Derailed Train of Thought
"Day court is now in session. All hail her majesty, Princess Twilight Sparkle!"
Dozens upon dozens of nobles waiting in the throne room bowed to Twilight as she flared her wings out with a calm smile, ready to start day court and help her ponies as best she could. Unfortunately, it was then that her eyes locked onto the one pony in the room who was not bowing. A very familiar, very unpredictable pony, who was too preoccupied staring off into space to realize that he was supposed to bow.
Arca stood in between a few very well-dressed ponies who, for the life of them, could not figure out how this wild-eyed stallion who looked like his mane had lost a fight with a hairdryer would ever be invited to the once a quarter, special nobility-only day court. They also wondered why none of the guards were coming over to confront him about not bowing to Twilight. Arca was thinking about other things, of course.
Right. So I need to, absolutely NEED to remember to petition the crown for replacing the glass bottles and flasks at the Alchemist's guild since they all broke when those colts snuck into the stockroom.
One of the guards bellowed out to the room. "Petitioner one, please step forward!" A mare stepped forward, and began talking to Twilight about some important investments her company was making, and the protections they'd need.
I wonder if the chemical composition of stained glass would alter the effects of potions if I used it instead of regular glass bottles? Whose idea was it to stain glass in the first place? I wonder if I can find that in the archives.
"Petitioner two, step forward!" Twilight smiled as she saw Rarity step up in front of her. The two exchanged pleasantries and a brief hug, before Twilight proceeded to grant Rarity's request for access to some hard-to-find fabrics for a project she'd been working on. Arca was still staring off into space.
Of course, the archives are a blast! There's so much to learn in there, I STILL haven't read it all. I should go check down there soon to see if there's anything fun I missed.
"Petitioner number twelve, please step forward!" Things were starting to move along as the nobility got into a rhythm, each having prepared their statements beforehand. This was a big chance, to have a request granted by the crown without any peasants around meant squeezing in a few things the common rabble wouldn't be fond of.
…of course, if I missed one thing, that probably means I missed like, twenty things. At least. I wonder if there's anything about potions related to cutie marks?
"Petitioner number twenty-three? Hello? Is there a representative from the royal alchemy guild here? Petitioner number twenty-three!"
Twilight let out a huff. "That's probably you-know-who. I'll take care of it. Arca? Arca?!"
Speaking of cutie marks, I wonder if there's any cute-ceñeras coming up. Wait, I can't plan for those. They just happen. I wonder if it originated in Marexico? It sounds like it did. That or somewhere else that speaks that language. Ooo, you know what I think of when I think of Marexico?
"ARCANE!" Twilight had stepped down from the throne, and walked up into Arca's face. That finally snapped him back to reality. "You're here for something, right? What are you here to ask the crown for?"
"I forget. But I do have a thing I want!"
Bunsen Burner, the current master of the Royal Alchemy Guild, paced back and forth in the main meeting room. "Perfect Measure, are you sure the train did not get delayed? I made sure to secure an early slot in day court for somepony to deliver our request. We've barely got enough glassware to keep the labs running, and we need to get that budget increase so we can get more."
Perfect Measure, Bunsen's secretary and an accomplished alchemist in her own right, nodded. "I gave the request to one of the newer secretaries. There's no possible way they could mess up going to day court and making a request. I hoofed it to Quick Mix myself."
"Wait, Quick Mix?" Another member of the higher-ups chimed in, sounding worried. "She had to go back to her dorm because she got sick from breakfast. She told me she handed an important paper to somepony on the committee who offered to go in her stead."
"The whole committee is here, though," Bunsen remarked, banging his hoof on his desk. "We've been here all day going over where we can move some funding around for repairs! The only member of the master's committee not here right now is-"
"...oh no."
There was a thick, still silence in the room as everypony processed what the implications of that statement was.
"ALOHA, MIS AMIGOS!"
And then the door to the meeting room swung open with way too much force. Arcane Catalyst trotted in, which was an impressive feat given that he was wearing a comically oversized sombrero that covered the upper half of his face. Also the wide brim of the sombrero was filled with salsa. Arca rattled a pair of maracas in his magic. "Who wants to PARTY HEARTY?"
A new record for simultaneous facehoofs from the guild committee was immediately reached. "Arcane. Did you just come from day court?"
"Yeah, Bunsen! Some apprentice was feeling sick, so I volunteered to deliver their message for them."
"And did you?"
"I think I got it right. We're having a global hat party, right?"
"Arcane… aren't you forgetting something?" Bunsen leaned in, trying to make Arca realize what he was supposed to be doing at day court.
