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Cheerilee was pretty sure that the apple stomping would have been the part of the process the foals most would have clamored for, but it turned out to be the running wheel that students were quickest to flock to. Already Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Reno, and Ruby Pinch were inside pushing it along with their little hooves. Four ponies seemed a bit much, Cheerilee felt three would have been plenty, but they were little ponies so she figured it couldn’t do any harm.

She bent down to give Silverswirl a refresher. [colour=#800080]“Sure, hon. First, all the apples are harvested and stored away until it is ready to make the juice. When it is time, they are slowly released from the hopper onto that conveyer belt,” she said, pointing, “where ponies push off any apples at are bruised, wormy, or brown. The wheel your classmates are in powers the conveyer belt that dumps the apples into that hopper,” [/colour] She swept her hoof across to point at the hopper, [colour=#800080]“Where they get stomped into juice that falls into the tub down there,”[/colour] and she brought her hoof down. Cheerilee was reasonably sure that was how it all worked. If she got any details wrong, Bumpkin surely would let them know. What would be best for the timid foal though? Perhaps sorting, it was more mental than physical and he seemed like a bright colt, [colour=#800080]“why don’t you help Miss Zecora with the sorting, she’ll be happy to help guide you along.”[/colour]

All that was left was the remaining students, [colour=#800080]“Haywire, why don’t you help with the sorting as well, and Snips, Snails, why don’t you join Remington in the apple crushing vat to work off some of that energy!”[/colour] The whole process seemed pretty straightforward; surely no more mayhem could come of this with all three adults present, right?

I got the subscription cover. *sobs* but the logo is sparkly.

Some of the references in the background are cracking me up! So MAD magazine esque!

My favorite was the Donald Sutherland Invasion of the Body Snatchers pony!

For those of you who do not know, one of the freaking horror/sci-fi endings ever done:

I'm sorry for my recent absence, I'm being forced to move across the country while dealing with some major surgery. I'm sorry to say that Derpy will have to find a new player while I get my life back in order. I'm sorry I let things get this far out of hand. I'll let you all know ASAP when I'll be back and ready to RP again.

Sorry to hear that Techno, we all miss you and hope for the best for you. You'll always have a home here.

[colour=#800080]Cheerilee[/colour]

Cheerilee wasn’t entirely sure if Applejack would relinquish care of her little sister, but the diplomatic approached worked; all those teacher-parent conferences once again paid off. And thankfully, AJ was retreating to the kitchen, where her frazzled nerves were less likely to panic with the other little foals.[colour=#800080] “Hey, Applebloom, let’s give the other ponies a chance with the game, alright? There’ll be more game opportunities for you.”[/colour] Cheerilee hoisted Apple Bloom easily onto her neck. [colour=#800080]“First, though I think we will get you something nice and refreshing to drink, alright?”[/colour]

Cheerilee turned to Ingrid with a pleading smile, [colour=#800080]“could you perhaps watch the other foals, help them with a game? I’ll try and get Applebloom back to some semblance of normalcy, here…”[/colour] She wasn’t sure if the birthday filly was too far gone for the night yet, but it was worth a try; [colour=#800080]“could you make sure they get the barrel out, too?”[/colour] Cheerilee didn’t like having to leave somepony else to try and handle any foal related disaster, but Ingrid’s magic was much more suited to take control of the situation than anything the school mare could immediately muster.

Cheerilee trotted slowly to the back of the barn, careful not to make Applebloom uncomfortable; plenty of water and apple juice along with a banana or two would help, but sleep was really the best cure, here. Of course, Abby wasn’t the only one that needed the help. [colour=#800080]“Guiding Light, could you come with us? I think you could use some water, too.”[/colour] The colt wasn’t as bad off, but he had all the signs of having drank a little too much of the brew as well.

[colour=#ff8c00]Carrot Fields[/colour]

Carrot Fields finally got the broken wheel set just right. He knew he was missing the party, and even that he was supposed to follow his sister back in with the last of the treats she made, but he needed to get this out of the way. With Purple’s wagon fixed, he could be his little sister's hero, and he was even sure she wouldn’t lecture him about being slow with the centerpiece of her delectable treats for everypony!

