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// How to Crash a Party 
// Story: My Little Forumites are Magic 
// by Mx Story Anomalax 
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Typo was surprised when one day he felt the presence of two players coming to Ponyville. One was named Tune, and he had a violin imbued with the power of mind. He wore the clothing and codpiece of a bard of hope. He seemed very friendly, and so did his companion who was named Gia but often went by the name Sandy around friends. Gia was a dragoness, about the same size as Spike, but larger and seemingly more mature. Tune and Gia were partners, but Gia always seemed to stress that even though they had been in the same session, they had never actually gotten close to each other in... That way. Gia was a blue dragon with green spines along her back. Her fire was blue too, and it could melt the hardest of steel. Gia explained how she had narcolepsy, and had two aspects. One was heart, and the other was mind. She was a sylph. Pinkie Pie had been unwilling to throw the two a welcome to Ponyville party, caught up with Rainbow Dash's life celebration, but decided she would add a subparty to the main party.

Vark and Tune hung out together occasionally, and Vark spent some of her time trying to comfort Pinkie whenever she felt down.

Applejack had been busy working on the farm, working harder than usual to try and bury her grief, which she didn't know was unhealthy until Twilight confronted her about it and decided to give Applejack some therapy.

Rarity had also worked on Vark's artificial, sound weapon, leg, Twilight having needed her superior telekinesis control to put in the smallest of parts.

When Gia and Spike met, Spike had immediately been in love, and was confused about who he should be after - Rarity or Gia? Gia took it on herself to teach Spike a few things, thinking he was cute and a potentially great friend. Gia felt as though Spike would be her life's main purpose, and had taken him under her wing - not literally. She actually had no wings, stating that they'd been cut off before her session and had lived a long life on the ground, which Spike could relate with and had an easier time accepting her as a teacher more than a potential mate. Gia had attained godtier but tended not to fly very much unless necessary. Whenever her narcolepsy kicked in, her body morphed into a maroon dragoness with brown spines, and then when it ended she'd change back. She mentioned that neither of these two forms were her real form, and that she hadn't changed into her real form for years.

The sylph of light with horns was Aranea. And as for her, she spent her days going from house to house and trying to fix any problems that arose, be it between room-mates, lovers, or family members. She also studied history and taught. She didn't seem to want to make friends with the others, only to fulfill her purpose in helping. Part of her wanted to move away from Ponyville and take up residence in Canterlot based on what she heard there. She felt she would be able to help many, gain a reputation, and make good business there. Occasionally Twilight would call on her to help with Applejack's therapy.

Pinkie Pie sent invites to all the new friends, and was ready for the life celebration party, having decided that she'd speak of Rainbow Dash at the podium, which her friends didn't mind except for maybe Twilight who wanted to add a few things into the speech of positivity.

Machine Whisperer was a fighter at heart, and had developed weapons for his new pony friends. He intended to take them with him to the party and give them their presents individually, carrying them in his specially-improved captchalogue deck. When he got there the only ones at the party so far were Pinkie and Vark. The power inside of Machine always pulsated whenever he saw his friends. He knew it wasn't love, but it was something that he felt may have been close enough, the more he looked on it. He hadn't brought his marefriend, as she didn't know Rainbow Dash much, if at all; although he did know that Tune had insisted that Gia and him go to the party.

He smiled, giving Vark a tight hug, enjoying the contact, and pulled out a gift wrapped with green and pink polka-dot wrapping paper from his captchalogue deck with his telekinesis, having learned gift wrapping off of the pieces of data he could access with his personal computer. Pinkie was surprised and for the first time in awhile her hair poofed out curly again, smiling happily. "Presents? It's not even my birthday yet!"

Machine seemed nervous, knowing that they probably wouldn't want the gifts, but felt that he should give it to them anyway. It was who he was. "This one doesn't know if you will like it, but this one wants you to know that it is practical and useful, and that this one is sure you can modify it to suit your needs, whatever that may be." Pinkie Pie seemed a bit off after that, but opened it excitedly anyway. When she opened it she was surprised. It was a dual cannon that you could strap to your back. It had gems inlaid on it and had two very large packs on either side that, with the use of the gems on either side, helped keep the weight steady on both sides. Part of the boxes were saddle bags, but Pinkie, familiar with technology to some degree, realized that part of the packs were used for energy storage. And, as Pinkie thought about it, probably other things if he could get Twilight to upgrade it. She hugged Machine and thanked him for it, letting him know that it was a great present and she would find many uses for it. Machine Whisperer pulled out two cards from his deck. One was a strifespecibus and the other was a captchalogue card. He told her that to put it in and to take it out all one needed to do was focus. The specibus card he explained as being something that allowed her to understand the machine to the best of her ability and use it to its maximum effectiveness. When Pinkie took it she felt her aim skyrocket. She seemed a bit shellshocked but then smiled, and told him that it was really cool that he had built in laser sights just to help out. Machine had forgotten about that and thanked her for the compliment.

Machine and Vark talked about her artificial leg and how it was made while Pinkie practiced her speech. In her head, not wanting to give away the surprise.

