[It's very, VERY rare these days that Pinkie Pie has a free day to herself. Between party planning, hanging out with her friends, babysitting, baking for the Cakes, and the increasingly frequent magical adventure, plus or minus summoning, any lesser pony would've collapsed from sheer exhaustion. But that's Pinkie Pie for you: the epitome of extroversion, and always with enough energy and smiles for everypony.
Today, though, there's absolutely, positively nothing on Pinkie Pie's calendar. And there's this triple chocolate, quadruple berry trifle she's been DYING to try out, and there's a razzledazzleberry bush near the lake that'd be perfect for making it a triple chocolate, QUINTUPLE berry trifle. So off she goes, skipping along the road leading out of the town proper, humming out loud.]
[It's a funny thing, really. One minute, you're piloting a spaceship through space, and then the next you're dropping from the sky and landing on something soft and fluffy. Cheese could never have predicted that is how his day would go when he woke up this morning. Not even with a hundred billion guesses. But suddenly drop from the sky onto the aforementioned person of fluffiness is exactly what has happened to him.
He flops to one side with a groan, Boneless 2 dropping a few seconds after him to land on his head with a honk, bouncing off to lay on the ground, staring up at him with accusatory rubber eyes. ]
Ouch. Did I hit the teleporter by acci-
[He finally looks at the person he's landed on, expecting some alien from whatever planet the Bishop is currently hovering above to find this is, in fact, a pony. Not just any pony, either. The best of ponies. ]
[Honestly, she wouldn't have either, what with space travel not being A Thing in their world yet. Her tail DOES twitch, followed by the REST of her body before there's not even time to react before a LOT of weight comes dropping onto her, followed by a squeak somewhere near her head.]
Ooooh yup, that sure is a doozy...~
[Give her a sec to focus on whatever landed on her, world needs to stop spinning first.]
[Cheese meanwhile spends some time processing what is happening to him. It's Pinkie, she is here, she isn't some crazy hallucination, she's here and she's solid and real. He glances skyward, seeing only clear Equestrian skies. There are no spaceships. This isn't the Fleet.
...Did he suddenly get home??
He turns his focus back on Pinkie again and his quickly breaks into a smile, which itself quickly turns into a grin. She's the first pony he's laid eyes on in nearly two years and if he could pick any pony for that title, he would absolutely pick her. Every time. ]
[Yup, solid and real and kind of laying under him in a compromising position but it seems like neither of them notice. Once Pinkie shakes her head clear and that warm golden-orange coat, brown curly mane, and those green, green eyes come into focus again, she gasps in delight and grins herself, wrapping her forelegs around him in a tight hug.]
Cheese Sandwich! It's really YOU! What are you doing here?!
[He'll laugh happily (and possibly a little hysterically) because it's her. In all her Pinkie Pie Perfectness. He return the hug, happily riding on that wave of pure joy she seems to exude wherever she goes. He's home and he's with her. ]
I have absolutely no idea! I thought I'd literally drop in and pay you a visit.
Heeheehaha, good one, Cheese! Wow, you REALLY know how to drop in! Today must REALLY be my lucky day! Are you planning another party in Ponyville? [GASP!] One I don't even know about yet?! Here I thought today was a free day!
[He's free to throw parties again. Sure, he could throw them on the Fleet, and BOY did he throw them, but it wasn't the same. Humans party differently to ponies. ]
There's no rest of us, Pinkie. No rain or snow or vicious dragon attack can keep us from pinning up a piniata or setting off streamers. I'm sure we can find SOME reason to celebrate. How about... The Two Best Party Ponies Ever Comeback Special? It's got a nice ring to it, right?
[He was going for "I'm Free From A Psychotic Space Show Party" but the other one sounds better ]
[True, though can't go wrong with the classic "A Date" either-- and then the narrator was carted away for being shipper trash.]
Oh my gosh, that sounds awesome~! Forget triple chocolate, quintuple berry trifles, THIS is what I wanna do today! Where should we start?! And you've GOTTA tell me what you mean by "viscious dragon attack"!
[Aaaand maybe about the Psychotic Space Show. At some point. No rush, though.]
[A Date would be the best party ever. He really needs to figure out how those work. ]
Oh wow I don't even know!!! Maybe we could walk around a little and plan some stuff! Plan it better than we ever planned before.
[Which is a casual way of spending time alone with her. Totally and utterly casual. He picks up Boneless Two, placing him on his back carefully, there you go, buddy.]
Pinkie bouces upright herself and starts bounding next to him back towards town.]
Awww darn. A "survived a dragon attack" party would've been fun too! The girls and I've been having LOTS of adventures since you were here for Rainbow Dash's birthiversary, though! We REALLY need to catch up!
[Oddly, that sounds like the best kind of party to him. Catching up with Pinkie. Maybe not a party per say, but a lot of fun all the same. He happily trots after her. ]
Oh wow, yeah! The last thing I remember from home was Tirek wrecking stuff then suddenly he wasn't wrecking stuff and there was a magical rainbow??? Maybe.
