The Magic of a Good Time, Wednesday, Period 1

[locointhecoco]

On the surface, Pinkie Pie's classroom looked surprisingly normal. The desks were arranged in a pleasing semi-circle, in which one could see any seat from any other seat in the room, with plenty of open space in between them for a grown pony to wander through. The desk at the front was covered with a sheet, hiding something somewhat lumpy and mysterious, but the sideboard counter had a coffee pot and a hot cocoa pot, and a nice array of apple turnovers and jelly donuts (with apple jelly) for the students to choose from.

A rope hung to one side of the chalkboard. Pinkie would get to that. First, she waited for the stream of students to subside and settle into seats, then strode to the middle of the semicircle and tossed her mane.

She took a deep breath. Eventually, the students would learn to brace themselves when she did that, as it meant the lecture portion would be delivered at high speed and in a single breath. "Hi! Welcome to the Magic of a Good Time, which is hopefully where you're meant to be, or if you're not meant to be here you're at least not meant to be somewhere else where they're going to miss you, because that would make those other ponies sad! I'm Pinkie Pie, your teacher, but my friends all call me Pinkie, and so can you! Because we're all going to be good friends in this class. Before you ask, yes, I can talk. And I don't know why ponies here find that so surprising, but it takes all sorts, doesn't it? Why my best friends include a bookworm, an adrenaline junkie, a workaholic, a wallflower, and clotheshorse -- literally! But we're all still the very bestest friends in the whole universe! This class is going to be on parties, because who doesn't love a party? and Princess Celestia said you should always teach what you know and there's nothing I know better than throwing a good party!"

She paced back and forth through the center of the semicircle as she spoke, frequently pausing to fling her front hooves into the air into a victorious V. And, no, this wasn't a pause for breath, here. It was merely a pause for narration.

"There are all sorts of parties you can throw, for all sorts of reasons! There's the birthday party and the after-birthday party -- those are Gummy's favorites, he's my pet baby alligator!" She turned to show off the tiny, purple eyed gator that was currently clamped to her tail by its jaws. "There's the holiday party and the season wrap up party -- which maybe you don't have here since you ponies don't create the weather -- and costume parties and Grand Galloping Gala parties and fancy dress parties and surprise parties and Tupperware parties! Let's all go around the room and meet each other. Say your name and where you're from and what kind of party theme is your favorite!"

When that was accomplished, and it had come back around to Pinkie again, she had made her way over to the rope at the side of the chalkboard. "I almost forgot to tell you what my favorite kind of party is!" she exclaimed. "I like the Welcome party!" She took the rope in her mouth and pulled. A banner unfurled from the ceiling reading "WELCOME STUDENTS!" The sheet on the desk was whipped off, revealing a spread of beautifully put together apple cupcakes, apple pie, some sort of dark cake with white icing and a single cherry in the middle, a large bowl of punch, a bowl of popcorn, and all sorts of other moddable, but only vegetarian goodies. Balloons and streamers fell from the ceiling, and the a record player started playing cheerfully upbeat public domain music with an audible scratch.

"Surprise!" Pinkie shouted. "Welcome to our class! Yay!"

[ooc: OCD is coming! OPEN LIKE AN OPEN THING THAT OPENS!]

Comments

Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[locointhecoco]

Name, where you're from, and favorite type of party.

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

"I'm Bruce Wayne, from Gotham City," Bruce said, playing along for now. "And my favorite kind of parties are fundraisers, since that way you can also do some real good for the rest of the world."

That would do, right?

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[locointhecoco]

"Oooo," said Pinkie. "I've never been to a fundraiser, before. Are they more like birthday parties or like fancy dress parties? What do you wear there? What kind of party things do you do? Who do you raise funds for?"

TELL THE PONY, BRUCE. AND HER PET ALLIGATOR.

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[regretiz4suckas.livejournal.com]

Kenzi was eating, drinking, and loving her life. And the cake. And the apple turnovers.

"Kenzi, from Canada." Today was not a day to lie. Not with food in the offing! "And my favorite kind of parties are the kinds with food."

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[locointhecoco]

"Those are some of my favorites, too!" Pinkie said. "And with music and dancing and more food and lots and lots of cake!"

Because cake totally counted as its own amazing part of the party.

