Stupid cloud! Stupid ship! Stupid laws of physics!

[elementofloyalty]

Three attempts in and this had not been going well.

Outside the transport tubes in the city hovered one pegasus pony, staring in irritation at said tubes. One hoof rested on what was unmistakably a cloud -- a puffy, friendly-looking white cloud, just the right size to make a comfy napping spot for a pegasus who, well, really liked napping.

"You stupid tube tentacle... things!" she said, expecting that the ship would somehow respond. "Let me take the cloud up to that Hydro-whatsit place!"

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[appletastic]

Applejack didn't tend to visit the City very often. She much preferred the wider open spaces of Hydroponics, but she liked to visit the trees and plants down here sometimes. There were animals, too, and they needed tending. She liked to help with that.

What she didn't usually see was a cloud this close to the ground, with one familiar pony attempting to push it.

"Er...what're you doing with that cloud? Shouldn't it be up there?" she asked, glancing up at the sky.

[elementofloyalty]

"I'm TRYING to take it up to Hydrowhatsits!" she snapped, shoving the cloud angrily with a hoof. "But every time I try to get it through these tunnels, the ship messes it up! And there's no other way to get there, so I can't even take it the long way. How's a pony supposed to get a place to sleep if I can't move this cloud?"

[appletastic]

"What happens when you try to put it through?"

Applejack would much rather skip the hassle and find some other bedding, but she knows Rainbow won't give up until she knows for sure it can't be done.

[elementofloyalty]

"The tentacles that move you around just knock it to pieces. The ship can't move clouds like a pegasus, I guess."

Sure, Applejack would like that, but Applejack can't sleep on a cloud. She didn't know what it was like. Sure, tree branches were all right for naps, but for sleeping the night away, nothing beat a good cloud.

At least she wasn't trying to construct an entire new house for herself. Even Rainbow Dash was willing to make a compromise... or just be lazy enough not to go that far, either or.

tags come faster when I don't get distracted by homework whoops

[nunpunching]

"What's up, homegirl? You got a cloud up in your bean?" Punchy laughs at his own joke, which is, sadly, a wordplay on slang no one on Earth has ever used, and therefore only hilarious to him. But oh, it is quite hilarious, and since he now consider Rainbow Dash a bro of sorts, he expects she'll laugh too.

[elementofloyalty]

Not quite a laugh, but she smiled in amusement. "Turns out this ship can't move a cloud the way it moves a pony. I gotta get this thing somewhere I can actually sleep. Which ISN'T this place," Rainbow said, pointing at the City irritatedly.

[nunpunching]

"You tried standing on it?" Since Punchy's assuming he'd probably sink through it, given that it's a cloud and all. "Maybe if you stand on top of it and I try to come up from under it, it'll get squeezed between us and pop up top."

[9tailedtemptress]

"Now now~ Calling it names surely won't make it cooperate any better you know. Try being nice to it, maybe that'll loosen it up~"

An amused voice echoed in a whisper from the shadows and soon enough a familiar girl with nine tails fanning behind her appeared from one of the alleys closest to the transport tubes.

[elementofloyalty]

"It's a transport tube," Rainbow Dash said with exaggerated emphasis. "It doesn't understand WORDS. It's just stupid!"

[9tailedtemptress]

"Well you were the one speaking to it~ I just assumed you had begun communicating with our host, this.... vessel of sorts~" Ahri mused, smiling at the pegasus.

"I'm curious though, what exactly are you trying to do?"

[whining_unicorn]

Rarity was passing by when she heard the familiar frustrated voice from the only pegasus on the ship.

"Rainbow Dash, are you alright up there?" She called out, squinting her eyes a bit to look at the rainbow pony.

((OOC: You think Rarity can use her magic to help move the cloud?)

[elementofloyalty]

"I can't get this stupid transport thing to move the cloud! Every time I take it in, it just breaks it up!"

She crossed her forelegs in anger, glaring at the tube like it would back down if she just intimidated it enough.

((OOC: Seems reasonable!))

[whining_unicorn]

"Oh. I think I can help move it with me magic." Rarity walked closer and stared back up.

"It would be appreciated if you brought it a little closer to the ground though."

[skyboundmisfit]

< Is that a cloud? > There's a fluttering of wings as Tobias came to an abrupt stop by the transports tubes, wings flapping. There was now a falcon doing its level best to hover next to Rainbow Dash, but he's not really designed for it.

< And I've never seen a pegasus before. Not in person, anyway. >

[elementofloyalty]

"Wow, even falcons talk around here," she said. Yeah, you envy that hovering action, Tobias, especially as the pony moved around to examine the falcon curiously. "Yeah, that's a cloud, I'm trying to move it to where I want to sleep!"

[skyboundmisfit]

< Hawk. I'm a hawk. And yeah, I can speak. It's a long story. > He sounds more amused than anything. < You can sleep on it? That sounds like a nice skill. Wish I could do that. >

[mylittlelolny]

Pinkie Pie watches these antics for a while before chiming in with her own brand of (unhelpful) advice.

"Did you try stuffing it in a bottle first?"

[elementofloyalty]

"It's a cloud, Pinkie!" she said, waving a hoof at it. "How would it even fit in a bottle?!"

[mylittlelolny]

"You get a really big bottle, duh!" Pinkie huffed. In her mind this makes perfect sense, gosh.

[imgonnaflyhigh]

Tails was flying by, minding his own business, when he saw the blue pegasus pushing around what looked like a cloud. And yelling at a tube. This warranted some investigation.

"Rainbow Dash? What are you doing?" he asked.

[elementofloyalty]

"I'm trying to get this stupid cloud up to Hydroponics!" She poked the cloud irritably with a hoof. "But these transport things just rip it apart. They can't move it!"

[imgonnaflyhigh]

"Incredible," he said, watching her poke the cloud. "You can move clouds as if they were solid?"

[youretooslow]

Funny how a blue hedgehog had suddenly made his way close to where Rainbow Dash was, observing silently. It was only when Caliburn spoke up that she might have had an idea he was here.

"What in blazes are you doing, miss Dash?"

[elementofloyalty]

"Oh hey, Callifax." Rainbow Dash had forgotten the sword's name... "I'm trying to get this cloud to Hydroponics, why?"

Sonic could get a hello when he decided to speak up.

[youretooslow]

"It's Caliburn," he corrected, groaning slightly. The Hedgehog just laughed and tapped his foot on the ground.

"Why would you wanna do that anyway? I thought he clouds were made for the city."