Sixth Smile | [Action]

[brokethefourthwall]

[It's been about a week since Applejack has gone home, and Pinkie Pie has finally decided to show her face again. She's looking a bit different than she normally does, however. Her iconic cotton candy mane has fallen limp, lifeless, swaying hopelessly in the breeze as she shuffles aimlessly around the village.

She can't begin to process the idea that her friends aren't coming back. They didn't find a way home. Someone sent them away from her. And worse, if they do find a way back, they won't even remember being here in the first place. The surprise parties, the adventures, none of it mattered because no one who leaves will ever even know it happened. If that's true, then what's the point of doing anything at all?

She sighs to herself, staring down at her hooves.]

(Responses will be coming from nomorepoof.)

Comments

[gonnawreckit]

[And Ralph will bump into this unusually down-looking pony while walking through the plaza. Where'd all her life go? It doesn't look right, at all.]

Hey, Candy-hooves. Quit mopin'. You're gonna make me sick.

[nomorepoof]

You'd still feel better than I do...

[gonnawreckit]

[Ralph sighs.]

Well, that's what you get! You can't just eat candy forever and expect your body to remain in working condition. [Unless it's in your video game code, that is.]

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[geniustheveil]

[It takes Ami a second. There've been a handful of ponies in Luceti, and well... this one doesn't really look like herself at the moment. Her surprise is evident as soon as she realizes it.]

Pinkie Pie?!

[nomorepoof]

[She huffs softly.]

I sure don't feel like Pinkie today.

[geniustheveil]

Are you feeling sick? [After all, 'Pinkie Pie' and 'sad' aren't the words that immediately go together in someone's mind.]

[bravefighter]

[Huh... that's weird. It was almost hard to recognize her when her hair wasn't poofy and she wasn't excited. Uh...]

Hey... you alright?

[nomorepoof]

Nothing's alright.

[She looks up slowly at him.]

[bravefighter]

Oh.

[Oh noooo... !] Well, what's wrong?

[tailasoldastime]

[Beast happens to be heading into the grocery store to stock up again, but then he sees what he thinks at first is a new horse... pony. But... no one new is coming now, are they? Wait, this looks like...]

P... Pin... kie?

[nomorepoof]

Hi, Beastie...

[No eye contact, no head movement. Nothing. She doesn't even react. Instead, she just continues trudging along.]

[tailasoldastime]

["Beastie"... it's the same silly name for him so it must be her.] Wh... wh-what happened to you?

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[knightofratatosk]

[That pony is definitely familiar, but without her usual poofy mane, it takes Emil a moment to recognize her. The lack of her usual cheerful demeanor doesn't make it any easier, either-- he actually has to stop and look at her for a few seconds before he realizes who she is.]

... Pinkie?

[nomorepoof]

[She stops and sighs, turning her head, but not making eye contact. She can't seem to pull her eyes away from the floor.]

I guess so.

[knightofratatosk]

[That... is definitely not normal for Pinkie. Usually she acts like she's on a constant sugar high.]

Are you okay? You don't seem like yourself.

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[fleurdesel]

...Pinkie Dear?

[Adele's never seen the little Pony so despondent. Not even in the middle of a bloody hell of a battle, she'd always been bright and bubbly. She was almost tempted to ask if Pinkie was ill, but it seemed less like an illness and more like...depression? Uncertain she makes her way over and kneels down, reaching out to rest a hand against her shoulder.]

Whatever is the matter?

[nomorepoof]

[She pauses and turns towards Adele. She sighs quietly to herself. Her drooping mane, coupled with the woman's height advantage leaves the pony's face almost entirely obscured. She sniffles.]

It feels like my heart was sent back to Ponyville with my friends.

[fleurdesel]

Oh Petite.

[She smooths her fingers through Pinky's mane, troubled by how very lifeless it is. She's never seen her like this before.]

They are home now, yes? And they will be well there.

[lostinmyway]

[For one brief moment, Grune actually does not recognize Pinkie when she sees her in the plaza. Her demeanor and appearance are so changed that, even as perceptive as she is with her memories back, she has to look twice to be sure the pony she is seeing is her friend.

The moment she ascertains her identity, though, she will be changing her course to join her and kneel by her side.]

Pinkie? What is the matter?

[nomorepoof]

Oh... hi, Grune. I just... feel so down, today.

[lostinmyway]

[She sets a gentle hand on her back.]

Did something happen?

[It's difficult to conceive of anything that could lower Pinkie's spirits, but, as easy as it is to forget, she's subject to the same range of emotions that everyone else is. Even she can be saddened by something--or possibly for no apparent reason at all.]

[toujoursfluer]

[Robin is sitting by the fountain as she is wont to do and reading. She sees the pony coming from a small distance due to clandestine eyes hidden in eaves of building. But she will wait until Pinkie Pie comes closer to speak]

Would you care to have a drink with me?

[nomorepoof]

I... I haven't been much in the mood for drinks lately.

[But, it's still Pinkie, and internally, she still has that drive to make friends, so she worms her way up onto the fountain's ledge.]

But thanks.

[wannabolt]

[When Dash spots Pinkie, she immediately swoops down with a frown, peering over her friend's shoulder.]

...Hey. Isn't being blue my job?

[Probably not the best time for a joke, but... hey, Pinkie makes dorky jokes all the time, right?]

[nomorepoof]

[She sighs.]

We can trade for a little while. How good are you at being pink?