Water Flowing Under-- OH MY GOSH, WHERE IS THE GROUND?!

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Who: Pinkie Pie and YOU, tall non-pony creature!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Waking up on the HS Marsiva
When: April 26, a few hours pre-shuffle

[Holy space guacamole, Batman, this newcomer is PINK! And just coming about a really nice dream about a mountain of ice cream when her eyes flutter open and she mutters sleepily.]

Mmm... hey, where'd the ice cream go? [A few more blinks towards the ceiling... and then she registers something.] Hey, where did the COLOR go?

[In an attempt to investigate this monochrome mystery, she sits up in the cot... and her eyes BUG out wide at the large, white, sterile, mostly empty hospitality deck that's most definitely NOT her flat at Sugarcube Corner.]

Forget the color, where did I go?!

[Her eyes dart around until she sees the REALLY BIG WINDOW! An escape route! And the sky's still black and starry.]

Oh, PHEW, it's still night time! Maybe I can get back before anypony gets too worried!

[She makes to charge at the window, but stops in her tracks a foot away, her eyes wider than ever as she sees there's NOTHING beneath that black. No buildings, no trees, no mountains, no roads, no ground or water or anything at all.]

... SWEET CELESTIA, LUNA, CADANCE, AND TWILIGHT, WHERE DID EVERYTHING GO?!?!?!?!

[I apologize for any damage to auditory organs, particularly to those that are actually ON the Marsiva. If anybody's watching the broadcast or on the Hospitality Deck, mind helping out a tiny, pink pony with no concept of space travel?]

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[What a weird-looking alien. At least she speaks Common--or what his augment recognizes as Common, anyway. Finn turns on the video function and waves, trying to look encouraging.]

Uh, hi. You gotta be new here. I'm Finn, and you're on a ship called the Marsiva! Don't worry, everything at home is just the way you left it.

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[Miiiight take her a while to respond because a) Pinkie's trying to figure out where that voice is coming from.]

Huh? Who sai--

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[Aaaand b), apparently SOMEBODY was out of ideas for where to place a communicator on a naked, short-furred sentient equine, so her communicator is clipped to the bottom of her mane. Miracle it didn't fall off during all that running around, really.

Once she pinpoints the voice to this weird little light box in her mane, though, Pinkie pulls it out with her teeth (gently, though, don't wanna hurt the voice's owner) and then put it between her hooves. Oh, look, there's a little... thing in the box. She gives it a small (if still a little nervous) smile.]

Um... hi, Finn, I'm Pinkie Pie! Wait, I didn't leave home, at least I don't NORMALLY sleepwalk. And I DEFINITELY can't sleepFLY like a pegasus, and even if I could there's no WAY I could sleepfly far enough to not see the GROUND anymore! Oh! And is the box your home or part of your body?

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Oh, uh, neither? [He thinks he can keep all of that straight, but answers her in reverse order.] It's a communicator, so we can talk to each other from far away. You're in the Marsiva right now, and I'm on another ship. If you look over toward the big moon from the window, you can probably see it.

Hate to say it, but we all got kidnapped here by these guys called Atroma.

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[Impressive, Mr. 2187.]

OH, I gotcha! Kinda like a magic mirror or something? Oooh, that IS a big-- wait, there's more than one moon?! But how's it moving?

Wait, WHAT?! Why?! What'd I do to them, we didn't deal with anypony called the Atroma back home!

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[He's not really sure what a magic mirror is, but he nods anyway.] The ship's orbiting the moon! So really you're the one who's moving, you just can't feel it because of the tech. [Yep, she's definitely from one of those worlds without tech. Fortunately, every kid gets space travel explained to them, so he doesn't find it hard. She's excitable enough to be young for a...whatever she is.

--Pony, apparently. Wait, isn't that like a horse? Oh no, he was just talking to one of his shipmates about eating horse meat! Finn's suddenly glad he never tried it himself.] They, uh, take us for what's called a reality show. For their entertainment. It's pretty sick if you ask me.

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[You poor, fairy tale deprived soul. And hey, they have tech, thank you very much! Most of it just goes into entertainment. (And she's probably not that much younger than himself.)]

No, I mean, who's moving the moon around the planet? Somepony has to, don't they need magic to move?

Noooo idea what that is. I'm guessing THEY don't have any idea what fun is, either. Since when is KIDNAPPING po-- others fun?

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[It's been a long, long time since Cheese has so much as seen another pony. He's given up on ever seeing another one until this stream of weirdo other worlds decides to let him go back home. Of course, he always likes to listen in on new arrivals, offer them a friendly welcome if he thinks they need it. He just never expected to hear a voice he recognised.

