15 Butterflies | Video

[strengthinkindness]

[There's static on the screen for a moment before it clears, and Fluttershy waves a bit shyly into the camera.]

H...H-Hello everyone, um...I...hope you're all doing well.

S-So I...I've learned a little about...Christmas, which is...coming up, right? A-And it's actually very similar to a holiday we celebrate in Equestria...wh-where I'm from. S-So I...I-I was thinking that I'd...like to give gifts to people. I-I mean if...if that's all right...

I have...some ideas for what to give people, b-but, um...i-if you wouldn't mind, could you...maybe let me know what you'd like as a gift? I...can't really promise much, but I'm...pretty good at knitting...I think...

S-So if...everyone could let me know what you'd like...I'll do my best to make it. E-Even...if you don't celebrate Christmas...or Hearth's Warming Eve like I do...I'd still like to give you something...if that's okay...

[She hesitates for a moment before turning the D-Terminal off.]

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What would be so troublesome about a gift?

[ As selfish as she tends to be at times, even this concern befuddles her. ] You're giving something to a person so it shouldn't be any trouble to them. If it is, then they weren't deserving of kindness in the first place.

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[alive_through_luck]

[Curiosity more than anything has Duo on the D-Terminal. He blinks at Fluttershy, pausing briefly before asking...]

You know about Christmas?

[adashofloyalty]

Sounds pretty cool for a human holiday! You mentioned presents, right? That's part of the celebration?

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[strengthinkindness]

Oh, well I...I just meant I...I wouldn't want to make you uncomfortable. If it'd be...strange for me to give you a gift...

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[strengthinkindness]

[Hello someone new.]

W-Well I...I-I know a little about it. I-I'm...s-still learning...

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[codes]

I said it'd be strange, but I didn't say I'd be uncomfortable. [ Hmph. ]

I just haven't had a gift since I was a little girl--er, that's personal. Too personal. How do I delete this again?

[strengthinkindness]

Mm...! People wrap up gifts and give them to people they care about. It's tradition.

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[strengthinkindness]

Oh, I'm sorry...I misunderstood.

[The last part made Fluttershy a bit sad, but she didn't want to embarrass her, so she decided not to ask.]

I...would like to make something for you though. If that's okay...

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[alive_through_luck]

Oh.

[He huffs a little, blowing his bangs up in the air before they fall back into his eyes.]

Really, how can anyone not know about Christmas?

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Then we'll both exchange gifts! [ It comes out loud due to the embarrassment she's already feeling. ] T-Then it'll be fair and not strange at all.

So you better tell me what you'd like too!

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[fuckinstoplights]

Christmas...?

I've never heard of it. Or the other day.

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[strengthinkindness]

[She didn't really want to put her through the trouble of a gift. But if it made it less strange than she wouldn't mind.]

All right. That does sound fair.

[The question was what she wanted. She already had this problem when Twilight had asked her.]

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[strengthinkindness]

W-Well, we don't...have Christmas where I come from. W-We celebrate a different h-holiday that's...u-unique to my world...

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Of course it's fair. Equivalent exchange means giving a gift and receiving one in return.

[ FAVORS don't exist to terrorists. ] So let's see... Is there something you actually need?

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[strengthinkindness]

O-Oh...well Hearth's Warming Eve is a holiday that's only celebrated back in the world I'm from. But Christmas seems to be a little more common.

The holidays are about spending time with people you care about, and showing them that you care.

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[alive_through_luck]

...That's weird.

[This whole thing is weird to him, so don't worry, Fluttershy. He doesn't mean anything by it.]

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[strengthinkindness]

Th-That's true. [It was still a nice thought.]

Um...I...I can't really think of...anything I need at the moment...

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[fuckinstoplights]

So it's like New Years?

... that's the only holiday in my programming.

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Okay fine. [ Beat. ]

What's something you actually want?

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[strengthinkindness]

D-Do...you know a lot about Christmas?

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[strengthinkindness]

[She hasn't heard about that one yet.]

M-Maybe...? What's New Years like?

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[fuckinstoplights]

...

It's... a holiday.

[It's sad that's literally all he knows about it.]

At the end of the year.

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[alive_through_luck]

[Yeah, that's right. Come to the child for the answers you seek.]

Yeah, I know enough about it. What do you wanna know?

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[strengthinkindness]

Mm...well...

[She wasn't too sure about that either.]

O-Oh...maybe...I-If there's a book about this world's animals...n-not the Digimon, but animal-animals...that...isn't in Japanese...That would be really nice...

I-If that's...not too much trouble...

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[wheeljackofalltrades]

You're celebratin' what now?

[Holidays were...not really something that were common among Cybertronians, and this one's still a newbie to the way Earth works.]

Eh, don't worry about me, Sunshine. Ya probably got a queue of half the city.