Appledashery

by Just Essay

Try It; You'll Like It

Along the edge of the uppermost basement plastform, a pair of equines waved burning flares, signaling to those on approach.

"That's our signal," shouted a pilot in the front seat of a gyrocopter. She flung a lever and pivoted the controls, angling the steam-powered vessel towards the opening in the side of the structure beneath Shindig Tower. "Time to bring her in."

"About time!" exclaimed the construct seated behind her. She gripped the back of the seat with her forelimbs while the ship veered in for the final straightaway. "How lucky are we to rein it in overnight, huh?"

"Speak for yourself!" the pilot exclaimed, squinting through her goggles as they approached the platform. "What I wouldn't give to patrol the air streams during the Coronation."

"Oh yeah?"

"If only to get another shot at putting holes in that damned Blue Jay."

"Heheh... yeah, alright."

FWOOSH! A streak of blue blurred by in their peripheral.

"Whoah—Whoah!" The backseat officer spun about, blinking. "Did you see that?"

"Hmm?" The pilot concentrated on the upcoming ledge. "See what?"

"I... I thought I just saw..."

"Shhh! Coming in for a landing!"

"Er. Right. My bad."

The two constructs silenced themselves as the gyrocopter came in for a landing. Its wheels made contact with the long runway beneath the overhang, and the vehicle grinded to a stop, its propellers slowing down.

"Aaaaaaaaand clockwork," the pilot said with a smile.

"Brilliant."

As the two ponies pivoted the vessel towards a loading area, they were oblivious to a blue figure clinging to the rear tail of the craft. Several ponies trotted up to help reel the vehicle in, but Rainbow Dash leapt away before they could come into visual contact with her. Hugging a metal ball to her chest, Rainbow Dash rolled over into the shadows, then pressed her back to a series of metal crates. She panted, listening as various figures shuffled about, continuing to perform mantenance on the parked gyrocopters between shifts.

At last, Rainbow released the sphere, and Epcot materialized into her normal, fuzzy self.

"Whew!" Epcot smiled. "Now I know why you picked Omega Centauri!"

"Shindig and her sons should have hired more living ponies than Silver Shill," Rainbow Dash muttered. "If this is their idea of security, then even Pinkie Pie could have frolicked her way into the weapons armory."

"Who?"

Rainbow sighed. "Never mind. Let's say I really... really... really wanna get out of this place."

Epcot grinned. "One trot at a time. Don't you have a bunch of friends to save the day for?"

"I always have a bunch of friends to save the day for," Rainbow muttered, making a break for the furthest door. "It's part of the charm of being me."

"Heehee!" Epcot galloped after her. "Now that's the spirit!"

"Shhhh!" Rainbow Dash stealthed her way into an adjacent corridor "By the way, not-for-nothin', but you're remarkably cuddly for a brass steam ball."

"Well, I do try."

Comments

[BabySkittleMonster]

you're remarkably cuddly for a brass steam ball.

Epcot is best brass steam ball.

Brass? For some reason I always pictured her as a Wheatley-clone-thingy. My bad.

[FloydienSlip]

Of course she does.

[viofriedsevey]

Rainbow making a comment about how cuddly another pony is not in a negative way? That some fuckin' huge character development.

[RoboRed]

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I think she's all brass and steampunk for this dreamscape.

I keep imagining her more like one of those Ghost construct thingies from Destiny.

[zaponator]

"I always have a bunch of friends to save the day for," Rainbow muttered, making a break for the furthest door. "It's part of the charm of being me."

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[viofriedsevey]

Also, this chapter title is literally exacly what I say to my friends when I try an get them to watch MLP. Apperently I've lied everytime...

[Mister Saxon]

you're remarkably cuddly for a brass steam ball.

It has officially ended with cuddling.

[Mister Saxon]

5803516 5803496 If you've ever seen the original Tron, there's a thing in there called Bit that Epcot was initially based off of, before she was a 'pony.'

Rainbow exhaled with a shrug. "Postive and negative, huh?" she said. "You're a doofus."
"YES."
Sighing, Rainbow trotted past the marquis sign and down a long queue line laced with steel metal rails. "Well, where are your alicorns? Are they gonna miss ya?"
"NO."
"What am I? Your new alicorn or something?"
"YES."
The pegasus grumbled slightly to herself as the geodesic sphere followed close behind her flicking tail. "Another mouth to feed," she muttered.
"YES. YES. YES. YES. YES."

(fast forward to 0:21; time stamp doesn't work on embedded videos on Fimfiction)

[Lightning Bearer]

Epcotdashery. It begins with them cuddling.

[Sam the Anti-Ninja]

Dammit, where's Swan Song when you need him? There's shipping going on here and he's missing it!

[MidnightReflection]

Chapter 500... is there a limit anymore? I don't want this epic adventure to end, but that would mean that Appledash wouldn't even happen. Buck it. Keep me going for another 1,000 chapters. I already feel like the story isn't even half way.

[Salad king]

5804821 even if there is I'm sure he will just continue it on another story.

[Tchernobog]

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Who is to say he won't continue in this? Applejack learns of Dash's feelings (or we learn she knew and reciprocates, or whatever). Then we can look forward to 10000 chapters of their relationship!

[Salad king]

5804891 If he ends it on or shortly after they get together I think I'll need to go to the hospital.

[Leftover of Saikano]

Wow, a 500 chapter milestone! And look at how much happened in this very important chapter.

[viofriedsevey]

Holy shit mister saxon, what if for april fools dash and ecpot cuddle and skirts is like there it is, the story is over. It ended with cuddling.

[Skunkiss]

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Now that would be just cruel.

I'd totally start a mob with torches and pitchforks and burn half of FIMFiction down ift that would happen

So yeah, I DID read the whole arc now. I really would have missed something, I'm glad I listened to you and didn't just skip it.
Only part of it that really dragged things down in my opinion were the dreams of Joe, Mulia and Gustave...
All that fantastic dark mood and tension and the feeling of urgency that was established by how Dash entered Cider Space and how Stu's dream ended up were shattered by that onslaught of whacky out of place pop-culture references...

Most of the references felt just kinda copy-pasted and I'll never believe that Gustave's greatest dream was to be Link from Zelda
But now it is dark and awesome as ever and for the first time in reading this story, I really can't wait for the next chapter!

[DrEggnog]

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[animezach]

Finally half way through part 1.....
only took me 2 years to get here.....

[arancaytar]

"Shindig and her sons should have hired more living ponies than Silver Shill," Rainbow Dash muttered. "If this is their idea of security, then even Pinkie Pie could have frolicked her way into the weapons armory."

Poor example, Dashie. No amount of security can stop Pinkie Pie.

[Boop-Happy Lass]

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tru.

[LegallyFluffy]

Holy crap I actually made it halfway!
Well, onto the rest of it then.