Spectrum of Irritant
The sky was abuzz with the squawking of seagulls, the blowing of a ship’s horn and the various conversations of people. Under the sky was the open ocean and afloat on it was what could be best described as a fairly small cruise ship or a fairly large yacht. Near the vessel’s port side stood Sci-Twi and Sunset. They were dressed in long sleeve shirts and shorts that went down to their knees. Sunset’s shirt was royal purple with her aura mark in the center of her chest. Twilight’s shirt was two shades of purple and pink, much like her hair.
With the two was Fluttershy, who was dressed in a yellow topped and green bottomed sundress, Rarity, who donned a loose white blouse with purple skirt with a white sun hat, Applejack, who wore her usual red plaid t-shirt shirt with jean shorts, Pinkie, dressed in a blue blouse with green t-shirt, and Rainbow, who was sporting a green and red tracksuit.
Sci-Twi was holding a brochure that read, “‘Welcome aboard the Luxe Deluxe, where you'll set sail for a full week of luxurious luxuriating on our most deluxe luxury liner!” She read out loud to her gathered friends. “I’m pretty sure they just made up most of the descriptive words.” She said Twi with a confused voice.
Before anyone could respond, the paladin leaned over the side of the ship and vomited. After she finished, she took a breath, “Sound’s luxurious.” The farm girl moaned, the words saturated with sarcasm.
Sci-Twi gave a nervous laugh, “Well, there’s an onboard petting zoo.” She said as she started to list off the amenities of the liner. This brought a massive smile to the druid’s face before she turned back and patted Applejack’s shoulder in a clear attempt to show support. “There’s also an all-you-can-eat buffet.” These words led Pinkie to hop up and down as if she were about to explode with joy. Everyone, sans Applejack, shared a giggle, the paladin however leaned over the rails and vomited again.
The paladin then gulped after she recovered, “Ah think Ah may have forgotten ta pack my sea legs.” She then gagged as she tried to keep whatever remained in her stomach within her stomach.
Sunset stepped behind and embraced Sci-Twi from behind, “Thank you for setting this trip up, bae.” She said and kissed the side of Sci-Twi’s head. “You didn’t have to do all this, ya know.” She said as she rubbed her cheek against Sci-Twi’s affectionately.
There was a groan, everyone turned to Rainbow. “We get it, you’re a thing.” the elementalist slightly moaned. While everyone gave her a scowl, Rainbow turned from them and looked at the vast open water around them. “Although I’ve gotta hand it to ya, Sci-Twi. You really have an eye for climactic battle settings!” The rest looked at each other clearly perplexed. Rainbow then leaned over to the side. “Imagine, us mono e mono with a sea monster poolside!”
“Not to burst your bubble, but we’d be in the worst possible place for a confrontation with a resident of the deep. Not that any creature would take the time to come up here, the drop in pressure would cause various tissues and vessels to burst.” Came a familiar monotonous but blunt voice as the group was joined by Lemon Zest, who wore a bikini top that was pink with green bar strips and a light green short, Indigo Zap, who wore a one-piece dark blue swimsuit with a pair of white shorts, Sour Sweet, who was dressed in a golden sundress, Sunny Flare, who was dress not too dissimilar to Rarity, however her top was light turquoise with her bottom matching her hair, and the speaker, Sugarcoat, who was dressed not dissimilar to Applejack but her shirt was white.
Indigo leaned against the railing of the ship with a smirk, “Also RD, girl, wanting to fight a sea monster, you clearly need a good…" she then started to chuckle lightly, the implication she assumed was self-evident.
The multi-colored hair elementalist rolled her eyes in response, "Seriously, you think that is what I need." Rainbow scruffed at the notation. "Listen, we didn't bring Cozy to justice and even though the whole park thing with Vignette and Chrysalis was taken care of, I… um... we still didn't kick her rear." Rainbow challenged as she called attention, if not intentionally, to what was really going on. However, everyone else shook their heads, with the truth blatantly clear in their minds, Rainbow
"I am gonna have to agree, with Indie, you need a good-” Lemon spoke up as she went to the railing too. The two smirked and bumped their fists with a wink at Rainbow.
Applejack then vomited over the side of the ship again, "Can we not talk about that while Ah am not feelin’ s’ good, anyone got somethin’ fer seasickness? Or jus’ an upset stomach?” The ill paladin pleaded as she groaned in slight pain. Sugarcoat reached into her pocket and took a ginger root. The true-namer then handed the root to Applejack. The paladin accepted it with a small nod and started to gnaw at it.
“Yeah,” Sunset said as she stepped to the side, mostly to call attention from Applejack, "Since we’re one man down right at the bat, I think we should not try to tackle a leviathan.”
“Leviathan, or rather Livyatan, is not a common noun, it’s a name. And since it comes from the verb ‘lavah’ meaning ‘to twine or to join’, ‘Livyatan’ is ‘the twisted or joined one’. The blanket term ‘sea monster’ Rainbow used earlier is, ironically, the more accurate phrase in this context.” Sugarcoat pointed out as she adjusted her glasses.
