Letters From and To Equestia

SPECIAL BATCH: DASH CHAT

NOTE: ALL CHATS WERE DONE ESSENTIALLY AT THE SAME TIME.

KUMQUAT (NOAH):

Noah says:

Also, in case you didn't know, the red means "busy".

Rainbow Dash says:

Noah says:

But I'm not busy, for some reason it won't let me turn it back to green.

Some error, meh.

Rainbow Dash says:

well

it doesn't matter

I know you're here

Noah says:

Good

Anyway, sorry for my absence

I was eating dinner

Rainbow Dash says:

that's okayt

Noah says:

A fairly late dinner, but dinner nonetheless

Have you been chatting with other humans?

And what time is it on the other side of the whatever?

Rainbow Dash says:

It's 8:27

and yes

Noah says:

Not too many, I hope?

Rainbow Dash says:

no,

really just scherzo

Noah says:

I get a lot of them confused

Save for Gig and Qetuo

Tragic

I was the one that first got Twilight out of her big ol' hole of depression and despair, anyway

Rainbow Dash says:

Thanks for that, by the way

Noah says:

No problem

I seem to associate myself with a lot of depressed people

Which is kind of odd, because I'm a generally positive person

I wear rainbow-colored tie die shirts every day

Rainbow Dash says:

Heh

an homage to me?

Noah says:

Actually, I've been doing it for a couple years, so no

I'll dedicate the practice to you instead

Rainbow Dash says:

Sweet!

Noah says:

I'm still not dyeing my hair, though.

I'll keep the boring brown.

Rainbow Dash says:

Why not dye it? If I turned human that'd be the first thing I do.

Noah says:

It's a bit of a culture thing.

I'd literally be the only one in my entire city with it, which would be kind of cool

But I'd also be unemployable for whatever reason

Rainbow Dash says:

Human culture is weird

Noah says:

Plus, I wear enough color as it is, the brown kind of balances it and makes it "pop" a bit more, if you will

And yes

Yes it is

Actually, going way back to you and homages

I found this image earlier

Sorry

I lost connection for a little bit

Anyway

This is somebody in a gay rights march

Rainbow Dash says:

You could also be a pony?

You stopped sharing photos

Noah says:

Huh?

Rainbow Dash says:

"more than one way to be a girl"

like I get it

Noah says:

heh

Rainbow Dash says:

You could like girls.

Noah says:

Yeah, something like that

So now you're a gay pride symbol

Not just the rainbow

Rainbow Dash says:

Sweet. I'm a mascot.

Noah says:

Sweet.

I'm straight myself, but the fact that anybody things being gay is wrong is one of the most stupid things I've ever heard

There's absolutely no reason for it

Rainbow Dash says:

Nope. There aren't many homophobes over here. I guess since there are a lot of lesbians/bis.

male gays are less common, just cause there are fewer stallions

Noah says:

Ah, well. At least progress is being made.

Just a couple days ago one of the major states in my home country legalized gay marriage.

About freaking time.

Rainbow Dash says:

Wait what?

Only a couple days ago?

Noah says:

I know, right?

It isn't even legalized in my state.

Rainbow Dash says:

That's... bad

Noah says:

Biggest understatement of the day right there

My connection's going faulty again

Rainbow Dash says:

Connection?

Noah says:

To the internet and to you

Technology doesn't always work

Sometimes it cuts out

Rainbow Dash says:

I woulda thought

Noah says:

If I mysteriously dissapear, then I'll probably be back

I'm back

Rainbow Dash says:

Noah says:

At least the whole busy problem is gone

And back again

Rainbow Dash says:

what were we talking about before?

Noah says:

I can barely even remember

I lost the chat log when the connection was lost

I think it was something about gay people

Rainbow Dash says:

Oh yeah

I'm a mascot

Noah says:

More than I can say for myself

Congratulations on such an achievement

Also, I'm kind of really impressed that you managed to learn a language not even designed for your anatomy so quickly

Quick learner and all that, I know

But still, I've been studying German, one of the languages closer to my mother language for over a year now

And I can't even hold a conversation in it!

Rainbow Dash says:

Well. I'm just that awesome

Noah says:

Of course.

Humble, too.

Y'know, something kind of weird that I realized

After I heard about what happened between you and Storm Chaser, I was thinking to myself about what ever happened to her

And I started thinking about how cool it would be if you two got back in contact with each other

and POOF!

Rainbow Dash says:

Wait...

oh my gods

Noah says:

What?

I saw the letter where you talked about your past

Then in a couple days I saw another that said she was with you

Rainbow Dash says:

maybe....

okay

we're going to test something

Noah says:

Yeh?

Rainbow Dash says:

There's a tree in the centre of town by the clock tower

I want you to imagine it turning blue

completely

Just

focus on that

Noah says:

That's kind of weird, but okay

I kind of prefer green, but I guess that would be kind of redundant with the leaves

Rainbow Dash says:

it's just something objective that we can test

Noah says:

Although red bark and green leaves would be more visually pleasing

But that would be pretty dang close to reality

Still, blue's fine

Rainbow Dash says:

okay

Noah says:

Did somebody paint it blue or was magic involved?

Or did the tree just decide to be blue?

Kind of just, "out of the blue" got bored of its color

Rainbow Dash says:

just picture it turning blue

any way

Noah says:

Okay, fine.

If a tree can do that, I certainly would

If I was a tree

But I'm not a tree

Rainbow Dash says:

If you say the line

I swear to all the gods

Noah says:

I wouldn't like to be a tree

Hey, I wonder if Fluttershy'd ever like to be a tree sometime

Quiet, one with nature

that kind of stuff

Maybe then she'd turn blue

holy crap I've gotten off topic

Tree. Clock. Blue. Right.

Rainbow Dash says:

don't imagine that

fluttershy being a tree

please

I know she says she'd like to be one

but I doubt she'd like it very much

Noah says:

Maybe if she could just shapeshift at will

Rainbow Dash says:

FLUTTERSHY WILL NOT BE A TREE

get it?

