uuing | ten. ☆ ( video / backdated to before the spring cleaning plot )

Uu-! Hi everyone..! Today Maria and Beato have a question for everyone!

[ Maria is practically as cheery as ever when she waves at the camera - except she's not alone right now, there's someone sitting there with her, and she turns to that person with a smile as if urging her to speak on.

Beato waves too, as excited about this as ~~HER TINY ONEESAN~~ Maria. ]

We thought of this some days ago, while watching the people in the tea house. You all come from very diferent places, are we wrong? I can only imagine how many wonderful stories you all have!

And so we want to hear e-verything about you and your world! [ she's just fistpumping here now, look at all this double excitement. ] Uu-, so everyone, please tell us your stories, okay? Beato and Maria re-ally want to know!

We'll be waiting! Thank you so much!

( ooc: replies will come from both Maria and Beato (

fathersbeloved) and will be a bit delayed (especially on my side, since I'm going to bed right now and will get to them tomorrow)! )

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Well, when a pony gets a Cutie Mark, that's a mark of what they're very special at.

I was just a little filly... I probably wasn't much older than you. Normally, most Pegasi live in Cloudsdale. It's a city high up in the sky, made out of clouds. Only Pegasi can touch and stand on clouds without falling through them. At that point in my life, I had never left Cloudsdale, and I'd never seen what the earth was ground was like... that was because I was a weak flier, and I could barely lift myself up.

Fluttershy was weak..? [ she frowns a little. ]

But Fluttershy is a great pony, right? Did you get better at flying later, uu-?

I thought I'd never get better. Some of the other ponies would tease me and call me names... 'Fluttershy, Fluttershy can hardly fly'.

One day, some colts were teasing me when I failed to pass another flying test. I thought I was just going to cry again... but then, out of nowhere, this girl flew in front of me, and defended me! She said "Leave her alone!" Her name was Rainbow Dash, and she was one of the best fliers in all of Cloudsdale! And she was standing up for me!

Just for Fluttershy, really..?! Uu-, this Rainbow Dash must've been a really, really nice person to do that! Fluttershy didn't deserve to be made fun of!

She proved to be even nicer! The colts still wouldn't leave me alone, so they challenged Rainbow Dash to a race. If she won, they wouldn't tease me anymore. So we all gathered to see the race... but when it started, they flew so fast, it blew me right off the clouds, and I fell down toward the ground! I thought I was a goner!

But then... the most beautiful swarm of butterflies flew right under me, and caught me!

[ She's just gasping along - Maria is the most enthusiastic listener, really. ]

And they saved Fluttershy, uu-?

They did! They gently flew me around and by watching them, I slowly flapped my wings, trying to imitate them... and thanks to that, I was flying! I managed to fly with them, but now that I was near the ground, I was amazed by everything I was seeing... all of those flowers... the birds, the bunnies, the fish, the frogs, the deer, all of these wonderful creatures I had never seen before... I was so happy!

Then, off in the distance, there was a big booming noise, and it scared all the animals away. But I managed to gently talk to them, and told them everything would be okay... and I realized I absolutely loved helping animals.

Uu-, that's such a nice story.. So Fluttershy helped out all the animals, that's so nice! Maria really, really likes animals too, so she can understand the way Fluttershy feels! [ nod! ]

It's just great to see them all happy, right?

It is the best feeling in the whole wide world... and the next time I looked at my flank, I had my Cutie Mark.

[Well, showing her butt tattoo to a small child won't hurt, right? She slightly pulls down her pants, showing off the three butterflies.]

Just like the ones that saved me...

[ Maria won't think anymore of it either way, she just 'ooh' (except it's Maria so it's more like 'uu's at the sight. ]

Uu-, that's so pretty..! So you got that one since the butterflies saved you?

Sort of... Without the butterflies, I never would have known what my special talent was.

Maria likes that story.. It's a very nice and happy story, uu-! And it explains why Fluttershy has a tattoo with butterflies too!

Maria wants one too, Maria too..!

Oh, but... I don't think humans get Cutie Marks. I think it's only for humans.

Uu-, really..? That's too bad, Maria will just have to admire Fluttershy's, then.