it's just an instrumental...
where
Name S Species Idl Stat Location
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Borrica F Donkey Pegasus 17m IDL Borrica's Adobe
Pumpkin_Seed M Earth Pony 2m IDL Ponyville Square
Applejack F Earth Pony 12m IC Ponyville Square
Bardigan M Pegasus 1m IC Ponyville Square
Seven_Seas M Pegasus 1m IC Ponyville Square
Guest1 55m NEW Ponyville Square
Mixtape F Unicorn 0s IC Ponyville Square
Derpy F Pegasus 3m u.n Ponyville Square
Power_Ballad F Earth Pony 1m IC Ponyville Square
Rainbow_Dash F Pegasus 3m IC Ponyville Square
Fluttershy F Pegasus 12m IC Ponyville Square
EconomistBrony M Unicorn 4m OOC Ponyville Square
Dipsy B Donkeycorn 2m IC Ponyville Square
Luna D Dark Goddess Pri 2m IC Ponyville Square
Firefly F Storm Pegasus 14s IC Ponyville Square
Pinkie_Pie F Earth Pony 51s IC Ponyville Square
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Luna lowers her ears, actually looking abashed as she admits to Firefly, "Yes, we were concerned that they had all caught a chaos fever. Dancing has also changed. We have known it this energetic, and known it packed this tightly, but not so randomly." Hesitating for a second, she realizes, "...ah. But we are interfer-" She blinks again, as her name rings out.
Dipsy hee-awws in a panic, kicking air with his hindhooves. "Use brakes! Turn your wings up up up!"
Firefly says, "Oh! Oh!" beaming to Luna. "You're the special guest! Go on down to the stage!"
( Swaying a bit on the stage during the instrumental, Power Ballad makes her way off the stage to get a quick drink of water for her parched throat and a quick wardrobe change. She seems to be all smiles though, thrilled that she can perform on her terms for a change. No management, no contracts. Just the music. )
( "Hey, maybe we can get our cutie marks as groupies!" Sweetie Bell exclaims suddenly. "What is that?" Scootaloo asks baffledly. "I dunno, but I bet I'd be great at it!" Apple Bloom cheers. She gives an excited hop on top of the crate... which flips over on top of the three of them. )
( Spinning about with him, Dash giggles and tucks her head against his shoulder for a moment as she hugs him in the air, then leans back. "I didn't know either, I just heard all the music in the distance, and hey look, Fluttershy is dancing!" She points out to her bestie with a giggle. )
Pinkie_Pie 's ears floop shyly as she smiles at Seven. This is probably as quiet as anyone here as ever seen Pinkie. You'd almost swear she's sane. "We can dance slower, if you want. If that'd, um, make you happy."
Derpy hears Bardigan's advice and decides finally to heed it. She opens her mouth, letting the firework go...and it soars into the air low over the crowd and explodes, raining a patch of the audience with yellow sparkles that linger on their coats! Watch out that you don't catch fire, everypony! Meanwhile, Derpy collapses wearily amid music fans, sinking to her belly. Once she recovers, she starts dancing by bobbing her head around.
Luna stares at Firefly as if she'd just suggested Luna join the Cutie Mark Crusaders. "Is that... what we are supposed to do? So be it." Her face sets in cold, imperial dignity, and she launches up out of the crowd, trailing blue sparkles as she spirals twice in midair to land on stage next to Mixtape, hooves splayed, facing the crowd. Blue light sucks Firefly after her, and sets the storm pony down next to the Princess. "PONIES OF PONYVILLE! WE ARE GLAD TO WITNESS THIS 'CONCERT'. FROLIC! FROLIC, WE COMMAND THEE, UNTIL THOU HAVE EXHAUSTED THYSELVES WITH JOYOUS REVELRY!"
Firefly eeps and nods lightly. "It is a mark of honor to be a special guessssssssssssssseee!" getting sucked along with Luna then stood on the stage, where she stood rock solid, fur and feathers alike still smoking slightly from chasing fireworks.
Luna immediately leans her head down and whispers to Firefly, "...now what do we do?"
Seven_Seas gives his head a shake as he looks to Pinkie, "Eh, this is hardly slow musi--wwwhat the--?" He flinches and flattens his ears at the sudden bellow, wings fluffing up as he swings his head around towards the stage. "Oh." He murmurs and clears his throat to try and smooth his rumpled appearance. "Ahem. Right, anyway, like I said, this ain't exactly slow music, Pinkie."
Firefly flicks her wings to de-dust them a bit and whispers back. "I...do not know." she admits. "This is my first concert also." looking sheepish. "Mingle among the crowd and enjoy it?" she puts forth.
Bardigan whews as Derpy drops to the ground. Crisis averted, he turns to look at Fluttershy and grins. "The music's brought *everypony* out!" He hugs Rainbow Dash about the waist, bobbing them both back and forth in the air. "Well! You heard the princess," he says, beeping Rainbow Dash's nose.
( As the music begins to slow down a bit into a softer tempo, Power Ballad once more steps on to the stage, giving a slow bow towards the Mare of the Moon. With a deep breath, she turns her attention back toward the audience. "While I was taking a break I got a request for a song, one that is dear to my heart. This one is for the Cutie Mark Crusaders!" She calls out with a soft laugh as she says the words out loud. )
( "Not slow music?" Pinkie says, touching her nose to Seven's. "Are you sure about that?" She nestles closer to him, closing her eyes and swaying slowly. )
( Freeburro! )
Firefly gets a bright eyed look and grins to Luna then whispers up to the Princess "I may have an idea for later, when we can speak more properly."
( Curling herself into him, Rainbow Dash begins to sway with him slowly in the air, holding on to Bardigan as if he was the last breath she could ever take. She gets a lazy look on her eyes as she tilts her head to pass a soft kiss to him, giggling softly. )
( Curling herself into him, Rainbow Dash begins to sway with him slowly in the air, holding on to Bardigan as if he was the last breath she could ever take. She gets a lazy look on her eyes as she tilts her head to pass a soft kiss to him, giggling softly. )
( Somewhere in the back of the crowd, three tiny voices squeal gleefully from under a wooden soap box. )
Seven_Seas relents finally to the party pony and leans against Pinkie, swaying along in time with her. Swaying he can do! It doesn't require fancy coordination. He leans in so she can hear him as he murmurs, "Later on I got some news for you, but it can wait till things quiet down."