Carrot brushed off some of the loose dirt from his kilt - at least it wasn’t wet out - before grabbing the cake and finally trotting towards the barn. It sure had been noisy, although he couldn’t hear exactly what was going on inside. Perhaps they were all dancing! He fantasized about the pretty mares asking him to join them, the pleasant thoughts only tempered by the concern over his own occasional klutziness; that music though… Something out of Germaney, or a nightmare, eeesh!

Carrot trotted in proudly with the cake on his back, “[colour=#ff8c00]Purple, Ah fixed yer wagon an' haur is th' cake, whaur oan th' table dae ye want me to-.[/colour]“. Carrot stopped dead, shocked at the scene before him. The buffet table was smashed, cracked right in the middle with all the food either smashed together or thrown about, including every single dish his sister had brought in. Carrot just looked stunned, his mouth agape, only his shrunken pupils moved, turning in the direction of his sister, [colour=#ff8c00]oh no… Purple![/colour]

I definitely don't think that RPers should be allowed to declare in character apps that their OCs possess magic artifacts. At the very least, they should be required to go through the trouble of acquiring such objects by RPing.

I am sure that is alright, especially given how many "search for magic ancient item" type adventures there are in mane RpP right now, (heck I am three of them myself). The worry is people Mary Suing with them and power-gaming (my character starts with a necklace that allows me to teleport anywhere, suspend time, and fly!). The trick is to allow as much freedom as possible while also minimizing abuse that would be a major drag on other players, and how to do this without having to run around and watch every thread, (no one here wants to micromanage, this is supposed to be fun ).

Well I finally watched it and even if I excuse my Trixie bias I still think it is the best episode thus far in Season 3. I did enjoy the Crystal Empire two-parter but this one was certainly the most fun. I am glad to discover the amulet was making Trixie grow increasingly cruel and power-hungry, it may have what drove her to revenge originally instead of simply wanting to be a more powerful magic user and/or performer playing on the humiliation she endured after her defeat.

Makes you wonder where the amulet came from and who created it; (also where did Trixie get all those bits!).

The fanservice was fine with me, it wasn't over the top; annoyed at the whole "rule 63 is now canon" huzzah (and/or derision); given that Applejack was never gender actually swapped in the episode. For me though the first clue something was truly up with Twilight's spells was that filly Applejack was missing her additional face freckles. Of course I supposed then we all knew they were using some form of trickery (given how strong Zecora's hint of "use your friends" was).

Overall great! For me personally it just adds more background and story to Trixie RPs.

This is the official thread for information and chatting about the fifth episode of season 3 - "Magic Duel"! Trixie is back and guess what pony she'll be gunning for? Oh you Twixie shippers will certainly have a ball with this one! So come join the conversation! The thread will open up five minutes before the episode airs (8:55am Central/9:55am Eastern).

Remember though, there are spoilers in the comments section so read at your own risk if you haven't seen the episode!

Trixie is here to rock your magical world!

Are there any particular genres you just don't like...or THINK you don't like?

Tell is about it, and one of the friendly folks at Canterlot will post something that just might change your mind!

I for example am not a huge fan of Electroclash. Care to change my perception?

[colour=#ff0000]Note: this it to broaden your horizons, not trash other people's taste in music. Keep it civil, folks! I'll have one of the mods lock it the second it gets out of hand Don't make me pull this car over![/colour]

Two musical genres I don't care for is Country (or Country/Western) and Gangsta Rap. I would love to see some videos from these genres that would give me a reason to give either more of a look.

