Post by Solar Solstice on Jul 10, 2013 23:19:08 GMT -5
OOC Date: June 6, 2013
Characters: Diamond Dancer, Rainbow Dash
Setting: Diamond confronts Rainbow (again) about her lack of attention
Even at night with the lights cheerfully flickering across the cloud city- the summer warmth and cool breeze canceling one and other out, and the temperate climate with the stars twinkling overhead (making it an absolutely GORGEOUS place to be) ...Diamond. Hates. Cloudsdale. Which is a shame, because it's where most pegasi come to hang out and it's where she hopes she might run into...ugh...Rainbow Dash...
Generally, Rainbow Dash doesn't really come around here too often lately. Sure, Cloudsdale has /everything/ she wants in a city, but her best friends mostly live in Ponyville, so why should she hang out here too much? (Plus she's played most of the games in the arcade multiple times already) However, tonight she finds herself taking in the nighttime scene, admiring the lights and colours splashed across Cloudsdale. As she walks along the wide boulevards, taking in the atmosphere, she might almost miss small fillies trying to get her attention...
Diamond_Dancer pops up with a burst of her contrail echoing in the evening behind her- a burst of light that makes her glow like a shooting star. It settles when she slows down and the little girl almost aggresively lands next to the would-be Wonderbolt with a little huff. "...Rainbow Dash...You'se uh...been talkin' wif Lightning Dust lately? "She asks coldly...
"Yipes!" Rainbow Dash shouts, her mane standing on its ends in surprise. She scrambles backward a few feet before falling onto her rump. Ow. "Aagh...don't sneak up on me like that!" she demands, but soon she's out of adrenalin and she's listening carefully. "Dust? Well, uh, I guess you could say she's been talking to me," she relates, hiding the fact that most of these conversations were rather unwanted on her part. "Is this about that stunt team?"
Diamond_Dancer nods her head. "Yeah!" She snorts quietly. "...Dust...Dusty says you'se don't dink I can fly properly. She says you ain't believe in me, and dat you'se is scared I'll hoyt myself. "She hisses. Oh, yes, that voice is dripping with venom. "...So...Dusty...talked me inta flyin' safe routes while you'se guys do all da tricks n' stuff. "The little filly sighs in defeat. "...So you'se...you'se dont gotta worry you'se pretty little rainbow head about me. I won't be doin nuffin dangerous, kapeesh?" She pouts quietly.
Rainbow_Dash frowns, feeling off-put by Diamond's obvious bitterness. She wants to help her, really, she does, but Diamond has these wacky ideas about how ponies are supposed to behave towards her that's really messing up her prospects, at least that's what Rainbow thinks. "Yeah, yeah, I hear ya, so no worries," she says, trying to sound upbeat but failing. "So, uh...I heard you went off to the Crystal Empire a while back?" Hey, word gets around it seems.
Diamond_Dancer looks over the side of the city down towards the ground quietly. "...Yeah. "She says softly. "It was another mission for Princess Luna...SHE trusts me ta fly n' get stuff done for her..." -Why don't you?- obviously hanging in the air. Although she doesn't say it. "...I'm a crystal pegasus...I guess dat brings up more questions den ansahs, though."
Now that's definitely enough to get Rainbow Dash piqued. She straightens up and regards Diamond with alarm. "A /crystal pegasus/? Whoa whoa...I didn't think there were any of those! And...and you're one?" That does explain a lot of things, though, like the apparent indestructibility. "Who else knows? Does Princess Luna, or Twi, or anypony?"
Diamond_Dancer shakes her head quietly. "No. Ain't no pony knows, cept Bardigan n' Red Velvet. I don't got much exposure to da heart, do I ain't...al...shiny. "She says, regarding her silvery coat. "I jus look like a normal pony, I guess. Da doctah dare says I'mma freak accident. Da outcome of um...well somedin havin ta do wif being a crystal pegasus. I dunno. "She huffs softly. "Misson didn't go so smooth, so it don't mattah anyway."
