Holiday Piano Party (and Cupcake Rain)

[Derpy]

This is the log of the ill-fated piano party I ran at Vinyl and Marble's house between Christmas and New Year's. It had lots and lots of ponies coming and going, but never quite got enough steam going to really become coherent or get into the musical swing it was supposed to find. I was hoping that we as a group would improvise parodies of winter holiday songs! While this didn't happen, there were some amusing moments. There was also an unexpected weather phenomenon, thanks to a concurrent RP involving Apple Bloom's airship, the Crusader.

I wasn't planning to post this log, but several players encouraged me to, so here it is. OOC chatter inclusion level set to "high", and PUB hilarity set to "moderate". I took out most of the connections and disconnections of players who didn't play, but left in the ones of those who did to give an impression of people arriving and leaving. I would enjoy giving this party a second try sometime, perhaps with a less Christmassy theme!

[Derpy]

The Memory Family's Home(#1209R)
Considering they have such opposing personalities, Vinyl Scratch and Marble Memory have worked together to make this place quite the impressive family home. The living room is big; spacious and neat, (but chances are it wasn't before Marble moved in!) and houses a sofa, three comfortable chairs, a coffee table and a built-in dining area towards the back, plus a door to a small kitchen. Upstairs, there is one bedroom scattered with comics and toys belonging to eldest son Thunderfire, one neat little room belonging to the couple's baby daughter Memoire Musique, the master bedroom and a bathroom. The bathroom is clean and airy, and the master bedroom is the perfect blend of the two ponies who occupy it. The family live in harmony, and it's evident from how nicely decorated the house is that their love is strong.

[ Exits: [O] Out to Runaway Road(#1208E) ]
[ Players: Marble_Memory(#688PBC), Vinyl_Scratch(#934PBC) ]
[ Sleepers: Thunderfire(#1355PBC) ]
[ Contents: Six Stones set(#1840C), Records(#1250), Baby Creeper(#1593), ]
[ Golden Butterfly Kindness Award(#1577C), Creeper(#835) ]

Stat Name____________________ Sex________ Species___________________________
IDL Derpy Female Pegasus
IC Marble_Memory Male Pegasus
OOC Vinyl_Scratch Female Unicorn
OOC Thunderfire[asleep] Male Earth Pony
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Derpy raprappytap!

<OOC> Marble_Memory HUGSdERPY AND His wife.
<OOC> Vinyl_Scratch hugs Marble. And removes the whisky bottle from his hooves.
<OOC> Marble_Memory says, "How did that get there?"
<OOC> Vinyl_Scratch shrugs. "I blame your dad."
<OOC> Vinyl_Scratch says, "DERPY."
<OOC> Vinyl_Scratch LOVEHUGS. <3
<OOC> Vinyl_Scratch also blows bubbles for Derpy. <3
<OOC> You say, "Helllo."
<OOC> Marble_Memory says, "brb"

PUB >> Derpy says, "Basically, will holiday music party tonight at Marble and Vinyl's! Will begin in maybe hour or so. Right now, will prelim roleplay! Also, I sent EB a Doctor Whooves figure that glows in the dark."
PUB >> TINSEL EVERYWHERE, Vinyl says, "AWWW. "
PUB >> A Hoof Puppet of EconomistBrony with a Hoof Puppet of Vinyl Scratch with a Hoof Puppet of Marble Memory says, "She did. And it is awesome."
PUB >> Pretty Pony Nimble wonders where the house is.
PUB >> Derpy says, "Is off Runaway Road!"
PUB >> TINSEL EVERYWHERE, Vinyl MAY be sending pony things to ponies. BUT SHH.
PUB >> TINSEL EVERYWHERE, Vinyl says, "SECRET."

[Derpy is best secret-keep!]

Nimble_Hooves has arrived.

Derpy is standing at the front door with a packed satchel at her side, politely knocking.

<OOC> Vinyl_Scratch isn't sure if she can RP long, she has to sleep soon. She's only on here because of slight insomnia. XD

Thunderfire has connected.

Vinyl_Scratch has tinsel everywhere. All around the house is strewn the remainder of wrapping paper and packaging from presents opened with eager little hooves, and Vinyl's running around crazily trying to fix things up before there's a knock at the door. She almost makes it there, too, if it weren't for that tinsel. She falls flat on her face, inches from the door handle. "Ow! Horseapples - I'm coming! Sorry!"

Marble comes down from upstairs and gasps in horror. *Tinsel.* EVEYWHERE! The bureaucrat flails and falls down the stairs, hops up to his hooves, points at the tinsel, and sputters.

<OOC> Thunderfire may join after a few?
<OOC> Vinyl_Scratch says, "Sure!"
<OOC> Marble_Memory says, "Of course! Your home. XD"

Derpy peeks through a window, leaning over. She stays there, peering for a few seconds, and then leans back to the door and raps polietly again.

<OOC> EconomistBrony bursts through the window.
<OOC> Marble_Memory screams, flails, trips over tinsel, and goes to the basement.
<OOC> EconomistBrony flails, falls back out of the window.

Vinyl_Scratch hears her husband similarly crash to the floor, and sighs. Picking herself up off the ground, she makes it to the door and opens it wide. "Derpy!" She beams, offering her mailmare friend a big hug. "Happy Hearth's Warming! Heh, uh... excuse the mess. Family of five, kinda inevitable."

<OOC> Nimble_Hooves thinks we need to have a public service announcement on the dangers of tinsel.

Thunderfire is outside off to the side of the house working on something in a small workshop he made for himself. A few bangs of the hammer can be heard and during a quiet moment he hears the knocking on the door. Trotting out towards the front he grins, "DERPY!" he exclaims loudly in unison with his mother when she opens the door.

"What is this?" Marble points at the tinsel. Marble is a pony who does not like tinsel, thinks it makes the decor far too... what's the word? Oh yes. Terrifying.