Machine turned and saw as the next party goers came in and started to mingle with the others. Gia, Tune, Twilight, and Spike. Machine had spent some time with Spike before and had decided to give him a small, but potentially helpful gift. He pulled Twilight and Spike to the side, giving Twilight the captchalogue card with her weapon on it and told her to put it on, pulling out two specibus cards. Twilight was surprised when what seemed like a piece of jewelry wrapped around her horn. She almost panicked but realized it wasn't dimming her power. Machine explained the gem-inlaid machine around her horn would strengthen her magic depending on what she was thinking, and kinetically handing her the strife specibus, which surprised her when she took it because she started to understand all the ways to use its power effectively. Twilight smiled and hugged Machine Whisperer; although it was a little tight and cut off his breath. Next, he handed Spike two strife specibus cards, one was clawKind and the other was teethKind. When Spike took them he suddenly understood how to most effectively use his natural weapons against enemies, and there was a little more than that too. He felt like his natural weapons were stronger than before in some way. Machine explained to him how under the right circumstances it would be possible to upgrade his claws and teeth, but he didn't know how yet. He only knew because of some of the documents he had gone through in the ancient city.

Both thanked and hugged him and they went off, Twilight feeling like maybe she could protect others more now, realizing that her sparkle bubble would be stronger than before. She didn't know when she might need it, but she knew better than anyone better safe than sorry. Twilight and Spike moved on and started to mingle with the others; although Spike grabbed some sweets on his way there.

Typo and Jordan were next to the party, both wearing tuxedos, having expected a posh party. When they realized what the party was, they thought about changing their clothes but decided against it. No big deal, right?

Machine was getting excited - feeling very happy that his presents had been accepted. They understood him and appreciated him looking out for them like anyone in a family would. This was his family, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt he'd protect it.

Ying, Phynicxs, and Smeareyes came next, immediately leaving to mingle with the others and play some games that were starting that didn't really interest Machine. Almost, if not all of the games, seemed to revolve around something Dash had done in her past, but not all were. Smeareyes was wearing more eye shadow than usual, and all three of them were dressed nicely, but not too nicely. Phynicxs had no dresses or anything of the sort, but modified her rogue of blood garment to better portray her lady-ness. Machine wished the others would get here soon so he could show his other friends his accomplishments. He would find someone to talk about technology with later, probably Pinkie and Vark.

When Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rarity came he pulled out three captchalogue cards. One was of four horeshoes with diamonds in the sides, and some blades protruding out from front and back. He gave this one to Applejack along with the strife specibus hoofKind, letting her know that the gems in the hoofshoes would strengthen her and allow her to glide. To Rarity he gave a staff with a gem inlaid on it. He had made it after hearing about Rarity's part of the most recent adventure, and had made it to enhance her sixth sense and would allow her to cast small illusions. Rarity absolutely loved it, not wanting to fight with it because of how it was carved and molded. It was beautiful and it fit her nicely. She gave Machine a long hug and a kiss on the cheek which, if he wasn't a changeling, would have made Machine blush. The next captchalogue card and strife specibus went to Fluttershy. It was a pair of goggles with a butterfly in the middle that seemed to form fit her nose. He explained how it would draw on her inner magic power and manifest it as a weapon, much like a psychic attack. He explained that in the future she would probably be able to come up with small modifications if she studied a bit. Fluttershy expressed her doubts about being able to use it. Machine called it nonsense and affirmed that she would be able to handle it.

Machine, finally done giving out presents, went to go talk with Pinkie and Vark.

An hour later, Pinkie was ready to give her speech.

It was about Rainbow Dash, how she had grown up in a somewhat abusive home. How she had overcome it by putting more effort into her practice, how she stood up for others even when Gilda would have left them alone. Pinkie explained how Rainbow Dash knew what it was like to feel alone and unwanted, and how she stayed loyal to any whom she felt were worthy, often siding with the underdog, being an underdog herself. Pinkie talked about how Rainbow Dash's standing up for Fluttershy had led to her performing a sonic rainboom, causing the six ponies to gain their cutie marks at the same time. Pinkie explained how it was always when things were on the wire, when everything depended on her performance and speed, how it was when everything was on the line that her true power came out and she fulfilled her potential. Pinkie talked about her dreams to enter the wonderbolts and how she'd saved lives, including some wonderbolts and Rarity's life. She talked about her accomplishments and how Rainbow Dash wanted everything to be as cool as her, explaining that her ego was partly due to what she had experienced in her past life. Pinkie mentioned how in actuality Rainbow Dash was often very insecure, but hid it with show-boating. Of course she wasn't always insecure, and that was around her friends. Dash was possibly the most loyal pony in the world, going out of her way to sacrifice something of herself so that others would be empowered. Pinkie explained Rainbow's tough love whenever she tried to act as a coach.

Finally, Pinkie explained as much about Rainbow's death as she knew and had heard. How she had not gone on the offensive in a fight against an ex-friend and had blindly believed in the goodness of other ponies, and anything else really.

"Razedd, are you sure this is the place?"

"One hundred percent," the heir of time shot back to Gilda. Chiri and Illusive were right behind them. "Looks like it's time to crash a party." Razedd knocked on the door, and waited for an answer.