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Who: Nightingale and you!
Broadcast: Video to all
Action: On the Bishop
When: Now!

[When the video starts, Nightingale is just facing the camera, sitting in her room. Her fox is circling her, like it's demanding attention, but she's just ignoring it. Notably, the fox is also wearing a little purple party hat.]

So... As of yesterday, I've been here for a year.

[She pauses for a minute.]

A year by my world's calendar, not Earth's. Earth's calendar is stupid.

Anyway, when you factor in the time I spent at my last interdimensional shithole, it's been about a year and a half since I've been home. I know there's a lot of people here who have been gone a lot longer than I have, but... The homesickness just doesn't get much easier, does it? I'm even starting to miss the shitty fast food place right near my place.

Shit, I'm even starting to miss the last interdimensional shithole. At least there we had a purpose, even if the place sucked. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that we're not having half the people here getting killed once a week, but... There's no goal here. We just try to get nebulous 'ratings' to win at a completely unknown 'end'. We're being fucked with constantly, and...

[She has to take a moment before she continues, taking a deep breath. Then she lifts the camera, turning it around, to show a large crate on the ground, opened. There are: A large pile of party hats and poppers, several rubber snakes and small stuffed birds, and below that, quite a large number of what look to be glass bottles. (Of course, every single thing is purple.)]

That got a lot more depressing than I meant it to. Anyway, since I've been here for a year, I got this from the 'sponsors'? The drinks taste like shit, but they're strong, so... If you want to get nostalgic and talk about your homes or whatever and try to be less homesick, or if you just want to get smashed, I guess, party on the Bishop. Everyone's invited, and people from that shitty castle have drinks reserved already.

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If there is anything monster-related, I will set it on fire, as that is what I do with monsters. Understand?

Soooo what you're telling us is no monsters?

Just puzzles then?

[She just sighs and puts her head in her hands for a moment.]

No. Listen, when I called it a party, I was being sarcastic. There is nothing to celebrate here. This is something I feel like shit over, and I invited people so I wouldn't just be getting drunk alone. Okay? So... Enough already.

[maybe if she drops a sadness bomb on the ponies, she'll be left to mope in peace. This can't backfire at all!]

[Yeah no because they can't allow sadness to exist in the same sphere they exist in. They can't coexist at all. Cheese looks marginally horrified, moving a little closer. ]

Oh no no, we can't have that! [But this isn't his first other-word rodeo so he knows she can't find a happy thing about this. Usually there isn't. But he can offer something else.]

If you get sad and down about it, that's letting Atroma win. You gotta show them that what they're doing to you isn't getting to you, no matter how long they keep you here.

[Let's add Inside Out to the list of movies Cheese needs lessons from.

Still, they at least need to TRY to make her feel better.]

Yeah... Plus you're our friend. We don't want you to feel sad if we can try and make you feel better. It's our job.

[There's so much she wants to say, but then Pinkie basically blows it all out of her head with one point to focus on.]

Wait- Friend? This is the first time I've met you, and for Cheese, I've done nothing but bitch and mope every time I talk to him.

[Absolutely. ]

Pinkie is everypony's friend. It's what she does.

[So matter of fact with that. ]

Me, less so, it takes me a little longer, but yeah, I consider you a friend.

Mhmm! And any friend of Cheese's is a friend of mine!

But- That's- Why?!

[You appear to have shorted her out.]

Because that's just how it is. Friendship!!! And stuff.

[He gets it (kinda) he's still getting used to it himself. ]

Exactly! SO! How can we help our friend out?

[how the fuck is she meant to deal with this.]

No, I- I don't understand, I- How is that 'just how it is'?!

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[Wow she really doesn't get it. ]

That's how me and Pinkie work. We make everypony happy. I've talked to you about this before, Nightingale.

[Cute, enthusiastic nodding, how can you resist these faces?]

Talking to me about it before doesn't mean I understood it any more before!

Welll, it's just friendship? I think Pinkie can explain it more than me. She's an Element of Harmony!

[Want her to sing the FUN song? She can totally sing the FUN song.]

Yes indeedy~ Me and my friends back in Ponyville have been learning and teaching a LOT about friendship since we stopped Nightmare Moon together!