2nd Dress - 4th Stage

[prissy_hooves]

[Phone; unfiltered]

Well, it certainly seems that Mayfield is even more uncultured than I'd originally thought.  Listen to all of you, airing out all of your secrets and dark thoughts over the phone.  You should all be ashamed of yourselves!  What kind of manners are those?  Thankfully, as a proper lady, I don't have to worry about that sort of thing.  I would never pick up the phone and air all of my secret grievances with my friends, like how Applejack really needs to take better care of that tangled mess she calls a mane if she is to have any hope of attracting her own Prince Charming.  Or how Rainbow Dash has no tact at all and the worst manners I've ever seen.  I mean, really, what does '20% cooler' even mean?  How does one quantify that sort of thing?  It makes no sense whatsoever.  Twilight Sparkle needs to learn that not every answer for every situation can be found inside a book, and would it really kill Pinkie Pie to throw a quiet party where everyone sits around sipping tea and making light conversation?  Just once in a while?  Also, Spike, dear... I'm afraid you don't look quite as good in a moustache as you seem to think.  Some dragons can pull off a moustache, but you are sadly not among them.  As for Fluttershy... well, it's a good thing she isn't here, as much as I do miss her.  After all, when she's actually putting forth the effort, she easily outshines me in almost every way without even trying!

[...Paaaaaaaause, as she takes in everything she just said, but especially that last part.]

...Not that I have a complex about that sort of thing, of course.

[The phone is hastily hung up at this point.

...

And then picked back up a moment later.]

...Except that I actually do.

Comments

[mylife4food.livejournal.com]

Um....Lady Rarity...

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

Guy! Hello! I'd been wondering when I'd get the chance to speak with you again.

[mylife4food.livejournal.com]

Oh! You can speak with me whenever you like. Feel free to call at any time.

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

That's so kind of you to say! You're just like a Prince yourself! Always so polite and proper. That's how true royalty should conduct themselves, unlike certain ponies I could name.

...Prince Blueblood.

[partysense.livejournal.com]

...Rarity?

[WHY WOULD YOU SAY ALL OF THOSE G-RATED MEAN THINGS :(]

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

...A-ahh, Pinkie! Good day!

[Now just realizing what she said.]

[partysense.livejournal.com]

Are you... okay?

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

Now that you mention it, no. I don't seem to be able to hold back as well as usual.

[action / SNEAKS OFF HIATUS SHH]

[brotherseyes.livejournal.com]

Rarity?

[Nina pauses as she walks into the room. She's been worried lately--about her friends, about her brother, about whatever is going to happen next.

Now she's worried about Rarity, too.]

Do you want to step away from the phone for a little bit? Before you end up something you'll regret?

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

...Yes, perhaps I should.

[brotherseyes.livejournal.com]

[Nina will gently reach for and hang up the reciever. She gives Rarity a tiny little smile as she does, glancing over he shoulder.]

I heard you talking from the other room. Why do you feel like your friend outshines you?

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

[Oh god, oh no, don't do this to her.]

Fluttershy doesn't have to put forth any effort at all to look graceful and beautiful. I spend hours in front of the mirror every day making sure every curl in my mane is perfect before I even take a single step outside. But Fluttershy? She's a natural. If she had any sort of ambition for it at all, she'd be an instant star. I count my blessings every day that she's so shy, but even that becomes an asset when somepony is actually paying attention.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Are you a pony like Miss Pie, Miss Dash and Miss Applejack?"

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

Why, yes! Do you know them too?

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Yes I've met them."

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

They're quite a loud bunch, aren't they?

[foalingaround.livejournal.com]

[Having a stage five, very irritable Rainbow Dash. She's desperately trying to resist the urge to start spouting off about how great communism is.]

What are you talkin' about? There's nothing wrong with my manners! What's gotten into you, Rarity?

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

Rainbow Dash, you aren't fooling anyone! Your manners are absolutely atrocious! You never knock before entering, you don't say please or thank you, you frequently interrupt other ponies' conversations... oh, the list goes on!

[foalingaround.livejournal.com]

Yeah well it's still not cool to announce that kinda stuff to everyone! If I didn't think communism was so great, I'd be even more ticked off then I am right now!

[A long pause.]

Ignore that bit about the communism thing.

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

...Communism?

Everypony keeps talking about that. What does it mean?

[downtoearthpony.livejournal.com]

Rarity, what in tarnation are you going on about?

And Ah thought Ah was suppose to be the honest one. You might want to hang up the phone before you say something you'll regret. Again.

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

[After the awkwardness with Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash earlier, Rarity's already feeling bad about what she said about Applejack before she even calls.]

Y-yes... you might be right about that.

[downtoearthpony.livejournal.com]

[You know how some people nod or gesture appropriately while talking on the phone? Applejack's tone almost seem to suggest a nod of approval is being given as she speaks...]

Good, and don't you fret none about what you did say either. We're your friends after all, we can handle a little truth now and again so don't worry. Well, except maybe that bit about Fluttershy, she'd probably end up feeling terrible hearing that, but she wouldn't stop being your friend, Ah'm sure. None of us will, after all, Ah know how important looking clean and prissy is too you, so Ah understand why you don't like how Ah take care of mah mane, which isn't really an important detail to me what with having to work in the orchard and sell mah apples after all.

[I'll be honest. I don't really think Applejack has really gone past Stage One of truthfulness, really. She's just that blunt sometimes.]

[wantasammich.livejournal.com]

You know, I never expected a magical talking pony to have a superiority complex.

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

I'm just offering some advice to my friends. It's for their own good, really.