“Thanks for the info dump, miss know it all,” Sour groaned.
“Now now, let’s not get at each other’s throats. While Sci-Twi’s primary goal was to celebrate Sunset's birthday, but we also here to relax." Rarity commented.
Applejack then turned from the railing as she gnawed on the ginger root. "Ah'm game. Besides couldn't even spend one day at Four Castles without some sort of calamity."
“Which we then uncalaminated!” Rainbow shouted as she threw her up for a high five. Pinkie was the only one not willing to leave her hanging. However, even she could not put much of her heart into it.
Once Pinkie sneaked back, Sunset gave a frustrated sigh on her part and everyone else’s, “If I recall Princess Twilight wrote that it was all due to AJ and Rarity.”
“Well speak of the princess and she shall appear.” came the voice of Princess Twilight from behind the lot. They all turned to see Princess Twilight dressed in a one-piece swimsuit that was dark violet in color. Next to her was Flash Sentry, who was dressed in a pair of green shorts and a white t-shirt with red sleeves. At his belt were his buckler, hand crossbow, and sword. Flash was carrying a fairly large tray with drinks for the cluster. Princess Twilight already had her drink in hand.
As everyone accepted their drinks, there was a pungent silence with regards to the uncanny similarities between the two Twilights. “This could get confusing.” Pinkie chimed in breaking the uncomfortable silence.
The two Twilights gave a nervous laugh as everyone tried to look at their drinks, sans the only man in that gathering. Flash had a small smile and soft laugh, “No wonder we broke up.” Flash said clearly directing his comments to Sunset, as everyone started to drink their beverages. “We like the same things too much.” He said and all the girls did a spit take and started to cough, while Flash had a silent but visible chuckle. The faces of Sunset, Sci-Twi, and Twilight went beat read as the other girls then started to laugh. After a second both Sunset and Twilight went to Flash and each started to hit his upper arm three times. “Ow, ow, okay, okay, I’m sorry,” he said as he managed to take a couple of steps back.
Once everyone calmed from the laugh, Rarity placed a hand on Sci-Twi’s left shoulder, “Well, Sci-Twi, this is a most deserved respite. We're all very thankful for the chance to relax and do absolutely nothing.” There was a sudden beep from a pocket in her dress. She then reached into it and pulled out her portable phone. “Oh!” Rarity gasped then screamed and panted. As everyone looked on utterly at a loss at what to do or why Rarity was acting that way, “We're in international waters!” she cheered. As everyone looked at each other still at a loss. “That means tax-free, duty-free and tariff-free shopping!” Rarity cheered and started to leave the group with a few laughs.
Everyone else started to head their own way, Pinkie and Lemon towards the cruise’s buffet, Fluttershy and Sour to the onboard petting zoo, Sugarcoat seemed to be helping Applejack towards the cruise’s infirmary, while Sunset, Sci-Twi, Twilight and Flash walked off Sunset said, “This is gonna sound crazy…” she started to say. Even Indigo walked all, everyone leaving Rainbow to stand alone and groan in frustration.
About ten minutes later, both Pinkie and Lemon arrived at the buffet. The two were enthralled at all the food mostly the sweets. “Honey walnut crisp!” the jester cheered at the delicacy.
“Candy-coated cupcakes!” Lemon pointed out as the two continued to enjoy the food with their eyes. While their mouths started to water.
“Banana sorbet delight!” the two said together as the spotted the next delectable treat they conspired to consume. The two then gasped as they spotted on a tray with its cover on.
“I don’t believe, the one,” Lemon started as she licked her lips.
“The only,” Pinkie added as she grabbed a napkin to clean her own mouth.
“Triple Choco-Berry Blasted Butter Biscuit Bundt Cake!” the two squealed at the top of their lungs.
“I waited my whole life to taste a cake like this!” Pinkie exclaimed as the two stepped to be almost on top of it.
“I’d say ‘get in line’ but this ain't a one girl show,” Lemon added as the two grabbed the top of the lid. They nodded and lifted it only to reveal the absence of said cake.
Lemon dropped to her knees as tears started to pool in the corners of her eyes, while Pinkie took a more… vocal approach to express the injustice. “NOOOOO!” she screamed at the top of her lungs.
The two were about to break down to tears when a female chief arrived with a try in one hand and a spatula in the other. “Excusez moi, mademoiselles,” she said as she took the cover off to reveal the cake the two desired. “How about one fresh from ze oven?” she asked with a smile. The two gasped in delight as the chief set aside the lid and prepared to use the spatula to cut the cake.
Just then Rainbow’s hand appeared and struck the spatula, in the process her strike hit the tray with the cake and sent it flying, with a “ Hee-yah!”
“CAKE OVERBOARD!” Pinkie and Lemon screamed only for the cake to land on the ground with a splat as everyone gasped. Lemon and Pinkie turned to the elementalist with snarls on their faces as they were about to rip Rainbow apart.