Rainbow_Dash opens her mouth to say something, but then backs out. Boy, the're pretty exposed out here. "You...wanna walk with me to someplace quieter?"
Diamond_Dancer tilts her head to one side...it almost looks like she's going to cry...but...she nods softly, and starts forward, falling into step with the rainbow maned pony. "Why you'se care, anyway?"
Rainbow_Dash keeps her silence until they're out of the wide open street and in a quieter road, almost narrow enough to be an alley, somewhere in the older part of the city. "Why not?" she says, dodging the examination entirely. "Look, Diamond, you gotta understand: I don't think I'm the right pony for this kinda...thing." Rainbow Dash's ears droop a little.
Diamond_Dancer tilts her head to one side, the little filly not quite catching on. "Whadda mean you'se ain't da right pony? Fer what?" She asks softly. "Oh...hangin' out wif me. Gotcha. Yeah, I get it, I'm sick, you'se don't wanna catch it, or whatever. "She says quietly. "Don't worry, You can't git it."
"No, that's not what I mean! I mean..." Rainbow Dash sighs aloud. "I mean...I don't think I can take care of you properly. I'm not good enough, not like Bardigan or Red Velvet." She feels her stomach hollow out; admitting her self-perceived shortcomings was a mightily nerve-wracking thing. The fact that Diamond wasn't somepony too close to her added some distance, but somehow she feels like she's cheating herself. "It's not you kid, trust me."
Diamond_Dancer stares for a few moments, before she bursts into quiet giggles. "Is you totally crazy? Dash, I don't NEED you'se to take care o' me. Where in Equestria did you'se git dat idea? Jus cause I wanted ta be friends don't mean ...ugh. WHY do you'se dink I'm so weak, huh?! What is you'se PROBLEM, Rainbow Dash? You'se dink, cause I'm sick, I ain't got what it takes to go hoof ta hoof wif you'se? I USED ta dink you'se was cool, but you'se keep treatin' me like like...like I ain't good enough ta share da sky wif you'se. "She snorts. "What IS IT?!"
<OOC> You say, "You're not gonna get a good reaction from her
"
<OOC> Diamond_Dancer says, "Dashie frustrates her! XD"
<OOC> Diamond_Dancer says, "Diamond is taking Dash's attempts to protect her as an insult to her pride!"
Had Rainbow Dash been gifted with any particular virtue of patience or forebearance she might have been able to endure Diamond's explosive anger and provide some kind of prudent counsel. Unfortunately, Rainbow reacts in entirely the wrong way. "If you don't /need/ me then why do you keep begging to be my best friend!? Why do you think you're better than Scoots!?" she yells at her, breathing heavily. Very gradually her face adopts something akin to guilt. Did she just say that?
Diamond_Dancer stares for a long few moments, and gives a little huff. "...I...I don't need you'se." She says quietly. Her voice doesn't crack. No, she won't let it- she doesn't dare let it. "I used ta dink, I was da only pony in da world, dat had a contrail. Dat goin real fast was somedin only I could do. Den I hoyd of you'se n' got excited cause...cause I thought maybe we's could...I could have somepony ta talk to...Den I found out Firefly, could leave dem too. She was special. But Firefly is da Princess's right hoof, she ain't got time for me. And You...You'd rather hang out with Scoots. So who am I supposed ta hang out wif? Right, right, da ponies dat call me smudge. Or eraserface. Or ugly, if dey's feelin lazy. But don't worry, I don't wanna be friends wif you'se no more. YOU, Rainbow, ARE A JERK!" She yells, and huffs. No tears. No tears. No tears...
"I..." but Rainbow Dash cannot say the words, or een know what words to say. Can words even change Diamond's despairing heart? She says nothing, finding only empty platitudes in the grasp of her painfully average intellect, and has to endure Diamond walking off in disgust and disappointment for the second time in Rainbow's life.
