One day, Jud was up in his room thinking of a new idea.
"Hmm-m-m what can I make today?" thought Jud. "Wait a minute, I got it."
Jud grabbed his computer and started typing. When he finished, he showed his friend, Pam, and asked, "So what do you think?"
Pam looked at it and she said ,"Its good, really good, and it's funny too. So are you going to write more?"
Jud said, "Yes, I flipping am. In fact, right now, I'm going to write some. While I do, I'm going to listen to "The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart."
And so, Jud spends the next week writing. This then turns into weeks, which becomes months, and then years... Oh, I'm just kidding about years... well, maybe one year?! Anyway... well, let's start this epic radical story! Oh, heck yeah!
All of the sudden, the clock started to play the song, "I Got You, Babe!" It's 9:05 am. and Rainbow Dash starts to wake up.
Upon waking, she groaned, "I hate mornings." Then, she took a bath and brushed her teeth. She looked at herself in the mirror and said, "Today's going to be a great day. I can just feel it."
She then remembered that she had to help her friend Twilight with her taxes. Dash thought that it was weird that Twilight needed help with her taxes, since she was the smartest pony in Ponyville. And who could not forget the fact that Twilight would sometimes go around town screaming, "I'm the smartest pony in the world! Whooo-Hooo!" (But, then again, when she would go around and scream that, she was usually pretty drunk.)
Just as Dash arrived at Twilight's door, it swung wide open. Dash asked Twilight, "How did you--."
Twilight interrupted Dash and said, "...open the door so fast? Well, it was easy. All I did was calculate the time that it would take you to get here and then I just waited at the door." She then mused, "I guess my timing was off because I waited for four hours."
Dash said, "So you waited for four hours just to open the door before I knocked?! Wow, that's crazy, Twi--- ...umm, Twilight, where are your wings?"
"What wings? I never had wings.", replied Twilight.
Rainbow Dash says " Wait, what?! But you did have wings. Remember yesterday, we where helping Applejack to make some cider."
Twilight says "Noooo yesterday we did winter wrap-up don't you remember?"
Rainbow Dash just stood there confused at what her friend Twilight had said. Then she said,, "Umm, we didn't even do winter wrap up this year. You know what, nevermind. What do you need help with on your taxes?"
Twilight looked at Dash confused, and then she said, "Yeah, umm, I need help with the ...uhhhh."
All of the sudden, Pinkie Pie literally popped up from out of Twilight's tax forms and winked at Twilight, "Hi Twilight! How are you doing today?"
Twilight said, "Pinkie Pie, what the heck! You almost gave me a heart attack."
Pinkie says "Oh, sorry Twilight. I was just so excited to see you." Then she noticed another old acquaintance and exclaimed, "Oh, hi Dashie! How are you doing? "
Rainbow Dash was just standing there, really freaking out. She recalled the last time that the two of them had met: Pinkie Pie had tried to kill her!
"Holy shoot, Twilight, why did you invite Pinkie here?! And how did you get out of jail Pinkie!", exclaimed Rainbow Dash.
Pinkie Pie looked at Dash confused and then she laughed, "Ha-ha that's a good joke Dash! As if I would hurt any pony, especially you. Dash, you're my best friend. Why would I hurt you?"
Dash said, "What the fudge. What? Wait! What?"
Twilight said, "Dash, I think you need some coffee or something, because your brain seems to be acting weird. I mean, Pinkie being evil and trying to hurt you?! Come on Dash?" Twilight chuckles. Rainbow Dash looks at both of them, amazed to the point of laughing at what she had just heard. Then something weird happened, and I'm not talking about leave out your burnt toast on a cold winter night weird, I'm talking about your grandad dancing on top of your new car in only his underwear weird.
Time stopped for Dash. It literally stopped. The ponies walking down the street stopped walking. The birds flying above stopped flying. Twilight, who was just now talking, stopped talking. Time stood still.
Dash stood still. She then looked around and said, "Hello, can any pony move Twilight? Are you okay? What the heck is going on?!" Then Pinkie moved.
Dash said, "You! You did this, you sick freak!"
Pinkie replied, "Whoa Dash, I did no such thing. I Pinkie Pie Swear."
Dash said, "Oh yeah, sure you didn't. you tried to murder me, Pinkie. Did you forget or--."
