Hours passed and Twilight's device still picked up nothing. I was getting late and the sun was beginning to set.
"Ugh! This is so boring!" moaned Rainbow, who was laying on the ground. The other girls were bored too and were trying to find ways to fill the time as well: Fluttershy was playing with some nearby squirrels, Pinkie and Applejack were playing a card game, Rarity was doing her nails and Twilight was reading a book on sea creatures.
Twilight looked up to respond, "I warned you it was going to take a while before anything came up. Creatures like these tend to keep to themselves deep in the water and rarely come up to the surface. Even when they do, it might be awhile before they come up again."
Rainbow rolled her eyes and sat up, "When you told me we were going to fight a sea monster, the last thing I expected was just sitting around waiting for it to show up! Can't your nerd machine make it come faster?"
"Honestly Rainbow," Rarity spoke up, "You could at least find something useful to do while we're waiting. I myself managed to come up with several new design ideas and touch up my manicure!" She showed off her freshly done nails.
"Yeah, 'cause that's going to be so helpful when this monster guy shows up!"
"She's got a point there Rares." Aj spoke up from her game.
"Well excuse me for wanting to look good while fighting against who-knows-what!"
"GIRLS!" The girl stopped their bickering and focused on Twilight. "I know your bored but right now fighting isn't going to help us! Right now all we can do is wait and hope it shows up."
"In the meantime..." Rarity pulled out a shiny compact case, set it down near the river's edge, and opened it up. "We can do makeovers! A lady always looks her best even while facing danger!" The case had several racks of lipstick, nail polish, blush and so on. Rainbow and Applejack just groaned.
"Seriously Rarity? I doubt this things going to care is out eye liners smudged or not!" AJ said. "Every time something like this happens all you can do is think about clothes! This is just like at the Battle of the Bands!"
"Well I'm sorry if I just wanted us to look fabulous while we saved the world!"
"Ugh! How can the element of Generosity be so superficial? Even your power is just making shiny things!"
"SUPERFICIAL!? I'll have you know..." As Rarity and AJ argued, the other girls tried to calm them down. Twilight was just about to go over and help when she suddenly got a strange feeling and went back over to the device. Nothing happened for a few seconds when suddenly a giant dot appeared on the monitor.
"Uh, girls..."
They were too busy to hear her as the dot travelled towards them.
"Girls..."
They still couldn't hear her as the dot moved ever closer.
"Girls!"
Still shouting as the dot approached....
"GIRLS!"
That did get their attention and they turned towards their panicked and annoyed friend.
"Finally! It's..."
Before Twilight could explain, something tugged on the cord attached to the machine, pulling it in. The girls just stared in open horror.
"...here."