“Welcome back to the Reformed Unicorn Group,” Tempest welcomed their listeners back, “And we are about to reveal some things from Ponyville’s best party planner, Pinkie Pie. So tell us Pinkie, what have you decided to unleash onto our show today?” The pinkie pony had a stack of files next to her and a huge smile on her face that seems to be permanent almost every day.
“I am going to reveal to all of you what likes and dislikes you all have after days of research and seeing you all around town after your show,” Pinkie declared proudly, “It wasn’t easy, but after days and days of research and careful analysis that would make Twilight proud, I have made a file of what you like and don’t like so I can plan the perfect party for you and stored it into my secret party planning cave.”
“Not much of a secret now,” Trixie muttered.
“I may not be a secret, but it’s secretly hidden, so that’s good enough for me,” Pinkie proudly countered. Trixie just rolled her eyes.
“So tell us Pinkie,” Starlight urged her on, “After your extensive research, what have you learned about our preferred food and tastes?” Pinkie took out four files from the pile which contained pictures of the R.U.G. and opened Starlight’s first.
“Starlight likes raspberry trifle with fruit chunks in the jelly, pink balloons and fun dance music,” Pinkie read out loud, “But he doesn’t like banana splits or anything banana related.” The last one earned a few confused faces except Starlight, who shivered at the mention of the word banana.
“I got that from my dad,” Starlight squeaked that would rival Fluttershy, with an equally red blush, “He would mash the banana up and make pegasus flying motions with the spoon, saying ‘here comes the pegasus’, as if I was a foal having their first solid meal!” Starlight puffed her cheeks and an annoyed look crossed her face. Trixie was wise to hold back her laughter at that.
“However,” Starlight relaxed, “I just love a nice cool trifle with cream and custard. The jelly has to have fruity chunks that make the trifle extra sweet to me.” Pinkie nodded in agreement and licked her lips at the idea of what Starlight liked. She then opened Trixie’s folder.
“Trixie really likes her nuts,” Pinkie smiled, “We’re talking about roasted chestnuts, nut crackers with sunflower seeds and oaty hayburgers. For her punch, she likes a tropical mix of pineapple, passionfruit and berries.” Trixie had a tongue out as she imagined the perfect feast for a great and powerful magician.
“You sure like your nuts,” Starlight commented, snapping Trixie back.
“Roasting nuts on the fire after a long road trip was my go-to for a nice meal,” Trixie explained, “I was short on bits and nuts were cheap. I taught myself to cook them on an open fire and the smell just gets me every time. it was my comfort during cold nights on the road.”
“That would also explained why you wanted some of Bulk’s nuts from his stand before he went for his other job at the spa,” Starlight pondered, causing Trixie to chuckled sheepishly at that.
“My bad memory senses are tingling, so we will move onto Tempest,” Pinkie hurried as she opened Tempest folder next, the unicorn slight apprehensive about what Pinkie was about to reveal to the studio and to every listener.
“Tempest likes all things berry, duh!” Pinkie rolled her eyes, “Seriously Tempy, you have the best name ever!” Tempest looked away slightly, trying to hide an evident blush on her face.
“We’re talking about berry tarts, berry punch, berry everything! A very berry interesting, sweet party when you reach your next birthday! I can ensure you that you will be in for a sweet, fruit surprise!” Somewhere behind Pinkie Pie, her party canon went off at the mention of a party. The others covered their ears as confetti fell all around them.
“This is going to be one Nightmare Moon to clean up this mess,” Starlight groaned.
“And finally Sunset. She likes a good Apple and berry crumble with thick custard, but prefers a more crumbly crumble than a fruity one,” Pinkie read from her file.
“I’m that sort of pony who prefers a more crumble to fruit ratio in their crumble,” Sunset shrugged, the unicorns in the room nodding in agreement.
“She also likes a sweet red velvet sponge cake and thick cream,” Pinkie looked down, “That’s also Princess Celestia’s favourite cake!”
“She used to share me some when we went over study time,” Sunset muttered, “Red velvet always brings me back to those memories.”
“Then why aren’t I allowed to try some of your cake, Sister?” Luna asked her big sister.
“My cake! No questions! You have your cookies anyway,” Celestia snapped back.
“Well, that’s all I have from my follows,” Pinkie said with beady eyes, “But I will be watching every move to make sure that you will have the best party ever!”
“Okay! We believe you,” Starlight tried to calm her down, “That is all for now and we are going to take a short break today! Thank you for tuning in and we hope to see you all again soon on the R.U.G!”