[Pinkie can't help it; she looks up at the balloon as it floats around to face her. Even in bright rubbery balloon form, Rarity's artistry shines through; everypony looks just like they do in real life. They'd looked an awful lot like that at her surprise party, actually.]
[...they didn't even look like they were laughing at her. She stares at the picture, raising a hoof as if to either touch it or kick it away. Her ears flick towards Rarity as she continues talking, and the old retorts bubble up in her mind: they only liked having her around to laugh at her and mock her, that was all she was to them. But this time she doesn't pay attention to them - she's too busy thinking about the surprise party, and how everypony tried to make her feel better when they realized what a frowny-pie she'd gotten to be and didn't even once laugh at her for being a silly paranoia-pants.]
[She drops her hoof with a visible shiver and turns to look at Rarity instead, properly meeting her gaze for the first time since she's entered the room.] This is a -
[Stupid party. Is what she meant to say. But instead she catches a glimpse of Mr. and Mrs. Cake on a bright green balloon over the unicorn's shoulder. Them too? Pinkie stops and peers around at the other balloons filling her bedroom. There's Gummy again, and Dashie doing one of her tricks, and her party cannon - Mark II, even BETTER than the first one! - and Sugarcube Corner, and ooooooh, was that 90s Kid over there? Oh, oh, and Maes and Applejack and Twilight and even Fluttershy - and there's that one right in front of her snout again, with all of them having fun together and playing and laughing - ]
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[...they didn't even look like they were laughing at her. She stares at the picture, raising a hoof as if to either touch it or kick it away. Her ears flick towards Rarity as she continues talking, and the old retorts bubble up in her mind: they only liked having her around to laugh at her and mock her, that was all she was to them. But this time she doesn't pay attention to them - she's too busy thinking about the surprise party, and how everypony tried to make her feel better when they realized what a frowny-pie she'd gotten to be and didn't even once laugh at her for being a silly paranoia-pants.]
[She drops her hoof with a visible shiver and turns to look at Rarity instead, properly meeting her gaze for the first time since she's entered the room.] This is a -
[Stupid party. Is what she meant to say. But instead she catches a glimpse of Mr. and Mrs. Cake on a bright green balloon over the unicorn's shoulder. Them too? Pinkie stops and peers around at the other balloons filling her bedroom. There's Gummy again, and Dashie doing one of her tricks, and her party cannon - Mark II, even BETTER than the first one! - and Sugarcube Corner, and ooooooh, was that 90s Kid over there? Oh, oh, and Maes and Applejack and Twilight and even Fluttershy - and there's that one right in front of her snout again, with all of them having fun together and playing and laughing - ]