♪ It's a sweet life, still a little messy ♪
♪ Magic life, Full of surprises ♪
♪ Fast life...♪ ♪ Gaze upon my gems! ♪
♪ It's a fun life because we got each other ♪
♪ It's a cute life ♪
♪ Living life in our own way! ♪
♪ Come on grab a slice of cake ♪
♪ It's a sweet, magic, fast, posh, fun, cute...♪
♪ Pony Life! ♪
♪ Fun in every bite, Friendship, rainbows, wuh-oh! ♪
♪ It's a sweet, magic, fast, posh, fun, cute...♪
♪ Pony Life! ♪
♪
RARITY: What a glorious day!
It felt like the sunshine was set to perfection.
I wish it could last forever!
Ah, I'll just take one last whiff
of that fresh air before--
Eh, am I crazy
or did the temperature just drop a few degrees?
Ponyville looks like a horse-sicle!
Twilight... this doesn't have anything to do with
the weather-controlling machine you've been working on...
does it?
Nope! Not at all!
But since it looks like
we're all iced in here for a while,
why not have a game night?
Oh, we haven't had a game night in ages.
Let's play Perfect Pitchionary.
We just need a dictionary, a tuning fork,
and a croque monsieur.
What's the fancy sandwich for?
Me, darling. I'm starving.
Okay, so what about--
- One Night Bugbear? - Cannonball in the Creek?
But we've played them all before.
Don't worry, I've got just the game
for such a random occasion.
I invite you all to play
my own original game that I invented:
The Tails of Canterlot!
Hold for applause.
Are there instructions inside?
Oh no, the rulebook comes separately.
(THUD) (PONIES GROAN)
All 1,140 pages of it?
Allow me. My dramatic readings have been known
to add much needed flair to any book.
"Tails of Canterlot is a fast-paced roleplaying adventure
that can be experienced over one long weekend, or several.
It is a world made up of over 800 classes of species--"
This is detailed, even for Twilight.
Umm yes, lets skip ahead.
Oh here we are,
"From here you spend six hours speaking in front
of the Council of Elders to earn your knighthood."
Six hours?!
You think it's easy to be a knight?
Ooh! You're gonna want to flip to page 402
for the backstory on that.
Maybe I should go check and see if the ice has melted yet.
Do you have any salt?
We're getting to the best part.
How to understand the lore.
No offense, but--
the lore-ing is a little boring.
- Can't we just play? - Right!
I guess I can show you what's in the box.
FLUTTERSHY: These are cute!
There's one to represent each of us.
This one could be Rarity.
Eh, technically, those are for dungeon looting.
Oh, those are building tiles.
Don't mix them up!
What if... we each pick one at random
and just build whatever we want?!
You have to be a level 18 Architect to build things.
And even then it has to be approved by the Council!
Heya, we can recreate the apple orchard.
But there's already a Forest of Pears and Peril!
Eh, I am no game master,
but I've trimmed down the rules.
Do you want to give it a little boo when you have a mo'?
Trimming? Down? Rules?!
Forget it! Game night's over!
Everypony outside!
But we're snowed in.
I knew it! Your weather machine!
Yes, oh yes,
I used my patent pending Weather-ator to ice us in here
for a cozy game night--
(HAPPY GASPS)
So take your perfect weather and go outside
and we never have to play my game ever again!
Is this is about our changes to the game?
We just wanted to make it the best one ever!
Darling, while I appreciate the drama,
I feel we're ignoring your dominion over the weather
and the fact that you're using it willynilly.
Aw Twilight, you don't have to storm out--
ohhhh I get it! Weather machine.
Should we go after her?
(DOOR SLAMS SHUT)
(PONIES LAUGHING)
(MOCK FIGHTING NOISES)
You're still playing my game?
I thought you didn't like it.
- The rules might be a bit.. - Eh, detailed...
- Specific. - Overwhelming.
- Much. But once you get to the heart of it,
you've created an amazing game.
- I did? - Now we need your help
to storm the castle and get to the tower!
Well, we're supposed to roll this twenty-sided die
47 times... but I'm open to suggestions!
- For Canterlot! - For Canterlot!
(MANE 6 LAUGHING)
♪
(EFFORT NOISES) - Agh!
(SPLAT!) - Yeah!
(MANE 6 GIGGLING)
♪
(SPLATS!)
Hello, my pony friends!
It's great to be back!
Um, forgive me but...
where were you?
RARITY! I was at my intensive, week long
filmmaking workshop at ECC!
My filmmaking class!
I got my first assignment
and I'm really excited because...
I get to make my first movie!
Oh darling,
you must make a grand romantic Ponywood epic
with me as the star!
Uh... I was thinkin--
OHOHOH! You should do an action movie!
Haha! Hang on cause I actually--
Yee-haw! A Western would be best--
Yeah that makes a lot of sense, Applejack.
Ooo we could record nature footage!
Let's do a musical about six pony best friends--
OR a sci-fi saga. In block letters:
"The Day Before Tomorrow.
We open on yesterday-- - WAIT!
I've got other plans!
I wanna do a documentary about
what life in Sugarcube Corner is really like!
And I want you ponies in it!
(MANE 6 CHEERING)
I want a reeeeeeal slice of life, ok?
Do what you do, pretend like I'm not even here!
Ok...
I was... frosting these cakes.
Right, Rainbow Dash?
Yes... you were.
And... I was finishing...
a batch-- of frosting.
Remember, documentaries are natural!
Just be yourselves.
I'm suddenly very aware of my hooves...
what do I normally do with them?
Why, Spike, I know how to be natural on camera!
I'm just being ME!
The real, unvarnished, RARITY!
Okay, Rarity, eh...
maybe if you ju--
♪ They call me R-A-R-I-T-Y, ♪
♪ I'm the finest filly and that's no lie! ♪
♪ I'm Rare--
These fillies have no idea what they're doin'.
Uh... I think we need to try something a little different.
SPIKE: Okay, if you would just sit here
and speak your mind about each other,
the way you'd naturally talk about a friend
to another friend. - Um, hello, friend.
I, uh... you are my friend, camera,
and I love you. - CUT!
I just... No more addressing the camera, okay?
Rarity--
♪ R-A-R-I-T-Y! ♪
SPIKE: Next! (RARITY GROANS)
SPIKE: Eh, you can eh tone down the hooves there, Fluttershy.
I-- I can't!
I don't remember how to control them!
SPIKE: Just put them down on the ground.
They have a mind of their oh-oh ooown!
That's it! Enough!
If you guys can't be yourselves in front of my camera,
I don't want to be behind it! I'm leaving!
(MANE 6 MOPING)
I love you guys and I love working here,
but that just felt weird!
Oh, I'm just glad I know what to do with my hooves again.
Woah!
(LAUGHING)
Well I'd be lying if I said this was a trot in the park.
But I think you'll see that we captured a really authentic
glimpse of the ponies "Behind the Counter --
That's the title.
I don't even know what he cut together.
I feel like we gave him diddley squat.
SPIKE: Friendships like this only come around
once in a while, and if you're lucky,
you catch the moments when nopony else is watching.
I didn't know he was filming us then!
(SPLAT!)
(GIGGLING)
That was fun!
Oh, look at the three of us working together!
Woah!
(LAUGHING)
(CHEERING)
That was really sweet, Spike.
You got all the best moments when we didn't think
we're being filmed!
So what's next for you, Mr. Director?
I dunno,
maybe a sci-fi Western romance with a musical component?
Now you're talking!
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