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[today on the network, there's a video of a purple-haired woman, looking impeccably styled and made up as usual. she'll clear her throat and wave to the camera before speaking up]

Hello, Asgard! If we haven't met already, my name is Rarity, and I do hope we'll all get along nicely! I hope all of you are settling in nicely since your arrival.

However, today I am not just here to introduce myself. I have a very important question!

Might anyone be familiar with the process of acquiring some real estate outside of the rooms we are given in our Houses? I am familiar with how to do so in Ponyville, but I assume acquiring any sort of establishment here may be a bit different! You see, I would rather like to open my boutique here, if possible ... !

[she sighs, wistfully recalling the Carousel Boutique in Ponyville, where everything had been set up just the way she liked -- her studio, her shelves, the counter, the fitting room ... but she'll shake it off, and clasp her hands together with a smile]

Thank you very much in advance for your help!

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Oh, I would love to attend, then!

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Great! I'm sure Kaz is coming, since he likes my singing, and I invited a couple other people I know.

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Wonderful! I'm sure it will be quite lovely. I would offer to make you something to wear, but I'm afraid there might not be enough time to make something suitable ...

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Oh, when you open your boutique I'm definitely going to be a regular customer. I'll order something then.

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Well, I am happy to hear that! Now that I have become more accustomed to using my fingers to sew, I imagine it will be easier to handle the work load.

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[More accustomed to her fingers...?]

... How did you sew back home?

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With magic, of course! It would be impossible to hold a needle with a hoof, after all.

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Wait, hoof?? Humans don't have hooves!

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Oh, no, no, no, darling -- I suppose it never came up! But I am not a human. I was a unicorn pony until I arrived here.

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[Euri is silent for a minute or two.

Then.]

You're...

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a

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unicorn???

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Yes! So you know of them, then? Many people here don't seem to believe they exist ...

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That's ridiculous! Of course they exist! I've never seen one but they definitely exist back home.~

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Well, I suppose you have seen one now! ... Sort of.

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Yeah! Hey, could you cast magic back home?

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Yes, I could. That is how I was able to make clothing in the first place!

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[Magic clothes... *A*]

That sounds amazing! Clothes made of unicorn magic~!

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Is unicorn magic that uncommon, then?

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It's really uncommon. Unicorns are really uncommon back home! Just about everyone goes through their life without ever seeing one.

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How odd ... there are many unicorn ponies in Ponyville alone, not to mention all the other cities.

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A whole city of unicorns?? It must be... magical. [She sounds so wistful.]

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Oh, no, not all of us are unicorns. There are pegasi and Earth ponies as well.

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What's a pegasi?

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It is a pony that has wings! They can fly, and walk on clouds.