( intro action )

[ 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. ]

Well, THAT was the worst date ever.

[Zetta scowls at the scroll from beneath a top hat, looking slightly angry and mostly... glum, not that he would ever admit it.]

Incidentally, the non-Dame Rarity just vanished in a puff of rainbow. No, I wasn't responsible. Figured I'd better tell you all before you showed up at the castle with torches and pitchforks. Save it for the stuff I actually DO.

*Alastor didn't open the scroll on purpose. No, it seems like he accidentally knocked it off the arm of his cloud throne while looking at a picture. He's wearing a deep scowl at first, before letting out a growl that changes into a frustrated snort halfway through. As he makes the sound, he stands up and tosses the photo aside, where it comes to land in full view of the scroll, partly blocking Alastor himself from sight as he stomps off.*

(He'll be back to answer replies, he just needs to fume for a while.)