Mixtape looks rather proud of herself- absolutely beaming really at the success of this set. Almost over of course, and just a way to get her feet wet for the real thing- if this impromptu concert in this town went off without a hitch maybe she really WILL be able to make it big! Or maybe she's already made it big! With all of her fears of doing the show in Canterlot quashed, she almost doesn't think she'll be able to top this performance. But after a quick drink, and a moment to unravel the magic used for the light show and the pyrokinetics, she begins to turn up the tempo a little more, a little more, and a little more still. One last song to go out in a blaze of glory! That's the way a concert oughta be!!
Fluttershy blushes. Oh dear, now everypony really *is* staring at her. She just...keeps dancing, because her flutterbrain has locked up and doesn't know what else to do. Dance. Dance. DANCE.
Firefly uses a wing to aim a spotlight at Fluttershy. "Shake it pony!"
Luna looks down at the crowd. She looks at Firefly. She looks down at the crowd. The looks she gives Firefly are disbelieving. The looks she gives the crowd are just blank. Then the music turns up, and she whispers to Firefly, "Perhaps we should... dance? We would need a partner. We could lead, unless thou are very, very certain of thy speed and reflexes. Somehow, we doubt thou have been taught the Griffon Style."
Pinkie_Pie 's ears perk back up. "Good news, I hope! If it's good news we'll celebrate with a cake. If it's bad news we'll... concsole ourselves with a cake!" she giggles. She watches her friend Fluttershy be not so shy for a change, grinning.
Firefly 's entire visage goes almost pale as Luna speaks. She lifts a hoof and crosses it to rub on her other foreleg, wings swept low and back. "I...do not know any dances my Princess." curling an ear and coughing a bit. "I...set aside little time for such affairs. I had races to win and other storm pegasi to pound to keep my title." looking over the crowd. "My speed and reflexes are top notch, I assure you." flexing her wings up. "What is....Griffon Style?"
Fluttershy dances and swoops and spins faster and faster and faster, with her eyes locked in a look of total mania! She whirls around Dashie and Firefly and Derpy and Pinkie and goes and goes and - and then she finally overloads and falls to the ground, stiff as a board. "...yay..."
( After the song for the Crusaders ends, which was actually quite a bubbly pop song of sunshine and rainbows, Power Ballad appears to have grown somber as she can hear the music that Mix Tape is playing for her. She takes in a deep breath as she curls the microphone to her slowly, speaking out to the crowd. "This song is for a boy." She chuckles softly under her breath. "One that broke my heart and sent my soul packing. I'm sure any some of you girls out there know how it is. Don't worry, it gets better - I promise. Be strong to yourself, be true to yourself." Stepping back, she begins to sway her voice rises up into song. "Thick skin - soft touch. Heart of gold, but it's na-na-na-not enough. Forgiving arms, the higher road, working hard but it's na-na-na not enough! You say: I'm not good enough, I'm not good enough, but what you really mean is: You're not good enough, you're not good enough. You can't deliver so you turn it around!" Jerking the mic back to her, Power Ballad starts to pound )
( through the lyrics. "You didn't let me down! You didn't tear me apart! You just opened my eyes while breaking my heart! You didn't do it for me, I'm not as dumb as you think! You just made me cry while claiming that you love me! You love me! You -love- me!" With a jerk of her, she croons out. "Your love feels different, it's like a blow to the head with your compliments. Your love hurts deeper - it's like a brick in the sea and I'm drowning in it! You didn't let me down! You didn't tear me apart! You just opened my eyes while breaking my heart! You didn't do it for me, I'm not as dumb as you think!" Throwing the mic down, she bellows out her voice to the sky, as if she was howling, angling that last word just 'right' as it hits a sweet spot before finishing off the song with a loud gasp of air. It seems that she nearly threw her body into those lyrics as she is left shaking from release. )
Luna takes this WONDERFUL opportunity to not discuss it on stage. Blue light wraps around Firefly again, hoisting her up and along as Luna leaps forward off the stage, curling up over the crowd to pause, hovering upright with her huge wings flapping. Her mane and tail glitter and around and underneath her as she releases her grip on Firefly, explaining, "It is an aerial dance. There is a griffon role, but the alicorn leads. Thy role would merely be to try to survive."
Bardigan returns the kiss with all the grace instilled in him by years of living as a gentlepony while he bobs and sways through the air with her at his side. He doesn't need to jump back down into the thick of it as long as they're enjoying themselves up here. "Now that's a clever inversion," he says, watching Fluttershy zoom herself to a burnout. "A few weeks ago I'd be expecting that to be *you*, Rainbow."
( "Night is still young handsome, perhaps you can spin me about until I burn out." Rainbow says with another butterfly kiss as she sinks her hooves into his mane. Slowly they sway, their bodies tanagled together beneath the wash of the moonlight that floods through the dark sky. With a smile, her nose rubs up against his for a bit. "Different than our rave, but some things are familiar." She says as she stares into his eyes, then clears her throat as she finds herself being a bit 'too' girly. ".. Um.. awesome?" She says with a wink. )
Seven_Seas gives only a soft smile in response, though by the thin set of it, it might not be the best but he seems disinterested in ruining the mood by discussing it. He sees the collapse of Fluttershy and grimaces as he looks to Pinkie, "...maybe you should make sure your friend is okay? I think she might have just.. broke."
Pinkie_Pie looks between Fluttershy, and Seven, and Rainbow Dash, and looks like she may be about to panic - unitl Seven himself suggests she go check on Fluttershy. "ThankyouSevendontgoway!" she squeaks, turning into a pink blur as she appears over the prone pony. "I got this!" she assures the onlookers. "I'll just apply CPR!" she inhaaaales deeply, leans down, and - settles a cupcake on Flutter's tummy. "Cupcake Pony Revival!"
Firefly flares her wings and grins. "Try to survive? Sounds like danger, eh?" regaining her own flight with a flicker of her wingtips as Luna's magic reelases her. "Well Danger is my middle name!" laughing, doing a few stretches. "So how does this go?" snapping her wings with a blast of air and circling Luna a few times like a rogue electron then airbraking before her. "Do we do aerial combat flying?"
