Last time on 'Somethingsomething' Quest:
>Player character was saved from jelly by the mane 6, who then defeated it.
>Rarity hates you cause she blames you for Sweetie's injuries.
>Was introduced to the town a bit.
>finally checked your wallet. There was something in it but it crumbled to dust.
>went to the town hall and met the mayor and found that Scootaloo and Applebloom were OK.
>Applejack is mad that there are no longer and guards in Ponyville, stormed off.
>Pinkie thinks now is a good time for a party.
You are with Twilight and Pinkie at the Town Hall. What do you do?
You kinda like the sound of a party. Between losing your memory and being eaten by animated jelly, some fun might be good... although you have no idea what a pony party would involve... or would you? You cant remember.
"Yeah, I think a party would be great."
"Yay! Rusty's on board!" Pinkie is jumping around you and Twilight in excitement. "It will be the best! I'll get some balloons and set up some games and there will be candy and cake and fizzy soda and we'll laugh and play and-"
"Pinkie!" Twilight shouts and uses her magic make the pink pony stand still. You guess that’s where the purple aura came from before. Weird. "Aren’t you forgetting something?"
"Uhhh...."Pinkie thinks for a minute, scratching her head. "You mean....oh yeah, we'll need napkins!"
"Pinkie," Twilight scrapes a large glob of goo off Pinkie. "You two are still covered in jelly! You two should clean off before anything. There’s no telling what long term exposure could do."
"Oh, right!"
"Hmmph." Twilight struts off. "You two have fun. I need to send some latter and check on something. I 'll catch up later if I can."
"Bye Twilight!" Pinkie shouts, waving with both arms (legs? You still cant tell with these ponies.) You suddenly become aware that Pinkie is focusing her entire attention on you. Despite being a little pony it's... kind of disconcerting.
"So uhh.....is there a public shower or a river or something?"
"Ahaha, don't be silly!" The pink pony laughs and trots towards town. "You can just come wash up at my place. Then we can get started on the party right away! Come on!"
You follow Pinkie back towards the heart of Ponyville. Her mouth is going a mile a minute and she's bouncing about as much.
"This will be sooo great! Every pony is going to be so cheered up and have lots of fun and play and have a good time! It'll be so much nicer cause everyone’s been so down in a the dumps. Just earlier I was talking with the Mr. Cake and he said "Pinkie, don’t go outside there’s a jelly" and I said "OH yay I love strawberry jelly!" and he said "No Pinkie not that kind of jelly" and I said "Oh, I like grape too it's OK" but he still seemed upset but then you showed up and now things will be more fun and-"
You tune out after a few minutes of this. You take the opportunity to look around the community as you follow behind Pinkie. You, being a human, are still getting some stares and hushed conversations, but all the little ponies seem to be going about their business. They seem really skittish; many walking away or crossing the road to let you and Pinkie pass.
"And then there was FOUR chickens! Can you believe it?! I know! Oh look, we're here! Sugar Cube Corner!"
You and Pinkie are now in front of a big fun looking bakery. She opens the door, leading you inside to little store front full of delicious bakes goods and sugary treats. You can smell fresh bread and it makes you suddenly aware of how hungry you are.
"Is that you Pinkie?" A voice calls from a back room somewhere.
"Yup! I brought home a friend!" Pinkie starts going up a stair case to the side. "We'll be cleaning up stairs and then we're gunna get ready for a party!"
"Oh, ok then...."
You follow Pinkie upstairs to a small living area. "The bathroom is down the hall here. But shhhhh, try to be quite, I think the babies are sleeping."
The two of you go down the hall, keeping as quiet as you. She opens a door to the left and you're now in a bathroom with a large white tub. She goes over and starts running the water, turning the nobs with her mouth. Steaming hot water stars filling the tub.
"OK, you can go first. I'll give you some privacy and get some of the food ready for the party! There’s some bubble bath under the sink!" Pinkie leaves you alone and closes the door behind her.
You take your minor INVENTORY out of your pockets and get undressed and set it to the side of the tub. You feel the water to check the temperature and shut off the nozzle. You tentatively dip yourself in the water and...
OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH yeah. You had no idea how sore your muscles were but whoa this is really hitting the spot. You sink down into the water and relax for a moment.
You start to scrub. The jelly falls off super easy with just the water. You have more trouble with the dirt, but soon enough you are all clean.
You look at your clothes, pretty much all you own in the world and how gross they are. They're the only clothes you have, not to mention probably the only human clothes in this town of ponies (do ponies even wear clothes? You don’t think so)
So you do your best to clean them in the bath with you. Again, the jelly comes off easy enough but your clothes are completely soaked through in it (and now with soap water)
Getting them as clean as you can manage, you hang them over the shower curtain. They're very very wet and it will probably take a while for them to dry.
Finally clean, you get out of the tub and towel off with a large fluffy white town hanging on a bar on the wall. Dry, you warp it around your waist and out of habit, go to the mirror by the sink, wipe the condensation off with your hand and see... your reflection.
It's strange. You know it's your reflection but....you don’t remember your own face. Brown hair, brown eyes, scraggly five o'clock shadow. Overall you're... pretty unremarkable, you guess. You honestly cant remember a thing beyond waking up in the forest earlier today its all just... nothing. Strange.
You pull yourself out of your lamentations of your memory and go to get dresseHOLY FUCK IS THAT AN ALLIGATOR IN THE TUB!?!?
It is! It's a little alligator, staring at you in the tub! Where did it even come from? Was... was it in with you the whole time and you didn’t notice? Was it lurking around the bathroom, watching you?
It's not attacking you. Its just... looking at you, leaning over the lip of the tub, its tail swishing the water behind it.
The initial fright is over and... it's just sitting there. Maybe its just a bath toy. You're over reacting. Maybe this is just some bath toy or something you didn’t notice. You go to pick it up.
AND IT BITES YOU ON THE HAND!
You scream out of shock and fall over backwards, flat on the floor, the little gator latched on to your hand! "AAAAAHHHH!!!"
It is an alligator! IT IS! WHY IS THERE AN ALLIGATOR WHY... hey, this doesn’t hurt. It takes you a moment to realize... it doesn’t have any teeth. "AAAAAhuh?"
These ponies are crazy. There’s no other explanation. You hear something in the adjacent room, like a baby crying.
Whatever. It's now obvious to you this gator is no danger. You try to yank it off your hand and it pops right off. It gives you are blank look you and set it aside to get dressed. Your clothes are still really wet and worn but at you don’t look like a used tissue. You pick up the little gator in your arms and go out into the hall.
You're at the far end. There’s a few more doors leading to the living area and stairs you came up from. Now out of the bathroom, you care definitely sure a baby is crying near by. But you can also hear something else, like a bunch of pots and pans banging, coming from down stairs.
You think it's best to tell Pinkie the bathroom is ready. You trace your steps, go down the hall, past the living area and back to the store front area. Yup, the banging is definitely coming from down here, in the back area you assume is the kitchen/bakery.
You assume this is Pinkies place anyway and go behind the counter.
"Pinkie? Pinkie are you still around? The bath is open."
"Rusty!" You hear Pinkie shout. "Come on back, through the double door!"
"OK," You push through into the kitchen, now full out of noise and activity. "Hey, I found this alligator and I thought you-"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!"
You're cut off as two other ponies, one yellow and one blue, scream at the sight of you.
"What the hey is that?!"
"My babies!"
One of them throws something at you.