Before they were successful, the chief cried, “Mon gâteau!" as she steamed at what just happened. Rainbow could only give a nervous laugh at what befell the cake just as Pinkie and Lemon jumped at her.
Fortunately for before the elementalist faced a premature demise, she, Lemon and Pinkie were seized by the chief and threw the three out of the buffet with the doors slamming behind them after they landed. The two continued to scowl at Rainbow. Rainbow gave another nervous slightly apologetic laugh. “You better run,” Lemon said in a soft voice but clearly full of ire. Rainbow gulped and bolted.
Elsewhere inside of the ship was room about the same size as the buffet. Inside the room was a floor of actual dirt with grass and small trees growing from the floor. Also present were half a dozen or so children of various ages, often younger than a decade interacting with animals often found in petting zoos, and some which are known to be there but not common. All the while the animals gave their various calls, namely, the goats bleated and the birds chirped. Among the patrons were Fluttershy and Sour, Sour had let herself be surrounded and ‘overpowered’ by some of the critters and was being licked making her laugh.
Fluttershy smiled as she patted a very young goat, “A goat on a boat?” she asked the kid* with a laugh. The goat only bleated happily. “And I thought I’ve seen everything,” she added as she let the young goat go over to a young girl. Fluttershy couldn’t help but smile at the sight of animals and humans interacting so harmoniously. She then felt a paw patted her leg. She turned to see a rabbit with dark grey fur. He then started to chatter at her. Fluttershy reached down and patted the rabbit. The rabbit seemed to purr at the affection he was shown. He then chittered more at Fluttershy. “Oh my, forty-two grandchildren at your age, that is impressive, Mr. Bouncy.” the rabbit chittered a little more. “Okay, I’ll call you, ‘George’.” Fluttershy then turned to Sour as the barbarian got up as the animals went to the others in the zoo. “Sour, this is George Bouncy, and he’s like to introduce his grandchildren,” Fluttershy said.
Sour gasped as her eyes dilated, “Is his name really George?” she asked. She then squinted. “If you’re messing with me…”. George Bouncy then hopped over to Sour and brushed against her leg. “AWWW!” she said before she picked up the rabbit. “You’re the cutest rabbit ever!” She then brought George up so that she could whisper into his ear, “Especially a certain white rabbit that will never be named.”
Fluttershy was about to comment as she knew which rabbit Sour was talking about, but elected to let it go. The two turned their attention to George’s warren as he hopped to the ground and seemed to wave to the warren to meet the two. However, Rainbow seemed to zip in and was standing in between George and Fluttershy, “Not today!” the elementalist declared as she shielded Fluttershy.
“What the actual…” Sour started to ask but trailed off as she recalled the ages of the other humans in the petting zoo, “figleaf are you doing?” she asked after a few seconds of finding a word that would slip pass any possible parental concerns.
Rainbow turned to face the two, “Sure, he seems cute and cuddly now.” she stated but then turned back to George, “But have you seen what a magic-infused evil rabbit can do?” she asked.
“Um... eat carrots?” Sour answered while she and Fluttershy looked at Rainbow, both silently questioning their friend's sanity.
“Yeah,” Rainbow affirmed, before she pointed her right index finger at the rabbit, “evil carrots!” she shouted. This startled the rabbits and other animals, and they all went back into their enclosures, frightened by the elementalist. This annoyed and saddened many of the children there.
Fluttershy covered her face with both hands and groaned. Sour, on the other hand, took matters into resolving her anger into her own hand. Literally. Before Rainbow knew what had happened, she was thrown out of the petting zoo, landing face first onto the carpeted floor, as Sour’s roar of “AND STAY OUT!” resonated in her head in what seemed to sound like an eternal echo.
Several minutes later, on the deck, Sugarcoat was helping Applejack walk, “Okay, having you go back to your cabin to lie down was a less than stellar idea.” Sugarcoat stated. All the while Applejack kept her mouth closed and covered it with one hand, her face was grass green. The ship then creaked as it continued its voyage. The paladin gagged as she reached for the ship’s railing.
“What's up, AJ, Sugar?” came the voice of Rainbow from behind the two.
Applejack could only respond with ‘mmm’s as she kept her mouth closed. “One would surmise what the most apparent answer is.” Sugarcoat replied just before Applejack retched over the side of the vote. “I would advise against suggesting that this is more than just an extreme case of motion sickness.
“But AJ’s never had anything like this on a train or Twilight’s skyboat.” Rainbow pointed out. She then gasped. “Something’s evil afoot.” she concluded as she grabbed Applejack and shook the paladin at what seemed to be a blur, “GET OUT OF MY FRIEND, DEMON!” As she finished. Applejack staggered out of the hold, went over the rails and vomited. Once she finished she turned her eyes to Rainbow, and if looks could kill… “Heh,” Rainbow weakly and apologetically laughed as she rubbed the back of her head. “Or no demon involved.” Rainbow then bolted as the paladin was joined in her death glare by Sugarcoat.