Fluttershy twitches a little in place, and sniffs the air. Her eyes start moving and blinking again, fixing on Pinkie's. "Oh, um...h-hi, Pinkie Pie. Uh...what happened last night? I just remember a bunch of ponies staring at me and kind of a blur."
Pinkie_Pie beams. "Nothing you need to worry about," she reassures her friend. "Just enjoy your cupcake, okay?" She kisses her on the forehead.
Luna blinks, and her eyes widen. Bluegreen eyes stare at Firefly intently, the pupils perhaps a bit slitted. "We forgot. Thou are are a STORM pony." She flicks her wings, lifting up and back several feet, spreading them wide as she declares, "Very well! Prove thyself, Firefly of the Storm Ponies. With this dance we taught pegasii to battle aerial opponents a thousand years ago." She laughs suddenly, boomingly, maniacally, and shouts, "LEARN QUICKLY!" Then with that her body flips, and she dives bombs Firefly, sharply pointed horn first.
( The song slowly comes to a close, rocking out in the Blaze of Glory Mixtape had always imagined. In fact, this is what Mixtape had always imagined. The entire concert making her very, very happy. With the last of the song fading away, the mike crackles back to life with Mixtape's voice. "Thank you all for attending a very impromptu concert! Power Ballad is gonna blast one last tour, so make sure to come and see her! Thank you, and G'night Ponyville! Make sure to fly home safely!!" She announces, absolutely exhausted, drained and dry from the night's events- but deliriously happy. )
Dipsy provides harmonic accompaniment with his trusty ozark harp. twang twang twang.
Pinkie_Pie breaks out the accordian.
Fluttershy whistles to summon her songbird chorus!
Pinkie_Pie says, "A one-a, a two-a!"
Firefly glides in over a house or three and drops to a walking trot, flexing her wings and looking around.
Firefly trots up to the gathering, pausing, flaring her wings. "What the hay....Okay, somepony got some spalinin' ta do."
it's a beautiful night, cool, cold, crisp and clean- the perfect night with a clear sky and a good number of ponies already set up around the square where Mixtape is just putting the finishing touches on her stand. There are already a few bursts of multiple colors that flash and shoot from the Pony's booth, lighting up the night with a fresh abundence of color- but that's hardly the display the ponies in the square want to see- oh, know, they're in for something much more amazing! When the little DJ gets behind a microphone, something kicks in- something takes over and it's like there's an entirely different pony standing in her spot! "Fillies and Gentlecolts, I hope you're all having a good night tonight, because it is about to get 20 percent cooler! Tonight, it is my utmost honor, to present a filly known far and wide as a pony of pop, a singer non stop, and a songstress WAAAAAY to hard to top, the one, and the only, POWER, BALL~AD! Now please stomp the ground for a round of sound while we ROCK this little town!!" The Little DJ announces, her horn glowing with a powerful burst of energy and the music begins to flood the town!!
Dipsy reclines in the grass, glassy walleyed gaze transfixed on the lightshow. Srrrrp!, as he inhales the contents of a balloon. "It's, like, so, like, colorful."
Firefly flies up over most ponies, glued to a color light flash. "oooooooooooohhhhhh....coooooooool" like a moth to a flame.
Derpy stomps the ground once enough other ponies are doing so, for the sheer joy of the cooperative effort. She has no idea what they're clomping for.
( Once Mixtape finishes her introduction, the stage is practically set fire with explosions that fire upwards into the sky to shower the darkening heavens with a paint of color. Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom! The bass echoes through the speakers as Power Ballad steps out onto the stage from behind a shower of smoke and sparks. Dressed in one of Rarity's finest, the filly practically glows with a number of diamonds, sapphires, and rubies that are tied into her multi-colored mane. There is only a quick smile as she takes in the deep breath of cold air before it is show time! It only takes a few seconds for her powerful and familiar voice to fill the air as she starts to dance in a bit of a playful trot, swinging her head. "I had a way then losing it all on my own! I had a heart then but the Queen has been overthrown! And I'm not sleeping now the dark is too hard to beat, and I'm not keeping now the strength I need to push me!" With another impressive move upon the stage, she steps up to the mic once more )
Fluttershy glances around, hanging back at the edge of the crowd. She rears up to peek over the gathering sea of ponies and see who's on stage, but not too much - she mustn't draw too much attention here!
( swaying with a powerful swagger of her frame, her eyes practically glowing with an intense shine as the sparks explode behind her. "Yo show the lights that stop me turn to stone! You shine it when I'm alooo-ooo-ne! And so I tell myself that I'll be strong, and dreaming when they're gone!" )
( "Because they're calling - calling - calling - calling me home! You show the lights that stop me turn to stone, you shine it when I'm alone!" The voice of Power Ballad is brilliant as she moves along the stage, flanked by a pair of stallion back up dancers that circle and sway along with each of her steps. The music rumbles ahead as Mix Tape overpowers the senses with the pure brilliance of energy, bass, and theatrics as more and more fireworks fill the sky to illuminate the dark horizon. )
Firefly bolts upwards, chasing a particular flare, spinning with a laugh at the booms they were making, darting about and dancing with the lights and rockets explosions, having as much fun with the fireworks as a thunderstorm.
( Having caught sight of the colors in the air, Rainbow Dash of course is on the scene! She zips her way into the square with a wide eyed expression on her face, yelling out in a joyous manner. "Yo! This is -awesome!- This is /so/ cool! Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh it's.. it's POWER BALLAD!" She calls out as she joins Firefly in the sky, swirling around her in a few circles. "Fluttershy! It's Power Ballad!" It seems that the squealing element of loyalty is a fan. )
Firefly shoots up to Dash, pausing. "Look! It's BLUE!" just as the spinning firework she was holding in her hooves explodes between them in a blast of sparkles. "Hahahah!" she laughs, coughing some soot. "I like the blue ones!" and peels off to catch another one. "MINE@!"
Dipsy and other 'corns in the audience sway to the beat, all glowing their horntips like a sea of lighters.
Derpy is content to stay where she is, leaping up with a burst of fluttering now and then to see the stage more clearly. She isn't familiar with Power Ballad...but likes the sudden energy here. This isn't the Ponyville she's familiar with, and that makes it fun and different!
