Dear Journal,
This is the second day of trying to behave and learn manners. Celestia decided I shouldn’t leave the castle at all today. I knew why, of course.
Buuut I didn’t plan on staying in my room the whole day, either. So I checked to see what Luna Two was doing!
I have never seen a dusty room before I entered hers. Moon dust was everywhere--the ground, on the furniture, in the air, and even some in the hallway just outside the door! The guards outside wore these little blue masks around their mouths, too. Are they allergic? I could breathe it in just fine.
Anyway, she was busy making a bunch of moon dust castles. But I guess she put one near the door that I knocked over when I entered, because she made a huge fit over it! “It was a replica of the old castle! Augh!”
“Well, you shouldn’t have put it next to the door, silly! Why didn’t you put it somewhere else?”
“Because I ran out of room!” She said while gesturing to other dust models of other places in Equestria. Places like Canterlot, Manehatten, and even a floating Cloudsdale!
“I couldn’t find any other spots, and I wanted to save the best one for last…”
Then she started tearing up, and that made my chest hurt. I hated making her feel terrible, so I offered to help fix it, you know? “It’ll be just like it was before, except with a massive, sturdy wall in front of that door so it never touches the castle again! How does that sound?”
She looked up at me… and smiled. “Y-Yeah. Yeah! We’ll make it better!”
I nodded. “Yeah. We will.”
And so, I spent the whole day helping her with the new-and-improved old castle. I helped with the foundation and some of the basic construction, and her eye for detail was incredible as she carved out each archway and hallway with a set of tiny chisels. She even etched out a lot of the stained-glass window designs in the walls!
Meanwhile, my wall wasn’t as refined as the castle. It was thick and wide, and about half as high as the door. It wasn’t as tall or appealing as the old castle, but Luna Two said it had a “rustic charm” to it, and that put a smile on my face! I also built it so sturdy there was no way it would ever break or crumble, so this shouldn’t cause any more problems for Luna Two whatsoever!
And just so I don’t forget about the wall next time, I’ll write this reminder: The wrong door is not right, but the right door is on the right!
Huh. I'm surprised to see more character in those two than anything in Pinkie's clones, while still having distinct personalities from Celestia and Luna. Well done!
6796326 Well, pinkie's an eldritch abomination in pony form, so perhaps the mirror pool had a hard time copying her very well, while the princesses are relatively easy to copy...
6796357 It's not inconceivable. I'd guess that anything capable of creating cloned life from magic alone is powerful and skilled enough to copy almost anything exactly so long as it obeys the rules of the world. Pinkie, needless to say, does not.
Aww. Sibling bonding. And Twona is surprisingly good at crafts. I'm impressed. Though I imagine that Luna One will be upset over what her clone did to her pantry.
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Pinkie's first clone was relatively on the ball. Things didn't get really out of hand until the copies of copies started making copies.
6796493 Right, I'd forgotten. It makes sense that the Mirror Pool's margin for error in personality would lead to clones with decreasing levels of character (if character can be quantified) until only a basic element of the original remained. I hope that's not too science-y of an explanation for what is effectively a plot device... I'm probably overthinking it.
But my original point still stands; I really enjoy Sunny's and Luna Two's surprising characterization and, as you said, this was a beautiful bonding moment.
How did she get a sand castle to float?
6796357 I love how the fandom has just accepted that about Pinkie.
6937837 magic -snort snort -
6796493 So does that make Celestia two into Twistria (twin+celestia)? I think I'll stick to Sunny, thanks.
Awww this was adorable