//------------------------------// // 12th October // Story: Diaries of an Equestrian Overlord // by KitsuneRisu //------------------------------// 9.00 PM Today I sent Twilight two tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala. I know at this point she still doesn't realise, but the intent was for her to invite the Scourge and only the Scourge. I had hoped for her to be the one to be asked, considering the Scourge's predilections, but it seems this whole 'friendship' cover is actually having some kind of effect on Twilight's decisions. This had left me with no choice but to give everypony 6 tickets to ensure Twilight's participation, as well as the Scourge and the four others who would undoubtedly perish in the ensuing plan. But it matters not. It would only mean that I would have to find a way to make them work for me instead of against me. I will have to expand my surveillance to the other four Ponies that Twilight decided to invite. I hope she's grateful for this. I sell these tickets at 799 bits a pop. I am going to hazard a guess but I feel the Ponies that she invited are Rarity, Applejack, Pinkamina Diane Pie, Rainbow Dash and that thing named Fluttershy. Oh yes, and Spike. It's so easy to forget him. 11.35 PM I was correct. I am so, so intelligent. As it happens, the five other Ponies who accompanied her to 'defeat' Luna were the ones she most closely tied with, and as a result I can expect them to be involved in a lot of things in Twilight's future. As I surmised, each of them has their own reason to go to the party. Spike has reported their wishes and this will do well for me to tailor things to go as how I plan them at the Gala. Although I had met them very briefly during the Luna incident, I still do not know very much about them save for one. Thusly I have decided to compile some small amount of information from Spike's initial observations of them, as well as a few background checks I had run. - Applejack Initial reports of this Pony show her to be the current caretaker of the Ponyville apple orchard, along with her aged grandmother, brother and younger sister. They are the only three members of an incredibly huge extended family who has claims in nearly every town or city in Equestria. They have built their fortune on being the earliest family to start with the crops business, something which, of course, never goes out of style. Being the prime food provider of the Ponyville region, she also is the main capitalistic force of the area. Despite all this, however, when you get down to it, she's pretty much just a farmer. Applejack wishes to sell apple-related products at the Gala. I'm not sure if I approve of a free market. Although, it is noble to have one's ambition to be filthy stinking rich. I sure don't mind it. Considering how her focus for anything is to make profit, she will be easy to work around. - Rainbow Dash She is a Pegasus Pony who lives in a mansion off the side of Cloudsdale. I am not sure how she afforded such a luxurious homestead, considering that she has no job and lives alone. I think she has been pinching clouds off the manufacturing plant in Cloudsdale itself, but I have no proof. She lives by the wind, and plays by her own rules. She is rarely seen immobile, and enjoys flying around for no apparent reason. She speaks her mind and has little concern for public authority or imperialistic structure. Some might call her a free spirit. Some might call her a trailblazer. I call her an anarchist. Rainbow Dash wishes to show off in front of the Wonderbolts, who happen to be her favourite performance sports team. I can't say this is as noble as Applejack's desires. However, knowing that she idolizes somepony else makes it easier to control someone who is naturally uncontrollable. Perhaps I need to send out some complimentary Gala tickets to the Wonderbolts' manager. - Fluttershy I am not sure how to describe Fluttershy. Neither does Spike. She is a thing. A vapid, emotionless, voiceless, featureless thing. She is a thing mainly because when you need to describe something, you usually start off at 'thing' and work your way down until you reach a determination after many adjectives. For example: I see a thing in the room. So you say, oh, is it a box? No, it is round. So, it is a round thing. Is it a ball? No, it is also flat. A flat, round thing? It must be a plate. No, it is fluffy. A fluffy, flat, round thing? It is a pizza, silly. In this way usually most 'things' become specific objects once you have expanded all these descriptive words upon it. In the case of Fluttershy, you can describe her as much as you like, and there really never is a point where you slide gradually from an object to 'Fluttershy'. She is simply a thing, or Fluttershy, but it is never clear which one she is at any given moment. Fluttershy wishes to see all the beautiful critters and birds of my Royal Gardens. She already lives in sanctuary/farm sort of deal next to the Everfree Forest, where she runs a halfway home for animals. I do not see the reasoning behind her wishes. There are plenty more things in the Everfree Forest that I do not have in my Gardens, mainly because they would eat all the other animals and possibly start to inhabit my castle. I would think that she would be happy to remain in her house and stare at chickens all day, but I guess not. So, 'animals' is what I have to work with. Very well. - Rarity This one is... a fashion designer. A fashion designer who lives in Ponyville. Simply outstanding. Having fashion in Ponyville is like installing an art gallery in the Society of the Deaf and Blind. They'll eventually come across it, maybe poke it with a hoof, wonder what is and then slowly move on. Either way, Rarity lives with her pet cat in Carousel Boutique, a little out-of-the-way place where she designs, sews and exports her clothing to whomever. Rarity is also one of those kinds of lower-class Pony who tries to pretend to be upper-class by having a fake accent and being pernickety and spending more than eight hours every morning on her hair. Considering how everyone else in the town turned out, I wonder how she got this way. Rarity wishes for my nephew to fall in love with her and allow her to live with the elite in Canterlot. Essentially, she wants to marry into my family. Which is funny because I do not have a nephew. My only sister has been trapped in the moon for a thousand years, was released only a few days ago, and not even she can work that fast. I really wonder where Rarity got that idea from in the first place. Are Ponies gossiping about me? Either way, I might need to find some kind of stand-in, if I truly want to take advantage of the whole situation. I will hold casting calls closer to the date. - Pinkamina Diane Pie She also comes from a long line of farmers, apparently, but I'm fairly certain her family was never as successful as Applejack's. I really don't have much to say. She is insane and she frightens me. Pinkamina wishes to go to the party because she really would like to, which, to be honest, I can't really elaborate on. Apparently her deal is 'parties'. She currently resides in the Sugar Cube Corner bakery shoppe. I definitely do not have that much information to work with at the time being, of course. I'm not even sure what I will be doing as of yet, but there will be time to formulate a plan based on my observations of them in the coming months. All in all I must be vigilant in my final goal - to take down the Scourge. If I can achieve this earlier than expected, all the better, but I believe the Gala would be the most ideal location for a perfect set up, and anything I can glean from these ponies will help me invaluably. Even I do not know what the future might hold, but here's to the best of it!