Fluttershy ducks down quickly as she hears someone screaming her name. Then, she raises her head up again when she realizes it's a *happy* scream, and even more when she recognizes it as her friend over the music and crowd noise. "Oh. Yay! It's pretty cool, Dashie!" She isn't being insincere, either...in spite of having not really known who Power Ballad was before this performance.
Pinkie_Pie boogies down! She cartwheels through the crowd in front of the stage gleefully.
( "It's better than cool, it's at least thirty percent cooler!" Rainbow Dash calls out as she spins about with her friend, Fluttershy, grabbing her hoofs to give her a twirl in the air. "I wonder if she will sign my poster! I have ten!" Her rainbow mane sprawls out about her as she whizzes about, zipping left and right as her wings beat the sky. )
Mixtape Is beaming brightly. This is really happening. She's really on stage with Power Ballad! THEY Power Ballad! One of the biggest stars in music history and she's sharing a stage!! What does a pony do when all of their dreams come true? Still she's not finished the concert yet, and her head bobs along with the music. After all, She's draining every bit of her magical energy to control the light show- the blasts of illusion and color and at the same time mix, and remix the songs that Power Ballad is singing! In front of her, two records dazzle with a bright crimson and spin and rip to the music in the evening. Little Mixtape is a lot more magically applicable than she gives herself credit for...
Firefly 's path makes a U-turn and she races straight down to Fluttershy, airbraking with a swoosh of wing flaps, "Here, I got one for you Fluttershy!' and drops it on the ground while it was still spinning. "Gottacatchthebrightredonenow!" blasting back off with who knew how many seconds before the yellow firework went off.
Pinkie_Pie waggles her tushie, and bucks enthusiastically.
Dipsy hee-awws, "Freeburro!"
Fluttershy 's mouth gapes as the firework plops down on the ground beside her! With a shriek, she dives on the ground and covers her head...but then opens one eye again when it doesn't blast her to bits right away, and 'ooohs' at the little sparks sprinkling on the street.
( As one song ends and blurs into another, Power Ballad continues to dance with a stallion, though this time the tone is more sassy, more edgy as she powers through one of her classics. Bringing back the oldies while her unicorn companion makes it sound fresh. It sounds completely different, with that right amount of energy. Another explosion and her voice carries over. "And we will be invincible! Ble! Ble! Ble! Ble!" With a quick trot, her eyes glare at the stallion before her, all part of the act. "We can't afford to be innocent! Stand up and face the enemy! It's a Do-Or-Die situation, we will be invincible!" With a toss of her mane, she is bathed in a quick burst of strobe light that causes her body to appear to be jerking in slow motion. "What are we waiting for?! I can't hear you Ponyville!" She calls out as she rears up on her hind legs, coming down with a powerful 'stomp!' onto the stage. "This shattered dream you can't justify! We're going to scream until we're satisfied! What are runnin )
( What are running for?! We've got the right to be angry! What are we running for when there is no where we can run to anymore! We can't afford to be innocent, stand up and face the enemy! We will be /invincible!/" A song of inspiration, a call to arms, a beckon to overcome adversity. Stand up! Stomp your hooves! Get the blood rolling! )
( Singing along with the filly on stage, Rainbow Dash appears to be overjoyed as she pumps a hoof in the air, does a quick loop-de-loop, then arches out to try and snatch an exploding firework that showers near by her. "C'mon Flutter, get up here and dance!!" She calls out with a laugh. )
Firefly steaks straight up in front of Dash, shooting skywards, about six fireworks twisted together behind her in a whirlwind trailing Firefly. "Heads up Dash!"
Luna has arrived.
Derpy curiously wanders over to the firework Firefly left for Fluttershy. She sniffs at it, and then carefully picks it up sideways in her mouth. She's sparkling!!
Dipsy leans in close to Derpy with the sound of a slidewhistle, and scrutinizes with his oddways walleyed stare the explosive in her maw. "Hmm. No sugars. Safe for teeth!"
Fluttershy blushes and sinks behind the corwd again, shaking her head vigorously from behind her mane. "Oh, no, no, I-I couldn't. It'd be too embarrassing..."
Luna drifts down out of the night sky, wings spread like a hawk, hooves reaching downward until her silver horseshoes touch the dirt. Then she folds her wings and stands there looking around in bafflement. It's as quiet and anonymous an entrance as can be pulled off by an alicorn princess a head taller than everyone else.
Firefly spirals higher and higher, then doubles back in a jack-knife snap of wind and races headfirst straight into the swirling trail of fireworks she gathered, laughing as they start exploding all around her, sparkles swirling in her wake as she bears back towards the ground in a rapidly growing spin. covered in sparkling bits as she airbrakes right in front of Fluttershy with a swoosh of air and dirt, landing, wings out ina pose, her entire outline sparkling and soot covered in many colors. "But its FUN!"
Derpy gasps at the sight of Dipsy, her beloved as-of-yet secret boyfriend. She grins, bending the firework so that it releases curved sparkles. Apparently Fluttershy doesn't mind her having taken it. She leans in until she and Dipsy are supporting each others' weight, listening together.
( Swooping after her friend once she dodges Firefly, Rainbow Dash pours on the speed and dips down to grab Fluttershy by the hooves, looking to bring her back to the sky. "OH c'mon, we're dancing! You can't just hide behind ponies when Power Ballad is putting on a show! C'mon Fluttershy, show your stuff!" )
Fluttershy 's mane gets even more obscuring, wrapping all the way around her head in the wake of Firefly's landing! "Mm mmp mphh-" she takes a second to free her mouth - "But I, I - EEP!" Now she can't help but join in, as her hair flies free on its own and her tail flows behind her above the crowd, out in plain view of everyone. "Oh, um, uh - w-w-what should I do?"
Mixtape lives for this sort of thing. She just -lives- for it! The beat of the city, ponies jazzed to her music and the flood of sound from over worked stereo equipment...there is absolutely nothing like it. There's no call of daybreak that can stop her; no dawn to deny her and the raising sun will just have to wait- tonight is her night! Surely she'll wind up face down, blurred and frazzled come Monday, but for now there's no pony that loves this more than she does! She throws her hooves up, effortlessly controlling bursts of magic while the records swap on their own- shifting away from the needle momentarily only to return for the next part of Power Ballad's ballad. She tussles and dances her ruby red mane and loses herself to the sway of the song. If she could, she'd get her cutie mark all over again doing this...
