Post by Mixtap3 on Dec 15, 2013 6:59:01 GMT -5
The Adventures of Trixie And Mixie: Part 2: Red Rendezvous
Staring: Mixie, Red Velvet, Trixie
Synopsis: Mixie makes good on her promise to introduce Trixie to Red Velvet, and the three get to scheming on what to do with the newly crowned Princess...
Red's Office
The room is not even close to what one would call Spartan. The desk is large, the chair behind it plush. And along the walls are two long couches, made of oak and suede. Behind the chair placed near the desk is a hidden martini bar. concealed behind a mirror wall until the secret panel is flipped to reveal the luxury item. The entire room is decorated in the namesake of Red herself. Crimson velvet hangs from every wall and even banners with Red's cutiemark dangle from the ceiling.
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And there's little miss Mixtape trotting into the Red Velvet productions, looking fiendishly wicked today- at least, feeling so. She's smili- Wait, is Mixtape smiling? Is she in a good mood? Is that a spring in her step? Heaven forbid! Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria! Perhaps it has something to do with a certain promise made a few nights ago, or perhaps she got a new spiked collar. Whatever the reason, the little D.J. is practically beaming as she trots into the studios with a certain blue mare behind her. "Red! Oy? RED?! Is Red in?" Moody miss Mixie asks the secretary...
( Just behind Mixtape walks serenely a blue unicorn with a massive purple pointed hat and matching cape, both spangled with countless silver and gold stars. The Great and Powerful Trixie pauses at the door's threshhold, straightens her cape and takes off her hat. Trixie has never employed P.R. ponies before, but there is a first time for everything. She waits there, head held high and eyes closed, expecting somepony to be awed by her majesty at any moment. )
Red_Velvet is upstairs, in her quite lavish office above the rebuilt building that previously housed her high class club, The Velvet Rope. The lower structure is structurally sound but it holds nothing, bare walls, no carpeting. It is a shell, awaiting Miss Velvet's next spark of inspiration for it. Save for the secretary's desk, the mare at the desk looks mind-numbingly bored, not even a typewriter before her, this is a far cry from what she was expecting when she took the job. The lower portion of the building gives the word 'Spartan' new meaning. It's more like a blank canvas awaiting a painter. She perks up and smiles when ponies actually come in! "Oh yes, Ma'am! She is in her office, One moment." The mare reaches out and pushes a button on a small intercom box on her desk, "Um, Miss Velvet? There are some ponies here to see you." The answer comes a moment later, "Thank you Miss Typeset, please do send them up, the door is unlocked." The secretary smiles and points up a set of stairs to her left, "It will be the only set of double doors on the second floor, ladies."
Mixtape nods to Trixie with a brilliant, glittering, and EVIL smile, and trots towards the stairs towards Red's office. "Right, Trix, this is Red Velvet. Like I said, she's the bloody best P.R. manager one could 'ope for. You're gonna love 'er!" She announces boldly, swinging the door over with a wide grin plastered across her features. "Red! Lov, I've got somepony for you to meet, yeah? If I may: The great, and POWERFUL, Trrrrrr~ixie!" She giggles
When the double-doors swing open, there is a massive display of fireworks, sparkly pinwheels of fire, and magenta smoke that rolls low across the carpet. When it clears just enough, standing framed in the door is a blue unicorn in cape and hat, front hooves outspread in exultation and excitement! "Watch in awe!" she announces, dropping from the pose to let her forehooves clop on the floor, after which she crosses them daintily and beams a bright white smile with her eyes closed. "Trixie is here!"
Red_Velvet when the doors are opened Red Velvet is seated in her chair behind her desk, She smiles at her dear little DJ when Mixtape appears at the door. Then as the introduction begin Red tries to stifle a smirk she does lean forward to watch the flamboyant arrival of the showmare. Even giggling and clapping her hooves together softly when it has all concluded, "Bravo Miss Trixie. Or do you prefer to be addressed more formally as Miss Lulamoon? I am also accustom to calling some performers by their stage names if that is more to your liking? Do please both of you come in and make yourselves comfortable." She gestures to the couches in the room as well as two chairs on the other side of her desk that are very akin to her own...though far smaller in dimensions. Red Velvet's chair borders on being a small throne.
Mixtape grins quietly, and strolls across the floor towards Red with a warm smile. "Trixie, this is Red Velvet. Greatest PR pony, you'll ever 'ope to meet. Velvet is my...um...err...Manager. I suppose. Kinda. "She stammers. Is that a blush? On Mixtape? Take cover, the world is ending!! "Velvet, this is Trixie. You might remember her from such insane coups as the time she tried to take over ponyville, and put us under a fish bowl. "She snorts. "She's me new frrr...Frrriiiiee...." She stammers, the world not coming out quite right, and finally, the pony gives up and shakes her head. "Acquaintance. She needs your 'elp fixin 'er image, and I need 'er 'elp gettin back at Twili-ha-ha-haaaaaaaaaaaa Show! A show. We're working on a show. Together. For 'er. " She explains. *Squee grin* "Anyway, I promised 'er you might be able to 'elp. Make 'er the most well known Magician in Equestria."
