A Housewarming Party for a Castle

[sunlightsister]

Celestia's new home was a grand residence indeed: the citadel of Camelot, a place which featured heavily in the myths and legends of Earth. Not that Celestia was familiar with these myths, of course.

Guests were free to wonder around the castle at will, but Celestia had decided that today, the courtyard would be a lovely place for everypony to get together. There were a few tables set up, with the treats Hoshi and Applejack had so generously made, and Rarity's beautiful decorations. And later, Celestia planned to invite her guests to ride on the Ferris wheel that happened to be located just outside the castle.

The crewmembers had suffered a great loss recently, but she hoped that this would bring them some small amount of joy, and the comfort of friendship in this time.

[[ooc: Sorry this is a day late guys, uni ended up being much more hectic yesterday than I expected. Anyways, I've put up a subthread for Celestia greeting visitors and rides on the London Eye. Those that ICly helped out this party can also set up sub-threads for the food tables/games/whatever as well, if you guys want to. (Edit: The sub-thread for Hoshi & Applejack's nibbles is up here!)

But other than that, feel free to start your own threads and tag each other. People can also wonder around and explore the castle - it's the BBC Merlin version of Camelot, but only the citadel itself (as opposed to the whole city).]]

Comments

[appletastic]

That was trickier, though. Applejack had developed an aversion to big ol' fancy cities at a young age, so it seemed like a no-brainer to her. But Rarity was different, she'd always loved and dreamed of the glamour, the lights.

"I don't think you've gotta worry about that for a while," she said quietly. "You've got a boutique right here in our city. Maybe...when we get back to Equestria, you could take a vacation to Canterlot. Didn't the princess say the gala made them act all funny? More stuck up than usual? Maybe it'd be different every other day."

[whining-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Rarity nodded. Canterlot could not be all that bad. "Twilight and Spike both hail from Canterlot and they turned out fine. Maybe I could ask Twilight to show me around when we're back again."

[appletastic]

"Hey now, there's an idea!" Applejack encouraged. "See? You'll be just fine. And we can all go with ya if it'd make you feel better."

She may dislike the city, but she disliked seeing Rarity waver on her dream even more. They'd make sure she got a shot at what she truly wanted.

[whining-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Rarity lit up and brightened at the idea. "That sounds fabulous! I am interested to see the place Twilight stayed in before coming to Ponyville."

[appletastic]

"Oh sure," Applejack grinned. "We've got so much to see and so little time. There's the big books, the small books, the fat books, the thin books...ah, just kiddin'. But I miss her a lot."

There was no doubt in her mind that their friend would live nowhere else but in a library.

[whining-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Rarity laughed at Applejack's accurate description of Twilight. "I miss her too. I'm sure she and the other two pegasus ponies are safe in the pods."

She then realized her fritter was still half-eaten on the plate and proceeded to finish it.

[appletastic]

That brought a sad smile to her face as she watched Rarity enjoy. "Yeah. And our little sisters too, and Scootaloo..."

Whipping her mane out of the way, she drew herself up and tried to look proud. "So let's try to feel better, all right?"

[whining-unicorn.livejournal.com]

She nodded and gave her friend a hug. "Did you learn snowboarding from Morgan? It was fun."