09 Apple Butter

[downtoearthpony]

Action A | 337 Brady Lane | Morning | Open to all

[Applejack has been sort of hoarding the last couple of regains she's got from Mayfield. With her house being nothing but drones lately, she was worried about anything she might get that would just be tossed out or broken by them assuming its something else. But now she has three envelopes and a non-drone back in the house, so maybe she should stop stalling and see what she's got.

So she'll be out back with a letter opener seeing what's in them. Except they're all empty. Applejack was seriously confused, she went to all this trouble to open them and there's nothing in them? She was about to head back inside with a huff, but that's when she noticed what's now in the backyard.

Her eyes widen as she sees the majority of the backyard is now gone because the Sweet Apple Acres farmhouse is there. Right behind Bloomberg, in fact.

So surprised by this that Applejack doesn't notice the cider press or the couple of baskets full of a rather colorful type of apple sitting in front of the building at first. It's pretty overwhelming after all. And not subtle at all to anybody who happens to be in the area.]

Action B | Bakery | Shortly after A

[Applejack is spending some time working at the bakery. Well, working is a relative term. She'll serve customers if they approach of course, though the drones ignore her outright, but she seems engrossed with a paper she has in front of her. Seems she's making a flyer for something, and is really taking her time with its design. Curious walk-ins may be able to walk over to her and catch a glimpse of what she has so far before she notices them:



Do you ask about it?]

Phone | Later that evening | Not filtered, so open to all

[Normally Applejack prefers talking to her friends muzzle to muzzle, but after getting some new things from home and remembering a conversation she had with Rarity awhile ago, it might be better to use the phone to get all their attention along with seeing who would be willing to help.]

So hey every....body, Ah was thinking it might be nice to try and hold an event mah family hosts back home around this time called the Sisterhooves' Social. Ah just got some things from home that would make some nice prizes for it even. Back home it's a pretty fun couple of days with events and such for sisters to enter and participate in, but Ah wouldn't really force that to be the rule since this place kinda has a bunch of us here away from our actual families.

Though Ah could really use some help setting it up. Twilight, Pinkie, Rarity, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Bell, think you could lend a hoof? Or anybody else who is interested too, actually? Ah'd really appreciate it, and setting things up doesn't mean you have to skip out on participating in events, Ah'm sure if we get enough folks help we can figure a way for you to compete as well as help.

[There's a pause for a few minutes as if she's done and waiting for responses before she suddenly speaks up again.]

Oh! And Apple Bloom, you want to help out in making some zap apple treats?! Ah was thinking those would be some of the prizes we could give out.

Comments

[magicalrealist]

I think those are great ideas. If we can convince enough people to take part in it, then I'll definitely work the crafts and cooking into the schedule.

(She's already writing things down. It's quite audible over the phone.)

The important thing is to find out how many are willing to lend their support for this; we'll need all the help we can get.

[downtoearthpony]

Well, Ah've bumped into a few folks who were interested to help out, so helpfully we won't have trouble with that.

[magicalrealist]

Perfect. Then hopefully it'll be easy to organize.

One of the big concerns is, of course, properly transferring it over from Equestria to here in Mayfield. Do think there'll be any complications with humans who may want to take part?

[downtoearthpony]

Well, Ah'm pretty sure the same obstacles that slow down a pony would slow down a hue-min... Might want to make sure to only use ones that isn't unfair to either though so everyone can compete on equal ground.

[magicalrealist]

Sounds like a good idea. If you need any help with calibrating the obstacles to be an equal challenge to both humans and ponies, I'll gladly take care of that.

[downtoearthpony]

That'd be great, Twilight, thanks so much for offering, Ah'd definitely want to make sure everyone has a fair chance.

[magicalrealist]

Don't worry, Applejack; after some careful construction work and calibration, everyone will get their fair chance.

[downtoearthpony]

Good, hate to see some folks not having fun because they think something isn't fair... Ah'm not sure how many are going to participate in the race, but Ah hope it will be a good turnout.

[magicalrealist]

I hope so, too. It's all in good fun and sometimes, uplifting spirits is all you need to make it through hard times.

[downtoearthpony]

Yeah, if Ah could help provide some fun for folks as well as bring a bit of home to this place, then at least Ah could consider it a success.

[magicalrealist]

And this will be exactly what they all need. With our efforts, I think we can do some real good with this.

[downtoearthpony]

Exactly, nothing like an event with food, friends, and family, right?

[magicalrealist]

Exactly. Good, clean fun for everypony!

...Clean is subjective, though; it depends on which activities are included.