<OOC> Diamond_Dancer says, "friendship is hard! X3"
<OOC> You say, "Yeah this is totally above Rainbow's level of competance XD"
Characters: Diamond Dancer, Rainbow Dash
Setting: Diamond confronts Rainbow (again) about her lack of attention
Even at night with the lights cheerfully flickering across the cloud city- the summer warmth and cool breeze canceling one and other out, and the temperate climate with the stars twinkling overhead (making it an absolutely GORGEOUS place to be) ...Diamond. Hates. Cloudsdale. Which is a shame, because it's where most pegasi come to hang out and it's where she hopes she might run into...ugh...Rainbow Dash...
Generally, Rainbow Dash doesn't really come around here too often lately. Sure, Cloudsdale has /everything/ she wants in a city, but her best friends mostly live in Ponyville, so why should she hang out here too much? (Plus she's played most of the games in the arcade multiple times already) However, tonight she finds herself taking in the nighttime scene, admiring the lights and colours splashed across Cloudsdale. As she walks along the wide boulevards, taking in the atmosphere, she might almost miss small fillies trying to get her attention...
Diamond_Dancer pops up with a burst of her contrail echoing in the evening behind her- a burst of light that makes her glow like a shooting star. It settles when she slows down and the little girl almost aggresively lands next to the would-be Wonderbolt with a little huff. "...Rainbow Dash...You'se uh...been talkin' wif Lightning Dust lately? "She asks coldly...
"Yipes!" Rainbow Dash shouts, her mane standing on its ends in surprise. She scrambles backward a few feet before falling onto her rump. Ow. "Aagh...don't sneak up on me like that!" she demands, but soon she's out of adrenalin and she's listening carefully. "Dust? Well, uh, I guess you could say she's been talking to me," she relates, hiding the fact that most of these conversations were rather unwanted on her part. "Is this about that stunt team?"
Diamond_Dancer nods her head. "Yeah!" She snorts quietly. "...Dust...Dusty says you'se don't dink I can fly properly. She says you ain't believe in me, and dat you'se is scared I'll hoyt myself. "She hisses. Oh, yes, that voice is dripping with venom. "...So...Dusty...talked me inta flyin' safe routes while you'se guys do all da tricks n' stuff. "The little filly sighs in defeat. "...So you'se...you'se dont gotta worry you'se pretty little rainbow head about me. I won't be doin nuffin dangerous, kapeesh?" She pouts quietly.
Rainbow_Dash frowns, feeling off-put by Diamond's obvious bitterness. She wants to help her, really, she does, but Diamond has these wacky ideas about how ponies are supposed to behave towards her that's really messing up her prospects, at least that's what Rainbow thinks. "Yeah, yeah, I hear ya, so no worries," she says, trying to sound upbeat but failing. "So, uh...I heard you went off to the Crystal Empire a while back?" Hey, word gets around it seems.
Diamond_Dancer looks over the side of the city down towards the ground quietly. "...Yeah. "She says softly. "It was another mission for Princess Luna...SHE trusts me ta fly n' get stuff done for her..." -Why don't you?- obviously hanging in the air. Although she doesn't say it. "...I'm a crystal pegasus...I guess dat brings up more questions den ansahs, though."
Now that's definitely enough to get Rainbow Dash piqued. She straightens up and regards Diamond with alarm. "A /crystal pegasus/? Whoa whoa...I didn't think there were any of those! And...and you're one?" That does explain a lot of things, though, like the apparent indestructibility. "Who else knows? Does Princess Luna, or Twi, or anypony?"
Diamond_Dancer shakes her head quietly. "No. Ain't no pony knows, cept Bardigan n' Red Velvet. I don't got much exposure to da heart, do I ain't...al...shiny. "She says, regarding her silvery coat. "I jus look like a normal pony, I guess. Da doctah dare says I'mma freak accident. Da outcome of um...well somedin havin ta do wif being a crystal pegasus. I dunno. "She huffs softly. "Misson didn't go so smooth, so it don't mattah anyway."