( "You dance of course! Just like how you showed me the other day, except you put your hips into it." Dash calls out as she rolls her forehooves about, swaying her rump side to side in the sky as she throws her head back with a laugh. )
Pinkie_Pie heheehhes, flopping on her back and watching the ponies fly, bright lights popping and sparkling everywhere. She hugs herself gleefully.
( Stallions, and one dragon boy, stare enraptured at Dash's swinging rump. "Best night /ever/..." one mumbles. )
Pinkie_Pie beams, and dive-hugs Seven. "Isn't it wonderful? Isn't it wonderful?"" she says breathlessly.
Bardigan has arrived.
Fluttershy ums, eyes fixed on her own hips. "B-but I've never done it in front of a whole crowd of strangers before..." Her hips start jerking back and forth a little at a time, awkwardly, but roughly to the beat, making her tail flow with them on each sway.
( Somewhere at the edge of the crowd, Scootaloo declares, "Time to get our cutie marks in dancing!" She grabs Sweetie Bell, twirls her, and then falls off the packing crate they were using to see over the crowd. One second later, Sweetie Bell falls on top of her. One second after that, Apple Bloom falls on top of both of them. )
( The high energy of the music slowly drifts down into a soft, but beautiful piano melody with a hint of base in the background. Still stomping in time with the music, Power Ballad and her male companion on stage begin to sway side to side together, staring into each other's eyes. The lights seem to dim a bit, giving just a playful glow. Her voice now becomes more soulful as she leans into the microphone, allowing the audience to really hear the range of her voice. "I'll pick you up when you are down. Be there when no one's around. When you're in unfamiliar places, count on me through life's changes. I'm in tune with how you feel. Everything about this is -real-. When you're in unfamiliar places, count on me through life's changes." Turning away from the stallion on stage, she puts a hoof to her chest, belting out the lyrics in a long, powerful tenor. "Craaaaa-aaaash into me! Aaaaaat fuuuuuullll speeeeeeeed! We can coooolliiiiide! We can cooooolliiiiiide!" )
Firefly says, "Now ya gots it!" and grins to Fluttershy, then does a wing snap and blasts skywards again, chasing a rather large red firework up into the sky. "YeeehA!"
( Somewhere, Discord's petrified statuette *clinks* faintly as it tips, just slightly and just once, to the rhythm. )
<OOC> Derpy says, "Thirteen characters, awake one place! Rip that record??"
( "You got it Fluttershy! You're dancing!" Rainbow Dash calls out as she continues to sway and circle about her friend in the sky, beating her wings as she gives another toss of her colorful mane, singing along with the songstress on the stage. )
<OOC> Power_Ballad says, "MY MILKSHAKE BRINGS ALL THE
PONIES TO THE YARD."
<OOC> Bardigan watches the record book faint.
( A soft squeak can just barely be heard as Firefly's backdraft makes Fluttershy go spinning wildly in place, hips rocking looser than ever before! )
Luna 's horn flickers. Halfway into her ascent, blue light wraps itself around Firefly like a gentle fist, pulling her back down out of the sky to Luna.
Seven_Seas isn't a Huge Crowds sort of guy, but he can appreciate good music, and that was enough to stir him out of his sour state of mind and into the square. Just don't be expecting him to rock it out. One can barely hear his yelp of startlement as he's leap-tackles by Pinkie Pie and his ears splay, "Ya, it's good." He remarks over the din, though his mind seems a bit elsewhere.
Applejack has connected.
Pumpkin_Seed has connected.
( No friend of Pinkie's is going to get away with not rocking out! She spiiiiins Seven gleefully. "We haven't had a party this big since - since the last time I threw one! It. Is. WONDERFIL!" )
Firefly blinks. "Wha? Ohhhhh....." laughing and letting the blue light guide her. She smiles and bows. "Welcome to Ponyville my Princess Luna. They seem to he having a rocking fun concert tonight."
( The music cresendos, the fireworks and light show dancing to the beat of Power's song, in perfect sync and rhythmic timing- only something magic could accomplish. The little DJ pony bobs her head, eyes closed so she can concentrating on seeing what's happening in her minds eye, while controlling both magic, pyrokinetics AND the music that swirls around the crowd in an almost hypnotic beat. Quite the party- and with one last fire work, that explodes into a shower of multiple sparkles, the song finally comes to dwindling echoing end and the night is quiet for a brief, heart stopping moment- before the town explodes into stomps and stamps of applause! )
Derpy 's firework suddenly erupts in violent sparkles! She gasps but doesn't quite let go...and finds herself being dragged along around the periphery of the crowd, a yellow sizzling trail being left behind her! "EEEep!"
( "What is all this commotion?!" Bardigan shouts haplessly when he enters the square and his jaw drops. He'd just gotten through penning a masterful set of verses so he can sleep, and now... oh dear. He slowly removes his hat as if out of respect for the sight in front of him, and the music that pounds clearly into his ears. "Goodness," he whispers. )
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxAJqvslV7M )
<OOC> Derpy says, "15 characters in one place rocking! Stuff that in your Hearth Night Stocking!"
Firefly 's razzled fur and feathers are sorted out slightly as she shakes off, colored soot all over her and plenty of still glowing embers of various colors are among her feathers and fur. She smiles apologetically to Luna. "I was....enjoying it a little."
Fluttershy glances at herself in wonder, and experimentally keeps dancing just like she was, twirling gracefully in the middle of Dash's circles - it's just like she would if she were alone, but now there are other ponies watching.
Luna holds Firefly upside down just above the crowd so that she can speak to her minion face to face. "We thank thee. Please, what..." She pauses, eyebrows pressed together, and looks from side to side. "...is going on here? We are not aware of any festival. We were not aware ponies enjoyed themselves so vigorously in these times."
Seven_Seas is spun around in a dizzying blur of lights, colors, and a mass of ponies flying by his gaze in a rush. "Whooa-hey! Too close to the ground to be doing barrel rolls!" Protests the brown-coated pegasus to Pinkie Pie as his wings flare out to try and slow the momentum. It might be a feat to hoist a stallion, but one never questions Pinkie's Power of Enthusiasm.
