The day that Twilight Sparkle discovered transmissions from another world was an exciting day in Equestria. News quickly spread throughout the land about these new communications, and nopony, not even Twilight Sparkle herself, could have guessed the true nature of these mysterious signals.
After disappearing into her workshop for three weeks of intense research, Twilight emerged from her doorway and marched into the town square, carrying a strange object. Holding her head high, she smiled at the gathered ponies. Twilight struck a dramatic pose and revealed her newest invention.
“Good ponies of Ponyville, I present…the Hoof-Driven Transmission Viewer!” She walked to the side and began turning a crank on the side of the box, and as the crank turned the box began to quietly hum until the front of the box lit up. Twilight grinned and almost started prancing as images began to appear. “Look! The Hoof-Driven Transmission Viewer is reading the signal and decoding it into video and sound...we can finally find out what messages have been sent to us.”
The crowd of ponies leaned closer to see the fuzzy image on screen, and if they tilted their heads in just the right angle they could almost hear what the creatures were saying through the noise and static. There were bipedal creatures on the screen that were walking around in the company of smaller creatures who looked like they enjoyed fighting each other. Nopony could understand the language spoken by the bipedal creatures, but the smaller creatures kept repeating variations of a word that was unique to each type of creature.
Ponyville was fascinated with these transmissions. During the next few days, the ponies would take turns cranking Twilight’s device so that groups could watch the messages from beyond the sky. Five days after Twilight revealed her invention, she walked out to the square and gasped.
“Who could have done such a thing?” asked Twilight as she slowly turned in a circle to look at the surrounding houses. “Somepony has painted the town red!”
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After a long day at work, Bon Bon slowly walked into her living room and screamed when a large bucket was emptied upon her from above. “Lyra,” she said through gritted teeth, “why am I covered in tomato juice?”
Lyra adjusted her ball cap. “Because, my little PokeBon Bon...I’ve gotta ketchup ALL!”
Bon Bon used “High Velocity Pillow”. It was super effective.