//------------------------------// // Just a Phrase, by FoME // Story: Group Precipitation // by FanOfMostEverything //------------------------------// Twilight felt her eye develop a twitch as she read the proposal. Finally, she let it drop onto Sunset's coffee table, shut her eyes, and took a deep breath. "It is by will alone that I stay my mind from madness. It is by the grace of Friendship that lips acquire grins, the heart acquires warmth, the warmth becomes a pleasure. It is by will alone that I stay my mind from madness." "Easy there, miss Mintal." Sunset sat next to her and draped an arm over her shoulders. "I thought you'd be all over this idea." "The concept is absolutely sound." Twilight slumped along the couch as she spoke, gradually guiding her head to Sunset's lap to start a routine that worked wonders for relaxing her. "The only reason we shouldn't have pushed this earlier is because no one understood how magic behaves in this world well enough to write the curriculum." Sunset started stroking Twilight's hair. "And I'm guessing writing said curriculum isn't the problem either. We're consultants here; this will be an actual class, not a vlog series. Okay if I let out the ponytail?" Twilight nodded, shut her eyes, and sighed. After a few moments, she spoke again. "I honestly wish I could do more to help on that end. Education was my backup plan in case the whole 'scientific wunderkind' thing didn't pan out." Another beat, and she added, "Well. a backup plan." "So what's the problem?" Sunset held out a hand, letting her catch the brush that had floated over from her bathroom. "I know this is going to sound really petty, but..." Twilight cracked one eye open. "Did you have anything to do with the name?" Sunset quirked an eyebrow and started brushing. "It's based on the anti-drug program, just like everything else." "Yes, but..." Twilight trailed off, only continuing after Sunset stopped brushing. "After visiting Equestria, I became a lot more cognizant of how frequently this world uses lowercase equestrian terms. I know the etymology behind many of them, some going back millennia, but... Well, it's like seeing both parts of an optical illusion. You can't not see it after it clicks." Sunset magically grabbed the proposal and looked it over, her hands busy with something far more important. After some lengthy deliberation, she shrugged. "I don't get it. What's so bad about 'Magic Awareness and Responsibility Education'?" Twilight just groaned. "It is by will alone that I stay my mind from madness..."