Noah says:

Fine

Calm down

Rainbow Dash says:

I'm calm

promise

Noah says:

So I'm assuming that you aren't doing this just to make me look like a foal and go off on multiple tangents on color theory, individuality, and shapeshifting

That took a while

I'm back

Still thinking about the tree

Rainbow Dash says:

good

I'm in Canterlot right now

so i won't be able to see it

for awhile

Noah says:

*Back*

I can't just magically make trees rethink their fashion choice for the evening

At least I don't think I can

That'd be pretty dang cool, actually

but still

And do I have to think of it until you get back?

Rainbow Dash says:

yes

well

just sorta

maybe

once an hour?

Noah says:

What if I'm asleep?

Rainbow Dash says:

then

i dunno

think about it before you go to sleep

Noah says:

kay

But why?

Rainbow Dash says:

because

science

Noah says:

Oh okay

Science works

You'll have to let me know how it turns out, somehow

Are you gonna do these chats again?

Rainbow Dash says:

probably

Noah says:

It's a lot easier to have a complete conversation than the letters, that's for sure

Rainbow Dash says:

yeah

Noah says:

Back again

This is getting old

Signal, make up your mind

Preferrably to stay up

Rainbow Dash says:

huh?

Noah says:

My internet does not want to stay up

Rainbow Dash says:

well

Noah says:

It's annoying

Rainbow Dash says:

Just

picture

the

tree

blue

Noah says:

Okay

Only for you, Rainbow Dash

Or for science

Or maybe a Klondike bar

Rainbow Dash says:

nah for me mostly

What's with you humans and "Klondike bars"

Pinkie was talking about those the other day

Noah says:

They're the single most valuable resource we have on this planet

Rainbow Dash says:

really?

Noah says:

It's not uncommon to be asked exactly what one would do to obtain one

Answers vary

But yes, nothing comes close to the value of a true, genuine Klondike bar

I've seen people do a handstand for ten minutes to get their hands on one

It would have been longer if they weren't about to pass out

Rainbow Dash says:

wow....

Noah says:

Wow indeed

If magic on earth existed before ponies, then those would be where it was located

Rainbow Dash says:

hmmm

Make sure qetuo doesn't get his hands on any

they're too powerful for him

Noah says:

unfortunately in that regard, despite their value, they aren't rare

So that may be a problem

But thankfully not many people would just hand one over

If he did something to get one, then it better have been caught on camera

Because it would be hilarious.

Rainbow Dash says:

he'd probably kill thousands to get one

it wouldn't be

Noah says:

but why kill thousands and reveal your location when you can do something less lethal yet more embarassing to get the same effect?

Oh wait

He's Qetuo

Rainbow Dash says:

yep

anyway

I gotta go now

Noah says:

We're screwed

Rainbow Dash says:

great talking to you

Yeah

we are

Noah says:

Same, Dash!

Good luck with the whole tree thing.

BRIAN:

Brian says:

Hi dash

Rainbow Dash says:

hi brian

Brian says:

sorry i havent written you in awhile things have been kinda crazy

evil organizations and such if your curious just ask Twilight

Rainbow Dash says:

What do you mean?

Brian says:

well i dont know if you know about this yet but I have sort of recently gotten magical abilities

and some organization is trying to use me to some end

Rainbow Dash says:

Oh gods...

Brian says:

problem is if i dont use my magic things can get even worse

like nuclear detonation worse

Rainbow Dash says:

What does one of those look like, anyway?

Brian says:

that

Rainbow Dash says:

...

oh gods

Brian says:

no worries i have designed a gauntlet to diffuse my excess magic

so i dont need to worry about it to much

Rainbow Dash says:

well

that's good I guess

don't kill people

Brian says:

i wont

Rainbow Dash says:

good.

Brian says:

i went to mars for awhile actually

trying to prevent that

Rainbow Dash says:

...

Mars? like... the planet mars?

Brian says:

yep

ive learned alot about magic from a pony I have known for about 20 years sounds crazy I know but agaiin ask twilight

Rainbow Dash says:

aThis is all too weird for me

I think I will

Brian says:

yea its really weird for me as well

i never really wanted all this attention or even all this power

its so much responsibility

Rainbow Dash says:

Just... think what Twilight would do

IF twilight wouldn't do it

don't do it

Brian says:

I know

I was pretty angry at the organization hunting me for awhile though

they killed my whole family

i saw it when i returned from mars

that image will haunt me forever

Rainbow Dash says:

It would haunt me too

Brian says:

ive just been hiding out under an entirely different look i dont thing anyonewould recognize me ifthey saw me

hmm my space bar seems to be having problems

well enough about my problems how have things been going for you and storm?

Rainbow Dash says:

Good

She's gone back to San Anponio

Still, she's moving here soon

Brian says:

sounds like your life is going good at least im glad for that

Rainbow Dash says:

yep

Brian says:

oh you were right by the way.

Rainbow Dash says:

what do you mean?

Right about what?

Brian says:

well i was eading a published letter

and your comment about the human sex drivewas pretty spot on its pretty much always active but thats enough about that

Rainbow Dash says:

Oh gods here we go.

Brian says:

no i justwanted to let you know you were right on the money there

no more comments form me

Rainbow Dash says:

well, I kinda "know"

okay man

bye!

Brian says:

bye

SCHERZO:

Rainbow Dash says:

hello

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Finally got clearance for live interaction, eh?

Rainbow Dash says:

yup

hy scherzo

hey*

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Well if you're going to use colors then I guess I will too :V

How's things goin' over there?

Rainbow Dash says:

they just kinda set it like this

it's crazy man

crazy

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

You mean more than usual

Rainbow Dash says:

apparently there was this bank robbery today

In Cloudsdale, of all places!

But the funny thing is

they didn't take any money

What's up with that?

oooh

also

they were griffons

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Banks don't always hold -just- money you know...they could have been after something else that was in its vaults?

Griffons you say?

Rainbow Dash says:

Yeah

six of 'em

they had weird looking weapons, apparently

human designed

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Oh, great. Looks like that embargo on the Rift either isn't working out or there was something left over from before the blockade went in place.

Rainbow Dash says:

I dunno

I think that Qetuo has something to do with this

Have the human police been looking for him at all?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

I honestly haven't a clue, if they have it hasn't been published.

Rainbow Dash says:

So that means "no" then

As if they'd care about Ponies.