( As the last note hangs in the air, Power Ballad slowly lowers her head, panting loudly as her multicolored mane is plastered to her face, soaked in sweat. With the night growing quieter, she steps forward on the stage, one last song, one without the heavy beat and the loud noise of pyrotechnics. She wants to do this clean, to show off her powerful vocals. "Rewind back to the time when you held me. The air is calm, the stars are bright. Nothing in this world can take you from me! Now stop, think of the pain that I'm feeling. I really want to feel your touch, but now I feel helpless, so helpless, baby." She breaks into the chorus, pouring out her heart into the lyrics. "Since you went away, I feel that some days still conceal it from me! I'll be free and better off alone. It's hard to believe that one day you're here - the next you were gone - it's just not that clear for me to see why you had to leave!" Another pause, then she belts out. "I was strong but now I'm broken! Many words been left u )
Firefly holds her wings out to the sides, grinning at Luna upside down. "I am not sure your Highness, I came into town for a cupcake and this was happening....apparantly the one on stage, Power Ballad, is a famous singer. And Mixtape's awesome music you remember from Nightmare Night." nodding, sending small embers and soot out of her mane.
( I'm broken! Many words been left unspoken! I just can't conceive, why'd you have to /leave/." With a sweeping bow of her body, the pop starlet calls out in a raspy tone. "Thank you Ponyville! Give it up for the master of mashups, Mix Tape!" She throws a hoof over towards the red maned unicorn in the booth. "My muse." )
Pinkie_Pie whistles and hoofstomps on the ground! "Mixiiiiie! We love yooooou!" She flankbumps Seven, beaming, then impulsively kisses him.
( Sweeping down towards Bardigan, Dash gathers her in her arms as she gives him a playful twirl upwards into the air, followed by a knowing grin as she hooks her arms about his neck, swaying with him slowly. "Can you believe it. Power Ballad is here! We /have/ to meet her and get her autograph!" )
Dipsy hugs with empty air for a few moments before slowly realizing that something is amiss, once, he's fallen over, then frantically scrambles to his hooves and blinkblinks his peepers up at the clouds. "Derp up?"
Luna answers awkwardly, "Ah." It's not really an answer. She peers over the crowd, which is *very easy* for her, and then tells Firefly, "Music has changed much in a thousand years. Changed and reverted. We pounded beats like these to celebrate that we lived despite all the chaos Discord could rain upon us. Thou are having... fun?"
( Climbing back up onto the soap box awkwardly, Apple Bloom declares, "Did you hear that? Power Ballad is handing out autographs! We should go backstage and get our cutie marks as roadies!" "Didn't we try that?" asks Scootaloo, pulling herself up much more slowly because Sweetie Bell is sitting on her head. "This is different! ...slightly. Cutie marks care about that kind of thing!" Apple Bloom insists. )
Derpy cries back to Dipsy, still clenching the firework: "Help help help help help!!" So far it's just shoving her around the crowd at a frightening pace. She starts to be turned into the crowd, though...and her eyes go wide. The firework is about half gone.
Firefly nods to Luna. "This is a fun thing, yes." smiling. "They shoot forework things that explode in the air! I've caught dozens of them, but they all exploded." snerking. "There is no festival. This is a concert. No reason other than having fun and dancing." waving a hoof at the crowd below. "And they were doing that quite steadily."
( "So I see! And hear!" Bardigan laughs as Rainbow Dash heaves him up into the sky with some help from his wings. "I didn't even *know!* I'm glad I arrived when I did!" He spins them both around playfully. "Let's go get-OUT OF THE WAY!" He grabs Rainbow Dash and pushes her to the side as Derpy zooms by. "Derpy let go!!!" )
Seven_Seas 's gaze goes from a multitude of colors to a domination of nigh-neon pink as he comes face to face with Pinkie - ahem, quite literally. "Mmrf!" He blurts out at being kisses, no doubt taken off guards, though it does serve to get a laugh out of the pegasus. "Alright, alright... I'll dance. A little. I really have no coordination for this kind of stuff. I jump off mountains, not ... boogie!"
Mixtape Blushes heavily at the sudden praise from Power Ballad herself. Muse?! Her?! No way!! "AHEM F, Fillies and gentlecolts! Please put your hooves to the ground, for another round of sound, for miss Power Ballad herself! And do my eyes deceive me! Ponies of Ponyville, we have a VERY special guest this evening, our own Princess Luna!! Thats right, we have rocked out ALL the way to the moon and back! All of Equestria digs you Power Ballad, thank you for coming out tonight, but I talk like the parties over!" She shouts and another fire work sputters into the air, exploding in a dazzling display that illuminates all the ponies below. "I am your DJ, Miss Mixx-Tap3, And we're just gettin' warmed up!" She announced. Another song begins to play, but this one isn't so intense- something to give Power a little break. A mashup of an older song, but it seems like it's just an instrumental...
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Name S Species Idl Stat Location
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Borrica F Donkey Pegasus 17m IDL Borrica's Adobe
Pumpkin_Seed M Earth Pony 2m IDL Ponyville Square
Applejack F Earth Pony 12m IC Ponyville Square
Bardigan M Pegasus 1m IC Ponyville Square
Seven_Seas M Pegasus 1m IC Ponyville Square
Guest1 55m NEW Ponyville Square
Mixtape F Unicorn 0s IC Ponyville Square
Derpy F Pegasus 3m u.n Ponyville Square
Power_Ballad F Earth Pony 1m IC Ponyville Square
Rainbow_Dash F Pegasus 3m IC Ponyville Square
Fluttershy F Pegasus 12m IC Ponyville Square
EconomistBrony M Unicorn 4m OOC Ponyville Square
Dipsy B Donkeycorn 2m IC Ponyville Square
Luna D Dark Goddess Pri 2m IC Ponyville Square
Firefly F Storm Pegasus 14s IC Ponyville Square
Pinkie_Pie F Earth Pony 51s IC Ponyville Square
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Luna lowers her ears, actually looking abashed as she admits to Firefly, "Yes, we were concerned that they had all caught a chaos fever. Dancing has also changed. We have known it this energetic, and known it packed this tightly, but not so randomly." Hesitating for a second, she realizes, "...ah. But we are interfer-" She blinks again, as her name rings out.
