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[wannabolt]

[Early in the day, people throughout the village might spot a suspicious rainbow streak jetting upwards into the sky. Higher and higher and higher she flies... Until, suddenly, that rainbow streak is rapidly plummeting down, faster and faster until there's a resounding CRASH!

Oh, was that your house she bumped into? Maybe your garden? Business? Whatever the case, there will be a few of these ridiculous crashes until Rainbow, being the stubborn pegasus that she is, moves onto plan B.

A bit later, something a little strange will appear... a cloud floating around the village. Now, seeing clouds in the sky isn't all that abnormal. Just another part of everyday weather.

But what about clouds that float ridiculously close to rooftops? Clouds that hover suspiciously over buildings, people, and are isolated from the others? Tiny clouds that, if one looks close enough, they may catch a bit of a rainbow fringe, sometimes a pair of binoculars, over the edge of the fluffy white stuff.

That's right. This cloud is spying on you strange people. ...Or whatever's up in the cloud, anyway.

Feel free to witness either event-- Dash's crash landings from the lovely barrier or her recon mission.]

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[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't be so sure of that.

[Gonna peek over the edge. How's that for no ponies?]

So, you're saying a bunch of wacko scientists are in charge of this place?

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

Oh, well, a face to go with the voice it seems. How interesting.

[Well what do you know. A pony in a cloud. That's a new one.]

Scientists? Perhaps. I'm not too sure myself, and furthermore I'm not too bothered. Providing they keep my garden out of their antics, the Malnosso are nothing to me~

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

You said they send people out to fight. What's all that about? And the experiments. What do they do, mix chemicals together and dump 'em on us?

[Since this lady seems to know a lot... Even if she doesn't seem to care.]

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

Oh, it just dawned on me~ You must be one of those new beings. Is this the start of a 'new feather cycle' which I have heard of? My my, so this would account for your brainless inquiries.

[Smile~]

In layman's terms, the Malnosso force a number of it's residents to take part in battles for them. I believe the term for this is a 'draft' here. In regards to the experiments, do not assume such a literal definition of the word~ [And that's all she has to say in regards to the experiments. All the more fun of she finds out for herself.]

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

Hey! Just because I'm not an egg-head doesn't mean I'm brainless.

[Sheesh.]

Great. So I'm stuck in a weird place run by a bunch of psychos who send everypony out to fight their battles? This day keeps getting better.

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

It is not required for you to have a glimmer of intelligence in order to know such simple things~

[This place has a guide and everything, how can she not know? ...Not that Yuuka will mention this guide of course.]

To put it simply, yes, that would be a perfect summary of your current situation. But don't worry, it could always be worse. [Smirk.] It could be raining too~

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

Oh, sure. Because knowing all about this crazy world is so simple.

[Pff. And rain?]

Please. I can handle a little rain!

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

But of course. Why, are you finding this all a little too complex for your mind to comprehend~?

[Sure she was a little unsure when she first got here, but why not rag the newbies all the same~]

I'm sure you can, after all, if 'somepony' like yourself can call the rain, not being able to withstand it would be ridiculous. However, I'm sure you would change your tune were the rain to consist of danmaku~

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's not like they handed me a brochure that said, "Welcome to crazy-town. Have a nice stay!"

[Yep, no experience with the guide at all.]

What the hay is a danmaku, anyway?

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

But of course not, it would be asking too much and be far too polite for the Malnosso to actually offer their inhabitants insight into why they are here. Surely new residents can get by on their own without any assistance~

[Heavens, such sarcasm.]

Do you not know this either~? [Allow her to give Rainbow Dash a first-hand demonstration of what danmaku are. In a moment, a good few flower-shaped projectiles fly from Yuuka and head towards that cloud. Hope she won't mind a few holes being made in that cloud if they hit~]

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

Whoa!

[Yeah, okay. Getting off that cloud right now!]

What are those things?!

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

Danmaku, of course. Perhaps you are all the wiser now for learning something else. This must be quite the enlightening day for you~

[Yup, so educational. Thoughtful expression now as she finally gets to see all of Rainbow and not just her face.]

