A time for merriment and laughter

[refinedmaestro]

Who: Everyone in Luceti!
What: The annual musical rendition of A Midsummer Night's Dream that everyone's been waiting for with the party!
When: From 8:00 pm to later into the night.
Where: At the school gym/auditorium and the cafeteria.
Summary: The big time for the play has come, time to put it on then party!
Rating: G to PG-13 at best.

Comments

[lightningcute]

[holy

what in

IS THAT A PONY

WITH RAINBOWS

.............

yeah Pao-lin's just going to stare at you for a while, suddenly questioning her conviction that she's not dreaming this whole Luceti thing.

I mean come on, a cartoon pony, omg]

[wannabolt]

[...Pfffff. Oh, you silly hue-mans. At least this colorful pony looks somewhat amused?]

Yeah, I'm a pony. No, you're not dreaming.

[Might as well get that out of the way.]

[lightningcute]

Ah! Sorry -- I didn't mean to -- I was just --

[A quiet inhale.]

Um...are you a "New Feather"?

[wannabolt]

I'm kinda used to staring by now.

[In other words, nope. Not offended.]

Anyway, I just got here a few weeks ago, sooo... definitely new.

[lightningcute]

Oh, okay. [Pao-lin's relieved, both because she hadn't seemed to offend the cartoon pony and because said cartoon pony was also new to Luceti like herself.] Well, um, it's nice to meet you. My name is Pao-lin. [She'd offer a hand to shake, but...]

[wannabolt]

[Well, the way Dash raises her front leg in a sorta smug position that totally defies horse anatomy proves that she's... pretty capable with those limbs of hers. Ah, MLP logic.]

Gotcha. My name's Rainbow Dash.

[lightningcute]

I'm Pao-lin. It's nice to meet you. [She tilts her head inquisitively and smiles.] "Rainbow Dash", huh? That sounds like it'd be a Hero name from where I'm from.

[wannabolt]

A hero? Well, I did help save Equestria a few times.

[Eternal night, dragon smoke... even if it was Fluttershy who stopped the dragon in the end.]

That's pretty heroic, if you ask me.

[lightningcute]

It sounds like it. Do you have anyone sponsoring you as a Hero?

[wannabolt]

Sponsor? Why would I need one of those?

[lightningcute]

Ah...you don't really need one to be a hero, technically. [Can you hear the capital H being dropped from the word? It's okay if you can't. :D;;] But where I'm from, superheroes are sponsored by companies to appear on a show called HeroTV, which follows them around as they save people and catch criminals. I was just curious if maybe there were other places doing something similar, since Sternbild's HeroTV is the only one I know of.

[wannabolt]

Never heard of it. Me and my friends just do our own thing. When somepony tries to screw around, we'll be there to stop 'em.

[A beat.]

And if not a pony, then dragons, manticores, you name it.

[lightningcute]

[OOH! Dragons and manticores? This sounds interesting!]

You've fought dragons and manticores before? What was it like?

[wannabolt]

Oh, it was nothing! Sure they were a little scary, but I bet I could take on ten manticores with both wings tied behind my back.

[She's really just bluffing, of course.]

[lightningcute]

I've read a lot of stories about fighting dragons and other monsters. I think it'd definitely be scary, but fun, too. [She's not sure whether it'd be scarier than facing down dangerous criminals, though.]

[wannabolt]

Nothing wrong with a little danger. Keeps things exciting, if you ask me.

[But this is coming from a thrill-seeking pegasus.]