"Just 'Trixie' will be fine," the blue unicorn offers with a casual wave of one hoof as she prances toward the plush chair. She does not mince words, either. "You are already aware of Trixie, so she will cut to the chase. Trixie is not well-liked in Ponyville, and that must change!" She gives her tail a little flick. "So Trixie is going to put on a fre-... fruh-... FREE show for Hearth's Warming Eve, and would welcome any help in promoting it." She really, really doesn't like saying the word 'free'.
<OOC> Mixtape winces at the word free. Ugh...Stop saying that!
<OOC> Trixie makes a sick face too.
Red_Velvet has already adopted a grin on her muzzle that shows far too many teeth and could only properly be described as 'predatory' when both the other mares have fully entered she closes the door with her magic, ears perked and eyes shining. But all of that evaporates the moment the word 'free' comes into play. Still, there is a small smile there and a look of minor hope, the same kind of hope a drowning pony feels when they think they may see land on the horizon. "i-I see, well i can certainly help with all of that. Now, darlings, when you say -free- do you actually mean -No Admission- orrrr Free as in...Free? As in...not for profit?" Red turns to smile at Mixtape a little more warmly, "I can help with this 'Show' you are planning, darling. But I do wish to know just how explosive and large are we talking? A small event? Or something that shakes the very foundation of Equestria?" It's uncertain if Velvet has caught on to what the show will actually be. But it does make one wonder what Her definition of revenge that 'shakes the foundation of Equestria' would entail.
Mixtape plants her hooves together warmly. "Oh, I think we'll want to 'ave as many ponies as possible come to visit and see what I do to T.....rrrrrrrixie's show. Yes. AHEM. Right. Yeah? Trixie likes a great big audience, and I'm sure she can 'andle being on stage, eh? I'm pretty used to large crowds filling an entire 'all. "She explains. "Trixie is going to provide a much needed visual aspect to my concerts in the future..maybe. "She says sheepishly.
"We *are* looking for the largest crowd possible," Trixie offers, though Velvet's reaction to free admission is much like her own. Trixie pulls the brim of her hat down a little further in apparent embarrassment. "There are only so many ponies in Ponyville, but!" Here the blue unicorn taps a hoof lightly on the corner of Velvet's desk. "Trixie has a secret weapon. Everypony knows Twilight Sparkle. And she will be on-stage with Trixie. A sure attendance booster!"
Red_Velvet steeples her hooves for a moment, looking across them at the other two ponies. Then she rises and steps around her desk, "Just a moment, dears. Miss Velvet needs to prepare a spell." Her Horn begins to glow as she walks across the room to the large window and draws the curtains closed. then she walks over to a point in the northern most wall of the room and places the tip of her horn against the wall. The glowing spell spreads, covering the ceiling, the floor, and every wall. Even the doors and windows are covered by the shining aura. Then Red returns to her chair, "I apologize for that, it is a sound proofing spell. I employ it when I am reprimanding an employee, or having a meeting about sensitive matters. Now then, Let us be plain. How far precisely do we wish to go with this vendetta against Miss...I mean...Princess Sparkle? And will we be using a single event to strike at her while at the same time attempting to redeem Trixie's name? I would advise two separate events."
Mixtape sighs deeply, and the smile on her face fades almost immediately when Velvet brings it up. She's a sly one, she is. "...It's personal. "Mixtape finally huffs, sitting back on her haunches with a quiet snort. "Fact of the matter is, I've been pushin it and Trixie...Well this one looks at Sparkle the way I look at Vinyl. "She grumbles. "She's got a crush, She 'as. "She spits. "Personally I don't want to 'URT the princess. I just wanna see her turned all red and 'umiliated in front of a live audience. Maybe get 'er fur shorn off. Maybe a bucket o' water on 'er 'ead. you know. "She sighs quietly. "I figured if anypony could make something like this work...it'd be you. It's win win win. I get a show with visual effects. Trixie gets to get her name up in lights, and everypony likes 'er again, YOU get a new client, and PRINCESS TWILIGHT...gets to be the BUTT of the show. No one gets 'urt...
( Trixie mirrors the hoof-steepling gesture, settling back in her chair. "Trixie is willing to let Sparkle off the hook this once, only because it might interfere with Trixie's big comeback tour." She nods in self-satisfaction before glowering aside at Mixtape. Trixie does NOT have a 'CRUSH' on TWILIGHT SPARKLE! "The Great and P-Powerful Trixie," she begins with a little sputter. "Is the greatest unicorn in Equestria! Twilight Sparkle is just a minor hurdle in her way to the top. And one that Trixie is more than willing to spare for now. Because it's all part of Trixie's plan. Ponies see Trixie being friendly with Sparkle, then they will be friendly with Trixie and she will have an easier time in that one-horse town." )
Red_Velvet's predatory look has returned as she has listened to all this. Her eyes however have narrowed into an intense look. Not the look of a pony feeling disapproval. But the look of a pony playing a mental game of chess and who has leaned back to view the whole board, "I believe...I may have the perfect plain in mind." Her horn lights up and behind her the polished mirror swivels around to reveal the hidden wet bar on it's backside. Her magic begins preparing three drinks almost absently, "Will you both join me in a drink? I will be having a small glass of dandelion bourbon. Do either of you have a drink of preference?" She then also begins to pen a letter on her desk at the same time. "I am willing...niegh, MORE then willing to put into action a plan that will achieve all our ends. Yours and mine as well. If we are to be doing something like this then will the two of you allow me to add something of my own to this set up? It will make things a teensy bit more complicated but ever so much more rewarding for us all."
