Film sighs as he drops his bag at the door. He turns around and slowly closes the door behind him before combing his hoof through his hair and sighing again. He slowly makes his way into the kitchen and to the fridge. Opening it up he grabs a milk jug before setting it on the counter. He opens up one of the cabinets and grabs a cup before shutting it again. He places the cup on the counter and opens the milk jug. He slowly pours the milk into the cup as his mind wanders to dark corners he has only ever explored a few times. He places the jug down before capping it and putting it back in the fridge. He closes the fridge door before grabbing his cup of milk and walking out of the kitchen.
He walks down the hallway, past Acid's workshop towards his room. He gently pushes the door open before heading over to the bedside table. His fish swim up to the glass to watch him walk to his bed. Film places the cup down on the table before uncorking the antidepressant bottle. Tears forming in his eyes as his hooves shakely spill out two tablets. He places the lid back on before placing the bottle down.
He grabs the two pills and places them into his mouth as tears roll down his face. He grabs the milk and takes a big swig from the glass. The cold liquid slides down his neck, washing the pills down with them. He swallows what's left in his mouth before setting the glass down on the nightstand. He sighs as the tears dry on his face.
"Hu?" Film lets slip as he turns around when he hears a thunk sound coming from behind him. He looks to see one of his fish banging its head against the glass. It looks up at Film before turning and looking at something on the desk he should have noticed. Film slowly walks over to his desk.
Laying ontop of his desk, is a pair of beautiful crafted golden wings. The wing bones were lined with gold while the soft looking fabric had blue feathers attached to little metal rods that lead back to the main wing bones. The wing almost looked life-like. Film's mouth was completely hung open in disbelief. His eyes scan the wings, stopping at a sticky note left on the wing's strap. He grabs the little note before bringing it closer to his face.
"Dear Film, I'm sorry I could not say hi to you today. I am needed early in the castle, but as a consolation, here is the new, and hopefully last pair of wings. They should be able to withstand anything you can put your mind to. From your loving brother, Acid Flask." Film reads as tears form in his eyes. He quickly wipes them away as a big smile forms on his face. A smile he has not done since the first time he was given his metal wings. Happiness of the purest form, complete and utter joy that fills his heart.
Film quickly slips off his old wings before grabbing the new ones. They slid over his wings like a tight fitting glove. He straps the wings down around his stomick before spreading his wings out. The fake wings followed his motions perfectly. Even the little feathers on the rods rotated in a very realistic way. He flexes his wings in different ways, all the while smiling like a little colt again.
"I need to test this now!" Film yells excitedly before running out of his room. He runs to the very small balcony by the living room and stops. He takes a deep breath as he sees the sun about to set. He smiles as he feels the cool evening wind on his face and threw his wings. He sighs with happiness before getting ready to fly.
He crutches down and closes his eyes. The world around him slows down and melts away as the only thing he focuses on is his wings. The city lights up in his head with magic as he sees ponies walking by without even opening his eyes. The wind rushes down his wings before he snaps his eyes open and takes off with a gust of wind behind him.
"YYYY AAAA!" Film yells out in excitement as he spirals up into the air. His ever subtle wing movement was copied by the fake wings over top of them. He stops and hovers high above Canterlot with a huge smile on his face. The cold wind pushes past him as he shivers a bit. He looks up at the cloud above him, now much closer than they ever were before.
Film swallowed hard as he remembered what happened last time. With his heart racing, he takes a deep breath before taking off into the sky. Wind rushed past his ears, causing his eyes to water as he speeds towards the clouds above. His speed does not slowing down, infact, it slowly speeds up faster then he has ever flown before. He squints through the tears running past his face as he gets closer and closer to the clouds. His heart now pounding with excitement as he can almost touch the cloud. With one last push of his wings he closes his eyes, inverts himself to be belly up before breaking the cloud line.
The cool feeling of the cloud against his body quickly washes away as he does a slow arch over top of the cloud with his belly facing the sky. The warm sun almost instantly warms him back up as he opens his eyes. He looks down at the cloud and turns to land on it. He lands down on the soft cloud before sitting down and facing the setting sun.