Derpy steps inside timidly, looking around at the commotion and tinsel on the floor. She smiles and shuts the door gently behind her with a hind hoof. "Happy Hearthwarm," she says. Then she opens her satchel and starts pulling out a long, long silver streamer made of tinsel, piling it bit by bit on the floor.

Vinyl_Scratch brings Derpy in, before looking at her husband. "It's tinsel, darling! We had some left over from the tree so I thought, why not hang it up on the walls for the party tonight? It's pretty hard work, though." Seeing Derpy produce yet more tinsel from her satchel, Vinyl beams. "Oh, Derpy! You shouldn't have, honey. How kind." It's at that moment that out of nowhere, Rewind teleports onto his father's face. "He's getting used to his magic, heh..."

Thunderfire looks over all the tinsel piling up everywhere. "Chill daddy-ooo! It won't bite ya." he tells Marble smirking as Rewind suddenly appears. Turning he goes to Derpy sticking his face into her mail bag, "Got any candy or muffins in here?" he ask now starting to rummage about.

PUB >> Apple Bloom looks speechless. "It *was* a good ahdea!" Apple Bloom says. "And they *behaved* until that oversawzed gerbil y'all haive scared'em."
PUB >> Scoots says, "IT'S A LABRADOR."
PUB >> Apple Bloom says, "Labrador, gerbil, what's the *difference.*"
PUB >> Scoots says, "..."
PUB >> Thunderfire says, "..."
PUB >> Derpy says, "Gerbil fit inside cardboard tube!"
PUB >> Derpy says, "And ~like~ it!"
PUB >> Apple Bloom says, "Oh, that's rawt. Ah fergot that th'labrador couldn't."

Marble flails at the sudden facial clinging brought on by his youngest child. He stumbles a little before trying (Carefully.) to pry his son off his face.

PUB >> Thunderfire says, "Shame what you did to the hamster."
PUB >> Scoots says, "Yeah, what DID happen to Tabitha?"
PUB >> Apple Bloom says, "... Some things're better left unknown."

Derpy jumps abruptly upon the sudden faceclinging magic of litle Rewind. Maybe he'll get a cutie mark of faceclinging someday! "Is so young! Already blinking?" She blinks and goes over to help. "Not cling. Is better to kiss!" That's what she taught her Skychild, anyway! Derpy looks over to see her bag being ransacked. "Waiit! Party not begin yet!" she cries, running over. The bag contains a derpy selection of party supplies, of which the extensive tinsel streamer was only the first. Yes, there are muffins in there. A motley variety of them, in fact. And a cut-out paper muffin for the wall that Derpy crafted herself.

( And the fact that Derpy taught her Skychild to kiss is probably only the beginning of Equestria's problems, but it's better not to mention these things to the parents. "Don't rummage in Derpy's things without asking first, Thunderfire!" Vinyl says firmly to her eldest son. "We'll help Derpy put all the decorations up when they're all laid out properly." Magically pulling Rewind from Marble's face and placing him gently on her back, the unicorn mare looks at the assortment of supplies. "Where do we start?" )

Thunderfire sighs deeply, "Sorry, Miss Derpy." he apologizes for the rummaging. Now he moves over to Marble giving his dad's shoulder a nuzzle before watching to see if they want him to help do anything.

Oh no, not *more* tinsel. His beautiful living room is going to be coated! Marble flails again. "N-n-no... not more tinsel. How about... h-how about a nice painting? In nice... neutral colors?"

PUB >> Rainbow_Dash says, "AFHptgh"
PUB >> Derpy hope that someday, Scootaloo able to fly and Rainbow Dash able to talk.
PUB >> Princess Cadence fawns. "He's so handsome when he makes angry death threat noises."

Nightshade has arrived.

Derpy looks hesitantly at Marble. "Maybe painting. Would fun!" She looks at the wall and finishes yanking out the leviathan stream of tinsel. "But first, must test piano! Has been enchant?? Will play song?!" She grins from Vinyl to Marble and then opens her bag of motley muffins and gives Thunderfire a tiny little one, with flax seeds and carrot shavings.

<OOC> You say, "Good niiiight, Vinyyyyl!"
<OOC> Thunderfire says, "NinI Mama"
<OOC> Marble_Memory says, "Good night, darling!"
<OOC> Vinyl_Scratch says, "Night, Marble! I love you!"
<OOC> Vinyl_Scratch loves you ALL.
<OOC> Nimble_Hooves hugs Vinyl
<OOC> Marble_Memory makes out with his wife.

Vinyl_Scratch has disconnected.

<OOC> You say, "Too bad! Are one less host."

Thunderfire looks at the offered muffin and accepts happily! "Thank you! I think the piano is ready." he says remembering his mom was tinkering with it earlier.

"A nice TASTEFUL painting... of important historical ponies, possibly going into battle." Marble has taste in art, being a Canterlot pony. "Ahem."

Derpy goes to the piano and tries one of the pedals. She produces a scroll from her bag with holes in it and goes to the piano. "Is play ready?" she asks. "How load?"

Thunderfire helps to load the scroll for Derpy being sure she pays attention. "Click button." he motions to it with a hoof, "Will play."

Lime_Light has arrived.

<OOC> You say, "Hello Limely!"

Shining Armor isn't Lime Light right now. Is Shining Armour!
Shining Armor hugs Princess Derpicorn though.

"Wh-what music did you bring, anyway?" Marble is thinking this is going to be more like a dinner party with nice classical music played on his piano.

Derpy accepts Tunder's help and happily gets the scroll set. She sits Lyra-style on the bench, hits the button, and starts pumping the pedals while rocking to and fro, her front hooves resting on the keys without pressing any. The piano's keys move on their own! And the song that comes forth is the charming chords and catchy melody of "Winter Wonderland". She sways happily as the pegs poke through the holes of the turning scroll, thus springing internal hammers that strike strings and play notes. That, she reasons, will answer Marble's question.

Thunderfire listens to the music as it plays with a grin, "I like it!" he smiles boldly.

