Dear Starlight Glimmer,
It’s come to my attention that Twilight and Sunburst have officially turned into pen pals. I know this because Twilight spent a good three scrolls telling me how excited she was to find another pony that knows Old Ponish. One scroll was actually written in Old Ponish, like her excitement was so immense it couldn’t be contained in just one language.
I sincerely hope this didn’t happen right in front of your face, given that whole incident with you rejecting friendship and dooming the world multiple times over because a certain pony did not write to you even once during that time. That’d be quite a punch in the gut for you, but surely Sunburst would never be that oblivious.
Then again, Twilight also wrote about how he had acquainted himself with your other friends during his stay, so I suppose it IS fair to say that he wasn’t giving you as much attention as you deserved considering you were the one that invited him. However, in fairness to Sunburst, I very much doubt he would be inclined to play just one board game with you for his entire stay in Ponyville.
Look, if you’re going to invite a friend over to stay for over a day, you either come up with other plans to try out that don’t revolve around only one thing to do, or be prepared for your friend to come up with different activities to fill in the time. He wants to peruse antiques and go spelunking in some caves? Take him outdoors to fly some kites! Dazzled by a magic show? Give him a real illusion that’s definitely not highlighting a creepy fetish with reliving the past! He spent some time showing you what he likes, albeit in a bafflingly dense, roundabout way of expressing them through meeting your friends—the least you could attempt is showing him what you like and see if he takes to it instead of throwing a hissy fit.
A little more effort could have been made on both sides of the coin here, but at the very least I’m
happy nopony decided to end the world over a friend acting crummy toward the other after making a hideous assumption about their behavior. I sincerely hope this is the last time this month something this moronic comes up.
Wishing You to be Better Friends With a Blockhead,
Princess Celestia
P.S. You miiight want to take two minutes to casually inform Twilight of Sunburst's lack of correspondence to you. It would do Sunburst some good to have two ponies tell him he's thicker than Manehatten tar when it comes to sensitive topics regarding his best friend.
If you haven’t already, you should see if you can rope in all of your other friends as well. Surely they should have noticed your discomfort with the situation you found yourself in, especially if you bailed midway into one of his distractions.
Alright, Discord. Have you made the necessary arrangements?
Good. I’d hate to see Sunny disappointed once I told her I’d life-size one of her favorite board games, but didn’t feel like making holes in the floor to do it. You make this SO easy, you know that?
A surprise addition? Well, so long as it isn’t an Ursa Major or something dangerous waiting below, I guess it’s fine.
Rainbow Dash’s uneaten leftovers? That’s… a bit vague, odd, and leaves me with an eerie sense of dread. But it’s not a monster, so I guess that’s fine.
...at least, I hope it’s fine.