Mixtape snorts and looks away, that light in her eyes? Gone. That spring in her step? Gone. That smile- wicked as it was, gone. All when Trixie says she'll let Twilight off the hook. The big chance, down the drain! ALL OF IT. "You'd rather leap on top that 'urdle than leap over it if you ask me." She pouts quietly. "Are you really just gonna let this pass you by!? I WAS SO CLOSE!!" Mixtape whimpers, slumping forward in defeat, even her ears droop. Evil little Mixie's plans all fooled...BY THE POWER OF a...mildly-hidden-but-actually-very-clear-attraction-to-her-nemesis-that's-almost-a-trope. It's Trixie's Show, after all However. Mixtape promised to help...Even if her nearious dreams are shattered, she's not going to back down from a performance. She's a showmare to the end. Even if it's for free. Her ears do, however, perk when she ears that tinge in Red's voice. Something that makes her tingle. "...eh?"
Trixie waves away the offer of a drink, instead leaning forward in her chair and trying to appear not as eager as she feels. "And what exactly are YOUR ends?" she asks Red Velvet. The blue unicorn quirks an eyebrow suspiciously. "Trixie is rapidly gaining the feeling that she isn't the only one with something against Twilight sparkle."
Red_Velvet smiles even as she finishes up her letter, then she covers it with both arms by leaning forward to smile at both Trixie and her darling DJ, "I have nothing against Twilight Sparkle personally, but she shall make a most excellent device to see the object of my own ire punished at long last. You are without a doubt unaware of my own rival Trixie. But I know Mixtape is quite aware of her. A Miss Glamour of Glamorous Productions. The opposing force in Equestria to my own Red Velvet Productions. Formerly a business rival until she took things...quite a bit farther last year. I intend to utterly destroy her. Once and for all.'
Mixtape's ears perk at that comment and she gives Red a...is that Concern? Gosh, today is just a day of emotion for Mixie, isn't it? "Are you sure? You want to go against Glamour? I ...I'll uh, 'elp with whatever you need. "She says softly, before turning towards Trixie. "As fer you...If...we're gonna be partners for this show...I promise I'll let...Twilight off the hook. "She says suddenly. "It's my vendetta, not yours, yeah?" She sighs. Deeply.
( The Great and Powerful Trixie waves a hoof like this is really none of her business. "If you are as great and powerful a promoter as you say you are, Trixie has no complaints what you do in your own free time, and to whom you do it." She favors Mixtape with a kindly smile. "Rest assured, Trixie is not done with Twilight Sparkle, but now isn't the time. Humiliating the town's most *LOVED* pony," she says, voice dripping with scorn. "Is not the best plan on Hearth's Warming Eve. It would not endear the townsfolk of Ponyville to Trixie very much, however great her show will be." )
Red_Velvet lifts a hoof and clucks her tongue with a truly wicked grin, almost an evil one. "Tut tut tut. Now nopony is getting off any hook. Just listen to my plan. If all comes to fruition as I hope you both will see Princess Twilight humiliated in the most egregious fashion. Trixie, you will gain far more warm feelings from everypony in Equestria then you have ever enjoyed, and I do mean Everypony. Not just the ones in ponyville, I shall see Glamour lose nearly every bit to her name as well as he family's mansion, not to mention the time she shall spend in the Canterlot Dungeons for the heinous assault and public humiliation that -she- planned and executed on one of Equestria's Princesses. The two of you will get far more publicity then even my wealth could buy for you making your future shows extremely packed. Now...does all this sound attractive to you? Do you wish to hear the details of my plan?" Red Velvet looks very much like the cat that ate the canary right now. An almost feline expression of self-satisfaction on her face.
Mixtape's ears flick faintly. Hearthswarming. ...It IS heartswearming, after all. Then Mixie does something amazing. "You're right. "She says sullenly, but ALMOST the twinkle of a tiny smile on her li- no no that's a frown. "What kind of pony does something like that on 'Earths Warming Eve? ...I...I wouldn't even stoop that low. Right. "She sighs softly. "Got so caught up in gittin' my revenge, I almost completely forgot what day it was....bloody 'ell. "You've got a point, yeah? I'll uh...I'll still 'elp if you want. "She says quietly, but perks her ears once again at Red. "...I'm listening. Trixie, Glamour isn't Twilight Sparkle. I'll let the princess off the 'ook. But anything that 'appens to Glamour...she bloody deserves it, yeah?" She asks, looking pointedly towards Red. "Alright, go on, luv."
The blue unicorn leans back in her chair, tapping her forehooves together with a tiny clip-clop like the ticking of a clock. "Trixie is also listening."
