“AJ, my nose is itching.”
“Well then scratch it, you dummy.”
“You know what she said, we can’t move.”
“Maybe if you did it real quick, she won’t notice? She don’t exactly look like she’s paying attention.” Applejack relaxed her features a bit upon saying this, realizing that she probably could.
“Yeah, I guess you’re rig-”
“STOP MOVING!”
Applejack and Rainbow’s eyes instantly focused on the weird Prench mare on the other side of the room, who was busy immortalizing them on the canvas, but who also looked very annoyed.
“B-but my nose is itching”
The mare obviously wasn’t impressed with Rainbow’s reason for moving. “Wat iz more importent than art, misss Dash?”
“Uhhhh,” came Dash’s dumbfounded answer.
“Exactly, notzing is more important. Itzing will pass, but art lasts forever.” And with a dramatic flourish, she got back to work.
Dash looked slightly more annoyed than before at this answer. “Well, maybe I would be able to stand still if we could wear something cool. Like a cape.”
“NO, NO CAPES!” the Prench mare suddenly bellowed out the blue, surprising both AJ and Rainbow.
“But-”
“No…. capes.” She said in a tone that left no room for arguing.
“Fiiiiine,” Rainbow said as she directed her eyes back to AJ, with AJ looking back at Dash at nearly the same time, as if it was planned. Dash mused that If she was gonna be stuck here, standing still for hours, she was at least glad that she could look at the loveliest mare in all of Equestria.