( Shining Armor knocks politely on the door, a couple baskets of snacks hovering next to him. "Yo, I heard there was going to be some piano music otnight." he says with a goofy grin. He's out of uniform, choosing to just be himself. Besides, there's no reason to be in his guard uniform. He turns his head. "Did you remember to bring the punch Cadence?" he asks his wife, leaning back to kiss her cheek. The lanky stallion sets the goodies on a convenient table and stomps his hooves in approval of Derpy's Winter Wonderland! )

Glitter_Storm has arrived.

<OOC> You say, "Hello Armly and Cadencia!"
<OOC> Glitter_Storm says, "That is, if no one minds us pretending for now? "
<OOC> Thunderfire says, "I am ok with it"
<OOC> Lime_Light says, "Oops. Sorry, I should have asked first >_< Apologies."
<OOC> Marble_Memory says, "I'mn fine with it."

Well.... it's not what Marble hoped. Tinsel. Not classical. No paintings. Marble sighs and then there's a knock on the door. "Oh Celestia help me." The ponies moves gracefully to his door and opens to see who is there. When he sees Shining Armor he is unsure what to feel. "H-hello, welcome to my home."
The gentle kiss at her cheek has Cadence smiling in a warm, honest manner. "I did! I made a special pitcher, actually. Some ponies were very kind and brought me fresh Crystal fruit before we left. I was worried they'd spoil, so--." As the door opens, Cadence looks to the diminutive number cruncher and favors him with a genuine, beaming smile. "It's so lovely! We heard someponies saying that it was.. what was it, piano night? May we attend?"

Derpy keeps "playing" as two very unexpected and very illustrious guests enter the home. She gasps in recognition. But she doesn't say anything, because Derpy knows the limits of her abilities to do more than one thing at once. Sometimes more than zero things at once can be tough. She keeps pedaling, adding a little extra force now and then to add volume to the "eskimo way" part of the chorus. Happily, as royalty compliments her, she starts to sing. "Will have lots of fun with Missus Snowmare! Until the alligators knock her doooown!"

<OOC> Glitter_Storm says, "Omg XD <3"
<OOC> Lime_Light now has Coca-Cola in his sinuses.
<OOC> You say, "Is real alternate lyric!"

Thunderfire sits next to Derpy singing along to the tune. The young colt notices the visitors but doesn't recognize them. The joy of being an adopted orphan! "Later on we'll perspire as we sittttt by the fireeee." he sways back and forth.

( Shining Armor flicks his mane a bit as he arranges the snacks on the table... Then Derpy's new line catches his ears. The big, lanky stallion howls with laughter, stomping his hooves with approval. He might be a strict commander, but he LOVES a good joke, and Derpy's verse has tears rolling down his cheeks. )

Marble's expression to the newly arrived guests is a complex one as he hears the lyric. His eyes kind of cast along to the sky, his mouth twisted in consternation and confusion. He blinks a few times. "P-please, your highnesses... d-do come in." He stands aside and sighs. This is more like the sort of party his wife would throw, he thinks.

The tall mare's eyes are everywhere as she slides gracefully into the house. Her wings are carefully tucked at her sides and her steps are measured. She catches the lyrics and stifles a laugh with a hoof. Shining Armor's response makes her laugh even more and she turns to look at Marble. "Thank you for inviting us into your home, it's not often we get to attend more intimate gatherings. It means a lot to us!"

Derpy reaches the end of the song and tries dappling the keys with a light touch as the descending final tumble of notes comes out. She hits the wrong keys, but the tumult is nothing worse than a bank of snow sliding from a roof. Derpy's muzzle goes briefly wrinkled, and then she pats Thunderfire on the back and smiles to the guests. "Is piano party! For Hearth Warm! Coming side!!" She leaps from the bench and flutters in the air before bumping her head on a ceiling beam and fluttering to the floor, stars around her head.

Derpy shouts "Piano Party to celebrate holiday season is beginning now at Marble Memory and Vinyl Scratch's house! Will be music, tinsel, warmth, and snacks! Is delightful time. Join us by mjoin or by going from the Ponyvilla Market to Runaway Cart Road!" (Public-shout)

Marble_Memory shouts "S... S-so much tinsel. ;_;" (Public-shout)

Derpy shouts "Also, feel encourage to bring ponified Christmas/winter song parodies!!" (Public-shout)

Chalice_Flame has arrived.

<OOC> You say, "Welcomed!!"

Thunderfire hops off the bench blinking as Derpy hurts herself. "Auntie!" he runs to her side to chrck her over carefully. Giving her head a kiss he now trot towards the guest with a wide grin, "Hi! I'm Thunderfire! He is muh dad..." he points a hoof at Marble.

Screenplay has arrived.

<OOC> You say, "Hello Scraypreen!"
<OOC> Screenplay says, "hey"

( Shining Armor winces as Derpy hurts herself. Gently wrapping her in his magic and attempting to set her on the floor, he turns to Marble and bows. "Mr. Memory. Ponyville chancellor, right?" he asks with a smile. "This is the stallion I told you about Cadence. Probably the best administrator in Equestria. He'd be perfect to help organize things in the Empire." )

"Uh...ex-Chancellor, I'm afraid. I resigned to resume my old position as Keeper of Artifacts, Master of Rituals, Filer of Late Study Paperwork... and my father, the economist, has also given me a position as Assistant Dean to the University of Canterlot School of Bureaucratic Sciencees. What is this about organizing the Empire?" Hey, Marble can never let an opportunity pass.

<OOC> Glitter_Storm says, "Aaaaaaaaaand suddenly very busy, I'm afraid I have to bounce. :<"
<OOC> Glitter_Storm snugs!
Glitter_Storm goes home.
Glitter_Storm has left.

