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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 14, 2012 13:52:10 GMT -5
"Yep!" She started to crouch to let John on her back again, but stopped when she spotted a friend. "Vinyl!" she said, practically hopping in excitement.
A little ways down the path, a white unicorn with a blue mane was listening to some music on a portable music player, and through her purple shades, she spotted a friend down the path. And something else beside her. She lifted her shades, revealing her red irises. (Not unlike another person John knows.)
Curious, she pulled the shades back down, muting her player and walking toward the two. "Derp, what's up?" she said, holding her hoof up. Derpy appropriately clapped hers against it, in a perfect brohoof. "Mail route goin' okay?"
"Yep! Even more fun with John here to keep me company!" the blonde pegasus replied eagerly.
"John, huh?" said Vinyl, getting a good look at him. "Nice to meetcha, John." She offered her hoof for him in greeting. "Name's Vinyl Scratch. Some ponies know me better as DJ PON3. Never seen you around."
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 17, 2012 2:54:46 GMT -5
John: Regard this unicorn with de ja vu.
Yeah... something about this totally rad and cool unicorn is totally reminding you of someone. But you can't put your finger on who, because the person you WOULD be thinking of is a person who's face you've yet to see. So you are thoroughly confused as a result.
Still, she does seem pretty cool. You marvel at the... hoof-pump, you guess? Then you glance down at the extended hoof with a weird look, and eventually manage a sheepish grin. "Uh, yeah, I'm new here. Nice to uh, meet you, Vinyl."
You sense a pattern with the names of these ponies as you reach out to shake her hoof. You hand barely wraps fully around it.
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 17, 2012 10:18:07 GMT -5
Vinyl shook with John, grinning. The first hand/hoofshake between their kinds, she imagined.
"Sure seems like it," she agreed. "Derp giving you the tour?"
"Uh huh!" Derpy agreed. "I'm taking him to the farm next!"
"Cool. Have you been by Rarity's yet?"
"Yep."
"Darn. I was gonna have you give her this letter for me." She levitated a letter she'd had with her, giving it to the mailmare.
"I can make a quick stop before I go home!" Derpy said, eagerly taking it.
"Sweet." Vinyl turned back to John. "So, how long you plan on staying in Ponyville?" she asked. "Just visiting or are you moving in?"
"He has a house and everything!" Derpy said, seemingly confirming the latter.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 18, 2012 13:04:12 GMT -5
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You start to feel a little out of place as the two ponies begin to converse. It's awkward as hell, but you suppose it isn't new; being thrust into a socially awkward situation outside the realms of your circle of internet friends is a predicament you are used to seeing yourself in.
But at least they don't outright ignore you. They just ask a question you haven't yet thought about yet.
"Um..." You totally don't know what to tell them. It's a complicated situation, surely not as simple as Derpy seems to confirm. "Well, I dunno. I'm sorta playing this game and this is one of the last places I expected to end up in, to be perfectly honest."
Look at you, the Master of Tact. "I mean, not that Ponyville isn't bad or anything, I'm just getting this feeling that I'm sorta... lost. But, it's no big deal, really."
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 23, 2012 23:13:16 GMT -5
"A game?" Vinyl seemed interested. She suspected that it was more than just a game. Anything which could send someone like John from wherever he came from. Derpy didn't seem to grasp the implications, but Vinyl sure did.
"What was this game, John?"
Derpy seemed to get distracted, watching some butterflies, losing focus on John and Vinyl. She shifted to let John off of her back before wandering off to follow them, and eventually to finish her route. Seemed John was in the coolpony's company for now.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 24, 2012 3:05:06 GMT -5
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"Uh."
You watch Derpy trot away after some butterflies. For a moment you worry about letting her wander off on her own, but you remember her responsibilities as a mail-pony and dismiss the thought. Surely she'd be capable on her own.
You turn to Vinyl and respond to her question. "Oh! It's called SBURB. It's... really hard to explain! Um, it's kind of this simulation-type game? But it's real? And you build stuff and... I dunno, I'm really early into it, and I lost contact with my server player."
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 24, 2012 8:19:59 GMT -5
"SBURB?" She tried to wrap her head around all the information John was giving her. Everything he said somehow accounted for him appearing in Ponyville all of a sudden. And, server player?
Of course most of this wasn't easy to understand with computers and the internet being not very well-known around Equestria.
"Then that sounds like your first step, getting in tune with your server player, whoever they are," she suggested. "Derpy gave you the tour already, right? So you can skip that part. Whatever this game is, it sounds pretty important."
She made it clear she'd go with him wherever he decided to go next, letting the volume in her music player back up a bit. Enough she could hear the music, but still able to hear John. As she listened, her hoof rhythmically clopped lightly against the ground, keeping the beat, much like a person tapping their foot.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 26, 2012 13:42:03 GMT -5
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"Yeah... already tried that," you respond dolefully. Idly, your bring out your PDA and double-check your chumroll. tentacleTherapist is still offline. "Rose has been having her own issues with getting a solid internet connection. She barely managed to connect in time to help me escape from the meteor that nearly creamed me."
