Don't forget style, that should be considered! [Visual, filtered from Minato]

[elementofloyalty]

[Rainbow is flush with energy to the point of mania today, grinning and eager as she faces down the scrolls.]

Hey everypony, but especially friends of Minato! I gotta get him a really, really amazing present for Hearth's Warming this year. And I don't think my usual standbys are up to it. [Because as much as he could clearly use a good weight set to put on some muscle, she needs to go more special than that!]

So anypony got any ideas? Stuff he secretly likes that he hasn't mentioned to me yet? A real wish of his? I'll take anything, maybe everything! I'm gonna make this an awesome holiday!

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[sailorlaughter]

I don't really hang out with him all that much, sorry. But I can start following him if you want!

[elementofloyalty]

Naw, I know how busy you gotta be figuring out gifts for, like, everypony ever. [Rainbow makes a quiet note to keep tabs on Pinkie this season and make sure the newpony influx didn't overwhelm her.]

[sailorlaughter]

I know, right? There's like SO many more people than before - even more than last year!

[At least for the moment, she sounds super pumped about this.]

[elementofloyalty]

[Sure, at the moment. But wait till a week from the day when the pressure is mounting and she doesn't know the PERFECT GIFT FOR EVERYPONY... yeah, Rainbow is gonna keep an eye on Pinkie Pie.]

...Whatcha gettin' me?

[sailorlaughter]

Rainbow Daaaaaaaash, it's a secret! You can't just TELL people their presents!

[elementofloyalty]

Juuuuuuust checking. Maybe you'd forgotten not to tell me. But I guess you're too clever for me, huh, Pinkie?

[Nope, Rainbow isn't above cheap flattery to try to wheedle or trick the information out of her friend.]

[sailorlaughter]

Yeeeee-ep! WAY too super-dee-duper clever!

[She'll take the flattery, but she's still not giving it up.]

[elementofloyalty]

Gee, I hope you sure got me one of those things I really, really wanted. [Let's try THIS angle, then!]

[sailorlaughter]

[Blink

Blink]

Wellllllllllll...maybe I DID!

[elementofloyalty]

Oh yeah? Which one? [Ha, Pinkie will never see this one coming!]

[sailorlaughter]

The really really REALLY extra-super-cool one!

[elementofloyalty]

Oh, I'm not sure if I thought one was cooler than the other. Maybe if you told me what it was I could be sure it WAS the really really REALLY extra-super-cool one!

[sailorlaughter]

[Naaaaaaaaaaarrowed eyes]

...but it won't be super-duper-de-LUPER extra-special cool if it's not a surprise!

[elementofloyalty]

...nuts. [Rainbow stomps a hoof in irritation.] I'll find out, Pinkie! You better sleep with one eye open!

[sailorlaughter]

I'll sleep with TWO eyes open!

[elementofloyalty]

...I'm totally casting a Sleep spell on you so I can rummage through your closet.

[sailorlaughter]

Well...well I'm casting an anti-Sleep-spell-spell on you right NOW!

[elementofloyalty]

Y-you don't know how to do that!

[sailorlaughter]

Then hoooooooooow am I dooooooOOOOOOoooooing it?

[elementofloyalty]

...You're not. You're not doing it. That's how.

[sailorlaughter]

How do YOOOOOOOU know?

[elementofloyalty]

Because you're not casting a spell. I can tell. Spells are hard work! I should know!

[sailorlaughter]

You can't KNOW I'm not casting a spell! Maybe it's a secret spell!

[elementofloyalty]

I'm a trained SeeD, remember? [Let's gloss over the fact that she never graduated, technically.] I can tell.

[sailorlaughter]

Can you tell how my Pinkie Sense works?