22 Cupcakes: Everything Party

[sailorlaughter]

Okay, so I was GONNA have a party if we beat Mr. Shanks at auction, and we DID! But then Nephenee became a Princess, and all our friends are back, and I've been making SOOOOOOO many Welcome Back cupcakes! You have no idea. And I didn't get any time to set anything up yet or do invitations or anything!

Soooooooooooo PARTY ON THE COMMUNE IN TWO HOURS!!!

Oh, oh, and Mr. Shanks? I know you can probably see this - we've all known you have a scroll since like FOREVER. Anyway, I wanted to tell you that you're totally invited to the party too! But you don't have to come if you don't wanna!

[LOCKED FROM TOM SHANKS]

[And then Pinkie abruptly sobers.]

If Mr. Shanks comes to the party, no one's allowed to be mean to him, okay? He's scared, and I think he kinda needs help, and making him MORE scared of us isn't gonna fix anything anyway!

So if you can't be nice to him, just leave him alone. I mean it!

Comments

[visual][locked part]

[queenbees]

...My bees won't make any promises.

[sailorlaughter]

Melissaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....parties aren't places for picking on people!

[queenbees]

[Siiiiiiiigh]

I'll try to keep the bees from being mean.

[sailorlaughter]

Thanks!

And you really DON'T have to talk to him if you don't wanna. He probably doesn't wanna talk to most of US anyway! I just think he should probably talk to someone. You saw his whole evil song thing!

[neighfeni]

Thank ya kindly for sayin' that to folks, Miss Pinkie. Ah know a lotta folks are still grumpy at him, but bein' mean don't solve nothin', even if you're still mad.

[She would have said that even if it hadn't turned her into a princess. She just believes it even more now!]

Would ya like to help me make fudge for it? Like ya taught me when Ah first arrived?

[sailorlaughter]

I mean, I was PRETTY upset with him before. But all that stuff at the bidding, that was kinda crazy. I think maybe he's not had any friends for like...a WHILE.

[Except maybe a Star Swirl cutout or something. It was unnerving, is what she's saying.]

Oooooh! That'd be awesome!

[visual][locked]

[selfmadespeedster]

I get the feeling a lot happened while I was gone. Shanks is a friend now? Seriously?

[sailorlaughter]

Well, no. That's why he should come to the party!

[selfmadespeedster]

I guess that makes sense. It'll be hard not to stare at him though. I'll try not to, for you.

[sailorlaughter]

Thanks! I think he needs to be around people.

Who aren't, like. Paid to pretend he's not crazy?

[selfmadespeedster]

Friendship... is the best medicine around here.

[sailorlaughter]

Right! I mean, we took Discord in!

[selfmadespeedster]

You have a lot of spirit Pinkie. Not all of us could do it.

[marearcana]

Well, at this point it'd be more impolite not to show up.

[She was going to go anyway.]

[sailorlaughter]

You don't go to parties to be polite, silly! You go to have fun!

Locked from Shanks

[wizardofharmony]

It seems Shanks was misled. I'll save my anger for those who used him as a weapon against us, have no fear.

Shall I bring orange punch?

[sailorlaughter]

Sounds great!

[der_vogelfanger]

Be nice to Mister Shanks! Got it!


...Who's Mister Shanks?

[sailorlaughter]

He's a movie star! And he sorta owns Hoovesweek.

[der_vogelfanger]

Oh, okay.


...What's a movie star?

[sailorlaughter]

They're actors in movies! Those are like...like the scrolls! Except it's plays and people record them so they last forever!

[der_vogelfanger]

Oh! An actor!

And he's coming to the same party as us?

[sailorlaughter]

I dunno if he's coming, but I invited him!

[der_vogelfanger]

And he's scared of us? I know I'm an intimidating figure, but why's he afraid of the rest of you?

[sailorlaughter]

'Cause we're not really ponies! Except I am, and so're some of the rest of us, so I guess maybe just 'cause we're from other worlds.

[der_vogelfanger]

Oh! That does make sense. I know I'm afraid of things that come from outside the valley. Not ponies, though. Not most of the time.

[sailorlaughter]

Yeah, right? It DOES make sense!

He just needs to get to know us, I bet! Then he'll see that we're not really all that bad!