Derpy rocks her neck and head back and forth as Marble elucidates his exact position. The stars falls off and dissipate to either side, leaving her merely suffering from strabismus. She looks contended when Shining Armor wraps her in his magic like a blanket. "Is good stallion," she says of Marble. "Shiny Armor! Are Prince of Crystaline Umpire!" Realizing her impropriety, Derpy bows, her face touching the floor. She rises a few seconds later. "What are here doing??"

Thunderball has arrived.

Thunderfire just shrugs as the adults talk among themselves but then. "Prince? YOUARETWILIGHTSBROTHER?" he now is wuickly cling to Armor's forelimb staring up at him with wide eyes.

Shining Armor chuckles. "Uh... Please don't bow? We get enough of that back home. We're taking a small vacation." he says, nodding softly. "And Mr. Marble, we're looking for someone to help our own bureaucrats. They've been stuck a thousand and more years in the past, and it's time we move ahead. You were the AWRKGBLAGH!" he yelps as very suddenly he's got a hefty colt attached to his forlimb. "Yeah kid. I'm Twily's big bro. What's your name?" he asks, gently prying the kid off and awkwardly patting Thunders mane.

( "Oh, forgive me, this is my son, Thunderfire. My wife, Vinyl Scratch has gone upstairs to rest, I don't think she has been feeling well. With her is my youngest foal, Rewind. I'm... not quite sure where Memoire Musique is." Marble says. "Feel free to help yourself to soem food and drink and join in the music. I-I prefer classical myself. And we can discuss this opportunity in the Crystal Empire." )

Memoire_Musique has arrived.

Derpy rises from the floor and smiles at Shining Armor. "Twilight is best library," she says. "These days, have wings too!" Derpy unfurls her own wings in demonstration. "Welcome to piano party. Is just starting!" She beams at Marble having demonstrated a song from her collection. "Which musics have ~you~ got, Marble?"

Screenplay looks as she kisses her son, as she lets him down as she sits on a sofa. Se watchers hom play with his stuff pony

Memoire_Musique comes soaring in from downstairs, attaching herself to Thunderfire's back. "TIS THE SEASON TO BE MOLLY!" she bellows, giggling like a loon and jumping around as if... Oh god. Did she get into Vinyl's special chocolate covered espresso beans?

Thunderfire laughs as Memmy suddenly arrives, "FA LA LA LA LA... LA LA LA LAAAAAA" he sings along with her.

( Shining Armor smiles and nods. "Hey, no biggie. I figure I'd put the thought in your head and we could hammer out the details later." he says, nodding. "Yeah Derpy. Twilight is best Book Princess." he says, his chest swelling with pride. "We're all so proud of her!" )

Thunderball plays with his stuft pony giggling at it. It kind of looks like Shining Armor! Quickly the tot begins sucking on the face of the toy.

( Marble hears his daughter fly down and attach herself to Thunderfire. "... Oh. Well, there's Memmy." Marble ahems. He looks over at Derpy. "O_oh... no, nothing you can sing to, I'm afraid." At least, not Hearthwarming songs. "We'll discuss it later. Go enjoy yourselves. )

Derpy rises up and back in astonished pride. Prince Shining Armor knows her name! "Have hearrded of mee?" she asks, perhaps fishing for something resembling a compliment. She looks around for something to offer. Then gasps adorably. "Marble! Where are foods! And drinks? Have forgotten all of them?!" She hurries then to her bag and rummages until she's able to find a particular scroll of music to go with the childrens' choice...

Chalice_Flame arrives without much fanfare so to speak, she almost sneaks in and then stands near a wall.

Screenplay smiles as she watches her foal as sdhe gets on the floor and taking a stuff pony she makes it walk

( Giggling, the little fillyfoal rolls off of Thunderfire, buzzing through the air to face-hug her precious daddy dubstep... That is, Marble. Who's her daddy! )

Shining Armor nods as he points to the table. "Cadence and I put the stuff that we brought on the big table over there. ANd yeah, we heard of you. Twilight's mentioned you in her letters a few times. Says you're the world's 'most unique mailmare, and there's nopony quite like you'." he says.

Pinkie_Pie has arrived.

<OOC> Lime_Light hails Pinkie.

Derpy blushes pretty thoroughly. The most unique mailmare in the world?? "Am some specials," she admits, hiding her face partly behind the scroll she's holding. "Maybe not quite any other pony. But am all me!" She grins bahsfully and walks to the piano, installing her new music scroll and somehow managing not to get it backwards. She waves with excitement to the new arrivals! Is a new foal! And her mother the movie archivist! And a wallflower! Buoyed in seeing that the party is taking off, Derpy starts to pedal, shooting furtive smiles to the Memory children as she plays...

Thunderfire has disconnected.
Thunderball has disconnected.

Derpy sings: "o/` Deck us all with Boston Charlie,
Walla Walla, Wash, and Kalamazoo!
Nora's freezin' on the trolley,
Swaller dollar cauliflower Alleygaroo!"

Pinkie_Pie pops up out of the top of the piano along with a burst of confetti, and sings along to the song! Well, she's making singing noises, but it's pretty obvious she has no idea what Derpy is playing. "o/~!" she sings enthuasitically, never the less!

"I'll go into the kitchen to get some more fo-- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Marble flails and screams as Pinkie suddenly appears in his house, he trips and tangles in some stray tinsel and falls down another flight of stairs, this time into his basement. More crashing can be heard soon after. Then: "SPIIIIIDER!!!!!"

Pinkie_Pie is glad to see everything is going normally at the Marble house o/~

<OOC> Memoire_Musique is going to step out. Such BIG crowd!
Memoire_Musique has left.

Chalice_Flame trots over to the top of the staircase and yells down, "Are you alright ?!".

Shining Armor is starting to have second thoughts about asking Marble to come to the Crystal empire and help out... "Uh... Is he always like this?" he asks the room in general.

Derpy is used to Marble's mishaps by now. She fliches but continues to pedal and sing: Don't we know archaic barrel, Lullaby Lilla Boy, Louisville Lou.
Trolley Molly don't love Harold, Boola Boola Pensacoola Hullabaloo!"

