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!

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[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!