Dash was interrupted by Pinkie who said, "Look Dash, I didn't hurt you at all, and I would never hurt you. Never Dash. You know that we're friends and that friends don't hurt each other. Okay?"
Dash was surprised by Pinkie's response. He thought about it and told her, "Okay, Pinkie, you win, but, I'm still watching you."
Pinkie said, "Okay." Then she bounced in the air multiple times.
"Look, Dash, I have to tell you something really important. Are you ready?"
Dash cautiously said, "Yeah, I'm ready.?"
Pinkie took a deep breath in, then she slowly exhaled and said, "You are in an endless time---."
Pinkie Pie froze. Dash was really confused now.
Dash said, "What does that mean, Pinkie? Are you okay? Oh-h-h, crap, now she's frozen! What do I do? Hmm-m-m."
Rainbow Dash then heard a really creepy voice: "Rainbow."
Rainbow Dash looked around, but she saw nothing. She said "Who's there? I'm not scare. I can beat you up in 10 seconds flat........probably."
Again, the creepy voice said, "Rainbow, come and find me, please."
Dash said, "Ummm, I don't think so. Does it seem that I'm stupid or something."
The creepy voice said, "Ok, fine. If you won't come to me, then I'll come to you."
Dash said, "Wait, what?"
A white glowing ball came hurdling towards Rainbow Dash.
Rainbow dash says "holy shhhhhooo--."
She was hit with the glowing ball and then, all of the sudden, the clock started to play the song, "I Got You, Babe!" It's 9:05am and Rainbow Dash woke up.
Upon waking, she groaned, and then she looked around and said, "Wait didn't they already play that song yesterday? Nah It must have been a rerun."
Dash went and did all of her morning activities. She took a bath, then brushed her teeth. She looked in the mirror and said, "Huh, today seems awfully familiar. Oh well, I should probably apologize to Twilight for arguing with her yesterday about her having wings. I should also apologize to Pinkie since I acted kind of rude."
Then, Rainbow Dash headed out to Twilight's library.
Upon arriving, Twilight opened the door before dash even knocked. Dash said, "Hi, Twilight! Look, I just want to apologize for how I argued with you yesterday about how you have wings. I'm sorry. Do you forgive me?"
Twilight stared at Rainbow Dash for a couple of seconds. It got a little awkward. Then Twilight said, "What are you talking about Dash? You never argued with me about having wings. And plus, yesterday we did winter wrap up. Don't you remember?"
Dash was a little confused as she looked at Twilight for a couple of seconds. She said, "Oh-h-h, I get it. You and Pinkie are pranking me. Haha, very funny, Twilight! You were trying to make me believe that yesterday never happened. Haha, good one! Now, where's Pinkie? Pinkie where are you?"
Twilight said, "Uh, Dash, I don't know what you're talking about at all. I haven't seen Pinkie all day?"
Dash said, "What, you haven't seen Pinkie at all today? How's that possible? She just...... she's got to be here. She just has to be."
Twilight says "Dash i don't know where pinkie is i already told you that now can you please help me with my taxes please!"
Dash says "But no wait you needed help with your taxes yesterday why are you asking me again i mean i guess i never finished them because that weird glowing ball hit me when time stoped......huh."
Twilight just looked at dash really confused twilight says "Dash do you need to take a break do you need some coffee or tea i can ask spike to whip you up some."
Dash says "No twilight I'm I'm good I guess what do you need with your taxes again?"
Twilight says "Ok then I just need some help with holy crap!"
Just then pinkie pie popped out of twilight taxes.
"Hi, twilight how you doing?" Pinkie says excitedly.
Twilight says "Pinkie pie what the heck you almost gave me a heart attack!"
Pinkie says "oh sorry twilight I was just so excited to see you oh hi Dashie how are you doing?
Dash just stood there bewildered was she really living through the same day over again?
Dash replayed with "Um I'm good pinkie how are you?"
Pinkie smiled and says "Oh dash I'm having the best day in the world you see today I went to the bank and they said that I got 100,000 bits, And I was like whhhhhhaaaaattttt so then i--!"
Pinkie rambled about how today was here bested day in the world while dash was trying to figure out what the heck was going on.
Twilight says "Wow that's great pinkie congratulation on getting 100,000 bits!"