About an hour later, Rainbow continued to walk about the ship. She groaned in utter frustration and boredom as she traveled about the ship. She would ask everyone, “Have you seen any bad magic on board?” About a dozen people answered her with shrugs until one pointed in the direction of the ship’s theater. Rainbow dashed there and opened the door.
The place was full of a mist that seemed to sparkle slightly. Rainbow smirked as she readied to fight. She then heard a female voice laugh, albeit distorted as if it was echoing. Had Rainbow took a second to think she would have remembered that laugh.
“Prepare yourself…” the voice said just before Trixie emerged from a patch of the stage that was clearer than most of the stage, “for the Great and Powerful Trixie of the High Seas!” she said as she spoke into the small microphone that was held by her ear. She then bowed and turned to the audience and held up her left hand with two fingers up, “Two shows daily! Tip your waitresses!” she said with a wink.
She then spotted Rainbow in the allele in a state of confusion. “Hello, Rainbow, here hoping for a glimpse of the most ultimate power in the universe?” she asked with a massive smirk on her face and seemed to pat herself on her back, “Sorry, but like everyone else, you'll have to wait 'til tonight.”
Rainbow recovered as her ego was struck with its anti-ego in Trixie, “Nah. Just looking for bad magic.” the elementalist stated bluntly.
Trixie groaned as she turned away, “Well, sorry to disappoint you,” the bitterness in her tone clearly showed the cut in her facade. She started to prepare for a trick, “But the bad magic of others always follows the amazing magic of moi.” she added as she tried to inflate her ego again.
“What do you mean?" The elementalist asked the illusionist, with her head tilted to her left and a slight squint of her eyes.
Trixie groaned with an 'Ugh,' as she slouched and then covered her face with her right hand. She took a breath and pointed to the mostly empty auditorium. “I'm talking about the old grandpas in the audience,” as Trixie spoke, Rainbow’s attention was turned to a couple of old men that each looked at least seventy Summer Sun Celebrations old. The two were trying to perform some basic magic tricks and failing. “who see my show and then try to impress their kids with a disappearing coin trick on their way home!” Trixie finished as her point was demonstrated.
Rainbow was perplexed at that for a moment until something hit her, “Their magic only shows up in response to your magic!” she exclaimed.
“Yeah, I just said that and I thought Applejack was dense,” Trixie muttered with an eye-roll.
“You're a genius!” Rainbow then bolted from the theatres as she, in a way, thanked Trixie.
“Well, obviously.” Trixie said as she prepared for the ‘endless handkerchief’ trick.
Elsewhere on the deck, near the ships’ topside pool, as all this was transpiring, Flash, Twilight, Sci-Twi, and Sunset were sitting around a table with their drinks. Flash was sitting opposite of Sunset with Sci-Twi sitting opposite of Twilight, “So you mentioned something sounding crazy.” Flash said before he could take a drink, electing to get to the heart of the matter.
Sci-Twi and Sunset looked at each other, Sci-Twi seemed to have a slight shiver as if she was nervous about something. Sunset gave her a reassuring smile before the two looked back at Flash and Twilight, “If I recall you two are engaged,” Twilight spoke up before Sunset could. “So congratulations are in order.”
“Thanks, Twilight,” Sunset said with a grateful smile, “But there is a legal issue.” Sunset started to explain. She took a breath, “You see, according to the marriage laws of Midnight Castle…” Sunset trailed off as she was unsure how to say it.
Sci-Twi sighed and spoke up, “Women of childbearing age can’t enter into a marriage contract with each other unless they are both married to either the same man or two different men.
“That sucks,” Flash commented.
“Well, it actually makes a lot of sense,” Twilight countered, “Think about it, same-sex marriages limit genetic diversity and the society’s birthrate. Now that I think about it, Lyra and Bon Bon aren’t married even though they do cohabitate, and it's not uncommon to see them each spending Hearts and Charms Day with a guy.”
Flash then turned to face Twilight, “Don’t you think supporting those kinds of laws is backward thinking?” He asked with a raised eyebrow.
Sci-Twi then spoke up, “If anything, writing down those kinds of laws is actually rather forward thinking; acknowledging that some women are more likely to be drawn to women then men and that should they be allowed to act on that without something to, well, keep them in the gene pool, that’s fewer women who would marry, and Bullion discovered that if a man is unable to contribute to the society’s future members, he is less likely to actually contribute to society at all.” She elaborated.
Before Flash could ask, “And we actually came to terms with that,” came Sunset with a raised right hand. She then held out her left hand, which Sci-Twi accepted and held, “So we decided that we should enter into a polygamous marriage, well more actually a polygynous marriage with the same guy.”
“Well, sorry you two can’t just be happy together, but I’m sure you two can find a guy you’ll be able to put up with long enough,” Flash said, his condolences were visibly sincere, even with his smile as he tried to lighten the mode before he started to drink.