"HHhhhHHHAAAAAA!" Film can not process any words for his emotions he feels. So he just laughs with a big smile on his face. He calms down as he watches the sun start to set, the wind blowing past his body, now coming from below instead of above. He smiles as he stares off into space. Memories of times he failed, everytime he kept trying but inevitably failing to make it. Every time thinking he would never make it to the clouds without help, but now with a tear running down his cheek, he had finally made it. He only had one wish in his heart.
"I wish you could have seen that dad," Film whispers to himself as he remembers his dad beating himself over how he had caused him and his brother so much pain both directly and indirectly. His one wish was that his dad could have seen his first, true flight into the big blue skys.
His little world is broken as he hears a very familiar voice off in the distance. He stands up as his ears swivel about to locate the sound. "We need all the pegasus at Ponyville now!" Soarin yells out down at Canterlot. Film's eyes widen as he jumps off the cloud and dives back down to the city below.
Down below, Soarin was directing pegasus to Ponyvill while Spitfire flew around to every building to recruit pegasus. Film hovers down next to we're Soarin was hovering.
"What's going on?!" Film asks in fright.
"A category 5 magic storm has been spotted over the Everfree forest and is heading for Ponyvill," Soarin explains, turning to Film. "We need all the pegasus on deck for this, you up for it?"
"I think so," Film replies, scratching the back of his head.
"Then I'll meet you there," Soarin says before taking off towards Ponyville. Film turns towards the castle before flying towards it. He spots the balcony that leads to Acid's lab. The candle light shining brightly in the fading sunlight. Film lands on the balcony before walking to the lab where he sees Acid with his back turned to him. Acid places down the flask he had in his hoof before looking over his shoulder to Film.
"Have you heard?" Film asks, tilting his head.
"Yes," Acid says. He turns around and slowly makes his way over to a closet. Film following him from a slight distance.
"Is it safe for me to help with these wings?" Film asks, gesturing to his wings.
"No," Acid says as he grabs the closet door handle. Film frowns as his wings relax and lay limply to the point where they touch the ground. Film was about to turn away when Acid finished his sentence. "But with this," Acid says, opening the closet door and turning around with a smile on his face.
Film looks over into the closet as his eyes and smile widen. Being displayed on a manikin pony are four metal boots with yellow highlights. Around the neck is a metal collar with a yellow gem embedded in it. On the face is a pair of leather goggles tinted with blue coloring.
"What is this?" Film says in disbelief.
"This," Acid gesture to the outfit. "Is the first weather controlling suit for non pegasus, or WIND,"
"WIND?" Film asks as he walks over to the manikin.
"Weather Intensifying Nanoscopic Devise," Acid says proudly.
"How long did that name take to come up with?" Film asks as he grabs the boots from the manikin.
"A few days," Acid replies as Film slides on the boots and goes for the collar next. He grabs it, unclamps it from the manikin, and places it around his neck before clamping it down.
"The suit directs any pegasus weather magic to the crystal around your neck, where you can use it to do anything you want to do," Acid explains as Film slips on the leather goggles on his forehead. "I just thought the goggles were a nice touch for the suit," Film looks over at Acid with tears in his eyes. Film wipes his tears away before hugging Acid. Acid smiles and hugs back. The two interlock for what feels like weeks, Film not wanting to let go of Acid as he buries his face into Acid's spiky hair. But at last, he does let go of Acid.
"Thanks, for everything big bro," Film says before turning around and taking flight. Film flys out the balcony before Acid yells after him. Film turns around and looks down at Acid on the balcony looking up at him with a small smile.
"Go get 'em' hot shot," Acid says with a warm smile. Film smiles back down before responding slightly sarcastically.
"Ok, dad," Rolling his eyes, Film turns around and takes off towards Ponyville. Leaving Acid behind, watching him fade into the distance.
