Scene #2941: Heavy metal... Ponies?

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Alice Jones	Trotting through Ponyville, a leather and studded clad Pony with an appropriately sized guitar on her back is looking around. "...The hell?" she asks. "Looks like it came out of a kid's storybook... I've seen some weird stuff in my time but this takes the cake." and looks at her own hooves. "Now if only I can figure out how to change back afterwards. Ah well. Always got good ol' JP with me." she says, shaking a hoof as a humanoid claw phases briefly outside of her body. "Yep! No changes there." she notes as it moves back into her body and disappears.
Twilight Sparkle	Twilight Sparkle was expecting a new arrival after the short radio chat, so she was standing near the main entrance into Ponyville when Alice trotted in. She smiles and raises a forehoof to wave. "Hello! I don't recall seeing you around before. Are you the visitor I was just talking to on the radio?" Twilight blinks, then smiles again. "Or...chatroom as you called it?" She giggles, then approaches Alice. "I am Twilight Sparkle, and this is Ponyville in the land of Equestria. It is wonderful to meet you!" That claw phasing in and out brings Twilight to a stop. "Oh my. Was that some sort of magic?" she asks, circling Alice in the process. "I have seen telekinesis that looks like claws, but that seemed more...solid?"
Staren	Staren trots in from the direction of the warpgate. He's always curious how people will take Equestria, and he's curious about people new to the Multiverse. Double-curious! So, a white unicorn stallion with a brown mane/tail, mecha-head QT mark, and blue saddlebags with a sea-green kerchief around his neck trots up behind Alice, stopping a few steps away. "And I'm Staren of Lazlo! It's nice for me to meet you as well. So, you're /completely new to the Multiverse?" He tilts his head. "You're taking suddenly being a pony better than most would." he gasps. "Wait, are you from /another/ world inhabited by ponies?"
Alice Jones	"More like... A good friend, I guess." Alice says, "Same here though. I guess it's called ponyville for... Obvious reasons?" she asks, gesturing with her hoof as the clawed arm, this time showing midnight-blue skin comes out of her body again and stores her hat in her clothes. "Normally I don't actually ask him to do stuff like that but... It's kind of out of the question for me to use my hands at the moment." she explains. "But to answer your question, no. I'm just... Me. I've met all of five people in my travels that have been anything but normal. But the stuff they COULD do? It'd make you question your sanity." "That having been said..." she notes, bringing a hoof to her mouth and finding it oddly flexible, she whistles as a LARGE creature emerges from her body, not unlike a somewhat humanoid rendition of Behemoth from the Final Fantasy universe... Though this one has black flames for bracelets and hair in addition to horns, dark-blue skin, yellow eyes, and claws. "Say hello to Judas Priest!" she says, striking an oddly melodramatic pose. "Good friend of mine, doesn't talk much unless I ask him to BUT he is loyal as anyone you could ask for. Doesn't have much in the way of opinions either... Kinda strange."
Rarity	Rarity was just out for a late evening stroll to clear her head after a long work day and just happened to notice the small gathering. Now what was Twilight up to, especially at this hour? The white unicorn with purple locks trots over to investigate. "Good evening Twilight dear, Staren. You're up and about a bit later than usual." Usually Twilight has her snout buried in a book for the night by this point.
Yuna Kagurazaka	There's a catchy little bit of humming drifting on the wind as Yuna emerges from the bakery, a cloth-wrapped bundle clutched in her teeth. You wouldn't think a local unicorn would need to resort to methods like that to carry something, but apparently she does. The humming pauses as the blonde-maned white pony glances around, spotting her friends plus a stranger, and she canters over to the rest of you, setting her bundle - a wrapped cake box? - down. "Hi everyone!" she greets the group with a smile.