Marble runs up the stairs, tinsel still attached, shuts the door to the bacement and braces himself against it, eyes shifting left and right. He hates spiders. "Um... Th-that's not the kitchen."

Pinkie_Pie sings happily, "Jolly
<OOC> Pinkie_Pie says, "oops"
Derpy harmonizes. "Holly o/`"

Pinkie_Pie sings happily, "Jolly Molly don't love Hair-old! Coca Cola Pensocola, Wobbly Woo!" she STILL doesn't know the song, but what she's singing makes as much sense as Derpy's version, so it works out!

<OOC> Pinkie_Pie hoofs Derpy for her excellent harmony. <3
<OOC> You say, "Too bad Thunderfire and Thunderball apparently succumbed to Thunderdoze Syndrome."

Two-Bit has arrived.

<OOC> Pinkie_Pie aws!

Chalice_Flame walks over close to the piano. She smilies approvingly towards Pinkie Pie.

Soarin has arrived.

<OOC> Marble_Memory can't sweep them.
<OOC> Derpy not want to! Is event! Not sweep during event!
<OOC> Soarin says, "What kinda party we got here?"

Stardust has arrived.
<OOC> Stardust says, "IS game?"

Derpy is continuing to pedal on the pedals of the player piano, the scroll bobbling along and playing the tune of "Deck the Halls," while Derpy keeps singing along with Pinkie, apparently delighted to have her (ac)company(ment). "Bark us all bow-wows of folly, Polly wolly cracker n too-da-loo!
Donkey Bonny brays a carol, Antelope cantaloup, 'lope with you!"

<OOC> You say, "Is piano party!"

Screenplay looks as she smiles asd she rocks her foal as she sees he fallen asleep. She sings him a song as she does

<OOC> Lime_Light is starting to nod off.
Lime_Light has disconnected.

Pinkie_Pie lustily belts out the last line of the verse. "Cauliflower, Rowsdowser, and digeridoo!"

Chalice_Flame claps her hoofs gently and hums quietly along.

Marble makes his way into the kicthen now, to get the snacks together. He should have remembered.

<OOC> You say, "Too bad! Have lost our royalty!"
<OOC> Marble_Memory accuses Pinie of being a changeling.

Derpy sings gustily: "Hunky Dory's pop is lolly gaggin' on the wagon, Willy, folly go through!
Chollie's collie barks at Barrow, Harum scarum five alarum bung-a-loo!"

Derpy begins the final verse: "Duck us all in bowls of barley, Ninky dinky dink an' polly voo!
Chilly Filly's name is Chollie, Chollie Filly's jolly chilly view halloo!"

Screenplay rocks her foal then putting him down she comes to Derpy, "Good song hon

Derpy slows down the speed by adjusting a slider and wraps up the song: "Bark us all bow-wows of folly, Double-bubble, toyland trouble! Woof, Woof, Woof!
( Tizzy seas on melon collie! Dibble-dabble, scribble-scrabble! Goof, Goof, Goof!" She smiles sweetly to Screenplay. "Glad am are come. Have son falled asleep?" )

Apple_Bloom shouts "A single cupcake floats down on a parachute down toward Ponyville, a gift from the sky as an airship circles above. [This is an IC event. This is actually happening.]" (Public-shout)

Soarin comes winging in from the direction of cloudsdale, he is currently not wearing either his Wonderbolts costume nor his military dress uniform. But rather Soarin has a festive red and white fuzzy hat on his head! Complete with a big white pom-pom on the end of the pointed thing! "Hey everypony! Sorry for being late!"

Apple_Bloom shouts "Three more cupcaked coast down to Ponyville on parachutes, happily seeking ponies to eat them. (IC)" (Public-shout)

Pinkie_Pie shouts "One of this latest batch of cupcakes appears to have tiny bat wings on it, made of fondant. Huh." (Public-shout)

<OOC> You say, "Who else still here?"
<OOC> Chalice_Flame says, "Me"
<OOC> Two-Bit is jus' watchin'!
<OOC> Marble_Memory is here.
<OOC> Derpy think we all must party up if want to revitalize. Piinkie?

Chalice_Flame steps over near Soarin, "It's Ok, ponies seem to be going and coming all evening". She looks at the peg stallion's hate. "Nice hat".

Apple_Bloom shouts "Even more cupcakes are descending from the sky, it is beginning to SNOW cupcakes!" (Public-shout) [Sorry I missed your page with this, Apple Bloom!]

Marble comes out of the kicthen with all manner of snacks his wife prepared: Hay fries, hay bacon, lettuce wraps, something called 'donut holes.' Marble sets them out on his table.

<OOC> Nightshade says, "And how, pray tell, does one make 'hay bacon'?"
<OOC> Pinkie_Pie PARTY UP
<OOC> Marble_Memory Does not know.
<OOC> Chalice_Flame says, "Tempeh "bacon" is good."

Pinkie_Pie shouts "More and more of the cupcakes have the little bat wings. Some of them are flapping them and starting to fly around. Huh." (Public-shout)

Pinkie_Pie examines the plate full of holes in wonder. "How... how can you tell?" she says, amazed.

Soarin smiles at Chalice and nods, "Whew, I'm glad. didn't wanna seem like a party crasher or like I didn't care if I got here. I was pretty worried I was going to miss the get together entirely. But I finally managed to break away from the Academy. Oh! Hay fries." The stallion looks VERY interested in the junk food table.

Screenplay loks as she smiles to Derpy, "Yep sure did, didn't nap well.." She goes to get some eggnog.

Apple_Bloom shouts "Some of the cupcakes got caught up in their parachutes and fell at top speed toward Ponyville. Oh maw." (Public-shout)

Chalice_Flame nods, "You must be very busy, it's good to get away and have fun sometime".

"It's really quite elementary, Ms. Pie," says Nightshade, suddenly appearing behind the party mare. How long has she been here? "A splendid little soiree you have hosted here, Ms. Doo, Mr. Memory. I do hope you'll pass the complements to Mrs. Scratch."