“Actually we were thinking about asking you,” Sunset said. Flash’s spit take brought a massive smirk on her face and a laugh, “I can’t believe you didn’t see that coming Flash.” she chuckled. “That’s for earlier.” She added as she continued to laugh at Flash’s reaction.
After Flash finished his cough, “Ha ha very funny.”
Sci-Twi then spoke, “We are being serious." This silenced Sunset and lead to both Twilight and their mouths to hang open. Sci-Twi gave a nervous laugh, "Well, Sunset does know you, you two were together for a while, that you ended it and that she's no longer the person she was when you two broke up." Sci-Twi tried to reason.
"I know it's a lot to take in, you don't have to give us an answer today or this week. Just think about it." Sunset requested as she looked at both Flash and Twilight. "Both of you." She added.
Flash got up from his chair and started to leave, "If you ladies will excuse me. I got a lot on my mind."
After Flash left, "I should go and check on him." Twilight said as she as she got up and left.
Sci-Twi turned to Sunset, "Do you think we asked too much?"
Sunset sighed, "This was a dumb idea. I never should have suggested it."
"Well, nothing ventured nothing gained," Sci-Twi said weakly as she tried to look on the bright side. Sunset only brought her face to the table and groan.
About twenty minutes later, Twilight found Flash learning against one of the ship's walls. "You know it’s kind of flattering, two girls wanting to marry the guy I am dating.” She said as she tried to look at the bright side as she looked to the sky, “It means that I managed to get a desirable guy.”
Flash turned to look at her with an unconvinced look on his face, “Really, you expect me to believe that it doesn’t bother you at all that someone you count as your friend pretty much says, ‘Hey, I can’t marry the person I want to, but there is a way around, so can we marry your boyfriend, thanks.’” Flash said as he raised the octave of his voice and tried to sound more feminine. Twilight could tell he was mocking Sunset. Flash then groaned and sighed. “I can’t believe that Sunset would do something like that,” he added as he crossed his arms in front of his chest before he sighed and looked at the sky. “Looks like she hasn’t changed.”
Twilight placed her hand on his shoulder, “Do you want to talk about it?” Flash just turned to face her with a slight dip of his head and a raised eyebrow. “Alright, we won’t talk about your past relationship with Sunset.” Twilight then looked out to the ocean, “You’re right it does bother me that someone pretty much proposed to you and we never even talked to each other if we wanted to get married, even if it’s not to each other.” She then sighed, “But would I be a bad friend to say ‘No’ right off the bat. Besides it’s not my decision.”
“But it does affect you,” Flash muttered to himself. He then sighed, “To be honest, I want Scootaloo to name my first daughter, she even has one picked out, ‘Starburst’, after my second boon with you as my patron. And I like the idea of you and me cuddled up together in front of a fire on Hearth Warming Eve, as chestnuts roast and I don’t need mistletoe as my excuse to kiss you as our grandkids show our kids how right we were.” Twilight couldn’t help but smile and blush slightly. Flash then sighed, “I know it’s technically my decision, but I wish I didn’t have to,” he then went silent as he thought back to his cabin. Inside it, on a nightstand was a small box, or at least not make it alone.
At the same time, in the last of the ship's shops, Rarity and Sunny were wrapping up a shopping spree and as the cashier was ringing them up. Once the final numbers were crunched and the total was shown. “Ninety-nine bits and ninety-nine per-cent bite?” Rarity asked with a smirk and giggled, “My savvy shopping smarts strike again!” she said triumphantly like she won a competition. “Here's a hundred bit note,” she said as she collected herself and handed the cashier the bill. She turned to Sunny. "You can never go wrong with me." She laughed as she reached to accept the change, a one per-cent bite coin with her eyes closed.
“Maybe I should see about claiming more territories out to sea.” Sunny joked. This caused both Rarity and the cashier to freeze in various forms of shock. “Then again, it is these shops that actually put the cruise in the black and they would go out of business and then I’d be stuck on the shore.” This brought a slightly nervous laugh from Rarity as she dropped the coin.
Just before Rarity could go to pick it up, a man about their age with tan brazen skin with some freckles on his face, blonde hair, and dressed like the rest of the cruise’s crew kneeled to pick it up. “Let me, miss?” he said with an accent that sounded very different then what Rarity ever heard. Before he gave it to Rarity he bit the coin to see if it would bend as if it was truly made with copper, “By golly, that's real copper, it is!” he exclaimed with a slight cheer. As his gaze raised as he straightened himself up, he couldn’t help but be entrapped by Rarity’s eyes, “Blooming delightful!” he said in awe. He then coughed as he collected himself, and sought to return the coin, “A... penny for your thoughts, miss?” he asked in a joke, as he showed his green eyes.
Rarity blushed at the gesture and site. She then started to stammer as she collected herself. She then laughed, “Oh, you can't afford my thoughts.” she joked as she sought to assert herself but accepted the coin.
