Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh [Locked to all versions of the Mane 6, visual]

[elementofloyalty]

Uh, hey girls? [Not good, she's already blushing a little and looking just a little freaked.]

Minato asked me to the Gala. As a real date. And I would really, really appreciate some distraction or anything that'll keep me from freaking out right about now!!

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[elementofloyalty]

Look... don't take this the wrong way, but I've seen what's compatible with Pinkie, and it was a cooking-obsessed demon. You're still way far out there in a lot of other respects. It's just... weird to me.

[wizardofharmony]

...alright, I will need to hear about this. And keep in mind, also, that your Pinkie and this one may differ. Significantly.

I am not about to deny that part of my attraction to her was recognizing my world's Rosalyn Baker in her, but she is not the same person, and I love her.

[...also.]

[elementofloyalty]

Well, this was the Pinkie Pie who was born human, but believe me, she was Pinkie Pie. Pretty much no difference I ever saw except for the body. Anyway, she ended up dating her fellow Home Ec teacher. It's weird, everypony thought they were rivals, but then...

[wizardofharmony]

...was this the fellow comedian?

[elementofloyalty]

Comedian? No, like I said -- cooking-obsessed demon. Like, he made Pinkie look normal sometimes.

[wizardofharmony]

I've never heard this story from her. When was this...?

[elementofloyalty]

Oh -- this was back in Garden. She was never from Equestria, so she never came back TO Equestria... I guess? I'm not really sure how it works, but I bet she's still back there...

[Rainbow heaves a sigh, because now she's thinking about the people she misses from Garden, after all her time there.]

[wizardofharmony]

Oh.

More reflections, more worlds. I forget sometimes that this isn't your first time at the rodeo, as a mutual friend would say - I cry your pardon.

[elementofloyalty]

Yeah... You would not believe the list of other ponies I've met. Did you know you're, um... [Rainbow taps her hoof a few times.] The fourth Twilight I've met and the fifth one I know to exist?

[wizardofharmony]

I don't know whether I should ask "that many?" or "that few?" - to be honest.

[elementofloyalty]

Five Pinkie Pies, one human. Four Rarities, one who was a human but didn't start out that way. Three Applejacks. Three Fluttershys.

And one other me, the first one I ever met.

[wizardofharmony]

[At this point, Lucia sits, and nods. How long has Rainbow Dash been waiting to get this off her chest?]

[elementofloyalty]

[This one? Not so long. She's given this speech a few times, actually, though the longer she spends in this Equestria, the higher the numbers get.]

Most of 'em are all the same though. To be honest, you're probably the most different of all the ones I've met. But that Pinkie Pie's only difference was being born human, and... you know, you forget that, after a while. You just get used to it.

[wizardofharmony]

Was it any great obstacle, in your world? In other worlds?

[elementofloyalty]

Not for our friendship. Being a pony in a world meant for humans was annoying in general, but between us, it didn't matter.

She mighta had a harder time getting her coltfriend if she was a pony though.

[wizardofharmony]

I would imagine - though sapience would make it easier, it's still a great barrier.

Minato, you said? The somber, serious evoker? I call him friend and ally. He aquitted himself well against the Shadows - indeed, fought them before in his world.

I wish you both well.

[elementofloyalty]

Whoa, whoa, it's nothing SERIOUS, it's just a date... aaaat the Gala. [Rainbow laughs a little nervously.]

[wizardofharmony]

Oh, I'm aware of the difference between flirting and courtship. Thou'rt testing the waters, not going out to sea.

Still. Tis the Gala. Likely as not some monster will come and allow thee a graceful exit.

(Wow, Lucia, been hanging out with Pinkie a little too long? She's wearing a trollface as she says that, to be clear, Rainbow.)

[elementofloyalty]

I dunno, last year it was a musical number by a villain, and then a statue got defaced by the Pale Pony. A monster seems pretty mundane.

[Rainbow, on the other hand, is absolutely serious.]