Red_Velvet smiles at both replies and then in her magic she lifts the letter she had just written and begins to read after clearing her throat, "Ahem. Dear, Glamour. I know this must seem shocking to you, receiving a letter from me after these many months. Yes, darling, I do know where you are right now. How else could I have sent this? It may come as an even greater shock that i have known for some time what your location is. Yet no guards have come for you, and I myself have not appeared on your doorstep seeking vengeance. Ask yourself why? Why not? The reason is simple. I wish to have peace at last, neither of us looking over our shoulders, wondering when the next assault is going to take place. In point of fact I have a proposition for you. After much reflection I have had a thought occur to me. Think about all we have accomplished as individuals. Now consider how much more impressive we might be as comrades, allies, perhaps not friends given the nature of our past. But imagine if "Red Velvet Productions" and "Glamorous Productions" became "Glamorous Velvet Entertainment?". As a token of good will I have two upcoming shows, One scheduled for Hearthswarming Eve, themed to reflect the Unity that that holiday represents. And the second scheduled in Canterlot for New Years, themed to reflect "New Beginnings" as befits that Holiday. I should be very pleased if you would return to Equestria and help me promote both shows. The individuals performing are none other then DJ Mixtap3 and The Great and Powerful Trixie! Please reply ASAP, And I hope my extension of the Olive Branch of Peace is well received. Your's Truly, Red Velvet." The fabulous Manager then puts down the letter with a smile and a small wink. Picture if you will. The Hearthwarming Eve show comes off without a hitch...encouraging even more ponies to attend the Canterlot show, a much larger venue. Hundreds of thousands of ponies in attendance. And on that night. Princess Twilight, reprising her role as Assistant to the Great and Powerful Trixie. Is assaulted by an illusion that denudes her of all her fur, and a bucket of water then falls upon her head from above. She is shamed. But then her new friend Trixie runs to her side, and is the pony who lifts the very bucket off her head, and is the pony who stands in front of her to hide her nakedness and dispel the illusion? How beloved would the pony who tried to defend the Princess be?'
Mixtape looks torn at this plan, although it does make the corners of her lips twitch. "It's...Oh, yeah, it's a lovely plan. I mean, I could git behind it...but Trix DID 'ave a point. It's 'olidays yeah? What if somethin goes wrong? We can't predict what Glamour will do! She might 'urt you! Or me! Or even Twilight or Trixie. She's a loon, she is! I just wanted to pull a prank...but 'avin' Trixie save Twilight WOULD endevor 'er to the city...savin' the princess...they'd like that...
"Yes," Trixie purrs, rubbing her hooves together. "Trixie saving the great Twilight Sparkle, on stage, in front of everypony." She touches the gem at the clasp of her cape gently. "It would go over so VERY well. Trixie redeemed, Twilight a laughingstock." The blue unicorn waves a hoof imperiously. "The Great and Powerful Trixie still does not see how this helps YOU," she adds with a slight incline of her head in Velvet's direction. And that makes her suspicious.
Red_Velvet nods and seems to think about Mixtape's arguement, "You do make valid point's darling. Glamour is actually dangerous, and for lack of a better term, if you'll excuse my language, "batshit crazy" as they say. But think about it, there will be you, and I, and Trixie there already aware of how Glamour might go off. And should things really get out of hoof Twilight Sparkle is a powerful magic user, she is friend to the other three Princesses of Equestria and sister in law to one of them, she will have guards at such an open forum, and all her friends will doubtless be in attendance. All this will be in place to ensure Glamour is restrained before she can do anything violent. Not to mention how very frothing at the mouth enraged she will be at me, her mad ravings will only make her look even more like the culprit. In her trial for assaulting a princess of Equestria I shall sadly come forward, speaking of the loss of a promising business partner, and reluctantly telling them of all the crimes she committed against me in the past. I think Glamour will not see the light of Celestia's sun for a very long time. And in that time period I will begin disassembling her empire, when she is finally free she shant have one bit to rub against another. And the three of us come out smelling like roses. Mix and Trixie you get to have your prankish revenge on Twilight, I shall see my rival reduced to ruin, and Trixie will have come to the aide of Twilight Sparkle when she most needed a friend. She will be a hero, and even more so if she treats it in an understated way, the more she protests that she only did what anypony would do the more others will hold her up and praise her."
Mixtape takes a deep breath. The right things for all the wrong reasons. Mixie has gone from Villian to anti-hero? Slowly, however, she nods her head, a fiendish little grin finding it's way back to her muzzle. "...Oy yeah. Glamour deserves it, Twilight gets that swift kick in the plot, Red and I get my revenge, Trixie is a 'ero...and the town loves us..."She gives a little shudder. Oooooo yes. It feels SO good to be bad. "I'm in. New years, new beginnings for all of us, yeah?"
The Great and Powerful Trixie doffs her hat, giving her magnificent white and blue mane a casual toss and bounce before putting on her favorite winning smile. *gleam!* "Trixie does not see how such a plan could possibly go wrong!" She holds out a hoof for shaking.. or kissing.
Red_Velvet smiles impishly, and extends her own hoof, shaking Trixie's daintily, then offering it to Mixtape as well, along with a little wink, she knows her darling DJ prefers other ponies not to know of their true relationship. "If one really thinks about it all, we are providing a service. Having a dangerous pony like Glamour put away, possibly committed, where in all truth she needs to be put. We are offering two free shows out of the goodness of our hearts and yes Mixtape, dear. That was part of why I felt we should play the first show in Ponyville on the up and up, then on new Years, we would renew our lives with a new beginning, getting our revenge and then being able to put it all behind us and breath easy again."
Mixtape places her hoof on the two of then, and grins at the other unicorns, and the triangle of hooves, red, white, blue. "Right. First party of the year, and for Twilight, it'll be a nude year indeed. "She giggles wickedly.