(Time Skip)
Film speeds towards Ponyville as fast as his wing could muster. His hair and ears flattened against his head by the wind as his tail whips around violently. His eyes are protected with the new goggles he slipped over his eyes. He spots the storm slowly moving from the Everfree towards Ponyville. Pegasus of all types frantically fly clockwise around the storm to try and contain it. One by one pegasus fall as a lightning strikes hit them, causing them to spiral out of control towards the ground. Film dives down and joins the pegasus in flying around the storm. He shifts unstable as the wind pushes from below him.
"Strange, the wind currents don't normally go up," Film inquired to himself as he keeps up with the rest of the ponies. He looks over to see Soarin and Spitfire overlooking the group while talking. Spitfire knobs before shooting away into the pegasus parade of ponies heading from Canterlot to the storm.
Film's eyes widen as the hairs on the end of his neck stand up. Film whips around and flies in front of a wall eyed, gray mare with one of her eyes not quite looking in the right spot. She stops in surprise as lighting strikes Film in the chest.
"Fuck!" Film screeches out in great agony before gritting his teeth together. The lighting jumps around his body, causing his hairs to stand up as his muscles cramp up. Film closes his eyes and concentrates on keeping himself a flight as the lighting works its way to the yellow crystal on his neck. His muscles stop cramping as the feeling slowly subiseds, but never goes away. Film, without thinking, points his hoofs down at the ground and wishes the pain would go away. On cure, the lighting jumps from his body to the ground, relieving the pain.
Film relaxes as he takes deep breaths. His mind and heart running faster than ever as he attempts to slow himself down.
"A-are you ok?" The gray mare asks as she gently pushes him away from the storm and out of the flight path of the other pegasus.
"I think so," Film replies, rubbing his head with his hoof.
"T-thanks," She says as Film looks over at her.
"What for?"
"Saving me from the lighting strike," She responds back. "Are you sure you're ok, mister?" She asks, tilting her head to the side in slight worry.
"Ya, I'm ok," Film reassures her as he gains back his motor skills. "And it's no problem,"
"All right mister, if you say so," She says before flying back into the pegasus herd. Film flys back to get a better look at what's happening. Pegasus left right and center are being hit by lighting and spiraling out of control, some recovering, others hitting the ground hard.
"There has to be a better way," Film whispers to himself as he thinks.
(Rewind)
Year 991
"They then cut up the storm before separating and destroying the clouds left behind," Acid explains while drawing on a chock boar in the garage. Film sits on the ground, looking up at the pictures Acid has drawn to explain to him how pegasus deal with magical storms.
"What do they do with a category 5 magic storm?" Film asks, tilting his head to the side. "Isn't a category 5 inherently unpredictable,"
"Not unpredictable," Acid says as he erases the black board. "Just statistically improbable for something to happen more than twice," Acid explains as he draws a storm.
"What do you mean?" Film asks, tilting his head to the side as he raises an eyebrow.
"Do you know how normal magic storms interact with the wind?" Acid asks, turning to face Film with a storm drawn on the board.
"It causes it to rotate around like a disk," Film replies matter of factly.
"That's not how a category 5 works," Acid turns back to the board and starts drawing arrows in a tube fashion around the storm. "A normal storm causes the wind to push up and around itself depending on where the cold and hot air meet," Acid starts to explain before turning back to face Film, looking slightly confused. "But when the magic interacts with it, it changes the direction of the wind due to hoof created clouds having more magic in them then normal clouds, meaning,"
"Meaning the wind of a category 5 is normal due to its inherent need to be chaotic!" Film says with a big smile on his face. Acid chuckles a bit before responding.
"Not quite, but you got the jist,"
"So," Film starts as he scratches his chin in thought. "How do they deal with them?"
"Good questions," Acid says with a cheeky smile before turning around again. "There is no good way of dealing with a category 5, but there is one theoretical way to deal with it," Acid explains as he redraws the storm into a tube shape with ponies flying around it in a tube shape. He draws a pony at one end of the storm before continuing to speak. "Theoretically, if all the pegasus fly with the wind to form it into a natural tube, a pegasus could rebound the lighting that comes out of one of the ends and send it back to the storm," Acid says as he draws a lightning bolt hitting the pegasus and bouncing back.
