Cheese is Good, Cheese is Nice

[spontaneouscombustion]

Who: Pinkie Pie, Cheese Sandwich, and you!
Broadcast: Yes
Action: SS Iskaulit
When: October 23

[Frankly, this last shuffle could go to Tartarus in a wicker basket and a card reading "Dear Tirek: Dig In." But if there's one thing that could bring some joy back to Pinkie after losing a friend, it was making others happy. Especially by throwing a birthday party she'd been planning for months, and doubly especially for the love of her life, and someone who lifted her up after the hard weekend. So early-ish in the morning, those who Pinkie knew to be Cheese's close friends would get a video message.]

Morning, everybody~! Pinkie Pie here, and I've got a super DUPER special birthday I need help celebrating today! My super duper co-party planner and even super-duper-er special somepony Cheesy turns another year older today, so come by the Iskaulit for lots of cake and punch and games! See you there~

[Indeed, Pinkie pulled out as many stops as she could for this one. There's a vast and varied snack bar (vegetarian of course) featuring fondue and chips and dip and pizzas, a literal rainbow of punchbowls, and as many non-dice party games as you can shake a tail at. And the centerpiece is a pretty dang big chocolate cake with a frosting in the image of Cheese's Party Howitzer, Boneless 2 riding on top like a proud general. (She wanted it to be colossal but flour's been at a premium and the last of it went into this beauty.) Come on in, guys, and give the Fleet's first party pony some love back.]

Comments

[preformthisneigh]

[Stallion, definitely stallion. He wasn't expecting gifts, or rather, he forgot that was a part of it. He smiles, taking it. ]

Oh wow, thanks, Finn!

[He'll open it up, beaming at it. Wow, look at that, a gift just for him. He'll get it onto a foreleg, how? Who knows, don't question tiny horses.]

This is...really neat!

[forcesensitive]

[It's the simplest thing you can make at fun time craft hour, but considering he's altogether new at the whole "presents" thing (and that's he's 100% sure a pony can magically wear a bracelet), it's worth a shot. And he looks thrilled that Cheese seems to like it.]

It's a friendship bracelet, see? You're supposed to make a wish and wear it, and then when it falls off your wish comes true. But it has to fall off naturally, you can't loosen it after you tie it or it doesn't count.

[...he might be mixing up a few traditions here.]

[preformthisneigh]

[That...sounds convoluted, but Cheese kind of sucks at friendship, so he'll take that as gospel, nodding.]

Okay, I think I can do that.

[He'll scrunch his face in concentration. Wish making is serious business. ]

[forcesensitive]

[It's okay, Finn is new at friendship too. So he watches Cheese and then makes a satisfied nod after it looks like he's made his wish.]

All right! Now, you don't gotta tell me the wish, so besides that--what do you want to do in your next year?

[preformthisneigh]

[Oh yeah, can't give away wishes or they won't come true. ]

Honestly, so long as we're still together and happy, that would be great.

[Or he and Pibkie could go home and remember this. Remember them. Instead of him vanishing off into the sunset again. But he knows those sorts of things rarely happen. ]

[forcesensitive]

I like that.

[Trust a pony to come up with a good answer.]

Nothing more important than knowing your friends are happy.

[preformthisneigh]

Exactly! So long as that's good, everything else just falls into place around them, you know?

[forcesensitive]

[He smiles, softer than usual.]

Yeah. Yeah, it does.

[preformthisneigh]

It's what I always believe, anyway.