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// Confidential Confidence 
// Story: My Sister, My Sister and Me 
// by ArtieStroke 
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As the soothing tenor tones of John Q Discord's introduction faded out, replaced by a pretty jamming theme song, Adagio flipped on the mics- the broadcast was a go, green all across the board.

"Hello and welcome to My Sister, My Sister and Me- an advice show for the modern era," she purred into the recording setup, "I'm your oldest sister, Adagio Dazzle."

"I'm your middlest sister, Aria Blaze."

"And I'm your sweet, baby sister Sonata Dusk~!" The last siren said. Aria rolled her eyes, but the youngest siren was not deterred.

"Anyways, this is a new thing we're doing- podcasts! Lotta people seem to like the news vlog thing, so this was our best next step into the hearts and homes of our fans!"

"And it's probably gonna be just as dumb, too." Aria grumbled. Sonata nodded.

"Oh, absolutely. But that doesn't mean it can't be fun, too!"

"Better than lounging around doing nothing," Adagio said, twirling some of her massive hair around her finger.

"As much as I enjoy being a hedonistic goddess at times, life has gotten rather stagnant."

"Always good to shake things up a bit- ooh! That's the first bit of advice here on the show, now!" Sonata said, bouncing in her seat. Adagio smirked. 

"Hah- I'm already the best out of the three of us at this thing."

Aria glared at Adagio, before straightening up in her chair, "Whatever- we've got a bunch of papers here, what's all this for?"

Sonata smiled, "I'm glad you asked! I set up some posts for questions on the internet- these are all the good ones people have submitted."

She then made a bit of a face, sticking out her tongue, "Had to throw out a LOT of garbage ones, though- like, you have NO IDEA how many bummers people sent in."

"I've been on the internet, I think I have a good guess," Aria said, taking a page at random, "Alright, let's get this over with."

Dear Dazzlings, 

I'm trying to break into the music scene, but I don't know if I'm any good. My friends say that they love my singing voice, but to be honest I can barely squeak out a note in front of a crowd. Do you have any advice on how to be more confident in myself?

Sincerely,
Quiet in Canterlot 

"Honestly?" Aria started, "It sounds like you just don't have what it takes. So you should just quit."

Sonata gasped, "Aria, that's not good advice!"

"It's a cutthroat industry- if you don't have the spine to make it, it will eat you alive," Aria shot back, "So if you can't get over yourself, then you're doing yourself a favor by not trying."

Sonata humphed, sitting back in her chair, while Adagio sighed. 

"True as that may be, getting over something as stupid as stage fright is easy- just imagine the audience in their underwear. Making out."

The other two sirens blinked in unison, before turning to the oldest sister.

"Hold the fucking phone here, folks," Aria said, "Adagio- is that what YOU do?!"

"Wha- pfft! As if!" She scoffed, "I mean, come on- me? Have STAGE FRIGHT? HAH! That is the most ridiculous- I mean, could you even IMAGINE?"

Adagio let out a rather forced laugh, as Aria and Sonata shared a look. 

"Alright, follow up- the old "audience in their underwear" trick is probably the oldest one in the book- what the HELL are you talking about with that last part?"

Adagio waved Aria off, "That's exactly my point- it's an old, hackneyed technique- adding the next level of sexual perversion steps up the game, injects new life into old crap-"

"-Reveals your oldest sister as a pervert to the entirety of the Internet-"

"-Honestly, I should be making videos of my advice and selling it, instead of handing it out for free! These words coming out of my mouth are worth their weight in gold- I'm a god damn innovator!"

"You're SOMETHING, alright." Aria said, rolling her eyes.

"And hopefully that something was helpful to our dear listener," Sonata nodded, "Alright- next question?"