Group Precipitation

by FanOfMostEverything

Comfortable Silence, by Masterweaver

The problem was....

The problem was, the scene was just so simple, so peaceful, that even describing it felt like an awkward violation of trust. Like a cough, to get attention, in an otherwise empty room.

And yet...

Well, one couldn't leave, could one? That would be...

The story here was long and complicated, a weaving of three tales, each the result of many more. Yet there was... similarity.

One didn't fit, or rather, shouldn't have fit. Yet her curiosity, timid but compassionate, had led her to explore another's realm, and to link her to the third. Hers was the realm of... action, ironically, as she was the least action-oriented of her own circle.

One, well. One was the bind between the two, the conversion of one to another. At least that was her realm, the realm of growth. She knew things, observed things, and spoke peacefully in words and scraps that otherwise seemed mad, but to her were reason.

One was quiet and spoke not, yet the others listened to her hums and her breath. Hers was the realm of existence; not knowledge, like her eldest, or utilization, like the second of her siblings, but simply being. Yes, though she was wide in relations, here she was the beacon.

Three sat, meditating on the world.

Had it been any other three, Pinkie would have burst in immediately and cheered that her twin sister had made new friends and oh my gosh this was awesome—

—but even she felt the stillness they sat in was sacred. So she waited patiently outside the door.

...with her party cannon, because it was still Pinkie Pie.

Author's Note:

I think I know who the second is. Your guess is as good as mine on the first.

Comments

[mastermenthe]

no idea.
maud flutters and treehugger? that guess feels wrong.

[JetstreamGW]

7835440 "twin sister" is Marble Pie. Maud is older than Pinkie

[Bugsydor]

Might it be a reference to that Tri-Shy blog starring Flutters, Marble, and Coco?

[Aurora Dimmet]

7835440

It's the Pie Sisters.

Eldest is Maud, for Knowledge. (She has a Rocktorate)
Second is Limestone, for Utilization. (She's bossy and foremanly)
And the one who we are following the considerations of until just before the bit with Pinkie is Marble Pie, of the realm of Action.