[Bridlebank Beach] No Mare Is An Island (Closed; Sandcat)

[Rosewind]

Meanwhile, back in Ponyville, in the Sugarcube Corner nursery:

Pumpkin Cake stuffed a chunk of green crayon into her mouth, leaning over a piece of wrapping paper from the bakery below. She scribbled several trees at random, followed by several mountains. She finished with a cloud inside a green sun. Not that the two belonged together; the infant unicorn had seen clouds in the sky and sun in the sky, and figured both belonged together. She nodded, pleased with herself, and spat the crayon out on the carpet, coated in clear foal drool. She set her newest picture on a big, big stack of other pictures -- all different "maps" she had drawn at her whim. She was quite pleased that Pinkie had taken the first one she drew earlier. She tapped her little chin, curious about where her foalsitter was off to...

Back on the deserted island, in the dank cave:

Pinkie Pie slapped Razor heartily on the back. "We are not lost, silly beans! This map was drawn by a professional foal. She knows what she's doing. Has the map been wrong yet? Hey, waitaminute! You said earlier that the map was fake since Pumpkin drew it, but in fact it hasn't been wrong yet! According to this we should be reaching the end of the cave around the corner here! Keep your chin up! Puff your feathers out! We're on a big adventure, righty?! We'll find the treasure yet!"

The pink mare skipped ahead, bouncing around the corner of the cave. "Eeeeeek!" She gasped, loudly!

[ShadowWalking18]

Razor calmed down a bit, and rubbed the back of his head feeling embaressed. "Yeah...right..I guess."

He stopped a moment and pondered on that. The map was made by a foal...and yet it was leading them on an exact path. But how could that be?

"Hmmm....can all babies do that? Or is it just her? If its true then....hmmm....its-" He stopped in his pondering when he heard Pinkie scream.

"Pinkie!" He shouted and dived around the corner she had gone, growling as he landed in front of her.

[Rosewind]

Pinkie Pie giggled, prodding Razor in the ribs with her pink hoof. "Gotcha! Lookie, the exit is right here! See?!" She skipped over several rocks, her pupils shrinking to little black dots as light flooded over the pair. They emerged into a small jungle clearing. Wild birds called, the distant sound of a waterfall roared. "That was so totally fun! We should find more caves to go in! Hey, maybe we could even stay the night in a cave, and have a cave slumber party! Are you okay, Razor? You look tired. Fear not, my first matey! We're almost to the treasure!"

The pink mare pulled out the map, and traced along it, mumbling to herself. "No no, that doesn't look right. Hmm, you know what? I think we might have gone in the wrong cave! Have you seen any others around here?" She shrugged, cracking a smile. "I'm sure we'll find it! Let's go...this way!" She pointed toward a volcano-looking mountain, and skipped off, her poofy pink tail bouncing in her wake.

[ShadowWalking18]

Razor blinked, when he saw that there was nothing there at all.

"Hey! Don't just joke like that, I was worried about you." He called, then blinked.

'Wait why the heck am I worried about her in the first place? She can take care of herself!' He thought, sighing and faceclawing himself. This entire trip was exhausting. Perhaps lack of proper rest was what was making him act so weird.

He quickly followed after Pinkie, and ran when he saw the light. "At last! Sunlight! I'll never leave you."

He took a deep breath as he unfurled his wings and just enjoyed the warm rays of the sun. Then his eye twitched when Pinkie said something about, wrong way.

He turned to stare at her, "You mean....we went....for goodness knows how long in the wrong direction!?"

He twitched for several seconds before falling backward.

"Ugh....this is insanity." He said, just laying there as he let Pinkie get ahead of him. Maybe a bit of space would save his brain from a meltdown.

Then, something in the air caught his attention. He got up and sniffed.

That scent.....uh oh.

"Pinkie wait! I think we should be careful!" He called after he as he turned and ran after her.

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The jaguar was irate. Two escaped meals and then stink flower shoved into its nose. It was hungry and irritated, and a predator feeling that was not a nice thing.

Then something caught its attention. That smell again. Licking its fangs and mouth the jaguar crawled off into the jungle brush. This time, the hunt would be successful.

