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

[saint_sami]

I'm Sasami! It's nice to meet you, Twilight Sparkle!

Um... [she grins sheepishly] Can I call you "Twilight" for short? If that's okay?

[sailormagic]

Of course! Most ponies do - and, I suppose now, most non-ponies too!

[saint_sami]

Great! Um... wait a second. There's something I want to do real fast!

[In the span of a few minutes, Sasami's racing from her room down to where Twilight and Spike is... and giving in to her childish nature and hugging the pony!

Sorry, the last time she met a pony like her, there were duplicate shadows and it was a freaky one of Pinkie Pie]

S-Sorry! I-I couldn't help it...!

[sailormagic]

[And Twilight reacts as almost any pony would and backs up a couple of steps at the sudden barrage of child, but once it's proven it's just a hug she smiles and lets her do it.]

It's all right - I don't mind.

[saint_sami]

[Sasami can't help but blush, though. That was rather impulsive of her. Either way, the fact that Twilight was letting her do so was wonderful. She resumes hugging her for a while before pulling back and giving her her space.]

Again, sorry. I've seen others like you here, but I've never really had the chance to do that. I... guess that we can be friends? [another sheepish grin]

[sailormagic]

Of course! Friendship is one of the best things in the world, isn't it?

[Oh how her philosophy's changed over the past year and a half.]

[saint_sami]

It is!

[Aaaaaand, she's going to resume hugging Twilight for a bit!]

[sailormagic]

[And Twilight picks a hoof up enough to sort of hook it around Sami in return, but ponylimbs aren't really meant to bend that way so it doesn't last that long.]

So how long have you been here, then?

[saint_sami]

[Sasami pulls away when she notices that doing something like that is kinda awkward for the poor pony!]

How long? About a month or so. Nearly two months, I think.

[sailormagic]

[Just a bit, but it's not your fault. Her joints don't work like yours is all.]

And you're doing all right? Maybe this won't be so bad, after all.

[Oh, Twilight... you have no idea.]

[saint_sami]

It's tough, but we all manage. We have each other, no matter how silly some of us are!

[sailormagic]

Being silly isn't a bad thing! Some laughter in a tough moment can be key to enduring hardships.