"Meaning the particles would get excited and separate from their bonds," Film says happily.
"Exactly," Acid says, turning back around as he places the chalk down on the black board. "Of course, very few ponies can survive lightning without losing control of their muscles, let alone reflect it,"
(Time Skip)
"That's it!" Film yells out loud in excitement. He looks around hastily for Soarin. He spots him talking to Rainbow Dash near the ground. Film zooms down to him as fast as gravity will allow before he spreads his wings and glides to a stop next to Soarin.
"There is no more pegasus in the area that will be able to get here quickly," Dash explains to Soarin, who is scratching his chin.
"Soarin," Film says, getting the attention of the two.
"What is a Film?" Soarin asks as Dash, with a light blush on her face, looks in slight shock at Film.
"Holy Celestia, Film's been keeping himself fit," Dash thinks as she looks over Film's pretty defined body. She swallows a lump in her throat and shakes her head before concentrating on the conversation.
"I think I have an idea," Film replies.
"I'll try anything at this point," Soarin replies.
"It's going to sound crazy, and I don't know if it will work, but I think we should fly with the wind around the storm to cause it to become a tube, then station one pegasus on one of the ends to redirect a lighting strike back into the storm to separate the storm up," Film explains with light hoof jesters to go with his explanation.
"Hmm.." Soarin thinks for a moment while looking up at the storm. "Theoretically that's sound, but where are we going to find a pony that could not only withstand a lightning strike, but redirect it?" Soarin asks. Film smiles while crossing his arms over his chest. Soarin looks at Film in slight confusion before it clicks in his head. "Are you sure you can do it?"
"A little bit more then sure," Film responds, uncrossing his hoofs.
"Then this might just work," Soarin says before turning to face Dash, who was losing a battle with herself over concentrating on the conversation and looking over Film. She looks over at Soarin while clearing her head. "Dash, go tell all the remaining pegasus to fly around the storm in a tube shape,"
"Yes Sir!" Dash saluts before flying quickly away. Soarin turns back to Film before speaking. "You know what to do," Film nodes before flying up to the storm. "Godspeed to you Film," Soarin wispears before flying up and joining the pegasus herd.
Film flys into position at one end of the storm where the pegasus were already forming it into a cylinder. The raging storm still strikes lightning out the sides every once and a while, but in a more controlled manner then before.
Film's heart starts to beat against his chest, ringing in his ears is a consistent and fast thumping. He takes a deep breath and holds it, the wind blowing past his body sending a shiver down his spine. Was it from the cold, or fear, he could not determine, but he does know one thing.
"You're going down storm," Film thinks with a determined scowl. All the hairs on his body stand up as the lighting builds up in the storm. Film gulps down a lump in his throat before the lighting jumps from the storm to him.
"AAAAHHHH!" Film screams out in pure torture. The scream cutting threw the air, traveling so far that even Acid could hear it back at Canterlot. The lightning sizzled his skin like a deep fried potato. His eyes shut tight as he possibly can get them as he spasms in pain. He grits his teeth together as he tries to regain control. The lighting starts to form towards the little yellow gem on his neck. Tears start to run down his cheeks as he places his hoofs near his body pointing at eachother. A small lighting ball starts to form in between his hoofs.
"KKKAAAA!" Film yells out as the lighting ball gets bigger. Another lighting strike hits him, causing him to lose a bit of control as a new wave of pain surges threw him. His wings cutting threw it like a hot knife through steel. He opens his eyes a bit, barely able to see through his own tears.
"MMMMAAAA!" Film yells out before pointing his hoofs forward at the storm. The ball of lighting shoots out towards the storm, striking it through the center and scattering out in all directions. The storm breaks apart into smaller sections as the pegasus rejoice.
"He did!" Dash yells in excitement as she casually smaks one of the cloud pieces out of exicentce. She turns to look over at Film, but her heart sinks just as fast as he is falling towards the ground. She zooms off towards him in a streak of rainbow mist. She flys down towards the unconscious Film as fast as she can. She slowly makes it to him and wraps her arms around his body.