Twilight Sparkle	Twilight nods at Alice's question. It is quite obvious why it is called Ponyville, after all. And at the comment about sanity she nods again. "Indeed. I had my own sanity challenged a few times." Twilight says to Alice with a giggle. "As for hands, we ponies make due without hands. You might have noticed that our hooves are somewhat flexible. What we cannot hold with our hooves we can hold with our teeth, or in the case of unicorns with out magic." Twilight is a bit surprised herself when Rarity shows up, but not as much as when that creature phases out of Alice and into the world. Twilight is understandably startled and jumps back a bit before she approaches again. "This creature...resides inside you?" she asks, her initial shock giving way to curiousity. But, there is time for that later. She needs to greet friends! "Rarity! It's so good to see you! And, I could say the same for you. Aren't you usually enjoying your beauty sleep by now?" she asks before she turns her attention to Staren. She gives him an affectionate nuzzle before smiling to Yuna. "It seems you have quite the welcome party, Miss Alice." she says cheerfully.
Staren	Staren watches Alice summon some kind of claw. "Oh, I dunno. There's a /lot/ of things out there..." and then she summons a whole monster! "...'Judas priest', huh? A monster named for the one who betrayed Jesus and /also/ a priest? A curious combination." Then he looks between Judas and Alice. "Or..." he raises a hoof to point at her, "Is that your native species?" To Rarity, he makes an odd little shifting motion that might be a quadrupedal shrug. "Hi Rarity! Long time no see. And I'm usually up pretty late..." He smiles as Twilight approaches, lifting a foreleg for a half-embrace and nuzzling her back. Then he waves to Yuna, "Hiya!" He looks back to Alice, "Yeah, this is quite the welcome wagon!"
Rarity	Somehow Rarity did not notice the 'creature' reaching out of the new pony. Probably partially do to tiredness. Though that doesn't stop her from smiling warmly at Twilight, and waving a hoof to the approaching Yuna. Then turns to answer Twilight. "I've been working on several complicated projects today, and simply was not able to unwind. So I had some warm tea and came out for a walk to help clear my head."
Alice Jones	"Yep." Alice says, then looks towards Staren. "Naw, named for the band. What's a song you'd know..." she thinks to herself, tapping her hoof on her chin. "Uh... I dunno. Did a decent cover of, 'Breaking the law'?" then shrugs. "I just like the band is all. But no, that's not my native species. My native species is just... Human. Plain old human with a buddy who can kick ass!" she says, grinning widely. "We're a good team."
Yuna Kagurazaka	"I haven't heard of them," Yuna says with an apologetic shrug, "and I'm a human from Earth. Might've been before my time or something, though - what years were they performing?" she asks Alice. "Oh, and I'm Yuna Kagurazaka, I'm an idol singer. Pleased to meet you!" She offers one of her forehooves as though to shake 'hands' with the new arrival. She has 'buddies who can kick ass' too, technically, but they don't reside inside her ... and getting into THAT would entail explaining the part of her 'work' that isn't being an idol singer.
Twilight Sparkle	Twilight giggles warmly at Alice's enthusiasm. "Is there much need for such a buddy where you come from?" Twilight asks Alice while she examines Judas Priest a bit more closely. Twilight has no idea who Judas is, either the biblical character or the band, so the name is just a name to her. "So, he doesn't talk? Are you mentally linked to him? Or does he read your mind and respond accordingly?" Twilight asks. "Warm tea is rather calming, but if you do not drink the correct type it could actually keep you up longer." Twilight responds to Rarity. The bookpony puts a hoof to her chin in thought. "I would suggest herbal tea such as lavender or chamomile if you wish to get to sleep." Once Yuna introduces herself, Twilight smiles to Alice again. "Would you care for something to eat or drink? There is a local cafe that is very popular, or we can head to my library."
Alice Jones	"Late sixties to twenty-fifteen and onwards." Alice says, "It may seem weird to have older guys doing metal but... Eh, can't complain. They still do quality work." she says, then nods, "Sure. I'm a... Pony at the moment, ponies eat fruit right? I know horses eat apples..."
Rarity	"Oh of course dahling." Rarity turns her head a bit to fluff one of the curls of her mane with a forehoof. "After all, lavander goes with my mane." Because it's also a shade of purple. Not that the tea is actually lavander colored .... or maybe it is, knowing how literal Equestria can be with punderful names at times. She does give Alice a bit more of a regard now, though. "Sounds like she has one of those fighting companions like a pokemon or some such."