Pinkie says "Yea thanks twilight I'm just trying to figure out what to buy with all those bits, I never had so much money before!"
Twilight says "Yea i can definitely understand that man that's a hard decision to make but I'm sure you'll figure it out."
Pinkie says "Yea I will, So dash hows your day so far?"
Dash snapped back into reality she was thinking about how this could happen and if it was really happening or was it a dream?
Dash says "Um my day going very..." She paused for a while and then continued " very interestingly..."
Pinkie says "Hmmmmm why dash?"
Dash didn't know how to answer pinkie question without sounding completely insane but she took a deep breath and then she says "I.....i think I'm living the same day over again.."
Twilight and pinkie looked at dash saying nothing for a couple of seconds and then the both bursted into laughter. They laugh for a straight minute.
Then they stopped and twilight says "Haha nice one dash always trying to pull up on our legs classic dash prank."
Pinkie added "Yea a classic dash prank nice one dashie."
They both stood there laughing at dash and then dash finally says "Well fine then ill prove that I'm in a time loop somehow..."
They ones again started to laugh at dash's comment so dash just walked away.
Dash was almost home she was flying in the sky and she didn't notice the flying truck coming at her but when she finally notices it was too late she crashed into the flying truck head first.
All of the sudden the clock starts to play a song I got you, babe, and show the time that was 9:05 am. Rainbow dash woke up started she looked at her body she was fine.
Rainbow dash says "What the hell is going on with me?!?!"
Rainbow Dash sat in her bed for a while, trying to figure out how she was completely fine, not hurt at all. Then after two minutes of her sitting there, she gave up. She watched some Doctor Whooves on her CRT tv for an hour and then she got up and started her day.
After she took a bath and brushed her teeth, she headed off to Twilight's library. She thought, "Maybe Twilight will know what the heck is going on. "
When she got to Twilight's, once again, twilight opened the door before she could even knock.
Dash said, "Hey Twilight, look I need your help. I think there's something really wrong with--."
Twilight interrupted, "Dash, aren't you going to ask me how I opened the door before you knocked?"
Dash looked at Twilight and then said, "Did you even listen to what I just said? Look Twilight, I'll spare you the details, but I have been living the same day over and over again. And yesterday, I got hit by a truck. Now, today, which for me is an exact repeat of yesterday, and I'm completely fine. I mean, am I just dreaming? Maybe I'm in a dream. Yeah, it's just a dream. Wake up, Dash. Wake up!"
Dash then started to slap herself over and over again saying, "Wake up. Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!"
Twilight yells, "Dash! Dash! Dash! GOSH DARN IT! STOP FLIPPING SLAPPING YOURSELF FOR ONE BLOODY SECOND!"
Dash stops and looks at Twilight.
Twilight then said, "Okay, good. Well, first off, you're not dreaming. This is the real world. Secondly, do you need... um, help?"
"Oh yes please I need all the help I can get!", said Rainbow Dash.
Twilight said, "Okay, I'll be back. I need to make a call, Dash. Can you stay here, please? Just for a bit, while I make the call."
"Okay. Sure. Anything.", said Dash.
Twilight closed the door and Dash thought "Oh, thank Celestia, I'm finally going to get saved. I'm going to get the heck out of here!"
Then Dash heard a very weird sound: police sirens. Sher wondered, "Huh, weird. Why do the sirens sound like they're coming closer?"
A police car stopped in front of Twilight's house, but it wasn't a normal police car. It had a logo on it that said, "Pony Mental Health Hospital.
Dash looked at that car and said, "Oh crap."
A cop stepped out of the car and using a megaphone, she called out, "Miss Rainbow Dash, can you please come with me?"
Dash said, "No, wait! I'm fine. I'm not crazy. I'm just reliving the same day over-and-over again. I swear to you, I'm not crazy!"
The cop's jaw hung wide open, and then, this weird look came over his face, and that's when Dash knew things were not going the right way. Without any warning, the officer tasered Rainbow Dash! The electric shock really hurt. Rainbow Dash thought, "I know I'm not crazy.", and then she passed out.
Dash woke-up in a sanitarium, which is an old fashioned word that means mental hospital. She looked around and got her bearings. Then she said, "Oh shoot. I'm so screwed. One thing is for sure, if I make it out of here, this is the last time that I'm telling Twilight any of my secrets. I'd better get to sleep and put this disaster of a day in the wind. I'll just do it over again. I hope? Or maybe, I'll wake back up here... If I do wake up here, I'm really going to be pissed." She then laid down in the bed and, after a couple of minutes, fell asleep.