[Rosewind]

Pinkie Pie bounced and skipped and sang. She paused once in a while to sniff a flower or lick exotic jungle fruits, or giggle at a rock that might look like a cupcake or eclair. The big volcanic-looking mountain loomed ahead of the pair. She stopped full-skip, catching Razor with her poofy pink tail. She turned her neck to grin at him. "Just relax, my little griffon pal! I'll have you know that I'm the best map-reader this side of the..er...ocean, I think? Just because we went into a cave that turned out to be a pudding stain on the map doesn't discredit the map. It just needs to be cleaned thoroughly before using it again."

She licked the map, smacking her lips. "Mm! Not bad! You know I used to eat crayons as a little filly? Come to think of it, I eat crayons as a mare too! Teehee! Let's go go go, that treasure won't find itself!"

[ShadowWalking18]

Razor felt like he ran into a stone wall. His eyes spun in his head as he staggered back a bit from Pinkie's tail. He staggered back, but then that word "little" hit him.

'Little....little....i.' He snarled and gripped his head. Little. short. miniscule. shrimp. HE HATED THOSE WORDS.

"I....said....stop calling me. LITTLE!!!!!" He yelled, roaring with all his might that sent birds and monkeys running from the trees.

Razor leaped and started hitting things. Trees, flowers, plants. Whatever. He clawed up the bark, tore up grass. Roared and snarled. He hated being called little! All his life he had been made fun of because of it!

"I'M NOT LITTLE! I'M JUST FINE! I'M PERFECT!" He shouted, clawing at a tree.

He snarled and jumped up and down on a flower. He normally kept the frustration locked up inside, but now...now he just wanted to vent. He couldn't take being called little one more time on this forsaken island.

"EVERY SINGLE DAY I GET PICKED ON BECAUSE OF MY SIZE! WHYWHYWHYWHY! I CAN'T EVEN GO TO MY OWN HOME TOWN WITHOUT BEING CALLED SHORTY!" He dug into the ground with his beak, ripping up grass and tossing it aside.

He stopped and growled as he approached Pinkie now, "And you...you....you keep calling me little. Do you think that's funny! Huh! Do you think I like being this way!?" He jabbed a claw at her, his eyes practically red now.

"I keep telling you to not call me little. I tell everygriffon or pony I meet but it keeps happening! Are you all just trying to torment me like I've always been! Do any of you even have any idea what my life has been like because of this blasted curse of height!?"

He snarled and looked at the ground, hitting it as hard as he could. "Every....every single day...I push myself as hard as I can....I work hard. I make something with my life....and..." He shivered, his voice getting caught in his throat in a sort of....whimper?

He placed his wings and claws over his head and just sunk down onto the ground, shaking and finally, crying.

[Rosewind]

Pinkie Pie flattened her ears, her eyes wide as she watched Razor...lose it. She bit her lower lip, glancing to the sandy ground. She took a step backward as the griffon pointed at her, her mind racing, her teeth gritted. She poked a rock lodged in the sand with her hoof, glancing up at Razor as he wept. She trotted over and wrapped her arms around his neck, and pulled him into a soft hug.

"Oh gee, I'm so sorry Razor! I...I really had no idea! I guess I really, really blew it! This is like, worse than that time I flooded the bakery with frosting! Or that time I accidentally borrowed a few of Twilight's books and lost them in the laundry. Twice. Or that ti..." She stopped, her eyes darting to rustling bushes. A deep, throaty growl echoed from the foliage. Pinkie Pie swallowed hard. She didn't intend to hang around to figure out what was growling from the deep of the jungle. She grabbed Razor, stuck him on her back, and took off for the volcanic mountain at a full gallop. "Hold on tight! We're gettin' outta here!"

[ShadowWalking18]

Razor stiffened when he felt Pinkie hugging him. In fact his brain flat-lined there for a moment. After about five seconds he waited for the no doubt immense back pain....but didn't feel any.

This wasn't her usual hug, this was a hug to comfort a very troubled griffon.

He wanted to push back. In fact, he really wanted her to let him go. He was sure he was blushing immensely right now. But...something inside him didn't want to push away the comfort. It felt nice, so he swallowed his discomfort and wiped at his eyes.

He opened his mouth to ask how in the world someone lost books in laundry before he took heard the growl. Of course he didn't have time to react before being trust onto Pinkie's back and grabbing onto her mane to keep from falling off at the speed she was going.