"Feathers!" Dash yells out as she sees the ground coming speeding towards them. She spreads her wings and rolls onto her back so Film is pointed to the sky. She slows down and pulls up as hard as she can, but she ends up hitting the ground hard on her back. The two go tumbling across the ground. Dash loses her grip and Film, causing him to go flying further than her as the two scid to a stop.
"Dash!" Soarin yells as he lands next to her. She staggers up as she rubs her head. "Are you ok?" Soarin asks worriedly.
"Ya," Dash replies, then it dawns on her. "Film!" Dash speeds to Film's side, with Soarin following her. "Please be ok," Dash repeats as she rolls him onto his back. She cheeks his breathing by leaning his head back and keeping her ear just above his mouth. She waits frantically for any sign of a breath. Film takes in a bit of air as his chest rises a bit, causing Dash to sigh in relief.
"I'll clean up here, get him to Ponyvill's hospital," Soarin says to Dash before taking off into the sky. Dash stands up and gently slides Film onto her back before slowly flying her way to the hospital.
(Time Skip)
"Aaaauuuu…" Film lets out a groan as he slowly opens his eyes. The bright white light above him prevents him from opening them up all the way. He covers his eyes with his hoof as his head starts to split open with a loud thumping.
"Film," a raspy female voice says before asking. "Are you ok," Standing next to the hospital bed is Rainbow Dash, a Ponyville nurse looking over his vitails, and standing next to Dash is a little Scootaloo leaning her hooves against the bed to get a better look.
"I-I think so," Film wispear, but even that causes him to flinch a bit as his head thumps in response. "Does anyone have some tilinal?" Film asks as he tries to look around the room.
"I'll get that for you," The nurse responds before putting the clipboard down on the table next to the bed and walking out of the room.
"I think that might just be the dumbest thing I have ever done," Film says with a chuckle as he lays his arm over his eyes to shield them from the light.
"I've done worse," Dash says as Film lifts his arm a bit to look over at her. He then spots Scootaloo barely poking her head above the bed.
"Who's the little filly?"
"This is Scootaloo, she's a big fan of yours. You are almost as much of a hero to her then I am,"
"Ya!" Scootaloo yells excitedly as her tail swishes back and forth. Her little wings buzzing as she jumps slightly in the air. "Dash has told me all about you back when you guys used to hang out all the time," Film chuckles as the little pegasus excitement before turning and asking.
"I hope you didn't tell her about the pudding incident,"
"That's between you and Fluttershy," Dash replies searsly. "Trust me, I have not told a soul,"
"Pudding inssendent?" Scootaloo asks as she looks between the two,
"Long story, head hurts," Film replies before covering his eyes again. Scootaloo turns to Dash with a questioning look.
"Maybe when you're an old kid," Dash replies with a light blush on her face.
"Why do adults always say that," Scootaloo replies as the nurse walks in with a bottle in her hand and a purple alicorn fallowering her.
"What are you doing here Twilight?" Dash asks, turning to her friend as Film sits up and takes the tilinal the nurse hands him. He puts them in his mouth before taking the water at the side of the bed and taking a swig.
"Acid Flask Uuuhh, Film's brother,"
"I know who Acid is," Dash replies deadpand.
"Right," Twilight says with a smile. "He sent me a letter asking me if Film was ok, so I came to cheek on him," Twilight explains before turning to Film, who was still squinting through the bright lights.
"Hi Princess Twilight," Film says, turning to Twilight with a smile.
"Twilight will do," Twilight responds as the Nurse leaves the room. "So, how are you doing?" Twilight asks, tilting her head to the side as she walks up beside Scootaloo.
"A bit better sense the nurse gave me talinal," Film says as he rubs his head, still slightly squinting through the light.
"It's good to hear you're doing ok," Twilight responds with a smile.
"Hello new friend!" Pinkie Pie yells into Film's face as she leans up and over his head to look into his face with a big smile. Film flinches a bit at the loud noise before relaxing.
