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// Carry Underwood, Will Travel 
// Story: Unconventional Methods 
// by FanOfMostEverything 
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Rainbow Dash considered the object. As far as she could tell, it didn't look back. "Uh, Sunset?"

Dark muttering came from upstairs as Sunset dug through her drawers. "Why is it harder to keep track of socks in this world when there are half as many?" Louder, she said, "What is it, Rainbow?"

Rainbow looked behind her and pointed at the weird object. "What is that?"

Sunset leaned over her second-floor railing, then sighed as she registered the sight before her. "That's a typewriter, Dash."

Dash tilted her head as she took in the mechanism. "Wait, those things were real?"

After a few moments and several false starts, Sunset finally said, "Yes, Dash. Typewriters were in fact real. They continue to be real."

"I always thought the old movies made them up to make stuff look more dramatic." Dash poked a key gingerly. "Why do you even have one of these?"

"It's not like Equestria has PCs. I went with what was familiar, even if human ones have way too many keys. Who needs one for every letter?" Sunset's voice got closer as she went on. By the time Dash looked up from the typewriter, the other girl was by her side. "Plus, it took me a while to put together the funds for a computer. I actually had to do a few homework assignments on this thing." Sunset looked away and held a forearm. "Before I browbeat others into doing them, anyway."

"I know this is usually the part where I tell you you're a lot cooler now, but wouldn't a working typewriter be more expensive?" Dash scratched her head. "I mean, figure you found this thing in an antique store or something."

Sunset gave her a flat look. "It was made in the Eighties."

"Like I said. An antique."