Hey everyone! I just wanted to let you know I'm gonna be out of town this weekend! It's Faaaather's Day!

[Horns blow and confetti flies as she spins to show what looks like the inside of a small farmhouse, sparsely and soberly decorated save for the balloons now festooned everywhere. They, and Pinkie, seem to be the only actual color in the place. There's also one old gray mare, one younger purplish-gray mare, and a brown stallion there, looking exactly as grim and sober as if they'd stepped out of Equestrian Gothic. Pinkie throws a foreleg around the stallion's neck.]

This is my family! I mean, not my my family, but same thing! This is my Daddy, and Ma, and my big sister Maud!

[The younger gray mare says in a monotone:] Hello.

They were all just so excited to hear about you guys, I HAD to let you meet them! My younger sisters Inkie and Blinkie are coming in later tonight, maybe I'll call you all back then!

Hey all, I'm going out with Pinkie to see the folks. So I'll be back after the weekend!

[Private the Lucia]

Lucia! You're coming with me! I want you to meet the family, they'll be thrilled to meet you!

*Well, evidently Allen has gotten the hang of his unicorn magic, since he's standing with a high tech crossbow floating next to him in a green aura. He also looks to be in a bad mood, with his ears flat and his tail flicking in agitation.*

This might be a stupid question in a pace as low-tech as this, but is there anything like a shooting range around here? Or at the very least, somewhere I can practice with lasers without doing any accidental damage. After around a year without my Ethers, I've been getting pretty rusty. If this place gets as lively as I've heard, I should probably make sure I can defend myself in a worst case scenario, right?

*And it's a good way to vent steam over Father's Day coming up, but the timing must be a coincidence...right?*