The young man then chuckled at the joke, “Quite right.” he said as if he acknowledged what Rarity could be true. “Lovable scamp like meself couldn’t hope such,” he said with a slight dejected. “The name’s Ragamuffin,” he said as he introduced himself with a slight bow. He then saw all the stuff that Rarity and Sunny had purchased in bags. He then looked to the two. “Need a 'and?” he said as he offered to carry their purchases.
Rarity couldn’t help but laugh as she accepted the “Uh, Ragamuffin, was it?” She asked as she tried to make sure she got it. The recently identified Ragamuffin nodded. “Well, aren't you the gentleman, asking to help two ladies and not even seeking their names.” she said as she gestured to the bags, “I think I can speak for Baroness Flare and myself that we’ll gladly accept your generous offer.” As Ragamuffin picked up the bags, “I'm Rarity, by the way.” She introduced herself.
As Ragamuffin got the last of the bags, “Give meh a moment,” he said as he took a second to make sure he was able to say the name correctly, “Rar-it-ee?” he asked as he tried to say Rarity’s name. After his attempt, “Did Ah get it, Milady?”
Rarity smiled and had a small laugh, “Close enough,” Rarity said and the two started off towards the cabins of the two patrons. All the while Sunny was frozen at the sight of Ragamuffin and how quickly Rarity seemed to be taken by him. “Sunny, darling, come on.” Sunny snapped out of it, but she still couldn’t shake what she witnessed.
About a couple hours later near the bow of the ship a stage was set up for a band performance. There with their instruments were Sci-Twi, Sunset, Fluttershy, Pinkie, Lemon, Sour, Applejack, Sugarcoat and Indigo. Indigo strummed her guitar as Fluttershy jangled her tambourine, Pinkie and Sour were at their respective drum sets, as Applejack was seated with her base to her side. Lemon had with her sampler, Sugarcoat was not far from her keyboard, but had offered Applejack another ginger root. Sci-Twi gave a ‘Hmmm…” as she tried to find a way to lighten the mode for most of her friends. “Look at us!” she said with a nearly obvious forced degree of cheer. “Getting ready to play at a pool party!” she continued. “Who knows what hijinks will ensue, am I right? Maybe I'll fall into the pool fully clothed! And everyone will laugh!” the girl continued her attempt as she laughed. “Are you not having fun?” she asked as it was clear that most weren’t getting happy.
“I am,” Indigo answered and played her guitar pumping herself up. Once she finished, “Did you guys check out the sauna?” she asked and then gave a blissful sigh. “Just right.” she then turned her full focus back to Sci-Twi, “You do know that the pool’s on the other side of the ship, right?” she asked. Sci-Twi scowled slightly. Indigo shrugged, “But it would be funny to see that.” she finished with a laugh.
Pinkie was the next to respond with a sigh, “Every since I started my apprenticeship with the Cakes, I've been taught that you could only berry blast a butter biscuit on a bundt cake with two layers of chocolate. But this afternoon, I saw the truth. The buffet has a Triple Choco-Berry Blasted Butter Biscuit Bundt Cake.” Pinkie recounted.
“And I can testify to that,” Lemon added with a regretful sigh.
“How was it?” Sci-Twi asked excitedly about the cake.
“I don't know!” Pinkie shouted as she banged the drum with her sticks. Her ire over the situation and threw the sticks, “Rainbow got Lemon and me banned from the buffet!”
Before Sci-Twi could question, “Really?” Lemon asked as she turned to Pinkie, “I thought it was because we were about to murder her because she killed the cake.” Lemon then paused for a second, “But if she didn’t kill the cake, we wouldn’t need to murder her,” she reasoned.
As Sci-Twi remained awestruck, “She also scared the animals in the petting zoo. Now they don't want pets.” Fluttershy added as she looked to the ground with a tear in her eye.
“She made it a normal zoo!” Sour growled as she started to bash her drums for a solid minute in wrath. “And I didn’t get to say hi to George’s family.” Sour cried as she finished.
Applejack then groaned and bit into the ginger root. Sugarcoat patted Applejack in an attempt to be reassuring, “Given Pinkie, Lemon, Fluttershy and Sour’s stories, I think you can infer our interaction with Rainbow.” Applejack the got up and went over to the railing to vomit.
Sci-Twi looked at everyone, “But you're still having fun, right?” she asked weakly. While Indigo gave a thumbs up, everyone else seemed to give very weakly if not sarcastic ‘yes’. Sci-Twi sighed in depression.
“It's not your fault,” Sunset said as she placed a hand on Sci-Twi’s shoulder. “To be just we kind of crossed a line or two ourselves with Flash and Princess Twilight.” the pyromancer confessed.
“But Flash doesn’t have to say ‘yes’, and we didn’t give him a deadline.” Sci-Twi pointed out.
Sunset shrugged, “Yeah, but he’s dating Princess Twilight.” she pointed out. “Maybe we should offer them an apology.” Sci-Twi took a second to think and accepted it with a nod.
Just then Princess Twilight arrived, “Sorry I’m late, I need some time to think.” She took a breath, “I have come to terms that this is Flash’s decision. I don’t really like it, but if Flash wants to accept your proposal, then I will find a way to live with that.” She said as she looked away slightly.
