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[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?

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[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.]

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[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.]

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[Yeah, as much as she's trying not to, Chie is noticing that she keeps running into upset and sadness.]

[So rather than ask the obvious, she's just going to ask this instead:]

Rise, I'm getting the feeling that everything is not okay. What's going on?

[Well. Now we're out of her perky idol mode and back to the calm, even tone Rise used when Chie first met her. Except her voice is a little smaller and lighter than it was then... if Chie would even notice that.]

It's... not that. Really. It's just...

... A lot's happened. But I don't want you to worry... I'm really alright now.

[She's one hundred percent genuine about this, too. Or seems like it, at least. She's a good enough actress she could probably be convincing even if she didn't really completely mean it.]

We can talk about the rest later, okay? I'm just... really glad you're here.

[That might sound selfish to someone who just arrived. But it's how she really feels.]

Huh... uh... okay?

[Her eyes are furrowed and she's very worried. But if Rise is going to clam up then there is nothing she can do, right?]

[Still, there is one small thing she can do.]

Hey Rise?

...I'm glad you're here, too.

[Chie's tone is soft and encouraging. Even though she can't be completely satisfied that Rise was not home, she also couldn't be completely upset to be with her friends.]

[There's a warm smile. She really means it, too. And to be honest? She's not that great an actress.]

[Oh... oh no. She can sense that concern. The concern and caring and the soft, encouraging voice... it's setting off all her imouto reflexes at once! Like Junko and Sheryl and now Yukiko...

She wants nothing more than to reach through the scroll and hug her senpai and talk about everything. But for now, just knowing she can when they see each other face-to-face will carry her through.

... She may be a good actress, but she can't quite hide how her eyes are misting up. Even though she's smiling, with clear affection for her friend.]

Thanks. I missed you so much...

[She missed everyone, and if the rest come, every arrival will be just as intense and meaningful. But she's going to try and cover up a little bit now.]

I bet Yukiko-senpai did, too! She's been here a really long time...

[It's not fair. She got to come to pony world and date Yu while Rise got sent to that place for a year first. But again. Thoughts for another time.]

[She could tell there was a lot going on, but Chie wasn't that perceptive. That was Rise's deal, you know? It was her desire to be connected with people that made it easy for her to understand others. Or something like that. Chie wasn't all that great with that sort of thing.]

[So the best thing to do? Follow the change in subject.]

I've heard! But I haven't seen her around. She hasn't left for the Crystal Kingdom, right? I can't wait to see her!

[Seeing Yukiko would be the one thing that would make everything better. What's the worst that could happen?]

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[It might be more Rise's thing, but Chie can be pretty understanding and perceptive in her own way. At least, Rise thinks so.]

She and Yu-senpai are coming together... but I dunno if they've left yet.

[She sounds a little disappointed at that. She really wanted to go with them, but after ruining their date in Canterlot, she'd been trying to give them some more alone time to make up for it.

... And there's also the fact that she hasn't quite gotten over the heartbreak of finding out they were definitely in love beyond the shadow of a doubt. The fact that she actually lost. Even if it did happen in her absence.]

[Chie would understand that, having felt like she lost to Yukiko all the time. It goes hand in hand with being the best friend of one of the most desirable girls at Yasogami.]

Oh? Then maybe I'll catch up with them on the train?

What's it like, by the way. I... uh... haven't really been on them very much.

[Oh sure, she's been on a train a few times to go to Okina. But this is a pony-run train. She wants to know what to expect!]

[It's a new feeling for Rise! She's Risette! Everyone always wanted her... even if they never wanted her her. Yu did, though. Or so she thought...

Part of her wasn't really surprised. She doesn't feel much like the same Rise Kujikawa anymore. Maybe a little bit here and there, but it's going to be a long healing process after the constant parade of terrible that was the last world she'd been taken to.

