open The Town That Friendship Forgot

[ExplosionMare 18,062]

@Astral Vision

Pencil stood in line and signed herself up. Now that she was officially signed in, she could finally create her kart! Pencil happily trotted to the kart station to begin work.

She began with the color: purple, naturally. She used her magic and strategically sprayed the top of the cart back and forth. When she was finished, she sat a moment and let the paint dry. She fiddled with her hair as she did to ignore the heavy paint smell coming off the cart permeating the air.

Once the paint was dry, Pencil took a couple of smaller airbrushes and drew a multitude of flame outlines. The flames licked the outside of the cart almost as if it was actually on fire. Pencil was proud of herself for a moment. She stretched a little then moved on to the wheels.

She rolled a medium-sized wheel with a sleek exterior towards her kart and began to attach it. Just as she was about to, however, she noticed a light blue pony charging her way. Pencil retreated under the kart until she got a better look at him, realizing the pony was Astral. Annoyed with herself, Pencil crawled out of the kart and sat up. Looking at herself now, she had grass stains covering her hooves and paint stains sticking to her mane.

[Dynamo Pad 11,307]

7 hours ago, Samurai Equine said:

 

There was a lot of activity going on all at once, it seems.

Trilby gasps in surprise. "What are ponies teaching the youths these days?! It's not my fault Samurai is the weirdest pony in town. By the way, you still owe me for all that imported Japonies silk." Trilby says. "But I only needed the one outfit, and the one you made hasn't worn out yet, so I'm good for now." Samurai says with a smile, perhaps oblivious. "THAT'S NOT THE POINT! Oh, forget it. I've got better things to do now. Excuse me!" Trilby leaves Samurai, Dynamo, and Pastel. Presumably to do business. Samurai turns to his duo of friends. "He and I were the first outsiders to arrive at Friendshire in a long time. I forget if he got here first, or me..." Samurai thinks back to it, but then shrugs. "Anyways, I've got a vehicle to modify! You two should get a cart and start customizing it while you can. There probably isn't much time left before the race begins. See ya!" Samurai says and goes off to get his cart ready for the race. Each racer gets their own garage for their own cart.

Meanwhile, while Trilby has begun selling his stuff again, he is mostly following after Astral. Soon, he catches up to him. "Excuse me... We met before, didn't we? Astral, was it? I wanted to know how your visit with Dr. Milenko went." He asks.

An announcement suddenly chimes in over the P.A. system:

ATTENTION RACERS! YOU ONLY HAVE TWO HOURS LEFT TO REGISTER, PREPARE YOUR KARTS, AND REPORT TO THE STARTING LINE! ONCE AGAIN, YOU ONLY HAVE --2 HOURS-- LEFT TO REGISTER, PREPARE YOUR CUSTOM KARTS, AND REPORT TO THE STARTING LINE! ANYPONY WHO DOES NOT REPORT TO THE STARTING LINE AFTER THE 2 HOURS ARE UP WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. THAT IS ALL.

(BTW, 2 hours is relative. No need to rush, you all have plenty of time to get your replies out and do whatever you need to do before the race starts. I'm just trying to keep the story moving forward. )

@Pastel Heart @Astral Vision @ExplosionMare @Samurai Equine

Dynamo frowned upon hearing Trilby the weirdest pony in town. True, he didn't now Samurai for the much time. The same could even be said for when he met Pastel, Astral and Pencil. Even so, he thought they were awesome friends, who at least accepted him for who he was. Besides, in his mind, he considered being weird a good thing. It was better than being normal and boring. Dynamo held back a chuckle as the asian pony seemed to be nonchalant with Trilby. It looked as if whatever Trilby was saying was not getting to Samurai. He soon sighed as he was glad that Trilby had taken his leave. "At least he finally left." He whispered softly, so that he wasn't heard by the retreating stallion. "I don't know the type of history the two of you have shared, but it looks like you both aren't on the best of terms." He raised his eyebrows in surprise at the mention of Friendshire. "Oh, wow. Wait, really? I didn't know you were an outsider. I thought you had probably moved from far away when you were younger. I didn't realize you were the first to be here in this town. Although, now that I think about it. You did tell me that your home was in Mistmane's old village. I just didn't know how long you lived there, before arriving here." 

