Appledashery

by Just Essay

Interventionology

"You woke us all up at four in the morning and dragged us here for this?"

"Dang it, Lyra! Don't you see?! This is an emergency!"

"Yeah. Something that her better friends can deal with."

"She does not want to burden her other friends with this! Don't you know that by now?! Haven't you paid attention to any of the things she's said and cried about at the pub every time we've hung out?!"

"Meh. Still don't see why you're getting us involved. It's two hours before sunrise."

"And did you have work to go to today? Huh? Well?!"

"Mrmmmfff... you got me there. Still... coulda just thrown her onto the curb in front of the hospital or something."

"Vinyl. Caramel. Help me out here. Don't you think this has gone on long enough?"

"Well... yeah. Obviously. But what are we expected to do, Bon Bon? You know Rainbow Dash. Even at her best, she's hopeless."

"I agree with what Bon Bon is doing here. Rainbow Dash? She needs an intervention!"

"Half of us are musicians. The other half are sugary princesses. What are we even expected to do?"

"Uhm... give her a drink?"

"Yeah. Good thinking, Caramel. Why not drown her in the process? Oh! I know! I'll shove cotton down her throat while you rip out her liver with a chain-saw! How's that for a brilliant bucking plan!"

"Look, I'm half awake here..."

"If you ask me, she needs a drastic change of scenery. Something that will disrupt the repeating pattern she's stuck in."

"What did you have in mind, Vinyl?"

"I don't know. I'm just as exhausted as Caramel here."

"Why don't we hang her upside down in a refrigerator and play pinata with your baking sheets?"

"Lyra. I invited everyone here—including you—so we can do something to save our friend. I mean... I-I just found her hanging out of my horse trough in the middle of the night! This... this is Rainbow Dash we're talking about! Have any of us... any of us seen her in this bad a shape?"

"Look, Bon-Squared. I feel for her. I really do! But.. I-I just don't know what we can do for the loony bird-horse! She's a lovesick victim of her own circumstances! Even if we gave her all the smelling salts that exist in this world and melted her hangover to oblivion, she'd still be in love with Applejack so much that she'd be willing to drink herself to destruction... again."

"I kinda like what Vinyl suggested. A change in scenery. Something to disrupt the self-destructive flow."

"But how? And with what?"

"Hmmmmm..."

"What's with the 'hmmmm'-ing, Bon Bon?"

"I'm thinking."

"Seriously? That's the sound you make when you think? What are you, a cartoon?"

"Darn it, Lyra! Won't you be constructive for once?!"

"It's hard to be constructive at dark-as-balls-o'clock! I know you dragged us all to your place to try and save Rainbow Dash's skin, but it's what's inside that needs the royal mallet to the noggin'! And I just don't know if we've got the smarts or wherewithawal to do that!"

"Ugh... maybe we should bring Twilight Sparkle and the others in on this."

"You said it yourself. Rainbow would rather die then get them involved."

"Then... hwatever we do... it's up to us."

"Ungh..."

"Well?"

"... ... ... ... ...Vinyl?"

"Yeah, Caramel?"

"When... when are you headed to Las Pegasus?"

"I was going to take the train in two days."

"Have... you thought about giving yourself a head start?"

"Eh... I dunno. Las Pegasus is a lousy town when you're there by yourself for any length of time."

"But if you weren't by yourself?"

"... ... ...I'm sorry, Caramel. But I really don't have the strength or energy to drag around a drunk little pegasus with me for the entire tour."

"And who says you have to?"

"...huh?"

"What are you getting at, Caramel?"

"Just what you were wanting to do, Bon Bon! An intervention... but an intervention on the road!"

"Huh..."

"Well? You're on vacation. Lyra's got nothing else to do. I'm... well... I'm me."

"And just what will we do?"

"Anything. Everything. Can you really... truly think of a better town to... y'know... distract Rainbow Dash at?"

"It... it could backfire horribly."

"But it's worth a shot, don't you think? Isn't Rainbow's health worth it?"

"I... I think it could work. Lyra?"

"Guh... I don't know about Rainbow Dash, but I'm starting to feel like the walls of this stinkin' town are closing in. It might be just as good for me as it would be for her. Vinyl? What do you think of this psychotic idea?"

"Yes, Vinyl. Would it hurt your schedule at all?"

"I'm not worried about my schedule. I am a bit worried about my sanity, though."

"That's what I'm saying! You don't have to worry about a thing! Lyra, Bon Bon and I will take care of Rainbow! We just need your ticket to get there! Can't you land us a place at Las Pegasus for free with your connections?"

"Well, sure..."

"Then let's do this! Throw caution to the wind! Live in the moment and inject some joy and freedom into our friend! I mean... in Rainbow's case, anything has gotta be better than where she was landing herself!"

"You know, it may just be crazy enough to work. What do you think, Lyra?"

"It's wild, shortsighted, irresponsible, and potentially illegal. Hell, count me in."

"Squee! Then let's do it!"

"Should we wake her up and tell her?"

"Who, Rainbow? Nah... she'll find out soon enough."

"But... but what if she wakes up hating us?"

"Heh... let's see her punch her way through that kind of a hangover..."

Comments

[MidnightReflection]

Awww yeah, Rainbow's going to Las Pegasus and the rest of the gang is going with her! About time they got to be in an arc. Looking forward to this one!

[destinedjagold]

This is gonna be good.

[YoshiFawful64]

This arc is gonna be good.

