UN: Twilight Sparkles | @Everyone

[thegreatexperiment]

[It's video for a change, although all that's on camera is the ceiling of Sam's room at the Inn. She's been working on a mural actually. It's the underbelly of a dragon, wings outstretched as it lifts up into the sky. Still little more than a pencil outline at this point. And it's missing both a head and a finished tail. But there's an enormous amount of detailing in the scales. It's no Sistine Chapel. But then again, it's not trying to be.

The camera moves as Sam speaks, as if she's gesturing with her hand. Her face never appears, but the disaster zone that is her room appears in flashes.]

Can someone tell me what the fucking point of turning twenty two is?

I mean, seriously. Bar or Bat Mitzvah at thirteen. Quinceañera at fifteen. Super sweet sixteen, whatever the hell that is. Donate blood at seventeen. Vote at eighteen. Drink at twenty one. All the good milestones are gone. Twenty two is a filler year. And don't say you can rent a car at twenty five. My world is literally flame and rubble. I'm never renting a damn car.

[She sighs.]

Anyone still alive after that party?

Comments

[thegreatexperiment]

I have absolutely no idea. Never tried it before.

I suspect we're facing a road of a lot of trial-and-error.

[skyward_eyes]

Maybe someone in town knows how to do it well and you can get advice?

[thegreatexperiment]

Oh, I'll ask around.

But if you wanna join in, I'd be happy to have a partner in crime.

[skyward_eyes]

I only know how to work with pencils or pens. Paint is so beyond me.

[thegreatexperiment]

Oh.

So that's a no, then?

[skyward_eyes]

I wouldn't mind watching and hanging out. But I don't know that I'd mess up your paint and I bet you don't have a lot.

[thegreatexperiment]

I don't have any. That's the point.

[She turns the camera up to her dragon again.]

This lady needs some color.

[skyward_eyes]

Oh. Wow. I really misunderstood. Well... maybe the schoolhouse has some books on painting and how to do that sort of stuff?

[It is a good dragon. It needs color.]

Wanna go check?

[thegreatexperiment]

Yeah.

Sounds fun.

[skyward_eyes]

Well I'm going to head over and check to see if they've got a section on art.

[thegreatexperiment]

I'll meet you there.

[A pause.]

I have blue hair. Hard to miss. Also, I sound like this.

[skyward_eyes]

I have a great ear for voices, so I was going to rely on that. But yeah, blue hair.

Hope you're thinking about colors for your dragon dame, because we're going to figure this out.

[thegreatexperiment]

Definitely soft shades.

She's a protector.

[The camera is already moving around the room as Sam pulls herself out of bed.]

See you soon.