At the mention of modifying a vehicle, the gamer pony could only nod with a smile. It didn't help that an announcement over the P.A. system was made. "I guess I don't need to be told twice, huh? I guess we'll see you on the track. I hope you'll be able to find a partner before the race starts! Good luck, my friend!" He called out to the retreating asian pony, before turning his attention back to Pastel. "I guess we should go and get in line. We'll need to get our supplies and think of what kind of cart we'll need to make." He would say, waiting patiently for the young filly as they would make their way to the cart station.

[Pastel Heart 6,466]

@Dynamo Pad

"This book fell in the toilet and got wet and sticky! That's why he has so much toilet paper!"

Pastel calmed down and backed off after Dynamo whispered, but kept pouting. She was stubborn about her assumption it seems.

@Samurai Equine

Hearing the announcement, Pastel jumped up, quickly signed the registration and sloppily tossed it across the desk. Frantically, she jumped on Dynamo's back and pointed forward

"Aaahh hayseeds hayseeds! Almost forgot! Ship forward! Ahead! Gooo~!"

[Windy Breeze 15,189]

@Samurai Equine @Emerald Heart @Kronos the Revenant

“I'm going to stay with the colt” Shadow said.

“No, Miss. I'll be staying with the colt” Sundae spoke up, approaching her whilst still doing her paper work.

“Are you sure? You have a business to open” Shadow said.

“Oh, don't worry about my ice cream parlor. I think most of my employees are coming for the kart race!” Sundae lifted a hoof and smiled brightly. Her gaze shifted to her camera “Speaking of kart race, I think you are needed to be there since you're a photographer”

Shadow's eyes widened a bit “How did you know i was a photographer?”

“Educated guess” Sundae smirked at the pegasus.

Shadow left the room where Sundae, and the mysterious colt are in. She passed by the waiting room, sparing a glance at Fable before looking back at where she was going “The doctor said the colt is fine. You can leave the hospital, somepony is watching over him” she said.

She went out of the hospital. She spread her wings and flew. It took her several minutes to reach where the kart race is taking place. She heard an announcement. She assumed the event was about to the start so she decided to stay on top on the air. Below here are crowds of ponies that are in the event to watch the race. It made her look as if she's a watchpony since she could everything, and most importantly, she is a good observer. Little did she know she got this skill because she still had Nightmare Moon's curse inside of her. If anypony would squint at her face, her eyes would flash to pure black before reverting back to light raspberry. She was completely oblivious to these strange abilities.

“Sit nox praevalere” she declared. 

[Emerald Claus 24,868]

@Windy Breeze @Samurai Equine @Buck Testa

Fable looked up at the others and gave a signal to show that she would be staying as well. Just because she didn't look like it, she was concerned about a fellow pony's well being.

She hadn’t been out of her house for quite some time now, as she had been busy reading. 

[Windy Breeze 15,189]

@Emerald Heart

After completing her paper work, and giving it to the same nurse that gave her the papers, she went to the waiting room and sat beside Fable “Hey, uh, i want you know that I'm glad you stayed here with me and the poor colt... And you don't have to worry about the paying the hospital” she said before introducing herself “I'm Sundae Delight, the owner of the local ice cream parlor. You?” 

Edited May 9, 2020 by Windy Breeze

[Emerald Claus 24,868]

@Windy Breeze

"Fable." She respoded emotionessly. She reached her hoof out for a shake, her pearl bracelet jangling when she moved it. 

A matching pearl headpiece sat atop her head, with a single tear-shaped red jewel hanging below her bangs.

 

 

[Windy Breeze 15,189]

@Emerald Heart

“It's nice to meet you, Fable” Sundae gladly shook hooves with Fable. She smiled before eyeing the bracelet, then at the pearl headpiece “That's some nice 'arts' you wore. Are they magical?” she asked. 

[Emerald Claus 24,868]

@Windy Breeze

"No." She answered, "My sister and mother practice magic, though." She explained, finishing her sentence with a proud nod. 

Different forms of magic had been passed down through her family for years. While Fable herself had no magic, her talent was still connected to magic. Fable's talent was the knowledge of anything magical. Legends, myths, what was real vs what wasn't. She could tell you all about it.

