//------------------------------// // ROUND 1: Audience. // Story: Know your Mare // by overlord-flinx //------------------------------// Alright, alright... We've got a lot of mares and stallions to get through in this first round, so I want you three ready... Got it...? Ready...! Whatever... Know your mare, know your mare, know your mare... On the stage was a rather nerdy looking stallion sporting a brown jacket. Copy.Data... Woah...! What...?! Copy.Data... His name is Copy-dot-Data...? That's what it says on the paper... "Actually--" Hush up Dork-a-tron-3000... Your name is spelled C-O-P-Y period D-A-T-A...? "On paper, that would be--" Oh dude... G-Get out... "Excuse me?" You've made me laugh enough... Oh dude... Your parents must've HATED you to give you that name... "Well--" No, no... Just go... You've done enough... Sure enough the stallion got up and walked off stage, rather put off. Know your-- WOAH! TERMINATOR! Terminator? No, no... That's Night Wing of the Lunar Guard... The winged stallion in the center stage put his dark head up proudly, enjoying that name and title. ...The what...? Lunar Guard... ...The what...? It's Luna's personal guard... ...Never heard of it... Read a book... Anyway... Night Wing... ...Is a grunt... "I am captain of the guard... Not a grunt any more." ...Captain of what guard...? "Lunar Guard." ...Are you making up titles...? "It's a real rank and section." No it's not... "It clearly is." What...? You needed to make up a title to feel good about yourself...? "It's not a made up title." Sure it's not... Night Wing... ...is lord of the pineapples... "Are you mocking me?" Noooo... It's a real title... "I warn you, I have rank in which you can not even hope to understand." ...Well of course you do... ...I can't understand something you made up... "I'm out of here," the stallion grumbled before storming off the stage, furrowing his wings. Know your mare, know your mare, know your mare... For the first time in a while the stage was treated to two guests at the same time. The two ponies, one a blue pegasi and the other an earth pony, stood close to each other with kind smiles. Welcome to the show girls... "Thanks." "I'm actually a--" Moving on...! Boxy Brown-- "It's Boxie Gloves... But Boxy Brown sounds kinda cool." ...is a sadist... "Yeah I'm a-- What's a Sadist, Sugar?" "It's you." "That's not an answer," with that, Boxie smacked Sugar atop his head, getting an odd groan from the Earth pony. Yeah... ...But it's a good thing Sugar is a masochist... "Maso-what?" "It means--" Family show people... ...Family show... "You see? Now we're in trouble!" This time around, Boxie nailed Sugar right in his nose with a firm hoof; once more this gained an odd groan. Alright... ...Better cut to the next before we need to put an adult rating on this show... "It feels so--" Yeah... ...Let's hurry that up... Fair enough start... ...But I expect more guests next time around... ...But I also understand the use of a good start up... ...Carry on...