No More Draws

by onekface

Strike One

Chapter 5: Strike One

(Cafeteria)

Rainbow Dash had an image here in Canterlot High.

There wasn’t a single soul in school that didn’t know her. She was Captain of every sports team here. From soccer to football. From tennis to hockey. She played them all, she lead them all. And so she was known to be the queen of P.E.

Folks here also knew to stay out of her way when she was in her competitive mode as she can be quite… aggressive when she’s in the ‘zone’. Many students learned that lesson the hard way and they had the bruises and bumps to prove it too.

But now she was coming in from a different angle.

For the first time in her life she was about to embark on a road that she never thought she’d touch. To seduce a man.

She made every possible preparation. Twilight picked the attire which wasn’t all that different from what she usually wears around here. It wouldn’t be the first time she wore something so suggestive or revealing before. Heck the basketball uniform was even skimpier than this, which would explain why many of the boys were ogling at her.

Oh and now that she looked down, she noticed, her shoelaces were untied. When did that happen?

“Rainbow Dash. Hold still.”

“Uh… Twilight. Are you sure you aren’t going a little overboard?”

The nerd gal gave a smug grin. “Not at all. According to Cadance, seducing someone requires a lot of work and effort. How do you think she got my brother to fall for her? I choose this suit especially for this occasion. Now hold still and let me add some makeup.”

“Uh… I don’t do makeup.”

“You want to win this bet, don’t you?”

“Duh.”

“Then you have to be at your best. Cadance says that makeup increases the chance of seduction by 15%. And for someone as inexperienced as yourself, you’re gonna need all the help you can get.” She added by puffing some powder on the sports gal’s cheeks. “There. Now you look like a winner.”

“Really? Because I feel more like a dressed up doll.”

Twilight waved her worries off. “Relax. This’ll totally work.” She then took a quick peek at the far table where Flash sat. He was right on schedule. “Alright. It looks like Flash just finished his lunch. That means he’ll be sitting by the corner side of the cafeteria for a twenty minute brainstorming-strumming session.”

“Brain… wha?”

“It’s his private moment where he writes new songs.” She explained so casually. “It’s actually kind of efficient. Now – you remember your dialogue tree?”

“You mean… this thing?” Rainbow Dash pulled out a long list which seemed to stretch out for miles. “What is it exactly?”

“It’s the dialogue tree!” Twilight pulled it over, explaining it one more time. “The moment you start up a conversation with him, choose open A) Greetings and salutations. Flash will either respond positively or neutrally which would lead you to either path B or C. If he responds positively, he’ll invite you to join him. That’s where you put your charm on and seduce him using the pickup line I provided. That’ll be the one under B subsection 1. Should that work, and it will, you two will be cordially engaged in a conversation. Afterwards you’ll slowly put in suggestions and talk about the Spring Dance which will then…”

“Did you get this from a video game?”

The purple haired girl paused. “N… no?”

Rainbow Dash didn’t seem convinced. “Ok I get it. I just need to follow the script. Right?”

“Right.” She nodded. “But you also need to put in a little effort. Talking in a deadpanned voice won’t do you any good. Your tone has to be… flirty. You need to increase your charisma to at least 7 and adding a multiplier of 1.50, it should get you within range of unlocking the speech-check.”

“Twilight. I just need to know that this’ll work.”

Again she paused. “Yes?”

“That’s all I needed to hear.” Rainbow Dash took a deep breath and clutched the note in her hand like a holy scripture. She eyed the cafeteria noting that there were still a good chunk of people left but thankfully Flash was situated away from them. All she needed to do was follow the script, read between the lines, flash and little skin, smile, and maybe even do a little light touch and she’ll be golden.

But god did she feel silly decking all of this just to attract the attention of one guy.

“Right. He’s all alone. Break a leg!” Twilight’s cheer didn’t do much to dissipate her anxiety.

Still… there was no backing out now. Rainbow Dash had a reputation to uphold. And she does not chicken out on anything regardless of the circumstances.

Deep breaths.

The hardest part of the journey was the first step… and this one was no different.

