003 - video/action;

[wannabolt]

[The recording starts with, you guessed it, Rainbow Dash's lovely face as she leans in reeeeeal close to the camera and then sits back. For those who haven't seen her yet, this is a technicolor pony with biiig eyes and a rainbow mane. She also seems to be... in the air somewhere? Huh.]

Soooo, I'm guessing some of you guys haven't seen me yet. I don't know how that's possible when I pull off stunts all the time. Those rainbows that pop up? Totally me.

[She smirks.]

And when clouds randomly swirl around or disappear? Yep, that's me too. Pretty sweet, huh?

[She flies up a little, and the video shows off her whole physique. But bragging about her awesomeness isn't the only reason she's doing this. Naw. After about a minute, she'll scoop up the journal and turn it towards an awesome snow castle. There are a few small snow clouds floating just above it; probably Dash's handywork. The fort itself is probably a bit bigger than in the image, but the structure is more or less the same.]

Just like this castle I built. Best part? It took me... maybe thirty seconds to build. Tops.

[Speed is awesome like that.]

And with that outta the way, what do you hue-mans do for winter, anyway? And anyone else. Got any cool holidays?

[With that, Dash will be hanging around her awesome castle near Community Housing 3. Maybe stomping on a few of those clouds to make some more sculptures, like these guys. Wanna chill with a pony? Go for it!]

Comments

[menial]

......Well, its meaning has changed. These days, it's mostly about giving gifts to your friends and family. And having a tree. And an old guy in a red suit who supposedly gives out the presents.

['One of those presents being mind-altering chemicals in the air, around here, it seems like.']

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

A red guy in a suit? So does he give presents to everybody?

[Faaaascinating.]

[menial]

Well, if you believe that reindeer...

['...Which was the point when I realized I was talking to a horse with wings, who had specifically been bragging about speed of flight.']

...That's the myth, anyway. It's just people in costume, in practice.

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

Huh, weird. But what's this about reindeer?

[menial]

...Well, supposedly he carts a sleigh around the world pulled by reindeer and delivers presents to everyone within the space of one night.

['...I said, starting to wonder if there was a dictionary definition of the word "surreal" that didn't include this conversation.']

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

A sleigh with magic reindeer? What?

[That just sounds silly, even by Equestrian standards.]

Those deer would have to be as fast as me to pull that off.

[menial]

...Yeah, it's silly, isn't it. It's just a story people tell kids.

['Much like they probably do about bright flying ponies.']

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

See, if they really needed to send presents around the world, they could just hire somepony like me.

I could do it in ten seconds flat!

[menial]

Really, all of them? To six billion people?

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

[... ... ...

Eh. Heheheh.]

I could do it for twelve billion people!

[menial]

In ten seconds.

['I'm pretty sure at least one law of physics would groan at that. Not that they haven't snapped already, around here.']

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

Hey, if I can pull off a Sonic Rainboom, I can handle delivery.

[menial]

['Sounds like one of those video game moves that sounds much more awesome than it is.']

Is that where you go through a cloud at a speed so quickly that it breaks the sound barrier and also causes it to start raining at the same time?

['Because if so... it doesn't sound like it has much to do with delivery.']

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding? It's way more than that!

A Sonic Rainboom is the stuff of legends. When a pegasus pony gets going at just the right speed, it creates a rainbow mixed with a sonic boom!

[menial]

['So "way more" is a rainbow, huh? ...And did she say "pegasus pony"? I feel like I've truly entered an RPG now.']

...How exactly do those two things mix? Isn't one light-based and one sound-based?

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

See, that's why it's so legendary. Plus, I'm the only pony who's ever pulled it off. Twice.

[menial]

['...I feel like talking any more about rainbows and pony tricks is going to drive me insane or into an eight-year-old girl's dollhouse.']

Very cool...

However, I'm curious. What do you ... ponies, did you say? What do you guys do for winter, then?

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

Bring in the clouds, start up the snow. At least, that's what the pegasi do. We've gotta bring in the season before we start celebrating.

But we've got some cool holidays like Hearth's Warming.

[menial]

Hearth's Warming, huh? What's that consist of? Do you all stand in front of a firepony named "Hearth", by any chance?

['Perhaps the largest problem here is that I can't make that sound any more sarcastic. I has reached my limit. I think. Then again, something truly wacky could come down the road at any minute...

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

[Pfff, she laughs.]

Naw. We decorate trees, hang up wreaths, that kinda thing.

[menial]

...Well, that's surprisingly... similar to us.

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and your Halloween's a lot like our Nightmare Night.

[Which is a crazy coincidence.]

[menial]

What a crazy coincidence. And what do you do for Valentine's Day?

[wannabolt.livejournal.com]

What's Valentine's Day?

[Curse canon for being so vague about holidays that aren't "Halloween" and "Christmas"!]

[menial]

It's a day in February when everyone who's dating feels obligated to show it and everyone who's single either bursts out in resentment, feels bad, talks about commercialism, or a combination.