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"OH!" Jack shouted a little bit louder than he wanted. "You don't need levitation to pick up items." Jack chuckled "I use my hands when playing cards, and you saw how good I was." Jack leaned in closer to Charcoal and put his arm around her. "All you need is a goal and lot of practice."

((OOC: Didn't know ponies had hands.))

"I'm not trying to get levitation I'm trying to make it harder for unicorns to use magic on other ponies without their consent." Charcoal explained. "Like if I can get it right, a unicorn couldn't use any kind of spell on me unless I wanted them to."

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(OOC: Ponies don't, but if you look at the show closely. There are ponies who can use their hooves to pick stuff up.)

"I get it." Jack said "You're afraid of Unicorns? Does their magic look to dangerous? Are you afraid of them taking over Equestria?" Jack was intrigued "Or maybe it was a past experience." 

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(OOC: Ponies don't, but if you look at the show closely. There are ponies who can use their hooves to pick stuff up.)

"I get it." Jack said "You're afraid of Unicorns? Does their magic look to dangerous? Are you afraid of them taking over Equestria?" Jack was intrigued "Or maybe it was a past experience."

((OOC: Yes I know that part. I didn't watch every episode about 12 times for nothing.))

"No, not really." Charcoal said. "Mostly annoyed if anything. My best friend is a unicorn, but it does start to get on your nerves if a unicorn drags you around everywhere. If I'm afraid of anything it is hit air balloons, but that isn't a story I feel like telling." Charcoal finishes, sounding a little sad.

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"Oh, I'm so sorry." Jack patted Charcoal on the back. "I don't know what happened, but I feel sorry for you nevertheless." I have to change the topic! "Well, Unicorns aren't the only ones that have a shaky history." Oh no. Jack realized what he just said This is bad. Why'd you bring that up Jack? Maybe she won't notice.  

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"Oh, I'm so sorry." Jack patted Charcoal on the back. "I don't know what happened, but I feel sorry for you nevertheless." I have to change the topic! "Well, Unicorns aren't the only ones that have a shaky history." Oh no. Jack realized what he just said This is bad. Why'd you bring that up Jack? Maybe she won't notice.

"Thank you." Charcoal said. She was relieved that she wasn't having to tell her story. "But what do you mean unicorns aren't the only ones with a rough history?" Charcoal asked, her curiosity getting the best of her once again. This sounds like history that would actually interest me.

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"No. no. It's nothing!" Jack said nervously. His hooves were shaking and he was starting to sweat. "Just some silly rumors that spread around Appleoosa." Jack put on a big fake smile. "It's not important. Just about where the pure spectra of the rainbows come from, and the upper part of the factory." Darn my thought disorder curse!

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"No. no. It's nothing!" Jack said nervously. His hooves were shaking and he was starting to sweat. "Just some silly rumors that spread around Appleoosa." Jack put on a big fake smile. "It's not important. Just about where the pure spectra of the rainbows come from, and the upper part of the factory." Darn my thought disorder curse!

"Well if it just a rumor then why are you so worried about it?" Charcoal asked. "If it is just truly a rumor then it shouldn't be true, therefor it is just someone trying to but a smudge on your good name. As long as no one can use evidence to prove it is true then you don't need to worry about it." Charcoal finished with a smile. "Oh sorry about that, there I go off on another tangent." Edited August 24, 2013 by Charcoal Embers

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Jack sighed. He was defeated. "Okay... Rainbows are made by taking pure color called spectra. Then thy deploy it into the sky. It used to be Unicorns who made the pure spectra with their magic. But many, many, many, years ago the Unicorns were decommissioned by the Pegasuses. Rumors have grown about a... Rainbow... Factory." 

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Jack sighed. He was defeated. "Okay... Rainbows are made by taking pure color called spectra. Then thy deploy it into the sky. It used to be Unicorns who made the pure spectra with their magic. But many, many, many, years ago the Unicorns were decommissioned by the Pegasuses. Rumors have grown about a... Rainbow... Factory."

"Oh, that rumor." Charcoal said with slight annoyance. "Yeah I know all about that rumor. It is kind off hard to miss the scared or angry looks from someponies. Too many ponies seem to believe that rumor, but it is completely un-true." Charcoal said, her voice beginning to rise. "No pony has any proof to whether the pegasi, which is the plural of Pegasus by the way, use the methods they day in that rumor to make the rainbows." Charcoal was starting to get close to shouting now. "And where they got the idea for how pegasi make the rainbows I have no idea but a lot of us pegasi don't like it, me included." Finishing Charcoal takes a few deep breaths to calm herself down. "Sorry about that, but being a Pegasus and getting ridiculed and shunned by ponies that believe in that rumor chips away at you."