Dipsy hee-awws in a panic, kicking air with his hindhooves. "Use brakes! Turn your wings up up up!"
Firefly says, "Oh! Oh!" beaming to Luna. "You're the special guest! Go on down to the stage!"
( Swaying a bit on the stage during the instrumental, Power Ballad makes her way off the stage to get a quick drink of water for her parched throat and a quick wardrobe change. She seems to be all smiles though, thrilled that she can perform on her terms for a change. No management, no contracts. Just the music. )
( "Hey, maybe we can get our cutie marks as groupies!" Sweetie Bell exclaims suddenly. "What is that?" Scootaloo asks baffledly. "I dunno, but I bet I'd be great at it!" Apple Bloom cheers. She gives an excited hop on top of the crate... which flips over on top of the three of them. )
( Spinning about with him, Dash giggles and tucks her head against his shoulder for a moment as she hugs him in the air, then leans back. "I didn't know either, I just heard all the music in the distance, and hey look, Fluttershy is dancing!" She points out to her bestie with a giggle. )
Pinkie_Pie 's ears floop shyly as she smiles at Seven. This is probably as quiet as anyone here as ever seen Pinkie. You'd almost swear she's sane. "We can dance slower, if you want. If that'd, um, make you happy."
Derpy hears Bardigan's advice and decides finally to heed it. She opens her mouth, letting the firework go...and it soars into the air low over the crowd and explodes, raining a patch of the audience with yellow sparkles that linger on their coats! Watch out that you don't catch fire, everypony! Meanwhile, Derpy collapses wearily amid music fans, sinking to her belly. Once she recovers, she starts dancing by bobbing her head around.
Luna stares at Firefly as if she'd just suggested Luna join the Cutie Mark Crusaders. "Is that... what we are supposed to do? So be it." Her face sets in cold, imperial dignity, and she launches up out of the crowd, trailing blue sparkles as she spirals twice in midair to land on stage next to Mixtape, hooves splayed, facing the crowd. Blue light sucks Firefly after her, and sets the storm pony down next to the Princess. "PONIES OF PONYVILLE! WE ARE GLAD TO WITNESS THIS 'CONCERT'. FROLIC! FROLIC, WE COMMAND THEE, UNTIL THOU HAVE EXHAUSTED THYSELVES WITH JOYOUS REVELRY!"
Firefly eeps and nods lightly. "It is a mark of honor to be a special guessssssssssssssseee!" getting sucked along with Luna then stood on the stage, where she stood rock solid, fur and feathers alike still smoking slightly from chasing fireworks.
Luna immediately leans her head down and whispers to Firefly, "...now what do we do?"
Seven_Seas gives his head a shake as he looks to Pinkie, "Eh, this is hardly slow musi--wwwhat the--?" He flinches and flattens his ears at the sudden bellow, wings fluffing up as he swings his head around towards the stage. "Oh." He murmurs and clears his throat to try and smooth his rumpled appearance. "Ahem. Right, anyway, like I said, this ain't exactly slow music, Pinkie."
Firefly flicks her wings to de-dust them a bit and whispers back. "I...do not know." she admits. "This is my first concert also." looking sheepish. "Mingle among the crowd and enjoy it?" she puts forth.
Bardigan whews as Derpy drops to the ground. Crisis averted, he turns to look at Fluttershy and grins. "The music's brought *everypony* out!" He hugs Rainbow Dash about the waist, bobbing them both back and forth in the air. "Well! You heard the princess," he says, beeping Rainbow Dash's nose.
( As the music begins to slow down a bit into a softer tempo, Power Ballad once more steps on to the stage, giving a slow bow towards the Mare of the Moon. With a deep breath, she turns her attention back toward the audience. "While I was taking a break I got a request for a song, one that is dear to my heart. This one is for the Cutie Mark Crusaders!" She calls out with a soft laugh as she says the words out loud. )
( "Not slow music?" Pinkie says, touching her nose to Seven's. "Are you sure about that?" She nestles closer to him, closing her eyes and swaying slowly. )
( Freeburro! )
Firefly gets a bright eyed look and grins to Luna then whispers up to the Princess "I may have an idea for later, when we can speak more properly."
( Curling herself into him, Rainbow Dash begins to sway with him slowly in the air, holding on to Bardigan as if he was the last breath she could ever take. She gets a lazy look on her eyes as she tilts her head to pass a soft kiss to him, giggling softly. )
( Curling herself into him, Rainbow Dash begins to sway with him slowly in the air, holding on to Bardigan as if he was the last breath she could ever take. She gets a lazy look on her eyes as she tilts her head to pass a soft kiss to him, giggling softly. )
( Somewhere in the back of the crowd, three tiny voices squeal gleefully from under a wooden soap box. )
Seven_Seas relents finally to the party pony and leans against Pinkie, swaying along in time with her. Swaying he can do! It doesn't require fancy coordination. He leans in so she can hear him as he murmurs, "Later on I got some news for you, but it can wait till things quiet down."
Mixtape looks rather proud of herself- absolutely beaming really at the success of this set. Almost over of course, and just a way to get her feet wet for the real thing- if this impromptu concert in this town went off without a hitch maybe she really WILL be able to make it big! Or maybe she's already made it big! With all of her fears of doing the show in Canterlot quashed, she almost doesn't think she'll be able to top this performance. But after a quick drink, and a moment to unravel the magic used for the light show and the pyrokinetics, she begins to turn up the tempo a little more, a little more, and a little more still. One last song to go out in a blaze of glory! That's the way a concert oughta be!!
Fluttershy blushes. Oh dear, now everypony really *is* staring at her. She just...keeps dancing, because her flutterbrain has locked up and doesn't know what else to do. Dance. Dance. DANCE.
Firefly uses a wing to aim a spotlight at Fluttershy. "Shake it pony!"
Luna looks down at the crowd. She looks at Firefly. She looks down at the crowd. The looks she gives Firefly are disbelieving. The looks she gives the crowd are just blank. Then the music turns up, and she whispers to Firefly, "Perhaps we should... dance? We would need a partner. We could lead, unless thou are very, very certain of thy speed and reflexes. Somehow, we doubt thou have been taught the Griffon Style."
Pinkie_Pie 's ears perk back up. "Good news, I hope! If it's good news we'll celebrate with a cake. If it's bad news we'll... concsole ourselves with a cake!" she giggles. She watches her friend Fluttershy be not so shy for a change, grinning.