[Windy Breeze 15,189]

@Emerald Heart

“Your family has a interesting history” Sundae compliment. I can assume both your sister and mother are just earth ponies?” She was very intrigued and fascinated by earth ponies practice magic although earth pony race do still have their own magic which can useful to farming and interacting with animals. 

[Emerald Claus 24,868]

@Windy Breeze

"Indeed." She answered, "My sister is in fact a gifted fortune teller, while my Mother has the ability to sense one's aura." She explained, still lacking any sort of facial expression as she told Sundae all of this.

Edited May 9, 2020 by Emerald Heart

[Windy Breeze 15,189]

@Windy Breeze @Emerald Heart

Still, Sundae decided to keep her smile. There's no reason why she should frown all a sudden “How about you? What do you do?” she asked. Sundae was a straightforward mare since she believe it doesn't hurt to ask someone even though if its a stranger. 

Edited May 9, 2020 by Windy Breeze

[Emerald Claus 24,868]

@Windy Breeze

(Did you mean to tag yourself lol?)

"Oh. It's a bit hard to explain." She began, "While I don't possess magic like the others in my family do, I own a great knowledge of it." She explained, "It's a bit boring compared to others, but it can't be helped." She shrugged. 

[Samurai Equine 51,417]

@Astral Vision

Trilby smiles wide when he learns Astral's visit was productive. And if Astral was paying close enough attention, he'd notice there is a strange glazed-over look in Trilby's eyes, and it's kind of creepy. "Really?! Well, that's good, right? Makes you just want to forget all your troubles and leave all reason behind, right?" Trilby asks. But soon, Astral was leaning in to whisper something. "M-Mayor Addenbrooks?" The mention of this seems to shake Trilby. The look in his eyes dissipating. "Well, no, I'm sorry. I... I guess I forgot. I didn't meant to, I..." Trilby thinks, a little confused.

But the moment is interrupted by the PA system and Astral himself. "Ah! No! Wait!!" Trilby reaches out, remembering why he came here, but it was too late. He left. Trilby huffs in annoyance, but decides to follow him in a stealthy way, hoping not to get noticed until he can act again. "Must make him see the truth..." Trilby says, that look in his eyes slowly returning.

@Windy Breeze

Shadow might not have any intention on signing up for the race, but if she looks close enough, she can see Trilby in the town square with all the racers. And he seems to following Astral for some reason?

@Dynamo Pad, @Pastel Heart, @ExplosionMare, @Astral Vision, @Kronos the Revenant

Meanwhile in his own garage, Samurai has been secretly putting the finishing touches on his cart. His silhouette moves in the darkness as he finishes the body work and color. "Yes... I've been waiting for this moment..." Using his magic, Samurai opens the backpack he brought with him and pulls out a special outfit that he got just for the race. He magically puts it on, and discards the backpack. "I'm going to be a demon." Samurai hops in his cart and revs it up. "A demon on wheels." Samurai says as the garage door opens and samurai drives out.

What pulls out is a white cart made to look like some kind of sports car, with a big red "5" on the left and right sides. Meanwhile, Samurai is wearing yellow goldenrod shoes/gloves on all his hooves, white bell-bottom pants. a navy blue shirt with a red S in the corner, and a red aviation scarf. As the cart gets out of the garage, Samurai smiles wide like a happy little boy. "Here I come, here comes the racer, I'm a demon on wheels~! I'm a demon and I'm gonna be chasing after someone. Mach 5 go, go. Mach 5 go, go. Mach 5 a go-go!" Samurai happily sings to himself. (Yes, in case you can't tell, this is an homage to Speed Racer/Mach Go Go GO)

In about the time it took to sing that little ditty, Samurai pulls up to the starting line. There's all ready a few racers (NPCs) there at the starting line. Samurai hops out of his cart, doing the signature pose of Speed Racer/Go Mifune before calmly standing by his vehicle. "...Oh, right! I forgot." Samurai reaches back into his cart, pulls out a matching white racing helmet, and puts it on. Now to just wait for the rest of his friends, and any remaining racers, to get here.

Edited May 9, 2020 by Samurai Equine

[Windy Breeze 15,189]

@Emerald Heart (Whoops, didn't mean to do that!)