Red_Velvet then reviews in her head her own statement and grimaces, "Oh dear...Free...I hate that word nearly as much as I do -Refund- such...filthy language."
Staring: Mixie, Red Velvet, Trixie
Synopsis: Mixie makes good on her promise to introduce Trixie to Red Velvet, and the three get to scheming on what to do with the newly crowned Princess...
Red's Office
The room is not even close to what one would call Spartan. The desk is large, the chair behind it plush. And along the walls are two long couches, made of oak and suede. Behind the chair placed near the desk is a hidden martini bar. concealed behind a mirror wall until the secret panel is flipped to reveal the luxury item. The entire room is decorated in the namesake of Red herself. Crimson velvet hangs from every wall and even banners with Red's cutiemark dangle from the ceiling.
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And there's little miss Mixtape trotting into the Red Velvet productions, looking fiendishly wicked today- at least, feeling so. She's smili- Wait, is Mixtape smiling? Is she in a good mood? Is that a spring in her step? Heaven forbid! Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria! Perhaps it has something to do with a certain promise made a few nights ago, or perhaps she got a new spiked collar. Whatever the reason, the little D.J. is practically beaming as she trots into the studios with a certain blue mare behind her. "Red! Oy? RED?! Is Red in?" Moody miss Mixie asks the secretary...
( Just behind Mixtape walks serenely a blue unicorn with a massive purple pointed hat and matching cape, both spangled with countless silver and gold stars. The Great and Powerful Trixie pauses at the door's threshhold, straightens her cape and takes off her hat. Trixie has never employed P.R. ponies before, but there is a first time for everything. She waits there, head held high and eyes closed, expecting somepony to be awed by her majesty at any moment. )
Red_Velvet is upstairs, in her quite lavish office above the rebuilt building that previously housed her high class club, The Velvet Rope. The lower structure is structurally sound but it holds nothing, bare walls, no carpeting. It is a shell, awaiting Miss Velvet's next spark of inspiration for it. Save for the secretary's desk, the mare at the desk looks mind-numbingly bored, not even a typewriter before her, this is a far cry from what she was expecting when she took the job. The lower portion of the building gives the word 'Spartan' new meaning. It's more like a blank canvas awaiting a painter. She perks up and smiles when ponies actually come in! "Oh yes, Ma'am! She is in her office, One moment." The mare reaches out and pushes a button on a small intercom box on her desk, "Um, Miss Velvet? There are some ponies here to see you." The answer comes a moment later, "Thank you Miss Typeset, please do send them up, the door is unlocked." The secretary smiles and points up a set of stairs to her left, "It will be the only set of double doors on the second floor, ladies."
Mixtape nods to Trixie with a brilliant, glittering, and EVIL smile, and trots towards the stairs towards Red's office. "Right, Trix, this is Red Velvet. Like I said, she's the bloody best P.R. manager one could 'ope for. You're gonna love 'er!" She announces boldly, swinging the door over with a wide grin plastered across her features. "Red! Lov, I've got somepony for you to meet, yeah? If I may: The great, and POWERFUL, Trrrrrr~ixie!" She giggles
When the double-doors swing open, there is a massive display of fireworks, sparkly pinwheels of fire, and magenta smoke that rolls low across the carpet. When it clears just enough, standing framed in the door is a blue unicorn in cape and hat, front hooves outspread in exultation and excitement! "Watch in awe!" she announces, dropping from the pose to let her forehooves clop on the floor, after which she crosses them daintily and beams a bright white smile with her eyes closed. "Trixie is here!"
Red_Velvet when the doors are opened Red Velvet is seated in her chair behind her desk, She smiles at her dear little DJ when Mixtape appears at the door. Then as the introduction begin Red tries to stifle a smirk she does lean forward to watch the flamboyant arrival of the showmare. Even giggling and clapping her hooves together softly when it has all concluded, "Bravo Miss Trixie. Or do you prefer to be addressed more formally as Miss Lulamoon? I am also accustom to calling some performers by their stage names if that is more to your liking? Do please both of you come in and make yourselves comfortable." She gestures to the couches in the room as well as two chairs on the other side of her desk that are very akin to her own...though far smaller in dimensions. Red Velvet's chair borders on being a small throne.
Mixtape grins quietly, and strolls across the floor towards Red with a warm smile. "Trixie, this is Red Velvet. Greatest PR pony, you'll ever 'ope to meet. Velvet is my...um...err...Manager. I suppose. Kinda. "She stammers. Is that a blush? On Mixtape? Take cover, the world is ending!! "Velvet, this is Trixie. You might remember her from such insane coups as the time she tried to take over ponyville, and put us under a fish bowl. "She snorts. "She's me new frrr...Frrriiiiee...." She stammers, the world not coming out quite right, and finally, the pony gives up and shakes her head. "Acquaintance. She needs your 'elp fixin 'er image, and I need 'er 'elp gettin back at Twili-ha-ha-haaaaaaaaaaaa Show! A show. We're working on a show. Together. For 'er. " She explains. *Squee grin* "Anyway, I promised 'er you might be able to 'elp. Make 'er the most well known Magician in Equestria."
"Just 'Trixie' will be fine," the blue unicorn offers with a casual wave of one hoof as she prances toward the plush chair. She does not mince words, either. "You are already aware of Trixie, so she will cut to the chase. Trixie is not well-liked in Ponyville, and that must change!" She gives her tail a little flick. "So Trixie is going to put on a fre-... fruh-... FREE show for Hearth's Warming Eve, and would welcome any help in promoting it." She really, really doesn't like saying the word 'free'.
