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Shanna gasped and fluttered her tiny wings hard, moving about as well as Fluttershy did when she stayed overnight with her. The cursed pegasus mare had been ready to cry like the foal she now was when Zecora had announced she was out of the ingredients for the cure, a special bubble bath, and asked she come again the next day. Fortunately, Fluttershy had taken her in for the night, feeling sorry for the little foal-in-body. She was simply too embarrased at what the plant she now knew was Poison Joke had done to her to go home to her family that night, and had sent her pet owl, Blizzy to deliver a message that she was delayed at a friends house. Well it had been funny during the Running of the Leaves when she had temporarilly gained a sister in place of a brother, but now that it was her turn, it wasnt' so funny. A thought crept into her mind. If no one recognized her so far, what if...? Shanna thought of the Sisterhooves Social coming up soon. She was now strangely tempted to ask Zecora if the effects of Poison Joke stayed the same each time for each pony... The bay filly came into sight of the market at last and carefully set down after spotting the unique markings of Zecora. She blinked a moment when she saw two zebras, looking from the white and grey Zecora to the white and green striped newcomer. Her owl landed on her saddlebags as she closed her eyes to think on the language. She spoke in Equestrian accented Unyasi < Bright the Morning, Zebra Folk. > "...Good morning Zecora, has your search for ingredients been successful? "

Madam Bistro giggled politely and figured she might as well slip a little on formality on Maxamillian's name to see how he reacts. "I think its safe to say Miss Snowfall has not had that experience of the grand tour as yet. Max has been going out of his way to make sure she got her hooves under her before finding out how lively the town is." She perked her ears up at the mention of the clocktower. She hoped Miss Snowfall might pick that destination next. "Oh that's right. Somepony mentioned to me it had been damaged in the Great Pie Fight. Who built it originally? And did the same maker do the repairs?"

Grinning, Flim gave his brother a high hoof! "Yes it surely will my Dear Brother Flam! Now we have some breathing space and a little favorable boost in the eyes of the local gentry." He rubbed his hooves together as he eyed the filly waiting with the glass bottles for trade-in "Now lets get back to making and selling telescopes. Daylight is burning, Flam." He zipped back over to the filly "I am so sorry for the interruption, just making sure your matriarch got her telescope safe and sound." The bonnet wearing filly ooohed "She's gonna be so tickled ta see the comet! Thanks mister. Now what can ya do fer me? What do ya have?" No time pressure yet to mess with cutting corners in production, Flam went ahead and puilled out the first one they made a short while ago "This should do nicely my dear..." A little more bait for the masses ahead of the inevetable corner cutting... Meanwhile, Madam Bistro herself dipped the ice cream, amazed and excited to see her first buffalo customers, watching their expressions as they have their first ice cream ever. Lightning horn went wide eyed at the first taste "Amazing! Its cold, and melting in my mouth, and the taste seems to explode out of it. I agree Thunderclap! We must have the herd try this after the next stampede!" Watching the buffalo and smiling, the twins turned at Granny Smith's sudden call. they trotted over and began inspecting the telescope. Hoss hmmed "This is a good telescope, repaired by them, but not made by them." Shanna nodded "This was made in Baltimare several years ago. There's some marks they tried to wipe off from repairs and measuring it as a template." Hoss bowed "We will be happy to do spot checks on the others to keep these two on the up and up with the other telescopes."

Candy Catch-em turned to Wild Gambit "Glad to have you along too. Should I call you wild or Gambit?" She also looked at Wilow and smiled "And should I call you Will? I'm glad you think Tiny is fascinating too." She glanced up to the sky at his comment about the weather. "That's what has me worried. I only have this window of opportunity this month for access to this yacht, and am worried this means bad weather over the Everfree. Lets go see Tiny while we have time..." Suddenly Professor Krashkop arrived in his inimitable style. The mare stifled a giggle and gave him a hug "Glad to see you Professor! You are welcome to join us! We can always use someone of your intelligence (and lucky indestructabilty...) I was about to introduce these ponies to Tiny while Dunder and Swift Squall go for supplies. He is in that hanger over there, awaiting being loaded. If you will all follow me please..." As she trotted to the hanger Candy watched for a moment as Dunder and Swift Squall headed off to have a discussion before Squall's supply trip. She frowned and gave a deep sigh. She didnt' know what Swift was playing at, but she could only hope his supplies and attitude would make up for lost volenteers, time, and the growing likelihood of rain...