She can hold it together with the subject change, though. She's pretty good at holding it together in general, actually. But it's Chie, so... somewhere deep down, she desperately wants to talk about all of this. But not over the scrolls, not even in a private conversation. It waited this long, it can wait a little while longer.]

The trains? They're not like the ones back home! They're kinda... old looking, but nicer? They totally suit this place.

[Chie might not quite understand that yet, but she'll get used to how things generally look in Equestria. All old fashioned but brightly colored and with a lot of more modern touches.]

[Chie took a look around.]

Yeah, I'm getting that vibe too. Something about this place tells me it's missing a decade or ten. It's folksy, but way, way, waaaay old-fashioned.

I mean, the next thing somebody is going to tell me is that there is no electricity.

[Uh-oh...]

Well, uh...

[About that...]

There... kind of isn't. I mean, there's a lot of stuff that should use it, but it's all just... magical, I guess.

[She never asked how it worked, she just accepted that it does.]

[Uh...]

...is there at least a TV?

Um... not that I've seen so far...

[She was so used to that other world being screwed over several different ways, she didn't even think of all the modern conveniences she's missing here.]

Oh, but we can use our Personas here!

[That's probably not what Chie was wondering about, but the mention of TVs reminded her.]

[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.]

[Wow, Chie, calm down. She doesn't need to go deaf!]

Well, there's no electricity, so...

[She thought that was kind of an obvious conclusion to draw.]

I guess they just do everything live here.

B-B-B-B-But... that would mean that there's no Blue Three or Let Ji movies! Or karate shows or... anything!

[Clearly, this was the biggest crisis faced so far. ~~Aside from the loss of meat, obviously.~~]

[Oh yeah, Chie was really into that stuff, wasn't she?]

... Maybe there's other stuff like that here?

They have live performers, even though they don't have idol shows! So...

[Not that she's seen any live karate shows, but who's to say there aren't? Not her.]

I-I'm sorry...

...

I think I need to sit down for a minute.

[This is probably the most crestfallen you've seen her, Rise.]

[Oh no... Chie why...?]

H-... Hey!

... Is it really that big a deal?

[Probably not helping, Rise.]

Well, yeah! [Said as though that was the most obvious thing.]

Martial arts are my life, Rise! My life. If I don't have my martial arts movies I...

It's like I'm missing a part of me.

[Oh, Chie. Chie, no. You don't understand. Rise lived for almost a year missing parts of herself. Her career as an idol, her friends... literally everything she had was taken away until what little she had rebuilt of herself was battling with what someone she trusted was trying to make her into. She wasn't entirely aware of it, and still isn't... but neither side won out in the end. She just became the Rise that arrived here a couple of months ago, making everyone who knew her back home wonder just what had happened to her in that other world.

Of course, Chie probably hasn't been missing Rise like Rise's been missing everyone. To her, she probably saw Rise a few days ago at the worst. But with the sudden rush of memories and feelings of just how much of herself Rise has missed over the last year... she doesn't want to think of it this way, but she can't help but feel that Chie's taken her for granted.

Still, she tries...]

Yeah... I get it.

[Her words are understanding. But her tone is quiet, even a bit hollow. It's not long before she's fighting back tears, trying so hard not to say anything to hurt Chie because she genuinely does know what losing something important feels like. She doesn't want to be selfish. But dammit Chie, you tripped over a whole bundle of nerves with that one.]

[For her part, Chie noticed something, but she is too new to know anything about what was going on and what happened.]

[So she takes her best stab at it.]

Sorry, Rise. I know I'm being melodramatic about this.

And it's not like I really missed seeing you.

I'll just... close this thing up, I guess. I'm still feeling pretty pouty.

[And she doesn't want her kouhai to see her this way.]

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damn, this girl has a lot of feelings...

Chie's keeps tripping over them D:

they're gonna need a long talk soon. with ice cream.

ooh can there be shaved bacon on top?

/hands soy-based bacon substitute instead?

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what, it's not like that meat-flavored gum had any actual meat in it!

there is no scientific evidence that they don't!!

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