<OOC> Mixtape winces at the word free. Ugh...Stop saying that!
<OOC> Trixie makes a sick face too.
Red_Velvet has already adopted a grin on her muzzle that shows far too many teeth and could only properly be described as 'predatory' when both the other mares have fully entered she closes the door with her magic, ears perked and eyes shining. But all of that evaporates the moment the word 'free' comes into play. Still, there is a small smile there and a look of minor hope, the same kind of hope a drowning pony feels when they think they may see land on the horizon. "i-I see, well i can certainly help with all of that. Now, darlings, when you say -free- do you actually mean -No Admission- orrrr Free as in...Free? As in...not for profit?" Red turns to smile at Mixtape a little more warmly, "I can help with this 'Show' you are planning, darling. But I do wish to know just how explosive and large are we talking? A small event? Or something that shakes the very foundation of Equestria?" It's uncertain if Velvet has caught on to what the show will actually be. But it does make one wonder what Her definition of revenge that 'shakes the foundation of Equestria' would entail.
Mixtape plants her hooves together warmly. "Oh, I think we'll want to 'ave as many ponies as possible come to visit and see what I do to T.....rrrrrrrixie's show. Yes. AHEM. Right. Yeah? Trixie likes a great big audience, and I'm sure she can 'andle being on stage, eh? I'm pretty used to large crowds filling an entire 'all. "She explains. "Trixie is going to provide a much needed visual aspect to my concerts in the future..maybe. "She says sheepishly.
"We *are* looking for the largest crowd possible," Trixie offers, though Velvet's reaction to free admission is much like her own. Trixie pulls the brim of her hat down a little further in apparent embarrassment. "There are only so many ponies in Ponyville, but!" Here the blue unicorn taps a hoof lightly on the corner of Velvet's desk. "Trixie has a secret weapon. Everypony knows Twilight Sparkle. And she will be on-stage with Trixie. A sure attendance booster!"
Red_Velvet steeples her hooves for a moment, looking across them at the other two ponies. Then she rises and steps around her desk, "Just a moment, dears. Miss Velvet needs to prepare a spell." Her Horn begins to glow as she walks across the room to the large window and draws the curtains closed. then she walks over to a point in the northern most wall of the room and places the tip of her horn against the wall. The glowing spell spreads, covering the ceiling, the floor, and every wall. Even the doors and windows are covered by the shining aura. Then Red returns to her chair, "I apologize for that, it is a sound proofing spell. I employ it when I am reprimanding an employee, or having a meeting about sensitive matters. Now then, Let us be plain. How far precisely do we wish to go with this vendetta against Miss...I mean...Princess Sparkle? And will we be using a single event to strike at her while at the same time attempting to redeem Trixie's name? I would advise two separate events."
Mixtape sighs deeply, and the smile on her face fades almost immediately when Velvet brings it up. She's a sly one, she is. "...It's personal. "Mixtape finally huffs, sitting back on her haunches with a quiet snort. "Fact of the matter is, I've been pushin it and Trixie...Well this one looks at Sparkle the way I look at Vinyl. "She grumbles. "She's got a crush, She 'as. "She spits. "Personally I don't want to 'URT the princess. I just wanna see her turned all red and 'umiliated in front of a live audience. Maybe get 'er fur shorn off. Maybe a bucket o' water on 'er 'ead. you know. "She sighs quietly. "I figured if anypony could make something like this work...it'd be you. It's win win win. I get a show with visual effects. Trixie gets to get her name up in lights, and everypony likes 'er again, YOU get a new client, and PRINCESS TWILIGHT...gets to be the BUTT of the show. No one gets 'urt...
( Trixie mirrors the hoof-steepling gesture, settling back in her chair. "Trixie is willing to let Sparkle off the hook this once, only because it might interfere with Trixie's big comeback tour." She nods in self-satisfaction before glowering aside at Mixtape. Trixie does NOT have a 'CRUSH' on TWILIGHT SPARKLE! "The Great and P-Powerful Trixie," she begins with a little sputter. "Is the greatest unicorn in Equestria! Twilight Sparkle is just a minor hurdle in her way to the top. And one that Trixie is more than willing to spare for now. Because it's all part of Trixie's plan. Ponies see Trixie being friendly with Sparkle, then they will be friendly with Trixie and she will have an easier time in that one-horse town." )
Red_Velvet's predatory look has returned as she has listened to all this. Her eyes however have narrowed into an intense look. Not the look of a pony feeling disapproval. But the look of a pony playing a mental game of chess and who has leaned back to view the whole board, "I believe...I may have the perfect plain in mind." Her horn lights up and behind her the polished mirror swivels around to reveal the hidden wet bar on it's backside. Her magic begins preparing three drinks almost absently, "Will you both join me in a drink? I will be having a small glass of dandelion bourbon. Do either of you have a drink of preference?" She then also begins to pen a letter on her desk at the same time. "I am willing...niegh, MORE then willing to put into action a plan that will achieve all our ends. Yours and mine as well. If we are to be doing something like this then will the two of you allow me to add something of my own to this set up? It will make things a teensy bit more complicated but ever so much more rewarding for us all."
