Appledashery

by Just Essay

Acrid 2: The Acriding

"How about here?" Romulus grunted, gesturing into a narrow room.

"Not enough room," Sunset Shimmer said. She galloped ahead, peering into corridor after corridor within the belly of the floating castle. "We need a more open space for the teleportation spell to work properly."

"Also, this is too close to where the dragons are," Rainbow Dash said. "They're right above us. Heck... I can still smell the methane from their breaths."

"Don't you mean 'sulfur?'" Lancie suggested.

Rainbow blinked at him. "Wait, what?"

"What?"

"Mrmmmf..." Romulus gestured. "Another level down."

"Is there another level down?" Sunset stammered. She readjusted the weight of the bags hanging off her flank. "Feels like we've been crawling in one big vertical circle."

"Yeah, well, so long as it's a circle that gets us somewhere, we're good," Rainbow said. "I don't care if we end up in the dragons' pottery barn. So long as we can properly get the jump on them."

"Hey!" Romulus' voice squawked from up ahead, echoing up the stairwell.

"Shhhh!" Sunset frowned, galloping down to approach the level he was on. "Are you crazy, ya friggin' vulture?! Do you want to give away our position?"

"How about here?" Romulus stood in the center of a large, spacious chamber. It resembled a wine cellar with several brick compartments separated by columns, connected by arches. In the center of the room was the decrepit remains of an elaborately grown tree, full of tiny squirrel homes. "Don't think any of the dragons would bother squeezing down here anyway!"

"Hmmmm..." Sunset shuffled to a stop. "Good enough." She glanced over. "Rainbow? What do you think?"

Romulus blinked. "Why are you getting her opinion?" he belched.

"Looks good to me," Rainbow said with a nod. "How long—do you think—it takes to set up the teleportation circle?"

"Not long at all. Seconds. It's charging the spell that takes a while," Sunset said.

"Like... how long?"

"Minutes. Definitely. Ten minutes tops."

"Right." Rainbow looked over her shoulder. "Shall we look for that ambush zone now?"

"Hrmmmfff..." Romulus shuffled past her.

"Well?" Rainbow arched an eyebrow. "Ya frumpy quail?!"

"I don't like it when you pretend like you're the brains of this, soft-hooves."

"Well, you already lost your balls about three fights ago, so why should you be trusted with the brain?"

"Why you cesspool haired glue stick—!"

"Knock it off!" Sunset barked. "Both of you! I'll set up the summoning spell!" She gestured. "Go find your stupid attack point. Come back in ten minutes and we'll get this show on the road!"

"There you go!" Rainbow smirked, galloping ahead of Romulus. "Brains and beauty."

"Hmmmf... balls..." And Romulus clambered after her while Sunset sighed, concentrating on her work.

Comments

[Lightning Bearer]

This ought to be interesting. I still have no idea what kind of shenanigans Rainbow has planned.

[Phoenix Kitten]

The fact it's so big and empty is worrying... did they just leave Sunset alone in Blood Fire's bedroom?

[Sharp Quill]

"Don't you mean 'sulfur?'" Lancie suggested.

Thank you, Lancie! May you experience bliss at the chaos that's about to erupt in a parallel dimension.

(Though, technically, sulfur is a solid, not a gas, and doesn't have much of a smell. It's hydrogen sulfide that stinks.)

[WhitewolfStormrunner]

6510172 Let's hope not.

[MidnightReflection]

...wait.

"Knock it off!" Sunset barked. "Both of you! I'll set up the summoning spell!" She gestured. "Go find your stupid attack point. Come back in ten minutes and we'll get this show on the road!"

"There you go!" Rainbow smirked, galloping ahead of Romulus. "Brains and beauty."

...I think I read that wrong. For a second there... I thought Rainbow was telling Romulus that Sunset was the Brains and Beauty. Obviously she was referring to herself. You don't need Sun to make the Appledash grow...

[RoboRed]

"Also, this is too close to where the dragons are," Rainbow Dash said. "They're right above us. Heck... I can still smell the methane from their breaths."

"Don't you mean 'sulfur?'" Lancie suggested.

HAH

[Elsaack]

"There you go!" Rainbow smirked, galloping ahead of Romulus. "Brains and beauty."

Rainbow, that last line could be misconstrued as directed at Ms. Bacon-hair. Better watch out before she gets the wrong idea and and your love life gets even more complicated.

"I'll show you the error of your fruitophiliac ways! I'll destroy your Apple and all your friends! Then you will learn to love only me and we'll get married and live in Canterlot with Tyrantlestia! This couldn't possibly go wrong!"

I know RD meant herself, but what a crack-ship Rainbow+Shimmer would be.

[zaponator]

Somehow I never quite expected Sunset Shimmer to be the adult in this demented little family.

[viofriedsevey]

6510185 *Next chapter

"I can smell the sulfur from here"!

"Don't you mean hydrogen sulfide"?

[Lone Gazebo]

6510250 I though it was legitimately about bacon head. Oh well. I'd be fine with AppleJake having competitions.

[Sam the Anti-Ninja]

6510154 Supremely awesome shenanigans. Followed by potentially un-awesome shenanigans. Followed by fuzzy shenanigans. Hopefully followed by cuddling. Not likely, though.

[TwilightUCrazy]

"Also, this is too close to where the dragons are," Rainbow Dash said. "They're right above us. Heck... I can still smell the methane from their breaths."

"Don't you mean 'sulfur?'" Lancie suggested.

Rainbow blinked at him. "Wait, what?"

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[BabySkittleMonster]

You wouldn't believe the amount if effort it takes for me to not "correct" any and all Americanisms I see. It's automatic. I see sulfur, I yell sulphur. I read aluminum, I growl aluminium. I see a word without the u and I mutter for a few seconds. I see eggplant or zucchini, I burst into tears because it takes a google search for me to understand what's going on. Ah, culture difference. Isn't it lovely?

Please take no offence, any and all Americans! I love you all, I just don't understand your spelling. HoweverthatisnotyourfaultitisminebecauseIamanidiotsoloveyoubye!

[Dash32]

6669289 you from England or something? That's the only place I can think of that says aluminium.

[Dash32]

"Well?" Rainbow arched an eyebrow. "Ya frumpy quail?!"
"I don't like it when you pretend like you're the brains of this, soft-hooves."
"Well, you already lost your balls about three fights ago, so why should you be trusted with the brain?"

This conversation just made my whole day!

[michaelb958]

6945043 Mate, as far as I know, everyone outside the States says "aluminium". (I certainly do, and I'm in Australia.)

[Seraphimus]

6949271 Canada does not but we're super weird Our proximity to the US but relation with Britain leads to us flip-flopping on language alot.

for example I have, in a single paragraph used both spelling of the word colo(u)r and nobody noticed, not even me until much later.

[arancaytar]

"There you go!" Rainbow smirked, galloping ahead of Romulus. "Brains and beauty."

Rainbow Dash, we're on a schedule here; do your baconmaneflirting on your own time.

(Also I thought you were more into applehorses.)

[True Edge]

Grrr. . . . Honestly, I am getting frustratingly bored of this arc, at this point. It’s had it’s good moments, but this is the first time since the first half of the Photo Finish arc that I’ve felt this way, only this is worse. However, I can hold out, and push through, not only because I know that if anyone can turn this feeling on it’s head in a heartbeat, it’s Skirts, but also because I know that, one way or another, when this arc ends. . . something big is going to happen, between Dashie and AJ. I just know it!