[Salad king]

Finaaaaally, somebody is actually doing something to help her by bloody doing something, rather than just telling her to buck up.

[Jern]

I love this gang and I'm glad they're tagging along but I'm not sure that Las Pegasus is the place you'd want to take somebody with a drinking problem.

What's the over/under on how many days it takes for Dash to wind up in a jail cell?

[Tchernobog]

Road Trip!

[Phoenix Kitten]

So first all they have to do is tell her boss that she had a breakdown and they're taking her on a trip to help her recover, and tell her friends that they're taking her to see a wonderbolt show to take her mind off things.
And then Shy reads between the lines and comes along.

"It's hard to be constructive at dark-as-balls-o'clock!"

Lyra...I swear to Celestia...

"It's wild, shortsighted, irresponsible, and potentially illegal. Hell, count me in."

Every time you open your muzzle it makes me laugh.

[Phoenix Kitten]

7006587 Well hey, she got drunk and destroyed things in Canterlot, got drunk and destroyed things in Ponyville. Now she can add a third city to that list.

[Leftover of Saikano]

Well, this will be fun.

[LucyHorseThing]

*cracks knuckles*

[viofriedsevey]

It... it could backfire horribly."

I feel like this is the most accurate thought of the whole chapter.

[kihutaja]

Bon Bon has a horse trough? This raises some questions

[zaponator]

Well, there's nowhere to go but up!

[Hestia]

What are you a cartoon?"

Actually . . . yes

Alright this looks like it'll be fun.

[Lightning Bearer]

This pleases me greatly. I've wanted her drinking buddies to play a bigger role for a while now, and it's finally happening. I just hope Rainbow doesn't react too badly when she wakes up.

Also, I love that Bon Bon randomly has a trough in her yard.

[WhitewolfStormrunner]

Yeah, no way in the world that this can go all kinds of wrong.

Nuh-uh, no way.

Which begs the question: what happens when her friends find out she's s gone again?

And most especially AJ?

You know, I know that she's with Stu-pid Leaves right now, but I'm still wondering if her confession to Rainbow on that camping trip about her thinking that she's "in lurve" with Stu wasn't just her way of letting go of Dash because she's in love with her and doesn't think that Dash could ever love her, so she's settling for second-best?

Just me thinking.

[Gammahoof]

Well, I can already tell this will be my new favorite arc.

[DeathFox4]

I...uh...I came back two weeks later hoping we're through with all the things that can go wrong..and of course we've just gotten started.

[Cotton Fluff]

"It's hard to be constructive at dark-as-balls-o'clock!...

I lol'd

"It... it could backfire horribly."

Hello foreshadowing, how are you. That aside, it is good to know that at least some of them recognize that this might not be the best course of action to help Rainbow.

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...or sideways!

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Now this is an interesting question, her friends thus far have been pretty hands off with Rainbow and letting her do her own thing. Yet they (or at least some of them) know Dash is not in a good place. If Dash disappears again, will they go after her, having finally decided to do something? It would make for an interesting confrontation between the two 'teams' here when the mane six catch up to the B team. Or will they just write it off as Dash being Dash.

If I recall correctly, there has been hints that AJ does like Dash too so... it's possible she's settling after having put Dash on a pedestal too. in fact, that would give everyone an opening for AppleDash later if it was the case.

[WhitewolfStormrunner]

7008535 Thank you.
And those are very good questions.
I guess we'll find out out.... one of these days.

(Though I sincerely hope that they get their heads out of their collective plots and start doing something for her on that score.)

Yep, there have been, which is why I posited my own theory and questions.
And yep, on both counts.

[Fishberry]

Awesome! On the road with... the gang? The motley crew? The Elements of Alcohol? The Job Squad? Yeah, that sounds cool.

Hopefully the Job Squad can help Rainbow out! It will be neat if we see Las Pegasus in season 6 and have an opportunity to compare it to the Las Pegasus in this story.

[PropMaster]

The Elements of Hilarity go to Las Pegasus!
Lyra as the Element of Black Humor
Vinyl as the Element of Snark
Caramel as the Element of Fabulousity
Bon Bon as the Element of Responsibility
And Rainbow Dash as the Element of Alcoholism

Adventure awaits!

[Sir Mediocre]

7009603 Two of those are amusing.
Two of those are less amusing.
One of them follows a sine curve.

[PropMaster]

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[Salad king]

7008101 only in this story can we make no progress in 14 days of daily chapters.

[Shotgunmerc]

2 weeks

I have been trying to catch up on this fic for two weeks

I started from the beginning and now I'm here

And still no cuddles

Jesus fucking Christ

ALMOST 900 CHAPTERS AND NOTHING

MY GOD

[Phoenix Kitten]

7011762 Welcome to the front lines, we're looking at a chapter total of anywhere from 1500-2000 for the end product.
Any way, hopefully you have a high endurance stat, because you're going to get hit with lots of feels and rage.

[michaelb958]

"Bon-Squared". Teeheehee.

[DrEggnog]

I'm trying to imagine a drunk, crass, non-Apple themed Apples to the Core.

[arancaytar]

Looks like its time for Fear And Self-Loathing In Las Pegasus.

[bronyheat]

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"Our trip was different. It was to be a classic affirmation of everything right and true in the Equestrian Pony. A gross physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country. But only for those with true grit."

[arancaytar]

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We were somewhere around Marestow, on the edge of the desert, when...

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