We're nothing to them

At least

that's what I figure

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Besides, even with how...cartoonishly tilted he comes off as being, if there is validity to his ability to being a threat, they'd probably be more inclined to send someone or someones who have a bit more tact and stealth within their arsenal.

Y'know. Secret Agents. Super Spies, that kind of stuff.

Rainbow Dash says:

He wasn't "tactful" when he burned down stalliongrad

They just burst in

It's amazing nopony was killed

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Nonono, I wasn't saying -Qetuo- was tactfull

Rainbow Dash says:

a few were hurt though

Oh, you mean like... spies to get him or whatever

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

More like they'd send someone to take him down from inside his own operation than just use brute force and lob a bunch of missiles at him.

Yeah.

Rainbow Dash says:

Have they at least mentioned him?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Like I said, if they have it hasn't been in the papers near me. Either he's being rather good at keeping himself out of the public eye, or they've already got someone inside his operation and they don't want to chance blowing his cover.

Rainbow Dash says:

Does he really have a moon base?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

If he does it would in all likelihood be on the dark side of the moon - the part which is never facing Earth.

Rainbow Dash says:

Hmmmm

why do you think he hates us, Scherzo?

what have we done to him?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

I think he's just (pardon my language) batshit crazy like the majority of megalomaniacs.

Rainbow Dash says:

it's alright

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

It's not that he has anything particular against you, just that you were a new and interesting target.

Rainbow Dash says:

Is...is he the most evil human ever to live?

I'm kinda afraid to ask

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Hell no. He's a pussycat compared to Adolf Hitler.

Rainbow Dash says:

who?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

He was the leader of a nation called Germany back in the...early 1900's I think?

Rainbow Dash says:

And

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

He had a massive hate issue with a religious group of people who practiced Judaism

Rounded them all up in concentration camps, forced them into manual labor

Those that didn't die from working in hellacious conditions and near constant starvation were gassed.

Rainbow Dash says:

...

how many?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Something like 3 million

Rainbow Dash says:

wow

just...

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

I think. Checking the wikipedia article right now

"The number of victims depends on which definition of "the Holocaust" is used. Donald Niewyk and Francis Nicosia write in The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust that the term is commonly defined[8] as the mass murder, and attempt to wipe out, European Jewry, which would bring the total number of victims to just under six million—around 78 percent of the 7.3 million Jews in occupied Europe at the time"

"Broader definitions include approximately 2 to 3 million Soviet POWs, 2 million ethnic Poles, up to 1,500,000 Romani, 200,000 handicapped, political and religious dissenters, 15,000 homosexuals and 5,000 Jehovah's Witnesses, bringing the death toll to around 11 million. The broadest definition would include 6 million Soviet civilians, raising the death toll to 17 million.[8] R.J. Rummel estimates the total democide death toll of Nazi Germany to be 21 million. Other estimates put total casualties of Soviet Union's citizens alone to about 26 million"

"Since 1945, the most commonly cited figure for the total number of Jews killed has been six million. The Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem, writes that there is no precise figure for the number of Jews killed. The figure most commonly used is the six million attributed to Adolf Eichmann, a senior SS official.[234] Early calculations range from 5.1 million from Raul Hilberg, to 5.95 million from Jacob Leschinsky. Yisrael Gutman and Robert Rozett in the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust estimate 5.59–5.86 million.[235] A study led by Wolfgang Benz of the Technical University of Berlin suggests 5.29–6.2 million.[236][237] Yad Vashem writes that the main sources for these statistics are comparisons of prewar and postwar censuses and population estimates, and Nazi documentation on deportations and murders.[236] Its Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names currently holds close to 3 million names of Holocaust victims, all accessible online. Yad Vashem continues its project of collecting names of Jewish victims from historical documents and individual memories"

Whee, copy/paste.

He had this crackpot idea of the "ultimate aryan race", blonde hair, blue eyes, fair skin, strong and hard-working.

Rainbow Dash says:

It's even more than you said?

I... I can't even fathom that

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Ended up committing suicide in his bunker when Allied forces rolled into Berlin, which is Germany's capitol.

Rainbow Dash says:

A fitting end

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

It's where the bulk of the whole white supremacist movement came from. Purge the world of everything but the white aryan race, because everyone else is seen as inferior.

Rainbow Dash says:

Your races aren't even that different though. Like seriously

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

It would be like the Unicorns having a deep rooted hatred for anything that isn't a Unicorn

Enslaving Earth Ponies to do all the manual labor, rounding up all the Pegasi in camps and starving them to death...that's genocide for you.

Rainbow Dash says:

We wouldn't do that. Not even the worst pony would do that.

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

I'm not going to lie, Humanity has a very dark and twisted past.

Rainbow Dash says:

I knew that before

but

This is worse than what I could imagine

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

I can understand. You're from a world where the biggest "crime" someone could commit on a daily basis is stealing an apple from AJ's stand, or bullying Fluttershy. And then comes along these creatures who talk of a world where death and murder and violence is run of the mill.

I think it's called Culture Shock.

Rainbow Dash says:

that's an understatement

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Anywho, let's see if we can't steer the conversation towards something a bit more lighthearted, mhh? How goes everything with Storm Chaser? She make the move yet or is that still in the planning stages?

Rainbow Dash says:

Still planning

She's back in SanPon right now

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Do all of you Pegasi live in castles made of clouds? I'd imagine it'd make moving a fair bit easier - since you can literally just move your entire house :V

Rainbow Dash says:

Yep.74

Yep*

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Slip of the hoof?

Rainbow Dash says:

but the things IN the house need to be moved

and yeah

These keyboards are too small

Apparently they're "hoof-sized"

but still

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Tell 'em to make 'em bigger! You've got magic-wielding ponies over there, shouldn't be too hard to perform a little growth spell on a keyboard.

Rainbow Dash says:

Hold on.

Kay

we're good now

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

I'd also suggest speech-to-text, since you know how to speak english now...but I doubt it would work well for the rest of your kin

The thing would probably overload if it didn't auto-translate |3

Rainbow Dash says:

Yeah

I'm using Equestrian right now, since I kinda gotta think on my hooves

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Not a problem. I only wish we had technology that could translate as smoothly as your spells do.