Before she knew it, the clock started to play the song, "I Got You, Babe!" It was 9:05 am, and Dash began to wake up. She groaned a little, and then exclaimed with victorious aplomb, "YES! I'm out of that hell-hole! Now, I just need to get through this freaking day, again!"
Dash tries to knock on Twilight's door. Of course, Twilight opens it before she strikes a blow.
Dash said, "Hi, Twilight." Then, she paused, remembering what happened the last couple of times. Dash continued, "How... are you doing? Uh-hum-m-m."
Twilight looked at Dash and said, "Are you trying to ask me how I'm doing, Dash?"
Dash said, "yeah sorry it's just the last couple of days have been hard for me."
Twilight said, "Ummm, you seemed fine, yesterday when we were doing winter wra-."
Dash said, "Winter wrap-up. I know you told me already, and I... I just don't know anymore, Twilight. I want to ask you, but you might think I'm crazy or its a joke, and it's not; it's not a bloody joke!"
Twilight was shocked at Dash, who was really freaking out. Twilight said, "Whoa. Whoa, Dash! Are you okay? Do you need some-." Twilight was interrupted again, and not happy about it.
Dash said, "No twilight I'm not ok I'm... I'm... ", then Dash took a deep breath and finished, "I'm reliving the same day over-and-over again. Yes, I did say that I'm reliving the same day over-and-over again. Today is the fourth time it has happened and I don't know how to get out! And, I really want to get out!"
Twilight saw her friend was going to cry. So, with her brilliant mind, she thought of what just may have been her most ingenious plan of all time. "Dash, do you want some coffee or tea? I can make you some. You seem really stressed out. Please tell me what's wrong," Twilight said.
Dash looked at Twilight and thought, "Does she have brain damage or something, because I just told her what's wrong? Oh well, I guess I’ll get a drink with Twilight."
Dash said, "Sure Twilight that will be nice."
Twilight grabbed a glass cup out of her cabinet and filled it with hot water. Then, she added a tea bag and handed it to Dash. Twilight said, "So Dash, you have been reliving the same day over-and-over again. You can see how this could be really hard to believe? However, since you’re so serious about it and because I trust you, I will. But, I have to be honest with you, Dash, it seems to me that you"re mistaken. Let"s find out."
Dash said, "Twilight, I'm not lying. I'm being totally honest with you. Please believe me."
Twilight said, "Well I don't know, it just seems impossible, but... wait, wait a minute. You're just trying to prank me, because this is just like a plot from one of my old filly books called 'Mr.Phil's Repeating Day'."
Dash said, "What! No! It's real, Twilight." Then Dash realized that there was no use trying to convince her of the truth. Dash realized how absurd it must sound. But, Dash had a question, so she asked: "Hey, Twilight! Do I still need to help you with your taxes?"
Twilight said "Oh yeah, you just reminded me, I forgot all about them! Hold on and I'll get Spike to go and get them. "SPIKE!!! GET DOWN HERE AND GET MY TAXES NOW OR YOUR FIRED!"
Dash said, "Why do you talk to Spike like that?"
Twilight said, "Oh, because he screwed up my calendar. Now, I'm punishing him for it."
Dash said, "Oh-h-h-kay."
Then, Spike came downstairs with Twilights taxes and he said, "Here you go." Then, under his breath, he muttered, "Your Royal Douche Bagginess."
Twilight glared at Spike and said, "Oh what did you say? I couldn't hear you."
Spike said, "Uhhh, I didn't say anything? Ha-ha-ha! I have to go." Then, Spike ran all the way upstairs to his bedroom.
Dash said sarcastically "Wow! You guys have a great relationship."
Twilight said, "I know, right?! It's so great."
Dash said "What?"
Twilight opened her taxes and looked at them and then she said to Dash, "Yeah, umm, I need help with the... HOLY SHOOT!"
All of the sudden, for no reason whatsoever, Pinkie Pie popped up from out of Twilight's tax forms. Twilight exclaimed, "Pinkie Pie, what the heck! You almost gave me a heart attack!"