Derpy bounds down from the piano, looking around to see if anyone liked it but the kids exuberantly singing along from beside her on the bench, and bonus singer Pinkie from above. She's taken by the treats on the table. "Are treats!!" she beams to Marble. She walks over and starts to assemble a modest plate--three hay fries, one lettuce wrap, and two little donut holes. "Are very meaty holes," she observes. Then she beats her wings and tail wildly in remembory. Derpy goes and extracts a bag of various muffins from her satchel, along with some purple grapes and a block of strange-looking fruitcake. Something like fruitcake. She lays them all on the table.

"Please, everypony, help yourselves. We made quite a lot of all these snac-- WHAT IN THE NAME OF CELESTIA?!" Marble shouts as, with a loud *!!!THWATCHUMPSQUICK!!!* a cupcake splats against one of the living room windows, leaving a nice artistic impression of a cupcake splatted against a living room window. He stares in terror at what happened.

Somewhere outside is another loud SPLAT, followed by an aghast and whiny voice. "Trixie's new hat!"

<OOC> Marble_Memory says, "XDDD"

Chalice_Flame runs to the window and shouts in an alarmed voice, "What's going on out there?".

Soarin smiles and nods enthusiastically at Chalice Flame, "Oh yeah! Between shows, keeping a presence at the Academy, and military drills we lead a pretty hectic life. But I wouldn't trade being a Wonderbolt for anything. And Spitfire likes to bark orders a bit, but she's a good mare and always makes sure we all get our R&R time. What is it you do?" The stallion then flips around as a Cupcake hits the window, 'Is it a prank?"

Chalice_Flame stammers, Me...ee?, um ...I....I am currently...um...undecided ...err inbetween jobs.
Derpy leaps over from the buffet table, peering through the window from inches away. She drops her plate, but amazingly, it flips over once and lands right-side up on the floor, nothing spilling. "Are cuuuupcake raaaain?" She flinches back from another flying cupcake that ends its existence against the glass window. Derpy is now snubnosed and spinny-eyed.

Chalice_Flame makes her way to the door and steps out to check out the cupcake rain, "Anyone out here?"
Soarin flares his wings, ever ready for action, "Do you think I should go check it out?!

Chalice_Flame nods to Soarin, "Yes, that would be a good idea".

Nightshade blinks and gazes out the window. "Well...that is...different," she observes.

Derpy just stays up against the window, her snouth now pressed up against the glass, her wings lifted and spread. Perfectly still, and watching.

Pinkie_Pie's eyes get sooo big. "Cupcake Rain! It must be a gift from Discord for Hearth's Warming!" she squees. She dives out the window! Hopefully someone has opened it first.

Screenplay looks as she then looks to the window but she goes back to her sleeping foal petting

Soarin nods and salutes acting as if Chalice just gave him an order, "I am all over that like marshmallow on a coconut cream pie!" He charges the door and the moment he is through the portal his wings are in high gear, lifting him up into the sky and jetting him towards the source of the cupcake rain. "Halt! Who goes there!?"

( A particularly large cupcake hits Soarin square in the face. )

PUB >> o/` It's a dead mare's party o/` Princess Luna says, "SPEAK, OUR SUBJECTS. WHAT DEPRAVITY HATH BEFELL OUR LANDS AS WE CARBONATED THE CLOUDS?"

Chalice_Flame stands flat against the wall under the eaves to avoid being pelted by falling cupcakes.

PUB >> Pinkie_Pie can't answer, as she is swooping around on the ground, gobbling up cupcakes as fast as they fall from the sky. By the hundreds.
PUB >> A Hoof Puppet of Trixie says, "There appears to be a cupcake meteor storm, princess."
PUB >> o/` It's a dead mare's party o/` Princess Luna does not recall doing that, but who can keep track of all of the plagues, pestilences, and natural disasters on her schedule?

Soarin bellows when the cupcake hits him, his wings locking up in shock for a moment, when he gets them going again he is already spinning out of control through the air and blinded, "HOSTILES! Contact left! Contact left! (The cupcake came from directly in front of him) The Frosting! It's in my eyyyyeeeeeeeeeEEEESSSSS!"

Marble peeks outside. Well... most of the cupcakes seem to be landing wihtout hurting aypony thanks to little parachutes. "... O... O-Oh dear..."

Pinkie_Pie springs onto Soarin's back! Marble is lucky - the window is clearly completely intact! However, there is a Pinkie-shaped hole in his door. "UPWARd, BUTT STALLION! CUPCAKES HO!"

Derpy walks over and peers out the door sadly. The party is breaking! And so is the door. "Maaarrble? What will do? Is safe?"

<OOC> Two-Bit pffts at Soarin. XD

Chalice_Flame says "Don't go out there if you don't want to get hit."

Soarin's ears perk at Pinkie's command and he tries to right himself in the air, "Hold tight cupcake commander! We are going in!" He manages to get mostly back on track, and scoops most of the icing out of his eyes. Carrying Pinkie on a mission to discover the source of this delicious attack, and to disarm the heinous perpetrators of it, (Probably by gorging on sweets)

Apple_Bloom shouts "The wonderful cupcake snow has suddenly halted. Blame Rainbow Dash." (Public-shout)

PUB >> o/` It's a dead mare's party o/` Princess Luna is tempted to intervene.
PUB >> o/` It's a dead mare's party o/` Princess Luna should not ruin the CMC's special moment, however.

PUB >> Apple Bloom says, "Rainbow Dash already did. Am ah legally allowed t'open fawr on her fer interuupting crew operation? Ah don't haive any weapons."

Nightshade has connected.