"What the?" He looked back, and his eyes widened as he saw that jungle cat again. And it was coming right after them!

"AHHH!" He shouted in shock and started tossing whatever he could at the approaching predator.

Rocks, twigs, snakes and vines hit the cat but it kept running after them, and gaining ground.

Razor bit his claw and tried to think of a way to lose the big cat. Then an idea came and he closed his eyes to listen. He tilted his head side to side to get a good read of the sounds he heard and opened his eyes with a look of successs.

"Quick go that way!" Razor said, pointing towards the left into the jungle some, "Now that way. That way."

He kept up the directions till the sound of a waterfall was starting to grow notable, as well as the large cliff they were coming to. He looked back and saw that the jungle cat was having some trouble getting pass some vines, but would be on them soon.

"Okay now hang on and...don't make any sudden moves." He said as he wrapped his talons around Pinkie's stomach and unfolded his wings.

'Please be dry. Please be dry.' He thought as he flapped as hard as he could...and slowly lifted them both off the ground and forward.

Once they were out some he turned around to face the cat, just as it breached the brush and came charging towards them.

With a finally leap, the big cat leaped with a growl, claws outstretched. Leaping right toward the pair.

Razor smirked as the cat got closer and closer. The cat was confused was it flew, then instinct took over and looked down....and saw that it was over....nothing but air!

The cats eyes widened, and for some brief moment hung there as it looked up to Pinkie and Razor, who hovered over thin air thanks to Razor's wings.

"Buh bye." Razor said, waving his tail.

And with that, the jungle cat fell. Roar as it fell with a splash into the water.

[Rosewind]

Pinkie Pie galloped like her tail was on fire! Ever the optimist, she giggled as she hauled flank, away from the jungle cat. "Teeheehee, kitty is hungry! Look how big his teeth are, Razor! I bet he'd tear us up into little itty bitty pieces if he caught." The mare ducked to miss several vines and overhanging branches. She tweaked her pink ears, picking up the distant roar of a waterfall. She took Razor's directions, jumping high over a fallen log. She skipped around rocks and nearly galloped off a steep cliff edge. "Ooo, that kitty is good! He won't go...eek!"

She could feel the claws dig into her sides, but she didn't mind much since they were digging mostly into her saddle. She could feel lift! With her legs still pumping away, she looked down with quizzical expression. "Huh, where'd the ground go? Watch out, kitty, there's a..." She paused as the wildcat took a dive off the waterfall cliff. "...cliff there. Ooo, lookit you Mr. Strong Griffon, carrying a big heavy earth pony like me! Teehee, maybe I shouldn't have eaten so many cupcakes this morning! So er, how good are you with landings?"

[ShadowWalking18]

Razor grunted a bit, "Eh...your not that heavy. Just stay still and I'll get us back on the ground."

He flapped and moved them back toward the jungle. He slowly descended and placed Pinkie back on the ground.

He landed next to her, "There.....see." Then he realized something. He had been in a close contact situation with a girl and hadn't passed out! "And hey, I didn't even pass out. Maybe I'm getting over my irrational fear."

He glanced over at Pinkie....then moved slightly away. Okay...maybe not fully over it yet.

"Uh...can we...get going again?" He said as he looked over toward the mountain. They seemed closer now.

[Rosewind]

Pinkie Pie spread her arms, enjoying as the wind whipped past her face. Her curly pink locks blew around in the fresh island air. "Weeee! I'm like a pegasus! I'm kinda jealous of Dashie and Fluttershy! I mean sure, I sometimes ride up balloons in the sky, but to actually fly! Weeee! Waaahooooo!" She braced her legs as the duo came in for a landing. She galloped to a halt, kicking up sand and bits of island grass. There were no predator kitties to be found. "Heehee, I'm glad that jungle kitty couldn't fly! Now, on to business!" The Mare pulled out Pumpkin Cake's map. It was soggy and shredded, with holes here and there throughout the crayon-slathered parchment.

