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// #TheSpelling 
// Story: A Vignette of Comedy 
// by Draxonos135 
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"Vignette, this is my sister, Maud Pie! Maud, Vignette! Try to get along, okay!"

Those were literally the only words Pinkie Pie shared between Vignette and the grey-skinned human before she strolled off elsewhere, leaving Vignette alone to try strike up a conversation.

Too bad talking on the phone and talking in real life was very different...

"Okay!" Vignette blurted. "What does Y-E-S spell?"

"Yes." Maud answered instantly.

"And what does E-Y-E-S spell?"

"Yes."

Vignette bit her lips as a couple giggles escaped her mouth, confusing the stone-faced Maud. And once the giggling stopped, Vignette tried again:

"What does E-Y-E-S spell?"

Maud paused in thought... "E yes?"

This time, Vignette couldn't help, she visibly and audibly giggled, clutching her stomach as Maud stared at her awkwardly.

"Is something wrong?"

Vignette kept chuckling for a few seconds, tears forming at the corner of her eyes as she tried it yet again:

"What does Y-E-S spell?"

"Yes."

"And what does E-Y-E-S spe-hehe-ll...?"

Maud looked at her surroundings again, trying to come up with an answer...

"E yes?"

Now Vignette was positively crying and laughing at the same time, giggling like a fool as Maud was lost on how to process this.

"W-Why are you crying?"

Vignette kept laughing for a bit. "What do-hohoho..."

And then a bit more, before she finally regained her composure.

"Okay, try again: what d'hohoes Y-E-S spell?"

"... Yes."

"And whaha, what does Ehe-Y-E-S spe-hehe-ll?"

Maud remained silent in thought, prompting Vignette to laugh out again as she came up with a proper, new answer:

"Eees?"

Vignette began laughing harder.

"E yes?"

And that made her drop to her knees as a curious Pinkie Pie returned. "I can't breath!"

This time, Maud was the one to try again:

"E-Y-E-S.... E yes?"

Pinkie joined the laughter, put a hand on her stomach as she giggled out loud.

"Say it again!" Vignette exclaimed, wiping a tear off her cheek. "What does E-Y-E-S spell?"

Maud was completely silent, unsure of what to do or what was going on besides her sister and her friend laughing out loud at something she couldn't understand.

"Yes?"

The laughter continued.

"What?!"

And it continued, eventually bringing a smile and tears to Maud herself.

"And now I'm smiling and crying, what's going on?"

Some more giggles later, Vignette repeated:

"E-Y-E-S."

"E-"

Vignette laughed out loud, startling Maud. Nevertheless, she shook it off and continued:

"E-Y-E..."

And then, something clicked. Something moved in Maud's mind. Something made her realize not only what was going on, but why Pinkie and Vignette were laughing. Something that made the joke actually clear...

And then she decided to screw with them:

"Ice."

Vignette and Pinkie Pie were on a laughing fit for hours after that.