PUB >> Rainbow_Dash says, "HEY"
PUB >> Rainbow_Dash says, "That's, like...a crime or something! :u"
PUB >> o/` It's a dead mare's party o/` Princess Luna says, "Pea shooters? Mount buckets on the side of the airship and point them at her and shout 'pew pew'?"
PUB >> Apple Bloom says, "Maybe throw the remaining cupcakes atter? "
PUB >> o/` It's a dead mare's party o/` Princess Luna says, "If thou explain that act while smudged with frosting and with thy eyes sparkling adorably, it is COMPLETELY legal."
PUB >> Apple Bloom lobs cupcakes at Rainbow Dash.
PUB >> Rainbow_Dash says, "But but"
PUB >> Rainbow_Dash nurtures distaste or arbitrary royal rule
PUB >> o/` It's a dead mare's party o/` Princess Luna says, "Remember this, that three is no crime thou may commit, no disaster thou may cause, that is actionable if they are foolery of a goodnatured scamp."
PUB >> Apple Bloom looks cute and adorable while throwing more cupcakes. Eats one messily (And adorably.)
PUB >> o/` It's a dead mare's party o/` Princess Luna says, "Excellent. Proceed."
PUB >> o/` It's a dead mare's party o/` Princess Luna says, "Make those little squeaky grunts when thou throw, and perhaps have thy tongue protruding from the corner of thy mouth in fierce concentration."
PUB >> Apple Bloom complies. Is sure an upended cupcake is resting atop her head.

There aren't really that many cupcakes, though--only a few in this area, now. The splattering soon stops, exciting though it was!

Screenplay shrugs as she drinks up

Pinkie_Pie awwws! "Well done anyway, faithful steed! I think we helped!"

PUB >> o/` It's a dead mare's party o/` Princess Luna can see that Equestria is in excellent shape tonight, and flies off to pursue her other duties!

Derpy walks outside just in time to catch the very last cupcake on her head. It knocks her to the ground, upon which she goes woozy, her legs bent, little flying cupcakes flying around her cranium with bird noises.

<OOC> Marble_Memory says, "OH MY CELESTIA!!! DERPY'S EYES WERE KNOCKED STRAIGHT."

Soarin halts in mid-climb and hovers, glancing around. He looks...disappointed perhaps? "Well...darn. I'll have to visit Sugarcube Corner later after all." He turns and begins bringing Pinkie Pie back in for a landing, looking over his shoulder and grinning, "Woulda been awesome to find the source."

Chalice_Flame calls over to Soarin from her place next to the door, "You didn't find it?".

<OOC> You say, "Come on, folks! Let's revive this party! It's stalled!"

( Marble looks relieved that the cupcakes are done. He trots over to check on his friend. "Derpy? Derpy, are you alright?" )

Soarin shakes his head upon landing and sighs, "Nope! Pinkie Pie and I were closing in, then they just stopped and we weren't close enough to see where they were coming from. Is everypony okay down here?"

Derpy shakes off her mild trauma. She doesn't seem to be badly hurt. Maybe her head is used to soft, delicious force by now. "Is okay. What have happen?" she asks. Her belly is covered in snow.

Chalice_Flame says "I think every pony is alright, but some pony broke the door". She points to the hole."

"Is it over?" asks the Great and Powerful Trixie from outside. There is a long pause, then a final splat. "GAH!"

Screenplay comes out as she sees Derpy got knock out as she helps her up, "You ok.." She pets her friend

Marble sees the hole in the door and dash over, shrieking in terror. "HOLE!" Marble looks closely at the door. "It's okay... it's okay.... doors can be replaced. They can be... replaced... Now... where did these... these... SUGAR BOMBS come from?"

Derpy nods and nuzzles Screenplay briefly. "Is all okay. My mane splatter? Or sprinkle?" It's actually a little bit of both, it seems.

Soarin trots over to the high strung stallion and lightly pats Marble's shoulder with a hoof, "Hey, you the host bud? Lemme just say. Cupcake rain? Awesome...this party is going on my list of the top ten best ever." Soarin then actually does pull out a list from his saddlebag and begins moving items around on it while murmuring, "Lets see...this one just slightly nudges out that Las Haygas cider buster me and the guys had..."

Chalice_Flame says "I don't like cupcake rain, too messy. I prefer my cupcakes on a platter inside."

Pinkie_Pie has disconnected.

<OOC> Screenplay thinks the party's over
<OOC> Two-Bit thoroughly enjoyed watching it!
<OOC> Derpy is sad. The party hardly got started!
<OOC> Chalice_Flame says, "We could continue it on another time?."
<OOC> Derpy would be up for that! But let's not give up yet.

Derpy nods and smiles. "Cupcake is better if ~not~ fall," she tells Chalice Flame. She walks back inside the house and goes into the kitchen, looking for some water to wash up with. "Who will piano next?" she asks the group.

<OOC> Screenplay says, "Chear up Derpy"
<OOC> Chalice_Flame shrugs and is soon to "give up"...It's almost midnight here.
<OOC> Soarin says, "I'm about to try to infuse some life into it."
<OOC> Chalice_Flame smiles at Soarin.
<OOC> Chalice_Flame says, "My mom wants me to go visit someone in a nursing home tomorrow."

Soarin thrusts a hoof into the air and waves it wildly, like a colt in school who knows the answer to a question, "Oh! Oh! Me! I'll play the piano!"

<OOC> Derpy nods. Is good Christmas errand.

Derpy spins around, water dripping from her mane, and points at Soarin. As if anyone else is volunteering. "Know to load?" she asks.

<OOC> Soarin says, "Is it just me and Derpy playing now?"
<OOC> Derpy hopes Marble at least still here! And Screenplay...

( Marble doesn't respond to Soarin. This might make it seem like he completely arranged a totally awesome party. "Um... does anypony know if I can get a new door... like right now?" )

Screenplay looks as she then comes to the door fame as she inpects it, "I think I can fix it.. I have some extra doors.." she says to Marble

EconomistBrony has arrived.
EconomistBrony appears with a *pop*.