And here is the discussion to work on the Elixir thread. Feel free to chime in since a lot of it will be driven by how the energy drink affects the customers (played by many of you) The idea mentioned before is some odd side effects starting to occur after a while. Some of the herbal pick me ups have a bit of magic of their own it seems. (maybe juuust a touch of poison joke...) Timing is one thing, say none at all on page one? and what effects will pop up? My ideas so far have been pones going "pinkie pie hyper" (I really want the CMC to show up for this), going super speedy (but with trouble stopping), actual wings (temporary, like Red Bull commercials), temporary horns (for non-unicorns). Lets see what ya got?

Shanna looks in her mailbox forlornly...

Candy Catch-em nodded as Dan declared he would not want to see what would happen to an orchard. "I hope to never see such a thing either." She watched as Louise inspected the mane styling "Oh! That looks wonderful Louise! You have assured yourself of steady work Dapper Dan." Candy smiled as she watched Sherrif Silverstar praise his special somepony and the unflappable donkey Thorn hides a smirk. Suddenly a light brown mare with a poofy mane came in greeting her friends. Candy looked over to them and smiled "Looks like business is picking up for you Dapper Dan... Oh would you all like to introduce me to your friend?"

(OOC: I will be starting an OOC thread on this to discuss what the side effects might be and when they might start. I dont plan on any happening on the first page, just a long enough delay before they find themselves surrounded by an angry herd and possibly under the effects too.) Flim wiped his face off with a towel and tossed it behind the counter, then looked at Cloudchaser, as well as the other curious ponies . "What we are selling this fine morning is Energy Drink! Caffinated goodness! Herbal pick-me-ups! And Carbonated sweetness! All in one convenient sized bottle! It will make you so fast you'll think you have wings! If you are a pegasus, you'll feel full of magical unicorn energy! Speed like greased lightning! Stamina like that big red fella in this town! Energy to staty awake instead of falling asleep if you have a long shift at work. What have you got to lose but a couple bits? It will even inprove the sheen on your coat for attracting a special somepony, or impressing one you have" At this point, Apple Fritter said she would be telling Applejack they were back in town, and his lips got that odd smiling quiver again. He suddenly hoped it would not include a good look at the bottoms of her back hooves... He slammed the last of the taste test bottle down his gullet hoping for more immedate effects on said sheen and managed to keep it down. Flim then turned to Harrington and got of the good bottles out "Here, since some ponies seem to be casting doubts on our product, Please give this a sip. If you like it, its yours for half off, and tell everypony how good it is. What do you say?"

Flam whinnied in surprise as the mare spit out the drink, then had them try it the hard way.. He tried not to wince at the taste. "Brother Flam, it appears I forgot to turn the quality control on again... Oh dear madam, please forgive us. Here is your Bit back and let me see if I can find the batch we made last night. Now that is a fine batch if I must say so myself " He reached into the back of the cooler and hoofed her a bottle of a different color. "Please let the Apple family know how sorry we are about... last time we were here in business." Flim turned to the next pony in line and hoped he could find enough of the good bottles, with just a hint of a sweet blue flower they found. Apparently the newer bottles had more blue flower and grit. "Good morning dear sir, Just a momentary bobble with QC there... We cannot make any claims of Extra-sensory Perception, mostly due to the Equestrian Board of Health, but it should make you extra alert and speedy. Would you like a taste test first?"

Flim dramatically shaded his eyes with his hoof as he watched the elderly Earth pony speed away. "Excelsior! Watch that elderly chap fly! Come one, Come all! Give our energy drink a try!" Inwardly, he felt a pang that the old pony got a freebie, but if it drew in the rubes it was worth it. The first customer of the day, who looked familiar somehow. ...Perhaps it was the apple related Cutie Mark?... stunned Flim when she actually offered to pay less. - One Bit?! After a very brief moment with a nonplussed look on his face, he put his trademark smile back on and graciously pulled a bottle from the cooler for her. After all, a little more generosity can only help their case with the citizens of Ponyville, right? and if this fine filly was in fact related to AppleJack, that can only help on that front as well. "All right you lucky lady, one Bit for you! Just tell everypony how well it works out for you and we shall be deliriously happy."