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"My name's Annie Edison, and I'm from Greendale, Colorado," she said, trying not to look too freaked out by the fact that she was talking to a pink pony who might talk back to her. "And I think my favorites are birthday parties, because who doesn't like presents and cake?"

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[locointhecoco]

"It's very nice to meet you, Annie! And those are some of the bestest parties! But remember, what makes a real party isn't presents, it's all your friends being there to celebrate with you! And cake!"

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[therewaslife]

"I'm Nobody Owens from England but everyone usually calls me Bod," he said, nodding briefly. "And I haven't really been exposed to many types of parties since arriving here but I've found that both birthday parties and welcome parties are both fun due to their good moods and fun activities."

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[locointhecoco]

"Well, hopefully any party has a good mood, but you're totally right! The activities at those parties are the best!"

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

"Hi, I'm Juliet Darling, from New York," Juliet said, still beaming. Pony. "I like really big parties, especially costume parties with a theme."

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[locointhecoco]

"Oooooo," said Pinkie. "Costumes are loads of fun! Do you have a favorite theme?"

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

If there was something Caroline enjoyed, it was throwing a party, so she tried not to stare at her rather awesomely excitable pony teacher as she addressed the whole group. "Hi! I'm Caroline Forbes, from Mystic Falls, Virginia - the reigning Miss Mystic Falls, actually. I love all kinds of parties, buuut, if I have to chose one, I'd go with theme parties!"

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[locointhecoco]

"I love all kinds of parties, too!" As though this was surprising factoid about Pinkie. "What's your favorite theme?"

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

"My name is Lion-o, I'm originally from the planet Thundera, and I like any party that has food," he said, grinning. "Especially if it's a barbecue and they have cheeseburgers. Red meat makes everything better."

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[locointhecoco]

There may have been some brief boggling from Pinkie at the mention of red meat. She was good friends with some cows, yo.

"Uh. Sure! I prefer baked goods, myself, but everyone has their own style!"

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[randomspanish.livejournal.com]

"I'm Freddie Benson, from Seattle," he introduced. "And I'd say my favorite type of party is... hobo party."

He sadly had not yet taken part in the invention of the Karma Party.

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[locointhecoco]

"Oh, that does sound fun!" Pause. Blink blink. "What's a hobo?"

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[answer2bheard.livejournal.com]

"I'm Jim Hawkins, from Montressor," and by now, Jim was pretty used to just rattling that part off without expecting anybody to have any clue where that was. "For my favorite kind of party... I don't really know. I've never really been to many before. But maybe something with a pirate theme, and treasure hunting... that would be pretty cool."

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[locointhecoco]

Yeah, Pinkie had never heard of any of the places the students were mentioning. She was getting used to that.

"OOOOO. We should definitely do a pirate treasure hunt theme! There could be treasure games and treasure candy and pirate hats and pirate eye patches and BIRDS."

Oh, if only Fluttershy were here. She could get some of her bird friends to come!

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[stars_and_money]

Jeremy was one of those people who didn't really have a problem with the teacher being a pink pony, but did have a slight problem with the teacher being a pink pony who talked too fast.

He was still looking a little dazed when it was his turn to introduce himself. "Hi, Jeremy Darling, from New York," he offered. "And I... guess I like really big parties. You know, like extravagant."

He was a Darling, after all.

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[locointhecoco]

"You mean like with bunches of different kinds of cakes and rooms with lots of different music to dance to?"

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[eyebrowgoesup]

"I am Spock, from Vulcan," Spock told the pony-creature. "We do not tend to have...parties there."

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[dontvotemeout]

"Um. Jason Todd, from Gotham City, and uh, video game parties?" He hadn't exactly gone to many parties before coming to Fandom.

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[richieryan.livejournal.com]

"I'm Richie Ryan," Richie somehow managed to say to the talking pink pony. "From Seacouver. Never really thought about my favorite type of party before, so, I guess I just like good ones." That was so very descriptive of him, wasn't it?

Re: Introduce yourselves (7/6)

[exactlyaverage.livejournal.com]

//Hi. Jack Carter. Eureka. I'm a freakin' dog.// Jack growled. //Also? I prefer surprise parties. Like a party where I'm not a dog. Also: If anyone scratches me behind the ears just to make my leg shake I'm going to bite them. Anyone here understand me? No? Go figure.//