Ask Twilight what a Universal Translator is, I got her to watch Star Trek recently so she should be at least familiar with the concept of the device.

Rainbow Dash says:

Yep, but this only works for Equestrian

and a few otehr languages

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Just out of curiosity, there isn't any sort of holiday over there today, is there?

Rainbow Dash says:

nope

why?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Just curious. Would have been amusing and a fair bit of a coincidence if there was.

Over here in the US, we're celebrating the 4th of July, which marks the anniversary of when the first Continental Congress created and signed the Declaration of Independence, which in turn was the creation of the United States of America.

Rainbow Dash says:

Huh

and you guys are like

the top dogs right now

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Yes, but with the ways the Government has gotten out of hand since then, I'm not too sure that's going to last.

Too big, too susceptible to corruption and bribery.

Passing laws and bills that the public doesn't even want

Rainbow Dash says:

That'll be...messy

if it collapses

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Oh, don't I know it.

China's about to overtake us as the global economic leader, with...I don't remember who it was in second.

OUR economy is in the shitter, unemployment is at an all-time high

And it just seems like no one on capitol hill save for a few actually want to do anything about it.

It's just "herp derp raise taxes"

Rainbow Dash says:

Do you have a backup plan?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Yeah, it's called move to Canada :B

That or Austrailia

Both of those countries have the most stable economy in the world so far.

Not to mention they're rather pretty in their own right. Canada's mostly wilderness, Australia has the Great Coral Reef...

But eh, there's a re-election at the end of next year

Hopefully (yeah right) whoever gets in and replaces the dude currently in office can actually do something about it all.

I don't think I mentioned in that previous letter that we have two major political parties in our government - Democrats and Republicans

Rainbow Dash says:

Okay.

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

And the two seem to really be at ends with each other all the time.

Right now we've got a Democratic President with a Democratic Vice-President, with a Republican majority House and Senate.

Rainbow Dash says:

Wait. At ends with each other?

the same?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

They clash a lot on many issues

Rainbow Dash says:

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Democrats are all for Universal Healthcare controlled by the Government, oblivious to the fact that it would bankrupt tons of businesses, and Republicans don't want Universal Healthcare, they'd rather it stay within the private business sector

IT sounds good in practice but when you look at the numbers you find it to be rather unfeaseable

Not to mention the huge amount of taxes levied on the people in order to fund it

Rainbow Dash says:

It works here.

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

AND the fact that you could be fined for not having any kind of health insurance

Rainbow Dash says:

We don't really have "health insurance"

we just kinda

go to the doctors

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Well no offense, but you guys can just go to the doctor and they'll bring in a unicorn specialist, cast a little spell, and bam your bones are set and healing at an accelerated rate and your wounds are already gone without any scars.

We don't have anything like that. Not even with our technology can we do that kind of stuff.

Rainbow Dash says:

Still. It seems kinda... cold... to make people pay for that.

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

And wealth seems to be very easy to acquire in your world to boot

Rainbow Dash says:

Not really.

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

You don't even have to pay for treatment?

Rainbow Dash says:

Nope

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

We do. And lord is it expensive

Rainbow Dash says:

Then why put up with it?

You're a "democracy" right?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Well, it's not like we can just do everything for free over here

Rainbow Dash says:

We can't either

but why aren't basic services provided for you?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

It's just the way our economy works. Goods and services are rendered for a fee. That fee is determined on how much the pharmaceutical company is charging the hospital or patient to purchase. Which is in turn determined by how much they've spent creating the drug, not to mention all the other failed drugs they've sunk massive amounts of money into.

There are charity organizations over here, but they're few and far between

Rainbow Dash says:

Meanwhile thousands of people die.

I get it

"money"

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

It's been called the root of all evil

Rainbow Dash says:

No. Greed in general.

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Don't get me wrong, it would be amazing if we could do stuff like that.

But it just...doesn't happen over here. It's just the way of the world over here. You want something that I have? Give me something of equal value in return.

Rainbow Dash says:

So "your money or your life."

Heh. I get it.

Humans

...

ugh.

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

That's mainly in part where health insurance comes into play

You make monthly payments to your insurance provider, and in the event that you get sick and need an operation or a medicine, they pay for a good chunk of it and then you pay for the rest

In turn, your premiums (the amount you pay to them every month) go up.

Rainbow Dash says:

Still

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

The problem with this universal healthcare thing is that instead of putting the decisions of whether or not a doctor will give you a drug or an operation that could save you life into the hands of the physician, whose JOB is to SAVE LIVES, it puts it into the hands of a politician, who sees you only as a number or a liability.

Instead of "could this save this person's life", the question becomes "is this person worth the money if they're going to die in three years anyways"

Rainbow Dash says:

But doesn't the life insurance company only see you as a liability?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

If you become far accident prone, or have a history of illness, yes. But there's a few things in the whole Healthcare law that are actually not half-way bad ideas - it's just that they're buried amidst a sea of...well, crap.

I think one of the things passed down was that Insurance Companies can't deny you coverage due to a pre-existing condition

Which is a good step.

Rainbow Dash says:

What do you mean "pre-existing condition?"

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Right. Hypothetical question time.

er, situation*

Rainbow Dash says:

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Let's say that you, Rainbow Dash, were born with a compromised immune system at birth. You've got to take medicines to keep you from getting very sick, since the most trivial illnesses to others can be very life threatening to you.

Rainbow Dash says:

okay

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Once you got to the age where you had to get your own insurance policy, a provider could deny you coverage because you're seen as too much of a liability BECAUSE of that pre-existing condition. You get sick too easily. You're be more trouble than it's worth providing you with coverage since they'd be shelling a lot of money out of their own pockets to keep getting you the medicines you need.

It's basically any sort of illness or injury that you've had before applying for an insurance policy.

Rainbow Dash says:

So wait... they just say "nope, sorry, guess you go and die now"

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

They don't out and out say that, but you're stuck with trying to find someone who would take you, or buying your expensive medicines out of pocket.

Otherwise, yeah. Unless you could find a charity organization who can get you your medicines, you're basically S.O.L.

Rainbow Dash says:

Why do you allow this?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

I ask myself that question almost every day. The problem is that the voice of one person would never be heard. And it's even harder trying to rally others to your cause.

