fandomhigh | Show and Tell, Tuesday, Period Two

Okay, Sparkle was looking mildly disgruntled when he showed up for class today. He'd messaged the students asking them to think of some music to share this week. That part had gone just fine. But no matter how many times he tried to rehearse his lecture for today, it came out sounding... flat. Not terribly enthusiastic. And for a guy who used enthusiasm as a cover for a lot of things he'd rather not talk about, the island's shenanigans today left him feeling weirdly naked.

"So, uh, today we're sharing music," he said, trying to make up for his near deadpan with a wry smile. "Some song that's really meant a lot to us, or something we heard a lot when we were kids, or that we wrote ourselves, or just something you heard on the radio and thought was fun. Like, I brought in Hello, Dolly, because-- ah, shit. I just made a lot of memories to that song, for better or worse."

While drunk. And crying on some old woman's floor. Details.

"But also because I just shamelessly love musicals. They're fun, and theatre folks just get... things."

This was really hard without the ability to put emphasis on anything, for the record.

"Here, look, I'll just play the song, it's the Carol Channing version because she did it first, though there have been a bunch of great versions since, and then you guys can go."

Hopefully Carol wouldn't come out of the speaker sounding flat, too.

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"You're a grown up," Pinkie pointed out. "What's stopping you?"

"I'm a grownup with a roommate that doesn't like pets," Sparkle replied. It totally would have been a mumble, but apparently emphasis in any direction was still emphasis. Dammit. "I have a fish, but fish don't really travel well in backpacks."

"What if you got a bowl with a lid?"

No, Pinkie.

"It would have to be a really, really secure lid," Sparkle decided. "And the sloshing would probably be bad for him."

Bettas didn't generally live a sloshy lifestyle.

"I guess." That should have had several more eye-rolling syllables in it. "What if you got a lizard?"

...

What if he did get a lizard?

"Would I have to feed it bugs?"

Sparkle didn't do bugs.

"I have no idea. Maybe it depends on the lizard."

"I... might have to look into that."

Not that he suspected he could play with a lizard quite the same way as a cat or a dog, but it'd still be neat, and a little more portable than a betta.

He could play with a lizard in an excitingly different way from a cat or a dog maybe.

"I can ask Fluttershy for you if you want. She knows all about all the animals."

That second all should have had some sort of emphasis on it. Just for comprehensibility.

Ah well.

"Could you please? I'm actually super interested, no matter how completely bored I sound right now, I promise."

He just wanted to put some stress on something, dammit.

"Okidokiloki." At least Pinkie could still get some Pinkie-isms out. "I'll text her right away."

"Awesome."

Sparkle actually meant that. Seriously. He did.

"Thanks, Pinkie."

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