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Who: Kitty Pryde and everyone who tags!
Broadcast: Yep!
Action: Planet fun! Or Windrose maybe. I'm flexible.
When: Now or nowish. Definitely now-adjacent.

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I have an important request. I need someone who can make cheese. Do cheese makers have an old timey name like cobblers and haberdashers or are those only for clothes? Anyway, calling all of those.

Cheese doesn't seem to be a thing here from what I can tell, but we're just one ingredient away from some really great pizza. I have no idea what cheese requires other than cows or goats or something. I grew up so close to Wisconsin, but I feel like I learned so little.

I would also accept alternative cheese. I know there were vegan kinds made out of hopes and dreams or something I assume. I can pay you or share the finished pizza or do something in trade if I had skills. I could beat someone up for you maybe. [She's not going to do that. Probably.] We'll work it out.

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[She's on the planet doing all of these things and more but this post won't get to CAPTCHA! You might find her on the Windrose veeeery rarely!]

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[WELP, no going back for her, now. ]

Yeah!

[He turns a little to show off the cheese-sandwich-accordion picture on his flank. ]

Every pony gets one when they find out their destiny. It's like a...coming of age, kinda thing.

And your destiny issss...[what is that?] grilled cheese? I hope it comes with tomato soup.

Oh, no. My destiny is to bring parties to ponies who need them. To make them happy whenever they;re feeling sad.

Uh, cutie marks are sometimes a little vague.

Yeah, I'm not sure I would have gotten all that from the picture. [Mostly because she didn't.]

It's okay, there's lots of ponies who don't even understand them. They can be pretty mysterious.

Did you understand yours right away?

I did. I ran into Pinkie Pie and realised that wow that's what I wanted to do. Make anypony who was feeling down happy. And just like that, I got my Cutie Mark.

[He's missing out the part where his foalhood was horribly lonely due to his crippling shyness, but still. ]

Glad you got that worked out. What happens if you never get a cutie mark?

Oh, well. I don't think that's ever happened. Ponies eventually stumble on their destiny one way or another eventually. Because...well, destiny, I guess.

But I do get it. I know humans are different, that you guys have things a little less set in stone than us Equestrians. It's about as different as you can get.

It does feel like it might be a little different, yeah. [Understatement.] But I guess it works for you.

You do seem pretty happy about it. Not so much a trapped by destiny vibe.

Nah, it's not like being trapped at all. It's like...knowing exactly who you are. It's pretty comforting, really.

Yeah? Doesn't make it boring? [Just safe and comfy maybe? Okay, it could sound worse.]

Not really. Equestria's... well, it's a pretty interesting place to live. The whole kingdom is threatened every couple months by some big bad whatever. We don't have the time to be bored.

[Is Spike there attacking you? He likes that term.] Um, different attackers each time?

[Spike would approve of the term. ]

Yep!

...Well, I guess technically there was Discord twice, but he wasn't the real threat the second time around.

[She would love to see Spike hanging out with ponies. Or maybe not.]

At least the naming makes it easy to see it coming. [Villains and their fail at subtly like Apocalypse.]

[He'd probably have some kind of seixure, filled with biting and Brit-isms. ]

Well yeah, I mean, he's literally Discord, so we shouldn't have been surprised. Pinkie says he's changed, but jury's out for me on that one.

Not as forgiving as her? [It's the pink, isn't it? Makes people all full of hope and the belief in the goodness in others. There was a pink haired princess back in the prison.]

[He thinks so. Pinkie is, after all, pretty much joy incarnate. ]

Pinkie always sees the best in everyone, no matter what. She wants to be everyone's friends.

It's...pretty impressive and inspiring of her, but nah. I'm a little more reserved.

Seems like the kind of thing that could get a person in trouble too. [The kind of thing you wouldn't survive in her world.] Probably a good thing she has you.

[He gives a soft chuckle.]

You'd think, wouldn't you? But back home, she's loved. She's- well, it's a little complicated to explain, but she's the Element of Laughter - basically part of the force that protects our world. Without her, Equestria would literally be a less happy place.

...But yeah. She always has me.

The element of laughter... [The weird doesn't stop at "talking ponies." Nope.] I am just going to pretend I understand and nod my head in agreement.

[The sentiment of always being with someone is sweet though. She hopes it works out. It should for someone.]

Thaaaaat's probably a good idea. Even I only understand a little of it. It's made of bigger thing than us regular ponies ever have to deal with.

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