Rainbow_Dash opens her mouth to say something, but then backs out. Boy, the're pretty exposed out here. "You...wanna walk with me to someplace quieter?"
Diamond_Dancer tilts her head to one side...it almost looks like she's going to cry...but...she nods softly, and starts forward, falling into step with the rainbow maned pony. "Why you'se care, anyway?"
Rainbow_Dash keeps her silence until they're out of the wide open street and in a quieter road, almost narrow enough to be an alley, somewhere in the older part of the city. "Why not?" she says, dodging the examination entirely. "Look, Diamond, you gotta understand: I don't think I'm the right pony for this kinda...thing." Rainbow Dash's ears droop a little.
Diamond_Dancer tilts her head to one side, the little filly not quite catching on. "Whadda mean you'se ain't da right pony? Fer what?" She asks softly. "Oh...hangin' out wif me. Gotcha. Yeah, I get it, I'm sick, you'se don't wanna catch it, or whatever. "She says quietly. "Don't worry, You can't git it."
"No, that's not what I mean! I mean..." Rainbow Dash sighs aloud. "I mean...I don't think I can take care of you properly. I'm not good enough, not like Bardigan or Red Velvet." She feels her stomach hollow out; admitting her self-perceived shortcomings was a mightily nerve-wracking thing. The fact that Diamond wasn't somepony too close to her added some distance, but somehow she feels like she's cheating herself. "It's not you kid, trust me."
Diamond_Dancer stares for a few moments, before she bursts into quiet giggles. "Is you totally crazy? Dash, I don't NEED you'se to take care o' me. Where in Equestria did you'se git dat idea? Jus cause I wanted ta be friends don't mean ...ugh. WHY do you'se dink I'm so weak, huh?! What is you'se PROBLEM, Rainbow Dash? You'se dink, cause I'm sick, I ain't got what it takes to go hoof ta hoof wif you'se? I USED ta dink you'se was cool, but you'se keep treatin' me like like...like I ain't good enough ta share da sky wif you'se. "She snorts. "What IS IT?!"
<OOC> You say, "You're not gonna get a good reaction from her
"<OOC> Diamond_Dancer says, "Dashie frustrates her! XD"
<OOC> Diamond_Dancer says, "Diamond is taking Dash's attempts to protect her as an insult to her pride!"
Had Rainbow Dash been gifted with any particular virtue of patience or forebearance she might have been able to endure Diamond's explosive anger and provide some kind of prudent counsel. Unfortunately, Rainbow reacts in entirely the wrong way. "If you don't /need/ me then why do you keep begging to be my best friend!? Why do you think you're better than Scoots!?" she yells at her, breathing heavily. Very gradually her face adopts something akin to guilt. Did she just say that?
Diamond_Dancer stares for a long few moments, and gives a little huff. "...I...I don't need you'se." She says quietly. Her voice doesn't crack. No, she won't let it- she doesn't dare let it. "I used ta dink, I was da only pony in da world, dat had a contrail. Dat goin real fast was somedin only I could do. Den I hoyd of you'se n' got excited cause...cause I thought maybe we's could...I could have somepony ta talk to...Den I found out Firefly, could leave dem too. She was special. But Firefly is da Princess's right hoof, she ain't got time for me. And You...You'd rather hang out with Scoots. So who am I supposed ta hang out wif? Right, right, da ponies dat call me smudge. Or eraserface. Or ugly, if dey's feelin lazy. But don't worry, I don't wanna be friends wif you'se no more. YOU, Rainbow, ARE A JERK!" She yells, and huffs. No tears. No tears. No tears...
"I..." but Rainbow Dash cannot say the words, or een know what words to say. Can words even change Diamond's despairing heart? She says nothing, finding only empty platitudes in the grasp of her painfully average intellect, and has to endure Diamond walking off in disgust and disappointment for the second time in Rainbow's life.
<OOC> Diamond_Dancer says, "friendship is hard! X3"
<OOC> You say, "Yeah this is totally above Rainbow's level of competance XD"