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"Okay." said, going with the flow. Challenge accepted. "I have proof." Jack put on a sly grin "Do you know where the mentally insane is put?" Jack paused for a second "You might say one of the obvious mental hospitals, but what about the very secret MFBP?" Jack got closer to Charoal and started whispering "Which stands for Mental Facility for Broken Ponies. It's a secret mental ward that was built for the ponies who were broken beyond repair. And the makers didn't want anybody to know about it So what did they do? Make it in the middle of nowhere. Except for a problem... Appleoosa. When I was younger, the sherrif of Appleloosa found a Pegasus in the desert all alone. He took him back to town. He was paranoid. Kept talking about a factory in the sky. Whenever he saw a foal he stayed away and frantically apologized. We finally calmed him down and put him in his own hotel room. The next day someone broke into his hotel window and took him, not talking any valuables."

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"Okay." said, going with the flow. Challenge accepted. "I have proof." Jack put on a sly grin "Do you know where the mentally insane is put?" Jack paused for a second "You might say one of the obvious mental hospitals, but what about the very secret MFBP?" Jack got closer to Charoal and started whispering "Which stands for Mental Facility for Broken Ponies. It's a secret mental ward that was built for the ponies who were broken beyond repair. And the makers didn't want anybody to know about it So what did they do? Make it in the middle of nowhere. Except for a problem... Appleoosa. When I was younger, the sherrif of Appleloosa found a Pegasus in the desert all alone. He took him back to town. He was paranoid. Kept talking about a factory in the sky. Whenever he saw a foal he stayed away and frantically apologized. We finally calmed him down and put him in his own hotel room. The next day someone broke into his hotel window and took him, not talking any valuables."

"What, so you believe in that stupid rumor to?" Charcoal said, putting her face in her hooves. "And that Pegasus, he was in my class when I lived in Cloudsdale. He was always the center of attention from bullies. One day one of the bullies went a bit too far and struck him with a bolt of lightning. He went into a coma for a while, and after he woke up he kept telling everypony that he saw a factory in the sky. No pony listened to him because there are lots of factories in Cloudsdale."

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"Wait wait." Jack said backing up a bit "How would you know what this Pegasus looks like?" (OOC: No srsly, I wanna know.) "Doesn't matter. The most scary part of that guy is that he would scream and run away from every Pegasi in town. And he would say all the time these phrases: In the Rainbow Factory all your fears and horrors come true. In the Rainbow Factory not a single soul goes through." Jack laid back trying to make his point. "I'm not trying to force you into thinking that it's real. I just want you to know that could be happening."  

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"Wait wait." Jack said backing up a bit "How would you know what this Pegasus looks like?" (OOC: No srsly, I wanna know.) "Doesn't matter. The most scary part of that guy is that he would scream and run away from every Pegasi in town. And he would say all the time these phrases: In the Rainbow Factory all your fears and horrors come true. In the Rainbow Factory not a single soul goes through." Jack laid back trying to make his point. "I'm not trying to force you into thinking that it's real. I just want you to know that could be happening."

"Let's see, both the pegasi we are talking about are crazy. Both of them talk about a factory in he sky. And the Pegasus I am talking about ran away from Cloudsdale in the general direction of where you say he was found." Charcoal said. "I don't need to know whether or not he looked the same. He had to have been in Cloudsdale at some point in time to have gotten the idea. And if there was a second Pegasus saying stuff like that it would be know to the pegasi."

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"As I said, I'm not trying to force you to believe in this. It's just that how can somepony make that up?" Jack tried to compromise "I mean, I'm mental but everyone sees me as weird, and you see me as normal... I think. Not important." Jack joked. "We're all mental in our own special way." Jack was quiet for a few seconds. "Then what building did I see in the desert?"

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"As I said, I'm not trying to force you to believe in this. It's just that how can somepony make that up?" Jack tried to compromise "I mean, I'm mental but everyone sees me as weird, and you see me as normal... I think. Not important." Jack joked. "We're all mental in our own special way." Jack was quiet for a few seconds. "Then what building did I see in the desert?"

"Wait, what are you talking about." Charcoal asked, very confused. "I don't remember you mentioning any building. Well except for the MR- mental whatever place. But when did you say anything about a building before? This might be a perfect example of my short term memory."

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"Do you think I made up the MFBP?" Jack said disappointingly "How else would Appleoosa know he was kidnapped and didn't just jump out the window? Do you think our nice people of Appleoosa would just stop and forget about the whole ordeal? Appleloosa has bounty hunters. They found tracks and followed them to a far off building. The hunters took the sheriff and I decided to tag along without them knowing. It was huge, had walls of iron, and everypony heard the screams from inside. The MFBP. I know the Rainbow Factory might not be true, but the MFBP is undoubtedly real. I saw it with my own eyes."