By now, Dash was used to this conversation. For Pete's sake, she had already lived the same day, three times in a row, now. So, she just waited until they stopped talking. A couple of hours had passed and Dash was still sitting in that chair. She remembered why she didn’t just get up and leave? She knew that she'd just do it all over again tomorrow; may as well wait. Dash knew that it was late because she could see that it was dark outside. By the time they stopped talking, Dash was almost finished with her tea.
Twilight said "Man, Pinkie, that's crazy. How you battled Slender Pony, along with an evil version of yourself is such an amazing story."
Pinkie Pie said, "What? No! That's not what I said. What I said is that I went and bought some candy. Then, you guys go and eat it all! Then, I realize that I had forgotten my wallet, so I came back to get it, only to remember that Gummy needed a bath. So, I did the right thing and helped Gummy. Then, finally, I--."
Pinkie was interrupted by Dash, who screamed, "Gosh darn it, Pinkie! We already know! You told us 200 flipping times! And every single time, Twilight says some random crap that doesn't even make sense. I'm beginning to think that she has some brain problem, because she keeps forgetting what you say, and then you explain it again... and again... and again...
All the while, Dash is thinking, "DEAR CELESTIA! PLEASE MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP!" But it doesn't stop. You guys keep going. It's driving me insane! So please, for the love of Celestia, stop. Please just stop! Thank you."
Then Dash sat back down. Both Twilight'sand Pinkie's mouths were hanging wide open in dismay by Dash's outrage.
Twilight said, "Wow. Okay. Look, Dash, I'm so sorry. I didn’t get a lot of sleep last night, because of Winter Wrap-up. We went all day and all night. By the time I got home, it was 11:35 pm. I didn't fall fast asleep. It took me a while, so my memory might be a bit off today. Sorry again, Dash."
Dash thought "Well that explains why she had to hear what I said twice now."
Pinkie said, "Hey, Dash! Look, I'm really sorry about explaining so much to Twilight. I just wanted to help her. You know how it is, I always want to help a pony when they need it. But yeah, sorry, Dash. Will you forgive us?"
Dash thought for a moment and then she said, "Oh, how the heck I can't be mad at you guys? You’re my best friends, so yeah, I do forgive you."
Twilight and Pinkie Pie smiled and then hugged Dash a bit too tightly. Her eyes were nearly bulging out of her head. Twilight asked Dash if she wanted to have a sleepover at her place. "Yeah, but what about Pinkie? can she also come?", replied Dash.
Twilight responded, "Uhh... no."
Twilight then pushed Pinkie Pie out and slammed the door in her face. Pinkie said, "Okay, Twilight, I'll see you tomorrow." Then, Pinkie bounced off happily.
Twilight set up Dash's bed. When she was finished, she came back down to the living room. Dash said, "Hey Twilight, thanks for letting me stay here tonight."
"No problem, Dash. So how are you doing?", said Twilight.
"I'm doing good. Thanks for giving this yummy tea."
"It's all good, friend.", responded Dash."
Dash felt kind of tired, so she said, "Hey Twilight, I think I'm going to head to bed. I'm kind of tired."
Twilight said, "But, we didn’t t even do the makeover or the scary stories... or anything!"
"I'm sorry Twilight, but I'm pretty tired, so I'm going to head up. But, you can sit down here if you wan-."
Dash was interrupted by Twilight, "Dash, can I at least tell you a scary story? I had a really good one in one of my books. Please, Dash? Pretty please?"
Twilight tried to look as sad as possible to get Dash to agree. It worked.
Dash said, "Uhh-h-h, fine."
After Twilight was done with her story, Dash almost peed herself. It was so scary, so it was going to be hard for Dash to sleep tonight. They went up and each got in bed. Dash thought Twilight was going to say something for a second, but she didn't. As Dash had suspected, it was really hard for her to go to sleep... but, after a while, she finally did.
Dash woke up at about 4 in the morning. She sat up, because she heard a humming noise. She thought, "Where is that humming noise coming from? Oh well, it's quiet now. I guess I can still sleep. Yeah, I'm going to go back to sleep."
She fell back in her bed and looked at Twilight sleeping. She thought, "Wow, Twilight sleeps like a baby... and baby who snores really, really loudly."
That humming noise kept getting louder and louder and Dash couldn't get back to sleep. So, she got up again, and this time she got out of her bed.
