Let's (wait for the) PARTY!
It is currently eight O'clock, and two hours till Pinkie comes back with the quests.
I have to say, this was quite the novel experience.
Of course I suspected the ponies to question my origins, so I needed to organize a number of, changes, to my home in case they decide to snoop.
Firstly, take the carpet included with the bedroom, and place it over the small cellar door where I keep my brewing supplies, anything magical, unusual, inedible and MEAT related are to be hiding down there, and finish with a charm that makes the carpet noticeable.
Take all edible ingredients and and straighten tables, place all cooking like implements on tables and make the fireplace look like an improvised stove.
And... well, I suppose secrecy is all well and done, now it's two hours till she appears and I can't take my time out on brewing because I always lose track of time because of it, I didn't need them bursting through the door while I was surrounded by rolling, crackling and occasionally whispering chemicals.
... It would scare them away from here however...
No, bad Scry, bad.
Let us focus on more studious pursuits, I suppose looking into the dimensional brew would be a way to kill time till she came...
Alright, ingredients themselves, however strong they were, I had luckily already picked them up from my previous endeavors, so there wasn't much to seen there.
The sugar however was strange, and somehow again, fit into the situation of Nightmare Moon, introducing me to Pinkie early.
And simple sugar has never been recorded as a regent in my brews before, it was a rather mundane ingredient really.
Move past that, second is the delay.
I knew the effect was fully operational when I cast it, but it didn't give out any of the so called advice it spoke of before, only hung around in the background not doing anything.
I could have used a little advice in the LAST event really, if whoever views my life at the moment was chatty enough, i could have saved myself a lot of bother from being found out.
I suppose it takes time for people to reply, and then onto the last feature, the advice.
I knew it said that whatever was spoken should be taken with a pinch of salt, it was to be expected, not all higher beings in the multiverse needed to be helpful, but I at least expected them to be comprehensible.
Deeper analysis, he apparently wished to give me some baby dragon, with a mustache, or to get one, that much is all I could guess.
The first was... slightly revealing, saying to give me some help, perhaps they communicate among themselves?
But the advice they gave was very much a unneeded action, smiling would just encourage the pink menace, I suppose she can't really be encouraged much more at this point but...
I am out my depth, and getting a headache already.
8:34, I spent some time on that issue, now onto some others...
How is this situation going to go down?
I can at least be assured that it is an isolated incident, if I can believe Pinkie's words, she'll only bring the rest of the ponies that I joined in the Everfree, meaning I can at least predict the situation.
Twilight would likely thank me for helping her and her friends, even if my role was rather minimal, fending off Nightmare was impressive however so I suppose she would see it as something a little impressive.
Applejack would likely be suspicious around me, the farmer surely wouldn't change her opinion despite me not having ill intentions in following them, it is likely she might have more than a likely look around my home given the opportunity.
Rainbow will likewise be a little edgy around me, picking apart all that I've done in their presence, especially how I left before I could be attended to, she would find that rather strange, and for that matter, I hope Twilight doesn't mention how I could have been seriously hurt during the escapade, I could cover up the sound of crunching bones as shock of the moment... yes, lets go with that.
Now Pinkie... is just going to have to be endured, she will have this little party she so desperately wishes me to have, and then she will be gone. It isn't likely going to be the last I see of her however, she is persistent, and so I must be careful.
Rarity, well, not much to say honestly, she had eyes for decor and fashion, so I don't expect much else than a distasteful comment of my humble way of living, and maybe my clothes again.
Fluttershy... well, I don't precisely know her personality, but she certainly was withdrawn, I might get the least trouble out of her.
And that should be it... it will be a chore, but I can bear this and they won't have to come in here again.
... Unless my birthday comes up, in which case Pinkie would... No wait, I can simply lie about what date it is, the furthest possible to put it off, it is not likely I will stay here for so long after all...
Why is it, that after so many times I have managed to live quietly away from populace in other towns that this one seems oh so much more intrusive?
Pinkie... that must be it, there is no chance a pony like her lives outside of Equestria, I just was unlucky enough to have picked the same town as her. Otherwise I could have stayed out of sight from the group, I could have been undetectable if she hadn't taken an interest, and nopony expect one would know of my house otherwise...
It is rather frightening how the world seems to flip when she is in the equation.
9:11, she will be here soon...
I suppose I should be ready for them.
I pulled my cloak around myself and went about the house, checking for any sign of suspicion one would find in my house.
At precisely 10 O'clock, the door knocked loudly, in a rhythmic pattern that I didn't need a potion to work out who it was.
I took a deep breath, and opened the door once again.
Six pairs of eyes greeted me... actually, seven...
Hold on, was that a infant dragon? And why did he look familia-
...
Well, that brew certainly got something about it, it predicts others in the future, oh joy.