“Great knowledge? Now I envy you, Fable” Sundae joked “So why did you went here in Friendshire? I mean, there a lot of towns and cities in Equestria, but why this town?” There had been only a few ponies entering Friendshire in the past years, which leads the ice cream parlor owner to become more curious. 

[Dynamo Pad 11,307]

17 hours ago, Pastel Heart said:

@Dynamo Pad

"This book fell in the toilet and got wet and sticky! That's why he has so much toilet paper!"

Pastel calmed down and backed off after Dynamo whispered, but kept pouting. She was stubborn about her assumption it seems.

@Samurai Equine

Hearing the announcement, Pastel jumped up, quickly signed the registration and sloppily tossed it across the desk. Frantically, she jumped on Dynamo's back and pointed forward

"Aaahh hayseeds hayseeds! Almost forgot! Ship forward! Ahead! Gooo~!"

@Pastel Heart

"If that's the case, then I wonder if the book would even be salvageable. I know I wouldn't want to read a book if something like that happened." Dynamo would say with a chuckle. He was glad as it looked like Pastel had calmed down, but he took notice of the pouting. It seemed that she was still bothered about Trilby, but he didn't want to assume. The gamer pony was surprised as Pastel had jumped onto his back. All the while, trying to adjust his weight so the two of them wouldn't fall over. "I'm not a ship, Pastel-chan. I'm a pony! Although, I guess we should sail on over to collect our belongings. We need to make an awesome cart for the race!" He grinned as he soon started making his way over towards the cart station. After collecting their their building supplies, the cart station had given the location and number of their garage to begin building. Making their way over towards the garage, Dynamo glanced back to the young filly. "Hey, Pastel-chan? Do you have any idea on what the cart should look like? I'm always open to suggestions. I'm not exactly the best when it comes to building carts." He gave a sheepish smile and chuckle.

[Pastel Heart 6,466]

@Dynamo Pad

"Hmmm... Well... I don't know much about cars, really, I just drove them in games! I'd say, something both cute and cool, so it matches both of us? And fast too? I'll leave it to you, Dyny! You're my ridge racer!~"

Pastel winked, standing in a pose. Seemed she was over Trilby already and was excited for whatever Dyny decided. It was race time!

[Dynamo Pad 11,307]

3 minutes ago, Pastel Heart said:

@Dynamo Pad

"Hmmm... Well... I don't know much about cars, really, I just drove them in games! I'd say, something both cute and cool, so it matches both of us? And fast too? I'll leave it to you, Dyny! You're my ridge racer!~"

Pastel winked, standing in a pose. Seemed she was over Trilby already and was excited for whatever Dyny decided. It was race time!

"So, it looks like you and I are in the same boat, huh?" He chuckled as it seemed like he and Pastel could relate. "Oh! I've heard of that game. I think there was a Ridge Racer back in the Fillydelphia arcade. Hmm...maybe we can try and build something that pays an homage to Mario Kart. Something that's both cool and can be cute with the colors. How does that sound?" He chuckled once more as he noticed the pose Pastel stood in. The duo eventually reached the garage as he pulled the garage door up. It seemed like a fairly standard building with tools and such to help build a cart.

[Astral Vision 286]

On 5/8/2020 at 9:48 AM, ExplosionMare said:

@Astral Vision

Pencil stood in line and signed herself up. Now that she was officially signed in, she could finally create her kart! Pencil happily trotted to the kart station to begin work.

She began with the color: purple, naturally. She used her magic and strategically sprayed the top of the cart back and forth. When she was finished, she sat a moment and let the paint dry. She fiddled with her hair as she did to ignore the heavy paint smell coming off the cart permeating the air.

Once the paint was dry, Pencil took a couple of smaller airbrushes and drew a multitude of flame outlines. The flames licked the outside of the cart almost as if it was actually on fire. Pencil was proud of herself for a moment. She stretched a little then moved on to the wheels.

She rolled a medium-sized wheel with a sleek exterior towards her kart and began to attach it. Just as she was about to, however, she noticed a light blue pony charging her way. Pencil retreated under the kart until she got a better look at him, realizing the pony was Astral. Annoyed with herself, Pencil crawled out of the kart and sat up. Looking at herself now, she had grass stains covering her hooves and paint stains sticking to her mane.

