"Cadance, I hate to play the role of 'annoyingly concerned aunt' as usual," Celestia sighed. "But don't you think you should take it easy?"
"Are you kidding, Celly?" Luna shot back before Cadance had a chance to. "She doesn't have to worry about being a responsible pregnant mother anymore! Don't get on her case about finally being able to let loose."
"Still..." Celestia replied. "You two were out all night yesterday, and the night before, doing heavens knows what. You rose the moon twice last night, and I don't know what exactly was happening with the Dreamscape, but even I know it wasn't normal. Plus, you two entered the café this morning by flying through the glass window—"
"We fixed it!" Luna protested, pointing at her horn. "I think you're just jealous!"
"Of what?!" Celestia shot back. "I'm coming with you!"
"Wait, you are?" Cadance had been nursing a headache, but she perked up. "You got tickets?"
"Yes," Celestia said. "Although I admit I am quite wary of this whole ordeal."
"Aunt Celly, are you seriously telling me you've lived for, like, 2000+ years, and you haven't been to a single concert?"
"I've been to plenty!" Celestia exclaimed. "I saw some of the greatest composers in history!"
"Yeah, but I mean a rock concert."
"Oh," Celestia said bluntly. "Then no. I haven't."
"She's boring," Luna explained earnestly. "That's why."
"Well, you haven't, either, Luna!"
"That's because such a thing did not exactly exist a thousand years ago. I assure you if I'd known that public gladiator battles were a thing, I would have been the first in line."
"Wait, what?" Cadance blinked. "What are you talking about?"
"Axes! You said there would be squealing axes! In an arena!"
"Oh for the love of... it's slang, Luna."
Luna cocked her head.
"Axes. It's slang. For electric guitars."
"Well, that's considerably disappointing."
“Trust me, it won't be,” Cadance assured. “There's bright lights, and lasers, and huge clouds of fog—”
“Clouds?” Celestia repeated, she and Luna sharing a nervous glance. “I don't know...”
“Oh come on, you cowards. It's gonna be great.”
“So wait, electric guitars? I earnestly don't understand how that works,” Luna mused. “I mean… we have hooves. We're a species that might as well be wearing boxing gloves. How exactly does playing a guitar even work? It seems to me like such a performance would sound terrible.”
“Who are we going to see, anyways?” Celestia rolled her eyes. “Rock band names are so predictable and simplistic, I get them all mixed up. Are we going to see Slayerdeath? Nine Inch Tails? Carbon Dirigible? Amish I.T? The Pretentious Punk Poser Posse?”
Cadance was stunned for a moment. “Honestly, those are all fantastic band names.”
“I'm inclined to agree,” Luna nodded. “Hey Celly, think of a band name for us.”
“What?”
“If we were in a rock band, the three of us! What would our name be?”
Celestia pursed her lips for a moment, deep in thought.
“Countess Cadenza and the Coffeeguzzling Cloud Kickers,” she said eventually.
Silence.
“We need to make this a thing,” Cadance breathed.
“I'm inclined to agree,” Luna said again.
Celestia sighed. She sunk to the table, her head in her hooves. "I swear, these coffee meetings are detrimental to my sanity."
I would like to buy two tickets to for the 4CK concert please!
7099005 well I would like
TO BUY ALL THE TICKETS! TAKE MY MONEY! *starts to shovel money into ticket booth.*
It's probably just me, but the Luna in the coverart looks like a ponified Undyne.
Of course, I picture it a little differently:
The Pie family gathered in the East Field and sat before some rocks.
There were four rocks, in a diamond shape. Because diamonds are also rocks.
Two hours later, the Pie family walked away.
They had all enjoyed the rock concert.
I will become a ZILLIONAIRE. I will become a millionaire and BUY HASBRO. I will become a zillionaire, buy Hasbro, and MAKE 4CK A THING!
...and it will be GLORIOUS!!!
This whole thing is insane.
I love it.
fun to see Celestia let down her hair
I don't know how you continue to come up with these, but they always brighten my day when I realize there's a new one.
Note: Forbid Royalty's consumption of hot, caffeinated morning beverages.
this is full of shit-ass funny stuff!
i like it!
more please!
Is the 'updates every Tuesday (and sometimes Thursday)' in the fic description still accurate? Because it doesn't seem like it. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love the near-constant updates, but I feel they should be correctly reflected in the description.
7099734 I kept up with my update schedule this week even after my kitchen burned down yo.
Seriously though, Tuesday is a guarantee—I've been hitting it since March 1st—unless something really hardcore comes up, in which case I'll probably drop a blog letting you good folks know anyways. Thursday has been inaccurate for awhile—I usually publish chapters right after writing them, which happens sporadically/impulsively/when I'm bored. Additionally, I'll probably be slowing back down to my one-chapter-a-week schedule until exam season is over.
I'll pluck the Thursday from the description for now. Sorry for any confusion.
7099197 I get 40% of your profits yo.
7099442 No plans to stop!
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I stand corrected. Now we need this version of the movie.
Because reasons!
Rainbow RAWKs!
Nine Inch Tails. Snerk!
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Jeez, where you live?
7099818 NOW THAT RAWKS!!!
Can't wait to go see 'Black Saddle' or 'Iron Maredon' or 'Van Tailin'
Yo, yo my dude!
Countess Cadenza and the Coffeeguzzling Cloud Kickers,
Fo' shizzle, dat shit is DOPE!
7099121 fuckin' DOPE!
I'd pay to see it.
Carbon Dirigible!!!! love it! They'll play the headliner, Walkway to Elysium! xD followed by the classic, Whole Lot of Nuzzles!!!! Oh man.... love it
I was gonna say 'Princezzez'
I got the Carbon Dirigible reference, but none of the others. Which is probably ironic since I'm barely a legal adult and the only band I recognized is from the 70's.
7102691 I approve of these song names. We can do like that band that nobody's ever heard of and sue Led Zeppelin for $60,000,000 in royalties off of Walkway to Elysium!
7121355 Zep and NiN were the only actual references, the others were just my own creations. I actually had 'Anderson Council' as an already-existing-band-reference, but I figured nobody would get it.
Also the chapter title is a Bowie reference, which somebody already pointed out.
And the Princesses left the court behind to bring Rock to the world ...
... Shit that's good.
I'd go to that concert.
That name is glorious, can we have that chapter? This is hilarious.
Nice job!
reminds me of a story where Twilight, Luna and some friends got drunk and started singing, and called themselves "the village ponies"...
MAKE THIS A THING!!!
Probably the same as typing. Just ask Strongbad.
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It would sound something like this.
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OY PRETTY HORZ! WE BE THE ONEZ DOIN' DA ROCKIN IN DESE PARTZ!
I know nine inch nails is a real band. But what about the other names celestia mentioned?
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The only other one thats a reference is Carbon Dirigible==Led Zeppelin
haha, axes in an arena would be confusing without context! though i could never forgive you for the pun in the chapter title