Firefly 's entire visage goes almost pale as Luna speaks. She lifts a hoof and crosses it to rub on her other foreleg, wings swept low and back. "I...do not know any dances my Princess." curling an ear and coughing a bit. "I...set aside little time for such affairs. I had races to win and other storm pegasi to pound to keep my title." looking over the crowd. "My speed and reflexes are top notch, I assure you." flexing her wings up. "What is....Griffon Style?"
Fluttershy dances and swoops and spins faster and faster and faster, with her eyes locked in a look of total mania! She whirls around Dashie and Firefly and Derpy and Pinkie and goes and goes and - and then she finally overloads and falls to the ground, stiff as a board. "...yay..."
( After the song for the Crusaders ends, which was actually quite a bubbly pop song of sunshine and rainbows, Power Ballad appears to have grown somber as she can hear the music that Mix Tape is playing for her. She takes in a deep breath as she curls the microphone to her slowly, speaking out to the crowd. "This song is for a boy." She chuckles softly under her breath. "One that broke my heart and sent my soul packing. I'm sure any some of you girls out there know how it is. Don't worry, it gets better - I promise. Be strong to yourself, be true to yourself." Stepping back, she begins to sway her voice rises up into song. "Thick skin - soft touch. Heart of gold, but it's na-na-na-not enough. Forgiving arms, the higher road, working hard but it's na-na-na not enough! You say: I'm not good enough, I'm not good enough, but what you really mean is: You're not good enough, you're not good enough. You can't deliver so you turn it around!" Jerking the mic back to her, Power Ballad starts to pound )
( through the lyrics. "You didn't let me down! You didn't tear me apart! You just opened my eyes while breaking my heart! You didn't do it for me, I'm not as dumb as you think! You just made me cry while claiming that you love me! You love me! You -love- me!" With a jerk of her, she croons out. "Your love feels different, it's like a blow to the head with your compliments. Your love hurts deeper - it's like a brick in the sea and I'm drowning in it! You didn't let me down! You didn't tear me apart! You just opened my eyes while breaking my heart! You didn't do it for me, I'm not as dumb as you think!" Throwing the mic down, she bellows out her voice to the sky, as if she was howling, angling that last word just 'right' as it hits a sweet spot before finishing off the song with a loud gasp of air. It seems that she nearly threw her body into those lyrics as she is left shaking from release. )
Luna takes this WONDERFUL opportunity to not discuss it on stage. Blue light wraps around Firefly again, hoisting her up and along as Luna leaps forward off the stage, curling up over the crowd to pause, hovering upright with her huge wings flapping. Her mane and tail glitter and around and underneath her as she releases her grip on Firefly, explaining, "It is an aerial dance. There is a griffon role, but the alicorn leads. Thy role would merely be to try to survive."
Bardigan returns the kiss with all the grace instilled in him by years of living as a gentlepony while he bobs and sways through the air with her at his side. He doesn't need to jump back down into the thick of it as long as they're enjoying themselves up here. "Now that's a clever inversion," he says, watching Fluttershy zoom herself to a burnout. "A few weeks ago I'd be expecting that to be *you*, Rainbow."
( "Night is still young handsome, perhaps you can spin me about until I burn out." Rainbow says with another butterfly kiss as she sinks her hooves into his mane. Slowly they sway, their bodies tanagled together beneath the wash of the moonlight that floods through the dark sky. With a smile, her nose rubs up against his for a bit. "Different than our rave, but some things are familiar." She says as she stares into his eyes, then clears her throat as she finds herself being a bit 'too' girly. ".. Um.. awesome?" She says with a wink. )
Seven_Seas gives only a soft smile in response, though by the thin set of it, it might not be the best but he seems disinterested in ruining the mood by discussing it. He sees the collapse of Fluttershy and grimaces as he looks to Pinkie, "...maybe you should make sure your friend is okay? I think she might have just.. broke."
Pinkie_Pie looks between Fluttershy, and Seven, and Rainbow Dash, and looks like she may be about to panic - unitl Seven himself suggests she go check on Fluttershy. "ThankyouSevendontgoway!" she squeaks, turning into a pink blur as she appears over the prone pony. "I got this!" she assures the onlookers. "I'll just apply CPR!" she inhaaaales deeply, leans down, and - settles a cupcake on Flutter's tummy. "Cupcake Pony Revival!"
Firefly flares her wings and grins. "Try to survive? Sounds like danger, eh?" regaining her own flight with a flicker of her wingtips as Luna's magic reelases her. "Well Danger is my middle name!" laughing, doing a few stretches. "So how does this go?" snapping her wings with a blast of air and circling Luna a few times like a rogue electron then airbraking before her. "Do we do aerial combat flying?"
Fluttershy twitches a little in place, and sniffs the air. Her eyes start moving and blinking again, fixing on Pinkie's. "Oh, um...h-hi, Pinkie Pie. Uh...what happened last night? I just remember a bunch of ponies staring at me and kind of a blur."
Pinkie_Pie beams. "Nothing you need to worry about," she reassures her friend. "Just enjoy your cupcake, okay?" She kisses her on the forehead.
Luna blinks, and her eyes widen. Bluegreen eyes stare at Firefly intently, the pupils perhaps a bit slitted. "We forgot. Thou are are a STORM pony." She flicks her wings, lifting up and back several feet, spreading them wide as she declares, "Very well! Prove thyself, Firefly of the Storm Ponies. With this dance we taught pegasii to battle aerial opponents a thousand years ago." She laughs suddenly, boomingly, maniacally, and shouts, "LEARN QUICKLY!" Then with that her body flips, and she dives bombs Firefly, sharply pointed horn first.
( The song slowly comes to a close, rocking out in the Blaze of Glory Mixtape had always imagined. In fact, this is what Mixtape had always imagined. The entire concert making her very, very happy. With the last of the song fading away, the mike crackles back to life with Mixtape's voice. "Thank you all for attending a very impromptu concert! Power Ballad is gonna blast one last tour, so make sure to come and see her! Thank you, and G'night Ponyville! Make sure to fly home safely!!" She announces, absolutely exhausted, drained and dry from the night's events- but deliriously happy. )