Weekend Entertainment!

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THE Milliways Test Drive MEME

HOW TO PLAY:

* Tag into this post with a pup you're thinking of apping to the bar with a brief EP set within Milliways and/or its universe. You can be new to the game, or simply want to test out a fresh pup.

* If you already play at Milliways, feel free to tag in with your own characters and interact with the new pups. You can also post your own EPs for these new characters to thread with.

* Mingle, post, and have fun!

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[always_the_moon]

She's not generating random thunderclaps or using YE OLDE CAPSLOCK. Count your blessings.

"It is an honor to meet thee, Fair and Talented Trixie," intones Princess Luna, inclining her head. "Pray tell, what are the talents that thou claimest?"

[fantastictrix]

"L-likewise, Princess," Trixie manages, rising out of her bow.

At the question, her mind goes blank. Bragging to an alicorn is not so easy.

"I like stars," says Trixie's mouth. Trixie, hearing it, grabs for that lifeline. "Ah, and illusions. And lights. And conjuring." She clears her throat. "Things that are pretty. I like to entertain."

[always_the_moon]

"Oh, thou art a conjurer?" Luna's expression brightens. "Splendid! It has been far too long since We have seen a good conjuring show."

[fantastictrix]

"I'd love to," says Trixie, the prospect of putting on a show kindling a spark in her mind. "I don't have my stage," she realizes aloud, as she automatically looked for the pinwheels to spin. "I'll have to save the full show for when I've got everything ready."

She's exhausted and demoralized, but she can't fail now. She'll be sent to Magic Kindergarten! Right. Here goes-

And she conjures up a bouquet of roses. It smells delicious in her exhausted state, but she offers it to the Princess with a graceful half-bow.

[always_the_moon]

Luna applauds and telekinetically takes the bouquet.

She might just take a nibble herself as she watches.

[fantastictrix]

Applause!

Trixie is beside herself (except she doesn't think of that illusion.) It invigorates her like nothing else can. She doesn't have any fireworks ready to set off with a little tap of magic. But she can do pretty lights, tiny rainbows from a borrowed glass of water, and a tiny lightning bolt sparking back and forth between two forks to earth itself artistically in a wee puff of purple smoke.

She's a tiny bit winded by the time she takes a bow, but she masks her hard breathing. It would ruin the illusion.

[always_the_moon]

"Huzzah!" cries the Princess, drumming her forehooves on the ground even harder. "Your Princess is most pleased with thy performance!"

[fantastictrix]

It's like a small crowd of cheering! Trixie's ears are ringing! But to have just delighted royalty with an off-the-shoe performance is the most awesome thing Trixie has ever done in her whole life.

(If her home wasn't smashed in that whole Ursa Minor fiasco she'd just have forgotten A Very Valuable Lesson.)

But she bows again, beaming, her hat slightly askew from her efforts and her sides not heaving at all.

[always_the_moon]

Bah. Celestia is the one who cares about Very Valuable Lessons, not Luna.

"It is most impressive to find such talent in such a young mare," says the Princess. "We have seen but one other with such gifts. Pray tell, knowest thou of the unicorn Twilight Sparkle?"

[fantastictrix]

Well, balloon meets pin anyway. Trixie is jolted from her sudden new heights of Pony Everypony Should Know About.

"Oh, yes, I met her," Trixie admits what few others would be able to get her to confess. "She certainly knows how to string spells together."

[always_the_moon]

"Indeed," says Luna. "Were it not for her skill at magic, We would still be corrupted by the baleful influence of darkness."

[fantastictrix]

Trixie shivers, and it's quite real; the story of Nightmare Moon was a parable against jealousy in some of the books she'd read as a little filly.

"We are all delighted to have you back, princess," she says.

You, and your mighty lungs.