"I think we're on the right track! See, there's the pair of crossed palms!" Pinkie pointed to a pair of trees in the distance, crossed over each other like a big X. "I think that's where our treasure is, matey! Let's goooo!" She broke off into a brisk run, intent to get to the trees as fast as possible. She looked over her shoulder, grinning toward the little griffon with joyous gusto. "Hurry up, slow poke! We have our pirate treasure to collect!"

[ShadowWalking18]

Razor had his doubts of this, but if this was true he could get rich. And so he quickly took off after Pinkie, and past her, as he headed as fast as he could toward the tree.

"Treasure! I'm rich! Rich!" He laughed and landed and looked around.

"This is where the treasure is right?" He asked looking around, "Where is it? We gotta dig for it?"

"I gotta say, actually excited now." He said. Despite all the craziness of the day. The madness of dealing with pinkie's antics and his emotional outburst, Razor felt not only glad and excited that this venture was almost over and he was going to get rich from it. He also felt...like he was having fun.

He chuckled, "Fun. I can't believe I actually think this whole thing has been fun."

[Rosewind]

Pinkie Pie galloped to a halt at the pair of crossed palms, wiping sweat from her brow. "Whew! Annnd, here we are! Oh goody, oh goody goody! This is so exciting! I wonder what the treasure is? I bet it's gold, or cupcakes, or a set of bowling pins, or maybe it's a magical compass that points to whatever you desire! Oooooor maybe it's a lamp with a genie inside, and it'll give three wishes! Yanno what I'd wish for? Not more wishes, but more genies, so I could pass them out to all my friends! Hey, maybe the treasure is a plate of spaghetti! Wouldn't that be silly?"

She scrapped her hoof across the dry ground, blinking. She gazed down at Razor's nice, sharp griffon talons. "I think you've got a hoof-up on the digging ability here! I might be an earth pony, but I leave the hard physical labor up to Applejack. Let's go, dig dig dig! I'll sing you a song while you do!"

[ShadowWalking18]

Razor glanced at Pinkie, "Uh....isn't that a contradiction? Shouldn't an Earth Pony be....good with....earth or something?"

He shrugged and dug his talons into the ground and started digging. He tore up the ground and grass as he dug.

"When I get this treasure I'm gonna.....well I don't know what I'm gonna do but its gonna be awesome!" He said as he dug more.

He looked at Pinkie moment when she said sing, "Wait? Sing?"

As he dug his talon whacked something hard and gave a muffled by dirt scratch. He blinked and pushed aside some dirt and revealed....

A rock. A dirt covered rock

"A rock. Dumb rock." He said and lifted it up with a grunt and tossed it out of his hole, and letting it land upside down.

[Rosewind]

Pinkie Pie nodded excitedly as her friend began to dig, "Yes, sing! Hard physical labor? Eeh, I'll leave that to Applejack. Have to watch my girlish figure you know!"

She hopped, skipped, and jumped around the growing hole as Razor dug. She burst into song.

"Dig dig dig, dig dig dig! Loam and soil, rock and oil! Earthworms and grass, sassafras! We're pirates on a big adventure, and we're going to find the super big treasure! We've been chased by wildcats, and ate fruit salad! Arrrrr!..."

Pinkie paused her silly song as her griffon pal found a rock. It thumped to a stop at the base of Pinkie's hooves. She lowered her head and sniffed it. "Aww, it's just a..." At that moment, it split open like an overripe nectarine, revealing its innards: hundreds of sparky, citrine crystal clusters! It was a geode! "Uuuuuh Razor? I think we might have found the treasure! Eeee! Yippie!"

[ShadowWalking18]

Razor dug at the ground more, and finding....more rocks.

"Keeping your girlish figure? With your diet? How much cake do you put away daily?" Razor asked as he kept at the digging.

"Rocks. Rocks. ROCKS! WHY ARE THERE SO MANY ROCKS!?" He shouted, tossing more up and having them land by Pinkie Pie.

Of course each rock he threw would crack open and reveal more geodes. Each with a different colored crystal in it.

He paused a bit in his digging as he listened to Pinkie. He rolled his eyes and shook his head. How could rocks be treasure.

"Pinkie, I think maybe one of those things hit you on the head." He said as he flapped his wings to get out of the hole.

"Because, there is no way that rocks are trea-" He stopped mid sentence when he noticed the crystals.