“We owe you an apology, we shouldn’t have presented the offer as we did. Maybe even making the offer.” Sci-Twi said as she offered her hand to Twilight. “I’m sorry.” Twilight pulled Sci-Twi into a hug of acceptance.
After the two broke their hug, “Hey, gang!” came the voice of Rainbow. Everyone turned to see the elementalist approach the group with a bag in her hand, “Sorry I'm late! So, listen. I've got an idea for our show tonight! We unleash some awesomeness on the crowd! I'm talkin' rainbow lasers!” Everyone looked at her confused. “You know, when we fire our Rainbows of Mass Reformation,” she said as she pulled out the Elements of Harmony and the box that housed the Rainbow of Light.
Twilight then stepped in front of every, “ARE YOU CRAZY?!” she asked as her nostrils flared. “The Elements of Harmony and the Rainbow of Light are not toys!” the demigod declared.
Rainbow rolled her eyes and groaned, “You sound just like the other Twilight. You know Sparkler, Surprise, Firefly are on board. The other Applejack didn’t say anything against it and Posse was silently in support.” Rainbow replied as she crossed her arms like a teen not caring for the lecture she was getting from her parents. “Besides, you’re not the only one of us that can get the Elements from the Tree.” She added. “So let’s add a massive dash to the show tonight!” she declared as she about to pass the Elements out. “Who's with me?” she asked.
Twilight just threw up her hands and walked back. Sunset then stepped forward, “I got this.” she said to Twilight before she walked up to Rainbow. “Rainbow, we need to talk.” Sunset then pulled Rainbow to the side and a little out of earshot. The pyromancer took a breath with her eyes closed to collect herself. “Rainbow, Sci-Twi went through a lot of effort to get this set up. I know the main reason is that it’s for my birthday, but that’s not the issue.” She took another breath. “I’m gonna be blunt,” she paused before she muttered to herself, “because that’s the only way to get the point across” She took one last breath, “You’re ruining the cruise for everyone!” she announced. She stopped herself and elected to speak calmly. “Listen AJ is not in the best shape, Fluttershy and Sour really wanted to interact with the animals in the petting zoo, and Lemon and Pinkie really wanted to try that cake. I get it, a part of you is looking for a problem to solve. But right now there isn’t.” She took another breath, “Listen something might happen that requires us to act, or not. The thing about being a hero isn’t to go looking for trouble, but to solve them when they come up.”
Rainbow was silent as she took in all in, “Yeah, I was…” she started only to hear a clearing of Sunset’s throat, “fine, I am overdoing it. But can we do one laser show?" She asked as she brought her hands together and pleaded with sucre eyes and a quivering lower lip.
Sunset sighed and shook her head, "I think we can do it. Just the one time." Rainbow couldn't help but smile as she hugged Sunset. The two then turned to rejoin the others.
Just then Sunny, Rarity and Ragamuffin showed up. "Hello, darlings!" Rarity said as she and Sunny got on to the stage.
Sci-Twi was the first to speak, "Where have you two been?" She asked the behalf of everyone.
Ragamuffin offered his hand. "'Avin' a li'l chat with ol' Ragamuffin, she was!” he said as he introduced himself just as Applejack walked back and ended up standing next to Ragamuffin. Everyone went silent at the sight of Ragamuffin and Applejack and their similarities it was as if each was a gender swap of the other. They all then stole a look at Rarity then back to the paladin and the crewmember before they looked at each other. They all seemed to ponder if Rarity was aware of the situation, sans Sunny and Rainbow, Sunny was relieved to see that she wasn’t the only one that made the same connection. Rainbow, however, couldn’t help but smile at it all as if she was saying ‘I ship it’. Applejack was confused as to why everyone was looking at her like they were and she turned to see Ragamuffin. She looked to Rarity and was just frozen as all she could blink. “Thanks for ev'rything, Rarit-y.” he said as he gave Rarity a slight bow. Rarity sighed blissfully as she waved goodbye to Ragamuffin. “Well, good luck, cheers!” and he departed.
Rarity again sighed in bliss and joy, “It's like he fell out of a historical romance novel.” she said clearly enthralled.
“You do know he’s basically a dude AJ, right?” Indigo asked the question on everyone’s mind but none were willing to ask. Everyone turned to Indigo shocked at how blatant she was. “What? How can she not see it?”
Rarity sighed, “So I like my men blonde, green-eyed, freckled and with an atypical accent?” she asked. “Now let’s do our rehearsal,” she said as she picked up her keytar. Everyone elected to just roll with it and question it later.
Hours later as the sun was starting to set, as the water rushed and wind pulsed around the ship. As Ragamuffin and the rest of the crew were in the final stages of the set up for the performance. One of the things that stood out was Rarity clapping in gratitude to Ragamuffin. Ragamuffin smiled in turn. After everything was ready, both Twilights, Sunset, et al, got on the stage. , and started their song, with the box housing the Rainbow of Light with all the keys in the keyholes and each of the girls either wearing an Element of Harmony or variation of the Element appropriate to them.