Don't get me wrong. I wish that people would wake up and realize that "hey, this is wrong, we should do something about this"

But it seems like they just don't want to take an interest unless it begins to directly affect them in some way.

Rainbow Dash says:

How come humans can rally together so easilly to kill other people, but it's so hard for you to help others?

harbringeroffire@msn.com said (8:59 PM):

I think one of the things passed down was that Insurance Companies can't deny you coverage due to a pre-existing condition

Which is a good step.

Right. Hypothetical question time.

er, situation*

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

I'll quote something I told Twilight in one of my letters.

Hate is a very easy emotion to acquire. Yet it is also an extremely hard one to relinquish.

The reason why it's easy to get people to direct their anger and wrath against others, to incite violence, is because of that.

To record a Voice Clip, hold down the button or press F2 while speaking. Release the button to send your message.

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

It could be instinctual, it could just be the way our ancestors were when we were just hairy upright apes living in plains and forests.

Rainbow Dash says:

Then why not... uh... hate... the fact that people don't have medicine

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Because they haven't done anything that would really set people off. They haven't bombed homes or rammed planes into buildings, killing other people simply because they hated them.

It's just, "well, I'm sorry that you're poor, but I have myself to look out for"

Rainbow Dash says:

You humans are strange creatures

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Ugh, tell me about it.

You're pretty strange to us too, though

Rainbow Dash says:

me specifically?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Talking, flying, magic-using pastel ponies? That's enough to make any human do a double-take

Naw, just in general. But it's the good kind of strange.

Rainbow Dash says:

You aren't the good kind of strange

sorry

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

s'alright.

But, any species is going to seem bad and evil if you only concentrate on the bad aspects of them.

Rainbow Dash says:

Well yeah

Like, individually most of you seem nice enough

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Squirrels climb the tree outside my house and kill the baby birds in the nests there. Does that mean they're evil? No.

Rainbow Dash says:

thing is

Squirrels don't know what they're doing

they can't think about it

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

I'm sure Angel would probably disagree with you....despite him being a rabbit and not a squirrel.

Rainbow Dash says:

But he's a rabbit

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Rabbits have a higher intelligence than squirrels, you're saying?

Rainbow Dash says:

well, yeah

not quite pony level

but still

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

We're getting away from the topic. The point is, just because there is the ability to do evil does not make one inherently evil.

Rainbow Dash says:

but you do do evil

not you

but your species

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

I'm not denying that. What I'm saying is that those examples are not the sum of our parts.

Rainbow Dash says:

okay, what are some good things humans have done?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

We've gone to the moon. We've shattered the sound barrier. We've traveled to the bottom of the ocean. We've created medicines that can cure the sick and ill. We've eradicated diseases that once ran unchecked and killed millions.

Rainbow Dash says:

The only "good things" are the last two

but of course, those medicines can only be taken by people who can afford them so...

I'll give you one and a half points

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Alright then. We've genetically modified fruits and vegetables to grow faster and produce more fruit than they would have ever done in the wild, alleviating starvation and hunger in third-world countries

Rainbow Dash says:

So nobody starves anymore

That's good I gues

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

We've created technologies that have created a vast world-wide web of interconnectivity, allowing rescue operations to be dispatched mere moments after disasters when it would have taken hours via conventional means

Rainbow Dash says:

That's good I guess

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

There's an organization called the Red Cross. You can go there and donate blood, and it will go to people who need it. And it's a huge organization that spans the entire world. They're often the ones who show up and provide aide for no charge at the most severe disasters (tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, etc)

They don't just dole out blood, you can donate money to them and they use it to buy medicines and the like that they use to help people

It's one of those charity organizations I mentiond

Rainbow Dash says:

Again, that sounds pretty good

so humans do have an altruistic side

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Now imagine the reverse. If everything that people had told you about humans had been good stuff, and the bad things were only a footnote. How would that have affected your perception of us?

Rainbow Dash says:

...

it'd probably be better

okaty

okay*

i'll admit

I might have over judged just a liiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttle bit

but still

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Everyone can put in a perpetual negative light if you just focus on the negative.

Rainbow Dash says:

yeah, I guess you're right about that

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

I mean, look at Princess Celestia.

You know her as a kind, caring and loving ruler

Rainbow Dash says:

HA!

HAHAHAHAHHA!

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Okay

BEFORE the whole God thing

Rainbow Dash says:

Do you really think anypony believed that?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Fair enough?

Rainbow Dash says:

Maybe a few

But not me, man

I've never r

trusted authority

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Okay then, how about this for an example. Pinkie-Pie.

Rainbow Dash says:

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Or more specifically, Pinkamena Diane Pie.

How would you view her if that was her dominant personality?

Rainbow Dash says:

ugh

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

You'd probably think she was a batshit loco insane in the head pony who should be shipped off to the crazy mill, right?

Rainbow Dash says:

...

I think that a bit about Pinkie anyway, but, if she was PDP I wouldn't think of it as good-crazy

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Exactly. It's sort of like that. Humanity has it's Pinkamena side, but it also has its Pinkie-Pie side.

We've got the capability of being either very joyful and friendly or being very dark and twisted. And if you're only exposed to the dark and twisted side more than the joyful and friendly, well...yeah, you're going to get a bad idea of what we're like as a whole.

Blaaah, convo switched back to dark and gloomy again

Rainbow Dash says:

oh well

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Hm, I suppose I could ask you some things that you skipped over in some of my letters...

Favorite Food/Drink/Dessert?

Rainbow Dash says:

Favourite food?

Uh... probably dandelions, if they're fresh

Water? I guess... I'm not fancy

Dessert? Chocolate cake

I don't eat much dessert

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Dandelions...they make wine from Dandelions, don't they?

Rainbow Dash says:

Yep

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

They're seen as weeds over here...but they're used for making the wine and I think sometimes the leaves end up in salads.

Hmm. What about myths or legends that are Pegasus centric?

Rainbow Dash says:

oka

Caeli's Maidens is a good one

way back in the day

before unification

When we still had war here

Caeli's Maidens used to fly across the sky, and like... bring people to the afterlife

like to Nexus

Also there's this lost myth...