He literally twitched as landed and looked really close at the gems. Now he wasn't a rock specialist. But a gem was a gem, and gems had to be valuable.

"Treasure.....treasure......TREASURE!" He cheered and jumped and backflipped and started doing cartwheels and jumping up and down in excitement.

"I'm rich! I'm rich! I'm fabulously wealthy! Yahoo! I'm independent, beyond the realm of pure hubris!"

Oh nothing could ruin this feeling of pure jubilation he felt. Nothing!

[Rosewind]

Pinkie Pie didn't even notice the geode. She sat on her haunches, poking her chin to consider Razor's question. "Cake? How much cake do I put away? I think the question is how much cake don't I put away! Mr. Cake has to bake extra just to keep up! Oh lookie at that, lotsa sparkly rocks! We should swim back to Ponyville carrying all of them to get them appraised!"

She grinned at the little griffon, letting the words sink in.

[ShadowWalking18]

Razor stopped in mid-air during a backflip and took in Pinkie's words. He fell with a crash and groaned.

"Uuuuughh. How could I have forgotten!" He groaned as he started to hit his head against the ground, his beak digging up the ground as he did.

"How are we even going to get back to the mainland! I can't fly the both of us, and these rocks. Heck I don't even think I could make the flight carrying you."

Razor wasn't sure he wanted to trust Pinkie around any raft attempt. If her last work was any mark of her ability in ship building such an idea would prove fatal no doubt.

He looked up, spitting out some grass and dirt from his mouth before saying, "You wouldn't happen to have a map saying where we are right?"

'Yeah right. What am I thinking, like she would know that.' He thought as he got up. There had to be a way off this isle.

[Rosewind]

Pinkie Pie nodded knowingly, unfolding Pumpkin's map. She held it upside down, before adjusting it sideways. It still was not right side up as she set it on the ground.

"Yup-a-roo-ski, I know where we are! We're by this crayon smudge right here!" She prodded the crinkled parchment with her pink hoof. "Annnnnd here's where we landed after that storm! Hey, I know, let's build another raft, Razor! Only this time, we'll pile it full of heavy geodes! If we don't get off this island, we'll have to start over! We'll make a new society of ponies and griffons! We'll teach our new citizens how to bake and we'll call this place...Cupcake Island!" She grinned, looking at Razor. She was also dead serious.

[ShadowWalking18]

Pinkie Pie nodded knowingly, unfolding Pumpkin's map. She held it upside down, before adjusting it sideways. It still was not right side up as she set it on the ground.

"Yup-a-roo-ski, I know where we are! We're by this crayon smudge right here!" She prodded the crinkled parchment with her pink hoof. "Annnnnd here's where we landed after that storm! Hey, I know, let's build another raft, Razor! Only this time, we'll pile it full of heavy geodes! She grinned, looking at Razor. She was also dead serious.

Razor listened to Pinkie explain their current location, and faceclawed. 'Of course. Only Pinkie could give such an answer...such a.....Pinkie Pie like answer.' He thought before groaning audibly. He got up and dusted himself off. There had to be a-and then Pinkie made the raft suggestion.

"A raft! That's a great idea, there might be a cunning mind underneath all that cotton candy mane and sugar you got." Razor said, laughing slightly. But wait....

He blinked and then said, "Wait.....why didn't I think of that in the first place!?" He faceclawed again.

Razor was starting to wonder if his lapse in ideas had been because a certain pink mare seemed intent on doing everything she could to give him a heart attack.

"If we don't get off this island, we'll have to start over! We'll make a new society of ponies and griffons! We'll teach our new citizens how to bake and we'll call this place...Cupcake Island!"

'Did I say try?' Razor thought, as he literally felt his heart....stop.

He felt blood rushing to his face as he looked at Pinkie with wide eyes, "Start over? Wha-wha-what do you mean by-No! No don't answer that!" Razor said, shaking his head. HIs pulse had restarted but was now on overdrive as he hide his face behind a wing. Feeling his facial feathers didn't do enough to hide an ever increasing blush.

"Uh...I'm gonna....uh...go get started on that raft." Razor said, turning and laughing uncomfortably, "You-you-you uh...you bring the rocks or gem things to the beach head Uh....right." And with that he took off, leaving a trail of dust behind him.

