[log] Walk in harmony

[orbislife]

Who: Zenyatta and others
What: Talking about ways to keep Home in harmony and talk about what's going on in a more group-like format. Related to Zenyatta's billboard post earlier
Where: Home's sitting area on the first floor
When: Backdated to Day 4, sunset
Other: Party style log. Zenyatta will have his own top if you want to interact with him specifically

By now, Zenyatta hopes that anyone who is interested in talking about the situation and how to keep Home in harmony has seen the notes he left on the bulletin board. Sunset comes, so he removes the old notes and piles them neatly on the table. (Just in case one of the people he conversed with wants to keep the note.) Zenyatta does leave his message of "Hello world. ( ´ ▽ ` )" up. He likes it there.

There are many questions and different experiences among them. A chance to talk with one another will help make their stay easier. This situation is strange, but it need not be an unpleasant one.

Comments

Rainbow Dash

[elementofloyalty]

[Ugh, a bunch of talking. What's the big deal? Is it really gonna be so hard for everypony to just get along? Sheesh.]

[Looking a little sour about the whole process, Rainbow has taken a seat -- in midair, with her wings beating steadily to hold her in place. She's mostly watching from her superior vantage point, more curious about all the humans and things who are here than the actual discussion. Which means she's liable to drift closer to interesting-looking people (which is most of them, let's be real) with undisguised curiosity.]

[horseproblems]

<sub>[Maurice can't help but watch Rainbow hold her place in the air as easily as an enormous hummingbird with equal parts both wonder and envy. Now why couldn't he have been saddled with a pair of wings instead of a bunch of hooves?]

[As soon as she looks his way, Maurice averts his eyes, trying to stare into the middle-distance and listen to the group discussion. It wouldn't do him any favors to feel sorry for himself.]</sub>

[elementofloyalty]

Whoa.

[Too late. Rainbow is up in his face in an instant, eyes wide in shock and wonder.]

You're half pony! How does that even work?!

[horseproblems]

_{[Much to his embarrassment, Maurice has DONE BEEN SPOTTED. And technically, Rainbow Dash is right. Maurice is under 14hh, so he is in fact partially a pony.]}

Uh!

_{[He cranes his neck back when her snout appears in his face.]}

I don't...know. I think this place did something to me. I'm only supposed to have two legs. Like that guy over there.

_{[He points to Sam on the other side of the little meeting circle.]}

[elementofloyalty]

[Everypony is a pony until proven otherwise.]

So does that make you a centaur, I guess? [Is that the right term? Rainbow isn't sure...] But you weren't always like this, huh? That's so weird. I wonder what happened. Why would you change when nopony else did?

sorry for the delay!

[horseproblems]

I guess...that's what people have been calling me.

_{[He folds his arms self-consciously but tries to keep his chin up. This talking pony is pretty neat. She's been nice so far. It's impossible to keep from watching her wings though.]}

I have no idea...maybe I made a wizard mad without knowing it.

[elementofloyalty]

Okay, seriously, if that was the case we all made him mad, since we're all here. Naw, it's probably something a lot weirder.

A lot weirder.

[Don't get her wrong, this guy's totally strange. But it isn't his fault, and Rainbow Dash, for all her flaws -- her many, many flaws -- is decent and reasonably friendly if given the chance.]

[horseproblems]

<sub>[How much weirder could you GET?]

[Maurice has never even heard of H.P. Lovecraft.]</sub>

Well...whatever dragged us here, I don't wanna make it mad so I don't know about you, but I'm gonna be on my best behavior.

_{[His ears fall backward with worry...but soon perk forward again.]}

What's your name?

[elementofloyalty]

I'm Rainbow Dash! [She slaps a hoof to her chest proudly.] Fastest, best flyer in all Equestria!

[horseproblems]

I'd believe it! I saw you zipping around outside.

_{[And what a fitting name.]}

I'm Maurice Hutch, amateur mechanic and, uh, musician I guess.

_{[After a thought he holds out a hand to shake.]}

[elementofloyalty]

[Still pretty weird that humans (or, uh, centaurs) all know how to shake hooves, but Rainbow meets and reciprocates his gesture anyway.]

What kind of music do you play? [Little surprise this is more interesting to her than the mechanic thing.]

[horseproblems]

_{[Once he has his hand back, he pantomimes strumming a guitar.]}

Only the best kind! Rock and roll.

[elementofloyalty]

All right! [All weirdness is forgiven or at least ignored henceforth. He is her kind of people.] Now you're talking my language!

[itsjustanaccount]

[Considering their perfectly civil conversation from before, Tsukishima probably isn't on Rainbow Dash's list of interesting people. But that doesn't mean he's not going to talk to her anyway, probably while she's distracted by someone else.]

How fast can you fly, anyway?

[elementofloyalty]

[Rainbow turns to face him slowly, then lifts her hooves to her muzzle. The first giggle slips through, and that breaks the dam -- in moment she's laughing wholeheartedly.]

How fast can I fly? How fast can I fly?

[She slaps a hoof to her chest proudly.] Before I came along, they called the Sonic Rainboom 'legendary'!

[itsjustanaccount]

Is that “legendary” speed of yours too good for helping out around this place?

[He really hopes not, because that kind of thing could be handy.]

[elementofloyalty]

[Rainbow winks broadly, waving a hoof in absolutely false modesty.] I'll keep it subsonic, so you guys don't all have to spend your time amazed and in awe.

Buuut I've been up a little bit and I haven't seen anywhere to go. And uh, to be honest if I flew out of range of the tree without any landmarks or compass or anything, I could get lost. That wouldn't be good.

[itsjustanaccount]

There’s that town that’s not too far away. Have you been there?

[elementofloyalty]

Nooooo, not yeeet... [She won't admit, ever, that she's a little afraid to go there. Not because of what she might find, but because of what she might not find: ponies. So far there ARE no other ponies here. More than that, this whole tree house thing seems to be made with humans in mind instead of ponies. She's starting to worry she's alone here. Totally alone.]

[itsjustanaccount]

...Is there a problem?

[Because he can recognize a bit of weirdness when he sees it, assuming pony weirdness and human weirdness are the same kinds of things.]

[elementofloyalty]

I've just been, you know, super-busy here. [Considering there is so little to do here and Rainbow has been actively fidgeting for a long time now, this is probably the least plausible excuse ever. Even she knows it only has a hope of flying because this guy doesn't know her.]

[itsjustanaccount]

...If you’re going to lie, at least make it a good one.

[The shitty teenager isn’t impressed, Rainbow Dash.]

If you can't do it, say so.

[elementofloyalty]

[So much for dissembling. With that shot to her pride, Rainbow drops her head to glare at him.] I can so do it. There's nothing I can't do.

[itsjustanaccount]

So you can do supply runs to town in case there’s an emergency or someone needs a favor?

[elementofloyalty]

Easy as can be. [She waves a hoof to play it all off as no big thing -- then pauses, bring it back to curl it up under her chin thoughtfully.] Though if you want weird human stuff I'm gonna need descriptions.