"I'm assuming Pinkie Pie?" Film asks with a sly smile.
"That's right!" Pinkie gasps in surprise. "How did you know that? Are you a spy, a changeling, no no, I know! Give me a second," Pinkie says as she jumps off the bed and onto the ground before turning back around to face Film. "Dashie told you!" Pinkie says, pointing a hoof at Film.
"Correct," Film replies with a small smile on his face.
"I knew it!" Pinkie says with a big smile on her face. The group chuckles at Pinkie's little victory dance as she hops around the room.
"I think we should leave him to rest Pinkie," Twilight says to her as she turns to leave.
"I can't wait to throw a party for you when you get better!" Pinkie says as she bounces back words out of the room with Twilight following her.
"I think we better go to squirt," Dash says, looking down at Scootaloo.
"Do we have to?" Scootaloo groans as her ears flop against her head.
"Say goodbye to Film," Dash says as she walks to the door.
"It was nice to meet you, I hope to see you later!" Scootaloo says with a smile before following Dash to the door. Film smiles and watches the two leave the room. Right before the door closes, it's caught by a timid yellow hoof. The door opens as Fluttershy steps into the room, hiding behind her long pink mane. Her yellow fur was shining brightly in the sunlight from the window. Film's heart speeds up a bit as his voice is trapped in his throat.
"H-hi Film," Fluttershy says, looking down at the ground and kicking at the tiled floor.
"It's nice to see you again Flutters," Film says with a kind smile. "It's been awhile,"
"I hope you are doing good," Fluttershy says, looking up at Film with a small smile.
"I'm doing great," Film replies. "I even have a stallion friend,"
"Oh!" Fluttershy says, straightening up in surprise. Her hair moving out of the way of her face. "It's good to hear you moved on," Fluttershy says with a happy smile. "N-not to be rude, but it's strange to hear you ended up gay," Fluttershy says, looking back down at the ground in awkwardness.
"I'm bi," Film corrects. "And I've gotten that a lot from ponies,"
"So," Fluttershy says, taking a step closer to the bed. "Who's the lucky stallion?" She asks, looking over at Film with genuine curiosity in her eyes.
Film smiles as Bold's face surfaces into his mind. "His name is Bold Action," Film starts explaining. "He's kind, but arrogant at times. I met him when I hired him for a movie. After a while we started going to the coffee shop across the way from where I work and we started dating after that," Film says. Fluttershy now standing right next to him by the bed with a smile.
"It's good to hear you have some pony to love you and that you love," Fluttershy says sweetly. Film smiles before sighing and looking down at the bed sheets.
"I still haven't really gotten over you Fluttershy," Film says honestly. Fluttershy's smile fades into worry and concern. "We never really even officially said to each other that we were not dating anymore," Film says, turning to look at her.
"Then do you want to make it official?" Fluttershy asks as she unfolds her right wing. "I still have your feather," Fluttershy says as a slight blush forms on her face.
"You're not alone," Film says, unfolding his left wing a bit and looking back at it. Tucked away in his feathers is a little yellow one. He plucks it out with his mouth before placing it on his hoof and folding his wing in. He looks over at Fluttershy, to see her holding his blue feather in her hoof.
"To a new beginning," Flutershy says, holding the feather up to him.
"To new beginnings," Film says, holding up his feather to her. The two take a deep breath and blow their corresponding feathers off of each other's hoofs. The feathers drift down to the ground as the two watch. "That works better outside in the wind," FIlm says with a smile, causing Fluttershy to chuckle while covering her mouth with a hoof.
"I better get going. Don't want to keep the hungry critters waiting," Fluttershy says with a smile.
"It was nice seeing you again," Film replies with his own smile.
"Until next time," Fluttershy says as she walks to the door.
"Till next time," Film waves to her as she leaves the room. He sighs before flopping down on the bed. His eyes are not focusing on anything in particular as they wander the ceiling. His ears twitch as he hears a couple of voices coming towards his room. He quickly sits up as the door opens to reveal a pure white unicorn with curly purple mane arguing with an orange earth pony with a very heavy southern accent.