Much less her voice. For a second, he thinks he's hallucinating (that was going around, right? he's sure he heard something about that) but then she speaks again and he realises that that is in fact her. On the Marsiva. Right now.

There's a clash and clatter of hooves offscreen as he gallops from his little spot on the bridge of the Bishop to where he'd put his communicator down, peering into it with a mixture of absolute glee and pure, unadulterated relief. ]

Pinkie? Is that you?

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[Oh, thank goodness, a voice she KNOWS! Luckily, Pinkie's already holding her comm now so she can answer him right away. (And not have to ask who put him in a light box.)]

Cheese Sandwich! Oh my gosh, what are YOU doing here?! Are you throwing a party or something?!

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[It is her. She's here, and she's okay and suddenly everything in Cheese's universe is right.]

I've been here a while! Wow, it's great to see you!!!! I didn't think I'd ever even see you ever ever again!

[But she's HERE. ]

You know me, I always have a party on the backburner. But nah, you're in space! A loooooong way from Equestria.

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It's great to see you too! Oh, yeah, Finn told me about the space and the light box part, but--

[Wait, whaaaat did he say?]

"Ever even see me ever ever again?" Why not? How long's that while been?

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[Thank you, Finn. ]

Wellll, first I was kidnapped by this magical castle called Cair Paradisa, and then I woke up here and it's been about a year and a half since I've seen another pony so HI.

Really pleased to see you.

[Do you know what it's like to not see another pony for that long, Pinkie? It's the WORST. ]

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[Oh good sweet Sisters, that is a HORRIBLE fate. Especially since she has SO many pony friends back home!]

Wait, WHAT?!?!?! A year and a half?! A castle kidnapped you?! HOW?! Why the heck didn't WE hear about it, that DEFINITELY counts as a friendship problem?!

[DARNIT FRIENDSHIP MAP, YOU HAD ONE JOB!!!]

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[Tyrion is just going to be sitting back here, watching this with all good amusement.]

Oh my ... another pony.

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[Yes indeedy. Too bad she gets to him AFTER learning about space and Cheese's existence, but there should still be some laughs, right? And that's quite the cute little smile on-screen too, at least SOMEWHAT as amusing as the panicking, right?]

Oh, you know Cheese already? Are you two friends? What's your name?

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[... well that was certainly a great deal of questions all at once. Tyrion's eyebrows went up.]

Cheese and I are acquainted, but I wouldn't call us friends just yet. And I am Tyrion Lannister. To whom am I speaking?

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Oh wow, that's a HUGE name! And I thought Pinkamena Diane Pie was a mouthful! That's why everypony usually calls me Pinkie Pie!

[... Pinkie, your name's longer than his.]

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...I can see why you would want to shorten that, yes. [A wry answer.] Everyone calls me Tyrion, however. Or my Lord Lannister, whichever you prefer.

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Ooh, you're a lord? Nice! Where are you lord of? One of my best friends is the Princess of Friendship back home!

[... No, she's being 100% serious, that is a thing to be princess of and her best friend is that princess.]

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Welcome to the Fleet. I assume you've gotten the basic rundown?

[At this point, Furiosa is familiar enough with Cheese that she's not staring too hard, but on the other hand, she's never quite seen that shade of pink (or so very much of it) before.]

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[Aren't they the best shades of pink ever?]

Oh, hey, thanks! Yeah, Finn and Cheese Sandwich and Tyrion told me about the communicators and how I got space-kidnapped and the time-stopping and about humans and how the suns and moons move on their own and the chip in my head!

[She's... awfully chipper for getting a lot of news with a couple of negative implications.]

I'm Pinkie Pie, what's your name?

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[That ... hadn't been an invitation for a full report, but Furiosa takes it in stride. Or, at least, attempts too; that was a lot of unexpected information in a short amount of time. After a beat, so she can process it all (such chipperness in the face of really dire circumstances ... kind of reminds her of a Warboy.]

Furiosa. Sound like you've already made some good contacts.

[But this begs the obvious question,] I'm assuming you're from Cheese's world?

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[... Does she WANT to know what a Warboy is?]

Yes indeedy! Hee, although it'd been a while. It's nice to see him again. Are you a friend of his, Furiosa?

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[Depends, how is she with super-energetic hyper-violent disease-ridden V8-worshipping brainwashed kids?]

I ... guess you could say that, yes. He's a good ... pony.

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[Super-energetic kids, yes. ... Yeah, best for her insanity if she never knows ever.]

Hee, that he is~ And a GREAT party planner too, I bet he's been making everybody here really happy, right?