"Ah, we must be getting back on track," Discord deduced, noticing the lack of ponies. "Lets get this over with; I'm sure you're as keen as me to get back to normal."
"Yeah, I am getting tired of being a girl. These boots aren't very comfortable either." Riker opened the door to the mess hall and saw Usagi walk on to the sick bay. "Care to scare these folks out of here?"
"Scare them? Why Riker, I do believe you're coming around to my way of thinking," Discord grinned before stepping into the mess. "Mr. Scotty's Bagpipe recital will begin in five minutes, it will last several hours, so please prepare yourselves accordingly." He announced loudly to the room, standing on a chair.
"I thought that was supposed to be held in the Cargo bay?" "Why does the captain let Scotty do those in the first place." "Trust me it's not as bad as Chekov's History lectures." "Have you ever stuck around for Spock's poetry?" "Hey Spock's poetry is pretty good!" Riker watched the mass exodus. Discord's plan worked perfectly. He had actually heard Scotty play the bagpipes before the recitals were a bit on the long side, but the playing was that bad.
"I think so, yes." Discord clicked his fingers and a table appeared, complete with two chairs and two plates of pasta with lit candles in them. "Ah, I can feel the romance already!" He said, brushing his hands contentedly.
"Now do you think you can conjure up Octavia or someone who can play some romantic music? I don't think Rarita's up for it. Too much Rarity not enough Data." ~~~ Usagi arrived in the sick bay. She noticed Kirk was still Kirkdash. "Um Spock could you go to the Mess in ten minutes. I figured out how to fix things." "If that is that case then I'll be there." A moment later Usagi exited the sickbay and then wiggled her noes. Suddenly she was back in the turbo lift to the bridge. "I wish I could barrow Mr. Discord's powers in real life. Wouldn't mommy be surprised. Oh wait, GQ wiggles her nose. Q snaps his fingers." [GQ, Gwendolyn Quincy is a person who plays a Q over at Fukufics.com]
"Octavia?" Discord frowned. "You don't think a contrabass playing pony might confuse matters? The crew are all in human form once more, are they not?" (Rightio man.)
"Well, I suppose we could put her in a shadowy corner or something. Hang on." Discord clicked his fingers, and Octavia appeared, complete with her instrument. "I- this isn't the Cantalot Orchestral Hall!" She said, looking around in a bemused manner. "What's going on here!?" "Oh don't worry; I'll have you back to your orchestra in no time, I just need you to play for me a while. Do you know anything... romantic?" Octavia looked at Discord and Rikerjack. "Why, what kind of a night are you two... things planning together?" (She plays a contrabass in FoE: Project Horizons, and I like that fic, so I generally go with contrabass. Not sure what she plays in canon.)
Discord blushed and looked at Rikerjack. "I- Fluttershy's my friend! I don't think about her in that way..." He coughed and tried to regain his composure as he turned back to Octavia. "It's a long story, but I am actually Discord, and this is... actually we don't have time to explain who this is; the music's not for us, we're just organising all of this for someone else. It's very important this dinner goes well; will you help us?" Octavia thought for a moment before nodding. "I suppose so, if it will get me back home quicker."
"Sure you don't." Riker looked at the summoned pony and was a little disappointed. He and Data were altered by Usagi when summoned to this game by Discord, but Octavia was still a pony.
"I wouldn't expect you to understand, Riker." Discord said looking at him somewhat bemusedly. "Hmm." Discord looked around the room and conjured an appearance-altering screen in the corner of the room; this way Octavia would appear human to Spock and Uhura, and they would appear as ponies to Octavia. "If you'd be so kind..." He said, guiding Octavia to the screen. "It shouldn't be too long now." (I don't like humanised ponies, I'd never purposely summon them.)
[Riker assumed, and rightly so that he became RikerDash because Usagi's subconscious interacted with his presence. However Octavia's not being turned EG cause Usagi's subconscious doesn't have a Star Trek character to associate Octavia with.] Usagi pouted. How long had she been in the Turbo Lift? Hopefully it hadn't been ten minute yet. Maybe she shouldn't have borrowed any of Discord's powers.
(You mean Rikerjack, right? Yeah, I guess that makes sense. Is there no EG version of Octavia either?) Discord tapped his fingers on the bar impatiently. They seemed to have been waiting ages. "Shouldn't they be here by now?" He asked. Looking around, he realised there were no clocks in the room. Come to think of it, he hadn't seen any clocks anywhere on the ship... "How do you people keep track of time anyway?"
"How is Octavia holding her bow? You can make fun of my reality when you can explain all the nuisances of your own." Riker shiver for a moment then a second later a golden horn was protruding from his head and his hair was on fire. He also had a flaming aura around his hand and feet? "I think Usagi is getting unfocused. Maybe you should just bring everyone here while you still have your powers." ~~~ As he was leaving sick bay Spock found him self now dressed in the attire of Ash Ketchem. Not that he knew who Ash Ketchem was. ~~~ As the turbo lift finally reached the bridge Usagi noticed Uhura was now dressed as Misty. "Oh uh."
Discord groaned. "Must I do everything myself? Very well." He clicked his fingers and Spock appeared next to him and Riker. Usagi and Uhura appeared at the table. "Hmm, well that's not right..." He clicked his fingers again, and Usagi and Spock swapped places. (I had to trawl through sooo much fan art to find this again. I wish I could un-see a lot of it.) Spoiler: Octavia's bow
Uhara looked at Spock. He looked nice in the casual clothing he was wearing, it made her ignore the odd clothes she was wearing. Spock look at Uhara. The look in her eye was definitely one of longing. She was longing him? Not the captain? Women seemed to throw themselves at the captain? Maybe all this oddness was because his logic refused to accept Uhara had feeling for him? The universe was trying to tell him so? How would he respond to the universe? (Sorry you had to go through that, but the explanation doesn't explain how she picks it up and puts it down again quickly. Not to mention how she gets the tap there in the first place.)