Razor flew till he stopped in a clearing of trees and took deep quick paced breathes. He kept hyperventilating till he felt himself calm down....or get dizzy from breathing to fast. Either way worked for him at this moment.

'Pinkie. That pony is gonna be the death of me.' He thought. First she tries to crush his back. Then almost drowns him, and now nearly by heart attack. If she wasn't cute he would-

"Ahhh! Why do I even think she is cute!?!" Razor said, grabbing his head nad shaking it side to side.

Why would he even think that? She was hyperactive. Obnoxious at times and clearly didn't know anything about personal space. Plus she had no ability to control her own strength, his back and ribs could testify to that much.

And yet....she never seemed to have tried to intentionally hurt him or make fun of him. Sure she said that S word he could not stand, but she then said sorry. And she didn't act nasty to him as others had done in his past, and....despite the near death experiences she seemed to put him through, she seemed honest in being friendly towards him.

"Okay....maybe she isn't so bad. But she has to at least stop being so darn....cute! all the time." He said.

Finally, settling his own temporary confusion, Razor flexed his talons and looked at the various branches and trees around. There was all sorts of debris he could use to fashion something together. Coconuts too, those were flotable...right? Well he would find out and he quickly got to gathering up vines, branches, and just about anything that looked it would float on water.

He gathered it up and carried it back to the shore and hopefully Pinkie would be there. Unless of course she did something unexpected again.

'Ah perk up now Razor. All that trouble should be done now. After all, what's she gonna do pull a rowboat out of her mane?' He thought, laughing.

[Rosewind]

Pinkie Pie sat on her haunches, poking the geodes around the sand. If only her sister Maud was here...imagine what she would say! Probably "That's a geode." She nodded, feeling a warmth of sibling love fill her heart. It was kind of peaceful out in the middle of a wild island in the middle of Celestia-knows-where, surrounded by rocks that looked they were filled with candy. The mare's stomach grumbled. Her last snack happened to be the glowing mushrooms that were growing in the cave nearby. And the fruit salad she made from the various fruit trees dotting the island. Oh yes, also that mouthful of seaweed she accidentally swallowed when first landing here. The geodes sparkled. She picked up a small, purple one, rolling it around in her grasp.

"Hmmm, it looks like candy! I wonder if..." She opened her mouth and deposited the rock. It tasted, well, rocky! She was instantly reminded of her family recipe of stone soup she used to eat as a filly. It was super easy to make: rocks, and water! It wasn't terribly filling, unless you accidentally swallowed one of the rocks. Then, it was very filling! She crunched on it thoughtfully, rolling her blue eyes toward the sky. Her pink ears turned toward the familiar flap of griffon wings. Razor had returned with raft supply goodies, his feathery cheeks looking a bit more blushed than usual! She grinned, waving, her cheeks stuffed with the colorful mineral. "Mrrfffhpmooof!"

[ShadowWalking18]

When Razor finally got to the beach he tossed the supplies down and gasped for air. While he was strong....he was forced to admit mentally that he was not that strong. Speed was his A+ skill.

'Glad I don't need to do this ever again after this.' He thought as he took a deep breath and stretched his neck out.

He noticed Pinkie and walked over to her, their treasure trove of gem rocks laying about. Those were....going to be problematic in shipping, but by his ancestors he would do it!

"Okay, I think I got enough to make a better serviceable raft. And with luck we can get enough of the rocks on board without risk of sinking. Now we just need..."

Razor blinked at Pinkie's cheeks. They were bulging and the sound of crunching was apparent to his keen hearing.

"What....what are you eating?" He asked, feeling his own stomach rumbling slightly now. Oh what he wouldn't give for a nice big juicy burger.

[Rosewind]

Pinkie Pie grinned something fierce at Razor. Her cheeks were bulging like two big flour sacks, her pearly white teeth crunch, crunch, crunching away on the geode. "Mrrrffph iph good! Geodef!"