Amber saluted Balance with his hoof "You got it!" and stood guard with her wand at the ready.

(OOC: since most of the threads the con ponies have been invited into are dying and one is waiting on chapter 1 to end before they can join, we have decided to grab the unicorns by the horns and start an original thread for the unicorns you love to hate) It was a nice pleasant Saturday morning in Ponyville Park, with Snails and other foals watching a Daring Do puppet show near the Pavilion. Everypony was relaxing from the recent excitement of the end of this years Iron Pony and chatting about the events. Suddenly a strange chuffing, boinging and wheezing sound came from the street. Everypony knew the train tracks were the other way so it could not be that, so what?... A fire engine red technomagere' steampunk wagon that was all too familiar to the citizens of Ponyville came chuffing into the park and wheezed to a stop next to the pavilion on the opposite side of the trees from the Daring Do show. Panels added to the side suddenly sprung open like Trixie's Wagon, into the shape of a sellers booth, with little flags emblazoned with the Flim-Flam Brothers logo waving on the corners. The cream colored unicorn Flam took a deep breath as he looked out into the busy park. His comb floated over in a green nimbus and gave his red and white mane one last combing. "Well Flam, given that we werent' rode out of town on a rail or even hurt by the citizenry during the Iron Pony last week. I have to say the odds are good we can come back and profit handsomely this time." For a moment his lips took on an infatuated quiver, thinking of the kiss a month before, honestly bestowed by a certain orange Earth pony. Perhaps they could bury the hatchet this time, -and hopefully not in his head... Snapping back to awareness with a start, Flim grinned at his brother "I'm ready Dear Brother Flam, Are you? In 3..2..1 Aaaand Dance!" Their latest theme song blared from a record player in their booth while Flim jumped out and began dancing. "Lookee what we got here Brother of mine, Ponies just sitting and frittering away their time!" Flim zipped on over to a pony dozing in the shade and lifted up her chin, tisk-ing critically. "Are they tired? Just worn out? Even lacking get up and go? Perhaps they havent' heard we got something NEW to show!" "Something to wake you up, give you Go, Go, Go! Something Sweet! something you'll think is a treat! Something we promise you want to know!" As he danced, he pointed to each skeptical pony nearby in the park. "What is this product? What is this miracle we will show? Come closer friend, Come closer still. We promise this time is not a shill. It's not a con! It's not a sugar pill! Want to feel energized and not ill?" He danced back to stand beside a magically powered drink cooler and winked before singing the finish. "Its... the.... Super Speedy, Elixir, Six Thousaaaaanddddd!" With that, he tapped his cane on the lid, which sprang open, revealing glass soda-type bottles in a variety of flavors. "Yes, WE, the AMAZING World Famous Flim Flam Brothers, have scoured Equestra to bring YOU, yes YOU! The finest, fastest, zippiest, get-goingest, Unbelievable Energy Drink, Nonpareil!" Who among you wants to be the Lucky first customer for the measly price of just... Two Bits?"

Madam Bistro smiled as Braeburn asked about the comet piece "Certainly! I will tell you all about it next time you come down to my bistro. Its going to take a while so its already too late to tell it tonight. and I would be honored for you to escourt me home" After she had complimented the two brother gentlecolts, she raised a brow when one of them said he would pass on the fillies and gave a speculative look at Braeburn. Bistro wondered how Braeburn would take this if he had noticed. Either way, Braeburn said she would be escourting her home, which had her very happy. She had not been walked home from a date since Business college. She smiled to the pair "In any case, I hope you enjoy Appleoosa, you two." Meanwhile, Candy Catch-em giggled when Dunder seemed surprised at only asking for a kiss, then tipped her chin up for a very nice kiss. She blushed cutely "Um, yeah. like that, Dunder...."