Nopony knows what it's about

but like

it's referenced a lot

in other ancient pegasusian texts

The name of the Pony isn't known, but they keep talking about "Bellerophron"

whoever that is

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Heh, reminds me of some silly song over here.

"Bananaphone"

Rainbow Dash says:

Bellerophron...

hmmm

Wait

You mentioned "wikipedia" before...

can you put "bellerophron"

in there

I doubt anything will come up...

but still

hunch

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Sure. Have a youtube of the song I was talking about if you can view 'em in the meantime: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neKXc7pw4go

Nothing for Bellerophron

BUT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellerophon

You appeared to have an extra r.

Rainbow Dash says:

Oh yeah

my bad

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

"Bellerophon (pronounced /bəˈler.əf.en/; Greek: Βελλεροφῶν) or Bellerophontes (Βελλεροφόντης) is a hero of Greek mythology. He was "the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, alongside of Cadmus and Perseus, before the days of Heracles",[1] and his greatest feat was killing the Chimera, a monster that Homer depicted with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail: "her breath came out in terrible blasts of burning flame.""

Rainbow Dash says:

Chimaera?

You guys have those?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

In legends

Rainbow Dash says:

hmmm...

keep reading

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

The Iliad vi.155–203 contains an embedded narrative told by Bellerophon's grandson Glaucus, named for his great-grandfather, which recounts Bellerophon's myth. Bellerophon was a son of the King Glaucus ("sea-green"[5]) of Corinth and the grandson of death-cheating Sisyphus. Bellerophon's grandsons Sarpedon and the younger Glaucus fought in the Trojan War. In the Epitome of pseudo-Apollodorus, a genealogy is given for Chrysaor ("of the golden sword") that would make him a double of Bellerophon; he too is called the son of Glaucus the son of Sisyphus. Chrysaor has no myth save that of his birth: from the severed neck of Medusa, who was with child by Poseidon, he and Pegasus both sprang at the moment of her death. "From this moment we hear no more of Chrysaor, the rest of the tale concerning the stallion only...[who visits the spring of Pirene] perhaps also for his brother's sake, by whom in the end he let himself be caught, the immortal horse by his mortal brother.

Rainbow Dash says:

wait

hold it

Chrysaor has no myth save that of his birth: from the severed neck of Medusa, who was with child by Poseidon, he and Pegasus both sprang at the moment of her death

PEGASUS?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Yep

Horse-God

Rainbow Dash says:

Wait...

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Sired by Poseidon, foaled by the gorgon Medusa

Rainbow Dash says:

do you think

That there was prior contact?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Brother of Chrysaor

Maybe?

Stranger things have happened

Rainbow Dash says:

so what happened

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

See: Ponies being real and talking to humans through dimensional rifts :B

Rainbow Dash says:

in the myth I mean

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Bellerophon's brave journey began in the familiar way,[7] with an exile: he had murdered either his brother, whose name is usually given as Deliades, or killed a shadowy "enemy", a "Belleros"[8] (though the details are never directly told), and in expiation of his crime arrived as a suppliant to Proetus, king in Tiryns, one of the Mycenaean strongholds of the Argolid. Proetus, by virtue of his kingship, cleansed Bellerophon of his crime. The wife of the king, whether named Anteia[9] or Stheneboea,[10] took a fancy to him, but when he rejected her, she accused Bellerophon of attempting to ravish her.[11] Proetus dared not satisfy his anger by killing a guest, so he sent Bellerophon to King Iobates his father-in-law, in the plain of the River Xanthus in Lycia, bearing a sealed message in a folded tablet: "Pray remove the bearer from this world: he attempted to violate my wife, your daughter."[12] Before opening the tablets, Iobates feasted with Bellerophon for nine days.

On reading the tablet's message Iobates too feared the wrath of the Erinyes if he murdered a guest; so he sent Bellerophon on a mission that he deemed impossible: to kill the fire-breathing monster the Chimera, living in neighboring Caria. The Chimera was a fire-breathing monster whose make-up comprised the body of a goat, the head of a lion and the tail being a serpent. This monster had terrorized the nearby countryside. Iobates sent Bellerophon on the quest to fight the Solymi, tribesmen bent on glory. Bellerophon defeated them but not easily. He was then sent to battle the Amazons, fighting women, whom he again defeated in a tough battle most men would have lost.

The Lycian seer Polyeidos told Bellerophon that he would have need of Pegasus. To obtain the services of the untamed winged horse, Polyeidos told Bellerophon to sleep in the temple of Athena. While Bellerophon slept, he dreamed that Athena set a golden bridle beside him, saying "Sleepest thou, prince of the house of Aiolos? Come, take this charm for the steed and show it to the Tamer thy father as thou makest sacrifice to him of a white bull."[13] It was there when he awoke. Bellerophon had to approach Pegasus while it drank from a well; Polyeidos told him which well—the never-failing Pirene on the citadel of Corinth, the city of Bellerophon's birth. Other accounts say that Athena brought Pegasus already tamed and bridled, or that Poseidon the horse-tamer, secretly the father of Bellerophon, brought Pegasus, as Pausanias understood.[14] Bellerophon mounted his steed and flew off to where the Chimera was said to dwell.

When he arrived in Lycia, the Chimera was truly ferocious, and he could not harm the monster even while riding on Pegasus. He felt the heat of the breath the Chimera expelled, and was struck with an idea. He got a large block of lead and mounted it on his spear. Then he flew head-on towards the Chimera, holding out the spear as far as he could. Before he broke off his attack, he managed to lodge the block of lead inside the Chimera's throat. The beast's fire-breath melted the lead, and blocked its air passage.[15] The Chimera suffocated, and Bellerophon returned victorious to King Iobates.[16] Iobates, on Bellerophon's return, was unwilling to credit his story. A series of daunting further quests ensued: he was sent against the warlike Solymi and then against the Amazons who fight like men, whom Bellerophon vanquished by dropping boulders from his winged horse; when he was sent against a Carian pirate, Cheirmarrhus, an ambush failed, when Bellerophon killed all sent to assassinate him; the palace guards were sent against him, but Bellerophon called upon Poseidon, who flooded the plain of Xanthus behind Bellerophon as he approached.