She opened her mouth to show her friend that half-chewed geode. Bits of shiny purple bits were stuck to her teeth, her pink tongue dancing away inside her mouth. She closed her mouth and swallowed, her eyes tearing up. "Mmm, kinda reminds me of home! We used to cook with rocks all the time! I mean like, it made sense, since it was a rock farm! We had rock pies, rock cakes, rock cobbler -- teehee, get it? Rock cobbler? Rock sandwiches! Maud always wanted us to use sedimentary rocks between slices of metamorphic. Oh, right! My sister, Maud Pie. You'd love her! She's seriously a hoot-and-a-half. Maybe a hoot-and-a-quarter! If we survive our dangerous ocean voyage on our makeshift raft hauling fifty pounds of geodes, I'll take you to meet her! Thanks for getting all the raft supplies, Razor! Oh, did you get tree sap, too? It might help if we glue everything together instead of using vines!"

Pinkie nodded knowingly. She was a party pony, but she definitely could be logical once in a blue moon. Or six.

[ShadowWalking18]

Razor blinked at Pinkie's muffled words, "Did you just say....."

When Pinkie opened her rock filled mouth, Razor looked slightly grossed out. Did this pony know the meaning of manners? Then he felt confusion.

"You did.....why did you even eat a rock?"

Actually now that he thought about it, how was it her teeth were not broken instead? She should have a mouth full of broken teeth and bloody gums, not crushed up rocks.

"Wait....you cooked with rocks?" Razor said confused, That....how...you can't....I don't even....oh forget it. I feel that if I tried to figure it out my brain would explode or something."

Pinkie was defiantly a strange pony. And when she started talking about her sister, Razor already had a mental image of her. Possibly not pink all over, but hyper active, nutty with a poofy mane and tail. No doubt a regular social pony and very, very, very expressive.

"Oh yes, I'm sure she is a real party animal. Can't wait to meet her." Razor said with a roll of his eyes. While he was slightly sarcastic, he did feel a slight feline curiosity. Just what exactly was her family like to breed a pony like this?

When Pinkie brought up the word Sap, Razor had to blinke twice in surprise.

"Tree sap? Hmmm, not sure how that will go but...that's actually not a bad idea." He decided that the trees near the shore would be a decent enough place to get the sap so he walked over to one and tilted his head slightly. He rubbed the tip of his beak against the bark for a moment before lifting it up and striking down hard, digging into the bark. He did this several times, twisting his head until he got a decent size hole in the bark. His beak slightly covered in tree sap.

"Ugh, how can some birds do that." He said, rubbing his beak as he walked over to the water and washed it off, "I'll leave you in charge of the sap process. It was your idea after all."

While he was sure this might be a bad idea, he didn't want to do all the work. Besides as long as it kept pinkie away from the designing portion that was all that mattered. Now to get to work.

Razor moved over to the lumber and sat down into the warm sand, tracing one of his talons on the sand as he drew a basic raft design, modifying certain areas to fit their material. Years of military school had given him plenty of knowledge in engineering, as that was the key to griffon might.

"So....a rock farmer. You know, that isn't exactly what one would expect of a childhood for somepony like you. Frankly I thought you were the niece or daughter of those Cakes back in Ponyville or something at one point."

[Rosewind]

"Of course we cooked with rocks! What would you expect us to cook on a rock farm? Vegetables? Puh-leaze!"

Pinkie Pie looked over Razor's shoulder as he designed the raft schematics in the sand. She shook her head slowly, frowning. "No no no, that's all wrong, silly! You have to secure the mast to the frame using a quarter half-plank against the rudder, so we'll have even buoyancy pressure to spread out the weight of our cargo. Duh! Here, let me!" She grabbed a stick in her mouth and scribbled on top of Razor's design scratches, nodded knowingly, then spat the stick out and trotted off for the oozing sap tree. The design didn't look bad at all, which was scary considering they were both trapped on a deserted island specifically because of her first raft design. The pink mare seldom made sense, and this was just another instance of her craziness.

Pinkie grabbed a large leaf from an overhanging tree, tied it into a cup with a bit of jungle vine, and allowed the super-sticky sap to ooze into it. "Oooh, it looks like pancake syrup! I wonder what it tastes like?!" She experimentally dipped her hoof into the brown, sticky stuff, and licked it off her pink hoof. She made several smacking noises, smiling. "Nope, verrrry bitter! How're the crafty bits coming along, Razor? I suppose you could add a few things on your design for fun, like maybe a cannon deck or something. You know, in case we get raided by pirates!"