Kickoff [Video/Massive Audio later]

[like_a_dragon]

[A green pony with a matted down brown mop-top appears on the scroll. From the furrowed brows, flared nostrils and fierce grimace, she does not appear... pleased.]

WHAT THE TARTARUS IS GOING ON HERE!?

[Taking a step away from the scroll would probably be a good idea...]

I can't even begin to count all the things that is wrong here! I mean, at first I thought this was a dream but then when somepony actually pinched me -- WITH THEIR MOUTH NO LESS -- I knew that this was actually real. Talking ponies? And the ones with wings? EVEN ONES WITH MAGIC HORNS?? I even saw one that brought in a raincloud! IT WAS RIGHT ON TOP OF ME!!

[She takes a moment and her hoof comes up to scrub off her hair and her face.]

Alright... you know what... considering everything else I have seen before a world of talking ponies is actually not that out there. And, hey, at least my fur color is one that I'd like. Just, in this case, I hope my friends aren't here to have this happen to them.

Also, I have to ask just one question...

Why couldn't I have been one of those cool ones with the wings?

EDIT:

[A little bit later there is a shout. A glorious shout. A mighty shout. It rings to the heavens and may even be heard as far as way as The Crystal Kingdom.]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN PONIES DON'T EAT MEAT?!!!!

[Thanks, Teddie.]

EDIT: x2

[And a little bit after that there is another shout, though not quite as powerful, whatever is doing it definitely has a healthy set of lungs.]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NO TV?!!

[Thanks, Rise.]

Comments

[like_a_dragon]

...uh.

How am I suppose to react to that?

[I mean, aside from balling up and crying because THIS WOOOORLD.]

[foolish_seal]

[He gives this a thought, then says with a perfectly straight face:]

I've found that excessive violence usually solves things handily.

[like_a_dragon]

[Heh. Oh she thinks she likes you.]

...well, not all the time.

[foolish_seal]

[He shrugs.]

I'd say around 80% of the time it works. The other 20% is either talking or sudden, abrupt instances of singing.

[like_a_dragon]

...singing.

[OH GOD.]

[foolish_seal]

Yep. There are times when somepony will just burst into song or a full-on song and dance number with everypony in the area. No idea how or why, but it happens. I had a pretty good rap accompaniment to Yukiko's singing in the beginning of the year when we were being invaded by the changeling queen.

[like_a_dragon]

I ain't singing.

[She can take being a pony. And now that Teddie is going to share his stash she's set for meat. But nope. Not doing that.]

[foolish_seal]

It doesn't happen too often; I wouldn't worry.

[He won't mention that it's not something that's easily resisted.]

[like_a_dragon]

I don't care how often it is, I am NOT singing.

[Stamping her hoof down. Done and final. No way. Nuh-uh. Nope.]

[foolish_seal]

Whatever. Nopony's gonna make you.

[like_a_dragon]

Nopony?

[foolish_seal]

Speech quirk. Everypon- ...everyone does it. Can't help it sometimes.

[like_a_dragon]

Man, and this place just proves that it keeps getting weirder.

[foolish_seal]

If you can handle going inside a TV to fight Shadows and explore dungeons made by people's psyche, I think you can handle this.

[like_a_dragon]

[Her eyebrows raises up and she gives Minato an appraising stare.]

[...huh, so that's what he's trying to do?]

[Gonna have to be careful around this one, he's more clever than he looks.]

Yeah, I know that, I'm just taking it all in for the first time.

[foolish_seal]

[That's a Fool for you.]

You'll get though it. Just try to keep a level head.

[And not, you know, attempt to kick your friend's personal cabbie or anything like that.]

[like_a_dragon]

I'm pretty good about that. You shouldn't have to worry about that from me.

[Ahahaha... haha... haa]

[foolish_seal]

Right. I'll see you up here, then. Might take everypony to lunch, too.

[It may be Chie's imagination but that sounds an awful lot like something Yosuke would say. Even sounds like him, too.]

[like_a_dragon]

[She's not sure she likes that, either. It's one thing for Yosuke to say it -- he's a clot, but he's consistent. With the way that Minato said it, though, it almost made it sound like he was trying too hard to make her comfortable.]

[Which actually puts her a little out of ease.]

[She'll go along with him, sure, but deeefinitely going to have to keep an eye on that guy. Persona user or not.]

Sure thing.

[foolish_seal]

[It's habit, mostly. He's trying to not be a massive pimp anymore now that he does in fact have a girlfriend, but habits do die hard.]

Later.

[With that, he'll roll the scroll up and later realize what a creep he probably sounded like.]