Rainbow started the actual singing, “Get in the groove
You bring your dancing shoes
I'll bring the attitude
You bring the crew so we can move
Light up the floor
Turn up the bass
Yeah, let me see that smile on your face
Come on and go with the flow
Gonna steal the show, yeah.” as she sang the rest of the cruise’s patrons walked towards the bow’s deck and one by one they started to dance.
Princess Twilight and Sci-Twi both sang into their microphones, “Let me show you how it goes”
“Repeat after me!” Sunset said during a break in the lyrics as she pointed to the audience.
All the girls then sang, “'Cause it's all, all, all, all good
I feel abso-absolutely amazing
'Cause it's all, all, all, all good
I feel abso-absolutely amazing.” as the patrons continued to dance.
“Rainbow lasers!” Rainbow shouted as there was an instrumental break. During which the Elements of Harmony (and their copies) started to glow and the box housing the Rainbow of Light opened and the Rainbow used all of the Rainbooms as channels transforming Princess Twilight, Applejack, Pinkie, Rainbow, Rarity and Fluttershy into their Rainbow power forms. However, Sci-Twi, Sunset, and the Shadowbolts too had the Rainbow of Light affect them. Sunset gained an orange streak to her hair, Sugarcoat gained streaks of yellow-orange and red-purple, Sour’s turquoise streak went wider and gained a small orange streak, Sunny gained a couple of turquoise steaks and a golden streak, Lemon gained a dark turquoise streak and a magenta streak and finally Indigo gained a few brownish orange streaks, while Sci-Twi matched Princess Twilight, sans wings. The beams from the Elements and the Rainbow of Light then shot from everyone in the air above the ship and exploded with an unmistakable boom The result of it caused the lighting to burn out, the ship’s power to wind down and for it to stall out. Within seconds. Rainbow was smirking as she put her guitar down. “Oh yeah! It's about to go down!” she declared.
“The ship's going down?!” a patron asked in extreme concern. Then other patrons started to scream and panic, some starting to run around the deck
“ Not the ship! The ship's not going down!” Rainbow shouted as she tried to be heard over the crowd. “I meant evil! Stop screaming!” she tried to order. In a second, the Rainbow of Light exit all the hosts and returned to the box and the copies of the Elements dissolved and returned to the true elements as everyone returned to their normal form. All the while Rainbow could feel the burning glares from the others. She slowly turned to face the rest. She gulped, “I really screwed up big time, didn’t I?” she asked before she gave a nervous laugh.
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revenge for what?
why do I need all the dragon balls?
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First question, FlashLight Week 2019 Day 6.
Second question, if you kill me with ship, you're going to need all 7 of them to summon Shenron and bring me back to life. I thought I made that clear in my last comment.
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To answer the first... no this is not Revenge. As for the second, you've resurrected yourself before. But I do have a Phoenix feather.
Any thoughts on the rest of the chapter.... dare I ask.
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Also, how are Sunset and Sci-Twi going to get around the law that doesn't involve Flash torpedoing his own plans? I mean, I know in this setting, men were allowed multiple wives and mistresses, but I'm not comfortable poly-shipping baby boy. 
I was expecting Sour Sweet to turn into a bear over the petting zoo incident.
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Sorry Darling, but no spoilers
I am slightly surprised that nobody even looked at Pinkie or expected her to say something after several characters keep insinuating that Dash needs to get some.
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The implication on Lemon and Indigo's part is that Dash needs... how to put it... her farm plowed with an actual plow. As for everyone else, the joke has kind of run its course for the moment.
After the what?
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edited
Hmm…just things to get off my chest:
Wouldn’t Trixie’s show be more popular? Given here she has the being the whole hero thing and is more well known.
Would this version of Rainbow really act like this? EQ had the point of her being a teen and not have the same experiences that pony Dash had while this one does. I bring that up cause Dash here shouldn’t be trying to make something happen to be a hero cause of the whole Mare-Do Well thing and also she’s been on tons of adventures over what EQ Dash has so should she still be wanting more?
And also it’s still wild and funny how the Tree just wait “mmmm, ok, you can use us for what is a selfish reason”
Just some thoughts
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Okay, let's break this down.
Being a well-known hero and a popular magician/illusionist is not mutually inclusive. You can be one and not be the other.
1) You are assuming that there was a 'Mage-do-well' story in this AU (I don't recall even mentioning one), and even after that episode in the show, Rainbow is still motivated, to some extent, by fame
2) Rainbow has always sought action, especially when inaction was the correct approach, she's gotten better over the ... I want to say five to six years of the story, but she's still mostly implosive (see the later entries)
3) Even the pony Rainbow was still a show-boat at the end of the series proper
1) You are assuming that the Tree has any say in what actually happens once the Elements are removed, the fact of the matter is that it doesn't
2) You are assuming that the Tree has any say with the Rainbow of Light, which it doesn't