"Oh. Oh! Oh right, I completely forgot! Here, Bunsen," Arca replied, placing the oversized sombrero on bunsen's head. "Hold this. I can't believe I forgot to ask the crown for chips to go with the salsa! I'll be back in like 6 hours, be careful not to spill it!" Before anypony else could get a word in, Ar a was out the door and galloping down the steps that would lead him to the lower floors, amd ultimately to the train station.
"...orders, Guild Master Bunsen?"
"Send a flare mail to Princess Celestia explaining what we actually wanted to petition the crown for. If Arca went to day court, she'll know he made a mistake. We all know how he gets when he has to sit in line."
"Anything else, sir?"
Bunsen lifted the sombrero slightly, looked at the other committee members, and groaned. "...alright, fine. Somepony go get some tortilla chips, no point letting this go to waste. I'm not wearing it while we eat, though."
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at lest its not as bad as what Dr Bright did.
i still want to chain him down and force the nutty one to watch all of Gen 3.
At least Tequila wasn't involved, not exactly the sort of glassware they were looking for.
Fortunately it seems the mysteries of fermentation and distillation have never attracted Arca's interest.
Lol
No sense wasting good food.
btw
their
Celestia? Shouldn't that be Twilight?
Don't forget teh nacho cheese I'd say quesadillas too but Twilight might freak out
salsa hat? why not.
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Fairly certain I've covered this, but after taking offense to the season 9 plot of Tia and Luna retiring, I altered things a bit in my little world here. In this timeline, Tia and Luna co-rule Equestria with Twilight, and since Twilight is FAR more efficient at paperwork than anypony else, Celestia and Luna are practically part-time now. Most of thier day was paperwork after all.
So, they work part-time at Alchemiracles when they can.
That being said, Celestia is in a similar situation to Meadowbrook, seeing Arca as an adoptive son of sorts, so she has the most experience with Arca by far. She handles most of his nonsense personally.
As a long time reader that just recently came back I have to say great job as always! I do have a question though: Do you happen to have any further datails in mind as far as the general look, layout and size of the shop? Just asking as I was gonna try an Alchamiracles related project and want to get as many details I can right
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That is an... interesting question. I can imagine the shop in my head, but I'd need to make some drawings tomorrow to be more accurate.
Might I ask what this project is? I've never had a thing like this happen, and you have me IMMENSELY curious.
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Of course! It's actually because of a group of friends in Minecraft I just so happen to be one of the only people who bothers to make potions. That combined with the fact that the Mine little pony mod exists to turn player models into ponies... Make Arca and Alcamiracles?
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I'll draw up some plans.
I want screenshots when it's done.
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And, done. Sorry, my art skills suck. This is why I write instead of draw.
The living area on the second floor is up to you.
https://imgur.com/a/2OFwez9
11335654 I can draw great stick figures!
...
No, that's a lie. They suck too.
Has Arca discovered pinkies emergency catches around rainbow falls and if so what was the result
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Now THIS is an important question!
Or... did HE teach HER that trick?
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First batch of screenshots with our crazy boy Arca! https://imgur.com/a/ZdiSGFG
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Gorgeous.
"Looks good, but my face was only that square the time I got my head stuck in a mailbox." -Arca
I believe we're about to find out
Oh yes
ok where is Arcane?!? i need to have a word with him for letting Bright do this.
My Lord…Arca and I have the same train of thought!?! This…this is…very relatable. My brain switches subjects like an impatient drives swerves through lanes. That practice isn’t necessarily illegal, potentially unsafe and will likely lead to ticking off a lot of people yes. I wonder if Equestria has traffic laws, in big cities surely but everything is pulled by ponies. The cops must be former athletes to be able to pull people over by liters running them down. Then again horses aren’t known for long distance sprinting. They have excellent stamina but a horse could drop from that kinda strenuous activity.
11469503 Alondro and Arca stand in front of bubbling magoi-science fluids, "We wasn't doin' nuthin!"
just because they are more socially acceptable does not mean they aren't his peers.
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Honestly, I'm not 100% sure myself. It's been going on for a WHILE. I have an old joke book from the 90s that has a jone about it. (Why does New York have so many lawyers and Jersey have toxic waste? Jersey got first pick.)
Folks just dunk on NJ, including those who live there.
I don’t want to be rude, but can I get a status update on this story?
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Absolutely.
Current status: not much free time. I'll try and find time to squeeze a few chapters here and there.
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Thank you :D
11823348 Twilight might prefer the feeling of parchment and paper along with the smell compared to ereaders