In defense the palace women sent him and the flood in retreat by rushing from the gates with their robes lifted high, offering themselves, to which the modest hero replied by withdrawing.[17] Iobates relented, produced the letter, and allowed Bellerophon to marry his daughter Philonoe, the younger sister of Anteia, and shared with him half his kingdom,[18] with fine vineyards and grain fields. The lady Philonoe bore him Isander,[19] Hippolochus and Laodamia, who lay with Zeus the Counselor and bore Sarpedon but was slain by Artemis.[20][21][22] However, as Bellerophon's fame grew, so did his hubris. Bellerophon felt that because of his victory over the Chimera he deserved to fly to Mount Olympus, the realm of the gods. However, this presumption angered Zeus and he sent a gad-fly to sting the horse causing Bellerophon to fall all the way back to Earth. Pegasus completed the flight to Olympus where Zeus used him as a pack horse for his thunderbolts.[23] On the Plain of Aleion ("Wandering"), Bellerophon, who had fallen into a thorn bush, lived out his life in misery as a blinded cripple, grieving and shunning the haunts of men.[24]

And that's the bulk of the article

The rest talks about a play of the same name with the same characters

Rainbow Dash says:

Okay...

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Sorry, reading over it myself, was pasting it so you could read it ASAP :U

Rainbow Dash says:

"Zeus"

who is that?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

He is the head of the Greek Pantheon

Big bearded guy in a toga

Throws lightning

*cough*turnsintoanimalstohavesexwithmortalwomen*coughcough*

Rainbow Dash says:

...

Wait

wait

A human god

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Yeeeeah.

Rainbow Dash says:

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Uh, yeah. Well. Human in appearance you mean?

Rainbow Dash says:

well

worshipped by humans

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

He was...yes.

Rainbow Dash says:

he'll be in Canterlot then?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

The Greek Pantheon doesn't exist anymore, no one worships them.

Rainbow Dash says:

for the meeting

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Possibly

Rainbow Dash says:

Hmmm

if I see him

I'll ask him about Bellerophron

maybe...

anyway

just kind interesting

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Bellerophon, no r~

Rainbow Dash says:

sorry

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

heee, no problem, just teasin' ya

But yeah. There's the Greek Pantheon, the Roman Pantheon, the Egyptian Pantheon...

though the Romans kind of "stole" the Greek Pantheon and just tweaked them a bit, gave them different names

Greek Gods: Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysos, Hades/Pluto, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus

Roman Gods: Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Minerva, Mars, Venus, Apollo, Diana, Vulcan, Vesta, Mercury, Ceres

Rainbow Dash says:

hmmm...

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Egypt had...a lot...of gods.

Rainbow Dash says:

how many?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Oh jeeze, let me count them

Wow. 107

Ranging from personifications of things like the heat of the desert to full on deities of things like the sun.

Rainbow Dash says:

hih

huh

makes me glad we only got 12

11 that actually show up

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

haha

The most well known of the Egyptian Gods are Ra, Horus, Isis and Osiris, Anubis, Sobek, Hathor, Sekhmet, Bast, Nephthys, Nut, and...well, that's about it.

Rainbow Dash says:

hmmm...

well

maybe I'll see some of 'em

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Ra was the God of the Sun, FYI :V

Rainbow Dash says:

I think I saw an alicorn the other day...

he was blue...

coulda sworn he had too many legs

In Canterlot

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

...I could make a fifth leg joke here.

Rainbow Dash says:

more than five

uh...

eight?

or was it 10

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Rainbow Dash says:

some of 'em were jutting off his back

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Cutie Mark?

Sorry, "Sigil of Inner Beauty"

Rainbow Dash says:

Cutie mark is the worst expression ever

Just call 'em like

symbols

or whatever

uhhhhh....

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

sorry, just what they've been translated as over here :x

Rainbow Dash says:

I'll draw it for you

i think i remember....

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

You have to admit, "Cutie Mark Crusaders" sounds a heck of a lot better than "Sigil Of Inner Beauty Crusaders"

Rainbow Dash writes:

Rainbow Dash says:

that was it

bit

...

odd

but okay

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

I got nothin' on this end.

Jsut a blank space where your text would be

Rainbow Dash says:

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Probably because I'm using a thing called meebo, probably doesn't support the art thing.

Rainbow Dash says:

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOohhhh

okay

well

picture

sorta looks like a human number three

but curvier

and then

a diamond thingy

over a swish

and then another swish

it's black

wait

I'll get 'em to upload a picture of it

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

swishy things everywhere!

Rainbow Dash says:

it's hard to explain

okay

http://imgur.com/ZyJim

that's the code they told me to give you

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

hmm

Can't say I recognize it

Rainbow Dash says:

hmmm

I remember

he had an entourage

they kept calling him

"Vish----something"

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Ah, Vishnu?

Rainbow Dash says:

Yeah! that's the one!

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

http://www.religionfacts.com/hinduism/images/symbols/aum-200.gif

Hurr, he was the next one I was going to google symbols for :B

Hindu god

Rainbow Dash says:

Hindu?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Makes sense why he'd be there

Rainbow Dash says:

why?

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

In Hindu mythology, he's the preserver and protection of creation, the embodiment of mercy and goodness, the self-existent, all-pervading power that preserves the universe and maintains the cosmic order

Maybe he's there so they can ask him "Dude, what the hell this is your domain why is shit going south?!"

Rainbow Dash says:

yeah

why all the limbs??

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Trying to figure that out now

"He is to be depicted as a four-armed male-form: The four arms indicate his all-powerful and all-pervasive nature. The physical existence of Vishnu is represented by the two arms in the front while the two arms at the back represent his presence in the spiritual world. The Upanishad titled Gopal Uttartapani describes the four arms of Vishnu."

"The color of his skin has to be new-cloud-like-blue: The blue color indicates his all-pervasive nature, blue being the color of the infinite space as well as the infinite ocean on which he resides."

Rainbow Dash says:

four arms

yeah

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Vishnu is always to be depicted holding the four attributes associated with him, being:

A conch shell or Shankha, named "Panchajanya", held by the upper left hand, which represents Vishnu's power to create and maintain the universe. The Panchajanya represents the five elements or Panchabhoota - water, fire, air, earth and sky or space. It also represents the five airs or Pranas that are within the body and mind. The conch symbolizes that Vishnu is the primeval Divine sound of creation and universal maintenance. it also represented as Om. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna avatara states that of sound vibrations, 'He is Om'.