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"Do you think I made up the MFBP?" Jack said disappointingly "How else would Appleoosa know he was kidnapped and didn't just jump out the window? Do you think our nice people of Appleoosa would just stop and forget about the whole ordeal? Appleloosa has bounty hunters. They found tracks and followed them to a far off building. The hunters took the sheriff and I decided to tag along without them knowing. It was huge, had walls of iron, and everypony heard the screams from inside. The MFBP. I know the Rainbow Factory might not be true, but the MFBP is undoubtedly real. I saw it with my own eyes."

"I never said I didn't believe it was real. I actually did believe you Jack, I just got confused as to what building you were talking about, sorry." Charcoal said. "Maybe it would be best if we moved onto a different topic. Something less... argument inducing."

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"Sure thing." Jack agreed. Suddenly he started to feel dizzy. "Oh my. I think I'm starting to get air sick." Jack put his seat back. "I'm gonna go to deep if that's okay with you. I don't want to need a barf bag... but just in-case." Jack reached and grabbed a bag from the back of the seat. Then he curled up in a ball and started humming a tune. 

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"Sure thing." Jack agreed. Suddenly he started to feel dizzy. "Oh my. I think I'm starting to get air sick." Jack put his seat back. "I'm gonna go to deep if that's okay with you. I don't want to need a barf bag... but just in-case." Jack reached and grabbed a bag from the back of the seat. Then he curled up in a ball and started humming a tune.

"Go to deep? Is that another word for sleep?" Charcoal asked, wondering is she should just get some sleep if Jack was going to. "If you are going to sleep that would be fine by me. I could always get some extra sleep if you are going to get some." Charcoal actually getting prepared grabs a pillow.

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Jack stopped humming and raised his head to speak "Thought disorder includes misspelling words. Thanks for telling me, I never notice. It's a bad habit You know what I'm talking about" Jack laid his head back down on the seat and started humming his slow song again. 

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Jack stopped humming and raised his head to speak "Thought disorder includes misspelling words. Thanks for telling me, I never notice. It's a bad habit You know what I'm talking about" Jack laid his head back down on the seat and started humming his slow song again.

Just assuming that he did mean sleep Charcoal lays her head on the pillow for a nice nap. After falling asleep Charcoal, for the first time in ages, has an actual dream that turns into a nightmare. She is dreaming about being chased by some strange stallion with a blue coat. She begins talking and kicking in her sleep. "No... no st-stay away." She mumbles.

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Jack was in a dream. He was in a beautiful grassy pasture with a mare. They were both frolicking through the grass and running around a tree in the middle of the pasture. Jack and the cute mare sat together under the tree. The mare's coat was so warm and soft. From the other side of the pasture, Jack saw his parents who were heading his way. They looked happy. Jack looked to the mare beside him and pressed his face against hers. She blushed. She closed her eyes and pursed her lips. Her face got closer to Jack's. Almost touching. Then he woke up. He was curled up in the seat he fell asleep in. "Not again." Jack whispered disappointingly. He didn't want to go through this alone. He saw Charcoal beside him fast asleep "Charcoal?"

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Jack was in a dream. He was in a beautiful grassy pasture with a mare. They were both frolicking through the grass and running around a tree in the middle of the pasture. Jack and the cute mare sat together under the tree. The mare's coat was so warm and soft. From the other side of the pasture, Jack saw his parents who were heading his way. They looked happy. Jack looked to the mare beside him and pressed his face against hers. She blushed. She closed her eyes and pursed her lips. Her face got closer to Jack's. Almost touching. Then he woke up. He was curled up in the seat he fell asleep in. "Not again." Jack whispered disappointingly. He didn't want to go through this alone. He saw Charcoal beside him fast asleep "Charcoal?"

In Charcoal's dream she was still running. She had been running for a while and was getting tired when she tripped. She tried to get up but before she could the stallion from before caught up and pushed her down. Looking back she saw him raise up some sort of blunt object, poised to hit her. But before he could Charcoal heard her name being called. It sounded familiar but she couldn't put her finger on it. It was then that the stallion resumed his swing. But right before hitting her she jerked awake. "Gah." Panting Charcoal tries to get her bearings, she sees that she is still on the plane. Sighing she relaxes a bit. Looking towards her side she sees that Jack is awake. "Oh hey Jack. Sleep well?" She asked trying to forget her nightmare.

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"I had a bad dream." Jack said "I wanted to so I can forget about it. How did you sleep?" Jack asked "You were kicking a little, but don't worry. I was able to fall asleep shortly after. It must have been an awful dream to have been kicking and talking in your sleep."

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"I had a bad dream." Jack said "I wanted to so I can forget about it. How did you sleep?" Jack asked "You were kicking a little, but don't worry. I was able to fall asleep shortly after. It must have been an awful dream to have been kicking and talking in your sleep."

"I was just having a nightmare." Charcoal said. "Which is weird because I almost never have dreams of any kind. If I don't dream I can't have nightmares. It's nothing to worry about. So what was your bad dream about? You seem like somepony who is almost always happy."