Now then, why exactly were you concealed beneath a cloud in the first place~? Is such behaviour commonplace for you and your 'types' in your own world?

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

[She's just gonna hover in place. Ah, the wonders of being a pegasus.]

I was trying to get a feel of this place and see what people do around here.

[After all, there are a lot of these hue-man folk and not enough ponies. Who says that people do the same things ponies do?]

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

And what sort of impression do you have, hm? I must say, I'm quite intrigued as to what a flying pony of all things thinks of such a cesspit.

[All these non-human beings are all intriguing in their own way. 'Pegasus hiding in clouds' probably ranks right up there with Oswald.]

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

Not too bad, I guess. Sure there's a bunch of hue-mans instead of ponies and that stupid barrier, but it almost reminds me of Ponyville.

[If Ponyville fused with the Everfree forest, had a bunch of mysterious psychos in charge, and all that goof stuff.]

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

I see~ Though surely you mean 'stupid humans' and 'that barrier' instead. The barrier cannot be stupid, seeing as far as I am aware it is not sentient. However, the many humans here can quite easily be classified as imbeciles.

[Pause.]

I'm assuming Ponyville was were you previously resided? My, such magnificent naming~

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

Just because it can't think doesn't mean it's not stupid. It's keeping everyone trapped in here, and it can't be broken. If you ask me, that's not just stupid; it's annoying, too.

[Ah, pony-logic.]

Yeah, but it's not like every place has 'pony' in it. My home town's called Cloudsdale.

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

How amusing~ All justification you are providing for the barrier, of all things, to be able to be classified under various nouns and adjectives can easily be applied to humans in the same turn.

[Ah. Youkai-logic. Silly hue-mans.]

Is that so? Perhaps I could take a shot in the dark then, completely unaided in anyway, a blind guess as to the description of your home. [...] Your home is in the clouds, isn't it~?

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing you don't like hue-mans.

[Even though she looks an awful lot like one... Huh.

After a pause--]

Yep, it's a city in the clouds. Then there's Canterlot, Appleloosa... It'd take forever to list all the places in Equestria.

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

And I'm assuming you don't have half an idea in regards to what a human is exactly, given that pronunciation of yours.

[Oh she called that name. It's almost like she's out of a fairytale. She is a pegasus from a city in the clouds after all... Interesting.]

Dear me, though each location you listed does not necessarily have 'pony' in the name, it seems each and every place is a throw-back to horses in some way~! Though I imagine 'Appleloosa' also features apples, or an orchard perhaps~?

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

Not my fault they don't have 'em in Equestria.

[Huff. Sheesh, give her a break, lady.]

Yeah, there's an orchard. At first all the Buffalo hated it because the settler ponies took over their land, but they're on good terms now. All it took was a pie to the face!

[Which is not entirely an exaggeration.]

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

And it is not my fault that you did not bother to educate yourself on the beings in Luceti~

[She's only been here a short while, it is clearly all her fault for not finding a guide no one has told her about/learning about humans in this time. Gosh.]

Buffalo and settler ponies... [...Yeah this is getting ridiculous.] I would ask if you came from some sort of fairytale world, though I suppose such oddities are but the run-of-the-mill to you.

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

Yep. That's how it's always been in Equestria.

[A beat.]

If anything, I'd say this place is weird.

[But that's because Equestria defies normal logic, while Luceti is... at least a little more logical.]

[floralphantasm.livejournal.com]

I suppose originating from such a... Unique place and then being brought here could be seen as strange. The transition would be easier for those who come from a world which resembles Luceti, like my own.

[More or less anyway. There are people, flowers, places to live. It's a fairly close resemblance to Gensokyo past all the world-specific extras like shrines and her garden.]

Over time you will adjust. It's not like any being has much choice in such a matter of course~

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

Right.

[Sigh. She really doesn't have a choice, huh? That stupid bubble's in the way, and Twilight's not around to explain how she got out.]

So I've just gotta deal. Well, there's no way I'm gonna sit still and wait. There's gotta be something I can do while I'm stuck here.

[Like work on her stunts! Even if the extra wings are a pain.]