@ExplosionMare

Astral could see that Pencil had been quite busy creating their kart, it was quite a beautiful piece. It was almost a shame it would get dirty on the racing track. Looking underneath the vehicle, Pencil soon crawled out, showing she had many grass and paint stains.

"Well well well, aren't you quite artistic? Surely this will be a great ride, good work Pencil. Now come on, the race is about to begin!"

Astral then helped to guide the kart to the starting line along with Pencil, making sure they didn't harm any creature in their way.

[Pastel Heart 6,466]

11 hours ago, Dynamo Pad said:

"So, it looks like you and I are in the same boat, huh?" He chuckled as it seemed like he and Pastel could relate. "Oh! I've heard of that game. I think there was a Ridge Racer back in the Fillydelphia arcade. Hmm...maybe we can try and build something that pays an homage to Mario Kart. Something that's both cool and can be cute with the colors. How does that sound?" He chuckled once more as he noticed the pose Pastel stood in. The duo eventually reached the garage as he pulled the garage door up. It seemed like a fairly standard building with tools and such to help build a cart.

"Perfect~! Let's do this!"

Pastel would eagerly try to assist Dynamo. Of course, she would end up getting paint everywhere; not on the ride parts necessarily, just generally everywhere. She wasn't a shop type at all, so it was best if she just handed Dynamo what he needed rather than make a mess. The race was soon after all...

[Samurai Equine 51,417]

@Astral Vision, @ExplosionMare, @Windy Breeze

Trilby sees his chance. As soon as Astral and Pencil are about to move their kart, he gets in the way. "HEEEEEEEY~ You two. Heh. I just hopped on by because... uhh... Oh, that's right! You showed interest in my merch earlier, right miss? Said you wanted a purple shirt? I must have gotten distracted by that rude filly earlier." Trilby pulls out his selections. "I've got shirts and hats in Light Lavender, Vivid Violet, and Dark Grape. ... I couldn't think of any good alliteration for that last one." While Pencil looks over what he has to offer, he looks over at Astral. "Are you sure you want to race in this? I mean, there might be more peaceful things to do, maybe you'd prefer that. Heh, heh." Trilby says, trying not to sound suspicious.

If Shadow was going to spot them or interrupt, now would be a good time to do so.

[Windy Breeze 15,189]

@Samurai Equine @Astral Vision @ExplosionMare

Shadow noticed Trilby, talking to one of the participants. She decided to abandon her spot for a bit to have a nice chitchat with her friend. At the same, the mysterious darkening of her eye vanished to avoid being out of place.

“Hi, Trilby!” she said cheerfully, approaching him from behind as if an assasin. 

[Samurai Equine 51,417]

@Windy Breeze, @ExplosionMare, @Astral Vision

"AH!" Trilby nearly jumps out of his own skin. He was so focused on his mission, that he didn't expect Shadow to suddenly appear like that. When he turns around to face her, he instantly recognizes her, and that ominous look in his eyes disappears again. "...Oh, Shadow! I haven't seen you all day." Trilby smiles, returning to normal. "Are you here to take part in the race? There are some racers who still need a partner to share a kart with." It seems whatever Trilby was making a big deal about earlier doesn't seem to matter anymore.

[Emerald Claus 24,868]

@Windy Breeze

Fable shrugged, "I got lost." She admitted. 

Wow. I've been talking for a long time now. It's getting very tiring. She thought to herself. Talking was an exhausting activity, and it was something she tended to avoid.

Even when Fable was interacting with her close friends and family she spoke through action.

 

[Windy Breeze 15,189]

@Emerald Heart

“Got lost?” Sundae's cheery demeanor was broken by a frown, but it was quickly replacing with a smile “I'm so sorry to hear, but I'm sure you'll find your way to... whatever you are supposed to go” she said “I mean, I fact, me and my family got lost too, and ever since we stumble upon this town, we live here. This town is more better than the richy city of Canterlot”

@Samurai Equine @ExplosionMare @Astral Vision

Shadow's smile become forced when he questioned her “Um.. I was here because i was going to take pictures, but I'll like to join the event if... I knew how to drive or the rules” she then gaze at the two ponies Trilby was talking to earlier. The former Shadowbolt's forced smile immediately change to mild suspicion “Who are these ponies?”