Vignette woke up in the middle of a white room that looked very familiar to her.
So familiar, in fact, she walked to a specific wall, that seemed to be budging inwards, grabbed it, and pulled it to reveal it was a door.
She walked out into wherever she had been teleported to, and as she figured, she was in a currently open Equestrialand, the place where she used to work at.
However, one thing seemed different about the place.
Namely, the lack of people.
"An apparently working amusement park, with nobody visiting it or even walking around? Something must've gone terribly wrong!"
Vignette took out her phone.
"I know she's not my boss anymore, but I should call the manager, see if she knows what-"
And then she got some bad news.
"My phone has no signal!? Why doesn't it have a signal?!"
"You want your element handed to you in a little package?"
Vignette turned around and saw the exasperated donkey from before.
"The donkey?" Vignette frowned. "Are you the reason why me and the others were... for lack of a better word, flashed into another place?"
"You and the rest of the group, minus one, were teleported to areas that would help you better understand your elements," the donkey explained as he walked towards Vignette. "In this case, you were taken to Equestria Land in order to better understand your element of communication."
Vignette raised an eyebrow. "Communication? So I don't even get the decency of being allowed to choose my own element?"
"The other set of elements of this world weren't allowed to choose which element they'd get, either, and they didn't complain about it," the donkey sternly answered. "And besides, if you bother to follow along for just one minute, you'll find out that the element of communication fits you like a glove."
Vignette rolled her eyes and turned back to her phone, where she tried to see if she could anything else with it besides make a call. Sure, she didn't have any signal, but surely she didn't forget to add something to the phone that could work without it, right?
And in fact, there was one such app, but not one she could recognize.
"What's this light blue app with what looks like a portal for a picture?"
"Why don't you aim the phone at that trash can over there and test it out?"
Vignette threw an unsure look at the equine, then obliged, with the app shooting a beam that teleported the trash can as soon as Vignette pushed a button.
Briefly shocked at what happened, Vignette turned back to the steps she came from and returned to the solid white room, where the trash can had been transported.
"Wait a minute, that's the same power my phone got when it was corrupted by magic!" Vignette exclaimed, realizing what this meant. "But, I never had an app for it! I just had to take a picture of something and it'd teleport it immediately!"
The donkey chuckled, causing Vignette to shoot a glare at him.
"Did you do something to my phone!?"
"Your element gave your phone an app that allowed you to perform the same action it could do back when magic corrupted it. The only difference besides the button is the fact that this time, with your previous experience with magic and this app's more contained nature, the chances of you being corrupted by it have been significantly reduced."
"Just because it greatly "reduced" the chances of me being corrupted doesn't mean there's not a chance, however slim it may be!" Vignette exclaimed, stomping the ground. "I mean, what are you going to do if I end up going crazy with the power of teleporting people all over the place wherever I want!?"
"You won't, because you can't. After all, do you really think you can change the location of where the object will be teleported to?"
"In less wordy English, please."
"You can't change the destination: everything you teleport will arrive in this room, no matter how big or small, or how much you want it to land elsewhere."
Vignette humed, slightly relieved at the fact her phone didn't have a broken power, yet still feeling somewhat angry at the fact that she was right back when the rollercoaster incident happened.
Seeing this, the donkey smiled.
"You care for the one named Juniper Montage, don't you?"
Vignette's attention was caught.
"What makes you ask that? We only... slightly know each other."
"Hmm, how about you close your eyes, and see if you really just know each other?"
Vignette hesitantly obliged, closing her eyes and taking a deep breath before the dark void that came with her eyes closed changed to that of a vision.
Actually, a set of visions. Each vision showing a younger Vignette playing or hanging out with an even younger Juniper.
"W-What's this?! Why am I seeing this?!"
"Your power over communication is allowing you to look into the past, by closing your eyes to the present and thinking about what already came."
Hearing that, Vignette had an idea and tried to think of her future, only to be met with darkness once again.
"It's easier to see what has already happened, than what hasn't happened yet. Open your eyes, then cover your ears."
Vignette once again obliged, opening her eyes and throwing a look at the donkey before she covered her ears.
What was once pure silence was quickly replaced by various disembodied statements, coming seemingly out of nowhere.
This is the best day ever!
I wonder if the new rollercoaster ride is open.
MILKSHAKES! YEAH!
"I'm assuming this is another one of the powers of communication?"
"You're hearing the things that have already been said, unfiltered and out of order. Finally, cover your mouth."
"Can't you just tell me what it'll do?"
"Cover. Your. Mouth."
Vignette rolled her eyes and covered her mouth with her hands, this time with nothing happening right away.
I know you might be thinking nothing is happening, but just be a little bit more patient, okay?
Yeah, that doesn't really excuse you from being such a-
And then Vignette realized something.
Wait a minute, how are you talking without moving your mouth?
Then realized something else.
How am I talking without moving my mouth?!
A little thing known as telepathy, another power of communication.
With that explained, kinda, Vignette took off her hands from her mouth as the donkey spoke.
"With the power of communication, you can see and hear things you never could before, and also be able to talk with people in their minds, as long as they're withing a short distance."
"What about long-distance communication?"
"That's where your phone comes in, obviously."
Almost as soon as she looked at it, Vignette's phone glew from the back, which she turned around to see the symbol of the phone appearing on its back.
"Even with karma as a reaction, guilt as a foundation, and reflection as motivation, without communication, we close ourselves to those who wish to help us, making the road to redemption harder than it needs to be."
Vignette thought about it, and nodded.
"Yeah, I guess I see your point."
The donkey smiled, and almost patted Vignette's back, only for her to slap him away and growl.
"Don't touch me with your dirty hooves."
The donkey chuckled.
"Fair enough, I have one more person to see, anyway."
Both the donkey and Vignette were promptly teleported out of the place.