"I think I will go with the delphinium." Snow said, "And what is that?" she asked, pointing to the liquid in his bowl.
He had woken up to find somepony had placed a small package near him. As he didn't receive gifts often he figured somepony had dropped them, and he sat there wondering if the pony would ever come back, but his mind was more occupied with this 'new' arrival
Eluuna pulled the light, fluffy cake out of the oven, and set in on the stove to cool. After a few minutes, she quickly iced the cake and cut it in bite-sized morsels, and put them on a tray. Putting a card saying "Samples," she carried them out into the sunshine. Sitting at a table, she leaned back to wait, while noticing that the sleeping unicorn had woken up.
"The delphinium flower, good choice. Oh, and this?" He held the bowl up a bit. "It's a recipe passed down in my family. Don't remember who came up with it. Nettle Stew is made using pomegranate, helleborus, and zinnia flowers mashed into a small collection of horsenettles. It's very good, and nutritious too! I could make you some if you wanted."
Snow held a hoof, "I got my White Hope tea, I'm fine." she then went to pay for the flowers, "So what's the verdict?"
"To fill your garden with delphiniums? That would probably be around..." Delphinium took a moment to think. "What, seventeen bits? Yeah, that seems about right."
Again, the group fell into silence. Awkward silence. Haze wanted to break the silence, but was unsure how to. Eventually, though hesitant, she decided to Speak up. "So... You guys want to do something?"
Snow thought over the price, then looked around the store, she just realized that no one else had entered while she had been in there. "You don't get a lot of business do you? Here, 200 hundred bits, no change. It's yours. I wouldn't want a place that sells as pretty flowers as yours to go out of business."
Eluuna sighed. Only two ponies had tried the cake. Shrugging, she put the cake inside and walked back outside. SHe decided it was time to greet the new pony. He wasn't getting anything other then a few strange looks, so she trotted over and took a deep breath. "Hi there! Are you new here?"
(Finally yay!) The newcomer watches as the green and blonde pony walks by him. I guess she wasn't coming my way. He though, a slight disappointing feeling in his mind. It wasn't much longer, though, before a new mare approached him and spoke to him. upon her greeting, he shook some of his mane from his face and replied, "New? Why yes I am. I just arrived no more than half an hour ago. My name is Thunder Roller, and--" "YOU MUST BE NEW HERE!" Exclaimed an excited, high-pitched voice. Looking around, Thunder saw no one who could have said this. Then suddenly a violently pink pony sprang up between him and the mare he was talking to in an explosion of confetti and streamers. "Wh--" Thunder began, before being cut off by this new pony. "I'm Pinkie Pie! And I don't know you, so you must not be from around here, because IknoweveryponyinallofPonyville..." She started hopping around Thunder, talking very rapidly so he could barely keep up. "AndifIdon'tknowyouthatmustmeanyou'renew, andifyou'renewthatmeansyouhaven'tbeenwelcomedyet! Sooooooo..." She pulled in a bizarre wagon that had what appeared to be an oven, some cannons, trumpets, flags, and looked like it was made out of peppermint and confections. She hit a button and the wagon started bobbing ominously, but then music started playing from it, and the pony named Pinkie Pie started to sing. Welcome, welcome, welcome A fine welcome to you Welcome, welcome, welcome I say, how do you do? Welcome, welcome, welcome I say hip hip hooray! Welcome, welcome, welcome To Ponyville today~! Thunder watched, stunned and bemused at the antics and energy of Pinkie Pie. "Um...well, thank you for that--" "SHH!" She said, cutting him off again, "Wait for it!" "Wait for wh--" Thunder began, but his question was answered before he could finish asking it. The cannons exploded with a blast of confetti that rained down around him, Pinkie, and the poor other mare who tried to introduce herself to Thunder first. Then the oven opened up and revealed a fully cooked cake. "Well what do you know! It worked this time!" Pinkie exclaimed, shoving a piece of the cake into her mouth and another into Thunder's. Wanting to ask a question, Thunder labored to swallow his cake quickly. "This time? What happened the other times?" He asked cautiously. "Oh, well I have a habit of mixing up the cake batter and confetti." "So...the cannons shoot cake batter?" "And the oven spits out confetti! Yep!" "I see. I imagine that doesn't go over too well when that happens." Said Thunder, unable to suppress a smile at the idea of a pony covered in cake batter. "It's usually okay, but there was this one donkey..." Pinkie suddenly gasped. "Oh! I forgot, I have somewhere to be! Bye!" And she dashed of in a flash, leaving Thunder slightly bemused. He turned to the mare who tried to introduce herself earlier. "Um...Interesting pony, that one, eh? Anyway, my name is Thunder Roller. It's nice to meet you. What's your name?" He looked at his mane and tail and shook loose confetti from himself.
