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// Family Get-Together 
// Story: Several Nights at Pepperoni's 
// by Mod On Death 
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	The group was working on the "Hoof of the South Star" movie had convened in the conference room that morning to meet with Sound and Buronson. Today they'd be showing the two a sample of the music that would be in the film and getting their feedback. Sound was still sleepy when she walked into the room, plopping her head down without caring how it looked.
"You okay?" Buronson asked.
"Yeah. Just worked late last night and had this really weird dream. You know what you have one and it feels so real?"
"Never. I never dream. Only wait until the day comes and I can continue on." Buronson saw the surprised looks on everypony's place as they just stared at the writer. "I should totally write that down."
"Okay. Listen up!" the director announced, waiting for everypony to pay attention. "We have a special guest coming in today."
"Who is it, Mr. Adisha?" Sound asked.
"Today we will have the wonderful singer who helped us to make these songs visit us. When we told her where we were going she was thrilled to come along. I guess she's a big fan of your work."Sound wondered who Mr. Ashida was talking about and asked him.
"Who exactly is singing for this soundtrack?"
"Who else do you think would wanna be a part of her sis' first big movie," a voice in the doorway said. Sound turned to find that her sister was standing right there.
"Cleversong!" The two got up and hugged each other right there on the spot. "I can't believe you're doing the music for this movie."
"Well I just had to when I saw it," she responded. "I mean, this is your project," Cleversong told her.
"Uh, technically I wrote it, so," Buronson felt like he was the third wheel in his own creation.
"So what kind of music is there for the movie?" Sound asked, wondering what her sister had come up with.
"Well, I'm not the one that actually composed it. Some other guy I'm not sure wrote it. I just sang the lyrics. Apparently it's a different language. Diamond Dog, actually." Cleversong took out a CD and asked, "You wanna hear the one I really like?"
"Totally." The room became silent as Cleversong got the track ready. She popped the disk into the player and waited for it to load up. There was some whirring, and then the music started blaring. At first it was some guitar with what sounded like synthesizer. And then came her sister.
"YOU WA SHOCK!" the voice screamed out, filling the room with a strange energy.
"You guys liking it?" the director asked.
"Yeah! I don't know what the lyrics mean, but it's certainly energetic. What about you, Sound." Buronson waited for his partner to reply. "Sound?" 
The room started staring at Sound as she stood up and stared blankly. It soon became apparent that she was shivering while listening to the song. She then got up on her hind legs and apparently leaped across the room over to a stand that had been set up of the film's big baddie Bow Roah.
"ATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA!" Sound screamed as she pounded the stand that had been set up The room looked on in terror as she completely eviscerated the poster with each punch. Soon it became nothing more than scattered bits of cardboard on the ground. "You're already-" She was cut off when her sister stopped playing the song. Sound blinked and looked around, dumbfounded by everypony's expressions. 
"Did something happen?" Nopony knew what to tell her.

Pepperoni and Bloomheart were serving the dinner rush together that day. Bloomheart's shift ended early and she was able to get home to help out Pepperoni before he got overwhelmed. The animatronic seemed to be working pretty well, keeping not only the children busy, but also entertaining adults as well.
"What did the pizza say to the cook when he was scheming?" the robotic wolf asked. "I hope this isn't a half-baked plan!" The kids started laughing with their parents chuckling at the terrible puns that they would not admit they loved.
"Can't believe that thing is working like you intended," Bloomheart said, surprised that things were going well with that purchase.
"Same here. Somehow thought that it would end up betraying me and doing something terrible." Pepperoni was glad that customers weren't hassling him now about when their orders would be ready. He felt like he actually made a good decision with this purchase.
The door to the restaurant opened up, Sound coming through, followed by her sister. "Hey guys! You won't believe who I ran into at work."
"Grain Miller?" Pepperoni asked, unaware that he had been eaten by a shark.
"Nope." Sound moved out of the way to reveal Cleversong standing right behind her.
"Cleversong!" the two greeted, going over to hug her.
"What brings you down here?" Bloomheart asked.
"I'm actually doing the singing for Sound's movie." she explained.
"It's not really my movie since I haven't been involved in almost any way." Sound corrected. "Still, awesome to have my sis working on it. Now I know that they can't possibly butcher it with you on board."
"Hoping the exact same thing," she replied. "Oh, someone came with me as well."
"Justice?" the three guessed, thinking that it was her boyfriend. Just as the three said that the door opened up revealing who it was.
"Ha! You thought that it was Justice! But it was I, Ret!" he yelled as he strode over to them.
"Ret? Why're you here?" Bloomheart asked.
"Sorry that you thought my little bro'd be here, but I'm having my former partner over to my place to investigate and I told him I'd get the best pizza I know when we meet up. Pepperoni, you have a thing that'll keep these pizzas hot on the way back?"
"I have something better!" Pepperoni went into the kitchen and came out with two boxes. "These pizzas haven't been cooked yet, but you can actually bake them at your place. I write the instructions in the boxes for you to follow."
"Awesome! Can't wait to say that I made it," he joked. "So anything new going on with you guys?"
"Dad bought this new thing recently. Wanna see it?" Sound asked, hoping to surprise Ret.
"Sure!"
"Alright. Close your eyes and I'll guide you. It's a big surprise." Sound could only imagine his reaction to seeing the creepy animatronic staring at him. He did as she instructed and the two went over to where it was stationed. "Alright. Open up!"
Ret did as she commanded and Sound was surprised when he just stood there, his expression not changing. It started to become weird after a full minute of this. Then she didn't know how to react when he fell to the floor and started crying.