Trixie had been careless, although she would be the last to admit it; she had to act quickly before she was shish kabobed! Her horn quickly lit up to suspend the spear and - WHAM! Trixie found herself splayed in a large puddle, her face half submerged in the shallow muddy water, a few bubbles rising to the surface in front of her shocked, then annoyed face. Her eyes widened with the sudden realization that her cape and hat were now filthy! She leaped to her hooves, threw out her chest, and demanded, [colour=#6699cc]“Who? Who threw the Great and Powerful Trixie into this disgusting and dirtifying muck!?”[/colour]

It could have been no other than the brown pegasus, Rain Leaf, who had shoved her like that. She was all ready to give him an ear full about how she could have deflected the spear, but he looked so dejected about his now ripped bag and its spilled contents that she hesitated. Was she getting soft? Trixie sighed in disgust, and the magic from her horn gathered up the drenched items, stuffing them haphazardly into Rain Leaf's bag, sticking out of the top at every angle. Her purple magic created a purple, glowing zipper to seal up the tear in the bag, and then she followed Pathfinder into the entrance without saying a word to him, her head held high, her magic flicking mud away left and right from her precious garments.

[colour=#6699cc]“Ugh, this will never do.”[/colour] Trixie could hardly see anything, and she didn’t want to overlook any potential clues… or riches. With a simple act of will, she brightened the glow from her horn. [colour=#6699cc] “Behold! The mysteries of the ancient past that Trixie has revealed beeee ... fore ... you.“[/colour] One quick look around reveled the stark truth that Pathfinder had already figured out; the place was a moldy, wet, decaying, ramble of broken wood, rusted metal, and mossy stone. [colour=#6699cc] “Wait! What is this? Are you sure we’re in the right place?”[/colour] Trixie stared sternly at Pathfinder, was this weirdo cheating her somehow? [colour=#6699cc]“The Great and Powerful Trixie does not like to be played with! Er, I mean messed with! Are you sure we are in the right place!” [/colour] She wondered if Whooves was having better luck as she looked up the dimly lit stairwell of crumbling stone.

Braeburn decided to leave the pair alone for now, giving Big Mac and Pink Lady the space they needed for their contest, after all he wouldn't want any pony to distract him while he was "in the game", no matter the competition. Well, he could always see if he could get Bumpkin to share about her special somepony again.

Sugar Apple’s arrival momentatily distracted him, though - not only because she was a pegasus relative, but mostly 'cause she was eager to talk about good ol’ Appleloosa! Well, of course she did, she was an Apple, and what Apple doesn’t want to hear about his wonderful home?! [colour=#daa520]"The weather? Well, y'all know how it kin be on the frontier. Not everything in th' sky is peagsus monitored, so we get those freak storms that wander in from the west, or over the mountains from the Everfree. Lost a few trees that way, but we're a hoping with the new railroad bringing more settlers that we'll start seeing a real number of pegasai around, and perhaps even ah own weather patrol at last. That'd be a real blessin' against the weather, and even those occasional griffin pranksters and their waves of fog." [/colour] The griffin pranks were rare and mostly harmless, but it could be annoying when you couldn't see your hoof in front of your face. Braeburn came between Applejack and Sugar Apple, putting his forehooves around them and giving them a big ol' hug with a big ol' smile, [colour=#daa520]"glad to hear y'all so interested in good ol’ AAAAAAAPPLEloosa!!”[/colour]

He left the two mares be and returned over to Apple Bumpkin, who still sat at the main dinner table; all the more urgent 'cause of his growling stomach. Braeburn grabbed a couple apple fritters and carried his plate to where his cousin Bumpkin was still seated, sliding one in front of her with a broad smile. [colour=#daa520]"So, y'all seem eager t' tell, who's this special somepony that has mah Fillydelphian cuz' so twitterpated"?[/colour]

Blatant pandering?

I know we're new, but would it be okay if my man and I joined the server?

TaleWind / Sarinon

Tinker / Scardessan

No worries if we're too new, we'll just hang around and ask again when you know us a bit better. ^_^

You are both added to the whitelist, let us know if you have any issues or questions!

Minecraft 1.4.5 is now out, really just bug fixes.

The good news: No server updating is required, update your Minecraft client and you are good to go!