Delphinium's jaw dropped with the money purse. "Two...HUNDRED...bits!?" He gasped. "You can't be serious! Where would you obtain two hundred bits to just give away as you..." he trailed off as he heard a familiar shouting outisde with an accompany of music. "Is that...Pinkie Pie?" He suddenly wondered aloud. Delphinium completely forgot about the money and wandered to his window where the pink pony could be seen bouncing anound a helpless stallion. "What is this- I don't even-" Delphinium stuttered. Turning back towards Snow, he said "Is this new? When she met me, she tried to introduce me to all her cupcakes! Did...did she seriously compose a Welcome Song for newcomers!?"
Emerald Whirl had decided at the last possible second to not introduce herself to the newcomer pony. Something in her told her that now might not be the best time. How hard could it be, she thought. All you have to do is walk up and say "Hi. My name's Emerald Whirl! You must be new here! Let me show you around. What's your n- [size=+1]Welcome, welcome, welcome A fine welcome to you Welcome, welcome, welcome I say, how do you do? Welcome, welcome, welcome I say hip hip hooray! Welcome, welcome, welcome To Ponyville today~![/size] Pinkie's sudden entrance startled Emerald enough to cause her to lift her wings (typical Pegasus "Flight" response. Darn you, Muscle Memory...), throwing the bag of Poison Joke into the air. She was about to bolt, when she say the bag sail gracefully over her head. Before it could hit anypony and "detonate" causing who-knows-what trouble, she leapt underneath it, catching it with her forehooves. Seeing that none of the poweder had left the bag, she sighed in relief, only to blow a little bit of the blue powder into her nose. She crinkled it a bit as she tried to avoid the inevitable... "Ah..." "AH..." "..." "Whew- [size=+1]AHCHOO![/size]" Her eyes widened in horror as she realized what she had done, and she immediately stood up, and beat her wings as hard as she could, blowing the remaining dust away from any nearby ponies. Her job completed, she breathed another sigh of relief and brushed her wings together. "...tog ynopon tsael tA !dladrmE gnikniht kciuQ !wehW" She blinked a couple of times, then slumped her shoulders. "...selppaesroH"
Dark Shine pointed to the balcony before going over. He got there just in time to see Pinkie Pie welcome the new pony. "Bwahahahaha! My turn!" He yelled before leaping into the air. He dived past the new pony several times leaving black and white streaks in the air before slowing himself down and hovering just above the new pony. He giggled before turning upside down so his face was upside down and face to face with the new comer. "WELCOME TO PONYVILLE!" He shouted, before turning and landing on his feet in front of the new one.
Eluuna was giggling like crazy. "Oh... Oh... My name is Eluuna. That was Pinkie Pie, as you might have guessed. She's my best friend. I'm a baker, and I was wondering since you were new here if you would like a cake? It's kinda tradition in my family." Suddenly, Eluuna turned to the madly sneezing pony. "And I have something for Poison Joke too. If you want to get rid of that, you're welcome to come." she smiled happily. She nodded to the last pony. "And so are you! Though I warn you all, that I don't have visitors very often."
Fire flied after Darkshine and landed in front of the new pony, "Hey, that name's Firebreeze, by the way. You may or may not have seen me flying earlier." He wanted to give a calm welcoming, mainly because he didn't feel up to doing anything elaborate.
