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

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Hold on...."

[Then a holographic map of the town appears near Rarity with the locations of the other ponies marked on it]

"There should be a map within 2 meters of you. I'm speculating on the phone's location."

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

Ack!

[Rarity peers at the map for a moment, blinking in amazement.]

How did you do that? Is it magic?

[Poking at the screen with a hoof.]

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Omoikane is broadcasting across all of Mayfield so as long as I know the rough location I can put a screen there. Its just high technology."

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

I've never seen anything like it before! Even from Twilight Sparkle, and I'm fairly sure she knows a spell for everything you could think of.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Well, its not magic. I don't even think I'm capable of magic."

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

Well, of course not! You don't have a horn!

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"That is true. I do not have a horn."

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

Where I come from, only unicorns can use magic, you see.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Several humans here can preform magic as well, just... Not me. I tend to work more with science."

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

I'd certainly like to see more of it sometime.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Well, if you ever want to watch a movie I have several here. I'm on the map as well. That is fairly obvious technology."

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

A movie?

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Its something that is best seen as it is hard to explain."

Let's reply with the right journal this time

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

I look forward to it, then.

Lyon would enjoy movies too!

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"When you have a free evening let me know. Actually, if you'd like the other ponies to come with you that can be arranged too."

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

I owe them at least that much, after the things I've said.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"The town is making us tell our deepest darkest secrets so, they're probably saying things that they think but have the good sense to keep quiet normally too. Friends don't need to like everything about each other, they just need to get along and enjoy each others' company."

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

You're probably right. These things the town does... they do end eventually, don't they?

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Usually the town jerks us around for a week or so, then its quiet for a month or two, then another thing happens."

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

This is going to last an entire week?

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Maybe? Sometimes its a bit longer, other times a bit shorter. Its hard to say, the patterns are only around when its going to begin, not how long it will last."

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

That's rather frustrating.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"It very much is. Do you perhaps have a hobby you could do to not think about it?"

[frilly-filly.livejournal.com]

I do enjoy sewing, but I don't have a studio set up just yet.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

"Maybe setting up a studio would be perfect, since you wouldn't have to be around a lot of other people to do it and you could work without blurting anything out."