Pinkie plot preplay

[locointhecoco]

At some point, this plot will get slightly less alliterative. . . .

Nahhhhh.

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Will the real Pinkie Pie please stand up?

[locointhecoco]

So it didn't take long for Pinkie to realize that letting her new twins out into the world was maybe not the best plan she'd ever come up with.

Sure, that realization could have come when she was quizzing them on the names of her friends and they absolutely refused to call Derek anything other than "the grumpy one", but Pinkie had never been the brightest crayon in the chandelier.

And honestly, she wasn't super great at problem solving, either. Which would be why she was reacting to her plan turning into the probable destruction of Fandom in the quest for fun by slumping in an exaggerated puddle on a bench in the corner of the park, clutching a sad, deflated balloon and moaning intermittently.

Into the Woods (or, you know, the library)

[locointhecoco]

Bolstered with the possibility of actually doing something constructive, Pinkie burst proudly through the doors of the library, striking a dramatic stance.

She was very good at dramatic stances. Right up until the moment she destroyed it by putting on gag glasses or bursting into giggles.

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[furnaceface]

... There was a sad pink pony hugging a half-dead balloon in the park. Why was there a sad pink pony hugging a half-dead balloon in the park? This particular Pinkie was certainly far more subdued than the rest, Jono had to admit.

//Ah,// he noted, making his way from the pathway to the bench, setting his bag of bread crumbs down nearby and crouching forward to try to meet her eye. //You're not the same as the rest, are you?//

He was a real observant one, that Jono.

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[locointhecoco]

Pinkie looked up at him with big, soppy eyes that would not have been out of place on a puppy. "I don't know!" she wailed.

See above, re: drawing utensils and ceiling-based light fixtures.

"We're supposed to be all identical but I don't feel very identical and I'm pretty sure I'm ruining everything and that it's my fault!"

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[furnaceface]

//I dunno. Looks more to me like you're sitting quietly on a bench in the park,// Jono mused, taking a seat not far off and offering her the bread crumbs. //Here, feed some ducks. Always helps me feel better.//

This was Jono being helpful. Honest.

//If you don't feel identical, maybe that's a good thing, luv. Means you're the only you in a sea of... other ponies who look a great deal like you, but who seem to be raising cain around the island.//

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Speaking of Cain...

A tall-yet-hunched-over, slightly smoldering figure in a cape and crazy hat suddenly ran past, trying to get into the shade of a nearby tree.

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[locointhecoco]

Pinkie watched him go and sighed.

"That's probably somepony whose day I ruined, too."

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[furnaceface]

//I don't know... if you were somehow responsible for that hat, you've absolutely managed to make mine.//

Not actually helping, Jon.

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"Was that really necessary, Ms Pie?"

Drac was a master of dramatic entrances and stances, himself... just apparently of a different style. He glided through the doors, his cape wrapped tightly around his erect and haughty figure.

Please ignore any headwear.

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Drac allowed himself a moment to sag in relief as the flames on the sunlight-exposed parts of him finally extinguished. Only then did he notice that he'd been seen.

He whipped the hat off his head and into his cape instantly. "Jonothon. Good evening. And to y... YOU!!!" His eyes widened at the sight of Pinkie and he took a step backwards. Into the sunlight.

"Ow ow ow ow ow!"

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[locointhecoco]

Pinkie wibbled, then burst into twin fountains of tears.

Well, maybe that would at least help put out poor Drac's fires?

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[furnaceface]

Jono wasn't ignoring the headwear, for the record. He'd take pictures, only he wasn't certain he'd get anything but a floating flamingo hat on film anyway.

//It was certainly striking, at least,// Jono replied, slipping into the room with his hands in his pockets and a decidedly more relaxed posture about him. Not that he intended to ruin all of the drama, of course, but he tended to save his gesturing for far more catastrophic situations.

Anyway, it wasn't as though the books would take him seriously if he had struck a pose too. He used to work here, after all. They knew better.

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[justlurkinghere]

Derek was already regretting his decision to cut though the park to get home. Already regretting it.

"Stop making the pony cry," he ground out, unable to keep from--ugh--doing the right thing.

Re: Into the Woods (or, you know, the library)

[justlurkinghere]

"Glass houses," Derek said, rolling his eyes.

You guys knew nothing about making an entrance. Flips were necessary! FLIPS!

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[furnaceface]

//Hey, don't look at me,// Jono said, holding up his hands. //I'm trying to keep the peace, here.//

A beat.

//She's pretty convinced she's managed to bring about some manner of ponypocalypse, I think.//

Re: Into the Woods (or, you know, the library)

[locointhecoco]

"Where?" Pinkie asked, looking all around -- including between her own legs -- for the glass houses.

Not finding any, she figured they should get back to business. "I came in like that," she said, "And I said 'Helloooooooooooooo!' and then those doors opened up." She pointed to the Special Collections. "So I went in to look, and I found the spell."

Because why wouldn't she wander into the creepy section of the library that just happened to open up creepily just when she was nearby? Come on, now.

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[talentforlying]

Fucking hell, why were there people in his library? There were never people in his library, unless the fucking world was ending.

"Closed for inventory!" Constantine bellowed as he stomped out of his office, a pile of books whose writing seemed to... move? ... in his arms. "Didn't you people read the bloody sign on the bloody front door?"

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[furnaceface]

//We can read, mate,// Jono intoned, removing his arms from his pockets mostly so that he could go and cross them in front of his chest. //Only it seems we've got a bit of an island-wide dilemma, and we were hoping we'd be able to find a solution to it in here.//

Seemed like the place to start, at least.

//It's shaping up to be a Special Collections sort of mess, I'm afraid. Not a disaster, but...//

Well, a bit of a disaster, actually.

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[justlurkinghere]

Derek was not British enough for this conversation. Seriously.

"Unless you want to deal with it."

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[locointhecoco]

"IwantedtobeabletohavefunwithallmyfriendsatthesametimeandsoIfoundaspellthatmadePinkietwinsandIuseditandthentheyuseditandnowtherearePinkiesEVERYWHEREanditsallmyfaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaulllllllllllllllllllllllllllt!" Pinkie wailed, bursting into fresh fountains of tears.

She didn't do things halfway, okay?

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Drac had his hat firmly back on his head. He had no choice, really. The alternative was, well, Jonothon. Except dead.

"I assure you, I have no wish to make Ms Pie cry. But."

And he pointed to his hat.

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Drac hunched into his cape with a sigh while pulling yet another handkerchief from his pocket for her.

"Spell books. Why are spell books kept in a school library?"

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[For inserting, if you want]


Drac arched an eyebrow. "He's the librarian?"

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[furnaceface]

//Special collections,// Jono explained. //They used to keep it more or less unlocked, back before we understood just how dangerous it was. I'd deal with it being strange on occasion back when I was working here as an aide, but even then, non-employees would need permission from the librarian to enter.//

Pinkie, you were getting such a raised eyebrow. See what happens?

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[justlurkinghere]

"Have you all not met Pinkie?" Derek asked. BECAUSE HE HAD. HE HAD GLITTER IN HIS HAIR FOREVER.