//------------------------------// // Incidental Recording // Story: The Xenophile's Guide to Equestria // by archonix //------------------------------// Incidental Recording Included in reference to Dash diary entries Date: 17/09/1215 (recording begins) RAINBOW DASH: -idn’t say anything like that, you’re just getting cranky- TWILIGHT SPARKLE: I am not cranky! RD: -because you spend too much time locked up in that little room with your books- TS: That- don’t you dare- RD: -like some boring egghead! TS: -call me- raagh! (loud thump, crashing sound) RD: Twilight! BELLEROPHON: Hey what’s going on in here? RD: Twilight just threw- TS: She started it! RD: -a plate at- I did not! BM: Ladies, lets not fight okay? RD: We’re not fighting, we- TS: Oh we’re fighting all right! RD: What? No we’re- TS: What’s the matter, scared I might win? BM: Twilight. RD: Okay that’s it! (thumps, inaudible) BM: Rain- Twilight no, put her down! She didn’t- TS: Why? LYRA: Hey what’s- BM: -do anything to deserve that! RD: You’re damn right I didn’t! BM: Twilight, let her go and step- back- okay? Just- I know Rainbow can be a bit- LH: What the hay, guys? I hear banging next thing I see- RD: Lyra this isn’t the time. LH: -you’re both over there, Twi’s crying in the corner- RD: She just went for me over nothing! LH: -frankly I’m this close to pulling my badge on you two. RD: Oh come on! TS: (inaudible) isn’t happening it isn’t (inaudible) BM: Lyra, she was gonna bounce Rainbow off the damn wall, I had to- TS: Why do you keep taking her side? BM: -grab her- Because nobody else does, okay? Nobody! TS: (inaudible) LH: It’s not- RD: (inaudible) princess. TS: (inaudible) (door slam) LH: (pause) Great job, you two. BM: Oh come on, she- she knows Dash’s sense of humour by now. LH: She might. Does that matter? BM: I- RD: I never did anything! LH: Think about it from her point of view for a bit, okay? I’ve got- (recording ends) (recording resumes) (data erased) (recording ends) (recording resumes) TS: Note to self, find out why recorder keeps activating in high-tension situations. Cross-reference sympathetic effects of unicorn emotional states on magical abilities. Make sure transcriber daemon hasn’t already copied the erased portion of this recording. BM: (inaudible) TS: Additional note, buy a new bed for the study. (recording ends)