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friendyousohard) wrote2013-02-21 10:51 pm
friendyousohard) wrote2013-02-21 10:51 pm
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18th Spell: [Video/Action for Route 36]
[The gear clicks on to show what looks like a room out of an old, rustic cabin, a fairly small one with two benches on the sides, next to windows. Three girls are lounging around in it and four backpacks litter the floor. The view holds there for a few moments... long enough to tell that the "room" is moving.]
I have to admit, this really did work out quite well.
[The gear turns around to show off Twilight's smiling face.]
Amazing what you can put together with a little teamwork, isn't it? I'm still not sure how we'll get this thing over some of the terrain Johto and Kanto have to offer, not to mention traveling between regions, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it, as the saying goes.
At any rate, we're about to make our stop so I can show the outside- [Twilight's interrupted by a sudden whinny from outside.] What the... Dash! What's going on?
[There's a bit of a clamor as she shoves herself up to one of the windows along with the gear (and, judging by the noises, all of the other girls as well) and the resultant view of the outside shows a small group of Yanma buzzing by, clearly agitated by the giant intruder in their midst.]
... Well, I should have expected this thing would draw some extra attention. Sorry everyone, I'll have to finish what I was saying later.
[She clicks off the feed.]
[OOC: So, Applejack decided a while ago that the pony group needed a wagon, so she built one! (With mod permission, of course.) This is its first journey, and Twilight will be showing the rest thing off after they deal with their little infestation. Questions about it will be fielded mostly by either Twi or AJ.]
I have to admit, this really did work out quite well.
[The gear turns around to show off Twilight's smiling face.]
Amazing what you can put together with a little teamwork, isn't it? I'm still not sure how we'll get this thing over some of the terrain Johto and Kanto have to offer, not to mention traveling between regions, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it, as the saying goes.
At any rate, we're about to make our stop so I can show the outside- [Twilight's interrupted by a sudden whinny from outside.] What the... Dash! What's going on?
[There's a bit of a clamor as she shoves herself up to one of the windows along with the gear (and, judging by the noises, all of the other girls as well) and the resultant view of the outside shows a small group of Yanma buzzing by, clearly agitated by the giant intruder in their midst.]
... Well, I should have expected this thing would draw some extra attention. Sorry everyone, I'll have to finish what I was saying later.
[She clicks off the feed.]
[OOC: So, Applejack decided a while ago that the pony group needed a wagon, so she built one! (With mod permission, of course.) This is its first journey, and Twilight will be showing the rest thing off after they deal with their little infestation. Questions about it will be fielded mostly by either Twi or AJ.]
[Private Video]
[He's going to ask about the wagon and designs and nerdiness in a second, but first, making sure his friends weren't eaten by a bunch of bugs takes priority.]
[Private Video]
Hi Spencer. Sorry to worry you, we're fine. Once I caught the lead Yanma the rest scattered pretty quickly.
[Private Video]
[Jeeze, don't worry him like that.
But now that he knows that you're okay, the nerdiness has to make an appearance.] Who made the wagon?
[Private Video]
[She beams at his question.] Well, the short answer is, all of us. I made the blueprints and double-checked the work every step of the way, Applejack did the heavy lifting and her and Rainbow Dash took care of most of the actual construction work, and Fluttershy guided the Pokemon we had that could help with the project.
[Private Video]
[Reid smiles, crossing his arms over his chest. There's something pretty sweet about these people being able to work so well together. He sees enough conflict at his job, and even if it's been months since he's been able to do it, he'll always find something very beautiful about uncomplicated friendship.]
You mind letting me look at the blueprints? My second PhD was in Engineering, so I'd be interested to see what you came up with.
[Private Video]
[She nods eagerly at his question, very pleased that someone's showing interest in her part of the work.]
Absolutely! You might be able to use them to make one of your own with a bit of help. Let me just hop into the wagon to get them.
[They're rolled up in a little drawer Twilight put under one of the benches, and it doesn't take too long for her to find it and retrieve them. She keeps talking while she does so.]
The original design was Applejack's, but she mostly just knew what she wanted the end product to look like. She hadn't actually built a wagon before, so she needed a plan to go on. [Blueprints in hand, she lays out one of the beds and starts unrolling them onto it.] So she came to me with her rough design and asked if I could figure out how to make it work. It took several drafts, but I finally managed to work out everything it would take.
[The top blueprint is the one for the very bottom of the wagon, including the wheels and axles.] Like most construction projects, I elected to start at the bottom and work my way up. You can see here that I was building for sturdiness from the beginning, because of the condition of several of the Routes, plus the strength of the Pokemon we'd have pulling it.