Appledashery

by Just Essay

Be Sure to Bring Your Dance Certificate

Minutes into the first wave of sonic noise, the tempo shifted, descending into a deep, thudding bass beat. Rainbow could see Vinyl Scratch grasping a microphone inside her booth. The lights settled in a neon halo around her as she spoke smoothly, broadcasting her voice across the writhing dance hall.

"This one goes out to all the cavorting corpses out there," she melodiously hissed. "Jump and jive... live it up while you still can. Because once you're six feet under... well... guess you'll be living it down. But I bet the acoustics rock." She blinked from beyond her shades. " Here's a preview, ya sexy sacks of sad."

"Hmmmmm..." A mare covered in silk and cobwebs cooed. "She knows us so well."

"Hey, that remix," a stallion in a top hat droned. "I think it's Neigh Inch Nails. You recognize it?"

"No."

"Nope."

"Me neither."

"Good. In that case, it's awesome." And the group closest to the bar began shuffling to the beat in a lurching, swaying motion.

Lyra blinked, leaning against the bar. "...wow, these guys suck."

"Heehee..." Caramel giggled. "I think they're silly... y'know... in a silly-pony-covered-in-blood way."

"So long as no biting's allowed," Bon Bon muttered beneath the noise.

"What is this, Saddle Life?!" Lyra rasped.

"How... h-how could they call that dancing?!" Bon Bon wheezed. "Look at them! It's like they're riding the metro without holding the overhead straps!"

"It's their way," Lyra droned. "It's lame and boring and stiff, but it's them. So let them have lame, boring, stiff fun."

"But... doesn't DJ-P0N3 deserve better?!" Caramel stammered as the lights flashed and flickered. "Vinyl's worked so hard for this evening!"

"Eh... she knew what to expect." Lyra stifled a yawn, blinking limply across the crowd. "Sure wish I did."

Bon Bon looked all around the sluggish crowd. Finally, with a frown, she blurted: "Buck that!"

"B-Squared!" Lyra grinned aside. "The stones on you, girl!" A peach hoof suddenly grasped hers. "Uh... what are you doing?"

"Correction, we," Bon Bon insisted, yanking Lyra off her stool. "And the answer is: dancing!"

"Uh uh. No ma'am." Lyra shook her head. "I'm a music teacher. You think I actually love to dance? Whoah!" The unicorn suddenly gasped as she was dragged into the dance floor.

"You're not talking yourself out of this one, Lyra!" Bon Bon pulled the unicorn into the center of the hall. "We're going to show these shuffling zombie ponies how it's really done! One way or another, DJ-P0N3's show is gonna go out with a bang! And it's up to us!"

"Bon Bon, for Celestia's sake—"

"Come on, Minty-Mouth!" Bon Bon slapped her flank repeatedly into Lyra's, bumping her and forcing her to gyrate with the beat. "Shake what your Momma gave ya!"

"My 'Momma' did time for stealing wagon wheels, ya melon fudge!"

"So? Heehee! I bet she had plenty of time to groove in the showers!"

"Oh, that's it! You wanna cut a rug!" Lyra smirked devilishly, spinning and twirling with drunken abandon. "Lemme teach you a thing or two about carpet shredding, girl!"

"Woohoo!" Bon Bon grinned, hopping from one set of legs to the other. "That's it! That's it! Go Heartstrings, go!"

"My middle name is 'Hoppin'!' Come, check it!" Lyra dropped to the floor and hopped back up like a spring. "Ow! Jump back, buck myself! Woot!"

"Heehee! Hey! Wait for me!" Caramel galloped out with a dumb grin. "I wanna discover my middle name too!"

"Yes! Do it, filly! For Vinyl!"

"For Vinyl!"

"Woohooo!"

Despite all odds, it actually worked. Excitement blossomed across the dance floor like a flower, issuing from the center where two mares and a stallion wildly twirled and shimmied. Soon enough, the entire floor shook and swayed with frenetic passion.

From behind her booth, Vinyl Scratch lowered her shades. She blinked... smirked... and ramped the beat into overdrive. Lights flashed the full spectrum of colors and the crowd went wild for the industrial remix.

Meanwhile...

Rainbow Dash sat at the bar. Her ruby eyes were glued to Lyra and Bon Bon... to the carefree smiles plastered to their muzzles as they twirled around one another and bumped rumps. All was sweat and laughter.

The mare sighed out her nostrils. She stared at her empty drink, twitched her ears, then motioned to the bartender for more cider.

Comments

[DeathFox4]

So, how long until this arc ends? My bet is on some random adventure that ties her up for another 150, maybe 250 chapters before she gets back to Ponyville.

[Phoenix Kitten]

....There are no words for what I just read... really, there aren't.
..how drunk is Bon Bon compared to when she's in Ponyville? or is it the atmosphere?

[MidnightReflection]

Bon Bon is best go-getter.

[Sam the Anti-Ninja]

7066287 To answer the first question, probably a little more hammered than usual. Second, probably not the atmosphere so much as the fact that she is on vacation where the only ponies that she actually knows are her best friends, her crush, and the sad ball of blue fluff that practically threw her at said crush headfirst.

[Sonikah]

I'm not sure if she's not dancing because she's depressed or because of her noodle legs.

[Mares-a-Mares]

7066634
...I'd say a mix of both, unfortunately.

[Sileadh]

7067057
I don't think it's started to kick in yet. Essays usually quite good at making to sure include little moments were rainbow is flexing her hooves and such when it's starting to get to her. She usually has a few good days if she had a big dose before hand. The last two dozen chapters all seem like they took place over less than 48 hours.

[zaponator]

One way or another, DJ-P0N3's show is gonna go out with a bang! And it's up to us!

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[Crochettail]

Ah, Rainbow.
GO OUT THERE AND DANCE
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO DANCE WITH SOMEONE JUST GO OUT THERE AND FREAKING ENJOY YOURSELF

[Dash32]

6907143 I have actually never heard of that movie.

[Dash32]

Neigh Inch Nails.

Nine Inch Nails. Awesome band

[Leftover of Saikano]

7069311 That's a sin. It's a fun movie and one of the few sequels of Jim Carrey movies.

[DrEggnog]

"Lemme teach you a thing or two about carpet shredding, girl!"

Goodness. I damn near blushed.

You go, Bon Bon.

[Salad king]

This time on the neeeeeews! Rainbow dash is still torturing herself, but that's not really a new thing is it!

[arancaytar]

"Correction, we ," Bon Bon insisted, yanking Lyra off her stool. "And the answer is: dancing! "

B² is going for it! Carpe Equum!

"Come on, Minty-Mouth!" Bon Bon slapped her flank repeatedly into Lyra's, bumping her and forcing her to gyrate with the beat. "Shake what your Momma gave ya!"

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"For Vinyl!"

FOR GONDOR!

[bronyheat]

Ponies dancing and being mirthful.
The rainbow horse:
Crawling in my fuzz,
these wounds they will not heal

[Venomsbite]

issuing from the center where two mares and a stallion wildly twirled and shimmied.

You mean Three mares
Right?