Soarin turns to look at the Piano when Derpy asks if he knows how to load it, "it's a player piano? Cooooool. I have NO clue how to load it! You just jam the roll with the bumps on it in there right?" Then he turns to look at Marble Memory, "Well. Have you measured the door frame? If you know the size you need I think you could try Doors and Quills in Cloudsdale? It never was a popular or useful as Sofa's and Quills, so they sell substandard quills due to budgeting concerns.Thats what I hear anyway."

<OOC> EconomistBrony sneaks in under the door.

Chalice_Flame nods enthustically sp? to Soarin "And I'll listen to you play!".

Skyheart has disconnected.

Derpy has no objections to doors with pony silhouettes broken from them and other hovel-like conditions. She's having fun! Or was, anyway, and wants to again. She trots over to Soarin, trailing water along the floor. "Is not bump. Is hole! Hole is magic! Will let peg through, and peg push!" She shows Soarin how to load a roll with her teeth, and hooks it on the bottom. "Now play! Here is speeds. Here is louds! Here are keys for fun. Have a fun!" She then walks over to Marble and admires the hole in the door with them. "Hole is fun, Marble! Who knows what peg stick in."

Soarin watches and listens to Derpy's instructions, nodding along with the things she says, "Okay! Lets do this! Wait! Are we playing Hearths Warming songs or is it some other theme? I could play something cheery or something bluesy. What would everypony like to hear?"

Chalice_Flame says "I want to hear "flying free"."

Derpy has loaded "Good King Wembleton", but is amenable to other choices. She reaches into her bag and emerges with a variety of song scrolls sticking out from her mouth like an exploded smile.

<OOC> Chalice_Flame says, "A favorite song IRL, used to play it on the piano and it was the last peice I could play before I forgot."
<OOC> You say, "Shall we parody it, then? "

Soarin jumps up on the top of the piano and begins dancing to imagined tunes, "Okay! We have one vote for Flying Free. Anypony else have something they'd love to hear?" Soarin begins to hammer shuffle back and forth on top of the piano while he waits.

Chalice_Flame gets herself some refreshments and a pillow. She puts the pillow on the ground near by the piano and snuggles up in the pillow. She seems ready to be a good audience for whoever wants to play the piano next.

<OOC> Marble_Memory has to get going to prepare for bed. Will this log be posted?
<OOC> Screenplay says, "should be off too"
<OOC> Soarin says, "Good night then."
<OOC> Derpy may post it.
<OOC> You say, "It's been a little dull."
<OOC> Two-Bit says, "You should post it!"
<OOC> EconomistBrony says, "Good night, Screenplay and Marble!"
<OOC> Marble_Memory is sorry it was dull.
<OOC> EconomistBrony sad trombone.
<OOC> Soarin nods and is sad as well.

Derpy creeps under the bench and starts pushing the pedals with her front hooves. The piano begins to play the traditional tune of "Good King Wembleton". Louder and softer. Derpy tries to make it as jazzy as she can.

<OOC> Marble_Memory blames the economist.
<OOC> EconomistBrony says, "What? I just got here! D:"

Screenplay goes home.

<OOC> Chalice_Flame is going to go to sleep too, had fun ponies:).
<OOC> EconomistBrony says, "Later CF!"

Chalice_Flame has disconnected.

Soarin blinks as the music begins and he peers under the bench at Derpy, grinning, "Oh! It's you!" He then gets down from the top and begins playing with the keys while Derpy works the petals. Then he begins to belt out the song "Good King Wem-bul-ten did shout, at the beastly heathen! Who had cooked him sour kraut...."

Nimble_Hooves has disconnected.

<OOC> Soarin says, "Looks like it really is just you and me now Derpy."
<OOC> EconomistBrony says, "And ME!"
<OOC> EconomistBrony dances a jaunty jig.
<OOC> Soarin cabbage patches, "Go EB, Go EB, It's your birthday."
<OOC> Derpy hugs Soarin.
<OOC> Soarin hugs!

PUB >> Derpy says, "Too bad! Piano party have peter out early!"

<OOC> Soarin will! And has learned to play Carcassonne much better! Sooooooooo watch out!
<OOC> Derpy yeeek!
<OOC> Soarin says, "And Invitation away."

Sugar_Rush has arrived.

<OOC> You say, "Hello Rushie!"
<OOC> EconomistBrony says, "Hello!"
<OOC> Two-Bit says, "Yo!"
<OOC> Sugar_Rush says, "Hello."
<OOC> Sugar_Rush sets out some fudge.
<OOC> You say, "Comed for party?"
<OOC> Sugar_Rush says, "Well, at least for company."
<OOC> Soarin says, "Well ya found it!"

Derpy is playing a player piano with her front hooves from under a bench while Sugar Rush is dancing to a jazzy "Good King Wenceslas" (or Wembleton) on top of the piano.

<OOC> Soarin chuckles.

## Sugar_Rush changes his status to IC (In Character).
<OOC> Sugar_Rush is? He'll go with that...

Sugar_Rush tap dances atop the piano. "Hi, folks!

<OOC> EconomistBrony says, "I wish I could join in, but I'm fading fast. z.z"
<OOC> EconomistBrony says, "Good night, ponies!"
<OOC> Two-Bit says, "Goodnight EB!"
<OOC> EconomistBrony takes away a bit from one bit as he goes. Taxes and all.
<OOC> You say, "Good night!"

EconomistBrony disappears with a mild flash of light.
EconomistBrony has left.

Soarin has disconnected.

<OOC> Nightshade says, "You were playing board games?"
<OOC> You say, "On a website at another time!"

Two-Bit goes home.
Two-Bit has left.

<OOC> Sugar_Rush says, "Awww..."
<OOC> You say, "Yeah. The party never reached critical mass! But it got so close."
<OOC> You say, "If only Princess Cadence had been able to stay!"
<OOC> Sugar_Rush snugs a Derpy.
<OOC> Derpy snuggsle! And watches Sherlock.
<OOC> Sugar_Rush says, "Good night, folks."
<OOC> You say, "Oh, well!"