Slices of Life

by Monochromatic

2. Liar, Liar (ft. Rarity and Twilight)

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The unicorn duo sat across from each other, two glasses of flavored soda water in front of them.

“Twilight Sparkle,” said Rarity, not a hint of compassion in her voice, “you are lying to me.”

“I am not,” insisted Twilight. “It was great!”

Rarity raised an eyebrow. “And you’ve done it again. More lying.”

Twilight locked eyes with her marefriend. “Rarity. Please, I’m telling you. I liked it.”

Rarity contemplated her for one, two, three seconds. Her horn glowed, and the glass closest to Twilight inched towards the lavender mare.

“Fine. Finish it, then. All of it.”

“I will!” replied Twilight.

“Do it, then.”

Raspberry magic enveloped the glass and floated towards Twilight’s mouth. “I’m doing it!”

Rarity inched forward, smiling pleasantly. “Less words, more drinking, dear.”

Twilight shot her a glare before bringing the rim of the glass to her lips and, in one swift motion, chugging the drink almost halfway before gagging and spitting it on the table.

“EUGH!”

“AH-HA!” declared Rarity victoriously, right after she’d finished yelping at being spat on. “I knew you lied to me! And so will everypony else at tomorrow’s gala when they realize you asked Pony LaCroix to be the only thing served just because you know it’s Princess Celestia’s favorite drink!”

“I’m sorry! I just—I need everything to go perfectly! And it’s not just her! Every noble likes it, and I don’t GET it! It’s disgusting!”

Rarity gasped, offended. “Excuse you! It’s perfectly delicious, and low-calorie!”

Twilight slammed her hoof on the table. “It’s spicy water, Rarity! Drinking water shouldn’t be spicy! It’s just not right!”

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Comments

[PhycoKrusk]

To be fair, I don't understand the appeal of it either.

[readsponies]

I will always cherish the description I saw on Reddit once: like licking a Blind Melon CD.

[A.P.O.N.I.]

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That's why I like fruity sweet drinks.

[BirdsBooksBrownies]

La Croix is a very mixed bag in my opinion, some flavors are fairly okay, others have no reason to exist outside medieval torture chambers.

[Asolem2]

“I’m sorry! I just—I need everything to go perfectly! And it’s not just her! Every noble likes it, and I don’t GET it! It’s disgusting!”

Probably because "it’s Princess Celestia’s favorite drink!", so whether they like it or not they still drink it

[FanOfMostEverything]

My favorite description of the LaCroix experience is "Drinking plain seltzer while someone in the next room thinks very hard about fruit."

[hypervelocity]

No one tell them about Spicy Milk.

(If you get that reference, I love you.)

[Majestic_Donut]

I've always wondered how a NATURALLY SWEET WATERMELON LaCroix could only taste like watermelon but have ZERO sweetness. If they'd used REAL watermelon to flavor it, it would be sweet... bUT iT's NoT!!!!!!! Sorry, that's all for my rant on this "healthy soda alternative" being filled with artificial flavors

[Gavier]

Pony LaCroix

[Loeden]

Aaaah oh no, I love LaCroix. I drive to the next state over because they have the limoncello flavor. Am I going to pony hell?

[AppleTank]

i too do not like spicy water

[Frustration in Excelsis]

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Stored in a crate that was once used to hold oranges.
A memory of a memory of raspberry.
Watermelon, minus the watermelon.
Imagine a lemon, but at, like, low battery.