[And then he was gone, and he has no idea what he's missed since then. That smile does make him stop, ears folding back a little. He hasn't seen Pinkie look this worried for a while, it worries him in return. ]
So... I meant to write you about this, I really did, I Pinkie Promise, but-- Well, Tirek was stealing everypony's magic, but Twilight figured out that we needed to open this magical tree chest that had a castle inside and let us give all the magic back but-- but we all had to put stuff near it that turned into keys. And... And Boneless was one of those keys...
[She reaches for somewhere on her person and pulls out a long, golden, wavy key, ending in three balloon-shaped keys.]
[He stares down at the key. The key that was once the only friend he ever had, for such a long, long time. But Boneless had always been Pinkie's, in his mind, she'd just loaned him to him. The rubber chicken gave him the strength to learn how to be a better pony. A little companion to help him learn how to make friends who could actually talk back. ]
So he helped you girls save Equestria?
[High aspirations, for such a little rubber chicken. There's a twang of pain there, for a lost friend, but he has done so much more. Cheese looks up from the key and sees how broken up Pinkie is about it and can't help but offer her a small, encouraging smile. He'd do anything for her not to be sad. Her being sad is just...wrong. It's not how the universe should be. She's Joy Incarnate.]
Hey, it's okay. I'm glad he was so important in everything. It's super important you all stopped Tirek. I mean, you're our heroes. If you hadn't stopped him, who would?
Y-yeah, he did... And yeah, it would've been hard to stop Tirek without him. And Twilight wouldn't have her new castle after Tirek burned the library down... And that feeling... I was bursting with so much joy I couldn't keep it all to myself if I wanted to! I wouldn't have been able to give everypony back their magic without him at all. Or you, if you hadn't given him to me.
He clears his throat, pawing the ground awkwardly with one hoof at that last comment. Next to her, he's not much at all. He was just paying forward what she gave him.]
Well. I mean, technically he was yours in the first place anyway. After everything you did for me, you deserved to have him back.
[Yup. Luckily, the castle library gave her space to rebuild her collection and then some.
Still, those denials earn a little head shake, even as her smile grows warmer and more tender.] But he was YOUR friend forever and ever, right? And your co-party planner. That's a special bond, and it meant a lot to you AND me that you gave him back, right?
[That little smile just melts his heart, really, and not for the first time in his life. She's just so good and decent, putting everypony before herself, no matter what. He tries to emulate her, but he knows he'll always just fall short of the heights of sheer goodness she lives on.
He's put her on a pedestal and he's happy for her to stay there. ]
Right! It absolutely meant a lot! [Because she means a lot. ] I'm glad he went on to something so important, really.
[Ohhh trust me, everypony's got weaknesses, and she's no different. He saw her on one of her worst days, after all.]
That he did. Maybe we can slip a little toast to him during our party.
[And then the bittersweet evaporates into just sweet and her smile it its old self again... and moves to tuck the key away again before pausing, and then holding it out to Cheese again, even more so than before.]
Silly me, should probably offer him to you first.
Edited ((Takes this opportunity to spruce up the grammar a bit.)) 2016-04-22 01:57 (UTC)
[And yet she's still the most perfect being to ever be. ]
I'd like that, and I know he would, too.
[He smiles softly, shaking his head. ]
Naw, he belongs to you now. I meant what I said, I wanted you to have a memento of my visit. [Of him, he wants her to have a memento of him. ] I'm always on the road, it'd be nice to have a little bit of me in Ponyville. [With her.]
[For once, Pinkie DOES pick up on that twang, but it only earns a blink before she smiles again and gives him a quick full-body nuzzle, like a cat against a leg but briefer.]
Aw, spending more time with you is pretty great for me too. Especially since we didn't get NEARLY enough of it last time!
[Because she was too busy moping, job hunting, and Goofing Off to make the most of their party planning time together. That's what she means.]
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Today, though, there's absolutely, positively nothing on Pinkie Pie's calendar. And there's this triple chocolate, quadruple berry trifle she's been DYING to try out, and there's a razzledazzleberry bush near the lake that'd be perfect for making it a triple chocolate, QUINTUPLE berry trifle. So off she goes, skipping along the road leading out of the town proper, humming out loud.]
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He flops to one side with a groan, Boneless 2 dropping a few seconds after him to land on his head with a honk, bouncing off to lay on the ground, staring up at him with accusatory rubber eyes. ]
Ouch. Did I hit the teleporter by acci-
[He finally looks at the person he's landed on, expecting some alien from whatever planet the Bishop is currently hovering above to find this is, in fact, a pony. Not just any pony, either. The best of ponies. ]
...Pinkie?
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Ooooh yup, that sure is a doozy...~
[Give her a sec to focus on whatever landed on her, world needs to stop spinning first.]
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...Did he suddenly get home??
