asgardeventide | first chapter: [video]

[ The video feed turns on to a rather nervous-looking girl in her late teens, though that nervousness is momentarily replaced by a grin. After all, she finally figured out how to work this thing properly. Figuring something out is always something worth celebrating, at least for Twilight Sparkle.

Still, her somber expression returns. ] I wanted to thank everypony who helped me out when we all first arrived. I've gotten much better at walking since then! Really. [ Because obviously they won't believe her unless she adds in that "really." ]

But... [ And this is really where she looks worried again... ] has anypony been outside today? There's clouds out there, and I am one-hundred percent certain nopony put them there. They're even moving all on their own...!

But nopony else has even mentioned it! Don't you all find this strange?!

[ Twilight bites her bottom lip for a moment, but presses on. ] It's strange enough that the sun and moon can rise without Princess Celestia or Princess Luna, but... do you suppose the patron gods are doing all of it? Raising the sun, and the moon, and moving the clouds... creating the weather...?

[ And finally, a large sigh. ] Really, this is such a strange place.

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Well, the clouds move because the wind pushes them. I think people are doing math and stuff to find out for sure what makes the sun rise and set and everything. But they do it naturally, since, y'know, they're part of nature, like the seasons and stuff.

Wait, you don't even change the seasons on your own? [ SERIOUSLY? No winter wrap-up at all? All of these humans are crazy. ]

No way! That's way too much work, and everything changes on it's own, anyway, so why would we? Nature does all of that for us.

You really don't change the seasons?

No winter wrap-up? Or the running of the leaves?

Granted, in Canterlot we would use magic for most of that, but we still had to do something.

Nope! Not even magic can do that, at least not on Spira.

I suppose it would be more difficult, if you can't even control the weather.

[ An entire world just like the Everfree Forest. Scary. ]

Just a little, yeah. [Giggle] I'm Rikku, by the way.

I'm always late on introductions, aren't I? [ Siiigh. ]

My name is Twilight Sparkle.

Don't worry, I forget half the time, too. It's nice to meet you!

Oh... It's nice to meet you, too. [ Even if she has weird ideas on weather... ]