Amber suddenly had her hooves full with Rainbow Dash trying to get past her to help "Come on! I never leave anypony hanging!" the unicorn ulped 'Today would be a good time Miss Dash. Youre practically wearing a target on your back untill we get all of you together with your elements" "Well i'm helping, Egghead, and you cant stop me!" Frowning, Amber tapped Dash with the wand, putting her asleep "Now you are sleeping, tomboy.... Guards, keep her in one place please." "Yes Ma'am!" The guards saluted and Amber trotted out to help. She galloped over to see the pony the Doctor had located and cast a spell to check the injuries and frowned "Oh dear!" Amber floated bandages from her saddlebags to wrap the leg wound, then fashioned sticks into a basket like weave for wing splints and gently wrapped them in place. "Can you move? We need to get out of here before more of those minions find us. If you cant, I'll try to float you over'

(OOC: Sorry delays, IRL has been a pain lately. Feel free to message Riverhippo if you would like Arrowplain to show up. River wants assurance you want the filly in.) Madam Bistro nodded tiredly and followed Drowsy to a spot to rest. She examined her legs and hooves to see if the rope rubbed anything raw and did not notice anything so far. "Good...good idea, Drowsy Feather." She nodded and drank from her water as she cooled down "Yes, we shall see. May I treat you to breakfast later?"

The twins grinned "Yes! That's a great idea!" Lightning Horn mooed curiously "Ice Cream? What is this ice cream?" Shanna smiled and started moving toward Madam Bistros and the ice cream within "Oh you are in for a wonderful surprise, you two!" Meanwhile, Flim quickly painted and hung an amended sign listing the cost of a telescope and offering a 1/3 off discount for scrap metal and glass. Immediately, a yellow pony in a bonnet trotted up with a saddlebag full of clear bottles "Will this do?" Flim grinned with practiced ease "Of course my dear. And before I forget, I must excuse myself a moment to present your dear Granny Smith with her telescope." With a flourish, he took one of the telescopes the brothers started out with and tap danced over to kneel and present it to Granny Smith "And this is for you my young filly, our Dear Granny Smith. No hard feelings, hm?"

Amber closed her eyes and cast a finder spell. Her wand floated in midair for a moment then spun like a compass needle. It finally settled on a direction "The cries for help being broadcast are coming from that way. Whoever it is... is in great pain too." She looked to the Doctor. "Can your machine follow my wand?"

Snails bounced eagerly in the nook formed by the stacked tables as Silver Flash appeared on stage. Him and probably all the foals perched up there on the stacks were cheering and waving in excitement. When snails took a glance out the window, he noticed Rainbow Dash and Carrot Fields were gone but stuff was coming in and out through an open door so he hoped they made it in all right. Suddenly the actress on stage said the first stage production was not going to be any of the books, but an original adventure that nopony had seen before! Snails got a goofy grin "Snips! Didja hear that? A totally awesome Adventere thet we wont know word fer word before we sees it! Suhweeeeet!"

Snails was more than a bit shocked that PeaBea had no idea how to care for her wings and was turning that over in his head as he held his corner of the coat. He braced his hooves to hold the coat as Haywire looked like she would fall. Suddenly when she did, Soarin' came in from the side to catch her. Everyone was too excited to see the pegasus, Yuki coming their way as Snails bounced on his hooves, cheering. He slowed down as he heard Peabea, Purple Haze and Sunrise talking about how to clean her wings and fly. "Um, Mabe th' Wonderbolts know of somepony local ta teach ya too. An' Th' Library probly' has books on wing care right?" He waved a hoof at the Wonderbolts 'Ya also cant ask fer a better chance t' find out, huh!" Snails grinned goofily as the Wonderbolts announced they would be doing autographs and gave a coltish squeak of joy... His face fell a bit as he realized he hadnt' seen Applebloom at all during the stunts. Had she been asleep the whole time? He galloped right to the school and back with some paper and pencils, and hoofed some to Applebloom for autographs. "Sorry y' missed so much t'day Applebloom. Ah'll tell them ta come ta ya if y'cant get in the line."

(OOC: *bump* -was waiting for others to post so I could "hear" Lightning since it was pointed out. will do so now) As Amber felt the mchine mae its disorienting lurch in a short hop to the refugee camp. She got the feeling of someone needing help. once the machine rematerialized she could hear it more clearly. "Is that... Lightning I am hearing? He's in trouble!"

Madam Bistro watched Yuki's antics as he raced around fretting, certain there were items missing from the pile. She thought he acted a lot like she heard a certain pink pony from this town acted when she visited Appleoosa. With a wry smile, she went back to examining the tiny figure held by High Roller. "I will be sure to look your shop up when I finally start dating regularly. A figure of myself sounds a very special gift indeed if you would feel up to it sometime." Her ears perked "Perhaps a special run of them as displays to be placed on a shelf near the front counter in each of my four locations? That should fascinate my customers." The mocha earth mare tried not to giggle at Yuki's and Saddlesore's antics and moved over to where the Princess was when the cab pulled up. "I believe I am ready if you are, Princess." Bistro looked at the shaggy owner of the shop. "I will certainly let you know, Mr Pigpen. Did...did those flies of yours actually grab a hat off that cab pony?"

