Light's eyes looked from Kane, to Rufus, to Able. This... he was not expecting. His constant stubbornness to pay must've reached Rufus' pointy ears. ...Seriously... they're... really... really... pointy.... it's scary.
"So, Live Light, we meet again." Might as well amuse myself.
Light took the opportunity to bring bad memories for the three ponies in front of him. "Oh, hai Mark." He spoke in his Johnny voice.
Light was surprised to see Kane punched Rufus in the shoulder.
"Don't provoke him. Just don't."
Rufus looked a bit confused. To be exact, Rufus was an average sized stallion, with a coat that looked like it was coloured with a piece of pink chalk. It was really pink. Pinker than Pinkie... but he called it 'lightish-red.' He probably got the idea from somewhere. Wherever he got it from, it's probably buckin' awesome. His mane was blonde, and he had sunglasses resting on it. He was wearing a white overcoat, covering him from neck to back hooves, with his hooves hidden by black, smart leather shoes.
You know... now that I think about it... wearing shoes on your front hooves looks kinda silly...
"Back to business. You remember you are still to hand over 42,000,000,000,000 bits, yes?"
"No?" Light replied.
"Surely my associates here have seen fit to inform you of that?"
"Yes."
"Then why do you say no?"
"Because I do not understand."
"What isn't to understand?"
"I do not see how I am going to acquire that much bits, seeing how you'd probably have to travel to Canterlot to obtain something near that. And then Canterlot would start running out of funding fast. And we would be plunged into another Great Depression. And then we would be in an accurate comparison of Tartarus. And then they would yell at me for endangering everypony by suggesting you go to Canterlot. And then we would yell at you for telling me to give you a payment way beyond the payment you paid me."
"I'm certain I paid you an amount of money that is around the money I ask of you."
"No you're not."
"I am, actually."
"You're really not."
-----Point of View: Pinkie Pie-----
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-----POV V.2: Pinkie Pie-----
Pinkie was hopping around, looking for Light. The Party is nearly ready, now he just needs to approve of it. This was how things used to work in the good old days. Pinkie Pie would make a party, Light would take a look. If it wasn't good enough, more time was needed. If it's a success, which, so far, it always has been, then of course, Party commences. She bounced over to Fluttershy's cottage, and knocked on the door. Within one second, Fluttershy opened the door, looking as if she was expecting somepony. Although Pinkie wasn't who she was waiting for it seems, as her expression faded back to how it usually may be seen as, with a bit of red at the cheeks.
"Oh... hi Pinkie... how are you today?" She said.
"I'm super!" Pinkie said, completely ignoring Fluttershy's expression in case of disappointment in life. "Oh, by the way, have you seen Light? I need to see if he approves of a party."
"Oh... well, last time I saw him, he was heading to Bon Bon's."
WHAT!?
"Why?"
"Well... Twilight asked him to help Lyra with something..."
Oh, all's good!
"Oh, goodie! I'll go see him now! And I'll make sure he gets back here when we're finished approving!" Pinkie concluded, as if knowing Fluttershy was waiting for Light for... something.
"Oh, um... thanks." Fluttershy said, before Pinkie bounced off in search of Lighty-Wighty.
She ended up at Bon Bon's back garden. She looked around, until she heard a cliché mastermind voice, and the voice of her Lighty-Wighty. She imagined what happened first. She imagined some ultra cool-sinister-thingy pony with a broken spine and therefore had to lean... well, not broken, just damaged then. The pony would be wearing a black leather trench coat, and his entrance would have been appearing out of a limousine, with a crowd hiding it for a while, and then parting to reveal him. And he'd have a cane, too. And he'd be able-hoofed with it also.
Now that her imagination time was over, she went over to see what it really was. She hid in the bushes, crawled through them, and when she got to the end, peeked over to where the sound came from. Lighty was there, yes. So were the two thugs, Kane and Able. And a pink stallion. With a blonde mane. With a white coat. With ridiculously worn shoes. And a pink coat. Did we mention that? I'm not sure. Anyway. It was pink. Pinker than her. She must get this colt either a coat-dye, if that exists, or, for the sake of keeping her name, and keeping Light safe, out of Ponyville...
"Foreverrrrrrrrr........." Pinkie whispered, thinking she was thinking to herself.
Nopony noticed, thankfully. But how am I gonna get a pink stallion who's full of himself out of Ponyville? I give ponies welcome parties, not 'Get out and never come back' parties. That'd just be silly. Unless I can somehow evict him by following my rules... but how... and I need to make sure he leaves... Foreverrrr.... ...I got it!
Pinkie stealthily trotted behind the three evil ponies. Light noticed her immediately, but didn't comment, in case he exposed the ruse. He and Rufus were still contradicting each other.
"You have not." Light negatively insisted.
"I have so." Rufus positively insisted.
Kane blinked and turned to look at Pinkie. Before this could happen, Pinkie quickly jumped into the air in her celebration firework effect, celebrating... errm... I know! Not being seen! She reached the top of the sky, and, as per gravity, fell back down, quickly, but reaching the ground, hardly made a sound, and was not harmed in any way. With Light now aware of her presence, she decided to set her plan in motion.
-----Switching to Point of View V.1: Live Light-----
I wonder if Pinkie's here to help me. Although, why'd she go here in the first place? That is the question... Oh, maybe it's the approval thing we did. The party is ready. Cool. ...But I'm still stuck.
Pinkie used sign language to say, 'Watch carefully.'
Light blinked once to signal 'Yes.'
Pinkie pulled a small, white board with lettering on it. The lettering read, 'Get him to Pinkie Promise.'