Mixtape snorts and looks away, that light in her eyes? Gone. That spring in her step? Gone. That smile- wicked as it was, gone. All when Trixie says she'll let Twilight off the hook. The big chance, down the drain! ALL OF IT. "You'd rather leap on top that 'urdle than leap over it if you ask me." She pouts quietly. "Are you really just gonna let this pass you by!? I WAS SO CLOSE!!" Mixtape whimpers, slumping forward in defeat, even her ears droop. Evil little Mixie's plans all fooled...BY THE POWER OF a...mildly-hidden-but-actually-very-clear-attraction-to-her-nemesis-that's-almost-a-trope. It's Trixie's Show, after all However. Mixtape promised to help...Even if her nearious dreams are shattered, she's not going to back down from a performance. She's a showmare to the end. Even if it's for free. Her ears do, however, perk when she ears that tinge in Red's voice. Something that makes her tingle. "...eh?"
Trixie waves away the offer of a drink, instead leaning forward in her chair and trying to appear not as eager as she feels. "And what exactly are YOUR ends?" she asks Red Velvet. The blue unicorn quirks an eyebrow suspiciously. "Trixie is rapidly gaining the feeling that she isn't the only one with something against Twilight sparkle."
Red_Velvet smiles even as she finishes up her letter, then she covers it with both arms by leaning forward to smile at both Trixie and her darling DJ, "I have nothing against Twilight Sparkle personally, but she shall make a most excellent device to see the object of my own ire punished at long last. You are without a doubt unaware of my own rival Trixie. But I know Mixtape is quite aware of her. A Miss Glamour of Glamorous Productions. The opposing force in Equestria to my own Red Velvet Productions. Formerly a business rival until she took things...quite a bit farther last year. I intend to utterly destroy her. Once and for all.'
Mixtape's ears perk at that comment and she gives Red a...is that Concern? Gosh, today is just a day of emotion for Mixie, isn't it? "Are you sure? You want to go against Glamour? I ...I'll uh, 'elp with whatever you need. "She says softly, before turning towards Trixie. "As fer you...If...we're gonna be partners for this show...I promise I'll let...Twilight off the hook. "She says suddenly. "It's my vendetta, not yours, yeah?" She sighs. Deeply.
( The Great and Powerful Trixie waves a hoof like this is really none of her business. "If you are as great and powerful a promoter as you say you are, Trixie has no complaints what you do in your own free time, and to whom you do it." She favors Mixtape with a kindly smile. "Rest assured, Trixie is not done with Twilight Sparkle, but now isn't the time. Humiliating the town's most *LOVED* pony," she says, voice dripping with scorn. "Is not the best plan on Hearth's Warming Eve. It would not endear the townsfolk of Ponyville to Trixie very much, however great her show will be." )
Red_Velvet lifts a hoof and clucks her tongue with a truly wicked grin, almost an evil one. "Tut tut tut. Now nopony is getting off any hook. Just listen to my plan. If all comes to fruition as I hope you both will see Princess Twilight humiliated in the most egregious fashion. Trixie, you will gain far more warm feelings from everypony in Equestria then you have ever enjoyed, and I do mean Everypony. Not just the ones in ponyville, I shall see Glamour lose nearly every bit to her name as well as he family's mansion, not to mention the time she shall spend in the Canterlot Dungeons for the heinous assault and public humiliation that -she- planned and executed on one of Equestria's Princesses. The two of you will get far more publicity then even my wealth could buy for you making your future shows extremely packed. Now...does all this sound attractive to you? Do you wish to hear the details of my plan?" Red Velvet looks very much like the cat that ate the canary right now. An almost feline expression of self-satisfaction on her face.
Mixtape's ears flick faintly. Hearthswarming. ...It IS heartswearming, after all. Then Mixie does something amazing. "You're right. "She says sullenly, but ALMOST the twinkle of a tiny smile on her li- no no that's a frown. "What kind of pony does something like that on 'Earths Warming Eve? ...I...I wouldn't even stoop that low. Right. "She sighs softly. "Got so caught up in gittin' my revenge, I almost completely forgot what day it was....bloody 'ell. "You've got a point, yeah? I'll uh...I'll still 'elp if you want. "She says quietly, but perks her ears once again at Red. "...I'm listening. Trixie, Glamour isn't Twilight Sparkle. I'll let the princess off the 'ook. But anything that 'appens to Glamour...she bloody deserves it, yeah?" She asks, looking pointedly towards Red. "Alright, go on, luv."
The blue unicorn leans back in her chair, tapping her forehooves together with a tiny clip-clop like the ticking of a clock. "Trixie is also listening."