She tried to wake up Twilight to talk to her about the weird noise, but Twilight was in such a deep sleep that it wasn't possible.
Dash thought "Hmmm, should I go towards the noise well it seems to be close enough so why not."
Dash walked down stars and the noise was now outside dash was confused because she could have sworn that she heard it down stars but never the less she followed it and it led her to the everfree forest.
Dash said, "Ok now this doesn't seem right I think I'm going to head back now....." BANG "OW!"
Dash had crashed into a invisible wall that blocked her from going back to ponyville.
Dash said, "What no no no no nooooo what the what now no i why is there a....ug screw it there's no use I can't get out i guess there only one way and that's in."
Now, Dash has never been scared to go into the evergreen forest However, since she couldn't go back to Ponyville so easily, she became freaked out. Dash headed into the forest. She walked for a while and then, to her great surprise, sitting in the middle of the forest was a portal to who knows where!
Dash said, "What the heck is that doing here?" She tried to turn back, but then slammed into an invisible wall. She said, "Ow! Dang! I guess I have to... No! I'm not doing it. I'm not going in there. I don't even know what's in there."
All of the sudden, the portal began to suck everything into it: a chair here, a coffee table, a bunch of books,... a cat! ...a car! Dash clung with all of her might to the tree that she stood beside. Then, whoo-oom!!! She was sucked into the portal.
Dash woke up and said, "Oh, Twilight I had the worst dream, where I was traped in the same day over-and-over and then I got sucked into a portal... Ohh-h-h-no!"
Dash was in another world, one where she'd never been. It was a city where the buildings looked run-down and blown-up and there was a phone booth in the middle of the street that was ringing incessantly.
She looked around and thought, "Well, I'm screwed. I am so screwed! Oh man, what do I do?! Do I pick up the phone or... yeah... no... yeah... no... yeah... no... Okay, fine! I'll pick it up!" Dash inched forward, moving as slowly to the phone booth as possible. Finally, she reached it. She picked up and said, "Hello?"
"Hi, Dashie.", said Pinkie.
"Oh, thank Celestia! It's just you, Pinkie. Hey, do you know how I get out of here?"
Pinkie said, "Well you can't."
Dash said, "What do you mean, Pinkie?"
Pinkie ignored Dash's question and said, "Hey, look Dash, I want you to meet one of my friends."
Dash said, "Look Pinkie, I don't have time to meet your friends. What I need to do is to get out of here!"
Pinkie said, "Oh no, it won't take that long. Please."
Dash thought for a while and then said, "Ugh-hh-h! Fine Pinkie, you win. Now, where is this friend of yours? HOLY CRAP!"
Just outside of the phone booth was a pony with candy as her skin.
Dash reacted appropriately. She hung up the phone and tried to get out of the phone booth. But, now it was locked. She said, "Oh yeah, of course, now it's locked. It wasn't locked when I got in, but now it is locked. Bloody brilliant."
Then, the candy pony grabbed Dash and threw the glass into the wall. Dash tried to fly away, but the glass was unbreakable. The candy pony yanked her out of the booth. Then Dash tried to fly away again, but couldn't launch. Whhat was going on?! This really confused Dash, because she was know for her ability to fly really high, like a bolt of lightening, all in a matter of seconds. But now, she couldn't. It was almost like an external force had her bound to the ground.
The next thing you knew, Dash was blown high in the air! As she was falling down from the sky shhe veered towards the candy pony with really sharp teeth. While falling like a lead weight, she thought, "Well, this is it. Or is it. Will I just get back up in my bed or will I die? It will really suck if I die. Hey, wait a second, can't I fly? Let me try..."
She tried with all her might to fly, but her wings just gave out. She continued thinking, "Oh great, now my wings are jacked up. Well, I guess it doesn't matter. Man, what a sucky week. Well, goodbye, my friends. Goodbye to every pony."
Dash fell into the candy pony's mouth and it ate her... then and there.
Then, all of the sudden, the clock-radio began to play, "I Got You, Babe", and the time was 9:05 am. Rainbow Dash woke up and she screamed super loudly. She had a bit of a panic act and then, after 5 minutes, she was fine.
Dash said, "Oh that was really screwed up. I have to see what's going on. I need to stop this day. Once and for all... if I can."