Except for Rainbow Dash’s case… it probably was harder because the moment she took the first step to approach she quickly remembered that her shoelaces were untied. Her feet got caught and she fell, stumbled, her papers scattered across the room in a torrent. She heard Twilight screamed at her notes but failed to catch her friend who rolled across the room, hitting two… or perhaps three other students whose food trays spilled all over her ruining her new suit, blemishing her makeup and staining the tips of her hair.

The sports gal quickly recovered but then screamed when she slipped on a banana peel, fell a second time onto a trash bin, rolled over to the water dispenser which then spilled all over the floor, which she then slid spectacularly like the world’s largest hockey puck.

“Ow…” The girl was able to mutter out, removing the trash bin from her head and spit out the core of an eaten apple.

What a splendid epic fail if there ever was one.

“You ok?” A hand was offered which she accepted.

“Yeah. Just a major wipeout.” She wiped the gravy off her face only to freeze when she came face to face with her mark. “Oooh! F… Flash?”

“That looked like it hurt. Are you alright?” Nothing was hurt, other than her pride.

“I’m fine. Totally. Check this out.” She forced herself out only to head butt the guy. He stumbled badly, dropping his guitar. “Oh! S… sorry. Here let me get that.” She grabbed it by the neck and for some bizarre reason she used too much force and snapped the whole thing in a spine chilling sound.

“My guitar!”

“Wha? Oh no. I’m sorry. It was an accident. I didn’t mean to…” Rainbow panicked and tried to fix it but her fumbling around only made it worse as the strings tore themselves up letting out ear-bleeding noise.

“You’re making it worse!”

“I know! I’m sorry! This isn’t supposed to happen!”

“Rainbow Dash stop! You’re gonna…” Flash reached out to her but didn’t get the chance to even get close when Rainbow got wrapped up in the wires with all kinds of condiments acting as adhesive, making it sticky and slippery at the same time. The main body of Flash’s guitar waved around smacking the boy right on the jaw knocking the lights out of him. “Ow…”

By the time the deed was done, Rainbow found herself wrapped in the boy’s instrument while said-boy was sprawled on the ground. The whole cafeteria had their eyes on her, Twilight in particular, doing a face-palm maneuver that signified the whole mess.

“Rainbow Dash!” The whole room froze over when Vice-Principal Luna arrived in time to witness the whole fiasco play out like a comedic skit.

The girl tried to laugh it off but it failed just as badly as her attempt to woo the boy. “Ahehe… hey there VP. Umm… this doesn’t look good for me, does it?”

“Vandalizing, destruction of school property and assaulting another student?” The woman tapped her arm, gazing down at the guilty criminal like a judge preparing to deliver the verdict. “I’m torn between detention and suspension right now.”

“Uh… there wouldn’t happen to be a hidden option C, is there?”

“As a matter of fact, there is.” Luna huffed. “The Principal’s office. Now.”

She sulked. “Yes ma’am.”

“And will someone help me get Flash to the infirmary?”

All Twilight could do was watch as Granny Smith came along to escort RD out of the cafeteria while Luna helped the poor boy up with his band mates in tow.

“Well… that could’ve gone better.”

Author's Note:

Rainbow Dash swings and she missed!
Sorry for late updates. With the lock down lifted at my place I'm now leaving the sanctity of my home basement and moving back to the big city apartment.

Comments

[Mordezerstoren]

Youch mate, that escalated quickly.

[Spider-Mane Noir]

Well alright then. That happened.

[Honey Badger]

Okay. What just happened? I feel terrible for Rainbow. First, she had to seduce Sunset’s ex-boyfriend. For a game. And that’s not okay. Now, she failed at seducing him and broke his guitar. Applejack seems to be winning the bet, for now. But there must be a twist in this, right?

I like this so far. But will we get to see Sunset in this? I’m just a bit curious.

[CallMeKing]

Ouchies~ I don't know whom I should feel bad for... Flash or Rainbow?

[Needling Haystacks]

I'm not expert but wouldn't you get cut up if you got wrapped in guitar wire like forcibly?