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[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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[Then it's time for a race! Broom versus cloud, who will win?

Of course, there's the fact that Arche cheats...]

Air Thrust!

[A tiny, localized whirlwind materializes right in front of the cloud. Look out, Rainbow!]

[And she can use magic too? Yikes!

She doesn't even have time to move the cloud outta the way. Once it gets caught in the whirlwind, Rainbow Dash gets flung right into the air, and she has quickly flap her wings in order to steady herself.

...Except now she's completely visible. Pff, well, that's not gonna stop her from out racing this floating, magic... pink thing. After the initial shock wears off, Dash is charging forward once again! Hah!]

[And now that Arche can see who she's been chasing, she's even more determined to chase her down! She's seen pegasi before (well, one) but nothing like this.

Actually, she seems a little similar to someone else Arche's met once...]

Hey, wait up!

[She puts on more speed, or at least tries to. There's only so much her broom can do.]

Do you know Twilight Sparkle?

[She's booking it like crazy without even realizing how much she's outspeeding Arche-- at least until she hears the words "Twilight Sparkle".

Aaaaand just like that, she's slowing down-- turning around, for that matter.]

How do you know Twilight?

[Did she end up in this weird, distinctly non-Equestrian place? This raises about a bazillion questions all at once.]

[Arche brakes just short of Rainbow when she turns around, stopping right in front of the pegasus's face.]

Well, I met her once... over the journals, not in person. Er, how much do you know about this place?

The journals?

[What, does she mean that weird book? Pff, Rainbow totally left that out in the woods.

The second question, though...]

All I know is that it's weird. The clouds move on their own, all the animals take care of themselves, and I haven't seen any ponies. Plus, I've got these...

[She turns around, showing the extra set of wings.]

And who ever heard of a four-winged pegasus?

Yeaaaaaah, that's pretty much what I thought. Just got here, right? Welcome to Luceti.

[It's at this point that Arche catches up to what Rainbow just said.]

... Wait, what were you saying about clouds and animals?

Uh, thanks, I guess.

[Not that she really wants to be in this crazy, topsy-turvy place.]

And it's just what it sounds like. This whole place is like the Everfree Forest! Even the plants look like they're growing on their own.

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Wait wait wait, back up. You're saying where you come from, you, uh, ponies have to do everything? Move the clouds, take care of the animals, grow the plants... Everything?

Yep. We handle the weather, the food-- just about everything.

[Even the sun and the moon are under pony control.]

Well, that's... Okay I have no words for that. I've never heard of anything like it.

Though I guess it explains how you were dragging that cloud around.

I can do way more than move clouds all day. That's just part of my job.

[She smirks.]

But when it comes to speed and stunts, there's nopony better! They don't call me Rainbow Dash for nothing.

Yeah I noticed the speed part. There aren't too many people who can outrun my broom.

So, Rainbow Dash, huh? Nice to meetcha. I'm Arche Klaine.

People, sure, but I'm a pony.

[And Arche, huh? She can remember that. After all, it's short, sweet, and to the point.]

Sooo, Arche... what are you, anyway? I mean, you can do magic, but you're sure not a unicorn.

True. And I've never raced a pony before.

I'm a half-elf. Other half's human. And I know you've never met either of those before.

Nope. Never heard of 'em.

[Though now she wonders if Twilight has. She did know what zebras were, after all.]

Most of the people you meet here are gonna be human.

But aren't there any ponies around?

[A world without ponies is... really weird to imagine.]

Well, there were, but I think Twilight's been sent home. Sorry.

[Aw, pony feathers. So she missed out on the only other pony in this place?

But on the other hand...]

Wait a minute. How'd she get outta here?

Well we don't really know. People just vanish the same way they appear, and none of us know what causes it.

So people just... disappear? How do you know they really leave?

[Because they could've totally been dragged away by something sinister.]

Cause sometimes they come back, and they remember Luceti, but they also spent some time back home.

If it weren't for that, I wouldn't believe it.

So even if people do leave, they can still end up back here?

[Geez. This day keeps getting sooo much better.]

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