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// Interlude: I've Seen Footage 
// Story: The Sound And Fury From Seaddle 
// by Nic-Fit 
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"Sister?"

Luna pushed open the door to her sister's chambers. Casting a quick glance around the room, Luna deduced that Celestia herself was, in fact, not in here. Turning to leave, she found herself distracted by an open letter on Celestia's desk, and a tape reel resting next to it. Luna walked over to investigate, knowing she shouldn't really be reading her sister's mail, but too curious to prevent herself from doing so.

"Highnesses Princess Celestia and Princess Luna,"

'Ah, both of us! I am doing no wrong!'

"I am afraid that this message reaches you in dire times. Yesterday, a performance by the Royal Orchestra was interrupted by a group of hooligans who infiltrated the orchestra posing as members. Prior to the beginning of the second half of the performance, they trapped two of our ensemble in a bathroom and took their places. As the performance was due to re-start, the three of them began their own performance, much to the disgust of everypony present. They were swiftly stopped and removed from the building, and I can report the remainder of the performance continued without trouble.

One of the three has been identified as Octavia Philharmonica , who had been invited to play in the absence of one of our cellists. The other two remain as of yet unidentified. We are currently working towards having the three of them permanently banned from the venue, as well as any of our future performances.

Enclosed is a recording of the incident in question for reference, and to allow you to judge the severity of the punishment they shall face when caught.

Humbly,

Set Tempo
The Royal Orchestra"

Luna turned her attention to the reel sitting next to the letter, presumably the mentioned recording of the incident. Picking it up in her magical grasp, she ventured out to go and find a projector, interest piqued.

10 minutes later, Luna was in her chambers, loading the film reel into the projector. Satisfied, she flipped the switch to on, and watched the scene unfold, following what the letter had described.

The curtains opened, revealing the orchestra, and the crowd fell silent. The conductor, who Luna recognized as Set Tempo, made his way to the front of the stage, and turned to face the orchestra. As he was about to start, a surf green mare blazed into action on a lyre, producing a nasty, distorted sound. A few seconds later, a white unicorn joined in on percussion, and a grey earth pony on cello, presumably the aforementioned Octavia.

The orchestra looked on in horror at the performers in question, but they continued playing until the song reached an abrupt end. Set Tempo had pulled the power to the lyre and the cello respectively, rendering the distorted effect useless.

Improvised performance now over, Luna giggled at Octavia's exclamation of "Hoof it", and the subsequent panicked departure of the three mares, closely followed by a few furious members of the Royal Orchestra. The film then came to an end.


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Set Tempo was surprised to find a letter waiting for him this morning, a letter with Luna's royal seal no less, he had not expected a response this quickly. He opened it and began to read.

5 minutes and several re-reads later, he was still having trouble coming to terms with the message. Instead, he opted to put the letter down and get some coffee. He needed coffee. Lots and lots of coffee.


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"Set Tempo,

"Thank you for bringing this incident to our attention. Should any of the ponies in question be located, we request that they send us a T-Shirt, and copies of any recordings they may have. Furthermore, we request an opportunity to attend one of their performances. Failing this, we extend an invitation to them to perform for us in the Palace.

Princess Luna"


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