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Sisterhooves Social (November 5th 2011, 22 minutes)

Summary: Rarity's parents leave Sweetie Bell with her sister for an entire week. Will they learn how to be sisters again?

Rarity's mother has a very Brooklyn-style accent, but her father is a bit more Milwaukee that that slight Scandinavian flavor. I can almost hear the 'Yaa, you betcha.'

You can see Sweetie Bell just trying to be Rarity there, with all the luggage.

Or you could... wash them. It's not like gemstones are damaged by glue. I'm still getting the impression that gemstones aren't made of the same substances that they are here.

The sheep talked as well. Amusing, but like the cows this brings up odd implications about ponies and their treatment of non-pony sophonts.

Saving a comment until after the reveal.

I've participated in a similar event with my dad, many, many years ago.

Okay, reveal, I can talk now. Rarity not only took over at the mud hole, she was able to do a lot of athletic feats in the style of Applejack. That's interesting, as other than the reference to martial arts, she hasn't shown any aptitude for more physical feats of skill like the apple-catapult trick and whatnot.

The Carousel Boutique building has a mock carousel on the second (or possibly third) floor on the outside. Likely the result of the renovation job that turned the entire thing into a place of business/residence, as I can't see the second floor external carousel ever being functional like that. I would have loved to have been on the team on that renovation job. I've done some unusual buildings, but that would have been a treat.

Actually, there must be a really interesting story behind why a giant carousel like that even exists in Ponyville. Who built it in the first place? Did Rarity renovate it like that, or did she take possession of it already turned into a shop/residence?