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[3_butterflies]

[Fluttershy is supposed to be out protesting with Twilight. She's also supposed to be teaching you campers about Equestrian care. But right now, she's doing neither of those things.

She's actually trying in secret - by doing it in the stables, of course - to dismantle all the chariots. That way, she won't have to protest, and the horses won't have to do... do anything, really. She's hunched over, her pink hair occasionally obstructing her view, and there are various tools scattered about in the hay.

Keep in mind she has no idea how any of these tools work. Come bother?]

Comments

[waterproofed]

[Percy's just coming by the stables to talk to the horses when he sees this pink-haired girl]

Hey. What are you doing?

[3_butterflies]

[Eep! Startled, she looks back.]

P-Percy!

[waterproofed]

Heya! So, you're hanging out with the horses again, huh?

[3_butterflies]

Um... y-yes! That's what I'm doing!

[waterproofed]

That's cool. You wanna help me feed them?

[3_butterflies]

Oh, I wouldn't want to be a bother...

[waterproofed]

Okay. I can do it myself. But can I move all that stuff out of the way first?

[3_butterflies]

... What stuff?

[do flutters sucks at lying okay. okay.]

[ensemble_dark_horse]

[carefully footsteps from behind you]

...Fluttershy?

[3_butterflies]

[she jumps!]

Luna!

[ensemble_dark_horse]

Whatever art thou doing?

[3_butterflies]

Uh... I was... um... f-f-fixing these chariots!

[ensemble_dark_horse]

The ones for the vainglorious race which, as Twilight Sparkle hath assured me, are dangerous for both human and horse?

[3_butterflies]

... Maybe?

[ensemble_dark_horse]

Surely thou wouldst not help perpetuate this crime.

[3_butterflies]

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...

[WIBBLE.]

I-I-I-I just thought that if I got rid of the chariots, nopony would race, so nopony would get mad or hurt or anything!

[not_like_the_rest]

[Johanna is there with a thing of apples to see her new friend. Not you, the pegasus that she has bonded with. She's looking at you right now though, Fluttershy.]

Huh, so this is what the noise is.

[3_butterflies]

[Wow, she sucks at this whole 'secret' thing.]

W-what noise?

[not_like_the_rest]

All the noise you're making when you use those tools. Fluttershy. [she grins.] What are you trying to do?

[3_butterflies]

Oh, um... I'm... f-fixing these chariots!

[not_like_the_rest]

[eyebrow raise]

Really, Fluttershy? [she can tell you are fibbing. SHE CAN TELL.]

[3_butterflies]

Yes... they're broken... So... I'm fixing them.

[not making eye contact. YOU CAN'T PROVE ANYTHING]

[not_like_the_rest]

You're a terrible liar, Fluttershy. [she takes a bite out of one of the apples she's holding.]

Whatever, I'm going to see the others.

[ruined_jaw]

[Having been on the team that put the things together in the first place, Jono can tell what Fluttershy's up to, though he doesn't seem all that bothered by it. He'll be standing near the doorway, hands on his hips and a smirk on his face, watching.]

You know, if protesting's what you wanna do, you're better ooff taking it up with the staff, rather than trying to sabotage the race itself. You take apart any of these chariots half-assed, and you'll be putting people in danger, not to mention the bloody pegasi involved.

[3_butterflies]

[aaaaah nooo! Teary-eyed, she turns around.]

N-No, that's not what I was trying to do! I'm trying so people can't even get on it! Nopony will get hurt if you can't even get on the chariots!