The bad news: If you are using the Mine Little Pony mod so your character looks like a pony, you will have to install the latest.

The good news: The latest is out!

[colour=#800080]Cheerilee[/colour]

Cheerilee paused as Spitfire asked if there were anything she wanted signed,[colour=#800080] “Oh! I guess I was so caught up in making sure the class got something to sign, I didn’t think about it!”[/colour] While there were a thousand things that could be signed in the schoolhouse, none of them really were all that special. She smiled sweetly to Spitfire. [colour=#800080] “But it’s quite all right, I assure you. I’ll be fine.”[/colour] She leaned in and whispered a little more quietly, [colour=#800080]“You’ll probably want to leave before school’s officially out – if the parents get their hooves on you, you’ll be here all night!”[/colour]

Cheerilee turned from the Wonderbolts to smile out over her excited foals. [colour=#800080] “Well, I am afraid our time with our talented guests is up! I am sure you all still have a million questions to ask, but it’s time to allow our guests to take their leave. I am sure they still have a busy evening ahead of them. Now remember, you all need to do a written report about the Wonderbolts! It can be about their history, their organization, their responsibilities – any aspect you like! It will be due at the end of day in one week!” [/colour] She could already hear the collective and disappointed “awww” sounds from the class. [colour=#800080] “Once you’ve gathered up your things and the Wonderbolts have left, you can all go home!”[/colour]

[colour=#33cccc]Sunrise Beach[/colour]

[colour=#66cccc]“Like, thank yoooou!”[/colour] said brightly to Spitfire, and moved back to let others have their turn. Sunrise Beach had a great time – she’d not only gotten her favorite ball signed by the most bodacious hunk of a stallion evar, but she was able to help her sick friend Applebloom get an autograph, too! The turquoise filly carried Applebloom on her back and tucked away her autograph to carry home for the little farmer filly.

Sunrise smiled proudly, [colour=#66cccc]“like you got a totally awesome autograph from Spitfire! Isn’t that, like, radical?? Or better, radicool!!”[/colour] Did that sound better? Sunrise Beach waved to the Wonderbolts as she got ready to leave to take Applebloom back to her farm. [colour=#66cccc]“Like, Purple, could you like, carry my ball and come with while I like drop off Applebloom? Like, I don’t want anything to happen to the ball, now that Sooooooarin’ signed it!”[/colour] She was sure Purple could keep it safe - she was a good friend. With everything in hoof, Sunrise trotted off towards Sweet Apple Acres.

Note:

The RP is techniclaly finished, but of course feel free to conclude however you wish with your character. If any require a cheerilee reply I will be happy to. Thanks everyone for a successful RP!

Trixie looked at the pegasus mare with incredulous disbelief as the tan pony once again invaded her personal space, almost shoving her hoof into Trixie’s muzzle to show off some sort of toy trinket! [colour=#6699cc]“Ugh!! Remove your knick knack from out of the face of the Great and Powerful Trixie!”[/colour] she said haughtily, but before she could continue the eccentric pegasus had turned right around to focus her gnat like attention span on the Doctor. It was probably a good thing, as Trixie was about to give her a good magical zapping, something her companion never seemed to approve of.

Trixie tried to tune out the annoying gabble of the pegasus pony, when suddenly she was pulled back into the conversation. [colour=#6699cc]“A couple?! Are you kidding?? He is just somepony useful in the employ of the Great and Powerful Trixie, a guide to lead my magnificent self to the library of magic that I am destined to learn from, as I rediscover the magical might of the most ancient legends of legerdemain!”[/colour] Trixie stood up proudly, her hooves up in the air, with a few small showers of rainbow coloured sparks exploding in brilliant colour behind her.