Staren	"'Breaking the law'?" Staren echoes. "What, like... 'breakin' the law, breakin' the law!'? Hmm. Not sure where I heard that. Radio or movie probably. 20th-century Earth, right? Those seem to be the most common type of worlds in the Multiverse." "Ponies can eat fruit, yes. Also hay and grass and flowers. Equestrian ponies also eat sweets and baked goods." As if anticipating a thought some visitors have, he adds, "...They usually don't graze, though. That'd be like just grabbing a raw carrot out of the ground and immediately eating it, you know?"
Twilight Sparkle	Twilight is just about to elaborate on the dietary preferences of ponies when Staren does it for her. She giggles softly before motioning for the others to follow her. If the cafe has a name, it isn't clearly displayed anywhere. Everypony just calls it 'The Cafe'. It has both an outdoors seating area and an indoors seating area, but Twilight Sparkle has always prefered the outdoor tables. Except when it is raining, of course. She selects a table and takes a seat on one of the haypiles. "Does your friend Judas eat?" she asks Alice before the waiter comes over to take their orders. It looks like they arrived just in time. The cafe is getting ready to close for the night. Twilight orders a salad and a cider, then looks to the others, as does the waiter pony.
Alice Jones	"Exactly." Alice says, "Not their writing but as I said, they did a good cover of it." and shakes her head. "Nope. He's... Uh. Just there, I guess." as Judas Priest fades back into her body. "Might have something to do with the fact that he's connected to me somehow. If he gets hurt, I get hurt... So I make sure neither of us gets hurt. It's odd, but I try to keep us both safe.
Rarity	Rarity waves her hoof. "No, no, I'm fine. I should finish my walk and return home to sleep. And do so before Sweetie Belle wakes up and realizes I am not home right no--" What sounds like a furniture crash and the screeching of a cat echoes from the opposite side of town. "--now." Rarity lets out a slow sigh as she rubs her forehead with a hoof, then turns to walk away. "Do enjoy introducing your new friend to pony culture, dahlings. But.. I best not ignore that before I end up getting no sleep at all tonight." And with that she's off.
Yuna Kagurazaka	"Oh, twentieth and twenty-first centuries," Yuna nods. "Yeah, that's ... abooooout three hundred years in my past, give or take a couple of decades." She glances at Staren, then grins, "Well, you can pluck an apple off a tree and just crunch into it, right? I guess you'd want to peel a carrot before munching, though ... maybe." She hms, glancing at Rarity and Twilight. "I dunno, do you girls ever do that? Or would you just make the farmers mad if you did?" Speaking of food, though, Yuna glances at where the sun is in the sky, and grimaces. "I'd better be getting home, sorry ... It was nice to meet you, Alice, and I hope to see you around, whether here or elsewhere." She grins, bowing her head, then grasps the knot of her cake-box-bundle between her teeth again. "Take care, everyone!" she adds through the knotted bundle, and then turns to head back towards her cottage.
Staren	Staren follows Twilight and Alice. He winces at the sounds from across town. "Goodnight Rarity! Good luck!" To Yuna he replies, "Well, okay, you /can/ do that with, like, tomatoes or apples, I suppose, but grass is right on the ground. Ponies and animals /walk/ on it." He waves again, "Seeya around Yuna!" "So," Staren looks to Alice, "Do you have any questions about the Multiverse?" He nods at Twilight, "or Equestria?"
Alice Jones	"What's the deal with it, have you seen anything like Judas before, and why am I a pony?" Alice asks, "Those are most of mine at the moment."
Twilight Sparkle	Twilight winces at the crash, then giggles sympathetically. "Goodnight, Rarity." she calls out, then looks Yuna and waves goodbye to her as well before looking at Alice with a smile. "Yes, as I said, I will try to answer any questions you might have. Or, if you don't want to ask questions, we can simply enjoy-" Twilight is cut off by Alice's questions. She blinks. "What is the deal with...Equestria? Or the Multiverse?" she asks, then smiles. "As for Judas...no, I do not believe I have seen anything like him before. He is rather unique! And, you are a pony because the ambient magic of our world tends to change outsiders into shapes that make living here easier. Everything is customized for use by a pony, not by a human. Although...I suppose a human would have no trouble with most of it. I suppose it is simply our world trying to maintain harmony or trying to show others what it is like to be a pony." Then, she giggles at a thought. "Or, it could be some very powerful and playful unicorn who enjoys sharing the fun of Equestria with others."