Merge Request

by FanOfMostEverything

Sunset Shimmer

Thu, June 9, 7:32 AM

Hey, Sunset, you know how we talked about Midnight being a benign entity in my mind who's actually proven helpful in my research?
Yeah, that was wrong. She's evil and insane and we need to get rid of her ASAP.

Thu, June 9, 7:47 AM

Sunset?
Sunset, this is important.

Thu, June 9, 8:17 AM

I know the school year just ended, but I swear, if you don't wake up soon, I am performing brain surgery on myself and you'll be responsible.

Thu, June 9, 8:28 AM

uo
up
wtf twi its early
summer
lemme slep

We have more important things to worry about than sleep!

twi its early
to early 4 shfit key

This isn't about grammar or punctuation, Sunset.
Please scroll up. I wouldn't bother you like this if it weren't an emergency.

ok
im here
put down the scalpel twi
or the bonesaw or whatev
what did midnihgt do
mindight
mdihngit
horseapples
twi?

Thu, June 9, 8:43 AM

Okay, Twi, I'm caffeinated enough to use capital letters now.
You want to tell me what's wrong or what?
Twilight, I swear, if you leave me hanging like this after waking me up early during summer break, I'm telling Dash you want to jog with her.

Can we just blast Midnight out of my brain and never talk about this again?

Yeah, no.
You woke the dragon. You don't get to complain about the smoke.
Especially not after Midnight's shout-rant about rainbow lobotomies and learning her lesson.
There was almost something like an apology in there between the snide commentary and her sneaking looks at my butt.

She what?

Wait
Crap
Sorry, that came out wrong.
I probably misread some signals.
It was late, she didn't have your glasses on.
Didn't even have her freaky spellfire goggle things.
She was probably just squinting at the grass or something.
Besides, you and Timber, right?
How's that going?
Not that I'm dropping the Midnight subject.
But, you know, something nice for you to think about.
Sorry, rambling.
The way your ... thing's been flashing this whole time, you've probably had to start over half a dozen times.

Sunset, I think I have a crush on you.

Oh.
Sweet.
You want to do something later?
Wow, you are typing up a storm over there.

"Sweet"? Seriously? I just spent the last five minutes deleting and retyping that, on the edge of a panic attack, struggling to make myself believe any outcome but the worst might be even remotely possible, and all you can say is "Sweet"!?

Also asking if you're interested in a date.

Right, yes, I got that.
Wait.
What?

Twi, seeing you turn into Midnight was basically my worst nightmare come to life.
Except my worst nightmare was also drop-dead gorgeous.

Seriously?

I've shown you pictures of when I went full she-demon.
Went from ugly on the inside to just ugly.
But you made going mad with power look good.

Should I feel flattered?

Do you?

Yes, but should I?

I guess technically Midnight should, but it's still your body.
And since then, I've gotten to know you.
Not just someone I could yell at because the princess wasn't there.
You.
Princess Twilight is a friend. A guide. A better pony than me.

Don't say that.
You're a wonderful person.

Not saying I'm not.
And I'm much better at being a human than she is.
And you're an amazing human in your own right.
Both of you.
But I remember how awkward it was for me just after the Fall Formal.
We've been getting you used to friendship.
Didn't want to force something more on you if you weren't ready.
Or worse, make you say yes because you thought you had to.
But hey, if you're up for it, let's go do something.

What about Timber?

Twi, the closest thing I had to a friend when I was growing up was Cadence.

What? How?

Pony Cadence
Who was dating three different colts and a filly at one point.

What.

And she loved all of them.
That's what she told me, anyway.
Not saying that's normal for ponies.
I'm not a good reference for "normal" for anything.
But if you want a girlfriend and a boyfriend, I'm cool with it.
Timber probably will be too.
Ask him, obviously.
And maybe ask your brother's fiancee for advice.
Twi? You still there?

I was not emotionally prepared for this conversation.

Yeah, understandable.
I'm honestly still half-awake.
If this is a dream, it's a nice one.

I pinched myself.
I'm as sure this is reality as I can be.

Awesome.

It still feels too good to be true.

I'm your gift horse, Twi.
No dental exams, please.
Want me to come over? This seems like the kind of thing we should talk about face-to-face.

