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

[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.

[sailormagic]

...They don't have cutie marks?

[royal_moonrise]

They do not. Quite strange, is it not?

[sailormagic]

Very! How do they know what their special talent is without a cutie mark?

[royal_moonrise]

We are unsure, to be honest.

[sailormagic]

These humans don't make very much sense, do they?

[royal_moonrise]

They do not. However, they are quite interesting as a result.

[sailormagic]

Interesting? How so? [She wants a quill so she can take notes right now.]

[royal_moonrise]

It takes them much longer to realize their talents at times.

[sailormagic]

Without a cutie mark, that's not a surprising conclusion. I think I feel a little sorry for them.

[royal_moonrise]

Oh? Perhaps it makes them stronger.

[sailormagic]

Stronger? How do you mean?

[royal_moonrise]

If they are never certain quite what their calling is, they may keep searching and develop many different talents.

[Wait...]

Ah, but then, perhaps none of those skills are quite strong at all.

My, how curious these creatures are!

[sailormagic]

They really are! At the very least, being here should give us plenty of opportunity to study them, and perhaps we can figure out why they don't get cutie marks.

[royal_moonrise]

We wish thee luck, Twilight Sparkle.

[sailormagic]

And you as well, Princess!