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.]

Comments

voice;

[fuckinstoplights]

How do they do that?

[He'd be hunkered down listening intently if this were in person.]

There was no war? Like... with the robots here?

voice;

[strengthinkindness]

Well, the city where most Pegasi come from, Cloudsdale, has a cloud factory where clouds are made.

Well, there was a lot of arguing...and because they couldn't get along at first, these magical creatures almost froze the land forever.

voice;

[fuckinstoplights]

... Clouds come from factories?

[You're blowing his mind, here.]

And then what happened?

voice;

[strengthinkindness]

W-Well...b-back where I come from they do. Other places might be different.

Well, actually the leaders themselves ended up frozen. But their seconds-in-command...they learned that they didn't dislike each other as much as their leaders did. And when they learned to get along, they created a powerful feeling of warmth that eventually melted all the ice away.

voice;

[fuckinstoplights]

Oh. I think you're right -- no one ever said anything about it, in the facility.

So... the leaders didn't do it. Their seconds did. Weren't the leaders angry?

voice;

[strengthinkindness]

[She nods.] From what I understand, clouds just...form in most other places.

Not really. The light and feeling that the seconds-in-command shared was so strong, that it spread to the leaders, and they learned to get along as well.

voice;

[fuckinstoplights]

Yes... I think that's how it works.

So everything worked out. Because of... love?

voice;

[strengthinkindness]

[She nods.] That's the magic of friendship...

voice;

[fuckinstoplights]

Friends are magic?

voice;

[strengthinkindness]

Not necessarily...although depending on where they come from, they could be...

[Because technically, she had magical friends herself.]

I only meant that the power of friendship should never be underestimated.

voice;

[fuckinstoplights]

Are you magic?

[Since she'd said they were friends and all.]

I guess not. If it can melt things like that.

voice;

[strengthinkindness]

[She shakes her head.] N-No, I'm not one of the...magic kind.

voice;

[fuckinstoplights]

What kind are you?

voice;

[strengthinkindness]

I'm just the...regular kind.

voice;

[fuckinstoplights]

... You're the only one I know of who says she's a pony.

[He's trying to be supportive. And encouraging.]

[Trying.]

voice;

[strengthinkindness]

W-Well that's true. So I guess I'm a pony kind...

voice;

[fuckinstoplights]

Yes. You're the pony kind.