The chakra, a sharp-spinning discus-like weapon, named "Sudarshana", held by the upper right hand, which symbolizes the purified spiritualized mind. The name Sudarshana is derived from two words - Su, which means good, superior, and Darshan, which means vision or Sight; together, it is "Superior Vision". The chakra represents destruction of one's ego in the awakening and realization of the souls original nature and god, burning away of spiritual ignorance and illusion, and developing the higher spiritual vision and insight to realize god.

A mace or Gada, named "Kaumodaki",[61] held by the lower left hand, symbolizes Vishnu's divine power is the source all spiritual, mental and physical strength. It also signifies Vishnu's power to destroy materialistic or demoniac tendencies called anarthas; within the person's consciousness that hinders them from reaching god. Vishnu's mace is the power of the Divine within us to spiritually purify and uplift us from our materialistic bonds.

A lotus flower or Padma, held by the lower right hand, represents spiritual liberation, Divine perfection, purity and the unfolding of Spiritual consciousness within the individual. The lotus opening its petals in the light of the Sun is indicative of the expansion and awakening of our long dormant, original spiritual consciousness in the light of god. The lotus in Vishnu's hand symbolizes that god is the power and source from which the universe and the individual soul emerges. It also represents Divine Truth or Satya, the originator of the rules of conduct or Dharma, and Divine Vedic knowledge or jnana. The lotus also symbolizes that Vishnu is the embodiment of spiritual perfection and purity. Also that He is the wellspring of these qualities and that the individual soul must seek to awaken these intrinsic Divine qualities from Vishnu by surrendering to and linking with Him.

Rainbow Dash says:

wow...

lots of symbolism

I just thought cause he wanted to grab stuff easier

anyway

I gotta go

Great talkin' to yahQ

yah!

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Aww, alrighty

Rainbow Dash says:

I might be back later

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Awesome.

Rainbow Dash says:

By Scherzo!

Bye*

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Maybe you can convince the others to try this out :V

Rainbow Dash says:

Yeah

Twi might try it too

or some of the others...

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Provided she doesn't try to tear the computer apart to figure it out...

Rainbow Dash says:

hehe

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Silly bookworm, that is not how you research things.

Rainbow Dash says:

yeah

Welp

been fun

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Right-o then, have a good night...or day...depending on what it is over there.

Rainbow Dash says:

night

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

"May the wind always be beneath your wings, and the skies forever clear" or something. Woo, coming up with pegasus-appropriate sayings!

Okay I'm done, peace.

Rainbow Dash says:

Neyha'mhaeea EeheayYeaeee NN'eeay'Yeheeahee meeyahee''ahhh

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

I'm just going to smile and nod and pretend I understood that 8D

Rainbow Dash says:

It's what you said

but

in Equestrian

how you knew that expression I'll never know

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

Oh. Right-o.

Uhm, I didn't. I just made it up on the spot...

Bleh, oh well. Now go, you silly pony! No wait that's AJ...gah, just go already, don't want to get you in trouble with TRIBD.

Rainbow Dash says:

They're glaring at me

Rainbow Dash says:

Engaging

Puppy-dog eyes failed

gotta go!

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

CHALLENGE MODE INITIATED: Make it back home in under 30 Seconds

GO GO GO

Rainbow Dash says:

I'm staying in a hotel

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

oh.

Then uh.

Hotel then.

GO!

Rainbow Dash says:

Count me down

Scherzo !4LamsTHETA says:

321GO

BARRY:

Rainbow Dash says:

hi barry

Barry Smith says:

So, I heard you were looking for information on someone named Mario?

Rainbow Dash says:

Sure

Barry Smith says:

Well, his full name is Mario Mario. He's worked as many things, like a Plumber, a Kart racer, a doctor, a baseball player, etc. His most common occupation is hero of the Mushroom Kingdom, though, which he saves from the clutches of the evil Bowser Koopa.

Rainbow Dash says:

that's... a lot of made up words

Barry Smith says:

A plumber is someone who fixes the pipes that run through a house. Don't you guys have indoor plumbing?

Rainbow Dash says:

yes

Barry Smith says:

A kart is similar to a carriage, except it runs on its own power. You have doctors. Baseball is a sport that's played with a small ball and a wooden bat. There are nine players on each team. The Mushroom Kingdom is a fictional world that's ruled by mushroom people.

Bowser Koopa is a turtle dragon that's always trying to add the Mushroom Kingdom to his own kingdom.

Anyway, Mario has some amazing powers. For example, he's able to toss fireballs, usually at will.

Rainbow Dash says:

that's kinda cool

Barry Smith says:

Yeah. He's also the mascot of Nintendo, which is one of the top video game corporations in the world.

Basically, he's like the Wonderbolts of your world

He's that famous

maybe even moreso

Rainbow Dash says:

...

but he's not real

Barry Smith says:

So?

He's still a hero to children

Rainbow Dash says:

I guess you have a point

but he's not real

Barry Smith says:

lol

I know

Wait, maybe he is

Maybe he has his own little dimension, like you do

A dimension where the flora can grant special powers

Rainbow Dash says:

...

Well

flora already DOES grant special powers...

certain kinds

...ahem

anyway

yeah

maybe

I guess everything is real

there is no "fictional"

Barry Smith says:

Maybe you're right. Because it's possible that somewhere, all the fictional ideas are actually real places.

Even the things of your fiction.

Rainbow Dash says:

maybe

Barry Smith says:

Do you guys have something like comic book heroes?

Rainbow Dash says:

Yeah

Barry Smith says:

hm, I wasn't a big fan of them when I was a kid

for me it was Mario and Link all the way

Now I've got even more favorites, and not all of them are video games

Rainbow Dash says:

welp

expand your horizons, man

]expand your horizons

Anyway

I gotta go

wiat

wait

do i?

...

Barry Smith says:

K Will we talk again?

Rainbow Dash says:

yep

Barry Smith says:

I hope to talk to you again soon

Rainbow Dash says:

me too

Barry Smith says:

It was fun

Rainbow Dash says:

it was

Barry Smith says:

See you soon