Letter 001: This was not on the list.

[draconicmail]

[Hello, viewers, please enjoy this image of an enormous green eye. Apparently some creature (reptilian in nature, judging by the snake-like pupil) is leaning super close to Cambot to peer at his lens. Blink, blink. After a second, he leans away and scratches his head, revealing himself to be a small purple dragon, riding on the back of a purple pony. Just another day on the Satellite of Love.] Uh, hey, Twilight?

[The aforementioned pony seems to have her nose buried in a long scroll of parchment.] So after we go pick up the new quills and parchment, we can stop by Sugarcube Corner and see if we can get some pastries for our next party, and then we'll need to go out to Sweet Apple Acres and help Applejack measure the foundation for that new storage cellar she wants to put in.

[The dragon tugs gently on Twilight's mane to get her attention.] Yeah, okay, but Twilight?

Oh, and Cheerilee wanted to talk to us about coming in and demonstrating some magic for her younger students and she has all those books to return so we might as well pick them up while we're over there, and once we get home we need to reorganize at least the Classics section and possibly Modern Spellcasting as well because someone got into them and messed everything up and nothing's where it should be anymore.

[Tugging gently has been upgraded to tugging not so gently.] Kinda need you to see this...

And the globe needs polishing, and the floor needs to be scrubbed again, and I think our clock might be thirty seconds too fast --

TWILIGHT!! [Finally he gives up and snatches the to-do list away from her.]

What is it, Spi-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIhhhhhhhhhhhhk! [Her eyes go almost as wide as her head as her breath is sucked completely out of her body at what she's seeing.]

Yyyyyyeah. [And Spike just deadpans it:] I think we're lost.


((Double intro post! Expect responses from both Spike and Twilight (sailormagic). \o/))

Comments

[royal_moonrise]

Ah, Twilight Sparkle! T'is good to see thee. And... Spike, are we correct?

[draconicmail]

O-Oh my gosh. Princess Luna? Yeah, that's me. Um, what's going on here?

[royal_moonrise]

We are afraid that we have no rational explanation, but everyone is currently trapped on a vessel in space. T'is not as bad as it sounds!

[draconicmail]

[...My head is full of a word that I can't use on a children's show.]

Space? Seriously? And you're saying it's not -- well, I guess you'd know, but -- wait, sorry, I mean --

Maybe we should start again from the top?

[royal_moonrise]

If thou please. Perhaps it would be easier if thou ask one question at a time.

[draconicmail]

Right! Okay. Um. How did we get into space? Five minutes ago we were walking out of the library!

[royal_moonrise]

T'is a mystery nopony has been able to solve quite yet. T'was some sort of scientific mishap.

[draconicmail]

Scientific? So there's not even any magic involved? Weird... Well, maybe Twilight can help figure it out!

[royal_moonrise]

We do hope so! Although we... do not mind this place.

[draconicmail]

Really? Well, I guess it can't be all bad, then. What's it like up here?

[royal_moonrise]

There is never a dull moment! T'is usually some strange occurrence, but most are quite fun! Every now and again, three are chosen to read a terrible work of literature.

[draconicmail]

Haha, sounds almost like home. [That last bit is weird, though.] Terrible work of literature? What's that all about?

[royal_moonrise]

T'is a rather perplexing experiment. There are scientists attempting to drive everypony mad, but the power of friendship and laughter has kept everypony safe thus far!

[sailormagic]

Princess Luna! [Oh thank Equestria a familiar face!] What's happening here?

[royal_moonrise]

We are unsure!

[sailormagic]

[Also thank you for not shouting.] How did we get here? How do we go home again?

[royal_moonrise]

We are unsure of that as well!

[sailormagic]

...Does anypony know anything about this? [She's starting to wilt a little.]

[royal_moonrise]

[OH CRAP, NOT AS PLANNED!] W-well, there is only a tiny bit that is known. T'is all a mystery why anypony is selected.

[sailormagic]

[It's okay Princess, they know you're trying!] What is that tiny bit? Even a tiny bit is still a start!

[royal_moonrise]

T'was all an accident, so we have been told. Thou should speak to the biped that commands this vessel.

[sailormagic]

The biped? You mean there's one of these... humans, wasn't it? in charge of this place?

[royal_moonrise]

Yes! He is called Mike. He is usually clad all in blue.

[sailormagic]

Mike. That's an... unusual name. What's his cutie mark of?

[royal_moonrise]

Oh, these bipeds do not have cutie marks.