He turns his focus back on Pinkie again and his quickly breaks into a smile, which itself quickly turns into a grin. She's the first pony he's laid eyes on in nearly two years and if he could pick any pony for that title, he would absolutely pick her. Every time. ]
Pinkie!!! It's really you!!!
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Cheese Sandwich! It's really YOU! What are you doing here?!
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I have absolutely no idea! I thought I'd literally drop in and pay you a visit.
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There's no rest of us, Pinkie. No rain or snow or vicious dragon attack can keep us from pinning up a piniata or setting off streamers. I'm sure we can find SOME reason to celebrate. How about... The Two Best Party Ponies Ever Comeback Special? It's got a nice ring to it, right?
[He was going for "I'm Free From A Psychotic Space Show Party" but the other one sounds better ]
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Oh my gosh, that sounds awesome~! Forget triple chocolate, quintuple berry trifles, THIS is what I wanna do today! Where should we start?! And you've GOTTA tell me what you mean by "viscious dragon attack"!
[Aaaand maybe about the Psychotic Space Show. At some point. No rush, though.]
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Oh wow I don't even know!!! Maybe we could walk around a little and plan some stuff! Plan it better than we ever planned before.
[Which is a casual way of spending time alone with her. Totally and utterly casual. He picks up Boneless Two, placing him on his back carefully, there you go, buddy.]
It was a metaphorical dragon attack, we're safe!
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Pinkie bouces upright herself and starts bounding next to him back towards town.]
Awww darn. A "survived a dragon attack" party would've been fun too! The girls and I've been having LOTS of adventures since you were here for Rainbow Dash's birthiversary, though! We REALLY need to catch up!
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Oh wow, yeah! The last thing I remember from home was Tirek wrecking stuff then suddenly he wasn't wrecking stuff and there was a magical rainbow??? Maybe.
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[She stops in her tracks, looking stricken for a good few seconds before she flashes him a very... very uneasy smile.]
Um... Cheese? I've... got a confession to make...
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[And then he was gone, and he has no idea what he's missed since then. That smile does make him stop, ears folding back a little. He hasn't seen Pinkie look this worried for a while, it worries him in return. ]
Iiiiii'm guessing it's not a fun one.
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[She reaches for somewhere on her person and pulls out a long, golden, wavy key, ending in three balloon-shaped keys.]
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[He stares down at the key. The key that was once the only friend he ever had, for such a long, long time. But Boneless had always been Pinkie's, in his mind, she'd just loaned him to him. The rubber chicken gave him the strength to learn how to be a better pony. A little companion to help him learn how to make friends who could actually talk back. ]
So he helped you girls save Equestria?
[High aspirations, for such a little rubber chicken. There's a twang of pain there, for a lost friend, but he has done so much more. Cheese looks up from the key and sees how broken up Pinkie is about it and can't help but offer her a small, encouraging smile. He'd do anything for her not to be sad. Her being sad is just...wrong. It's not how the universe should be. She's Joy Incarnate.]
Hey, it's okay. I'm glad he was so important in everything. It's super important you all stopped Tirek. I mean, you're our heroes. If you hadn't stopped him, who would?
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[Well, that's tragic. Twilight loves her books.
He clears his throat, pawing the ground awkwardly with one hoof at that last comment. Next to her, he's not much at all. He was just paying forward what she gave him.]
Well. I mean, technically he was yours in the first place anyway. After everything you did for me, you deserved to have him back.
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Still, those denials earn a little head shake, even as her smile grows warmer and more tender.] But he was YOUR friend forever and ever, right? And your co-party planner. That's a special bond, and it meant a lot to you AND me that you gave him back, right?
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He's put her on a pedestal and he's happy for her to stay there. ]
Right! It absolutely meant a lot! [Because she means a lot. ] I'm glad he went on to something so important, really.
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That he did. Maybe we can slip a little toast to him during our party.
[And then the bittersweet evaporates into just sweet and her smile it its old self again... and moves to tuck the key away again before pausing, and then holding it out to Cheese again, even more so than before.]
Silly me, should probably offer him to you first.
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I'd like that, and I know he would, too.
[He smiles softly, shaking his head. ]
Naw, he belongs to you now. I meant what I said, I wanted you to have a memento of my visit. [Of him, he wants her to have a memento of him. ] I'm always on the road, it'd be nice to have a little bit of me in Ponyville. [With her.]
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Okey-dokey-lokey, then.
[And without further ado she tucks the key away. Maybe she should get a necklace to put it on, that'd be nice.
In the meantime, she grins at Cheese again.]
Alrighty, now who's ready to plan the biggest, bestest Two Best Party Ponies Ever Comeback Special EVER?
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You better believe I am! We're gonna have the best blast ever!!!
[A pause, then perhaps a touch nervously- a twang of the shy colt he used to be creeping in there.]
And spending some time with you would be pretty great too.
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Aw, spending more time with you is pretty great for me too. Especially since we didn't get NEARLY enough of it last time!
[Because she was too busy moping, job hunting, and Goofing Off to make the most of their party planning time together. That's what she means.]
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