mylittlejamjar | First Attempt: Arrival (video & action)

[ It's a little traumatic to go to your nice, cozy home on the outskirts of Ponyville and find it already occupied. But indeed, what Fluttershy hears upon arrival at the front door is... her own voice coming from inside.

She stays just long enough to peek in a window and see herself cleaning things up before she flees the scene.

At which point she decides that the bridge in front of her house is the safest place to take up residence until she can muster the courage to go inside and see what's going on. In the meantime, she examines the new scroll in her possession. ]

[ A video post goes out some time after her arrival. ]

Um. Excuse me. I’m sorry to bother you all… it’s just that… um…

[ She opens her mouth and tries to speak, then glances behind her, offscreen, looking towards what was until very recently her hut. If she had the courage to go talk to her double right now, she would. But alas. ]

I was just… wondering. Well, it’s not very warm right now and… well, if anypony has a blanket they could spare? Just for tonight, I promise.

Oh, this was a bad idea. Never mind. [ The video clicks off. ]

[ The pegasus might be found wandering around Ponyville in something of a daze a little later, hiding under bushes and things while she tries to figure out what's going on. But for the most part, she'll stay under the bridge until it gets too cramped. And then she'll stay a little while longer. ]

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For now, it'll work; I'll think about longer-term solutions later. Do you want me to let the other you you saw earlier know that you're here?

[She's seen that Shy/Cruel has already contacted her, and she also knows that Fluttershy checks the scrolls infrequently.]

No! --Um...

[ She glances back at the hut. ] Thanks, Twilight. But... [ She squares her shoulders in resolution. ] I should talk to her.

All right. Just... take as much time as you need to prepare. She'll need to know sooner or later, and if you want to tell her yourself I won't dispute it.

[She's not sure what kind of reaction either will have, but it probably won't be what happened with the Rainbows the other day.]

[ Fluttershy nods. ]

You must have your hooves full. Are new ponies appearing all over Equestria?

No, just around Ponyville. It certainly has been keeping me busy, though.

Do the Princesses know what's going on? ...

Um. The other princesses. Or you.

Not completely. The appearances, disappearances, and a few other incidents are, so far as we can tell, the result of experimentation by one "Pale Pony" who was apparently only a myth when Princesses Celestia and Luna were young.

That said, all five princesses know they're happening.

[Something about that seems wrong.]

Oh, that's go--

[ Five princesses. ] Five?

We have another Equestria's Princess Luna in addition to this one's.

Oh. ... Doesn't that get confusing? How do she and Luna know who's supposed to raise the moon? What does Luna do if she isn't doing that?

[ Some of her own concerns seeping into this, as well. If Fluttershy is taking care of her animals, what is Fluttershy doing? ]

I think they have it worked out that this Equestria's Luna raises the moon and the other one is more active as a dream guardian.

She is building an extension to Ponyville, though, so it's not as if she's at a loss for projects.

Wow. I'm surprised that Ponyville can even handle so many new ponies. That's a lot of Pinkie welcome parties.

We do have twice as much Pinkie around to throw them, at least.

First Attempt: Arrival (video & action)

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