She coughed helplessly as the tiny space under the canvas filled with smoke, and the canvas itself started to smolder and leak. She opened the back canvas and frantically waved the smoke out as best she could, [colour=#6699cc]“hehe… oops.”[/colour]

Trixie lazed over the edge of the wagon on crossed forehooves, swaying her flank left and right as she smiled, her cape billowing in the soft ocean breeze, trying to look as stunning as possible – which, of course, wasn’t remotely difficult for somepony as beautiful as she! She listened in amusement as Whooves talked his way out of being slapped some more, and bonus, it looked like Lyra was going to go with them after all! At least now Trixie would have something more lovely to look at! That foolish earth pony truly didn’t understand mares at all, and it was so satisfying to see Mr. InControlOfEverything caught so off guard.

Trixie’s bemused mood shattered as Whooves’ words sunk in. He’d been seeking it for years? And thought they’d be there in ”merely a few months more”! On no, no, Luna no, that was not going to do at all; there was no way Trixie was waiting that long to claim her prize! She lept back up onto all fours and waked right up into the earth stallion’s face to where they were practically muzzle to muzzle. [colour=#6699cc]“Now listen here! The Great and Powerful Trixie is in no way going to wait months for her destiny; you either were not working hard enough at finding the clues or were too foalish to understand them! Fortunately for you, the Great and Powerful Trixie, mistress of the magic arts, is here to read and decode all those mystical leads that would befuddle somepony as inexperienced with magic as yourself. Now get into that crazy wagon of yours and figure out a path that doesn’t drown us in the ocean so we can be on our way!”[/colour]

I REALLY hope the magical amulet thing is taken care of by episode end... I predict that being a headache for RP.

Poor Brian.XD

Poor Brian..... and he thought it was a good idea to have Trixie join in the same RP adventure as Twilight.

Well I am not going to panic or anything; I need to see how the episode plays out. From the clip alone there are so many possibilities. Maybe she elected to use the amulet's dark magic and became enthralled by it, or perhaps the amulet itself possessed or otherwise strongly influences her actions, in either case, causing her to be crueler than she would normally ever be. We will see. No matter what I am sure there is a way to work what happens in this episode into her RPs; I like to believe she is a deep character with a lot of conflicts and issues to work though and that is why she was always so bombastic, boasting, and susceptible to negative influences.

[colour=#800080]Cheerilee[/colour]

Cheerilee couldn’t believe how utterly chaotic things had gotten. She was hoping to make sure Applebloom was alright, but her sister swooped her up and started to move the sick little filly around far too much, and to stuff her with rich food to boot! Cheerilee double facehoofed! What was Applejack thinking?! It was apparent the orange mare was trying her best, but had no experience with this situation. Cheerilee, on the other hoof, had dealt with drunken friends plenty in college.

It was time for the school teacher to go to work! Cheerilee ran over to the edge of the barn and grabbed a couple towels, soaking them in the apple bobbing tank and getting her head a bit soaked. She flung one into the kitchen to land on Rarity’s head, for the cider and cake, and tossed another on Ingrid on the way past, for the sick. Last stop was Guilding Light, who had the look of having some of the “special cider” himself. She quickly wrapped the cool towel around his head.[colour=#800080] “I’ll be back in a minute hon, and you’ll be fine, just umm.. sing along!”[/colour] She started to sing along herself, hoping to add to the illusion that everything was under control.

By the time she could get around to Applebloom again, AppleJack had her blindfolded and spun around. What was she thinking!? [colour=#800080] “Umm ... Applejack, perhaps we should let the other foals have their turns, first. In fact, could you help with them? I’ll make sure little Applebloom here isn’t too dizzy ... from all the excitement.”[/colour] She knew Applebloom just needed to get some cool water and someplace quiet - with luck it would look like she was just exhausted from the excitement.

[colour=#FF8C00]Carrot Fields[/colour]

Singing, excitement, nose, games, Carrot Fields couldn’t hear all the details from his outdoors vantage point but from what he could gleam together and it sure sounded like they were having a great time inside! Carrot really wanted to join in, but first thing was first; he had to fix the broken wagon!