That seems wise.
I have some files on a private BitHub repository you should see.

Sure thing. I'll be there soon.
Hopefully before I wake up enough to actually process this.
One thing:
What's a bithub repository?

Comments

[Speckle]

For real, if they made Sunset AND Timber her canon partners, I wouldn't have a problem with how EQG left off This also went better than a large majority of my own correspondences at 7AM.

[hawthornbunny]

I had to check to see if "Spellfire Goggles" was an FICG card. (It isn't, but it should be). XD

[TCC56]

I'm your gift horse, Twi.
No dental exams, please.

...goddamn it that's an amazing line.

[Malandy]

Twi, the closest thing I had to a friend when I was growing up was Cadence.

What? How?

Pony Cadence
Who was dating three different colts and a filly at one point.

Huh. Interesting. Both of Celestia's students share a Cadence connection.

But by Pony Twilight's time, I guess she's sticking with Shining?

[Eroraf86]

I'm your gift horse, Twi.
No dental exams, please.

Yeah, Twi, save that for the second date!

[FanOfMostEverything]

11324381
The bulk of it started around 8:30, which definitely helped.

11324584 11324860
Honestly, I thought this was one of the cheesiest things I've ever written, but I'm glad to see it's going over well.

11324775
Cadence has always believed in following her heart, but she needed some time to figure out where it was leading her. Especially when she was still new to Canterlot.

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Spellfire Goggles UR
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
When Spellfire Goggles enters the battlefield, scry 1 and enchanted creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Enchanted creature has prowess and "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, scry 1."

[Mystic Sunrise]

Twi, seeing you turn into Midnight was basically my worst nightmare come to life. Except my worst nightmare was also drop-dead gorgeous.

Let's be honest. Midnight was the best looking villain in the entirety of G4. Your argument is automatically invalid if you say otherwise.

[redandready45]

uo
up
wtf twi its early
summer
lemme slep

I like how Sunset being intelligent doesn't make her a...nerd necessarily.

LOL!

[Bicyclette]

Hey, Sunset, you know how we talked about Midnight is a benign entity in my mind who's actually proven helpful in my research?
Yeah, that was wrong. She's evil and insane and we need to get rid of her ASAP.

ahaha of course this is Sci-Twi's reaction to that augh

uo
up
wtf twi its early
summer
lemme slep

extremely relatable

Please scroll up. I wouldn't bother you like this if it weren't an emergency.

no Sunset never scroll up that is my motto

Especially not after Midnight's shout-rant about rainbow lobotomies and learning her lesson.
There was almost something like an apology in there between the snide commentary and her sneaking looks at my butt.

ahaha well i guess the two Sparkles have something in common!

Wait
Crap
Sorry, that came out wrong.
I probably misread some signals.

been there Sunset

Sorry, rambling.
The way your ... thing's been flashing this whole time, you've probably had to start over half a dozen times.

ah the "is typing" message, bane of so many awkward situations...

Sunset, I think I have a crush on you.

Oh.
Sweet.
You want to do something later?
Wow, you are typing up a storm over there.

this is so perfectly SciSet i love it

Twi, seeing you turn into Midnight was basically my worst nightmare come to life.
Except my worst nightmare was also drop-dead gorgeous.

nice

I've shown you pictures of when I went full she-demon.
Went from ugly on the inside to just ugly.
But you made going mad with power look good.

that is true, Sunset Demon was all distorted while Midnight Sparkle just got a cool outfit?

Not just someone I could yell at because the princess wasn't there.
You.
Princess Twilight is a friend. A guide. A better pony than me.

aww that is a complicated complex

I'm not a good reference for "normal" for anything.
But if you want a girlfriend and a boyfriend, I'm cool with it.

casually poly ending is not what i expected going in, but it does track with Zoomer Sunset

It still feels too good to be true.

I'm your gift horse, Twi.
No dental exams, please.

hehehe

One thing:
What's a bithub repository?

yeah that is not something mosthumans would just know about, SciTwi!

[manguito]

Soy tu caballo regalado, Twi. Sin exámenes dentales, por favor. ¿Quieres que vaya? Este parece ser el tipo de cosas de las que deberíamos hablar cara a cara.

HAHAHAHAAH I genuinely laughed there