🎂 001 The Saga Begins

[preformthisneigh]

Who: Cheese Sandwich and YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Marsiva
When: Right now!

[It takes a lot to worry an Equestrian. Given the fact their country faces some sort of horrendous attack once every few months, they've become rather used to the unexpected dropping upon them from great heights. As such, when the little tan pony hops out of bed, he doesn't look worried, but he does look a tad confused.

The last thing he remembers is seeing the magical rainbow all the way across the sky (it was so intense) and now, suddenly, there is space. He pulls a rubber chicken out of seemingly nowhere, plopping it on his back, before starting to walk over to the window, his hooves clip-clopping against the metal floor as he glances around his surroundings.]

Okaaaay. This is new. Where the hay are we?

[He rests a forehoof against the window once he arrives at it, peering out into the vast nothingness. He remembers another place, that wasn't Equestria, and was prone to fits of magical strangeness. He puts two and two together to make five. When he speaks again, it's a little louder, as if addressing an invisible audience, which he thinks he is.]

Hey, everypony. Did the castle turn into space while I was away?

[He wanders away from the window, seeking out his journal. He pays the communicator no mind for now, the thing he's looking for is distinctly more book-shaped.]

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[pain_train]

Oh my god! A magical horse! Are you friends with Vanyel's magical horse?

Does that mean someone here has magic too and you're here to be their friend?

This is so cool!

[Planet Wrath: where everything is made up and the points don't matter.]

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[preformthisneigh]

[THERE'S A VOICE. Where the heck is his journal? ]

Yfandes? Yeah, I know I her. I mean, sure, there's a communication barrier there, but we get along okay.

Uh. But I'm not magical. I'm an Earth Pony. And I'm here to make everypony happy, not just somepony with magic.

[Even if it's not necessarily to be their friend. That takes more work, and hell if he knows how to do that. ]

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[pain_train]

Oh wow, you do? [SHE WAS RIGHT!] Vanyel will be so happy, I bet!

You can talk. Of course you're magical.

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[preformthisneigh]

Of course he will. [As if that's a given. ] I make everypony happy.

Thaaaat would be like telling you that you're magical because you can talk. It's just something we can do.

I can pull a rubber chicken out of a hat, though!

[coppermarigolds]

[Mouth opens. Mouth closes. Mouth opens again.]

Is this a joke?

[preformthisneigh]

[He eventually stumbles across his communicator, and ooooooh the journals got an upgrade! He can see faces in them now!. He grins a stupid horsey grin at her.]

No, but I got a billion, if you want one.

[He sits, tapping a hoof on his chin, before picking one. She brought this on herself.]

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

[He taps his hooves into the air and a 'ba-dum-tsh' sound comes from seemingly nowhere. ]

[coppermarigolds]

You're a talking horse.

[Way to state the obvious, there.]

[preformthisneigh]

[Wow, he so did not miss this. Humans. Humans. Still, he keeps his cheery smile on. ]

Talking, singing, dancing, and everything in-between. I've even been known to yodel.

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[stickupherforehead]

[well, that's new. Then again, she's a sentient, polymorphic rock who just happens to blend in a bit better.]

Do castles typically turn into space where you come from?

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[preformthisneigh]

[It's a neat trick, he would bet it keeps dumb questions to a minimum. ]

Not where I come from home wise, but Paradisa can do just about anything.

[Frysquinting around. ]

...This is Paradisa, right? I didn't take a wrong turn at Albuquerque?

[stickupherforehead]

[bliiink.]

I don't believe so. [sadistic magical castles aren't exactly a dime a dozen] From the sounds of it, these have always been spaceships.

[preformthisneigh]

Well that's...pretty weird. It was definitely a magical castle the last time. Why would somewhere else want to kidnap me too?

Unless everypony really needs parties here?

[Yeah. That's probably it.]

[hellofist]

[Well, talking animals are new for the fleet, as far as Cass knows. He's very little for a horse, too. Interesting.]

There's no castle. It's just space.

[preformthisneigh]

[He recognises that voice, and he beams down on his newly found communicator. It IS her! Finally a familiar face. He bounces around the communicator on the ground, ecstatic. ]

Cass!! I was starting to wonder if anypony I knew was gonna show up. It was like you all vanished. It's great to see you again!

[And it really, genuinely is. Wow. Pinkie was right, friendship is pretty awesome. Who knew?]

I know there's no castle now, but it'll turn back once it's done being space, right?

[hellofist]

[Oh... She'd heard that people could come here with memories that other people didn't have, but it hadn't really happened to her before. She's certainly never met this pony, but his body language makes it impossible to deny he knows her. That he'd liked some version of her she doesn't remember being.

It feels odd, but when she smiles at him she means it. It's better to be happy she had friends than sad she doesn't remember them, right?]

Happy to see you, too. [She is, because he seems very sweet. It's not a lie.] But, uh... I don't remember you. I'm sorry...

[preformthisneigh]

[This is fine. It's just a blip. It's fine.

It's fiiiiiine.

His smile falters a little, but he still manages to keep a semblance of one. ]

Oh. Well, I was gone for a few months. Things got kind of crazy back home. And I can't remember how good human memories are.

[But how could she forget him? Nopony forgets him. Not since he got his cutie mark anyway. ]

I'm Cheese Sandwich! All fun-loving, party pony, ready for a shindig any time it's needed.

[He holds his rubber chicken up to the screen, somewhat desperately. ]

And this is Boneless Two! My trusty party companion.

[ino]

[ ... Pinching the bridge of her nose. ]

No, this isn't Paradisa.

[preformthisneigh]

[Ino, you fool. At least she knows where they're supposed to be. Were supposed to be? ]

Are you sure? Because I remember Paradisa, and clearly you remember it, and it does cause shenanigans like this.

[He waves a hoof around himself to take in the general SPACENESS of everything. ]

[ino]

Yeah, there's a small group of people here who remember it too, but this isn't Paradisa. We're in a whole different -- but similar -- situation now.

[ It's mean of her, but she's really just wondering why Atroma can't pick someone she wants to see from Para instead ... ]

Instead of being mad at the castle, now we get to be mad at Atroma.

[peacockherald]

_{[ Well, here is a face he never thought he would ever see again... ]}

Cheese?

[preformthisneigh]

[A face he recognises, and more to the point, who clearly still remembers him. At least Paradisa probably wasn't some horrible fever dream, yay. He beams down at his communicator. ]

Hi, Vanyel! Small universe! I didn't think I'd bump into you all the way in space.

[peacockherald]

_{[ He chuckles, glad the other recognizes him. He had liked Cheese, back in Paradisa, as odd as it was talking to a pony (Yfandes was completely different of course). ]}

It seems a lot of us are coming over from the Castle. But it is good to see you again, Cheese.

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[horrendous]

What in Thor's--

[That's a talking horse. Well, he'd been warned that there were dragons who took human shapes. Maybe there were also animals that just... talked? Like people? But didn't actually transform?

This is weird.]

Wow. Yup, now I've seen everything.

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[preformthisneigh]

[Any transformation would come with panicked screaming and a complete inability to hold himself upright. ]

Are you sure? Have you seen a hippopotamus riding a unicycle while juggling chainsaws and humming An Ode to Bear Claws?

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[horrendous]

Can't say I've seen that actually.

[He leans in, checking out Cheese over the feed.]

You have-- you have little horse-clothes, too. That's...

[Okay this just went from weird and freaky to hilarious in the span of like two seconds. He supposes he's spent too much time around the twins.]

... Kinda cute.