Light blinked once.
Light looked to Rufus. "SHUSH. Okay, let's make a Pinkie Promise... you will stop positively insisting. And I will try to give you a good amount of money. Okay?"
"...Okay. I promise?" Rufus replied.
"No. That's a promise. You need to give a Pinkie Promise."
"What's so special about a Pinkie promise?"
"It's like a Promise... but it must be honoured at all times."
"...Er. Fine. I Pinkie Promise."
"Cool."
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"But seriously..." Light continued. "You're not certain."
"Oh, but I am." He thought for a moment. "Wait..." But it was too late.
Following the rules of Pinkie Promise, Pinkie Pie appeared, and yelled in a voice eerily similar to a demon...
"NOPONY BREAKS A PINKIE PROMISE!"
Ow, my brain. Light rubbed his head. Whenever Pinkie got into a rage, if it wasn't directed at him, he'd get a headache of some sort, or he'd feel slightly fatigued, usually because Pinkie's demonic voice is a bit loud. Although, he's heard louder, and didn't experience any pain. Meh. When the pain stopped, he looked up. Only Kane and Able were standing there. Well, kneeling in terror. Understandable. There was still dust disintegrating into the air where Rufus had been running in fear. Light let a triumphant smirk, and Pinkie appeared next to him, with a victorious grin of her own.
"So..." Light began, speaking to Kane and Able. "You still gonna be trying to get the bits that I lack out of me?"
The thugs looked up. Light hadn't seen their faces contorted in such a sad way.
"What? What's wrong?" Light asked curiously.
"Thanks a lot for ruining our lives." Kane simply said.
"...Err... how did I ruin your lives?"
"You know how."
"Uh, K-kane... he does not." Able said, in his educated style of speech.
"...er... care to explain, Able?" Light asked.
"...Alright then. Here goes...
"We did not wish to become thugs. I-i had a Masters' degree in socio-economics, from M-manehattan's Saddlington University." I've heard of that university before... a lot of the smart ponies went there. "But it seems s-some ponies haven't heard of the s-saying, 'Don't judge a book by its cover.' The jobs I a-applied for, their e-employers w-were too i-intimidated by my appearance, a-a-and this is the only job with p-payment I can find... I wanted to work in an office... a desk job seemed interesting..."
Light looked at him with pity, as did Pinkie. Kane looked around, now more calm, and spoke.
"I definitely didn't want this job... I had a deadbeat for a father... but he was really lucky. He got one of the highest gambling debts in Las Pegasus... higher than yours." I was gambling? I feel so dirty now... I need to take a shower. "But... he drank himself to death before he could pay it. So now... I have to work as a thug until I pay off the debt... and that's gonna take a really... really... REALLY long time." Sounds a bit like my character... huh... "It's kinda hard... I don't like to hurt others really... so any threats I gave you were bluffs..." Now he sounds a bit less like him.
"So the best I can do is keep away from socializing... and I might've acted a bit callous to other ponies in the process... So I hoped to make amends for my past actions once my father's debt is repaid..." Light was now feeling extremely sorry for them, and Pinkie was on the verge of tears, trying to hold her sadness in. Kane took his sunglasses off. It was easy to see in his eyes... he hadn't gotten a lot of sleep, and there was sadness and regret in the eyes. This made it harder for them both.
"Able's the only friend I have right now, and vice versa. We know to cover for each other... you saw the obvious sleep I'm missing out on..." That's not all we see. :( ...Did I just imagine a sadface? "I need to keep my sunglasses on, so it seems like I'm not missing out on sleep."
"A-and so you don't l-look sad, Kane." Able added, "B-because, er... everyone c-can see how s-sad you are in your eyes..."
"...And that, then..." Kane said, a bit put off. "I try not to let Able speak, because... well... he doesn't sound the least bit intimidating, does he? He needs to sound intimidating, or we can't get our job done. And his medical condition with his neck, he uses that as an advantage."
"Which reminds me..." Able cracked his neck a bit extensively. "Ah. Been waiting to do that..."
"So..." Kane began. "Yeah. That's our story. Two normal ponies become people who terrorize others because they now don't know any better..."
Light was now really saddened at this, while Pinkie was flat out bawling, with literal waterfalls of tears coming out of her eyes. Light hoofed her a handkerchief, which he conveniently had. Pinkie accepted it, and wiped her eyes with it when she was finished crying it.
"Well..." Light said. "Pinkie, did you come over to me so I could approve the party?"
Pinkie sniffed before answering. "Yup."
"I approve already. They're all awesome. These two ponies could use a party to help brighten up their lives. What do you say?" He said, looking to the thugs.
They both thought hard for a moment, then whispered to each other. They looked to Light, and responded in a familiar fashion.
"Cool." They both said, almost owning the word like Light does. Almost.
The party ponies grinned. "Well then..." Light began.... "Meet us in an hour in err... Hm..."
"I got Vinyl Scratch's permission to reserve a building, I have the address!" Oh, Pinkie. Always planning ahead. She handed out the address on bits of paper.
"Well, I'll be going now," Light said. I need Flutter-cuddles. I NEED THEM. Why do I feel like I'm saying it because it's funny? I genuinely want them... "See ya in an hour, Pink, Kane and Able."
"See ya, Lighty-Wighty!"
"Bye."
"Goodbye, L-light."
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Yay. I did something.
I'll have you know, that the party is going to be a surprise party. You know. Something surprising will happen. ...No, I can't tell you... Oh, shush, it- Why am I even telling you this...
Also... has anyone yet noticed the reference I made out of the thugs' names?
That's the idea. Bai.