//------------------------------// // Dipdyed Fog // Story: Marevelous Manehattan // by StageQuill //------------------------------// "Gosh, Dip, that was crazy too!" Swirl's again. The callback was over before lunch. "Did you get it?" "Again, I don't know!" I smiled at Dipdye, exasperated. "What do you want to get?" We looked over the heads of the ponies ahead of us in line at the big menu over the ice cream servers. "No idea." Dipdye answered. "Does celery vanilla scrunch sound good to you?" "What? No!" I laughed again. "Dip, I swear, how you can enjoy the crazy combos this place has, I'll never know. "I'll just have a sample." Dipdye answered. "Hey, Stagelight, I think I know that stallion!" She looked behind me at a pair who had just come in. Him again? "You mean Legal Shades?" I asked. If she knew him... "No!" She looked at me again. "How do you know his name?" "Met him on the bus." I blushed. Slightly. But Dipdye noticed. Her eyebrows went up. "Noo... Is that Foggy? I went to school with him in Fillydelphia!" She trotted over. I followed. "Excuse me." She smiled at Heavy Fog. He looked up. "Um, hi. I don't know if-" "Dipdye!" He exclaimed, a smile spreading across his face. "I haven't seen you since... "I was a filly!" She smiled back. I wondered if I was missing something. Did they- "This is my friend, Stagelight. When I moved here, she was the first mare I met!" "She made it rain on me." I said. "Doing special effects on a play at my drama school. It almost ruined my costume." "Stagelight... Aren't you the mare on the bus?" Heavy Fog looked at me suspiciously. "Small world." I answered. "Come on, Fogs. Let's get some ice cream together. It's great!" Dipdye grinned wider. I thought her face might break. "And your pal." "I'm Legal Shades." Legal said. "His law partner." And we stood in line again, Legal looking and me feeling a bit bemused. "So, Foggy." Dipdye had wrapped our outdoor table in warmth. "What kind of law are you doing?" "Well, I'm doing weather and entertainment, mostly." Foggy leaned back in his seat. "But Legal is doing criminal law." "Mostly." Legal said. He turned his head. "You know, this Apple pie ice cream is quite good." "You were right." Foggy said glumly. "This celery vanilla scrunch is terrible." He stared into his bowl, then continued eating. "Yeah. I shouldn't have gotten it either. What did you get again, Stagelight?" Dipdye looked longingly into my bowl. "It's simply heavenly." I teased Dipdye. "Oh, chocolate caramel, I think." I made a big show of groaning with delight while tasting it. Legal chuckled. Dipdye and Foggy sighed. "Chocolate!" Foggy suddenly exclaimed. "Caring!" "Caring?" Dipdye asked. "Our secretary. She requested chocolate. I almost forgot!" Foggy made to stand up. "It's fine. I thought we should get Caring's last. Wouldn't want it melting, would we?" Legal calmly soothed his law partner. "You really are the brains in this unit." Foggy said. "Legal had the best grades. Always." He explained to Dipdye and me. "But we can't all get by on our good looks and personality like me, can we." He added. Dipdye laughed the loudest. "Ooh, gosh." I looked at my on-time watch. "I promised my friend I'd foalsit her sister today! Sorry. Gotta gallop!" "Bye, Stagelight!" Dipdye said. The other two nodded. Dipdye started on my ice cream. I heard Foggy offer to show her his office. I hurried to the bus stop. I was on time. I got on and payed the driver, then sat down and rested my head on the window, trying to get rid of thoughts of Legal Shades.