"I don't even know him, why should I care?" The orange pony asks.
"He's one of Dashies oldest friends. It would only be proper to at least to say hi," The unicorn responds back. The earth pony rolls her eyes at the unicorn as she turns to look at FIim. "Sorry about that, Applejack didn't really understand what being a good friend ment,"
"I know how to be a good friend, I just don't understand why you are so adamant. You've never met him before," Applejack responds.
"Well now I am," Rarity shoots back in a ladylike manner. "I'm Rarity, and that's Applejack," Rarity says, turning back to face Film as she walks up to the bed.
"I'm Film," Film responds before he shakes Rarity's hoof. Before another word can be said, a loud crash comes from out in the hallway. Film sighs as Applejack and Rarity look at each other in slight worry.
"Oh dear, I hope they are all right out there," Rarity says with slight concern in her voice.
"Don't worry, that's just.." But before Film can finish, Acid bursts into the room, breathing heavily and covered in sweat. "My brother," Film finishes as Acid rushes over to Film's side across from Rarity, completely ignoring the other two ponies in the room.
"Are you ok? Are you hurt? Do you need anything?" Acid raped fires his questions while looking over Film's body.
"I'm fine Acid," Film slightly hisses in annoyance.
Acid lets out a loud gasp that would make Pinkie Pie proud before shouting, "Where is the gear!?" Film simply points over to the wall where his stuff is hung up on. "Oh, good," Acid says, wiping the sweat off his forehead. Acid blinks as his face goes blank. "Were you two standing there before?" Acid asks, tilting his head to the side a bit.
"The entire time," Applejack says with a small smile.
"It's so sweet of you to be worried over you brother," Rarity replies with a big smile of her own. She walks around to Acid before introducing herself. "I'm Rarity, and that's Applejack," Rarity says before extending a hoof out. Acid looks down at it with a slight smile. He grabs her hoof before saying.
"It's nice to meet you my lady," He then places a gentle kiss on her hoof before letting go of it.
"Oh, and such a gentail colt too," Rarity says, blushing a bit.
"He's taken," Film says with a small smile.
"Oh don't worry dear," Rarity says, turning to Film. "I wouldn't do such a thing that fast," Rarity reassures FIim before turning back to Acid. "So you two live up in Canterlot, what is life like up there every day?" Rarity asks with a big smile.
"Now I know why she came here," Applejack sighs. "She wanted to talk to you guys about Canterlot," Applejack says, looking over at FIlm. "She loves that place,"
Film scoffs before responding with, "How can she, it's not that great of a place to live,"
"Especially when the rent is eight thousand bits per month," Acid joins in.
"Good thing you are paid enough by Celestia that you could buy your own house by yourself," Film replies with a cheeky smile.
"You work for the Princess?" Rarity replies with a glimmer in her eyes.
"Ya," Acid replies casually. "I'm lead Chemist and Mechanical engineer at Canterlot Castle," Acid explains.
"So, would you consider yourself a powerful pony?" Rarity asks with genuine intrigue.
"No no no," Acid quickly spouts out as he shakes his head back and forth. "I know a few elite ponies, but I'm not one of them,"
"He's too modest for his own good," Film replies with a sly smile.
"Am not," Acid replies, turning to stare Film down with an angry smile.
"It's all right," Rarity bursts into their little staring contest. "A little modesty can go a long way,"
"Not when it makes you a pushover," Film whispers with a chuckle as he crosses his hooves over his chest.
"I heard that," Acid hisses back at Film. "Anyway," Acid turns back to Rarity with a smile. "Where were we?"
"I was about to ask you about fashion," Rarity squirms in excitement. Film and Applejack chuckles as they watch the two talk about things they don't quite understand.
"Is she always like this?" Film asks, looking over at Applejack. Applejack lets out a light laugh before responding.
"Sometimes it's worse than this,"
"Ah," Film replies as a question pops into his head. "How long have I been out?"
"I reken about three days I think," Applejack says as she scratches her chin.
"That's a lot less than I thought," Film reples.