(OOC; Sorry for the delays, I have been dogpiled by IRL lately.) The twins laughed at the mention of what Duke Polaris would do to a certain unicorn if he tried to stop the Duke from a well-deserved day off. Hoss chuckled "We dont know what all the events will be but some of the preps make them obvious. You cant set plans and supplies for up a hybrid cloud and wood high dive as tall as the mountain Canterlot sits on and not have anypony guess what its going to be for." Shanna blushed cutely as he said she was brave for choosing such an event. She smiled as he asked what training she has been doing. "Well, I have been spending an hour a day doing climbing exercises for the past couple months, and I've been working on routines during our storm dives for the Weather Patrol." Shanna looked to Miss Chai "They are setting up a place for ponies to watch from. That's definitely not a secret." Hoss added "Venders are planning ahead to show up and provide for spectator and contestant alike. For our part, we'll do our best to wow the spectators." Both twins turned to Jubilee "Oh yeah!" Hoss smiled to his Special Somepony "We can only guess at some of the events but we will do as many as we can. I may be too sturdily built compared to my sis to do my best in some events." Shanna nodded "Yes, even though we are twins, some events will be better suited to my lighter build... Hmm the Barrel Weave sounds fun! I can give that a try." Hoss blinked as he noticed Jubilee was drinking something. "Um, where did you find that one hon?"

The still somewhat-sticky pegasus mare stared in awe at the strange pony who came in with a strange saddle device on her back. Candy watched amazed as the mare moved around with it on, and tried to make out the details of the machinery. The unicorn suddenly saw Professor Klyde and dashed on over to speak with the elderly pegasus. Candy trotted over to meet the strange unicorn. Her eyes went blank as much of the question aimed at the Professor went over her head. She shook her head to clear it "You know the Professor too? Hello, I am Candy Catch-em, critter wrangler. Are those...wings on your back? i have never seen mechanical wings before other than the steering vanes on airships."

Snails crossed his eyes in thought as snips suggested using magic. "Ummm, maybe we could try that t'gether as Plan B. Ah aint sure ah got th' reach in m' magic just yet. Maybe t'gether?" Just then Remington started kicking so Snails joined in, hoping to add to Remington's kick power. Snails blinked when an apple dropped on Remington, knocking him back to sleep "Wow! He sure is easy to get ta sleep. Think his foalsitters got an easy job?" Suddenly Snails felt a tingle of magic as one of the other foals used her magic and some apples exploded.above Pinchy. "Maybe we should make magic plan C?" Haywire got into the act by launching fireworks into the tree she was applebucking, startling Snails into an extra-hard kick. Snails looked at Haywire and the tree she was bucking, moments before a few apples from the startle-kick rained down on his head The unicorn foal's eyes went wide as he saw the apples that had come down on him, and turned to thank Haywire for scaring him, and suddenly noticed some of the leaves in her tree caught fire. He called out "Dont worry Haywire!" as he saw his Best Bud working to use his horn power to do something. Suddenly a magically powered wind blew through and made the fire bigger "Okay, Ah totally didnt see that coming... How about water?" Snails concentrated hard, sparks sputtering from his horn as he made a bucket rise. it shook and wobbled so he kinda, sorta threw it at the fire. Unfortunately it came down short and dumped all over Haywire. "Errr, Sorry Haywire, Lemme try again, eh?"

(OOC: since The guy playing as paired with Twilight hasnt popped back in since we started going for the element bearers almost 2 months ago now, our next target is Twilight Sparkle ^_^ Amber Wands nodded to the Doctor "That depends on Spike. If he can tell us where Twilight is, we should go to her. If not, we go back to the hidden cloud city." She looked to the door "And before that zebra finds a way in." The baby dragon ulps "Ummm, If she isnt at the refugee camp, she would probably be heading to the town hall to help organize the evacuation -before Discord makes it impossible to move anypony." Amber smiles triumphantly "We have a destination, Doctor."