Red_Velvet smiles at both replies and then in her magic she lifts the letter she had just written and begins to read after clearing her throat, "Ahem. Dear, Glamour. I know this must seem shocking to you, receiving a letter from me after these many months. Yes, darling, I do know where you are right now. How else could I have sent this? It may come as an even greater shock that i have known for some time what your location is. Yet no guards have come for you, and I myself have not appeared on your doorstep seeking vengeance. Ask yourself why? Why not? The reason is simple. I wish to have peace at last, neither of us looking over our shoulders, wondering when the next assault is going to take place. In point of fact I have a proposition for you. After much reflection I have had a thought occur to me. Think about all we have accomplished as individuals. Now consider how much more impressive we might be as comrades, allies, perhaps not friends given the nature of our past. But imagine if "Red Velvet Productions" and "Glamorous Productions" became "Glamorous Velvet Entertainment?". As a token of good will I have two upcoming shows, One scheduled for Hearthswarming Eve, themed to reflect the Unity that that holiday represents. And the second scheduled in Canterlot for New Years, themed to reflect "New Beginnings" as befits that Holiday. I should be very pleased if you would return to Equestria and help me promote both shows. The individuals performing are none other then DJ Mixtap3 and The Great and Powerful Trixie! Please reply ASAP, And I hope my extension of the Olive Branch of Peace is well received. Your's Truly, Red Velvet." The fabulous Manager then puts down the letter with a smile and a small wink. Picture if you will. The Hearthwarming Eve show comes off without a hitch...encouraging even more ponies to attend the Canterlot show, a much larger venue. Hundreds of thousands of ponies in attendance. And on that night. Princess Twilight, reprising her role as Assistant to the Great and Powerful Trixie. Is assaulted by an illusion that denudes her of all her fur, and a bucket of water then falls upon her head from above. She is shamed. But then her new friend Trixie runs to her side, and is the pony who lifts the very bucket off her head, and is the pony who stands in front of her to hide her nakedness and dispel the illusion? How beloved would the pony who tried to defend the Princess be?'
Mixtape looks torn at this plan, although it does make the corners of her lips twitch. "It's...Oh, yeah, it's a lovely plan. I mean, I could git behind it...but Trix DID 'ave a point. It's 'olidays yeah? What if somethin goes wrong? We can't predict what Glamour will do! She might 'urt you! Or me! Or even Twilight or Trixie. She's a loon, she is! I just wanted to pull a prank...but 'avin' Trixie save Twilight WOULD endevor 'er to the city...savin' the princess...they'd like that...
"Yes," Trixie purrs, rubbing her hooves together. "Trixie saving the great Twilight Sparkle, on stage, in front of everypony." She touches the gem at the clasp of her cape gently. "It would go over so VERY well. Trixie redeemed, Twilight a laughingstock." The blue unicorn waves a hoof imperiously. "The Great and Powerful Trixie still does not see how this helps YOU," she adds with a slight incline of her head in Velvet's direction. And that makes her suspicious.
Red_Velvet nods and seems to think about Mixtape's arguement, "You do make valid point's darling. Glamour is actually dangerous, and for lack of a better term, if you'll excuse my language, "batshit crazy" as they say. But think about it, there will be you, and I, and Trixie there already aware of how Glamour might go off. And should things really get out of hoof Twilight Sparkle is a powerful magic user, she is friend to the other three Princesses of Equestria and sister in law to one of them, she will have guards at such an open forum, and all her friends will doubtless be in attendance. All this will be in place to ensure Glamour is restrained before she can do anything violent. Not to mention how very frothing at the mouth enraged she will be at me, her mad ravings will only make her look even more like the culprit. In her trial for assaulting a princess of Equestria I shall sadly come forward, speaking of the loss of a promising business partner, and reluctantly telling them of all the crimes she committed against me in the past. I think Glamour will not see the light of Celestia's sun for a very long time. And in that time period I will begin disassembling her empire, when she is finally free she shant have one bit to rub against another. And the three of us come out smelling like roses. Mix and Trixie you get to have your prankish revenge on Twilight, I shall see my rival reduced to ruin, and Trixie will have come to the aide of Twilight Sparkle when she most needed a friend. She will be a hero, and even more so if she treats it in an understated way, the more she protests that she only did what anypony would do the more others will hold her up and praise her."
Mixtape takes a deep breath. The right things for all the wrong reasons. Mixie has gone from Villian to anti-hero? Slowly, however, she nods her head, a fiendish little grin finding it's way back to her muzzle. "...Oy yeah. Glamour deserves it, Twilight gets that swift kick in the plot, Red and I get my revenge, Trixie is a 'ero...and the town loves us..."She gives a little shudder. Oooooo yes. It feels SO good to be bad. "I'm in. New years, new beginnings for all of us, yeah?"
The Great and Powerful Trixie doffs her hat, giving her magnificent white and blue mane a casual toss and bounce before putting on her favorite winning smile. *gleam!* "Trixie does not see how such a plan could possibly go wrong!" She holds out a hoof for shaking.. or kissing.
Red_Velvet smiles impishly, and extends her own hoof, shaking Trixie's daintily, then offering it to Mixtape as well, along with a little wink, she knows her darling DJ prefers other ponies not to know of their true relationship. "If one really thinks about it all, we are providing a service. Having a dangerous pony like Glamour put away, possibly committed, where in all truth she needs to be put. We are offering two free shows out of the goodness of our hearts and yes Mixtape, dear. That was part of why I felt we should play the first show in Ponyville on the up and up, then on new Years, we would renew our lives with a new beginning, getting our revenge and then being able to put it all behind us and breath easy again."
Mixtape places her hoof on the two of then, and grins at the other unicorns, and the triangle of hooves, red, white, blue. "Right. First party of the year, and for Twilight, it'll be a nude year indeed. "She giggles wickedly.
Red_Velvet then reviews in her head her own statement and grimaces, "Oh dear...Free...I hate that word nearly as much as I do -Refund- such...filthy language."