Getting drunk at her desk makes my mind think that Rainbow is a gritty Private Eye or something.

635613 That awkward moment when you think of a better idea once the chapter's already been uploaded. A noir monologue would've been epic!

Actually that wouldn't have fit at all. Still would've been cool, though :

And now, Pinkie is broken. Mmmm-hmm.

642368 *AMBIGUOUS, SMALL SPOILERS*

All the ponies are broken, they just deal with it in different ways. In the next chapter we see how RD is broken

*/spoilers*

642674 Of course, I'd inferred that, but she seems to have taken it to an extreme, her entire Element having been almost completely drained.

642707 Oh, good. Wasn't sure how obvious I needed to make it for people to see that. I mean, no matter how vague I describe something, it would make sense to ME because it's already in my head. I guess it's a matter of writing in sufficient detail while avoiding pointless, boring exposition. Hopefully the feedback in the comments will give me an idea of how it's going. God I love that face.