It sounded silly to put such importance on a wagon over a friend’s party, especially one he was personally invite to and had so many gorgeous mares! This wasn’t just some wagon though, it was his little sister Purple Haze’s special wagon that she loved, the one that was his first gift to her as a colt that he made with his own hooves; how could he leave it broken now? Fortunately it was a simple fix, he just had to avoid getting the kilt dirty somehow…

The students were slowly but surely picking out their spots for making juice. Remington took to his spot with enthusiasm - perhaps a little too much, as splotches of apple juice and bits landed on Cheerilee’s wet coat; she was about to say something when a particularly large spatter covered her face with sweet, sticky apple sauce and bits. As if having a drenched mane wasn’t enough. [colour=#800080]“Umm, Remington, dear! You may want to slow down just a little, we want to let the apples fill in and give a few of your classmates a chance, now!”[/colour]

Cheerilee lit up as she was struck by an idea! Instead of having the foals only do one part of the machine, they could rotate between all three parts and get the full experience; surely their Apple host wouldn’t mind. [colour=#800080] “Don’t worry about where you initially end up class, we will be rotating through all parts of the juice making process, so you'll all get to try each stage! No need to crowd over any one part, everyone will get a turn at everything”.[/colour] Cheerilee gave a bright and encouraging smile; it seemed very fair, as no doubt some parts were more fun than others. [colour=#800080]“Now, who would like to help Remington first? We could use another pony on the wheel with Applebloom and Sweetie Belle, and I would love to have some volunteers at the sorting station to make sure no bad apples go into the vat, and we’ll end up with a whole lot of fresh juice to drink! Does that sound good to you, Miss Bumpkin?”[/colour]

Cheerilee turned to Zecora, her normally rigid zebra mane as flat as Cheerilee’s own. [colour=#800080]“of course, Miss Zecora, if you'd like to join in with the class, please do!” [/colour] It would actually be helpful to have an adult overseeing each of the three sections - and it would be polite to let Zecora have her first choice of station.

Not a bad episode, but not a good one either. The song was pretty catchy I have to say. I didn't laugh too much. Pinkie's puns didn't surprise me, and they did get a laugh out of me at least a bit. I facepalmed on the fight fire with fire bit, ESPECIALLY with how they decided to do it. That is probably what singularly annoyed me the most, they chose to rig a float to fail and thus roll down a hill. That isn't fighting back, that is fighting dirty and dangerous. If something had gone wrong and the the parade went slower than expected, it could have ended up in the crowd or a building, causing damage and injuries, not only to Babs, but to others as well. That is not cool, and they should have thought of that before they rigged something mechanized to fail. That is like rigging breaks to fail on a car. Things can and do go wrong and unexpected and dangerous consequences can occur. Honestly, I had wished AJ would have been more annoyed with them in how they chose to handle it, and then went into the resolution, because what they did was NOT OK. Honestly, that alone soured the episode for me. Had the prank been a harmless one (like say the ones Pinkie did in Griffon the Brush-off) I'd have been fine, but no, they chose to endanger the well being of not only their target, but others as well.

I thought about this and realized it could easily be chalked up to kids being stupid and not really thinking the plans and certainly not the potential consequences if something went horrible wrong, through. This is what I believe happened here, kids so sure their goofy little plan will work just as designed, they didn't really conceive how potentially awful it was and how likely it was to occur and in this case they were just very lucky no one was in front of the float, or down in the river bank (although I was pretty sure that pig got squashed before it popped up again).

This is the official thread for information and chatting about the fourth episode of season 3 - "One Bad Apple"! So come join the conversation! The thread will open up five minutes before the episode airs (8:55am Central/9:55am Eastern).

Remember though, there are spoilers in the comments section so read at your own risk if you haven't seen the episode!

This is the cutest thing ever!

-THAT SECRET COMPARTMENT IN TWI'S LIBRARY. Seriously, there was NO need for that. IT WILL NEVER COME UP AGAIN AND I HATE THAT THOUGHT.

I thought I was the only one who was annoyed by that "secret compartment", it felt so forced and had absolutely no place in the story.

RANDOMNOSCITY12 is added. Also for peeps, Mine Little Pony is out for 1.4.4