You suppose you could keep your PDA handy and just keep checking her status. That's really the most you can do at the moment.
With it in hand, you shrug at Vinyl, not really sure where you COULD go from here. Well, I mean, if there's like, some mystical being that could help put your trajectory back on track, that would be great. Hopefully they'd be able to take your house and--
"...sshhhhhOOT!" you attempt to curse, but it comes out as a milder version. Wow, that was weird. "My dad! I left my dad at my house!"
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 26, 2012 14:09:12 GMT -5
As John mentioned his friend, a magenta-and-pink-maned white pony looked up. Her flank bore a... well, a rose. She'd heard her name, or her nickname anyway. (Her full name was Roseluck but everypony called her Rose.)
She was about to ask who needed her, when she saw the human John. She panicked, and started freaking out. Her friends Daisy and Lily beside her joined her, and the three of them ran in terror from the strange creature they'd never seen before.
Vinyl just lowered her face to her hoof, sighing in exasperation.
Despite the three girls' best efforts, Ponyville refused to be whipped up into a terror.
"Your dad?" Vinyl blinked. It made sense he'd have a dad but for some reason that hadn't occurred to her until he told her. "I think he'll be fine. Unless he's a baby in a carriage or likes getting on runaway vehicles, he's not in any real danger around here."
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 26, 2012 14:19:30 GMT -5
John: Observe small-scale panic
You watch the three fillies scream and panic and trot away. You blink, not sure what to make of that. Did you honestly look THAT terrifying? Or are there really no humans here in Ponyville? You guess that would make sense.
Vinyl's response tells you the trio is just overreacting.
"Uh... yeah, I don't think my dad is either one of those things," you reply to her assumption. "He just bakes a lot. And throws pies in my face. And other ridiculous antics as part of his job as a harlequin. Least, that's what I assume."
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 26, 2012 14:25:22 GMT -5
"Bakes a lot? And pies?" Vinyl thought. Of course, he could be there. She looked around for a second to see if she saw any other humans around. No sign of him.
"Have you checked Sugarcube Corner? They bake lots of sweets there, and Pinkie Pie and the Cakes would probably let him in if he helped them."
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 26, 2012 19:07:52 GMT -5
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Oh. That would make sense. He just recently went out for more baking supplies, but whose to say he doesn't need more? The man is a ruthless baking machine.
Plus, you need his car to get the other half of your game. Last you saw it it was still in the driveway, but who knew where it was now. The bakery, as much as you'd hate to admit it, was a good lead as any.
"Alright. Might as well check there first." You really hope your dad isn't getting himself into too much trouble.
John: Head back to the Sugarcube Corner
You backtrack to the bakery, Vinyl following behind you. The sweet smell of confectionary treats hits you before you even push the door open. You hold back an open gag, then enter.
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Jan 26, 2012 23:54:48 GMT -5
As John went to open the door to the shop, it flew open, and a pink pony stared him straight in the face with a wide, silly grin. Before John could react, confetti and party poppers went off, the little pieces and strips of paper settling on John's face and in the pony's hair.
"Hi!! Welcome to Sugarcube Corner!" she said excitedly. "And welcome to Ponyville too! But you look like you're not even from here, soooo~! Welcome to Equestria!!" She took John's hand between her hooves and shook it in greeting. "My name's Pinkie Pie! But you can call me Pinkie, or Pie, or just a silly pony! They're all just as good!" Pinkie giggled a lot, obviously excited to meet this new person.
Vinyl just stared. Pinkie Pie scared her a little bit sometimes.
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Post by nintendonut1 on Jan 28, 2012 12:48:42 GMT -5
John: Scream in surprise like a babby.
Pfft, whatever!! She just startled you. That's all.
With confetti and streamers lining your hair, one string draped neatly around to frame your glasses, you blink at this Pinkie Pie, still hunched over from the defensive leap back that you took upon her jumping you. You open your mouth to speak, but she grabs your hand and shakes it vigoriously to the point that your whole body is vibrating. Anything articulate comes out as a "adadhahdahdahdah."
Finally, she pulls away. You take a moment to catch your breath, then, "...um. I'm John."
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Post by shiftyPotentate on Feb 3, 2012 15:00:35 GMT -5
"Hi John!" She enthusiastically took hold of John and dragged him inside. Vinyl followed, to make sure she didn't hurt him. The DJ pony had an innate sense of the cartoonish nature of their world. Falling off cliffs, slamming into mountains, anvils falling onto ponies' heads, all painful, but non-injurious. And somehow she had the feeling the same wouldn't apply to John. She had to make sure Pinkie didn't accidentally hurt him.
Pinkie held John around the waist and swung him around in circles, akin to a Ring Around the Rosy game. "This is so exciting! I mean I never get to meet people from other places! Well I mean there's ponies from Canterlot, Appleloosa, Honeydew Hills, Manehatten, but those are other ponies! You're a different kind of person entirely so I just wanted to learn about you and find out more about you! Soooooooooooooo! Where are you from and what brings you here, John??" She took a deep breath, having said all that on one wind.
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