//------------------------------// // Surprise and Other Elements, by cogwheelbrain and FoME // Story: Group Precipitation // by FanOfMostEverything //------------------------------// (cogwheelbrain) “Twenty thaums… Twenty-two… Twenty-three… Twenty-four… Twenty-six… Moustache.... Wait. What?” Fancy Pants reread the freshly printed calibration output from the latest prototype of the next generation Fancy Industries’ Magic Spectrum Analyzer (pat. pend.). Right in the middle of the printout was an image of a very familiar looking moustache. It had the same basic appearance as the one he saw in the mirror every day. “Ms. Spice?!” he yelled. A moment later, the door to his office opened and his secretary entered. “Sir?” “Has anyone been in this room today?” She shook her head. “No, sir.” “Hrm…” He squinted his eyes at the prototype on his desk. “Please send a note to the R and D division, inform them that I want a review of this unit completed as soon as possible. I’ll provide notes as to why shortly. Thank you, Ms. Spice.” Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle sat eating lunch together. Suddenly, a luminescent glow filled Twilight’s eyes. Then Magic giggled. Pinkie’s eyes also started to glow. “What did you just do?” “Nothing.” “Really,” Laughter said as flatly as she could. Magic grinned, altogether too pleased with herself. “Just a harmless prank.” (FoME) Applejack looked back and forth between the two, then turned to Sunset. "You gonna break this up any time soon?" Sunset shrugged. "I'll give them another minute. If it keeps up or spreads further, I'll be worried. For now, it's nice to see some of us go into Harmonious mindspace without being completely consumed." "I'm more worried 'bout Magic itself developin' a sense o' humor." "I'm basically a composite harmony elemental and I have a sense of humor." Applejack shuddered. "An' thank you fer my nightmares tonight."